Northern Dynasties

Chapter 481
The three cities of Heyang are not only important military bases in the Heluo area controlled by the hegemony of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but also one of the most important links in the overall frontier defense of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

Therefore, during the period after Gao Huan's death, when Gao Cheng and the nobles of Jinyang initially reached an effective communication, Dang even dispatched Jinyang's overlord Hu Lujin to lead Pan Le, Xue Guyan and other generals out of the town. Heyang, in order to prevent the chaos in Henan from spreading to the north, especially to prevent the troops from the Western Wei Dynasty from taking advantage of the chaos to invade.

Heyang is originally an important town across the Yellow River. Tens of thousands of people are stationed here all year round, and they will not be used at will in non-emergency or special situations. Moreover, only the Jinyang Bafu can dispatch and command the troops stationed here.

Even though Hou Jing had been stationed in Heyang for a short period of time last year, he, the Daxingtai of Henan Province, also had no right to dispatch the troops stationed in Heyang, so he could only lead his troops back to Henan.

Hu Lujin and others led their own troops, together with the elite Jinyang soldiers sent by the Bafu envoys, arrived in Heyang North Central City in mid-May, took over and made a series of adjustments to Heyang's defense, and will be scattered in Heluo In the meantime, people from various places who were not affected by Hou Jing's chaos gathered and concentrated in the three cities of Heyang one after another, making the defenders of the three cities reach nearly [-] people.

Among the nearly 5 horses, a considerable part of them are the Heluo Haoqiang private song armed forces that have been incorporated in recent years and the Fanbing recruited by the Hebei states. There is not enough guarantee for their loyalty and combat effectiveness, so Hu Lujin sent another general They are stationed in various cities.

Among them, the person in charge of guarding the southern city of Heyang is Xue Guyan, a general known for his bravery.

After Hanguan City in Xin'an was destroyed, the soldiers and civilians in the city fled to the vast Heluo Plain to the east in order to avoid being hunted down. The garrison stronghold accepted them, so they could only continue to flee north until they reached the southern city of Heyang.

The Heluo area fought several times between the Wei and Wei Dynasties, and Luoyang City and its subsidiary Jinyong City were severely damaged, leaving almost only a ruins.Although a certain degree of renovation has been carried out in recent years, it is still difficult to accommodate large-scale public living and management.

Therefore, the current state capital of Luozhou and the county government of Henan have also moved to Heyang Nancheng, making this military city with a relatively pure purpose become the military and political center of the Heluo area today.

Many fleeing people appeared around the city, and the first thing they found were the ranger scouts arranged around the city. They intercepted these fleeing people and asked where they came from. When they learned that Luoxi's Hanguan City had fallen After the news, Dang even reported it to all levels of the city, and then, there was nothing more.

In today's Heyang South City, there are more than [-] soldiers and civilians gathered inside and outside. There are not only the elite Jinyang soldiers who came south from Hebei led by Xue Guyan, but also the Heluo troops who were urgently recalled from various places in order to avoid chaos in Hou Jing. And there are military and government offices at all levels, which makes the city management quite chaotic.

The guard Xue Guyan is a typical Xianbei warrior. He has more than enough bravery but not enough talent. Facing such a complicated and chaotic city situation, Xue Guyan completely ignores it. In addition to dealing with some basic military affairs in the town all day long, he only drinks alcohol. opera music.

Therefore, even though the scouts detected relatively important military information, after being conveyed layer by layer, the news has nowhere to go. As for whether it has entered the desk of the final decision maker, the soldiers at the lower level have no way of knowing.

Although Xue Guyan was a little derelict in his duties, fortunately not everyone in the city is so irresponsible.

At this time, apart from Xue Guyan, there was also Linhuai King Yuan Xiaoyou who was the Yin of Henan Province in the city. When he saw this information on his desk, Yuan Xiaoyou felt bad and rushed to town with this letter The military mansion asked to see Xue Guyan.

The hall of the military mansion smelled of alcohol, and Xue Guyan and his brave soldiers were playing a game of wrestling. The winner could drink clear and fine wine, while the loser would be punished to drink dirty wine.

At this time, Xue Guyan's chest was exposed, and his abdomen was already bulging due to drinking, coupled with the thick body hair between his chest and abdomen, at first glance he looked like he was hugging a fat black-haired wild boar.

He was already drunk and confused, when he heard Linhuai King Yuan Xiaoyou begging to see him, he led him into the hall, pointed at Yuan Xiaoyou and said with a smile: "Your Majesty also wants to participate in a certain military drama? Enter this hall, follow the rules I order, even though your majesty is a respected relative, you can't avoid it, here are all the sages and sages, each of you should drink from your strength, who will your majesty choose from my sect to compete with?"

When King Gao was there, he treated the emperor of Yedu and the clansmen of the Yuan and Wei dynasties quite preferentially and respectfully, but the Jinyang generals such as Xue Guyan had not been in the court for a long time, and each of them was distinguished by their bravery and meritorious deeds. It became more and more disregarded.

Yuan Xiaoyou naturally didn't like Xue Guyan, a vulgar martial artist, but he was in charge of the soldiers and horses in the city. Even if he was unhappy, he didn't dare to show it. He stood on tiptoe to avoid the spilled wine stains and vomit in the hall , Walking up to Xue Guyan, cupped his hands and said: "There are disturbing Qin Gong's opera music, but the military situation is urgent and dare not neglect, the Western army has dispatched to the east, and has already broken through Yanhan, Hanguan, Jingu and other cities. If If you don't take precautions, I'm afraid Heluo will be uneasy!"

