Shu Chen

Chapter 93

In a world of chaos, the bones are exposed in the wild.

Li Shu in the northwest of the Han Dynasty is also like a weed.

Half were trampled and destroyed by horseshoes, and half were rotting peacefully underground.

Since the second emperor Huanling, the Qiang chaos in the west has been rising frequently, and countless Li Shu wailed under the horseshoes and swords and spears, leaving only the white bones to be beaten by the wind and rain.

At that time, Yinping County was still called the vassal state of Guanghan.

There has also been the experience of being captured by the White Horse Qiang (Di) outside the territory of the Han Dynasty, which can be called bloody and savage.

All the grain, cattle and sheep were taken away, and those who could not be taken away were burned and killed.

Countless Di people were young and strong lying on the ground, and countless young men were taken back as slaves to be sheep slaves; there were also women in Yiluo who were carried away and used as tools to vent their desires and produce offspring.

However, this is a thing of the past.

Today's Yinping County has been peaceful for many years.

Next to a Diren Yiluo on Jinggu Road, the one-year-old Diren is riding tremblingly on a horse as old as him, slowly driving the sheep to herd.

A face full of ravines, a faint smile bloomed.

Di Wang killed the Han general and attached himself to the deceased king of Wei State. Many Han people in Yinping County were relocated, making their fields and pastures much larger.

There were no officials from the government who came to collect cattle and sheep hides.

Every year, some cattle, sheep or war horses are offered to King Di, and after the rest of the production has survived the winter, there is still a surplus.

I haven't heard of it for several years, which town is old and weak, and starved to death in winter.

Naturally, there are things to worry about.

This place is next to the Baishui Pass of the big Han. From time to time, the Han army will have one or two teams of scouts sneak in, catch them old and weak shepherds in the wild, and ask about the military situation on the other side of the bridge.

However, the Han army was more benevolent and righteous than King Di's entourage.

There has never been wanton whipping or killing, or plundering sheep and other tyranny.

As long as they answered truthfully, the Han army scouts let them go, allowing them to meet the sunrise and sunset of the next day.

It's good to be alive and have food and clothing.

The elderly Lao Di people drove the sheep to the place where the water and grass were abundant, then slowly slid off the horse, sat down cross-legged and looked at the scenery of the pasture.

Looking at it, the eyes became blurred, and the corner of the mouth smiled quietly.

The midsummer season in Yinping County is very desirable.

Under the blue sky, the mountains surrounded the yellow-green field, and the cheerful flocks bloomed with white clouds on the ground.

A gust of cool northwest wind roars in, rolling up the prematurely yellowed grass seeds and dead leaves, swirling and fluttering.It seems to have also brought the ethereal singing of the shepherds farther away.

It is a peaceful beauty.

It is also a yearning for a leisurely and contented life, just like a paradise outside the world.

It's just a pity that good things often don't last long.

A muffled sound of thunder struck from a distance, shaking the ground.

The old man was startled, he turned his head to the east following the sound, and opened his mouth, which had lost many teeth, and was dumbfounded.

About a hundred horses, from the horizon in the east, suddenly floated up!

The high-raised knives and spears, reflecting the colorful sunlight, stabbed his eyes.

Like the sun growing on the ground.

Angry Sunshine.

Dragging the scorching light, it whizzed past the elderly Di Ren, and drove straight into the Yiluo behind him with lightning speed.

The grief and cries of countless women and children were urged, and the horrified screams of countless cows and horses resounded through the earth.

Occasionally mixed in, the angry cry of the young Zhuang people.

But it was short-lived, and a few breaths disappeared.

However, the Diren Xiaoyiluo, who had more than [-] falls, could not resist this sudden attack of cavalry.

They didn't have time at all to gather their tribesmen together to form a defense; they didn't have time to drive the cattle, sheep and horses to bring food and supplies, and rushed to the bridgehead to avoid the looting.

Just a quarter of an hour later, the city behind the aged Di fell, and thick smoke billowed into the sky.

Many clansmen mixed with cattle and sheep, driven by the bright spears and ring-headed swords, weeping and choking, step by step towards the direction of Baishuiguan.

Is this the once benevolent Han army?
However, when did the Han army in Baishuiguan have hundreds of horses?
The elderly Di people were sluggish, and they couldn't believe it when they saw the Yiluo where they lived was burned to the ground, and their clansmen were driven out and weeping.

When more than ten horses scattered and howled, driving away the sheep he was grazing, he became angry.

He heard that the ten or so cavalry were speaking the Qiang language and Diyan!

He saw that these more than ten riding costumes and hair accessories were similar to him!

Therefore, he also has the answer.

The only one who can come from Baishuiguan controlled by the Han army and is related to him is the former king of Baiqingdi, Yang Ji!
The White Horse Qiang who migrated from outside the Han territory into Wudu County!

