Lord of the House

Liang Chengchong looked at the mountains in the distance, all around were the deep mountains and old forests at the eastern foot of the Qinling Mountains, and the Wuguan River was hidden in the middle, shining with sparkling waves, winding away to the southeast, like a silver dragon.

Previously, Liang Chengchong intended to give Chengyi the defense of Fangcheng and Wuyang in the north of Nanyang, but the Hezhong Army defeated Chen Zhihu in Ruyang. Liang Chengyi only led less than 10,000 remnants to retreat to Wuyang, which made Nanyang's forces suddenly stretched. stand up.

For the Liang clan, losing Nanyang would completely reduce it to a rootless tree and a sourceless water, but the mentality of the soldiers below was different.

The defeat of the Hezhong Army in Ruyang seriously affected the morale and will of resistance of the generals in Nanyang.

A few days ago, a small school wanted to drag 20 or 30 people into the mountains to become robbers. Before they escaped, they found out that they were all dragged to the school grounds by Liang Chengchong and beheaded for public display. However, among the middle and high-level generals, there are still many people who advocate withdrawing from Nanyang to avoid the edge of the 200,000-strong Yanhu army.

Withdraw, where to withdraw? Liang Chengchong felt bitter in his heart. Can Dong Yuan let Xinyang out and let Nanyang soldiers and horses escape?

They retreated without a fight, and Yan Hu went to Nanyang effortlessly and opened up the passage to Jinghu Lake in the south. Will Lin Fu bypass them?

There is still a choice for Huaixi and Huaidong, but for the people of Nanyang, the battle of Nanyang is a must, but it is a pity that the following generals are not determined.

Twenty or thirty people led their horses up the mountain and stopped halfway up the mountain. Yuan Guizheng lifted his robes and climbed the steep hill alone with difficulty. Following Liang Chengchong's line of sight, he seemed worried about the enemy soldiers coming from Guanzhong. Bypassing Wuguan, infiltrating from Danjiang to the south of Nanyang.

"Yue Lengqiu should be coming to Nanyang soon," Yuan Guizheng said, "Why don't I go back to see him first?"

Yue Leng came to Nanyang in the autumn, Liang Chengchong couldn't get away on the western front, Yuan Guizheng always wanted to meet him.

Liang Chengchong shook his head and said, "I'm going back to Nanyang too." Liang Chengyi suffered such a big defeat in Ruyang, so that the defenders of Fangcheng and Wuyang might not be willing to be controlled by him, and Liang Chengchong could not stay in Wuguan. Must go back to Nanyang to sit in town.

Yuan Guizheng motioned the surrounding Hu Cong to go down the mountain first. He and Liang Chengchong stayed behind alone, and said in a low voice, "If Huaidong doesn't help each other, what should Chengchong do?"

Liang Chengchong stopped and glanced at Yuan Guizheng. In terms of seniority, Yuan Guizheng was his uncle, and in terms of kinship, the Empress Dowager and the Marquis of Yongchang wanted to breathe a sigh of relief in Jiangning City, and Liang's military power could not be completely lost.

Liang Chengchong licked his lips and said, "Please uncle teach me."

"The key is to keep Qinyang." Yuan Guizheng said.

The Nanyang Basin is connected to the Western Henan Plain in the north through Fangcheng Road, and passes through the Qihe River (now Nanyang Baihe River).

The Minhe River originates from Yuhuangding of Funiu Mountain, traverses the western part of Nanyang Basin, goes south through Xinye County, and joins the Han River in Fancheng. The Nao River is the main river in the Nanyang Basin, and because of the Nao River, the Nanyang Basin is more connected to Xiangfan in terms of terrain.

Nanyang City is located on the bank of the Qianhe River, and it is the center of gravity that controls the entire Nanyang Basin.

Qinyang County is located on the eastern edge of the Nanyang Basin, close to the western foot of Tongbai Mountain.

Compared with Nanyang City, the only advantage of Qinyang County in terms of terrain is that it controls the Tongbai Valley Road that connects Xinyang Prefecture in Huaixi to the east. To focus on defending Qinyang, in fact, is to withdraw the last remaining troops of Nanyang into Tongbai Mountain and Huaixi as a last resort.

