Northern Dynasties

Chapter 494
Yiluojian is the four most important rivers between the Heluo Plains. Among them, the Jianshui is Gushui, which originates from the Beixiu Road of the Xiaohan Ancient Road. The Yishui flows between the Yellow River and the Luoshui River and flows into the Luoshui River on the west side of Luoyang. .

Needless to say, Luoshui is the origin of the place name Luoyang.The Yishui River is the most important tributary of the Luoshui River, and the river it flows through is also one of the most important access channels to the south of Luoyang.

Now that the two Weis are at war, the Yishui River Basin is also an area where the two sides are fiercely attacking, and there are many military fortresses along the route.From the Yichuan line in Luonan, there are a series of defensive cities such as Kongcheng and Fuliucheng. Before that, they were under the control of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and each stationed a different number of troops.

Before the Hangui of the Eastern Wei Dynasty sent troops to Yingchuan to quell the rebellion, Hou Jing proposed to cede Luyang, Changshe, North Jingzhou, and East Jingzhou to the Western Wei Dynasty in order to ask the Western Wei Dynasty to send reinforcements to rescue them.Among them, the prefecture of North Jingzhou is located in Fuliu City in the Yishui River Basin.

Although Hou Jing nominally ceded these four lands to the Western Wei Dynasty, Northern Jingzhou was not under his control.Therefore, if the Western Wei Dynasty wanted to truly occupy it, it still needed to send troops to attack.

Previously, Li Yuan led volunteers from various roads in western Henan to take the Nanwei Road. First, he successfully conquered Yiyang Jiuqu City located in the Luoshui River Basin, and soon learned that Li Tai had conquered Hanguan City in Luoxi in the north.

This means that there will no longer be a large group of bandit troops in the Guannan area that can threaten the road to the east. In addition, Li Bi's army in the back road has also set off from Hengnong, so Li Bi chose a relatively relatively large army. The radical plan is to launch an attack directly through the Luonan area to Kongcheng, the prefecture of Xincheng County near Yichuan.

Kongcheng is the south gate of the Heluo Plain, and there are many cities such as Fuliu City in turn to the south.When it was attacked, it meant that all the Eastern Wei troops stationed in Yishui to the south were intercepted outside the Heluo Plain. Therefore, all cities gathered troops to reinforce north, and the battle situation was stalemate for a while.

At this time, another more shocking news came from the north. Li Boshan's men and horses who had just conquered the city of Hanguan went straight in and broke through the southern city of Heyang like a broken bamboo!
What is even more astonishing is that Li Boshan sent a message here, because he seized the arsenal of the southern city of Heyang and stored a large number of armored weapons, and called on volunteers from all walks of life to go north to reinforce and share the ordnance.

Because the news was so alarming that the people here were a little dubious.But there are still some people who are willing to believe that Li Yisun, the founder of the government, led his troops to leave the Kongcheng battlefield and head straight for the Luobei River Bridge.

Li Yisun's departure brought another obstacle to the already unsatisfactory Kongcheng war.Because Li Yisun is not just a simple powerful military leader, his family has been local powerful in Yichuan for generations, he can mobilize many local forces and barbarian armed forces to help in the war, and he has a lot of connections with other military leaders.

Finally, after the army led by Li Bi and Zhao Gui arrived here, the war ushered in a new turning point.The Central Army of the Overlord Mansion led by Li Bi, who had been training for several years, quickly defeated the defenders of the Eastern Wei Dynasty who were still fighting a besieged beast.

Following the capture of Kongcheng, Fuliu City and other towns in the south were also destroyed within ten days, and the passage into the Henan area was completely opened up.From Fuliu City to the east along the Rushui River, it only takes a few days to reach Yangdi.

However, Li Bi was not in a hurry to lead the army to the east, but temporarily stationed in Fuliu City, and sent two groups of personnel, one to contact Wang Sizheng who arrived earlier and understand the latest changes in the situation here, and the other to visit on the spot to investigate the real situation here Exactly how.

Wang Sizheng's self-assertive behavior has caused Li Bi and other high-ranking generals to distance themselves from him, and they dare not trust him completely, worrying that Wang Sizheng may conceal some key information for his own purposes.

After Li Bi's army settled in Fuliu City, Li Yuan led his troops back to Yiyang Jiuqu City along the Luoshui River to garrison in order to prevent the army from being intercepted and harassed by bandits from the south.

Originally, there was no need to worry too much about this, but Li Boshan was too greedy and aggressive, and completely forgot his responsibility as the vanguard of the army, so he rushed all the way to Heyang.

Although he captured Heyang South City, in the eyes of everyone, it was just a fluke, and he would be defeated by the enemy soon and recapture the city.

It's not that everyone looks down on Li Boxan, but that the gap between the enemy and us is too great. Li Boxan's behavior is simply an unreasonable act of greed for merit, even worse than Wang Sizheng's aggressiveness.

After all, Hou Jing in Henan is already impoverished and has nowhere to go. Wang Sizheng's dispatch of troops to Henan does have a chance to take over Hou Jing's territory.But Li Boshan ventured into Heyang, with a few thousand troops under his command, could it be possible that he could break through the three cities of Heyang and enter Hanoi with such force?
Such a reckless move only aggravated the vigilance of the Heyang defenders and brought great uncertainty to the situation in Heluo.

Not long ago, when the army set off from Yiyang to advance eastward, they received a battle report and a letter requesting support from Li Boshan's conquest of the southern city of Heyang.

However, under the argument of Zhao Gui, the deputy commander of the march, the army still marched to Yishui according to the established goal, ignoring Li Boshan's request for help.On the way, Zhao Gui also sent a group of people north to Luoxi Golden Gran Cang City, and collected the captured Cang City here to the Chinese army.

