Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 671 The Old Guys Who Deceive Too Much
In the third year of Zhang Zhou Shaoming, 948 A.D., on the third day of March, Zhang Tie built a worship platform in Chang'an Mansion, Jingzhao, and worshiped Cai Guogong Yin Zhengqi as the general manager of the camp capital of the expedition to Shu.

Mobilize 2000 people from the four guards of Youbainwei, Zuojinwuwei, Zuolongxiangwei, and Right Shenweiwei.

Forbidden Army Xiongwu, Changguo, Xingqing, Yongan, Zhaoyi and other five towns with 5000 people.

At the same time, 500 guards from Anzuo and Zhongwei, the commander of the guard, and 3000 from Tianshuiwei were dispatched.

In addition, 5000 athletes from the Yading, Wuju Dutou, Qiji, Bow and Arrow, and Gun Stick Sanshes were recruited from all over Guanzhong.

A total of 500 people, and more than 15 Guanzhong civilians were conscripted, claiming to be an army of [-]. It was clear that the chariots and horses were about to start conquering Shu.

However, the momentum was created, but Zhang Tie did not let the army start to act immediately.

It was not until the third day, that is, the sixth day of March, that Lu Yan, a member of Zhongshushe, recruited [-] cattle from Hubei Province, Shandong Province, and Zhili Province to Guanzhong. Zhang Ting then ordered the army to practice together for half a month, and then began to cut. Shu.

March is the critical season for spring plowing. Without these cattle to fill the labor gap of the 4 to [-] people recruited in Guanzhong, the grain harvest in Guanzhong will definitely fail this year.

Therefore, Zhang Yu immediately appointed Lu Yan, a member of Zhongshushe, as the inspector of Guanzhong Province, as the doctor of Guanzhong of the household department, and added the title of left servant of the household department, and let him be fully responsible for the arrangement of farming cattle.

With a good policy, there must be competent manpower to implement it. Otherwise, it is estimated that only a small part of these cattle will reach the hands of the people who need him most.

And this is not to give the farm cattle to the people, but to let them rent them, but the price is very low.

There is a problem here, the common people don't care so much about public property.

Although the farm cattle are strong, they are actually somewhat delicate and require careful care before they can go to the fields to do heavy work.

Without supervision, those lawless guys below probably dare to exhaust the cattle to death and then eat the meat.

As for hiding the cattle and reporting them as lost, or forming a gang of thieves to steal or kill cattle rented by others, there are definitely people who can do it, and the number of people will not be too small.

Zhang Ting thought about it, and then left a camp in Hanhai Town next to Lu Yan.

As a symbol of Zhang Zhou's military power, the former generals of Hanhai Town have basically become pro-army, but the name of Hanhai Town has been preserved, known as the leader of the Forbidden Army.

According to Zhang Ting's request, Yan Jin sent two of the fourth battalions of Hanhai Town, which guarded Taiyuan, to Guanzhong. Zhang Ting had planned to let Hanhai Town escort him to Hexi.

Because among the 3000 people in Zhang Ting's Regret Mountain Capital, at least 2000 people must participate in the battle against Shu.

Now, considering that Lu Yan had just arrived, he might not be able to subdue the local tyrants in Guanzhong who regarded themselves as heroes of the dragon, so he simply left a camp in Hanhai Town to Lu Yan.

Lu Yan was 100% loyal to Zhang Ting. When he came to Zhang Ting as a remnant of Hedong, Zhang Ting not only did not dislike his background, but entrusted him with important tasks.

So he also went all out, and as soon as Hanhai Town was in his hands, Lu Yan immediately took those few small officials of Jingzhao Chang'an Mansion who were not open-eyed as a model.

To talk about these guys is really bold, and being bold is not just talking.

Only five thousand cattle arrived, and because they were afraid of acclimatization, they had to be reared intensively for a period of time, and the veterinarian had to ask for medicine.

