Chapter 1243: Troops Enter Jingxing

Chapter 1243: Troops Enter Jingxing

Hu Luguang had just proposed his own strategy for fighting here. Before anyone else could discuss it, he was strongly opposed by Lou Zhongda, the king of Puyang.

After everyone in the hall heard Lou Zhongda's words, their thoughts that were a little confused for a while suddenly became clear. Yes, if Hu Luguang leaves Jinyang, who can be expected to lead Jinyang's army to fight the enemy?

Therefore, everyone nodded in agreement, thinking that Hu Luguang's plan was inappropriate. In the current critical situation, it was really not appropriate to allocate troops elsewhere.

Hu Luguang did not expect that because of his excellent military ability, his strategy would not be recognized and implemented by everyone. He frowned slightly and was still thinking about how to convince everyone. The emperor Gao Yan in the palace had already spoken: "The fall of Yedu was due to the unjust entrustment and unworthy duties. What does it have to do with whether the king of Pingyuan stays or not! What's the situation in Jinyang now? The situation is also different in Yedu, how can the two things be confused!"

Duan Shao left Yenan on Gao Yan's order. If this was blamed for the fall of Yedu, then Gao Yan would undoubtedly also bear a lot of responsibility. Moreover, Lou Zhongda and his supporters believed that Hu Luguang could hope to defend Jinyang only if he stayed in Jinyang and commanded the division and brigade. This also made Gao Yan somewhat unsatisfied, so he reprimanded him a little.

Hu Luguang did not have a deep understanding of the emperor's thoughts, but the emperor's support for him in his words gave him great encouragement, so he looked at the crowd and continued: "Jinyang is currently trapped on all sides, especially The fall of Hebei made the situation here even more difficult. Once the Wei army gathered to merge with the state, even if the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Jinyang City could defend it for a while, it would be impossible to maintain Jinyang for a long time. Only with a breakout plan can we have a glimmer of hope..."

The fall of Hebei not only caused the Northern Qi Dynasty to lose this important source of money and food, but also allowed the Western Wei Dynasty to gain a large frontline base. Therefore, when the armies of the Western Wei Dynasty enter the Bingzhou area, it is really unpredictable how long this war will last.

Although there are hundreds of thousands of troops in Jinyang, the consumption required is also very staggering. Moreover, most of the land around Jinyang is occupied by nobles, and some cultivated land has long been converted into pasture. Even if agricultural production can be carried out normally, the output is not enough to support such a large population.

Of course, this is from the perspective of a relatively long-term confrontation. Jinyang, which has been captured from Hebei, will inevitably be difficult to maintain for a long time. As far as the current war is concerned, Northern Qi has completely fallen into passivity. Once the war is dragged into the opponent's rhythm, the situation will only get worse and worse.

Hu Luguang continued to say sincerely: "Everyone can't predict the changes in Hebei. If Li Boshan really wanted to be in Hebei, he would never have sent a large army to attack Heshuo at the same time. The two roads are separated by thousands of miles, and any changes in the process will be difficult. Xiang asked, with the strength of the Wei State, there was really no need to carry out this dangerous strategy. The original plan should be to invade Shangdang, and then the north and south would attack and merge with the state.

The Wei army outside the Great Wall is now difficult to contain, but its movements are also difficult for Li Boshan to know. Li Boshan marched eastward with his troops. Although he stole Hebei, the front line of Pingyang would definitely be empty. Now that I am sending troops to disturb their retreat, the Fen Valley front line will inevitably be in turmoil. Li Boshan will also be surprised and wonder why I still have enough strength to dare to pry in easily. But if you can do this, you can reverse your passivity..."

The war has reached this stage, and Hu Luguang also knows that the disadvantage of Northern Qi can no longer be reversed with a surprise attack. He just hopes to open up a hole for the enemy to besiege Jinyang, so that the Qi army can gain more Make multiple tactical choices, and then gradually reverse the disadvantage through local battles.

When he went south to Jiexiu, he had already noticed that the Jihu tribe was mainly active in this direction, while the activities of the Wei army's regular army became very rare. This means that the Wei army in Pingyang must have been drawn and deployed to Hebei. This is a very rare free period. It may be the only opportunity for the Qi army to reverse the situation in this war.

