Chapter 32: Coercing Zhen
Yan Bei likes to talk to Zhen Yan very much, because they are like people from two worlds, and Zhen Yan's words will always give him the feeling of opening another door and letting him see another world through the narrow crack of the door. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
That world was the world he dreamed of about scholars.
It's like last year, Chen Yu, who had only served three terms as the county magistrate but was repeatedly recruited by the imperial court as one of the 'Three Monarchs' of the Three Princes, died of illness and died of illness at his home in Yingchuan. Chen Yu is the world's expectation, his death made more than 30,000 people in the sea mourn his filial piety, and everyone published a stone monument for him, and called him "Mr. Wenfan".
This is the first time that Yanbei has heard stories about scholars, about the party, about Qingliu and eunuchs from the mouths of others.
Zhen Yan's experience is too rich, and picking out a few things about those great generals He entering the shogunate and telling Yanbei is enough for him to ponder for a long time.
Because of this, Yan Beifei was not only not swallowed by the love of the people of Wuji County, but through Zhen Yan's mouth, he learned more about that world, which inspired the infinite ambition in his heart!
He wanted to go into that world with his own eyes to see what kind of romance those scholars with high knowledge and strange bones were.
He wants to see if he can make a name for himself like that.
In fact, this is also the purpose of Zhen Yan's conversation with him, Zhen Yan hopes to be able to 'rebel' against Yanbei, so that he will lead his troops to attack Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun when the imperial court and heavenly army arrive in the future, and relieve the suffering of the people of Zhongshan Kingdom.
From Yanbei's body, Zhen Yan also saw the unpopularity of the rebels, and the conversation in the past few days made him clear about the grievances between Yanbei and the Zhongshan Governor Pershing and the Wuhuan tribe Lord Ulu, which was obvious...... Between the words, Yanbei has no respect for Zhang Chun, as for Zhang Ju, he is even more ignorant, if there is a crisis in the decisive battle between the rebels and the Han army in the future, he only needs to say a few words himself, and Yanbei will definitely turn against Zhang Ju.
Because Wuji City was taken in by Yanbei's army, the 4,000 well-armed soldiers who had been trained for months never regarded themselves as members of the rebel army, and Wuji City brought them an extraordinary sense of glory. What's more, they only know Yanbei and don't know Zhang Chun, and they don't know who Zhang Ju is, all they need is Yanbei's words.
It's just that in the current situation, Zhen Yan still feels a little bottomless in his heart to counter against Yanbei, and he still needs an opportunity to break with Zhang Chun.
It seems that the continuous prayer to the heavens made the heavens give Zhen Yan a response, and he didn't let him wait long before such an opportunity was sent to him.
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The imperial court responded to the rebels, first ordering Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, to organize an army to attack the north, but Wang Fen seemed to be afraid of the might of the rebels, although he gathered thousands of soldiers and horses in Yecheng, he did not organize an attack in the north, and was just a soldier.
In the face of the imperial court's gathering of soldiers and horses, Zhang Ju, who claimed to be the Son of Heaven, was even more invincible and ordered Zhang Chun to launch an attack to the south.
The messenger soldiers who drove Yanbei to the south to fight had made three trips in a month, but Yanbei remained still, waiting for Sun Qing to send back the news from the neighboring three counties.
Immediately after, the anxious Zhang Chun could no longer wait for Yanbei's foolproof plan, and ordered the three captains of Perxing, Chen Fei, and Wang Zheng to lead Su Fuyan, the king of Wuhuanqiao, to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses south...... Karasuma rode like a rolling torrent, but in three days it occupied all the cities of Jizhou, relying on horses and scimitars.
The daily consumption of 50,000 soldiers and horses is very terrible, where can Zhang Chun rely on a Lunu city, not to mention that last year's grain storage is now almost consumed by the fat soldiers, so the soldiers still need to explore the grain and grass of the soldiers themselves.
Searching is just a nice way to say, but what can be heard? Even the deep mountains and old forests can't support 50,000 mouths, let alone people and horses...... The only way to get food and grass is to grab it!
In fact, these 50,000 soldiers and horses, the three captains did not have the ability to lead and command, and the only ones who really led them were their own tribesmen or those thousands of cavalry commanders, and all the lieutenants could do was to tell them where there was food.
Even if the Han Dynasty has accumulated prestige for a long time, so that the Wuhuan people do not dare to be too presumptuous in this land, it is like locusts crossing the border, and the people are miserable.
In mid-March, the horseshoe of the Wuhuan striker finally stepped on the land of Wuji County.
Hundreds of Wuhuan warriors with their mounts proudly blocked the door of the Zhen Clan's mansion, and the three captains each led more than two dozen personal soldiers into the room, each with their blades out of their sheaths and pointed at the terrified and inexplicable servants of the Zhen clan in the Wu Fort.
Zhen Yan had already ordered people to gather their families together, hid in the room behind the main hall, and sat alone in the main hall waiting for the group of rebels.
Looking at those Hu people who were showing off their might and raising their swords and scolding walked into their own Wu Fort, listening to the sound of iron shoes stepping on the long corridor, the eldest prince of the Zhen family said that it was a lie to say that he was not at all nervous in his heart, and his heart was about to rise to his throat.
He was gambling, and when he received that Wuhuan rode around Wuji, he expected such a moment to come sooner or later, so he sent a message to his horsemen in the morning to hide under the weedy ridges, and when Hu rode into the mansion, he ran into the city to ask Yanbei for help.
This is not Zhen Yan's calculation of Yanbei, after all, Yanbei has a word first, and on the day he entered the city, he personally boasted that Haikou would keep the disaster of the military rebellion away from Wuji City...... And Zhen's Wu Bao is also a member of Wuji City.
