Chapter 22: Stay in Chengdu

In March, there was a fake Shu Shangshu, the former Minister of Shangshe, and Wang Run, the general of Pingnan, rebelled against Pi County, and more than 10,000 people were each there. At that time, the Ming King stayed in Chengdu and attacked them with a plan, and they all defeated them, and killed them. Li Shi arrived at Jiankang and was granted the title of Marquis of Guiyi. The Ming King stayed for 30 days and went to Liangzhou.

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"Reported to the Lord, Wang Fo and Wang Run have contacted dozens of powerful families in Shu County in Pi County, gathered more than 10,000 people, and are preparing to treat swords, guns and armor. The intention is not good, and the situation is very critical." The person who spoke was Lin Can. He is now the first leader of the New Second Army under Zeng Hua. He has been responsible for visiting military information in Pi County in recent days. Today, he feels the problem is serious, so he came to Chengdu to report in person.

Lin Can was originally a powerful family in Fuling County. In the 11th year of Yanxi, Liu Chan, the former and later rulers of Shu, Zhuge Wuhou moved five thousand families of the local wealthy family Xu Lin and Xie Fan to Shu County after quelling the Xu Ju Rebellion in Fuling. Later, the Xu family went to Jiangzhou, and the Fan family became a Taoist priest. However, the remaining Lin and Xie families began to fall into decline under intentional or unintentional suppression. After more than a hundred years, they no longer had the glory of the Fuling family before, and could only be a small official. However, these two families were not strong in Chenghan, but after nearly a hundred years of continuous reproduction, they had a large population, and their power should not be underestimated.

When the Jin army marched westward and captured Chengdu, as a "weak group", the Lin and Xie families saw the opportunity and went out to take the lead in trying to revive the grandeur of Zeng Hua, who stayed in Chengdu.

However, the new master Zeng Hua was not a good-for-nothing lamp. He accepted the sincerity of Lin and Xie families without hesitation. He first selected more than 4,000 young, strong and brave warriors from more than 20,000 tribes, mixed with the Changshui Army, suppressed several small riots together, and then promoted more than a dozen talented Lin and Xie tribes, including Lin Can.

Lin Can was the first leader of the New Second Army. This time, he was sent by Zeng Hua and took more than a dozen subordinates to the familiar Pi County to spy on information. After Huan Wen led his troops back to the court, the former ministers of the pseudo-Shu began to be moved. In their opinion, the danger of extermination of the clan and family was over, and the loyalty in their hearts began to surge again, missing the old master of the past. The new master did not give enough benefits, so they began to have strange intentions and movements.

The first ones that jumped out were the former minister of Shu, Pushe Wang Yu, and the general of Pingnan Wang Run. They used the excuse of going to Pi County to appease the local wealthy families and sneaked out of Chengdu. As soon as they arrived in Pi County, they began to call on friends and gather all the people and horses together. They talked about their previous love, thought about their kindness, and they all cried with their heads in their heads. It seemed that everyone was a guilty minister who pretended to be the demise of the Han Dynasty, and then they swore blood to revive the "Han" world. These gathered together, and those who had money paid and those who had people gave them, and soon recruited more than 10,000 "loyal and brave men". To put it bluntly, they were the servants of bandits. However, this made Wang Yu and Wang Run still felt that their backs were hard, and with their people and the "hearts of the people", the day of restoration was just around the corner.

Zeng Hua had long noticed the two kings' small actions, but he didn't seem to care much about it. He just sent Lin Can to inquire about the news, and then he didn't do anything again.

In fact, Zeng Hua was very busy. According to his "private sharing agreement" between him and Huan Wen, the property and money and grain that were faked into the Han Dynasty treasury and the royal palace were divided into four parts, one was rewarded by the three armies, one was taken back to Jiangling by Huan Wen, and the other was kept by Zhou Fu as the basis for governing Yizhou. The fourth part was mostly grain, which was obtained by Zeng Hua as the capital for entering and managing Liangzhou. Then everyone chose and brought a few suitable pieces to Jiankang to present treasures.