Because of this, he was also heartbroken.

He is about to spend sixty years in his life. He is one of the rare long-lived people in Di people, and he is also the survivor of the Baima Qiang's capture of Yinping County.

I originally thought that the nightmarish memory would dissipate with the passage of time.

Now, it's happening again.

"No~~~~~~"

With a face full of ravines, he screamed miserably, and closed his cloudy eyes in pain.

Let the two lines of clear tears seep into the crowded facial features, and spread into the messy beard.

But no one paid him any attention.

He was too old to be seen as a threat.

No one wanted to listen to his lamentation.

I do not know how long it has been.

Maybe just a few breaths, or maybe hundreds of years.

The old man opened his eyes again, and his cloudy eyes were already red.

He clenched the old spear in his hand, kicked the galloping horse as old as him under the crotch fiercely, and rushed towards the dozen or so white horses that drove away his clan and cattle and sheep.

He also used an old voice to shout a whistle mixed with crying, as well as a charge whistle full of emotions such as despair, desolation, and anger.

"Hu~~ hoo!"

"Hoo~ho!"

One person, one ride, hoarse.

People and horses are also brave, but they are absolutely fearless.

Amid the cries of women and children and the neighing of cows and sheep, they held up their old spears and moved forward.

The old charging whistle attracted the attention of the Baima Di people who were driving away captives and cattle and sheep.
However, no one ignored him.

With the speed of the old horse and the withered body he described, even if he rushed to the front, it was just a matter of wielding a knife.

However, the first general who was urging Baima Di to retreat turned his head to the side following the sound.

The look in his eyes was a little surprised at first, then a little admiration, and finally turned into a little pity.

It is Zhao Guang.

He was skilled in bowing and horses since childhood, and was the only Han Chinese among the hundreds of horsemen.

Originally, in Zheng Pu's schedule, there was no intention to let him come along.

Yang Ji led more than a hundred of his headquarters to ride white horses Di, and the captives plundered cattle, sheep and horses and returned home. This was Zheng Pu's dispatch to "relocate the household", and he claimed that this was a prerequisite for garrisoned at the bridgehead to fight.

What is the next move, how to schedule, Zheng Pu did not say.

But Zhao Guang didn't want to know.

He knew that when Zheng Pu arbitrarily "moved households" as a military governor, Yang Ji's face was full of joy and he agreed.

Supervisor Liu Min twitched the corners of his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but was silent in the end.

Huo Yi let out a faint sigh.

Only he himself caught up with Zheng Pu and argued for a long time.

Because he knew what the so-called "relocation" meant to Li Shu.

In the past, when he was still a young man, his father, Zhengnan General Zhao Yun, once told him and his elder brother Zhao Tong all kinds of things in Changshan, a hometown that he had never returned to.And why his grandfather was a native of Jizhou, but he led the township Lu Jianer to vote for Gongsun Zan.

Because Gongsun Zan attacked Hu.

In the time of Emperor Ling, the secluded Ji and the three states were repeatedly surrounded by Xianbei and Wuwan bandits, who plundered wealth, grain, and Li Shu.

It is also a "relocation".

The only difference is that Bai Ma Di is now subject to Zheng Pu's general orders, and only wields a knife at the resisters, and is not allowed to burn and kill prostitutes at will.

Just, how many differences are there?

These Yin Ping Di people are also the people of the big man.

Wouldn't it be detrimental to the benevolence and righteousness of the great Han to allow Bai Ma Di to force him to move?

On the other day, the Great Han Northern Expedition, the Qiangdi tribe in Yongliang heard about today's events, An Neng would like to join?

Zhao Guang, who was known for his virtues, was puzzled and argued with Zheng Pu about it.

However, Zheng Pu's retort left him speechless.

The first is to ask the former emperor Liu Bei, who was quite benevolent and righteous to the people of Yinping and never violent and harsh, why Wu Lan and Lei Tong were robbed and killed on their way home?
The other is the Northern Expedition of the Great Han in the future. Will these Yinping Di people raise their swords and fight against Wei?

Zhao Guang knew the answer.

Yes, it cannot be answered.

It was just the tone in Yu Yu's heart that couldn't be resolved for a while.

It also contributed to the reason why he came with Yang Ji.

It's not that he is pitiful, so pedantic that he can't even distinguish between the enemy and the enemy.

It was Zheng Pu who asked again at the end, "Does Emperor Wu know if he is open?"

During his lifetime, Emperor Wu established four Hexi counties and four Han counties. He expanded the Western Regions, Fujian and Yue, and Southwest China. He had great martial arts skills and made a great impact on a hundred barbarians. Who knows what?
However, Zheng Pu was telling him another fact.

Every time Emperor Wu opened his borders and every time Dahan expanded his territory, he cultivated in the way of "slash and burn".

