Farmer of Shu Han Chapter 677

Chapter 677 Talking about the past

Different from the pleas issued by scholar-bureaucrats, Feng Yong knew the details of the group of soldiers under his command.

Although they are literate, in the eyes of scholar-bureaucrats, these big-headed soldiers are still not even close to the poor, and they are still regarded as the heads of the Guild.

But Feng Yong knows that they are indeed different from Qianshou Cangtou, because they have already begun to have a vague self-awareness, knowing what they want and how to get it.

At the same time, it will independently maintain this rising channel.

Feng Yong only needs to combine their interests with the Xingfu Dahan, and let them realize that only by eliminating the Cao thief can their current life be guaranteed.

Everyone naturally knows how to choose.

When a team has faith, even if the faith is not so high, it is enough to ensure that the team will not degenerate so easily.

Of course, this kind of belief is not enough to rely on Feng Yong alone.

It depends on everyone talking together.

For example, how many cities Cao thief had slaughtered before, how much tax was paid, especially the example of Hanzhong people being relocated to other places, etc. This is called remembering bitterness and thinking sweet.

Talk a lot, talk for a long time, and naturally become a common understanding.

If it weren't for the students of Nanxiang Academy who were too nervous, Feng Yong actually planned to open a martial arts lecture hall in Nanxiang, select some students to enter, and receive military training in advance.

Then he was sent to the army to specialize in ideological work.

The news brought by Zhao Yun disrupted Feng Yong's arrangement in winter, he had to entrust the matter of Pingxiang to Zhang Yi, and then rushed to Longxi with his people.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and we must arrive at Longxi before the heavy snow arrives, otherwise it will be difficult to march on the road.

Although Zhao Yun couldn't say that he didn't need to bring too many people there, for Feng Yong, who was sacrificing his life, there was no sense of security without a certain number of soldiers.

What's more, for Nanxiang soldiers, this is also an opportunity to practice in winter.

Entering Longxi in November, the cold wind blows on the face, faintly like a knife.

Longxi prefect Chen Shi, Chang Shi Ma Yong, Gongsun Zheng who joined the army and other main officials, along with the officials of Xiangwu City, stood at the gate of the east city of Xiangwu City, ready to welcome the arrival of Jiequanting Hou Feng Yong.

Longxi is a newly established place, and at the same time it is adjacent to Liangzhou. Chen Shi was appointed as the prefect, which can be regarded as highly regarded by the prime minister.

But compared to Feng Yong, who began to offer advice to the prime minister at the age of sixteen and later made great contributions to the Northern Expedition, Chen Shi thought he was much inferior.

In the ranking of officials in Longyou, although Feng Yong appears to be the fourth, he is actually the second person with real power.

Chen Shi has never dealt with Feng Yong directly, but this does not prevent him from hearing rumors about Feng Yong from others.

Under the tutelage of an expert, he was successful at a young age, held a high position, and had many tigers and wolves under his command. Also, because of Ma Di's incident, he was once scolded by the prime minister as a domineering general.

Such characters are generally not easy to deal with.

Chen Shi looked to the east, with seriousness and worry in his eyes.

Gongsun Zheng, standing behind Chen Shi, had another thought.

Gongsun Zheng concealed his identity back then and quietly went to Nanxiang with a caravan from Longyou.

Among other things, just what he saw and heard in Nanxiang was enough to make him have a strong curiosity about Feng Yong.

In the Xiangwu battle a few months ago, the protagonist was the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, so Gongsun Zheng could only look at Feng Yong from a distance.

Apart from being amazed at his youth, he couldn't even say a word.

This time when Feng Yong led the army, he was able to take a closer look.

From a distance, I saw a cavalry galloping over. It was the sentry cavalry delivering the news.

"Report! Captain Huqiang is less than three miles away from Xiangwu."

Shaoqi's face is shiny with oil, which is sheep oil applied to prevent it from being cracked by frost.

"Okay, it's finally here."

