The Yiluo River is the four most important rivers between the Heluo Plain. Among them, the River is the Valley River. It originates from the North Xiao Road of the Xiaohan Ancient Road. The River flows between the Yellow River and Luoshui and flows into Luoshui on the west side of Luoyang.
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Needless to say, Luoshui is the origin of the place name Luoyang. Yishui is the most important tributary of Luoshui, and the river it flows through is also one of the most important access channels to the south of Luoyang.
Nowadays, the two Wei Dynasties are at war, and the Yi River Basin is also an area where the two sides are fighting fiercely. There are many military fortresses along the line. From the Yichuan line in Luonan, there are a series of garrison cities such as Kong City and Fuliu City. Before that, there were
They were under the control of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, with varying numbers of troops stationed in each.
Previously, Han Gui of the Eastern Wei Dynasty sent troops to Yingchuan to quell the rebellion. In order to ask the Western Wei Dynasty to send reinforcements to rescue him, Hou Jing proposed to cede Luyang, Changshe, Beijingzhou, and Dongjingzhou to the Western Wei Dynasty. Among them, the prefecture of Beijingzhou was located in the Yishui River Basin.
Fuliu City.
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 truly occupy it, it still needed to send troops to attack.
Previously, Li Yuan led the righteous armies from western Henan Province to advance via the Nanxiao Road, and first successfully captured Jiuqu City in Yiyang, which is located in the Luoshui River Basin. Soon after, he learned that Li Tai had captured Hanguan City in Luoxi in the north.
This means that there will no longer be a large group of thieves in the Guannan area that can threaten the eastward road. In addition, Li Bi's army on the back road has also set off from Hengnong, so Li Bi chose a relative comparison.
The radical plan was to launch an attack directly through the Luonan area towards Kongcheng, the Xincheng County near Yichuan.
Kongcheng is the south gate of the Heluo Plain, and there are many cities such as Fuliu City to the south. When it is attacked, it means that all the Eastern Wei troops stationed south of Yishui are intercepted outside the Heluo Plain.
, so all the cities gathered people and horses to go north for reinforcements, and the war situation became deadlocked for a while.
At this time, another even more shocking news came from the north. Li Boshan's troops, who had just captured Hanguan City, marched straight in again and attacked the south city of Heyang with overwhelming force!
What is even more shocking is that Li Boshan sent a message here, saying that because he had captured the arsenal in Nancheng, Heyang, which contained a lot of armor and weapons, he called on all the volunteers to go north to reinforce and share the weapons.
Because the news was so shocking, the people here were a little skeptical. But some people were still willing to believe it, so Li Yisun, the founder of the government, led his troops to leave the Kongcheng battlefield and go straight to the Luobei River Bridge.
Li Yisun's departure added another obstacle to the already unsatisfactory progress of the Kongcheng war. Because Li Yisun was not just a simple powerful military leader, his family had been local powerful in Yichuan for generations, and he was able to mobilize many local forces and barbarian armed forces to help in the war.
, and also has close relationships with other military leaders.
Finally, after Li Bi and Zhao Guisuo arrived here with their armies, the war took a new turn. The Bafu Central Army led by Li Bi, which had been trained for several years, quickly defeated the troops who were still struggling to fight against the enemy.
The defenders of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
With the capture of Kongcheng, the fortresses such as Fuliucheng in the south were also defeated within ten days, and the passage into Henan was completely opened. From Fuliucheng to the east along Ru River, it only takes a few days.
Arrive in Yangzhai.
However, Li Bi was not in a hurry to lead his army eastward. Instead, he temporarily stationed in Fuliu City and sent two groups of personnel. One was to contact Wang Sizheng, who had arrived first, and learn about the latest changes in the situation here, and the other was to visit on the spot to explore the real situation here.
Exactly how.
Wang Sizheng's self-assertive behavior has alienated Li Bi and other high-ranking generals from him. They do not dare to fully trust him and are worried that Wang Sizheng may conceal some key information for his own purposes.
