Xiao Shilian even felt that it would be a good thing for him if he didn't let anyone shoot Sima Xiaonan to death.
"Now Sima Xiaonan's family members are all in Luoyang. It may not be easy to persuade him to surrender. Let's wait until his family members are rescued. Although these people are not good at fighting, they should still be able to be civil servants." Xiao Shilian said with a smile, "Three hundred
In the troubled times of the year, the remaining members of the Sima family are not just idle people, they should have some ability."
The ancestor of Sima Xiaonan is Sima Mo, King of Nanyang in the Western Jin Dynasty, so he is a descendant of the Jin Dynasty. Of course, this is not the previous dynasty, but the previous dynasty. It should be the royal family of the previous dynasty. If you want to say that he has a distinguished status, then it is okay.
Not really, especially the Hu people in the north, who had no mercy towards the remnants of the royal family of the Western Jin Dynasty. Fortunately, the Nanyang King lineage was not considered the main lineage of the royal family, so it was naturally ignored, and the Sima family disappeared.
For a period of time, it is reasonable to rely on good tutoring to be able to rise again in troubled times.
However, the Sima family is mainly composed of civil servants, and it is quite famous among the civil servant generation. It is an out-and-out literary family.
Sima Xiaonan transformed from a civil servant in the Northern Qi Dynasty to a general in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It is a bit unexpected, but it is not incomprehensible. Whether it is the Northern Zhou Dynasty or the Southern Chen Dynasty, most of these northern and southern dynasties were in war. The official system of the imperial court
The system was in complete chaos, and many officials had made a lot of contributions due to the long years of war. Naturally, the rewards were more intensive than during peacetime, and of course it was also to win over people's hearts.
Therefore, this naturally leads to the fact that when civil servants cannot be granted titles, they can only make do with the title of military attache. For example, Yao Cha at the beginning, although he was an out-and-out civilian official on the surface and in his heart, he was against the title of military commander.
The title made Li Xingchen very worried about his appointment at first, especially when he was still under the Nanchen system, it was difficult to let military generals do civilian work, but this guy was an out-and-out civilian official.
Especially in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, even the generals and Zhuguo were all over the streets. An ordinary general did not even need to argue with the court. In addition, Yuchi Jiong, who had accepted Sima Xiaonan, also expected to be able to make Sima Xiaonan.
It is difficult for him to keep this rare civil servant by his side. With Sima Xiaonan's status at that time, a small official in the general's government would be an inferiority complex. However, if he were a civil servant in a local state capital, he would not be able to follow Yuchi Jiong in the northern and southern wars. Therefore,
When Sima Xiao was in trouble, he could only follow Yuchi Jiong in the name of a civil servant and a military general.
However, I am afraid that even Yuchi Jiong did not expect that the Han Dynasty had a sudden rise of foreign troops. Almost all the generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were involved in wars with the Han Dynasty. Even Wei Xiaokuan's trusted general He Lou Ziqian and Yuchi Jiong's
Cao Xiaoda and others on the left and right arm were not spared, and Wei Xiaokuan's son and Yuchi Jiong's son also died or were captured. There are fewer and fewer generals who can act independently around Yuchi Jiong. There is only one Li Hui who can be regarded as a think tank.
Now, the rest, whether they are civil servants or military generals, must go to the front. Otherwise, how can we fight this battle if we don’t even have the generals to command the troops?
In troubled times, even if a civil servant is highly educated, wouldn't he still be unable to explain his reasoning when he encounters a big-headed soldier?
Therefore, although Sima Xiaonan was a little aggrieved, he still came out to lead the troops. If it weren't for the Xianbei cavalry's reckless advance, Sima Xiaonan would not have led his troops to support him, and naturally he would not have given Xiao Shilian an opportunity to take advantage of him.
Knowing the causes and consequences of Sima Xiaonan reaching this position, Xiao Shilian and Xu Deyan were still confident in persuading Sima Xiaonan to surrender. If Sima Xiaonan's benefactor Yu Chijiong also surrendered, Sima Xiaonan might not be able to hold on.
But now the problem that Xiao Shilian and the others need to face is not Sima Xiaowen, but the Tongguan City in front of them.
Although Sima Xiaonan was defeated, it was not unreasonable for another general of Tongguan to also make a profit. Of course, Yuchijiong was also afraid that something might go wrong on Sima Xiaonan's side, so he specially sent his Xianbei people who were good at fighting to make a profit.
Fei Jinli came to assist Sima Xiaonan. Of course, Sima Xiaonan was still the leader in coordinating the situation. This time Sima Xiaonan went out of the city to rescue the Xianbei cavalry. Although Fei Yejinli knew that doing so in terms of military deployment was indeed risky, it was not easy to add too much.
stop.
After all, Sima Xiaowen is going to save you Xianbei people. If you block it, what do you mean?
In the end, who would have thought that Sima Xiaonan actually fell into the trap and was defeated. Fei Yejinli had no choice but to retreat and defend. Under the bombardment of the Han army's artillery, there was almost no need to think about the defense under the city wall.
No matter how many people were put in the place, it would be of no use. After the artillery hit, the corpses would soon be gone. After initially testing the power of the artillery, Fei Yejinli didn't even dare to put more people on the city gate because the artillery bombardment was coming.
, even the watchtower can't do anything, let alone people standing here carelessly.
However, Fei Yejinli got it right, that is, Tongguan is really strong enough.
From the chaos of the late Eastern Han Dynasty until now, Tongguan has replaced Hangu Pass and has always been the gateway to and from Guanzhong. Any force that separates Guanzhong must find a way to close the gate of Tongguan. Therefore, other things do not need to be repaired, but the city wall of Tongguan must be repaired.
It had to be piled up generation after generation. As a result, the Tongguan that now appears in front of us is still made of rammed earth, but the tall city walls are intimidating enough. Even if the walls have been completely leveled, it is still the Han army.
A barrier that is now difficult to overcome.
Accompanied by Xu Deyan, Xiao Shilian looked at the smoke-filled Tongguan not far away.
The artillery almost shaved off a layer of the pass wall, but Tongguan still looks very tall.
This reminded Xiao Shilian of the original Wuguan. It took him a full month to conquer Wuguan, which he would never forget in his life. This time, he could not stand at the foot of Tongguan for so long.
Originally, Guanzhong was the first place where the Han Dynasty launched its attack. One move affected the whole body. Once Tongguan moved, all places must be moved by the wind. It can be imagined that the thousands of miles of border between the Han Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty should have been billowing with smoke and dust. But at least now
There should be few solid town passes in all directions, and Tongguan should be the first to be encountered on the offensive road. This is one of the reasons why Xiao Shilian and his team took action first.
The imperial court and the Taiwei Mansion did not expect them to capture Tongguan quickly, so naturally they had to give them more time.
But Xiao Shilian himself was not allowed to stay under Tongguan for such a long time.
Chen Zhishen and Cao Zhong in Nanyang, Lu Zicai in Huaixi and Wu Huijue in Huaidong, and Han Qinhu in the north have been gearing up for so long. They will definitely not wait for Xiao Shilian.