There are bandits in Zhongmu.
It's been a long time.
At least in the official writing, that's what it says.
It is normal to have bandits, after all, they are close to the Taihang Mountains. In addition, over the years, farmers in many places have been affected by various disasters to varying degrees, so farmers who cannot survive go into the mountains to become bandits.
It is very smooth in theory.
It is also logically complete and self-consistent.
Therefore, there are "bandits" in Zhongmu.
Because of the "bandits and thieves", the Zhongmu area has never been very stable.
If it is unstable, the grain output will naturally not be high.
If the grain output is not high, taxes must be reduced and exempted.
What's the problem with this?
Therefore, the tax amount paid in Zhongmu land has been reduced accordingly, and the reduced taxes are reserved in the local area to be used to protect the local area and to provide subsidies to the needy farmers.
What's the problem with this?
At the same time, because of the need to fight against bandits, some military equipment must be supplemented, and the expenses of various military pay and pensions cannot be allowed to fight the war with hunger?
Therefore, the various expenses in Zhongmu land are also very high, and from time to time, the Han Dynasty needs to allocate additional subsidies from other places...
This is definitely no problem.
Look, Zhongmu is in chaos again.
It is said that it is the remnants of the Black Mountain Army again.
The Black Mountain Army is really a tradition. Almost every winter, they will go down the mountain to harass, smash and loot. I don’t know if they have any unresolvable deep hatred with the great man.
Fortunately, the local guards in Zhongmu seem to be pretty good. They can withstand the Black Mountain Army every year, but the military expenditure has always remained high and the losses are not small.
Some people say that the Black Mountain Army in Zhongmu was the original Black Mountain Army, some people say that the Black Mountain Army was actually Yuan Shao's remnants back then, and some people even say that the Black Mountain Army has received the support of Fei Qian, the General of the Cavalry. Anyway, they all say everything, but no matter what the situation is, it proves that it is difficult to fight the broken bandits in Zhongmu, or it is difficult to clean up.
At the beginning, the big man didn't care about these things because at that time the big man himself couldn't care about himself.
Later, Han Fu arrived in Jizhou and was unable to take care of this matter. However, after Yuan Shao took over Jizhou, he fought with the Heishan Army in real life, but he couldn't take care of it later.
At the moment of Cao Cao, Zhongmu was already used to it, or in other words, he was already used to it by everyone.
I am used to hearing the news that there were bandits in Zhongmu, the reduced taxes in Zhongmu, the extra subsidies and expenses from time to time, and the heroic sacrifices of the officials in Zhongmu during the battle with the bandits...
Habits are a terrible thing.
It’s like living in a smelly room for a long time, and you won’t feel smelly after getting used to it.
It's late at night and the moon is dark and the wind is high.
There were a lot of people sitting in the tent of the bandit suppression camp in Zhongmu, Han.
The smell of sweat, the smell of feet, the sour smell of the body, and the smell of bad breath between breaths complement each other.
Everyone is so smelly, so everyone is not smelly. So everyone in the tent has no opinions on the smell, but instead has very much opinions on the upcoming inspection envoy.
"Zhang Sanlang, the war you reported before has been approved. I will remember the merits once, but I will not be promoted for the time being..."
The leader picked up a letter from the table and threw it into the arms of the other person.
『What? Why?』 Zhang Sanlang started yelling before he opened the article, 『Person Wang, why can't I be promoted? Didn't I defeat the Black Mountain bandits?"
"The above said there was no corpse, no head proof..." Wang pointed to Xingwen and said, "You know what it means. If you do this next time, there will be a problem sooner or later!"
"Hehe, Captain Wang, you can't blame me for this. It's so dark. It's not easy for the black bandits to attack. It's already hard for brothers to defeat the thief at risk... Although there is no first-level victory, can't the armor, swords and guns prove it? It can't be upgraded to one level? We can't go to the mountain stream to find the thief's corpse?"
Captain Wang looked around and said, "I said everything, I can't count it! Do you understand? No, can, count it!"
『…』 Zhang Sanlang was still a little dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything.
Captain Wang knocked on the table covered with greasy and dirt, and then said: "Tell you to be more restrained, more restrained, and pretend to be more like you. Everyone is angry, but the result is good. I just want to mess around! Now! I've got the inspector... I'll be exposed by the time, and you and I will have a good life?"
