The crisp sound of horse hooves can be heard walking on the plains.
At noon, we finally saw the inn.
The messenger was overjoyed and rushed over with all his strength. When he got close, he got off his horse and hurried into the inn.
After a while, a young man ran out of the inn, carrying a baggage. He chose a sleek horse and got on it.
A woman chased her out and shouted, "Hey, take a bite before you leave."
The young man waved his hand and galloped towards the west.
He ran all the way and arrived at Longfu in Shenyang on the fifth day of April and submitted the urgent report.
After everything was completed, he collapsed on the ground and gasped, secretly thinking that the emperor ran so fast and had already entered Tongguan for dozens of miles.
"Where did it come from?" A group of about thirty soldiers pushed open Chai Fei and asked curiously.
"Huayin."
"You are so young that you need to be delivered urgently?" Fu Bing exclaimed: "At your age, I was just kidnapped by the beggar army and I don't know how to do anything."
The young man smiled and stood up reluctantly.
A stout woman came out from behind the soldiers, carrying a wooden barrel. The barrel was very heavy, and I didn't know what it contained.
The woman's hair was disheveled and her face was a little dark, making people wonder if she was from Jin or Liang.
"Give him a bowl of porridge." The soldier pointed at the young man and said.
The woman was a little confused and seemed not to understand.
"He! Porridge!" Fu Bing said briefly while making a gesture of leaving some porridge.
Only then did the woman understand. She looked around, then went to the stove to get a wooden bowl. After filling it, she came to the young man and handed it to him.
The young man was feeling hungry. After swallowing twice, he hesitated.
The soldiers laughed loudly and said: "Although the Shenyang Military Mansion is only established for more than a year, it is full of mature land. Last year, a lot of grain was harvested, and the imperial court also distributed a lot of relief grain. Yesterday, the emperor came and rewarded the two pieces of silk. It's just a bowl of corn porridge, not worth mentioning."
The young man took it and thanked him profusely.
The fragrant corn porridge had been out of the pot for a while and was only warm. The young man Xi was drinking it happily.
The soldier looked at the woman again, pointed at her hair, and said, "How many times have I said this? Pull your hair into a bun. This is not a Qiang land. What does it look like with your hair disheveled?"
The woman seemed to understand and left.
She crossed a small bridge and reached the field on the other side, where she placed the porridge bucket on the ground.
When several men and women who were hoeing in the fields saw him, they put down their hoes and took wooden bowls to serve the porridge.
The soldier took out the tip of his bow from his waist, strung it up, and said, "The cuckoo is chirping, it's the farming season. That land also belongs to my family, and it's really annoying that it's uncultivated. I just want to clean it up and plant some millet beans."
He couldn't speak clearly, but the young man understood.
Those people must be members of his family. They had to work, so they had an extra lunch.
If the host family does not provide it, then the tribesmen will only eat two meals a day, one when they go out in the morning and one when they come home in the evening. It is definitely not full, but this is also the life of most people today.
Eating three meals a day is too luxurious.
Three meals a day of steamed pig-paste cakes was simply a sin, and probably only officials could enjoy it.
This soldier actually has a good heart, he knows how to give extra food to his family, and he is not a harsh person.
"How are the soldiers at Hongnong?"
"I went to Lu Township once to deliver a letter. It looked good." The boy finished the porridge quickly and took the wooden bowl to the river.
After washing it carefully, he said, "I heard that several military officials are going to raise money to hire someone to burn a kiln of bricks and build a new house."
"It's really good." Fu Bing said with emotion.
The boy handed over the washed bowl.
The soldier pointed to the kitchen and said, "Put it in yourself."
The young man responded.
At this time, several children walked outside the courtyard, chattering non-stop. After seeing the soldiers, they all bowed and put away the wooden bowls. When they saw the young men, they seemed to be children of the Buqu family.
But these children's Xia Yan spoke well. Although they still had some weird accents, they were much better than the woman just now.
Seeing the young man's interest, Fu Bing chuckled and said, "When the children grow up, who can say they are Qiang? Anyway, I will let them change the things I don't like."
"Do they listen?"
"listen."
"Why?" the boy asked subconsciously.
"Maybe it's because I have a kind heart." Fu Bing said, and after saying that, he even laughed.
The young man also laughed, but he felt that what Fu Bing said might be true.
"I——" The young man finished laughing, looked at the sky, and hesitated.
"Going home?" The soldiers picked up their bows and arrows, only to hear a "whoosh" sound and deviated slightly.
After ejaculating, he shook his head and sighed.
"I have to go back." The young man said sheepishly.
"Go." The soldier waved his hand, took out another arrow, and started practicing.
"Whoosh!" This time it hit the straw man right.
"I'm going to the military mansion tomorrow too." The soldier from the mansion smiled at the young man and said.
"Going to war?" the young man asked in surprise.
"As the emperor's retinue, go west to settle down." The soldier's face straightened, he stroked his bow and said, "If you want to fight for the emperor, that's your duty. When I was in the begging army in the past, I really didn't expect that today would happen.
"
After saying that, he took out the third arrow and continued practicing.
The young man saluted him, turned and left.
******
Shao Xun was stationed a few miles west of Shenyang Military Mansion at this time.
When I received the emergency report in the afternoon, I was gathering elders from near and far for a banquet.
It has been more than a year since Liu Han was defeated. There were occasional rebellions in Guanzhong, but it was generally peaceful.
This is actually not surprising, because the main losses were the Xiongnu, and other tribes took refuge in time. Except for Feng Yijun, the pattern was basically unchanged.
