During the post-Three Kingdoms period of confrontation between the East and the West, Hedong was the forefront of the war between the two countries, and many battles broke out, with many famous generals from both sides fighting here.
The most famous general in the Western Wei Dynasty in Hedong was naturally Wei Xiaokuan who was in charge of Yubi City, and after Wei Xiaokuan, it was Yang Guo.
Yang Guo was a native of Zhengping County, Hedong. He followed Emperor Xiaowu to enter the Pass in his early years. Later, because his father once served as the magistrate of Baishui County, Shao County, he became familiar with the local powerful, so he returned to Hedong to contact the powerful to fight against the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
The reason why the Western Wei Dynasty was able to occupy the land east of Hedong can be said to be a great contribution. Whether it was Zhengping and Jiangjun in Fenbei area, or Jianzhou and other places in the east, they all made outstanding achievements. As the Western Wei Dynasty's defense strategy shrank,
, Yang Guo returned from Jianzhou to Shaozhou, south of Zhongtiao Mountain, and stationed there for a long time.
Before, Yuwentai conquered the Northern Qi Dynasty but died in the army. Later, the armies of the Western Wei Dynasty were defeated and returned. Yang Jie led his troops across the river to meet the defeated army in the western border of Hongnong, and defeated Hu Luguang's pursuing troops. Only then did Yuwenhu and others
We were able to successfully withdraw to Tongguan.
Li Tai did not have much contact with Yang Guo, but he had heard about his deeds. He had always wanted to take time to meet and talk with him, but he had never had the chance before. This time when he was on a tour of Hedong, he specially sent his troops to Shao
The state general Yang Guo was summoned to meet him.
When Yang Guo arrived at Yanchi, Li Tai took the lead in giving him a surprise: summarizing Yang Guo's previous achievements, he was conferred the rank of general and was granted the title of Duke of Zhengping County.
"This, this... the last general, how lucky is the last general to be so favored by Duke Tang!"
After Yang Guo heard the series of awards awarded to him, he was stunned for a while. It took him a while to react, and he hurriedly knelt down to thank him, but his expression and tone were still a bit unbelievable.
Li Tai stood up from the table and helped Yang Gu up, and said with a smile: "General Yang, don't be too humble. In the old days, the power of Guanxi was weak, but the power of the country was as high as Hedong, and the general's power was very great. In the next few years, he will work hard.
, stationed along the river, advanced and retreated with meritorious service. The reason why the hinterland east of the river was protected from foreign enemies was also due to the general's meritorious service. Now I will summarize all the previous merits and award them. I also ask the general not to blame the imperial court for being late in doing things."
"I don't dare, I don't dare... The last general, I am a common man in the north of Fen. Because I took advantage of the situation, I can serve the country. I don't want to mention the past and other things... I am so commended and praised by the recipient now. I will fight to the death and follow you to the death."
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Yang Jue was in his fifties and had been in the military for half his life. He had gone through many hardships. When he heard Tang Gong's praise for him, he couldn't help but shed tears of gratitude. He ignored Li Tai's help and leaned over.
He bowed deeply again and said with choked sobs.
Seeing Yang Jue's excited and gloomy look, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh to himself. Thanks to the leadership of the two heroes Gao Huan and Yu Wentai, the entire north has become the stage for Beizhen warriors, and other non-Beizhen systems
Even though the generals in the army have meritorious deeds to boast about, they are always not as powerful as the soldiers.
Take the Western Wei Dynasty as an example, not only Yang Guo in front of you, but also Han Xiong and others in the western Henan region, including Wei Xiaokuan, a prominent figure in Guanlong, their contribution to the Western Wei regime was no greater than that of the town soldiers.
Although it is small, there is a clear gap in official status.
Now that Li Tai is in charge, whether it is to deliberately win over others or to adjust the personnel structure of the country's military officers and nobles, he naturally has to correct the deliberate neglect in the past.