Although Nanyang is lost, the Liang family will lose their last foothold, but withdrawing into Huaixi is better than the whole army being destroyed with Nanyang City.

"I'm here in Nanyang, and the queen mother gave me an extra order," Yuan Guizheng continued, pressing his voice down, "Leave the green hills here, and I'm not afraid of running out of firewood."

Liang Chengchong nodded and said nothing.

At this time, he transferred the relatives and luggage of Nanyang City to Qinyang, which was undoubtedly a very obvious signal to the military and civilians that he wanted to abandon Nanyang and withdraw into Huaixi. This is how the outer defenders can still defend Fangcheng and Wuyang , Wuguan, Danfeng, Xinye, Xichuan and other peripheral cities, the confidence and determination?

It is said that indecision is a big taboo in the military, but when things came to an end, Liang Chengchong was really hesitant to decide.

At this time, there were several billows of black smoke rising from the mountains to the west, and under the clear sky, the straight plumes of smoke shot straight into the clouds.

This is a communication from Fengyan, and it should be that an enemy soldier is approaching Danfeng County.

Liang Chengchong, Yuan Guizheng, and the squires who stayed halfway up the mountain all looked to the west nervously, but Danfeng City was 70 miles away from Wuguan, so there would be no further news until it got dark. come.

Unable to figure out the enemy's situation, Yuan Guizheng and Liang Chengchong did not feel relieved to return to Nanyang.

Back in Wuguan City, when it was about to fall into the night, Danfeng City rushed to report, only to know that the enemy soldiers had 2,000 paces of cavalry, and they had entered Danfeng territory and pressed towards the county town.

Danfeng's defenders and the enemy's cavalry were unfavorable in the battle outside the city, and lost dozens of troops and horses. At this time, they retreated to Danfeng City.

There were less than 3,000 guards in Danfengcheng County, and their morale was low. Liang Chengchong did not expect the guards to defeat Yanhu's advanced cavalry in the field, but only ordered the guards in front to guard the city and not to fight recklessly.

At the moment, Liang Chengchong discussed with Yuan Guizheng, and Yuan Guizheng first returned to Nanyang to see Yue Lengqiu, and he stayed in Wuguan for another day.

Although Yanhu's vanguard troops did not carry siege equipment, but Yanhu wanted to enter Nanyang from Wuguan, and Chichengguan fortress could not be avoided. After all, unlike field battles, Nanyang has a formidable city to defend, and it is always necessary to take advantage of it.

Although Yanhu got a large number of surrendered troops to surrender, and in the direction of Wuguan, he used Sun Jichang, a general who was good at siege and surrender, as the main commander, and mainly drove the infantry newly attached troops to attack the Wuguan channel, but the siege was not easy.

Since Yanhu's southern invasion, although hundreds of cities have been captured, very few have been captured by force. Instead, they have suffered losses under the cities of Yangxin and Datong.

In the early stage, Yanji was invaded, and in the middle stage, Shandong was captured. In the recent strategy of Guanzhong, Yanhu used infantry to surround key cities without attacking, and then used the advantages of cavalry to interspersed and infiltrate, washed into rubble, weakened military potential, and finally achieved no purpose of fighting.

Even if Yanhu attacked Jinhai in the first year of Yongxing, he invested nearly ten times the force and suffered several times the casualties.

Liang Chengchong was in the frontier army and fought against Yanhu for some years. He had a city to defend, but he was not afraid of being captured suddenly, but he was worried about how long the war would last and how long Nanyang could last.

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After passing through Wuguan, the Wuguan River flows south to east until it joins the Danjiang River. However, in the east of Wuguan, there is a narrow valley road, which can directly lead to the territory of Xixia County in the west of Nanyang Prefecture.

Liang Chengchong still wanted to guard Nanyang. At this time, the valley roads in Xixia County and Danfeng County were filled with supplies from the West Transport, and the ox and carriage were almost filling the not-so-wide valley roads.

