Wei Ni

Chapter 84
The dead are like husbands, never giving up day and night.

In a trance, it is already the midwinter and November of the sixth year of Taihe.

In the late autumn and September, the emperor Cao Rui, who went out to visit Luoyang again, learned of the death of King Chen Cao Zhi, so he drove back to Xuchang Palace to check the progress of the new Chengguang Palace, and planned to return to Luoyang before the end of the year.

Xia Houhui, who was summoned from Huainan Shouchun two days ago, was also accompanying him.

He was summoned to inquire about the situation of the new army's military exercises, because the emperor Cao Rui planned to carry out the plan to attack Wancheng.

Originally, this kind of thing that can be explained clearly in a private performance, it seems that there is no need for Xia Houhui to come here in person, but Cao Rui doesn't think so.

There are two reasons.

One is that he has high expectations for the new army.

The new army, which is related to the success or failure of promoting reform and the prestige of the king, is about to go to battle for the first time. Cao Rui must make sure that nothing goes wrong, so that Xia Houhui must strive to make a very impressive record in this battle, so that the government and the public will no longer doubt it.

Even, he was mentally prepared.

If Xia Houhui claims that the new army is still in a difficult situation, he will postpone the plan to attack Wancheng for a while.

After all, as far as Wei Guo is concerned, whether it is a sneak attack on Wancheng or whether the pilot reform can be implemented nationwide, there is one and only one chance.

And he also got Xia Houhui's affirmative answer.

Said: "The new army is already ready for battle. If it comes to battle, it will definitely be destroyed. It will defeat the bandit Wu and promote our country's prestige!"

Another reason is related to Liaodong.

Previously, Xia Houhui claimed to gradually infiltrate Liaodong through commerce and trade, and wait for an opportunity to destroy the Gongsun family's private performances. After Cao Rui and Jiang Ji discussed that the plan could be tried, they ordered Tian Yu to return to the court to report on his duties.

Later, in Xia Wuyue, Tian Yu was transferred to be the governor of Qingzhou, and he was asked to build ships in Qingzhou that could transport soldiers to Liaodong.

The original plan is that regardless of whether Xiahou Hui's strategy is successful or not, Qingzhou will take the sea route to support Youzhou's attack on Liaodong in the future, so Quan should make preparations first.

Moreover, when the emperor Cao Rui had a detailed discussion with Tian Yu in private, he not only made a decision, asking him to find opportunities as much as possible to ambush the fleet that the thief Wu Sunquan sent to Liaodong to buy war horses, but also promised him "when the Gongsun clan is destroyed, , is Qing's promise when he was re-appointed as the governor of Pingzhou and led the general of Zhenbei".

Pingzhou was the prefectural governor's department established by Gongsun Du privately with the five prefectures of Liaodong, Changli, Xuantu, Daifang, and Lelang at the time of the separatist regime at the end of the Han Dynasty. It was not a state recognized by the Han and Wei courts.

Now Cao Rui mentioned Pingzhou in private, which meant that he would paint Youzhou and establish Xinzhou in the future.

It is also one of the means to motivate Tian Yu.

Because Tian Yu was in love with his hometown, he also attacked Hu with a tough attitude like Gongsun Zan. Whenever he heard of Hu's invasion, he would lead the army to attack him, as if he would go to revenge.

However, Tian Yu has never experienced a water battle.

When he started building ships after arriving in Qingzhou, he decided to set up an ambush on land instead of attacking the enemy's strengths with his own strengths and not fighting against the Wu army at sea.

He judged that the Soochow fleet, which was not familiar with the winter sea conditions in the north, would not return to Jiangdong from the depths of the ocean far away from the land, but would go down along the Qingzhou coastline so that they could dock at any time to avoid the strong wind.

It just so happened that as long as the fleet sailing south from Liaodong sailed to the shore to take shelter from the wind, they could not avoid the "Chengshantou" at the easternmost end of Donglai County.

Because Chengshantou is the biggest and most urgent point along the coast of Qingzhou.

Therefore, Tian Yu ordered the deployment of ambushes on the top of Chengshan Mountain and the adjacent islands, waiting for the Wu people to throw themselves into the trap, while he went up to Chengshan Mountain to observe the enemy's situation.

This practice of sitting on the sidelines has also attracted ridicule from many people.

After all, in the inherent impression, the Jiangdong navy is very elite and the ocean is so big, why is Wu Bing so stupid to come to the place where Tian Yu set up an ambush to take shelter from the wind?

But it turns out that Wu Bing is the "rabbit".

In October of early winter, the fleet of the State of Wu, returning from Liaodong to Jiangdong, was blown to the shore by wind and waves when it was approaching Chengshan.

Regardless of whether there was any plan to dock at Chengshantou before, Wu Bing had to abandon the boat and land.

It also allowed Tian Yu to usher in a great victory not long after he took office.

