Chapter 164: Jincheng Taishou
Some officials even associated some of the Han anti-thieves with Jia Rong, the reason is naturally Jia Rong's water boat, it can be said that Jia Rong's name will be filtered in the ears of the Han Emperor several times a day, but these news are not good for Jia Rong.
The most trusted people of the Han Emperor have always been Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, and after coming down from the court, they naturally have to ask about their reward for Jia Rong, especially Zhang Rang's remarks in the court today made the Han Emperor wake up, so he trusted the eunuchs even more.
Zhang Rangbai said: "Bixia, there is good news from Changsha today, and the saint immediately named him Changsha Taishou." After that, Zhang Rang stood aside quietly, with his understanding of Emperor Han, as long as he made a little adjustment, Emperor Han would definitely understand what to do.
As expected, Emperor Han patted his head and said, "If it weren't for Father, I would have almost missed a big thing." ”
"Is it just that Jia Rong is credible?" Emperor Han asked.
Zhang Rangbai said: "The saint can test Jia Rong, the treasury of the Han Dynasty is empty, and the family has grain and grass but does not support it, so it can be used to test Jia Rong's loyalty." ”
"What do you mean by that?" Emperor Han asked eagerly.
Zhang Rang said: "Bixia can issue a holy decree, saying that the treasury is empty, let Jia Rong prepare some grain and grass, and then he will see whether Jia Rong is loyal or not, and it is expected that Jia Rongjun has not much grain and grass at this time, and it is the time to test him." ”
Emperor Han frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "In my father's opinion, how should Jia Rong's official position be rewarded?" ”
Zhang Rang said with a smile: "Does the Holy Lord want the frontier to start a fire again or settle down?" ”
"Of course I want to settle down." After speaking, Emperor Han stopped asking.
The next day, above the court, the Han Emperor issued an edict "Feng Jia Rong is the Taishou of Jincheng and governs Jincheng County!" ”
Even if Jia Rong is a minister of the tiger and wolf, but Han Sui is a real rebel, leaving Jia Rong in Jincheng to resist Han Sui's rebels is also a good choice, not to mention that the barrenness of Jincheng County is well known in all dynasties, not only can not get any taxes every year, but have to be pasted upside down, and it is nothing to hand over such a city to Jia Rong to manage.
In fact, Yuan Kui also regretted what the court said afterwards, as long as the news of begging for food and grass came from Jincheng, Yuan Kui would not agree again, why should he be doing it so obviously, he is also a Taifu, with a prominent status, what is right with a small general, doesn't this indirectly elevate Jia Rong's identity.
When the news reached Jincheng County, the generals of the Xiliang Army were boiling again, before Jia Rong was demoted, they followed Jia Rong, of course the position would be reduced, and now Jia Rong has become a Taishou again, naturally he is a person who has gained the Tao, and his subordinates have been promoted.
Under the response of the defenders in the city, the two of them quickly occupied Chengji and Ayang counties, and the three counties were each other's horns, one side was in difficulty, and the two sides supported each other, Jiang Yu's Pingxiang was not only the highest morale, but also the most powerful troops, and Jia Rong left Li Shun's trap camp to garrison Pingxiang when he left a few days ago, which happened to be cheaper Jiang Yu.
Contrary to the joy of Jia Rong's Xiliang army, Han Sui had already overturned the table in the tent for the eighth time, and kept scolding "Jia Rong Xiaoer, shameless You" and the like, the more he thought about Han Sui, the more angry he became, capturing Hanyang County was just a wish, and Jincheng County was Han Sui's base camp, Han Sui would rather not Hanyang than lose Jincheng, not to mention that his general Yan Xing was also captured by Jia Rongsheng.
What's even more hateful is that the two counties of Chengji and Ayang were also easily taken by Jia Rongjun, and now Han Sui only has the four counties of Luoyang Xianqinlong County and Wangyuan, Shili has shrunk by half at once, and Ji County, the seat of Hanyang County, has not yet been breached.
The reason why Han Sui got the news and still confronted Dong Zhuo in Longguan was because Han Sui wanted to get Hanyang County, and now the back road was completely cut off, Han Sui didn't have to take Hanyang, Jia Rong got Li Wenhou's help, the military was prosperous, and it was not something he could resist, and Dong Zhuo in Longguan was not something he could capture, and the biggest hope was that the coalition army could quickly capture the county and Ji County.
Knowing that the two counties of Chengji and Ayang were broken because of the response of the defenders in the city, Han Sui transferred all the Qiang people belonging to Li Wenhou in the remaining four counties to his side, but Han Sui's movements were still a step slower, and the Qiang people in the four counties had already taken refuge in Ulan in Ayang.
At this time, Han Sui did not pay so much attention to it, and regarded the 10,000 Qiang soldiers sent by Li Wenhou to him as the vanguard to attack Ji County, the administrative seat of Hanyang County, and the morale of the coalition army reached its lowest point.
These 10,000 Qiang soldiers are even more bitter and unspeakable, so far, they also want to escape from Han Sui and flee back to Jincheng, after the previous incident, Han Sui's guard has strengthened a lot, as long as the fleeing soldiers are found to be killed immediately, the first Lingqiang soldiers are blocked from the back, so they have to follow Han Sui with all their hearts.
Dong Zhuo of Longguan also quickly got the news that Jia Rong occupied Jincheng County, and sent out a burst of cheerful daxiao, I can see Han Sui suffer such a big loss, to be honest, it is the first time, I am happy, Dong Zhuo's face sank, Jia Rong Weishenme can easily take Jincheng County back, this is worth pondering.
