Three Kingdoms

Wuguancheng, I think back then, was like a beautiful woman with outstanding grace and disaster for the country and the people. She was favored by the kings of Qin and Chu in turn.

Well, to protect against punches, this beauty is gender-neutral.

This "beauty" is considered a scarce resource, so from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Qin Dynasty, the ownership of Wuguan changed many times. At the beginning, Wuguan belonged to the Chu State and was a pass used by the Chu State to defend against the Qin State. However, during the Warring States Period, it was taken away by the Qin State for a time, so it was changed into a defense line against the Chu State. The Chu State was naturally unwilling to give in and fought back. Later, it even belonged to South Korea for a period of time, and finally fell into the hands of the Qin State.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was called Shaoxi Pass, which was aimed at the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, on the wall of Wuguan facing Guanzhong, the words Shaoxiguan were marked, and the words Wuguan were naturally directed at Chu. The country is in the direction of Jingxiang,

As the dividing line between Qin and Chu in the late Warring States Period, both sides had stationed a large number of troops here for a long time, and now the struggle between Qin and Chu for hegemony seems to be coming again. The spiral of history seems to have returned to its starting point once again.

Liao Hua and Huang Zhong naturally seemed to be in the same line as the Qin State. The soldiers and horses were all to the west of Wuguan. Cao Ren commanded the army and was stationed to the east of Wuguan. It happened to be in the mountains where the Chu State had stationed soldiers and horses for a long time. The land of flat ditch.

Wuguan in the Han Dynasty was stuck on Danshui River. It faced Danshui River in the south and was surrounded by mountains and rivers in the east and west. It relied on mountains in the north and had mountain roads leading up to it. It was easy to defend but difficult to attack. (Wuguan in later generations mostly refers to Tang Wuguan, which is actually some distance away from Han Wuguan. See the attachment.)

On the side facing Danshui, there is an urn city built with strips of stone, which is unbreakable.

Cao Ren was standing on the ridge in the distance, silently looking at Wuguan City.

Cao Zhen stood behind Cao Ren, and the two of them looked at Wuguan City without speaking for a while.

Danshui is the only way for the army to march, and Wuguan is the bottleneck stuck on this only way...

Cao Ren is Cao Cao's younger brother, and he can be regarded as a relatively close blood brother. He was also rebellious when he was young. He was very dissatisfied with the various rules and invisible restrictions in the corrupt court of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, although he was qualified to promote filial piety and integrity at that time, he still refused and was restless riding horses and shooting arrows all day long. .

But who would have imagined that Cao Ren would now become a model of strict compliance with rules and regulations.

This is true in the military, and it is the same in the Cao family.

That's right, the so-called person who is lawless and does not abide by the rules regardless of the legal system is talking about Cao Hong.

After several brothers of the Cao family became powerful, only Cao Hong could do something like forcing a woman to perform a striptease at a cocktail party...

Um? This thing seems to be not uncommon in the subsequent feudal era?

It's just because of Mr. Luo's relationship that in the minds of most people in later generations, Cao Ren is a sandbag who is proficient in golden bells and iron cloth shirts and gets beaten all day long. Even in the Three Kingdoms game, he looks like a heavily armored infantryman with limited mobility, low agility and strong defense.

Although in the early expansion process of Cao Cao, Cao Ren led the other army, and his opponent was not a strong general. However, it should be noted that Cao Cao had a cloud of counselors and a forest of fierce generals. The army of the other army commanded by Cao Ren Among them, he can be regarded as a fierce person, but he is the only one for a long time.

Cao Cao collapsed many times in history, and it was Cao Ren who came out to clean up the mess. After Cao Ren, no one from the second and third generations of Cao Xiahou inherited Cao Ren's tenacity and perseverance. When sudden situations occurred and chaos occurred, they rarely had the ability to turn the tide in defeat. It cannot be said that these second and third generations were incompetent. , I can only say that Cao Ren is too capable. After the Battle of Chibi, Cao's army transformed into a strategic defense. Only Cao Ren was stationed in Jingxiang and presided over the two major defensive fronts in the east and south. At the same time, he faced the threats of Guan Yu and Zhou Yu...

