Zhu Xu's army entered Surabaya via the Huaihe River. It took one and a half days and a half to reach Xiapi. After learning that Xiapi City had been surrendered by Xu Zongwen, he immediately wrote a military report and rushed it to the commander's camp in Shouyang. The governor Xie Shi reported the victory.
As a result, Zhu Xu had just received Wang Xian, the prefect of Xiapi, when another news came. Xu Zongwen had attacked Tancheng at night and captured Tancheng that night. Zhu Xu had to write another victory report and sent it to Shouyang. Let’s praise Xu Zongwen’s excellent record of breaking two cities in three days...
It was thought that Xu Zongwen could rest in Tancheng for a few days, but Zhu Xu was not in a hurry to set off. He sent Zhu Chen to lead his troops to seize several counties under Xiapi County, waiting to recover all Xiapi County before reorganizing his army to go north to meet with Xu Zongwen. Hunting Pengcheng.
The ideas are rich and the reality is skinny.
Just when Zhu Chen was recovering the eleventh city, he received a secret letter from Xu Zongwen inviting him to attack Pengcheng. Xu Zongwen wrote down his thoughts in detail in the secret letter, hoping to get Zhu Xu's cooperation.
Of course Zhu Xu understood the importance of Pengcheng, and quickly sent people to urge Zhu Chen to rush back to Xiapi and stop entangled with the remaining seven cities. He had already written to the governor Xie Shi, and some of them were willing to come here to gain military merit.
"Why does father favor Xu Xiao?" Zhu Chen didn't understand why his father had to follow Xu Zongwen in everything.
Zhu Xu said calmly: "He is an extraordinary person. He cannot be judged by common sense, nor can he be judged by the world."
"Xu Zongwen is full of wits and has armored soldiers in his chest. He is a tiger in the forest and a dragon in the clouds. His future is limitless. It is not impossible that he will become a general like Wang Dun or a great Sima Huanwen in the future. You can only be kind to him, but not Make an enemy of it!”
Who are Wang Dun and Huan Wen?
The four major families of Wang, Yu, Huan and Xie were not only the top gentry in the Jin Dynasty, but most importantly, they were the axis gentry and successively controlled the military and political power of the Jin Dynasty. Even the emperor became their puppet and decoration, and Wang Dun and Huan Wen became He is the leader of the Wang family and the Huan family, especially Huan Wen. He almost single-handedly brought the entire Longkang Huan family to the top!
Wang Dun and his younger brother Wang Dao, one is a general with military power, and the other has won the honor of prime minister, with countless honors and favors! It was these two people who strongly supported Emperor Sima Rui of the Yuan Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River to rebuild the Jin Dynasty and continue the country. They made the Langya Wang family a dark horse, leaping from a second-class nobleman to the leader of the noble clan when the Jin Dynasty crossed south!
Who is Huan Wen?
Huan Wen, courtesy name Yuanzi, was the son of Tingwei Huan Yi. His father had befriended the gentry and was one of the eight great leaders in Jiangzuo. However, he was unfortunately killed when he was putting down Su Jun's rebellion. Huan Wen was only fifteen when Huan Yi was killed! Huan Wen inspired to kill enemies to avenge his father. When he grew up, he went to condole with Jiang Bo, the magistrate of Jing County, and killed Jiang Bo's three sons and his younger brother with his own hands. Jiang Bo was the accomplice who murdered Huan Wen's father Huan Yi. !
After Huan Wen avenged his father, his reputation became great. Everyone in Jiangzuo knew that Huan Wen was a generous man and was happy to take revenge!
Because of Huan Wen's extraordinary demeanor and handsome appearance, Emperor Ming Sima Shao recruited him as his son-in-law and married his beloved daughter Princess Nankang to Huan Wen. From then on, Huan Wen began his ups and downs life!
