Even on the battlefield, Wei Rui's daily life still doesn't look like a general, but more like a scholar.In the evening, after confirming that all the soldiers had eaten their dinner, he began to eat the same dinner as the soldiers.After eating, he opened the book under the lamplight and read until late at night.His subordinates, even those who are uneasy about tomorrow's battle, as long as they wake up late at night and see Wei Rui's lights in the curtain, they can rest assured and say:
"Wei Shijun is still in business as usual, I believe we will be able to sleep well until dawn!"
In this night.Chen Qingzhi and Zhu Yingtai also came to Wei Rui's tent, and had dinner and chat with Wei Fang and the other four.Chen Qingzhi lamented that Wei Rui's soldiers were able to strictly abide by the law and order, and did not plunder or atrocities that endangered the people. He thought this upright old man was a real famous general.
In this era, in fact, it should be said that until quite later generations, when eating rice, people still use spoons instead of chopsticks.The side dishes are freshwater fish, shellfish, eel, or poultry such as duck and goose, as well as mutton, pork, tofu, etc.Even on the battlefield, the dishes are very varied, so it can be seen that the Huaihe River Basin is rich in land.People in the north of the Huaihe River mainly eat food made from wheat flour; people in the south of the Huaihe River eat rice as the staple food. Therefore, the Huaihe River is the dividing line between the north and the south of China's diet.
Wine was brought out too!It's just that it's exactly the same as what the soldiers drank, and it's not a famous wine.Among the four, Wei Fang was the only one who could be called a wine tycoon. Wei Rui and Chen Qingzhi didn't drink much, and Zhu Yingtai only drank a small cup, which stained her fair face with vermilion.
"Eat more! There are a lot of things to do today, I believe everyone must be starving!"
Chen Qingzhi and his parents had died long ago, and he had no brothers, so for Zhu Yingtai, he took care of him like an older brother.Zhu Yingtai didn't eat much, and Chen Qingzhi only helped him with some tofu and fish.Seeing this, Wei Fang couldn't help but stop the cup in his hand, and looked at his father suspiciously. Although he wanted to ask something, Wei Rui shook his head with a smile.After seeing the answer in his father's eyes, Wei Fang could only drink the wine in his glass silently.
Suddenly Zhu Yingtai's ears perked up:
"Did I hear it wrong, why did I seem to hear the flute?"
"No, Brother Xian did not hear wrongly, there is indeed a flute sound."
In response to Chen Qingzhi's words, Wei Rui said:
"The sound of this flute always appears in the night, whether it is majestic and majestic, or slender and graceful, even if you know it is the song from the enemy's formation, you will still be fascinated by it..."
Chen Qingzhi stopped his chopsticks:
"So, Mr. Wei knows that this is...who played the flute?"
"Isn't he the King of Zhongshan!"
What Wei Rui answered was the name of the enemy commander-in-chief.Chen Qingzhi couldn't help opening his eyes wide, listening carefully to the sound of the flute flowing in the night air again.
"I heard that the king of Zhongshan is one of the best jade flute masters in Luoyang. It seems that his reputation is well-deserved. I have never heard such a good flute sound in my sixty years of life. It's just that the tune tonight seems to be a little bit stronger... "
Wei Fang sighed:
"If this noble son can be satisfied with playing the jade flute in the mansion in Luoyang surrounded by beautiful women, then we won't have to work so hard!"
Wei Rui shook his white-haired head:
"Yuanying's own talent was bred together with his ambition. Of course, it is impossible to be satisfied with the status quo! I believe that King Zhongshan's wish is probably to set his own banner on the city wall of Jiankang, reflecting the water of the Yangtze River Let's play a song!"
Wei's Zhongshan Wang, surnamed Yuan, named Ying, and styled Hu'er, was Wei's third emperor, Shizu, the grandson of Emperor Taiwu's eldest son Huang who died before he ascended the throne.From the current emperor's point of view, being a cousin of his father's generation is not considered a very strong blood relationship.It's just that the original emperor should be the blood of the eldest son, and "calculated from generation to generation, King Zhongshan should have been the sixth generation son of Wei!" Therefore, he also received the favor of the royal family.This year, he was thirty-nine years old, at the age of youth and vitality.
The king of Zhongshan——Yuanying was also one of the few people in the Wei Dynasty who was famous for his education. Not only was he good at jade flute, he was also good at medicine.After he ascended the throne from his cousin Emperor Xiaowen, he also served successively as General Pingbei, General Wuchuan Zhendu, Governor of Liangzhou, General Annan and other important positions in the Wei army.In addition to fighting Qi and Liang in the south, he also fought against the equestrian peoples in the north, so he was familiar with the warfare methods of plains, mountains, deserts, grasslands and other terrains.When he led 3,000 troops to disperse 20,000 Qi troops in Hanzhong, the mountainous area in the west, and won the first 3,000 troops, his name of "War God" spread like wildfire.
King Zhongshan served as General Zhengdong when the new emperor ascended the throne, and he was the highest person in charge of military operations against the Southern Dynasties.It is not called "Zhengnan", but "Zhengdong", because Jiankang, the capital of the Kingdom of Liang, is in the east of Luoyang, the capital of the Kingdom of Wei.In other words, King Zhongshan's task is to hit Jiankang directly!
On the other hand, there is also a general who conquers the east in Liang, but this person is not in Liang's country, but in a foreign country on the east sea.
This person is also the king of the Wa Kingdom, and his name is Wu.He was conferred the title of Liang Zhengdong General four years ago, when Xiao Yan ascended the throne, that is, in the first year of Tianjian (502 AD).Before that, Wu Weiqi was the Great General of Zhendong, so it seemed to be a little downgraded in comparison!For Wu, of course, there is more or less dissatisfaction, but because the old enemy Goguryeo has formed an alliance with the Northern Dynasty, Wa has no other way except to form an alliance with the Southern Dynasty...
On this day, when the sun disappeared on the western horizon, the commander-in-chief of the Wei army, King Zhongshan, Yuan Ying, rode a horse to patrol the camp.When they saw his helmet with two long egret feathers, the soldiers cheered and rushed to him.And at King Zhongshan's side was General Pingnan——Yang Dayan.In the afterglow of the setting sun, the shadows of the centaurs and horses stretched long on the red soil, and with the reflection of the armor, the arrow-like brilliance was like golden powder scattered all over the ground. King Zhongshan——Yuanying and Yang Dayan rode side by side, receiving the enthusiastic cheers of Wei Zhi's soldiers from left and right. The trust in them is already a kind of faith for Wei Jun. After the inspection, the two returned to the tent side by side.King Zhongshan's figure is quite tall, but Yang Dayan is a giant at all!It's just that his muscles are well-proportioned, and his body is very soft, which doesn't make people feel bulky at all. While walking, King Zhongshan said to Yang Dayan: "I heard that you shot an arrow at the enemy line at noon?" "It has reached your ears!" "Did you miss it on purpose?" "This……" "It should be because you think it would be a pity to kill these people who climbed Wanglu despite the danger, right?" "The subordinates are terrified! In fact, at such a distance, the subordinates don't have the confidence to only hurt people without killing them!" Yang Dayan seemed to lower his head in fear, while King Zhongshan smiled happily and said: "You needn't be afraid! I know that even if you have the strength to kill a tiger or a bear, you are a man who would not even shoot a bird." "If necessary, I can actually catch the bird from the sky!" "Well, it should be possible if it's you." In addition to Yang Dayan's strange strength, his huge body has unimaginable speed.It is recorded in the "Book of Wei": Even if he ran forward with a three-foot-long (about nine meters) cloth tied to a bun, he could still let the cloth stretch straight behind without falling to the ground.So "catch the bird out of the sky" shouldn't be an exaggeration! When he was the prefect of Wu County, he once wiped out man-eating tigers.Wu County is a small town located in a mountainous area on the western border of the Wei Dynasty. More than half of the residents are of different ethnicities. Although it is not yet a rebellion, the resistance against the officers and soldiers has never stopped.What completely calmed him down within a day was the event that Yang Dayan, who entered the mountain alone, carried the tiger's