It has two meanings: one is that the grass covers the ground; the other is that the four sides are high and the center is low.
To a certain extent, the topography of Wancheng is exactly in line with the characteristics of Wancheng. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with undulating mountains in the east, west, and north, and Yushui (now Baihe) flows in the south, making the land fertile. As Nanyang County
Wancheng is the seat of the county and the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The city wall of Wancheng is high and thick. The eight-foot-high city wall has been repaired several times with the passage of time, giving off a majestic atmosphere.
This city has also experienced war.
During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the southern commander Zhang Mancheng mobilized a million troops to besiege Wancheng but failed. However, this ancient city was also destroyed and riddled with holes. Later, successive prefects started repairs, and today's Wancheng city wall is more than
It was even more majestic back then...
This is a city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack!
At night on May 18th, the twelfth year of Jian'an, a group of people quietly came to the gate of Wancheng City.
Looking at the soldiers' clothes and armor, it looked like a broken army, numbering about six to seven hundred people... The general at the head was covered in blood, and he was swaying on his horse, as if he had been seriously injured. When this group of troops appeared in the official court,
When the road ended, it immediately attracted the attention of the Wancheng garrison. Someone immediately reported it to Wancheng's order, Mi Fang. After hearing the news, Mi Fang put on his personal escort and hurriedly climbed onto the city wall.
"Hey, where are the troops and horses?"
"Magistrate Mi County, we are going south to gather reinforcements. We don't want to be ambushed by Cao's army on the way and lose our troops, so we have to return the way we came."
"Gather reinforcements from the south?"
Mi Fang was shocked when she heard this.
He ordered his men to throw torches at the city walls and saw that the costumes of the defeated army were indeed those of Liu Bei's army.
Could it be said that the Lord failed to gather in Nan?
"How did Cao Jun appear on the West Bank?"
"Returning to the county magistrate, Cao Jun attacked Nanjiu Ju this morning and General Guan Ping was seriously injured.
We were ordered to rush for reinforcements, but we did not want to be ambushed by Cao's army who forcibly crossed the Jishui River... We retreated all the way, leaving only these soldiers and horses. Please ask the magistrate of Mi County to open the city gate and let us enter the city to rest."
"Then where is the lord?"
"How can I, a small soldier, know where my lord is?"
That's true. Liu Bei's whereabouts were kept strictly confidential.
Apart from Guan Ping, only Mi Zhu and Chen Zhen knew about the camp in the south.
How could these soldiers know Liu Bei's movements? If they could really answer it, Mi Fang would definitely be suspicious. However, it was precisely because these soldiers were unclear that Mi Fang's suspicions were dispelled. Tan Ma said, Nanju Juwei
There was indeed a war. I think these soldiers were soldiers and horses rushing from the west bank to help the south, and they were ambushed by Cao Jun. How many people in Cao Jun crossed the river? Who was the general?
Mi Fang suddenly became nervous and ordered the city gate to be opened without bothering to question him.
"In a moment, bring the military commander to see me."
Mi Fang was in Wancheng and didn't know much about the battle ahead. However, according to his idea, this battle should be as devastating as a catastrophic battle. However, he did not expect that Cao Jun actually took a huge advantage in the south.
Ping Nasi was also seriously injured.
Strangely enough, although Mi Fang and Mi Zhu are brothers, their temperaments are completely different.
Mi Zhu is graceful and elegant, calm and approachable; but what about Mi Fang? But he seems a bit frivolous, rough, reckless, and careless. To use a more popular word to describe Mi Fang, Mi Fang is petty and ambitious.
Likes to compare with others.
There was not much harmony between him and Guan Yu.
If we talk about the root cause, it can be traced back to when Liu Bei first arrived in Xuzhou. Tao Qian entrusted Xuzhou to Liu Bei, but Mi Fang did not agree.
As a native of Xuzhou, he preferred Tao Qian's son Tao Shang to Liu Bei.
For this reason, he and Liu Bei did not get along happily. It was not until his sister Mi Huan married Liu Bei that Mi Fang changed his attitude.
However, his relationship with Liu Bei has eased, but the conflict with Guan Yu has always existed.
Guan Yu was arrogant and aloof, so he didn't take Mi Fang seriously. However, Mi Fang was also an arrogant person. He felt that I was Liu Bei's brother-in-law. Why did Guan Yu look down on me? Because of this, the two of them had many conflicts. Fortunately,
Mi Zhu and Liu Bei mediated in the middle and finally did not intensify the conflict. However, the conflict did exist after all. Neither of them looked down on the other, so they ignored each other.
Guan Ping is Guan Yu's eldest son, and to a certain extent, he inherited Guan Yu's temperament.
Like his father, he looked down upon Mi Fang; but Mi Fang liked to act like an elder in front of Guan Ping, which caused the two to often quarrel. This was the case in Xuzhou, and it was the same in Runan, and it was still the same in Jingzhou.
So... Later Liu Bei couldn't stand it anymore, so he simply left Guan Ping in Nieyang, and brought Mi Fang to Wancheng to separate the two people. Now, Mi Fang heard that Guan Ping was seriously injured,
Although she was worried about Liu Bei in her heart, she also felt an inexplicable joy. When she walked down the city gate tower, Mi Fang still had a strange smile on her face. She kept muttering in her heart: The little thief is incompetent, why didn't he destroy Tan?
life?
At the same time, the soldiers under the city also opened the city gate.
The defeated army slowly approached the city gate. The army commander at the head was still prostrate on his horse, looking precarious and might fall off his horse at any time.
At this time, a young man who looked like a school captain came forward.
