Chapter 849 Order
After three days of preparation, Yu Jin finally set off westward with an army of 5,000 cavalry and a follow-up camp of 10,000 people.
He had to pursue Dong Jiajun all the way in the direction of retreat, and the task was quite arduous.
But this was also an opportunity to make meritorious deeds, so Yu Jin gathered all the soldiers and horses in his army and Yang Mao's army, and then personally selected the candidates for the expedition.
The first among them must be Zhao Yun's Crane Control Army.
Not only because the Crane Control Army itself is quite elite and capable of fighting, but more importantly, who is Zhao Yun? No one can miss Zhao Yun.
He is the first person to talk about politics and attitude in Yu Jin.
In addition to Zhao Yun, Yu Jin also brought the Lu brothers. Yes, he brought the Lu brothers, but not Pan Zhang.
It was not because Pan Zhang had offended Yu Jin, but because Yu Jin had heard some gossip from somewhere, saying that the king was dissatisfied with Pan Zhang and thought he was arrogant.
Regardless of who spread the news, he didn't want to verify it. Anyway, there were so many generals here, so Pan Zhang was not missing.
Moreover, Pan Zhang could fight on his own. With him cooperating with Yang Mao to guard the rear, he could rest assured in the west.
After determining the order of the expedition, Yu Jin and Yang Mao had a frank chat in private and reached a consensus on the division of work and distribution of credit between the two latter people.
In fact, Yang Mao had no dissatisfaction. In the final analysis, he was the one who pulled it off himself, but he was hampered by a group of Maitreya Taoist disciples with his army.
Moreover, people respect Yu Jin for what he has done as an old-timer, and their Linfen Camp will have a share of both the credit and the reward.
So what else is there to not cooperate with?
His Yang Mao has always said, if you respect me, I will respect others, be harmonious, and make progress together.
Finally, Yu Jin was satisfied and led 14,000 warriors and elite cavalry along the Wei River, hunting with banners, and attacked the Western Land.
The former champion became famous in Xizhou, and I will also make Wuliangzhou famous and achieve unparalleled achievements.
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After more than 14,000 Taishan troops withdrew from Chang'an, the city of Chang'an was quite empty, but the order in the city was still very stable.
For this, Yang Mao, who newly took over the security of Chang'an, played a great role.
After taking over the first post from Yu Jin, Yang Mao immediately put on the official attire of the Privy Council, purple robe and green ribbon, rode a tall horse, and patrolled the streets inside and outside Chang'an surrounded by a group of horsemen.
It can be said that this is the first time that the people of Chang'an have seen an important minister of the Taishan Army's public minister level, especially the special purple robe, which gives him a sense of splendor and magnificence.
During the inspection, Yang Mao personally posted notices of peace of mind at various strategic points, telling all citizens to live in peace and security. Anyone who dared to loot would be shot without mercy.
After his high-profile appearance, Yang Mao began to implement the Datai grassroots social system inside and outside Chang'an. Set up a workshop director in the inner city and a president in the outer city to implement joint and several liability.
Yang Mao, on the other hand, specially selected elite backbones from the army and set up military stations in various cities and communities. Once there was robbery, he would immediately dispatch to suppress it.
In addition to hard measures, Yang Mao also restored the previous grain relief strategy, treating everyone equally whether inside or outside the city.
In addition to these more traditional methods of deterrence and gentleness, the most prominent method Yang Mao adopted was to prohibit the streets of Chang'an City from going out at will, and violators would be severely punished.
There is something that is not obvious, but it is also evil, that is, ancient cities were really dirty.
Modern cities are clean because they have well-developed underground official roads, large-scale urban maintenance funds, and professional personnel. When these are maintained together, they have the appearance of modern cities.
Where could these exist in ancient times? Even with this awareness, there are not so many funds to maintain it. So after living in one city for a period of time, you have to move to another city.
The same is true for Chang'an City. As the second largest city in the world, it has a permanent population of more than 100,000 people, and all of these people's food, drink, and care are taken care of in the city.
In the past, the excrement in Chang'an was collected by farmers from the outer city in the early morning, and all the ministers' families poured it into the clean bucket at the same time.
But this is only the home of the ministers, and the disciples in the city who depend on the ministers for their lives do not have this condition. It's usually solved by running to some corner in the middle of the night and taking a dip.
So if someone walks in the middle of the night, it is very common to step on one.
Why do the families of various ministers, or the slightly more respectable nobles in the city, keep bullock carts at home? In addition to maintaining an upper-class look, not wanting to step on shit when walking is also a very important factor.
