Shanghe City is more than 100 miles north of Tewu County, also called Lingzhou City, located on the west bank of the Yellow River, is the center of the new Qinzhong.

The construction of this place has to be traced back to the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu fled far away, and there was no royal court in the south of the curtain, so the Han Wu levy 600,000 people to go north, open ditches, and turn thousands of miles of pasture into farmland and beautiful houses. In order to manage these immigrants who were half soldiers and half peasants, the imperial court set up the position of "Nong Du Lieutenant" in each county, and the main tuntian and grain cultivation were equivalent to the production and construction corps of later generations.

Like the former Han Dynasty, Nong Du Wei was directly under the jurisdiction of Dasi Nong - now called Nayan jurisdiction, and the grain and straw of tens of thousands of soldiers under the jurisdiction of General Tunhu were provided by Shanghe Nong Du Wei, but in the past ten years, the new dynasty declared war on the Xiongnu several times, and soldiers often settled in, and the grain stock of Nong Du Wei was emptied, and Zhu Tu Yong was also needed to search for grain in other counties as an auxiliary.

It has only been less than a month since he settled in Xinqin, and the rations under General Tunhu are a little tight, so he cares so much about the grain from Tewu County, if all of them are lost, the loss will be great.

So Han Wei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he learned that only the military Sima Ruchen had been killed, and that the five thousand stone grain he had transported had been spared under the desperate defense of the Fifth Lun and transported to the camp in the starry night.

It's just dead, that's fine.

However, the next fifth Lun report was a little difficult to do: "The subordinates fell into the plan of the robbers, in order to save Ruchen Sima and ensure that the plug was not lost, he led people to expel the main force of the bandits, but unexpectedly, there were strange soldiers in the other generation who attacked my grain team, and a thousand stones of grain were all burned, and even Dai Junhou, who was holding the grain, was unfortunately killed in battle, Lun is a big crime!" “

As a result, General Tunhu could only hold a military meeting overnight to discuss the merits and demerits of the fifth lun.

Some people think that according to military law, Wu Lun should be beheaded if he loses grain and grass!

This frightened Han Wei, no matter how he said it, the fifth Lun was also the attached city appointed by the emperor after meeting him personally, and he was also given a crown, although Han Wei disliked him for being too lazy and unwilling to take on heavy responsibilities, but it was a bit hasty to kill him without saying a word.

Seeing the general's hesitation, the military judge also changed his words, thinking that the removal was almost over.

Liang Qiuci, who still accepted the bribe of Wu Lun, coughed and stood up and said a fair word.

"General, the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the original heart of the gentleman, the reason why Wu Lun lost his grain is because he is anxious for justice and righteousness, and after learning that Ruchen was attacked, he was so busy rescuing his allies that he disregarded his own safety. Those who violate the law are exempt from the so-called good will, and should not be harshly punished. ”

Although Liang Qiuci learned that his old subordinate Dai Gong was dead, he was still burned to death by the bandits with great cruelty, and his bones were gone, which was quite heartbroken, but how could the old man compare to the new man? At the moment, he has benefited the most, and even let the Son of Heaven summon him, is the fifth Lun.

If the fifth Lun is removed or killed, Liang Qiuci will also lose a general, but he must not be saved, not to mention that the fifth Lun also promised that if he can do his best in Tewu County, the benefits to Liang Qiuci will be more.

As soon as this remark came out, some people agreed, some people objected, and the military judge retorted: "Captain Liangqiu, the military law prohibits it, how can you use the Spring and Autumn Prison Break to judge the case?" Those who are rebellious, unexpected, or lost in battle, whose original intention is to deliberately violate military law? If according to Captain Liang Qiu, they are all judged by their original convictions, wouldn't they all have to be commuted? “

Liang Qiuci is worthy of being the descendant of the great Confucian Liang Qiuhe, greedy for money is greedy for money, but his kung fu is not bad, and he said: "I'm just giving an example, even if it doesn't follow the Spring and Autumn Period, the fifth Lun is more meritorious than depraved this time!" “

He told a story to General Tunhu: "When Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty in the previous dynasty, the general Huo Guang dispatched five generals to crusade against the Xiongnu, but because the Xiongnu fled far away, the five generals did not make war merits, and the only meritorious service was the envoy Chang Hui. “

Chang Hui was ordered to go to Wusun, united with Kunmi to help Han attack Hu, broke the Youxian Wang's department, captured more than 30,000 people, hundreds of thousands of livestock, this is a great victory. But Chang Hui also made a mistake, and was stolen by the Wusun people with official seals, ribbons, and scepters, according to the law, capital crimes! ”

"But at that time, the princes of the court and the central government discussed it, but they thought that Chang Hui's merit was great and too small, so instead of punishing him, he was also named Changluo Hou."

