Chapter 54: The moon shines on the ditch

Does panic work? It didn't work. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

For retaliation, Liu Yan has long been mentally prepared, and it should be said that he has been waiting for Hou Zhao to react to the affairs of Buqi City and Cabinet County. What he was most worried about was that there was a large army from Xiangguo's side, and if he really wanted to do this, he didn't have to say anything, just pack up his things and go to the island, and wait to play guerrilla warfare.

Ji Chang and the others may be panicked in their hearts, but a group of people who have already been angry for a long time, even if they are flustered in their hearts, will not show it in front of Xiqian Bailiao and Su Lewan.

Very calmly and calmly, and talked about what kind of response to take, but their composure frightened Xiqian Bailiao and Su Lewan.

"The new round of taxes will be done by Bai Liao, and I can help after that." Liu Yan assigned the task: "As for the samurai and labor, let it be arbitrary, if you want to send people, you can send people, and if you don't want to, you will add taxes to it." ”

In fact, there are not many people in those families in Cabinet County who can be sent, even if all the families are out, the total is less than five hundred.

Xiqian Bailiao and Su Lewan looked at each other many times. They looked panicked when they came, one was the new No. 1 family in the county who had been supported, and they were deeply involved and afraid of retaliation; The other is that the trade of weapons and salt is still going on, and I have obtained big profits and do not want to give up.

Now, when they saw Liu Yan and the civil and military managers of the Han Ministry, they were very calm, and their hearts were a little calm.

"Lord, but will the tribe have a large army?" Xiqian Bailiao doesn't seem to treat himself as an outsider? He asked earnestly: "I wonder how many reinforcements will there be?" ”

Liu Yan just smiled and motioned for Ji Chang to answer.

Ji Chang smiled "hehe": "Naturally, there will be reinforcements coming, the tribal armed forces will not be less than 1,000, and the tribal warriors will be more than 5,000." ”

"That's good, that's good......" Xiqian Bailiao was really relieved in his heart: "It's just that we still have to send people to the imperial court." If the wealth is insufficient, the Xiqian family is willing to support the Lord. ”

After Su Le, I also hurriedly said: "Su Lejia is also willing to support the Lord. ”

Liu Yanke didn't show much relief or emotion, nodded flatly, and didn't make additional comments. The more he is like this, the more relieved I will be after Xiqian Bailiao and Su Le.

Before Xiqian Bailiao left, he expressed his desire to send his family descendants to the resettlement place, saying: "There are loopholes in the county defense of Jiexian County, and Bailiao also needs to serve the Lord, I am afraid that it will be difficult to ensure that the family is not disturbed, and please take the Lord's protection." ”

Liu Yan gave Xiqian Bailiao a good face. He knew that this was Xiqian Bailiao's real bet, and it was a manifestation of not getting out of the boat.

When others give sincerity, Liu Yan can't be too cold, so he has to be kind and relieved, and then give some trust that seems to be more.

There was movement in the surrounding counties, but there was no news from the fine work sent by Liu Yan. This is alarming. Later, it turned out that he was thinking too much, and the details quickly sent back the information.

"Your Majesty, it has been determined that it is Xiangguo who ordered officials at all levels in the surrounding counties to operate on their own." Ji Chang actually had a smile on his face: "In this way, although it is a little troublesome, considering that each county and county can only act on its own, it gives us a chance to break through." ”

That's right, too! The number of troops sent by Liu Yan repeatedly is not too much, although it is to conquer the city and not leave a chicken and dog, and it is also to take the cabinet county, but it really does not show a strong appearance, and it is normal for the Zhao court to despise it.

"Another month is the rainy season...... Ji Chang thought with a face: "Your Majesty? You sent Zhang Shi to Xiangguo to open up relations, what kind of response does Zhang Shi have? ”

It's strange to say, Zhang Shi has been on the road for nearly a month and a half, and no news has come back. If Liu Yan hadn't been able to see the green mark representing his own person on the Xiangguo side from the map, he would really have thought that Zhang Shi and the others were killed on the road, or that the money had run away.

Considering that long-distance contact is basically passed back and forth by people, if something happens on the way to the contact and the information cannot be delivered, then it will have to wait for a while, which is really a headache!

Ji Chang saw that Liu Yan didn't answer, as if he understood something. He looked at Xu Zheng and Lu Tai, who were honestly staying aside and not speaking easily, and frowned.

[But there are too few people who can use it......]

It's not that Liu Yan didn't dig out talents, since talents will be talents, it is not a kind of goods that can be found casually on the street.

It's 340 A.D.! In an era when more than 99% of people are illiterate, can they expect talents to climb all over the ground?

In fact, Ji Chang already felt that Liu Yan was lucky enough, he was able to collect such a team, and it was clear that some large tribes of hundreds of thousands of people were nothing more than that.

"Today...... The plan, pay attention to the surrounding trends, see who is the most positive, and the king should take him under the knife! Ji Chang saluted Liu Yan and said, "We should try our best to show our strength, act with thunderous speed, and deter the rest." ”

Changguang County is not too big, there are only a few counties, most of them are actually the same as cabinet counties, and only a few counties have a large population.

What is more strange is that it is not necessarily that the population of the county is more concentrated, and some tribes that still maintain nomadic grazing, and even the places where they form villages to protect themselves are more than the population of the county seat.

According to the administrative efficiency, every court official, tribe, or family who received the order of Xiangguo will not prepare at the same speed, so the time of assembly and dispatch will be different. In this way, there are also opportunities to break through.

In the future, Liu Yan should also order preparations for war, including materials, people, and so on.

"Your Majesty, recruiting new pawns is unavoidable." Ji Chang's expression was a little grim: "The information on both sides of the scout and the detailed work all show that almost all the Hu people in the surrounding area have taken action, and even those families who surrendered earlier in the county have also moved. ”

Therefore, the Qiang people are still the overlord of the Central Plains for only one day, and they definitely have a natural appeal to the Hu people. As long as you move your mouth, there are people who are willing to serve and die for it.

The next day, Liu Yan had already received the news from Zhang Shi's side.

What happened in Changguang County on the Xiangguo side did not have much repercussions...... At least the reaction at the court was relatively flat?

Not abrupt, the Qiang people are the overlords of the Central Plains, but the control of the Qiang people over the local area is really not high. In fact, this is also the limitation of today's times, the Jin court in Zhengshuo is like this, what else can the Jin people do?

It may not be right to say that there is no reaction, because Shi Hu lost his temper, but after venting, he did not give any instructions.

It was Shi Shi who gave the order to the officials and people of all ethnic groups around Changguang County. He is the son of Shi Hu.

Shi Hu has quite a few sons, and most of them have no right to speak. Shi Shineng has the right to speak because he has won the support of some people such as Shi Min (Ran Min) and Li Nong.

So in other words, Liu Yan wants to befriend Ran Min here, but Ran Min over there is encouraging Shi Shi to increase his weight in Shi Hu's heart with Liu Yan's exploits, so as to fight for a smooth path to the crown prince?

Liu Yan only felt a little crying and laughing when he heard such news. Obviously, it was luck that Zhang Shi went to visit and was not killed by Ran Min...... Maybe it's for the sake of nearly fifty catties of gold, an armor, and a war knife? Ran Min didn't take Liu Yan's force in his eyes at all.

"Zhang Shi failed in his first mission and is trying to convince the great Confucians in the court." Liu Yan didn't have any special emotions: "The matter of befriending Da Confucian was unexpectedly smooth. It's just that the Confucianism of the Later Zhao court has no military power, and the right to speak is not high. They said that only our side showed strength...... or value, it is suitable to speak to Shi Hu. ”