Chapter 662 Six Hundred and Sixty-Two

The Xianbei attacked Xinxing!

The Dali soldiers stationed in Xinxing rose up to resist.

Although Dali was the defensive side and had the advantage of geographical location, the Xianbei were outnumbered and unstoppable.

Xinxing City was close to Changshan, and Xie Zhan was very concerned about the battle situation in Xinxing City.

On this day, Yang Yingqin, the general defending Xinxing City, came over.

"General, the Xianbei are coming aggressively. Our army must either increase troops or abandon Xinxing, retreat to Taiyuan, and build another line of defense."

Yang Yingqin was not optimistic about the current situation. He didn't know how many troops the Xianbei would gather this time, but he knew that they were still increasing troops.

If they still wanted to hold on, they had to increase troops, otherwise, Xinxing City would definitely not be able to hold on.

He was more inclined to retreat to Taiyuan. Taiyuan was full of mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If they worked together, they might be able to stop the Xianbei.

Xie Zhan looked at the map with a serious face. If they gave up Xinxing and retreated to Taiyuan, Changshan would inevitably be exposed to the sight of Xianbei.

If they followed what Yang Yingqin said, they would have tightly guarded Taiyuan.

The Xianbei were blocked from going south to Taiyuan, and Changshan would inevitably become one of the attack directions of Xianbei. However, Changshan was not like Taiyuan, which could withstand the attack of the Xianbei army based on its geographical advantages.

The defense of Changshan became the top priority...

Now Dali had to fight with Pingzhou and endure the attack from the Xianbei army, which could be said to be attacked from both sides. However, Xianbei and Pingzhou only opened up one battlefield each.

In this comparison, Dali suffered a loss. He had to think of a way to make Xianbei and Pingzhou fight.

Xie Zhan was still thinking, and was interrupted by a voice, "Grand Commander, the imperial edict has arrived!"

Xie Zhan knelt down and received the imperial edict.

With the court's defeat in Bohai and Hejian, the imperial edicts summoning him back to Chang'an came one after another, and now it's the third one.

"I will leave for Chang'an tomorrow. Give up Xinxing and retreat to Taiyuan. You have to worry about the war later." Xie Zhan is ready to return to Chang'an.

Dong Guowei and Yang Yingqin are all veterans. It's not very useful for him to stay here.

Yang Yingqin hurriedly said, "General, there is no problem with fighting, but food and grass are a big problem." This war is obviously going to expand.

Xie Zhan was silent, food and grass, food and grass again!

"I will collect food and grass after I return to Chang'an and send it here as soon as possible. In addition, I will try my best to draw troops from other places to support you."

Yang Yingqin was relieved when he heard that he would solve the food and grass problem.

Pingzhou

Recently, grassroots officials in Pingzhou have been very busy, not only because Pingzhou is fighting with Dali, they are busy providing support in the rear, but also busy gathering the people who have fled.

The people who fled Zhuozhou, under the intentional or unintentional guidance of Pingzhou, almost flocked to Pingzhou.

The people in Zhuozhou have three choices, Xianbei, Dali and Pingzhou.

They will not go to Xianbei, because they are not of our race, and their hearts must be different. Moreover, Xianbei are brutal and massacre the city at any time. Going to the city under the rule of Xianbei is simply asking for trouble.

They can only choose between Dali and Pingzhou.

These people were disappointed with the court because of the court's inaction when the donkey price fell.

Later, after Xie Zhan, the military commander, came, although a series of measures were implemented to make them regain some confidence, it is a fact that Dali could not keep Zhuozhou in the end and made them lose their homes.

If they choose Dali, if Dali is defeated again in the future, won’t they have to experience leaving their homes again?

It is natural to choose Pingzhou.

First of all, Zhuozhou is adjacent to Shanggu County and Yuyang County of Pingzhou, and living in these two places is almost the same as Zhuozhou.

Secondly, Pingzhou gives resettlement fees, five taels of silver.

Most importantly, Pingzhou is strong and has always won wars and never lost.

Fighting means losing your life and property easily. Especially the people on the losing side are really miserable.

They don’t want to experience the experience of being a dog without a home again.

When they stepped into the territory of Pingzhou, they found that the people of Pingzhou were well protected. Although they knew that Pingzhou and Dali were fighting, it did not affect their daily lives. All the way east, this feeling is more obvious.

