Xiaoqi

The counter-insurgency war has lasted for half a month, but the result is that things are counterproductive, and people's wishes are not fulfilled.

Since learning of Zhao Wei's rebellion, in the past half a month, Liu Zhang has successively mobilized [-] troops to intercept the rebels, trying to keep them out of Shu County, and then mobilized troops from other counties to rush to the rescue. .

In this way, a strategic pattern has been formed in which there is a large army blocking the front, and reinforcements arrive at the front line in a steady stream, and the two-pronged approach is sure to win.When the follow-up reinforcements join forces with the front-line army, the total force will be nearly [-], and they will definitely wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop.This is the counter-insurgency strategy formulated by all the bureaucrats in the State Shepherd's Mansion.

Unexpectedly, the wish is very beautiful and full, but the reality is dry and skinny.

During the half-month counter-insurgency, the counter-insurgency soldiers and horses in various counties failed one after another, and were defeated one by one by the rebel army led by Zhao Wei, without exception.As a result, the three-way reinforcements that arrived at the front line of Guanghan suffered disastrous defeats one after another, making the continuous follow-up reinforcements reduced to refueling tactics;

According to post-war intelligence reports, the reason Liu Zhang dispatched the three-way army to suppress the rebellion was defeated was because about [-]% of the generals in the army defected in the face of battle.These generals had already secretly taken refuge under Zhao Wei's command, so they suddenly changed their course during the fierce battle between the two armies, and openly led the crowd to fall under Zhao Wei's banner.Only in this way did the counter-insurgency fail.Moreover, the defeat was a complete mess, like a meat bun beating a dog with no return.In the end, everything was lost.

As the counter-insurgency army was defeated one after another, the rebel army led by Zhao Wei became stronger, their morale was high, and their troops were strong.

Half a month down.The rebels advanced triumphantly all the way, captured most of Berkshire in one go, and then went straight to the southwest.Attack Guanghan County.However, the reinforcements from the counties under Liu Zhang suffered repeated defeats and retreated steadily. Their resistance was extremely weak, and they seemed vulnerable.It can be crushed with one blow.Not only does it not help to suppress the rebels.On the contrary, it added fuel to the fire, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses fell to Zhao Wei's command, making the rebel army stronger as they fought, and more and more soldiers and horses fought.

Today, dozens of cities under the rule of Guanghan County fell quickly, and then Zhao Wei sent his troops to Shu County.When the soldiers came to Chengdu, they went straight to Huanglong.

Just when the rebels formed a siege on the city of Chengdu.When the state city was in danger, rebellions broke out in Shu County one after another, and many aristocratic families raised troops to respond to the rebels, and took refuge in Zhao Wei's command with a clear banner.The undercurrents are also raging in the city of Chengdu, and the big families, gentry, and powerful gentry can't hold back, and they are ready to recruit private troops. In name, they are seeking self-protection, but in reality they are acting sneakily and with ulterior motives.

All of a sudden, the city of Chengdu was full of turmoil and panic, and the situation was precarious and precarious.

Facing the precarious situation, Liu Zhang, who has always been negligent in government affairs, was overwhelmed with anxiety and anxiety like ants on a hot pot.The most helpless thing is that right now he has no soldiers to use, nothing to do, and he is powerless to suppress the thieves.It can be said that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, so what can I do?

However, the situation is still deteriorating rapidly, and the situation is getting more and more critical day by day.At present, Zhao Wei's rebel army has approached the city, and the people of Yizhou's bureaucrats are also fluctuating. The positions of the major aristocratic families are also unclear due to the changes in the current situation.About half of the aristocratic families had secret contacts with Zhao Wei's rebels, and some of the aristocratic families even openly provided food and grass for the rebels. Among them, there were many speculators who contributed money and effort. The private army was sent to Zhao Wei's command to attack the city with the rebels.

Shu County, Chengdu State Shepherd's Mansion.

