Northern Dynasties

Chapter 513

Liangquewu is located on the north bank of Beiru River. It is a wall on the plateau that circulates on three sides, and it is also the seat of Rubei County.With the withdrawal of Hou Jing's troops, the city was also owned by the Western Wei Dynasty.

In order to cooperate with Wang Sizheng's move to take over Yingchuan and other areas of Hou Jing's influence, Li Tai temporarily led his troops to station in Liangquewu. Except for those who were stationed in various passes around Luoyang, the rest of the troops were also stationed. Arrangement along the Beiru River.

On this day, Wei Fabao, the same-track defender stationed in the riverside camp, sent his chief Shi Peikuan into the city to ask for an interview, and told Li Tai a surprising news: Hou Jing, who was supposed to lead his troops south, suddenly led his troops there Near Xiangcheng, and people announced that Wei Fabao was going to visit.

"Hou Jing actually arrived in Xiangcheng?"

Li Tai frowned immediately when he heard this. He thought that after Hou Jing left Yingchuan, he was going south to join the Nanliang reinforcements, but he didn't expect this guy to transfer to Xiangcheng.

Xiangcheng is located in the lower reaches of Beiru River, only a hundred miles away from Liangquewu, where Li Tai is currently stationed. If you ride a light horse, you can go back and forth several times in a day.

Could it be because he scolded too hard when cooperating with Wang Sizheng in acting, which made Hou Jing feel resentful, so he moved to Xiangcheng to wait for an opportunity to revenge himself?

Li Tai couldn't help but murmured in his heart, Hou Jing has always been a small-minded guy, he has been defeated by Murong Shaozong in history, and he was scolded as a cripple on the way to escape to the south.

Although Li Tai didn't laugh at his physical disability, he really didn't have a good tone when he acted at the time. Judging from this guy's personality and temper, it made sense to sneak around to take revenge on him.However, they still sent someone to notify Wei Fabao in advance. This operation is a bit incomprehensible.

After thinking for a while, Li Tai suddenly thought of a verse, so he quickly asked Pei Kuan, "Does Pei Changshi know if there is a general named Ren Yue among the armies?"

He suddenly remembered that during this period of history, Hou Jing had worked hard to expand his own strength, and he had tried his best to win over the generals sent by the Western Wei Dynasty for reinforcements.

Li Tai's previous judgment should not be wrong. Now Hou Jing dare not rashly start a war with the Western Wei Dynasty again. Now that he moved to the vicinity of Xiangcheng and invited Wei Fabao to meet, it should be for the purpose of wooing him, not to retaliate for himself.

Historically, Hou Jing's gestures were not all in vain. The Ren Yue that Li Tai asked about was defected from various reinforcements to join Hou Jing.Moreover, this Ren Yue was unknown in the Western Wei army, but after following Hou Jingnan, he shined brilliantly, made great military exploits and quickly became one of Hou Jing's confidantes.

The most amazing thing is that this guy followed Hou Jing to such a great death, even the boss was killed, and he successfully transferred to Jiangling Liang Yuandi's command.Later, after the Western Wei Dynasty captured Jiangling, this guy ran away to join Wang Sengbian. After Chen Ba killed Wang Sengbian first, he crossed the river with Wang Sengbian's former subordinate Xu Sihui to occupy Stone City, and led the Northern Qi army to come. In the end, he was defeated by Chen Baxian and returned to Northern Qi.

The reason why Li Tai was so impressed with this appointment is that this guy is really too rough, and his life is really tough enough. He can turn the danger into a disaster every time for others, which is different from Beibei. The Zhenwu people ganged up to commit crimes, and they even managed to retire after traveling all over the Three Kingdoms with their outstanding fortune!

When Pei Kuan heard this question, he frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Among the armies in western Henan, there is no general named Ren Yue."

Li Tai couldn't help but feel a little disappointed after hearing the words, but it's normal after thinking about it. This appointment only shined after arriving in Jiangdong, and his resume and achievements are mostly concentrated in the front line along the river. Although it is limited by experience, it also reflects his personality. It should not be a traditional northern military talent.The geographical restrictions of generals are quite obvious nowadays, even Hou Jing, when his soldiers surrounded Taicheng, the battles he fought were like shit stuffed into his head.

According to Shi Zai's appointment, more than a thousand people from his subordinates surrendered to Hou Jing, which was at least the first rank of governor in the Western Wei army.If it was a general of the Chinese army traveling from Kansai, Li Tai would of course know about it.

But now the armies under his command, apart from his own troops, are mostly local soldiers and powerful private soldiers, and they are extremely independent. Li Tai made it clear.

Since Pei Kuan said that Ren Yue was not a member of the Western Henan Rebel Army, it is likely that he was among the local volunteers in Henan led by Zhao Gang.

Li Tai really wanted to detain this guy with a tough life and a wave that was out of the ring, at least to imperceptibly damage Hou Jing's luck, so he sent another person to inform Zhao Gang who was stationed elsewhere in the army. The well-known general of Ren Yue hurried to Liangquewu.

After explaining this matter, he turned to thinking about how to deal with the fact that Hou Jing was going to poach his corner.

