Chen Chong stayed in Jinyang for about four days. Except for spending a whole day with his wife, Chen Chong spent the rest of the time between documents. He first reviewed the account books of last autumn's harvest, then estimated this year's harvest, and compared it with
Regarding the armor storage in the current arsenal, I am so busy that I can’t even touch the floor.
This is not what Chen Chong is willing to do, but for him, the failure to challenge Dong is like a shackles that urges his life. He understands too well that Bingzhou and Guanzhong have become a confrontation between Qin and Zhao, and both sides must always be prepared to fight again until one side
Until total destruction.
After checking for omissions and filling in the vacancies, Chen Chong summarized the problems found into a book and handed them to the officials in charge. Those who performed well were rewarded, and those who made too many mistakes were dismissed. Those who were likely to be corrupt were marked red by him.
, and sent it to Jian Yong to help him investigate and deal with it. After the order was given, all the officials in the government were surprised, and privately sighed: The catalog of the past half year was completed in four days. We have seen Mencius' so-called clear observation.
But Chen Chong has no time to listen to others' praise. After finishing his work in Jinyang, he will be busy outside Jinyang.
On the morning of May 23rd, Chen Chong led more than ten attendants, starting from Jinyang, going south to Zishi, and then west to Lishi City. He always attached great importance to efficiency. Normally, he would travel more than two hundred miles.
It only took two days, but at this moment, he suddenly felt a little timid, and walked slowly for the first time, and walked for five days before arriving.
After entering the city, Chen Chong first went to visit Yang Hui, the prefect of Xihe. Yang Hui had been with him for four years. When Fu Xie asked him to leave, he was the one who sent Fu Qian to Chen Chong's house. Chen Chong trusted him very much. When the two met, they did not talk.
It was official business, so we only talked about some recent contacts and experiences. At the end of the conversation, Yang Hui and Chen Chong talked about Bai Bo's direction.
"After Guo Shuai died in battle, everyone in the counties in Hexi wore mourning. Privately, people's hearts were shaken. Ming Gong should give more comfort."
Chen Chong was silent for a long time and sighed: "That's why I came here. I owe them a lot, but the situation is so tense. I can only do my best. After this autumn harvest, there is no chance that there will be war. How difficult!" At this point,
He remembered that his student Xu Shu was recuperating in Lishi, and planned to visit him before going to Yuanyang.
Unexpectedly, Yang Hui said that Xu Shu had been resting at Taiping Taoist Temple in the south of the city since he returned to Lishi.
After Chen Chong left the seal, the literary magistrate Liu Yan greatly renovated the Taoist temple. All the statues of Zhonghuang Taiyi were removed, and the empty main hall was used as a lecture hall. The other courtyard was transformed into an academy with thousands of books.
, the doors and walls are all painted with vermilion paint, and the courtyard is planted with cypress trees. When Chen Chong came, these cypress seedlings were still slender, but the cypress leaves on the branches were lush, which can be regarded as a different scene.
When Chen Chong returned to this place of right and wrong, he couldn't help but think of Peng Tuo, but then he remembered that this happened nearly three years ago. He asked the clerk in the courtyard and learned that Xu Shu was in a wing of another courtyard.
He was resting in the room, and immediately walked over. He was still more than ten feet away from Xu Shu's room, and heard him reading in the room. What he was reading was "Bai Lin Qi Mu Dui" written by Zhong Jun. The reading was impassioned, and again
Full of hate.
Chen Chong opened the door and called him. Xu Shu was startled. He wanted to stay down and salute the teacher, but he almost fell down when he moved. Chen Chong helped him up. It turned out that when he was fleeing, he was stabbed in the back. The cut was quite deep. Even if he was recovering,
In the past six months, the blood scab has fallen off twice, and pink polyps have grown out of the wound on the north side. However, Xu Shu still feels uncomfortable when walking, and from time to time there is a sudden electric sting in her waist.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to ride a fast horse this year." Xu Shu laughed at himself.
Chen Chong comforted him and said: "Yuan Zhi, at a young age, had the ambition to serve as an army. He is already a hero of the world. How can he not serve his country if he is like this?"