After Li Bi's army entered Fuliu City, Li Yuan led his troops back to Jiuqu City in Yiyang along the Luoshui River to garrison in order to prevent the army's retreat from being blocked and invaded by the bandit troops from the south.
Originally, there was no need to worry too much about this, but Li Boshan was too greedy for success and completely forgot his responsibility as the vanguard of the army, and even rushed all the way to Heyang.
Although he captured the southern city of Heyang, in everyone's eyes it was just a fluke. He would soon be defeated by the enemy and the city would be recaptured.
It's not that everyone looks down on Li Boshan, but the power gap between the enemy and ourselves is too great. Li Boshan's behavior is simply an unreasonable act of greed for power and rash advancement, even worse in nature than Wang Sizheng's rash advance.
After all, Hou Jing in Henan is already in dire straits. Wang Sizheng's dispatch of troops to Henan does have a chance to take over Hou Jing's territory. But Li Boshan rushed into Heyang, and with only a few thousand troops under his command, he could really attack the three cities of Heyang with overwhelming force.
, fight into Hanoi?
Such a reckless move only heightened the vigilance of the Heyang defenders and brought great uncertainty to the situation in Heluo.
Not long ago, when the army set out to march eastward from Yiyang, it received a battle report from Li Boshan about conquering the southern city of Heyang and a letter requesting support.
However, under the argument of Zhao Gui, the deputy commander of the march, the army marched towards Yishui according to the established goal and ignored Li Boshan's request for help. On the way, Zhao Gui also sent a group of troops north to Luoxi Golden Granary City to destroy the Cangcheng.
Seize them and take them to the Chinese army.
This is not considered prohibited. After all, as the vanguard of the army, Li Boshan is responsible for seizing supplementary supplies for the army. Of course, the army also has the responsibility to provide subsequent support, but Li Boshan has led the army away from the route of the army's advance, and the army will not do anything.
Reinforcements are also justified.
Sure enough, not long after, the defeated army of Li Yisun, who had gone north before, fled back to Kongcheng, and brought news that a large group of Eastern Wei troops had appeared in the Xianshui River Basin in Luobei.
This not only means that Li Boshan, who has entered Nancheng in Heyang, has been cut off from his retreat, but also means that the flanks of their army are exposed to the iron hoof of the enemy.
The reason why Li Bi chose to temporarily garrison troops to ambush Liucheng instead of continuing to advance was partly due to this. If he was unable to escape from the melee in Henan, it would undoubtedly be very dangerous for the enemy cavalry wandering in Luobei to go south to attack the back road.
Originally, Li Bi felt secretly guilty for following Zhao Gui's suggestion and not sending troops to Heqiao to reinforce Li Boshan, but now he couldn't help but secretly complain about Li Tai.
Obviously they only need to defend Hanguan City, which can be said to have overfulfilled the task, but they dared to enter the river bridge. Now they put themselves in danger, and also caused the army to become unable to advance or retreat, making the originally clear advantageous situation
It became unpredictable again.
In Li Bi's view, if the Bafu cannot take advantage of Hou Jing's chaos to gain enough benefits, then Wang Sizheng and Li Tai are undoubtedly the biggest sinners and should bear the main responsibility for this!
Therefore, during this period of time, the soldiers stationed in Fuliu City held a relatively negative and pessimistic view of the behavior and situation of Li Tai and his troops who were far away in Heqiao.
Time soon entered mid-June. On this day, Li Bi was in the camp summarizing the information about Henan sent back from various parties, and considering whether it was necessary to send a group of troops forward to test it out. Suddenly, soldiers outside the camp came to report that he had left the camp without permission and headed to Heqiao.
Li Yisun, the founder of the government, had returned and was captured by Nanyang Gong Zhao Gui, who was patrolling the camp, and planned to put him on trial.
