Yes, the Han Dynasty changed its Yuan Dynasty. The emperor Liu Chan established him as the crown prince, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Shaowu, and granted amnesty.
But everyone knows that the reign name of Shaowu is intended to succeed the late emperor "Zhang Wu", which shows that today's Han Dynasty has got rid of the difficult period of "Jianxing" after the defeat of Yiling and trapped Bashu, and has a wealth comparable to that before the Battle of Xiangfan.
national strength and the determination to be incompatible with Wei Wei.
However, people's attention was attracted by another thing.
Zheng Pu, who had long been praised by the Prime Minister for his integrity in public affairs and was later awarded the title of Prime Minister, unexpectedly resigned from his post and became the General of Zhenxi, supervising the military affairs of Liangzhou.
Although he is still a servant, and there is no shortage of big men becoming generals and prime ministers, people can still find something unusual in it.
Since Li Yan is now in charge of the Supervisory Examination Office, most of the responsibilities of Zheng Pu's post have not been granted to him, so why not let him retain this position and concurrently hold the title of General of Zhenxi?
Of course, they just muttered this doubt in their hearts.
After all, they should take warning from the consequences of speaking out like Liu Yan and Yang Yi.
In the second half of February, in the second half of February, there was a gathering in Luomen, Hebei County.
In the main room of the Lu family's Yishan Villa, Zhang Yan, who had long been pregnant, was tying Zheng Pu's hair, arranging her clothes, and whispering various instructions.
Every time Zheng Pu went to war, she was like this.
It's just that this time there was a little worry and a little heartache in her voice.
After her grief subsided and her illness subsided, she suddenly discovered that Zheng Pu's temples were originally just a little frosty white, but they turned pale within two months at the turn of winter and spring, and that his face was covered with fingers.
Wrinkles that cannot be smoothed out.
He's only just three years old, but he's already so old!
When Zheng Pu stood up, she finally couldn't help but bury her head on his shoulder and murmured in a low mood, "Husband, don't be eager to avenge your eldest brother. I can wait for three, five, or even ten years."
...I am young and alone, and my eldest brother also passed away in battle, but I beg your husband to cherish me..."
Zheng Pu listened quietly.
He put his arms around her shoulders and gently rubbed his nose against her ears, smelling her tenderness and worry.
When he was young, he patted her back and said slowly, "Wen Dai, don't worry, wait for me to come back."
After saying that, he turned around and strode away without looking back.
In March of late spring, Zheng Pu arrived at the small basin where Zuli River entered the mouth of the big river (later Jingyuan County).
During the reign of Emperor Ling, this place was under the jurisdiction of Manyin County. It engaged in both farming and animal husbandry, as well as fishing and hunting. Therefore, it has always been a farming area for the garrison of Manyin City.
However, later Liangzhou fell out of control and the dignity of the Han Dynasty was trampled into dust. As a result, rebellions broke out frequently in the northwest counties and counties, and horse thieves were rampant. As a result, the common people and nomadic tribes here migrated away or were slaughtered. There was no one left, leaving only ruins and bones.
The rubble silently tells the story of desolation.
After the Han army captured the Fortress of Manyin and completely restored the Hexi Corridor, this place became a military garrison again.
As soon as Fei Yifu was in charge of Wuwei County, he moved the child servants and some prisoners who were loyal to Wei Hao from his home to this place, divided the fields, pastures and fisheries to provide food for the garrison of Guanyin City.
But it is a pity that the previous army of the Confucian governor of the Xiahou Dynasty who rebelled against Wei came from the Helan Mountains and trapped Anyin, and a lot of the farmland here was also destroyed.
At least, nearly half of those campers were captured by the Wei army and taken to Manyin to serve as military coolies and civilian laborers. When they were only one year old, countless people died of exhaustion and freezing. By the time Wei Yan defeated Xiahou Ru and relieved the siege of Manyin,
At that time, there were only a few hundred of these farmers still alive, alas...
Naturally, the farmland here still needs to be re-established.
