"What? The Cui family's caravan was robbed?" Wang Jun, who was sitting in the courtyard to rest, was surprised and asked.
"Husband, don't worry about this, it's important." Mrs. Cui brought a plate to Wang Jun and handed him a spoon and said.
Wang Jun took the plate and took a mouthful of soufflé, his anger gradually subsided.
It's September, the weather is not that hot anymore, and it's even a little cold, but Wang Jun still likes to eat iced sweets.
What you will eat here is Sushan. After the cheese is boiled, pour it on the plate, mix it with honey, and make a mountain-like soufflé. Then put it in the ice cellar to refrigerate. Take it out and enjoy it in the hot summer. It is refreshing and refreshing.
Summer is the favorite of wealthy people, especially Wang Jun.
They are all made by the lady herself!
Wang Jun glanced at Mrs. Cui, feeling a little ashamed.
Madam has been taking good care of her since her last tour.
As I get older, I have various problems with my body. I am often dizzy, thirsty, and sweat profusely even after riding a horse for a while.
It's like I don't get enough sleep, I'm so sleepy, and when the sun shines on me, I feel confused and dizzy.
Wang Jun was very moved by the fact that Madam was at her side almost every day and was even more diligent than when she first got married.
"Madam." Wang Jun took Cui's hand and sighed: "I don't want to get involved in this matter. It's just a merchant, Jia Shu. If he dies, he will die. It doesn't hurt anything. But since he is a merchant of the Cui family, he still has to ask about it.
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Mrs. Cui's eyes turned red and she advised: "I will bear in mind my husband's love and care, but we still have to put important things first. The Hu people have always been arrogant and have many soldiers and horses, and they are disobedient to discipline. Just like Duan's Xianbei, the husband sent him back and forth.
How much armor
When they received the horses and equipment, they were filled with gratitude, and they turned around and betrayed their husbands. In fact - well, I couldn't curse. For today's matter, sending too few troops and horses would not be effective, sending too many would affect the husband's important affairs, so it is not worth it.
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When Ms. Cui said this, Wang Jun felt more and more guilty. Seeing his wife's charming appearance, trying not to cry, the man's protective desire was suddenly aroused.
He doesn't have the ability to make Mrs. Cui happy, so he can't make her happy? Let her raise her head in front of her family?
Furthermore, if he bullies Cui's caravan, it will also be Wang Jun's face that he loses. How can he bear it?
You must know that Youzhou's ability to survive until now depends on its face - the face brought by the Jin Dynasty, and also the face brought by Wang Jun who mobilized Zhu Hu to fight in the north and south more than ten years ago.
If you lose your face, outsiders will really look down on you.
Once despised, ambition will breed even if there is no ambition. Can the Youzhou shogunate control the situation?
Wang Jun thought about it and felt that he should be more decisive and mobilize elite soldiers and generals to search and kill the looters along the road in one fell swoop to deter the foreign troops who were becoming more and more lawless.
Otherwise, Youzhou itself would have become a mess before we sent out troops to attack Jizhou.
Thinking of this, he said to Ms. Cui: "Madam, don't worry, I will send people to lead the troops to attack, and we will definitely snatch the goods back. Let's send - well, send Sun Wei. Yesterday, you Sima Jinyan, supervising Sun Wei's military training
If you have a plan, no one dares to move. This time, you have to use all your strength to kill as a warning to others. These gangster-like soldiers should be restrained. Otherwise, I really think that my king, Pengzu, is easy to bully."
At the end of the sentence, a somewhat ferocious look appeared on his face, which vaguely resembled the courage of Wang Youzhou who had decisively killed him back then.
Mrs. Cui looked at Wang Jun blankly, gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and threw herself into his arms: "Husband."
Wang Jun felt a surge of pride and ambition in his chest and laughed.
Men, you have to let women be moved by you and fascinated by you. Only then can you be decent.
Cui's performance gave Wang Jun great psychological satisfaction.
