Chapter 3202 The circular machine beads are alive on the market
Chapter 3201 The circular machine beads are alive on the market
Compared with the large-scale wars, refugee flows, and population migration in Guanzhong and Longyou, the Hanzhong area is relatively stable. Historically, it was only when Lao Cao migrated to Hanzhong that the foundation of Hanzhong was established.
A relatively heavy blow.
Humans are land-based animals, so they are born with a certain preference for land. Of course, there are some people who like the sky or the sea, but most people still like to be on land, not with nothing under their feet.
The same is true for Li Dian. He would rather hold on to what he has in his hands and what he has on his feet than think about what else is in the sky or in the deep water. This determines that Li Dian is definitely a very qualified general who can defend the land.
However, there will be some shortcomings in external development. In history, Li Dian was posthumously named Minhou, "In the country, I even worried about Min", which is enough to prove this point.
When a general does not strive for merit and does not have too strong ambitions, he will naturally be very calm.
In the camp under the night sky, the commotion gradually began.
Li Dian's soldiers and horses in Hanzhong woke up from their sleep amidst the short whistle, and one by one they began to arrange their sleeping clothes, line up to wash, and then line up to eat.
No one will make a fuss, because once caught by the military disciplinary officer, they will be starved at the least and punished at the worst.
Preserved meat is usually very simple, steamed cakes are heated into soup.
In Li Dian's camp, in addition to some of the veterans who had followed Fei into Sichuan and some of the soldiers left behind by Zhang Liao in the later period, there were also some newly recruited soldiers. The proportion of old and new soldiers was about half and half.
Many of them are Di people.
Di people are widely distributed.
Relatively speaking, the Di people in Nanzheng have closer ties with the Han people than the Di people in the Shangyong area.
The new recruits were a little nervous when they went into battle, but seeing the nonchalant expressions of the old soldiers around them as they ate steamed cakes and drank soup, the nervousness in the recruits' hearts seemed to relax, and he also took a few bites of the steamed buns.
Cake is like cheering yourself up.
Everyone finished their meal in silence, and soon the camp's rallying horn sounded, and the soldiers stood up one after another and lined up according to their respective teams and Wush.
When the teams are finished lining up, the leaders of each team will begin to check their team's equipment.
The focus is on the equipment and dry food carried by each soldier.
In the early days, there were cases where new soldiers could not control themselves, secretly ate the dry food they were given, and were then hung up and beaten.
The dry food itself is for emergencies and is distributed at a fixed time, not as snacks for the soldiers.
The commander inspects the soldiers one by one, pulls the silk ribbon of the armor to see if it is tight and fastened, then pulls out the sword to see if it is well maintained and rusty, and finally checks the soldiers' dry food.
Bag, if there is no problem, I will pat the soldier on the shoulder...
If there was a problem, it wasn't a slap on the shoulder, but a slap on the head.
After the chief checks and there are no problems, he will stand in front of his queue and hold up a small triangular red flag.
Generally speaking, under the hussars, the configuration of the infantry queue is based on small teams, rather than like Cao's army, where there are shieldmen and archers in a small team.
Of course, there are pros and cons to such a team-based arrangement.
However, it is a promotion for the effectiveness of cultivating grassroots military schools.
After each queue inspection, the soldiers of the same team must listen to the team leader's assembled training.
Some teams can't talk nonsense, and some can master this skill. In this process, those who have grown will be qualified to be promoted to higher positions...
"Cao Jun is like a vicious wolf! He wants to enter our garden, eat our food, seize our property, and harm our relatives!"
"Think about what kind of life you lived ten years ago! Who gave you the equipment you have now and the stability at home?"
"Whether the land at home can be saved depends on whether we can defeat Cao Jun!"
"Cao Jun brought disaster to Shandong and massacred in Xuzhou. Tens of thousands of people were killed and the entire county was burned down! Do you want Cao Jun to kill our families?"
"..."
Although these instructions are often very simple and even repetitive, they are just right for these ordinary soldiers, and most of the soldiers will nod in agreement.
