Chapter 10 Winning the Central Plains 66th Festival of the Han Dynasty (201 AD), June. In the second half of June, Yanzhou, Chen Liu, and the general marched.

Shi Fujian, the head of the general's mansion, stood in front of the map and gave General Li Hong a detailed description of the situation on each battlefield. On the battlefield in Henan, Zhao Yun, the general of Long Xiang, was commanding the northern and southern armies to attack the Tiger Pass.

After the assault began last month, General Zhao Yun commanded the baggage battalion to build a large camp with a capacity of 50,000 men outside the south gate of Xingyang City.

This large battalion can not only store grain and grass, but also deter the rebels in the city. Xin Ping was really fooled and divided his troops to garrison Yuting to ensure a way out, which reduced the army's losses to a certain extent.

In May, after General Yan Liang seized Guangcheng Pass, Xin Ping abandoned Xingyang and stuck to the front line of Chenggao and Tiger Prison.

General Zhao Yun waved his army to advance, and the two sides fought fiercely in Chenggao. In the middle of this month, two generals of the Northern Army, Qin Yi and Chen Wei, commanded the soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion to take the lead in the city and capture Chenggao.

The rebels retreated to Tiger Prison. Now the army is fighting fiercely in the Tiger Prison, because the Tiger Prison is strong, the combat terrain is narrow, and the heavy siege equipment is difficult to function, and the attack progress is very slow.

On the battlefield of Yingchuan, two generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, led 50,000 troops to fight with the enemy's main force in the Rushui River, Father City, and Luyang area.

Wang Dang and Wu Xiong led an army of 30,000 to attack Dagu Pass. Lord Song Xian led an army of 10,000 to block the enemy army in Yuzhou on the front line of Xuchang and Yingyang.

General Xiang Cheng led an army of 10,000 troops to garrison the front line of Yangcheng and Yangzhai. After the rebels lost Guangcheng Pass, they attacked very fiercely, breaking through Niulan Leiting several times and rushing to Huoyang Mountain.

In the middle of this month, Kuai Yue changed its attack strategy, and instead concentrated its main force to attack on the front line of the Rushui River, intending to break through our army's resistance and threaten Yangzhai, so as to force Wang Dang and Wu Xiong on the front line of Guangcheng Pass and Dagu Pass to return to Yingchuan.

General Yan Liang had no advantage in terms of troops, and at the same time, he had to take into account the southern and northern lines of Yingchuan, so he could only retreat to the Rushui River and Yingshui River to block the enemy.

He is now very worried that Yuan Tan of Runan will counterattack the front line of Xuchang and Yingyang after receiving reinforcements, and he is even more worried that Liu Biao of Jingzhou will increase his troops in Yingchuan again.

"Increase troops in Suiyang." Li Hong waved his hand and interrupted Fu Gan,

The letter told the two generals Lu Bu and Gao Shun to let General Li Feng of Changyi lead 5,000 men and horses to Suiyang in a hurry. Let General Sun Luan of Rencheng lead 5,000 men and horses to Changyi to garrison. ”

"Tell General Jiang Wu and General Mustafa again, and ask them to lead their iron cavalry to the Yingchuan battlefield in a hurry."

"The book told General Peng Lie on the Suiyang front line that the attack momentum should be larger, the attack rhythm should be mastered, and Yuan Tan's main force must be dragged in the east of Yuzhou." Fu Gan nodded again and again, signaling Lord Bo Jiang Ji to immediately draft the order.

"In addition, the two generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou should not be allowed to cross the Rushui River." Li Hong said very seriously,

"Yingchuan's food is extremely important to whether the army can hold the Yingchuan battlefield, and there must not be the slightest mistake."

"General, there is something on the battlefield in Yingchuan that has always made people very confused." Wang Ling waited for Li Hong to finish the order, and immediately continued,

General Yan Liang reported that so far, Liu Bei's army has not been found on the battlefield. The Yingchuan battlefield has been fought for four months, and Liu Biao has also increased his troops twice, if Liu Bei is in Jing and Henan, it is impossible for him not to show up. Li Hong groaned slightly,

"Did he lead the army to the direction of Wuguan?"

