Chapter 40: The Great River Freezes
After returning to Shaoting, Ji Ping did not stop, and traveled all the way west to Dongyuan County.
Since the arrival of Huangfu Li and Gai Xun with 5,000 elite soldiers, Ji Ping's troops on the north bank of the Yellow River have reached 7,300 people, in addition to these 5,000, there are also Xun Di's 800 archers, as well as Zhang Liao's 900 strong soldiers and 600 Zhao family soldiers who broke Zhao's dock reorganization.
Now, Xun You took away 1,000, stationed 300 in Yiguan, 200 in Jiguan, 500 in Shaoting, 100 in escorting baggage back and forth, and the remaining 5,200 are in Dongyuan County.
Five thousand soldiers and horses, most of them are still elite soldiers, which is really a lot for the territory controlled by Ji Ping at this time and his ability to lead troops.
Only then did he feel that his subordinates lacked a handsome talent to command the troops, Zhang Liao was the most potential one, but he was still too young and inexperienced, and he could command a team of soldiers and horses, but it was a little stretched to command the overall operation.
Now that Zhang Liao is going to the party with Xun You, it is a good opportunity to experience.
Lu Zhi once led the Northern Fifth Army to crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, and his commanding ability and experience are not bad, but he is a little older, and he will lead the army to fight in the future, trekking through mountains and rivers, and his body may not be able to bear it.
It seems that it is imperative to cultivate reserve talents, but the current first priority is in Luoyang.
Once Yuan Shao and other Kwantung scholars raised troops, Dong Zhuo would move the capital to Chang'an, burn Luoyang, and drive millions of people to migrate. Hundreds of thousands of innocent lives have been lost in the migration, which is a tragic and inhumane nature.
Since he crossed over and survived, and he also has some strength, he will not watch the fire from the other side.
He will not forget what Dong Zhuo did to him and his mother, and he also has a promise that he will save the families of those shooters in Luoyang.
Therefore, Ji Ping handed over 2,000 soldiers to Lu Zhi to guard Dongyuan County, leaving 3,000 people, and he, Xun Di and Gai Shun each brought 1,000 to practice day and night.
After the arrival of the 5,000 Guanzhong soldiers led by Huangfu Li, Ji Ping immediately sent people to cross the river to contact Tang Fang and Geng Zhong to smuggle grain from Taicang again.
Taicang has enough grain to supply tens of thousands of people in the palace for ten years, and hundreds of officials are put in reserve, and the reserves are huge.
As for the Tang side, after Dong Zhuo controlled the Jingshi, he was loyal to Dong Zhuo under Ji Ping's earlier instructions, and for the time being, he was still the commander of Xiaopingjin Guandu.
However, although Tang Fang's identity is secret, he is not Dong Zhuo's descendant after all, Xiaopingjin Pass is an important pass in the north of Luoyang, once the Kwantung princes raise troops, Dong Zhuo will inevitably be replaced, and he may not even be replaced before that time.
Therefore, Ji Ping had to take advantage of this time to transport more food and weapons, otherwise once Tang Fang was replaced, he would have no chance.
In the sixth year of Zhongping, the winter of this year was very cold.
Ji Ping still remembers that he read a passage in the library in his previous life, in Chinese history, there were alternating changes of four cold periods and four warm periods, the end of the Ming Dynasty was the third, and the Eastern Han Dynasty was in the second cold period.
The cold climate period not only ends at the severe cold weather, but also the high period of various natural disasters, especially in the late Han Dynasty for decades, drought, waterlogging, locust plague, earthquake, frost, wind, plague repeated explosions, all of which have reached dozens or hundreds of times, these disasters are absolutely devastating disasters for the agriculture-based economy.
It was this long-term and repeated disaster that caused great harm to the people who lived on farming, and made the people disappointed in God, so as soon as Zhang Jiao shouted "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand", millions of people were gathered in an instant.