So these small officials colluded to buy sick cattle at low prices everywhere, and then exchanged them with healthy cattle brought in, and the civet cats were exchanged for the prince to make a fortune.

My saint Zhang was so angry that his seven orifices were smoking. He hadn't left yet, and someone beat these farming cattle. According to Zhang Tie's temper, he immediately wanted to chop them up with a knife.

It's a pity that according to the criminal laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, their corruption is not enough to be beheaded.

When Zhang Ting had no choice, Lu Yan appeared and immediately found the legal provisions to execute these petty officials.

It turns out that although embezzling this little money is not a capital crime, it is okay to steal farm cattle!
Stealing farm cattle in all dynasties was a capital crime. Even in the late Qing Dynasty, there were cases of cattle robbers being sunburned to death in front of the county yamen, not to mention a sick cow brought in by these people, which had already died of illness.

Lu Yan quickly wrote to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple in the name of the provincial procurator on the grounds that he stole the cattle and caused the death of the cattle, suggesting that he should be sentenced to death.

With Zhang Ting in Guanzhong, the Criminal Department of the Tokyo Imperial Court and the Dali Temple also flew back immediately, agreeing to sentence him directly without waiting for the autumn.

Among the small officials who committed the crime, some were from the Song family in Shazhou, and they still had some relationship with Zhang Tie.

Lu Yan sentenced them to death without hesitation, and finally frightened the other evil-minded people severely, revealing his true nature of being not easy to mess with.

Zhang Tie was also relieved because of this, and finally he didn't have to worry about the spring plowing in Guanzhong.

. . . .

On March 21, Zhou Jun swore an oath in Chang'an.

The news that came out was that Zhang Zhou mobilized the four guards of You Yulin Guard, Zuo Jinwu Guard, Zuo Longxiang Guard, and Right Shenwei Guard, the four towns of the Imperial Army except Xiongwu Town, and most of the guards and conscripts. The 12 troops will go southward along Baoxie Road.

As for the generals, General Yin Zhengqi set up his tent at Xiegukou, Mei County, appointed You Yulin Wei Zhonglang, Su Guogong Li Cunhui as the vanguard officer, and led 3000 people to enter Baoxie Road first.

Taking Changguo Town Chief Brigade and Yumen Marquis Luo Yuer as the marching Sima and general of the Chinese Army, he marched slowly with 1 people as the main force.

The rest, He Fujin, Zhao Hui, and Zhe Dejian each led their troops and accompanied them.

At the same time, Li Rong, the commander-in-chief of Zhaoyi Town, was ordered to lead an army of [-] people to take the Tangluo Road and go southward, as if to attack the Xingyuan Mansion of the Jiedu Envoy of Shannan West Road in the Kingdom of Shu.

Of course, it is true that Xingyuan Mansion, that is, Hanzhong, is going to be stormed, but in secret, Zhang Wei made other arrangements for Tianshui Mansion.

On the bright side, the Tianshui Prefecture is led by the general of Xiongwu Town, and Zhebu Jiashi, the governor of Tianshui Prefecture and the supervisor of Tianshui soldiers and horses, is in charge of presiding over it. A total of 7000 guards from Xiongwu Town and Tianshuiwei have been mobilized. It is said that [-] troops marched to Qishan Road, going south along the Western Han River.

But in fact, Zhang Wei secretly ordered Gao Xingzhou to preside over the matter, and selected elites from Regret Shandu, Youlong Xiangwei, and Hanhai Town, including the heroes of Guanzhong where Han Huzi and Gongsun Nian belonged.

In terms of generals, almost all of Zhang Zhou's new generation of generals are here.

Wu Xingde, Wang Quanbin, Wang Shenqi, Shi Kuangwei, Yao Kechou, Pan Mei, Shi Yanchao, Han Tong, Huangfuchong, Cao Bin and other dozens of titans.

The crowd, led by Gao Huaide, who is invincible with bows and horses, led [-] selected elite soldiers and strong generals. As soon as the Battle of Hanzhong started, they were ready to give the Shu army a ruthless blow from Qishan Road.