"We have written to General Xu Rong. In his reply, he said that according to the reports of the soldiers stationed at Wuguan, the rebels stationed on the front line of Danshui had always been Xu Xuan's army, and Liu Bei's battle flag had not been found. He suspected that Liu Bei was either in Luoyang or went to Yizhou. ”

"Luoyang?" Li Hong shook his head,

"Luoyang is a dead land, Liu Bei will not go. Yizhou? He looked at the map and whispered,

"Go to Yizhou, go to Hanzhong, and attack Guanzhong from Hanzhong? Could this be big? ”

"Probably too small. There are only four plank roads connecting Hanzhong and Guanzhong, and as long as we hold the four exits in the direction of Guanzhong, the enemy will not be able to enter Guanzhong at all. Wang Ling smiled,

"Even if they get to Guanzhong, they won't be able to fight for long. Because the plank road is difficult and dangerous, it is extremely difficult to transport grain and grass, unless they capture Chang'an in a very short time and control the entire territory of Sanfu, otherwise they will soon retreat in a hurry because the grain and grass are unsustainable. ”

"There is a three-way melee between Liu Zhang, Zhao Wei, and Zhang Lu in Yizhou, if Liu Bei arrives in Yizhou, it will take time to quell the rebellion, it will take time to stabilize, and it will take time to raise grain and grass, and it will be impossible for him to threaten Guanzhong before we capture Luoyang." Fu Gan also shook his hand and said,

"Liu Bei is not from Yizhou, and his subordinates are not from Yizhou, he led the army into Yizhou, and it is very likely that he will be attacked by the people of Yizhou, and it is very difficult to survive, so I think Liu Bei will not kill himself, and it is unlikely that he will enter Yizhou."

"Let the battlefields pay attention, and report it immediately if you find Liu Bei's traces." Li Hong didn't want to continue the discussion on this issue, he waved his hand and said indifferently,

"Wherever he goes, he doesn't pose much of a threat to us." On the battlefield in Hanoi, the armies of Sima Yi and Wei Yan were still attacking Mengjin, but because it had been almost four months of fighting, the soldiers on both sides were very tired, the battle was not fierce, and there was much more time to rest than to fight.

Since the end of the spring ploughing and spring harvest in May, the people of Jizhou and the grain and grass baggage began to assemble in Hanoi. The banks of the Yellow River in Heyang and Wenxian are lined with tents, and grain and grass are piled up like mountains.

The people cut down trees and dug up stones. Craftsmen rushed day and night to make siege equipment. Sima Yi now focused his energy on hoarding supplies, waiting wholeheartedly for the main army to break through the periphery of Luoyang, and then besiege Luoyang City with a large army, people's husbands, and grain and grass.

"Don't he swear that he wants to take Mengjin and Xiaopingjin and take the lead in breaking through the periphery of Luoyang?" Li Hong said with a smile,

"What? He gave up? ”

"Zhong Da only has 20,000 people in his hands, and even if you add the sailors of Lord Fuhu, it is less than 30,000. With such a small number of men, it is too difficult to break through the pass of heavy defense at the minimum cost. Fu Gan said,

"He needs timing, and he needs luck." Then he looked at Li Hong and asked,

"What hope does the general think he has to break through the barrier?" Li Hong smiled and said nothing, obviously having little confidence in Sima Yi.

On the Kansai battlefield, 100,000 troops attacked continuously, but Hangu Pass was solid and did not move. Lu Yi and Yang Feng were so anxious that they exhausted all the siege equipment, tried all the siege methods, and even put the

The two-story wooden pavilion on the "Rooster Terrace" collapsed, but it still failed to make a breakthrough. The situation in the Western Xinjiang battlefield is becoming more and more severe.

