Northern Dynasties

Chapter 612 Attack Definition Yang
Yiyang is located between the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains and the upper reaches of the Huaihe River. Geographically, it is a very important place for military strategists because it can go to the Jianghan in the southwest and plot the river and Huaihe in the northeast.

Since Yang Yaren, the former governor of Beisi Prefecture, led his troops to the south to quell King Qin's rebellion, Yiyang, an important town, has no powerful figures sitting in it.

It was not until Liu Zhongli dispatched General Xia Houqiang here that Yiyang City could rely on the defense and management of the city.

The Xiahou family in Qiaojun also inherited a long-standing and famous family. Although time has passed and the Qing Dynasty has gradually lost its reputation, there were Xiahou Dan and Xiahou Kui brothers who were famous officials and generals in Huainan in Nanliang before, and Xiahou Qiang was his relative.Therefore, the Xiahou family has considerable influence between Suilu and Huainan, and relying on this popularity, Xiahou Qiang was able to take charge of Yiyang affairs.

Although Xia Houqiang was dispatched by Liu Zhongli, Liu Zhongli himself did not have many troops to allocate to him, so he could only organize the Yiyang armed forces based on his own ability.

He led nearly a thousand members of the tribal tribes and went north through the three passes of Yiyang. On the way, he recruited some barbarians and armed them. He entered Yiyang City with three thousand Han barbarians and expelled the guard appointed by Yang Yaren before. Receive more than 2000 defenders in the city, and then inform the counties and counties around Yiyang that still belong to Nanliang, announce your arrival to them, and obtain some personnel and materials from these cities, so you have a foothold in the city. The capital of Yiyang.

Xia Houqiang's business here has achieved initial success, but he didn't want his old boss Liu Zhongli to overturn his cart again. He was still hesitant to go south to the three passes of Yiyang to rescue Liu Zhongli, but the people who stayed behind with Lu had already surrendered to the Western Wei Dynasty. Suddenly, Xia Houqiang's troops became a lone army hanging outside.

But the good news is that after the Western Wei Dynasty acquired the entire territory of Eastern Han, it did not continue to expand the results of the war.

Although both Weis split from the regime of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the impression of the Western Wei Dynasty was poor, weak and barbaric for a long time.Although the Mianbei area has been quite well-governed in recent years, it still hasn't been able to reverse this long-standing image.

Xia Houqiang was quite disdainful of the way of his colleagues from Lu who took refuge in the Western Wei Dynasty. He also knew in his heart that these people were just acting out of selfishness. He felt that the Western Wei Dynasty was not strong enough, so he had to rely on them to control the place, no matter how powerful the enemy was. Just change the door after entering the country.

Naturally, Xia Houqiang didn't need to surrender to the Western Wei Dynasty. In his opinion, the Western Wei Dynasty had no strength to enter Yiyang. In this case, wouldn't it be better for him to continue to expand his power with peace of mind?

Of course, he also knew that his current strength alone was not enough to deter the Western Wei Dynasty and the surrounding forces, and he still needed to find a bigger backer for himself.As for Eastern Wei general Murong Shaozong, I heard that now he is sitting in Xuanhu City in Runan, soliciting and accepting all parties to surrender, so he is naturally a very good object of refuge.

So Xia Houqiang instigated the Anlu people to seize the city with their troops in order to gain more power and territory, and at the same time sent envoys to Xuanhu to meet Murong Shaozong, expressing his willingness to surrender to the Eastern Wei with the land of northern and southern Sizhou.

While waiting for the news from the two parties, Xiahou Qiang also stepped up his suppression and conquest against Yiyang's surroundings.This township was originally an important area to communicate with the vast region, and due to the wars in the surrounding areas, the flow of personnel has become more frequent, and there are almost dozens of hundreds of people passing through the border every day.

When Hou Jingqian was in Shouyang, he exempted the land rent and city tax to attract the people of Huainan. Now this influence has not faded away, and many personnel and materials have left for Shouyang.They only knew that Hou Jing had become prime minister in Jiankang and had more power, but they didn't know that Wang Xiangui, who Hou Jing arranged to stay behind, had surrendered to the Eastern Wei Dynasty again.

There were even many barbarians among them, and they actually escorted some valuable goods in an attempt to go to Shouyang to sell them to make a fortune.Xia Houqiang was naturally not polite about this, and all travelers and merchants who transited the border were detained, the personnel were incorporated into the battalion, and the materials were filled into the warehouse.

After such an operation, Xia Houqiang's power expanded even faster.When Hou Jingshouyang raised his army, he only had more than [-] troops, but Xia Houqiang now has nearly [-] disciples. With such a strong force, in his opinion, even if he can't go south to Jiankang, it is more than enough to guard Yiyang's separatist side.

However, just as he was enjoying the rapid rise of his power, bad news came from the south. Because Ma Xiu, an old man, led the city residents to resist fiercely, his plan to seize the city failed, so he had to retreat and flee.

Xia Houqiang was furious when he heard the news, but because he still hadn't received a reply from the Eastern Wei Dynasty, although his strength had skyrocketed, he didn't dare to act without authorization and went south to attack and follow the land. People retreated to the three passes of Yiyang.In this way, as long as he gets the reply and assistance from the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he can directly lead his troops to break through the three passes and take back Anlu!

But misfortunes never come singly. He had just arranged for soldiers to be stationed at the Three Passes of Yiyang. The troops of the Western Wei Dynasty, who had been unable to expand in his opinion, bypassed Tongbai Mountain and appeared directly on the north bank of the Huai River, posing as if they were about to build a boat to cross the river.

Xiahou Qiang was shocked when he heard about this. Although he looked down on the Western Wei Dynasty in his heart, compared with the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he didn't think he could easily defeat the Western Wei Dynasty. After all, the Western Wei Dynasty was poor and weak. !

