In the desert, Zhao Yun's guards spread out a map on the rocks.
"In the middle of last month, herders came to report that a large number of Semu people were found here..." Xinpi pointed to a certain place on the map and said, "Because the herdsmen don't know how to count, he can't understand numbers exceeding one hundred..."
He has less than a hundred sheep, so... so it will definitely be more than a hundred, but how much more..."
Everyone gathered around the map and looked at it.
Zhao Yun asked Xin Pi some questions again, but unfortunately, there was not much conclusive and effective information.
This is a very helpless thing. The herdsmen will bring some news to Zhao Yun and others, but there are often many problems with the accuracy of the news. Because the herdsmen rarely come to Xinchangshan City in person, and more often
It was a lot of back-and-forth between each other, so even the gods can't control what it turns into in the end.
But what is certain is that when Zhang He was fighting last year, he encountered some lustful people.
And this winter...
These lustful people may go south again, or they may not come.
The desert is really too big.
Every time Zhao Yun faced this desert, he would feel this way.
When he was young, he only knew that there were only Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Wuhuan in the desert, but now there are Jiankun, Rouran, and now more Semu people...
How many people are still in this desert, and how many more people will appear in this desert?
Zhao Yun pondered slightly.
Now that he has served as the Protector of the Northern Territory, he has realized what the long meaning of the word "World" means when the General Hussars say it?
Indeed, compared to the Hussars General, whose vision seems to be infinite, those guys from the Central Plains are simply frogs in the well!
"Be prepared for the worst." Zhao Yun said slowly, "Humans will become wild beasts if they have no food. This year, many herdsmen went south to escape the snowstorm. If we can capture Youzhou, we will have an extra piece of land."
These herdsmen can be resettled..."
There is another point that Zhao Yun did not say.
There are more herdsmen going south, which means that these lustful people, or cannibals, who appear deep in the northern desert, have no source of food. These guys will inevitably follow the footsteps of the herdsmen and go south...
In history, Cao Cao defeated Wuhuan and drove away Xianbei. The Xianbei and Wuhuan who were driven away in the desert became invisible buffers for the Han Dynasty and bore the invasion of many of these lustful people until Wuhu invaded China.
During this period, on the one hand, the severe cold in the north forced a large number of barbarians to go south. On the other hand, the stupidity within China also brought a group of tribes that preyed on humans, causing a bloody storm in the central plains of northern China. Because in the
Historically, idiots from the Sima family attacked each other, causing the entire Chinese political system to be in a state of paralysis. As a result, when these cannibal tribes arrived, no one knew how or where they came from. They appeared inexplicably and then disappeared.
"We must attack Youyan quickly!" Zhao Yun said in a deep voice, "Junyi takes Gubeikou... We still need to cross Juyongkou... George, are you willing to lead the partial army out of this entrance to block the reinforcements from Jizhou?" 』
Xin Pi was stunned for a moment, then he quickly handed over his hand and said, "I obey the order!"
Gan Feng's eyes widened at the side, "Ah? Protector, didn't you let me go? What about me? Ah? Where should I go?"
Zhao Yun smiled and said, "You have other plans..."
Gan Feng was about to ask for details when suddenly a horse came and bowed down and reported: "Dadu protector! General Zhang sent someone to send an urgent report!"
"Get it!"
Zhao Yun waved.
Zhao Yun opened the urgent report. After reading it, he smiled and said: "Jun Yi used a false and true strategy to take Gubeikou... It seems that we have to speed up... George, order your troops and set off immediately!"
Xinpi responded, immediately took the command arrow and recognized the flag and left.
Zhao Yun glanced at Gan Feng, who was watching eagerly on the side, and said with a smile: "Go and make preparations, and ask your men to wear robes... Let's go meet a few people..."
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When Zhao Yun was dispatching his troops, the war at Gubeikou had already begun.
When they were suddenly attacked at first, many soldiers of Cao's army stood there stupidly, unable to react at all!
Because in Shandong, it is a tacit rule to take what is needed according to trouble and distribute according to trouble. Therefore, whoever can make trouble and make a big trouble will get more things at least during the time of making trouble. As for after the trouble is over , that’s what happens after the trouble is over.
