Chapter 1431 Taiyuan civil strife (plus more)


    In Taiyuan City, Wei Xu and Song Xian, who had just received instructions from Chen Gong, walked out.


    "Isn''t it good for us to do this?" Despite Chen Gong''s order, Wei Xu was still a little hesitant and asked Song Xian.


    Song Xian disagreed.


    What about Song Xian''s appearance, I guess it''s about thirty up, forty down, his body is slightly fatter, the armor on his stomach protrudes, his figure is not bad, not very bloated, his rosy face is covered with With a thick beard, his appearance is okay, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, no matter how you look at it, he is a positive and enthusiastic person.


    Song Xian was originally from Taiyuan, and was once considered a petty gentry in Taiyuan. Because he hated the local Haoyou, he was framed by Haoyou and had to leave his hometown and flee to Luoyang. Yun sent him to Lu Bu''s tent again, so for Song Xian, no sense of honor, no loyalty, sorry, they don''t exist. Is that kind of thing edible or drinkable?


    "Lieutenant Wei, the Master Bo has given such an explanation, and it must have been approved by Wen Hou...Why, you don''t even want to listen to Wen Hou''s orders?" Song Xian had nothing to do with the move to occupy General Zhengxi''s territory Feeling guilty, on the contrary, full of anticipation and excitement, after all, if Lu Bu really took control of Taiyuan, wouldn''t there be a chance for revenge?


    Although Wei Xu is a rough man, deep in his heart he still hopes that he can become a real gentry, so he is trying to get closer to the standards of the gentry as much as possible, but Wei Xu has not realized that, in fact, the gentry all day long The so-called slogans of benevolence, morality and loyalty are often just slogans.


    "It''s not like that..." Wei Xu scratched his head and scratched his beard as he walked, a little annoyed, "I just heard that Wen Hou always said that Zhengxi was his brother... and now..."


    Brothers are in trouble, shouldn’t they reach out to help?


    Why did you stab him in the back first?


    Song Xian was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Didn''t you just say what Master Bo said? Zhengxi is going to be finished! If Zhengxi can win, then he is still a brother... Now, of course he is also a brother! Look, since he is going to be finished Seeing that these great foundations have fallen into the hands of outsiders and wasted in vain, it is better to keep them in the hands of their own brothers, so that they can save some things. They say that they will have to rely on Wen Hou to help them before they go to the West in the future... What, could it be It is more right and better to say that it is all for outsiders and not for brothers at all?"


    "This..." Wei Xu scratched his head. Song Xian''s words seemed to make sense, but there also seemed to be something wrong, but Wei Xu couldn''t tell what was wrong. It was like a mouthful of dry buns stuck in his throat. Can''t cough up, and can''t swallow.


    "This and that... It''s so annoying..." Song Xian said dissatisfied, "Wei Xiaowei, you are also a cheerful person, why are you hesitating today, mother-in-law and mother, and you can''t hold a fart for a long time... Why, don''t you Are you willing to obey Wen Hou''s orders?"


    "Listen, of course!" Wei Xu saw that the situation was imminent, and he had to face it no matter what, so he gritted his teeth and said, "That''s it! I''ll arrange the troops in the headquarters. As soon as your news arrives, someone will lead the troops." Go straight to the government office in Taiyuan, capture Cui Zhouping, and take his seal and ribbon!"


    "Okay!" Song Xian clapped his hands and said, "It should have been like this a long time ago! I''m going to find Cheng Datou now, and then control the west gate and south gate separately, and isolate the inside and outside! Um, by the way, where did Zhang Sima go?"


    Wei Xu shook his head and said, "I don''t know... Two days ago, it was said that the soldiers were slack and their flesh was growing. They needed to practice more, so they took people out of the east of the city... They should be training in that mountain now, and I didn''t hear any news. Most likely haven''t come back yet..."


    "It''s good if you don''t come back! Save trouble!" Song Xian said, "Zhang Sima has been with Zhengxi for a long time, so he might have some idea... It''s better for him to be outside, and when the overall situation is settled, there is nothing to say... Well, that''s it, let me take a step first..."


    Song Xiangong cupped his hands and left.


    Wei Xu tilted his head and thought for a while, then stood there blankly for a moment, then shook his head and sighed, feeling that he was still somewhat indifferent, and was distracted all the way, only to turn around suddenly when he bumped into Gao Shun in the school grounds in the city Come on.


