Volume 1 Attack on the Huiji Chapter 29 The gray-haired old thief, the first horseman
At the same time that Xiang Cheng received the good news and impeachment, a document was quietly transmitted to Langya in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Langya is a county town of the former Qin, belonging to Xuzhou, Langya has a developed economy, a large population, and a prosperous cultural track. In the past few decades, I don't know how many good ministers and fierce generals have contributed to the former Qin Dynasty.
And this South Langya, although it is also called Langya County, is actually just an ordinary small county town, which is the Langya of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Since the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty and the southern crossing of Yongjia, the Eastern Jin Dynasty declared to the world that the entire world was still the world of the Great Jin Dynasty in order to flaunt orthodoxy. But no matter how much nonsense you talk about, you can't change the fact that the vast majority of the territory in the world is in the hands of Qianqin.
So, the clever Jin Dynasty people thought of a way, that is, Qiaozhi! The so-called overseas Chinese is to find a lot of wasteland in Jiangzuo and divide it into countless pieces to rename it. This wasteland is called Chang'an, the wasteland is called Luoyang, the front one is called the Western Regions Protectorate, and the back one is called Youzhou Zhaofu Division.
In this way, to turn those wastelands into all parts of the former Qin Dynasty, and to pretend that the whole world is still in the hands of the Great Jin Dynasty, to put it bluntly, is to deceive oneself. This set was not the first of its kind in the Jin Dynasty, it was in the Three Kingdoms, but it was the Jin Dynasty that carried forward the culture of overseas Chinese.
The current owner of Nanlangya is the famous Langya Wang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Langya Wang's original idea of preferring to be a chicken head rather than a phoenix tail resolutely crossed south to the Eastern Jin Dynasty after the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty. Since then, he has cut off all contacts in the north, but he has also become a first-class family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty as he wished, which can be regarded as seeking benevolence.
Over the years, the Langya Wang family has pretended not to know that there is a Great Qin Dynasty in the north, pretending that the Eastern Jin Dynasty is the whole world, and is really happy to be blessed behind closed doors, known as the first family. But today, the Langya Wang clan can't live happily anyway.
At this moment, in the Wang family's mansion in Langya, Nanlangya, a group of clan elders of the Langya Wang clan are forming a circle, staring at each other with big eyes.
"Ahem, everyone has read that letter, I don't know what you think?"
Wang Manzhi, who was old and long-looking, was the first to speak, relying on his age, he had a very high prestige in the Wang family.
One of the clan elders hesitated for a moment, and said weakly: "Ning Zhi said that our Langya Wang clan should recognize our ancestors and return to their roots. But isn't the real Langya County in the Qin Dynasty now, how can we return to our roots..."
Everyone else is full of black lines, do you really don't understand or fake don't understand? The roots of the Langya Wang clan are in the Qin Dynasty, and the so-called fallen leaves return to the roots, isn't it to the Qin Dynasty? It's just inconvenient to say it so bluntly, you really just want to move back to Langya.
Wang Fuzhi glanced at the old man of the clan, and recognized that this person was ignorant by nature, and his identity was completely mixed up by age, but he didn't care, and he didn't hear him speak.
"A few days ago, there were rumors in the county that Huiji was occupied by the Qin Dynasty. Originally, the old man didn't believe it, but today, it seems that it is true. There can never be anything like this... That kind of thought must be the letter that was forced to be written by Qin Jun after the Huiji was lost. Wang Manzhi said lightly.
Another clan elder asked, "So, Ning Zhi is now in the hands of Tyranny Qin?" If we don't agree, wouldn't Ningzhi..."
"Ning Zhi's safety is naturally something to be taken into account, but it is more important to think about the pros and cons of this matter for our Langya Wang clan." Another clan elder spoke, in the great family, personal safety must always give way to the interests of the family, even if this person is Wang Ningzhi.
"The Qin Dynasty is prosperous, if the fallen leaves return to the roots, it will definitely make our Langya Wang clan to a higher level; However, the Qin Dynasty is vast and vast, with countless families, which is not comparable to the Great Jin Dynasty on the left side of the Anjiang River. If we choose that side, we are afraid that we will not have the current status. A clan elder said with some concern.
His worries are not unreasonable, even if the Langya Wang clan, the number one in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is stronger than a higher level, it is still not ranked in the former Qin. If people in later generations are not familiar with history books, it is difficult to understand this gap, and the simplest and most intuitive way to understand it is to find a map of the confrontation between the former Qin and Eastern Jin Dynasty and compare the size of the two sides.
