Da Wei Chun

Chapter 662 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
In the middle of last year, Gao Ying and Yuan Cheng planned to borrow troops from the Hu people.Although there was no agreement at that time, the two of them planned for a rainy day. At that time, Yu prepared food, grass, silk and hemp, and armor.

At that time, due to the chaos in Beidi and the six towns one after another, tax collection has become like a dream.And to send a large army to suppress the rebellion, it was all done with the utmost effort just to order the nearby several states in Hedong to supply the army with their needs.

However, Shandong and Lianghuai are naturally unreliable if they want to supply the army to conquer the South, so they can only count on Guanzhong and Hedong.

And after borrowing hundreds of thousands of soldiers, in addition to raising funds, there are also expenses for marching and fighting, so the needs are so extensive.The imperial court had no choice but to pay the grain. Therefore, when the summer grain was collected in Hedong and Guanzhong last year, the autumn tax of that year was collected together.

But after a rough calculation, there was still a big difference. Therefore, when the autumn harvest came, the imperial court made even more progress, half by coercion, half by temptation, and the taxes for the second year of Guanzhong and Hedong were also paid early. So I asked for it.

And these money and food were all used by the imperial court as a bargaining chip to borrow troops from Rouran and Tuyuhun, so when the six towns and the five northern states were to be resettled, the imperial court ran out of food again.

How to do?
Always find a way to maintain it, but it can only be similar to scraping fat and removing cream, exhausting the water and fishing, or forced borrowing, or forced expropriation.

To be honest, if Xi Kangsheng's 15 troops had not moved to Guanzhong, and the 20 surrendered troops from Beidi and Six Towns had also been reorganized, Chen Yuxiazhou would have been fighting endless battles between Guanzhong and Hedong, and rebels were everywhere.

In this way, the gentry and common people in Guanzhong and Hedong were full of grief and resentment, but they didn't want to make things worse. In just a few days, the 30 troops on the South Road were completely defeated.

The grain and grass in Tuyuhun had been burnt clean.And like in Shanshan Town, even the coach Cui Yanbo could only flee in panic, and the rout of the soldiers gathered afterwards was only [-], which shows the bleakness of the defeat.So guess with your ass, you know that all the food and grass fell into the hands of the Xihai army.

It's impossible to make bad things bad, life is going to pass anyway, this battle has to be fought with gritted teeth, and it's impossible to let hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses gnaw the soil, so the food has to continue to be requisitioned.

But everyone knows that Guanzhong and Hedong have been pushed to the brink of eruption, and any sparks will explode.After thinking about it, I can only focus on Li Shao, who is now the highest in rank and has been hidden as the leader of Guanzhong.

But the key point is that Yuan Cheng thought that he had the chance to win, and he did things without any leeway, and offended Li Shao a bit ruthlessly, so if he wanted to persuade Li Shao to share the court's worries, it would be as difficult as climbing a mountain.

Xing Luan was born in the Xing family in Hejian, and he was close to the Hedong gentry.In addition, Chaoyan's acquaintances were unknown, which caused Hebei to be messed up by Gao Zhao, so he was full of complaints for a long time.Seeing that the tyranny of the imperial court is more fierce than a tiger, more like a rabbit dying than a fox, he naturally sympathizes with Li Shao.

Therefore, he is like an old monk in meditation, his eyes are only fixed on the table, and the eyeballs do not slant.

Yang Shu and Li Shao would only speak unless their brains were swollen, and Yuan Qin didn't say so, so they were naturally happy to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Yuan Yi has a thin skin, and Yuan Cheng's behavior of being a bitch and making a fool of himself really makes him disdain.Although he knew that compared with the world of Yuan Wei, he was not as cheeky as a fart, but he was in a hurry and couldn't think of how to persuade Li Shao...

As a result, each one of them seemed to have been immobilized, and there was no sound in the hall, and even the movement of breathing became much weaker.

Yuan Qin was still smiling before, hoping that Li Shao and Yang Shu would take the initiative to invite Ying.But seeing that the two of them didn't even lift their eyelids, their expressions gradually became stiff.

Why is it different from what King Ren Cheng said?
What about "Li Shaoding will be impatient and Yang Shuding will do my part"?

Could it be that retreating is advancing?

Thinking in his heart, Yuan Qin gave a dry laugh, trying to break the embarrassment: "Before coming here, His Highness confessed in every possible way, and I apologize to Gu Zanghou and Yang Changshi: all the past events were forced by the current situation and made mistakes. I also hope that the two of you can put aside past suspicions, work together in the same boat, and relieve the court's worries..."

Yang Shu cast a half-believing glance at Yuan Qin, then at Li Shao.

Li Shao remained calm: "If there is an edict, Li will naturally obey it, so let's wait for the general's order first..."

It was only that the city was deep enough, otherwise you would definitely be able to laugh: what kind of person is Yuan Cheng, the former emperor Yuan Ke suppressed him for ten years and did not let him bow his head, how could he apologize to himself?

This is clearly Yuan Qin's own assertion, but only through this small action, Li Shao saw the truth.

