Chapter 501 Small Town
Linwu is just a small county town, subordinate to Hanzhong County.
Due to the terrain, there is only one single street in Linwu. The single street is about several miles long and can barely pass by a carriage. Hundreds of families live on both sides of the street.
The house on the outside of Dujie Street is half in the air, with a thick piece of wood as the foundation below. Standing inside the house, it seems to be above the ground, but when you walk to the window and look down, you see that it is standing in the air. , below is the Han River. Now is the flood season. The raging river roars all the way down. After looking at it for a long time, I just feel dizzy.
At the other end of the street, behind the houses, there are towering mountains. Looking up, you can see only clouds and mist, but no peak.
Linwu is the main road leading to Hanzhong County. Although it is not big, the commercial atmosphere is extremely strong. There are rivers, mountains, and a constant flow of people. The people living here are naturally more convenient than those outside. It is much richer, especially since last year, the income of people here has been growing exponentially.
Because a large number of people and materials poured into Hanzhong through here.
From Chang'an to Hanzhong, we have walked just two-thirds of the way here. After taking a rest here, recovering our strength, and replenishing some necessary supplies, we can reach Hanzhong in one go.
So this is also an important node from Chang'an to Hanzhong and Shu County.
Now, the Qin chief minister Wei Zhengdao and the young emperor Li Ping, who have evacuated Chang'an, are also staying here to rest and recuperate.
Although they were fleeing, after all, the emperor and the chief minister were passing by, and they had some plans in advance, so Linwu also made some preparations in advance. At the end of Du Street, there was a row of rammed earth houses that were originally used as material storage warehouses. After everything was vacated, the road was paved with yellow sand, and then a red carpet was laid out, and it looked decent.
It’s just that God seems to be unfavorable. It has been rainy since they arrived. Originally, the streets were paved with bluestones. However, there were too many people outside, and countless mud was brought to the streets. So the good stone road also looked muddy.
Under normal circumstances, Linwu County, which can accommodate up to three to five thousand people, suddenly had an influx of nearly 20,000 people. You can imagine the crowding and chaos here.
Order and discipline are basically gone.
At this time, even the generals who paid great attention to military discipline put more energy on appeasing the soldiers and maintaining the most basic organizational stability, turning a blind eye to those who harassed the local area.
After all, he was on the run at this time.
Behind them, Linghu Ye’s nephew Linghu Shili was leading thousands of elites in pursuit!
Everyone's mood is not stable.
The Forbidden Army all come from Chang'an and the counties surrounding Chang'an. For more than a year, although the families of the Forbidden Army have been mobilizing to immigrate to Zhizhong and Shu counties, the most difficult thing to leave is their homeland, even if they are given Although the conditions are very favorable, most people are still unwilling to leave their hometowns.
Everything is fine at home, but everything is difficult when going out!
This cast a pall over the withdrawal of troops.
Up to now, deserters have only been an isolated phenomenon, and it is already an extremely rare situation. This is also the reward for the Wei family's efforts to feed them with money in the past few years.
Although Chang'an was lost, everyone still held on to the hope of being able to fight back one day.
Because they are not fighting alone. Behind them, there are Hanzhong, Shu County, and more importantly, the Guanwai Beiting Protectorate.
Especially after the Beiting Protectorate's Palace outside the Pass completely destroyed Beiyuan not long ago, the morale of this forbidden army was greatly boosted.
Linghuye and Beiyuan have been in confrontation for decades, but they have not done anything to the Yuan Kingdom. However, the current Beiting Protectorate, led by Li Dachui and Xiao Changche, has defeated the powerful Yuan Dynasty in just a few years. The country was reduced to rubbish.
The imperial court vigorously publicized this news and claimed that hundreds of thousands of troops from the Beiting Protectorate were about to enter Guan Qinwang, so the evacuation of Chang'an this time was just a strategic move to preserve effective forces. The preparations made for the next counterattack were also the court's sympathy for the Forbidden Army and unwilling to let the Forbidden Army's sacrifice be in vain. Under such propaganda, even though the Forbidden Army still had doubts, they still chose to obey.
In their opinion, if Li Dachui and Xiao Changche could destroy the Yuan Kingdom, what does Ling Huye mean to him? When they march into the pass, they will surely be unstoppable. By then, they will also be able to gain the reputation of a diligent king, and then glory and wealth will naturally be at their fingertips.
The expectation for the future has become the only cohesion of this army now.
Wei Zhengdao sat on the small horse, holding a bowl of ginger soup and sipping it in small sips.
This kind of drizzle is the most annoying. It wets the clothes but no one notices it. By the time you feel the cold, the chill has already penetrated deep into the bone marrow. If you are not careful, typhoid fever will come to your door.
If you fall ill during the march, you are really asking for death.
In three days at most, we will arrive in Hanzhong, where there will be a new beginning.
Li Dachui and Xiao Changche perished in the Northern Yuan Dynasty so quickly. For Wei Zhengdao, it was both joy and worry.
Fortunately, without the involvement of the Yuan Kingdom, the Beiting Protectorate sent its troops south and King Qin no longer had to worry about a fire in the backyard, and could go south in a big way. However, he was worried that such a great victory for the Beiting Protectorate would also cost him gain more bargaining capital.
The other party will inevitably become stronger.
But I only have one Hanzhong.
There was a commotion behind him. Wei Zhengdao looked back and saw the little emperor's little face wrinkled like a bitter melon. He kept yelling at the eunuch to add a little more frosting sugar to the ginger soup.
I still have an emperor!
This is probably the most valuable card in my hand.
Wei Zhengdao was in a much better mood. He stood up and said to the eunuch who was feeding the little emperor Li Ping: "Your Majesty wants to add frosting sugar, then add more!"
As long as the emperor is still in his hands, the righteousness is in his hands, and it is not impossible to use the emperor to command the princes.
"Hong Gong, let's go for a walk!" Wei Zhengdao greeted Hong Zhan, who was sitting next to the little emperor. "The Han River is surging, and it's quite unique to watch it in the rain!"
The two of them had just stepped out of the earthen house, but they heard the rumble of horse hooves. When they turned around, they saw a row of dozens of people. The cavalry, riding their horses and whipping their whips, rushed from the lonely street.
The streets were narrow, people were swarming, and war horses were running wildly. Even if everyone hurriedly avoided, some people were still knocked to the ground.
Wei Zhengdao looked at the dozen knights running towards him with a look of shock on his face.
Because the one at the head is his son Wei Yi.
Something big must have happened to make Wei Yi so confused. Wei Zhengdao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
(End of this chapter)