Chapter 193 Three-sided attack
There was no space in the new city of Hefei for Gao Zhixing to build a governor's office, so he placed the government seat in the old city of Hefei.

The old city of Hefei is closer to Chaohu Lake, and it was originally built by Liu Fu, the governor of Yangzhou, who came alone in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

After the Great Yan unified the north and the south, it placed the Yangzhou Provincial Governor's Office in Jianye, the capital of the Southern Wei Dynasty.

Previously, Yuwen Tan had been in charge of Yangzhou as the governor of Yangzhou and the general of the southern expedition. However, he was not appointed as the governor of Yangzhou. Instead, the three counties in the north of the Yangtze River were handed over to the governor of Huainan, the rebellious King Chen. Li Yuanhui took over as the governor of the three counties in the north of the Yangtze River after King Chen was captured for his rebellion.

The reason why there is no permanent governor in charge of military affairs in Yangzhou is because the complete Yangzhou consists of two important areas, Huainan and Jiangdong. With Jiangdong there are people and money and food, while Huainan can become a strategic hub that can be used for attack or defense.

This is the capital for establishing one's own territory.

The relationship between Jiangdong and Huainan is like the relationship between Shuzhong and Hanzhong. If one is lost, the other will be destroyed.

Therefore, as soon as spring came, Li Yuanhui immediately began to inspect the defense in various places.

Mainly places along the river, including Ruxukou, Liyang, Wujiang, Jiangdu and Guangling.

Especially Liyang and Ruxukou, including the east and west passes at the foot of Ruxu Mountain and Qibao Mountain, the mental state of the garrison soldiers, whether the fortifications of various cities are complete, whether the military equipment and food are sufficient. No matter how big or small the matter is, as long as it is a detail he can think of, he will investigate it.

The five hundred brave cavalrymen led by Luo Shixiang were directly assigned to Li Yuanhui's Wuwei Camp and were responsible for the accompanying escort this time.

Luo Shixiang also admired Li Yuanhui's pragmatic style of working down to the grassroots level.

Before I met Li Yuanhui, I only knew that this Shangguan was young, of noble birth, and a son-in-law of the emperor, so he was considered a royal relative.

As I imagined, he should be an arrogant young warrior.

But since coming to Hefei, he found that the governor was quite different from what he had imagined.

He was not as arrogant as one might imagine, but was very serious about his work, easy-going, and generous. Within a few days, he could call out the names of all the squad leaders, captains, and even many soldiers of the five hundred Qingzhou Cavalry who had spoken to him.

After setting up camp, he would patrol the camp personally, and sometimes he would check the sentries himself at night.

I can only say that this is what Luo Shixiang likes, and he is like this in the army. He is dignified in upholding the law.

Moreover, he would be the vanguard when marching and the rear guard when retreating. Any spoils of war would be distributed to meritorious soldiers or he would even give them his clothes and horses as gifts. Therefore, his men were willing to risk their lives in battle.

Li Yuanhui was very fond of this cavalry and felt like he had found a treasure.

And there is Luo Shixiang himself, a typical fierce general.

At the age of fourteen, Luo Shixiang joined the army of Gao Huang, then governor of Qingzhou, and began to fight on the battlefield.

At that time, he had a strong desire to fight in the battlefield. When he asked to fight in the Wei River before the battle, Gao Huang saw that he was just a child and thought that he didn't have the strength to wear armor, let alone fight in the battlefield, so he didn't take it seriously.

Seeing that the commander-in-chief underestimated him, Luo Shixiang quickly put on two sets of armor, hung two pots of arrows, jumped on his horse, and rode out.

Seeing how brave he was, Gao Huang agreed to let him go into battle.

But the enemy was just forming their battle array, so Luo Shixiang suddenly rushed in, killed several people in a row, and cut off an enemy's head. He held it up on a long spear and challenged the enemy in front of the formation. No one dared to come up and fight.

Gao Huang took advantage of the situation and led a large army to attack, defeating the enemy.

After that, Luo Shixiang became a famous general under Gao Huang, and Li Yuanhui had also heard of him.

However, he did not expect that Gao Huang would directly send these brave generals and cavalry to his command. This uncle is really particular about doing things.

When you think about the fact that Gao Huang’s son Gao Ang also came to Jianghuai, it becomes clear.

Gao Huang is placing a bet at our Li family's card table.

Of course Li Yuanhui welcomed this.

However, from this perspective, it also shows that the situation in Luoyang may not be optimistic.

