Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 411 News of dispatching troops + quick decision
"Second Uncle, let me tell you, you don't even dare to think about things in the north."

"Why, the Qin army came to kill people indiscriminately?"

"No, I said you couldn't think of it."

In the small courtyard, the family leaned against a big osmanthus tree to enjoy the shade. In the land of south of the five ridges, when the spring cold in the north has not dissipated, it starts to become hot and humid, and the heat sticks to the skin like sticky.

Wang Xiong's family is just an ordinary farmer. When he went to the field during the day, he caught a rabbit on the side of the road and asked the second uncle's family next door to eat it together.

In fact, rabbits are not much fat these days, they are always a bit oily, which makes everyone feel a little meaty.

"Where did you hear that?" Second Uncle sat in a chair under a tree and asked comfortably. Chun Geng was very busy, and everyone was very tired after a busy day.

"My father-in-law's family is in Nanshuiwan. I went there during the Chinese New Year. I had to walk all day long. If I didn't go fast enough, I wouldn't be able to get there until it got dark. I even carried a pig's leg on my back, so I didn't dare to bring my baby back. .”

"You're really willing, kid. You're not that kind to us." The second uncle teased.

Wang Xiong's young wife blushed and gently pinched her husband. Wang Xiong laughed, "The old father-in-law is just like our parents, of course he must be filial."

"I think you are afraid of this one in your family." Everyone laughed, and the young daughter-in-law blushed, not daring to look at anyone.

"The old man's house is next to Chenzhou." Speaking of this, he tilted his head and said in a low voice, "It takes half a day to go north along Nanhuaxi to see the outpost of the Northern Army. I met some blacksmiths who came from the north to sell plowshares. They said that the Qin army only killed a few high-ranking officials when they entered the city.

It is said that after the Northern Army came, they burned the dou used by the government yamen to pay food, and replaced it with ordinary dou, and there was no need to allocate money, and it only cost two stones plus one hundred yuan per diced, and no silk was used.

The people over there are very happy. They think that the soldiers from the north are sent by the Bodhisattva to rescue them. Many people in Nanshuiwan area are trying to find a way to escape to the border of Chenzhou, and some of them drag their families along. "

"Is there still this?"

"It's better than running into the mountains. If you're unlucky, you'll be caught and beaten to death by the government." Wang Xiong spat.

Everyone nodded silently, as a default.

Liu Yu, the lord of the Southern Han Dynasty, was obsessed with immortals, extravagantly enjoyed pleasures, overhauled the palace, and paraded everywhere. However, doing these things required money and food. Where did the money and food come from?The wool can only come from the sheep, and naturally it comes from the people.

Liu Yu of the Southern Han Kingdom is worthy of being a "genius". The method he thought of was to increase the bucket used for grain collection. The bucket used for grain collection in the Southern Han Dynasty government was even larger, and it was actually almost one bucket of eight.

This is why after the Qin army occupied Chenzhou, the fight that destroyed the government first made the people rejoice.

You must know that if one bucket is actually one bucket and eight, there will be a lot of extra.

Their Han Dynasty adopted the taxation law of the Tang Dynasty. Every family member paid two stones of grain, two feet of silk, two taels of cotton or two feet and four feet of cloth, and three catties of hemp to the state for [-] days of service.

If there is no silk cloth, you can use the same money instead.

Later, the late emperor raised the tax on the grounds that he wanted to levy Jiangnan. When it reached three shi for every ding, ten dou was one shi. Almost doubled.

Five years ago, because the lord wanted to build a palace, he wanted to come up with a trick to make money, requiring the people to pay ten qian for each bucket of grain, which means that in the Southern Han Dynasty, every dime actually had to pay [-] yuan a year. Five stones and four buckets of grain, plus three hundred qian, plus silk.

The people were miserable, and many of them hid in the mountains to evade taxes, and some were caught and beaten to death by the government for public display.

His family has a little more land, and the relatively wealthy part of the village can barely maintain it, but they don't know how long it will last. If there is any natural disaster, they will flee to the mountains and live in fear.

So after the old man heard about the actions of the Northern Army, he was very yearning, thinking that if the Northern Army came one day, their life would be easier.

When it comes to defending the country, not many people are willing to think about it. The king likes yin and yang people, and all the officials are yin and yang people, so let the eunuch help him fight the war.

"I heard that the emperor of Qin is a powerful person. I wonder if he will go south." Wang Xiong said with some expectation.

