Chapter 298 Lutai
Sun Jian did not explain anything else to everyone, but said to the generals:
"This time a visitor from the imperial court is coming to patrol the camp. Commander Zhang ordered us to select about a thousand elites to serve as ceremonial guards. I will order a few generals in a while, and then you will select thousands of elites from each department."< br>
So, without waiting for the generals to react, Sun Jian ordered Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Lu Fan. These three generals are all brave generals who have fought with him, and they are also his trusted confidants.
Others were not surprised, because these three films indeed had the most elites, so it was not surprising that they were chosen.
But at this moment, Sun Bi, the youngest among the generals, stood up. He was excited to join Sun Jian's selection of troops.
Sun Ben is the eldest son of Sun Jian's eldest brother. Sun Jian's eldest brother died young. Sun Ben has been raised in the countryside of Fuchun and has never seen any big scenes. Therefore, when I heard that the court's visitors were coming to inspect the camp, my restless heart could no longer be restrained.
But as soon as the boy asked for the tassel, he was kicked to the ground by Sun Jian. It was not Wu Jing who held him back, but the whip in Sun Jian's hand was used.
In the end, Sun Bi was not selected. After being scolded, he withered.
Subsequently, this confusing military discussion ended like this.
After the meeting, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Lu Fan all stayed behind because they knew that Sun Jian must have something to explain to them.
As expected, Sun Jian stood there in a daze after the meeting ended. Later he saw that Cheng Pu and the other two people were not leaving. He was about to ask, but then smiled bitterly and said:
"You still understand me, Sun Jian."
Cheng Pu had a fierce temper and couldn't help but speak first:
"My lord, what is going on? I definitely don't believe that it was just to do a guard of honor for some Raushi visitor that made my lord so angry."
Sun Jian sighed and told his three generals what happened in the Chinese army's tent.
After talking about this dirty thing, Sun Jian finally slapped the case and became furious:
"What I hate the most is not that these two people are plotting against me, but that they have calculated it well. Even if I, Sun Jian, guessed it, I would fall for it. Hot girl, are the lives of our Jianghuai warriors so cheap? Go ahead and give them Yuzhou people Death? ”
To be honest, what Sun Jian said was inappropriate. Cheng Pu and Han Dang present were from Youzhou, and Lu Fan was from Runan. They were not from Sun Jian's Jianghuai martial arts group. In this regard, these three people had nothing to do with each other.
But how could they not have the same feelings about the so-called master's humiliation and his death, and what happened to Sun Jian? After all, the Han Dynasty was too harsh on their lower-level warriors.
Sun Jian looked at the three people and said slightly uncomfortably:
"This time I chose the three of you to attack Yecheng with me. In the final analysis, I have selfish motives."
Then Sun Jian was silent for a while and said honestly:
"People like Wu Jing, Sun Jing, Xu Kun, Sun Bi, etc. are all relatives of my Sun Jian. To be honest, I, Sun Jian, don't think I'm a good person, and I don't really deserve to die for the blood on my hands. But in the end, on the contrary, Some women began to love their families and did not want to betray their relatives, so they kept them in the camp out of selfish motives. "
"But I also know that who doesn't have clan children, who doesn't have young children in their family to support? I, Sun Jian, am allowed to love my family, but I am not allowed to love my family? It doesn't make sense. So this time you are selecting soldiers, the eldest son and the only son in the family Don’t choose either. Also, after choosing the soldiers this time, you three should go back to your hometown.”
Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Lu Fan listened attentively at first, but when Sun Jian told them to go back to their hometowns, they couldn't hold it any longer. Especially Han Dang burst into tears. He wiped away his tears and wailed to Sun Jian:
"My lord, since we have been worshiped by the lord, we have already become members of the Sun family. How can we still have a hometown? Let us join the battle with the lord! No matter how good Ye City is, as long as we are with the lord, we can still How? ”
Cheng Pu next to him also meant the same thing, but Lu Fan's behavior confused everyone.
At this time, Lu Fan took Wu Bian with him. After hearing Sun Jian's words, he walked directly to Sun Jian, then took off Wu Bian from his head and placed it on the ground. He kowtowed to Sun Jian three times before turning around and preparing to leave the tent.
Cheng Pu and Han Dang were stunned when they saw Lu Fan's scene, and Sun Jian couldn't help but say:
"Zi Heng, what are you doing?"
Lu Fan turned around and bowed to Sun Jian:
"Lord, Fan is listening to you and is preparing to return home."
As soon as Lu Fan finished speaking, his old officer Cheng Pu jumped up and punched Lu Fan on the cheek, cursing:
"Dog slave, have you forgotten who saved you? Who said when he was dying that he would go through life and death for your lord? Have you forgotten all this?"
