Farmer of Shu Han

Xiaoguan is located in Gaoping County, Anding County (not Gaoping in later generations), two hundred miles away from Yuezhi City.

It is not an independent pass, but refers to the nearly 30-mile-long defensive belt in Wating Gorge.

The two peaks on both sides of the canyon face each other, and the Jingshui flows. The vertical and horizontal terrain can be used to build large and small fortresses and docks to form a three-dimensional defense system.

Xiao Guan stands on a high place, always taking pictures of danger.

However, since Emperor Guangwu re-established the Han Dynasty, neither the north nor the west could threaten Guanzhong.

Even in the era of Tanshihuai, most of them invaded from Youzhou and Bingzhou, and at most Liangzhou was added.

Few people mentioned the southward route of Xiaoguan, Anding County, which is located between Bingzhou and Liangzhou.

During the Liangzhou rebellion in the later Han Dynasty, most of the Qiang Hu also took the Guanlong Avenue, passed through Longguan, crossed Longshan, and entered Guanzhong.

It has to be said that compared to the former Han Dynasty, the importance of Xiao Guan has dropped a lot.

In addition, the recent large-scale Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou ended in the hands of Cao Cao. Until Cao Pi usurped the Han, Liangzhou, Longyou, and Guanzhong were all under the control of Wei.

To the north of Xiaoguan is the scattered Qianghu, who do not pose any threat at all.

As a result, Xiao Guan's status further declined, and he was basically in a state of semi-abandonment.

That's why Zhao Guang was able to easily capture Xiaoguan while Anding County responded to the Han's Northern Expedition.

Yang Tiao, under the guard of his own soldiers, ran west all night, and reached Xiaoguan City the next afternoon.

Zhao Guang, who was cooking hot pot, heard that Yang Tiao brought his people to Xiaoguan, and was so frightened that all the mutton on the chopsticks fell on the table.

"Why did Yang Tiao come here at this time? Could it be that something happened to Yuezhi City?"

As the guard of Xiaoguan, Zhao Guang naturally didn't cook hot pot and eat mutton all day long, so he had some responsiveness anyway.

Thinking of this, he quickly got up, picked up the mutton that fell on the table, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Then he rushed to the city gate in a hurry, and saw more than a hundred people shut down, the leader was Yang Tiao.

Seeing Zhao Guang poking his head out, Yang Tiao, who was so tired and sticking out his tongue, cheered up, "General Zhao, the Wei thief is in a hurry to catch up, please open the city gate!"

Hearing footsteps from his side, Zhao Guang turned his head and saw Yang Wanwan was hurrying over, "General, there is no Wei army outside the canyon."

Originally, Xiao Guan's main purpose was to guard against the west and north, and he didn't pay much attention to the east.

Therefore, the location of Jianxiaoguan was selected at the beginning, which was on the east side.

Compared with the west, the east canyon is much shorter, and the terrain is not so dangerous, so the role of Guancheng is still very important.

Although Zhao Guang is not good in other aspects, he is still qualified in leading the army.

At the same time, he has an advantage, that is, he is obedient and listens to Feng Yong's words.

Feng Yong told him to stick to Xiaoguan and not leave lightly, he always kept in mind.

Hearing Yang Wanwan's words, Zhao Guang murmured, "This only means that Wei Jun is not outside the canyon, we still have to be careful. Wei Ran, you take people down yourself."

"Remember to disarm those people outside the city first, and then let them in, be very careful. Also, after leading them into the customs, they must be supervised intensively, and they are not allowed to move around at will."

Yang Wanwan cupped his fists and said, "No!"

After a while, Yang Wan led Yang Tiao to Zhao Guang.

"what happened?"

Before Yang Tiao saluted, Zhao Guang asked.

Yang Tiao's face was full of shame, "Go back to the general, Yueshi City is lost."

Zhao Guang's heart sank, and he took a deep breath, "How did you lose it?"

"Thieves Cao are extremely rampant, sneak attack at night, the villain was caught off guard for a while..."

The more Yang Tiao said, the more ashamed and angry he felt.

After Zhao Guang heard his words, his face immediately turned livid.

At the beginning, he had moved Yang Tiao to the west, so he didn't value Yueshi City too much. What he valued was the rebel army led by Yang Tiao, who could coordinate with Xiaoguan.

The attitude towards Yuezhi City is that it is best to defend it, in that case it can put more pressure on Guanzhong.

