Yan Rou roared angrily, grabbing a poor soldier and shaking it, almost shaking his head off.
The soldier lowered his head and was dejected. He was caught by Yan Routi and did not dare to resist at all.
"I've confessed, I've confessed!" Yan Rou yelled, "When we encountered most of Cao's army, we just defended the city! Why did you disobey my orders? Why?! Why did you leave the city? Why?!"
The more he talked, the angrier he became, and he ordered the soldier to be pushed out and beheaded.
The soldier was so frightened that he fell limply to the ground.
Seeing him like this, Yan Rou was even more angry. He jumped angrily and shouted at his men to push the soldier out.
Seeing his furious look, the rest of the military schools in the school grounds were too frightened to speak. Only Cui Jun coughed and tried to persuade him: "Yan Duwei, please calm down...Although this soldier has his faults, he is also the one who thinks of him."
Regardless of life and death, he broke through to retaliate... Although it is not an outstanding military achievement, it is still courageous... So let him be spared!"
Once Shexian County is lost, Taiyuan may immediately face the threat of Cao Jun.
Although the Fukou Xingbei Road is not that easy to walk, the problem is that no one can ensure that Cao Jun abandoned Shangdang Huguan without thinking and directly attacked Jinyang, Taiyuan?
Within Taiyuan County, the Cui family has been deeply involved in farming for many years, so naturally they are not willing to suffer military disaster and destruction.
Yan Zhi of Shexian County was Yan Rou's younger brother, and Cui Jun wanted to appease him both emotionally and rationally.
Yan Rou took a few breaths, and he naturally knew that it was wrong to vent his anger on the soldier who reported the news, so he walked down the steps, cupped his hands and said, "Just follow the envoy's command and spare that guy!"
Cui Jun waved his hand and frowned as he looked at the map of Taiyuan County hanging in the lobby of the school.
Cui Jun originally thought that Taiyuan was safe and stable within the Taihang Mountains, but he did not expect that the army would be right in front of him in the blink of an eye!
Shexian County is an important node in Fukouxing. Cao Jun's acquisition of Shexian County is equivalent to obtaining a relatively stable transit station. The next step for Cao Jun's attack is sooner or later.
"I thought that She County could withstand at least a year and a half..." Cui Jun shook his head and sighed, "I didn't expect... I didn't expect that the head of She County was greedy for life and afraid of death... Yan Duwei, I failed to let you do it before."
I sent people to rescue... My brother died, and I was very sad..."
Yan Zhi had sent people to Taiyuan to ask for help before, but now...
Yan Rou lowered her head and said nothing.
Cui Jun turned to look at Yan Rou and comforted him in a low voice, "Now that the deceased has passed away, Captain Yan still has to focus on his responsibilities. Now that Cao's thieves are about to attack, the life and death of the people of Taiyuan depend on the captain!"
Although Cui Jun feels that there is nothing wrong in refusing to send reinforcements, people are dead when they die. Cui Jun came to the school specifically because he had to show some attitude, otherwise if Yan Rou really gets emotional and loses control at the critical moment,
Shouldn’t everyone finish playing together?
"Why didn't the Shangdang send reinforcements?" Yan Rou asked.
Cui Jun sighed, "Perhaps Shangdang is also under pressure from Cao's army and has no time to escape... I heard that Captain Zhang, the captain of Shangdang, was stabbed and seriously injured? Captain Yan also needs to be careful now to guard against Cao's tactics..."
Shexian County is like a three-way road, with Taiyuan in the north and Shangdang in the south.
Geographically, the North Road of Shexian County looks straight, but in fact it is difficult to walk. Moreover, although Shexian County is closer to Taiyuan in a straight line, it is under the jurisdiction of Shangdang. This is because in the history of Shexian County, there was the South Road of Shangdang first.
, the North Road was established later, and because people have been traveling on the South Road since the early Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the South Road is easier to travel by comparison.
The two were silent again for a while.
After a moment, Yan Rou gritted her teeth and said, "He thought Cao Jun could stand and protect him?! Idiot! Idiot! Damn it! Damn it!"
Cui Jun raised his eyes and glanced at Yan Rou.
According to Yan Rou, does he firmly believe that Cao's army will be defeated and the Hussar will win?
Is your confidence really that strong?
Or are you just pretending in front of me?
