The sudden commotion not only gave Zhang Ji a deeper understanding, but also made Jia Qu begin to examine himself, Huguan, and Shangdang's situation.
If Shangdang is a lock, then Huguan is the key to the lock.
There is no doubt about this, but what about behind the lock?
Where does the door lead to, and in which direction does the house face?
If Jia Qu was just trying to defend Hu Pass, it would not be a big problem.
But Cao Jun...
In trade, there are always spies.
Even if there are so many monitoring devices in later generations, they still cost half a million.
But even if there are spies staying in Huguan, they may not know how powerful Huguan's explosive ability is...
Firstly, it is the Huguan Pass. The non-commissioned officers of the military academy are basically the veterans who followed the Hussars in the past. Loyalty is not a problem. Most of the new recruits are from Bingzhou, Liangzhou. Even in Huguan City, there are many old soldiers, or
Whether it is to retire from the army, to inspect, or to serve the people, with an order, the queue can be immediately replenished and expanded, and the total number of soldiers can reach 4,000 to 5,000.
Secondly, even if Cao Jun sends spies, this secret method of hiding the army from the people is only known to the core figures under the Hussar and the prefects like Jia Qu who have followed Fei Qian in his early years, so generally
It is impossible to understand at all.
What's more, most of the people sent as undercover agents and spies are side characters. The real core figures in Shandong simply don't dare to come to Guanzhong, for fear that if they are caught by the Youwen Division, wouldn't they be throwing themselves into a trap?
Therefore, even if there is a spy in Huguan, the information conveyed is likely to be superficial.
What's on the surface?
On the surface, the Shangdang is not a big party, but its forces are scattered.
There are about three thousand people in Huguan and Huguan Pass.
It’s a pity that the military village at Passou...
The Gaoping and Changping lines include two small passes, Changping Pass and Gu Pass, with a population of 2,300.
Then Zhang Ji led 1,500 cavalry in the Fukouxing area, as well as the garrison at Shigushan and other places at the Fukouxing pass, totaling 2,800 people.
This is the apparent number of soldiers of the Shangdang.
If we talk about Le Jin, or if we say that Cao Jun wants to break through Huguan alone, normally speaking, Cao Jun will have to use at least thirty to forty thousand regular soldiers under Huguan, not to mention auxiliary soldiers and civilians.
So, would Cao Jun really gather more than 30,000 troops to attack Huguan?
The Youchang Sakamori Road is not that easy to walk.
Didn't Cao Jun worry about being raided by a small force on the Yangchang Slope Road?
If it wasn't for a large-scale attack on Huguan, why did Yue Jin be sent to raid the Yakou military stronghold? If we can't attack and advance, and there is no reason to defend, we must retreat.
If they really want to invade Huguan in a large scale, then if Huguan occupies more than 30,000 troops of Cao's army, how many will be left in other places? Is Cao's army satisfied just to capture Huguan?
It is difficult to conquer the Taihang Mountains above. The Qin State used the power of the Battle of Changping to conquer Handan in one fell swoop, but in the end they failed, let alone attacking from below. This mountain road is long and rugged, even if
After conquering the pass and entering the Shangdang Basin, we still have to be prepared to be attacked head-on by Zhang Ji's cavalry...
By the way, Zhang Ji...
Jia Qu squinted his eyes, suddenly stood up, walked to the map hanging in the hall, and frowned to think about it.
Shandong people, Guanzhong people.
Shangdang, Taiyuan.
Yinshan, Northern Territory...
Jia Qu suddenly glared, "You thief! You actually played a big game of chess!"
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Fukouxing borders Gushan Mountain to the north, Shenlu Mountain to the south, Pengcheng to the west, Tianjing Pass and Dongyang Pass along the way, and exits Fuyang River to the east. Beyond Fukou, there is the Jizhou Plain.
The reason why Fukou Xing appeared was probably because he was forced to come out.
After the Duke of Zhou was weak, the Jin State collapsed, and the three families were divided into Jin, Han, Zhao, and Wei not only divided the Jin State's heritage on the Shanxi Plateau, but also its population and territory on the Hebei Plain were divided up without exception.
Due to the existence of the Taihang natural barrier, Han, Zhao and Wei are all faced with the practical need to communicate with the territories on the east and west sides. Especially Zhao State, who has to take a detour to South Korea or Wei State to cross the road, and is charged a lot of tolls in vain.
