Da Wei Chun

Chapter 628 The Lord Is Still That Lord
It was only the beginning of winter, and the third heavy snow had already fallen in the north.

Snowflakes fell slowly, like reed velvet, catkins, or goose feathers, and the sky and the earth were silvery white, seemingly endless.

An archery tower nearly five feet high stands in the snow field, and two or three miles to the north is the Great Wall.

This section began to be built during the reign of King Zhaoxiang in the pre-Qin Dynasty. It lasted for more than [-] years through several dynasties such as Qin, Han, Cao Wei, and Jin.

However, since the Han Dynasty, Hexi was gradually abandoned and turned into a back garden of nomadic tribes, so the side walls naturally fell into disrepair and became dilapidated day by day.There are still a few relatively complete sections outside the counties and cities near Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Wuwei.

And because the east of Dahe and the south of Bogulu belong to the land of Qin, Guanzhong has always been a battleground for military strategists, so the side wall has been repaired from time to time, and it is still majestic.

For this reason, even though Xi Kangsheng took two months with sharp weapons such as trebuchets, he still failed to destroy the Lizi Garden. The tens of thousands of troops he summoned from Guanzhong were firmly blocked by Gao Meng at the south of the side wall.

When one plan failed, Xi Kangsheng made another plan.He ordered Li Shao to hold his guard of honor outside Lizi's garden to feign an attack.However, he led most of the Guanzhong soldiers to Jinming and joined Xing Luan's soldiers.

Then he ordered Cui Yanbo in Lishi Town to attack regardless of casualties, and finally, before winter, under the attack of Cui Yanbo, both sides broke Jinming County City.

The reason for the urgency was that Xi Kangsheng was unwilling to retreat, and even if the weather was cold and the winter had to be a truce, Gao Zhao couldn't live comfortably.

But a new problem also appeared: the entire Xiazhou was surrounded by the side wall, and it was so difficult to fight in Liziyuan, not to mention that Gao Zhao had already won the six towns, and there were nearly [-] more strong soldiers out of thin air. , and hundreds of thousands of households, it is even more powerful.

Then when the spring begins, how should this battle be fought?
Xi Kangsheng wore a big cloak and looked into the distance.Xing Luan and Cui Yanbo stood on one side, one on the left and the other on the right.

In addition, there is a spy leader who is reporting to Xi Kangsheng in a low voice: "In the battle between Yu Huaishuo, in the end it was Luo Jianqi who made a mistake. He accidentally hit the Mingxiu plank road between Changsun Dao and Gao Zhi. Leading Qingqi into Langshan, attacking his rear flank from Woye, Luo Jian was defeated in the end and disappeared...

Xisan Township has nearly 15 paces and riders, most of which were defeated and fled westward. "

Cultivating plank roads in the open, crossing Chen Cang secretly...how come they are so familiar?

Isn't it the trick he and Li Shao, Xing Luan, Cui Yanbo and others just dealt with Gao Meng?

Xi Kangsheng was secretly weird, and sighed again.

Gao Zhao began to arrange the arrangement more than a year ago with intentional calculation and unintentional, sowing many disasters in Six Towns.Coupled with the fact that the imperial court heard the bad news suddenly, they panicked and resorted to tricks one after another, but the food and grass were intermittently interrupted, how could Luo Jian be invincible?
"And then what?"

Xi Kangsheng asked again in a low voice, "Gao Zhi and Changsun Dao didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue?"

"I chased after him, but just after chasing Gao Quesai, I met the Rouran cavalry. For some reason, Gao Zhi didn't fight with him, so he retreated into the pass... What's even more strange is that knowing the chaos in the six towns However, the Hu enemy did not take the opportunity to attack, but just defended Bigan City..."

Xing Luan and Cui Yanbo were terrified when they heard it: the Rouran cavalry suddenly appeared from somewhere, just like a prophet?
But what's the use of guarding a bigan city?

