"My family was originally the general of Cao Wei Zhenxi. He has guarded the border for China for generations. I originally thought that the Jin Dynasty was in chaos and the Shi family treated me well, so I wanted to punish his treacherous officials to repay their kindness. Now the Shi family has been destroyed, and the Central Plains has no owner. Since ancient times, there has never been a Rong Di emperor. After my death, you will return to the Jin Dynasty. You should do your best to serve as a minister and do nothing unjust."
Yao Yizhong's eyes shone with a strange light, as if a small flame in the wind would be extinguished at any time.
Yao Xiang kowtowed but did not respond.
"You..." Yao Yizhong wanted to say something else, but his voice became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a sigh, and then the look in his eyes gradually faded.
In April of the second year of Yongxing's reign in Ran Wei, Yao Yizhong passed away at the age of seventy-three.
With the successive deaths of Fu Hong, Yao Yizhong and others, an old era has completely ended, and a new era is approaching.
Yao Xiang slowly closed the brocade coat for Yao Yizhong. Outside the hall, his brothers Yao Yisheng and Yao Chang, Chang Shi Wang Liang, Xue Zan and Quan Yi who joined the army were waiting for a long time.
From Yao Xiang's face, everyone knew that Yao Yizhong had gone.
Since June last year, Yao Yizhong has been bedridden. He consulted famous doctors all over the world, but they all failed. It took more than half a year, but he finally couldn't bear it.
"At this critical time, there is no secret of mourning." Yao Xiang had no time to immerse himself in the pain.
The current situation is not optimistic for him.
As Li Yue annexed the three counties in eastern Hebei, his influence became stronger and stronger. The Cui family, a local leader in Qinghe County, is said to have defected to Yanzhou.
The Cui family took refuge in Yanzhou, which meant that the entire Qinghe County also took refuge.
In addition, Jizhou faced increasing pressure from the Murong clan. Ran Min's back was originally broken in Xiangguo, but he got up again, severely wounded Liu Xian three times, and conquered Xiangguo.
Hebei will be the place where Wei Yan competes, and there is no place for Yao Xiang.
"The scouts just came to report that Li Yue personally led 20,000 black cloud troops and came straight to Qinghe." Wang Liang said with cupped hands.
Wang Liang, the Wang family in Taiyuan, Xue Zan, the Xue family in Hedong, and Quan Yi, Lueyang family. These were either nobles or local powerful people.
It is they who form the foundation of the Yao family, otherwise the Qiang people alone would never be able to achieve such a large climate.
"With 20,000 troops, we can attack and destroy them in one fell swoop. If we capture Li Yue alive and swallow Qing Yan, then we can accomplish great things!" Yao Yisheng's eyes sparkled.
Quan Yi, who joined the army, said: "That army is powerful, and it has the help of the Cui family. It has the right location and people. If our army goes to fight and falls into his plan, the governor must not fight it. There are two ways to plan now." Optionally, he can quickly seize Qingzhou and hold it, befriend the Murong clan, and then attack Yanzhou after Jiangdong has captured Xu Luo."
Yao Xiang frowned and said nothing.
Although the Black Cloud Army only has 20,000 troops, they are all elites. There are six or seven troops on both sides of the river coming to encircle them.
Bohai Jia Jian's tribe, Qijun Bowu's tribe, Leling Zhu Tu's tribe, etc., have as many as 10,000 people and as few as three or four thousand, and their military strength is not inferior to them.
Together with the defenders from various counties, a large net has been spread out, waiting for Yao Xiang to get into it.
"Jiang Dong has a good plan. Let us fight with the Heiyun Army and we will lose, so they will pick up what's already available?" Yao Yisheng has a bad temper.
"Secondly, the governor and the Black Cloud Army are not life-and-death enemies. Li Yue has the ambition to protect the land and the people. Why not..." Quan Yi rolled his eyes and pointed to Shi Kun's camp to the north.
The kings of the Shi clan have always been arrogant and licentious. Shi Kun went south with a lot of things in his hands.
Gold, silver, money, silk, livestock and grain, innumerable, and five thousand women of the people.
Shi Kun's situation is worse than that of Yao. Ran Min will definitely not let him go, and Murong Jun will not tolerate him either. There is a blood feud with Jiang Dong.
He had sent people south to proclaim his vassal status before, but Jiangdong ignored him.
Selling Shi Kun can be exchanged for Yao Xiang going south to Xu Yang. These two places have always been empty. Ran Wei doesn't care much, and Jiangdong doesn't care much either.