Not only did he kill Zhou He, the chief envoy of the Wu State Mission, but he also captured all the Wu soldiers who came ashore, and all the horses purchased by Jiangdong and the gift from Gongsun Yuan were included in his bag.

The success report was listed on the table, and the emperor Cao Rui was overjoyed when he heard about it.

Wei and Wu have been fighting for so many years, and there are really not many records that can kill the soldiers of the Jiangdong Navy.

While asking the temple to reward Tian Yulu for his meritorious service, he also remembered Xia Houhui who originally planned this matter, and wanted to have a detailed talk with him face to face about his plan to destroy the Gongsun family in the future.

In fact, there is nothing to fill in the gaps.

Xia Houhui had never been to Youzhou before, so he didn't know anything about northern Xinjiang. He might be able to talk about the overall plan, but he was blind to the details of the actual operation.

However, this is not difficult for Xia Houhui.

He can't give advice on war deployment, but he can be called a "master" when it comes to playing tricks that can't be put on the table~
Therefore, he suggested that Emperor Cao Rui could try to give Liaodong another favor.

On the grounds that Liaodong is located in a remote area and the officials and people are difficult for Mu Guoen, Gongsun Yuan can freely choose the children of the family and send them to the two prefectures of Youji or Luoyang for study tours.

It is equivalent to giving Gongsun Yuan the opportunity to spy on the situation in Youzhou and the movement of Luoyang temples.

This is to show that Wei State has no intention of attacking Liaodong.

However, if one digs deeper, one can discover the insidious intention of Xia Houhui's remonstrance.

Liaodong has no strength to attack Youzhou!

Therefore, even if Gongsun Yuan tried Wei Guo's defense deployment in Youzhou, he would not be able to get practical benefits.

But those children of aristocratic families who were sent to study abroad, after witnessing the prosperity and luxury of Luoyang, the capital of Wei State, and the wealth of Jizhou, how many people are willing to stay in the bitter cold place?
After the frog at the bottom of the well has seen thousands of prosperity, he will no longer be willing to return to the life of sitting in the well and watching the sky.

After the children of these aristocratic families who have seen the power of the Wei State go back to Liaodong, their families will inevitably be affected. Wei Guo vowed to resist.Maybe, there will be someone who "receives the master of the king"!

Disintegrating the fighting spirit of the Liaodong family with the practice of demonstrating national strength can barely be regarded as "a soldier who surrenders without fighting".

"The policy of juvenile power can be described as ruthless."

Cao Rui, the emperor who listened to it at that time, made a joke like this.

But in private, I remembered it and planned to find a suitable time to implement it in the future.

As for when this is the right time, it must be the time when the thief Wu's attack is once again defeated and Gongsun Yuan feels that Jiangdong is powerless to Beituyuan.

After that, he sent Xia Houhui back to Huainan on the grounds that "military affairs are urgent".

Just like being summoned to Xuchang Palace before, traveling thousands of miles is a haste.

But Xia Houhui didn't have any slander.

On the contrary, he was quite happy in his heart.

Because the emperor Cao Rui's behavior is enough to prove how much he attaches importance to the new army, and it also means that if the attack on Wancheng goes well, he will not be stingy with official positions and rewards when recording meritorious service.

And Xia Houhui is the first to do my part!
After all, it is his credit for letting nearly a thousand households of the survivors of Yanshan go out of the mountain and be registered and registered by the government. He is also responsible for the willingness of Congshanman to lead the Wei army to attack Wancheng. In addition, he personally led the army. Even his own soldiers The decapitation and capture of the horse in the war are very ordinary, but when Man Chong goes to the temple, he will definitely remember the first work on him~
I just don't know what the emperor will reward~
If I were to transfer my title of Marquis of Guannei to Liehou, it would be the best to give one or two hundred households food.

In Xia Houhui's heart, it was so longing.

I just want to have a place to eat, not to expect official promotion.

First of all, as the sons of the clan and Qiao Pei Yuanxun, it is not difficult to be promoted to an official position.

Just like Qin Lang, Xia Houxian, Cao Zhao and others, which one was promoted because of his military exploits?
Isn't it just to wait for the qualifications and get promoted when you get older!
And Xia Houhui felt that he was not too old now. If the emperor and the temple transferred his official position with merit, he would probably be just a miscellaneous general with the same rank.

No real benefit.

The other is that he is now more and more enthusiastic about money.

He was stimulated.

In the seventh month of autumn, Gou Quan and Zhang Li recruited twenty followers for him, and eleven of them resigned from him because of family affairs and other reasons.

The reason is that Xia Houhui treats them "unequally".

Because the emperor Cao Rui bestowed wealth to support the ten retinues from Shanshan, each of whom had a salary of a hundred stones, but they did not.
Although there is a special reason for Yan Shan's retinue to follow the food salary, but in their eyes, Xia Houhui treats others unfairly.

In particular, it is too difficult to serve as Xia Houhui's retinue.

