Chapter 555 Brothers of Yan

Taihang Mountain is like a giant dragon, lying across the Hedong Road, Hebei Road and Henan Road, extending thousands of miles, with hundreds of ridges connected, thousands of peaks standing, and thousands of ravines and deep ravines.

Many rivers on the East River Road cut through Taihang Mountains, Qinshui, Danshui, Zhangshui, Hutuo, Sangganshui, etc. Over the long years, due to the erosion of Fengshui, many large and small fragmented mountain streams and deep valleys have formed. Among them, eight major roads have formed eight famous strategic military roads, called the Eight Passes of Taihang.

The eight military roads, including the military capital, Puyin, Feihu, Jingxing, Baixing, etc., are the lifeline roads connected by Hebei and Hedong. Since ancient times, countless strong forts and passes have been built for defense. This time, the Hebei immigrants sent a large number of Hebei people to Hedong through these roads.

Jingxing is the most famous military road in the middle of the Taihang Mountains. Since it leads directly to Taiyuan, it has been a place that military strategists have been competing for since ancient times. Among them, Tumen Pass in Jingxing County, Hebei Road is the throat of Jingxing. If you seize it, you can take the initiative of Jingxing.

In the military deployment of the Tang Dynasty, the defense tasks of the Eight Passes of Taihang were generally entrusted to the Hedong Army. This is because the Hedong Jiedu itself assumes an auxiliary military function. It is not like the powerful enemies such as the Turks and Khitans that face the opposite Turks and Khitans, but it is more about protecting the security of the northern capital Taiyuan. It is precisely because of this that the Eight Passes of Taihang are controlled by the defenders under the Hedong Jiedu Palace.

When An Lushan occupied Hedong, he once controlled all the passes of the eight passes of Taihang. However, after he was defeated in the Guannei Road, he withdrew from Hedong across the board, including the eight passes of Taihang. He was then occupied by Li Qing'an and Li Heng's army one after another.

According to the agreement reached by Li Heng and Li Qing'an, Jingxing is located on the Taiyuan line and should be controlled by Li Qing'an's army. Currently, there are a total of 1,000 troops stationed in Jingxing, which belongs to the Anxi clique, called Chengtian Army. One thousand people stationed at two passes, one at the beginning of Hedong in Jingxing, called Guguan, and the other is Tumen Pass, the end of Hebei.

Like the other seven passes, Jingxing is also crowded with Hebei immigrants who have moved west. The official road is vast and the migrant people are ignorant at a glance. There are nearly 100,000 people, and the momentum is extremely spectacular.

These people mainly come from the six prefectures of Heng, Zhao, Ding, Shen, Ji and De. Compared with the southern Xiangzhou, Weizhou, the migration of the northern prefectures was relatively late. They only started ten days ago and gradually formed a scale seven days ago. Although it was late, because the northern prefectures were closer to Youzhou, the possibility of harm was greater and the people were more panicked. Therefore, the wave of immigration formed in a short period of time was more turbulent than that of the southern prefectures. This was the fourth batch of immigrants.

The worn-out ox carts and horse carts were creaking on the official road. The man led the ox cart and walked heavily in front. The flat ox cart was full of all their belongings, some pots, pots, bowls, big gourds filled with clear water, a few bags of grain and bread, and a pile of freshly picked mountain fruits and vegetables next to it. Behind the cart were also sitting with white-haired parents, holding their young grandsons, their vicissitudes of their eyes with confusion about the future and sadness of leaving their hometown.

The child didn't feel so much. He held a pear, his eyes were filled with excitement and curiosity, and he looked around. Everything on the road was extremely novel to him.

The child's mother followed the ox cart with her big belly. It was obvious that she was pregnant again and was staggering. However, the ox cart could not sit so many people. She had to walk behind her husband, but with one hand, she carefully held a nanmu box. The box might have been her dowry silk and silk and several scattered copper coins from that time, and perhaps several pieces of dress and jewelry that were in the box. From the degree of careful attention of women, it can be seen that this nanmu box is their family's most precious property.

