Farmer of Shu Han

The so-called Jueying Meeting was when King Zhuang of Chu held a banquet for his ministers, and the candles were blown out by the wind on the way. Someone lost his temper after drinking and touched the hand of Xu Ji, the beloved concubine of the King of Chu, and Xu Ji tore off his helmet tassel.

Then Xu Ji went to King Zhuang of Chu to complain, saying that as long as she lit a candle to see who didn't have a helmet tassel, she was just rude.

King Zhuang of Chu said, "How can you insult a scholar for the sake of women's festival?"

So everyone was ordered to break up happily, and to facilitate drinking, the helmet must be removed.

After all the ministers were exhausted, they made people light the candles again, and the matter was over.

Seven years later, King Zhuang of Chu attacked Zheng, and a minister was always in front of him. He made five first contributions in five battles.

After the victory, he didn't want the reward from King Zhuang of Chu. He asked him that it was Ye Jueying who was seven years ago, and he said that what he did today was a kindness that would not be punished.

Ma Su naturally knew this allusion, and his heart moved when he heard Li Shengzhi's words.

The death row, as the name suggests, is those who have been sentenced to death.

Every time the two armies confronted each other, they rushed to the forefront, which was a veritable narrow escape.

In Ma Di's view, those soldiers who were included in the list of death row prisoners were almost dead. If they could repay their gratitude and kill the enemy with all their might, that would be a good way.

It's just that in this way, it is suspected of violating the military law.

"Beheading the evildoers will serve as a righteous military law, and those who help the evil will be beaten with 30 military sticks and put on death row. General Liu, please go and appease that family."

Ma Di pondered for a while, and finally came to a conclusion.

After hearing this, Li Sheng's face changed slightly.

Liu Yin insisted, "General Ma, in such things, how can there be a saying that the chief evil is helping the evil? These three people are all the chief evil, if they want to beheaded, they will be executed together, why be merciful?"

"I have my own calculations. Is it possible that you still need to teach me to be the commander of this army?"

Ma Su said angrily, "Why don't you back down quickly?"

The calculation in his heart was naturally Li Sheng.

Seeing him begging for mercy like this, there must be some reason inside.

Picking out one of the culprits is enough to deter the entire army.

At this time, it was time for employing people again, and the remaining two could just give Li Sheng a favor.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Liu Yin's identity was already sensitive, and Ma Di was someone who was highly valued by the prime minister. Seeing Ma Di scolding him angrily, he had no choice but to shut up.

Ma Di felt that he had handled it properly, so he went back to sleep with his head covered.

He didn't know that after this happened, the attitude of the people in Lueyang City towards the Han army became a little subtle.

After he led the army, another Han army came.

The people of Lueyang couldn't believe it this time, they all packed up their things and fled to the mountains.

Gao Xiang led 5,000 people to Lueyang to guard the east gate of Longyou. At the same time, he also intended to support Ma Di. It was Zhuge Liang's third line of defense for the Longshan Pass.

By this time, the big Han's offensive against Longyou was finally completed with all its subordinates.

In the west, Wei Yan was the main general, Chen Shi was the deputy general to attack Longxi County, Guan Xing Zhangbao guarded Liangzhou soldiers in the northwest, Wu Yi was the commander in the southeast, Wu Ban was the deputy general to attack Shangyu, and Zhuge Liang personally led the Chinese army to attack Jicheng.

In the northeast, there is Gao Xiang guarding Lueyang, the east gate of Longyou, Ma Su in Jieting, and Feng Yong rushing to attack Longkou.

As long as there is one place in Longxi County or Jicheng that can be captured, the big man can draw out excess troops, and the situation in Longyou is almost settled.

Feng Yong led the army only one day earlier than Ma Di, but when all the troops he led had passed through Jieting for two days, Ma Di arrived on the third day with his men.

I saw that the terrain of this place is flat and wide, with a river running through it in the north, and a ruined small town with street pavilions in the middle.

Ma Di personally led people into the small town to inspect, and there were traces left by Feng Yongan's camp inside.

All kinds of broken bricks and tiles have been cleaned up, and the dangerous walls have also been knocked down. Only some solid foundations are left, and the holes dug when the piles were erected can still be seen.

