Chapter 517 Ye
The clerk hurried into Tao Mansion with a memorandum.
Taobao had just returned from the Santai Military Conference. When he saw the message handed over by the junior official, he said, "Read it to me."
The junior official looked around.
Taobao understood and took him to the bedroom, saying: "Now you can recite."
"Jin inherits the blessing of God and the grand plan of He and his two generations..." The little official took it. I started to read out the message, word for word.
“I don’t understand.” Taobao blinked and said.
The clerk was startled, and then explained it carefully, and Tao Bao finally understood.
He actually knows some words, but not many. There is no need to talk about allusions in articles. He understands seven or six but knows nothing.
He knew at least one-third of the words in the calligraphy essay, but he couldn't understand them when they were put together, so he had to rely on others to explain it to him.
"How did you get it?" Taobao looked at the clerk and asked.
The clerk felt uncomfortable being stared at by him and said quickly: "The sergeant who went out to collect firewood put it in his clothes and brought it into the city. I got it by chance."
Peach. Leopard's education level is low, but he is not stupid. He knows that what the clerk said is very problematic. But how long has Da Hu been in Hebei? That's what people's hearts are like, there are too many people who are half-hearted.
The clerk may not be thinking the opposite, it may just be some vague thoughts in his mind.
The human heart is the most unpredictable. Just like him, is he really willing to fight to the end for Dahu? He didn't dare to face the problem head on.
"Is there anyone in the city who can copy it?" Taobao asked again.
"Maybe."
Taobao waved his hand and asked people to retreat. I sat quietly for a while, thinking about the future.
Da Hu was kind to him.
In their military and political group, the civil servants are mainly Jin people, and the military generals are mainly Shibaqi, including Wuhuan people (Wang Yang), Tianzhu people (Kui'an, Guo Heilee), Yuezhi people ( Zhixiong, Zhiquliu), Tuge Huns (Liu Ying, Liu Bao, Guo Ao), Qiangqu Huns (Zhang Zoupu, Zhang Yue), descendants of the Southern Huns nobles (Zhao Lu, Huyanmo), Jin people (Liu levy)......
The rest, including him, are all Jie people.
It is said that Dahu has no distinction between categories and types. Indeed, his daily words and deeds do not have this bias, but when it comes to life and death, what do you think?
During the Northern Expedition to Youzhou, there was a "Xiongnu" tribe on Wang Jun's territory. There are more than 10,000 people in this tribe, with a population of 70,000 to 80,000, most of whom are Jie people. They actively responded to Dahu. Other people in the tribe, such as Zhen Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, etc., did not make much movement, not very much. positive.
Being able to become the prefect of Wei County, he actually surpassed several people who were more qualified than him. Who knows how Da Hu considered it?
In short, he was secretly grateful to Da Hu, but...
He picked up the memorandum again and read it, and finally let out a long sigh and burned the memorandum.
It was getting late. After getting up and going to the dining room, I sat down to eat.
While eating, I was still thinking about things.
Today's military meeting was full of quarrels. In the end, it was Hu Qiankun who made the decision to fight Shao Xun.
The reason is actually not complicated. There is not much food in the city. Although many efforts have been made to raise food, it can only be enough to meet the needs of March.
What if Shao Xun besieged you for three months?
How can you guarantee that he won’t do this?
At that time, trenches will be dug and earth walls will be built outside the city, making it difficult to break through.
Once you make the decision to stick to it, life or death is really in your hands.
Shao Xun will not let go of this opportunity. Even if he sells the iron and gets into the crotches of a few women and licks them to make them comfortable, he will definitely raise money and food to spend it with Da Hu to the end.
No one dares to besiege Yecheng, and Tao Bao doesn't agree.
Is it feasible to take the initiative and fight Shao Xun between Anyang and Yecheng?
Half of the people agreed and half of the people disagreed with this strategy because someone thought of the Battle of Nomaoka.
The most popular one is fighting against the city, that is, relying on the city to fight the Jin army outside the city.
The advantage of this is that in the event of failure, you can still retreat to the city without annihilating the entire army.
The strategy has been decided like this, and there is actually no suspense, because Shao Thief didn't give you any choice.
After eating, his wife Zhang came over with a hesitant look on her face, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't dare.
"Why are you hesitating?" Taobao looked at her in disgust and scolded.
"Husband, do you want to send your children out of the city first?" Mrs. Zhang suggested.
"Huh?" Taobao was surprised and said: "The general has given an order, but no one is allowed to leave the city until he gets the order. How can we get out?"
"You can bribe the sergeant. ." Mrs. Zhang whispered: "Many people have sent their families away."
Taobao was surprised.
After Dahu came back, the soldiers guarding the gates were replaced by his people. Most of them were sergeants scattered in Wei, Zhao, Yangping, Julu, Changshan and other counties. After being recruited by Dahu, It was logical to take over the city defense. After all, they had many people, no less than 30,000.
As for the total strength of Yecheng, it is actually not many, with a total of about 50,000 infantry and cavalry.
