If I were an ordinary farmer, living an ordinary life in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, I would be wielding an ordinary hoe, cultivating ordinary land, struggling against the harsh natural environment, and carefully guarding against the harassment of warlords from all walks of life.
In the distance, the hoofbeats of an army's horse came closer and closer. Everyone was afraid and squatted down with their heads in their hands. I only hoped that the army we encountered was Liu Shijun's army horse.
——From a netizen at Bilibili, Meow Jiang who eats Bingbing.
In the fourth year of Chuping, in the autumn of 193 AD, Cao Cao launched an army to attack Tao Qian on the pretext of avenging his father. Yuan Shao sent his general Zhu Ling to supervise the third battalion of troops to help.
After Cao's army entered Xuzhou, they successively captured more than ten cities. Cao Yujin captured Guangwei and followed the Surabaya River to Pengcheng. Forward Cao Ren attacked Tao Qian's general Lu You, and after defeating the enemy, he joined forces with Cao Cao.
Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian led his army to confront Cao's army in Pengcheng, but suffered a major defeat and had to flee Pengcheng and retreat to Tancheng in the East China Sea.
Cao Jun also took the opportunity to defeat Pengcheng, Fuyang, Wuyuan and other places.
At that time, refugees from all over the country were attached to Tao Qian, mostly in Pengcheng. When they met Cao Cao's army this time, they were all killed. The people were driven into the Sishui River and drowned. Their corpses blocked the river, so that the river could not flow.
In the spring of the next year, Cao Cao attacked again and stationed troops in Pengcheng. He was eyeing Xuzhou and threatened to kill Tao Qian to avenge his father.
At the same time, the Langya Zhuge clan also began to migrate south.
Zhuge Xuanchu was a subordinate of Liu Biao, and he was sent as an envoy to the Han court on Liu Biao's order to convey the general situation of Jingzhou. Before departure, he learned that his cousin Zhuge Gui had died of illness, so he asked Liu Biao to complete his mission and go to Mount Tai to take care of Zhuge Gui's funeral.
Liu Biao agreed to his request, and after his mission to Chang'an was over, he rushed to Xuzhou to take care of Zhuge Gui's widow and children.
Communication was inconvenient at that time, and Zhuge Gui died of illness at the end of the sixth year of Zhongping, that is, in 189 AD.
It was already the third year since Zhuge Xuan learned the news. He went to Chang'an as an envoy. He first returned to Jingzhou to reply to Liu Biao, then returned to the Langya Kingdom in Xuzhou, traveling thousands of kilometers until he arrived in Xuzhou in the fourth year of Chuping.
Unexpectedly, after Zhuge Xuan returned to Xuzhou, Cao Cao sent troops to conquer Tao Qian. In order to avoid the disaster of the war, he took Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jun and two nieces with him, and dispersed with Zhuge Jin who was going to Jiangdong, and fled all the way south towards the Lujiang River.
So in the first year of Xingping, in the spring of 194 AD, the thirteen-year-old Zhuge Liang began to move south with his uncle Zhuge Xuan and his family.
Xiangben County is located about fifty miles northwest of Shan County, separated by Yishui River in the middle.
The desolate early spring still carries a hint of chill, the yellow earth is gradually returning to spring, the dense branches and leaves of the mountain forest are lush, and last year's wheat has been harvested in the endless fields. The villagers are busy in the fields and begin to plant this year's new millet.
There is a village at the foot of Huangshan Mountain in the northeast of Xiangben County, near Yishui River, and at the foot of Huangshan Mountain in the north of Tingshan Mountain.
The villages in the Han Dynasty were not called so-and-so village, but so-and-so Ju. This place was called Zhenyangju, so named because it was located to the south of Zhenshan Mountain. Zhenshan Mountain was later named Layer Mountain, which is very close to Shan County.
There are two main surnames in Zhuanyangju. One is the Xinye Deng family. In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, the Deng family was extremely favored and the family was extremely prosperous. They were represented by Deng Yu, Deng Chen and Deng Han. The cumulative number of princes was extremely high.
There are many, including 2 dukes, 13 generals, and 29 marquises. There was no one more worthy of him in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
But this situation changed after the death of Empress Dowager Deng. When Emperor An came into power, the eunuch Jiang Jing and others framed the Deng family for obstructing Emperor An's administration. Emperor An deposed Deng Hong and other descendants of Deng as common people, in order to preserve their safety. Members of the Deng family moved out of Kyoto and their hometown one after another and dispersed throughout the country.
The other family is the Gushi Shen family. The Shen family originated from the surname Ji. Ji Zai, the son of King Wen of the Western Zhou Dynasty, was granted the title of Ji Zai in Shen. The ancient city was located in the north of Pingyu, Henan in later generations. Later, the Shen Kingdom was destroyed. Hundreds of years later, in the southeast of Gushi, Ru Shen Ziguo was established in the northwest of Yin, located in the Linquan area of Fuyang, Anhui in later generations.
