Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 110 The Small Events in Chang'an Street

At noon, Li Jue's army had already arrived at the west city wall and set up camp one kilometer away from the west city gate.

After four consecutive rounds of attacks, the number of Li Jue's soldiers has dropped from more than [-] to more than [-], including thousands of wounded soldiers. The military has already had relatively high casualties.

So Li Jue really didn't want to spend any more time, especially when there was little hope of attacking the city. He had already thought about it. When Jia Xu came to his army again, he ordered his men to plunder westward. And played the banner of returning to Liangzhou.

However, Li Jue will also cooperate with the leader in the fifth round of attack at Youshi in the afternoon. After all, with Niu Fu's character, he will definitely send someone to inform the allied army of the attack plan.

In order to prevent the allied forces from taking advantage of Xu Rong's anomaly, Niu Fu sent envoys to convey all his orders. In this way, it would be difficult for the allied forces to discover the anomaly in the short term.

Sure enough, at You o'clock in the afternoon, Niu Fu's envoy had already arrived at Li Jue's place to convey the leader's order.

Although the leader has no actual command authority, in order to achieve a better siege effect, they often agree on a time to attack at the same time, which puts tremendous pressure on the guards of Chang'an City.

The fifth round of siege was no exception. The siege from three sides put a sharp increase on the guards of Chang'an City. Fortunately, Li Jue's army did not attack the city with all its strength. At least the number of soldiers sent each time was less than that of the previous attack.

Although Zhang Meng is a newcomer, he has also learned some combat skills, and with the full cooperation of the lieutenants under Lu Bu and Huangfu Song, it is not a bad idea to hold back Li Jue's army who is not fully committed. A difficult thing.

Therefore, the fifth round of attack failed again, and the three-sided attack did not take down Chang'an City.

In the turret on the east wall of Chang'an, an eunuch brought a robe from the palace, and then brought some reports from the palace.

Zhang Ming knew that this was Cui Ming's arrangement. During the days when he was not in the palace, Cui Ming joined forces with the Southern Army to be responsible for the safety of the palace, and at night, he recorded all the things that happened in the palace in a letter, and sent handed over to His Majesty.

As for the memorial sent by the commander of the bus from Shangshutai to the palace, it will be temporarily left unused in the Gaomen Hall. If there is an urgent matter, he will directly inform Cui Ming, and Cui Ming will inform His Majesty through a letter.

Now Chang'an City is blocked everywhere, and the security in the city is also controlled by the Northern Army. Even the aristocratic families in the city dare not make any rash moves at this moment. The Northern Army has an order. Anyone who disrupts the order of Chang'an City will be imprisoned and dealt with after the war.

Of course, the Northern Army only temporarily took over the security of Chang'an, and the specific affairs of Chang'an are still in charge of Chang'an Ling. .

However, the ministers are all wise and safe people, and will not cause trouble to the court at this pass, but sometimes, some children of aristocratic families are still willful.

Today, a car hit someone in Chang'an City during the day, and the culprit was Sima Kui.

Sima Kui's father, Sima Fang, held the post of Jing Zhaoyin. He was also a wealthy family who moved from Luoyang to Chang'an. Sima Fang had eight sons, which were the famous "Sima Bada" in history. The most famous of them was Sima Fang's second son. A son, Sima Yi.

And Sima Kui is the fourth son of Sima Fang. He is only ten years old now, and he likes to play around most when he is young. In the past, Sima Kui often drove around in Chang'an City to play around. At that time, Chang'an orders passed by with his eyes closed.

Of course, Sima Kui's elder brother, Sima Lang, and Sima Yi have both criticized Sima Kui's behavior, but how much can a little ten-year-old child understand, especially Sima Yi's criticism, Sima Kui is very disgusted.

Sima Yi is only two years older than him, but he pretends to be a young man.

Especially this morning, Sima Yi asked Dao Sima Kui again.

"Fourth brother, Chang'an City is under martial law. You should stop going out and messing around today. Wouldn't it be better to stay at home and study scriptures?"

"Second brother, I've been suffocated at home these past few days. Since Chang'an City was besieged, you and eldest brother won't let me go out to play, and you said that Chang'an City is different from before, but I don't think it's a big deal. The difference is that there are more people on the street than before, and it is more lively."

