Chapter 543 Laoden people moving around
In the last few days of late September, people and horses neighed and people crowded together on the post roads leading to Anping.
Wang Yan went from Nangong to Qinghe to visit (tour) friends (said), and this was what he saw along the way.
“If there are Hun cavalry coming to kill me, I don’t know how many heads they can pick up.” Liu Ling pointed at the old and young people resting on the roadside and said, “At first glance, it seems that they have not been in the battle a few times. When I heard the sound of horse hooves, I panicked."
The soldiers all laughed after hearing this.
Besides farming, the only value these people have is wandering in the ravines.
However, the outer barriers of Anping City have been cleared. Now that various siege equipment has been driven to the city and the ant attack has begun, these weak people have become a burden.
The siege battle was brutal. Even if we tried to win over these days, some people still couldn't bear it and led their troops to flee.
These people were all recorded, the main messenger was killed, and their families will be held responsible later.
If nothing unexpected happens, the troops of the two counties of Puyang and Dongping can be fully equipped, and even some more soldiers can be placed.
The offensive against Anping adopted two methods: siege the city and attack the heart. The rebel army will not be able to hold on for too long. Maybe we will see the result in October.
When we reached Baigou River, we stayed in a manor for the night.
When he learned that Wang Yifu, who was the most popular person in the world, was coming, the owner of the manor named Cui who lived in the west of Dongwu City was very enthusiastic. He first asked the whole family to come out to pay homage, and then personally prepared an exquisite banquet. , entertain Wang Yan and his entourage.
Wang Yan refused, and after a good socializing, he was arranged to stay in a quiet house for the night.
The place where I live is said to be a manor, but in fact it is more like a Wubao.
The place is small, the walls are thick and high, and there are many people watching at night, making it look like they are facing a formidable enemy.
The back wall of the house is also the northern exterior wall of Wubao. Wang Yan climbed up to the second-floor attic and looked at the flickering lights in the distance.
“The autumn harvest is over, why are there still young men working outside?” he asked curiously.
The manager of the manor who accompanied him came over to take a look and replied: "Your Majesty, the family is pressing hard. Five thousand bundles of hay must be delivered within three days, so we stay up late to cut the hay at night."
“But because of the Anping War?”
"Exactly."
"It's miserable when the wind blows hard at night and the cold dew is deep." Wang Yan sighed.
As a world-renowned celebrity who has nothing to do with happiness and even finds his wife talking about money vulgar, Wang Yan has been tortured by Shao Xun in recent years. I was often dragged here and there, and I actually saw a lot of scenes of grassroots people's livelihood, and I felt more and more emotional.
"With the wars going on this year, can the village survive?" Wang Yan turned around and asked.
"I can live on." Dianji said, "I just want to starve some people to death."
"Why?"
Dianji muttered and did not dare to say. .
"There are no outsiders here, but it doesn't hurt to talk." Wang Yan said.
“This year’s harvest has been slightly poor, so I can only live by hand.” Dian Ji said: “When the war broke out, the Huns took away a batch of grain from the village, and the warehouse was at the bottom. At the beginning of the month, Mr. Chen again They sent people to collect food and gave away the last bit of food. This was not enough. They had to collect food from the villagers. They were not full, so starvation was inevitable. "
“Is there corvee or military service?”
"How could it not be possible?" Dian Ji said with a wry smile: "My son was drafted once to deliver food to Nangong County. There were more than a hundred people when he went, but when he came back there were a dozen less."
"Dead ?”
“Some died of exhaustion, but most of them escaped”
“Escape?”
“Steal food and escape.” >"Don't you care?" Wang Yan asked.
Dianji sighed and did not answer.
"What if the Huns come again and ask for food from you?" Wang Yan asked again.
"I'm afraid I have to fight hard because I can't afford it." Dian Ji said numbly: "If you give me food, you will starve to death, if you don't give me food, you will be beaten. If you are beaten, you may not die. ”
Wang Yan was silent.
He looked at the patched clothes on Dianji's body, sighed, and said, "It's hard to wait. Let's take a rest early."
Dianji bowed and left.
"My lord, the dinner we had just had wine and meat. I thought this village was very rich, but I didn't expect that the money was already empty." Liu Ling stood at the door and said in surprise.
