Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 723
Chapter 728
Although wolf smoke is the best means of conveying information in ancient times, it is a pity that it can express too little meaning.A puff of smoke means that there is an enemy attack, and a puff of smoke is a small group of troops.The three strands are to ask for support, and the five-color wolf smoke is to tell the rear that the enemy is overwhelming and the front pass is about to fall, and it means to prepare for the battle or retreat.

What the angry Chen Cangguan ignited was the five-color wolf smoke that represented the fall of Chen Cang.The five-color wolf smoke was passed on from station to station like a baton.In less than half an hour, the smoke of the wolf spread to Luoyang, and then to Yecheng. Countless Wei soldiers were on the verge of a big enemy along the way, and the local officials were even more busy.

Beacon towers are usually in groups of three or five, so as to avoid losing the warning function because the beacon tower is quietly touched by the enemy.After the beacon smoke was burning at Chencang Pass, it was discovered by the beacon tower ten miles away within ten breaths, and it was passed on in time.In ancient times, there were usually one beacon tower every eight to ten miles. Counting from the moment the wolf smoke was lit, two to three beacon towers could be transmitted within one stick of incense (5 minutes).

Of course, there are certain weather factors restricting this transmission method.Since bright light is needed as a signal transmission at night, fire oil or flammables are used as a signal, and the fire light at night is faster than during the day.If you encounter foggy weather, then accept your fate.

Roughly calculated in this way, if the visibility is high, the speed of beacon signal transmission is approximately equivalent to a speed of [-] kilometers per hour. This speed is nothing in later generations, but in this era, it is considered the fastest.

It is only more than 300 miles from Chencang to Chang'an. The governor of Yongzhou in Chang'an and Yin Murongke of Chang'an got the news after an hour.There is no way to compare Beacon Communication with the telephone and Internet of later generations, and it can only be a reminder.However, Murong Ke didn't dare to be careless.

Here Zhenxi General Xie Ai has just transferred the main force in Guanzhong to Zhangye to suppress the rebellion, and now there is a major enemy situation in Chencangguan.Murong Ke's first reaction was that the rebel forces in the bald department are so huge?It’s no wonder that Murong Ke thinks this way. Although he is the governor of Yongzhou, he is just a civil servant. Ran Ming and Xie Ai have passed the news that the bald-haired rebellion has subsided to Yecheng at the normal speed of the military station, and they are still halfway , he did not know the details.

Moreover, in history, the rebellion of the bald tree mechanism lasted for more than ten years during the Taishi period of the Jin Dynasty. That was when the Jin Dynasty was just unified, and the Jin army had not yet experienced the internal fighting of the Eight Kings. Emperor Wu Sima Yan.Even Sima Yan couldn't quickly quell the rebellion in the bald department, and Murong Ke naturally thought of Ran Ming and Xie Ai's inability to wipe out the rebels, and let the rebels rush to Guanzhong.

Now, Murong Ke had to be cautious.Although the current heavy rain has little impact on Guanzhong, the Heluo area must have suffered a lot.Even if the Yellow River doesn't break its embankment, it will still reduce grain production.The State of Wei still needs the Guanzhong Plain, and the grain output of the rich [-] Li Qinchuan has been able to cope with the disaster. If there is another military disaster in Guanzhong, I am afraid that the State of Wei will not be able to bear such a heavy loss.

Regardless of whether it is a civil servant or a military general, if you lose the city or land, you will be held accountable in the future, and the civil officials will not be able to escape.

As the governor of Yongzhou and Chang'an, Murong Ke was the biggest official after Zhenxi General Xie Ai left Chang'an, and he was duty-bound.But what made Xie An helpless was that Chang'an didn't have many troops, except for [-] infantry, there were less than [-] cavalry left.Not to mention defending Chang'an City, they can't even stand on the city wall.What's more, as a general, Murong Ke, who has turned from a military commander to a civil servant, is not his style of doing things according to the city.

