Three thousand miles in exile

The fall of Hanzhong and the successive massacres of Xirong made the common people and scholars all over the world furious. In order to calm the anger of Liang Liang, Emperor Liang had to send troops from all over the country to Hanzhong to expel Xirong.

At this time of common hatred and hatred, it is rare for the court to be quiet, and everyone wisely did not come out to make trouble at this time.

At the beginning of summer, Liang Tianzi issued a call to action against thieves, claiming to send 50 troops.

Since the time of Emperor Xuan of the Great Chu, the emperor has sent troops one after another, and the military households in the world have been recruited and recruited. This time, when the emperor Liang sent troops to Hanzhong, there were not many young and strong recruits.

In the end, the Ministry of War ordered forced conscripts, ranging from the age of haircut up to the sixtieth year, and each household had to send out two people. If there were not enough heads, the house would be ransacked and the land would be confiscated.

Under this persecution, the military households can be said to be full of public grievances.

At the end of summer, the Ministry of War managed to cobble together a team of 40 people, which seemed to be enough to fight Xi Rong.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others recommended Jing Guogong Xu Muyuan as the general to lead the army to attack Xirong." Zhao Jizhang took the initiative to propose the candidate for the general in the early court.

Xu Muyuan has many years of experience in leading troops, he can be said to be a veteran of the dynasty, no one is more suitable for the position of general.

But Tianzi Liang kept his mouth shut, his eyes flickering.

"The ministers and others seconded the proposal!" Many ministers echoed one after another.

Over there, Pei Gongli keenly sensed that Liang Tianzi's face was not right, he was used to digging into the camp and could see through it, and he could understand why Liang Tianzi was unhappy just by thinking about it.

"Your Majesty!" Pei Gong left the line. "The minister recommended Ning Wang Fang Shoutang as the general!"

Even though Emperor Liang was close to Xu Muyuan and respected him on weekdays, in fact, Emperor Liang was very afraid of Xu Muyuan, so why would he let him lead an army of 40.

Sure enough, as soon as Pei Gongli opened his mouth, Liang Tianzi's face immediately jumped up.

"I think King Ning is suitable, what do you think?"

Pei Gongli's party of impoverished bastards knelt down and voted for it, while the other ministers were surprised and disapproved.

Not to mention that King Ning Fang Shoutang is one year older than Xu Muyuan, Fang Shoutang has been a young soldier in the Imperial Army all his life, but he has never been on the battlefield once!

"Your Majesty! Lord Jing Guo is a seasoned veteran!" Zhao Jizhang was in a hurry. How could he let an old general who only talked about war on paper lead an army of 40?

Liang Tianzi raised his hand to stop Zhao Jizhang from continuing to speak. "Jing Guogong has always been ill. How can I let Jing Guogong go to the battlefield with his sick body? King Ning is also a veteran."

But what kind of veteran is King Ning?I have never led troops out of the Forbidden Army camp in my life!

For a while, hundreds of officials talked about it.

However, Liang Tianzi had made up his mind, and Pei Gongli and others agreed, and finally Fang Shoutang was appointed as the general.

There is no such thing as heavy snow closing the mountains in Hanzhong. The Liang army is expected to arrive in Hanzhong in late autumn and start a war with Xirong around the beginning of winter.

This was the biggest battle since the founding of Daliang, and it attracted the attention of the whole world.

At this time, the Han Kingdom, which occupied northern Xinjiang, reached its peak of prosperity.

The territory of the Han State extends to the Maiziao hills in the north, incorporating the large mountains around Qiyun Mountain into the country.

The Xianbei people occupied the Uragan Forest and the Zhaodong Grassland, sandwiched between the Han Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom, regarded the Han Kingdom as the upper kingdom, and established the Xianbei Kingdom as their capital in Wutan City in the Zhaodong Plain.

The Xianbei Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom attacked each other every year, and the Yan Kingdom, the largest country in northern Xinjiang, was completely defeated at that time, and the internal struggles were chaotic.

Wen Qingshan, who had already become the chief assistant of the official cabinet, stepped into the imperial study.

"Report to the queen, King Qing sent someone to ask for food." This is the third time that King Qing has come to ask for food.

"Send it away." Song Fenglin was wearing azure blue tuanlong suit and sat behind the imperial case, reading the memorial, giving instructions from time to time.