In May, the Qiang captured the three cities of Yunwu, Jincheng and Yuzhong. So far, in addition to the two counties of Hanyang and Wudu, the rest of the counties in Xiliang have all fallen into the hands of the Qiang people.

On the battlefield in Western Xinjiang, our iron cavalry was seriously insufficient to confront the Qiang people, so we could only rely on the Xiliang infantry army to hold on to the city.

Pang De, the general of the expedition to the west, and Jia Xu, the assassin of Liangzhou, told Lord Xu Rong that if Xiliang could not get support, the Qiang people would soon be killed on the first line of Yicheng and Shangqi, and the whole territory of Western Xinjiang might be lost.

Li Hong was silent for a long time, and asked in a low voice: "What are the suggestions of Lord Taiwei Xun and Lord Xu of the Right Cavalry General on the battle situation in Western Xinjiang?" ”

"For now, we can only hold on and wait for help." Fu Gan said worriedly,

"There are more than 20,000 people in various departments of the Xiliang Army, and there are nearly 10,000 iron cavalry in the two generals Pang De and Wei Jun. Nie Xiao and Baili Yang still have nearly 10,000 Huangzhong Qiang riders in their hands, and more than 40,000 people are not a problem to stick to Yicheng. Some time ago, because our army fought in various battlefields such as Longxi and Hehuang. The forces were seriously scattered, and as a result, the whole line was defeated, and now the army has retreated to the Hanyang line, and the troops are concentrated. ”

"I think the concentration of troops is even worse." Wang Ling sighed,

"The 40,000 people in Western Xinjiang are all scattered except for the Ula iron cavalry of the two generals Pang De and Wei Jun. Han Yi, Ma Chao, Yang Qiu and other Xiliang generals are full of contradictions, and they have a deep grudge against us, and they may defect at any time. Nie Xiao and Baili Yang have left Xiliang for more than ten years, and their prestige among the Huangzhong and Caohan Qiang tribes is not great. The reason why these tribes were willing to jointly promote Nie Xiao as the leader last year was not because Nie Xiao had high prestige and great strength, but because Tang Xiao and Linghu were attacking them, and the situation was critical, and one person had to stand up and unite the forces of the tribes to fight back. Now that the Hehuang region is gone, their homeland is gone, and their former leaders, Changchang, Morope, and Xudu, have died in our hands, these people are in a desperate state of despair, and they may raise an army to rebel. The situation in the western Xinjiang is too bad. ”

"What about the grain? Can food meet the needs of western Xinjiang? Li Hong looked at Wang Ling, who was depressed, and asked calmly,

"If we can ensure the food and grass of the armies of Xiliang, they should be able to support the reinforcements into Hexi."

"The general thinks Kirby Bear will definitely go on an expedition to Hexi?" There was no confidence in Wang Ling's tone.

"If Kirby the Bear doesn't go, Fu Luohan will definitely go." Li Hong said with certainty,

"Three years ago, I asked for 3,000 households from Kirby Bear to give to Fu Luo Han, and Fu Luo Han's strength has increased greatly. Whether it is to repay me, or to get my support when the central and eastern Xianbei are annexed in the future, Fu Luohan will send troops on an expedition, so the problem of reinforcements is not big, the key is food and grass. ”

"The problem of food is troublesome." Fu Gan said,

"Although the eldest princess and the imperial court decided to temporarily stop rebuilding Chang'an City and supply the saved food to the battlefield in Western Xinjiang, it is estimated that it will last until around October. This time, we have invested too many troops in the Luoyang battlefield, and the time spent on the war is too long, and Hebei's financial endowment really cannot afford it. Li Hong frowned deeply, thought for a moment and asked, "What do General Xian Yu, General Zhang Yan and Da Sima Mansion suggest about this?" ”

"Lord Xian Yu and Lord Zhang suggested that the eldest princess should not move the Son of Heaven and the imperial court to Guanzhong this year." Fu Gan said,

"The two adults believe that the safety of Guanzhong is not guaranteed, and the second is that the Son of Heaven and the imperial court have spent a lot of money moving to Guanzhong, so it is better to postpone the migration."