carcass down the mountain.There were no knife wounds on the tiger's body, only two broken skulls and neck bones.In other words, Yang Dayan did not use a weapon, but killed the tiger with his bare hands. The residents of Wu County, in order to thank Yang Dayan for eliminating the harm of the man-eating tiger and to respect his bravery, during his term of office, there was no more disturbance in Wu County. Yang Dayan's grandfather, named Yang Nandang, was active as the general of Wei Zhi, and he was quite well-known, but later his family fell into poverty, and Yang Dayan's youth was considered to be very poor.Fortunately, Li Chong, Minister of Shangshu, admired his bravery and appointed him as the military leader (troop commander) when he was a teenager.Later, with the accumulation of achievements in combat, he successively served as General Fuguo, General Guerrilla, and General Zhenglu.The king of Zhongshan also had a high opinion of Yang Dayan's bravery and military use, and he loved him, so he treated him as his lieutenant general for several years. Although Yang Dayan is not a person of knowledge, when his subordinates read "Historical Records", "Hanshu", "Chunqiu Zuoshi Biography", "Sunzi", "Wuzi" and other books to him, they can fully remember the contents. down. Although the exact age of Yang Dayan is not known clearly, but based on his experience, it seems that he should be above Zhongshan King, probably around forty years old.Not only is he proficient in martial arts, but his physical strength does not appear to be declining at all. He can be said to be a unparalleled brave man. King Zhongshan was waiting for a guest in the tent. His armor was as beautiful as King Zhongshan. Although he was a young nobleman, his attitude was not majestic for his age. "Oh, Mr. Founder! I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long!" King Zhongshan spoke first, and your son saluted solemnly. "No, I'm sorry for the last general who took the liberty to come to visit, please forgive me!" "I have heard about your defeat in Shouchun. Your bravery is really admirable!" The man known as the founding father quickly completed the purpose of his trip.The main thing is to confirm the movement of the troops. Originally, we only need to send an envoy to this matter. The founding father seemed to feel sorry for him coming in person. After solemnly declining the invitation to have dinner, the founding father rode on a white horse I solemnly bid farewell again. Yang Dayan watched his leaving back. "The founding father's aura is quite strong!" "That's because his desire for revenge is burning! To Duke Founder, Lord Liang is a usurper, and this is brotherly hatred!" The Lord of Liang refers to Emperor Wu of Liang—Xiao Yan, and the founding father who wants to avenge his brother is Xiao Baoyin, formerly King of Poyang. Xiao Baoyin, courtesy name Zhiliang, is the younger brother of Hunjun Baojuan.When Qi was destroyed and Liang Jianguo was born, Xiao Baoyin should have been killed, but he escaped from the claustrophobic place, climbed the wall, crossed the mountains and went to Wei State for his life.Although he was only seventeen years old at that time, his physical strength and strength were already extraordinary. Wei expressed his welcome to this noble exile from the Southern Dynasty, because in this way he could not only obtain detailed information from the Southern Dynasty, but also allow Wei to have a good name in the name of "defeat the usurper for Xiao Baoyin! Revive the Qi Dynasty again!" The pretext for sending troops. Xiao Baoyin is also favored by the court of Wei as the prince who inherited the orthodoxy of Qi, and has entered into a marriage contract with Princess Nanyang of the royal family of Wei. Jiang Qingzhen, the general who defeated Liang in the Battle of Shouchun, is very powerful both in public and private .This year, Xiao Baoyin was twenty-one years old. "He is really a very reliable noble son. If he is the emperor, probably Qi will not perish!" Most of the people in Luoyang are full of kindness towards the exiled prince. The Northern Dynasties have official histories of the Northern Dynasties, such as "Book of Wei", "Book of Northern Qi", "Book of Zhou" and "Northern History"; ", "Southern History" and so on.Xiao Baoyin's biography is recorded in the "Book of Wei" of the Northern Dynasty and the "Book of Nanqi" of the Southern Dynasty. After all, he is really a person with a rare destiny.However, there were still many examples of people like him at that time; in general, the era of the Great Disintegration can also be said to be the era of desperadoes. At this time, King Zhongshan and Yang Dayan thought the same thing, and they were equally silent.If Wei Jiangliang perishes and dominates the whole of Jiangnan, who will rule Jiangnan?Will it be given to King Zhongshan who has established incomparable martial arts?Or let the founding father who avenged the usurper revive the Qi dynasty?This can no longer be said to be a dream, but something that may be realized in the near future, so you can't speak casually! Suddenly King Zhongshan sighed: "If the late emperor is still alive..." The first emperor of Wei, Emperor Xiaowen who ascended the throne at the age of five, died at the age of thirty-three, still quite young.If he continued to survive, he would be forty years old at this time, which is considered a prime age. Emperor Xiaowen was assisted by his grandmother in his youth, and he took charge of the government at the age of twenty-two.In just eleven years of pro-government, Emperor Xiaowen left behind a long-lasting performance. Originally, Wei was a dynasty established by the horse-riding people in the north. The royal family's surname was Tuoba. He changed it to the Yuan family with Chinese flavor, and established a system according to the Chinese dynasty. In addition to financial resources and military power, it also contributed to the development of culture The fusion with the nation has done a lot of effort.Among them, he moved the capital of Wei from Pingcheng in the north (now Datong City, Shanxi Province) to Luoyang, transforming the country into a Central Plains country. And when he changed the surname of the royal family to Yuan, he also gave the surname "Yuan" to the officials who had separated from the royal family.The most famous should be regarded as Prime Minister Yuanhe who has made considerable achievements in politics, military affairs and academics.The Japanese custom of giving surnames to ministers who have separated from the royal family is a tradition that has been handed down from China's Northern and Southern Dynasties. There are many ministers who cherish the heart of the great Emperor Xiaowen, and they naturally feel contemptuous of the new emperor who is too young and cannot be said to be wise.Of course, the new emperor was also sensitive to this, so he alienated his important ministers since his father, and got close to Buddhist monks and friends who played with him.This kind of situation will break out completely one day, and King Zhongshan also discovered the shadow under the superficial prosperity, so he launched the army of the Southern Expedition at this time. A voice came from the entrance of the tent.Yang Dayan moved his gaze, and when he saw the person coming, he couldn't help completely changing his expressionless face just now: "Oh, here we come!" Appearing in front of the tabernacle is a woman.She is about thirty years old, and her beauty cannot be said to be that kind of elegant beauty, but her eyes are strong, which seems to have a dangerous beauty.She didn't wear a helmet, but only put on armor, her hair was tied up with a light red cloth scarf, and a long sword was hung on her back. "His Royal Highness King Zhongshan, long time no see!" Even the voice was very hearty. "It's Mrs. Pan, it's just in time!" King Zhongshan solemnly replied. "Sit down first! We're getting ready to get some wine! However, you seem to be in a hurry..." "You are so perceptive!" The beauty's name is Pan Baozhu, and she is Yang Dayan's wife. The Chinese Empire has always had different surnames for husband and wife. "Big Eye's wife, Mrs. Pan, is good at riding and shooting. Big Eye ordered his wife to dress up in a military uniform. Sometimes she marched on the battlefield with darts, and sometimes she drove in the forest. When returning to camp, she also ordered her to sit with her under the curtain. People at the time called her" This is General Pan'!" It is this woman who is recorded in "Wei Shu-Yang Dayan Biography". "Report to Your Highness first: An envoy from Henan City, a hundred miles to the west (about 550 meters away), came to report that Wang Mao led Liang's army of about 30,000 to 40,000, and took advantage of the gap between our army to attack Henan City has been captured!" There was a silence among the audience. "So that's the case, we know the strategy of the Southern Bandits!" King Zhongshan laughed in a low voice, and Liang Jun's battle finally became clear.When Wei Rui set up an army in Yuzhou to attract King Zhongshan and Yang