Yang Jue himself has outstanding achievements, especially in the various battles between Hedong and the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties. He is also irreplaceable in the eastern area of Hedong that he has guarded for a long time. In addition to Yang Jue, today's Bafu is also very
It is difficult to choose another person to replace Yang Guo.
Historically, in the Battle of Mangshan during the reign of Yuwen Hu, Yang Jue was ordered to go east from Zhiguan to cooperate with the battle. Due to the disadvantages of the Zhou army in the Heluo battlefield and Yang Jue himself underestimating the enemy, he was defeated by the Northern Qi Dynasty and surrendered.
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From then on, there was no one in the Northern Zhou Dynasty who could replace Yang Ju in garrisoning Shaozhou, Jianzhou and other places. However, in the Battle of Fenbei and Yiyang a few years later, the Northern Qi army was able to flexibly defend Yiyang and Fenbei.
Scheduling on the battlefield made the Northern Zhou Dynasty passive in the execution of tactics.
Li Tai conferred the title of General to Yang Ju this time, not only to commend his previous achievements, but also to encourage Yang Ju to be more enterprising while consolidating the current defense line. Although there is nothing clear between the two countries at the moment,
A fighter jet that is enough to change the current situation of the confrontation has emerged, but it is also necessary to be prepared and to be prepared for the event and at the same time guard against arrogance and impetuosity.
At this moment, Yang Guo was filled with gratitude for his kindness, and he nodded repeatedly to Duke Tang's instructions, remembering them from the bottom of his heart.
After commending and admonishing Yang Gu, Li Tai took him back to the town, and he also left the Yanchi in Hedong and continued to travel north to inspect the front line bordering the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Fenshui flows all the way through the Taiyuan Basin and Luliang Mountains, then turns westward and merges into the Yellow River. This winding cross-flow is called Fenqu, and the areas on both sides of Fenjiang are called Fenjiang. The Fenjiang area is called Fenjiang.
It is the current border between the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty.
The last time a war broke out between the two sides in the region, it was the Battle of Jade Bi in the 12th year of the Great Unification.
After this battle, the troops of the Eastern Wei Dynasty were defeated and returned, followed by a series of events such as Gao Huan's death, Hou Jing's rebellion, etc., the general situation of the world was as volatile as boiling soup, but the situation in the north and south of Fenqu was relatively calm, and the relationship between the two sides
Although there were occasional minor frictions on the border, they were relatively restrained and no large-scale fighting broke out.
Li Tai marched north from the Salt Pond and crossed the Sushui River. The first thing he arrived at was Yubi City, an important town in Hedong. Guard Wei Xiaokuan and other civil and military officials met in front of Yubi City. Li Tai chatted with everyone while greeting them.
He raised his head and observed the fortress built on the top of Piyuan. The image of thousands of troops and horses trapped here could not help but appear in his mind. It was difficult to conquer this fortress even after exhausting all strategies.
After inviting Tang Gongli into the city, Wei Xiaokuan smiled and pointed to a round object hanging on the city tower and asked Li Tai, "Does your Majesty know what this is?"
Li Tai looked up and took a closer look and was immediately delighted. He saw that it was a compressed grain cake with holes in the middle and hanging on the city tower. So he asked with a smile: "Why is the cake hanging on the top of the city?"
"Old years ago, when thieves from the east came to invade, the people of the city were terrified. Fortunately, the Lord came to rescue them last week, so the city was able to store supplies. They were confident and calmly faced the enemy, and they won a great victory! On the day the thieves left, there were still some grains and cakes that had been transported.
The rest, in order to make the people of the city remember this kindness, I sent people to hang cakes on the city to tell the people, how can the people and the land be saved!"
Wei Xiaokuan pointed at the grain cake and explained with emotion. After hearing this, the soldiers and civilians around him also worshiped and shouted: "Thank you Lord for your kindness to the living people!"
