Chapter 33 Section 7 Refugees Survival Report

Before Wang Mang mobilizes the central army to attack, let's first pay attention to the living conditions of the Green Forest Army and Fan Chongjun. Let me talk about the Green Forest Army in Jingzhou first.The formation of the Green Forest Army is as follows: Four years ago, there was a famine in Jingzhou, and the refugees were living in the wilderness, digging wild vegetables for food. The wild vegetables were limited, and new refugees continued to join, so conflicts over food continued. Constantly, Wang Kuang and Wang Feng, from Xinshi, mediated in the middle and won the hearts of the people. They were elected as leaders, and more than a thousand people gathered under their command.Soon, Wang Chang, Ma Wu, Cheng Dan, Zhu Tuan, Zhang Ang and other desperadoes came to join them with their subordinates, and the scale expanded to nearly 8,000 people. Therefore, they took the Green Forest Mountain as their base and called themselves Green Forest Heroes. The nearby small villages gather together to make a living.

The Green Forest Army has been entrenched in Green Forest Mountain for more than four years, and the situation is generally calm. The government didn't think they could do anything, and basically let it go.It wasn't until Wang Mang issued an edict to completely encircle and suppress the refugees that Mu Bianqi of Jingzhou got up his spirits and recruited 20,000 soldiers who rushed all the way to kill Lulin Mountain. Bian Qi had 20,000 elite soldiers in his hands, although he was a little bit jealous, but considering that there were 8,000 mobs involved in this encirclement and suppression, and among them there was a mixture of men and women, both old and young. Bringing 20,000 horses is already very rewarding.The ratio of troops is ten to one, and two or three thousand bandits are barely enough to warm up. This is not a battle, it is simply a trip at public expense.Bian Qi was proud of himself, and even prepared a manuscript in advance in the carriage. Once the war is over, he will write a "Record of Suppressing Bandits in Green Forest Mountain", which will be handed down to future generations.

The Green Forest Army heard that the officers and soldiers were coming, and the seven leaders (Wang Kuang, Wang Feng, Wang Chang, Cheng Dan, Ma Wu, Zhu Tuo, Zhang Ang) had different minds, some were the main fighters, and some were the main fugitives.In the end, Wang Kuang kept his word and said: If you run away, you will die, if you fight, you will die, if you die together, it is better to fight to the death! The organization of the Green Forest Army is quite peculiar, it is like a joint-stock company, the seven leaders each have their own followers, so they are all shareholders.This situation has its advantages. Soldiers learn from their generals, and generals learn from their soldiers. Although there are not many people, their combat effectiveness is very strong.But on the other hand, with too many shareholders, it is inevitable that there will be divergent opinions, and differences are prone to occur, and no one is willing to obey the other.When we are in adversity, we are fighting openly and secretly; when we are sharing wealth, the fighting will inevitably become more intense.

Although decided to fight, but how to fight?Is it to use the geographical advantage to defend, or to catch the enemy by surprise and take the initiative to attack?In this regard, greater differences emerged, and finally a compromise was reached-dividing the troops.Some of the troops took the initiative to attack, while some stayed in Green Forest Mountain to protect the base camp. Wang Kuang, Wang Chang, and Ma Wu led more than a thousand people down the mountain, running wildly all the way, blocking the officers and soldiers at Yundu.The officers and soldiers were searching and plundering all the way. They were so happy. They all hoped that the road would be longer and the autumn wind would blow more. How could they think that the thieves would dare to send them to their door.The officers and soldiers were caught off guard, and heard shouts everywhere. They didn't know how many enemies there were, and they were timid before fighting.Wang Kuang led the crowd to charge forward and backward, and the officers and soldiers were defeated.Seeing that the formation was in chaos, Bian Qi could no longer command, so he had to lead the remnant troops to flee northward in embarrassment.

