Chapter 33: The Tiger's Eye (7)
After the promulgation of King Qin's edict, it was still conveyed through the surviving post system of the Great Jin Dynasty. On the occasion of the funeral turmoil, most of the post guards have naturally been scattered, and even the post stations are half desolate, so in the past few years, there are often edicts sent to remote areas that have taken years to arrive. Fortunately, some of the remaining guards were still loyal this time, and they did their best to urge the horses, and quickly sent this edict related to the life and death of the Great Jin Dynasty to all directions.
The first to receive the edict were the local powerful factions within Sizhou.
Xingyang, east of the Tiger Prison Pass, on this day the people and horses are noisy, the city is full of dust, and a large team of displaced people is going out from the west gate of Xingyang City, and will want to go down to Huaisi through the chasm. There were about four or five thousand people in this team, and most of them were old and weak, women and children. Due to the narrow and unmaintained roads, women and children often get caught up in rutted tracks on the road and have to move slowly. The 2,000 strong men in coarse cloth and short clothes either guarded them or cooperated to push the carts, and they also dispersed into a long line, and the heel army was about to reach the chasm, and the rear team was still in the military fortress in Xingyang City.
In terms of clothing and equipment, this is clearly an ordinary team of displaced people, but it is not at all as loose as the usual team of displaced people. No matter how scattered their forces are, they are constantly connected with each other by the banner of drums and horns, but the coordination and cooperation of various departments are very close, and there are dozens of Chinese light cavalry who have been assigned plans to and fro, and even the officers and soldiers who have been on the battlefield for a long time are inferior to the prohibitions of their orders.
In the middle of the team, a thin and tall man was frowning at a book in his hand, although his eyes were not particularly bright when he looked forward to it, but occasionally exuded the sharp spirit that had been tempered by more than ten years of military career. This person is the leader of this team, Li Ju, the leader of the Pingyang Liuren stationed in Xingyang.
Li Juzi Shihui, a native of Pingyang. This person has been brave and resolute since he was a child, and every time he plays with children, he will be the general, commanding and mobilizing children to rush back and forth, as if he has been in battle for a long time. After becoming an adult, he was first a county official, and then passed on to the general Sima Tong of the West under the command of the Ya Goalkeeper, and had a special honor when he crusaded against the thief Qi Wannian, and then he was awarded the title of Marquis of Dongming Pavilion and sent back to the county governor, and then resigned because of discord with the Taishou. This time the Xiongnu army entered the Kou, the people ran and fled, because Li Ju was quite prestigious among the villagers, so he was pushed to be the master of the dock, and went south to Xingyang to station.
When the 200,000 Xiongnu army approached Luoyang, the Central Plains became a place where millions of people were buried at any time, and the situation was extremely dangerous; For the sake of the lives of the people of his clan, Li Ju had to lead the people to continue south away from his homeland, and he was even ready to cross the Huai and the river, in order to find a place where he could settle down. But Li Ju is a person who is determined to make meritorious contributions in his bones, and he is known to praise the great cause and clear the sea, and he is like a lost dog fleeing, which actually makes him very depressed.
At this time, the will of King Qin reported by Feiqi suddenly provided Li Ju with new hope.
He raised his eyebrows and handed the book to Guo Yu, the deputy standing beside him: "This edict is also generously written. It seems that the imperial court is determined to fight Hu Er to the death this time. ”
Guo Yu read the edict at a glance and ten lines, bowed his head slightly, and handed it to his brother Guo Fang beside him. followed by Zhang Jing, Gou Yuan, Qian Tao, Jiang Ba, Liang Zhi, Sima Shang, Ji Hong and others. These people are all civil and military subordinates that Li Ju has entangled over the years, and they are both loyal and indeed have extraordinary talents.
