Jia Qu stood above the city gate and slapped his palms heavily on the battlements.
Zhang Ji had not led his troops to Huguan, and there were no generals in Huguan.
This is also the reason why Jia Qu had to unfold the walls and clear the fields first.
Taking advantage of the arrival of Cao's army, reducing the supply source of Cao's army can delay the speed of Cao's army's movement.
But what Jia Qu didn't expect was that among the people outside Huguan, the spies of Cao's army had already been involved in the spies!
"Encourt!" Deng Li took a step forward, "I am willing to lead the soldiers and strangle the spies!"
Jia Qu did not agree immediately, but looked at Deng Li, pondered for a moment, and nodded, but did not let Deng Li go to the pass alone, but asked Zhang, the military marquis at the pass to come out with Deng Li, to maintain order and arrest spies. At the same time, he also transferred archers to the battlements to prevent them from happening. The pass also sent inspectors to take soldiers to the streets and control the streets.
Now that the war is imminent, we must not only guard against the outside of the pass, but also focus on the inside.
Zhang Ji, whose courtesy name is Derong, was from Gaoling, Zuofengyi.
There is a nickname called "Daobi Zhang".
As for why it is called "Blade and Pen" in the military position, it was because it was not so easy to obtain scriptures and gain some knowledge in Guanzhong earlier.
Zhang Ji's family can only be said to be pretty good, but it cannot be allowed to choose the direction of learning freely. Because Longyou, Guanzhong is unstable, more families in the northeast of Guanzhong River hope that there are males in the family who can protect the portal and drive out the bandits, so most of them will give priority to martial arts.
Just like Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun and others.
Of course, Zhang has no martial arts skills as Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, and his talent is average.
However, Zhang was still lucky. He had enough food to support him in learning martial arts, but in fact he liked to study more. He picked up swords, guns, sticks for his family, but he still longed to be able to hold a sword and pen.
The family has only a few resources. If you use them more in martial arts, it is naturally impossible to have more money to purchase books. Fortunately, Zhang Ji has been a human being since childhood. Of course, this is also the characteristic of most children from wealthy families. They are either unable to be a human being, arrogant and domineering, or they are more knowledgeable than poor children and can use silver bullet attacks.
Zhang Ji was smarter, so he chose the second one. Whenever he had time, he would use the excuse of visiting other aristocratic families to get into the government. Because he was young and familiar with the county at that time, no one would expel him. So Zhang took this opportunity to help some officials cut bamboo slips, grind ink, and even prepare swords and bamboo slips for minor officials in their arms to use them for them to learn some official writings and recite some common scriptures...
His bad behavior is naturally used to make fun of him.
However, it was precisely because of this that Zhang Ji also received the praise of the county magistrate at that time and was preparing to refer to him as a filial and honest person. Unfortunately, the long-term Western Qiang Rebellion broke out, followed by the civil strife in Heluo and Chang'an. Many government agencies were completely lost. The county magistrate who was willing to appreciate also died in the war and his path to promotion was cut off for a while.
Fortunately, Fei Qian arrived in Chang'an and re-opened the imperial examination. Unfortunately, after he stopped studying in the middle, Zhang had lost his best years and was not as good as his childhood memory. He could only join the army by relying on his martial arts learned since childhood, fought and accumulated military merits, and became the military marquis of Huguan.
It is undoubtedly Jia Qu who carefully thought about it that Zhang Ji and Deng Li came out of seclusion...
Huguan is a whole area.
It is also the core of Shangdang.
Under Jia Qu's governance, Shangdang has developed well during this period.
A good definition is to have more than the lower level and less than the upper level.
This is related to the geographical location of Shangdang.
The Shangdang terrain can be roughly divided into two parts: north and south.
In the north, there are larger basin areas with Huguan and Huguan Pass as the main body, that is, Changye areas in later generations, while in the south, there are smaller basins with Changping and Gaoping, and even hilly areas, which are generally around Jincheng in later generations.
