Chapter 1242 The price of losing the bet

  In the city of Huguan, it is already in chaos.

  Teams of Wei soldiers constantly moved out supplies from various treasuries.

   Food, weapons, armor...

  Carried by people, carried by shoulders, transported by car...

  As long as it can be moved away, it must be moved away, and no pennies will be left.

  Amidst this hustle and bustle, many people in the city became nervous.

  A few months ago, Huguan’s change of ownership only involved the army, and most of the people in the city found that the banner of the city had changed almost overnight.

  The soldiers guarding the city changed from the Han army to the Wei army.

   Other than that, not much has changed.

  Of course, it is impossible to say that there is no panic.

  But Sima Yi issued a notice in time, telling the people not to panic, and Master Wang would not disturb the people.

   Even summoned the representatives of the officials in the city to appease the elders.

   So Shangdang quickly calmed down.

  It can be said that the change of owner of Huguan back then was not as alarming as it is now.

   "General! General, why is this?"

   "General, didn't you say that Taifu led the army to recover Taiyuan?"

  Why doesn't it look like regaining the old land now, but instead looks like the thief is attacking back?

   Wei Jun's abnormal behavior is naturally impossible to hide from local snakes.

  Some people have even secretly spread the word that the legendary ghost king is coming from Hedong.

   Some also said that the Taifu was defeated in Taiyuan and had already retreated to Jizhou.

   Some even said that the Taifu led the army to Taiyuan, the result was unpredictable, and life and death were unknown.

  The one who led the army from Taiyuan to the south was the Guan Xiaojunhou who swept across the east of Bingzhou a few years ago.

  But no matter what it is said, it is saying that the Han army has already attacked from Hedong and Taiyuan.

  Sun Li, who was in charge of staying at Shangdang, had a tired look on his face.

   I don't know if it was because he was overworked by the dangerous situation in Shangdang, or if a group of young and old arguing opposite him gave him a headache.

   "My lords, my lords, be quiet, please listen to my words."

   Those who can come to Sun Li are naturally local figures with reputation.

   Moreover, it must be someone who has donated money and food to Master Wang, and the amount of money and food should not be too small.

  So looking at the entire Huguan, and even the entire Shangdang, they are the ones who are most concerned about the war situation.

  Hearing that Sun Li finally spoke at this time, everyone immediately stopped their voices and all looked at Sun Li.

  Sun Li looked down at the pair of expectant and eager eyes, he opened his mouth, but found that his mouth was full of bitterness.

  Before the death of the first emperor, he promoted himself to be the general and the chief history, because he wanted himself to assist the general and rectify the country.

   But who would have thought that the general would be so unbearable?

  Although there were rumors in the market in Xuchang, the first emperor had long suspected that the Tai Tuo had two hearts, and had been dissatisfied with the Tai Tuo for a long time.

   But in fact, many veterans of the Wei Dynasty are really dissatisfied with the general for a long time!

  The Tai Tuo has been sticking to Luoyang all these years to ward off western thieves.

   Even thinking about counterattacking the Western Thieves from time to time and revitalizing the Great Wei.

  Now he is personally leading the army and going deep into dangerous places.

   Looking back at the general, what did he do?

  The bandits are too powerful. If...if the general and the Tai Tuo can work together to defend against the bandits, this Shangdang land may not be impossible to defend!

  Maybe, maybe we can really win Taiyuan.

  How could Taifu fall short in Taiyuan?

   "General Sun, what exactly do you want to say, please tell me clearly."

   Just when Sun Li was in a state of confusion, someone saw that he had been silent for a long time, and finally couldn't hold back, and reminded him.

  Sun Li heard the words, quickly put away his thoughts, and said again:

   "In the past few days, there have been rumors in the city, and even I have heard of them. I believe that you came here this time to determine how the battle is going."

"Yeah!"

   "What General Sun said is true!"

   Seeing this, Sun Li finally showed a wry smile on his face, hesitated for a while, and then said:

   "I will tell you all, about the Taiyuan matter, the Taifu has indeed withdrawn from Taiyuan and returned to Jizhou."

"impossible!"

  Before Sun Li finished speaking, someone shouted loudly: "How is that possible! This is different from what the Tai Tuo said at the beginning!"

   "How did this happen, General Sun, did you make a mistake!"

  The public was in an uproar.

  Although some people already have the worst idea in mind, as long as the news is not confirmed, they must be lucky.

  Maybe Tai Tuo has already captured Taiyuan and recovered Bingzhou?

   So it's possible that the West Thief's spy is spreading rumors, right?

  By the way, I heard that Bandit Feng has raised a group of knight-errants.

  In addition to murder and arson, these guys have committed many crimes, and they often spread rumors everywhere.

  Maybe, these guys released these news...

   Who would have expected that Sun Li would directly shatter their hope in case they had opened his mouth. That kind of feeling was really too bad!

   People can't accept it all at once.

