Min Wen Yanjun wanted to save Zhao, and sent Da Sima to engage in Zhonglang Guangning Chang Wei to envoy Yu Yanjie and said: "Ran Min, Shi's rest, negative grace and rebellion, how dare you call it a big one?" Wei said: "Tang Fang, King Wu cut down, in order to prosper the business and the industry of Zhou; Cao Mengde was raised by eunuchs, and he didn't know what he was going to do, and he established the foundation of the Wei family. If it is not the destiny of heaven, An can succeed! In this case, why ask! Yu said: "People say that Ran Min is at the beginning of his life, casting gold as his own image, and divining success or failure, but the image is not successful, believe it?" Wei said: "I don't hear it." Yu said: "Those who come from the south are like this, why hide it?" Wei said: "The treacherous and hypocritical people want to correct the destiny of heaven to confuse people, but they are fake Fu Rui and support the turtle to respect themselves, and the Lord of Wei holds the Fu Xi, according to Zhongzhou, what is the doubt about the order; And the more anti-true is false, depending on the golden statue! Yu said: "Where is the national seal?" Wei said: "In Cheng". Yu said: "Zhang Juyan is in Xiangguo. Wei said: "On the day of killing Hu, there were no survivors left behind; From time to time, there are leaks, all of them are lurking in the middle of the ear, and Bi'an knows where the seal is! He who asks for help, for the sake of delusion, can do anything, and the situation is a seal! ”

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Jiang Zuo's edict on the Northern Expedition was issued in December of the sixth year of Yonghe, and the edict was issued to the world, and the Jiankang court seemed to be afraid that others would not know that he was going to swear to the Northern Expedition, and the "propaganda offensive" was vigorous. Fu Jian, who was the target of the attack, was not an alien, so he naturally knew about the Northern Expedition of the imperial court, and the spearhead was up to Heluo, which he occupied. After receiving information about the dispatch of troops from Nanyang and Shouchun one after another, Fu Jian knew that the big thing was not good, and this time the Jiangzuo court seemed to be going to move seriously, so he hurriedly convened all the important ministers to discuss countermeasures.

"The current situation is very clear, Jiang Zuo sent Yangzhou Yin Hao out of Shouchun. Thought to be the East Road; Jing Xianghuan Wen out of Nanyang thought it was the middle road; Guan Long Zenghua went out of Hongnong to think that the west road, and the three-way army gathered in Heluo. From the current point of view, Shouchun began to garrison troops, Nanyang began to be surrounded, but Hongnong did not have any movement. Shang Shu ordered Jiang Bozhou to twist a piece of Xianyang paper and briefly describe the military situation described on it.

Everyone couldn't help but be silent, it seems that the situation is really serious. Guan Long couldn't go back, so it was easy to squat in Heluo and occupy a piece of territory. Now the old master's family has come to drive him away. The world is so big. Where are they going?

Mao Gui smiled bitterly: "Guan Long's Zeng Hua doesn't need to move. They are the closest to Heluo, and they can come over with their legs. ”

;; Road. Speaking of this, Xiong thought about it sideways, and finally said hesitantly to Fu Jian and the others: "I think it's strange, Guan Long's strength is not clear to others, but we are the most clear. As long as he goes all out to the east, we will never be able to resist it. It took us a lot of effort to instigate the unrest in Guanlong, but they were effortlessly quelled in the rest of the month, and gave them an excuse to wipe out all the powerful leaders in Guanlong, and all of them were relocated from their places of residence to Chang'an, Southern Zheng and Chengdu. ”

;;.Not very good brother, while speaking, carefully choose the right words and sentences: "In addition, now that Guanlong implements the Juntian system, the people including Qiang, Xianbei, Xiongnu and other people are all happy, and their hearts return to Chang'an. According to this reason, Zeng Hua should have no worries and internal troubles. It should go all out to the east. But why did he keep stagnating, but instead went to Jiangzuo to invite Huan Wen and Yin Hao to share the work of recovering Heluo's immortality? ”

Guan Long's real intentions will be very passive. Unable to deploy troops correctly. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, if Guan Long had no intention of going out of Heluo, and his own heavy troops were mobilized to gather in Shaanxi County and Yiyang, but it would be a waste, and they would be powerless to resist the attack of Huan Wen in the middle road and Yin Hao in the east road. If you guess Guan Long's intentions for Heluo wrongly, when he and Huan Wen and Yin Hao are in full swing, he will give you a knife behind his back, and it will be a catastrophe.

While everyone was talking about each other, a pro-soldier suddenly came in and reported: "Heavenly King, Guan Long has a spy to report." ”

"Quick!"

