Chapter 063: Jiancheng Jinyang
When Lu Bu led his army in Tuntian, Cai Yong, Ding Yuan and Chen Gong, escorted by Xu Huang, successfully arrived at Jinyang, the largest city in Bingzhou. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Jinyang City is located in the upper reaches of Zhaoyuze, the shore of Jinshui, there are Mengshan Mountain and Longshan Gongwei in the west of the city, the south of the city is a very large plain, the geographical location can be described as unique, it is not an exaggeration to call it a place of high buildings.
Historically, whenever the Hu people in the north wanted to go south to rule the Central Plains, the usual first step was to occupy Jinyang, use it as the capital, and then try to cross the Yellow River south and gradually control the Central Plains after gaining a firm foothold. On the contrary, if the Han people wanted to expel the Hu people to the north, they would inevitably use Jinyang as a base, and from here they would send troops to the Hetao, cross the Yin Mountain, and run through the desert north.
Zhao Wuling King Hufu cavalry shooting, that is, the capital was Jinyang, and then pushed the cavalry of Zhao to the first position in the world at that time.
Nine counties in the state, now the Han people only have two and a half counties left, but they can resist the southern invasion of the Hu people, and the Jiancheng Jinyang is indispensable.
Lu Bu naturally has a lot of ideas about Jinyang, but with his current strength, even if he occupies Jinyang, it is just a lonely city, and without the support of the local wealthy families in Jinyang, he will not be able to last long at all.
When Xu Huang led the team to the west gate of Jinyang City, he was rejected by the county soldiers guarding the city.
Xu Huang had served as a county official in Jiangyi, so he knew the rules of the county soldiers, so he did not lead the army to break through, but sent people to negotiate with the county soldier leaders guarding the city gate.
The leader of the soldiers of Ximen County had never heard of the Tiance Army, but he had heard the name of Ding Yuan, the assassin of Bingzhou, and also heard that Ding Yuan was killed by his subordinates in Luoyang, and now Ding Yuan came to Jinyang with soldiers and horses, which made him feel very surprised and surprised, and what was even more surprising was that the minister of proclamation sent by the imperial court was also outside the city.
Since it is difficult to determine the truth or falsehood, the safest way at this time is naturally to report to the county guard Sun She.
After receiving the news, Sun She, the guardian of Taiyuan County, did not immediately report the situation to Huang Yi, the assassin of the same city, but took someone to the West Gate to personally verify the authenticity.
Cai Yong, Ding Yuan, and Chen Gong appeared outside the city gate, and Sun She stood on the city wall and talked to the three of them.
Sun She asked the envoy of the imperial court what will he wanted to read, but Cai Yong was displeased and scolded him for not knowing his identity and asking what he shouldn't have asked. Chen Gong reminded Ding Yuan that he could reveal his identity at this time, and if this county guard pretended not to know, he would make plans again.
Ding Yuan revealed his identity as the new governor of the state in front of the soldiers of the city head and Sun She, and asked Huang Yi, the assassin of the former state and the governor of the state, the state adjutant and the county guard of Taiyuan to go out of the city to greet the imperial envoy.
Sun She refused to carry out Ding Yuan's order with no evidence, and asked the imperial envoy to take out the holy decree and put it in a bamboo basket hanging from the city, so that he could personally verify it before he was willing to let him go.
Ding Yuan was furious, and pointed at Sun She at the head of the city and scolded: "Zhuzi, dare to bully the imperial court envoy and Benmu like this!" If you try to block it again, when I lead the army to break through the city gate, I will kill you all over the gate! ”
Ding Yuan was born as a lieutenant of Wumeng, and his voice was like a bell, but this shouting and scolding scared the soldiers of the city and county like earth.
Xu Huang, who had been silent, stood beside Ding Yuan with a big axe in his hand, pointed at the Taiyuan county guard with the axe blade, and said loudly: "I am Xu Gongming, the general of the Tiance army, and I am ordered by the general of Tiance to protect the imperial court envoy and the state pastor. The imperial decree was passed on to Huang Yi, the assassin of Bingzhou, and you have no right to check the authenticity! If you don't want to invite a military disaster and affect the whole door, you can quickly send someone to invite Huang Yi here! ”
After Xu Huang finished speaking, the five hundred warriors behind him and the five hundred knights on the back of the war horses waved the weapons in their hands and shouted: "Tiance Army, ten thousand victories!" ”
Although there are only 1,000 soldiers and horses under the city, they are murderous and violent.
