A bright moon hangs high in the sky, and Jinyang City looks quite quiet under the moonlight. The bright moonlight complements the human fireworks in the city, giving people a sense of peace and prosperity.
Jinyang City is composed of different urban areas, each with different functions and different levels of prevention and control after dark.
For example, the Prime Minister's Mansion at the core of the city and the Jinyang Palace, which had been looted by the Western Bandits, once nightfall, no one is allowed to enter or leave unless they have a special pass warrant from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and anyone who dares to resist the order will be shot to death!
Bingzhou City, located in the northeast corner of the city, is not only the seat of the state capital, but also has many families of officials who are responsible for Jinyang Bafu. The level of prevention and control is also relatively high. After dark, patrols are arranged in the streets to check for bandits.
There are also guards at the gate to strictly check the entry and exit of people. Even if the family members of officials leave the city for some reason, they need to file a report.
Because this night is the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the houses in the city are very lively. The current Mid-Autumn Festival has not yet been endowed with the beautiful meaning of the reunion of the moon, but the custom of admiring the moon is gradually becoming more popular from south to north.
In troubled times, good fortune and misfortune are unpredictable, and the pain of life, separation, and death is unavoidable in the day and night. It is comforting for relatives to see each other in safety and health, and it is worthy of celebration. If you hold the moon to express your feelings and sing a song, it will naturally make people happy.
More gratified and joyful.
But in happy times, there is always a moment when the music comes to an end. In a house located on the west side of the state capital, the lights inside and outside the hall were still bright before, and there was endless music and music, but as the night got darker, the singing and dancing gradually died down, and the lights were dimmed.
There were carriages and horses leaving the house.
There was a squad of state soldiers stationed beside the gate of the house. At first, they briefly checked the teams of vehicles and horses entering and leaving the house, but as more people left, they didn't bother to check again.
"Why do this family have so many guests?"
A state soldier looked at the visitors leaving the house in an endless stream and couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.
After hearing this, the leader of the team smiled and said: "This family belongs to the Li clan in Longxi. Many famous families have made friends with his family, so naturally there will be more guests."
"Longxi Li family? The name sounds familiar, but I don't know of any high-ranking officials serving in the two houses!"
After hearing this, the state soldier was silent for a while, and then he couldn't help but speak.
"Ha, even if such a famous family declines, there will always be some legacy left for future generations to enjoy. What's more, if you don't hear about it, maybe you are just short-sighted."
When the leader of the team said this, he pretended to be mysterious and motioned for everyone to come closer to him, and then said: "Do you still remember Li Boshan, the Western thief who led the troops to invade Jinyang? It is this Changxi family! The other Xing family has long since disappeared.
We are official slaves, but this family not only lives in peace, but also entertains guests in the hall. Even the state government sent us on duty here. Although we are under surveillance, it is also to prevent the slaves of other people from coming to cause trouble..."
After everyone heard this, they couldn't help but sigh secretly, and they were quite shocked in their hearts.
As the guests dispersed, the lights in the halls of the house were also extinguished. After seeing off the last guest carriage and horse, the slaves closed the gate of the house. Upon seeing this, the state soldiers left two night watchmen, and the remaining
Those who returned to the state capital would resume their duties.
In the dark alley, a carriage that had just left Li's mansion stopped. A middle-aged man got out of the carriage and whispered into the carriage: "Man Rong, are you really not going to Kansai with me? If you are tall,
If the general still pursues us for escaping privately, I'm afraid you won't be able to escape prosecution either."
Li Qianzhi leaned out of the car and sighed: "Apan has created such a great situation in Guanxi and brought his uncle back to Guanzhong to support him. Brothers and sisters should rush to help each other. If we all go together, we will meet
It will add a lot of personnel burden to Apan. Secondly, if there are too many people, it will be inconvenient to sneak across, so I can only wish my brother and other escorts a safe journey westward from my aunt.
General Gao Da is very revolutionary. There are so many guests coming in and out today that it is difficult to distinguish them one by one. If you ask too many questions, it will definitely hinder his revolutionary plan. Brothers, don't worry too much about your relatives and friends here. We will definitely see each other in the coming year!"
The middle-aged man was Li Tai's cousin, Li Pei. Hearing what Li Qianzhi said, he stopped trying to persuade him. He clasped his fists and waved his hands, then walked to the other side of the dark alley with an entourage, heading to the agreed place in the city to meet with others.
The family members who left in batches gathered together.
