Chapter 106: The Iron Blood Army Splits

If anyone holds a map of Northland, they can clearly see that in this era, Northland County was full of rivers like Jiangnan Water Town, and it was summer, and the small rivers were also rich in water. Although the number of the Iron Blood Army was less than half of the Xiongnu army, it relied on the river to fight the Huns.

Liu Yao wanted to scold his mother a little, his purpose was to stabilize the imperial brother of Ding County, okay? What are you fighting with the Iron Blood Army? I just want to borrow a road from Beidi County. Of course, if Liu Yao knew that the imperial brother had been secretly controlled by the Iron and Blood Army, he would not have asked this question.

The two sides fought for more than ten days, and no one took advantage, and the battle between the two sides was really seen by the imperial reinforcements who rescued Chang'an but were frightened by the Hun army.

Zhang Yu has always been a loyal and filial son, he sent thousands of elites to help guard Chang'an this year, and in the previous years, Zhang Yu and his father also supported people and materials, so their Zhang family was all over Chang'an.

Zhang Yu has been trying to figure out what is going on outside, he just made a round, and the exits of Liangzhou, Anding County and Beidi County, have already changed hands. It is difficult for any eloquent person to accept the reality that the road ahead has been cut off, and his father Zhang Liang has been operating in Liangzhou for more than ten years, just to occupy the Liangzhou side. And Zhang Yu is more ambitious than his father, he thinks that Qin is lost, and his Zhang family is not without opportunities.

However, after Zhang Yu's plan to open up Beidi County and Anding County by force failed, he could only wait for the opportunity, and after a period of exploration, he found that the Xiongnu in Anding County were very strange, Anding County basically had no Han people except for Qianghu, you must know that the Han people are the basis for collecting grain and taxes, and the Huns actually drove away all the Han people in the territory, which is really strange for an independent force.

In addition, Zhang Yu didn't understand how Liu Yi, the younger brother of the Xiongnu Emperor, was the king of Zhao who was sealed by the imperial court, raised an army of more than 100,000 troops, you must know that even if there is grain in Stability, there is absolutely no grain to supply more than 100,000 troops for more than a year. After the Huns drove the Han people away, they honestly stayed in Anding County to train their troops, and there was no lack of food, which clearly told Zhang Yu that this Huns had another backer.

And the forces that can supply hundreds of thousands of troops, except for Sima Bao, the king of Liangzhou and Nanyang, that is, the iron-blooded army, Zhang Yu knows that it can never be Sima Bao, Sima Bao is too young, and he has not fully mastered Qinzhou until now, if it is really what he did, then it is impossible not to spread any news, and Sima Bao can control more than 100,000 troops, he would have launched a coup d'état to seize the throne. If all other possibilities are ruled out, the remaining possibilities can only be the truth, if not impossible.

When Zhang Yu deduced that the Iron Blood Army and the so-called Zhao Emperor's brother Liu Yi were in the same group, Zhang Yu put away all his minions and did not show any aggression, this attitude deceived the Iron Blood Army.

Hu Song, the general sent by Sima Bao, also saw the combat effectiveness of the iron-blooded army, he thought that he had found a good helper for his master, Sima Bao had the ambition to replace Emperor Jin Han as emperor, and it was not a day or two, these royal families surnamed Sima all thought that they were the best candidates for the emperor, otherwise they would not have caused the Eight Kings Rebellion. Hu Song immediately wrote a letter to persuade Sima Bao to get closer to the Iron Army.

The battle between Liu Yao and the Iron Blood Army lasted for several months, and the two armies stopped fighting from time to time, and in the end, no one could help anyone. In the end, Liu Yao was beaten out of temper, with the natural barrier of several rivers, and the iron-blooded army was personally commanded by Liu Bi, Liu Yao could not cross Beidi County at all.

In the end, Liu Yao sent someone to plead with the Iron and Blood Army in a low voice to take advantage of Anding County, and Liu Bi told Liu Yao that he needed to ask for instructions, so the two sides entered into a brief peace. No one expected that Liu Yao's simple excuse this time would actually split the Iron and Blood Army. Chu Yun has been gone for two or three months, during this time, the county guards and guards of the Iron and Blood Army have done a very good job, and Chu Yun has also gathered a lot of talents over the years, such as Mo Han, Zhang Tong, Ma Liang and others are all great talents, not to mention the head of a county, even a state and a country can be governed.