Pei Kuan suggested that it is better to capture Hou Jing directly and take him back to the court when he lost his guard.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Tai waved his hand and rejected the proposal. The reason was very simple, why mess with him?Not to mention whether there is a direct conflict of interest between Hou Jing and them in the Western Wei Dynasty. The key point is that Hou Jing still has tens of thousands of people under his command. What should we do with these people after Hou Jing is captured?
It is not an exaggeration to say that these people are tigers, leopards, and wolves. Right now, there is still Hou Jing who can barely restrain him, but when Hou Jing's prestige is no longer strong, they will betray Hou Jing very quickly.If they really wanted to catch Hou Jing, they wouldn't be able to rely on this order to order them, maybe they just stabbed a hornet's nest and they would all be thrown into a chaotic fight.

After thinking about it, Li Tai decided to go to the Wei Fabao camp in person. If Hou Jing really came, he would deal with him himself and let him retreat.

Wei Fabao was also in a dilemma and didn't know how to deal with Hou Jing, so he sent Pei Kuan to report and ask Li Tai for instructions. When he saw Li Tai leading his troops into his camp, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing the change in Wei Fabao's demeanor, Li Tai couldn't help but secretly sighed for the shadow of the famous tree. Wei Fabao, a fierce general, was not afraid of being pierced through the neck by a flow arrow, but he was so nervous when he was about to face Hou Jing. It can be seen that Hou Jing gave these Henan generals The psychological pressure they bring is great.

In addition to a few big battles between the two Weis, there are also constant frictions on the border in general seasons.Hou Jingjiu was in Henan, especially after Gao Aocao and other generals in Henan died in battle or died of illness, he gradually became the only one in Henan.Therefore, for the generals on the front line in western Henan, the harm and threat Hou Jing brought to them was even greater than that of Gao Huan.

When Li Tai came to Wei Fabao camp, in a remote corner of Zhao Gang camp more than a dozen miles away, the governor Ren Yuezheng summoned the commanders of the troops to a secret meeting in the tent.

Ren was about 30 years old, and his physique was not extremely tall, but he was very strong. At this time, he held a letter and said in a deep voice: "This is a letter sent to me by Wang Wei, the confidant of General Hou. If you lead your troops to vote, General Hou will come to greet you in person, and make me a confidant and a pawn!
When a man walks in this world, he will dedicate his willpower to his bosom friend!Today, the Western Army treats the people of our state mean and alienated, the general of the palm print is contemptuous and arrogant, serving this disciple, his life is not a pity, let alone when he will have a bright future! "

He was still mobilizing the masses here, when suddenly a voice of ordering soldiers came from outside the tent: "Is General Ren in the tent? See you at Liangquewu!"

Rao Ren Yue was very bold, and his face turned pale with fright when he heard the voice of the soldier. Could it be that Lord Xihe already knew that he was going to join Hou Jing, so he was summoned to question him and kill him?

He forced himself to stabilize his mind, first he asked one of his subordinates to perfunctory and test him, but the subordinate was naturally vague, and he didn't know why Xihe Gong summoned him, which naturally caused great psychological pressure on Ren Yue.

He already had the intention to seek refuge with Hou Jing, but now he was frightened by this, so he naturally didn't dare to take the risk to go to Liangquewu, so he simply put his mind on it, and taking advantage of the lack of preparations in the camp, he ordered people to secretly burn all the luggage in the camp, and turned around Even if he directly leads his troops out of the camp, he will go straight down along the Beiru River.

When Li Tai heard the news, it was already evening. When he first heard the news, he was taken aback. He hastily led his elite troops and Wei Fabao troops to Zhao Gang's camp for reinforcements, dispatched scouts to investigate and guard them all night. After that, they slowly withdrew back to Liangquewu early the next morning.

Just when Li Tai was guessing whether Hou Jing had any follow-up plans, Hou Jing's aide, Wang Wei, actually visited Liang Quewu in person, and after the meeting, he repeatedly explained that it was a misunderstanding.It was his own decision that Ren Yue led his troops to seek refuge, not Hou Jing's deliberate bewitchment and so on.

Although Li Tai didn't believe Wang Wei's explanation, but judging from his attitude, he could tell that this was probably an emergency, and it might even affect Hou Jing's plan to personally come to persuade Wei Fabao and other generals in western Henan to surrender. .

But whether it was sudden or premeditated, the humiliation it brought to Li Tai was the same.Hou Jing sent his confidant Wang Wei to explain, probably because he didn't want to have a complete quarrel with him at this moment, so he ordered to detain Hou Jing's pen and think tank first, and planned to use this guy to exchange the appointment to make a fuss .

But before this idea was put into action, it was interrupted by another accident. A messenger from Heluo came to tell: the enemy army in Heyang launched a counterattack, and Yu Wenhu, who was stationed at the Heqiao, was defeated and retreated. The two cities of Heyang that were seized were lost.

At the same time, Li Bi, who was stationed at Baiguwu, was attacked by the enemy, and also left without giving up. Zhao Gui, who was originally guarding Hanguan City, abandoned the city and fled.Yifeng and other remnants retreated to Jiuqu City in Yiyang, while the Eastern Wei Dynasty took advantage of the victory to pursue, but Zhu Hunyuan led the army to besiege Jiuqu City.

After receiving this letter, Li Tai was speechless for a long time. After a while, he couldn't help cursing: "Yu Wensa is a waste of truth!"

(End of this chapter)