Chapter 1238 Scattered
Around August 20, someone spread a rumor that the Liang army had already attacked near Jianye, which immediately caused a considerable degree of chaos.
On the 21st, a large group of scholars and people poured out of Jianye City.
They are actually not the first ones.
The first people who left Nandu natives who had no official positions went to the countryside manors in Danyang, Kuaiji and other places.
Then the Jiangdong scholars gathered in Jianye. They took their families and scattered to Danyang, Kuaiji, Wujun and other places.
The third group is the overseas Chinese and natives who resigned. These people are actually the fourth group and their movements are slow.
But this group of people is the largest, more than the first three groups combined. After all, the towns in Jiangbei were still there at that time, and the Liang people only crossed the river on a small scale without establishing a stable stronghold, and Jingzhou did not surrender. Many people were still lucky. But now it is different. Many news has begun to spread from the upper level to the lower level, and more and more people know it, and large-scale panic is inevitable.
And the bad effects of their escape were also very obvious——”
At that time, Wang Shu's priest, Wang Yanzhi, rushed to Dongfu City. "Father, the scholars and the people rushed to escape. Do you want to stop him? Before the Liang people sent troops, Jianye was like this.
What should I do?" Wang Yanzhi glanced at the office and saw that they were all trusted officials and assistants, so he said bluntly.
Wang Shu coughed violently and said, "There are so many people who escaped. There are bamboo fences on the outer wall of Jianye. How can I stop it?
Forget it, now that things have come to this point, don’t let them die with me.”
When Wang Yanzhi heard this, he felt as if his energy was removed and he fell to the ground in depressed state.
Military Chief Yu Fei sighed inwardly.
As Wang Shu said, they were all those who stayed and prepared to die, so why force others to die with them?
What's more, there are also their relatives among the escaped people, which is unnecessary, and it is really unnecessary.
At this point, Yu Fei was not even eager to make suggestions, so he wanted to spend his last period quietly, then drink wine, and leave quietly.
As for what will happen to the Yu family in Kuaiji in the future, he can't control it anymore. It's probably because his life can be saved, but he can't keep much of his family business.
After sitting for a while, Wang Yanzhi stood up in a daze and left the yamen office.
The sun was shining outside, but he couldn't feel the slightest warmth.
On the street, two ox carts collided with each other and the goods were scattered all over the ground. However, from the driver to the owner, there was no intention to get entangled. After saying a few words, they left each one.
The crowd was very dense, one after another. Wang Yanzhi never knew that there were so many people in Jianye, but they all looked frightened and looked hurried.
It’s not that no one took the opportunity to make trouble. However, my father recruited five thousand new soldiers who had been trained for several months, and perhaps he could not fight, but it was no problem to deal with these thieves. Fortunately, there are still officers who lead the team to maintain order and suppress the rebellious people.
The thieves did not give up. They hid in the abandoned house, rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find property. Every time they found a few pieces of cloth and a bag of rice, they were very happy.
The fleets on the river seemed to have evacuated one after another.
One major reason is to go back to the autumn harvest, and the bigger reason is that it is meaningless. What's the use of blocking the river surface? The upstream has collapsed across the entire line, and the Liang army easily crossed the river, and their efforts in the downstream are destined to be in vain.
Wang Yanzhi walked back home in a daze, looking at his mature and charming wife and his beautiful and charming daughter, he subconsciously stroked the hilt of the sword around his waist.
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As the building was about to come, Pu Jun unexpectedly won the battle.
The four families of Yu, Xu, Ge and Tao jointly captured the Guxian, Zhu and Shi families and fled in all directions.
In fact, a few months ago, the forces of these two families had almost collapsed. After all, the county is so big.
The old house is not as big as the county town, how many people can be stuffed? Anyway, the vassal Zhuangke team can only live outside and was defeated by the Jin army one by one.
The reason why the county town was only destroyed now is that Liu Chao and Zhao Yin no longer participated in the war.
There were more than 40,000 people in May and June, and only 30,000 last month were left, but now it is only 24,000 or 5,000. The morale is so low that no one comes to attack them. It would be fine if the Liang army attacks in large numbers, they have no chance of winning.
Liu Chao and Zhao Yin didn't even dare to lead the army out of the camp to move, for fear of running away half of the people halfway.
But being restricted in the camp may not be safe, because there are always times when you have to go out. Now, today, the group of people who went out to pick woodcuts ran away.
"Brothers, say goodbye." He looked at the burly man who was still burly and bowed, and said, "I'm going back to Qiantang, you'll make plans too."
‘What else are you planning? I’m back to Huaide.” Another man in leather armor took out a bag from under the ox cart, carefully checked the few cakes inside, and bowed with his fists and said, “There will be a date later.”
The burly man waved his hand and said, "Don't meet. You are an overseas Chinese, and I am a Wu. Maybe you will fight when you meet in the future."
"Why did you say this?"
The man smiled bitterly and said, "The Great Jin Dynasty was destroyed by the northern people. If the great tribes in Wu rebelled and took over the troops in the future, I might be unable to help myself. The Daliang Dynasty may trust you overseas Chinese more. Maybe one day they will be recruited and sent to Qiantang to suppress the rebellion. If they leave, they will never be able to do anything."
After saying that, he turned around and left, and there were seven or eight Ding Zhuang around him, who were obviously fellow villagers and were led by him.
The soldier sighed.
He had some opinions about the Wu people, but he had more or less a friendship when he fought together for so long, and it was really awful to meet again in the future.
