Chapter Eighty-Three: The Qin Army That Enters the City Without Entering
Wei Kai settled in Pinyang County, which Wei Kailai didn't expect before, but it was also something that the Liyang clan didn't expect either.
Originally, the Liyang clan thought that they could use the grain to pull out the teeth of Wei Kai's fierce tiger. Unexpectedly, not only did he not destroy the tiger Wei Kai now, but in the end, he provoked the tiger to go crazy.
What's even more terrifying is that this tiger is now not far from the door of his house, with his mouth wide open, gritting his teeth at his own people, but he is helpless, he really can't fight the tiger, but is eaten by the tiger.
Although Wei Kai, who controls a quarter of the army of the Qin State, is indeed worrying, Wei Kai, who is staring at Liyang in Pinyang County, is not a huge threat to the clans in Liyang City?
After all, after almost all the soldiers in the country were transferred to the front line, the deterrent power of the more than 10,000 soldiers under Wei Kai's command was magnified exponentially.
I am afraid that there is also the revenge of King Yingquliang of Qin, Wei Kai led Chen Cangjun on the way to Pinyang, looked at the direction of Liyang and couldn't help but think in his heart.
As the saying goes, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. Now almost all the common people of Qin have mobilized to make the final preparations to resist the menacing Wei army. But as the minister of Qin, he actually fell into the well of Qin at this time, which is really infuriating and shameless.
Yes, the act of donating food by the Liyang clan, in the eyes of King Yingquliang of Qin, is a kind of speculation and falling into the ground, after all, who made their purpose not pure.
Although the secretary of the clan did not play on the surface, saying that Wei Kai had mastered the inappropriateness of so many troops, but since Wei Kai raised troops from Chencang, bad rumors about Wei Kai have been circulating in the Chongquan frontline army, saying that Wei Kai would announce personal vendettas, deliberately send the children of the family to death, and so on.
In addition, those old ministers of the Qin State, when they visited the Empress Dowager Qin every once in a while, said that the safety of the Qin family should be in the hands of the Qin family, and it should not be easily entrusted to outsiders.
Although Yingquliang can turn a deaf ear to these words, he has to think about his mother's words, and the current Qin State has to rely on these greedy and selfish old clans.
Since the minister of the Manchu Dynasty thought that Wei Kai, as a Wei person, might help his home country; And Wei Kai went to Chongquan to lead the army to fight, which may cause the hearts of the soldiers of the clan in the army to fluctuate, so now arrange Wei Kai and all the soldiers under his command under the nose of Liyang City and be monitored by everyone, then there should be no problem.
As for Wei Kai, although he was inevitably a little disappointed when he was replaced, he immediately felt happy when he thought that after the news of his stationing in Pinyang County reached Liyang, the people in the city were worried.
Since you make me unhappy, I won't make you feel better, I'm afraid this is what Yingquliang and Wei Kai think together.
The county seat of Pinyang was originally a city built during the reign of Qin Ligong.
At that time, the country to the east of the Qin State was still the Jin State, and the land west of the river went back and forth between the Qin and Jin countries, changing hands many times for a hundred years.
At that time, Qin Ligong, who was in Yongdu, in order to strengthen his rule over the east of Qin, set up counties and counties in the Luoshui Valley where people gathered, and developed production, hoping to use these scattered counties to achieve the purpose of encroaching on the land west of the river step by step.
However, since the establishment of Pinyang County, before the time of the rise, the Qin State fell into the "Fourth Rebellion", and then Qin Xiangong returned to the Qin State from the Wei State, re-ascended the throne, and moved the capital to Liyang, so far Pinyang County has no chance to rise.
After all, the Qin capital Liyang is next to it, and the merchants and people are all vying to migrate to Liyang City, who would want to stay in this small Pinyang county town? At the same time, Pinyang was located in the hinterland of the Qin State, and there was no disturbance from the war, and the government would not pay much attention to it, so it gradually became a small county town.
"General, there is Pinyang in front", You Jin, who was riding a war horse, looked at a small county town in the distance, and said to Wei Kai, who was leaning on the grain cart and looking at the bamboo slips.
When Wei Kai heard this, he raised his head slightly, glanced into the distance, and found an inconspicuous earthen city, and then stretched his waist and said: "Order the sergeants of the army, after arriving at the county seat of Pinyang, do not disturb the people." In addition, send someone to report it".
As soon as he heard this, he immediately patted his horse and left, arranged for his soldiers, and prepared to settle in Pinyang County.
Wei Kai looked at You Jin, who was leaving, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile. After all, such a trivial matter, You Jin could have handed it over to the soldiers under his command to do, and then, like Wei Kai, took time out to be lazy, but You Jin did it himself, not like a chief general in the army at all.
Yes, the chief general of the Qin army who went to Pinyang County was Youjin, and as for Wei Kai, he was just an idle person who traveled with the army now.
After all, in order to prepare military rations, the King of Qin agreed to the request of the Shi clan and removed Wei Kai from all military positions, but the Shi clan did not say that he wanted to control Wei Kai's personal freedom.
Since this is the case, then Chen Cangjun, who got the order of the general Yingqian to dispatch the Pinyang army, happened to see a down-and-out Qin man on the road, who also rushed to Pinyang, out of pity, to take this Qin man a little, this is understandable, as for why Wei Kai is here, it can only be said that everything in the world is such a coincidence.
