The last three kingdoms

Chapter 313
From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Cao Wei period, the administrative divisions of Yongzhou and Liangzhou changed repeatedly. For example, it is difficult to tell whether a person in Longxi County is from Yongzhou or Liangzhou, so the Longyou area has always been called the land of Yongliang. .

In the fifth year of Yuanfeng in the Western Han Dynasty, the world was divided into thirteen prefectures, each with a governor, known as the thirteen governors in history, and Liangzhou was one of the thirteen prefectures. ten counties.In the first year of Xingping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yongzhou was established in Wuwei, Zhangye, Dunhuang, Jiuquan and Xihai.In the 18th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao defeated Ma Chao and Han Sui, pacified Xiliang, then abolished Liangzhou, and merged Liangzhou's old place and Guanzhong Sanfu into Yongzhou. Yongzhou's territory reached its heyday.

After Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, he resettled Liangzhou and divided the eight counties of Jincheng, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Xihai, Xiping, and Xijun in the area west of the Yellow River in Yongzhou to belong to Liangzhou. Yong and Liang stand side by side.

A popular saying is that there was Liangzhou first, and then Yongzhou was separated. Yongzhou became big and annexed Liangzhou.The prefectures governed by Yongzhou and Liangzhou are constantly changing. Even many local people can't figure out whether grandpa's generation is from Liangzhou or father's generation is from Yongzhou. Later, they all regarded themselves as Yongzhou people.Therefore, the land of Yongliang is not the collective name of Yongzhou and Liangzhou, but the mixed name of the entire area west of Tongguan and east of Yangguan. Although Yongliang is divided into two states, it still refers to one in people's geographical concept. place.

Lintao is just a small county under the jurisdiction of Longxi County. It leans against Minshan Mountain in the south and Taoshui in the north. There are not a thousand households. However, because of its dangerous geographical location, it has become the first line of defense for the Wei State against the Shu State. .After Jiang Wei came to power, he used troops against Longyou many times, and Lintao was at the intersection of Longyou and became a strategic place for the confrontation between Wei and Shu.

But time has passed, since the army of Wei State entered Shu, Lintao's war has gradually subsided, and Lintao has returned to the peaceful appearance of the previous mountain city.Not only in Lintao, but also in Longxi County, and even the entire Yongliang area, the defense system of the Wei army has become quite weak.

During the period when the Wei and Shu countries were facing each other, the Wei State deployed at least more than [-] permanent troops in the Yongliang area to guard against the attack of the Shu State. Important strongholds such as Longxi gathered heavy troops, and they were always there. Watch out.

However, since the Wei army launched a large-scale attack on Shu in the fourth year of Jingyuan, Deng Ai, the general who conquered the west, and Zhuge Xu, the governor of Yongzhou, each led [-] troops into Shu, and the entire Yongliang area was withdrawn. , Wei Jun's garrison strength is only more than [-] people, and the main defensive force is also facing west and north to defend against Qiang and Hu. The Wei people instinctively ignored the threat from the south.

Lintao, the former important defensive town, is now basically an empty city, and Xu Jun, the newly appointed county magistrate of Lintao, is quite troubled by this.Due to the weakness of the defensive force, those Qiang and Hu who lived in the deep mountains and plundered for a living repeatedly invaded Lintao in the past two years, burned, killed and looted, and harmed the village. , there are not many soldiers and horses in hand to resist, and it is almost powerless to quell the banditry.

However, the defenses of Lintao City were strong, and those Qiang Hus who caused rebellion only harassed the village and did not have the guts to attack Lintao City.Xu Jun could only order the city gates to be closed tightly to prevent the Qiang Hu from attacking the county.The banditry can't be eliminated, but Xu Jun is confident that Lintao City can be defended, and the officials and bandits go about their own ways, but it's safe and sound.

It was October, and the weather was cold. According to the practice of previous years, those rebellious Qiang Hus would return to their lairs before the heavy snow closed the mountains.

Winter in Yongliang always comes earlier than in Central Plains!Xu Jun, who was born in Luoyang area, chuckled at this. He had just put on a warm raccoon fur robe, and now the fire was burning in the room, so Xu Jun couldn't feel the slightest chill, but he wished the weather could be colder , it is best to freeze the three feet, so that those annoying beards will not be used to disturb.

"Reporting to the county lord, an army suddenly appeared at the gate of the city, asking to enter the city." The guard ran in to report.

"Army?" Xu Jun was stunned for a moment. The presence of an army here and now is unbelievable. "Where is the army? Who is leading the army? How many people are there?"

Xu Jun's repeated questions made the officer feel a little overwhelmed, but he still quickly said: "The army of our Great Wei is under the city. It seems that they have just returned from the land of Shu. There are about five or six hundred people. The leader of the army unknown."

"Oh? Can they hold military orders?"

"No." The guard said truthfully.

A cold light flashed across Xu Jun's eyes, and he nodded as if he had realized something. It seems that this number of Wei army troops should undoubtedly be deserters. Now that the fierce battle in Shu is in full swing, it has not been heard that that army has withdrawn first. It is only heard that individual soldiers fled back to their hometowns, but there has never been such a large-scale collective escape.

Although Xu Jun is only a small county magistrate and has no power to deal with deserters, he will inevitably be implicated if he allows deserters to enter the city.However, Xu Jun decided to go to the city to have a look. After all, these Wei soldiers were also natives of Yongliang, and Xu Jun couldn't bear to see them being punished. It would be a meritorious deed if they could be persuaded to leave.

After rushing to the tower of the south gate, Xu Jun saw a large group of soldiers dressed in uniforms of the Wei army. They had no banners and no order, just shouting at the gate.

It seems no different from Xu Jun's suspicion. This group of Wei soldiers must have escaped from the front line of Shu. According to Wei's law, once the deserters are caught, they will be killed, but the cruelty of the war ahead has to be let These soldiers came to take a gamble.

Xu Jun was quite sympathetic to the plight of these Wei soldiers, but he was not a law enforcer and could not control the lives of these soldiers. He poked half of his head out from the city wall, thinking about how to persuade these Wei soldiers to return to the front line, his eyes happened to be The ground fell on the leader, and he couldn't help being taken aback.

"Young General, how could it be you?" Xu Jun used to be the subordinate of Deng Ai, General Zhengxi, and naturally recognized the general under the city as Deng Zhong at a glance, and asked involuntarily.

Deng Zhong looked dazed, Xu Jun was just a low-level official in the past, although he walked in front of the tent, Deng Zhong really didn't know him at all. "You are?"

Xu Jun immediately restrained his face and said respectfully: "The humble post was originally a subordinate of General Zhengxi, and was supported by Dudu Deng, and was fortunate to be the magistrate of Lintao County. It is rumored that the major general and Dudu Deng were defeated on the ancient Yinping Road. It is really a great fortune to have the opportunity to meet the Major General, but I don't know if Deng Duduo is safe or not?"

(End of this chapter)