The second uncle looked serious, "You think too much, soldiers are soldiers, they are the same everywhere, as long as they come, burning, killing and looting will definitely be inevitable, even if they are really like what you said, they have to wait until the military disaster is over. "

"The Qin army did not rob Chenzhou." Wang Xiong argued.

The second uncle looked disbelieving, "Can you believe what they say? Do they dare to tell the truth! Your second uncle eats more salt than you eat rice, what do you know.

I saw wars when I was a child. At that time, there were wars every year, especially in the north. Those soldiers in the north did not say killing people or insulting women. Old people don't eat well, even if there are no bones left, women are even more miserable.

You have never seen such a war in these years. At that time, you were still young. Your father and I took your mother to hide in the mountains for three months. We ate a lot of bark and leaves. If we were not lucky enough to catch a little rock sheep, The whole family starved to death in the mountains.

When I returned to the village, everyone was dead, and all the houses that could be burned were burned. Only half of your third aunt was left, hanging on the old pear tree at the entrance of the village, and no one else could find it. "

The second uncle talked about those things, his voice was low, his whole person became a little depressed, and he couldn't hold back the tears in his eyes, "Don't listen to their hearsay, your generation has never seen a war, and you don't know how bad those soldiers are. Don’t believe it by accident.”

The atmosphere in the small courtyard was dull, everyone nodded silently, fear and uneasiness permeated the night.

The experienced second uncle went on to say: "You usually prepare more, pack everything together, and put it in a house, especially food and bedding. In case the army from the north really comes one day, I will lead you, and our two families will live together." Go to hide in the mountains like back then, and hide for a few months before coming out.

If it wasn't for your dad and I being clever, we would all be dead.

I guess that in the past two years, the Qin army will definitely come to fight. Didn't the government and army suffer a big defeat in Chenzhou two years ago, and they will probably be unstoppable in the fight. "

When Wang Xiong heard this, he no longer argued with his second uncle, but nodded quietly.

He originally had expectations in his heart, especially when he heard all kinds of rumors in Chenzhou at Nanshuiwan, the old man's house. The people there were full of expectations when they talked to him. .

So he still wondered if Qin Jun's life would be easier if Qin Jun came, but when he heard the second uncle talk about those horrible past events that made his head ache, his fear immediately suppressed all the small expectations in his heart.

At that time, the third uncle's family didn't run with his father, and the second uncle ran with him. The third uncle just thought that he paid the food on time every year, had a lot of connections in the village, and was the village chief, so it was fine when the army came.

As a result, none of his family members survived, and they died miserably.

Thinking of the tragic past, Wang Xiong also felt uneasy in his heart, even though the king is not a human being, and his life is overwhelmed, it is better than death without a whole body.

This is the way of the world, many times you can only choose between one bad thing and another bad thing, the less bad one, he has never had a good thing when he grows up
In Nanshuiwan, he had chatted with the people there before he knew that the Qin army was very powerful. Two years ago, they fought from Guiyang to Chenzhou for only a few days. The officers and soldiers couldn't stop them along the way, and both generals were killed. He hung his head on the flagpole. When they arrived in Chenzhou, the defenders were frightened and surrendered directly.

If they are really that powerful, how can they resist if they continue to fight south
Everyone chatted for a while, talking about tomorrow's work, when the cousin of the second uncle's family pushed the door and rushed in.

"Why did you go?" Wang Xiong asked, "Aren't you thirsty, let your sister-in-law pour water for you."

"Go to Zhao Er's house at the village head." The cousin agreed, and then he didn't answer his question, but said directly: "Father, brother, I heard from Zhao Er and the others that Qin State in the north has sent troops. Come hit us."

As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked, and the second uncle immediately said: "Don't talk nonsense! How can you hear nonsense?"

"Zhao Er and the others went to the north to sell firewood. They met a businessman from Chenzhou who told them that the emperor of Qin State was very angry at the fact that the previous king took the initiative to beat them. , has already gone down the Xiangjiang River, and will soon reach Tanzhou."

The second uncle and the others all had panic in their eyes, and Wang Xiong was a little belatedly asked, "Where is Tanzhou?"

The farthest place he has been to since he was a child is the father-in-law's house in the north, which is not even in Chenzhou City.

