Original: There are generally three routes to return to Guanzhong from Hedong Road. One route is Longmen Hejin Ferry, followed by Pujin Ferry to the south. If neither of these two roads can be taken, then you can only take the third road, cross the Yellow River to the south bank first.
Then walk from the south bank to Tongguan and enter Guanzhong.5
Hongnong County is the south bank of the Yellow River. At this time, when the Wagang army was siegeing Luoyang, the situation in Hongnong County was also tense. Hongnong Prefect Yang Gongren recruited tens of thousands of soldiers to set up a tight defense to prevent the Wagang army from splitting its troops to attack Hongnong westward.
county.
Although Yang Gongren also wanted to lead his army to support Luoyang, he knew that his troops were weak, and he might not only not be able to save Luoyang, but would instead cause fire. Moreover, Wang Shichong, who was left behind in Luoyang, led his troops well and fought against the Wagang army for nearly two months, Luoyang still defended him.
On the contrary, the offensive of the Wagang Army was gradually weakening, and the Wagang Army had retreated not far away, which made Yang Gongren's heart tense for two months finally relax a little.
Yang Gongren is the eldest son of King Guan Yangxiong. He was about forty years old. Although he was born in the royal family, he was upright and generous, capable, and loved the people as much as his son. He was highly respected by the people in Hongnong County.
That evening, Yang Gongren was sitting in the study reading a book. A housekeeper came to report, and a guest came to visit outside the door, and he came from Chang'an.
Yang Gongren was stunned. He took the greeting post and looked at it. The letter was written vaguely, "Prime Minister's Envoy to pay a visit." The Prime Minister of course refers to Li Yuan. This cannot be questioned, but what did Li Yuan ask him to do?
Yang Gongren and Li Yuan have a very good personal relationship and often have letters. However, since Li Yuan started in Taiyuan, Yang Gongren has never contacted Li Yuan again. He is a royal family and Li Yuan is a rebel minister. It is difficult for them to have the same old days.
Friendship.
Yang Gongren pondered for a moment and said, "Please wait in the guest room!"
He had also heard of Li Yuan and Yang Yuanqing's battle for Hedong, but he didn't know the details. After all, it was Hedong, which was separated from him by the Yellow River, and all his attention was on Luoyang, so he had no time to look at Hedong.
Yang Gongren walked to the guest room with confusion. As soon as he entered the door, he was stunned. The person sitting in the room turned out to be Li Jiancheng, the prince of Li Yuan.
Li Jiancheng and Yang Gongren are the same generation, and they are very familiar with each other. Li Jiancheng bowed and said, "I am here to visit unexpectedly, please don't be surprised by Brother Gong."
Yang Gongren was puzzled. When he came to visit in person as Prince Li Jiancheng, something big must have happened. Does Li Yuan want to plan Hongnong County?
Yang Gongren replied without saying a word and said with a smile: "It turns out that Jiancheng is visiting, which is unexpected! Please sit down!"
The two sat down. Yang Gongren ordered someone to serve tea again. Li Jiancheng was anxious, but at this time, anxiety was useless. He had to restrain his inner worries and smiled reluctantly: "I heard that the situation in Luoyang is tense, and I don't know that the Wagang Army has it.
Didn't invade Hongnong County?"
Li Jiancheng's concern made Yang Gongren feel very strange. To a certain extent, Li Jiancheng was also his enemy. Yang Gongren smiled, "It's okay! The Wagang army attacked Luoyang with all its might, and there should be no sign of attacking Hongnong for the time being. Hongnong County
At present, there is no big problem."
Li Jiancheng pondered for a while and said, "What are the plans for Brother Gong in the future?"
'Intend?'
Yang Gongren looked at Li Jiancheng with caution and asked, "Jiancheng, have you convinced me to surrender to Chang'an?"
Li Jiancheng shook his head, "I don't have this intention, and my father will not force me to be kind. If my brother is willing to surrender to Chang'an, we will certainly welcome you, but I really don't want to persuade me to surrender this time."
