The mausoleum guarding army and Caizhou reinforcements camp were stationed at the northwest foot of Emperor Ye's mausoleum, while Qian Tongbai Mountain soldiers built two camps on the east side.
Although this will cause a lot of tedious and boring work, and the generals will be very hard-working, the battalions are relatively independent, which not only makes it easier to manage, but also provides maximum protection when encountering an enemy surprise or attack.
Avoid inducing chain reaction collapse.
When the Tianxiong army was defeated in Datong, tens of thousands of people were mixed together in Xicheng. However, this time Cao Shili mixed thousands of people together and was killed beyond recognition by Xu Huai. This was because they were not strictly divided into camps.
This was because Cao Shili's troops failed to attack Gong County and suffered heavy losses. The main reason was carelessness.
Not only Cao Shili, but also the generals on the west wing of the Red Huren did not expect that the enemy would sneak attack on the heart of his company camp from the narrow mountain path to the south.
This time Xu Huai and the others won a great victory in Qingquangou Village, but after returning, they also ordered Xu Sihu and others to take this as a warning and strengthen the control of light and covert posts outside the camp to prevent the captive soldiers from launching a retaliatory attack on them.
Fan Zongqi, Xu Sihu and others went to Gong County without accompanying them, and they did not rest at this time. On the one hand, they accepted the prisoners into the camp and resettled them, and on the other hand, they strengthened the security inside and outside the camp.
At this moment, he saw Xu Huai and others returning from a distance, but there was no sign of King Jing, Zhao Tuan, Qian Shangduan and others. Fan Zongqi ran over to help his father-in-law Wang Ju lead the horse, and asked curiously: "Why are you returning in such a hurry?"
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Xu Sihu, Wu Qihai and others came over and looked curiously at Wang Hua, Wang Zhang and others who were wearing Western army uniforms.
Wang Hua, Wang Zhang and the others are soldiers under the command of the Shaanxi Zhulu Army Camp. Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian and the forward generals of the Western Army were severely humiliated by him today by sending hundreds of enemy heads.
Xu Huai was still worried that they might use the topic to their advantage.
After dismounting, he walked towards the military camp and ordered Fan Zongqi, Xu Sihu, Wu Chihai and others: "Secretly tell us to go down and let the attackers continue to rest and recuperate. The other troops should be prepared for battle - we will discuss other matters first in camp."
Fan Zongqi, Xu Sihu, and Wu Chihai were not too surprised. They thought they were going to sneak attack the enemy camp again, so they hurried down to make arrangements.
When they arrived at the main tent, Xu Huai had dozens of sets of clothes and armor brought over and asked Wang Hua and Wang Zhang to change out of their Western military robes and armor.
Although Wang Hua, Wang Zhang and others have tattoos on their faces, they can be unrecognizable by applying some stains on their faces.
If Zheng Huaizhong really wanted to send someone here to beg him, they would never admit it anyway.
After some preparations, Xu Huaicai summoned Fan Zongqi, Xu Sihu and others and introduced to them the identities of Wang Hua, Wang Zhang and others.
"Brother Zhang, Shuanzi, Su An! Father-in-law, my father has really missed you all these years. I didn't even recognize you just now!"
When he escaped from Jingzhou, Fan Zongqi had already remembered the incident, but after all, he was very young at the time and his memory of many people and things was very vague. He did not recognize Wang Hua, Wang Zhang and others just now. He was very excited now.
He screamed and couldn't hold back the tears.
"You kid, we are all fine, but you are trying to make us cry!" Wang Ju said, slapping his son-in-law Fan Zongqi.
"Where have you been hiding all these years? How come you are serving as soldiers in the Western Army?" Fan Zongqi greeted Wang Hua, Wang Zhang and others sat down in the tent, curious to inquire about their whereabouts these years.
It was also in a hurry just now. Xu Huai and Wang Ju did not ask many details clearly. The Wang family escaped from Jingzhou in three groups and concealed their names. Wang Hua and Wang Zhang belonged to the second group, with a total of nearly seventy women and children. Xu Huai,
Wang Ju had to find out if there was anyone else left in Huayin County, and whether he should send someone to pick him up immediately.
