Chapter 619: Shocking China

Chapter 619: Shocking China

A bright moon hangs high in the sky, and Jinyang City looks quite quiet under the moonlight. The bright moonlight and the human fireworks in the city complement each other, giving people a sense of peace and prosperity.

Jinyang City is composed of different urban areas, each with different functions and different levels of prevention and control after dark.

For example, in the core of the city, the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Jinyang Palace, which had been looted by the Western Bandits, once nightfall, no one is allowed to enter or exit unless they have a special pass warrant from the Prime Minister's Mansion. Anyone who dares to resist the order will be shot to death!

Bingzhou City, located in the northeast corner of the city, is not only the seat of the state capital, but also has many family members of officials working in Jinyang Bafu. The level of prevention and control is also relatively high. After nightfall, patrols are arranged in the streets to check for bandits, and there are also guards at the city gates to strictly check the entry and exit of people. Even if the families of officials leave the city for some reason, they need to file a report.

Because this night is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the gates and courtyards of all the houses in the city are also very lively. Nowadays, the Mid-Autumn Festival has not yet been endowed with the beautiful meaning of reunion between people and the moon, but the custom of admiring the moon is gradually becoming more popular from south to north.

In troubled times, fortunes and misfortunes are unpredictable, and the pain of life, separation, and death is unavoidable day and night. It is comforting and worthy of celebration that relatives can meet each other in safety and health. If you embrace the moon and express your emotions and sing a song, it will naturally make people more happy and happy.

But in happy times, there is always a moment when the song comes to an end. In a house located on the west side of the state capital, the lights inside and outside the hall were bright before, and there was endless music and music, but as the night got darker, the singing and dancing gradually died down, the lights were dimmed, and cars and horses kept leaving the house.

There was a small state trooper stationed beside the gate of the house. At first, they briefly checked the teams of vehicles and horses entering and leaving the house, but as more people left, they didn't bother to check again.

"Why do this family have so many guests?"

A state soldier looked at the visitors leaving the house in an endless stream and couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.

After hearing this, the leader of the team smiled and said: "This family belongs to the Li clan in Longxi. Many famous families have made friends with his family, so there will naturally be more guests."

"Longxi Li family? The name sounds familiar, but I don't know of any high-ranking officials serving in the two houses!"

After hearing this, the state soldier was silent for a while, and then he couldn't help but speak.

"Ha, even if such a famous family declines, there will always be some legacy left for future generations to enjoy. What's more, if you don't hear about it, maybe you are just short-sighted."

When the leader of the team said this, he pretended to be mysterious and motioned for everyone to come closer to him, and then said: "Do you still remember Li Boshan, the Western thief who led the troops to invade Jinyang? This is the Changxi family! The other Xing family members have not been here for a long time. We are official slaves, but this family not only lives in peace, but also entertains guests in the hall. Even the state government sent us on duty here. Although we are under surveillance, it is also to prevent the slaves of other people from coming to cause trouble..."

After everyone heard this, they couldn't help but sigh secretly, and they were quite shocked in their hearts.

As the guests dispersed, the lights in the halls of the house were also extinguished. After seeing off the last guest carriage, the slaves closed the door of the house. After seeing this, the state soldiers left two night watchmen behind, and the rest returned to the state capital to resume their duties.

In the dark alley, a carriage that had just left Li's mansion stopped. A middle-aged man got out of the carriage and whispered into the carriage: "Man Rong, are you really not going to Kansai with me? What if you are tall?" If the general still pursues us for escaping privately, I’m afraid you won’t be able to escape prosecution either.”

Li Qianzhi leaned out of the car and sighed: "Apan has created such a great situation in Guanxi and brought his uncle back to Guanzhong to support him. Brothers and sisters should rush to help. If we all go together, we will meet It will add a lot of personnel burden to Apan. Secondly, too many people may make it inconvenient to sneak across, so I can only wish my brother and other escorts a safe journey westward from my aunt.

General Gao Da is very revolutionary. There are so many guests coming in and out today that it is difficult to distinguish them one by one. If you ask too many questions, it will definitely hinder his revolutionary plan. Brother, don't worry too much about your relatives and friends here. We will definitely see each other in the coming year! "

The middle-aged man was Li Tai's cousin, Li Pei. Hearing what Li Qianzhi said, he stopped trying to persuade him. He clasped his fists and waved his hands, then walked to the other side of the dark alley with an entourage, heading to the agreed place in the city to meet with others. The family members who left in batches gathered together.

