Chapter 40: The Plague in the Clouds

Yanbei's westward expedition was huge, but the road was long and obstructive. In the late autumn of last year, Jiang Jin's Duliao Department was defeated by the Xiongnu Shan Yu Luan Tihu Chuquan, and nearly 10,000 corpses were spread out from the Xihe River to the clouds for hundreds of miles, including Han and Xiongnu, and those who were plundered by the military disaster. Jiang Jin, the general of Duliao, patted his buttocks and entered Yanmen County with scars all over his body to recuperate from his injuries on the majestic mountain road of Taihang Mountain, but the Huns did not all go back, and they couldn't go back.

And the state is mountainous, the land of the mountains and forests is many wild wolves and wild dogs, the rout is in the winter, in an instant, tens of thousands of corpses are spread out, the Huns have not had time to bury them on the spot after plundering the weapons and armor, and they go east to pursue the rest of Jiang Jin, and the epidemic is born under the accumulation of corpses. Originally, it was fine, although there will be a great epidemic after the catastrophe, but in the depths of winter, even the corpses will freeze into ice, where will there be any epidemics.

However, however, the Huns pursued the Han army for half a month, and the wild wolves ate a lot of carrion from the soldiers of the two countries, followed by the Huns, hunting wild wolves and wild dogs in the forest for food, and the epidemic spread among the army, but the people suddenly stopped, and the soldiers who walked and walked and fell off their horses and passed out were only frozen to death.

In winter, the crazy epidemic broke out in Xihe County, Yunzhong County in Bingzhou, the Southern Xiongnu royal court bore the brunt, although the royal court did not send warriors in this battle, but the warriors under his command returned to be sick, more than 40 tribes under the Xiongnu Luan Tihu Chuquan suffered from the epidemic in the heavy snow, but could not inform the royal court, until the snowflakes were feasible, the tribes under the command of Luan Tihu Chuquan were lost more than half, and more than 20 tribes under the royal tent disappeared during the spring nomadic period, and the Hun riders who ran to their departments could only see the camp tents that were crushed by the heavy snow and the corpses that rotted everywhere...... There are no living people for a long time.

Yanmen County also received news from the counties of Yunzhong County at this time, three of the ten counties were harmed by the epidemic, and the people saved one in ten steps. People have no better way to deal with epidemics, and if they have an epidemic, they will block a pavilion; If a county is plagued, a county will be blocked. The first thing to do is to send troops to suppress the civil rebellion.

When Yanbei led his troops to Yanmen County, the epidemic in the clouds was still subsided, and more than 20,000 troops gathered from all over Jizhou stopped at Yanmen, waiting for the epidemic to subside.

Liangzhou, Hanyang County.

"Zilong is writing a letter to the little lady in his hometown?"

Pushing open the door was Yang Fu, who was engaged in Liangzhou Muwei Duanfu, a native of Hanyang Ji County. From Zhao Yun to Liangzhou, the state Mu Wei saw that he was treated personally, and it was also general to engage in Yang Fu, so far it was also appropriate to visit Taishou Mansion late at night.

"Why did Yishan enter the mansion at night?" Zhao Yun put down his pen, got up to greet him, poked his finger at the bookcase and said with a smile: "Brother said that he was joking, Yun Nineteen fought in the north from the south of Da Sima, and there was no one in the army." ”

Yang Fu, who was slightly older than Zhao Yun, took a step back when he heard this, and said to Zhao Yun: "Outside the palace at night, I saw the bright light hanging high, so I came in to take a look." I just returned from Jincheng, and I was bored. ”

Zhao Yun's brows moved slightly when he heard this, he knew about the state pastor Wei Duan's sending Yang Fu to Jincheng, and in order to let Han Sui rest the army and pay taxes to the state capital. Who knew that the envoys on both sides came together, Yang Fu had just left from Jincheng, and Han Sui's envoy Zhang Heng went to Hanyang and asked the state capital for 100,000 stone grain and grass. Thinking of this, Zhao Yun also felt bored in his heart, so he walked into the courtyard with Yang Fu and said, "Han Wenyue wants to raise troops again?" ”