"What do the eldest princesses, princesses, prime ministers, and other ministers mean?"

"We must move west to Guanzhong this year, and it has already begun." Fu Gan sighed,

"Around October, the Son of Heaven and the eldest princess will be able to move to Liyang." In the fifth year of the Han Dynasty (201 AD), July.

On the beginning of July, the general's wife Fengxue, his daughter Li Xiu, Wang Ze, Tian Yu, Xianfeng, Ying Qin and other civil and military officials crossed the Dayan Mountain with 3,000 iron horsemen and entered the central Xianbei prairie.

The Xianbei leaders such as Kirby Bear, Xiong Ba, Que Kun, Crack Wind, and Crack Rainstorm, who had already received the news, rushed to Baitan City to greet them.

On the way to Huoyunyuan, Fengxue made a detour to Jutun and took Li Xiu to worship Murong Feng and Feng Crack. In the past, the battlefield of Jutun was covered with green grass.

Except for piles of overgrown tombs, there was no trace of the battlefield in sight. The whistling mountain wind blows in their faces, the battle flags are hunting, and people's thoughts seem to return to the bloody days of the past.

It's been seventeen years. It's been seventeen years in the blink of an eye. Xiong Ba touched his gray beard, and tears of sadness gradually moistened his eyes.

The soldiers who participated in the Battle of Jutun fell on different battlefields and turned into dust, and now only Li Hong is left fighting bloodily on the battlefield.

Li Xiu was very excited, and her pretty little face was covered with beads of sweat. The whip in his hand kept dancing, and the four hooves of the horse sitting down soared into the air, galloping back and forth like lightning,

"Mother, is this how Dad returned to Dahan from here?"

"Yes." Feng Xue remembered the past and felt very emotional. If there was no big brother leopard back then, would he, Kirby Xiong, and Que Kun still be alive now?

She turned her head to look at Kirby Bear and Que Kun beside her. The two men silently looked at the mountains in the distance, their faces showing pain.

At the foot of that hill lay the bones of their father. After worshipping his father, Feng Xue took Li Xiu to a hillside.

In the middle of this hillside, there is a round stone mound with small white flowers. On its left and right, there are more than a dozen black soil graves lined up.

"This is your Grandpa Murong Feng." Fengxue pulled Xiu'er to kneel in front of the stone mound. Li Xiu suddenly quieted down and bowed respectfully.

When she was very young, her mother told her stories, and the most she told was the story of her father and Murong Feng's grandfather, and the story of Uncle Iron Wolf.

Today I finally saw Grandpa Murong Feng, the most legendary hero in the desert.

"That's your Iron Wolf Uncle." Fengxue pointed to the tomb on the left side of the stone mound and whispered,

"If it wasn't for his care, there would be no place for your father today." Li Xiu bowed again, muttering to himself.

Uncle, if you don't die, I can follow you to learn the magic of archery with a bow and three arrows.

"This is your uncle Gongsun Hu." The Cracked Wind points to the grave on the right,

"The little black axe in your father's hand is his." Standing behind Feng Xue, the priest's face changed slightly, and his right hand involuntarily reached into his arms and grasped the pitch-black axe.

Its owner used to lie here. When he was going down the mountain, Li Xiu quietly approached Sai Feng, leaned into his ear and asked, "Brother, will you give me the little black axe?" Sai Feng smiled: "What do you want the little black axe for?" ”

"Uncle Gongsun Hu said just now, give me the little black axe."

"Why didn't I hear that?"

"He whispered to me, how could you hear me?" The next day, the group arrived at White Creek Ranch. On the pasture, wild horses are roaming freely.

