Times create heroes, and Yang Anxuan, Liu Yu, Tuoba Si and others responded to the situation and competed for the world; Huan Xuan, Lu Xun, Murong Chao, Yao Hong, Helian Bobo and others became stepping stones on their way to success.
The storm is turbulent, and Yang Anxuan, Liu Yu and others are surrounded by a group of heroes who follow the trend. There are also many people who want to join the storm and take advantage of the trend.
After Wang Zhen'e garrisoned the army in Ningling, he led his Qingqi to have several small battles with Liu Yu's army. Liu Yu ordered Xiang Mi to lead 3,000 light cavalry to meet the enemy. Xiang Mi was extremely brave and took the lead in charging into the battle in every battle. The light cavalry under his command were Xianbei soldiers and horses that Liu Yu had surrendered when he defeated the Yan Dynasty (Southern). They can only temporarily avoid the front and retreat to Ningling City.
After forcing the king to suppress the evil, Liu Yu sent people to plunder the wheat fields outside Suiyang City. The people at the top of the city were worried and asked to go out of the city to collect grain. Wang Zhenying sent a letter to Xu Chong, the prefect of Liang County, asking Xu Chong to appease the people in the city, saying that Duke Yong had ordered that he would replenish the people's food after the war.
Of course, Wang Zhene would not just sit back and watch Liu Yu's army grab food. He divided the Qingqi into multiple groups, centered on Ningling City, and rushed around to attack Liu Yu's team grabbing food. Xiang Mi's Qingqi ran east and west, but Yong Qi did not engage in the battle. When he saw it, he withdrew, leaving Xiang Mi's Qingqi exhausted.
Less than half a month later, more than 500 soldiers and horses sent by Liu Yu to grab grain were killed. Liu Yu was greatly annoyed and felt that there was nothing he could do.
When he first besieged Suiyang, Liu Yu deliberately did not capture Ningling. He wanted to encircle three palaces. Suiyang was surrounded by Suishui to the south and Mengcheng to the north. The army blocked the east side of Suiyang. Liu Yu wanted to force the defenders of Suiyang to go. Retreat in the direction of Ningling.
However, the defenders of Suiyang stayed in the city and waited until Wang Zhene came to help. The original strategy of surrounding three buildings failed, which made Suiyang and Ningling echo each other, making it even more difficult to retreat.
In the lobby of Mengxian County Government, Liu Yu gathered a crowd to discuss how to deal with Wang Zhene. Everyone was tortured listlessly by the elusive Yong Qi, so Xiang Mi suggested that a large army besieged Ningling City.
Xie Hui objected: "Our army has limited strength and cannot all go to attack Ningling. Moreover, although Ningling City is not as strong as Suiyang, it cannot be conquered in a short time. Wang Zhen is very resourceful. If he relies on the city to defend, he can send troops at night. A small group of light cavalry raided and harassed our army, which tired us out. When the time comes, we will attack Suiyang City in a pincer attack, and we will take advantage of it.".z.
Su Shi, the former magistrate of Yu County, surrendered to Liu Yu and was awarded the post of governor of Chenliu. Seeing Liu Yu and others frowning, he stood up and said, "Song Gong, I have a plan to defeat Ningling."
Liu Yu looked at Su Shi and said, "Shi Yan, what's your clever plan? If I can capture Ningling, I will remember you for your contribution."
Su Shi said: "Ningling is located between Suiyang and Xiangyi. Fifty miles to the west is Xiangyi (now Suixian County, Henan Province). Yu was good friends with Dong Jun and Dong Cunhu of Xiangyi. His ancestor was Dong He of the Shu Han Dynasty, and his great-grandfather Dong Hong served as Governor of Ba County."
Xie Hui said, "Could it be the Dong family from Zhijiang, Nanjun?"
"Exactly," Su Shi said, "Dong Jun's grandfather scattered branches at the Chenliu Ningling Mausoleum and built the building to gather the people to defend themselves. When Yang Anxuan was the governor of Yongzhou, in order to strengthen the control of his subordinates, he ordered all Wubao to be placed under the jurisdiction of the Guanfu, and the attached Wubao would be The people of the fort were included in the household registration and the Wubao tribe was attracted to join the army."
Liu Yu nodded and said, "I have heard about this. I heard that many Wubao resisted at that time and were annihilated by Yang Anxuan's army."
Su Shi said with a smile on his face: "My lord is absolutely right. The Dong family is also among them. However, Dong Jun saw that something was not going well and surrendered on his own initiative. He was awarded the position of Ningling County Lieutenant. Yu and Dong Jun were good friends. He is heroic and courageous. Although Dong's Wubao is under the control of the government, his people still live together in groups, with more than a thousand people."
Liu Yu was overjoyed and said, "If Shi Yan can persuade Dong Jun to surrender, it will be a great achievement."
