Chapter 32: Murder
Before dawn, Li Jue had been aroused. After a short period of tidying up, without receiving any instructions, Li Jue and his two hundred elites rode out of the horizontal gate.
Compared with the cold weather outside in winter, the inside of the futon is simply Elysium, and the young man is already sleepy, resulting in the departure from the city originally scheduled for Yin Shi to be delayed by an hour.
It was already discussed in the medical hall yesterday, and the rebellion of the refugees in the north of the city was a big bad thing for the entire Sanfu, but it was not a good thing for Li Jue. Li Jue first had the reputation of protecting the people and fighting bravely against the Xiliang Army, and now if he makes great contributions, he will think that Li Jue is a lucky star of Sanqin, and it will be of great benefit to take over Sanqin in the future.
Of course, there is a premise for this, and that is to quell the rebellion of the victims.
"Where did the thieves go?" Got up too early, Li Jue was still a little sleepy, yawning on the horse, sleepy-eyed and said.
"My lord, according to the news obtained by the scouts in the army, the thief army fled north to Changling to camp after killing the officials in the north of the city." Bai Sheng on the side got up early, as a soldier, his ability to implement orders is something that Li Jue can't achieve for the time being.
"Changling? Camp? Hmph, such a command, retreat, and camp, there are indeed traitors in this. Li Jue snorted coldly.
"Have you ever talked to your father, what are the actions in the army?" He didn't ask Li Jing if he knew, he must have known about such a big thing, and what he wanted to know most now was what kind of action Jing Zhaojun would take.
According to the news reported by the secret agents in the house, the old lord already knew about it, and ordered all the armaments to enter and suppress it. Since the order was issued, the twelve gates of the city have been closed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without the order of the old lord, and the soldiers of the county in the city are ordered to patrol every day. The Bashang military camp is already preparing for war, and it may be possible to quell the rebellion in the sunrise camp tomorrow. Bai Sheng recounted one thing after another as if he had seen it with his own eyes, but after saying that he was in the camp, he frowned.
"What's wrong?" Li Jue asked with concern.
"Ah, it's all right, my lord, but the order will sink into the sea after it reaches the Willow Camp." Bai Sheng frowned and said: "According to our people, after the herald entered the camp, he never came out, and a special nine-way order was issued for this purpose, but the strange thing is that they did not come out, once someone approached the side of the camp, they would be shot, and there was no sound of drill in the Xiliu camp. ”
It seems that behind this "farce", there must be the Yang Party forces fueling the flames, if you can take this opportunity to take it down, it is better, if you can't take it, you have to give him a big "surprise". ”
"Hey, by the way, if the twelve city gates are closed, what will happen to the victims, the grain and grass in the city cannot be transported, how can the victims be relieved? What should the soldiers of the Bashang Battalion and the Xiliu Battalion do? Li Jue thought of a big problem, this problem is very fatal, if it is not handled well, the consequences behind it are very terrible.
"The lord doesn't know that in addition to the official warehouses in various cities, my Sanfu followed the old system and re-established several large granaries in the original places. Since the old lord took office, he has been diligent in government and loves the people, and fortunately relies on the beauty of the heavens, so that the people have surplus grain, and the several warehouses set up are also full of grain. Bai Sheng smiled.
Looking at the sincere smile on Bai Sheng's face, Li Jue was also happy for him, but in the blink of an eye, he thought of another question.
"When Dong Zhuo passed through Sanfu, many places were suffered, and some places were even slaughtered, granary, such a big temptation, could he Dong Zhuo be blind or blinded by lard, wouldn't he be tempted?"
"Lord, whether Dong Zhuo is blind or lard is blinded, I don't know, but I feel that there may be both. Before he came, he had taken precautions, and as for how to prevent it, he would not know, and the lord might know everything from the old lord. Bai Sheng arched his hand.