    "Lieutenant Wei, the barracks are closed!" Gao Shun said with some dissatisfaction when he saw that Wei Xu was still wandering around the streets at night, "Although there is no war, military law must not be slack!"


    "Ah...this..." Wei Xu froze for a moment.


    After Gao Shun finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave. He still had to go to patrol the camp, and didn''t plan to talk to Wei Xu any more.


    "High School Captain!" Wei Xu subconsciously shouted, "Please stay!"


    "What''s the matter?" Gao Shun asked.


    "This..." Wei Xu thought for a while, Chen Gong didn''t say that he couldn''t tell Gao Shun, so did he mean that it doesn''t matter if he tells? "This... high school lieutenant, can I take a step to speak?"


    "What?!" Gao Shun couldn''t help but widen his eyes after hearing Wei Xu''s ins and outs, and said, "It''s unreasonable! You can really do such an unrighteous thing! Wait for a certain meeting to meet Marquis Wen, and let''s talk about it!"


    Wei Xu hurriedly grabbed Gao Shun and said, "Lieutenant Gao Gao, this is the order from Marquis Wen!"


    Gao Shun was stunned for a moment, stopped in his tracks, turned his head to look at Wei Xu hesitantly, and said, "Is it really the order of Marquis Wen?"


    Although Wei Xu did not confirm this matter, he thought that showing Wen Hou’s soldier seal letter in Chen Gong meant that Wen Hou agreed, so Wei Xu nodded in affirmation.


    "This..." Gao Shun frowned tightly.


    Wenhou Lvbu once saved Gao Shun''s life, so Gao Shun has always followed Wenhou''s side, loyal. Seeing that Wei Xu said that this order was given by Wenhou, he sighed a long time and shook his head, but He didn''t say that he would continue to look for Marquis Wen.


    In Gao Shun''s mind, since it was the order issued by Marquis Wen, the behavior of arguing in the past is almost tantamount to resisting the order.


    Wei Xu said: "Lieutenant Gao Gao, look...we can win like this?"


    "Ha..." Gao Shun said, "So what if we can win? Marquis Wen..." Gao Shun swallowed his evaluation of Lu Bu, and after a pause, he said, "It''s not difficult to control the city defense of Taiyuan, but what is difficult is how to deal with it after tomorrow. what…"


    "Zhengxi said that it was a big defeat, so do you still have the energy to manage us?" Wei Xu didn''t understand Gao Shun''s meaning, and asked, "Master Chen is sure to control Taiyuan, so it can be used as a foothold... It''s better than that. Relying on the breath of others..."


    "Hehe..." Gao Shun just shook his head.


    "What do you mean?" Wei Xu asked, not understanding.


    Gao Shun was silent for a moment, then said: "Do you think victory or defeat can only be on the battlefield?"


    "What... do you mean?" Wei Xu said.


    "I also have some experience recently... If you want me to say it, I can''t say it..." Gao Shun shook his head, and said slowly, "Just knowing how to fight is not enough... Marquis Wen..."


    "?" Wei Xu couldn''t understand at all.


    "It''s okay...Since it''s the order of Marquis Wen, I will act according to the order..." Gao Shun didn''t intend to explain to Wei Xu. After all, Gao Shun himself only grasped some vague edges and couldn''t express them clearly, so he didn''t Maybe what to say to Wei Xu.


    "Hey, okay..." Wei Xu nodded and said, "Then... I''m leaving..."


    ………………


    At this moment, Zhang Liao is still discussing with Fei Qian, no, strictly speaking, Zhang Liao is pleading for Lu Bu.


    Seeing Fei Qian appearing in Taiyuan, but not entering the city openly, but in the camp outside the city, Zhang Liao basically understood Fei Qian''s intentions, and now the city has probably set up traps, just waiting for Lu Bu Step into it.


    Zhang Liao could choose not to say anything, but Zhang Liao still couldn''t hold back.


    "General, did you ever know that in the imperial court, Yongliang merged with the north, how many talks about retreating?" Zhang Liao said slowly.


    Fei Qian nodded, he still knows something about this. In dealing with Liangzhou Bingzhou and other areas with prominent conflicts among ethnic minorities, there have been two trends of thought since the Eastern Han Dynasty, one is governance and control, and the other is simply giving up.


