After breakfast, another news came.
Zhang Fang sent a few knights to move around outside the city, but there was no movement from the large group.
Shao Xun put himself in Zhang Fang's shoes and deduced it.
Yesterday's grab for the door was probably a spur-of-the-moment effort. After the failure, the opportunity slipped away. And since there is no way to break the city by surprise attack, we can only wait for the main force to arrive one after another and launch a frontal attack.
Zhang Fang in history did not have more troops than he does now, but he did not know how to enter the city. Could it be that Shangguan Si and Miao Yuan failed in the field battle outside the city and lost Luoyang?
Ignore him. In this situation, we can't fight in the field. It can only be used up. It will take him a few months. Zhang Fang's troops will be exhausted and his side will gradually improve his training. Then the situation will be different.
The second piece of news is about the rout.
People ran back outside the city one after another. Some were captured by Zhang Fang. Some people saw that the city gate was closed. After yelling and cursing, they hurried away.
Here, not all of them may be defeated troops, but there may also be some generals, officials, and ministers.
You must be very desperate when you see that the city gate is not open, right?
The last slightly more important news is that Sima Teng, the governor of Bingzhou, and Wang Jun, the governor of Youzhou, have gathered troops to attack Sima Ying.
The two also attracted foreign aid.
The former attracted Tuoba Xianbei, and the latter contacted Duanbu Xianbei. Each of their generals looked like they were fighting.
It seems that the Northern Expedition to Yecheng is an important node for the Central Plains.
Before this, everyone also used Hu soldiers, but the scale was definitely not so large, and they were even troops under their direct control.
For example, the Xianbei cavalry under Sima Ying's tent in Yecheng is a direct unit and has nothing to do with the grassland.
The Luoyang Chinese Army also has them.
Youzhou Tuqidu is an armored cavalry unit composed of Youzhou Haner and Xianbei people.
But what does it look like now? To put it nicely, it is called "Yi Cong". To put it harshly, you and their status are equal. He is participating in the war as an independent force. You can only advise him on what to do, but not order him to do it.
A new (bad) era is coming.
After breakfast, Shao Xun had no time to rest. After tidying up his appearance, he went to the princess's residence first.
Jinyong City was not big, and there were many people and many eyes. He only spoke for a while outside the door, mostly asking for instructions.
The princess naturally agreed one by one.
After leaving, Shao Xun went to see the manor tenants, guest servants and maids settled in the city, focusing on the 104 student soldiers of the second phase of Luoyang. After seeing them learning cultural knowledge step by step, they quietly left and gathered their troops in the square outside Jinyong City.
Wu Qian and his auxiliary troops brought in a lot of goods, mostly cloths of various colors, messy copper coins and many other utensils - it was really difficult to calculate the value, so I could only give a rough estimate.
"Yesterday in the battle to seize the gate, I sent people shouting, 'Those who turn back to kill the enemy will be rewarded at the festival level'. Keep your word!" Shao Xun looked at the soldiers standing neatly and solemnly, and said: "Yesterday, we fought hard against the thief knights. Get out of the queue and receive the reward. The ugly words are ahead. If there is anyone who pretends to be the leader, they will be killed without mercy. You can identify each other."
No one came forward for a while.
Shao Xun glanced around and saw someone who seemed to be somewhat impressed. He walked directly to the queue, pulled him out, and asked: "Yesterday in the battle to seize the goal, I remember you picked up a spear and turned around to resist the enemy. Why didn't you stand up?"
This man is also a veteran. He must be over thirty years old. He lowered his head when he heard this and said: "I have met two Shangguan in the past, but they didn't keep their promises. Yesterday, we fought to the death to protect ourselves..."
"That's enough!" Shao Xun interrupted him and said, "I keep my word."
After saying that, someone brought two pieces of cloth over and said, "This is your reward."
The soldier took it blankly, with a somewhat moved look on his face.
"What is your position?"
"Captain."
Shao Xun thought for a while, grabbed a bunch of copper coins of different sizes, new and old, from the carriage, stuffed them into the hands of the soldiers, and said: "If you have an official, you will be rewarded more. Get off. Who else is there?"
The soldier returned to the queue in a daze, holding cloth and copper coins.
It is only natural that meritorious deeds should be rewarded.
But even this kind of thing is often not resolutely implemented. The closer to the end of the dynasty, the more cases of embezzlement and greed for rewards.