Although Cui Jun can be regarded as a descendant of an official, he has not always had smooth sailing, so the thought pattern of preparing for a rainy day is almost engraved in his bones. This is also the instinct of almost all the gentry children of the Han Dynasty. They have been sensible since they were sensible, and the concept instilled in them since childhood is the concept of broadness.
The lintel, family prosperity, is like the line of words on the primary school classroom in later generations, read every day, every year...
Of course, later on, some people were afraid that ordinary people would worry about their family fortunes every day and would hang them on street lamps, so they stopped reading them.
Under such an environment, the first target in Cui Jun's mind is himself, then his family, and then the Hussar or others. Even if he is loyal to the Hussar, it is because the Hussar can give him and his
The family brings the greatest benefits.
Yan Rou obviously has a different thinking model from Cui Jun.
This is also natural, because everyone's thinking mode is different, and it is impossible for all classes to communicate emotionally.
Yan Rou was originally from Youbei, and had experienced the pain of the frontier since she was a child, so she naturally had an extra favorable impression of the hussar who was aggressive towards the outside world...
This kind of schism in thinking was not limited to Taiyuan, but existed widely throughout the Han Dynasty.
Everyone has his or her own ideas, and they may not necessarily agree with Hussar at all times. At some point, there may be people who go against the trend...
Cui Jun frowned and said: "Captain Yan, Cao's army has moved to She County and may attack Taiyuan. It is better to prepare more military defense..."
Yan Rou sneered and said: "I hope Cao Jun dares to come! But... according to some estimates, Cao Jun will probably go south to attack Shangdang, or at most it will be a feigned attack on Taiyuan... It is better to attack Cao Jun while his foothold is not stable!"
Cui Jun still frowned and said, "What if Cao Jun could also guess what Captain Yan was thinking and deliberately set up an ambush?"
"This..." Yan Rou was silent for a while, then gritted her teeth and said with a smile, "Then let's catch someone alive and come back to ask!"
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The sun was setting slantly behind the mountains, as if it didn't want to see human beings killing each other.
In a valley where the sun no longer shines, bursts of screams are heard, but it is the scouts sent by Yan Rou who are torturing a captured prisoner of Cao soldiers.
Cao Jun marched along the river, so his whereabouts were actually fixed. When Cao Jun stopped to light a fire and cook, Yan Rou's scouts attacked several Cao Jun soldiers who came out to fetch water for cooking, and killed and wounded two more soldiers who heard the news.
Cao Jun's outpost came in response to the movement, and finally captured an auxiliary soldier of Cao Jun and the wounded Cao Jun outpost, and then quickly dodged into the mountains and forests, making it impossible for Cao Jun's soldiers who came after them to pursue them.
The first person to interrogate was the auxiliary soldier of Cao Jun. Unfortunately, the auxiliary soldier of Cao Jun didn't know anything at all. He was trembling with fear and asked questions, but he was directly chopped off by a knife. Then he asked the injured sentry of Cao Jun, this Cao Jun
You Shao was much tougher and remained silent.
The leading scout was not angry but happy.
What he fears most is that the person he captures is a loser, or someone like that auxiliary soldier who doesn't know anything, and asking questions is in vain. Only those who grit their teeth and refuse to say anything like Cao Jun's patrol guard means that he has captured the right person.
People must know something, so they don’t want to say anything...
Of course, there are only native methods for torture in the wild.
Ants and mice are all trouble, and insects and mice have to cooperate. If you can't find mosquitoes or mice for a long time, will you stay in the wild? Staying for a while longer is the risk of staying for a while longer.
So Yan Rou's scout captain tied Cao Jun's sentry to a tree, and slowly picked out all the muscles and bones of his body with a sharp knife while grinning.
The pitiful howls of Cao Jun's outposts were so tragic that even the few recruits from Taiyuan who came with them looked pale as they watched.
Some of the veterans under Yan Rou had more or less the habits of the grasslands.
The same goes for the scout captain.
Yan Rou sent out scouts, and of course Cao Jun also sent out scouts.
Before arresting Cao Jun's outpost, Yan Rou's scouts had already encountered Cao Jun's scouts, but before they had time to ask anything, Cao Jun's scouts were seriously injured and died. So Yan Rou's scout captain also took the scalp of Cao Jun's scouts with him.
The skull was dug out and said to be taken back as trophies...
