Chapter 1172

After the army entered Wuguan, Zhao Rui reduced the army to 10000 people according to Chang'an's order, and the remaining 10000 people, plus thousands of people around Wuguan, were all placed in the Wuguan Valley on the East and west sides of Wuguan. However, the Wuguan Valley, which is less than 10 Li Long and about 20 Li wide, would be full of these 20000 people if Zhao Rui hadn't prepared for it There are hundreds of thousands of stone grain accumulated secretly. Relying on the ten thousand army's grain delivered by Chang'an on time every month, these people would have run away.

Zhao Rui divided more than ten thousand reduced taxi soldiers and the original ordinary people around Wuguan into two parts, and placed them on both sides of Wuguan. For this reason, he specially asked people to build a small fortress at the narrow places at the East and West ends of the valley to serve as the outpost of Wuguan.

In Wuguan, Zhao Rui is discussing with Ma Jin and Sun Ping. Now Zhao Rui is the general of Zhengsi pindian army in Tang Dynasty, and Ma Jin and Sun Ping have become the Fenwei and Fenwu captains of Zhengwu pindian army. Not only that, the king of Tang asked Zhao Rui and others to return to Luoyang quietly after the situation of Wuguan was stable. In order to reward him for his achievements in Chang'an in recent years, Huangfu Chaobo decided to reward him with a bronze level card, which made Ma Jin and Sun Ping envious.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the king sent someone to urge me to go back to Luoyang as soon as possible after arranging the affairs of Wuguan. It's better to go back before the new year, just to be reunited with my family and spend the new year. In my opinion, things have been basically arranged in the past few days. It seems that the Chinese New Year is coming, and the affairs in Wuguan will be handed over to you two. I will come back from Luoyang in a month at most, and you will have to work hard during this time. "

"No harm!" Ma Jin and Sun Ping both look at Zhao Rui with envy. In recent years, they have been working together, and their relationship has been very good. This time Zhao Rui can go home to have a look, which makes them both envious. What's more, Wang Shang has prepared a famous general transfer card for him.

Zhao Rui also knew their thoughts and said, "don't worry. The king will never forget you. Maybe he will give you a reward next year. Of course, we still have to finish what the king told us. By the way, do you have anything to bring to your family when you return to Luoyang this time? "

"Don't worry, General Zhao. We understand that the safety of Wuguan is up to us. No matter the little emperor or Zhang Jijun, they don't want to take it from us. But we do have something to ask the general to take back. " With that, they both took out a package and handed it to Zhao Rui. These are the properties they had accumulated in Chang'an in recent years. As for the family members, Huangfu Chaobo sends their salaries to their homes every month.

When it comes to the 500 soldiers who went to Chang'an at the beginning, after several wars, there are only about 300 left now, but these people are now middle and senior generals in the 10000 troops of Wuguan. Zhao Rui three people also rely on these more than 300 people, firmly control the ten thousand army in their own hands.

As a matter of fact, Huangfu Chaobo was also very entangled in the arrangement of Zhao Rui's troops. If he called them back, he would beat the little emperor in the face. Moreover, the little emperor would not want them to return to Luoyang. But now the Little Emperor didn't trust them and threw them to Wuguan. Besides, the army was watching them. Now they are in a very embarrassing situation and in a dilemma.

That's why Zhao Rui was called back to Luoyang to reward the famous bronze general. This is also to appease them. Huangfu Chaobo did not expect that an initiative he had unintentionally made Han Xiandi a vassal. But now, we can only let Zhao Rui's troops stay in Wuguan for a while.

……

The time soon came in the spring of 199. As soon as February arrived, the clouds of war began to cover the Central Plains. At the beginning of February, there were signs of assembly in the battle camps of Yanyu and Erzhou in the state of Tang. Although the generals of the army and horse in the state of Tang were careful to avoid the surveillance of Qi spies, they were still found abnormal by Qi spies.

Later, the information was sent back to Linzi, the capital of the state of Qi, in the palace of the state of Qi. Cao Cao, the king of Qi, who got the news, had a dignified face and immediately sent a group of Ministers of culture and military to come to discuss the matter.

After receiving Cao Cao's orders, Qi Prime Minister Xun Yu, state Wei Cheng Yu, censor Zhongcheng man Chong, Qingzhou governor Xia Houyuan, Chen Qun, Cui Yan, Jia Kui, Sima Yi and others rushed to the palace.

After everyone arrived in Qi, Cao Cao sat on the throne, with a gloomy look on his face, and raised his hand to report: "you Aiqing, the news just came back from the state of Tang, the army of the state of Tang has been quietly gathering, and the trend is not clear. However, from the perspective of the assembled troops, the most likely thing is to launch an attack on the state of Qi."

"Ah

Everyone was surprised.

"Is the king of Tang crazy? Now that spring ploughing has not yet begun, is he not afraid to delay the first season of grain cultivation of the people under his rule? " The imperial censor Zhongcheng man Pang ERAN said;

the State Minister Xun Yu took the intelligence from the king of Qi, looked at it carefully, and said: "today, the state of Tang only uses the war barracks, and it is still quietly gathering. At present, the people in the state of Tang know nothing about the army gathering, so there is no matter affecting the cultivation.""My Lord, do you know if general Cao Hong, the Prime Minister of Dongping, general Lu Qian, the Prime Minister of Pengcheng, and general Wei Hong, the Prime Minister of Rencheng, have any information to send back?" Cheng Yu, the national captain, asked in a deep voice;

"no intelligence has been sent back, but Gu has sent someone to inquire."

"Today's plan is to keep the same in order to cope with all changes. The king can order all the neighboring prefectures and soldiers to be prepared to prevent the sudden attack of the Tang army." Cheng Yu said,

"in this way, will Qihui delay the spring ploughing?" Xun Yu frowned and said,

"but if we ignore it, in case the Tang army really attacks suddenly, there is a risk of losing his division and land, and the two evils are the least."

Now Sima Yi is the Minister of Cao Cao, the king of Qi. After listening to the words of several important officials, he said: "the state's captain is right. Not only that, in the view of the micro minister, the king not only arranges the counties to be ready, but also the battalions of the states of Jibei, Pingyuan, Jinan and Lu must be ready to send troops at any time."

"It's no problem for the battalions to be well prepared, but the civil servants and auxiliary soldiers can't be recruited for the time being. They can't delay the cultivation in the first quarter of this year because of some changes in the state of Tang." As the Prime Minister of Qi, Xun Yu had to emphasize once again that "well, zhuangu ordered that the army of Dongjun, Dongping, Rencheng and Pengcheng should be ready to collect some auxiliary soldiers for the time being and pay attention to the movement of the Tang army; the battalions of Jibei, Pingyuan, Jinan and Lu counties should be ready to support at any time. As for the civilian soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, they should be ready to support, The prefectures will not collect them first. " With these words, Cao Cao sighed helplessly. In this way, the cultivation in the first quarter of this year will definitely be affected. For example, it's good for the four counties in front to be able to plant half of the cultivated land. However, as Cheng Yu said, there is no way to take the lesser of the two evils.