Su Shi bowed his head and said, "Please give me a summons from my lord, and I will be able to persuade Dong Jun to offer Xiangyi. Wang Zhenye knows that there is a change in Xiangyi, so he will definitely lead his army to conquer it. By then, my lord will be able to lead his army to defeat Wang Zhenye. Capture Ningling City."...
Three days later, Xiangyi City.
Su Shi met Dong Jun and handed him Liu Yu's handwritten letter. Dong Jun saw that Liu Yu said in the letter that as long as he was willing to submit to the imperial court, he could be appointed as Chenliu Sima and General Yingyang.
"Cun Hu, the imperial army attacked Yong in five directions, and Yongzhou was in danger. Song Gong led his army eastward, and the city of Suiyang was pointing at the sun. If Suiyang fell, cities such as Ningling and Xiangyi could be destroyed with a snap of the finger. Cun Hu is a hero of the world. , I know that you have great ambitions, how can you be restrained by a mere county captain?"
Dong Jun stood up in anger,
Zhengsheng said: "Brother Shiyan said it is true. How can a man be a mere county captain? I would rather drive for the Duke of Song, kill generals and seize the flag."
After the two secretly agreed, Dong Jun went to the county government office to see the county magistrate Yan Zhi, saying that Liu Yu's army was close at hand and he was willing to return to his hometown to recruit young men to guard Xiangyi City. Yan Zhi was overjoyed and agreed immediately.
Dong Jun returned to his clan, convened the clan elders for discussion, and circulated Liu Yu's letter. Most people agreed to submit to the imperial court.
Two days later, Dong Jun recruited more than 1,300 people to return to Xiangyi County. He was very happy and went out to welcome him. Unexpectedly, after seeing Dong Jun, Dong Jun drew his sword and assassinated Yan Zhi. Standing on a high place, he loudly announced that he had been ordered by Song Gong Liu Yu to lead an army to attack Yang Anxuan.
When the officials saw the Dong family members armed with guns and knives all around, they had no choice but to serve Dong Jun as the leader and submit to Liu Yu. Dong Jun closed the city gates and sent a message to Liu Yu, asking him to send troops for reinforcements.
In Ningling City, Wang Zhene learned that Xiangyicheng County Wei Dongjun had killed the county magistrate and surrendered to Liu Yu, and quickly invited Ningling County Magistrate Tang Qing to inquire about Dong Jun's situation. From Tang Qing's mouth, we learned that Dong Jun was a local powerful man who was generous with his wealth and made friends with heroes. There were more than a thousand people in his clan.
Wang Zhene cannot sit idly by and let Dong Jun do nothing, otherwise Zhang Jun and Li Jun will appear soon. However, Liu Yuzheng waited patiently for his actions. If he was not careful, he might be defeated and killed.
After thinking hard, Wang Zhene decided to send Qingqi to Xiangyi, not to attack the city, but to the place where Dong Jun's clan lived, to kill his family members as a warning to others.
Wang Zhene is very aware that doing this will inevitably lead to criticism, but he does extraordinary things in extraordinary times. As long as his lord can see his loyalty, even the superficial dismissal from office is worth it.
After Liu Yu collected the army supplies, he would definitely launch a large-scale offensive. Ningling City was far less strong and deep than Suiyang City, so he simply abandoned Ningling and entered Suiyang City.
Liu Yu's troops outside Suiyang City were only over 20,000, and it was impossible to surround Suiyang. He led light cavalry, which could come out from the city to attack at any time, and Liu Yu was unable to guard against it.
Liu Yu learned that he had sent Qingqi to Ningling and would definitely pursue him. He might as well take advantage of the plan. If he could kill a large number of Liu Yu's soldiers and horses, it would be no problem even if he lost Ningling City. Wang Zhene stroked his beard with a smile on his face. This must be the tactic of "losing territory and gaining people" as mentioned by the Lord.
Wang Zhene invited the magistrate of Ningling County and told Tang Qing that if Ningling City could keep the rules after he left, if he couldn't keep it, he might as well surrender to Liu Yu and save the lives of the people, and the lord would not be held accountable afterwards.
After the arrangements were made, Wang Zhen'e divided the 4,000 qing cavalry into two teams, and ordered Yangwei General Qiu Liang to lead 2,000 qing cavalry to leave first at Mao Shi. At the beginning of the morning, Wang Zhen'e led the remaining 2,000 qing cavalry out of the city and headed west to Xiangyi City in a swaggering manner. .
Xiang Mi led 3,000 light cavalry and 6,000 infantry and was stationed six miles east of Ningling City. After hearing the news that Yong's army was leaving the city, he judged that Su Shi had probably persuaded Dong Jun to surrender.
During this period of time, Yong's cavalry was elusive and did not engage in battle with him. This time he went to Xiangyi City in large numbers. Xiang Miqin led his Qingqi to pursue him. At the same time, he ordered his general Yang Gong to lead his army to attack Ningling City.