This is an ordinary family, and almost every immigrant family on the official road is similar to them. At this time, most people no longer leave their homes for thirty acres of land, but for their lives and to escape from this land where war is about to break out as soon as possible.

The court adopted a policy of tolerance and gentleness towards the Hu people in the Southern Officiency and gave them the power of autonomy and freedom. In the eyes of those in power in Chang'an thousands of miles away, these Hu people were homeless and pitiful, like a stray dog, who ran to the eaves of the Tang Dynasty to rely on them. The dependence of these Hu people brought the satisfaction of self-esteem to the people in power.

However, the people at the bottom who live next to these Hu people have a completely different feeling from those in power. What they see is the ruthlessness and greed of these Hu people. The wrecked dogs are waving their tails and begging for mercy, but they often show their hideous teeth and the true appearance of evil dogs, which makes these humble people full of fear and anxiety about them.

An Lushan recruited hundreds of thousands of soldiers to rely on the Hu people. The weak Han people deeply realized that danger was approaching. They could only escape and escape from danger. The farther away, the better. Because of this mentality, more than 70% of immigrants chose Longyou.

More than 18,000 households were heading towards Tumen Pass on the official road in Jingxing County. They took the clan as a unit, and there were hundreds of families in one clan, and the clan leader was arranged and taken care of. There were dozens of young men walking in line next to each clan, holding bows, arrows, and swords in hand to protect their clan.

From time to time, there were yamen runners riding horses to maintain order and resolve disputes between clans. At this time, a family of Jiang clans in Hengzhou and a family of Mu clans in Zhaozhou quarreled because of the young people's enthusiasm and refused to give in to each other. Hundreds of young people confronted each other, glaring at each other, holding long swords and wooden sticks in their hands, and as if a group fight was fought. Some of the yamen runners saw that the situation was not good, they hurried to report to the senior officials of the two states.

After a moment, a team of yamen runs on horseback, leading a middle-aged man with a medium figure and very dark and thin appearance. He is Yan Zhenqing, the prefect of Zhaozhou. Yan Zhenqing became a Jinshi in the 22nd year of Kaiyuan. He served as the supervisor censor several times, and was later promoted to the attendant censor of the palace. He offended Yang Guozhong because of his integrity and integrity. He was demoted to the local government and later promoted to the prefect of Dezhou. His political achievements were significant. Last year, due to the locust plague in Zhaozhou, he was transferred to the prefect of Zhaozhou by the Political Affairs Hall. Under his active governance, the disaster was greatly alleviated. He had received an order from the court and would return to the court to serve as the Minister of Justice. Before leaving office, he happened to encounter this great immigrant from Hebei. He also firmly supported one, and he did not hesitate to slow down his departure, actively participated in the westward movement of the people of Zhaozhou, and sent away three groups of people.

Among the several officials, in addition to the prefect of Zhaozhou, Yan Zhenqing, there are also prefect of Hengzhou, Yan Gaoqing and chief secretary Yuan Luqian. Coincidentally, Yan Gaoqing is Yan Zhenqing's clan brother. Both brothers are prefects in Hebei, and they are two adjacent states. They also have outstanding political achievements and are deeply loved by the people.

The two brothers were discussing how to distribute grain from the official warehouse. Suddenly, they heard that the people in Zhao and Heng had a dispute, so they came to inspect immediately.

At this time, the migrating brigade had already stopped due to the dispute between the two clans. These two clans were obviously large clans. The young children of the two clans gathered together with 300 people. They stood in an open space to confront each other, with their eyes wide open and their emotions excited. The two clan leaders did not give in and stood behind the team to encourage their children.

In fact, the dispute between the two families broke out last night. Because the food rations for the immigration were provided by the official warehouse, distributed by human hair every day, and the heads of each clan were unified and distributed within the clan. The Jiang clan lost two bags of food last night. Someone found that it might have been stolen by the Mu family, so the two clans quarreled. Although the official later added two bags of food to the Jiang family as compensation and ended the quarrel, the conflict between the two families was not resolved. Today, the two families had a quarrel, and the conflict broke out again and began to heat up.

