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Chapter 147

Dugu

Bai Meng, a son of the Bai family in Nangong, Hebei, was an old minister of Gao Qi. He was a young man. He served in the army and had been garrisoning the northern border for many years. He made many achievements in the battle to fight against the Turks and other northern barbarians. Now he was the King of Han, Yang Liang, who was the chief of Shuozhou, participated in the siege and was appreciated by Yang Yichen. His mother died and resigned and returned soon after. At this time, Yang Yichen was already the general and Zong Zhengqing. Under his care, Bai Meng became the guardian of Huanshui Town near his hometown.[]

Bai Meng was in his thirties, tall and broad, with thick eyebrows and long beards, and was majestic. Perhaps because of his relationship with the Northwest Army and the frontier garrison, Bai Meng was very close to Northwest officers such as Jialan and Westward Journey, which to a certain extent won the favor of the Northwest people. As soon as Jialan spoke, the Northwest people immediately spoke in unison, only guarding the leader of the main horse. Bai Meng did not refuse and immediately issued a series of instructions and made a series of deployments.

The old generals of the Northwest Army had a very tacit understanding and did not give Yuan Baozang any chance at all. They directly deprived him of his military power and completely strangled his idea of ​​trying to control the army. Yuan Baozang was both angry and helpless. The complexity of the factions in the military was no less than the interests of the local officialdom. Yuan Baozang was also from a corps. He knew this well and could only endure it. Xu Tu made a move. The people in the Northwest were dragged down by the "hungry people". Galan had to find food from the local government, so even if Yuan Baozang did not control the military power, he could still use the food in his hands to suppress and restrain the imperial guards.

In accordance with Bai Meng's deployment, the Zhuxiang Regiment in Hebei was arranged with the city as the center and guarded the river embankment and Jinkou. The imperial guards Longwei Tong set up camp behind and used the advantages of the horse army to support the front maneuver and flexibly, while continuing to assume the responsibility of guarding and inspecting the delegation and hundreds of thousands of "hungry people" army.

Reinforcements came to Huanshui Town, and the earth was covered with people. The Taihang Rebel Army was unclear about the situation and immediately stopped crossing the river, from attack to defense, set up formations on the river embankment, and turned into confrontation.

At noon, Jialan took the initiative to visit Yuan Baozang and asked bluntly, "When will the envoy cross the river to attack the rebels and reopen the Yongji Canal waterway?"

Yuan Baozang had a kind smile and a calm manner, but he was furious in his heart and his words became a little sharp before he knew it. "The general should ask the guardian for this matter."

Jialan laughed, bowed to apologize, and explained his morning actions, "Someone attacked Douzigang, killed Gaojibo, and attacked Fenghuangling at night, relying on some northwest brothers."

If you don’t talk too much, just click it. Yuan Baozang smiled and nodded to express his understanding. When Jialan arrived in Hebei, he was unfamiliar with his own place, and his eyes were dark, so he dared not trust Hebei people easily, so he could only hold his head in his hand and move forward. But that was the early days, when he established his prestige and issued a deterrence. Now the situation has changed, and the Guanlong people are about to kill each other. At this moment, they must form alliances with Hebei people and use the huge power of Hebei people to preserve themselves, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

Yuan Baozang can understand and accept it, because he is isolated and helpless, but he is next to Li Yang, in the center of the storm, and he can't hide even if he wants to. Let's work together, the situation is unclear and the prospects are not good. If you don't, Li Yang will not let him go. He will be the first to take action against him. This is also the reason why he actively shows goodwill to the people of Northwest by opening a warehouse and releasing grain. He needs to form all the forces that can be formed and needs to expand his strength. Today he had the opportunity to expand his strength, but Galan destroyed this opportunity, and the reason for the destruction was to form an alliance and use the people of Hebei, which made Yuan Baozang very depressed. Fortunately, he has figured it out now that he has to rely on himself in everything. It is too wishful thinking to rely on others to make profits for himself. There are no fools in this world? They are more wiser than ghosts, and they will be plotted against them if they are not careful.

He himself had planned for Galan. If Galan helped him control military power, Hebei people would be in a state of disinterest and despicable manner, but he would be in harmony with the Northwest people. Now Hebei people have controlled military power, and they would "lift" themselves and Galan as a banner in order to work together and seek benefits together. At the same time, because they were controlled by Hebei people, they faced a series of crises, so they had to give up prejudices and work together. Unconsciously, the three forces found common interests and embarked on the road of joining hands.

"Good plan" Yuan Baozang figured it out, his anger dissipated, and he couldn't help but blurt out praise.

Galan gave a gift again, "The most urgent task is to defeat the Taihang thieves. Not only should we open up the Yongji Canal waterway, but we should also open up the land-mountain road."

Jialan was worried and tried his best to promote the cooperation between the three parties and try to concentrate his efforts to fight. Yuan Baozang was not in a hurry. In his opinion, the main purpose of Taihang thieves attacking Yongji Canal and cutting off the food channel was not to rob, but to help Li Yang prevent the inspection delegation from moving south and preventing the Hebei hungry army from rushing into Li Yang to avoid unlàn the situation in Li Yang. Therefore, the cutoff of the food channel was temporary. At least before Li Yang raised an army to raise an uprising, the Yongji Canal would not be cut off, in case the emperor and the palace were alarmed. If that was the case, what should I do? Why not respond to changes in the future and see what Li Yang planned to do next, and whether he would eat the people of the Northwest in one bite.

"What the general said is very much."

Yuan Baozang acted very positively and immediately entered the city with Galan to participate in the military convening convened by the defense leader Bai Meng.

Bai Meng was also discussing the situation with You Yuan at this moment.