Dayan, and when the situation of a protracted war seemed to have formed, Wang Mao took the opportunity to attack Henan City. "General Pingnan, what do you think?" Inquiry about King Zhongshan.Yang Dayan replied in a cautious tone: "If Henan City is secured by the southern thieves, it will definitely become a stronghold for them to directly attack Luoyang, which will restrain our army's actions." "That's right! When our army goes south to cross the Huaihe River, it's not fun at all to be choked by the southern thieves!" Wei Jun called Liang Jun a "Southern Thief", while Liang Jun called Wei Jun a "Northern Thief". While drawing a map of the Huaihe River Basin in their minds, King Zhongshan and Yang Dayan were silent.And looking at the two heroes representing Wei Jun, Pan Baozhu was also speechless.The lights reflected in the black pupils made her beauty even more coquettish. "Summer is coming soon!" King Zhongshan said: "Can our soldiers endure the hot summer south of the Huaihe River? It's hot and humid..." "If it rains, it will not stop for a whole month, so even the actions of the cavalry will become very difficult!" "The final decisive battle still lies in autumn, and now we have to retreat for the time being!" "learn!" "However, before that, Henan City must be taken back!" King Zhongshan's eyes glowed like thunder, and his armor was also shining brightly from the lights. "General Pingnan, can you reach Henan City overnight?" "If His Highness so orders..." "It's possible to do so, the Qing family is probably the only one in the world! Please take ten thousand cavalry and set off immediately to Henan City, and trample the southern bandits under the horse's hooves!" "learn!" "I'll leave it to Brother Tiger to defend here, don't worry!" Although the appearance is beautiful, but once murderous, King Zhongshan's expression can be said to be quite sad. "If Wei Yuzhou chases him out, then he will be settled in a single battle! However, I don't think so, let me use this jade flute to restrain him!" After sending Yang Dayan and Pan Baozhu out of the tent, the King of Zhongshan asked his servant to fetch his favorite jade flute. After taking off his helmet, he sat down and said to himself: "The ups and downs in my heart will be reflected in the sound of the flute. If you can hear this, then you are the real enemy!" The king of Zhongshan began to play the jade flute, and the sound of the flute was heard by Wei Rui and Chen Qingzhi. In addition to Pan Baozhu, Yang Dayan also brought such generals as Li Chong, Liu Shenfu, Gongsun Zhi, Yu Wenfu, Yuan Yao and so on.The black cavalry galloping under the moon is like a group of black dragons sweeping across the ground, and the luster of the black armor under the moonlight is like the scales of black dragons. Ten thousand cavalry marched in the wilderness without saying a word or in the slightest disorder in the darkness of night. When the sun rose from the eastern horizon in early summer, the 30,000 Liang troops occupying Henan City had already received the information of the Wei army's attack, and formed a formation outside the city.The commander-in-chief Wang Mao himself served in the third team, Shen Tianhua in the second team, and Wang Hua in the first team.I thought that I should have the leeway to attack the Wei army that was coming from a long drive, but the all-black army that rushed in like a thundercloud was stronger than common sense, and Liang Jun's first attack was immediately shattered! Liang Zhifu's general, Wang Hua, scolded his fleeing side, and stabbed Yang Dayan with a spear from his horse.But in just one round, Wang Hua's gun flew into the air, and her head was smashed into the blood mist along with the helmet. Wielding the bloody battle axe, Yang Dayan galloped the black horse, his speed and momentum were like a black storm, flashing and flashing, the red light flickered, it was all galloping human blood.Many Liang soldiers ran away screaming, and some were even unable to move due to paralysis, and these people finally became blood smoke under the battle axe. Soon, Yang Dayan entered Liang Jun's second formation. Liang's General Long Xiang, Shen Tianhua, although his face was pale, drew his sword and cut off a part of the left sleeve of his battle robe: "Give this to my son in Jiankang!" After speaking and handing over the sleeves to the soldiers, he took over the lance (a long spear used by cavalry) and ordered the whole army to charge in front of the formation.In the shout of "Kill!", he rushed towards the shadow of Yang Dayan.Correspondingly, Yang Dayan also jumped on his dark horse, and the two started a head-on conflict. In the same way, during the first round of conflict, Shen Tianhua's head flew away with a long bloody tail attached to his helmet.The headless rider still sat in the saddle, dissolved in the blood and dust of the two armies. When he received the bad news that Liang's second formation also collapsed, Wang Mao of the third formation silently led his horse forward. Wang Mao was Xiao Yan's staff member before he came to the throne, and he was also a hero in the founding of the Liang Dynasty. His style name is Xiuyuan. He is fifty-one years old.Although he is not born in the world, but his calm and generous conduct is deeply trusted by the lord, soldiers, and even the people. "Dayan Yang is here!" Even after receiving such a battle report, Wang Mao didn't feel terrified, even if it was terrified, he couldn't show it on his face.When Liang Jianguo was in power, he also stood at the forefront and fought bravely.For example, in the "Battle of Jiahu", he defeated the Qi army and won more than ten thousand heads, and he also won the honor of bravery in the "Battle of Zhuquemen".Although this was a siege battle at the south gate of Jiankang City, fierce white soldiers fought from the trench to the bridge.Wang Mao swung his big sword and jumped into the enemy, beheaded more than 20 people, and went all the way to the door.Baojuan, holding a beautiful woman on the city gate and watching Bai Bingzhan, felt horrified, and closed the door tightly... Wang Mao rode his horse and stood at the head of the battle, put his spear across the saddle, and looked at the plains ahead.The morning wind of early summer blows strongly, bringing with it howls and screams, clashes of swords and guns, kicking of horseshoes and the breath of blood, which expand like rising clouds.The escaped Liang Jun and the pursuing Wei Jun were completely indistinguishable.In front of Wang Mao's eyes were three or four military flags. In the next moment, Liang Jun, who was fleeing, suddenly separated to the left and right, and a huge, completely black shadow of a man and a horse jumped in front of Wang Mao.Just seeing this black shadow, half of Liang Bing couldn't help but retreat; while the other half just stood there dumbfounded, unable to make a sound, like a rabbit in front of a tiger.But Wang Mao is probably the only one who can still maintain normal. Yang Dayan's battle ax formed a waterfall of light and landed on Wang Mao's head. At the moment of being attacked, Wang Mao's spear immediately shattered sharply!For the second blow that followed, Wang Mao could only dodge the horse's neck by lowering his body.Under the threat of a battle ax that could cut through the air, Wang Mao's horse was afraid and just backed away; while Yang Dayan's horse pressed forward step by step, causing the owner to launch a third blow.The experienced Wang Mao had no choice but to discard the remaining spear and pull out the sword from his waist.However, he didn't head-on with Yang Dayan's battle axe, he just turned the blade sideways and flowed in the direction of the attack, but even so, his right wrist was unavoidably numb. The horses of the two missed each other, and the sound of saddle and saddle colliding came out, and Yang Dayan looked at Wang Mao.This is the "wheel eye" recorded in "Wei Shu", which is big and round, and has double eyelids.The owner of the wheel eye laughed and said: "Don't you begrudge your life? Southern thief!" "Stop being so arrogant, northern thief!" At the same time, Wang Mao stabbed the sword out like lightning, intending to point at Yang Dayan's throat.Yang Dayan just moved his left wrist casually, and raised his armored wrist. In an instant, the sword bent completely, and broke after a strange sound.Fortunately, this is the famous sword that beheaded more than 20 Qi soldiers in the battle of Zhuquemen! Wang Mao lost his weapon, only sighed regretfully, and threw the broken sword towards Yang Dayan's face.Yang Dayan blocked the flying broken sword with his left wrist.And in this gap, Wang Mao turned his horse's head and rushed into the gate of Henan City. Although Yang Dayan wanted to pursue him, he was blocked by the rain of arrows shot by Wang Mao's men from the city wall, and Wang Mao escaped. Even though he was defeated in the battle, Wang Mao still retained his reputation for bravery. After all, he also had a one-on-one decisive battle with the famous Yang Dayan, and he was able to come back alive.Therefore, even though