Chapter 1001: Strategies for War and Peace
On April 12, the first year of Taixing in the Jin Dynasty (328), the second year of Kaiping in Daliang, and the eighteenth year of Yuheng in Dacheng, the night was deep.
A camp is being built overnight outside Guzang City.
The messengers were running back and forth, panting.
Sometimes people come out of the city and rush to mobilize troops; sometimes people come from far away to report various situations.
There has never been a day when Guzangcheng seemed so nervous, not even when Zhang Gui suffered a stroke and was bedridden.
The name of a person and the shadow of a tree. Shao Thief is not a good man. When his army comes to kill, there will be blood, and it will definitely cause huge changes in the existing structure of Liangzhou.
In Guzang City, intense troop mobilization is also taking place.
Han Pu, the right Sima of the shogunate, was appointed at the critical moment and took on the important task of commanding the city defense.
He was also a veteran. After making a rough estimate of the strength of the troops, he immediately suggested abandoning the garrison outside the city, leaving only a small number of troops for surveillance, and withdrawing the main force to the Central City, North City, and South City.
This suggestion caused huge controversy, but Han Pu insisted because——
Guzang City is very big, very big. Even in the Central Plains, it can be called an important city.
The original Guzang City was built by the Xiongnu, with an area of three miles from east to west and seven miles from north to south.
Now known as "Midtown", the overall shape is rectangular, with wing-shaped ends at the north and south ends.
In the fourteenth year of Zhang Gui's reign, he expanded Guzang City and built "North City" to the north of Zhongcheng as his office and residence.
After Zhang Gui's death, Zhang Shi succeeded him and ruled for six years. During this period, they accumulated strength and developed production without carrying out any major construction projects.
After Zhang Shi, Zhang Mao succeeded to the throne. During the short four years of his reign, he did not want to waste people and money, so he only proposed to completely repair the city defenses and build Lingjun Tower, the commanding heights in the north city.
The former was agreed, and the latter was dissuaded by the group of officials. However, as the Xiongnu's intention to advance westward became more and more obvious, Lingjun Tower was finally built five years ago. The function was that "the prince set up danger and the warrior closed it again".
Obviously, this is an imitation of the Tongque Santai in Yecheng. Considering that Zhang Mao himself lives in Lingjun Terrace and his daily office is also here, it is even more obvious.
Zhang Jun succeeded to the throne four years ago. He is a man who likes to carry out large-scale construction projects.
It happened that Zhang Gui, Zhang Shi, and Zhang Mao had spent twenty-four years gathering refugees, appeasing tribes, and developing production to lay a considerable material foundation, so he began to build Nancheng.
Nancheng mainly existed as a palace city - although the country was not founded yet, Zhang Mao once accepted the title of "King of Liang" from the Huns. After the defeat of the Huns, Zhang Jun ignored the external world and called himself "King of Liang" internally.
At present, Nancheng has only built a city wall and laid the foundation of the palace.
In Zhang Jun's plan, Qianguang Hall (also called "Mingde Hall") is where he works and manages government affairs. It is located in the center, but he does not live here.
Qianguang Hall has Zhengxing White Hall in the west, Zhuyang Red Hall in the south, Yiyang Qing Hall in the east, and Xuanwu Black Hall in the north. It is the palace of the four seasons. Each palace is occupied for three months according to the seasons.
In addition to these five palaces, there are actually many more palaces. Zhang Jun personally planned and named them, but because he only took office for four years, there was no time to build them.
In addition to the three cities of South, North and Middle, a small city will be built on each side as a peripheral barrier for Guzang. This has been completed because it is very small, with each city only a thousand paces (less than 400 meters long on a side). .
Various gardens were planted in the city, which also served as military training grounds for small-scale military training.
Four small cities and three large cities formed the prototype of the Seven Cities of Liangzhou.
How to defend such a complex and large city? The troops required are massive.
Han Pu felt that he could either give up defending the city and directly fight the invading enemies on the periphery; or he could shrink across the board, withdraw every ounce of troops, abandon some less important urban areas, and use all his strength to defend the core areas, such as the central city. and Beicheng.
But whether his suggestion can be accepted depends on the outcome of discussions between Zhang Jun and his staff...
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Xianyu Hall in Zhongcheng is now Zhang Jun's main residence.
After Han Pu inspected the city defense, he was ordered to go to Xianyu Hall.