However, there is a big loophole in the system of the Iron and Blood Army, and there is no problem when Chu Yun is there, but once he is not there, the Iron Blood Army does not have a number two person who can convince the public. Of course, this was Chu Yun's intention, after all, no one in this world could make Chu Yun absolutely trust like Zhuge Qingyi. Therefore, Liu Yao's request caused a huge dispute among several high-ranking civilian and military generals of the Iron and Blood Army.

The county guard of Beidi County is served by Ma Liang, so he has a lot of right to speak, but Ma Liang himself knows that he is proficient in government affairs and has average military talents, so he did not express his opinion, he handed over Liu Yao's request to the Governor's Mansion, and Ma Liang did not expect that this simple matter would cause a series of changes.

With Chu Yun's departure, the Iron and Blood Army temporarily abandoned the factional strife for their own interests, and divided into three temporary groups, among which Wang Lian and Fang Qing and others undoubtedly had the highest low position on behalf of the Governor's Mansion. However, with Fang Qing's physical discomfort, there were no other old people in the entire Governor's Mansion except Wang Lian. The Governor's Mansion absorbed a large number of children from some families, after all, there were too few people in this era, and only the children of the family could read and write. Wang Lian is from the Langya Wang family, and the newcomers recruited by Chu Yun are also from families, Wang Lian likes these children very much, so he vigorously promoted them during this time. When Liu Yao's request was delivered, they knew about it. Although this group of people served the Predators, they were still more devoted to the imperial court. So they did not go through Wang Lian's order, but even issued an order through the governor's mansion without permission.

They ordered the Iron Bloods to agree to the passage and let the Xiongnu army enter Anding County from Beidi County. Because Anding County is also controlled by the Iron and Blood Army, when the Iron Army of Beidi County and the army of Anding County are flanked by the Huns, it is likely that Liu Yao's army will be wiped out, and they are likely to become the great heroes of the imperial court. Among them, their representative figure is the children of the Yang family and the Jiyin Xi family, who followed the Xiongnu Emperor's younger brother Liu Yihongnong and Jiyin Xi family desperately, and it is good to be old and senior, after Chu Yun captured them, the children of the two families poured into the territory of the Iron Blood Army like encountering a magnet, so many people took refuge in the Iron Blood Army.

However, unlike the thoughts of the people in the Governor's Mansion, Zhang Tong, Mo Han and Lin Yu, who were the officials of the Governor's Mansion, did not agree to give way, and they sternly refused the order of the Governor's Mansion. It's not that they don't think they can wipe out Liu Yao's army, but because they don't want to destroy it. Indeed, under the desperate efforts of the iron-blooded army, even if Chu Yun is not there, he can wipe out Liu Yao's hundreds of thousands of troops, everyone knows that Liu Yao would rather give up Chang'an than enter Anding County, his first purpose must be the emperor's younger brother, so the iron-blooded army pretended to get out of the way, Liu Yao would never agree, and when the iron-blooded army cut off Liu Yao's back road, plus the 100,000 army of the imperial slave guard, it is possible to completely annihilate Liu Yao's hundreds of thousands of troops.

However, the only consequence of this is that the power of the Huns has declined, and the imperial court has a chance to breathe, now the imperial court and the Iron Blood Army are next to each other, because of the threat of the Huns, so they get along well, if there is no threat from the Huns, what should the Iron Blood Army do? The court wants to take back the power and army of the Iron Blood Army, what should Chu Yun do?

Therefore, Liu Yao's army must not be eliminated, this is the common idea of several feudal officials in the Iron and Blood Army, Mo Han, Zhang Tong, Lin Yu and Ma Liang are the same boat people who have both glory and loss with Chu Yun. And there is no absolute victory in the war, in case Liu Yao's army cannot be eliminated, the relationship between the Iron Blood Army and the emperor's younger brother will be known to the world, and the Iron Blood Army will not only face the threat of the Huns, but also the court will never let go of the Iron Army, just imagine, if a leader is played by his subordinates, will the leader laugh or fire his subordinates?

Several counties advocated maintaining the status quo, and they joined forces, even when Chu Yun was there, they didn't dare to veto their opinions casually. But their ideas were in serious conflict with the people of the Governor's Palace.

Unlike the Governor's Mansion and a few civil servants who were in charge of their own affairs, the senior generals represented by General Wei and the commanders of various divisions also had their own small abacus. The Iron and Blood Army is based on military merits, and in most cases, their position in the army is determined by the number of military achievements. Therefore, the people of the Iron and Blood Army are eager for military exploits, but they will not betray the interests of the Iron Army, and the idea of the Governor's Mansion, they will never agree, let the Iron Blood Army die, and go to help the court relieve the crisis, this is sick.