Just as the two clans were about to fight, the Yan brothers arrived, and Yan Zhenqing shouted: "Stop all!"

Dozens of yamen run over and separate the two clans. It is a tradition of Chinese peasants to fear officials, especially high-ranking officials like Yan Zhenqing. With Yan Zhenqing's shout, more than 300 children of the two clans put down their swords and sticks, and dared not be arrogant anymore.

Yan Gaoqing also rushed forward. He had been an official in the local area for a longer time. He knew how to resolve this conflict, so he said to both sides: "Where is your patriarch? Let him come to see me!"

The heads of the two clans heard the prefect named the prefect and wanted to see them. They all walked up tremblingly and bowed to salute, "Small people meet with Prefect Yan."

"Why are you two quarrels?"

"Report to the prefect, they stole our rations last night."

"Nonsense! We have food rations ourselves, why do we steal yours?"

"You don't admit it even though someone has seen it!"

"You're talking nonsense!"

The two clan leaders of the two households had red faces and thick necks, and they started to argue. Yan Gaoqing frowned. The best way to do this was to hit fifty boards each and hurt them, so they would not dare to argue.

"Okay, for the sake of family selfishness, you will affect everyone's progress. Tonight, you two families will reduce the grain by half. Tonight, you will quarrel again, and you will reduce it by half. Whenever you don't quarrel, you will return to normal."

Both clans were stunned together. They looked at each other and begged together: "Report to the prefect, we dare not argue again. Please spare us."

"I won't forgive you today, let's talk about it tomorrow, let's go!"

Yan Gaoqing resolved the dispute between the two families without any ruthlessness, and the team set off again and continued to move forward in a mighty way to the West. At this time, Yan Zhenqing came over and said with a smile: "I didn't expect it to be resolved so simply."

Yan Gaoqing smiled faintly and said, "Yes! As long as you find the key points of many things, you can get the effect with just one knife. There is no need to worry about anything. After all, aren't they just for food?"

Yan Zhenqing nodded and smiled, "Brother said it well!"

Yan Gaoqing smiled again and said, "This group of immigrants are sent to Tumen Pass, so it's time for me to enter the court!"

"Yes! Yesterday, the Ministry of Personnel issued another proof urging me. I have delayed it twice. This time I can't hold it anymore. I plan to go to the capital to take office tomorrow. My successor may not be able to come for the time being. Please ask my brother for immigration."

"Well! Don't worry! I can handle it."

The two turned their horse's head and accelerated toward the west.

The sky gradually became dark, and the team finally arrived at Tumen Pass. The torches were lit on Tumen Pass, and it shone like daytime. There were five hundred and a western army guards on the shut. The guard was a captain named Yu Fang, an officer in his thirty years old. At this time, when he saw the brigade immigrants coming, he immediately ordered: "Open the door and let people go!"

The gate of Tumen Pass slowly opened, and tens of thousands of immigrants began to swarm in the pass, shouting, shouting, and the crying of children became loudly. The yamen runners shouted in a hurry: "Don't be anxious! You can go in one by one."

Yu Fang couldn't help but shook his head. Isn't it the same sooner or later? What's there to be anxious? Just then, a scout rushed from a distance. He looked anxious, but the city gate was blocked by the people, but he couldn't get in. Seeing the scout's expression, Yu Fang leaned forward and shouted, "What happened?"

The scout glanced at the people beside him and did not dare to say it loudly. He took out the information and inserted it on the arrow, broke the arrow, shot the arrow to the top of the city, and a soldier picked it up and handed it to Yu Fang. Yu Fang barely understood. When he opened the information, his face suddenly changed.

Tens of thousands of Youzhou cavalry were coming here, and the vanguard was already thirty miles away.

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Chapter completed!