Chapter 224: Entering Wenxi
Those with a lower status would stand around the fence every day to watch the emperor's morning court, and from time to time they would throw stones at the civil and military officials to add to the fun.
It’s a pity that the emperor really can’t bear such a reward.
I thought about returning eastward all the time, but I proposed to the Baibo thieves several times to return eastward to Luoyang, but they were all rejected without hesitation.
Now I heard that the powerful princes from Guandong actually brought 30,000 to 40,000 troops and horses to Hedong to welcome them.
The Baibo thieves felt something was wrong.
So, led by Yang Feng, the four people gathered together to discuss.
It can be said to be a discussion. Four people put together have eight ears, eyes, four noses, and mouths, but not half a brain.
Look at me and I look at you. I couldn’t hold back an idea for a long time.
“Is there nothing you can do?”
Yang Feng was also anxious, because he had the highest status, ranking higher than the three princes. He could not only open a house, but also be a minister. This was the most important title for participating in government affairs. The other three did not have this title.
Therefore, Yang Feng was in the most urgent mood.
Seeing that Yang Feng was anxious, Hu Cai hesitated and said, "How about we run north? Go to Pingyang to hide?"
"Nonsense."
Han Xian shook his head and objected: "How far away is it? Liu Bei has come from most of the Central Plains. How can he be afraid of these few steps?"
Pingyang is in the northeast of the river, more than a hundred kilometers away from Anyi County, which is really not that far.
"Then let's go further north?"
Li Le thought Hu Cai's idea was a good one. Since we are close, we should go further.
Yang Feng shook his head and objected: "Further north, there are Huns and Xianbei people, and do we have so much food?"
After hearing the first half of the sentence, Li Le asked He and Hu Cai wanted to refute, but the second half of his sentence silenced them.
Seeing that drought is coming again, last year's harvest was already very bad, but now looking at it, the summer harvest is expected to be a failure. Without food, let alone running away, it is impossible to defend the city.
Hu Cai had a violent attack and shouted: "What should we do? Since we can't leave, what can we do but fight?"
Li Le also stood up suddenly and echoed Hu Cai: "Fight! We will fight to the end whoever wants to snatch away the emperor!"
When Yang Feng saw the reactions of Hu Cai and Li Le, he was a little moved, but he couldn't make up his mind.
After all, being able to get into this position all depends on the soldiers and horses in hand.
If we really want to wipe out all the soldiers and horses, then who will recognize him as General Xingyi?
So, Yang Feng asked Han Xian: "Boyang, what do you think?"
Han Xian gritted his teeth and said: "We won the emperor through bloody battles, why should we give up? For Liu Bei, if he is honest, then we can share a piece of the pie with him. If he wants to monopolize the emperor, he will have to do it once. "
After listening to Han Xian's suggestion, Yang Feng. They said, "Let's do it! When Liu Bei comes, we will treat each other with courtesy. As long as he doesn't mention taking away the emperor, he will give officials to officials and titles to titles. But if he wants to take away the emperor, then just follow him He fights to the end!”
“Okay!”
Han Xian, Hu Cai, and Li Le responded loudly together.
Yang Feng was so decisive because he had no choice but to do so.
They have no foundation, and the only area within their scope of activity is Hedong County. Therefore, they instinctively resent the suggestion of leaving Hedong, just like wild animals not wanting to leave the safety of their caves.
But Yang Feng and others also know that their food cannot last this year at all, not even in the middle of the year.
This made them feel a little guilty when facing Liu Bei, which is why they finally made such a strange response plan.
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On January 5, Taishi Ci left Jiguan as the vanguard and marched northwest along Wangwu Mountain. The army was supported by Zhang Liao, Cao Cao, Guan Yu, and Pan Zhang , Zhang Yang, Guo Gong, Gao Shun and other tribes marched in sequence and officially entered the territory of Hedong.
The path Liu Feng chose was Zhiguan Xing among the Eight Routes of Taihang since ancient times.
The starting point is Zhi County, passing through Jiguan and entering the Yuncheng Basin.
The combat strength of Taishi Ci's subordinates has greatly increased. Liu Feng originally arranged for people to wait for war horses. In the past half month, 500 war horses were raised in Hedong, and all of them were allocated to Taishi Ci's subordinates, making Taishi The number of cavalry under Cisuo increased to more than a thousand, and their speed increased greatly.
It only took three days to leave Wangwu Mountain and officially enter the Hedong Basin.
On the map, Ha Dong and Hanoi are almost right next to each other, but in fact the transportation is not convenient.
Land transportation either has to pass through Wangwu Mountain, or you have to follow Wangwu Mountain through the narrow passage along the Yellow River.
