Chapter 221 Shuzhong Emergency Report
An urgent report from Shuzhong pulled Song Qing out of the quilt. It's not a big deal. No one dares to alarm him at this time.
It is indeed a big thing. There is a small town at the foot of Daba Mountain, which is the only way to enter Sichuan, but the location of the town has been out of Daba Mountain, so the terrain is relatively flat.
It is said that it was occupied by a Liangshan people three days ago, and then there was a dispute because the residents of the town did not accept the bullying of Liangshan soldiers. This Liangshan people simply did nothing, slaughtered the whole town, and then returned to Jinzhou.
Because this town is still under the jurisdiction of Sichuan, the officials here are also appointed by Fang La. However, because it is too close to Jinzhou under the control of Liangshan, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, there are no people stationed here.
Because it is close to the Central Plains, it is also here that brings the most benefits from the great changes in the Central Plains. It can be said that the residents here are not hostile to Liangshan soldiers at all.
In this case, how can Liangshan soldiers enter the town without the consent of the above? And did you do the terrible slaughter of the city? Obviously, someone is deliberately manipulating this matter.
However, the people in Shu don't think so. Fang La's father and son are not good enough, but they don't expect that Liangshan people and horses are more barbaric than them. Such things as slaughtering can be done. If they enter Sichuan, will the people in Sichuan still have a way to live?
Originally, this matter was not so much trouble, but under the great exaggering of people, Liangshan soldiers have become demons on earth. A big bad guy who doesn't do anything.
Under the encouragement of Lu Junyi's fire worship, many people in Sichuan petitioned to join the army to jointly resist the invasion of Liangshan.
Hearing this news, Fang La's runny nose almost didn't come out. With the people in Sichuan and him, do they still need to be afraid of the attack of Liangshan's army?
So he immediately ordered Wang Yin and Deng Yuanjue to expand the people and horses, prepare food and salaries, and send a large army to station on the front line of Daba Mountain to prevent the attack of Liangshan people and horses.
Of course, Song Qing knew that his people could not do such a thing, and his intuition told him that this matter was probably related to Lu Junyi. It seems that this guy is going to be the enemy of the Liangshan brothers to the end.
In fact, Song Qing did not think it was difficult to take Shuzhong. At the beginning, he did not enter the army immediately. In fact, there are still many reasons. On the one hand, considering that the foundation is too thin, the people in Fangla's Shuzhong still have certain expectations. It will be a little difficult to attack. In addition, there are too many ethnic minorities in Shu, and one can't control it well. It's easy to make a mess. Therefore, there must be appropriate policies.
Now, just over a year later, Fang La and his son have begun to dig their own graves.
If there is no such thing, as long as Liangshan's army enters the river for a while, it will come naturally and will not encounter too many difficulties.
Now after this incident, entering Sichuan will definitely be obstructed by the people, but Fang La never dreamed that one of his most trusted subordinates, Lv Shifang, who holds the power of military aircraft, has sold him.
I felt that the bloody suppression of the imperial court in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty in order to completely calm Shu, so that the people in Shu still hate the imperial court as before, so Song Qing would never follow the footsteps of the court and leave their own cruel shadow in the hearts of the people in Shu.
Now the top priority is not to study how to march into the army, but to find a way to eliminate the adverse impact caused by this incident on Liang Shan.
Song Qing ordered Wu Yong and Zhu Wu to come to him overnight.
Like Song Qing, after reading the news, the first idea was also related to Lu Junyi.
Since Fang La sent troops to Xingqing Mansion and was defeated by Song Qing, the two sides have been at peace in the past two years, and Liang Shan has not shown the posture of entering Shu.
Why did Lu Junyi just have news here that such a big thing happened at the border, so if you say that this matter has nothing to do with him, I'm afraid you won't believe it.
Bo both agreed with Song Qing's decision not to leave the army for the time being, but they could not allow the situation to develop like this.
Wu Yong muttered for a moment and said, "Since Lu has made a move, I'm afraid we can't accept it. I mean that while diluting it, let them recruit and prepare for war first. We spread the situation from the beginning and end of this matter in all parts of Shu. In recent years, Qiansui has widely implemented benevolent politics, and everyone in the world can see it. I believe that the people in Shu will gradually understand the truth of the matter."
Zhu Wu also nodded and said, " According to the intelligence, these people who pretend to be our Liangshan army have lost their trace in Jinzhou, so we should start from there, mobilize all our strength, find this group, and bring them to justice, and give it to the people of Shuzhong."
Three cobblers, one Zhuge Liang. Song Qing is increasingly convinced that it is the wisest way to work hard.
The next morning, Song Qing sent a decree to Xiao Rang to draft a letter, stating that the Liangshan army would never do such an inhumane thing, and promised to catch the murderer who pretended to be Liangshan's army and explain to the people who died. At the end of this article, in the name of King Liang, he also announced that he would exempt the people of Shu from taxes and corvée for three years. And from the date of the release of the article, when Liangshan's army enters Shu, they will return all the tax money and grain that Fang La raided the people before. If there is a lie, people and gods will hate it.
