Three Kingdoms

Under Puzi City.

Puzi County is located at the junction of high loess slopes and plains. There are many cattail grasses outside Puzi City, which can be found all over the mountains and plains. They even grow in some fold areas, but the city is not named after cattail grass.

According to legend, there was an ancient sage here who served as the master of Yao and Shun and taught many things. Ancient books record that this ancient sage wore a rough coat made of cattail all year round, so people called him Puyi, or Puyizi. The place where this ancient sage lived in seclusion was called Puzi land.

Later, Chong'er also came here, stationed troops and gathered the population. Later, Confucius also came here, opening a forum and giving lectures with a large number of listeners.

It was once a prosperous large county town, but now it looks dilapidated and decayed. Even the yellow land outside the city covered with cattail grass has finally revealed mottled ravines under the erosion of wind and rain, like the faces of an old man. wrinkles.

Puzi County is no longer in the political and economic Sanjin zone like it was during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Instead, it has gradually moved away from affluence over the course of history and has become a marginal county that no longer attracts people's attention.

But the city walls made of solid loess and the gray-black bricks and tiles still retained his own deep dignity.

Fei Qian handed in the letter from Wang Yi, the governor of Hedong County, and was quickly invited to the county government office to meet the magistrate and county captain of Puzi County.

The county magistrate Chen Rui, whose courtesy name was Daoyuan, was from Yingchuan, and should belong to a branch of the Chen family. The county captain Zhang Lie, whose courtesy name was Shucheng, was from Fenyang and was considered a local person in Bingzhou.

For the sake of safety, Fei Qian did not identify himself when he first delivered Wang Yi's letter. He only came in the name of an envoy. After meeting in person and confirming that there were no other variables, he truly identified himself.

Chen Rui and Zhang Lie met Fei Qian again and invited Fei Qian to sit at the top, but Fei Qian refused. After all, now is not the time to show off. The position is not the most important issue at the moment, but as soon as possible. Obtain soldiers to solve the problem of the White Wave Army.

Puzi County is affiliated to Hedong County, and this kind of lease between counties is a violation of the court's system. It is a mutual grant in private. The court will not recognize it, and naturally it will definitely not support it. All The binding force of the treaty can only be observed by each county governor...

In other words, it is a private loan that is not protected by law, and there is no IOU written, it is purely a verbal agreement.

Therefore, Fei Qian was worried whether Wang Yi would hand over the governance of Puzi County to Fei Qian without reservation, happily and selflessly in accordance with the terms agreed upon at that time. After all, when Wang Yi wrote the letter, Bai Bo The army had already set off south, and Wang Yi himself was in a hurry to rush to Xiangling to take charge, so the letter was written in a hurry, sealed and sealed. Fei Qian didn't know what Wang Yi wrote in the letter.

Because I can’t open the letter.

The paper in the Han Dynasty was very fragile and would have creases after being easily folded. What's more, even if you can avoid the fire paint and take out the letter, what would happen? Feiqian doesn't always have a professional with super high imitation skills who can take out a carrot and engrave it anytime and anywhere.

If it is an ordinary official document, it can be faked to some extent because it has a fixed style, but the handwriting and wording in a letter like this must be difficult to imitate.

Moreover, Fei Qian and Wang Yi are more or less friendly forces and allies. The act of pretending and deceiving is justifiable when used on the enemy, but if used on friendly forces, if something goes wrong, the reputation will not be good...

After the greetings, because the situation was urgent, Fei Qian didn't go around too much and got down to the topic.

"Wang Shijun, did you explain that Pu County is temporarily on loan to Shangjun?" Fei Qian confirmed first. After all, this is the most important thing. As long as he explains this matter, he has the reason to mobilize the soldiers and horses of Puzi County. Otherwise, he will not be named. If the words are not correct, it is impossible to mobilize soldiers and horses.

Chen Rui hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said, "It's true."

Fei Qian felt relieved, gave Wang Yi a thumbs up, and then said, "How many troops are there in the city today?"

Naturally, the county lieutenant who was responsible for the defense of the city and the suppression of surrounding bandits was more aware of the situation involving the forces in the city. Therefore, Zhang Lie responded at Chen Rui's suggestion: "There are currently 250 swordsmen and shieldmen in the city, and 700 spearmen." There are 150 archers, 50 cavalry, 1800 auxiliary troops, and 400 corvées."