Li Ru said: "My lord, now that Jia Rong has occupied Jincheng County and has the strength to confront the Han Court, even if the officials of the imperial court are embarrassed, they will not have the skills to return to heaven." After saying this, Li Ru felt very unwilling, if Dong Zhuojun occupied Jincheng County, his strength would definitely be greatly improved.
Dong Zhuo has been famous in Xiliang for a long time, Longxi County is the place where he arose, in Longxi, Dong Zhuo has unimaginable prestige, nominally Dong Zhuo is still Hedong Taishou, but for many years of border wars, Dong Zhuo has no time to return to Hedong County, it can be said that Dong Zhuo's nest is in Longxi.
In fact, Hedong County is still very good, at least a little bit is very close to Luoyang, as long as there is any change in Luoyang, the accelerated march can be reached in only a few days, and the ancients thought that the closer to the capital is haode, I really don't know how comfortable the emperor is far away.
Dong Zhuo said: "Jincheng County occupied by Jia Rong, Han Sui Xiao'er will withdraw his troops in a few days, and the order will be sent to Guo Yan Huaxiong to come back." Between the words, he was very dissatisfied with Huaxiong and Guo Yan, Jia Rong captured Jincheng County so quickly, and the generals in these two armies did not even have the slightest news.
Li Ru nodded and agreed with Dong Zhuo's statement.
"Wen You, do you say that the current Jia Rong is still the Zhiyuan we knew at the beginning? Why can't I see through him more and more. Dong Zhuo expressed the doubts in his heart.
"Jia Rong acts eclecticly, you can see from what he did in Beidi County a few days ago, and he is also a master who does not put the Han family in his eyes, and his remarks in Luoyang shocked the world, the Han Emperor named him the captain of Huqiang this time, and guarded Pingxiang, but in fact he wanted to eradicate Jia Rong, but he didn't expect Jia Rong to take the opportunity to recover Jincheng, the world is unpredictable."
Li Ru continued: "However, Jia Rong can quickly recapture the Jincheng occupied by the rebels, the key must be the 20,000 Qiang soldiers outside Pingxiang City, if the subordinates expected correctly, it must be Jia Rong who persuaded the Qiang people, and then used the Qiang people to counterattack Jincheng in one fell swoop." ”
Dong Zhuo frowned and said: "It's just that how can the Qiang people trust Jia Rong, this time the Qiang people killed the Qiang Captain, there is no way out, will they listen to Jia Rong's words?" "Although Dong Zhuo is a military general, he still has a strategy, if you can't see such a basic thing, you don't need to mix it anymore.
Li Ru said with a smile: "Have you forgotten that there are many Qiang soldiers in Jia Rong's army, when the lord was at war with the Qiang people, Jia Rong took advantage of the situation to recruit many Qiang people. ”
Dong Zhuo nodded and said: "That's true, but what does this matter have to do with Li Wenhou's 20,000 horses, you must know that the Qiang people are composed of many tribes, and it is difficult for Li Wenhou to convince the people alone, let alone let the 20,000 horses be attached." ”
Li Ru said without thinking: "Does the lord know that there is a rule in Jia Rongjun?" ”
"What?" Dong Zhuo asked.
"Whether it is a Qiang soldier or a Han soldier in Jia Rong's army, even the military salary is the same, and even the generals in the army have a lot of Qiang people, Jia Rong is very easy to win Li Wenhou's trust with emotion and reason for Li Wenhou outside the city." Li Ru knows very well about some things in Jia Rongjun, especially some regulations in Jia Rongjun.
Dong Zhuo sighed: "In this way, Jia Rong's strength will definitely be greatly improved, I might as well do it!" ”
Li Su next to him stood up and said: "Jia Rong has a wolf appearance, he should have taken away his military power in the first place, and he should not send troops to help this time, then Jia Rong is cunning, I don't know if General Hua and General Guo will come back this time, the lord should have made plans as soon as possible." ”
Li Ru said lightly: "The lord's rescue of Jia Rongjun seems to be useless, but in fact, it is a life-saving grace for Jia Rong. ”
Dong Zhuo directly filtered Li Su, what Li Ru said was exactly what he wanted, and his purpose was to let Jia Rong remember his kindness.
Li Su and Li Ru are known as Dong Zhuo's second Li, but Li Su's position in Dong Zhuo's heart is far inferior to Li Ru, Li Su said that he is Dong Zhuo's disciple if it sounds good, and he is a slave if he says it is unpleasant, and Li Su has a heartfelt fear of Li Ru, especially Li Ru's means of rectifying people, Li Su has witnessed Li Ru silently killing one obstacle after another on Dong Zhuo's way forward, and those methods make people shudder when they think about it.
Dong Zhuo asked: "Now that Jia Rong has captured Jincheng County, should our army attack Han Sui or stay still?" "Jia Rong has made a great achievement, Dong Zhuo took this opportunity to eliminate Han Sui in one fell swoop, it must be a great achievement, in the eyes of his heart, Dong Zhuo still regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Han family, Dong Zhuo still wanted to assist the emperor after entering Beijing, but he saw that the emperor at that time was a little cowardly, and wanted to choose another Ming Jun, just imagine a powerful minister with ill intentions, do you still want to make the emperor shrewd, the majesty of the Han Dynasty for four hundred years has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
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