At the same time, the Eastern Han Dynasty was prevalent in the science of heaven and man, believing that the Son of Heaven violated the will of heaven and was unkind and unjust, and that there would be disasters in heaven to condemn and warn.
Frequent natural disasters also made the scholars who respected the induction of heaven and man gradually become alienated from the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the social atmosphere also changed from positive and enterprising to confused and decadent.
At the end of October, after three days and three nights of north winds and a heavy snowfall, the Yellow River began to freeze. In the following three or five days, the ice on the river was already more than a foot thick.
Luoyang, Taiwei Mansion, Dong Zhuogao, who was a little pale, sat on top, and his civil and military cronies below.
Lang Zhong ordered Li Ru to salute and said: "My lord, now there are many soldiers under his command who have robbed and humiliated people in Luoyang, and even harmed scholars and clansmen, so they should be strictly controlled, otherwise it will be detrimental to the reputation and great cause of the lord." ”
Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "Wen You is worried, his subordinates have always been like this, and they have come from the bitter cold land to the prosperous land of Luoyang, it is inevitable that there will be gaffes, not to mention how can this prince deter Xiaoxiao, holding this power, thanks to the courage of the soldiers, now this prince has contributed to the society, even if his subordinates have some excessive behavior, there is no need to care, no need to care." ”
Li Ru saw that Dong Zhuo didn't care, and couldn't help but advise again: "Lord, this time is different from the past, in the past, the lord fought on the battlefield, and naturally favored soldiers, but now he has the power to control the world, and he should be sympathetic to the people, and he has scruples about scholars, which is the long-term solution." ”
Dong Zhuo shook his head and said: "This duke started in Liangzhou, thanks to the courage of the soldiers, what kindness do the people have to this duke?" In the eyes of my father, they are just dogs, but they are safe, farming, paying taxes, and serving. ”
Li Ru frowned and said, "Didn't the lord forget the yellow scarf Zhang Jiaohu?" ”
Dong Zhuo's complexion changed, and then he said heavily: "Zhang Jiao gathers millions of thieves, and He Jin, Lu Zhi, and Huangfu Song can still be peaceful, and now this prince has elite soldiers, so why be afraid!" ”
Li Ru knew Dong Zhuo's temperament, and seeing that he still couldn't listen to the advice, he couldn't help but sigh and didn't say more.
At the end of the middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance, his eyes flickered, and he lowered his head again, he was Taiwei Peng Jiaxu.
Dong Zhuo saw that Li Ru didn't say much more, and laughed proudly: "In the past, he fought hard in Liangzhou, how could he have thought that there was today's glory, but now this prince is abolishing mediocrity, establishing virtuous and wise, rehabilitating the party, taking charge of the world's soldiers, and collecting the hearts of scholars. Now this prince wants to seal the country, what do you think? ”
Li Ru's mouth moved, and he wanted to say something, but Dong Min, Dong Huang, Dong Yue, Hu Zhen, Xu Rong, Li Su, Lu Bu and other generals below had already echoed loudly: "Xiangguo! Xiangguo! ”
On the other side, Li Ru, Jia Xu, Wu Qiong, and Zhou Yu were silent.
Dong Zhuozhi was satisfied, laughed, but couldn't help but affect the chest injury, couldn't help coughing twice, his face turned cold, and hummed: "If King Hongnong is still here, this father will definitely ask him to die!" ”
Li Ru couldn't help but say again: "The matter of King Hongnong, there are many strange things......"
Dong Zhuo's face became a little ugly, and he waved his hand: "Wenyou doesn't need to say much, King Hongnong is just a useless child, and he must have been devoured by the big snake like his mother." ”
Since he suffered a big loss in the hands of Ji Ping, he was held hostage by a teenager, which was a great shame for Dong Zhuo, who shook the Qiang tribe in Liangzhou with his bravery, and now the name of King Hongnong has become an eternal pain in Dong Zhuo's heart.
As long as others mentioned King Hongnong, Dong Zhuo felt that the person was secretly laughing at him.
