On the fifth day of May, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Liu Xiang led his army to Handan.
The name "Dragon Boat Festival" was established in the Han Dynasty. Before the Qin Dynasty, it was called "Chongwu". In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the weather is hot, and insect and snake viruses become active, making people easily sick. Therefore, activities to pray for blessings and disinfection in May have gradually emerged.
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During the Eastern Han Dynasty, many people commemorated the Dragon Boat Festival. Jie Zitui was commemorated in Bingzhou, Wu Zixu and Cao E were commemorated in Yangzhou, Chen Lin was commemorated in Jiaozhou, Qu Yuan was commemorated in Jingzhou, and some places worshiped the Dragon King.
Unlike modern times, the Dragon Boat Festival has been linked to Qu Yuan. There was no such statement in the Han Dynasty. It was in the Southern Dynasties during the Northern and Southern Dynasties that activities to commemorate Qu Yuan, such as eating rice dumplings and racing dragon boats, became popular on a large scale.
Liu Xiang begged for a batch of fish, meat, vegetables and fruits in Handan, and celebrated the festival with 15,000 troops outside the city. He only had a meal and a drink. The people of Youzhou celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival without any activities to commemorate the ancients.
It is to pray for blessings and eliminate disasters.
More than two months after the troops were dispatched, the Anping Army killed 1,200 people and more than 2,600 lightly or seriously wounded were sent back to Youzhou.
The officials in Handan were more happy with the big households and would give them whatever they wanted. The population of Zhao State was also small, with only more than 30,000 households and less than 200,000 people. It was true that they could not squeeze out much profit. Liu Xiang was ready to let them go, so he did not speak.
After being blackmailed, I rested for a few days to clear out the traitors, and then went south to Ye County, the seat of Wei County, where the big fat meat was.
On the way to Handan, he made a special turn and went to Julu County and Guangping County to visit Tian Feng and Jushu, but unfortunately he didn't see them.
Tian Feng served as the censor of the capital in Luoyang, while Jushou served as the county magistrate in other places.
These two people came from aristocratic families, and they both promoted talented people. Liu Xiang knew that the chance of being assisted by them was very small, but he would not be reconciled if he did not come to see him.
As for Jizhou's Shen Pei, he is a powerful family from Wei County with a large population and a vast territory. It conflicts too much with Liu Xiang's governing philosophy and has irreconcilable conflicts. He must be killed if we find an opportunity.
With Liu Xiang's current status, it is still possible for the Confucian classics family to be compatible, and the powerful family will definitely not stay.
After the festival, troops were sent out the next day to clear out the bandits harassing the counties. By the time the troops under Zhou Cang entered the Zhao Kingdom on the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, the Anping Army had already captured tens of thousands of people.
The prisoners will be handed over to them, and they will be screened by Zhou Cang's troops. The revolted people will be sent to Youzhou, and the old thieves will stay under his command to serve their lives. The thieves and soldiers entrenched in the mountains will either be annexed or form an alliance, and they will be integrated into Liu Xiang
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The Anping army marched south to Wei County.
As for the rebels who revolted after he left, they were suppressed and rebelled again. The local officials were ineffective in governing the country. What does it have to do with Liu Xiang? He is not an official in Jizhou.
Ye County is not far from Handan. It is the county seat of Wei County and the governor's seat of Jizhou. It will now be called the Prefecture Pastoral Office. Huangfusong was appointed as the Prefecture Pastor at the end of last year.
The Anping army arrived directly at the city, but unfortunately they still failed to enter the city.
It was too late for the aristocratic families in the city to hide from him, so naturally there would be no banquets to catch wind.
He was unwilling to pay for food, grass, ordnance, and the committee was annoying. When Huangfu Song invited him to send troops, he did not say that he would help for free.
That's too polite.
While fighting bandits and looting, he spared no one in the population, food and supplies. A few days later, Zhou Cang led his army south, and the two groups of soldiers and horses struggled in Wei County for more than 20 days, with a population of more than 100,000, millions of shi of food, and thousands of gold.
, tens of millions of five baht were transported back to Youzhou.
