Chapter 662 Lubu Feijie
The messenger entered the city from Kaiyang Gate and headed north along Tongtuo Street.
Tongtuo Street is very busy, with a lot of people coming and going, blocking the street.
Logically speaking, someone should clean up the streets for things like Lubu Feijie. But the officials in Luoyang and Henan counties didn't know what they were doing. They were inactive and weak, and they didn't move at all.
Of course, there is a reason for this, but it would be rude to go into it further. After all, there are not many people in the two county offices.
Why do you think there is no one? I can't even get enough to eat. I'm hungry for nine meals in three days. What's the point of not running away?
In the shopping malls on both sides of the street, young and strong men cried and said goodbye to their families.
The Heyang men who stayed behind in Luoyang impatiently urged them to set off.
“Why are you lingering, it’s not that you can’t come back.”
“Baichaowu is not as difficult to fight as Xin’an City. It’s just that Wang Mi is reluctant to abandon Tie Ye and fight to the death. Don’t worry, it will be over soon.”
"Kill Baichaowu, and your family can do business with peace of mind."
Hearing Heyang Bing's urging, some violent city residents couldn't help it, and said: "Those who attacked Xin'an City before That's what you said at the time. But after fighting against Xin'an City and Baichaowu, how many people will die along the way?"
"Who was it that retreated hundreds of miles away and lost all these dangerous places?"
"They all started to enlist in the army, and they said it would be easy to fight! It's hard work, my life is at stake."< br>
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After being retorted like this by the city people, the faces of the young people in Heyang also looked a little unnatural.
After all, they are not thick-skinned enough to tell lies with their eyes open.
The battle of Baichaowu has been going on for three months. At the beginning of the war, the two sides fought several field battles. The Imperial Army won less and lost more, and was pushed all the way to Xin'an City - it was the end of February and the beginning of March.
The General's Mansion took a look and realized that although the combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army had improved a bit, Wang Mi's troops were also improving, so they recruited more than 3,000 Luonan Mansion soldiers who had finished their farm work, and assigned them to one unit. And sent to Xin'an.
More than 3,000 heavily armored swordsmen defeated Wang Mi at the foot of Xin'an City, beheading more than 2,000 people and capturing 2,000 people. The battle line was stabilized again and pushed to the foot of Baichaowu.
Baichaowu built a fortress halfway up the mountain. The terrain was steep and difficult to attack.
There are actually two options at this time.
One is to dig trenches and build walls under the mountain and ignore him. If the enemy cannot hold on any longer, they will abandon their baggage and retreat to the mountains.
But overall it was still very dangerous, because it was too close to the post road, and trenches and walls would probably not be able to stop it, so we chose the second method: storming.
In the past three months, the Forbidden Army has basically done this.
Up to now, Wubao in Henan and Xingyang counties are no longer willing to send people out because too many people have died under Baichaowu City. The thousands of people sent out at the beginning of the year have basically been exhausted.
After well-established families such as Songshan Mishi Wubao, Shiliangwu Caojiawu Fort, and Putianze Lishi Wubao refused to send out their sons, the court found it difficult to raise additional troops for a while. In the end, we could only find a solution in Luoyang City.
Business is hard to do, food prices are extremely high, and the people of Luoyang are really having a hard time. So more than 10,000 city residents and domestic slaves were recruited. After a rough rectification, they were sent to Baichaowu City to continue mincing meat.
The young men who were recruited from the Tongtuo Street Market were the last batch of people to set off.
"Liang Gong often wants to kill, and treats others leniently. However, those who commit suicide cannot be tolerated, and those who are punished do not dare to forgive..." Lu Bu's swift knight waved his whip and struggled through the crowd, raising his head as he walked. shouted.
The shouting is not done once, but repeated to ensure that more people hear it.
