After breakfast, another news came.
Zhang Fang sent a few knights to move around outside the city, but there was no movement from the large group.
Shao Xun put himself in Zhang Fang's shoes and deduced it.
Yesterday's attempt to seize the door was probably a spur-of-the-moment effort. After the failure, the opportunity slipped away. And since there was no way to break the city through a surprise attack, we could only wait for the main force to arrive one after another and attack head-on.
Zhang Fang in history did not have more troops than he does now, but he did not know how to enter the city. Could it be that Shangguan Si and Miao Yuan failed in the field battle out of the city and lost Luoyang?
Ignore him. In the current situation, we can't fight in the field. We can only waste it. If it takes him a few months, Zhang Fang's troops will be exhausted and his side will gradually improve its training. Then the situation will be different.
The second piece of news is about the rout.
People ran back outside the city one after another. Some people were caught by Zhang Fang. Some people saw that the city gate was closed. After yelling and cursing, they hurried away.
Here, not all of them may be defeated troops, but there may also be some generals, officials, and ministers.
You must be very desperate when you see that the city gate is not open, right?
The last slightly more important news is that Sima Teng, the governor of Bingzhou, and Wang Junda, the governor of Youzhou, have gathered troops to attack Sima Ying.
The two also each attracted foreign aid.
The former attracted Tuoba Xianbei, and the latter contacted Duanbu Xianbei. Each general and his soldiers looked like they were fighting.
It seems that the Northern Expedition to Yecheng is an important node for the Central Plains.
Before this, everyone also used Hu soldiers, but the scale was definitely not so large, and they were even troops under their direct control.
For example, the Xianbei cavalry under Sima Ying's tent in Yecheng is a direct unit and has nothing to do with the grassland.
The Luoyang Chinese Army also has them.
Youzhou Tuqidu is an armored cavalry unit composed of Youzhou Haner and Xianbei people.
But what is it like now? To put it nicely, it is called "Yi Cong". To put it badly, you and their status are equal. He is participating in the war as an independent force. You can only advise him on what to do, but not order him.
How does he do it.
A new (bad) era is coming.
After breakfast, Shao Xun had no time to rest. After tidying up his appearance, he went to the princess's residence first.
Jinyong City was not a big place and there were many people there. He only spoke for a while outside the door, mostly asking for instructions.
The princess naturally agreed to everything.
After leaving, Shao Xun went to see the manor tenants, guests and maids settled in the city, focusing on the 104 student soldiers of the second phase of Luoyang. After seeing them learning cultural knowledge step by step, they left quietly and arrived.
Troops gathered in the square outside Jinyong City.
Wu Qian and his auxiliary soldiers brought in a lot of goods, mostly cloths of various colors, messy copper coins and many other utensils - it was really difficult to calculate the value, so I could only give a rough estimate.
"Yesterday in the battle to seize the gate, I sent people shouting, 'Those who turn back to kill the enemy will be rewarded at the festival level'. Keep your word!" Shao Xun looked at the soldiers standing neatly and solemnly, and said: "Yesterday, we fought hard against the thief knights.
Go out and receive the reward. The ugly words are in front of you. If there is anyone who pretends to be the leader, he will be killed without mercy. You can identify each other."
For a while no one came forward.
Shao Xun glanced at the person he saw and seemed to have some impression. He walked directly to the queue, pulled him out, and asked: "Yesterday in the battle to seize the door, I remember you picked up a long spear and turned around to resist the enemy. Why?
Won’t you stand up?”
This man is also a veteran. He must be over thirty years old. He lowered his head when he heard this and said: "I have met two Shangguan in the past, but they didn't keep their promises. Yesterday, we fought to the death just to protect ourselves..."
"That's enough!" Shao Xun interrupted him and said, "I keep my word."
After saying that, someone brought two pieces of cloth over and said, "This is your reward."
The soldier took it blankly, his expression somewhat moved.
"What is your position?"
"Captain."
Shao Xun thought for a while, grabbed a bunch of copper coins of different sizes, new and old, from the carriage, stuffed them into the hands of the soldiers, and said: "If you have an official, you will be rewarded more. Come down. Who else is there?"
The soldier returned to the queue in a daze, holding cloth and copper coins.
It is only natural that meritorious deeds should be rewarded.
But this kind of thing is often not resolutely implemented. The closer to the end of the dynasty, the more cases of embezzlement and greed for rewards.
