Wancheng (Wancheng District, Nanyang City) has a long history. During the Yin and Zhou dynasties, it was called the "Land of Shenlu". It was home to two small princes named Jiang, who were later destroyed by Chu.
After the Chu State occupied this fertile and beautiful basin, it established Shen County, which later gradually became Wanyi. In the 35th year of King Qin Zhao's 35th year, the Qin State seized the land of Chu and Han and established Nanyang County, with Wan as its administrative seat.
, Wansui was a large city between Zhou and Chu, with a city area of dozens of miles and more than 100,000 residents. The houses were lined up in rows, directly connected to the green mountains outside the city.
Chen Hui is a native of Wan County, Nanyang. He has lived in this city for more than thirty years and is very familiar with its streets and alleys.
Early that morning, Chen Hui put on his wife's clean soap-colored dark clothes, carefully tied up his hair in a bun, put on his scholar's crown, patted the four hundred stone ribbon seal on his waist, and closed the door and went out.
This is an alley in the inner city, where most officials live. When everyone sees Chen Hui after going out, they must bow to him respectfully and shout affectionately:
"Chen Changshi!"
Chen Hui was not only the gatekeeper of Nanyang County, but also its long history.
However, the street corner greetings of officials and scholars are always interrupted by the sound of uneven footsteps. They are Qin soldiers patrolling the city. Nanyang now is no different than in the past. It has become a big military camp, with hundreds of thousands of stone grain reserves.
Here, one-third of Wang Ben's army also gathered in Wan.
The local official who was chatting with Chen Hui cursed: "For some reason recently, the city has been closed every three days. No one in the city can come out. Even the late spring (xi) has been missed."
In March, it is a custom for the nobles of Nanyang to go to the waterside to pray for misfortunes. It is also a famous local scene. It is often organized by the county guard. Hundreds of carriages and horses from the city come out of the city to hold ceremonies at the Yang of the Water to ward off disasters and pray for blessings.
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Often, the Zhu curtains connect to the Internet, the sun shines in the clouds, men and women, dressed in new clothes, sit and play, colorful, and by the way, they can go on a blind date...
But now, the city can’t get out, and it’s still a ghost!
Another person complained: "Not only can't I get out of the city, but merchants from outside can't come in. I'm a city official. The city has been extremely depressed these days. The market is prosperous and thousands of merchants have gathered. I haven't seen him since the end of the year."
It’s over! The little rice we have is not enough to support our family and servants. Seeing that the price of food is rising day by day, and firewood is more expensive than cinnamon twigs, I am really worried to death..."
Others comforted him and said: "Last year, a group of rebels marched around Nanyang, burned a lot of food, and even marched to the city, plundering the surrounding areas. Now is the beginning of spring, and the millet in the fields has just been planted. There is no way for Nanyang to survive."
There is no food. Maybe there will be another fight ahead. It is good that we can save our lives behind the high wall, so how can we expect anything else?"
Times are tough, especially for the little people.
There are many willows in Nanyang, and catkins are flying everywhere now. Chen Hui listened to his colleagues complaining and just smiled lightly, but his eyes passed through the catkins and looked towards the east of the city.
"The smoke from Kong's workshop has stopped..."
To the east of Nanyang City is the Iron Official Square. The Qin Dynasty destroyed the Wei Dynasty more than ten years ago and uprooted the Kong family, a wealthy iron-smelting family from Liang. The Kong family was still making trouble in the first few years, but later it stopped and became the Iron Official
, after the outbreak of the civil war, iron tools were smelted day and night to supply military supplies.
It has been almost a year and it has never stopped until recently.
Although it is said that there is no fighting on the front line, Tieguanfang must not be stopped. This is contrary to common sense.
The military camps in the south and west of the city have also canceled training in the past few days. The city walls are controlled by the captains under Wang Ben. Even though Chen Hui is a long history, he is not allowed to go to the city to spy at will. He only took a peek the day before yesterday when he was ordered by the county governor to labor.
A few glances.
He discovered that although the continuous military camps in the west and south of the city were still there, several of them were empty, and the crows in the sky even dared to fall!
Combined with several unusual food allocations in recent days, Chen Hui was confident!
The army is slowly evacuating Wancheng, maybe one camp a day, but they are indeed leaving here.
Was he transferred to the front line, or...
With this in mind, the Sheriff's Mansion has arrived!
Nanyang Shou Lujie (yi) was a person who knew how to enjoy himself. He had many dancing prostitutes in his family. Chen Hui had seen it before. The singers sang and the dancers danced, played the zither and sheng, sang Nanyin, danced the Zheng dance, and danced like
The white crane spreads its wings and flies, and its song is like silk wrapping around the beams and pillars. It's so enjoyable.
But since the war began, Governor Lu's good days have come to an end. He no longer cares about having fun, and the maikos have also been neglected.
All day long, I was either crying because of the military's strict requirements, or I was frightened by the rebel Han Xinbu who suddenly attacked Wancheng.
At the moment, Lu Ye was lying on the desk, holding his forehead with his hand. The slips and papers were scattered around in a mess. Judging from the burned out candle next to him, it seemed that he had not slept all night.
