"General Jin."
"Dudu Hou."
The two greeted each other outside Duanmen.
Jin Zhun first looked at Hou Feihu.
This is a man in his late forties, with a medium build, neither tall nor short, and not very strong. He is probably about the same as an ordinary soldier.
His eyes are gentle, without too many fierce or violent emotions.
He won't stare at people for a long time, but he will observe you from the corner of his eyes from time to time and try to figure you out - this is Jin Zhun's own feeling.
When Hou Feihu was standing, his body was straight, his left hand was naturally drooping, and his right hand was stroking his beard, and he was casually looking at the scene in Chang'an.
He also had a preliminary impression of Jin Zhun at this time.
The first feeling is: this guy looks like a scholar.
He is slightly older than him, tall, handsome and personable.
To be honest, even in the Central Plains, Jin Zhun's good looks would deceive many people, if he didn't go crazy.
No wonder the three daughters are all being targeted. The male is handsome and the female is beautiful. This is probably a characteristic of the Jin family.
But the second impression Jin Zhun gave him was not good. His eyes were too deep, lacked the spirit of justice and peace, and tended to go to extremes, whether they were good extremes or bad extremes.
In short, he likes to act on his own initiative. According to King Liang, he is easy to "get on top of". Jin Zhun actually understands everything and knows what to do and what not to do, but understanding is one thing and he cannot control his emotions.
It’s no use either.
This is the kind of person who does shocking things under passion.
Once the blood rushes to his head, nothing can stop him.
"Dudu Hou, when will King Liang enter Chang'an?" Jin Zhun asked.
"Don't be impatient." Hou Feihu said with a smile: "Your Majesty's entire army has just crossed the Wei River and is heading towards Chang'an. It won't arrive until tomorrow."
"We actually camped in Weibei." Jin Zhun was stunned for a moment, then sighed with emotion.
Hou Feihu understood what he meant.
The besieging army was so disorganized that it was not impossible to accidentally blow up the camp and collapse it. The Huns would then take advantage of the situation to cover up the enemy, which would intensify the chaos. The various tribes would run around and collide, possibly leading to chaos in the Liang King's headquarters.
But he camped in Weibei, separated from the besieging army by the Wei River. Even if the entire army collapsed, it would be difficult to disrupt the 50,000 troops on the north bank.
King Liang's skill in using troops is not just a matter of words.
While the two were talking, one carriage after another drove into the palace.
When you go in, the carriage is empty, but when you come out, it is full of valuables: silk and satin, swords, guns, swords and halberds, cauldrons, incense burners, etc., everything you need.
In fact, Luoyang has many exotic goods from the Western Regions that are becoming increasingly rare.
Obviously, most merchants from the Western Regions could not go eastward after reaching Chang'an. They could only deliver goods to Liu Han's merchants and return home. From this alone, Liu Han did not know how much money he made.
Jin Zhun only glanced at these belongings and didn't pay attention to them at all. Then he followed Hou Feihu and entered the Duanmen.
There were a group of Hun officials standing respectfully inside the gate, and Jin Zhun introduced them one by one.
Hou Feihu listened quietly and occasionally nodded in greeting. He was neither too cold nor too enthusiastic, and he controlled the tone very well.
When he heard the names of Qi Wuyuan and Jin Ming, Hou Feihu said one more sentence: "Your Majesty has an order, Qi Wuyuan can be the general Sima who protects the Huns, and Jin Ming should be the order of Chang'an."
When the two of them heard this, they were delighted.
Never mind what happened to the Huns in the past, it doesn't matter.
The two officials, Sima and Chang'an Ling, who were protecting the Xiongnu, were not big, but they were not small either. More importantly, they successfully "landed ashore".
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the gift."
"I am grateful and willing to go through fire and water."
The two expressed their opinions one after another.
You Ziyuan, Hu Xun, Wang Kuang and others were a little anxious, but they all refrained from speaking.
"You have other appointments." Hou Feihu nodded towards them and said.
Only then did a few people feel relieved.
On this occasion, either eat people or be eaten.
If you don't get an official position, even if you are only the lowest ninth-grade official, it means that you may be liquidated. Then, don't blame others for showing ill will towards you.
Hou Feihu continued to walk forward.
Soldiers from the fifth battalion of the Yellow Head Army were everywhere in the palace, standing guard every three steps and one sentry every five steps.
The blood stains in the palace have been almost cleaned up, but there are far fewer people in the palace, who must have been killed.
When he arrived in front of the Tai Chi Hall, Hou Feihu walked around the west side and carefully checked the defenses.
Jin Zhun and his group followed respectfully like subordinates.
From time to time, people came to report to Jin Zhun. Jin Zhun did not shy away from Feihu, and deliberately asked loudly and issued orders.
He was the general who protected the Huns, and before that he was the cavalry general of the Han Dynasty. He commanded all the troops and horses inside and outside Chang'an City.
Now, after all calculations, he has collected nearly 19,000 soldiers and horses from all sides of Chang'an and the city, and more than 8,000 servants from wealthy families who were temporarily recruited. All of them have been disbanded.
