Qin Official

It is still thousands of miles away from Shanyuting in Mobei to Shanggu and the north of Yuyang. Even the Huns with light carriages and horses would have to walk for several months.

On the contrary, it was Yuyang City (Miyun District, Beijing) in January. This border city had recovered from the turmoil last autumn. Taking advantage of the turmoil in Hebei, the Great Wall garrison who rose up was conquered by the local hero Zang Tu, who also became The largest armed force in Yan land, he called himself a general. He not only controlled the entire Yuyang County (Northern Hebei, Tianjin), but also sent people to march to Youbeiping (Tangshan, Chengde).

But these days, General Zang Tu was not in Yuyang City, and the city was handed over to his captain named "Luan Bu".

Luan Bu was young, around thirty, but the first half of his life was quite troubled.

He was originally from Liang, Wei State. When he was young more than ten years ago, he had friends with Peng Yue and they had a good friendship.

After the fall of the Wei state, Peng Yue fell into the wild and became a thief, while Luan Bu followed the fleeing Wei people eastward to the Qi state. He was poor and had no livelihood, so he had to work as a servant. When he was twenty years old, he was killed by a fellow countryman who did business with him. He was deceived, lost a huge sum of money gambling, and was sold to a slave trader named "Knife Jian" in Qi.

So a group of people were tied with ropes, stuffed into a sea ship, and transported to Yan land to be sold as slaves.

The land of Yan was vast and sparsely populated, and the slaves brought by Qi, Wei and Zhao were very popular. Although they were unfamiliar with the place and did not understand the language, Luan Bu had some martial arts skills and was appreciated by his master.

Later Qin officials tortured his family leader, and Luan Bu assassinated the Qin official to avenge his family leader. The crime deserved death, but the local hero Zang Tu rescued him, bribed the judge, and only made Luan Bu a prisoner and sent him to Yuyang...

Last autumn, Zang Tu sent his cronies to inform Luan Bu: Qin Shihuang was dead and the world was in chaos. It was time to take action!

So Luan Bu led the tortured and humiliated prisoners and roared, smashed the Qin officials and guards to death with bricks and stones, and then attacked Yuyang. Zang Tu cooperated inside and outside, killed the county guards and county lieutenants, and captured the city.

Luan Bu was a man of great kindness and righteousness. He immediately bowed down to Zang Tu and regarded him as his master, and Zang Tu was promoted to captain.

On this day, Luan Bu was listening to a merchant from Jiaodong talking about Qi Di in Yuyang City, and then he learned that he had been secretly interested in Pengyue when he was young, and he also escaped from Mingtang.

The merchant described: "Peng Yue was fishing in Daye Ze and gathered young knights as bandits. As early as a few years ago when Zhutian rebelled, young knights encouraged Peng Yue to raise troops, but Peng Yue said that Qin Shihuang's life or death was uncertain, and he would wait for it. . Later, Zhutian was indeed defeated."

"By the time Qin Shihuang really died, hundreds of thieves had gathered in Ohnoze, all willing to follow Peng Yue, but Peng Yue said that it was okay to raise an army, but he had to obey the order and agreed to assemble at sunrise the next day and kill those who came later. "

"The thieves are used to being unorganized. If there are more than ten people late, the last one doesn't arrive until noon. Everyone thinks that there are many people who are late, so they should not be held responsible. They still smile playfully and apologize to Peng Yue. However, Peng Yue suddenly changes his expression and kills more than ten of the latter's people. , set up an altar as a sacrifice, so the rest of the disciples were all frightened. They were afraid of Peng Yue and did not dare to look up, so they captured the east bank of Ohno Ze and captured more than a thousand people."

After Luan Bu heard this, he couldn't help but say:

"This seems like something Peng Zhong would do."

That happened last summer. In the autumn, Kuai Che, a political strategist, went to see Peng Yue and didn't know what he talked about. Peng Yue then began to attack Xue County, joined forces with the Taishan bandits, and respected Tian Rong's son Tian Guang as his ally. The king himself became the general of Qi State and developed towards Jibei County. Now he has two counties and tens of thousands of troops.

Luan Bu shook his head: "Although General Zang and I also moved to Yuyang and Youbeiping, Yan is far away and the people are hopeful. The household registration is completely incomparable with that of Qilu, which is rich!"

