Chapter 513 General defectes
Liangquewu is located on the north bank of Beiru River. It is a dock wall on a plateau surrounded by water on three sides. It is also the seat of Rubei County. As Hou Jing's troops retreated, the city became owned by the Western Wei Dynasty.
In order to cooperate with Wang Sizheng's move to take over Yingchuan and other areas of Hou Jing's influence, Li Tai temporarily led his troops to station in Liangquewu. In addition to the other troops stationed at various passes around Luoyang, the rest were also stationed in Liangquewu. The stationing arrangement will be carried out along the Bei Ru River.
On this day, Wei Fabao, the leader of the same-track defense stationed in the camp by the river, sent his chief Shi Pei Kuan into the city to ask for an audience, and told Li Tai a surprising news: Hou Jing, who was supposed to have led his troops south, suddenly arrived with his troops. Near Xiangcheng, people were informed that Wei Fabao was coming to visit.
"Hou Jing actually arrived in Xiangcheng?"
Li Tai frowned when he heard this. He thought that Hou Jing was going south to join the Nanliang reinforcements after leaving Yingchuan, but he didn't expect that this guy moved to Xiangcheng.
Xiangcheng is located on the lower reaches of Beiru River, only a hundred miles away from Liangquewu where Li Tai is currently stationed. If you ride a fast horse, you can make several trips back and forth in one day.
Is it because he scolded Wang Sizheng too harshly when he was acting with Wang Sizheng, which made Hou Jing feel resentful, so he moved to Xiangcheng to wait for an opportunity to retaliate against himself?
Li Tai couldn't help but murmur in his heart. Hou Jing has always been a mean-spirited guy. Historically, he was defeated by Murong Shaozong. He was called a cripple when he was fleeing south, and he would stop to attack the city and kill people for revenge.
Although Li Tai didn't laugh at his physical disability, he really didn't have a good tone when acting at the time. Judging from this guy's character and temper, it would make sense to sneak around and take revenge on himself. However, they sent someone to notify Wei Fabao in advance, which was a bit confusing.
After thinking for a while, Li Tai suddenly remembered a verse, so he quickly asked Pei Kuan: "Does Chief Pei know if there is a general named Ren Yue among the armies?"
He suddenly remembered that during this period in history, Hou Jing had gone to great lengths to expand his own strength, and he had gone to great lengths to win over the generals sent by the Western Wei Dynasty for reinforcements.
Li Tai's previous judgment should not be wrong. Now Hou Jing does not dare to start a war with the Western Wei Dynasty rashly. Now he has moved to the vicinity of Xiangcheng and invited Wei Fabao to meet, probably to win over, rather than to seek revenge for himself.
Historically, Hou Jing's behavior was not completely useless. Ren Yue, whom Li Tai asked about, defected from the reinforcements and joined Hou Jing. Moreover, this Ren Yue was unknown when he was in the Western Wei army, but after following Hou Jingnan, he shone brightly, made great achievements in battle, and quickly became one of Hou Jing's confidants.
The most amazing thing is that this guy followed Hou Jing to death and even the boss was killed, but he actually successfully transferred to the command of Emperor Liang Yuan of Jiangling. Later, after the Western Wei Dynasty captured Jiangling, this guy ran away and defected to Wang Sengbian. After Chen Baxian killed Wang Sengbian, he crossed the river with Wang Sengbian's old subordinate Xu Sihui to occupy Stone City, and led the Northern Qi army to come. After attacking, he was finally defeated by Chen Baxian and then surrendered to the Northern Qi Dynasty.
The reason why Li Tai was deeply impressed by Ren Yue was that this guy was so promiscuous and his life was so hard-working. For others, he was always able to turn the danger into a disaster, which was different from Bei's. The Zhenwu people committed crimes in a gang, and they managed to escape successfully after wandering around the Three Kingdoms with their outstanding fortune!
After Pei Kuan heard this question, he frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "There is no general named Ren Yue among the armies in western Henan."
Li Tai couldn't help but be a little disappointed after hearing this, but after thinking about it, it was normal. Ren Yue only became famous after arriving in Jiangdong, and his achievements in his resume were mostly concentrated along the river. Although he was limited by his experience, it also reflected his personality. They should not be traditional northern military talents. The geographical restrictions of generals are quite obvious nowadays. Even Hou Jing, when his soldiers surrounded Taicheng, fought as if they had shit in their heads.
According to historical records, Ren Yue led more than a thousand of his troops to surrender to Hou Jing, who was at least the level of governor in the Western Wei army. If it was a Chinese general traveling from Kansai, Li Tai would certainly know.
But now, in addition to his own troops, the armies under his command are mostly local soldiers and powerful private soldiers. They are extremely independent. Although their respective generals are under the control of Li Tai, there is no need to pay attention to their internal personnel in detail. Li Tai explained clearly.
Since Pei Kuan said that Ren Yue was not a member of the Western Henan Rebels, he was probably among the local volunteers in Henan led by Zhao Gang.
Li Tai really wanted to detain this guy who had a strong destiny and wandered out of his circle. At least it would invisibly damage Hou Jing's luck, so he sent another person to notify Zhao Gang who was stationed elsewhere. If someone in the army The famous general Ren Yue was quickly sent to Liangquewu.
After explaining this matter, he turned to thinking about how to deal with the fact that Hou Jing was coming to poach him.
Pei Kuan suggested that it would be better to capture Hou Jing directly when he was off guard and take him back to the court.
