Chapter 819 People's Hearts See Their Hearts (1)
Just when Fei Qian was boosting the morale of his soldiers and preparing to march towards Yinshan, the Jingzhao Sanfu area far to the south was already in complete chaos.
When Li Jue and Guo Bang came to Chang'an with their troops and horses, there was still a commotion in Chang'an City, and there was no tension about the impending war.
After Hongnong County was plundered by Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, many forts along the river had been defeated. Many Hongnong nobles gradually moved to the mountainous areas in the south, and even crossed Wuguan to Yuzhou and Jingbei. , even those who still stayed in Hongnong were cautious and would not show their faces towards the river easily, for fear of encountering fire.
When the Chang'an court received news of the joint attack of Li Jue and Guo Si, Li Guo's troops had already passed Hangu Pass, but there was still no one in the court who was worried about Li Jue and Guo Si's attack. The coalition forces took it seriously, and there were still endless debates about the topic of moving the capital every day.
Chang'an is located in Guanzhong. It was originally a small place, but now there is a large influx of people. After Dong Zhuo's death, no one can provide livelihood for these people who have no fixed place to live and no food and clothing. This immediately caused many problems. In addition, the price of goods It was boiling, and every day in Chang'an Fangkou, people who could not survive were selling their heads, sons and daughters, and there were countless people who froze to death and starved to death.
The court officials, who were mainly Shandong nobles, didn't want to stay in Chang'an at all, so they opened their eyes and chose to turn a blind eye and not hear. There was a little unknown secret joy in their hearts. Let's make chaos. Let's make more chaos. Wait until the chaos turns into decay. When the situation comes to an end, he will definitely leave Chang'an...
Wang Yun didn't want to stay in Chang'an, but he didn't want to move the capital east either. The reason is very simple. The two Yuans are now powerful and have military power. If they go to Luoyang or somewhere further east, wouldn't it be a situation where Dong Zhuo has not entered Beijing again? Is it possible that Wang Yun has worked so hard to obtain the power? Hand it over again?
As for these officials, big and small, who were originally in Chang'an, they wanted to control but did not dare to, or had no way to control them. They were originally under Dong Zhuo's control, and they must have some connection with Dong Zhuo. Now that Dong Zhuo has fallen, these People are afraid of being implicated and want to stay at home like a turtle every day. How can they be willing to take risks and take responsibility? Besides, these people from Yi in Henan and the gentry from Shandong don’t care. How dare these local officials in Chang’an care? In an emergency period, what if the label of buying people with ulterior motives is taken off, and the whole family goes to the entrance of the square for a walk? So it is better to do less than to do more.
As a result, people at the grassroots level saw it but did not dare to take care of it, while people at the top did not want to take care of it and pretended they could not see it. These migrating people were miserable. Some people froze to death and starved to death. But those who survived were really helpless. , then migrate to the more deserted west, or migrate again to the north...
Li Jue and Guo Si moved cautiously and slowly towards Chang'an at first. You must know that there were thirty to forty thousand troops stationed in Chang'an alone. Plus some surrendered troops around Dong Zhuo's death, it was almost theirs. Two or three times more. If such a force were to go head-to-head, it would not be as fruitful as Li Jue and Guo Si. But looking at Chang'an's reaction, it seems that it is getting weaker and weaker, except for the fact that it sent an envoy in the beginning. Apart from scolding and ordering the two of them to disperse on the spot, there was not much movement. This made Li Jue and Guo Si, who had been worried for a while and even sent double scouts to inquire about the movements of Chang'an's troops and horses, finally gasped. Take a breath of air.
Even Guo Si, who has always been more cautious, expressed a hint of optimism with the intelligence on Chang'an's movements compiled by the scouts every day, and began to imagine how to attack Chang'an City, instead of just thinking about it as before. What if Chang'an soldiers and horses attack and they can no longer resist, how to retreat...
For Li Jue, who was more optimistic, he already felt that the move in the court was undecided. The people in Chang'an City were panicked and there was not much fighting power left. As long as the troops came to Chang'an City, they might be able to defeat it with one blow, and the situation would be glorious. Entered Chang'an City.
For Li Jue and Guo Si, this news is good news, and it also confirms what Jia Xu said originally. But now that there is not much food and grass, it gives Li and Guo a headache. Without food and grass, there is nothing they can do. March into Chang'an.
Along the way to Hongnong, the farmland along the way is basically abandoned. Now it is impossible for Li Jue and Guo Si to conjure grain and grass out of thin air. They did not dare to search too hard in the Yuzhou area for fear of They were surrounded and annihilated by Yuan from the north and the south, so they don't have much food and grass now. Although Li Jue and Guo Si led mainly infantry and only a small number of horses, no matter how economical a large army marches, it cannot leave the bulk of the soldiers without dry food, arrows and other consumables for the battle, and The morale of the army is not very stable now. To make these big soldiers obedient, if nothing else, they must at least have food. If they really want to go into battle, they will have to work hard before going out. These pots of food are also Something necessary.
If Chang'an City can be defeated in one battle, it will save some troubles. Otherwise, this is under Chang'an City, and it is necessary to set up a camp as a support for defense. However, there is a lack of tents now, not to mention those special-sized timbers. , tools for processing wood, even iron chains to connect Luzhai, large iron nails to fasten wood, etc., all kinds of things are in short supply.
These things, that is, Guo Si's worries, are also the reasons for not attacking Chang'an immediately. As for Li Jue, of course he understands, but he has no good solution.
Now along the way, the county town has been abandoned, let alone the farmland in the wild. It's okay to need wood, iron nails and the like. At worst, some people will be sent to the surrounding abandoned villages and cities to dismantle some, but this food and grass, It's true that it really can't be changed.
"How about..." Li Jue suddenly thought of something, turned to Guo Bang and said, "...ask Wen He? What should I pay attention to if I can't tell?"
"Wenhe?" Guo Bang rolled his eyes and did not agree immediately. Guo Bang has always been relatively repulsive towards Jia Xu, because he can't see clearly this person. Although Jia Xu said that he only wanted to get through Chang'an so that he could return to his hometown with peace of mind, Guo Bang felt that I'm afraid this is just an excuse. I'm really not sure what Jia Xu is really thinking.
Li Jue also saw Guo Si's hesitation, and heard Guo Si say more than once that he should be wary of the opaque Jia Xu, so he really hasn't been too close to Jia Xu along the way, but now he is almost running out of food and salary. , how could he care about anything else, not to mention that Jia Xu had some good ideas before, so it wouldn't hurt to ask him for any countermeasures now, so he said: "...Why don't you ask Wen He for some advice?"
"..." Guo Bang was silent for a while, "...it's better to call him..."
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Confucius said that rituals and music collapsed... I hope everyone can understand what he really meant... But in the Han Dynasty, another kind of "collapse of rituals and music" began...