In fact, no reward was arranged at all, and the court felt that it was not needed...
After the first person received the reward, one after another others came forward.
Documents were registered one by one, and auxiliary soldiers were distributed on a per-person basis.
The so-called "section-level super reward" is as the name suggests: first, rewards are given according to levels; second, the overall reward amount is higher than the average level.
The reward money came from the seizure, which was actually the loot obtained by the Shangguan Si tribe.
No matter who asks for this money, Shao Xun will not give it back, there is no way.
Being given to your aristocratic family may not necessarily lead to a good outcome. People think you deserve it.
It is given to the big soldiers, but it is an important prop for establishing your own prestige.
You must understand who your basic base is.
With a basic base, you can perform various operations to win over and digest other forces.
His origin meant that he could only follow the improved version of Shi Le's route, and there could be no other way.
The resources of the aristocratic family are greedy to look at, but they are poisonous honey, and they may not be able to eat them yet.
Concubine Pei cannot represent the Pei family, she is just a princess.
He didn't dare to get too entangled with the Wang Yan family.
As for the Yu Liang family, if they were alone, it would be nothing. The problem is that the Yingchuan Yu family is not the Xinye Yu family, and their potential power is not small. Maybe their family status is not particularly high, but they are also a well-known big family in Yingchuan.
For the current plan, we still need to expand the base, so that we can be qualified to play other tricks.
"What a good boy, you actually received the reward by fraud." While he was thinking, Chen Yougen's thunderous voice came to his ears.
Shao Xun looked over and saw the training team soldiers holding down two trembling soldiers and swearing endlessly.
"What's going on?"
"Return to the general." Chen Yougen said loudly: "These two men were Manfen's defeated troops and entered the city through Guangmo Gate. They pretended to receive rewards and were identified."
Shao Xun nodded and said: "Beheaded."
"No!" Chen Yougen smiled ferociously, drew out his heavy sword, and swung it down with all his strength.
In an instant, two heads rolled to the ground.
"Please check it, General." Two soldiers from the teaching team each held a head and presented it to them.
Shao Xun took it and looked at it, then threw it back and said: "Hang your head on the city wall to serve as a warning to others."
"promise."
"I will be rewarded for my meritorious service, and I will keep my word. Anyone who has been wronged or is in trouble at home can come to me. I cannot let my sons be wronged." Shao Xun looked at the soldiers who were becoming more and more solemn and said: "
But there is one thing: Anyone who disobeys my orders and violates military discipline will be killed without mercy."
"No!" Thousands of soldiers responded in unison.
"Teaching team, train the troops in batches!" After giving the order, Shao Xun appointed Chen Yougen as temporary guard. Surrounded by Huang Biaozhuang's 600 sergeants, Shao Xun went to the palace city.
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Outside the Huanghuang Tai Chi Hall, the sergeants were practicing endlessly, and the sound shook the roof tiles.
After Shao Xun entered Duanmen, he watched the training for a while in front of the Tai Chi Hall.
This is the unit for which he is also the captain. There are nearly 600 people, some of whom are from the 3rd, 7th, and 11th teams of the original army, and some are from the new recruits of the Manchu Division.
To put it bluntly, they are all newcomers, including student soldiers and officers.
Some newcomers have fought before, both times at Daxia Gate. The first time was to attack Shi Chao, and the second time was to defeat Zhang Fang's cavalry.
Most people have never fought in a war.
But Shao Xun just likes this unit because his student soldiers can suppress the situation.
If the soldiers were replaced by the old soldiers from Chen Jin's army who came to surrender yesterday, they would definitely not obey the discipline of the student soldiers, which would not be beautiful.
He gave this group of people the military nickname "Silver Spear".
These are private soldiers through and through. Given time, even if the King of Heaven comes, they will only listen to themselves.
Wang Guojun is just a tool for him to achieve success and gain fame.
The Silver Spear Army is the guarantee of his wealth and life.
"Jin San, how do you feel about entering the palace city again?" During the training break, Shao Xun pulled Jin San, who had been promoted to the supervisor, and asked with a smile.
"In troubled times, strength is the most important thing." Jin San said without hesitation: "The better the Silver Spear Army can fight, the more Shao Shao's ambition can be realized."
Good guy, Jin San has a complete muscular man mentality.
The last time he took the "Application Questions" test, he came up with a very ruthless move to clear the field.
