Huguan City was already in chaos.
Teams of Wei soldiers continued to move supplies from various treasuries.
Food, weapons, armor...
Carrying it by people, carrying it on shoulders, transporting it by vehicle...
Everything that can be moved must be moved away, leaving no money behind.
In this commotion, many people in the city became nervous.
A few months ago, the change of ownership of Huguan only involved the military. Most of the people in the city discovered that the banner on the city had been changed almost overnight.
The soldiers guarding the city changed from the Han army to the Wei army.
Other than that, not much has changed.
Of course, it is impossible to say that there is no trace of panic.
However, Sima Yi issued a notice in time, telling the people not to panic, as Master Wang would not disturb the people.
He even summoned representatives of the civil servants in the city to appease the village elders.
So the Shangdang was quickly pacified.
It can be said that the change of ownership in Huguan was not as alarming as it is now.
"General! General, why is this?"
"General, didn't you say that Taifu led the army to recover Taiyuan?"
Why does it seem now that it doesn't look like they are regaining their old territory, but rather like the Western thieves are counterattacking?
Wei Jun's abnormal behavior was naturally impossible to hide from local snakes.
Some people have even secretly spread the news that the legendary ghost king is leading an army from Hedong.
Some people say that Taifu was defeated in Taiyuan and had retreated to Jizhou.
It is even more said that the outcome of the army led by the Taifu to Taiyuan was unpredictable, including life and death.
The man who led the army south from Taiyuan was the Guan Xiaojun who swept across Bingzhou and Hedong a few years ago.
But no matter what the statement was, it was said that the Han army had already attacked from Hedong and Taiyuan.
Sun Li, who was responsible for staying behind at Shangdang, had a tired look on his face.
He didn't know whether he was overly concerned about the dangerous situation in Shangdang, or whether the noise from a group of old and young people opposite him gave him a headache.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, please be quiet and listen to what I have to say."
Those who could come to Sun Li were naturally prominent local figures.
Moreover, it must be someone who has donated money and food to Master Wang, and the amount of money and food cannot be too small.
So looking at the entire Huguan, and even the entire Shangdang, no one is more concerned about the war situation than them.
When they heard Sun Li finally speak, everyone immediately stopped talking and looked at Sun Li.
Sun Li looked down at the expectant and eager eyes. He opened his mouth, but found that his mouth was full of bitterness.
Before the death of the late emperor, he promoted himself to the position of General and Chief Shi, just to help him assist the general and rectify the country.
But who would have thought that the general would be so unbearable?
Although there were rumors in the Xuchang market, the late emperor had already suspected that the Taifu had two intentions and had been dissatisfied with the Taifu for a long time.
But in fact, many veterans of the Wei Dynasty were really dissatisfied with the general for a long time!
Over the years, the Taifu has been guarding Luoyang to ward off the Western thieves.
He even always thought about counterattacking the Western bandits and reviving the Wei Dynasty.
Now he personally leads the army and goes deep into dangerous areas.
On the other hand, what did the general do?
The thieves are too powerful, if...if the general and the Taifu can work together to fend off the thieves, this Shangdang land may not be impossible to defend!
Maybe, maybe we can really capture Taiyuan.
How could the Taifu fall short in Taiyuan?
"General Sun, please make it clear what you want to say."
Just when Sun Li was in turmoil, someone saw that he had been silent for a long time, and finally couldn't hold himself back any longer, so he reminded him.
Upon hearing this, Sun Li quickly put away his thoughts and spoke again:
"In the past few days, rumors have been circulating in the city, and even I have heard about them. I believe that you all came here to determine the situation of the war."
"Yeah!"
"What General Sun said is true!"
Seeing this, Sun Li finally showed a bitter smile on his face. He hesitated for a while and then said:
"To be fair to you, regarding the matter in Taiyuan, Taifu has indeed withdrawn his troops from Taiyuan and returned to Jizhou."
"impossible!"
Before Sun Li finished speaking, someone shouted loudly: "How is that possible! This is different from what the Tutor said at the beginning!"
"How could this happen, General Sun, are you making a mistake?"
The crowd was in an uproar.
Although some people already have the worst assumptions in their minds, as long as the news is not confirmed, they must be lucky.
Maybe Taifu had already captured Taiyuan and restored Bingzhou?
So this might be the work of the Western thieves spreading rumors, right?
By the way, I heard that Thief Feng raised a group of wanderers.
In addition to committing murder and arson, these guys often spread rumors.
Maybe these guys released this news...
Who would have expected that as soon as Sun Li opened his mouth, his hopes would be shattered. That feeling was really too bad!
It's hard to accept it all at once.
"General Sun, what about Shangdang? Are you prepared to defend Shangdang? Have you sent reinforcements from Hanoi?"
