I'm not Murong Chong

In the ninth year of the reform of Xiyan and the first year of Long'an in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Houyan once again raised troops to compete for the land in Henan that Xiyan had acquired years ago.It was a battle, although Zhao Wang Muronglin only led an army of [-], but they were all elite private subordinates, and they came here in a fierce manner, thinking that they wanted to turn things around when morale in the country was low, and Yixue's defeat that day was a shame.

He fought bravely, and he also had the news of the deployment of armaments and other military aircraft in various places in Xiyan in advance, so he was invincible all the way to attack the city and capture the territory. Within five days, Nanyang, an important town in Henan, was in a hurry.

Nanyang is located in the south of Yuzhou. It is far away from Xiangyang, Jingzhou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty across the Han River. They are mutually restrictive. If you enter, you can go along the Yangtze River and march to Jiankang; if you retreat, you can go to Wuguan and hold Guanzhong. This place is bound to be won, but in this important military town where Ren Zhen led his army and Murong Lin fought fiercely for seven days and ran out of ammunition and food, Xiyan general Murong Yong just rushed from Chang'an, and it was too late to repair the fortifications. After three days of hard work, Houyan's army was defeated, and Nanyang was defeated.

Murong Lin, who "recovered the lost ground", was especially dissatisfied, and even led his troops to pursue the remnant of Murong Yong's troops who broke out. The Xiyan army threw away their helmets and armor and ran away, retreating all the way to Wuguan.Murong Lin himself didn't expect such a great achievement in a small test with a sledgehammer. Overjoyed, he mobilized all the main forces and rushed straight away.

From time to time, some aides felt that the campaign was too smooth—last year Houyan launched a three-way army of 20 to besiege Xiyan, but was deprived of Shuofang Bingzhou and Henan Nanyang. Even Juqu Mengxun of Beiliang, who was allied with him, was greatly injured by the defeat, and soon he was destroyed by Houliang.Murong Lin has always been used to being overjoyed, how could he listen to it, he just waved his hand and said: "At that time, although we had many soldiers and horses, the leaders were not generals, and the various factions were restraining each other, and if there was any disturbance, they would send it back. How can I catch up with my elite troops!" The staff member persuaded again: "Murong Yong only destroyed Yao Qin the year before last, and was promoted to the King of Hedong with his military exploits. Don't underestimate him." Murong Lin said contemptuously. : "How did I hear that Yao Song, Duke Ancheng of the Empress Qin Dynasty who was in power at that time took advantage of the death of the lord Yao Xing and the civil strife in the court, and surrendered the city by himself! Now that second official is still the first-rank minister of Xiyan! I think that Murong Yong just took advantage of the situation and gained a false reputation. He is not as good as that little white-faced Murong Chong. In the past, the defeat in Henan was the humiliation of my life. If I can't get into Chang'an and kill Murong Chong in this battle, I will fight against him. Take Murong Yong's head and go back to Zhongshan to repay the victory to my father! Now that this man is so close, how can I give up?! You must know that if you don't take it, you will suffer retribution!" So the three armies were ordered to retreat to the south of Guanzhong after Murong Yong Stop the defeated army of Xiyan before the natural danger of Wuguan, the portal, and wipe them all out!

The Duanhou troops dispatched successively by Murong Yong couldn't resist the iron hooves of Houyan's elite soldiers. Seeing that they were about to be made dumplings, they had to urgently dispatch the Yan generals stationed around the surrounding areas to help the trapped Yan army.

This move caught Muronglin's heart, so he simply came to besiege the city to fight for aid, and waited for work with ease - he knew the situation of the Xiyan army stationed on the southeast line of defense, etc., and knew himself and the enemy.

At the same time, two secret letters were also sent to the case of Tuobagui who was "transferred by order" to station in Xiaoguan but "due to illness" and stayed in the posthouse on the way and was unable to leave.

Uncle Sun Puluo, an old official who followed Wen Mo all the way, looked around and said in a low voice: "Although Murong Lin has always been a ruthless and brutal beast, he doesn't want to take his life. He is really good at fighting. It seems that Murong Yong's He was besieged on all sides and completely defeated, otherwise, He Lanjun, who had just arrived in Luoyang, and Mu Chong, who was acting as the temporary Tongguan guard, would not rush to help him, and cover and kill Murong Lin from the sidelines to help him break through. Why is the imperial court still reluctant to call the general back to Tongguan to preside over the overall situation?"

