Lord of the House

It was expected that Luo Xiancheng would not be stupid enough to sell Chen Hansan to Dong Yuan, but after Ma Zhen crossed Huaishan and arrived in Suizhou, he found that the atmosphere in the Changle army was not exactly what they expected.

Luo Xiancheng has been traversing Jinghu for many years. In his early years, he was called the Five Heroes of the Two Lakes together with Gong Yucai and Yang Xiong. After ten years of admiration, Liu Aner convened Zhuliu Junqu Commander in Fangling to hold the Fangling Conference. Luo Xiancheng was called the King of the Black Tower, and Liu Aner led his troops. Returning to Huaisi in the east, Luo Xiancheng occupied Xiangyang and Suizhou, and was honored as the King of Changle, who was called Changle Bandit by the world.

Liu An'er died in Xuzhou, and the remnants have now been merged into Huaidong. After the Cao family entered Sichuan, Gong Yucai was out of breath in eastern Sichuan, and the remnants retreated into the deep mountains and forests in southern Sichuan. Hang on for breath; if the luxury family hadn't entered Jiangxi in time, and defeated the Jiangxi vassal Qifeng with the momentum of destroying the dry and pulling the rotten, causing Jiangxiang to shake, Yang Xiong's days in Dongting Lake would have come to an end, and only Luo Xiancheng could still live to this day. Tasty.

To the south of Xiangyang and Suizhou is the jurisdiction of Jinghu Zhizhi. After Cao's family entered Sichuan, Jinghu soldiers and horses had to guard against Cao's family leaving the east of Sichuan, and they had no time to take care of Luo Xiancheng in the north; and before the Cao family digested the two Sichuans, they had no intention of getting involved. In the chaos of the Central Plains, at this time the north was threatened by the Huqi of Yanxi. Luo Xiancheng was unhappy. Dong Yuan left the town of Huaixi, and the Changhuai Army retreated into Huaixi, which made the Huaixi troops in the west of Xiangyang surge, and after Liang Chengchong led his troops into Nanyang, they got too close to Xiangfan. .

Compared with Liang Chengchong, Dong Yuan, and the Cao family who entered Hanzhong from the west, Chen Hansan, who led the remnants of his troops into Huaishan, became a small fish. Chen Hansan sent Ma Zhen to talk about it, and Luo Xiancheng was already there. Too lazy to deal with it.

After Ma Zhen arrived in Suizhou, he did not see Luo Xiancheng for several days, not even Luo Xiancheng's confidants Wang Xiang and Zhong Rong.

Although Wei Zhang is Luo Xiancheng's staff, he is not a confidant. His words in front of Luo Xiancheng are not heavy, but he is better than nothing. From him, Ma Zhen can at least understand some of the current situation of the Changle Army.

"You have done too much in Xinyang, but I don't hide it from you. Dong Yuan sent letters twice, asking us to send troops into Huaishan to encircle and suppress you. Luo Shuai is still thinking about it. It's a great love, and I can't afford to offend Dong Yuan, so don't talk about other things..." Wei Zhang invited Ma Zhen to a banquet at his home, but no one else came over and was willing to talk to Chen Hansan The remnant is related, and it is convenient to talk.

How can we not talk about it? Not to mention that Xiao Kuian led his troops into Xinyang, Dong Yuan also personally went to Xinyang to supervise the battle, and recommended Xinyang Luo Shi Luo Ying as the prefect of Xinyang, and developed a strategy of forming a joint army. Now Xiaozhai and Dazhai at the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain, Dazhai is training village soldiers and guarding the valley road. Its wide range of transfers.

The more than 3,000 remnants plus the more than 2,000 strong men, nearly 6,000 people and more than 1,000 livestock who have been threatened since fleeing to the west, would not be able to obtain sufficient supplies in the Huaishan Mountains without plundering them from Xinyang and other places.

Chen Hansan was not afraid that Xiao Kuian would lead his army into Huaishan to fight, but he was afraid that a dense net would be set up outside to trap them in Huaishan - Chen Hansan could only get enough supplies from Suizhou in the south at this time, otherwise he would The more sleepy they are, the weaker they become. When a certain time comes, if Huaixi troops and horses do not enter Huaishan to encircle and suppress them, they will not be able to endure the dispersal first.

"Dong Yuan built a Dazhai in Minghe, and you all know where Minghe is," Ma Zhen said, "Minghe is the northern entrance for Xinyang to enter Suizhou. Dong Yuan's plan to encircle and suppress us is actually to build a strong The net of Suizhou will be completely sealed to the south. When Dong Yuan has a firm foothold in Huaixi, the Huaixi soldiers and horses will be the first to cross Huaishan from the Ming River to attack Suizhou..."