After the war, Fei Yi moved all those who had escaped from the butcher's knife to Jincheng County, and instead used the prisoners of the Wei army as coolies to establish military camps. However, out of concern that the captives would defect or cause trouble, the scale of the camps was much smaller.
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In this way, it is easy to understand that Zheng Pu, who was appointed, regarded this place as the first stop for his appointment.
Regardless of whether it is to transfer grain from Jincheng County or Wuwei County to the Fortress of Anyin, it is too far, too time-consuming and labor-intensive.
In order to support future wars, he must restore the farmland here to its previous size. Fortunately, there is no need to open up wasteland and there is no shortage of cattle and horses to plow the fields, so this year's spring plowing will not be delayed.
Yes, we can catch up with spring plowing.
After deciding the strategy with the prime minister, Zheng Pu asked Fei Yi and Liu Yin to prepare for the matter.
Now, Liu Yin, who was guarding the Fortress of Manyin, had led more than a thousand soldiers to transfer farm tools and grain to this place, and together with the Wei army prisoners, they were busy repairing houses, digging ditches, and digging fish ponds.
When the scout came to report, he was sweating profusely digging a reservoir.
Coming from a wealthy family, he couldn't do farming, so he could only choose this hard work to show his soldiers that we share joys and sorrows.
"Bring me my war horse."
After receiving the reward, he casually threw away the long pickaxe in his hand and told the other generals to continue to supervise the soldiers to be busy. Without cleansing his face and changing his clothes, he rode with a few followers to meet him.
When he saw Zheng Pu's banner from a distance, he knew why Zheng Pu, who had been appointed in the first month of the year, had arrived so late.
In addition to the five hundred heavy infantry under his direct command, the prime minister also asked Zheng Pu to bring two hundred armored cavalry to Hexi.
This also made him vaguely realize: Perhaps Zijin came to Hexi to serve as general, and he wanted to use troops against Helan Mountain instead of just serving as general on behalf of Jiang?
Well, even the Emperor Liu Chan didn't know what the Prime Minister and Zheng Pu had planned.
With doubts, Liu Yin rode forward to greet him, smiled and saluted, "Zijin, I haven't seen you for a long time."
"It's true that I haven't seen brother Xiuran for a long time! But I didn't expect that when I meet him again, he will be as dirty as a wanderer!"
As usual, Zheng Pu first made a joke before driving his horse to ride alongside him, "Well, brother Xiuran, let's send a retinue in advance to lead the death camp and armored cavalry to garrison at the Manyin City Fortress."
"good."
Liu Yin nodded and sent his retinue to follow his orders.
Then he took Zheng Pu to inspect the spring plowing and livestock husbandry conditions in the small basin at the mouth of the river.
"Zijin, the envoy Nong Sima in charge of this place was transferred from Zhangye County by Fei Shijun. Last year, the farmland under his jurisdiction in Hexi produced the most abundant grain."
"The Hu people who are responsible for herding cattle and sheep were selected by the Cavalry General Zhao Yihong from the tribe of Liang Yuanbi in the Guanchuan Valley. The tribe had also pastured here before, and they are familiar with the habits of livestock and can prevent cattle and sheep from accidentally eating poisonous weeds."
"I don't know much about farming and mulberry farming, so I asked several petty officials to inquire. They claimed that if the weather is good and there are no locust pests, the autumn harvest, after deducting the winter rations for the villagers, can feed 5,000 foot soldiers for half a year.
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The horse's hooves moved slowly along the way, the willow trees chattered, and Zheng Pu nodded frequently.
When they were riding back to the camp at dusk, Zheng Pu finally asked Liu Yin what he was looking forward to, "Brother Xiuran, how is the morale of the Sword Army now? Is it worthy of fighting to the death?"
"Morale is high and everyone wants to fight to the death."
Taking a deep breath, Liu Yin, who had been stationed in the city or guarding sieges since the Northern Expedition, tried his best to suppress the heat in his heart, "Zi Jin knows that the Zhenzhi Army was formed by Wen Rong recruiting troops to practice martial arts, and many of his soldiers were kind and righteous.
