Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 317 Worship (6000)

From the northwestern border of Xuzhou to Pengchang, a team of 6 to [-] people marched along the road, and Ajing, the soldier king of Xiangzhou County, was among them.

After following Lou Zhao, the governor of Jizhou, to the south, the sergeants of Xiang and Dingzhou were all transferred to Duan Shao's command to rescue Xuzhou with him.

Wang Ajing, who was a young soldier nine years ago, is over thirty years old, although in this era, people in their thirties can be called husbands, that is, old men.

But Wang Ajing was not a member of the bait because of his age, he was simply incompetent.

Over the years, Wang Ajing has devoted all his attention to his son Wang Gongyun, who is studying.

Although there is no need for a lot of expenses for elementary school, if you really want to plan to take the imperial examination in the future, the expenses will be huge. Not only books, pens and ink, but also famous teachers. He has no time to hone his military skills.

Looking at the cowering peasants in the team, Wang Ajing curled his lips with disdain.

No matter what era, the chain of contempt has always existed. The out-of-production soldiers despise these state and county soldiers, and the state and county soldiers also look down on these mud legs from the fields.

Of course, if you look down on it, look down on it. If you really meet the enemy, it will not delay Wang Ajing running with these mud legs.

Although the military order above allowed the farmers to flee, they were required to resist a little to avoid suspicion.

But people will cherish their lives, especially knowing that they and others are just bait, and the real battle with the enemy is yet to come, so why sacrifice their lives for this, even if the amount of compensation for the disabled and killed is not low, but the life is your own after all of.

What's more, his Wang Ajing's son will be an official in the imperial examination in the future, and he has to enjoy the blessings, so he can't die here.

When Wang Ajing was thinking wildly, the Nanliang ambush point, Yang Yaren observed the Eastern Wei army getting closer and closer, and couldn't help laughing when he saw that their formation was scattered when they marched.

"Why is the general laughing?"

Xia Houzhen asked in a puzzled voice.

"I laughed at Duan Shao Shaozhi, Gao Cheng was in vain."

Yang Yaren lowered his voice, but he was full of confidence.

Duan Shao fell for his strategy of encircling the spot to fight for aid, and now he is about to step into the ambush point, a big defeat is in front of him, so he is ridiculed for his lack of wisdom.

It was futile to laugh at Gao Cheng, because he heard that Gao Cheng had been rectifying the state and county soldiers for these years, and he did not hesitate to raise military salaries for this, but in the end, it was still the same unusable appearance as it is now.

Every year so many are all in vain, no wonder Yang Yaren couldn't help laughing out loud.

He didn't suspect that this loose team was fraudulent. After all, according to the spies, there were only [-] soldiers in Duan Shao's army, and the remaining [-] were state and county soldiers.

The performance of the Eastern Wei army is also in line with his understanding of the state and county soldiers. After all, he also has [-] state and county soldiers under his command.

Seeing the vanguard troops of the Eastern Wei Dynasty step into the ambush circle, Yang Yaren resisted the urge to issue orders, and watched the Chinese army escorting the trucks not far away, Yang Yaren felt that his breathing became heavier.

He secretly thought in his heart: This battle will not only cause great damage, but the capture will also be expensive.

These days, soldiers are fighting for their lives on the battlefield, so don't talk to them about the sense of mission of unifying the country. Those are all false. The generals in the army value promotion and rank, and the soldiers at the bottom only care about the captured supplies.

Yang Yaren saw that the Chinese army had stepped into the ambush point, and was about to turn around and order, but saw that Xia Houju's eyes were already red.

He couldn't help sighing secretly: Although he was the chief general, only 1 troops were dispatched for this ambush, and the remaining [-] people were Xiahou's private soldiers.

Xia Houzhu was very jealous of these supplies. Since his father passed away, he and his elder brother, who was an official in Jiankang, had all relied on him and his brother, who was an official in Jiankang, to support the [-] elite private soldiers under his command, including [-] war horses.

The biggest difference between the elite and the mob is that they usually have a lot of training, and because of the high consumption, they also eat a lot of food.

The two brothers did not have the status and management ability of their father Xia Houkui. In order to maintain this army, they almost tortured them crazy. It is precisely because of this that he actively responded to Yang Yaren's battle in the north, hoping to make up for the shortfall by making war fortune .

"General, give the order!"

Xia Houju couldn't help urging.