When Li Tai heard this, he felt a little ashamed, because even without his participation, Wei Xiaokuan and the Yubi City defenders had proven through actions in history that they had the ability to defend the city, but they had no choice but to
Needless to say, this sense of vanity is really quite satisfying.
Yubi City is an important town on the Hedong defense line, but it is not the only stronghold. In recent years, Wei Xiaokuan and other guarding generals have also successively established additional defense strongholds, including the Fenbei area north of Yubi City.
After the Battle of Yubi, the troops of the Western Wei Dynasty continued to operate northward. In order to avoid the counterattack of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, they avoided the Fenshui Valley and crossed the Yellow River from Longmen to occupy Yaoxiang City and Gengcheng along the Yellow River.
Dingyang in the east. These places are located at the southern foot of Luliang Mountain and are inhabited by many barbarians. The control of the Eastern Wei Dynasty is relatively weak, so it has always been controlled by the Western Wei Dynasty.
Except for these places, the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty were generally bounded by the Fen River. The north bank of the Fen River belonged to the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the south bank belonged to the Western Wei Dynasty.
One of the more typical areas is Zhengping County. The jurisdiction of Zhengping County spans both sides of the Fen River. Linfen in the north belongs to the Northern Qi Dynasty, and Quwo, Wenxi and other places in the south belong to the Western Wei Dynasty.
Wei Xiaokuan was also very enthusiastic about Tang Gong's visit. He mainly hoped that Bafu could strengthen the defense arrangement on the Fenshui front line.
Although Yubi City is in a dangerous position and has repeatedly thwarted the Eastern Wei's incursions, the fortification here is a conservative move to shrink the defense line due to lack of strength, and cannot effectively control the Fenjiang area. If the Western Wei Dynasty wanted to strengthen its attack on the Fenjiang area
To control, we must continue to spread the defense line outward.
"Huagu in the north of Fen, Baibi in the south of Fen, and other places are all important areas for attack and defense. If defenses can be established at these places, the land of Fenjiang will be more stable, and the offensive and defensive plans will be much more calm!"
Wei Xiaokuan was already familiar with the key points of the topography between Fen and Jiang. While accompanying Tang Gong as a guide to inspect various places, he explained his ideas in detail.
After Li Tai took a brief tour of the several locations pointed out by Wei Xiaokuan, he also quite agreed with his idea. Putting aside the terrain points on both sides of Fenqu, after the Northern Qi Dynasty suffered successive military setbacks, in fact,
It is in a relatively conservative state. If you make progress at this time, you will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.
However, now he is not only considering the military offensive and defensive issues in Hedong. After some on-the-spot investigation and internal weighing, he decided not to implement the plan to build a city in Fenbei for the time being, and only extended it slightly outward in Fennan area.
The defense line advanced to Baibi and other places.
After inspecting the people's livelihood, military and political affairs in various places in Hedong, Li Tai crossed the river from Longmen and returned to Guanzhong. After Lu Shuhu learned that Li Tai had visited Hedong and went to Fenbei to check it out in person, he was itchy and couldn't bear it, so he repeatedly reported
Please hope to go to Hedong to personally promote his plan to conquer Fenbei.
But Li Tai knew that although his uncle also traveled all over the country and was good at talking about military affairs, his strategic conception was indeed of a certain level, but his execution ability had not been tested very much, so he was still not suitable to be directly assigned to the front line of the confrontation.
After some consideration, he decided to arrange for his eldest cousin Lu Zhusheng to go to Yubi to serve as Wei Xiaokuan's chief historian on behalf of his father.
Sorry, sorry, I went through a lot of information today, and the update is a bit late. I know that you don’t like the content that foreshadows internal affairs. After today’s chapter, the description of internal affairs comes to an end. I will start updating the content of the next volume tomorrow. The protagonist
Officially fighting against Northern Qi as the leader of Bafu. I wish everyone a happy life!!!