Chapter 1848: Five Qin armies invade the Northern Han Dynasty
The presence of the Southern and Northern Dynasties in each dynasty was too low. If Qin Hao had not seen Nirvana in Fire, he would not have known that the prototype of the elegant Yanhou in the play was actually the Liang Dynasty tiger Wei Rui during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Through the character of Yan Hou, Qin Hao fell in love with this character after getting to know Wei Rui.
Wei Rui is the successor to Wei Xian, the Prime Minister of the Western Han Dynasty. He has been honest throughout his life, has no money left in his family, and is kind to the people and loves things. His own physical strength is not high, and he can even be said to be weak and sickly. However, he is a rare Confucian general with both intelligence and authority. And he has outstanding military exploits.
In the fourth year of Tianjian (505), Wei Rui supervised the Northern Expedition and attacked Xiaoxian City. Then he marched into Hefei, diverted fertilizer and water to the city, and defeated the Wei army.
In the fifth year of Tianjian (506), Wei Rui and Cao Jingzong led their troops to defeat the Northern Wei Dynasty in the Battle of Zhongli, and achieved "a great victory unprecedented in the Southern Dynasty since the war between the north and the south". Due to their merit, they were promoted to the title of Marquis of Yongchang, and were promoted to Shizhong, Shizhong, etc. General Chariot.
The people of the Northern Wei Dynasty were quite afraid of him and called him: Wei Hu.
Hu Sansheng, a native of the Yuan Dynasty, said: "Liang Zhi's general, Wei Rui, is just one person."
Yang Shen of the Ming Dynasty also called him the "talent of the Six Dynasties" before the Guanjing stove was completed and he did not eat first.
Such an evaluation, falling on a person's head, is no longer unimportant.
With strong ability, high moral character, and loyalty, no monarch would dislike such a minister.
After learning that Wei Rui was surrendered by Tian Feng, Qin Hao was very happy. Appointing Wei Rui to guard Hejian this time was the beginning of reusing him.
The remaining generals of Han and Zhao saw that Wei Rui had been favored by the King of Qin. While they were jealous of Wei Rui, they were also full of hope for the future. They believed that if their lord could reuse Wei Rui, who was mediocre in martial arts, he would definitely reuse them sooner.
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In the first year of Xingping (AD 194), on August 16, King Qin Hao of Qin ordered Li Jing to be the chief general, Zhang Liao and Han Xin to be deputy generals, and Guo Jia to be military adviser. He led an army of 200,000 and went south to rescue Si Jingzhou.
As soon as the 200,000-strong army moved forward and had not even left Wei County, the Qin Army in Hebei made a big move.
On August 19, just three days later, the Qin army launched an offensive against Youzhou.
With Bai Qi as the general, Qin Hao dispatched a total of five armies and launched an attack on the five counties of Daijun, Shanggu, Zhuojun, Guangyang, and Yuyang in Youzhou at the same time.
The first army, led by General Bai Qi, and the general of the fifth army, military advisor Zhang Liang, sent 60,000 troops from Hejian to attack Zhuojun and go straight to Yanjing, the imperial capital of the Northern Han Dynasty.
The second army, led by general Huo Qubing and military advisor Wei Yang, with an army of 70,000, set out from Yanmen to attack Daijun.
The third army, led by General Xue Rengui, with an army of 30,000, set out from Changshan County to attack Shanggu County.
The fourth army, led by General Huo Su Dingfang, with an army of 40,000, set out from Hejian County to attack the Yuyang Army.
The fifth army, led by General Qin Hao, with military advisors Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen, totaling 130,000 troops, was triggered by the Bohai Navy to attack Yuyang County and then diverted to attack Youbeiping County.
The Qin army's five-pronged army came out together and shocked the entire northern Xinjiang. Both the Northern Han Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty were shocked when they learned about it. They did not expect that the Qin army would come so fast and the offensive would be so fierce.
Chen State, Liaoxi County, Leyang County, originally belonged to the palace of Chen King Chen Baxian, but now it has become a temporary palace of Nurhaci.
