Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 319, Horses have no night grass and no fat

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the sky was cloudless.

New green in the east of the river, between the mountains and rivers inside and outside, the brigade marched along the solid loess avenue. There were a lot of fresh green on the mountains on both sides, the birds kept singing, and the mountain flowers were faintly dotted.

The grass seedlings that have just emerged from the withered grass on the roadside are now trampled into mud.

The brigade of people galloped from the other side of the mountain, and more and more people began to appear at the mountain pass, continuously.

A city in the distance is several miles away by the river, and to the east is a towering mountain, surrounded by mountains and water, which is Luzhou.

Many people in the city saw off on the side of the avenue anxiously, and some people wept and saw off their relatives.

Li Yun rode on a horse, looked back at the high city wall, and said to the eldest son Li Shoujie who came to see him off: "You guard Luzhou well, and you will return after a few months for your father. When someone takes the beam and kills the historian Xiaoer, you send troops to the south to take over Zezhou."

Li Shoujie was worried, so he could only change his tone, "Father, the Qin State is still strong and should not be taken lightly. In my opinion, it is better to go south, open up the Taihang Mountains, control Heyang, and plot Luoyang.

It's fine to wait until you have a firm foothold, and then plot against the leader. You don't have to attack in such a hurry. "

Li Yun cast a dissatisfied glance at his ineffective eldest son, "You know what!

The old man is an old general of the Zhou Dynasty, and he is like a brother to Emperor Shizong Chai Rong of the Zhou Dynasty. Now the officers and soldiers of the imperial guards of the Qin Dynasty are all very familiar to the old man.

Once you hear that our army has arrived, you will definitely respond, so don't worry about failure. "

After finishing speaking, he didn't say any more, and said: "You remember, guard Luzhou well, and wait for me to come back after my achievements."

Li Shoujie immediately kowtowed on the side of the road, "Son sends father off respectfully."

"What are these mothers-in-law and mothers doing? Get up." Li Yun said, and then turned his horse's head, leading more than a hundred generals, and was about to join the new army on the road west.

He stopped suddenly, rode back alone, looked at his eldest son, got off the horse and supported his shoulder: "You are already grown up, you have to decide on your own.

Your father and I are about the same age, but there are three things you can't get angry with, and you have to understand it no matter what. "

"First, I hate the Khitan people the most in my life. If Liu Jun is asked to send troops this time, he will not be allowed to contact the Liao Kingdom. In the future, you must also remember that in case something goes wrong, you can do whatever you want as a man, and you can't go there. Go north and join the Khitan dog thieves!"

Li Shoujie nodded in the middle, and Li Yun continued to explain to his son: "Secondly, the Taizu emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, Yumou, had a kindness, and no matter what, he couldn't watch his country be usurped, and no matter what, he couldn't just sit idly by.

Thirdly, Shi Congyun's second son, your father, is not convinced. When I was a Jiedushi, he didn't know where to play in the mud, but now he rode to a certain end or that one!

So it's useless for anyone to say about this matter, the old man and the historian boy must be fighting to the death, so don't say those depressing words. "

"Manly man, don't want mother-in-law and mother-in-law. I have been like this all my life. If I hadn't risked my life back then, my family would not be as rich as I am now."

After Li Yun finished speaking, she turned and left without turning her head.

Li Shoujie watched his father's commander-in-chief flag disappear into the distant horizon, and the long line couldn't see the end. The officials around him comforted: "Prince, don't worry, this time we will send [-] elite soldiers, and the Han country in the north will send [-], [-]." Elite soldiers, even if they cannot win, it is not a problem to retreat slowly in order to protect themselves."

Li Shoujie didn't say much, but finally just nodded, "I hope so..."

.......

The world is changing, and every time the Central Plains changes, it will stir up the Quartet.

Now Shi Congyun is usurping the throne, the state of Zhou changed hands, Li Yun united with the Northern Han Dynasty, and the state of Qin sent troops...

After all kinds of news spread, many people were faced with difficult choices in the face of such drastic changes in the world.

This is the case for Li Jixun, governor of Linzhou. His seat is in Xintai County, Linzhou. The city is an old city of rammed earth, located in a river valley. From time to time, you can see the shepherd boy driving the sheep and singing songs carelessly on the steep and barren mountain.