"Tanzhou is the place further north of Chenzhou. If they want to come to us, it will only take about ten days!" The second uncle was completely panicked, and grabbed his cousin, "You can go inquire tomorrow. Whether the news is true or not, and whether Qin Jun is really coming, you must ask clearly and explain clearly, and you can't be vague."

The cousin was pinched by the second uncle, and seeing the seriousness of the second uncle, with indescribable seriousness in his eyes, he nodded repeatedly: "Understood, dad."

"It's good to know, don't be careless." Then he turned to him and said, "Let's not go to the field tomorrow and pack up our things at home. If the news is true, we will leave immediately."

Wang Xiong was afraid of returning home, and he still hesitated when he thought of the family property he had accumulated through hard work: "Didn't they arrive in about ten days?"

"You know what a fart, the cavalry from the north are powerful. I said that ten days is the normal speed. They usually send cavalry to fight first. Those murderers can ride two or three horses each. They can be killed in a few days!" Uncle said with a look of horror, as if recalling bad memories from the past.

Now Wang Xiong didn't dare to delay anymore, he didn't have that kind of insight after all, he had never seen a real war in his life, so he nodded in agreement.

The next day, my cousin went to inquire about the news again, and without him inquiring, there were already more and more news about the dispatch of troops from the north. Yesterday, a comb seller passed by carrying a load of goods. The second uncle asked the second aunt to buy combs, and asked him if he would like to buy a comb. Little North news.

The peddler told them directly that the Xiangjiang River was full of large ships of the Qin army, and the north and south of the Xiangjiang River were blocked, and ordinary merchants and tourists could not pass through. The emperor of the country ordered that such a big move could not be made. The whole river was sealed off, so there must be a big move. I really can’t think of anything else except transporting a few hundred thousand people for food and drink.”

In the afternoon, news came from the village next door that the government had begun to arrest young people to fight in the war, so-and-so's son had been taken away, and so-and-so was crying so badly.

Tomorrow, they might be caught in their village. These news made the atmosphere of uneasiness more intense, and it became more and more clear that the Qin army was really going to fight south.

Everyone was upset, and that night, the second uncle called everyone to his house, planning to run to the mountains early the next morning.

Wang Xiong put his arms around his beautiful wife who was too scared to speak, and felt some indescribable emotions in his heart.

That night, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He didn't know whether it was because of the fear of war, the anxiety about the future, or the reluctance to abandon the family property he had struggled for for a long time. He always had mixed feelings and some emotions that he couldn't explain clearly.

Deep down in his heart, he still had some expectations. If the rumors he heard in Nanshuiwan were true, maybe he didn't have to run at all, and nothing would change after he ran back. But if he couldn't help anything in this world, then What's the use of escaping for a while
The Xiangjiang River is like blood, and the fire is flickering on the water surface, as if the whole river is burning in the hot flames. Like autumn forests, densely towering over the river.

Those are the masts of a thousand ships!
Looking at the magnificence in front of her eyes, Pan Mei was both excited and nervous. It was very complicated. It was the first time he led an army alone and controlled a war. , I felt a heavy burden on my heart, and I dared not relax at all. In the past few days, I could only sleep for two or three hours a day, and the rest of the time was busy, and I couldn't even eat more.

Beside him, Guo Tingwei, Liu Renshan, Si Chao, Wang Huan, Meng Xuanzhe, Dang Jin, Jing Si, Fu Zhaoyuan, Shen Yilun, Lu Duoxun, and Li Fang were all there, and they had just finished their battle deployment meeting.

Because from here to the south, the strategic deployment will begin, and the army and generals will also perform their duties.

"What is the commander-in-chief sighing?" asked the young Ludoxun behind him.

Pan Mei smiled: "I feel that the responsibility is arduous, and I'm afraid that if something goes wrong, it depends on you all." As she said, she bowed her hands to everyone, and everyone present returned their salutes one after another.

Si Chao, as the most experienced veteran, came out first to express his opinion: "Although the commander in chief orders, we will definitely carry out with all our strength." As soon as he expressed his opinion, others did not dare to put on airs, and they all echoed.

In terms of qualifications, military merits, and titles, Si Chao is higher than Pan Mei.The reason why Si Chao was like this was that before he left, the officials asked him to explain in private that if he didn't take the lead, the generals in the army might not accept Pan Mei.

"Thinking about it now, I admire the officials even more in my heart. Ten years ago, during the Huainan War, the officials managed an army alone. Afterwards, it has always been like this in the Southern and Northern Wars. Now I have done it myself to understand the difficulty." Pan Meipo To say with emotion.

