Delong

Chapter 239 Array Row (5)

In the second year after the sage Cao Che fled south to Jiangdu, it was also the second year after the Dragon Clan launched an incident. A series of wars that took place in the east and revolved around the Dragon Clan can be discussed from multiple angles, layers and facets based on military and political discussions. of.

But no matter how we discuss it, we have to admit that, so far, the biggest turning point is the fall of Yuncheng.

With the arrival of the rainy season in May, Zhang Xuguo's sneak attack succeeded, and Yuncheng suddenly changed hands, which directly caused the Dragon Clan to lose its strategic fulcrum on the eastern front, and quickly evolved into the collapse of the entire main attacking force of the Dragon Army on the eastern front.Immediately afterwards, the Great Wei court, which had been sharpening its knives for a long time, immediately made internal political compromises, launching the advance of Qu Tuda on the northern line and Han Yingong on the southern line, echoing Zhang Xuguo on the eastern line.

Attacking from three sides, the situation of encirclement and suppression immediately formed.

In fact, considering that there is a garrison at Xiongguan in Xingyang to the west, and that Dongdu, which is close to the Great Master's town, is a dead end, it can almost be called a complete siege.

Correspondingly, the Chulong Army, which has only two counties left, has basically fallen into a certain kind of desperation in the military. Generally, the defensive troops gather together, and small fights are fine, but they lack experience in major battles and their combat effectiveness is worrying; coupled with the loss of strategic fulcrums, the east door is wide open, and the southern line of Jiyin City-Bianshui, Northeast Facing the white horse-Puyang's old line of defense lost its meaning.

Afterwards, Zhang Xing's decision was nothing more than forced and helpless. He decided to rely on the excellent management of the two counties by the Longjun Army, and the fact that the officers and soldiers were unlikely to believe that a group of rioters could effectively manage the place. With this information gap, in the smallest strategic turning space, come to fight a quick ambush, encounter, and onslaught to resolve the military crisis.

That's right, in this battle, Zhang Xing's biggest reliance was that the Dragon Clan had effectively ruled Dongjun and Jiyin counties within a year after the incident, maintained the traditional local bureaucratic system, and made this bureaucratic system The grafting of the organizational structure with the Dragon Gang has made the logistics and military systems of the two counties complete, and the people's livelihood and military supplies are abundant, so that they can quickly mobilize troops, take in rout troops, and organize counterattacks.

As for the officers and soldiers, it is impossible to realize this without accurate and in-depth observation. Even common sense would tell them that a group of bandits cannot do this anyway.

At the very least, Zhang Xuguo, Han Yingong, Qu Tuda, and the actual commander-in-chief Cao Lin are unlikely to know this.

And if they don't know, it means that they will have a major strategic and tactical misjudgment.

It means the opportunity to dethrone the dragon army.

Turning back to the front, and continuing from the military point of view, on the evening of May 5000th, Han Yingong's two generals, Lv Changheng and Li Qingchen, led [-] people, and suddenly encountered bandits from Mangdang Mountain, a military force outside the Dragon Gang, in Yucheng. , is undoubtedly the prelude to a new battle.

At this time, Zhang Xuguo's troops had just finished another day of hard work and arrived in the territory of Dongjun; Han Yingong was waiting for the surrender of the internal servants under the city of Xiayi in Liangjun with a subtle mentality; he knew nothing about the situation Qu Tuda in Liyang was making comprehensive supplements while thinking about the direction of his advance.

Zhang Xing was building a village and paving roads at the foot of Lishan Mountain in the northeast of Lihu, waiting for the enemy; Li Shu was preparing to abandon the city of Zhencheng at the junction of Dongping County and Dongjun to lure the enemy to flee.

Uncle Cao continued to suppress Dongdu, and Sima Zhengku sat in Xuzhou.

And that saint should be covering his ears in Jiangdu and looking forward to enjoying his old age in peace.

It was from this night that the most important battle without a doubt since the establishment of the Dragon Clan officially began.

In the evening, in a town more than ten miles south of Yucheng, the rain had already stopped, and in a bedroom on the second floor with the door not closed, Li Qingchen, who was lying stiff on the couch, heard shouting and arguing again from outside. The sound... This kind of noise and noise has continued since the troops withdrew to camp here. Basically, the soldiers were harassing the local people who did not escape in time... However, this time it was particularly persistent and chaotic, which is also true.

As the turmoil subsided, after a while, an obviously heavy footstep sounded from behind, and it became more and more obvious. Obviously, it was a person wearing heavy armor who walked up the stairs and walked into this room .

