Chang'an Intoxicated, A Chaos-Bringing Concubine

On April [-]th, Yang An ordered Wei Zhong, the governor of Liangzhou, to attack Wei Xing. Wei Xing was beheaded, and his subordinate Ji Yi committed suicide by drawing his sword. Ji Yi was tortured and interrogated, and he was asked to explain the source of the mysterious force before. Ji Yi refused to eat or drink, and kept his teeth shut.

Yang An urgently sent a letter to Chang'an eight hundred miles away, requesting that Ji Yi be sent to Chang'an and handed over to the Tingwei Office for further interrogation of Ji Yi, but unexpectedly on the fourth day, Ji Yi died of a hunger strike.

Yang An had no way of knowing where the mysterious forces that aided the Jin Dynasty came from, so he stayed with all his troops in Badi to prevent the Jin Dynasty from counterattacking.

Lu Guang recovered the land of Shu, and wrote to the imperial court to describe the process in detail, and hereby report the deeds of Lian Chengyi, the prefect of Shu County.

After Fu Jian learned that Ji Yi had died of a hunger strike, he sighed, "Zhou Yu was unyielding, Ding Mu was not in office, and now Ji Yi died silently. Why are there so many loyal officials in the Jin Dynasty?"

The source of the cavalry that suddenly appeared in the previous battle between the two sides was lost. On April [-], Lu Guang handed over the important task of guarding Shu County to Yao Chang and Yang Ding, and he, Lian Chengyi and Murong Yong went to Zitong.

Xuancheng saw them at Zi hour on April [-]th.

The night was shrouded in the Zitong prefect's mansion, and sparse stars were dotted in the night sky. The three of them traveled hundreds of miles a day, appearing like lightning. When Xuancheng saw Lian Taiyi again, he couldn't believe his eyes.

At that time, the handsome young eunuch with bright teeth appeared in front of him like a Jianghu swordsman at this moment. He was dressed in a scarlet robe, holding a long sword, and there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, but at this moment his smile was gone. It is not as clear as before, as if it has gone through the baptism of vicissitudes.

Xuancheng approached step by step, and when they were one step away from the three of them, Lian Chengyi suddenly knelt down on one knee, cupped his hands and said loudly, "Lian Taiyi, the prefect of Shu County, went to visit Lord Yangping. Falling into war, please punish Yangping.”

Xuan Cheng held his hand, "You worked hard, it's my fault."

He lifted him up from the ground, and glanced at Murong Yong again, "You are innocent, this time the refugee rebellion really happened suddenly, and the army of Yizhou herdsmen left Shu, this gave the refugees of Shu a chance to take advantage of, you guard I am extremely grateful to the Qin regime until now."

"Go, go in and talk."

Zitong is less than [-] miles away from Shu County, and they can arrive in one day on a fast horse. Lu Guang had to bring him to Zitong because of the prefect of Shu County. Strictly speaking, he left his post without permission. As the commander, Fu Jian granted him the ability to act cheaply, so it was not considered a violation of military discipline.

"Shu County has been occupied for so many days, even the prefect has been in exile, and there are no officials in Shu. According to the laws of Qin, they should be dismissed." Lu Guang said.

Lian Taiyi didn't have any complaints, his bright eyes flickered, "It's Lian's fault, and Lian is willing to be punished."

Murong Yong interjected, "General Polu may not be too harsh. At that time, the situation was urgent. Li Wu gathered [-] refugees to attack Shu County. The prefect was surrounded by only a few hundred guards. Yizhou Mu led the entire army to Badi. The prefect wanted to fight the enemy. Both died together, I was the one who persuaded the eunuch to leave, if you want to convict, it is my fault and has nothing to do with the eunuch."

Xuancheng said, "General Polu is right, but the fall of Shu County is not due to Lian Taishou's responsibility. It is the court's mistake. If it should be punished, it is also my fault."

The three of them bowed their heads for a moment and remained silent.

Xuancheng stared at Lian Taiyi for a while, then he whispered, "Su Fang?"

Lian Taiyi's eyes turned red and his lips trembled, "That day, Su Fang blocked a sword for me...but I couldn't save him."

Xuancheng's chest was stuffed, and the innocent boy who was with him at that time appeared in front of his eyes, he was so young, so loyal, he wanted to come to Chang'an, to meet more people, to see more scenery...

Only now did Xuancheng understand Fu Jian's heart.

The five are chaotic, the country cannot be a country, and the family cannot be a family. Once the chaos begins, there will never be peace.

Fu Jian wanted to rule the world, and wanted all people in the world to respect the Son of Heaven as their father, so that the world would become one family.

This ideal is beautiful, beautiful and unrealistic.

But if there is no such beautiful dream, then what is the meaning of living in a dark world with no sun?

Thinking of this, Xuancheng couldn't help sighing, "Qin and Jin have to fight, no matter who wins or loses, there is no war, where there is peace."

End war with war.

"Mr. Yangping, this time we have won the first battle in Shu, and the western front has already won. Should you report to His Majesty and order the army to continue marching eastward." Lu Guang suggested.

Xuan Cheng nodded, "You're right. It's just that there are frequent refugees in Shu. If the army leaves Shu, I'm worried that there will be troubles caused by refugees again. There are Zhang Yu in the front and Li Wu in the back. Annihilate the refugees from the Shu region in one fell swoop, and never cause future troubles, then the Great Qin West Front will be unstable, and it will affect our army's operations on the Eastern and Central Fronts."

