In December of the second year of Chuping, the harsh winter blew, as if everything in time was about to turn into icebergs.
This year, the people of Chang'an were not living well. Unlike the Jiangnan area of the Han Dynasty, which had only one season of rice, the Guanzhong area mainly produced wheat, so the main crop grown was wheat.
Winter wheat and summer wheat.
It snows heavily in Guanzhong, so wheat cannot be grown in winter. Coupled with the wars and military disasters in the past few years, the people's life is very poor and difficult.
The only good news is that Dong Zhuo did not send troops to continue to plunder the people around Chang'an.
Because when he first came from Luoyang, Dong Zhuo obtained a large amount of gold, silver, treasures, and food supplies whether by robbing tombs or plundering. According to records, “Dong Zhuo built the eyebrow dock, gathered treasures in the dock, and accumulated grain for thirty years.
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It can be seen that Dong Zhuo is so rich now that he doesn't care about continuing to rob.
This heavy snow buried Guanzhong and also buried Luoyang.
Like Guanzhong, winter wheat cannot be planted in Luoyang this year. Fortunately, we have the grain and grass accumulated last year, so it is not too troublesome.
The only problem is that once Liu Bei and Wang Fen go to war, the food route from Jizhou will be cut off. If Wang Fen cannot be eliminated as soon as possible, the Kwantung Army will have no choice but to withdraw its troops and return to Qingzhou from Yanzhou to plan for another big event.
However, Chen Mu had already considered this issue, and Sili had no intention of giving up.
After all, this is the center of the world. If we can send a general to garrison Sili like Guan Yu did in Jingzhou during the Three Kingdoms, then from a God's perspective, we can attack Jizhou from both sides and take a large piece of land into our hands.
Moreover, Sili is also a very shameless place. If you want to attack Sili, you have to fight at the Eight Passes of Luoyang. At this time, Qingzhou can take the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
And if you ignore Sili and fight Qingzhou, then Sili can also take the opportunity to steal your ass and put you in a dilemma.
This routine is a bit like Mao Wenlong's role in Pidao in the late Ming Dynasty. It can be regarded as a nail embedded in the world's princes, which makes people very uncomfortable.
Some people may say, since this routine is so powerful, why didn't Cao Cao use it?
the reason is simple.
Cao Cao didn't have that strength.
After Cao Cao first captured Yanzhou, he always relied on Yuan Shao and joined forces with Yuan Shao to defeat Yuan Shu. How could he have the strength to occupy Luoyang?
After Cao Cao welcomed the emperor, defeated Yuan Shu, and gradually grew in power, he took over the Three Rivers area of Luoyang.
It's just that the population of Luoyang at that time had long been moved to Guanzhong by Dong Zhuo, and it was very dilapidated and lost its strategic significance.
But now with the population relocation, the strategic significance has naturally returned. In addition, the Eight Passes of Luoyang are the most dangerous places in the world, and it is natural to serve as this nail.
Bai Bo's troops surrounded Chang'an, and the two sides were locked in a stalemate at Weiqiao, Zuo Fengyi, and Yangling. Neither side wanted to fight, so they didn't even yell or provoke.
The Kwantung Army seemed to be on a tourist trip and only set up camp outside the city with no intention of attacking.
The two sides lived in peace and harmony until the early spring of February, the third year of Chuping.
Xu Rong looked down at the military camp outside the city. The snow had melted, and the people in the Guanzhong area had begun farming intensively outside the city.
Thousands of miles of fertile fields outside the city, except for the very dazzling Kwantung Army camp stationed at the foot of Hongqing Mountain, are full of people working in the fields, as well as Baibo Army soldiers who are training every day.
Guan Yu also had a headache for these Baibo troops who were born as thieves and had poor discipline.
For this reason, he has been training his soldiers since he commanded the Baibo Army in Linjin, slowly turning them into truly elite soldiers.
According to Professor Chen Mu's military training methods, they were asked to line up, goose-step, and undergo various military training every day.
After all, the Baibo Army is composed of a group of gangsters who have to rebel in order to survive. They do not have the heart of family and country like modern soldiers, so it is very difficult for them to maintain such training.