At such an imminent time, Yuan Cheng, the traitor, doesn't forget his schemes?
Today's Guanzhong is full of rumors and jitters, and the grass and trees are full of soldiers.A little bit of turmoil can make a spark start a prairie fire.Since Yuan Cheng had long suspected that he was secretly colluding with Li Chengzhi and was unclear, how dare he send himself into the customs at this critical moment?

I'm afraid that if I show a little joy, I may be chained.

This trick is absolutely impossible...

It's also a coincidence that not long after Li Shao's words fell, the army came to report.Said that Li Xian has arrived.

Everyone stood up solemnly, and went out to welcome them together.

Now, although Li Xian is acting as Zhongshu Cheng temporarily, he is neither an assistant minister nor a government official, so he cannot afford such courtesy.The reason why everyone is like this is that Li Xian's trip must be ordered by General Yuan Yao to come here to deliver orders.

After a few greetings, everyone welcomed Li Xian into the hall.Li Xian was not ambiguous, and he didn't dare to take it too seriously, so he handed a warrant to Yuan Yi immediately.

Yuan Yi opened the first envelope first, glanced at it a few times, and a strange look appeared on his face: "The general has an order: Order Xing Dudu to lead the army to the north immediately, and join him with Yu Hequ Division. Marquis Zang accompanied the army..."

Yuan Qin was startled: "Why did Governor Xing go north to the Hequ Division instead of going south to help Jincheng?"

Yuan Yi shook his head: "The letter didn't mention..."

Everyone swished, and Qi Qi fixed his eyes on Li Xian's face.

Only then did I know that I had traveled hundreds of miles in a hurry, so I was full of travel and dust.Only then did I realize that Li Xian's face was very clean, but his complexion was sallow, almost earthy, as if he had suffered a serious illness.

"For fear of being taken advantage of by the enemy's secret work on the way, the general did not say in the letter: Two days ago, that is, the second day after I was sent to Hequsi, there was an urgent report from Daqi: Rouran has retreated..."

Yuan Yi's eyeballs almost fell out of shock: "Why?"

Li Xian rubbed his temples, and after a long pause, he said: "It should be half a month ago, when Rouran's former army arrived at Daqi, and the Chinese army would camp at Junji Mountain, facing the West Sea across the mountain, a large army suddenly turned over. On Zhuoxie Mountain, they raided Roujun Army.

The Chinese army had no choice but to move westward.And just at this time, another Xihai army crossed Junji Mountain and suddenly attacked the Rouran Chinese army camp.Facing the enemy in such a way, Rouran fought hard for five days, and finally lost, and withdrew to Mobei. "

In the middle of speaking, Li Xian shook his body, as if he was extremely frightened, he couldn't help but shivered:
"According to the general who led the way for the Rouran army, the Xihai army that appeared in Zhuoxie Mountain should have come from Dunhuang. Not only did they come very quickly, but they also attacked extremely fiercely. Tens of thousands of elite cavalry were defeated in less than a day. I heard that although there were not many casualties, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep used as rations for the army, and thousands of carts of grain, grass, and silk that were going to be transported to Khan Court were all seized by Xihai...

Upon receiving this urgent news, the Chinese army had no choice but to rescue them, and had to return to the division immediately.Although Commander Rouran had known for a long time that there was an army from the West Sea in Juyan Hubei and south of Junji Mountain.However, some scouts approached the peeping camp and said that there were no more than [-] at most.Therefore, Commander Rouran underestimated the enemy and didn't care.

And it was the [-] Xihai soldiers who protruded from Juyan Lake and brazenly attacked the nearly [-]-strong Rouran Camp.Commander Rouran only thought that Xihai hit the stone with an egg, but he didn't think that the opponent was the stone, and he was the chicken: but when he heard the sound of the cannon, no matter whether he was a soldier or a horse, he was shocked.As long as those who are close to the enemy's formation, nine out of ten riders will fall, and nine out of ten soldiers will be injured.

What frightened Rou Ran the most was: the cannon was still unknown, but upon hearing the sound of the explosion, iron pellets connected by iron chains fell from the sky and landed in the center of the formation.Afterwards, like a scythe sweeping across, dozens of riders were chopped off in an instant...

If that's the case, it's fine, just retreat more troops.But Xihai gained power and was relentless, advancing step by step, the army was broken into pieces, each army stood up for a while, and then attacked Rouran's army without fear of death.Although Rouran's Chinese army is all fine cavalry, there are nearly [-] soldiers, and there are cattle and sheep accompanying the army, as well as luggage.

But the creeping people are ignorant, and when they hear the sound of the cannon, they think it is thunder.Moreover, all firearms are sharp and sharp, but every touch will kill each other and kill each other again, which will inevitably make the creeping people feel fear, and the fear will increase day by day.In this way, after only three days, some tribes refused to obey the military order and led their troops to flee north at night...

Commander Rouran knew that the general situation was over, if he did not give the order to withdraw the troops, the number of people who fled without fighting would only come and intensify.Therefore, on the fourth day, I took the rest of the soldiers, cattle and sheep, and the food and grass went into the desert...

