Chapter 1: Meet Him for a While
&!ββstartββ&&Tuoba Qianyu was startled, and said continuously: "Gen'er is the mother's child, my sister doesn't dare to bring those two guys over, in case she hurts the prince, it is a capital crime." β
Gao Xiu'er smiled and said, "Although my son is a little younger, he is not so squeamish. Your two children should be about the same age as Gen'er, how can they hurt Gen'er? β
When Liu Sigen was born, the financial crisis in Changshan Village had been resolved, and Gao Xiu'er managed to collect many precious medicinal materials and give him a medicinal bath every seven days, so his muscles and bones were much stronger than those of children of the same age, even if they were one or two years older than him, their strength could not compare to him. It's just playing together, where would Gao Xiuer worry that Liu Sigen would suffer.
Tuoba Qianyu's face became strange, and he snorted: "That, that's not a child, it's two money leopards." β
This time, even Gao Xiu'er was taken aback: "You helped the emperor raise two leopards!" β
"Those were the two leopard cubs that Brother rescued on the road, and now they have grown into two majestic leopards, so I didn't dare to bring them over." Tuoba Qianyu's voice suddenly lowered: "Besides, I haven't married my brother yet......"
Gao Xiu'er understood what she meant, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Sister Qianyu, these days, you can stay in the palace with peace of mind." When the emperor comes back, he will officially give you a name. β
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However, after Liu Ziqiu captured the three counties of Mayi, Yanmen, and Loufu, he did not return to the court, but waved his army south and took Wagang directly.
According to Liu Ziqiu's original plan, he was not in a hurry to attack those remnants, but first consolidated his rear. But after seeing the situation in the three counties of Mayi, Yanmen, and Loufu, Liu Ziqiu couldn't sit still. Under the rule of Liu Wuzhou, due to the lack of military force, the people of the three counties lived in extreme poverty, and they could not eat their stomachs, and even the phenomenon of changing children and eating appeared. It is said that the situation here is slightly better, and Hebei and Shandong are like hell on earth. As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, how could Liu Ziqiu abandon the people under his rule?
Entrenched in Hebei, Shandong and other places are only thieves such as Lu Mingyue, Wang Bo, Xu Yuanlang, etc., and there is no need to worry, the one who can really pose a threat to Liu Ziqiu is Zhai Rang of Wagangzhai. Zhai Rang's subordinates were fierce and captured several granaries in the Great Sui, using them to attract a large number of displaced people. These displaced people are all soldiers, which is enough to greatly increase the strength of Wagang. Although Wen Hao repelled the Wagang army outside Bishui Pass, the main force of Wagang was not severely damaged. If Liu Ziqiu went straight to rescue the people of Hebei and Shandong, Zhai Rang would probably stab him in the back.
This is also the main reason why Liu Ziqiu did not use troops against Liu Wuzhou for a long time, if it were not for Liu Wuzhou's brazen attack on Taiyuan, he would continue to wait. But I don't know for what reason, Zhai Rang didn't take the opportunity to attack Luoyang when Liu Ziqiu led the army to relieve the danger of Taiyuan. Opportunities are fair to anyone, and since Zhai Rang didn't seize it, Liu Ziqiu wouldn't give him a second chance.
Three days later, Liu Ziqiu's army passed through Shangdang and Changping, and set up camp outside Xinxiang City in Hanoi County, and Zhang Liang led a support army from Luoyang. Originally, Zhang Liang was driven back to Luoyang by Liu Ziqiu and ordered to think about it behind closed doors. But Wagangzhai is really too powerful, even surpassing Yang Xuangan and Li Shimin back then, and Liu Ziqiu had to be more cautious, so he transferred Zhang Liang to the front line.
As soon as the camp was settled, a detailed work came to report: "Your Majesty, Wagang civil strife, Zhai Rang was killed, and now everyone has changed to Li Mi as the master." β
Liu Ziqiu was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood why Wagang did not take the opportunity to attack Luoyang again, it turned out that there was civil strife, but his face became solemn.
Although Zhai Rang is the founder of Wagang, Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang are his direct cronies, but I have to say that Zhai Rang himself is mediocre in learning, and he has no talent in martial arts, so I am afraid that he is not as good as his subordinates. Later, he was able to defeat Zhang Xutuo and surrender Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin, all thanks to Li Mi's strategy. Now that the owner of Wagangzhai has been replaced by Li Mi, it is even more tricky.
Liu Ziqiu couldn't help but ask in a deep voice: "What is the loss of this civil strife in Wagang?" β
Xiao Zuo knelt on one knee and said loudly: "The civil strife did not last long, Zhai Rang was killed by the rebellious guards around him, Li Mi led people to kill those guards, and controlled the overall situation, even Shan Xiongxin and others agreed to obey Li Mi's orders. Only two teams loyal to Zhai Rang were not convinced, one was surrounded and annihilated by Qin Shubao and others, and the other fled to Shandong and took refuge with Xu Yuanlang. Now Li Mi has proclaimed himself the king of Wei and is in charge of Wagang alone. β
Liu Ziqiu waved his hand, let the fine work retreat, and groaned: "In this way, the main force of Wagang has fallen into the hands of Li Mi." β
Wei Chigong had recently taken refuge, but he had not made an inch, and he was about to show something, so he couldn't help patting his chest and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the last general is willing to be the vanguard." No matter how powerful the Wagang thieves are, they are just some local chickens and tiles in the eyes of the last general. If the last general can't capture Li Mi alive, he is willing to come and see him! β
Wen Hao was not convinced, and sneered: "Wei Chigong, you are just a general, dare to regard me as no one in the Han army?" This pioneer, I, Wen Hao, should be decided! β
Although Wei Chigong has a relationship with Liu Ziqiu, Wen Hao also has brotherly righteousness with Liu Ziqiu, so he is not afraid of Yu Chigong and refuses to give in in words.