All of a sudden, a group of clan elders began to get entangled. This is another problem of phoenix tail and chicken head, the ancestors of the Langya Wang family chose to transform from a phoenix to a grass chicken. Now that there is an opportunity in front of him, Langya Wang needs to choose whether to be a phoenix again or continue to be a grass chicken. But when a phoenix can only be a tail, and a grass chicken is a head, it is really difficult to choose.
"But... In the Battle of Weishui, the Qin Dynasty was defeated. Since ancient times, the way of heaven has been repeated, and although the Qin Dynasty is extremely powerful, it is difficult to avoid it. If the Qin Dynasty really can't survive this catastrophe, wouldn't we be seeking our own death by taking refuge in the past at this time? ”
"Having said that, the Qin Dynasty didn't know how to take down Huiji. Losing Lizi, but winning face, can be regarded as a roundback. The national strength of the Qin Dynasty is far from being comparable to that of the Great Jin Dynasty, and it is still bearable to bear a big defeat. ”
"I heard that although the imperial court won a great victory this time, it only killed hundreds of thousands of people..." Of course, there are many, and the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty can't get together so many soldiers. But compared with Qianqin, it was very embarrassing, Qianqin dispatched a million troops and killed hundreds of thousands, but there were still hundreds of thousands left. Even if there are those people left, it is enough to crush the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
The clan elders talked about it one after another, and there were not many who supported the return to the former Qin, but no one explicitly said against it. After all, Wang Ningzhi is still in the hands of Qianqin, and if he says that he opposes it at this time, isn't it harming Wang Ningzhi. If Wang Ning has the opportunity to come back in the future, what should he do after the autumn, these clan elders are all human spirits, so they naturally will not make such a low-level mistake.
"Bang bang."
Wang Manzhi slapped the table with both hands, making a dull sound. The clan elders understood, closed their mouths at the same time, and looked at Wang Manzhi with blank eyes.
"According to the old man's intentions, we might as well wait and see the situation of the Qin Dynasty before making a decision. Of course, since Ning Zhi has already sent the letter to us, we can't ignore it. It's better to withdraw our Wang clan's men and horses on the front line first, which can be regarded as showing some sincerity to the Qin Dynasty. Internally, it was reported to the imperial court, saying that our troops had suffered too many casualties in the battle of Huangshui and needed to come back to rest, and presumably the imperial court would not be too harsh. ”
Wang Manzhi is worthy of being the clan elder with the highest prestige, and he is clearly arranged from the inside out. The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was essentially composed of several major families, and the officers and soldiers were secretly subordinate to the major families. The Langya Wang clan unilaterally reduced its troops at this time, and the Jin soldiers on the Huashui battlefield were suddenly reduced by three layers, which was not counting the loss of talent generals. This can be regarded as a critical blow for the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Wang and Xie families have always been in the same spirit, and the Wang family received a greeting from Huiji, but the Xie family had no reason not to receive it.
At this time, in the devastated Shouyang City, Xie Xuan, the commander of the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was holding such a letter in his hand, and he gritted his teeth while looking at the letter, with a terrifying expression. There is no joy at all when he just attacked Shouyang.
Xie Daoyun was thin-skinned, but he didn't write the rogue words that Pei Shengqin and Shunqiang said in the letter, but the grievances and grievances between the lines could not be hidden. Xie Xuan and his sister were careful and sharp, and when they read the content of the letter, they knew that Sister Ah must have been wronged.
At the end of the letter, it was written: "Pei Gongzi hopes that Ah Di will withdraw from Qintu immediately after receiving the news, if not."
A letter comes to an abrupt end when it arrives "if not", and fools know that there will be nothing good to say about it.
Xie Xuan slammed the table angrily and roared angrily: "The surname is Pei, if you dare to touch a single hair of my sister, Lao Tzu will chop you alive!"
Of course, because Shouyang was too far away from Huiji, it was impossible for Pei Shengqin to hear Xie Xuan's words. Anger turned to anger, and after his emotions stabilized a little, Xie Xuan was also thinking about whether to continue to march.
Judging from such a situation, it is natural that they should march, and it is advisable to take advantage of the courage to chase after the poor Kou, but they can't give Tyranny Qin a chance to breathe. But... Sister is in the hands of Qin Jun.
The imperial court is the court of the Sima family, and Xie Daoyun is his sister Xie Xuan. Whether the Beifu soldiers advance or retreat depends on it.
Now Xie Xuan's most resentful person, except for Pei Shengqin, is Wang Ningzhi. The letter of persuasion was written by Xie Daoyun in front of Pei Shengqin, so naturally there was no way to expose the internal situation of the meeting. But as the chief general of the front line in Weishui, Xie Xuan can guarantee that there is no army in the former Qin to infiltrate the interior of the Eastern Jin Dynasty!
