What happened in Luoyang City is still spreading and fermenting. At present, it seems to have caused a certain degree of turmoil and people are talking about it. But in the end, the discussion is just "discussion". From this perspective, it is Emperor Sima Chi was of no help, and his situation became even worse.
On the Chinese Valentine's Day, Pei Kuo personally arrived at the front line outside Xin'an City and inspected the camps.
Since arriving at the city, the Huns have put on a posture of not being able to defend. Perhaps they want to repeat the process of victory three years ago, that is, focusing on defense to wear down the attacking side's spirit, strength, and military resources. When they were exhausted, the fresh troops who had been waiting for a long time suddenly broke out and won the final victory.
The last time the commander was Xun Song of the Central Guard Army, this time it was Pei Kuo, the Northern Army Commander. The former had almost no war experience, while the latter had a lot of experience, so the style of play was very different.
Pei Kuo knew that his troops were not effective in combat, so the first thing he did was to dig trenches, build earthen walls, and surround Xin'an City. In this way, even if his own side was defeated and the defenders wanted to go out and pursue them, it would not be that simple.
The Luoyang Chinese Army cannot withstand the disastrous defeat three years ago. If it happens again, this army will inevitably disintegrate.
When Pei Kuo arrived outside Xin'an City, the soldiers of the imperial army were sweating profusely, digging trenches and building earth walls.
Chen Jin, the general of the left guard, shouted in front of him and pointed at a place in the west of the city with his riding whip. When he saw Pei Kuo, he immediately came over to salute.
"How's the fight going?" Pei Kuo looked at the smoke and dust and asked.
"Xu Lang still used his life. Huang Biao, the commander of the forward battalion, personally led the soldiers to attack and drove the thieves to Baichao City." Chen Jin replied.
"Didn't the imperial soldiers join the battle?" Pei Kuo asked in surprise.
Chen Jin was a little embarrassed when he heard this and said: "We won the previous few battles with their help. If we rely on other people's help this time, it will not be justified in any case."
Because the Luoyang Chinese Army's combat effectiveness was limited, after arriving at Xin'an City, the first few battles were fought by Chang Can and his troops. The scale was not large, but the battles were crisp and clean, which greatly boosted morale. In the end, as long as Hearing the hoofbeats of the imperial soldiers in the distance, the enemy troops began to panic. After seeing them dismount and put on their armor, their morale dropped rapidly.
This time the battle on the bank of the valley in the west of the city was fought by the Imperial Army.
Chen Jin, the general of the left guard, personally suppressed the formation and sent forward the advanced battalion, the strong crossbow battalion, and the basic battalion. He also personally improved military discipline and killed hundreds of fleeing sergeants. After a deadly battle, Wang Wang was finally defeated. Mi's reinforcements were driven away.
However, even though he won the battle, he was still ashamed. Because the reinforcements sent by Wang Mi were not necessarily elite, but the ones he sent were the backbone of the left guard. In the end, it took a lot of effort to win the battle.
What does this mean? It means that the overall strength of the Forbidden Army is similar to Wang Mi, or even slightly inferior.
The Bai Chao Base he mentioned is located fifteen miles northwest of Xin'an City.
During the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty, the local tyrant Bai Chao built a fortification here to fortify himself. The location of the fortification was very clever, with high mountains and ridges on the left and right, more than a hundred steps away from each other, and the main road leading out of it.
Today's Baichao Base is Wang Mi's logistics distribution center, mainly used to support Xin'an City. Therefore, he built an additional base a year ago and named it "Baichao City", also called "Baichaowu". It is a garrison.
A large fort for the people.
The families of the sergeants and ordinary people farm and herd behind Baichao City.
In addition, there is also a large-scale iron smelting industry here.
There was an iron official in the Han Dynasty. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the valley water was diverted for water smelting for state use, but it was later destroyed by war. Wang Mi recruited craftsmen in every possible way and managed to restore part of the production capacity. The tools he made were mainly supplied to Xin'an City.
Therefore, if you want to surround Xin'an, you must cut off the support from the direction of Baichao City.
Wang Mi knew this very well, so he repeatedly fought with Baichao's troops and fought against the imperial army. General Jiaoqiu was defeated in the wilderness between Xin'an and Baichao. After escaping, he was captured by Pei Kuo and sentenced to death.