Near the east gate of the city, a group of rich slaves wearing Hu clothes and smelling of alcohol came from several carriages. They were still drinking and singing loudly as they walked. Of course, they were guarded without any accident.
The soldiers at the city gate stopped him.
"The blind thief Qiu Ba, we are members of the Lord of Xu City in Yuzhou, how dare you stop him!"
Li Yunxin, who was at the front of the team, was wearing a cavalry hat crookedly. He waved his riding whip to hit the city gate guard who was questioning him, threw a talisman over and cursed angrily in Xianbei dialect.
The guard was shocked when he heard the words, and became even more panicked when he checked the talisman and saw that it was correct.
Jinyang City is a paradise for the soldiers, and Yuzhou Sima Xu Xianxiu is also the most arrogant and domineering among this group of arrogant soldiers. He has no special merits, but he has a broad personality and strong financial resources.
, had close friendship with the second generation of top nobles such as King Gao's nephew Lou Rui, and his subordinates naturally relied on others' power and were very arrogant.
Knowing that the other party was Xu Xianxiu's subordinate, the guard naturally did not dare to conduct detailed questioning. After learning that they were leaving the city and returning to Yuzhou, they quickly opened the small door on the side of the city gate and let the group out of the city.
After leaving Zhoucheng, the group secretly breathed a sigh of relief and did not dare to stop. After bypassing Fengguchuan in the north of the city, Li Yunxin walked to the side of the team's car and whispered: "Old lady, Master Xishan Yinlang
Things in the past are still heavily guarded, so we have to take a detour to Beishan. Master Lang once said that there will be drastic changes in the bandit court in August, and the border preparations will inevitably be relaxed. It will be a good time to sneak out."
After hearing this, Mr. Lu in the car nodded and said: "Since your lord has entrusted the life of his family to the general, the whole journey will depend on the general. Thank you, general."
As the moon sets and the sun rises, a new day arrives. Dozens of light boats and speedboats are spread out on the Gulf Stream in this section of the Huai River, constantly searching for and salvaging fish.
The Eastern Wei defenders in Dongxi Stone City finally decided to abandon their weapons and surrender in the early morning after learning that their general Murong Shaozong had drowned and died, and after Li Tai came to the city in person to persuade him to surrender.
Queuing out of Kip Shek City.
Since then, the war in Shouyang has come to an end. The soldiers led by Murong Shaozong from the south, including their armor, horses, weapons and staffs, were all captured by Li Tai except for those who died in the battle and were damaged in the battle. And after passing
After a day of salvage, even Murong Shaozong himself fell into the hands of Li Tai.
Although it is already the Mid-Autumn Festival, the climate is still hot. After being soaked and washed by the river water overnight, Murong Shaozong's body will be difficult to preserve for a long time even if it is specially processed.
So Li Tai decided to leave a whole corpse for Murong Shaozong, shred it and bury it at the southern foot of Bagong Mountain. He only kept his armor, weapons, talismans, ceremonial guards and other tokens as a tribute to his victory.
use.
After attending the funeral of Murong Shaozong, the resistance and hatred towards Li Tai in the hearts of those captives who surrendered were greatly reduced. A person's life is nothing more than before and after death. Murong Shaozong had great military exploits and was famous far and wide, but now he was defeated by
Li Tai threw his hands into the water and died, but Li Tai was still willing to salvage his body and bury him whole body, and he really did not treat Murong Shaozong badly.
If Li Tai was replaced by Murong Shaozong... Bah, there is no need to make any analogy. Anyway, if Li Tai was unfavorable in the battle with the Eastern Wei Dynasty and fell into the enemy's hands, there would be absolutely no good ending.
After the Battle of Shouyang ended, the results naturally spread quickly to all directions. The first person to learn of the results was naturally Hefei, not far to the south.
Li Bomu, the governor of Yanzhou in the West, was appointed governor of Hezhou after conquering Hefei without any bloodshed. When he received the message from Murong Shaozong's envoy, he was naturally shocked and worried.
He had long known about the Western Wei army's invasion of Huainan from other channels, and he was still hoping that because Hefei was far away and the city was tall and strong, they might not attack Hefei, but would actively repair the city's defenses and plan to hold on to the city.
However, Murong Shaozong had a great reputation. Now he sent someone to invite him to help in the battle, and he did not dare to refuse. However, his troops were not strong. He could only recruit young men in Hefei City, and combined them with Xiazhou soldiers to make up 3,000 boat divisions.
Prepare to go north to join the war.