Because of the Battle of Changping in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this hilly area to the south, that is, the Jincheng area in later generations, was very desolate, and it did not gradually flourish after the Tang Dynasty. The Changye area, namely Huguan City, and around Huguan Pass, became the absolute core of Shangdang at the moment.
The vast majority of the population of Shangdang County is concentrated here.
The population is actually a very important resource in troubled times. Only when a population is recruited, can one produce food and other materials. Therefore, areas like Shangdang, which were originally relatively sparse in population, have always focused on stabilizing houses, expanding wastelands, and resting.
The area suitable for farming in the northern part of Shangdang is relatively small, and its basin is not very large, which is incomparable to the Taiyuan Basin and Linfen Basin. However, because it is in a central hub position, the northern part of Shangdang can go east through the Fukou Xing and directly into Handan and Yecheng areas, and can also attack southern Hebei through the Huguan area. When the center of gravity of a regime is in southern Hebei, the threat in this direction is particularly fatal.
Therefore, Jia Qu's responsibility in Shangdang is not light. He not only wants to defend against Wukou Xing, but also always keep an eye on Gao Ping Changping's direction, and at the same time defend at Huguan.
The reason why Zhang Ji was not in Huguan at the moment was because he took his men to Fukou Pass, one for patrolling and the other for training troops.
The reason why Lejin went straight to Huguan was, on the one hand, because the mountain road was the shortest, and on the other hand, as long as Huguan was cut off, he could directly attack the Taiyuan Basin, and even threaten the rear of the Northern Region Protectorate. In addition, he could also directly obtain supplements from Jizhou to enter the Linfen Basin.
Of course, there is also a road from Hanoi to the Linfen Basin in Hedong, along Wangwu Mountain. Or you may simply walk further away from the road pass around Zhongtiao Mountain. However, both roads have a very big problem, which is that the narrow passage may be blocked at both ends at any time, and the rats will be killed by anger.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! This is also the reason why Le Jin was unwilling to go to Baixing or Taihangxing to conquer Gaoping and enter the northern part of Shangdang. Although he could walk along Danshui and there was no shortage of water sources, Qin was in Changping and confronted Zhao in Changping, and tried his best to make a breakthrough, so he could only take a different approach. It can be seen that it would be a very difficult thing to advance on a large scale in this area.
And if the Cao army really fell into the Gaoping Changping area, then the retreat was interrupted by the cavalry army...
Therefore, although there is a risk of being attacked from Huguan, at least one thing is certain, that is, the chrysanthemums are at least temporarily safe.
Le Jin broke through Gukou, which only allowed Cao's army to move from Shanxing to Huguan with confidence. If it was to conquer heavy cities like Huguan and Huguan Pass, it would be difficult to do it with surprise attacks alone.
When facing Huguan, naturally, if you can cooperate inside and outside...
Therefore, although Jia Qu was a little surprised, the appearance of a spy from Cao's army was not completely unexpected.
only……
Jia Qu had a little doubt in his heart, and he raised his head and looked into the distance.
The Shangdang area can pass Baixing to the south, and Taihangxing enters the Hanoi area. At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu occupied Hanoi and sent Kou Xun and Feng Yitong to defend Hanoi. Feng Yi attacked Tianjing Pass in the north and pulled Shangdang, so that the Hanoi area could be stabilized. Lejin attacked Huguan, which is indeed good from a tactical perspective, and it is understandable, but from a higher strategic perspective, why did he choose Huguan? There are more valuable goals than Huguan and there are more threats than Huguan. Why didn’t Cao’s army move, but came to gnaw the bone of Huguan first?
Is Le Jin not afraid that the Cavalry Army in the southern part of Shangdang will go south to Taihang Xing and directly disrupt the situation in Hanoi?
Or did Le attack Huguan and seize military camps just pretend to make a feint, in order to lead Shangdang and even Hedong troops out of Tianjing Pass and Zhuguan to ambush the Hanoi area?