Yang Yaren had no choice but to suppress the reluctance of Xiahou's family robbing the spoils of war. With an order, the horn on the top of the mountain blew, and the sound of killing spread all over the place for a while.

Xia Houzhen charged down the mountain with his personal guards armed with guns, Yang Yaren hurriedly followed after seeing this, all ambushed soldiers from all directions rushed towards the Central Army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty one after another.

And the more than [-] soldiers of the Eastern Wei army who were in an ambush shouted:

"There is an ambush!"

No one formed an formation to resist, and all scattered like birds and beasts. It turns out that there are many people who have the same idea as Wang Ajing.

The wind was blowing under Wang Ajing's feet, he had already started to run away when he heard the sound of the horn, but those mud-legged people around him didn't know what happened. Only then did I know that I had to follow and flee.

Only now did Yang Yaren realize that something was wrong. Even if this army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty stretched its hips, among the 5000 people, there were also Duan Shao's [-] old troops.

That was an elite from the Gyeonggi Army, who followed Gao Cheng through the Battle of Xiangyang, the Battle of Yanzhou, the Battle of Rescuing Dou Tai, the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of South Yanzhou, and the Battle of Tongguan.

Even if he was caught in an ambush, it was impossible for him to run away without contact.

Yang Yaren wanted to regroup his troops, but found that in order to compete for the supplies left by the Eastern Wei Dynasty, his sergeants had clashed with Xiahou's private soldiers, and the two sides fought.

At this time, let alone leading the army to chase down the rout of the Eastern Wei, it was not easy to separate the two groups. The Nanliang army was dazzled by the food, cloth and other property left by the Eastern Wei, and completely lost its organizational system.

Yang Yaren wanted to find Xia Houzhu, but before he gave the order, he felt the ground shaking, as if thousands of troops were rushing towards him.

He followed the prestige, and saw a black-armored knight charging towards him not far away, and a large number of infantry trotting behind him.

'It's been tricked! '

Yang Yaren fell into an ice cave, so he hurriedly sent someone to find Xia Houxuan, hoping that he could purge the troops.

The messengers finally found Xia Houyu who was leading the army to rob supplies, and informed Yang Yaren of the military order.

"There is an ambush!"

More and more Nanliang soldiers saw the Eastern Wei ambush rushing towards them, and they were even more flustered after losing their establishment.

Yang Yaren was already gathering [-] soldiers under his command, hoping to gather some of them to fight against the enemy, but when he turned his head to look at Xia Houyu on the other side, he saw a scene that made him frightened.

Because the scene was too chaotic, Xia Houzhen stood on the baggage cart, raised his arms and shouted, trying to gather troops, but an arrow pierced through the air and hit Xiahouzhen's face. Didn't stand up either.

Yang Yaren looked back at the iron cavalry that was getting closer and closer to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and saw a young general pointing his bow at himself who was wearing bright armor and riding a tall horse, so frightened that Yang Yaren quickly rolled off.

This young general was Duan Shao. Duan Shao was not discouraged when he saw that the No.2 Liang general had not been killed. He dropped his bow and raised his spear, and shouted:
"The enemy general is dead, all the soldiers follow me to defeat the thief."

The whole army cheered and responded, and even the state and county soldiers who had fled before picked up the discarded weapons along the way and turned around to hide and kill them.

They can't be counted on for big battles and vicious battles, but there is no need for someone to teach you how to beat a dog in the water.

Just practice some courageous mud legs, and follow behind Wang Ajing and others, as if they also want to get some benefits.

It is unknown whether Xia Houju was shot by the arrow, Yang Yaren wanted to take charge of Xiahou's private soldiers, but the reason why the private soldiers were called private soldiers was owned by Xiahou's family.

Although you, Yang Yaren, are the chief general, but your surname is not Xiahou, you also want to order us?
This so-called elite private soldier of Xiahou's family collapsed in an instant after Xiahouju was shot unconscious by an arrow. A group of people protected Xiahouju who was in a coma and withdrew directly from the battlefield, and the rest also ran away when they saw this.

This has always been the case in ancient wars. Once the establishment is lost and ambushed, even the elite will disperse.

Seeing that the 1 friendly troops of Yang Yaren's troops had all run away, how could he continue to gather to defend against the enemy, trying to buy time for the friendly troops to escape, so a muddle-headed cross-country running race began.

Yang Yaren had no way to recover, so he had to run along with him. Duan Shao led the cavalry to stare at Yang Yaren to chase and kill, and left the rest of the direction to the infantry to chase.