It is obvious that ordinary people cannot bear his unique hobby. When he placed the skull on the head of Cao Jun Youshao, as if he was preparing to dig out a pair in the same way, Cao Jun Youshao finally couldn't hold it anymore.
Told everything he knew.
After getting the news, Yan Rou's scouts came back in a hurry and reported it to Yan Rou.
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Jinyang government office lobby.
"Cao's army is stationed in She County! They have not marched to the north!" Yan Rou said to Cui Jun in a deep voice, "This is very obvious! It seems that Cao's army is really preparing to attack from the north and south first and take the Shangdang!"
Cui Jun frowned and remained silent.
"Your Majesty! We must send troops to rescue Shangdang!" Yan Rou said loudly, "Shexian County was in crisis before and we did not send troops. Now if Shangdang is captured by Cao's army again, Taiyuan will also be in danger!"
Cui Jun frowned because he still had unanswered questions in his heart.
Why did Cao Jun fight to the death in Taihang Mountain?
The topography of Taiyuan Shangdang is indeed very important, but isn't Guanzhong more important? First the troops entered Shangdang, and now they have captured Shexian County. Is it possible that the Shangdang area of Taiyuan is so attractive to Shandong people?
Feng shui is particularly good?
There are soldiers in Taiyuan, but they are not many. Some of Cui Jun's troops, about two thousand infantry, were left over from the Xihe side in those days, while the rest of the troops are in the hands of Yan Rou and belong to the hussars.
Of course, this does not mean that Cui Jun does not belong to the Hussar, but when the Hussar was not a Hussar, Cui Jun was in Xihe, and he also gave Fei Qian some military assistance. At that time, Cui Jun had
There are already soldiers, so it is considered a problem left over from history.
"In my opinion, it is better not to move without permission." Cui Jun said in a deep voice, "Although Cao Jun's vanguard is not large in number, there is no accurate information about Cao Jun's rear! What if Cao Jun's She County is just a bait, just a test? What if?
Lieutenant Yan Du was not very ambushed. Seeing that there were few soldiers in Taiyuan, Cao's army sent a large number of troops. How will we deal with Cao's army then? Therefore, we must guard and not move without permission!"
"Your Majesty!" Yan Rou said loudly, "The Taiyuan Shangdang is so close to each other! There is no reason to sit back and watch!"
"You also know that lips and teeth are dependent on each other! Cao Jun can't believe that's what he imagined!" Cui Jun also said angrily, "If She County is lost, the situation can be saved. If Jinyang is captured! The north door is open! Even if Shangdang is rescued, he will still defend.
Can’t stop!』
"Your Majesty..." Yan Rou gritted her teeth, her eyes slightly cold.
Cui Jun's worries are not completely unreasonable. Shangdang is indeed very important, but is Shangdang the only one that is important?
And the key issue is that Cui Jun is the Sheriff of Taiyuan, not the Sheriff of Shangdang!
If the Hussar stated that Shangdang is a subordinate county of Taiyuan, or a county under Taiyuan, and Shangdang has to pay tribute to Taiyuan, then Taiyuan will naturally have the duty to protect Shangdang, but Taiyuan and Shangdang have always been
They are all separate.
For so many years, Jia Qu has been running the business in Shangdang, and he doesn't have much respect for Cui Jun. The relationship between the two is that of ordinary colleagues, not even an acquaintance. After all, one of them is in Taiyuan.
, a person who lives in the party and is an acquaintance often meets and nods, but how can he nod when he is two places apart?
Among Shangdang, Huguan and Huguan Pass are horns of each other. Even if Cao Jun attacks from the north and the south, he may not be able to capture it in a short time. However, Taiyuan is different...
One of the most important towns in Taiyuan is Jinyang.
Of course, most of the Cui family's assets are in Jinyang.
Defending Taiyuan and Jinyang is Cui Jun's greatest loyalty to the Hussars. This is also in line with Cui's own family interests, so there is no problem in letting Cui Jun defend Jinyang, but he must agree to send troops out of Taiyuan to rescue the Shangdang
,Why?
ha?
Looking at the big picture?
These three words are easy to say, but not easy to do.
Everyone has upper and lower limits. If some people have a lower limit, their upper limit will also be lower.
This is the case with Cui Jun. When he only thinks about his own three-quarter acre of land, he naturally can't raise his head and look further in the direction. However, if he is said to be disloyal to Qiusi because of this, it is not necessarily true.
