As soon as the autumnal equinox passed, the war outside the Liangzhou Pass suddenly became tense.
Previously, the scouts from the Liang and Mang sides were scattered in the area outside the pass, and their forces were roughly equal. Although the Northern Mang Malanzi had the upper hand, due to the Longyaner Plain battle, the two elite troops who were most familiar with the terrain of the frontier army and had the most outstanding combat power at the same time The scouts, Dong Zhuo's crow fence and the general Liu Gui's black fox fence were almost completely lost. They followed the army and advanced to the horse fence south of Hutou City. Liangzhou's second-class scouts, who are very familiar with the geographical situation, still can't take advantage of it. Once the two sides encounter an unexpected contact war, the scouts outside Liangzhou Pass have been ordered not to fight without authorization, but Beimang Malanzi was ordered to take the initiative regardless of casualties. Attack, many encounters on narrow roads, even if Beimangmalanzi is inferior in strength on some battlefields, he still bravely launched an attack, even if he exchanged three for one, the rich and powerful Murong Baoding personally promised that as long as it advances to the front line Ma Lanzi, regardless of his direct descendants or other soldiers and horses, can not only win the number of heads, but also rely on his own battle losses in exchange for military exploits!
In the unreasonable and fierce offensive situation of Beimang, the Beiliang scouts never suffered heavy casualties in a single battle, but after the losses continued to accumulate, in just 20 days, the refusal of Beicheng Mansion came from the left and right cavalry. The spies learned that more than 700 people have been killed in battle!
The Liangzhou frontier army had to start gathering small groups of scouts, and at the same time shrink the width and depth of the reconnaissance line of defense, and decisively gave up the risky move that only a few scouts dared to swim in a large area and go in and out. Back then, Beiliang chose to focus on the Liuzhou battlefield and did not hesitate to tilt its forces westward. For example, Li Hanlin led all the white horse crossbowmen to move into Liuzhou, which gradually became prominent. Not to mention the rejection of Beicheng's control over the border defense line of Huaiyangguan Liuya Fuling Zhongzhong, one pass and three towns, under the situation of large-scale infiltration of Beimangmalanzi to the south, the connection with the left and right cavalry is becoming more and more Thin, this is definitely not a good sign. As the largest field force of the Beiliang Frontier Army, the Left and Right Cavalry Army is not mainly used to kill the enemy itself, but to serve as a connection between the defense line of the North City and Huaiyang Pass to prevent the Northern Mang Cavalry Army from attacking. Completely divide the battlefield outside the Liangzhou Pass, but at present, unless Murong Baoding supports his own strength and is unwilling to compromise the Donglei Jingqi and Rouran Cavalry, slow down the speed of the horseshoes heading south, and the Liangzhou scouts take the opportunity to regain the initiative, otherwise Looking at the chessboard, the forces in the middle of the two sides are facing each other, and the overall situation has been decided. During this period, Li Gongde, the only official in Northern Liangdao who was the second-rank official in Northern City, suggested that Li Hanlin should lead all the remaining white horse crossbowmen in Liuzhou back to the battlefield outside Liangzhou Pass, but they did not. He was rejected at the same time by the young vassal prince and deputy Jiedu envoy Yang Shenxing.
What is the outcome of the magnificent riding battle at Laowo Mountain in Liuzhou that is destined to go down in history? Jubei City outside the Liangzhou Pass has not yet obtained accurate information. It was placed on the desk of the small study room next to the signing room, even though he knew that the mighty King of Xinliang attached great importance to Da Chu Shuangbi, no less than his confidant and beloved general Yu Luan Dao Cao Wei who were born in Northern Liang , but the military letter written by Shi Fu himself is still straightforward, revealing the unique cruelty of fighting on the battlefield: "The monks and soldiers of the Xie Xi frontier fought with 15,000 steps in the corridor where there was no danger, nowhere to go, and no way to retreat. Forgive me for not being able to rescue the 50,000 cavalry that is blocked. The final general will only block the southward route of the remaining side cavalry of the Southern Dynasty according to the established strategy, and join hands with the 4,000 iron stupas of the Ning'emei Department to block the main force of the Pu Department of the Yellow Song Dynasty from retreating northward. Road, Xie Xizhen and the monks and soldiers of Mount Lanta are dead or alive, and I, the Qingyuan Army Town Cavalry Army, cannot help."