With such a cultural background and civilized ways, the soldiers of Cao's army in Gubeikou are actually psychologically inclined to Lei Zhong and other people who come to "make trouble". They are all waiting to watch the show, and subconsciously think that they must be These official guys look ugly again.
This distrust of the official government of the Han Dynasty did not form in a day or two, or even once or twice.
When Lei Zhong and others killed the quartermaster and raised their swords and guns, many of Cao's soldiers were confused first, and then surprised...
No way, no way, no way?
Really taking action?
Obtain beautiful things through one's own efforts. This is the rule, order, and principle of heaven and earth that have been continuously precipitated in genes during the process of human beings from apes to homo sapiens in ancient times. Who has more wisdom? The more effort and ability you have, the more things you can achieve.
This is a correct and understandable truth in itself. Getting something for nothing has always been scorned by others, but the problem is that there are too many people nowadays who are insulting, trampling, and destroying this rule and principle that should be correct, and then You can't turn around and ask the people at the bottom, right? You idiots also want to get something for nothing?
Therefore, in Shandong, ordinary people almost instinctively choose a method that scares the upper-level officials and nobles to obtain temporary "fairness", that is, "making trouble".
The people of Shandong instinctively realized that these powerful officials were afraid that they would cause trouble...
It's just that there is still a long way to go from this instinct to an organized, structured, structured, and targeted "making trouble". Just like the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Zhang Jiao and the others' goal is to overthrow the Han Dynasty.
But what will happen after it is overthrown? They don’t know. Why don’t they know? Because very early on, someone intentionally and deliberately prevented them from knowing.
Lei Zhong didn't know what he was going to do at the beginning, so he messed around and endured it, thinking that he would do this until he grew old and died. As for other things, whether it was military pay or children, in fact, it was more about him.
It's just the influence of surrounding inertia, and it's not what he wants.
Everyone has a wife and children, so he does too.
Everyone has a job, so so does he.
Lei Zhong really thought that this was how he would be for the rest of his life. As for whether these people and things he liked, that was another matter...
But now, Lei Zhong suddenly felt very relaxed and happy!
A true man, if he spends the rest of his life in such a state of confusion, it would be better to die!
Fortunately!
Now I have been given another opportunity to choose, and I will never let this last opportunity pass!
Lei Zhong roared loudly and led the way into the passage. Now he was not doing it for those trivial coins, nor for the messy wife at home, but just for himself and for the remaining things in his heart.
A little bit of blood and sparkle!
The light of the sword flashed, and Lei Zhong had already chopped down the two defenders at the crossing. Then he turned around and picked up the bows and arrows dropped by the defenders on the side. He opened his bow with two arrows and shot the bows and arrows of the defenders on the top of the city who were about to shoot.
The hand was shot.
"Old Lei! Are you serious?!"
"He is in cahoots with the Hussars!"
"Hurry! Report it quickly!"
"Someone is coming..."
"Stop them quickly!"
The defenders shouted in confusion.
Some of the defenders also shot arrows, knocking down several soldiers around Lei Zhong to the ground. But Lei Zhong didn't even look at them, and rushed forward without hesitation!
Liu Fu also rushed in front. In order to avoid being suspected, he did not wear outer armor. He only wore an inner armor with a protective core under his robe. Moreover, he rushed in front and attracted many Cao Jun soldiers.
The firepower of the defenders caused some minor injuries in a blink of an eye, dyeing his clothes red. However, Liu Fu did not stop to bandage his wounds, but continued to move forward with his gun and knife, slashing and stabbing.
A commander of Cao's army stood in front of Liu Fu, seemingly trying to stop him, but Liu Fu used a flaw and stabbed the commander of Cao's army in the chest with a shot. Liu Fu himself also had a deep wound on his arm.
Shallow opening.
Lei Zhong and Liu Fu were brave, so their men naturally followed suit and rushed forward.
After a while, Lei Zhong and Liu Fu's eyes suddenly emptied out. Only then did they realize that they had already passed through the Nandaokou and had now set foot in the pass of Gubeikou!