The "nominal" checkpoints of Heluo and Guanlong are open, and business travel is not forbidden, and Fu Jian has sent spies to Guanlong. However, Guan Long's armor is tight, and the detectives are densely packed, and the spies sent will sink into the sea like a stone if they are not careful, and they will not see the dead or the corpse, and they can only occasionally send some unimportant news, and most of the information about Guan Long by Jian and others actually came from the smuggled out of the newspaper.

"King Yutian, Guan Long's current soldiers and horses have been transferred north to Feng County, and the purpose is ominous." The incoming spies cautiously reported back.

Although this information is too brief, Fu Jian and the others know that they don't know how many spies have been lost for this brief news.

;; See? ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and some said that Guan Long's transfer of troops was an illusion, and he wanted to confuse Kanto, and then take Heluo by surprise; Some say that this is a signal from Guan Long to Zhou Guo, saying that he has no intention of Heluo; Some places even said that there must have been righteous people in Feng County who responded to the Luoyang uprising, and the momentum was huge, forcing Chang'an to send heavy troops to suppress it.

;; Noble and important ministers.

Fu Xiong, who was thinking about it with his head down, suddenly raised his head and said to Fu Jian: "Heavenly King, I have a bold conjecture for my brother. ”

;.One,.Listen to Fu Xiong's speech.

"I once asked someone to go to Jingxiang to inquire and collect intelligence on Zeng Zhenbei in Chang'an, and found that he had two characteristics in his use of troops." Under the watchful eye of everyone, Xiong began to speak slowly.

"Surprise and avoid reality." Hearing Fu Xiong's words, everyone was thoughtful, nodded and continued to listen.

"According to Jingxiang rumors, when Huan Zhengxi was preparing to crusade against Shu, all the generals did not agree, but it was Zeng Zhenbei who supported it and persuaded the generals, so that there was a miraculous victory of thousands of miles to attack Chengdu and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to destroy a country." Ken said that everyone had heard of these things, and even more mythical versions than this had been heard. These are all Guan Long's interviews with the "storytellers" of the Guanfeng Department who spread Zeng Hua's "glorious deeds" all over Guanlong and Yiliang, and then the very active businessmen of Guanlong and Yiliang spread these "deeds" all over the world. in the process of propagation

It's been added to the vinegar.

"The town guards Liangzhou, the north is related to Long, there is Qiu Chi in the west, and Heluo is connected to the east, but Zeng Zhenbei chose the relatively weak Qiu Chi, and it was a success in running thousands of miles. Then, to everyone's surprise, he continued to move westward, breaking the Tuyuhun that was strong on the outside but scattered on the inside. and then take advantage of the situation to subdue a plate of scattered Xiqiang. The Central Plains was in turmoil. Zeng Zhenbei did not send troops to the Heluo Central Plains. Instead, he directly sent troops to Guanlong, which was relatively weak, and took advantage of the aftermath of Liang Li's Gaoli rebels and the inability to fully support the Central Plains chaos to defeat the mediocre Shibao in one fell swoop and occupy Guanlong. ”

Speaking of this, Fu Xiong took a closer look and praised sincerely: "Zeng Zhenbei's use of troops is often unexpected at the beginning, and I think about it carefully afterwards. But it makes sense. ”

;; The strategy is to let it go first, and then hit it. ”

"Let it go first, then hit it. Yuancai, how do you say this? Fu Jian heard that he understood a little here, but he still eagerly asked Fu Xiong, hoping to know the final answer.

"We have analyzed the reasons why Zeng Zhenbei was reluctant to storm Heluo last year. First, it may be that Jiang Zuo does not want him to capture Heluo. Zeng Zhenbei recovered Guanlong. Regain Heluo. What did Jiang Zuo Jin use to reward this immortal hero? Zeng Hua understands this, and he also knows that once he enters Heluo in the east, he will be strongly counterattacked and blocked by us. He also knows that our strength is definitely not comparable to Shi Bao's straw bale. So he simply took advantage of the situation and asked Jiang Zuo to send troops to Heluo. Xiong slowly analyzed.

"In this way, Zeng Zhenbei can not only block Jiang Zuo's mouth, but also use Jiang Zuo's strength to weaken our strength. Sending troops in the spring must have been suggested by him. We fought hard with Jiang Zuo in the spring, and once we missed the spring ploughing, more people would flee to Guanlong. Fu Xiong shook his head and said, and everyone shook their heads. They all knew that once the people were lost and no one cultivated, then there was no need for others to fight, and the Zhou State would have only one way to perish.