In fact, no reward was arranged at all, and the court felt that it was not needed...
After the first person received the reward, one after another others came forward.
Documents were registered one by one, and auxiliary soldiers were distributed on a per-person basis.
The so-called "section-level super reward" is as the name suggests: 1. Rewards are given according to levels; 2. The overall reward amount is higher than the average level.
The reward money came from the seizure, which was actually the proceeds from the plunder of the Shangguan Si tribe.
No matter who asks for this money, Shao Xun will not give it back, there is no way.
If you are given a wealthy family, you may not necessarily end up well. People think you deserve it.
It is given to the big soldiers, but it is an important prop to establish one's prestige.
You must figure out who your basic base is.
Only with the basic base can we perform various operations to win over and digest other forces.
His origin meant that he could only follow the improved version of Shi Le's route, and there could be no other way.
The resources of aristocratic families are greedy to look at, but they are poisonous honey and they may not be able to eat them yet.
Concubine Pei cannot represent the Pei family, she is just a princess.
He didn't dare to get too entangled with the Wang Yan family.
As for the Yu Liang family, if they were alone, it would be nothing. The problem is that the Yingchuan Yu family is not the Xinye Yu family, and their potential power is not small. Maybe their family status is not particularly high, but they are also a well-known big family in Yingchuan.
For the current plan, we still need to expand the base, so that we can be qualified to play other tricks.
"What a good boy, you actually received the reward by fraud." While he was thinking, Chen Yougen's thunderous voice came to his ears.
Shao Xun looked over and saw the training team soldiers holding down the two trembling soldiers and swearing endlessly.
"what happened?"
"Return to the general." Chen Yougen said loudly: "These two men were Manfen's defeated troops and entered the city from Guangmo Gate. They pretended to receive rewards and were identified."
Shao Xun nodded and said: "Beheaded."
"No!" Chen Yougen smiled ferociously, drew out his heavy sword, and swung it down with all his strength.
In an instant, two heads rolled to the ground.
"Please check it, General." Two soldiers from the teaching team each held a head and presented it to them.
Shao Xun took it and looked at it, then threw it back and said: "Hang your head on the city wall as a warning to others."
"promise."
"I will be rewarded for my meritorious service. I keep my word. Anyone who has been wronged or is in trouble at home can come to me. I cannot let my sons be wronged." Shao Xun looked at the soldiers who were becoming more and more solemn and said: " But there is one thing: anyone who disobeys my orders or violates military discipline will be killed without mercy."
"No!" Thousands of soldiers responded in unison.
"Teaching team, train the troops in batches!" After issuing the order, Shao Xun appointed Chen Yougen as temporary stay, and he went to the palace city surrounded by Huang Biaozhuang's 600 sergeants.
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Outside the Huanghuang Tai Chi Hall, the sergeants were practicing endlessly, and the sound shook the roof tiles.
After Shao Xun entered Duanmen, he watched the training for a while in front of Tai Chi Hall.
This is the unit for which he is also the captain. There are nearly 600 people, some of whom are from the 3rd, 7th, and 11th teams of the original army, and some are from the new recruits of the Manchu Division.
To put it bluntly, they are all newcomers, including student soldiers and officers.
Some newcomers have fought before, both times at Daxiamen. The first time was to attack Shi Chao, and the second time was to defeat Zhang Fang's cavalry.
Most people have not yet fought in a war.
But Shao Xun just likes this army because his student soldiers can suppress the situation.
If the soldiers were replaced by the remnants of Chen Jin's old soldiers who came to surrender yesterday, they would definitely not obey the discipline of the student soldiers, which would not be beautiful.
He gave this group of people the military nickname "Silver Spear".
This is a private soldier through and through. Given time, even if the King of Heaven comes, they will only listen to themselves.
Wang Guojun is just a tool for him to achieve fame and merit.
The Silver Spear Army is the guarantee of his wealth and life.
"Jin San, how do you feel about entering the palace city again?" During the training break, Shao Xun pulled Jin San, who had been promoted to superintendent, and asked with a smile.
"In troubled times, strength is the most important thing." Jin San said without hesitation: "The better the Silver Spear Army can fight, the more Shao Master's ambition can be realized."
Good guy, Jin San is completely thinking about a muscular man.
The last time he took the "Application Questions" test, he came up with a very ruthless move to clear the field.
This guy must have something in common with the Hu people. I still need to remind you more in the future that it is good to attach importance to force in troubled times, but you should not go to extremes and think that strong troops and horses can defeat everything.
