When the Western Wei Central and Foreign Governments issued an order to convene various troops to prepare for the Eastern Expedition, the news also reached the Northern Qi territory at the same time.
The previous few attacks of the Western Wei Dynasty were the army entering the Heluo area to fight with the Eastern Wei, so the front fortress that confronted the Western Wei Dynasty received the greatest attention of the Northern Qi generals.
Ke Zhu Hunyuan, who was the governor of Luozhou at the time, sent elite troops to station in Jiuqu City, while also ordered the front line to immediately repay any turbulent changes and not to neglect them.
The guardian of Jiuqu City is named Yuan Jing’an. He is also a wise and brave general. Before that, he had already firmly suppressed and blocked the Western Wei defenses with his superior troops and calm strategies. Now he has a greater responsibility on his body, so he naturally has a strong spirit.
“Report to the general, there are frequent flags entering and leaving the south of the Tongzhi Fangcheng, which is like signs of people and horses dispatching to increase defense.”
On this day, scouts dispatched around the Tongzhi Fangcheng in the Western Wei Dynasty returned to Jiuqu City and reported to Yuan Jing’an the unusual signs that occurred in the Tongzhi Fangcheng.
Yuan Jing’an was shocked when he heard this. For some time, he had been worried and guarding against the arrival of the Eastern Expedition Army of the Western Wei Dynasty. At this time, he heard that there were signs of increasing troops stationed on the same route. He hurriedly asked again: “Is there any sign of Western thieves appearing on the Nankou Road?”
Seeing the scout shaking his head to deny, Yuan Jing’an frowned and then muttered, “Since it is not a reinforcement from the west, where is it… Could it be the Yichuan thief army? Does the Western thief Li Boshan want to use the same trick again?”
The Western Wei cavalry who came from Jingzhou before appeared near Yiyang. Yuan Jing’an sent people to hunt the Western thief and also learned the news.
Although he had never fought against Li Boshan, he was naturally familiar with him. After learning about this situation, he felt a headache. The original defense against the enemy troops coming from Guanxi east had already made him quite nervous. Li Boshan actually led his army north from Jingzhou, which undoubtedly added variables to the situation between Heluo.
Moreover, Li Boshan’s military use has always been treacherous and fierce. Even the main generals in the rear have suffered great losses in his hands. Tens of thousands of troops besieged Jiuqu City, but Li Boshan crossed the mountains and launched a surprise attack, defeating the camp and relieving the danger of Jiuqu City.
The situation on that day was quite similar to that of today. Li Boshan also marched from Yichuan and suddenly appeared in the south of Jiuqu City through Xionger Mountain, catching the defenders off guard.
Now that Li Boshan came out of Yichuan, and at the same time, there were also personnel reinforcements here. The more Yuan Jingan thought about it, the more he felt that this might be great.
Yuan Jingan was also quite nervous when he thought that he was going to face such a difficult enemy. Naturally, he did not dare to underestimate the enemy and neglect it. While sending people to quickly report this situation and his own speculation to the main general in the rear, he personally inspected the city defenses of various places, and asked not to come out.What loopholes are there to be taken advantage of by the enemy.
After the establishment of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Zhu Hunyuan, as the original veteran of the Jinyang Bafu Mansion, was granted the title of King Fufeng, was still responsible for the Heluo. In order to more comprehensively monitor the situation in the entire Heluo area, he moved the town from Heyang South City to Jinyong City.
Soon the situation in Yiyang was passed on to Jinyong City and handed over to Ke Zhu Hunyuan, but after Zhu Hunyuan learned about these situations, his expression suddenly became serious.
As early as after learning that Li Boshan led his army to rush over Yichuan, Zhu Hunyuan personally led 3,000 elite cavalry to the south, intending to defeat Li Boshan’s aura through a field battle in the Luonan area, and at the same time, he was also ashamed of his previous defeat outside Jiuqu City before.
But unexpectedly, Li Boshan directly stationed his troops in Yique and stopped moving forward. In desperation, Zhu Hunyuan had to temporarily lead his troops back to Jinyong City. At the same time, in order to prevent the city defenses from being breached again, or the situation where Yichuan defenders abandoned the city and fled before, Zhu Hunyuan directly beheaded all the defenders of Fuliu City and passed the heads to Zhucheng, saying that if there are any more people who fled without fighting!
The information sent by Yuan Jing’an at this time naturally made Zhu Hunyuan recall his previous experience. There was no shame in my heart. After all, he was not the only general of Jinyang who was defeated by Li Boshan. Some people even lost their lives. Thinking of this previous battle is just to prove how big Yuan Jing’an’s guess might be.
According to his understanding of Li Boshan’s military style, he focused on strange strategies and rarely followed the orderly army Chen Zhen to fight against the enemy.
Although his army did not leave Yique, the specific force was unknown, but because it came from the Sanya Road north, Zhu Hunyuan guessed that there would not be too many people leading here. In the case of the Eastern Expedition of the Guanxi Army of the Western Wei Dynasty, it was obvious that the troops advancing north in Jingzhou would not be regarded as the main force of the attack. It should be more of a restraint, so that the defenders in Heluo could not flexibly dispatch them.