There are six counties in Yan, Guangyang, Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong. The last five together have more households than Guangyang County where Yan's Shangdu and Xiadu are located. What's more terrible is that, Now Guangyang is occupied by Zhao Jun and Lu Goujian. Lu Goujian also called on Zang Tu and Han Guang who occupied the upper valley to join forces in Jicheng (Beijing) to extirpate the last city occupied by Qin officials and soldiers.

But in the face of Lu Goujian's invitation, Zang Tu, who was close at hand, did not send troops southward because of the bitter cold in winter. Now that spring has arrived and the ice has melted, he still did not send anyone to Jicheng. Instead, he went to Yuyang and Shanggu in person I took a trip to the Juyong Pass (Juyong Pass) at the junction...

At this moment, shouts came from outside.

"General Zang is back!"

Luan Bu hurriedly went to the city gate to greet him. Zang Tu was a typical Yan warrior, eight feet long, with a leopard's head and eyes, a swallow's chin and a tiger's beard. He rode in at a long distance. Luan Bu hurried over to hold his horse. When he saw Zang Tu Tu smiled broadly and seemed to be in a good mood, so he asked:

"How was the discussion between General and Han Guang?"

Zang Tu went here to have a secret talk with Han Guang. Han Guang's history of Shanggu County's death said that last autumn, when the Yanzhao land was in chaos, he also led a group of people to raise troops and occupied Shanggu County (Huailai and Zhangjiakou). Called a general.

Zang Tu laughed loudly like thunder: "It's a good thing. Han Guang is more generous than someone thought. He said he is willing to hand over Juyong fortress to us!"

Luan Bu couldn't help but be surprised. Juyong was one of the "Nine Fortresses in the World" at this time. The canyon where it was located belonged to the mountainous area of ​​the military capital of the remaining Taihang Mountains. It is a serious danger at the junction of Yang, Guangyang and Shanggu. Whoever has it is like having the key. He can attack when he goes out, and he can defend when he retreats.

Luan Bu then wondered: "Han Guang is so generous, could he have other motives?"

Zang Tu disagreed: "Han Guang told me openly, saying that Zhao had crossed the border to attack Yan and occupied Guangyang. It seemed that he was not planning to leave. However, Lu Goujian shouted at us as if we were scolding domestic slaves. This is what the Yan people are doing." The enemy!"

Although later generations often refer to the two countries collectively as "the people of Yan and Zhao", the two countries have always looked down upon each other: the Zhao people thought that the Yan people were bumpkin, and the story of "Learning to Walk in Handan" was used by the Zhao people to make fun of the Yan people for being stupid. of.

In history, the State of Yan took advantage of the great loss of Zhao's national power after the Changping Battle, so it added insult to injury and sent troops to attack Zhao, but was defeated by Lian Po and a group of child soldiers. The State of Zhao also gritted its teeth. Anyway, you were the one who made the move first, so you cut off the flesh of the State of Yan to heal the wounds. As a result, for decades, the two countries continued to be at odds.

Until the eve of their demise, Yan and Zhao did cooperate for a period of time. After the two countries fell, the heroes of Yan and Zhao cherished each other for a time.

But now, with the collapse of the Qin Dynasty's local rule, the forces of Yan and Zhao have become hostile to each other again.

Although Kuai Che made a plan for Zhao State: "Conquer Dahe in the south, Taihang in the west, swallow Yan and Dai in the north", he forgot that Zang Tu and Han Guang, two Yan people, had no intention of becoming Zhao State's ministers!

"Han Guang suggested that our two families should just let Zhao Jun and Qin officials waste time in Jicheng and turn around. I would take Liaoxi and Liaodong, and he would take Dai County. He also said..."

Zang Tu said excitedly: "Afterwards, we recognized each other as king and formed an alliance to deal with Zhao!"

This is an imitation of the kings of the Five Kingdoms. More than a hundred years ago, under the mediation of Gongsun Yan, Wei, Han, Zhao, Yan and Zhongshan formed an alliance, and the kings of each country were crowned kings to fight against Qin, Qi, Chu and other great countries.

"Han Guang wants to claim the title of acting king, but I..."

Zang Tu pointed his thumb at himself: "That's King Yan!"

Speaking of which, the other princes all supported the royal family, but only the Yan Kingdom was hated by Qin Shihuang because of Prince Dan's assassination of Qin. Therefore, almost all the Yan clan were killed or moved by the Qin army when Liaodong fell. It's hard to find a King of Yan to help out.