Dongjiawu is twelve miles northwest of Xiangyi City. Dong Jun surrendered to Liu Yu and ordered his elders and dependent people to go to Xiangyi City to avoid revenge from Yong's army.
But it was the harvest season, so how could the people abandon the grain? There were hundreds of hectares of grain fields in the Dong clan. Although the clan members knew that the army was coming, they still refused to harvest from the fields.
Dong Jun had no choice but to send out all the people in the city to collect grain, and took his own troops and horses out of the city to be on guard. He had ordered people to escort the envoy back to Meng County, hoping that Duke Song's reinforcements would arrive as soon as possible.
At noon, Dong Jun received a report from the reconnaissance cavalry, and Yong cavalry was heading to Xiangyi. Dong Jun quickly led his army back to the city and closed the east, south and north city gates first, leaving only the west gate to allow the lagging people to enter the city.
The people were dragging trucks to carry grain at a slow pace. Dong Jun was so anxious that he ordered the city gates to be closed whenever he saw Yong Qi's figure, regardless of whether the people entered the city or not.
At noon, the city tower rose in the distance, and Yong Qi appeared four or five miles away. Dong Jun ordered the trumpets to be blown, the city gates to be closed, and the defenders to prepare.
To Dong Jun's expectation, Yong's cavalry came from the east, passed by Xiangyi City, and headed northwest. Dong Jun looked at the billowing smoke and dust, his face turned earthy. The direction Yong Qi was heading was exactly the direction of Dongjiawu.
Most of the defenders at the head of the city were young men from Dongjiawu. Many people found out that Yong was riding to Dongjiawu.
They all asked Dong Jun to go out of the city for rescue.
Dong Jun was so anxious that he jumped to his feet. The number of Yong Qi was about 2,000, and the young men under his command were no more than a thousand. Even if the whole army was dispatched, they could not resist Yong Qi. Going out to rescue Dong Jiawu was just a matter of death.
Many elders in the clan moved to the city, but most of them stayed in the dock. Yongqi came with anger, how could he have any fate. Dong Jun clenched his fists, feeling miserable in his heart. These tribesmen were afraid that they would die because of him. In this troubled world, they were so weak that they could only resign themselves to their fate.
Just as they were anxious, the garrison at the top of the city pointed at the smoke and dust rising again in the distance and said, "General, look quickly."
Dong Jun stared closely at the fluttering flag in the distance. When the light cavalry approached and saw the word "Song" on the flag, the defenders at the city couldn't help but cheer. A light cavalry galloped to the city and shouted loudly: "General Xiang is leading his army to help, where is Yong's army?"
Dong Jun was afraid that Yong's army would disguise itself and deceive the city, so he ordered Su Shi to be invited. Su Shi asked that the champion general Xiang Mi was coming, and invited Xiang Mi to meet him at the city gate. After seeing Xiang Mi, Dong Jun opened the city gate and went out with Su Shi to greet him.
Xiang Mi did not enter the city. When he learned that Yong's army was heading to Dongjiawu in the northwest, he ordered Dong Jun to be his guide and led Qingqi to continue pursuing Yongqi.
At this time, Wang Zhene and his army had arrived at Dongjiawu. The gate of the dock was closed, and there were dock guards guarding the city. There were also grain bags and carts on the road outside the dock that were too late to be transported into the dock.
Wang Zhen'e left several scouts near Xiangyi City, and soon the scouts came to report. Xiang Mi's Qingqi was already chasing him. Wang Zhen'e smiled slightly and calculated that it would take at least a quarter of an hour for the Qingqi to arrive.
Wang Zhene ordered the soldiers to dismount, let the horses rest, and directly ate the wheat ears in the fields. A quarter of an hour later, with dust rising in the distance, Yong's army mounted their horses with their light cavalry ready. Wang Zhen's evil hand raised his iron spear and laughed loudly: "In today's battle, we will advance without retreating. We will fight bravely to kill the enemy."
Dong Jun rushed to the front, anxious. If Yong Qi was allowed to rush into the Wubao, the lives of the women and children in the Wubao would be gone. He would become rich, but he didn't want his clan members to die because of it.
Xiang Mi asked someone to shout to Dong Jun to slow down. The Qingqi under his command were already tired from running all the way. He originally planned to rest outside Xiangyi City for a while, but Dong Jun was worried about Wubao and said that Wubao was only a few miles away and begged him to lead his troops to rescue. Xiang Mi was afraid of chilling Dong Jun's heart, so he followed him to rescue Dong Jiawu.
Dong Jun galloped all the way, and Qingqi had no choice but to follow closely. Xiang Mi heard the horses panting more and more quickly, and was about to give the order to slow down. Just listen to the sound of hoofbeats rolling in front, like thunder, Wang Zhen'e has already led his light cavalry to charge towards them.