Although Tuoba Gui was "seriously ill", he was still wearing only a thin gown with arrow sleeves in the windy and sandy desert of Mobei, and his long thick black hair was braided and beaded, and all strands were thrown behind his head, acting as a representative The dress of the nobleman of the country reveals a resolute and dark face, hale and hearty, with piercing eyes, how can there be a trace of sickness?He sneered and said, "That's because Yao Song and Murong Yong underestimated the enemy too much! They thought that the defeated general of Murong Lin would not be able to set off a huge wave! The defeat is so good, as long as the battle situation becomes unmanageable, the court will only If I can be forced to use it again, I will survive from a desperate situation—by then, Murong Yong's position as general of the three armies will be mine!"

"No matter how high you are, you will always be inferior to others. A great general and a generation of heroes, why bother to be a good bow and running dog for others?" Uncle Sun Puluo suddenly said mysteriously, "If Murong Yong's arrogant cavalry is really wiped out by Murong Lin , the strength in the hands of the general will be the first in the Yan army. At that time, you can take advantage of the chaos and enter the main pass—how about telling He Lanjun and Mu Chong to sit idly by, or simply let them pretend to rescue, and an oriole will come in. Finally, directly kill Murong Yong! At that time, the main force of our army will be in the east, and He Lanjun will lead the army in the south, and the two will respond to each other. If the general raises his arms again, he will turn his back and capture Guanzhong, so what's the difficulty!"

Tuobagui lowered his head, pondered for a moment without saying a word, and finally shook his head slowly: "The time has not come. Write back to He Lanjun and Mu Chong, and ask them to follow the order and lead troops to help Murong Yong immediately. We must rescue Murong Yong. But everything must be based on preserving the strength of our army, not to advance aggressively, not to work hard, not to be greedy for merit, not to act rashly, and not to let others see the slightest weakness." His eyeliner in the palace has already informed that Ren Zhen is not in Chang'an ——Where he will go, in fact, one can imagine it.But there is still Yao Song, a sick and poisonous adviser living in Weiyang Palace!To this day, he is still afraid of him. If this person is not eliminated, his ambition will be unrewarded, and there will never be peace!

More importantly, what he is least willing to admit is that he is still undecided to take that last step, because he knows that once he takes that step, there will be no redemption between him and him, and it will be difficult to turn back—his most extravagant hope. , In fact, he has always been an extremely human minister, and he works hand in hand with him to guide the country-it's a pity that now it seems that this is just his own mirror, the vicissitudes of life.

Tuoba Gui coughed lightly in a concealed manner, lowered his eyelids, and unconsciously avoided the incomprehensible gaze of the adviser, and finally said: "Mu Chong is fine, he has always been simple-minded and only knows to be loyal to me, He Lanjun, that kid He is courageous and resourceful, but unfortunately he is too ambitious and eager for quick success - let the eldest grandson Song, who is still in Tongguan, rush to Luoyang overnight to follow him, and take care of him along the way - at least he is more mature and prudent, so that He Lanjun will not act recklessly outside alone. It's a big deal for me."

The huge Weiyang Palace is brightly lit, like daytime, and the battle reports from the front line are constantly coming and going, making it a mess.Yao Song also hadn't slept for several nights, sitting in front of a huge sand table and contemplating it -- the sand table was densely filled with two-color military flags, which were intertwined with reality and reality, all of which were specially designed for Xiyan on the road from Tongguan to Wuguan. Guard against the situation of the troops stationed on the southeast defense line of Houyan.Years ago, he had already built a private road in Guanzhong that only allowed posthorses to pass through, so that he could report the latest battle situation to Chang'an in the shortest time in all directions, so that the command center could immediately dispatch troops and generals, plug the leaks and put out the fire, so as to ensure Chang'an.Otherwise, how dare he seriously let Tuobagui sell all his situation to Murongchui and his son?

According to Murong Yong's original strategic vision, facing Murong Lin, he can retreat, but he cannot lose.Trading space for time, retreating layer by layer, while consuming the enemy's vital strength, the retreating troops withdrew without dispersing, hiding between the mountains and forests on both sides, forming a huge pocket formation, luring Murong Lin's arrogant soldiers by pretending to be defeated Go deep, and then in front of Wuguan, the gateway to the south of Guanzhong, encircle all around, gather and annihilate the invading enemies, and turn defeat into victory!In the process, Yao Song, who was in Chang'an, wanted to lure Tuobagui against him, and after his crimes were revealed, he would defeat him in one fell swoop in the name of countering the rebellion, so as to eliminate future troubles forever-this is a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone.

However, Tuobagui has been standing still!

Ren Zhen was not in the palace, he must have found out about the emptiness of Chang'an's military equipment, but he kept complaining about illness but there was no movement, he was really calm.

