When the Jingzhou group said goodbye and left the military camp, their thoughts were all a little confused. They were obviously just coming together to greet their new boss, so why did it suddenly turn into a war mobilization meeting?
These people are not only state and county officials, but also powerful people with various forces within the territory. Therefore, each of them is assigned to different assistance tasks according to their official position and power.
Inwardly speaking, they are of course quite resistant to this matter. After all, there has been no large-scale military friction on the border between the two countries for many years. Including this Nanliang invasion, they only retreated without losing their armament, and did not attack Rang.
The city launches a fierce attack. Once the war begins, casualties are inevitable.
But not everyone thinks so. The shock of the new envoy giving the old envoy a hundred catties of gold cakes has not dissipated to this day. They all have their own plans, even if they are not as good as Quan Zhongzun.
To receive such a generous gift, even dozens or even more than ten kilograms of gold is a very considerable amount of wealth.
And due to various reasons, although Xiangyang in the Southern Dynasties was not far from Rangcheng, it was much richer than here. If a war started, considerable spoils would definitely be obtained.
Although everyone is a colleague in the state capital, they all have different origins, races, interests, etc., and they all have their own thoughts at this moment. Although it is not easy to discuss it together, it is not possible for one person to think clearly.
After wandering outside the camp for a while, several powerful men with strong prestige spoke out, attracting a few people with whom they usually had close relationships. They soon divided into several small teams, and each left to discuss whether they should follow the new envoy.
recruit.
Not to mention that these Jingzhou locals were a little at a loss, even Quan Zhongzun was quite overwhelmed when he saw Li Tai's behavior. Before the crowd was present, he suppressed his voice and said nothing, but after the crowd left, he couldn't help but turn back.
He came to the tent, looked at Li Tai and said seriously: "I will tell you that you are wise in making decisions and are brave and courageous. But now that you have just entered the state, you want to attack. Isn't it a bit... I will be incompetent? The current situation in Jingzhou is relatively different."
What you see is actually far more chaotic..."
In order to advise Li Tai not to rush into attacking Xiangyang too hastily, Quan Zhongzun even planned to expose his own shame and take the initiative to expose the personnel undercurrents surging under the surface of Jingzhou that even he could not control.
Li Tai waved his hand to interrupt his words and said with a smile: "General Quan, please rest assured that I am not a stubborn person who refuses to listen to advice. I also have some understanding of the chaos in Jingzhou. This is definitely not the fault of the general's short-term mismanagement."
, the general need not blame himself for this.
However, this chaos cannot be settled calmly through ordinary methods. If you want order and submission, you must severely eradicate a group of evil bandits as a warning to others! My plan to attack Xiangyang today is not unexpected. If the general does not return in a hurry,
You might as well stay here and wait and see what happens next. As for the men and horses that were left here for a while, I will also make up for it with the help of the countrymen."
Quan Zhongzun saw that Li Tai's expression was calm and his tone was firm. He didn't seem to be agitated or irrational. Although he was still a little puzzled, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly said: "Finally,
The general who has led his troops here is an envoy sent by the imperial court to serve the country. How dare he be greedy for personal favors from the envoy?"
After hearing this, Li Tai laughed and said: "The territory of Guanxi is small, and the Taifu often has diseases. However, it is disturbed by foreign troubles and has to often engage in military strategy. It is constrained by material resources. It is inevitable that the righteous people from all sides will not be well supplied. The general and I both know this.
, the general doesn’t have to refuse.”
He is an important official of Ba Mansion, and he is also very clear about the flow of Ba Man's wealth. Local powerful people like Quan Zhongzun not only have insufficient supplies, but also simply do not have such a budget at all. They just use it.
Allocate part of the evacuation materials at the time, and then you can figure out your own way in the future. The reason why Quan Zhongzun is eager to leave his post is probably because Jingzhou is deep in water and has little oil and water, and the risks are high and the rewards are low.
Hearing what Li Tai said, Quan Zhongzun was greatly moved, and he hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "Thanks to your care, my general is weak, but I don't know what your plan is. Please lead me to temporarily stay for treatment."
Inside, I hope I can do my best."
He was embarrassed to receive benefits in vain, so he wanted to stay and help. At the same time, he was also curious. Regarding the chaotic situation in Jingzhou, what method could Li Tai quickly sort out?
Li Tai was also overjoyed after hearing this. Although he had acted confident before, he actually felt a little guilty about the new copy of Jingzhou.
Hou Jing was able to bring trouble to Jiangdong, of course, because of his own abilities, but Xiao Lao Bodhisattva's bottomless connivance was also crucial. There was no Xiao Bodhisattva behind Li Tai to stand up for him, and the number of combatants he led here was 10,000.
Although it may seem like a lot to get ahead, it is actually nothing to the huge Han Dynasty Jingxiang. Maybe even Jingzhou cannot completely suppress it.
Quan Zhongzun is willing to lead his troops to stay temporarily to help, and Li Tai naturally welcomes him. It can at least make his momentum stronger.
He also had people serve wine and food, and while inviting Quan Zhongzun to have dinner, he asked carefully about the current personnel structure of Jingzhou. Quan Zhongzun felt Li Tai's generosity, and he knew everything about it.
The glorious history of the Nanyang Basin cannot be described, and its decline is accompanied by changes in the general trend of the world.