"Yes, yes, General Sun is ready to defend the party?"
"Yes, if you are short of food and money, I can still find a way to help prepare a batch of food and grass..."
Whoever said this was obviously planning to commit bloodletting.
It's just that Thief Feng's methods are cruel. Thinking about the tragic situation in Hedong, everyone present must not want the West Thief to enter Shangdang.
So even if you grit your teeth and bleed some more, it's not impossible to understand.
"Everyone, everyone," Sun Li stretched out his hand and pressed down, indicating that everyone should listen to him, "Of course the Taifu has been prepared in advance, but everyone also knows that the Western bandits are powerful."
Having said this, he swallowed and seemed to be organizing his words.
In fact, in the letter sent by the Taifu, he mentioned not to say too much to these people, so as not to cause unrest in people's minds and not be conducive to his retreat.
However, Sun Li's temperament was bright and fierce, and he could be regarded as a resolute person. He was never willing to do those deceptive things.
Not to mention that in his eyes, these were the firm supporters of Wei, and they also fought hard for this.
If they were just thrown to the Western thieves, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the loyal and righteous people in the world?
Who will dare to contribute to Wei in the future?
So he decided to give these people a chance, a chance to choose.
"You all also know that these are coming, and the bandits in the West are very powerful. Although the Taifu intends to defeat the thieves, what can be done if God's will fails?"
After saying that, Sun Li bowed his hands to them:
"Everyone, although I don't want to boost other people's ambitions, I am really incompetent in etiquette. I am afraid that I have failed the Tutor's trust and will not be able to defend the Shangdang..."
Seemingly unable to speak any more, Sun Li trembled with trembling lips and struggled to utter the last sentence:
"I am brave enough to ask you to prepare early. Li will try to delay the Western thieves as much as possible and give you more time to prepare..."
quiet.
Deathly silence.
After a long time, I don’t know if he finally digested these words. A trembling old man used the crutch in his hand vigorously and asked:
"General Sun, what do you mean?"
"Are you really planning to escape?"
Sun Li looked ashamed and did not dare to look at everyone.
He also wanted to defend, but the Taifu's military order told him to give up joining the party and preserve his strength.
The most important thing is that Sun Li himself also knows that Shangdang will definitely not be able to hold on.
Because the troops in his hands are not enough to defend Shangdang.
If the Central Supervisory Army (i.e. Sima Division) could break through Gaoping Pass and hold the gap to the south of the eldest son, they might still be able to try.
Even if he can't take Gaoping Pass, as long as he can hold back the thieves in Gaoping Pass and prevent them from coming out of Gaoping Pass, he will still dare to take the gamble.
However, the Central Supervisory Army was defeated at Gaopingguan, and now it was a question whether they could even hold Gaodu City.
He was attacked by the Western bandits on two fronts. He could only cope with one side at most, and the Tutor had already made a decision. How difficult it was!
"General Sun, according to the laws of the Wei Dynasty, losing land is a serious crime. Now that you don't even plan to defend it, haven't you thought about the consequences?"
Seeing Sun Li, he was still speechless.
Many people looked at him with hatred. If it weren't for the guards and soldiers around him who were all armed with swords, there might be someone who couldn't help but rush up to compete with him.
Seeing the anger among the crowd, some smart people quietly retreated towards the door.
Enter his mother's!
Looking at this situation, Sun Deda has already made up his mind and is definitely not willing to stick to the party.
If not, why would you not even take the serious crime of losing land in Wei Dynasty?
Someone left the prefect's mansion and looked back, already cursing in his heart:
This Cao Wei really has no hope at all!
During the late Emperor's reign, even if he continued to lose troops and territory, which of these generals would dare to abandon their territory easily?
Even if he could no longer defeat the Han army, he would still have to prove his ambition by dying - either in front of the battle or in his post.
What now?
The thieves haven't arrived yet, and they are thinking of running away!
"Emperor Wu, Emperor Wen, you are under the underworld. If you know, please open your eyes and take a look!"
An old man with a bright head was helped out of the prefect's mansion and stood on the street, crying sadly:
"The Wei Dynasty has declined so much. If you have spirits in heaven, please show up and save the Wei Dynasty!"
Since ancient times, throughout the dynasties, elders of a certain age have been given preferential treatment.
Even if an old man commits a crime, the government can't do anything to him.
If the law is harsher, the most it can do is make its children bear the sin.
Even future generations with more and more perfect laws can only do nothing about some bad old people...
Not to mention that in ancient times, when average life expectancy was generally too short, as long as you reached a certain age, you were considered auspicious.
How can something like auspiciousness be said to be bad?
Right?
So facing this Ren Rui howling in mourning on the street, Sun Li also had a headache and was helpless.