Then the master and apprentice talked about the gains and losses of the battle on the North Road. Xu Shu experienced the whole process. He reflected on himself and said that when he heard that the Liang people sent troops to Yin and Jin, the biggest mistake of the North Road was to go their own way. At that time, Huayin and Puban
They were less than a hundred miles apart, and it only took a day to send messages back and forth. No matter who Huangfu Song attacked first, the other city could calmly assist him, and the combined army of the two groups also numbered 30,000 people. Compared with the Liang people who suffered from the epidemic,
There are advantages to being small.
But the result was that Puban and Huayin had no contact with each other. Gongsun Zan pursued it on his own and fled when defeated. However, it was unnecessary for Tian Chou to abandon Puban abruptly. This resulted in Huayin becoming an isolated city. He could only defend it but could not stop Huangfu.
Song marched eastward, but when Huangfu Song passed around the city, Baibo's army was seduced by him and was soon ambushed and defeated.
After hearing what he said, Chen Chong shook his head in denial and sighed: "You think too much." Then he explained that the reason why the North Route Army was divided into three groups was that the army was complex and difficult to control.
In one place, the generals' minds were complicated and easy to do bad things, so he ordered the Northern Route Army to each occupy three dangerous areas. Even if one route was defeated and the other two troops stood firm in the dangerous areas, they could still make a difference.
"The so-called dangerous area is not only a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, but also a place of life and death, which should not be taken in vain. Even if Huangfusong could temporarily bypass Huayin due to the freezing of the river, he would not be able to rush through Maojin. When the river thawed, he would
What can we do? We can only withdraw from Hongnong and attack Huayin instead. This is true for the three places I selected. As long as the soldiers are determined to hold on, the enemy will be helpless. You really shouldn't change your strategy before the battle." Xu Shu was stunned when he heard the words, and then he was speechless. He often prided himself on being smart, but sometimes he got into trouble. He never thought that the simplest strategies were often the most effective, which made him feel frustrated. Chen Chong was not comforted when he saw this. He believed that Xu Shu
Being able to overcome his growth, he asked: "I'm going to Wanyang to pay homage to Guo Shuai, will you come with me?"
"Hero Guo Shuai, how can you not go?" After hearing this, Xu Shu cheered up and packed his luggage. He said rather shyly: "It's just that students feel embarrassed to meet each other, so they can only wait for the teacher to come before they dare to go with him.
Stop."
Chen Chong smiled bitterly and said: "Why don't I do the same?"
Xu Shu was unable to ride a horse now, so Chen Chong found an ox cart and let him ride slowly towards Yuanyang. After leaving Lishi, passing through Lin County, and then going north to Quyu, Chen Chong was already familiar with these roads and headed towards Quyu.
The guards inquired about the situation and found that Han Xian was indeed still in Wanyang, so Chen Chong took a boat across the river, walked ashore for more than 20 miles on the mountain road, and reached the foot of Wanyang City.
At this time, the sky was gloomy, and there were more than ten white flags standing on the city head of Yuanyang. Every house in the village outside the city was also hung with white flags, and passers-by had sad faces. When the city guards saw Chen Chong's ultimatum, they said to him happily and sadly.
: "Did Dragon Head finally come to see Guo Shuai? After Yang Shuai and the others came back with the remaining soldiers, they kept arguing. It really made our subordinates sad. They were all waiting for Dragon Head to take charge of the overall situation!"
After that, the city guards went to notify Yang Feng, Han Xian, and Hu Cai. When the three knew that Chen Chong was coming, they all immediately went out to greet them. Chen Chong looked at Han Xian and Yang Feng carefully and saw that they had a few more hands on their faces.
They felt very sad. Then they went to the south of the city together. Guo Da's tomb was erected at the foot of Huanghao Mountain two miles to the south. Because the body was used by Huangfu Song as a palace, only his tomb and Li Le's tomb were found here.
The tombs are juxtaposed.
The two tombs have the same style, but the tombstones are different. Guo Da's tombstone reads "Taiping Road Commander Guo Da's Tomb", while Li Le's tombstone reads "Li Le's Tomb, Bai Boling, Former Han Dynasty". When asked why, it turns out that Guo Da was not married.
