Shu Chen

Chapter 68

Chapter 68
Judang County, also known as Dingguo.

It was a kingdom established by the Pu people during the Spring and Autumn Period, and the royal family had no surname.

Among the surnames, the two counties of Wudan and Wulian in the county and Wudi county in the county of Yizhou can roughly infer the territory of the old town country.

Of course, today's town royal family, the scenery is no longer.

In the sixth year of Yuanding, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty (111 BC), the king of Juding died and his troops returned to the Han, and the court set up Juding County with its location.

In the fifth year of Shiyuan (82 B.C.) of Emperor Zhao of Han Dynasty ([-] BC), Su Bo was awarded the title of "King of Juding" because he helped to pacify the rebellion of Gu Zing and Ye Yu, enjoying the special treatment of juxtaposition of countries and counties.

But now, in the southeast two directions outside the city of Judang, the tribal tribes that thrived are growing stronger day by day.

Many of the Puren refused to obey Wang Hua, and they were aggressive and fierce by nature. They occupied the fields outside the Puren city through war, and they had become the most populous clan in Juding County.

This is also the case, which is the primary reason why Zhu Bao chose Juding as the place to be held in the southern part of the town.

Since the beginning of Zhu Bao's coming to Penghu to serve as the prefect, he has vigorously pursued the strategy of supporting and suppressing the Pu people, in an attempt to erase the prestige of the old Judang royal family and facilitate the implementation of county decrees.

After years of accumulation, the Liren tribe in Juding County has grown, and they are also grateful to Zhu Bao and willing to die for him.

Another reason is that Juding County reserves a lot of grain.

Although there is not much land that can be developed in the area of ​​Judang, it is much scarcer than the southwestern part of Yizhou County, such as the counties of Lowwo, Tongjian, Liaojiang and Kudan.

Of course, this place is rich in a kind of tree, called "sugar wood". 【Note 1】

Its wood is as strong as iron, and it can be used for shovels, hoes, knives, and soldiers; its skin is soft and its heart is soft, and beef and cheese can be used as noodles, which can be eaten, and the people can use it as food.

According to the local custom, if the natives want to take their wood, they should first worship it in an ancestral hall.

In the past, when Zhu Bao supported the Yeren tribe, he stored a lot of sugar palm food and noodles; after raising the flag of rebellion, he even cut down sugar palm wood for the storage of swords, armor and grain.

It can be said that the hearts of the people are available, and the food and supplies are sufficient.

If he can return to Judang alive, it will not be easy for the imperial court to break through the county.

However, it's a pity.

With his death, all the blessings of the past were also buried.

His eldest son, the one who came to the head of Juding County one step ahead, could no longer suppress the other two forces with the right to speak, and fell into the helplessness of "people take the tea to cool".

The other two forces, one is the alliance of the elder clan chiefs of the Liren tribes; the other is the alliance of the big names in the four major counties of Long, Fu, Dong and Xie.

Originally, they were all following Zhu Bao's rebellion.

But now, there is no confidence in Zhu Xie, the son of Zhu Bao, who is young and crowned, whether he can fight against the imperial crusade.

When Zhu Xie learned that his father was defeated in the army, he naturally wanted to fight the imperial court to the end.

And the great surnames are unwilling to be buried with him, and their hearts are filled with the idea of ​​surrender.

They felt that if the imperial court wanted peace and tranquility in the county, it would definitely use a prestigious surname in the county to restrain the natives and barbarian tribes on their behalf.

Therefore, it will not kill everyone.

Today, Zhu Bao is dead, which means that the first evil has been executed.

These traitors, if they lead the crowd to surrender, will surely be pardoned by the imperial court.

Even the son of Zhu Bao will be regarded as the object of showing the court's kindness and win over the barbarian tribes, and will be pardoned to live.

As for the minds of the tribes of the people, they wanted Zhu Xie to lead the army back to the mountains and lakes with them, to avoid the edge of the imperial court for a while, and then try to retake Juding County after the imperial army returned.

The words of these two families, one is that they want to protect the continuation of the blood of the Zhu family;

Let Zhu Xie be unable to refute.

