Taiyuan County.
School military field.
Yan Rou roared angrily, grabbed a pitiful soldier and shook it, and almost shook his head down.
The soldier was dejected and was pulled in by Yan Rou and did not dare to resist at all.
『I told you, I told you!』 Yan Rou yelled, 『When encountering most of the Cao army, he would defend the city to the death! Why did he violate my orders? Why?! Why did he leave the city? Why?!
The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and he wanted to order the soldier to behead him.
The soldier was so scared that he was lost and collapsed to the ground with a soft body.
Seeing him like this, Yan Rou was even more angry. He roared and shouted loudly to his subordinates to push the soldier out.
Seeing his angry look, the rest of the military academy in the school were afraid to speak out. Only Cui Jun coughed and persuaded him: "Prince Yan, please calm down... Although this soldier was also wrong, he still broke through without considering life and death to report... Although he did not say that his military achievements were outstanding, he was also very courageous... so let him go!"
Once Shexian is lost, Taiyuan may face threats from Cao's army immediately.
Although the North Road of Fukou Xing is not that easy to walk, the problem is that no one can ensure that Cao's army was unable to think about it and abandoned Shangdang Huguan and directly attacked Jinyang, Taiyuan?
In Taiyuan counties, the Cui family has been deeply engaged for many years, so naturally they are unwilling to be destroyed by military disasters.
Yan Zhi of Shexian was Yan Rou's consul. In terms of emotion and reason, Cui Jun wanted to appease him.
Yan Rou gasped for a few breaths, and he naturally knew that it was wrong to take his anger on the soldiers who reported the news. So he came down the steps and bowed and said, "Just follow the envoy's orders and spare that guy!"
Cui Jun waved his hand and frowned at the Taiyuan County map hanging in the school hall.
Cui Jun originally thought that Taiyuan was in Taihang Mountains, safe and stable, but he didn't expect that the soldiers would arrive in front of him in a blink of an eye!
Shexian is an important node in Fukou Xing. When Cao's army obtained Shexian, it was equivalent to obtaining a relatively stable transit station. The next step for Cao's army to attack is a matter of time.
"I thought that this She County could withstand at least a year or two..." Cui Jun shook his head and sighed, "I didn't expect... I didn't expect that this County Magistrate She was afraid of death... Yan Duwei, I had not asked you to send someone to rescue me before... Ling my brother died, and I was also very sad..."
Before, Yan Zhi sent someone to Taiyuan for help, but now...
Yan Rou lowered her head and didn't speak.
Cui Jun turned to look at Yan Rou and whispered to comfort him, "The deceased is gone, and Yan Duwei still has to put his duties first. Now Cao's bandits are about to attack, and the life and death of the people in Taiyuan are all subject to the Duwei!"
Although Cui Jun felt that it was nothing wrong to refuse to send reinforcements, but if someone died, he would die. Cui Jun came to the school grounds specifically because he wanted to show some attitude. Otherwise, if Yan Rou really got upset and lost at the critical moment, wouldn’t everyone finish playing together?
"Why didn't Shangdang send reinforcements?" Yan Rou asked.
Cui Jun sighed, "Maybe Shangdang is also the urgent need of Cao's army, so there is no time to withdraw... I heard that Shangdang's commander Zhang was stabbed and seriously injured? Yan's commander must be cautious now and strictly prevent Cao's army from taking despicable measures..."
Shexian is like a three-way road, from the north to Taiyuan and from Shangdang to the south.
Geographically, the north road of Shexian looks straight, but in fact it is difficult to walk. Although the straight-line distance of Shexian is closer to Taiyuan, it is under the jurisdiction of Shangdang. This is because the southern road of Shangdang was first in history, and then the northern road was later. Moreover, since there were people traveling between the southern road since the early Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the southern road would be easier to walk.
The two of them were silent again.
After a moment, Yan Rou grinded her teeth and said, "He thought Cao's army could stand and protect him?! Idiot! Idiot! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Cui Jun raised his eyes and looked at Yan Rou.
According to Yan Rou's words, he firmly believed that Cao's army would be defeated and the cavalry would win?
Are you so confident?
Or pretended in front of me?
