Chapter 289 Leaving the Town
On the morning of February 11th, Xun Zhen, Yu Min, Wang Xuan and others returned to Luoyang.
When they passed Jianchun Gate, they saw a large group of soldiers heading south, led by Wu Qian, the shepherd of Chenhou Mansion.
Old Wu and his eldest son Wu Yong came forward to see the ceremony.
Yu Min returned the favor, chatted with him for a few words, and then left.
Wu Qian didn’t take it seriously.
How can these nobles look at people like them who have no family background? The prince is taking the right path. He must establish a martial arts group and establish it in Luonan, Xiangcheng and other places. Only in this way can he win the favor of the nobles and even marry his daughter.
He looked at his son, but unfortunately he was already married. But it doesn't matter, he still has a grandson, and he will definitely marry the generals and officers of the Silver Spear Army and the Yamen Army in the future. We can work together to help each other without looking at the faces of you scholars.
Here Wu Qian and others went south with the newly recruited soldiers, while several people there also separated.
Before leaving, Wang Xuan turned his head and took one more look at the new soldiers, but he didn't want anyone on the opposite side to be looking at him.
That was the palace of King Nanyang in Beijing, located near the former residence of the two masters of Wu and Shu.
Liang Chen and Wei Fu stood outside the door, quietly watching the new recruits of the Silver Spear Army leaving in the distance.
A moment later, a carriage drove out of the house and headed for Jianchun Gate.
Wang Xuan followed behind in a car, and finally found that their destination was the same, the Palace of the East China Sea.
Princess Liu and Prince Fan Yang's heir Sima Li got off the car one after another and entered the palace surrounded by several servants.
Wang Xuan also entered the palace after saying hello to the sect leader Shi.
What a coincidence, as soon as I entered, I saw my father Wang Yan coming out.
“Meizi is back.” Wang Yan was worried and asked casually.
"I came back with Yu Shizhong and Ji Beihou. I seem to have something on my mind?" Wang Xuan looked away from Liu and Sima Li and asked.
"Let's talk over there." Wang Yan sighed, pointed to a pavilion not far away, and said.
The father and son then walked over.
"Chu Zhong died in Jianye and will not come back." Wang Yan said with a bitter look on his face.
“What?” Wang Xuan was a little surprised.
"Situ Zheng mobilized Jianwei General Qian Pu (kuài) and Chu Zhong to lead the army to assist Luoyang. When he reached Guangling, he was afraid of the Xiongnu troops and thought that he would die if he went north, so he patrolled and refused to advance. King Langya After repeated urging, Pu was furious and rebelled, honoring Sun Hao's son as the king of Wu. "Wang Yan said: "Chu Zhong - has been defeated and fled to Jianye."
Wang Xuan subconsciously felt that something was wrong. , asked: "Since Qian Chuan rebelled in Guangling, what does he have to do with uncle Chu Zhong? He can just go back to Luoyang on his own."
Wang Yan heard this, his face became even more bitter, and said: "Chu Zhong sent people He came back with a letter saying that he had to report to King Langya that he could not return to Luoyang."
Wang Xuan felt that there was a bigger problem, but after seeing his father's face, he understood.
The messenger can return to Luoyang, but Uncle Chu Zhong can’t?
Qian Chuan led the army to rebel and fought a battle with Uncle Chu Zhong. For such a big thing, countless people have already reported it to Shouchun Zhou Fu and Jianye Sima Rui. You need to personally report it. Run over and report?
Furthermore, Uncle Chu Zhong is already the right-guard general of the Forbidden Army. If he doesn't come back, what will happen to this position?
What's going on!
Never before at this moment, Wang Xuan complained so much about this clan uncle.
If the government cannot do anything, just run away. But at this critical moment, why do you run?
Even if the Langya Wang family was not among the first batch of scholars to cross south, they were among the first to go south. Now there are hundreds of people living near Jianye, and Uncle Maohong is the mastermind of Langya Wang, so he is very useful. Are you going to come over again?
Luoyang is even more short of people now!
"The matter has come to this, there is no point in sighing." Wang Yan took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and forced a smile.
Wang Xuan looked at his father's face, and anger gradually rose in his heart.
Isn’t it for the sake of the family that my father goes around shamelessly and fights with others patiently?
Wang Chuzhong, ask yourself, when was it that your father didn’t help you sort out any of your bad things? When has your father not helped you deal with the trouble you caused?
When he was appointed as the governor of Qingzhou, he left his wife and subordinates behind and rode back to Luoyang alone because he encountered bandits on the road. He became a laughing stock for a while. If someone else had caused this kind of disaster, even if they didn't die, they wouldn't be able to get up again. As a result, my father showed off his old face and paid a lot of money to help you get the position of Secretary Supervisor, Zhongshu Supervisor, and then the Governor of Yangzhou, allowing you to regain his position. stood up.
He is not so kind to his own son!
Now I need your help, how do you repay your father? Ungrateful people!
"Master, what should I do with General Youwei? How about calling someone from Langya or Jianye?" Wang Xuan suggested after calming down.
"It's too late..." Wang Yan looked up at the sky.
Probably, this is doubting life.
To seek benefits for the family, in the end, the family was full of incompetent people, which disappointed him time and time again.
Not as good as Shao Xun, an outsider!
When you need him, he will always appear, although you have to pay a certain price.
But Wang Yan is not afraid of paying the price. He has long been accustomed to making deals with others. What he fears most is people who are unreasonable, unable to communicate, and unable to make deals.
The most reliable people are outsiders!
"General Youwei already has someone?" Wang Xuan was shocked.