"Didn't the inspector come to investigate spies? There are no spies here, only black bandits, so what's the point of coming?" The Junhou on the other side said, "I have taken so much from the top, so I should cover it up for us? Otherwise, how else can I do this job?"
"Do you think the superiors are not doing anything? This news is what the superiors send to tell us! Investigate spies and check a bullshit spies! That's where we are here to investigate us!" Wang Zhengming knocked on the table, "I'm paralyzed. At the beginning, I only reported ten or twenty military achievements, but now I dare to report thousands of them. Oh, you bastards, really he thinks that no one else can see it. Ah? There are hundreds of people, and there are only a few people in the Black Mountain. This has accumulated tens of thousands of them for you to kill! It's a nonsense!"
Everyone was silent.
This is true, but if you don’t report more, how can you satisfy your growing appetite?
"Everyone talks about it, what should I do now!" Captain Wang knocked on the table.
Zhang Sanlang coughed and said, "Don't everyone come out to work hard for that? Isn't it all for the support of the family? Can this inspector...may some money be used...?"
"Difficult." Wang Zhengwei shook his head and said, "This person's surname is Lu Hong. It is said that he had the courage to look for General Xiahou in Yecheng, but he was almost killed by General Xiahou... and it is said that his life is hard and he doesn't like pleasure. He even tore all his brocade robe to express his determination... If such a person wants to give money, it is probably... difficult, difficult!"
"No money, this is troublesome..."
"Yes, the most annoying thing is that you don't have money. How can you not have money in life?"
"Is this person sick?"
"If you are sick, yes, it's best if you are sick! If you die halfway through illness, it's best!"
"You are stupid. You are not sick when you come out. When you arrive in Zhongmu, you are sick. Or you are still seriously ill. Ou died immediately. Only a fool like you will believe it?!"
『Wang Dafei, what do you mean?!』
"That's what I mean, why?"
『Damn…』
Everyone was chattering and quarreling, and then they were in a mess.
"Everyone is serious, and you are talking about serious matters!" Captain Wang slapped the table twice again.
Everyone fell silent, look at me, look at you, and I look at you, and I have nothing to say again.
"I'm capable of pulling it a few tricks. When I talk about serious matters, I'll be mute!" Wang Ziwei slapped the table with a bang, and the already unstable table was shaking, as if I was about to be photographed apart the next moment. "At that time, I really want to find out what I want, at least I can't escape!"
"If you give me an idea, the lieutenant, you can do whatever you want!" said Zhang Sanlang, the military marquis beside him.
Junhou Zhang Sanlang was the first to express his opinion, and the rest of the people agreed.
Isn’t it like this all these years?
What can be bought, what can be won, what can be corrupt, what can be intimidated, what can be intimidated, what can be sacrificed bravely and die on the front line. Anyway, as long as the action plan is formulated and the hands and feet are clean, they have no objection.
They are all the people in Zhongmu.
This time, Master Wang did not knock on the table again. I don’t know if it was because he felt that he would fall apart if he knocked on it again, or he felt that he no longer needed to knock it again.
Captain Wang inspected the scene and said, "What's the solution? I thought of a... This black bandit is very cruel..."
"This..." Everyone looked at each other.
Didn’t you just say this...
No. It’s not important to say this, but the important one is the inspector!
This is the Prime Minister, no, this is the inspector sent by Xun Lingjun. Is it appropriate to use the ultimate move now?
Wang's eyes gradually became colder, "What? Have the courage to make money but don't have the courage to do things?"
Zhang Sanlang gritted his teeth and slapped his thigh, "Don't do it! Just do what the captain said!"
After a while, everyone answered one after another, and for a moment, they seemed to be rushing to the battlefield, with a bit of iron blood.
Anyway, I've done several votes.
No, it’s the first time for the inspector, but those minor officials and other things have accumulated a certain amount of experience before?
There is the name of the Black Bandit Studio in front of you, and if you want to blame, you can only blame the Black Bandit!
Captain Wang pinched the short beard on his chin, "Then do you agree?"
"Did it!Did it!"
『Agree, agree!』
"Yes, fuck it!"
"Okay! Come and get wine! Bleed blood as an alliance!" Wang Xiaowei didn't say much nonsense. He picked out a short blade from his boots, then took out a piece of silk, and his fingers cut across the blade. The red blood flowed out and dripped into the wine jar, and then pressed it on the silk, making the name of the blood seal!
