When Murong Bao was pulled out from the pile of corpses, his face was covered in blood and he was helpless. When he was brought to Xu Zongwen, his hair was messy and his clothes were disheveled, looking like an unkempt disaster victim.
"Please spare my life, General, please spare your life!" Murong Bao cried and knelt on the ground, kowtowing to Xu Zongwen who was standing on the horse.
Xu Zongwen pointed his whip at Murong Bao and laughed loudly: "Have you all seen it? This is the son of King Yan, the general of the Yan Kingdom!"
Zhang San and Zhang Si were shouting at the side: "This is my general Xiaoqi. General, why don't you come over and see my general?"
When Murong Bao heard the name of General Xiaoqi, he immediately stood up and came closer, saluting hastily.
There was only one Qiaoqi general in the Jin Dynasty, and that was Xu Xiao and Xu Zongwen, who are now famous all over the world!
No wonder, no wonder.
Only this Cavalry General dared to attack Xingyang City. It seemed that if he fell into his hands today, he would definitely die!
Murong Bao closed his eyes and his feet were trembling, waiting for Xu Zongwen to order him to be executed, but there was no movement for a long time. When he opened his eyes, Xu Zongwen was staring at him with his sharp and bright eyes!
"Take this great general of the Yan State away. Don't treat him badly. He is a prince, so precious!" Xu Zongwen turned around on his horse and left Juechen.
Murong Bao stayed on the spot and didn't have to die?
Zhang San directed people to mount Murong Bao on his horse and carry him to Xingyang City.
Xu Zongwen's 5,000 men and horses were all stationed in Xingyang, and the letter inviting the cavalry general Xie Xuan to station had been sent out long ago.
After receiving news of Liu Laozhi's defeat, Xie Xuan immediately led 30,000 Beifu elite soldiers from Dingtao to besiege Lihu Fortress. Within three days, Lihu Fortress was breached and the defender died in battle. Liu Yan suddenly appeared in the chaos of the war. Disappeared, gone without a trace...
After receiving the letter from Xu Zongwen that he had conquered Xingyang, Xie Xuan immediately ordered the army to leave the fox along the Pu River and pass through Jujube, and proceed westward from the waterway to the direction of Xingyang. No one at the Qin State City Pass dared to stop them!
"Order the sailors to speed up. If you still can't reach Xingyang before the sun sets tomorrow, let me engage in military law!"
"No, General."
Xie Xuan's heroic spirit, looking at the rolling water of the Yellow River, is impressive.
Since the Northern Expedition, Xie Xuan's troops have suffered many setbacks. First, Liu Laozhi's troops were defeated by Maodang's Guanzhong Army in the Battle of Chenxian County, and then in the battles of Yongqiu and Suiyang. In addition, Liu Laozhi's recent defeat in Lihu The fortress lost 5,000 troops. Although the two counties of Chenliu and Jiyin in Yuzhou and Yanzhou were recovered, more than half of the elite Beifu soldiers combined were lost!
On the other hand, Zhu Xu's troops of the Eastern Route Army raised 10,000 troops, and now the number has increased to 50,000. They have successively recovered various counties in Xuzhou, six counties in Qingzhou, and a large area of the three counties of Taishan, Jibei, and Dongping in Yanzhou. All this must be attributed to For that heroic cavalry general Xu Xiao and Xu Zongwen.
But what I want to introduce is that Xu Xiao and Xu Zongwen are not people who are greedy for success and aggressive. On the contrary, Xu Zongwen is a person who puts the overall situation first.
For example, in the Battle of Yongqiu, he defeated Mao Dang. When Zhang Chong returned to Dingtao, he distributed Zhang Chong's grain and grass thanks to him, which temporarily gave Suiyang a chance to breathe!
What's more important is that his old capital Luoyang was also recovered by him, and Prince Pingyuan Fuhui, the son of King Qin, became his prisoner!
This Xu Zongwen must be the future pillar of the Jin army, a military genius like Great Sima Huanwen, even far better than Huanwen!
Therefore, Xie Xuan did not divide his troops to attack Yanzhou, nor did he attack Puyang according to the original plan. He crossed the river to sneak attack Jijun, and attacked Xu Zongwen from the north and south to meet in Xingyang.