"Deploy fifty cavalry, one hundred sword and shield bearers, five hundred spearmen, one hundred archers, and eight hundred heavy troops, and prepare the materials together. When can we prepare them all?"

Zhang Lie was stunned for a moment, and then said: "The materials are all available in the public treasury, and they can be prepared in just one day..." Zhang Lie finished his sentence, but he glanced at Puzi County Magistrate Chen Rui.

Chen Rui cupped his hands and asked, "I wonder if Fei Shijun has a royal scepter, or... Yiwen?"

In the Han Dynasty, troops could only be mobilized with tiger talismans. Later, due to land issues, peasant uprisings continued to occur frequently. In particular, the Hu people in the border areas also rebelled against the border many times. It was too slow to obtain tiger talismans from the central government. Therefore, the local government gradually The scepters of Xing Prefect, Zhou Mu and Zhou Governor were also often used as tokens to mobilize troops.

But after all, there is only one scepter and it cannot be broken into several pieces for use, so there is a transfer message with a seal, and small-scale troop movements can also be carried out. However, this kind of transfer is only valid within this county. That is to say, only the seal transfer of Wangyi Hedong County Governor can mobilize the troops in Hedong County. When it goes to other counties, or from other counties like Feiqian, Transferring text is of no use.

The question is where did Fei Qian get the transferred text?

Fei Qian suddenly realized a problem, but judging from the current situation, although Wang Yi had explained the matter of temporarily borrowing Puzi County, he either did not explain it clearly or had reservations. Anyway, it was not as Fei Qian thought. Just like that, I have made it clear that from now on, I can handle Pu County affairs with full authority...

"What does Wang Shijun say in his letter?" This was a bit troublesome, Fei Qian frowned.

"I dare not hide anything from Fei Shijun," Chen Rui smiled bitterly and said, "The prince only said that after Baibo is settled, he will provide Fei Shijun with two years of money and food, and nothing else..."

Fei Qian heard this and was immediately furious.

Only two years of money and food...

The special target was only after the White Wave Army was defeated...

This Wang Yi is really real!

Not willing to suffer at all!

Perhaps Fei Qian seemed a little greedy at the time and his demands were a bit like taking advantage of others. Therefore, although Wang Yi finally agreed to temporarily lend the Puzi County seat to Fei Qian for two years, he only followed the agreement at the time and did not leave any money. Tell Fei Qian what loopholes he can exploit.

But this is completely far from all Fei Qian’s expectations!

Now Fei Qian needs to mobilize troops to attack Yong'an City. Why wait for the Baibo Army to pacify and only have two years of money? This kind of afterthought is of no use to Fei Qian now!

To complete his strategic layout, he must borrow troops to capture Yong'an County, but now Wang Yi has not mentioned the transfer of military power at all.

What to do now?

Fei Qian actually had a headache for a moment...

The messenger in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is an extremely terrifying job.

Whether he is dead or alive, most of the messengers themselves are confused...

Chapter 63

It was reported that he was sent by General Zhang... Yan Yan was furious and scolded: "How dare a common man be rude!..." He called the warriors to cut off the soldiers' ears and noses, but put them back... He flew his fingers and said with hatred: "If you hold it, You old man, I will eat your flesh myself!"

If they disagree with each other, their ears and nose will be cut off.

ps: Zhang Fei talked about eating human flesh. It can be seen that it is a very common thing like scolding someone in later generations. Think about it if in later generations you scold someone and say you want to cut off and eat the other person's flesh... This... I think it's really scary. ah……

Chapter 79

Liu Feng read the book and was furious... so he tore the letter to pieces and beheaded his envoy.

He didn't even say a word, just moved his head.

Chapter 45 mentioned:

Suddenly it was reported that Cao Cao had sent an envoy to deliver a letter. Yu called in. When the envoy presented the book to be read... Yu was furious and stopped reading. He tore the book into pieces and threw it on the ground. He ordered the envoy to behead him... Then he beheaded the envoy and took his head back to the servant.

He didn't even read the letter and just moved his head.

Chapter 11

Cao Cao read a book and cursed... He ordered the envoy to be killed... Guo Jia admonished... Cao Cao followed his words and left the money to the envoy...

Move your head, or keep the reward money...

There is absolutely no accuracy...

So, those who hope to use their words to gain a head start also have to wait and see whether others will give them the opportunity...