Cheng Pu's punch was really hard, and it made Lu Fan dizzy. However, Lu Fan still tried to steady himself and said tremblingly:
"Lu Fan has never forgotten, nor dares to forget. But I followed the lord at that time, not now!"
Han Dang, who had been silent before, was holding Cheng Pu to prevent him from hitting Lu Fan again, but when he heard Lu Fan's words, he couldn't help it and said angrily:
"Lu Fan, please speak clearly, do you know what you are talking about?"
With tears in his eyes, Lu Fan suddenly said loudly to Sun Jian who was stunned:
"I know, I know exactly what I said. Although the Lord's position at that time was low, he had the aura to reach the sky and the ambition to swallow up the lake and the sea. I, Lu Fan, am a person as low as the dust, but I also have the ability to scale the dragon. , according to Feng Yi's thoughts. But now, my lord, look at how depressed you are. Are you disgusted by those two disciples? So what if you want to lead the brothers to attack Ye City? ”
Lu Fan patted his chest vigorously, tears bursting out of his eyes, and continued shouting:
"I, Lu Fan, have followed my lord, and this life belongs to him. As long as the lord's blade points, I will donate my family and abandon my land without hesitation. But I, Lu Fan, also want to follow an indomitable hero, not a bowed head. Frustrated mediocrity. Do you understand this, my lord?”
After saying that, Lu Fan knelt heavily on the ground, paused at Sun Jian, sobbed and said nothing.
Han Dang and Cheng Pu on the side also understood what Lu Fan meant and fell silent.
At this time, Sun Jian stood up, stepped in front of Lu Fan step by step, and picked up Lu Fan:
"Zi Heng, you scolded me well. You scolded me well. You scolded me, Sun Jian, to wake me up. You also scolded the brave and diligent Sun Jian back. What you said is right. Even if there are mountains and rivers ahead, I can't do it myself." It’s all smooth sailing. What’s more, we have a group of brothers like you this time, so let’s take a closer look at how tough these Taishan thieves are!”
After saying that, Sun Jian hugged Lu Fan, Han Dang and Cheng Pu burst out laughing.
And Lu Fan, Han Dang, and Cheng Pu were also laughing in tears!
For a moment, the four of them seemed like brothers.
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This is the situation of the Han army in Henan, which can be described as complicated. It is not clear what Cao and Xun's plan was. It is hard to say whether Sun Jian lived or died when he rushed to Yecheng. But they are still not at the center of this chaotic war in Hebei.
The center of the whirlpool was beyond everyone's expectation, and that was Guangzong, the headquarters of the Yellow Turbans in Hebei.
Within three days since Wei Shou left Guangzong, earth-shaking changes occurred in Guangzong, which would not only greatly change the entire war, but even the entire history.
November 8th was the second day after Wei's commander-in-chief left the city. After the grand expedition ceremony the day before, Guangzong repeated the rhythm of the past.
Guangzong was originally just a small town in Hebei Province, but since Taiping Road settled in Guangzong, the reinforcement and expansion of city defenses began. Taiping Road, the Yellow Turban Army and their respective families, more than 100,000 people built Guangzong as big as a giant deer.
At this time, the four gates of Guangzong City were tightly closed, and patrols could be seen everywhere cruising on the streets. Commerce in Guangzong City was almost cut off, and all activities were related to military and religion.
Guangzong City is not accessible at will. In order to eliminate possible spies and traitors, Taiping Road is limited to specific people who can enter and exit the city during specific periods, while the rest are restrained within the city.
There are no outsiders in Guangzong. Almost all the people in the original city joined Taipingdao. As for the wealthy families in the city, most of them were confiscated and their mansions were occupied by the Taiping Dao marshals.
To be honest, Hebei Taiping Road did not spend much energy on management in Guangzong. At this time, Guangzong was desolate and in ruins. The ruins of the city that were originally conquered have not yet been taken care of. On the contrary, the mansions of the handsome men are getting bigger and bigger.
But there is also a saying that not all the Yellow Turban soldiers of Guangzong are scumbags or corrupt. In fact, the reason why Guangzong City is not as prosperous as Handan, Julu, and Yecheng is because most of the manpower and material resources are spent on building barriers.
Guangzong City had been attacked once before by the Han army. The siege of Guangzong City was relieved only after the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans crossed the Jieqiao to help.
Because of this, Zhang Jiao ordered people to overhaul the fortress in Guangzong after the war. Its city defense is not based on the city wall, but only as the last barrier.
The Taiping Army built a total of three lines of defense outside the city.
