"Over the years, there have been many deaths in all directions."

"North of the river, Judah gathers soldiers."

"In the land of jingyang, the devastation is only flat."

"To the west of Tongguan, disasters are still frequent."

"In Yuyanzhongzhou, the people are in exile."

"So the world was rented, and half of the army was fed. Material resources are withering, and human feelings are in danger. There are also Xiongnu Xianbei and jackal nature. In Chang'an before, 10,000 people were slaughtered, and this year in Liyang, 30,000 people have sunk in the river. All these situations really worry me. Shao Xun said with the smooth mouth of "postgraduate entrance examination": "Actually, I don't have any big ambitions-"

Speaking of this, Shao Xun glanced at Wang Yan and said, "What I want to do now is nothing more than to persuade farmers to regain grain in preparation for famine, train soldiers and soldiers, and use them to prevent bandits." ”

Wang Yan silently savored these words.

Shao Xun did be open and honest with him, but he was not completely open.

What he said can be advanced or retreated.

On the surface, it seems that he is completely a loyal minister who is worried about the world, but Wang Yan doesn't believe that he is so thoughtful.

In troubled times, who doesn't have some ambition?

Even when he first formulated the plan for the three holes of the cunning rabbit, he was quite ambitious.

That plan, you can go forward or backward.

If you enter, you will plot against the Central Plains and set the world, and the Wang family is unspeakably expensive.

If you retreat, you will protect the territory and the people, and wait for the holy lord, and the Wang family will still not lose the prince.

By now that the plan had been implemented, he had given up on the possibility of "advancing" completely.

Mao Hong (Wang Dao) agrees with his own opinion, Pingzi (Wang Cheng) is indispensable, and Chu Zhong (Wang Dun) feels that it is a pity, and he is a little unwilling.

Wang Yan is now very disappointed in Wang Dun, feeling that he has not achieved enough and has more than enough failures. Such radicalism may bring disaster to the family. It's just that after all, he is a brother, and he is still soft-hearted and has a job for Wang Dun as the assassin of Yangzhou.

Then again, all the members of the Wang family have serious flaws in terms of talent and conduct.

Including himself, as well as Wang Dun, Wang Dao, Wang Cheng and others, none of them have the ability to succeed, and they are an assistant to death.

In this case, it is necessary to choose the person who assists you.

Maohong assisted King Langya in Jiangnan and stood by to move, which is good and should be continued.

He assisted Sima Yue in Beijing, but Sima Yue's life was short, and he had to choose the next person.

Shao Xun is a good seedling. Wang Yan has been observing him in the past few years, and feels that his abilities in all aspects are very good, and he has the potential to achieve great things, but his background is too low, which makes him much less likely to succeed.

It's not that Wang Yan looks down on his background.

From an intellectual point of view, such a low background is too attractive to scholars. In the past seven years, Shao Xun has attracted a few scholars?

If it was the king of the Sima clan, with his performance, he would have entered the center long ago, and he would be a powerful minister again.

Just look at the stories of Sima Jian, Sima Yi, Sima Ying, and Sima Yue, once they gain power, the scholars gather one after another, and they are all children of prestigious big families.

What about Shao Xun?

The Nanyang Le clan and the Yingchuan Yu clan are relatively close to him, but these two are not first-class scholars.

The Pei family has only invested part of it so far, half-heartedly.

The Taishan Goat clan is similar to the Pei family, and the strength is even inferior to the Pei family.

Fan Yanglu and Qinghe Cui only had one or two people, and their own families couldn't talk about the cost at all.

As for Yingchuan Chen's, Yangzhai Chu's, and Runan Zhou's, they are not as good as Le's and Yu's, and they are all a little out of the stream.

But apart from Shao Xun, there is no second outstanding person in Jingzhong.

It is no longer possible for the Son of Heaven to trust him, who else can he assist? Could it be the prince of the East China Sea?

Whenever he thinks of this, Wang Yan is very entangled.

Born and family, straight as a moat, suppressed Shao Xun, a good seedling, with great difficulty.

Wang Yan felt sorry for him.

But – he didn't have a turnaround......

Wang Yan remembered the rumors that had gone viral recently, and thought a little funny: But I don't know what kind of Taibai Xingjing Sect is?

"If you have this ambition, you have surpassed too many people." Wang Yan cleaned up his mood and said, "Indeed, let's take a step at a time." Today you show your will, and the old man will not hide it. If there are any difficulties in the future, the old man will try his best to help you resolve them. Luoyang's difficulties, you help the old man resolve them. In this world, no one can see the way forward, so let's support each other to move forward. ”

"That's exactly what I mean." Shao Xun said with a smile.

Under the crisis, the undercurrent is surging, everyone is looking for their own way, and Sima Yue has no choice.

After the three of them finished talking, they left the quiet bamboo forest and walked outside.

"When will you lead your army north?" Wang Yan asked, "The first batch of ordnance has arrived. A few days later, there will be a sum of money, you can come to Luoyang after receiving it. If there is anything else difficult, bring it up now, and the old man will help you find a way. ”

"There's a hard thing to do." Shao Xun said: "I heard that Shunyang's internal history is empty? ”

Wang Yan looked at him and was silent for a long time.

This kid really beats snakes with sticks, and drills holes when there are holes.

Shunyang belongs to Jingzhou, is the fief of Sima Chang, the king of Shunyang, under the jurisdiction of eight counties, Taikang ten years (289) more than 20,000 households.

has experienced war, but there are also many displaced people in Kansai, and there are still more than 100,000 people, or even more.

The original historical name of Shunyang was Liu Fan, who was the son of Liu Hong, the former governor of Jingzhou.