This is not considered prohibited, after all, as the forward of the army, Li Boshan himself has the obligation to seize supplementary supplies for the army.Of course, the army is also responsible for its follow-up support, but Li Boshan has led the army out of the army's advancing route, so it is understandable that the army did not provide reinforcements.

Sure enough, not long after, the defeated army of Li Yisun, who had gone north before, fled back to Kongcheng, and brought news that a brigade of Eastern Wei troops had appeared in the Dangshui River Basin in Luobei.

This not only means that Li Boshan, who entered the southern city of Heyang, has been cut off from retreating, but also means that the flanks of their army have also been exposed to the enemy's iron hooves.

Part of the reason why Li Bi chose to temporarily garrison Fuliu City instead of moving forward.If you can't escape in the melee in Henan, it will undoubtedly be very dangerous for the enemy cavalry wandering in Luobei to attack the back road southward.

Originally Li Bi was secretly guilty of following Zhao Gui's suggestion and not sending troops to Heqiao to reinforce Li Boxan, but now he couldn't help but secretly complain to Li Tai.

Obviously, he only needs to defend the city of Hanguan, and he can be said to have overfulfilled the task, but he has to venture into the river bridge. Now he is putting himself in danger, and it also makes the army lose ground, making the originally clear advantage situation It became unpredictable again.

In Li Bi's view, if the Overlord's Mansion cannot take advantage of Hou Jing's chaos to obtain sufficient benefits, then Wang Sizheng and Li Tai are undoubtedly the biggest sinners and should bear the main responsibility for it!
Therefore, during this period of time, the soldiers stationed in Fuliu City held a relatively negative and pessimistic view of the behavior and situation of Li Tai and his troops who were far away at Heqiao.

The time soon entered the middle of June. On this day, Li Bi was collecting the information from all parties in Henan in the camp, considering whether it was necessary to send a group of people forward to test it out. Li Yisun, the founder of the government, had returned, and was captured by Zhao Gui, the Duke of Nanyang, who was patrolling the camp, and planned to try and question him.

Li Bi was also very disgusted with Li Yisun's behavior of leading his troops to leave the battlefield privately.But hearing that Zhao Gui was so active, he was worried that Zhao Gui would not be able to deal with it fairly.After all, Li Yisun has a special status, and it is not appropriate to impose sanctions right now.

So after weighing things up, Li Bi still stood up and went to Zhao Gui's camp.When he came outside the camp, he saw that Wei Fabao and others were already waiting here.

Seeing Li Bi coming, Wei Fabao strode up, knelt down on the ground with a plop, and pleaded earnestly: "I beg Li Taiwei to remember that my father-in-law, wife and brothers are all loyal to the country, so that I can save the life of my righteous grandson. If the crime is so serious that death is inevitable , the general will be willing to share the guilt and die!"

Other powerful generals in Western Henan also stepped forward to intercede for Li Yisun, and even some rough and rude barbarian chiefs shouted loudly that if Li Yisun was executed, they would lead their troops away and no longer obey the imperial court.

Although Li Bi was also somewhat dissatisfied with these powerful military leaders who relied on their affection and violated military orders, he had to admit that the imperial court was still able to maintain a certain amount of power and influence in Heluo. Therefore, it is not easy to treat it equally with the requirements of the generals of the Chinese army.

He first waved his hand to signal everyone to be safe and calm, and then he walked towards the tent. Before entering the tent, he heard an angry roar from inside the tent: "When you are about to die, how dare you lie about the military situation!"

After entering the tent, Li Bi saw that Li Yisun was pressed on the ground inside the tent by two healthy soldiers with their arms cut behind their backs, while Zhao Gui sat upright in the tent, looking at Li Yisun sternly.

When he saw Li Bi walking in, Zhao Gui stood up to greet him, pointed at Li Yisun under the tent, and said with a smile to Li Bi: "This slave should really be killed! The evidence of the crime of leading the army to escape the war is convincing, but now it is defeated and returned. He wanted to lie about the military situation and confuse the crowd! He actually told me that Li Boshan conquered another city, and he even captured the city of Zhongli in Heyang. Ha, how ridiculous, why didn’t he say that his army had already arrived at Yecheng!”

Li Bi frowned when he heard this, and glanced at Li Yisun, who was pinned to the ground and having difficulty breathing, and then said to Zhao Gui: "After all, Li Kai's mansion is highly honored, and he was ordered by Yangping. Lord, even if you have made a mistake, don't be rude, please ask Nanyang Lord to ask questions with courtesy."

In terms of official rank, Li Yisun is also the standard match for the hussars and Kaifu Jiajun. Although it is because of the large pension, the status and status are not worthy of the name, but Zhao Gui treats him as an ordinary criminal. Something is wrong.

Hearing what Li Bi said, Zhao Guicai waved his hand to signal his soldiers to let go of Li Yisun, but he still reprimanded him with a cold expression: "You criminal, don't think that my magic sword is useless. If you continue to lie and deceive, you will be more guilty! You tell the truth." Come to think of it, did Li Boshan teach you to make this false report and deceive the masses to rescue him? If it is found out that you are only an accomplice, you will not be guilty of death!"

When Li Yisun heard this, he stared and said: "The last general's words are not empty! Xihe Lord Li Kai's mansion is like a god, and he is invincible in every attack. He has killed thousands of enemies and conquered two cities. See. Now the Heyang bandit army is terrified and dare not fight, and the North City is already in sight.

If the opportunity is missed due to the foolish plan, and the reinforcements cannot be reinforced in time, so that the thieves can calmly consolidate the river defense, it will be a great crime!Li Taiwei, please don't take it lightly, if you make false statements in the end, you will be punished by circumcision!Even if the army can't move lightly, General Rong Mo please summon Xiang Yibei to help Duke Xihe! "

(End of this chapter)