   "General Sun, what about Shangdang? Is the Taifu prepared to defend Shangdang? Have you sent reinforcements from Hanoi?"

   "Yes, yes, General Sun is ready to guard the party?"

   "That's right, if there is a shortage of food and money, I can find a way to help prepare another batch of food..."

   The one who said this obviously planned to do a bloodletting.

   It's just that Feng Zei's methods are cruel. Thinking about the tragedy of Hedong, everyone present must not be willing to let the thief enter Shangdang.

  So even if you grit your teeth again and bleed some blood, it is not impossible to understand.

   "Everyone, all of you," Sun Li stretched out his hand and pressed down, indicating that everyone should listen to him, "Of course the Grand Tutor is well prepared, but everyone knows that the Western Thieves are powerful."

   Having said that, he swallowed, as if trying to organize his words.

  In fact, in the letter sent by the Taifu, he once mentioned that he should not talk too much to them, so as not to cause people's hearts to fluctuate, which is not conducive to his retreat.

  But Sun Li's temperament is sparse and strong, he can be regarded as a kind of unmarried person, and he has never been willing to do those deceitful things.

   Not to mention that in his eyes, these are staunch supporters of Wei, and at the same time they have made great efforts in this battle.

  If they were just thrown to the West Thieves like this, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the loyal people in the world?

  Who will dare to contribute to Wei in the future?

  So he decided to give these people a chance, a chance to choose.

   "Everyone also knows that the thieves in the west are powerful these days. Although the Taifu intends to kill the thieves, God's will is not fulfilled. What should I do?"

   As he spoke, Sun Li bowed his hands to them:

   "Everyone, although I don't want to raise the ambitions of others, I am indeed incompetent in etiquette. I am afraid that I have lost the entrustment of the Grand Tutor, and it is difficult to keep the Shangdang..."

   Seemed to be a bit speechless, Sun Li trembled his lips and uttered the last sentence with difficulty:

   "So Li is bold, please make preparations early, Li Dang will try to delay the West Thief as much as possible, and give you more time to prepare..."

quiet.

   Deathly silence.

   After a long time, I don't know if I finally digested these words, a trembling old man leaned on the crutch in his hand vigorously, and asked:

   "General Sun, what do you mean by that?"

   "Dare you really plan to escape?"

  Sun Li looked ashamed, a little afraid to meet the eyes of everyone.

  He wanted to keep it too, but the Taifu's military order made him give up going to the party and preserve his strength.

  Most importantly, Sun Li himself knew that Shangdang would definitely not be able to hold on.

  Because the troops in his hands are not enough to defend Shangdang.

  If the Central Supervisory Army (that is, Sima Division) can break through Gaoping Pass and hold the gap to the south of the eldest son, maybe they can try again.

  Even if you can't win Gaoping Pass, as long as you can hold back the thieves at Gaoping Pass and prevent them from coming out of Gaoping Pass, you can take a gamble.

  However, the Central Supervisory Army was defeated at Gaoping Pass, and now it is even a question of whether it can hold Gaodu City.

   I was caught between two front lines of the thief, and I could only deal with one side at most, and the Taifu had already made a decision, so difficult!

   "General Sun, according to the laws of the Great Wei, losing land is a serious crime. Now you don't even plan to defend it. Haven't you thought about the consequences?"

   Seeing Sun Li, he was still sad.

  Many people looked at him with hatred. If it weren't for the guards around him all holding knives and swords, some people couldn't help but rushed up to compete with this person.

   Seeing the anger of the crowd, some of the wise ones quietly retreated towards the door.

   into his mother's!

  Looking at the situation, Sun Deda has already made up his mind, and he is definitely not willing to defend the Shangdang.

  If not, how could the felony of the Great Wei Dynasty be ignored?

   Someone came out of the prefect's mansion, looked back, and was already cursing in his heart:

   This Cao Wei really has no hope at all!

  When the first emperor was here, even if he lost his troops and land, which of these generals would dare to easily abandon the territory?

   Even if you can't defeat the Han army, you have to die to show your ambition-either die in front of the battle, or die in Rensuo.

What now?

  The bandits haven't arrived yet, so they want to escape!

   "Emperor Wu, Emperor Wen, you are under the underworld, if you know something, just open your eyes and see!"

  An old man with a bright head was helped out of the prefect's mansion, stood on the street, and cried out mournfully:

   "Great Wei has declined to this point, if you have spirits in the sky, show your spirits and save Great Wei!"

  Since ancient times, all dynasties have given preferential treatment to the elderly who have reached a certain age.

  Some even if the old man commits a crime, the government has nothing to do with him.

  Where the law is harsher, at most it will make its children take the blame.

   Even the later generations with more and more perfect laws can only do nothing to some bad old people...

   Not to mention the ancient times where the average life expectancy was generally too short, as long as you reached a certain age, you could be considered a centenarian.

  How can such things as auspiciousness be said to be bad?

Right?

