The north wind blows and the grass on the ground is broken, and the sky is full of snow in August. Suddenly a spring breeze comes overnight, thousands of pear trees bloom
Winter in the north always comes so quickly, almost catching people off guard.
Less than five days after Ye Wuhua's death, the temperature in Yongzhou North dropped sharply.
However, the scenery in the north of Yongzhou in October is not as beautiful as described in Cen Shen's "Song of White Snow to Send Magistrate Wu Back to the Capital".
The north of Yongzhou is full of cold northwest wind mixed with yellow sand and broken grass. When the strong wind blows, it makes a whining sound all around.
If someone stood outside the house and opened his mouth at this moment, the northwest wind would most likely drink him full of dust.
Fortunately, Zhouyi had picked up cotton before. With this cotton, all the people in Pingliang County and Pingjiang County had already made a set of cotton-padded clothes and quilts to keep out the cold in the winter.
In addition, Zhouyi also allowed the common people to weave the cotton into gauze. In the event of war in the future, these gauze could also be used to bandage the wounds of soldiers to reduce battle damage caused by improper wound treatment.
Nowadays, Pingliang County and Pingjiang County have refined white rice, delicious mustard vegetables, and cotton-padded clothes and quilts to keep out the cold in winter. All the people in these two counties have never thought that they can live so comfortably this winter.
You must know that before this, many of their people did not even have enough to eat. Without Zhou Yi's great kindness, some of them would probably freeze to death in this cold winter.
Compared with the comfortable food and clothing in Pingliang County and Pingjiang County, the people in Pingyang City are much pitiful. Their family's food, livestock and money were all "recruited" by the mighty guards stationed in Pingyang City.
This is not only because the 200,000 mighty guard army in Pingyang City is about to make a big move, but also because the food and salary allocated by the court have not been received yet.
In order not to affect this long-planned military operation, the commander of the Weiwu Guard, the nearly seventy-year-old veteran Lin Weiwu, could only allow his grain collectors to "collect" military rations in that way.
Some people who really can't survive can only take their last resort - to join the mighty guard and eat military rations.
Although the old general Lin Weiwu could not bear it, he did not control the soldiers, justice, or wealth. In order to regain Wuwei Pass this time, the old general Lin Weiwu could only temporarily sacrifice the people in the city.
Wuwei Pass and Weiwuwei were actually named after the late Emperor Chen Zhaodi after the old general Lin Weiwu. In particular, Wuwei Pass was built under the supervision of the old general Lin thirty years ago.
The only regret is that just ten years ago, General Lin accidentally mistook the enemy's small forces of Khitan, Xiongnu, Qiang, and Di as the main force, and was lured out to fight with them.
But in the end, it was discovered that the troops were simply a trick by the enemy. When General Lin came to his senses and came back for reinforcements, he found that Wuwei Pass had been invaded by the allied forces of the Khitan, Xiongnu, Qiang, and Di tribes.
From then on, the Xiongnu, Khitan, Qiang, and Di tribes could cross Wuwei Pass and go south to herd horses at any time.
In this battle, Lin Weiwu not only lost Wuwei Pass, but the strength of the Weiwu Guard he formed was also severely damaged. Lin Weiwu could only lead the remaining soldiers to retreat to Pingyang City.
This retreat lasted ten years, and today is the expiration of the ten years of humiliation for Old General Lin.
After the defeat ten years ago, Emperor Chen Li Xuanji did not publicly reprimand Lin Weiwu, but he asked the treacherous prime minister Yan Song to place a large number of his own officers to serve in this mighty guard.
This also makes the discipline of the mighty guardsmen now far less than before, and the ease of command is even less smooth than that of my own back then.
During the past ten years, General Lin had been planning to recapture Wuwei Pass all the time. During this period, he also implemented several plans to recapture the pass. Unfortunately, those times failed due to various reasons.
General Lin felt that he was getting older and his strength was fading day by day. He knew that if he did not act now and find a way to seize Wuwei Pass, he would probably have no chance in the future.
Fortunately, God was kind and allowed Old General Lin's spies to find out an extremely powerful piece of news, that is, Zhang Wu, a member of the Xiongnu royal court, died of illness not long ago.
Karasuma, the eldest prince of the Huns who was guarding Wuwei Pass, led the elite guards who guarded Wuwei Pass and went back to compete with his uncle King Mu Ta for the throne of the Great Chanyu.
The Qiang and Di tribes withdrew their troops long ago for unknown reasons. In other words, the only people guarding Wuwei Pass now are a few Huns and some Khitans.
Lin Weiwu, who learned the news, realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to regain Official Wuwei.
Therefore, two months ago, Lin Weiwu allowed the Weiwu Guards, who had strict military orders, to forcibly confiscate food from the people in Pingjiang County and Pingyang City.
Now that everything is ready, General Lin is preparing to launch a surprise attack on Wuwei Pass today. However, Lieutenant General Zhang Biao and his party strongly objected, and used the names of the Emperor and His Majesty to stop Lin Weiwu.
Zhang Biao pretended to be kind and advised: "General Lin, after all, we are mobilizing tens of thousands of troops. Let's report it to the emperor first and ask the emperor to make a decision."
"Please ask for instructions. If you have to ask for instructions for everything, then our fighting chance will be gone in a blink of an eye." Lin Weiwu said angrily.
Although Zhang Biao was a deputy general, he also served as the supervisor of Wuwei Guards.
To put it bluntly, he was sent by the emperor's treacherous Prime Minister Yan Song to control Lin Weiyuan. This man was not good at leading troops in war, but he played tricks behind the scenes, and he always pretended to be a good guy.
Zhang Biao said hypocritically: "General, without the approval of the Holy Emperor, I cannot let you mobilize these 200,000 troops at will!"
"Besides, General, we still don't know whether the information you got from us is true or not, so let's wait for now."
Lin Weiwu's son, General Lin Zhenyuan, also felt that what Deputy General Zhang Biao said was very reasonable, and he also warned: "Yes, father. What Deputy General Zhang said is very reasonable. Let's wait for the response from the Holy Emperor!"
General Lin Weiwu glared angrily and asked: "Even if it takes 800 miles to expedite the journey, it will take six or seven days. The fighter plane is fleeting. What if the Huns or Khitans send troops to guard Weiwu Pass?" "
"This time, I don't need to use 200,000 troops to win the battle. I only need to bring 20,000 horses. If anything goes wrong, I am willing to take all the responsibility!"
Zhang Biao pretended to be worried on the surface, but in fact he was ecstatic in his heart. He pretended to say: "If you mobilize the army rashly, Your Majesty will definitely be angry, and maybe the entire Mighty Guard will be implicated, unless the general..."
Lin Weiwu was immediately fooled and asked: "Vice General Zhang, just say it straight, don't delay my military plane here!"
"Okay, then I'll be blunt. Unless you issue a military order, General, you won't be able to lead any soldiers."