"Xiu'er, this is a wild horse in the Pegasus Plain, a wild horse that has not been tamed yet." Crack Wind said with a smile,

"Xiu'er, you pick one, I'll find someone to tame it, let you ride back."

"Pegasus ......" Li Xiu was surprised and delighted, and rushed in like a fly,

"Pegasus, Pegasus in Pegasus...... Uncle, I want two...... No, I want three horses......"

"Okay, three horses are three horses." The cracking wind was triumphantly about to blow two sentences, and Li Xiu shouted again,

"Uncle, I want everything, I want them all, and I can't miss a horse......" The old man of Split Wind had a dark face, and he couldn't speak with his mouth open.

Li Xiu cheered, whipped down, and rushed into the pasture.

"It's all mine, it's all mine...... "Crack Tempest was taken aback, and slapped his horse to catch up,

"Xiu'er, danger, come back soon......" Looking at Xiu'er galloping on the grassland, Kirby Bear and Que Kun suddenly remembered the past.

In that year, Li Hong killed the horse guards of the Tuoba tribe in the Baixi Ranch and burned the forage field, forcing Tuoba to give up the pursuit.

If it weren't for Li Hong's protection, Kirby Xiong, Que Kun and their families would not have been able to escape to Dayan Mountain.

"Sister, is Uncle Leopard okay?" Kirby Bear asked lightly. Feng Xue's smile gradually faded, and Cheng Yu was worried.

She didn't speak, just sighed softly.

"Sister, is Uncle Leopard still fighting in the Central Plains?" Que Kun looked sad when he saw Fengxue, and asked worriedly,

"Hasn't he won yet?"

"Nope." Fengxue smiled bitterly,

"He's in some trouble right now." Kirby Bear and Que Kun looked at each other, and their eyes suddenly became very complicated. Que Kun stared at Kirby Bear, who pretended not to see and lowered his head.

Que Kun's eyes became more and more fierce, as if he was going to eat Kirby Bear. The eyes of the two changed, Feng Xue saw it all in her eyes, she sighed again, reached out to hug Que Kun, stroked his back, and whispered: "Big Brother Leopard will not be defeated." No one in this world can beat him. Que Kun was speechless with guilt.

Feng Xue seemed to have made some decision, his expression suddenly relaxed, and he turned around and hugged Kirby Bear again,

"When I arrived in Huoyunyuan and worshiped my grandmother, I went to Xianbei in the south." Wind and Snow let go of Kirby Bear and turned and walked towards the camp tent in the distance.

Kirby Xiong and Que Kun stood side by side, silently looking at the back of the wind and snow.

"You have no conscience." Que Kun suddenly pushed Kirby Bear away,

"Seventeen years ago, who rescued us from Tuobafeng? Twelve years ago, in Sunset Plain, when Luo Luoying betrayed the marshal, who led the army to save him? What did the handsome say when he was dying? Before we are strong, Uncle Leopard cannot be allowed to fall, only Uncle Leopard can maintain the stability of the desert, but what have you done? What have you done over the years? If you continue like this, no one in the desert will worship you as a king, you are just a ruthless, unrighteous and selfish coward. Kirby Poon lowered his head and said nothing.

Que Kun waved his hand angrily and turned to leave.

"Sister......" Kirby Bear shouted with difficulty. The wind and snow stopped, but did not turn around.

"Sister, what do you want me to do for you?" Kirby Bear suddenly shouted,

"Even if it takes my life, I will not hesitate to give it to you." At the end of July, Kirby Bear gathered 10,000 iron horsemen at the fastest speed, which was the most elite iron horse in eastern and central Xianbei, including the famous 3,000 Black Eagle iron horsemen in the desert.

The horn sounded, and the army of 10,000 iron cavalry was ready to go. The eagle soars in the sky, and the new generation of eagles of the Black Eagle tribe spreads its wings and soars.