You have not touched other people's interests, and they are not that stupid. You must rebel if you have to be on the pole.
As for whether there are any careerists who are dormant, you can tell with your toes that there must be some, and there are quite a few. But since they have chosen to dormant for the time being, then treat them as sincerely submissive.
In short, the main words are: live in peace and harmony.
Therefore, when Shao Xun arrived in Guanzhong, the natives and chiefs were very considerate and came to see him one after another.
Shao Xun was chatting and laughing with them, but he was really tired of it. After receiving the emergency report, he left the table and called Pan Tao, the Taibao who came with him, Liang Fen, the left servant of Shangshu, Shen Ling, the minister of Zhongshu, and Liu Runzhong, General Hou Feihu of Fu Army, Beigong Chun, General of Xi Zhonglang, Lu Chen, Secretary Supervisor, and others discussed the matter.
Military reports were circulated one by one.
After everyone read it, they all pondered, obviously having ideas.
"Your Majesty." Pan Tao said first: "There is no particular urgency when Zu Yue takes action. He has assumed the post of General Zhenxi and leads Huainan Prefecture. Even if Sima Rui wants to move him, he will wait for a few more months. Now the three armies have already Move out, the battle of Pingliang is imminent, everything is focused on Western affairs."
When Shao Xun heard this, he laughed and said: "You are overly worried. Since I raised my army, I have been attacked from both sides. It is not uncommon for the north and the south to go to war at the same time. In the past, Cao Mengde occupied Henan and it was like this. Zhang Shuo had six thousand silver spears in the camp. There are 3,000 Hong troops, 5,000 proton troops, and more than 9,000 Zuo Feilong guardsmen. These brave men are more than 20,000 strong, supplemented by the strong men from counties and counties.
There are thousands of naval troops in the sand sea and Heyang, so what is there to fear? It may not be possible to go south to Hefei or Dongguan, but it is not difficult to defend Shouchun."
Pan Tao said: "Your Majesty, you should be more careful. If Shouchun is lost, Hefei will be right in front of us. The Wu people will not give up and may lead to a war."
"If there is a war, I will dispatch troops and horses from Hebei." Shao Xun said.
"In this case, I have nothing to say." Pan Tao said.
The military strength of the Liang Dynasty was still very strong, especially the large number of government troops that could be recruited.
On this western tour, the left and right Jinwu Guards each dispatched 6,000 men, the left and right Yulin Guards each dispatched 3,000, and the right Xiao Cavalry Guard also dispatched 3,000 cavalry. This amounted to more than 20,000 cavalry, and together with the 6,000 Heishao Right Battalion, People have already traveled west to Qinzhou,
Attached to Commander Jin Zheng.
The retinue troops left behind include 2,000 pro-army troops, 6,000 troops from the left camp of Heishao, 12,000 troops from the left and right battalions of Yinqiang, 15,000 cavalry from the Yi Cong and Luoyan armies, plus two temporarily recruited troops from the Guanzhong Prefecture. There are more than a thousand people and about 37,000 cavalry.
In Guandong, in addition to the 18,000 soldiers stationed in Luoyang, the local government can still mobilize tens of thousands of people, but it is not necessary.
Troops like Fubing are really easy to use. Who knows who uses them?
If there is no war this year, Shao Xun will continue to order the establishment of government troops. Especially in Guanzhong, where there are many Hu people, it is very necessary to set up several more military offices - this time Feng Yi, Shangjun rebellion, Hancheng, Chaoyi defense troops It played a big role in limiting the scale of the rebellion to a small range and preventing it from spreading.
"Your Majesty, what Pan Gong said is not unreasonable." Shen Ling, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, said: "In my opinion, the big families in Jiangdong are still very concerned about Shouchun and Hefei. Once there is a loss, they will definitely gather a large army and the fleets will go back. flow up,
Go straight to Chao Lake. It is not easy to fight here. In the past, Cao Mengde's soldiers were not incompetent. However, he could not cross Chao Lake. He could only look at the wet water and sigh, "giving birth to a son is like Sun Zhongmou." Nowadays, the situation has changed, and there may be changes, but your majesty must not
main idea."
Upon hearing this, Shao Xun nodded slightly and said: "What Jing Gao said is not unreasonable. I understand. Just ask Zu Yue to delay. After Zhang Jun is defeated, I will personally go to the Shouchun Flotilla Master to meet with the heroes of Jiangdong."
"
I remember that in those days, the king of heaven personally came to Shouchun (at that time, to avoid Zheng Achun's taboo, he had changed his name to "Shouyang"), and sent Shangshu Zhu Xu to meet Xie Shi and persuade him to surrender. It seemed unlucky.
But no matter what, it is always necessary to go south to intimidate the Wu people.
It may be difficult to directly destroy Jin, as the conditions are not yet mature, but a defensive counterattack is not a big problem.
Could it be that Bagong Mountain can’t create any idioms because of me?
"Sanlang, go to Qinzhou as soon as possible." Shao Xun looked at Bei Gongchun and said, "Jin Zheng is the governor of the South Road.
Deputy Qing. I heard that Xin Yan and his son are in the minority, and Zhang Jun is also jealous of him. See if you can persuade him to surrender. If he is willing to return to his rightful ways,
I established Hezhou and made him the governor."
"I obey the decree." Bei Gongchun responded immediately.
"Jin Zhun is ready to cross the river, let's not worry about it for now." Shao Xun said again: "I'll urge Wang Que'er again. It's already April and it's still spinning in Shengle. How long will it take? Zi Liang, you can write the edict. The wording is fine.
Be more tactful.”
"Yes." Lu Chen responded.
Chapter completed!