"Shi Kun is in a desperate position to surrender to me. If he turns his back, who will dare to surrender in the future? Now I have a large army in my hand and will dominate the world. How can I be trapped in a place the size of Jitou!" Yao Xiang rubbed his palm on the hilt of his sword.
Defeating Ran Min in the great battle of Xiangguo made him regain his ambition.
Yao Yizhong worked hard in Jitou for more than ten years and had a large number of tribes. Ran Min destroyed the Shi family and Hebei was in chaos. Xia and Yi from far and near were all attached to Jitou. There were more than 60,000 households and more than 100,000 young people.
This kind of strength is by no means small in the world.
"Haha, what brother said is true. With an army of hundreds of thousands, why should we be afraid of a mere bandit?" Yao Chang laughed, not caring that his father Yao Yizhong had just passed away.
The laughter made everyone around him look askance.
"Now that the Governor has made up his mind, we must not hesitate and head south as quickly as possible to attack Qingzhou!" Quan Quan said with a hand.
The soldiers and civilians of Shetou were well prepared. Two to three hundred thousand people from 60,000 households came out in full force. Tens of thousands of Heshikun tribesmen rolled southward and successively attacked Yangping, Yuancheng, and Faqian cities, killing and plundering more than 3,000 families, and settled in Yu Suihuijin.
So Wang Liang was appointed as the chief historian, Yin Chi was appointed as the commander-in-chief, Xue Zan and Quan Yi were appointed to join the army, Lueyang Fuzi was appointed as the left commander, Nan'an Lengqi was appointed as the right commander, Lueyang Wang Heina was appointed as the front commander, and Qiang Bai was appointed as the commander of the front. For the rear handsome.
Qing Yan was shocked.
The Southern troops held strong positions in various places, and Cui Jin, the governor of Qingzhou, defended the territory and cleared the country, but they still could not resist Yao Xiang and Shi Kun's nearly 100,000 troops. Jinan County and Le'an County were successively captured.
Cui Jin gathered his troops in Guanggu.
Yao Xiang and Shi Kun had a place to stay in Qingzhou, and all the farmland in the east of Qingzhou fell into their hands, and their momentum became stronger and stronger.
It was not until this time that Yao Xiang announced the death of Yao Yizhong, wore sackcloth and mourned him, and ordered the entire army to mourn.
At the same time, Duan Qin, who claimed to be Emperor Zhao in Yimu, also led troops to attack Pingyuan.
The war first started in Qingzhou.
Li Yue finally rushed to Qinghe.
The preset battlefield was north of the Yellow River, but the plan could not keep up with the changes. Yao Yizhong died and Yao Xiang succeeded him.
Yao Xiang was more decisive than Yao Yizhong, and hundreds of thousands of horses had already rushed into Qingzhou.
If Shetou can keep pace with Fantou, his family will naturally be rich. Otherwise, Yao Xiang would not have recovered so quickly after he killed 30,000 horses in Fantou.
"Sure enough, they are two mad dogs. It is difficult to determine the outcome of this battle in the short term!" Li Yue adjusted his mentality.
Cutting through the mess with a quick knife is no longer an option.
Yao Xiang and Shi Kun are not weak in strength and must fight steadily. The price of failure will be very heavy. The defeat of Ran Minxiang is a lesson.
Chang Wei said: "Qiang and Jie have taken the initiative through careful planning. Our army is weak and needs more troops!"
"Send the order, all the armies of Liyang, Yuncheng, and Lu County will meet in Jibei." Now Li Yue can't take care of Ran Min in the north and Yin Hao in the south for the time being. If Yao Xiang and Shi Kun are not dealt with, Qingzhou will be abolished.
Now we can only hope that Ran Min can hold Murong Ke and Yin Hao wait a little longer on the road.
Otherwise, no matter which one of Murong Ke or Yin Hao wins, they will attack Yanzhou from a flank.
Just when he thought this, Zhang Shengye came to report: "Captain, the Lord of Wei led more than 10,000 elite troops out of Yecheng and went north to fight Murong Ke."
The tent immediately became quiet.
Li Yue was extremely depressed. He left a strong city like Yecheng undefended, but wanted to fight Murong Ke's 100,000 troops with more than 10,000 troops. Ran Min was extremely confident in his own force.
But it's more than depressing.
Zhang Shengye said: "Zhang Yuju returned to Yuzhou and surrendered to Yin Hao. Yin Hao's forward Anxi general Xie Shang led his troops to Xuchang."
(End of chapter)