Li Jixun was wearing a red official uniform with a round collar, the collar was covered with dust, his face was also pitted and earthy, he didn't look like a high-ranking official at all, if it wasn't for the fact that he was dressed in an official uniform with some extravagance, no one would believe it This is a history of assassination.

But Linzhou is like this, facing the threat of the Khitan people at any time, the Northern Han Dynasty in the east is very disdainful.

The Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty was pleasing to the Khitan people, and even called his father to make him very upset. As a subject, as a Han, he couldn't stand such uselessness, and he felt that the Northern Han Dynasty was poor and weak, and the country's fortune was not long. up.

But China is constantly rising and prospering. Even though he is far away in the north, he has heard of Shi Congyun attacking from all sides, attacking cities and villages, and annexing land.

So as soon as he took office as the governor, he immediately rebelled and sent a memorial to the state of Zhou, expressing his willingness to become a minister.

This move was supported by many officials and people.

But their place is very close to the Northern Han Dynasty, but too far away from Daliang......

After the Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty found out about this, he sent thousands of troops across the Yellow River to the west to attack Linzhou. Therefore, he defeated the Northern Han army several times in the east valley.

Kelinzhou is a barren and difficult place with few people, and the city walls are generally dilapidated. Some of the city walls were even built during the Han Dynasty and the Huns for the Henan land (Hetao area). Han continued to attack for a long time.

However, the capital of Zhou State is far away in Daliang, which is no longer Guanzhong in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and it is beyond reach. In addition, it is fighting with the south and the Khitan people, so it is impossible to support them.

In the end, he had no choice but to make peace with the Northern Han Dynasty and submit to the Northern Han Dynasty again, but the Northern Han Dynasty did not dare to force him because of the heavy losses.

He used this time to continuously raise troops and build cities, and then rebelled against the Northern Han Dynasty again last year and took refuge in Zhou Guo.

The Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty was furious, and sent more than 2000 troops across the Yellow River, and fought for half a year. This time, he no longer took the initiative to attack, but changed his previous tactics, using the rammed earth walls he built to consume and resist the Northern Han Dynasty. military.

Because he knew that there were few people on his side, and he couldn't afford to die.

As a result, after fighting for almost a year, the soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty were unable to advance an inch after hundreds of people were killed, and could only withdraw their troops after the supply of food and salaries was insufficient. This time he successfully resisted the Northern Han Dynasty.

But he was not happy for a long time. When he was about to send someone to write a good report to Daliang to ask for some rewards, there was a sudden bad news.

This time, Li Jixun was in a predicament again. He finally jumped repeatedly and tried his best, in order to surrender to the court and not be a Khitan lackey.

As a result, after he finally fought for several years and managed for several years, he was able to defend himself without relying on the power of the imperial court. When he turned around, the imperial court was gone!

At that time, he was seriously ill. Fortunately, his staff reminded him that Qin is also the orthodox Chinese and the imperial court.

Only then did he come to his senses, there were too many such things, if Qin State did not bow down to the Khitan people, then in fact it would be no problem to seek refuge in Qin State.

But then the news that the Northern Han Dynasty united with Li Yun's rebellion came, which made him hesitate again.

Li Jun's prestige is in Hedong, and it is very big in the north. If he joins forces with the Northern Han Dynasty, will the situation in the world change? What if he makes a mistake? How can the little Linzhou be the opponent of the Northern Han Dynasty and Li Yun? , is it possible that he will vote for the party at that time...

All kinds of things haunted his mind, and he couldn't sleep for several days.

Below the city, several soldiers were feeding water to his horses. The road in front of the city gate was less than two feet wide, and yellow dust was everywhere as people and animals trampled on it.

However, everyone seems to be familiar with such an environment, and most of the people who come and go are unkempt.

Yang Jixun was also covered in dust, and the river was rushing in the distance, revealing many dry riverbeds and smooth stones shining in the sun, and he was dumbfounded just looking at them.

When he came back to his senses, he gritted his teeth and said: "Ma Wuye grass is not fat, wait until the fight is over before coming out to speak, it will definitely end badly!"

The soldier feeding the horse looked up in confusion.

........

In February, Shi Congyun's army marched north to the Yellow River, marched west along the Yellow River, crossed the Yellow River, and continued westward.

Going in the direction of the Three Cities of Heyang, the East Route Army handed over to Li Chuyun.

