In the last few days of late September, the post roads leading to Anping were crowded with people shouting and neighing.
Wang Yan went from Nangong to Qinghe to visit his friends, and what he saw along the way was this scene.
"If there are Hun cavalry coming, I don't know how many heads they can pick up." Liu Ling pointed to the old and young people resting on the roadside and said, "It seems that they haven't been in battle many times. When I heard the sound of horse hooves, I panicked."
When the soldiers heard this, they all laughed.
Apart from farming, the only value these people have is wandering in the ravines.
However, the outer barriers of Anping City have been cleared, and now all kinds of siege equipment has been driven to the city, and the ant attack has begun. These weak people have become a burden.
The siege was brutal, and even though we had repeatedly tried to win over the city, some people still couldn't bear it and led their troops to flee.
These people were all recorded, the main messenger was killed, and his family's responsibility will be held accountable later.
If nothing else goes wrong, the troops of the two counties of Puyang and Dongping can be fully deployed, and even some more soldiers can be deployed.
The offensive against Anping adopted two methods: siege the city and attack the heart. The rebel army will not be able to hold on for too long. Maybe we will see the result in October.
When we reached Baigou River, we stayed in a manor for the night.
When he learned that Wang Yifu, who was the leader of the world, was coming, the owner of the manor named Cui who lived in the west of Dongwu City was very enthusiastic. He first asked the whole family to come out to meet him, and then personally prepared an exquisite banquet to entertain Wang Yan and his family.
Follow.
Wang Yan couldn't push it, and after a lot of socializing, he was arranged to stay in a quiet house for the night.
The place where I live is said to be a manor, but in fact it is more like a Wubao.
The place is small, the walls are thick and high, and there are many people watching at night, making it look like you are facing a formidable enemy.
The back wall of the house is also the northern exterior wall of Wubao. Wang Yan climbed up to the second-floor attic and looked at the flickering lights in the distance.
"The autumn harvest is over, why are there still young men working outside?" he asked curiously.
The manager of the manor who accompanied him came over to take a look and replied: "Your Majesty, the clan is pressing hard. Five thousand bundles of hay must be delivered within three days, so we stay up late to cut the hay at night."
"But because of the Anping War?"
"Exactly."
"It's a miserable night when the wind blows fiercely and the cold dew is heavy." Wang Yan sighed.
As a world-famous person who has no fingers in the world and even thinks his wife talks about money, Wang Yan has been tortured by Shao Xun in recent years. He is often dragged here and there, and he has seen a lot of grassroots people's livelihood.
, the emotion is increasing.
"With the wars going on this year, how can the village survive?" Wang Yan turned around and asked.
"We can survive," Dianji said, "but some people will starve to death."
"Why?"
Dianji murmured and did not dare to say anything.
"There are no outsiders here, but it doesn't hurt to talk," Wang Yan said.
"This year's harvest was a bit poor, so we had to make do with it." Dianji said, "When the war broke out, the Huns first took away a batch of grain from the village, and the warehouse was at the bottom. At the beginning of the month, Chen Gong sent people to collect grain again, and finally
Even a little bit of stored grain was given away, but that was not enough, so we had to collect grain from the villagers to make up the amount. They don't have enough to eat, so it is inevitable that people will starve to death."
"Is there corvee or military service?"
"How could it not be possible?" Dian Ji said with a wry smile: "My son was drafted once to deliver food to Nangong County. There were more than a hundred people when he went, but when he came back there were a dozen less."
"Dead?"
"Some died from exhaustion, but most of them escaped."
"escape?"
"Stealing food and escaping at night."
"Don't care?" Wang Yan asked.
Dianji sighed and did not answer.
"What if the Huns come again and ask for food from you?" Wang Yan asked again.
"I'm afraid I have to fight hard because I can't afford it." Dian Ji said numbly: "If you give me food, you will starve to death. If you don't give me food, you will be beaten. If you beat me, you may not die."
Wang Yan remained silent.
He looked at the patched clothes on Dianji's body, sighed, and said, "It's hard work. Let's rest early."
Dianji bowed and resigned.
"My lord, the dinner we just had was wine and meat. I thought this village was very rich, but I didn't expect that the money was already empty." Liu Ling stood at the door and said in surprise.
"What you hear and see may not be true." Wang Yan said.
