Chapter 783 Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite
Another army arrived in Shengle from Yinshan.
There were only four to five thousand people, but they carried fifteen thousand horses and two thousand camels.
They are both Xianbei, but these people look much more vulgar than the Xianbei people in Shengle and Pingcheng. They are brave, fierce, brutal and rude.
However, after staying for two days, more than ten robberies occurred.
Not to mention the Han and Wuhuan people, even the local Xianbei people find them annoying.
If the living environment is different, the customs and concepts will be different.
"Hurry up and die in Bingzhou." When Lan Shou passed by these people, he cursed secretly, then galloped into the post and handed over urgent military information.
Lan Shou is just a small "Fuzhuzhen". The Xianbei language has the meaning of a postman, and his status is low, and he belongs to the category of "bitch", but this does not prevent him from discriminating against others. There is a free rope head who came from the prairie north of Yinshan Mountain.
There are also several "Hu Luozhen" at the door of the inn, which means "man with arms" or "man with weapons" in Xianbei language. They are regarded as gatekeepers.
"Zhen" means "someone" or "a certain type of person" in Xianbei language.
The post station also has a resident "Qi Wan Zhen" who is affiliated with Cao Bureau. He travels between the post station and the yamen, sending and receiving official letters and military reports. It means "the general person" in Xianbei language.
These systems have only been established for a few years.
In the early years, there were sprouts and sporadic systems, but they were not systematic.
During the Tuoba Yilu period, there was great development, and hundreds of officials were established. Of course, compared with the hundreds of officials in Han Dynasty, the Xianbei system was too crude.
But no matter what, this country continues to reform and the system is slowly improving, especially after a large number of Han people and the Sinicized Wuhuan and Xiongnu fled north, bringing them all kinds of knowledge, and the entire country entered period of rapid development.
These reformists are the "new party", with farming forces as their basic base.
Suotou, who just came over from the prairie north of Yinshan Mountain, is basically nomadic and belongs to the "old party".
Speaking of which, the Tuoba Dynasty has a bit of a dualistic system, and bridging internal contradictions is its first priority.
"Lanshou?" Qiwanzhen Wang Yun drank a lot of wine and squinted his eyes to look at the person who came to deliver the message.
"Yes." Lan Shou opened the bag on his waist, took out the official letter, and handed it over, but did not leave immediately.
“Say.” Wang Yun shook his head and took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
There are not many people in junior high schools who can read and write Chinese characters, especially many military officers and nobles. They may not have staff who are proficient in writing and calligraphy around them. Many messages are conveyed purely by messengers.
"Wo Yang has sent more than 10,000 strong men from various tribes to ride south, and they have attached themselves to the tails of the Jin thieves. However, the thieves are so fierce that they can only surround and shoot at them, draining their energy and reducing their numbers. General Liu Please send five thousand strong soldiers from Yinshan to fight to the death with the Jin thieves."
Wang Yun wrote the story quickly.
After the ink was slightly dry, he blew it, put it aside, and then took out another piece of yellow paper.
"Shenhexing has gathered more than 30,000 troops, but they are short of arrows. The nobles from various tribes jointly begged for 100,000 arrows."
Wang Yun continued to write.
"The nobles of Daihai whipped the officials who went to collect grain and grass, threatening to withdraw their troops since they could not take Bingzhou." Lan Shou continued.
Wang Yun was stunned, put away the yellow paper, took out a piece of wooden slip, and started writing.
"After He Li led his army out from the east, some nobles insulted him. He Li could not control it, and the armies despised him more and more."
Wang Yun was silent for a moment, took out a piece of white paper, and began to write.
The Jin thieves raided Zhonglingchuan. According to the news from all sides, their number was estimated to be six to seven thousand.
In order to prevent Shengle and other places from being attacked, more than 50,000 Hu and Han people were mobilized from various places to guard various crossings to prevent them from fleeing north. At the same time, several cavalry troops pursued them or charged them head-on. Or harass the tired enemy, but in any case, these people must be killed.
In addition, the barbaric but brave Suotou tribe north of Yinshan Mountain was also ordered to select elites to go south to Shengle and other places to receive armor and equipment, divide their troops into several groups, and pursue and intercept them.
There are about twenty thousand people in this part.
In other words, a total of 70,000 people were mobilized to surround and pursue these thousands of Jin troops. The scale was huge.
You must know that the total number of adult men of all ethnic groups in the Tuoba Dynasty is more than 300,000, and one-fifth of them were used in this one breath. It is very powerful and consumes a lot of money, which brings The opposition was very loud.
Although Wang Yun is often drunk, he has a delicate mind and has keenly felt the unusual atmosphere inside and outside Shengle.
Mrs. Qi gradually became active, and many centrists who were neither the new party nor the old party began to lean towards her.
They have only one appeal: since this test is not ideal, then let's stop fighting and make peace.
Anyway, they have also demonstrated their power, and they have a better understanding of the enemy's reality: the Jin army is indeed powerful, but there are too few elite soldiers to pose a fatal threat to Dai.
No one on either side can do anything to the other, and no one is sure of winning, so why not negotiate for peace?
The only obstacle may be Tuoba Yulu, the leader of the country who can't lose face.
Thinking of this, Wang Yun trembled subconsciously and woke up from the wine.
Tuoba Yilu was killed by his son Liuxiu.
The Sixth Cultivator was killed again by Brother Pugen.
Pugen died suddenly after a month in office. Pugen's son was just a baby at first, and he died after eight months.
Will Tuoba Yulu follow in their footsteps?