The corpses of those who are not ministers will nourish the soil, and the blood of the rebels will irrigate the fields, and then they will turn to the Xingde religion of "intensive cultivation" with literary etiquette!
If the power cannot be displayed, the virtue cannot be established!

The same is true for the Di people from Yinping, who have betrayed the great Han.

After Zhao Guang heard it, he was silent for a long time, and he also thought about it.

The elder brother Zhao Tong is a person of great virtue, enough to support the family, why not try to choose another path!
The prime minister also knew that the military governor Zheng was ruthless in his plans and actions, but he still delegated the military power to be the other governor. My wisdom is not as good as that of the prime minister, so why bother?

And to restore the Central Plains and restore the Han Dynasty, you should sacrifice your life to serve the country, why should you be stingy with your reputation?
In the end, Zhao Guang, who was determined, asked to come with Yang Ji.

Just seeing the old Di Ren who was holding a spear and screaming and charging with determination, he couldn't help but tremble slightly in his heart.

After thinking about it, he casually put the spear across his knees, took off the two-stone strong bow on his waist, and threw the arrow without aiming, and pulled the semicircle at will to loosen the string.

The arrow was not in a hurry or slow, and directly hit the horse of the elderly Diren.

Let him fall off the horse's back, hit the ground hard, and even bend his arms back at a strange angle.

However, he still worked very hard and decisively, trying to stand up again with the spear.

It's just that people are getting old and getting old, and they get angry for a while.

I tried several times, but I was helpless.

In the end, he could only beat the ground with his hands, crying in despair.

His voice was like the cry of Ye Xiao in the old forest in the deep mountains.

Zhao Guang, who was not far away, glanced at him, his eyes light.

betray, betray.

There is no right or wrong for different positions.

He told himself so in his heart.

Immediately, he put away his strong bow and left.

On this day, a total of three Diren Xiaoyiluo were attacked, and Yang Ji happily led the white horse Di to return home with a reward.

These Yinping Di people who were forcibly relocated, as well as cattle, sheep and horses, would be "escorted" to Yang'ankou by Zheng Pu's [-] soldiers early the next morning, and asked Ma Dai to move to Hanzhong County on their behalf.

The cattle, sheep and war horses belonged to the imperial court, and whether the captives belonged to Yang Ji, let us see how the prime minister thinks.

This is his answer to Yang Ji.

Yang Ji did not complain.

He knows that the Prime Minister is willing, and no one can be the master.

He also knew that he had served as a great man for many years, and he would be more or less concerned about the decline of his tribe.

As for whether Ma Dai will smuggle these cattle, sheep and war horses.

But no need to worry.

There is a prime minister who is strict in law enforcement, not to mention Ma Dai, even if he is highly skilled and reckless like Wei Yan, he will not dare to try the law.

And Fu Yi, who was standing on the pass, watched the crying Di people, women and children, and herds of cattle, sheep and horses being driven into the pass, and asked in a low voice, "Sir, our army has captured the people and looted supplies, then what? Will the bridgehead garrison abandon the land and go out to field battles?"

"will not."

Zheng Pu, who was looking at the distant mountains, withdrew his gaze, turned around and slowly walked down the pass.

what?
Since the bandit army can't be tempted to leave the garrison, why "relocate"?

When Fu Yan heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised.

Seeing that Zheng Pu was already far away, he couldn't help but hurried to keep up, and continued to ask, "Sir, how did the bandit army go into battle?"

"Relocating households can only arouse their anger."

Zheng Pu's tone was light, "If you want them to go out of the bridge, you need to let them put down their guard and feel that there is no danger. Don't talk more, think for yourself, just watch."

"promise."

After the pass, the Xuanwu Army had long been waiting for Huo Yi's urging.

However, not all.

It was two schools with only [-] soldiers.

"Shaoxian, I know you are cautious, but you still talk a lot."

He solemnly handed the military flag embroidered with the word "Xuanwu" to Huo Yi's Zheng Pu, solemnly exhorting, "This is our army's first battle, it can be won or defeated! It is better to return without success than to act rashly!"

"promise!"

Huo Yi, who took over the flag, raised his face, "Don't worry, the Overseer, Yi will not insult our army!"

After saying that, he turned around and led the army out of the pass.

He was about to rush to hibernate in the reconnaissance mountain, waiting for Zheng Pu to lure the garrison at the bridge to attack.

As for how to seduce, Zheng Pu did not say, but he could vaguely guess.Because Zheng Pu only had two hundred soldiers left, and more than one hundred cavalry of Yang Ji.

It's nothing more than using one's own life as a bait!
Therefore, Huo Yi's mind was quite eager when he rushed to the hiding place.

He knew that if the soldiers and horses of the two schools he led could not hide their traces, they would betray Zheng Pu's hard work and trust with his life!
(End of this chapter)