Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 946 The March of Suffering

If Jiangnan is an undercurrent, Kansai is full of wildfires. But the fires were not big and were quickly extinguished.
By mid-October, after Jiuquan King Shiwu surrendered, most places in Qinzhou had been pacified.
However, after learning that his side would be moved to Xingyang, Shi Wu hesitated.
On October 20, he ordered the release of a group of Shi Le people and raised the flag to rebel again.
Jin Zheng then drove the army to besiege. In addition to the right battalion of Yinqiang, Feilongwei on the left, and the first battalion of Huangtou Army, there were also Luzezhen Qingqi, Youzhou Tuqidu, Hedong Zahu cavalry, and Xiong Jin Kang's tribe. They defeated it in the field.
Shi Le, Shi Wu and others led the remaining troops to rush west, and Jin Zheng sent cavalry to pursue them.
Yang Nandi, the leader of the Di people in Qiuchi, and Yang Jiantou surrendered and rebelled many times. They were defeated by the Huns a few years ago. However, there was a great epidemic that year and the Huns did not want to fight, so they accepted their surrender and made Yang Nandi a warrior.
The king of the capital also divided and disintegrated Qiu Chidi's power and won over some tribal chiefs who sincerely submitted to him.
Later, Chen An rebelled and was defeated and killed. Yang Nandi's brothers were worried about being killed because they were colluding with Chen An, so they led a group of tribesmen and fled south to join the Cheng Han Dynasty. They were placed in Jinshou (now south of Guangyuan, Sichuan).
.
However, the Xiongnu had no basis for rule in Wudu, Yinping, Longxi and other places, and could not station large armies for a long time.
After the main force withdrew, the remaining troops stayed for a while and finally left. Before leaving, they also moved away some tribes they considered unreliable.
As Liu Han's pressure in the east increased and he became increasingly unable to control Qinzhou, the brothers Yang Nandi and Yang Jiantou felt that an opportunity had come, so they went north to Hanzhong and then to Wudu.
Guard the city.
There are also a large number of Di and Qiang in the Yinping area, and the miscellaneous Hus responded and joined Yang Nandi's brothers.
To this day, Yang Nandi has occupied Wudu and Yang Jiantou has occupied Yinping. The two of them have also fought off the furious pursuers of Li Xiong of the Cheng Han Dynasty.
The situation was so good that the brothers were confused again and actually wanted to negotiate terms with Shao Xun.
When Shao Xun received the news at this moment, he only sneered.
He knew that he could not directly rule Wudu and the two counties of Yinping, but he was unhappy with Yang Duryodhana and had to kill his majesty.
Therefore, he told Jin Ming, who was still waiting for Qinzhou to be recovered before heading west, not to wait any longer, and immediately led 20,000 people to join the Qinzhou battlefield.
At the same time, Yao Yizhong, the prefect of Nan'an, went to Longxi first, wiped out the few local Di Qiang who responded to Yang Nandi's brothers, and then outflanked Yinping.
After issuing these orders, he did not intend to delay any longer, and left Chang'an on October 25th, returning to Luoyang via Tongguan.
That's right, it's Luoyang.
Shao Xun has decided to celebrate the New Year in Luoyang this year for a simple reason: it is convenient to get things done.
Therefore, relocation started in Pingyang from mid-October.
Officials, sergeants and their families went to Luoyang in large numbers in batches.
******
Pu Hong's troops also set out in mid-October. They also needed to go to Luoyang first, but their final destination was Jijun.
The carriages rattled all the way, and the horses and horses supported the old and the young, hesitantly moving forward. On October 24, they arrived at Zheng County, the easternmost part of Jingzhao County.
While resting in a dilapidated city, the county sent a batch of hay, bran, grains and beans.
The number was definitely not enough. Pu Hong looked at the cattle, sheep and horses that had lost a lot of weight and sighed.
The Di people were half-grazers and half-farmers, and livestock was a very important part of their lives. During the long journey, the losses must have been serious, but the court would not provide them with livestock, only some silk.
What's the use?
But there is no way, the truth is like this. If you are not satisfied, you should not have agreed to go on the road in the first place, but rushed back to your hometown in Lueyang, occupied the city and rebelled.
To be honest, when he heard the news about Yang Nandi's brothers' rebellion, Pu Hong felt a little regretful. But he had already been on the road for several days, and there were several soldiers from Zuo Xiao's cavalry guard Shao Shen who were returning eastward along the way.
Thousands of people monitor.
They were all veterans with many years of experience. On their side, they had a family to take care of. The young men were mixed with women and children. There was no chance of winning, so they could only suppress the various emotions in their hearts and head eastward.
