There was nothing to say about the one-day meeting in the king's tent. Chen Chong listened to one side for a whole day. It was nothing more than Yu Fuluo Yi venting his bad anger, making things difficult for the kings in every possible way, and then making a lot of decisions.
When the Qiangqu Chanyu was in power, he knew that his accession to the throne was controversial, so he rested and recuperated with the Xiongnu princes. He only received a small tribute from each tribe every year. If he was called upon by the imperial court, the Qiangqu Chanyu would only mobilize his own troops to participate in the war. , This indeed made the Xiongnu stable for many years, but it also allowed the kings to accumulate strength without being restricted, and finally became rebellious, and a full-scale rebellion broke out this year.
Now that Yuvluo's strength has greatly increased, and he has a big man and Bai Bo to rely on, he is naturally acting unscrupulously. He immediately greatly increased this year's tribute and participated in the rebellion. Most of the tribes paid tribute of wheat, flour, thousands of stones, and thousands of lambs. Head, five hundred horns and bows, one hundred good horses, a small tribute of five thousand stones of wheat flour, five hundred lambs, two hundred horns and bows, and fifty good horses.
Such tributes, in peacetime in previous years, the tribes could still manage to support. However, half of this year has passed, and the rebellion has caused the Xiongnu to still not farm and herd for half a year. Without farming and herding, how can they harvest crops and pay tribute? But the Xiongnu princes are now As a traitor, it is a great blessing to be able to escape death now, so how can anyone dare to speak out against it?
Previously, Chen Chong advised Yu Fuluo: "Things must be reversed when they are extreme. Now there is great chaos, and hundreds of wastes are waiting to be revived. If Shan Yu wants to have long-term peace and stability, he should be kind to the small people, implement benevolent government, and unite all departments, and be united both internally and externally, so that we can overcome them together." Times are difficult, and disasters must be dealt with peacefully. A king cannot raise an army in anger, let alone rule a country in anger."
Yufuluo dismissed this and flatly refused, sneering and saying: "Prefect Chen's words are ridiculous. These are all the enemies of my father's murder and the thieves of the people! How can I be unkind if I leave such a life? It's just a small tribute. In this way, how can I show my name as a Chanyu? All tribes can know the obedience and adversity from this."
Chen Chong was helpless and could only continue to analyze the pros and cons for him: "Conspiracy and usurpation are all the fault of the kings, not the fault of the common people. The victory of Jinyang was precisely because we pardoned the rebellious soldiers. Now Shanyu If we want to investigate the guilt, we only need to collect evidence of the prince's crime, imprison him in Meiji, select a friendly person to take the throne, and rule the people. In this way, one can promote the name of the Chan Yu, two can make the Chan Yu real to the people, and three You can avenge the former king and achieve three things with one stone, but what does it have to do with the common people?"
After Yu Fuluo heard this, he was quite moved for a while, but he thought about it again and again. In the end, he still refused Chen Chong and said: "This is a family matter of the little king and the Xiongnu, and it has nothing to do with Governor Chen."
Chen Chong tried to persuade Liu Xuan and Liu Bao again, but in vain. Once a person embarks on a road without companions, he will continue to do so. After repeated setbacks, Chen Chong felt the stubbornness behind his words, and finally knew the outcome in his heart. , which forced him to adopt other methods.
After the apportionment was over, the new danyu discussed the defense of Yanmen County with the princes, and the meeting was somewhat on track.
After the loss of the three counties of Hetao, Yanmen County was the northern gate of the entire Bingzhou, but now it is mostly occupied by Xianbei Kuitou. Kuitou is the eldest grandson of Tan Shihuai, the orthodox Xianbei leader after Tan Shihuai's death, and his subordinates Most of them were from the old tribe who followed Tan Shihuai on the expedition. Now he moved his royal court to Yanmen Pingcheng (today's Datong), fighting against the Xianbei princes while gradually expanding his power southward.
After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court was unable to control Xianbei, and the Xiongnu fought against Xianbei alone in Yanmen, losing consecutive battles. Now they can only maintain the front line in Mayi (today's Shuozhou) and Guangwu. It is precisely because of the Qiangqu Chanyu
In order to resist Xianbei, King Youxian Huchuquan was ordered to lead 70,000 of his tribesmen to garrison here, and the kings were able to successfully carry out the coup in Meiji.