Although Wang Hua and Wang Zhang knew Xu Huai and Wang Ju were in Gong County five days ago, they were very excited to meet formally at this time. They sat down and talked about many things one by one.
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The Wang family has been the generals of Jingzhou for several generations. In the war with the Dangxiang people, not only the Wang family's descendants were withered, but more generals and soldiers died for the court. Xu Huai's father, Wang Xiao, became Cai Qing's correctional officer.
Zhu, the last group of family generals around him were also killed on the way to escort Xu Huai's mother back to Jingzhou.
With the help of Fan Yong, after Wang Ju escaped from Jingzhou prison, he arranged for his clan members and several generations of Wang family members to move their family members out of Jingzhou to avoid persecution. Among the more than 130 clan members, they were mainly old and disabled.
There were only a few women, children, and adult men.
Wang Ju was involved in a case at the time, and he was worried that Li Daitao's plan could not be concealed from Cai Qing, Liu Shidao and other old foxes, so he fled to Taiyuan alone with Fan Yong's family.
In addition to the group of people who have disappeared and cannot be contacted, the two brothers Wang Hua and Wang Zhang followed the group of people who fled into Huayin County. The more than 70 people who fled into Huayin County were also mostly women and children.
Led by two clan elders, this group of people pretended to be refugees fleeing famine and settled down in Huayin County anonymously. The gold, silver and soft things they brought with them as refugees were limited, so they bought a few thatched huts from the local people to live in, but they were unable to buy more.
Farming the fields.
In the early years, people either did some small business, or contributed to farming the fields, or the women weaved and spun yarn, and they could barely make ends meet.
Ten years ago, there was a great epidemic in Guanzhong. The clan elders and several matrons who were getting older and weaker were unable to escape the harvest of the epidemic and passed away one after another. The little savings they had spent on buying medicine and treating diseases were used up.
Brothers Wang Hua and Wang Zhang were not yet over 20 years old at the time. They could not take care of so many underage children and sick aunts and sisters by working hard, so they took the risk and took several older people with them.
His children then went to join a village in Huayin County.
Wang Hua and Wang Zhang were extremely skilled in martial arts and soon became the leaders after entering the village. However, they knew that turning into bandits was not a long-term solution. As their young children gradually grew up, they also secretly saved some wealth to buy fields, which was enough for them to grow outside the mountain.
After the women and children made a living, they led their troops to surrender during a crackdown by officers and soldiers and became soldiers.
Although the world thinks it is hard to join the army, the Wang family has been generals for several generations, and their children are not willing to spend their lives mediocrely among the fields. After Wang Hua and Wang Zhang were exiled from the army, the Wang family and their general children who grew up later also
They all rushed to meet each other one after another.
Of the twenty-seven people Wang Hua and Wang Zhang brought out from Gong County this time, sixteen of them were young Wang family members and their descendants. The other eleven were also recruited by Wang Hua and Wang Zhang when they were still in Huayin County.
subordinate.
In addition, there are 27 people who continue to stay in Huayin County, mainly women and minors.
Wang Hua and Wang Zhang are also married and have children, but considering that their backgrounds cannot be exposed, the Wang family's children who have gradually grown up in the past few years have all intermarried with the children of the family members, and everyone is still closely united.
When Wang Hua and Wang Zhang talked about the situation of the people in Huayin County, Wang Ju was also filled with sadness.
Not counting the children Wang Zhang and his family had when they became adults, more than half of the people who first moved to Huayin County have died in the past seventeen or eight years. It is really a world apart.
This is partly due to the epidemic, but more importantly it is caused by displacement.
"We must immediately arrange for people to go to Huayin County to pick up everyone." Fan Zongqi was afraid that people like Zheng Huaizhong would not get any advantage from them and would send people to seize their family members as hostages. He wanted to rush to Huayin County with his troops immediately.
