Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 464

Huazhou Township National Army Jiedushi Yazhong, this may be the most majestic Jieshuai Yamen in the late Jin court.

Those who were still in Jieshuai's mansion were the secretary brought by Zhao Ying herself, and thirty or forty tooth soldiers recruited from the clan.

However, the Zhao family has always been a small school of poetry and etiquette, and there is no tradition of martial arts for generations, so the combat effectiveness of the tooth soldiers recruited from the Zhao family and nearby neighbors is really mediocre.

Therefore, even though Zhao Ying is a native of Huazhou, and the Huayin County where Zhao's family is located is one of the three counties under Huazhou's rule, Zhao Ying still cannot mobilize the more than [-] national army soldiers who are already intertwined in the local area.

Since the winter of last year, Huazhou has suffered floods first, and then locust plagues.

Before the autumn harvest, nearly [-] households had become disaster victims, almost the population of a county, and there was basically no way of life.

After finally reaching the autumn harvest, the autumn grain in Huazhou fell by more than half, but the imperial court's autumn tax was not exempted, but required to be shipped within one and a half months.

At the same time, in order to ensure that their families and relatives have enough food, the Zhen Guojun simply let the tooth soldiers pretend to be thieves to loot around, turning the original natural disaster into a man-made disaster.

In fact, the thousands of people in the Zhen Guojun and their relatives couldn't eat so much food.

This is obviously those generals who are planning to plunder the grain to hoard it, and then sell it at a high price to search for people's wealth.

As for the handsome Zhao Ying, if he can protect his family from being robbed by the Zhen Guo army, get some food, and save the lives of his neighbors, that is his greatest ability.

Therefore, when she saw Han Silang whose face was covered with blood, tears and dust, Zhao Ying could only sigh up to the sky, and said to Han Silang in shame.

"Although a certain is the commander-in-chief of a town, he doesn't have many soldiers in his hands. If he has to do something, there is really nothing he can do!"

Tears rushed down from Han Silang's eyes, and halfway through the roll, they were mixed with dried blood and dust into a dark red muddy water. He held up a half-finished manuscript paper and said to Zhao Ying.

"The third uncle once said that if Zhao Jieshuai can't save Yuxian Town, please ask Jieshuai to accept this manuscript.

This is the book on agronomy compiled by the third uncle with all his painstaking efforts. If Jie Shuai has the heart, he will let this incomplete manuscript see the light of day again in the future, and it will be worthwhile to meet him again. "

When Zhao Ying heard this, she also burst into tears. As a literati, this was the most helpless moment.

He stretched out his hand and was about to pick up the stack of manuscripts, but suddenly a big hand stretched out beside him and grabbed the manuscripts.

Han Silang raised his head and saw that the person who grabbed the manuscript was a Sogdian with a high nose and deep eyes.

This Sogdian has a very ordinary appearance, and he belongs to the kind that you don't even give him a second glance when you are lost in the crowd.

So much so that when Han Silang just entered the door, he completely ignored the existence of this Sogdian.

Now that the manuscript was taken away, Han Silang discovered that this Sogdian had an indescribable aura.

He stared at you for a long time, and you couldn't help but feel a chill in your heart.

And behind this Sogdian, there are a total of six strong men with different expressions.

Their common temperament, just like this Sogdian, is not noticeable at all on weekdays, but after careful attention, you will feel that they are unusual.

Han Silang, who was considered to have been on the battlefield, also smelled a bit permeable, a fishy smell unique to gold and iron on them.

This kind of fishy smell most often appears on those tooth soldiers who kill people like hemp. These people are all fierce gods on the battlefield.

"The method of interplanting, the method of grafting, the method of brewing, and the method of extracting powder from lotus root and lotus, well, in some places, it actually coincides with what my father said in the past.

Father Wang once said that rice flour can be obtained from rice, and even far away in the ocean, there are several flavors of food, and after extraction of powder, it is even more delicious. "

Zhang Liecheng grinned at the tearful Han Silang, and unceremoniously put the manuscript in his arms.