It doesn't matter if you can't keep it, as long as Xiao Guan is in your hand, you can go south at any time.

As for Yang Tiao, his symbolic meaning is more important than Yueshi City, so we must try our best to keep him alive.

Seeing that Yang Tiao was able to escape to Xiaoguan safely by himself, it is a blessing in misfortune.

I just thought that Yueshi City was attacked and fell, but I didn't even know when Wei Jun went north, it was extremely careless!

If Wei Jun came to Xiaoguan this time, wouldn't he suffer a big loss?

Thinking of this, Zhao Guang asked about the situation of the Wei army who attacked Yuezhi City, but Yang Tiao couldn't tell clearly, he only said that the Wei army had at least 10,000 people.

Zhao Guang had no choice but to send someone to take him down to rest.

After returning to the general's mansion in Guancheng and sending everyone out except Yang Wanwan, Zhao Guang gritted his teeth and cursed: "Trash!"

"I lost the city in a daze, not to mention how many people the opponent has, even the opponent's general doesn't know who it is!"

"This kind of mob, I shouldn't have expected them at the beginning!"

Yang Wanwan said, "Didn't Yang Tiao say that there are at least ten thousand Cao thieves?"

Zhao Guang sneered: "More than ten thousand? If there are more than ten thousand, how about a night attack? Can it give him a chance to take his wife and children to Xiaoguan?"

Thinking of how many times he persuaded Yang Tiao to move to the west, he insisted on defending Yuezhi City.

Now he came to him like a bereaved dog, but he couldn't even bring any useful information from Cao thief, Zhao Guang became more and more annoyed.

"Wei Ran, in the past few days, you have sent sentry cavalry to inquire carefully about what is going on in Yueshi City."

Yang Wanwan nodded: "Okay."

"After all, our vision is still inferior to that of my brother." Zhao Guang sighed, "Brother decided to train troops in winter, so that the soldiers can adapt to fighting in the cold winter, it really has the foresight."

Hearing Zhao Guang's words, Yang Wanwan said with a little worry: "Yiwen also wants to learn from my elder brother to train soldiers in winter? I'm afraid something might be wrong."

"Why don't I know?" Zhao Guang smiled wryly.

Not to mention me, even my own lord, who is the governor of Longyou, probably doesn't have the skills of my brother to dare to carry out the big military training plan in winter.

In the past, whether it was in Nanxiang, Nanzheng, or even stationed in Juxian County, there were elder brothers who arranged the rear. He just needed to lead the army, and he didn't have to worry about so many things. He felt that leading the army was very easy.

Now leading the army to guard Xiaoguan, under the jurisdiction of Longyou Dudu's Mansion, even though the Dudu is his own lord, he always feels a bit uncomfortable.

I have a lot of things to think about, and I always feel a sense of restraint, which is far less smooth than when I have my brother's full support behind me.

"We must be very careful these days before we find out what is true about Wei Jun."

Zhao Guang thought for a while and said, "How about this, the two of us take turns to inspect the various fortresses outside the pass every day, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Yuezhi City."

The two discussed how to strengthen the defense, and at the same time, they sent someone to quickly inform the governor of Longyou about the loss of Yuezhi City.

By the time Feng Yong received the news from the Longyou Governor's Mansion, it was already December and entered the coldest season.

Pingxiang has an engineering team to build a yard for himself in advance and set up a pit.

Shouyang does not have this condition, and the usual way to keep warm is to sit by the edge of the fire and enjoy the fire.

"Xiahou Bahan attacked Yueshi City at night?" Feng Yong threw the official document casually, "Even if Erlang was dragged down by Yang Tiao this time, he really is sitting at home, and the disaster comes from heaven."

Although it was not Zhao Guang's fault that Yueshi City fell, who told Xiao Guan to be the closest to Yueshi City?

Moreover, Yuezhi City in name is still under the protection of Xiaoguan garrison.

The fall of Yuezhi City is not a big problem.

But I don't know how Yuezhi City was lost, this embarrassment is really a bit big.

Now it can only be found that the defender of Yuezhi City is Xiahouba, isn't this funny?

If I were the governor of Longyou, I would be annoyed.

Yang Tiao is a man of righteousness, how can he be punished?

So the board must fall on Zhao Guang's head.

What's more, the governor of Longyou is still the old man Zhao who beat Zhao Guang from childhood to adulthood?