I can endure these days, two days, a month or two, but as time goes by, no matter how good the boat of friendship is, it will capsize easily!
Zhao State mainly inherited the Taiyuan and Xinding basins in Shanxi, while it was allocated the land from the north of Zhangshui to the south of Daluze on the Hebei Plain. If we follow the old path, we will pass through Zhiguanxing and Taihangxing.
If they want to connect with Meng Menxing, the main route needs to pass through South Korea and Wei, which is equivalent to being pinched by South Korea and Wei. Therefore, the Zhao people finally found a road across the Taihang Mountains, just because of the existence of Shangdang Highlands.
It is still impossible to completely avoid the entanglement with South Korea, but it can be regarded as the path that truly belongs to Zhao State, which is Fukouxing.
Judging from the process of moving the capital of Zhao State, Jinyang and Handan are undoubtedly its central cities located on both sides of the Taihang Mountains, and the main significance of Fukouxing is to directly communicate with these two strongholds.
If you start from Handan and go west, after crossing Fushan Mountain, you will enter the Taihang Mountains. Then Fukouxing will be divided into north and south branches. The south road crosses the Zhuozhang River and enters the Changzhi Basin. Then you can enter the Taiyuan Basin along the northwest direction, while the north road is
Go upstream along the Qingzhang River and reach the northern part of Taiyuan Basin after passing through a long mountain road.
In terms of comparison of the two branch roads, the south road with the Changzhi Basin as a relay obviously has greater advantages than the north road that completely runs through the mountains. But it is precisely the existence of this situation that makes the separated brothers eventually move towards each other.
attack.
For the Zhao people, ensuring control of the Changzhi Basin was a necessary condition to connect their eastern and western territories. However, at the beginning of the three kingdoms' division into the Jin Dynasty, South Korea acquired most of the cities in the Shangdang area, while Zhao only had Shangdang.
In some towns in the northern part of Shangdang, Zhao State attempted to establish an advance stronghold "Xiangyuanyi" in the northern area of Shangdang. However, due to the joint efforts of South Korea and Wei State, Zhao State's defeat was inevitable with one enemy against two. The Zhao people built
Xiangyuan County was in the hands of South Korea most of the time...
Zhang Ji is mainly responsible for the line from Xiangyuan County to Shexian County, the crossroads of Fukouxing. This entire line is Zhang Ji's defense area. That is, from Fukouxing to Changye Huguan, and then to the Taiyuan Basin
Such a line of defense zone in the south. As for the road from Shexian County to Linming Pass in the north, it is not within Zhang Ji's defense range. It belongs to Cui Jun's defense...
Of course, part of the reason is that Zhang Ji still has an area where horse racing can be done on Fukou Xingnan Road. If it were changed to the North Road, it would basically be a detour in the mountains, and it would be impossible to run horses.
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Zhang Ji is not too young either.
In a sense, Zhang Ji is now considered a DINK person.
Zhang Ji took refuge with Dong Zhuo in his early years and fought all year round, so he had no heirs.
Of course, this Dink was passive. The environment at that time was like this. There was nothing to say. Not only Zhang Ji, but the entire Xiliang Longyou and even Guanzhong were in turmoil. Countless families fell apart, fled, and died...
…
What?
Zhang Xiu?
Zhang Xiu was just Zhang Ji's disciple.
Just like the dead Zhang Tian, he was just a member of Zhang Ji's hometown.
Zhang Ji originally had a wife, but now his wife is also dead.
He died some time ago from an illness.
Of course, his wife is not "Zou", but the wife of Xiliang, but because Zhang Ji has been away from home for too long, and Xiliang itself is very chaotic, so naturally his wife cannot be said to be pampered.
He became ill due to overwork, and even though Zhang Ji later took him to the Shangdang, he could not make up for it. After all, he couldn't stand it some time ago, so he passed away.
Zhang Ji was naturally sad, but he felt that it was his wife who died, but she was not his wife...
To be precise, she is not the wife in Zhang Ji's memory.
This situation may be due to Zhang Ji subconsciously avoiding this fact, just like he would avoid thinking about those friends, those compatriots, those comrades who drank with him and killed enemies together, but in the end there were no bones left.
friend……
As long as he is still alive in his memory, his wife will not die.