This guy must have something in common with the barbarians. I’d like to mention it more in the future. It’s good to value force in troubled times, but you shouldn’t go to extremes and think that strong soldiers and horses can defeat everything.
"Practice well." Shao Xun patted his shoulder and left.
In front of the Tai Chi Palace, following Huang Biao's unique rhythmic command, a large group of soldiers dispersed inside and outside the palace gate to serve as sentries.
After a while, Huang Biao led people into the hall for a tour again, and then nodded.
Shao Xun understood and walked into the hall.
Today, the prince summoned him and asked about the situation in the city, which made Shao Xun a little surprised.
If you can't take care of Mihuang, what do you want from me?
At the end of the day, there is only one conclusion: you are a bit too big, and even if you want to hide, you still can't escape the eyes of someone who is interested.
Hey, this happened! I obviously just want to control everything from behind the scenes.
"See the prince." Shao Xun bowed, then his eyes fell on a slim figure behind the curtain and said: "See the queen."
"Shao Sima, without courtesy, please sit down." The prince straightened his body, stretched out his hand and said.
Shao Xun looked at the golden armor on his body and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have armor on my body and it is inconvenient for me to kneel down."
The prince choked.
The people who enter the temple, regardless of whether they are civil or military, are indeed very rare wearing armor.
For some reason, he suddenly thought of Shangguan Si. Could this Shao Xun in front of him be the same person as him?
Thinking about this, I didn't dare to say anything I had thought about, and fell silent for a while.
Perhaps seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, the queen's voice as crisp as an oriole sounded from behind the curtain: "During the first month of the year, Sima Yong fought in the palace and captured the rebellious ministers alive. Yesterday, the divine soldiers conducted an electric sweep to drive away the rebellious ones who entered the city. The crisis was turned into safety. Both times were due to Qingtian's protection. Sima can be said to be a great minister. Today, the troops are stationed outside the Taiji Hall and are practicing endlessly, but they don't know what they mean."
"Go back to the Queen, Prince." Shao Xun said: "The guards in the palace have long since fled. If there are no soldiers to guard the palace, it may be difficult to live in peace. If the Queen and the Prince are not happy, I will order the withdrawal of the troops and station them elsewhere."
When he said this, his face was a little serious. When the prince saw it, he hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
The queen was silent, and then asked after a moment: "Will Sima keep this place peaceful?"
"I belong to a military household. I have lived on the shores of the East China Sea for many generations, farming and fighting in the land of Qingxu. I rarely listened to loyal instructions, but I admired the king for a long time. When I was promoted to be filial and honest, I was favored and ranked. I was overjoyed and frightened." Shao Xun. Said: "Prince, please be at ease, Queen. With your ministers and soldiers by your side, no one can harm the members of the Tian family."
The prince was dubious when he heard this.
However, the queen felt that this person was not as greedy, cruel and unruly as Shangguan Si. Besides, he saved my life last time.
Yang Xianrong glanced at Shao Xun who was standing respectfully and solemnly through the gap in the bead curtain, and said: "Sima Zhonglie and Guoyi are really a great blessing to the country. Luoyang is experiencing a new chaos, and people's hearts are uncertain. There are rebels from Hejian outside the city and are committing insurrection. Que, if he is allowed to break in, the face of the Tian family may not be saved. Fortunately, Sima is there. I hope you will put more effort into retreating from the enemy. If you make new achievements, the title of general is not impossible."
Yang Xianrong drew a big cake casually, but Shao Xun just ignored it and said, "I am so grateful that I can't help but kill all the thieves to repay the kindness of the Heavenly Family."
"Go down and do your job diligently." Yang Xianrong opened the bead curtain and said, revealing a delicate and pretty face.
"I excuse myself." Shao Xun walked out slowly.
The hall became empty for a moment.
Yang Xianrong put down the bead curtain and said, "I have seen you, so you should rest assured? This may be Cao Cao, but it is definitely not Shangguan Si. After today, my son will stay in Zhaoyang Hall to review the classics and history."
The prince responded in a low voice.
"There are some things that are not a blessing if you get involved too early. Remember, remember." Yang Xianrong sighed and said.
It is really not easy for two people who may be deposed at any time to survive while walking on thin ice.
Yang Xianrong looked at Shao Xun's figure gradually disappearing.
First, "Don't be afraid", and then by asking the right question today, the image of an ambitious and pretentious martial artist was slowly sketched out in her mind.
I just want to live...
She put down the bead curtain melancholy.
Chapter completed!