Specifically, the huge impact on the Nanyang Basin was that the collapse of the Guanzhong regime during the Hu Dynasty and Di Rebellion caused a large number of Yong and Qin people to flee to the Han Dynasty. Although most of their settlements were concentrated in the Xiangyang area, the Nanyang Basin was located on the route they must pass through during their exile.
Road, the social structure will inevitably suffer a great impact, and a large number of local clan people will move southward either actively or passively.
The Xiangyang armed force group composed of the late-du gentry living in Xiangyang and the Han Mian tycoons, represented by Jingzhao Weishi, Du family, Hedong Liu family, etc., gradually replaced the declining Jingkou force group with the Beifu army as the core and joined the Southern Dynasties.
The struggle for imperial power and the change of dynasties.
Famous generals of the Southern Dynasties such as Zhang Jing'er of the Southern Qi Dynasty and Cao Jingzong of the Southern Liang Dynasty were all representatives of Nanyang. They were able to stand out not only because of their own military talents, but also because they had a group of loyal and brave rural party members behind them. These people left their hometowns one after another, or
Either go to the Jiankang court or join the battles in other areas.
These changes all caused a large outflow of local people in Nanyang, which in turn triggered another consequence, that is, the great advance of barbarians.
There were many barbarian tribes scattered in the mountains and fields between Jianghuai and Jianghan. When the social structure of the farming areas outside the mountains was intact and production and life were in order, these barbarians hid in the mountains and did not dare to go out easily.
But when the external order collapsed and the original residents were displaced and fled to other places, the living space of these barbarians also expanded greatly. The Nanyang Basin, which was devastated by war and had no people, naturally became a paradise for barbarians to settle down.
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The living environment of the barbarians was improved, and a large number of production materials abandoned by the Han refugees were received. Naturally, the population of the barbarians also developed rapidly. A large number of barbarian tribes appeared not only in Hanmian, Lianghuai, but also in Yiluo.
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Although these barbarian tribes have not yet formed their own cultural inheritance and ruling regime, their power cannot be underestimated. Most of the powerful chiefs among them have more than 10,000 tribesmen, and they have great influence on the formation and development of local order.
Increasing day by day.
After Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang, he launched a southern expedition. During his second southern expedition, he captured the five counties of Miobei where Jingzhou is now located. The reason why this area of Miobei was able to be captured and defended was also related to the barbarians' stronghold in Nanyang.
It is closely related to the increasing proportion in the social structure. Compared with the Southern Dynasty regime, the Northern Dynasty's policy towards barbarians was more open and inclusive, so barbarians were mostly used.
To this day, although the barbarian tribes still have problems such as low organization and low productivity, they have become an indispensable and decisive force in Jingzhou.
Nowadays, Jingzhou under the control of the Western Wei Dynasty can be roughly divided into three forces. One is the people who moved from Guanzhong, Henan and other places and the city residents who were stationed after the Northern Wei occupied Miangbei, and the other is the Han clan people who were left behind after the Southern Dynasties lost their land.
, the last group is the barbarians who are getting stronger day by day, and are likely to catch up from behind.
The Jingzhou clans that Quan Zhongzun introduced to Li Tai generally came from these three forces, and the division of labor was relatively clear. The powerful immigrants were basically responsible for state and county government and civil affairs, the survivors of the Southern Dynasties were responsible for money and food, and the barbarians were responsible for military and defense matters.
Although the ingredients seem a bit complicated, Jingzhou, an important border town between the north and the south, is surprisingly harmonious. So generally speaking, as long as the town chief can balance the interests of the three parties, there will be no major troubles in Jingzhou. Of course, there are constraints on each other.
Even so, there won't be any big development.
Previously, Wang Sizheng transferred Jingzhou soldiers, which caused some imbalance in the local forces, especially the large number of barbarian chiefs who entered the counties one after another. This naturally made other people feel a sense of crisis. It may be an emergency to attract Liang people to the north.
An act of self-preservation.
Quan Zhongzun's family was a powerful one in Shangluo, so a considerable part of his clan had moved to Mianbei, and his influence here was not weak, so he was ordered to come to Jingzhou to take charge of the situation. But after arriving in Jingzhou, all he could do was admit the established facts.
, stabilize the defensive forces within the territory and avoid armed fighting and civil strife.
Of course, the so-called tripartite forces are just a rough classification for convenience of description, and the actual situation is much more complicated than this. The barbarians may be traitors, the survivors may be loyal ministers, and the immigrants may also have flirtations with the south.
Li Taiguang felt a little confused after hearing this, and he felt more and more that he had made the right decision not to mess around with these people and engage in complicated conversations. Faced with such a situation, he had to cut the knot quickly.
The two of them were chatting and it was late at night. Suddenly, Li Qu hurried in from outside the door. There was still a faint smell of blood on his robe. After entering the tent, he glanced at Quan Zhongzun and just lowered his head and bowed, without saying a word.
Duoyan, after seeing Li Tai nod, he said: "Alang, the three people who were unwilling to stay here to attend the meeting and their entourage have been intercepted, and none of them have been leaked!"
Li Tai nodded after hearing the words. When he saw Quan Zhongzun's expression showing a little shock, he smiled and said: "These three people don't follow me when they see me, and they are not happy when they hear the rewards. They go away from others. If they are not severely punished, they probably don't know the punishment."