After the autumn harvest, three major pieces of news spread all over the world.
The first one is that the famous Beiping Hou Zhang Cang died of illness.
Zhang Cang was a disciple of Xunzi and came from the same school as Li Si and Han Feizi. He had served the First Emperor as a censor as early as the Pre-Qin period.
After that, he followed Liu Bang and went through several dynasties along the way and became the prime minister who was the head of hundreds of officials.
Zhang Cang lived for more than ninety years and was undoubtedly the longevity star in this era.
His greatest achievements were the establishment of the calendar, the abolition of corporal punishment, and the correction of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic".
Of course, he also had a very famous apprentice, Jia Yi, who was also called "Qu Jia" with Qu Yuan.
The whole world had long expected Zhang Cang's death.
After all, he is already over ninety years old, an old man from the time of the former Qin Shi Huangdi.
He once served the First Emperor, and there have been several emperors since the founding of the Han Dynasty.
After Zhang Cang died of illness, he was mourned according to the specifications, given a posthumous title, and just followed the procedures.
The attention of people in the world is not very strong.
The second major event was that the current Prime Minister Tao Qing resigned due to illness, and the Emperor appointed Zhou Yafu, who had made great contributions during the war against the Seven Kingdoms, as Prime Minister.
In the Han Dynasty, riding a horse can kill people, dismounting a horse and sitting down to talk about Taoism, and the appearance of generals and appearances is the standard form.
Zhou Yafu's appointment as prime minister did not cause any big disturbance. After all, his achievements were sufficient.
The third major event was the Xiongnu invasion.
The Xiongnu invaders happened every year, the difference was only in the scale.
However, this year's scale is particularly large.
Almost the entire Loufan tribe was mobilized, and tribes such as the Aries tribe also sent troops to harass.
In the north, Shangjun, Dingxiang County and Yunzhong County were all at war.
The main reason why the Xiongnu invaded this time was because during the Seven Kings Rebellion, they happened to have internal disputes and did not have time to disrupt the Han Dynasty.
And I didn’t expect that the Han army was so capable of fighting that it put an end to the massive Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in just a few months.
Having missed the good opportunity to disturb the big man, the angry Huns planned to regain the situation.
Another less important reason is that Li Yunze destroyed the Sangda tribe.
The Sangda tribe was just an inconspicuous small tribe among the Xiongnu. It was not even the direct leader of Shanyu or the wise kings, but was just a vassal of the Loufan tribe.
However, the Huns have been at war with the Han family for many years, but this is the first tribe to be defeated in one fell swoop.
The shock, influence and significance it caused to the Xiongnu were extraordinary.
So they have to come back with revenge.
Compared with the first two things, the third thing is closely related to many Han people, especially the people of the three counties in the North.
When the news was delivered to Lunucheng, Li Yunze disappeared.
He said he disappeared, but in fact he suddenly claimed to be ill and stopped seeing visitors.
But everyone was very puzzled, as to how the king's strong body, which was as strong as a calf, seemed to be sick.
"Ming Gong!"
Zhang Tang eagerly pushed the door open and said directly to Zhang Ouyan, "If the king is not in the palace, he must have sent out troops!"
Zhang Ou, who was sitting with his legs slanted, didn't care about the air leaking from his crotch. He shook a copy of "Han Feizi" in his hand and said with a smile, "This is the latest Han Feizi. A hundred copies were printed in one go! Those guys cried
Shouting and begging, why don't we, the Legalists, take the lead?
"
What he was talking about was that after the explosive appearance of movable type printing in Lunu City, those people from the school who had already obtained the blank paper and planned to go home were like crazy people trying desperately to compete for printing quotas.
The benefits of printing are straightforward and obvious, and large-scale publication will greatly expand the influence of this school.
Everyone knows this truth, so in order to compete for printing opportunities, there have even been many sword fights.
It is common for scholars these days to draw swords and strike at each other if they disagree.
Compared with those big heads in the Song and Ming dynasties who could not lift their hands or shoulders and could only talk nonsense, they were completely different species.
Among the hundreds of schools of thought, Legalism naturally took the lead.
Because Li Yunze himself treats this.
Although he practices Taoism, what he can cure is Legalism.
Zhang Ou is famous for his criminal name, and he is also a court official. He is a legal expert himself.
Needless to say, Zhang Tang is also a Legalist.
They all praised Li Yunze for being the first to print Legalist books on a large scale.
Zhang Ou even sent people back to Chang'an City to find ways to search for the original copy of Legalism and bring it back for printing.
"Ming Gong!"
Zhang Tang, who frowned, bowed and said, "Did Mr. Ming know about this?"
Zhang Ou finally put down the "Han Feizi" in his hand and said, "You are still too young and lack experience."
Zhang Tang's expression suddenly became serious, and he bowed respectfully, "Please enlighten me."
"The day before yesterday, two thousand soldiers from the military camp outside Lunu City left the camp and went north, and also took away all the horses in the pasture and prison. Lieutenant Wu Gang of Zhongshan Kingdom, Chang Shilang Zhao Yan and others all used their official duties to
He disappeared without a trace when he went out."
Looking at Zhang Tang with a serious expression, Zhang Ou smiled and asked, "Where do you think they have gone?"
Zhang Tang immediately responded, "Let's tell the story, the caravan dressed up went out of the fortress privately again!"
"Is there any evidence?"
‘Uh~~~’
Zhang Tang was stunned. It was obvious that the bald man had lice on his head, but he had no evidence!
Unlike Confucianism, which emphasizes consciousness, "I think you are guilty, then you are guilty," Legalism emphasizes evidence and procedural justice.
"The soldiers and horses went north, but they said they were going for training. The lieutenant and Chang Shilang were not there, and they said they were going to other counties for official duties. Not to mention the king, if he said he was sick, he was sick. Do you have any evidence to prove that they went north to fight against the enemy?
