Chapter 51: Rebellion

Hu Song took the initiative to surrender, making Zhen Sui very passive. He usually has a good relationship with Mo Huaizhong - mainly because Mo is more slippery and often pretends to cater to Zhen Manzi - he really can't pour out his words when he is full of words, so he finds an opportunity to borrow tea instead of wine, and pours bitter water with Mo Huaizhong for a long time.

He said that after I captured Kuaicheng, I would immediately take Shangqi and loot the food of the scattered people along the way, so I might not be able to run out of food so quickly. This is less than 300 miles away, and it will take five days to get there quickly, and when the governor of the capital sends someone to order the troops to retreat, I will be able to touch the gate of Shangtai. The soldiers of Qinzhou are all weak chickens, maybe Sima Bao will not dare to defend the city and will take the initiative to retreat, so won't I have a great success?

But Hu Song's surrender completely disrupted my plan. According to my original intention, I didn't know the right, I cut off Hu Song's head, and all the Qinzhou soldiers in the city were slaughtered...... But with Pei Kai here, it's not easy for me to do this. The Qinzhou soldiers in Kuaicheng were not killed, and there were thousands of more mouths in vain, searching their treasury, but there was not much grain and grass...... This must be eaten with us, how is it good?

Mo Huaizhong's eyes rolled, and he suggested: "It's better to ask General Hu to lead his troops back to Chang'an, they can eat and ...... on the road" Zhen Sui was overjoyed when he heard this, and said okay, just do it!

So I hurriedly went to Pei Kai and told him that I was ordered not only to capture Kuaicheng, but also to enter the territory of Qinzhou, to show off my might, if Hu Song and these Qinzhou old soldiers were brought along, or still stay in Kuaicheng, I really didn't feel at ease - "If they make trouble again, my back road will be cut off." "It's better to drive them to Chang'an, and don't bring more food, there is no extra food, and I am not afraid that they will be flooded on the road."

Pei Kaijaw was reasonable, so he agreed to Zhen Sui's request, and went to discuss with Hu Song in person. Hu Song couldn't help but feel embarrassed - he wanted to continue to stay in Kuaicheng, if he suddenly returned to Chang'an, would Pei should instantly turn his face, revoke his title, or even take his life?

So the rhetoric was perfunctory. Pei Kai talked with him for a while, and barely figured out Hu Song's intentions, so Zhengse advised: "General Hu abandons the dark and turns to the light, Pei Cheng wants to stabilize Guanzhong, so that he can attack Hu Lu in the east with all his might, how can he be slow to stay with you?" If the general still holds the military power and is outside the court, that is, Pei Gong does not say anything, and the ministers will have doubts about the monarch, how should they deal with themselves at that time? The general thought carefully, if the imperial court really wanted to offend the king, could it be that these thousands of weak and small cities could protect the safety of the general? ”

When Hu Song heard this, he suddenly realized, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and waved towards Pei Kai again and again, thanking the person who woke up the dream. But then he packed his luggage, and galloped out of Kuaicheng with more than 100 people from his cronies, and rushed to Chang'an - I won't bring the soldiers from Qinzhou, and the soldiers will return to Beijing, which will inevitably arouse suspicion.

As Pei Kai said, can I bring so many thousands of people to save my life? If they want to kill me, it just gives them an excuse; If the other party didn't have the intention of killing me, I led the troops there, maybe there would be malice......

Zhen Sui was confused when he heard this, and hurriedly ran to ask Pei Kai, what did you tell Hu Song? He left all the soldiers of Qinzhou, what should we do? Otherwise...... It's all slaughtered.

Pei Kai waved his hand and said, "No." Pei Gong often admonished us and others, don't kill without permission, and now that the Jin people in Guanxi are getting fewer, and there are many Xirong, how can we slaughter the Jin people again? Zhen spread his hands and said what should I do? I'm afraid that these Qinzhou soldiers will make trouble, but now that Hu Song has run away, no one is in charge, isn't it easier to have problems? Since you said that you can't kill them, it's better to follow the original plan, find someone to be the commander, and drive them to Chang'an, and send them to the governor.

Pei Kai couldn't help it, and he didn't think about it, so he did so, drove all the Qinzhou soldiers out of the city, designated one person as a general, and asked them to go to Chang'an on their own to accept the reorganization. The new general ran to ask Zhen Sui for food and plate fees, but Zhen Sui used the excuse that the grain was limited, so he came to the west to go to the west, and the grain of rice was not with him. went to plead with Pei Kai again, Pei Kai talked to Zhen Sui a lot, and finally squeezed out ten days of rations for them.

Kuicheng to Chang'an four or five hundred miles, go faster, this little bit of food is enough to eat.

Zhen Sui is trying his best to squeeze out every grain of grain, so that he can go deeper into the territory of Qinzhou, and even really hit the upper city, Pei Kai lacks practical experience and is a little too taken for granted. If it is the old Xuzhou army, the military discipline is strict, and the road is fully equipped, there is no need to make a concurrent journey, and he can arrive in Chang'an City safely within ten days; The problem is that the Qinzhou soldiers are lax in discipline, confused in the hearts of the people, and lack of qualified generals......