“…Jackals, wolves and ugly people dare to go against the rules of nature…When thunder strikes, the evil ones are punished; when frost and snow fall, monsters and thieves cover their holes…”
“… Now we have captured fifty-four puppet officials and generals under Cao Yi, and they are at peace in Qingzhou... Lubu Feijie is announcing to both China and foreign countries, and Xianling is aware of it."
After the knight of Lubu Feijie, who was like a repeater, left, everyone in the city was informed. All fell silent.
Qingzhou is gone!
Liang Gong's elite troops came out together and defeated Qingzhou in a few months. Next, I am afraid that he will be in Luoyang and the governor of Hongnong and Hanoi will start a war.
Is there any way for everyone to survive?
Some people couldn't bear it anymore and collapsed on the ground, crying loudly: "We have no food to eat, and we have to go to battle to die. Mr. Liang, please come to Luoyang as soon as possible to be the emperor. I can't live this life anymore."
Everyone felt sympathy.
Yes, if Liang Gong comes to Luoyang and becomes the emperor, food will continue to be transported here. Everyone will not have to go hungry and have a full meal, and maybe they will not have to go to battle to die - the emperor must be treated more favorably, right?
Some people sighed, not knowing what to say.
To this day, some people dare to shout such treasonous words on the bustling Tongtuo Street.
Jin Zuo is about to die, and the artifact is suitable, alas.
In the military camp near Tongtuo Street, a group of people stumbled out of the camp gate, preparing to rush to Baichaowu.
This is the Chenliu Ruan family and the descendants and tribes of the local wealthy families who depend on it.
After a long investigation into the robbery on Tianzi Tongtuo Street, we finally came to a conclusion.
The sergeants searched the Ruan family's residence in Beijing and found a large number of crossbows, armor, and weapons. They then tortured the captured servants to get the truth.
Wang Yan sent people to Chenliuweishi County to investigate and captured several "assassins" who had escaped from Luoyang.
At this point, the confession, the murder weapon, and the prisoner are all there, and the chain of evidence is closed. Wang Yan, as the military commander of the General's Office, issued an order——
The culprit should be sentenced to death.
After being beaten with a pain stick, he was sent to Baichaowu Army to redeem himself.
Thousands of people, including the Ruan family and the Zhuangke tribe of the family they were implicated in, were organized into the army and rushed to Baichaowu City to kill them.
In order to execute this order, Liu Shan personally mobilized five thousand soldiers from Xuchang. The black army marched from Heyang at starry night to Bianliang and back to Weishi.
After being silent for a long time, the Chenliu families were forced to send troops and food, and they all went to Weishi County to uproot these families.
This is the third aristocratic family to be exterminated by Shao Xun in more than ten years, following the He family and Runan He family in Chen County. Needless to say, the Henan nobles would definitely feel sad and have a bad opinion of Shao Xun. But to be honest, he was already very lenient. The people he killed were all those who fell into his hands, and they were not unjust persecutions.
This is very important.
Even though everyone knows that Liang Gong fights and pulls against the gentry, and has always consciously cultivated political groups that compete with the gentry, and occasionally resorts to cruel tactics to destroy his family, but until now, he has not done anything randomly, or Follow the rules.
As long as you don't violate his bottom line and don't commit suicide, it's basically fine.
Persisting in doing this actually calms the panic of the aristocratic families to a certain extent, allowing them to deceive themselves and avoid taking desperate risks.
To speak human language is to draw a line and clarify what is touchable and what is not.
Shao Xun even allowed various families to take back their women who married into the Ruan family, which further reduced the risk of rebellion.
At this moment, the Ruan family's children were incorporated into the army and went into battle to die. Few people spoke for them anymore - after the sudden uproar, it slowly calmed down.
After the news of Qingzhou’s victory came back, the risk of rebellion was infinitely close to zero.
People are always good at forgetting.
Ruan’s fault is his own, what does it have to do with me? It is better to continue to work hard and see if we can consolidate the family business...
