svetikya Chapter 315
Chapter 315
In
the Han Empire, men tied their hair at the age of fifteen, called "adult children", at this time they should learn various skills, symbolizing the transformation of boys to men, and were an important life barrier for "choosing a career".
"Li Ji Nei Ze": Cheng Tong, dancing elephants, learning to shoot, "Dai Li Ji Baofu": "Bind your hair and go to university, learn great art, and perform great thrift." "
It's all about the same meaning, that is, at this time, the boy has to do something serious, can no longer gnaw the old, at least start an internship, and at this time Li Guanghong, who is both literary and martial, is boasted all day long as "cultural and military all-rounder" and "prodigy", and is also a little fluttering, conceited that the article martial arts are difficult to meet the opponent, it is a little eager to try, if at this time there is the sentence "Wen can raise the pen to calm the world, martial arts can go to the horse to determine the situation", Li Guanghong must think that this is him
! ! However, what he didn't know was that the Quli City where he was located was about to drift in the storm of history....
In fact, since he was born, the trend of history has begun to erratic, and a series of major historical events have occurred one after another, all of which have more or less affected this important town in the Western Regions, but this place is far from the center of the Han Empire, and the people who live and fight here are not aware of this sharp chill for the time being....
First of all, it was the Han general Li Guangli who lost his troops and defeated the enemy, and then was jealous and killed in the Xiongnu! Li Guangli
, a native of Zhongshan, had no relationship with the Li clan of Longxi, and was the brother of the emperor's favored concubine Lady Li and Li Yannian, the capital of Xielu, and the uncle of Liu Lu, the king of Changyi, whose military talents were extremely mediocre, and he won a few small victories in his life, and only relied on his sister's favor.
This person was also the culprit who indirectly caused the fall of the flying general Li Guangxing, and at that time, when the Han army was in a comprehensive superiority and suppression posture against the Xiongnu, he fought one "victorious battle" after another, which made the world look at it.
In the third year of the conquest, the emperor sent the army of Li Guangli, a general of the Second Division, to conquer the Xiongnu, and at the beginning it was smooth, defeating the Xiongnu Right Captain and Wei Law Office with 5,000 cavalry, and forced Lady Fan's city, and the troops were directed at the royal court!
The scourge of witchcraft was another political event that had a great impact on the situation at that time, and I will not talk about the specific process, but as a result, the emperor ordered his favored minister Jiang Chong to thoroughly investigate the witchcraft case, and the method of sitting together and forcing people to confess their guilt and confess was widely implicated, causing turmoil in the times.
Among them, Jiang Chong took the opportunity to frame the crown prince, the prince was afraid, raised troops to kill Jiang Chong, and was defeated by the emperor sent troops, all the soldiers who supported the prince were slaughtered, the empress Wei Zifu and the crown prince Liu Cheng committed suicide one after another, Chang'an was in chaos, and blood flowed like rivers.
This incident has implicated hundreds of thousands of people, and history is called the scourge of witchcraft.
Because the crown prince was suspended, Li Guangli conspired with his political ally and prime minister Liu Quyi to install his son Liu Lu the Prince of Changyi, born to his sister Lady Li, as crown prince, and Liu Quyi agreed. As a result, within a few months, Li Guangli heard on the front line that Prime Minister Liu Quyi had abandoned the city for the crimes of "witchcraft" and "Lichuan", and that his wife and children had also been arrested and imprisoned
Without taking into account the actual situation, without understanding the military situation on both sides, without considering strategy and tactics, and gambling with the lives of tens of thousands of Han family children, they were greedy for merit and rushed forward, and as a result, the entire army was affected, and more than 70,000 soldiers were lost before and after!
For a moment, the countries of the Western Regions shook, and the great prestige accumulated by the Han Empire after 60 years of bloody battles was almost destroyed, and the situation in the Western Regions border region, which was becoming increasingly stable, began to become turbulent...
Secondly, the release of the "Luntai Summoning Order" completely changed the basic national policy of the Han Empire towards the Western Regions.
In the fourth year of the conquest, in order to deal with the unstable situation in the border caused by the disastrous defeat of Li Guangli's army, Sang Hongyang and other ministers made a request for a large-scale settlement in Luntai, reorganized the armament war, and further expanded the scale of the war against the Xiongnu, but the emperor vetoed it, and issued the "Luntai Summoning Order" to inform his subordinates that they deeply regretted sending Li Guangli on an expedition against the Xiongnu, saying that the most important thing in today's political affairs should be to "prohibit harshness, stop arbitrariness, and strengthen the peasants." , to shift the focus of the Han Empire's work for a long time to come to internal governance.
