When Chen Mu heard the news about another war, he was obviously a little surprised.
Chang'an actually still has the energy to launch a new war?
Don’t they seize the time for spring plowing?
Or maybe Big Brother is having another go at it and is marching unilaterally?
impossible.
Dong Zhuo threatened Liu Bian, but Big Brother changed his mind and wanted to kill Liu Bian with a borrowed knife?
After hearing the messenger's words, Chen Mu pondered for a moment. Seeing that he was out of breath, he comforted him: "Don't worry, what's going on?"
The messenger wiped his sweat and gasped: "It was Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, who started a fight with our people in Ping County."
Wang Kuang?
Does he dare to cause trouble to me if he is out of his mind?
Hearing this sentence, Chen Mu frowned: "How's the movement? How about the casualties?"
"Some people were injured on both sides, and the conflict was very loud."
The messenger replied: "Many people from Hanoi wanted to move to Yinlai, Henan. Wang Kuang intercepted them in Ping County and even sent troops to rush into Ping County. Our people went up to negotiate, but were beaten. The brothers were furious.
Then he started killing the generals, but he was still restrained and no lives were lost."
"snort!"
Chen Mu snorted coldly and said, "Let's go back to Luoyang."
Yangwu didn't leave at that moment. After coming out of the official residence, he got on his horse and went straight to Luoyang.
At this time in history, Wang Kuang's body was cold and turned to ashes. Now he changed history and saved his life by entering the scene. If he didn't cherish it, he would jump in his face again. He really thought he was crushed by mud.
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On the way, Chen Mu also learned the reason for the conflict between the two parties.
It turns out that just like in history, after the eighteen princes were disbanded, Wang Kuang returned to Hanoi County and immediately began to torture the people of Hanoi. Once the people made a small mistake, they would immediately arrest and torture them. As long as they paid money and
Only food can survive the disaster.
According to the records of "Three Kingdoms": "The prefect Wang Kuang raised an army to attack Dong Zhuo, and sent all the officials who were born in the subordinate counties to serve the people because they had committed crimes, so he took them back and punished Qian Gu to atone for their sins. If they were late, they would destroy the clans in order to respect the majesty."
It can be seen that Wang Kuang is still very cruel to the people of Hanoi, and he implements a continuous sitting system. If one person makes a mistake, the entire clan will be wiped out.
For this reason, many aristocratic families in Hanoi, and even ordinary people, complained and moved to Henan.
Nowadays, Luoyang does not lack land, but it lacks population.
After all, overnight, almost all the population of Yin and Hongnong counties in Henan were relocated, leaving many counties very desolate, with a large amount of land abandoned and uncultivated. Therefore, the government very much welcomes outsiders to come to Luoyang to farm.
Some aristocratic families in Hanoi may still be reluctant to part with their own land, but ordinary people who do not have land in the first place are still unable to resist the temptation of the government to provide land for free, which makes many people who cannot bear Wang Kuang's tyranny in Hanoi drag their families with them.
Ran to Henan Yin.
If it were one or two, Wang Kuang might not care. Population migration is a normal phenomenon. But people move in groups. In just a few months, seven or eight thousand people have crossed over from Ping County.
Yellow River, went to Luoyang to collect fields, and settled in Henan.
Some people may say that seven or eight thousand people are not many. Is it worth such a big fanfare?
But this was in the late Han Dynasty.
The country's population is only tens of millions.
The original Sanhe area still had a very large population, but Dong Zhuo moved away the people around Luoyang, causing the population to plummet.
The only area in the Sanhe area that has not been relocated is Hanoi County. According to the census data before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there were approximately 150,000 households and 800,000 people in Hanoi County at that time.
However, after experiencing the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, Hanoi County was also greatly affected, and its population dropped by more than half in just seven or eight years.
In addition to natural disasters and man-made disasters, a large part of the reason for this was the conscription of troops by various princes.
For example, when Emperor Xiaokang of the Han Dynasty established the Southern Army, he recruited troops in the Sanhe area. Liu Bei, the wild king, also recruited 20,000 troops from Hanoi to resist the Jizhou rebels. And Ding Yuan was appointed as the governor of Bingzhou, and he also recruited troops in Hanoi and went north. Resist Xianbei.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Jun, Yuan Shao, Wang Kuang, and other princes cut leeks one after another in the Sanhe area. When Dong Zhuo moved the population of Yinhongnong County in Henan to Chang'an, there were only two to three hundred thousand people left in Hanoi County. People.
Now that the population is so small and people are still migrating to Yin, Henan, how can Wang Kuang sit still? Naturally, he sent troops to the border of Ping County to prevent the people from migrating, which led to a conflict with the defenders of Ping County.
After learning this information, Chen Mu began to think about it. Luoyang was a very important part of his plan. Now when he gets sleepy, someone will send him a pillow. Doesn't this bring Hanoi County to his door?
It just so happened that the people in Hanoi were complaining about Wang Kuang, and there was already a conflict between the two sides. They already had an excuse to send troops, so what else could they want?
Thinking of this, Chen Mu already had an idea in his mind.
The next day, Ping County.
Ping County, also known as Xiaopingjin Ferry, is the two northern gateway to Luoyang, just like Mengjin Ferry.
The reason why these two important passes are because the Yellow River here is the narrowest. There are many islands and sandbars on the river, and pontoons are built between the islands so that people can pass through.
During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, He Jin once set up passes on these islands and sandbanks to guard the north of Luoyang, where the later Mengjin Wetland was located.
Looking from the south bank of the Yellow River, one can see soldiers and horses from both sides arrayed neatly and facing each other between the two islands in the middle of the river.
Chen Mu called the Ping County Guard General and asked, "How is the situation?"
The garrison general of Ping County was just a lieutenant general in the army. He led a thousand people to station in Ping County to temporarily serve as local garrison and help the local government maintain order. After hearing Chen Mu's words, he quickly replied: "Four generals, after the conflict, we So he went up with wooden sticks to fight with them and drove them out of the ferry, but they guarded the river bank and did not allow the people to come over."
"Well, I understand."
Chen Mu asked again: "Has Wang Kuang come forward?"
"No."
The guard shook his head: "Yesterday we sent people to question, and they said that Commander Wang was not here. So I asked them why they beat people, but they said that we were the ones who struck first."
Chen Mu thought carefully for a moment and said calmly: "Withdraw troops."
"ah?"
The guard thought he heard wrongly.
"Go and withdraw all the soldiers and horses on the island, and just hold the Pingjin Ferry."
Chen Mu said to him: "During this period, please don't conflict with the opponent, don't worry about them, just do our own thing."
The guard general was surprised and said: "But they were obviously the ones who beat them first... One brother was seriously injured, his head was covered with blood, and he is still lying paralyzed on the bed. Does the fourth general want us to calm down the trouble?"
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"Of course not."
Chen Mu suddenly sneered and said calmly: "I just want the defenders on the opposite side to relax their vigilance and make the people in Hanoi more resentful."
Seeing his sinister smile, this guard general was also a veteran who had been with Liu Bei for many years. He suddenly thought of the countless enemies who had been tricked to death by the four generals over the years. He couldn't help but shudder and began to mourn for Wang Kuang in his heart.
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It’s not good to offend anyone, but you should offend the Fourth General. You deserve your misfortune.