Further ahead is Long County, but it is not called Long County at this time. The scope and name have also changed many times in history. Here we use the name that often appeared in the Western Wei Dynasty and after: Longzhou, pay attention! They are now connected with the former Qin Dynasty.
The Western Wei Dynasty was one of the two Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties that split in the late Northern Wei Dynasty. It was even more distant. It was only to avoid the confusion caused by the subsequent name changes that the name Longzhou was adopted.
The retreating army retreated to Longzhou, which is a place similar to Qinzhou. If we defend here, it will be easier to resist the invasion of Kun Yu than in the border town.
It's a pity that the governor here is a sycophant. In order to please Shi Hu, he brought disaster to all the villages in this area. People with beautiful women hated him even more because he caused families to lose their wives and children.
Enumerate, so when the people learned that Kunyu Kingdom had passed through the border town, they became restless.
The governor who guards here is a man whose family spent a lot of money to buy an official position. After entering the officialdom, he relies on his own "efforts" to tell people's stories and ghosts. Even if they are political enemies, they can all agree that he is very good.
He is capable and has a bit of Wei Xiaobao's attitude. Because of the governor's cunning, cunning, and deception, the people around him were convinced of him. When the Kunyu Kingdom occupied the west of Longshan on Longguan Road, they sent him to do very important tasks.
Governor of Longzhou.
However, as the commander-in-chief, he did not have as much power as Xun, and he only oversaw military affairs.
When the governor has such a person as his assistant, he can smile so happily that the military and political affairs are in his own hands, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away here, but the people suffer.
Under Shi Hu's rule, there were enough excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. They even increased the amount of taxes. It was obvious that the people were already struggling to pay the taxes, but they told Shi Hu that the weather here was smooth and the fruits were fruitful. Shi Hu didn't care about the lives of the people and kept the money.
Just bring it.
The two even registered all the pregnant women within their jurisdiction. They would send people to keep an eye on the baby in the few days before giving birth. If it was a baby girl, records would be kept. People would be sent to look at the baby from time to time every year. After fifteen years, the baby would be born.
The beautiful ones were naturally snatched away and given to Shihu. During the growth period, the child should not be allowed to die or disappear for no reason, otherwise the whole family would be killed.
It’s not that the people here have never done anything wrong, but the weapons of the people are just farm tools. Even if they have knives, they are just melon-cutting knives. How can they be compared with the army? Moreover, this situation has become a trend throughout Zhao State. Local officials
They all tried their best to bring harm to the people in order to please Shi Hu. In addition, Shi Hu's methods were cruel, and even small-scale people could not make a name for themselves.
Now the two of them saw that the army of Kunyu State was coming, and the people also showed signs of riots. They took away the gold and silver and ran away. The soldiers from the border town withdrew to Longzhou, and found that the place was leaderless, and the people were in chaos.
When they learned that the two men had escaped, riots broke out, and the soldiers of Longzhou had no choice but to continue to retreat towards Qianyang.
Xun and the others were thinking about how to attack Longzhou along the way. The border town was too easy to attack and they took more than two days to capture it, but Longzhou would never be that easy.
While walking, I was thinking about tactics. When I arrived outside Longzhou, everyone was stunned:
The city gate was opened, and someone shouted something, and the people in the city ran out and lined the streets to welcome the army of Kunyu Kingdom. It was just like the scene when they attacked Hao Kingdom. It turned out that after the army withdrew, the people occupied this place.
Well, let's just say they occupied it, so Xun and the others occupied Longzhou without spending a single soldier.
When discussing the next step of the battle in the evening, Le Zhengyuan, Wang Bi, and Xuan all looked worried.
Wang Bi looked at the two of them and asked:
"I wonder if we are worried about the same thing?"
Hyun looked up at him:
"I'm worried that this progress is too smooth, which is not good. It would be fine if it could continue like this, but once it is blocked, our military morale will be greatly frustrated and an unfavorable situation will arise."
Le Zhengyuan nodded:
"I'm worried about this too, where is Mr. Wang?"
Wang Bi also agreed:
"Arrogant soldiers will be defeated. How can we defeat them?"
But how to defeat them? Talking too much and being too harsh will damage morale, but you can't do nothing. Let them be so proud and complacent. They will really fall into the ashes, and they can't boast or fight.
First, appease the people here.