First of all, the first line is a semi-arc-shaped twenty-mile-long trench that surrounds the west side of the boundary bridge. Behind the trench are the camps, one every four miles, so there are five camps in the first line.
Then the second line of defense behind the five front villages was the moat defense line of Qingshui. Next to Guangzong is Qingshui, and the moats of its four cities were dug from Qingshui. When General Zhang Liang was presiding over the Guangzong war, he doubled the width of the city defense.
In front of the moat are the camps of the Hebei Yellow Turban commanders. They used the courtyard pillars of the wealthy houses in the city as camp walls and sandwiched them with mature soil to build a continuous chain of villages. Yu Shigenbu, Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Sili, Chengzai and many other young commanders camped for ten miles, showing great power.
Therefore, the second line of defense outside Guangzong is also the Lianzhai defense line.
As for the third line of defense, it is the city wall. Four legions are stationed at each gate all day long, namely Zhang Niujiao's Changshan Army, Black Mountain's Zhao Army, and Zuo Xiao's Qinghe Army.
There is also a cavalry regiment in the city. The leader is eight feet tall and has two thousand fine cavalry. They are responsible for mobile suppression of chaos in the city.
At the same time, militarized reconstruction was also carried out in the city's districts. On both sides of each street, adjacent houses must be opened up to build troop transportation corridors. It can not only dispatch troops unexpectedly, but also protect the soldiers from wind and rain.
In other words, Guangzong City at this time was an impregnable fortress. If the Han army attacks again, they may not even be able to touch the city wall if they don't fight for more than a year.
But this large military camp is not a place without enjoyment. There are at least two in Guangzong City.
One is the residence of Taoist leader Wei Shou. One place is the high platform where the great virtuous teacher lived in seclusion. The original site of the former was the Guangzong County Government Office, which was later expanded by Wei Shou and specifically used as a place for daily academic affairs offices.
Although the mansion is surrounded by high walls, outsiders cannot see the inside. But from the people who come into the house every time, I know that this kind of happiness makes me not homesick.
But although Wei Shou's mansion is luxurious, it still has some office properties. The Great Sage Master's Deer Watching Terrace was so luxurious that it exceeded one's imagination. The platform is six feet high, and the pavilions tower into the clouds, as high as the blue sky.
The so-called deer viewing platform is not only looking at the giant deer, but also looking at the deer in the mountains and rivers.
Therefore, when the Great Master named this station Wanglu, the army was quite excited, knowing that the Great Master was really unyielding in his ambition. But unfortunately, in the end, the generals thought too much, and the great wise master continued to lie on the ninth floor as before, not meeting mortals like them.
The third largest building complex in the city is the Military Mansion. The Military Mansion is the place where the Yellow Turban Army handles military affairs. It is not far from Wanglu Terrace, only four or five miles away. If the great sage is willing, he can climb up to the Deer Tower and see the Yellow Turban Army dotting the sun every morning.
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On November 8th, the morning light was dim.
Families of the Yellow Turban Army in the fortresses of each district in Guangzong City stepped on the thick snow and rushed to the storehouse of each district to collect today's firewood and corn.
Since the Taiping Dao incident in Hebei Province, they have collected all the rations and distributed them uniformly on a per-capita basis, which can save materials even more.
So even after entering Guangzong City, this rationing system was still in place. It’s just that it used to be once a month or every ten days, but now it has reached the level of once a day.
On this day, the families of the Yellow Turban Army came to collect supplies. Looking at the half-and-half supplies, all the dissatisfaction in their hearts could only be turned into a heavy sigh.
They didn't dare to say anything, because if they were dissatisfied, the head of the Treasury would definitely accuse them of being fake Taiping Taoists, and they would not be able to endure hardship. When the time comes, let alone half a bag of millet, even if it is all sand, they will still have to admit it, otherwise they will be labeled as traitors and executed.
If you are in that position, don't expect the neighbors to help you. Maybe people still think that if there is one less person to share with him, he might be able to get three more grains of millet in his bag.
This is the situation at the bottom of Taiping Road.
But the great and sage master did not know this. As for General Di Gong, he has good intentions, but he is currently doing his best to carry out one thing, so he can only suffer these family members first.
Everyone was numbly receiving supplies. Apart from the squeaking sound of stepping on the snow, no one was willing to waste their energy to speak.
At this moment, these numb people suddenly started to make a noise.
I saw black smoke suddenly rising from the nine-day-high deer-watching platform, and then a raging fire. Finally, everyone in the city saw it.
The Wanglu Terrace actually burned down.
There is only one thought in everyone's mind:
"Something big happened!"
(End of chapter)