Zhou, Zhongzhou.
It is still as lively as ever. A large number of military and civilians gather here, setting up post roads along the road, and many soldiers are practicing day and night around.
Inside the schoolyard, the sound of killing shook the sky.
The officers were working hard to train these brave men, and their voices were loud.
In a small house at the south gate of the school grounds, Duke Xunguo Wei Xiaokuan held a drinking utensil in his hand and was drinking with the visitor.
Wei Xiaokuan was wearing a very loose dress with some stains on her sleeves. The guest sitting in front of him came from Chang'an to visit his relatives, Sikong was a clerk Yang Luo.
This is his wife's brother-in-law.
The relationship between the two is pretty good, and Wei Xiaokuan personally poured some tea for him.
"That's how it is. The Dugu evil thief was really unreasonable. He wanted to kill Yang Su, so he would only kill their family, but he caught many people in our family and was killed together. ::. These are all innocent people.
Who,
It is also very wise and kind in the local area..."
Yang Luo complained. He looked at his brother again, but found that Wei Xiaokuan was still in the same expression as before, calm and unsurprising.
Yang Luo was a little surprised, and he asked, "Why does your brother look a little different?"
"oh?"
"What's the difference?"
"In the past, every time I visited my elder brother, as long as he was in the army, he would definitely wear a strong and hold his sharp edge and dare not neglect it, but now he is just wearing ordinary clothes, and there are also...::. In the past, you always asked me a lot about it.
I don't ask about the temple affairs now.::::
Xiao Yang looked at Wei Xiaokuan and found it strange no matter how he looked at it.
Originally, Yang Luo went to Yingzhou to serve as a detacher. He left for a while and never met Wei Xiaokuan. This time he returned to the temple and hurried over, but found that Wei Xiaokuan had changed a lot.
Unspeakable weirdness.
It was like he didn't care about anything anymore.
He couldn't help asking, "Brother? What happened?"
Wei Xiaokuan ate a bite of tea, "Nothing happened, I lost to Gao Changgong in Xiazhou, and had nowhere to go,
I was originally asked to continue to serve as the general manager of Yanzhou, but the front line was lost, and Yanzhou became a dangerous place for Chang'an.
You cannot keep it unless you are a clan."
"So, I was sent here to build the city. It is said that Cui Qian was in poor health. He intended to let me replace him and become the general manager of Anzhou and Jingzhou, responsible for the south facing the enemy."
Yang Luo suddenly became excited, "Isn't this very good?"
"Brother, these two states are very rich. On the one hand, they rely on Chen and on Qi, which is a good place to recruit soldiers and make achievements! Even Cui Qian can get rewards from here for years, and his political achievements are the world.
First, if you come, wouldn’t you be able to make greater contributions?”
Unlike Xiao Yang's excitement, Wei Xiaokuan is always very cold...:.Indifferent!
That's right, it's indifference.
He just sat there, listening to his wife's brother-in-law excitedly talking about the benefits of the future, but his eyes were particularly cold, "Maybe that's the case."
Yang Luo left quickly. This time he came, he asked for leave and could not leave for too long.
As soon as Wei Xiaokuan saw this person away, he had no time to ask someone to clean up the house, and a scout came to report.
The scout had also followed Wei Xiaokuan for many years. At this moment, he seemed a little panicked.
Wei Xiaokuan immediately understood how serious the matter was.
"General, Huang Fajian of Chen colluded with Liu Taozi and led the cavalry to attack Nanyang, Anzhou, and Nanyang was now besieged
Cui Qian is in Nanyang City!"
"Um?"
Wei Xiaokuan's face finally became serious, changing his leisurely life just now.
"Where are the troops in Zhucheng around Nanyang?!"
"Mr. Cui issued an order to tell them not to move forward..."
The scout hurriedly handed the letter in his arms to Wei Xiaokuan. Wei Xiaokuan took the letter and looked down. This was the order Cui Qian sent to the surroundings. The content was to let them stay in place. Don't hurry up. You can follow Wei Xiaokuan's orders.
work.