.Last year I heard about the battle of Wushan in Quwu Mountain. The soldiers of the two tribes all clamored for Sima to ask me to write a letter to the Prime Minister, asking for war to avenge Wen Rong. I knew that the Prime Minister had his own considerations about whether to fight or not, so I did not write a letter and spent a lot of money.
It took a lot of effort to appease them. But..."
At this point, Liu Yin paused for a moment before continuing, "However, at the beginning of the year, the Zhenyuan Army learned that Zijin would be in charge of Liangzhou's military affairs, and they knew that Wenrong and Zijin were in-laws, so everyone was looking forward to it.
Zijin has arrived to lead them out to fight. Zijin and the other tribes are brave, less literary and more prone to fighting to the death. If you have no intention of sending troops out of Helan Mountain for the time being, you still need to find a good reason to appease them."
Um?
It has been more than ten years since the establishment of the Zhenli Army, but we still have to worry about disrespecting the general's orders?
Hearing this, Zheng Pu raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Yin, and asked softly, "Brother Xiuran, do you mean that the Dragonfly Army is now showing signs of instability?"
"That's nothing."
Liu Yin quickly shook his head, "It's just that they have a stubborn temperament. If Zijin has no reason to appease them, I'm afraid they will disturb Zijin and keep him from being pure."
Hmm, are you disturbing me so that I can’t be clean?
Zheng Pu became even more surprised.
But soon, he knew what it meant.
At this moment, the subordinate Qi Yacuo, who was driving his horse forward to clear the way, suddenly ordered all his troops to draw their swords and protect Zheng Pu: there were more than two hundred soldiers running in front with swords in hand!
Judging from the tattoos on the exposed neck and back of the hands (similar to the mantis tattoo), they should be soldiers of the Yin tribe.
"You can't do it if you want to!"
This turn of events shocked Liu Yin. He immediately dismounted his horse and squeezed out of the guarding circle of Qi Yacuo and others, shouting, "The army has abandoned its sword! Stop! If you dare to get close to the former again, you will be punished!"
Liu Yin is quite popular with the military.
After shouting loudly, the soldiers all bowed to the ground.
But a man dressed as a general drew his blade and slashed his face, then slapped his chest with the blade and shouted in unison, "Please General Zhenxi lead us to avenge Governor Zhang!"
It also caused all the soldiers to shout loudly.
"revenge!"
"revenge!"
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"Husband!"
In an instant, Liu Yin's beard and hair grew, he strode over and kicked the leader to the ground. He waved the riding crop in his hand and slapped his head and face angrily, cursing at the same time, "As a Sima, I have no military discipline.
By inciting soldiers to cause trouble, you really think I dare not act according to military law!"
That Sima of the Yanbu Department was also tough.
When he was beaten, he still stiffened his neck and retorted, "Kill the general if you want. Anyway, we just want to avenge Governor Zhang!"
As expected, the men behind him started making noise again.
"revenge!"
"revenge!"
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"Shut up!"
Liu Yin was furious and shouted, "Anyone who makes any more noise will be punished with a fifty-fifty rod, dismissed from the military, and punished as a slave!"
After roaring, he caught a glimpse of Zheng Pu driving his horse over from the corner of his eye, and then continued to beat the Sima of the Yong tribe hard with his riding whip, "I told you to have no military discipline! I told you to make noise and cause trouble!"
He knew Zheng Pu as a person.
If he was really angry, it would be normal to order the Sima of the Yong tribe to be beheaded.
Now if he doesn't whip him a few more times to express his apology, he is afraid that Zheng Pu will act according to military law.
"Brother Xiuran, don't fight."
Under the protection of his retinue Qi Yacuo, Zheng Pu did not dismount, but looked down at Sima Yanbu and asked, "Are you trying to avenge Governor Zhang by inciting the soldiers to come out to stop me?"
"Back to General, yes!"
When the Sima of the Yan tribe heard this, he knelt down and bowed his head in salute, "General, if we, the Yan tribe, are not the only ones who want to fight, the soldiers of the Ting tribe who are staying in the Fortress of Guanyin are also willing to die!"
