When the Central and Foreign Governments of the Western Wei Dynasty issued an expedition order and summoned people from all walks of life to prepare for the Eastern Expedition, the news also spread to the Northern Qi Dynasty at the same time.
In the previous attacks of the Western Wei Dynasty, the army entered the Heluo area to fight against the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Therefore, Yiyang Jiuqu City, the frontline fortress that confronted the Western Wei Dynasty, received the greatest attention from the Northern Qi garrison.
Zhu Hunyuan, who was the governor of Luozhou at the time, sent more elite troops to Jiuqu City, and at the same time ordered the front line to report any trouble immediately and not to neglect it.
The name of Jiuqu City Guards is Yuan Jing'an, and he is also a wise and courageous general. Before this, he had firmly suppressed and blocked the Western Wei Dynasty's defenses with his superior military strength and calm strategy. Now he has even greater responsibilities.
It was important, so naturally I was very energetic.
"Reporting to the general, there are frequent flags coming and going from the south side of Tongtui Defense City, which seems to be signs of manpower dispatching reinforcements."
On this day, the scouts assigned to the area around Tongrail Fangcheng in the Western Wei Dynasty returned to Jiuqu City and reported to Yuan Jing'an about the unusual signs that occurred in Tongrail Fangcheng.
After Yuan Jing'an heard this, he was naturally shocked. He had been worried and prepared for the arrival of the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Western Wei Dynasty for a long time. At this time, he heard that there were signs of increasing the number of troops stationed in Tongtui Defense, and he was very busy.
Then he asked again: "Is there any sign of the Western bandit army on Nanxiao Road?"
When the scout shook his head in denial, Yuan Jing'an immediately frowned, and then murmured: "Since the reinforcements are not coming from the west, where are they from... Could it be the Yichuan bandit army? Could it be that the west bandit Li Boshan is thinking again?
Repeating old tricks?"
The Western Wei cavalry from Jingzhou appeared near Yiyang. Yuan Jing'an also learned the news when he sent people to hunt down the Western Wei cavalry.
Although he had never fought against Li Boshan, he was no stranger to him. After learning about this situation, he also felt a headache. He was already very nervous to prepare for the enemy troops coming from the east of Kansai, but Li Boshan unexpectedly
The troops led from Jingzhou to the north undoubtedly added more variables to the situation between Heluo and Luo.
Moreover, Li Boshan has always been treacherous and ruthless in his military use. Even the generals in the rear have suffered heavy losses at his hands. Back then, tens of thousands of troops besieged Jiuqu City, but Li Boshan climbed over the mountains and launched a surprise attack. He defeated the camp and solved Jiuqu City.
The city is in danger.
The situation that day was quite similar to today. Li Boshan also marched from Yichuan, crossed Xiong'er Mountain and suddenly appeared in the south of Jiuqu City, catching the defenders by surprise.
Now that Li Boshan has come out of Yichuan, and at the same time there are reinforcements here in the same orbit, the more Yuan Jing'an thinks about it, the more likely it is.
Yuan Jing'an was also quite nervous when he thought that he was going to face such a difficult enemy. Naturally, he did not dare to underestimate the enemy, so he sent someone to quickly report the situation and his guess to the commander-in-chief at the rear, Zhu Hunyuan.
While personally inspecting various city defenses, he made sure there were no loopholes that could be exploited by the enemy.
After the establishment of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Zhu Hunyuan, as the original veteran hero of Jinyang Bafu, was awarded the title of King Fufeng and was still responsible for sitting in Heluo. In order to more comprehensively monitor the situation in the entire Heluo area, he moved the town from Heyang Nancheng.
Moved to Jinyong City.
Soon the situation in Yiyang was passed to Jinyong City and handed over to Zhu Hunyuan. After Zhu Hunyuan learned about the situation, his expression suddenly became serious.
After learning that Li Boshan had led his army to rush through Yichuan, Zhu Hunyuan personally led three thousand elite cavalry southward, intending to defeat Li Boshan's vigor through a field battle in the Luonan area, and at the same time, he also gained a chance for himself outside Jiuqu City.
The shame of running away after a great defeat.
However, he did not expect that Li Boshan would directly garrison Yique and stop moving forward. In desperation, Zhu Hunyuan had to temporarily lead his troops back to Jinyong City. At the same time, in order to prevent the city defenses from being breached again, or the Yichuan defenders abandoning them before it happened.
In the case of fleeing from the city, Zhu Hunyuan directly beheaded all the guards of Fuliu City, and notified the heads of all the cities, telling them that if there is another person who flees without fighting like this!
The intelligence coming from Yuan Jingan at this time naturally made Zhu Hunyuan recall his previous experiences. There was no shame in his heart. After all, he was not the only Jinyang general who suffered at the hands of Li Boshan.
Some people even lost their lives. Thinking of the previous battle at this time was just to prove how big Yuan Jing'an's guess might be.
According to his understanding of Li Boshan's military style, he focused on cunning tactics and rarely used step-by-step formations to fight the enemy.
Moreover, although his army did not leave Yique, the specific strength of the troops is unknown, but since it came north from Sanya Road, Zhu Hunyuan guessed that the number of troops he led here must not be too many.
