Liangquewu is located on the north bank of Beiru River. It is a dock wall on a plateau surrounded by water on three sides. It is also the seat of Rubei County. As Hou Jing's troops contracted and evacuated, the city was also owned by the Western Wei Dynasty.
In order to cooperate with Wang Sizheng's move to take over Yingchuan and other areas of Hou Jing's influence, Li Tai temporarily led his troops to station in Liangquewu. In addition to the other troops stationed at various passes around Luoyang, the rest were also stationed in Liangquewu.
Camping arrangements were made along Bei Ru River.
On this day, Wei Fabao, the leader of the same-track defense stationed in the camp by the river, sent his chief Shi Pei Kuan into the city to ask for an audience, and told Li Tai a surprising news: Hou Jing, who was supposed to have led his troops south, suddenly arrived with his troops.
Near Xiangcheng, people were informed that Wei Fabao was coming to visit.
"Hou Jing actually arrived in Xiangcheng?"
Li Tai frowned when he heard this. He thought that Hou Jing was going south to join the Nanliang reinforcements after leaving Yingchuan, but he didn't expect that this guy moved to Xiangcheng.
Xiangcheng is located on the lower reaches of Beiru River, and is only a hundred miles away from Liangquewu where Li Tai is currently stationed. If you ride a fast horse, you can go back and forth several times in one day.
Is it because he scolded Wang Sizheng too harshly when he was acting with Wang Sizheng, which made Hou Jing feel resentful, so he moved to Xiangcheng to wait for an opportunity to retaliate against himself?
Li Tai couldn't help but murmur in his heart. Hou Jing has always been a mean-spirited guy. Historically, he was defeated by Murong Shaozong. When he was fleeing south, he was called a "dead cripple" and had to stop to attack the city and kill people for revenge.
Although Li Tai didn't laugh at his physical disability, he really didn't have a good tone when acting at the time. Judging from this guy's character and temper, it would make sense to sneak around and take revenge on himself. However, it makes sense.
But he also sent someone to notify Wei Fabao in advance. This operation was a bit confusing.
After thinking for a while, Li Tai suddenly remembered a verse, so he quickly asked Pei Kuan: "Does Chief Pei know if there is a general named Ren Yue among the armies?"
He suddenly remembered that during this period in history, Hou Jing had gone to great lengths to expand his own strength, and he had gone to great lengths to win over the generals sent by the Western Wei Dynasty for reinforcements.
Li Tai's previous judgment should not be wrong. Now Hou Jing does not dare to start a war with the Western Wei Dynasty rashly. Now he has moved to the vicinity of Xiangcheng and invited Wei Fabao to meet. It should be to win over, rather than to seek revenge for himself.
Historically, Hou Jing's behavior was not completely useless. Ren Yue, whom Li Tai asked about, defected from the reinforcements to join Hou Jing. Moreover, Ren Yue was unknown in the Western Wei army and followed him.
After Hou Jingnan left, he shone brightly, made great achievements in battle, and quickly became one of Hou Jing's confidants.
The most amazing thing is that this guy followed Hou Jing to commit so many deaths, even the boss was killed, and he successfully transferred to the command of Emperor Liang Yuan of Jiangling. Later, after the Western Wei Dynasty captured Jiangling, this guy ran away again.
He turned to Wang Sengbian, and after Chen Baxian killed Wang Sengbian, he crossed the river with Wang Sengbian's old subordinate Xu Sihui to occupy Stone City, and led the Northern Qi army to attack. In the end, he was defeated by Chen Baxian and surrendered to the Northern Qi Dynasty.
The reason why Li Tai was deeply impressed by Ren Yue was that this guy was really a waste of life and his life was really tough. For others, he was always able to turn the danger into a disaster, which was different from Bei's.
The Zhenwu people committed crimes in a gang, and they were able to escape successfully after wandering around the Three Kingdoms with their outstanding fortune!
After Pei Kuan heard this question, he frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "There is no general named Ren Yue among the armies in western Henan."
Li Tai couldn't help but be a little disappointed after hearing this, but after thinking about it, it was normal. This Ren Yue only became famous after arriving in Jiangdong, and his achievements in his resume were mostly concentrated along the river. Although he was limited by his experience, it also reflected his personality.
They should not be traditional northern military talents. The geographical restrictions of generals are quite obvious nowadays. Even Hou Jing, when his troops surrounded Taicheng, the battle they fought was as if they had shit in their heads.
According to historical records, Ren Yue led more than a thousand troops to surrender to Hou Jing, which was at least the level of governor in the Western Wei army. If he was a general of the Chinese army traveling from Guanxi, Li Tai would certainly know about it.
But now, in addition to his own troops, most of the armies under his command are local soldiers. They are powerful and independent soldiers. They are extremely independent. Although their respective generals are under the control of Li Tai, there is no need for internal personnel to be directed to them in detail.
Li Tai explained clearly.
Since Pei Kuan said that Ren Yue was not a member of the Western Henan Rebels, he was probably among the local volunteers in Henan led by Zhao Gang.
Li Tai really wanted to detain this guy who had a strong destiny and wandered out of the circle, at least it would invisibly damage Hou Jing's luck, so he sent another person to notify Zhao Gang who was stationed elsewhere.
The famous general Ren Yue was quickly sent to Liangquewu.
After explaining this matter, he turned to thinking about how to deal with the fact that Hou Jing was about to come to poach him.
Pei Kuan suggested that it would be better to capture Hou Jing directly when he was off guard and take him back to the court.