"But Zeng Zhenbei can take advantage of the chaos in Heluo to go out and merge the state." Fu Xiong finally said in a deep voice.

"Soldiers out of the state?" Fu Jian understood, and the current position of Bingzhou is extremely important, the south can be out of Sizhou Henan, and the east can look at Jizhou and Hebei. It can be said that in the past, Zeng Hua could only watch the melee in the Central Plains from the other side of the strait in Guanlong, but now as long as he occupies the state, he can dominate the situation, watch the Central Plains all parties fight to the death, and then see the opportunity to kill you with a knife.

Thinking of this, Fu Jian couldn't help but shudder, he deeply felt the interests of the Guan Long Zeng clan today. With such an opponent on the flank, can Zhou Guo have a bright future? What kind of ambition is just a fighting that fights to the death with others in the eyes of others, and Zeng Hua is like a hunting dog sitting next to him, when you are defeated and dying, he can run over to harvest the fruit in a leisurely manner.

"Yuancai, in this way, our top priority can only be to reject the soldiers and horses on the middle and east roads first, and abandon the west road and ignore Longlong." After a long time, Jian said helplessly.

"It's the king of the earth, and that's all we can decide. Otherwise, the soldiers and horses of Guan Long alone will be able to crush us to death. Moreover, the foolish brother thinks that the soldiers and horses on the left side of the river are probably also the pawns of Zeng Zhenbei. Xiong replied.

"You mean ......"

"Heavenly King, the routes taken by the Jiangzuo Northern Expeditionary Army East Road are all flat terrain, or many hills, suitable for my cavalry to fight, although Yin Hao, the leader of the army, is a celebrity, but the use of military means is far less than Zeng Zhenbei and Huan Zhengxi, although this road is the most powerful, but it is the easiest for us to deal with." Xiong continued to analyze.

"And in the middle road, there is Nanyang Wancheng in the first pass, and then there are Tongbai Mountain, Funiu Mountain and Bear's Ears Mountain. Huan Zhengxi can use soldiers again, and he has to gnaw down this hard bone slowly. And Zeng Zhenbei's strategy may be to let it go first, and then fight it, first let Heluo fight, send troops to merge with the state, and wait until Heluo is almost done, and then wave his army east to the south, and take Luoyang directly. Therefore, we can hold Shaanxi County with a small number of troops, spread more flags, and bluff. Summoned an order to Nanyang to guard Yuan Jing and let him defend Nanyang. Then part of the troops were sent to defend Wucheng (now Nanzhaonan, Henan, north of Nanyang), Luyang (now Lushan, Henan), Kunyang (now Yexian, Henan), Liangxian (now Linruxi, Henan), and Mancheng (now Ruyangnan, Henan), and held on to the danger. And the main force went all out to enter Yuzhou, looking for an opportunity to defeat Yin Hao on the East Road, and then returned to Luoyang, and then made plans. Xiong made his own suggestion.

;;

Wang Fall, Lei Qiao'er and others seconded: "This is the best policy, please ask the King of Heaven to decide." ”

;;.= Expand the number of soldiers and horses to 60,000. sent Liang to lead 5,000 troops to guard Shaanxi County, and Qiang Ping to lead 5,000 troops to guard Xin'an; Send Yuzun, Mao Gui, and Cheng Pu to lead 20,000 troops south to Mancheng and Luyang to defend the middle route army of Huanwendi. Then Paixiong, Wang Yuan, Lu Polou, and Zhang Yu led 30,000 elite soldiers to ride 30,000 and entered Yin Hao, Xuchang, Yuzhou. Continue to stay in Hebei Jian Hedong and Hanoi counties.

On the first day of March, Zeng Hua had not yet returned to Chang'an, and Fu Jian was also transferring troops, but the first battle of Yonghe's seven-year Northern Expedition was started by Sima Xun in Nanyang.

He led Huan Wen to give strict orders and drove 20,000 troops to besiege Nanyang. The defender of the city was Yuan Jing, who had just descended to Fu Jian, and Yuan Jing of the former northern Zhao Nanyang Taishou. He had just received an urgent letter from Ken. wants him to defend Nanyang. He also promised that reinforcements would come to meet him soon. So Yuan Jing led 5,000 soldiers to carry it to the end according to the high walls of Wancheng.

Although Sima Xun has 20,000 soldiers and horses. It looks like a huge momentum, but the quality of the soldiers is too poor, and they have not been trained well, and the siege equipment made in a hurry is very rudimentary, when Sima Xun gave an order, the troops shouted and rushed up, and they were beaten back in less than half an hour.

