Three Kingdoms

Gong Jun had been staring at the military camp on the mountain for a long time with a straw stick in his mouth among the dewy grass. Everything around him was quiet. Except for the occasional voices from Sichuan on the wall of Junzhai, he could only hear the sound of water flowing in the mountain stream on the other side of Junzhai.

After a long time, I saw Gong Jun erecting his palms and waving back. The subordinates who were following Gong Jun followed Gong Jun, bent down and slowly retreated in the grass.

The mountain mist caressed gently, and the vegetation among the mountains and forests swayed. In the blink of an eye, Gong Jun and his men disappeared among the trees without leaving a trace.

"Tsk..." After he was far away from the visible range of the military camp on the mountain, Gong Jun shook his head, straightened up, and clicked his tongue with a depressed look on his face.

"Boss, why don't you dress up as a nobleman and sneak in like the previous two times?"

"You know nothing!" Gong Jun glanced sideways, looked at the questioner, and said, "There are forty-four soldiers in the first military camp. Not one of them is missing. Naturally, they can continue to dress up. Sneak into the second military camp, and then what? How many heads are missing? Tell me yourself?"

Heihe laughed twice and said: "There are more people in the second military camp, so the brothers can't take care of them for a while... Besides, it's not necessarily possible that the military camp behind will know..."

"Bullshit!" Gong Jun slapped Hei Zhi on the back of the head and said, "You still have the fucking nerve to talk about it! There is only this road from the mountain to the bottom. If you don't run here, you will be stumped! How can you go to heaven! This way! It’s not like I haven’t seen his footprints. You think everyone in this military camp is as stupid as you! Get out of here, you’ll be annoyed if you see them!”

Hei Zhi touched the back of his head where he had been slapped. He was not angry at all. He just smiled and shrank back.

Gong Jun's anger was not actually directed at Hei Fu, but because he couldn't do it all this time, he was somewhat irritated. Of course, Gong Jun also knows that more than forty people and more than a hundred people are two completely different concepts. Just running four or five people is already considered very good, but on the battlefield, there is no room for any mistakes.

It was the four or five people who escaped from the second military camp that prevented Li Guan and Gong Jun from using their previous strategy again...

Above the military stronghold in the watershed, there were crowds of people with nervous expressions. It was obviously different from the relaxed and unprepared state of the first two military strongholds. If Big Thorn still pretended to be a nobleman and went up, he would not be shot. It is strange to become a sieve.

Gong Jun was squatting under a tree beside the mountain road, struggling to dig dirt under the roots of the tree with a shovel, when he heard a sound on the way. He looked back and saw Fei Qian and some people coming up.

Gong Jun was stunned for a moment, then immediately thrust the shovel into the ground, rushed to Fei Qian in a few steps, and saluted with his hands in hand. The group of scouts following Gong Jun also saluted Fei Qian.

"How's it going? How's the front going?" Fei Qian glanced at the ground dug by Gong Jun. It was a little wet, but not enough, and it didn't look like water could come out. He pointed toward the mountain and said.

"Qi Junhou," Gong Jun replied, "We are already on guard..."

This is very troublesome.

Fei Qian was naturally troubled by the leak of personnel under Gong Jun, but he could understand it.

Of course, Fei Qian had nothing to blame for Gong Jun's actions in the second military camp. After all, it was the first time for Gong Jun and others to walk this mountain road. They were unfamiliar with the place, and the number of people in the second military camp was also small. There are more than the first one, so it is reasonable for a few people to be leaked in the dark.

Perhaps it should be said that under the current conditions of the Han Dynasty, it was quite good to be able to be a semi-special force soldier like Gong Jun. Like in later generations, a few people could wipe out dozens of times the opponent's special operations force. , Haha, it is still impossible for the time being, or it can be said that there is no fast and powerful long-range weapon. The existing cold weapons alone are not enough to ensure that the minority can defeat the majority every time, forming a minority to suppress the majority. advantageous situation.

After all, manpower is limited, and killing requires energy. Although the crossbow can supplement part of the long-range needs, if the crossbow without an infrared sight wants to hit someone in the dark, it can only use external plug-ins to aim and shoot. .

It's not a problem if a few people escape, but it becomes a big problem if the third army camp is on guard.

When the army is dispatched, the consumption is extremely staggering.

On the one hand, food and grass consumption, and more importantly on drinking water consumption.

Water is very heavy and cannot be lacking. Whenever we encounter mountain streams along the way, Feiqian will make people replenish it.

Anyway, in the Han Dynasty, water sources such as mountain springs were more or less clear and clean, and relatively harmless. This can be seen from the animal footprints beside the mountain stream.

