"These thieves run very fast..." Guan Yu looked around and saw the familiar Chiliu.
The ground shook, and the rumble of horse hooves swept over. The cavalry came in and spread in depth. I heard an officer holding a flag and shouting along the street: "I am following the orders of the Empress Dowager and Liu Shijun to attack the Dong thieves. The people retreated to their homes and walked in the street."
Those who cause trouble will be killed..."
A part of the cavalry broke into the county government office. The county magistrate on duty had already dismissed the government officials, ordered his wife and daughter to close the backyard, removed his crown and belt, and surrendered with his seal and ribbon.
Guan Yu took a glance and saw that the county magistrate was short and inconspicuous, so he ordered: "Since you have surrendered and are here, I will send someone to protect your safety."
With that said, he dispatched twenty soldiers, half to supervise and half to protect. However, he did not enter the yamen and rushed directly to the military camp.
The military camp was built of stone and wood, with fences and arrow towers, and a total of two thousand soldiers were gathered. These Xiliang soldiers stood firm in the camp and resisted, with arrows pouring out like rain.
Seeing this, Guan Yu did not use his light cavalry to attack, but ordered his men to block and surround him. He said: "This county's army is too well-equipped and a bit weird. Let's go back and take a look."
"Also, you lead a group of troops to clear out the rebels who broke into the people's houses." Guan Yu casually named an officer, and then turned back and personally went to the grain depot and arsenal of the government office to inspect - Gong County City is located between Luoyang and Hulao Pass.
There is a lot of food and grass at the transfer station, and there should also be some military supplies.
When Guan Yu returned, he saw that the county magistrate was still waiting at the foot of the steps. He nodded slightly, his tone became gentler, and he walked around and ordered: "Take me to the county arsenal."
"Yes" The county magistrate did not dare to disobey and immediately led the way.
The soldiers, armed with swords, strode around, obeyed the orders solemnly, and marched forward in unison. When they arrived at the arsenal, the county magistrate did not need to give orders, and the officials who saw them opened the iron locks.
The moment the warehouse was opened, everyone's breath froze for a moment. What they saw was a massive amount of crossbows and boxes of crossbow arrows.
"This is the treasury book." The magistrate of Gong County held it up.
There are 31,340 crossbows and 600,957 crossbow bolts... The total number on the bamboo stick is incredibly detailed, but this is the number of crossbows in the catalog of weapons stored in the arsenal.
The armor, weapons, food and fodder are also clearly listed, numbering in the tens of thousands.
"Why so many?" Guan Yu knew that there were crossbow-making workshops at each county level, but most of them were sent to the imperial court every year and concentrated in Luoyang. There should not be so many local arsenals except for the front line - after all
Ordnance is not consumed as quickly as food and grass, and it would be a waste if it is not used at the front line.
The county man was short and spoke with a strong voice. At this time, he responded: "Dong Thief ordered the establishment of a second line of defense in this city. He planned to continue to block the city after retreating from Hulao Pass. Therefore, in addition to food and grass,
As soon as the military resources are fully prepared, even the crossbow is nearly half a big yellow and ten stones. This is the destiny given to Liu Shijun."
Guan Yu secretly scolded this civil servant for being cunning... Hadn't the Lord made a sudden attack after capturing Yuan Ying's navy, and would he have caught up with this?
The Lord has a mysterious intelligence line from Luoyang that confirms that the Luoyang arsenal contains 537,707 crossbows and 1,1458,427 crossbow bolts (the unearthed Yinwan
The Han Dynasty's arsenal in Chang'an during the Western Han Dynasty (misappropriated data) recorded on Han bamboo slips is a dizzying amount. According to the Lord, this is the profound strength of an empire. Even if it is divided by several princes, it is still a huge legacy. If it can be monopolized
It is a true inheritance.
"This is a huge trouble when fighting Dong Jun. It would be great if we could find a way to get rid of it..." The advance army leader stroked his beard and thought for a while, then immediately ordered the generals: "Seal the armor and ordnance, and pick ten stones from it."
Big yellow crossbow, use all the crossbow arrows and follow me to the bandit camp."
The magistrate of Gongxian County immediately understood the meaning and lowered his voice and said: "General Guan, I can go and persuade you to surrender, maybe you can do it."
Guan Yu thought of the evil things he heard about surrendering troops on the road, and his eyes turned cold: "I won't accept the surrender."
"Well... there have been a lot of bad things among these people recently, some even Qiang soldiers..." The magistrate of Gong County showed no embarrassment at having his opinion rejected, and raised his mustache. He changed his tone and said: "There are also new arrivals from last night in the arsenal.
We are going to send it to Hulao Pass today. "Twenty stones of Rhubarb, twenty racks, thirty stones of Rhubarb, seven racks, and forty stones of Rhubarb, three racks. They have not been registered yet. General, do you want to use them?"
"Use" Guan Yu nodded. This is the single-bow crossbow specified verbally by the lord. It uses strong wood as the crossbow arm and a spear as the arrow. According to the verification record, it costs 2,400 kilograms to raise a forty-stone crossbow. It requires a strong waist.
It only takes a winch powered by a lead or an ox, and only Luoyang has such a large-scale killer weapon in stock.
Guan Yu gradually felt better. Seeing that he was happy, he looked at the county magistrate again and said, "You have done a good job in presenting the crossbow. My lord will know about it."
"Ah... this is the duty of a lower official." Gongxian County Magistrate said happily. In fact, whether he will be rewarded or not is a secondary matter. At least it means that he will not liquidate himself, and he is relieved.
Besides, it is not easy to surrender these days. The reason why Gong County is able to gain some merit is that it is located at the middle point between Luoyang and Hulao.