He clearly informed them of the situation so that they could prepare as early as possible.
Unexpectedly, these people, instead of being grateful to me, would bite back.
"Forget it, I have done my best. What they decide has nothing to do with me."
Sun Li let out a long sigh.
As long as you have a clear conscience.
Now I can only comfort myself with a clear conscience.
With military orders like mountains and military sentiment like fire, it was naturally impossible for Sun Li to squeeze out too much time and energy to take care of other things.
The people must have moved away before it was too late.
But of course, all kinds of materials in the treasury can be moved as much as they can.
In the past few years, if Luoyang had not been the capital of the Wei Dynasty and had the largest arsenal and Taicang in the Wei Dynasty, how could the Taifu have been able to sustain it?
But no matter how rich Hanoi and Henan are, and no matter how much grain is stored in Taicang, it is impossible to support so many soldiers.
If it weren't for Xuchang, many veterans would still be sober and advocate ensuring the supply of food and grass in Luoyang.
The army in Luoyang was afraid that they would run out of food during the drought last spring.
Even so, because of the feud between the general and the Taifu, the food sent to Luoyang from various places was still becoming increasingly scarce.
In the future, if the Tutor wants to allocate food and grass from the imperial court, he may have to rely on the general.
Sun Li felt even more dissatisfied when he remembered that the Taifu was fighting bandits in the front, but the general was blocking the food and grass from behind.
What a good fighter this time, why did the Taifu take such a risk and enter dangerous territory?
Because the food and grass in Luoyang is no longer enough to support a frontal and protracted battle with the Western bandits, they can only take risks and seize key areas as soon as possible to determine the overall situation.
Get the maximum results at the minimum cost.
It's a pity that in the end, the success fell short. Wei is so powerful!
With this in mind, Sun Li no longer paid attention to those people, but hurriedly went to personally supervise the delivery of supplies to the army.
At the same time, he had to take precautions to prevent Guan thieves from suddenly appearing under Huguan City and attacking him.
After all, the Guan thieves always like to use cavalry to carry out surprise attacks, so they must be extremely careful with this person.
Some people are mourning on the street, and naturally more people will go home anxiously after getting the news to discuss the next countermeasures.
"Grandpa, what should we do? Judging from Sun Li's appearance, he really doesn't intend to stick to the party anymore."
"When the time comes, if the Western thieves really come, I'm afraid they won't let us go."
The person who spoke had a frightened and nervous look on his face.
At the same time, there are more people who are regretful:
"If we had known that the Wei people were so miserable, why would we have anything to do with them..."
Before he finished speaking, he was yelled at by the old man sitting in the main seat:
"Whatever you said! You've already done it. What's the point of saying such depressing words now? Can you save the situation?"
He took a breath and softened his tone at the same time:
"What was our intention when we decided to do this? Don't we even remember it?"
Naturally, he wanted the preferential treatment from the Wei people and did not want to live under the harsh rule of the Western thieves.
The old man glanced at everyone and continued:
"Even if we don't do it, will the Western thieves let us go?"
"It's only been a few years since the Hedong incident happened. Have you forgotten about it?!"
Under the old man's turbid gaze, everyone was stunned.
The host of the long house mustered up the courage and asked:
"Sir, what should we do now?"
"What should we do? Although Sun Deda has betrayed the great trust of the court and wants to escape without a fight, he is pretty good to us when it comes to informing us of the news."
The old man sighed, "Shangdang is destined to be unable to defend itself. Sun Deda's intention is for us to follow him."
As soon as these words came out, some people became anxious:
"Grandpa, then our inheritance will be lost like this?"
"Stupid!" the old man cursed, "When did I say I was going to lose my inheritance?"
"That……"
"Family separation!" the old man said seriously, "To be precise, it's clan separation."
"You, take the people from the eldest house and leave the Shangdang. Everything done in the clan is based on the eldest house. If you leave, even if the West Thief gets angry again, he will not be able to bring down all the people in the other little houses. Kill absolutely."
Looking around at the crowd again, the old man saw what they were thinking:
"I know there are still some of you who don't want to associate with the Western bandits. If you want to follow the people in the long room, I won't stop you."
Having said this, he sighed again:
"But our foundation in the Party must be watched by others."
Someone heard the meaning of the old man's words and couldn't help being shocked:
"Sir, you mean you won't leave?"
"Go? Where to go? I'm so old, where else can I go?" The old man sneered, "Do the Western thieves really let things go by this easily?"
"If no one stands up to let the Western thieves vent their anger, those who stay here may have to be buried with him!"
"grown ups!"
"Grandpa!"
…
Everyone couldn't help crying.
"Why are you crying? I have lived for so long and I have already enjoyed what I should have enjoyed. Get out of here and get ready!"
(End of chapter)