Just as he was wondering, he heard Xi Kangsheng ask again: "What else did you find?"

The leader paused for a moment, then said uncertainly: "When Luo Jian was confronting the eldest grandson Daoyu Huaishuo, the subordinate officer led his subordinates to sneak into Woye to find out the news. Since then, the people of Woye, Huaishuo, and Wuchuan towns have A large-scale escape to the west has begun. But the strange thing is that whether it is the town army, the garrisons, or the gates, they all turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear?

At present, the officials are puzzled, and then taking advantage of Luo Jian's defeat, the officials captured the army leader of a town in the midst of the military chaos, and then asked about the root cause: Before the decisive battle, it seems that Luo Jian has secretly ordered that if the people of the six towns To avoid disaster and move to the west, all armies are not allowed to stop... But this person is only the leader of the army, and what he said is just hearsay, even the lower officials are not sure whether it is true or not..."

Xing Luan was horrified, and exclaimed: "Why is Luo Jian so faint? If the people are in chaos before the war, the army will lose their morale. How can he be invincible?"

Cui Yanbo thought it was true, he nodded repeatedly, only Xi Kangsheng said sadly: "It's not that Luo Jian is ignorant, I'm afraid that when the Six Towns were in chaos, he predicted the end of defeat, but it's a pity that despite all his efforts, he has returned The sky is powerless. I had no choice but to make such a bad move..."

The other half he didn't say: Luo Jian obviously held the idea of ​​"I would rather give a crown than a family thief".

He frowned slightly, and asked again: "Do you know the number of townspeople who fled west?"

"The military leader only knew about it, and only said that there should be at least [-] households."

"How much are the defeated soldiers fleeing west?"

"There should be [-] to [-]!"

Xi Kang took a sharp breath.

One hundred thousand people, eighty thousand soldiers... Li Chengzhi, are you not afraid of being strangled to death?

Xing Luan and Cui Yanbo were very puzzled and looked at Xi Kangsheng fixedly.

Four years ago, that is, the first year of Yongping, the imperial court ordered the prefectures to calculate that there were about 600 million households in the Yuan and Wei Dynasties.

Among them, Guanzhong has the most, with nearly 220 million households, followed by Hedong and Qilu, with about 170 million households, and Lianghuai, with about one million households.Then there are six towns, with about 70 government households.

However, this civil strife affected the entire six towns, and lasted half a year. Only more than [-] households and more than [-] soldiers escaped, which is less than [-]% of the soldiers and civilians in the six towns.

Seeing Xi Kangsheng's pale face, Cui Yanbo asked suspiciously: "Dare to ask Anwu County Lord, is there something wrong?"

More than wrong?
What a little thief, this trick is so well used by the fisherman to benefit from the competition between clam and crane?

Gao Zhaoyu claimed that his troops were only [-] at the time of the sudden incident in Xiazhou.It was not until the monks in Si, Ding and other prefectures were in chaos and fell into the hands of Gao Zhao one after another, that the title of "one hundred thousand troops" might not be confirmed.

During this period, how many old, weak and innocent people died in the war, and Gao Zhao planned for two years, how much painstaking effort did he have to get what he wanted?
It's a pity that at least seven of these one hundred thousand soldiers are refugees. I don't know how many years they have held hoes, but suddenly they pick up knives and guns, how much combat power do they have?

On the other hand, in the six towns, all the villagers are military households, farming during farming, practicing during war, and serving in the army for at least three years a year. Compared with the mob like Seng Ni, it is like a sky and an underground.

But in the end, it favored Li Chengzhi?
I don't know if Gao Zhao knows that after hard work, nearly half of them end up making wedding dresses for others, will he vomit blood in anger?

Xi Kangsheng even had a glimmer of understanding: since Luo Jian was able to secretly instruct the households to flee westward before the decisive battle, wouldn't he give secret instructions to his subordinates before the expected defeat: but seeing that the limelight is not right, the 36 strategy is the best ?