"Practice well." Shao Xun patted his shoulder and left.
In front of the Taiji Palace, following Huang Biao's unique rhythmic command, a large group of soldiers dispersed inside and outside the palace gate to serve as sentries.
After a while, Huang Biao led people into the hall for a tour again, and then nodded.
Shao Xun understood and walked into the hall.
Today, the prince summoned him and asked about the situation in the city, which made Shao Xun a little surprised.
If you don't care about Mihuang, what do you want from me?
In the end, there is only one conclusion: you are a little too big, and even if you want to hide, you still can't escape the eyes of someone who wants to.
Hey, this happened! I obviously just want to control everything from behind the scenes.
"See the prince." Shao Xun bowed, then his eyes fell on a slim figure behind the curtain and said: "See the queen."
"Shao Sima, without courtesy, please sit down." The prince straightened his body and stretched out his hand.
Shao Xun looked at the golden armor on his body and said, "Prince, please forgive me. I have armor on my body, so I can't kneel down."
The prince choked.
It is true that few people entering the palace, whether civil or military, are wearing armor.
Somehow, he suddenly thought of Shangguan Si. The Shao Xun in front of him couldn't be the same person as him, right?
Thinking about this, I didn't dare to say anything I had thought about, and fell silent for a while.
Perhaps seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, the Queen's voice as crisp as an oriole sounded from behind the curtain: "During the first month of the year, Sima Yong fought in the palace and captured the rebellious ministers alive. Yesterday, the divine soldiers conducted an electric sweep to drive away the rebellious ones who entered the city. The crisis was turned into safety. Both times were due to Qingtian's protection, and Sima can be said to be a great minister. Today, the troops are stationed outside the Taiji Hall, practicing endlessly, but I don't know what the purpose is."
"Go back to the Queen and the Prince." Shao Xun said: "The guards in the palace have long since fled. If there are no soldiers to guard the palace, it may be difficult to live in peace. If the Queen and the Prince are not happy, I will order the withdrawal of the troops and station them elsewhere."
When he said this, his face was a bit serious. When the prince saw it, he hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
The Queen was silent, and then asked after a moment: "Will Sima keep this place peaceful?"
"I belong to a military family. I have lived on the coast of the East China Sea for many generations, farming and fighting in the land of Qingxu. I rarely listened to loyal instructions, but I admired the king for a long time. If I am promoted to be filial and honest, I will be favored and ranked. I will be overjoyed and frightened." Shao Xun. He said: "Prince and Queen, please be at ease. With your troops by your side, no one can harm the members of the Tian family."
The prince was hesitant to hear this.
However, the queen felt that this person was not as greedy, cruel and unruly as Shangguan Si because he spoke in a refined manner. Besides, he saved me last time.
Yang Xianrong glanced at Shao Xun who was standing respectfully and solemnly through the gap in the bead curtain, and said: "Sima Zhonglie and Guoyi are really a great blessing to the country. Luoyang is experiencing new chaos, and people's hearts are uncertain. There are rebel soldiers from Hejian outside the city and are committing insurrection. Que, if he is allowed to break in, the face of the Tian family may not be saved. Fortunately, Sima is there, so I hope you will put more effort into retreating from the enemy. If you make new achievements, the title of general is not impossible."
Yang Xianrong drew a big cake casually, but Shao Xun just ignored it and said: "I am so grateful that I can't wait to kill all the thieves to repay the kindness of the Heavenly Family."
"Go down and do your job diligently." Yang Xianrong said as he opened the bead curtain, revealing a delicate and pretty face.
"I excuse myself." Shao Xun walked out slowly.
The hall was empty for a moment.
Yang Xianrong put down the bead curtain and said, "I've seen you. Don't you feel relieved? This may be Cao Cao, but it's definitely not Shangguan Si. After today, my son will stay in Zhaoyang Hall to review the classics and history."
The prince responded in a low voice.
"There are some things that are not a blessing if you participate too early. Remember, remember." Yang Xianrong sighed and said.
It's really not easy for two people who may be deposed at any time to survive while walking on thin ice.
Yang Xianrong looked at Shao Xun's figure gradually disappearing.
First "Don't be afraid", and then asking the question today, she has slowly sketched out an image of an ambitious and pretentious martial artist in her mind.
I just want to live...
She put down the bead curtain melancholy.