But when they were at the military camp on the third road, they ran into trouble.

Tangluo Road, Sandao Junzhai, Shenling, Yaling, and Watershed are not just called casually.

Shen Ling has a high cliff on one side and a deep gorge on the other. It is extremely precipitous. If one fails, one will sink into the deep gorge. As for Ya Ling, as the name suggests, the two mountains are like a path of intestines, so one can only queue up and slow down. Go slowly;

As for the watershed...

Just divide the water.

It's very simple, there is no water here, there is water over there.

If we are stuck here, our troops will have nowhere to get water, and there will be chaos within three days!

Although people were sent back to fetch water, the manpower was limited and the amount of water they carried was limited. For the army, a drop in the bucket could not completely solve the problem. Only the military camp that broke through this watershed could ensure sufficient water. As for the situation of low morale and the collapse of the entire army.

"Let's go to the front and have a look..." Fei Qian said to Xu Huang while continuing to move forward.

Gong Jun quickly stepped forward and led the way.

It was the first time for Fei Qian to come here. He was basically in the dark about the terrain here and didn't know anything about it. Of course, he had to do some on-the-spot investigation.

It can be said that we have reached the watershed of the Tangluo Road. Although from a certain perspective, we are about to leave the Qinling Mountains, the mountains in front of us are still rugged.

As the last line of defense on the Tangluo Road in Hanzhong, Fenshuiling Military Village cannot be underestimated.

The east and west sides of Junzhai are steep cliffs. The trees on the cliffs are lush and canopy-like, and the cliffs are covered with green moss, as if they were cut up and down. Although the width of the north and south facades is more than ten meters, which is relatively wide, according to the mountain topography, it is entirely made of stones and has two layers of walls, which is a huge trouble.

Although the door of the village wall is far away, it does not look like it is made of wood, but more like a huge stone slab...

On top of the crenellations of the double-layered village wall, many soldiers could be faintly seen on duty. The big flag with Chinese characters on the top floor was fluttering in the wind.

Fei Qian looked at it, frowning.

We must fight, but how to attack is indeed a huge problem...

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"Damn it! Damn it!"

Fei Qian was not the only one facing difficulties. Even Zhang Lu in Hanzhong couldn't help but feel confused and at a loss after receiving the news.

Zhang Lu angrily swept all the utensils on the table to the ground in one breath, and the hall was suddenly in a mess!

It’s only been a few comfortable days!

Why can't these little bastards make people feel more comfortable!

In fact, half of Zhang Lu's anger was about Zhengxi's attack, and the other half was due to worries about his own status...

Although everyone doesn't say it publicly, in fact everyone knows that the reason why Zhang Lu is able to hold the position of Hanzhong Prefect is because Liu Yan is supporting him?

Hanzhong and Sichuan are not the feng shui treasure land in the legend. It is a pure land without war. However, Hanzhong has indeed been relatively peaceful in recent years, but this is also for troubled areas such as Guanzhong and Heluo. In fact, , Hanzhong and Shuzhong are like water flowing under a deep pool, invisible on the surface, but in fact turbulent and abnormal.

The person who caused this wave was none other than Liu Yan, who was standing behind Zhang Lu.

In the fifth year of Zhongping, Ma and Zhao suddenly started an uprising under the guise of the Yellow Turbans, which affected a wide area. At its peak, they even claimed to have tens of thousands of people. It was for this reason that Liu Yan could not take office in Sichuan. Later, with the help of Jia Long, an official in Yizhou, he put down the Ma Zhao rebellion, and then entered Yizhou.

However, after Liu Yan came to Yizhou, he immediately turned against him. All kinds of actions made Jia Long, who had provided great strength to Liu Yan, extremely dissatisfied. Therefore, in the second year of Chuping, he conspired with Ren Qi, the prefect of Jianwei, to attack When he attacked Liu Yan, he once attacked the city of Chengdu, but with the assistance of "Dongzhou Scholars", Liu Yan finally put down the rebellion and executed Jia Long and Ren Qi.

But the death of Jia Long and Ren Qi does not mean that the waves in Hanzhong and Shu have calmed down...

The most important contradiction among them is actually the same as that of the entire Han Dynasty court at this stage, which is the "household registration", that is, the struggle between the local gentry and the right and the state power.

The so-called "household registration" refers to people registered by the government and required to pay various taxes according to their population. However, in fact, in Hanzhong and Shuzhong, the vast majority of the population was hidden by the local gentry. This type of people People are called "hidden households" or "shady households".

