Chapter 282 Rushing to the aid of Guangwu

Chapter 282 Rushing to the aid of Guangwu

With so many Jihu troops appearing in the north, even Yu Wengui of Xiazhou could only protect himself, and Li Mu of Dongxiazhou almost fell into the bandit army, which showed how powerful this group of Jihu armed forces was.

After Li Tai learned about the enemy's situation, his brows suddenly furrowed deeper and he said in deep thought: "Where did these thieves Hu Yuan come from? Are they just passing through the border to plunder, or do they intend to separatize the place?"

There are many Jihu races, and their situations are also very different from each other. Only by understanding the origin of the race can we make appropriate response strategies.

The activities of the Jihu tribe distributed in various regions are generally fixed. The Jihu tribe in places such as Xiazhou are deeply controlled by the overlords and rarely cause harm to the local area. It is undoubtedly very strange that so many Jihu people suddenly appeared and moved across the state and county on a large scale.

"The specific origins are not known for sure, but we only know that several tribes of Shuofang Hu were involved. Xiazhou Yuwen Shijun guessed that the main force of these bandits and barbarians were most likely Li Shihu from Hedong. They were disturbed by the previous encirclement and suppression of the east bandits, so they crossed Hexi criminal..."

When Li Dao talked about this, there was a bit of a wry smile on his face.

When Li Tai heard this, his expression suddenly became strange. He often thought about his big brother He Liuhun here, but he didn't expect that they would be linked together in this way, which really caught people off guard and made them even more irritated.

The Jihu in the Eastern Wei Dynasty are mainly distributed in the Luliang Mountain area between the Yellow River and Fenshui River. The Jihu Liu Lisheng tribe, which had existed under Gao Huan's nose for several years before, belongs to Shilouhu, and its activity range is in the central and southern areas of the Luliang Mountains. . Li Shihu is a group that is no less powerful than Shilou Hu and is active in the central and northern areas of Luliang Mountain.

Last year, Gao Huan spent a lot of effort to clear out Jihu in Luliang Mountain, and his main target was Lishihu. Li Tai didn't know exactly what the results were, and he didn't think it had anything to do with him.

Yu Wengui is well aware of Hu Qing. Although it is just a guess, since he puts forward such an opinion, it should be extremely possible.

After all, most of the local Jihu in Xiazhou accepted the supervision of the Bafu. After Liu Pingfu's power in Eastern Xiazhou was suppressed, there was no leader of the Hu tribe who could gather such a huge force in the short term.

If the tens of thousands of Jihu tribes gathered to start a rebellion from within the country, there would definitely be traces to follow. Only when they flowed in from outside the country would people be caught off guard. In the surrounding areas, the most likely place where such a force could suddenly appear was the Lishi area of ​​Luliang Mountain where Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty used his troops.

If this is the case, it is actually quite demoralizing. A mere group of remnants of bandits who had been suppressed by Gao Huan fled into the country, and actually made several states in the northern border of the Western Wei Dynasty feel like they were facing a formidable enemy. This shows the huge power gap between the two sides.

Li Tai was no longer in the mood to complain anymore, and his heart became heavy. If this group of people were Li Shihu who came from the Eastern Wei Dynasty, they would surely plunder the place to collect enough supplies to survive. Without this intention, the pace of raiding will not be stopped.

The states in northern Shaanxi have been in the wilderness for a long time. The only thing that has accumulated some vitality is the three-defense city guarded by Li Tai. Facing such a group of bandits who are like wolves and tigers, it is conceivable that the three-defense city will not be let go. Target.

What can be called a fluke at the moment is that these bandits are still in the drawing stage, and the newly built three-defense city is still shrouded in the fog of war.

But the situation is far from optimistic. Guangwu City, where Li Mu is stationed, has been besieged by bandits. The straight-line distance between Guangwu City and Heishui Fangcheng is only a few hundred miles, so it will be a matter of time before they are discovered.

"We must not allow the thief Kou Nan to invade the defense cities. We must drive the thief away!"

After pondering for a while, Li Tai made a decision. He did not intend to sit in the defense city and watch the traitors come south, but to take the initiative to attack.

The Blackwater Fangcheng is the foundation for farming in northern Shaanxi, and the safety of the Kuli River front line is related to the smooth implementation of the opening-up method in the coming year.

Not to mention whether Blackwater Defense's own troops and defense facilities can withstand the attacks of these bandits, once the current status of the farmland in Blackwater Defense City is exposed to the eyes and ears of bandits, it will continue to attract people to disturb them. Once Blackwater Fengcheng frequently falls into war, how can we talk about stable development?

At present, Bafu's attitude towards the garrison matters here has not been clear yet. A very important principle is that Bafu's military affairs must not be involved in multi-front operations. If the three-defense city wants to develop, the most important thing is to solve the various crises it faces alone without increasing the burden on the Bafu.

Therefore, the current three-defense city system is still very fragile, and premature exposure will be harmful and useless. At least this layer of war fog must be maintained to ensure that the harvest in the next year will be sufficient to support greater military investment.

"What is the current military situation in the states?"

Although he had made the decision to take the initiative, Li Tai did not want to face tens of thousands of enemy troops foolishly with only his own troops. This was not his own business and of course required the cooperation of friendly forces from various states.

"Xiazhou's defense has shrunk, and the various tribes have returned to Tongwan City. The two thousand troops who were originally supervising the construction of canals in the territory also returned to the town a month ago. In the short term, I am afraid there will be no possibility of going out to fight."