Chen Shi let the sentry ride down to rest, and raised his eyes to look into the distance. After a while, he saw a dark shadow appearing in front of him.

Traveling in winter is very difficult, especially on the face with glycerin. It may be due to psychological effects, and I always feel sticky on the face, which is not very comfortable.

The down jacket has no zipper, and when riding a horse, the cold wind always pours into the gap.

Fortunately, there are leather gloves sewn by Amei, so that the hands will not suffer.

Looking at the black crowd of officials at the gate of Xiangwu City, Feng Yong clamped his horse's belly, let the horse run two steps quickly, and dismounted in front of everyone.

Before he could speak, Chen Shi, who had only met but never dealt with him, stepped forward, "Chen Shi has met Junhou."

Feng Yong laughed, "Prefect Chen, don't be too polite."

As he spoke, he stomped his feet, "Yong is really disturbed to ask everyone to wait outside in such a cold day."

"It's hard work for the princes and marquises. They have to lead the army here in the cold winter. I'm afraid they have suffered a lot along the way. Shi has prepared hot food and soup to warm the bodies of the soldiers."

Chen Shi looked at the followers and personal guards behind Feng Yong, and saw that everyone was wearing strange sheepskin hats, with ears protected, sheep jackets wrapped around their bodies, and long boots on their feet.

It is very warm just by looking at it.

Especially those personal guards, all of them have exactly the same clothes, it seems that they were uniformly customized by the Huqiang school lieutenant army.

This made Chen Shi stunned. Although the style of this kind of clothes looks a little weird, but at first glance, you can tell that they are not ordinary items. They are probably produced by Nanxiang Workshop.

This kind of clothing material that can only be used by wealthy families, Feng Junhou actually used it to distribute it to his personal guards, and he was generous.

However, these personal guards didn't seem to be tired from the long journey, but they were full of energy and stood neatly behind.

Although she was silent and didn't even have much expression on her face, she might still look a little silly and indifferent.

But Chen Shi, who has been in the army for a long time, knows at a glance that this is the favorite soldier of all the generals in the army.

These soldiers have undergone rigorous training and are extremely obedient. At the same time, they have been on the battlefield and are not afraid of swords and guns. When the general gives an order, they turn to battle and conflict, and rarely retreat.

He thought so in his heart, and said to Feng Yong, "Your Majesty has come from a long way, why don't you go to the city to rest first?"

Feng Yong waved his hand and said, "Please, gentlemen, I will wait for a while."

As he spoke, he turned and looked back.

If he doesn't enter the city, the officials in Longxi can only continue to wait.

Many people looked in the direction Feng Yong was looking at.

Only then did I realize that after a while, on the open space not far away, the soldiers brought by Feng Junhou had already started to line up.

Nanxiang soldiers' unique passwords came from time to time, and even Chen Shi couldn't understand what the military orders were.

They only feel that every time a team leads an order, there will always be soldiers who respond loudly, and then they can quickly line up.

Of the thousand soldiers Feng Yong brought over this time, there was no Modao team.

Five hundred men carried long spears, a pair of bows, three strings, and thirty arrows.

Five hundred men armed with swords, a pair of crossbows, three strings, and thirty arrows.

Everyone wears leather armor and carries a bag of dry food.

At the same time, there are two hundred auxiliary soldiers, as well as some military medical workers.

One thousand people, say more or less, say less.

In less than a moment, a neat phalanx appeared in front of everyone.

No one spoke, not even a cough.

Only their exhaled breath filled the air.

"I've heard for a long time that Feng Junhou has a good command of the army, leading the soldiers under his command, and fighting against the elites led by the famous Cao thief in Jieting. It really makes sense."

Watching Feng Yong walk towards the phalanx, Gongsun Zheng whispered to Ma Yong.

Ma Yong nodded, "Although it's not severe cold, but in this kind of weather, he rushed here from Pingxiang, and he was able to list such a neat army formation in such a short period of time. Zhang He deserved to lose."

