Chapter 16: The Robbery of the Granary

"Report, general, a total of more than 500,000 stones of various types of rice and 300,000 catties of copper coins have been seized in Huaicang." Lang Xuan's report interrupted Ouyang Xuan's thoughts. "Recruiting the master book, Gong Cao, and the generals of each battalion are discussing matters in the school account", Ouyang Xuan gave an order in a somewhat disturbed mood. After a while, the main books of the school Gong Cao had been gathered in the tent and handed over the gifts. "All the princes take their seats", after the order, he rolled up the slip on the desk and put it in his bag.

"General Lang, order you to lead the troops to bury the fallen soldiers of the Wu army according to the ritual system, and the main book will report today's battle and what you have obtained to the prime minister, report to Your Majesty, and show the money and food to capture the soldiers and soldiers. No general or school is allowed to kill without permission, otherwise he will be severely punished. The rest are treated as good for the time being, and they are not allowed to abuse the pawns, otherwise they will be guilty of the same crime, and they will be shown by His Majesty. The money and grain are strictly guarded by competent people, and they are counted and reported to the court by the main book. ”。“ General, does it violate the law of the Han Dynasty if the rebels surrender prisoners are treated like this? ", the master book and the case stood up and said. The benevolent rule the world, there is no evil to be threatened, innocent, the current king favors the way of Huang Lao, Lao Tzu has said that the world is not benevolent, and all things are dogs; The saints are unkind, and they use the people as dogs. Today, Your Majesty is benevolent and loving, and he should not bear to be tortured and killed. Therefore, the road is big, the sky is big, the earth is big, and the people are big. There are four major domains, and people live in one of them. The husband and soldier, the ominous weapon, the object or the evil, so there is no way to deal with it. If there is regeneration and killing, there will be no way to do it. Respecting people is respecting the way of heaven, and the main book can be understood? ”。“ The subordinates kept the general's teachings in mind and immediately began to report on it." "Tell the generals of the army, the goods are taken against them, and they are also disobeyed, and the lawless ones will not be able to get good." Ouyang Xuan stood up and said slowly. "Another order for the whole army to take a day off, explore the horses from near and far to listen to the front line of Dongyang, and make food on the fifth watch the day after tomorrow, and start the expedition at the same time." "Subordinates take orders!" , "The main book, Gong Cao and General Lang stay, and the rest retreat and settle down." Ouyang Xuan waved his hand and told everyone to retreat, what Ouyang Xuan was most afraid of was that in the face of such a huge amount of money and food, the Yulin soldiers would be greedy and destroy an army.

"General Lang, have you written down what you said today?" The general's teachings will never be forgotten by his subordinates." "For the generals to be ruthless on the battlefield, we must not forget the human nature outside the war. There should be a degree of straightness, don't faint because of things, respect the enemy, and be the back of yourself. Presumably, General Rilang can lead the soldiers and horses alone, and do not lose his humanity." "Subordinates keep in mind the general's teachings." "The main book, I have the note left by Major General Wu Huan Mao, and I will hand it over to Your Majesty. According to the facts, this war must not be falsely reported, otherwise His Majesty will be severely punished" Ouyang Xuan walked up to the main book, handed him the bamboo slip, patted his shoulder and said. After returning to the case, he said, "Gong Cao, this military merit needs to be reported truthfully, and it can be replaced by this wait, and General Lang's merit is the first, can you understand?" ”。“ The subordinates are clear, please rest assured by the general." Ouyang Xuan spread out the map he had described, waved the three of them away, and began to carefully ponder the location of the Wu army's granary and the next battle plan.

According to his two interception of grain teams, and now he has captured the grain water and drought transfer station, Wu Jun should be short of food, and the reason for the journey, the military reports from other places have not yet arrived. If you want to completely solve the land of Wu Chu, the existing soldiers and horses can only attack the city and plunder the land, but can not defend the city, and now the dozen or so counties captured are all managed by the county officials temporarily appointed by the main book, and his authority can only temporarily appoint county officials in wartime. It wasn't until the moon went to the Middle Palace that Ouyang Xuan fell asleep.