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In the early morning of September 25th, the south gate of Jicheng City opened, and large groups of soldiers and horses filed out of the city in a majestic manner.
Supervisor Sun Wei stood on a high platform piled with earth beside the road, silently watching these soldiers and horses.
The trusted generals stood behind him, whispering.
"What does it matter to us whether the refugees live or die?" Someone whispered: "We just robbed them, so what can we do? Who asked them to come to Youzhou?"
"It's not just the refugees." Someone said: "The ancestors of Qiuren had an in-law, but they didn't take it seriously. They accidentally let passing soldiers and horses rush into Zhuangzi and massacred all the women in the clan, ranging from fifty to fifty.
By the time they were seven or eight years old, they were all humiliated. When the news came out, people became excited and asked the king to send troops, but the governor suppressed them and reprimanded those who complained for not caring about the overall situation."
"this……"
"Now I can't stand it anymore. Mrs. Cui's caravan has been robbed. The governor can't keep it off his face and has to send troops."
"Where was it robbed? Why didn't I hear about it?"
"I heard that it was on the north bank of Yishui River, in the southern border of Rongcheng County. It was robbed twice. The refugee commander robbed it first, but was repulsed. The Jie people came to rob it a second time and succeeded."
"My family lives in Rongcheng. I have to send someone back to ask. I don't think the leader of the Jie Renbu and the refugee commander are that stupid."
"It's just rumors. It's okay to ask."
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Sun Wei seemed not to hear the voices of the generals and only looked at the troops leaving the city.
There are eight thousand infantry, most of which are peasant soldiers recruited from Yan State, Fanyang, and Beiping counties. In his opinion, their combat effectiveness is acceptable. There are three thousand elites among them, who were selected from Jizhou refugees and trained for three or four years.
It has strong power and is Jicheng’s sea-fixing needle.
It's really strange that Governor Wang also handed over this army to him.
Shouldn't you stay and guard Jicheng? Did You Sima make a mistake?
Sun Wei had no way of knowing, but he was still very happy. As a soldier, who doesn't like to lead capable troops into battle? Furthermore, the king's governor demanded that the rebellion be put down with lightning speed, so that he would not be despised. Sun Weishen
I think so, this requires elite soldiers.
The eight thousand infantrymen walked for a long time before they arrived in formation in the open space outside the city. At this time, the cavalry also came with their horses, a total of four thousand cavalry.
Among them, only Qianqi were soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the Youzhou shogunate, and the remaining three thousand were from the Zahu tribe who were temporarily recruited.
Hu and Han people live together in Youzhou, and there are many tribes. As far as the relationship with the shogunate is concerned, of course there are relatives near and far, and those who are sent out this time are relatively close.
At this time, Sun Wei had to regret his usual mistakes.
When Duanbu Xianbei was close to the Youzhou shogunate, the king's governor once rewarded the iron armor, and the horse armor totaled thousands.
Youzhou is an important town in the North, one of the most important among the eight major governorships of the country. It has a huge arsenal and a large number of craftsmen, with only one purpose: to prepare Hu.
But the king's governor relied on Yi Jian's power and used money, weapons and even women to lure the barbarians to fight for him.
Previously, when Qingzhou was quelling Liu Bogen's rebellion, Duan Xianbei's armored cavalry charged forward, and Tianshi's Taoist disciples were immediately routed.
Later there was the Battle of Yecheng, where Shi Chao and others were defeated.
Then came the pacification of the rebellions of Jisang, Gongshi Fan, Shi Chao and others in Hebei. Xianbei, Wuhuan, Xiongnu, and Jie people repeatedly went to battle, and they all relied on it.
After many years of fighting, these Zahu tribesmen have become more and more experienced, their combat effectiveness is getting stronger, and their equipment is getting better and better. They are even exploring their tactics and updating them through learning. The king and governor are increasingly inseparable from them.
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Now the arsenal in Youzhou is almost empty, and the craftsmen have fled in large numbers, taking refuge in Shizu Wubao, Hu tribes, and even Murong Xianbei in western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning. They want to replenish the arsenal, but they are already wishful thinking.
