It can be seen from Xue Huairang's supplementary order that he basically decided to withdraw his foot from Li Shouzhen's broken ship! On the left and right, compared to Li Shouzhen's side who showed the flag and fought with real swords and guns, his side obviously had more leeway. Let’s take a look at the situation and the development of the situation.
However, Xue Huairang is obviously not a smart person, or his little thoughts are a little too obvious. His performance in the past few days has long fallen in the eyes of Li Shouzhen, who is across the river. And compared to Xue Huairang, Li Shouzhen was much smarter.
Xue Huairang wanted to play double-dealing, but Li Shouzhen was not at all what he wanted. After his generals rushed to Pujin to deliver the order, news soon came from the ferry that the Pu army had successfully crossed west.
Tongzhou and Hezhong Prefecture are bounded by the Yellow River. Puban is the most important way of transportation between the two places, and it is also a battleground for military strategists... And Hezhong Prefecture is governed by the river, so for those across the river Looking at Xi Jintou, how could Li Shouzhen not be interested in him after such a long time? Secretly, he had already been bribed.
Therefore, Xue Huairang's attitude was determined, and Li Shouzhen immediately took action. With Zhou Guangxun, the deputy envoy of the River Festival, as the main general, he led an army of five thousand to cross the river with almost no effort. After gathering more than a thousand Tongzhou troops in Dutou, they quickly marched westward and approached Feng Yicheng.
Li Shouzhen probably didn't expect that he would have to swing the unsheathed knife at his allies before he even had a battle with the army.
After learning about the incident in Pujin, Xue Huairang jumped up and down in the city. While scolding Li Shouzhen for being unkind, he also quickly ordered Feng Yi to put less than two thousand guards in the city on guard.
Regarding the rebel envoy Sun Yuan, Xue Huairang did not lie on one point. Tongzhou's military strength was indeed weak. First, it was congenitally limited, and second, after Xue Huairang took charge of the town, the armaments were depleted, and the wealth he collected was either stored in the treasury or used for enjoyment. Xue Huairang really didn't do much, such as recruiting troops, buying horses, expanding armaments, and other things that cost money and food.
The disaster of vassal towns has lasted for nearly two hundred years. It has developed to this day. Although the power of local Jiedu is great, not all Jiedu are focused on expanding their strength. What they want more is to guard that one-third of an acre of land and be their own local emperors.
Except for ambitious people like Li Shouzhen, conflicts would only break out when the court wanted to cut down the vassal vassal and put its hand into their bowl. When it was fierce, it would be a sword fight.
Feng Yi was only sixty miles away from the bank of the Yellow River in a straight line. Faced with the fierce momentum of the rebels approaching the city, Xue Huairang became nervous, and among them were some of his own soldiers. Probably because of Li Shouzhen's order, Pu's army did not attack the city directly, but instead performed a courtesy ceremony before attacking.
The envoy who entered the city for a "courteous meeting" was the former envoy Sun Yuan. This time he straightened his back and entered the city. That arrogant look made Xue Huairang almost want to twist his head off.
Faced with the threat of the rebels, Xue Huairang did not have much confidence in guarding Feng Yi. While he was hesitating, something unexpected happened. An army came from the west. Looking at its flag, it was the Shunyi army from Yaozhou. The leaders were Song Yanwo, the military envoy of the Shunyi Army, and Qin Xi, the inspection envoy. Although they were not many in number, they gave Xue Huai some confidence to make concessions.
With the arrival of Shunyi's army, a fragile balance was quickly formed under Feng Yi's city. Of course, the officers and soldiers were facing each other in hostility. Zhou Guangxun had many troops, but he was worried about the Tongzhou army in the city and did not take action for a while. Song Yanwo had few soldiers, only over 2,000 years old, so he naturally would not take the initiative to attack. Instead, after declaring his presence, he took the initiative to retreat to Shayuan Town, ten miles southwest of Feng Yi City, to set up a stronghold for defense. For a time, Xue Huairang's attitude became an important factor in the battle situation.