This was something that even Cao Cao couldn't resist, but Cao Ren was able to resist.

It was also after the Battle of Chibi that Cao Cao moved the center of his rule to Yecheng without hesitation. After all, Xuchang was too far from the front line. Perhaps Cao Cao had secretly revealed the truth to Cao Ren at that time, and he just needed Cao Ren to delay as much time as possible, but Cao Ren did a miracle in Jingzhou and opened a box of five cards, all of which were legendary. Throughout the ages, at least during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Ren was the only general who could hold on to the city under the attack of floods and divine generals. This was the glory of his life...

But now, the difference between Cao Ren and history is that this time, he is not defending, but attacking.

Previously, the Fei army invaded Jingxiang from Wuguandao, signed an alliance under the city of Xiangyang, and cut off a large piece of flesh from Jingzhou.

From that time on, Cao Ren also launched a comprehensive investigation into Wuguan. He even built a model of Wuguan in Xiangyang City, thinking about the direction and tactics of the attack. But when he actually stood in front of Wuguan , when looking at Wuguan in the distance, he still felt huge pressure coming towards him, making it difficult to breathe.

Cao Ren even hoped that Liao Hua, the defender of Wuguan, would lead some soldiers to attack Cao Jun's camp...

Yes, when Cao Cao attacked Tongguan, Cao Ren was also prepared to ambush Feiqian's army.

Encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao does not mean that only one direction can be used.

This would at least be easier than attacking Wuguanhui.

However, there has been no movement in Wuguan and even abandoned Wancheng, which made Cao Ren very embarrassed. At this moment, Cao Ren had to issue the most stringent orders to Wancheng...

This will become a stain on Cao Ren and Cao Zhen that will never be erased, just like Cao Cao is carrying Xuzhou on his back.

General Niu Jin walked behind Cao Ren, handed over his order and said, "General, the front army has reported that the surrounding hussar posts have been cleaned up..."

After saying that, Niu Jin also nodded and saluted Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhen smiled and responded politely.

Cao Ren put his hands behind his back and turned his head slightly to look at a mountain ridge in the distance.

The smoke on the mountain ridge is gradually dissipating.

Liao Hua set up sentries on some mountaintops around Wuguan to monitor the movements of Cao's army. If Cao Ren wanted to advance, he must first remove these eyes. Because most of these sentries are set up in dangerous places, the three or five people on duty can also use manpower to carry some living supplies. If there are more people, it will naturally be difficult to supply, so most of these sentries only have smoke warnings. The effect does not have the effect of intercepting Cao Ren's army.

Many sentries gave up when they saw Cao Jun's attack, so there was not much direct damage to both sides.

The gradually dissipating smoke proved that most of the observation points were now in the hands of Cao Jun.

Cao Ren nodded.

Niu Jin was a general discovered by Cao Ren in Jingxiang.

Because Cao Jun has more or less a label for Jingzhou people, relatively speaking, Niu Jin, who also belongs to Jingxiang people, can act as a bridge. On the one hand, it can show Cao's tolerance and treat Jingzhou people equally. In addition, Niujin can also be used as a buffer to better control Jingzhou soldiers.

This time, the main force in attacking Wuguan was Jingzhou soldiers.

Cao Ren praised Niu Jin a few words, and then asked Niu Jin to go down to rest.

"General, when the grain ship arrived at Niutoudu, it couldn't get on, so we had to use mules and horses to transport it..." Cao Zhen said, "The water is shallow in winter... If it comes to spring and summer, we can travel by land and water..."

Cao Ren nodded, then shook his head, "It's a pity that we don't have so much time..."

Cao Zhen was silent for a moment, "Then the only thing we can do now is... if there is no chaos in Shang County..."

Cao Ren sighed.

Watching the white smoke dissipate quickly in front of his eyes, Cao Ren said nothing.