Not to mention hunting and fishing for the soldiers all day long, and from time to time they have to do the work of cutting wood and collecting stones, and the food is poor!

They follow Xia Houhui, who leads by example and lives with the soldiers, and eat rice or rice every day, and they may not see meat once in half a month, let alone drink.

And what about Cao Zuan's retinue?
Cao Zuan would pay for them to have a banquet in Shouchun City every ten days, with unlimited wine and meat!

They are all subordinates of generals, and they have to risk their lives when they are in battle. Why do they take the initiative to "eat customers and stand hard work" on weekdays?

The subordinates recruited from Taishan County, at first they only slandered in private, but gradually turned into resentment over time, and finally in autumn and July, one of them welcomed a letter from his family and bid farewell on the grounds that his relatives were ill. Xia Houhui.

It also triggered others to follow suit.

At that time, Gou Quan and Zhang Li were so enraged that they drew their swords.

After all, Xia Houhui trusted them and asked them to recruit followers, but in the end, these hometowns slapped them in the face severely.

But Xia Houhui didn't care.

Not only did all the subordinates who wanted to leave get what they wanted, but they also asked Cao Zuan to borrow some money and used it as road money for them.

From his point of view, it was his fault that he did not have the financial resources to treat all his subordinates equally, so it was understandable for everyone to leave, and there was nothing to criticize.He also promised to the nine followers of Taishan County who are still staying here that when he has a surplus in his salary in the future, he will definitely make up for the current deficit according to the quota of one hundred stones per person.

Naturally, he began to look for money again.

I am also very much looking forward to the thief Wu Sunquan quickly raising troops to attack, so that he can get rewards for his military exploits
By the way, there was a small episode when he was summoned to Xuchang Palace by Emperor Cao Rui.

Because Wang Su, the regular attendant of the Sanqi, was also among the emperor's close ministers who accompanied him on the east tour. Xia Houhui also had a small chat with him in his spare time, talking and laughing after a long absence.

Even at the time of parting, Wang Su exhorted them like this.

"Zhiquan has been serving in Huainan for more than two years. If the military affairs are not very busy, he should retire and return to the capital Luoyang to meet relatives and friends."

To this, Xia Houhui agreed casually.

He thought it was just an ordinary farewell, but when he was galloping back to Shouchun and saw a family of common people getting married along the way, he suddenly realized that Wang Su's words meant something.

The age of his daughter Wang Yuanji was last year~
笄, which means to tie hair and tie it through, to show that it has reached the age of marriage.

But because Xia Houhui was kicked out of the house by Xia Houheng, there was no elder to take care of his marriage, and he was so focused on making meritorious deeds that the marriage of the two was put on hold.

Wang Su, who was born in a noble family, was out of face and knew that Xia Houhui was entrusted by the emperor to form a new army, and it was a time when there were many things, so he didn't let anyone urge him.

Now that we have met each other, I will naturally remind them secretly.

After all, it's midwinter and November now, and his daughter will turn 17 next year, but Xia Houhui still doesn't see her elders come to complete the wedding process!
The family of the nobles and dignitaries has already attracted the attention of others.

Wang Su can't think of some good and unscrupulous people who use the matter of his daughter's age and not getting married in the market as a gossip after dinner.

After Xia Houhui realized it later, she also began to think about her friends in Luoyang, the capital, who could be the one who could be hired on behalf of the busy marriage.

It's just that he has all returned to Shouchun, and there is still no suitable candidate.

no way.

Except for his elder brother Xia Houheng, he really didn't have any kind elders in Luoyang.

And based on the previous private agreement between the brothers, Xia Houheng can no longer come forward.

Annoyed, he simply put this thought aside.

Husbands should seek to make meritorious deeds!
What trivial things disturb the heart!

He comforted himself in this way, and then devoted himself to preparing for the war with Lujiang prefect Sun Li, Zhang Qidu, generals Zhang Ying and Le Fang to plan a sneak attack on Wancheng.

Yes!

The emperor Cao Rui and Man Chong are the commanders of the troops who attacked Wancheng.

The division of labor is also clearly defined.

Needless to say, Zhang Qidu led the cavalry to meet them back.

However, Sun Li, the prefect of Lujiang, who was not in the surprise attack plan, was personally designated by the emperor Cao Rui as the pre-war governor because of his calm temperament after participating in the Battle of Shiting. Zhiquan led the soldiers of Anfeng and Yiyang counties to burn the city and relocate the people.

General Zhang Ying was hired by Man Chong, and Le Fang was his deputy.

The two of them will lead the [-] elite of the headquarters as the backbone of this sneak attack.

As for the new army led by Xia Houhui and Cao Zhuan?
Man Chong thinks that the time to become an army is too short to participate in this kind of war. He didn't plan to use it, but the emperor ordered them to make achievements~
However, sometimes, unintentionally inserting willows and willows into shades.

(End of this chapter)