Chapter 676: Detailing the past events
Different from the four-parallel and six-parallel slogans issued by scholar-bureaucrats, Feng Yong knew the details of his group of soldiers.
Although they were literate, in the eyes of the scholar-bureaucrats, these big-headed soldiers were still not even close to being from a poor family, and they were still regarded as poor people.
But Feng Yong knew that they were indeed different from Qianshou Cangtou because they had begun to have a vague self-awareness and knew what they wanted and how to get it.
At the same time, we will independently maintain this rising channel.
Feng Yong only needs to combine their interests with the revival of the Han Dynasty and make them realize that only by eliminating the Cao thieves can their current life be guaranteed.
Everyone naturally knows how to choose.
When a team has faith, even if the faith is not that high, it is enough to ensure that the team will not degenerate so easily.
Of course, this kind of belief cannot be justified by Feng Yong alone.
It depends on everyone talking together.
For example, how many cities did the traitor Cao slaughter in the past, how much were the taxes, especially the example of the people in Hanzhong being moved to other places, etc. This is called remembering the bitter and thinking of the sweet.
The more you talk about it, the longer you talk for a long time, the more you will naturally become a common understanding.
If the students at Nanxiang Academy were not too nervous, Feng Yong actually planned to open a martial arts hall in Nanxiang and select some students to enter and receive military training in advance.
Then he was transferred to the army and specialized in ideological work.
The news brought by Zhao Yun disrupted Feng Yong's arrangements in the winter. He had to entrust the matter of Pingxiang to Zhang Yi, and then hurried to Longxi with his people.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and we must get to Longxi before the heavy snow arrives, otherwise it will be difficult to march on the road.
Although Zhao Yun could not say that he did not need to bring too many people there, for Feng Yong, who cherished his life, there was no sense of security without a certain number of disciples.
What’s more, for the Nanxiang soldiers, this is also an opportunity to practice in winter.
In November in Longxi, the cold wind blows on the face, faintly like a knife.
Longxi Prefect Chen Shi, Changshi Ma Yong, Gongsun Zheng and other major officials, together with the officials of Xiangwucheng, stood at the east gate of Xiangwucheng, preparing to welcome Feng Yong, the Marquis of Jiequanting.
Longxi was a newly established place, and it was also adjacent to Liangzhou. Chen Shi was appointed as the prefect, which was considered important by the prime minister.
But compared to Feng Yong, who began to provide advice to the prime minister at the age of sixteen and later made great contributions to the Northern Expedition, Chen Shi felt that he was much inferior.
In the ranking of officials in Longyou, although Feng Yong appears to be fourth, he is actually the number two person with real power.
Chen Shi has never dealt with Feng Yong head-on, but this does not prevent him from hearing rumors about Feng Yong from others.
The teacher has a master, and he has a lot of ambitions. He lives in a high position.
These kind of people are generally not easy to deal with.
Chen Shi looked eastward, with some solemnity and worry in his eyes.
Gongsun Zheng, who was standing behind Chen Shi, had another thought.
Gongsun Zheng had concealed his identity and followed Longyou's caravan to Nanxiang quietly.
Not to mention anything else, just what he saw and heard in Nanxiang was enough to make him have a strong curiosity about Feng Yong.
In the Battle of Xiangwu a few months ago, the protagonist was the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, so Gongsun Zheng could only glance at Feng Yong from a distance.
Other than being surprised at his youth, I couldn't even say a word.
This time Feng Yong led the army and was able to observe it up close.
From a distance, I saw a knight galloping over. It was the sentry knight who was delivering the news.
“Report! The captain protecting Qiang is less than three miles away from Xiangwu.”
There is a sheen on the face of the sentry rider, which is the suet smeared on it to prevent it from being cracked by the frost.
“Okay, finally here.”
Chen Shi asked the sentry rider to rest and raised his eyes to look into the distance. After a while, he saw a dark shadow starting to appear in front of him.