Regarding the dispute between his two brothers and subordinates, Liu Ziqiu didn't mind, smiled and said, "Brother Wei Chi, Brother Wen Hao, don't fight. This crusade against Wagang is indispensable for you to come into play. However, this pioneer position is still handed over to Zhang Liang. β
Hearing Liu Ziqiu's order, Wei Chigong and Wen Hao were both stunned, but a chuckle appeared on the corner of Li Jing's mouth.
And Zhang Liang, who was sitting in the big tent and was silent all the time, was slightly stunned, suddenly reacted, stood up suddenly, threw his hand excitedly, and said loudly: "The last general will obey the order!" β
He was ordered by Liu Ziqiu to think about it behind closed doors, although he regained the opportunity to lead the troops to the battle, but he left a shadow in his heart, thinking that he would never be reused by Liu Ziqiu again, but he didn't want Liu Ziqiu to actually hand over the position of vanguard to him, this kind of unexpected joy really made him unable to sit still anymore.
Liu Ziqiu just waved his hand lightly and said lightly: "There is a person named Wang Bodang in Wagang Village, this person has excellent archery skills, Zhang Liang, you have to be careful." β
Liu Ziqiu has some understanding of Zhang Liang's xìng ge, knowing that he is humble on the surface, but there is some yīn danger and rebellion in his bones. However, after all, Zhang Liang is also a general under Liu Ziqiu, and he has also helped Liu Ziqiu make a lot of contributions, and he has not done too many things that violate military discipline, so Liu Ziqiu will naturally give him some more opportunities.
Zhang Liang was in a state of excitement, and did not take Liu Ziqiu's words to heart, but just bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the last general will not be dishonored!" β
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Two days later, Zhang Liang led 5,000 jΔ«ng cavalry as the vanguard and captured Lingchang City with lightning speed.
Lingchang is the gateway to the north of Wagang, and as soon as Lingchang is broken, Wagang is exposed to the attack of Liu Ziqiu's army. Receiving the news of the loss of Lingchang, the Wagang generals were all taken aback. Since the defeat at Bishui Pass, Zhai Rang and Li Mi have stepped up their military training while laying out many barriers west of Wagang. Originally, Li Mi also suggested strengthening the defense in the north, but Zhai Rang refused to listen, because in his opinion, if Liu Ziqiu's army wanted to attack Wagang, it would definitely pass through Xingyang. When Li Mi bribed the people around Zhai Rang to assassinate Zhai Rang and control Wagang, it was too late to adjust the deployment of troops. Liu Ziqiu cleaned up Liu Wuzhou first, and the army came from the north, which suddenly made the heavy defense line set up by the heart of Wagangzhai completely useless.
After getting this news, Li Mi was not flustered, and sneered: "The Han army is invincible, this time we will give him a little bit of power!" β
After returning from the Bishui Pass, the Wagang army did not expand to other places, and although their strength had expanded to a staggering 500,000 men, they were still cowering in the small territory of Dongjun. At the beginning, Zhai Rang repeatedly proposed to capture other places, but he was persuaded by Li Mi, he just wanted to concentrate his forces and lead the Han army to a decisive battle here. Only by concentrating all forces could it be possible to resist the fierce attack of the Han army. After seizing control of Wagang, Li Mi also considered uniting with Liu Wuzhou, Lu Mingyue and others, but before these plans could be implemented, the Han army had already preemptively attacked. Even so, Li Mi was not afraid, after all, the Han army that attacked was only more than 100,000 people, and he didn't believe that more than 500,000 people could not beat more than 100,000 people.
The army of Wagangzhai quickly moved into action, and the first to rush outside Lingchang City were Qin Shubao and Wang Bodang. The two men each led 5,000 cavalry. Although it is also a cavalry, whether it is training or sitting on a war horse, it cannot be compared with the five thousand cavalry under Zhang Liang. The two armies opened up their positions under the city, Zhang Liang held a long knife in his hand, came out of the crowd, and shouted: "Zhang Liang, a certain general, who dares to fight to the death with a certain one!" β
If you talk about the strength of fighting alone, I am afraid that no one in the world is Liu Ziqiu's opponent. But Liu Ziqiu himself did not like this kind of combat mode in which the generals of the two armies were in front of the battle, and he emphasized the role of the team. With the bravery of the Han cavalry, in the face of an enemy twice as large as himself, he could directly crush the past, and there was no need to make another move.
But Zhang Liang didn't think so. Wen Hao fought two battles outside Bishui Pass and Taiyuan City, although he was not able to capture the enemy generals alive, but he also made him famous. And Zhang Liang is naturally not to be left behind, and wants to make a name for himself in this battle.
When Wang Bodang saw that there were only 5,000 cavalry behind Zhang Liang, he couldn't help but move in his heart, raised his hand lightly, and was about to wave his troops to cover the past.
"Wait!" But he heard Qin Shubao say in a deep voice, "General Wang, you fight for a certain person, and wait for him for a while!" β&!ββendββ&