Although Cui Jun is considered a descendant of officials, he has not always been smooth sailing, so he is almost a mental model that is engraved in his bones. This is also the instinct of almost all the children of the gentry in the Han Dynasty. They started to be sensible and instilled in the concept since childhood was a large family and a prosperous family, just like the line of words in the elementary school classroom in later generations, chanting every day and every year...
Of course, later some people were afraid that ordinary people would care about their family every year, so they wanted to hang them on street lights, so they were not allowed to read them.
In this environment, Cui Jun's first goal is himself, then his family, and then he is the cavalry or others. Even loyal to the cavalry is because the cavalry can bring the greatest benefits to him and his family.
Yan Rou obviously has different thinking patterns from Cui Jun.
This is also natural, because everyone has different thinking patterns and it is impossible for each class to communicate with each other.
Yan Rou was originally in Youbei and experienced the pain of the border since she was a child, so she naturally had an additional favorable bonus for the powerful cavalry outside...
This kind of disintegration in thinking is not only found in Taiyuan, but is even widely present in the Han Dynasty.
Everyone has their own ideas, and they may not always be consistent with the cavalry. At some point, there may be people who are going against the current...
Cui Jun frowned and said, "Emperor Yan Dushi, Cao's army has already arrived in Shexian County, and may attack Taiyuan. It's better to prepare more military defense for the sake of..."
Yan Rou sneered: "I hope the Cao army will dare to come! But... I guess, the Cao army will probably go south to attack Shangdang, at most it will be a feint to attack Taiyuan... It is better to attack and defeat it while the Cao army is not yet stable!"
Cui Jun still frowned and said, "If Cao's army could guess what Yan Duwei thought and set up an ambush on purpose?"
"This..." Yan Rou was silent for a while, then gritted her teeth and smiled, "Then let's catch a naive mouth and come back and ask!"
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...
The sun sets slanted from behind the mountain, as if it doesn't want to see humans kill each other.
In a valley where the sun could no longer shine, there were screams coming, but it was a scout sent by Yan Rou who was torturing a captured Cao soldiers and prisoners.
The Cao army marched along the river, so the whereabouts were actually fixed. When the Cao army stopped to make fire and make meals, Yan Rou's scout attacked several Cao army soldiers who came out to carry water and cook, and killed two Cao army wandering posts who heard the movement. Finally, he captured a Cao army auxiliary and the injured Cao army wandering posts. He quickly flashed into the mountains and forests, making the Cao army who arrived later unable to pursue them.
The first question was the auxiliary soldiers of Cao's army. Unfortunately, the auxiliary soldiers of Cao's army basically didn't know anything. They were so scared that they trembled all over and asked them all, and they were directly chopped with one knife. Then they asked the injured Cao's army's ward. The Cao's ward was much tougher and didn't say a word.
The scout of the team leader was not angry but happy.
What he feared most was that he was a waste, or like the auxiliary soldier, he didn't know anything, and it was a waste of time to ask. What he said like Cao Jun's whistle and refused to say, which means that he must have known something when he caught the right person, so he refused to say...
Of course, there are only local methods for in-field punishment.
Any ants or mice are all troublesome, and they also need to cooperate with insects and mice. If you can’t find mosquitoes and mice for a long time, will it be possible to stay in the wild? Staying for a while is the risk of staying for a while.
So Yan Rou's scout captain tied Cao Jun's whistle to a tree, and slowly picked out the muscles and bones of his body with a sharp knife.
The scream of Cao's whistle was extremely tragic. The newly recruited soldiers among the Taiyuan scouts who came with him all looked pale when they looked around.
Some of Yan Rou's veterans were more or less carrying some habits on the grassland.
The same is true for this scout captain.
Yan Rou sent scouts, and of course Cao's army also sent scouts.
Before arresting Cao's army, Yan Rou's scout had already met Cao's scout, but before he could ask anything, Cao's scout was seriously injured and died. So the captain of Yan Rou also dug down the scout's scout with the scout, saying that he would take it back for spoils...
It is obvious that most people can't bear his unique hobby. When he put his skull on Cao Junyou's head, as if he was about to dig it into a pair, Cao Junyou's wedding finally couldn't hold on anymore and vomited everything he knew.
