[Chapter 5, Volume 5]

Section 513

Yanzhou.

Shen Zangfeng finished inspecting the camp and returned to the guard's mansion. I sat down in the study, and I hadn't finished approving an official document, but I heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, and the door of the study was slammed - Shen Zangfeng nodded slightly, Shen Di went over and opened the door, and saw Su Xiuming's old servant Su Shuishui walking in with sweat, and hurriedly said: "Third son, master, please hurry up to the main hall to discuss matters!" ”

After Su Xiuming led the 20,000 Xiliang troops to Donghu to help, the imperial capital boss was worried that Shen Zangfeng was young and would be negligent in sitting in a city and an important city in this joint, so he sent Su Xiuming to assist him in February. And this Su Drinking Water is the son of the Su family, relying on the old man to sell the old and saying that Shen Zangfeng is still grown up by him. has always been steady, otherwise Su Xiuming only brought only one old servant with him when she came to Yanzhou, and she would not have chosen him from many children.

At this moment, Su Shui was so flustered, Shen Zangfeng's heart sank, he put down the red pen, and asked while getting up: "But is there any news from Donghu?" ”

Sure enough, Su Shuishui trembled his lips slightly, and said briefly: "I heard that the Liu family was defeated." ”

"Ahh Shen Die was caught off guard and couldn't help but exhale in a low voice!

“…… Although the Rong people claim to be 300,000, according to the previous report of the horse, it is only 2440,000 at most. Donghu soldiers and horses are more than double as it, and they occupy the advantage of defending the city, how can they be defeated?! Could it be that there is a mistake in the letter? ”

When Shen Zangfeng hurried to the main hall, he happened to hear a general ask in a hurried, even angry voice.

This general's name is Liu Xi, and he is the original deputy general of the Donghu Army who attacked Yanzhou. After Yanzhou was broken, part of the Donghu army returned to Donghu to guard the house, and Liu Xi stayed and kept an eye on Yanzhou's baggage for the Liu family - before the Yanzhou rebellion, the Liu family really suffered enough, even if they knew that Su Xiuming and Shen Zangfeng would not do anything to Donghu when the Rong people attacked, but they didn't feel at ease if they didn't leave their own people here.

In today's Yanzhou City, it is this Liu Xi and Shen Zangfeng's uncle and nephew who are in charge.

I thought it was because Liu Xi was the identity of the Liu family, so Su Xiuming told him first, and he came more urgently, but he arrived one step earlier than Shen Zangfeng.

"Originally, I wouldn't have been defeated," Su Xiuming's personal guards were guarding outside the hall, but there was nothing to say in advance on the eye joints, Shen Zangfeng went inside, but saw Su Xiuming's face in the hall, and there was anger in his eyes.

However, his anger was not because of Liu Xi's rude attitude in a hurry, "But 80,000 servants rebelled, what can I do?" ”

"What?!" Liu Xi exclaimed in surprise, including Shen Zangfeng, who had just entered the door, and stopped in amazement!

Shen Zangfeng froze and asked urgently: "How can the servant rebel?" ”

Although Yanzhou and Donghu are adjacent to each other, it is necessary to transport the baggage of the state city to all parts of Donghu, especially in the case of the 100,000 urgent invasion of the Rong people, and the number of servants used is also extremely large. Because almost all the young and strong men in Donghu were conscripted into the army, this soldier was generally drawn from the neighboring Youyan and Youyan states.

This time, due to the urgency of the situation, a group of people were even temporarily recruited from Shinshu, which borders Youzhou, and northern Fengzhou.

Although this move has made the people more resentful, it is better than being beaten in by the Rong people.

Moreover, in order to prevent the servants from rebelling, these people were never fed, and even less armed, but they were required to serve heavy conscription at all times, and they fell to the ground to rest almost at a moment's rest. Rao is like this, and there are soldiers who are always watching - all so that if they make trouble, they can easily send troops to suppress it!

Su Xiuming said hesitantly: "I don't know who spread the matter of Xinzhou to Donghu, and the husband of Xinzhou asked to return to his hometown to protect his wife and children. These people have not been appeased, and the servants in other places are also clamoring and asking to return to their hometowns, and the Liu family killed the first few troublemakers, and the scene calmed down at that time. But in the middle of the night, the servants of Xinzhou suddenly made a rebellion, killed the soldiers who supervised them of the Liu family, snatched the horses and blades, and fled to Xinzhou! It would be nothing if it was just like this, but before leaving, these shameless people actually burned the baggage that they had to send to the front line within three days! ”

The story of Shinshu is that the state is close to the sea, and there is an abundance of seafood, so most of the state's population lives near the sea. In April, a hurricane broke out on the sea, carrying huge waves, and swept almost all the way from the south of the state to the north of the state, and in almost a few days, from a central state that could barely survive, it became a miserable hell on earth, and even the state government was not spared.