The gate of Pinyang County.
"In Lizheng, Xiapinyang County, meet Shangguan", after a while, I saw an old man with gray hair and ragged clothes, who was led over by two Chen Cang soldiers, and then the wrinkled old man saluted Wei Kai and You.
Looking at the crutches, missing an arm, and struggling to salute, Wei Kai and You Jin suddenly glanced at each other, sighed to each other, and didn't know what to say. After all, the current situation was the same in Chencang before, and it was even worse.
However, fortunately, in the past two years, Wei Kai has vigorously encouraged the people's livelihood and stimulated the people's enthusiasm for production, and the harm of the clan that has been rampant in Chen Cang for many years has also been cut off by Wei Kai one by one, and the money collected in turn nourishes the fragile Chen Cang economy.
Coupled with the "wanton blood transfusion" of the Shuzhong Business Alliance in Chencang, the people of Chencang were able to live in peace, although they did not have surplus food, but at least they could eat a hot meal, not to be so ragged in front of them.
"Old Lizheng, don't be polite", Wei Kai looked obscure, and walked up to help Lizheng, who bowed and saluted.
Alas, such a person is not born to grovel, and some people are even more ugly to stand in radiance than to kneel on the ground.
Although Lao Lizheng in front of him lowered his arrogant head, his dark, cracked legs stood straight.
And from the coarse linen clothes fluttering in the wind, Wei Kai could see at a glance that the knife wound on the broken arm was a wound on the battlefield, this was an old pawn of the Qin State.
Li Zheng, who was helped up by Wei Kai, glanced at Wei Kai in front of him, and then looked at You Jin, who was dressed as a general of the Qin army next to him, and his face was full of doubts, and then he saluted You.
When Wei Kai saw this, of course he knew what the reason was, after all, Wei Kai's age, and even his current dress, did not look like a big man in the Qin army at all, but he was on the side, with a serious face, revealing the majesty of the general.
"What are you looking at, Your Excellency General...", Wei Kai glanced at the side, and was stunned at this time, and then said in a deep voice.
After You Jin on the side heard it, he hurriedly helped Li Zheng who was saluting, then looked at Wei Kai, smiled awkwardly, pointed at Wei Kai and said to the right there: "This is our general."
After hearing it, he was immediately very embarrassed, and he was about to salute again, but he was pulled by Wei Kai, only to hear Wei Kai say: "Old Lizheng, how many families are left in this city?" Why didn't you see the guards at the door? ...”
After hearing Wei Kai's series of questions, Lao Lizheng suddenly sighed, and then arched his hand to Wei Kai and said, "General Qiyu, the villain is the only remaining Lizheng Fushan in Pinyang.
This Pinyang County is now running and dying, and there are only more than 200 families left, and as for the officials and soldiers in the city, they have long left for Liyang."
Wei Kai sighed in his heart when he heard this, and sure enough. Although Qin Xiangong moved the capital to Liyang at the beginning, he did not completely move Yongdu to Liyang City.
However, to build a new big city, there are too many things, and the most basic requirement is to have people, after all, whether it is to build a city or to operate daily, population is the basic element.
In such a short period of time, if you want to gather a large number of people in Liyang, you can only draw the city near Liyang, and the county seat of Pinyang is within the scope of transfer.
"Is there a house in the city for my army?" , and then Wei Kai asked again.
After hearing what Wei Kai said, the old Fushan's face suddenly turned ugly, and under Wei Kai's gaze, he suddenly knelt down and said, "General, you can arrange for the army to live in the city." But there is no food in the city, little old man, please don't hurt the people in the city.
If the army is hungry, then take the few catties of meat of the little old man and feed the army."
Wei Kai looked at Fu Shan who was kneeling on the ground, and suddenly felt a pain in his heart.
Such an old man of the Qin State, on the battlefield, will not frown when he is slashed by a sword; When I met Wei Kai and the others just now, I didn't grovel because of my official position; But in front of the people of the city, he knelt on the ground without hesitation, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
The backbone of the old Qin people, in such a begging for mercy again and again, I don't know how long I can last, and the good man still can't survive the pots and pans in the end, Wei Xingxing couldn't help but worry.
It seems that the Qin State can no longer wait for the change of law, otherwise, after the blood of the old Qin people is polished clean by this world, I am afraid that even ten Wei Yings will not be able to save the Qin State.
After all, kneeling down is only for a moment, but to stand up, it will cost you a hundred times, and it will create insults.
"Old Lizheng, don't be afraid, we are not a chaotic army, but a son of the old Qin people", Wei Kai hurriedly helped up Fushan, who was kneeling on the ground, and then looked into the city as he spoke, only to see a few pairs of worried eyes shooting out from the houses not far from the city gate.
So, Wei Kai shouted to the city: "Don't panic, we are on the orders of the government to come and disturb for a few days, and we will never do anything to hurt everyone."
Then he ordered You Jin to let the sergeants of the army set up camp outside Pinyang City, so as to show that the army outside the city had no intention of offending Pinyangqiu, and to stabilize the panic caused by Wei Kai's sudden arrival in the city.