In front of the hall is the Xianyu Pool, in which there are five bronze dragons with majestic teeth and claws.
Han Pu sighed after looking at it.
If these five huge copper dragons were made into money, I don't know how much reward they would be given.
The Zhang family has some talent, but they like to enjoy it too much. They began to build palaces during the Zhang Gui era. To this day, three generations of their ancestors and grandchildren "have not changed their original aspirations."
After passing through the wooden corridor across the pool, Han Pu quickly arrived in front of the hall.
The sergeant searched him and let him in.
The meeting has begun, and the atmosphere is slightly solemn.
After seeing Han Pu, Zhang Jun, who was sitting at the top, nodded and motioned for him to take his seat quickly.
Han Pu bowed and sat opposite Chang Shi Fanyi.
The one who is speaking now is Liangzhou Biejia Yinjian: "My servant came from the west during the day and was chased by Jia's strong horse, but luckily escaped. My lord, Jia has a different intention, so we should get rid of him."
Han Pu felt a little disgusted after hearing this. Who wouldn't be dissatisfied now?
Wuwei Jia family is the descendant of Jia Xu.
In the past, Zhang Zhen, the prefect of Jiuquan, and others hooked up with Jia Gong, the governor of Qinzhou, and wanted to invade Liangzhou.
Later, Zhang Shi's brother-in-law, Jia Fang, conquered the West. I don't know which day, the nursery rhyme "Move your hands and head, picture Liangzhou" suddenly appeared in Liangzhou, so Zhang Mao deceived him and killed him.
After this incident, Zhang Mao was very proud and said, "A powerful man can spread his power throughout the Liang region." This was a very good saying. All the big families in Liangzhou immediately restrained themselves, so that Zhang Mao's majestic power spread throughout the country.
But you just killed one Jia Mo, and the Jia family's power is still there. How could you know that they are disappointed in you and ignore you?
He was very humble when he first came here, and used his in-law relationship to win over the Jia family. After he succeeded, he turned his back and refused to recognize anyone. That's not how it happened. At this moment, after the prisoner finished speaking, General Jia Qian trembled and immediately bowed: "Lord, this must be a misunderstanding."
Han Pu felt a little sorry for him. He was implicated by his family, so he had no choice but to do so.
Zhang Jun had a gloomy face and ignored Jia Qian. He only looked at the underworld prison and asked, "Is Jia trying to intercept the messenger?"
"I don't know, maybe there is some," the prisoner said.
Zhang Jun's face turned even darker.
Just now, someone from my subordinates came to report that he had joined the army to protect his family and had fled the building. Thinking of this, he looked at Jia Qian, do you want this too?
The Zhang family is too insecure...
"Send more messengers." Zhang Jun thought for a moment and said, "Gaochang and Xihai are too far away, so forget it. Soldiers from Dunhuang, Jinchang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, Wuxing, and Xi6 counties must be summoned as soon as possible."
Liangzhou has people and soldiers, but the problem is that they need to be summoned.
If they do not take the initiative to attack others, then these people are usually scattered in various counties to farm. After all, maintaining an army of tens of thousands for a long time is very expensive.
But once they are raided, they will be in big trouble. Considering the nightmare-like terrain of the Hexi Corridor, gathering manpower will take time.
Wuwei and Wuxing counties are close at hand and have the largest population. They can gather about 20,000 troops. If another 20,000 people are gathered, the certainty will be greater.
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"Lord." Someone stood up beside Han Pu, but it was Zuo Sima Yin Yuan. He only heard him say: "I heard that General Dong is still in Hongchi. Ten thousand people in his army are all capable men. It is appropriate to recall him now. The ancients said "The city is so big that it is difficult to defend." The seven cities of Guzang now have only ten thousand soldiers, so it is really difficult to defend them. I hope your lord will learn from this."
"I have ordered the recruitment of young men. As for Dong Guang -" Zhang Jun said: "Before dark, he sent people to attack Xinxuan, defeated it, beheaded hundreds of people, and captured Qingsi City. I thought about it, maybe Look at the results of this journey.”
When Han Pu heard this, he was disappointed.
His opinion was the same as that of Yin Yuan. At this time, it was time to concentrate his forces and wait for the opportunity.
Just now Zhang Jun said that the West Sea is too far, but he disagrees.
