Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 902

The soldiers and horses in Ji County assembled very quickly. Of course, this is also related to the environment. The chaos in Jie country made the original rough order disappear again, and they retreated to the wildness of the jungle.

Xiangguo and Yecheng were originally the core areas of Jieguo, and a large number of people were imprisoned here. Many Jin Dynasty nobles and Zahu chiefs took advantage of the situation to encroach on and shelter the people, forming groups of different strengths. army head.

But the appetites of these army leaders are not unlimited. After all, if they want to devour the ant people, they have to give them a bite to eat. The local income is limited, and they dare not give up their roots and plunder far away.

Therefore, Weijun, Jijun and other places ruled by Shikan today are like fish ponds with ecological imbalance in later generations.The leaders of the Hu Han army tried their best to recruit young men to form an army, and then used the army to squeeze the living people more cruelly and absorb the nutrients of flesh and blood.

They control this side of the water and soil to be domineering, seemingly extremely powerful, but in fact they are full of a sense of crisis in their hearts, and they restrain each other.Knowing that there is a wider living space outside, but worried that once he uses troops outside, the original foundation will be divided and swallowed by other army leaders, and Shi Kan, as the nominal leader, failed to provide them with a clear way forward. direction, so that it evolved into a deadlock.

Tian Ni has nearly [-] soldiers, even if they have prestige or not, they are the largest force in Ji County. The rest include Ding Ling, the Xiongnu, and some nobles among the Jin people, although the sum of their respective supporters is greater than Tian Ni. , but they are fighting each other, and their strength alone is not as strong as Tian Ni.

For example, when the Teng family of Dingling in the north of Jijun was powerful, they had thousands of armors and controlled tens of thousands of households. They were the biggest force in the county, and they were the original prefect of Jijun.Later, when Tian Ni entered the county, he united with many military leaders in the county to attack him, and then he suppressed the Teng family and assigned his territory to the other Zhai family of the Ding Lingren.

Although there are many army leaders in the county today, the strong ones range from thousands to hundreds, and there is no dominant one, and there are many disputes among them.In addition, Tian Ni was tyrannical and cruel, and if there was a slight discrepancy between the worshippers, one or two people were selected to slaughter them all.Therefore, when Tian Ni ordered the summoning of soldiers and supplies, all parties tried their best to satisfy them and did not dare to delay.

But even so, in the end someone was unlucky.

In the Xinle Camp in Ji County, a dozen or so generals stood silently in front of the school grounds.On the platform, Tian Ni was alone. Today, his armor was well-groomed, and he had a mighty aura, diluting a bit of the viciousness.

There was a team of more than two hundred people in the school grounds, from the commander to the soldiers, all knelt down on the ground, trembling.The commander of the army was a middle-aged man in his 40s. His face was covered with sweat at this time. After kowtowing several times, he said in a trembling voice: "The last general received the military order. Don't dare to delay for a moment. Gather the crowd immediately." Departure, day and night..."

boom!
On the high platform, Tian Ni kicked over the armament stand, pointed at the soldier commander with a halberd and shouted angrily: "The dog thief neglected the military order and finally arrived. Everyone has seen this matter, and dare to quibble!"

Outside the school grounds, hundreds of soldiers rushed out suddenly, surrounded the two hundred people, and then shot them. Soon, the two hundred people, including the soldier commander, all died of several arrows.The entire school ground was immediately filled with palpitating blood, and the dozen or so generals and commanders in front of the school ground saw this scene, and all of their foreheads were covered with fine cold sweat.

In fact, speaking of it, this captain was just unlucky. He was stationed far away from the Xinle camp, and he was a little bit more finished than others when he received the military order. One more day, not too late.

But he was unlucky because his own strength was not strong, and he didn't come too early. After arriving at the camp, he still desperately begged for help with weapons, because he was selected by Tian Ni as a model.

After besieging and killing this group of people, Tian Ni's face faded slightly, and then he shouted on the high platform: "The Huainan bandit army provokes without reason, invades our border land, and kills my people. I will never bear it. I accept the order of the king." Guarding Ji County, I dare not slack off the military for a day, lest I be negligent for a while, and the soldiers will enter the county. I will do my best to protect the peace of this side."

"All of you may wish to ask yourself, if I hadn't led the crowd here, you might have been lying in the countryside calmly? This time I plan to gather people to fight against the enemy, isn't it for the stability of your hometown? The southern thief Shen Weizhou has long relied on arrogant soldiers and mobs , harassing the Central Plains, the people are not living well. If he really leads the people to the north, even if I lose the enemy, I can still lead the people back to Yedu, and you will all be reduced to ghosts under the sword!"

"At this critical time, we should fight the enemy with one heart, but in the end, there are still local thieves and scum who dare to neglect the military order and keep the crowd from going forward. Such cunning thieves are in vain!"