Henan City, which was captured after losing 7,000 soldiers in one day, was immediately pursued by the opponent, even so, the morale of the remaining Liang soldiers was still not low. "Regardless of the outcome of the field battle, as long as the city is defended, reinforcements will definitely come. Even if not, General Wang will do something!" Thinking this way, their trust in Wang Mao has not diminished at all. Wang Mao himself had other ideas.This time the battle was a failure. Even if he defended Henan City to the death, the reinforcements that came would be crushed by Yang Dayan one by one, which would only cause greater losses. "It's better to retreat from here than to be trapped in a city!" He made a decision that day.Wang Mao waited until night and sent an envoy: "Wang Zhongwei (Zhongwei General Wang Mao) will abandon Henan City and force the entire army to leave. I pray for the help of all the troops!" When the envoy arrived before Wei Rui's eyes, it was already the afternoon of the next day after dawn.After reading Wang Mao's secret letter, Wei Rui looked at Chen Qingzhi: "Yang Dayan is worthy of being an unparalleled fierce general, even a good general like Wang Zhongwei was defeated in one battle!" "Then what is he going to do now?" "You have to retreat first. There is no other good strategy, isn't there? If you want to fight again, you can only cooperate with the navy! You must avoid field battles far away from the Huaihe River. From this experience, it seems the same. .” In other words, Yang Dayan adopted a quick solution, and there was also a Zhongshan King in the dark.While thinking about it in his heart, Wei Rui called the chief history (supplementary officer) Wang Chao and the eldest son Wei Fang, and ordered the whole army to prepare the sedan chair! Even the sedan chairs are not the luxurious ones used by princes and princes, but solid and simple wooden products without a top cover.After putting on the square mattress made of thin wooden cotton, Wei Rui sat on it as he was wearing Confucian clothes.He didn't hold a sword in his hand either, but just waved a bamboo stick in his hand to command the whole army. After ascending the throne and founding the country, Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan appointed Wei Rui as the governor of Yuzhou, and this was not only the governor of a state, but actually the military commander in charge of the north.Xiao Yan also gave Wei Rui an ivory Ruyi.Ruyi was originally a curved stick used in Buddhist ceremonies; later it was also used to command military affairs.Of course Wei Rui accepted it gratefully, but in fact he used the original bamboo stick. "The old man thinks this thing is the best! It's light and strong, you can have as much as you want!" As he said that, Wei Rui ordered the guards to carry the sedan chair, and eight soldiers from front, back, left and right raised the sedan chair so that Wei Rui protruded above the height of the head of the walking people, about the height of the upper body.Of course, the high position can clearly see the actions of the soldiers, but it is also quite obvious to the enemy, and it is easy to become the target of the enemy's arrows in battle.It's just that Wei Rui's habit of riding a sedan chair has not changed. "Are you going with the old man too?" The person Wei Rui asked was Hu Longya.The leader of this salt thief was the one who had planned to throw Chen Qingzhi and Zhu Yingtai into the Huai River.In his thirties, he is a strong man full of sunshine.But since a few days ago, his situation has really changed too much, so he couldn't help but be taken aback for a moment before replying: "Do you think it's okay? I'm a thief..." "A thief will not always be a thief! Besides, even if I am Laosheng or Ziyun, from Wei Jun's point of view, aren't I still a thief?" "Don't worry about that kind of thing!" Chen Qingzhi, who took three times as long as others to get on the horse, continued: "This time, I am petitioning His Majesty to form a cavalry team, and I hope you can become one of them!" "I'm looking forward to it, Your Highness Ziyun!" Surprised, Wei Fang raised his hand and said: "Did you just talk about organizing cavalry...?" "Yes, that's what I said!" "His Royal Highness Ziyun means: As for the iron cavalry of the Wei army, should we also use cavalry to fight against it?" Wei Fang's question was based on common sense. When the Southern Dynasty wanted to attack the elite cavalry of the Northern Dynasty, they would lure them into wetlands or waterways.Then divide and attack by the navy... This is the ancient art of war. Chen Qingzhi did not immediately answer Wei Fang's question, but instead asked Hu Longya: "How? You know how to ride a horse!" "Still talking about this..." Hu Longya covered his sun-burned face with one hand, he really didn't know what kind of expression he should use.If he could assist Chen Qingzhi, who is General Liang Zhi, would he be famous in official history?This is really unexpected! After nodding happily, Chen Qingzhi answered Wei Fang's question: "I didn't intend to confront Wei Jun's cavalry head-on, but if there is such a team, it should be helpful. Anyway, when Wei Jun hears that Liang Jun has cavalry, he will probably laugh Laugh! Then we can take advantage of the opportunity to attack!" Wei Fang nodded.Chen Qingzhi turned his gaze and said to Zhu Yingtai this time: "Your Highness, I have to go back to Beijing in order to report the battle situation to the Holy Majesty. If you also want to find someone in the capital, then you can go together. How about it?" On the morning of the fourth day, Yang Dayan was called out from the tent by his wife, saying that the Henan city surrounded by the Wei army seemed a bit strange, and the soldiers were all nervous because the Liang soldiers might attack from the city. Yang Dayan ran out of the tent with only his leather armor on. He saw military flags on the wall of the city, there were bursts of commotion in the city, and dust was flying in the clear sky.However, Yang Dayan has a different judgment: "That's why, although there are various voices, no human voices can be heard! In other words, all the enemies have already escaped from the city! Let the soldiers go up to the city wall to scout, I believe there will be no danger of." Under Yang Dayan's order, long ladders were erected on the walls of the city in all directions. After lightly armed soldiers climbed up to investigate, they found that there was indeed no trace of Liang Jun in the city.Sound and dust are actually made by sheep.Wang Mao tied the tails of a hundred sheep with grass bundles, and then lit them on fire to make them run wild in the city, in order to confuse the Wei army's eyes and ears. The soldiers who came down from the city wall opened the city gate from the inner side of the city, and Yang Dayan led the whole army to the city, and changed the military flag on the city to Wei. After entering the city, Yang Dayan, in addition to treating the wounded soldiers and letting the whole army rest: "The hundred sheep are a gift from Liang Jun! Roast them well and let the soldiers enjoy them!" Yang Dayan said with a smile.The fierce general also gave the soldiers a sense of kindness and humor. Yu Wenfu, one of the generals, expressed his wish to pursue Liang Jun who retreated to the south with all his strength. "No need to chase! No, it should be said that you just need to send people to follow up to see what's going on. The next battle will probably be in autumn. Take five hundred riders!" On the other hand, Yang Dayan gave his wife Pan Baozhu a hundred horses; he went back to report the news of recapturing Henan City to King Zhongshan.In this way, Henan City was recaptured by Wei Jun within four days. On the same day, Pan Baozhu returned to Zhongshan King's formation to report the victory.When King Zhongshan was comforting her for her hard work, a person suddenly visited. "Xing Hongbao is here!" King Zhongshan's tone was not good. The person who came was General Anton Xing Luan.If it is said that Wei's greatest warrior is Yang Dayan, then the best wise general is Xing Luan. Xing Luan, courtesy name Hong Bao, was forty-three years old at the time.The official is General Anton, the governor of the East to discuss all the military forces, and also the minister of the branch.Duzhi Shangshu is the Minister of Finance. After returning to the court from the battlefield, this figure also has extraordinary administrative skills. "Xing Luan has all-round talents in civil and military affairs, and he is a weapon of the world." This is the commentary in the "Book of Wei": He is a first-class prime minister and general, and he is a reliable talent for country management. Although Xing Luan was born in a poor family, he loved reading when he was young. He became a doctor of Zhongshu at a very young age and became a scholar serving the court.Although he wanted to continue to serve as a civil servant, Emperor Xiaowen recognized his military talent, and he was promoted from a staff officer to a commander. His greatest success was four years