After Li Tai thought for a while, he waved his hand and rejected the proposal. The reason was very simple. Why bother with him? Not to mention whether there is a direct conflict of interest between Hou Jing and the Western Wei Dynasty, the key point is that Hou Jing still has tens of thousands of troops under his command. What will happen to these troops after Hou Jing is captured?
It is not an exaggeration to say that these people are like tigers, leopards and wolves. At the moment, Hou Jing can barely control them, but when Hou Jing's power and prestige are no longer strong, they will betray Hou Jing very easily. Even if they really wanted to capture Hou Jing, they wouldn't be able to rely on this to order them. Maybe they would just stir up a hornet's nest and be rushed towards them all to start a chaotic fight.
After thinking about it, Li Tai decided to go to Wei Fabao's camp in person. If Hou Jing really came, he would deal with him himself and let him retreat.
Wei Fabao was also in a dilemma as to how to deal with Hou Jing, so he sent Pei Kuan to report and ask Li Tai for instructions. When he saw Li Tai leading his troops into his camp, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing the change in Wei Fabao's demeanor, Li Tai couldn't help but secretly sigh at the shadow of the famous tree. Wei Fabao, a fierce general, was not afraid of being pierced by an arrow in the neck, but he was so nervous when he was about to face Hou Jing. It can be seen that Hou Jing gave these generals in western Henan The psychological pressure they bring is huge.
In addition to a few major battles between the two Wei Dynasties, there were also constant frictions on the border during normal seasons. Hou Jingjiu was in Henan for a long time, especially as Gao Aocao and other generals in Henan died in battle or died of illness, and gradually became more powerful than Henan. Therefore, for the generals on the western Henan front line, Hou Jing caused them greater harm and threat than Gao Huan.
When Li Tai came to Wei Fabao's camp, in a remote corner of Zhao Gang's camp, which was more than ten miles away, the governor general Ren Yuezheng summoned the commanders of his troops for a secret gathering in the tent.
Ren was about thirty years old, not extremely tall, but very strong. At this moment, he held a letter and said in a deep voice: "This is a letter sent to me by the envoy of General Hou's confidant Wang Wei, saying that if I If I am willing to lead my troops to surrender, General Hou will personally come to greet me and make me his confidant and his pawn!
When a real man walks in this world, he dedicates his will to his close friends! Today, the Western Army treats the people of our state with harshness and alienation, and its general is arrogant and arrogant. Serving this disciple will not be a pity for his life, and I don’t know when he will be able to succeed! "
He was still mobilizing the masses here. Suddenly, a voice came from outside the tent and asked the soldiers: "Can General Ren be in the tent? Zhao Chao rode me to tell the general. The Liangquewu Xihe envoy summoned the general to the camp and ordered the general to hurry up. See you at Liangquewu!"
Even if Ren Yue was very brave, he could not help but turn pale with fright when he heard the voice of the soldier. Could it be that Naxi Hegong already knew that he was going to join Hou Jing, so he was summoned for questioning and executed?
He forced himself to stabilize his mind, and first asked one of his subordinates to deal with it and test it out. The subordinate was unclear about why Xihe Gong summoned him, which naturally caused great psychological pressure on Ren Yue.
He had always wanted to seek refuge with Hou Jing, but now he was frightened by this. Naturally, he did not dare to take the risk and go to Liangquewu. He simply changed his mind and ordered people to secretly burn all the baggage in the camp while the camp was unprepared. Even if they lead their troops directly out of the camp, they will go straight down along the Beiru River.
When Li Tai heard the news, it was already evening. He was startled when he heard the news. He hurriedly led his elite troops and Wei Fabao troops to reinforce Zhao Gang's camp. He sent out scouts to investigate and guard, and stayed there all night. After that, they slowly retreated to Liangquewu early the next morning.
Just when Li Tai was wondering whether Hou Jing had any follow-up plans, Wang Wei, Hou Jing's staff member, actually visited Liang Quewu in person. After the meeting, he repeatedly explained that this was a misunderstanding. Ren Yue's decision to lead his troops to surrender was his own decision, not Hou Jing's deliberate attempt to win over him.
Although Li Tai did not believe Wang Wei's explanation, he could tell from his attitude that this was indeed an unexpected incident, and it might even affect Hou Jing's plan to personally come to persuade Wei Fabao and other generals in western Henan to surrender. .
But whether it was sudden or premeditated, the humiliation it brought to Li Tai was no different. Hou Jing sent his confidant Wang Wei to explain. He probably didn't want to completely antagonize him at this moment, so he ordered to seize Hou Jing's pen and think tank first, and planned to use this guy to exchange Ren Yue for some preparations. .
But before this idea could be put into action, it was interrupted by another accident. A messenger from Heluo came to tell him that the enemy troops in Heyang launched a counterattack, and Yuwenhu who was stationed at Heqiao retreated due to loss. The two cities of Heyang that were captured were lost.
At the same time, Li Bi, who was stationed at Baiguwu, was attacked from both sides and also fled. Zhao Gui, who was originally stationed at Hanguan City, abandoned the city and fled. Yifeng and other remnant troops retreated to Jiuqu City in Yiyang, while the Eastern Wei Dynasty took advantage of the victory to pursue it, but Zhu Hunyuan led the army to besiege Jiuqu City.
After receiving this letter, Li Tai was speechless for a long time. After a while, he couldn't help but slap the table and curse: "Yu Wensa is a waste!"