Chapter 366: Recruiting Danyang Soldiers
Since Huang Sui led the people to revolt and besiege Shu County, the people in Zongyang City were panicked, for fear that the rebels would go south to capture Zongyang City in the south of Shu County, after all, Zongyang is no longer a big county, there are few soldiers and few people, and the rebels are really going to come tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and they are really unlikely to be able to bear it.
In fact, if it weren't for Huang Sui's previous great attention to Shu County's arsenal, this made his more than 120,000 troops surround Shu County, without dividing the troops elsewhere, plus Shu County and Zongyang get along very far from each other, and there is a steep Dabie Mountain in the middle of the block, I am afraid that at this moment, there are also several rebel soldiers and horses outside the city of Zongyang to take the city.
Of course, the rebels did not directly attack Zongyang, but this was excellent for Fuquan, after all, on the one hand, there was no obstacle for him to retreat to the south by burning grain and grass, and on the other hand, bringing the remnants of the army to Zongyang to rest and recuperate, there was no need to have too much psychological pressure.
Because although Fuquan deliberately retreated to Zongyang this time, in order to keep it secret in advance, he did not notify the officials in Zongyang City, and even the soldiers under his command did not inform him, so the officials in Zongyang City were constantly amazed and praised when they knew that the fire that was burning in the sky three days ago was actually Fuquan leading troops to attack the rebels' grain storage and burning the rebels' grain and grass.
"The prince and the marquis really have the wind of Huo Hu's horsemanship, and the Huang Sui rebel will not be spared this time."
"Exactly! Yes, extremely! If the thief army has no food, it will collapse itself, and the prince and the marquis will also be a real general. ”
"The victorious general will also be the county of Bifuba."
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In the officialdom, touting the sycophant thing, for Fu Quan, he has long been used to it, and it is not strange to see it, but he just smiled and excused himself, and everyone went to the city in harmony.
Entering Zongyang City, the city is a little bleak, probably because the thieves in the county are raging at this moment, and there are few pedestrians on the streets of Zongyang City, but there are a lot of randomly built grass huts, which are full of people.
When I asked, I learned that these were all people who fled from around Shu County, but they were different from the people who had taken refuge near Dabie Mountain on Fuquan Road, and fled to Zongyang City for refuge. However, because there were too many refugees around Shu County, even if Zongyang was originally a big county seat, the southern post governor of the Lujiang River did not have enough houses to accommodate these refugees, so they built a straw hut on the street and lived temporarily.
It was still the height of summer, and although it would damage the image of the city, it would be a stopgap measure to do so now that there were endless rebellions outside the city.
Fuquan led the Han army under the command of Zongyang officials, walking all the way, the resettlement place after everyone entered the city has already been arranged, although Zongyang has been dismissed from the county, but the original county office and barracks still exist, just to place Fuquan and a group of soldiers and horses.
Many people fled along the road, and most of them were frightened when they saw Fuquan's disheveled Han soldiers, not because they were afraid of the Han army, but because they thought that the rebels had attacked Zongyang, and Fuquan's soldiers and horses fled to Zongyang to rest because they were defeated by the rebels.
After all, the appearance of the Han army under Fuquan at the moment really does not look like a victorious army, not to mention the appearance, it is the spiritual outlook of the soldiers, and because of the endless march, the joy of burning the grain and grass of the rebels has been completely wiped out, and it looks very unspirited.
Many people on the street made a loud noise, running around shouting, there was a tendency to spread rumors, which intensified, Fu Quan and the people around him looked at each other, but they didn't expect that he, which was also a triumphant division after the war, would be regarded as a defeated army, which is also ridiculous.
Fortunately, seeing that the situation was not good, the governor of the southern part of Lujiang County hurriedly stepped forward to appease and refute the rumors that were spreading, explaining that Fuquan and the soldiers and horses under his command were all strong men who attacked and burned the grain and grass of the rebels three days ago, which stopped the rumors slightly. However, it is obviously impossible to convince the people immediately, even if three days ago, the people in Zongyang City saw the fire in the distance outside the city, but no one can prove that the fire was caused by the burning of the rebels' grain and grass after the Han army attacked the rebels.
It's just that, despite this, there is always an official promise that "the city is safe, and there is no thief army attacking the city", which also makes some people suspicious, but it does not prevent them from having nothing to do and do other things. For example, gather and rush to the streets to watch the "Dragon" Fuquan and take a good look at what this young "celebrity" looks like.
Although Fuquan has not made many meritorious contributions, there is no doubt that since he came out, his military exploits have been quite large, and they have all ended in victory. Coupled with his illustrious family background, for ordinary people, this is equivalent to a famous general, even if this "famous general" may still have some moisture now, but this cannot change the people's opinion of him.
In this big Han, in addition to local celebrities, only famous generals can attract attention. Of course, if you are handsome, you will definitely be able to arouse the admiration of countless girls, but with celebrities and celebrities, famous generals, you can make men, women and children come to pay respects, and the former is undoubtedly very inferior.
Zongyang is very martial in the local area, those idle people who have nothing to do heard that there are "famous generals" here, all come to welcome by the way to see the lively, the scene was therefore a little chaotic for a while, after all, for the people with few entertainment activities in ancient times, it is also a good fun thing to be able to see the demeanor of celebrities.
Seeing this, Fu Quan also felt helpless, he also knew the reason, but it was not easy to stop, although his title of "famous general" was a little watery, not as good as Liangzhou Sanming and the like, but his own military exploits were also really big, so he could only let himself be watched as a star in later generations.
Seeing many people looking at the lively and envious eyes, Fu Quan couldn't help but smile bitterly, this scene reminded him of things like star-chasers and brain-dead fans in later generations, he was very afraid that there would suddenly be a few people who would do some strange things after hearing about their deeds, so he couldn't resist it. After all, in the era when there are so many entertainment activities in later generations, there are still countless fans who are mentally empty and do some strange things for their favorite stars, not to mention the era when entertainment activities are very scarce in ancient times, who knows what will happen?
However, it may be that Fu Quan thought too much, and all the way to the official residence, nothing happened that he was worried about, probably because the ancients were too polite.
After entering the official residence, after confirming that all the soldiers under his command had been placed in the barracks, and all kinds of doctors and craftsmen in the city had been recruited to govern, Fuquan recruited the superintendent of the southern part of Lujiang County to explain his next plans. In fact, it's nothing, it's nothing more than "recruiting soldiers and rescuing Shu County", after all, near Zongyang, it is also a famous place for the Han Dynasty to produce elite soldiers, and the soldiers recruited here have a famous nickname "Danyang elite soldiers".
Fu Quan knew that if the soldiers under his command were not replenished properly, even if all the soldiers were healthy now, it would be difficult to fight the rebels at all, because the gap between the numbers of the two armies was too great.