Chapter 83 Langya Dou Taishou

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The Taishou of Langya County is called Dou Xuan, from a wealthy family surnamed Guan Longyu. Its ancestor is the Xianbei Douling clan, a large tribal leader, when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty implemented the Sinicization reform, the Douling clan was changed to the Dou clan.

Dou Xuan's father is called Dou Rongding, Chen Guogong, Zeng Guan worships General Zuo Wuwei, and his mother is Princess Wan'an, the sister of the first emperor, so Dou Xuan and Jinshang are cousins. However, the blood relationship of cousins does not mean that they are like a family in politics, on the contrary, they are often enemies of life and death. Dou Xuan also has two older brothers. The eldest brother Dou Kang, the lord Chen Guogong, was the governor of Youzhou, but he was burdened by the rebellion of Yang Liang, the king of the Han Dynasty, and was removed from the name of the people, and the title was inherited by the second brother Dou Qing. Dou Qing has a good relationship with Jinshang, once served as the Taishou of Hedong, and is now Wei Weiqing, in charge of the ceremonial tent, serving the emperor around.

Dou Xuan is talented, good at calligraphy, music, and like-minded with Jinshang, so Jinshang admires him a lot, and the relationship between cousins is maintained well, and he has served as Yingchuan Taishou and Nanjun Taishou. During the planning of the Eastern Expedition, considering that the naval division was stationed in Donglai, and the stability of the Qilu region was very important to the naval division's sea-crossing operations, the emperor and the central center immediately made some adjustments to the military and political officials in the Qilu region, Duan Wencao was appointed as the Taishou of Lu County, and Dou Xuan was appointed as the Taishou of Langya County, both of which were important appointments in this personnel adjustment.

The status of Lu County in the Qilu region can be imagined, and Langya County has a long history, Zhong Lingyuxiu, has its unique position in the culture of Middle Earth, both the accumulation of Qilu culture, but also the legacy of Chuyue culture, in addition to Langya County is still along the coastline to connect Qilu and Xuzhou as one of the central areas, Jiangzuo, Jianghuai war materials through Langya County to Donglai, can reduce a lot of distance, save a lot of time, so the emperor attaches great importance to Langya County, Dou Xuan took office in Langya, it can be said that he is carrying an important mission.

However, just when winter came, the Yellow River and the North Canal (Yongji Canal) were soon to be frozen, and the waterway transportation had to be suspended, and all the war materials and the mobilization of the army and the people had to rely on the 6-way transportation.

The news came from Philadelphia, and the news from Philadelphia came from Nanbu City.

Nanwu City is a cultural ancient city with a long history, built in the nineteenth year of Lu Xianggong in the Spring and Autumn Period, it is the hometown of the Confucian saint Zeng Shen, the disciple of Confucius Zeng Dian (Zeng Shen's father), the Ming Dynasty was born here, the celebrity Yanghu of the Wei and Jin dynasties also went out from here, Zhuge Liang, Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi and so on have left footprints here, so this ancient city has a very thick cultural heritage, there is still a school, there is a book pavilion, there is the sound of the scholars reading, the small city is quiet, elegant, full of book aroma. However, the appearance of the rebels broke the tranquility of the ancient city, and the scholars were not nerds who only read the books of the sages, especially those rich and noble children whose families were in Linyi but people studied in the ancient city, all of them were very shrewd, and fled from the small city regardless of Qiē, so the news of the fall of Mengshan soon spread.

At the same time, after Li Fengyun led the main force of the righteous army to the north, Han Shou and Zhang Xiang were ordered to suppress the city, which was heavily guarded, and all of them were forbidden to enter and exit, whether it was hunters or merchants, and this abnormal situation was soon reflected in Philadelphia. Philadelphia immediately sent people into the mountains to investigate, and it turned out that the current Nanbu City was indeed occupied by an army of Eagle Yang Province.

Where did this Eagle Yang army come from? And why did they occupy Nanwu City and cut off the connection between Langya County and Lu County? If this was a confidential military operation, the Right Guard Mansion in charge of suppressing the Qilu region should have informed the county government in advance, but ...... Dou Xuan, the Taishou of Langya County, thought that it was Zhou Fashang, the deputy marshal of the naval army, who was in charge of the Right Waiting Guard, and couldn't help but shake his head angrily.

Zhou Fashang is a famous general in the Middle Earth, the old marshal of the Wei Mansion, the great power of Jiangzuo, brave and outstanding, outstanding meritorious service, trusted by the two generations of emperors, because of the needs of the Eastern Expedition, the emperor deliberately transferred it from the northwest to the naval army as the deputy commander, and took charge of the right Hou Wei Mansion, while being fully responsible for the heavy task of suppressing the military in the Qilu region, better carry out the preparatory work for the Eastern Expedition. When the military needs and local interests conflicted, Zhou Fashang, who had two heavy powers for a while, naturally directly interfered in local administrative affairs, and even directly ordered the local government and threatened the local officials, so that there would inevitably be fierce contradictions between the military and the local government. The Qilu counties were very dissatisfied with Zhou Fashang's rough style, but the emperor trusted him and supported him, and the administrators of the various armies could only break their teeth and swallow blood, and forcibly endure.

Dou Xuan therefore deduced that the Yingyang Mansion army that occupied Nanwu City was all under the orders of Zhou Fashang to conduct secret military operations, and with Zhou Fashang's style of acting, it was natural not to tell the Langya County Government. My officials are bigger than you, my rank is higher than yours, my power is heavier than yours, and everything I do is confidential, so why should I inform you of my every move in advance?