"Someone said what you said," Wei Zhang shook his head and drank, "But if my commander accepted Jiang Ning's conferment and cut Suizhou to become the Marquis of Suizhou, under what name would Dong Yuan send troops? Besides, Dong Yuan came over, We can go west to Hanzhong, and we can go south to Qichun..."

Hanzhong in the west has been occupied by the Cao family, and the Cao family is no better to bully than Dong Yuan. Listening to Wei Zhang's words, Ma Zhen thought to himself: Did the Cao family also send someone to win over Luo Xiancheng? Thinking about the real hate, the commanders of Fangling and Luo Xiancheng are the most useless ones. I didn't expect to live such a delicious life now. In addition to the Marquis of Suizhou promised by Jiang Ning, even Yanjing in the north also offered the bargaining chip of the King of Xiangyang. In the past year, Luo Xiancheng actually accepted more than 20 "concubines", and now the military and political armies are also entrusted to the confidant Wang Xiang and Zhong Rong.

But being able to live long is also Luo Xiancheng's ability; Luo Xiancheng now has so many choices, so it's no wonder that he no longer pays attention to others.

Ma Zhen took out a package wrapped in a silk scarf from his arms, spread it out on the table, but two beads the size of pigeon eggs, shining brightly under the oil lamp, said, "Master Wei will help you deliver these beads. To General Zhong, if I can't even see General Zhong and go back, I'm really unwilling..."

Seeing that Wei Zhang has his own share, he is naturally willing to help Ma Zhen, and Zhong Rong will never scold him, wrap the beads in a silk scarf and say, "Then I will do it for you. Give it a try, there's no guarantee that General Zhong will meet you..."

"I know, I know, as long as Lord Wei does his best," Ma Zhen said.

It was getting late at this time, Wei Zhang first arranged Ma Zhen to rest in his guest house, reciting the goodness of the bead, and sent a big-footed servant girl to warm Ma Zhen's feet.

Ma Zhen was panting while working on it, and the woman was crying with her legs spread apart, telling him that he was not interested in doing it any more.

The bargaining chips that Beiyan offered to Luo Xiancheng was not too high. The problem was Xuzhou. If Xuzhou was undefeated, and the troops of Beiyan's army successfully reached the north bank of the Huaihe River, Luo Xiancheng would not hesitate - and if Luo Xiancheng accepted it at this time. Yanbei's conferring of the seal, before he led his troops north to attack Nanyang, Huaixi's Dong Yuan and Jinghu's Liu Wenmu might even join forces with the Cao family to attack Luo Xiancheng.

Luo Xiancheng seemed to have a lot of choices, but in fact every choice was not easy to make, so it was impossible to follow Dong Yuan's words and send troops to encircle and suppress Huaishan - Ma Zhen was not worried that Luo Xiancheng would send troops to Huaishan from the south, but he came this time to He hoped to get more from Suizhou, and even Chen Hansan wanted to retreat to the southern foot of Huaishan Mountain, relying on Suizhou to rest, and worried that Luo Xiancheng was too timid.

The most important thing at the moment is food and grass. Nearly 6,000 people and more than 1,000 animals consume 4,000 to 5,000 shi of food per month. Now, the supply of looting is limited, and every time a village is beaten, it costs a lot. Gives a headache...

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It is not only Chen Hansan who suffers from food headaches, Liang Chengchong also suffers from food headaches in Nanyang.

Although Jinan and Pingyuan were dilapidated, they were still a little angry. After arriving in Nanyang, seeing the wormwood growing on the top of the city that could drown people, Yuan Guizheng was half-hearted for Liang Chengchong.

Although Shouzhou, Xinyang, and Haozhou were broken, the imperial court sent Zhengyin officials to clean up the mess, and then Dong Yuan and Liu Tingzhou took over, and Nanyang gave up completely. Except for some refugees in the countryside, some refugees form associations to cultivate wasteland, and the cities that cannot be cultivated are completely abandoned. There are scorched earth and broken walls everywhere. A good Nanyang city has become a place where foxes live and rabbits hide, and the whole city cannot gather a hundred families , The surrounding mountains are also crowded with bandits.

After Liang Chengchong abandoned Caozhou and moved westward to Nanyang, he drove Beiyan's troops to adjust in Henan and Shandong.

Ye Jiduodi led the army to retreat to Jinan to rest, Yuan Lishan invaded Tai'an, Dongping, Jining and other places to run the line of defense against Xuzhou, Na Hexiongqi led his troops eastward to Qingzhou and Dengzhou, and Chen Zhihu led his troops to Henan.

Before February, Chen Zhihu, who went westward to Henan, was also busy taking over the defense of eastern Henan, and he had no time to take care of Hezhong Mansion in western Henan and Nanyang Mansion in southwestern Henan.

