Before the first month of the second year of Yongning (305) passed, Shao Xun pulled his troops and marched west.

Mi Huang was urged to stand it anymore, and finally took his eldest son Mi Zhi and two hundred Mi clan tribes to the west together.

With Luoyang as the center, the east-west road is roughly divided into "Chenggao Road" (east) and "Cuihan Road" (west).

The former is a riverside avenue located at the northern foot of Mangshan (Pishan) and the south bank of the Yellow River. It is characterized by flat terrain, which is fast and convenient, and it is very easy to get to places such as Xingyang.

Chenggao is the most dangerous place on this road, the nearby dynasties have built passes, such as Chenggao Pass, Tiger Prison Pass, Bishui Pass, etc., the location of the pass is not the same, but the core is relying on the remaining veins of Songshan Mountain and the Yellow River, and is built by the mountain and waterfront.

Cuihan Road is much more difficult, after all, it is located in the mountainous area of western Henan, and it is not very easy to walk.

To be precise, Kuohan Road is a general term, which can be subdivided into the eastern half of Cuishan Road and the western half of Hangu Road, with Shaanxi County as the dividing point.

The road can also be divided into north and south.

The south road has the best traffic conditions, walk along the Luoshui River valley, and reach Yiyang, so it is also called "Yiyang Road".

"Since Zhou, the post road between Chang'an and Luoyang has not changed much." Mi Huang said to Shao Xun as he walked, and from time to time he turned his head to look at the eldest son Mi Zhi behind him to see if he was listening.

Mi Zhi came to the mountainous area of western Henan from the coastal plain, and he was a little novel for a while, staring at the mountains and rivers more often, and he had been taught several times by Mi Huang.

Shao Xun was actually just as interested.

The first time he left Luoyang City to the west, he felt the thrill of opening a new map.

"Mountains and rivers are like this, even if you want to change the course, you can't do it." Shao Xun said: "In the sixteenth year of Jian'an (211), Cao Mengde opened the North Road of Kunshan in order to discuss Guanzhong. Now it's just two roads, one south and one north, right? ”

"Hmm." Mi Huang nodded.

Shao Xun thought about it for a while, he always felt that there was a third way, which book he had seen in later generations, it seemed to be along the south bank of the Yellow River, around a big circle, through the "mainstay" of the place, straight to Shaanxi County, but it should be very difficult to walk, the vehicle is hopeless, and people and horses are estimated to be very dangerous.

"Yiyang has actually been under Luoyang's control." In the quiet valley, in addition to the sound of the troops marching, there was only Mi Huang's iconic male duck voice: "Every time the western army attacks Luoyang, Yiyang has to fight." Sima Yi Bingzheng meeting, Huangfu Shang fought with Zhang Fang several times here. ”

Yiyang is the easternmost county of Hongnong County, because the south road of Kunshan is all in its territory, so it is very important, and the battles are one after another, very tragic.

So much so that the officials do not want to be officials here, they can push it, and if they can't, they will abandon the official and leave, and their lives matter.

"How many people are there in Yiyang?" Shao Xun looked at the clear and wide Luoshui, as well as the river valley plains on both sides, and said, "All the way, there are no people. Occasionally, some people saw that we were running fast like a plague god. ”

"I don't know." Mi Huang sighed: "Let's go, there is Yiyang City in front." ”

Shao Xun nodded, put away a silk silk full of small characters, and put it in his arms.

This is a "cheat sheet" prepared for him by Concubine Pei, which records in detail everything about Yiyang extracted from classics such as "Warring States Policy" and "Historical Records" - starting from the Warring States period Hanyi, to King Qin Wu's envoy Gan Mao to conquer Han, and even the Yiyang Nanshan where the hermit Sun Deng lived in this dynasty.

In the future, I will have to raise a few people to study these historical materials.