He just came here to grab the manuscript because he was attracted by the word agronomy, because he knew Zhang Zhao cared about it.

"How many miles is the distance to Yuxian Town?" Zhang Liecheng asked softly.

"It's more than fifty miles, and it takes more than an hour to reach the horsepower." Han Silang's eyes shone with hope.

"Then your family will be saved! A certain family can be delayed for a few hours." After Zhang Liecheng finished speaking, he bowed his hands to Zhao Ying.

"The word has been delivered, and Ambassador Liu from Yuanzhou will send someone over to make an appointment soon. The Heavenly King will wait for Zhao Jieshuai as the servant of the Ministry of Officials."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Zhao Ying to answer, Zhang Liecheng waved his hand, and six guards behind him walked out of the gate of the office with Han Silang on their backs.

Only then did Han Silang see that there were twenty or thirty men in the same attire in the alley next to the government office.

Each of them has two horses, one is a camel, and the other has iron armor and a hard bow tied to its back.

"Special action, give this Han Silang a horse!"

With a wave of Zhang Liecheng's hand, a tall folded-eared horse was brought to Han Silang.

Han Silang looked at this tall horse whose shoulder height was only a little shorter than his, and his skin got goosebumps from excitement.

Compared with this horse, the horse he just rode to announce the news, compared with it, is like a small donkey.

"Tall horses, iron armor and hard bows, you like it too, don't you?" Zhang Liecheng grabbed Han Silang's hand, and then lifted it up to have a look.

Sure enough, there are thick calluses on the tiger's mouth, and there are also marks left by wearing the wrench on the fingers.

"He was born as a fighter, don't worry, as long as the patriarch of your Han family really has the abilities in his manuscript, the Heavenly King will never lack these things, as long as he has the ability."

"Tianwang?" Han Silang was stunned for a moment, "Are you Zhang Tianwang's soldiers?"

"Do you think that besides us, who else would save people for half a book on agriculture?"

Zhang Liecheng did not hide his pride, and Han Silang couldn't help but nodded.

. . . .

In Yuxian Town, Ding Zhuang of the Han family lay on the ground, and the people in the town cried loudly. They were driven to the center of the town one by one like sheep.

There is such a big difference between Ding Zhuang and real dental soldiers. There are more than [-] dental soldiers in total, and they easily conquered this town with a total of more than [-] young soldiers.

The earth walls on all four sides didn't play much role at all.

It is not wrong to say that these people are Yaozhou thieves, because they are not soldiers of the Zhen Guojun in Huazhou, but soldiers of the Shunyi Army of Yaozhou in the north.

How can a local native have the nerve to do this?Soldiers still need a little reputation.

So the generals of the National Army of Huazhou Town pretended to be bandits and went to Yaozhou to plunder everywhere, while the Shunyi Army of Yaozhou came to Huazhou to "sweep up".

Moreover, the two sides have a tacit understanding and do not touch the places where family members and relatives at all levels are located.

The gang of thieves who came this time are the tooth soldiers under the command of Zhoudu Yuhou of the Shunyi Army.

Zhoudu Yuhou had heard about the prosperity of Yuxian Town for a long time. Although he lost a brother this time, he gained a lot.

There should be more than a hundred young adults who can basically eat enough, and they should have no shortage of strength, just enough to transport the grain and gold and silver they plundered back.

As for women, although in troubled times one more mouth would consume one more, Zhou Du Yuhou didn't plan to keep them for long, so it didn't matter if they ate food for a few days.

However, there is no need to keep these elderly and children, it is basically useless to them.

There is no need to order, the soldiers who are used to this kind of thing naturally know what to do.

They skillfully separated the crowd, the strong men and women were on one side, and the old, weak and young children were on the other.

"Oh my god! Why did you wait for me to be born in this troubled world!"

Han E originally hoped that these people would be a little bit kinder and only plunder food, not kidnap or even kill people.

But as soon as they started talking about the separation of the townspeople, they immediately felt that something was wrong. They had encountered the most vicious bandits.