Yang Fu just shook his head, looked away with his eyebrows and sighed, "The military disasters have been going on for many years, and I don't know when they will stop." ”

"Yun is thinking about the same thing, but my brother has seen the envoy?" Hearing Zhao Yun ask, Yang Fu nodded, but opened his mouth but did not speak. In the past, when the Ma clan was in Liangzhou, the state government did not have the ability to counter them, but in the end, it was able to use the power of the Ma clan to protect the territory and the people, but now the Ma clan in Liangzhou is controlled by the Yan clan, although the two counties of Hanyang are stable, Taishou and some imperial court soldiers and horses, after all, there are too many restrictions on Han Sui, "Zilong, ask the imperial court for reinforcements, with the power of the two counties alone, it is difficult to stop Han Wenyue's soldiers." ”

Zhao Yun responded, but his heart was extremely bitter. The Liangzhou Mansion does not know the situation of the imperial court, can the current imperial court still send reinforcements to Liangzhou? In fact, Zhao Yun was writing to Yanbei just now, he had just received a letter from the imperial court from Guanzhong, and he sent a letter to Zhao Yun about the recent situation of the imperial court and his worries, and Zhao Yun's worries were the same as those of the depressed professor.

It was getting late, Zhao Yun didn't say anything to Yang Fu, so Yang Fu said goodbye to Zhao Yun and left.

The matter of Liangzhou, but there are still things to worry about. Once Han Sui raised a large army to the east, he was afraid that the entire Hanyang County would be unable to stop his Qiang riding iron hooves, and he could only retreat to Longguan to defend each other, but he was afraid that under the plunder, the counties could not leave anything, and it would be a disaster for the people.

Now the imperial court is fighting on all sides, the northeast of Youzhou is attacking Goguryeo and Buyeo, and the great Sima is personally conquering the west and the southern Xiongnu of the state. Liangzhou is the western gateway of the imperial court, once the Qiang cavalry captures Longguan, Sanfu can not be controlled...... In the past, the Liangzhou Ma clan was able to fight against Han Sui because Ma Teng and Ma Chao were there, and now the imperial court has detained the Ma generals in Yedu, and only Ma Dai alone cannot restrain his subordinates to be rebellious soldiers and horses, can the combat power of soldiers and horses still be the same as before?

The generals of Guanzhong under his subordinates are also average, although there are 100,000 troops but there is no one to lead the troops to fight, Yang Feng, Zhang Yan and other people who can be persuaded are subject to the national capital. Isn't this just like a fat man who has no courage, looks extremely strong and has a vague gait, once the Longguan is broken, all the birds and beasts are scattered, and the land in the middle of the pass will be broken in the blink of an eye.

In fact, Zhao Yun also knew that this was not Yanbei's negligence, and he and Chen Qun were the Taishou of Hanyang and Anding Erjun, in order to resist Han Sui, who might rebel at any time, in order to block his eastward attack. It's just that Zhao Yun doesn't know if he can take on the big responsibility.

When the battle was full, the only available soldiers in Hanyang were 4,000 sergeants under him and Liangzhou soldiers under Captain Pang De, and at most 8,000 elite subordinates. But Han Sui of Jincheng has the power to incite an army of 100,000, who can have the bottom in his heart?

Back at the mansion, Zhao Yun had no expression on his face, and said to the guards: "No matter who enters the house, report it first and then put it in the door, like a military camp, you know?" ”

The soldiers hugged their fists one after another, and Zhao Yun thought for a long time after entering the room and kneeling on the case, and continued to write the letter to Yanbei, and then then sent the letter to Captain Si Li, and now he can only hope that Hu Cai and Li Le will wait for the Baibo army to fight in the cold.

In addition to these, there are a lot of things to think about before the war, such as he and Pang De led troops to block Han Sui's soldiers and horses in Zhangjiachuan, and Chen Qunjian led the people of the two counties to withdraw into Guanzhong...... Zhao Yun looked through the window, looking at the moon and stars, and felt depressed.

The wind in Liangzhou is getting cooler and cooler.