"What you hear and see may not be true." Wang Yan said.
Seeing that Liu Ling was stunned, he smiled and said: "But this Zhuangzi is indeed not rich. Hebei has been in war for a long time, and no matter how much wealth he has, it can be wiped out."
"If Hebei fights more, won't Henan's life be better?" Liu Ling said.
"Yes..." Wang Yan replied vaguely.
Unconsciously, the battlefield has moved to Hebei.
No matter what happens to Hebei, Quanzhong has already won half the battle.
It is true that when fighting in Hebei, Henan will also have to send troops and some money and food, but the most important thing is that Henan will no longer be reduced to a battlefield. This is the most critical.
If this can be done, Shao Quanzhong's position in Henan will become more stable.
On the morning of early October, after eating a sumptuous breakfast, Wang Yan looked at the nephews and nephews of the manor owner who came to see them off and made a few casual comments.
Everyone in the manor was extremely excited. Hundreds of troops were sent to escort Wang Yan on the spot, and all the resting places were arranged for Wang Yan.
Liu Ling was stunned.
When he travels with Mr. Chen, he often gets rejected.
The manor closed its doors tightly, as if facing a formidable enemy, as if they were here to rob.
Wang Yifu is warmly entertained wherever he goes. This popularity is really powerful.
It would be really troublesome if he spoke ill of Mr. Chen behind his back...******
When Wang Yan went to Qinghe, Yu Chen and Zhang Bin The others arrived at Linli County, Ji County.
Lin Li's situation was relatively chaotic.
The nearest Jin army is Li Chong's troops stationed in Anyang, with a total of two thousand Luonan soldiers and two thousand soldiers.
The Linli family has a tendency to be a coward. While showing their sincerity to the Jin army, they also secretly communicated with Shi Hu, who was training troops in Ji County.
There were thousands of cavalry escorting Yu Chen, all of whom Shao Xun allocated to Yu Chen from Anping. Not long after entering the city, the scouts rushed back to report the military situation.
Then the city gates were closed tightly, and the young men went up to the city cautiously with crude weapons.
Yu Chen looked on coldly, secretly thinking that if he didn't come today, Lin Li might be demoted.
"I have been in charge of Ji County for several years. Once I fell into the hands of the Xiongnu, when I came back, my life had changed." He sighed secretly and sighed in a low voice.
"Lin Liu's killing of officials is already the legacy of Duke Yu." Zhang Bin said.
"I accept your good advice." Yu Chen said with a bitter smile.
In fact, the biggest problem was that when he defended it until the end, his decrees could no longer leave the county and he could no longer command the whole county. In addition, when they retreated, they took away many people who wanted to go to the Jin Dynasty, and their foundation in Ji County was even worse.
Fortunately, it's not too late to come back, and there is still time to save things.
After the army's Northern Expedition, Linli County killed officials. Anyway, people from Ji, Gong, Huojia, and Xiuwu counties also responded. However, Hanoi Liu Ya responded quickly and only sent more than 2,000 cavalry to turn around. Circle, the commotion subsided.
After Shi Le's defeat, there were people in the county and Gong County who rebelled against each other, and both sides fought together.
When Shi Le's generals Kongtu, Zhao Lu and others heard that Ye city had been lost, they immediately gave up their attack on Anyang, went south to Benji, suppressed the rebellion, and settled here.
So, Jijun is now divided.
Chaoge and Linli are in the hands of Shao Xun, while the other four counties are controlled by Kongtu and Zhao Lu.
They originally had more than 5,000 cavalry. After Shao Xun incorporated many tribes, more than 2,000 people left one after another. Now there are less than 3,000 left, all of whom are party to Wuhuan, Jieren, The Xiongnu and other tribal soldiers—to put it simply, those whose homes were in the area controlled by Shaoxun—all ran away.
Shi Le conducted remote micro-control in Changshan and instructed Kong Dou and Zhao Lu to return to Shi Hu's command.
Shi Hu has also arrived at Jijun and is arguing with Liu Yao.
He wanted to find a place to cross the river and go south, taking advantage of the emptiness of Henan to plunder Yanyu. Liu Yao asked him to go to Fangtou and Chaoge to find opportunities to destroy Shao Xun's fleet.
The two sides are deadlocked here.