So under Cui Zhen's contact, Liu Bi, Fang Dashan, Guo Yong, Zhou Bin, Zhao Hu and others either came in person, or sent henchmen, they decided to negotiate peace with the Hun Liu Yao in private, and Liu Yao went to attack Chang'an, completely wiped out Chang'an, and let the iron-blooded army take down the tight spell on their heads, and the iron-blooded army attacked Fufeng County and Xinping County, holding the territory west of Chang'an in their hands, both of which are fertile places with large populations, and it doesn't matter if Chang'an dies or not. Besides, Sima Bao, the king of Nanyang, sent people to win over the Iron and Blood Army, although the envoy did not see Chu Yun, but he preached everywhere in Lishi City, only Chu Yun supported him Sima Bao to be the emperor, then he must give Chu Yun the title of king, so under Cui Zhen's bold connection, the Iron Blood Army did not pass through the Governor's Mansion and did not contact Wenchen, they automatically blocked all news inside and outside the Iron Army, and with the help of Huang Kai, the Supervision Division, they signed a contract with Liu Yao privately.

The two sides agreed to take Chang'an as the boundary, Jingzhao County and Fengyi County to the east of Chang'an to Liu Yao, Fufeng County and Xinping County to the west of Chang'an to belong to the Iron Blood Army, and the imperial brother of Anding County to deal with Chang'an by himself after the Xiongnu captured Chang'an. It must be that once Liu Yao occupies Chang'an, then there is no need to take a detour from Beidi County to Anding County, and you can go directly from Chang'an. When the time comes, the Iron Blood Army and the army under the command of the emperor's younger brother will destroy Liu Yao with the slogan of avenging the imperial court, and the Iron Blood Army will occupy the entire Yongzhou and become a real giant force in the world.

Of course, this was all thought up by Chu Yun's brother-in-law Cui Zhen, but he persuaded all the senior generals, Chu Yun would not have thought that Cui Zhen would be so bold, if it was really according to Cui Zhen's idea, the Iron Blood Army would indeed be able to gain huge prestige and huge benefits. But on the contrary, the hostility of all the forces in the world is rotten, but no matter what, Cui Zhen's ideas have begun to be implemented.

Cui Zhen personally went to Liu Yao's camp, Liu Yao was very happy to meet Cui Zhen, and it took only one day for the two sides to reach a verbal agreement, and that night, Cui Zhen signed the official document on behalf of Chu Yun. Liu Yao personally left Cui Zhen, looking at Cui Zhen's high-spirited appearance, Liu Yao told his cronies that this person estimated that there would be no good end, and everyone didn't understand why Liu Yao said this.

A few days later, Liu Yao's army divided into two routes, all the way from Beidi County to the south to Fufeng County, all the way directly to Chang'an, all the attention to the strength of this battle was shocked, no one knew why the two sides suddenly stopped.

In June of the fourth year of Jianxing, Liu Yao suddenly besieged Chang'an, Ju Yun's army had already been defeated, so Chang'an did not have many troops, Liu Yao easily captured the outer city of Chang'an, Ju Yun and Suo Lin took the little emperor Sima Ye to retreat to the small city to defend themselves. Chang'an inside and outside cut off contact, the city is very hungry, a bucket of rice is worth two taels of gold, people began to eat people, in just a few days the city people died more than half, the soldiers fled can not be controlled and forbidden, only a few thousand Liangzhou volunteers and a brigade of soldiers under the iron-blooded army Zhao Sigu swore not to escape.

There were dozens of wheat cakes in the grain warehouse in the capital, and Ju Yun broke the cakes and made porridge for Emperor Chu to eat, and soon ate them all. In this case, the right servant shot Sorin's dissent, he felt that there was no hope for the court, so he wanted to sell the emperor for a good price. Soreen sent his son to Liu Yao and said, "Now the food in the city is enough to last for a year, and it is not easy to conquer, if you promise me to continue to maintain my current position, then I will surrender the city." Liu Yao killed Sorin's son and sent the body back, Suolin was in a panic, and Chang'an knew that Sorin, as the second-in-command, wanted to open the city and surrender, and the prestige of the court dissipated.

At the same time, Cui Zhen urged Liu Bi to use troops again and again, and Liu Bi drew troops from Shangdang, Xihe, and Shangjun, together with the army of Beidi County, a total of more than 70,000 people, followed the Xiongnu army into Fufeng, and the iron-blooded army occupied the huge Fufeng County in just two weeks.