He is not in a hurry, and Yao Song is naturally not in a hurry. He believes that although Murong Yong is "defeated" all the way, the whole battle situation is still under their control. It turned out that Xie Xuan, the governor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, took advantage of the two swallows to see each other, Murong Yong withdrew his troops to the northwest and Murong Lin chased him all the way. When Henan was in chaos, 1 elite troops led by Beifu soldiers quietly crossed the river from Xiangyang City and walked along the Hanshui River. Going north, they captured Xuchang, Yiyang and other important towns all the way, and captured Nanyang from the Houyan defenders in just one night. The hinterland of the Central Plains (Note [-]).

Xie Xuan is not Murong Lin. This person is amazingly talented, far-sighted, and will never be dazzled by the gains and losses of a city or a place. His next step is naturally the eastern capital Luoyang, which is only more than 300 miles away from Nanyang!If Nanyang and Luoyang are all recovered, the entire Yuzhou will become an excellent barrier for the Eastern Jin Dynasty to attack, retreat and defend south of the Yellow River.At that time, Xie Xuan's prestige will be even higher, the morale of the Beifu army will be boosted, and the theory of "Northern Expedition" will rise again. In the future, there will be no peace on the southern border of Xiyan, and the Beifu army will directly threaten Guanzhong.

Yao Song stroked his forehead and frowned, he had calculated thousands of times, but he missed this link, and gave that guy a chance to reap the benefits!The last time Xie Xuan was able to get away in Chang'an City, it eventually caused a catastrophe, and he has been regretting it. He didn't even know when the Eastern Jin court quietly used Xie Xuan—although the Eastern Jin Dynasty newly established Emperor An, the ruler was still in power. How could father and son Sima Dao and his son reuse the son of Wang Xie, whom they had always feared, to divide power and establish authority? !

How could he let this person hit the door of his house to show off his might?

But, who will guard Luoyang!Who can fight Xie Xuan!

When he was really in a state of desperation, Murong Yong's secret letter also arrived - he had also received the news of Xie Xuan's dispatch of troops, suggesting that the two powers should harm each other and choose the lesser one. Guarding Chang'an, He Lanjun and Mu Chong's troops, who were already on the way, did not need to come to help, but returned to Luoyang. No matter how the Beifu army attacked the city, they must defend it to the death. Murong Lin, led all the main force to outflank and attack from behind, and fought Luohe with the Beifu army led by Xie Xuan!

Yao Song naturally knew that Murong Yong's strategy was the safest under the current situation - the matter has come to this point, and it is impossible to delay and conceal it any longer. Ren Zhen must be rushed back to Chang'an as soon as possible to regain control of the overall situation, but let it go He was absolutely unwilling to overtake Tuoba Gui until all previous efforts were wasted.

Yao Song sat there for a while, frowning and closing his eyes, and then slowly opened his eyes, and quickly wrote back the eight words on Murong Yong's secret letter, "You can decide on your own, make a quick decision", and at the same time ordered people to enter, Instructed: "Pass my order, He Lanjun's department will return to Luoyang; defend the city, and those who retreat will be killed! Mu Chong's department - still rushed to help Murong Yong to help break through; the rest of the troops stationed in Gyeonggi are all assembled in Chang'an! The whole country is in an emergency. Combat readiness!"

After Yao Song dispatched his troops vigorously, he dispatched the two secret envoys who informed Ren Zhen and Murong Yong one after another. Then he fell down on the couch as if exhausted. He raised his hand to wipe off the cold sweat on his forehead, and stroked his knees in a daze. Turned his head, only to realize that it was dawn outside - he had been worrying and thinking for a whole night without realizing it.

He suddenly coughed a few times, and waved away the brocade box beside the case with one hand. Inside was the half-queen jade talisman that he had been carefully keeping. He smiled coldly: How could he, Yao Song, give up and admit defeat so easily after planning so far!Fortunately, he set up a retreat early in the morning. Even if Tuoba Gui is scheming, if he still refuses to fall into the trap and betrays his heart, then he will be setting the blame—and he will not hesitate!

In the spring and summer of 394 A.D., during the second Battle of Henan between the Two Yans, when General Murong Yong of Xiyan led his army to break through, he was suddenly attacked by his own reinforcements. After being defeated, most of the troops retreated into Wuguan, while Murong Yong himself was separated in the melee of the chaotic army. The situation can be called critical.

Yao Song in plain clothes knelt to welcome outside Weiyang Palace. Before noon, he heard the dust flying on the imperial street, and the horseshoes were galloping. The next moment, a tall figure jumped off the horse, walked out of the crowd, and strode into the palace gate— ——It was Emperor Yan Ren Zhen who had been away for several months.