In fact, the real ruthlessness on the battlefield lies in the implication of the Shifu Bingwen: even if our Shifu cavalry can reach the corridor battlefield in time, as long as the Xiexi frontier infantry still has enough strength to block the southern border cavalry The main force, then the cavalry army of the Qingyuan Army Town will stop far away and choose to die instead of saving! In case the main force of the cavalry army of the Southern Dynasties gave up rushing to assist Laowo Mountain, they fled decisively northward and returned to the Southern Dynasties to redisperse into the small and large military town passes.
The young vassal king did not summon the generals to discuss the matter in the council hall, and he did not even send the military document which the stone talisman told him to "go directly to the study room" to the military room for reading and circulation. That evening, Xu Fengnian sat quietly in the study for a while, then wrote a letter to return Liangzhou General Shi Fu, the content was also concise and to the point, roughly speaking about the follow-up disposal of the corridor battlefield, Shi Fu, since you are a general of a state, naturally Doing things cheaply, you don't have to report everything to Beicheng. When the young feudal lord finally stamped the official seal of the "Northern Liang King" on a large blank space on the letter, the counselor in green shirt turned around and hurried away with the official document. The young feudal lord sat alone in the study, silent for a long time.
The night was as cool as water, but the mansion in Jubei City was still brightly lit, and the footsteps were like dense drums, which could be heard endlessly, and they had long been used to it.
Xu Fengnian was in the study room staring down at the two pictures of Laowo Mountain and Huaiyang Pass on the table. He suddenly looked up and saw Yang Shenxing, Gu Dazu and Bai Yu walking hand in hand. Their faces were extremely serious. Gu Dazu's voice was hoarse, and he said in a deep voice: "I just got the news that Murong Baoding personally led the Donglei Jingqi and Rouran Cavalry with 20,000 troops each, together with the 30,000 reinforcements from Baoping Prefecture's Jijie Wang Yong, they successively attacked the 20,000 main force of the left cavalry of Lu Dayuan. Four thousand people, Zhou Kang and Li Yanchao are too late to rescue them!"
Yang Shenxing said bitterly: "From this point of view, the 10,000 Rouran cavalry who fought against the right cavalry Li Yanchao earlier were just decoys, and the remaining 20,000 Rouran cavalry have already joined Murong Baoding's direct line of troops. They rushed to the left cavalry army. The so-called division of troops and 30,000 Rouran cavalry troops went straight to our Liangzhou right cavalry army, and Murong Baoding sat in the 20,000 infantry battalion and stood still. The infantry pretended to be Rouran's iron cavalry, and finally joined forces with Wang Yong to encircle and suppress the left cavalry."
Xu Fengnian's face was slightly pale, and he murmured in a low voice: "Twenty thousand Donglei private cavalry, twenty thousand Rouran iron cavalry, plus thirty thousand Baoping Prefecture elite cavalry, a total of seventy thousand Beimang first-class cavalry."
Just as Yang Shenxing was about to speak, Bai Yu tugged at the cuffs of the veteran of Spring and Autumn, and his eyes signaled the old man not to speak for the time being.
The young feudal lord who was sitting behind the book case slowly raised his head and asked, "How about the casualties of the barbarians in Northern Mang?"
Yang Shenxing tried his best to calm down the intense emotions in his heart, and replied: "Murong Baoding didn't invest all his troops at once. After Dong Lei's private army lost more than 9,000 people in the battle, he still didn't leave the battlefield, and then invested 20,000 Rouran cavalry in one go. Lu Dayuan... The left cavalry army fought until Wang Yong's cavalry entered the battlefield. At that time, the remaining Donglei cavalry had to stand by and watch. There were almost no Rouran cavalry on the battlefield. The Aquarius cavalry still lost more than 6,000 men. Only 800 of the Left Cavalry Army broke through the siege and returned to Jubei City. Lu Dayuan, the first deputy commander of the Zuo Cavalry Army, and the other two deputy commanders all died in battle."