The pursuers were getting closer and closer, Yang Yaren was sweating profusely, Duan Shao's cavalry had one man, two horses or even three horses, their mobility was not comparable to them.

"The one who wears the bright armor is Yang Yaren!"

Someone shouted behind him.

Yang Yaren hurriedly discarded his helmet and armor, and galloped on his horse in only a single suit in the winter, he was numb from the cold.

"The one with the long beard is Yang Yaren!"

Yang Yaren had no choice but to draw his knife and cut off his beard.

"The rider is Yang Yaren, and the one wearing single clothes is Yang Yaren!"

Yang Yaren broke the defense, you guys are going too far, you have to get off my horse and run naked!
Yang Yaren still got off the horse, and the horse in his crotch was already exhausted.

But he didn't take off his clothes, but changed into the clothes of an ordinary sergeant.

But he was still captured by the cavalry of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. They were too fast with three horses. Yang Yaren was indignant about this. After being identified by Liang Jun's captives, he said angrily:

"It's just because of the large number of war horses, if you have the ability to let me go, you and I will fight on the water with the boat."

Duan Shao came over, looked at the disheveled Yang Yaren and said with a smile:

"When did you, a dead man from the north, become a good Wu man?"

Yang Yaren was left speechless by the question, snorted coldly and turned his head away without saying a word.

But Duan Shao ignored him, ordered people to tie Yang Yaren to the horse, sent some people to continue chasing and defeating him, and the rest followed him with Yang Yaren and various flags captured on the battlefield, including Yang Yaren Ren's handsome flag led the elite cavalry first, followed by the infantry, and went straight to Pengcheng.

One of the reasons why Duan Shao didn't want to hunt down the defeated soldiers was that the defeated soldiers scattered and fled in all directions, making it difficult to capture them.

But more importantly, I learned from the captives that under Pengcheng City, there are still [-] Nanliang prefecture soldiers bluffing.

Duan Shao planned to encircle and swallow this team. Of course, he wanted to use Yang Yaren's handsome flag and himself to disintegrate the enemy's fighting spirit, and then send people to surrender. After all, the situation has now reversed. Under Gao Yue's internal and external attack.

No matter how fast the defeated soldiers ran on their two legs, they were not as fast as Duan Shao's horses. Before the soldiers of Nanliangzhou County outside Pengcheng got the news of the defeat at the front line, Duan Shao's elite cavalry had already crossed the road to the south.

Duan Shao ordered people to hold Yang Yaren's handsome flag, and drove horses around the camp. He also asked people to escort Yang Yaren to all the Liang troops in the camp to watch carefully, and then sent people to recruit the Liang army. After reorganizing the army, Gao Yue left some people to defend the city, and led the rest of the troops out of the city to besiege Liangying with Duan Shao.

After all, the enemy was defeated, the commander was captured, and the morale of the army was already slackened. Although my state and county soldiers were stretched, it was still easy to fight these Nanliang state and county soldiers who had no fighting spirit.

As the infantry under Duan Shao's command arrived one after another, someone from the Nanliang camp outside Pengcheng finally came out with an envoy from the camp.

This person is a general in the army, who was temporarily promoted to be the person in charge. As soon as he came, he made a condition, willing to give up military equipment, and only asked them to return to the south.

But Duan Shao categorically refused. He wanted to arrest this Nanliang State Army on the one hand to attack Nanliang's vital forces, and on the other hand to let these people contribute to the construction of the future Gao regime, so how could he let them go.

Duan Shao only made a promise not to kill the prisoners, so he asked the general to return to the camp to discuss with the others.

If they don't want to surrender and don't attack by force, they will just dismantle the catapults on Pengcheng, assemble them on the spot, and use flying stones and flints to baptize the Liang army camp day and night.

He then led General Liang to look around at the horses in his army, and seeing that he looked depressed, he put them back.

Sure enough, not long after, [-] soldiers of the Liang army, surrounded by the coalition forces of Duan Shao and Gao Yue, and under the promise not to kill the prisoners, chose to surrender.

The [-] soldiers assigned to hunt down the defeated soldiers also returned to Pengcheng one after another. After counting the results of the battle, it was found that [-] soldiers from Nanliang were captured in this battle, and [-] soldiers were beheaded. , but later there was news that Duan Shao hit his left eye with an arrow. Although he lost an eye, he saved his life in the end.