The man who stands up to the sky and the earth, what he says is like a crossbow bolt that pierces his armor and pierces his body, and he cannot pull it out.
The leader who stepped into the hall was the majestic Pershing, who pointed to Zhen Yan who was kneeling at the top with a broken gong and said: "Zhen Gongzi, please give the grain stored in the warehouse in the Wu Fort, the military food supply of the 50,000 army can't keep up!" ”
Pershing can think more clearly than Wang Zheng, and even better than Yanbei about his current situation, he and Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun have been grasshoppers on a rope since the beginning of the rebellion, not to mention that autumn is approaching for the rebels, I am afraid that they will not be able to jump for a few days. In the past, he would never have been so rude to Zhen Yan, but now?
has already followed Taishou Zhang Chun to do such a headless business, what etiquette do you need?
Whether it is a scholar or a filial piety, if you don't like it, you will be cut off in the blink of an eye!
Anyway, if the army was defeated, he Pershing didn't expect the court to let him go.
He was followed by Su Fuyan, the king of Wuhuan Cliff, and several commanders and thousands of commanders under his command, followed by Chen Fei and Wang Zheng, all of whom poured into the mansion and stood behind Pershing.
Even if Su Muyan is the king of Wuhuan, he still has some awe in the face of the Han Dynasty's Dashi clan, so he doesn't dare to speak directly to Zhen Yan, and Wang Zheng and Chen Fei are probably thinking about the prestige of the Zhen family, not to mention that since Pershing has opened his mouth, they will naturally not let themselves face Zhen Yan directly.
Anyway, they don't have military rations, so they have to raise military rations no matter what, otherwise once they run out of food, those Hu people will be able to tear them to pieces...... That's a situation that no one wants to see.
"Captain Pan, I'm afraid I won't be able to get my wish in the future." Zhen Yan's face was light and light, and he was still a little afraid in his heart before, but now that he was treated so rudely by Pershing, the arrogance of the Han nobles in his chest made him stop his backbone, and he looked at Pershing as if he was looking at a clown and said: "Zhen's Wu is under the protection of Captain Yan Bei, if you want to take grain and grass, please go into the city first, and ask Captain Yan to come and talk to him in person." ”
"Zhen Yan! You don't take Yanbei to suppress Lao Tzu, in the past, it was just a team that took away the good luck things, and then Lao Tzu cleaned him up! ”
Pershing was originally talking to Zhen Yan with his neck stiffened against the fear of the scholars in his heart, but now when he saw Zhen Yan carrying out Yanbei to speak, he was even more furious. Last time in Fanyang City, Yan Bei lost face and almost died, but later, although Yan Bei didn't dare to kill him, he kidnapped him outside the city and knocked him out, and walked ten miles before returning to the city, and he couldn't raise his head in front of his subordinates until the New Year.
Such a grudge has long been endless, and he pointed at Zhen Yan and scolded: "Lao Tzu told you, asking you is just to give you a face for Zhen's family, whether you want to ...... or not"
"You dog thief, slave shoot you!"
Before Pershing's words were finished, there was a sudden rebuke from the back house, and a shadow suddenly stepped out, drawing light bows next to the shadow wall in the house, facing Pershing.
Who else could the girl have besides Zhen Jiang, who else could hear Pershing insulting her brother Zhen Jiang like this in the back house, so she immediately took a bow and arrow and walked out.
Zhen Jiang's face was red with anger, but his frowning brows were even more attractive...... No one in the martial arts took the light bow in her hand seriously, and even Pershing, who was pointed directly at by the bow, didn't care, but stared at Zhen Jiang's bulging chest with greedy eyes.
"Hehe, Zhen Gongzi, is this your little sister? Why don't you and I get married? ”
Pershing spoke and acted without scruples at this time, just trying to be as fast as he could.
Immediately after the sound of the golden stone, Yan Dong, who was on the other side of the shadow wall, had already drawn his sword and shouted at Zhen Yan: "Brother Zhen, the matter has come to this, why don't you gather the family soldiers to kill this group of bastards, I will wait for the strong man to abandon Wu Bao and enter Wuji City, please rest assured that there is a brother who is the master of the Zhen family!" ”
Zhen's family business is sufficiently armed, but now that the Wuhuan army of 50,000 is heading south, Zhen Yan is unwilling to clash with the powerful rebels at this time, so he began to make up his mind to bring trouble to the east and let Yanbei come to the north.
But Yandong didn't know this, he only knew that his brother was very grateful to Zhen Yan in his heart, so he would not allow Zhen's glory to be trampled on. The elder brother always told him that men should know gratitude when they are alive, not to mention the grace of dripping water, which is not realistic for them who are commoners; But if the elder brother knows that he is standing by and watching at the critical moment of Zhen's life and death, I am afraid that the elder brother will not recognize him as a younger brother from now on.
"Enter Infinite City, who are you as your brother? You ......" Pershing was saying, suddenly seeing Yan Dong's face with a sense of familiarity, he was stunned in place, pointed at Yan Dong and said, "You, who are you from Yanbei?" ”
Before Yan Dong could answer, Pershing had already drawn out the ring knife, pointed at him and scolded: "Damn, Lao Tzu will kill you first today, and then let Wuhuan ride into the city to kill your brother!" ”
At this moment, a panicked sound suddenly erupted in the courtyard of Wubao.
Zhen Yan, Zhen Jiang, and Yan Dong all looked at the door in surprise.
Accompanied by a majestic and sturdy armor figure, a thunderous shout came into everyone's ears.
"Son of a bitch, will you raise your knife again?"