This is the Imperial Township of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a central town in the north of Jingzhou. Although it belongs to the scope of Jingzhou in the traditional sense due to the intertwined regional management policy, Nanyang was under the control of the northern government most of the time.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Xiu suffered the most embarrassing defeat in his life when Cao Cao conquered Wancheng, and Wancheng became more famous because of this.
Although Nanyang is still under Yang Jian's control now, there are Yuchijiong to the north and it is surrounded by Han Dynasties in the east, west and south directions, so it has almost become a piece of useless food that Yang Jian can discard at any time.
The useless places were naturally guarded by useless generals, such as the current Nanyang guard, Guangping Marquis Mo Chenying.
Hou Mo Chen Ying is the second and youngest son of Hou Mo Chen Chong, one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Hou Mo Chen Chong is the founding hero of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Hou Mo family was born in Wuchuan Town, which is the famous Manjie Town.
The military towns of princes and generals, and the families headed by the Yuwen family in Wuchuan Town followed the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty to the south and formed the later Guanlong family. It can be said that the Houmo family is one of the Guanlong groups with pure blood, and among the families
Zhongzu's ancestors have been important generals in the court for generations.
It's a pity that this situation began to change in Hou Mo Chen Chong's generation. As a fierce general, Hou Mo Chen Chong was ranked at the top of the military generals in the imperial court as the Shang Zhuguo, but he had a habit of talking too much. He once
Among them, Wang Yong, a close confidant of Yuwenhu, was accused, which caused Wang Yong to be ashamed and angry, and the ulcer on his back burst and died. As a result, Wang Yong formed a rivalry with Yuwenhu, the powerful Duke of Jin at that time.
Later, Yu Wenyong conspired to get rid of Yu Wenhu and take power personally. As a result, before Yu Wenyong took action, Hou Mo and Chen Chong told his colleagues that he had expected that Yuwen Hu would be killed soon. Who knew that Yu Wenyong knew this?
After the incident, he had to stop temporarily, and Yu Wenhu, who was half convinced and doubtful, first condemned Hou Mo Chenchong and ordered him to commit suicide.
After Hou Mo Chen Chong died, his sons Hou Mo Chen Rui and Hou Mo Chen Ying were still young. In addition, because of Hou Mo Chen Chong's bragging, Yu Wenyong almost failed to capture Yu Wen Hu. Therefore, Yu Wenyong did not care about Hou Mo.
No intention of reuse.
This resulted in the Hou Mo family suddenly having no successors. However, Hou Mo and Chen Rui still followed Yu Wenyong's footsteps and were promoted step by step because of their military exploits. Unfortunately, he had long-term conflicts with Yang Jian and has been in power since Yang Jian came to power.
He is not allowed to be reused, so he simply goes to take up a casual position.
Therefore, Hou Mo Chen Ying was the only one left in the Hou Mo family. However, Yang Jian obviously did not have a good impression of the Hou Mo family who was against him, so Hou Mo Chen Ying appeared in Nanyang and became Yang Jian.
's abandoned son.
The tragedy of these two generations of the Homo family can also be said to be a typical case of standing in the wrong team and saying the wrong thing. What is even more unlucky is of course Homo Chen Ying who is following behind, even though she has done nothing, she wants to
Wipe the butt of father and brother.
Regarding Yang Jian's arrangement, which was obviously out of revenge, Hou Mo and Chen Ying could only choose to accept it.
Unlike the rest of the Guanlong family, which all have Han ancestry, the Houmo family can be seen purely from their surname that they are still Xianbei people. Therefore, the Han people in the south naturally have no connection with them. The Houmo family naturally
Nor will they bow to the Han people as spinelessly as the Changsun family.
Therefore, after arriving in Nanyang, he did not give up on himself. Instead, he made the city of Nanyang as crystal clear as an iron barrel. Unfortunately, Hou Mo and Chen Ying only had a total of 10,000 soldiers and horses, and more than half of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, and they could not defend the city.
More than enough, attacking out of the city would be a bit of a fantasy, so he could only watch helplessly as the big men pushed the battle line all the way to Nanyang City.
As soon as the news of the Chang'an City Incident came, Hou Mo and Chen Ying knew that Nanyang, as the first nail in the Han's path forward, would inevitably be pulled out.
There is still some fog on the wilderness in the early morning, and Nanyang City is located in a basin, so water vapor accumulates here and lingers for a long time. However, through the fog, you can already see the figure pushing forward gracefully.
One siege ladder truck after another appeared first, followed by a large number of siege equipment like hills one after another, slowly moving forward on the wilderness. And one side of these ladder trucks, trebuchets, etc.
, also followed by a large number of bed crossbows and so on.
Seeing this scene, Hou Mo and Chen Ying could only clenched their fists.
The main battlefield between Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian was in Luoyang. There was nothing happening in Nanyang, so there was naturally not a large amount of equipment stored in Nanyang. Look at the almost rotting equipment around you, as well as those with both legs.
The trembling soldiers, Hou Mo and Chen Ying, only had a deep sense of powerlessness.
Maybe that’s what it means to use a mantis’ arm as a chariot.
At this time, under the city, the long sword in Xiao Shilian's hand suddenly pointed forward: "Prepare the trebuchet!"
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"Bang!" The rush car hit the city gate hard, and the whole city was shaking violently. Fortunately, Hou Mo and Chen Ying did not expect to be able to drive out of the city before, so there were already piles of sandbags behind the city gate.
, the impact of the rushing car is a bit futile no matter how you look at it.
However, for the soldiers who attacked the city, this was more like a drill for the subsequent attack on Guanzhong.
As one siege ladder truck after another was set up on the top of the city, the outcome of this battle seemed to have been determined.
In terms of origin, this army is the main force that Li Xinchen brought to Bashu and Xiangyang. Together with the armies from Huaixi and Jiangling, it can almost be said to be the combination of the main force of Nanchen and the main force of Li Xinchen's entry into Shu. It is also now
The most elite team of the Han Dynasty, its strategic goal is to break through Wuguan and Lantian and then attack Chang'an.
This road can be said to be the road with the most obstructions along the way, and it is also the most difficult road, so Li Xingchen gave this arduous task to Xiao Shilian. Now the attack on Nanyang is just the first pass on this road.
With the current strategic target being Wuguan, Xiao Shilian naturally had to attack Nanyang quickly and he would not hesitate to use all his strength.
"Kill!" The soldiers of the brigade roared and rushed towards the city wall, driving away the old, weak, sick and disabled who were almost vulnerable to a blow.
Years of battles and continuous civil strife have finally exposed the fragile side of the behemoth Northern Zhou Dynasty. After all, no dynasty that has been fighting for years can maintain a solid line of defense.
The south door was opened first, followed by the east and west doors.
Chun Yucen, who was the vanguard, led his army into the city from the south gate, and went south from Hanzhong to Shangyong. Lu Guangda, who was responsible for covering Xiao Shilian's left wing, entered the city from the west gate. Huang Wan, who set out from Huaixi to cover Xiao Shilian's right wing, entered the city from the east gate. The three armies followed
Quickly clear out the rebels along the main road in Nanyang.
And this was only the morning of the second day of the siege.
On March 13, the first year of the Han Dynasty, the fifth day after the Elephant Rebellion, Xiao Shilian took