Chapter 119 Sikong comes out
“On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Cao Junsi’s mansion had a gathering and invited me to leave. I refused and was about to leave. But I heard that Cao Junsi’s dancers and concubines would come out to accompany the guests, so I hesitated. , but still left."
"On the tenth day of May, Mangshan practiced and personally beheaded a team leader and seven or eight captains who did not obey orders.
"Hua Tan went to Hanoi, Jijun, Xingyang, and Hedong to recruit troops and returned. The left and right guards of the Forbidden Army have each expanded to more than 16,000 people. The new soldiers are crowded among them, and the possibility of fleeing is becoming more and more likely."
“The Heroic Cavalry Army began to rebuild, but there are only more than a thousand people, and they are not of great use.”
“He Lun became the general of the left guard, but Wang Bing missed the opportunity to become the general of the right guard. Zuo Wei. Among the guards, Miao Yuan actually joined the general in the palace and was on the same rank as me, but I don’t know who he came from.”
“I never thought that so many people would come as soon as the Forbidden Army was reestablished. Aren't you afraid of death when competing for official positions? "
"On the first day of June, Miao Yuan will lead his troops to withdraw from the palace, and our troops will take over the defense."
"Yang Xianrong wants to send me Nv Le. , refused, fearing that he was not a spy? She also suggested that the King of Chengdu should be executed on the grounds that there were many rebellions in Hebei, and the children of the King of Chengdu should be packaged and given to me. I was moved, but I refused righteously. "
“I practiced once in June in front of the Tai Chi Hall. The emperor and his ministers all lost their countenance and thought there were rebels.”
"On the first day of July, Lieutenant General Chen Jin of the Youwei Palace led his troops to take turns in the palace. Yang Bao, the owner of the building, came secretly to report that Queen Yang Xianrong had many attempts to win over her."
"Yang Xianrong is in danger this time! He It doesn’t matter if you win over me, I won’t talk nonsense, but Chen Jin is not sure.”
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Who the hell keeps a diary! Shao Xun balled up the paper and threw it away. Not worried, he simply lit a candle, burned it to ashes, and then scattered it into the clear spring water outside the window.
I will never write a diary again, it’s boring, you idiot!
At this time, he was living in Jingu Garden. The huge manor was empty with few people.
Except for the fifty or so newly recruited servants, there are only about forty former first-term student soldiers from Donghai, all of whom are under the age of fifteen, with the youngest only ten years old.
The bed is also empty.
There is no dancing girl, and there is no female singer, because there is no money to buy them.
As for his wife, who told Shao Xun to wait until his "market value" is at its highest before cashing it out? Now his market is very good, climbing from the bottom and rising continuously, far from forming a top.
As a person from a lower-class background, getting married is a major event and must be sold at a good price.
Of course, if you really can’t sell it for a good price, or the value has depreciated, then choose a woman who suits your heart and get married - there should be a bottom line here.
I couldn't sleep anyway, so Shao Xun didn't want to sleep anymore. He picked up a piece of silk, lit a candle, and read the words on it carefully.
The third phase of student soldiers has been recruited in March and April, with a total of 127 people, aged ten to fifteen, basically from Taiyuan and its surrounding areas.
The students of the third phase of Taiyuan are currently arranged to study, train and work in Panyuan.
Shao Xun often visits them.
His schedule is really tight.
If it is not your turn to guard the palace this month, you will basically train soldiers on the first day; rush to Yiyang on the second day to inspect the fort and train private soldiers.
Return overnight on the evening of the third day, stay in Shaoyuan or Panyuan, and inquire about the affairs of the manor. If there are any unresolved matters, they will be dealt with on the spot.
Return to Jinyong City early in the morning on the fourth day and continue practicing for another day.
On the fifth day, I went to Shaoyuan to teach the second-term students of Luoyang to check their learning progress.
On the sixth day, I went to Panyuan to teach Taiyuan third-term students.
On the seventh day, soldiers are trained.
On the eighth day, I taught the remaining students of the first phase of Donghai in Jinguyuan, teaching martial arts and military strategy. At this time, I could take a short rest.
On the ninth day, we went to Yushanwu to inspect and train private soldiers.