Under the lights, Li Qingchen turned his head, and saw Lu Changheng with a livid complexion as no surprise.

"What's going on again?" Li Twelve Lang tried his best to ask. "The sound is the backyard of the rich man's house across the street?"

"Someone raped the daughter of that family." Lu Changheng sat down weakly. "I wanted to enforce the military law, but as soon as I entered, a bunch of military officers started making noise, trying to persuade me to make the decision to let the rich man marry his daughter to the gang leader..."

"You dare not do it?" Li Qingchen asked seriously.

"Yes." Lu Changheng took a long, breathless breath. "I was actually persuaded by a few people... In this case, I can't think of a better way... If the military law is enforced, according to the morale of the army, the rich man's family probably won't survive tonight, because those soldiers dare not move Fuck, this girl will not end well in the future, she might as well marry that gang leader."

"This is a troubled world, and this is the result of a broken world." Li Qingchen replied equally angrily. "When the situation is broken, there will be mud and sand, and no one can control it... When the Eastern Qi Dynasty was fighting for supremacy with the previous dynasty, the daughters of the Cui family in Hebei were publicly kidnapped by the army leaders, and they were raped by the roadside, and they were used as the Cui family's son-in-law... But Those people still think it’s right to rebel.”

"Actually, it's a chaotic world, and capable people can still control their subordinates." Lu Changheng shook his head. "I'm not the kind of person who cares about and ponders blindly, but when I first went upstairs, I still couldn't help thinking, if Sima Erlang was in charge of the army, how could such a thing happen? In the end, it's because I don't have enough cultivation and experience. Insufficient, uncertain determination, official position and reputation are not enough, so I can't control this army, and I am forced to make confused accounts with those sergeants."

"Indeed." Li Qingchen was silent for a while, and then replied on the couch. "If Sister Sisi leads the army, there is nothing to say. That person must have been cut in half by a sword, and the rest will never dare to say a word... Or, these two lead the army, this group of arrogant soldiers Will be honest from the beginning, how can there be such a thing?"

"Who says it's not?" Lu Changheng nodded. "The talents in the world, the dragon and the phoenix in the eastern capital, didn't blow it out... Others don't know, but we don't know?"

Hearing this, Li Qingchen hesitated for a moment, but said it anyway: "Actually... I just want to say, let alone these two, just say that if the traitor Zhang Xing is leading the army here, facing such a situation, he What will happen?"

Lu Changheng was slightly taken aback, then fell silent, and spoke again after a long time: "He must kill someone, but he has the ability to appease other people after killing someone, so that others will not make noise and make trouble!"

Li Qingchen nodded, but shook his head again: "I'm not only talking about this matter, but also the current affairs of Yucheng."

Lu Changheng was silent again for a while, and then gave the answer: "I think he will leave the city and the baggage behind, take advantage of the rainy night, take a few days of dry food, and directly lead his troops northward to continue to Jiyin... Because there are bandits in the city, they look fierce, but they actually lack the courage to fight outside the city."

"It's his style, and it's the same reason, but will the Dongdu Warriors go with him?" Li Qingchen couldn't ask.

"Many people will stay, but there should be some people who are willing to obey him and take a bet with him." Lu Changheng hesitated to answer. "He is a man who is good at winning people's hearts. If he took over this army on the same day as me, even if it is only half a month, it should be effective."

"Actually, if this assumption is true, when Zhang Xing was ordered to come here, he would have bluffed and deceived Han Yingong immediately, instead of being controlled by others like us. Now that he is controlled by others, it would be ridiculous to say these things." Li Qingchen I also woke up, and then became powerless. "Everything has to be accumulated. It is ridiculous for us to worship the Supreme Being temporarily."

Lu Changheng paused for a moment, and felt a little dejected: "That's true, that's true!"

"But the matter has come to this point, we can't let it go on in vain, and we can't do anything in the end." At this point, Li Qingchen, on the contrary, is determined and unwilling to admit defeat. "Lieutenant Lu, how about you send me to Xiayi overnight?"

"Your body is so difficult, so what if you go?" Lu Changheng was in a dilemma for a while. "Han Yingong looks like a ghost, he only has [-] Guanxi soldiers in his mind."

"It's only for the sake of the body that it is useful." Li Qingchen tried to laugh. "I've already figured out Han Yingong's behavior, but he is also from Guanlong, otherwise, why would the last remaining soldiers be the Guanxi troops? I don't believe he dares to take on the name of Guanlong who forced me to be killed." The names of the clan's children..."

This is to use death to force people to touch porcelain with their heads.