As long as the ruling class doesn't get crazy and do outrageous things, most of the time local defense will have a certain advantage.
So now, is Fei Qian, or rather Hanzhong under Li Dian's management, angry?
To put it another way, did Shangyong in the hands of the Shen family cause resentment among the people?
Where is Cao Cao's land in Shandong?
Or, what does it mean to be devastated and resentful?
"Get ready to go! Go to Mulan Sai to change defense!"
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The sky is gradually getting brighter.
Although spring has begun, the temperature is still not high, especially in the valleys and mountain roads, it is a bit cold.
Although it hasn't snowed heavily in the past two days, there is a lot of snow on the mountain top and mountainside. Some melted snow water flows down the rock walls of the mountain, adding a bit of chill and making the mountain road appear extremely slippery.
at.
Cao Zhen led his men and horses, walking step by step along the mountain road.
The difficulty of the mountain road exceeded Cao Zhen's original expectations.
Especially in this kind of weather, when you walk fast, the sweat in your body mixes with the moisture from the outside, and then quickly penetrates all the warm clothes. It feels like wearing a damp quilt on your body.
Not only will you not be able to keep warm, you will also be shivering from the cold. If you walk slowly, let alone the distance, who likes to stay longer in the wind and cold on a mountain trail?
Since Mulan Sai is called a plug, it naturally has a reason for its name.
If you want to bypass Mulansai, the pass between the two mountains, you must climb the surrounding Qinling Mountains.
Although the tallest eldest brother in the Qinling Mountains is not in the Shangyong area of Hanzhong, his younger brother is enough for Cao Zhen to eat a pot. And the most important thing to climb over the mountain is to have a guide. If you lose your direction, the whole army may be wiped out.
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Cao Zhen left a camp in front of Mulan Fortress, set up flags, and then led his people around.
He had no choice but to come in person.
Walking this kind of mountain road, even if ordinary soldiers can walk, they will be useless after walking. However, if Cao Zhen is asked to hand over the elite soldiers in his hands to others, if that person is a little less strong and becomes lame, then Cao Zhen will be left with nothing.
The Di and Shen soldiers are also useless. To choose one of the two, Cao Zhen would rather control his fate in his own hands than wait passively.
In addition, if human lives are stacked, one is that there is not enough time, and the other is that there is a problem in quantity. The Cao family has not yet wanted to fight the Shen family, but has completely turned against the Shangyong people. In history, Lao Cao also felt so depressed that he wanted to evacuate.
It is the same reason why Hanzhong people migrated on a large scale during the Hanzhong period.
If the war is really unfavorable, then Cao Jun's trip will definitely not be in vain. No matter what, the Shangyong area will be completely emptied and turned into a white land. The Hussar cannot be taken advantage of. But in this situation, we still need to stabilize the local gentry.
, don’t completely fall out.
At this time, it was still the honeymoon period for the Cao family and the Shen family. Shen Dan also knew that if he attacked Mulan forcibly, there would be a lot of casualties, and a large part of the casualties would be Shen family soldiers, so he made a detour when Cao Zhen proposed
After the strategy, they were also very cooperative. Not only did they contribute a large amount of food, grass, and warm clothing, they also tried their best to show off outside Mulan Fort to cover up Cao Zhen's movements and create more time for Cao Zhen.
But this mountain road is really difficult to walk.
It was extremely cold at night, and I hoped that the sun would come out during the day, but when the sun did come out during the day, the melted snow water not only kept the temperature in the mountains from rising, but also brought with it fog, which filled the top of the mountain and moved in and out.
It's all a huge test.
In such an environment, not to mention people, even the native ponies in Sichuan and Sichuan were in a bit of a state of disarray. They nodded their heads with difficulty one by one, moved step by step, snorted, and snorted.
Everywhere was stained with white frost.
If there happens to be a gust of mountain mist blowing down, the people and horses will shake like chaff in the wind.
Fortunately, those who came with Cao Zhen were all elites of Cao's army, directly under his command. They were stronger than ordinary soldiers of Cao's army. They usually had enough food and clothing, but some of them couldn't bear the hardship. It was fine at the beginning.
