222. Right and wrong
After breaking the formation, Sima Wenzhi turned around and walked back. Huang Fu and a few of his fellow disciples didn't know where they went, and it was useless to chase them back.
When he returned, Sima asked him to travel as quickly as he came.
When Tuoba Su led the infantry battalion to arrive, he was aware of it.
The infantry battalion has 30,000 soldiers, and after merging with the cavalry battalion, even if it cannot defeat the Xia army, it will not be defeated in a short time. The reason why he returned at a hurry was because he was worried that Tuoba Longyang would have an accident in the melee.
But things didn't come as he expected.
After returning to the area where the melee was before, there was no scene of the scuffle. In addition to the many corpses on the ground, only a few hundred Wei soldiers were cleaning up.
Seeing this, Sima Wenzhi walked a few steps forward to identify himself, and politely asked what had just happened.
At the very moment, the Wei army left behind did not believe his words and clamored to tie him up. Sima Wenzhi was no longer humble, and directly shot and subdued all the Wei soldiers who wanted to come forward.
The general who stayed behind heard the commotion and walked over quickly to ask what was happening. After seeing Sima Wenzhi, he proved his innocence for him, and then informed him of the movements of the Wei army.
This man was from the Buying, and when he was discussing that day, he was also in the Tuoba Su camp, and he had seen Sima Qianzhi, and he had also seen his insights and strategies.
"The Xia army was defeated, and the Xia lord fled in a hurry?" Sima asked after hearing this, and at the same time removed the confinement from the soldiers in front of him.
And so it is. The response of the left-behind general was affirmative. After responding, he took the initiative to tell the reason.
"The cavalry battalion of our army, which was in the valley, also rushed over after the infantry battalion arrived, and together cut off the road of the Xia army back to the city. The Xia army suffered from the enemy on its back and was defeated and scattered. Helian Chang, the lord of Xia, rushed out of the encirclement with a group of soldiers and horses and fled to the southwest. ”
"Where is the King of Anbei?" Sima asked Zhi to know the general course of the incident and asked about the whereabouts of Tuoba Longyang.
"Follow the two battalions of soldiers and cavalry, and go with Your Majesty to take over the city. The general who stayed behind replied.
General Xie informed. ”
After receiving an answer, Sima Li left and went to the summer capital. When he arrived at the city, the Wei army was besieging the city.
Helian Chang had taken most of the defenders in the city away before, and the defense of Tongwan City was extremely weak at this time. Even so, the Wei army's siege of the city did not go well.
After several attacks and defenses, both the Wei and Xia armies suffered casualties, but the Wei army suffered significantly more casualties.
The siege soldiers were several times larger than the Xia army defending the city, and although Tongwan was tall and strong, he still could not resist the Wei army. Shortly after Sima Wenzhi arrived, the Wei army opened a gap and rushed in.
After a year, Tongwan City was breached again.
From the moment he knew that Helian Chang had fled, it was a foregone conclusion that the Wei army would break the city, and it would only be sooner or later. Sima Wenzhi came here, not to help Tuoba Tao break the city, but to find Tuoba Longyang.
The gap gradually widened, the defenders were defeated, and the Wei army outside the city swarmed in.
It's a bit chaotic, but it's also good. After most of the Wei army entered the city, Tuoba Longyang's carriage and horse did not follow in, and it was revealed.
"How's it going?" Hurrying to the side of the car, Sima asked Zhiyue to get up and ask.
"Luckily picked up a life. Tuoba Longyang no longer concealed it and told it truthfully.
"Is there a gain?" Sima asked with some speculation in his heart, and then confirmed.
"You can avoid death. Tuoba Longyang did not hesitate and conceal it, and informed Tuoba Tao of what he promised.
The city of Tongwan was broken, and the Xia army was defeated.
In June of the fourth year of Wei Shiguang, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Wei and Xia fought a few miles outside the capital of Xia. After the Xia army's rear road was cut off and more than 10,000 people were killed, the rest of the soldiers and horses were led by the Xia lord Helianchang and broke through to the southwest.
After several tug-of-wars, the city was finally breached. The wealth accumulated by the Helian clan for several generations was once plundered by the Tuoba clan.
The battle of Weixia was not only a collision of grievances between the two clans for more than 100 years, but also an inevitable confrontation on the road of the two forces to expand their territory.
There is no right or wrong, and there is no right or wrong.
Some are just the law of the jungle, and they become kings and losers.
The way to govern the army lies in governing people, and the way to govern people lies in having a clear law and a clear distinction between rewards and punishments.
After the war, although all the wealth in Tongwan City was returned to the Wei State, Tuoba Tao strictly ordered it to be divided privately, and most of it was distributed according to merit.
Sima asked for it, and there was also a reward.
After the situation in the city gradually stabilized, Tuoba Su, the king of Changshan, personally made a proposal to the king of Wei and asked for credit for him. Tuoba Tao took the advice that he chose what he needed in the midst of many plunder.
However, Sima Wenzhi himself was disgusted by this matter and deliberately refused.
When he promised to come with the army, he had said in advance that he would not participate in the plunder. These words are still in my ears, and I don't want to break my word so quickly.
"The mountains are high, and the world follows the customs. Senior brother, don't refute Your Majesty's kindness, and go to see it first. This harvest is not only about money and women. Tuoba Longyang saw the clue and opened his mouth to advise.
Sima asked him just an obsession, not a stubbornness. I felt that it made sense to speak, so I followed the temporarily appointed registration master to check it.
A country is rich, and most of it exists in the national capital. The capital of the country is rich, and most of it is hidden in the imperial city. Now that he had made a decision, Sima Wenzhi no longer hesitated, and abandoned other places and went straight to the imperial city.
"In the Imperial City of the Xia Kingdom, is there a pavilion with a collection of books?" Before he arrived in the Imperial City, he opened his mouth and asked the master beside him.
"There's one place. The Lord Bo responded.
His duty was to count the city's income and keep a record. If there is a reward, it will be crossed out from the book after confirmation and a separate book will be created. He may not remember a particular piece of gold or silver, but he remembers exactly where it was stored.
"Don't look at anything else, just take me there. Sima asked.
Most of the library is in a deep and secluded place. The two entered the Imperial City, passed through multiple courtyards, and only stopped in front of an inconspicuous room when they were almost at the innermost point.
"Adults can choose their own and tell me what they need to take at the end. After stopping, the master raised his hand and made a "please" gesture, and waited outside the door.
The inventory was hastily counted, the door was unlocked, and the door was only tied haphazardly with a straw rope.
Even if it's not covered, it won't be stolen. Most of the soldiers like gold and silver, there are only bamboo slips, paper and ink, and the Tuoba clan advocates force, and few people will come.
But when you push the door and enter, the situation inside the house is unexpected.
The house is not big, there are a lot of books, and the officials of the Xia Kingdom have classified and stored the books and bamboo slips and stacked them neatly. But at this moment, on every wooden frame, there are traces of someone turning over.
After looking at a few places, he concluded that someone had already been there, not for possessions, but for the purpose of storing books.
Sima Wenzhi suddenly remembered something and continued to investigate the bookshelves in the house. It wasn't until he stopped in front of a bookshelf where Taoist texts were kept, and he was able to confirm who had come.
"Real people also like to collect books?"
Sima asked Zhi just to confirm when a question came from the door of the house.