Chapter 924 The Heart of the Grass
Feng Yi County has nine counties, and governs Linjin County. The name of the country was changed to Dali, and the Xiongnu changed its name back to Linjin.
This city is adjacent to Luoshui in the south, and not far from the northeast of the county is the ancient royal city of Dali Kingdom, which has been an important transportation thoroughfare since ancient times.
Feng Yi and Di Qiang rose up and mobilized 30,000 people. With lightning speed and a coordinated response from inside and outside, they occupied the city and seized all the grain, grass and ordnance that the Huns had hoarded here.
If you ask why the Di Qiang have such great power in Feng Yi? Then we have to blame the Later Han Dynasty. Cao Wei and Guo Chao could also share the blame, but the Later Han Dynasty is the main responsibility.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Guo Dynasty, household registration statistics were conducted. There were a total of 7,700 households in the eight counties of Fengyi County (Liu Han had nine counties), which was more than 30,000 people. This household registration still did not distinguish between Hu and Han, as long as the household registration It doesn’t matter.
Of course, the data must be false. A large number of people have not been counted and cannot be counted. The court does not have this ability.
But even if it doubles, it will only be 70,000 or 80,000 people. However, Feng Yi has more than 100,000 Di and Qiang people. The population structure is evident - in this place of Guanzhong and Sanfu, the Jin people may have already Is a "minority".
After the Di Qiang captured Linjin, Liu Can, who was based in Huayin, moved to Zheng County and sent troops to cross the Weishui River to the north in an attempt to capture Linjin. Unexpectedly, the Di Qiang were quite capable of fighting. They camped on the north bank of Luoshui River and continuously sent their rangers south to fight the Xiongnu.
Liu Can is also having a hard time now.
The more than 17,000 forbidden troops brought over that year, after years of expansion, are only more than 20,000. Together with the 6,000 personal troops from Chang'an, the total is only 26,000 to 7,000 who are relatively capable of fighting.
There are nearly 10,000 cavalry among them, who have been sent north to intercept the Xianbei cavalry going south and prevent them from rushing down from Shangjun.
The remaining 10,000 or 20,000 people were divided between left and right, which was not enough. It was hard to say whether they could defeat the Di Qiang who were defending across the river.
Fortunately, Di Qiang was not in a hurry to go south.
They only continued to incite rebellion in Feng Yi County and brought in more young people, including powerful Jin people who were closely related to them or married to each other. The number of rebel troops continued to increase, and Feng Yi's counties fell one after another. .
This was the severe situation Liu Can faced on the sixth day of July.
On this day, more and more Jin troops crossed the river and marched westward. Hou Feihu even led the Heijin Zuoying and set his flag on the ground of Hexi County - Pujin Guanxi City The location is located in Linjin County, Liu Han analyzed.
The guard was quite tough and did not escape.
Not only did he not run away, he also suppressed a mutiny at night and killed more than a thousand people. There are still four to five thousand guards in the city. Although morale is low, they are panicked, and they only have enough food and grass for a month, but It is still held together and has not collapsed.
Hou Feihu's men captured several defeated soldiers outside the city. After figuring out the situation inside the city, they decided to focus on persuading them to surrender.
"The King of Liang has three ambitions, one of which is to 'bear with each other for the sake of the country', the second is to 'have peace in both Yi and Xia', and the third is to 'advance with the times'." The selected sergeants with loud voices shouted in unison outside the city. : "Today Puban has been lost, and the army is advancing westward. There is nothing left to do." Stop. You all have parents, wives and children. How can you resist the world's affairs with one corner? It's time to descend quickly. I'm afraid that my life will be ruined and I will regret it."
After shouting three times in unison, he said again. I sent several surrender letters in succession.
No one stopped the whole process, no one harmed these people, but no one surrendered in Kaicheng.
Obviously, the defenders were still hesitating and waiting to see if the emperor could clean up the situation and eliminate or drive back the Jin army that had crossed the river.
If you can do it, then continue to serve Dahan.
If this is not possible, then you should consider changing the door.
Hou Feihu knew their thoughts very well and was not in a hurry to attack the city. Instead, he did two things.
The first thing is to find someone to contact the Diqiang chiefs and take unified action.
The second thing is to send people north to the hilly area of the eastern section of Hengshan Mountain at the junction of Feng Yi and Shangjun to meet our own troops crossing the river from the north of Shangjun and going south, and then contact the Xianbei cavalry to try to eliminate the troops sent by Liu Can. Wanqi.