Otherwise, with an army of 15 in hand, how could he be defeated if he said he was defeated, and could escape as much as [-]% under the attack of Gao Zhi and Changsun Dao?

The [-] people who escaped either had horses to ride or carts to take advantage of, no matter how bad they were, they were still in good health.He can't be regarded as a veteran of all battles, but at least he is proficient in bow and horse. With a little practice, he can kill the enemy with armor. ...

The more he thought about it, the darker Xi Kangsheng's face became, and the more waves in his heart.

Luo Jian's move was really too weird, didn't he know that compared to Gao Zhao, Rou Ran was Yuan Wei's mortal enemy?
But in a different location, what if Luo Jian guessed that the stationed in Bigan City was not a Hu enemy, but a trilogy of the Li family?
No, Luo Jian certainly couldn't guess...

Xi Kangsheng's eyelids twitched wildly when he thought of Yuan Yi who was captured by Gao Zhao to Jinming and then brought to Tongwan City as if he had thrown himself into a trap.

Yuan Yi, ah Yuan Yi, why don't you put your salary to fight the fire, drink poison to quench your thirst?
None of the ten Gao Zhao is an opponent of Li Chengzhi.You're fine, I'm afraid he's not strong enough?
Xi Kangsheng felt lost, and sighed sadly: "Xi Nan!"

"The end is here!"

This is the third son of Xi Kangsheng, who was originally prepared by Qianniu. After Daxi was sent to the West Sea, Xi Kangsheng recruited him to take over Daxi's position as Zhonglang.

"Eight hundred miles, hurry up and report this news to the imperial court. Also remind the soldiers' winter clothes and thick tents, when will they arrive!"

"Follow the order!"

Xi Nan took the order to leave, and Xi Kangsheng sighed again: "The snow is so heavy, no matter whether it clears up or not, it will make climbing the city wall as difficult as climbing the sky. Attacking the city in this half month will only increase the casualties. And another half month , that is Xiaoxue, the weather is already freezing, and it is not a good opportunity for a strong attack. Therefore, it is better to temporarily suspend the army and return to Jinming County... What do you two think?"

It's time to leave!
For some reason, it has been almost a month since the request for a truce was submitted, but there is still no order from the imperial court.The winter clothes and cotton blankets that were asked to play were even gone.

Do the Empress Dowager and the princes in the court think that the hundreds of thousands of soldiers are all copper-skinned and iron-skinned?

If you don't retreat, tens of thousands of frostbite will be minor. Due to the situation, you can only kill first and then play.

The two slandered in their hearts, and Qi Qi clasped his fists at Xi Kangsheng, "Hong Bin (Yanbo) has no objection, if the court blames him, we should share weal and woe with Shangshu!"

Xi Kang let out a long sigh, and nodded noncommittally.In his heart, he was thinking about how to word Li Chengzhi so as to convince him?
Not long after, dozens of fast horses rushed out from the middle tent and headed west.

……

Li Chengzhi's face was dark, and he looked helplessly at Huangfu Rang who was kneeling on the ground.

He knew that his plan of feigning death would be seen through, but he didn't think so soon?

First, Gao Zhao and Li Chengxue were sent here as a gesture of sincerity.Then it was Xi Kangsheng, who bet on both sides, not only sent Zhang Jingzhi, but also picked up Daxi.

Fortunately, the imperial court actually came to join in the fun, and let Cui Guang as envoy and Wei Zijian as deputy, come to Xihai to appease him?
He had expected this day a long time ago, so he didn't panic, let alone panic. Li Chengzhi was a little ashamed and even more embarrassed.

At first he thought that the clothes were perfect, and he was complacent about it, but he didn't know that he was deceiving himself and others.

That's all, the big deal is that he refuses to admit it. As long as he doesn't show up, who dares to say that Li Chengzhi is still alive?