The next day, the whole army set off, and ordered Lang to swear to take his own talisman staff with the master to transport the coffin of Zhouqiu with a thousand cavalry to Xiapi to recruit the rebels. Leaving 2,000 Yulin soldiers to guard the granary, they ordered them to dig the ditch wider, dig deeper, and divert water into the ditch, making the granary one, leaving half of the yellow crystal explosives. With others to kill Dongyang, it has been found that there is a granary in Dongyang County, covering an area of 1,000 acres, guarded by the city wall, with 5,000 Wu army soldiers, originally 50,000 soldiers, and then 30,000 Huaicang, 10,000 grain transportation teams, is already an empty city in the rear of the Wu army.

Before the time to the soldiers under the city of Dongyang, the battle is still the way of attacking the city before, the bed crossbow white explosives exploded the city gate, the archers yellow explosives bombarded the city wall soldiers, the cavalry covered the killing into the city, and the foot soldiers followed by a hundred people into the city. Before the time of You, the city was broken, and more than 4,000 soldiers of the Wu army were killed, and less than 800 people surrendered. Capture Liu Ju, the youngest son of King Wu, who was responsible for the transportation of grain and grass. Ouyang Xuan rode into the city and walked to the granary, where several rows of soldiers knelt down in front of the door. Find the captain and the horse in front of the prisoner, "Ben Hou immediately pardoned the counter-sin of the person who said the surrender, and now ordered you and others to continue to guard the granary." and the number of granaries to be reported". Ouyang Xuan spoke Mandarin, the lieutenant didn't understand, he shook his head, there was no way, he found a local businessman who knew the official language, and translated it again. Ouyang Xuan can understand what the captain said without a translator, and after the introduction of the captain, he knew that there were nearly one million stones of all kinds of rice, nearly 600,000 catties of copper coins, and 1,000 catties of gold. Ouyang Xuan was a little big, this kind of huge wealth would cause a lot of trouble. Hurry up and let the Yulin Army barracks be placed here, except for the people who stayed to guard the patrol, all of them were responsible for guarding the granary, and once again emphasized some discipline in front of all the Yulin Army and Wu Jun's subordinates, so that Gong Cao could be recorded.

Early in the morning of the second day, Lang Oath and the main book took tens of thousands of Zhou Qiu's subordinates to join Dongyang. After the report of the main book, it was learned that Zhou Qiu had occupied and recruited 100,000 armed people in Xiapi and the counties north of it, and when he saw Zhou Qiu's coffin, he swore an oath to threaten and lure 80,000 foot soldiers in addition to those who disbanded themselves. It's another big thing, convening all the generals and colonels to discuss the military accounts. The result of the discussion was that 1,000 of the 8,000 Yulin infantry soldiers were selected to serve as the commanders and captains of the grassroots level among the 80,000 people, plus the nearly 50,000 captured Wu troops, and they were unified in Dongyang for training. These 130,000 soldiers are temporarily led by another deputy general, Zhang Jian, who was originally Zhang Ou's half-brother, and like Zhang Ou, he is the son of Zhang Shuo's concubine of Anqiu Marquis, and Zhang Ou is one year older. Tiger back bear's waist, wide eyebrows and big eyes, Ouyang Xuan was not very interested in him at the beginning, and he was always a little slow to react, through this observation it was found that this person was loyal and good at learning, although he learned slowly, he was solid and good at flexible use, just like this siege, it was very difficult for a large group of people to quickly pass through the narrow city gate, so he used a hundred people to enter the city to form a formation, and advanced little by little. is not very keen on fame, and some of the merits that could have been recorded in his name were given to the lieutenants or soldiers under his command, and the Yulin soldiers respected him very much. This time, Ouyang Xuan asked him to provoke these 130,000 people to train for the whole time. Ouyang Xuan's joint master book, Gong Cao Shangshu expressed his feelings, please seal.

Dongyang granary is called Beiku, it is a comprehensive warehouse built by Liu Bi, the king of Wu, for the rebellion in Dongyang, which is convenient for the rear waterway, in addition to grain, there are armaments, copper coins and more than 3,000 horses, these materials are enough for 130,000 people to be reorganized, and finally Ouyang Xuan ordered the whole army to rest here for five days. After the meeting, he took Zhang Jian and his thousands of people to the camp of Zhou Qiu outside the city, gathered all the soldiers, and shouted with their greatest strength on the high platform, which is nothing more than some formal analysis. Take out the scepter, solemnly promise, forgive the past, promise that it will make contributions in the future, and so on. According to the description of Liu Qi in the history books, Ouyang Xuan should be able to fulfill these things. Ouyang Xuan stayed in the camp in the evening, and the next morning he began to teach a set of tactics that Yue Fei used to mix guns and knives, and hurried back to Beiku in the evening.

