The Second Master of the Iron-blooded Lian of the Red Chamber

This head of Liu Ping hurried to the West Sea Yanzi, while on the other end, the King of Nan'an retreated steadily under the attack of the King of the West Sea.

On the west sea coast, the imperial court's defense line has been withdrawn for 30 miles, and Baihe City, which has been cultivated by many officers and soldiers for [-] years, has become an empty city.

The Xihai Kingdom is mainly nomadic, and there is a lack of medical care and medicine on weekdays. In a disaster year, cattle and sheep will be killed or injured, and the people will starve and starve to death.In the past, once the Xihai country encountered a disaster year, it would go to the junction of the two countries to fight the autumn wind, burn, kill and loot.

Later, taking advantage of King Chang'an's rebellion, the Xihai Kingdom made a big move and seized more than a dozen cities in a row.Later, the rebellion of King Chang'an was quelled, and the old King of Nan'an also drove the King of Xihai out for dozens of miles. settle down.

Because the imperial court sent heavy troops to garrison Xihai Yanzi, even if the Xihai country encountered a disaster year, it would not dare to cross the border easily to fight the autumn wind.So they had to spend a lot of money to buy food and cloth in the market to survive the cold winter of the disaster year. In the past 30 years, Xihai Kingdom has experienced five or six disaster years, and a large amount of wealth has flowed into China, making it more and more overwhelmed.The temporary peace between the two countries was already on the verge of being broken.

At this time, the smuggling of weapons by King Nan'an broke out. King Nan'an knew that he would die when he returned to Beijing. The things and wealth that the army plundered during these days are counted as rewards.After a while, the king of Nan'an led his troops to fight back and make military exploits, so as to "conquer meritorious deeds" and struggle for survival.

In the past 30 years, in order to survive the disaster year, the Xihai Kingdom spent a lot of precious stones, furs, and gold and silver utensils in buying food and clothing in the market. , Baihe City is like a purgatory on earth. Over the past 30 years, many soldiers and civilians have taken away all the property they earned from farming, and those who escaped slowly were killed like lambs.

On this day, the King of Xihai stood on the wall of Baihe City, watching the soldiers of Xihai Kingdom pull back the wealth and grain one by one, feeling very happy.In the past 30 years, Xihai Country has exported more than imported, and this is the first time that it has received such innumerable items.

However, people's ambitions grow bigger and bigger. The Xihai Kingdom has not been able to bear the burden of buying supplies during the disaster years. If the court lowers the price a little, the King of Xihai may be grateful.At this moment, let Xihai Kingdom taste the pleasure of plunder, just like the wolves tasted blood, how can they remember the agreement with King Nan'an?

The king of Xihai was full of ambition, and said to the counselors around him: "The Han people say that they will go all out, then decline again, and exhaust three times. This time, Huo Lie took the initiative to let go of the line of defense. We should go all out and go straight to the Central Plains to comfort the spirit of my king Aman. "

Dai Quan has been lurking in the palace for many years, but later fell short. Not only that, but Oman, the king of Xihai, also fell in the Central Plains. This has always been one of the pains in the heart of the king of Xihai.In the past, the king of Xihai dared not speak out because of the strong soldiers and horses of the Central Plains dynasty. Now that the king of Nan'an led the wolf into the house, he couldn't help arousing all the new and old hatreds in the heart of the king of Xihai.

"Khan, what if Huo Lie's envoy intentionally lures the enemy into the depths, we will suffer if we go deep into the hinterland and encircle them in one fell swoop." Said the counselor of the King of the West Sea.

The counselor of the King of Xihai was surnamed Tan, and his name was Tan Su. His father was a military adviser under the command of King Chang'an. After King Chang'an was defeated, Tan Su fled to the Western Regions and joined the King of Xihai.The King of Xihai doesn't trust the Han people much, but he can't outwit the Han people. Seeing that Tan Su is full of poems, wisdom, and has a blood feud with the imperial court, after many years, he also let go of his guard against Tan Su and relies heavily on Tan Su.

The King of Xihai said in dissatisfaction: "You Han people are full of tricks!" After a pause, he continued: "Huo Lie is now like a bereaved dog. Even if he wants to deceive the king, how can the emperor of the Han people believe him? Still follow his strategy? The day before yesterday Congchang The people who came back from the family said: The saber that the Chang family didn’t have time to sell was really stolen. As long as that Jia Jing returns to Beijing, Huo Lie will be in danger. How can he have the intention to deceive the king?” Tan Su voted for the king of Xihai. He has been under his command for decades, and now King Xihai speaks Chinese as well as Han people.

