Chapter 329: Looking to raise people, go to Qianzhou

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There were no roosters crowing for thousands of miles, and corpses were exposed in the wild. Sure enough, from Jingzhou down, the situation became worse and worse.

In the fields that should have been full of spring wheat, the immature wheat has been cut away.

The streets were in a mess. It was obviously not harvested by farmers, but harvested by rebel soldiers to use as fodder for cattle and horses.

Going down the river, the surrounding fields were like ghosts. Except for the tens of thousands of people from the Guiyi Army, no one was seen along the way.

When he arrived at Pizhou City, Zhang Zhao couldn't bear to enter the city given his current state of mind.

The city was completely silent. On the way into the city, countless people carrying simple packages were lying dead on the road.

Crows were flying in the sky, and the wild dogs and wolves gnawing on the ground had red eyes. They were no longer afraid of people, and even dared to bark at people.

With a piece of meat in the corner of its mouth, the crow that was pecking occasionally raised its head. It squatted at the top of the city and looked at these outsiders with a look that made people feel a little careless.

Two wild dogs ran out of the city gate with one thigh that was still intact, yelling at each other and intimidating each other.

"What a beast!" The extremely angry Murong Nobunaga picked up his bow and arrows, and two arrows shot out like meteors. The two wild dogs were hit in the head by arrows and died almost simultaneously.

Bai Congxin also took out a few arrows from the Hulu and aimed them at the crows. The crows at the top of the city fell carelessly.

But no one cheered or praised, everyone was immersed in a kind of sadness.

"Let's continue cleaning up the corpses today! We won't go to Pizhou City. Tiance, please have people put on protective clothing with tung oil and burn them directly."

Zhang Zhao numbly gave the order, and the Guiyi Army did not move quickly because they were burying corpses along the way.

Not only was the body buried, but a sign was also put up stating the number of the body, the gender, age, and location of the body, where it was found, etc.

Finally, we have to recite sutras to achieve salvation. This is how we spent our time almost all the way.

However, Zhang Zhao still took some precautions. With the medical level of this era, if he really contracted the disease, the effect of drugs would be relatively limited.

So he transferred a hundred people from the party items in Yuanzhou and Huizhou, and also asked the unity soldiers and civilians in Weizhou to draw 30 people by lottery to be responsible for collecting the corpses.

The team collecting corpses ate, drank, and rested separately from the army to avoid contracting the epidemic.

These things are actually very troublesome and do not meet the requirements of military speed. However, apart from Zhang Zhao's unbearability, this is actually a very good way to unite people's morale.

Humans are creatures that are very affected by the surrounding environment. If they are in a rebellious army like He Chuan, even a kind person will turn into a cruel and murderous demon if they are coerced for a long time.

In the atmosphere of the Guiyi Army, all the good and righteous things they did along the way were subtly injecting soul into this Jundu.

At least now, everyone feels that as a soldier, they must not be a beast like this rebel.

From top to bottom, the Guiyi Army also hates and hates the rebels. Zhang Zhao believes that if the rebels appear in front of them now, without Zhang Zhao's mobilization, the soldiers will definitely pounce on them and fight bravely to destroy the demons in their hearts. Kill them cleanly.

While the soldiers shared the same hatred of the enemy, Zhang Zhao's personal image also stood up.

It is not enough to run an army with benevolence, because in this era, apart from those who were forcibly recruited, how many good men can be found in the army? Basically it's all thorns.

If you only talk about benevolence and righteousness, you will definitely be despised by the generals, so you also need power and prestige.

But Zhang Zhao does not lack power and prestige, so now adding benevolence and righteousness is even more powerful.

As for the thorn, I also hope that Shangguan can not only lead them to win the battle, seize a large amount of gold and silver, and give a lot of rewards, but also be a benevolent person, so that they can follow with confidence and not worry about being hacked or betrayed.

Finally, it was due to Zhang Zhao's worries. From the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, it was commonplace for warriors to subjugate their superiors and use coercion to rebel.

Originally, the Guiyi Army was isolated in Guasha and did not acquire this temperament, but now that it has returned to the country, there is no guarantee that it will not be imitated.

Zhang Zhao now understands Zhaolie Emperor Liu Bei a little bit. Liu Xuande came from a humble background. In order to gain capital in troubled times, he could only rely on benevolence and righteousness, and always go against his behavior to build up popularity, unite people's hearts, and attract heroes who agree with his approach.