Mika, Xiongba, and Su Li, the leaders of the older generation of Xianbei, all rushed to Huoyun Yuan to see each other off. Micah was very happy, patted Kirby Bear on the shoulder and said, "When you return victoriously, Kirby Bear's name will resound throughout the desert." Dashuai read that right, after the leopard, you will become the new king of the desert. "Kirby Bear, Que Kun goodbye to the wind and snow.

"Sister, you are waiting for my news in Chang'an, and I will drive the Qiang people to the distant desert like King Zhishi Huai defeated the Huns." The fifth year of the Han Dynasty (201 AD), August.

At the beginning of August, the Qiang people on the battlefield in Western Xinjiang broke through Pingxiang City under the command of Hongri, and the two sides fought fiercely in the area of Lüyang and Xianqin.

The generals of the Xiliang Army were red-eyed and ignored Pang De's orders, and Han Yi, Ma Chao, Nie Xiao and others fought separately and retreated in defeat one after another.

In August, the Xiliang departments retreated to the Yicheng and Shangtai lines, and Guanzhong was in an emergency. In early August, Xu Rongshu, the general of the right chariot cavalry, told Lu Yi that the situation in Western Xinjiang had been out of control, the Xiliang Army was defending the front line of Yicheng, and Guanzhong was in danger, so please speed up the attack and break through the periphery of Luoyang as soon as possible, so as to send part of the army back to Guanzhong in time.

Koji was shocked, and led the army to attack day and night. After being bombarded indiscriminately by the Northern Xinjiang Army for three consecutive months,

"Rooster Song",

The two "Wangqi" stations have partially collapsed, the rebels have lost their commanding heights, and it is becoming more and more difficult to defend. In mid-August, Duan Xuan, the commander of Hangu Pass, was seriously wounded and died.

Gao Rou urgently told Yuan Shao and asked for support. Yuan Shao categorically ordered all the houses outside Luoyang City and within a radius of nearly 100 miles within the Eight Passes to be burned down.

Except for the bridges and roads that ensure that the defenders of Baguan can safely withdraw into the city, everything else will be demolished. All wells were poisoned.

Suddenly, the fire outside Luoyang City was soaring, thick smoke was billowing out, and the area of nearly 100 miles turned into a scorched earth in a few days.

Yuan Shao used this fire to show his determination to Hebei and fight to the death, even at the expense of burning the jade in Luoyang City.

In addition to being shocked, the Northern Xinjiang Army was also furious, and the attack was even more fierce. In mid-August, Han Qiong, the general of Mengjin Pass, received an urgent report from Zhao Rui that he was ready to attack the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army at night.

As early as June, Han Qiong sent someone to find out the reason why Sima Yi demolished the bridge during the day and restored it at night. In order to facilitate the attack, Sima Yi set up a camp in Yebanjin, but the opposite of Yebanjin is a mountain peak, and the terrain is very narrow, and the large camp is difficult to accommodate the army, people and materials needed for the attack, so Sima Yi let part of the army and people withdraw to the opposite bank to rest at night.

As for the reason why Sima Yi demolished the bridge during the day, it is estimated that he was worried about being attacked, so he let the rebels occupy the bridge and kill on the other side.

The other side was full of grain and grass, and it was over with a fire. Beginning in mid-July, the Yellow River flood season approached, and Sima Yi's attacks were intermittent.

If the rain and flood peaks come, it will be difficult to restore the bridge and the troops and civilians on the other side will not be able to rush to the battlefield.

Han Qiong has been patiently waiting for the opportunity. If the raid was successful, the threat to the north of Luoyang would be greatly reduced, and the defenders of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin would immediately be able to send a part of it to support Hangu Pass.

Recently, because of the continuous heavy rains in the north, the flood peaks of the Yellow River have been one after another, and the bridge has not been restored, and Sima Yi has given up the attack.

The weather happened to be good in the past two days, and the sun was shining, which was suitable for night attacks. Han Qiong urgently reported to Yuan Shao and asked for instructions on whether to launch an attack.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yuan Shao replied to the book and attacked the camp tonight. Jump to