Obviously, the troops marching north from Jingzhou will not be regarded as the main force of the attack, but more as a check, so that the defenders on the Heluo side cannot be flexibly dispatched.
From this point of view, the reinforcement of troops in Tongrail Fangcheng should not be Li Boshan's handiwork. Because now the Northern Qi army is not stationed in the mountains like last time, and can use surprise troops to sneak attack and break the camp, but is stationed in Jiuqu City, with a solid city
garrison for defense.
Even if Li Boshan's army enters the same track defense, it will only slightly increase the city's defense strength. It will not pose any threat to Jiuqu City's defense line. And once it enters the city to garrison, all its movements and movements will fall in the eyes of the Qi army.
, it not only lost the effect of containing the surprise troops, but also did not conform to Li Boshan's personal style of using troops.
Therefore, the abnormal dynamics in the same-track defense area were probably a false shot, making them mistakenly think that they should focus on defense there, but in fact, Li Boshan had another goal.
If this is the case, then what is his target? Is it Hanguan City, which is the exit of Beikiao Road, or is it Mengjin Ferry north of Luoyang, or does he want to directly attack the south city of Heyang like before?
But Zhu Hunyuan was thinking for a while, but he couldn't come to a conclusion.
After retaking Heluo from the Western Wei Dynasty, Hu Lujin, himself, and other generals carefully conducted fortification exercises here. They thought they had set up a series of defenses very comprehensively, but now when the little evil star
When he led his troops back to fight again, Zhu Hunyuan couldn't help but feel that there were still many loopholes in Heluo's defense, and it seemed that Li Boshan's attack could be targeted everywhere.
It can also be seen from this that although Zhu Hunyuan claims to have already got over the psychological shadow of his previous defeat to Li Boshan, in fact it still has a great influence. After all, as a long-established general, he has an absolute position.
Even though he had an advantage, he was defeated miserably by a rising star, which made everyone look down on him.
After some serious thinking, coupled with the reference of Li Boshan's personal military style, Zhu Hunyuan gradually felt that Li Boshan was very likely to want to attack Heyang Nancheng again.
He holds a very powerful siege weapon in his hands, which the Northern Qi Dynasty has already confirmed by Pan Le, Hu Lujin and others. Therefore, the city defense that is impregnable to others may not be in Li Boshan's eyes.
Nowadays, although there are many various fortresses in Heluo, the one with the greatest impact is actually Heyang Nancheng. Especially when the Western Wei army is about to attack, once Heyang Nancheng is controlled, the Northern Qi defenders in the entire Heluo area will
The general's retreat was cut off, and he was caught in a urn.
Although the risk of attacking Heyang Nancheng is extremely high, the benefits are also huge. In addition, there have been successful precedents before, so Zhu Hunyuan believes that this possibility is extremely high.
Although he had his own opinions on Li Boshan's plot, he did not ignore Yuan Jing'an's report. After all, no matter what happens, the importance of Yiyang Jiuqu City is self-evident. Yuan Jing'an
Of course it is good to have such vigilance.
Moreover, Zhu Hunyuan did not regard his guess as a fact that was really going to happen. He still made slight adjustments to the defenses of Heluo parties, which related to the exchange of personnel and materials between Yiyang and Jinyong City.
The hub of Baiting City and Baiguwu south of Luoshui have all added heavy troops to ensure that even if they are attacked, they can wait for the arrival of reinforcements.
As for Heyang Nancheng, which was most likely to be attacked, because there was a precedent for Fuliu City to leave without a fight, for the sake of safety, Zhu Hunyuan decided to personally watch and take charge of it to avoid the worst case scenario.
Although Li Tai was still stationed in Yique, he could also feel the changes in the atmosphere between Heluo and Luo. The scouts he dispatched were getting in and out more and more smoothly, and they were less and less intercepted and blocked by the enemy, which meant that the enemy
The elite main force of the army is shrinking, and is no longer scattered across the countryside as before.
This is naturally good news for Li Tai. After all, his current goal is to successfully cross the Heluo Plain and run from Yique in the southeast to Hanshui in the northwest.
However, to be on the safe side, he did not take action immediately. Instead, he waited for a few more days to continue to recharge his batteries, letting the boys fatten up the war horses, and also allowed Wei Xuan and others to return to Guannan.
Have time to complete the arrangements they need to coordinate with.
It was late September, a month of dark and stormy nights. Li Tai finally led his troops from Yique and headed towards Luoyang in the dark. As expected, his move naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding Qi army. Some people
Continue to follow and monitor, while others are busy passing the news back to the rear.
When Zhu Hunyuan, who was stationed in the south city of Heyang, learned that the enemy troops were taking action, it was already the morning of the next day. After traveling all night, Li Tai's troops had also arrived at Qianjin in the west of the ancient city of Luoyang.
Near the weir.
"The enemy has only three thousand Qingqi, and they have already arrived at Qianjinyan?"
But Zhu Hunyuan thought about this information for a moment, turned his face aside, and then said in a deep voice: "This Li Boshan wants to seize Jinyong City! Attack him quickly, don't give him a chance to build a weapon to attack the city!"