0493 Don't miss the opportunity
Yinluo Qianjian is the four most important rivers between the Heluo Plain, among which the stream water is the valley water, originating from the Beikun Road of the Cuihan Ancient Road, the Qianshui flows between the Yellow River and Luoshui and flows into Luoshui on the west side of Luoyang.
Needless to say, Luoshui is the origin of the place name Luoyang. Yinshui is the most important tributary of Luoshui, and the river it flows through is also one of the most important access channels in the south of Luoyang.
Now that the two Wei are at war, the Yinshui Valley is also a fierce attack between the two sides, and there are many military fortresses along the line. From the Yinchuan line in Luonan, there were a series of fortified cities such as Kongcheng and Fuliu City, which were under the control of the Eastern Wei Dynasty before that, and each was stationed with a different number of men and horses.
Before the Eastern Wei Dynasty sent troops to Yingchuan to quell the rebellion, Hou Jing proposed to cede Luyang, Changshe, North Jingzhou, and East Jingzhou to the Western Wei in order to ask the Western Wei to send reinforcements to rescue. Among them, the Northern Jingzhou Prefecture is located in the Fuliu City of the Yinshui Basin.
Although Hou Jing nominally ceded these four lands to the Western Wei Dynasty, Northern Jingzhou was not under his control. Therefore, if the Western Wei Dynasty wanted to really occupy it, it still needed to send troops to attack.
Previously, Li Yuan led the righteous teachers of the Zhulu in western Henan to march through the Nankun Road, and first successfully conquered the Yiyang Jiuqu City located in the Luoshui Valley, and then learned that Li Tai had conquered the Hanguan City in Luoxi in the north.
This means that there will no longer be a large army of thieves in the Guannan region who can threaten the road to the east, and Li Bi's army on the back road has also set off from Hengnong, so Li Bi chose a relatively radical plan and directly crossed the Luonan area to attack Zhikong City, Xincheng County, near Yinchuan.
Kongcheng is the south gate of the Heluo Plain, and there are many cities such as Fuliu City to the south. When it was attacked, it meant that all the Eastern Wei troops stationed by Yin Shui to the south were intercepted outside the Heluo Plain, so the cities gathered men and horses to reinforce the north, and the battle situation was stalemate for a while.
At this time, an even more shocking news came from the north, Li Boshan's men and horses, who had just conquered Hanguan City, actually drove straight into Heyang South City again!
What is even more shocking is that Li Boshan sent a message here, because he had captured the arsenal of Heyang Nancheng and had a large number of armor and weapons stored in it, and called on all the righteous divisions of Zhulu to go north to reinforce and share the ordnance.
Because this news is so shocking, that the masses here are a little skeptical. But there are still people who want to believe that Li Yisun, the founder of the palace, led his headquarters to break away from the battlefield of Kongcheng and go straight to the direction of Luobei River Bridge.
Li Yisun's departure added to the hindrance to the already unsmooth war in Kongcheng. Because Li Yisun is not just a simple and powerful military leader, his family has been a local powerful man in Yinchuan for generations, and he can mobilize many local forces and barbarian armed forces to help in the war, and he also has a lot to do with other military leaders.
Finally, after the army led by Li Bi and Zhao Guisuo arrived here, the war ushered in a new turn. The Chinese army of Bafu, which had been trained for several years led by Li Bi, quickly defeated the defenders of the Eastern Wei Dynasty who were still fighting the trapped beasts.
With the conquest of Kongcheng, the southern Fuliu City and other towns were also broken one after another, and the passage into the Henan region was completely opened. From Fuliu City to the east along Rushui, it only takes a few days to reach Yangzhai.
However, Li Bi was not in a hurry to lead the army east, but temporarily stationed in Fuliu City, and sent two people, one to contact Wang Sizheng who arrived first and understand the latest changes in the situation here, and the other to visit the spot to find out what the real situation was here.