Because he had the experience of being ambushed in a sneak attack before, Hu Luguang was more cautious this time and did not make an immediate decision. Instead, he returned to Jinyang and after considering various situations and ideas, he still felt that this was an extremely rare opportunity. , so I brought it up.

After listening to Hu Luguang's statement, Qi Zhu Gaoyan's face gradually showed recognition. If he had a choice, he would of course hope to take the initiative to reverse the current situation where he was trapped everywhere. The feeling of being surrounded and attacked from all sides and waiting to be killed was really a great torture.

However, Lou Zhongda and others still refused to agree with Hu Luguang's strategy: "This is just the personal opinion of King Xianyang. How can we ensure that this is not the enemy's strategy to induce our country to divide its forces and weaken Jinyang's armor strength? Once the south attacks, After being blocked, Jinyang was besieged by heavy troops. The risk was so great that the King of Xianyang could not bear it alone. "

These words are more or less unreasonable. The situation in war is always changing rapidly, and the emergence of fighter planes must be captured and controlled by the general. If everyone can firmly understand the facts, it cannot be said to be a fighter plane. For example, everyone now knows that Li Boshan has entered Yedu, and that as long as Yedu is recovered and Li Boshan is killed, the war can be won. This is talking nonsense rather than discussing war strategies.

And some people have also risen to the level of personal attacks: "In the old years, King Xianyang rushed from Heluo to Hedong. He was defeated by the enemy because he misjudged the enemy's situation. Now he has made this dangerous plan again. If he miscalculates, more than one person will be harmed. , even the fate of the country may be ruined by this plan!"

Wang Weican of Changle, who had lost Pingyang to the Wei army before and was later exchanged for peace, even said coldly: "In the old years, I guarded Pingyang in Jinzhou, and most of the country's first-level troops were sent to Heluo to prepare for the war. Pingyang was also empty and unbearable. However, when When the Wei army attacked, I was able to hold on to the city for a long time, but it was only when my armor was exhausted that I had no choice but to be captured by thieves. Is it true that Pingyang is empty now, as the King of Xianyang calls it, even more empty than it was then? What if the war is also at a stalemate? But the army broke through the Great Wall again, how can the King of Xianyang serve the country? "

Wei Can's voice somewhat interrupted the rhythm of denouncing Hu Luguang's plan in the palace. After all, everyone just didn't want Hu Luguang to separate his troops when the Wei army invaded in large numbers, instead of everyone being like Wei Can. So shameless, say black as white.

The war that year was indeed a miscalculation, but the problem was that there were still more than 20,000 defenders in Pingyang at that time, so it cannot be said to be empty in any case. Although Wei Can and the others held on for a period of time, they were too conservative and did not have the effect of blocking the enemy. The Wei army still directly marched into Queshu Valley and Qinyuan and other places.

Usually when Wei Can and others launched a surprise attack in Pingyang, the Wei army would not advance so rapidly. Now this guy is using his own battle examples to deny Hu Luguang's strategy, which is a bit of a humiliation for himself. To be honest, if the Wei army left behind in Pingyang was someone like Wei Can, Hu Luguang's strategy would have a lot of room for execution.

But for someone like Yu Can, it is a bit difficult to expect him to achieve something, but if he is asked to ruin something, there are all kinds of strange ways.

When he saw that the expressions of everyone in the palace became a little strange, he felt a little embarrassed in his heart. Dangjuan looked directly at Hu Luguang and said in a deep voice: "The current national crisis is critical, and the Supreme Lord must stick to the city to unite the people. In order to tide over the difficulties together, King Xianyang insists on leading his troops to travel abroad. What is his intention? "

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the palace suddenly darkened, and everyone's expressions became more and more weird. Even Emperor Gao Yan frowned. Although he relaxed it soon, his eyes looking at Hu Luguang also increased. It has an inexplicable taste.