After receiving the news, Yan Rou's scout came back in a hurry and reported it to Yan Rou.
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Jinyang Prefecture Lobby.
"Cao army was stationed in Shexian County! Did not march into the north road!" Yan Rou said to Cui Jun in a deep voice, "This is very obvious! It seems that Cao's army is really ready to attack the north and south first and take Shangdang!"
Cui Jun frowned and said nothing.
"Encourt! We must send troops to rescue Shangdang!" Yan Rou said loudly, "Shexian was in danger before and did not send troops. Now if Shangdang is captured by Cao's army again, Taiyuan will be dangerous!"
Cui Jun frowned because he still had doubts in his heart.
Why did Cao's army fight to the death in Taihang Mountains?
The terrain of Shangdang in Taiyuan is indeed very important, but isn’t Guanzhong more important? First, the troops advanced to Shangdang, and now they have been captured by Shexian. Is it said that the Shangdang area in Taiyuan attracts Shandong people like this? The feng shui here is particularly good?
There are soldiers in Taiyuan, but not many. Some of Cui Jun's subordinates had about 2,000 infantrymen, who were survived from the Xihe area back then, while the rest of the troops were in Yan Rou's hands and belonged to the cavalry.
Of course, it is not that Cui Jun does not belong to the Cavalry. However, when the Cavalry was not the Cavalry, Cui Jun was in Xihe and also provided some assistance to Fei Qian. At that time, Cui Jun already had soldiers, which was considered a historical problem.
『In my opinion, I should not act without action.』 Cui Jun said in a deep voice, 『Although the number of vanguards of the Cao army is not large, there is no accurate information in the rear of the Cao army! If the Cao army is just a bait, and the test is done briefly? If the Yan Duwei is not very surrendered, the Cao army will see that there are few soldiers in Taiyuan, and if we are in large numbers, we will be able to deal with the Cao army at that time? Therefore, we should not act without action without action!』
"Encourt!" Yan Rou said loudly, "The Shangdang of Taiyuan depends on each other! How can he sit and watch!"
"You also know that lips and teeth depend on each other! Cao Jun might have thought so!" Cui Jun also said angrily, "If Shexian is lost, the situation can be restored. If Jinyang is trapped, the gateway to the north is open! Even if Shangdang is rescued, he will still be unable to defend it!"
"Your envoy..." Yan Rou gritted her teeth and her eyes were slightly cold.
Cui Jun’s worries are not completely unreasonable. Shangdang is indeed very important, but is the only one that is important?
And the key issue is that Cui Jun is the magistrate of Taiyuan County, not the magistrate of Shangdang County!
If the cavalry said that Shangdang was a county under Taiyuan or a county governed by Taiyuan, and Shangdang wanted to pay tribute to Taiyuan, then Taiyuan naturally had a safeguarding position for Shangdang, but Taiyuan and Shangdang have always been separated.
Over the years, Jia Qu has been in Shangdang, and he can't respect Cui Jun very much. The relationship between the two is just an ordinary colleague, and even nodding. After all, one is in Taiyuan and the other is in Shangdang, and he has to meet and nod every time he nods, but how can he nod his head between two places?
In Shangdang, Huguan and Huguan Pass are mutually supportive. Even if the Cao army attacked from north to south, it may not be able to conquer it in a short time, but Taiyuan is different...
Taiyuan can be regarded as a major city, which is Jinyang.
Most of the Cui family's assets are of course in Jinyang.
To defend Taiyuan and Jinyang is Cui Jun's greatest loyalty to the cavalry. This is also in line with the interests of the Cui family itself. Therefore, it is no problem to let Cui Jun guard Jinyang, but to let Cui Jun agree to send troops out of Taiyuan to rescue Shangdang, why?
ha?
A big picture view?
These three words are easy to say, but not easy to do.
People have upper and lower limits. Some people have lower limits, so the upper limits are lower.
Cui Jun is like this. When he only thinks about his own acre of three-point land, he naturally cannot raise his head and look further away. However, if he is disloyal to the cavalry, it may not be necessary. In other words, Cui Jun's "loyalty" is only at a certain limit. Without that limit, there is no such thing as loyalty or disloyalty.