Although Tianjing Pass and Zhuo Pass are not as powerful as Hu Pass, it is not so easy to attack. In this case, choosing to lure the defenders of the Pass into action, and then going down like the Gukou Sanjun Village, seems to have become the best way to go.
But the question is, since Le Jin has used such a tactic in Gukou Military Village, would Jia Qu be so stupid as Zhang Tian that he would fall into a trap for the second time?
Or maybe Le Jin really has any means to get the Huguan?
for example……
Jia Qu's eyes turned to the city.
The people under the pass are still in chaos.
Jia Qu seemed to think of something and smiled slightly.
If the boxer saw Jia Qu faced this situation, he could still smile, and he might say that he would be angry and cold on the spot, play a set of boxing techniques, or play a unique skill in leveraging...
It’s just that Jia Qu is not laughing at the people, but Cao’s army.
Cao's true goal was inadvertently exposed.
…?(?)?…
Under the pass, Zhang Ji stood behind the inner city of the pass, waiting for an order. While tilting his head to listen to the messy sounds outside the city gate, he glanced at Deng Li with his eyes concealedly.
The superiors work hard, and the inferiors work hard.
What about the middle?
It requires both hard work and labor.
Zhang is obviously the middle layer, so he has to work hard and also needs labor.
So is it said that the middle layer is particularly hard-working because both aspects require "work"?
Not.
Instead, they all work hard and can choose to be lazy. However, because the lower the level, the more concentrated the pressure in life will be, so it is impossible to choose to be lazy.
Zhang did not like to be lazy, and it can be seen from the fact that he would rather go to the official office to mix scriptures and read scriptures than spend time on flying eagles and dogs, so he understood the meaning of Jia Qu asking him to go out to seclusion with Deng Li.
Deng Li is from Shandong.
Not only in Shangdang Huguan, but also in many places, there are Shandong people.
So are the people. There are in recent years and in the early years there are also Shandong refugees.
These people must have spies hidden in them, otherwise the General of the Cavalry would not have specially established Youwensi.
But it is not because of spies that all these Shandong people should be treated specially, or controlled in wartime?
Obviously not.
If you really do this, it will inevitably cause chaos.
But it is not to say that you are completely unpredictable.
At the same time, this is also an opportunity for Shandong people, and they also need to show themselves in this process. For example, Deng Li.
Deng Li can't leave the prison, after all, he is Shu Zuo, but in the current situation, he volunteered to cleanse his own suspicion.
What? Joining spies to win the pass?
Do you really think that the archers, crossbows, and catapults were still made of paper when the guards standing behind Jia Qu closed?
When he saw Deng Li turn his gaze, Zhang neither avoided nor retreated. Instead, he nodded and said simply: "When the door is closed, there is no eyebrow in the sword and gun, Shu Zuo must be careful."
Deng Li was silent for a moment and bowed to Zhang Ji.
Above the pass, the war drums rose up, suppressing the noise, and then issued a warning in the gap between the war drums to let the people withdraw from the ground of an arrow. Immediately, a bow and arrow shot out sporadic white feathered arrows, which marked on the one hand and a second warning on the other hand.
Intentionally or unintentionally, they rushed to the people before closing the door and crawled away from the dangerous area.
Zhang Ji saw some guys pretending to be slow in the crack of the door, and his eyes were slight, so he sneered twice.
The soldiers on the city gate looked down and saw that there was no danger at the pass gate, so they gave a signal to open the door.
With a creaking sound, the city gate opened again. Even Zhang rushed out with his men, Deng Li rushed out of the pass gate.
During this period of time when Zhang was in Shangdang Huguan, his main responsibility was to pacify the bandits in the Taihang Mountains, and he had also seen a lot of blood.
The Black Mountain bandits had already been defeated, and the leader was given the title. More than 100,000 Black Mountain bandits, or the Black Mountain crowd, fell apart, and most of them were sent to the northern part of Yinshan Mountain to cultivate land and open up land, but it did not mean that everything would become peaceful immediately in the Taihang Mountains.