In the early autumn, there was a healthy soldier of the left cavalry army, and a hundred cavalrymen raised their arms to release the eagles outside the city of Jubei, which is still vivid in my memory.
Gu Dazu suddenly said bluntly: "The left cavalry army is gone, and the right cavalry army cannot be supported alone. It has been unable to contain the situation outside the Liangzhou Pass, which is north of Shubei City and south of Chongzuka. The prince must never agree to Zhou Kang and Li Yanchao's initiative to seek war!"
Xu Fengnian nodded and said: "Immediately send an order to Zhou Kang and Li Yanchao, and the right cavalry will try their best to avoid Beimang's next main force going south!"
Bai Yu said with some helplessness: "The military order of that Jin Partridge actually arrived at Yang Jiedu's barracks. From the commander to the three deputy commanders and all the lieutenants, they all signed bloody handprints, asking for a deadly battle, and promised to wipe out at least all of them." Murong Baoding's Donglei Cavalry Army and Wang Yong's main force."
Xu Fengnian stood up, and said sternly: "Then add another sentence, clearly tell Zhou Kang and Li Yanchao that it is easy to die, if you dare to disobey the Beicheng military order, I, Xu Fengnian, will go outside the pass and screw their heads off!"
Yang Shenxing, who had never seen a young feudal lord angry in person, was terrified. Gu Dazu sighed softly, and Bai Yu was calm and smiled: "It's much easier for Old General Yang and me, the governor of Liangzhou, to reject Beicheng's reply to the right cavalry army like this. .”
The three lords who rejected the North City quickly left with their own thoughts. Wang Jijiu, who was on duty in the ceremony room, carried two pots of green ant wine and walked into the study room. Finally, looking down at the two big seals on the table, one is naturally the King of Liang who moved the world, and it was regarded as the most powerful small object in the world during the entire Liyang Yonghui period. In the past twenty years, as long as five thousand people were involved The above-mentioned deployment of troops and generals needs to be stamped with this seal. The shape of this seal is exactly the same as that of the Zhao Dynasty today. It imitates the style of the orthodox Chu Dynasty in the Central Plains in the Spring and Autumn Period. It belongs to the jade chopsticks seal. . But next to Fang Liang Wang Yin, there is still a big seal that has already withdrawn from the officialdom of Bei Liang. After the Xu family iron cavalry followed Tu Xu Xiao, who was appointed king and vassal of Bei Liang, to Bei Liang, this side was used to be called the seal of the Great General. The ancient and simple copper seals are occasionally seen in some important military documents outside the pass. With the official succession of the eldest son Xu Fengnian as the king of Beiliang, he completely left the field of vision of the frontier army. The seal of the general uses willow leaf script, copper seal and tiger button, three inches and three inches square, nine minutes thick, shaped like a tiger crouching on a dragon plate, and now the permanent generals with real power starting with the three characters Wu Zheng and Zhenping of the Liyang Army have long since switched to chiding script The silver seal, discarding the willow leaf text with a font like a knife. Qingliangshan actually has a large seal, which is mainly used for the promotion and promotion of officials in Beiliangdao. Xu Fengnian made an exception and left it to Song Dongming, the deputy economic and strategic envoy, who was allowed to affix this seal after the official document was approved, to show his "single authority" "The detached position.
After Wang Jijiu was seated, he opened two jugs of wine, leaned forward and handed a jug to the young vassal king.
The old Confucian scholar raised his head and took a sip of strong wine, shouted happily, then squinted at Xu Fengnian, "I've heard about the Zuo Cavalry Army. Some words have been accumulated in my stomach for twenty years, and I can't spit them out. You don't need to say anything, just drink and listen to me."
Xu Fengnian gently sat back in the chair and nodded.
The leader Shilin, who is well-known in the ruling and opposition circles, said slowly: "I have always had seven senses and six senses about military affairs on the battlefield, and I don't know anything about it. So apart from bringing some scholars to your Beiliang, it's a small contribution, nothing much. With my achievements, I can only stay in the backcountry and study in a remote academy. Over the years, I have secretly traveled to Beiliang many times. I met Xu Xiao a few times, and Li Yishan in Tingchao Pavilion a few times. , Xu Xiao is notoriously a stinky chess player, his chess skills are the last in the world, but his chess regret is the best in the world, so I don't like to deal with him... "
Sensing the strange expression on the young vassal's face, the old master continued to say brazenly: "Li Yishan is a rare person who is extraordinary and unconventional. It is only natural that his eyes are higher than the top, but he only regards me as a confidant."
