Chapter 8: The Barracks
Because he was going to meet the Son of Heaven early tomorrow morning, Pei should enter the city overnight after discussing with Pei Wei, and even Pei Wei and other scribes, with cronies, exactly one hundred people, but did not make Zhen Sui and Beigong Chun cooperate, and ordered the two to take care of the camp. With {dream} small β’.1a
Chang'an City is tall and majestic, but there are many traces of damage, and many parts of the repair are still firm, but there is no time to consider the aesthetic problem. After entering the city, he looked around, and as Pei Wei said before, Chang'an today is not a capital, but just a large military camp......
In June of the fifth year of Yongjia, Liu Yao, Wang Mi, Shi Le, Hu Yanyan and others captured Luoyang; Hu Jun took advantage of the victory to advance directly, and in August, Liu Cang and Zhao Ran also conquered Chang'an and captured Sima Mo, the king of Nanyang in Jin. To this year's wax moon, Jia Kai, Suo Qi, Liang Zong, Yan Ding and others began to support Sima Ye Yuyong, called the crown prince, attacked Chang'an, and recovered it in April of the following year. At that time, it was Liu Yao who was guarding Chang'an, and seeing that the situation was unfavorable, he moved more than 80,000 people in the city and fled north to Pingyang.
According to the records of later historical records, when Sima Ye succeeded to the throne - "the world collapsed, the households in Chang'an City were not hundred, the walls were ruined, and the artemisia thorns became forests." There are no chariots and horses in the imperial court, only the Sang version is signed. The only brigade of the public, public and private vehicles with four rides, many equipment, and no ......"
Although after the recovery of Chang'an, the people scattered in the four fields returned one after another, but nearly four years have passed, and it is said that less than 2,000 households have gathered-no way, most of them have been taken away by Liu Yao-less than one-tenth of the heyday. Now the most of the soldiers in the city are soldiers, including the forbidden army and the soldiers and horses of the Qin King from all sides, but most of the elites were taken out by Lu Yun to resist Liu Yao, and the vast majority of those who remained were old and weak...... According to Liang Su's previous words, there are only more than 1,000 Liangzhou cavalry, and they are still worthy of a battle, and that is because his generals are at odds with Lu Yun, and would rather serve Suo.
After all, Suo Juxiu is a native of Dunhuang, and he is a native of Liangzhou, and the Koji clan is just a native of Qinzhou - although a hundred years ago, Qin Liang was not separated......
Pei Gai looked as he walked, couldn't help but get closer to Pei Wei, and said in a low voice: "If the general has a different heart, he can arrest Suo Gong and seize his authority...... Pei Wei nodded, and then replied: "Wen Suo Gong respects Liang Gong, and Lu Gong is not as good as him, I am afraid that he will get Chang'an, if there is no help from Liang Gong, it will be difficult to calm down." β
Pei Gai smiled slightly: "They are martial artists, they have this concern...... the implication of the words, I don't have to worry.
Pei Wei reminded him: "Duke Liang is the uncle of the first emperor (Huaidi Sima Chi), and he has been in the court for a long time, and his power cannot be underestimated, and I am afraid that no one can replace him." "Don't think nonsense, you can't move Liang Fen for the time being.
Pei Gai bowed his head and said: "Just say it casually, I don't have such a meaning...... Let's talk with Suo and Liang Ergong first, and then make plans. β
In fact, he really wanted to kill Suo Qi in his heart, because that guy was really a. If you can fight to the end, even if you lack ability, you should be sympathetic. For example, Zhang Jun in the Song Dynasty, Zhi Da was talented, and the battle of Fuping was extremely ugly, and later he mishandled it and forced Liu Guangshi to rebel, but Pei Cai still maintained a lot of respect for him - because he insisted on the main battle and never made peace. Another example is Wen Tianxiang at the end of the Song Dynasty, in fact, whether it is fighting or governing politics, his ability is mediocre, but he has been repeatedly frustrated and fought, and finally died of martyrdom.