The same is true for Zhang Zhao now. If he wants to take a different path from that of the Five Dynasties, he can only go against the martial arts of the Five Dynasties.

Although those warriors who were accustomed to cruelty would think that he was out of his mind and would not regard Zhang Zhao as a person, they could separate Zhang Zhao's Guiyi Army from the evil deeds of the Five Generations of warriors.

After people have solved the problem of food and clothing, they generally still focus on spiritual pursuits, even if they are warriors who carry swords to kill people.

Therefore, the founding warriors of the past dynasties in Chinese history also liked to say that they followed a certain emperor to kill someone and help the world.

The path of spiritual pursuit designed by Zhang Zhao for the Guiyi Army is from returning to the country with loyalty, to punishing the people and fighting crimes, and finally to seeking peace for the whole world.

He wanted to make these three demands into the demands of all the rebels.

After showing benevolence and righteousness along the way, Zhang Zhao led these soldiers for thousands of miles. At this point, even the Qingzhou Party Xiang Li Yanli Department and the Wonju Party Xiang Li Zhongchao Department could be entrusted with important tasks at this moment.

Since there is no need to clean up the corpses in Pizhou City, but to burn them with fire, the matter is much simpler.

Zhang Zhao only needed to send sergeants to restrain the people around Chidao who tried to escape from the city but were overtaken and killed, then dug a big hole and burned it directly.

Guo Tiance found a large wooden board, Zhang Zhao took out a short knife and carved word by word, "The tomb of the victims of Pizhou City in the year of Ding You" was buried together! '

The whole army was silent for a moment, and far away from the tomb where they were buried together, they sang and recited "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra" as a sign of salvation.

. . . .

Since Pizhou has become a dead city and was burned down by Zhang Zhao's order, we can only continue southward without stopping here. At this time, there are two roads from Pizhou to Chang'an.

If you go to the left, continue to follow the Jinghe River southward, pass Ganquan Mountain, reach Jingyang, and then go to Chang'an.

The right side does not take the water route, but passes through Mating to Dahengguan and then to Qianzhou, and finally passes through Xianyang to Chang'an.

Zhang Zhao considered which way to go as he walked, but the army only passed Pizhou for a few miles. Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui, who were exploring the road ahead, encountered the rebels' scouting horses.

In fact, this was not Tan Ma, but a ranger sent by the town general Sun Xiaoguo to intercept and kill Weizhou Tan Ma.

They waited here for a long time but did not see the fast horse coming from Weizhou. Instead, they were approached by the Guiyi Army's scouting horse.

In the jungle beside the road, seven or eight tooth soldiers from the Changyi Army were getting some water and boiling it to make a very dry and hard coarse grain cake.

A captain with a long scar on his face spat angrily and shook a few times uncomfortably.

"Sun Xiaoguo, this thief slave, wanted my wife last time, but I refused to give it to him, even if I kill her with a knife!

If this dog slave has any advantage, he will do it himself. Others will not even be able to drink the soup. If one day he makes me angry, shoot him an arrow in the battle formation and kill this dog slave! "

"Sun Scar, I have heard you say this at least five times, and I have never seen you take action.

Do you think Sun Xiaoguo doesn't know that you are dissatisfied or something? They just know that you are dissatisfied and want your mistress on purpose. They even send you here to eat dry biscuits while the others are sleeping with their mistress in Qianzhou. "

The team deputy next to him curled his lips in dissatisfaction, "If you have the courage, we will find an opportunity to do it. If you don't have the courage, we will just join Zhou Hu'er, General Zhou Shi, and we will always save money." Bad luck will follow you.”

As soon as the team deputy said this, several stern-faced soldiers around him nodded in agreement, and some of the tough soldiers looked at the team leader, Sun Scarzi, a little strangely.

Sun Scarzi was silent for a moment, and then he became angry. He also knew that he had to be serious, otherwise his soldiers who killed old people would despise him and not follow him.

"Don't worry, if we go back to attack Chang'an this time, we will definitely kill Sun Xiaoguo. When the time comes, we will go back to Qianzhou, rob their gold and silver, and go up to Liangshan to live happily. We will wait for the imperial court to come and take refuge with us."

The team deputy and several soldiers quietly looked at each other, and then nodded with some satisfaction.

However, Sun Scarzi, who had just finished speaking, had a look on his face because he heard several slight sounds of stepping on branches.