Speaking of this, Tian Ni jumped down from the high platform, walked in front of the generals and said with a sneer: "Maybe you are still afraid or lucky, thinking that Huainan is too powerful to be defeated? You might as well tell it directly today, Huainan this time Come to suppress, but there are only a few thousand weak people, even if there is no help from you, the southern bandits will not worry about it. The reason why I called you is to see who is loyal to the land and water I am fighting to protect!"

"Crossing the river to kill the southern bandits this time was originally a powerful hunting trip. It only takes a few days to go back and forth, and the whole effort will be completed. This time, anyone who has righteousness to help those who dare to fight, I will not only use them as the help of the humerus of the soil in the future. , Your Majesty must be very kind. But if you lead people to stay behind, or neglect military orders, I will kill them! After a few days, when I return to the county after victory, I will invite you and others to eradicate traitors and rebels, and repair the country , will never lose!"

When the generals heard this, their original nervousness gradually subsided, and then a bit of excitement appeared between their brows and eyes.When the Huainan army went north, they more or less knew about it. They knew that Tian Ni's words were true. The Huainan army was only a few thousand strong, so they were not considered a strong enemy.

At present, their troops from all sides are assembled, together with Tian Ni's own army, it has already exceeded tens of thousands, and its strength is several times stronger than that of the Huainan army.Even though the Huainan army is a strong army that wins more with less, it was because of occupying the Huai River before, but now the tired army is far away, and the strength of each other is very different.So in this battle, the chances of winning are very high.

But winning or losing, they didn't care too much. Tian Ni himself was not a benevolent officer, and Shen Weizhou in Huainan would not be able to drive them all out. Life might be a little easier.However, although I have this idea in my heart, I still don't think very much about the Huainan army. One is that there are few soldiers, and the two Jin troops have been extinct in Hebei for more than ten years.

What's more, in addition to Tian Ni of Jijun, there are hundreds of thousands of Wei Wang Shikan in Yecheng. Even if the Huainan army crosses the river, they may not be able to resist Wei Wang's counterattack.So under such circumstances, they really don't have to risk their lives to lean towards anyone. Anyway, no matter who decides, they have room to survive.

The reason why they had to send troops to help this time was because after all, Tian Ni was still the lord of Ji County. If they dared to resist, they would end up on the school grounds.In Tian Ni's eyes, it seems to imply that as long as Huainan is defeated this time, they will win over the people who help the battle to divide up the local profits and rebuild the order.

So after everyone heard this, they all knelt down and said that they would go all out in this battle.

When Tian Ni heard this, he nodded in satisfaction, and then ordered all the generals to return to their headquarters and prepare to fight south.Although he is cruel, he is not stupid, and he also knows that these military leaders cannot be trusted, so in addition to strong deterrence, he may have a good vision.

This time he sent an order to gather the crowd, but did not specify the number of people from each department, so the number of people from all walks of life is natural, and this can be used to determine whether these people are loyal to him or not.Although the order was to gather only [-] people, in fact, the number of people who arrived was close to [-], which was enough to show that he had indeed established enough deterrence in Ji County.

In the past, there was no opportunity to fight a powerful enemy together, so people's hearts cannot be seen just by appearances.This time he was very satisfied with the result. As a result, the force he had, even after deducting the part of Hu Ting who was encircled and suppressed, had already reached more than 1 troops.

Even if there are remnants among the counties and counties, they are only a few thousand, and they are scattered in various places, and they cannot advance and retreat together.Therefore, Tian Ni also intends to take advantage of this opportunity of the battle to first defeat the Huainan army in Henan to gain more prestige, and then turn around to clean up the countryside, get rid of those who are obedient and vicious, and run Ji County into a complete piece of iron under his control. plate.

Not to mention Tian Ni himself, after the generals dispersed, they also had their own plans.After leaving the school grounds, several generals got together intentionally or unintentionally, and one of them approached the other in a low voice and asked, "Brother Wang, among us, you are the only one who is stationed closer to the river, and you know the enemy situation in the south better. Huainan The fact that the crowd is false, is it really as outnumbered as Lord Xin Le said? You must know that Shen Weizhou in Huainan used the weak to control the strong in his early years, and even the King of Zhongshan was defeated by him..."

When everyone heard this, they all looked at the general surnamed Wang, but the man didn't make a fuss, and said after hearing the words: "Xin Le Gong's words are accurate, there are indeed not many people in Huainan, Hu Ting, Suanzao, Hua Taiwan and other places add up to less than ten thousand."

"So, is it possible that the Huainan army is looking for death when it goes north? There are only a few thousand people in the area, and they dare to divide the troops like this? Could it be that we really underestimate the people in Hebei?"

When the other person heard this, he sneered.

"General Zhu doesn't need to be happy first, Shen Weizhou can even defeat the king of Zhongshan, how can he be a stupid person. He deploys troops like this, there should be some secrets hidden, this battle may not be easy..."