Murong Ke sent a thousand riders out of order as scouts.At the same time, there is not much time left for Murong Ke. If the opponent makes a sudden attack on Qingqi, it will only take one day to reach the city of Chang'an.For this reason, Murong Ke urgently summoned officials from various ministries in Chang'an.

Both Chang'an and Luoyang are the companions of the Wei state. Although the specifications are not as high as Yecheng, they are much better than the general state government, and all departments are complete. More than 100 officials from the personal guards and retinues were brought to Murong Ke by force.Murong Ke didn't talk nonsense, and directly ordered: "Chencang closed the five-color beacon fire, and the military situation is urgent. Chang'an is facing a serious situation this time, and you all know that we don't have many defenders in Chang'an. If the enemy is allowed to approach the city, even if we defend Chang'an City, we will have to face it." There is a mess in Guanzhong. Therefore, Ke draws up that everyone in Chang'an City who is over 15 years old and under 50 years old, regardless of whether they are scholars or commoners, must complete the assembly within an hour, and those who violate the military law will be punished!"

Hearing this tone, an official who had never met Murong Ke said, "Emissary Murong, General Zhenxi needs to be responsible for this military matter. Even if General Zhenxi is not around, it is not Murong's turn to make decisions on his own! Even if Murong Shijun wants to do it for him, but this service has always been performed by those untouchables, when will we scholars need to serve lowly service?"

"Yes, the enemy is in front of us, and we are all in the same position. If we need money, we will pay, and if we need food, we will pay. We are not good at fighting in battle! It is not unwise to attack the enemy's strengths with our own strengths. Yea!"

Seeing that Murong Ke hadn't spoken, those officials followed suit.

These officials from the gentry not only looked down on the common people, but also looked down on the barbarians.If it was a Hu regime, it would be a different matter.But the state of Wei was under the Han family, and Murong Ke was just a surrender.In order to subdue these gentry officials, Murong Ke must show something that really makes them admire.

Seeing that there were so many people on the side, the official said sarcastically: "This kind of compromise is easy to form a habit. If you compromise once, there is no guarantee that you will not compromise a second time. For the sake of our wealth and life, I think this matter It should be considered in the long run!"

Although Murong Ke can speak Chinese, he speaks it fluently, but asking Murong Ke to compare his eloquence with these gentry officials who have not talked about the whole thing together is like asking a person with a tone-deficient to compare singing with a singer.Murong Ke resolutely did not argue with them.Spotting several officials who were leading the trouble, Murong Ke ordered his personal guards to kill them on the spot without any explanation.

Murong Ke used bloody means to greatly deter the officials. Under the persecution of steel knives and iron fists, the gentry in Chang'an began to mobilize. More than 6 young and strong were forcibly organized into the Self-Defense Forces.Murong Ke adopted the method of heavy rewards, and selected more than 6 dead soldiers from the more than [-] young and strong to cooperate with the [-] defenders.Forming an army of ten thousand people, Murong Ke equipped them with the best armor and the sharpest weapons in the Chang'an treasury, allowing them to quickly become familiar with battlefield killing techniques under the training of the defenders!
Just when Chang'an was still in group training, the beacon signal from Chencangguan also reached Luoyang.

Zhang Wen ordered the nearest army in Luoyang to immediately enter a state of first-level combat readiness. Of course, the Luoyang cavalry responded the fastest. After more than an hour, a pure cavalry reinforcement of 5000 horses marched lightly in the direction of Chang'an.

A day and a night later, Chen Cangguan's "military situation" was also placed on Ran Min's imperial case. Due to the slow time and the speed of delivering the news, Ran Min had not received the battle report from the Bald Hair Department at this time.Ran Min had too little information. Like Murong Ke, he realized that the scale of the bald-haired rebellion was beyond imagination.Ran Min immediately thought that the Jin army might secretly support the bald-haired Wugu.

Ran Min ordered the entire state of Wei to be mobilized.