Zang Tu was very proud: "Han Guang is also a Yan, and the Yan clan has been in decline for a long time. In this case, it is better for me to establish myself as the king of Yan, and the Yan Dynasty is a country of brothers. Living in Yongsai shows my sincerity in forming an alliance..."

Luan Bu thought to himself: "If a branch named Ji becomes the king of Yan, and Han Guang was once a minister of Yan, the situation will be a bit embarrassing. In addition, if General Zang calls himself the king of Yan, he will be hated by Zhao. Once Yan and Zhao start fighting, how can Han Guang Can't we just replace Yanmen calmly and just sit back and watch my two families fight?"

Luan Bu thought so in his heart, but seeing that Zang Tu seemed to have decided on this matter, he didn't say it rashly, which dampened his interest. Becoming king could not happen overnight anyway, so he just had to think of ways to dissuade him.

So when Luan Bu asked Zang Tu if anything happened to Yuyang and You Beiping when he left, Luan Bu told him two pieces of bad news.

"At the beginning of spring, King Donghu led his troops to leave Chishan (Chifeng, Inner Mongolia), attack southward, capture Pinggang (Ningcheng, Liaoning) in Youbeiping, and surround Baitan (Luanping, Hebei) in Yuyang County. They burned, killed, looted, and captured More than a thousand people left..."

Zang Tu frowned immediately, Donghu was an old neighbor of the Yan State. During the reign of King Yan Zhao, Qin Kai was a general and defeated Donghu. Only then did the Yan State seize the land north of Yanshan Mountain and thousands of miles east of Liaodong.

But the strength of Donghu is still there. After decades of recuperation and recuperation, with Chishan as the center, they also recruited the tribes that fled eastward after the Xiongnu was defeated by Qin, and began to regain their strength. Now they are a powerful tribe with tens of thousands of string control people. Divide the east and west of the grassland with the Xiongnu.

In recent years, as Donghu border disturbances became more and more frequent, the Qin Dynasty increased the number of garrison soldiers in Yuyang and other places, and connected the Yanzhao Great Wall...

Now that the Yuyang garrison has rebelled and the Great Wall of Yan is empty, Donghu can march straight in and plunder the areas east of Liaoning, west of Liaoning and north of Yanshan Mountain! When Hu Qi passed by, the farmland was trampled, the houses were reduced to scorched earth, and the people's ten houses were empty!

As the largest force in the Yan region, Zang Tu only felt that this was a trouble and said:

"The coming and going of Donghu is like the wind. When our army goes out, it leaves, and when our army retreats, it returns. We must guard the Great Wall with a large number of troops. But I want to fight for the whole Yan territory. How can I have extra troops to deal with Donghu?"

"Let's do this." Zang Tu thought about it and came up with an idea.

"Yuyang and Youbeiping are just a few counties north of Yanshan Mountain. They are far away and the people want to be invaded. Instead of spending all the troops to protect them, it is better to move all the people in the north of the mountain to the vicinity of the county. As for the north of Yanshan Mountain, we can't do it for the time being. Give up, without people, there will only be some wasteland left, even if you let King Donghu have it!"

This involved three or four counties with tens of thousands of people. Luan Bu felt a little unsure:

"What if the people in the north of the mountain don't want to move?"

Zang Tu glared: "If you want to move, you can move. If you can't move, they are seeking their own death. Don't worry about it. These traitors who don't know what is good and evil, just let the barbarians ignore them and become slaves... The second thing you want to say What about two things?"

Luan Bu felt something was wrong, but he just sighed and said: "One more thing, our army has captured the Jieshi. There are merchants from Jiaodong who came to trade Jieshi. They came to Yuyang and told me that there is news that, Young Master Fusu has appeared in Haidong!"

"Master Fusu?"

Zang Tu was shocked. A few years ago, when the Qin army passed by Yuyang during the expedition to Haidong, he was also watching from the side of the road. From a distance, he saw the heroic young master Fusu, who was driven by four white horses and stood on the car: "According to rumors, Isn’t he dead?”

Luan Xu said: "People in the world may think that they are dead or not. They don't know whether it is true or not, but one thing is certain..."

"'Gongzi Fusu' has returned to Xiangping with thousands of Haidong garrison soldiers in winter. Now he has controlled the entire county of Liaodong and wants to march to western Liaoning!"

Luan Bu spoke earnestly: "General Zang, in addition to Zhao Guo and Dong Hu, we may have another enemy. It would be unwise to rashly claim the title of King of Yan at this time!"

…

ps: Chapter 2 is at night.