As soon as he arrived at the camp, Lang Vow hurriedly greeted him, looking very excited, a little almost crazy. "The messenger of the court has just arrived, and he is about to look for it, and Hu Hou is about to arrive, and His Majesty has allowed Hu Hou to play, and another subordinate is safe and waiting, and Hu Hou is added to 10,000 households." "Congratulations to General Lang, this time I got what I wanted." With the vow of the pendulum into the account, the imperial court envoy sat on the left side of the case, and on the opposite side was the main book. Sitting firmly on the right seat, Ouyang Xuan arched his hand and said to the envoy: "I don't know if the messenger from the DPRK and China has missed the distance, it is very rude, military affairs are in the body, I hope you will forgive me." "In the lower district, Cao is engaged in waiting, and he can't stand to wait for the ceremony, this time he brings the edict of the court and the military information of all parties, please wait for it." After speaking, he got up and respectfully took out the red linen wrap from his arms. Both hands were held on top of Ouyang Xuan's case.

Removing the seal and opening the package, there were four letters, one was the edict of the appointment of the reward, one was the document of the Shangshu quasi-music, one was the military situation of all parties, and one was the edict of the approval of the establishment of Yulin Army. Open the book and study it carefully. The Wu-Chu coalition army besieged Liang unsuccessfully, and is now confronting Zhou Yafu's army in Xiayi. has challenged several times, and Zhou Yafu has been free from fighting. Dou Ying sat in Xingyang, Li sent troops to surround Handan, the capital of Zhao, Luan Bu sent troops to Linzi, retreated from the enemies of the Three Kingdoms, and sent troops to Zichuan. It was similar to the historical process, but the attack on the Huainan line in Surabaya became the credit of Ouyang Xuan, not Zhou Yafu. Look at the dusty servant Cao engaged, it's really a little difficult for him, a scholar, thousands of miles away, Marshall people galloped for several days. "The main book, good life is entertained, do everything to rest, and visit the beautiful scenery of Hongze Thousand Lakes". At this time, Hongze Lake has not yet built a cofferdam, the Yellow River has not yet taken place, it is a large and small river in the depression formed by nearly a thousand lakes composed of Zedi, Ouyang Xuan's attack on the location of Huaicang is the largest lake formed by the Huai River, the Western Han Dynasty is also called Hongze Lake, the Song Dynasty occurred when the Yellow River seized Huai into the sea, here was renamed Fuling Lake, the area is about one-third of the now, a Hongze land has more than a dozen counties, if it is not for leading the troops to fight, Ouyang Xuan really wants to travel here.

Wait for everyone to retreat, let the guards find the white wolf, but these two guys are bitter, and they spend many days in the carriage, with sound and fire, and rarely see them once a day. When these two guys entered the tent and saw that only Ouyang Xuan was there, they immediately changed their playing mentality, completely lost their cold appearance in front of others, and rushed straight to Ouyang Xuan when they entered the door. Gu Li arched his head in Ouyang Xuan's arms, and asked the guards to take two sheep's hind legs and throw them on the table for them to gnaw. I brought a wood stove and boiled a pot of milk tea for the two guys to drink. "Tomorrow there is no military affairs, I will take you to visit this 10,000 acres of Hongze land", while watching the two of them drinking milk tea, he stroked their heads and said to himself. The two guys nodded from time to time as if they understood.

Note: The year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty starts from June every year, the eighth year of Emperor Jing is changed to the year of October, and the year of Emperor Jing is the year of the first month from the fourteenth year. So the first month of the third year of Emperor Jing was actually 153 BC. According to the time description of the events recorded in the "Historical Records" and "Book of Han", the third year of Emperor Jing is the first month of Run, and there is a "third year of the first month of the first month, pardon the world." Long stars out of the west. The city room of the main hall of the East Palace of the Heavenly Fire burns Yang. According to the method of recording the days of the dry branches, it should be the twelfth day of the second month of the summer calendar. Therefore, it can only be the first month of Run, which will be mentioned in the text after this natural disaster, and the solar eclipse recorded in the history books on the day of Renzi in February.