Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 330

Qianzhou, also known as Qianxian County in Shaanxi Province.

After Shi Jingtang established the Later Jin Dynasty, in order to cut off the connection between the Later Tang Dynasty and the Great Tang Dynasty, he hastily changed the original Fengtian to Qianzhou, and Chang'an Mansion in Xijing to Jingzhao Mansion.

However, the day after Qianzhou was renamed, the rebels from the Zhangyi Army and the Jingnan Army arrived here.

At this time, An Shenqi, the envoy of the Jinchang Army who governed Qianzhou and Chang'an of Jingzhao Prefecture, had to detour to the north bank of the Yellow River and enter Guanzhong because Zhang Congbin occupied Sishui Pass. hundreds of miles.

Without the supervision and rewards from the Jiedu envoy, the hundreds of soldiers of the Jinchang Army stationed in Qianzhou simply ransacked the city of Qianzhou before the rebels attacked the city.

Then they retreated to Jingzhao Mansion with a large amount of gold and silver goods. The rebels easily occupied the northwest gate of Chang'an, Jingzhao Mansion. This former capital of the Han and Tang Dynasties was in great danger.

However, Chang'an's fate should not be lost. The rebel army just entered Qianzhou, and they also received extremely unfavorable news.

The long-disappeared Hexi Jiedu envoy suddenly appeared. Some people claimed to be the inspector Sikong and Hexi Jiedu envoy Zhang.

Uh!This fast horse left the city when Zhang Zhao and General Wang Zhen agreed on a ten-day period. He got orders from Wang Zhenjiang and General Sun Shi, and of course described Zhang Zhao's sit-in as an onslaught.

In the Yamen of Qianzhou Prefecture, the faces of the leaders of the rebel army who were discussing matters, especially He Chuan, the former military envoy of the Yamen of the Zhangyi Army, were twisted into twisted faces.

The reason why he dared to launch a rebellion without fear was because he took a fancy to Weizhou's geographical advantages.

At this time, Weizhou was located in the westernmost part of the Central Plains imperial court, and beyond the third pass was Yuanzhou Dangxiang, which was so weak that even the Weizhou United Army could not defeat it, so there was no need to worry about the future.

With such a stable logistics base, he dared to go all the way east to take Chang'an alone.

But now, the Hexi army has come from beyond the third pass, and there are more than [-] people, so it will be troublesome.

If Weizhou is not rescued, Weizhou will definitely not be able to withstand it, but if you want to go back to the teacher to rescue it now, then when An Shenqi comes, mobilize the Jinchang army to station in Liquan and even recapture Qianzhou, they can be blocked. In the area of ​​Binning, the door is closed to beat dogs.

If it gets to that point, the rebellion will definitely be defeated, because if He Chuan can't take the Jingzhao Mansion Chang'an, and respond to Zhang Congbin in the Henan Mansion (Luoyang) of Xijing, it is impossible to sustain it with the population of Guanzhong.

Moreover, He Chuan glanced at the generals in the room, and he knew very well that if he didn't attack Jingzhao Mansion Chang'an at this moment, the morale of the army might collapse immediately.

Because they were able to get together because they were attracted by He Chuan's plan to break Jingzhao Mansion.

As a rebel, naturally they would not have any common ideals and beliefs. Without Chang'an's wealth, who would follow He Chuan to work hard?
The fast horse sent by General Sun Shi didn't notice the change in He Chuan's expression at all, and was still emphasizing his persuasion.

"Hexi Guiyi Army has more than 2000 soldiers and horses, and Dangxiang from Yuanzhou has also joined them. There are only hundreds of town troops and less than [-] people's united soldiers in the city. If the soldiers and horses don't rush back to help, Weizhou City may be destroyed. Lost."

He Chuan pretended to think for a moment, then nodded, as if he had decided to call back.

Kuai Ma was overjoyed immediately, General Sun Shi had promised that anyone who could bring back the reinforcements would be rewarded fifty guan.

"Did you leak military information all the way here? Sun Du sent so many fast horses out, why did you arrive alone?" He Chuan asked with narrowed eyes.

