Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 114 Create Chaos

Wuling is located in the north of Jincheng County, at the junction of Jincheng and Wuwei counties.

Wuling is the only way to go south from Cangsong to Jincheng.

On the rugged official road, five thousand infantry were staggering along in a long snake formation.

The front army had already climbed to the highest point of the mountain collar, but the rear army's supplies and food transport teams were still at the foot of the mountain.

Zhang Meng straddles the horse, with his waist straight, like a javelin, letting the horse under his crotch move forward slowly, with an astonishing look in his eyes, every time he looks back at the five thousand elite soldiers under his command, he can't help it Show a smile.

As the aristocratic class of this era, the gentry family is not only the maker of the rules, but also the defender of the rules.

The most important function of this rule is to safeguard the interests of the gentry class.

For those who dare to challenge the rules and break the rules, the gentry class does not have any favor.

Zhang Meng was born in a gentry family, and he was extremely unfavorable to Luo Zheng, who was born in the grassroots and once slaughtered the gentry.Even though Luo Zheng's scourge of the Kanto gentry clan is the backbone of the resistance against Dong Zhuo, it is not Zhang Meng's woman who robbed him. Zhang Meng is extremely hostile to Luo Zheng who dares to kill the gentry and break the rules. He can't wait to get rid of Luo Zheng and then quickly.

The elites of the gentry are used to being superior, and protecting the interests of the gentry has become a habit.

Perhaps those visionary elites will see the essence through the phenomenon and grasp the direction of the times.

However, the vast majority of noble families can only rely on the merits and glory of their parents to maintain their interests and superior status.Once someone touches the interests of the gentry class, even if the victim is their enemy, they will nervously criticize this behavior and practice, and even use force.

Scholar-bureaucrats are the noblest and most hypocritical group of people.

They read the books of sages every day, and talk about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism every day.

However, people are selfish.Perhaps in the face of national righteousness, the bureaucrats and bureaucrats of this era will unanimously safeguard the interests of the Han nation, and regard those foreign races as wolves and beasts, wishing to exterminate them quickly.

However, if someone touches their interests, these bureaucratic literati will not hesitate to take up arms and use all means to deal with their class enemies, even if this person is the lord of the world, even the emperor of a big man.

In the eyes of the noble family, the interests of the clan are above the interests of the country.

Those who are truly loyal to the monarch and patriotic will always be only a very small part.

Most elites and scholars will consciously safeguard the interests of the scholar-bureaucrat class.

To put it bluntly, the reason why bureaucrats and bureaucrats in this era are loyal to the imperial court is because the imperial court is also safeguarding their interests.In fact, to put it bluntly, they don't care who is in charge of the world, what they care about is whether the ruler sitting in the ninety-five supreme position is protecting their interests.

In the eyes of the gentry, the biggest enemy is not the rebels in the eyes of the court, but those who harm the interests of the gentry.

That's why Zhang Meng led the army without hesitation after receiving Dong Zhuo's secret order.

For a murderous butcher like Luo Zheng, most gentry clans will subconsciously regard him as a bandit.

Maybe some more rational scholars will look at the problem objectively, but the truly smart people are only a minority after all.

Zhang Meng belongs to the most neurotic type of scholars, so when Luo Zheng led the army to cross the border and sent envoys to borrow food, he didn't even bother to do the most basic face-saving work, and directly ordered people to beat Luo Shengxuan's envoys with sticks out.

"grown ups!"

When Zhang Meng was thinking, a general rode his horse up to him.

"what happened?"

Zhang Meng came back to his senses and asked casually.

The general looked worried, and said: "Wuwei is the closest to Jincheng, and our army is only two days away from Lingju. The general thinks that our army should slow down and wait for the rest of the army to arrive before heading south to avoid It was broken by Luo Zheng."

Zhang Meng thought for a moment, then said: "Alright, the army will camp and rest after passing Wuling."

"Master is wise!"

The general breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly bowed his hands to compliment him.

at noon.Guzang North Gate.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the city gate, and the crowd was furious.

"Why don't you let us into the city?"

A hot-tempered man shouted and asked, very dissatisfied.

A soldier on the top of the city shouted: "The governor has an order. There will be a war in the near future. In order to prevent the rebels from sneaking into the city, the city gate is sealed and no one can enter or leave. Come back quickly, don't make noise, otherwise bow and arrow serve."

Someone shouted: "The villain lives in Liushu Lane. He is not a spy. The military master can check the household registration of the villain."

The soldiers in the city cursed: "Fuck you, even if you have a household registration."

"Too deceiving!"

The common people clamored and cursed one after another.

Since five days ago, Guzang City has closed four gates, and no one is allowed to enter or exit.

Seeing that they couldn't get in, the people outside the city all went back one after another.The hundreds of people blocked outside the city were all citizens of the city. They had families and could not meet, so they could only gather outside the city gate and fight with the soldiers on the top of the city every day.

If it wasn't for fear of causing riots among the people, the soldiers on the top of the city had already shot arrows at people, so how could they be polite.

In the crowd, Luo Zheng took Xu Chu and Zhao Yun to mix in the crowd, and seeing that he couldn't enter the city, he couldn't help but look gloomy.

Xu Chu waved his arm vigorously, and said unwillingly: "Damn Zhang Meng, the dog thief, actually closed the city gate, and even the people in the city were not allowed to enter the city. It seems that it is impossible to sneak into Guzang."

Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "It seems that our army's defeat of Han Sui in the first battle has aroused the vigilance of the surrounding princes. Although Zhang Meng does not know how our army's [-] troops sneaked into Yunwu quietly, there must be some Take precautions. Completely block the four gates of Gu Zang, and even the people in the city are not allowed to enter or leave. Although it will cause dissatisfaction among the people, it will also prevent us from sneaking into the city."

Xu Chu said: "What to do, if it doesn't work, attack by force!"

Luo Zheng glanced at the top of the city, and said in a condensed voice: "Instigate these people to make trouble, see if there is a chance!"

The war of words between the people outside the city and the guards at the head of the city continued, but it was limited to this.

Although the common people were dissatisfied and even couldn't help cursing others, they still didn't dare to make trouble.

The soldiers on the top of the city were afraid of stirring up riots among the people in the city, and among the people blocked outside the city were their family members, they did not dare to act aggressively.

Unexpectedly, when the sun was about to set, hundreds of people outside the city suddenly lost their patience.

"Damn it, is there any justice left!"

Someone in the crowd yelled angrily, "I have a lot of tax and food every year, and I hand in all the food on time, but now I am blocked from entering the city, and I have to sleep on the mud like an animal every night. It's cold and damp, poor old man and daughter are not yet five years old, this high fever can't survive, and the folks tell me, what the hell is going on."

The crowd started clamoring one after another, and everyone scolded even more happily.

The soldiers on the top of the city stared at each other, and their eyes became fierce.

(End of this chapter)