But before his fleet sailed out of Shuiying Gate, another fleet came from the north and came south. First, he announced to them the news that Murong Shaozong had been defeated and died. Then there was a Western Wei general named Gao Le.
Call Li Bomu to meet at the camp gate.
Li Bomu naturally knew that Gao Zhongmi, a member of the clan, was now surrounded by troops outside the camp, and was shocked to hear the news that Murong Shaozong had died in battle. Although he was extremely reluctant, he still came to meet him.
"We are old acquaintances in Hebei. We unexpectedly met here. May you be safe and well?"
Gao Le stood on the bow of the boat, looking across at Li Bomu, who was completely covered in armor, with only his head and face showing, and said hello, but his next words became less polite: "Excuse me, envoy, are you going to live or die today? My family
My lord, Governor Li Dadu, has already attacked and killed Murong Shaozong. It would be easy to capture Hefei from the south. However, because I am grateful that you are also a virtuous leader of my family, I cannot bear to let you end up with a ruined city and your life. Therefore, I want to tell you.
I asked the envoy if you have any intention of repairing Zhi Ge?"
Li Bomu was stunned when he heard this, and after pondering for a moment, he nodded again and said: "Soldiers are very ferocious, and they harm harmony no matter whether they win or lose. I have heard about Li's reputation for a long time when he was the governor, and we often shared his clan in the old years.
My elders appreciate personnel matters, and although we are on different sides now, I don't want to fight with each other. I just don't know how Commander Li is willing to stop fighting and retreat."
"Li Dadu Governor asked me to tell the envoy that I abandoned the country and joined him in the past year because I was tired of seeing the tough people in the country leaping to the top. We and other old people in Hebei were humiliated. When I was young, I sent a letter of congratulations to Liuhun and drove away the tigers and devoured wolves.
, so that the people of the town gathered to shout at the court. This was all caused by the mistakes of the old masters such as you!
Although Governor Li has created a new situation in Guanxi, he is deeply unhappy when he thinks that his relatives and friends in Hebei are being oppressed by the people in the town. Although he has gained longevity, it is inconvenient to stay for a long time. He will give it to the envoy to strengthen his reputation. I hope that the envoy will
If you can live up to this sentiment, you can use my famous relatives and friends from Hebei to guard Huainan and enclose the territory."
Gao Le followed Li Tai's instructions before leaving, looked at Li Bomu and shouted loudly: "There are many famous people in Hebei who believe in purity and are unwilling to succumb to the power of secular affairs. Once disaster strikes, they would only imagine becoming slaves. Today
If it had not been for Li Dadu's army to come to this situation, I would be afraid that you would not be able to survive. This statement is not an insult, so you should judge it yourself.
You may see that the soldiers in the town are tough and difficult to control, but my lord can break them like slaughtering chickens and beating dogs. The situation in Huainan is beneficial to my relatives and friends in Hebei. If there are soldiers in the town who are greedy and want to seize it, you can write a letter and report it to Yiyang.
My lord will definitely lead a crowd to attack his disciples again! He has no ulterior motive except that he cannot bear to see his relatives and friends humiliate the military strategist."
At first, Li Bomu thought that this might be a disaster, but he didn't expect that a good thing would happen. Although these words sounded embarrassing, if the other party was really willing to withdraw their troops and give up Shouyang,
No matter how harsh the words are, he can still bear it!
"Is what Liang Bi said true? Li Dadu is supervising him. Is he really willing to stop the army and evacuate Shouyang?"
Li Bomu is not an ignorant young man. He naturally knows that only by giving something can you gain something. After pondering for a while, he said: "If such a harmonious ending can be achieved, if Governor Li has any request, as long as
Within my authority, I will try my best to satisfy you."
Seeing that the other party was acting like this, Gao Le smiled and said: "The request of Governor Li is also very simple. I hope that you can temporarily lead the troops to move to Dongguan and allow our army to station in Hefei for a short time. Hefei will be captured within ten days.
The cities of Shouyang surrendered!"
"This, this is impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Hearing such a ridiculous condition, Li Bomu quickly shook his head and refused. He didn't want Xiao Fan to be so stupid as to agree to such a condition!
"I told my lord good advice before, but it seems that you didn't listen to it at all. My lord has recently come to attack Hanzhong in the west, across the river in the south, and in Huainan in the east. He is invincible and unstoppable, making you think that you are stronger than Liu Zhongli in Nanliang.
, or Murong Shaozong? These are all defeated generals in front of our Lord.
If you really want to enter Hefei, why bother with this deception? You just want to take away the people and materials in the city to supplement the military, and form a former alliance with the envoy. But if the envoy doesn't want to believe it, if you come back one day, it will not be Hebei, but killing people.