It’s hard to drive on the road in the winter, especially if you apply glycerin on your face. Maybe it’s because of the psychological effects. Your face always feels sticky and uncomfortable.
The down jacket has no zippers, and when riding a horse, cold wind always flows into the gaps.
Fortunately, I have leather gloves sewn by Amei, so my hands won’t suffer.
Looking at the crowd of officials gathered in the dark crowd at the gate of Xiangwu City, Feng Yong pinched the horse's belly, made the horse run two steps quickly, turned over and dismounted in front of everyone.
Before he could say anything, Chen Shi, who had only met him but not interacted with him before, stepped forward and said, "Chen Shi has met the prince."
Feng Yong laughed and said, "Prefect Chen, don't be too polite."
He said and stamped his feet, "In such a cold weather, it's really uneasy for everyone to wait outside."
“It’s hard work for a prince. He has to lead the army in the cold winter. I’m afraid he will suffer a lot along the way. Shi has prepared hot food and hot soup to keep the soldiers warm.”
Chen Shi looked at the entourage and bodyguards behind Feng Yong, and saw that everyone was wearing a strange-looking sheepskin hat with their ears covered, wrapped in a sheep's coat, and long boots on their feet.
You can tell it's very warm just by looking at it.
Especially those of the personal guards, all dressed in exactly the same clothes. It seems to be uniformly customized among the Qiang Guards.
This made Chen Shi secretly dumbfounded. Although the style of these clothes looked a little strange, one could tell at a glance that they were not ordinary items. They were most likely produced by Nanxiang workshops.
Feng Junhou actually used this kind of clothing material that only wealthy people could use and distributed it to his personal guards, which was quite generous.
However, these personal guards did not look tired from the long journey. Instead, they were in high spirits and stood neatly at the back.
Although he was silent and didn’t even have much expression on his face, he may still look a little stupid and indifferent.
But Chen Shi, who had been in the army for a long time, knew at a glance that this was the favorite soldier of all military generals.
These soldiers have undergone rigorous training and are extremely obedient. They have also been on the battlefield and are not afraid of swords and guns. When the general gives an order, they will fight in conflicts and seldom retreat.
With this thought in his mind, he said to Feng Yong, "Your Majesty has come a long way, why not go to the city to rest first?"
Feng Yong waved his hand and said, "Please come first, I will wait for a while."
Speaking, he turned around and looked back.
If he does not enter the city, the officials in Longxi can only continue to wait.
Many people looked in the direction Feng Yong was looking at.
It was only then that I realized that after a while, in the open space not far away, the soldiers brought by Feng Junhou had already begun to line up.
From time to time, the unique passwords of Nanxiang soldiers were heard. Even Chen Shi could not understand what the military orders were.
They just feel that every time a team leader gives an order, there are always soldiers who respond loudly, and then they can quickly form a line.
This time Feng Yong brought over a thousand regular soldiers, but there was no Modao team.
Five hundred men armed with spears, a bow, three strings, and thirty arrows.
Five hundred men armed with swords, one crossbow, three strings, and thirty arrows.
Each person wears leather armor and carries a bag of dry food on his back.
At the same time, there were two hundred auxiliary soldiers and some medical workers accompanying the army.
Thousands of people, say more but not more, say less.
In less than a moment, a neat square formation appeared in front of everyone.
No one spoke, not even a cough.
Only their breath filled the air.
“I’ve heard for a long time that Feng Junhou managed the army well. He led his soldiers and fought with the elite soldiers led by the famous general Cao Cao in the street pavilion without losing. It really makes sense.”
Looking at Feng Yong walking towards the square formation, Gongsun Zheng whispered to Ma Yong.
Ma Yong nodded, "Although it is not yet severely cold, in this kind of weather, after rushing here from Pingxiang, he was able to form such a neat military formation in such a short time. Zhang He was not unjustly defeated."