Yan Rou was in charge of Taiyuan's military, and the Cavalry also carried out reforms to the county system in Longxi, starting from the one-person responsibility system of county magistrates to separate military and political affairs. However, that was in Longxi, where the original political structure was unclear, and Jia Xu was willing to support the reform of the Cavalry.
Anywhere else...
Especially these counties and counties in the early days of the Cavalry, just like Taiyuan County, the old political structure did not change immediately.
This phenomenon is very common, especially in a country like China where there are larger regions and more counties. If the central government makes some policy changes, local counties always have problems with this or that, delay or distort, good policies have become evil measures, and there was no big evolution until the Ming and Qing Dynasties...
Cui Jun just wanted to ensure that he had a one-acre and three-point land. Without a clear transfer order, there would be no problem for him not to send troops to rescue Shangdang.
Cui Jun did not agree to send troops, so Yan Rou could only leave angrily, but Yan Rou couldn't help saying: "Envoy Cui! Rumors in the city a few days ago... Could it be that there is a bit of truth?"
Cui Jun suddenly changed color, "What rumors?! You are the commander of Taiyuan County, so you should know how to be careful in your words and actions!"
"Yes, be careful in words and actions," Yan Rou snorted, "But I don't know that not saving you when you die can be considered as being cautious in words and actions!"
After saying that, Yan Rou waved her hand and left the government hall lobby.
Not long after Yan Rou left, Cui Hou turned out from the back hall, "Brother! This person is too rude! Extremely rude! As if...
"What to do?!" Cui Jun said in a deep voice, "It's not because of you!"
"No! This...brother..." Cui Hou's eyes rolled around.
"After dealing with Yan Duwei, Cao's army is really at the city, who will stop it?" Cui Jun waited for Cui Hou and said, "Let you go? Or let me go? Before the war, is it the reason why I kill my own generals there?"
"Then you can't roar in the court!" Cui Hou still felt very unhappy.
Cui Jun suddenly smiled, "Roar? It's not certain that Yan Duwei Xin betrayed his relatives, and he felt sad and angry, and it was difficult to control himself for a while, which was reasonable... Do you know? Don't look at his rough appearance..."
『Brother…』 Choi Hou was slapped in Choi Jun’s eyes, and hesitated for a while, and then said, 『Then you can’t let it go… nonsense…』
"Do you think he's talking nonsense?" Cui Jun suddenly smiled, "That's you... Forget it, you weren't smart at first... He is testing Yu!"
"Test? Why?" Cui Hou couldn't figure it out and couldn't help asking.
Cui Jun stroked his beard, "Why did Wei Yan not mention the rumors in the city when I went to the school last time? I really thought he had only learned about it in the past two days? If he really wanted to turn against someone, wouldn't it be safer to be in the school? At least in the school, most of them were under Wei Yan... So it was not to have to be evil with someone, but to be careful... Don't look at people by their appearance. Although Wei Yan has some customs in the Mobei Hu people, his thoughts... cannot be better than you three points of delicateness..."
"School... What's the difference?" Cui Hou still didn't understand very well. Of course, it might be unwilling to admit that Yan Rou, a guy who looks big and thick, and has a strong fishy smell, is even more agile than Cui Hou himself.
Cui Jun glanced at Cui Hou and was a little helpless.
"Yan Duwei was in the school, but he played a good show in front of someone! On the surface, it seemed very vulgar, but in fact... this is the lobby of the government office!" Cui Jun pointed, "There are all my people around here... If he really wants to do something... he wouldn't choose here! He also knows what he said here and will not spread it... If it really spreads it, it means that I can't even control the lobby of the government office! Maybe he will really take action! If a dignified county magistrate cannot even control the area of ​​the government office, how can he control the land of a county?! Do you know?!"
『Ah…』 Cui Hou shook the fat on her cheeks, 『So that’s it…』
"What's that? You haven't understood it yet?" Cui Jun couldn't help but walk in front of Cui Hou and patted Cui Hou's head, "Yan Duwei said it to me, and even more to you! The Cui family will be lucky or a disaster in the future, and they may all fall into your hands!"
Cui Hou was stunned for a while, "Why? Why did you say it was for me?"
Chapter completed!