After leaving Yongnu, Hu Yu suggested two roads to Liaodong for Gao Fei. One was to take the "Binhai Road" and the other was to go out of Lulongsai. After several comparisons, Gao Fei decided to take the "Binhai Road".
"Binhai Road". So, tens of thousands of horses, led by Hu Yu, headed east from Yongnu City.
The so-called "Binhai Road" is located in the narrow coastal plain, which is today the so-called "Western Liaoning Corridor". It has experienced too many vicissitudes in Chinese history, and Shanhaiguan has always been a battleground for military strategists. However, most of these situations
It happened after the Tang and Song Dynasties, and during the Eastern Han Dynasty, although this road was also the main passage to western Liaoning, its traffic conditions were far worse than those of later generations.
When there is no bad weather, this road can go straight through the inland counties of Beiping and Yuyang. However, once it encounters heavy rain in summer and autumn, this road becomes unfeasible. It can only be said that
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the transportation conditions in the northeastern region of China were quite poor. There was no Shanhaiguan at that time. The Shanhaiguan area in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was called "Jieshi". It was on the seaside southwest of Suizhong County, Liaoning Province, about thirty miles west of Shanhaiguan. Therefore, Cao Cao once
The poem "Viewing the Sea" was written in Jieshi.
Lulongsai is also an important transportation thoroughfare, but there are 500 miles of dangerous terrain there, so walking is not as smooth as the "Coastal Road". In addition, it is early spring, there is not much spring rain, and there has just been a heavy rain, so
Gao Fei chose to take this route, first to western Liaoning and then to eastern Liaoning.
On March 23rd, Gao Fei started a long journey with tens of thousands of troops, walking eastward along the "Binhai Road". As he walked, he silently took note of the terrain in this area, vowing that he would make it in the future.
This area is made into a smooth road.
Gao Fei really had to travel through mountains and rivers this time, but fortunately he caught up with the good time. If he took this road in summer and autumn, it would really be like walking in Zeguo. Although the conditions are difficult, it can temper one's will.
You can also enjoy the sea view, and Gaofei kept cheering for the troops along the way. Both the people and the army were inspired and gritted their teeth and persisted to complete the journey.
On the tenth day of April, after more than ten days of long journey, Gao Fei and others finally walked out of the "Binhai Road". Although they encountered many Wuhuan people along the way, fortunately, Gao Fei led an army of 20,000 people and there were Hu Huan people.
With Yu, a guide who knew the Wuhuan language well, no one encountered any trouble.
On April 11, Gao Fei and others entered the Liaodong vassal state. Tens of thousands of people crossed their territory under the watchful eyes of the Wuhuan people. After several days of arduous walking, after crossing the Daliao River, they finally arrived on the four sides.
On the 20th of the month, they arrived at Xiangping, the capital of Liaodong County.
As we get closer and closer to the city wall, the conditions of the city wall become clearer and clearer. The city wall is made of rammed earth, and in some of the wall soil that has peeled off over time due to wind and rain, you can still see traces of the rammed earth left by the city when it was built.
In some places, deep crevices have been washed away by the rain, and the vigorous green grass has taken root tenaciously in the crevices. The spring is bright now, with green grass and red or white wildflowers dotting the ocher in clusters here and there.
On the yellow city wall.
There are no crenels or watchtowers made of blue bricks on the city, only a wall of loess extending to the north and south. There is a small wooden pavilion-like gatehouse above the city gate, standing alone on the city wall, leaning on the left and right sides of the gatehouse.
On each pillar stood a soldier in helmet and armor. The soldiers were listless, already drowsy under the sunlight, and did not pay any attention to a long team approaching from a distance on the official road.
Gao Fei rode the black horse and walked at the front of the team. He looked back at the exhausted people. When he turned his head and looked intently at the city gate and saw two large Chinese characters carved with red paint above the city gate, he spat out a long sigh.
After taking a breath, a smile appeared on his tired face, and he said lightly: "Xiangping... we are finally here..."
When approaching the city gate, both people and animals seemed to be discouraged and stopped on the roadside one after another, not wanting to go any further. The road was crowded with tens of thousands of people and a long line of baggage vehicles.
The long queue blocked the official road, and everyone sat on the ground by the roadside, breathing heavily, drinking water, and wiping sweat.
Gao Fei turned around and saw this scene, without saying anything. In the past month, he had witnessed everyone's hard work with his own eyes. Such a long distance and such a difficult road not only exhausted more than a thousand people, but also made other people tired.
Everyone was exhausted, and all of them looked pale and weak. Except for the Yulin Lang who followed Gao Fei from Gyeonggi Province and still persisted, the rest of the people, whether they were young and strong people who had just joined the army or Chu Yan's gang of people,
The thieves were all exhausted and out of breath.
"Zilong, tell us to go down and let everyone rest first. They will all enter the city in a quarter of an hour. We finally arrived. No matter what, we can't fall outside the city!" Gao Fei shouted to Zhao Yun behind him, and then turned his horse.
He turned his head and ran towards Xiangping City a few hundred meters away.
Even though it is a thousand-mile horse like Wulongju, after such a long journey, it seems to have lost its energy because it was not fed with good fodder during the march. It does not have the same excitement as before when running. It is just doing simple things.
Jogging, carrying Gao Fei on his back, he rushed towards Xiangping City.
Arriving at the foot of the city, Gao Fei saw two notices posted on the notice boards on both sides of the city wall. One of them was too old because the text was soaked by the rain and was unrecognizable, leaving only a black ink stain.