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The emperor has not held a court meeting for a long time. He is nestled in the harem all day long, not thinking about anything. Go, lie flat and rotten.
On the tenth day of the sixth lunar month, Wang Yan and others went to the palace to have an audience.
The emperor was drinking heavily in the Zhaoyang Palace and did not want to meet them, but was finally persuaded by the chamberlain to invite them over.
Queen Liang Lanbi was reading a letter in the bedroom next door.
Her current appearance is really incomparable with that of before. Her face is dull, her eyes are sad, and her whole body is lifeless. Seeing this, Sima Chi only became more disgusted. Insults were minor, and beatings were commonplace.
Liang Lanbi often sat blankly in the courtyard, looking at the shadows hanging from the tree crowns, motionless, like a sculpture.
Everyone who knows her well knows that when she first entered the palace, she had a carefree silver bell-like laughter, was kind to others, and looked at her like the emperor and her husband.
As for now, maybe I can only feel a little angry when reading letters.
“We have just sealed ten counties, and we have to expand the territory. Is Shao Xun so impatient to wait?” The emperor’s angry voice came from next door.
"It's just the land of the three counties of Jiyang, Yangping and Xingyang." Wang Yan's voice also sounded: "Recover Qingzhou and make an emergency landing at Cao Yi to consolidate your majesty's ZTE momentum. How can such a great achievement be achieved? "No reward?"
"You can't reward these three counties."
"What do you want to reward?"
“No way!”
Liang Lanbi seemed to turn a deaf ear and only stared at the letter with her deep and endless eyes.
After looking at it for a while, her empty eyes gradually took on a hint of thirst and sucking, as if she could draw something from the paper to fill her extremely empty and lacking heart. Emotion-like.
"Your Majesty, there are still doubts about the robbery on Tongtuo Street. I believe that there may be a thief hidden in the forbidden palace..."
"Shut up!"
"The famine in the capital is getting worse day by day. If you don't reward those who have merit, it will only make the knowledgeable people feel frustrated and the loyal ministers feel chilly. In the long run, the lack of food for the eunuchs may happen again."
" Shut up!”
The sound next door was very loud, but Liang Lanbi’s attention was not there at all.
She is not interested and doesn't care about anything. She was satisfied to be able to relax freely throughout the day.
She had a dream last night.
Dreaming about the entertainment in Qilijian more than ten years ago, she and Yu Wenjun met Liang Gong Shaoxun and had a pleasant conversation.
After returning home, her father watched the sky at night and concluded that Mr. Liang was very lucky, so he overcame all objections and married her to Mr. Liang, who was penniless at the time.
After getting married, the husband and wife love each other. When she took care of the family business for Duke Liang and summoned her wives to entertain, everyone gathered around her like stars over the moon.
The only thing that made her sad in the dream was probably that Yu Wenjun went to Jiangdong in despair. As they parted, the two hugged each other and cried.
Dreams are nice, but dreams are not real.
After waking up, Liang Lanbi thought about the remaining dreams, covered her face with the quilt again, and couldn't stop crying.
She didn’t know why she was sad, until the words from the palace attendant sounded like thunder: Dreams arise from wishes.
So today she took out the letters one by one and reviewed them, looking for her deepest wishes.
"Since your Majesty has given permission, I will supervise the matter." Wang Yan's voice continued: "The thirteen counties of the Liang Kingdom are Luojing Bangping. If the Liang Kingdom is more prosperous, Luoyang will be more peaceful. "
"I will give Luoyang to Shao Xun one day."
"Why do you say such angry words?"
"Crash!" That was the sound of porcelain shattering all over the floor.
Liang Lanbi put away the letter and looked outside.
The weather is not too hot, and it is even cool under the shade of the trees. She can sit still for half a day again.
This half day is a beautiful half day that belongs to her alone.
No one can stop her thoughts from flying, she can think about everything as much as she wants.
(End of this chapter)