Chapter 41: Pingliang Military Situation
This case could not be tried, and Jian'an Hou watched with trepidation as the military bigwigs quarreled with Daqin Xiangbang. His throat twitched, and he didn't dare to interject after thinking about it for a long time.
"Ahem......!" A cough came from behind the screen, and there was silence in the lobby. The chattering maids and mothers-in-law were stopped by the master's house, and everyone stared at the screen
This voice is too familiar, it is the voice of King Zhuang Xiang. As the lord of Great Qin, he is the lord of this land. No one can disobey him, they can bully Bai Zhan. That's because Bai Zhan is a small person in their eyes. And they are also small people in the eyes of King Zhuang Xiang.
Qiandu was obviously hiding his private just now, except for the person he said behind the screen. There is also a big coffee sitting, that is King Zhuang Xiang himself.
King Zhuang Xiang had to show up, and the trial had become a joke. Maybe he shouldn't have listened to that person named Li Si in the first place, and how it ended up like this is really a problem.
However, King Zhuang Xiang is obviously also a slippery guy, and his eyes turned to his heart. He stepped out from behind the screen with a calm face, and everyone straightened up to salute. Those chirping maids knelt on the ground, and the domineering spirit of the emperor made them tremble.
"One is the prime minister of Great Qin, and the other is the general of Great Qin. What kind of system is it to be noisy in the hall! You just let the subordinates look at it like this, and watch how our Great Qin is arguing! β
Let's not touch Yun Yue's problem first, and give the two bigwigs a violent training first.
The two big names were arrested by the leaders, and there was no way but to bow down and admit their mistakes.
"Humph! Let's see if you still have a little bit of the prestige of the minister, and Lu Buwei will go back to the house to reflect. Another fine of half a year. Set an example! "Brushed up on prestige. King Zhuang Xiang decided to fine the two bigwigs for half a year's salary.
Everybody knows. It's a thunderous punishment that rains little. In addition to the fiefdoms, the two also had battlefield captures. LΓΌ Buwei plundered a lot in the Eastern Zhou Kingdom this time, and Duke Qi was also fighting abroad all the year round. Needless to say, these two can be regarded as basically unchanged in wages. Not to mention the penalty for half a year, how to live the life of the two big names in a lifetime.
"You're useless, too, look at what has become of this hall. There are a lot of maids and servants, are you the yamen of my Great Qin Interrogation Hall, or the vegetable market? "I scolded Lu Buwei. King Zhuang Xiang turned around and pointed to Bai Zhan.
Bai Zhan's grievance, Lao Tzu wants to clean it up. But can it be cleaned? Look at these bosses here, which one can afford to offend himself. Even those women and children of the Yun family are covered by your wife. If Lao Tzu really manages it, the magnates of Xianyang City will offend more than half of them. Whoever is full of food will only do it, and he will not be mixed up in Xianyang in the future.
Bow your head and bow your neck, and the whole action is done in one go. This thing intends to fight silently, anyway, it will not die by scolding and scolding.
King Zhuang Xiang didn't have much to do with this hob meat, he knew that Bai Zhan was not willing to do this errand at all. I'm afraid that in Xianyang City, all the officials are unwilling to try this case.
"Don't be an eyesore here. Get down. King Zhuang Xiang scolded, and Bai Zhan immediately rolled out. It's not a good place. Think Lao Tzu yard to stay?
"Put Yun Yue in prison, and dispose of it after Gu and the Queen Mother have discussed." After King Zhuang Xiang finished speaking, he flicked the sleeves of his robe and walked out with his wife and children, and a congratulatory sound immediately sounded in the yamen.
The wolf-like messenger held Yun Yue, one left and one right, and set up Yun Yue like a conjoined baby. When I arrived in the back hall, I immediately changed my face.
"Yunhou, there is no way to send small ones up and down. Wait a minute, and the little one will invite the old lady here. You and the old lady meet here, as long as you don't go out and do whatever you want. "This errand officer is also a wonderful person, speaking with a Zhao State accent. I thought about it, and I got someone's orders, otherwise with such a small errand as him, he would not dare to indulge Yun Yue and the old lady in private.
King Zhuang Xiang returned to the palace angrily, sat down and stood up again. Stand up and sit down as if there were nails in the chair. I was stunned for a thousand degrees, what's wrong with the king. Why is it like this, I have never seen the king commit such a big trouble for anyone on weekdays! Could it be that it's for this Yunyue?
The whole Xianyang was a sensation again, and the joke of King Zhuang Xiang's trial was translated into various versions and circulated in the streets and alleys of Xianyang. After dinner, if you say that you don't know, you will be despised by the neighbors.
Pingliang, an important town in the north of Daqin. It is adjacent to the Dog Rong Qiang people in the west, and there are Xiongnu in the north of Yiqu in the east, which is an important town in the northwest border of Daqin. At this time, a horse galloped towards Pingliang like an arrow. If you have sharp eyes, you can also see a feathered arrow stuck in the back of the knight on horseback.
"Report! General, it's not good. The Huns invaded the border and killed the defenders of the fort. Now the army is looting everywhere, and it is estimated that it will reach Pingliang in two or three days. The lieutenant of the Chinese military army ran in with a roar to report, and the two sergeants behind him set up a scout with only one breath left.