As night fell, the main hall of the state capital was empty and silent, but in the east side hall separated by a wall, a group of people gathered at this moment, discussing countermeasures with Liu Zhang.These people and their families are all deep-rooted aristocratic families, and they are also the most prestigious official families in Yizhou, and they are the family representatives of local forces in Yizhou.

Facing the sudden turn of the situation, these local forces finally couldn't sit still, and they united by coincidence, unequivocally supported the state shepherd Liu Zhang, spared no effort to support the defenders to defend the city, and jointly resisted Zhao Wei's rebels.This is because their respective family interests are tied to Liu Zhang's, and they have no way out, no choice.

At this critical time, they had no choice but to stand up and firmly support Liu Zhang in destroying the rebels.Only in this way is the right way.Otherwise, if Zhao Wei's rebels break through the state city, the interests of these old families will be impacted, ranging from damage to interests, to the destruction of their families and the destruction of hundreds of years of family business.

"My lord, I have just received a secret report that there are as many as 32 families among the major gentry families who have secretly colluded with the old thief Zhao Wei, and many of them are families of officials and eunuchs who hold military and political power. The old thieves colluded secretly, which forced these young people not to act rashly, and they are still waiting and watching, waiting for an opportunity." This is the voice of Yizhou Biejia Zhang Song.

As the situation deteriorated rapidly, Zhang Song remained calm and unruffled when the situation deteriorated rapidly. Zhang Song stood out and was entrusted with the important task of collecting intelligence by Liu Zhang.Together with Zhang Song, Huang Quan, Zhang Su, Wu Yi, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, and Lei Tong were also reused. They are all young talents of the old gentry in Yizhou, and they are also the vested interests of Liu Zhang's high positions. By.

It is obvious that once Zhao Wei's rebels capture Chengdu, they will be the first to bear the brunt. Not only will they not be able to maintain their current power status, but they will also affect the fundamental interests of the family.It is about their own interests and future. Even though they had some friendship with Zhao Wei before, this friendship is not worth mentioning now. What they really care about is their own status and family interests.When it comes to conflicts of interest, the opposing parties will not compromise, as if they are irreconcilable, they will fight to the death, and the final outcome is that either you die or I die.

Other than that, there is no third possibility.

Up to this time, the secret meeting in the side hall has been going on for nearly two hours, that is, the secret meeting started in the afternoon and lasted until night.During this period, everyone was discussing countermeasures against the rebellion, deliberated over and over, expressed their opinions, and spared no effort in offering advice and suggestions.

When it was dark outside the window, Zhang Song received a secret report, and he did not hide it at all, and made the secret report public so that everyone can understand the current situation and think about countermeasures.

After Liu Zhang, who was seated high on the throne, heard Zhang Song's report, his already rather melancholy eyes suddenly became more and more flustered, his whole body trembled slightly, he was at a loss for what to do, and was at a loss.At this moment, the sadness on his face became more and more intense, his brows were tightly furrowed, his expression was gloomy, and then he could no longer sit still, and walked down the hall with his hands behind his back in a dejected figure, pacing back and forth in the hall.

In his dismay, Liu Zhang sighed sadly: "Now, the rebel army under the tent of the old thief (Zhao Wei) is strong and strong, arrogant and aggressive, and Chengdu is already in danger. Today, we have already discussed several times here. Shi Chen, but still helpless, if this continues, I will just sit and wait to be killed!"

Seeing Liu Zhang pacing slumped with a sad face, everyone in the hall looked melancholy and looked at him rather unkindly, some of them with resentment and contempt.It goes without saying that all the disasters in front of us are the fault of Liu Zhang's stupidity and incompetence.If it hadn't been for his blind pursuit of pleasure, ignoring military and political affairs, and repeatedly trusting and favoring Zhao Wei, and entrusting the general and political power to Zhao Wei, how could there be today's disaster?

However, the big mistake has already been made, and complaining is useless. The most urgent thing is to think about countermeasures actively.But in the current situation where there are no soldiers available, where is there any good strategy, there is simply nothing to do, helpless.