ago, when the general guarding the western part of the Liang Dynasty surrendered to Wei, Xing Luan served as the governor of the Liang and Han military forces and led 30,000 troops to invade Hanzhong.After fighting in the mountainous area for a year, he defeated the Liang army more than a dozen times, and occupied land as wide as "thousands of miles from east to west, and 700 miles from north to south". Speaking of which, since Xing Luan was the one who single-handedly conquered the vast land from the upper reaches to the middle reaches of the Han River, it is natural that his martial arts can be as famous as Deng Ai who destroyed the Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms era. Xing Luan is tall and imposing, and his appearance is not only neat, but also majestic.Especially the jet-black long beard that reaches the abdomen is the number one in Luoyang.Therefore, although there is only a four-year difference between him and King Zhongshan, he looks ten years older.He is stable and calm, when he is present and not, the atmosphere in the palace is completely different, even the young emperor seems a little unnatural in front of him. Among the important ministers in the Northern Dynasty, the servants—Lu Chang and General Youwei—Yuan Hui had extremely poor evaluations. The two of them joined forces to frame other important ministers for false crimes, or to accept bribes to cause unfair Personnel affairs are poisonous in the court.In this way, everyone called Lu Chang "Hungry Eagle Attendant" and Yuan Hui "Hungry Tiger General" to show their hatred and fear. The Hungry Eagle and Hungry Tiger naturally hated Xing Luan's great achievements and intended to frame him with false charges.After learning about this, Xing Luan sent two blond beauties from the Western Regions to the mansion of Lu Chang and Yuan Hui.The two were very happy, and they praised Xing Luan a lot in the future.A friend slandered Xing Luan: "I really don't know you are such a person! Isn't it a gentleman's job to give beautiful women and courtiers?" Xing Luan replied calmly: "Adversaries who can be defeated by intelligence use intelligence; opponents who can be defeated by martial arts use bravery; opponents who can be defeated by bribery use bribes. I just do that!" From Xing Luan's point of view, Lu Chang and Yuan Hui正如别人对他们的称呼一样，是不能与之讲道理的对手，对他们说冠冕堂皇的话是没有用的，还不如用甜蜜的饵食引之上钩。 在听闻此话之后，中山王虽认可邢峦的贤明，但却有着奇妙的不快感，结果就产生了邢峦是否对自己以外的所有人都抱持侮蔑态度的疑惑。当然，中山王并没有把他的想法告知任何人，只是自此就对邢峦这个人比较小心了。 在形式上的招呼过后，邢峦告知了来访的目的。原来在警戒着梁军动向的魏之宫廷中，由宰相——任城王元澄的判断而出了五万兵力，命邢峦前来支援中山王。 “哦，是任城王呀？” 任城王——元澄为魏之皇族，对中山王或对前代的孝文帝来说，都是从堂兄弟的关系。这年刚好四十岁，除立下不少武勋之外，身为宰相在政治上的功绩也不少；深得孝文帝的信任。迁都洛阳之事，也是在他和孝文帝绵密的计划之下，排除了反对派而实行的。 从齐到梁，对南朝的军事行动一直都是在任城王的主导之下进行的：任城王在洛阳订定战略、进行补给，而由中山王负责指挥大军远征。他们的工作一直都是这样分担的。 孝文帝、任城王和中山王等三人自幼时感情就很好，也一直齐力合力进行着使魏成为安定的中原国家之举。 这一日，来访中山王的使者甚多，也包括了从前线而来的使者，他报告了梁军整然退却的消息。 “还有，韦予州（予州刺史，韦睿）还乘着轿子，在全军的最后悠悠然地离去……” “这人真是一点都没变呀！” 中山王呢喃着。就像韦睿很清楚地认知中山王一样，中山王也很清楚韦睿。当中山王还年轻的时候，韦睿已是中年，而其战阵中乘着轿子的样子，也早已为中山王所见过。这名连甲胄都不穿、也不害怕箭矢的老人，确实是个不可思议的敌将。 “南贼已经退了，虽然卿好不容易来到，但已经没有必要了！” “要追击吗？” 邢峦用不太热心的口调问道： “这应不致对我们魏军造成什么很大的灾厄吧？相信圣上也会对殿下的武勋有所嘉赏才是！” 真是讨厌的家伙，他说的话似乎背后都有不同的含意，真不知他到底在想些什么！这个人绝不能完全信赖。也许自己想得太多，但小心一点总是好的。 “这次已将河南城夺回，也诛讨了敌方二将，这均为杨平南（平南将军杨大眼）之功，相信这样已经差不多了！” 中山王尽量以平静的口气说道。邢峦则行了重重的一礼： “既然如此，我并没有其他意见，就依殿下的意思吧！”
On this day, when the sun disappeared on the western horizon, the commander-in-chief of the Wei army, King Zhongshan, Yuan Ying, rode a horse to patrol the camp.When they saw his helmet with two long egret feathers, the soldiers cheered and rushed to him.And at King Zhongshan's side was General Pingnan——Yang Dayan.In the afterglow of the setting sun, the shadows of the centaurs and horses stretched long on the red soil, and with the reflection of the armor, the arrow-like brilliance was like golden powder scattered all over the ground. King Zhongshan——Yuanying and Yang Dayan rode side by side, receiving the enthusiastic cheers of Wei Zhi's soldiers from left and right. The trust in them is already a kind of faith for Wei Jun. After the inspection, the two returned to the tent side by side.King Zhongshan's figure is quite tall, but Yang Dayan is a giant at all!It's just that his muscles are well-proportioned, and his body is very soft, which doesn't make people feel bulky at all. While walking, King Zhongshan said to Yang Dayan: "I heard that you shot an arrow at the enemy line at noon?" "It has reached your ears!" "Did you miss it on purpose?" "This……" "It should be because you think it would be a pity to kill these people who climbed Wanglu despite the danger, right?" "The subordinates are terrified! In fact, at such a distance, the subordinates don't have the confidence to only hurt people without killing them!" Yang Dayan seemed to lower his head in fear, while King Zhongshan smiled happily and said: "You needn't be afraid! I know that even if you have the strength to kill a tiger or a bear, you are a man who would not even shoot a bird." "If necessary, I can actually catch the bird from the sky!" "Well, it should be possible if it's you." In addition to Yang Dayan's strange strength, his huge body has unimaginable speed.It is recorded in the "Book of Wei": Even if he ran forward with a three-foot-long (about nine meters) cloth tied to a bun, he could still let the cloth stretch straight behind without falling to the ground.So "catch the bird out of the sky" shouldn't be an exaggeration! When he was the prefect of Wu County, he once wiped out man-eating tigers.Wu County is a small town located in a mountainous area on the western border of the Wei Dynasty. More than half of the residents are of different ethnicities. Although it is not yet a rebellion, the resistance against the officers and soldiers has never stopped.What completely calmed him down within a day was the event that Yang Dayan, who entered the mountain alone, carried the tiger's carcass down the mountain.There were no knife wounds on the tiger's body, only two broken skulls and neck bones.In other words, Yang Dayan did not use a weapon, but killed the tiger with his bare hands. The residents of Wu County, in order to thank Yang Dayan for eliminating the harm of the man-eating tiger and to respect his bravery, during his term of office, there was no more disturbance in Wu County. Yang Dayan's grandfather, named Yang Nandang, was active as the general of Wei Zhi, and he was quite well-known, but later his family fell into poverty, and Yang Dayan's youth was considered to be very poor.Fortunately, Li Chong, Minister of Shangshu, admired his bravery and appointed him as the military leader (troop commander) when he was a teenager.Later, with the accumulation of achievements in combat, he successively served as General Fuguo, General Guerrilla, and General Zhenglu.The king of Zhongshan also had a high opinion of Yang Dayan's bravery and military use, and he loved him, so he treated him as his lieutenant general for several years. Although Yang Dayan is not a person of knowledge, when his subordinates read "Historical Records", "Hanshu", "Chunqiu Zuoshi Biography", "Sunzi", "Wuzi" and other books to him, they can fully remember the contents. down. Although the exact age of Yang Dayan is not known clearly, but based on his experience, it seems that he should be above Zhongshan King, probably around forty years old.Not only is he proficient in martial arts, but his physical strength does not appear to be declining at all. He can be said to be a unparalleled brave man. King Zhongshan was waiting for a guest in the tent. His armor was as beautiful as King Zhongshan. Although he was a young nobleman, his attitude was not majestic for his age. "Oh, Mr. Founder! I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long!" King Zhongshan spoke first, and your son saluted solemnly. "No, I'm sorry for the last general who took the liberty to come to visit, please forgive me!" "I have heard about your defeat in Shouchun. Your bravery is really admirable!" The man known as the founding father quickly completed the purpose of his trip.The main thing is to confirm the movement of the troops. Originally, we only need to send an envoy to this matter. The founding father seemed to feel sorry for him coming in person. After solemnly declining the invitation to have dinner, the founding father rode on a white horse I solemnly bid farewell again. Yang Dayan watched his leaving back. "The founding father's aura is quite strong!" "That's because his desire for revenge is burning! To Duke Founder, Lord Liang is a usurper, and this is brotherly hatred!" The Lord of Liang refers to Emperor Wu of Liang—Xiao Yan, and the founding father who wants to avenge his brother is Xiao Baoyin, formerly King of Poyang. Xiao Baoyin, courtesy name Zhiliang, is the younger brother of Hunjun Baojuan.When Qi was destroyed and Liang Jianguo was born, Xiao Baoyin should have been killed, but he escaped from the claustrophobic place, climbed the wall, crossed the mountains and went to Wei State for his life.Although he was only seventeen years old at that time, his physical strength and strength were already extraordinary. Wei expressed his