Zhang Su, the governor of Xihai and general of Jianwei, is the younger brother of Zhang Gui. He has many Xianbei and Xiongnu under his control. Due to long-term campaigns, he is a powerful force. At this time, it is time to stick to Wuwei and wait for Zhang Su to gather reinforcements from Xihai, Dunhuang, Jiuquan and other counties. .
Yin Yuan feels the same way.
Seeing that Zhang Jun didn't listen, he had nothing to say. This is the foundation of your Zhang family. You make the decision, I don't care.
"Why didn't Chang Shi say a word?" Zhang Jun looked at Fan Hao again and asked curiously.
Fan Hao had no choice but to say: "After the Xin family's rebellion, Lingnan fell. Jin Zhun crossed the river from Quaiyin again, and Lu Shuihu and other tribes surrendered. It is hard to say what happened to the counties west of Wuwei. I thought I should send an envoy to pay homage. Chang'an, making peace with Emperor Liang."
When the governor Li Liang (Li Dan) heard this, he immediately scolded: "Pan Gong is an elder in the state, why do you say such depressing words?"
After saying that, he looked at Zhang Jun and said sincerely: "My lord, I am a servant of incompetence. I am willing to lead the army eastward to defeat the Xiongnu and relieve the dangers along the way."
"Ji Zi has such a spirit, how magnificent!" Zhang Jun praised.
However, he did not respond to Li Liang's request to lead his army into battle.
The man who was engaged in the investigation, Lang Yin, observed Zhang Jun's emotions and understood Zhang Jun's tangled heart, so he reported: "My lord, negotiating for peace may not be a true peace. If you don't want peace, but just send envoys to make false promises, you can also delay the time until the soldiers and horses from all the counties gather. .”
The forward guard Yin Yu also reported: "My lord, I heard that Emperor Liang Shao Xun was very beautiful. There are beauties from the Western Regions in the guest palace today. I can offer you one or two. I am so pleased with Xun that I can take it a little longer."< br>
"Absurd!" General Yang Lie Song Ji said angrily: "It is shameful to rely on women to handle important national affairs? I would rather die on the battlefield than grovel like this."
After receiving such a rebuke, Yin Yu couldn't help but open her mouth, but she had no words to reply.
Zhang Jun was silent for a long time.
Not long ago, due to the establishment of Gaochang County and the vigorous management of Li Bai, the chief official of the Western Regions, Wang Yuanli of Shanshan was a little afraid, so he chose to give away the beauty of the clan.
When King Yanqi heard about it, he also sent the beauty as a gift.
Zhang Jun had seen them and found that they were all carefully selected beautiful women.
He thought for a while, he couldn't give used gifts as gifts, so he could only choose the daughter of Yuan Li, who had not been used yet.
But this matter is really embarrassing. We can't do it openly. We have to deal with it privately after the meeting.
At this point, his idea is actually very clear: wait for changes and wait for reinforcements.
What Yin said was right, it was just a peace negotiation, but it was not really necessary to make peace, it was just a tactic to delay the war.
Liang Bing arrived too quickly. He was obviously still sending envoys to each other and negotiating with him in the second half of last year. Why did he suddenly fall out? In addition, the cancer of Xin Yan was about to be eliminated during the era of his uncle Zhang Mao, but in the end he did not dare. After he used it, he also wanted to conquer it, but he failed in the end.
Today, Xin Yan gave him a hard blow that made him dizzy, and he was at the gate of Wuwei in an instant.
"Everyone." Seeing the crowd's discussion gradually subsided, Zhang Jun stood up and said: "As of now, there are only two ways to go: war and peace. I have made up my mind, and we will pursue both strategies in parallel."
"The strategy for negotiating peace is to go to Chang'an to see what Emperor Liang wants."
"The strategy of war and defense is to take Yang Lie General Song Ji as the general and march eastward with three thousand horses, recruiting Xianbei and Xiongnu people along the way to ward off Jin Zhun."
"Take Weiyuan General Song Yi and lead 2,000 infantry and cavalry to go south, reinforce Hongchi, and defeat Xin Yan as soon as possible."
"Let Sima Han Pu, the right Sima, lead 6,000 infantry and cavalry to stay in Guzang, and recruit the powerful tribes and men as soon as possible. Within ten days, I will see an army of 20,000."
"I have sent envoys back to the Lingnan counties. I don't believe there are no loyal and brave people there. If you are interested in serving the shogunate, you can urgently give them official positions and ask them to raise troops to conquer the rebels."
"These articles must be implemented as soon as possible without any mistakes."
(End of chapter)