When those two bastards escaped, they couldn't have taken away all the money. They only picked up the valuable ones and took them away. They distributed money and food to the people, first to let them have food and clothing, and then to increase productivity. It is better to teach people how to fish than to give them food.
For fishing.
Xuan was discussing with Le Zhengyuan, Wang Bi and the generals how to fight Qianyang. Suddenly a soldier came to report that many young and middle-aged men were going to join the army of Kunyu Kingdom. Everyone could not help but frown.
The plan from the beginning was to attack Chencang (today's Baoji City, Shaanxi Province) and not go any further, but these people joined them with hatred for the Shi family. This hatred would become a very good weapon for moving forward, but when Chencang
In the end, it will also become a mixer that disrupts their plans, so they must not be allowed to join.
When Hyun was about to go out, Le Zhengyuan stopped her:
"We can't let the governor come forward to solve everything. You are too incompetent as the governor," he said to Wang Bi, "We will go."
The two of them went out for a while and didn't come back. Hyun was a little worried. They were both typical soldiers, not political workers. He was really afraid that they would not be able to deal with this kind of persuasion.
Sneaking out quietly to take a look, it was as expected. The two of them had been persuading each other for so long, but not only had no results at all, but the two sides were still developing in the direction of suffocation.
Hyun shook his head, straightened his clothes, walked out, patted the two of them, and said to the people who asked to join the army:
"I would like to ask everyone about the purpose of joining us."
Zhuo Ye's iconic black face, even without introduction, this face is also his business card. Everyone became quiet when they saw Zhuo Ye come out.
Someone shouted:
"The Shi family separated our wives and children. They captured our wives and children and raped them to Shi Hu. They also imposed excessive taxes and made our life worse than death. How can we not avenge this!"
As soon as the words were spoken, many people responded immediately.
Hyun asked again:
"So, is there anyone else in your family?"
Some say there are parents, some say there are wives, some say there are children, etc.
After hearing this, Hyun felt confident, took a step forward, and said seriously:
"Then if you leave, who will take care of them? Seeing that you are both in the prime of life, you should be the backbone of the family. You left with such anger, saying it was to avenge your wife and children, but in my opinion, you are against the family.
Irresponsible! Who do you want to leave the old and young to rely on to survive?! You only care about your own happiness, but don't care about their life and death. You selfish and irresponsible people don't want it in my army! You can't do anything to your little ones.
How can I expect you to be responsible for everyone in Kun Yuguo when you are responsible for your family?! People who cannot take good care of their families will be trash no matter where they go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar immediately.
Hyun didn't wait for them to shout, and asked sternly:
"What? You don't admit it? Then come and tell me, what will happen to your family when you leave?! What will happen to your family?! People have to bear a lot of burdens when they are alive. As ordinary people, your family is a burden that you must bear.
! But you abandoned them in a fit of enthusiasm, how can your conscience be at ease?! The children who have not yet grown up have to use their thin shoulders to help you support a family, don’t you feel guilty?!"
Looking at the soldiers around him, he deliberately raised his voice. On the one hand, he was speaking to these people, and on the other hand, he was speaking to the soldiers:
"Do you think fighting is easy? You see, we broke through the border town in just two days and arrived at Longzhou very smoothly. However, this was just because we met the bastard general! The road from now on will not always be so smooth! People like you have never experienced it.
Those who have been trained rashly go to the battlefield and can only become cannon fodder. They are irresponsible to themselves! They are also irresponsible to their families! Do you think you are brave?! What are you not useless?!"
Everyone didn't know how to refute. Although they were still somewhat conflicted, they felt that Master Zhuo was right.
Hyun signaled to the soldiers, and two soldiers brought a chair, sat in the chair, and said calmly:
"Go back and take good care of your family. As long as our Kunyu Kingdom is not beaten back, you will all be citizens of Kunyu Kingdom in the future. In a stable environment, you should think about how to live a good life. As for your wives and children,"
Hyun raised his head and looked over the heads of everyone and looked into the distance. "Kunyu Kingdom is too small compared to Zhao Kingdom. It is like an ant. I don't know where we will go. We may be beaten back tomorrow, but I am here to make a promise to you."
, if God favors us and allows us to attack the capital, let alone your wives and children, we will release all the women who were taken away and let them go home!" (To be continued)