In fact, Song Yanwo's approach was somewhat risky. However, if this were not the case, Xue Huairang would probably give in. With Liu Chengyou's advice, Song Yanwo has been paying attention to the situation in Tongzhou and Hezhong. Of course, if it weren't for Xue Huairang's patrolling behavior after the rebellion in Hezhong, Song Yanwo would probably have to take a safer approach.
Under Feng Yicheng, the three parties faced off for two full days. Unable to withstand the urging of Li Shouzhen from the rear, Zhou Guangxun sent an army to keep an eye on Feng Yicheng after he thought he had figured out the "industry" of the Shunyi army. At the same time, he personally brought troops and horses to Song Yanwo Attack.
They launched a sudden attack with twice the force. Although the officers and soldiers were in a weak position, they were always able to deal with it with ease. After one day's attack, no results were achieved, and the battle continued on the second day. When the battle reached its peak, a cavalry force of more than 200 people attacked the rebels from behind and charged directly at the rebel leader Zhou Guangxun.
Leading the attack was the Jingnan Army from Pizhou, under the personal command of Jiedushi Yao Yuanfu. The old general is over sixty years old, but he can still mount his horse, draw his bow, and charge into battle with his sword.
With more than two hundred cavalry, it is still difficult to disperse thousands of rebels, but Yao Yuanfu's purpose is only to reduce the pressure on Song Yanwo later, and it would be better if he can disrupt the rebels' position along the way. . The real killer move was the two thousand Jingnan infantry that attacked after training Yao Yuanfu.
After being hit hard one after another, the rebels were unable to withstand the attack and immediately retreated. Zhou Guangxun had no intention of fighting to the death, so he took the lead in retreating, joined Feng Yi's troops under the city, and hurriedly withdrew towards Pujin.
In the first battle, the rebels lost more than 2,000 troops and suffered a great loss of morale.
Before the officers and soldiers pursued him deeply, Yao Yuanfu and Song Yanwo met, exchanged commercial blows, and joined forces to advance towards Feng Yicheng. As for the battle between the official army and the rebels, Xue Huairang was quite safe in the city. When he learned that the rebels were defeated, he immediately put on his ill-fitting armor and personally led his troops out of the city to help fight against the thieves.
"Mr. Yao, this Xue Huairang's character is really impressive!" When Master Hui turned around, Song Yanwo sighed, and there was a trace of ridicule on his handsome face.
Song Yanwo had always been courteous and courteous. After joining the army, he took the veteran general Yao Yuanfu as the leader. He lowered his attitude and showed great respect. As for his modesty, Yao Yuanfu also had a good impression of him.
"It's just a villain!" Yao Yuanfu showed no restraint in his contempt. As he drove his horse forward, he raised his hand to Song Yanwo and said, "Consort, let's go see Xue Huairang now!"
"Mr. Medicine please!"
With Liu Chengyou's instructions in hand, Yao and Song were not polite to Xue Huairang at all, and directly seized his military power, took over Feng Yicheng, and rested their troops. Throughout the whole process, even though Xue Huairang was unwilling to give in, he had no choice but to seek death directly...
When the war in Tongzhou came to an end, another chicken boy in Huazhou in the south had already achieved results. Moreover, the whole process is much smoother.
Hou Zhang is not like Xue Huairang, and Huazhou is not like Tongzhou. There is Yongxing Army in the west, Tong'an Army in the east, and "old brother" Zhao Hui's Baoyi Army further east.
There was a rebellion in Hezhong, and Jingzhao stayed behind. Bai Wenke, the military governor of Yongxing Army, directly led his army eastward in order to suppress the rebellion. Yang Ye also led the army westward with a tacit understanding.
If Xue Huairang still has a chance to choose, then Hou Zhang has basically no choice.
From the beginning to the end, there was no blood involved in the donation of troops and food.