Sun She didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and retracted his head from the city wall. The thousand soldiers and horses outside the city are already so majestic, and listening to the meaning of the words of the general with the axe, the Tiance army is only afraid that there are still thousands of troops and horses behind the formation, if they don't know each other again, and bring disaster to Jinyang, then their own family will be in danger.
After a while, Huang Yi, the assassin of Bingzhou, personally came out of the city gate cave, apologized to Cai Yong and Ding Yuan, and welcomed everyone into Jinyang City.
Xu Huang led the soldiers and horses to follow behind Ding Yuan with a cold face, and the Taiyuan soldiers guarding the city gate did not squeak, and watched the Thousand Heavens Army enter Jinyang City.
Huang Yi explained to Cai Yong all the way, saying that Jinyang had only experienced a sneak attack by the Xianbei people not long ago, so he was particularly nervous and vigilant about the approach of the army, and Sun She, the guard of Taiyuan County, did not deliberately make things difficult for the imperial court envoy Yunyun.
Cai Yong was noncommittal, Ding Yuan snorted coldly, Chen Gong's face was indifferent, and Xu Huang wiped the blade of the cold light with a cloth.
After entering the Assassin's Mansion, Chen Gong opened his mouth and asked Huang Yi: "How did you do this Assassin's Mansion?" There is an envoy coming from the imperial court, and the county guard will not report such a major matter to you! ”
Huang Yi smiled bitterly and replied: "There are only two counties left in Bingzhou, Taiyuan and Shangdang, and when I came to Bingzhou, I had no soldiers and no power, so I can only look at the faces of the two counties in normal times, otherwise I won't even be able to send out the money of the officials in the Shifu." ”
Chen Gong didn't ask any more questions, and reminded Huang Yi to send someone to recruit officials at the state and county levels, and the imperial court envoy should read the holy decree in public.
An hour later, the officials at the state and county levels gathered one after another, but Nie Hui, who was not in good health, did not arrive.
After the incense case was set up, Cai Yong took out the holy decree and read out in public the imperial court's will to appoint the former governor Jin Wuding as the pastor of the state and lead the military and political power of the state. According to the meaning of this will, in the future, the counties under the jurisdiction of the state will not need to be appointed and dismissed by the imperial court, but will be directly appointed by the state minister!
This is exactly the huge power that Yizhou Mu Liu Yan won for the state pastors, and it is also an important bane that caused the warlords to divide and fight later.
After Cai Yong read out the holy decree, he handed the scroll of the holy decree made of silk to Huang Yi and asked Huang Yi and the officials at the state and county levels to pass it on to show the authenticity. At this time, it is a necessary procedure to pass on the holy decree, and it is not as disgraceful as being asked for and suspected at the city gate just now.
Huang Yi didn't have any thoughts about the appointment of the imperial court, he just wanted to leave the state as soon as possible now, because he had done enough of this puppet assassination. The wealthy clan in Taiyuan is intertwined and has the same qi and branches, and he has no soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, so he can't move the wealthy clan at all.
Taiyuan County Shou Sun She was a little distracted, and he was worried about how Ding Yuan would deal with him after he took office.
Huang Yi stepped down and was in a hurry to leave Bingzhou, so Ding Yuan dissuaded him and said: "Now that the Kwantung Three-Way Coalition Army is working together to crusade against Dong Zhuo, Hedong and Hanoi are in chaos, if you don't have an army to escort you, I'm afraid that you will be captured or even killed halfway!" ”
When Huang Yi heard this, he knew that Ding Yuan did not lie to him with big words, and now there are Yang Feng, Guo Da and Niu Fu fighting back and forth in Hedong, and Hanoi is the main battlefield for Yuan Shao to fight against Dong, and he wants to return to Luoyang from Bingzhou, which is indeed risking his life.
Ding Yuan saw that Huang Yi's mind was shaken, so he persuaded again: "If you don't like it, stay in Bingzhou and do individual driving, and wait until the road is calm, and it's not too late to make plans!" ”
Although he is the second highest official in the state after the state pastor, he is appointed by the state pastor himself. As long as Ding Yuan is willing, whoever he wants to be the other driver, that is who.
In the face of Ding Yuan's solicitation, Huang Yi was a little hesitant.