After some operations of demolishing the east wall and repairing the west wall, the troops passing through Jinzhou were finally sent away. After a few days of turmoil, calm inside and outside Jinzhou City temporarily returned.
But this peace is not what Wei Can wants. The sudden war between the two countries also sounded the alarm for him, making him realize that confrontation and mutual attack between the two countries is the norm. The border markets have been frequent in the past year.
Trade is a rather special situation.
After having this realization, Wei Can increasingly felt that time had not waited for us. Fortunately, the war between the two countries did not take place on the Fenshui line this time, but no one can say whether the Western Wei Dynasty will launch from Fenshui next time.
attack.
Therefore, while the border situation here has not yet become dangerous, we must seize the opportunity and seize the time to make money! If the two countries really go to war here, border market trade will no longer be possible, and he also understands that he
He simply does not have the courage and ability to defend the city, and it is probably impossible for the country to let him sit here again.
It has always been easy for people to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality, especially for people like Wei Can who are unwilling to suffer any grievances. They are used to making money every day and suddenly lose such an important person.
Of course, it's not a pleasant feeling to have financial resources. But he also knows that things at this level are not determined by his intentions. The only thing he can do at the moment is to try to get as much as possible while he can still get it.
Therefore, soon after Jinyang's army crossed the border, he immediately sent his subordinates south to inquire about the news, hoping to gather those merchants who were frightened away as soon as possible to transport him the goods from the Western Wei Dynasty.
However, after several days of inquiring, the results were ineffective. The Hedong merchants who used to travel in groups in the prefecture have now disappeared. There is no trace of these people even at several fixed pick-up locations.
This situation inevitably made Yu Can a little anxious. He only said that those merchants were as timid as rats and were scared by the passing divisions and brigades. In order to get in touch as soon as possible and resume trade, he planned to arrange for people to continue to go deep into Fenjiang.
Ground exploration search.
However, this matter was immediately opposed by Zhencheng Xianyu Shirong and others. Now all the Chinese and Central Military Forces are heading to Heluo. They need stability here in Jinzhou. If they rashly launch an invasion to the south, it will cause excessive aggression by the enemy forces in Hedong.
If you react and fight back, the fun will be great!
The current situation does not allow for any more willful behavior. In the past, normal times were enough, but now it is better to do less than to do more. Therefore, under the repeated persuasion of everyone, even though Wei Can was very anxious, he did not dare to do it for a while.
Act rashly again.
However, he was at peace here, but unusual signs seemed to begin to appear elsewhere.
First of all, Xue Wenshu, the governor of Dongyongzhou who was stationed at Zhengping in the north of Fen, reported to Jinzhou that there were many abnormal signs in the enemy city Baibi City on the other side. Birds were circling in the city and did not dare to perch. Moreover, there were also more waterwheels drawing water along Fen. There were various signs.
It seems that there are many armored soldiers gathering in the city.
However, this situation did not attract the attention of the defenders of Jinzhou, because after the construction of Baibi City in the Western Wei Dynasty, it became one of the important garrison cities between Fen and Jiangxi, and Western Wei divisions and brigades often gathered here. Moreover, the Eastern Yongzhou report
It's not conclusive news, it's just a judgment based on looking at the signs, and naturally it can't be said to be accurate.
But soon a new change occurred. Xiangling City, dozens of miles south of Jinzhou, was also a garrison city built by the Northern Qi Dynasty to monitor the movements of Fenjiang enemy troops. As usual, the Xiangling guards had to report to the enemy every day.
Jinzhou made a report, but until the evening that day, no Xiangling guards came to report.
In the evening, when Modolou Jingxian returned to the Inner City Prefecture from Luocheng County to take stock of state affairs, he discovered this situation, so he immediately reported it to the governor Wei Can.
Wei Can has been trapped in the city for the past few days and has no interest in doing anything. When he learned about this incident, he didn't take it seriously at first. He just said that the Xiangling guard general was negligent in his arrangements and ordered his troops to go south tomorrow morning to reprimand the generals.
Just click.
But Mo Duolou Jingxian still frowned and said: "Things are already established. There have been no mistakes in the past, but now there are mistakes. After all, there is something wrong. In the current war, we need to be particularly cautious. It is best to arrange for soldiers to go and investigate to make people feel at ease!"
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"Then just go ahead and make arrangements. There's no need to complain about everything."
After hearing what Mo Duo Lou Jingxian said, Yu Can waved his hands impatiently and said, not caring about such trivial matters.
Mo Duolou Jingxian resigned after seeing this, and immediately arranged for a team of people to go to Xiangling to investigate. It was nearly a hundred miles from Baima City to Xiangling, and traveling at night was very inconvenient, even if it was a fast horse.
A few hours later, after Modolou Jingxian told the soldiers to report immediately upon their return, he returned to the side hall to take a nap.
However, Modolou Jingxian slept until the next morning. He woke up when he heard the sound of morning drums for the city defense. After waking up, he quickly dealt with the backlog of affairs.
In particular, a batch of armored staff and weapons stored in the city were used to dispatch the troops passing through the border. It was necessary to find a way to make up for it as soon as possible. The empty arsenal will not only affect the armed distribution of the city defense troops, but also the previous things were quite troublesome. If
After receiving the report, Jinyang sent envoys to investigate and investigate, and they, the generals of Jinzhou, were all to blame.
