Chapter 57: Small Talk
On the outskirts of Qichang City, the armies of Zhou and Chen were still facing each other in the north and south, and the Chen army, which was anxious to attack the city and was about to take Qichang in two days, was bored, and now it was somehow quietly stationed in the wilderness on the outskirts of the southern part of the city.
And the Zhou army, who had rushed to Qichang to support from the dust, was also bored, and stayed in the camp outside the east of the city to close their eyes and recuperate, except for sending rangers to the south from time to time to test them, they had no other actions.
At the head of Qichang City, several defenders were leaning against the wall and chatting, and after experiencing the twists and turns of the previous great joy and sorrow, they almost 'saw through the red dust', so now they have a cold eye to the unruly battle situation outside the city.
Fighting and winning meritorious service and receiving rewards are all false, and being alive is the greatest benefit, and everyone is now looking forward to the enemy and us consuming it like this, and when the Chen army's food and grass are exhausted and the troops are withdrawn, then everyone will be happy.
There is no need to fight face-to-face anymore, wouldn't it be nice for everyone to go back to their respective homes!
Seeing that the general was far away from them, they continued to chat, and the topic was what had happened recently: yesterday another batch of reinforcements came into the camp. Some people say that they heard that the soldiers called a young man who led the army to be 'Yuwen Envoy'.
"Yuwen Envoy-kun? Which Yuwen envoy? A person with a bad brain asked, now there are only three officials surnamed Yuwen on the boundaries of Shannan and Jiangbei states, among which there are Dayuwen and Xiaoyuwen, and he can't figure out whether others are saying big or small.
"Of course it's Xiao Yuwen! He is in Bazhou next door, and Dayuwen envoy Jun is far away in Xiangzhou. Some people scoffed, Bazhou borders Qizhou to the west, and it is naturally Xiao Yuwen who rushed over in a short time.
"Is it the one-legged bronze man Yuwen Wen? What did he do in Qichang? ”
"What to do? This Xiao Yuwen made Jun provoke Jiangnan Chen Jungou to jump over the wall and cross the river to our Qichang to besiege the city, he must have come to atone for his crimes. ”
"The reinforcements a few days ago are meritorious, what is he doing now, is he here to grab credit?"
The only thing that the people know about the three officials surnamed Yuwen is the 'decisive battle at the top of Xiyang' Bazhou Thorn Shi Yuwenwen, as for the other two, they only know the official position and don't know the specific name, and the most famous among the people outside the official is naturally the 'one-legged bronze man Yuwenwen'.
The rebellion that occurred on Chinese New Year's Eve in Xiyang City, Bazhou Prefecture has long been quelled, and the most talked about story by the people is the 'decisive battle against the top of Xiyang', Bazhou Thorn Shi Yuwen vs. Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing of Chen State, the one-legged bronze man has three points of true dragon energy, and the name 'Yuwen Wen' is deeply imprinted in the hearts of the people.
What is Yuwen Xingtai called? I don't know. What is Daewoo Envoy called? I don't know. What is Xiao Yuwen's name? Yuwen Wen!
Speaking of Yuwen Wen, everyone is energetic, it is said that the previous name of the Erlang Jun of the Yuwen family was 'Yuwen Evil Wolf', and in July last year in Jiangling, the capital of Liang Guoguo, he was afraid to 'lewd \ chaotic harem', and after being stopped, he 'pulled out a knife and slashed' and made 'a river of blood' really outrageous.
Then at the end of the year, this one went to Bazhou as an envoy, and everyone thought that the people of Bazhou were going to be ruined by the scourge and the people were miserable, and as a result, the 'Yuwen Evil Wolf' turned out to be a good official as if he had changed people.
Not only to eliminate the accumulated defects, rectify the rule of officials, but also to judge the case like a god, this is not a rumor, but a real thing, Qizhou and Bazhou border, the people of the two states have many relatives and friends, so they are well-informed, and they all know that the changes that have taken place in Bazhou are true.
Therefore, many people do not believe the story of the "decisive battle at the top of the West Sun" on Chinese New Year's Eve, but in fact they have become the disseminators of the story and enjoy it.
This Xiao Yuwen envoy Jun is a lord who likes to toss, and later said that there must be snails where there are Gu worms in the water, as long as the snails are destroyed, the swelling disease can be prevented, and the Bazhou Prefecture Ya sent people to collect quicklime everywhere and transport it to Xiyang County, it is said that pouring quicklime on the ditch pond barren beach can kill the snails,
At the beginning of spring, Bazhou also launched a curved plough for ploughing land, and what kind of rice transplanting method made people dazzled, and everyone had not yet reacted to a new trend.
Collect piglets, as long as the healthy piglets are collected, the people who collect the piglets also come to Qizhou to walk around, there are many people in Qichang City to sell the excess piglets at home and get a lot of money, it is said that Xiao Yuwen made Jun build a pig farm outside Xiyang City, there are thousands of piglets, everyone calls this one 'pig Tai Sui'.
This pig Tai Sui is really 'Tai Sui' and later provoked Chen Guolai in the south of the Yangtze River, the war in April was not too enjoyable to lead the troops to the south not long ago, Chen Jun was annoyed by the attack but helpless, in the end, Chen Jun had no choice but to come to Qi Chang's bad luck with this pig Tai Sui.
"So, this Xiao Yuwen envoy came to Qichang probably out of guilt to help in the war." Someone said their own opinion, and a group of people chattered for a long time, naturally they couldn't come up with a reason, and finally felt that they should treat Yu Wenwen, who led the troops to reinforce Qichang, with kindness.
Wuchang Chen Jun, who is across the river from Xiyang City, wants to go crazy about crossing the river to take revenge, Yuwen Envoy Jun is not at home to defend but instead comes to Qichang to help, who will benefit from such a warm-hearted good neighbor and say that people are not!
"Could this be a hit?" Another person said that he was worried, he was worried that Chen Guo deliberately attacked Qizhou in order to deal with Yuwenwen in Bazhou, so as to mobilize the Bazhou army to help, and then took advantage of the lack of Bazhou troops to cross the river from Wuchang to the north, if Xiyang City was besieged, it would not be good.
"Isn't the navy in control of the river, where does the Chen army have the courage to come over, I think the gentlemen have already thought about it, let's not worry about it."
Someone saw that no one came to stop them after chatting for a long time, so they became even bolder, and whispered out a secret: Last night, when he was on night duty at the head of the city, he found that there was movement outside the city, and the official army camp on the outskirts of the city seemed to have soldiers and horses mobilized at night.
"I saw a great crowd of people moving in the moonlight." The man said mysteriously, "I left for the east without lighting a torch!" ”
"East? What do they do in the east, it's all mountains, and there is no way to outflank Chen Jun in the south."
The north of Qizhou is Yizhou, and then the north is the Dabie Mountains, and the east of Qizhou is the remaining veins of the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains.
The eastward mountain road could not turn to the south halfway, so it was impossible for the officers and troops to send troops to take the eastern mountain road to outflank the Chen army's camp on the southern outskirts of Qichang City.
Starting from Qichang, through the south of the city, take the official road in the southeast direction, you can go directly to the southeast of Guangning, Guangning is located on the edge of the Yangtze River, once under the rule of Qizhou, two years ago Zhou Guoda was taken away by Jinzhou in the east, anyway, if you want to outflank the Chen army to the east, unless you get the Sui army of Jinzhou, it is delusional.
"They won't be going to attack Jinju in the Sui Kingdom, right? Chen Jun in front of him didn't solve it, and he went to provoke Sui Jun, is it crazy to lose his mind? (To be continued.) )