, and moved the tribesmen who remained in Huayin County to Tongbai Mountain.
"It's not urgent!" Xu Huai shook his head and said, "Zheng Huaizhong may come to me to ask for someone, but he probably won't detain women and children!"
No matter how unhappy they were with Zheng Huaizhong and others today, the two sides were not mortal enemies after all.
Even Zheng Huaizhong and others felt deep down in their hearts that they were the ones who were loyal to the imperial court, and their actions were the right way to solve Vietnam's crisis.
Just like when so many generals in the government and the public advocated supporting the alliance to conquer Yan, most of them did not do so out of shameless selfishness and greed.
Therefore, Zheng Huaizhong and others were humiliated today, and they might send people to arrest Wang Hua, Wang Zhang and others for deserting the army, but Xu Huai did not think that they would spread their grievances on women and children.
Going west, we have to pass through Hangu Pass and Tongguan, which are now heavily guarded military towns. A dozen elites can go over the mountains and bypass these passes, but twenty or thirty women and children go through this hardship, not knowing that they will die on the way.
how many people.
To put it bluntly, Xu Huai wants Wang Hua, Wang Zhang and the others to stay with him now. Zheng Huaizhong and the others are unwilling to cause another quarrel at worst, and they are not afraid that Zheng Huaizhong might really go to war with them; when King Jing, Zhao Tuan and Qian Shangduan
The others made excuses in the middle, forcing Zheng Huaizhong and others to accept this established fact, and then take the women and children to Tongbai Mountain down to the smallest detail.
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After waiting for more than an hour, there was still no movement in Gongxian City. However, King Jing Zhao Tuan and Qian Shangduan left the city and returned to camp. They sent people to call Xu Huai, Lu Xiong, and Wang Ju to come over.
"This matter is over, you follow me to see His Highness." Xu Huai took Wang Hua and Wang Zhang with them to see King Jing.
Entering King Jing's tent, Xu Huai first complained:
"Xu Huai was reckless when he secretly used his head to humiliate Zheng Huaizhong, Zhou He and others without His Highness's permission!"
"You have to tell me in advance, will I allow you to do it, or will I not allow you to do it?" King Jing Zhao Tuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I never thought that Wang Qiyong, Wang Boqian and others would be so afraid of fighting, but my father was so afraid of fighting.
I just listened to them - I think Prime Minister Wang's life in Bianliang will be even more difficult!"
Xu Huai sighed lightly, not knowing what to say.
"Are they both members of your Wang family?" Wang Zhang asked, King Jing Zhao Tuan looked at Wang Hua.
"Wang Hua and Wang Zhang are the sons of my fourth uncle Wang Qiwu. They were only 12 or 13 years old when the imperial edict happened. They were afraid of being implicated, so they were taken by their clansmen to Huayin County to hide their names. Later, they were forced to make a living and joined the village. Fortunately,
After finding his way back, he finally wanted to join the army and serve the imperial court." Xu Huai called Wang Hua, and Wang Zhang came forward to salute King Jing.
Qian Shangduan sat aside and explained: "Zheng Jinglue originally made you very angry. When he learned that the Wang family members were hiding in the army and leaving the city privately, he became furious and wanted to send people over to arrest and punish them. It was His Highness who slapped the case in the palace and angrily said that the imperial court
You have owed too much to the Wang family. If Zheng Jinglue and the others linger on such trivial details, they will only arouse resentment and ridicule from the people of the world. That is why Zheng Jinglue and the others gave up..."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Xu Huai said sincerely.
Wang Hua, Wang Zhang and the others were a handle, but they had to protect him. Without the strong protection of King Jing and Zhao Tuan, Xu Huai was also worried about making a big fuss over this matter and putting them into great passivity.
"Compared to you killing the enemy with your sword, what do I do for this little thing?" King Jing Zhao Tuan waved his hand to express that he had revealed the matter, and then asked worriedly, "The most important thing now is, what is going to happen next?"