When Chen Shi heard the conversation between the two, he felt proud and interrupted, "What is this? I heard that the Nanxiang soldiers led by General Feng are very good at running around."

"At the beginning of the military training, the princes sent soldiers from Nanxiang to Jincheng within half a month. Later, they rushed all the way to win the battle of Longguan."

"I heard that the army requires that soldiers must travel at least sixty miles a day to be considered qualified if they are armed with sufficient weapons."

"This time from Pingxiang to Xiangwu, according to someone's estimate, it is a normal march of forty miles a day, which is the easiest for the soldiers led by Feng Junhou."

Hearing Chen Shi's words, Gongsun Zheng and Ma Yong couldn't help but looked at each other in shock.

Ma Yong knew the soldiers, so he couldn't help asking immediately, "Prefect, wouldn't the soldiers be very tired in this way?"

It makes sense to travel forty miles a day.

One is to prevent the soldiers from being too tired, and the other is to quickly form an army formation when encountering an enemy.

Chen Shi gave a wry smile, "The prince treats the soldiers very kindly, and only the prince dares to ask the soldiers like this in the entire Han Dynasty."

Although the words are not clearly stated, the meaning is clear.

Don't say anything else, just talk about the clothes of those soldiers, and you can understand how kind Feng Junhou treats the soldiers.

Gongsun Zheng and Ma Yong recalled just now, those soldiers lined up in a square formation in a very short period of time, and they all understood.

Feng Yong finished lecturing the soldiers, then walked back, and apologized, "I kept you waiting for a long time."

At first, some people thought that Feng Yong brought his maid (A Mei) over, and felt that this young man was a bit too hedonistic.

At this time, I saw soldiers with high morale not far away, and then saw Feng Yong with a natural expression, as if he had just done a very ordinary thing.

At the moment, no one dares to look down upon her.

"It doesn't matter, it's just a moment's work to be left and right. On the contrary, the ruler and marquis have a good command of the army, and they are all tigers and wolves, which opened the eyes of a certain class."

Chen Shi gave a compliment.

Feng Yong had self-knowledge, shook his head and said, "Facing the enemy in front of the battle, arranging troops and arranging troops is not Feng's specialty, so I can only put more effort into managing the army."

He was telling the truth, but to Chen Shi and the others, they felt that this young prince was too modest, and he was not at all frivolous and arrogant.

Not to mention getting carried away or having a high self-esteem, it is really rare.

Several people couldn't help feeling more respect in their hearts.

Especially Chen Shi, but he knew that Ma Di was defeated by Jieting because he was valued by the prime minister, had a high self-esteem, was headstrong, and could not listen to other people's advice.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly feel ashamed. He really shouldn't have been prejudiced against the princes before.

"Your Majesty please."

"Okay, please, everyone please."

The crowd embraced Feng Yong and entered the city.

The prefect's mansion had already set up a banquet. Although it was not as fine as Feng Yong's usual meal, it was better than the richness.

Traveling in cold weather these days, Feng Yong is not polite when he sees these steaming food.

For a while, the host and guest enjoyed themselves.

After you have eaten your fill, remove the leftovers and let irrelevant personnel leave.

Feng Yong took a sip of the hot soup, and then said, "Prefect Chen, this time I got news from General Zhao. Hearing that the Qiang Hu in Longxi had changed, he came here in a hurry."

"I know Liangzhou, Longyou, and even Guanzhong. Over the years, Qiang rebellions have continued, repeated towns, repeated disturbances, repeated rebellions, and repeated rebellions. I wonder if you can tell me what is going on?"

If you want to govern Liangzhou, Longyou, or even Guanzhong, you cannot avoid an extremely serious problem-the Qianghu Rebellion.

The Qiang chaos in Liangzhou was like a maggot attached to the bone, which caused headaches for the Eastern Han court throughout the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Regarding this matter, Feng Yong knew the general situation, but he didn't know much about the specific process.