Wang Sizheng's self-assertive behavior has caused Li Bi and other tyrant generals to be estranged from him, and they dare not trust him wholeheartedly, fearing that Wang Sizheng may conceal some key information for his own purposes.
After Li Bi's army entered Fuliu City, Li Yuan led his headquarters to return to Yiyang Jiuqu City along the Luoshui coast to garrison it, in case the rear of the army was intercepted and harassed by the thief army from the south.
Originally, there was no need to worry too much about this, but Li Boshan was too greedy for merit and recklessness, completely forgetting his responsibility as the vanguard of the army, and rushed all the way to Heyang.
Although he captured the southern city of Heyang, it was a fluke in the eyes of everyone, and he would soon be defeated by the enemy and retake the city.
It's not that everyone looks down on Li Boshan, but the gap between the forces of the enemy and us is too huge, and Li Boshan's behavior is simply unreasonable
Yu's reckless act of being greedy for merit is even worse than Wang Sizheng's rashness.
After all, Hou Jing in Henan is already poor and has no way out, and Wang Sizheng sent troops to Henan to indeed have the opportunity to take over Hou Jing's territory. But Li Boshan ventured into Heyang, and with the thousands of men and horses under his command, could he really break through the three cities of Heyang and enter Hanoi?
Such a reckless move only intensified the vigilance of the defenders of Heyang and brought great uncertainty to the situation in Heluo.
Not long ago, when the army set out to march east in Yiyang, it received a battle report from Li Boshan to conquer the southern city of Heyang and a letter requesting support.
However, under the arguments of Zhao Gui, the deputy commander of the march, the army still advanced according to the established goal Yin Shui, and ignored Li Boshan's request for help. On the way, Zhao Gui also sent a group of people north to Luoxijin Barn City to collect the capture of Cangcheng to the Chinese army.
This is not a contradiction, after all, Li Boshan, as the vanguard of the army, is responsible for the obligation to seize supplementary supplies for the army. Of course, the army also has the responsibility to support its follow-up, but Li Boshan has already led the army out of the route of the army's advance, and it is understandable that the army will not make reinforcements.
Sure enough, not long after, Li Yisun's army, which had gone north before, was defeated and fled back to Kongcheng, bringing the news that a large group of Eastern Wei men had appeared in the Luobei Xiaoshui Valley.
This not only means that Li Boshan, who entered the southern city of Heyang, has been cut off from retreating, but also means that the flank of their army has also been exposed to the enemy's iron hooves.
The reason why Li Bi chose to temporarily garrison Fuliu City and not continue to advance was also partly due to this. If you can't get out of the melee in Henan, the enemy cavalry wandering in Luobei will undoubtedly be very dangerous if you go south to attack the rear road.
Originally, Li Bi was still a little guilty about following Zhao Gui's advice and not sending people to the river bridge to reinforce Li Boshan, but now he couldn't help but complain about Li Tai in his heart.
Obviously, his people only need to hold the Han Pass City, which can be called an overfulfilled task, but they want to venture into the river bridge, and now they are in danger, and the army has become unreasonable, making the originally clear advantage situation unpredictable.
In Li Bi's opinion, if the tyrant can't take advantage of Hou Jing's chaos to seek enough benefits, then Wang Sizheng and Li Tai are undoubtedly the biggest sinners, and they will bear the main responsibility for this!
Therefore, during this period of time, the soldiers of the army stationed in Fuliu City had a relatively negative and pessimistic view of the behavior and situation of Li Tai and his men and horses who were far away at the river bridge.
The time soon entered the middle of June, on this day Li Bi was in the camp to summarize the Henan intelligence sent back from all sides, considering whether it was necessary to send a group of people to advance to test, suddenly the outside of the account came to tell the soldiers outside the account, before leaving the camp to go to the river bridge Li Yisun had returned, and was patrolling the camp Zhao Gui Zhao Gui on the camp to arrest, intending to try and interrogate.