"Old thief slave, what is the ghost screaming? I blame you for your bad luck. There is still food in the disaster year. If a certain family does not come, someone else will come!"

Zhou Du Yuhou smiled cruelly, and a cruel light shone from his triangular eyes.

But he said that someone else would come if he didn't come, but it was just an adjective, because they had made an agreement with the generals of the Zhen Guojun that no one would come again.

But as soon as the words fell, the sound of horseshoes came from outside the town, and Zhou Duyuhou turned over to the earthen wall to look.

I saw a fancy horse galloping over in the distance, and the man on the horse's back was curled up, holding a small red flag in his hand, shaking it constantly.

This is the sentry cavalry he sent out, and the waving red flag indicates that a large group of enemies is coming.

Is there really someone else who has taken a fancy to this Yuxian Town?
Do not!impossible!Zhou Du Yuhou quickly shook his head, Commander Li of the Zhen Guojun is a fastidious person and would not do such a thing.

As the sentinel on the horse's back got closer, more intensive hooves sounded.

About thirty or forty riders galloped over from a distance, and the speed was very fast.

Seeing that there were not many people on the other side, Zhou Du Yuhou felt a little more at ease.

He roared loudly, leaving a few people behind to guard the townspeople, while the rest of the teeth soldiers hurried up to the north of the earthen wall to defend against the enemy.

When everyone was on the earth wall, the sentinel on the flower horse ran up to him.

Unlike Zhou Du Yuhou's imagination, the sentry cavalry had been shot into a hedgehog, only a long arrow was stuck in the back of the sentry, and there were some words engraved on the arrow shaft mountain, but he didn't know it.

"Iron armor, there is iron armor!"

This exceptionally dedicated sentry rider insisted on meeting Zhou Duyuhou and reporting the most important information before he fell off his horse with a plop, and his life and death were unknown.

"Iron armor?" Zhou Duyuhou considered these words carefully. Could it be that all the people who came were armored cavalry?
Is it An Jieshuai from the Jinchang Army?

Zhou Du Yuhou was shocked. At this time, Jing Zhaoyin (Chang'an) and An Yanwei, the governor of the Jinchang Army, was an upright person. If he heard that they were pretending to be thieves, he might send someone to punish them.

"Du Yuhou, something is wrong! These people are not from our side!"

Just when Zhou Duyuhou was suspicious, a team deputy beside him suddenly howled.

The Zhou capital Yuhou who was anxious in his heart widened his eyes when he heard this.

"They shot Zhu Big Eye, of course I know they are not on our side."

"No! No!" The team deputy waved his hands again and again.

He followed Zhao Kuangzan, who had already gone to Khitan, for a while. When An Shenqi was mediating the conflict between Zhang Zhao and Li Congzhen at the foot of Mawei slope, he had close contact with Hexi soldiers, so he recognized them quickly.

"I mean, it seems that the war horses of the entrants don't look like the generals of my Great Jin!"

"Not a general of the Jin Dynasty?" Zhou Du Yuhou frowned suspiciously, and was suddenly startled.

"Could it be that Liang Guo's army is coming?"

For Zhang Zhao, many warriors in Guanzhong, especially the generals, don't like Zhang Zhao very much, and are even a little afraid.

Because when I entered the customs last time, Da Yili Khan showed his kindness to the people, strict military discipline, and his side of not looting or looting.

This makes the warriors who are used to having a sword in their hands the Heavenly King and Lao Tzu very uncomfortable.

I feel that Zhang Zhao and Liang Guo soldiers are here to break the rules.

"It doesn't matter whether he is a king of heaven or not, Liang Guo soldiers dare to act wildly in my Jin country, and a certain family wants to see if they have three heads and six arms!"

Zhou Du Yuhou pretended to be fearless, but then he suddenly became angry again.

Because the cavalry from the Liang Kingdom who came galloping from a distance divided into ten cavalry each to the left and right to prevent them from escaping, and then the remaining twenty cavalry dismounted not far from the earth wall to the north, and slowly forced them over.

