Chapter 238 Gai Xun's Strategy

The army set out and left Fujiao Fort and marched all the way. The road lasted for only one day. On that day, it finally entered the boundary of Sizhou.

Such a big thing happened in the east, so naturally it could not be hidden. Jia Xu already knew it, and even Gai Xun and Zhang Wen in Chang'an City knew the news.

Gai Xun is a civil servant, and he can usually suppress the military generals. After a long period of peace, civil servants will naturally have more advantage in both sides of civil servants. However, once the Han court is in danger and starts to fight, his civil servant will not be very good. The more chaotic the situation, the more powerful the military generals will be. At this time, military power can best reflect the power of officials.

Gai Xun and Zhang Wen were a little disagreeable. They were both civil and military. Usually, Gai Xun had the final say. They were blocked by Jia Xu. Although Gai Xun kept saying that there would be no mistakes in listening to him. Everyone could rest assured. Zhang Wen couldn't help but not listen. Who told Gai Xun to be Jingzhao Yin!

But in the chaos east of Luoyang, Zhang Wen immediately didn't want to listen to Gai Xun. No one was fool. Zhang Wen became the superior lieutenant, so he was naturally a veteran in the officialdom. He could naturally see clearly the situation in Sizhou in the future.

When there was no chaos in the east, Li Qin might not be so good. Even if he was like that, Zhang Wen was not afraid. Of course, Gai Xun was not very afraid. After all, the world of the Han Dynasty was still under Luoyang, so Gai Xun could still have some confidence in speaking and could fight against Jia Xu.

But now there is a chaos in the east, and it is not a small chaos. The Yellow Turban Army has almost all the strength to invade Luoyang. So now if Li Qin wants to have any ideas about Sizhou, the Han court is no longer able to control it. Even after Li Qin did something to Sizhou, the Han court could not punish him. With Li Qin's strength, he could do whatever he wanted to do to Sizhou. No one in the entire Sizhou could resist, so how could he have done nothing?

As soon as he figured out how to deal with it, Zhang Wen naturally understood. Seeing that the Fujiao Army was so busy in Sizhou, he could be sure that Li Qin was not really kidnapped, and he should have come to Sizhou in person soon. It was only a matter of time that Sizhou was occupied. He didn't want to accompany Gai Xun here. As a Sili school captain, he should go to the king and protect the emperor at this time. Gai Xun is the old man, and he has no obligation to protect him!

Zhang Wen did not discuss with Gai Xun. He brought his army out of Chang'an and ran to Luoyang with the excuse of returning to Beijing to serve the king. His army was even more straightforward. Many people even brought their families and wanted to rush to Luoyang. The Han Dynasty had been living in peace for a long time, and the soldiers' ideas were very simple. Luoyang, the capital, wouldn't it be like a little mud-legged rebellion? After all, it was just a few mud-legged rebellions. What kind of climate could it be? I wonder if Wang Mang was so arrogant at the time, wouldn't it be knocked down? What's more, he couldn't even afford to buy military uniforms, so he could only use yellow cloth strips to surround his head, so they didn't believe that Luoyang would fall. However, Luoyang was fine, but Chang'an would definitely be in trouble. If Li Qin took Chang'an, how could he treat them, such small soldiers? Gai Xun was not good to them. Why did they bury Gai Xun with him? There was no need to do this!

Zhang Wen led the Han army in the city to run, and even the Han soldiers who were not Chang'an ran away. When the military officers saw that the chief officer had run away, they naturally refused to keep it. They took their own troops and ran to Luoyang, calling it "Salvation for the King!"

As long as they put the excuse on the emperor, they will be successful and innocent from escaping Sizhou. Who made them loyal ministers? They care about the safety of His Majesty the Emperor, so they can only give up the small things for the sake of the big and let Gai Xun stay in Chang'an. Go alone and go cool. Who made him unfaithful and refused to go to serve the king!

In just a few days, most of the Han soldiers in Sizhou ran away. Originally, there were 30,000 soldiers on the list of soldiers, but in fact there were not so many, only 20,000. However, in a few days, they actually ran 14,500, and there were only 6,700 Han soldiers who continued to stay in Sizhou. These six,700 people were all natives, and they were all poor. It was not that these Han soldiers did not want to run away, but left Sizhou. They didn’t know how to live. The so-called homeland was hard to leave, so they could only stay in the local area and waited for Li Qin to come in fear.

Sizhou was empty and the guard ran away again. As the Yin of Jingzhao Gaixun, he was almost fainted. He really didn't expect that Zhang Wen could actually go to serve the king at this time. Not to mention that Zhang Wen had not discussed with him in advance, even if he discussed with him, he would have no way to stop him. In the world, is it the king's land, the shore of the land, or the king's minister, Luoyang is in danger. No one can say that the soldiers go to serve the king. This is definitely a legitimate reason. Moreover, there is another advantage in using the reason for serving the king, that is, there is no need for the emperor to issue an imperial edict and is fighting. What if the messenger was killed by a thief on the way? So as long as there is danger, it is always wrong to save the emperor as soon as possible, unless the emperor clearly stated that he would not need him to save him, but the emperor had never made such a clear statement.