"Yes." Wang Yan nodded and said: "The beggar army has arrived in the northern suburbs of Luoyang, led by Li Yun, with 15,000 people. Situ appointed Li Yun as the right guard general , to reorganize the imperial army. "Li Yun was the former governor of Bingzhou, Sima Teng, and served successively as county magistrate, prefect, and general, and finally became a beggar commander, which is also a dark humor.
The Beggar Army is probably also the refugee army with the highest initial "organization" in history. Officials from the state, county, and county leadership teams personally "went to sea" and took them to Hebei Begging for food, a standard militia within the system - a very magical thing, a characteristic of the Jin Dynasty.
“Can you think of a way?” Wang Xuan asked anxiously.
Wang Yan shook his head and said: "We discussed a major matter today. Situ is leaving the town to be a feudal lord."
Then Wang Yan explained it carefully.
Since the Xiongnu army retreated in early November last year and Luoyang turned the corner, the court has entered a new round of reshuffle.
Within three months, the emperor gradually gained support from a group of people: headed by Xun Fan and Xun Zu, Liu Tun was also slightly inclined to the emperor.
Sima Yue was in poor health, his heart was scattered, he felt more and more bad, and subconsciously wanted to do something.
In addition, the food stored in Taicang in Dongyangmen is becoming increasingly scarce. After the beggar army of 10,000 or 20,000 people arrived, the money and food expenses became increasingly huge, and they could not support it for long.
Under such circumstances, Sima Yue decided to leave the town of Yanzhou - just a year ago, he was still a herdsman in Yanzhou.
Yanzhou is adjacent to Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Qingzhou, and has jurisdiction over the six kingdoms of Puyang, Dongping, Jibei, Chenliu, Rencheng, and Gaoping, as well as two counties, Taishan and Jiyin, totaling eight counties. It has a large population and abundant products. .
The current people in power in Xuzhou are Wang Long and Pei Dun.
The former was born in the Wang family of Donghai, and was a close confidant of Situ. His position was to "supervise the military affairs of Xuzhou" (Captain).
The latter is the elder brother of Princess Pei and the governor of Xuzhou.
After leaving Yanzhou, it is easier to control Xuzhou - at least before Sima Yue's death, as his base camp and the hometown of many scholars in the shogunate, Xuzhou could not overturn the world.
Wang Yan once suspected that Sima Yue had gone crazy and wanted to kill Gou Xi before he died and let out a bad breath?
This is not impossible.
It is difficult for you to guess the mental state of a person before death.
On the other hand, if the Gou brothers are eliminated (Gou Xi is the governor of Qingzhou and Gou Chun is the governor), Qingzhou is captured, and Yan, Xu, and Qing are united, it will be a very large vassal town.
Would Situ want to use these three states as a basis and let his son control them?
No one knows what he thinks.
Anyway, he has no future in Luoyang. His power is being eroded day by day. He might as well leave the town and become a feudal lord, but he can survive for a while.
It’s not easy for Situ. He really risked his life for the sake of the prince.
"Situ wants to take away the army, how can this be done?" Wang Xuan was a little anxious: "If the Huns attack, how can we defend without soldiers?"
"The one Situ wants to take away is Zuo There are 15,000 troops in the army and 15,000 in the army of beggars. If these 30,000 people alone can't be stopped, this is the army that Situ brought to Luoyang. "Wang Yan said: "Youwei. Ten thousand soldiers may be a bit of a stretch. The only one who can stop Situ is Chen Hou, but I don’t know if he is willing to break up with Situ for these people. After all, he is quite willing to see Situ leave the town."
Wang Xuan sighed, not knowing what he felt in his heart.
Who is to blame? It seems like no one can blame it.
I gave you a chance, but who can blame you for not taking it?
"Let's talk about the trip to Yingchuan." Wang Yan frowned, feeling a little exhausted.
"Yu Minhu pretended to be a tiger and subdued the Xun family. Yingchuan should obey Chen Hou." Wang Xuan said: "Chen Hou made conditions, Chen Kuang was appointed as the prefect, and the various families provided Chen Hou with money, food, and people. Ding, help him in the battle. In return, everything in Yingchuan will be as usual, and the conditions will be very favorable. The Yingyang Tinghou of the Xun family will probably die of illness, and the family fortune will not be saved, because Chen Hou wants to set up auxiliary troops in Yingyin. To farm, the Xun family will definitely give up some of their land and people, and the Xun Xian family’s land may not be enough.”
Wang Yan nodded.
The Xun family’s surrender is inevitable, what can they do? Let the emperor issue an edict to forget about it? Do people take care of you? This is a military leader with a reputation for being domineering.
Death to Xun Xian, and then vomiting out part of the fields, this is the best result for the Xun family.
For the first time, Chen Hou put his hand into the iron wall of Yingchuan. He still tried his best in such a gentle and decent way, which made people look at him.
In addition, Wang Yan doesn’t think this is the final outcome of the Xun family.
No one can guarantee what will happen in the future after the troops are stationed at Yingyang Pavilion.
The world is changing faster and faster!
After the father and son finished chatting, Wang Yan wanted to continue the military discussion, and Wang Xuan was also ready to listen. After all, he was joining the army, although his leave had not yet been cancelled.
At this moment, Princess Pei of Donghai came out with Princess Liu of Nanyang in her arms.
Ms. Liu’s face was ashen, and her eyes were red and swollen.
Pei's face was tense and she seemed very unhappy.
Sima Li looked confused, not knowing what happened.
The Wang family father and son didn't look at it much and went straight to the study.
(End of this chapter)