It will only be forgotten.
It's a bit weird to say this, but that's the reality.
After Zhang Ji brought his wife back, he and his wife basically treated each other with respect, like familiar strangers.
Well, it's a bit too much to say that they share the same bed but have different dreams. It's just Zhang Ji's subconscious escape, because the love and affection he had when he was young seems to have been deeply engraved in his heart when they parted, and he doesn't want to put it in his heart.
The beautiful figure looking at the village entrance overlaps with the frail woman...
Although Zhang Ji also knew that they were the same person.
However, we have been separated for too long, and the gaps in our memories are too deep.
Familiar people become strangers.
It's like a first love that was defeated by money, rice, oil and salt in the end. When we meet again by chance more than ten years ago, we are speechless and left with only a sigh like smoke.
You are still you, and I am still me, but you are not the same person you were then, and I am not the same person you were then...
Zhang Ji just needed some time to adapt, but what he didn't expect was that before he could adapt, the person was gone.
Zhang Ji is not a saint, he is just a rough man.
He doesn't even know what warmth is, and even the expression of emotion feels like a shame or a shame, so...
He was sad, but he felt happy at the same time. On the one hand, his wife's illness was actually very painful, and her death meant that she no longer had to suffer from the pain. On the other hand, his wife had become one from now on.
It lived completely in his memory and in his heart. In the dead of night, Zhang Ji would still see in his dreams the red figure that once stood in the gray-yellow mountains, like a bright red streak.
The blood, the ever-changing love song, still lingers in the depths of his soul...
This feeling made Zhang Ji very uncomfortable. He was not good at expressing, let alone talking about it.
Like most Northwest men, he kept everything to himself.
So Zhang Ji took his men and horses to practice, because Zhang Ji was more familiar with military matters than the emotional pain, doubts and helplessness, so he could leave the atmosphere that made him extremely uncomfortable.
From Xiangyuan to Shexian, there are three middle counties, two small counties, seven villages and towns, and some scattered small villages. There are no large counties, let alone the kind of people in later generations who have to get together no matter what.
Half of the buildings were built with high cages for cooing pigeons, so the population on this line of defense was not very large.
The soldiers led by Zhang Ji cannot stay near a certain county for a long time, otherwise the sudden increase in population will bring pressure that cannot be resolved in a short time. Therefore, Zhang Ji generally can only stay for a month at most.
The location will be changed.
Outside Xiangyuan County, in Zhang Ji's camp, the soldiers were packing their luggage and preparing to change their camps.
Zhang Ji was sitting alone, but soldiers came from the camp gate, saying that "an old friend was visiting."
"Old friends?" Zhang Ji frowned, "I left my hometown early, so what old friends do I have?"
Although Zhang Ji said this, he still got up and took several guards to the camp gate. When he climbed up and took a look, he couldn't help but be stunned.
He is really an "old friend"!
Outside the camp gate, there was a man with tawny hair and reddish hair. He looked like a barbarian, but he spoke with a Liangzhou Chinese accent, "General Zhang! I haven't seen you for many years. Are you okay?"
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Although Huguan is a city with more military functions than civil affairs, the streets are very neat and clean, which is in sharp contrast to some military fortresses that only deal with military affairs and do not care about the people's livelihood.
Thanks to the sanitation system implemented by Feiqian in the early days, there are two bathhouses, one large and one small, in Huguan City. The cost is not high, so basically every family can afford it. When people are clean, there will be no
I like that the environment around me is too dirty, so garbage cannot be thrown around, and donkeys, horses, and mules have to carry excrement bags on the streets.
There were no beggars in Shangdang Taiyuan.
There are special shelters in Shangdang, and there are also in Taiyuan. As soon as the refugees enter the prefectures and counties, they will encounter patrol soldiers who strictly check the road directions and household registration. Those who do not have these identification documents will be forcibly detained, and they will be released after thorough questioning.
Make arrangements.
In particular, the combination of inspections and the local Fangding Baojia system makes it very difficult to get involved. After all, Huguan is a pass military town, which is completely different from the commercial city of Sanfu in Chang'an.