It was obviously posted in the past two or three days. Not only did the paper have no traces left by wind and rain, it also exuded a strong fragrance of ink. I just don’t know who wrote this announcement.
The structure of the lines is completely unorganized, with uneven thickness horizontally and vertically. Some are top-heavy, and some are unbalanced. The text is twisted and slanted throughout. It looks like a child's graffiti when learning calligraphy. Or even graffiti.
Not really.
After trying hard to identify it, Gao Fei could clearly see what was written on the notice. It was a document from the Youzhou Prefectural Mufu. It said that Gao Fei, as General Anbei and Marquis of Xiangping, was granted the title
What happened with the Liaodong Prefect. After reading this, he smiled and looked intently at the city. He saw that the streets in the city were very deserted. There was not a single person to be seen in broad daylight. Even the soldiers who were supposed to be guarding the city were only
Seeing the two people sleeping beside the tower, the government officials couldn't even see them.
Gao Fei rode into the city and walked slowly on the streets that ran through the city. This street was almost entirely filled with dilapidated low thatched houses with mud walls. Occasionally, one and a half mud tile houses could be seen. Even the Yongnu County seat
Not as good as anything.
You can see unnamed garbage everywhere on both sides of the street. Flies are hovering on the garbage piles accumulated by human and livestock excrement, making a buzzing sound. There is a hut that has been abandoned for a long time and has collapsed. In the middle of the house
A few rotten black rafters carried scattered thatch, and a pile of purple-red stuff lay on what looked like a door. Gao Fei drove his horse over, and a swarm of big green-headed flies exploded with a buzzing sound.
, he suddenly saw that thing, it was actually a dead cat.
The cat's internal organs have been eaten by wild dogs, voles and the like, leaving only a piece of skin. Only the cat's head is still intact, but where the eyes should have been, there are now only two irregular black holes left, and the decayed fur quilt
The black liquid was tangled and stuck together, horribly split.
"Damn, it's the county seat of Liaodong County after all. Why is the environment so bad? The city is also in a state of disrepair. Is this a place for people to live or for animals?" After reading this, Gao Fei felt very unhappy and careless.
scolded.
Gao Fei frowned and suppressed his nausea, and continued to drive his horse forward. He was not used to the environment around him. He felt sick to his stomach when he saw the garbage littered everywhere and the swarms of flies flying around. He secretly felt
He complained, but at the same time he was determined to change this situation, let others follow him to keep the environment clean and tidy, and strive to build Xiangping City into the leading sanitary city in the Han Dynasty.
Unknowingly, Gao Fei arrived at the Prefect's Mansion. The huge Prefect's Mansion was pretty decent, at least not as dirty as the street. The door of the Prefect's Mansion was ajar, and there were no guards at the door. He could see through the gap.
Once inside, there was no one walking around in the prefect's mansion, and no sound could be heard.
Gao Fei jumped off the back of Wu Longju. He was covered in dust and had no time to pat it, so he strode towards the prefect's mansion. When he opened the door, the yard was empty, but the ground was very clean.
"Xiangping? This is Xiangping? From the time I entered the city until now, I have only seen two soldiers. Where are the people in this city? Where the hell have they gone? Is this still the county seat of Liaodong County?" Gao Fei
Facing the empty yard, I finally couldn't bear it any longer, and at this moment I burst out completely, roaring with anger.
The sound echoed in the empty prefect's mansion, and the echoes echoed in waves, overlapping together, making it sound very harsh.
At this moment, Gao Fei heard the chaotic sound of horse hooves. From the deep sound, he could tell that there were definitely no less than a hundred horses. He walked out of the gate of the prefect's mansion and stood on the ground running through the east and west gates.
On the street, I saw a group of cavalry pouring in from the west gate. The first two were two flag bearers.
In the blink of an eye, two strong horses entered the city gate from outside the city. Each of the two strong horses was holding a cyan flag. One flag was embroidered with a line of small characters "Guardian of Wuhuan" and two big "Gongsun".
One flag was embroidered with the words "Pingbei General Field", and the two flags were fluttering in the wind. Gao Fei's eyes followed the flag for a long time, and when he looked towards the city gate again, he saw a large group of well-dressed and well-dressed people.
The armored cavalry were already pouring out of the city gate like a rapidly surging tide.
This team of cavalry consisted of two to three hundred people. The dust stirred up by the horses' hooves on the ground was fluttering and drifting in the wind. In the dust and smoke, Gao Fei couldn't see clearly who was the captain and who was the general. He only saw this
The cavalry team not only wore helmets and armor, but some also wore shoulder armor and arm armor. In the blink of an eye, I seemed to see someone with black armor protecting both sides of their thighs. When I concentrated on taking a closer look, I saw the figure of a galloping horse.
, where can one tell which general it is? The whole team is like a moving black cloud, or like a winding black smoke, whizzing along the street, and stops in front of him in an instant.
before.
The smoke and dust slowly dissipated, and two strong horses appeared in front of Gao Fei surrounded by people. Two middle-aged men wearing full body armor jumped down from the horses, and as soon as they landed on the ground, they let out armor plates.
The sound of impact with the ground was clear and harsh.
Before Gao Fei could react, the two middle-aged men walked up side by side. They glanced at Gao Fei, who was covered in dust but wearing armor. After looking at each other, a man with a yellow face and a long beard on the left came to him.
He took a step forward, clasped his fists and said, "I am protecting Wuhuan Colonel Gongsun Zan. Are you General Anbei Gao Fei?"