In other words, Gao Huang, who was in Luoyang, no longer believed that the Luoyang court could resolve the current chaos.

This is a real royal relative. He has already started to arrange a way out for his son, which is actually a dangerous signal.

So after inspecting Wankou and Wanxian, Li Yuanhui returned to Hefei and immediately wrote a letter to his brother.

Ask about the situation in Luoyang.

Just after Li Yuanhui returned to Hefei, Qu Tushi'an, who had just been transferred from the Jingyu Protector to the Governor of Yuzhou, sent an envoy to him. The reason was nothing else but to take back the jurisdiction of the three passes of Yiyang, namely Jiuli, Pingjing and Wusheng.

This was normal. After all, Li Yuanhui was the military commander of Yangzhou, and managing the three passes of Yiyang was somewhat suspicious of the dog trying to catch the rat.

Before this, Qu Tushi'an was only the guard of Jingyu, which was a temporary assignment.

But starting from the beginning of the year, the Luoyang court made some position adjustments in various departments.

Murong Deyu, the former governor of Jingzhou, was appointed as the General of the Fujun Army and the Protector-General of the Four Outer Armies.

The other four armies included the Zhenrong Army of Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou, as well as more than 10,000 volunteers organized by the Yin of Henan.

A total of more than 70,000 people.

Fu Xiuzhi, the former governor of Yuzhou, was originally going to return to Yuzhou, but he fell ill after the Chinese New Year and was unable to work, so he was transferred to be the Minister of the Imperial Household.

The governor of Yuzhou officially fell into the hands of Qu Tushi'an.

Pei Minzhi returned to his post as governor of Xuzhou. Xuzhou was adjacent to Qingzhou, and if there was no general in charge, Xuzhou might be invaded by Wagang.

Although they had been recruited, the imperial court still did not dare to take the Wagang lightly.

In addition, he appointed General Lou Jushi, who had just recovered from illness, as the commander-in-chief of Yanzhou's military affairs, also to guard against the Wagang Army in Qingzhou.

After this adjustment, Qu Tushi'an became the commander-in-chief of Yuzhou's military affairs, so he openly asked Li Yuanhui for the three passes of Goyang, Yiyang and Yiyang.

Li Yuanhui thought that Qu Tushi'an was also a veteran of the previous emperor's dynasty, so he naturally had to give him face. Moreover, he was the one who crossed the line first, so there was nothing to say about it.

So he issued a military order, ordering Yin Gong to hand over the defense to Yuzhou as soon as possible, and then withdraw the troops to Lu'an and Anfeng areas.

Unexpectedly, less than half a month after Yin Gong retreated to Anfeng and Lu'an, news came that the Western Wei in Jingzhou had sent troops.

Emperor Cao Xuan of the Western Wei Dynasty and General and Prince of Qi You Zilu led an army of 150,000 soldiers and sailors down the river along Xunyang to attack Wan County.

Grand Marshal and King of Chu Ding Jingzhen, General of Chariots and Cavalry and King of Zhao Lei Shimeng, and King of Wu and General of Cavalry Shen Liuxing, led an army of 180,000 to attack the three passes of Yiyang, preparing to enter southern Yuzhou by land.

In addition, the General of the Northern Expedition, King Huang Niujiao of Liang, also led his troops from Bi Yang to attack Yi Yang from both sides.

What made Li Yuanhui most indignant and furious was that the 5,000 Yuzhou troops did not even defend such a dangerous pass as the Three Passes of Yiyang for ten days before opening it and surrendering.

When Li Yuanhui in Hefei received the news, the Western Wei army had actually reached Goyang.

The letter of request for help from Guo Zongdao, the governor of Goyang, was sent out as usual. However, the 40,000 reinforcements led by Yuzhou Governor Qu Tushi'an and Zhongdu Protector Murong Hui were blocked in Runan by Huang Niujiao, and they would definitely not be able to defeat them in the short term.

As for the Yangzhou Military Governor's Office, they are now in a difficult situation.

While the fighting was intense in the Western Wei, the Eastern Wei in Jiangdong was not idle either.

General Miao Xianyun led his troops to station at Caishi opposite Liyang, King Cao Rong of Wu led his troops to station at Jingkou. Later, Emperor Cao Yuanjing of Eastern Wei sent another large army up the river and stationed in the Wuhu area not far opposite Ruxukou.

Hundreds of thousands of troops stood in ambush, facing each other from a distance.

The Eastern and Western Wei states unexpectedly sent out troops at the same time.

No one would believe it if you said it was a coincidence.

(End of this chapter)