"Ah?" Everyone was a little surprised. Should it be so grand?
This was the case when the anti-Dong was not the case. Now it is used to deal with an inspector...
Captain Wang's eyes came over and stabbed it on his body like a knife. Zhang Sanlang immediately seemed to have been stabbed. Without saying a word, he took the knife and cut it, and then dripped blood into the wine jar.
Then next one.
Next one.
One after another, line up.
It was orderly like queuing up to share money.
...ヽ(???)?(???)?…
Lu Hong staggered on the horse's back.
Inspector.
Which one is the school secretary and the inspector?
This doesn't matter.
The important thing is that you can only climb up and the position is high enough, even if you do nothing, it will be very important. Lu Hong knew very well about this.
Lu Hong didn't know whether there were spies in Zhongmu, but he knew that there was something wrong with Zhongmu.
This problem has actually been going on for a long time.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had fought with the Black Mountain bandits before, so there must be Black Mountain bandits, but it has been a bit abnormal until now.
Yuan Shao has sent troops from all over the country to encircle and suppress the mountain. He said it was a great victory, but it is actually...
If it is really a big victory, then why not pursue it? It is not because of the efforts and gains, which are no longer proportional.
Later, Cao Cao fought with the Heishan Army and fought at the foot of the mountain. At that time, the Heishan Army had all left the mountain, so it was not considered a victory in the mountain. As for the General Fei Qian of the Cavalry, it seemed that he was also fighting outside the mountain.
Then no one has ever really entered the mountains to encircle and suppress. No one knows how many thieves are in the Black Mountain, and no one can guarantee anything. After all, the people can become refugees, yellow turban thieves, and then some become black mountain bandits. What's so strange about it?
In fact, whether it was Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Han Fu, or other local officials, they sent some troops to suppress the bandits, but the soldiers who arrived here from other places were always defeated...
Lu Hong discovered a very strange problem. Every time the troops from other counties were transferred to war with Heishan, the Zhongmu troops who were supposed to support them either had this problem or encountered obstacles from the Black Mountain bandits, and they could not move forward. In the end, the soldiers transferred from outside the county were naturally defeated in the mountains.
Of course, this may be just a coincidence. After all, Li Guang had such unlucky things back then. On the battlefield, who can guarantee that he will always be lucky?
The Zhongshan Road in Taihang Mountain is rugged and complicated. Sometimes it is inevitable to get lost or encounter any problems on the mountain road. Therefore, slow progress cannot be considered a problem. What's more, the lieutenant of Zhongmu, the civil servants in Zhongmu, have all died in battle against Heishan. It seems unreasonable to say that Zhongmu defenders did not contribute.
Later, Cao Cao himself had many problems to deal with. A small place like Zhongmu became that as long as it was not too much, he basically didn't care too much, until this time Xun Yu re-listed this place as a key point.
As for why Xun Yu focused on Zhongmu, the more Lu Hong thought about it, the more exquisite he felt.
Lu Hong felt that this might be the gap between him and Xun Yu. As long as you think about these things clearly, it would be equivalent to narrowing the distance between you and Xun Yu.
That should be true.
First of all, Zhongmu said that it was big or small, and that it wasn't small. Moreover, if it was located on the Taihang side, there would inevitably be some idle people waiting for it, and then some spies were involved, which was naturally very likely.
Secondly, Zhongmu is relatively closed, with Taihang to the west, Juluze to the north, and Dahe to the south and east. This area has always been controlled by several major surnames, Li family, Wang family, and more importantly Ren family and Pan family.
However, these big surnames are not very prominent and medium, and at most they are a little higher.
Is it very suitable?
Just like the Ren family, Ren Jun's Ren family.
Ren Jun worked as a county official in Zhongmu County in his early years. Later, during Dong Zhuo, the original Zhongmu County Magistrate Yang Yuan planned to abandon his official position and flee, but was dissuaded by Ren Jun. Later, Ren Jun suggested that Yang Yuan take the lead in reprimanding Dong Zhuo. Yang Yuan adopted Ren Jun's suggestion and took the lead in raising the banner of fighting Dong Zhuo. However, Zhongmu was too small and not as powerful as Yuan Shao and others, so he did not receive much attention.