Ma Di laughed and said, "Feng Mingwen just stayed here for one night, so he didn't hesitate to repair the deserted city without hesitating the strength of his soldiers. It's really superfluous."

It was Liu Yin who was beside him who said, "Feng Langjun strictly abides by the law of marching and setting up camps, so he is cautious."

After hearing this, Ma Di felt a little displeasure in his heart.

He knew that if Feng Yong succeeded in attacking the pass, basically there would be nothing serious here at Jieting. The prime minister sent him here just in case, so he was a little careless about this trip.

Now when I hear Liu Yin's words again, I feel arrogance in my heart: this method of setting up a stronghold is just old-fashioned and solid, what is there to praise?

Immediately, he took the lead and walked out of the city. When he saw the abruptly rising mountain, his heart moved, so he asked someone to bring the horse over and go up the mountain to have a look.

When he got to the top of the mountain, he saw that the top of the mountain was flat and wide enough to accommodate ten thousand people to camp.

Looking east from the mountain, not only can you see everything below, but even the Guanlong Avenue from Guanzhong is cut off by this mountain.

Looking west, Lueyang City behind is also under the cover of this mountain.

"There is a saying in the art of war: Looking down from a high position, the momentum is like splitting bamboo. You say, if a large army charges down from this mountain, who can stop it?"

Ma Di pointed to the Guanlong Avenue ahead, and asked thoughtfully.

Liu Yin nodded and praised, "This mountain is indeed a godsend, and General Ma has a unique vision. If you set up a camp in Jieting, and then arrange a partial division on this mountain to act like horns, the Cao thief will be several times stronger than him." Neither can I."

Ma Di smiled triumphantly.

Guanlong Avenue, winding up along Longshan Mountain, the highest one is Guanshan Mountain, also known as Longdi, Longban.

On the east slope of the top of Guanshan Mountain, there is a flat land that can accommodate more than a hundred families.

Longguan was built here.

Along the Guanlong Avenue, many Wutings were set up in the Later Han Dynasty. After the Liangzhou Qiang-Hu Rebellion, the Qiang people set fire to Longguan, and all the Wutings along the way were destroyed.

Later, after Cao Cao pacified the Ma Chao Rebellion in Liangzhou, in order to give early warning to Longguan on the east slope of Guandong, he built several dock pavilions in dangerous places.

There is still a chill at night in Longyou in February. If you climb Longshan Mountain, the higher you go, the heavier the chill will be.

In a Wuting tens of miles west of Guanshan Mountain, Cao Bing, who was holding a weapon, woke up from the cold. He looked at the fire pond in the middle of the house, and saw that the fire inside had long been extinguished, leaving only a faint red light. , leaned over and put the branch in carefully, and blew carefully.

"Have you overslept again, kid?"

There was a grunt of curse behind him.

Cao Bing didn't answer the words of the people behind him, he knew that it was only half of the night and his companions wouldn't wake up at this time.

Seeing that the branches were burning again, he stood up, pushed the door and walked out, preparing to drain the water that had been suffocated during the night.

The companions in the room, half asleep and half awake, felt the warmth in the firepit, and subconsciously moved closer.

After a while, the door was pushed open with a "bang", and a gust of cold wind swept in.

"What are you doing with such a big door?"

The person next to the firepit cursed with half-opened eyes.

"Get up! The Han army is coming!"

Someone shouted loudly.

The footsteps in the room were chaotic, and an unknown number of people rushed in.

"What? Where are you? Why didn't the people in front set off the beacon?"

"It was attacked at night! It was too late to let go. Many of the brothers who escaped fell down the mountain at night, and I was the only one who escaped overnight."

Someone said hastily, "Hurry up! Hurry up!"

As soon as the sleeping person heard this, he immediately woke up.

"Is the news true? Which booth are you from?"

The visitor took out the token, and after the verification was completed, the people in the pavilion rushed out and lit the wolf smoke that had been prepared long ago.

After a while, the Longguan Night Post on the top of Guanshan saw a fire burning in the west.

"Enemy attack!"