"Back to the soldiers and horse envoys, General Sun Shi sent a dozen men out of the city, but the Hexi army also had cavalry outside the city, their horses were strong and fast, most of the fast horses that left the city were captured or beheaded.

Only a certain and two people rushed out, and Ma Huo was killed by bandits when he crossed Binzhou, so only his servants went to Qianzhou.

The servants did not dare to reveal the military information, so as soon as they entered the city, they came to see the soldiers and horse envoys. "

Kuai Ma is still a bit complacent. More than a dozen people went out of the city, and he was the only one who completed the task. Presumably he made a great contribution.

He Bingma sent them to plunder Binzhou, Ningzhou and Qianzhou, and they must have saved a lot of property, so maybe they should reward him some.

He Chuan nodded in satisfaction, "You did a good job! Go down..."

Before he finished speaking, Kuai Ma felt a gust of cold wind blowing from the back of his head. Before he could react, he felt his eyes go dark, followed by a sharp pain in his back, chest and abdomen.

Kuai Ma looked at the sharp blade protruding from his chest in disbelief, opened his mouth, and a few strands of blood spilled out. He wanted to say a few words, but when he opened his mouth, no sound came out.

"Sun Xiaoguo, you take people there to intercept all the fast horses coming from Weizhou."

He Chuan said to Sun Xiaoguo who had stabbed Kuaima to death, and Sun Xiaoguo nodded, wiped off the horizontal knife and led the people out.

"Wu Defense Envoy, please go back and gather the soldiers. I'll wait for a few days to recuperate and go straight to Jingzhao Mansion!" After making arrangements for Sun Xiaoguo, He Chuan said to Wu Defense Envoy again.

This defense envoy of Wu was the defense envoy of Binzhou, and was originally the right-hand man of An Shuqian, the envoy of the Bin Ning'an Army Jiedu. This time, he also participated in He Chuan's rebellion.

He is a native of Guizhou, that is, the Zhangjiakou area of ​​later generations. Shi Jingtang was the son of the emperor and presented the sixteen states of Yanyun, and Guizhou was one of the sixteen states.

So Defense Envoy Wu has become a Khitan now, and his family members don't know whether he is alive or dead in Guizhou, and he has long hated Shi Jingtang to death.

He can't wait to go to Jingzhao Mansion right now, anyway, he doesn't have any relatives in Guanzhong, and he has nothing to do with losing Weizhou.

At that moment, the Defense Envoy Wu cupped his hands at He Chuan, "Don't worry, the envoy, I've been envious of the prosperity of Jingzhao Mansion for a long time. We can take Chang'an after the envoy gives an order!"

He Chuan laughed a few times, he has now called himself a military envoy, and he is the leader of the two rebellious troops of the Zhangyi Army and the Jingnan Army.

Now the Jinchang army guards Chang'an without even a Jiedu envoy, just like an undefended city.

As long as he wins Chang'an, seizes Huazhou where Zhen Guojiedushi is located, and locks Tongguan, no matter whether Zhang Congbin succeeds or not, he can occupy Guanzhong and become the king of Qin.

Just when He Chuan and the others decided to leave Weizhou alone, go to Chang'an first, defeat the Jinchang Army and plunder them, and then deal with the Hexi Guiyi Army.

Zhang Zhao also sent troops from Weizhou and marched along the Jinghe River, intending to take Binzhou first, and then go down the river to fight the rebels.

And after getting the official position of Hexi Jiedu envoy of the imperial court and Shanlan River Kuo Four Prefectures Observation and Disposal Envoy, Zhang Zhao promoted himself by half a rank, made the four states Observation and Disposal Envoy, and called himself the Shanlan Hekou Four Prefectures Festival degree to make.

Before he set off in Weizhou, he first sealed off all the officials, and joined the army with Guo Tiance as his confidant, secretary, householder and soldier.

Yin Yaozi who stayed in Liangzhou was the deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedu and the governor of Lanzhou.

Uncle Song Shantong was the governor of Hexi Jiedu and the governor of Liangzhou.

Yan Jin was the military envoy of Hexi Jiedu Yaqian and the deputy envoy of Guiyi Army.

Cao Yanming was the chief historian and worker of Hexi Jiedu Yamen, and Cao joined the army.