But I have to admit that since ancient times, touching porcelain like this has been more or less effective when encountering shameless people.

Lu Changheng is not a pedantic person, so after thinking about it, he responded directly, and then picked a group of people and used a car to carry them. I don't know if they were punished by Zhou Xingfan, or caused by being imprisoned for days, getting wet in the rain, or falling off their horses. Li Twelve Lang, who had a relapse of his old injury, turned back to Xiayi.

On the other hand, he continued to stay in the small town and continued to be in charge of the rebellious army.

Besides, Han Yingong sat firmly in the tent of the Chinese army, and originally only waited to take down Xiayi during the daytime today. As a result, an envoy sent a letter in the middle of the night, informing of the incident in Yucheng ahead, and he was frightened for a while; He dispatched troops quickly, and was even more anxious... After Li Qingchen was carried down and begged to send troops in public, even if he was perfunctory like Han Yingong, he couldn't sit still.

The reason couldn't be simpler, Li Twelve Lang is like this, I'm afraid he might die... Especially the accompanying sergeant has made it very clear that this Li Twelve Lang is probably scolded by Zhou Xiaoming's youngest son for being like this ... This kind of psychological quality, if he died here because he delayed dispatching troops, and when he returned to the Eastern Capital that day, whether it was Cao Lin who questioned why his confidant died and became suspicious, or the well-known in-laws Li Shi went up and down to ask However, what is Li Twelve Lang's life, he is afraid that it will be difficult for him to fight.

Of course, the most fundamental problem was that Li Qingchen's request was only for him to send troops earlier, which did not violate Han Yingong's core appeal.

"Let the city surrender quickly." Han Yingong hesitated for a moment, then made a compromise and passed on the conflict. "Li Shisanniang, brother Ni's appearance is really hard to shake. Now you go into the city and tell the prince, as long as the internal servants surrender before noon today, the three thousand internal servants will be converted into civilian husbands, and the three thousand palaces will be ordered again." If people go out of the city and follow the camp, I can bypass the search for this city, and go northward to force Yucheng early tomorrow morning... This is the last condition."

As a woman, Li Shisanniang was instinctively dissatisfied with the fact that the palace servants accompanied the camp, but she also realized that she had no real right to speak in front of Han Yingong. He has indeed become superior... After thinking about it, he has acted as an envoy again.

After entering the city, the prince didn't say much after listening to the cause and effect. He just summoned the backbone of the internal guards again to discuss in public.

All the servants gathered together, they spoke different words, and the dispute was quite obvious.

At this time, although they were politely separated, Li Shisanniang still came to her senses, that is, every family has a difficult account, and the internal servants have only occupied the land for a few days, how can they be integrated?
Although the prince himself is experienced, he may still want to delay the matter, but what about his subordinates?
Whether it is those who want to surrender or those who want to resist, I am afraid that it will be difficult to unify their opinions, and there will inevitably be chaos inside.And the prince himself is unlikely to quickly establish any strong authority in this mere few months... He is at most leading and leading.

In other words, under the general situation, the surrender of the internal servants seems inevitable, and even people like princes can only submit to the situation under certain conditions.

Han Yingong never underestimated Eunuch Wang, but he saw it more thoroughly.

But I don't know why, after trying to understand this point, Li Qingzhou felt a little uncomfortable, as if she had expected something... But this is not reasonable at all, she is from the Li family in Longxi, and in this turbulent situation, Relying on Uncle Cao's promotion, he has just been promoted to the post of Hei Shou in Huaiyang County... Does this mean that he does not have the ability to see the big picture and forbear like his elder brother?
"We've surrendered." About a quarter of an hour later, Wang Gonggong found Li Qingzhou. "It will drop before noon...but you have to keep your word and try to give us good treatment."

Li Shisanniang froze for a moment, nodded, and said nothing more.

At noon, the rain started to fall again, and the city gate of Xiayi really opened, and the internal servants who were ridiculed as white dumplings really came out naked... There was no conspiracy or trick as expected, and there was no persistence Recalcitrant, just like that one by one came out naked, wearing only a pair of calf trousers, and surrendered with their hands tied.

Things went smoothly, and this attracted officers and soldiers to flock in the rain to watch.

In good conscience, the surrender of the internal servants is actually similar to what most rational people expected. Even Zhang Xingzhang, who single-handedly supported the internal servants, did not regard the internal servants as a reliable source of support when making military plans. As far as military power is concerned, in his opinion, it is enough for the internal servants to drag Han Yingong for a day or two by virtue of their presence, or to allow Han Yingong to divide his troops to take it.