"May I have your name?"
"Peng Fu, the last general, has met the general."
As the military commander spoke, he got off his horse, staggered a few steps, and almost lost his balance.
When the captain saw this, he couldn't help but frown, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "Peng Fu, can you still hold on?"
"The last general can still persevere."
"Come with me, Magistrate Mi County wants to ask you something..."
When the army commander heard this, he quickly cheered up and followed the captain at the school.
Behind him, the defeated soldiers slowly entered the Wancheng City Cave. The two soldiers had a tacit understanding and moved to the left and right. Inadvertently, they blocked the city gate opening.
"May I ask who the general is?"
"Uh, I'm a non-general who leads the military command in Wancheng... My name is Xiang Chong.
After the Magistrate of Mi County inquires, you will join me and obey my orders. By the way, who is your general? Why do you look so strange to me?"
What seemed like a very casual question hid murderous intent.
Army Sima couldn't help but feel a little thump in his heart.
Is this Xiang Chong?
Is that Xiang Chong who was said to be "nable" in the list of apprentices?
Judging from his age, he is only ten years old now, but he has already become a military commander, which shows that Liu Bei attaches great importance to him. But thinking about it, it seems not surprising. Liu Bei married the daughter of Xiang Lang of Yicheng, saying
He and the Xiang clan can be considered a family. Xiang Chong is a member of the Xiang clan, but his relationship with Xiang Lang is unknown. So, it makes sense for Liu Bei to reuse this person... This person should not be underestimated.
"The last general is General Zhao Rong's army commander."
"Well, it's General Ziyu's part... By the way, how is General Ziyu?"
"The general is still in good health. He originally heard that Nanjuju was attacked, and General Zhao was going to go there in person... However, there were many affairs in the army, so he ordered General Zhao to go to the rescue with another group of troops. Who would have thought that he would be ambushed by Cao's army... It was really...
I am ashamed of my expectations of General Zhao."
"Ha, Thief Cao is cunning, and it makes sense that you are no match for him."
Xiang Chong and Army Sima were walking and talking.
After a while, I arrived at the doorway. I saw a man standing behind the doorway. Judging from his age, he seemed to be in his early thirties. He was dressed in a brocade robe, covered with armor, and held a sword in his hand. In the light of the fire.
, this man has a face like a crown jade, with a short beard growing under his chin.
When I stopped there, it looked quite dignified.
Xiang Chong said: "This is the magistrate of Mi County."
While speaking, Xiang Chong nodded toward Mi Fang, which meant to tell Mi Fang: I checked my mouth and there didn't seem to be any problem.
Mi Fang smiled slightly and felt relieved.
Although he allowed this group of troops to enter the city, it is impossible to say that he was not on guard.
After all, although this army is wearing the uniforms of Liu Bei's army, who can guarantee that they are not dressed up by the enemy? The questions Xiang Chong asked were precisely to test this army commander. If Peng Fu made any mistakes at that time, Xiang Chong would
Hui Hui gave an order to take Peng Fu's head.
You should know that although Peng Fu had soldiers in his hands, they could only enter the city a little.
If Xiang Chong takes action at this time, he can easily kill Peng Fu and others...
Mi Fang stepped forward and glanced at Peng Fu.
For some reason, he felt that Peng Fu seemed familiar.
It was this familiarity that made Mi Fang completely relax his vigilance... Since he looked familiar, he must have met him before. Maybe he had dealt with this person when he accompanied Liu Bei to inspect military affairs. However, I miss him.
How could a high-ranking minister of Liu Bei deliberately remember a military junior high school? Mi Fang felt relieved and stopped when she was still a few steps away from Peng Fu.
"I ask you, can you clearly see who is commanding the Cao army that ambushed you?"
"Well... the incident happened suddenly, and I didn't see it very clearly. But among Cao's troops, there was a man who was extremely brave and killed many people. I vaguely heard someone calling him..." Peng Fu made a look.
As he was recalling, he took two more steps forward when no one was paying attention, and got even closer to Mi Fang. Just as Mi Fang was about to speak, he heard Peng Fu shout, "I remember, Cao Jun called that man, Young Master."
"Master?"
When Mi Fang heard this, her eyes lit up.
"What kind of attire is it? How to dress it up?"
"That man is holding Fang Tian's painted halberd...and is wearing Tang Ni treasure armor...well, his mount is an extremely powerful horse. When it roars, it sounds like a dragon roaring and a tiger roaring, and all the beasts are frightened.
The general has some impression that his horse seems to be the legendary liger."
Cao Peng, have you crossed the river?
After listening to Peng Fu's description, Mi Fang immediately realized who Peng Fu was talking about. He and Xiang Chong looked at each other and saw a look of horror in each other's eyes.
Cao Peng actually crossed the river!
At this moment, a soldier went over to lead Peng Fu's mount.
Unexpectedly, the horse suddenly became angry, raised its hoofs and neighed loudly, like a dragon roaring and a lion roaring. It raised its iron hoofs and kicked the soldier to the ground.
"That horse is just like Mo Jiang's mount."
"ah?"
When Mi Zhu heard Peng Fu's words, he suddenly shuddered.
An ominous premonition came from his mind. He subconsciously wanted to hold on to the sword in his hand, but he saw Peng Fu suddenly appeared and struck forward with his shoulder fiercely, knocking Mi Zhu to the ground.
When he raised his left hand, an iron meteor flew out of his hand and hit Xiang Chong. Xiang Chong was startled and instinctively dodged to avoid it. It was too late to say that, but soon, Peng Fu drew his sword and screamed in his mouth.