Chapter 671 The old guys who bully too much

In the third year of Zhang Zhou and Shaoming, 948 AD, on the third day of the third month, Zhang Liu built a general in Chang'an Prefecture, Jingzhao, and appointed Duke of Cai Yin Zhengqi as the chief manager of the army camp in the attack on Shu.

He mobilized his personal army to the right Yulin Guard, the left Jinwu Guard, the left Longxiang Guard, and the right Shenwei Guard and the right Shenwei Guard.

The imperial guards Xiongwu, Changguo, Xingqing, Yong'an, Zhaoyi and other five towns.

At the same time, the left-wing guards of the guard station in Chang'an were dispatched, with 2,500 guards in the central two guards and 3,000 guards in Tianshui guards.

In addition, 5,000 soldiers of the three societies were recruited to inspect the teeth, Wu Ju Dutou, Qi Ji, bow and arrow, gun and stick.

A total of 37,500 people were recruited, and more than 30,000 civilians in Guanzhong were recruited, claiming to be a 150,000 army. It was obvious that the chariots and horses were about to start attacking Shu.

However, the momentum was created, but Zhang Liu did not let the army start to act immediately.

It was not until the third day, the sixth day of the third month, when Lu Yan, a member of the Secretariat, recruited 5,000 oxen from Hubei Province, Shandong Province and Zhili to Guanzhong. Zhang Liu ordered the army to train together for half a month before he began to attack Shu.

March is the key season for spring plowing. Without these oxen to fill the labor gap of 30,000 to 40,000 people recruited in Guanzhong, the grain harvest in Guanzhong will definitely be a bad harvest this year.

So, Zhang Liu immediately gave up the Secretary of the Secretariat Lu Yan as the inspector of Guanzhong Province, and was appointed as the ward of the Guanzhong Department of the Ministry of Revenue, and was appointed as the Left Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, so that he could fully be responsible for the arrangements for plowing oxes.

With good policies, it is necessary to implement them with effective personnel. Otherwise, there would probably be only a small number of these oxen, and they could reach the hands of the people who need them the most.

And this is not about giving the ox to the people, but about renting them, but the price is very low.

This is a problem. Most people will not cherish this public thing so much when using it.

Although the plowing ox is strong, it is actually a bit delicate and requires careful care to go to the field to do heavy work.

Without anyone to supervise, those lawless guys below probably dare to exhaust the plowing ox and eat meat.

As for what is hidden and reported to be lost, or forming a gang of thieves to steal, steal and kill ox rented by others, there are definitely people who can do it, and the number of people will not be too small.

Zhang Liu thought about it and left a camp in Hanhai Town beside him to Lu Yan.

As a symbol of Zhang Zhou's military power, the soldiers and generals of the former Hanhai Town basically became personal soldiers, but the name Hanhai Town was still preserved and was called the leader of the imperial guards.

Yan Jin, in accordance with Zhang Liu's request, asked two of the four camps of Hanhai Town, which guarded Taiyuan to Guanzhong. Zhang Liu was originally planning to ask Hanhai Town to escort him to Hexi.

Because Zhang Liu's regret is that among the three thousand people in the Shandu, at least two thousand people must participate in the battle against Shu.

Now Zhang Lu considered that Lu Yan was just a new arrival and probably could not suppress the local tyrants in Guanzhong who regarded himself as a hero, so he simply left a camp in Hanhai Town to Lu Yan.

Lu Yan was 100% loyal to Zhang Liu. He, a remnant of Hedong, came to Zhang Liu. Not only did Zhang Liu not dislike his background, but instead entrusted him with important tasks.

So he also took the initiative. As soon as Hanhai Town got it, Lu Yan immediately took the few eye-openers of Jingzhao Chang'an Prefecture to be a typical example.

To talk about these guys, they are really brave. They are absolutely not just talking about it.

Five thousand plowing oxen arrived. Because they were afraid of not being able to adapt to the environment, they had to keep the cattle for a while and asked the veterinarian to ask for medicine.

So these little officials colluded and went to various places to buy sick cattle at low prices, and then exchanged them with the strong plowing cattle they transported, and exchanged them with the prince to replace them with the prince.

I, Saint Zhang, was so angry that he smoked his orifices. Before he could leave, someone was paying attention to the ox. With Zhang Liu's temperament, he immediately wanted to chop them up with a knife.

Unfortunately, according to the criminal law of the Great Zhou Dynasty, their corruption is not enough to be beheaded.

Just when Zhang Liu had no choice, Lu Yan appeared and immediately found the legal provisions for the execution of these minor officials.

It turns out that although corruption is not enough to commit suicide, it is okay to steal oxen!

Stealing oxen stolen and plowing oxen were a death sentence in all dynasties. Even in the late Qing Dynasty, there were cases where cow thieves were shackled and sunk to death in front of the county government office. Not to mention that a sick cow transported by these people had already died of illness.

