Chapter 1045 The troops arrive in Pingyang

Chapter 1045 The troops arrive in Pingyang

After some operations of demolishing the east wall and repairing the west wall, the troops passing through Jinzhou were finally sent away. After a few days of turmoil, calm has temporarily returned to Jinzhou City and beyond.

But this peace is not what Wei Can wants. The sudden war between the two countries also sounded the alarm for him, making him realize that confrontation and mutual attack between the two countries is the norm. The border markets have been frequent in the past year. Trade is a rather special situation.

After having this realization, Wei Can increasingly felt that time had not waited for us. Fortunately, the war between the two countries did not take place on the Fenshui line this time, but no one can say whether the Western Wei Dynasty will launch from Fenshui next time. attack.

Therefore, while the border situation here has not become precarious yet, we must seize the opportunity and seize the time to make money! If the two countries really went to war here, the border market trade would no longer be possible, and he also understood that he simply did not have the courage and ability to defend the city, and it was probably impossible for the country to allow him to sit here again.

It has always been easy for people to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality, especially for people like Wei Can who are unwilling to suffer any grievances. They are used to making money every day and suddenly lose such an important person. The source of wealth is certainly not a pleasant feeling. However, he also knew that things at this level were not determined by his intentions. The only thing he could do at the moment was to try to get as much as possible while he could still get it.

Therefore, soon after Jinyang's army crossed the border, he immediately sent his subordinates south to inquire about the news, hoping to gather those merchants who were frightened away as soon as possible to transport him goods from the Western Wei Dynasty.

However, after several days of inquiring, the results were ineffective. The Hedong merchants who used to travel in groups in the state have now disappeared. There is no trace of these people even at several fixed pick-up locations.

This situation inevitably made Yu Can a little anxious. He only said that those merchants were as timid as rats and were scared by the passing divisions and brigades. In order to get in touch and resume trade as soon as possible, he planned to arrange for people to continue to go deep into Fenjiang. Search the ground.

However, this matter was immediately opposed by Zhencheng Xianyu Shirong and others. Now all the Chinese and Central Military Forces are heading to Heluo. They need stability here in Jinzhou. If they rashly launch an invasion to the south, it will cause excessive aggression by the enemy forces in Hedong. If you react and fight back, the fun will be great!

The current situation does not allow for any more willful behavior. In the past, normal times were enough, but now it is better to do less than to do more. Therefore, after everyone's repeated persuasion, even though Wei Can was anxious, he did not dare to act rashly again.

However, he was at peace here, but unusual signs seemed to begin to appear elsewhere.

First of all, Xue Wenshu, the governor of Dongyongzhou who was stationed at Zhengping in the north of Fen, reported to Jinzhou that there were many abnormal signs in the enemy city Baibi City on the other side. Birds were circling in the city and did not dare to perch. Moreover, there were more waterwheels drawing water along Fen. There were various signs. It seems that there are many armored soldiers gathering in the city.

However, this situation did not attract the attention of the Jinzhou defenders, because after the construction of Baibi City in the Western Wei Dynasty, it became one of the important garrison cities between Fen and Jiangxi, and Western Wei divisions and brigades often gathered here. Moreover, the news reported by Dongyongzhou is not conclusive news. It is just a judgment based on peeking at the signs, so naturally it cannot be said to be accurate.

But soon a new change occurred. Xiangling City, dozens of miles south of Jinzhou, was also a garrison built by the Northern Qi Dynasty to monitor the movements of Fenjiang enemy troops. As usual, the Xiangling guards had to report to Jinzhou every day, but until the evening that day, no Xiangling guards came to report.

In the evening, when Moduo Lou Jingxian returned to the Inner City Prefecture from Luocheng County to take stock of state affairs, he discovered this situation, so he immediately reported it to the governor Weican.

Wei Can has been trapped in the city for the past few days and has no interest in doing anything. When he learned about this incident, he didn't take it seriously at first. He just said that the general of Xiangling was negligent in his arrangements and ordered his troops to go south to reprimand the generals tomorrow morning. Just click.

But Mo Duolou Jingxian still frowned and said: "Things are already established. There have been no mistakes in the past, but now there are mistakes. After all, there is something wrong. In the current war, we need to be particularly cautious. It is best to arrange for soldiers to go and investigate to make people feel at ease!" "

"Then just go ahead and make arrangements. There's no need to complain about everything."

After hearing what Mo Duo Lou Jingxian said, Yu Can waved his hands impatiently and said, not caring about such trivial matters.

Mo Duolou Jingxian resigned after seeing this, and immediately arranged a team of people to go to Xiangling to investigate. It is nearly a hundred miles back and forth from Baima City to Xiangling. Traveling at night is inconvenient. Even a fast horse will take several hours. After Mo Duo Lou Jingxian told the soldiers to report immediately after returning, he returned to the side hall to take a nap. .

However, Modo Lou Jingxian slept until the next morning. He woke up when he heard the sound of morning drums for the city defense. After waking up, he quickly dealt with the backlog of affairs.

Especially since a batch of armored staffs and weapons stored in the city were misappropriated in order to dispatch the passing division brigade, they needed to find a way to compensate them as soon as possible. The empty arsenal will not only affect the armed rationing of the city's defense troops, but also the previous incident was not a small matter. If the Jinyang side sends envoys to investigate and pursue the case after receiving the report, they, the Jinzhou generals, will all be blamed.

