Chapter 37: The Destruction of Jiuquan City (1)
Of course, on the battlefield, winning the battle is the truth, and achieving the goal is the statement, Duan Ye didn't give them a chance to think clearly at all, and after shouting what should be shouted, he ordered all the archers to shoot arrows at the head of the city together.
At this moment, because the soldiers at the head of the city were a little stunned by Fang Cai's shouting offensive, a volley actually caused a lot of casualties, and by the time the soldiers at the head of the city were ready to fight back after hiding in the bunker, Duan Ye had already withdrawn with his people.
There was Lu You's cavalry outside the city, Xie Batian didn't dare to chase after him, he could only watch the so-called Jiuquan Army swagger away, but Xie Batian keenly noticed that the eyes of the soldiers were a little weird.
The previous words to appease the people, the men who were soldiers and licked blood from their swords, didn't care, they just talked about the scene.
But Lord Song Hao's corruption is different! In particular, as mentioned below, Song Hao embezzled not only other money, but also military salaries!
Military salary! It is always the most sensitive issue in the army, as the old saying goes, the emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers, and the average person in later generations will make a little trouble in arrears of wages, but in all dynasties, if you dare to get money from the black head soldier, he will play with your life!
It's good to die or not, people just said below, the same army of the Great Qin Empire, the same level, and the salary and silver taken are uniformly allocated by the Liangzhou Thorn History, but why are there more than fifty percent? Why?
Song Hao loves the people like a son, is diligent and impartial, and the big-headed soldiers have been in Jiuquan for a long time, and they still have a number of these, but what they have more is the military salary they get every month!
Since it is not the local tax in Jiuquan, but the money sent above, why is there less?
Finally, a bold man stood up and asked, "General, ...... about this military salary?"
Xie Batian is no problem with loyalty, and there is no problem with being brave, but after all, he doesn't understand these twists and turns, and he has been in a bad mood in recent days. Which month has not been paid to you? Don't listen to the nonsense of the thief! β
After saying that, after ordering them to guard this section of the city wall and monitor the enemy, Xie Batian left indignantly, he was very busy, and he did not and did not want to explain these things.
But the big men muttered. There is nothing wrong with paying military salaries on time, but is it deducted? You must know that the deduction of military salaries as an official is actually a tradition, if everyone knows it, it is actually nothing, it is just a tighter life.
But the question is, for a long time, Song Hao and his subordinates have been portrayed as the image of the Lord Qingtian, such an honest and respected person, if they finally find out that they have been lying to them and have been deducting their military salaries, can this kind of thing be tolerated?
Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will be like poison, eroding trust little by little, and once a certain critical point is exceeded, it will explode.
Duan Ye hummed a small tune, and rode back proudly, he only hated that the literacy rate in this era was too low, and the kind of method of relying on leaflets for some people would not work, even if you shot in, what is the use of people not being able to understand it? It's better to shout.
All kinds of suspicions, all kinds of negative emotions that need to be fermented, Duan Ye still has some grasp of human nature, and the words he shouted today are all sensitive issues, so many people in the city heard it, and later the whole army shouted, and many of the people could hear it, this kind of strange words must be spread by someone, and Song Hao is unlikely to order that he is not allowed to go out and not to discuss, in that case, it will be equivalent to confirming the accusation, I am afraid that Jiuquan City will be destroyed if it is not attacked.
You must know that the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, and now, more than 10,000 soldiers and 100,000 people in Jiuquan City are the best help for Duan Ye!
Everything Duan Ye did was not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy, everything was spread out on the surface, and anyone with a discerning eye could see the purpose at a glance.
The reason why the conspiracy can succeed is that you don't know the purpose, and once you see through it, it's worthless, but the power of the conspiracy is that you know that it is going to deal with you, and you can't help it.
As for not immediately driving the boulder artillery team up to bombard him, it was because these little words needed time to ferment, and when the people were panicking, once the city was broken, Jiuquan City would be in the bag.
Of course, this degree must also be grasped well, Song Hao is not a mediocre hand, but his reaction is a little slow, once he is given time, let him use some ruthless means to win back the hearts of the army and the people, then there will only be one way to die.
Lu You, who was next to him, saw that Duan Ye had been smiling, and asked coldly: "Is the war fought by your empty mouth and white teeth?" Jiuquan City is still standing. β
"It's still there, but it's not tomorrow." Duan Ye also showed no weakness, "But if you lead your troops to attack Jiuquan, how many days can you go?" β
A hint of displeasure flashed on Lu You's face, but he still suppressed his anger and said, "I can't do it in January." β
"If you can't do it in January, why care about a day?"
"Then we'll see." After Lu You finished speaking coldly, he beat his horse and left, Duan Ye looked at Lu You's back with a smile, and when he walked away, the smile on his face was completely gone.
At that end, Liang Yin's army had just passed Zhaowu County in Zhangye County, and when it was still about two days away from Jiuquan, he heard a report from the colonel, saying that a Hu army was rapidly approaching.
Liang Yin was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Then you ...... quickly No, Pontus himself went to meet them! Now with the help of this force, the defeat of the Lu thieves is just around the corner! β
Lu Shuihu is actually the authentic descendants of the Huns, much purer than the blood of Liu Yuan and others, they come from the Xiongnu Tu Bu clan heavy auxiliary ministers left and right Fuqu, belong to the official title for the clan, just like the source of the surname Sima of the Jin Dynasty. Now Lu Shuihu's big chief is Meng Xun and Nancheng's uncle Fuqu Luo Qiu, since he is here in person today, it is also a kind of statement and taking sides. Because Liang Yin also knew that when LΓΌ Guang's army went west, in fact, Frustrated Meng Xun and Nan Chengdu served in the Western Expeditionary Army, and although they returned to the tribe in time, Liang Yin has always been worried about their attitude, after all, they are too close to Guzang, and once they fall to LΓΌ Guang, the consequences are unpredictable.
As for the bald family of the Hehuang Xianbei Division, there is no news yet, which also makes Liang Yin specially leave a force to monitor them.
Not far away, there was a team standing in the black press, all cavalry, armor and robes, although they were not uniform, they were not as powerful as the unified system of the Liangzhou army, but the soldiers were all energetic, majestic, and murderous.
The battle flags they held high were all wordless, they were all patterns of wild beasts, such as flying dragons, flying tigers, flying leopards, flying snakes, and so on. Liang Yin understood that each of these patterns represented a small tribe, indicating that the frustrated Luo Qiu was a temporary gathering of people from various tribes.