Sima Xun, who was bent on taking the lead in the Northern Expedition, couldn't help but be furious when he saw this scene, and beheaded more than 100 generals and officers who led the troops. Then he ordered another siege, only to be beaten back an hour later.

Sima Xun fought around Wancheng for more than 20 days, and lost more than half of his troops, and when Huan Chong's army slowly came up, he still had no way to take Wancheng, but he also beat Wancheng to exhaustion. In the end, Huan Chong merged with Sima Xun's subordinates, and then joined forces to attack the city day and night.

This siege is much stronger than Sima Xun's subordinates because of Huan Chong's subordinates, and they bring

The equipment is also complete. Three days and three nights in a row. Finally captured Wancheng. In the end, Yuan Jing of the army had no choice but to commit suicide behind closed doors, leaving only a yard of corpses for Huan Chong.

The victorious Huan Chong took advantage of the situation to continue to go north, and the cities of Xi'e, Bowang, Blockade, and Wucheng heard the wind and surrendered. When the high-spirited Huan Chong was about to go straight to Heluo, he kicked the iron plate in Luyang City. Luyang City is bordered by Funiu Mountain in the north. There is water in the south, and Cheng Pu, who guards the city, gives full play to these natural advantages, so that Huan Chong has no choice but to settle under the city of Luyang.

Yin Hao, who was even more high-spirited, was ready to write a Northern Expedition essay when he was out of the Northern Expedition in Shouchun on March 12, but he always felt that it was not as imposing as Zeng Hua and Che Yin's "Letter to the People in Guanzhong", and he couldn't help sighing: "The righteousness of the Northern Expedition was actually occupied by Guanlong." So he didn't write anything at all, and just went north.

Yin Hao led 50,000 cavalry, along the way was a triumphant song, Shen County, Ruyin (now Fuyang, Anhui), Gushi (now Linquan, Anhui), Song County, Xiang County (now Shenqiu, Henan) and other cities heard the wind and surrendered, at the end of April had arrived in Chen County (now Huaiyang, Henan). When the good news reached Jiankang, the Manchu Dynasty monarchs and Jiangzuo celebrities all cheered and congratulated each other, thinking that the recovery of Heluo was just around the corner.

Who knew that before everyone woke up from their joy, Yin Hao also kicked the iron plate in Chen County. Wang Yuan, who guarded Chen County, gathered 15,000 soldiers and horses from the surrounding counties and counties, and held the Xiongcheng of Chen County, which was once governed by Yuzhou Prefecture, and let Yin Hao provoke and attack in every way.

Yin Hao, who had been besieging the city for more than a month, couldn't, so he had to divide his troops and send Xie Shang to attack the important town and county in the east. Who knew that not long after the division of troops, Wang Cheng united with the troops of Fuxiong in Ruyang (now southwest of Zhoukou, Henan) and defeated Yin Hao in the city of Chenxian. With a loss of 4,000 soldiers and horses, Yin Hao had no choice but to retreat to Ruyin City, and the Northern Expeditionary Army on the East Road was temporarily frustrated.

The south side is lively, and the north side does not stop.

As early as October of the sixth year of Yonghe, the fine work and traitors who belonged to the Tanma Division and the Detective Cavalry Department began to move around, and began to fan the flames according to the arrangement of Wang Meng, Xie Ai, and Pudi.

In the first month of the seventh year of Yonghe, according to Guanggu's (now Yidu, Shandong) Duan Niche was instigated by the Tanma Si Neiying, who was named to join the army, and was worshiped by the Jiankang Imperial Court as General Wei, Qingzhou Assassin History, and Feng Qi Gong.

The army then continued to agitate the proud Duan Gong and persuaded him to respond to the imperial court's northern expedition to send troops to the western states. Duan Gong thought so, no matter whether the imperial court's northern expedition was successful or not, there was nothing wrong with occupying more territory. So he led 20,000 cavalry to attack the counties of Taishan, Jibei and Dongping in the state, and exchanged fire with Yao Gezhong.

Yao Gezhongbu originally set off to return to Guanlong before the Fu family. But because they were located in the east of their home, Yao Gezhong had been hesitating. He not only wanted to return to Guanlong in the west, but also wanted to destroy Ran Min in the city to repay Shi Hu's kindness to him. So half-heartedly, they stayed in Dunqiu County and Puyang County for most of the year, so that the Fu family, who left later, was one step faster and occupied the Heluo area first. Moreover, when Fu Jian was in Yanzhou, he defeated Yao Gezhong and drove Yao from Puyang to Dongping County. As soon as Duan Gong entered Dongping County in the west, he immediately got into fire with Yao Gezhong.