Behind the two men, there were many soldiers who had followed them. They also roared and killed them through the south entrance and threw themselves into the pass.
On the narrow streets in Gubeikou Pass, many figures were swaying and running, and some Cao Jun defenders appeared at the intersection, pointing in the direction of Lei Zhong and Liu Fu...
"Happy! Happy!" Liu Fu laughed and said, "I've been wanting to do this for a long time! I got what I wanted today, so happy!"
Lei Zhong also smiled, "I feel quite happy today!"
Liu Fu laughed and said, "I have a grudge against the Cao family. Do you also have a grudge?"
"Although there is no hatred, there is resentment!" Lei Zhong waved his sword, "Old grudges, here's a bottle of respect!"
"Hahaha, good, good!" Liu Fu laughed, "Today you and I are going to take revenge if we have a grudge, and we will relieve the grudge if we have a grudge! Haha...ah!"
Liu Fu was laughing, but he didn't notice that a defender archer climbed up to the beam, aimed at him, and secretly shot him an arrow!
Fortunately, I don't know if one of the defenders' archers was not good at learning, or if Liu Fu shook his body while walking, the arrow whizzed past his shoulder, bringing out a streak of blood!
"Hey!" Liu Fu was furious and threw the spear in his hand towards the archer. One shot drove the archer off the roof.
Liu Fu didn't even look at the wound on his shoulder. He picked up another spear on the ground and pointed it forward: "Send a message to Han Junhou! We are coming! Come to the rescue quickly and kill this pass! Open the pass to welcome General Zhang."
!This Gubeikou is ours!』
The soldiers and soldiers who followed Liu Fulei Chong also shouted together and rushed forward.
Lei Zhong said from the side, "You have to pay attention to the wound... Do you want to wrap it up first?"
Liu Fu laughed, "What does this little injury mean? If we take this place, no matter how many injuries we have, it won't matter!"
Seeing Liu Fu being so heroic, Lei Zhong couldn't say anything else.
However, it is true that as Liu Fu said, they alone cannot kill all these Cao soldiers, nor can they capture Gubeikou, but don't forget that there are Zhang He's troops to the north of Gubeikou!
With Lei Zhong, who was familiar with the terrain and the situation at Gubeikou, on the side, these people disrupted, set fire, and avoided the traps and fortifications set by Cao Jun. Like crazy tigers, they killed Cao Jun's defenders and retreated steadily.
Inside and outside the city, there were shouts and exclamations.
The black smoke from the warning beacon towers into the sky!
At the southern intersection, some civilians were at a loss, not knowing whether to continue their mission or simply flee. Some people were timid and hid, or even hid under vehicles, exposed their buttocks, and hugged each other.
He was mumbling with his head tilted, not knowing what he was talking about.
But a small number of people smelled the smell of blood, and then slowly stood up and licked their lips.
Why?
Why can those noble people be so high and mighty?
Is it because the ancestors of those noble people fought hard and gained some future, so they benefited future generations?
So……
Since everyone in Cao's army and the Shandong nobles say so, then if I take a chance now, will I have the opportunity to benefit future generations?
Without going into details, without talking about goals, regardless of belief, it is just Chunqiu's writing style to mislead the people. No wonder the people will make some different actions at a certain point in time!
The sword and gun are on the ground.
Blood dyed the ancient road red.
"Fight his mother! The dead eggs will fall into the sky!"
"You have nothing, how can you be so afraid of a bird!"
Inexplicably, there were more Youyan men following Liu Fu and Lei Chong!
This reminds me that these Youyan men who have been suppressed and bullied and always seem to just swallow their anger and obey others also have such a violent side!
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If Cao Chun is given another chance and allowed to choose whether he suffers for himself or others,
What do you think Cao Chun will choose?
Of course you still choose to let others suffer!
How could Cao Chun endure so much suffering alone?
Ordinary people have no money and only a humble life, so if he wants money and food, Cao Chun still sets his sights on the middle class.
