Chapter 1004: Fengxian Everywhere

Chapter 1004: Fengxian Everywhere

Chapter 1004: Fengxian Everywhere
On April 20th, the war had been going on for almost half a month when a large group of cavalry suddenly appeared on the road of more than 100 miles from Hongchiling to the north through Cangsong County to Guzang.

There were Di Qiang, Xianbei and Xiongnu people from the south of the Lingnan Mountains, and there were Di Qiang, Xianbei and other miscellaneous Hu people from the north of the Lingnan Mountains. The two sides fought back and forth non-stop.

This is not surprising. After absorbing a large number of Yongqin refugees, the population of the eleven counties in Liangzhou has long exceeded one million. If we carefully count the various tribes, it is not impossible that the population is close to one and a half million.

Among these more than one million people, the Hu people accounted for the majority, and the number of Hu soldiers in the regular army of Liangzhou reached about 60%. As for the unorganized army, the Hu people naturally made up the vast majority.

Liangzhou is actually a place that flies the banner of the Han Dynasty, but the Hu people are the main ethnic group. Fortunately, the Hu people are divided into many ethnic groups and are not unified, so they can barely maintain it.

They submitted either willingly or under duress, but in any case they obeyed the orders of both sides and fought endlessly against each other.

On the 21st, the battlefield spread to Wuxing County northwest of Guzang.

On the bank of a stream, outside an isolated fortress, thousands of people suddenly rushed out.

These thousand men were divided into two groups. One group of 500 infantrymen was led by Yin Han, the lord of the fortress, and stationed on the east bank of the river, guarding the only stone bridge that stretched for more than ten miles from north to south.

The other five hundred people, each with a horse, followed a strong man and rushed out.

This person had a broad body, thick arms, amazing strength, and two bulging breastplates on his chest. She was obviously a woman, Guo Fugui, the "lovely wife" of Yin Han, the owner of the Wubao.

The Guo family is considered a big family in Xiping and Wuwei counties.

During the Cao Wei period, Xiping Guo rebelled but failed. Guo Man's daughter Guo was taken into the palace as a slave, but she soon gained the favor of Emperor Ming of Wei and was canonized as empress. Xiping Guo became famous from then on - to be honest, the way she rose to fame was quite bizarre.

Taking advantage of this favorable opportunity, Guo Fugui's family moved to Wuwei to serve as officials. However, after his father passed away, because their roots were too shallow and their family was too small, they did not even have a son, so they could only recruit a son-in-law.

In a sense, Guo Fugui was the one who "married" the husband. The elderly people in the fort were all from her family. In addition, she looked really "rich", so her words were more effective in the fort than her husband's.

When he led his troops out, they were like a large chariot, charging forward with great bravery and difficulty to defeat.

A group of people and horses that came from nowhere were thrown to the ground and scattered all over the ground. After they went far away to regroup, they found that the brave general with a particularly strong breastplate had changed his horse and was about to charge towards them again. Their scalps suddenly went numb.

"Is that Lord Changji of Yanzhi in front?" When they were about to fight again, Yan Ding suddenly rushed over from the stone bridge and asked loudly.

Yanzhi Chang Ji Yan was stunned and asked, "Who are you?"

"Tianshui Yan Ding." Yan Ding saluted on his horse, then galloped a few dozen steps closer and said, "Lord Ji is a scholar from the Central Plains, and most of his soldiers are from Yongqin. Why did you rebel?"

When Ji Yan heard this, his eyes widened and he shouted, "I'm going to die for justice, why are you talking about rebellion?"

"What is the purpose of your service?" Yan Ding asked.

"Zhang Xiping's righteousness in saving people in distress." Ji Yan replied.

Wuxing County was established during the Yongjia period. At that time, Guanzhong was in chaos, with troops from all sides fighting each other, and many people fled to Liangzhou.

Zhang Gui then established overseas counties for settlement, Wuxing County being one of them. Initially, it only governed Yanzhi and Xinzhang counties. Later, it gradually expanded to include Wuxing, Xiangwu, Dacheng and other counties, and eventually it included as many as eight or nine counties.