To put it bluntly, we must eliminate the enemy's effective strength.
No matter how broken the ship is, it still has three thousand nails.
The Forbidden Army of the Sixteenth Guards and the Four Guards of the East Palace, which were formed during the Liu Cong era, were relatively elite troops of the Xiongnu. In the end, only half of the 30,000 to 40,000 people retreated to Guanzhong, and most of them were lost on the battlefields of Hanoi and Hedong. superior.
It would be better to let the last remnants of Liu Han die in Shangjun and Feng Yi than to run back to Chang'an.
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On the day of Qixi Festival, a large number of cavalry arrived outside Fu's Manor in the north of Niyang County, Beidi County.
Fu Zuan had just returned to Niyang from Chang'an with his mother when he encountered bandit soldiers on the way.
Seeing that they were only a few miles away from home, they were targeted by a group of cavalry, and the attendants were all panicked.
Fu Zuan took a deep breath, asked someone to fetch the horse, got on the horse's back, and stretched it across the front of the car.
More than a hundred servants also drew their bow tips and quickly strung them, staring at the thieves with malicious intentions.
Fu Zuan could see clearly that the ones coming were rope heads, which could be seen from the braids on the back of their heads.
They came around from the northeast, so if nothing else happened, they should have come out of the mountains in the northwest of Feng Yi County. The best road over there leads directly to Sheyanshui. Many merchants traveling between Chang'an and Sheyan must pass through Niyang.
Thinking of this, Fu Zuan took a deep breath. It turned out that the Xianbei thieves had also gone south. He just didn’t know whether these people came to take advantage of the situation or to lure the Huns?
The latter is unlikely.
This time he accompanied his mother back to Chang'an to visit her relatives, and he found out a lot of news, including the news about Tuoba Xianbei suddenly turning against him and marching southward to invade Shangjun.
This news is very true, because thousands of defeated cavalry have fled back.
But another piece of news is half true, because some people say that Shaoxun, the king of Liang in the Jin Dynasty, drove Xianbei southward and invaded Guanzhong.
For a while, Fu Zuan didn't know whether he should believe it or not.
But for now, it has become a fact that Xianbei went south. He does not need to think so much. He should save Fu's family business in the north first and then talk about other things.
While thinking, Fu Zuan looked forward and looked at the Xianbei people who were gradually approaching, without panic at all.
More than a hundred boy servants are also standing on horseback, with bows and knives ready, and their fighting spirit is high.
The Xianbei cavalry that surrounded them only numbered a hundred and fifty, which was much more limited than them.
They looked left and right and found that there were only two or three cars in the convoy, two of which were occupied by people, and the other car carried some pots and jars, which did not look like valuable things.
Looking up again at the servants of the Fu family, they were holding bows and knives tightly in their hands, as if they would fight for their lives if they disagreed.
After carefully weighing the pros and cons, the leader whistled and led the crowd away.
It’s not that it can’t be beaten, but it’s not cost-effective.
If you fight with people, a lot of people will die. If you get a lot of money, it is acceptable, but you will obviously not get anything, so it is not worth it.
Fu Zhun breathed a sigh of relief.
Mother Webster also opened the car curtain and looked at her son with some worry. "Don't worry, grandma, the thieves have retreated," Fu Zhuan said.
Webster wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "It was my mother who caused you trouble. If I had listened to your advice and gone to Bianliang or Jianye, I would have been less worried."
Fu Zuan sighed: "Why did my mother say this? If we leave, the family business will be lost."
Fu Xian, Fu Zuan's father, was once the censor Zhongcheng. After his death, he was awarded Sili Xiaowei posthumously.
Fu Xian had three sons. The eldest son Fu and the second son Xi all moved south with their families to build Ye.
Fu Fu once served as an official in the Sima Yue shogunate, and later transferred to the Sima Rui shogunate as a minister. After going to the south of the Yangtze River, he died within a few months. Apparently he could not adapt to the local environment - Northerners crossing to the south , the biggest enemy of the Northern Army in its southern expedition is the environment.
Fu Xi is still alive and serves as Yu's order.
Fu Zuan was originally going to Hebei, because when his father proposed to be the governor of Jizhou, he sent Fu Zuan there to buy property. As a result, his grandmother Du was unwilling to accompany him to Jizhou, so he decided not to go to Jizhou.