.In other words, Cui Jun's "loyalty" is only within a certain limit. Beyond that limit, there is no such thing as loyalty or disloyalty.
Yan Rou was in charge of Taiyuan's military affairs, and the Husbands also carried out the reform of the county system in Longxi, starting from the system of one-person responsibility for the county guards to the separation of military and political affairs. However, this was in Longxi, where the original political structure was unclear, and there was a willingness to
Jia Xu supported the reform of the Hussars.
Any other place...
Especially in these counties in the early days of the Hussars, just like Taiyuan County, the old political structure did not change immediately.
This phenomenon is very common, especially in a country like China, which has a large area and many counties. When the central government makes some policy changes, local counties always have this or that problem, delaying or distorting it.
, good policies turned into bad measures, and there was not much evolution until the Ming and Qing Dynasties...
Cui Jun just wanted to ensure that he had one-third of an acre of land. In the absence of a clear transfer order, there was no problem if he did not send troops to rescue the Shangdang.
Cui Jun did not agree to send troops, so Yan Rou could only leave angrily, but Yan Rou couldn't help but said: "Cui Jun! There were rumors in the city a few days ago... Could it be that there is some truth?"
Cui Jun suddenly changed his expression, "What rumors?! As the captain of Taiyuan County, you should be careful in your words and deeds!"
"Yes, be careful in your words and actions," Yan Rou snorted, "I don't know, even if you don't save someone, you can be considered careful in your words and actions!"
After saying that, Yan Rou waved her hand and left the government office lobby.
Not long after Yan Rou left, Cui Hou came out of the back hall and said, "Brother! This person is too rude! Extremely rude! When..."
"What do you think?!" Cui Jun said in a deep voice, "It's not because of you!"
"No! This...brother..." Cui Hou's eyes rolled around.
"Having dealt with Lieutenant Yan, Cao's army is really approaching the city. Who is going to stop him?" Cui Jun waited for Cui Hou and said, "Let you go? Or let me go? Before the battle, you should kill your own general first. What's the truth?"
"You can't roar in public!" Cui Hou still felt very unhappy.
Cui Jun suddenly smiled and said, "Roaring? It's not necessary. Yan Duwei has recently lost a relative, and he feels sad and angry. He can't control himself for a while, which is reasonable... Do you know? This guy looks rough despite his rough appearance..."
"Brother..." Cui Hou looked down at Cui Jun's eyes, murmured for a while, and then said, "Then we can't let him... talk nonsense..."
"Do you think he is talking nonsense?" Cui Jun suddenly smiled, "That's you...forget it, you are not smart in the first place...he is testing Yu!"
"Testing? Why?" Cui Hou couldn't understand and couldn't help asking.
Cui Jun stroked his beard and asked, "Why didn't Captain Yan mention a word about the rumors in the city when I went to the school last time? Do you really think he only found out in the past two days? If he really wanted to fall out with someone,
Wouldn't it be safer within the school grounds? At least in the school grounds, most of them are under Yan Duwei... So it's not that I want to hate someone, but I'm trying to test carefully... Don't judge people by their appearance, Yan Duwei
Although there are some customs of the Mobei Hu people, their thoughts... can't be said to be any more delicate than yours..."
"School ground...this, what's the difference?" Cui Hou still doesn't understand. Of course, it's possible that he doesn't want to admit that Yan Rou, a guy who looks rough and has a strong smell of foreigners, can actually be better than Cui Hou.
You have to be smart even if you are thick.
Cui Jun glanced at Cui Hou, feeling a little helpless.
"Yan Duwei put on a good show in the school grounds, but in front of someone! On the surface, it looks vulgar, but in fact... this is the government office lobby!" Cui Jun pointed, "Here
Everyone around me is my people... If he really wanted to do something... he wouldn't choose to be here! He also knows what to say here and will not spread it... If it really gets spread, then
It means that I can’t even control the government office lobby! I don’t know if he will really take action! If a dignified county guard can’t even control the government office, how can he control a county?! Do you know?!”
"Ah..." Cui Hou shook the fat on his cheeks, "I see..."
"Why is that so? You haven't understood yet?" Cui Jun couldn't help but walked up to Cui Hou and patted Cui Hou's head, "Yan Duwei said it to me, and even more to you."
!Whether the Cui family will be a blessing or a curse in the future, it will all fall into your hands alone!』
Cui Hou was speechless for a while, "Why, why? Why did you say it was for me?"
