Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 642: Surrender first when attacking the village

"This Wang Jun is really ambitious! After the unification of Xuanwu, the civilian villages were abolished. The original village residents were to be organized into households, and the farm officials were dismissed to equalize the political service. All the farmers were made governors, and the captains were all commanders. But that’s inland, in the hinterland of the Central Plains, not a frontier land!”

Looking at the farmland on the Qianmo line in front of him, especially at the military town where people were coming and going, Yang Yuan couldn't help but sneer.

Beside him, his brother Yang Song acted like an adjutant, and said in a puzzled way: "I have seen farms in the south, even in the south of the Yangtze River, it seems that it is not much different from this frontier, right? "

Yang Yuan couldn't help but sigh, and said helplessly: "Brother, my uncle mentioned these things when he was giving lectures. You won't forget them so quickly."

Yang Song immediately looked embarrassed.

Yang Yuan went on to say: "Except for a few official villages around the Huai River, most of the other villages you have seen in the south of the Yangtze River are public lands in prefectures and counties. It was cultivated by military officials and received as rice. According to different uses, it was divided into vegetable fields, mining fields, fat fields, and Lu fields, which were different from this farmland."

"So that's it." Yang Song nodded. After resolving the embarrassment, he looked into the distance and couldn't help but said, "It doesn't sound much different from Wang Jun's field."

"Wang Jun's farmland was originally intended for military preparation, so it was difficult for the local governor to interfere, but the court had its own orders," Yang Yuan pointed to the fields in the distance, "But look at this situation, this town There are a large number of people, including merchants and farmers, and the traffic is very lively. If it were not surrounded by city walls, it would be a town! He, Wang Jun, has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and tens of thousands of troops stationed there. The troops stationed and the people stationed there, If everything looks like this, then there are several cities under his control! Could it be that my brother still doesn’t understand the difference between them?"

"He wants to divide the territory to govern the people!" Yang Song narrowed his eyes, "The reason why the garrison troops are divided separately is to prevent the influence of border generals from directly infiltrating into counties and counties, even if Wang Jun is the leading general. , is the governor who governs the people, but apart from him, the officials below are still separate and clearly differentiated. The diannong leads the troops, and the prefect governs the counties. The two have nothing to do with each other, and they quarrel to check and balance each other."

"That's right," Yang Yuan nodded, "It seems like my brother hasn't completely forgotten everything taught by my uncle."

Then, he ignored Yang Song's embarrassment and continued: "On the one hand, Wang Jun infiltrated counties and opened up Pingzhou, and in turn squeezed out the original county guards of Youzhou. In less than two years, he found various excuses to The prefect who was unwilling to submit was transferred away, so Chen Taishou was able to take the position of Daijun. On the other hand, with the help of the Hu people, he wanted to evolve the border troops and turn the fields into towns. The next step is probably to manage the towns. It has become a county.”

"That's right!" Yang Song looked into the distance and suddenly smiled bitterly, "The border areas have always been the front line against the barbarians, and there is often no peace. Even if some of the blood of the soldiers survives, the people who live there are often not. You have to be careful, there is no place like this where there is so much prosperity."

"A large part of the credit for this prosperity can still be attributed to the Hu and Han Dynasty. In this northern area, except for a few counties in the south, the Hu people have infiltrated into the north. Therefore, the Hu style prevails here, and Wang Jun's subordinates There are many barbarians here, so when tribes herd their horses southward, this area is least affected." Yang Yuan nodded, his tone changing slightly.

Yang Song immediately frowned: "So, the eunuch is really right. With Wang Quan guarding the gate, Daijun will really have no peace. For the sake of the prosperity of this place, he may deliberately release Hu Ma."

"So," Yang Yuan raised his riding whip and pointed forward, "Today you and I should get to the bottom of things and drive out these moths!"

These two brothers were able to lead troops to guard the city and defeated Ruan Bao's soldiers and horses in one fell swoop. Then they received the order. After transferring the search work to the scouts, they left a thousand soldiers and horses to guard the city. These two brothers He led his troops northward and approached the garrison in Daibei. After seeing the general situation of the garrison, he had such a conversation.

While the two were talking, suddenly several people approached from behind, and the leader was Jiang Xi.

The young man's face was still smeared with green mud, and he ran straight over before he had time to wipe it off.

"Jiang Xi, it's been really hard for you running back and forth these days," Yang Song comforted him when he saw the visitor, and then went straight to the point, "Are you clear?"

Hearing this, Yang Yuan also looked over.

"Yes!" Jiang Xi paused, organized his words in his mind, and then said: "The reason why the defense here is so lax is, firstly, the habit of many years, and secondly, the general and commander stationed here. The commander-in-chief of the army is not here, but led some troops and horses to another place."

"Wang Quan is not here, has he gone somewhere else?" Yang Yuan frowned, "Isn't it some kind of conspiracy?"