In other words, this Qin general named Pei Shengqin was at most smuggled to Huiji with a small group of Qin troops. And the guard, his brother-in-law Wang Ningzhi, has 20,000 elites under his command! In this case, can you still lose it? Xie Xuan really couldn't figure it out. At this time, Xie Xuan's biggest regret was that he didn't stop Sister A from marrying Wang Ningzhi back then.
However, Xie Xuan is also a loyal minister, and he knows what kind of heavy responsibility he is shouldering now, if he withdraws his army, the victory in Weishui will not be able to expand the results of the battle, but it will fall short; But Sister Ah is now in the hands of Tyrant Qin, if she doesn't withdraw the army, she is afraid that Pei Shengqin will hurt Sister A.
This is really a dilemma, Xie Xuan frowned, and fell into the battle between heaven and man.
Xie Xuan finally decided that he still had to ask his uncle to decide. His uncle was Xie An, the titular commander of the Beifu Army. Of course, Xie Xuan is the chief general who actually leads the troops in Beifu, and the relationship between the two is similar to the relationship between Yang An and Pei Yuanluo in the Yizhou Water Division.
The famous Xie An Xie Dashuai of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was sitting in Jiankang, the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, at this time, but it didn't matter, Jiankang was very close to Shouyang, and it would be there in one or two days. Xie Xuan quickly arranged Shouyang's official business, and then rode out of the city alone and hurriedly returned south, he wanted to discuss with Xie Shuai in person.
The Xie family actually received a total of two letters, one was written by Xie Daoyun and the other was written by Pei Shengqin. Xie Daoyun's letter reached Xie Xuan's hand, and the letter written by Pei Shengqin was sent directly to Jiankang and sent to Xie An.
Xie An is full of white hair and looks old, these days, in order to renew the life of the Great Jin Dynasty, he has really tried his best.
At this moment, he was holding the unopened letter, his brows were slightly furrowed, and there were four big words written on the envelope, Xie An opened it himself.
"Tyrannical Qin is really a barbarian, and he is not educated. The old man is a lot older, and those Qin people actually call the old man by his name, which is really hateful! It turned out that Xie An didn't like the word "Xie An" on the envelope.
In his mind, respecting the old and loving the young knows no borders, even if it is an enemy, as long as you are older than you, you should respect him. Tyrannical Qin didn't respect an old enemy like him, that is, he was rude and rude.
Xie An's son Xie Yan laughed on the side, and said cautiously: "Tyranny Qin is indeed rude, father might as well take it apart and see what they want to say."
"What else can I say, it's nothing more than persuasion to surrender, or use Dao Yun's safety to force my Xie clan to make concessions. These barbarians, do you really think that taking down a Huiji will be able to turn against the sky, I, the Xie family, will be loyal to the Great Jin, how can I betray because of a woman? Xie An said indifferently, while handing the envelope to Xie Yan casually: "Yan'er, you can open it and take a look, if it is a persuasion or threat, you don't need to tell your father."
Pei Shengqin's guess was not wrong, a Xie Daoyun really couldn't shake Xie An.
Xie Yan respectfully accepted the letter, opened the cover, took out the letter paper and unfolded it, his face was full of surprise, and he said stupidly: "Father, there is only one sentence written on this letter."
"Oh?" Xie An became interested: "I don't know that Tyrant Qin deliberately sent a letter to say something to the old man." Yan'er, read it to your father. ”
"It's... Not quite right? Xie Yan hesitated, looked at the two big lines in the letter, and swallowed his saliva.
Since the victory of the water, Xie An has been a unique figure in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and when he saw that Xie Yan did not immediately follow his instructions, he immediately disliked it, and said angrily: "Read!"
Xie Yan saw that his father was angry, and he was helpless, so he had to read out the two lines on the letter word for word.
"Bearded old thief, Hao Shou Horseman, I have never seen such a brazen person!"
As soon as he finished reading, Xie Yan quickly buried his head, not daring to look at his father's expression.
Xie An was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reacted. Tyrant Qin deliberately sent a letter from Huiji, specifically to scold himself?
The classic scolding sentences of later generations are well deserved, when did Xie An receive this kind of insult, he was suddenly anxious and angry, and his face was flushed.
"Tyrannical Qin thief, how dare you insult the old man like this!"
"Poof!"
Xie An howled angrily, then a mouthful of old blood spurted out, and he fell straight back.
Xie Yan was also anxious, and hurriedly went over to hug Xie An: "Father, how are you, father, don't scare the child!"