Seeing that Liu Ling was stunned, he smiled and said: "But this Zhuangzi is indeed not rich. Hebei has been in war for a long time, and no matter how much wealth he has, it can be wiped out."
"If Hebei fights more, won't Henan's life be better?" Liu Ling said.
"Yeah..." Wang Yan replied vaguely.
Unknowingly, the battlefield has moved to Hebei.
No matter what happens to Hebei, Quanzhong has already won half the battle.
It is true that when fighting in Hebei, Henan will also have to send troops and some money and food, but the most important thing is that Henan will no longer be reduced to a battlefield. This is the most critical.
If this can be done, Shao Quanzhong's position in Henan will become more stable.
On the morning of early October, after having a sumptuous breakfast, Wang Yan looked at the nephews and nephews of the manor owner who came to see them off and made a few casual comments.
Everyone in the manor was extremely excited. Hundreds of troops were sent to escort Wang Yan on the spot, and all the resting places were arranged for Wang Yan.
Liu Ling was stunned.
When he travels with Mr. Chen, he often gets rejected.
The gate of the manor was closed tightly, as if facing a powerful enemy, as if they were coming to plunder.
Wang Yifu was warmly received wherever he went, and his popularity was truly impressive.
If he spoke ill of Mr. Chen behind his back, that would be really troublesome...
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While Wang Yan was on his way to Qinghe, Yu Chen, Zhang Bin and others arrived at Linli County, Ji County.
Lin Li's situation is relatively chaotic.
The nearest Jin army is Li Zhong's troops stationed in Anyang, with a total of 2,000 Luonan soldiers and 2,000 troops from the army.
The Linlihao family had a tendency to be passive. While showing their sincerity to the Jin army, they also secretly communicated with Shi Hu, who was training troops in Ji County.
Yu Chen was escorted by thousands of horsemen, all of whom Shao Xun assigned to Yu Chen from Anping. Not long after they entered the city, the scouts rushed back to report the military situation.
Then the city gates were closed tightly, and the young men came to the city cautiously with crude weapons.
Yu Chen looked on with cold eyes and thought to himself that if Lin Li didn't come today, he might be demoted.
"I controlled Ji County for several years. Once it fell into the hands of the Xiongnu, when I came back, my life had changed." He sighed secretly and sighed in a low voice.
"Lin Liu's killing of officials is already the legacy of Duke Yu." Zhang Bin said.
"I accept your good advice." Yu Chen said with a bitter smile.
In fact, the biggest problem was that when he defended it until the end, his decrees could no longer leave the county, and he could not command the whole county. In addition, when he retreated, he took away many people who were committed to the Jin Dynasty, and the foundation in Jijun was even worse.
Bad.
Fortunately, it's not too late to come back, and there is still time to make amends.
After the army's Northern Expedition, Linli County killed officials anyway, Ji, Gong, and received awards, and people from Xiuwu County also responded. However, Liu Ya in Hanoi responded quickly and only sent more than 2,000 cavalry to circle around. This kind of commotion was
subsided.
After Shi Le's defeat, there were people in the county and all the counties who rebelled against each other, and both sides fought in a massacre.
When Shile's generals Kongtu, Zhao Lu and others heard that Ye City had been lost, they immediately gave up their attack on Anyang, went south to Ji, suppressed the rebellion, and settled here.
Therefore, Jijun is now divided.
Chaoge and Linli were controlled by Shao Xun, and the other four counties were controlled by Kongtu and Zhao Lu.
They originally had more than 5,000 cavalry, but after Shao Xun incorporated many tribes, more than 2,000 people disappeared one after another. Now there are less than 3,000 left, all of whom are soldiers of the Wuhuan, Jie people, Xiongnu and other tribes——
To put it simply, everyone who lives in Shaoxun's control area has fled.
Shi Le conducted remote micro-operations in Changshan, instructing Kong Dou, while Zhao Lu and Zhao Lu were under Shi Hu's command.
Shi Hu has also arrived in Jijun and is arguing with Liu Yao.
He wanted to find a place to cross the river and go south, and take advantage of the emptiness of Henan to plunder Yanyu. Liu Yao asked him to go to Fangtou and Chaoge to look for opportunities to destroy Shao Xun's fleet.
The two sides are deadlocked here.
Yu Chen naturally didn't know Shi Hu's plan. After he climbed to the top of the city, he saw a cavalry force with only about 500 people. Those coming from the south should be Shi Hu's tribe.