What's more, not only is there no Dragon Gang, nor Huaiyou League, but there is still no dead Meng's rebel army. No one has any extra expectations for this exiled military group composed of servants.

Today, the internal servants have personally verified this point.

If there is anything surprising to say, it is Wang Gonggong, one of the powerful father-in-laws in the past, who can avoid this kind of humiliation by virtue of face, but he is still wearing calf trousers and shirtless like everyone else Bare feet stepped on the muddy water and braved the rain and walked out.

And the first to walk out, and the first to walk into the gate.

"Invite the prince here."

Inside the camp gate, because of the rain, Han Yingong felt awkward on the stage once, because with the arrival of the servant who surrendered, the words of his subordinates around him became more and more obscene... White-skin dumplings are all nice Yes, someone has already yelled for these servants to take off their calf trousers... and just a year ago, the prince was still an acquaintance with these generals and Nanya ministers.

Li Qingchen and Li Qingzhou are not qualified to go up and talk.

The prince was brought over immediately.

"Old Wang." Han Yingong avoided the opponent's skin and body like white dumplings with some embarrassment. "Why is this? Could it be that Li Shisanniang didn't speak clearly? You don't have to do this yourself."

"Make it clear." Wang Gonggong braved the rain to climb onto the slippery rammed-earth platform, and even slipped in the middle, forcing him to hastily help his bun, which made him look even more embarrassed. "I also know the generosity of General Han, but this is my own choice..."

"Are you crazy?" Even Li Qingchen, who was lying on one side with a guard holding a tarpaulin over his head, had a flickering expression, because when he saw the other party yesterday, the other party still looked very decent. "It's a good and peaceful life, but come to be a military slave... You are in Beiya, don't you know what it is like to be an official slave in the army?"

"Of course I know." Wang Gonggong turned his head away, his expression was calm, and his words were appropriate. "I just feel that since I brought them up and took the knife that day, I should suffer the result together with them today... Whether it's a crime or a punishment, it should be mine."

That's a theory.

Sense of responsibility!

And everyone likes a responsible person, even if he is a servant.

"General Han." Li Qingzhou looked away from the messy hair sticking to his face around the opponent's bun, and looked at Han Yingong. "Can't you be a little more considerate?"

Han Yingong wanted to speak for a moment, then looked around and sighed again, there were already more naked servants entering the gate, and then they were driven away to the camp.

On the contrary, it was Wang Gonggong who looked at Li Qingzhou and said a little bit: "Li Shisanniang is thinking too much... General Han can understand everything, but it is wrong to treat us white dumplings as civilian husbands and generals to sergeants. I can't understand it, because these are the two things that General Han's army needs most urgently at this time. Those of us who are used to doing things will become military slaves, so that the sergeants can rest, and the troops can also get rid of the logistical dependence of the Huaiyou League. "If the palace people ration sergeants, the morale of the army will be revived, and they will be grateful to General Han, and then continue to listen to him wherever they go."

At this point, Wang Gonggong obviously paused for a moment, and then continued: "I also woke up after being besieged. For General Han who just led these soldiers out of Xuzhou, there is no such thing as the Dragon Gang or something like us." These people are important, it has never been us attracting troops and delaying time for the Dragon Gang, but the Dragon Gang attracting troops for us and delaying time... We are the spoils they want most."

Han Yingong gave a dry laugh.

Li Qingchen felt like a stick in his throat.

Li Qingzhou simply said: "So you surrendered? You know you can't hide?"

"If you don't surrender, you can't do it." Wang Gonggong was still frank. "Actually, I wanted to defend myself, and I tried my best to defend it, so as to repay Zhang Dalong, the head of the Dragon Gang, but I really can't control other people, but I can't let go. What am I without them? ? You can only accept your fate with them!"

"Take it off!"

Han Yingong finally got impatient. "Lock it up first! So will the palace servants later! Tell the army that these servants are all going to be their slaves, and all the palace servants are going to be their wives...I will do what I say! Officers come first, The rest will be divided according to the military merits of this battle!"

The sergeants around were visibly excited, cheered, and couldn't wait to push the prince down. As the message was conveyed, the entire army cheered and jumped up, and the cheers became louder and louder.

Li Qingzhou's complexion was pale. She was shocked by Han Yingong's last undisguised behavior, and felt sympathy for the prince...unmistakable sympathy.

As for Li Qingchen, he couldn't help but think of a question similar to last night - that is, if Zhang San was here, what would he do?
It doesn't matter if he replaces Han Yingong or himself, if Zhang Xing is here, what will he do?
The landing and receiving of thousands of people was not an easy job, and it was not until the evening that the entire Xiayi landed and landed.

