The clerk took a memorandum and hurried into Tao Mansion.
Taobao had just returned from the Santai Military Conference. When he saw the message handed over by the clerk, he said: "Read it to me."
The clerk looked around.
Taobao understood and took him to the bedroom, saying: "You can recite it now."
"Jin inherits the blessing of God and the grand plan of He and his two generations..." The clerk picked up the slogan and read it word by word.
"I don't understand." Taobao blinked and said.
The clerk was startled, then explained it carefully, and Taobao finally understood.
In fact, he knew some words, but not many. There was no need to talk about allusions in articles.
He knew at least one-third of the words in the slogan, but he couldn't understand them when they were put together, so he had to rely on others to explain it to him.
"How did you get it?" Taobao looked at the clerk and asked.
The clerk felt uncomfortable being stared at by him and said quickly: "The sergeant who went out to collect wood put his earnings in his clothes and brought them into the city. I got it by chance."
Taobao's education level is low, but he is not stupid. He knows that what the petty official said is very problematic. But how long has Dahu been in Hebei? People's hearts are not attached to him. That's how it is. There are too many people who are half-hearted.
The clerk may not have wanted to rebel, it may have just been some vague thoughts in his mind.
The human heart is the most unpredictable. Just like himself, is he really willing to fight to the end for Dahu? He dare not face this problem directly.
"Is there anyone in the city who can copy it?" Taobao asked again.
"Maybe."
Taobao waved his hand and asked people to leave. He sat quietly for a while, thinking about the future.
Dahu was kind to him.
In their military and political group, the civil servants are mainly Jin people, and the military generals are mainly Shibaqi, including Wuhuan people (Wang Yang), Tianzhu people (Kui'an, Guo Heilue), Yuezhi people (Zhixiong, Zhiquliu)
), massacred various Huns (Liu Ying, Liu Bao, Guo Ao), Qiangqu Huns (Zhang Zoupu, Zhang Yue), descendants of the Southern Huns nobles (Zhao Lu, Huyanmo), Jin people (Liu Zheng)...
The rest, including him, are all Jie people.
It is said that Dahu has no family and only sees species. Indeed, his daily words and deeds do not have such prejudice, but when it comes to life and death, what do you think?
During this northern expedition to Youzhou, there was a "Xiongnu" tribe on Wang Jun's territory. There were more than ten thousand tribes in this tribe, with a population of 70,000 to 80,000 people, most of whom were Jie people. They actively responded to Dahu. Other people in the tribe were like real Huns.
, Wuhuan, Xianbei, etc., but there is not much movement and they are not very active.
He was able to become the prefect of Wei County because he had surpassed several people who were more qualified than him. Who knows how Da Hu considered this?
In short, he was deeply grateful to Da Hu in his heart, but...
He picked up the memorandum again, read it, and finally burned the memorandum with a long sigh.
It was getting late, so I got up and went to the dining room, where I sat down to eat.
While eating, I was thinking about things.
Today's military meeting was full of quarrels. In the end, it was Hu Qiankun who made the decision to fight Shao Xun.
The reason is actually not complicated. There is not much food in the city. Even though many efforts have been made to raise food, it can only be enough to meet the needs of March.
What if Shao Xun besieged you for three months?
How can you guarantee that he won't do this?
By then, trenches would be dug and earth walls built outside the city, making it very difficult to break through.
Once you make the decision to stick to it, life or death is really in your hands.
Shao Xun will not let go of this opportunity. Even if he sells the pot and gets into the crotches of a few women and licks them until they feel comfortable, he will definitely raise money and food to spend it with Da Hu to the end.
No one dared to besiege Yecheng, not even Tao Bao.
So is it feasible to take the initiative and fight Shao Xun between Anyang and Yecheng?
Half of the people agreed with this strategy and half of the people disagreed because someone thought of the Battle of Nomaoka.
The one that gained the most approval was fighting against the city, that is, relying on the city and fighting the Jin army outside the city.
The advantage of this is that if it fails, you can still retreat to the city without annihilating the entire army.
The strategy has been decided like this, and there is actually no suspense, because Shao Thief didn't give you any choice.
After finishing the meal, his wife Zhang came over with a hesitant look on her face, as if she wanted to say something but didn't dare.
"Why are you hesitating?" Taobao looked at her with disgust and scolded.
"Husband, do you want to send your children out of the city first?" Mrs. Zhang suggested.
"Huh?" Taobao was surprised and said: "The general has given an order, but no one is allowed to leave the city before he gets the order. How can we get out?"
"You can bribe soldiers." Zhang said in a low voice, "Many people have already given away their families."
Taobao was surprised.
After Dahu came back, the soldiers guarding the gates were replaced by his people. Most of them were sergeants scattered in Wei, Zhao, Yangping, Julu, Changshan and other counties. After being recruited by Dahu, they naturally took over the city defense.
After all, there were many of them, no less than 30,000 people.
Speaking of Yecheng's total military strength, it was actually not many, with a total of about 50,000 infantry and cavalry.