Now that Yu Fuluo has succeeded Shan Yu, he has brought all the 70,000 tribesmen back to Meiji, but Yanmen defense cannot be left vacant. Now the king's account is discussing new candidates to take over the defense.
Hu Chuquan immediately stood up and said: "Among you, I am the only one who has been stationed in Mayi for more than a year and is familiar with the terrain and enemy situation in Yanmen. If Brother Meng does not give up, I am willing to continue to guard Yanmen for him."<
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Huchuquan was already alienated from Yufuluo, and his defection to Xubu Shanyu during the war made the rift between the two more obvious. However, he was coerced by the situation and did not participate in the conspiracy. His defection during the Battle of Jinyang was also very serious.
Shiqu, as a biological brother, even though so many princes had pardoned him, there was no reason to hold on to him, so Huchuquan finally escaped.
Now all his tribesmen have been captured by Yufuluo, but he has no complaints and voluntarily goes to Mayi to continue resisting Xianbei. Even if Yufuluo is as harsh as Yufuluo, he has nothing to say. But he still needs to dispatch other tribes to enrich the border, so Yufuluo still needs to dispatch other tribes to enrich the border.
Fuluo thought about it again and again, and ordered the Xu Bu Department to send the Yu Department and the Hu Yan Department to go with Huchuquan.
Needless to say, the Xubu tribe, since the Yu tribe and the Xubu tribe have been married for generations, and the Huyan tribe and the Xubu tribe are from the same branch, there is obviously only one reason why they can be nominated: they are all old tribes of Xubu Shanyu.
The three Gudu Marquises had already made mental preparations, and immediately divided their respective jurisdictions at the meeting: the Xubu tribe guarded Wuzhou, the Dangyu tribe guarded Qixian County, and the Huyan tribe guarded Guangwu. Each of the three tribes had 3,000 tribesmen.
King Youxian Huchuquan settled in Mayi. The total number of defenders was 35,000, which was only half of the original defenders.
Previously, the 70,000 Xiongnu garrison had been defeated in succession against Xianbei. Chen Chong did not know how to evaluate Yu Fuluo's deployment of defenses. After all, Yanmen was not only the northern territory of the Xiongnu, but also the northern territory of Bingzhou. Yu Fuluo had decided that it would be difficult to change his mind.
So he had no choice but to advise him again. If the front line was in an emergency and it was difficult to support him, he could write a book for himself, and he would ask the imperial court to send troops for reinforcements.
Having said this, the results are still very little, so there is nothing more to say. Chen Chong can only wait for the account meeting to end, then turn to talk to Humphrey about something more practical for him.
Although the Xiongnu army has been completely wiped out, many bad debts have not been sorted out. The military discipline of the Xiongnu rebels was extremely poor, and almost no grass grew where they passed. During this rebellion, half of Xihe County, including Lishi, the county seat, was plundered.
Taiyuan County was originally a wealthy county in the world, but now it is on the verge of cannibalism. Decades of savings in the county have been destroyed in one fell swoop.
But these savings did not go elsewhere, but went into the pockets of the Xiongnu princes. After the rebellion was over, the Xiongnu princes dedicated them to Yu Fuluo. When the army returned to Meiji, Chen Chong saw with his own eyes that they were all golden.
The amount of silver and jewelry can be used to drag twenty carts, countless soldiers and armors, and nearly a million dan of corn and flour. If used properly, Taiyuan County will not be able to survive this year's food disaster.
But when talking about this, Yuvluo's nature of being greedy for money was exposed again. He pretended to be stupid and pretended that he didn't know about it. He would investigate the kings for this in the future. As soon as there was news, he would immediately inform Chen Chong
, Chen Chong laughed angrily and simply left. He couldn't help but lament in his heart: If Qiangqu Chanyu is just not considerate of the people and relies too much on the court, then Yufuluo is self-righteous and has neither.
After leaving Meiji, Chen Chong looked back at the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and suddenly felt some nostalgia. Zhang Yi died here. After the chaos last month, Chen Chong was able to rearrange his body and return it to his family. All the clan members of Governor Zhang said
The patriarch died for his country and deserved his death. However, his inconvenience to the governance of Bingzhou before his death was never mentioned again.