This edict, which was partly self-reproachful, partially denied the great significance of the war against the Xiongnu for many years, and meant that the emperor of the Han Empire had comprehensively reflected and adjusted his expansion policy, marking the adjustment of the line of governing the country from "shanggong" to "guarding the text."
Of course, at that time, because of the years of war, the Han Empire objectively faced a certain economic difficulties, but in fact, the people's strength was still sufficient, and the empty treasury was only, and because of the East-West trade, it brought handicraft and commerce prosperity to the Han Empire, making the surrounding areas of Longxi and Chang'an, where the natural conditions were not superior, appear unprecedented prosperity.
A simple example can be seen:
you know, at that time, the Han Empire used troops against the Xiongnu in the late period, and at least one-third of the general army's combat strength came from the active participation of the Western Regions countries and the local Hu people, and even their food and wages were self-prepared, and they did not need to be paid by the Han Empire, they only needed to take them to fight the Xiongnu, and they were grateful to the Han Emperor!
The sons and daughters of the six kingdoms of Loulan returned first in Beijing, sent livestock and food to meet the Han army, and spontaneously sent troops, where tens of thousands of people, the king each general, surrounded the Che division, and surrendered his king. "
This means that the children of the Western Regions studying in Chang'an, as soon as they heard that the Han Empire wanted to use troops against the Xiongnu, they didn't care about anything at the first time, and quickly ran back to report the letter, mobilized the whole country, prepared food and pay for the soldiers, and even some kings personally led the team to follow the Han Empire to fight the Xiongnu!
Two reasons, on the one hand, they have meat to eat in the war with the Han Dynasty, can rob money, grain, and manpower, and there are rewards for winning battles, dead people, and pensions from the Han Empire, the conditions are very generous, and the other reason is that they can take the opportunity to do business, buy the wealth and materials plundered by the Han army at a lower price, and then sell them to the West
Therefore, under such difficult natural conditions in the Western Regions at that time, the Han Empire used troops against the Xiongnu, and the main reason for sending 100,000 people at a time was that while supporting the war with war, it also partially realized the localization of logistics. Fighting the Xiongnu was not only politically correct for the countries of the Western Regions, but also brought huge economic benefits, so that at that time, every time the Han army attacked the Xiongnu on a large scale, it was like a festival in the Western Regions, and it was a happy event for thousands of people!
Among them, Li Guangli's surrender had a great impact, and his fiasco hit the emperor too hard, causing him to be discouraged and make too pessimistic decisions.
With the gradual implementation of the policy of "harming the people from now on and spending money on the world, stop it", the Han Empire's policy of tilting resources towards the western frontier region was gone, and the national policy of recruiting strong men in the Guannei to migrate to the border areas and rewarding the reclamation and preparation of Hu was abolished, and a large number of soldiers who fought on the front line of fighting against the Xiongnu in the border areas were abandoned in disguise.
In addition, since the emperor ascended the throne, the gradual practice of "deposing hundreds of families and respecting Confucianism" began to exert its power, and a large number of officials with civilized status began to use the emperor's policy of contraction to squeeze out and seize the power of military generals and nobles in large quantities, and through various means, put military generals under the jurisdiction of civilian officials, vigorously curb and suppress the military generals' right to speak, and denounce the main war faction at every turn and the big hat of "lightly attacking the border and using military force", and the entire Han Empire entered the stage of strategic contraction defense......
Third, the death of the emperor and the enthronement of the new emperor focused the attention of the Han Empire at that time on internal affairs!
On February 14 of the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Han Emperor died of illness, and the temple number Sejong was buried in Maoling. On February 15, Liu Fuling ascended the throne as emperor, which was the first year of the first century, and the great Sima and the great general Huo Guang presided over state affairs and recorded Shangshu affairs.
Under Huo Guangfu's administration, he followed the system of severe punishment and strict law at the end of Emperor Wudi of Han, rectified the rule of officials, cracked down on nobles, promoted and appointed new officials, and comprehensively implemented the policy of rest and recuperation.
Of course, the major events that occurred in the Han Empire during this period were far more than these, but these three major events, like historical signposts, pointed to the instincts of the Han Empire and even the entire Chinese nation, from the expansion of the outward to the introverted stubbornness, and the territory of China, since then there has been no major expansion!