    Even Cui Jun’s father, Cui Lie, repeated the same old tune at that time, proposing the strategy of abandoning Liangzhou, which caused Fu Xie, who was Ren Yilang at the time, to be furious in the court hall and shouted sharply: ‘Kill Situ, and the world will be safe!’


    Well, Cui Lie bought the Situ position at the time. Although there are some reasons for disrespect, it can also reflect the intensity of the collision between the two trends of thought in the court.


    "In the past, Prince An Ding said that the rebellion of the Qiang captives began in Liang and Bing, and extended to Sili. It harmed Zhao and Wei in the east, and Shu and Han in the west. The five prefectures were destroyed, and the six counties were destroyed. The scourge of banknotes lasts day and night, the people are wiped out, the sun and the moon are scorched..." Zhang Liao continued, and Fei Qian seemed to understand Zhang Liao''s thoughts.


    "...The generals guarding the border are all cowardly and weak, and they dare not attack, but they just sit and adjust the documents to deceive the court, just for their own benefit. Prisoners..." Zhang Liao said in a deep voice, obviously as a party to a certain degree, he was deeply touched, "And above the court, there are powerful ministers who don''t know what''s going on, who are idle and idle, entrusted with their celestial duties, enjoy their salary and do nothing, and spread fallacies It is said that it is not suitable to go to war, and the border cannot be defended, and so on, and the above table advocates that the border people move inward and abandon the land to live in peace..."


    Prince An Ding refers to Wang Fu. Apart from this person, no one else can get this honorary title for the time being. Fei Qian doesn''t know if there will be any in the future, but he knows that Wang Fu is really great. As a son of a noble family who was born and raised in Border County, his political height is much higher than that of ordinary families. He believes that it is wrong for the imperial court to adopt the policy of abandoning border areas and forcing border residents to move inward during the war with Qiang and other foreign nationalities. This policy of retreat not only brought great losses to the lives and property of the people in the border areas, but also created an opportunity for the enemy...


    "So..." Fei Qian pondered and said, "The meaning of Wenyuan is the theory of Fu Nanrong, a certain Wangsi Wang Jiexin?"


    Zhang Liao bowed to the ground, "I would like to ask the general to think twice!"


    Why did Zhang Liao suddenly mention the previous remarks about giving up Sansuke in the court?


    Fei Qian has no current plan to give up Sansuke, so in fact Zhang Liao''s words are nothing more than to reflect the current situation and persuade Fei Qian. Because Lu Bu''s behavior is a kind of betrayal to a certain extent, as a calm and intelligent Zhang Liao, it is naturally impossible to directly intercede for Lu Bu, because Zhang Liao also knows that direct intercession is actually not very effective, and it will make Fei Qian treat him. It is doubtful about his position, so he adopts such an angle to persuade.


    At that time, Wang Fu and Fu Xie made remarks, don''t give up Xiliang Sanfu, because although Xiliang Sanfu has such and other problems from time to time, it is still the territory of the big Han, and it is the country''s vassal guard, just like the big man extended An arm not only opened up the road from the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions, not only communicated the business between the East and the West, but also obtained important materials such as war horses.


    Then the same is true for Lu Bu.


    Although Lu Bu has various problems, but...


    Fei Qian raised his head, thinking of the time in Luoyang, he couldn''t help feeling a little sad.


    "If that''s the case, why Baobian County?" Fei Qian asked in a deep voice.


    Zhang Liao bowed again and said: "People should be moved. The frontier counties are empty, and the inner counties are restored, and the land is uneven. They can be moved to fill the borders and make them solid. If a home is robbed, the old, weak, women and children will be placed in the middle, and the old and weak will be placed in the middle. Strong and strong guard the outside! Inner counties cultivate mulberry and accumulate wealth, border counties resist foreign aggression, watch and help each other, and naturally enjoy peace..."


    Fei Qian nodded lightly, and then said: "However, Bian County suffers from it, is greedy for wealth, and does not think about the guards, so what?" It is naturally the best to do what Zhang Liao said, but there is a problem. Yes, it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. People''s desires are always difficult to satisfy.


    Zhang Liao was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "Although the Qiang and Hu rebellion was for profit, it was caused by uneven law. At the court, there were vacillations, whether to appease, or to lure, but also regarded it as a burden, and abandoned it like My shoes. If people are in doubt, they cannot be determined. If people are confused, there is nothing they can do. If you want stability in the frontier county, you should be consistent with the outside and inside, and solve your doubts. Zhou Shu once said that all saints must follow the times. This is my superficial view. I hope the general will enlighten me."


