Chapter 3 Troubled Times Descend Section 68 Salivating

The voice of the frustrated professor still echoed in the venue: "We are sure that this law is to use the form of law to ensure that the future business transactions in Qingzhou will be carried out in a fair, just and orderly manner, and the law will ensure the normal transactions of trustworthy businessmen in Qingzhou......

The voice gradually drifted away, and only the sound of Li Wei's report filled the heavens and the earth: "Lord, Izumo urgent report: Lu Longsai was attacked by 100,000 troops of Xianbei in Hexi, and the 150,000 army of Wuheng Xianbei went south along Xuanshui, captured Qinglong City in Beiping County on the right, and the soldiers pointed to Feiru City in Liaoxi. ”

Plans are always better than changes, we planned to meet the enemy in Feiru City, but we prepared a table of dishes and came to two tables of guests. Can Izumo withstand blows from both sides?

Shaking my head, the frustrated words drifted into my ears again: "Everyone knows that before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the ratio between the number of officials in the imperial court and the number of ordinary people was 1:400 (this ratio is the largest ratio in all dynasties), and after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, many local officials fled and were killed, and this ratio rose to 1:600.

Qingzhou is in frequent wars, and to this day, there are still three battlefields at war. In order to stabilize the people of Qingzhou, we have determined the policy of no tax on agriculture within five years. If there is no tax on agriculture, Qingzhou will not be able to support too many officials. The ratio of our rulers to the population of the people is 1:951. The county-level officials are appointed by us, and all the township elders below the county-level units are elected by the township elders to achieve self-government.

Qingzhou, after the beginning of spring this year, needs to build castles in all townships and counties to implement self-defense of the villagers. However, the number of officials in Qingzhou is too small to ensure that after paying attention to the normal government affairs of the townships and counties, they will organize manpower to repair the city walls and fortresses, repair the roads, and plant trees everywhere. For this reason, many projects in Qingzhou must be contracted to businessmen to operate.

The specific mode of operation is as follows: the Qingzhou government puts forward the specific requirements of the project, and the merchants list the specific construction plan and the money and food spent, and apply to the government to participate in the construction, and the government decides to contract the project to one of the merchants according to the plan submitted by the merchants.

During this period, the government no longer participates in specific construction projects, and only conducts inspection and acceptance after the completion of the contracted projects of the merchants. In addition, a monitoring team composed of local village elders will participate in the supervision of the project throughout the process. If, in the end, the project passes the acceptance of the government, the merchants who contract the project will be able to get all the money and grain for the project.

Qingzhou needs to build this year's city walls, roads, list of catalogs you can ask for. It should be noted that businessmen who have signed contracts with the government to contract projects may be worried about the government's dishonesty. After all, it is not feasible for one person to stand up to the government.

In order to protect the rights of our customers, we have published this contract law. to dispel your worries. Since then, in Qingzhou, as long as a contract is signed, both the government and the individual, whether the commoner or the noble, are equal under the framework of the law and must be bound by the contract law......

Later we will also publish the Qingzhou Exchange Law, which stipulates the rules for trading and the weights and measures to be used......"

Well, after saying this, Qingzhou's political proposition of "rejecting 'sole rule', advocating 'rule by the people', and sending the people of the world with the power of the world" has a sufficient basis. After the people were divided into six classes, by strengthening the power of the scholars (samurai and scribes) and carrying out the strategy of "re-clans, lineage officials, and feudal counties", Qingzhou will be as indestructible as an iron bucket.

It's just that I'm running out of troops right now. Leban with the first army of Qingzhou stationed in Yinping, Guan Hai with the second army stationed in Langxie, now, only 1000 thunder riders and wolf riders are left on the land of Qingzhou for mobile defense. Five years later, the war in the Central Plains began, relying on this little force, the defense was more than enough, and the progress was insufficient. The attack on Izumo fully proved this.

It is necessary to recruit two legions again in Yinping and Langxi, and evacuate the young and strong men in these two places. In this way, with the addition of Le'an and the two city guard corps of the Qi State, I have 6 main corps at hand, with a total of 18,000 people. With Qingzhou's financial resources, it should not be a problem to raise 20,000 troops.