There was a mutiny in the army of Liu Yue, the king of Guangping in the south of the city. He led troops to suppress it, but was forced by Zhao Gu, so he broke out with people loyal to him. In the end, only a few hundred or ten people walked out and disappeared.
This was what I had just reported to Jin Zhun, saying that traces of Liu Yue had been found in Shiping County, and he seemed to have gone to Nanshan.
Jin Zhun did not hesitate and sent Jin's troops to pursue him, demanding that he must bring Liu Yue's head back.
After hearing this, Hou Feihu asked: "General Jin, do you know if there is a Liu Han clan in the city?"
"It was there before, but it's gone now," Jin Zhun reported.
Hou Feihu was startled.
"They all committed suicide," Jin Zhun said.
Hou Feihu glanced at Jin Zhun again and said, "There's no one alive?"
"There is not a single living person." Jin Zhun said seriously: "This generation does not know the fate of heaven, so it is unworthy of death."
"Okay, very good." Hou Feihu was numb, secretly thinking that Jin Zhun is really cruel.
In his view, those reasons for rebellion were untenable.
As a woman, is it worth rebelling over these small things?
But Jin Zhun rebelled and killed Liu Can and his son, and the entire clan was slaughtered.
This kind of person was so vicious that Hou Feihu felt that he should be given the post of Zhonglang General to protect the Huns. This was not because he was afraid of Jin Zhun's rebellion, but because he felt that this person might not be able to control the remnants of the Huns in Guanzhong.
He had lost all prestige among the Huns - it was not good if his prestige was too high, and it was not good if his prestige was too low.
After Hou Feihu completed his inspection tour, he returned from Huanglongmen.
Further north was the harem, and he didn't want to go in to avoid suspicion.
Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something. Hu Xun, the doctor of Guanglu of Han Dynasty, had secretly reported to him: the day before yesterday, for some unknown reason, Jin Zhun suddenly decided to kill all Liu Can's concubines, leaving only his daughter Jin Yuehua alone. In the end, they worked together to dissuade him.
When Cao Wei destroyed Shu, all the women in Liu Chan's harem except the queen were rewarded for their meritorious service.
When Sima Jin destroyed Wu, Sun Hao's harem was either incorporated into Sima Yan's harem, or rewarded to officials or generals.
When the King of Liang conquered Pingyang, he only wanted the queen regardless of her appearance, and most of the others were rewarded. Hou Feihu, who was besieging the city by the governor's tribe, got a noble concubine.
To be honest, the enemy's harem is a very important trophy, and beautiful women are the most important wealth, not to mention the status bonus of the enemy's noble lady. As the winner, I don't know how coveted it is - it's not that they are short of women, but
There is a shortage of women of this status.
Identity is the most easily overlooked thing by many people. I wonder how much interest it can bring to men. How can you kill them all and not be hated to death?
Jin Zhun thought about it and finally gave up.
After Hou Feihu heard the secret report, he laughed secretly.
This Jin Zhun's behavior is really inexplicable, just like you didn't expect that he would suddenly rebel, nor would you expect that he would suddenly kill all Liu Han's clan, and even Liu Can's harem.
"General Jin, you lead your troops out of the city one by one and station them outside the gates. There is no need to pay too much attention to matters within the city." Hou Feihu ordered when he left Duanmen.
"Yes." Jin Zhun agreed simply.
******
On August 25, the rapid sound of horse hooves sounded on the northern horizon.
After the Quanqu canal was cleared, Yiyu and his son climbed up to the high platform in the camp and watched from a distance.
The first thing that appeared in sight was a group of soldiers with shining armor, about 1,500 people in total.
The horses wear iron armor and the men wear heavy armor. They are majestic and arrogant.
They held thick and long horse poles and shouted loudly to drive away the Di and Qiang soldiers who were blocking the road.
Someone moved a little slower, and dozens of horsemen rushed over immediately, with horses as thick as saplings pointing at them from a distance.
The Di Qiang soldiers shouted, threw away their miscellaneous baggage, and ran towards the rear.
After driving back a group of people, the armored cavalry continued to advance.
The horse's hooves hit the ground like a heavy hammer.
The beetle leaves are clanging and towering like a mountain.
The horse is thick, long and powerful, and its power is astonishing.
Wherever the armored cavalry passed, the troops cleared the way and quickly cleared a large open space.
Thousands of Qingqi followed closely behind, taking their time.
When they arrived outside the camps, they spread out far away and circled the camps.
Even though they knew that these people would not really do anything to them, Xu Chuquan and his son still broke out in a cold sweat.
He brought over fifty thousand people, half of whom were stationed in the north of the city and the other half in the west of the city.
And just yesterday, Shangjun Shan Zhi suddenly arrived in Chang'an with ten thousand people, headed straight to the west of the city, and took over the command of those people.
Most of the Diqiang people in the west of the city came from Feng Yi, but to be honest, it didn't matter whether they were with Xuchi Quan, his father and his son, or the Shan family.