No matter how politically obtuse Hu Luguang was, he could still feel how serious the accusation was against Yu Can's words, so his face suddenly darkened, and he immediately stood up and pointed at Wei Can and shouted angrily: "Is that so?" As King Changle sees it, what should be my intention in entering into this plan?"

Wei Can just said a few words of yin and yang, but when he saw that Hu Luguang was really irritated by him, and everyone else around him turned away, he was a little embarrassed for a moment, lowering his head to avoid Hu Luguang's angry look. He looked at her and didn't dare to make any more malicious moves.

"The King of Xianyang is so loyal, who dares to call him a hypocrite? Although King Changle is worried about national affairs, he should not make a mistake in haste! At this critical moment, everyone should work together, and must not fight with each other and lose peace from within! King Changle quickly asks for help King Xianyang apologizes!"

Gao Yan saw Hu Luguang's expression getting more and more annoyed, so he also spoke, not wanting the ministers to continue to quarrel and become discordant.

Although Wei Can was a little reluctant, the emperor had already spoken, and he was indeed a little worried about Hu Luguang, so he stood up and bowed to Hu Luguang to apologize.

After seeing this, Hu Luguang just snorted coldly and ignored Wei Can. He just apologized to the emperor for his gaffe, and then sat back at his table. As for what he proposed before, there is no further explanation.

At present, the monarchs and ministers here in Jinyang have no active response strategies. They are just passively waiting for the further development of the situation.

Compared with Jinyang's failure to respond, the Wei army in Hebei was much more aggressive.

Li Tai didn't know that jungler Wang Hu Luguang wanted to lead his army south to Queshu Valley to attack Pingyang. If he knew, he would have to be nervous. After all, the front line of Pingyang is indeed somewhat empty at the moment.

Gao Zhan suddenly abandoned the city and the Wei army's eastward advance was too smooth, causing the entire Western Wei military arrangement and connection to be somewhat out of touch. For example, Li Mu's troops have not yet broken through the front line of Pingdu City, which makes it difficult for Wei army scouts to penetrate deep into the Taiyuan Basin. Li Tai cannot directly obtain the specific dynamics of Yang Zhong's troops.

Although the military itinerary of Yang Zhong's men had been integrated into a plan long before the expedition, the thousands of miles from Hetao to Jinyang inevitably led to some surprises and variables. The plan before the expedition was only It can be used as a reference. If we must strictly follow this military period, who can say for sure whether there will be a Dazexiang uprising?

Therefore, Hu Luguang's ability to perceive and discern opportunities is not weak. Even when he was completely passive, he could still notice the disconnection between the Wei army. If he really led his army to fight out of Queshu Valley, he would indeed be able to It brought considerable disturbance to the Wei army.

Although the Western Wei Dynasty did not go out with the whole country this time, Guanzhong, Hedong and other places still retained a lot of garrison forces, but it took a certain amount of time to gather these forces. Moreover, once Hu Luguang unexpectedly leads his army to rush down, it will also cause certain damage to the Fenqu area.

Of course, if Northern Qi wanted to achieve any significant change through this, it would be impossible. After all, the current confrontation between the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty is no longer the time when they were racing to enclose territory and divide their respective spheres of influence.

Even with the powerful administrative capabilities and various timely strategies of the Western Wei Dynasty, it would still take several years to annex and digest the previously developed territories. Even if Hu Luguang could cause some damage through looting and looting, it would be difficult to shake the foundation of the Western Wei Dynasty's rule.

Huoluguang is a typical town person. He has outstanding military ability, but his understanding of politics and order is seriously insufficient. It may be a bit harsh to say that he is brave but not wise, but he is indeed not very wise. He has made a lot of contributions to Northern Qi, but if the survival of the country depends on his life and death, it is purely a PUA-style political propaganda against the former territory of Northern Qi since the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Of course, due to the more obvious strategic advantages and more active strategic suppression of the Western Wei Dynasty, not only Huoluguang, but also Duan Shao's so-called Dinghaishenzhen-like contributions to Northern Qi have been greatly discounted.

At this time and space, Guanzhong has neither Yuwen Hu, an experienced baby, to brush merits for Northern Qi, and the series of internal and external strategies implemented by Li Tai far exceed those of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The Northern Qi regime, which was originally built like building blocks and lacked full internal integration, will inevitably fall apart under more fierce oppression.