Not long after, Cao Cao also raised an army to fight against Dong Zhuo in Chenliu. Ren Jun led more than 100 people including the clan, guests, etc. to rely on Cao Cao, and since then became the veteran of Cao Cao's group. Cao Cao was very happy about Ren Jun's resignation. He not only appointed him as the cavalry commander, but also married his cousin to Ren Jun.
Subsequently, Ren Jun was basically responsible for the logistics supply of grain and grass, and had always served as the General of Military Field Army. He implemented the military field policy, which had a significant effect and became one of the important forces Cao Cao was stationed in Yingchuan.
Yingchuan, haha...
Lu Hong smiled, feeling that he might have touched something.
As for the Pan family in Zhongmu, it basically has less influence than the Ren family.
Among the Pan family, the elder was Pan Xu, and his son was Pan Man. Pan Xu entered the official career in his early years and served as the Shangshu Lang and Shangshu Youcheng under Emperor Ling of Han. He was also very talented and well-versed in the Ming Dynasty. Later, when Dong Zhuo was in chaos, he resigned from his post and returned to his hometown. Now he has re-elected his official position and served as the left prime minister of Jizhou. His son Pan Man was also quite talented and praised by the countryside.
The mountain path is winding, although it is not very rugged, but climbing up and down is not very easy to walk.
Suddenly, Lu Hong and his group encountered a checkpoint.
"Please show your official certificate so that we can check it so that we can release it as soon as possible!" The soldiers at the checkpoint shouted loudly.
"Bastard! The inspector dared to stop him in front of him?!" Lu Hong's guard shouted, obviously not satisfied with being stopped.
『No, there is an order from the superior! Everyone must check!』 The soldiers on the checkpoint did not retreat, 『Everyone, dismounted and received inspection!』
Lu Hongce immediately stepped forward, frowned and asked, "Who do you belong to?"
『What does it mean? Speak human words!" said the guard post, 『There is an order from above, and everyone must be inspected!』
『…』Lu Hong was a little angry.
"Ask you who are from? Who is your boss?" Lu Hong's guard couldn't help shouting.
"What do you ask about this? If you have an order from the superior, you will be the superior!"
"I'll ask you that boss..."
『Forget it," Lu Hong waved his hand, 『Take the one for him...』
Lu Hong's subordinate snorted, then turned over and dismounted, searched through the luggage beside him, and then took out the office and handed it over.
The military academy took the office, looked up and down a few times, and suddenly his face changed, "This is fake! Someone came, a thief pretended to pass the office, intending to pass the entrance!"
"What?" Before Lu Hong's subordinates could react, they subconsciously reached out to get the store, "How could this be fake..."
"I dared to commit a crime and resist arrest!" Suddenly, a long sword flashed, and then he cut down directly!
With a "puff" sound, the sharp long sword directly cut off the right arm of Lu Hong's unprepared Lu Hong's subordinate with one knife!
Blood gushed out, and the remaining limbs that fell to the ground were still pinching half of the space, and their fingers twitched.
"ah!
!" Lu Hong's guard screamed and fell to the ground.
"The thief wants to rush to the wardrobe!" The wardrobe military academy raised his blood-stained sword and shouted, "Counterattack! Counterattack!"
"Forged officials, kill them without mercy!"
"The thief is dead!"
The soldiers at the checkpoint came out with a fierce killing general. Lu Hong and others finally reacted and panicked and wanted to get the weapon, but it was too late.
Arrows roared, and several guards on the horse's back were shot before they even took out the crossbow, and fell off the horse. The war horse that had lost the control of the rider was frightened and bumped into the queue, causing several soldiers to stand unsteadily, and then fell down the mountain, hitting the rocks with screams, like smashed tomatoes.
The soldiers at the checkpoint rushed towards them with swords and spears. Even the small caravans that seemed to be waiting for inspection were lifted up their weapons from the wheelbarrows and rushed up.
The swords were facing each other, and Lu Hong's guards had no chance to fight back, so they were killed on the spot. The two guards standing in front of Lu Hong raised their swords to resist, but as soon as one sword was raised, they were shot by an arrow, and the other one was cut by an empty sword, and then there was no chance to kill the second sword again...
Seeing that the sword was about to break through Lu Hong's guard circle and chop on him, Lu Hong was so scared that he sweated all over. Then he heard a light of inspiration and shouted, "Don't kill me! Kill me is even more troublesome! It's more troublesome! It's good to keep people under the sword! It's good!"
Chapter completed!