Xu Fengnian finally couldn't bear it and said, "It's almost enough."
The old master probably choked on drinking and coughed a few times. The pot of green ant wine spilled all over his clothes. The old man patted his robe casually, "Li Yishan, who is retreating on the top floor of Tshao Pavilion, stands too high and sees too far, so It is inevitable to be lonely. The ancient sages are like this, and they cannot escape. Every time I go there to visit, although Li Yishan does not give a good face, but in fact, I know that this guy must be a little happy in his heart. Li Yishan will also tell me some heartfelt words, never talk about what is going on with the Liyang court, say less about Xu Xiao, the mastermind, and more about things in the northwest..."
At this point, the old master, who was extremely suspected of relying on the old to sell the old, paused for a while, took a big mouthful of green ant wine, stuffed it in his mouth, then suddenly raised his neck, and poured it into his stomach in an instant, his old body trembled uncontrollably, his vicissitudes It was a little rosy, and then continued: "As for the literati's strategizing and the strategy of the scholars, I don't accept Liyang Yuan Benxi, and I don't accept Nalan Youci in Southern Xinjiang, even Huanglongshi. Looking at Zhao Changling at the head of Li Yishan, hey, let alone. As for why Zhao Changling is more famous than Li Yishan in life and after death, whether Li Yishan himself is good or Xu Xiao who has a clear stomach, there are difficulties, Li Yishan Zhao Changling, who was born as a poor scholar, is the grandson of the great lord of Chu. He is almost the same as the "Jade Tree of the Song Family" in the Maolin of the Western Chu and Song Dynasties. What kind of battle did Zhao Changling choose to assist Xu Xiao when he was in Luopo? The mighty eight hundred families Servant, can you imagine? Anyway, old man, I don’t want to think about it. The more I think about it, the more I envy and envy. Xu Xiao wants to win the gentry from all over the country, and Zhao Changling is a striking banner, otherwise Xu Xiao will say, "The whole army can win." To die in battle, Mr. Zhao must live 'this kind of bastard talk?"
The old gentleman smiled, "Of course, Zhao Changling is also very capable. Xu Xiao played a lot in the middle and late stages of the war that destroyed the Six Kingdoms in the Spring and Autumn Period. Zhao Li wanted to invite him into the center of the temple to be a marquis and worship minister, but what about Li Yishan? The old emperor Zhao Li never mentioned it. In fact, every time Xu Xiao reported his military achievements, he highly praised Zhao Changling. There are many flowers, but as long as it is related to Li Yishan's plan, there is no mention of it. Prince, do you know why?"
Xu Fengnian said flatly: "I only know that those gorgeous articles are all ordered by Xu Xiao, and then written by my master."
The old man nodded, "So, the old emperor and Xu Xiao actually have a good understanding. Mr. Zhao, if the Liyang court can dig out the wall with a hoe, then Xu Xiao admits it. Crossing the line, Xu Xiao may really rebel."
Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "It's an exaggeration to start a rebellion. My master was the first to object."
The old man took a drink break, stared angrily, and said, "Give me an example, don't you understand?"
Xu Fengnian finally picked up the jug of green ant wine, which was full of wine, and took a sip, "Old man, please continue to give advice."
The old man asked suddenly: "What did I want to say at the beginning?"
Xu Fengnian put down the jug, "Speaking of which, the two of you often talk about things in the northwest."
The old man suddenly said, "Yes, yes, Li Yishan once leaked the secret to me when he was drunk, saying that if Beiliang wants to defeat Beimang in the worst case, it must first create a situation!"
The old man stopped talking, squinted his eyes and smiled, looking at the many objects on the desk from the corner of his eyes, when the old man's gaze rested on the seal of King Fang Liang, Xu Fengnian smiled and asked: "Even if I would like to give it to Mr. , Sir, dare to accept it?"
