Chapter 19: The Fog of War

Yes Xun had the intention of indulging the Huns to plunder the family and the wealthy, Qin Yi was a little suspicious that there was something wrong with his ears, he heard it wrong, and looked at the lord with a surprised face at the moment.

It was Xun Xin who said my true intentions, and it is estimated that no one can guess this year, but since I sent you to take care of the Huns, I have to give you a suitable reason - "The fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family, the scholars are all looking up, and they are all based on the dock fort and resist the king's division, so you might as well use the hands of the Huns to get rid of it, then I will take the state and merge it on another day, and it will be easy." "Even many big families in Yan and Yu have their hearts set on the Yuan family, let alone merge with the state? If this scourge is not removed, it will be troubled in the future!

In fact, it is Xun's real idea, which is to try to hit the powerful and powerful as much as possible where he can reach out. Originally, a big reason for the decline of the Han Dynasty was that those eunuchs and local wealthy clans were combined, which made it impossible for the central government to carry out the decrees. Moreover, in the original history, the family will also take advantage of Cao Wei's "Nine Grades of Zhongzheng" to rise again, and lead to the man-made disaster of "Five Hu Chaohua", and then produce the extremely corrupt politics of the Southern Dynasties.

However, at this time, Shi Xun's ass was still next to the side of the family, and in today's social environment, it is impossible for him to completely stand on the side of the common people, and it is even impossible to openly play the banner of seeking political and economic benefits for the Shu people, so he can only use war as an excuse. It is precisely because of this that it was Qin Yi who he sent to guard the Huns, one of whom was not of high origin, the second was unscrupulous, and the third was not politically minded - if he was replaced by a person from a prominent clan like Sima Yi, the butt would decide the head, and he would definitely refuse to go along with Shi Xun's plan.

At that moment, he made up a reason, Qin Yi really believed it, and arched his hand: "It's like respecting life." Correct...... If someone attacks him on another day. Please also ask the lord to ease his cheeks. Shi Xun smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Yilu Yuxun has ...... Naixun's guest. Xun natural cover, no worries also. "I originally wanted to say that you have a life-saving grace for me, but after thinking about it, I almost killed Qin Yilu at the beginning, Qin Yilu is not stupid, and I can see that I didn't take any "life-saving grace" seriously, purely because I swore a poisonous oath and didn't dare to go against it. He was left behind (of course, Ye-hoon didn't take the poisonous oath seriously). rashly mentioning this matter may trigger the other party's bad association, so I changed my words in time.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, mostly cavalry, went down along the Fenshui, since leaving Yong'an County, after entering Taiyuan County, that is, the east and west diverged - Xiahoulan led the army eastward and occupied Mianshangju. temporarily camped between Jubei and Jieshan to prevent the Yuan army in the direction of Shangdang from coming to the north of Huo Dashan to help; Cao Xing's North Upper Boundary; The Xiongnu soldiers entered Xihe County in the west. The front refers to the week. Cao Xing's troops and the Xiongnu soldiers were mainly cavalry, and it was inconvenient to attack the city, so they only plundered the countryside and mobilized Yuan's army. According to the plan, the Xiongnu soldiers will directly point to Xihe County to govern Lishi, and Cao Xing will pass through Jiexiu, Zhongdu, and Qi County, and rush forward to the north of Zhaoyu Zebei, not close to Taiyuan County to govern Jinyang - Taiyuan is the largest county in the state, with a prosperous household registration, and it is expected that there are many guards in Jinyang.

Shixun himself went to Yong'an, and according to the agreement with the Xiongnu, he put a thousand soldiers outside the city, and only brought 150 people and a small number of people into the county seat. Hu Chuquan put forward a request, the Han army was not allowed to repair the city defense, so after Xun entered the city, he just forcibly recruited some people to come over, and gave the county government a little rest, which was not only convenient for himself to move in, but also more or less protective - after all, Hu Chuquan 3,000 horses were behind him, not to be taken lightly.

Yong'an City is not small, but the houses in the city are dilapidated, and there are less than 200 residents - the Huns do not like to live in the city, and only Hu Chuquan moved into the Pingyang County Office in order to show his identity, and the residents in the city, most of them were robbed by the Huns as slaves, and they were able to leave these 100 households, which was already quite surprising.

The city was ruined, and there were gaps in the city walls, especially on the east side, where there was no gate. It was Xun Zema who entered the city, and he followed up with a piece of ruins, and the original officials in the county had already run away. He couldn't help but sigh secretly: Fortunately, he didn't propose to Huchuquan that day to restore the order and chief of the four counties, who would come? What can you do here?

Alas, if you can have thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in your hands, you can rest assured that the Huns will fight with the Yuan clan and lose both, but now, on the contrary, we must pray for the victory of the Huns, even if they are blocked back, don't suffer too much damage.

In order to incite the Xiongnu to send troops, he paid 30,000 stone of grain in advance, but told Hu Chuquan that there was only this batch, and they had to run and rob the rest. It is Xun so that the town is in Yong'an, one is to call the heart of the kitchen spring, and the other is to take care of the Lu army and the Cao army, especially the Cao army under Xiahou Lan, who is not responsible for robbery, and the grain and grass materials must be sent to Yong'an through Baibo Valley first, and then allocated by Shixun.

He entered the city of Yong'an in March, which was later Huo County, Shanxi Province - the famous Yong'an (White Emperor City) in the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty, that is, the place where Liu Xianzhu died, thousands of miles southwest of here, at this time it was still called Fengjie - the next day there was news: "The Huns have broken the Ping Zhou!" "Ah, it's Xun Xin who said that the luck of going to humility is really not ordinarily good!