But he also knew in his heart that these two kinds of remarks were not optional.

The hearts of all the great surnames are only for the survival of the family!

Just as they said, the imperial court may not hold the Zhu family guilty today, but "those who raise troops to rebel, the three tribes of Yi" are the law!In the future, any of the prefects will be grumpy and deliberately suppress the Zhu family until the Zhu family becomes a commoner or a servant!
As for the tribal people, they are also uneasy and kind.

They just wanted to make use of Zhu Bao's former prestige in Hengjun County!

If Zhu Xie went with them to settle in the tribe, he would definitely be held hostage!Even if in the future, Juding County and the southern part of Hengyuan were recaptured, Zhu Xie was nothing but a puppet!
That's why they fought each other.

Moreover, the three forces in the city were equal, and none of them could suppress the others, so they were deadlocked.

It was delayed until Zheng Pu led the army to arrive, and no decision was made.

Fortunately, the number of soldiers who came from the Han army was only [-], and they could not pose a threat to them with [-] troops.

On the contrary, under the disparity between the enemy and us, they also temporarily reached a consensus: first join forces and attack this advance Han army!
Fight or surrender, or flee, and let's try the strength of the Han army first.

If you can win it, it will be good for all three parties.

For Zhu Xie, it is to arouse the hearts of others to stick to the deadly battle; for the surnames, it is more emboldened to use this threat when surrendering; for the Liren tribe, it is possible to show the strength so that the court does not dare to peep at him, no matter what he is. No one in Nigu-cho County is the dominant one, and none of them can shake the status of the scorpion as the largest clan.

Of course, their all-out effort was unfinished.

With only a thousand soldiers, he dared to come alone to Zheng Pu in Juding County, did An Neng not rely on him?

Seeing that the rebels came out of the city, even if the soldiers were to connect the carriages in front, the shield soldiers and the spearmen formed an empty formation, and the five hundred crossbowmen were guarded in the middle.The most commonly used and most effective and powerful car crossbow array is displayed when the big Han infantry encounters the enemy in the field!

When the rebels roared and rushed forward, the crossbow array poured out like locust arrows in a "three-stage strike", allowing the corpses of the rebels to pave a path of death with different shapes. .

Moreover, the closest corpse was still half an arrow away from the Han army's carriage.

As soon as they rushed into the formation, they had not yet met hand to hand, and two or three hundred soldiers were killed and wounded. The three rebels, whose hearts were originally unworthy, could no longer hold on.In particular, some of those who were hit by crossbow arrows and were still on the verge of death, wailed up and down, and were terrified.

In desperation, they returned to the city again, and disputes broke out again over how to choose in the future.

Zheng Pu had few soldiers and could not besiege the city, so he camped about ten li in the north corner of the city.

Every day, Liu Yin and Qi Ya Cuo were asked to go out with their squires to patrol and monitor the movements of the rebels in the city.And let Ju Fu lead the three hundred barbarians and stand by at any time.

In order to prevent the rebels from fleeing the city, they can pursue and fight in time.

As for himself, he carefully questioned the soldiers of the rebels who were captured by crossbow arrows one by one.

After realizing that there are three people in charge in the city and they are not coordinating with each other, he frowns and thinks.

Immediately, his eyes were burning, and he smiled.

If it is true as the prisoner said, it would not be difficult for the town and county to get rid of it!

However, what he needed in his heart, he had to wait for the arrival of Ma Zhong's follow-up troops, and he could implement it only after he had a military advantage.

But he didn't want to, Ma Zhong was still on the way to lead the troops, and other military information came first.

All good news.

One is a Chen-style military newspaper.

He took Zhu Bao's head, and sent more than a thousand troops to the southwestern counties.

The other is Li Hui, the governor of Qujiang.

Li Hui led more than [-] troops and horses, and when he learned that the Prime Minister was coming from Chengdu, he immediately led his troops to advance into Yizhou County.When the troops and horses moved, they were almost at the same time as the county.

However, his march was smoother than that of Ma Zhong.

He was originally from Yuyuan, Jianning, and he was well versed in the mountain topography of Yizhou County.