The contents of the edict were read by all, and everyone discussed them for a moment. Li Ju did not participate in the process, patiently waiting for everyone's deliberations to gradually subside, and then said in a deep voice: "This time Hu Er is attacking each other, and the momentum is like a frenzy of fire. I thought that according to the usual weakness and absurdity of the imperial court, it was definitely no match for the Hu people. However...... If the imperial court is actually determined to fight to the death with Hu Lu, among the billions of people of the Great Jin Dynasty, is there no hero who is enough to turn the tide? He paused, and then said: "You have been with me for many years, although the journey has been difficult, but you have always had the will to make meritorious contributions, and you are not old in the end. But you don't know what is happening today, what do you think? ”
Guo Yu looked at the rest of his colleagues, bowed down and said, "I only want to follow the dock master." ”
Guo Fang, Zhang Jing, Gou Yuan, Qian Tao, Jiang Ba, Liang Zhi, Sima Shang, and Ji Hong bowed down together: "I only want to follow the dock master!" ”
"Okay, then I won't go south for the time being. Immediately reorganize your forces and prepare to fight Hu'er! Li Ju looked around at everyone, and everyone didn't see the previous gloom, but all of them had the spirit of eagerness to try, and couldn't help but be overjoyed. He resolutely drew his sword in his hand: "Fame and wealth come from this!" ”
At the same time that Li Ju saw the edict, a group of horses flew to the east, south, west, and north. After all, the Great Jin Dynasty is orthodox and is the well-dressed regime of the Central Plains Huaxia, no matter how you say it, it is more popular than the Xiongnu Han State, which drank blood and only knew how to kill and plunder. As a result, everywhere they passed through caused local shocks, and leaders of the exiles such as Li Ju immediately converged on Luoyang from all directions, greatly increasing the power that Luoyang could control.
However, neither the county lord of Jingling nor Hu Liuniang expected that the prestige of the imperial court had been depressed to a terrible degree, and although the edict could inspire local heroes, it failed to impress many Fang Zhen, who had strong troops. The county lord was afraid that this edict would cause a situation in which the powerful vassals in the world would move together, but he did not expect that the reality was too different from his imagination.
The general of Zhengnan and the governor of Jingxiang and Jiaoguang were hurriedly appointed after the death of Sima Luo, the king of Gaomi, and he himself was addicted to alcohol and did not care about political affairs, and after taking office, he controlled Liu Fan, the internal history of Shunyang, who was attached to Jiang and Han, which caused turmoil in the Jingxiang area. After receiving the edict, Shan Jian and Nanzhong Lang sent Du Rui under the banner of recruiting troops and going north, but in fact, they did not move a single soldier of their own family, but went to coerce the Yongzhou refugees gathered in the north of Jingzhou to fight north. The displaced people of Yongzhou were not willing to return to the desolate north; Shan Jian repeatedly threatened, but forced the Yongzhou exiles to gather to rebel, killing Jingzhou Ling and Chang one after another, and capturing the town.
According to the general of the expedition to the west who guarded Chang'an, the governor of Qin Yongliang Yi and the military of the four states, and the king of Nanyang, Sima Mo, was originally an ally of the king of the East China Sea. The king of the East China Sea submitted a table to the imperial court, suggesting that Sima Mo be recruited into the court as a commonplace, and another person should be selected to sit in Guanzhong. Sima Mo listened to the advice of the mastermind Chun Yuding and refused to accept the levy, so he did not get along with the king of the East China Sea from then on. When the imperial edict came, the king of Nanyang was fighting a fierce battle with Pei Bao, the assassin of Qinzhou, and his troops were quite embarrassed. So only Liang Chen, the partial general, and Chen An, the governor in front of the tent, led an army of 3,000 to the east to rescue Luoyang.
There are 200,000 troops on the two routes of the Xiongnu and Han Kingdoms, and how much is it worth to send 3,000 reinforcements from Chang'an? The messenger carrying the edict secretly cursed, but there was really nothing he could do about it. The envoy was worried about the situation in Luoyang and hated Sima Mo's disregard for the life and death of the imperial court, so he left Chang'an and continued westward, trying to contact the general of Zhenxi, the military governor of Longyou, and the assassin of Liangzhou.
Liangzhou Zhang Liangwei Zhenlong, Qiang, Xianbei and other clans, and has always been loyal to the imperial court. Unfortunately, he is old, and since he suffered a stroke a few years ago, he is no longer able to speak normally, let alone command operations. Nowadays, most of the military and political affairs in Liangzhou are manipulated by the leaders of the local clans in Liangzhou, such as Song Pei, Yin Chong, Yan Yin, and Yin Tang, and they are not as enthusiastic about the imperial court as before. And Guzang is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, even if it can be said that Liangzhou elite rescue, I am afraid that it will be far away and close to the fire!
Thinking of this, the messenger galloped wildly, anxious.
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This chapter should have been written about Zhang Liang's appearance. However, this crab dragon body is not safe, and it can't be supported, and it will continue tomorrow, readers don't worry.