In Shuzhong, Chengdu Mansion, Meng Chang didn't even hold the grand meeting this time, he just felt his cheeks were hot, and his beating heart seemed to be about to pop out of his mouth.

That's why he didn't convene a grand court meeting, but chose to only summon important ministers and close ministers, because he was afraid that outsiders would see his timid appearance, which would cause people who cared about him to think that they shouldn't.

Three years ago, he was deceived by Zhang Tie, and out of anger, he sent a large army to attack Guanzhong, and once occupied Fengxiang Mansion and other places.

At that time, Meng Chang didn't have such a rapid heartbeat, because at that time he didn't quite understand the meaning of the word "soldier fierce war danger".

It wasn't until Zhang Qianzhao came back in a big defeat, An Siqian died in battle, Gao Yanchou was captured, and only Sun Hanshao led more than 5 people successfully escaped from the three-way army of more than 1 people. Know.

Fighting a war is not as heroic and romantic as he thought, it is a big event that will kill at any time.

So at this time, Zhang Qianzhao was commanding the Zhaowu Army in Lizhou (Guangyuan), Sun Hanshao was in Xingyuan Mansion, and Gao Yanchou was sitting in the Ningjiang Army in Kuizhou. It looked like a rock, but Meng Chang still felt unsafe.

At this time, Zhao Jiliang, the important minister of Meng Shu, and Zhang Gongduo, the general, had passed away. The famous people around Meng Chang were Prime Minister Wu Zhaoyi, Li Hao, Hanlin envoy Wang Zao, Tongzuo envoy Wang Zhaoyuan and others.

Among the generals who can make a move are veterans Zhao Tingyin and Shi Kai, as well as Li Tinggui, Han Baozheng, and Zhao Chongtao, the son of Zhao Tingyin.

Meng Chang summoned them all to the inner court, and said with a forced calm: "The month before last, I heard that Zhang Fei had wiped out Nanping and Southern Chu, so I knew that this person was very angry, but I didn't expect him to be so rampant, and he beat me up. Shu's attention.

Is it true that I am a mediocre person like Gao Baorong and Ma Xie, and my Great Shu is a small country like Nanping and Nanchu with less than a million people? "

Meng Chang scolded angrily at the top, but the people below all looked a little dignified.

In fact, what Meng Chang said was all nonsense, because now Nanping and Southern Chu have been settled, and Southern Tang has been conquered long ago. Qian Yue has humbled the Central Plains since the founding king Qian Liu, and has always regarded himself as a courtier of the Central Plains.

Looking at the kingdoms under Fang today, only the Shu Kingdom and the Han Kingdom in the south of the Lingnan are still called the Son of Heaven and have not surrendered.

And the Southern Han Dynasty is far away in Lingnan, so what is the next goal?It must be to attack Shu!
It's just that everyone didn't expect that Zhang Ting's speed was so fast. After less than a month's rest, he wanted to attack non-stop.

The urgency of the mood exceeded everyone's expectations.

Everyone didn't answer. The veteran Zhao Tingyin looked around slowly and saw that they were all Meng Chang's confidantes before speaking.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Zhou's army is claimed to be 15, but most of them should be civilian husbands and so-called guards, and the real pro-army and forbidden army are only about [-] at most.

With the geographical advantages of Shannan West Road and the fact that the king of Le'an County is guarding Xingyuan Mansion, Zhou's army only has 15, not to mention only [-]. It will not be possible to break through Baogukou in a short time. "

The king of Le'an County is Sun Hanshao, who was conferred by Meng Chang after Sun Hanshao took down Fengxiang Mansion last time.

Although the Fengxiang Mansion was lost later, Sun Hanshao not only retreated all by himself, but also brought back 5000 people from Zhang Qianzhao, which was a bit of face saving for the Kingdom of Shu, so Meng Chang did not take away Sun Hanshao's title of county king.