Dou Xuan was born in a wealthy family, and he was a relative of the emperor, plus there was still a little bit of inferiority complex in his blood as a Xianbei person, he was very conceited and proud, and he was extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Fashang's domineering. Do whatever you want on my territory, do you still have my Dou clan in your eyes, and do you still have the law of the Gangchang country? Dou Xuan decided to find out, if the Yingyang Mansion army was indeed carrying out a secret operation, and the order came from the Right Houwei Mansion, he would play impeachment, he and the emperor were cousins with a good relationship after all, even if the emperor would not blame Zhou Fashang for this, he would add some blockage to Zhou Fashang, let him know that my Dou clan was not muddy, let alone something he could bully.

Nanwu City had been blocked by the Yingyang Mansion army that had fallen from the sky, and it was not easy to find out the news. Just when Dou Xuan was anxious, Dong Chun, the general of Pengcheng's Zuo Xiaowei, sent a letter, a private letter. Dong Chun is a nobleman surnamed Guan Long, Dou Xuan is a nobleman surnamed Guan Long, there are estrangements and contradictions between the Han people, and the two belong to different aristocratic groups, and they also belong to different factions in politics, and one is a military general, one is a civilian official, one is a military official in Xuzhou, and the other is a Taishou of Langya County, although they know each other, they have nothing to do with each other, so Dong Chun's private letter surprised him.

When Dou Xuan finished reading this letter, he was not puzzled, but angry, and couldn't help but want to curse.

Dong Chun warned Duan Wencao, the Taishou of Lu County, also in the form of a private letter, the reason why he was reluctant to write in the name of Zuo Xiaowei's Mansion was that he was worried that the news would be leaked, so that rumors spread and people were flustered, and secondly, the problem of face, his own face and the face of the Wei Mansion had to be taken into account, after all, in the eyes of Duan Wencao and Dou Xuan, it was definitely not that he Dong Chun was incompetent, but that he Dong Chun had ill intentions and deliberately drove the thieves into the Qilu region. Warning in the form of such a private letter will inevitably arouse the doubts of Duan Wencao and Dou Xuan, and then they will calm down and think deeply, at this time, they will be like Dong Chun, thinking of the complicated political struggle in the Eastern Capital, and then speculating that there is a "black hand" behind the thieves in Xuzhou, and the real purpose of this "black hand" is not to overthrow Dong Chun, but to confuse the situation in Qilu and obstruct the emperor and the center's plan for the Eastern Crusade.

But Dou Xuan still wants to scold Dong Chun, you know that there is a "black hand" behind the thieves in Xuzhou, why don't you use all the military forces in Xuzhou to kill them? What are your intentions? Who are you afraid of offending? Or did you deliberately set the enemy to flee and secretly "cooperate" with the "black hand" to obstruct the Eastern Crusade?

Qilu's army was either requisitioned by the emperor and the center and went to the border of eastern Liaodong, or was requisitioned by Zhou Fashang, the deputy marshal of the navy, and cooperated with the sailors in Donglai to prepare for the attack before crossing the sea, and the few remaining Yingyangwei were mainly concentrated in Qi and Lu counties, while Langya County was only stationed in one Yingyang Mansion because of geographical location and landform, but two of the regiments went to Liaodong, one regiment was in Donglai, and only one regiment was left to defend Linyi. Therefore, Dou Xuan is not only powerless to suppress the thief, but is in danger of being killed by the thief.

After Dou Xuan was angry, he was at a loss, he didn't know anything about the thieves in Xuzhou, and if he didn't understand the opponent, of course he couldn't come up with countermeasures, and in terms of the current situation in Langya County, it was not realistic for him to suppress the thieves, but if he didn't suppress the thieves, what would he do to ensure the safety of the transportation channel?

Dou Xuan was helpless and panicked, and at this moment, he received a secret letter from Cui Deben of Pengcheng County. At this point, Dou Xuan had a general understanding of the ins and outs of the thieves in Xuzhou and the sudden crisis in Langya County. What is certain is that Mengshan has fallen, and the city is already in the pocket of the thieves in Xuzhou, and Cui Deben's prediction of Qilu-shaped shì in the secret letter made Dou Xuan feel like he was on pins and needles, as if he was on the edge of the abyss.

The strength of this group of thieves is far beyond Dou Xuan's estimate, regardless of whether there is a "black hand" behind the thieves, just with its plundered heavy weapons, it is enough to make 5,000 people fully armed from head to toe, and in the 5,000 fully armed thief army, there are at least hundreds or even nearly 1,000 captured Ying Yangwei, such combat effectiveness, Langya County is difficult to resist, and there is a danger of falling if you are not careful, and once Langya County falls into the hands of thieves, it is not only Dou Xuan who will be affected, but also the situation in Qilu and even Xuzhou will be in trouble. This will inevitably affect the progress of the Eastern Crusade.

What a powerful means. Dou Xuan had to admire the "black hand" behind the Xuzhou thief, whose strategy was high and his scheming was deep, which was rare in the world.

Dou Xuan immediately formulated a countermeasure.

At this moment, it must be too late for him to ask for help from the Eastern Capital, and the Eastern Capital has always been skeptical of the local Shanglu, no matter how good or bad things are, make a discount first, the good things may not be so good, and the bad things may not be so bad, don't worry, after the investigation is clear, this delay will be far away. Besides, the Xuzhou thieves originated in Xuzhou, and the affected Dong Chun and other Xuzhou military and political bureaucrats will definitely not play the truth in order to reduce their own criminal responsibility. Dongdu couldn't count on it, so Dou Xuan could only try to save himself.