Qiaojun is not a normal county, and Qiaoxian is not a normal county. For example, during the Later Han Dynasty, there was Zhuang County, which belonged to Longxi County. When the refugees from that area came here, Zhang Gui concentrated them and settled them, and established Xinzhuang County.

People from Xiangwu County, the capital of Longxi Prefecture, fled there and were also settled together to establish Xiangwu County.

The Han and Qiang people from Lueyang County fled there and established Wuxing County because there was a Wuxing City in Lueyang.

As such.

How big is the scope of eight or nine counties? In fact, it is only the area of ​​Yongchang in later generations, which is the size of a county.

The reason for this was that there were only a few thousand refugees in Wuxing County at the beginning, and there were probably only a few hundred households who fled from Yongqin alone. So these hundreds of households lived together and set up a county.

After a while, several hundred households fled from another county and were also resettled in the same place, with people from the same county and prefecture living together in a separate county.

Ji Yan was a scholar from Guanzhong. More than ten years ago, he fled westward with his father, bringing with him his servants and followers. On the way, he also gathered some refugees from Guanzhong. So Zhang Gui established Yanzhi County to settle them, and ordered them to settle and cultivate the land and support themselves.

Now his father has passed away and was buried in Wuxing. Ji Yan was appointed as the head of Yanzhi because of his good talents and learning.

He still remembered Zhang Gui's good points, so he answered in this way.

But Yan Ding replied: "This is a small righteousness, not a great righteousness."

"The emperor of Daliang swept the northern land and restored the old mountains and rivers, bringing peace to the world. Therefore, there was the succession of Jin and Liang, and the old was replaced by the new."

"Now the northern land is completely pacified, only Liangzhou has not been conquered, so there are soldiers marching far away and the army is approaching the city. At this time, if you raise an army to resist, you will certainly gain a good reputation. But what about the people who followed you to Liangzhou, their fields and houses will be lost, and their parents, wives and children will be worried? You repaying Zhang Xiping's kindness is a small righteousness, and protecting the safety of a county and the people is a great righteousness. If Zhang Xiping knew about this, he would also advise you to put down the sword and stop the meaningless resistance."

After hearing this, Ji Yan's expression did not change, but the officers and soldiers who came with him looked worried.

Ji Yan glanced at them and sighed silently.

"You are talking about going to the danger again." Yan Ding got off his horse and walked forward alone towards Ji Yan. As he walked, he said, "What is the danger in Liangzhou? It is because Zhang Jun did not know the destiny and fought stubbornly. If he was not there, Liangzhou would not be in danger."

"Besides Zhang Jun, the other Hu chieftains are ready to make a move and are eyeing us covetously. If all the powerful soldiers of Wuwei are defeated, who will be able to suppress the Hu people? The difficulty at that time will probably make people even more anxious."

"You are going to face the danger..." Yan Ding had already walked close to Ji Yan, grabbed his hand and said, "But you are going to face the wrong danger."

Ji Yan's eyes were confused, and his lips were trembling slightly. "Ji Gong, the emperor of Daliang trusts the elders of Liangzhou very much. After pacifying Liangzhou, we will still have to rely on you, don't worry." Yan Ding shook his lips and stared at Ji Yan, saying: "Xin Gongming is the governor of Hezhou, and the Qu family is also the prefect. They are all old families in Liangzhou."

At the end, he lowered his voice and said, "Except for Zhang's family, nothing will change."

Ji Yan's eyelids twitched, and after a while, he asked in a hoarse voice, "How will your majesty treat Zhang?"

"Your Majesty can tolerate Cao Yi, let alone Zhang?" Yan Ding said, "Your Majesty's strenuous resistance is what harms Zhang Jun. The more fierce the resistance, the greater the loss of the Daliang army, and the more angry the emperor will be. It is hard to say what will happen to Zhang Gongting by then."

"Now, I can move my family to Luoyang and become a rich man."

"As time goes on, I am afraid that all the men in the family will be killed and my wife and daughters will become slaves."

"Zhang Xiping was a hero of his time. How could Lord Ji bear to see his descendants suffer such a miserable end?"

"Oh!" Ji Yan sighed and tears streamed down his face.

With a clang, he threw the knife to the ground and cried, "I am so sorry for the great kindness of Duke Xiping."