Pingzhou is the southeasternmost county of Xihe County, close to Hedong. Xihe is already sparsely populated, and the number of households in the whole county is less than 5,000. However, the Xiongnu side was not good at attacking cities, and they had no intention of attacking the city, but they were able to go down to Pingzhou in an instant, which was really beyond the expectations of Xun and others.

However, the news that came back was even more surprising, the magistrates of Jiexiu, Wuxian, and Zhongdu actually abandoned the city, and even the Lu army, which was only 2,000 horsemen, conquered the three cities within a few days. Sima Yi instinctively perceived: "I'm afraid there is fraud!" ”

Xihe County's Pingzhou defense is weak, which is still reasonable, but Taiyuan is a large county with a prosperous household registration, even if it is attacked by the Lu army, there is no reason to change hands in an instant. Could it be that the three county magistrates are all cowards? If Jinyang sends a rescue, it will be there in three or five days, can't they even carry it in such a short time? Why did Lu Jun abandon the city and flee as soon as he arrived?

Jia Qu guessed: "I am afraid that if you want to lure our army deeper, you will set up an ambush to overthrow it." ”

Shixun pressed his hands on top of several cases, stared at the map, and was silent for a while. The vast area of the state has added a rather troublesome obstacle to the already low level of intelligence collection in these years, and he doesn't even know whether Gao Gan is still in Jinyang City. As far as we knew before the war, Gao Gan's power may not have covered the whole state, and its ruling center was the four counties of Shangdang, Taiyuan, Xihe, and Yanmen, covering all the places where the population was rich, and the number of household registrations was nearly eighty percent of the whole state. The soldiers estimated that there were more than 30,000 soldiers and horses under Gao Gan's command, of which there were more than 8,000 soldiers from Shangdang Taishou Guo Yuan, 2,000 entered Hedong, patrolling between Duanshi and Huze, and the remaining 6,000 must be used to defend the direction of Hanoi. If Gao Gan is still in Jinyang, and then the Yanmen army is transferred south in time, the garrison should be about 20,000, and there is no reason to sit back and wait for the county to fall and ignore it.

Shi Xun slowly stretched out his palm and patted on the word "Shangdang": "Could it be that Gao Gan has already waved his army south and wants to take Hanoi, is Taiyuan empty?" ”

Zhang Ji shook his head: "The lord sees that he is in the east of the river, how dare Gao Gan not guard against it?" ”

"Maybe ......" Shi Xun said with some hesitation, "I first led the east of the river, and the Huns did not know their backs, so I thought I would sit on the ear ......."

Zhang Ji reminded loudly: "The enemy situation has not yet been clarified, the lord must not think like this!" "Shi Xun's idea is completely wishful thinking, all the people under him who joined the army are human spirits, how can there be any reason that he can't hear? However, I am afraid that only Zhang Derong dares to speak out so bluntly, because Zhang has followed Shixun for the longest time, and knows that this lord never sinners because of his words, and he is also quite capable of listening and tolerating people.

Of course, Zhang guessed the result correctly, but the reason was wrong. Shixun is by no means a massive tolerant person, in his previous life, he talked to people on the Internet, and he was quite abused by others because of his stubbornness and not retreating, but now the environment is different, he also knows how many brushes he has, and he dares to make mistakes with those guys who also talk about cannons, in the face of Sima Yi and Zhang Ji, these strong men in history, how dare not humbly ask for advice?

"What De Jong said is also, the affairs of Hanoi are presided over by Cao Zixiao, and we are worried about Hedong - the plan to lure the enemy, we must not guard against it."

Sima Yi suggested: "In order to be perfect, Cao Xing can be strictly ordered not to change the plan, even if he goes to Qi County, there is no obstacle, and he cannot go deep into Bo Jinyang to avoid his troubles." "Cao Xing is a man we can mobilize, as for whether the Hun soldiers will be ambushed, then we can't care.

Shi Xun frowned slightly: "Cao is strong, I'm afraid I won't obey the order, what can I do?" ”

Zhang Derong immediately asked for an order: "I am willing to go north to supervise Cao sex." "Yes Xun said okay, you will bring 200 people from outside the city, hurry up to catch up with Cao Xing, and apply for my strict orders. If Cao Xing refuses to obey and has to continue to advance, you should come back quickly and report it, so that we can find another good plan.

Zhang Ji took the order and went, but Shixun had no choice but to continue to wait anxiously in Yong'an City. He felt as if as soon as he got out of the county office where he temporarily lived, the outside was all covered by the fog of war, and he couldn't figure out the enemy's movements at all, and the more he pondered it, the more bottomless he felt in his heart - "The difficulty of the war, once it is here!" "It seems that I really don't have the material to be a commander......

Soon after Zhang both went, there was an urgent report from the Xiongnu side, which was already approaching Zhongyang County, and it seemed that the county magistrates had also fled, and the landlords had come to contact them, willing to offer military funds, and begged the Xiongnu soldiers not to enter the city. It's not good for Shixun to give any more orders, but he keeps nagging in his heart: "Kill in, kill in, and when you see the big family, you will copy it all!" I don't know if Qin Yilu can really exert influence on the Huns and complete his grand cause of "slaughtering heroes".

The next morning, it was reported that the Huns were coming again, but Xun Xin said no, did you completely take Zhongyang so quickly, or did you already kill Xihe County to leave Shicheng? Hurry up and let him report to the door. But seeing that the Huns were sweating profusely, they hurriedly ran in and fell to the ground: "Hurry up to your lordship, the king of Zuogu Li has left the team to rebel and wants to arrest your lord!" (To be continued......)

PS: Strive to add another update tonight, please look forward to it.