Just when Chang'an was in danger and the iron-blooded army occupied Fufeng, Shile finally dispatched a large army to attack Leping, the eastern gate of Bingzhou, and Leping was too guarded by Han to constantly ask for help from Liu Kun, but Liu Kun did not receive the news that the Hun army was besieging Chang'an, thinking that they were still entangled with the iron-blooded army. So because of the return of his son and Liu Kun, who was surrendered by the generals of the acting king, Ji Tang and Wei Xiong, he was ready to send troops to teach Shi Le, who did not give himself face.

However, Ji Tang and Wei Xiong, who are deeply versed in the art of war, persuaded Liu Kun: "Although these people are the people of the Jin Dynasty, they have been trapped in a foreign region for a long time, and they don't understand your kindness and faithfulness, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to use it." It is better to collect the surplus grain of the Xianbei people for the time being, rob the cattle and sheep of the Hu people and thieves outside, close the checkpoints and hold the dangerous places, carry out agricultural production, stop military operations, wait for the army of Tuoba Yilu to be inspired by Xinyi, and then use them, then there is nothing that will not be done. ”

But Liu Kun, who insisted on going his own way, refused to listen, he ordered his whole army to dispatch, with the general Ji Tang leading 20,000 infantry and cavalry as the vanguard, Liu Kun personally led the rest of the army to be stationed in Guangmu, preparing to defeat Shile's army at one time.

Shi Le personally led the army to besiege Leping, although he only learned that Liu Kun had regained his strength after arriving, but Shi Le refused to withdraw his army. The people led by Ji Tang are all strong soldiers under the king, so when they heard that Ji Tang was coming, many of Shi Le's rewards were very afraid, not only the Huns were picked up by Xianbei, but the people of the Xianbei people were also taught by Xianbei, so the people of this world are also afraid of the Xianbei people.

Many of Shi Le's subordinates persuaded Shi Le to stay away from the front for the time being, but Shi Le disagreed, saying: "Although the number of the army is very large, but it has come from afar, the soldiers are tired, and the orders cannot be unified, so what is the strength and strength? Now that the enemy is coming, how can they abandon and leave? When the army moves, is it easy to return to the division halfway? If the Ji Tang takes the opportunity of my retreat to attack and attack, and he can't take care of the rout, where can he dig deep ditches and high walls? This is the way to destroy himself. "Shile slehid all the generals who persuaded him, and subdued everyone. He ordered Kong Chang to be the forward governor, and ordered the three armies: "Those who lag behind the attackers, behead!"

Shile occupied a dangerous place, set up soldiers and horses on the mountain to lure the enemy, arranged an ambush for two armies in front, sent light cavalry to engage Kei, and pretended not to win and retreated. Kei Tang let go of the army's pursuit and entered an ambush. Shile flanked the army of Ji Tang before and after, defeated Ji Tang, and captured tens of thousands of armor and war horses. Ji Tang and Wei Xiong led more than 1,000 cavalry to flee to Daijun, Han abandoned the city and fled, Liu Kun had no basis for advancing and retreating, and had no idea at all.

On the grassland, Chu Yun finally found a Wuhuan tribe that could speak Chinese, and with the help of this tribe, Chu Yun finally found Guo Shuzi after being besieged for half a year after more than three months.

After Chu Yun and Guo Shuzi and others converged, they regained the initiative on the battlefield, Guo Shuzi's cavalry could not sit down, but it was difficult to resist the cavalry of the Iron Guard, the Bald Xianbei, Tiefu and Qianghu tribes who had gathered seventy or eighty thousand cavalry fought seven times with the cavalry of the Iron Blood Division led by Chu Yun himself, the Iron Blood Division won seven battles and seven victories, the Hu Alliance collapsed, Chu Yun led the cavalry to chase the rest of the Bald Xianbei who started the attack for more than a month, and they were captured. In front of hundreds of tribes, Chu Yun divided all five horses of this tribe, regardless of men and women, and then announced that he Chu Yun was the Khan of the grassland, and his main purpose was to loot supplies. The hundreds of tribes that were subdued didn't have any opinions, Chu Yun got more than 10,000 teenage men, more than 50,000 horses, and more than 100,000 sheep from them, and then prepared for the return trip.

When Chu Yun left, the Tiefu leader Liu Hu commanded the main force of Tiefu to arrive at the canyon after Guo Shuzi was besieged for half a year, and when he learned that the Han people had left, he was furious, and he chased in the direction of Chu Yun's withdrawal without stopping.

ps。 I haven't changed it, I'll pass it on when the time comes, and I'll change it.