Theoretically speaking, Dahu's infantry troops divided the fields at no less than 70,000 people, and there were also a large number of tribal soldiers who had obtained pastures and cultivated land. It would not be a problem to gather 100,000 infantry and cavalry troops. But at the critical moment, only half can be pulled out.
Relying on these 50,000 people to fight against a total of more than 70,000 Jin troops, if they were to defend the city alone, they would be as stable as Mount Tai. The problem is that they can't defend the city and can only go out to fight, which is no choice.
It was shocking to hear that many people had sent their families away, but he didn't know it. He had to find out the inside story through his wife, which made him very uncomfortable and felt isolated. "What are you going to give me?" Taobao felt unhappy and choked his wife. Then he went to the study and asked a civil servant in the mansion to tell him the history.
The concubine brought dried fruit snacks. Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Taobao.
"Where were your two sisters today?" he asked.
“I went to Chengshi Pagoda.” The concubine replied.
Taobao glanced at them and nodded slightly.
The two sisters are natives of Yecheng. Due to the war, their family was extremely poor and they depended on Aweng.
When Taobao entered Yecheng for the first time, he took a fancy to the beauty of the two sisters and took them into his mansion as his concubines.
His wife, Zhang, is the daughter of Chief Wuhuan. She is not pretty. He only married her for his future. These two concubines were his favorites. They gave birth to three children for him in a few years. children.
"Jinshi Bo Cheng, are you afraid?" Taobao asked.
"You will not be afraid if you follow your husband."
"What if you lose?"
"I will die together with my husband, but it will be a pity for my children." Having said this, the concubine wiped her tears with the back of her hand.
As a winner, how will you deal with the loser’s family?
One of them is massacre.
There is no saying these days that good things and bad things do not affect your family. Not only will you kill your family members, but you will also have to kill one, two or three tribes in your clan.
Killing the men and banishing the wives and daughters to the official ranks is the second.
To put it bluntly, kill all the adult men and make the women slaves. Some of the more perverted ones would even castrate boys and use them as eunuchs.
Anyway, there is no way it will end well, especially for women. To be able to be taken into the harem by Emperor Wu Sima Yan like the concubine of Sun Hao, the king of Wu, is already smoking from the ancestral grave. It is more likely to become a female slave, doing various chores, and being humiliated day and night by the people in charge.
Therefore, once a woman in troubled times becomes a loser, she might as well die. But if you don’t have the courage to die, you must be mentally prepared.
Taobao was speechless when he heard what his concubine said.
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Beyond Santai and within Yecheng, people are now panicking.
Ordinary people and even middle- and lower-level officials and generals have limited information channels, but they have their own cunning ways and prefer to inquire about news (rumors).
They didn't know how the front line was going. They only knew that Shao Xun was advancing towards Yecheng step by step.
I was still in Fangtou in May, and arrived in Huangchi in June.
Now in mid-July, the message has been copied into Yecheng. How do you think the war is going?
Da Hu Tiantian said how he won. Everyone believed him at first, but now they are skeptical.
For example, today, a cavalry army came back from the south and said that they raided the Jin army's grain team near Qishui and beheaded more than 800 Luonan Dingzhuang. This is actually true, but no one believes it anymore.
You always win such battles, why can the Jin army break through Anyang and penetrate Yecheng? What's going on? Can you explain it?
Ordinary people have no concept of tactical victory or strategic victory. They only know that after winning the battle and taking advantage, the enemy should retreat, but the development of the battle situation is obviously different from what they see.
This is what people are talking about when people are in panic and people are suspicious of themselves.
When Shi Le led his troops to patrol the city, he saw rumors flying all over the sky and people hesitant. Without any hesitation, he ordered those who spread rumors to be hunted and killed on the spot, and their heads were hung all over the city as a warning.
Zhang Bin followed him, talking less and less, sometimes even for an hour or two without saying a word.
The generals were also worried and frowning.
When Shi Le saw him, he felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly.
The war situation brought heavy pressure.
It is not just a few wisecracks that can liven up the atmosphere, nor is it just a few bold words that can boost morale.
Fortunately, these confidants and generals were deeply bound to him, and their friendship started at a very early stage, which was unusual. Everyone is worried, but we won't surrender directly to the enemy.
The best way to get out of this predicament is actually victory.
Defeating Shao Xun head-on, even if it is just a small-scale battle, can greatly change everyone's mood.
"Shao Xun came with a crowd, but he didn't know who was the vanguard." Shi Le said: "I want to choose brave men to defeat their troops and lower their morale. What do you think?"
When Kong Dou, who was meditating, heard the words, he immediately said: "How are you going to fight, Your Majesty?"
"Let's go over there to discuss it." Shi Le pointed to the corner of the city wall and said.
Everyone left with him.
Shi Le sat directly on the ground, and everyone followed suit and sat down.
Shi Le pondered for a while and said: "At this critical moment of life and death, we should work together to overcome the difficulties. I have sent people to count the family wealth and decided to pay a certain amount of money and silk to recruit strong men and bring them to Shao Xun. "The first battle is crucial. Shao Xun can lose, but I can't afford to lose."
"The battlefield is set up. Here, I want to..."
(End of this chapter)