"
"You can pursue the roads leading out of the fortress..."
"It's simply ridiculous." Zhang Ou, who was pacing back and forth, waved his sleeves, "This is Zhongshan Kingdom! You can chase me if you want? Who do you think you are? Do you have an imperial edict?"
Zhang Tang was still a little puzzled, "But your Majesty, going out of the fortress privately is an offense..."
"The king is sick!"
Zhang Ou walked up to Zhang Tang and told him earnestly, "Your Majesty, he is ill and is recuperating. Your so-called Majesty went out of the country privately without evidence, which is nonsense and will be punished."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhang Tang, who lowered his head, fell into a long silence.
After a long time, he raised his head and saluted Zhang Ou, "Thank you Ming Gong for your advice. The boy has learned the lesson."
Except for time travellers, no one can really know it from birth, and they must continue to learn and experience in order to grow.
Even Zhang Tang, who has left his name in history books, is no exception.
After being carefully educated by his immediate superior's immediate superior, Zhang Tang has obviously matured a bit and learned that many things are not as simple as black and white.
Has the King of Zhongshan already sealed the country privately without an imperial edict?
In his opinion, this is almost certain.
As for the evidence, just break into the palace and investigate.
But the problem is that he cannot break into the palace to investigate. Moreover, King Zhongshan did not go out to do evil, but to fight against the Huns!
On one side is the law that I want to stick to, while on the other side is the reality and even supports the king from the bottom of my heart to go out to fight the Huns.
In this conflict and entanglement, the experienced Zhang Ou taught him how to behave in the world.
The king has given you steps, just go down the ladder, he is not going out of the feudal country to do evil!
Li Yunze did not go north to the frontier as Zhang Ou and others thought.
Now that the Huns have invaded, all the northern counties are in flames of war, and all the passes along the Great Wall have been strictly sealed.
Let alone the King of Zhongshan, if there is no imperial edict, the prince will not be able to leave even if he comes.
Li Yunze disguised his soldiers and horses as caravans and entered Taiyuan County directly through Feihuxing, and then passed through Dai County and exited Yanmen Pass into Yunzhong County.
Yanmen Pass has not yet been sealed off. After all, the Huns are still in the clouds. Dingxiang has been wreaking havoc for generations and has not come close to Yanmen County.
But even so, it was a big waste when leaving the customs.
In the end, Zhao Yan took the Wang Order written by Li Yunze, indicating that this caravan was from the Zhongshan Kingdom to deliver support supplies to Yunzhong County, and was able to travel.
Otherwise, it will probably be detained.
After all, there is a war going on at the border. This caravan is so huge, with more than a thousand young men and women carrying horses, weapons and food. The defenders there dare not let them go easily.
After leaving Yanmen Pass, the morale of the sergeants in the team was a little low.
After all, they are all regular sergeants, but when they send troops to fight at this time, they act like thieves, which will of course affect their morale.
There is nothing we can do about this. The national conditions of the Han Dynasty lie here.
The king of the feudal kingdom left the feudal kingdom privately with his troops and horses. To put it more seriously, he wanted to rebel just like Wu Ni.
Unless Li Yunze becomes emperor one day, then he can go to war wherever he wants.
Li Yunze has rich experience in how to improve the morale of soldiers in the cold weapon era.
He immediately announced that everyone would give two pieces of money and two pieces of silk.
Morale, which was initially low, immediately improved.
In the cold weapon era, telling the army about patriotism and other things was indeed of some use, but it was not of much use.
As for being loyal to the emperor, fighting to the death for the emperor, etc... there are so many sergeants who rebelled, rebelled, mutinied, raised wages, bombed camps, sided with the Qing emperor, and even directly stabbed the emperor to death in the street, etc., then
But I was about to laugh.
Their request is actually very simple, they just want promotion and wealth.
When there is a chance to get promoted and make a fortune, the Qin army can single-handedly sweep through the six kingdoms.
The opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune was cut off. It was still the same Qin army, but it couldn't even defeat the rebel army, and even lost Guanzhong.
With morale up, Li Yunze immediately ordered to change his clothes.
Put on the armor and stomach, and ride on the many horses he brought.
The more than a thousand infantrymen soon turned into mounted infantry.
Not cavalry, just mounted infantry.
The cavalry is not that easy to train. Historically, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used the strength of the whole country, spent many years and countless manpower and material resources to accumulate a cavalry that could fight against the Huns.
The biggest advantage of mounted infantry is that it can improve the mobility of infantry to a certain extent.
Li Yunze did not leave the Yunzhong Plain, but stationed himself in the valley of Manhan Mountain with his troops.
The few cavalrymen in Zhongshan were sent out to search for the Huns' camp in the Yunzhong Plain where wars were everywhere.
Li Yunze was not stupid, and of course he knew that more than a thousand soldiers and horses were not enough to confront the Huns head-on, so he had a very clear goal from the beginning.
The old camp of the Huns.
As a nomadic tribe, the old camp of the Huns always followed the main group and usually did not stay far away from the range of hundreds of miles of attacking troops.
Even for infantry, a hundred miles is not a very long distance.
When the Han army defeated the Xiongnu, they basically touched their old camp.
The tribe's old, weak, women, children, cattle, sheep, and horses were all in the old camp, so the Huns could only turn around and fight.
In history, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing defeated the Huns. The core of their tactics was to go straight to Huanglong and specifically find the old camp of the Huns.
There are ready-made experiences for reference, so of course Li Yunze will learn from them.
Two days later, the cavalry scouts who went out came back to report that there was an old camp of the Huns on the banks of the Beiyunzhong River, a hundred and fifty miles northwest of Chengle!