Then, of course, riots ensued.

Although Han Yingong repeatedly emphasized that the troops would be dispatched tomorrow, that the servants and palace servants should be detained and distributed according to the rules, but in fact, after the promise, the troops began to get out of control with a presumptuous mentality.

Han Yingong adopted a passive and laissez-faire attitude towards this.

As a result, quite a number of troops who were the first to pledge their allegiance to him began to enter Xiayi City to rob. Some high-ranking military officers first raised the demand for wives, and went to the palace team to choose first, and then as night fell, the scale was rapidly expanding. .

More troops hope to enter the city, and more officers hope to marry their wives in advance, preferably tonight.

There are also many servants and palace people who try to hide and escape, and this gives these sergeants a better excuse to "search" inside the city and "chase" outside the city.

As for the white-skinned dumplings that landed as agreed, they were confined to the back camp, which was only a half-roofed shed, sitting on muddy water and overturned crops, with summer rains pouring down on their heads... Han Yingong is still very trustworthy in some respects. These servants even ate a rice with rice and barnyard rice on the night after they were imprisoned... After eating, everyone huddled together, listening in panic or quietly. The sound of rain, cries, noise, and cheers mingled in my ears, one after another.

To be honest, thousands of naked servants crowded together, really looked like white-skinned dumplings that had been cooked.

And these dumplings who were put into the pot soon began to regret it.

As most people have observed, and as the prince himself said, he is not afraid, he wants to resist, but just a few months is not enough for him to establish absolute authority over the internal guards ...After all, he has no way to lead the servants to rob the queen, nor can he give the servants a wife. The imperial army and Han Yingong's name became fearful, which led them to give up Dang County again as before, and then rejected the request of the prince and some of the main combat factions time and time again at the internal meeting in Xiayi. And he chose to surrender under the conditions of inducing surrender and forcing surrender brought by the Li brothers and sisters.

Then, they regret it in the pot that is gradually heating up.

However, the dumplings are out of the pot, what can you do if you regret it?

Many people looked at Wang Gonggong. They were eager to see that Wang Gonggong, who seemed to be the right party, could do something for them and say something for them, but Wang Gonggong sat there cross-legged from the beginning, and finished eating Chen quietly. Mi Fan, quietly listening to the movements in the city, quietly listening to the cries and laughter around and on the other side of the camp grew from small to loud, and then gradually subsided.

In this way, amidst the noise and silence, midnight gradually came.

"Everyone."

At the moment when all the white-skinned dumplings were almost resigned to their fate, Eunuch Wang suddenly spoke, his voice was not too loud, but barely enough to be heard by hundreds of people around him in the rainy night. "After going through so long, you should also understand a truth... that is, people, if they want to survive, want to be respected by others, and want to have a place to live, they have to fight for themselves. Only by surrendering, If you rely on others to be pitiful, you will only be inferior to yourself!"

What responded to the prince was still crying softly and the patter of rain, but there was also a terrible silence.

"I don't know what you think, anyway, after these few months, I don't want to be a military slave anymore, I don't want to be a slave anymore!" Wang Gonggong continued, his voice seemed a little louder, and his tone was a little bit different. Choking state. "If you are a human being, why do you still want to be a slave?! It doesn't matter if you die or run away. Anyway, you can't be so useless and be eaten as dumplings in a pot, and you can't watch those palace people who take the initiative to defect to us. The people of Xiayi were sold by us just like that...you have to treat yourself as a human being, and those who are willing to treat us as human beings, right?"

The words seem to be getting more and more chaotic, but the surrounding quiet area seems to be constantly expanding.

"I have a small three-finger long knife in my bun. If no one deceives me, we have fifty such knives." Wang Gonggong continued, his voice a little louder. "Now, those who cry outside continue to cry, and those who brought in the knives crawl over with me, kill those guards, and grab their knives and guns! Those who don't have knives and guns will tear down the fence, and fists will do! I will tonight Let Han Yingong know with all his life! If he doesn't treat others as human beings, what will happen?! White dumplings can choke him to death!"

At the rear of the camp, the crying outside suddenly became louder, which caused the guards who were not much and impatient couldn't help but shout and curse, but soon, the rain became more urgent, which made the guards quickly give up. Scolding, and instead re-adapted to the noise.

On the night of May [-], the nasty rain came again.

PS: Sorry, I quarreled with people over nonsensical things for two consecutive nights... I am ashamed at such an old age.

Continue to sacrifice a new book "Father Cao Cao, Zi Mengde"

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