But more importantly, [-] Nanliangzhou soldiers were captured, and Duan Shao immediately sent people to Luoyang to report victory.

Seeing that the war on the Eastern Front was about to be decided, he temporarily handed over the captives to Gao Yue to guard them, while he called up the army to prepare for another battle.

Gao Yue already had [-] prefecture soldiers in the city, and tens of thousands of soldiers were temporarily recruited to defend the city. Now Huainan is empty and Xuzhou is no longer a threat. It is not a problem to guard so many prisoners.

But Gao Yue still found Duan Shao. After this battle, he no longer had any doubts about what Gao Huan said, but he was worried that Duan Shao would get carried away when he was young.

In fact, Gao Yue is only one or two years older than Duan Shao, but according to his relationship with Gao Huan, the two are a generation behind.

Duan Shao is a nephew, but Gao Yue is a serious cousin, not a fake brother like Gao Longzhi.

Now Huainan's [-] troops, except for a few who have escaped, most of the rest are here. Huainan has fallen into an unprecedented emptiness. Gao Yue is worried about Duan Shao's youthful spirit, and wants to take advantage of the situation and go south to complete the achievements of Taiwu Emperor Tuoba Tao in the past. Come to dissuade.

Hearing Gao Yue's worries, Duan Shao laughed heartily. It turned out that he really intended to cross the south of the river, but he didn't want to drink horses and the Yangtze River. Will love to fight, return north immediately, even if the city has been captured, he is willing to give up, never put himself in danger, let alone go deep into Liang territory and drink horses in the Yangtze River.

After Gao Yue heard about his plan, he finally felt relieved, and told Duan Shao that he would definitely take care of the pontoon bridge so that he could return to Huaibei.

So Duan Shao and Gao Yue handed over the captives as soon as possible, and counted the names of the farmers who were forcibly recruited by him, so as to fulfill the previous promise that Gao Cheng would exempt them from tax.

On the other hand, he selected 5000 strong men from among the [-] prefecture soldiers, and united with his [-] old troops for a total of [-] people.

The remaining 5000 people were led by the lieutenant general, and followed to receive the population.

Duan Shao led the army to flee wantonly in the north of Huainan, burning, looting, and coercing the people in the north of Huainan to cross the river by pontoon bridges. Every day, a large number of people were forced to leave their homes and complained.

As long as the working people have a bite to eat, most of them dare not fight with their lives. Besides, although these soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty burned houses and looted things, they did not attack women after all.

Everyone has followed Xiao Gaowang for several years, knowing that he hates the sergeants who abuse women the most, and many people have died in this ban, and they dare not disregard the big ones for the sake of the small ones, they are still honest.

Jiankang learned that Yang Yaren was defeated, not only in the hands of thieves, but less than [-] people escaped from the [-] army, everyone was terrified.

Knowing that Duan Shao was raging in Huainan, Xiao Yan immediately ordered Yang Kan to give up containing Lou Zhao's troops and move to Huainan. He also gathered troops in Jiankang and planned to keep Duan Shao in Huainan with Yang Kan.

But Duan Shao is a loach, so he is not slippery.

When he learned that Yang Kan was advancing eastward, he rejected the proposal conveyed by Lou Zhaoxin's envoy to join forces to take Huainan together. He explained:

"The king of Xiang and the general are fighting in Guanzhong. I just need to keep Henan peaceful. If we take Huainan, the people of Liang will come to attack us. It's a big deal."

So Duan Shao arrived in Huainan when Yang Kan arrived, and when the Jiankang soldiers had just crossed the river, they had already sent their troops back north, leaving only a mess for Yang Kan and others.

In all the captured cities in the north of Huainan, all the people were forcibly relocated by Duan Shao, and only a few people escaped to the mountains to escape the catastrophe.

When they retreated, they followed the example of Rouran and burned six towns, setting fires everywhere in the city, and many cities were burned to the ground, leaving only broken walls and ruins.

It is said that when Xiao Yan heard the news, he was out of breath and spewed blood in the hall. The 76-year-old scripture said that Xiao Yan's vitality was strong, and he would have died if he put it on someone else.

However, after this incident, the Eastern Nanliang strategy was completely abolished, and Xiao Yan immediately ordered Jiangling to retreat. The safety of the Western Wei Dynasty could only depend on themselves and the Shu soldiers led by Xiao Ji to make contributions on the frontal battlefield.

