Chapter 1176: A Letter from Home
Wu Han sent hundreds of loud Han soldiers to stand in front of the city gate of Wuyang, pulling their necks and scolding Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing in the city.
There is no good hand in beating people, and there is no good mouth in scolding.
These Han soldiers, what is ugly and scolding, and the eighteen generations of Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing's ancestors collectively greeted.
Under such insults, there was still no movement in Wuyang City, and none of the 100,000 Shu troops went out of the city to meet the enemy.
The more Han Jun scolded, the more bottomless Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing's hearts became.
What the Han army is doing now is obviously provoking its own side and provoking it to go out of the city to fight.
The Han army, which was only 50,000, challenged the 100,000 Shu army with great fanfare, and Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing didn't know where the confidence of the Han army was.
However, the two of them understood one thing, their own side could not make the Han army happy no matter what, and since the Han army was in a hurry to fight, then their own side would definitely not be able to fight.
Seeing that scolding Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing had no effect, the soldiers of the Han army began to insult the Shu army, which was also something ugly and scolding.
Listening to the rounds of scolding outside the city, the soldiers of the Shu army were red-faced one by one, and they didn't know whether they were angry or ashamed.
The generals of the Shu army came to Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing one after another, asking Ying to fight, even if they died in the battle, it was better than the turtle who was in the city like now.
Looking at the generals who came to invite Ying in front of them, Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing both looked indifferent.
Gongsun Hui shook his head and said: "The enemy army is now using the method of agitation, the purpose is to lead our army out of the city to fight, if our army soldiers really can't hold back their temperament and are led out of the city by the enemy, wouldn't they fall for the enemy's tricks?" ”
Shi Xing said with a deep face: "Anyone who dares to speak lightly will be dealt with by military law!" ”
After listening to the words of Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing, all the generals were so frightened that they shrank their necks, and they didn't dare to ask for war anymore, and went back one by one.
The mud bodhisattva still has three points of earthiness, and the soldiers of the Shu army are not all soft bones, blocked by the Han army at the door of the house, pointing their noses and scolding, and people's hearts are also angry and angry.
But Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing, the two main generals, had the same caliber and insisted on refusing to fight, and the soldiers below were also discouraged.
The morale of the Shu army was not high, and if it was so discouraged, the morale was even more low, and many soldiers sat on the head of the city weakly, with a blank face, and had no desire to win the upcoming war.
Hundreds of Han soldiers scolded for a day, and only in the evening did they return to the Han army camp.
The next day, hundreds of Han troops came out of the Han army camp, still standing in front of Wuyang City, begging the enemy and scolding the array.
Like the situation the day before, Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing were still closed.
For several days, the Han army scolded every day, and the Shu army in Wuyang City had been numb by scolding, and one by one there was not even a little fire, and the blood of the officers and soldiers in the army seemed to have been smoothed out.
After seven or eight days in this way, the Han army did not storm Wuyang, but only shouted and cursed outside the city.
At this time, there was not much grain left in Wuyang City.
The 100,000 army has to eat and drink, and tens of thousands of people have to eat and drink, and they have to consume a lot of food every day.
Gongsun Hui wrote a letter to Gongsun Shu in Chengdu, asking Gongsun Shu to deliver grain.
Gongsun Shu did not hesitate, and immediately sent soldiers and horses to escort 50,000 stone of grain to Wuyang.
The grain transport team had just passed Guangdu and was heading for Wuyang when it encountered a sneak attack by the Han cavalry.
More than 1,000 Shu troops who transported grain were killed by the Han cavalry and fled, and most of the 50,000 stone grain was robbed by the Han cavalry, and the rest of the grain that could not be taken away was also set on fire by the Han cavalry.
The attack on the grain transport team made Wuyang's Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing gasp, without food supplies, the soldiers of the whole army, and even the people of the city, should not be starved to death in the city.
Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing discussed how to deal with the food problem.