There are also hundreds of people in the north of the city. They should be coming from the direction of Fukou Spring. They are Liu Yao's general Hu Yanmo's troops - Hu Yanmo, one of Shi Le's "Eighteen Cavalry", was requisitioned by Liu Yuan in his early years and has never returned to the army.
Now he is actually considered a member of the Pingyang court, after all his surname is Huyan.
After Yu Chen looked at it for a while, he asked the county magistrate to find out about the situation.
"Many handsome men and women in the countryside are watching," the county magistrate said.
"This branch of Fukou Spring doesn't appear very often. It only comes for a day or two and then disappears again. At most, more than a thousand riders appear."
"It must be difficult for them to raise food and grass, so they cannot last long. According to the woodcutter in Linli Mountain, they herd horses in the Zhangshui River Valley. There are pack horses from Shexian County to transport food and meat for supplies. But the mountain road is difficult and dangerous.
Supplies are not flowing smoothly, so there are very few soldiers and horses along this route, and we will have to retreat within a few days."
"If Governor Li sends an army from Neihuang, they may be able to drive them away."
"Over there in Shexian County, I heard that the Huns were beaten with mountains of blood and corpses, and the Huns were grabbing men everywhere to fill the ravines. There were also people coming over from Lin Li's side, but I didn't hear that any powerful commanders were paying for food, so they were all waiting and watching.
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The county magistrate said a lot, and Yu Chen listened silently, comforted him, and ordered him to supervise the city defense.
"How?" Yu Chen looked at Zhang Bin and asked.
"Yu Gong's legacy is still there." Zhang Bin repeated, and then added: "Now we can send envoys to various villages to show our great righteousness, use coercion and inducement, and never allow the Huns to obtain supplies. If they cannot raise food and grass, thieves will
Don’t worry about riding.”
"Captain Li may be able to move forward from Neihuang." Zhang Bin added: "Neihuang is of course crucial and cannot be missed, but Wei, Dunqiu, and Yangping County are all already royal territories, so we can move forward.
Fangtou and Chaoge can be used in both cities. In this way, when the heroes in the countryside hear that Wang Shi is coming, they will calm down and won't surrender to the Xiongnu easily."
"However, these are just small tricks. The key situation is still in Anping. If we can recover as soon as possible, we can mobilize the people to the west. After Liu Yao heard this, he could only retreat if he was unwilling to do so."
Yu Chen nodded secretly, and then asked: "Is it possible for Shangdang to..."
"It's difficult." Zhang Bin shook his head and said, "Don't underestimate the enemy, Mr. Yu. Liu Hezhu and his son voted for Chen Gong, wouldn't Liu Yao be alert? Liu Runzhong and Liu Bo were brought to Ji County by Shi Hu.
If he is weak, he will stay with the Shangdang as a hostage, and Liu Yao will definitely send people to keep a close watch on him. If he didn't rebel at that time, when he comes to Ji County, there will be no possibility of rebellion."
"Jie people are greedy and lacking in resourcefulness." Yu Chen sighed.
Zhang Bin raised his head and looked at the towering mountains to the west, speechless for a long time.
He also felt a little pity.
In the past two months, he has been observing Shao Xun's actions, and overall he is quite satisfied.
He is stronger than Shi Le, but because of this, he is destined not to rely on himself as much as Shi Le.
Therefore, to plan for the future, he also needs to stay together with others for warmth.
What a pity.
The enemy cavalry in the south of the city circled around and saw that there was no chance to take advantage of them, so they left.
After hearing the report, Yu Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the southern front does not collapse and large-scale surrender to the enemy does not occur, his mission will be considered a success.
This is never the main battlefield, Anping and Shexian are.
Wang Yan should have arrived at Qinghe by now. With his lobbying, the Cui family may end their wait and see and send troops to support Duke Chen.
Yang Chen also went north to Boling and Hejian to visit the Cui family and other wealthy families, and also urged Su Qiu, the general of Lukou Town, not to be naughty.
Coupled with some people whom Mr. Chen personally met some time ago, this battle can still be maintained.
This piece of fat meat from Hebei is already in your mouth. Even if you can't swallow it for a while, you will never spit it out again.
"Check out the enemy's situation." Yu Chen called for Liu Anzhi, the lieutenant who was escorting him, and ordered: "Go to Dangyin via Anyang tomorrow. Report the situation here to Mr. Chen."
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