"Duke Yangping intends to stay in Shu to suppress...?"

"That's right, suppress the bandits." Lu Guang didn't dare to say those words, but Xuancheng said it bluntly.

The geographical environment of Shu is complicated, and there are many refugees who occupy the mountains and oppose the Qin regime. When Qin sent a large army to Shu, the refugees hid themselves. The governor of Yizhou and the prefect of Shu County established in Shu became one of the officials with the highest death rate, but Yang An was a general on the battlefield with a large army in his hand, and the refugees did not dare to fight against him, but when Yang An led the army to fight against Jin, The prefect of Shu County, who stayed in Shu, became the first target of attacks by refugees. The officials appointed by the imperial court did not gain the prestige beyond the powerful and tribal patriarchs in the local area.

If all the refugees, thieves, tyrants, and tribes in Shu were suppressed and wiped out, the officials appointed by the central government would become the only prestige of the people here. Without refugees and bandits, the land of Shu can be peaceful.

This is Xuancheng's plan.

He told the three people around him, and for a while, the three fell into deep thought.

After a while, Lu Guang took the lead to break the silence. He nodded, agreed, and said, "Although it takes a lot of military and financial resources to suppress the bandits, it will never end our future troubles in Southwest Qin. For the long-term stability of the Great Qin, this move by Lord Yangping is very important." The same thing can be found, the strategic vision is really long-term, I think it is better to show your majesty, after all, your majesty ordered us to open up the western front and cooperate with the Xiangyang central line and the Xuzhou Yangzhou eastern front. It will affect the other two fronts of Qin."

Lian Taiyi wondered, "Your Majesty wants to fight Jin for a long time?"

Xuancheng shook his head lightly, "I don't know." It's not that he didn't know, but he didn't want to believe that the war between Fu Jian and the Jin Dynasty came so quickly.

"Could it be that His Majesty's decision-making will be hidden from Yang Pinggong?"

Xuancheng smiled wryly, "Lian Taishou, you don't have to guess anymore, Brother Huang didn't hide it from me, it's just that he..."

There was a mysterious smile on the corner of Lian Chengyi's mouth, Xuancheng couldn't figure it out for a while.

He glanced at Murong Yong, then at Lian Chengyi, suddenly he seemed to understand something in his heart, one is cold and one is hot, one is black and one is red, how can there be such a match in the world?

Xuancheng snickered maliciously.

Could it be that Xie An's thoughts of rotten men are really contagious?Is he hopelessly infected to become a rotten man?

"Lu Guang, you sleep with me tonight." Xuancheng said suddenly.

Lu Guang was stunned, "What?"

Xuancheng grabbed his wrist and dragged him into the bedroom, "You are stupid, you are not willing to tell me about your old relationship."

A faint voice came from outside, "Master Taishou, please."

Xuancheng thought, it would be better for Lian Taiyi to enter the rivers and lakes.

The next day, Xuancheng led Lu Guang, Lian Chengyi, and Murong Yong to the residence of the Lingjiang Navy under the guidance of Zitong prefect Pei Yuanlue.

The rivers on both sides of the river are surging, and the green mountains and steep mountains are pouring down. Fifty thousand sailors are lined up on the Lingjiang River, and the warships are densely packed with sailors.

"Mr. Yang Ping intends to use the navy to suppress the bandits?" Lian Chengyi asked suspiciously.

Xuancheng watched the river silently, did not speak, he was thinking whether this move was appropriate, whether it would really ruin Fu Jian's plan, Murong Yongdao said, "The refugee camps are entrenched in mountains and valleys, mountains and rivers alternate, intricate , Even if there are thousands of cavalry, it is difficult to enter, crossing the mountains and rivers to fight against them, the navy can rush through the rivers, lakes and seas, interspersed behind the enemy's least expected, and complete the encirclement with our Great Qin Xiongbing."

Lu Guang was still worried about last night, "If this is the case, the refugees and bandits will be suppressed, but it will affect our other two battles in Daqin. I am worried about your majesty..."

"I will write a letter on this matter, Brother Huang, all of you just do it well."

Everyone stepped on the deck, stood at the bow of the ship and stood against the wind, hearing the whistling sound in their ears, the river turned a big bend in front and entered the territory of Mianyang. place.

"Pei Yuanlue, I ordered you to send spies immediately to find out all the places where bandits and bandits are entrenched in Liangzhou, Yizhou. You must go into detail, down to the name of each cottage."

"Yes."

"As for the prefect of Shu County?"

"Mr. Yang Ping." Lian Chengyi said shyly, "I am willing if the imperial court can forgive Lian's fault..."

"No, you don't have to guard the land of Shu anymore."

A hint of surprise flashed in Lian Taiyi's eyes.

"Stay with me."

As soon as this remark came out, a gleam flashed in Lian Taiyi's eyes, "Does Yang Ping want me to stay by your side?"

Xuancheng nodded seriously.

Murong Yong's stern eyes rarely showed a trace of brilliance.

Xuancheng is not a saint, and he will not be selfish.

He will not let go of the person he likes so easily.

At the very least, as the prince of a country, he can use his own selfishness to protect some people from cruel wars.