In Xingyang City, Xu Zongwen stabilized the situation and began to convene the generals to discuss matters.
"Since the Han Dynasty, the Hu people have moved inland and filled all the counties and counties. However, under the imperial court and under the counties and counties, it is difficult for government orders to reach places. Only powerful and powerful people are so powerful that sometimes even local officials have to look up to them!"
"Since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the inward migration of the Hu people has been particularly serious. Even Luoyang and the capital are filled with barbarians from all tribes. Later, during the Eight Kings Rebellion, the imperial power was too weak to control the general trend of the world... The Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di, Qiang, Ding Ling and other Hu tribes poured in in large numbers. After Yongjia, they replaced the powerful Han people and built forts in Hebei, Guandong, and Sizhou Kinki. They are very powerful!"
"The Wubao is a fortification built independently by the nobles and nobles, so that the residents can station troops... In the Yongjia year, the Rong, Di and bandits arose. At that time, the people who took refuge in the Central Plains... who could not move far away from the homeland and moved to other places, would probably unite their clans. The township party gathered in Baowu and defended themselves according to the danger to avoid the difficulties of the Rongdi bandits."
While Pei Qing'an was sitting at the table, he talked eloquently about Wubao.
The reason why Xu Zongwen's topic is Wubao is entirely because the Hu people built too many Wubao in the Central Plains and Hebei. According to historical records, King Murong Chui of Yan relied on the Wubao Army of 100,000 Hu people to make his fortune. This hidden force, Ordinary people can't see it!
Zhang Gui was especially puzzled by Xu Zongwen's great emphasis on Wubao. He asked: "Aren't they just Wubao? How many people and horses can we have?"
"That's right!" Tian Luo also didn't care about Wubao. "What happened to Wubao? We even captured Xingyang City..."
Xu Zongwen had no choice but to explain patiently: "According to Jinyiwei's intelligence, there are hundreds of forts in Hebei Province with tens of thousands of troops. There are dozens of forts near Xingyang alone, especially in Dingling and Xianbei. If these underarm tumors are not removed, Aren’t we leaving behind a hidden problem?”
"So many!" Tian Luo and Zhang Gui looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise!
Xi Jian stood up and asked Xu Zongwen: "General, I wonder whether the majority of these forts are Dingling people or Xianbei people?"
"There are many people from Dingling, but few from Xianbei."
This is obvious. Xingyang is Zhai Bin's hometown. It is normal for Dingling people to have more Wubao than Xianbei people.
"Then I suggest that the general clear out all the forts belonging to the Dingling people, deliberately leave the forts of the Xianbei people untouched, and send Murong Bao back to Yecheng and return it to Murong Chui." Xi Jian's few words caught everyone's attention. One light.
Isn't this a clear plan to divorce?
Will Murong Chui and Zhai Bin be easily fooled?
Xu Xu Zongwen's answer is yes. Zhai Bin is a capricious person. Once Xingyang is lost and Wubao is taken away, Ding Ling's people will definitely be in chaos!
Murong Chui was in a hurry to attack Yecheng and would definitely not allow Zhai Bin to go south to return reinforcements. At this time, the possibility of Zhai Bin's rebellion was extremely high, and the Yan army would just wait to kill each other!
"Hu people from all over the country are raising private soldiers and hiding them in Wubao. The owners of these Wubao hide evil and evil, adopt dead soldiers, exploit the people, and endanger the whole country. This is a cancer that grows in the local area, and we must find ways to get rid of it!" Xu Zongwen had an attitude. , the next discussion is how to deal with these assorted Wubao.
"I wonder if Mr. Keeper of the Promise can help me?"
Xi Jian stood up and stood tall, looking like a noble gentleman standing proudly. "The general's reputation has already spread to all directions. As long as the general is based in Xingyang and posts an invitation to the owners of the Dingling Clan Wubao in Xingyang, they will definitely be afraid of the general and the soldiers." Come to attend the meeting, the general will send people to attack again..."
"Wonderful, wonderful!" Pei Qing hit the desk excitedly, applauding Xi Jian's brilliant strategy.
All the generals also felt that Xi Jian's method was feasible.
Xu Zongwen looked at the door with great interest. It seemed that this time he had tricked Murong Chui, his future enemy, again, which was great!