When Chen Shi heard the conversation between the two, he felt proud and interjected, "What is this? I heard that the Nanxiang soldiers led by General Feng are very good at running attacks."
"At the beginning of the military training, the king asked the soldiers to rush from Nanxiang to Jincheng within half a month. Later, they rushed all the way and defeated the Longguan battle."
“I heard that the monarch’s military requirements require soldiers to travel at least sixty miles a day if they are equipped with sufficient weapons.”
"This time from Pingxiang to Xiangwu, according to certain estimates, it is a normal march of forty miles in one day. For the soldiers led by Feng Junhou, it is the easiest."
Ma Yong knew the soldiers and immediately asked, "Prefect, wouldn't this make the soldiers very tired?"
It makes sense to travel forty miles in one day.
One is to prevent the soldiers from being overtired, and the other is to quickly form a military formation when encountering the enemy.
Chen Shi smiled bitterly and said, "The king treats his soldiers very kindly. In the whole Han Dynasty, he is the only king who dares to ask the soldiers like this."
Although the words are not stated clearly, the meaning is clear.
Without talking about anything else, just talking about the clothes of the soldiers, you can understand how kindly Feng Junhou treated the soldiers.
Gongsun Zheng and Ma Yong thought about the situation again. The soldiers formed a square formation in a very short time, and they all understood.
After Feng Yong finished lecturing the soldiers, he came back and said apologetically, "I have kept you waiting for a long time."
Originally, some people thought that Feng Yong brought his maid (Amei) here, and felt that this young man was enjoying himself too much.
At this time, I saw the soldiers with high morale not far away, and then I saw Feng Yong with a natural expression, as if he had just done a very ordinary thing.
No one dares to look down upon him now.
"It doesn't matter, it only takes a moment to move left and right. But the king is good at running the army, and his subordinates are all tigers and wolves, which opened his eyes to others."
Chen Shi complimented.
Feng Yong knew himself, shook his head and said, "Fighting the enemy in front of the enemy and arranging troops is not something Feng is good at, so we can only put more effort into running the army."
What he told was the truth, but to the ears of Chen Shi and others, they felt that the young prince was too modest and did not have the slightest frivolity of being young and successful.
Let alone getting carried away or thinking too highly of oneself, it is really rare.
A few people couldn't help but feel a sense of respect in their hearts.
Especially Chen Shi, he knew that Ma Su suffered the defeat of Jieting because he was favored by the prime minister, thought highly of himself, was headstrong and could not listen to other people's advice.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly feel ashamed. He had been prejudiced against the prince before, which was really wrong.
“Your Majesty, please.”
“Okay, please, please come together.”
Everyone supported Feng Yong into the city.
A banquet has long been set up in the prefect's mansion. Although it is not as elaborate as Feng Yong's usual meal, it is better than the sumptuous one.
Having been traveling in cold weather these days, Feng Yong was not polite when he saw these steaming meals.
For a time, the host and guest enjoyed themselves.
After you have finished your meal, remove the leftovers and let the irrelevant people leave.
Feng Yong took a sip of the hot soup and then said, "Prefect Chen, this time I got news from General Zhao. I heard that the Qiang and Hu in Longxi were moving, so I hurried here."
"I know that in Liangzhou, Longyou, and even Guanzhong, the Qiang has been in constant chaos over the years. They have been suppressed and revolted many times, and they have been suppressed and rebelled many times. I wonder if you can tell me what is going on?"
If you want to govern Liangzhou, Longyou, or even Guanzhong, you cannot avoid an extremely serious issue - the Qiang-Hu rebellion.
Liangzhou Qiang chaos was like maggots attached to the bones, causing headaches for the Eastern Han Dynasty throughout the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Feng Yong knew the general situation about this matter, but the specific process was unclear.
After all, in the late Three Kingdoms period, except for Zhuge Laoyao's Northern Expedition, he didn't know much about the rest unless it was a big event or a relatively famous figure.