Lu Yan quickly wrote to the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple on the name of the provincial inspector on the grounds that he stole the plowing ox and caused the death of the cattle, and directly wrote to the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple, and suggested that the sentence beheading and execution be executed.

With Zhang Liu in Guanzhong, the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple of the Tokyo court immediately wrote a petty horse and agreed not to wait for the autumn to sentence directly.

Among the few minor officials who committed the crime, some came from the Song family in Shazhou and had some relationships with Zhang Liu.

Lu Yan sentenced them to death without hesitation, and finally shocked other people who were ill-hearted and showed his true nature to be difficult to mess with.

Zhang Liu was very relieved because of this and finally didn't have to worry about the spring plowing in Guanzhong.

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On March 21, the Zhou army swore an oath in Chang'an.

The news that was spread was that Zhang Zhou mobilized the four guards of the Right Yu Lin Guard, the Left Jinwu Guard, the Left Longxiang Guard, the Right Shenwei Guard, the Four Towns of the Imperial Guard, as well as most of the Guards and recruited troops, a total of 120,000 troops were going south on Baoxi Road.

In terms of generals, General Yin Zhengqi set up a tent at the entrance of Xiegu, Ji County, and ordered the General of the Right Yulin Guard, Li Cunhui, Duke of Suguo, as the vanguard, and led 3,000 people to enter Baoxie Road first.

With the general of Changguo Town, Luo Yuer, the Hou of Yumen, as the marching Sima and the general of the central army, he led 10,000 people as the main force and advanced slowly.

The rest of He Fujin, Zhao Hui and Zhe Dejian led their troops to accompany them.

At the same time, he ordered Li Rong, the general of Zhaoyi Town, to lead the army to claim 10,000, and walked along the Tangluo Road to the south, and put on a stance to attack Xingyuan Mansion, the governor of Shannan West Road, Shu Kingdom.

Of course, he was indeed going to attack Xingyuan Prefecture, which is Hanzhong. However, in secret, Zhang Liu made other arrangements for Tianshui Prefecture.

The Tianshui Prefecture route was presided over by the general of Xiongwu Town, the chief of Tianshui Prefecture and the supervisor of Tianshui Prefecture. Zhe Jiashi, the general of Tianshui Prefecture, and the supervisor of Tianshui Prefecture, and transferred a total of 7,000 guards from Xiongwu Town and Tianshui Prefecture, claiming to be 20,000 troops on the Qishan Road and heading south along the Western Han River.

But in fact, Zhang Liu secretly ordered Gao Xingzhou to take charge of the matter, including the selection of elite troops from Yanshandu, Right Longxiangwei, Hanhai Town, Han Huzi, and Guanzhong heroes where Gongsun Nian are located.

In terms of generals, Zhang Zhou's new generation of generals arrived almost all.

Wu Xingde, Wang Quanbin, Wang Shenqi, Shi Converse, Yao Keqi, Pan Mei, Shi Yanchao, Han Tong, Huangfu Chong, Cao Bin and other dozens of powerful generals.

The people, led by Gao Huaide, who was invincible in the archery and horse, led the four thousand elite soldiers and generals to be selected. They were ready to give the Shu army a ruthless battle from Qishan Road.

In Shuzhong, Chengdu Prefecture, Meng Chang didn't even hold a grand ceremony this time. He just felt his cheeks burning, and his heart that was beating seemed to pop out of his mouth.

This is why he chose to summon only important officials and close ministers without convening a grand dynasty meeting, because he was afraid that outsiders would see his timid appearance, which made those who were interested had no idea.

Three years ago, he was deceived by Zhang Liu. In anger, he sent a large army to attack Guanzhong and once occupied Fengxiang Mansion and other places.

Meng Chang didn't have such a rapid heartbeat at that time because he didn't quite understand the meaning of the word "soldiers and wars".

It was not until Zhang Qianzhao was defeated and An Siqian died in battle, Gao Yanqi was captured, and the three armies were more than 50,000, but Sun Hanshao led more than 10,000 people to escape successfully. After the Zhou army was in a state of direct entry into Shu, Meng Chang realized it.

War is not as heroic and romantic as he thought, it is a big deal that will be fatal at any time.

So at this time, Zhang Qianzhao commanded the Zhaowu army in Lizhou (Guangyuan), Sun Hanshao was in Xingyuan Prefecture, and Gao Yanqi was in the Ningjiang Army in Kuizhou. It looked as solid as a rock, but Meng Chang still felt unsafe.

At this time, Zhao Jiliang, the important minister of Meng Shu, and general Zhang Gongduo had passed away. The popular people around Meng Chang were Prime Minister Wu Zhaoyi, Li Hao, Hanlin envoy Wang Zao, Tongxiu envoy Wang Zhaoyuan and others.