"Today is the same, although the fifth Lun lost a thousand stones, but saved five thousand stones, and also prevented the robbers from attacking the barrier, and kept the south of Tewu County, if this is still punished, I am afraid that the three armies will be cold, and in the future, the kings will be attacked by bandits and Hulu, and ask for help from friendly troops, who will dare to save them!"

This remark was loud and loud, but everyone frequently bowed their heads, the military judge was speechless, and Han Wei also felt reasonable.

So according to Liang Qiuci's suggestion, now that the south of the county is empty, not only is Ruchen dead, but most of his subordinate Zhu Tu Yong has escaped, and let the fifth Lun, who is already familiar with Tewu County, gather and reorganize, and settle in the barrier to prepare for thieves.

After the crowd dispersed, Wu Lun came in to receive orders, promising to make up for the loss of 1,000 stone of grain within ten days, and hurried south.

It was night, and the more Han Wei thought about it, the more he felt that it was not so simple, so he summoned Liang Qiu and said, "The old man always feels that there is something strange about this matter!" “

"If this happened in Qingxu and Jiangxia, it would be fine, but with an army of 10,000 people on the side, which thief ate the leopard's gall and dared to attack my grain team during the day?"

"In addition, the robbers looted for nothing more than money and food, but if they went deep into the county, even if they killed the military horses, those heavy wagons could not be transported back, and they even burned a thousand stone of grain for me."

This is no longer something that ordinary thieves can do, unless, their purpose is not to loot in the first place!

Liang Qiuci was shocked in his heart: "What does the general mean...... Is this the work of Hulu? ”

With Wang Mang declaring war on the Xiongnu, he also set up a puppet "Xu Bu is good at", and the Xiongnu, who originally wanted to be close to each other, also responded after a bewildered face, and the left and right Xian Wang led his troops south to guard against the new army going out.

"Hu Lu is still on the other side of the Beiyi Mountain, across the Gobi Desert, and my army is stationed here, how to get Tewu County?"

Han Wei said with a solemn face: "General Ben suspects that it is behind us that there is Hu Lu's internal response!" ”

He asked people to spread out the map and pointed to Guangyan County (Sanshui County) to the south of Tewu County: "To the south of Tewu is to stabilize the subject country. ”

Stable vassal country, is the Han Wu Emperor Yuan Hunting set up, as the Han Dynasty version of the fetters of the state, the placement of the Xiongnu Hun evil department and the Xiu Tu Department of the attached troops, the capital is located in the Sanshui separated by a mountain with Tewu, later Zhao Chongguo, Feng Fengshi expedition to the West Qiang, the defeated part of the Qiang people from the Hehuang was moved here by the imperial court. So far, the stability of the subordinate country Qiang, Hu mixed living, half farming and half herding, wartime conscription into the army to pay taxes, one of the eight schools of the Northern Army, Changshui Hu cavalry repeatedly made military exploits.

However, at the end of the dynasty, these mercenaries became unstable elements in the border area, and because the emperor Wang Mang would stabilize the Qianghu Guiyi Marquis of the subject country, he had a lot of resentment towards the imperial court, Han Wei had reason to suspect that this attack on his grain team, called the Mahao bandits, was actually done by Xiongnu envoys who moved in and instigated the lord of the subject country Qianghu!

"Eat the enemy for one hour, and be me for twenty minutes; Avoid one stone, when I twenty stones, although the Huns do not know the art of war, but this truth is understood. “

Thinking about it deeply, Han Wei only felt a cold sweat: "Since the harmony between the north and the south in the Han Dynasty, several generations have not seen the beacon smoke, and the Xiongnu envoys have frequently entered and exited the border fortress, I am afraid that they have already infiltrated the subject country, and now they have made my subordinates suffer from the enemy." ”

So General Tunhu, who thought that he had spied on the conspiracy of the Xiongnu, immediately sent people south to Anding County to communicate with Emperor Wang Mang's cousin, King Anding Dayin, to explain this serious fact.

At the same time, he ordered that Sima Dongxi, who had been stationed more than 100 miles in the north, be transferred back, and that 1,000 soldiers of his unit must go to Tewu County in June.

"No matter who instructs it, for what purpose, the bandits must be suppressed at any time, and if they are not suppressed, they will not be able to do so!"

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The barrier between the canals is sandwiched between the Qin Canal and the Han Canal, hence the name, and it is the defense line south of the county seat.

As a typical border barrier city, two hundred steps from east to west, more than 100 steps from north to south, open two gates in the north and south, the wall is as high as two zhang, the rammed earth is built with reeds, there is even a horse face on the wall, and the four corners are all set up watchtowers.