Yang Gongren felt even more and more strange, and asked with a smile: "Since you are not here to persuade me to surrender, what are you doing? You, the prince, have to come forward in person, aren't you afraid that I will arrest you and send you to Jiangdu?"
Li Jiancheng also laughed, "I came in person to express my father's sincerity. If Gongren wants to send me to Jiangdu, it only means that my father has misjudged the person."
Of course, Yang Gongren would not have sent Li Jiancheng to Jiangdu, but he was still very careful about Li Jiancheng's arrival. Li Jiancheng's arrival must have a deep intention. He still asked vigilantly: "Then just say it! You come to me.
What's the purpose?"
Li Jiancheng took out a letter and handed it to Yang Gongren. "This is my father's handwritten letter to you, you will understand after reading it."
After reading the letter, Yang Gongren hurriedly read it, and then he understood Li Jiancheng's purpose, "It turns out that you want to borrow the story!"
Li Jiancheng nodded and sighed: "Shimin cannot defeat Yang Yuanqing in Hedong, and even his retreat has been cut off. The situation is now critical, so he can only cross the river to Hongnong County first, and then return to Guanzhong from Hongnong County. His father begs to
You are very grateful to help us this time in terms of friendship in the past."
"But"
Yang Gongren showed a dilemma on his face, "If Shimin led a hundred people to pass through the border, maybe I could hide it, but this was tens of thousands of people passing through the border, and I also asked me to organize a ship. How do you ask me to explain to the emperor?"
Li Jiancheng was anxious and could no longer bear it, so he said, "Father said, if you really feel embarrassed, then we don't want you to come forward. As long as you close the city gate, we will do everything about collecting ships.
After the Minhe army took back Hongnong County, we immediately returned to Guanzhong and would not violate Hongnong County. I wonder what Brother Gong thinks of this plan?"
Yang Gongren couldn't say a word for a long time, and Li Jiancheng understood what he meant very clearly. He asked himself to help organize the ships. If he refused, then they would do it themselves. The army in Guanzhong would take over the south bank of the Yellow River. How could this be done?
I'm considering it." Yang Gongren was in a dilemma. Li Yuan must come, and there was no room for him to refuse.
Yang Gongren pondered for a long time, but he was afraid that Li Yuan's army would not leave after entering the country. It was easy to ask for gods and it was difficult to send him to gods. He knew very well that instead of their army coming in, it was better to give him personal favors.
He finally nodded, "For the old friendship, I will help you once this time. I will organize a ship to pick up Shimin across the river. If the Lord is angry, I will take care of it."
Li Jiancheng was overjoyed and stood up and bowed deeply, "The situation is urgent, please deal with it as soon as possible with Gong Ren."
"I will organize the ships tomorrow morning. I wonder where Shimin is going to cross the river?"
"Crossing the river between Hebei and Shanxian."
This time the army retreated south, Li Shimin completely followed Qu Tutong's plan. While they retreated steadily, they continued to send cavalry to Fenglingjin to collect ships, and put on an attitude of preparing to cross the river from Fenglingjin. Their army also
It is indeed retreating towards Fenglingjin.
Since Li Shimin's army retreated southward and the army was neat and orderly, Yang Yuanqing did not rush to chase and kill him, but led his army to follow them all the way south, always following Li Shimin's army forty miles away. Yang Yuanqing's tactics were also very clear, he did not
He will fight against Li Shimin's army, but will wait for the fighter jets that appear when Li Shimin's army crosses the river. Any army will have a weak defense when crossing the river, which is when he launches a large-scale attack.
In the south of Hedong County is Zhongtiao Mountain. There are two counties distributed in the narrow area of more than 200 miles south of Zhongtiao Mountain, one is called Ruicheng County and the other is Hebei County. Fenglingjin Ferry is located in the southwest of Ruicheng County.
Hebei County is located east of Ruicheng County.