According to the "bet" before the war between Zeng Hua and Huan Wen, after Zeng Hua obtained his first contribution, Huan Wen was willing to accept the loss, and claimed that he was the governor of Liangzhou and authorized him to run Liangzhou.

After capturing Chengdu, Zeng Hua said directly in a secret conversation with Huan Wen: "I know Duke Huan wants to fight north for a long time, so I am willing to drive to Liangzhou. While operating, he also tests Guanzhong. Once Duke Huan launches a large-scale northern expedition and recovers Heluo, I can send troops on the western front to respond. The east and west echo, why worry about the endless rivers and mountains of Luodu? "

After hearing this, Huan Wen agreed. With Zeng Hua in the Western Expedition to Cheng Han, Huan Wen took over Chengdu without much effort. When he was in the Northern Expedition, if Zeng Hua had helped him, wouldn’t the success of his great achievements in regaining his hometown fall on him?

So before Huan Wen left, he authorized Zeng Hua to choose from things from Shuzhong and Chengdu. Don’t be polite.

Of course, Zeng Hua was not polite. Not only did he collect his own money, grain and property, he also began to make up for the idea of ​​returning the pseudo-Shu army.

There were more than 50,000 Shu troops gathered from Fushui and Chengdu. Zeng Hua first released the elderly, weak, sick and disabled people home, and returned more than 30,000 people. Then Zeng Hua first selected more than 10,000 young and strong elite troops from them, divided them into two groups, one group of more than 7,000 people, and allocated them to Che Yin, Zhang Qu, Xu Dang, and the second building of Changshui Army. More than 1,000 people mixed into the "New Fourth Army, New Fifth Army, New Sixth Army and New Seventh Army" and went all the way to Jinshou. Another group of 3,000 people, Lin, Xie tribes and the first building of Changshui Army were mixed into the "New First Army, New Second Army, New Third Army", which immediately gave Zeng Hua a team of nearly 9,000 people.

There were more than 20,000 people left, Zhou Fu led more than 10,000 to Pengmo, and Yang Qian led thousands to Fucheng. However, they were not as cruel as Zeng Hua. Zeng Hua not only chose the most and the best, but also brought more than 10,000 families of the former Shu army, totaling more than 30,000 to move north with the front army, which made them dare not have a second thought easily.

After listening to Lin Can's report, Zeng Hua, who seemed very busy, just nodded and responded: "Okay, go back and continue to monitor the movements of these two people. As usual or any abnormal movements every day, you need to report them to me."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at the documents in his hand again. It seemed that Zeng Hua was only monitoring the actions of the two kings, but did not take action.

Lin Can nodded, clasped his fists and led the order, "Yes, sir!" But the doubts in his eyes were still visible. He was extremely puzzled by Zeng Hua's strange behavior, but due to Zeng Hua's identity and "fame", he did not dare to ask questions lightly.

Mao Muzhi, the "new Changshui Captain joined the army" next to him, couldn't help but smile and said, "Master Lin Zhuang just obeys the orders, the military leader has his own decision and complete plans."

Lin Can didn't dare to say much, said yes and bowed down.

Seeing Lin Can leaving the door, Zeng Hua suddenly turned his head and asked, "Brother Wu Sheng, what do you think?"

This Mao Muzhi was dug by Zeng Hua for the boss's efforts. Huan Wen didn't agree. You always dig like this, and you won't let me go at all. How can I do anything in the future?

But Zeng Hua almost burst into tears: "Liangzhou is hanging on the front line, with pseudo Zhao Yongzhou in the north, Sizhou in the east, Qiuchi in the west, and Qiuchi in the west. It can be said that he was surrounded by groups and was extremely dangerous. But once raised an army to be humble, he could be as talented as Duke Huan. If Duke Huan did not support a few talented people in the north, he would probably not only be able to help the Northern Expedition, but also his corpse would be difficult to preserve."

Huan Wen was really tangled, and he was fooled by Zeng Hua's "Northern Expedition" and had to bear the pain of giving up Mao Muzhi. Mao Muzhi himself had no objection. After all, he had a good impression of Zeng Hua and had his own opinions about him. Moreover, Zeng Hua treated talents with great respect were all heard and witnessed.