Now that Hanzhong has fallen, Gaozhou has become an isolated island, and there is no choice but to ask Han for help.

How can Liu Zhan send food to King Qing and raise these desperate weasels?

As early as King Qing led the remnant army to flee Gaozhou, Liu Zhan ordered the customs to be closed, prohibiting common people from entering and leaving Gaozhou.

Hearing that Qingshan has a hard look on his face. "King Qing ordered the people to sit outside the Taohe Pass and cry, scolding the King of Han for his inhumanity, regardless of whether the people lived or died."

King Qing is not good at fighting, and this kind of tricks are emerging endlessly. Song Fenglin only distributed food to the people of Gaozhou a few days ago.

Song Fenglin put down his pen and frowned slightly.

Every time I come here, I give some food away. After all, it is a temporary solution, not the root cause. In the long run, it will also make Liu Zhan notorious.

"The next king's decree allows the people of Gaozhou to move to Han to settle down and open up wasteland, and it will be set in Beifeng County. If they don't want to, then let's ignore it." Song Fenglin said coldly.

He has already been given a way to survive, so don't blame Hanwang for not saving him if he doesn't know how to do it.

In the past year, the Qing army retreated steadily under the onslaught of Xirong and retreated to Gaozhou. Now only Gaozhou is left in Hanzhong, and the people who fled from Hanzhong are also crowded here.

During this time, Song Fenglin was busy with internal affairs, and hadn't asked about the war in Hanzhong for some days.

At this time, Liu Zhan was discussing the war situation in Hanzhong with the generals in the side hall behind the imperial study.

"Xi Rong's 30 army was stationed in Mashanyi, and the Qing army retreated to Gaozhou. The scouts estimated that the Qing army had more than 8 people, and the Wang army and the Peizhou garrison had about 10 people." Cao Zhuang reported military affairs.

"However, Xirong continues to increase troops to Hanzhong. It is predicted that the number of Xirong troops will exceed 50, or even exceed 70!"

All the generals present looked solemn.

Li Xiaolian said: "The scouts who went deep into Mobei have also returned, and the Xirong almost came out in full force. Only the old and weak, women and children are looking after the house in the country."

More than 70 troops entered Hanzhong, what a huge number.

The 50 troops claimed by Daliang to the outside world have already set out and are expected to enter Hanzhong by the end of autumn.

"What's the situation with Daliang's 50 troops?" Liu Zhan asked.

Cao Ming was responsible for secretly collecting Daliang's military information, and he replied immediately. "Da Liang claims to have an army of 50, but the actual number is about 40, but the generals in the army are all the royal relatives with the surname Fang."

The general who led the Liang army was Emperor Liang's uncle Fang Shoutang. Although he was also a veteran, Fang Shoutang had spent his whole life talking about the Imperial Army on paper and had no actual combat experience at all.

Daliang is not without actual combat veterans. For example, Xu Muyuan, who is retired, is a veteran who can fight.

However, Emperor Liang couldn't trust someone with a foreign surname to be in charge of the army. Even though he knew in his heart that Xu Muyuan was the best choice, he didn't dare to let Xu Muyuan take charge of the army again.

Xu Muyuan's prestige in Daliang Barracks is very high, even if he is only given the position of lieutenant general, it will inevitably hinder Fang.

In an army of 40 people, all senior generals above the fourth rank were surnamed Fang. This veritable Fang's army is indeed an anecdote for thousands of years in the world.

"The queen is here." At this moment, the palace servants announced.

All the generals stood up one after another, Song Fenglin stepped in and raised his hand to signal everyone to sit down. "Go ahead, I'll listen in."

Cao Ming continued: "Liang Jun is expected to enter the boundary of Peizhou at the end of the month."

"The deployment of Liang Jun's army relieved the crisis in Gaozhou. Xirong will definitely concentrate its forces to fight Liang Jun." Liu Zhan took a sip of the tea cup, his tone full of regret.

He had wanted to take Gaozhou for a long time, but the enemy was present, if he attacked Gaozhou at this time, it would be unavoidable to say that the Han army was taking advantage of the danger, so Liu Zhan stayed put.

He doesn't care what the officials of Daliang think, but he has to take care of the people in northern Xinjiang, as well as the people who fled from Hanzhong and settled down.

After becoming a king, he can no longer be as unscrupulous as before.

