Li Yan, the Zhuguo of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, is also old now.
The Li family in Liaodong reached its peak when Li Yan's father, Li Bi, was in charge of the Eight Pillar Kingdom. However, with the death of Li Yao and Li Hui, the eldest and second sons of the Li family, the third son, Li Yan, supported the huge Li family by himself.
, also felt heavy pressure.
After all, I am already getting older, and my body and mind are no longer what they used to be.
Although it was late at night, Li Yan couldn't sleep at all.
The Fufeng County (today's Xingping) where he was located was very close to Chang'an City. It was one of the three auxiliaries. The latter of "Feng Yi on the left and Fufeng on the right" was the Fufeng County. Xianbei moved from the north to the south and swept across the Central Plains.
As a defense against the northwest, Fufeng County naturally became irrelevant. However, as Li Xingchen made all the changes in the northwest and Hanzhong, forming a two-sided attack on Guanzhong, the importance of Fufeng County was naturally reflected again.
There are at least 50,000 troops stationed in Fufeng County, plus the 20,000 troops covering the rear of Xiaoguan and Liang Rui's troops on the north side, forming the first and only line of defense facing Hanzhong. Therefore, veteran Li Yan
He has always been cautious. As long as the Han army does not attack the depth of the defense line, he will not take the initiative to contact the Han army.
Xiao Shilian once led an army from Hanzhong to invade Qizhou, which was located on the west side of Fufeng County. However, Li Yan stood still and defended Fufeng. In the end, Xiao Shilian had to force his way because his flank was exposed to the northwest, which had not yet been completely pacified at that time.
He retreated. But after learning the lesson from this time, Li Yan went straight forward to seize several important roads in Qizhou after Xiao Shilian retreated, and finally blocked the widest sloping valley road.
Now Li Yan is thinking about how to deal with the enemies who are destined to attack from both sides of Hanzhong and Tianshui. Chun Yuliang of Hanzhong is a veteran of Nanchen, and once troops are sent out, it is unlikely that Chun Yuliang will go into battle in person, but as a
His lieutenants, Han Qinhu and Niu Hong, were both traitors from the Northern Zhou Dynasty. They were very familiar with Guanzhong and even Li Yan's marching formation methods, and both of them were regular.
He is in his prime, so he is by no means an easy person.
In comparison, let alone those on the Tianshui side. Cao Zhong and Xu Deyan had just achieved a great victory over the Turks, which proved that they indeed have the ability to stand on their own, especially compared to Han Qinhu and Niu Hong.
young.
At this time, young people are the most difficult to deal with, because young people always come up with unexpected ideas at any time.
Just when Li Yan was tossing and turning about the future western front and unable to sleep, there was a rapid knock on the door, and Li Yan sat up suddenly.
"General, the Duke of Guangling is asking for an audience outside the city!"
"What, Duke Guangling?" Li Yan raised his eyebrows and put on his clothes, "Uncle Yuwen is not guarding the palace honestly, why is he here in Youfufeng?"
The core of the Guanlong Group is actually the Yuwen family. After the Yuwen family replaced the Western Wei Dynasty and became the royal family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the eight big families united around the Yuwen family naturally became the Eight Pillar Kingdom of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. However, the Yuwen family continued
After taking the throne, the original family partners became the royal family, and they were actually on the opposite side of the interests of the Guanlong Group. After all, the family and the imperial power could only reach a certain balance and check and balance each other, but it was impossible to completely rely on each other.
Co-prosperity and co-existence.
Therefore, Li Yan was not very interested in people from the Yuwen family. In addition, Yuwen Xiaobo had been responsible for staying behind and handling government affairs for a long time, and had no contact with Li Yan.
At that moment, Li Yan also became somewhat vigilant. He had also heard about the tension in the capital. However, as the only major general guarding the Sanfu area on the western front, Li Yan knew that no matter how hard the struggle was in the capital,
Neither Yuwen nor Yang Jian has the upper hand in the struggle. No matter whether Yuwen or Yang Jian has the upper hand, they will not do anything to him. People have reached this age and they don't want to make progress. As long as they can keep their current position, Li Yan will be satisfied.
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But as a close minister of Yuwen, Yuwen Xiaobo came to Youfufeng at this time. What did he want to do?
But even if he knew that Yuwen Xiaobo had nothing good to do with him, Li Yan had to bite the bullet and meet him. However, when Li Yan saw Yuwen Xiaobo who was soaked all over, he still couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart and tightened his grip.
Then he saw the young man following Yuwen Xiaobo.
"Your Majesty?!" Li Yan hurriedly took two steps forward, "I didn't know that Your Majesty was coming, and I missed your arrival at a distance. I'm here to see Your Majesty!"
Yuwen had been pampered all his life. When had he ever suffered like this? The long period of galloping had already made his legs tremble, and the dragon robe that symbolized the emperor's authority had already been soaked. After all, he was really walking at that time.
I was in a hurry, and the raincoat and bamboo hat I had brought with me in a hurry were blown away by the wind on the road, and the whole clothes were covered with mud.
This all tells Li Yan how embarrassed Yuwen is, and the more embarrassed Yuwen is, the more arrogant Yang Jian is, and it is even possible that Yang Jian has completely won the victory in Chang'an City. But no matter what, Yuwen is now a member of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
The emperor, Li Yan did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly asked people to bring hot soup and blankets to wait for Yuwen and others to rest.
Yuwen pulled the blanket over, strode to Li Yan's handsome chair, and said coldly: "General Li Yan, please obey your orders!"
"The general is here!" Li Yan said hurriedly.
"I order you to immediately lead an army to attack Chang'an City and wipe out the rebellious Yang Jian!"
Li Yan secretly screamed something bad.
Sure enough!
Before he could react, a messenger rushed in quickly: "Report, something bad has happened. Wei Xiaokuan's headquarters is thirty miles away from Youfu Feng City, and the two camps to the west of the city have been completely controlled by him!"
"What, it came so fast?!" Yuwen couldn't sit still this time.
Next to him, Uncle Yuwen even drew out his sword: "General, if you don't obey the imperial edict quickly, do you want to resist it?!"
Li Yan took a breath and raised his head suddenly.
Li Yan did not expect that things would develop to this point all of a sudden. However, the army of Fufeng County could not go west to join forces with Wei Xiaokuan. The real advantage in this way was actually the eyeing Han army, who would inevitably be closing in.
As soon as they received the news, they pounced on Qizhou with all their teeth and claws, and even killed You Fufeng directly. By then, the entire Western Front would collapse.
What's more, the people Wei Xiaokuan brought were most likely the main force of the Northern Zhou Dynasty from the Lantian camp. The number was at least 40,000 or 50,000, and there might even be more than 50,000 reinforcements behind him. With these troops and horses in his hands, Li Yan
How to compete with Wei Xiaokuan?
And even if Wei Xiaokuan is blocked, what happens next?