Shi Congyun had already had a plan for this battle in his mind. Going south, the main force crossed the Taihang Mountains and went straight to Zezhou and Luzhou. This may be a decisive battle with the enemy near Gaoping. The situation may be exactly the same as seven years ago.

If he didn't meet the enemy, he would continue to go north and go directly to Li Yun's Luzhou to seek a decisive battle, but what he was most worried about was that Li Yun would defend the city to the death, and no one wanted to fight a siege battle.

Fortunately, Luzhou and Zezhou were not particularly strong cities. He had seen Zhou Jun go north to Hedong in the Battle of Gaoping seven years ago.

The enemy's actions are not under his control. The best way is to block the passes of the Taihang Mountains first, and gradually push north. Shi Congyun is gesturing on the map, thinking about the overall strategy in his mind.

Xiao Huanghua, dressed in men's clothing, stood aside, looking at him quietly, her curious big eyes swept over the map, but she didn't understand anything.

After a while, Shi Congyun rubbed her temples and took her little hand: "Go, go out and get some air, it's too stuffy!"

Little Yellow Flower nodded.

The scenery in Heyang is just right. In the spring breeze and the setting sun, there are large stretches of flat fields that cannot be seen at a glance. If you look to the south, on the flat land, there are only some people in the fields and the woods between the fields.

Such a large plain, the little yellow flower has never been seen in Shu, but if you look north, you can see the towering mountains in the distance.

This place has been an important place since ancient times. What Shi Congyun is most afraid of is that Li Yun will move quickly, cross the mountains and go south to Heyang, threatening Luoyang.

And with the news that he personally conscripted and dispatched troops, the situation in the world is getting better and better. There are many situations that he didn't expect before.

.......

In the past few days, the news has been fully clarified. A large number of letters and news have come from the north, confirming the news that Li Yun and the Northern Han Dynasty sent troops.

Afterwards, the good news came one after another, and there was good news before the battle started, which was indeed beyond his expectation.

On the first day of crossing the Yellow River, there was good news.

His emperor Chengyu crossed the river with the guard troops, and only landed surrounded by the crowd, Liu Qingchuan excitedly brought information to him.

It is said that Dejian of Fuzhou once again broke through the Shagu village in the east of the river, killed more than [-] enemies, and attacked the bandits from the east and west of the river.

Why do you say that, because last year when Shi Congyun attacked Shu, Zhe Dejian went to court to pay respects to the Queen Mother Regent as a token of loyalty, and his younger brother Zhe De was willing to temporarily act as an agent.

When Zhede was willing to lead the state affairs on his behalf, he sent troops to wipe out more than [-] soldiers of the Northern Han Army in Shaguzhai, and killed the Northern Han guards Hao Zhang and Zhang Zhao.

At that time, Empress Dowager Fu was regent in the court, so she naturally understood that Zhe's family had traveled thousands of miles to Daliang to express their loyalty, but also to ask for something.

The Zhe family and the Tuoba Li family, another major branch of Dangxiang, have always been at odds with each other, and the relationship is tense. They have to face the Northern Han Dynasty in the east and the Liao Kingdom in the north.

In addition, Dangxiang is a concept of multi-ethnic integration. The main body of it is the various Qiang people living in Qinghai, and other ethnic groups. They were moved to the Hetao area by the Tang Dynasty. They did not have much foundation in the area. They wanted to find a place to settle land, so it surrendered to the Central Plains.

Considering that the army was fighting in Shu at that time, and Fuzhou was far away and the land was barren, it was not easy to manage and control, so Empress Dowager Fu allowed them to settle down in Fuzhou for generations, but they must be loyal to the Central Plains.

At that time, Zhe Dejian was very excited, and repeatedly expressed his willingness to lay the groundwork for China and guard the border for generations. After that, Empress Dowager Fu rewarded him with some things and went back.

Now it seems that the Zhe family is offering a gift. As soon as they heard that Qin State was going to attack the Northern Han Dynasty, they immediately sent troops from the east to attack the Northern Han Dynasty.

Shi Congyun was very happy with this situation. Just like Fu Da's judgment, he also felt that Fuzhou (near Fugu County in later generations) was too far away, and it was inappropriate to rely on officials sent by the imperial court. Pressure on Khitan.

If the imperial court directly controls at this time, it will take time and effort.