Ye Shao's heart tightened, and he shouted, "There's fire under the mountain!"

Guan Chengli soon became flustered.

"Discovered?"

Zhao Guang looked at the fire ahead with some regret.

"Yes. There are still two docks that have not been unplugged, which is a pity."

The Guanlong swordsman, who was dressed differently from the soldiers in the army, had a somewhat ashamed expression on his face.

"It's okay, the army can get here so smoothly, you have already made great contributions."

Zhao Guang did not hesitate to praise, "Go down and get the reward."

After dawn, Cao Junshao, who stayed behind to investigate the situation, saw the army coming out of the morning mist, winding like a long snake, and his face began to turn pale.

Feng Yong was panting, the white mist from his mouth lingered for a long time, and the cold air was sucked into his lungs, which hurt a little.

Beside the pass road, the river water melted and whimpered down, extremely clear.

Guanlong Avenue is called the Avenue, but it is actually just a road opened up by using valleys and river valleys.

Most of the stones paved on the road are local materials, taken from rivers and mountains.

The horse's hoof stepped on the stone, and occasionally a spark would slip out.

Looking up, the undulating mountains are suddenly far away and near in the misty clouds and smoke, as if they are not far away.

Looking down, the forest is vast, and the dark black clouds are wrapped around the mountainside. I just feel that I am in it, and the chill seems to penetrate my skin even more.

It really is difficult to cross the mountain.

Even the Nanxiang soldiers began to lack stamina in this terrain.

Fortunately, most of the troops in Feng Yong's hands were from the southern Zhongyi people. At this time, they showed their advantages more and more.

The survival of Cao Jun's last two dock pavilions won the most critical preparation time for Longguan on the top of Guanshan Mountain.

Longguan immediately dispatched troops and ran down the mountain quickly, hoping to pass the news of the Han army's attack to the general Cao Zhen who was stalemate with the Han army in Meicheng as quickly as possible.

A day later, Feng Yong led the Chinese army out of the valley, turned a corner, and suddenly saw a square Guancheng standing on the hillside ahead, looking down at him like a tiger.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a small mountain stream coming from the west and merging into the mountain river coming from the northwest. It can be seen that the river gradually bends and flows eastward.

"Brother, it's not easy to set up camp here. There is no place where all the troops can be arranged, so we can only camp separately."

Zhao Guang, who arrived one day earlier, came over and said with some worry.

"It's okay, there's not much flat land in this mountain, so it's most normal to separate the villages."

Feng Yong nodded.

As he spoke, he looked at Guancheng who was watching his army, and asked, "How is the situation in this Guancheng?"

"Guancheng runs from east to west. Each wall is more than one mile long. There is an urn in the east of the city, and there is only a wall in the west of the city. There are only a thousand people stationed there on weekdays."

"However, according to You Xia'er's investigation, a group of Cao soldiers came from the foot of the mountain a few days ago, and now I don't know how many people are in the city."

Zhao Guang looked at Guancheng and said worriedly, "This pass is built on the top of Guanshan Mountain. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. I don't know how many lives it will take."

From here, Guanlong Avenue passes through Longguan in an east-west direction.

Only after entering Longguan can we continue eastward and go down the mountain.

Feng Yong looked at Guancheng on the hillside and flat ground, feeling a little anxious in his heart.

He stepped forward, wanting to see more clearly, but he didn't expect to step into the river without paying attention. The cold water made his heart move, and he asked, "Where is the source of water? Where does the source of water in the city come from?" ?”

In the original history, Ma Dazui occupied the mountain and set up a village, but did not occupy the water source. He was surrounded by people, almost died of thirst, and could not rush down the mountain.

When Feng Yong thought of this, a thought suddenly flashed through him, and he always felt as if he had forgotten something.

However, capturing the Long Pass in front of him was the most urgent thing for him to make plans. Feng Yong quickly forced himself to calm down and think about the way to break through the pass.

This Longguan is built on the top of Guanshan Mountain, even if a well is drilled, it is difficult to see the water layer, the water source in the city most likely depends on the mountain spring and river water.

If we can find out the water source in the city, maybe there will be a way.