Wei Xiaokuan's brows became increasingly frowning, and he silently calculated the time in his heart.
"not good!"
"I'm afraid it's too late!"
"Summon the army quickly!!"
Several people around him ran out hurriedly, and Wei Xiaokuan tightened the document in his hand.
After encountering so many bad things in the north, Wei Xiaokuan was a little self-deprecating, and just wanted to be an official with peace of mind, no longer bothered or made suggestions.
However, when he heard Liu Taozi leading his troops in front of him, he still felt fluctuations in his heart.
He and Liu Taozi have known each other for a long time.
But until now, neither of them has officially fought.
Besides, Cui Qian was the emperor's confidant minister. He had issued six or seven copies of the edicts to praise him alone. If this was not favorable to support him and caused him to die at the hands of Liu Taozi, his situation might be
More unfavorable.
Wei Xiaokuan almost hesitated and quickly summoned the army to inform him of the current situation.
The current size of this army is quite good. The generals of the two nearby military prefectures were waiting for his dispatch, but their purpose was to build a city. Wei Xiaokuan had no right to take them out of Zhongzhou and walk south.
The situation is urgent, and Wei Xiaokuan can only act out of order at this moment. If he is afraid of being questioned and refuses to leave, the consequences will be even more serious.
He immediately led the army to set out toward the south.
Walking on the road, Wei Xiaokuan began to analyze Liu Taozi's behavior this time.
Liu Taozi really scared Wei Xiaokuan. Wei Xiaokuan came to Zhongzhou to build a city south to gather troops. In fact, he was a plan to extend the front line and harass Yuzhou and other regions, so that Liu Taozi could not develop his southern part with so peace of mind.
Insider affairs, strengthen your own defense line here to prevent Liu Taozi from attacking from both sides.
When Wei Xiaokuan led his troops out from Chang'an, he thought in his mind that Liu Taozi might have made a big move.
However, it was slightly different from what he thought.
Wei Xiaokuan thought that Liu Taozi would give Danzhou Yanzhou, mobilized the army from Hebei, and joined forces with his army in Xiazhou to act together.
Unexpectedly, Liu Taozi would start from further south.
From a general perspective, this is the battle between the two masters.
Gao Ying wanted Liu Taozi to divide his troops to garrison, and Liu Taozi rebeled and told Gao Te, if you want to start a war from this side, it would be better to stretch the front line a little longer, and I can attack you from further south!
This is probably the reason why he brought Chen State to him. If Chen State eats meat this time, there will be more places for Zhou State to set up defenses and be vigilant in the future.
Alas, I'm still young.
Wei Xiaokuan shook his head. He opposed this at the beginning, but he didn't say anything. Anyway, no one listened to what he said. He would rather listen to those young boys talking nonsense and talking nonsense than to listen to his own analysis.
So what else can I do?
Just do it.
Wei Xiaokuan was moving forward at full speed. Although the road from Zhongzhou to Anzhou was very far, the road here was flat and the traffic was convenient. Wei Xiaokuan could catch a lot of roads every day.
During the march, he also sent many scouts to inform the many cities around Nanyang and let them arrive at the Huzhou Pass in advance. As for the troops further south, they simply asked them to stay at their homes and not go out.
At this moment, because the Zhou people seized many territories in Hezhou, there is no need to take a detour to go south from Zhongzhou.
However, walking like this can easily alarm the enemies on the east side.
Wei Xiaokuan knew that he could not hide the news and had no intention of hiding it. He made great efforts all the way, hoping to force Liu Taozi to retreat.
Nanyang.
Under the afterglow of the sunset, the entire city looks particularly broken.
Siege equipment bombarded the city indiscriminately, and the defenders on the city were helpless. They lacked such large-scale equipment.
During these days, the Han army launched fierce attacks on the city walls again and again.
Gao Yanzong and Shi Wansui took turns to fight. They climbed the city wall several times and almost broke the city.