But what about Suoqi? In the original historical line, later Liu Yao surrounded Sima Ye in the small city of Chang'an, the city ran out of food, Sima Ye had no choice but to send Song Chang out of the city to welcome the surrender, Suo Qi actually detained Song Chang, and made his son say to Liu Yao: "The food in the city is one year old, and it has not been conquered, if I can allow the general to ride the chariot, the three duties of Yitong, and the duke of Wanhu County, I will surrender." "I actually want to take the lives of the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials to seek the greatest interests for myself after the reduction of Hu!
However, even the Hu people looked down on this kind of goods, and Liu Yao immediately beheaded Suoqi's son and rejected his intentions; After the surrender of the Jin Dynasty, the monarchs and ministers were sent to Pingyang, and Liu Cong was disloyal to Suo Qi as a minister and ordered him to be killed in Dongshi......
Pei Gai often discusses confidential matters with Pei Wei, because he belongs to the same clan, this uncle is trustworthy - of course, it does not mean that relatives are necessarily loyal, but as far as the current situation is concerned, the two are grasshoppers tied to the same rope - and Pei Wei is very shrewd, which is really Pei Gai's indispensable arm. But some ideas are either immature or too shocking, even if Pei Wei is not easy to reveal.
Pei Gaiben is a time-traveler from later generations, and he has read history books, so he has some preconceived judgments and even prejudices about many celebrities of the era, which is inconvenient to say. For example, for Su Jun and Su Zigao, Pei Gai has not yet met, and he can say that he is Cao Wei's first-class careerist, and although he accepts it later, he is also vigilant. Another example is the Suo Qisuo Juxiu, Pei Gai, who knows his ending in the original timeline, will inevitably despise and even hostile, and then secretly murderous; However, in this timeline, judging from his current performance, Suo Qi is not guilty of murder.
Pei Gai once imagined that if he could enter Jiankang and hold ...... hostage No, if Sima Rui is supported, Wang Dun cannot be retained, Yu Liang is not available, and Wang Dao may turn into a powerful helper for his own family - of course, the premise is that the basic interests of the Pei family are not too much in conflict with the basic interests of the Wang family. And if he can enter Chang'an and help Sima Ye, he must put the rope to death!
Koji Yun can still stay, although Sima Ye once sighed before he surrendered: "Those who misunderstand me, Koji and Suo Ergong are also!" But Lu Yun never did such a shameless thing as Suo Qi, he finally followed Sima Ye to surrender, and when he arrived in Pingyang, he saw that Sima Ye was humiliated by Liu Cong, and Lu Yun cried on the ground, which made Liu Cong angry and sent him to prison, and he immediately committed suicide in prison.
Compared with Suo Qi, everyone likes loyal ministers, even if they can't be used by me and must be killed, they can also posthumously present a good gift as an example for their own ministers to follow - Liu Cong posthumously presented Lu Yun as a general of the chariot cavalry, and he was a marquis. If Suo Qi hears this, would he rather be killed?
As for Liang Fen, this person is an interesting character, in fact, he was captured by Hu Jun as early as the first time Chang'an City fell, and it is said that he also demoted to Han and became Liu Cong's guard - this is recorded in "Spring and Autumn of the Sixteen Kingdoms", and it is difficult to distinguish between authenticity and falsehood - but I don't know how, he actually ran back to Chang'an and supported Sima Ye to ascend the throne. When Chang'an fell again, Liang Fen also followed Sima Yeer to Pingyang, and then his figure disappeared from the history books, however......
Pei Gai happened to have a classmate surnamed Liang in his previous life, and when he was studying the genealogy, he found a lot of wild historical records, all of which said that Liang Fen was the ancestor of the Liang family's southward migration, that is, in the end, he took his family and ran away to the Eastern Jin Dynasty...... If that's the case, this is really a big connoisseur! Pei Caixin said that I can't do it, if you let me go to Huying again, I guess I will commit suicide directly, and I will never have the courage and confidence to flee again......