Near the east gate of Zhoucheng, a group of rich slaves wearing Hu clothes and smelling of alcohol came from several carriages. They were still drunk and singing loudly as they walked. Of course, they were guarded without any accident. The soldiers at the city gate stopped him.

"The blind thief Qiu Ba, we are members of the Lord Xu City of Yuzhou, how dare you stop him!"

Li Yunxin, who was at the front of the team, was wearing a cavalry hat crookedly. He waved his riding whip and whipped the city gate guard who was questioning him. He threw a talisman over and cursed angrily in Xianbei dialect.

The guard was shocked when he heard the words, and became even more panicked when he checked the talisman and saw that it was correct.

Jinyang City is a paradise for the soldiers, and Yuzhou Sima Xu Xianxiu is also the most arrogant and domineering among this group of arrogant soldiers. He has no special merits, but he has a broad personality and strong financial resources. , had close friendship with the second generation of top nobles such as King Gao's nephew Lou Rui, and his subordinates were naturally very arrogant and arrogant.

Knowing that the other party was Xu Xianxiu's subordinates, the guards naturally did not dare to conduct detailed questioning. After learning that they were leaving the city and returning to Yuzhou, they quickly opened the small door on the side of the city gate and let the group out of the city.

After leaving Zhoucheng, the group secretly breathed a sigh of relief and did not dare to stop. After bypassing Fengguchuan in the north of the city, Li Yunxin walked to the side of the team's car and whispered: "Old lady, Master Xishan Yinlang In the past, we are still heavily guarded, so we must take a detour to Beishan. Master Lang once said that there will be drastic changes in the bandit court in August, and the border preparations will inevitably be relaxed. It will be a good time to sneak out. "

After hearing this, Mr. Lu in the car nodded and said: "Since your lord has entrusted the life of his family to the general, the whole journey will depend on the general. Thank you, general."

As the moon sets and the sun rises, a new day arrives. Dozens of light boats and speedboats are distributed on the Gulf Stream in this section of the Huai River, constantly searching for and salvaging fish.

The Eastern Wei defenders in Dongxi Stone City finally decided to abandon their weapons and surrender in the early morning after learning that their general Murong Shaozong had drowned and died, and after Li Tai came to the city in person to persuade him to surrender. Queuing out of Xia Shek City.

Since then, the war in Shouyang has been declared over. The soldiers, armored horses, weapons and staffs led by Murong Shaozong from the south were all captured by Li Tai except for those who were killed and damaged in battle. After a day of salvage, even Murong Shaozong himself fell into Li Tai's hands.

Although it is already the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is still hot. After Murong Shaozong's body was soaked and washed by the river overnight, even if it was specially processed, it would be difficult to preserve it for a long time.

So Li Tai decided to leave a whole corpse for Murong Shaozong, and buried it at the southern foot of Bagong Mountain. Only his clothes, armor, weapons, talismans, ceremonial guards and other tokens were kept as a tribute to his victory. use.

After attending Murong Shaozong's funeral, the resistance and hatred towards Li Tai among the captives who surrendered were greatly reduced. A person's life is nothing but life and death. Murong Shaozong certainly had great military exploits and fame during his lifetime, but now he was defeated and died by drowning at the hands of Li Tai. Li Tai was still willing to salvage his body and bury him whole body, and he really did not treat Murong Shaozong badly. Zong.

If Li Tai was replaced by Murong Shaozong... Bah, there is no need to make any analogy. Anyway, if Li Tai had an unfavorable battle with the Eastern Wei Dynasty and fell into the enemy's hands, it would definitely not end well.

After the Battle of Shouyang, the results naturally spread quickly to all directions. The first person to learn of the results was naturally Hefei, not far to the south.

Li Bomu, the governor of West Yanzhou, was appointed governor of Hezhou after he conquered Hefei without any bloodshed. When he received the message from Murong Shaozong's envoy, he was naturally shocked and worried.

He had long known about the Western Wei army's invasion of Huainan from other channels, and he was still hoping that because Hefei was far away and the city was tall and strong, he might not attack Hefei, but would actively repair the city's defenses and plan to hold on to the city.

However, Murong Shaozong had a great reputation. Now he sent someone to invite him to help in the battle, and he did not dare to refuse. However, his troops were not strong. He could only recruit young men in Hefei City, and combined them with the soldiers from Xiazhou under his command, to make up 3,000 boat divisions. Prepare to go north to join the war.

