Chapter 1188: Gathering troops in Yedu

Chapter 1188: Gathering troops in Yedu

When Dugu Yongye in Jinyong City was already planning to abandon the city, the situation in Heyang was also not optimistic.

"The Wei army has not evacuated yet?"

Yao Nanzong, the Qi general stationed in Heyang, came to the south city of Heyang with only a few followers. Looking at the Wei army scouts cruising back and forth outside the city, his face became more and more ugly, and then he said in a deep voice: "Go and ask, has the Wei army responded?"

After hearing this, the garrison commander of the south city of Heyang replied in a deep voice: "The Wei general only said that Heyang will be blocked from now on, and no one or anything will be allowed to go south. Anyone who goes south from the city will be sniped, but fortunately, the Wei army has not yet attacked."

After hearing this, Yao Nanzong's eyes flashed, fortunately? The confrontation and fighting between the East and the West have lasted for many years. When the Wei army did not take the initiative to attack, the Qi army would be secretly thankful?

However, it is obviously not the point to care about these things at the moment. The important thing is that the Wei army suddenly made such a change. How should their Northern Qi army respond? Should he continue to be conservative and compromise, or should he launch a counterattack and continue the fierce battle?

Although Yao Nanzong is now the governor of Heyang, he is obviously not qualified to make such a major decision. The delegation sent by the emperor is still negotiating peace in Hongnong, and the current military strength of Heyang does not support him to make a decision without the consent of his superiors.

Even breaking through the blockade of the Wei army and sending scouts to Jinyong City to deliver messages, Yao Nanzong did not dare to make a private decision. Because he did not know whether this was a deliberate move by the Wei army to suspend the peace talks and continue the next round of war, in order to force their Qi army to take action first, so that they can continue to launch an offensive against Northern Qi on the grounds of self-defense counterattack.

If there were 100,000 soldiers gathered in Heyang City at present, Yao Nanzong would certainly not have to consider these. Instead, he would find ways to break the current stalemate between the two sides and take the initiative to attack the Wei army.

But now the total number of troops stationed in the three cities of Heyang is less than 20,000, and most of Huaizhou in the north has fallen, and there is only one isolated city, Jinyong City, in the Heluo area in the south. In the current situation, the garrison in Heyang is not enough. Especially now, the primary task of the garrison in Heyang is to guard the river bridge, an important passage connecting the north and the south. If they attack casually and are overwhelmed by the thieves, it will be too late to regret.

Although he knew that the situation in Jinyong was not good, Yao Nanzong did not dare to order to break through the blockade of the Wei army and contact them without authorization. He could only report the situation to Yedu in a hurry, hoping that Yedu would give instructions as soon as possible.

When the Wei army launched the second wave of offensive, the situation in Yedu was indeed very critical. On the one hand, the Wei army directly attacked from Jianzhou to the south and invaded Henei. The battle line was closer than ever to Ye City. There were even rumors that the Wei army had rushed to the outskirts of Ye City and would soon attack the city, causing panic among the people in the city.

On the other hand, due to the change of supreme power in Northern Qi, the situation had not yet returned to stability, especially since the original Ye City garrison forces were all taken to Jinyang by the new emperor Gao Yan, making the remaining forces in Ye City very weak. Even Gao Zhan, the Prince of Changguang who was in charge of Ye City, wanted to give up and run away when he heard that the Wei army had launched another attack. Others must have been even more panicked.

However, with the development of the situation, especially after the two sides successfully launched peace talks, the human relations in Ye City gradually returned to stability. The Qi envoys sent to Hongnong for negotiations were all representatives of Hebei people and the best of the time. The various preferential treatments they received in Hongnong would naturally be fed back to Yedu, which greatly comforted the people of Yedu.

After the two sides agreed to stop their military operations, the people of Yedu became more and more stable. The vast majority of the people are looking forward to a peaceful and stable life, and only a very small number of people are greedy and happy to speculate. Therefore, as long as there is even a small possibility, most people are willing to maintain a stable life and are unwilling to be in a turbulent environment.

But there are also people who are prepared for danger in times of peace. They did not think that the crisis has been far away because of the temporary truce between the two sides, and they can rest assured from then on. They are still actively reorganizing their armed forces to prepare for the next offensive and defensive wars. Among them, the most important person is Hulugu, the King of Xianyang.

Before the coup was not completely over and the Wei army launched an offensive again, Hulugu led 5,000 armored soldiers to immediately return to Yedu for assistance under the order of Gao Yan.

However, under the aggressive offensive of the Wei army at that time, the 5,000 troops led by Hulugu were just a drop in the bucket compared to the overall bad situation, and they didn't even know which battlefield to deploy to turn the situation around. In the end, at the strong request of Changguang Wang Gao Zhan, Hulugu and the 5,000 divisions stayed in Yedu.

Hulugu knew that with the current garrison force in Duji, if the Wei army really wanted to launch a large-scale attack on Yedu, it might not be able to defend it. And once Duji was lost, the whole of Hebei would probably not belong to Northern Qi.