When he learned that 200,000 Qin troops were moving south to support Sizhou, Nurhaci was relieved.
If the Qin army had not divided its forces, the 620,000-strong army stationed in Hebei would have been so powerful that it would have overwhelmed both the Northern Han and the Manchu Qing.
After the Manchu Qing occupied Chen State, even if they completely controlled Chen State's military power and the total military strength in Youzhou reached 270,000, they still had no confidence in facing the 620,000 Qin army.
If the Northern Han Dynasty is willing to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, the 270,000 Qing troops, plus 180,000 traitors, may not be able to fight a protracted war with the 620,000 Qin troops depending on the terrain of Youzhou, as long as they run out of food. At that time, the Qin army will only retreat.
But the key is that Liu Che is so stubborn that he is unwilling to ally with the Manchus.
Nurhachi thought that Liu Che's mother died at the hands of the Wuhuan people, and Wuhuan was the predecessor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he turned his anger on the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he supported Liu Che with a large amount of grain, grass and weapons for free, hoping to ease Liu Che's relationship with him. The relationship between them is to achieve the purpose of alliance with the Northern Han Dynasty as soon as possible.
Nurhaci thought that this would make Liu Che put aside his prejudices, but he did not expect that after Liu Che obtained the food and grass, he would instead want to increase troops on the eastern front, and his defense against the Manchus would become heavier than before.
Liu Che took the food and weapons from the Qing Dynasty with peace of mind, but he was still unwilling to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty. This also made the whole Qing Dynasty extremely angry.
Is this what people do if they take money and do nothing?
Because of this matter, Nurhachi no longer had any hope for Liu Che. In his opinion, Liu Che's various behaviors were obviously ready to break the pot.
He would rather take advantage of Qin Hao, who is also a Han, than himself, a foreigner, after the country's subjugation.
This conclusion made Nurhachi very angry. He had never seen such a disrespectful person. He even had the idea of sending troops to directly destroy the Northern Han Dynasty, but he was afraid that if Liu Che was really pushed into a hurry, he would directly surrender to Qin Hao. .
Nurhachi had no doubt that Liu Che would do this because there was something wrong with this man's brain.
For a long time, they were unable to form an alliance against the Northern Han Dynasty, and with the Qing Dynasty's military strength in Youzhou, they were no match for the Qin army. So Nurhachi made a plan to come to Youzhou from the three Han front lines. After all, he could not just sit back and watch the Qin Dynasty become stronger. The country occupied Youzhou.
Nurhachi's decision was opposed by Huang Taiji, Yongzheng and others. After all, if he retreated at this time, all the previous sacrifices in Hanzhou (Sanhan) would be in vain.
How could Huang Taijiyong stop what Nurhachi was determined to do?
But just as the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were about to mobilize troops from the three Koreas, news came that the Qin army had divided its troops of 200,000 and went south to support Sizhou.
At first, Nurhaci thought this was false news, thinking that Qin Hao was trying to catch him so that he and Liu Che could relax their vigilance.
But after the news came from the sticky bar that Hangu Pass had been captured, Nurhachi breathed a sigh of relief when he knew that the news was true.
The 620,000 Qin troops put so much pressure on him that he almost couldn't breathe.
Now that there are less than 200,000 troops, the Qin Army still has 420,000 troops in Jizhou. Although its military strength is still extremely strong, except for the troops guarding the place, the Qin Army can use more than 300,000 troops at most. Under the pressure of the Qing Dynasty Naturally it is not that big.
Originally, Nurhachi was planning to mobilize another 100,000 troops to Youzhou. It can be seen that the Qin army in Hebei suddenly lost 200,000 troops, so he temporarily decided to halve the troops mobilized from Sanhan and only mobilize 50,000 troops to cross Ali.
What Nurhachi didn't expect was that after his order to mobilize troops was passed on, only three days later, the Qin army sent troops to attack the Northern Han Dynasty in five directions.
This came too fast, he wasn't even ready yet!