On the tenth day, the 5,000-odd soldiers from the headquarters were taken out of the city to practice military formations.
As for socializing, I am only free at night.
He was so busy that Concubine Pei was surprised.
After reading the list of student soldiers in Taiyuan, Shao Xun took the wooden slip and wrote some simple comments based on his impressions for future comparison.
This writing lasted until midnight. He picked up the letter Mi Huang wrote to him and read it carefully.
The Mi family is an indigenous noble family in the East China Sea, so the information is naturally not very well-informed.
He mentioned in the letter that Sikong sent envoys to Youzhou, Yuzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou and other places, calling on all the officials and princes to join forces to attack Wang Yong of Hejian, and announced his major crimes.
There were very few Fang Bos who responded and were not very interested. Only Wang Jun, Sima Teng, Sima Mo, and Sima Hui responded and actively organized their troops and horses to gather in the direction of Luoyang.
Sima Mao, King of Dongping, was panicked after hearing the news. With the persuasion of his staff, he sent an envoy to Donghai to meet Sima Yue and expressed his willingness to give up Xuzhou and become the governor of Yanzhou.
Sima Yueyue was so happy that he proclaimed himself the governor and governor of Xuzhou on the spot - the original governor of Xuzhou, Zhou Fu, was promoted to Tingwei last year and later transferred to Henan Yin.
At this point, Sima Yue captured Xuzhou without a single blow, which was a great victory.
The letter ends abruptly here, leaving plenty of room for imagination.
Shao Xun deduced himself and felt that after Sima Yue settled Xuzhou, he would lead thousands of newly recruited royal troops and Xuzhou soldiers to the west and return to Luoyang.
Is this the "Return of the King"?
Aren’t others afraid of tens of thousands of troops crossing the state? Could he also be coveting other big states along the way? For example, Yuzhou?
The governor of Xuchang was Sima Hui, but the governor of Yuzhou was not him, but Weiyuan general Liu Qiao.
Is there any good guy who can stop him?
After writing his reply to Mi Huang, Shao Xun stood up and poured himself a bowl of water.
At this time, he regretted confiscating the kindness of offering the sheep. There was not even anyone around to serve him, which was an insult to his identity.
After drinking the water, he picked up the letter from Jijun. Yu Chen took office in Jixian County in early April, and brought with him a thousand soldiers, which were divided between Yao Yuan and Zheng Gou'er, the leaders of the building, with 500 soldiers each.
Yu Chen expressed his gratitude in the letter, because the counties in the world did not have the ability to control troops, and these thousand people were of great use.
At the same time, he bluntly stated that the situation in Hebei was chaotic, with thieves and soldiers everywhere, and wars continued. He planned to use this thousand soldiers as the backbone, recruit strong men, defend the city, and vow to fight the traitors to the end.
In addition, he also ordered the gentry in each county to deploy troops to block various intersections to contain the bandit army.
Obviously, Yu Chen was more experienced and did not rashly ask various aristocratic families to send troops to the county to help defend the city, because he had no idea who was the enemy and who was an ally, and was generally very cautious.
Shao Xun learned from his letter that there were currently many groups of people making trouble in Hebei, and the most powerful one was from Gongshi Fan.
This man is an old general of Sima Ying, who participated in the siege of Luoyang. At this moment, he led a group of defeated soldiers from Yecheng to join the army in large numbers. It was rumored that the number of soldiers was tens of thousands.
Shao Xun thought for a while and keenly realized that the powerful families in Hebei were probably involved in this rebellion. Otherwise, how could Gongshi Fan easily cause trouble?
It’s interesting to think about these aristocratic families.
When Sima Ying was violent and extravagant, they collectively abandoned him. When Sima Ying was deposed, he regretted it again. He felt that the people of Hebei had missed a golden opportunity, so he supported the rebellion of Sima Ying's old troops.
These rebels are more rebellious than me.
The old rebel was still a traitor until the Tang Dynasty.
After writing his reply to Yu Chen, Shao Xun went to bed with his clothes on. Early the next morning, I temporarily changed my itinerary to Yushanwu and went straight to Cao Fu's mansion.