After sighing, he also greeted eight or nine people, each carrying bags and leaving with weapons.
Before leaving, he turned his head and looked at the more than ten people standing there stupidly, and smiled and said, "I'm leaving the ox cart for you, so I'll do it myself."
The setting sun sets, making his figure grow old.
More than ten people stayed there looked at me and I looked at you, and sighed secretly why didn’t they prepare in advance?
The two groups of people who left successively had a lot of dry food hidden in their bags, which was enough for several days to eat, which obviously saved a little bit on weekdays.
As for whether the dry food for a few days is enough, I can’t control that much, so I’ll talk about it after I run away.
In fact, there are quite a few people who go out to collect grain from the countryside, but the whole group disappears collectively.
On August 23, hundreds of soldiers from the former left guard of the imperial guard chopped down the head of the master of Zhun and threw them into the wilderness. Then, with the cow carts and grain collected, they headed north and headed straight for Jianye.
What's more, as the autumn grains gradually mature, people keep sewing out the camp wall every day and disappearing into the vast night.
When you are hungry, you draw out your knife, go to the wild field to cut some millet and wheat, and come back to the rice, and then tinker with it casually, regardless of whether it is pricked or not. After eating it, you will continue to set off on your way.
The trend became more and more intense, and soon the military appearance and discipline were maintained intact. The Yutan troops were extremely scattered and looked like the end of the world was approaching.
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On the 25th, seeing that it was already in a clear and refreshing autumn, the Liang army, who had already been ready to go, divided into three groups and advanced towards Jianyou.
The Southern Route Army consisted of Xuancheng and the Xin'an Heroes who had recently united front, and the remnants of Shanyue, with more than 15,000 people, and headed straight to Ningguo.
The Northern Route Army was led by Tang Xiang, the leader of the Silver Spear Army. The core troops were only a few hundred. They recruited overseas Chinese in Wuhu, with more than ten thousand people. They marched along the south bank of the Yangtze River, attacked the lake, and went to Jianye.
The Central Army was the main force, led by Yang Qin himself.
The core is the silver spear that has crossed the river and the main force of the camp, plus hundreds of Qiang clans and a few Xianbei people who are about to become infantry, totaling more than 4,000.
The Ji family sent another 5,000 troops, so the total strength of this route was nearly 10,000, and the targets were Guangde, Great Wall, and Yangxian.
The main force of the Pu army was also against each other, and there were a large number of people. Now there may be more than 30,000 people. And the whole summer made them build relatively complete fortifications, and the camps were probably about to become cities. In theory, there would be hard battles.
But in fact, it may not be necessary to fight a war. Without morale, nothing will work. With the Jianye court's dispersed minds, the situation of the war may be beyond everyone's expectations.
Before leaving, Yang Qin ordered Sima Chong, who was transferred from Xin'an prefect Kagi, and a group of prisoners, to Jiangbei.
Jiangbei is probably going to start action too.
After a long siege, Xuyi finally couldn't hold on. The soldiers opened the city gate and surrendered, and Liu Zun committed suicide in despair.
Other cities outside Xuyi had long been attacked by Su Jun who went north and met with Beigong Chun, Huan Xuan and others.
In mid-August, the first Huangtou Army, who had been in Chen County for a long time, had 20,000 troops in the Fifth Battalion, and 6,000 people in the Heizhong Camp had already moved south and entered Shouchun. They were about to arrive in Guangling and were ready to cross the river at any time.
Zhang Shuo himself went to Tangyi to coordinate the overall situation.
There is also news on the secondary battlefield outside of Jianye.
Several counties in Ningzhou were unwilling to surrender, and had ordered Zhuge Hui to fight for peace and handed over to Wang Queer, who was in charge of Shu, and Yu Liang and others to recover from the aftermath.
After the main force of the navy was rested, he set off from Chengkou and went straight to Jianye. The two mainland troops went south to Guangzhou, preparing to collect all regions and surrender to Shun, but Guangzhou did not. He still had to send troops to fight to let the locals know that they were powerful and to promote surrender.
There was a lot of news and it was very messy. Yang Qin was too lazy to read it. He only wanted to advance his troops, trying to attack Jianyou from his colleagues in Jiangbei and monopolize this supreme glory.
At the end of August, the Yin Gun Camp arrived at the city of Guangde. The Ge family surrendered on the spot and attacked the Xu family. The Xu family was defeated and Guangde went down without fighting.
Yang Qin did not stop and went straight to the present, beheading Tao Fu, the prefect of Xuancheng, and killed more than 2,000 thieves.
He stopped here for a moment, paid tribute to the souls of the Shi family and Zhu clan members, and called on his remaining tribe members to recruit Ding Zhuang, transfer food and grass, and advance with him.
Wu Xing Shen was a little sloppy before.
The villager worked very hard to annex the fields of Qian and other wealthy families, but he was not willing to fight with the Pu army.
It is obvious that they are more willing to gain benefits and have the intention to preserve their strength.
But at this moment, we had to make a big move, and the entire army and three parties directly attacked Liu Chao and Zhao Yin's troops.
At this time, the Southern Army also captured Ningguo and other places. Yang Qin ordered him to turn the road and destroy the rebellion of Tianshidao.
On the second day of the September 2nd, the Silver Spear Army arrived at Xianshan, defeated Yu Tan, captured and killed him, and then turned north to take Yongshi,
It's not far from Jianyou.
Chapter completed!