With 20,000 well-trained soldiers, plus the city guards from all over the country, if there were any battles similar to Izumo's attack, it would not be as overstretched as it is now.

Tao Qian of Xuzhou had been appointed as the state pastor, and he had 80,000 troops at hand. Sooner or later, you have to negotiate with me for the northern part of Langxie County, and you must use powerful force to deter him before he awakens.

The same is true for Yanzhou......

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At this moment, in the distant territory of western Liaoning, a grassland army that could not see the edge at a glance was driving cattle and sheep down the Xuanshui (Qinglong River).

In the procession, a teenager waved a bullwhip sullenly, driving the cattle and sheep to speed up the march. Not far behind him, an old man with a withered face sat on a cart pulled by oxen, leisurely watching the young man drive the ox.

"Zeta (meaning nails), you hurry up the cattle and sheep. I heard that the warriors of the forward battalion are almost fat. We went late, and we couldn't grab the Han people's things. Those little bastards, they won't leave us a bit of scum. The old man on the ox cart urged the young man frequently.

"Uncle Kedil, I've been whipping them non-stop, but these cows are tired from walking so far." The young man named Zita muttered dissatisfiedly: "Uncle Kedil, we have already conquered Qinglong City, why do we still attack Feiru City." Fat as the city was the city where the big bear was stationed, and it is said that the big bear with a few hundred people wiped out a tribe. It's not necessarily a good thing for a striker to run fast. ”

On Liu Bei's military flag, there is a simple and frustrating bear, so among the grassland peoples, there is the title of "big bear".

Kedil straightened up and scolded, "Little cub, what do you know? Qinglong City is the city of that Gongsun (Zhan), Gongsun, who has a great enmity with our clan, and Da Xiong is a friend of Gongsun. We beat Gongsun, can Da Xiong not come to take revenge?

Besides, the city under Gongsun did not have much oil and water, and the rich people ran to his main city. Conquer Qinglong City, that bit of wealth is not enough for so many people. If I hadn't run fast, would we have been able to grab this carriage? Zeta, this time you are as fat as a city, you must run fast for me, don't fall behind."

Looking at the crowd of people around him who were struggling to rush to the fat city, Kedil salivated and added: "If you want to talk about the ability to govern the city, ten grandsons can't catch up with Da Xiong alone." It is said that the fat city is rich, the rice warehouse is full, and the cattle and sheep are full. ”

As he spoke, Kedil slapped the carriage hard and said, "You see, how comfortable the carriage of the Han people is, it is said that the big bear does not like to let people carry a sedan chair to sit in a sedan chair, so everyone in Fat Rucheng uses this kind of carriage to lead the way." No matter how powerful the big bear is, as long as we grab a few more of these carriages, put the tribal things on the side of the cart, and hide in the depths of the grassland, the grassland is big, where does the big bear look for us? When our tribe's cattle and sheep are fat, and there are more warriors, we will come again and rob his mother. ”

Kedile's words caused a chorus of admiration from the surroundings, which made him even more proud.

Zita also agreed with this statement in his heart, but let people refute it face to face, and the face of the headquarters was better, and Wu Ziqiang argued: "However, I heard that the big bear does not forbid the sale of carriages to us, why don't we exchange cattle and sheep for carriages with him, but exchange the blood of warriors for all this?" ”

Kodil was speechless, red-faced and speechless.

Beside him, a Xianbei warrior who was riding a horse answered and said, "What do children know? The Han people plough with hoes, and we plough with swords. The hoe of the Han people reaps the crops, and our swords harvest the human head. The heads of the Han people were harvested by us, and their crops and possessions, of course, were ours. Since ancient times, we have been farming in this way, and we will continue to cultivate in this way for a thousand years, and the Han people are our crops. ”

The surrounding Xianbei people were encouraged by these words, and they sped up their pace with enthusiasm.

The man leaned down and commanded, "Pick up your sword, little girl, and hurry up, for news has come from the front: the great bear has transferred the fat army to Luronse, to reinforce the defenders there." Now, only the city guards are left in Fat Rucheng. The soldiers of the city guard were farmers who performed labor and military service in lieu of taxes. At the beginning of spring sowing, it is impossible for the big bear to recruit too many farmers to join the city guards, fat as a city, and now it is like a girl without clothes, still showing off coquettishness, brothers, speed up. If you're late, you can only drink that's *. ”

The Xianbei warriors roared. Khotel immediately jumped up from the carriage and hurriedly commanded: "Zitta, you drive the herd behind, and I will ride to the front to join the battle." ”

Kedil's words caused an echo, and the Xianbei warriors pulled their horses around them, jumped up, and followed the man.