Without the formal household registration, there would be no sufficient taxation and no taxation. As the nominal ruler of Yizhou, Liu Yan was naturally tied up. Whatever he wanted to do, he had to discuss with the local gentry in a coquettish manner. , being pinched by the throats of these wealthy nobles all the time, how could they be willing to endure the humiliation?

As foreign "Dongzhou scholars", they left their original land and migrated. Although they brought some people and property with them, they could not bring the original land with them. In order not to sit back and have nothing, they naturally tried their best. All means to acquire new land and population...

Liu Yan, who was in urgent need of expansion, and the "Dongzhou Scholars" who were in urgent need of land and population, naturally flirted with each other, and got out of hand. They rolled together and launched a series of left-right combinations targeting the local nobles in Sichuan and Shu. beating action.

Because when Jia Long and Ren Qi rebelled, they even contacted Dong Zhuo, who was still in Guanzhong, hoping that Dong Zhuo could represent the moon, well, represent the Han Dynasty court to eliminate Liu Yan and gain a nominal upper hand. However, Dong Zhuo at that time seemed to have fallen into During the chaos, a promise was made, but then forgotten in the blink of an eye. Jia Long and Ren Qi naturally went to receive their lunch boxes in tragedy...

Liu Yansheng was afraid that Dong Zhuo would think of this problem again. After all, the main reason why he could stand with the "Dongzhou Scholars" was that he was the Yizhou Shepherd appointed by the imperial court. If the critical moment came, the second As a Yizhou shepherd, wouldn’t Liu Yan be done with it?

Therefore, he did not stop, and in the name of Hanzhong rebels, Liu Yan let Zhang Lu enter Hanzhong, burned the plank road, completely cut off direct contact with Guanzhong, and became the local emperor of Sichuan and Shu.

However, the good times did not last long. Perhaps because Liu Yan had aged too fast during this period, or because his posture for practicing Taoism was not in place, his health was getting worse day by day. Although Liu Yan was trying his best to control the situation, he could not Let outsiders know, but Zhang Lu still learned about the matter from some unique channels.

Of course, from one aspect, this matter is an opportunity for Zhang Lu, a great opportunity to get rid of Liu Yan and become completely independent. However, at this juncture, what kind of General Zhengxi actually wants to lead Soldiers attack Hanzhong!

This general who conquered the West didn't play in the mud in Guanzhong, so why did he come to Hanzhong!

Damn it!

"Master," Yan Pu saw that Zhang Lu was worried, so he raised his hands and said, "We have come all the way from Guanzhong to conquer the west. Although we are a little short of soldiers, we can ask Liu Yizhou to mobilize troops to help, and we will have no worries..." Someone else's prefect They all call him "Shijun", but Zhang Lu calls himself "Shijun", and the meaning is, haha, remarkable.

Zhang Lu still frowned, glanced at Yan Pu, and said nothing. Can I tell you that this old guy Liu Yan is seriously ill now? This old guy can't save himself now. He doesn't know how many days he can breathe. How can he care about me?

Liu Yan was seriously ill. If something happened, Zhang Lu would know even with his feet that Chengdu would be in chaos. If more people like Jia Long and Ren Qi came out at this time, it might be a big chaos!

Therefore, at this moment, Liu Yan must hold all the troops in his hands tightly to ensure the transmission of the Liu family's power. Where can he have extra thoughts to care about himself in Hanzhong?

Anyway, even if Hanzhong falls, the old guy can defend the sword pavilion and so on. Anyway, Jinniu Road and Micang Road are blocked. Even if Zhengxi wants to march into Shuzhong in one go, it will probably be impossible.

However, these cannot be discussed in detail with Yan Pu.

Although there is nothing wrong with Yan Pu being his subordinate, and he is always loyal, but he is from Sichuan after all. At such a critical moment, it is better to do less than to do more...

Seeing Zhang Lu's silence, Yan Pu thought that Zhang Lu didn't want to get too involved with Liu Yan and didn't pay special attention to it, so he said: "If Master doesn't use this strategy, he will directly need to send a general to lead the troops to garrison the watershed. General Zhengxi blocked the Tangluo Road and strictly inspected Baoxie and other mountain roads... After ten months, Zhengxi had no food and water, so he naturally retreated..."

If we fight General Zhengxi head-on, we probably won't be able to win with the existing soldiers. But if we are stuck on the mountain road, General Zhengxi won't be able to use it no matter how much strength he has, right? If we delay for a while, we can win. .

Zhang Lu thought for a moment, and that was all he could do, and then said, "I wonder who will lead the troops to take control of Ziwu?"

"Sima Yang, who is in the army, is qualified for this position." Yan Pu said.

"Sima Yang?" Zhang Lu raised his head, thought for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Yes, let him lead the troops to the north and conquer the west!"