welcome to this noble exile from the Southern Dynasty, because in this way he could not only obtain detailed information from the Southern Dynasty, but also allow Wei to have a good name in the name of "defeat the usurper for Xiao Baoyin! Revive the Qi Dynasty again!" The pretext for sending troops. Xiao Baoyin is also favored by the court of Wei as the prince who inherited the orthodoxy of Qi, and has entered into a marriage contract with Princess Nanyang of the royal family of Wei. Jiang Qingzhen, the general who defeated Liang in the Battle of Shouchun, is very powerful both in public and private .This year, Xiao Baoyin was twenty-one years old. "He is really a very reliable noble son. If he is the emperor, probably Qi will not perish!" Most of the people in Luoyang are full of kindness towards the exiled prince. The Northern Dynasties have official histories of the Northern Dynasties, such as "Book of Wei", "Book of Northern Qi", "Book of Zhou" and "Northern History"; ", "Southern History" and so on.Xiao Baoyin's biography is recorded in the "Book of Wei" of the Northern Dynasty and the "Book of Nanqi" of the Southern Dynasty. After all, he is really a person with a rare destiny.However, there were still many examples of people like him at that time; in general, the era of the Great Disintegration can also be said to be the era of desperadoes. At this time, King Zhongshan and Yang Dayan thought the same thing, and they were equally silent.If Wei Jiangliang perishes and dominates the whole of Jiangnan, who will rule Jiangnan?Will it be given to King Zhongshan who has established incomparable martial arts?Or let the founding father who avenged the usurper revive the Qi dynasty?This can no longer be said to be a dream, but something that may be realized in the near future, so you can't speak casually! Suddenly King Zhongshan sighed: "If the late emperor is still alive..." The first emperor of Wei, Emperor Xiaowen who ascended the throne at the age of five, died at the age of thirty-three, still quite young.If he continued to survive, he would be forty years old at this time, which is considered a prime age. Emperor Xiaowen was assisted by his grandmother in his youth, and he took charge of the government at the age of twenty-two.In just eleven years of pro-government, Emperor Xiaowen left behind a long-lasting performance. Originally, Wei was a dynasty established by the horse-riding people in the north. The royal family's surname was Tuoba. He changed it to the Yuan family with Chinese flavor, and established a system according to the Chinese dynasty. In addition to financial resources and military power, it also contributed to the development of culture The fusion with the nation has done a lot of effort.Among them, he moved the capital of Wei from Pingcheng in the north (now Datong City, Shanxi Province) to Luoyang, transforming the country into a Central Plains country. And when he changed the surname of the royal family to Yuan, he also gave the surname "Yuan" to the officials who had separated from the royal family.The most famous should be regarded as Prime Minister Yuanhe who has made considerable achievements in politics, military affairs and academics.The Japanese custom of giving surnames to ministers who have separated from the royal family is a tradition that has been handed down from China's Northern and Southern Dynasties. There are many ministers who cherish the heart of the great Emperor Xiaowen, and they naturally feel contemptuous of the new emperor who is too young and cannot be said to be wise.Of course, the new emperor was also sensitive to this, so he alienated his important ministers since his father, and got close to Buddhist monks and friends who played with him.This kind of situation will break out completely one day, and King Zhongshan also discovered the shadow under the superficial prosperity, so he launched the army of the Southern Expedition at this time. A voice came from the entrance of the tent.Yang Dayan moved his gaze, and when he saw the person coming, he couldn't help completely changing his expressionless face just now: "Oh, here we come!" Appearing in front of the tabernacle is a woman.She is about thirty years old, and her beauty cannot be said to be that kind of elegant beauty, but her eyes are strong, which seems to have a dangerous beauty.She didn't wear a helmet, but only put on armor, her hair was tied up with a light red cloth scarf, and a long sword was hung on her back. "His Royal Highness King Zhongshan, long time no see!" Even the voice was very hearty. "It's Mrs. Pan, it's just in time!" King Zhongshan solemnly replied. "Sit down first! We're getting ready to get some wine! However, you seem to be in a hurry..." "You are so perceptive!" The beauty's name is Pan Baozhu, and she is Yang Dayan's wife. The Chinese Empire has always had different surnames for husband and wife. "Big Eye's wife, Mrs. Pan, is good at riding and shooting. Big Eye ordered his wife to dress up in a military uniform. Sometimes she marched on the battlefield with darts, and sometimes she drove in the forest. When returning to camp, she also ordered her to sit with her under the curtain. People at the time called her" This is General Pan'!" It is this woman who is recorded in "Wei Shu-Yang Dayan Biography". "Report to Your Highness first: An envoy from Henan City, a hundred miles to the west (about 550 meters away), came to report that Wang Mao led Liang's army of about 30,000 to 40,000, and took advantage of the gap between our army to attack Henan City has been captured!" There was a silence among the audience. "So that's the case, we know the strategy of the Southern Bandits!" King Zhongshan laughed in a low voice, and Liang Jun's battle finally became clear.When Wei Rui set up an army in Yuzhou to attract King Zhongshan and Yang Dayan, and when the situation of a protracted war seemed to have formed, Wang Mao took the opportunity to attack Henan City. "General Pingnan, what do you think?" Inquiry about King Zhongshan.Yang Dayan replied in a cautious tone: "If Henan City is secured by the southern thieves, it will definitely become a stronghold for them to directly attack Luoyang, which will restrain our army's actions." "That's right! When our army goes south to cross the Huaihe River, it's not fun at all to be choked by the southern thieves!" Wei Jun called Liang Jun a "Southern Thief", while Liang Jun called Wei Jun a "Northern Thief". While drawing a map of the Huaihe River Basin in their minds, King Zhongshan and Yang Dayan were silent.And looking at the two heroes representing Wei Jun, Pan Baozhu was also speechless.The lights reflected in the black pupils made her beauty even more coquettish. "Summer is coming soon!" King Zhongshan said: "Can our soldiers endure the hot summer south of the Huaihe River? It's hot and humid..." "If it rains, it will not stop for a whole month, so even the actions of the cavalry will become very difficult!" "The final decisive battle still lies in autumn, and now we have to retreat for the time being!" "learn!" "However, before that, Henan City must be taken back!" King Zhongshan's eyes glowed like thunder, and his armor was also shining brightly from the lights. "General Pingnan, can you reach Henan City overnight?" "If His Highness so orders..." "It's possible to do so, the Qing family is probably the only one in the world! Please take ten thousand cavalry and set off immediately to Henan City, and trample the southern bandits under the horse's hooves!" "learn!" "I'll leave it to Brother Tiger to defend here, don't worry!" Although the appearance is beautiful, but once murderous, King Zhongshan's expression can be said to be quite sad. "If Wei Yuzhou chases him out, then he will be settled in a single battle! However, I don't think so, let me use this jade flute to restrain him!" After sending Yang Dayan and Pan Baozhu out of the tent, the King of Zhongshan asked his servant to fetch his favorite jade flute. After taking off his helmet, he sat down and said to himself: "The ups and downs in my heart will be reflected in the sound of the flute. If you can hear this, then you are the real enemy!" The king of Zhongshan began to play the jade flute, and the sound of the flute was heard by Wei Rui and Chen Qingzhi. In addition to Pan Baozhu, Yang Dayan also brought such generals as Li Chong, Liu Shenfu, Gongsun Zhi, Yu Wenfu, Yuan Yao and so on.The black cavalry galloping under the moon is like a group of black dragons sweeping across the ground, and the luster of the black armor under the moonlight is like the scales of black dragons. Ten thousand cavalry marched in the wilderness without saying a word or in the slightest disorder in the darkness of night. When the sun rose from the eastern horizon in early summer, the 30,000 Liang troops occupying Henan City had already received the information of the Wei army's attack, and formed a formation outside the city.The commander-in-chief Wang Mao himself served in the third team, Shen Tianhua in the second team, and Wang Hua in the first team.I thought that I