Sanya Road is a quick route between the Heluo area and the Nanyang Basin. Its path is from the Nanyang Basin to the north of Funiu Mountain to Luonan. Although the mountain road is rugged, it is the fastest route between the two places. Whenever a surprise attack is attacked, it often follows this route.
Before the Eastern Wei encircled Yingchuan, it launched a series of counterattacks in the Heluo area, recapturing all the strongholds that were originally controlled by the Western Wei. After more than a year of siege, Yingchuan was finally conquered. Since then, all the territory in Henan has returned to the Eastern Wei, while the Western Wei has only mastered the Three Crow Road south of Luyang Pass.
But even this road has been harassed in recent days. The governor of Beijingzhou and the barbarian king Mei Jichang, appointed by the Eastern Wei, led their troops and frequently disturbed the defense of the pass recently. Although the guard Guo Xian led his troops to defeat these thieves and barbarians several times, they made a comeback soon and drove them away.
This situation is unusual. Although these barbarians do not accept the education, they are not stupid. They often fight without success but still cannot stay away. They either have extraordinary plans or are instructed by others behind their backs.
This is indeed the case. After Guo Xian arrested several barbarian chiefs in the formation, he learned that the instructor behind them was Murong Shaozong, the general of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
If ordinary barbarians were in trouble, Guo Xian was confident that he could predict it, but when he learned that it was Murong Shaozong’s back, he naturally did not dare to take it lightly and hurriedly reported the situation to the Jingzhou General Administration in the rear.
Even if he is confident in fighting Murong Shaozong, he does not have this strength. Now his army has only a total of more than 2,000. If it weren’t for material support from Jingzhou, he would probably not be able to defend even Luyang Pass.
After Yingchuan City was broken, the Eastern Wei army retreated one after another. Its general Peng Le planned to take advantage of the victory and lead his troops to attack Luyang but failed, so he had no choice but to withdraw. After all the troops returned, the one who stayed in Henan and cleaned up the mess was Murong Shaozong of Yan County.
More than 8,000 people from Murong Shaozong’s headquarters, except for the loyal and old soldiers who have been following him since the Erzhu family’s subordinates, the rest are also the members he recruited and accepted by all parties over the years. Of course, at most he was the one who was appointed as the Southeast Daotai and took charge of the army but suppressed the rebellion.
Especially after the Battle of Woyang, many old soldiers from Beizhen who were in chaos in Hou Jing were worried that they might be severely punished by the court and Gao Da General after their return. Many people rushed to hide under Murong Shao Sect, and Murong Shao Sect also accepted many Henan elite soldiers under the command of the former Hou Jing.
After the end of the Battle of Yingchuan, the city was already ruined and naturally no longer suitable for military garrison. In order to prevent the Western Wei forces from making a comeback again, Murong Shaozong moved nearby to Xiangcheng, and could echo each other with the troops of Ke Zhu Hunyuan who were guarding Heluo.
Murong Shaozong is nearly fifty years old, but he still does not show his old age. He has a magnificent figure and a majestic atmosphere, especially after several big winsNow his reputation is at its peak.
The barbarian king Mei Jichang and other barbarian chiefs came to Xiangcheng to pay a visit and report to the military. Seeing Murong Shaozong’s posture of sitting upright in the seat and being arrogant without anger, they were very nervous for a moment and dared not be presumptuous. They carefully reported the truth about the general.
When they heard that these barbarians were harassed for a long time, they still failed to shake the defense of Luyang Pass, Murong Shaozong couldn’t help frowning and said, “You wait for the troops to be several times the enemy, but if you can closely cooperate and attack in sequence, how can you allow the thief generals to calmly pause within the city!”
After hearing this, the barbarian chiefs each had cold sweat on their foreheads. As the leader, the barbarian king Mei Jichang, who was the leader, kowtowed again, “Report to Murong Xingtai that although the number of thieves is small, the city of Luyang Pass is located in a dangerous situation. The thief general Guo Xianjiu was in a battle with Wang Sizheng, and he also had many strategies to teach, and there was also the back of Jingzhou to provide assistance and provide assistance. It was really difficult to conquer…”
Although what the Barbarian King said is reasonable, Murong Shaozong snorted coldly after hearing this, pointing to the few people and scolded, “You and other disciples have been following the old and bad things. Now, although Yuan Evil is rushing to the island barbarians, the rioters have not yet had time to interrogate and punish them! If I don’t ask you about the old and bad things, I will give you the opportunity to make meritorious service and atone for sins. If I still refuse to cherish it, I will go to Yexia to receive the punishment of skinning and cooking oil!”
After hearing this, everyone was shocked again, and kowtowed repeatedly and begged Murong Shaozong to give them some more time and fight bravely to seize the Luyang Pass.
“In this way, I will give you another half month. If you still cannot attack the city, you will be severely punished and not lend it!”
Murong Shaozong shouted again in a deep voice, and then waved his hand to let these barbarian chiefs join their troops and continue to attack Luyang Pass.
After the group of barbarians withdrew, Fang Bao, the officer in the hall, couldn’t help but speak, “The thief general Guo Xian is in charge of the three crows, as brave as Peng Le, and still can’t shake it. These barbarians must be even more difficult to succeed. If you scare him with such a might, you may be afraid that these barbarians will have strange ambitions!”