In the face of such a lamenting people, with Zhang Xi's character, what can he say?!

And they also brought you a high hat, and they will be called "Uncle Liu Huang is benevolent and righteous", what can you do with them?!

Fortunately, there are not many people, but there are more than 1,000 people, Zhang Xi is carrying a heavy cart of grain, grass and baggage, and it is not difficult to divide some of them, so that they can persist until they return to their hometowns.

At the same time, after this battle, the Guanzhong region can basically be guaranteed to be taken, and it is just right to take this opportunity to calm down the people in Guanzhong.

It's nothing more than some military rations.

The only trouble is that it will be a bit of a delay in doing so.

More than 1,000 hungry people stand in front of you, and it always takes a certain amount of time to collect these people and distribute food and dry food, and at the same time, in order to show the benevolence of the Han army, it is more or less important to come forward to say some good things to these people, and appease them to return to their hometowns as soon as possible to farm. Troublesome.

You must know that Zhang Xi is now going to compete with the Wei thief for time to seize Tongguan.

Moreover, according to the testimonies of these people, the Wei thief reinforcements had already passed through here two days ago, and they were lightly armed without heavy grain and grass, and it was really possible that they could not outrun them by plundering the people to obtain supplies.

So be it. When he hit the road again, after walking for less than a day, Zhang Xi encountered a group of ragged people trapped in a mountain col, Zhang Xi was really a little entangled.

Although it was delayed a little before, the impact will not be too great, and this time if we continue to stop to help these people. If it goes on like this, it will really be delayed.

Who knows how many hungry people will be waiting for you due to the scattered migration ahead?!

Can. There are some things that Zhang Xi can give orders with a hard heart, but there are some things, Zhang Xi's temperament is really unsightly.

The people in these years have suffered enough, and Zhang Xi was an ordinary ordinary person in his last life, and the education he received and his conscience really did not allow him to be indifferent to watching the people suffer.

One more. Liu Bei stood in the world with "benevolence and righteousness", and if the generals under his command saw the people starving to death and ignored it, Liu Bei would not be happy.

Just Tongguan, if you can't grab it, you can still storm it, and at worst, you can also confront it, turn the Tongguan area into a battlefield, and naturally you can also cut off the passage for the Wei army to move people, but if this people's heart is lost, and then you want to get it back, it can't be done in a day or two.

Zhang Xi found enough reasons and excuses for himself, and ordered the whole army to suspend the march and gather the people in the mountain col for rescue.

By the way, he cursed again for the full favor, and the general of the lack of German reinforcements who did not know his name.

made Wang Chang sneeze vigorously.

Of course, Zhang Xi realized afterwards that the people this time were really not Wang Chang's pot, but they still had something to do with Wang Chang.

This group of people was not requisitioned by the soldiers led by Wang Chang, but simply robbed by the soldiers of Chang'an County who escorted them.

The previous group of county soldiers who had robbed the grain dispersed in a hurry, and inevitably some people came to the escort team of this group of people, and then said this, and listened to it. Things are completely out of control.

Few of the soldiers in these years are virtuous, and even if there are good people, they are not much better if they have been in the army of this era for a long time. As soon as I heard that the Shu army was coming, and then I saw that my companions had robbed and made a fortune, and there were soft and grainy, even if I was the king of the mountain in that mountain, it was much better than holding this group of people into the customs.

And then, it's all the same.

This group of people in the col was robbed, although it was not Wang Chang's hand, and even speaking, it could only be regarded as the norm in troubled times, but. If Wang Chang hadn't opened the bad head of the grain requisition, the other county soldiers would not have had the courage to directly plunder the people.

Besides, in the final analysis, it was the Wei army who robbed the people, even if it didn't have much to do with Wang Chang, wouldn't it have anything to do with Manzhong and the Great Wei court?!

Along the way, Zhang Xi led the troops all the way and helped the people all the way.

Some of them were unlucky enough to be robbed by the escort soldiers, and some were unwilling to follow the Wei army to migrate and hide in the mountains and forests, but because of the lack of food preparation, they could not hunt and survive in the winter, so they had to go out of the mountains to find a way to survive. Zhang Xi really can't ignore these people.

Zhang Xi also sighed again. When others arrive at a place, the people they meet are all "eating pot pulp to welcome the king", and if they are replaced by themselves, how can they become the captain of the relief brigade? !

Moreover, Zhang Xi also pondered it later, these people he encountered, whether they were robbed by someone or came out of the mountains, were basically people from the same place, that is to say, even if Zhang Xi gathered the hearts of these people on behalf of Liu Bei, with the efficiency of information dissemination in this era, the scope of influence was only a few villages, and even the county seat could not be reached.

Thousands of people were relieved, and the name of benevolence and righteousness of the Han army was spread in a few villages in Guanzhong at most. Compared with the huge Guanzhong area, this fame has almost no role and influence.

The input and output are seriously disproportionate, so that Zhang Xi led the troops to Tongguan, and after setting up camp, the first thing was to lead the troops to the city of Tongguan, and he wanted to personally scold the battle.

Don't think about it, after three or four delays, Zhang Xi will definitely not be able to outrun the Wei army reinforcements in Chang'an, and Zhang Xi has no hope at this point.

This time, I personally came forward to scold the battle, mainly to see which immoral thing led the army to do the thing of robbing the people's rations.