One gold is one pound of gold, and one thousand gold is sixteen thousand taels of gold. Being able to grab so much money was a pure surprise, which just alleviated the shortage of money.
The Youzhou caravan bought grain on a large scale in Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou. According to Tian Chou's report, three million shi of grain had been purchased in the past five months.
But the price is on the high side, with each stone equivalent to 350 yen. The price of food has been rising. At the beginning of the year, it only sold for 240 yen. Now, you can't even buy it for 400 yen.
However, Zhen Yi had some tricks. After he returned to Youzhou, he purchased two million shi of grain on his behalf from Yanzhou and Sili. Each shi was only equivalent to 260 yuan.
These are the limits, there is nothing he can do if there are more.
Liu Xiang calculated that he had stored more than 6 million shi of grain and had nearly 2.4 million people under his command. According to the standard of not starving to death, he would consume more than 20,000 shi of grain every day. Even if there was no production this year, he could still feed these people.
One year last year, the people saved a lot of food last year, so no one will starve to death this year.
I breathed a sigh of relief. The locusts in Jizhou have begun to gather together. This is not a good sign.
Fortunately, the five counties of Youzhou have been killing locusts since the end of February. People are never left in the fields, and people are patrolling the wilderness. So far, no locust groups have been seen. There will not be a locust plague locally. I am afraid of flying in from outside. But outside
He couldn't control the matter. He had reminded her, but no one paid attention to it. It was really annoying.
Liu Xiang was in a bad mood, and the Anping army robbed him even more fiercely.
The governor of Wei County finally couldn't sit still. His soldiers and horses were wiped out twice, and almost all his private soldiers were dead.
He went to the Anping Army camp in a low voice and cried in front of Liu Xiang. He said that the people were in hardship and the scholars were frightened. He asked the general to wipe out the bandits as soon as possible. Wei Jun could no longer withstand the torment.
Liu Xiang sneered. It is true that the people are in difficulty. Everything else is nonsense. How can it be so easy to just cry a few times and try to win sympathy?
"Our army is exhausted, has insufficient food and fodder, and its sergeants are hungry. It is really unable to fight."
If you don't provide food, you will continue to struggle.
"We are scrimping on food and clothing, and we must also collect food and grass for the army." The prefect relented and was willing to spend money to avoid disaster.
"Four hundred thousand stones."
"The city really can't raise so much food. How about 300,000 dan?"
Liu Xiang glanced at him: "Are you a merchant? Or do you think I am a merchant?"
"Just follow the general's words."
"Twenty thousand grain-carrying carts, 40,000 military and civilian servants, and one thousand gold in military pay will make up for the consumption of our army's weapons and equipment."
"If the general needs anything, I will do my best to collect it when I get back."
Liu Xiang then gave him a smile: "I still need a thousand craftsmen, blacksmiths, carpenters, and crossbow makers to accompany the army."
"I beg you, general, to show your support. I really can't recruit so many craftsmen."
Liu Xiang looked at him with disdain: "Stingy, I just borrowed it for use. I will return it to you after the war. Why don't you go to those big companies to borrow it for a few days? Can't you do such a small thing?"
"Everything will be according to the general's wishes." The prefect had no choice but to agree.
Five days later, grain, grass, ordnance, and civilians entered the military camp, and the quantities were correct.
Liu Xiang is a man of his word, and the Anping army returned to the camp as promised.
Zhoucang continued to loot.
After two days of repairs, the prefect of Wei County brought the craftsmen to pay a visit.
On the second day, the Anping army broke out of camp and launched an army to attack the bandits. The two armies met in Liangqi County in the north of Wei County. The bandits gathered together in greater numbers, and it is said that the number exceeded 100,000.
The battle was extremely fierce, with smoke and dust billowing and the sound of killing loud.
The battle lasted for two days and one night, from Liangqi County in Wei County to Congtai near Handan in Zhao State.
The entire Anping army was wiped out, and General Lang only escaped with his own life.
The main force of suppressing the bandits was wiped out, and the situation in Jizhou took a turn for the worse. Many bands of bandits were running across the county, named Black Mountain, and their leader was named Zhou Cang.
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