"Too much deceit!" Zhou Du Yuhou's nose twisted in anger, and he swung the horizontal knife in his hand.

"Boys, get on the horse with XX, and teach these fools of the Liang Kingdom who don't know the heights of heaven and earth a lesson!"

This man of Du Yuhou had a good plan. He has more than forty people, which is equal to the number of the opponent. If the opponent dares to divide half of the soldiers and dare to dismount, and with forty cavalry to charge twenty infantry, there is no reason for him to be invincible. ?
There was a burst of horseshoes and shouts, forty soldiers of the Shunyi Army rode out and rushed out.

Fortunately, it is convenient to have horses to plunder everywhere. Among the 40 people, each of them has two horses, and their riding skills are not bad.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Duke Yuhou of Zhou could only hear the slight vibration of the bowstring, and the opposite side not only did not gather together, but also separated a little.

Because Zhou Duyuhou and the others also charged scatteredly, and the scattered points on the opposite side could shoot more targetedly.

There were several shrill screams, and people around him kept falling down. These Liang Guo soldiers' archery skills are still very good.

The arrow rain, which was not dense, actually shot down five or six of them in the last breath.

But that's it, because they still have [-] steps, and they rushed to the opposite side. The cavalry stabbed the spears with the help of horsepower, which the infantry could not resist. Once they got close, they would definitely die.

'Puff! Zhou Du Yuhou just raised his spear excitedly, but he suddenly heard a strange sound, and then asked about a strange smell.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a flash of thunder in front of his eyes, and he felt dazzled for a while, and then the dull "thunder" sounded suddenly.

Zhou Du Yuhou only felt an incomparable stinging pain on his face, as if he had bumped into a hornet's nest head-on, and there was no place where he felt uncomfortable like a needle prick.

There was also an unknown thing that poured into his eyes, making him unable to open them.

Zhang Liecheng sneered, scaring the war horse, there is nothing better than the pear flower gun.

Anyone who came into contact with a war horse for the first time would not be frightened to run around.

Once the war horses are in a mess, it is easy to deal with. The frightened horses turn around and run away, losing the control of people, and they are more likely to become targets

The soldiers behind Zhang Liecheng also took out their arrows in their spare time, and shot down the cavalrymen on horseback running around like hares with ease.

Occasionally, there were a few war horses that were not frightened, and the knights on the horses did not dare to charge any more, and turned the horses' heads and ran back.

At this moment, the brocade emissary cavalry, who saw that they were going to divide their troops to block, also turned around and intercepted them.

Wielding their horses, they completely pierced through the fleeing Shunyi army thieves from both sides, and wiped them out in an instant.

Han Silang stared at all this dumbfounded. In his eyes, those thieves who were extremely ferocious were dealt with so easily.

. . . .

Four days later, the first batch of victims from Guanzhong to Hexi set out on the road, led by Han E and Han Silang behind him.

Although the bandits of the Shunyi Army were almost wiped out, Yuxian Town, especially the Han family, couldn't stay any longer.

Because of being robbed by thieves this time, more than [-] young men of the Han family died, which also made Han E realize that they couldn't keep the tens of thousands of stones of grain, and sooner or later the whole Han family would be taken away. superior.

Of course, more importantly, Zhang Liecheng didn't give him a chance to choose.

If Han E didn't know what to do, he would kidnap him and take him to Hexi.

Because after a simple question and answer, Zhang Liecheng realized that Han E and the descendants he educated did have strong agricultural knowledge.

This is the talent Liang country lacks the most!You must know that in Zhang Tianwang's imperial examination, there is agriculture.

For talents, Zhang Liecheng has always believed in one of Zhang Zhao's basic principles, that is, regardless of whether he likes it or not, first get Guaqiang out of his hands first.

And just after they left, a larger-scale flood hit Huazhou and other states again.

Among them, the Hezhong Prefecture, the most serious one, has as many as [-] households, totaling more than [-] people.