Li Dao replied seriously, saying that Xiazhou didn't have to count on it for the time being.

There is no shortage of people in Xiazhou, but they are mainly local tycoons. Yu Wengui, the governor, only controls these people in name, and he does not have too many direct descendants.

When Li Tai went to Xiazhou before, he was able to borrow troops. That was because he was clearly fighting a smooth battle and his opponent was not very strong.

But this time, tens of thousands of troops were like powerful dragons passing through. They had already disrupted Xiazhou. Now they were attacking from all directions. They no longer regarded Xiazhou as the main target. The powerful chiefs of Xiazhou It's too late to be happy, so naturally no one will try to provoke the other party to avoid attracting hatred.

Without the support of these surface tycoons, Yu Wengui would not have been able to lead his troops to leave the country to fight. Being able to maintain Xiazhou's own town and control ten thousand cities without losing it was not considered dereliction of duty. As for who will suffer next, just wish yourself luck.

"Where is Xi'an Prefecture? Has the new Commander Yang entered the town? Is there any military information coming?"

Li Tai was full of expectations for Yang Zhong's bravery. After getting engaged to Dugu Xin, Yang Zhong was considered one of his own. Not long ago, he succeeded Chang Shan as the governor of Xi'an Prefecture. However, when he turned around, he encountered strong bandits coming to invade Bianzhou. Li Tai also wanted to know what Yang Zhong's attitude was and what he would do.

After hearing this, Li Dao shook his head: "Since the last general returned to Luochuan Defense, we have not received any news from the direction of Xi'an Prefecture. But I heard that several garrison troops and horses are gathering towards Wuyuan, so I think they are preparing for war."

After Li Tai heard this, he felt a little relieved. Although they had not established effective contact with each other, it was a kind of comfort to know that at least he was not alone.

"Guangwu City currently has more than 5,000 defenders. The supplies in the city can still last for ten days. The main force of the bandit army is trapped outside Guangwu City. Li Shijun in the city has informed all parties that if help can be provided, please rush to Wangu as soon as possible. If the rebels still gather around and refuse to retreat, they will abandon the city and break out of the siege at the latest."

Dongxia Prefecture was already suffering from a serious barbaric situation. Li Mu was able to gather more than 5,000 defenders when the bandits were hastily besieging the city, and he was able to deal with it effectively. However, if the isolated city cannot be defended, and there are no friendly troops nearby to assist in the defense, the only option is to abandon the city and leave.

Naturally, Li Tai would not ignore Li Mu. After all, Li Mu's persistence could be regarded as buying time for the three-defense city. After understanding the enemy's situation, he asked again: "How much supplies are currently accumulated in the city? Can it be supported? How many men and horses are rushing to fight?"

After hearing this, Li Dao quickly sorted out the relevant accounting books and submitted them. After reading through them, Li Tai found that the situation was not optimistic. The amount of grain and grass stored in the city is not large now, and it is not enough to sustain the large number of people rushing to save Guangwu City.

In order to participate in the Grand Parade, Li Tai's troops had already gathered and integrated, and nearly 3,000 elite troops followed him back and forth. After the Baishui Grand Review learned of the military situation, he asked for reinforcements, and Daxingtai supplied him with more than 2,000 elite soldiers of the Sixth Army. More than 5,000 elite soldiers could be put into battle. This force was by no means small.

Although the men and horses under his command are powerful, if they are to be put into the battlefield, they will need to consume a lot of food and grass. Yuwentai maintained his usual behavior. Although he allocated troops for reinforcements, he did not provide actual food and supplies.

Li Tai could only lead a thousand forward troops back to Luochuan, while the other troops advanced slowly in the rear. If there were not enough supplies in Luochuan, it would be a disaster for five thousand troops to gather here.

The military situation is urgent, and it is obviously too late to recruit military rations and supplies from the lower reaches of Luoshui River. Moreover, the Baishui Grand Parade has almost exhausted the reserves of nearby states and counties, and it will be difficult to squeeze out much more oil and water in the short term.

When Li Dao saw Li Tai frowning and said nothing, he clasped his fists again and reminded: "Grand Governor, although Fangcheng does not have food reserves, Luochuan does..."

Li Tai knew what he was talking about. He had previously roped in Diaoyin Liu, a rich man, to join in. Liu did not live up to expectations and lost a huge sum of 500,000 horses. Li Tai rudely said that he had to use grain and silk to finance the project. Therefore, Diaoyin Liu and other Hu chiefs currently have a large amount of money, food and materials in their hands.

Although it is a bit unscrupulous to always catch one of the sheep, but the military situation is important at the moment, there is nothing to worry about. If the three-defense city cannot be defended, Li Tai's hard work will be reduced to nothing, and those Lishi Hu who enter the country will never regard Diaoyin Hu as a kindred spirit and ignore them.

"Liu and his son are still in Luochuan? Arrange for them to come and meet immediately."

Li Tai gave the order without hesitation, and said: "Go to Gao Guangwu City. I will lead reinforcements within ten days. Please be safe and wait for reinforcements."

Although I'm not sure whether I'm going or not, you guys must not run away. If Li Mu ran away, the three-defense city would really be exposed naked to the rebels.

Sorry, sorry, I've been waiting for so long that I forgot to update this afternoon. . .