Moreover, Gaoding, the king of Yueshangyi, indirectly helped him.

When Li Hui marched into the army, it happened that the rebels were fighting and Yong Kai was killed.

At that time, the rebels in Yizhou County had no leader, and all the ministries were chaotic and uncoordinated. Before Meng Huo issued a strict order, Li Hui led his army into Dianchi County, which was governed by Yizhou County.

But his trade in light clothing also paid a price.

After Meng Huo established his prestige, he personally led several times the army to besiege Dianchi Lake, making Li Hui the turtle in the urn.

Moreover, the situation is that there is no foreign reinforcements, and it is in jeopardy.

Zhuge Liang, the prime minister who had marched from Chengdu, had no chance of rushing to the rescue before Li Hui's army was cut off in the battle against Yi Wang Gaoding in Yueqi County.

Fortunately, the prime minister is very sharp!
The places where Gao Ding, the King of Yueyi Yi, set up defenses to block the enemy were three places on the way of Xiyi Road, namely Xia Niu, Dingzhen, and Beishui.

It is hoped that the soldiers will be blocked in Hanjia County, so that the war will not damage the Yueqi County under its control.

However, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, how could he do what he wanted?
Directly led the army out along the Minjiang River, turned into the Dadu River in the west of Leshan, turned to [-] kilometers east of Yanniu, followed the tributary Yuexi River (Niuri River), and advanced south to Chanxian County, bypassing Yueshang Yi Wanggao When the defense is set, the soldiers will cut into Beishui County in the rear!

Gao Ding, the king of Yueyiyi, was helpless and had to lead his army to fight.

However, he lost even the battle, and he was also beheaded by the array!

The elder clan chiefs of the other tribes all led the troops to Yizhou County, relying on Meng Huo to join forces to resist the imperial army.

Meng Hehe heard about it and saw that the prime minister led the main force into the territory of Yizhou, so he personally led the army north to meet the enemy.

It also gave Li Hui a chance to reverse the situation.

At that time, Li Hui, who was trapped, thought of a plan to delay the army, and called the rebels of the southerners: "The officials and troops have run out of food, and I want to return to the village. I have been reprimanding the village for a long time. Now I have a spin, and I can't return to the north. I want to return the same strategy as you. Honestly."

In the past, the powerful clan of Yinan were of the same spirit, throwing out bargaining chips that were desperate to rebel, and won the trust of the rebels.

When the rebels outside the city were sluggish, they took the opportunity to motivate the soldiers and vowed to attack and destroy them!

But he did not lead his army northward, and together with the main force of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, they attacked the rebels led by Meng Huo.

Instead, the rebels in the southeast of Yizhou County chased the north and recovered all the counties from Yizhou County to the Panjiang River (Nanpanjiang) in the south and Kenghu in the east, leaving Meng Huo nowhere to return.

At this point, the great Nanzhong rebellion in the past has faded.

In Juding County, the three factions heard about the wars in Yueqiang and Yizhou County, such as funerals and examinations.

Seeing that Ma Zhong and Chen Shi led the army to encircle them, they each gathered their confidants to discuss in private frequently, and they all planned their own plans.

In the Han army camp outside the city, Zheng Pu and Ma Zhong were stationed on a low hill, overlooking the defense of Juding County.

Zheng Pu looked solemn, and said lightly to Ma Zhong, "Prefect, the city of Juding is strong and has sufficient defenses. If you attack it by force, it will be unwise. I have been thinking about it recently. Maybe I can follow the old Yanzi's method of 'two peaches kill three soldiers' without any effort. Break it!"
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[Note 1: "Linhai Foreign Objects" says: "The outer skin of the juniper wood is hairy, like a palm and scattered. Its wood is strong, and it is as good as iron when used as a hoe. The skin is like pounded rice flakes and wheat flour, and it is used as bait for cakes." "Guangzhi" said: "The scorpion tree is four or five in circumference, five or six feet long, and straight, with no branches beside it, and leaves on its top. However, there are dozens of them, like palm leaves, their wooden muscles are hard to injure, and when they penetrate several inches, the noodles are densely red and yellow, and they are edible.”]

(End of this chapter)

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