At this time, Taiwei Peng Jia Xujian said: "Dong Gong, after the ten permanent servants were executed, there are many vacancies in the local officials, and they should be filled as much as possible, and Hedong County is the important place of the division, and the post of Hedong Taishou must be appointed as soon as possible, and the counties such as Dongyuan and Dayang are only separated by a river from the Jingshi, and they need to make up for the cronies as the county order." ”
Dong Zhuo's face was a little pale, and he groaned, he was originally the Taishou of Hedong, and later moved to the state pastor, and now he has entered Beijing as a Taiwei, the land of Hedong lives between Luoyang and Liangzhou, it is his retreat, it is extremely important to him, and he has been pondering for a long time and is difficult to decide.
At this time, the next person came to report: "The servant Shi disturbs the Dragon Sect and has something to report." ”
Dong Zhuo raised his head and said, "Xuan come in." ”
Soon, an official stepped in, saluted, and said, "The Imperial Shi Disturbance Dragon Sect has seen Dong Gong." ”
"What's the report?" Dong Zhuo said casually, and suddenly saw the long sword worn by the Dragon Disturbance Sect, a trace of violence flashed in his eyes, and he said sharply: "Come on, drag this thief out and beat him to death!" ”
Everyone was shocked, and the Dragon Disturbance Sect even shouted: "Dong Gong! Why do you kill your courtiers at will? ”
Dong Zhuo snorted angrily: "Yesterday, my father just ordered that anyone who meets my father is not allowed to carry a sword, and if he does not obey my order, he intends to rebel?" ”
Disturbing the Dragon Sect exclaimed: "The minister has just come back from the province, I really don't know, Dong Gong spares his life!" ”
Dong Zhuo sneered, and with a wave of his hand, the two guards dragged the Dragon Disturbance Sect down.
"Come on! Drink! Dong Zhuo ignored the Dragon Sect, raised his wine glass, and drank freely.
"The hero's spirit has not diminished back then, and the last general is far inferior!" Hu Zhen and the others laughed loudly, but Li Ru was the only one with a worried face.
Jia Xu mentioned a suggestion, and seeing that Dong Zhuo seemed to have forgotten, he didn't say anything more. That's his usual style, you have to say it, but it's your business whether you listen or not.
The screams of the Dragon Disturbing Sect were soon heard outside, and then slowly disappeared.
Ji Ping, who was in Dongyuan County, didn't know that it was because of Dong Zhuo's dominance that he was temporarily relieved of a difficulty.
Three days later, Dong Zhuo scolded from Taiwei's Mansion: "The white wave thief entered the east of the Kou River, why don't you report it early!" ”
One person replied tremblingly: "The Imperial Servant Shi Disturbing Dragon Sect once came to report, but it was just ......"
"Get out! Get lost! Dong Zhuo's angry roar soon came from the Taiwei Mansion.
In Dongyuan County, Ji Ping once again received a message from Geng Zhong.
On the first day of November, Dong Zhuo was appointed by Taiwei as Xiangguo, above the three dukes, entering the court, going to the palace with a sword, praising and worshipping the nameless, and once again changed the first year of Yonghan when Liu Xie was the emperor to the sixth year of Zhongping.
For more than two months, Dong Zhuo has vigorously recruited scholars, and now that he is in power, the disguise of Corporal Lixian has slowly been removed, and his murderous nature has been slowly revealed.
Not to mention, Dong Zhuo also connived at his Qiang soldiers to rush into the homes of wealthy families and relatives of the emperor in Luoyang, loot property, and kidnap women, so that everyone is in danger and the day is not safe.
However, with Xiaoqing's intimidation, Dong Zhuo did not dare to stay in the palace at night as in history and defile the court, but he summoned many palace maids from the palace into the palace, and many palace maids who did not leave with Ji Ping were miserable.
Ji Ping heard that Dong Zhuo is very domineering now, and he once openly shouted, I am the most expensive! It means that the appearance of the lord is noble!
Ji Ping thought about it and wrote another paragraph for people to pass on to Luoyang.
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