Ran Min was thoroughly annoyed by the actions of the Eastern Jin court.In the second year of Yongxing, when Ran Min's Wei army was the most powerful, he had more than [-] tribes, and a million Hu people were forced to evacuate the Central Plains.However, when Ran Min was about to solve the Hu disaster problem in one fell swoop, the Eastern Jin Dynasty took action.However, instead of helping Ran Min, he chose to help the Hu people deal with Ran Min and Ran Min's newborn Wei state.After Ran Min established the Wei State, those poor people who responded to him the most were those poor people who begged for help.In the thinking of reciprocating peaches, Ran Min generously rewarded meritorious soldiers, and named them the prefect of the county or the magistrate of the county, or the governor or general.

Ran Min's move completely angered the nobles in the north. They dominate the region and have many privileges. Although Ran Min did not harm their interests, it violated their bottom line.How can a mud-legged untouchable be an official? This violates the principle of not being a concubine, and not being a doctor.

The northern gentry and the Eastern Jin court joined forces, and those governors, prefects, or generals who had just gained status in Wei State were naturally trapped.For example, Zhou Cheng, the governor of Xuzhou, brought more than 100 soldiers and horses from the five counties of Xuzhou, and more than [-] million people surrendered to the Jin Dynasty.He had only a false job, and even a city gate uncle in Jiankang City dared to show him color.

Speaking of playing political tricks, these gentry heroes who have been studying since childhood, their tricks are really not covered.After repeated actions, Wei State, which dominated the six states, suddenly fell apart.

Being stabbed by Dong Jin at a critical moment, this kind of teasing feeling made Ran Min feel extremely uncomfortable.Especially at the moment, the Heluo area of ​​Wei State is suffering from heavy rain, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty has fallen into stone again.Ran Min gave the Wei's elite troops stationed in Yecheng "the order of Yueqi, Tunqi, Changshui, Zhongba, Sixth Battalion of Infantry, and Shesheng to enter the war!"

Hearing that Ran Min was mobilizing the whole country to prepare for war, Zhang Qian and Xie An visited Ran Min together.

Zhang Qian even omitted to salute Ran Min and asked directly: "Your Majesty, how can our great Wei have the strength to fight another national war!"

"If I don't have strength, I don't know what to do!" Ran Min said dejectedly, "Do you want to fight? If the Jin Dynasty were full of barbarians, I would have sent troops to the south and wiped them out! I see that they are all from the same clan." Come on, don't care about them, but look at what they are doing!"

Ran Min waved his hand and asked Zhang Ping to throw the information about the five-color wolf smoke in Chen Cang Pass on the ground and said: "I don't want to fight, but if I don't fight, will it succeed? They have all knives at me, so why don't I still want to kill me?" Reach out?"

Zhang Gan glanced at it, and his heart suddenly became agitated.His hands and feet felt cold, and his head suddenly grew bigger.After Xie An watched it, he didn't seem to panic on the surface, but in reality he was thinking about it.

"I can die, but I won't surrender!" Ran Min said firmly: "Meng Yang, you know me. I was adopted by Shihu since I was a child, and no one understands what it's like to be under the fence. , loyal and loyal to Shi Shi, without any second thoughts, in order to serve Shi Shi's kindness in nurturing, my father gave up his life and died for Shi Shi. From Yanzhou, to Xiapi, and then to Henan (county), Nanjun, Shi's country, including more than 130 cities, were all brought down by my father. However, Shi Hu, a beast, just because he was jealous of my father's merits and prestige than him, deliberately framed him and sent me My father died tragically in the battle. In the eyes of others, I am a stone tiger with a raised grandson. If I oppose him, I will break my promise and be an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf. Meng Yang, you have met my monarch and ministers for more than ten years. Have you ever seen Shihu treat me like a human for a day? Eat worse than pigs, work more than cows, sleep later than dogs, wake up earlier than chickens, just like that, he is not ready to give me a way to live .I don’t think so?”

Zhang Qian kowtowed again and again, "I'm lucky that I and Your Majesty have met."

(End of this chapter)