Although the Xuchu clan is a large family of Feng Yi, it is not big enough to send out 50,000 troops. To put it bluntly, most of them were instigated and coerced by him, and are not members of his family.
For those people, the status and prestige of the Xuchi family and the Shan family are almost the same, so which one is not the same?
With half of the people taken away at once, Xu Quan, Qu and his son sobered up a lot, and were no longer as arrogant as before.
Today, I was frightened by the armored cavalry of the Youzhou Cavalry Governor, and I felt even more awe-inspiring. For a moment, I lost any resentment and my expectations were lowered a lot.
I don’t know how long it took, but the sound of drums and horns sounded again in the distance.
Xu Chuquan and his son opened their eyes wide and looked carefully, only to see an endless infantry brigade appear.
They formed a huge phalanx, closely guarding dozens of gorgeous carriages in the center, as well as a large banner flying high and more than a dozen general flags.
The large formation itself is composed of more than a dozen small square formations, with thirty steps to the left and ten steps between the formations and ten steps to the front and back.
In the open space between the formations, messengers were rushing back and forth.
Outside the formation, the sky was filled with smoke and dust, and the figures of the cavalry were looming.
Every time we walk for a while, the entire formation pauses.
On top of the gorgeous carriage, someone blew a horn.
All the formations stood at attention on the spot, responded to the sound of horns one after another, and began to adjust their formations.
Not only the formation of your own square formation must be aligned left and right, and the front and rear are moderately aligned, but adjacent square formations must also be aligned with each other.
Someone under the banner of the Chinese army carefully looked at each square formation. If anyone did not blow the trumpet in response or who was slow to adjust the formation, he immediately sent a ranger to supervise.
The whole formation was adjusted very quickly.
People in the distance could only see the boundless black shadow squirming rapidly, and soon stood at attention and stopped.
On the carriage under the banner of the Chinese army, twelve drums were beating in unison.
The agitating knights in the phalanx immediately responded with drums.
Accompanied by the high-pitched shouts of the officers, tens of thousands of people shouted "kill" and moved forward again.
Xu Chuquan and his son looked at each other and found that the other one was swallowing dryly.
The formation is as solid as a mountain, the advance and retreat are orderly, the movements are quick, and the morale is high.
Compared with them, all my own troops have to be thrown away.
Several more cavalry rushed over from the other side of the formation, and directly approached the Youzhou Tuqi Governor and the Jie cavalry surrounding the Diqiang.
After a moment, they rushed over and shouted: "Back off!"
"Back up! Back up!" voices sounded one after another.
The Di and Qiang retreated hurriedly, even causing a small-scale stampede.
Xu Chuquan's face turned red, and he turned his head away in anger, not wanting to look any further.
The sound of drums and horns was still ringing, and the rustling footsteps got closer and closer. Finally, the short sound of horns was close to my ears.
"Kill!" tens of thousands of people stood a hundred steps away, shouting in unison.
There was a commotion in the Diqiang camp, and some people even couldn't help shouting, almost thinking that Shao Bing was about to launch an attack.
Fortunately, no, it was just a false alarm.
Suddenly, the formation began to change again.
Thousands of people at the front marched forward with weapons in hand, heading straight for Pingshuo Gate.
The Chinese army's banner began to move.
Under the escort of two thousand warriors wearing bright light armor, thousands of soldiers followed directly in front and moved forward slowly.
Behind them, the various formations also began to adjust.
The square formation turned into a horizontal formation, and the horizontal formation turned into a column, battalion after battalion, one after another.
The gorgeous carriage slowly passed through the cleared space in the middle of the Zahu camp.
When all the barbarians saw it, they didn't know who had risen first, so they all bowed to the ground.
The carriage did not stop and slowly entered Pingshuo Gate.
The army advanced silently and in good order.
The crowd knelt on the ground and slowly stood up until the carriage could no longer be seen.
No one spoke because they were not in the mood.
People always seem very silent after being shocked.
At this time, everyone will remember some things that they have deliberately forgotten: the Huns randomly sent some troops, whether it was Liu Can himself or his generals, they were able to defeat them all.
And these Huns who had been riding on their heads were the defeated generals of the army in front of them.
Two hundred thousand troops besieged the city, and everyone was in high spirits, thinking that they could reach heaven. Only now did they realize that there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world.
With tens of thousands of people, if they were beating drums and attacking just now, would all the troops present be able to withstand it? It would be a huge rout.
King Liang said that the troops should retreat and not enter the city.
Do you still want to enter the city now?
"Your Majesty will hold a banquet in Luzi Garden tomorrow, and you will be rewarded based on your merits. The nobles from all tribes can bring two or three relatives to the banquet..." Another sound of horse hooves came, and the knight shouted loudly as he walked.
The crowd looked happy after hearing this.
The atmosphere, which had been a bit calm and solemn just now, suddenly became lively.
Over the past few days, their mood has changed from happiness to doubt and dissatisfaction, then to fear and fear, and now to joy.
Chapter completed!