When Lou Zhao was rewarded by the messenger, he was also deeply moved by Duan Shao's calmness. He said to his cronies:

"Ah Hui is so close, there is such a talent as Tie Fa, so I don't have to worry about what will happen to me after death."

After all, with the overall situation on the Eastern Front already settled, while feeling agitated, he also forgot Gao Cheng's advice back then, and poured out a few jars of fine wine, singing to the wine.

At this time, Guanzhong was still unaware of everything that happened in Huainan.

After Gao Huan and Gao Cheng led the army to cross the Luo River, Yu Wentai and Xiao Ji also moved to the south of the Wei River, but they were not in a hurry to cross the river.

The Eastern Wei Dynasty wanted to fight each other in a dignified manner, but Yu Wentai would not agree. The national power of the two countries is very different, so a fool will follow the wishes of their father and son.

Gao Huan and Gao Cheng also stopped temporarily when they reached Shayuan.

Led by a local guide, Gao Huan, Gao Cheng and a group of generals who had participated in the Western Expedition came to a mass grave.

There are tens of thousands of bones in the pit. They are the soldiers and civilian husbands of the Eastern Wei Dynasty who died in battle three years ago.

Gao Huan was saddened from the bottom of his heart, he couldn't help crying, and even couldn't stand up, so Gao Cheng had no choice but to go forward to support his father.

The accompanying generals were also crying bitterly, for real or not. Gao Cheng looked at Gao Huan who was heartbroken and worshiped with tears in his eyes. For some reason, he thought of the God of War Murong Chui again.

When Murong Chui was seriously ill, he sent Prince Murong Bao to lead an army of 8000 to attack Wei, and then added another [-] troops to make it close to [-] troops.

However, Tuobagui and Tuobagui suffered a disastrous defeat in Canhebei, with 5 or [-] survivors, but Tuobagui killed them all.

The 70-year-old God of War was very angry when he heard the news, so he sent troops with illness.

The Wei army was defeated, and Tuobaqian, Tuobagui's younger brother, died in battle.

When Tuobagui heard the news, he ran away.

However, when Murong Chui traveled to Canhepo, he saw the remains of the killed Houyan soldiers, and he was so sad that he fell ill and died on the way home. Tuobagui, the founding king of the Northern Wei Dynasty, also escaped.

Seeing Gao Huan's grief, Gao Cheng's nose turned sour, he originally did not agree to come here to worship, because he was afraid that Gao Huan would end up like Murong Chui, hurt by the scene, and died.

Fortunately, Gao Huan seemed to have a breath supporting him.

That night, Gao Huan held a banquet in the army, and all the generals came, but during the day to worship the remains of the soldiers, everyone was not very interested, and everyone was forced to smile.

"A Liudun, there is no joy in the army, please sing for me."

Gao Huan cheered up and called for Hulu Jindao.

Gao Cheng's expression changed when he heard the words, and he cheered up and looked at Hu Lujin. He had a vague guess.

Sure enough, Hu Lujin drank a cup of wine, got up and sang in Xianbei:
"Chile River, under the Yin Mountain.

The sky is like a dome, covering the four fields.

The sky is vast, the wild is vast,
The wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep..."

The singing was melancholic, and the song "Chile Song" made all the generals in the six towns weep. Gao Huan also fell into the good old days when he was hunting and singing in northern Xinjiang.

Gao Cheng didn't have this kind of experience, so he was different from others, and he was more excited when he heard Hu Lujin's high song "Chile Song" with his own ears.

Seeing that the generals present were depressed, Gao Cheng felt that if this situation continued, there would be no need to fight this battle.

Although it is said that mourning soldiers will win, they should not mourn too much until their will is depressed.

So Gao Cheng jumped up against the case and shouted loudly:
"Everyone, please listen to Cheng's words."

If others interrupt everyone's emotions, they will inevitably be glared at, but Gao Cheng, as the heir, obviously has privileges.

Even Gao Huan raised his sleeves to wipe his tears, wanting to see what his son had to say.

As the focus of the audience's attention, Gao Cheng has no stage fright. He often convenes the whole army to give lectures. This small scene is far worse than the tens of thousands of people shouting and tsunami.

I saw Gao Cheng leave the table, walk like a tiger, walked to the arena, looked around at everyone, and finally said the words that had been kept in his heart for a whole day.

　There was a power outage at home, and the call came in the morning, and a video was sent in the group.

　　I am writing in the Internet cafe now, and I am still short of [-] words. It should be updated tomorrow morning, and it will be posted before [-] o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)