As he rode his horse, he cautiously asked, "Our warrior, may I know your great name, so that my children may boast of your heroic majesty on the steppe?" ”

The warrior glanced at Kediel's bare horse and replied, "I am the white wolf's pole, and when I look at your horse, I know that you come from a far place in the western part of Liaoxi." ”

Poehler pointed to Kodil's horse and added: "Now, the bear's men have beautiful long saddles (bridge saddles) on their horses, and the saddles are equipped with stirrups under them. Even if we didn't buy a stirrup for a big bear, we had to tie a strip of cloth under the saddle and hang our feet. In this way, you don't have to struggle to hold the horse's belly for long rides, and you'd better tie a strip of cloth under the saddle before you charge, otherwise the bear's soldiers will easily knock you off your horse. ”

Kedil thanked him repeatedly, and the Xianbei warriors around him also nodded their heads again and again, indicating their understanding.

In the city of Fatty, after receiving a message from the Eagle tribe, the people of the city have begun to evacuate. The city guard Li Ao led two retinues and began to patrol the city.

Li Ao, the word Xingyun. At the beginning of the sixth year of Guanghe, he fled from Huainan to Liaoxi due to famine and entered the Izumo Military Academy to study. Because of his poor family background and introverted personality, he has always been alone and rarely makes friends with others. Because no one recommended him, he worked as a primary school for Lei Qi after graduation. Because of his calm personality, he was selected by Gao Shun at the beginning of the year, and he was as fat as a city guard, playing the role of a decoy (recommended by reader Wind Speed Leo).

At this moment, the fat city is like a big magnet, constantly attracting the nomadic tribes on the grassland to gather towards him. Looking down from the sky, a branch of the tribe was like a big black arrow, pointing straight to the fat city.

Li Ao, patrolling the empty city. The low city wall of the fat city could not stop the army of more than 100,000 people, eighty percent of the residents in the city had withdrawn, and the remaining few residents, under the organization of the township guard, walked out of the south gate in an orderly manner and retreated to Yang Lecheng.

The raid of Xianbei in the second year of Zhongping was the first southern invasion of the Hu people in the late Han Dynasty. Historically, this southern invasion and plundering was very rich, and since then, the nomads have developed the habit of "advancing if it is advantageous, and retreating if it is unfavorable" ("Historical Records of the Xiongnu"), and finally, they entered the Central Plains and conquered the Han regime.

During the Wuhu Rebellion, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was openly stated that the Hu people were exempt from punishment for plundering the Han scholars, and the Hu people could arbitrarily ask for the things of ordinary Han people if they needed them. At the same time, Shile also forbade the Han people to call the Qian people Hu people, but called "national people", and violators were beheaded. His founding Han minister, on the way to the court, was robbed by the Hu people of valuable things and clothes, Shi Le saw his embarrassed appearance and asked him what happened, the Han minister was angry, and casually replied that the Hu people robbed him, and forgot to say "Guoren". After the words were spoken, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly apologized to Shi Le, who was in a good mood at the time, so he pardoned the Han minister.

From this, we can imagine the situation of the average Han people at that time.

Now, whether we can let the Hu people know the high cost of plundering depends on whether we can repel the raids of the Xianbei people in one battle. It is based on this intention that we have formulated a strategy to use this small city as a cemetery for the Xianbei people. To this end, Gao Shun evacuated the Feiru defenders and waited for the enemy to jump into the trap.

"Captain Li, Captain Li", Li Ao, who was inspecting the empty street, heard a shout behind him.

Turning around, the strong sunlight close to noon made him squint: "Is it Niman of the Aquila tribe (meaning goat)?" Have your tribes not withdrawn? ”

Niman ran tightly and walked into Li Ao's side: "Captain Li, the women and children of our clan have basically withdrawn. Now, there are still 300 warriors on the front line to find out. ”

Standing beside Li Ao, Niman kept panting and said worriedly: "Captain Li, according to the news from the front, the enemy is moving too fast. It is estimated that at noon today, the enemy's advance will be able to reach Feiru City. If the enemy is not satisfied with the plundering of the city, they may pursue the evacuated people. In that case, the enemy army will penetrate deep into the territory of Izumo.

