The four hundred and ninetieth chapter is not detailed
"What's the evil of wanting to enjoy a great reputation in the world alone and not sharing it with me?" [Book of the Later Han·Biography of Yuan Shu]
Qixian County was Yuan Shu's important town in Huaibei to defend Yuzhou. Not only did he arrange for three generals, including Li Feng and Liang Gang, to garrison it, he also appointed a "Pei Xiang" to help manage the civil affairs, grain, grass and military supplies of several counties in the southern part of Pei State.
Although Li Feng was in a hurry to escape, he also knew that the city's grain and grass supplies could not be used to support the enemy, so before leaving, he specifically asked "Pei Xiang" to set fire to them. Who knew that "Pei Xiang" did not carry out the order at all, not only did he not
After running away, more than 100,000 dendrobium rice in the city was distributed to the hungry and cold people in the city.
After Taishi Ci entered the city, he not only occupied the surrounding city defenses, but also guarded the treasury and government offices. After discovering that Prime Minister Pei distributed rice grains, causing chaos, although he sent troops to stop it in time, more than 40,000 dendrobium grains had been lost in the warehouse.
It was already late when Zhang Xiu came back from chasing Li Feng. Tai Shici was preoccupied and had no time to tell him about it. He waited until he was about to recruit troops and set off the next day before he remembered and mentioned it to Zhang Xiu.
"This bastard!" Zhang Xiu only stayed for a few days on this trip and planned to use the local treasury for all his military supplies. Who knew that this 'Prime Minister Pei' not only refused to escape, but also opened a warehouse to distribute grain without authorization. Zhang Xiu was furious.
His left hand subconsciously pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist and asked: "If this action hinders the military, I will behead him!"
The name of the "Pei Xiang" faked by Yuan Shu was Shu Shao, with the courtesy name Zhongying, and a native of Chenliu, Yanzhou. He read the meaning of "Mencius" thoroughly. He was willing to do good, benevolent and caring for the people, and was incompatible with the ruthless soldiers such as Li Feng and Liang Gang. Taishi Ci
Knowing the details of the other party, I remembered that when he went to arrest Shu Shao yesterday, the people nearby rushed forward in an attempt to stop him, which shows that he has won the hearts of the people.
"This matter needs long-term discussion and cannot be acted upon." Taishi Ci was afraid that Zhang Xiu's impulsive personality would cause some trouble, so he quickly reminded him. He knew that Zhang Xiu had always had a chivalrous heart, so he prescribed the right medicine, saying: "Shu Zhongying is this person.
I once heard that he had killed a relative and friend of his brother Shu Boying in revenge. After the incident, the two brothers fought to take the blame, and as a result, they were exempted from punishment and were declared "righteous" in the country. This man was a righteous man and gained fame.
When our army first arrived in Qixian County, we did not show virtue and first established our dignity. How could we appease the people?"
Seeing that Zhang Xiu's expression softened slightly, Taishi Ci knew that it was Shu Shao's righteous deeds that had moved him, so he struck while the iron was hot and recounted what happened yesterday afternoon when Shu Shao was arrested by the Li Shu people in the city. At this time, Zhang Xiu also realized what happened.
Seeing the difficulty of the matter, it stands to reason that he should let this person go in order to show the emperor's benevolence and righteousness. However, when he thought that the other party almost destroyed all the food in the treasury, leaving him with no food to use, Zhang Xiu couldn't bear to be angry. He treated Taishi Ci
Said: "Ziyi's march is urgent. You can set off now, but leave this place to me."
Taishi Ci couldn't rest assured, so he randomly found an excuse to stay and wanted to see how Zhang Xiu would deal with it.
Shu Shao was quickly taken out of the prison. Although his clothes were messy, his expression was calm and not embarrassing, which made Tai Shi Ci favor him a lot.
"You were a thief in the past, and you should have been punished by death. Since you did not defect with the army, as long as you present the grain, grass, and books intact, you may not be able to get forgiveness." Zhang Xiu said with a gloomy face: "But you opened the treasury without authorization and allowed the common people to rob rice.
Food, but you have to persist in resisting and want to die?"
Shu Shao was not afraid at all and laughed loudly: "It seems that although you are sent by the imperial court, you are not soldiers of benevolence and righteousness!"
"Do you know what you are talking about?" Seeing him slandering the imperial court, Zhang Xiu's heart immediately sank as he was just preparing to intimidate him.