If you are in a good mood, you can send it back no matter how you came, not to mention Xihai, I guarantee that even Zhangye will not allow Cui Guang to enter.

If you're in a bad mood, you might as well bring bandit soldiers to cross the border and grab all of them to Xihai.

Whether it's a great Confucian and capable minister like Cui Guang, or an official like Wei Zijian, which one is not a talent whose eyes are blue because of Li Chengzhi's longing and longing?

But who would have thought that the unlucky time would come, and drinking cold water would stuff your teeth?

After finally waiting for the Sizhou Guards to loosen up their search, Huangfu Rang continued to pretend to be a Hu merchant, and escorted Guo Yuzhi into Tongtou, out of Xiaoguan, and arrived at the border of Hexi.

I just thought that since then it will be a flat road, but I ran into Cui Guang and Wei Zijian who were also pretending to be a caravan?
If that's the case, it's fine.After all, Huangfu Rang and Guo Yuzhi didn't know that there were Cui Guang and Wei Zijian among them, so they just had to be cautious and avoid them.

But it is a coincidence that, in order to show sincerity, Gao Ying did not do anything, and sent Li Chengzhi's seven or eight aunts, more than ten sisters-in-law and younger brothers and sisters, for fear that the family would not be able to reunite, and that Li Chengzhi would celebrate the New Year. Time is too lonely.

What's more, it happened to be discovered by Huangfu Rang and Guo Yuzhi.

This time, to save or not to save?
Naturally, they had to be rescued, but when the men and horses put on their armor, the crossbow was strung, and the two sides suddenly met each other, they were all dumbfounded.

Cui Guang didn't recognize Huangfu Rang, but he recognized Guo Yuzhi, who was heroic and well-known throughout Luojing.

What's more, there is another Wei Zijian, and the two families are still in-laws.

Now that we have reached the border of Hexi, we suddenly run into Guo Yuzhi, but anyone with a little brain can guess the reason of the Central Plains.

What's more, Cui Guang is still an old fox among old foxes?
This is a good thing, he simply handed over a hundred guards pretending to be caravans to Huangfu Rang, and let him take charge of them.But I am like a shopkeeper, eating and sleeping well every day, like traveling in mountains and rivers.

This is only second.

What troubled Li Chengzhi the most was that it might take less than half a month for the urgent report that Guo Yuzhi had arrived in Hexi to be submitted to Gao Ying's desk.It is also equivalent to completely tearing off Li Chengzhi's last fig leaf...

special!
Li Chengzhi cursed secretly, even he himself didn't know who he was scolding.

Then he pointed at Huangfu Rang: "What does it have to do with you? Don't learn the good ones, keep learning the bad ones, get out of here, grandpa!"

Li Song stood on one side, knowing that Li Chengzhi was talking about him, he felt a little resentful.

Huangfu felt relieved, stood up quickly, and sat on the chair next to him.

Li Chengzhi seems to speak harshly, but all his confidants know it well: the more he is a confidant, the more happy and angry he is, and he is more polite to outsiders.

Besides, no matter how you talk about it this time, you can't blame Huangfu Rang.Because no one would have expected such a coincidence.

To put it bluntly, Huangfu Rang was definitely a great achievement in rescuing Guo Yuzhi.He himself knew it well, but he didn't allow Li Chengzhi's mentality, so he simply pleaded guilty first.

Fortunately, the lord is still which lord...

Seeing that his face softened a little, Li Song suggested: "Since the fire cannot be contained by a stone, why not deal with it calmly?"

It means that everything that should be known has already been known, and what should be exposed has also been exposed, so there is no need to hide your head and show your tail.

Li Chengzhi frowned, and made a mistake again.

Easy to say?
Whenever he showed his face, even if it was just pretending and perfunctory, he had to show his attitude.

Do you want to be a rebel or a minister of Yuan and Wei?
(End of this chapter)