Really, although the military in this era is divided into different forces, the military law is universal, and the seven prohibitions and fifty-four beheadings are the same to plunder the people, which is one of the clear fifty-four beheadings.

To put aside Zhang Xi's subordinates, this kind of leading general, how many of them are killed, and they will not show mercy.

In the past few days, Zhang Xi has been very angry, so he took a rare risk to come to Tongguan in person and asked the master of Tongguan to come out and answer.

This belongs to the ancient rites before the war, and half of this kind of reply is used to persuade surrender or persuade the troops to retreat, even if the two sides say that they are choked, they cannot directly start fighting, and they must return to the camp before officially fighting, which is a kind of etiquette meeting.

It's just that Zhang Xi is not sure, this kind of ancient rites recorded in the book, in this era of war, there are still a few people who are willing to abide by it. If you turn around, the Tong guard will be a reckless man, and he doesn't understand what it means at all, so what can he do if he greets him directly with a bow and arrow? !

Therefore, with Zhang Xi's timid and cautious character, he can take the initiative to answer with the master of Tongguan, which shows that he is really angry.

But fortunately, today's Tongguan guard is Wang Chang.

Taiyuan Wang was born, a child of a family, it was destined that Wang Chang could not be slack off in this ancient ceremony, as soon as he heard that Zhang Xi was going to ask him to answer before the battle, Wang Chang agreed without saying a word.

Of course, Wang Chang is a little proud now.

Since the fight with Zhang Xi, there have been two head-to-head confrontations, once as a deputy general, who was easily seen through his suspicious military schemes, and once as the main general, he was easily transferred from the mountain and played with by others.

This time, it was rare for him to be the first to come, and he marched in a hurry under unfavorable conditions, and rushed to Tongguan in front of Zhang Xi. This kind of small sense of achievement, which is slightly better than the world's famous generals, still makes Wang Chang happy.

After all, Wang Chang has just joined the company not long ago, and he is still a little competitive against the famous generals who are recognized by the world.

Therefore, when Wang Chang led the army out of the customs and faced Zhang Xi face to face before the pass, he still had the heart to say such a sentence.

"General Zhang, don't come unharmed?!"

That means, it's to show off, although I always suffered in the past, but this time, it was Tongguan where I arrived first.

But as soon as Zhang Xi saw Wang Chang appear, he suddenly couldn't suppress this anger.

In the information that Zhang Xi obtained, Wang Chang should have retreated to Chang'an, but now he suddenly appeared in Tongguan, no need to ask, the team that came from Chang'an to support Tongguan must be Wang Chang's main general.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xi suddenly became angry.

"Wang Chang rat, why shouldn't you be evil?!"

Those who scolded Wang Chang for these words were stunned. What do you mean?!

Zhang Xi didn't care about Wang Chang's reaction, and continued to scold.

"In vain, you read poetry and books, plundered the people's rations, and forced the people to a dead end. You've read all your books in the dog's belly, haven't you?! Are you worthy of the teachings of the sages in such a way?! What other face dares to claim to be a child of a family, behind a famous family?! ”

Zhang Xi is really angry, and the scolding words are all half-literate and half-white, and he has no celebrity bearing at all.

But this is really not to blame Zhang Xi for not having grace, it is really what Wang Chang did, which is a bit of a pain point for Zhang Xi.

Really, if the leading general of the Chang'an reinforcements is a big old man who doesn't understand these truths, and is just leading troops according to the habits of troubled times, then Zhang Xi can't blame anything, he can only blame this damn world.

But you Wang Chang is a son of a family, a descendant of the Taiyuan Wang family, and has been reading poetry and books since he was a child.

Although everyone knows that the style of your family comes first, in the final analysis, your own interests come first, but at least you have to pay attention to face, so that you don't look too ugly as a child of the family to do this kind of arson and plunder, in this world, can there be a good? !

Bad people can't be hated for doing bad things, and reckless people can't be hated for doing bad things, but what is hateful is the so-called "humble gentleman" who is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but he does such a thing that is inferior to beasts.

People's hearts can't be broken, once people's hearts are broken, this world is really hopeless.

The rebellion of the eight kings of the Western Jin Dynasty in history, and the hundreds of years of turmoil caused by it, are not the consequences of these princes, nobles and families, and the people's hearts are not ancient.

That's why Zhang Xi was so angry when he saw that it was the support army led by Wang Chang.

It's just that Zhang Xi's scolding, Wang Chang is completely in a fog when he listens.

Why am I sorry for the sages, why can't I claim to be the queen of the Taiyuan Wang. What am I doing?!

Raids?!

This kind of hat can't be buttoned casually, we haven't done this kind of lack of morality, and the Taiyuan Wang family can't afford such a reputation.

The reason why the family is respected by the world, whether in prosperous times or troubled times, is that reputation doesn't care how many dirty things there are in private, but the reputation on the surface is something more important than life.

When Wang Chang heard that Zhang Xi buckled such a heavy hat, he became angry on the spot, and asked, "Rat, dare to bully me like this?!" When did I plunder?! ”

When Zhang Xi heard that this product still dared to do it, he suddenly became even more popular.

didn't talk nonsense, just told all the people and what he had seen and heard along the way, and then directly left a cruel sentence.

"If I don't kill you, I swear not to be a man."

After speaking, Zhang Xi directly collected his troops and returned to the camp, or built siege equipment, preparing to storm Tongguan.

(End of chapter)