The most convenient way is to walk along the Yellow River, but the Sanmenxia area is very dangerous, and we must control Shaanxi City on the other side of the river.
The entire Hedong County is surrounded by Wangwu Mountain, the Yellow River, and the Luliang Mountains and Taihang Mountains to the north, forming a river valley basin.
In later generations, this river valley basin was divided into two parts, called Yuncheng Basin and Linfen Basin. The former was the hometown of Guan Yu, and the latter was the hometown of Xu Huang.
What Taishi Ci entered was the former Yuncheng Basin, which was also the hometown of Guan Yu.
From a large geographical perspective, the Hedong Basin and the Guanzhong Plain should actually be a whole, but they are forcibly separated by the Yellow River. But in winter, the Yellow River freezes again. During the ice period, the two plains will be connected again.
The Hedong Basin has a high degree of advantage over the entire Guanzhong Plain, overlooking Guanzhong from a high position.
It borders Bingzhou in the north, Hanoi in the east, Guanzhong in the west, and the Yellow River in the south.
Geographically, Hedong has been the father of Guanzhong since ancient times.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Wei was in the east of the river, and the oppressive Qin State was almost destroyed.
Qin conquered Hedong and defeated the three Jin armies.
Liu Feng himself was quite pleasantly surprised by the ease with which he could go north to Hanoi and enter Hedong. Naturally, he also had the idea of going to Longwang to Shu.
If we can take the opportunity to capture Hedong and Hanoi counties, and then use them as a base, whether it is to develop to Henan Yin or expand to Guanzhong, it will be a pretty good strategy.
But after calming down, he gave up the plan without hesitation.
Without him, Guanzhong has no value.
At this time, the population of Guanzhong was almost extinct, and Hedong was also severely damaged. Only Hanoi was left, which was easy to attack and difficult to defend. It was difficult to support a single tree.
Besides, this is not the biggest problem. The real problem is that if you want to be elite in Hanoi and Hedong, you must stay in Hanoi.
Once I leave my father, if my father becomes loyal and fails to go south to take Yangzhou, and only works in vain for the emperor, then the profit I have in Hanoi will be far worse than what my father will waste. The power is much greater.
After Taishi Ci left Jingxing, he left the infantry to guard the crossing step by step, and personally led the cavalry to attack Wenxi County.
Hold the crossing and you will be invincible.
With the hard power of King Qin's army in Guandong, the only chance for the Baibo thieves in Hedong to block Liu Feng and the others is to seal the exit from Zhi Guanxing.
The attack on Wenxi County was naturally to control a foothold and a grain and grass storage center.
Wenxi is located to the north of Anyi County, only forty or fifty miles away, and only over a hundred miles from the entrance to Jingxing, so it is the best choice.
Afterwards, the army came out of Wangwu Mountain in a steady stream and headed towards Wenxi.
When Taishi Ci arrived at the gate of Wenxi County, he just showed the emperor's edict to King Qin of Xuzhou. The Wenxi County magistrate immediately opened the city gate to welcome the Xuzhou army into the city.
After Taishi Ci's troops entered the city, military discipline was strict and Qiu did not commit any crimes. Except for taking over the defense of Wenxi City, no one in the army disturbed the people. They were all in the military camp during rest time. No one was allowed to do anything without orders. Leave.
This shocked the Wenxi County magistrate, and after discussing with the big families in the city, they jointly offered twenty dan of grain, one hundred and twenty dan of fodder, twenty pigs and sheep, and thirty chickens.
Considering the severe drought in Hedong, the grain harvest was poor.
This gift list is already quite substantial.
Taishici wanted to refuse, but he also knew how precious the food in Hedong was at this time.
But after thinking carefully, he still chose to accept the gift. It was easy for him to refuse, but he couldn't control other people's random thoughts.
At the same time, after accepting the gift, Taishi Ci also used money and silk to purchase more fodder, wood and other materials from Wenxi County Magistrate and local nobles to prepare for the follow-up army.
As a result, Wenxi County Magistrate and the powerful officials in the county breathed a sigh of relief.
They were afraid that if Tai Shici didn't want anything, they would have a headache.
Since Taishi Ci was willing to accept the gift and asked for it, they felt a sense of security, and at the same time they were more attentive to helping Taishi Ci raise materials, wood and other supplies. After that, new troops came to Wenxi every day.
Except for Guan Yu, Cao Cao, Guo Gong, and Zhang Yang who led their guards into the city, the other troops were stationed in the military camps outside Wenxi City.