The main reason why Northern Qi became a regime was naturally the armed group controlled by the nobles of Jinyang. Now the armed forces of Jinyang are suppressed around Jinyang and difficult to release. The Wei army has occupied Yecheng, and the political forces and various demands that were suppressed in Northern Qi before are naturally gradually released.

Because it is uncertain how far Yang Zhong's troops have progressed, Li Tai did not rashly lead his troops northward, so as not to give the enemy a chance to defeat them separately, so for some time before, he was strengthening the sweep and control of Hebei.

Because Duan Shao's Qi army retreated to Jingxing halfway, a major battle between the two sides was not fought, and Gao Le's troops returned to Jizhou again. After Gao Lin led his troops to support, Xindu City was finally broken after being trapped for ten days, allowing the Wei army to further control Hebei.

The other divisions also gained something. Although there are still local tyrants in Hebei, such as the Feng family of Bohai, who have gathered their troops to arm themselves and defend their hometowns to wait and see the situation, they are a minority after all. Most of the tyrants in Hebei, even if they are not willing to directly submit to the Wei army for the time being, are just dormant in their hometowns and dare not jump out to fight against the Wei army.

Of course, more people choose to go with the flow and surrender to the Western Wei. For example, the counties around Yecheng, such as Yangping, Xiangguo, and Qinghe, have already accepted the jurisdiction and rule of the Western Wei. Even Boling and Zhaojun, where the Wei army has not yet arrived, have sent surrender letters.

The surrender of these areas is not just a simple expression of attitude, but also a contribution of money, food, people and goods. Many places transported food and grass to Yecheng, which greatly supplemented the military supplies of the Wei army. Many Hebei people also joined the army and prepared to fight with the Wei army.

Hebei is indeed a place where people gather. During the period when Li Tai arrived in Yecheng, apart from the people and resources seized in the city, nearly 30,000 Hebei children were gathered in the subsequent unified call for the counties of Hebei.

Some of these children were county soldiers who were originally similar to the armed forces of the village militia, some were powerful troops, and some were single-minded wanderers who suffered persecution under the rule of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Under the original military system of the Northern Qi Dynasty, these armed forces were at the bottom of the Northern Qi military and could not enjoy the distribution of various resources at all. So now that they have a better choice, they all choose to join the Wei army to completely overthrow the rule of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Li Tai naturally knew that there were a lot of greedy and chaotic speculators among them, but he did not prohibit the joining of these armed forces.

Because once they were refused to join and were not included in a whole for unified control, these armed forces would remain in the counties and villages, and plunder and persecute at will. Ordinary people in Hebei Province could not distinguish between these people and the Wei army, and would attribute all the suffering brought by the war to the invasion of the Wei army, which would sow the seeds of hatred.

Of course, accepting these people is not meaningless. Although these people are still lacking in organization and have a bit of a mob mentality, they have finally created an atmosphere of strength in numbers. Some of their uncontrolled actions can also well conceal the true trajectory of the Wei army.

As the Wei army continued to expand its activities in the entire Hebei region, the Qi army in Jingxing did not react much, which made Li Tai more and more certain that Yang Zhong's troops should have caused great pressure on Jinyang.

In order to prevent the northern army from fighting alone and to finally meet under the city of Jinyang, Li Tai arranged for the Yecheng army to advance northward. The first to go out were the Hebei troops from all sides. They went northward, and the elite troops of the Wei army were hidden among them.

The Qi army held on to Jingxing, not only to defend the east gate of Jinyang, but also to suppress the Hebei region. From Yecheng to the north, the road is flat, and if the Wei army advances forward without any cover, it is very likely to be attacked and blocked by the Qi army from a high position.

However, now with the cover of the Hebei army, it is difficult for the Qi army to grasp the dynamics of the main force of the Wei army. In this way, the vanguard division can establish a forward base under the eyes of the Qi army, so that the main division of Yecheng can advance to the vicinity of Jingxing and engage in a large-scale battle with the enemy.