The military generals can take advantage of veterans Zhao Tingyin, Shi Bo, Li Tinggui, Han Baozheng, and Zhao Chongtao, the son of Zhao Tingyin.

Meng Chang summoned them all to the inner court and pretended to be calm and said, "I heard that Zhang Liu had already destroyed Nanping and Nanchu for the past month, and I knew that this man was very angry, but I didn't expect that he was so arrogant and attracted the attention of my Dashu.

Do you really think I am a mediocre person like Gao Baorong and Ma Xi'e, and my Dashu is a small country like Nanping and Nanchu with less than one million people?"

Meng Chang cursed angrily above, and the people below were all a little solemn.

In fact, what Meng Chang said was all nonsense, because now Nanping and Nanchu have been settled, and the Southern Tang Dynasty has been defeated. Qian Yue has been humble in the Central Plains since the founding king Qian Liu, and has always regarded himself as a minister of the Central Plains.

Looking at the countries below today, only Shu and the Han Kingdom in Lingnan are still calling themselves the emperor and have not surrendered.

And the Southern Han Dynasty is far away in Lingnan, is there any need to say the next goal? It must be to attack Shu!

But no one expected that Zhang Liu was so fast that he had only rested for less than a month and was about to attack.

The urgency of the mood exceeded everyone's expectations.

Everyone did not answer. Veteran Zhao Tingyin slowly looked around and saw that they were all Meng Chang's confidants, and then spoke.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Zhou Jun is known as 150,000, but most of them should be civil servants and so-called garrison troops. The real personal army and imperial guards are only about 30,000 at most.

With the geographical advantage of Shannan West Road and the ruler of the Le'an County Prince, Zhou Jun only had only 30,000, even if he had 150,000, it would not be possible to break the Baogukoukou in a short time."

The Prince of Le'an is Sun Hanshao, which was granted by Meng Chang after Sun Hanshao conquered Fengxiang Mansion last time.

Although Fengxiang Mansion was later lost, Sun Hanshao not only escaped unscrupulously, but also brought back four or five thousand Zhang Qianzhao's people, which was to save some face for Shu Kingdom. Therefore, Meng Chang did not take away Sun Hanshao's title of prince.

Meng Chang nodded. If anyone in Shu Kingdom can make him feel at ease the most, it is undoubtedly Sun Hanshao. This person can currently be called the number one general in Shu Kingdom.

And Sun Hanshao and Meng Chang thought of Zhang Qianzhao again and couldn't help but frown.

Last time Zhang Qianzhao entered Guanzhong, he could be said to have a big eye. The 30,000 army was beaten by more than 10,000 Zhou's army, and the last one who successfully returned was only three or four thousand.

And if Sun Hanshao hadn't been guided, the entire army would have been wiped out.

When Wang Zhaoyuan, who was in the left hand of Meng Chang, frowned, he knew what the emperor of Shu was worried about.

Wang Zhaoyuan was originally an orphan, but later became a boy who was a monk in Luoyang.

Zhixin later entered Sichuan and won Meng Zhixiang's favor, so he often went to and from the palace, and Wang Zhaoyuan naturally accompanied him often.

In this life, he was fair and handsome, smart and intelligent. He was attracted by Meng Zhixiang and chose Meng Chang, who was also a child at the time, as a accompanying student. From then on, Wang Zhaoyuan followed Meng Chang and served as a roller blind envoy, a commemorative commissar, etc.

It can be seen from these official positions that this is an official position that only those close to Meng Chang can obtain. The relationship is similar to the Ming Emperor Wuzong and Liu Jin, Emperor Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian.

The two have been with each other for almost twenty years and have been in harmony with each other for a long time. Wang Zhaoyuan spoke at this small dynasty meeting.

"In addition to Xingyuan Prefecture, Lizhou is also a key place. After the defeat of Guanzhong, the Secretary of the Central Committee has become increasingly depressed. Can he still bear the heavy responsibility?"

Zhang Qianzhao must not be said to be an incompetent person, on the contrary, he is a powerful general.

In his early years, he was a dentist in the Hedong Army and during the reign of Li Cunxu, he was a sensational cavalry. These were all things that only a brave general could do. Zhang Qianzhao was also very powerful and repeatedly defeated the enemy under Li Cunxu.

You should know that many famous generals from Hedong Dynasty were born at that time, and their opponent Zhu Liang was not a soft persimmon. Anyone who could leave his name at that time would have two tricks.

After Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan seized the throne, he also knew Zhang Qianzhao's bravery and promoted it many times, so Zhang Qianzhao has since become extremely loyal to Li Siyuan.

After Li Congke seized the throne, Zhang Qianzhao was dissatisfied and surrendered to Meng Zhixiang with Shannan West Road (Hanzhong).
To be continued...