Zhao Guang naturally didn't know what Feng Yong was thinking. When he heard Feng Yong's question, his heart was moved, but he didn't understand it for a while, so he said apologetically, "How does the city draw water? Little brother doesn't attract attention. Pass."

Feng Yong nodded, "It's okay, you can find out the general situation of it, it's already very good. Marching and fighting, you can only know what the real situation is when you see it with your own eyes."

Feng Yong squinted his eyes at Guancheng and said, "There is a saying in the art of war: a big city with few people, a small but numerous city, little food but no supply of firewood and water, neither is a city that can be defended. How tall is this city?"

"It's four feet long." (The length of the Han Dynasty was shorter than that of later generations. One foot is more than two meters, less than three meters. For four feet, it is about nine and a half meters.)

Feng Yong listened and nodded.

"For a city wall of four feet, the bottom wall should be two feet thick, and the top wall should be one foot wide. The four walls of this pass city are all more than one mile long. Calculated in this way, there will be no more than three thousand people inside."

"If there is more, it doesn't matter whether the water source and food can be supplied. Too many soldiers are crowded in such a small city, but it will be very inconvenient." (One mile in Han Dynasty is a little more than 400 meters.)

Zhao Guang was surprised when he heard this, "How did brother know?"

"The art of war taught by the prime minister."

It was only at this time that Feng Yong felt that the old monster Zhuge really deserved to be a person who entered the Martial Temple. It was just such a point of military knowledge. If he didn't tell him, he might not be able to react for the rest of his life.

It really makes a lot of sense to pass on a word while falsely spreading thousands of books.

After Zhao Guang heard this, he remembered that the prime minister had personally delivered the book to his elder brother for him to read it carefully, and he couldn't help feeling a little envious in his heart.

The prime minister really treats his elder brother like a disciple.

I could only hear Feng Yong pointing at Guancheng again with his horsewhip, "This pass was originally intended to cut off the connection between Longyou and Guanzhong. It can be seen from the fact that there is an urn city in the east of the city but not in the west. west."

"In addition, the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, which is very beneficial to us. If you attack the city from the east, you will attack from your back. I'm afraid you won't be able to capture the city with blood. But if you attack the city from the west, the terrain is higher. , as long as you work hard, you will be able to conquer sooner or later."

When the Guanlong Avenue comes here, it is all paved with cobblestones, which is convenient for walking, and there is no need to worry about the bad road conditions.

At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty passed by here in a car, and then a thunderbolt came down from the sky, which shocked the dragon body of Emperor Han, so this pass was named Dazhen Pass.

Of course, the point is not here, the point is that both the east and west doors of Guancheng can drive.

"You go and make arrangements for someone to send a letter to the people in Guan City, telling them: I will give them a day to think about it. If I offer the pass before this time tomorrow, I will not embarrass them at all. They can stay or stay."

"Except for weapons and armor, you can take all your belongings with you, and nothing will be withheld."

"If it takes more than one day, all the village chiefs and above will be killed after breaking the barrier."

"If it exceeds two days, all teams above the rate will be killed after breaking the barrier."

"If it exceeds three days, all those who are tall or above will be cut off after breaking through."

After this deadline, Zhang Yun may arrive at any time, and it is useless to cut down.

Therefore, at this most critical juncture, no kindness can be expressed, and the psychological tactics should be delivered first.

As for the latter, if you really break through the level, of course you won't kill it-how precious is the labor?

Now that the source of labor in Nanzhong has been exhausted day by day, it is urgent to open up a new source of labor.

The five places in the textile workshop were sold, and the aristocratic families in central Shu had handed over their money and food. Suddenly news of the Northern Expedition came.

After the pricking, the villain has to seek the blessings of ghosts and gods all over the sky, and the big man must succeed in the Northern Expedition—otherwise, where will the wool come from?

It feels so sour.

Longyou has a vast land and few people. If you want to quickly resume farming and open up pastures, how can you do it without labor?

At that time, it will be of great use whether the prisoners of war are sent to labor camps in Longyou, or they are sent to Liangzhou to enrich the foundation of the Han people.

Feng Langjun is still very conscientious, and now he is already making plans for everyone.