The Green Forest Army counted the battlefield, killed thousands of enemies, and obtained all the weapons and supplies.The poor officers and soldiers searched hard all the way, but in the end they made wedding dresses for the Green Forest Army in vain.After the victory of the Green Forest Army, they prepared to go back to the mountain to celebrate with their brilliant results, eating meat and drinking in big bowls.Wang Chang refuted all opinions and insisted on continuing to pursue.Wang Kuang and Ma Wu refused, Wang Chang was furious, and led his troops to pursue him. Bian Qi had escaped more than ten miles away, and was just rejoicing that his old life was saved, but was blocked by Wang Chang again, and the remnant troops broke up and fled without caring about protecting the commander.Bian Qi rode in the carriage, originally to show off his prestige, but now it became an obstacle to escape.The Green Forest Army hooked the carriage with an iron hook, and the carriage couldn't move immediately.There were originally three people on the carriage—the coachman, Bian Qi, and Cheng Cheng (equivalent to bodyguards).The coachman had already jumped out of the car and fled, but Cheng Cheng devoted himself to protecting the master, blocking left and right stabbing.Although Cheng Cheng's martial arts were high, he couldn't hold back the chaotic sword and stabbed the old master to death. The Green Forest Army's dozens of swords fired at once, and immediately stabbed Cheng Cheng to pieces.

Seeing that he was reduced to a poor commander, Bian Qi couldn't help but look ashen, knowing that today is the day of his death.Wang Chang raised his sword and slashed at Bian Qi, Bian Qi let out a long sigh, closed his eyes and waited for death.Wang Chang stopped his sword again, cut again, stopped again, stopped again and cut again.When the sword wind rang out, Bian Qi was heartbroken; when the sword wind suddenly stopped, Bian Qi was haggard. Wang Chang put the sword back into its sheath, ordered Bian Qi to open his eyes, and shouted at him, "Can you give me a way to survive?"

Bian Qi was taken aback for a moment, thinking to himself that I should be the one who should beg for mercy, why did you snatch my lines?In a blink of an eye, he realized that he was an official ordered by the imperial court and a great official in the frontier. These refugees did not dare to openly oppose the imperial court, so they did not dare to kill themselves rashly. After Bian Qi figured it out, he kept wiping off his sweat, cupped his hands and said, "Your Excellencies will never forget the imperial court. I feel so deeply that I will write a letter to the Son of Heaven, so that you will return to your hometown as soon as possible."

Seeing that Wang Chang did not kill Bian Qi, the followers refused.Wang Changdao: "I'll take care of it myself." He stretched out his hand and took out an arrow, folded the arrow, drew the bow and shot, hitting Bianqi in the chest.Wang Chang said to Bian Qi: "I shoot you innocent." Bian Qi gave a thumbs up and said with an apologetic smile, "Good shot, good shot." Wang Chang humiliated Bian Qi in this way, and he had an explanation to his followers, so he sent Bian Qi on the road.Bian Qi rode his horse and fled, not daring to turn his head back.The entourage asked Wang Chang, why didn't he simply kill the dog official?Wang Changchang was always with him, so he spoke from his heart and said: "The world is still unknown, who knows how long the Green Forest Mountain can last! In any case, it is always good to leave a way out."

As the saying goes, you don’t know if you don’t fight, and you are shocked when you fight. After this big victory, the Green Forest Army realized that they were so good at fighting, so they became bolder and their ambitions swelled. Xiaoju, a small village in Lao, turned to attack larger cities, such as Jingling, and then turned to Yundu and Anlu, looting a large number of women (the reason is unknown), and returning them to the green forests and mountains. Within a few months, the scale grew rapidly to more than 50,000 people. Let's talk about Fan Chongjun from Qingzhou and Xuzhou.Fan Chongjun was also born four years ago. He was first founded by Fan Chong in Ju County, Shandong Province. There were only a hundred people in the team. One year later, there was a famine in Qingzhou and Xuzhou. , and soon the scale reached more than 10,000 people.Then, Pang An, Xu Xuan, Xie Lu, Yang Yin and others also led a crowd to join forces, totaling more than 100,000 people.Compared with the Green Forest Army, Fan Chongjun's organization is looser and its management is more chaotic. There are no documents, no banners, let alone any organizational system, and orders are passed on by word of mouth. There are only two simplest laws in the army: "The murderer will die, and the wounded will pay for the injury (compensation for medical expenses)." They call each other "giants", similar to calling each other comrades today.