Regarding Li Yisun's behavior of leading his troops away from the battlefield without permission, Li Bi was also very disgusted in his heart. But hearing that Zhao Gui is so active, he is worried that Zhao Gui will not be able to deal with it impartially. After all, Li Yisun has a special status, and it is not appropriate to impose sanctions at this time.
So after weighing it, Li Bi still stood up and went to Zhao Gui's tent. When he came to the outside of the tent, he saw that Wei Fabao and the others were already waiting here.
Seeing Li Bi coming, Wei Fabao walked up, knelt on the ground with a plop, and pleaded earnestly: "I implore Mrs. Li to remember that my father-in-law and brother are all loyal to the country and can save the life of the righteous grandson. But if his sins are too great to die, he will be willing to partake of them and die in the midst of it."
Other powerful generals in western Henan also stepped forward to intercede for Li Yisun, and even some rude barbarian chieftains shouted that if Li Yisun was executed, they would lead their troops away and no longer obey the orders of the imperial court.
Although Li Bi was also a little dissatisfied with the practice of these powerful military leaders coercing the masses and violating military orders, he also had to admit that the imperial court could still maintain a certain amount of power and influence in Heluo, and it also had to rely on the struggle and struggle of these powerful men in western Henan, so it was not easy to treat it as the requirements of the generals of the Chinese army.
He first waved his hand to signal everyone to be calm, and he walked towards the tent, and before he could enter the tent, he heard an angry roar from the tent: "When death is imminent, you dare to lie about the military situation!"
After entering the account, Li Bi saw that Li Yisun was rebelled by two healthy soldiers
Cutting his arms on the inside of the tent, Zhao Gui sat in the tent and looked at Li Yisun with a fierce voice.
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When he saw Li Bi entering, Zhao Gui stood up to greet him, and raised his hand to point at Li Yisun under the tent and said with a smile to Li Bi: "This slave really deserves to be killed!" The evidence of the war crime of evading the army is conclusive, but now that he has lost power, he still wants to lie about the military situation and confuse the public with false rumors! He actually told me that Li Boshan conquered another city, and even captured the city of Zhongyun in Heyang. Ha, it's ridiculous, why don't you say that its army has already arrived in Yecheng!"
When Li Bi heard this, his brows suddenly furrowed, and he glanced at Li Yisun, who was pressed to the ground and had some difficulty breathing, before he said to Zhao Gui again: "Li Kaifu is senior after all, and he is ordered by Yang Pinggong, even if he is at fault, it is not appropriate to be rude, and he also asks Nanyang Gong to ask politely."
From the point of view of officials, Li Yisun is also the standard configuration of hussars, Kaifu and county dukes, although it is because of a great pension, and the prestige and power are a little unworthy of the name, but Zhao Gui treats him as an ordinary criminal, which is also a little inappropriate.
Hearing Li Bi say this, Zhao Guicai waved his hand and motioned for his soldiers to let go of Li Yisun, but he still reprimanded with a cold expression: "You sinner, don't think that my magic sword is false, if you lie and deceive again, the crime will be increased by one degree!" According to the truth, did Li Boshan teach you to make this false report and trick the masses into going to save him? But if it turns out that you are only an accomplice, you will not sin unto death."
When Li Yisun heard this, he immediately glared and said, "What the last general said is true! Xihe Gong Li Kaifu used his troops like a god, attacking all the battles and being invincible, killing huge thousands of enemies, and even conquering two cities, which he would see with his own eyes. Now that the Heyang thief army is frightened and does not dare to fight, Beicheng is already in sight.
If a fool misses a good opportunity and fails to reinforce in time, so that the thief can calmly consolidate the river defense, it is a great sin! Please don't take it lightly, if the general has a lie, he is willing to be circumcised! Even if the army can't move lightly, please summon Xiangyibei to help Xihe Gong!"