A strong fortress is often easiest to break from the inside, but if the inside of the fortress is stable and stable, then if you want to defeat it, you must pay the price of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood...

Although Cao Ren is unwilling to leave victory or defeat in the hands of the goddess of luck, at this moment, Cao Ren really hopes that he can get the favor of the goddess of luck.

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Huang Wu, the head of Shang County, has been so busy these days that he can barely touch the ground with his feet, and people are asking him everywhere.

Originally Shang County was not very big and was used as a transit trade point, but now it has become a huge military camp plus a concentration of private camps. The increase in population has brought about the placement of various materials, accommodation of the population, and mutual exchanges. There are even more conflicts arising between them. Seeing the war approaching, these Guanzhong folk even started to quarrel because so and so took half an extra black steamed bun...

The key is that there are still a group of people holding soup bowls, drinking soup and eating steamed buns, while watching!

The soldiers on duty thought that there was a fight and trouble, so they hurriedly gathered some people and rushed over, only to find out that it was about half a steamed bun!

There are so many trivial things like this that Huang Wu, the head of Shang County, is really busy.

In fact, strictly speaking, Huang Wu hasn't adapted yet, or he doesn't know how to arrange things in a more organized way. He was originally in Jingxiang, just an ordinary person in the Huang family. He had read some books and knew some arithmetic. In addition, the Huang family also needed someone to help maintain the Wuguandao transportation trade route, so Huang Wu became the He became the head of Shang County.

In the earliest days, even the city walls of Shang County were broken, and they were repaired and built bit by bit under Huang Wu's hands, so he was used to doing it himself. But before, there were few people and few things to do, so he was too busy. Come here, but now...

Of course, this was because Huang Wu didn't trust others, but more importantly, it was still because Huang Wu lacked a certain amount of experience.

Of course, after this war, Huang Wu will also grow to a certain extent.

A very important reason why many people at the bottom are not as good as the gentry class is that the bottom class lacks opportunities and has no capital to make mistakes. Even if the children of the gentry lose 100 million, it is just one less goal. It is not a big deal. .

Before Huang Wu could take a breath or take a sip of water after sitting down, he heard the servant coming to report again: "Master, the main road is blocked again..."

"ah? Huang Wu was stunned, "What's wrong?" 』

"It is said that the people from Shangluo and the people from Lantian bumped into each other and started fighting over the road..."

Huang Wu just felt a headache, "Didn't the Lantian people ask them to go back first?" 』

"Yes, they said they have almost left, and there are still some left who are preparing to go back...but they got into a quarrel with the people from Shangluo for some reason..." the servant replied, "No...it ended up being blocked in the street..."

"Where's Inspector Wang?" Huang Wu asked as he stood up and walked out.

"Inspector Wang went to Wuguan and hasn't come back yet..."

Huang Wu couldn't help but frown and said, "I'll go take a look." 』

Yesterday, Huang Zhong and Liao Hua discussed and felt that Shang County is too close to Wuguan and it is not a good thing to have a large number of civilians stationed there. Moreover, Wuguan is not like Tongguan. It is still possible for a small group to bypass Wuguan Pass and take a small road. They marched into Shang County, so withdrawing the civilians back to Shangluo and Lantian would also help with better defense.

So since yesterday, Huang Wu has been arranging for the civilians to evacuate.

These civilians knew that there was going to be a war, so they were naturally more cooperative. However, they didn't expect that the people in Lantian who were farther away had almost left, and some troubles were caused...

When Huang Wu arrived at the scene, it was already quite chaotic.

Although the civilians can understand the impending war and the request for them to evacuate first, and they can also know that this is for their own good, they always have to take this and that with them when leaving. After leaving, the person behind me must have a lot of things to do. I want to take away all the scraps and scraps, and then my clothes are torn and bumped with others. If they fall on the ground, I look back again. Ah, after being picked up by others, no one else acknowledged it. It was very troublesome.

The key is that these civilian husbands instinctively check their faces. If the Fei army is as ferocious as Cao Jun, always using swords and guns to speak, the civilian husbands will naturally strictly abide by the requirements, but now are they just verbal warnings...