Not only that, but after the disaster, it stands to reason that the imperial court or the government should provide disaster relief and exempt labor and taxes to recuperate the people. But in April, the first emperor was still aggrieved that his Fengci Water Hall could not be rebuilt, and he could only build a Hanyuan Building, where would he care about the life and death of the people of Xinzhou?

So no one cares about Shinshu's mourning.

Because the state government was destroyed in the hurricane, the state officials were buried alive by the collapsed houses, and the remaining officials and their families also suffered, and it was too late to take care of themselves, who was patient to take care of the people?

In this way, the entire Shinshu group has no leader, and it is a mess! In this case, some former prodigals and scoundrels in the state gathered to take advantage of the fire to rob - originally they were still afraid of the government, but they tried to loot the wealth and forcibly kidnap the people and women several times, and did not see the interference of the people in the government, so they became more and more bold - and in the first month, the Rong people invaded in a big way, and most of the young people in Xinzhou were recruited to Donghu to serve as laborers, and ordinary Li Shu had no support and protection from the men in charge, and there was no room for fighting back under these people!

Of course, although no one cares about the affairs of Shinshu, Donghu also knows about it. But at that time, the Rong people had already come to the city, and in order not to disturb the morale of the army and affect the overall situation, Donghu ordered the news to be concealed from the Xinzhou servant.

But after a few months of concealment, it has now been exposed.

Originally, these people were very reluctant to travel hundreds of miles, say goodbye to their families, and rush to serve in the bitter cold Donghu. Wei was really afraid of the punishment of the imperial court and the slaughter of the Li people after the Rong people invaded the Central Plains, and they might not be able to escape. Only then did he grit his teeth and endure it.

But now that the Rong people haven't come in, their own family was first robbed by the heavens, and then they were plagued by the bullies in the township, how can they not care? The Rong people came in, and there were Donghu, Yanzhou, and Youzhou before they arrived in Xinzhou. But if I don't go back now, I'm afraid I won't have a chance in the future!

Except for Shinshu, although the other states have fallen to Shinshu so miserably, they are not very peaceful. Shocked by the example of the Shinshu servant, even if Donghu told them that only Shinshu was the only one who suffered a natural disaster, but since people were suspicious in their hearts, it was unreliable to listen to anything - if the government could deceive the Shinshu servant, couldn't it deceive them? If you don't go back to your hometown to see for yourself, you won't feel at ease after all!

The servants are going home.

But how could Donghu release people?

On the border, the Donghu army is fighting to the death with the Rong people, and at this time, there is something wrong with the baggage, and one bad thing is the overall collapse! Moreover, once the Donghu soldiers were insufficient, these soldiers could also be temporarily issued weapons and the overseers rushed to the battlefield to temporarily resist, so as not to suddenly make a breach for the Rong people to drive straight into the army - in short, the Donghu would never and could not let go.

"The front-line soldiers and Rong people have fought so hard, plus they have no food on an empty stomach, how can they not be defeated?" Su Xiuming is the commander of Yanzhou at the moment, from his position, he naturally has no time to sympathize with the feelings of the servant of Xinzhou, but he deeply feels that these people ignore the overall situation, they are simply sinners of the country, and after roughly saying it at this moment, he said calmly, "Returning to Xinzhou from Donghu, you must pass through my Yanzhou, Liu Xi, you lead the Donghu army of 10,000, set up an ambush on the road you must pass, and be sure to annihilate all the deserters!" Crack its head, split its limbs, and introduce it to Donghu, so as to serve the police! ”

There are still hundreds of thousands of servants serving in Donghu, and if they all learn from the servants of Xinzhou, then this battle should not be fought.

Liu Xi was so hated as early as when he heard that the Xinzhou servant had killed the soldiers and led to the defeat of Donghu, even if Su Xiuming didn't give such an order, he would inevitably ask for orders to go after him, and now when he heard the order, he had nothing to say.