Theoretically speaking, Dahu had no less than 70,000 infantry troops to divide the fields, and there were also a large number of tribal soldiers who had obtained pastures and cultivated land. It would not be a problem to gather 100,000 infantry and cavalry. But at the critical moment, only half of them could be pulled out.
With these 50,000 people fighting against a total of more than 70,000 Jin troops, if they were to defend the city, they would be as safe as Mount Tai. The problem was that they could not defend the city and had to go out to fight, which was no choice.
This would shock him to hear that many people had sent their families away, but he didn't know it. He had to find out the inside story through his wife, which made him very uncomfortable and felt isolated.
"What should I give you?" Taobao felt unhappy and choked his wife. Then he went to the study and asked the official in the government to tell him the history.
The concubine brought dried fruit snacks. Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Taobao.
"Where were your two sisters today?" he asked.
"Went to Chengshi Pagoda." The concubine replied.
Taobao glanced at them and nodded slightly.
The two sisters are natives of Yecheng. Due to the war, their family was extremely poor and they depended on Aweng for their lives.
When Taobao first entered Yecheng, he took a fancy to the two sisters' beauty and took them into his mansion as his concubines.
His wife, Zhang, was the daughter of Chief Wuhuan and was not pretty. He married her just for his future. These two concubines were his favorites and gave birth to three children for him in a few years.
"Jinshi Baocheng, are you afraid?" Taobao asked.
"If you follow Mr. Lang, you won't be afraid."
"What if we lose?"
"I will die together with my husband. It's just a pity for my children." At this point, the concubine wiped her tears with the back of her hand.
As a winner, how will you deal with the loser's family?
One of them is massacre.
These days, there is no saying that good things and bad things do not affect your family. Not only will you kill your family members, but you will also have to kill one, two, or three clans in your clan.
Killing the men and banishing the wives and daughters is the second.
To put it bluntly, adult men are killed and the women are used as slaves. Some of the more perverted ones even seize boys and use them as eunuchs.
Anyway, it is impossible for women to end up well, especially for women. Being taken into the harem by Emperor Wu Sima Yan like Wu Wang Sun Hao's concubine is already smoking from the ancestral grave. It is more likely to become a female slave and do all kinds of things.
He does odd jobs and is humiliated day and night by those in charge.
Therefore, once a woman in troubled times becomes a loser, it is better to die. But if she does not have the courage to die, she must make various psychological preparations.
Taobao was speechless when he heard what his concubine said.
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Outside Santai and within Yecheng, people are now panicking.
Ordinary people and even middle- and lower-level officials and generals have limited information channels, but they also have their own cunning ways and prefer to inquire about news (rumors).
They didn't know how the battle was going on the front line. They only knew that Shao Xun was advancing towards Yecheng step by step.
We were still in Fangtou in May, and we arrived in Huangchi in June.
Now in mid-July, the memorandum has been copied into Yecheng. How do you think the war is going?
Da Hu said every day how he won. Everyone believed him at first, but now they are skeptical.
For example, today, some cavalry troops came back from the south and said that they had raided the Jin army's food team near Qishui and beheaded more than 800 Luonan Dingzhuang. This was actually true, but no one believed it anymore.
You always win such battles, why can the Jin army break through Anyang and march straight into Yecheng? What is going on? Can you explain it?
Ordinary people do not have the concept of tactical victory or strategic victory. They only know that after winning the battle and taking advantage, the enemy should retreat. But the development of the battle situation is obviously different from what they see.
This is what people are talking about when people are in fear and doubt themselves.
When Shi Le led his troops to patrol the city, he saw rumors flying all over the sky and people hesitant. Without any hesitation, he ordered those who spread rumors to be killed on the spot, and their heads were hung all over the city as a warning to others.
Zhang Bin followed him and spoke less and less, sometimes even staying silent for an hour or two.
The generals were also worried and looked sad.
When Shi Le saw it, he felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly.
The war situation brought heavy pressure.
It's not just a few wisecracks that can liven up the atmosphere, nor is it just some bold words that can boost morale.
Fortunately, these confidants and generals were deeply bound to him, and their friendship started at a very early stage, which was unusual. Everyone was worried, but they would not directly surrender to the enemy.
The best way to get out of this predicament is actually victory.
That is to say, defeating Shao Xun head-on, even if it is only a small-scale victory, can greatly change everyone's mood.
"Shao Xun came with a crowd, but he didn't know who was in the vanguard." Shi Le said: "I want to choose strong men to defeat their troops and lower their morale. What do you think?"
Kong Dolphin, who was deep in thought, heard the words and immediately said: "How are you going to fight, Your Majesty?"
"Let's go over there and discuss it." Shi Le pointed to the corner of the city wall and said.
Everyone left with him.
Shi Le sat directly on the ground, and everyone followed suit and sat down.
Shi Le pondered for a while and said: "At this critical moment of life and death, we should work together to overcome the difficulties. I have sent people to count the family wealth and decided to give some money and silk to recruit strong men to give Shao Xun a head start."
"The first battle is very important. Shao Xun can lose, but I can't afford to lose. So I invite you to discuss it and find out the gaps."
"The battlefield is here, I want to..."
Chapter completed!