On the third day of September, Shi Le and others gathered together more than 3,000 old, weak, women and children, left Bashang and headed eastward.
They were escorted by Tuge Huns soldiers from the tent of General Lu Songduo of Huangshi Town.
More than a hundred of Shi Le's relatives and followers who were captured together shouted repeatedly, trying to build relationships and let them go, but no one answered, except Lao Quan.
Everyone gave up.
There were people escaping intermittently on the road because the guards were not necessarily very tight.
Unfortunately, Shi Le's group's goal was too big and they were closely watched, so they never had a chance.
He is dead.
Just as Shi Le and others continued on their way, Zhang Jun, the de facto master of Liangzhou, arrived at Gaochang with more than 10,000 troops. Within a few days, he defeated the rebel generals. Zhao Zhen, the captain of Wuji School, took the lead and established Gaochang County.
This battle was far away, and he didn't want to come.
But in this situation, he urgently needed to establish his authority, and the weak Zhao Zhen was obviously a very easy target, so he led his army to the west and finally won a great victory.
However, he could not stay here for long. On the tenth day of September, he led the victorious troops to form a military force.
Before leaving, I took one last look at Gaochang City.
It's not easy to live in this place, for no other reason than it's too dry.
The land where grain is grown relies on wells and canals (karez wells), ice and snow melt water, and small amounts of rainfall.
At the current stage, it mainly relies on melting water from ice and snow in the mountains, and not enough wells and canals have been built. As for rainwater, it is really too little.
The greatest value of this place is actually that it served as a resting place for merchants from the Western Regions.
However, for the Liangzhou regime, no matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat. When there is no hope of going eastward, Gaochang County is not without some help. Moreover,
In the future, if we can properly manage this place, build more wells and canals, and increase the population, and then use this as a basis for the western expedition, we can further expand the territory of Liangzhou.
Therefore, he left some soldiers and horses from Dunhuang and Jinchang counties to garrison. Jinchang County was established in the two counties of Dunhuang and Jiuquan during Zhang Gui's time. Like Wuxingdu, it was mainly used to resettle the refugees of Yongqin Dynasty.
He appointed his confidant Yang Xuan as the governor of Gaochang. While taking care of the local area, he also waited for opportunities to invade the Western Regions.
Wuji Xiaowei, the Governor of the Western Regions, and the third battalion of the Yumen Great Protectorate were also under the jurisdiction of Yang Xuan. His actual powers exceeded those of the prefect, which shows the importance he attached to them.
"Your family is from a well-known family, so you should imitate the ancestors and make contributions to the world." The soldiers brought the horse, Zhang Jun took the reins, and carefully warned: "I don't care too much about the west, you can manage it."
Yang Xuan felt excited. This was an opportunity to stand alone. Who wouldn't be happy? However, he still had to show concern for his lord, so he asked, "Is Mr. Ming worried about the court?"
Zhang Jun smiled bitterly when he heard this and said: "The imperial court? Which imperial court!"
Yang Xuan blinked his eyes and asked tentatively: "Who do you want to respect, Duke Ming?"
Zhang Jun looked at him and asked, "What do you think?"
Yang Xuan immediately said: "I am looking at you with the head of Ming Gong. Whether it is Jin or Liang, I will serve whomever Ming Gong serves."
Zhang Jun felt relieved and asked, "What will happen to you if I respect King Jianye Langya?"
"Voluntarily follow Ming Gong." Yang Xuan said without hesitation,
"The Yang family of Hongnong may have children who are officials in Guandong, either serving as ministers or as county guards——" Zhang Jun said.
"Why don't you believe me, Duke Ming?" Yang Xuan said, patting his chest, "My family has been living in Liangzhou for several generations, and I have never met them."
"Haha, there's no need for that." Zhang Jun said with a smile, "If I don't believe you, how can I pay for it with Gao Chang?"
After saying that, he sighed: "It's just that there are fewer and fewer loyal and brave people like you in Liangzhou."
When Yang Xuan heard this, he knew he was talking about Bei Gongchun, Yi and Jin.
Bei Gongchun did not return to Liangzhou immediately, and was forced to stay by Liang Wang Shao Xun.
This move is not new. Back then, Cao Cao liked to force princes to come to Beijing as envoys and assign them official positions. What's more, Bei Gongchun and Liang Wang were old acquaintances.
It makes sense to keep him. In the absence of a formal breakup between the two parties, Liangzhou could not even force him to keep his family.
Yi and Wei Jin were not left behind, but after they came back, although they were more cautious and kept silent about the affairs in Luoyang, they still had many entourages, and the news slowly leaked out.
Someone asked in person whether King Liang treated them with special courtesy. Pao Yi and Jin did not deny it.
As a result, the rumors became more and more widespread, and counties near and far discussed the matter. After all, the fact that the prince was roasting meat and the king of Liang was drinking wine was so surprising and legendary.
Some people were very proud when mentioning this matter, saying that King Liang really admired their Xizhou scholars and treated them with all kinds of courtesy, which was a good talk. With such a broad mind and such an understanding of people, he was worthy of being a wise master. No wonder he could do such great things.
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After the imperial envoys arrived in Wuwei, within a few days, there was an endless stream of guests.
Then it only took half a day to compile a list and list all the famous people in Liangzhou, and then select the virtuous ones and travel eastward with them, returning to Luoyang.
Zhang Jun couldn't stop this kind of thing, because it included Yin, Suo, Han, Ma, Yan and other descendants of Liangzhou's wealthy families.
If you forcefully stop it, you may cause public outrage - this can also give you a side view of the internal situation in Liangzhou.