Although the Yao Department won more and lost less, it was unable to annihilate the Duan Shrine Division, which was dominated by Xianbei cavalry, and the two sides fought a tug-of-war on the front line of Wuyan and Fucheng in Dongping County.

At this time, Yao Gezhong received a request for help from Xiangguo Shiyi.

Wei lord Ran Min besieged Xiangguo for more than 100 days, and Shi Qi, who was trapped in the lonely city, couldn't, so he had to go to the emperor's honor, proclaimed himself King Zhao, and sent Taiwei Zhang Ju to the north to ask for help from Yan State, and sent Zhang Chun, the general of the Chinese army, to the south to ask Yao Gezhong for help.

Yao Gezhong didn't say a word, and immediately sent his son Yao Xiang to lead the troops north, and advised: "Ran Min is disloyal and unjust, and slaughter the Shi clan." I was deeply favored by the first emperor, and I should have led the troops north to beg for thieves, but I am too old to go, so I am afraid that I will not be able to go, so I will stay here to reject the Duan clan's Xianbei, and you will lead the troops north on my behalf. Your talent is ten times that of Ran Min, you must capture this thief here, or don't come to see me. "But Yao's troops lost two games in a row, their vitality was greatly damaged, and there was a threat from Duan Niche in the east, so there were not many soldiers and horses that could be used, so they could only make up 8,000 cavalry for Yao Xiang and let him take them to aid Xiangguo.

Yao Xiang and Wang Shi of Ruyin of Northern Zhao led troops to save Xiangguo, Ran Min sent the general Hu Mu to reject Yao Xiang in Changlu, and the general Sun Wei rejected Shi in Huangqiu, all of which were defeated and the soldiers were lost.

Ran Min wanted to lead the troops to attack in person, but General Wei Wang Tai persuaded: "We have been besieging Xiangguo for more than 100 days, and the city of Xiangguo can be said to be precarious and can be broken soon." Now that the enemy's rescuers are gathered, if once our army is out to meet the enemy, it is very likely that we will be attacked by the enemy and all the achievements we have made will be lost. It is better to stick to the camp and fortification, brake with static, and then find opportunities to break through. And if His Majesty comes out lightly, once something happens, the whole army may be destroyed, and the city will be repeated. ”

Ran Min hesitated, and sat there silent. However, the Taoist priest Fa Rao instigated: "Your Majesty has besieged Xiangguo for half a year but has not achieved an inch, but now the thief has avoided it and has not attacked, I am afraid that the army's heart will be turbulent, and the people's will will be lost." Speaking of this, Fa Rao pretended to be mysterious and said: "I watched the sky at night and found that Taibai entered, when he killed King Hu, he fought a hundred battles, and this opportunity must not be lost!" ”

Ran Min was overjoyed, went to Wang Tai to dissuade him, and fought with Yao Xiang and Shi with all his soldiers. Ran Min was extremely brave, Yao Xiang and Shi were unstoppable, plus there were few soldiers, and they were defeated and retreated again and again, almost collapsing. And Shi Qi in Xiangguo City was persuaded by the inner servants who were bribed by the detectives of the cavalry department, and he did not dare to go out of the city to attack Ran Min.

Seeing that the defeat of Yao and Shi was decided, Yan Yunan's general Yue Juan led 30,000 soldiers and horses to suddenly arrive, killing Ran Min by surprise, and the soldiers and horses were defeated. The chariot generals Hu Mu, Sikong Shipu, and Shang Shu Ling Xu Ji died in the chaos, and his son Dadan Yu Ran Yin and Zuo Servant Liu Qi were captured alive by Hu Li Tekang and others under his command to surrender to Xiangguo, and were dismembered and killed by Shi Qi, and more than half of the 100,000 soldiers and horses were lost. Ran Min couldn't, so he had to lead the army back to the city slowly, and then dismember Farao's father and son to vent his hatred.

On March 15, Zeng Hua worshiped Wang Meng as the governor of the marching army through the east of the Luohe River, and the history of the state assassination, with Mao Anzhi as the army, led Yang Su, Deng Yao, Feng Baoan, and Li Tianzheng to lead 20,000 infantry troops and 10,000 cavalry out of Xiayang (now south of Hancheng, Shaanxi), crossed the river and marched eastward, pointing directly at Linfen, Pingyang County.

Bai Xie Ai was the governor of the marching army of Jingluo Heshuo and the general of Ning Shuo, with Jiang Kui as the army, and led Jiang Nan, Lu Zhen, Hou Ming, Dang Tangtu, Gong Tangxiu and Dangsu to lead 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry troops, out of Huangling, and the soldiers pointed to Gaonu (now Yan'an, Shaanxi).