It is two hundred miles from Xixia to Wuguan. Nanyang also has to take over the defense of Wuguan after the Cao family has withdrawn. It only takes more than ten days. I don’t expect the Cao family to leave much food. Now Liang Chengchong has filled nearly 10,000 defenders in Danfeng, Wuguan, Baiyangguan and other fortresses. To fight a long-term attack and defense of the city, a large amount of materials needed to be transported from the rear.

Although Yuan Guizheng was eager to meet Yue Lengqiu, the road was full of westbound carriages that traveled at night, and he couldn't gallop on his horse.

Under the moonlight, watching the westbound carriages, dozens of which were stuffed into the canyon, Yuan Guizheng worried that even if the defenders were firm, how long would Nanyang's supplies last.

Food is still the most critical issue.

Luo Xiancheng has never had the opportunity to occupy the Nanyang Basin. He was afraid of Chen Zhihu in the early stage, and dared not offend Jiangning in the later stage. However, before Liang Chengchong entered the Nanyang Basin, Luo Xiancheng successfully turned Nanyang into a ruined land and a ruined city.

Although 120,300 or 30,000 refugees moved to Nanyang with Liang Chengchong in the later period, and although Yuan Guizheng was appointed as the prefect of Nanyang, he also swarmed the fields, but Nanyang's army has always maintained more than 30,000 people, and it is difficult to maintain food self-sufficiency with only 112,000 people farming. of.

Before that, in the early stage, Huaidong sold the food that Nanyang lacked to maintain the Nanyang line of defense; after the Jiangning Incident, Nanyang chose a position with Huaixi and Chizhou. For the food that Nanyang lacked, more money was taken to Huaixi Domestic acquisitions.

Now the war preparations in Huaixi are also tense. Nearly 60,000 soldiers have been recruited into the army, which means that the income of Huaixi's military will drop significantly, and the food will be suddenly tight. In the end, it will depend on Huaidong's control. Jiangning~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Although Lin Fu agreed to adjust grain to Huaixi and Nanyang, less than half a month had passed since Lin Fu nodded and agreed to today, and the grain was transported westward from the lower reaches of the Huai River. For a long time, Yuan Guizheng was worried that after the war started, the Yanhu cavalry infiltrated into Nanyang on a large scale, and even if the food from Huaidong was transported to Xinyang, it would be difficult to make up for the fortresses outside Nanyang.

Focusing on retreating to Qinyang City at the western foot of Tongbai Mountain, in the view of Yuan Guizheng, is the only feasible strategy for Nanyang troops and horses at present, which can advance and retreat and defend, but Liang Chengchong is still hesitant.

When the group of trucks passed by, Yuan Guizheng continued to drive his horse at night, and it was almost dawn when he arrived in the territory of Shangnan.

At this time, there were galloping horses coming, and the cavalry rushed to make contact. Only then did they know that there was an emergency military situation from the direction of Wuyang to report to Liang Chengchong.

Yuan Guizheng came to Nanyang this time to bring his decree to recruit the army. He was an envoy sent by the imperial court, but he had a very high status in Nanyang, and all military information could be obtained by himself without Liang Chengchong.

It is a pity that the urgent military situation from Wuyang cannot be good news: Yan Hu's troops in Guanzhong sent two thousand cavalry as advance troops from Shangzhou City to attack Danfeng County; Yan Hu's troops in Ruyang The main force of horses also dispatched 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard yesterday, crossing the Beiru River and the Shahe River, and advancing towards Wuyang City.

Nanyang's outpost battle has already started, and it is not far from Yanhu's army.

Yuan Guizheng returned the letter to the post rider, and ordered it to rush to report to Liang Chengchong. He restrained the horse and looked south in the clear morning light.

The Yanhu army was under pressure, and Liang Chengchong had the confidence to use the dangerous terrain and fortresses to resist Yanhu in the short term, but how could Luo Xiancheng and Shewenzhuang in the south be honest, and the Donghai fox in Yuzhang, what was in his heart? idea? My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter