Chapter 38, Hongmen Banquet
Chinese The lord of Hanxiwu was unable to come to the meeting because of his illness, so he had to order his sister-in-law to replace him, who had entered Huaiyin City two days earlier, and also reported to the county office, and registered his name with Zhou Zhu, and no one warned him that his identity was not enough, and he should be excluded from the meeting.
Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Test I didn t expect to wait for the meeting but Pei Yuanjun suddenly became angry and ordered him
"The fork will go out". Immediately, he rushed in two powerful subordinates, and held down the young man, and he took Tira down the hall like a chicken.
The Dock Castle Lords couldn't help but stir. Chen Fen knew this young man, and knew that he had also practiced boxing and kicking for a few days, and it was difficult for three or five people to get close, and he couldn't imagine that he had no power to fight back, so he was really killed
"The fork will go out"...... Is it that he doesn't dare to resist, or is it that these parts under Jun's command are really mentioned to his brother, and they look like they are all extremely capable characters?
He tilted his head slightly, and the corner of his eye scanned the crowd, which meant: a little restless. Anyway, we are all serious dock castle masters, and we didn't find anyone to replace us, unlike that kid, so what kind of heart do you have, what are you anxious about?
When the birds fall from the arrows, should the birds that fly dozens of feet above them be afraid? Not only that, but he hurriedly bowed his hand to Pei Gai: "Let the king calm his anger." "The negotiation has not yet started in earnest, so I need to save some face for the envoy at this time, especially I have to try to leave a good impression in his heart, so it will be convenient to bargain later."
Pei Gai glanced at Chen Fen, and his voice softened slightly: "You are ......"
"The villain Huaisiwu master Chen Fen, the word ......"
"You are Chen Fen? I heard that the Ru family is the richest in the county, has a wide range of land, and has a prosperous household registration in the dock fort. ”
"The villain should repay himself, but he doesn't know that the king needs money and food? What is it required? "Okay, so that's where we get down to business.
Pei Gai pouted and smiled: "I am the history of Xuzhou Thorn, and it is not an ordinary Thorn History, and I carry the ......letter of the Governor of Xufang" The Thorn History of the Jin Dynasty is divided into two kinds, one is the Thorn History without soldiers, only in charge of civil affairs, and the other is the Thorn History with Soldiers, which is a bit similar to the state pastor in the late Han Dynasty-
"It's our duty to defend the land. If the northern captives lead the army to cross the Huai and attack Huaiyin, how will they resist? Chen Fen, I heard that you have also led the people to suppress thieves many times, and you know about the soldiers, you said, how many soldiers should garrison this city, can it be safe? Chen Fen replied without hesitation: "Huaiyin County is small, and the villain also saw it when he entered the city, and the city fortifications are all complete, so only one or two thousand people are needed to garrison, and it will be ten times more difficult for the enemy to fall." The villains and others will gather the people and respond from the outside, which is naturally as solid as Mount Tai - so that you don't have to worry. "What he means, don't talk about defending the enemy at every turn, just the soldiers in your hands are enough to defend the city.
Pei Gai sneered: "The person I am worried about is not in the middle of nowhere, but within the Xiao Wall." Chen Fenyi frowned, what did he mean by saying this?
I...... I don't understand. Fortunately, Pei Gai immediately explained: "Before Zu Shou left, he also told me that the Huaisui Fort has been completed today, and the northern captives can be prevented from crossing the Huai, but if they cross from the upstream, what will they do?" If Rujiawu Fort is the enemy, will you defend it for me? Chen Fen replied casually: "If the northern captives come, we will uphold the will of the envoy and fight to the death, so that he will not cross from Huaisi Township to the south!" "Anyway, Cao Wei won't really come, who wouldn't pat his chest and brag about it?
Pei should pay attention to Chen Fen: "But if your brother is a thief, what should he do?" ”
"The villain will definitely not descend to the thief!"
"A few years ago, Zhao Gu and other soldiers went to Xiapi, and I heard that you have a more easy banner and the intention of opening a dock fort to welcome surrender? Is there such a thing? Chen Fen was taken aback when he heard this--I rely on who told the envoy about this?
Thinking about it again, it seems that this is not a secret thing, at that time, the county planned to change course, and there were not a few dock forts that honestly endured the conquest of the Hu Han army, if Zhao Gu's department really drove east for thirty or fifty miles, maybe half of the dock forts would be lowered immediately...... It's not surprising that Pei Yuanjun heard about this, but the problem is that in front of him, I definitely can't admit it!
"This rumor is also designed to frame the villain, the villain is a Jin person in life, and a Jin ghost in death, how can he turn his back on his ancestors for this?" Pei Gai pouted: "People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, but I can't believe it." After a pause, he observed the reaction of Chen Fen and the others, and then said in one breath: "It's better for your brother to come to live in the county with his family, and let my department drive into the dock fort and guard the family business on your behalf - you and the others are the same, as long as you hand over the dock fort to the official family, you can ensure the peace of the big and small!" When they heard this, they were all stupid—what does that mean?
This envoy is not as easy to talk as rumored, how can he seem to have a lot of appetite today compared to Zu Taishou?
Is this true or false? Is it to intimidate us and wait, or is it to ask for a sky-high price? All of them set their eyes on Chen Fen - you are the leader of our alliance, hurry up and say something, how to deal with the envoy's discussion?
Chen Fen was also a little confused, but he couldn't allow him to think about it for a long time, so he immediately shouted out his grievances: "We really have no intention of betraying, so that you don't listen to Xiaoxiao's words......" Pei Gai looked at him coldly: "I only ask you, never obey?" ”
"It's really hard to obey your fate, it's better to ......" Pei Gai immediately raised his eyebrows and glared at him: "If you refuse to obey your fate, you won't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless!" The bamboo cane in his right hand immediately drew towards the iron sash placed on the table.
"Dang", the sound is quite crisp. forthwith
"Hulala" footsteps were mixed, and as soon as everyone looked up, they saw dozens of soldiers pouring out behind the screen and outside the side door in an instant, guarding Pei Gai, and all of them held bows and arrows, and as soon as they stood still, they opened their bows and pulled the strings, aiming the shining arrows at themselves.
And at the same time, there was also the sound of footsteps behind him, and someone dared to turn his head to take a look, and saw that dozens of people were also blocked at the entrance of the lobby, all of whom were holding bows to each other.
Chen Fen couldn't help but be stunned and said, "It turns out that the envoy summoned me to wait, and he didn't have good intentions!" Pei Gai nodded proudly: "Yes, today is the Hongmen Banquet!" "—————————— Pei should have wanted to clean up this dock castle master for a long time, he didn't plan to get along with Chen Fen and the others.
There is a saying called
"Imperial power does not go to the countryside", that is the helplessness of ancient Chinese society due to the cost of ruling and the limitation of the number of officials, to a certain extent, the autonomy of the township community is allowed - from this perspective to observe the ancient society, it is true
The name of "feudal princes" has the reality of feudal hierarchy. But unlike the West, the central government was relatively strong—most of the time—with limited tolerance for local autonomy, and once it went beyond the boundaries of one township and one mile, it was bound to be suppressed.
There were a lot of former Han Dynasty because of this
"Cool officials", focusing on suppressing local heroes, even at the expense of bloodshed. After repeated purging, by the later stage, at least at the spiritual level, it had become unified, except for a few remote areas, it did not exist
"Know that the landlord does not know the officials, and know that the officials do not know the emperor", or
"The vassals of my vassals are not my vassals" situation. It's just that local forces will also rebound, and the combination of new Confucian ideas and clan forces will soon emerge
The cancer of the "scholarly family" has caused long-term turmoil and division. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it can be said that it was a reaction against the first empire of the Qin and Han dynasties, and it was turning back the clock of history.
Moreover, in the troubled times, the small local forces of non-family families also re-expanded, taking advantage of the decline or even withdrawal of government authority to build large and small dock forts in various parts of the Central Plains.
These dock forts can be said to be miniature separatist regimes, which invisibly also cut the remaining forces of the Jin Dynasty in the Central Plains into pieces, and can no longer gather forces to resist the hurricane-like invasion of the Hu Han State, that is, the former Zhao and the subsequent Later Zhao regime.
Although during the Northern Expedition, many dock forts extended olive branches to him, and even under his leadership, they sent troops and food to work for him, but this is not so much the heart of the dock fort owners, but rather the call of Zu Shizhi's personal charm, and it is not so much due to his personal charm, but rather because of the situation, he had to do it.
Because at that time, both the Liu family and the Shi family were busy stabilizing the land north of the Yellow River, and the Henan region was in a semi-vacuum state.
It is recorded in the history books that when the ancestors were killed in Henan,
"Heshang Fort Gu first had Ren Zi in Hu, all listened to the two genera, and sent the guerrilla army to copy it, knowing that it was not attached", if they really have the difference between Rong and Jin, and the idea of thinking about Jin, how could they first hold Hu Zi, and then maintain the situation of the two genera for a long time?
Zu Ti was unable to annex and destroy these forts in time, so his army was scattered and could not bear to fight hard, and after the death of his charismatic leader, his power collapsed in an instant.
Therefore, Pei should have the experience of later generations, and must not follow the mistakes of his ancestors. Especially when he entered Huaiyin City, he found that except for some wealthy families and handicraftsmen in the county, basically all the county residents, especially the agricultural hukou, were all controlled by the eleven dock forts.
It is conceivable that if this state of affairs is not reversed, once there is an invasion of Hu cavalry, many dock forts will directly turn around and surrender to Hu, and the rest will probably be
The "two genera" are the established guidelines, and they sit back and watch the success or failure. If it is Zhao Gu, Wang Sang and the like, soldiers and bandits, then it is enough, if Shi Le and others have great ambitions, as long as they throw an olive branch, the killing is not too much, and the dock castle owners will not throw in one after another?
Who cares about their bare stabbing history?! Therefore, whether it is from the perspective of maintaining the stability of the Huainan region for a long time, or from the perspective of establishing a solid base and supporting the Northern Expedition of Zu Li, Pei Gai must unify these dock forts and firmly control the fields and households in his own hands.
So, what should be done? He soon remembered a sage, that is, Liu Biao Liu Jingsheng, who seized Jingxiang in the late Han Dynasty.
At that time, Jingzhou was in turmoil, and Liu Xian rode into Yicheng, and used the strategy of Kuaiyue.
"Let the Yue send people to lure the thieves, and fifty-five of them shall be beheaded, and they shall be attacked and attacked, or shall be given a trilogy...... Jiangnan Sui Xiping".
Liu Jingsheng sat down to talk, but this hand was still very neat and neat, which was amazing. The problem is that Pei Gai couldn't imitate Liu Biao's actions when he first arrived, because although Liu Biao didn't have any soldiers around him, and he looked thinner than Pei Gai's forces, he was already famous in the world, so he was able to pull the local snake brothers and Cai Mao onto the boat first.
If there is no conspiracy and temptation by Kuai Yue, as soon as he parachutes officials, I am afraid that even the number of thieves will not be counted.
However, there are no big clans in Guangling County—the Dai family, which is now in charge of Guangling, Yuxian, and Hailing in the south, can barely be regarded as a medium-sized portal—and there is no resourceful person like the Kuai clan who can be used by Pei Gai.
Besides, although Pei Wenyue's family background is Xuanhe, in terms of his own reputation, he is far worse than Liu Biao at the beginning, even if there are really Kuai Yue and Cai Mao, he may not be willing to come to his door.
That's why he can only lie dormant for the time being, waiting for the right time. However, it was Pei Gai's established policy to clean up those dock castle owners and snatch all the fields and household registration they had in their hands, but he had never told Zu Li, and he had just revealed it to Bian Yan not long ago - and he was scolded by Bian Yan.
Prior to this, on the one hand, Pei Gai pretended to be a gentleman or even an addict at the meeting to make the dock castle owners despise him, and then pretended to be greedy, satisfying many of the dock castle owners' requirements for official positions and fields-
"If you want to be defeated, you will be helped; If you want to take it, you will be with it", anyway, I can't hold it in the first place, so what if I give it to you first?
Sooner or later, it's going to come back to me! It wasn't until Zu Ti was gone that the dock castle lords completely let down their vigilance, and at the same time, they also had some armed forces in their hands, and more importantly, the local intelligence was almost collected-I really thought that Pei Yuanjun was running around, just because he was bored, or did he like to listen to stories, he suddenly launched to capture all those dock castle lords in one fell swoop!
As for whether to kill or not, let's see how they perform. —————————— for this one
"Hongmen Banquet", Pei should have been planning for a long time, but how to implement it, he didn't tell Liu Yetang, Zhen Sui and others until the last moment.
The four battalion governors did not disagree—whether to arrest or not to arrest people, to kill or not to kill, to arrest and kill whom, just listen to the order—Liu Yetang immediately suggested that if the envoy wanted to kill all those dock castle masters, he would transfer the spearmen over, and if it was only an arrest, the archers should be the best.
The place is so big, if you use swords and spears, it is difficult to guarantee that you can leave all the living dock castle owners - most of them are also martial arts, and they will inevitably resist - but if you use bows and arrows, the deterrent power is stronger in person, and as long as you don't release arrows, you can't actually hurt anyone.
That's why they sent archers at both ends to surround the dock lords in the middle. In a hurry, several people were speechless in astonishment, and they didn't even know where to put their hands and feet, but they just curled up and shrunk their heads—as if they could narrow the target and make the bow and arrow shoot inaccurately—and the rest of them all turned their eyes to Chen Fen.
Chen Fen was scared and regretted - why did my brother come over without wind and waves, and he could still buy an official job, but I fell into a trap after a trip?
However, regret was useless, and he could not be allowed to think about it for a long time, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he felt as if countless eyes were piercing his back like arrows—his seat was the most forward.
What to do? If the Wubao owners are completely scattered, they will naturally make their own plans and fight for themselves, but they said before they came, Chen Fen is the leader of the alliance, and only Chen Fen is the first to look forward, so the big guys unconsciously have to observe Chen Fen's reaction first.
Chen Fen knew that if he hesitated or tied his hands, many people who originally planned to resist would give up because of this...... Is it really to hand over all the property according to his fate?
Outrageous! And who dares to guarantee that if you hand over the property, you will definitely be able to survive? You have to resist, even if it's death, you have to pull a few more cushions, and you can't let this hateful envoy take advantage of it!
But with so many arrows drawn and so close to each other, as long as you practice casually for two or three months, no one will shoot inaccurately...... How do you resist?
Listening to Pei Cai's shout: "Take it all down for me!" Then he saw a number of soldiers poking their heads out from behind the archers with ropes in their hands.
Chen Fen knew that he couldn't hesitate any longer, so he immediately sat down with his body slightly backwards, then stretched out his right hand to copy a few cases on his side, and then leaned out his left hand and picked up a few cases behind him, exerting force with his arms,
"Drink", and at the same time lifted the two cases up and protected their bodies.
With a few "aggressive" sounds, some archers loosened their strings, and six or seven arrows were all nailed to several cases. It was too late, it was fast, as soon as Chen Fen stopped these arrows, he immediately exerted his legs and feet, bounced up, brandished two cases, screamed again and again, and rushed towards Pei Gai.
There are only a few archers in front of Pei Gai, no one has a long or short hand-to-hand combat weapon, once he gets close, I don't believe that anyone can stop him!
As long as a few cases are knocked down by the dog official, the siege can naturally be solved, and then the dog official is taken hostage, and there is a great possibility that he will return to the dock fort safely!
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