After being silent for a long while, seeing that everyone around him was silent, General Zhang Ren of Yizhou felt angrily in his heart, and immediately said: "The enemy is at hand, and we have been discussing for a long time, but we are still at a loss. Instead of doing this, it is better to go out of the city and fight the old thief." General invites Ying, willing to lead the army to fight, I implore the lord to agree!" It is obvious that Zhang Ren's words are angry, but they are also telling the truth.

In fact, as Zhang Ren said, secret discussions like this that can't be negotiated over and over again are purely a waste of time and will not help.Since they couldn't negotiate a result or come up with a countermeasure, it was time to go to war. After all, there were more than [-] defenders in Chengdu, and they were not without the power to fight.In addition, which of the major aristocratic families in the city does not have thousands of servants, courtyard guards, and retinues. If these people are gathered together and trained into an army, how can they not defend the city?It's a pity that this kind of "cutting flesh" from the hands of the aristocratic family is tacit and silent, and they will not hand over the family's guardian power unless it is a last resort and when life and death are at stake.

"Don't worry, General, now is not the time to fight to the death with the rebels." Seeing Zhang Ren's anger in public, everyone was speechless. I have an expedient policy, but I don’t know if it’s feasible or not?”

"Ugh!" Everyone in the hall exclaimed when they heard the sound, Liu Zhang's expression was shocked, and he said urgently: "If you have any good plans for Yongnian, you can speak up without hesitation!"

Hearing the words, Zhang Song bowed his hands to express his thanks, and said respectfully: "At present, the difficulty facing us is that we have no soldiers to use. If we have a large army in hand, we will not be afraid of the old traitor's rebellion, and we can defeat them within a few months." Suppress all of them, put down the rebellion. However, we are concerned about chaos, ignoring that there is still an army of tens of thousands of people in the rear of Shu County, and it is an extremely rare elite soldier."

Chapter 139 The Storm Rises, Fighting the Fire With Salary

"Since Zhao Wei's rebellion, we underestimated him too much at first, ignoring that the old thief has been operating in Yizhou for many years, with many followers and great power, which is why he lost today. Now, the rebel army is growing stronger and stronger. The power expanded rapidly, so that we were extremely passive, helpless to do anything about it, and were forced to sit and wait to die. However, we were concerned and confused, ignoring that there was still an army of tens of thousands of people behind Shu County, and it was a An extremely rare elite soldier."

Speaking of this, Zhang Song paused in a mysterious tone, taking a good breath, at this time Liu Zhang couldn't help urging: "I'm in a hurry to destroy this state, come to Yongnian quickly, where is this army now?"

Seeing that Liu Zhang was so anxious, Zhang Song, who was playing a full role, didn't hesitate any longer, and reported respectfully: "My lord doesn't know. Since the world was in chaos, many people in Jingzhou and Sanfu have fled to Yizhou to escape the disaster of war. Most of them are young and strong. At the beginning, the old lord placed these refugees in Jianwei County, west of Shu County, and other counties, and distributed some armor and weapons, ordering them to resist the Southern Man. Today, these people who fled He has settled down for a long time, and has assisted the southwestern counties and counties to resist the invasion and looting of the Southern Barbarians many times. He has made great contributions to the stability of the counties and counties in the southwest of Yizhou.

As far as my subordinates know, after so many years, more than [-] people have fled to our Yizhou successively, among them there are tens of thousands of young and strong.The most rare thing is that these refugees who came from thousands of miles away are young and sturdy, almost all of them have been tempered by long journeys and baptized by war, which makes them possess combat effectiveness no less than that of our soldiers.Since then.If they are gathered together, armor and weapons are issued, and with a little training, they can form an army.And it is an elite division with many battles. "

Through Zhang Song's detailed statement, everyone in the hall understood it, and they nodded frequently without even thinking about it, expressing their deep agreement.