The name of the Pingliang guard is Hengya, and he is a young general who is a new member of the Great Qin military. Although he is not the kind of tiger and leopard who tears the tiger and leopard, he can stand on the arm with a horse and a fist. But it is superior in resourcefulness, and can often judge the situation and win more with less. After guarding the northern border for many years, he also won some battles. Repelled the Huns, Qiang and the remnants of the dog Rong several times.
Over the years, there has been a tacit understanding with the Huns, why did the Huns suddenly invade? Could it be that the Huns ate the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard?
Rounding the handsome case, Permanent Tooth walked over to the scout. I saw a carved feather shoot through his back, and the military doctor didn't dare to pull out the arrow shaft rashly, and even the cluster of arrows that came out of his chest could be faintly seen. This was done by the Hun condor archers, and ordinary Hun cavalry definitely did not have this ability, and they could shoot people through with one arrow.
"How many men and horses did the Huns have?" Seeing that the scout's face was like gold paper, Heng Tooth knew that he would not live long, and it was imperative to quickly get the military information out of his mouth.
"The Huns were very numerous, and the quartermaster said that there were at least tens of thousands. The captain asked me to rush back to report that the dock fort could not be held. Let the general prepare early, and his subordinates ...... Subordinate...... Ahem, ahem! The arrow pierced through the lungs, and the scout coughed uncontrollably. All that came out of his mouth was snow foam, splashing his permanent teeth all over his face.
Permanent Tooth didn't have time to wipe the blood on his face, and hurriedly asked, "You said that there are tens of thousands of people, but is there anything wrong?" β
"Lord Captain, let me report to the general that he will fight early" This scout has already run out ......of oil and dried up, and hangs on the whole screen in one breath. When I saw Heng Tooth report the military situation, this breath was also discharged. By this time, his consciousness was blurred, and he could not hear what the permanent teeth were asking. Before he could finish speaking, he lost his breath.
"Thick burial!" The permanent tooth stood up and pulled out the carving feather with his hand. This scout has a finger-thick feather arrow, and he can drive more than 200 miles to Pingliang, which is already his limit.
The arrow shaft is engraved with Xiongnu characters, and I don't know the interpreter who knows how to ask the Xiongnu to know. These are the two words Blackstone, and it looks like this is a condor archer called Blackstone.
The Condor Archers were also very rare among the Huns, usually a tribe with a thousand horses. There are only a dozen or twenty eagle archers, and their arm strength is amazing, and they can shoot a five-stone bow. The lowest-level Condor Archer can also shoot enemy generals from 200 paces away, making them the sharpest killers in the battle array. The danger of one Condor Archer is often greater than that of ten Hun knights.
"There are condor shooters, I'm afraid it's really the Hun army attacking. Do you want to report to Xianyang to ask for reinforcements, we only have less than 20,000 soldiers and horses here, and they are all scattered in the outer forts. If it is broken by each person, the consequences are unimaginable. "The lieutenant of the Chinese military is a little anxious, if the scout is right. Then this is the biggest offense of the Huns in more than ten years.
"The Huns suddenly went crazy, there is only one possibility. That is, the grassland was hit by a white plague, and heavy snow covered the winter nest. Cattle and sheep could not eat grass, so they could only starve to death. It seems that the Huns put the idea on our heads. Hum! He Li Mu is not easy to mess with, is Lao Tzu easy to mess with! The permanent tooth punched the desk, and the heavy desk made a "bang" sound, and the pen and ink made the arrow tremble.
"General, if this scout is illiterate and misreported the military situation. So what's the point? The clerk said with some concern. The vast majority of the Great Qin soldiers were illiterate. Not to mention illiterate, there are not many people who can even read. The vast majority of guys can barely count within fifty. If there is more, you can only stare dryly. If you are in a hurry, you will replace it with many. Even the quartermaster with some ink has a lot of promiscuity.
There is no way, the level of education during the Warring States period was like this. If you can read and write, you are an intellectual, and if you can be written in two paragraphs, you are a high-level intellectual. If you can play addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, you are an academician of the Academy of Sciences. Even among the six arts of the gentleman taught by the Jixia School Palace, there is also this item.
"Uh...... This one! Permanent Tooth also hesitated, and he was right when he joined the army. If these guys were mistaken, they sent a letter asking for help to the king before they could figure out the situation. In case reinforcements arrived, the Huns only came with a few kittens. How can I explain to King Zhuang Xiang, if the hat of a laborer is buttoned down, it is not something that he can bear.
"If your subordinates take people out of the city to check, if that's the case, it's not too late for the general to ask for help. This Pingliang city has been built for many years, and there is plenty of grain and grass in the city. Even if the Hun army besieges the city on a large scale, we are not afraid of him. How long can they hold out under the fortified city? "Forty people who joined the army were recorded, and the most important thing was that Lao Cheng put forward a way to get the best of both worlds.
"Then there is labor, and it is necessary to find out the scale of the Hun army's movements as soon as possible. If the enemy is strong, it is better for us to send people out of the city as soon as possible to ask for help. Permanent Tooth thought for a moment, and then agreed to the suggestion to join the army.
"No! The subordinates will leave the city and return at dusk tomorrow at the latest. The clerk gave a deep salute to the army and walked out. With his own soldiers and guards, he hit the horse and went out of Pingliang City. (To be continued......)