Chapter 278 Drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle

The next morning, Gai Xun summoned the generals to the county guard to discuss matters.

The main issue discussed was how to quickly find the rebels and cut them down.

Since the Han army entered Hanyang, the Qiang rebels here have disappeared. Gai Xun sent people out every day to investigate the movements of the rebels, but these tens of thousands of horses seemed to disappear out of thin air, like mud cattle into the sea, and there was no news.

"The Qiang people seem to be ready for a long battle." After Gai Xun explained the current situation, he made a final decision on it.

The generals sitting below did not complain much, they had experienced wars, even if they fought for three years and five years, they were already commonplace.

The general under his command did not complain, Gai Xun was very satisfied, he glanced down and stopped his gaze on Lu Bu. This promising young offspring seems to dislike to take the initiative to speak and make suggestions, which attracts people's attention.

"General Lu, what do you think?" Gai Xun asked, wanting to hear Lu Bu's thoughts.

Lu Bu was thinking about the affairs of the Jiang family, when he heard Gai Xun's question at this moment, and saw the eyes of the generals in the hall, he sorted out his thoughts a little, and then replied: "I think that in addition to finding a decisive battle with the rebels, the most important thing is to repair the city wall and consolidate the defense." Otherwise, even if we temporarily quell the rebellion, if the Qiang people rebel in the future, they will also enter the pass. ”

From Chencang all the way, Lu Bu understood why the rebels in Liangzhou were so rampant, and the walls of the county towns were so dilapidated, not to mention the other counties under his jurisdiction.

As the most important and least fortification, the city is not even good, how can it be expected to defend against the rebels in the city. It is no wonder that the Qiang rebels will easily plunder everywhere without fear.

This is purely the work of the local officials.

Hearing Lu Bu mention repairing the city wall, Gai Xun shook his head helplessly, he had already thought about this. However, repairing the city requires a large amount of money to support, and now the people in the city can't even afford to eat, and the treasury in the city reserve has long been empty.

What should be done to fix such a predicament?

"Doesn't the imperial court allocate a lot of money every year for repairs and tidying up in various places?" Lu Bu was puzzled by this, Wuyuan County received a lot of repair costs last year, and I believe that Liangzhou should not be an exception.

There may be corruption in other places, but Hanyang is the place where Gaehun himself sits and serves as the county guard, and with Gaehoon's character, it is absolutely impossible to do such a despicable thing.

However, Lu Bu didn't know that Gai Xun had only been in Hanyang for a short time. At first, he was sent here for his bitter admonition, and he was sent here as an official. The previous assassin dared to be greedy for the cost of recruiting soldiers, and the mountains in Liangzhou were far away from the emperor, and there was nothing he could not do.

Therefore, Liangzhou was poor and poor, and the people at the bottom were in dire straits, and the officials above not only did not help, but oppressed them even more, which caused this huge rebellion dominated by the Qiang people.

After all, His Majesty the Son of Heaven who lives in Luoyang is selling his official beard, and if the officials in these places don't loot some money, how can they climb up.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu didn't say anything more.

Report~~~

Just as Gai Xun was about to dismiss the meeting and let the generals go down to perform their duties, a blood-stained soldier rushed into the hall and shouted a long report from afar. The blood dripping from the armor formed a long red line on the ground.

Gai Xun saw the embarrassed appearance of the soldier, and sighed in his heart, no need to guess to know, it must be no good.

The soldier knelt on one knee in the hall, clasped his fists and bowed to Gai Xun, the blood stains on his body that had experienced the fierce battle had not dried, and his hoarse voice revealed a thick sorrow: "County guard, when our army was transporting grain and grass to Panzuka Mountain, it was ambushed by the rebels and suffered heavy damage, please send troops to rescue as soon as possible!" ”

Hearing the news, the generals couldn't sit still, and their faces were covered with great shock. If the rebels were to cut off the grain and grass, what would they eat in the coming months?

"Have you ever been robbed of grain and grass?" Gai Xun, who got up from his position, asked eagerly, this is the question he is most concerned about at the moment.

At the same time, this is something that everyone is worried about and concerned about.

"I don't know, but the number of rebels is large, far exceeding our numbers, and I'm afraid Captain Fu won't be able to support it for long." The soldiers broke through all the way and rushed all the way here, and the breathing atmosphere has not been able to ease up until now.

Panzuka Mountain is not far from the county seat of Hanyang, and if you ride a horse, it will be a stick of incense.

The situation was urgent, and Gai Xun didn't have time to make too much verbosity, so he shouted directly: "Lu Bu, Feng Yu." ”

"The last general!" The two of them got up and clenched their fists at the same time.

"I order the two of you to lead five thousand horsemen and rush to Panzuka Mountain, even if it is at all costs, you must not let the rebels rob our army of food and grass!" Gai Xun's tone was quick and resolute.

"Command!" As the two people who are most trusted by Gai Xun at the moment, they know the weight of responsibility in this matter, and they clasp their fists again and replied sonorously.

If this tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass are robbed, not only the people in the city will gnaw the bark in the future, but they will also have to gnaw the bark.

No wonder the rebels have disappeared for a long time, it turned out that they wanted to force the Han army in Hanyang County to a dead end in one go.

The five thousand horsemen were put in order at the city gate, and there was no need to talk about the priority of the matter. At the moment when Lu Bu and Feng Yu got on horseback, they galloped towards Panzuka Mountain in the east direction with full firepower.

The scene on the side of the road flew in his eyes, and he retreated quickly, Lu Bu had no intention of stopping to watch, he was the same as the other soldiers in their hearts, praying that nothing would happen.

Once the supply of grain and grass is interrupted, even if you don't starve to death, you will definitely have to retreat from Hanyang.

The oncoming mountain breeze was cool, but due to the rapid galloping of the four hooves of the war horse, the breeze blew across the face, like a cold blade blowing on the face, and it was extremely painful.

When we arrived at Panzuka Mountain, everything around me was quiet, and it seemed so silent, except for the occasional few old crows calling in the forest.

Blood flowed from the mountains and fields to the roots of the thick roots, dissolving into the deep soil.

After all, they are still a step too late.

There is no trace of the rebels on Panzuka Mountain, and some are just thousands of Han soldiers who have died in a tragic state, and the messy corpses are all over the mountain forest.

According to the time of the battle, the rebels will leave here for no more than half an hour, and as long as they are willing to pursue, they will definitely be able to catch up.

Lu Bu had this idea, the Qiang people took away so much grain and grass, and this is a mountain road, so it will definitely not be able to go far.

And just as Lu Bu was about to lead the army in pursuit, Feng Yu, who was the deputy general of the trip, stopped in front of Lu Bu and persuaded with a solemn face: "General Lu, the situation is unclear now, and the rebels are scheming, and they are afraid of an ambush and deliberately lured us, so let's wait for the county guard to lead the army to come." ”

Thinking of the previous deeds, Feng Yu was not unreasonable, the Qiang rebels had planted a dark line inside, and they had long been aware of the actions of the Han army.

Perhaps at this moment, they are squatting in some dark corner, waiting for the Han army to throw themselves into the net.

But just like this, the rebels left with tens of thousands of stones, grain and grass, and Lu Bu was unwilling, and after several considerations and weighing, he finally gave up the idea of pursuit.

Looking at the angry Han family sons on the ground, Lu Bu smashed his fist on the trunk of the tree and roared angrily: Damn!