Of course, how could such a wealthy family have no official position? But a month later, he was changed to another official: Situ (He Zeng) Zuo Changshi.
After the chaos broke out in Yongjia, there was no peace in Guanzhong. Hu people from all walks of life poured in, and the situation was very bad.
The two elder brothers crossed south one after another, and Fu Zuan planned to go to Hebei. However, he sent someone to take a look and found that Hebei was also in a mess. In addition, his mother Wei Shi did not want to leave her hometown, so she did not leave.
After Liu Han entered Guanzhong, he lived a few years of peace.
At that time, there were heavy floods in Guandong, but the weather in Guanzhong was smooth and the grain was plentiful.
Even in the Shangjun area, with too much rain, the pastures grew like crazy, and even the six livestocks thrived.
At that time, everyone said that they were lucky not to leave. Liu Han really had some destiny, and Guo Zuo seemed to be able to last longer.
But who could have imagined that only a few years later, armies from all walks of life came in...
Fu Zuan was confused and took his mother back to his manor.
Almost immediately before and after him, another group of Xianbei cavalry emerged from the wilderness to the north, numbering no less than five hundred and menacing.
A warning bell rang in the manor.
Bubu had already withdrawn from the garden, and the dealers had solemn expressions on their faces.
The door to the arsenal has been opened, and the players will be called one by one to receive equipment.
Those who had already received them were arrayed in the open space in the courtyard, and several murderous military commanders were lecturing them.
Fu Zuan suddenly felt a little pity.
Four hundred members of the family went to Tongguan and were drafted by the Huns to guard the city. But now we don’t know how many of them are left and where they are.
Just then, a gong sounded from the courtyard wall.
Hundreds of people resting under the wall jumped up and lined up to climb the courtyard wall.
Dozens of people were assigned to various corner towers, holding walking bows, commanding the audience.
"What's going on?" As soon as Fu Zuan settled his mother, he immediately turned around and ran over, asking.
"Your Majesty, there are Xianbei cavalry shouting outside, but you can't hear them clearly from a distance." someone answered.
Fu Zuan went directly to the top of the city. When he looked carefully, he saw more and more Xianbei cavalry gathered outside the manor. It seemed that there were more than 1,500, and there was smoke and dust in the distance. More people are still rushing here.
The other side shouted again.
Fu Zuan listened carefully. The wind was too strong and he could only vaguely hear the words "Shao Wang", "Dai Gong", "Feng Ming", "Chang'an" and other words. His accent was very strange. He listened to it three times. Just figured it out.
Fu Zuan looked at the generals and colonels, and those people were also looking at him.
“What do you think?” Fu Zuan asked.
After hesitating for a moment, one person said: "These rope heads should be soldiers of the Tuoba Dai Kingdom. Judging from their tone, it seems that they were ordered by Liang Wang Shao Xun to go south to attack the Xiongnu, but they did not know that they were shouting loudly outside the village. "What else? Just ask for food and grass." Fu Zuan quickly figured it out.
Will we provide food and grass? Of course I have to give it.
If you are in a hurry, all the grain that will be harvested in January in the farmland outside the village will be harvested for you - you can even harvest it now to feed the horses.
But Fu Zuan’s thoughts are no longer about food.
Someone in their family served as an official for King Liang, and they helped King Liang recruit a group of miscellaneous cavalry. After the Xiongnu captured Guanzhong, the contact became less and less.
It shouldn’t be a problem if we contact brothers Fu Chang and Fu Xuan again and talk about their family friendship.
But in this case, you can’t expect to get too many benefits.
Is it like going to visit a friend and leaving empty-handed?
"Open the door!" Fu Zuan made a quick decision and said: "Go out of the city and form an array."
"My lord!"
"My lord!"
" Ming Gong! ”
The generals and commanders were shocked and tried to persuade him one after another.
“You don’t know what’s going on, so it’s normal for you to be worried like this.” Fu Zuan raised his hand to stop everyone’s next words and said, “I know what to do, so I won’t say anything more.”
What to do? Of course, Niyang and even Fuping were taken down as a gift.
Beidi is one of the thirty-six counties of Qin, but at this time there are only two counties, which is much worse than before.
Perhaps it is difficult to speak in other places, but in Niyang and Fuping, Mr. Fu still speaks the truth. Otherwise, they would not have survived safely under the Xiongnu rule and would have been slaughtered as fat pigs long ago.
Beidi County, he made up his mind.
(End of this chapter)