After Li Tai thought for a moment, he waved his hand and rejected the proposal. The reason was very simple. Why provoke him? Not to mention whether there was a direct conflict of interest between Hou Jing and the Western Wei Dynasty. The key point was that Hou Jing still had tens of thousands of troops under his command.
, what should we do with these people after we capture Hou Jing?
It is not an exaggeration to say that these people are like tigers, leopards and wolves. At present, Hou Jing can be restrained by force, but when Hou Jing's power and prestige are no longer strong, they will betray Hou Jing very easily. If they really want to capture Hou Jing, they will not even think about it.
By giving them this order, they might just have stirred up a hornet's nest, and all of them would rush forward and start a chaotic fight.
After thinking about it, Li Tai decided to go to Wei Fabao's camp in person. If Hou Jing really came, he would deal with him and let him retreat.
Wei Fabao was also in a dilemma as to how to deal with Hou Jing, so he sent Pei Kuan to report and ask Li Tai for instructions. When he saw Li Tai leading his troops into his camp, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing the change in Wei Fabao's demeanor, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh inwardly at the shadow of Renren's famous tree. Wei Fabao, a fierce general, was not afraid when a stray arrow pierced his neck, but he was so nervous when he was about to face Hou Jing. It can be seen that Hou Jing gave these generals in western Henan
The psychological pressure they bring is huge.
In addition to a few major battles between the two Wei Dynasties, there are also constant frictions on the border in general. Hou Jingjiu in Henan, especially as Gao Aocao and other generals in Henan either died in battle or died of illness, gradually became more powerful than Henan.
.So for the generals on the western Henan front line, Hou Jing caused them greater harm and threat than Gao Huan.
When Li Tai arrived at Weifabao's camp, in a remote corner of Zhao Gang's camp, which was more than ten miles away, the governor general Ren Yuezheng summoned the commanders of his troops for a secret gathering in the tent.
Ren was about thirty years old, not extremely tall, but very strong. At this moment, he held a letter and said in a deep voice: "This is a letter sent to me by the envoy of General Hou's confidant Wang Wei, saying that if I
If I am willing to lead my troops to surrender, General Hou will personally come to greet me and make me his confidant and his pawn!
When a man walks in this world, he dedicates his will and strength to his close friends! Today, the Western Army treats the people of our state with harshness and alienation, and the general who holds the seal is arrogant and arrogant. If you serve this disciple, your life will not be a pity, and we don’t know when we will be able to succeed!"
He was still mobilizing the masses here when suddenly a voice came from outside the tent and asked the soldiers: "Can General Ren be in the tent? Zhao Chao rode me to tell the general. The Liangquewu Xihe envoy summoned the general to the camp and ordered the general to hurry up.
See you at Liangquewu!"
Even if Ren Yue was very brave, he could not help but turn pale with fright when he heard the voice of the soldier. Could it be that Naxi Hegong already knew that he was going to join Hou Jing, so he was summoned to investigate and kill him?
He forced himself to stabilize his mind, and first asked one of his subordinates to go out and test it out. The soldier was unclear about why Xihe Gong summoned him, which naturally caused great psychological pressure on Ren Yue.
He had originally wanted to seek refuge with Hou Jing, but now he was frightened by this. Naturally, he did not dare to take the risk and go to Liangquewu. He simply changed his mind and ordered people to secretly burn all the baggage in the camp while the camp was unprepared.
Even if you lead your troops directly out of the camp, they will go straight down along the Beiru River.
When Li Tai heard the news, it was already in the evening. When he heard the news, he was startled. He hurriedly led his elite troops and Wei Fabao's troops to reinforce Zhao Gang's camp. He sent out scouts to investigate and guard, and stayed there all night.
Then they slowly retreated to Liangquewu early the next morning.
Just when Li Tai was guessing whether Hou Jing had any follow-up plans, Hou Jing's staff Wang Wei came to visit Liang Quewu in person. After the meeting, he repeatedly explained that this was a misunderstanding. It was Ren Yue who led his troops to join forces and decided to join him.
decision, rather than Hou Jing’s deliberate attempts to win over and so on.
Although Li Tai did not believe Wang Wei's explanation, he could tell from his attitude that this was indeed an unexpected incident, and it might even affect Hou Jing's plan to personally come to persuade Wei Fabao and other generals in western Henan to surrender.
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But whether it was sudden or premeditated, the humiliation it brought to Li Tai was the same. Hou Jing sent his confidant Wang Wei to explain. He probably didn't want to completely turn against him at this moment, so he ordered this person to be killed first.
Hou Jing's pen and think tank were taken away, and he was going to use this guy to exchange Ren Yue for some tricks.
But before this idea could be put into action, it was interrupted by another accident. A messenger from Heluo came to tell him that the enemy troops in Heyang launched a counterattack, and Yuwenhu who was stationed at Heqiao retreated due to loss.
The two cities of Heyang captured were lost.
At the same time, Li Bi, who was stationed at Baiguwu, was attacked from both sides and fled. Zhao Gui, who was originally stationed at Hanguan City, abandoned the city and fled. Yifeng and other remnant troops retreated to Jiuqu City in Yiyang, while the Eastern Wei Dynasty took advantage of the victory to pursue
, but Zhu Hunyuan led the army to besiege Jiuqu City.
After receiving this letter, Li Tai was speechless for a long time. After a while, he couldn't help but slap the table and curse: "Yuwen Sa is a waste of truth!"