Gai Xun is considered a good official and is not bad to the people, but in the officialdom, he is a piece of hob meat, and no one can do anything about him. Even a person like Jia Xu is a scoundrel, and he has no choice but to do anything about him because he is a scoundrel. The soldiers have arrived in Chang'an, but they can't find an excuse to enter the city and can only make trouble outside Chang'an. Gai Xun saw that the momentum is not good, and as the chief of Chang'an, he took the initiative. Anyway, dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water. What can Li Qin do? If you have the ability, let him come to Chang'an to see what he can do!

Promote the ability to pretend that things have not happened before, and Gai Xun did not send anyone to chase Zhang Wen, nor did he send people to stabilize the situation in Sizhou. Instead, he stayed in the back yamen all day long, listened to music and dance, drank and feasted, even if the sky fell... whoever liked to dodge would dodge, he would not dodge anyway!

On that day, Gai Xun was drinking in the back yamen. Just as he was drunk, a yamen runner suddenly came to report that Li Qin had entered Sizhou with the Fujiao Army. The march was fast and he was only a hundred miles away from Chang'an. Moreover, Jia Xu's army had gathered and was rushing to Chang'an. It was estimated that the two Fujiao Army would meet under Chang'an City.

This news has been circulating in Chang'an City for a long time. Many wealthy families are transferring their property, and many are even running to Luoyang. However, because Gai Xun doesn't care about anything and refuses to go out to work, his subordinates have never been able to tell him the news, but today they can't delay it. For the cavalry, the cavalry only takes a day to travel a hundred miles away. They get the news from them and report it to Gai Xun. Gai Xun makes a decision. In fact, while the decision is made, the Fujiao Army has already arrived at the city again, so his subordinates have to risk being scolded and beaten to report the news to Gai Xun.

After listening to it, Gai Xun was silent for a long time. The yamen runner who reported the news looked at his lord and was extremely anxious. He didn't know what idea Gai Xun would come up with.

After thinking for a long time, Gai Xun finally spoke. He said, "Are all the officials outside here coming now? Are they waiting in the lobby, right?"

The yamen runner hurriedly said, "That's true when it comes to the adults. Now the adults who stay in the city have not left have all come and are waiting in the lobby, clamoring to see the master. If you don't go out again, you're afraid that they will break in!"

Gai Xun snorted and said, "A group of incompetent rats, when they see Li Qin, they are as if they want to see a cat, so they don't panic. They are all waiting in the hall, and I will go immediately!"

Seeing that he was finally going to show off his attitude as Jingzhao Yin, the yamen runner was happy, and he had a backbone. He agreed repeatedly, ran out and informed the officials outside, and Gai Xun was about to come out.

Gai Xun asked the servant to call him a wash water. He washed his face and put on his official uniform. Then he took steps around and came out of the back yamen calmly.

In the lobby, almost all the officials were anxious to jump onto the roof. They had no choice but to face the Fujiaojun, who was about to arrive!

Finally, Gai Xun looked forward to it. Seeing Gai Xun turning out from behind the screen, the officials rushed up and shouted, "Sir Gai, Li Qin is coming to Chang'an. How to deal with it? You have to make your decision. Why haven't you come out for so many days? I'm extremely anxious!"

Gai Xun waved his hand and said, "Everyone, don't be impatient. What can Li Qin do when he comes? I have my own way to deal with it. Why do you have to be anxious? It's such a boring move."

Seeing that he was confident, the officials not only did not feel at ease, but became even more anxious. An official said, "Sir, even if you have a way to deal with it, you have to talk to the officials. You can't hold it alone, so that the officials are anxious!"

The official was already quite rude in his speech. Zhang Wen, the two chief officials in Chang'an, ran away, Gai Xun did not run away, but there is no difference between staying and not staying. No matter what, what is the use of him, Jingzhao Yin?

Other officials also showed dissatisfaction expressions and looked at Gai Xun together. Gai Xun ignored them and sat on the bed in the middle and said, "Everyone, don't worry, let's have a drink here today. When Li Qin comes tomorrow, everything depends on me. Everything has nothing to do with you. Don't be afraid. Can't you trust me?"

He looked at the officials in the hall, yelled, and said, "All of them are here? They are not as good as half of the usual people! Well, those people have all escaped, so let them escape, a great fortune will not be their share!" He waved his hand to the servant and said, "Show wine, sing and dance!"

The officials looked at each other, not knowing what he was selling in the gourd, but he was so calm and could only obey. The officials sat down and each thoughtfully accompanied Gai Xun to drink and watch singing and dancing!

This banquet lasted until the moon was on the branches and then it dispersed.

The next morning, the officials came to the yamen early and waited for Gai Xun to talk about things. According to the time, Li Qin arrived either at noon today or tonight. What exactly does Gai Xun have to say now.

But after the officials arrived, they did not see Gai Xun and could no longer bear it. They broke into the Houya together and went to question Gai Xun. But when they arrived at the Houya, they found out that Gai Xun had left the banquet last night and he left the city. After hearing from the servants, they seemed to be going to greet Li Qin!

The officials were stunned. The method that Lord Gai said was to surrender! Even if he surrendered, why didn’t he bring us with him?
Chapter completed!