However, Mao Muzhi turned around and could not just be a Changshui lieutenant. After all, he also inherited a marquis of Zhouling. Zeng Hua had asked Huan Wen to report the victory and reward in the letter of "Mao Muzhi" to be the powerful general and the prefect of Hanzhong.

Hearing Zeng Hua's question, Mao Muzhi replied with a smile: "The two kings, such as the jumping fleas, will be taken seriously by the military leader. It's just that the military leader wants to get some more benefits from it."

"Brother Wusheng knows me!" Zeng Hua couldn't help laughing and talking to smart people was so happy.

This time, Zeng Hua stayed in Chengdu, and he rolled up his sleeves and took whatever was useful. He wanted to move the entire Chengdu to Hanzhong. Zhou Chu, who was staying behind, was angry and anxious, and was extremely heartbroken. However, Huan Wen had already explained it openly and secretly that Zeng Changshui could use the Chengdu city, so Zhou Chu had no other way except jumping his feet and following behind to clean up.

"Even if these two old kings have a different intention, there is no need to be so anxious! Although Lord Huan has returned to Jiangling, the army has not moved yet, so they jumped out so anxiously. If I don't use them to do a good show, how can I be worthy of their efforts?" After that, Zeng Hua raised his head and laughed.

Seeing Zeng Hua's proud look, Mao Muzhi couldn't help but shake his head. He knew very well why Zeng Hua was still in Chengdu. In addition to personally taking charge of Chengdu and transporting the supplies and personnel north to Liangzhou as soon as possible, he just wanted to see if he could get some more cheaper in Chengdu. As a result, the two kings came to throw Zeng Hua a fool. Zeng Hua got this excuse, but he didn't even neglect all of you, dozens of wealthy families, and searched you for cleansing them.

He really wanted to sigh for these two kings and the wealthy families involved. Mao Muzhi thought to himself. However, after the lament, Mao Muzhi had to work for Zeng Hua. Now the most urgent thing is to register the craftsmen in Chengdu. These craftsmen were collected from various places in Cheng and Han for a large-scale construction. Later, Li Shi continued to work hard and continued to move to the next level. The number of people gathered was more than 3,000. It can be said that all the decent craftsmen in Cheng and Han were basically here, and now Zeng Hua is all cheaper.

Others may not take these craftsmen to heart, at most they can do some moral responsibilities, put them all home, and gain a good reputation. After all, in the eyes of many people, the work they do is all about strange skills. Emperor Wu of Shizu (Sima Yan) has already issued an edict: "Strange skills, strange clothes, banned by ceremonies."

But in Zeng Hua's eyes, these people are all treasures. Technology is the primary productive force. He would read this sentence when he was in junior high school. After sorting out money, food, property and family members of the army heading north, Zeng Hua "carelessly" pretended to remember it suddenly, and began to sort out these craftsmen who were not loved by grandma and unloved by uncles.

There were more than 3,000 craftsmen, and more than 14,000 family members, and most of these craftsmen were inherited by father and son, one by one, and they were busy with the cleaning work for nearly ten days, and then the rectification was completed.

However, during this period, the situation in Pi County became more and more tense. Wang Yi and Wang Run saw that Chengdu had no reaction at all, and he became more and more bold and began to develop forces to the surrounding counties and counties frequently. Some of the wealthy families who were waiting and watching nearby seemed very timid when they saw Chengdu, and Pi County became more prosperous, and they couldn't help but start to move closer to Pi County and participate in the Daye together. For a while, Pi County met in a storm and suddenly became the "Big Han" base for restoration.

Zeng Hua was still calm. The day before yesterday, he received an urgent report from Che Yin, saying that Han De (now north of Jiange, Sichuan) and Jin Shou had already captured, and the forefront had already penetrated into the Hanzhong County. The Hanzhong officials who pretended to be Han were in panic all day long and had no intention of fighting. It seemed that Liangzhou was almost over.

Zeng Huawenbao couldn't help but smile. Liangzhou was planned for a long time, and it laid the groundwork before the Western Expedition. Now Zhang Shou and Gan Rui should have started to act, otherwise the officials of Hanzhong County would not have been in panic so quickly.