If someone wants to come, naturally someone will leave.

In the Liaodong Academy, in Pan Sitong’s Shanzhang Room, Lv Desheng, Pan Sitong, Chen Dinghuai and Cui Chunhua were all there, and the atmosphere was a bit tense.

Cui Chunhua pointed at Lv Desheng's nose and cursed, "Lv Desheng, you Pingzhou are raising an unjust army and attacking an innocent place!"

Lv Desheng put his hands on his hips, "Nonsense! Our Pingzhou attacked Zhuozhou and Leling this time, all for a good reason!"

Chen Dinghuai thought about it and decided to go to the toilet while the two were arguing.

"Can this bullshit reason be justified?"

"Why not? Do you know how much silver our Pingzhou merchants lost when your Dali merchants broke the contract twice? Tell you, it will scare you to death, millions or tens of millions of taels."

"Is it that much?" Cui Chunhua doubted.

"That much! We Pingzhou are not soft persimmons, how can we let others bully us all the time!"

"But I heard that this is clearly a trap set by you Pingzhou!" Cui Chunhua was furious!

Lv Desheng looked at him like a fool. All is fair in war. Your Dali officials and merchants are stupid and greedy. Who can blame them?

"You are clearly fishing!" Cui Chunhua emphasized again.

Lv Desheng said calmly, "I don't know what you are talking about." Do you think I am stupid? Will you admit it?

Cui Chunhua was irritated by him.

"Pan Shanzhang, please say something!"

Pan Sitong, who was suddenly called, said:...

"What do you want me to say?" He made a mistake. He should have gone to the toilet with Chen Dinghuai just now.

"You should leave. You shouldn't help the tyrant." Cui Chunhua said seriously.

"It is our responsibility to teach and educate people and keep the inheritance. As for who the talents choose to be loyal to after they grow up, that is their business." Pan Sitong said, which was also what he thought in his heart.

"I think you are determined to stay in Pingzhou. It's really insulting!"

Pan Sitong glanced at him, "We should remember the principle of seeking common ground while reserving differences, just like you. You stand firmly on the side of Dali. Isn't it your freedom? Have I interfered?"

Cui Chunhua was stung by this remark. Chen Dinghuai happened to come back at this time.

"Shanzhang, let's go. We don't have to stay in this broken place of Pingzhou." Cui Chunhua went to pull Chen Dinghuai.

Chen Dinghuai:... I came back too early.

Lu Desheng rolled his eyes, "If you want to go, go. Whoever doesn't go is a dog!"

Such a stupid person, hurry up and leave. If he stays in Pingzhou as a teacher, he is afraid that he will teach the students in Pingzhou bad things.

You know, the students trained by Liaodong Academy, the outstanding ones will be reused one after another. It is just as the saying goes, if you are good at learning, you will be an official.

"Hmph, leave now, we won't stay here anymore!"

"You can go back if you want, but you are not allowed to leave!" Lu Desheng said.

"Why?" Cui Chunhua couldn't help screaming out loud because of such different treatment.

Of course it's because Chen Dinghuai is useful, but you are useless. As I said, if Cui Chunhua stays in Pingzhou, he is still worried that he will teach the students bad things.

"Because you are an ungrateful person, you eat and drink from our Pingzhou, and now you are desperately trying to put the blame on our Pingzhou." Hearing this, Cui Chunhua was really angry, "Don't you Pingzhou claim to be free to come and go?" "That was in the past." The decision to force people to stay was made by the father and daughter together. When the interests of both parties are consistent, you can't let others take risks if you want to achieve your goal. Only by avoiding other people's risks, thinking about others, and solving worries, can others be willing to be driven by you. Pingzhou at this time is no longer the Pingzhou when the rebellion just started. After showing its strong strength, it may not be a good thing to give the right of choice to the talents they want to recruit. They Pingzhou forced people to stay, rather than letting them choose to stay. Of course, they wanted to stay in their hearts. After they came to Pingzhou, they kept lingering, and it can be seen now. The result is the same, but the judgment of the outside world is different. Literati attach great importance to reputation. Lu Songli chose to leave the bad reputation to himself and the good reputation to the talents.

They were all forced to stay, they did not rebel actively, everything was Pingzhou's fault. They were all deceived.

In this way, it is also a kind of protection for the families and relatives of these talents.

All the outstanding talents who are willing to go to Pingzhou are here.