Perhaps the last thing a person does before death is the final moment of his life, Chen Chong thought.
Then he thought about this year's disaster relief. Chen Chong had to borrow food. He couldn't help but feel a headache. Just when he saw the Xiongnu tribes south of Meiji City were leaving their tents and heading west, there were also several Jie people who knew him and took the initiative to come.
Come and greet him.
Now that all the land south of Meiji has been given to the Bai Bo Army by Yuv Luo, this was the condition for his promise to the Bai Bo Army. After hearing this news, Chen Chong suddenly thought of it and changed his itinerary to visit Guo Da first.
After this battle, everyone in the Baibo Army knew Chen Chong. They all knew that he was the boss of the Baibo Army and a "virtuous governor" who was good at attacking people's hearts and liked to implement benevolent policies. They still had a good impression of him, and they didn't need any gifts.
With light clothes and simple obedience, he was allowed to go all the way to Huanyang.
When he came, Guo Dazheng was sitting by the well with his bare arms, sharpening the blade on the sandstone with the well water. Captain Bai Bo raised his head and glanced at Chen Chong, then lowered his head to sharpen the knife. The blade was as thin as a cicada.
The wings trembled during the grinding process. After a moment, he poured the well water again, wiped the knife with a dry cloth, finally put it in the scabbard, turned to Chen Chong and said calmly: "Master Chen is here.
County China, I don’t know what you are doing?”
Chen Chong was accustomed to this attitude and didn't take it seriously at all. Instead, he praised him first and said: "There is a saying in "Sima Fa": 'Although the motherland is big, if it is warlike, it will perish, and if it forgets war, it will be in danger.' Guo Shuai sharpened his sword after the war, and it was really good.
The style of ancient sages."
Guo Da put on his robe and armor, and objected to Chen Chong with a smile: "I still remember Mr. Chen once said to us: 'Be invincible first, then wait for the enemy to be victorious.' Although I am illiterate, but
Don’t forget what Chen Fujun said. After all, Chen Fujun is standing by your side, so how can I dare to greet him with a knife?”
Chen Chong had to smile bitterly. He hesitated for a moment, thinking about the current situation in Bingzhou, and finally decided to vent his worries to Guo Dayi. He couldn't help but sigh: "Shuai Guo, the situation in Bingzhou is urgent now. I am worried, and Captain Liu has not returned yet.
And, I can only come to discuss relevant matters with you."
Chen Chong then told Guo Dahe what was going on in the Hun king's tent today, and analyzed: "Now that Yu Fuluo thinks he is powerful, he has no scruples in his actions, and violently conquers. He humiliates the kings above, and bullies the head of Guizhou below. How can he do this?"
For a long time, Bingzhou has a strong enemy in the north, and the country is suffering from famine. If this continues, the situation of Bingzhou will inevitably change drastically, so we must take precautions early."
Guo Dayi was fascinated for a moment. This was the first time he heard such a comprehensive analysis by Chen Chong. His eyesight was opened. He pointed out all the key points of the current situation in just a few words, which made him ask: "What should I be careful about?
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"With such harsh taxation, within a year, the Xiongnu will definitely have civil strife again. But the drought is still there this year, and when the autumn is high and the horses are fat, the Xianbei will definitely go south to invade, and the counties in our Bingzhou will starve and die everywhere, and the army will not have enough food. By then
, the people of Bingzhou may not be able to get even ten percent of their savings!"
When Guo Da heard the scene, he couldn't help but feel that Chen Chong was exaggerating, but he was very pleased that Chen Chong said these words to him. He immediately sat up straight and asked Chen Chong: "Then what should I do with the dragon head?"
Chen Chong frankly said to Guo Da: "Although there are many difficulties at present, there are priorities. What the two counties urgently need now is grain and food. In the battle of Jinyang, I heard that Guo Shuai also gained a lot from this battle.
Feng, unless I have no choice, I will never speak to Guo Shuai, and I also ask Guo Shuai to lend me food for the millions of people who are waiting to be fed in his hometown."
Guo Da sighed when he heard this: "The dragon's head should be borrowed and returned."