After all, in the late period of the Three Kingdoms period, except for the Northern Expedition of the old demon Zhuge, unless it was a big event or a relatively famous person, he didn't know much about the rest.

What's more, the Qiang Hu Rebellion belongs to the cold knowledge of the Three Kingdoms?

But now, as the captain of Hu Qiang, he has to face this problem, and he is not sloppy at all.

Some time ago, food was in short supply, and I only cared about appeasing the Qianghu in Longyou, and then arranged various tasks in Pingxiang. I have never had the opportunity to understand the overall situation of the Qianghu in Liangzhou.

So this time, taking advantage of the Qianghu change in Longxi, I happened to find out.

Because of the prime minister's leadership, the big man has a good officialdom. Feng Yong's style of working immediately after eating is also in line with the trend.

When Chen Shi heard Feng Yong's question, he looked at Gongsun Zheng, "Your Majesty, Gongsun Canjun is a local, and he knows a lot about Qianghu. How about letting Gongsun Canjun talk about it?"

Chen Shi had only been the prefect of Longxi for a few months, but Feng Yong didn't make things difficult for him, and nodded immediately.

Gongsun Zheng got permission, and then he said, "Returning to the Lord, the story of the Qiang chaos in Longxi is a long story, and it is a bit cumbersome. I hope that the Lord will not be too wordy about being an official."

"It's okay, I'm here this time to solve this matter. Please tell me in detail, the more detailed the better."

Feng Yong signaled.

"No. Speaking of the Qiang Rebellion in Liangzhou, we have to start from the seventh year of Guanghe at the latest, and it has been forty-five years since then."

"At that time, Beidi County, Anding County, Jincheng County, and Longxi County each had a chaotic Qiang."

"Later, the great Han sent a group of Huang Zhongyi Cong Hu Bing to quell the chaos. Who would have thought that when the Yi Cong Hu Bing arrived at Lingju, he actually killed the leading captain, along with..."

"Cough, together with the captain who protected the Qiang at that time, he was also killed. The Qiang rebels in the four counties of Longxi, Jincheng, Anding, and Beidi were also merged into one because of the rebellion of Yiconghu soldiers."

Gongsun Zheng glanced at Feng Yong when he said this.

Feng Yong asked, "I know that the big Han has always had the habit of recruiting Qiang and Hu soldiers to join forces in defending the frontiers. But do you know why this righteous Hu army will participate in the rebellion?"

"Of course I know." Gongsun Zheng nodded, "Because Zuo Chang, the governor of Liangzhou at that time, embezzled military pay."

"The lieutenants protecting the Qiang and the generals who lead the army are all imitators. They have too much restraint from Yi Cong and Hu Bing, and they treat Hu soldiers too badly on weekdays..."

Chen Shi coughed lightly.

Gongsun Zheng suddenly came to his senses, and quickly added, "Of course, the most important thing is that the Hu people are bad-natured and ignorant of ethics..."

Feng Yong raised his hand to stop, "Go on."

"No. At that time, the area from Liangzhou to the Dahe (Yellow River) to the north of Guanzhong was controlled by Qianghu, and its leaders were Lieutenant Generals Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou of the Yuanyi Conghu Army."

“The rebel Qiang not only killed Chen Yi, the prefect of Jincheng at that time, but also captured Bian Zhang, the magistrate of Xin'an County, and Han Sui, the governor of Liangzhou, and finally even persuaded them to join the rebellion.”

"As a result, Qianghu became more and more powerful, and defeated Zuochang and Song Nie in two consecutive Liangzhou governors, Xia Yu, the guard of the Qiang school, and Shi Gaixun, the governor of Hanyang County."

"Later, although the Qiang rebels were defeated by the cavalry general Zhang Wen sent by the Han Dynasty, they soon regained their momentum."

"Even defeated Dong Zhuo, Zhou Shen and others who came after them. Fortunately, not long after, the rebel leader Bian Zhang died of illness, Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou died of internal strife, and only Han Sui remained."