Xue Guyan wasn't drunk at this time, so he didn't know how serious he was, and he was shocked when he heard the words, he hurriedly raised his hands and retreated from the theater, and asked Yuan Xiaoyou: "Is there such a thing? When did it happen?" ?”

Yuan Xiaoyou gave a brief account of the information he received. There were more than 2000 soldiers and civilians defending the city of Hanguan, among which there were more than [-] elite Jinyang soldiers. With nearly ten thousand troops, it is not insignificant to say that it has various tasks such as blocking Beiwei Road and supporting the important town of Yiyang nearby.

According to the accounts of the soldiers and civilians of Guancheng who had fled here, first a group of troops from the Western Wei Dynasty bypassed Guanshan and arrived near Luoyang.

Later, the army of the Western Dynasty marched eastward from the direction of Yanhan City, completely occupying the entire Gushui River Valley, and there were endless debates in the city over how to deal with the enemy. Suspecting that he took the opportunity to eradicate dissidents and wanted to take over the city to surrender to the enemy, a group of people fled at night, which led to a large exodus of the whole city.

"This thief dares to surrender to the enemy, he really deserves to be killed, deserved to be killed!"

Although Xue Guyan is not very drunk at the moment, his head is not very bright. After listening to Yuan Xiaoyou's narration, he did not extract much useful information. He only heard that Zhencheng wanted to surrender to the enemy, but he did not know whether it was true or not. If it is false, they will first criticize and scold.

But in fact, Yuan Xiaoyou still has some doubts. The information said that the towns and cities will just want to arrange people to take the initiative to attack.Could it be that the enemy is innocent when they attack and close the city?

After all, Yuan Xiaoyou is not a military chief, and the information he received was copied from other places, which may not be the whole picture, and he wanted to raise his doubts to Xue Guyan, but after Xue Guyan learned about it, he began to shout loudly to summon the staff Jiang, with the posture of going to do a big job, has no time to pay attention to him.

He didn't want to interfere with military affairs too much, and the smell in the hall was really not very good, so he reminded: "It's really important for the Westerners to enter Heluo. Besides, Han Situ and other troops are rushing to Yingchuan to calm the chaos." , the dynamics of the enemy country need to be paid more attention to, Da Sima is now in charge of the military forces in Heyang, no matter how Duke Ping Qin responds, he should..."

"Let's go, king, don't leave me to wag my tongue in the hall!"

Xue Guyan waved his hands impatiently, the interest in the play was interrupted and he learned of such a change, and his contempt for Yuan Xiaoyou was undisguised.

Just as Xue Guyan was desperately trying to make up for the military emergency he missed due to his negligence in military affairs, the news that Li Tai's group of people had counted cities was also quickly passed back to the rear.

At this time, the army led by Li Bi and Zhao Gui had also arrived in Hengnong. When they learned that the Beiwei Road had been opened up and the forward team had re-entered the Heluo area, Li Bi and the others were quite happy and praised Li Bi. Tai was really young and brave.

But Zhao Gui's expression was somewhat unnatural, and he frowned and muttered: "Although Li Boshan's achievements are gratifying, they are a little out of date. Right now Hou Jing is guarding Yingchuan, and the eastern thieves Han Gui are also rushing. Wang Sizheng's army is in danger alone. Li Boshan attacked Luoyang without authorization In all places in the west, we must mobilize the Heyang bandit army to self-police. If the bandit army crosses the river, our army may lose ground. If we stay in Heluo and compete with the enemy here, we will inevitably lose our army's time..."

When the generals heard what Zhao Gui said, they all fell silent. The main task of their trip was naturally to cooperate with Wang Sizheng's army in Henan and receive as much Hou Jing's sphere of influence in Henan as possible.Li Tai fought so fiercely in the Heluo area, which really meant that there was something out of the ordinary.

But some people couldn't help but said: "The situation in Henan is delicate now, and the fate of the personnel is uncertain, but the Luoxi cities are acquired. I am afraid that it is not appropriate to take the merits of not going ahead because of the undecided personnel..."

Zhao Gui naturally knew that it was far-fetched to deny Li Tai's meritorious deeds, so he laughed again after hearing the words: "Of course, Li Boxan has several cities in succession, and his meritorious deeds are undeniable, but it is also necessary for the Heyang army not to be taken lightly. So at the moment It is necessary to guard ourselves carefully and avoid being greedy for merit. Li Boshan only needs to stick to the Luoxi Pass so that the thieves dare not leave Heyang lightly, and our army can enter and leave Luonan without any worries, what does Taiwei Li think?"

While speaking, Zhao Gui looked at Li Bi again and threw this question to him.Of course, he couldn't deny Li Tai's previous contributions, but he could confine Li Tai to Luoxiguan City, let him guard the flank of the army, and no longer participate in military operations in the direction of Henan.

After thinking for a while, Li Bi nodded and said, "What the Duke of Nanyang said is indeed a prudent plan. He ordered Li Boshan to guard Luoxiguan City, in case the bandits from the south of Heyang blocked the army's retreat."

Although there was no conflict between him and Li Tai, Zhao Gui's proposal was indeed beneficial to the army's follow-up actions.Moreover, Li Bi also vaguely felt that Li Boshan had been too aggressive in recent years. If he did not impose restrictions, he might cause a lot of disturbance in the Heluo area, which would cause overall strategic chaos.

　This plot involves a lot of personnel and personnel. In order to be reasonable and refreshing, the thinking has been changed a few times. The direction of the next plot is determined today. Let’s do this today, and write more tomorrow. Try to make three updates. . .

　　
　
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