Historical materials are not simply history, sometimes they are also related to the military, such as which route the ancients took and why they took it. Is it easy for him to walk this way? What difficulties did you encounter? What's the weather like? and so on, all of which have reference value.

There is no longer a county order in Yiyang City......

"Greetings to the Prince." Cheng Qi, the county with the highest grade in Yiyang County, bowed down and said loudly.

Under his leadership, the officials behind him also stepped forward to salute.

The voice was a little sparse, because there were not even a few clerks left.

"You've worked hard." Mi shook off his horse, looked at the tattered city wall, and said: "It's not easy to be an official here, right?" ”

Qi Shun and the others looked at each other, how did they take this?

Shao Xun smiled and got off the horse.

The army continued to move forward in the direction of Yiyang County.

The kingdom's army was originally more than 3,300, but in the past few months, it has been completed to 3,600, and there are 3,000 auxiliary soldiers, who follow behind with a convoy of baggage.

Six hundred men of the Silver Spear Army and two hundred horsemen of the teaching team also came.

In addition to the 3,000 soldiers of the upper and lower armies of the kingdom army assigned to them, the total strength of this dispatch exceeded 10,000, which may be the last battle before the official reorganization of the kingdom army.

"Yiyang is not small, and the six hundred stone county orders are not needed." Shao Xun looked at the small piece of land reclaimed in the outer edge of the county seat and said with a smile.

Guochao County is divided into three levels, the county order, chief, and phase, and the eighth grade, which is equivalent to Shao Xun's current lieutenant Sima.

The county order ranks 600 stones, the seventh grade.

The county order order thousand stones, the sixth rank, is equivalent to Shao Xun's upcoming palace general, as well as the generals of the kingdom army.

It is unscientific to regard the county order as a petty official.

The long history of the famous Hun Zhonglang General is only equivalent to the county order of Zhongxian County.

The horses of the shogunate and the princesses who are engaged in the wind and rain are only equivalent to the prefectural orders of the big prefectures.

Being able to abandon the county order and run away is enough to show the intensity of the war here.

According to Concubine Pei's cheat sheet, there were more than 3,000 households in Yiyang County's original household register, which was the seventh grade of the standard and the 600 stone county order - more than 1,000 households in the county were called orders, and less than 1,000 households were long, and if the county happened to be a state or county, then 500 households could be called county orders.

There are 3,000 households registered in the household register, and the actual number may more than double, but after Zhang Fang's disaster, it would be good for Yiyang County to have an actual population of one or two thousand households.

"A hundred miles of officials, close to the people, is also indispensable." Mi Huang shook his head and said: "I will play the imperial court, and a new appointment order will be made, and you can wait for more than a month." ”

In fact, the candidate is already there, Pan Tao, the squire of the Yellow Gate, introduced his younger brother Pan Si as the county commander, and the military secretary Cao Fu has no opinion, Mi Huang also agreed, and reported to Sikong to know. The following is the process, Wang Yan is not stuck, and he can take office in a month at most.

Shao Xun pondered silently.

The prefectural order is here.

The "Shangzuo" in the county must have also been divided, and it has nothing to do with him, such as Cheng, Wei, and Fang Strategy Officials - the county Cheng Qi Shun was already there.

Among them, the Cheng and Wei of small and medium-sized counties are all ninth grades and officials.

The official is not an official, and is ranked below the chief and lieutenant, but the county order has no right to set himself up, and he is also among the superiors.

In addition to Kamisa, there are also "subordinate officials".

The subordinate officials are divided into three categories: "Gang Ji", "Menxia", and "Zhucao", and there are still dozens of people.

These are not officials, but what people commonly call "county officials", most of them are the self-reserved land of local heroes - theoretically speaking, all the officials in the county are a kind of servitude, no salary, work in vain, as for whether it is really for nothing, it depends on your ability.

All subordinate officials are self-appointed by the county order, which is the key.