Anyway, Wang Yun doesn't really believe that Pugen and Shisheng's father and son died in a normal way, because there are many true and false rumors circulating in Shengle. As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire, and many things cannot be explained clearly. Wang Yun even believes that this is the result of party struggle.
However, the death of Pugen and his son did not cause any harm to the lower class.
The upper class is fighting for power and only a few noble people are killed. As long as a civil war does not break out, it is nothing.
I just hope that if another coup breaks out in the future, it will be limited to the palace and the upper class, and innocent people will not be implicated.
After putting the official letter into the wooden box, Wang Yun nodded to Lan Shou, called several Hu Luozhen, and went into the city.
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The two sides on the Xinkou front line have indeed been facing each other for more than half a month.
But this does not mean that there was no fighting at all. In fact, it was just that the main force did not move. The cavalry battle between the two sides never stopped, and most of them were fights involving thousands of people.
The two sides used their skills, charging head-on, shooting at each other, setting up ambushes, etc. They used all kinds of tricks. The number of casualties continued to rise, and each of them was very painful.
On the tenth day of June, Shao Xun ordered to reduce the frequency of the Yi Congjun's attacks because they suffered heavy losses in the long-term war of attrition, with more than 700 killed.
If we include the early losses in the Kelan Valley and Shiling Pass battles, the total has reached more than 1,300.
The Shangdang cavalry brought over by Liu Runzhong also suffered heavy losses.
In the past, he would have run away long ago, but now he has adopted the surname of Lu, and is married to the Sun family in Taiyuan. His son, uncles, and brothers are also serving as officials. The price was too high, so I repeatedly persuaded the clan leaders and tribal adults under my rule, made various promises, and talked about friendships, so I was able to maintain it.
Of course, the most troublesome thing is the lack of military rations.
There is also bad news in Hebei. The heavy rain has been continuous for ten days, and this year's grain harvest is very problematic.
The victims who were just pacified last year may become refugees again.
The only good news is that Jiangnan is also very difficult.
Last year there were heavy floods in Bingzhou and Hebei, and there were also floods to a certain extent in the south of the Yangtze River, but they were not as severe as in the north.
The rain in Jiangnan is still heavy this year, and has spread to Jingzhou and several southern counties in Yuzhou.
In this way, at least the southern front can be calmed down, and both sides should provide disaster relief, resettle the refugees, and train their troops and horses, so that they can live in peace and harmony.
The public sentiment was such that the general's office and Liang State frequently wrote letters and petitions to stop the troops.
Both sides can no longer fight.
Floods and locust plagues have seriously overdrawn the national power of the Central Plains. If it continues to be depleted, local rebellions may arise one after another.
On June 12, military adviser Zhang Bin raised this issue again.
"Earlier, the king said that 'a quick war will not last long', but now we have been fighting for twenty years, which is a waste of food and grass." Zhang Bin said: "Liu Han has sent troops to cross the river eastward to attack and harass everywhere. Warnings were issued in many places such as Hu and Hehe. Enemy troops also marched eastward from Tongguan and Pujinguan. Although they have retreated, this is a test. Once Liu Can decides to march eastward in a large scale, it will be a battle with a scale of 100,000. The people are too tired to fight on both sides. I ask the king to think again."
"What do Tuoba Yulu think?" Shao Xun asked.
"He can't fight." Zhang Bin said: "Before going south, Tuoba believed that he was tyrannical and arrogant. After these two months, Yu Lu will probably wake up a little, and the nobles of the tribes should also I'm thinking of quitting."
"The relationship between the Xiongnu and Xianbei is not harmonious, and the battle between the king and Yu Lu will only delay Liu Can's gains. It may not be impossible for Chang'an and Shengle to collude with each other. "Zhang Bin said again: "This situation has not reached the point of getting out of hand, Wang Yi should stop immediately."
Shao Xun put his hands behind his back and thought for a while.
The food and grass in the army are kept secret, and the Xianbei people probably don't know much about his difficulties.
Of course, he may not be fully aware of the difficulties faced by the Xianbei people.
Now he is stationed in Shiling and Jiuyuan, and Xianbei is stationed in Xinkou, facing each other.
If the Xianbei people did not take the initiative to attack, the few troops he had on hand would not be enough to break Xinkou.
The Xianbei people are also unable to attack the city. As for the field battle, the Xianbei people may be willing or unwilling, but Shao Xun only has 6,000 soldiers in the silver spear camp, which is more capable of fighting, but winning Don't let the opponent hurt his muscles and bones.
What's more, Tuoba Xianbei has suffered a loss and will most likely not be arrogant enough to use cavalry to attack heavy infantry.
This war is destined to be fruitless.
"Your Majesty, if you want to destroy Suotou, you must send out the best soldiers in the country to attack in separate routes, with a total of 100,000 auxiliary troops and more than 200,000 slaves. Only then can you have a chance of winning. It's not enough now. There will be no benefit in continuing the fight. "Zhang Bin said: "It took a long time for your Majesty to get to this situation. Don't let it be ruined by being angry for a moment."
"But I cannot be the first to negotiate peace. "Proposed." Shao Xun frowned and said: "Suotou is afraid of power and has no morals. If he proposes peace, he may be underestimated and suffer further setbacks." "Don't worry, your Majesty." Yu Lu is afraid that it will be difficult to survive. If you are really worried, you can send someone to take the Xianbei envoy back to Xinkou to find out."
Shao Xun nodded slightly and asked: "Who should be envoyed? ”
"Pei Zhan who joined the army is good at Xianbei language, so he can be used as an envoy."
"Call him over, and I want to give you instructions face to face."
(End of this chapter)