No matter what dynasty it is, it will not treat the "middle class" kindly, because for the lower class people, these middle class people have been separated from the masses for too long. They can no longer talk to the people and have no common language. Therefore, the lower class people see the middle class
If you're unlucky, there's always the joy of seeing someone in a suit step on a watermelon rind.
For the upper-class rulers, these middle classes meant trouble and instability. Therefore, starting from the Qin and Han Dynasties, regularly harvesting the local middle class became a long-term policy that would not be announced openly but would be resolutely implemented.
Although Cao Chun doesn't understand politics very well, he also knows that when he goes out to fight, he must first weaken some local forces in some areas, win over one group of people, suppress another group of people, and then let one group of people hate the other.
A group of people, he pretended not to know anything. When things got serious, he rushed to the scene as if he was stuck in a traffic jam on the road, with a dusty face and a sad face, sighing, "Hey! I'm late."
It’s over!』
Just like in this process, who was beaten, who was who, what happened to who, in fact, it doesn’t matter who was beaten or who suffered, the important thing is that the goal that Cao Chun needs is achieved. As for who the final result is for
It doesn't matter whether you cover up or avenge someone, the important thing is to resist the attack of the hussars first!
Except for this goal, everything else can be abandoned!
Therefore, Cao Chun didn't care at all about old military officers like Lei Zhong or Youzhou squires like Liu Fu. As long as he could resist the hussars, he could accept it even if he had to die in the end.
Of course, before he dies, he will definitely drag down the entire Youzhou to be buried with him, and will not leave any resources for the Hussars.
Under such guiding ideology, it is not surprising that such a situation occurs in Youzhou.
It's just that Cao Chun never expected that the first person to make a fuss was not the middle class who still had some money, but Lei Zhong, who was from the downgraded area of the middle class!
Although among the big men, there is no traditional habit of waiting for the age of thirty-five to provide outstanding graduates to the society, but for people like Lei Zhong, even the honorific title of Captain is just a sign of respect for the entire bureaucracy, and
You don’t really respect Lei Zhong!
And everyone knows that at Lei Zhong's age, this will be the case for his whole life. Even if he is respectful, how can he be respectful?
No one cares about a "shedder" like Lei Zhong, or someone from a poor family.
But it happens that it is such a "poor family" that is actually the most eager for change, and of course is the easiest to rebel...
Thunder suddenly moved in Gubeikou, and the beacon fire reached Yuyang within an hour!
The beacon fire has one advantage, that is, the transmission speed is more effective than the fast horse, but there is also a problem, that is, the information is not very clear.
"Gubeikou was attacked? Urgent help?!"
Cao Chun ran up to the high platform and looked at the beacon fire in the distance.
In a daze, he seemed to hear the chaotic sounds of shouting and fighting, echoing in his ears.
The beacon fire in the distance was like a spark in a prairie fire. It was just a little bit at first, and then in a blink of an eye it was overwhelming and became a huge surge!
Cao Chun clenched his fists tightly, turned around and got off the high platform, then hurriedly walked to the outer courtyard.
The guards beside Cao Chun had no idea what Cao Chun was going to do, so they hurriedly followed him and said, "General, what are you going to do..."
"Prepare your horses! Two horses!" Cao Chun gritted his teeth and said, "I feel like something is going to happen at Gubeikou!"
He is preparing to bring a few elite cavalry to Gubeikou for emergency assistance!
The two horses drove quickly from Yuyang to Gubeikou, which only took half a day.
The guard was somewhat puzzled.
After all, the beacon fire has just been lit in Gubeikou. Even if the Hussars attack, they still need to set up camp, form formations, and prepare. It will take at least a day or two before they can actually start the attack...
But since Cao Chun asked so, they could only do it.
"But... once you leave, those squires..."
Cao Chun's steps paused slightly.
"Send someone forward!" Cao Chun said in a low voice, "Before sunrise tomorrow, if any family cannot collect what the army needs, they will pay with their heads!"
"Ah?" The guard was a little surprised, "If this happens, will it..."
"This time, Hussar... is different..." Cao Chun shook his head and sighed, "If we can't hold on... Is it possible to leave it to Hussar? Go ahead!"
