These guys who are like lonely ghosts, the Han army advancing all the way have no time to care, and can only be left to the follow-up friendly forces for mopping up. Therefore, they may rush out at any time when Li Xingchen goes north. If His Majesty is surprised, then
The general who opened the way ahead will probably suffer the consequences.
Even though everyone knows that under the protection of Yu Linqi, there are probably only a handful of people in the world who can embarrass Li Xingchen, but no one dares to take the risk.
What's more, now is the time when the triumphal song is played, so you can just wait obediently behind, why are you in a hurry!
Before, Li Xingchen led the cavalry to rescue Liang County. It was because of desperation that everyone had to admit it because of their enthusiasm. After that, even Yang Su, who knew that the whole process was not dangerous at all, broke out in a cold sweat behind his back, so
Li Xingchen was absolutely not allowed to run so fast. Who knows if a cold arrow would appear from somewhere.
The smoother the situation is now, the more cautious everyone is.
Therefore, when the Yangwu army as the vanguard had begun to sweep away the Northern Zhou army south of Chenliu (now Kaifeng), Li Xinchen had just set off from Liangjun and headed north along the Yingshui River.
Li Xingchen did not choose the east route, but the middle route. The main reason was that the attack on Luoyang still required Li Xingchen, the emperor, to be in charge personally. Xiao Shilian on the west route had already broken into Hangu Pass with difficulty, and Chen Zhishen on the middle route was also attacking Xuanyuan Pass.
, only the Han army on the east route is farthest from Hulao Pass on the east side, and according to the strategic layout of the Han Dynasty, the Han army on the east route will no longer have the main strategic goal of breaking through Hulao Pass and entering Luoyang.
Firstly, after the Battle of Hangu Pass, the number of Northern Zhou troops in Luoyang was undoubtedly severely damaged. Secondly, Yu Wenxian could not sit back and watch Luoyang besieged. After all, this was the only remaining foothold of the Northern Zhou Dynasty on the south bank of the river, and there were hardly many.
The troops and horses were located in Qingzhou on the east side and would not have much effect at all, so this was the place where Yu Wenxian would definitely rescue.
There is a line of soldiers and horses directly on the south bank of the river, which can naturally threaten Yecheng and also play a role in blocking Yu Wenxian.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, Li Xingchen also transferred Pei Zilie, who was in charge of the Xuanyuan Pass war, to the Yangwu Army, and Pei Zilie coordinated the Yangwu Army's arrangements for the Chenliu war.
Originally, Li Xingchen planned to let Pei Zilie coordinate the battle in the middle, but Chen Zhishen's performance in the Battle of Xuchang was still acceptable. In addition, Cao Zhong was in charge later, so it was naturally meaningless for Pei Zilie to sit in Xuchang and command the battle in the middle.
It's too big, not to mention that if Li Xingchen wants to enter Luoyang, he will definitely take the middle route, so it is inevitable to let Pei Zilie take charge of the east route.
Because he was transferred from here to there by Li Xingchen, and then from there to here, Pei Zilie was also nicknamed a "fireman" in the army, and he would go wherever needed. However, for Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian, they have become His Majesty's left arm.
For a person who is famous as his right-hand man and has a very high position in the court, he does not have much military power in his hands and already has a high position in the court. If you still want to coordinate the troops, what do you want to do? Is it separatist rule or rebellion?
Even if Li Xingchen insists on giving the army to Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian, the two men will definitely not want it. Moreover, according to the military system of the Han Dynasty, the people who usually command the troops are actually the trinity of the military chief Shi, Sima and the chief secretary.
Structure, and during battles, it is actually the generals of various ministries who command the troops and horses, and general generals above the generals only play the role of mobilizing the generals below.
In other words, these soldiers are not the private soldiers of any general, but soldiers loyal to the imperial court. Even generals who can actually command every soldier only have this qualification during battle.
Whether Xiao Shilian or Pei Zilie, as long as the war requires them, they can take command of one side or run back and forth. This will not affect any of their merit assessments, because this is their duty.
While the boat was sailing on the Yingshui River, Li Xingchen closed a memorial and looked out the window at the mountains and rivers.
Yingshui connects Huaishui and Xuchang. It was the heartland of Cao Wei hundreds of years ago. Moreover, there are many talents along the Yingshui. In the entire Three Kingdoms and the early years of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, most of the big family talents came from Yingzhou. Even the number of talents now
Not a few, many Han talents in the Northern Qi Dynasty came from this land.
A centipede insect is dead but not stiff. Although these big families have been severely damaged in years of war, they still have a foundation after all. For example, the Wenxi Pei family and the Qinghe Cui family who are currently occupying a place in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
There are also many vassals of these two aristocratic families, which are forces that cannot be ignored, and among these vassals is the Yingchuan Xun family.
The Xun family of Yingchuan can definitely be regarded as a famous family from the Han Dynasty to the entire Northern and Southern Dynasties. From the original Xun family's Eight Dragons to the later Xun and Xun You, and then to the southern crossing, the Xun family played an important role in many key historical periods.
Among the local officials of the Han Dynasty, there are many descendants of the Xun family. In the north, at least in the Yingshui area, the Xun family is still a large family whose influence cannot be ignored.
However, Li Xunchen was only interested in Xun's talents, and he was not interested in Xun's attitude.
The Han Dynasty has completed the reform of the imperial examination system. Now the aristocratic families are just relying on the cultural accumulation of the family for many years to survive. As time goes by, the aristocratic families will naturally gradually dissipate like the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties in history. Even if a certain family will
Because a certain generation has many talents and is famous for a while, it will decline again in just a few generations.
Therefore, Li Xingchen no longer needs to seek the support of the aristocratic family. He even does not mind taking advantage of this Northern Expedition to sweep those who still have illusions about the continuation of the aristocratic family system directly into the garbage heap of history, and let them be buried with the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
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Of course, Li Xingchen has more important things to do now, which is to capture Luoyang as quickly as possible.
As the war lengthens, it is now the end of summer and early autumn. If the enemies in Luoyang cannot be eliminated before winter comes, then Li Xingchen is likely to face an embarrassing problem, that is, Yu Wenxian can cross the frozen river to the river at any time.
Luoyang transferred its troops, and the powerful navy of the Han Dynasty would be useless against the frozen river.
Therefore, taking Luoyang before winter, and even pushing the front all the way north to the north of the river, is the top priority.
In order to achieve this goal, not only did Li Xingchen go to Luoyang himself, but he also chose Yingshui, giving up the opportunity to go north along Qingshui to Luliang Mountain to pay homage to Li Cheng and his childhood friends and villagers, and instead let Li Lian'er represent him.
Go and burn three sticks of incense yourself.
After all, moving from Qingshui to Luoyang will inevitably waste a lot of time. What Li Xingchen needs most at this time is time.