As for Wu Yi, he brought inexperienced soldiers and horses from Henan County - almost all peasant soldiers recruited temporarily - and was defeated by the defenders in the field outside Xin'an City. He himself died in the rebellion.
The smoke and dust in the west gradually dispersed, and another battle ended.
Pei Kuo climbed up and looked into the distance, looking at the road dug and widened by Cao Cao, and remained silent for a long time.
"Retribution." After a long time, he sighed: "At the beginning, the soldiers had no intention to fight and the people were panicked. As soon as the Huns' arrows arrived, they fled. Thirty thousand soldiers and horses could only hide in Luoyang City and tremble, and easily lost Hongnong.
Now that the preliminary reorganization has been completed, Wang Mi has been running this place for several years, and the fortifications are complete. He wants to restore Hongnong again, but he doesn't know how much it will cost."
Chen Qi was speechless and speechless.
War is like this sometimes. When the front line is not stable, there are big steps forward or big steps back. Many cities and fortresses change hands repeatedly, as if the great passes built in dangerous areas are useless, just like a small village on the plain.
The defenders were easily routed and could be captured by an armed march.
But when the battle lines are stabilized, you will know how cruel and bloody these passes are.
The territory that was easily defeated and lost now needs to be regained at the cost of blood, because Hongnong is also very important to the Xiongnu, and they will not give up easily.
Now Wang Mi is mainly responsible for it. There are troops stationed in the Xiongnu court, but most of them are grazing and farming in the mountains and hills behind, and they are not sent to the front line at all. But once Wang Mi can no longer bear it, they may have to go into battle, even at the expense of
Deploy troops from Pingyang and Chang'an.
"I don't know how the imperial court did it!" Pei Kuo became more and more angry as he thought about it.
Chen Jin felt the same way, and looked at each other with Pei Kuo, knowing clearly what the other party was thinking: This bullshit court is doing all the damn evil!
Both of them came from aristocratic families, but they had been in the military for a long time and spent most of their lives with warriors. Over time, their ideas gradually changed and they no longer looked like traditional scholars.
Moreover, after the melee between the kings, the Xiongnu invaded, and the imperial army was repeatedly defeated and suffered heavy losses. They had many friends, so they died in battles, and they were very dissatisfied with the court - if you want to say which department of the Jin Dynasty was the most dissatisfied in the past ten years
, that must be the Forbidden Army.
"Has the Governor heard about the recent events in Luoyang?" Chen Jin asked.
Pei Kuo's expression did not change, he only nodded slightly and said, "I heard something."
"Mr. Chen has great ambitions and can win battles. Without him, Luoyang would have been gone." Chen Jin said: "In ordinary times of peace, I would not support Mr. Chen's behavior, but when is it now? In extraordinary times,
You should do something extraordinary. The Pei family lives in the east of the river, which is the heartland of the Huns. There is nothing they can do about the war in Henan. The governor led the imperial army to attack Xin'an, which is a rare opportunity to make meritorious deeds..."
Pei Kuo didn't say anything.
Chen Jin pointed out the fact that most of the Pei family's strength was in Hedong and failed to switch to Chen Gong in time. Once Chen Gong defeated the Xiongnu and established the Zen dynasty, Pei's achievements would not be very dazzling, and the benefits would be shared in the future.
, you may not be able to make much money, and you may even be suppressed by others. This is often an important reason for the decline of a family.
"Since the governor has captured Jiao Qiu, don't keep him, just kill him." Chen Jin said: "Don't be timid in the battle of Xin'an City. At this time, you should use all your strength. There is no one who will not die in the battle.
?The governor might as well visit General Chang today and ask him to help hold down the battle. If there are signs of mutiny in the army, he will suppress it severely. Seeing this, the sergeants can only turn around and fight to the death, not daring to turn their backs to the enemy. The governor will go to Chen Gong again.
Ask for a batch of wealth and reward the meritorious soldiers. If this is the case, the morale of the army will be strong, so why worry about Xin'an not being broken?"
Pei Kuo nodded slowly.
Next, he needs to borrow other people's heads to fight for the future of the Pei family.
The Luoyang Central Army plus the levied men totaled more than 40,000, and the garrison in Xin'an City was probably between 5,000 and 7,000. As long as the Xiongnu reinforcements were blocked, it would be easy.
In fact, he had already had this idea before Chen Jin reminded him.