should have the leeway to attack the Wei army that was coming from a long drive, but the all-black army that rushed in like a thundercloud was stronger than common sense, and Liang Jun's first attack was immediately shattered! Liang Zhifu's general, Wang Hua, scolded his fleeing side, and stabbed Yang Dayan with a spear from his horse.But in just one round, Wang Hua's gun flew into the air, and her head was smashed into the blood mist along with the helmet. Wielding the bloody battle axe, Yang Dayan galloped the black horse, his speed and momentum were like a black storm, flashing and flashing, the red light flickered, it was all galloping human blood.Many Liang soldiers ran away screaming, and some were even unable to move due to paralysis, and these people finally became blood smoke under the battle axe. Soon, Yang Dayan entered Liang Jun's second formation. Liang's General Long Xiang, Shen Tianhua, although his face was pale, drew his sword and cut off a part of the left sleeve of his battle robe: "Give this to my son in Jiankang!" After speaking and handing over the sleeves to the soldiers, he took over the lance (a long spear used by cavalry) and ordered the whole army to charge in front of the formation.In the shout of "Kill!", he rushed towards the shadow of Yang Dayan.Correspondingly, Yang Dayan also jumped on his dark horse, and the two started a head-on conflict. In the same way, during the first round of conflict, Shen Tianhua's head flew away with a long bloody tail attached to his helmet.The headless rider still sat in the saddle, dissolved in the blood and dust of the two armies. When he received the bad news that Liang's second formation also collapsed, Wang Mao of the third formation silently led his horse forward. Wang Mao was Xiao Yan's staff member before he came to the throne, and he was also a hero in the founding of the Liang Dynasty. His style name is Xiuyuan. He is fifty-one years old.Although he is not born in the world, but his calm and generous conduct is deeply trusted by the lord, soldiers, and even the people. "Dayan Yang is here!" Even after receiving such a battle report, Wang Mao didn't feel terrified, even if it was terrified, he couldn't show it on his face.When Liang Jianguo was in power, he also stood at the forefront and fought bravely.For example, in the "Battle of Jiahu", he defeated the Qi army and won more than ten thousand heads, and he also won the honor of bravery in the "Battle of Zhuquemen".Although this was a siege battle at the south gate of Jiankang City, fierce white soldiers fought from the trench to the bridge.Wang Mao swung his big sword and jumped into the enemy, beheaded more than 20 people, and went all the way to the door.Baojuan, holding a beautiful woman on the city gate and watching Bai Bingzhan, felt horrified, and closed the door tightly... Wang Mao rode his horse and stood at the head of the battle, put his spear across the saddle, and looked at the plains ahead.The morning wind of early summer blows strongly, bringing with it howls and screams, clashes of swords and guns, kicking of horseshoes and the breath of blood, which expand like rising clouds.The escaped Liang Jun and the pursuing Wei Jun were completely indistinguishable.In front of Wang Mao's eyes were three or four military flags. In the next moment, Liang Jun, who was fleeing, suddenly separated to the left and right, and a huge, completely black shadow of a man and a horse jumped in front of Wang Mao.Just seeing this black shadow, half of Liang Bing couldn't help but retreat; while the other half just stood there dumbfounded, unable to make a sound, like a rabbit in front of a tiger.But Wang Mao is probably the only one who can still maintain normal. Yang Dayan's battle ax formed a waterfall of light and landed on Wang Mao's head. At the moment of being attacked, Wang Mao's spear immediately shattered sharply!For the second blow that followed, Wang Mao could only dodge the horse's neck by lowering his body.Under the threat of a battle ax that could cut through the air, Wang Mao's horse was afraid and just backed away; while Yang Dayan's horse pressed forward step by step, causing the owner to launch a third blow.The experienced Wang Mao had no choice but to discard the remaining spear and pull out the sword from his waist.However, he didn't head-on with Yang Dayan's battle axe, he just turned the blade sideways and flowed in the direction of the attack, but even so, his right wrist was unavoidably numb. The horses of the two missed each other, and the sound of saddle and saddle colliding came out, and Yang Dayan looked at Wang Mao.This is the "wheel eye" recorded in "Wei Shu", which is big and round, and has double eyelids.The owner of the wheel eye laughed and said: "Don't you begrudge your life? Southern thief!" "Stop being so arrogant, northern thief!" At the same time, Wang Mao stabbed the sword out like lightning, intending to point at Yang Dayan's throat.Yang Dayan just moved his left wrist casually, and raised his armored wrist. In an instant, the sword bent completely, and broke after a strange sound.Fortunately, this is the famous sword that beheaded more than 20 Qi soldiers in the battle of Zhuquemen! Wang Mao lost his weapon, only sighed regretfully, and threw the broken sword towards Yang Dayan's face.Yang Dayan blocked the flying broken sword with his left wrist.And in this gap, Wang Mao turned his horse's head and rushed into the gate of Henan City. Although Yang Dayan wanted to pursue him, he was blocked by the rain of arrows shot by Wang Mao's men from the city wall, and Wang Mao escaped. Even though he was defeated in the battle, Wang Mao still retained his reputation for bravery. After all, he also had a one-on-one decisive battle with the famous Yang Dayan, and he was able to come back alive.Therefore, even though Henan City, which was captured after losing 7,000 soldiers in one day, was immediately pursued by the opponent, even so, the morale of the remaining Liang soldiers was still not low. "Regardless of the outcome of the field battle, as long as the city is defended, reinforcements will definitely come. Even if not, General Wang will do something!" Thinking this way, their trust in Wang Mao has not diminished at all. Wang Mao himself had other ideas.This time the battle was a failure. Even if he defended Henan City to the death, the reinforcements that came would be crushed by Yang Dayan one by one, which would only cause greater losses. "It's better to retreat from here than to be trapped in a city!" He made a decision that day.Wang Mao waited until night and sent an envoy: "Wang Zhongwei (Zhongwei General Wang Mao) will abandon Henan City and force the entire army to leave. I pray for the help of all the troops!" When the envoy arrived before Wei Rui's eyes, it was already the afternoon of the next day after dawn.After reading Wang Mao's secret letter, Wei Rui looked at Chen Qingzhi: "Yang Dayan is worthy of being an unparalleled fierce general, even a good general like Wang Zhongwei was defeated in one battle!" "Then what is he going to do now?" "You have to retreat first. There is no other good strategy, isn't there? If you want to fight again, you can only cooperate with the navy! You must avoid field battles far away from the Huaihe River. From this experience, it seems the same. .” In other words, Yang Dayan adopted a quick solution, and there was also a Zhongshan King in the dark.While thinking about it in his heart, Wei Rui called the chief history (supplementary officer) Wang Chao and the eldest son Wei Fang, and ordered the whole army to prepare the sedan chair! Even the sedan chairs are not the luxurious ones used by princes and princes, but solid and simple wooden products without a top cover.After putting on the square mattress made of thin wooden cotton, Wei Rui sat on it as he was wearing Confucian clothes.He didn't hold a sword in his hand either, but just waved a bamboo stick in his hand to command the whole army. After ascending the throne and founding the country, Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan appointed Wei Rui as the governor of Yuzhou, and this was not only the governor of a state, but actually the military commander in charge of the north.Xiao Yan also gave Wei Rui an ivory Ruyi.Ruyi was originally a curved stick used in Buddhist ceremonies; later it was also used to command military affairs.Of course Wei Rui accepted it gratefully, but in fact he used the original bamboo stick. "The old man thinks this thing is the best! It's light and strong, you can have as much as you want!" As he said that, Wei Rui ordered the guards to carry the sedan chair, and eight soldiers from front, back, left and right raised the sedan chair so that Wei Rui protruded above the height of the head of the walking people, about the height of the upper body.Of course, the high position can clearly see the actions of the soldiers, but it is also quite obvious to the enemy, and it is easy to become the target of the enemy's arrows in battle.It's just that Wei Rui's habit of riding a sedan chair has not