Tan Su frowned and said: "Although Da Khan's words are reasonable, my subordinates always feel that we have to be more careful. In recent years, not only Eunuch Dai has been lost in the Central Plains, but even the prince of Oman has not been able to come back. Those who have already entered The arrest of Eunuch Dai, who has been in the palace for decades, proves that there is an expert in the Central Plains court, and the subordinates always feel that this matter will not be so simple."

The King of Xihai pondered for a while, and said: "Mr. Tan's words originally made some sense. But the competent Han people are still in the Central Plains. When they arrive, our city has already been taken prisoner, so how can we fight against me? Besides, Aman He and Dai Quan are both in Jia Daishan's hands. Didn't there be news that Jia Daishan died the day before yesterday? Why should I worry too much?

This time Huo Lie opened the city and begged my army to enter, he thought he had discussed it with this king and gave him the benefits of Baihe City, so this king will keep his promise and only stay in Baihe City.But he didn't think about it either. When he retreated thirty miles, the morale of the border guards would be lost. At this time, if the king doesn't take the opportunity to drive straight in, when will he wait?

Mr. Tan doesn't have to worry about the Han people being deceitful, even if the Han people are deceitful, the battle report will be sent back to the capital of the Han people at this moment, and the emperor of the Han people will send reinforcements to come, even if he marches day and night, it will take at least four months to arrive.At that time, we will go deep into the hinterland of the Han court, grab more gold, silver and food, and then retreat back to occupy a few cities, and let the Han emperor beg for peace and pay tribute with us, offering his daughter and marriage! "

Tan Su heard that King Xihai was thinking clearly, so he didn't say anything more.Now that the news of Jia Daishan's death has just spread to Xihai Kingdom, without Jia Daishan, there is indeed one less powerful enemy.Tan Su heard that in these years, Emperor Jinghe was also preparing food, supplies, and training soldiers and horses. At this time, there is an all-out war with Emperor Jinghe, and Xihai Kingdom must not be an opponent.However, it is not impossible to make a windfall while Huo Lie's army is in a state of slump and the reinforcements have not arrived.

In the tent of the central army of the king of Nan'an at the east end of the battlefield, Geng Yang, the military adviser of the king of Nan'an, said with a worried expression on his face: "My lord, can our strategy really work? Both the guard house and Baihe city are lost; if this West Sea The king's appetite has grown, and he broke his promise to become fat, and the reinforcements from the court will not arrive within four months, and this small Baihe Dam cannot support an army of [-], can we wait until the reinforcements arrive?"

King Nan'an snorted coldly and said, "What are you afraid of? The King of Xihai sneaked in from Shi Liang's defense zone. Even if the crime is punished, it is Shi Liang's fault. Besides, we don't need to wait so long, we just need to wait for Shi Liang The battle report of the lost city and the pool was sent back to the capital, and we will take back the guard, and the credit will be ours."

Because of the special terrain of Xihai Yanzi, many Central Plains soldiers had difficulty breathing when they first arrived in Xihai Yanzi, not to mention fighting the enemy.Therefore, the defenders of Xihaiyanzi have never been easily replaced.If the imperial court kills King Nan'an, the commander-in-chief, Shi Liang, the deputy commander-in-chief, can come on top.

It was precisely because of this thought that King Nan'an colluded with King Xihai and agreed on a time. King Nan'an asked Shi Liang to transfer all the soldiers under his command to the school field for drills on the grounds of reviewing the team.At this time, the king of Xihai took advantage of the emptiness of the defense line and made a tentative attack. Sure enough, seeing that the defense area on the southern line in charge of Shi Liang was empty, he invaded aggressively.

After Shi Liang got the news, he was about to rush back with his soldiers when spies from the northern defense zone came to report that they had discovered the invasion of the Xihai State army.King Nan'an transferred Shi Liang there as the commander-in-chief, but there was only a feigned attack by the Xihai Kingdom. When Shi Liang found that the northern line of defense was not in danger, the southern line he was originally in charge of had been completely broken through.

All this happened in a hurry. Although Shi Liang had been suspicious of Nan'an County King for a long time, he never thought that he would collude with the enemy country and lure wolves into the house. At first, it was only Nan'an King's command error.But then the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, Shi Liang became more suspicious of King Nan'an, so he kept his mind on it.

Sure enough, after the start of the war, under the command of King Nan'an, Shi Liang's department repeatedly missed the air.Many soldiers of the imperial court were armed with rusted and obsolete weapons, and they were at a disadvantage in the battle with the Xihai National Army. Not long after, the King of Nan'an County ordered the defense line to be withdrawn.Although Shi Liang argued with reason, the big taboo in the army was disobedience to the dispatch. Although Shi Liang was the deputy commander in chief, the King of Nan'an was the commander in chief. The [-] troops had to retreat to Baiheba to station.