A wife gave birth to a son, and the tombstone was erected by Wang Mao, the commander-in-chief of Lao Qu, while Li Le’s tombstone was arranged by his children.
Hu Cai asked Chen Chong if he wanted to erect a tombstone for Guo Daxin, but Chen Chong refused. He said: "Guo Shuai has a spirit in heaven, and he must also feel that it should be so." After that, Chen Chong offered sacrifices to Guo Da and Li Le, and removed
In addition to the ordinary knives, he also buried two knives in front of their tombs, which were the swords of Hu Zhen and Dong Yue. When Sun Jian's remaining troops withdrew eastward, these two men were detained by Chen Chong and stayed in Henan for Guan Yu.
Handling chores. Chen Chong hopes that with these two swords, he can temporarily comfort the spirits of the Baibo soldiers in heaven.
After dinner in the evening, everyone got down to the topic, about the follow-up treatment of the Baibo Army in the future. As an independent force, the Baibo Army has jurisdiction over five counties and has more than 100,000 people, half of whom are strong men who have been fighting for a long time. It has an impact on Bingzhou
plays a decisive role. The Baibo Army is named the Five Commanders, but in fact Guo Da is the leader, and the other four commanders are the branches. Now that Guo Da and Li Le are killed in battle, the political situation of the Baibo Army must face reorganization.
In the past few years, Yang Feng and Han Xian first followed Chen Chong to the north to conquer the Xiongnu Xianbei, and then followed Liu Bei to the south to beg Dong. During meals, they expressed with words and eyes that they hoped Chen Chong would support him in taking charge of the Baibo Army. Hu Cai was neither cold nor hot, and only exchanged a few words.
I won’t say any more, obviously I don’t intend to bring trouble on myself.
But when Chen Chong came on the road, he had already made plans. He was neither prepared to support Han Xian nor Yang Feng, but said frankly:
"The failure of our army to attack Dong Zhuo this time actually gave Dong Zhuo a little breather. After he takes a break, he will definitely fight me to the death again and consider the war. The main point of the dispute between the two armies is nothing more than the east of the river and the Shangjun line." p>
These words suddenly made Han Xian and Yang Feng feel uncomfortable. They heard Chen Chong continue to say: "The east of the river is steep and can be defended, but Shangjun is mostly made up of the Xiongnu tribe, and it is easy for Dong Zhuo to take advantage of it. If you want to defend Shangjun,
Therefore, the focus of governance lies on Xihe, not to mention that Xihe is located between the two counties, which is the key point of the war situation. Therefore, after the autumn harvest, I plan to move the state governance and stationed in Yuanyang to appease the Xiongnu tribes and supervise the frontline war.
What do you think?"
The implication was that he planned to cancel the independent status of the Baibo Army. Yang Feng and Han Xian changed their expressions on the spot, but Hu Cai's expression remained unchanged and asked slowly: "The dragon head has been stationed in the city, but I don't know how to arrange for us to wait?"
Chen Chong answered truthfully: "I would like to nominate three generals who will still lead the old army and have the same rank as the Qianhuhou. If you are not willing to participate in the discussion of directors, I can order you to guard Pingcheng. Xianbei is now weak and I think there will be no more troops in a few years."
There will be another war."
When the three of them heard the words, they were all silent for a long time. Han Xian first said: "This matter is of great importance. Please give me some time, the leader of the dragon. Probably at the end of July, which is the beginning of the autumn harvest, we will definitely give you some time."
Reply." Yang Feng and Hu Cai also heard and echoed.
Chen Chong also knew that this matter was of great importance. They were in a hurry and it was really difficult to decide. He did not force them. He just warned them first: "The commanders are at the forefront and must not relax their military affairs. Even if I am not here, they must train more troops."
,Beware of cold soldiers."
Finally, he comforted him: "I will stay in Xihe and Hedong during these two months. If the commanders have any ideas, they can send envoys to Lishi. Governor Yang will contact me. Good things will come in a long way! As long as Dong Zhuo is defeated, I will wait for you.
When the Central Plains is cleared again, your martial names will be praised and encouraged by future generations!"