Chapter 485: The Traditional Man
Wang Xuan arrived in Xuchang on February 21st, but failed. In desperation, he set off south the next day and headed straight to Wancheng. At this time, Shao Xun had passed Fangcheng Mountain and arrived at Duyang County at the southern foot.
A pass has been built at the Fangcheng Mountain Pass, and its name is "Fangcheng Pass", which is garrisoned by the Duyang Tuntian Army in turns.
Going north from Nanyang, Sanyagu Road is relatively difficult to walk, and there is a key pass like Luyang Pass, so generally speaking, government and private business travelers use the Wanye Corridor in the east.
In fact, let alone travelers, wars between the north and the south have basically followed this path since ancient times.
Liu Bang took this road from Luoyang to Wancheng.
Liu Xiu revolted, Wang Mang sent Wang Yi and others out of Kunyang, met Liu Xiu, and returned to Luoyang in defeat, taking this road.
Liu Xiu himself blocked Yang and conquered Deng Feng in Nanyang, and also took this road.
At the end of the Later Han Dynasty, Cao Hong attacked Jingzhou and fought in Wuyang and Ye County, just on this road.
Liu Bei stationed in Xinye, marched into Ye County, and set up an ambush to defeat Xiahou Dun, but he still fought here.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Chen Xianda attacked Huan Tiansheng, Lu Yuan attacked Nanyang, and Emperor Xiaowen of Wei attacked Xiangyang, all fighting here.
Wanye Corridor, as the name suggests, is a long and narrow road like a corridor from Wancheng to Ye County. But in fact, the southern end of this road is at Fangcheng Pass in the north of Duyang County, and the northern end is in Yeyi in Ye County. The reason why it is called "Wanye Corridor" is probably because Wancheng is so famous.
This is the second time Shao Xun has taken this road.
Walking again, I still feel that the vegetation is deep and there are many flooding rivers around it. It seems flat, but in fact there is only one road that can be walked.
Fangcheng Pass is the key for Wancheng to go north and enter the Wanye Corridor, but how can I put it, the role of this pass is really much worse than that of Luyang Pass to the west.
There is no other reason. This pass is too big, with a width of thirty miles from east to west. Unless the Great Wall is built, a small Guancheng cannot completely block this pass.
But you are wrong to say that Guancheng is of no use at all.
This city is located on the main road. After the garrison leaves the city, as long as it does not have any field capabilities, it can still harass the enemy's supply lines that bypass this city.
Therefore, when crossing the Fangcheng Pass, Shao Xun specifically stayed on the mountain for a while and listened to a small piano played by Le Lanji herself before he was satisfied and went down the mountain.
After entering Duyang County, the army set up camp on the spot, while he, accompanied by Shao Guang, the captain of the field camp, inspected the countryside.
The setup of the garrison army was different from that of the refugees resettled in Chenjun.
Most of them gather together, and they don’t cultivate much land, so they can only make ends meet.
The garrison army has a city, but it is not as good as a serious county, county or military city. It is more like a fort.
The families of officers and key soldiers live in the city, and others live outside the city. The fields are also cultivated by the city, in circles outward.
The Duyang Tuntian Army originally had 5,000 people, but now there are still 4,000. The missing one thousand has either died in the battle in Fangtou North City, or has gone to Dongping to serve as a soldier.
But overall, this is still a considerable military force.
"Ming Gong, after crossing this river, it will be under the control of Duyang County." Shao Guang pointed to a small ditch no more than two steps wide and said.
A group of silver spear soldiers are stationed on the other side of the river, with distinctive armor and extraordinary momentum.
Shao Xun walked across the wooden bridge and came to the other side of the river.
On the other side is farmland, and there are many people working in the fields at the moment.
Shao Xun still remembers that when the army first entered this place, these people simply threw away their farm tools and dispersed in a rush.
However, after the Silver Spear Army sent people to return the farm tools, they lowered their guard and returned to farming.
These people are actually quite courageous!
"Huh? From Kansai?" Shao Xun was walking on the field path, suddenly stopped and looked at Tanaka.
He seemed to hear a Kansai accent just now.
One side of the path was densely packed with soldiers wearing Mingguang armor. Some even stood in the middle of the field, holding up a large shield.
When Le Lanji saw it, she made a puff sound, shook Shao Xun's arm, and looked at him funny.
After entering Duyang County and being close to Wancheng, Lan Ji was in an extremely good mood, with a relaxed and joyful smile on her face from morning to night.
Sometimes, Shao Xun could even hear her singing softly. After asking, she found out that it was a Nanyang slang song that she had learned from her wet nurse when she was a child.
Seeing the woman so happy, Shao Xun's mood also improved.
When someone follows you wholeheartedly, gives birth to your children, and takes care of your daily life, isn’t it right to treat her well?
Transportation is inconvenient in ancient times, and sometimes there may only be one or two opportunities to see relatives, which is very rare.
Shao Guang was watching from the side, thinking that his little cousin might want to meet those Kansai people, so he waved and summoned a civil servant to negotiate with him.