The old man's eyes shifted slightly, and he shifted to the general's bronze seal, which is only a symbol now. Xu Fengnian glared at each other, and said bluntly, "Don't think about it!"
The old man who originally planned to take advantage of the fire was full of reluctance, and muttered regretfully, "It's not common to see Liu Yewen, who has the strength of the frontier fortress."
Then the old man picked his chin, and saw the white jade seeds next to the pot of green ant wine that the young feudal lord had, his eyes lit up, this poor king of Xinliang actually left something worth a little money
Xu Fengnian put away the piece of seed material, said with a sneer, "Mr. Wang has the ability to snatch it away, otherwise don't dream like an idiot."
The old man curled his lips and snatched something from a great master of martial arts. With Wang Jijiu's martial arts qualifications, it would be useless to give the old man another thousand years of martial arts practice. There are no such young people who bully the old man.
Xu Fengnian gently held the white jade seed material, and said bluntly: "I actually guessed what Master said, the only chance for our Northern Liang iron cavalry to defeat Beimang is to first defeat the first-class frontier troops of the Northern Mang and the Southern Dynasty and the elite private troops of the grassland. If it is exhausted, Beimang can support the third battle of Liangmang even if its national strength is poor, but at that time, the hundreds of thousands of cavalry troops in Beimang, which seemed to be equally powerful, were less powerful than Liu Jinu's guarding Hutou City. Compared with the Beiman cavalry army that I am currently defending against Beicheng, the Beimang cavalry army I am facing is actually an embroidered pillow that is not useful. From Dong Zhuo’s private cavalry in the first Liangmang battle, Yang Yuanzan’s direct cavalry army in Hulukou, Liu Gui's confidant cavalry, and then the Qiang cavalry in the Second World War, the Rouran cavalry of Hong Jingyan in the past, the Donglei fine cavalry of Murong Baoding, the 20,000 cavalry of the Huangsong Puzhong Army in Liuzhou, and the Wanyan of the Longguan lord. The cavalry of the family, etc., are all listed here!"
Xu Fengnian said calmly: "For example, as long as we win the battle of Laowo Mountain in Liuzhou, not only the elite frontier army in Gusai Prefecture will be wiped out, but most of the Southern Dynasties will be wiped out by us. This is the first reckless battle. Potential advantages for Beiliang.”
The old man asked suspiciously: "You mean that there was a fatal flaw in the planning of the Beimang Peace Order?"
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, "I'm only half right."
The old man was so confused that he almost scratched his head.
Xu Fengnian thought for a while, picked up the jug, and tilted it slowly, as if he wanted to place it horizontally in front of his eyes, "So far, Beimang still has a better chance of winning, but so many people died in Beiliang, just for this The jug tilted little by little. At that time, the more powerful Beimang is, the more violent the collapse will be."
When the jug was tilted more and more and the wine was about to pour out of the spout, Xu Fengnian gently put it away and put it back on the desk.
Xu Fengnian suddenly said for no reason, "Now I'm afraid that the old lady and the Taiping Ling will be willing to break the pot, not only the Xijing, but even the half of the Southern Dynasty. I am determined to break the Jubei City."
The old man's face was pale, and he asked tentatively, "Bei Mang can't be so crazy and decisive?"
Xu Fengnian looked out the window at night, "God knows."
The old man just thought it was a casual remark of the young feudal lord, but he didn't know that the words "God knows" were just like the literal meaning.
Tuoba Bodhisattva inexplicably obtained the physique of a celestial being, and his martial arts cultivation has surpassed that of the peak Wang Xianzhi, even more so at critical moments.
Since Lian Tuoba Bodhisattva is so lucky, wouldn't the old lady of Beimang who occupies half of the world's luck be more kind
Thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king.
It is God's instruction!
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Wang Jijiu took his empty jug and left.
The young feudal lord stared again at the map of the situation outside the Liangzhou Pass spread on the desk.
At the same time, in a heavily guarded tent in Beimang, a candle as thick as a baby's arm swayed gently, and the Taiping Order stood alone in front of the table, overlooking a larger map of the situation in the four states of Beiliang, lightly He laughed and said, "Chess players in the Central Plains all say that they have golden horns and silver borders and grass belly, is that true?"