Northern Dynasties

Chapter 608 Murong Shaozong
Sanya Road is a fast passage between the Heluo area and the Nanyang Basin. Its path is from the Nanyang Basin to the north of Luonan over the Funiu Mountain. Although the mountain road is rugged, it is the fastest path between the two places. Every time there is an attack by a surprise soldier, Always follow this path.

Before the soldiers encircled Yingchuan, the Eastern Wei launched a series of counterattacks in the Heluo area, taking back all the strongholds originally controlled by the Western Wei, such as Yichuan Fuliu City in Luonan.After more than a year of siege, Yingchuan was finally conquered. Since then, all the territories in Henan have returned to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, while the Western Wei Dynasty only controlled the Sanya Road south of Luyang Pass.

But even this section of the road has been harassed a lot in recent days.The governor of Northern Jingzhou appointed by the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the barbarian king Mei Jichang, and other Wanluo barbarian chiefs each led their own trilogy. In recent days, they have frequently disturbed the pass defense. Then they made a comeback and drove away.

Such a situation is not unusual. Although these barbarians are uneducated, they are not stupid. They have fought frequently but are still lingering. Either they have unusual schemes, or they are instigated by someone behind them.

The fact is indeed the case, after Guo Xian arrested several barbarian chieftains and interrogated them carefully, he learned that the instigator behind them was the general Murong Shaozong of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

If ordinary barbarians make trouble, Guo Xian is still confident that he can predict it, but when he finds out that Murong Shaozong is behind the scenes, he naturally dare not take it lightly, and hastily reported the situation to the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion behind.

Even if he had the confidence to face Murong Shaozong, he didn't have the strength. Now the army in his army is only in the early [-]s. If it wasn't for the material support from the Jingzhou area, even Luyang Pass might not be able to guard it.

After Yingchuan City was broken, the Eastern Wei army retreated one after another. Its general Peng Le planned to take advantage of the victory and lead his troops to attack Luyang Weike, but had no choice but to withdraw.After all the troops returned, it was Murong Shaozong, Lord of Yan County, who stayed in Henan to clean up the mess.

There are more than [-] people in Murong Shaozong's headquarters. Except for the loyal veterans who have been following him since Erzhu's subordinates, the rest are recruited and accepted from various positions over the years. Of course, the most are him. Served as the southeast Daoxingtai, in charge of the army to defeat the enemy and suppress the rebellion, he has accepted the people who served him.

Especially after the Battle of Guoyang just ended, many veterans of Beizhen who had been in chaos in Houjing were worried that they might be severely punished by the court and the general Gao after they returned. Therefore, Zong also received many elite soldiers from Henan under the command of the original Hou Jing.

After the Battle of Yingchuan, the city was already dilapidated, and naturally it was no longer suitable for military camps.In order to prevent the forces of the Western Wei Dynasty from making a comeback again, Murong Shaozong first moved his defense to Xiangcheng, and he had to coordinate with Kezhu Hunyuan's troops who guarded Heluo.

Murong Shaozong is nearly fifty years old, but he still doesn't show his age, he is tall and majestic, especially after several big victories, his reputation is even more prestigious now.

The barbarian king Mei Jichang and other barbarian chiefs came to Xiangcheng to meet and report to the military. Seeing Murong Shaozong sitting in the seat, not angry and arrogant, he was very nervous for a while, not daring to be presumptuous, and carefully reported the situation to the general. come out.

When he heard that the barbarians had been harassing for a long time and still failed to shake the defense of Luyang Pass, Murong Shaozong couldn't help but frowned and said: "You and other troops are several times stronger than the enemy, but how can you cooperate closely and attack sequentially?" Allow the thieves to calmly settle down within the gate!"

After hearing the words, the barbarian chieftains were sweating coldly on their foreheads. As the leader, the barbarian king Mei Jichang kowtowed again: "Tell Murong Xingtai that although there are few bandits, Luyang Pass City is located in a dangerous place. The bandit general Guo Xianjiu From Wang Sizheng's garrison campaign, there are also many strategies to teach, and there is also Jingzhou in the back road to send funds, it is really difficult to conquer for a while..."

Although what the barbarian king said was not unreasonable, after hearing the words, Murong Shaozong still snorted coldly, pointed at a few people and reprimanded: "You and other disciples have been in chaos, old and bad. I have not had time to interrogate and punish you from the chaos! I will not ask you about your old crimes, but I will give you the opportunity to make meritorious deeds and atone for your sins. If you still refuse to cherish it, you will all go to Yexia to receive the punishment of skinning and cooking in oil. !"

After hearing this, everyone was terrified again, kowtowed again and again begging Murong Shaozong to give them a little more time, and they must fight bravely to capture Luyang Pass.

"In this case, I will give you another half month to wait. If you still cannot capture the city, you will be punished severely!"

Murong Shaozong shouted again, and immediately waved his hands to let these barbarian chiefs go back to their headquarters and continue to attack Luyang Pass.

After the group of barbarians withdrew, Fang Bao, an officer in the hall who joined the army, couldn't help but said: "The thief general Guo Xian is guarding the three crows, and he is as brave as Peng Le, but he can't be shaken. It must be even more difficult for these barbarians to succeed. Lord Yan is so intimidating, I am afraid that these barbarians will have different ambitions!"