However, Cui Qian relied on his strong prestige to organize counterattacks again and again. The old man, who was over 60 years old, stood on the city wall and killed the enemy with the rest of the people, and none of the local soldiers retreated.
As well as many young and strong people in the city, they followed them to the city to guard the city.
I can only say that there is a reason why Yuwen Yong likes this old man so much.
With another wave of enemies slowly retreated.
Taishou Liu trembled and walked to Cui Qian, who was sitting on the ground with his back against the city wall.
Cui Qian was sitting weakly on the cold ground at this moment, and his condition was worse than before, dying.
He was seriously ill and was old, so how could he withstand such troubles?
He sat there, his eyes could not be opened, his whole body was shaking slightly, his clothes were worn and odor odor.
The prefect felt very distressed when he saw it. He squatted on the ground, his eyes no longer had the panic and helplessness he had done the previous few days.
Extraordinary perseverance.
"Mr. Cui, go back, it's okay, the enemy has been repelled again!"
"Tomorrow, our reinforcements are coming!"
Hearing the prefect's words, Cui Qian's eyes suddenly opened, "Reinforcements are coming?"
"It's coming, it's here."
"Duke Yun sent a carrier pigeon and would come to fight back these thieves tomorrow!"
Cui Qian seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "That's good. When Duke Yun comes, the southern states will not be stolen by the enemy...
"Yes, you don't have to worry."
The prefect said stiffly.
"Even if the enemy is unwilling to give up, he will have to withdraw...:
The Han army camp outside the city.
The soldiers lit a bonfire, gathered together in three or three, and talked loudly.
The atmosphere here is not as unwilling as the prefect said just now, and is about to retreat. It looks very morale and there are no major casualties.
In the inner room, Gao Yanzong bit off the lamb leg in his hand, bit it and swallowed it directly.
He looked at Liu Taozi sitting in the upper position, "If my brother allowed me to attack fiercely, I would have taken down the city long ago.
Why do you have to be like this now?"
Liu Taozi did not allow everyone to attack. Once the casualties increased, they were asked to evacuate. Most of the time, they used their outstanding craftsmen to carry out "long-range bombing".
Shi Wansui laughed at this moment, "Brother, if we don't do this, why would Wei Xiaokuan come here? How could Chenren seize the city?"
"Sooner or later we will have the opportunity to make contributions, so don't be in a hurry!"
Gao Yanzong whispered, "I really want those southerners to see... But brother, can those southerners really succeed?"
"Huang Fajitao can still trust things. Don't worry, we will start evacuating and escaping early tomorrow morning...:"
"good."
"I hope Huang Fa poked this guy and won't let my brother down!"
The three of them went back to rest. The next day, just dawn, the Han army launched another attack, but,
The attack was short and hasty. The enemy just bombarded the city wall a few times, and then the prefect saw them destroying their machinery, and the army began to quickly evacuate their camp.
There was a sudden burst of cheers above the city wall, and the prefect was even more shocked.
He said that he received a letter from Wei Xiaokuan, which was actually used to appease the old man. How could Wei Xiaokuan know a young prefect like him and wrote to him?
But judging from the enemy's attitude, could it be that their reinforcements are really coming?
They really held on to it? Repelled the rumored Liu Taozi??
The prefect was a little unbelievable for a moment. Cui Qian was sent by the prefect to escort the official office in the city at night. Because his condition worsened, he had already begun to fall into a coma.
He really wanted to tell his supervisor the good news, but until now, the supervisor showed no sign of waking up.
The prefect was anxious and angry, and summoned more doctors to check Cui Qian's body.
At the same time, he also informed the local area that Liu Taozi had withdrawn his troops!!
Liu Taozi came very fast, and the evacuation was also very fast. He evacuated towards Yiyang Pass and advanced at full speed.
Wei Xiaokuan had just arrived in Huzhou and was working on the restructuring with the reinforcements here. He received an emergency notice from Nanyang. He said that Cui Qian led the soldiers in the city to repel Liu Taozi's attack, and the Han army was seriously injured.