Later, due to many wars such as the Warring States Period, the late Qin Dynasty, and the late Western Han Dynasty, the Gushi Shen family began to migrate to the southeast to avoid the disasters of the war. Most of them went to Yangzhou, Xuzhou and other places. One of them went to Xiangben County in the East China Sea, with about hundreds of people. , living here peacefully for generations.
Speaking of which, the Shen family moved here earlier than the Deng family, but the Deng family has been a prominent family for many generations and has gradually become the leader of the local people. Among them, the elders of Huangmenting Township are all held by the Deng family, and the surrounding tens of thousands of acres of land are also vaguely owned by the Deng family. The family accumulated it into a manor.
Deng and Shen lived together in Xuzhou and intermarried with each other. In addition, most of the people in the surrounding villages were headed by Deng Shen. Therefore, although the Deng and Shen families could not be said to belong to aristocratic families in Xuzhou, they were at least quite famous in Xiangben County. prestige.
Maybe in a few years, the surrounding land will be expanded, and maybe the Deng family can be regarded as a strong and powerful family.
However, starting this spring, the Shen family prodigy went crazy for some unknown reason. He repeatedly asked the elders of the Deng and Shen clans to give up their land and move the family south to Jingzhou. He also said that the world would be in chaos in the future, and that only Jingzhou would be a temporary paradise.
The clan members are quite critical of this matter. Although Shen Chen is indeed smart, he is only eight years old this year, and his speech and behavior are no different from those of adults, but how can he listen to the opinions of a child about moving his family?
Therefore, this matter is just a nonsense that is regarded as a child prodigy by the tribe, and no one takes it seriously. Some people even often say that the child prodigy has not been able to have magical powers in recent years, so he has gradually become crazy.
Only Shen Chen himself became increasingly bored when he saw that the villagers were indifferent.
On March 16, late spring, when the news that Cao Cao was stationing troops in Pengcheng came from the merchants, Shen Chen fell into a completely restless mood.
Cao Cao is coming to massacre Xuzhou this year. How can people feel at ease without leaving men, women, old and young, chickens and dogs?
After he came out of the house after breakfast, he walked around outside the house with a worried look on his face. The son of the neighbor next door had already become a family laborer at the age of twelve. When he went out with a hoe, he saw him walking hard outside the house and laughed. Then he said: "Ah Chen, you are not going to mow the pig grass, but you are still wandering outside. Be careful, Ah Weng will beat you up."
"Foolish!"
Shen Chen scolded: "What do you villagers know? A great disaster is coming and you don't know that your death is coming. When Cao Cao comes, the entire county will be massacred by him!"
"Starting crazy again."
The neighbor's son shook his head and left. In the past, Shen Chen was the pride of their children and everyone was willing to listen to him, but in the past two months, he has become the laughing stock of the villagers.
Only Shen Chen became more anxious and walked quickly to a high-gate courtyard in the village.
Knowing that Shen Chen was here again, Deng Hong thought for a while and let him in. After all, we were all relatives. Shen Chen's mother, Deng's daughter, was Deng Hong's niece. Shen Chen had to call him his sixth uncle, but he refused. It's really not good outside the door.
After passing through the vestibule and passing through the main room to the atrium, Deng Hong was already waiting for him on the atrium corridor. When he saw him coming, he waved and said: "Ah Chen, come and sit down."
"Sixth uncle!"
Shen Chen respectfully went up and bowed his hands.
In fact, Deng Hong is not very old, only twenty-six years old, and he belongs to the direct descendant of the Yaofang branch of the Deng family.
It's just that as the old saying goes, elders come from the same family. Although Deng Hong is not very old, he has a high seniority. Therefore, there are currently more than 40 Deng clan members in the Zhongyangju area, and he is leading them.
After Shen Chen saluted, Deng Hong called him over to sit down, touched his head and said, "Achen, why are you here today?"
Shen Chen said seriously: "Sixth uncle, I would like to invite the two clans of Deng and Shen to hold a meeting."
Deng Hong's expression changed slightly and he said: "How can an eight-year-old child like you just start a clan discussion on such a big matter?"
"So I asked my sixth uncle to come forward!"
Shen Chen looked at him with bright eyes and said, "This matter concerns the lives of the Deng and Shen clans and more than 300 households in the surrounding areas. Please listen to me carefully, my sixth uncle."
This book is written by Ji Han. The content is sophisticated and not brainless. There is a little foreshadowing in the early stage. Chapter 30 contains content where the author is ill. After chapter 30, it will take off directly. After chapter 60, the latest chapter will be extremely exciting. Please read it patiently.