What's more, the Qiang-Hu Rebellion is a little-known fact about the Three Kingdoms?
But now, as a captain protecting the Qiang, he had to face this problem, and he was not careless at all.
There was a shortage of food some time ago, so I only focused on appeasing the Longyou Qianghu, and then I had to arrange various tasks in Pingxiang. I never had the opportunity to get a good understanding of the overall situation of the Liangzhou Qianghu.
So this time I took advantage of the unusual movements of the Qiang and Hu in Longxi to find out what happened.
Because of the prime minister's leadership, the officialdom of the Han Dynasty was good, and Feng Yong's style of getting into work immediately after eating was in line with the trend.
Chen Shi heard Feng Yong's question and looked at Gongsun Zheng, "Your Majesty, Gongsun is a local who joins the army. He knows a lot about Qiang and Hu. How about letting Gongsun join the army?"
Chen Shicai had been the governor of Longxi for a few months, but Feng Yong did not embarrass him and nodded immediately.
Gongsun asked for permission, and then he said, "Back to you, the Qiang rebellion in Longxi is a long story and quite complicated. I hope you will not find it too verbose to lower your official position."
"It's okay. I'm here just to resolve this matter. Please tell me in detail. The more detailed the better."
Feng Yong gestured.
“Nuo. Speaking of the Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou, we have to start from the seventh year of Guanghe at the latest, which is forty-five years ago.”
“At that time, Beidi County, Anding County, Jincheng County, and Longxi County each had a group of Qiang rebels.”
"Later, the Han Dynasty sent a group of Huangzhong Yi soldiers to quell the rebellion. Unexpectedly, when the Yi soldiers arrived at Lingju from Hu soldiers, they actually killed the captain who led the army, together with..."
"Ahem, the captain who was protecting the Qiang at that time was also killed. The rebellious Qiang in the four counties of Longxi, Jincheng, Anding, and Beidi were also merged into one because of the rebellion of the Yicong Hu soldiers."
Gongsun Zheng said this and glanced at Feng Yong.
Feng Yong asked, "I know that the Han Dynasty has always had the habit of recruiting Qiang and Hu soldiers as righteous soldiers to defend the border. But why do these righteous soldiers participate in the rebellion? Do you know?"
“I know it.” Gongsun Zheng nodded, “Because Zuo Chang, the governor of Liangzhou at that time, embezzled military pay.”
“The captains who protect the Qiang and the generals who lead the army are all imitating the same pattern. They deduct too much from the righteous Hu soldiers, and treat the Hu soldiers too badly..."
Chen Shi coughed lightly.
Gongsun Zheng suddenly came to his senses and quickly added, "Of course, the most important thing is that Hu people have bad natures and do not understand ethics..."
Feng Yong raised his hand to stop, "You continue."
"Nuo. At that time, the area from Liangzhou to Dahe (Yellow River) north of Guanzhong was controlled by the Qiang and Hu, and their leaders were Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, the lieutenants of the Hu Army in Yuanyi."
“The rebel Qiang not only killed Chen Yi, the governor of Jincheng at the time, but also captured Bian Zhang, the magistrate of Xin’an County, and Han Sui, who was engaged in Liangzhou, and finally even persuaded them to join the rebellion.”
“As a result, the Qiang and Hu became more and more powerful, and they defeated Zuo Chang and Song Zhen, two governors of Liangzhou, Xia Yu, the Qiang school captain, and Shi Gaixun, the governor of Hanyang.”
“Later, although the rebel Qiang were defeated by the chariot general Zhang Wen sent by the Han Dynasty, they quickly regained their momentum.”
“Even defeated Dong Zhuo, Zhou Shen and others who were chasing after them. Fortunately, the rebel leader Bian Zhang died of illness soon after, Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou died of internal strife, leaving Han Sui alone.”
“At this time, the newly appointed governor of Liangzhou, Geng Bi, felt that he had an opportunity and was greedy for great achievements. Without reinforcements from the court, he wanted to lead the Liangzhou sergeants to quell the rebellion alone.”