Everyone laughed.

"The official family is the official family, the holy master and the benevolent king, how can ordinary people compare with it." Li Fang said with a serious face, no one objected to his words, and many people stroked their beards and nodded. This statement is truly recognized.

Maybe Emperor Shi didn't know it. Although he was narcissistic, he was also sober. After all, his view of history has always been a more scientific and rational view of history for later generations. He has a scientific understanding of geography, history, current situation, politics, social psychology, etc. , I don't like ambiguity, I don't like superstition and metaphysics, I don't like personality cult.

But he is a civilized and military man, but people in the world are not like this. In fact, in the hearts of many civil and military men, Li Fang's words are true, especially in the 200 years since the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

In the end, Pan Mei solemnly bid farewell to General Zhu. From here on, the marching route of the army will be separated. Above the temple, the officials have explained to them the overall combat strategy and marching strategy. As for how to fight specifically, that is commanders and generals.

Pan Mei also remembered what the officials had told him, that in the Southern Han Dynasty, he could focus more on attacking the heart, because there were various signs that the Southern Han ruler was unpopular.

Thinking of this, Pan Mei turned her head and said richly: "General Dang, tomorrow you will lead the cavalry to lead me forward, and take the lead in attacking in the direction of Hezhou. If you encounter an enemy, you are allowed to make your own decision."

"No!" Dang Jin listened to the order, took the military order and went to dispatch troops.

"Mr. Shen, I'll leave it to you here. Soldiers are precious. Tomorrow morning, the Chinese army will rush south. At this time, the Southern Han side should also get the news. However, I think it will take time for them to dispatch troops. They can fight I was caught off guard." Pan Mei said.

Shen Yilun cupped his hands, "Don't worry, Commander."

In the Long Live Palace, Shi Congyun had been staring at the map of the Southern Han Dynasty for a whole day. When the army came out, he often thought about the battle in the south.

Even though all kinds of information showed that Nan Han was not that strong, he was still worried about the war.

If things really develop according to history, he will be more at ease, because what he is afraid of is that there will be some changes.

In history, because of Mrs. Huarui's "14 people were disarmed, and none of them were men", the war against Shu in the Northern Song Dynasty attracted more people's attention, and it also let many people know that the Shu army was not good at fighting, but few people paid attention to the Northern Song Dynasty The war to destroy the Southern Han Dynasty.

Because although the Kingdom of Shu could not be conquered, at least the leader Meng Chang made great efforts to govern the country in the early days, making the country rich and the people living and working in peace and contentment, but only when they were old did they start to enjoy themselves extravagantly, and some people still supported the leader.

But the Southern Han Dynasty was not only unable to fight, but also separated from Germany. At least the imperial army fought against Shu in the Northern Song Dynasty. The auxiliary soldiers and militiamen in the trenches dug and thought that looking at the Southern Han army on the opposite side, they might be able to fight, but in the end they really took down the city with the help of auxiliary soldiers with shovels and other tools.

If the current Nanhan is so easy to fight, then he can wake up laughing when he sleeps.

However, not long after the army set off, there was no news from the front line.

In Emperor Shi's heart, there are always only two biggest enemies now, Jiangnan and Liao.

Needless to say, the Liao Kingdom, although the Tang Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River lost half of its country, it should not be underestimated.

Shi Congyun directly and clearly told all the generals that this war is not enough to win, and the Southern Han Dynasty not only wants to win, but also wants to win the battle quickly, the sooner the better.

You can get back your money quickly. If you take too long to fight a country like the Southern Han Dynasty and spend too much money, you will lose money if you fight it.

Take the two brothers Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi in history as an example. Zhao Kuangyin basically fought very quickly, very quickly. In March, every time it was unfavorable to fight the Northern Han Dynasty, troops were withdrawn. The purpose was very strong, and the cost control was very strict.

And Zhao Guangyi often felt that he was not fighting for the war, but to put on the emperor's ostentation and show the majesty of the emperor, regardless of the cost or not.

If a battle cannot effectively control costs, then winning is also losing.

This is the core problem of fighting the Southern Han Dynasty, and it is also the reason why he repeatedly told the generals that the battle must be resolved quickly.

Now that the army has set off, he can only trust his own martial arts, those people are all chosen by himself, this is the duty of the emperor.

(End of this chapter)