Knife!"
After Gao Le said this, he turned around and walked towards the cabin.
"Gao, Liangbi, wait a minute. This matter is important. Please allow me to think about it deeply."
After Li Bomu saw this, he struggled in his heart and then shouted to Gao Le again.
After hearing this, Gao Le nodded: "Our army will be here in two days. Before then, you can send an envoy to report at any time."
Two days later, Shouyang's boat division came south along the Fei River, and Li Bomu finally decided to withdraw his troops from Dongguan temporarily instead of staying in the city to defend and fight.
After entering the city, Li Tai ordered people to check and reorganize the households in the city, and collected more than 50,000 scholars and civilians, and promised money, silk, grain and grain. There were nearly 40,000 people who were willing to follow the westward, and the rest were either inconvenient or inconvenient.
It's hard to abandon your homeland, and Li Tai also followed it.
Hefei is worthy of being an important town in Huainan. No wonder Xiao Fan, the king of Poyang who previously guarded the place, had the intention of rebelling when Hou Jing did not rebel. The money and grain collected in the city were very rich. In addition to the grain distributed to the soldiers and people in the city for migration, there was still grain left.
There were tens of thousands of stones of grain, nearly 100 million in money, and tens of thousands of pieces of silk fabrics. They packed the ships coming from the south to the brim, and then headed north in a mighty manner. After entering the Huaihe River, they retreated westward.
Li Tai did not intend to deceive Li Bomu. On the one hand, it was unrealistic to occupy the important town of Huainan for a long time with his current strength. Once the Eastern Wei Dynasty drew out its power, its long defense line was likely to suffer fatal blows. And for a long time in the future, Huainan would not be able to
Suitable for stable development, investment and return are completely disproportionate.
The reason why Li Bomu was forced to make this deal was, of course, to prevent the thieves from getting away with it. The capture of the thousands of men and horses under Murong Shaozong alone was not enough to satisfy Li Tai's appetite. Shouyang was just a dilapidated empty city, and the income was equally limited. Hefei
Naturally, he didn't want to let go of this piece of fat.
Through this transaction, he also conveyed a belief and reached a tacit understanding to Li Bomu and the Hebei families behind him. We are our own people. If you don’t have soldiers, I will. When you are beaten out of your eyes, you too
You can ask someone to ask me to help, and we will lift the lid of the Tianling cover of that nest in Jinyang!
This large group of troops slowly returned along the Huai River. Li Tai asked Yang Zhong to lead his troops to withdraw, while he led two thousand fine cavalry to take the lead. Although things have happened here in Huainan, the situation in the east of the Han Dynasty still needs to be calmed down, and Jiangling's response is also appropriate.
Be prepared.
When Li Tai led his troops to reach Handong through the three passes of Yiyang, many local tycoons flocked to the south of the three passes to worship and welcome him.
News of the Shouyang victory had already spread throughout the Jianghan region. Murong Shaozong, as a famous Eastern Wei general who beat Hou Jingdu into a panic and fled in panic, became more famous in the original Nanliang area than the Eastern Wei itself after Hou Jing caused chaos in Jiangnan.
It is several times more majestic. Hou Jing is now like a devil in the south of the Yangtze River. How brave a man can be to subdue him?
Under this idea of fighting beast chess, Li Tai has now become a god in a battle, and all the local tycoons who were still ready to make a move have become extremely submissive. But when they heard that Li Tai was going to inspect Jingling,
These local tycoons streamlined their troops and formed an army of nearly ten thousand people to follow Li Tai's elite cavalry and march toward Jingling in a mighty manner.
Jingling is adjacent to Jiangling and was originally an important town on the outskirts of Jingfu. Wang Sengbian, a confidant of King Xiangdong, served as the prefect of Jingling for a long time. Although Jingling was occupied by the Western Wei Dynasty through the hands of Liu Zhongli, the rule was also very unstable.
When Xiao Yi, the king of eastern Hunan, learned that Liu Zhongli had been captured and that the entire eastern Han region had been captured by the Western Wei Dynasty, he was shocked. He quickly released Wang Monk to defend Jingling and began to prepare to regain Han Dong.
area.
Wang Sengben had been here for a long time. After entering the town, he quickly regained control of Jingling and gathered thousands of old troops. However, before he had time to march to Anlu, the Western Wei Dynasty Shouyang was victorious.
The news came from Huainan, and the military order from the King of Eastern Hunan to transfer him back to Jiangling soon arrived.