"Why did Lord Ji say that?" Yan Ding was surprised and said, "Your Majesty still wants to use you. If you can work together to defend Liangzhou for the court, you will definitely be promoted with your talents. It won't be difficult for you to take care of the descendants of the Zhang family in the future."

Hearing this, Ji Yan wiped his tears with his sleeve and said, "You are right. But, will the descendants of Duke Xiping be alright?"

"The emperor's words are as good as gold. He should keep his promises. Think carefully about it over the past twenty years. Has the emperor ever broken his promises?" Yan Ding asked in return.

Ji Yan thought about it and seemed to have never heard of it.

"After you return to Yanzhi, you can persuade Lord Song." Yan Ding added: "I heard that he is gathering troops. This is a move that harms others and himself..."

Ji Yan sighed again.

Although Wuxing County had eight counties, in fact only the first two counties had city walls. Among them, Yanzhi was slightly larger, so the county seat was located here.

Yan Ding wanted him to take advantage of the fact that the prefect Song Xiu was off guard and detain him.

Can this be done? He hesitated.

However, what Yan Ding said just now seems to be correct, "harming others will harm yourself"...

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On the same day, Zhao Shi, the governor of Xijun, had just led more than 4,000 recruited infantry and cavalry eastward when he saw that the gate of the county city of Rile was closed.

He was startled and looked back, only to see that the big "Jin" flag on the top of the city had been taken down and replaced with a "Liang" flag.

The soldiers also burst into an uproar.

Zhao Shi rushed to the city gate and shouted, "Who closed the city gate without permission?"

The former shogunate chief, Ma Qian, bowed and said, "My Lord, do you know why I closed the city gates before you left?"

Zhao Shi was stunned.

Ma Qian laughed and said, "You were previously the head of the Lanchi, promoted by luck, but you don't know how to cherish the hard-earned position. I am trying to save you."

When Zhao Shi heard the words "advanced by luck", he was a little annoyed.

He was indeed the county magistrate of Lanchi County under Xijun. When he led his troops out for training, soldier Zhang Bing found a jade seal in the water of Qingjian, so he presented it to him.

At that time, Zhang Shi was in power and thought it was the will of heaven. He was so happy that he transferred Zhao Shi to the government as an official. When Zhang Mao came to power, he returned to Xijun as the governor for five years.

On the other hand, Ma Yu had accompanied Beigong Chun, Zhang Zan and Yin Jun to Luoyang to provide assistance 20 years ago, so he can be said to have a lot of experience.

During the reign of Zhang Mao, Ma had been the chief clerk, a powerful position. But after Zhang Mao's death, Zhang Jun was unwilling to appoint Ma because of his advanced age, so Ma had to return to his hometown in Xijun.

When Zhao Shi thought of "Beigong Chun", he was startled and asked, "Beigong Sanlang is back?"

Ma Qian replied, "Your Excellency has governed Xijun for several years and has treated me with great courtesy. I will not hide some things from you. Beigong Sanlang is already the General of the Western Region of Daliang. If he makes some military achievements, he can be appointed as the governor. The Emperor of Liang is a virtuous man. He still remembers the old friendship after so many years, which makes people feel very impressed. When I went to Luoyang to help, I also met the Emperor of Liang several times. At that time, I saw a yellow dragon rising into the sky behind him, and I knew that the destiny had come. Now I am willing to offer Xijun to save the people from a war. If your Excellency is willing to change his ways, you can be counted as one, how about it?"

Zhao Shi was silent for a long time.

Just when Ma Qian was getting impatient, he heard him say, "Please give me a few Liang flags, so that I can rise up and return to justice, rush to Wuwei, and obey the orders of the Liang generals."

After saying this, he ordered the soldiers to discard all the Jin flags.

The bream was stunned and sighed, "Young people are to be feared, young people are to be feared."

Thousands of soldiers outside the city felt dizzy.

Before they set out, they were the Jin army, but after just a few steps, they became the Liang army?

If they walked a few more steps, would they become the Jin army again? Or would they become the Liang army?

The king’s flag on the city wall changes, and I can see it now.

(End of this chapter)