Just like the staff in the supermarket warned not to squeeze the instant noodles in the bag, not to open the toothpaste box, and that you can't return the bread after taking a bite, etc., but there are all kinds of people who just want to do it, no matter what. They are divided into big cities and small cities. As for things like killing live fish, weighing fresh meat and throwing it on the grocery shelf, it is not uncommon.

These are extremely small things, but if under the agitation of emotions, especially under the influence of certain external factors, for example, someone's family member is sick and has no money to treat, it is also possible that someone happens to buy... When it comes to unfinished buildings and so on, the original pressure will burst out along this extremely small outlet, like a volcano erupting.

Small people have built huge societies and countries.

As long as people live in society, they are like ripples, and circles will naturally form insiders and outsiders.

And human beings themselves are the most contradictory collection.

After these people who were once homeless have regained their supplies, there will always be some who cherish them and cannot bear to leave any usable items behind. At the same time, these people have not received enough education and do not have a God-like vision. They can only see what is in front of them.

Many of these civilian husbands were refugees in the past. They had gone from a state of abject poverty to being paid with pocket money for labor, but these actions did not conflict with their support of Fei Qian. If someone speaks ill of Qiusi, these people will definitely and spontaneously protect Fei Qian's reputation and reputation, but when faced with these petty gains, these people will be short-sighted and extremely selfish.

These folk men often only have four heads in their lives. They are born on the kang, grow up in the village, work in the fields, and die in the grave. That's all for the rest of their lives.

The struggle for hegemony between Cao Fei is too far away for them.

So, are these civilians good people or bad people?

Is it black or white?

When Huang Wu arrived, the two sides turned from a quarrel to a fight, and then quickly turned into a group fight.

There are people from Lantian here saying that people from Shangluo are bullying others, and people from Shangluo over there are shouting that people from Lantian are taking action...

Huang Wu's brows knitted together deeply. On a normal day, he would still have time to ask about the rights and wrongs, but what time is it now?

Huang Wu asked his men to shout loudly in an attempt to stop the fighting, but it had no effect. The civilians who got on top screamed and jumped on each other. Things were thrown into piles here and there. The shouts and howls were mixed together, and the shouts of Huang Wu's men to stop them could not be heard at all.

"Master Huang, this can't work!" 』

A voice came from behind Huang Wu.

Huang Wu looked back and saw that it was Jiang Gan.

"Master Huang," Jiang Qian said, cupping his hands, "I heard some noise... It's not okay to continue like this. We should use thunderbolt methods and act according to military law, otherwise a small chaos will eventually lead to a big disaster..."

Huang Wu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but quickly said: "Sir, what you mean is..."

Jiang Qian smiled and said, "I have a few guards and I still have some strength. I can lend a helping hand to Master Huang... Master Huang, cut it off when it's time to do it, otherwise it will cause a big problem... Once it continues..."

Huang Wu hesitated for a moment, but quickly nodded in agreement.

Huang Wu didn't bring many people. He didn't expect it to be so serious. Facing nearly a hundred people on the street, a few people still seemed a little overwhelmed.

"Don't use swords or guns!" Only use sticks! "Huang Wu said, with some complicated taste in his eyes, "Separate them first! 』

Jiang Gan's eyes moved slightly, nodded, and said with a smile, "This is natural." 』

As Jiang Gan's bodyguards joined in, the number of people maintaining order immediately doubled. More than ten people moved forward with sticks along the street. Those who were able to stop in time did not suffer physical pain, while the chaos in the blood was still going on. Of course, he was beaten with sticks and beaten until he screamed and screamed...

With sticks, the riot was quickly quelled.

The civilian husbands who participated in the fight all accepted the punishment. Most of them only suffered bruises and swollen faces, with no major hindrance. However, a small number of people did not know whether they missed during the fight or for other reasons. Some had their hands and feet broken, and some had their hands and feet broken. Injured internal organs...

As a result, some of the civilians who were supposed to leave were stranded.