Yao Song didn't dare to change his mood, so he hurriedly lifted his clothes and got up, followed step by step, lowered his head and said: "Originally, according to the previous arrangement of King Yong and I, we pretended to be defeated and retreated to lure the enemy to go deep, and at the same time called for reinforcements from all walks of life. Weaken the strength of the opponent's soldiers layer by layer, and finally encircle and massacre the enemy's main force with superior force and favorable terrain, and capture Murong Lin alive—who knows, Mu Chong, who was in charge of rushing to the rescue, entered the encirclement and joined the arrogant cavalry army and suddenly turned against him. It caused chaos in our army, but Mu Chong was Tuobagui's confidant and beloved general..."

Ren Zhen waved his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Now I don't want to listen to these insignificant things anymore. How many elite soldiers are there in the Gyeonggi garrison? In addition to the soldiers from the Huben camp I brought back, after half an hour, all of them will follow me Exit!"

Yao Song was taken aback, and blurted out: "So rush?"

Ren Zhen stopped walking, finally turned around, and met Yao Song's eyes—Yao Song, who had always been calm and composed, couldn't help but secretly moved: the person in front of him had blood-red eyes, unkempt hair and stubble, how could he be so innocent? Half as handsome as he used to be?He rushed back to Chang'an from Guzang within five days after receiving the battle report, and was severely injured by Murong Yong on the way, but he still gritted his teeth and fought back, not daring to delay for a moment, because he knew that even if he was hit by thunder at this moment , I am very anxious, it will not help, let alone show it in front of others - at this moment, he is the only one who can save Murong Yong!The other causes and effects, who is right and who is wrong, are no longer important at present.

"Murong Yong's life and death are uncertain, how can I wait any longer!" Ren Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "If something happens to him, I will let everyone who harmed him be buried with him!"

Yao Song lowered his eyes and looked at his heart, without any strange expression on his face, he just replied indifferently: "The soldiers and horses leaving the pass have already been mobilized for the emperor, but they can't all be taken out of the pass, there must be enough people to guard Chang'an— —The emperor must be well aware of who I worry about and defend against."

"You—" Ren Zhen just wanted to speak, Yao Song raised his head and looked at him steadily, "I am no less anxious and worried than the emperor, but the emperor is describing it like this now, if I don't take a rest, I'm afraid I won't be able to last If you meet the prince, you will be devoured by all the enemies of tigers and wolves."

Ren Zhen turned his head wearily: "...I will listen to your arrangement."

Yao Song secretly breathed a sigh of relief, such a risky move was naturally not what he wanted.It was also in desperation that he ordered his personal relatives who had been placed in Tuoba's army long ago to go to Mu Chong's camp with the jade soldier talisman engraved that day. Murong Yong.Even though everyone knew that Tuoba Gui had turned against him and hated Murong forever, but no one under his command would dare to act so rashly - only Mu Chong was bold and careless, and obeyed orders, Don't care about the consequences, it's just that Tuobagui wants to stand on his own, and he really broke with Murong Yong at the first order, so Tuobagui's jumping into the Yellow River will not be cleared! ——It's just that Murong Yong was not informed in time in a hurry, which caused him to be injured, but that's okay, Ren Zhen was really angry because of this, and Tuoba Gui would undoubtedly die.

Let's say that Murong Yong was eager to get rid of Murong Lin's pursuers that night so that he could rush to Luoyang. He had ordered Diao Yun and Murong Zhong, who were in ambush at the side, to cover up and kill Houyan's army together at the appointed time.After fighting for half a night, he finally managed to break through, but he was at the end of his battle and was exhausted. At this moment, he met Mu Chong's troops head-on. Suddenly, he led the cavalry from the left flank and cut straight into the central army, and it seemed that they were all coming at him alone—in order to restrain Murong Lin, he left half of his troops to Diao Yun and the second general Murong Zhong. The attacker accidentally fell off his horse, and all the soldiers rushed up to snatch him back into the formation, covering the retreat from the battlefield.As a result, the morale of the army became even more chaotic, and they collapsed. If it wasn't for Diao Yun who had beaten Murong Lin back and came to meet him, he could have defeated Murong and gathered the remnant soldiers back to Wuguan, the situation would have been even more unimaginable.

And following Murong Yong, there are still more than a thousand remnants of soldiers, all food, grass and supplies have been discarded, the commander is wounded and unconscious, and everyone is at a loss - no one expected that something will happen. The enemy is inseparable from us, where should they retreat as a lone army?Murong Yong could barely wake up from the bumps, and all the generals gathered around one after another. Murong Yong turned over and sat up on the stretcher, and immediately pulled the wound, he frowned, raised his right hand to forcefully pull out the arrow, but the arrow turned into flesh and blood Then, another stream of blood gushed out.