At the end of September, envoys sent by the later Jin court to urge the payment of money and food arrived at the Jiedu Envoy of the National Defense Army in Hezhong, the Jiedu Envoy of the National Army in Huazhou Town, the Jiedu Envoy of Kuanguo in Tongzhou, and the Jiedu Envoy of the Shunyi Army in Yaozhou. The missing 21 Shiqiu tax.

But it was not discovered until the envoy arrived at the place of Sijiedu.

It's over!These guys put the tax to 20 years later, and the poor have nothing to do.

Not to mention the poor, even the rich have basically been raided.

The wealthy rural clan who were lucky enough to still have some food, simply mobilized the whole clan to cut off all ties with the imperial court by digging up embankments to flood the road and rolling boulders down the mountain to block the road.

However, within a year, the natural disasters and man-made disasters in the east of Chang'an and west of Luoyang, like a hurricane, completely wiped out all the civilians in this area.

Only the family members of officials and generals and certain local clans survived, and even the prefectures and counties around Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo suffered from large-scale famine.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Zhao had no choice but to hand over the relocation of the Long family and the Ganzhou Uyghurs to Zhang Xichong. He himself rushed to Qinzhou to sit in the town, and asked Liu Zaisheng to send troops to control Tanzheng Gorge and prepare for the disaster victims.

Then he ordered Wu Guoer's elder brother, who had already basically surrendered to Liang, and Wu Yinger, the governor of Weizhou in the later Jin Dynasty, to discuss with Liu Jingyan, the envoy of Binning Jiedu, and ask him to send troops to guard and let the victims go northwest to Hexi through Binzhou and Ningzhou.

Liu Jingyan was from Yanzhou, and the Yanzhou Zhangwu Army had long been controlled by Zhang Zhao. He didn't dare to offend Zhang Zhao, so he had to follow suit.

Since then, two routes for the victims to enter Hexi have been determined.

One goes to Binzhou and Ningzhou, and goes to Yuanzhou in Liangguo.

One passes through Chang'an and Fengxiang, and goes to Qin, Wei, He and other states in Liangguo.

For Zhang Zhao's aggressive recruitment of disaster victims into Hexi, the officials and common people in Guanzhong of the Later Jin Dynasty noticed it, but no one reported it to the court of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Because they all understand a truth, Zhang Tianwang is saving people.

And at the same time, the wrangling between the grain governor of the later Jin Dynasty and the Jiedu envoy of the four towns including Huazhou had come to an end. The four towns produced a total of [-] shi of grain, which was considered a face for the court.

In fact, these envoys were sent to the four towns. In addition to urging money and food, they also had another task, which was to supervise the relief of the victims in the four towns.

Seeing this situation, they were very wise, didn't mention this matter, and hurried down the Yellow River with [-] shi of grain, and went on a business trip.

In October, Shi Chonggui delivered a decree in the palace, and Gasang Weihan was the inspector and grand tutor, and he was in the same order.

In the year of the catastrophe, he was commended for not only failing to collect taxes, but also collecting more than one hundred thousand Shiqiu taxes.

It's just that Shi Chonggui didn't know, or he pretended not to know, that after the reshuffle of this catastrophe, the ruling foundation of the Later Jin Dynasty among the people had been completely destroyed.

The entire Central Plains has completely become a situation where the central government and local military leaders are co-governing.

In the previous Five Dynasties, Liang and Tang Dynasties, the authority of the central government had never declined to such a degree.

Sang Weihan was also proud of his spring breeze. Not only did he collect the autumn tax and win Shi Chonggui's favor, but he also took the opportunity to collect money, so that he took bribes widely.

This made Shi Chonggui's aunt and Queen Feng's elder brother Feng Yu jealous. Since then, Feng Yukai has been attacking Sang Weihan in front of Shi Chonggui.

In the precarious situation, an internal fight is about to take place.

　I've been a little bit stuck recently, more than [-] words, everyone will just write it down, count me as owed an update, and make up when I adjust my state.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)