It is true that what Zhang Song said is not only emotional and reasonable, but also caters to everyone's thoughts invisibly.In fact, the reason why Zhang Ren was angry in public just now was to force the major families to hand over their private army.It is used to defend the city of Chengdu.If Zhang Song hadn't answered the words immediately, I'm afraid the representatives of the major families would have to think carefully, due to the current situation.At least half of the family's private soldiers must be donated, and this is tantamount to gouging out the flesh on the apex of the hearts of the major families and greatly weakening their family strength.

What I have to mention is the family strength of the major aristocratic families and gentry tycoons in Fang's world today.There are mainly two parts.

one.The major aristocratic families and powerful gentry hold about [-]% to [-]% of the land in the states and counties, about [-]% of the precious resources, and about [-]% of the wealth.Because of this, when the world is in chaos, when more than [-]% of the common people in the world cannot afford food and clothing, the big families, the powerful and the gentry can enjoy an extremely luxurious material life. .

If it is a peaceful time.Even though they have wealth that is incomparable to a country, they dare not make it too public, and they have to restrain themselves more or less.So as not to attract people's hatred and unnecessary trouble.However, in troubled times, they don't need to cover up, they can indulge, squander and do whatever they want.This is because the more unscrupulous they are, the more most common people fear them, and they have to rely on them to support their families due to the pressure of livelihood. , so that the wealth presents a blowout-like rapid development, the power is getting bigger and bigger, and the security is getting more and more.

At the same time, with the rapid development and growth of aristocratic families, the princes who are trying to dominate the world have to pay attention to them, have to find ways to win them over, and entrust them with important tasks, because they hold the food, grass, supplies and supplies that the princes urgently need. war resources.Moreover, these aristocratic families are an extremely large group, which virtually forces the princes of the separatist side to dare not attack them easily even if they are jealous of the wealth in their hands. They can only take advantage of it for their own use. , but cannot be eliminated directly.

It is the fundamental reason why feudal family power has been able to continue for thousands of years.The major families do not exist in isolation, but use marriage or mutually beneficial cooperation to form an extremely large and intertwined alliance of vested interests.Communicate with each other, watch and help each other, advance and retreat together, and move the whole body with a trigger.Therefore, when the emperors of the past dynasties governed the world, the first consideration was how to check and balance the aristocratic families, so as to appease the people and consolidate the ruling status of the imperial power.

Second, the aristocratic family not only holds endless wealth resources, but also has an extremely considerable guardian force that cannot be ignored, that is, the family's private soldiers.These private soldiers are all staying in the major families in the form of servants, guards, servants and handymen, and even hidden among the tenants in the food town, ranging from more than a hundred to hundreds of thousands.They are all servants in name, usually inconspicuous and inconspicuous, but they can play an unpredictable role at critical moments.This is the defense force that protects the core interests of the major families.

Compared with the army, the existence of these household guards is completely negligible.However, although the number of these family defense forces is not large, they are not many but highly skilled. They are all loyal, fierce and powerful in combat effectiveness, and their determination cannot be underestimated.

Wealth is the root of the existence of aristocratic families, and family private soldiers are a powerful guarantee for their wealth. The two complement each other and are indispensable.

Because of this, the emperors of all dynasties had clear and strict requirements on the number of private soldiers or servants owned by official families and powerful gentry, and strictly supervised them. Once discovered, they would never tolerate and punish them severely.The purpose of doing this is to weaken the development of the aristocratic family and keep it in a controllable state, so that it can only survive under the emperor's command; otherwise, if it is allowed to grow and develop, sooner or later it will be too big and cause a catastrophe .

In the side hall, when everyone nodded in agreement with Zhang Song's proposal, Liu Zhang frowned and asked suspiciously: "Yongnian means to recruit refugees to train them into an army? Is there still time?" Indeed, Right now, the east and north sides of Chengdu City have been besieged by the rebels. The situation is critical and at stake. At this time, sending people to Jianwei County and other southwestern counties to recruit refugees to form a new army will undoubtedly not be able to quench their thirst. it's too late.