Shi Xing's eyes rolled, and he said to Gongsun Hui: "The people in Wuyang City are a heavy burden to our army, according to my nephew's opinion, it is better to throw this burden to the Han army!" ”
Gongsun Hui didn't quite understand what he meant, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "What does the virtuous nephew mean?" ”
Shi Xing said: "Uncle Huang, let the people in the city out of the city and let them go to the Han army!" ”
Gongsun Hui's body was shocked, he looked at Shi Xing in horror, and said, "This ......" "Did Uncle Huang forget how Lai She and Cen Peng died?"
Now that the enemy is present, why don't we follow the example of Mr. Xuan Ci and Mr. Xuan Miao? ”
Gongsun Hui reacted and said hurriedly: "What does the virtuous nephew mean is to send assassins to disguise the fleeing people in the city, blend into the Han army camp, and wait for the opportunity to assassinate Wu Han?" ”
Shi Xing nodded again and again, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he sneered: "As long as Wu Han dies, the Han army will be leaderless, and then our army will attack and kill from Wuyang, and we will definitely be able to break the enemy army!" ”
Gongsun Hui thought about it, stroked his palms and smiled, and exclaimed: "The plan of the virtuous nephew is wonderful!" It's just that this assassin ......" Shi Xing said disapprehantly: "Uncle Huang, rest assured, under the heavy reward, there will be a brave man!" As long as the amount of gold given is enough, it is not difficult to recruit some outlaws on the rivers and lakes! ”
"Good! This matter will be left to the virtuous nephew! ”
Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing, who did not dare to fight with the Han army on the frontal battlefield, thought of sending assassins to assassinate such a crooked and evil method.
Although this method is not above board, or even very subordinate, it is very effective.
Lai Sheli is not powerful, he was still stabbed to death in Wudu County, Cen Peng is not powerful, he is invincible in Yizhou, and in the end he still died under the knife of the assassin, so sending assassins to assassinate can really solve the problem.
Shi Xing spent a lot of money to recruit more than 100 Jianghu rangers in Wuyang, these people are strong in martial arts, and they are not afraid of death, Shi Xing did not send them all, but sent more than 20 people, disguised as the people of the city, let them mix among the people who fled out of the city, go to the Han camp, and wait for the opportunity to move.
The Shu army no longer blockaded Wuyang, and the people in the city were dizzy with hunger, and the people with their chests and backs fled outside the city as soon as they heard the news.
The first batch of people who escaped from Wuyang had more than 1,000 people.
After they left the city, they did not run in the direction of Guangdu and Chengdu, but fled to the Han army camp one after another.
When Cen Peng led the army to Wuyang, he treated the local people very favorably, and it was a soup kitchen, and it was a grain release, and Cen Peng's good deeds also won an excellent reputation for the Han army.
Therefore, after the people of Wuyang left the city, the first thing they thought of was to defect to the Han army.
Hearing that thousands of people who had escaped from Wuyang had come to his camp for refuge, Wu Han's brows furrowed into a pimple, and he said angrily: "When the two armies were fighting, what did these people come to add to the chaos?" ”
Liu Shang thought for a while and said: "At the beginning, General Cen was in Wuyang and treated the people well, after General Cen was assassinated, the people spontaneously built a temple for General Cen. ”
His words sounded like they had nothing to do with what Wu Han said, in fact, Liu Shang was ordering Wu Han to have a good reputation, and if you want to have a good reputation, Da Sima, you have to follow Cen Peng's example and treat the people of Shu well.
Wu Han was so smart that he understood the sound of Liu Shang's words as soon as he heard it, he sneered and said, "What is not famous, I don't care about this!" ”
Liu Shangzheng asked: "Da Sima, with the current situation, can Gongsun Xiao'er last long?" ”
Wu Han's face sank, and he snorted coldly: "The grasshopper after the autumn!" ”
Liu Shang slapped his face and said: "Gongsun Shu has not been able to do it for a long time, Da Sima has reached the top of his official career, and if he wants to make contributions in the future, I am afraid that he will not have a chance." ”
Therefore, while Gongsun Shu is not dead now, it is still very important to earn a good reputation for himself, and when he is recorded in history in the future, his life will not be too ugly! To be an official is to be a big Sima, it is really to achieve the top, there is no room for further improvement, and then go up, that is the Son of Heaven! For Wu Han, the official has reached the top, what is missing, it is not famous! While the two of them were talking, one of the soldiers walked to the door of the tent, intervened to give a salute, and said, "Great Sima! ”
"Come in!"