In addition, according to the children's reports, the Bull Tribal warriors in the West will not be able to reach Feiru until tomorrow morning. Lu Long is now unable to send a team to cooperate with our attack, but must beware of the enemy army of Fat Ru flowing to Lu Long to fight. Izumo Castle arrived at the same time as the three armies, the general of the Chinese army was served by Lord Gao Minglei (Gao Shun), the left army Taishi Ziyi (Taishi Ci) led the wolf cavalry, and the right army Zhang Junyi (Zhang He) led the ironclad foot soldiers.

However, the ironclad infantry moved too slowly, and Master Gao Shun also deliberately slowed down the march. I guess that Lord Gao is planning to arrive at Feiru tonight and fight the other party for a night attack. ”

Li Ao raised his face, looked at the sky, and asked, "Did the intelligence that the enemy moved too fast be transferred to General Gao?" ”

Niman replied: "I have sent someone to report to Lord Gao urgently, but the reply has not yet arrived." ”

Li Ao lowered his head, kicked a small pebble at his feet, and said expressionlessly: "I know, your clan has completed its mission, let's withdraw." I'll take care of the rest. ”

Niman replied unhappily: "Captain Li, do you look down on our Sky Eagle Clan?" In any case, I am also a third-class baron of Izumo, a warrior of the Aquila tribe under my command, and I am also a citizen of Izumo. Izumo Castle is also the castle of our Aquila clan. Running away from the battlefield is not something that Izumo can do. ”

Li Ao still had an expressionless face: "Oh, since Izumo is a meritorious person, I will not say anything outside the world, gather your subordinates, gather in the small church, gather all the Izumo meritorious people, and gather in the small church." ”

In the small church, Li Ao was pacing on the altar with a sinking face, and on the top of the church, the bell rang loudly, and one after another people dressed in armor and holding weapons entered the church and sat down.

"All of you here are meritorious people, so I won't say much else." Li Ao coughed and opened his mouth: "Seeing that everyone is here with armor and weapons, I think everyone knows what to do?" Everyone knows that the enemy army is moving too fast, the people who have withdrawn from the city have not gone far, and the reinforcements have not yet arrived. We must fight and drag the enemy to the fat city.

On weekdays, the city lord treats us as meritorious people very well. We walked on the street and saw us wearing meritorious badges, and the people bent down to salute. Local officials are appointed, and the lord of the city is first selected from the meritorious people, and the local self-government, the common people elect us, the meritorious people, to protect their property and homes.

Now that the war is coming, we want to tell the people that we are worthy of their trust and respect.

To tell you plainly, our duty today is: to die, to die in battle.

On the other side, there is an army of more than 100,000 people, and it is impossible for us to repel these greedy guys. Our duty is to use our battles, our blood, and our lives to tell the enemy that Izumo has no shortage of warriors to the death. In order to defend our homeland and our people, we do not hesitate to die in battle. ”

The heroes in the church were silent for a moment, and immediately, a thunderous roar erupted: "I am invincible, I am invincible." ”

Li Ao nodded, and then said: "I don't know where you come from, I am a homeless person who fled from Huainan to Izumo, and because I am literate, I entered the military academy to study. When I was in Huainan, my house had no land, and my house had no tiles. When I arrived in Izumo, I had a land and a home of my own.

At that time, the lord of the city told me: This is my property, and no one can take it, even the holy and heavenly gods of the present day must acknowledge all this.

This year, I met the lord of the city again during the Farming and Animal Husbandry Festival. The lord of the city also told me to take care of my home, to love my woman, to respect the law, and to protect my city. I have always kept in mind the teachings of the lord of the castle.

We are all Izumo's heroes, we are all Izumo's most respected people, on weekdays, we enjoy the admiration of the people, enjoy the blessings of the castle lord, now, the war is coming, the heroes, for our honor, for our dignity, for our women, take up our weapons, ring our bells, and declare to Shino: We will use our blood to defend our homeland, our women, and our city. ”

There was a chaotic sound of chairs, and the people in the church stood up neatly and swore in unison: "The sky is above, the gods are the witness, our people and our people, fight to the death, defend our descendants!" Defend your homeland! Defend dignity! Defend the honor!