After the imperial army withdrew, the Xihai King's Department was busy making a fortune in Baihe City, and it took a few days for them to survive.Shi Liang was busy rectifying military discipline and dared not slack off.However, the imperial army suffered consecutive defeats, and the soldiers didn't know what kind of medicine the King of Nan'an sold, nor did they know that the chief and deputy commanders were secretly fighting in the arena, so they were inevitably frustrated.It turned out that everything was said by the King of the West Sea.

The King of Nan'an was not a fool, the West Sea was located in the wilderness, and the guardhouse was like a moat, easy to defend but difficult to attack.It is precisely because the imperial court occupies the front line of the guards that the Xihai Kingdom would rather spend a lot of money to buy supplies in a disaster year than to go to war easily.

A river next to the guard, named Baihe, meanders eastward.Because of the nourishment of the Baihe River, a Baihe City can be built on the bank of the Baihe River, and there can be a source of water for the people of the city and the guards.The Baihe River flows eastward into the Baihe Dam, then flows into the ground and disappears, becoming an underground river.So to the east of Baiheba, there is a desert.

Therefore, there are three lines of defense in Xihai Yanzi: Weisuo, Baihe City and Baiheba.

If the Xihai army is allowed to occupy Baiheba, it will really have to let the Xihai army drive straight in and retreat to Gansu.Therefore, after the king of Nan'an County withdrew to Baiheba, he set up camp, built cities and ponds, and stood firm.

After retreating to Baihe Dam, King Nan'an was counting the time every day.The first secret report on the start of the war was sent out first, followed by a rescue report on the loss of Baihe City. These two reports are extremely urgent, and it should not take more than two months to reach the capital.It's just that this is not the best time to counterattack.The refugees had to have at least entered Jinzhong before the imperial court knew that the war was spreading along the West Sea. When the time came to counterattack and take back Baihe City, it would be a great achievement.

It's just that the king of Nan'an had calculated everything, and he didn't expect that the king of Xihai would break his promise so quickly. The defenders withdrew to Baiheba within a month, and spies reported that the king of Southwest had brought an army to kill Baiheba.

The king of Nan'an trembled in fright, and said to Geng Yang: "Gather your troops, we must not let the king of Xihai cross the Baihe dam!" He also said: "Pass my order and let Vice Chief Shi lead the troops to meet the enemy. If you lose your position, you will be dealt with by military law." !” The messenger should have gone.

Shi Liang had long felt aggrieved by the loss these days, and after he got the order, he knew that the King of Nan'an was tricky, so he didn't care too much, and hurriedly set up a battle.

The farther westward Liu Ping led [-] soldiers, the more refugees he encountered.Liu Ping couldn't help feeling angry, and asked about the situation ahead.When Liu Ping and his party arrived at Yangguan day and night, the fugitives said that the Xihai army had already started a war with the court defenders at Baiheba.

Not long after Liu Ping returned to Beijing from the West Sea, she naturally knew that the Baihe Dam was the last barrier in the Western Regions.Moreover, Baihe Dam is not as strong as the guardhouse where the natural moat is located, and secondly, it is not as strong as Baihe City, and its supply capacity is limited. The [-] troops retreating into Baihe Dam will not only affect the morale of the army, but even the food and grass may not last long.Liu Ping thought for a while, then took out the documents and asked the Yangguan guard to supply food and water, and then continued westward.

Yangguan and Yumenguan are two passes in Gansu, one south and one north, and they are located on the only way to the Western Regions.If the army of the Western Sea really breaks through the Baihe Dam, Yangguan will become an important line of defense against the army of the Western Regions.The guard of Yangguan heard that the king of Xihai had reached Baiheba, and was worried that Baiheba would miss, so he was unwilling to give food and grass, fearing that he would run out of supplies when it was his turn to defend the city.However, Liu Ping had King and Emperor in his hand to let the provinces, prefectures and counties fully support Liu Ping's imperial decree, so the guard at Yangguan had to forcefully distribute some food to Liu Ping.

Liu Ping only had 3000 people. If the Yangguan guards were willing to give a large amount of food and grass, they could be transported to the front to support the defenders; The way bypasses the frontal battlefield of Baihe City and takes the enemy's rear.