At the same time, Liu Feng officially sent an envoy Dong Zhao to Anyi with a memorial letter from the three prefectures of Xu, Yan, Henan, and Hanoi County to prepare a front line for King Qin's army in Guandong to meet the emperor.
When Dong Zhao arrived in Anyi, the place was already in a state of turmoil.
The wall was full of soldiers. Although the city gate was still open, there was a military commander who set up a checkpoint far away from the city gate. It was difficult to get close to the city gate. Obviously, he was preparing for a sneak attack.
Because Dong Zhao had an edict, the captain outside the city did not dare to neglect and reported to the superiors quickly.
Soon, the important ministers around the emperor also got the news and sent people out to greet Dong Zhao.
The person coming from Yang Feng's side is Yang Feng's general Xu Huang. At this time, he has been worshiped as the Cavalry Captain and given the title of Dutinghou. He can be regarded as Yang Feng's confidant and favorite general.
There were more people coming from the emperor's side, including Zhong Yao, Zhong Ji, Liu Ai and others.
Xu Huang arrived first on horseback. When he saw Dong Hao in the distance, he urged his horse forward and shouted: "Is this the envoy of Xuzhou?"
Dong Zhao refused: " A certain person is an envoy of the Kwantung Allied Forces. He has come to see His Majesty. He presents a memorial from the Kwantung ministers and begs the emperor to summon him. "
Xu Huang looked closer and saw that he was a fat black man. However, the Kwantung princes were powerful, and he was He had a loyal and cautious temperament, so he did not dare to be rude and dismounted from his horse to salute.
Following this, Zhong Yao and others also rushed to the city gate.
After seeing Xu Huang, his face changed slightly, and he immediately stepped forward to salute Dong Zhao, and asked Xu Huang for instructions in a good voice: "General, the emperor wants to summon the state envoy. If the general has nothing else to do, let us complete the sacred order first." ."
Xu Huang hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.
Compared to the Baibo Thieves, Xu Huang actually comes from a good family, just because the entire Hedong County is the Baibo Thieves' activity area, and they are very powerful. Even the powerful people in Hedong often attack the Baibo Thieves. name.
As time passed, the powerful people in Hedong and the Baibo thieves completely merged. There was me among you, and you among me. No one could tell the difference.
Xu Huang stood out under Yang Feng because of his force and ability in warfare, and became Yang Feng's confidant.
But he was still not domineering, and often advised Yang Feng to act accordingly.
But fortunately, Yang Feng was very dependent on Xu Huang and trusted him extremely. This difference did not affect the intimacy between the two.
Xu Huang's hesitation was because he felt that he should take Dong Zhao to see Yang Feng first at this time, but his feelings for the big man made him unable to bear to do so.
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Huang finally chose to turn a blind eye, raised his hand and let him go.
Dong Zhao smiled and saluted Xu Huang, and followed Zhong Yao to the city.
Anyi is the seat of government in Hedong. Although it is far from comparable to Chang'an and Luoyang, it was still quite prosperous in Hedong itself.
Just because of the war, Anyi changed hands several times, and the city experienced several fires.
This meant that there were no good houses in Anyi City. Even though Yang Feng and others respected the emperor, they arranged for the best houses.
But even so, Emperor Xian could only devote himself to private houses. Once he went to court, he could only find an open space and surround it with a fence, and then the emperor and his ministers went to court in the fence circle.
This is why the low-level sergeants of the Baibo thieves were able to throw stones at the emperor's court meeting to tease the ministers.
Every time there is a court meeting, these idle Baibo thieves treat the meeting as a big show. They circle around the fence and make a lot of noise. When they see the excitement, they even throw some things into the fence. Think about it carefully. This should be the earliest live broadcast industry in China, and ministers can also get genuine "rewards".
Fortunately, Dong Zhao only came alone, and the emperor could summon him in a private house, so he no longer had to go to the fence to suffer.
The emperor at this time was just a sixteen-year-old child.
After seeing Dong Zhao, his eyes lit up, and joy filled his slightly immature face.
"The Emperor is a little too naive."
This was Dong Zhao's first impression after seeing the emperor, and then he smiled bitterly.
The emperor is only sixteen years old. You can't compare the emperor with that boy in Xuzhou.
That person is open-mouthed and able to communicate with his brothers.
Although the age difference between Liu Feng and Dong Zhao is nearly thirty years, in fact this is not a big deal at all.
Between Chen Ji and Chen Qun, father and son under Liu Bei, and Liu Bei’s good friend Kong Rong, a famous idiom was born, called the friendship between Ji and Qun.
Kong Rong was of the same generation as Chen Ji, but he was a full twenty-four years younger than Chen Ji, but they still became friends.