Shu Shao, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly stood up and said proudly: "In recent years, the seasons have been out of order. There has been drought and famine. The soldiers and the people have been frozen and have no place to live. The rivers and Huaihe Rivers have eaten up all the people. With such natural disasters and wars, the imperial court wanted to restore the world, but it failed."
If you don’t think about kindness and righteousness, even if you help again, it will just be back to the time of Huan Ling!"
Taishi Ci was horrified when he heard this, and was about to scold him when he heard Shu Shao continue: "Therefore, I knew I was going to die, but I did it deliberately. I would rather sacrifice one person's life to save a whole group of people from misery."
Zhang Xiu held his breath for a moment, then suddenly exhaled and said calmly: "Then how do you know that the court will not be benevolent and righteous? Have you been to Guanzhong? Do you know that Guanzhong was empty in the past and had refugees everywhere, but how prosperous it is now?
Huh? If you had been there, you wouldn’t have casually speculated on the injustice of the court like you did yesterday.”
Shu Shao was stunned. Seeing that Zhang Xiu's serious expression did not look like he was cheating, he was confident that he had done nothing wrong. He was suddenly shaken in his heart. In his impression, the imperial court had long been corrupted and degenerated. Even if there was any sign of a revival, it was just a matter of rotten wood.
Buds don't last long, but why has everything I've heard over the years been completely different from this?
Zhang Xiu caught a glimpse of the other party's expression and felt a little satisfied. He said to Tai Shi Ci: "This person really loves the people after all. For this reason alone, I cannot deal with him rashly to avoid the country's severe blame."
Taishi Ci didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, looked at the sky outside, hesitated and prepared to start his journey.
Shu Shao opened his treasury and distributed rice grains to the common people. He should have been punished, but in the end Zhang Xiu and others felt benevolence and righteousness and deliberately released him. When the people nearby who had received Shu Shao's kindness heard about this, they were deeply grateful. Later, Zhang Xiu and others
Allocating 10,000 hu of rice grains and distributing them by mouth based on the disaster relief method in Chang'an was regarded as a "soldier of benevolence and righteousness".
As for Shu Shao, after being released by Zhang Xiu, he did not return to Shouchun to continue serving Yuan Shu. Instead, he packed his bags and set off for Chang'an. This is not mentioned later.
The cooperation between Zhang Xiu and Tai Shici was a good start in the Huainan War. The recovery of Qixian not only declared the court's determination and strength to fight on both sides, but also because Qixian could invade Jiujiang to the south and threaten Yuan Shu to the east.
The special position on the flank of the Xiapi army became the key to victory in the two battlefields of Huainan and Xuzhou.
On the 24th day of July in the third year of Jian'an, Tai Shici, the captain of the expedition against the bandits, led the troops and horses of his headquarters, and recruited a strong force of 5,000 soldiers to go north. They met with Prime Minister Pei and Tianchou, the captain of the Yue Cavalry School, in Peixian County.
Tian Chou was the only person in the world who held the title of Northern Military Academy Lieutenant and served as a local governor at the same time. At a young age, he was in charge of the military affairs of a county. If Xu Huang was able to retain the important position mainly because of his military merit, and secondly because of his holy family, then Tian Chou is the opposite.
Without the Holy Family, how could he become a high-ranking official with two thousand stones at the age of twenty-seven based only on his participation in the wars in Hedong, Runan and other places? Such age and circumstances should make people jealous, but Tian Chou has always kept a low profile, and has never been a high-ranking official.
He did not deliberately show off, but was also humble and pragmatic in governing the people and the army. Even though he had no outstanding achievements in Pei State, he was still a force that could not be ignored.
When Taishi Ci saw Tian Chou, he had already gathered troops and horses with Chen Dao and other generals outside the city to prepare for the expedition. Tian Chou glanced at Taishi Ci, nodded lightly, and said, "Although there are national edicts, special deployment
You enter Xu, but the war in the east is urgent and Xiapi is critical. I can't delay the opportunity just to wait for you. Therefore, if you can't make it in this half day, I plan to lead the troops there first and leave you behind."
"Tian Jun is worried about urgent matters. I really shouldn't keep the three armies waiting for a long time." Tai Shici breathed a sigh of relief. He hurriedly rushed to catch up. This was also due to the speed of attacking Qi County, which did not delay him for too long.
: "Fortunately there was no delay, otherwise I would be ashamed."