Fortunately, the commander-in-chief Rouran did not vent his anger, nor did he kill them all, but only expelled the generals who led the way.The general didn't dare to neglect, he traveled day and night and urgently reported to the general, but he still spent five or six days on the road and arrived two days ago...

After getting the news, the general immediately made a judgment, and concluded that since both the north and the south had been defeated, Xihai would send the main force to pursue the victory.The target is nothing more than the general Chen Bing in the Hequ Division.Therefore, the general ordered the three armies to retreat quickly, first to retreat into the side wall, and then ordered me to come here to send a message, ordering Dudu Xing to lead the army northward immediately.

And make him the king of the city.Cui Xianzi abandoned Jincheng, led his remnant troops back to Longshan, stationed in Xiaoguan and Wudu towns, and must not let Xihai invade Guanzhong..."

The heads of several people seemed to explode when they heard it, but they could only feel the buzzing in their heads, and their eyes were even more bleak.

It's nothing more than a big defeat on the South Road, but even the 20 Rouran army on the North Road was driven back to Mobei by Li Chengzhi?
And no matter which way it is, the victory is fast and fast, which subverts the cognition of these people.

Looking through the history books, if there are more than [-] soldiers, [-]% of them will be a great battle.Even if it can't be played for three years or two years, it will take at least one year to decide the winner.But for Li Chengzhi, don't say "year", even "month", or even "ten" is not used?
It's never been heard before that in a battle with hundreds of thousands of troops combined, the victory and defeat can be determined within a few days, and life and death can be seen?

Surprise is only second, what makes Yuan Yi and others hard to accept is that the big defeat seems to be a foregone conclusion?

In terms of soldiers, Cui Yanbo and Tuyuhun combined have nearly 20 soldiers, and Rouran's soldiers are slightly less, so there are not 20 soldiers, and there should be more than [-] soldiers.But in terms of combat power, Rouran with fewer soldiers is stronger.

However, both sides have been completely defeated, and there are only 15 Yuan Yao who has recently reorganized and has low morale and fighting spirit. How can he resist Li Chengzhi, whose morale is so high and his determination is invincible?
The only way out now is to cut off the tail to survive and linger on.That's why Yuan Yao hurriedly withdrew his army to the east of Dahe, and ordered Yuan Cheng and Cui Yanbo to lead the remaining troops back to Longshan.But I want to take advantage of the natural dangers of Dahe and Longshan to grab a chance to breathe.

And even if you can breathe a sigh of relief, how long can it last?

Yuan Yao can hold Dahe, but cannot hold Six Towns.Li Chengzhi only needs to attack the six towns with a big victory, and Xi Kangsheng, who is left with only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, is not much better than paper.

Then Li Chengzhi can go from north to north, enter Jin, enter Hebei, and commit Shandong and Kanto.

And how should the court, which has already been stretched to make ends meet, deal with it?
"It's true that misfortunes never come singly..."

Thinking of this, Yuan Yi felt his eyes go dark, and he let out a mournful cry, and then he collapsed limply?

Yuan Qin let out an exclamation, hugged him in his arms, and pinched him violently.Yuan Yi shuddered, and when he opened his eyelids, tears were streaming down his face.

Her throat was bulging and her lips were trembling even more. She wanted to say something, but it seemed difficult to say it.

In fact, everyone in Fantang knew that Yuan Yi hesitated to speak, but he didn't dare to say the words "the general situation is over".

Everyone looked at each other and looked at each other a few times, but they didn't know how to comfort them.In the end it was Li Xian who took a step on his knees and sighed sadly: "Your Highness, why worry so much, if His Highness is already discouraged, then for us, for the soldiers, wouldn't it be even more hopeless and at a loss?
The general also expected this section, so he was concise and concise. He only gave the order to transfer troops in the letter, but I dictated it for various reasons.It's just that I'm afraid of shaking the morale of the army, and it's out of control...

The general also knows that this news will make you all horrified and confused, so he emphatically told me to tell you: Now we are far from the end of the mountain and when we have nowhere to go... Although Cui Xianzi was defeated, most of the casualties were civilians. Strong, and now there are at least 20 Chinese troops among the [-] remnants.The military strength of Dudu Xing and the general was unscathed, and there are still [-] troops, so they still have the power to fight.Moreover, there are two natural dangers, the Great River and the Longshan Mountains, as long as the city guards Guanzhong and the six towns well, it will not be too late to figure it out..."

Slowly figure it out?

Li Chengzhi must give you this opportunity and time.

Everyone in the world knows that Li Chengzhi must be punished for every penny, and every grievance must be repaid. How could he miss the opportunity to beat the dog in the water?

Furthermore, even if it can be done slowly as Yuan Yao said, how should it be done?
The imperial court was like a dying person, but the forced conquest of the palace and the borrowing of soldiers from the Hu tribe at any cost, seemed to be hanging by a thread when their lives had to be hanged with the medicine of tigers and wolves.It's good now, not only did it not work, but it also exhausted the last trace of vitality...

(End of this chapter)