【The House Will Destroy 2 Liu Wei's Enemies】
Liu Wei and Hedong Li Cunxu faced off along the river. However, Liu Wei's biggest enemy was not Li Cunxu, but the ruling center of the Later Liang Dynasty.
Zhu Youzhen and his "foreign relatives gang" never trusted Liu Wei. Not only Liu Wei, but any "outsider" were untrustworthy. They may all become the second Yang Shihou.
After Liu Wei's surprise attack on Taiyuan suffered a disastrous defeat, he retreated to Shen County and could not hold on. After Zhu Youzhen's group learned the news, they immediately held a secret meeting. After research and discussion, Zhu Youzhen and the "foreign relatives gang" unanimously believed that Liu Wei had ulterior motives in favoring his own troops and playing against the invaders.
Therefore, Zhu Youzhen issued an edict to blame Liu Wei for his failure in the battle, which caused serious casualties and a serious consumption of food and wages. He ordered Liu Wei to fight to a decisive battle as soon as possible and win the battle quickly.
In the Jiahe confrontation, the situations of Liang and Jin were greatly different, and their tactical demands were also completely opposite.
The Hedong Army's combat effectiveness was off the charts, but it was fighting away from home. Although it received support from Suppression and Ding, it still had to attack thousands of miles away and the front was too long. Moreover, the alliance agreement between Hedong and Heshuo is very fragile. The vassals in Heshuo are in Qi and Chu, and are sandwiched between the two camps of Houliang and Hedong. The dragon wins over the dragon and the tiger wins over the tiger. Therefore, Hedong Li Cunxu's appeal was to achieve a quick victory and complete the victory in one battle, so as to avoid long nights and many dreams and extraneous problems.
The Houliang Army's combat effectiveness is relatively low, but it is fighting on its home field. Whether it is logistical supplies or mass base, it is beyond the reach of the Hedong Army. Houliang's tactical thinking should be to rely on a strong city defense system and sufficient logistical supplies, and wait for changes in Heshuo during the later stages. Or take advantage of the geographical advantage to open a second battlefield in the Hezhong area, putting Li Cunxu in Hedong into a dilemma of fighting on two fronts. Because the Taihang Mountains are completely within the sphere of influence of Hedong, even if two fronts rush to support, in theory, the Houliang army will be more convenient and mobile.
Neither Li Cunxu nor Liu Wei took it easy. Therefore, Li Cunxu challenged him again and again, while Liu Wei always hid in the highland spring and could not get out of the tower.
But Zhu Youzhen ordered Liu Wei to give up the idea of protracted war and take Li Cunxu's bait.
Liu Wei hurriedly reported that I had originally planned to attack Taiyuan, Huige Town, and Ding, and that Heshuo could be wiped out in less than ten days and a half. However, the sky was war-weary, and it rained continuously for more than ten days. It was unpredictable weather that led to the plan. I failed; I planned to rob Linqing's food and grass and pay homage to Cao Cao by setting fire to Wuchao. Unexpectedly, Zhou Dewei was as fast as lightning and rushed thousands of miles ahead of me. Now I have to retreat to Shen County and wait for the next good opportunity. If there is a chance to defeat the enemy, I will definitely risk my life to attack, how can I dare to live in peace?
Zhu Youzhen issued another edict, "Then what are your strategies for defeating the enemy?"
Liu Wei responded: "No."
I don’t know if Liu Wei is sincerely angry with the emperor, or if he is careless and has low emotional intelligence. In his reply, Liu Wei said that although I have not yet come up with a strategy to defeat the enemy, I dare to set a flag: You only need to give each of my soldiers With ten bushels of grain, I can guarantee victory over the enemy!
Zhu Youzhen was furious, "This boy really wants to be Yang Shihou II!"
So Zhu Youzhen issued an edict and scolded: "Why do you want so much food and grass? Do you want to kill the enemy, or do you have other motives? What do you want to do?" The eunuch who arrived with the edict was the eunuch sent by Zhu Youzhen to supervise the army. , came to supervise the battle according to the imperial decree.
A layman commanding an expert, Zhu Youzhen will lead his army and his empire into the abyss of eternal destruction!
Liu Wei was heartbroken and had no choice but to convene a meeting with his generals. Liu Wei said: "The Holy Sage now lives in the palace and does not know the situation on the front line. Instead, he only discusses military and national affairs with a bunch of equally inexperienced boys. It's all nonsense!" Now that the enemy is strong and our army is weak, once we face a tough front, what should we do if our army makes a mistake?"
Unexpectedly, all the generals under his command actually said in unison: "Rather than delaying indefinitely, it is better to fight to the death!"
Liu Wei was shocked and remained silent for a long time before sighing and saying slowly: "The meeting is dismissed."
After the generals left, Liu Wei left behind a few confidants and confided to them: "The Lord is ignorant and traitors are in power. Even the cadres in the army only know how to flatter and be submissive. The generals are proud and ignorant, and the soldiers Fatigue and fear...Hey! I really don’t know where I will die in the future!"
A few days later, Liu Wei summoned his generals again, each with a bowl of turbid river water in front of them. Liu Wei picked up a bowl and said, "Here, let's do it." He drank it all in one gulp, then swept away the generals and said, "Please——"
Everyone was puzzled. You looked at me and I looked at you. They frowned reluctantly and reluctantly put it to their lips and sipped it.