Now reinforcements are coming one after another, and Huanshui Town's strength has increased dramatically. Bai Meng plans to cross the river to attack, kill Taihang thieves, and open up the water and land grain channels as quickly as possible.

You Yuanchen yin said nothing. After a long time, he shook the palm fan in his hand and asked slowly, "The people in the northwest defeated the thieves of Douzigang, cut off Liu Badao's head, and rushed in Gaojipo. The blockers were invincible, and even severely injured the Qinghe thieves on Fenghuang Ridge. Since then, they have shown their power and gathered tens of thousands of hungry people to sweep Qinghe counties. Their reputation has long been spread far and wide. Do the thieves in Taihang know? Yang Gongqing, Wang Deren and Li Wenxiang are arrogant and think that their strength has surpassed Douzigang and Gaojipo?"

Bai Meng sneered, shook his head, and looked helpless, "The Wuchuan people have done too much. Dugu Balang relied on his own as the emperor's uncle and was arrogant and domineering. The rampant thieves in Taihang are so rampant that they have a direct relationship with the Dugu family's indulgence."

You Yuan's face was slightly dark, a hint of displeasure flashed across his face, and there was a little warning in his eyes, indicating that Bai Meng should pay attention to his position and not speak.

Dugu family, the second family of the Central Tu Lu family, is so powerful that it is not the You family at all. The Bai family, a second-rate Hebei family, can be compared with the Dugu Balang mentioned by Bai Meng. The name of Dugu Balang is Dugu Zhen, who is the county magistrate of Wei County. His father is Dugu Xin, one of the eighth pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty. Dugu Zhen is Dugu Xin's youngest son, and he is the eighth son at home. Dugu Jialuo, the founding emperor of the empire, is the mother of today, and is Dugu Xin's seventh child. Dugu Xin's eldest NV is the empress of Emperor Ming of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The fourth one is also a nv son, who married Li Bing, the son of Li Hu, one of the eight pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty. The two children are Duke Li Yuan.

The first surname of the Lu family in Central China was the Yuan family, and before the Hanization, it was the Xianbei Tuoba family. The royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty had noble blood and naturally had extraordinary status. The second surname of the Lu family was the Dugu family. The reason why the Dugu family was powerful was because he controlled the Wuchuan clan in the North of Dai.

Wuchuan, the Northern Wei Dynasty, was one of the six towns in the northern Wei Dynasty. Because the Chinese policy implemented by the Northern Wei Dynasty transformed the conflicts within the nobles, the six towns were rebelled. The Wuchuan tyrants Hebaduba and Yuwen Gong took advantage of the situation, and then a large number of famous heroes such as Yuwen Tai, Hebasheng, Hebayue, and Dugu Xin emerged in this army. When Erzhu Rong and Gao Huan competed to dominate the world, the brothers Hebayue and Hebasheng were the two places in Guanlong and Jingxiang. At that time, Yuwen Tai and Li Hu played for Hebayue, while Dugu Xin, Li Hu, Yang Zhong and others were Hebasheng's tent generals.

Hebayue from Guanlong died, and Li Hu rushed to Jingxiang day and night to ask for help. Hebasheng quickly sent Dugu Xin to Guanlong, trying to take over his brother's army, but one step late, the army controlled Yuwen Tai. Later, the East and West Wei split, and Hebasheng took Jingxiang to join Guanlong with Wei in Guanlong. After Hebasheng died, the Wuchuan soldiers of Jingxiang respected Dugu Xin, and only followed his horse, including Yang Zhong, and some of the former Hebayue's generals, such as Li Hu, also followed him. Dugu Xin married NV'er to the son of Yang Zhong and Li Hu, for this reason. Yuwen Tai was very afraid and asked Dugu Xin to guard Guanlong, and he did not let him return to Beijing for more than ten years.

When the Yuwen clan usurped the Yuan clan and established the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Guanlong nobles rose rapidly, including the Xianbei clan, the local Han clan of Guanlong, the Hedong Heluo Han clan, and the Shandong Han clan, the struggle for power and profit was very fierce. The Daibei Wuchuan clan, the Xianbei clan, the Xianbei clan, the head of Dugu clan, always firmly controlled the army and the power of the dynasty. The reason why Yang clan was able to succeed in the Sui Dynasty and the Zhou clan was able to seize the country's fortune at the minimum cost was because it received strong support from the Daibei Wuchuan clan, led by Dugu clan.

During the late emperor period, the aristocratic reform faction, dominated by Han families, implemented a series of new policies, curbing and weakening the control of the army by the Daibei Wuchuan Group, mainly composed of the Xianbei people, thus evading the conflict between the Han nobles and the nobles and exacerbated the conflict between the two major forces. Today, he succeeded to the throne and was determined to reform, infringing on the interests of the vested powerful groups, and this group is the entire Guanlong noble group, including both the Han surname and the Lu surname. In other words, today's reforms eased the conflicts within the Guanlong noble group to some extent, and ultimately forced him to join forces with the two major aristocratic groups in Shandong and Jiangzuo to fight.

Bai Meng may not be very clear about this, but You Yuan knew that he could see the key points at a glance. He had enough reason to suspect that Dugu Zhen, the governor of Wei County, was helping Li Yang.

Dugu Zhen is the surname Guanlonglu, and so is Yuan Baozang. If these two people were Yang Xuangan's accomplices, Huanshui Town is not only a trap, but also a trap to kill the people in the northwest. Of course, Hebei people will not be spared and will be implicated.

"Is there any news in Wei County?"

Bai Meng shook his head repeatedly, "I sent someone to ask for help many times, but I have not seen a soldier yet."
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