Although he was very unwilling, Wang Sengbian's surrender to Hou Jing in Jiankang had already made King Xiangdong very dissatisfied, and he even severely questioned and tortured him. Now Wang Sengbian does not dare to disobey his wishes.
We can only lead our troops back to Jingling.
When Li Tai led his troops to arrive at Jingling, the whole Jiangling was shocked. The King of Xiangdong hurriedly sent an envoy to sue for peace, willing to send protons to Guanzhong, and hoped to redeem Jingling with a large sum of money.
Li Tai also knew that it was unrealistic to swallow up Jiangling at the moment, so he took advantage of its impressive reputation to ask for a sky-high price. Although things such as sending protons to sue for peace were beyond the scope of the Jingzhou Governor's Office, it was Li Tai's job to return Jingling.
Things that can be decided.
He did not intend to settle the deal at once, but took the opportunity to propose border trade. Jiangling must conduct millions of silk trades with Mianbei every year, and must give away 10,000 craftsmen from Mianbei, and also lend them to
Mianbei has a collection of 20,000 volumes of various books, etc.
Of course, Li Tai was very generous with these conditions, leaving a lot of room for bargaining. After all, Jiangling, as the largest town between Nanliang and Jianghan, has considerable power, which really made Xiao Laoqi anxious.
That little one-eyed stare is also very scary.
But he didn't expect that Jiangling would basically agree to all the conditions he proposed, except that the library library would be increased from 20,000 volumes to 13,000 volumes, and Jiangling would have to send personnel to manage it.
these collections of books.
Li Tai was quite satisfied with such a result, so he led his troops to withdraw from Jingling. Soon after, he arranged for personnel to escort Jiangling's envoy and proton Xiao Fanglue to Guanzhong, and then returned directly to Rangcheng.
Yecheng received the news that Murong Shaozong died in Shouyang earlier than Guanzhong. After Wang Sizheng, who was already under house arrest in Yedu, learned of the news, he immediately ordered his slaves to go out to sell wine and drink heavily from morning to night.
I laughed first and then cried, and by the end I couldn't tell whether I was crying or laughing.
Gaoyang, the Duke of Taiyuan, who took power because his brother was assassinated and was in power on his way to Jinyang under the auspices of all the nobles, was shocked when he heard the news. He couldn't help but ask around: "Destroy Murong Shaozong."
Could it be that the enemy general Li Boshan was the one who invaded Jinyang back then?"
Seeing everyone nodding in agreement, Gao Yang couldn't help but sigh: "It's such a pity that such a talented person should have belonged to my family, but he found out and fell into another family's family!"
Compared with Gao Yang's regret after hearing the news, Yu Wentai was more than surprised.
Due to the recent expansion of Taifu and the commotion, Yu Wentai has been staying in Linhe Military Mansion recently. When the news that Hanzhong and Handong successively conquered Lueding came back to Huazhou, he was already amazed.
It was already at night when the news of the Huainan victory came. When he heard the waiter playing outside the tent, Yu Wentai stood up from the couch, grabbed the book and newspaper and read it carefully. The smile on his face suddenly filled his eyes.
Ying: "Li Boshan is such a good boy, even Murong Shaozong is no match for him! This is really, really... prepare your car quickly and return to the city!"
As he spoke, he strode out of the living room, not even noticing the waiter's low reminder. When he walked to the door, the cool breeze blew in his face, and he realized that he was still shirtless and bare-chested, so he couldn't help but scream again.
laugh it out.
Hou Jing, the prime minister of Nanliang, also heard the news and couldn't help but sighed: "Oh, what a missed talent! If we could have robbed this disciple to work with us when we met in Henan, I am afraid that now we will have more than just a corner of Jiangnan. I will also
Unlike the Xianbei children who are narrow-minded, I will never hesitate to break up the earth with him and rule together!"
One big chapter, the sixth volume comes to an end. This volume is a key volume for the protagonist to gradually become independent, so the narrative rhythm in the second half is relatively fast. After this volume ends, the subsequent pace and rhythm are also clear.
I am writing slowly, and I hope you will read it patiently. The main content of the next volume will naturally be the Battle of Gangneung. Before that, there will be some more soothing and daily content mixed in, so that everyone can better understand the protagonist's current situation and the overall situation.
The background has changed from the original. Next, I just want to take a day off to go out for a walk and relax. I will update it every day for about a week. I hope that my good brothers and sisters can be tolerant. Thank you all and wish you all a happy life!!!