After Shan Jian left the town of Xiangyang, he drank indiscriminately and did not care about political affairs. I don't know if I drank too much, but I listened to the gossip of the people below and believed it, so I played the court, saying that Liu Fan had a lot of prestige in Shunyang Kingdom, and the local people might rob him as the leader to make trouble.

When the imperial court heard this, it was worth it, so Liu Fan was summoned to Luoyang and appointed as the captain of the Yue cavalry - this is an idle position.

"Who do you want to be Shunyang's internal history?" Wang Yan stopped going around in circles with him, and asked directly.

"Liang Lingyang, Man, Yang, Zuyan."

After Wang Yan pondered for a long time, he said: "Let the Yang family work together to catch the old man, right?" ”

"Okay." Shao Xun was overjoyed.

The Yang family and the Wang family worked hard together to get a Taishou-level official, and the grasp was still very great.

"When will you lead your army north?" Wang Yan consciously grabbed Shao Xun's handle and asked.

Shao Xun was really pinched and said, "At the end of the month at the latest, the money and grain will leave when they arrive." ”

Wang Yan sighed, it was too hard to drive people like Shao Xun.

Fortunately, Shao Xun is also measured, and he bargains to the end, and he will not really collapse.

******

After negotiating with Lao Qideng, Shao Xun went back to Liuhua Courtyard directly and gave orders.

Five generals, Wang Xian, Hao Chang, Lou Quan, Lou Bao, and Chen Yi, led 5,000 auxiliary soldiers to Guangchengze and arrived within 10 days.

There were still 3,000 to 4,000 of these auxiliaries, but after receiving some of the "labor reform activists," the number increased greatly.

Subsequently, some of the soldiers of the forbidden army who went south to defect were reorganized, and the number reached 6,000.

This time they took 5,000 to the north, which can be said to be the main force, although their combat effectiveness is not good.

This year, Luyang County has added a new army for the first defense, and there are now 579 people in the two defenses.

Liang County has three defenses, Guangchengze two defenses, a total of seven defense government soldiers, a total of 1,200 people recruited and transferred to the north, organized into the Long Sword Army.

The combat effectiveness of the Long Sword Army is uneven, some are very powerful, some are average, but the whole is still okay.

And with the passage of time, the overall combat effectiveness will become stronger and stronger.

Each of the 1,200 soldiers of the prefecture brought a subordinate and assembled in Guangchengze before the end of July.

The Silver Spear Army itself was stationed in and around Liang County and could be assembled at any time, so they continued to drill and wait for orders.

The army has 12 buildings and about 7,200 people.

Among them, 3,000 were attached to Xiangcheng County and existed in the name of county soldiers. That is to say, Xiangcheng County provides more than 100,000 Hu grain to support this army every year, and also needs to pay a reward of 6,000-9,000 horses of silk - if Xiangcheng can't raise so much silk, it will be offset with grain.

In principle, 4,800 people from one to eight buildings were brought to the north, and the remaining 2,400 people were left behind.

There are still more than 4,600 people in the Yamen army, which is in Liang County. The old rule is to take 3,000 people on the expedition.

In this way, there are about 9,000 soldiers, which is not a small force.

On July 27, Shao Xun received a message from Hedong: Liu Cong, the king of Chu of the Han State, led his army south from Pingyang to attack the northern general Cao Wusuo.

He knew that the war had entered the countdown, and the flames of war would burn to Luoyang at any time.

Well, there are happy events before leaving.

Lu Shi just smelled the smell of oil smoke, and ran out directly to vomit.

Shao Xun, who had an experience, was overjoyed, and considering that Lu's menstruation had stopped for a while, this matter was inseparable.

After vomiting, Lu threw himself directly into Shao Xun's arms, crying with tears in his eyes.

She has been married to King Fan Yang for many years, but she was stunned that she did not give birth to a boy and a half girl - of course, Sima Yu did not have any offspring.

One can imagine how much pressure she was under.

After the age of thirty, in the dead of night, she should be so desperate that she cries.

After crying, she wiped her tears and insisted on finishing cooking for Shao Xun.

"I'm going to go on the expedition tomorrow, I'll send you to Green Willow Garden, so you can take care of it." Shao Xun stroked her face and said.

Lu Shi responded obediently, and his hand was still on his lower abdomen, as if he could feel something.

Shao Xun was a little afraid.

In the past two months, the Liuhua Courtyard has become a veritable Liuhua Courtyard, and the mats and quilts are often washed.

From time to time, Lu would also dance under the moonlight to show him when the two of them were alone.

It was pure nonsense, and he almost murdered his second child.

After serving Shao Xun to finish eating, Lu returned to the room, and after learning about Suo Suo for a while, he brought out a large basket.

She carried the basket to the backyard alone and dug a hole with a shovel.

There are ornaments, skirts, bronze mirrors, and some study utensils in the basket.

Lu picked them up one by one and read them, and then buried them without nostalgia.

The last trace of Sima Yu is probably gone forever.

Shao Xun secretly followed behind, witnessed the whole process, and was overjoyed.

Seeing that Lu had finished burying things, he slipped back to the front yard obscenely, pretending to be reading, but "Spring and Autumn" was taken down.

Fortunately, Lu's heart was agitated and he didn't pay attention.

She snuggled directly into Shao Xun's arms and said softly: "On the battle array, don't be strong. I've counted all the scars on your body, and I can't get any new ones. ”

"Okay." Shao Xun touched Lu's smooth forehead and replied.

The women of the Sima family are all good women, but they are a bit of a scumbag.

On July 28, the armies began to assemble.

For a time, Guang Chengze rode back and forth, with strict swords and guns, and the smell of slaughter was everywhere.

The war machine is slowly moving.

Once activated, it must be fed by flesh and blood, whether it is the enemy's or your own.