Shu Chen

Chapter 291 Slaughter

Without Lushui (Shiyang River), there would be no Wuwei County.

In the Hexi Corridor, where the yellow sand is dense and the climate is arid, living by water is the only way to thrive.

Many tributaries meandering down from the Qilian Mountains converge into Lushui, rushing to the north, and the Jifan oasis impacted along the way is the location of nearly ten counties such as Guzang, Tuci, Luanniao, Puhuan, and Xuanwei. .

However, Lushui merged into Xiutu Lake for more than [-] miles (Han) to the north, nourishing a structure similar to a corridor, which has also become one of the main reasons why the flames of war in Wuwei County are lingering.

The nomadic peoples living in Mobei and accustomed to driving cattle and sheep to fight, relying on the strategic supply of Lushui, a water and grass corridor, can easily cross the desert to invade the Hexi Corridor.

Since the establishment of Wuwei County in the former Han Dynasty, such things have never happened.

As far as today is concerned, since Liangzhou was no longer owned by the imperial court at the time of Emperor Ling, from the north of Xuanwei County (now Minqin County), it has become a paradise for Qianghu tribes and horse thieves.

Li Tangmang, Zheng Pu's squire and the guide of Jiang Wei's army, used to hide in Xuanwei County when he was a bandit in Hexi and was not wiped out by the government for more than ten years.But it is not in the north of Xuanwei, but about eighty miles west of Xuanwei City, in the depression of Longshou Mountain and the remaining veins on the east side of Yanzhi, almost crossing the boundary of Zhangye County.

Due to the unclear jurisdiction at the junction of the two counties and the "darkness under the lamp" hiding within the elbows of the Xuanwei garrison, the government did not notice it.

After Jiang Wei entered Wuwei County, he attacked more than a dozen Qianghu or Haoyou families in succession, and all the troops were exhausted.

And at that time Zhangye prefect Cangcile sent troops to Chenyu Yanzhi Corridor, and Yang Fu summoned all the counties to guard and mobilize the private soldiers of Haoyou and Qianghu chieftains to try to besiege, so Jiang Wei hid in the mountain depression here to rest.

All the news was secretly sent by Lu Shuihu.

This is one of the reasons why he led the army to join Zheng Pu and others late.

Another reason is that when he first came out of the mountain depression, he followed Hexi's marching caution and dispatched more scouts to check the surrounding situation.

Therefore, as soon as the scouts returned to report, he led the army north for a day.

Because the news made his beard and hair swell—Xuanwei County was actually slaughtered! !
At that time, when he heard about it, Jiang Wei couldn't believe it.

When he led the army into this mountain depression, the flag of Wei State was still standing on the wall of Xuanwei County, which also meant that there were soldiers stationed in the city, so how could there be any possibility of being slaughtered? !
And in the former Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han established Xuanwei County with the backing of Guzang County to defend against the Xiongnu.

Xuanwei, as the name suggests, is taken from the military might of Xuan Dahan!

The construction of the city cannot be said to be solid.

Even though the people's livelihood in Hexi is declining and the government is unable to afford the maintenance of the city wall in the post-Wei state, but with the garrison of no less than [-] troops in the city, and mobilizing the young and strong to defend against the enemy, An Neng was quietly slaughtered by the city! ?

Could it be that the defender of Xuanwei City against Wei learned that the Hexi coalition army was defeated by our big man in Ling Jusai? Flee to be Kou!

Jiang Wei was indignant, and the warlord went to look at it, and then changed his mind.

The slaughtered Xuanwei city was filled with the stench of corpses, which could not be covered even by heavy snowfall for several days, and the Han army could smell it when they traveled three miles away.

And attracted countless northwest wolves to come to eat.

They are round-bellied, bloated and unafraid of people. When the Han cavalry came in a file, they bared their teeth and growled to protect the food.

It also made Jiang Wei furious.

He led his personal guards to drive forward and shot several wolves, only to make many wolves retreat in fear.