Later, Kong Rong unexpectedly met Chen Ji’s son Chen Qun. After talking with him, he discovered that Chen Qun and he were also very compatible. He immediately promoted his good friend Chen Ji to a senior level, and then they were more than ten years younger than him. Chen Qun is dating.
Therefore, although Dong Zhao seems to have suffered a disadvantage and was regarded as a brother by Liu Feng, in fact, this fat black man took advantage and naturally became Liu Bei's nephew.
Dong Zhao prostrated on the ground, and after saluting, he said to the Emperor: "Your Majesty, the troops of King Qin of Guandong have heard of the news and have specially ordered me to meet with the Emperor and wait for the Emperor's orders."
“Okay! Okay!”
The emperor was obviously so excited that he lost his temper. He kept saying hello and even wanted to get up and approach Dong Zhao, but was quietly stopped by Zhong Yao and others.
In a short while, several other big guys also came after hearing the news, including Taiwei Yang Biao, Zongzheng Liu Ai, Zhijinwu Fuwan, Situ Zhao Wen and Weiwei Zhou Zhong, Dahong Lurong Shao, Taichang, Wang Jiang and others rushed there one after another.
The reason why these important ministers came so late is quite ridiculous.
The reason was that they went out of the city to dig wild vegetables.
That’s right!
Just dig wild vegetables.
The three dignitaries and nine ministers can only live on gruel. If they don't go out to dig some wild vegetables, they will have starved to death in Anyi County.
In this time and space, the emperor returns eastward and drives home, which is even bleaker than in the original time and space.
At least Zhang Yang sent a wave of food in Yuankong. Now even that wave of food has disappeared and has become Liu Feng's army ration.
No one in the Emperor's team has starved to death so far, that's because Liu Feng came quickly enough.
"Liu Shijun has arrived to hear the news. How many soldiers and horses have he brought, how many knights, how many armors, how many crossbows and weapons, and how many men dare to fight?"
After Taiwei Yang Biao arrived, he asked the emperor After saluting, he asked Dong Zhao questions.
Dong Zhao did not hide anything and honestly handed out all the cards in Liu Fengming's face.
I heard that King Qin’s army in Guandong consisted of nearly 30,000 people, all of whom were elites from hundreds of battles.
Yang Biao and others saw the secret joy in each other's eyes.
The next moment, Huangmen Shilang Ding rushed out of the squad to ask the emperor: "Your Majesty, please order Liu Feng to lead the army of King Qin of Guandong to come to Anyi to pick him up. Cao Cao, the shepherd of Yanzhou, often said that he had the ambition to help. Dong Zhuo was in trouble. After that, the princes of Guandong fought hard to advance westward, defeated the Yellow Turbans in Yanzhou, and trained elites. The emperor could send him to Anyi to meet him. "
, Zhong Yao's eyes turned to Ding Chong.
This food minister is a bit ugly.
Everyone knows that King Qin of Guandong's army traveled thousands of miles to get to Wenxi, and this pioneer was the first success.
In terms of effort, Xuzhou is the farthest away, sends the most troops, and also transports a large amount of food and weapons.
In terms of official positions, Liu Bei was General Jianzhong, the official Xuzhou Mu and Marquis of Guangling County who were appointed and dismissed by the imperial court.
In terms of influence, Liu Bei had Liu Yao, the shepherd of Yangzhou, Guo Gong, the governor of Yuzhou, Chen Gui, the prime minister of Pei, Zang Ba, the prime minister of Rencheng, Chen Yi, the prime minister of Lu, Luo Jun, the prime minister of Chen, and Zhang Yang, the governor of Hanoi. The strong support of local princes.
Due to emotion and reason, it was not Cao Cao’s turn to be the vanguard.
However, Dong Zhao remained silent, just lowered his head and ignored Ding Chong.
Sure enough, at the next moment, Zhong Ji stood up and said to the emperor: "Mr. Cao, the state pastor, how can you easily go to dangerous places? Kuang Chen heard that in the past, Qi Jinggong sent an envoy to pardon Jia. , galloping into the army, Grand Sima Rangju said: 'The general is in the army, but the emperor's orders are not accepted.'"
"Now King Qin's army has arrived to hear the news, and Bai Bo's armies are between the elbows and armpits. Your Majesty cannot issue an edict lightly, just sit back and watch the success or failure."
After listening to the words of the two men, the emperor nodded frequently.
Although Liu Xie is young, he is indeed talented.
He glanced at Ding Chong, Zhongji. The latter's words were obviously more fair than the former. Ding Chong was obviously secretly suspected of helping Cao Cao take credit.
(End of this chapter)