"Send more scouts to keep an eye on the battle situation." Liu Zhan put down the teacup.

Li Xiaolian said at this time: "There is one more thing. The Qing army is starting to run out of food."

Ever since Xirong occupied Hanzhong, the Qing army had cut off the grain roads. The food in the Central Plains had to go north from Peizhou to Gaozhou. Today's Gaozhou is backed by Cenzhou, and other than that it is like an isolated island.

Speaking of this, Song Fenglin briefly talked about the people making trouble outside Taohe Pass.

"Those common people who are making trouble are not all common people. The queen's plan is very good, let's see how they deal with it." Liu Zhan could see clearly that there must be some soldiers who acted as common people.

"But I'm afraid it's not appropriate to cut off food for a long time." Song Fenglin said.

The king of Han had a full grain storehouse, but he refused to save the people of Gaozhou, and starved to death a whole city. Liu Zhan absolutely could not bear this bad reputation.

"I want King Qing to buy grain with money." Liu Zhan had a clear attitude. "It happens that the queen is here, and the price will be determined by the queen. You will discuss it with the queen later."

The generals should be.

After talking about the situation in Hanzhong, Liu Zhan saw that it was almost the same, so he waved his hand and told them to go down and do their own work.

"Queen, take a look." Without the outsider, Liu Zhan took out a letter.

This is a letter written by Zhao Jizhang to Liu Zhan.

"Borrowing soldiers?" Song Fenglin was surprised.

The main seat in the side hall is a custom-made arhat couch. Liu Zhan is supporting the small table with one hand, with deep eyes.

"Uncle still can't see through."

Zhao Jizhang hopes that Liu Zhan can send 20 troops to help Daliang retreat from the enemy, and asks Liu Zhan to put the past grievances aside for the time being.

Why count on the common people in the world?Can saving this girder save the world?

Daliang was even more decadent and ill than Dachu, the family formed cliques for private interests, the government's government orders were incomprehensible, taxes and taxes were complicated and heavy, and the people's lives were hard.

Now that Hanzhong has fallen, Daliang can be said to be suffering from internal and external troubles. Under such circumstances, Emperor Liang still drafts women every year, and the harem is a veritable three thousand beauties.

How can such a smoky world survive?

Song Fenglin was silent for a long time. "Uncle is loyal to his master, we have different positions."

"It's just foolish loyalty." Liu Zhan didn't want to say more. "There is no need to answer this letter."

Not answering is Liu Zhan's attitude, there is no room for negotiation on this matter.

Song Fenglin sighed. "It's not that Daliang is incapable of resisting the enemy, it's just that the big clans blame each other, and no one wants to hurt their own interests."

When the country is in trouble, everyone is responsible. This sentence is bullshit in the eyes of the nobles.

Zhao Jizhang had a good starting point, and asked the King of Han to borrow troops to quell Hanzhong, but he didn't consider that the King of Han sent troops and food, and he would have to be infamous in the end.

Those aristocratic ministers hated the Han country and the Han system from the root, and the equality of the people and the people were treasonous in their eyes.

Liu Zhan looked at Song Fenglin firmly. "If my uncle is willing to bring his family to the northern border, I can promise him the title and official position, and guarantee that he will be more comfortable than in Daliang. If he is worried that he will not be able to leave the capital, I can send the most elite secret guards to escort him all the way."

But it is impossible for him to help Daliang, this is Liu Zhan's position.

"The beam is the beam of the nobles, not the beam of the common people." Seeing Song Fenglin's worry, Liu Zhan pinched his ear beads and promised in a low voice. "I will send troops to expel Xirong, but not now."

Hanzhong fell, King Qing fell into a slump, the pirates on the south coast were troubled by the King of Nan, and Chen Liuguo was in civil strife. The three princes supported themselves and were about to fight.

Only the Han army has more than 50 troops. Looking at the princes and kings of the world, only the Han king can fight Xirong.

The battle between Daliang and Xirong will determine the pattern of the world. If Daliang wins, the world will be a three-legged force, and Daliang will still be able to maintain the national fortune for ten or eight years.

If Daliang loses, Emperor Liang will also come to an end, and this world will be a contest between Xirong and Han.

Just when the autumn harvest was in full swing in northern Xinjiang, Daliang's so-called 50 troops arrived in Peizhou.