This article will be copied and then distributed all over Shu.
In addition, Liangshan's army stationed on the Shuzhong border was ordered to withdraw from the whole line and proved Liangshan's sincerity to the people of Shuzhong with practical actions.
At the same time, Song Qing sent high-level and capable forces to Jinzhou to track down the murderers who pretended to be Liangshan's army.
With the spread of this article in Shu, Deng Yuanjue fell into deep regret. How could he believe Lu Junyi at the beginning?
If Liang Shan's army came over, everything would be easy to say, but now it's okay. Liang Shan's army not only did not fight, but withdrew its troops. The people are not fools, and it won't take long to understand the tricks. By that time, these people will become street rats in Shu.
I looked for Lu Junyi again, but I heard that he had gone to Dali.
What Deng Yuanjue can understand may not be understood by others.
Hearing that Liangshan people and horses had retreated, Fang La and others were immediately overjoyed. They thought that Liangshan people and horses were scared away. They sang praises to Fang La one after another, and even Fang La himself was a little elated.
But Fortunately, he was still a little rational and did not send troops to chase Liangshan people.
The news came out, and Fang La's army, which had been nervous for a long time, began to return to its old state, and the people who had worked hard to rebuild also collapsed in the shortest time.
In contrast, the article sent by Liangshan made more and more people in Shu believe that Liangshan's army was wronged. In particular, the one added by King Liang at the end attracts the people of Shu.
Three years of taxation and corvée!
Compared with the violent conquest of Fangla's army, the people of Shu began to look forward to Liangshan's army coming earlier.
After Lu Junyi received the news, he couldn't help sighing. Song Qing entered Shu, and no one could resist it. If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave.
So the Lu member, who was fanning the flames, sneaked into Dali and began his new conspiracy.
At the same time, Gao Jin also arrived at the slaughtered town, but when he arrived here, Gao Jin was dumbfounded.
The town is Jinzhou, but in order to show that there is no hostility to the people in Shu, Jinzhou Fucheng did not station troops before, and there is also a small town under Jinzhou not far from the town, and there is also no army. Where did the murderous army come from?
Through a detailed understanding of the town ruled by Jinzhou, Gao Jin concluded that the group of people pretending to be Liangshan's army did not go in the direction of Jinzhou at all. There is only one explanation left, and they have entered the mountain.
After the town is Daba Mountain. The vast bar mountain is high and densely forested. Obviously, the murderer escaped from the mountain, but it has been so many days, and it is almost impossible to find clues from the mountains. Moreover, they don't know the mountain road here at all. It is easy to get lost after entering the mountain.
What can I do?
It's definitely not good to go back. Gao Jin doesn't have the habit of going back without completing the task. It seems that we have to find a guide to enter the mountain.
Gao Jin's trip brought 500 elite warriors trained by internal guards. These people are not suitable for fighting on the battlefield, but they are all masters in close hand-to-hand combat.
Cao Zheng expected that the number of people pretending to be Liang Shan's army to attack the town would not be too large. At the same time, Gao Jin could also ask for help from the defenders in other cities in Jinzhou at any time. That's why only 500 people were sent to Gaojin.
Gao Jin also did not pay attention to the people who pretended to be Liang Shan's army. Seeing that it was going to be late, he ordered to camp and go to a small town under the rule of Jinzhou tomorrow to find a guide.
Not long after Yingzhai was settled, two middle-aged people with a local accent came outside the camp. After showing their identity as internal guards, please see Gao Jin.
Gao Jin knew that as soon as the matter happened, the local internal guard had sent someone to investigate, so he immediately sent two people in.
One of these two people is Lu An and the other is Pan Jun. They are both locals in Dazhou and joined the internal guard a year ago.
After seeing the gift, Lu An said solemnly, "Lord Gao, I have a very bad feeling. I'm afraid it's not ordinary people who slaughter the people in the town."
The internal defenders are all selected through strict competition and are well aware of all kinds of discipline. So I never talk nonsense.
Gao Jin was worried about this matter. Seeing that the two looked solemn, he couldn't help raising his spirits.
"How do you say this?"
Pan Jun said in a low voice, "Before Lord Gao arrived, the two of us had surveyed the surroundings and concluded that these people were fierce and familiar with the surrounding terrain. After killing, they almost removed all the valuable things in the town, but on the way to withdraw, there was almost no trace. Based on this, the two of us analyzed that it was probably the Shanyue people on the mountain who carried out this tragedy.
"Mountain Yue people?"
Gao Jin couldn't help but take a breath of cold air when he heard this. In recent years, he has come into contact with more and more confidential affairs, especially now about Shuzhong. Shu is mainly mountainous, and in addition to the people living in towns, most of them live in the mountains and forests.
Gao Jin knows that the reason why Liang Wang Qiansui has been reluctant to enter Shu for a long time, but constantly adopts a gentle strategy, among which there is no reason for the Shanyue people.
Since Shanyue people are involved, Gao Jin is not able to make decisions without authorization. So he wrote the memorial overnight, ordered people to send them back to Luoyang as soon as possible, and fled and stayed here for standby.