Sun Scarzi turned his head slightly and looked at a thin horse tied in the distance.

The skinny horse was still gnawing at the tender grass on the ground leisurely. It was obvious that what was coming was not a ferocious beast. If it were a ferocious beast, the horse would definitely be frightened and uneasy.

'Boom! A very small sound came, which was the sound of bow and arrow shooting. Sun Scarzi quickly rolled the gourd, and he went out a lot in an instant.

The deputy beside him, who was a step slower than him, just wanted to stand up when an arrow missed and hit his face directly. The deputy screamed and rolled on the ground covering his face.

At this moment, the crackling sound of feet stepping on branches could be heard everywhere. After Sun Scarzi stood up, he took off the leather armor he was still wearing, turned around and ran towards the skinny horse, regardless of what was behind him. The roar and fighting of soldiers.

'Boom! There was another bow sound, and Sun Scarzi quickly lowered his head, but the arrow was not aimed at him, but at the skinny horse that Sun Scarzi hoped to ride on to escape.

The skinny horse was hit by an arrow in the neck and jumped three feet high. However, it kept tugging at the reins tied to the tree and screamed in pain.

Just as Sun Scarzi was about to move, another arrow suddenly struck the grass in front of him, causing grass stems to fly.

"Tie them up! Take them back!"

Sun Scarzi then raised his head and looked around, and saw a dozen strong men in black night clothes flashing out from everywhere.

The four extremely young generals who spoke were holding a stiff bow and looking at him with indifferent expressions.

. . . .

"The rebels have already set off from Qianzhou. According to what the scar-faced commander just said, their plan is to go straight to Chang'an. Now I'm afraid they have reached outside Xianyang City or the West Wei Bridge." Yan Jin clicked on the map Click, he said with some worry.

Chang'an itself is actually an undefended city, covering a large area. After several wars in recent decades, the city's defenses have long been damaged and cannot be defended at all.

All it relies on are the surrounding satellite cities and a few key bridge crossings. If these places are lost, Chang'an will be finished.

But Bai Congxin had a different opinion. He pointed to Huazhou and other places on the east side of the map.

"But the imperial envoy of Jinchang Army and Jingzhaoyin appointed by the imperial court has not arrived at all. The rebel army is tempted by looting Chang'an, and their morale is high!

There are no less than ten thousand of them, about the same number as me, and 40% of them are the tooth soldiers of the Zhangyi Army and the Jingnan Army. If we pursue them hard, we may suffer a backlash! "

Zhang Zhao knew what Bai Congxin meant and pursued him too hastily, making him the rebels' primary target.

The safest way is to continue down the Jinghe River and meet up with An Shenqi, the military commander of the Jinchang Army, and Zhao Zan, the military commander of the Huazhou Zhenguo Army, in Jingyang. The three parties will send troops, and the Guiyi Army only needs to fight to separate them. Run credit.

However, Zhang Zhao had not yet expressed his position. Murong Nobunaga, who had just captured Sun Scarzi and waited for his tongue to come back, shook his head first.

"We have been ordered by the imperial court to go to the pass to fight against thieves. We are known as loyal and righteous teachers. If we cower in every corner, we will be looked down upon by all parties.

Moreover, what if An Shenqi relies on others to supply military supplies when we reach Jingyang? What if An Shenqi uses his identity as an angel to suppress us and let me focus the attack? "

"Yes! Why don't we take it by surprise, break through Dahengguan, and seize Qianzhou? In this way, we can control our progress and retreat.

When approaching the rebels, we don't have to fight them immediately. We can hang behind them and make them hang like a ray on our backs.

Tens of thousands of horses in our army come and go like the wind. He wants to fight, but I won't fight. He wants to go, but we chase him. When his division's veterans are tired, we may be able to win in one battle! "

Fanshun thought for a while and agreed with Murong Nobunaga's opinion.

"Sikong, and there is another advantage for us to go to Qianzhou to attack the rebels' back!" Zhebu Jiashi chuckled.

"The rebels looted several states, and the wealth will be abundant. We harassed the rear, and all the gold and silver wealth will not be ours.

If we can defeat them, we will probably produce more armor and weapons than I, Hexi, have produced in several years! "

right! How could you forget this? The rebels are rich now! Zhang Zhao coughed.

"Tomorrow we will kill the captured bandits and sacrifice the banner. We will take the right road and go straight to Qianzhou!"