More than 6,000 soldiers in Qinzhou left Kuaicheng, and they only walked less than twenty miles on the first day. Immediately, many soldiers deserted, and after snatching the food carried by their companions, they turned back to Qinzhou; In addition, many generals could not see the future clearly, which led to rumors that General Hu would abandon us and return first, and the imperial court would not still accept us as soldiers, and they would all be sent to the iron mines to work as coolies......

The soldiers did not have much to eat, and when they came across the villages—those they had not robbed before—they habitually went in and looted them, and as they went, they robbed and robbed as they went, and soon they reached the cantonment where the bell was.

Now there are more than 100 people coming, and there are no brave men like Yang platoon commander in the cantonment, the bell is not good, and he escapes first, and the people are not only looted, but also many young people are coerced, and they have also joined this aimless team - the old generals of Qinzhou cannot be restrained at all.

It snowballed like this, Yu Lu even robbed a team of grain trucks that were transported to Zhen's army, and when they approached Wugong County, tens of thousands of people had besieged the martial arts group and extorted food and money. Wugong County closed its doors and refused to comply with their demands, so the rebels immediately cut down trees and attacked the city......

Wugong County is just a team of more than 100 people in the old Xuzhou Army, temporarily Latin went to the city to help defend, and at the same time the fast horse broke out and told Chang'an in an emergency - I didn't go to Huaili, because I knew that the county guard was not in the city. When Pei Gai heard the report, he was shocked and angry, and hurriedly sent Yao Yizhong to lead his troops to rescue Ying, and then transferred a large army to follow up and suppress the bandits.

Yao Yizhong went into battle for the first time after returning to Shun, and he was extremely excited, he had 300 Qiang soldiers, 500 Jin soldiers, and a lot of cavalry. So he selected more than 200 elite horsemen and personally led them to gallop to martial arts.

By the time he arrived, the siege of Wugong had entered the fourth day, and the defenders had suffered heavy losses—mainly the people who were temporarily assisting the guards, and as for the old Xuzhou army, there was no casualty—but the rebel army outside the city had not even been able to climb the top of the city. Yao Yizhong immediately led his troops to charge into battle, and the chaotic army was defeated, half of them were taken prisoner, and the rest were scattered.

However, this rebellion did not stop there, the fleeing Qinzhou soldiers were scattered in the territory of Shiping and Fufeng, and gathered into more than 10 small gangs of tens or hundreds of people, Yao Yizhong, Wen Lang and others cooperated with the local garrison, and it took nearly a month to wipe them out - the villages and cantonments that were lost as a result were no less than 20 places, and the people suffered many casualties.

Besides, after Hu Song arrived in Chang'an, Pei Gai really did not punish him, and gave him a mansion, plus the dismissal of Dr. Guanglu - it is equivalent to saying that your town army general will be empty from now on. Immediately heard about the rebellion of the Qinzhou soldiers, Hu Song was shocked, and hurriedly ran to Pei Cai's mansion to take the blame - not rhetoric, he really took off his shirt, carried the thorn strip, and knelt in front of the gate of Pei's mansion for a long time.

Pei should personally go to his burden, support him with both hands, comfort Hu Song and say: "This is all mishandled by Pei Kai, Zhen Sui and others, and since the general has returned to himself, the rebellion of the Qinzhou soldiers has nothing to do with the general." As Pei Kai said, Pei should not treat Hu Song slowly, one is to use him as a thousand golden horse bones, to recruit scholars from Qinzhou, and on the other hand, to appease the hearts of the Hu clan and other big clans. Anyway, there is a lot of this kind of waste, as long as I don't appoint it, they will eat a meal for nothing, and pose with the court, how much will it cost?

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When the Qinzhou soldiers surrounded Wugong, Zhen Sui had already led his troops to leave Kuaicheng and continued to advance westward, first entering Luoyang County. When the urgent news reached Shangqi, Sima Bao was shocked and hurriedly convened the generals to discuss.

The people he trusted the most were Zhang Chun and Yang Ci, but when he got to the hall and looked at it, he asked left and right: "Where is General Zhang?" "Didn't you hear that he was cured two days ago, why didn't you come to see me? The left and right explained: "General Zhang is ill and has little miasma, but yesterday he regained and it was difficult to get up, so the special secretary wrote an essay and apologized to the king......

Sima Bao had no choice but to turn his gaze to Yang Ci and asked, "What does General Yang claim?" Can you defend yourself against the enemy for a lone soldier? ”

Yang Cixin said, Zhang Chun, your disease has recurred, it's really strange...... But you didn't say hello in advance, and you left me here alone, it's really not interesting! Hearing Sima Bao's inquiry, he hurriedly replied: "The defenders of Shangqi are mostly under the command of General Zhang, and it is difficult for the final general to be mobilized. ”

Sima Bao is not stupid, knowing that Zhang Chun is pretending to be sick, he refuses to lead the army to aid Luoyang, even if he goes to visit the patient in person, what can he do? At the moment, he was unhappy and said: "Lonely undressing and food, treating Qing and others well, can no one be worried about loneliness?!" ”