The soldier walked into the Zhongjun tent, handed a wrapped bamboo slip to Wu Han, and said respectfully: "Da Sima, the book sent by Luoyang!" ”
Wu Han took it and waved his hand to the soldiers, and then he opened the package outside, and when he looked at it, it turned out to be a letter from the family.
Liu Shang came over curiously and asked, "Da Sima, but is there a letter from Your Majesty?" ”
"Huh!"
Wu Han scratched his head, his cheeks were slightly red, and he said, "It's a letter from the cheap!" ”
"Oh, it's my sister-in-law!"
Liu Shangle was happy, and urged: "Da Sima, open it up and take a look, what did my sister-in-law say in the letter!" Seeing Liu Shang stretching his neck and leaning towards him with a gossip on his face, Wu Han sighed dissatisfiedly and put the bamboo slip in his hand down.
Liu Shang smiled a little embarrassedly and took two steps back.
When he pushed it away, Wu Han untied the rope of the bamboo slip, unfolded the bamboo slip, and looked down carefully.
This is indeed Qin Ziwen's handwritten letter, first of all, he gave Wu Han a general introduction to the situation at home, and asked him to lead the troops outside with peace of mind and not have to worry about his family.
Later, she talked about Gongsun Shuzuo's work in Luoyang to spread rumors, and in order to crack the rumors, she took out all the money in her family and used it to buy land.
Later, when the Son of Heaven heard about this, he complained to her without any pain, and then gave her a large box of gold.
Wu Han read the letter, he was angry and funny, what is the relationship between His Majesty and himself?
How can a few gossips provoke it?
Gongsun Shu's use of this kind of indiscriminate trick is simply too insulting to His Majesty's wisdom.
My wife was really fooled, she actually bought so much land in Luoyang, don't you plan to live in the future?
Speaking of which, His Majesty is still sympathetic to himself, and when he saw that there was no money in the mansion, he rewarded a box of gold in time, so as not to let the whole mansion go up and down to drink the northwest wind.
Seeing that Liu Shang was still looking at his side, Wu Han simply handed the letter to Liu Shang and asked him to read it clearly.
Liu Shang couldn't help laughing when he saw it, and said to Wu Han: "Your Majesty still relies on Sima!" ”
Nonsense! Wu Han asked curiously: "Ah Shang, is the land in Luoyang so valuable?"
I only bought a few pieces of land, and I spent all the money I had accumulated over the years? ”
Liu Shang's eyes widened and said, "Expensive! Da Sima only cares about military affairs, and doesn't understand the situation in Luoyang, Luoyang is now an inch of land, I estimate, the price of land will have to rise in the future! Speaking of which, I should also remind my insiders to buy more houses and shops in Luoyang! ”
Wu Han is not very concerned about money.
When he was in the army, Liu Xiu gave most of the rewards to the soldiers under his command, and when he was in the middle of the court, he gave most of the rewards to the Wu family, and he didn't have much money left by himself.
But even so, because Liu Xiu gave too many rewards, Wu Han's family wealth was still very rich.
Liu Shang handed the letter back to Wu Han, and suddenly thought that the business had not been done, so he asked, "Da Sima, those people who fled?" ”
"Alright, let's take them into the army first! As for food, you don't have to give too much, as long as you don't starve to death! ”
Wu Han waved his hand to Liu Shang and motioned for him to explain to the soldiers below.
Liu Shang bowed down and said, "Da Sima, the last general will do it!" ”
"Hmm!"
Wu Han nodded, picked up the bamboo slip again, and looked at it again from beginning to end.
I thought that Qin Ziwen would write some longing, but people didn't mention a word, and Wu Han was so angry that he muttered a few words.
However, Liu Xiu's reward of Qin Ziwen with a box of gold really moved Wu Han very much.