Feng Yongxian mourned for Zhao Guang for a second.

Guan Ji picked up the official document and was about to read it carefully when Feng Yong muttered again: "Has this Xiahouba finally appeared?"

"Ah Lang knows this Xiahouba?" Guan Ji asked curiously.

"I don't know him, but I've heard of it." Feng Yong shook his head, "His lord, Xi Jun should know that it is Xia Houyuan who was killed by General Huang."

Xiahouyuan was killed by Huang Zhong, and his son Xiahouba seemed likely to face Zhao Guang in the near future.

As for Zhao Guang, nine out of ten are the son-in-law of the Huang family.

Thinking of this, Feng Yong couldn't help but smile strangely, this fate is really wonderful.

On the other hand, Guan Ji, seeing Feng Yong's expression, immediately kicked him: "Xiahouyuan is the uncle of the old lady of the Xixiang Houfu."

"I heard that Xia Houyuan would rather starve his young son to death than feed the old lady. He was closer than his own daughter."

"Later, Xia Houyuan died in battle at Dingjun Mountain. It was the old lady who asked the late emperor to let her collect Xiahouyuan's bones for a proper burial."

Zhang Xiahou's family is actually not too old, just over forty.

It's just that Guan Ji's face was reddened by the flames, making her look even more beautiful. Mrs. Zhang Xiahou...that's a proper old lady.

The only thing that puzzled Feng Yong was that Xijun's reaction seemed a little too big, so he muttered: "Even if the old lady is Xia Houyuan's biological daughter, then what does it matter to me?"

Guan Ji had a half-smile on her face: "Then Xiahouba is Si Niang's cousin? No wonder A-Lang is so familiar with him."

Feng Yongdeng was sweating profusely.

Xijun, this is a misunderstanding, listen to my sophistry, ah, no, listen to my explanation!

But how should I explain why I know Xiahouba?

Feng Junhou began to think hard.

After a long time, his eyes fell on Guan Ji's body, and he said, "Xi Jun, have you noticed that your body has become more and more round since you were married?"

Guan Ji: ...

At this time, the servant girl standing outside rescued Feng Yong: "My lord, Mrs. Mu has arrived at Shouyang and is entering the city."

"Oh, so fast?"

Feng Yongyi was delighted.

Although it is possible to go from Hanzhong to Qishan by taking the waterway of the Western Han Dynasty, and from Jicheng to Xiangwu, it is also possible to go westward along the Weishui River.

But after all, it was such a cold day, Li Mu was able to arrive so quickly, the action was really fast enough.

"Miss Mu has been running back and forth in the past two months, worrying about A Lang's affairs, and also for the sake of my concubine, it must be hard work, A Lang must thank him very much."

Guan Ji reminded from the side.

"I know." Feng Yong nodded and stood up, "Sit here, Mr. Xi, I'll go out and pick it up."

A majestic gentleman, going out to meet a lady Mu, is this enough to save face?

When Li Mu, who had just come over from the city gate, saw Feng Yong standing at the gate of the commander's mansion, his expression changed. He quickly stepped forward, bowed his knees and said: "I have seen the lord."

"Get up quickly, there is no need to be polite." Feng Yong signaled her to get up, "It's been a hard journey from Hanzhong."

When Li Mu heard Feng Yong's words, he got up and looked around, opened his mouth, but didn't dare to ask.

Although she didn't say it clearly, Feng Yong still saw the question she didn't dare to ask from her pair of bright eyes.

He smiled immediately, "I came out to greet you on purpose, please come inside."

She couldn't say that, not only did Li Mu show a look of sincerity and fear on her face, but even the entourage who followed her also showed a look of horror.

"A concubine really dare not accept such a great gift from a monarch and marquis."

The well-known Lady Mu's face turned pale with fright, she took a few steps back and stood with her head bowed.

"Others can't do it, but you can." Feng Yong smiled nonchalantly, "It's cold outside, let's go in first."

Li Mu pursed his lips a bit, not daring to take a step.

"That's what Xijun meant. It's really hard for you to go back and forth between Longyou and Hanzhong. Let me thank you very much."

Feng Yong explained again.

Li Mu didn't hear the rest of this sentence clearly, and only remembered the first half of the sentence.

Hearing that this was also what Mrs. Junhou meant, she dared to say, "Junhou first please."

Feng Yong: ...

Why do I feel like something is subtly wrong?