Liu Wei nodded and said earnestly: "It's hard to swallow even a bowl of water -" he stood up and pointed in the direction of the Yellow River, "How can I finish drinking the surging Yellow River?" After saying that, he walked away.
The generals were horrified and their faces turned pale.
Under pressure, Liu Wei led more than 10,000 soldiers out of the city to fight, targeting the armies in Zhenzhou and Dingzhou. Hedong general Li Cunshen led 2,000 men to support, and Li Jianji led 1,000 "silver spears to benefit the capital". With just these 3,000 men, Liu Wei's more than 10,000 men were defeated.
Liu Wei retreated to the camp and continued to hold on. His move to attack with 10,000 people seemed to be just an official business with the nature of gambling. He gave an explanation to the eunuch who was supervising the army and gave an explanation to Zhu Youzhen.
However, Zhu Youzhen continued to urge Liu Wei to continue his attack. Perhaps the "foreign relatives gang" at the core of the power of the Later Liang Empire wanted to kill people with a borrowed knife, so that both Liu Wei and Li Cunxu would suffer in a fight. Killing Li Cunxu will eliminate foreign troubles, and killing Liu Wei will eliminate internal strife.
Imperial edicts urging him to go to war came like snow flakes, and Liu Wei was under great pressure.
Li Cunxu was an old and cunning person who had a keen insight into the thoughts of the core of the highest power in the Later Liang Dynasty. After all, he had just completed the handover of the highest power of the Hedong Group and was a "experienced person". Therefore, Li Cunxu personally customized a trap for Liu Wei.
Li Cunxu ordered Li Cunxen to stay at the front line of Shenxian County, while he led his army back north. He claimed to be returning to Taiyuan Prefecture, but in fact he was going to Beizhou to work in the army.
After Liu Wei got the information, he immediately went to Shu to ask Zhu Youzhen for instructions, saying that he planned to take advantage of the situation to regain Weizhou.
Zhu Youzhen immediately agreed, "The entire country's army is in your hands. The survival of the empire depends on this battle. Come on, Oli!"
After receiving the approval, Liu Wei ordered Yang Yan, the governor of Chanzhou, to bring 10,000 people to Weizhou to join forces, and the two agreed on a time for the meeting.
Yang Yanzhi was so determined that he arrived at the south of Weizhou City alone at midnight half a day in advance. The Hedong garrison in the city sent 500 death squads to make a surprise attack out of the city. Yang Yanzhi was caught off guard. The army immediately collapsed and the soldiers fled in all directions.
Last time, the Hedong Army fought 3,000 against 10,000; this time, 500 fought against 10,000.
After dawn, Liu Wei arrived at the east of the city as agreed, only to see Yang Yanzhi gathering the remaining defeated soldiers. Only then did he learn about the situation last night. At this time, the Hedong Army ambushed and surrounded him from all directions. Liu Wei fell into a great passive situation as soon as he arrived on the battlefield.
Li Cunshen led a large force to follow from Shen County; Li Siyuan in the city also led the garrison out of the city to attack; Li Cunxu also came from Beizhou to join forces with Li Siyuan.
Liu Wei was trapped in a tight siege and had no time to deal with it. He suddenly looked up and found that Li Cunxu and Li Siyuan were side by side, leading the troops and at the forefront of the team. The two armies were so close that they were almost face to face.
In a moment of astonishment, Liu Wei subconsciously blurted out: "Oh no, Li Cunxu!" Liu Wei knew that he had fallen into a trap and was tricked by Li Cunxu, so he hurriedly ordered a retreat.
Li Cunxu led his army in hot pursuit, chasing him to the west of Guyuan City near Shen County, and finally surrounded Liu Wei again, and then launched a pincer attack.
Liu Wei was surrounded by enemies on all sides, and the two armies fought fiercely for a long time, which finally ended with Hou Liang's defeat. Liu Wei knew that the situation was over, so he led dozens of personal cavalry to break out of the encirclement, abandoning the 70,000 infantrymen behind him.
Next, these 70,000 infantrymen faced a bloody massacre. The Hedong cavalry surrounded them, charging and killing them left and right. Wherever they passed, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and corpses were everywhere. The soldiers of the Later Liang Dynasty climbed up trees to take shelter. As a result, the branches broke and fell due to the large number of people. Some soldiers panicked and jumped into the river and drowned. Seventy thousand casualties were lost.
Liu Wei took the remaining defeated generals across the river and retreated to Huazhou.
Zhu Youzhen summoned Liu Wei to Beijing to meet the emperor, but Liu Wei declined politely. Zhu Youzhen repeatedly called for help, but Liu Wei repeatedly refused for various reasons.
Liu Wei was worried that he would never return, so he simply resisted the edict and refused. After Liu Wei's army was defeated, the people south of the Yellow River were panicked. At this time, Liu Wei did not listen to the court's orders, so the morale of the army was also shaken.
In order to avoid forcing Liu Wei to rebel, Zhu Youzhen followed the trend and appointed Liu Wei as the military governor of Huazhou Xuanyi Army.