But before his fleet sailed out of Shuiying Gate, another fleet came from the north and came south. First, he announced to them the news that Murong Shaozong had been defeated and died, and then there was a Western Wei general named Gao Le. Call Li Bomu to meet at the camp gate.

Li Bomu naturally knew that Gao Zhongmi, a member of the clan, was being attacked outside the camp and was shocked to hear the news that Murong Shaozong was dead in battle. Although he was extremely reluctant, he still came to meet him.

"We are old acquaintances in Hebei, unexpectedly we meet here. Is it safe for you to leave?"

Gao Le stood on the bow of the boat, looking across at Li Bomu, who was completely covered in armor with only his head and face exposed, and said hello, but his next words became less polite: "Excuse me, envoy, are you going to live or die today? My family My lord, Governor Li, has already attacked and killed Murong Shaozong, so it would be easy to capture Hefei from the south. However, because I am grateful that you are also a virtuous leader of my family, I cannot bear to let you end up with a ruined city and your body destroyed. Therefore, I want to tell you. I asked the envoy if you have any intention of repairing Zhi Ge?"

Li Bomu was stunned when he heard this. He pondered for a moment before nodding again and said: "Soldiers are very ferocious, and they harm harmony regardless of victory or defeat. I have also heard about Li's reputation for a long time when he was the governor. In the old years, we often shared his clan. Dear elders, I appreciate personnel matters. Although we are on separate sides, I don't want to fight with each other. I just don't know how Commander Li is willing to stop fighting and retreat."

"Captain Li asked me to tell you that I abandoned my country and joined him last year because I was tired of seeing the tough people in the country rising up to the throne. We and other old tribes in Hebei were humiliated. When I was young, I sent a letter of congratulations to Liuhun and drove away tigers and devoured wolves. , so that the people of the town gathered in the court hall, this was all caused by the mistakes of the old masters such as you!

Although Governor Li has created a new situation in Guanxi, he is deeply unhappy when he thinks that his relatives and friends in Hebei are being oppressed by the people in the town. Although he has gained longevity, it is inconvenient for him to stay for a long time. He will give this gift to the envoy to strengthen his reputation. I hope that the envoy will If you can live up to this sentiment, you can use my relatives and friends from famous tribes in Hebei to guard Huainan and enclose the territory. "

Gao Le followed Li Tai's instructions before leaving, looked at Li Bomu and shouted loudly: "There are many famous people in Hebei who believe in purity and are unwilling to succumb to secular affairs and management forces. Once disaster strikes, they would only imagine becoming slaves. Today If it had not been for Li Dadu to supervise the troops and come to this situation, you may not be able to survive. This statement is not an insult, so you should judge it yourself.

You may see that the soldiers in the town are tough and difficult to control, but my lord can break them like slaughtering chickens and beating dogs. The situation in Huainan is beneficial to my relatives and friends in Hebei. If there are soldiers in the town who are greedy and want to seize it, you can write a letter and report it to Yiyang. My lord will definitely attract a crowd to attack his disciples again! There is no ulterior motive for this, I just cannot bear to see my relatives and friends humiliating the military strategist. "

At first, Li Bomu thought that this might be a disaster, but he didn't expect that a good thing would happen. Although these words sounded embarrassing, if the other party was really willing to withdraw their troops and give up Shouyang, No matter how ugly the words are, he can still bear it!

"Is what Liang Bi said true? Li Dadu is supervising him. Is he really willing to stop the army and evacuate Shouyang?"

Li Bomu is not an ignorant young man. He naturally knows that only by giving can you gain something. After pondering for a while, he said: "If such a peaceful ending can be achieved, if Governor Li has any request, as long as Within my authority, I will try my best to be satisfied.”

Seeing that the other party was taking the road, Gao Le smiled again and said: "The request of Governor Li is also very simple. I hope that you can temporarily lead the troops to move to Dongguan and allow our army to station in Hefei for a short time. Within ten days, Hefei, The cities of Shouyang surrendered!"

"This, this is impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Upon hearing such a ridiculous condition, Li Bomu quickly shook his head and refused. He didn't want Xiao Fan to be so stupid, how could he agree to such a condition!

"I told my lord good words before, but it seems that you didn't listen to them at all. My lord has recently come to attack Hanzhong in the west, facing the river in the south, and Huainan in the east. He is invincible and unstoppable, making you think that you are stronger than Liu Zhongli in Nanliang. , or Murong Shaozong? These are all defeated in front of my lord.