Huan Wen started his career in Jingzhou, destroyed Li's Han Kingdom, pacified Shu, and made three Northern Expeditions (former Qin, Yao Xiang, and former Yan). He successively recovered his old capital Luoyang and a large area of his homeland. His troops pointed directly at the Yellow River. In the last time, he attacked the former Yan because After running out of military supplies, he was defeated by Murong Chui when he retreated, with a loss of 30,000 people. After that, he stopped fighting and plotted to obtain Jiuxi, which was not a good idea.
Huan Wen had eight emperors in Ming, Cheng, Kang, Mu, Ai, Haixi, Jianwen and up to the present day. He deposed Haixi Gong and established Emperor Jianwen instead. He was so powerful that no one else could match him. He was simply the contemporary Yi Yin and Huo Guang!
Huan Wen single-handedly sent the Long Kang Huan clan to the Dangxi gentry, ranking him among the four major gentry clans. For such a hero, Zhu Xu compared Xu Zongwen, a small cavalry captain, with him. In his opinion, he was simply a rotten grass. Light competes with the sun and the moon!
Zhu Xu sent people to send Wang Xian, the prefect of Xiapi, to Jiankang. He gathered troops and grain and grass from various counties to sail north from Surabaya and marched to Pengcheng.
According to the plan with Xu Zongwen, Xu Zongwen was responsible for conquering the thirteen counties under Pengcheng. Zhu Xu's army directly surrounded Pengcheng, but did not attack it. They covered Xu Zongwen's battle, waited for the two armies to join, and then jointly attacked the city and captured Pengcheng in one go!
Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
Since the Battle of Feishui, in which the Qin army's main force of 300,000 was defeated, the collapse of the Qin state was imminent. The Jin army received an order from Jiankang to begin the Northern Expedition. The troops were divided into three groups and officially launched a full-line counterattack.
On the first route, Zhu Xu was appointed General Long Xiang, who commanded the military affairs of Xu, Yan, and Qing prefectures. Cavalry Captain Xu Zongwen was the vanguard, leading 15,000 troops to attack Xuzhou, forming the East Route Army.
The second route, led by Chariot General Xie Xuan, Longxiang General Liu Laozhi, Conqueror General Xie Yan, Jianwu General Liu Laozhi and others led 60,000 troops. They were responsible for attacking Qiaocheng and Xiangcheng, mainly recovering Yuzhou and marching towards the Yellow River. On the south bank is the middle route army.
On the third route, after Murong Chui retreated, he took Huan Chong, the governor of Jingzhou, as his commander and led an army of 100,000. He ordered the champion general Huan Shiqian to enter and occupy Fancheng, and ordered Zhenwu general Huan Shimin to attack Nanyang, spy on the old capital Luoyang, and send Shangyong The prefect Guo Bao attacked the three counties of Wei Xing, Shangyong and Xincheng. Yang Quanqi, the son of Yang Liang, the governor of Liangzhou, marched into Chenggu, fought against Pan Meng, the governor of Liangzhou of the Qin State, and recovered Sizhou and Liangzhou as the Eastern Route Army.
Yuzhou, Qiaoguo, Qiaocheng.
On November 19, Jianwu general Liu Laozhi led 3,000 troops to conquer Xiaoxian, Fuxian, and Feiting in seven days. After only three days, he captured Qiaocheng. The Jin army began to recover Qiaoguo one after another. Fifteen counties.
"General, I heard that Xu Xiao, the commander of the army under the governor's account, has now been promoted to captain of cavalry and demoted to Xiapi. What good luck!" Liu Laozhi's building owner suddenly mentioned Xu Zongwen.
"It's just by beheading Fu Rong, Duke of Yangping. Our general also personally shot Qin Wang Fu Jian. What can I say? The court didn't say anything. A mere fifth-grade Jianwu general is really stingy. Yeah!" Another building owner continued with resentment.
In the chaos of the army, thousands of arrows were fired, didn't you just hit whoever you said you would hit?