The management of Jinzhou's arsenal was originally a mess. Although it was an important border town, there had been no major wars here for many years, so many of the weapons and items in the arsenal were lost.

Not only Wei Can, the hands-off shopkeeper, but also Mo Duolou Jingxian himself, actually used his position to divert a batch of high-quality weapons from the arsenal outside the city to arm his own troops. Therefore, if we want to pursue this matter, there is no way to find out clearly. We can only say who is in power and who is unlucky, and it is covered up day by day.

At present, Moduo Lou Jingxian plans to temporarily transfer the warehouses of the surrounding cities to Jinzhou City to deal with the investigation by people from Jinyang. If Heluo can achieve a complete victory in this battle, the numerous armored weapons captured on the front line will be more than enough to fill Jinzhou's deficit.

If the battle does not go smoothly, then Guozhong will no longer be in the mood to pursue the shortage of Jinzhou's arsenal. Of course, Mo Duolou Jingxian still hopes that the former scenario will come true. Although he did not go to Heluo to participate in the war in person, he had a deep friendship with the current general Hu Luguang, and it would only be a matter of words to borrow a batch of trophies to settle the account.

By the time these things were calculated, it was already morning. Mo Duolou Jingxian always felt that something had been overlooked, but he couldn't remember it when he thought about it carefully. When the governor of the state came into the hall, he stood up to say goodbye and returned to the county government to handle matters. He held two positions in the state and county. Since Wei Can, the governor, was not happy to handle official duties, he could only work in two places, which was quite hard.

While riding his horse in the city, Moduo Lou Jingxian heard some soldiers on the street complaining that the water level in the wells at home was rising, and that the well water in some low-lying homes was overflowing into the courtyards. Baima City is located near Fen. The well water in the city is also connected to the river water outside the city. When the well water rises, the river water also...

When his thoughts turned to this point, Mo Duolou Jingxian's eyes suddenly condensed, and he finally remembered what he had overlooked. He hurriedly turned his horse's head and galloped straight towards the state capital. When he came to the house, he turned over and dismounted and asked. : "Have the soldiers sent to Xiangling to investigate last night returned?"

After receiving a negative answer from the government officials, Mo Duolou Jingxian's heart suddenly sank, and he immediately strode out of the main hall of the state government and shouted loudly: "Speak to the king quickly, tell the king quickly, something bad is going on, there are thieves coming from the south. Invading, Xiangling may have been lost among the thieves! If the thieves really come, there will definitely be a lot of them, because they have the power to block the river and build a dike..."

"A thief is attacking? Who said that? Where is the thief now?"

When Wei Can heard the report from the officials in the back hall of his inner palace, he was a little panicked for a moment, and hurriedly came to the front of the hall, shouting and asking.

Naturally, Mo Duolou Jingxian could not provide any conclusive evidence, but there has been no report from Xiangling, and the soldiers sent to investigate have never returned. It is obvious that an astonishing change has occurred in the south!

But after hearing Mo Duolou Jingxian's inference, Yucan suddenly frowned. No matter mentally or emotionally, he couldn't accept this situation, so he frowned and reprimanded: "Don't be alarmist, Qiang thieves." How could the army..."

Before he had finished speaking, a series of noisy drums, horns, whistles and other warning sounds suddenly came from outside the city, and soon these warning sounds were drowned out by the majestic sound of horse hooves.

"The Qiang thieves are really treacherous and cunning. They actually came to attack Jinzhou... What should I do? What should I do now?"

After Wei Can heard these movements, his face turned pale, and his voice became trembling. He stepped forward and grabbed Mo Duolou Jingxian's arm and said loudly: "The thief is here, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty, please be patient. The situation of the thieves is still unknown. Quickly recruit troops from all over the city to guard the city together. We will wait and see how the thieves are doing before we make plans!"

Moduo Lou Jingxian saw that Wei Can was in a state of panic, so he repeatedly comforted him.

At this moment, Zhencheng Xianyu Shirong also rushed in from outside, and said with a serious expression: "Thousands of thieves are riding in, and they are sweeping in from the south. They are already ten miles away from the city. We must deploy the city defense as soon as possible!"

Although Wei Can was a bit unbearable, the other state officials and generals were still somewhat calm and calm. They were not frightened by the sudden appearance of the enemy and began to methodically summon the soldiers and people in the city to set up defense.

Everyone else was busy in their own way, but Wei Can was still panicked and murmured to himself: "Why did the bandit army appear here? It must have been a scam before, but now they are attacking me, and there are definitely more than a few of them." Qian, they are going to attack Jinyang! No, no, I have to leave the city quickly and go north to report to the Supreme Being, otherwise Jinyang will be in danger! Hurry, prepare your horses, hurry!"

As he spoke, he waved and shouted to his cronies to prepare their mounts and prepare to flee north of the city. Mo Duolou Jingxian was already quite dissatisfied with him, but when he saw him in such a miserable state, he immediately frowned and said, "The thieves have invaded Jinzhou City silently, and have penetrated into other parts of the country. The king left the city in a hurry. Aren’t you afraid of being ambushed by thieves?”

"This this……"

Wei Can was originally running towards the inner palace. After hearing these words, his feet suddenly froze in place as if they were welded together.