If you really want to enter Hefei, why do you need to cheat for it? They just took some people and supplies from the city to supplement the military, and by the way formed a former alliance with the envoy. But if you don't want to believe it, it will not be Hebei's old age when it comes back one day, but a murderous knife! "

After Gao Le said this, he turned around and walked towards the cabin.

"Gao, Liangbi, wait a minute. This matter is important. Please allow me to think about it deeply."

After Li Bomu saw this, he struggled in his heart and then shouted to Gao Le again.

After hearing this, Gao Le nodded: "Our army will be here in two days. Before then, you can send an envoy to report at any time."

Two days later, Shouyang's boat division came south along the Feishui River, and Li Bomu finally decided to withdraw his troops from Dongguan temporarily instead of staying in the city to defend and fight.

After entering the city, Li Tai ordered people to check and reorganize the households in the city, and collected more than 50,000 soldiers and civilians, and promised money, silk, grain and grain. Nearly 40,000 people were willing to follow the west, and the rest were either inconvenient or inconvenient. It's hard to abandon your homeland, and Li Tai also followed it.

Hefei is worthy of being an important town in Huainan. No wonder Xiao Fan, the king of Poyang who previously guarded the area, wanted to rebel when Hou Jing did not rebel. The money and grain in the city was very rich. In addition to being distributed to the soldiers and civilians in the city for migration, there are still tens of thousands of stones of grain and grain left, nearly 100 million in money, and tens of thousands of silk fabrics. The ships coming from the south were filled to the brim, and then they started to move in great numbers. Heading north, after entering the Huaihe River, they headed west to withdraw their troops.

Li Tai did not intend to deceive Li Bomu. On the one hand, it was unrealistic to occupy the important town of Huainan for a long time with his current strength. Once the Eastern Wei Dynasty drew out its power, its long defense line was likely to suffer fatal blows. Moreover, Huainan will not be suitable for stable development for a long period of time in the future, and investment and return are completely disproportionate.

The reason why Li Bomu was forced to make this deal was, of course, to prevent the thief from getting short. The capture of the thousands of men and horses under Murong Shaozong alone was not enough to satisfy Li Tai's appetite. Shouyang was just a dilapidated empty city, and the income was equally limited. Naturally, he did not want to let go of the fat piece of Hefei.

Through this transaction, he also conveyed a belief and reached a tacit understanding to Li Bomu and the Hebei families behind him, that we are our own people. If you don't have soldiers, I will. When your eyes are beaten out, you can also ask me to help, and I will lift the lid of the Tianling cover of that nest in Jinyang!

The large group of troops slowly returned along the Huai River. Li Tai asked Yang Zhong to lead his troops to withdraw, while he led two thousand fine cavalry to take the lead. Although things have happened here in Huainan, the situation in Handong still needs to be calmed down, and we should be more prepared for Jiangling's reaction.

When Li Tai led his troops to reach Handong through the three passes of Yiyang, many local tycoons flocked to the south of the three passes to worship and welcome him.

News of the Shouyang victory had already spread throughout the Jianghan region. Murong Shaozong, as the famous Eastern Wei general who defeated Hou Jingdu and fled in embarrassment, became more famous in the original Nanliang area than in the Eastern Wei Dynasty after Hou Jing caused chaos in Jiangnan. Many times more powerful. Hou Jing is now acting like a devil in the south of the Yangtze River. How brave a man can be to subdue him?

Under this idea of ​​​​fighting beast chess, Li Tai has now become a god in one battle, and all the rich people in Suilu who were still ready to make a move have become extremely submissive. When they heard that Li Tai was going to inspect Jingling, these local tycoons streamlined their troops and formed an army of nearly ten thousand people to follow Li Tai's elite cavalry and march toward Jingling in a mighty manner. .

Jingling is adjacent to Jiangling and was originally an important town on the outskirts of Jingfu. Wang Sengbian, a confidant of King Xiangdong, served as the prefect of Jingling for a long time. Although Jingling was now occupied by the Western Wei Dynasty through the hands of Liu Zhongli, its rule was also very unstable.

When Xiao Yi, the king of eastern Hunan, learned that Liu Zhongli had been captured and that the entire eastern Han region had been captured by the Western Wei Dynasty, he was shocked. He quickly released Wang Seng to defend Jingling and began to prepare to regain Han Dong. area.

Wang Sengben has been here for a long time. After entering the town, he naturally regained control of Jingling quickly and gathered thousands of people from his old tribe. However, before he had time to march to Anlu, news of Shouyang's victory in the Western Wei Dynasty came from Huainan, and then the military order from the King of Eastern Hunan to transfer him back to defend Jiangling soon arrived.