When you go to Chang'an, you can also build a temporary route by visiting relatives and friends, purchasing goods, registering for the imperial examination, etc. But what's the point of coming to Huguan? Within Huguan, no matter who is coming from outside,
People who rent a house, do business or work must have a local military household as a guarantor. If any problems are discovered and the household head fails to report it, not only the landlord, but also the surrounding neighbors will be guilty. In this case, if it had not been done earlier,
It is basically impossible for those who have settled in the country since 2006 to try to get spies who just sneaked in now.
Ye Chuan has been in Huguan for three years.
He runs a small wine shop.
The wine shop was opened two years ago. At that time, he didn't have enough capital, so he borrowed money from the government. The interest was not high, only half a penny. Unlike Shandong, which often pays one or two cents in interest, he made money every month.
He has just paid back some, and now there is still a little left. So the happiest thing for him is that in a few months, maybe this year the business will be better, he will be able to pay off the loan, and then the wine shop will be completely his own.
Private property!
Unfortunately, something unhappy happened.
As news of Cao's army's arrival spread, the city naturally began to stir up military activity.
Not only were the original soldiers on heightened alert, but soldiers who had retired or returned home on leave were also mobilized...
In the wine shop, some soldiers who were about to return to the army gathered in the wine shop, and their voices became louder, "...Everyone! Why did we train so hard before?! It was just for today! After today's meal,
, All members will return to the team tomorrow! Although we can’t drink today, after we defeat Cao Jun, we will drink again to celebrate! Then we will get drunk and then rest!"
"Yes! Back then, I followed the Hussars General and fought from Pingyang to Yinshan. I defeated Xianbei and fled!" An older soldier shouted loudly, and the scars on his face seemed to be shining brightly, "In my team,
, there are only heroes who die in battle and enter the Hall of Valor, there are no cowards who run away from battle!』
"Military glory! Military glory is everything! My mother always urges me to get a wife, so I told my mother there is no rush!" Another person also laughed and said, "With military glory, when we men walk on the street, which girl and daughter-in-law don't want to marry?"
Take a high look? If I can get promoted again, the threshold will be broken by the matchmaker! I lack military merit now! If I have military merit, what wife can’t be chosen by me? 』
Several soldiers sitting around laughed together.
The older soldier also said: "That's right! I was so poor back then that I couldn't even afford a morsel of food! But now you see, I have fields at home, a wife, and a little boy the year before last! I have a hussar,
That’s why I have food for today, a wife and children! Don’t say that the envoy ordered the recruitment today, even if you don’t give the order, I will go! I have Hundian, but the little boy doesn’t have it yet! I want to give it to the little boy.
Save a few acres of land!"
"That's right! Killing bandits in the mountains, looking at the stinky face of the military meritorious officer, even if you pull the head for a long time, it can't be considered a first-level achievement! Now that Cao Jun is here, it's different! For those with armor, every head counts as one!
When I think about it now, my hands feel itchy!"
Everyone laughed again.
Amidst the laughter, the older soldier raised his arms and said, "I am a hussar!"
Everyone responded one after another, "Every attack is invincible! Every battle is invincible!"
"The Cavalry General!"
"Wonderful victory!"
"Hussars!"
"mighty!"
All the soldiers clapped their chests, with fanatical expressions on their faces. In the end, they shouted almost at the top of their lungs, "We, the hussars, are invincible! Invincible! Victory! Victory! Mighty! Mighty!"
Rhythmic shouts rang out one after another, attracting the attention of the surrounding people.
Ye Chuan was naturally among them.
Looking at these cheering soldiers, Ye Chuan felt as if there was an unspeakable force rushing toward him. This force was both awe-inspiring and terrifying at the same time.
This is a completely different feeling from that in Shandong, and this feeling has not weakened or disappeared with the passage of time, but has become stronger. The high fighting spirit of these soldiers is something that Cao Jun in Shandong cannot see.
Those who arrived, no, were not seen even in the previous Han army...
Ye Chuan naturally didn't know why this happened, but when he faced such a situation, he felt as if there was a stone in his heart, which was heavy and unable to be eliminated.
Cao Jun...
Can you win?
If I can't win, what will I do?
While he was thinking, a man suddenly walked in. He seemed to have looked at the soldiers who were eating several times. Then he walked up to Ye Chuan and whispered: "Shopkeeper, do you have Bai Mo Zhi Liquor?"