Numb!
Sun Wei was too lazy to think about the mistakes that the Governor had made over the years. He couldn't even count them. It was all nonsense, but - the Governor was kind to me and I had to repay him.
He sighed and took the general to reorganize his troops.
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A few days after Supervisor Sun Wei led his troops south, more and more powerful soldiers and horses gathered outside Jixian City.
In Jicheng, Sima Youtong was signing an order to mobilize troops.
As he was writing, he stopped writing, got up and went to the government office next door to look for his brother Cong, You Min, a famous scholar in Guangping.
Seeing his younger brother, You Min understood the idea, got up and went to the courtyard with him to avoid the crowd.
"You have been out of the city these past two days to distribute food and grass. Can you tell whether the troops are weak or not?" You Tong asked.
You Min was a little surprised. It was already this time. Why are you still hesitating?
"Commander of the refugees, the leaders of the Hu tribes are still the same as before, and those who came are not the elites of each tribe. They are a bit false and false to deceive the rewards." You Min said: "The morale of the soldiers and horses of the wealthy families is not bad. The Juyonghou clan, the Changping Kou clan, and the Yongnu clan
The Xianyu clan and the Wuzhongtian clan even temporarily distributed grain, rice, cloth and silk to the Buqu family, and their disciples who were skilled in bow and horse personally led the team, and some even the heads of the family came, intending to risk their lives."
"You are so determined?" You Tong was shocked.
These border wealthy families who have been in decline for many years really dare to fight for their lives.
They are generally engaged in the profession of serving as soldiers rather than noble officials. Their status is not very high. They have always been despised by others and are in urgent need of improvement.
You Tong felt that if someone else tried to capture Youzhou, they would not necessarily respond so positively. However, Duke Chen's reputation for caring for the soldiers' families gradually spread, and these families may hope to gain Chen Gong's favor and soar to the sky.
For example, the Wu Zhongtian family is a descendant of Tian Qi. At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was Tian Chou who led 5,000 families to farm, lived together for self-protection, and made friends with Wuhuan and Xianbei. For more than a hundred years, the Tian family took root in Peiping, studied and practiced martial arts, but had no family status.
But it is getting lower and lower day by day.
By the time of the imperial dynasty, the Tian family's descendants were even reduced to being thugs who suppressed the Hu people, and turned into military strategists who were looked down upon by the scholars.
They are in urgent need of change.
What a terrifying force! In a hurry to turn over, there are a large number of disciples in the tribe who are skilled in bow and horse. The tribes and villagers have small frictions and conflicts with the barbarians all the year round. They are fierce and dare to fight. Once they are attracted by Chen Gong, they will unite.
Being around him, I don't know what will happen.
The world has really changed. Guangping You clan is still trying to think of ways to cultivate "famous people". You Tong is not sure whether this is the right path.
"Guang Ming, the matter has come to an end, don't think that there is nothing left." You Min said, "I will go out of the city later, but do you have anything to say?"
You Tong pondered for a while and said: "Let them be prepared. When Sun Wei goes far away, we will take action immediately. I will personally lead people to open the door."
"Okay." You Min nodded.
Seeing him being so straightforward, You Tong was in a daze. Isn't Brother Cong a "celebrity"? Why does he act like a crisp and clean warrior?
"Let them choose the elite. Don't let the clumsy, timid and cowardly ones go. You'll be in trouble." You Tong grabbed You Min, who turned to leave, and added: "After entering the city, go to Peng Zu's residence first. There will be someone at the door to meet you. Remember."
You Min responded, bowed his hands and left.
You Tong stood for a while longer, feeling his chest beating harder and harder.
This is the excitement of doing something big!
Late at night on the 29th, just as the troops supervising Sun Wei passed Zhuo County and headed towards Yishui, the gate of Jicheng was suddenly opened.
The sergeants who had been waiting for a long time rushed in and rushed towards the royal residence.
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