Although in the eyes of these Jinyang nobles, Jinyang was the foundation of the country, but Hebei, a large warehouse of money and grain, was also very important. Therefore, Hulugu had always proposed to concentrate the local armed forces of Hebei prefectures and counties in Yedu to deal with subsequent wars.

Gao Zhan was naturally happy about this. The war situation was urgent and the situation in Yedu was not stable enough. In addition, since the emperor did not come to Yedu, Gao Zhan was the real boss of Yedu. Of course, he also hoped to use this opportunity to concentrate all the money and food people in Hebei in Yedu and bring them under his control.

Perhaps because Li Boshan of the Western Wei Dynasty was born in the Li family of Longxi, the Hebei aristocratic family did not have much demonized knowledge of the Western Wei Dynasty. However, the influence of the Li family in Longxi is far from being able to spread to the counties and villages of Hebei. Therefore, the powerful people in Hebei are generally worried that the Western Wei Dynasty's large-scale eastward invasion may destroy the current interest structure that has been stable for a long time within the Northern Qi Dynasty. Therefore, they are also Actively responded to the call and led his troops to aid the capital.

After all, no matter how divided the upper echelons of Northern Qi's ethnic policy were, its rule would still be rooted in the social structure of prefectures, counties and villages. The powerful people in the countryside were still the beneficiaries and supporters of this ruling model. They were not simply Xianbei people serving as soldiers. , Han farming can be covered.

Therefore, in the past period of time, local armed forces have gradually gathered in Yedu, bringing the garrison strength of Yedu to more than 50,000, and the number has become quite considerable.

But no matter what the situation is, when there are more people, there will be more disputes and the problems will become more complicated. Although the previous Yedu was relatively weak, his voice was not mixed. But now, with the increasing number of forces gathered in Yedu, people from all parties also hope to make voices representing their own interests. When there are more voices, the situation will naturally become chaotic.

Of course, any turmoil in the country at the moment is a minor matter. The most important thing is to work together and deal with the outside world. Especially after the ultimatum issued by the Western Wei Dynasty regarding the Heluo area reached Yedu, the situation that had eased suddenly became tense again. Many people secretly speculated whether this meant that the peace talks had broken down, and the Western Wei Dynasty was now Invading Heluo, the next step is to march into Yedu?

Leaving aside the opinions and rumors of the people on this matter, what the upper echelons of Yedu and the dignitaries with real decision-making power think about this and what decisions they make really determine the next direction of the situation.

After being ordered to return to Yedu, Hu Luguang stayed in the military camp outside the city most of the time, sleeping and resting with the other soldiers. He only occasionally needed to go to the court to attend important meetings, or to report important family affairs to be handled by his family. He will return to the city, which can be said to be fulfilling his duties.

Shortly after Hu Luguang returned to the big tent after his patrol today, family members from the city came to the camp to announce that a distinguished guest had come to visit. He was Gao Yuanhai, a member of King Changguang's family.

After hearing this, Hu Luguang pondered for a moment, then took off his armor and put on a pair of period clothes, and led a group of personal guards to leave the military camp and return to his residence in the city.

"If you don't tell me about your visit, please forgive me, General, for disturbing me."

Gao Yuanhai, who had been waiting in the front hall of the mansion for a long time, raised his hands and said with a smile after seeing Hu Luguang.

Hu Luguang waved his hand to indicate to Gao Yuanhai that there was no need to be polite, and then they returned to the hall and sat down together, and then asked: "Gao Sanqi is here today, what do you want to teach me?"

After hearing this, Gao Yuanhai replied without asking: "General, have you heard about the latest changes in Heluo recently? The Qiang people are becoming more and more arrogant and want to completely invade our land of Heluo and drive our country away!"

Of course, it is impossible for Hu Luguang not to know about such an important matter. In fact, he was also worrying about it and thinking about countermeasures. However, the province still did not convene ministers to discuss the matter, so he had no chance to express his opinions. Opinion, when he heard Gao Yuanhai ask this question, he was impatient to listen to the other party's continued pretense, and asked directly: "Has the Prime Minister already had a plan to deal with this, and ordered Gao Sanqi to come and convey it?"

After hearing this, Gao Yuanhai shook his head, and then sighed: "The peace talks between the two sides have not ended yet, and the envoy is still stranded in the Wei Kingdom. It is difficult to decide whether to fight or make peace. It's just that the Prime Minister heard that the Qiang people are so unruly. After the deed, I felt really angry because of my humble position. What do you think of this, General?"

After hearing this, Hu Luguang raised his eyebrows. Among the nobles of Jinyang, he was always aggressive, and he was somewhat unwilling to negotiate peace with the Western Wei Dynasty. However, due to the situation and the overall situation, he decided to That's why I didn't express any objections. As for the increasingly aggressive attitude of the Western Wei Dynasty, he was very angry and wanted to retaliate.

But when the words came to his mouth, his thoughts whirled again, and he said in a deep voice: "The Prime Minister has not dared to comment on this, and I dare not talk about state affairs arbitrarily. I can only abide by my duty and be on the side of brotherhood." Just on standby!”