"At this time, the new governor of Liangzhou, Geng Bi, felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of, and he was greedy for great achievements. Without imperial reinforcements, he wanted to lead the soldiers of Liangzhou to quell the chaos."

"However, his behavior is extremely unbearable. Appointing a corrupt official Cheng Qiu as the leader of the government chills the hearts of Liangzhou officials. He acts cruelly and loses the hope of the people of Liangzhou."

"When Li Xiangru, the prefect of Longxi, rebelled, Longxi was then owned by the rebels. Geng Bi refused to listen to Fu Xie's good advice and insisted on leading the army himself."

"Geng Bi was originally unpopular. When it came to Didao, there was a mutiny in the army, and both Geng Bi and Cheng Qiu were killed by the mutiny."

"The leader of the rebellion, Wang Guo, led the army to attack Hanyang County. The prefect of Hanyang is Fu Xie, who treats the people well and respects them from far and near."

"At that time, there were thousands of Xiongnu cavalry from Beidi County outside the city. They kowtowed together outside the city, begging Fu Xie to leave the city and surrender, willing to **** Fu Xie back to his hometown Beidi County safely."

"At the same time, the Kingdom sent Huang Yan, the former governor of Jiuquan, into the city to persuade him to surrender. Fu Xie rebuked Huang Yan and led the few troops in Hanyang to fight, and finally died in the battle. After Fu Xie died, the rebels in Liangzhou no longer had any scruples."

"Geng Bi's subordinate Sima Ma Teng led his headquarters to surrender to Han Sui, and jointly promoted the kingdom as commander. So far, the entire Liangzhou has finally completely fallen into the hands of the rebels."

"Later, the rebels besieged Chencang again. Fortunately, they were defeated by the left general Huangfusong. They were finally divided into three groups. One was Han Sui from Jincheng, the other was Ma Teng from Weigu, and the third was Song Jian from Longxi Huahan."

"Song Jian claimed to be the king of Heshou Ping Han, and occupied the west of Longxi for 30 years. Although he was defeated by the Great Wei, uh, Cao thief Xia Houyuan, the Qiang chaos in the west of Longxi could no longer be stopped."

"Until the Cao bandits usurped the rebellion, not only failed to restore the governance of the west of Longxi, but moved the governance to Xiangwu. Except for Di Dao and Shouyang, which could barely hold because of the city, all other places became the land of the barbarian herding horses. .”

Feng Yong listened to what Gongsun Zheng said about the Qiang Rebellion in Liangzhou, and remained silent. After a long time, he asked, "Where are Di Dao and Shouyang today?"

Gongsun Zheng quickly said, "The change of Qianghu this time is related to Didao. This year, there was a severe drought in Liangzhou, and Qianghu flooded into Longxi to drink water from Dahe and Taoshui."

"In the Hexi area, there used to be General Hao Zhao, uh, the Cao thief Hao Zhao, who guarded Hexi for more than ten years, the Qiang Hu mostly believed him, because Di Dao went straight to Liangzhou, so the Longxi Qiang Hu generally would not attack Di Dao. "

"Just this time," Gongsun Zheng glanced at Feng Yong at this point, "After Hao Zhao was defeated by the prime minister, he could only defend Hexi by himself, but he was no longer able to control Didao."

"In addition to the food shortage after the severe drought, the Qiang and Hu wanted to find food, so they surrounded Didao with soldiers, and even some bold people looted around Shouyang."

Shouyang County is located at the source of the Wei River, and it is easy to get there from Xiangwu along the Wei River.

Feng Yong listened, and pondered for a while, "Shouyang is fine, I can lead the troops there myself. It's just that Di Dao..."

Compared with Xiangwu, Didao is a bit far away.

At the same time, it is relatively close to Jincheng County in Liangzhou.

And it stands to reason that it is controlled by Cao Wei, because Hao Zhao fled back to Liangzhou from Didao at that time, and the big man didn't have any extra troops to send to Didao.

(end of this chapter)

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