Zeng Hua immediately issued an order, ordering three thousand "New Three Army" to escort more than 10,000 craftsmen and their families to Liangzhou. The craftsmen have been tortured by Li Shi and his son over the years, so they naturally accept it. In addition, Zeng Hua made extraordinary moves when he came up, and each craftsman first brought a piece of silk and ten stones of grain as a "family settlement fee", which immediately made the craftsmen feel good about Zeng Hua. In addition, Zeng Hua sent people down to make sweet words and made many promises and benefits in Liangzhou. They couldn't help but not let them fall in love with them, and they moved north with the new army.

The craftsmen left, and the money, grain and property were almost transported in batches. Zeng Hua licked his tongue, then turned his head and began to look at Pi County.

At the hour of the third day, a "riot" suddenly occurred in the "New Second Army" stationed in northern Chengdu. The New Second Army was composed of the elite troops of the former Fushui and Shu army, and has always been the focus of the infiltration and encirclement of the two kings. It seems that these actions have achieved results today.

At the beginning of Si, the people of all Chengdu City knew what was going on. At this time, Chengdu City began to close the four gates. The "New Army" with the Lin and Xie tribes as the main body was heavily guarded. They patrolled everywhere and carefully inspected the pedestrians on the road. The atmosphere was very tense, which scared Chengdu residents so much that they closed the doors in broad daylight and did not dare to come out.

Then Zhou Chu was in charge of Chengdu City, while the Changshui Captain Zeng Hua, who had the effect of stopping children from crying at night in Chengdu City, went out of the city to comfort the riots.

However, the riots continued until the evening. The fires outside the North Gate City were soaring into the sky, making a lot of noise. Thousands of people were clamoring there, trembling. The people of Chengdu couldn't help but tremble and prayed to God for a vow. The city of Chengdu was broken that day, and everyone thought they had escaped. But today they encountered riots. It seemed that Chengdu was destined to be "baptized" once. However, a few people hid at home, listening to the movements inside and outside the city, they were gloating.

At dawn, the riots outside the north gate of Chengdu suddenly stopped, and the martial law in Chengdu was suddenly cancelled, allowing the people to enter and exit freely. The officers and soldiers inside and outside the city, as usual, went to the streets, trained and patroled, and did whatever they should do, as if nothing happened yesterday.

Seeing that there was nothing outside, the people of Chengdu began to run out tentatively and walked around the streets and found nothing was wrong. The people couldn't help but talk. Some said that the "New Second Army" who made trouble last night was killed by Zeng Hua alone and was killed by Zeng Hua, but the armor was not left, but the military camp outside the north gate was still smoky and the voices were slow, not as if it was washed away by blood; some said that the "New Second Army" who made trouble yesterday was frightened by Zeng Hua's single sword to the meeting, and they all bowed their heads to confess their guilt, and the Changshui School Captain

The adults were unwilling to make a big deal, so they pardoned them. Everyone pretended that nothing had happened. This statement was the most widely circulated, but it was not "officially confirmed". Moreover, whether it was the "New First Army" in the city or the "New Second Army" outside the city suddenly seemed to have changed a group of people after yesterday's riots. The people of Chengdu found that many people who were familiar with each other could not be found, and no one would pay attention to it when they came. Perhaps the entire army was martial law, so there was no way to verify it from within the Jin army.

The people of Chengdu began to slowly return to their normal lives in doubt. But at noon, their normal lives were broken again. A fast horse rushed into the city from the west, shouting while running: "The victory in Pi County! The Captain Changshui led the New Second Army to attack Pi County at night and defeated the rebel army!"

The people of Chengdu were frightened and ran after the fast horses, all the way to the door of Zhou Chu's garrison guarding Chengdu.

After a while, a big good news was posted in the notice board at the door. People from Chengdu rushed forward, but the person in front of them was a few scholars. One of them began to shake his head and recite it.

"Yesterday, the Changshui Captain led the New Second Army to 70 miles west. At the time of Yin, he arrived at the foot of Pi County. He pretended to be Jiangyuan's rebel army and opened the southern gate, and attacked them in one fell swoop. The rebel army was not guarded and was captured in one fell swoop, and 12,000 were captured. The rebel king oath, and all 121 people below Wang Run were tied up."