This situation is about time that the city of Chang'an can maintain its operation, but Chang'an City was in chaos for five or six days before, and there was an unknown amount of corpses and feces accumulated in it.
When Yu Jin was in charge of Chang'an, the corpses were cleaned up, but because they had objections to the households outside the city, those households did not dare to enter the city, so the random throwing of feces throughout Chang'an became more and more serious.
It can be said that as long as the wind blows, it will stink ten miles into the wind, which is simply a refuge for humans and animals.
Naturally, when Yang Mao dressed in purple robes and rode a white horse walking on the streets of Chang'an, he almost fainted from the epic stench.
Even the beautiful white horse was stained with excrement and no longer pure.
So after returning to the shogunate in Weiyang Palace, the first thing Yang Mao did was to organize farmers outside the city to enter the city to collect the feces produced in the city behind.
At the same time, Yang Mao ordered people to set up latrines at the entrances of alleys for people's convenience, and also paid people to clean them in the name of the shogunate. Those who refused to be punished were punished with cleaning excrement.
When Yang Mao did these things, words like this came out in the city:
"The Taishan Army really takes care of everything, even when Nai Gong poops and urinates! From now on, when Nai Gong goes to London, we have to ask the Taishan Army."
This statement quickly became a joke and became popular in Chang'an City.
In the final analysis, people inside and outside Chang'an are actually not convinced. They feel that the Taishan Army was able to break into Chang'an because of the civil strife on their side, otherwise they, the old Qin people, would insist on the good looks of the Taishan Army.
It was the vague dissatisfaction in my heart that caused so many troubles.
You see, it is also a big city. Is Luoyang so "unruly"? Because after seeing the Taishan Army defeat the two armies of Guandong and Chen Gongguo, no one dares to disrespect the Taishan Army.
Moreover, what Taishan Army did also brought a lot of trouble to everyone.
In the eyes of many people, open defecation has been like this since ancient times. Everyone knows that people have three urgent needs. When the feeling comes, how can you bear it?
Therefore, in their opinion, the Taishan Army was just looking for trouble when doing this, and it was a different way to torture them, the subjugated people.
However, the laws and prohibitions imposed by the Taishan Army were true. Those who were caught urinating and defecating in the street by the officials patrolling the streets were taken away on the spot.
The next day people were out on the streets cleaning up the feces.
But after a period of time like this, even the most stubborn young man from an aristocratic family sighed:
"After the Taishan Army entered Chang'an, it took on a new look from top to bottom."
So gradually, the public opinion inside and outside the city began to change, and the people began to have a positive evaluation of the Taishan Army. When people outside talk about the Taishan Army, they will say that the Taishan Army has credibility.
Some of them would supply some chickens at home to the Taishan Army in the city, and the Taishan Army would pay the chickens in full at the market price without any delay.
And sometimes, the Taishan Army would go to the nearby area for training. Those huts that were burned and destroyed in the war were all built by the Taishan Army who were training outside.
From this perspective, since Zhang Chong issued the article "Military and Civilian Fish and Water Conditions" to the Western Expeditionary Army, the Taishan Army has indeed treated local work much more carefully and carefully.
And the effect is obvious and easy to see. As Zhang Chong often said, don't treat the people as fools. Although they may lack culture, they will never lack a simple sense of right and wrong.
They understand whoever treats them well.
When the Taishan Army really began to provide food and supplies, they began to repair their homes.
There were even military officers who began to bring local writers deep into and around Chang'an and began to survey the land, saying that they would start dividing the land when the situation stabilized.
After doing these things, the people of Chang'an will know who is good to them.
And the amazing thing is that all their previous complaints against the Taishan Army were attributed to Yu Jin. Quite a bit:
"The Taishan Army is good, but people like Yu Jin are bad."
Of course, Yang Mao is happy to see the success, which shows that he has indeed done his job well.
And he can’t help but be a little proud in his heart:
"There are many soldiers in the army who can leap on horseback and march across the battlefield, but how many of them, like me, Old Yang, can dismount and pacify the people?"
To a certain extent, what Yang Mao said is really right.
And there is word of mouth outside the city, and the Taishan Army has not been left behind inside the city.
After Yang Mao personally presided over the trial of the Han Dynasty ministers, many people did go home quickly because they made it clear that they had no blood feud with the Taishan Army.
Although they were destitute after returning home, they all praised the "legal system" of the Taishan Army, whether sincerely or not, after they were lucky enough to save a life.