There was no suitable person in Yang Xuan's family, so he did not send his children eastward, but he knew with his toes that the cracks within Liangzhou were now deeper. There was not much trust between them in the first place, and now there is even less.
Zhang Jun quickly left under the watchful eyes of the remaining generals.
When he arrived at Dunhuang, he issued an order: increase the number of troops from Han, Jinxing and Xiping counties and a battalion of Hanhu troops to be led by Xin Yan.
After the victory in the campaign against Zhao Zhen, he would ask the generals in the palace to come together and ask him to be granted the title of Mu of Liangzhou and send him to Luoyang as soon as possible.
There is no doubt that this is a test.
Earlier, after the angel arrived in Wuwei, he first reprimanded Zhang Jun for not paying tribute, which made everyone in Liangzhou very nervous.
However, the official uniform and seal of the Liangzhou governor were soon issued. His words seemed to be comforting, and he did not say anything to death. It was not impossible for Liangzhou governor to be a governor.
Zhang Jun was a little confused. What did the court want?
When he was not forced to a dead end, he did not have the courage to directly raise an army to fight, so he could only test it cautiously.
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News from all directions are coming in one after another.
At the end of September, the Liangzhou memorial was sent all the way as a rush, and it only took more than half a month.
When Shao Xun received the report, he was eating with Hua Nu.
After reading it, I just said: "Don't reply yet."
This stupid bird, we will deal with him after the founding of the country.
Pei Lingyan finished eating quickly, and then led his daughter Mianniang to drink tea soup and rinse her mouth.
Mian Niang was Shao Xun's seventh daughter. She was born in December of the fourth year of Shengui (320). She was only over six years old. She was quite naughty. She had been playing with Shao Xun for a long time and even said she wanted to "horse a horse".
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When she asked, she found out that it was her eldest sister Fu Bao who told her, which immediately made Shao Xun's face darken.
After dismissing the servants in the mansion, Shao Xun looked around and saw no one, so he lay down on the ground in "humiliation" and let his daughter suffer.
But he just enjoyed it.
"Grandma." After rinsing her mouth, Mian Niang came over again.
Pei Lingyan held a bowl of tea soup and placed it on the table.
Shao Xun finished eating in two bites, picked up the tea bowl and rinsed his mouth, then sat on the bed and looked at the mother and daughter.
"What are you looking at?" Pei Lingyan took her daughter away and coaxed her, then looked at Shao Xun and asked,
"This life is worth it," Shao Xun said with emotion.
The woman he fell in love with when he was a young man fell in love with her, and he finally got his hands on her, and she bore him four children (three sons and one daughter). This shows that he loves her so much that she is not idle at all.
During the company, the woman always pays attention to his mood, comforts him, enlightens him, and makes him relax.
He gives other women emotional value, but Pei Lingyan gives him emotional value, which is different.
He is a native dog, and he likes to sleep with his mistress in his arms, even if she is forty-seven years old and has faded, even if she does nothing.
"Time flies by. Twenty years have passed. What else is there to see?" After settling his daughter, Pei Lingyan sat next to him, touched Shao Xun's face with his hand, and said with a smile, "I am not confused at forty, you are also an old man."
Slave."
Lao Nu does not mean a slave, in fact it is an intimate term between acquaintances and relatives.
For example, in the passage in "Shishuo Xinyu", Wen Jiao was looking for a son-in-law for her aunt, and finally got the son-in-law herself. When her cousin saw him, she laughed: "I doubt he is an old slave, it's just as predicted."
Lao Nu means more of an "old guy".
"Yes, I am an old slave too." Shao Xun said, "My children are all grown up, even Mian Niang is seven years old."
"Grandpa, my daughter is eight years old." Mianniang corrected.
Shao Xunran said again: "Then how old do you think your third brother is?"
"Third brother is sixteen years old." Mian Niang said: "He likes to read, play the piano, play the flute, and can also dance like a barbarian. It's beautiful————"
The little girl couldn't think of anything else for a while.
Pei Lingyan picked up his daughter and said, "Nianliu started learning Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Jie five years ago, and he has made some progress. I went to Sangziyuan a while ago, and I saw that among the luggage he brought, there was something from the Western Regions
Letters from Hu Shang."
"That's not Jie language." Shao Xun said, "I'm afraid it's Sogdian."
‘Sogdiana? Is this the ‘Li Yi Kingdom’ recorded in the classics?” Pei Lingyan asked.
"Well, this is the country." Shao Xun nodded and said, "I am quite happy to read Liu Tong's article. You may be able to help me with Liangzhou affairs."
Having said this, Bu Xun was very happy and walked around the room.
Among so many sons, only Saburo wants to learn a foreign language. What are the others doing?
"How about the Liangzhou strategy mentioned by Nian Liu earlier?" Seeing that Shao Xun was in a good mood, Pei Lingyan asked.
"It's quite impressive." Shao Xun said: "To be able to do this at the age of sixteen is beyond my expectation. This is my Qilin son, and he has a strategy in his heart."
Pei Lingyan was also very happy after hearing this, but soon sighed: "It's a pity that my temper is a little softer. I am too attached to my parents and younger siblings, and I don't have enough murderous spirit."
Upon hearing this, Shao Xun paused slightly.
Pei Lingyan withdrew his gaze and gently touched his daughter's face. Mianniang felt a little itchy, jumped down with a giggle, and then stretched out her hand,
Said: "Grandpa, hug me."
Shao Xun subconsciously reached out his hand, picked up his daughter, and looked at her cute face, lost in thought.
Chapter completed!