Yu Chen naturally didn't know Shi Hu's plan. After he climbed to the top of the city, he saw a cavalry force with only about 500 people. They came from the south and should be Shi Hu's tribe. .
There are also hundreds of people in the north of the city. They should be coming from the direction of Fukou Spring. They are the troops of Liu Yao's general Hu Yanmo - Hu Yanmo, one of Shi Le's "Eighteen Cavalry", was requisitioned by Liu Yuan in his early years. He has never returned to Jian, but now he is actually considered a member of the Pingyang court. After all, his surname is Huyan.
After Yu Chen looked at it for a while, he asked the county magistrate to find out about the situation.
"Many handsome men and women in the countryside are waiting and watching," the county magistrate said.
“This branch of Fukou Spring does not appear often. It comes for a day or two and then disappears quickly. At most, more than a thousand riders appear.”
“They should be very difficult. They couldn't raise food and grass for long. According to the woodcutter in Linlu Mountain, they were herding horses in the Zhangshui River Valley. They had pack horses transporting food and meat from Shexian County, but the mountain roads were difficult and the supplies were not smooth. There are very few soldiers and horses on this road, and they will have to retreat within a few days."
"If Governor Li sends an army from Neihuang, he may be able to drive them away."
"Over there in Shexian County, I heard that the Huns were beaten with mountains of blood and corpses, and the Huns were grabbing men everywhere to fill the ravines. There were also people coming over from Lin Li's side, but I didn't hear that there was any powerful commander who paid for food and gave birth to men. They were all waiting and watching. !”
……
The county magistrate said a lot, and Yu Chen listened silently, comforted him, and ordered him to supervise the city defense.
"How is it?" Yu Chen looked at Zhang Bin and asked.
"Yu Gong's legacy is still there." Zhang Bin repeated it, and then added: "Now we can send envoys to various villages to show our great righteousness and use coercion and inducement to never allow the Huns to obtain supplies. If If we can't raise food and grass, there is no need to worry about the banditry. "
" Governor Li may move forward from Neihuang. The counties of Yangping and Ping have become the king's territory, and they can move forward. The two cities of Fangtou and Chaoge can be moved forward. In this way, the heroes in the countryside will calm down when they hear that the king is coming. They will surrender to the Huns easily."
"However, these are just small tricks. If Anping can recover soon, Liu Yao will not be reconciled. Can we retreat?"
Yu Chen nodded secretly, and then asked: "Is it possible for Shangdang to..."
"It's difficult." Zhang Bin shook his head and said, " Don't underestimate your enemies. Liu Hezhu and his son have surrendered to Chen Gong. Will Liu Yao be alert? Liu Runzhong and Liu Bo were brought to Jijun by Shi Hu, and the old and weak will be kept as hostages. Liu Yao will certainly send them away. He was under strict supervision. If he didn't rebel at that time, there would be no possibility of rebellion in Ji County.
Zhang Bin looked up at the towering mountains to the west, speechless for a long time.
He also felt a little pity.
In the past two months, he has been observing Shao Xun's actions, and overall he is quite satisfied.
He is stronger than Shi Le, but because of this, he is destined not to rely on himself as much as Shi Le.
So, for the future, he also needs to hug others for warmth.
What a pity.
After the enemy cavalry in the south of the city circled around, they saw that there was no chance to take advantage of them, so they left.
After hearing the report, Yu Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the southern front does not collapse and large-scale surrender to the enemy does not occur, his mission will be considered a success.
This is never the main battlefield, Anping and Shexian are.
Wang Yan should have arrived in Qinghe by now. With his lobbying, the Cui family may end their wait and see and send troops to support Chen Gong.
Yang Chen also went north to Boling and Hejian to visit the Cui family and other wealthy families, and also urged Su Qiu, the general of Lukou Town, not to be naughty.
Coupled with some people whom Mr. Chen personally met some time ago, this battle can still be maintained.
This piece of fat meat from Hebei is already in your mouth. Even if you can't swallow it for a while, you will never spit it out again.
"Check out the enemy's situation." Yu Chen called for Liu Anzhi, the lieutenant who was escorting him, and ordered: "Go to Dangyin via Anyang tomorrow. Report the situation here to Mr. Chen."
(There is a quick monthly vote, try to update three times today, fight hard.)
(End of this chapter)