"Um."
Zheng Pu snorted slightly and continued to ask, "Aren't you afraid that I will act according to military law when you act like this?"
"Don't be afraid! If the general allows us to go to war, I am willing to kill myself to apologize!"
"Your courage is commendable! Get up, I agree."
"real?"
The eyes of the commander of the army were bright, and he climbed up from the sand in a hurry. Regardless of the blood on his face, he bared his teeth and asked, "When will the general take us out to fight?"
Boom!
As soon as he finished speaking, he was kicked to the ground by Liu Yin, "When the military is making decisions, it's your turn to ask questions! Go back with your soldiers if you don't want to!"
"Thank you, General! Thank you, General!"
He didn't care, got up again, smiled and saluted, turned around and led the soldiers back to camp.
"Wait!"
But he was stopped by Zheng Pu again, "You have no military discipline and are making noise and causing trouble. You should be killed according to the law! Seeing that you are seeking war for the country, your crime will be reduced to one level. You will receive a fifty stick when you go back and a half-year's salary!"
The rest of the shadow followers will all receive twenty sticks and one month’s salary as punishment!”
Well.......
For a moment, Sima Xianbu was stunned.
Liu Yin swung the riding whip in his hand again, turned his back to Zheng Pu and blinked at Sima Yongbu, "I still don't want to thank the general for not killing!"
Immediately, Sima Yanbu understood the idea.
He quickly saluted and thanked him, turned around and led the soldiers away.
Watching their retreating figures, Liu Yin took the war horse brought by his subordinates and jumped up, a little ashamed and confessed to Zheng Pu, "I was not strict in discipline, which made Zijin laugh."
"No problem."
Waving his hand, Zheng Pu continued to drive his horse forward, "However, after Brother Xiuran returns, don't use your personal wealth to benefit them. There are laws in the army. Brother, the governor is out there, so you can give others whatever you want.
Avoid it."
Um, Zijin actually guessed that I would provide my family wealth to the punished soldiers of the Yong tribe?
Liu Yin was surprised.
But when I looked back, I felt relieved again.
When the Wei army was trapped in the Manyin City Fortress, it had long been known to the army that he used gambling to encourage the soldiers to hold on. Now Zheng Pu could guess what he was going to do. It was not surprising.
"Hey, I can't hide it from Zijin."
Therefore, he laughed sarcastically and couldn't help but ask, "Zijin, the prime minister sent you to supervise the battle in Liangzhou, is it because our army is going to conquer Helan Mountain?"
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"Hey! Scar Pu is going to attack me in Helan Mountain!"
Guanzhong Youfufeng, accompanied by Guo Huai, Guanqiu Jian and others, inspected Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang and Wei Dynasty, who was plowing this year's spring plowing along the Chengguo Canal. After reading the detailed information that Zheng Pu was out to supervise Liangzhou, he immediately
He let out a sigh.
After saying this, he handed over the military information cloth in his hand to Guo Huai and Guanqiu Jian for circulation.
The two of them had no different expressions on their faces.
After the Battle of Qu Wushan last year, Sima Yi recruited them and discussed with other subordinates. At that time, it was determined that the Shu army was trapped in food and would not invade the pass, but would inevitably invade Helan Mountain again.
But I didn't expect that Ni Shu actually sent Scar Pu to supervise the battle in Liangzhou.
"Commander, Scar Pu is known for his deceitful ways in using troops and is known for his clever strategies. The general will take this as a warning to Deng Shizai and don't send any troops to guard him."
After seeing the military situation, Guo Huai was the first to speak out.
"Captain, I agree with Boji."
Guanqiu Jian, the governor of Yongzhou, also said, "Therefore, the great Sima once said, 'That Scar Pu is the biggest trouble for our Wei Dynasty', and we were deeply afraid of him. Although Deng Shizai had some generals, after all, he didn't have many battles, and he was probably not Scar Pu.
The enemy should be reinforced with additional troops."