Gradually, I couldn't suppress my emotions, and a low level of dissatisfaction filled the air.
The troops directly under Cao Zhen were okay. After all, the whole family ate with Cao Zhen. If Cao Zhen died, it would be an unforgivable sin for them to live alone. So now that Cao Zhen is walking in front, they must follow as long as they have breath.
But the rest of Cao Jun's elite are different...
Some of these elite Cao soldiers are from Qingzhou, some are from Yanzhou, and some were selected by Cao Ren and Cao Zhen in Jingzhou. Although after becoming a unit directly under Cao Zhen, the ordnance and soldiers' pay is more generous, but this does not mean that
They will be able to completely obey Cao Zhen.
"...Isn't it actually just a military stronghold? We haven't attacked any Wubao or military stronghold in the past? Why do we need to take a careful detour this time? Can't we just do it and be done with it?"
"This mediocre mountain is really fucked up. After climbing one, it remains the same. There is no end..."
"It was not this bad when we attacked Jizhou!"
"Isn't that right? At least there is some hot soup and rice to eat in the military camp. Now..."
These complaints and complaints are neither big nor small.
Of course, Cao Zhen heard all these complaints, but he kept a stern face and did not turn around to exchange words with the grumbling soldiers. To convince these veterans of Cao's army, it was useless to just talk about military laws and regulations.
, but depends on the true ability of the general.
But the question is, how many "records" can Cao Zhen produce?
So Cao Zhen didn't move, didn't even look back, he just walked forward silently step by step.
As time went by, the complaints became quieter.
It's different from walking in peace. Climbing mountains and ridges is really tiring. If no one cares about your complaints, then it might as well be a fart.
If you have physical strength and talk nonsense, it is better to save your physical strength and walk.
Did Cao Zhen really feel uncomfortable hearing this?
Not really.
So Cao Zhen also wants to go all out and try to get through. If he gets through and eats meat, can't he get through...
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Under Mulan Stop.
War drums roar.
According to Cao Zhen's instructions, Shen Dan drove some civilians, mixed with some Cao army soldiers, to attack Mulansai.
If you do nothing, it is almost obvious that there is a problem...
As for the civilian husband?
Shen Dan didn't think there was anything wrong in driving away these people in Jing County.
On the one hand, the main power of the Shen family is concentrated in Shangyong, Xicheng City. There is not much direct asset connection with a small place like Jing County. On the other hand, the small squires around Jing County did not give Shen Yi face, which made Shen Yi
Yi couldn't collect food and grass at that time, and the incident of alienation occurred, so now Shen Dan comes to avenge Shen Yi, what's the problem?
Shen Dan felt there was no problem at all.
What's more, food and grass are not unlimited. Reducing the population can also reduce daily consumption.
The war drums of Cao's army roared, and the chaotic civilians were forced to attack Mulansai.
Smooth blood flowed down the mountain path.
Shen Dan frowned and stared at Mulansai.
In fact, the Shen brothers all have the same problem. They look down on Wu Fu and Fei Qian, so they naturally look down on Zhang Liao and Li Dian even more. As sons of the gentry who have been influenced by Shandong Confucian classics for many years, they have never quite figured out why.
These meant repeated setbacks for the dull and savage warriors.
It’s not that the Shen brothers didn’t know about the achievements of Fei Qian, Zhang Liao, Li Dian and others, they just subconsciously exempted them.
People are born with the ability to see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear, and what they don’t want to see and hear, and the brain will automatically block it.
"It's impossible to lose." Shen Dan said to himself.
He previously believed that the Shen clan was suppressed only because of insufficient troops. Now that they have attracted Cao's army, they are enough to compete with Li Dian, so how can they lose?
Moreover, in the hearts of the Shen brothers, he always felt that Wu Fu was like Dong Zhuo, who neither knew the economy nor the people, and more importantly, they did not know how to run the place, so Shen Dan felt that Li Dian must rely on military strength.
After forcibly suppressing the Nanzheng area, due to the arrival of Cao's army, Li Dian had to lead troops to defend here at Mulan Fortress.