"These thieves and savages are originally mobs, accustomed to clinging to the strong and ignorant of loyalty. Now that I have broken through Yingchuan and the army is strong, even if they go against me and surrender to the enemy, the Westerners may not dare to accept it. Besides, what I want is Lu. Yang, forcing the bandits to go to battle is only to disturb the enemy."

After hearing the words, Murong Shaozong said in a deep voice: "Our army stays here. It is close or safe, and it will be difficult for a long time. Yingchuan has suffered from wars for a long time, and the people have been displaced. It is difficult to benefit in a short time. The land is close to this side, and it is said that it is very well-governed, and even the people who occupied Yingchuan in the past are all because of food. Now I attract people to attack it, even if it can't split the soil, people and horses can eat it."

After the Battle of Yingchuan, under Murong Shaozong's initiative to fight for it, General Gao also agreed to his request and left him here to appease Henan after the chaos. personnel resources.But how much he can take over still depends on Murong Shaozong's own operation level.

The first problem that Murong Shaozong faced while staying in Henan was the food and clothing of his troops. After Hou Jing's rebellion and a series of wars devastated this territory in Henan, the production environment has been severely damaged, and the local order has also been destroyed. All nearly collapsed.

Although the army retreated and left some of the remaining supplies, Murong Shaozong had nearly [-] people under his command, and the daily consumption was also very huge.

If Murong Shaozong couldn't obtain a new military supply channel in Henan before the surplus food was exhausted, he could only leave here temporarily and move closer to Qingxu.

However, as long as he retreats, he will voluntarily give up the tacit understanding he had reached with General Gao, and it is inevitable that his authority will be weakened.

Although he has made outstanding contributions in the process of putting down Hou Jing's rebellion, and General Gao gave him a chance, but in the end he was useless, so he can't blame others.

As the former part of the Erzhu Clan, Murong Shaozong and Jinyang Xungui were somewhat out of tune, if not out of tune.Back then when King Gao was alive, he was still able to reconcile with each other, but now that General Gao is in power, he still has a lot of conflicts with honorable and veteran ministers, let alone Murong Shaozong's interpersonal relationship, and maybe he has to make a living. It was used as a tool to suppress the veterans of Jinyang.

If there is a choice, Murong Shaozong is of course willing to be free and alone.The reason why he didn't pursue Hou Jing to the end before was because he wanted to support the bandits' self-respect.Now that Hou Jing went to the south of the Yangtze River to create a new situation, it somewhat stimulated Murong Shaozong and strengthened his thinking in a certain aspect.

As early as before Yingchuan City was breached, Murong Shaozong had already begun to think about what to do next, and the Mianbei area controlled by the Western Wei Dynasty also became one of his target candidates.

Murong Shaozong has a taciturn character, and rarely expresses his true thoughts, even his confidantes and waiters can hardly guess his intentions.

Now he felt that the heat was almost ready, so he informed his subordinates of his plan: "Li Tai, the governor of Jingzhou in the west, has made great progress because of his achievements in Jinyang and Heyang in the old years, but we can see that his whereabouts are good. People are restless and restless, greedy for merit and forgetting their lives. Seeing the chaos in Nanliang, how can they hold back and defend themselves? However, their country is weak and has few soldiers, and they cannot take care of all sides, but they hold this place where the four wars are fought. I don’t know who to keep in favor of.”

Fang Bao came to his senses when he heard this: "So Yan Gong forced the barbarians to harass the three crows, in order to lure the Mianbei defenders to go north, and then turn to Mianbei via Fangcheng?"

Murong Shaozong nodded after hearing the words, and immediately said: "Although Li Boshan's army is very lucky and dangerous, since he has been able to fight many battles and become famous, he should not take it seriously. Qinghe Gong and others Although he is not considered to be a man of great intelligence, he can be said to have experienced battles and has a little knowledge of military affairs. He was humiliated by him even though he was nested in a male city. If he wants to try it out now, and let the barbarians test it a little, it is not considered as Unnecessary."

From Henan to Mianbei, in addition to the mountain shortcut of Sanya Road, you can also go straight south via Xiangcheng, pass through the pass between Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, and enter it directly via Fangcheng.

This road is straight and open, and it is seldom able to receive the effect of surprise soldiers, so military families seldom focus on this.However, in Murong Shaozong's view, although the war is influenced by various factors such as the right time and place, it is actually human nature that is fought in the end.

Although he had never seen Li Boshan in the Western Dynasty, after taking Mianbei as the target of the raid, he used various means to inquire about Li Boshan and his affairs to strengthen his understanding of him, even when the soldiers surrounded Yingchuan. He inquired about the details of the battle with Qinghe Lord Gao Yue, so that Gao Yue misunderstood that he was using this to ridicule him and almost turned his face.

In Murong Shaozong's opinion, it is impossible for Li Boshan to hold back when facing the chaos in Nanliang, and the hegemony of the Western Dynasty must be able to give him limited reinforcements, so there must be a certain emptiness in Mianbei right now. It is a good time for soldiers to plunder their land.

After deducing the next action plan, Murong Shaozong ordered the waiters to prepare warm soup for bathing, filled the huge underground pool, and then undressed and plunged into it, taking a bath carefully.

(End of this chapter)