"Fourth brother, most of the people on the street are ordinary people. Have you seen many people from aristocratic families? A few days ago, people from Shangshutai came to the house in person and asked the family members not to go out and mess around again."

"Second brother, I used to drive around the city often, didn't the Chang'an order not control me?"

"Fourth brother, the current Chang'an City is no longer under the control of Chang'an Order."

"Second Brother, what do you mean, Chang'an City is not under the control of Chang'an Order, so who will take care of it?"

"Fourth brother, when you open the door of your house, you can see a group of soldiers on the street. They are all the Northern Army. This group of Northern Army only obeys His Majesty's orders, and they don't obey the orders of Chang'an."

"Okay, second brother, then I will read the scriptures at home and study the classics, and I won't go out."

It's just that Sima Kui put down the scriptures in his hands after Sima Yi left. He has been holding back at home for several days, and today he has to go out to play anyway.

So Sima Kui secretly drove out while the soldiers of the Northern Army were eating in the afternoon.

People in the Eastern Han Dynasty generally had two meals a day, and the second meal was often eaten in the afternoon. In this way, they could skip eating at night, and when they woke up, they could have breakfast directly the next morning. Of course, the so-called The two meals a day system in China is only because of the food shortage of the people.

Sima Kui was too young to drive without permission. In addition, there were more people on the streets in Chang'an City than before, so he bumped into a pedestrian on the street without paying attention.

The cries of pedestrians quickly attracted the nearby northern army patrols, and saw a group of five patrols rushing here.

After the guards learned the whole story, they arrested Sima Kui, and Sima Kui shouted loudly, "My father is Jing Zhaoyin, who dares to arrest me."

However, these patrols didn't care about Sima Kui's words. They only obeyed the command of the Northern Army Commander, and only obeyed His Majesty's orders, so they still arrested Sima Kui and reported the matter to the Northern Army Commander.

This matter is just a small matter that happened in the huge city of Chang'an, except for the Sima clan, other people don't seem to care about it.

But how many aristocratic families in Chang'an City really don't care about this kind of thing. The children of their families are all used to domineering in Chang'an City, just like Sima Kui's behavior today, in the past in Chang'an City That's commonplace.

In the past in Chang'an City, when this kind of thing happened, the common people would go to the government to report to the officials first, and then the government would send officials down to arrest people. If it was an ordinary person, that would be fine. Report to the Chang'an order first, and then dare to take people after getting the order. Generally speaking, this kind of thing will end up being nothing.

If you can meet someone who loses a few money, you are already lucky. More often than not, the people can only choke on the bitter fruit.

Zhang Ming has always wanted to rectify this situation, but he suffered from the relatively close interests of the Chang'an family, and he had just been in power for more than ten days, and he couldn't find a good reason to stretch his hand. Successfully placed the Northern Army on the main road of Chang'an City, nominally to maintain the stability of Chang'an City and prevent the collusion between the enemy forces outside the city and the reactionary forces inside the city.But in fact, he also wanted to take the opportunity to rectify the administration of officials.

Chang'an City is his only foundation at the moment, so he needs to completely control Chang'an City from top to bottom. Some officials from their own camp, and then arrange their own people in.

So Zhang Ming wished that during the war, the children of the aristocratic families in Chang'an City would be as indulgent as possible, so that he would have sufficient reasons to deal with some of them in the future.

What happened in Chang'an City did not affect the defenders of Chang'an City. After all, the Northern Army was enough to deal with these things. Although the number of Northern Army was pitifully small during the war preparation period, it was still not a big problem to manage the security of the main road of Chang'an City. of.

The Northern Army was originally composed of five captains, namely Tunqi Captain, Yueqi Captain, Infantry Captain, Changshui Captain, and Shesheng Captain. Their role was to defend the capital and protect the safety of the capital.

In addition to the fifth school of the Northern Army, there is also the eighth school lieutenant of Xiyuan set up by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Of course, the purpose of setting up the eighth school lieutenant of Xiyuan is to divide the military power of the general He Jin.

Theoretically speaking, the existence of the fifth school of the Northern Army and the eighth school captain of Xiyuan can protect the capital. Unfortunately, the general He Jin is stupid. As a result, the soldier's plot was exposed, but he was killed by the ten permanent servants first.