Li Bi was also very disgusted with Li Yisun's behavior of leading his troops away from the battlefield privately. But hearing that Zhao Gui was so active, he was worried that Zhao Gui would not be able to deal with it impartially. After all, Li Yisun had a special status, and it was not appropriate to impose heavy sanctions at the moment.
So after weighing the situation, Li Bi stood up and went to the camp where Zhao Gui was. When he arrived outside the camp, he saw Wei Fabao and others already waiting here.
Seeing Li Bixing coming, Wei Fabao walked forward, knelt on the ground with a plop and begged in a sincere tone: "I beg Li Taiwei to remember that my husband, wife and brothers all died loyally to the country, so as to save the life of our righteous grandson. If his sin is serious, it will be hard to escape except by death."
, I will eventually be willing to share the blame and die!"
Other powerful generals in western Henan also came forward to plead for Li Yisun, and some rude and rude barbarian chiefs even shouted louder that if Li Yisun was executed, they would lead their troops away and no longer obey the imperial court's orders.
Although Li Bi was somewhat dissatisfied with the behavior of these powerful military leaders who took advantage of the crowd and violated military orders, he had to admit that the imperial court could still maintain a certain power and influence in Heluo and relied on these powerful people in western Henan.
They struggled and fought hard, so it was not easy to treat them the same as the generals of the Chinese army.
He first waved his hand to signal everyone to be calm, and then he walked towards the tent. Before he could enter the tent, he heard an angry roar coming from inside the tent: "How dare you lie about the military situation when you are about to die!"
After entering the tent, Li Bi saw Li Yisun being pinned to the ground inside the tent with his arms cut behind his back by two strong soldiers, while Zhao Gui was sitting on the mat in the tent, looking at Li Yisun with a stern look.
When he saw Li Bi entering, Zhao Gui stood up to greet him, pointed to Li Yisun under the tent and said with a smile: "This slave really deserves to be killed! The evidence of his crimes before leading his troops to evade the war is clear, but now he has lost power and returned.
He wanted to lie about the military situation and confuse the public with his lies! He actually accused me that Li Boshan conquered another city and even captured the city of Zhongli in Heyang. Ha, it’s really ridiculous, why didn’t he say that his army had already arrived at Yecheng!”
When Li Bi heard this, his brows immediately wrinkled. He glanced at Li Yisun who was pinned to the ground and had difficulty breathing, and then said to Zhao Gui: "After all, Li Kaifu has a long history, and he was ordered by Yang Ping."
Sir, even if you have made a mistake and you should not be rude, please ask Duke Nanyang to politely ask questions."
In terms of official title, Li Yisun is also a hussar, a standard configuration of a governor and a governor. Although he has a large pension, his reputation and power are somewhat unworthy of the name, but Zhao Gui treats him as an ordinary criminal, which is also true.
Something is wrong.
Hearing what Li Bi said, Zhao Guicai waved his hand to signal the soldiers to let go of Li Yisun, but still scolded him sternly: "You criminal, don't think that my magic sword is just a fake thing. If you make false statements again, your crime will be increased! Tell the truth!"
Dao Lai, did Li Boshan teach you to make this false report to deceive the masses into going to rescue him? If it is found that you are just an accessory to the crime, your crime will not lead to death!"
When Li Yisun heard this, he immediately stared and said: "What I said is true! The Duke of Xihe, Li Kaifu, used his troops like a god, and he was invincible in every attack. He killed tens of thousands of enemies and defeated two cities in a row. All of them were witnessed by the general."
See, now the Heyang bandit army is frightened and dare not fight. Beicheng is already in sight.
If you miss the opportunity due to a foolish man's narrow plan and fail to reinforce the enemy in time so that the thieves can calmly consolidate the river defense, it will be a great sin! Please don't take it lightly, Lieutenant Li. If the general makes false claims, he is willing to be punished by mutilation! Even if the army is large,
If you don't move lightly, please ask General Rong Mo to summon Xiang Yibei to help Duke Xihe!"