Queue in a hurry.
The first time he received this letter, only two words appeared in Wei Xiaokuan's mind, "It's a fraud!"
This is like the Chen cavalry attacking the pseudo-Zhou, which is very difficult to digest. Cui Qian is indeed powerful, but he is so old and just fell ill not long ago. He is almost unable to survive this year's cold winter
,You said he led less than 10,000 soldiers from Nanyang City to repel Liu Taozi??
Is this reasonable??
It is what people want. Even if there are help from young and strong people in the city, the strength of the two sides is so disparate, how is this possible?
Wei Xiaokuan even suspected that Nanyang had been taken down and the prefect had surrendered to the enemy. This was a letter to help Liu Taozi induce him to go to Zhonglifu!
Wei Xiaokuan gathered his army in Huzhou and did not dare to pursue it. Instead, he began to send scouts to investigate the situation in Nanyang to see if they were really taken down.
Wei Xiaokuan stopped here, but the defenders in those places further south were different.
Army troops such as Anlu, Shicheng, Mianzhou, Hanchuan and other places, learned that Liu Taozi had been repelled, hurriedly sent troops to Nanyang for rescue.
Their chief executive is there, whether out of public or selfish, who can arrive in Nanyang first and complete the rescue work, the future benefits will definitely be indispensable.
Even the emperor's side would definitely not treat the loyal and kindness of his old minister unfairly!
For a moment, the troops from these prefectures and counties left the city and hurriedly moved towards Nanyang County.
As soon as they left, another army came to the city.
That's right, it was Chen's army who came here.
Huang Fa poked the infantry and cavalry under his devil and started a fierce attack. Mianzhou, with empty troops, could not stop such an army. Several counties fell one after another, and there were only dozens of horses and infantrymen in the city. How could they bear to defend the city?
thing?
General Xiao Moha led the way, wearing heavy armor, and killed all the way. He was always the first to fight. He was invincible and brave. No one could stop him. Huang Fajita's offensive became more and more fierce. After conquering Mianzhou, he took it down again.
Hanchuan,
Mianyang in the south surrendered directly, Huang Faji was so excited that he couldn't speak, and he frantically sent letters to his back, allowing them to advance quickly.
The fall of these areas allowed the Chen people to surround Liang State directly from three sides and officially put their hands around Jiangling.
Strategically, from being passively beaten to being attacked by the side that can be attacked.
But when these local troops learned that the rear was attacked and quickly turned around and went back, it was too late.
Huang Fajita used Xiao Mohe as the vanguard and defeated these Zhou troops who had returned halfway.
It was suddenly corrupted south of Nanyang.
At this time, Wei Xiaokuan had already arrived in Nanyang. He met the prefect and visited Cui Qian, who was seriously ill on the bed. Without saying a few words, he learned that Mianzhou and other places were attacked.
Wei Xiaokuan then realized that Liu Taozi was in a hurry to evacuate, and it turned out that it was to cooperate with the Chen people to seize Mianzhou!
Wei Xiaokuan didn't dare to move directly towards Mianzhou at this moment. He was afraid that he would drill into his pocket, and Liu Taozi cut back and block the gap from behind him. At that time, it would be more than Mianzhou to be lost!
Wei Xiaokuan was caught here and was in a dilemma.
As for Liu Taozi.
He really withdrew. After he withdrew from Yiyang Pass, he followed the road here and ran along Wei Xiaokuan's footsteps, but went to Zhongzhou in the north.
That is Wei Xiaokuan's departure place.
The Zhou people built a city here, gathered a large amount of food and grass, and the civilians prepared to build a long front.
However, the Zhou people were worried that so many supplies and civilians would be in danger on the front line. After all, the enemy's cavalry was very strong and the plundering Qihu was a must-have!
Therefore, Zhou Guolitang asked Wei Xiaokuan to supervise and protect them.
We must ensure that they will not escape, but also protect them from being persecuted by Liu Taozi.
But now.:
Chapter completed!