"I don't think so," Yang Song figured it out at this moment, "Wang Quan doesn't seem to be a smart man, and in order to launch a surprise attack for him, the prefect ordered you and me to lead him immediately after receiving the order. With the troops marching north, how can Wang Quan have time to make arrangements?"

Yang Yuan nodded and looked at Jiang Xi. Suddenly his heart moved, and he saw that the other party seemed to have something to say: "Jiang Xi, what else have you discovered?"

"This..." Jiang Xi hesitated.

He was a scout before and discovered Duan Bu's traces, so he rushed to Dai County and told Chen Zhi what he saw in person. At that time, Chen Zhi was deeply impressed by his clear and coherent speech.

After the siege, Jiang Xi learned that Duan was defeated, and immediately asked to return to the front line, so he rushed back to Dai County with Chen Zhi's order. After conveying the news to Liang Yang, he refused the order to rest and instead Returned to work immediately.This kind of dedicated performance immediately made Liang Yang take a high look at him. In addition, because of Wang Niu's guidance, as well as having made meritorious services and met many people, Jiang Xi's horizons have been opened, and his speech is very organized. It makes people look at him differently.

For example, this time, although they sent out scouts, they only asked Jiang Xi to come over and answer questions. This was actually an act of acquiescing to leadership.

Similarly, being able to be valued so much by others certainly made Jiang Xi stand out. He became more confident and was able to judge things by himself.

After hearing the inquiry, he just hesitated for a moment and quickly gave the answer: "When I was mixed in, I heard many people saying that the Zhonglang general might have led his troops to stop the Xianbei people. , but there is no real evidence for these, they are just hearsay from Tunzhen Zhongdao, so I didn’t say it just now.”

"Stop the Xianbei people?" Yang Song had a surprised and weird expression on his face, "This is strange. He just let a group of Xianbei people in, and now he suddenly thought of blocking it?"

"Actually," Jiang Xi tidied up his words and said carefully: "As far as we know, not all the Xianbei people that Wang Quan brought in were not all. This time Duan Wenyang led his troops, and a total of nearly 7 people arrived in Daijun. However, For safety reasons, Wang Quan only put in half, that is, 3 people."

"Stupid!" Yang Yuan said coldly, and then asked: "Is it the remaining half of the people he is blocking now? Duan Wenyang's people are not here, and there is no one here to suppress them. With the ferocity of the Xianbei people, , it is very likely to cause trouble."

"As far as we know, that's not the case." Jiang Xi hesitated again.

Yang Yuan saw his scruples and said: "Military information on the battlefield is inherently difficult to be accurate, and deviations are inevitable. We also came here temporarily to investigate. It will not be easy for you to find out any information. After all, it is strictly calculated Get up, it was supposed to be the spies controlled by Su Liao, who were operating inside first and constantly providing information. The scouts in our army should not be taking over. Now we are still too short for time and suddenly decided to attack Daibei. You can just say it. If it is true, If there is any problem, it is also the responsibility of us who make the decision! We still have this responsibility."

"Thank you for your understanding, gentleman!" Jiang Xi bowed his hand. He still remembered that Mr. Yang Yuan never admitted that he was a general, so Jiang Xi was particularly careful when addressing him.

Now that he had received the promise of immunity from liability, Jiang Xi felt relieved, so he simply talked about the information he had obtained through hearing——

"On the grassland to the north of this camp, about seven or eight miles away, there are 3 soldiers and horses stationed. These [-] soldiers and horses are exactly the soldiers and horses left behind by Duan Wenyang;"

"It is said that the original number was still more than 1000, but there were some scattered small tribes gathered along the way. After Duan Wenyang left with some of them, these small tribes seized the opportunity to leave, so more than [-] people escaped successively;"

"However, their combat power is average. Among the remaining 3 people, at least [-] are Duan's troops. Even if they are not direct descendants of Duan Wenyang, they have experienced many battles."

Listening to Jiang Xi's report, Yang Song suddenly asked: "Since these people are just a few miles away to the north, which side did Wang Quan lead people to stop? Could it be Tuoba Xianbei?"

"It's not the Tuoba tribe," Jiang Xi said a name that surprised the two of them, "it's from the Murong tribe! I heard that they came specially to support our Daijun."

"Murong Bu?"

Yang Song and Yang Yuan looked at each other and both thought of the previous rumors and each had their own ideas, but they knew that now was not the time to pursue the case.

"How's it going?" Yang Song became excited, "If it wasn't a trap, wouldn't it be a time of emptiness now?"

"About to make a surprise attack!" Yang Yuan sneered, "But we have to consider the troops a few miles away, so we have to work hard! Take them down quickly! Don't give them any chance!"

"I'll lead my troops to rush there!" Yang Song turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute." Yang Yuan called him.

Yang Yuan's eyes flashed with coldness as he uttered three words.

"Surrender first!"

　Thanks for the reward, brother!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)