changed. "Are you going with the old man too?" The person Wei Rui asked was Hu Longya.The leader of this salt thief was the one who had planned to throw Chen Qingzhi and Zhu Yingtai into the Huai River.In his thirties, he is a strong man full of sunshine.But since a few days ago, his situation has really changed too much, so he couldn't help but be taken aback for a moment before replying: "Do you think it's okay? I'm a thief..." "A thief will not always be a thief! Besides, even if I am Laosheng or Ziyun, from Wei Jun's point of view, aren't I still a thief?" "Don't worry about that kind of thing!" Chen Qingzhi, who took three times as long as others to get on the horse, continued: "This time, I am petitioning His Majesty to form a cavalry team, and I hope you can become one of them!" "I'm looking forward to it, Your Highness Ziyun!" Surprised, Wei Fang raised his hand and said: "Did you just talk about organizing cavalry...?" "Yes, that's what I said!" "His Royal Highness Ziyun means: As for the iron cavalry of the Wei army, should we also use cavalry to fight against it?" Wei Fang's question was based on common sense. When the Southern Dynasty wanted to attack the elite cavalry of the Northern Dynasty, they would lure them into wetlands or waterways.Then divide and attack by the navy... This is the ancient art of war. Chen Qingzhi did not immediately answer Wei Fang's question, but instead asked Hu Longya: "How? You know how to ride a horse!" "Still talking about this..." Hu Longya covered his sun-burned face with one hand, he really didn't know what kind of expression he should use.If he could assist Chen Qingzhi, who is General Liang Zhi, would he be famous in official history?This is really unexpected! After nodding happily, Chen Qingzhi answered Wei Fang's question: "I didn't intend to confront Wei Jun's cavalry head-on, but if there is such a team, it should be helpful. Anyway, when Wei Jun hears that Liang Jun has cavalry, he will probably laugh Laugh! Then we can take advantage of the opportunity to attack!" Wei Fang nodded.Chen Qingzhi turned his gaze and said to Zhu Yingtai this time: "Your Highness, I have to go back to Beijing in order to report the battle situation to the Holy Majesty. If you also want to find someone in the capital, then you can go together. How about it?" On the morning of the fourth day, Yang Dayan was called out from the tent by his wife, saying that the Henan city surrounded by the Wei army seemed a bit strange, and the soldiers were all nervous because the Liang soldiers might attack from the city. Yang Dayan ran out of the tent with only his leather armor on. He saw military flags on the wall of the city, there were bursts of commotion in the city, and dust was flying in the clear sky.However, Yang Dayan has a different judgment: "That's why, although there are various voices, no human voices can be heard! In other words, all the enemies have already escaped from the city! Let the soldiers go up to the city wall to scout, I believe there will be no danger of." Under Yang Dayan's order, long ladders were erected on the walls of the city in all directions. After lightly armed soldiers climbed up to investigate, they found that there was indeed no trace of Liang Jun in the city.Sound and dust are actually made by sheep.Wang Mao tied the tails of a hundred sheep with grass bundles, and then lit them on fire to make them run wild in the city, in order to confuse the Wei army's eyes and ears. The soldiers who came down from the city wall opened the city gate from the inner side of the city, and Yang Dayan led the whole army to the city, and changed the military flag on the city to Wei. After entering the city, Yang Dayan, in addition to treating the wounded soldiers and letting the whole army rest: "The hundred sheep are a gift from Liang Jun! Roast them well and let the soldiers enjoy them!" Yang Dayan said with a smile.The fierce general also gave the soldiers a sense of kindness and humor. Yu Wenfu, one of the generals, expressed his wish to pursue Liang Jun who retreated to the south with all his strength. "No need to chase! No, it should be said that you just need to send people to follow up to see what's going on. The next battle will probably be in autumn. Take five hundred riders!" On the other hand, Yang Dayan gave his wife Pan Baozhu a hundred horses; he went back to report the news of recapturing Henan City to King Zhongshan.In this way, Henan City was recaptured by Wei Jun within four days. On the same day, Pan Baozhu returned to Zhongshan King's formation to report the victory.When King Zhongshan was comforting her for her hard work, a person suddenly visited. "Xing Hongbao is here!" King Zhongshan's tone was not good. The person who came was General Anton Xing Luan.If it is said that Wei's greatest warrior is Yang Dayan, then the best wise general is Xing Luan. Xing Luan, courtesy name Hong Bao, was forty-three years old at the time.The official is General Anton, the governor of the East to discuss all the military forces, and also the minister of the branch.Duzhi Shangshu is the Minister of Finance. After returning to the court from the battlefield, this figure also has extraordinary administrative skills. "Xing Luan has all-round talents in civil and military affairs, and he is a weapon of the world." This is the commentary in the "Book of Wei": He is a first-class prime minister and general, and he is a reliable talent for country management. Although Xing Luan was born in a poor family, he loved reading when he was young. He became a doctor of Zhongshu at a very young age and became a scholar serving the court.Although he wanted to continue to serve as a civil servant, Emperor Xiaowen recognized his military talent, and he was promoted from a staff officer to a commander. His greatest success was four years ago, when the general guarding the western part of the Liang Dynasty surrendered to Wei, Xing Luan served as the governor of the Liang and Han military forces and led 30,000 troops to invade Hanzhong.After fighting in the mountainous area for a year, he defeated the Liang army more than a dozen times, and occupied land as wide as "thousands of miles from east to west, and 700 miles from north to south". Speaking of which, since Xing Luan was the one who single-handedly conquered the vast land from the upper reaches to the middle reaches of the Han River, it is natural that his martial arts can be as famous as Deng Ai who destroyed the Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms era. Xing Luan is tall and imposing, and his appearance is not only neat, but also majestic.Especially the jet-black long beard that reaches the abdomen is the number one in Luoyang.Therefore, although there is only a four-year difference between him and King Zhongshan, he looks ten years older.He is stable and calm, when he is present and not, the atmosphere in the palace is completely different, even the young emperor seems a little unnatural in front of him. Among the important ministers in the Northern Dynasty, the servants—Lu Chang and General Youwei—Yuan Hui had extremely poor evaluations. The two of them joined forces to frame other important ministers for false crimes, or to accept bribes to cause unfair Personnel affairs are poisonous in the court.In this way, everyone called Lu Chang "Hungry Eagle Attendant" and Yuan Hui "Hungry Tiger General" to show their hatred and fear. The Hungry Eagle and Hungry Tiger naturally hated Xing Luan's great achievements and intended to frame him with false charges.After learning about this, Xing Luan sent two blond beauties from the Western Regions to the mansion of Lu Chang and Yuan Hui.The two were very happy, and they praised Xing Luan a lot in the future.A friend slandered Xing Luan: "I really don't know you are such a person! Isn't it a gentleman's job to give beautiful women and courtiers?" Xing Luan replied calmly: "Adversaries who can be defeated by intelligence use intelligence; opponents who can be defeated by martial arts use bravery; opponents who can be defeated by bribery use bribes. I just do that!" From Xing Luan's point of view, Lu Chang and Yuan Hui正如别人对他们的称呼一样，是不能与之讲道理的对手，对他们说冠冕堂皇的话是没有用的，还不如用甜蜜的饵食引之上钩。 在听闻此话之后，中山王虽认可邢峦的贤明，但却有着奇妙的不快感，结果就产生了邢峦是否对自己以外的所有人都抱持侮蔑态度的疑惑。当然，中山王并没有把他的想法告知任何人，只是自此就对邢峦这个人比较小心了。 在形式上的招呼过后，邢峦告知了来访的目的。原来在警戒着梁军动向的魏之宫廷中，由宰相——任城王元澄的判断而出了五万兵力，命邢峦前来支援中山王。 “哦，是任城王呀？” 任城王——元澄为魏之皇族，对中山王或对前代的孝文帝来说，都是从堂兄弟的关系。这年刚好四十岁，除立下不少武勋之外，身为宰相在政治上的功绩也不少；深得孝文帝的信任。迁都洛阳之事，也是在他和孝文帝绵密的计划之下，排除了反对派而实行的。 从齐到梁，对南朝的军事行动一直都是在任城王的主导之下进行的：任城王在洛阳订定战略、进行补给，而由中山王负责指挥大军远征。他们的工作一直都是这样分担的。 孝文帝、任城王和中山王等三人自幼时感情就很好，也一直齐力合力进行着使魏成为安定的中原国家之举。 这一日，来访中山王的使者甚多，也包括了从前线而来的使者，他报告了梁军整然退却的消息。 “还有，韦予州（予州刺史，韦睿）还乘着轿子，在全军的最后悠悠然地离去……” “这人真是一点都没变呀！” 中山王呢喃着。就像韦睿很清楚地认知中山王一样，中山王也很清楚韦睿。当中山王还年轻的时候，韦睿已是中年，而其战阵中乘着轿子的样子，也早已为中山王所见过。这名连甲胄都不穿、也不害怕箭矢的老人，确实是个不可思议的敌将。 “南贼已经退了，虽然卿好不容易来到，但已经没有必要了！” “要追击吗？” 邢峦用不太热心的口调问道： “这应不致对我们魏军造成什么很大的灾厄吧？相信圣上也会对殿下的武勋有所嘉赏才是！” 真是讨厌的家伙，他说的话似乎背后都有不同的含意，真不知他到底在想些什么！这个人绝不能完全信赖。也许自己想得太多，但小心一点总是好的。 “这次已将河南城夺回，也诛讨了敌方二将，这均为杨平南（平南将军杨大眼）之功，相信这样已经差不多了！” 中山王尽量以平静的口气说道。邢峦则行了重重的一礼： “既然如此，我并没有其他意见，就依殿下的意思吧！”