  So facing this Renrui howling in the street, Sun Li also had a headache and felt helpless.

  He clearly informed them of the situation in order to let them prepare as soon as possible.

   Unexpectedly, these people, instead of being grateful to themselves, would bite back.

   "Forget it, I have done my best, how they decide has nothing to do with me."

  Sun Li let out a long sigh.

  As long as you have no regrets in your heart.

   Right now, I can only comfort myself with a clear heart.

  The military order is like a mountain, and the military situation is like a fire. Naturally, it is impossible for Sun Li to spare too much time and energy to take care of other things.

  The people must have moved away before it was too late.

  But of all kinds of materials in the treasury, it is natural to move as much as you can.

  In the past few years, if Luoyang hadn't been the capital of the Great Wei, with the largest arsenal and Taicang in the Great Wei, how could the Taifu have survived?

  But no matter how rich Hanoi and Henan are, no matter how much grain storage there is in Taicang, it is impossible to support so many soldiers.

  If it wasn't for Xuchang, many old ministers were still sober and advocated to ensure the supply of grain and grass in Luoyang.

  The Luoyang army may have to run out of food during the drought last spring.

  This is the case, because of the discord between the general and the Taifu, the food sent to Luoyang from various places is still becoming scarce day by day.

   In the future, if the Taifu wants the imperial court to distribute food and grass, he may have to rely on the breath of the general.

   Thinking of the Tai Tuo attacking the bandits in the front, but being caught by the general in the rear, Sun Li was even more upset.

   What a good fighter this time, why did the Taifu take such a risk and go into a dangerous place?

  Because Luoyang's food and grass are no longer enough to support a protracted frontal battle with the Xi thieves, we can only take risks and seize the key points as soon as possible to settle the overall situation.

   Win the greatest victory at the smallest cost.

  Unfortunately, in the end, it still fell short, the sky is not so big Wei!

  With such thoughts in mind, Sun Li no longer cared about those people, but hurriedly walked to supervise the delivery of supplies in the army.

  At the same time, he had to take precautions to prevent the Guan thief from suddenly appearing under the city of Huguan and attacking him.

   After all, the bandits use soldiers, and they always like to use cavalry for raids, so we must be very careful about this person.

  Some people are howling on the street, and naturally more people will go home anxiously after getting the news to discuss the next countermeasures.

   "Grandpa, what should we do? Judging by Sun Li's appearance, he really doesn't intend to defend the Shangdang anymore."

   "At that time, if the western thieves really come, I'm afraid they won't let us go."

  The person who spoke had a frightened and nervous expression on his face.

   At the same time, there are more people who are regretting:

   "I knew that the people of Wei were so unbearable, why should we associate with them..."

  Before he finished speaking, he was scolded by the old man sitting in the chair:

   "What did you say! You have done everything, and now you say such frustrating words, what is the matter, can you save the situation?"

   took a breath, and at the same time slowed down his tone:

   "When we decided to do this, what was the plan? Don't you even remember?"

   Naturally, it is the preferential treatment of the Tuwei people, who don't want to live under the tyranny of the western thieves.

  The old man glanced at everyone and continued:

   "Even if we don't do it, can the western thief let us go?"

   "It's only been a few years since what happened in Hedong, so forget about it?!"

  Under the cloudy eyes of the old man, everyone was in awe.

  The owner of the long room summoned up his courage and asked:

   "My lord, what shall we do now?"

   "What should we do? Although Sun Deda has a heavy trust from the court and wants to flee without a fight, he has treated us fairly well when it comes to informing us of the news."

  The old man sighed, "Shangdang is destined to lose its hold. What Sun Deda means is to let us follow him."

  As soon as this remark came out, someone became anxious:

   "Grandfather, then our foundation is lost like this?"

   "Stupid!" the old man scolded, "When did I say I was going to lose my foundation?"

"That…"

   "Separation!" The old man said heavily, "To be precise, it is a division."

"You, the person with the long house, leaves Shangdang. Everything done in the clan is based on the long house. If you leave, even if the western bandits get angry again, it is impossible for the people in the other small houses to be killed. kill."

  Looking around at the crowd again, the old man saw what they were thinking:

   "I know there are some of you who don't want to be with the thief. If you want to follow the long house, I won't stop you."

   Having said that, he sighed again:

  “But our foundation in Shangdang must be watched by people.”.

   Someone heard the meaning of the old man's words, and couldn't help but turn pale with shock:

   "Adult, you mean, you won't go?"

   "Let's go? Where are we going? I'm so old, where else can I go?" The old man sneered, "Is it true that the western thief will easily ignore the things we have done?"

   "If no one stands up to let the thief vent his anger, those who stay here may have to be buried with him!"

"grown ups!"

   "Grandfather!"

  …

  Everyone couldn't help crying.

   "Why are you crying? The old man has lived for so long, and he has already enjoyed what he should enjoy. Go get out and get ready!"

  (end of this chapter)