Recently I had a heart-to-heart talk with the lieutenant generals and got to know a little bit about their thoughts. Even those officers who had been won over by the emperor acknowledged Chen Gong's illustrious military exploits and were extremely disappointed with the imperial court.
Some of these people can be won over again.
As for those who were disappointed with the court, but still loved the emperor, Pei Kuo had already figured it out and secretly wrote down their names.
In the next battle, he could calmly "arrange his troops" and completely eliminate the emperor's last influence in the imperial army, just like he got a secret letter from Shao Pi, the brother of Chen Gong, and asked Wu Yi and Jiao Qiu to come forward and die.
, find another mistake and remove Li Shu from office.
At this time, his confidence in Mr. Chen was also growing.
He believed that before entering Luoyang, Mr. Chen was not sure what the consequences of his actions would be. After trying it, there seemed to be no fierce opposition, which already explained a lot.
Mr. Chen tried it out and understood.
He watched for a long time and understood.
So he decided to act as the knife in Mr. Chen's hand, and eliminate people with evil intentions for him. Mr. Chen has always been wise, and he must be able to see his dedication - it is not a shameful thing to be someone else's knife. Mr. Chen also acted as a Sima in the beginning.
Only by using the sharpest knife in your hand can you achieve the level of advancement.
After making up his mind, Pei Kuo stuck to the line.
From Chinese Valentine's Day to late July, for half a month, he withstood the Xiongnu's harassment while surrounding the east and west sides of Xin'an City. He also erected multiple pontoon bridges over the Valley River and forcibly crossed to the north of the Valley River——
There are mountains to the north of Xin'an City, and valleys and rivers to the south of the city.
There were also more than a dozen battles, large and small.
By July 25th, the Xin'an defenders had not dared to leave the city to fight in the field for seven consecutive days. In the direction of Baichao City, the soldiers led by Chang Can defeated the reinforcements sent by Wang Mi several times and forced them back.
In the East and West Erxiaoshan area, Shao Shen led the Zhongwu Army and Ding Zhuang from the three counties of Yiyang, Luhun, and Xincheng to go north, and fought several fierce battles with Wang Mi, with both sides winning or losing.
At this point, the war has officially started for a month. More than half of Wang Mi's troops have been restrained in the directions of Xin'an and Baichao, and another seven or eight thousand troops have been invested in the east and west direction of Erxiaoshan. Wang Mi only has a few thousand mobile troops at his disposal.
But he could hardly save even these thousands of people.
On July 26, Wang Queer, who had finished hoarding food, grass and military supplies, led more than 35,000 troops to the Yewang City.
Xiongnu Anxi General Liu Yaxi mobilized Shi Hu to return reinforcements, and also asked Pingyang to reinforce Hanoi.
A few days later, an envoy arrived in Shaanxi City, planning to mobilize 10,000 infantry and cavalry troops from the nearby Hongnong direction to reinforce Hanoi.
Wang Mi suddenly felt a big head.
And just when all the fronts began to accelerate and the Huns began to feel the pressure, Shao Xun spent a calm month in Luoyang.
His "violent actions" did not encounter backlash for the time being, and he tested the bottom line of the officials and scholars again, and the sausage-slicing tactic was successful.
At the end of July, he humbly resigned from the title of "Recorder of Shangshu Shi" and let Wang Yan take his place.
Zheng Shida arrived in the capital and took over the post of servant servant, taking charge of the halberd-bearing warriors in the palace.
Pei Chun, the governor of Xingyang, was transferred to the city gate school captain and was in charge of the seven gates of Luoyang.
Shangshu Lang Yu Bing was appointed as the order of Luoyang.
Shangshu Zuocheng Lu Yan served as the Yin of Henan.
Chen Guocheng Pei Kui was promoted to the position of Huangmen Shilang, serving as attendants on the emperor's left and right, going in and out of the forbidden areas, and issuing orders.
Cui Gong, Prime Minister of Chen State, was promoted to the post of Chief Agriculture Officer and took charge of Taicang, Dongyang Gate.
Yang Jiezhi, the governor of Yuzhou, came to Beijing and was appointed as a Weiwei. He took charge of Luoyang's arsenal and various smelters, and rebuilt the official car and guard system. Chu Hui, the great farmer of the Chen State, succeeded the governor of Yuzhou.
Without the previous temptation, there would be no such series of appointments and dismissals.
After completing all this, he prepared to patrol Heyang in the north.
The war in Hebei has also entered its most critical moment.
Chapter completed!