Shao Xun has a fancy for two positions: the chief officer of the thief Cao, the thief catcher, and the chief officer and soldier Cao Peng.

As the name suggests, Thief Hunt captures thieves.

One of the dock castle owners in this meeting is counted as one, and all of them can't take off the hat of "thief".

Because they would rob the caravans, the people who had not joined the Dock Fort, and even the other Dock Forts.

Soldier Cao Peng "soldiers recruit and lose".

In the previous Luoyang War, who sent a large number of county soldiers? In fact, Cao Peng, a small official in the county, went to the countryside to collect and distribute it, and then sent it to the Luoyang meat grinder to consume.

Bing Cao Peng is familiar with people, has a friendship with local heroes, eats openly, and often pulls away Zhuang guests and subordinates in batches. Therefore, this position is not yet available to ordinary people, and it is necessary to have a strong social network.

But the ecology of Yiyang County has completely changed.

Many of the owners of the dock fort were even originally small officials in the county, and when they saw that the war was fierce, they quit and returned to their hometowns to gather villagers to farm, chatting for self-preservation.

Shao Xun didn't need them to help recruit soldiers at all, because he had soldiers......

"Lieutenant ......" Shao Xun came behind Mi Huang and reminded in a low voice.

"Don't worry, even if the county order doesn't come, I will arrange for you to catch the thief and the soldier Cao Peng first." Mi Huang turned his head to look at Shao Xun, and after hesitating for a while, he asked: "The Silver Spear Army has fought with Zhang Fang, and many people in Luoyang know that it is not good if it suddenly disappears?" ”

"I can't afford it, and it's disbanded." Shao Xun said with a big grin: "In recent years, the army has often been disbanded, which is a common thing. ”

Mi Huang was amused by his shamelessness, and asked again, "Which dock forts are you going to attack?" ”

"If you don't fight the dock fort, you will fight the thief village." Shao Xun said: "There are few thieves in the village, and it is not as strong as the dock fort, so find a few thieves with water and fields to pick, occupy it yourself, and then recruit homeless people to reclaim." ”

Mi Huang nodded.

Displaced people are not a problem, there are now many displaced people from Bingzhou around Luoyang, and the number continues to increase.

"But you have to help me subdue those Dock Castle Lords, or I'm afraid it will be difficult to raise money and food." Mi Huang said seriously.

"Okay." Shao Xun directly agreed.

You help me, I'll help you, that's normal.

Besides, the lord of the dock fort is not unpaid, in fact, they pay it, and they are even willing to send troops.

The problem is proportion, Mi Huang wants more, this needs to be discussed.

As for the homeless people recruited by Shao Xun himself, they mainly raised the Silver Spear Army.

The silver spear sergeant was half-out of work and half-tuntian.

In addition, five families of displaced people provided financial and food support for each soldier, which minimized the time for the soldiers of the Silver Spear Army to do farm work and increased the frequency of training.

Considering that the most expensive weapons and armor have been solved, this system can be maintained, provided that there is an official umbrella.

To put it bluntly, this is his backup plan in extreme situations. Once the situation changes, control the entire Yiyang County in an instant, and pull up 600 well-trained silver-spear soldiers, plus a militia composed of a large number of displaced people.

In a way, this is a strengthened version of the beggar army, a force that belongs to him alone.

And before that, he could continue to dig into the corners of the Great Jin Dynasty, and use his identity as a general in the palace to pour out high-quality weapons and armor that are difficult for the real exile army to obtain.

In short, the old man Sikong Ling asked me to continue to be a thug and didn't let me go out, I admit it, but don't blame me for preparing a backup plan.

Moreover, in recent years, the relatives of officials and generals have built more forts and stored guests outside, and I am not the first, nor the last.

After Mi Huang and Shao Xun entered the county government, they immediately called the county Cheng Qishun and carefully inquired about the local situation.

There is not much time, and the consumption of the army is not small, so it still has to be resolved quickly.