The guys who are used to using violence to solve all problems are like being addicted to something, and they rarely want to pick up the hoe again. So even if Zhang Yan dies, they will still form bandits, go down the mountain to get a vote from time to time, and then flee back to the mountain to eat and drink. After it is useless, they will continue to go down the mountain to be thieves and bandits, steal and rob.
Farming is too tiring and too slow, robbery is fast and enjoyable. As long as it is good, who will care whether it is life or death tomorrow?
No matter what era it is, such people are always indispensable, so the bandits in Taihang Mountains have never stopped.
It is a big trouble and little contribution to destroying these bandits, because these bandits can only be local affairs and not much military merit. The surrounding mountains are high and dense, and it is really not easy to find a cat inside the mountain. Therefore, when Zhang Ji knew that Huguan was about to face the attack of Cao's army, he was a little surprised, but more excited.
As the military marquis of Huguan, he was very clear about the garrison of Huguan.
The fall of the military camp did not make Zhang Ji feel too scared, and he even felt that Cao's army had only this ability left. If it was really powerful, why use such means? What's more, from the back, if Zhang Tian had guarded the military camp at the Yakou, Cao's army might not have been able to capture the valley entrance so smoothly!
Therefore, perhaps the spies of Cao's army who are mixed with these military farming people were originally trying to help Gukou military camp inside and outside?
Because Le's attack on the military camp was so smooth, these spies from Cao's army came to slow down Jia Qu's speed of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields?
Zhang thought that his hands were not slow, and after rushing out of the city gate, he immediately shouted and rushed towards the area where the chaos was the most serious.
Zhang Ji usually goes to the mountains to suppress bandits, and is very familiar with some sporadic mountain roads and terrain in the Taihang Mountains.
So, this is an opportunity!
Even Zhang Ji felt that these Cao army spies in front of him were his own opportunity and his military achievements!
The people who were doing the destruction in the queue were actually always staring at the Huguan city gate. When they saw the Huguan soldiers pushing away the turbulent flow and coming in the direction of them, they knew that it was not good. They shouted in their mouths and quietly hid their knives and went to crowded places, trying to escape with the cover of running people.
These Cao army spies arrived here secretly at a very early age.
What?
A whistle card?
Even in later generations, some highways, bridge tolls, or ticket offices in scenic spots, some small paths can be used to circumvent, not to mention in the present time of the Han Dynasty. Small troops could not prevent them from infiltrating the substrate, and all sentries were for large troops.
The people are in chaos, like headless flies,
Many times this kind of chaos is the manifestation of the unconsciousness of the group.
For individuals, they are undoubtedly conscious.
Everyone will have their own ideas, and if one of them is asked to explain how to arrange and what order they should be, they can be said in a very clear and orderly manner.
But it's just like a sentence that I often hear in later generations, "Don't you think, I want me to think."
Whether it is good or bad, dangerous or safe, each individual has its own judgment, but once a loose group similar to that outside the current Huguan is formed, the individual's consciousness will become the unconscious of the group.
Even after nine years of compulsory education in later generations, people who know the meaning of words and symbols, and who understand the importance of order, once they encounter something that is not well controlled, they will be confused immediately when they say chaos, and they will be robbed immediately when they say robbed. What's more, in the Han Dynasty, many people even had numerical symbols, and the accents of Shandong and Shangdang were different...
Do you really think that the great man now has Mandarin?
When a group of people with lack of knowledge and tension gather together, this "unconscious factor" will be superimposed and amplified, while intelligence, personality, and these conscious factors will be swallowed up and disappeared.
Therefore, people in the group have a numb brain, just like being hypnotized, they will enter a psychedelic state, and can only perform conditioned reflexes and become slaves to unconscious factors. In this state, regardless of what they said before or emphasized, they will disappear instantly, leaving only instinct driving and degenerate into disorderly chaos.
And the spies of Cao's army were hidden in it and took advantage of this!
When Zhang Ji led his soldiers into the crowd, new changes appeared...