As for the other ministers' families, although their elders were still suppressed in Changle Palace, seeing this hope, they also began to praise the "good governance" of the Taishan Army.
Under such various measures, order in Chang'an was gradually restored.
And when the news spread, something happened that surprised even Yang Mao, that is, many of the Gongqing's children who had escaped from the capital came back home one after another.
The reason here is not complicated. It is just because it is still too difficult outside, but the city is stable.
It was already late autumn at this time. Many of the sons of Gongqing who fled the city were too impatient, so they set up their carriages and horses and ran away with some random things.
After these people left Chang'an, because they did not dare to take the main road, they took small roads. This kind of road was full of patches of mud. The carriage only traveled for a short time before the wheels were bumpy and broken.
These people had no choice but to support each other and walk on the boundless Guanzhong Plain.
As for the good luck, it rained heavily during the process. The road was muddy and the clothes were wet, which made it even more difficult.
They, the sons of the ministers, did have a place to seek refuge, but all the way there was looted by the rebels, so there was no place for these people to stay.
Therefore, during the few days on the run, these well-dressed and well-educated disciples were literally sleeping in the open. During the day, they had to be wary of the insurgents and bandits who would rob the road. They did not dare to close their eyes at night, for fear of encountering any ferocious beasts or poisonous insects.
After only three or four days like this, they couldn't stand it any longer.
It wasn't until they heard that the Taishan Army had begun to occupy Chang'an and began to restore order in the city that they decided to return to the original route to try their luck.
Of course they understand that they will be retaliated by the Taishan Army even after they return, but there is really no other way. They don't want to live another day of this kind of wandering and helpless life.
The most important thing now is to return to Chang'an. As for the rest, it's up to fate.
Later, after these people returned to Chang'an, they were indeed classified and detained by the Taishan Army.
To put it shamefully, in the temporary prison of Changle Palace, they finally slept peacefully for the first time in these days.
But later, the Taishan Army seemed to have forgotten these people and never examined these people. However, these sons of the ministers were leisurely and enjoying themselves every day.
In fact, it's not that the Taishan Army has forgotten these people, but that it really can't care about these little people.
As more and more news comes from Luoyang, Chang'an must immediately change its follow-up work arrangements, because something has happened in the East.
When the Western Expeditionary Army continued to conquer Kansai, Kyoto was also ready.
After three months of purging military discipline and style, the thirteen armies remaining in Kyoto have been expanded and reorganized, and the combat effectiveness of each army has been restored.
At the same time, due to the review and education of the army's style, a large number of military officials who were particular about factional origins were sent to Yecheng to study. After these people vacated their positions, they were quickly supplemented by capable young warriors.
These people all come from the grassroots level, have a better understanding of the military situation, and are more energetic.
And as these people set an example, more and more basic officials believe that they will be the next, so everyone wants to fight and everyone is enthusiastic.
While Kyoto was intensifying its purges, the situation in the entire East was also changing rapidly.
Sun Jian of Jiangdong, Chen Deng of Jianghuai, and the aristocratic families in Liang, Ru, Pei, Peng and other areas sent troops northward and began to break into the Central Plains from the Lu State, intending to join Cao Cao in the Taishan area and jointly attack Guan Yu and Heifu in the middle. .
With the addition of the heroes from Jiangbiao, the balance of power between the enemy and ourselves in the battlefield in the eastern part of the Central Plains has become unbalanced. For Zhang Chong now, he has to either give up Lu Zhongnan or choose to raise the same stakes.
And once Zhang Chong chooses the latter, this will lead to a decisive battle.
But for the group decisive battle, everyone from Zhang Chong to ordinary officials was full of confidence. Since you want to be a prisoner so much, it will be granted to you.
Finally, after Zhang Chong finished writing the article "The Love between Soldiers and People", he took 13 armies with a total strength of 70,000 and sent troops south to the Central Plains.
At the same time, Ding Sheng and Dong Fang jointly formed the Hebei Army Corps, with a total of eight armies and a total strength of 40,000, and they also began to prepare to go south.
Now that the enemy has been put on the table, any hesitation is disrespectful to this "delicious food".
Therefore, Zhang Chong came with an army of 100,000 this time.
In the past, didn't you, Cao Ah Man, say that a hundred thousand troops would hunt the Central Plains? Now that Zhang Chong is here, he will decide the outcome in one battle.
On the way south, the torrent of iron armor filled the road, and everyone had this thought:
"This should be the last battle!"