Ma Shacai became governor of Hezhou, Liu Zaisheng became governor of Ganzhou, and Bai Congxin served as defense envoy of Shanzhou.

The rest of the officers also received rewards, and basically everyone became an official of the Central Plains court.

But at the same time, Zhang Zhao did not make any changes to the positions of the generals in the Guiyi Army, and the governors and defense envoys of the states that the military attache concurrently held were only false titles, and they were not asked to take up the post.

Zhang Zhao has prepared two sets of teams. In terms of administration, the official position of the imperial court shall prevail, while in the military, the specific position of the Guiyi Army shall prevail.

After the award was completed, Zhang Zhao left Li Ruoyu as the governor of Weizhou, and led a thousand troops to stay in Weizhou.

This is the eldest brother of Li Ruoliu, Zhong Yunguo's little aunt, who is good at internal affairs, but not in military affairs.

If this uncle can be trusted, Zhang Zhao is going to keep him and use it to control Huizhou and Yuanzhou, which are not within his official scope.

In addition, Zhang Zhao recruited 500 people from the various clans and united soldiers in Weizhou to serve as the army, and sent [-] civilian husbands to accompany them.

Wu Ying'er's younger brother Wu Guo'er and a group of children from Weizhou rich families were transferred to the army by him, and they were like hostages.

At the same time, the Weizhou clan provided him with more than [-] shi of grain and grass, and copied about [-] shi from the Wang family, enough to support the army for more than two months.

The Guiyi army also brought (robbed) more than [-] shi of military rations and cattle and sheep that were similar to military rations, so there were sufficient preparations for food and grass, and basically there would be no problems.

What's more, it is possible to travel by water from Weizhou to Binzhou. The Jing River runs through the whole area, and with the repairs during the Tang Dynasty, it is very convenient to transport grain.

Zhang Zhao also finally understood why in ancient wars, he had to follow the river, and some checkpoints near the river could not be bypassed and could only be attacked by force.

Because of the transportation of grain alone, the river is more than twice as fast as pure manual and mule transportation, saving more than five times the cost of food and labor.

The army followed the Jinghe River all the way to the southeast, and the first town they arrived at was Jingzhou, which is later known as Jingchuan County, Gansu.

Jingzhou can be regarded as the hinterland of Chinese civilization, but when Zhang Zhao arrived in Jingzhou, what he saw was devastated.

After He Chuan and other Zhangyi army's tooth soldiers rebelled, Jingnan army's Jingyuan Jiedu envoy An Shuqian led his army to quell the chaos, and was coerced by the Jingnan army's tooth soldiers outside Jingzhou city.

After the two groups of rebels engulfed An Shuqian, they sacked Jingzhou City, and then went south to sack Binzhou.

Zhang Zhao stood at the west gate of Jingzhou. On the city wall and on the ground, there was still dark brown dried blood, and the wind blew a strong smell of blood and corpses.

Decomposing corpses can be seen all over the ground, including men, women and children. In fact, most of them belong to daughters and children, because men are still useful to the rebel army, carrying food and grass, setting up camp as coolies, and serving as cannon fodder before the war. Wait.

"Yan Jin went to arrange security, Bai Congxin, you sent hundreds of Qingqi, and looked around to see if there were any alive. It would be best to find a local who is familiar with the geography.

The rest of them covered their mouths and noses with a white cloth, gathered the corpses and burned them together, otherwise there would be epidemics. "

Everyone in the Guiyi Army knew Zhang Zhao's style of work, and they all started to prepare after hearing the words.

The doctors who accompanied the army immediately set up a pot to boil the medicine. After the medicine was cooked, they put the white cotton cloth in it and boiled it for a while, and then let the soldiers tie it on their mouths and noses.

The soldiers who carried the corpse also wrapped their hands with animal skin gloves or white cotton cloth to prevent infection.

Wu Guo'er was stunned behind, touching the fur on his head in surprise, until he saw Zhang Zhao covering his face with a white cotton cloth and going to carry the corpse, he felt a feeling of not knowing what it was like .

This kind of inspector Sikong and Jieshuai is really the only one he has ever seen in his life.

(End of this chapter)