"However, he was extremely unworthy as a person. He appointed the corrupt official Cheng Qiu as the governor, which chilled the hearts of Liangzhou officials. He committed cruel and drastic actions and lost the hope of the people of Liangzhou."
"At that time, Li Xiangru, the governor of Longxi, rebelled, and Longxi was owned by the rebels. Geng Bi refused to listen to Fu Xie's good advice and insisted on leading the army himself."
“Geng Bi was originally unpopular, but when he arrived at Didao, the army mutinied, and both Geng Bi and Cheng Qiu were killed by the rebels.”
“The leader of the rebellion, Wang Guo, led the army to attack Hanyang County. The governor of Hanyang was Fu Xie. He treated the people well and respected them from far and near.”
"At that time, there were thousands of Huns cavalrymen from Beidi County outside the city. They kowtowed together outside the city, begging Fu Xie to leave the city and surrender, and were willing to **** Fu Xie safely back to his hometown of Beidi County."
"At the same time, the kingdom sent Huang Yan, the former prefect of Jiuquan, into the city to persuade him to surrender. Fu Xie repelled Huang Yan and led the few troops in Hanyang to fight, and finally died on the battlefield. After Fu Xie's death, the Liangzhou rebels no longer acted with scruples."
“Geng Bi’s subordinate Sima Ma Teng led his troops to surrender to Han Sui and jointly promoted the kingdom as commander. At this point, the entire Liangzhou finally fell into the hands of the rebels."
“Later the rebels besieged Chencang again, but were defeated by the left general Huangfu Song. They were finally divided into three groups, one was Han Sui of Jincheng, the second was Ma Teng of Weigu, and the third was Song Jian of Longxi Pouhan.”
“Song Jian claimed to be the king of Han Dynasty at the head of the river, and occupied the west of Longxi for thirty years. Although he was later defeated by the Wei Dynasty, er, the Cao thief Xia Houyuan, the Qiang rebellion in the west of Longxi could no longer be stopped.”
"Until the traitor Cao usurped the throne, he not only failed to restore the governance of the western part of Longxi, but moved the administration to Xiangwu. Except for Didao and Shouyang, which could barely hold on because they had cities, all other places became a place for barbarians to herd horses. .”
After listening to what Gongsun Zheng said about the past events of the Qiang Rebellion in Liangzhou, Feng Yong remained silent. After a long time, he asked, "Where are Didao and Shouyang today?"
Gongsun Zheng hurriedly said, "The unusual movement of the Qiang and Hu this time is related to Didao. There was a severe drought in Liangzhou this year, and the Qiang and Hu flocked into Longxi to drink water from the rivers and Taoshui."
"In the Hexi area, there used to be General Hao Zhao, uh, the Cao thief Hao Zhao, who guarded Hexi for more than ten years. Most of the Qiang and Hu were convinced, because Didao leads directly to Liangzhou, so the Longxi Qiang and Hu generally would not attack Didao. "
"It's just this time," Gongsun Zheng glanced at Feng Yong at this point, "After Hao Zhao was defeated by the prime minister, he could only defend Hexi, but he was no longer able to control Didao."
"In addition, there was a shortage of food after a severe drought. The Qiang and Hu wanted to find food, so they surrounded Didao. Some brave people even looted the area around Shouyang."
Shouyang County is located at the source of the Wei River. It is easy to get there by going up the Wei River from Xiangwu.
Feng Yong listened and pondered for a moment, "It doesn't matter in Shouyang. I can lead the troops myself when the time comes. It's just that Didao..."
Didao is a bit far away from Xiangwu.
At the same time, it is relatively close to Jincheng County in Liangzhou.
And it stands to reason that it was controlled by Cao Wei, because Hao Zhao fled back to Liangzhou from Didao at that time, and the Han Dynasty did not have any extra troops to send to Didao.
(End of this chapter)