Izumo is rich, and all ethnic groups are prosperous. Our generation is industrious, and the grains are abundant. Xian is despicable and despicable, and comes to invade my territory. Murderous nature, change and intensify! Now the war is imminent, the living beings are about to be destroyed, I am out of the rich land of Cloud City, the beautiful homeland of Luanhe Hebei, and the disaster of extinction! And we meritorious people are by no means greedy for life and afraid of death. Defend my homeland, whether old or young, rather than be broken, never complete. The head fell to the ground, the blood stained the sky, and never took half a step back.

The sky is above, the gods are the witnesses, our people are fighting to the death to defend our descendants! Defend your homeland! Defend dignity! Defend the honor! ”

"Open the gates, foot soldiers, and follow me out of the city to fight. Go up to the walls and support us with bows and arrows, men of the archers. Li Ao shouted loudly.

The city gate opened, Li Ao led the foot soldiers out of the city, and counted the manpower around him: 317 people.

In the crowd, Niman's smiling face appeared in front of Li Ao's eyes, with a happy expression, as if he was not going to die, but to participate in the feast.

Li Ao sighed: "Niman, I went out of the city to fight, why didn't you command the archers in the city?" ”

"Forget it, these veterans don't need to be commanded. Besides, there are only 200 people in the city, and with our men, we will die sooner or later against an army of 100,000. And fighting out of the city is the honor of a warrior, and you won't deprive me of this honor. ”

Li Ao sighed again and walked to the front of the formation without saying anything. Turning around and shouting to the people in the city, "Seal the city gates and delay as long as possible." ”

The sun gradually moved overhead, and the vanguard of the Xianbei tribe appeared on the horizon, and a group of small black dots turned into a large group of people who filled the heavens and the earth. Li Ao sighed and said to Niman, who was sitting beside him with a round shield and a giant axe, "Tell everyone to get up and line up." ”

Previously, in order to maintain their strength, 317 warriors who were determined to die sat or lay down, hiding in the shadow of the city gate, but now the enemy army is approaching and must be arrayed.

The small army of 300 men went out of battle, causing a burst of laughter from the enemy, and the Xianbei forward did not wait for the follow-up troops and horses to arrive, and took the lead in launching an attack.

"Minions", a thousand Xianbei warriors ignored the sparse arrows on the city wall, and screamed and slapped their horses into Li Ao's formation.

"Front team, split formation." Li Ao raised his voice and shouted. With a front team of 100 men, it would be unwise to block the cavalry of fast horses.

The formation cracked like a wave, and after putting in about 500 cavalry, Li Ao ordered in a loud voice: "The front team, close the formation, and fight to the death without retreating." Immediately, they took the lead in killing the enemy.

An enemy soldier borrowed the momentum of a horse and stabbed Li Ao with lightning speed. Li Ao led the way with a shield, jumped up high, stabbed the horse's throat with a sword, and without waiting for the enemy pawn to react, he pounced on the other cavalryman with his toes on the back of the enemy's horse.

The horse fell with a bang, and the horse's body pressed against the horseman's leg, and the horseman screamed miserably, and the horseman struggled on the ground.

Niman picked up his axe and slashed at one of the cavalrymen, cutting down the cavalry company and horses to the ground, shouting: "Keep in battle formation, in groups of five, cover each other, and divide the enemy." ”

When Li Ao heard this, he shouted: "Come to me, assemble, and divide the enemy army." ”

The ranks scattered by the enemy gradually gathered around, and as soon as our troops formed battle groups, the results of the usual combat training began to appear. The enemy forces of the brigade were blocked on the perimeter, divided into small groups of two or three people, and quickly cut down to the ground. Once the small group of enemy forces had been cleared, the battle team quickly stepped forward and cut a small piece out of the large group of enemy forces to divide and eat it all.

The concave city gate limited the large impact of the enemy army, and the rain of arrows on the city tower wiped out the enemy troops on the periphery from time to time, and as time passed, the balance of victory began to tilt in favor of Li Ao.

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