Although Fan Chongjun's strength is far superior to that of the Green Forest Army, his situation is not as good as that of the Green Forest Army.The Green Forest Army took Bian Qi as a soft persimmon, but Fan Chongjun's opponent was Beihai prefect Tian Kuang, who was notoriously tough. Not long after Fan Chong's army gathered, Tian Kuang, the prefect of Beihai, made his own proposal and recruited more than 40,000 males over the age of 18 in Beihai. They opened their arsenals, distributed weapons, and actively prepared for battle.Fan Chongjun fled across the land of Qingxu, invincible, but they dared not break into the border of Beihai County. They also knew that the field conditions were not easy to mess with, so they consciously took a detour.

Tian Kuang protects the frontiers and protects the soil, and keeps one side peaceful, but he is not satisfied with this.Tian Kuang is capable and ambitious. He has already sensed that the world will be in chaos, not a small one, but a big one.The time has come for a man to make contributions, and he will seize this opportunity to support the new house and rejuvenate the community, so that his name will go down in history and be immortalized forever.It was driven by such ambition that Tian Kuang dared to gamble his official career and even his family's life, disregarding the imperial court's ban, setting a precedent in the empire, arbitrarily summoning the militia and forming his own army. When the land of Qingxu was ruined by Fan Chongjun and was riddled with holes, only Beihai County was able to preserve it, which naturally attracted Wang Mang's attention and left a deep impression on Wang Mang.And Tian Kuang also seized the opportunity to advance by retreating, and wrote a letter to plead guilty for sending troops without authorization, and asked the imperial court to allow him to take the crime and perform meritorious service and go out to attack the bandits.Wang Mang was so happy to push the boat along with the current, so he agreed to play. A raging soldier, a raging nest, Bian Qi is the best example.Looking back at Tian Kuang, he managed the army well, strictly enforced discipline, clearly defined rewards and punishments, and engraved stones with everyone to show public trust.The soldiers Tian Kuang recruited were all from good families. When Tian Kuang lectured them, he didn't sing high-profile words about defending the country, but only talked about the importance of protecting the family.The soldiers were born and raised in this land, and seeing their hometown being mutilated by Fan Chongjun, they were already full of resentment, and their blood boiled with enthusiasm after a little mobilization. Now that the soldiers have returned to their hearts, they are commanded like arms and fingers, and nothing is not satisfactory.Tian Kuang led his troops across the border to hunt for thieves. The 40,000 soldiers, like wild beasts out of cages, fought bravely to be the first, smashing everything they went.Wang Mang was overjoyed when he heard the news, and appointed Tian Kuang to lead Qing and Xu Erzhou Zhou Mu.From this, Tian Kuang jumped three steps in his official career and became the highest official in Qingzhou and Xuzhou.Under Tian Kuang's powerful offensive, Fan Chongjun was defeated and fled again and again. In short, at the end of the second year of Emperor Dihuang, the morale of the Green Forest Army in the south was booming, while the Fan Chong Army in the north began to show signs of collapse.At the same time, there are also two urgent memorials on Wang Mang's case, one from Mutian Kuang in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and the other from Mubianqi in Jingzhou.Tian Kuang said, Your Majesty, I can handle it all by myself.Bian Qi said, Your Majesty, I can't handle it alone! Wang Mang had already made up his mind to mobilize the central army to encircle and suppress the refugees, and this determination will not be changed because of these two memorials.At this time, Wang Mang was still optimistic about the situation in the world, so he did not intend to send the main force of the central army, but made the following deployment: ordered Jingshang and Wang Dang to lead 20,000 troops to Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and joined forces with Tian Kuang to encircle and suppress Fan Chong's army; Yan You and Chen Mao went to Jingzhou to conquer the Green Forest Army. Jing Shang and Wang Dang are both young and vigorous, one is the official residence of Taishi Xizhong, the other is the official residence of Gengshi General Guard, and they are in the rising stage of their official careers. They are naturally overjoyed and elated when they suddenly get such a good opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune. To lead away.As for Yan You and Chen Mao, they were not happy about this appointment.At this time, Yan You, the position of Grand Sima had already been dismissed. He was then General Nayan, and Chen Mao also served as Grand Sima, and he was Yan You's predecessor, who was then General Zhizong.Both of them are veterans of the four dynasties, with profound qualifications, and they have both been great Sima under one person and over ten thousand people, and they have a considerable right to speak in the court. When the two met Wang Mang, Yan You spoke bluntly, Your Majesty ordered the two of us to go to Jingzhou to suppress the bandits, but what about the soldiers?Wang Mang was very calm, and said: "You and I each lead more than a hundred officials, and you can go to the Ministry to recruit