Meng Chang nodded. If there was anyone in the Shu Kingdom who made him feel at ease the most, it would undoubtedly be Sun Hanshao. This person can be called the No.1 general of the Shu Kingdom.

And from Sun Hanshao, Meng Chang thought of Zhang Qianzhao again, and couldn't help frowning.

The last time Zhang Qianzhao entered the Guanzhong, it can be said that he had a big eye. The 4000 army was beaten by more than [-] Zhou Jun. In the end, only [-] people managed to return.

And if it wasn't for Sun Hanshao's guidance, the whole army might be wiped out.

Wang Zhaoyuan, who was on Meng Chang's left, saw Meng Chang's frown, and he knew what the emperor of Shu was worried about.

Wang Zhaoyuan was originally an orphan, but later became the boy of Luoyang monk Zhiji.

Zhiji later entered Shu and won the favor of Meng Zhixiang, so he was often forbidden in and out of the palace, and Wang Zhaoyuan naturally accompanied him from time to time.

Meng Zhixiang took a fancy to this man, who was fair and handsome, smart and intelligent, and chose to accompany Meng Chang, who was also a child at the time, as a companion.

From these official positions, it can be seen that this is an official position that can only be obtained by people who are very close to Meng Chang. The relationship is similar to Ming Wuzong and Liu Jin, Emperor Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian.

The two have been together for nearly 20 years, and they have been connected for a long time, so Wang Zhaoyuan said at this small court meeting.

"In addition to Xingyuan Mansion, Lizhou is also a key place. After Zhongshu Ling was defeated in Guanzhong, he has become increasingly depressed. Can he still take on the heavy responsibility?"

Zhang Qianzhao cannot be said to be an incompetent person, on the contrary, he is a strong general.

In the early years, he was the dental school of the Hedong Army, and Li Cunxu was the cavalry envoy during the period. These are all things that can only be done by a brave general. Zhang Qianzhao is also very good, and he repeatedly defeated the enemy under Li Cunxu.

You must know that at that time, there were many famous generals from east to north, and their opponent Zhu Liang was not a soft persimmon, but anyone who could leave a name at that time had two brushes.

After Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan took the throne, he also knew Zhang Qianzhao's bravery and was promoted many times, so Zhang Qianzhao has been extremely loyal to Li Siyuan since then.

After Li Congke seized the throne, Zhang Qianzhao was dissatisfied, so he surrendered to Meng Zhixiang through Shannan West Road (Hanzhong).

As for the disastrous defeat outside Chang'an City, it depends on who the opponent is, who Liu Zaisheng is, that is Zhang Ting's general.

With Zhang Shengren's experience in the South and North Wars in the past few years, and the atmosphere of unity, let alone a general, it is not easy for him to come to the school.

The [-] cavalry led by Liu Zaisheng are even more elite from Liangzhou. Now the basic team of the Jinwu Guard around Zhang Zhou is these people.

Zhang Qianzhao had only [-] cavalry, and the rest were infantry. He was immobilized by more than [-] cavalry, including [-] Liangzhou horses, who could not advance or retreat.

In addition, the disastrous defeat of the Liao Kingdom was completely beyond everyone's expectations. The Zhou army came with such arrogance to kill the Khitan emperor, while the Shu army was frightened. Not to mention Zhang Qianzhao, even Li Cunxiao and Xia Luqi came. It doesn't work.

Zhao Tingyin glared at Wang Zhaoyuan, even if his son Zhao Chongtao kept winking, he would not be moved.

Wang Zhaoyuan pretended not to see Zhao Tingyin's gaze, and even wanted to say something, Zhao Tingyin couldn't bear it anymore, he roared and pointed at Wang Zhaoyuan.

"Huangkouzhuzi, what is your identity? Zhang Qianzhao followed Emperor Zhuangmiao to fight north and south before reaching the weak crown, and the emperors of the next three generations would all praise him bravely when they saw him!