Fortunately, there is still the Huai River to block the advance of the troops of the Western Wei Dynasty. Xia Houqiang expropriated the surrounding areas of Yiyang before, and also transferred many boats from the upper reaches of the Huai River to the navy wharf in the tributary of the Huai River in Yiyang, so that the troops of the Western Wei Dynasty had no Enough boats to cross the river can be regarded as a resourceful response to the enemy's first opportunity.

Although it is difficult for the troops of the Western Wei Dynasty to cross the Huai River in the short term, Xia Houqiang did not dare to relax. He patrolled and strengthened the water and river defense every day.

Under the current enemy, in order to expand his own strength, many of the barbarians who were seized by him were originally assigned as slaves, but now they are also released by him. These barbarians took them as their own generals and rewarded them with mountains and land around Yiyang.

Faced with Xia Houqiang's promise, the barbarians also responded enthusiastically. After all, who doesn't yearn for the living environment in the fertile plains?Therefore, they also earnestly implemented Xia Houqiang's orders, making Xia Houqiang more dependent on them and entrusting them with more city defense figures.

However, on this day, Xia Houqiang went to the water's edge to finish his camp tour, and was about to lead his soldiers back to the city. When he arrived at the gate of the city, he was turned away by the barbarians guarding the city and was not allowed to enter.

"You reckless barbarian slave, open your eyes and see who I am! Open the city gate quickly!"

As the majestic city lord, Xia Houqiang was naturally furious when he was rejected by his soldiers outside the city. He pointed at the barbarian soldiers standing in the horse-repelling formation and cursed.

At this time, he didn't notice any abnormality, he just thought it was because these barbarians were dull-eyed and had recently been here, so they didn't know him.

However, when the barbarians who were being scolded shot at him with their bows and crossbows, Xia Houqiang felt something bad in his heart. Fortunately, the soldiers around him were quick-sighted and quickly pulled him into the team, covering him under the body of the guards. However, Xiahou Qiangcai was not directly shot and killed on the spot.

"Dogfoot city lord! Take my property, kill my son, and now take your city, it's revenge!"

The barbarian chieftains guarding the city gate pointed at Xia Houqiang who was surrounded by his own soldiers and shouted loudly, with exasperated and raised eyebrows.They were poorly armored and did not dare to go out to attack, but they were able to guard the city gate and not allow Xia Houqiang to enter the city.

"How dare you turn against me! How dare you turn against me! When I bring back the elites, I will drive you all to death!"

Xia Houqiang was extremely angry at this moment, and he didn't dare to stay here any longer. While ordering his subordinates to go around the other city gates and informing other garrison troops in the city to attack and kill the rebels here, he rode his horse and galloped towards the water camp. There are also more than [-] people stationed day and night to block the water surface and prevent the Western Wei Dynasty from crossing the river.But now I don't care about that much anymore, it's better to call the trilogy to kill all the barbarians who rebelled against him, and take back the city is the right plan!

The reason why the barbarians dare to rebel here is naturally because they have something to rely on. At the same time Xia Houqiang was rejected outside the city, Zhao Gang, who first sneaked into the city to contact and persuade the barbarians to uphold righteousness, had already ordered people to light the beacon smoke in the city, and to the outside of the city. The people who had been waiting for a long time gave the signal to attack.

After seeing the signal, thousands of elite soldiers who came over the mountains and scattered around the city rushed to the city gate marked by the beacon fire, wearing light armor and armed with short soldiers.

At this time, Yiyang City was already panicked and at a loss due to these changes, and the soldiers gathered by Xia Houqiang in a short period of time did not have the ability and experience to deal with these changes. Confused, not knowing how to respond.

When the domestic and foreign troops gathered in the city, Zhao Gang also appeared to preside over the situation.

Among the defenders in the city, barbarians accounted for a large proportion, and Zhao Gang had been in close contact with these barbarians in Liyang City at the west foot of Tongbai Mountain during this period of time.Although some barbarian chiefs didn't know about this at first, when they saw Zhao Gang appearing to control the situation, they immediately gathered their troops.

At this time, Xia Houqiang had also returned from the recruiting trilogy of the water camp, and Zhao Gang had difficulty integrating the messy troops here and dispatching complex military orders. He simply ordered his men to destroy a warehouse in the city that was hoarding the wealth Xia Houqiang had accumulated in recent days. The Han and barbarian soldiers present will share it, and tell these people that if they want to stay, they can stick to the golden city in the city. If they don't want to, they can take the property and go out of the city to escape.

In the end, there were only more than [-] people who followed Zhao Gang into Jincheng. Except for his headquarters, only more than [-] defenders from the original city joined in.

However, these troops are already enough. As the other defenders fled separately, they greatly divided and hindered Xia Houqiang's counterattack. Once again, the enemy is mainly against the enemy.

Xia Houqiang knew that on the north bank of the Huai River, there were troops from the Western Wei Dynasty ready to cross the river and go south. He urged his troops to attack Jincheng several times, but they were all repelled by the enemy guards inside.

Seeing that it was difficult to recapture the city in a short time, Xia Houqiang didn't dare to fight. He could only take another look at Yiyang City, where his dream of hegemony was enshrined, and then led the rest of his troops to flee southward, dreaming of reaching Yiyang City. Yangsanguan gathers with the tribes stationed on the other side and then fights back.

In troubled times, whether a person can achieve a hegemony, ability and vision are important, but luck is more important.

If Xia Houqiang knew that two days after his defeat from Yiyang, the Eastern Wei Dynasty appointed him as the governor of Nansi Prefecture and the reinforcements sent by Murong Shaozong would arrive in Yiyang, I'm afraid he would be even more annoyed and want to die.

(End of this chapter)