"No, general! This is our Xiyan's special cross arrowhead. It will be hooked into the flesh and it will be difficult to pull out. You must find the military medical officer who will scatter the flesh and then cut the flesh and clear the wound—" Murong Yong could not help but cursed in a low voice. Forget it, I think this crossbow was made by himself after the war with the former Qin and later Qin, and he made the Xiongnu weapons in order to kill more enemies. Who knows that today it is his turn to suffer.

"Where should I go now? Please show me the general!"

Murong Yong looked at his left shoulder, which was still bleeding profusely, and said three words: "Go to Luoyang."

The generals were in an uproar for a moment, who didn't know that Mu Chong and Luoyang guard He Lanjun were Tuobagui's confidantes, and now they have just followed Mu Chong's way and are going to throw themselves into Luoyang City?Murong Yong's face was already pale because of the lack of doctors and medicines to stop the bleeding. He waved his right hand feebly, suppressing all doubts: "Go to Luoyang with great fanfare, and set up camp at twenty miles, and invite He Lanjun to come. Welcome, ambush the knife and axe under the tent, and wait for my order-get rid of this person first!"

Everyone didn't expect Murong Yong to be able to strategize so far when he was seriously injured, all of them were terrified.Murong Yong closed his eyes and lay down, not daring to waste any more effort—in fact, after falling off the horse, he figured it out. What Mu Chong had done had no plans before and no future plans. Want to rebel?I'm afraid it was not Tuobagui's instruction but Yao Song's scheme.He Lanjun probably didn't know about the changes on the battlefield ahead if he wasn't on the front line, so Luoyang City, which was right in front of him, was still an excellent place to hide from the enemy.It's just that this person is Tuoba Gui's confidant, if he finds out the truth, he might rebel if he doesn't want to, so he can only use tricks to lure him into a trap, and he will act first before entering Luoyang City.

This is the same as Yao Song's strategy, which is a risky strategy for soldiers.It's just that he really didn't expect that Yao Song never gave up his plan to get rid of Tuobagui—this person has always been kind and ruthless, and he will never give up until he achieves his goal. !

Murong Yong pressed his chest and abdomen, throbbing in impatience: There is only one possibility for Yao Song to take such a risk - that is Ren Zhen, who has returned to Chang'an.

Murong Yong's first army rushed to Yiyang County, [-] miles west of Luoyang City, to be stationed before dawn. On the one hand, he quickly ordered people into the city to inform He Lanjun to come to greet him, and on the other hand, they had already made arrangements in the tent.

Sure enough, within half an hour, there was a cavalry galloping towards the barracks in the morning light, and after the notification, they went straight into the commander's tent, Murong Yong's Broken Arrow was still there, but only a little hemostatic powder was put on, at this moment his face turned slightly, he decided Gathering his mind, he said loudly, "Tell He Lanjun to come in!"

A thin figure flashed in, first bowed his fists to Murong Yong, bowed his head and said: "See you, General!"

Murong Yongqiang supported himself to stand up, and said calmly: "You came in time, very good, very good!" The word "very good" is the secret signal to start, who knows when it will be too late and then soon, it will come suddenly He raised his head, revealing a handsome face that Murong Yong had never seen in his life, Murong Yong was secretly taken aback, and hurriedly retreated, the next moment the man swung the dagger in his hand and rushed towards him!Murong Yong's left arm was in pain and it was difficult to move, he was spotted by someone in one round, he slapped the wound with his palm, the arrow pierced into the bone, Murong Yong grunted, and raised his eyes again, the gleaming blade had already arrived up his throat.

The general smiled slightly, and said in a gentle manner: "General, if I were you, I would have asked the swordsmen behind me to withdraw. You should know that if I dared to enter the tiger's den alone, I would have nothing to worry about. I have [-] elite soldiers, and your bluffing [-] remnant soldiers may not be able to fly even with wings."

Murong Yong only felt cold sweat dripping down from his forehead, not just because of old wounds bursting and being restrained by the enemy.He said with difficulty: "It turned out to be you, Xie Xuan."

Xie Xuan smiled lightly, not changing the aristocratic style: "General, Prince Yong, you have admired your name for a long time."

Note 1: Heng Wen, a power minister in the former Eastern Jin Dynasty, also made a "Northern Expedition" and attacked Luoyang. He was eager to seize power and returned to Jiankang halfway. Luoyang, Henan and other places soon fell.Here, due to the limited space and structure, the affairs of Heng's father and son are omitted.