Shi Le was stopped in the Hedong County area, just north of Luoyang, not far from Shangdang.
After Xun Xiu discovered their traces, he immediately sent someone to pass the news back to Luoyang.
The three thousand soldiers and horses that Wang Mi left successfully bypassed Shi Le's troops and went straight to Bingzhou, intending to stabilize Bingzhou first while Shi Le's news was not available.
Therefore, Shi Le did not know the situation in Luoyang, nor did he know the beggar army that blocked Shi Le's army and fought with them.
They just felt that Shi Le was a Hu man and he was leading Hu soldiers. Seeing that this posture would be detrimental to Luoyang, although they themselves did not eat or drink, they still insisted on Shi Le and refused to let them go to Luoyang.
While Xun Xiu was sending the news back, he also followed Zhao Hanzhang's order and had people pass the news about Luoyang to the opposing army.
But there was no need for them. Before their news was sent out, Shi Le's army received news from Luoyang, and Ji Yuan was a small step ahead of him.
Therefore, the news they spread reached Shi Le's army a little later, but it quickly reached the beggar army.
The Beggar Army is an army composed of officials and civilians. They are brave and good at fighting, but... they are poor!
Too poor to eat, they originally followed Sima Teng's soldiers and civilians who escaped from Bingzhou, and fled all the way. In the end, in order to survive, the officials and officials of Bingzhou gathered the refugees and formed an army to beg for food in Jizhou.
Now that they are begging for food, officials and scholar-bureaucrats can no longer maintain their status and dignity. In order to survive, their wide-sleeved robes have been replaced by narrow-sleeved robes. Even because of poverty, they have to wear patches.
He barely covered it up with armor.
As there were more and more places to fight and beg, the officials and scholar-bureaucrats in the army had less and less work to do. In the end, except for a few here and there, the rest were refugees who were constantly admitted, so they became the same as refugees.
Because most of them are refugees, the army has their families. Except for a few leading men, there is no complete suit of armor in the whole army. The clothes are all patched and worn, and the feet are
I basically made the straw sandals myself.
Their purpose is only one - to live! That's why they are called the Live Begging Army.
No matter who it is, except for the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jiehu and other foreign forces, anyone who can afford money and food will attack whomever they ask.
So today the King of East China Sea paid them to seize some territory from Gou Xi, and they went to fight Gou Xi. Tomorrow Gou Xi asked them to fight the King of East China Sea with food and grass, and they turned around and went to fight the King of East China Sea.
So their goals are very clear, money and food.
Because of this, many people have hired them and looked down upon them. So far, no force is willing to fully accept them.
After the work was done, the people were kicked out after paying the money and food, and the begging army wandered around like this. Occasionally, they volunteered to fight against Liu Yuanshile and other Hu troops to stop their plunder.
Hearing that a Jin army was coming next door, Chen Wu, the general of the beggar army, immediately called Chen Chuan, Feng Long and Li Tou and asked them: "Would any of you want to inquire about the situation? There is not much food and grass in the army, so we have to find it temporarily."
A foodie."
Feng Long and Li Tou immediately said: "The final general is willing to go."
Chen Chuan didn't want to go and wallow, so he recommended the two of them go, "Let them go, I'll go up front and guard."
"Okay, you two go ahead."
So Feng Long and Li Tou took off their armor, revealing their patched clothes and were about to leave. However, Chen Wu felt that they were not shabby enough, so he called two soldiers and asked them to take off their clothes and change with them.
"There are so many cavalry on the opposite side, and they seem to have a lot of armor. It looks like they are rich. If you behave more miserably, you might be able to get food and grass."
Feng Long and Li Tou thought what he said was reasonable. They were all soldiers who hadn't taken a shower for more than ten days, so no one should dislike the other.
So, two generals dressed in tatters stood in front of Xun Xiu.
"The begging army?"
"In front of us is Shi Le's army. Is General Xun here to stop Shi Le?"
When they entered the camp just now, they had found out that the leader of the troops was Xun Xiu from Yuzhou, but Yuzhou was quite far away from here, so they didn't know why they came here.
Because they were all Jin troops, although Xun Xiu didn't think much of them, he still exchanged some information with them and exchanged information. They also wanted to know the situation of Shi Le's army.
So Xun Xiu knew that they had blocked Shi Le here for five days. Shi Le also pushed out many Jin ministers to kill for fun and forced the begging army to retreat.
However, the captured Jin ministers could not give money or food to the begging army, and they were not as important as Luoyang in the hearts of the begging army, so Chen Wu let them kill him, but they did not retreat.
Feng Long said: "There is also Lieutenant Wang Yan and Lieutenant Wang there. Is General Xun here to save Lieutenant Wang and the others?"
Li Tou hinted at the side: "We have more than 5,000 soldiers, all of whom are brave and good at fighting. They can help the general. However, we have been starved for several days and are not strong enough."
Xun Xiu just pretended not to hear. Although they brought food and grass, it was only enough for them for half a month. The food was forcibly bought from the scholar-bureaucrats in the palace. How could it be given to the beggar army?
There was no food and grass, but a lot of information was given.
For example, Wang Mi died at the hands of their envoy Zhao Hanzhang!
For example, Liu Cong was defeated at the hands of their envoy Zhao Hanzhang!
For another example, the emperor was saved, and they made Jun Zhao Hanzhang grant the title of Duke of Runan County!
Finally, Luoyang is now governed by their envoy Zhao Hanzhang!
Xun Xiu concealed the news that the emperor followed Gou Xi to move the capital, and only said that their envoy asked them to rescue the Jin officials who were captured by Shi Le.
Feng Da and Li Tou returned to the begging army and said to Chen Wu: "He is very stingy. He is unwilling to give out a bucket of food. He said he was here to save the Jin ministers, but I saw that he had no intention of saving at all, so he stationed troops on the side.
General, he doesn’t want us to work for nothing, does he?”
Chen Wu thought for a while and then shook his head, "There is Wang Yan there. Wang Yan has a great reputation and a great talent. If he returns to the emperor and waves his arms, half of the world's aristocratic families will obey his orders. I'm afraid Zhao Hanzhang doesn't want him alive.
Maybe the emperor doesn’t want to go back, so…”
"So they want to force Wang Yan to death?" Feng Da spat: "These people have really dirty hearts. General, are we still here?"
Chen Wu asked: "Is he really not willing to give you a bucket of rice?"
"Li Tou mentioned it three times, but he didn't respond. He obviously didn't want to pay."
Chen Wu sighed and said: "Forget it, since they are here, give Shi Le to them, and we will leave tomorrow."
He said: "The army does not have much food and grass. If we save more, we will avoid trouble. Let's go west for a walk. I heard that Xianbei occasionally invades Chang'an and other places. Let's see if the King of Nanyang wants to hire us."