Only in this way, the 3000 people I brought had no way out.Either attack back and forth with Shi Liang's troops and win by surprise; or help Shi Liang relieve the pressure a little, attract the troops of the King of the West Sea, and let the defenders breathe.It's just that when we got to this point, the Xihai army turned back to rescue the guardhouse, and the 3000 people we brought with us were bound to be outnumbered. I'm afraid they won't be able to last long, and it's up to fate whether they can return to Beijing alive.

Liu Ping got supplies in Yangguan that day, and led the soldiers out of Yangguan, only to see the long yellow sand in the distance, thinking of Wang Wei's poem saying "there is no old friend when you leave Yangguan in the west", what Liu Ping thought was that this trip will not know what to do No return.But the ancestors of the Liu family also started out with military exploits, and Liu Ping loved to practice martial arts, so the heroic ancestors are still there.With only a moment of emotion, he turned around to rectify military discipline, ordered the flag to be beaten, and the trumpeter's horn to blow, 3000 men marched westward in mighty force.

In the capital, Jia Lian and the emperor's grandson often exchanged letters. Jia Lian hesitated for a moment, but still reminded the emperor's grandson of the possible war in Xihai Yanzi.

Now the battle report ahead has not come back, if Jia Lian's guess is right, it's fine, if he guesses wrong, he will be held accountable.If you want to be safe, Jia Lian can say nothing.Reminding Liu Ping, it is already the best of benevolence.But this is ancient times, the transmission of military information is slow, and the west coast is far away. If we wait for the battle report from the west coast to come back, we don't know how many military planes have been delayed.Jia Lian gritted his teeth and told the emperor's grandson about it when he thought that delaying for several months would increase countless deaths and injuries.

The eldest grandson of the emperor was not ambiguous when he saw the letter, so he immediately went to the study and returned to Emperor Jinghe.Emperor Jinghe summoned Jia Lian to the palace again.When Xu Yuan came to deliver the message, Jia Lian was paying his respects in Rongxi Hall.Hearing that Xu Yuan came to speak, Mother Jia was taken aback by the sudden crime committed by Nan'an Palace.Jia Lian probably knew what was going on, comforted his parents, and followed Xu Yuan into the palace.

After meeting Emperor Jinghe, Jia Lian did not directly say that the King of Nan'an might be collaborating with the enemy country, but said: "The Xihai Kingdom has coveted my dynasty for hundreds of years, so there must be meticulous operations in the Weisuo and Baihe City. Come to think of it, the Chang family in Baihe City Doing such a business, no matter how secretive it is, it can't be hidden from the King of the West Sea.

It is not difficult for the King of Xihai to know that Mr. Jia, who is in charge of the nine provinces, patrols the border and returns the next day.With a little analysis, it is not difficult to guess that the Nine Provinces Commander discovered that King Nan'an was smuggling arms.At this time, the king of Nan'an was restless, and it was a good time for the king of Xihai to invade.Of course, the King of Xihai has surrendered for many years, so he may not have the courage.The grassroots are just suspicious and overthinking. "

Jing Hedi and Jia Daishan are old friends. No one knows better than Jing Hedi how Jia Daishan used his soldiers like a god.And Jia Lian's talent is faintly higher than that of his grandfather.Although Jia Lian said that he was not sure, Emperor Jinghe took this matter to heart.It's just that whether to send troops or not, and how many troops to send, made Jinghe Di face a difficult situation.

Emperor Jinghe is the king of a country.Every move is very implicated, and I dare not make decisions lightly.Now that the battle report of Xihai Yanzi has not arrived, if there is no war at Xihai Yanzi, Emperor Jinghe will send a large army to go there, which will waste the people and money, and one carelessness may even cause public anger; if there is a war in Xihai Yanzi, the reinforcements will be sent late It's hard to avoid being called stupid.

After thinking about it, Emperor Jinghe said: "Since Lian'er is here, I don't want to bother the two masters. Lian'er might as well tell me, in what name should I send troops?"

Jia Lian was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect Jing Hedi to accept his suggestion so quickly, and he didn't feel that he was whimsical.After thinking for a while, Jia Lian said, "Your Majesty, since Master Jia, who is in charge of the nine provinces, has found out that the military equipment stationed in Xihai Yanzi may have been tampered with, this year the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Division of Armaments escort the food, grass and military equipment to go ahead."

When Emperor Jing He heard this, he already understood, nodded and said: "That's very good."

The author has something to say: This chapter is really heartbreaking.

In fact, there are many people in high positions in history who put the interests of the country and the lives of the people for their own selfishness.

Leaving aside, isn't the loss of white mountains and black waters in modern history a ready-made history of blood and tears?

I wrote this out of emotion, everyone sees it and doesn't say it, don't discuss this period of history in the comment area, so as not to encounter crabs.

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