For this reason, Chen Mu also developed a reward and punishment system to encourage officers to set an example. Soldiers who do well will be rewarded. If they do poorly, although the punishment is not very serious, they will be named and criticized by lower-level officers, making themselves irrelevant.
This is to use people's shame to stimulate motivation, which is more common in schools. For example, teachers will rank students based on their grades, or criticize students in public.
It's just that modern teenagers are in the rebellious period of youth in junior high and high school, so doing so is often counterproductive.
As adults are different, the effects will naturally be different.
Although the training during this period of time will not make the Baibo Army an elite force all of a sudden, at least they have seen blood on the battlefield. After the training, the results have been achieved and the combat effectiveness has been improved a lot.
"General, I'm here to report that Guan Yu is organizing soldiers and horses to help the people farm. Are we going to attack?"
At this time, Xu Rong's general came over to report the news of the scouts to him.
Liu Bei's army always carried a banner in the name of benevolence and righteousness, and never plundered the people at all, so the people all came out to farm.
Of course, apart from this reason, the biggest reason is that there was no planting of winter wheat last year. Many people have run out of food. If they don't farm, everyone will starve to death this year.
Therefore, even if there is a war, the people in Baqiao area have to come out from various villages to work in the fields.
There are a large number of villages in Xiangting, Changmen Pavilion, Hongmen Pavilion and other townships. Even if Xu Rong wants to move all the people into the city, he has to consider their life and death, so the people of Xiangting are scattered outside the city in Hongqing Mountain.
He doesn't care, he only needs to control the city to defend the Kwantung Army.
Hearing the words of the general, Xu Rong pondered and said: "Have the scouts lurking among the people found out whether Guan Yu's troops and horses are all present, and whether there are any manpower lurking in ambush?"
"All troops and horses are here."
The general replied: "Each battalion has come out to practice normally. The scouts have counted people coming and going. Although there is no specific number of people coming and going, it is similar to the past. There should be no hidden people. What's more, Xiting is a plain, except for Hongqing Mountain, which can hide people.
Outside, there is no place to set up an ambush."
"Um."
Xu Rong nodded and said, "In that case, where is Li Meng?"
Captain Li Meng stood up and said: "The general is here."
"I order you to order five thousand men and horses as the vanguard to go out of the city and attack Guan Yu. I will lead the army behind. If anything goes wrong, I can take over."
"only!"
Li Meng took the order and left.
Xu Rong took the remaining captains and Sima and led 30,000 people to prepare to go out of the city to fight.
With Dong Zhuo's increase in troops, Xinfeng City had 40,000 people.
This is because the main force of the Kwantung Army is in the east, otherwise there would have been less than 20,000 troops stationed before.
There is no way, Dong Zhuo's military strength is indeed stretched now, and he cannot provide so many people.
As for this attack, Xu Rong was just trying to feign an attack.
The two sides have been facing each other for three months. Let alone fighting, there has not even been direct contact, so Xu Rong also wanted to give it a try to see if the Kwantung Army had relaxed its vigilance.
If it really succeeds, we might as well take advantage of the situation and launch a massive attack, wipe out the Kwantung Army in one fell swoop, and seize the Nanshan Ancient Road.
On this point, Xu Rong had the same view as Li Ru and Yan Zhong, and both believed that it would be best to drive the Kwantung Army out of Guanzhong.
The army left the city in a mighty manner. Here Xu Rong took action, and there were also civilians disguised as working people. The Kwantung Army scouts observing outside the city naturally noticed this situation, dropped their hoes, and ran towards the camp like flying.
Not only the few scouts outside the city, but also the people in various villages and pavilions were like this. The army suddenly left the city, obviously going to fight, and if they didn't run away, their lives would be lost.
At this time, Guan Yu was on the edge of the Wei River.
The Guanzhong Plain was a famous grain-producing land in ancient times. There were a large number of rural farmland in Xiagui County, Zuofengyi, Xinfengcheng, and the north and south of the Weihe River. At this time, the spring sun was warm and the sun was slightly drunk. Guan Yu brought thousands of people to help the people.
Working in the fields.