The civil servant took the order and left. He did not dare to push through the wall of Shao soldiers, but bypassed them and went down to the fields, saying: "You, you, and You, Mr. Chen wants to summon you for questioning. Follow me quickly."
A few farmers stood in the field without moving.
Soon, several more people arrived.
The leader was carrying a sword and a bow, and he actually had a piece of leather armor on his body, which didn’t look like he was doing farm work at all.
He frowned first, then looked at the forest of soldiers on the roadside, immediately gave in, and personally led the three farmers over.
Cai Cheng moved in two beds.
Shao Xun sat down, and Lan Ji didn’t want to see outsiders, so she went directly back to the carriage.
Liu Ling jumped down from the field carelessly and reached out to grab the bow and knife from the leader.
The man was startled and stretched out his hand to block it.
Liu Ling glanced at him contemptuously, and with a little force, he cut the man's hands behind his back and pushed him to the ground.
Yang Qin, with quick hands and eyes, took away the bow and knife, then searched carefully and found a dagger from the boot. Several other people were also searched to make sure they had no weapons before they were brought to Shao Xun.
The leader was punished by Liu Ling, and his momentum was gone. After seeing Shao Xun, he knelt down directly and loudly said: "Yang San, a countryman, pays homage to Mr. Chen. ”
Several others also followed suit.
"Get up." Shao Xun said: "A native of the country? Where is your hometown?"
"Du Yang——"
"Original place!"
"A native of Acheng."
"Is that Chang'an County?"
"Exactly."
"When did you come to Nanyang?"
< br>"The year before last."
"When Lu Shuihu attacked Chang'an?"
"Yes."
"How about Lu Shuihu?"
"Cruel and violent, with a plundering streak."
"Who did you come to Nanyang with?"
"There are respected elders in the village who led hundreds of families out of Lantian Pass and into Nanyang."
"How did we get to Duyang?"
"Liang Dudu sent someone to lead us and wait. Come."
"Hundreds of families are here?"
"There are more than 300 families from Chiyang on the road together, there are actually nearly a thousand families."
"Do they all live over there?" Shao Xun stood up and asked, pointing to a corner of the castle hidden behind the woods in the distance.
"Exactly."
"Liang Fen is quite courageous." Shao Xun suddenly smiled and said: "Aren't you afraid of being bullied by the natives if you spread the people around?"
Yang San raised his head and said seriously: "We are not treacherous and evil people, and all we want is to survive. If the natives don't bother me, we can live in peace."
" That's easy to say." Shao Xun shook his head.
If only things in the countryside were so simple. Fighting for land, water, and even trivial matters may cause large-scale conflicts between residents and refugees.
“Chang’an is a good place.” Shao Xun sighed with emotion and said, “Now that you have come to Duyang, settled in Chengwu, and planted your own seeds, you can live there in peace and don’t cause too much trouble. "
"Mr. Chen has been to Chang'an?" Yang San asked boldly when he saw the look of nostalgia on Shao Xun's face.
“I’ve been there and killed people in Chang’an.” Shao Xun joked: “A total of five thousand heads are hanging on both sides of the market, and they will not be collected for several months.”
“ Are you Shao Taibai?" Yang San said in surprise.
Shao Xun laughed dumbly and said: "Since you know that I am Duke Chen, why don't you know my name?"
Yang San was a little embarrassed and a little excited, and said: "It turns out that Duke Chen is Taibai. In the past, everyone who heard about the killing of Xianbei in Chang'an praised him. From Hongnong to Jingzhao, to Fufeng, Shiping and Feng Yi, everyone praised him. Unexpectedly, there are still people in Guanzhong who remember me." Shao Xun was filled with emotion after hearing this.
That incident brought him a lot of trouble, and it can even be said that it directly accelerated the rift between him and Sima Yue, causing the conflict to break out in advance, and he could no longer survive.
But what can we do if we have already done it?
He is not a robot. He has emotions, will be impulsive, and will make mistakes. This is all normal.
Those unscrupulous things that Xianbei did, just kill them. I will bear the consequences myself, that's all.
"Liang Gong asked you to come to Duyang to colonize the land. Do you have a message?" After finishing his emotion, Shao Xun asked again.
Yang San's attitude towards Shao Xun was much better now. Hearing this, he immediately replied: "I met Mr. Liang when I was in Wancheng. Mr. Liang was worried about the resettlement of the refugees and was exhausted mentally and physically. He once said to me He said, 'Now that I have come to Nanyang, I will live here. There is not much vitality in the world, so don't make trouble and let your relatives and enemies be happy.'"
After hearing this, Shao Xun seemed to understand something.
He believed that these were Liang Fen's sincere words, because he did not ask these people to be loyal to him, nor did he incite hatred among the native guests. On the contrary, he meant to persuade them.
This does not look like consolidating the fundamentals.
Perhaps, he really thought about this old man too complicatedly.
Liang Fen is that kind of very traditional character.
When you are in court, you should protect yourself wisely; when you are out of town, you should protect the country and the people.
There is the reality of separatism, but there is no intention of separatism.
Kong has huge strength in his hands, but he does not use it as a weapon to attack all parties.
Such a person is interesting.
(End of this chapter)