Liu Laozhi didn't care what his two men said. He stretched out his hand and waved: "Okay. Don't say any more. The governor has captured Xiangcheng. We must join forces in Yingchuan as soon as possible. Let the brothers bury the blame first. Make food, rest for two days, and then rush forward after two days!"
Liu Laozhi's goal was to regain the entire Yuzhou first, and then march to the northwest. His real main target was Luoyang, his old capital!
Just imagine, if he, Liu Laozhi, can take advantage of the victory and advance to Luoyang, and the news is spread back to Jiankang, his name, Liu Laozhi, will become a heavyweight in the history books.
You know, in the Battle of Luojian, if he hadn't personally led 5,000 men against 50,000 enemies, killed 15,000 enemies, and beheaded the enemy's general, thus opening up the situation and laying the foundation for the decisive battle of the Jin army! How could there be such a smooth victory in the Battle of Feishui?
So whether it was Zhu Xu or Xu Zongwen, he didn't take it seriously at all. What he wanted to do was to become the future controller of the entire Beifu Army, the future general of the Jin Dynasty, and the future great Sima!
"General, what should we do with the prisoners in the city?"
"Do you still need to ask the general about such a trivial matter?" The owner of the building stretched out his palm and made a neat cutting action towards his neck. He raised the corners of his mouth and said proudly: "According to the old rules, those with good physical strength can be sold to Jiangdong, the rest will be executed on the spot, no one will be spared!"
Regarding the discussions among his subordinates, Liu Laozhi neither said no nor said yes. He allowed these dirty things to develop with his tacit approval...
After the Beifu Army entered Qiaocheng, they gathered everyone together, regardless of Han or Han, regardless of gender. They killed the weak men, concentrated the young women, slaughtered all the defenders who resisted or surrendered, burned down the houses, and demolished the soldiers. They flattened the barracks and closed the city gates. They used bows, arrows and fire to massacre wantonly, which made people feel distraught and Qiao City turned into a hell on earth!
There has always been an unwritten old rule in the Jin army, a redundant rule, but also a broken rule, that is, when conquering the north and regaining their homeland, all the refugees encountered will be sold to the south to the nobles and wealthy powerful, or as slaves or maids, or He was a tenant farmer, and later he was included in the list of captured soldiers from the captured cities.
What the Jin court called "recovering the old land and saving the people" turned into an act of burning, killing and looting. I have to say that this was not only a very unpopular evil act, but also a stupid move that dug its own grave!
Liu Laozhi came from a poor family. He did not have the arrogance of a nobleman in his bones, nor did he have the stubborn scholarly spirit. He had no family power to rely on, no close friends and confidants who could guide him in life, and he did not have many... …
However, Liu Laozhi had blood in his bones, courage in his chest, and accurate judgment of the battlefield situation in his mind. In order to get a high position, to straighten his chest, he stood upright in front of those high-ranking and noble families, He can do anything!
In his eyes, the refugee gentry, the Hulu from the Northern Mansion, and the Xianbei of the Di tribe could all be turned into a pile of heads that he could send straight to the sky!
Liu Laozhi sat on his horse with his sword pressed, looking at the smoke-filled Qiao City in the distance. It was a dead city whose life was about to disappear, a barren tomb that was about to turn into a piece of red land, and a huge tomb that accommodated and imprisoned countless innocent souls. grave!
Despite this, Liu Laozhi's eyes were still unmoved. He had no compassion, let alone any need for pity or kindness. His face was as sharp as a mountain, as cold as frost, and his eyes were as dark as an abyss. There was a pair of unruffled and penetrating eyes hidden in his eyes. While the corners of his mouth were raised, he galloped away with his whip.
Far away from the beacon smoke of the isolated city, at the end of the sunset over the mountains, there is a resolute and lonely figure galloping away.
The neighing sound of the war horse can be vaguely heard, and the golden-red light falls on the black and yellow side face. When the last drop of blood slips from the corner of the double-pupiled red phoenix eye, it falls into the dust. This is destined to be the last death of a hero. Forbearance!
