Memoirs of the Heavenly Khan

Chapter 247 Ohno So bad!
night.

Outside Dasan Pass, in the main tent of the Liangzhou army.

A bonfire blazed brightly, and Mo Zhetiansheng and his generals were drinking and eating around it.

Since the uprising of the Six Garrisons, Hu Chen and Mo Zhe Niansheng have risen to prominence and dominated Longyou.

Mo Zhe Tiansheng, as Mo Zhe Niansheng's brother, was once very powerful. At his peak, he even occupied several prefectures in Guanzhong. However, with the death of Mo Zhe Niansheng, Mo Zhe Tiansheng was betrayed by his subordinates and had no choice but to hide in Liangzhou and rely on Yang Fachen, the governor of Liangzhou.

After many displacements, Mo Zhetian and his followers remained the same, but they were no longer as spirited as before; their faces were etched with the marks of time.

Mo Zhetian's general, Chi Gan Qilin, took a few sips of wine but found it unpalatable.

"Chief, aren't we making a bit too much noise by attacking Qizhou as the vanguard?"

Mo Zhetian shook his head and explained:

"It's not just a little bigger, it's huge. Not only us, but also the Tuyuhun and Liang armies in Hanzhong have made their move."

Chigan Qilin was even more puzzled after hearing this.

"how so?"

Although Mo Zhetian didn't understand either, he still gave his subordinates confidence and courage.

"All of this is done in accordance with the Emperor's decree!"

The emperor that Mo Zhetian was referring to was not the two people facing each other across the Yellow River at this moment, but the old monk in Jiankang City!

"I heard it from Yang Fachen. The one currently stationed in Hanzhong is Wei Rui's son, Wei Fang! The Liang army, our army, and the Tuyuhun army are advancing separately. If successful, we can occupy Chang'an. At that time, Suqin Mingda of Lingzhou will join forces with us, and Longyou will be ours again."

After he finished speaking, the tent fell silent.

Chigan Qilin said:
"The Liang people are cunning, not as honest as we are. Could they be using us as pawns?"

Do not break the natural order:
"Impossible. The soldiers Wei Fang brought from Hanzhong are elite Liang troops, not ordinary men. They wouldn't go to such lengths just to use us as pawns."

Mo Zhe Niansheng's downfall was due to an internal traitor. Over the years, these remnants of Mo Zhe Niansheng's faction have become overly sensitive.

Even though Mo Zhetian had said so, Chi Gan Qilin still hesitated.

“Even if Liang Jun has invested heavily, what Yang Fachen told us may not be the truth. He has only been under the control of the Great Wei for a short time, and now he has betrayed Wei and led troops to attack Guanzhong. The situation is probably not that simple.”

Yang Fachen was the leader of the Di people, and Mo Zhetian was the leader of the Qiang people. The relationship between the Qiang and Di was very complicated. The various tribes cooperated when they should cooperate, but showed no mercy when they should betray each other.

Just then, a scout's report came from outside the tent.

"Chief, we have figured it out!"

Mo Zhe was overjoyed and hurriedly asked:
"how?"

"The general guarding Changshe Town now is Yang Kan, a general under Da Yeshuang, with Li Yuan and Liang Yu as his subordinate generals. They have two garrison troops under their command, totaling four thousand men, most of whom are Han Chinese."

Changshe Town was where Chencang was located back then. Liangzhou's jurisdiction covered Wudu and Yinping. When Mo Zhetian wanted to attack Guanzhong, Yang Kan's troops were the first to stand in his way.

Mo Zhetian couldn't help but laugh after hearing this.

"You all heard that, right? Even if Yang Fachen has his own schemes, so what? You all know what kind of people those Han Chinese in Guanzhong are. They've been farming for over a hundred years, and they're as docile as sheep. What's there to worry about?"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then they heard Mo Zhetiansheng say:

"The opportunity is fleeting. Once we destroy this Han army, Qizhou will be ours. At that point, no matter how much Yang Fachen schemes, it will be useless!"
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Qin Prefecture, Shanggui.

The most important agricultural base in Longxi region is located in Shanggui, the prefectural capital, which is now under the control of Houmo Chenyue.

Houmo Chenyue brought a letter he had obtained from Tuyuhun to Li Bi for discussion.

"Jinghe, what do you think?"

The letter from the Tuyuhun was written in Chinese, which made Li Bi frown. "By order of the Emperor, are you requesting passage to attack Daye Shuang?"

The Tuyuhun were located in Qinghai, and their relationship with the Southern Liang was much closer than that with the Northern Wei.

In fact, officials in the Northern Wei Dynasty were unclear about the succession relationships within the Tuyuhun, but officials in the Southern Liang Dynasty were very clear about them.

The territories of Yizhou in the Southern Liang Dynasty and Tuyuhun bordered each other, and the two sides maintained close relations. After Emperor Xiao Yan became a Buddhist, the Southern Liang Dynasty promoted Buddhism, which spread to Tuyuhun and changed their original shamanistic beliefs.

Li Bi had no idea that after Fu Lianchou's death, the new king of Tuyuhun would listen to Xiao Yan so much.

"We absolutely cannot let them pass!"

"Why?"

"General Tianzhu and the King of Qin are currently hunting in Hedong. If you make a decision first, and General Tianzhu and the King of Qin reconcile, how will you face others? If the King of Qin turns around and holds you accountable, how will you explain yourself?"

Hou Mochen Yue thought for a moment, then nodded and said:

"But what if we don't let them pass? What if the Tuyuhun turn against us? What if Yang Fachen of Liangzhou joins forces with Heluozhen? How will we defend ourselves?"

Li Bi looked at Hou Mochen Yue, his nephew, with a hint of disdain.

"We led six hundred troops here, gathered the Hu tribes of Qin Prefecture, and recently gained more than three thousand soldiers from the Six Garrisons. With nearly ten thousand troops under our command, why should we be afraid of them?"

Hou Mochenyue shook his head and said:

“Jinghe, have you forgotten the relationship between these Hu troops, the Six Garrisons soldiers and Da Yeshuang? They were overjoyed to hear that someone was going to deal with Da Yeshuang. It would be considered good-natured of them not to go up and kick him a couple of times.”

Li Bi waved his hand and said:

"It's easy!"

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Li Bi quickly summoned all his generals and told them what had happened.

Upon hearing this, the officers all smiled.

"Great! Finally, someone's going to deal with that bastard Da Ye Shuang. No wonder he's the emperor of Liang. He's got guts. He's much better than those two good-for-nothings in Luoyang. When are we going to join the fight?"

Hou Mochenyue looked at Li Bi and gave him a look, as if to say: I was right!

Li Bi remained unmoved and said:
Have you ever heard of the story of 'borrowing a path to destroy Guo'?

The generals looked at each other; none of them seemed to have a high level of education.

"What road, what state?"

Li Bidao:
“A thousand years ago, the State of Jin borrowed a route from the State of Yu to destroy the State of Guo. After Jin destroyed Guo, it destroyed the State of Yu on its return journey.”

These generals were not highly educated, but they understood what Li Bi meant.

"General, are you saying that these people are using the pretext of attacking Da Yeshuang, but actually they want to deal with us?"

Li Bi then said:

“I worry that they don’t actually want to deal with Ono Sō, but they do want to use the pretext of dealing with Ono Sō to deal with us.

The generals listened and applied their own experiences to others, finding them all very reasonable.

"That's right, Ohno Sou is so wicked. Haven't we suffered enough at his hands? What decent person would go around shouting that they want to deal with him!"

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(End of this chapter)