When they got close to the open city gate, they found that there was almost no place to stand in the huge city.

There are countless corpses in the city, and the internal organs of each person were torn out by the wolves and spread all over the ground—this is the reason why the stench has been wafting for miles.

After ordering the scouts to keep watch outside, and ordering the governors of all ministries to fan into the city to search for any survivors who escaped the catastrophe, Jiang Wei also walked in slowly under the protection of his personal guards.

Let's go, let's watch.

The look in the eyes is constantly intertwined with anger and sadness.

Because the corpses on the ground include soldiers and young adults, all of which have ferocious faces, leaving behind the expression of indignation and resistance at the time of death; there are also old men who have died without regret, and young women and girls whose clothes have been violently torn and bloodstained from the corners of their mouths.

There are still children with feet standing upright and babies in swaddling clothes!
The banner of Ni Wei was also found, and the bodies of the guards, guards and slaves were found in the official office of the city.

It's not self-stealing.

Therefore, Jiang Wei also vaguely had an answer in his heart.

Affected by Liangzhou's disobedience and the great disturbance in Hexi in the past, the Li Shu living in Xuanwei City could not bear the turmoil of the war. Many of them migrated to Zhangye County or went south to Guzang and other counties to become slaves of powerful rightists, or were vassalized by Xu Miao. The servants are recruited as tenants in the fields.

There are about a thousand households still staying here.

Coupled with nearly a thousand soldiers guarding the county, only the Qianghu tribe living in Xiutuze could have the strength to massacre the entire city in one fell swoop.

Moreover, both the guard and the personal guard died in the official office, it is enough to infer that the person who killed the city must be familiar with the guard, so he can kill him when he is not prepared!The soldiers in the city had no command and were slaughtered one by one.

Moreover, Li Shu's cattle and sheep, stored grain, ironware, and cooking and drinking things were all looted and taken away, but five baht coins, letter slips, and soft things were scattered all over the ground. Li Shu used to take things.

However, Xiu Tuze is very large (according to research, it was about 4000 square kilometers in the Han Dynasty), and there were many Qianghu tribes living there. Jiang Wei guessed which one was so-called, or whether several tribes worked together to do it.

Li Tangmang, who is familiar with Hexi, was asked to inquire, but there was no answer.

The most hateful thing is that after exploring the whole city, there is not a single survivor!
In a radius of ten miles outside the city, there is no one who lives forever!
Knowing that Jiang Wei could not find out the evildoers for the time being, before leading the army to join Zheng Pu in Guzang, he sent Qianqi to stay in Xuanwei City, busy digging pits to bury the corpses, burning the filth in the city and so on.

The men in the army, since it's too late to protect Li Shu, at least they won't let Li Shu's corpse become the food of wolves.

The generals of the Han army who had just arrived in Guzang County, after hearing Jiang Wei's narration, all eyes were shattered.

Throughout the ages, the murderer dies!

The matter of killing innocent Li Shu, people and gods are all angry, even if they are thousands of miles away, they will swear to destroy it!

Zheng Pu, who has the power to oversee the army, is full of hostility.

Instead, please ask Fei Yi and Zhuge Qiao to take care of the affairs of the various counties, and let Jiang Wei lead the army to the east of Xianmei County to find Yijian's concubine, so that the small tribes in Lushuihu can find out the news; Xiutu County between Zang and Xuanwei, according to the news from the city; and all the former Wei's governor's mansion and prefect's mansion were recruited, and they were ordered to record the leaders of the Qianghu tribe who were familiar with the Xuanwei city guards in the book. , and then exclude them one by one to infer the most likely one.

The Liao Hua Department rushed to the Yanzhi Corridor of Cangci and Chen Bing, the prefect of Wei Zhangye. There was no need to attack it, just defending An Lishu.

Afterwards, he led the two departments of Wang Ping and Yan Yu to Xuanwei City.

(End of this chapter)