    Fei Qian rested his head in his hands, frowning in thought.


    Zhang Liao didn''t dare to disturb him, so he could only accompany him, waiting anxiously. Beads of sweat dripped from his temples and dripped on his body, creating circles of water stains.


    The curtain was lifted suddenly, Cui Hou walked in hurriedly, glanced at Zhang Liao, and then said in a low voice: "General, a letter was shot from the city, saying that there are soldiers and horses in the city moving!"


    "So fast?" Fei Qian was a little surprised, took the letter, read it up and down, then threw it to Zhang Liao and said, "Wen Yuan should take a look too..."


    Zhang Liao looked at the letter in his hand, beads of sweat rolled down his head, dripped down along his eyebrows and nose, and he didn''t bother to wipe it off. His hand, which would not tremble when he swung a steel gun thousands of times, was trembling now. stand up.


    The letter is very brief, but it is also very clear that the soldiers and horses in the city have changed, all the way to the arsenal of the school field, obviously to block the reinforcements of the defenders; …


    At this moment, there were already some faint noises in Taiyuan City, and the originally dark sky was re-stained with a layer of orange red.


    Is it too late?


    Zhang Liao was thinking eagerly, and suddenly a bright light flashed in his mind, and he pointed to the letter and said, "This is not a strategy of Wen Hou! It must have been conspired by Chen Gong and Chen Gongtai! It must be so! General! I am willing to give you an immediate Enter the city, find out the interests of Wen Hou and Chen Ming, so that he will know his way back and avoid making big mistakes!"


    Cui Hou''s eyes widened, and he looked at Zhang Liao in disbelief.


    Fei Qian frowned and looked at Zhang Liao. This time the layout is not only aimed at Lu Bu, but also at some Taiyuan gentry who are not very cooperative at this stage, such as the Taiyuan Wen family. Since the First Battle of Huguan in Shangdang, the Wen family has been in decline, but its foundation in Taiyuan has not been damaged. Although it is obvious that it is obedient to conquer the west, in fact, there are many things that are obedient and obedient, especially in the past few days. After knowing Zhengxi''s defeat, Wen couldn''t help jumping up and down...


    So, the entire Taiyuan City at present is a trap with some rice grains, and see if those birds and beasts automatically jump into it. All the warehouses in the city have been emptied, and only a thin layer is left to act as a facade. Even if Lu Bu succeeds in robbing them, without the support of money and food, the only way to get money and food is to turn against the nobles in the city. , to plunder the private warehouses of these people, but in this way, Lu Bu would never want to gain a foothold in the tiled land of Taiyuan.


    Taiyuan is on fire tonight, which is tantamount to giving a signal to the surrounding area to act. I believe that at this moment, Cui Jun, who has already sneaked out of Taiyuan, has already begun to deploy troops and troops, preparing to besiege Taiyuan.


    "Wenyuan, it''s a dead end in the city now..." Fei Qian sighed and reminded, "Even if Wenyuan has the heart to return to heaven, I''m afraid..."


    Zhang Liao bowed down in front of Fei Qian, kowtowed and said, "I hope my lord will be fulfilled!"


    Feiqian was silent for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh, agreeing that Zhang Liao should return to the city and make the last effort...


    ………………


    In the city of Taiyuan, the sky is already boiling!


    As a city that has long been on the front line of Hu people''s invasion, Taiyuan City is not like Chang''an, where the city is outside the city wall, nor is it like Luoyang. The city is more like an ornament than a defense. Taiyuan''s inner city In addition, everything is built for military purposes.


    It can be said that Taiyuan City is a combination of large and small Wubao. The outer circle is Dawubao, and the neighborhood in the city is Xiaowubao. For the convenience of defense, even the city gates are not opened. It is a solid city. It''s just that Jiancheng must have sufficient supplies to hold on, otherwise, it will be just a shelf of foreign power.


    Therefore, there is great chaos in Taiyuan City at the moment, and all the gates of the neighbors are locked, and the guards of the big families are guarding the key points. If Lu Bu''s soldiers do not attack the neighbors, then what they can control is only those few people in Taiyuan City. just a street...


    (end of this chapter)