"Military Secretary." Looking at Cao Fu who was yawning continuously, Shao Xun bowed and saluted.
Cao Fu rubbed his eyes and sighed: "Last time I asked you to stay, you pretended to be noble, and now you are coming again. Go ahead, Xiaohong is on the couch, helping me with my treatment. She.”
"Military Secretary!" Shao Xun had no choice but to increase his tone.
Cao Fu chuckled and said, "Young man just can't keep his temper. What's the matter? You're not used to the pure life and you want to fight?"
Calculating carefully, after Zhang Fang retreated, , Luoyang has indeed lived a peaceful life for more than half a year, and it feels much more comfortable.
"Is Sikong going back to Luoyang?" Shao Xun asked straight to the point.
Cao Fu pondered for a moment after hearing this, and asked: "What do you think?"
"Sikong has taken charge of the governor and governor. I think it will take a year and a half to settle down." Shao Xun carefully analyzed: "But can Sikong wait?"
"Sikong really can't wait." Cao Fu glanced at Shao Xun approvingly and said: "Since the Northern Expedition to Yecheng, Sikong has left One year in Luoyang. Many events during this period have nothing to do with Sikong. If this continues, will Luoyang still be Sikong's Luoyang?
Dangyin was defeated miserably, and Luoyang was sacked. Sikong was absent.
Zhang Fang went south and tried to capture Luoyang, but Sikong was absent.
The defenders went north to meet the emperor and returned to Luan capital, but Sikong was not there.
A hundred officials went up to the court to discuss the world's major affairs, but Sikong was not around.
The people of Luoyang spent the first month of the year peacefully and peacefully, and then sowed spring seeds in preparation for the harvest in August, but Sikong was not here yet.
It seems that it is the same whether there is Sikong or not.
Would it seem better if the Jin Dynasty did not have these sect kings fighting back and forth?
If Sima Yueruo still fails to realize the problem, the staff around him are not qualified!
"Sikong is coming back to personally preside over the chaos." Cao Fu said.
"Where is the chaos to be quelled?" Shao Xun asked.
"Chaos in all directions." Cao Fu glanced at him and said.
“A full-scale attack?” Shao Xun was shocked.
Cao Fu also sighed and said: "I don't know what kind of people are around Sikong. They are arrogant and come up with bad ideas. They are indeed attacking on all fronts. Wang Hui of Fan Yang has led his army northward, traveling under starry night to aid Hebei. General Sikong will lead his troops back to Luoyang , presided over the Western Expedition."
"Is this true?" Shao Xun confirmed again and again.
"Really." Cao Fu said with a long sigh. He didn't know why he sighed. After a moment, he added: "Sikong is also planning to capture Liu Qiao along the way and control Yuzhou and hand it over to Fan Yang. King."
Weiyuan General Liu Qiao served as the governor of Yuzhou for three years, and he did not get along very well with Sima Hui, the governor of Xuchang. Sima Yue wanted Sima Hui to serve as both the governor and governor of Yuzhou and to be his right-hand man.
With enemies on all sides, should we say he is arrogant or confident?
"Did Sikong ever think that Liu Qiao would not submit?" Shao Xun asked.
“Of course I have thought about it.”
“Then why did King Fan Yang lead his army north?”
“Because the Pingchang Company (Sima Mo) suffered repeated defeats. , We have lost our troops and lost our territory, and there is nothing we can do without saving him.”
Shao Xun understood.
Hebei was originally dissatisfied with Sima Yue. If Gongshi Fan, Hao Chang and others were allowed to continue making trouble, more people who were waiting to see would join in and oppose Sima Yue, so it was necessary to cut through the mess quickly and pacify it quickly.
"Thank you, Commander, for telling me." Shao Xun saluted and said, "I will go back and train my sergeants right now, and be ready to fight at any time."
"Just wait for the Commander's command." Cao Fu nodded. He nodded and said: "The total number of Xuzhou armies is no less than 30,000, and Liu Qiao has few soldiers. Sikong should want to personally lead the army to suppress him, just like Sima Zhu did in the past."
"No." Shao Xun responded.
(End of this chapter)