Therefore, the five schools of the Northern Army led by He Jin were leaderless and were controlled by the latecomer Dong Zhuo. The imperial guards who originally guarded the capital became Dong Zhuo’s private soldiers. Huangfusong controlled it, so in fact the five schools of the Northern Army had already existed in name only.

The same is true for the eight captains of Xiyuan. After Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others among the eight captains of Xiyuan lost to Dong Zhuo, left Luoyang one after another, and returned to their hometown to rebel. The main soldiers also became Dong Zhuo soldiers.

After Dong Zhuo annexed the fifth school of the Northern Army and the eighth school lieutenant of Xiyuan, the number of soldiers under him jumped from a few thousand to tens of thousands, and he relied on these tens of thousands of soldiers to firmly control Luoyang City. Unfortunately, After Dong Zhuo died, these tens of thousands of soldiers became the imperial army again.

Today's Northern Army only has the airs of the Northern Army, but has no foundation of the Northern Army. In terms of strength, it is not as good as one-twelfth of the five schools of the Northern Army. The early five schools of the Northern Army were able to follow Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song Waiting for others to put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Jizhou.

But it is precisely because of this that Zhang Ming is more confident and bold in reusing the Northern Army. Since Dong Zhuo moved to Chang'an, the Northern Army's responsibilities have become smaller and smaller, so that the current Northern Army is not much different from other imperial guards. It also led to the fact that few people joined the once prestigious Northern Army, and even the leader of the Northern Army was just a rough man.

Of course, the current commander of the Northern Army was appointed by Zhang Ming. His surname is Wang and Lin, and he has no characters. He was originally just a servant by his side.

Although today's Northern Army is a group of rough people, they are more effective. Zhang Ming's orders can often be carried out more effectively. Although the number is small, it is not a big problem to supervise the main road of Chang'an City. Large areas, especially the suburbs of Chang'an, are still in chaos at present. There are no government officials to manage it, and the Northern Army does not go there. It is simply a no-care zone.

Fortunately, this three-way zone has stabilized a lot recently. After all, when food was distributed before, it was also distributed to them, so there should be no trouble in a short time. In fact, for the people at the bottom, as long as they have something to eat, they I'm too lazy to make trouble.

It is always the aristocratic and wealthy families that really cause trouble, and this is also the focus of Zhang Ming's precautions.

Zhang Ming had already been in the turret at the east gate for a whole day. During this period, Huang Fusong came to ask His Majesty many times if he needed to return to the palace, but Zhang Ming refused them all.

Zhang Ming said that he would accompany the soldiers here until the moment when the enemy retreated.

During the daytime today, when the enemy troops outside the city retreated to a place one kilometer away from the east city gate to rest, the guards guarding the turret opened the door on the turret. At this time, Zhang Ming walked out with his eunuchs and guards.

The air outside was still filled with the smell of fresh blood. There were bloodstains everywhere on the city walls, some of which were already dry, and some were not. , These things are being processed by dedicated soldiers.

The soldiers guarding the city wall continued to hold their spears and stood upright. Around them, there were some stones and gold juice again, but compared to when Zhang Ming first walked up the city wall, this The amount at one time is obviously much less.

Zhang Ming saw that Huangfusong and Liang Yan were walking towards him.

"Your Majesty, why did you come out first?"

"General Huangfu, I see that the enemy troops outside have retreated, so I came out to get some fresh air. It's really stuffy in the turret."

"Your Majesty, war is like this. Although the turret is relatively stuffy, at least he is very safe. It is different outside. The wind is strong and the breath is good, but it is also extremely dangerous."

"I plan to go to the wounded barracks to see the wounded soldiers. I wonder if General Huangfu can lead the way?"

"Your Majesty, no, the smell in the wounded barracks is very strong. Your Majesty may not be able to stand it, even some newly arrived doctors can't stand it."

If there is any place in the barracks that is the cruelest, it is undoubtedly the wounded barracks. In this era, the bodies of dead soldiers are buried directly on the spot, but the living have to bear the pain in the future.

Especially those soldiers with broken hands and legs, even if they survived by chance, they have almost nothing to do with the barracks, and even have serious problems in taking care of themselves in their daily lives. To solve this problem, Zhang Ming can't do it now, even if It was useless for him to call the imperial physician.

(End of this chapter)