Chen Hui saluted: "Your Majesty."
"Zifu, he's finally here."
Lu Ye raised his head and saw that there were many bloodshot eyes in his eyes. Seeing Chen Hui coming, he quickly asked him to sit down.
"There is a big event happening right now. Although I was told by the lieutenant general not to tell anyone about it, I am very upset and still want to hear Zifu's advice..."
But before Lu Ye could speak, Chen Hui took the lead and said:
"Dare to ask the Lord."
"Could it be that Marquis Tongwu has passed away and the army wants to withdraw from Nanyang?"
..."Nothing can be hidden from Zifu."
After recounting what had happened, the county governor, Lv Jue, felt very troubled: "Wang Taiwei passed away the day before yesterday, but the military secrets did not announce the funeral."
Chen Hui thought to himself that he was right: "Sure enough, I heard that Marquis Tongwu was in critical condition and died outside. However, the three armies are still not in chaos..."
Lu Ye said: "Wang Taiwei is very strict in managing the army. The news of his death did not spread, so everyone went as usual. Those who left Wancheng thought it was a normal dispatch. At the moment, Sima Yang and Gantang are in charge of the three armies, and they follow the legacy of Wu Zhonghou."
We are ordered to block the news, no, even the four gates of Wancheng are closed tightly, just to prevent others from knowing the truth in the camp."
Chen Hui sneered: "But seeing that we have already retreated nearly half of the way, there is something dark on the screen. We can't hide it after all."
Lu Ye nodded: "Wang Taiwei made a plan when he was dying of illness. The three armies were withdrawing to Guanzhong one after another. Nanyang County was about to be abandoned..."
Chen Hui was a little bit cold: "Nanyang is not as small as Changsha, Hengshan and other small counties with only tens of thousands of households. The commander-in-chief knows it well. There are more than 20 counties in Nanyang County, with 190,530 households and a population of nearly one million.
Everyone, are you going to give up just because you want to?"
In terms of population and taxes alone, Nanyang has more people than Nanjun and Hengshan combined. This is why the local area can support Wang Ben's army of 200,000 to fight against the enemy Heifu.
Lu Ye sighed: "There is no way. Wang Taiwei has gone. Among the generals in the army, who dares to say that he is Heifu's opponent? Can he stop him in the wilds of Wancheng? He forced himself to stay and lost the battle.
By then I won’t be able to leave even if I want to.”
Chen Hui stood up and held up his hands: "Now that the matter has come to this, may I ask the Lord what your plan is?"
Lu Ye looked at his cronies: "Sima Yang and Gantang asked me to leave Wancheng at the end of March and return to Guanzhong, but before leaving, they asked me to do two things."
"Let me have a guess?"
Chen Hui smiled and said: "The first thing is to destroy the iron workshop and let the entire Kong family go to Guanzhong with the army."
"Secondly, even if all the stored grain stored in the warehouses are burned and cannot be taken away, not a single grain of corn or wheat can be obtained by the rebels!"
Lu Ye was silent for a long time, then nodded and said, "Zi Fu is like a god."
Chen Hui's smile stopped and was replaced by anger.
"Junjun, this is the first thing, but the second thing is absolutely impossible!"
"Since Nanyang was plundered by Han Xin last year, the whole county has been suffering from famine. The grain transported from Aocang and Guanzhong has been supplied to the army. The people of the county can only rely on old millet to make ends meet. At present, there is no supply.
The people outside Guizhou, and even some petty officials, are starving, and some people in the back streets are starting to eat chaff. When they burn grain, they are not burning wheat and millet, but their lives!"
Lu Ye spread his hands: "I don't know, but this is Wang Taiwei's last order..."
Chen Hui's voice became louder: "The Taiwei is a general. He does not refuse when ordered to do so. He will return after the enemy is defeated. When the army leaves, he will have the honor of death but no shame of life. He only needs to be responsible to the emperor and the three armies. He must
What we consider is the outcome of the war and the survival of the country!"
"As for the survival of the head of Guizhou, whether he is hungry or cold is not part of his strategy."
"So Lieutenant Wang is not like a county guard. He has to consider Nanyang and the livelihood of millions of people in the county..."
He is not like Chen Hui and other locals from Nanyang, whose descendants have to stick to this land and continue to live for hundreds of generations!
You people from outside the county burned the grain, left a piece of scorched earth, and walked away. What should we Nanyang people do? Eat the dirt?
"My lord, I absolutely cannot do this!"
"Zifu, Zifu."
Lu Ye stood up and said angrily: "The army has not completely withdrawn, and the sword is still at my back. I say not to do it. How can I do it? I called you here to ask for advice, but you are telling me these great principles.
What’s the use?”
"Then I will tell you something useful, a way out that can protect the Lord's safety and protect Nanyang County from the disasters of famine and weapons."
Chen Hui came closer and said those two words that could kill his three clans...
"Drop the black!"
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ps: I’ll go up the mountain tomorrow, it’ll only be there at night, gu, gu, gu, gu.
