Chapter 709: Only those who are alive are qualified to talk about ideals
The Central Army retreated to Chang'an, and it was actually very safe to transport grain.
However, it is Jia Xu's habit to seek good fortune and avoid evil, and in any case, he will automatically analyze the surrounding environment and situation, find the plan with the highest safety factor, and reduce his risk as much as possible. The formation of this habit is related to Jia Xu's early experience, when he was in Wuwei, the struggle between the Han and Qiang people was very fierce, Jia Xu saw more killing and struggle, ensuring that his survival was the most important thing, and the habit gradually became instinct.
The reason why he planned to attack Chang'an was also for this reason.
Jia Xu knew very well that it was impossible for the imperial court to kill all the people of Liangzhou, and the Liangzhou soldiers would disband their troops and flee back to their hometowns, and there was no longer a threat to the imperial court, and the possibility of being pursued was very small. Specific to himself, to be honest, Jia Xu is only a small role in the Liangzhou Army, and he has not done anything particularly bad in the past, even if the imperial court wants to pursue Dong Zhuo's accomplice, it is difficult to pursue him. But it was because of that little possibility that Jia Xu made the decision to offer a plan, and in his calculations, doing so would increase his chances of survival.
The attack on Chang'an failed, and he fled as originally planned, and it was the Liangzhou army boss who led the troops, not him. If it succeeds, let alone the wealth and glory, unless the Liangzhou army is defeated, at least Jia Xu's life is worry-free. As for what kind of impact this move will have on the Han family and the people of the world, Jia Xu will not care.
Jia Xu is not a cold-blooded person through and through, but he is used to protecting himself first.
Only those who are alive are qualified to talk about ideals, righteousness, loyalty and patriotism, and the benefit of the common people. All great ideals and aspirations have to be fulfilled by people, those who survive are human beings, and those who cannot survive are dead, and they can't even save their own lives.
Jia Xu pondered, after escorting this trip of grain and grass, he had to find a way to stay in the barracks safely. With Jia Xu's IQ, it will definitely not be too difficult to stay in the camp, and it will be more stable to sleep in the camp of the Chinese army under the strict protection of tens of thousands of brave and warlike Liangzhou troops.
But he never expected that the last time the grain was in trouble.
The Liangzhou army packed up its troops and horses and rushed to Chang'an, the grain and grass were taken from the nearby county seats, because the central army fled when they heard the news, the carriage and the people could be recruited on the spot, and it was enough to send two or three hundred troops to escort the grain and grass. Jia Xu was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he insisted on increasing the number of troops escorting grain and grass to 500 people, knowing that there were only a few thousand people when the army started, and Li Dao and others were once so angry that they were furious. Later, the number of soldiers and horses gradually increased, and Li Wei refused to add troops to Jia Xu, but he did not lower his establishment, and it was still a 500-man grain transport force.
The Central Army took the initiative to shrink, and no one should have dared to touch the five hundred Liangzhou soldiers.
It has been safe and quiet before, which shows that the Liangzhou soldiers are full of deterrence.
But this time, there are people who don't believe in evil.
The grain convoy was attacked.
A group of dusty, ragged chaotic people came out from all sides, and the battle-hardened Liangzhou soldiers suppressed it, Jia Xu thought that it would be easy to kill these chaotic people on the spot, but he didn't expect the actual situation to be the opposite. Those rebellious people were not afraid to start a war with the Liangzhou army, and the two sides fought, and the rebellious people actually occupied an overwhelming advantage, and in a very short time, they defeated the fierce Liangzhou soldiers.
Seeing that the Liangzhou army couldn't parry, the people whistled and scattered.
Jia Xu was dumbfounded.
Even if the Liangzhou soldiers were attacked suddenly and lost their geographical advantage, the Liangzhou soldiers had fought with the Qiang people for so many years, and their will to fight was extremely tenacious, and they had long understood that only by fighting to the death could they better survive, and they would not be easily defeated in adversity. Now like an inexperienced recruit, he has been beaten and has no power to fight back!
These people are not rioters at all, but super elites dressed as rioters!
Where did the elite come from?
Could it be the troops of the Eighth School of the West Park in the past?
Or the elite of the five schools of the Northern Army?
It doesn't feel right, the five schools of the Northern Army fell before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, otherwise there would be no Eighth Captain of the West Garden, Dong Zhuo reused the Liangzhou Army after entering Luoyang, and later burned Luoyang and moved the capital to Chang'an, and the Eighth School of the West Garden was destined to be swept into the garbage heap before it could emit much light.
In Jia Xu's memory, Chang'an did not have such an elite foot soldier at all!
But now I can't take care of these, it's important to save my life, and when I find that something is wrong, Jia Xu turns around and runs.
I didn't run a few steps and stopped.
The military literacy of the "chaotic people" is excellent, all intersections have been blocked, and the other party allows the people to leave, but there is no mercy for the Liangzhou soldiers. Those who tried to break out of the siege were all dead, and it was only a matter of time before the surrounded Liangzhou soldiers were destroyed.
Jia Xu smiled bitterly, although he was a lieutenant, he actually had no ability to fight at all.
He stood silently in place, silently watching as the soldiers were killed, seemingly speechless with fear. With Jia Xu's temperament, he has a plan in his heart about what dangers he may encounter outside and how to deal with them in different situations. When he carried out his mission, he always dressed as a scribe, and when he marched, he gave up riding a horse and did not gather with the sergeants, but chatted with a few people on foot, just to prevent this from happening.
In these years, scholars are very respected, and even the Yellow Turban Army will not kill scholars. Jia Xu believed that he had a high probability of being allowed to leave, and he acted panicked and harmless.
The battle soon came to an end.
Some of the "rebels" continued to purge the remnants of the Liangzhou soldiers, and some of them took grain from the grain trucks. Seeing that Jia Xu was confused, these people attacked their team, and they dared to come for food?
At this time, several people walked over to him quickly and asked loudly, "Who is it?" ”
"Hey, tell your lordship, in the county government, I was arrested by the Liangzhou army to hand over the grain and grass."
"The master book?" The questioner sneered: "Didn't we see the Liangzhou soldiers listening to your orders before? If you dare to talk nonsense again, you will take your life, and you will not be recruited from the truth? ”
Jia Xu broke out in a cold sweat.
His intuition of danger has always been very accurate, and at this time, he really felt that the other party had a killing intention, and he raised his head in panic and said: "Zai Xia was really the head of the county government, just because he was from Liangzhou, he was taken captive by the Liangzhou army to work in the army, and it was really forced to escort grain and grass below, please be aware of it!" ”
The scribe first falsely claimed that he was the master bookkeeper, and after being exposed, he said that he was coerced and sent to transport grain because he was from Liangzhou, which seems quite reasonable in the recent situation, but the person who asked the question was deceived once, how dare he believe it all? Let him go, for fear of letting go of the bad guys; killed him, and was worried about killing innocents indiscriminately, especially if the other party was a scholar, they wouldn't be able to do it if they killed him by mistake.
The Liangzhou army is nearby, they have robbed the grain and grass, they are bound to not stay for a long time, and they must make a decision as soon as possible.
If this scribe has his heart set on the Liangzhou army, letting him go back is equivalent to making trouble for himself.
The interrogator's head was big and he ran to ask a teenager for instructions.
The young man didn't blink his eyelids, and said coldly: "Stun and take away." ”
"Great!"
The attackers took away the food they were going to use, burned the remaining grain and grass, and left.