"Well, if food can keep the refugees safe, that's fine! Where are these granaries? ”
"In addition to the official warehouses used for the garrisons and officials in each castle, Sanfu also set up four large warehouses. They are Taicang, Huacang, Xiliucang, Ganquan and Jiacang. Taicang is in my Jingzhao, its location is in the southeast of Chang'an, it is just to deal with the Bashang camp, usually by the order of the Fuzhong, directly from Taicang to transport grain and grass to the Bashang camp people to eat horses and chew. ”
"Huacang is east of Zheng County and west of Tongguan, but when Dong Zhuo passed by, it was robbed of a part, and now Dong Zhuo's Zhonglang will lead Duan Ying to lead tens of thousands of troops in Hongnong, and this warehouse is not in danger." Bai Sheng was a little sad and helpless. With a sniffle, Bai Sheng continued to explain.
"The fine willow warehouse is north of the fine willow camp, supporting the fine willow camp to eat on weekdays."
"Although Ganquan Cang is in Feng Yi on the left, it borders on the right Fufeng, and General Huangfu Song's 30,000 elite applications are supplied by Ganquan Cang."
"Finally, there is Jiacang, which is located north of the Wei River, and most of the relief for the victims this time is supplied from this warehouse."
"Well, yes, I didn't expect that Sanfu was so rich, worthy of the former country of abundance." This sentence is not wrong, before Qin annexed Bashu, Guanzhong was called the country of abundance for the first time. In "Warring States Policy: Qin Ce I", Guanzhong is described like this: "The fields are fertile, the people are rich, the chariots are ten thousand, the fight is million, the fertile fields are thousands of miles, the accumulation is abundant, and the terrain is convenient.
In the past, Sanqin was praised by the ancients as the Golden Pond Tang City, the fertile field for thousands of miles, and the country of abundance. Later, after the construction of the Dujiangyan water conservancy project, the Sichuan-Shu Plain was smooth and the grain output increased greatly, so Bashu replaced Guanzhong and became the country of abundance.
"My lord is very right." Bai Sheng also very much agrees that the ancients had a different kind of feelings for their homeland, and the local plot is very strong and deep.
"Wait, where did you just say Jiacang is?" An extremely bad idea arose in Li Jue's mind.
"North of the Wei River, Weibei!" Bai Sheng was stunned for a moment, suddenly realized, and his face suddenly turned pale.
"They must not be allowed to take Jiacang, order the brothers to hurry up, if they are hungry and thirsty, they will eat and drink immediately, and if they go to the toilet, they will hold it for so!"
"No!" Bai Sheng also sensed the seriousness of the matter. didn't say much, just fulfilled the promise.
Li Jue's face became more and more complicated.
Originally, this matter was not big, but the refugees were coerced, but if the group of people took Jiacang. Then the situation is completely different, with food, there are soldiers and horses. Li Jue can no matter who they are, no matter who is behind them? But he must eliminate these destabilizing factors. Alas!
Compared with Li Jue, who inadvertently knew the movements of the rebels, Li Jing in the Bashang camp guessed it at once.
"My lord, the military horses in the camp are all ready, and they can set off the day after tomorrow at the latest." Colonel Zou Xuan stepped forward to report.
"Well, what's the news for the rebels?"
"After grabbing food last night, I fled north!"
"North? North! Li Jing's hand rested on the map on the screen, and he started from Chang'an City and swiped all the way north, clicking on one place three times.
"Kakura?" The generals' eyes followed Li Jing's fingers, and Zou Xuan read out the name.
"My lord, Jiacang is the most important place in my county, if it is obtained by the rebels, it will be a great harm to me, and the last general begs to lead the cavalry to fight in Jiacang first."
"The last will go!"
"The last general is also willing to go!"
“……”
For a while, the crowd was excited. Li Jing waved his hand, suppressed the generals' invitation to fight, and didn't talk about it, but just asked, "Have the people who went to the Xiliu Camp come back?" ”
"Lord Qiqi, I didn't see it." Zou Xuan paused for a moment, and then spoke: "Not only did the people in the army not come back, but I heard that even the people sent by the government also came back." ”
Li Jing's eyes became cold, and he muttered, "Yang Dang, don't let me down." ”
The others didn't hear it, and even if they did, they had to pretend they didn't hear it.