As a result, Nanzheng will inevitably be empty...
"There must be someone..." Shen Dan said to himself, "But why haven't I heard any news until now? Is it true that Nanzheng is stable? Impossible, how can this be done?"
Shen Dan's eyes wandered back and forth on Mulan Fort, as if he wanted to find any flaws in Li Dian's army.
But the more he looked at it, the more he didn't understand...
The clouds in the sky gradually became filled with a golden halo, the sun was about to set, and Shen Dan gradually felt invisible pressure.
Strictly speaking, he did a good job in the past two days of attack.
After consuming the physical strength of the defenders and a large amount of wood and stone, the trenches on the mountain road were filled in twice, and two layers of trenches were destroyed by the horse resistance.
But not enough.
Far from enough.
Moreover, there have been too many civilians consumed in the past two days, and some of the ones in Xing County are not enough...
what to do?
If we continue to fight at the current intensity, we will need to replenish a certain amount of cannon fodder, but Xing County has basically been exhausted. If we want to replenish manpower, we have to go further, that is, under the control of the Shen brothers.
The region has to allocate population.
The flesh on Shen Tan's cheek twitched.
never mind……
It's better to save some money and delay it for a few more days.
"Mingjin withdraws the troops!"
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After Mulan was blocked, Li Dian watched Cao's army at the bottom of the mountain recede like a tide, splashing with bloody waves.
The defenders couldn't help but cheer.
Li Dian frowned slightly.
Ma Zhong, who was standing aside, looked at Li Dian's expression and couldn't help but ask: "General, what are you..."
Aren’t the boys playing well?
It has withstood Cao Jun's attack for several days, and Cao Jun did not destroy many defensive facilities.
Mulan Fortress does not look big and cannot accommodate many soldiers, but in fact Li Dian adopted a dual defense system of one light and one dark. The Mulan Fortress on the mountain is exposed in the light, and there are not many soldiers, while the military camp at the foot of the mountain
They can replenish troops at Mulan Fortress at any time, but due to the mountain's line of sight, Cao's army was unable to discover the barracks behind Mulan Fortress.
So if the fight continues like this, Cao Jun may not be able to capture Mulan Sai even if he fights for several months. But why does Li Dian seem unhappy?
Ma Zhong looked down the mountain, then at the Han River in the distance, and said with some incomprehension: "General, are you worried that Cao Jun is coming from the other side of the river? We don't have sentry towers to monitor day and night, and there is no Cao Jun."
A boat?"
Although there is water running through Hanzhong Shangyong Land, it is not easy to walk. There are too many twists and turns, causing the water flow to be uneven. In addition, although it snows in the Qinling Mountains, it does not affect the river's flooding, which makes
It is difficult to march by water. In addition, most of the boats in Jingzhou are concentrated in the southern part of Jingzhou and around Hefei. There are actually not many boats in northern Jingzhou, so they can usually be used to transport grain and grass to Cao's army and reduce land transshipment.
The burden is already very heavy, and there are not many ships available to transport soldiers.
Moreover, Li Dian took some precautions. What he was worried about was not the waterway problem...
Li Dian also glanced at the Han River, nodded slightly and said, "The spring floods on the Han River are fierce, and Cao Jun has few boats in Jingbei... If Cao Jun wants to cross here, he can only win this stronghold... I just think,
Cao Jun seems to be a little weak..."
"Weak?" Ma Zhong asked.
Li Dian nodded.
Li Dian had been in Cao's army before. He knew what it would be like if Cao's army really wanted to attack and drive out the people to fill the pits...
But now it's obviously not strong enough.
Li Dian suddenly raised his head and looked at the surrounding mountains, "Cao Jun, could it be that they took a detour?"
Ma Zhong was startled, "No way? This large circle of mountains... there is no water source in the surrounding mountains!"
Li Dian nodded, but then shook his head, "But...it snowed a few days ago..."
"Snowing?" Ma Zhong was stunned, "No, General, you mean..."
Li Dian frowned and thought for a moment, "To be on the safe side, we'd better send more scouts to patrol..."