How dare you disapprove of the general here, Lizhou does not allow Zhang Qianzhao to guard, do you want you to guard? "

Wang Zhaoyuan didn't have the confidence of a powerful official more than ten years later, and when he was scolded by a veteran general like Zhao Tingyin, he didn't dare to speak back immediately, so he could only cover his face and retreat behind Meng Chang.

A trace of displeasure flashed across Meng Chang's face. Wang Zhaoyuan was his most confidant. Zhao Tingyin didn't know that it was up to the owner to beat a dog. He didn't expect to be so disrespectful.

Moreover, he is the same age as Wang Zhaoyuan, Zhao Tingyin called Wang Zhaoyuan a scumbag, so what is he, Meng Chang?
But Meng Chang is not a fool, although he can't be as broad-minded as Zhang Tie, but he still knows that these veterans should not be discouraged at this moment, after all, it depends on them to fight.

Immediately, he had a good meal to appease him, and even helped Zhao Tingyin to hold back the tears from Wang Zhaoyuan's scolding.

Seeing Meng Chang's behavior, Zhao Tingyin's anger finally subsided a little. He had long been dissatisfied with Wang Zhaoyuan and Wang Zao, who flattered Meng Chang and led Meng Chang's extravagant courtiers.

"Everyone, although Zhang Qianzhao suffered a disastrous defeat in Guanzhong, it was because Guanzhong was flat, and with our great Shu army, it would be difficult to fight against Liangzhou Dama.

Zhang Qianzhao was able to hold on till King Le'an arrived, that would be great.

Except for the king of Le'an County, no one can surpass me as the general of Dashu. Lizhou must not change generals at this moment. "

After Meng Chang listened, he nodded after a while. Although he felt that Zhao Tingyin was deliberately praising Zhang Qianzhao, who was in the same group as a veteran, at this moment, there was really no candidate to replace Zhang Qianzhao.

After giving Zhao Tingyin face, Meng Chang took the opportunity to ask: "According to the Taiwei's words, Zhang Sikong guards Lizhou, I am very relieved.

It's just that Zhou's army is coming fiercely, which route will be the main attack?How should I retreat from the enemy? "

"Shi Situ has been guarding Lizhou, Yuanzhou and other places for a long time, and he can solve everyone's doubts." Zhao Tingyin looked at Shi Kai, a veteran of Meng Zhixiang who was like him.

Meng Chang still had a smile on his face, but he had already scolded him numbly in his heart.

These veterans are like this, all of them regard themselves as founding heroes, show off their qualifications, and like to hold together.

If I ask you, it's fine if you say no, and you have to pass the opportunity to Shi Xi again.

Shi Kai didn't feel Meng Chang's displeasure, he went up to Meng Chang without hesitation and said, "It doesn't matter where Zhou's army comes from, because there are only a few ways to enter Shuzhong.

The only thing I rely on in Dashu is the geographical advantage. When the Zhou army came from afar, they had to cross mountains and ridges, cross rivers and gorges, and transport a stone of rice from Guanzhong to Lizhou. At most, there could be three or four buckets. It is difficult to save one out of ten.Therefore, it is better to be still than to move, and the best way is to consume.

In the past, Shi Jingtang, the lord of the Jin Dynasty, was ordered by the Ming Temple to attack. The late emperor and Zhao Taiwei relied on this trick, forcing the Tang army to suffer heavy losses and had to retreat.

Today, as long as His Majesty orders the generals to guard the pass, move all the people in Xingzhou, Lizhou and other places, and burn all the food that cannot be taken away, the Zhou army can only return without success. "

Shi Kai was talking about Li Siyuan sending Shi Jingtang to attack Shu in the past.

At that time, Shi Jingtang even broke the Jiange, but was forced back by Zhao Tingyin sent by Meng Zhixiang to fortify the wall and clear the field and not be able to hold on.