On this evening, Li Shimin's army arrived in Ruicheng County, and Yang Yuanqing's army also arrived forty miles north of Ruicheng County. They temporarily stationed without tents, and the army rested on the ground. And in the middle of the team, they set up a trap.
In the tent, Yang Yuanqing and several generals were discussing military information in front of the map.
"I wonder if everyone has this feeling. I don't think Li Shimin is not necessarily going to Fenglingjin." Yang Yuanqing glanced at everyone and said.
Qin Qiong looked at the map and frowned. He did not agree with Yang Yuanqing's strange feeling, so he interjected: "But we have obtained the information from the scouts. Li Shimin's forward has already collected hundreds of ferries in Fenglingjin. If he doesn't follow
If he leaves here, where will he go? How can he solve the problem of the ferry? Their military rations should not be too much."
Yang Yuanqing glanced at Li Jing again, "Li Sima, what do you think?"
Li Jing pondered for a moment and said, "I just think the other party's retreat this time is very organized, neither hurry nor slow, well organized, and has no loopholes. It can be said that it is impeccable, which is completely different from when Li Shimin went north. Li Shimin was like a long one when he went north.
The spear is sharp and enterprising, but this time the retreat is like an old monk sitting still. It is not leaking. I think this is only done by a very experienced and experienced person. You might as well speculate boldly that this time the retreat was led by Qu Tutong."
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I feel this way too. I sent cavalry to the sao camp at night twice, but they returned without success. Perhaps Qu Tutong was in charge of the retreat south."
Li Jing said again: "If Qu Tutong is really the case, then his habit of sending surprise troops at the last moment will be unexpected. He may not cross the river in Fenglingjin."
Li Jing pointed at Hebei County with a wooden pole, "Did you find anything special about this county?"
Everyone looked at Hebei County together, and Yang Yuanqing blurted out, "This is a pass!"
Everyone saw that the mountains were surrounded by continuous mountains, and there was a canyon about a few miles wide in the middle of the ridge. Hebei County was built in this canyon, and the riverside crossing through the county town.
Li Jing knocked Hebei County hard with a wooden pole, "If we keep Hebei County, we can't get close to the ferry. I dare to conclude that Qu Tutong will definitely cross the river from Hebei County. As for the ferry, the other side should be ready."
Yang Yuanqing stared silently for a moment, and he knew that he was confused by the illusion that Qu Tutong was deployed in Fenglingdu.
At this moment, a soldier loudly reported at the door: "The spy in front reported urgently that the enemy left Ruicheng County and marched eastward."
Everyone was shocked. It was indeed not that they went to Fenglingjin and rushed out of the tent. Yang Yuanqing shouted sternly: "Don't be confused, stop!"
Everyone stopped and Yang Yuanqing asked, "How do you march?"
"Report to the general manager, the spy said that the enemy was walking very slowly and was walking in line."
Yang Yuanqing stared at the pass of Hebei County in a daze and sighed for a while, "As the saying goes, people make plans, and things happen in heaven. God arranged this pass, and Li Shimin's army was destined to escape."
Su Dingfang said on the side: "General Manager, I am willing to lead the cavalry around the enemy and take the lead in occupying Hebei County."
Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "We only think of Hebei County now, but Qu Tutong thought of it in Linfen County. He should have already made arrangements and no longer needed to go."
In late August of the 12th year of Daye, Li Shimin led an army of 90,000 to cross the Yellow River from the Ferry Crossing of Hebei County, fled south. Qu Tutong personally led 10,000 troops to guard Hebei County, blocking the 60,000 pursuers of Fengzhou Army outside the pass.
Three days later, Qu Tutong was attacked by Fengzhou troops while leading his remaining troops to cross the river. More than 7,000 people were killed and injured and surrendered. Qu Tutong only led more than 2,000 people to cross the river to escape. At this point, two people were beaten in one battle.
The months-long Battle of Hedong finally came to an end.