With such a well-guarded barrier city, Fifth Lun couldn't understand how Ma Yuan could easily break into the door with only seventy or eighty people that day.

But if you think about it, you can understand that the new army can break up on its own even if it is in a hurry, let alone fighting, Ruchen treats his subordinates harshly, and the vast majority of pigs are brave enough to die for him, even if it is a few cronies, they are also abusing the people and bullying the pawns in a good way, and they are powerless to fight against the enemy.

But all this has been turned, and from this day forward, the fifth Lun is the master of this barrier.

The first thing Wu Lun did after he settled in was to absorb the remaining group of stragglers in Ruchen.

He was dressed in armor, wearing the Ben of Lin Wei given by Wang Mang, and the long sword given by Huan Tan on his waist, standing on the barrier wall and majestically scanning the more than 400 people in front of him.

You must know that most of Ruchen's subordinates died on the road, leaving less than 400 left, and in the rest of the month in Tewu County, Ding Zhuang was wantonly arrested, expanding to 800, but as soon as he died, he returned to his original form.

At the front were Ru Chen's cronies before his death, and the hundred and sergeants all held their chests high, hoping to gain the favor of the new commander and continue to ride on the heads of ordinary soldiers.

"Ruchen Sima short-term guard, out of the ranks!"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally seventy or eighty people stepped out, and Ruchen ate empty salaries, squeezed the food of ordinary soldiers, and they were the ones who raised them, and those who followed the Xingjun on the road to do evil were also this generation.

The fifth Lun is full of officialdom: "The military Sima, the master of the general, the short soldiers and the guards of hundreds of people, why are there only you and others?" ”

The leader explained that some of the soldiers died in the battle that day.

Unexpectedly, Wu Lun's face turned pale: "Then why don't you die?" “

"Huh?" The crowd was amazed.

Fifth Lun said loudly: "Military law, if the chief officer dies and the guards are not effective, they will be executed according to law, the seventh and the first rooster crow!" “

"No!"

"Arrest them all!"

The seventh biao had already been waiting behind with two hundred pigs from the fifth battalion, and when he heard this, he immediately pressed these seventy or eighty people to the ground, and someone tilted his head and shouted: "Fifth Sima, we were not by your side that day!" ”

Wu Lun lowered his head and asked, "Why aren't you here?" ”

"Because, because you have ordered us to garrison the barrier."

Wu Lun was furious: "This is the reason why you don't fight to protect Ru Sima?" Is the barrier held? If I hadn't arrived in time, this place would have been taken by thieves, and I would have been guilty! ”

With a wave of his hand, the group of people was pushed out of the barrier by the seventh biao and the others, kneeling on the ground.

These seventy or eighty people, all killed, there must be someone wronged.

But one by one, there is definitely something missing!

This scene stunned everyone, and the fifth Lun began to roll call again, he looked at the remaining three hundred people, they were ragged, skinny, and their eyes were big, all in the past six months, under the command of Ru Chen, the pigs who were oppressed by this group of short soldiers and guards were urged by the spear shaft and whip to push the cart and walk for more than 2,800 miles, and they survived by luck.

There are also people living a good life in this county, and suddenly one day Ruchen sent short soldiers and personal guards to the door to steal grain, and even people were arrested together.

"The guards have all committed capital crimes, and now there is a lack of executioners, who is willing to do it?"

No one responded for a long time, and after a long while, a thin hand was raised: "I ......"

With the first, the next hand was raised more and more, and it gradually became a forest, and they were the bolder of the all, their eyes were red, and their hearts were full of vengeful anger.

"I do!"

In a few moments, hundreds of tall people in this group of dwarfs, each of them were issued with a ring-headed knife, aimed at the short-range guards who were tightly tied, and raised it tremblingly.

The two sides looked at each other, and those who used to be high above have now become prisoners, and those who were trampled under their feet in the past have become executioners.

The right to pronounce the sentence had been handed over to the Zhu Tu Yong, and the fifth Lun asked them: "Do you think that there are those who do good deeds and accumulate virtues in them, and their sins do not lead to death?" ”

As Zhu Tu Yong identified them one by one, five or six of them were pointed out and left the ranks of the death penalty.

"Don't thank me, thank you for waiting for yourself."

As for the others......

The fifth Lun raised his hand high on the barrier, if he had just crossed it, he would definitely not be able to accept this face, when did his heart harden? Was it when Yang Xiong died, or was it the evil he witnessed on the road of 2,800 miles?

"For the sake of heaven, I'm not just talking!"

As the fifth Lun Ling arrow was thrown, the sword light burst, the blood stained the land outside the barrier red, and the crying resounded in the middle of the Qin Canal and the Han Canal, without the slightest mercy, only with joy!

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"