At any rate, he was appointed General Weiyuan (from the fourth rank) by the King of Liang, and the Pu family in Lueyang also changed his residence from Jijun to Nailu, whose surname was Yi. With this benefit, he should bear with it for now.
The city where they rested was the ancient city of Shenyang of the Han Dynasty. More than forty miles to the east is Huayin County, Hongnong County. Forty miles to the east of Huayin County is Tongguan - Tongguan is less than three hundred miles away from Chang'an.
.
While dinner was being prepared, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance.
The old, weak, women and children exclaimed, and the strong men immediately gathered together. The tribal commanders and clan leaders were sweating profusely and distributed weapons. Those who received the weapons began to form an array, and the cavalry brought in horses and looked at Pu Hong's place from a distance.
Camp and wait for the next order.
Lueyang is not a kind place. If they were not alert, they would have been killed long ago. They have practiced this kind of scene many times in actual combat.
Fortunately, the sound of horse hooves gradually stopped. After a while, dozens of horses crossed the river from a wooden bridge and arrived at the south bank of the Weishui River.
After Pu Hong received the report, he immediately went to greet him.
"Why are you here, Chief of the Xuchu Department?" Pu Hong, who had already put on his armor, looked away from the more than a thousand cavalrymen on the north bank of the Weishui River and asked with a smile.
Xu Chuquanqu struggled for a moment and saluted, "I have met General Weiyuan."
Pu Hong felt secretly happy and said: "No need to be more polite."
I don't know what happened, but he only got the post of Dali Ling and Feng Yi Commandery. The governor was a member of the Jincheng You family, You Ziyuan, so he was probably very angry.
"The King of Liang has an order that must be carried out." Xuchi Quanqu said with a grim look on his face: "Before leaving, I joined forces with Lu Zhuqian, the governor of Diaoyin, Shan Zhi, the governor of Shangjun, and the Xue family of Fenyin to attack and kill Penjuchu.
There are more than 20,000 prisoners captured, and our troops will escort them eastward."
"It's really hard when it's freezing cold. Why don't you come to my tent and have a drink of just warm wine." Pu Hong invited.
"No." Xu Chuquanqu was in a bad mood and refused directly. He only said: "I also saw the camp several miles away from here on the other side of the river. I was a little shocked, so I came over to take a look."
When people said this, Pu Hong didn't force himself and asked again: "I heard that Feng Yi and the Four-Corner King Bo Juda are there. What's going on with this generation?"
"Same as your family, forced eviction." Xu Qu Quanqu said.
"Where to go?" Pu Hong asked.
"It's probably Runyin or Runan. I heard that there were wars every three days and the countryside was very desolate, so I moved there." Xu Chuquanqu said: "Bo Juda didn't want to leave, so he went to Chang'an in person and heard howling and crying.
, King Liang didn’t allow it.”
Pu Hong felt a little upset after hearing this.
Bo Juda, who calls himself the "Four Corners King", has a great reputation among the Qiang people in Feng Yi and Shangjun. He is cruel and has outstanding martial arts. However, such a well-known man cries like a woman.
But King Liang didn't take him seriously at all, and it was useless to cry to death.
From this perspective, King Liang was more cruel than Bo Juda.
If you encounter such a vicious person, wish yourself good luck.
"King of Northern Qiang, after the King of Four Corners is gone, Feng Yi, Shangjun - uh, it should be called Diaoyin County now, should be able to free up a lot of fields, right?" When Pu Hong said this, he glanced at the Xunququan Canal.
face.
Sure enough, Xu Chuquanqu couldn't hide the matter in his heart and said angrily on the spot: "The land of the Four Corners King was given to me, but I also gave up a piece of land."
"where?"
"You will know after the Chaoyi, Shenyang, and Hanyuan Sanlongxiang mansions are built."
Pu Hong was shocked when he heard this.
He knows a little about the geography of Guanzhong.
Not to mention Shenyang, where they are now is located in Zheng County, Jingzhao County, not far from Hongnong and Fengyi counties.
Chaoyi is an ancient city, located in the east of Dali County, the capital of Fengyi County, not far from the Yellow River.
Hanyuan is also an ancient place name, located in the north of Xiayang County, Fengyi County (today's Hancheng).
The three Longxiang Prefectures are 3,600 troops, lined up along the ferry crossings and Tongguan on the west bank of the Yellow River.
They can protect the ferry here. If there is an unrest in Guanzhong in the future and the conquest army surges in, you can no longer rely on the Yellow River and Tongguan will cede territory to defend itself.
The most important thing is that it cuts off the Pu family's way back to Guanzhong in the future.