It's just that Shi Kai never departed from the first emperor, and he also kept praising Zhao Tingyin. Meng Chang was really furious when he heard it, but he had to listen.

Shi Kai's suggestion was correct, but it was a little too ruthless, and a little too cowardly. It basically meant giving up the territory north of Xingzhou, and also had to fortify the walls and clear the wilderness.

In Meng Chang's heart, he was really reluctant to get even a little bit closer to the territory of Guanzhong, because it was related to his illusory dream of marching into Guanzhong to become the emperor of the Central Plains.

What's more, Meng Chang was still thinking about the shame of the past, and now he was beaten up by others and had to be a coward, he really didn't want to.

Zhao Tingyin saw Meng Chang's appearance and knew that he was very unwilling, but at this time the privy envoy Wang Chuhui came out and said to Meng Chang.

"Saint, no matter which way Zhou's army goes, with King Le'an and Zhang Sikong, Zhou's army will certainly have difficulty advancing, but if Zhang Zhongshu leaves Suizhou, there may be disasters!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the room had very exciting expressions on their faces.

Meng Chang's color changed in an instant, Meng Chang's confidantes like Wang Zhaoyuan and Wang Zao felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.Veteran generals like Zhao Tingyin and Shi Kai had complex expressions.Prime Minister Wu Zhaoyi and Li Hao were worried.

The Zhang Zhongshu mentioned by Wang Chuhui did not refer to Zhang Qianzhao who had the title of Zhongshuling, but Zhang Ye, the minister of Zhongshu and Tongpingzhangshi of Meng Shu.

This man and his uncle Li Renhan were representatives of the old ministers during Meng Zhixiang's period.

If people like Zhao Tingyin and Shi Kai are just relying on the old to sell the old, then Zhang Ye and his uncle Li Renhan have evil intentions.

Li Renhan was killed by Meng Chang a few years ago, but Zhang Ye, as a nephew, did not learn the lesson of his uncle Li Renhan at all.

The year before last, he was tricked by Meng Chang and lost control of the imperial army, but his strength and prestige were still there. Taking advantage of Meng Shu's defeat in Guanzhong, he gradually returned to the court and became the de facto prime minister.

Zhang Ye even asked Meng Chang to promote his son Zhang Jizhao to the post of Minister Zuo Pushe.

Since then, their father and son have been domineering and domineering, and they have come out of their private doors to recruit desperadoes to gather in the mansion. They also recruited a large number of swordsmen by their side under the pretext that their son Zhang Jizhao loves swordsmanship.

It was almost obvious what they wanted to do, but because of the presence of thousands of desperadoes like him, Meng Chang never dared to attack him.

Previously, there were rumors in central Shu that the Zhou army had sent troops to attack Xingyuan Mansion and Kuizhou. Zhang Ye wrote to Meng Chang, saying that he would go to Suizhou Wuxin Army Jiedushi to picket the rumors and crimes.

Meng Chang was eager to drive Zhang Ye out of the center again, so he agreed immediately.

But this will be reminded by Wang Chuhui, he immediately felt that something was wrong, this is not going out of town, maybe he has the idea of ​​luring wolves into the house, right?
After a long time, Zhao Tingyin looked at Wang Chuhui and said, "Do you have any evidence for Zhongshu's loyal minister and privy envoy?"

Wang Chuhui didn't look at Zhao Tingyin, but looked at Meng Chang and said: "Among the swordsmen recruited by Zhongshu, there is a villager who is a minister. I heard that Zuo Pushe has ordered me to go down. Let me get close to you. After writing, I can only write Zhang Jibu Write about Zhang Jizhao."

"Inverted! Inverted! Zhang Ye and his son want to sell someone like a pig or dog!"

The angry Meng Chang couldn't bear it anymore, and yelled in a gaffe.

The name of Zhou Tianzi is Zhang Zhao. Although the word has been changed to 鉊, Zhang Jizhao is obviously avoiding it!It was obvious what he wanted to do.

(End of this chapter)