If it were Zhang Feilai, he would definitely not do it, but Guan Yu, like Liu Bei, is the kind of person who despises the dignitaries and loves the common people. Anyway, if he has nothing to do, he should just exercise.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, someone came from a distance and shouted: "General, general, it's not good, the Xiliang army came out of the city and rushed to the camp to kill you."
Guan Yu was still holding a dung scoop in his hand. Sixty thousand people ate, drank, and pooped every day, and the excrement was collected for farmland. When he heard this, he turned pale and said in shock: "What? Where are they?"
Chen Mu had told him before that the Xiliang army would definitely not dare to take the initiative to attack, so during this period he had been rest assured and bold. During the day, he would either help the people with farm work or train soldiers, and at night he would read the Spring and Autumn Annals. He lived a very stable life every day.
Unexpectedly, the Xiliang army actually attacked at this time.
"We have passed Hongmen Pavilion and are on our way to the theater pavilion!"
"Hurry, return to the camp quickly."
Guan Yu immediately threw down the dung ladle in his hand. He was barefoot in the field, without even taking the Qinglong knife with him, and ran towards the east camp towards the camp like flying.
Thousands of soldiers in the farmland were running wildly like him.
It's not just them.
The Baibo Army had not fought a war since they followed Zhu Jun and defeated Niu Fu the winter before last. They had been neglected for a long time. Although they practiced every day, the sudden war still stunned everyone.
Therefore, for a time, the entire vicinity of the Kwantung Army camp to the east of the theater was densely packed with people, running towards the camp.
They were either practicing outside the stronghold, cutting down trees in the mountains, working in the farmland, or fetching water from the river. They never thought that the Xiliang army would make a surprise attack at this time.
The distance between Xinfeng City and the Kwantung Army camp to the east of Xiting is only four or five kilometers. Even if the scouts rush over to report the news, the Xiliang Army will already have gone halfway, and the Baibo Army will have to react and go back to the camp to get weapons and reorganize.
, when they were completely unprepared, the vanguard of the Xiliang Army was already approaching.
Guan Yu ran back to the camp, and while still at the entrance of the camp, he saw from a distance on the western horizon, a mighty army rushing towards him. Then he looked at the situation on his own side, and saw that every camp was in great chaos, and some
The soldiers didn't even have armor or weapons, so they couldn't face the enemy at all.
"Oh no, it's over now."
Seeing this scene, Guan Yu jumped up and down anxiously. He never expected that the enemy would come so quickly.
"General, this way!"
The loyal Guan Hai held Huang Feidian in his hand and hurried over with the Qinglong Yanyue Sword.
Guan Yu didn't care about anything else. He didn't even wear armor. He was just wearing a green robe with bare feet. He got on his horse and said to Guan Hai: "Quick, call some capable soldiers and horses to follow me to meet the enemy. Then let Yang Feng and Han Siam
The others should organize their troops as soon as possible so that the Xiliang army cannot rush into the stronghold."
"only!"
Guan Hai turned around and ran away, calling for his soldiers.
Because some soldiers were practicing outside the stronghold before, they had weapons and armor, but it was just a chaos. The stronghold was in chaos. Even if officers at all levels gave orders, many people were running around like headless flies and had no time to react.
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Some people may say, didn't you train the soldiers? Why does this happen again?
However, training soldiers and emergency situations are two different things.
The reason why the modern army can be on standby 24 hours a day and assemble in an orderly manner as soon as the whistle blows is because the modern army has the conditions to do this.
In ancient times, most of the armies had breasts. In addition, the Baibo army was born as a bandit and had poor discipline. It was not easy to get them to conduct such training within a few months.
If you want to follow the orders and prohibitions, you have to continue to do training such as emergency gatherings. You can't rush it, so it is normal for such a situation to occur.
With tens of thousands of troops, it is impossible to form a team to meet the enemy in a short period of time.
Seeing that the Xiliang army was getting closer and closer, and the hundreds of cavalry leading them were even less than a mile away, Guan Yu gritted his teeth and was about to call on the soldiers around him to go up and resist first.
It is at this moment, the moment of life and death.
A camp in the northwest suddenly opened, and a mighty and strong man rushed out with a Xuanhua ax in his hand and led thousands of soldiers and horses.
"Hedong Xu Huang is here, who dares to fight with a certain person!"