soldiers." When Yan You and Chen Mao heard this answer, they looked at each other, neither giving soldiers nor food. We have to wait until Jingzhou, and then temporarily collect food and grass, recruit soldiers, what kind of command is this?Yan You smiled wryly without words, he knew that Wang Mang was specially putting on shoes for him. Wang Mang has always had a dream. He not only wants to rule China, but also to wipe out the barbarians, especially the Huns in the north. The greatest emperor ever.Therefore, in the second year when Wang Mang proclaimed himself emperor, he raised his troops on a large scale, recruiting 300,000 prisoners, Ding Nan, and armored soldiers from all over the world. There are millions of them gathered in the north, intending to crusade against the Xiongnu.Regarding Wang Mang's use of soldiers to the Huns, Yan You was the most resolute opponent. He repeatedly advised, and Yan You's opposition was all justified and well-founded, making it impossible for Wang Mang to refute. In a fit of anger, he simply dismissed Yan You's chief Sima.The Xiongnu deserved to be beaten very much, so they wanted to beat the Huns.However, the result of Wang Mang's insistence on going his own way is not good. It has been ten years since he stationed troops in the north, but he has made no progress. He has not fought a big battle and has no record at all. On the contrary, he spends one-third or even half of the country's GDP every year. , the counties and counties in the interior suffered greatly from apportionment, the treasury was exhausted, and the people abandoned the city walls.The conquest of the Xiongnu has therefore become a bottomless pit, but Wang Mang has already been riding a tiger, making such a big commotion, and he has been shouting and shouting for more than ten years. If he suddenly withdraws the frontier soldiers, wouldn’t it make the world laugh at him and save his face? Where to put it?Where to put the face of the empire? When the crusade against the Huns failed, instead of complaining about his mistakes, Wang Mang remembered Yan You's rightness. This time, he ordered Yan You to enter Jingzhou to suppress the bandits, not without taking the opportunity to vent his anger.Although Yan You knew that Wang Mang was suspected of avenging his personal revenge, he was helpless. The emperor's order must not be violated. If you wear small shoes, you should wear small shoes, and the stretch will be too big, so he and Chen Mao received an order to thank him. Wang Mang's deployment was complete, and he felt that he could sit back and relax from now on, and he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. He had a really hard year.Thinking of this, Wang Mang suddenly felt sad, not only for this year, but for so many years, he has been living very hard. Although he is the emperor, he has not felt happy for too long.Life is less than a hundred, often worrying about a thousand years old, why bother!Thinking about it, the Yellow Emperor was still happy when he became an immortal, abandoning the troubles of the world, abandoning the world like a bag, ascending to the palace of immortals, and wandering forever.Seeing that Wang Mang had the idea of ​​becoming a fairy, the female Taoist Zhaojun took the opportunity to offer the way of becoming a fairy: "The Yellow Emperor has a hundred and twenty beauties, and only then can he become a fairy." Gather beauties, bring them into the harem, and be lucky day and night. Now that I am talking about my strengths, I will make an exception and say a few more words.At this time, Wang Mang was already an old man in his seventies.The so-called decline at seventy, eating nothing but meat to keep you full, sleeping nothing but people to stay warm, and picking up women's sex is definitely the same thing.It is said that the Yellow Emperor got the technique in the house from Xuannv, who used it to guard women, collect yin and nourish yang, the effect is obvious, white hair turns black, tooth loss comes back to life, prolongs life and prolongs life.Whether it is reliable or not, let’s save it for the time being, but it can be discussed, men and women love each other, open the rich door, enter the jade pillar, this is the ultimate joy, but for the sake of seeking immortality, Taoist priests are on the spot to guide all actions. Listen to the command, keep the rhythm, pay attention to the password, so what's the fun?An old man in his seventies, who is dying, is sluggish, and has little sex. Whenever he gets close to a woman, he must first take aphrodisiac medicine, which is called sex, but in reality he has no choice but to insist on it. The suffering is unspeakable!There are even more desolate people who can't bear to speak. The art of the room pays attention to holding it firmly and not letting it loose, and also to replenish the brain. That is to say, you can bend the bow and set the arrow, but you can't do it if you want to shoot it.One shot, all previous achievements will be abandoned, and everything will be over.Therefore, it is clear that the hairpins are in chaos and the jade body is lying on the side, but instead they are trembling like walking on thin ice. Whenever they hand over, it is like a confrontation between two armies, and it is like a scheme of enemies. It is a hard work, so why come?Looking up to the sky and yelling at the fou, the wicked Wang Mang is tyrannical!Stop, stop resolutely, so as not to cause Shenyashe drums and ghost foxes to cry at night. In the second year of Emperor Dihuang, the major events in the world are roughly as above.