Hearing this, many smart people began to understand what was going on.

Yesterday morning, the riots of the "New Second Army" outside the North Gate were a scam. The family members were sent to the north and held in their hands. No matter how you encourage them, they would not take action easily. In addition, in this army organization, most of the former Changshui soldiers were non-commissioned officers and officers, forming the entire grassroots. The original Fushui elites and Lin and Xie clans were mixed together, and no one knew the details of their comrades next to them. If you accidentally get a complaint, you may be reported by others. Who dares to have any intentions or movements?

How could you infiltrate and incite the new army under such strict control? Some people, after all, saw that the New Second Army had a stir, thought the conspiracy had succeeded, so they hurried to Pi County to report the news.

The Captain Zeng was almost done waiting for the person you reported to you to go out, and then used martial law to close the door tightly, blocking all the roads and news. Finally, he quietly led the New Second Army to run wildly, and arrived at the city of Pi County in half a day and in the middle of the night. The two kings thought that their plan had been successful and were proud! But they didn't know that the Jin army was led by Lin Can, who had been squatting in Pi City for more than a day and was very familiar with Lin Can, who pretended to be Jiangyuan's rebellious army, came to meet up, easily opened the south gate, and then caught one off guard.

Everyone knows who the "rebels" in Pi County are. The backbone of the New Second Army is the elite of the original Shu army. They were trained by Zeng Hua for more than a month with the Changshui Army system. They were even more "savage" and killed more than 10,000 "crazy thieves" but not a single plate of peanuts.

Understand these, many people before the notice have different moods and their faces have different colors.

A few days later, more than 100 rebels and hundreds of their confidants were taken to Chengdu. This time, the Chief Zeng Kai-shek opened his eyes to the people of Chengdu again.

With the order of Zeng Hua, the hundreds of people were lined up. Under the sergeant of tens of thousands of people, they were hung on wooden poles by the "New Army" composed of Lin and Xie tribes. Hundreds of corpses floated in the air under the gaze of thousands of eyes, bringing a very profound impact to the people of Chengdu.

Zeng Hua said to the people of Chengdu in the cold early spring cold wind: "The court's legal system has always been punishable for crimes and reward for merits. Today," Zeng Hua continued to point to the corpse next to him, "These more than a hundred wealthy families do not think about the emperor's kindness and court compassion, but they are determined to rebel and cause trouble. Think about it, if this fight occurs, will it be your people who will be harmed in the end? Such a rebellious minister is not enough to calm the anger of the people, and not killing is not enough to reflect the laws of the court!"

The two words "It's not enough to kill" immediately made tens of thousands of people feel a chill. It seems that the Shu army soldiers who fled back before were right. This was true that the killing of the Captain Zeng was really bloody and the heads were rolling.

Zeng Hua continued: "And Lin and Xie families follow the will of heaven and the people and assist the court in quelling the rebellion. I have submitted a letter to the court and demanded that they be rewarded."

As a result, Zeng Hua's reputation became even greater, which also made the Lin and Xie clans famous.

In the next few days, the New First Army and the New Second Army took turns to search for the property of hundreds of wealthy families who were plotting against each other, and sent their families to collect all their troops.

At the end of March, Zeng Hua finally went north with Mao Muzhi's army with satisfaction, and more than 30,000 more people were added to the team. In addition to the Lin and Xie families who had no choice but to follow the Lin and Xie families who moved north, there were more than 10,000 troops from more than 10,000 original powerful families. These troops who were originally slaves did not have any major fluctuations. It was as if they had changed their masters. With the treatment they had received before, it was difficult to make them loyal to the original masters. In addition, hundreds of people were doctors and their families whom Zeng Hua forced to recruit from near Chengdu, and they could not be seen in the team.

Zhou Chu stood at the north gate of Chengdu, looked at Zeng Hua who was leaving, and looked back at Chengdu City. He felt that it seemed to be three feet tall that day, and he couldn't help feeling dizzy. After a few days, he gave Chengdu to Gu Tai, the prefect of Shu County who was happily handing over. He quickly patted his butt and went to Peng Mo to meet his father.
Chapter completed!