Liang Chengchong survived the most critical three months after he entered Nanyang.

Liang Xi beheaded the rebels in Dongping, which led to the destruction of Dongping City, and finally made Liang Chengchong avoid the notoriety of abandoning his father and fleeing. The relationship between Liang Chengchong and his younger brother Liang Chengyi was not bad under the rush of Yuan Guizheng. In name, Liang Chengyi still respected Liang Chengchong. for long.

Before February, all the grains Nanyang needed were allocated from Hezhong Prefecture. Although Nanyang was dilapidated, nearly 100,000 refugees moved in with Liang Chengchong, and they were supported by the Hezhong Prefecture. After two months of rectification, it recovered to some extent.

No matter how desolate the land is, if the seeds are sown, there will always be some harvest in the fall. The city is cleaned up, and 20,000 soldiers and horses are stationed in it, but it can barely cope.

When the loess was raised, although there was no time to sift through the debris, the collapsed city walls were filled up before February, and foot soldiers in armor and flags stood on the walls, and there were mules and horses in the city gates. In and out, somewhat alive.

However, in mid-February, Chen Zhihu personally marched westward into Ruzhou, and the front reached Funiu Mountain, cutting off the connection between Hezhongfu and Nanyang, and the situation in Nanyang went downhill.

After all, there is still a shortage of food.

The 20,000 soldiers and their families, as well as the refugees and refugees traveling westward, numbered about 160,000 or 70,000, and they needed 30,000 to 50,000 shi a month of rations to survive.

In the past three months, countless manpower and material resources have been spent to urgently transport 100,000 shi of grain from Hezhong Prefecture, which has almost been consumed.

There was no half grain of grain in Nanyang City, and the remaining clans regarded grain as more precious than their lives, and they picked up the whole load of gold and silver and did not sell half a bucket. These clans have always been in danger and resistance in the turbulent times, and the folk customs are also sturdy. It is too late for Liang Chengchong to take food to curry favor with them.

Looking at the frame, Chen Zhihu had to fight the Hezhong Mansion first.

Although Chen Zhihu was good at using troops, he had few troops and horses. After advancing westward, his hands were full of 20,000 elites, and all he received in Henan were some miscellaneous soldiers. In the end, Chen Zhihu himself led westward to Ruzhou with only 20,000 elites.

Liang Chengyi gathered 40,000 troops in Hezhong Mansion~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Temporarily defending Hezhong Mansion's counties and cities is not a big problem, but Nanyang can't count on Hezhong Mansion at all.

On Jiangning's side, regardless of the suspicion caused by the dispute between Ninglu and Lu, they wanted Huaixi to support Nanyang's grain and grass, but Huaixi's grain was also precious. Dong Yuan and Liu Tingzhou only agreed that the Huaixi army commander should give Nanyang 200,000 taels of silver every year. In order to support the army and the people, the food is raised by Nanyang.

The Liang family has accumulated over the years, and there is no shortage of gold and silver. Liang Chengchong entered Nanyang westward and packed dozens of vehicles. However, after the passage to the north was cut off from the Hezhong Mansion, the food in Huaixi was extremely depleted, and the Qinling Mountains were in the west. , Funiu Mountain, and Shang Mountain are separated from the Western Qin Dynasty. Is it possible to buy food from Xiangyang, which is controlled by Luo Xiancheng in the south?

"In a few days, Lin Fu will marry Liu Miaozhen in Xuzhou. I plan to go to Xuzhou to watch the ceremony. Nanyang has 20,000 to 30,000 stone grains every month, so I can only count on Huaidong..." Yuan Guizheng stood at the head of Nanyang City, looking at the devastated eyes The land of Nanyang, said to Liang Chengchong.

The Huaihe River has always been navigable to the territory of Xinyang Prefecture. Xinyang West and Nanyang East have a valley road that traverses the northwest section of Baitong Mountain. Although the terrain is quite dangerous, it is only more than 100 miles away. This valley road is not too laborious to transport by mules and horses.

Of course, it is not only possible to buy grain from Huaidong, but to buy grain from Weiyang, Jiangning or Dongyangfu, and go west on the Huaihe River, it is not necessarily troublesome.

The problem is that the north bank of the Huaihe River is not very peaceful, and the grain merchants in Weiyang, Jiangning and Dongyang may not be willing to transport the grain to Nanyang for sale. Grain merchants do not transport grain, where did Liang Chengchong and Yuan Guizheng raise so much transport capacity? In addition, in addition to food, there are many materials that Nanyang is in short supply. If Huaidong is willing to supply, Nanyang's pressure may be relieved.

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