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Yan You remonstrated with Wang Mang to attack the Xiongnu, and his words were very impressive, and later generations agreed to conclude that there was no benefit to be gained.I will attach Yan You's theory below, and those who are interested may wish to read it. ... Yan You remonstrated and said: "I have heard that the Xiongnu did harm for a long time, and I have never heard of anyone who must be conquered in the past. The three families of Zhou, Qin, and Han conquered it, but none of them has a good strategy. Zhou got the right strategy, and Han Qin had no choice but to take the next step. When King Xuan of the Zhou Dynasty invaded from the inside, as far as Jingyang, he was ordered to conquer it and return it at the limit. He regarded the invasion of the Rong and Di as the same as mosquitoes and horseflies, driving them away, so the world is called Ming. , This is the middle policy. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty selected generals to train troops, agreed to pay light food, and went deep into the far-reaching garrison. , and the world called martial arts is a bad policy. Qin Shihuang couldn't bear the small shame and underestimated the strength of the people. He built the Great Wall, which stretched for thousands of miles. It is because there is no way. Today, the world is suffering from the calamity of Yangjiu, and the famine has been year-on-year, especially in the northwest. Send 300,000 people, with 300 daily rations, aid the sea and Dai in the east, and take the Jiang and Huaihe in the south, and then prepare. In terms of the way, it has not been assembled for a year, and the soldiers who came first are living together and exposed, and the teachers are old and armed, so they cannot be used. It’s difficult. It’s hard to calculate a 300-day eclipse for one person, with eighteen dendrobiums of grain, which cannot be overcome by the strength of an ox; the cows should feed themselves, adding twenty dendrobiums, which is heavy. The sandy soil in the desert, the lack of water and grass, the past is the same. Before the army has set out for a hundred days, the oxen must be destroyed and the remaining food is too much, and the people cannot bear it. These are the three difficulties. Hudi is very cold in autumn and winter, and very windy in spring and summer. There are too many cauldrons and firewood. There are four seasons of food and drinking water, and the teacher is worried about diseases and epidemics. Therefore, in the previous life, it took only a hundred days to defeat the Hu. It must be long, and the power is not enough. These four difficulties. , The captive fled, and the situation was out of reach. Fortunately, he met the captive, and he was tired and heavy; Fu worry about it. Now that the troops are dispatched, it is advisable to let those who arrive first, order the ministers and others to attack deeply, and use them to injure the Aihu captives." Mang did not listen to You's words, and turned to the valley as before, and the world was in turmoil.