Although Chang'an City is the former capital of the Qin and Han dynasties, but since the Eastern Han Dynasty changed the capital to Luoyang, its status has plummeted, and then although Dong Zhuo hijacked the Han Emperor to move west to Chang'an, but it didn't take long for Dong Zhuo to be killed, and then a vote of Kansai Takeo took power, no one thought about rebuilding Chang'an - it is estimated that the big guy and Liu Xie's idea is the same, Chang'an is temporarily living in the ear, we have to go back to Luoyang sooner or later, and why bother to rebuild Chang'an?
For more than 100 years after that, Wei and Jin were both in Luoyang, and Chang'an continued to stand on the side, so the scale of the city was always at the level of the Western Han Dynasty and failed to keep pace with the times.
In fact, Chang'an City in the Western Han Dynasty can not be regarded as a normal city, but only similar to the imperial city of later generations, more than half of the area of the city is the palace, and the rest is the hundred official offices, mansions, and treasury at all levels, although there are east and west markets, it is estimated that they are all official eunuchs to buy the place - basically there is no place for the common people to live in the city. Therefore, the area is not large, and it is not even half of today's Luoyang City.
After Sima Ye became the master, Jia Kai ordered a small city to be built on the site of the Mingguang Palace in the southeast of the city, as a core fortress, and also allowed the crown prince to live temporarily. Pei should come in from the Qingming Gate in the east, a tilt of the head, you can see this small city in the distance, built quite majestic, the city wall is as high as more than five zhang, he said in his heart that no wonder Liu Yao later broke Chang'an, Suo, Koji can still be defended according to the small city, if it is not for the food exhaustion, it is really not easy to be captured.
He just said to Pei Wei: "If the general has a different heart, he can arrest Suo Gong and seize his authority...... "In fact, what about me?" Although there were only 2,000 cavalry, even if it was like a barracks, it was a barracks with a chaotic layout, lax defenses, and weak and cowardly soldiers, and it was really not difficult to fight. However, if you attack the small city, it is indeed not easy, and it is said that there are more than 1,000 Liangzhou cavalry in the small city......
Okay, Pei Gaixin said, I will go to see Liang Fen and Suo Qi in person tomorrow, and then make a decision.
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Liang Fen had already arranged the next place for Pei Cai, so that he could wash the wind and dust, so that he could go to meet the Son of Heaven tomorrow morning. As far as the etiquette is concerned, he did not see the Son of Heaven or his colleagues, so after Pei should stay, he ordered several cronies to go everywhere to inquire about the news, and he planned to rest early after dinnerβafter all, he was already extremely tired after marching for days.
In winter, it gets dark early, but Pei should be used to eating late and going to bed late, although he is tired, he has stayed up until about the end of the day - about the ** o'clock in the future - he was about to wash and sleep, who would have expected that suddenly a part would come to report, saying: "Brother Ling Xingzhi came to worship." β
Pei Gai was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said in his heart that it was dark in the middle of the night, what did Pei Tong suddenly run over to do? Then he waved his hand and said, "Let me say that I have fallen asleep, and after the Hajj tomorrow, my brother will meet again." β
After going out for a while, he turned back and reported: "Brother Ling refused to go, saying that he had something important to report to the lord." β
Pei Gai had no choice but to reorganize his clothes, ordered someone to invite Pei Tong in, and asked as soon as they met: "Okay, I just entered the city, and I didn't say hello to the Son of Heaven, so it is not appropriate to meet Qing." Why are you anxious to see me? β
In fact, when Pei Wei and Wang Gong entered the city during the day, they had already sent people to find and inform Pei Tong, first, to ask the other party to be ready to help each other in the court, and second, to inquire about the inside of Chang'an from their relatives. Pei should want to meet Pei Tong again and have a good chat, but don't worry, I have to wait until I come back from the court tomorrow.
Pei Tong smiled and saluted: "Brother, how dare my brother violate the etiquette and see in private?" This time, he came in vain and was sent by Situ. β