"Even if there is any mystery, he can conjure up soldiers out of thin air? After all, this place is different from Huainan, and there is no surging river for him to use!"

"I might as well tell you that there is no military order from Yedu right now, but why is Lord Xinle so eager to attack south? Huainan went north and attacked Hu Ting first. Hu Ting had nearly 5000 people from Lord Xin Le, but was besieged and killed in the first battle of Huainan." Do you still remember Chen Shi, who was operating in the south earlier? The mad thief couldn’t get a foothold in Hebei, so he turned to the south and got a lot of money. The Huainan army wiped out all the troops and fled north alone..."

"How could this be? It's impossible..."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help gasping. They each knew something about the enemy's situation, but they didn't have such details. They originally looked down upon the enemy because they were weak, but they didn't expect the Huainan Army to go north so quickly. Such an astonishing record has already been achieved in such a short period of time.

Leaving aside the people directly under Tian Ni, although Chen Shi was not very popular in Hebei earlier, after crossing the river, his strength surged and even surpassed them. They all knew it.But even Chen Shi was defeated, which inevitably made them feel awe-inspiring.

"In this way, the outcome of this battle is still unpredictable..."

Some people have heard this, and they already have the intention to quit. Although they are all under the rule of Tian Ni in name, in fact, they can survive and grow thanks to their own efforts. It's really not worthwhile to throw your head and blood to fight for Tian Ni.

The general surnamed Wang saw that everyone had complicated expressions, and he was also worried that Tian Ni would know his remarks that shook the morale of the army, so he said in a low voice: "I and you may have had a lot of quarrels in the past, but it is not enough to just sit and watch you. Death. Duke Xinle was brutal, but the reason why he was restrained in previous years was because he was worried that he would be outraged and resisted, and King Wei might punish him.

If we are all cut off one by one, it will be difficult to resist, and he will never be soft.So even if Lord Xin Le had any promises, just listen to it, if he really hoped to engulf the villagers to enrich himself, how could he still be as fat as King Wei's family?Without the protection of the left and right villagers, he will become meat on the chopping board in the future, to be butchered by his uncles and nephews. "

Everyone felt the same after hearing the words, and one of them sighed again: "For the sake of appearance and honor, the king of Wei can even betray his ancestors' surnames, so he is naturally not a benevolent lord. But the governor of Huainan is not a kind person. Ah, what's more, even if he is tenacious, a tiger crossing the border is no match for Hebei wolves, and he may not be worthy of Hebei elites to follow..."

"Speaking far away, Shen Weizhou is the son-in-law of Jiangdong's high school and the son-in-law of the emperor's clan. Even if we poor people want to follow, we may not be able to catch his eyes. What's more, we are still hostile to each other now, and he may not be able to grow up. Standing by the river, we are still holding the rope buckle around our necks in the hands of the Shi family uncle and nephew. It is useless to think about it. But I heard that the people from Huainan came north this time, mainly to kill the Jie class and the king of Wei. We recognize Hu as the evil seed of our father, we Jin talents are the seed of Zhu Xia, if we don't try our best to make things difficult, he may not be able to kill..."

"I'm afraid it may not be..."

Several people were discussing, each with worried expressions. In the current world, weak people are bullied. It is true that they are big figures who can control life and death in front of the humble people, but in front of the real strong people, they are completely helpless. The power to parry can only swing with the general trend.For example, even though Tian Ni is so cruel and regards human life as worthless, they are also powerless to resist and can only submit to the despotic power.

Talking about these things right now is actually a bit deep. They seem to get together, but if some of them turn around and inform Tian Ni later, that is very possible.

The general surnamed Wang was probably not very optimistic about the matter of going south to fight. He occasionally complained a few words, and after he finished speaking, he felt a little regretful, so he elicited the following words.At this moment, he was also worried that he would lose his words if he said too much, so he bid farewell and returned to his camp.

Meanwhile, Tenney was already picking a spot to attack.The books he had mastered were much more detailed than those of the Huainan army. After standing silently for a while, he circled his hands around the section of the river corresponding to Suanzao, and then focused heavily on Lingchangjin.

"My lord, Jijin seems to be..."

Seeing this scene, one of the generals couldn't help but speak, but in the middle of speaking, he was forced back by Tian Ni's sharp eyes.It was only after leaving the tent later that he finally came to his senses, and murmured in a low voice: "Jijin, the crossing of the defeated army, Lingchang, the Jin of the king..."

　Shi Le's early campaign against Jiankang was unsuccessful, so he returned to Hebei from Jijin.Later, he fought against Liu Yao, crossed the river from Lingchangjin, and finally defeated Liu Yao to unify the north.Lingchangjin was originally called Yanjin, but because the river froze when Shile crossed the river, it was changed to Lingchangjin because of the blessing of the gods.

　　
　
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