Yang Ci said: "Why don't you send an envoy to Liangzhou and ask Zhang Anxun (Zhang Yu) for rescue?" ”

When Lichang next to him heard this, he hurriedly surrendered his hand, and Mao recommended himself: "The minister is willing to send an envoy to Liangzhou for the king." ”

Pei Shu shook his head and said: "Luoyang is only sixty or seventy miles away from Shangdi, and it is almost there, but Liangzhou is thousands of miles away, how can it be saved?" Besides, Zhang Anxun has always been obedient to the imperial court, how can he send troops for me to resist the official army? General Yang's remarks are too unreasonable. ”

He is clearly against Yang Ci, but he is actually blocking Lichang - I am so slow, you were the first to speak, and now the big guys want to get off the broken ship of Sima Bao, how can you allow the Ru Li's clan to get out first?

Yang Ci immediately glared: "You are clearly here to make an appointment for Pei Wen!" He arched his hand towards Sima Baoyi: "Please kill Brother Pei Xu, then Qinzhou can be safe!" ”

No matter how stupid Sima Bao is, he also knows that killing Pei Xuan and Pei Xuan at this time can only make the officials and soldiers more violent...... ignored Zhang Chun at the moment, but asked Pei Xu: "Is Qing willing to go to Luoyang to persuade Zhen Sui and others to retire for Lone?" ”

Pei Xuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to agree, but his brother Pei Xuan pulled his shirt hard next to him. What Pei Xuan means, brother, you took the opportunity to run away, leaving me here alone and waiting for death? Unless you can really persuade the officers and soldiers to retreat, you and my brother will never have a chance to see each other again!

Pei Xue had no choice but to reply to Sima Bao and said: "The minister has three strategies, maybe he may retire from the official army, but I don't know if the king is willing to obey?" ”

Sima Bao was overjoyed and asked eagerly: "Qing Ke clearly said, how much money and silk do you need to donate before the officers and soldiers are willing to retreat?" ”

Pei Xuxin said that people will quit the army for a little money? That's an official army, not a robber who robs a house, and even if it is a bandit, it will definitely come out with an astronomical amount, how rich do you think you are? secretly contemptive, his expression naturally couldn't be brought out, but he just pretended to be sincere and said: "The best policy, the king will write a seal to apologize, send it to Chang'an urgently, make an appointment, return to the court, and avoid the difficulties of the family......"

Before he finished speaking, Yang Ci jumped over in one step, clenched his fists and slammed towards Pei Xu's face, and shouted: "You are really working for Chang'an, the noble body of the king, how can there be any reason to ask for surrender?!" ”

Pei Xu hurriedly twisted his waist and tilted his head, which could be avoided. In fact, there are many scholars in these years, even if they can't hold weapons and fight, they ride horses and shoot hunting every day, and their physical fitness is quite good, and Pei Xu can't be excepted. Unless Pei Gai is a high-ranking person, a small official, and is kept in captivity in the capital, his physique will be slightly worse. Originally, in history, until the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties, everyone was only in charge of their own industry, and the work of fighting the war was handed over to the Jiangbei refugees, and the morale would become increasingly superficial and weak.

Yang Ci missed a punch and wanted to fight again, but Sima Bao hurriedly ordered the guards to pull him up and blast him out of the hall. Yang Ci deserves it—this time you won't ask me to lead troops to the battle, right? I still hurried to discuss with Zhang Chun, who was pretending to be sick, how to survive the crisis......

In the hall, Sima Bao asked Pei Xu again: "My father and son have made great contributions to the country, but the court listens to the villain's words, fabricates accusations, and wants to kill me, how can I go to Chang'an lightly?" The best policy is actually the next policy - please don't plan a good plan. ”

Pei Xuan settled down, and then replied: "The minister's strategy, please kill Zhang Chun and Yang Ci, blame the two, and ask the court for the guilt!" ”

Sima Bao tightened his eyebrows and remained silent. But next to him, Koji Yun said what was in his heart on his behalf: "Ziyu is cautious." Zhang and Yang are actually in charge of Qinzhou's soldiers, and if they want to kill them, they will cause chaos, and they are afraid of hurting the king. ”

Pei Xuan sighed softly and said, "So the only way to do this is to make a decision." Chen An was brave and incorrect, and when he saw it in Luoyang, he could order him to summon Ju Di and Qiang to resist the official army first. This year's harvest in Kansai is poor, and the ministers are not very much grain in Chang'an, if they can resist in January or February, or the enemy will retreat, it is not known. ”

Sima Bao seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and quickly nodded: "Qing Yan is yes, this is the best policy!" "Take care of the secretary, and quickly write to Chen An, asking him to save the orphan...... No, it's better for Lone to write a letter to him.

After the meeting ended, the Pei brothers walked out with their heads bowed shoulder to shoulder. Pei Xuan lowered his voice and asked, "Brother, Chen Anlai, can you really resist Master Wang?" Pei Xuan shook his head lightly, and also said in a low voice: "However, Chen An was ordered, or he could be sarcastic to turn around and remove the two ......thieves Zhang and Yang, and before the words fell, a voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Pei is engaged in slow travel, and there will be something to discuss with you in the end!" ”

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