After Zhang Song heard the words, he nodded thoughtfully, and said: "My lord's words are very true. Now that the rebel army is approaching the city, it is indeed very dangerous and inappropriate to completely rely on forming a new army to resist the rebel army at this critical moment. If there is a little carelessness, before the new army arrives, the state city will have been captured by the rebels. By then, everything will be over, even if the new army is in hand, it will be in vain.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the state city, for the sake of safety, the subordinate suggested that the lord send some of the defenders of the Shu Road back to Chengdu to attack from behind the rebels, and strive to trap the rebels in Shu County.After the formation of the new army came to help, the two groups of soldiers and horses launched an attack at the same time, attacking back and forth, and wiped out Zhao Wei's rebels under the city of Chengdu in one fell swoop! "During the speech, Zhang Song looked firm and confident, as if he was sure of winning, which was very encouraging and contagious.

"Ah! Call the defenders of Shu Dao?" Before Zhang Song's words fell, everyone couldn't help but exclaimed, with expressions of shock and panic on their faces.However, the crowd didn't object immediately, they frowned and pondered while panicking, and remained silent for a long time.

At this time, Huang Quan, who had been silent all this time, got up and went out, bowed his hands to Liu Zhang, and said with a worried face: "At present, there are more than [-] defenders stationed on the Shu Road, divided into two groups, the east and the west. There are more than [-] defenders in the east, stationed at Micang Road in Ba County. Before that, the generals under Zhao Wei's account had been stationed there; We are here to attack Shu County. Therefore, Micang Road is now unguarded and extremely dangerous. Fortunately, Micang Road is rugged and difficult to navigate, so it will not fall in the short term.

There are more than [-] defenders in the west, stationed on the Jinniu Road, the only way from Hanzhong to Yizhou. It is also the main throat for our army to resist the Xiliang army going south. There are dozens of them.Although Jinniu Road is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but there are not many defenders at the various passes, and the troops are scattered, so we must always be on guard and not relax at all.This rebellion by Zhao Wei's old thief had a great impact on the defenders stationed on the Shu Road. Most of the defenders on Micang Road followed the old thief to rebel, and thousands of soldiers from the Jinniu Road defenders joined the rebellion, which greatly weakened the Shu Road. defense force.

Therefore, the current strength of the defenders stationed on the Shu Road is seriously insufficient, and it is really inappropriate to send the defenders back to help.Otherwise, it would be tantamount to completely abandoning the defense of the Shu Road, which would leave an opportunity for the Xiliang Army stationed in Hanzhong.If the Xiliang army takes advantage of the situation to attack the Shu Road, our Yizhou will be in danger! "Huang Quan, alias Gongheng, is now the chief account under Liu Zhang's account. What he said is an old-fashioned way to seek the country, which shows that he is quite farsighted and talented.

However, as soon as Huang Quan finished speaking, Zhang Song retorted unceremoniously: "Gongheng's statement is absurd! It is true that the master is not wrong to worry about the fall of the Shu Road, but has the master ever thought about it? If the army falls, what will happen to us? In other words, where does Gongheng put the lord? If the state city falls, how can the old thief Zhao Wei let the lord go? If the lord's life is in danger, what's the point of stationing on the Shu Road? "These words were extremely sharp, directly hitting the key points, causing Huang Quan's expression to change, his face turned red immediately, and he wanted to defend but was speechless.

Sure enough, Zhang Song's words touched Liu Zhang's heart, making him make up his mind and accept Zhang Song's advice.Immediately, Liu Zhang ordered the transfer of [-] Jinniu Dao defenders back to Chengdu, ordered Lei Tong to pass the order and take over the defense of Shu Dao; sent Wu Yi and Zhang Song to Jianwei County to recruit recruits, named "Dongzhou Soldiers"; He was appointed as the defender of Chengdu, defending the city to the death, and waiting for help.

After Liu Zhang issued the order, Huang Quan recommended Yan Yan as the prefect of Bajun, and he collected the defeated troops along the way and stationed them on Micang Road.Liu Zhang nodded in agreement, but only ordered him to lead his own troops to Berkshire, and there was no other soldier.

Chapter 140

The sun was setting and the evening breeze was blowing.