After sending Guan Yu out, the county magistrate finally wiped his sweat when he saw the figure walking away, straightened his waist and shouted loudly: "Here comes someone!"
I still have the official title, so I want to restore the dignity of the "county honor"
Guan Yu rode on his horse and led them towards the military camp. At the same time, he said to the general: "It is unknown when the Hulao Pass will be broken. We are now alone in the depths. It is not difficult to seize standard ordnance and supplies through war, but it is difficult to replenish military strength...
Before the lord’s army arrives, we would rather waste military supplies than use human lives to replace them.”
"What the general said is true." These words spoke to the thoughts of the general below, and someone immediately responded.
On the way, a scout suddenly came to report: "General, we went to the south to expand our reconnaissance and found that an enemy beacon was lit."
Guan Yu was startled, and regardless of attacking the remaining camp, he immediately climbed up the city wall not far away and looked. As expected, he saw a line of red and black smoke rising into the sky from the top of the mountain in the distance, and a murderous aura hit his face...
Most of the beacon towers are built on high mountains, and there are also earthen platforms dozens of feet high on the flat ground. They can be seen here. The beacon tower in Luoyang direction that is responsible for relay ignition and warning signals has long been seen clearly, and even the beacon tower on my side can be seen clearly.
The beacon fire is farther away than you can see...
Generally speaking, when you see a beacon, military law stipulates that you must light your own beacon within a certain period of time and pass it on one by one.
According to this speed, it only takes an hour for this news to be delivered to Luoyang
"The sudden attack was too big, did it alarm us?" The generals looked at the thick smoke billowing and quickly spreading in the west, feeling a little regretful.
The trip to Luoyang is only seventy miles away from the plains, which means that the 170,000 troops stationed in Luoyang led by Dong Zhuo will soon come for revenge...
He was not afraid of a fierce battle, but he was afraid that he would not be able to complete the task of intercepting the remaining 100,000 enemies in Hulao, which was entrusted by the main bus, so Dong Zhuo took over. If he insists on defending and relying on the massive military supplies of the country's large arsenal, the capture of Luoyang will become very difficult, and casualties will be necessary.
countless.
Guan Yu asked people to carry the prefabricated sand table. After hearing the report, the specific location was a mountain ten miles to the south. It was a bit far away from Guancheng and was blocked by a small mountain. Normally, he shouldn't have noticed the fall of Gong County so quickly...
Guan Yu raised his eyebrows slightly. He was from Bingzhou and was very interested in and knowledgeable about the secrets of Fenghuo.
The lighting materials for each beacon tower are torches made of splendens splendens and reed poles. A torch is a piece of romaine. When hundreds or thousands of romaine pods are stacked in twenty-four layers, it becomes a three-thousand-jin giant.
Salary, so there are several types of signals. When you see a ranger, you must use a piece of fire. If a partial army attacks and seizes a city, you must burn a large amount of salary. If there is a large-scale invasion, you must burn three large amounts of salary.
The three large buildings were lit at the same time, and that's why there's this thick smoke that's soaring into the sky... No.
He immediately ordered the scouts: "Hurry to the main force and ask the Taoist leader who is accompanying the army in charge of interrogation to report the contact situation of Hulao Pass as soon as possible."
"General, look to the east..." the sentry shouted in surprise: "The beacon fire is coming from the direction of Hu Lao Pass"
Everyone looked back in shock, and saw the eye-catching beacon smoke. It was previously blocked by the mountains and dangerous passes and could not be seen by the people on the plain. At this time, it seemed that it had finally broken through the limit and risen to the sky.
Under the blue sky, the mountains pass by, and red and black beacon smoke rises into the sky one after another, and the clouds never disperse.
Like a long dragon rising in the mountains, traveling from the distant sky in the east to the prosperous city in the west, the chilling air spreads infinitely between heaven and earth...
"Report, the military situation at Hulao Pass..." At this time, someone rushed over, but it was the military magician who was accompanying him. He was only ten steps away when he shouted the good news: "Hulao Pass has been broken."
"My lord built a dam to divert water into the chasm, crossed the pass with cavalry on a pontoon bridge from the water, personally beheaded the bandit commander Hu Zhen, and defeated a hundred thousand Xiliang army. Now he is rushing to pursue the remaining soldiers."
After hearing the news, Guan Yu raised his face and stared at the beacon smoke in the distance without saying a word.
The general thought that he was still thinking about whether this was true or not, so he said: "Looking at the situation, the news should be correct. Could it be that the city has been destroyed? There are so many beacons..."
After hearing this, Guan Yu waved and said, "I'm not doubting the news, I'm feeling emotional - back then, my master was poor and sold shoes for a living. Fortunately, he was blessed by his ancestors and blessed by destiny. From Bai Shen to the county magistrate, from the county magistrate to
A prefect, from a prefect to an envoy."
"A few days ago, Cao Cao's army was defeated by 100,000 men, and today, Xiliang army was defeated by 100,000 men. Who in the world can stop it - I see that the great cause is about to be accomplished."
As he said this, he was filled with emotion. When the generals and principals around him heard this, some people thought to themselves: "Selling shoes and so on. Now only you, my lord and righteous brother, dare to talk about it. We don't even dare to mention it."
But they were all full of joy and high morale, and they all said: "That's what the general said."
"My lord has broken the Hulao Pass. Half of the Dong thieves are here. Their vitality has been severely damaged and they can no longer stop the lord's momentum."
"Once Luoyang is obtained, even if the lord cannot claim the title of emperor, he can still claim the title of king and inherit the Han Dynasty."
"When a general assists the Han Dynasty, he will surely be granted the title of marquis."
After hearing this, Guan Yu frowned at first and then relaxed: "Let's not say these words for now... you will send people right now to spread the news quickly throughout the county to reassure people."