At that time, Xirong's 70 troops were stationed in Mashanyi, where there was an endless wilderness plateau.

"The morale of our army is like a rainbow. It is the best policy to take advantage of this opportunity to go straight to the den of thieves." Fang Shoutang was full of confidence.

He is the elder of the Fang clan, his status and status are based on this, the generals of the Fang clan in the army all look up to him, Fang Shoutang is determined to fight Xi Rong immediately, no one in the army doubts it.

"The order of this king is to ask the [-] defenders of Peizhou to leave the city and join the army, and fight Xirong together!"

Combined with the 50 Liang army in Peizhou City, this so-called 50 army really has [-] people.

Fang Shoutang believed that Xi Rong claimed to have more than 70 people, but in fact it had a maximum of 50 people. Now that he has gathered enough 50 people, he will definitely not lose this battle.

No one in the whole army questioned that this extremely harmonious army kept rushing to Mashanyi where the Xirong army was stationed.

But the fact is that Xirong is still adding troops to Hanzhong continuously, and the strength is indeed 70!

The total strength of the two sides exceeded 100 million. This is a great battle.

Liu Zhan spent almost the past few days in the warm pavilion in the side hall, and the latest battle situation was sent back every hour.

"Report! The forward of the Liang army has arrived in Mashanyi! The Xirong army is facing each other!"

"Report! The Liang army split up before the formation, and the Xirong cavalry copied its right wing. The right army was completely defeated! More than 20 people died in battle!"

"Mediocre!" Liu Zhan was so angry that he smashed his chopsticks while eating. "What kind of troops to divide! The 50 army will all press up to compete head-on with Xirong. Even if they can't annihilate the opponent, they can still cripple Xirong!"

"Garbage for talking on paper!" Liu Zhan scolded. "The Western Rong army has a strength of nearly 70. Dividing the troops will only give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it. It is no different from a sheep entering a tiger's mouth!"

Liu Zhan was furious.

The palace people huddled in the corner and did not dare to breathe.

Song Fenglin heard the movement in the imperial study and came over. Seeing that Liu Zhan had lost his chopsticks, he bent down to pick them up and handed them to the palace servants for another pair.

"Queen, look at the good deeds that Emperor Liang has done. Instead of a veteran who has experienced many battles, he sent an idiot who has never been on the battlefield to preside over such a big battle."

It can be predicted that Daliang's energy is exhausted, and it is pity for these 50 soldiers.

Song Fenglin sat down beside Liu Zhan, refilled a bowl of soup for him, and took the new chopsticks presented by the palace man and put them on his bowl.

"Central Plains may be in trouble." Song Fenglin said in a low voice.

How could Xirong be willing to stay in Hanzhong after defeating Liang Jun?

As long as Peizhou is taken down, and Baimaqiang, the only mountain that enters the Central Plains, is taken down, the Central Plains will be equivalent to an open door, allowing the Xirong to gallop.

Liu Zhan frowned, and couldn't eat anymore.

The 5 defenders in Peizhou were also brought to the battlefield. Now there are less than [-] people in Peizhou. How long can the young and strong in the city defend?

The army of 50 could not disable Xirong, and Daliang was hopeless.

That night Liu Zhan had been waiting for the battle report in the Nuan Pavilion, and Song Fenglin was by his side.

At four o'clock, there was a battle report, and 50 Liang troops were killed by Xirong Keng!

Faint candlelight flickered in the corner. On the kang of the warm pavilion, the king of Han sat cross-legged for a long time, and the queen slowly put down the book she was holding.

No one expected Liang Jun to be defeated so quickly and so thoroughly! 50 people!

Since he ascended the throne, Emperor Liang has been in charge of nepotism, and he has completely inherited the bad habits of the previous dynasty. Instead of making the country recuperate, the four years of Liang's founding of the country have made people's livelihood more difficult.

First of all, the relatives of the Fang clan were generously rewarded, and even a distant relative of the Fang clan who could not be reached at all could be included in the royal family tree. Whenever there was an official promotion in the court, all officials of the Fang clan were given priority in promotion.

The local big clans wantonly annexed the land and ran rampant in the countryside, and the imperial court's control over the localities became weaker and weaker.

In such a big environment, Daliang's mobilization of 50 soldiers and horses has already emptied his old base.

The 50 army was destroyed, and Daliang was no longer able to fight.

Daliang is exhausted.