Li Shi's 300 extremely elite soldiers were not just to guard the frontier, on the one hand, he wanted to emulate the many famous generals of the Longxi Li clan, and make meritorious achievements with unearthly martial arts, and conferred the title of wife and son, on the other hand, this was also the basis for his wealth
! ! Quli City is really too small, although in recent years with the smooth progress of the tuntian work, eating enough is no longer too big a problem, but because grain is an important material for the Israeli military, he is neither willing nor daring to sell it privately, and the taxes of passers-by merchants cannot be collected too ruthlessly, there are many small cities here in the Western Regions, there are many places to choose from, and collecting too much tax will only lead to him not being able to get anything, and in the end it is him who suffers
! ! These tiger and wolf men under his command are not just to get mixed up, especially those Hu pawns, if they don't have a lot of gold and silver, and only talk to them about ideals, then it is purely self-defeating!
Therefore, Li Shi had only one choice, that is, to rely on these three hundred elite cavalry who were galloping and coming and going like the wind, to go to the Xiongnu to fight the autumn wind, so that he could not only kill the enemy and make meritorious achievements, but also make a fortune in a justifiable name, wouldn't
it be beautiful? Therefore, Li Shi spent most of the year leading the troops, and when he came back depends on how fast he can rob!
Generally, in about one or two months, he needs to come back, robbing too many cattle, sheep and things, and bringing them with him, which is not conducive to the rapid mobility of the troops, in case they encounter the Xiongnu's army, they will be busy in vain, and they will all be thrown to the Xiongnu, and the gains will outweigh the losses....
This time, because he wanted to celebrate his son's birthday and hold a ceremony to tie his hair, Li Shi stayed at home for two and a half months, banqueting colleagues and friends around him, which was really a big deal.
Those tigers and wolves under him, except for the New Year, rarely stay at home for so long, they have long been idle, except for daily horseback riding exercises, so as not to waste their craft, the rest of the time is drinking, making trouble, fighting...
In fact, Li Shi was already tired of waiting, and as soon as Li Guanghong's hair binding ceremony was completed, the next day he couldn't wait for the whole army to set out, leading a group of soldiers like hungry wolves towards the territory of the Xiongnu, roaring away!
When more than four months passed and the New Year was approaching, the whole family did not wait for Li Shi's return, what they were waiting for was unfortunate news!
A small tribe that came to Quli City every year to celebrate the New Year, and by the way, sold cattle and sheep here, came with a news, when they were grazing in the north of Guzi, near Wusun, they heard from some people from the tribes further north that the army led by Li Shi was sent by the Xiongnu who had just taken the throne every two years and sent 2,000 soldiers around a small col, most of them died there, it seems that less than twenty people ran out and broke through to the west, did not see Li Shi's banner, and those who broke out heard that they were chased by the Xiongnu cavalry for thousands of miles to the west, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead......
When Li Shi's mother heard the news, she fainted at that time, and the personnel did not know....
Li's mother and Li Shi's father have a very strong relationship, although they get together less and leave more on weekdays, Li's mother is still very confident in her husband's ability, and in the past ten years, the Xiongnu have been suppressed and beaten by the Han army, and its main force hides far away, beware of being wrapped in dumplings by the Han army. Since Li Guangli's disastrous defeat in the third year of the conquest, the scope of activities of the Xiongnu has become larger and larger, and now it has only been less than five years ago, and it has actually appeared in Wusun, which is really amazing
! The Li family's life this year has been extremely desolate
! Li Guanghong's two sisters have already been married, and at Li Shi's insistence, Li Guanghong's two sisters have married far away from Dunhuang, and now only Li Guanghong and his mother are left in the family to rely on each other
! In addition, there is also his teacher Li Mingshan!
Li's mother did not get up again because of this illness, barely survived until March of the following year, and never heard from her husband, her heart was like death, and she died....
During this period, Li Guanghong ordered people to report to Luntai, requesting to send troops to search the west, but was refused, and his father's top boss, Lord Zheng Song, expressed his love and could not help, and said that today is different from the past, the central government has issued three orders and five repetitions, it is strictly forbidden to lightly start and provoke, violators are punished as crimes, he cannot send troops, moreover, there are only more than 200 soldiers under his command, and he will be sent to death if he goes....
After finishing his mother's affairs, Li Guanghong grew up in an instant!
Silently packing up his simple bags, Li Guanghong came to the gate of his mentor's courtyard, resigned to the teacher, and said that he would go west to find his father, and even if his father died in battle, he would bring back the bones....