And once there is no way to return to Guanzhong, can the rebellion succeed just by bringing tens of thousands of Di people to Jijun? Obviously not.
Dragons have to enter the sea to exert their power. Guanzhong, where there are many Di and Qiang people, is their "sea". If they go to Jijun, the dragons will be trapped in the shallows, unable to grow.
Everyone said that King Liang had a kind face but a dark heart. I didn’t believe it before, but I believe it now.
Pu Hong sighed and didn't want to say anything more.
******
On the fifth day of November, tens of thousands of people from the Puhong tribe arrived in Hu County, Hongnong County, and camped in the wild fields near Longxiang Mansion in Neng Township.
On this day, they were overtaken by the army returning eastward from Chang'an.
A large number of people and horses passed by, traveling eastward all night long, actually traveling all night.
The mountains on both sides of the post road were filled with soldiers from the Youyu Lin Guards.
Pu Hong also stood on a mountain plateau and even saw King Liang's banner from a distance.
I have evil thoughts in my heart, and even have the urge to attack at night.
But if you look closely at the terrain, it's almost impossible.
This place is very similar to Diaoyin and Shangjun, with numerous mountain plateaus and complex terrain.
The less than 50,000 soldiers and civilians under his command were divided into three parts and blocked in several valleys. At the entrance of the valley, there were Lin guards on the right and Xiaoqi guards on the left. There were also Jie cavalry patrolling outside the valley, but they did not give him any
Half a chance.
On the early morning of the sixth day of the lunar month, after burying some of the violently dead people amid cries, Pu Hong's tribe continued eastward.
Along the way, not only the animals lost weight and died, but also the people, who died every day.
This is a painful march, and it is also a journey of elimination. It is not always possible for the strong to hold up the old, weak, women and children. I really don’t know how many people will be left when we get to Fangtou?
Before leaving Longxiang Mansion in Nuxiang, Pu Hong took a special look at the military mansion.
The overall settlement is relatively scattered, and the area is vast. The fields are mixed with hillside forests and grasses, and residential buildings are dotted among them.
Early in the morning, children drove cattle and sheep out to graze.
The older boys went out to collect firewood.
The old man and his subordinates clean the ditches day after day so that this irrigation canal network can benefit as much farmland as possible.
The government soldiers were neatly dressed and seemed to be sleeping on the mountain plateau last night, holding bows and swords, staring at them.
Pu Hong spat and didn't want to read any more.
I think back then, he also went out to Tongguan to rescue Wang Mi. At that time, there were not so many government soldiers in the countryside of Hongnong counties.
Shao Xun armed the entire county.
With such a convoluted terrain and such a narrow post road, the soldiers only need to occupy the mountain plateaus on both sides of the road first to annihilate all the soldiers and horses in the post road at the bottom of the valley.
Kansai is really getting further and further away from them.
After leaving Luxiang, we passed through Hu County, Yujian Longxiang Mansion, Chou Sang Plateau, Hongnong County, and arrived in Shaanxi County ten days later.
While stationed along the way, Pu Hong even met several primary and secondary schools from Wang Mi's army.
After they surrendered, they still lived in the county, but they all became farm laborers. Some of them even went west as slaves and transferred food, grass and military supplies.
During the battle between Liu Can and Hou Feihu, many people died, making the countryside even more desolate.
The old Mi Bing thieves actually gave up and didn't want to bother anymore, which made Pu Hong's heart feel cold.
Strange to say, when I first left Guanzhong, I was full of resentment, and thoughts of rebellion came to my mind from time to time. However, after walking along the way, I saw a lot of scenery and talked to many people, and my thoughts of rebellion became less and less.
Shao Thief is really a bit of a miraculous person.
He lays everything out for you to consider and decide for yourself.
It didn't matter to him whether he was rebellious or submissive.
Just as a vicious person like Sijiao Wang Bo Juda couldn't change his mind even if he knelt down and howled, could the Pu family's Di people rebelling really frighten him?
No, at least the Guanzhong Qunhu would have to rebel together to make things difficult for him.
Just one or two families can be suppressed with ease.
On November 27, Pu Hong's troops arrived in Xin'an County.
Five days later, the unit arrived in the western suburbs of Luoyang and camped outside Jingu Garden.
At this time, Pu Hong was also a little surprised.
It seems that a lot of people came. Not only the chiefs of the Xihu people, but also Tuoba Xianbei sent thousands of horses southward.
I heard that from the east of Luoyang City, there were tens of thousands of people like the Silver Spear Zuoying, Jinwu Guardsmen, and Xuchang Shibing.
After taking a sneak peek, he put away his last hint of resistance.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next