Su Xiuming said again: "Although there are tens of thousands of soldiers who escaped, they are all rabble, even if they snatch some horses and weapons from the soldiers, they are not comparable to the elites such as Er. But now that the army is tight, this battle must be resolved quickly, and I will give you five days! After five days, no matter what the outcome of the battle is, you must come back to tell you! ”

Liu Xi said: "General, since Donghu has been defeated, the last general wants to rush to the aid of Donghu after exterminating the Xinzhou servants!" ”

"......" Su Xiuming thought for a long time, and said, "Yanzhou is a heavy land, and it is too thin to rely on 20,000 Xiliang army guards alone. And you only lead 10,000 Donghu troops to help, think it's not very useful, now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, I'm afraid that the news of the defeat of the Donghu army will reach the imperial capital, and the Royal Forest Army should make a move. ”

"But the last general heard that the Imperial Guards were weak......"

"That's because you haven't seen the Xuanjia Guard!" Su Xiuming shook her head and said with a solemn expression, "There is no need to discuss this matter anymore, it's decided!" ”

Seeing that Liu Xi still meant to be entangled, Su Xiuming frowned and simply said, "Do you want to test military law by yourself!" ”

sent Liu Xi away, leaving only two biological uncles and nephews, and they also resumed their private titles. Su Xiuming said to her nephew with a heavy heart: "The Liu family has now lost nearly half of the town, even if the Imperial Forest Army sends Xuanjia Wei to help, I'm afraid it won't help!" ”

Shen Zangfeng frowned and said, "The Xuanjia Guard is known as the elite, but it is only for the Imperial Forest Army. No matter how carefully and harshly Gu Xiaode trained them, after all, the imperial capital was used to Chengping, these people had never been on the battlefield at all, how could they compare with the border army? ”

But he added, "But there are quite a few of them. ”

"Although the number is large, the military discipline is lax and the armor is corrupt, and the victory over the rabble is limited." Su Xiuming sighed, "It's inconvenient for me to say it in front of Liu Xi just now—if Donghu can't hold it, the imperial capital will definitely be in an emergency!" Our relatives are all in the imperial capital, and the 300,000 Imperial Forest Army there, if you ask me to say, you can only look at it, and it will be difficult to take care of the Shi clan by relying on your family's 20,000 Xiliang Army. If that's the case, we can't stay here. ”

Everyone knows how difficult it is to fight in Yanzhou, even if Su Xiuming and Shen Zangfeng had Mo Binwei as an internal response before, it was extremely difficult to fight. Although the baggage in the city is very eye-catching, it is very cloudy compared with the clouds and nobles and towering emperors in the imperial capital of the Great Wei Dynasty. The Rong people are not stupid, as long as they take Donghu, the next step must be to take the imperial capital directly. For Yanzhou, it will only besiege but not attack.

"If Donghu really can't hold it, we will return to the imperial capital to defend our relatives." Shen Zangfeng muttered, "It's just that if Yanzhou just gives up like this, the three states of You, Xin, and Feng will suddenly lose their barriers, I'm afraid it will be a situation where lives will be ruined!" Why don't you wait and see for a few days, and wait for the horse to inquire about the details? ”

Su Xiuming stroked her beard, thought for a moment, and said, "That's fine." ”

But he said so, and as soon as Shen Zangfeng left, he called into Su to drink water: "You go and pick two guards who haven't met Feng'er and have good skills." ”

Su Shuishui answered, and then listened to Su Xiuming's instructions, "Then find an opportunity to cut Feng'er...... Don't cut the point, but don't take it too lightly, make sure he falls unconscious on the spot and can't see for a few days! ”

Su Shui was suddenly startled: "Master?!" ”

"This kid is still a little soft-hearted." Su Xiuming said hesitantly, "Once Donghu can't hold it, it is a foregone conclusion that the Rong people will enter the Central Plains." He can't bear to let Youyan and other states fall? That's the Rong people who claim to be 300,000, but there are actually more than 200,000, my Qingzhou army can't reach the imperial capital for a while, and the royal forest army can't say how much use it is, after all, it is the royal forbidden army, and the first one to protect is the royal family, not our scholars! We can only count on the Xiliang Army's intentions! How can we continue to delay here? ”

He snorted, "I don't completely ignore the people in these states, so I deliberately detained Liu Xi and didn't allow him to rush to Donghu, so I left him to guard Yanzhou." As for whether it can be defended or not, it depends on the lives of the people in these states. In short, while Liu Xi is now going to hunt down and kill the Xinzhou servant, let's make a big deal about the assassins infiltrating Yanzhou, and when the time comes, I will fall with Feng'er, you remember to explain to the personal guards, and they will make a big fuss, and immediately gather the whole army to escort me and Feng'er back to the imperial capital! ”

He also said, "Don't forget to emphasize that we are all unconscious and in danger, otherwise abandoning the city and fleeing will really damage the reputation of the family!" ”