The management of Jinzhou's arsenal is originally a mess. Although this city is an important border town, there have been no major wars here for many years, so many of the weapons and items in the arsenal have been lost.
Not only Wei Can, the hands-off shopkeeper, but also Mo Duolou Jingxian himself, actually used his position to use his position to divert a batch of high-quality weapons from the arsenal outside the city to arm his own troops. So if this matter needs to be investigated,
There is no way to find out clearly. We can only say who is in power and who is unlucky, and it is covered up day by day.
At present, Moduo Lou Jingxian plans to temporarily transfer the warehouses of the surrounding cities to Jinzhou City to deal with the investigation by people from Jinyang. If the Heluo battle can be a complete victory, the many armored weapons captured on the front line will be
It's more than enough to fill Jinzhou's deficit.
If the battle does not go smoothly, then the junior high school will not be in the mood to investigate the shortage of Jinzhou's arsenal. Of course, Modolou Jingxian still hopes that the former situation will come true. Although he did not go to Heluo to participate in the war in person, he and
Now that the other side's general Hu Luguang has a deep friendship, it will only be a matter of words to borrow a batch of trophies to settle the account.
By the time he finished accounting these things, it was already morning. Moduo Lou Jingxian always felt that something seemed to have been overlooked, but he couldn't remember it when he thought about it. When the governor of the prefecture came into the hall, he stood up to say goodbye and returned to the county government.
Handle affairs. He holds two positions in the state and county. Since Wei Can, the governor, is not happy to handle official affairs, he can only work in two places, which is quite hard.
While riding his horse in the city, Moduo Lou Jingxian heard soldiers on the street complaining that the water level in the wells at home was rising, and that the water from the wells in some low-lying homes was overflowing into the courtyards. Baima City was built near Fen, and the well water in the city was also the same as outside the city.
The river water is connected and the well water rises, that is, the river water also...
When his thoughts turned to this point, Mo Duolou Jingxian's eyes suddenly condensed, and he finally remembered what he had overlooked. He turned his horse's head in a hurry and galloped straight towards the state capital. When he got to the house, he turned over and dismounted and asked.
: "Have the soldiers sent to Xiangling to investigate last night returned?"
After receiving a negative answer from the government officials, Mo Duolou Jingxian's heart suddenly sank, and he immediately strode out of the main hall of the state government and shouted loudly: "Speak to the king quickly, tell the king quickly, something bad is going to happen, there are thieves coming from the south.
Invading, Xiangling may have been lost among the thieves! If the thieves really come, there will definitely be a lot of them, because they have the power to block the river and set up dikes..."
"A thief is attacking? Who said that? Where is the thief now?"
When Wei Can heard the report from the officials in the back hall of his inner palace, he was a little panicked for a moment, and hurriedly came to the front of the hall, shouting and asking.
Naturally, Mo Duolou Jingxian could not provide any conclusive evidence, but there has been no report from Xiangling, and the soldiers sent to investigate have never returned. It is obvious that an astonishing change has occurred in the south!
But after hearing Mo Duolou Jingxian's inference, Yu Can suddenly frowned. No matter mentally or emotionally, he couldn't accept this situation, so he frowned and reprimanded: "Don't be alarmist, Qiang thieves."
How could the army..."
Before he had finished speaking, a series of noisy drums, horns, whistles and other warning sounds suddenly came from outside the city, and these warning sounds were soon drowned out by the majestic sound of horse hooves.
"The Qiang thieves are really treacherous and cunning. They actually came to attack Jinzhou... What should I do? What should I do now?"
After Wei Can heard these movements, his face turned pale and his voice became trembling. He stepped forward and grabbed Mo Duolou Jingxian's arm and shouted loudly: "The thief is here, what should I do?"
"Your Majesty, please be patient. The situation of the thieves is not clear at the moment. Quickly recruit troops from all over the city to guard the city together. We will wait and see how the thieves are doing before we make plans!"
Moduo Lou Jingxian saw that Wei Can was in a state of panic, so he repeatedly spoke to comfort him.
At this moment, Zhencheng Xianyu Shirong also rushed in from outside, and said with a serious expression: "Thousands of thieves are riding in, and they are sweeping in from the south. They are already ten miles away from the city. We must deploy the city defense as soon as possible!"
Although Wei Can was a bit unbearable, the other state officials and generals were still somewhat calm and calm. They were not frightened by the sudden appearance of the enemy and began to methodically summon the soldiers and people in the city to set up defense.
Everyone else was busy in their own way, but Wei Can was still panicked and murmured to himself: "Why did the bandit army appear here? It must have been a scam before, but now they are attacking me, and there are definitely more than a few of them."
Qian, they are going to attack Jinyang! We can't fight here. No, I have to leave the city quickly and go north to report to the Supreme Being, otherwise Jinyang will be in danger! Hurry, prepare your horses, hurry!"
As he spoke, he waved and shouted to his followers to prepare their mounts and prepare to flee north of the city. Modo Lou Jingxian was already quite dissatisfied with him, but when he saw him in such a miserable state, he immediately frowned and said: "The thief actually quietly
The city of Jinzhou is being deceived silently, and it is not known how much penetration has penetrated into other parts of the territory. The king hastily left the city, isn't he afraid of being ambushed by thieves?"
"This this……"
Wei Can was originally running towards the inner palace. After hearing these words, his feet suddenly froze in place as if they were welded together.