Although he was very unwilling, Wang Sengbian's surrender to Hou Jing in Jiankang had already made King Xiangdong very dissatisfied, and he even severely questioned and tortured him. Now Wang Sengbian does not dare to disobey his wishes. They can only lead their troops back to Jingling.

When Li Tai led his troops to arrive at Jingling, the whole Jiangling was shocked. The King of Xiangdong hurriedly sent an envoy to sue for peace, willing to send protons to Guanzhong, and hoped to redeem Jingling with a large sum of money.

Li Tai also knew that it was unrealistic to swallow Jiangling at the moment, so he took advantage of its impressive reputation to ask for a huge price. Although matters such as sending protons to sue for peace were beyond the scope of the Jingzhou Governor's Office, returning Jingling was something that Li Tai could decide.

He did not intend to settle the deal at once, but took the opportunity to propose border trade. Jiangling must conduct millions of silk trades with Mianbei every year, and must give away 10,000 craftsmen from Mianbei, and also lend them to Mianbei has a collection of 20,000 volumes of various books, etc.

Of course, Li Tai was very open to these conditions, leaving a lot of room for bargaining. After all, Jiangling is the largest town between Nanliang and Jianghan, and its power is still very impressive. It really drove Xiao Laoqi to a panic, and that little one-eyed glare was also very scary.

But he didn't expect that Jiangling basically agreed to all the conditions he proposed, except that the library library would be increased from 20,000 volumes to 13,000 volumes, and Jiangling would send personnel to manage it. These collections of books.

Li Tai was quite satisfied with such a result, so he led his troops to withdraw from Jingling. Soon after, he arranged for personnel to escort Jiangling's envoy and proton Xiao Fanglue to Guanzhong, and he went straight back to Rangcheng.

Yecheng received the news that Murong Shaozong died in Shouyang earlier than Guanzhong. After Wang Sizheng, who was already under house arrest in Yedu, learned of the news, he immediately ordered his slaves to go out to sell wine and drink heavily from morning to night. I laughed first and then cried, and by the end I couldn't tell whether I was crying or laughing.

When Gaoyang, the Duke of Taiyuan, who was in power because his brother was assassinated and rushed to Jinyang under the guidance of all the nobles, heard the news, he was also greatly shocked. He couldn't help but ask around: "Destroy Murong Shaozong" Could it be that the enemy general Li Boshan was the one who invaded Jinyang?"

Seeing everyone nodding in agreement, Gao Yang couldn't help but sigh: "It's such a pity that such a talented person should belong to my family, but he found out and fell into another family's family!"

Compared with Gao Yang's regret after hearing the news, Yu Wentai was more than surprised.

Due to the recent expansion of Taifu and the commotion, Yu Wentai has been staying in Linhe Military Mansion recently. When the news that Hanzhong and Handong successively defeated Lueding came back to Huazhou, he was already amazed.

It was already at night when the news of the great victory in Huainan came. When he heard the waiter playing outside the tent, Yu Wentai stood up from the couch, grabbed the book and newspaper and read it carefully. The smile on his face suddenly filled his eyes. Ying: "Li Boshan is such a good boy, even Murong Shaozong is no match for him! This is really, really... prepare your car quickly and return to the city!"

As he spoke, he strode out of the living room, not even noticing the waiter's low reminder. When he walked to the door, the cool breeze blew in his face, and he realized that he was still shirtless and bare-chested, so he couldn't help but scream again. laugh it out.

Hou Jing, the prime minister of Nanliang, also heard the news and couldn't help but sighed: "Oh, what a missed talent! If we could have robbed this disciple to work with him when we met in Henan, I am afraid that now we will have more than just a corner of Jiangnan. I will also Unlike the Xianbei children who are narrow-minded, they will not be stingy with him in breaking up the soil and governing together!"

One big chapter, volume six ends. This volume is a key volume for the protagonist to gradually become independent, so the narrative rhythm in the second half is relatively fast. After the end of this volume, the pace and rhythm of the follow-up will be clear. I will write slowly, and I hope everyone will read it patiently. The main content of the next volume will naturally be the Battle of Gangneung. Before that, there will be some more soothing and daily content mixed in, so that everyone can better understand the protagonist's current situation in the current situation and the changes in the background of the entire situation compared to the original. Next, I just want to take a day off to go out for a walk and relax. I will update it every day for about a week. I hope my good brothers and sisters can be tolerant. Thank you all and wish you all a happy life! ! !