It seems that the straight-line distance is more than 1000 miles, but there are Taihang Mountains, Luliang Mountains and the Yellow River in the middle. It is at least two thousand miles to walk. Clean up the Northern Han Dynasty and settle the Liao Kingdom before thinking about it.

However, Shi Congyun did not forget that there is another branch of the party members, that is, the Tuoba Li family who later established Xixia, and now his official position, territory and influence are much larger than that of the Zhe family.

As early as the reign of King Shizong Guo Rong of the Zhou Dynasty, he added Li Yi Yinshou Taifu, concurrently with Zhong Shuling, and named him King Xiping.

After the founding of Qin State this time, he also sent letters to express his loyalty.

Li Yi and Yin Shi Congyun are not as relieved as the Zhejia. After all, because their territory is too large and the population is too large, they are not comparable to the Zhejia.

So Shi Congyun thought about it, and after crossing the Yellow River, he sent someone to the north to add him as the guard of Qin.

But the good news continued. That night, Xiao Huanghua was washing his feet, and Shi Congyun was lying down in his comfortable big tent. Another news came, saying that Yang Jixun, the governor of Linzhou, had come forward to praise him, and at the same time expressed his willingness to send troops to cooperate with the court to attack Northern Han Dynasty.

Shi Congyun is also happy that Linzhou (near Shenmu City in later generations) originally belonged to the Northern Han Dynasty. Later, the governor Yang Jixun submitted a letter to the Zhou Dynasty, and then to the Northern Han Dynasty, and then to the Zhou Dynasty.

Because it is to the west of the Yellow River, it is not far from the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty, but it is far away from Daliang. As for Linzhou governor Yang Jixun and Shi Congyun, he vaguely remembered such a person, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.

It was only later that I remembered that Yang Jixun was Liu Jiye's brother, and Liu Jiye was also Yang Jiye, Yang Ye.

However, his happiness has nothing to do with it, the main reason is that Yang Jixun came forward to plead his vassal at this critical moment. It seems that he has made some serious consideration, and if he is still on the fence, he is not in a hurry to express his position when the war is about to start.

In this way, although he could not see the situation in northern Shaanxi, once Zhejia and Linzhou fell to him, the northernmost part of Shaanxi would have surrounded the Northern Han Dynasty, and the overall situation would be good.

The next day, 66 guns of the rear artillery unit arrived, and Shi Congyun was waiting for them.

At the same time, the messengers in front came back to report that Shao Ji had led his vanguard to cross the Taihang Mountains and was approaching Zezhou.

Shi Congyun didn't stop him, and only asked Shao Ji to report the news immediately. At the same time, he asked the army to advance and keep a certain distance from the artillery units of the Shenhuo Army. It should not be too fast or too slow, and the distance should be kept within three miles.

Obviously this time Shi Congyun wanted to fight around the artillery who was on the real battlefield for the first time...

Chapter 320, Guo Jin

At noon, Shi Congyun ate some stir-fried mutton, broth and rice under the service of Xiao Huanghua, and then the Chinese army began to march in an orderly manner, but Chengyu still did not go north because he was waiting for someone.

Xiao Huanghua took good care of him, she was as obedient as a little follower, and the children who grew up in the mountains had to endure hardships, and the exhaustion of the march was nothing to her.

Shi Congyun was not in a hurry to leave, because he was waiting for someone from the north, to be precise, Guo Jin, the Defense Envoy of Mingzhou.

This person was the first to report to him that Li Yun had motives for rioting, and he also provided a lot of information to the court, so Shi Congyun promoted him from the Mingzhou regiment training envoy to lead the Mingzhou defense envoy and lead the Mingzhou state soldiers.

"Wait for him until the afternoon, if he can't arrive, then don't wait." Shi Congyun said to Xiao Huanghua.

The little girl nodded half understanding.

Shi Congyun rode on his tall big horse, stretched out his hand to pull Xiao Huanghua up, and led her to ride around the camp for a while.

Xiao Huanghua was very happy, she still hugged his waist after getting off the horse and refused to let go, she raised her head slightly to see that his eyes were full of light.

But Shi Congyun didn't have much thought at the moment, the enemy was in front of him, he rubbed her little head and sent her to pack up.

......

In the afternoon, people came from the north. The person who came was a big man in iron armor, followed by many cavalry.

He arrived in front of him in a short while, and the imperial guards on the periphery stopped him, and then came in to report: "Officials, the defense made Guo Jin arrive."