The country of the king, the four stops are solid: there are Ganquan and Gukou in the north, Jingwei in the south, Longshu on the right, Guanhan on the left, and millions of chariots, and the chariot is a thousand times, and the advantage is to attack, and the unfavorable is to enter the defense, and the land of this king is also. The main explanation here is the topographical conditions in the four directions of the Guanzhong region, pointing out that the Qin State could rely on the surrounding terrain to facilitate the defense, rather than specifically referring to the four passes. In "Warring States Policy", when Su Qin lobbied King Xuan of Qi, he said: "Qi, there is Mount Tai in the south, Lang evil in the east, Qinghe in the west, and Bohai Sea in the north. We have a simple search on the Internet, and we can see that since ancient times, the "country of the four stops" has been used to describe the region, not only Shandong, but also Sichuan, Hunan, etc., and the statement is that these areas have natural hazards that can be used as barriers, and the "four stops" are also not specifically pointed to the four passes. Let's take a more extreme example. Qing Dynasty scholar Yan Ruoxuan proposed in "Shangshu Ancient Texts and Evidence": "According to the Banzhi, Shangdang County and Xiagu Note: There are Shangdang Pass, Hukou Pass, Shiyan Pass, and Tianjing Pass. Gan did not note. Yu said that this is another 'Guanzhong'. If this argument can be established, any area sandwiched between the four famous Guansai in the east, west, south and north can be called "Guanzhong", which is obviously inconsistent with the understanding of the inherent noun of "Guanzhong" that we are talking about. In the same way, to understand "guanzhong" as "among the four levels" or "among the several levels" is a bit mechanical. In the pre-Qin period, it is true that Hangu, Sanguan, Wuguan, and Xiaoguan have all formed passes, but in addition to Hangu Pass, the rest of the passes have not played a particularly big role in the military history of the pre-Qin period, and their importance is far from enough, and the formation of the place name of "Guanzhong" is difficult to say how much direct connection there is with them. Among the various theories, only Yan Shigu's "One Pass Theory" may be the closest to the historical truth. At the end of the Warring States period or the Qin Dynasty when the place name "Guanzhong" was formed, for the Qin Kingdom (Empire), the most important pass was the Hangu Pass, where the Six Kingdoms clamoured to attack Qin, and the Qin State mainly defended against attacks from the east. After Qin unified the six countries, it was still bounded by Hangu Pass to distinguish the unification of the territory. In the 35th chronicle of the "Records of the First Emperor of Qin", it is mentioned that the first emperor built palaces in various places, saying: "There are 300 palaces in Guanzhong and more than 400 outside the Guan. The "Guanzhong" and "Guanwai" here are demarcated by Hangu Pass. "Outside the Guan" certainly refers to the outside of the Hangu Pass, and "Guanzhong" also refers to the Hangu Pass, not between some other passes. If this sentence in the "Qin Shi Huang Benji" is not obvious enough, we can take a look at the description before the Hongmen banquet in the same book "Gaozu Benji". "Or Pei Gong said: 'Qin is ten times richer than the world, and the terrain is strong. Today, Zhang Han descended to Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu is called King Yong, Wang Guanzhong. Now that he is coming, Pei Gong may not have this. It can be urgent to make the soldiers guard the letter valley pass, there is no inner princes' army, and the soldiers in the pass are slightly enlisted for self-benefit, and distance from it. 'Pei blatantly planned, from there. In mid-November, Xiang Yuguo led the princes to the west, wanting to enter the customs, but closed the door. Wen Peigong was already in the middle of the pass, and he was furious, so that Duo Bu and others broke through the Hangu Pass. In mid-December, it was time for the play. In this passage, the words "Guanzhong" and "Hangu Pass" appear frequently, which proves that in the Chu and Han dynasties, the so-called "Guanzhong" refers to the area west of Hangu Pass, which is exactly the same as Yan Shigu's statement.