Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

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. Many battles broke out, and many famous generals from both sides fought here.

The most well-known general of 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 was because of Yang Guo's great efforts. Whether they were advancing towards Zhengping and Jiangjun in Fenbei, or Jianzhou and other places in the east, they all made outstanding military exploits. As the defensive line of the Western Wei Dynasty shrank strategically, Yang Guo returned from Jianzhou to Shaozhou on the south side of Zhongtiao Mountain to station 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, so that Yuwenhu and others could be defeated. We were able to successfully withdraw to Tongguan.

Li Tai didn't 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. During this tour of Hedong, he specially sent his troops to Shaozhou to summon Yang Guo to meet him.

When Yang Guo arrived at Yanchi, Li Tai took the lead in giving him a surprise: summing up Yang Guo's previous achievements, he was awarded the title of general and the title of Zhengping County Duke.

"This, this... the last general, the last general is so lucky 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 banquet and helped Yang Gu up. He said with a smile: "General Yang, don't be too modest. In the old days, the power of Guanxi was weak. The power of the country is Hedong, and the power of the general is great. In the next few years, he will work hard. , stationed along the river, advanced and retreated for meritorious service. The reason why the hinterland of Hedong was protected from foreign enemies was also due to the general's meritorious service. Now I will commend you for your previous achievements. I also ask the general not to blame the imperial court for being late. "

"I don't dare, I don't dare... I am a common man in the north of Fen. I took advantage of the current situation to serve the country. I don't want to mention the previous things... I am so commended and praised by the recipient. I will fight to the death and follow you to the death." !”

Yang Jue was in his fifties and had experienced hardships in the military for half his life. When he heard Tang Gong's praise for him, he couldn't help but burst into tears with gratitude. Regardless of Li Tai's help, he 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 inwardly. Thanks to the leadership of these two heroes, Gao Huan and Yu Wentai, the entire north has become the stage for Beizhen warriors. Other military commanders who are not in the Beizhen system, even if they themselves have considerable meritorious deeds, are always They are not as powerful as the town 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. Small, but 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 Ju himself had outstanding achievements, especially in the battles between Hedong and the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi. Moreover, he is also irreplaceable in the eastern Hedong area that he has guarded for a long time. Apart from Yang Gong, it is difficult for the current Bafu to choose another person to replace Yang Gong.

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 and surrendered by the Northern Qi Dynasty. .

From then on, there was no one in the Northern Zhou Dynasty who could replace Yang Gu in garrisoning Shaozhou, Jianzhou and other places. 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 currently no clear fighter between the two countries that is enough to change the current situation of the confrontation, they still need to be prepared and stay alert while guarding against arrogance and impetuosity.

At this moment, Yang Guo was filled with gratitude for finding a way out, and he nodded repeatedly to Duke Tang's instructions, bearing them in 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 west and merges into the Yellow River. This winding cross-flow is called Fenqu, and the areas on both sides of Fenqu are called Fenjiang. Fenjiang area is where the border between Western Wei and Northern Qi is today.

The last time a war broke out between the two sides in the region, it was the Battle of Jade Bi in the twelfth year of Datong.

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 and Hou Jing's rebellion. The general situation of the world was as volatile as boiling soup. However, the situation in the north and south of Fenqu was relatively calm. The relationship between the two sides Although there were occasional minor frictions on the border, they were relatively restrained and no large-scale war broke out.

Li Tai marched north from Yanchi, and after crossing Sushui, the first place he arrived at was Yubi City, an important town in Hedong. Guardsman Wei Xiaokuan and other civil and military officials greeted each other in front of Yubi City. While chatting with everyone, Li Tai raised his head and observed the fortress built on the top of Piyuan. Thousands of troops and horses could not help but appear in his mind. It is a picture of being trapped here and trying every trick to conquer this fortress.

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 happy. He saw that it was a compressed grain cake with holes in it 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 him last week, and the city was able to store supplies. They were confident and faced the enemy calmly, and they won a great victory! On the day the thieves left, there were still some grains and cakes that had been transported. In order to make the people of the city remember this kindness, I hung the 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 touching.

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, where many barbarians live together. 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, while 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 invasion of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, 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 control over the Fenjiang area, it must continue to spread its defense lines 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 we can set up defenses in 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 locations pointed out by Wei Xiaokuan, he also agreed with his idea. Leaving aside the terrain and key points on both sides of Fenqu, the Northern Qi Dynasty is actually in a relatively conservative state after suffering successive military setbacks. If you make progress at this time, you will 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 inspections 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 patrolled Hedong and went to Fenbei to check it out in person, he was very itchy. He repeatedly requested that he could 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 talked about military matters, his strategic conception was indeed of some 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, so the update is a bit late. I know that you don’t like these foreshadowing contents of internal affairs, so after today’s chapter, the description of internal affairs comes to an end. The content of the next volume will be updated tomorrow. The protagonist officially fights against the Northern Qi Dynasty as the leader of the Bafu in "The Emperor of the Northern Dynasties". I wish you all a happy life! ! !