Three Kingdoms

The sun has already reached the afternoon, and in another hour or two, it will almost get dark. The days in autumn and winter are originally short, but as soon as the cold wind blows and November enters, the days become shorter than the day before. .

About thirty or forty miles northwest of Anhan, there is a mountain valley called Lijiagouzi, and there is a Lijiazhai in Lijiagouzi. In the fields near Lijiazhai, there are small groups of farmers and women who are busy handling the last few farming affairs.

Winter is coming soon, and the fields need to be plowed and plowed once in a while. Otherwise, it will take a lot of effort to plow the fields in the spring after the winter freezes. Also, the fields have been used for a long time. Years have passed, and some miscellaneous ashes mixed with weeds and other materials from the fields have to be hoeed into the ground to add some fertilizer and replenish some field strength, so that there will be a good harvest next year.

No matter how chaotic the world is, people still need to eat.

The same is true in Sichuan and Sichuan. Even though there is a chaotic three-party war, food is something that people have to have a mouth to live. Crops and other crops must still be planted...

I originally thought that there would be a war this year. If it was true, it would mean that Zhuang He, who had been farming for a year, had all the people in Lijiazhai ran out and had no intention of tidying up the fields. As a result, his father didn't even fight. When I arrived at Anhan, I found out that the harvest in Lijiazhai was at least 30% less than in previous years!

The harvest was reduced by 30%. In addition, we always said that we would go to war. As a result, during these days, we did not see any soldiers fighting with swords and guns. Even the entire autumn harvest did not encounter any invasion of soldiers and horses. In Lijiazhai, These people from Sichuan and Shu naturally slowly relaxed in their hearts, and they didn't look like they were all fighting.

The mountains have always been very isolated, and you have to walk ten or eight miles to reach the next village. Therefore, the people in Lijiazhai are nervous and have no idea about the dangers from the outside world. They talk to each other while working in the fields. They couldn't imagine where to go, just like in their imagination, the emperor of the Han Dynasty must be plowing the land with a golden hoe.

Despite this, the person in charge of Lijiazhai is somewhat more knowledgeable than the average villagers and women. Not only did they seize the time to let the young men in the village temporarily grind the rusty gun tips, and repair the originally crumbling village walls, The sentry tower was renovated, and several training sessions were organized. It was quite dusty and lively, so it somewhat reassured people.

The village defense system is actually similar to that in World of Warcraft. If something changes, the warning gong in the village will sound, and the people working outside will flee to the village desperately, and then rely on half of the rammed earth about two people high. The stone wall was used for defense, and firewood was piled high in the middle of the village. If they really encountered a large army, they would light up smoke and ask for help from distant villages or even Anhan City...

Although this year's harvest has been reduced, this year's autumn gift has not been missed! After receiving the autumn gift from Lijiazhai, the nobles in Anhan City also said that if Lijiazhai is in danger, they will come to help!

With this backing and the fact that everything has been peaceful for a period of time, the people in Li's village are less panicked psychologically. Even the people who take turns guarding the sentry at the corner tower in the village are also All a little lax.

Seeing that it was getting late, the few old and weak people who were on duty at the sentry post, well, of course they were old and weak. The young ones were all working in the fields. Could it be that the old men were still working in the fields, so they just chatted about each other. When I got up, I no longer had the vigilance I felt at that time in the morning.

People from the countryside, chatting with each other and having short-term parents, naturally soon fell to matters between men and women. Among the people on duty, there was an old bachelor who had never married a wife because his family was poor. A few days ago, there was a family in the village. First, the old man died a year ago, and then the young man was hiding in the mountains. I don't know why I caught the cold, but I couldn't get over it even after I returned to the village. The whole family was wiped out, leaving only a little widow.

Normally, if there is no male child in the family, the farmland will be taken back to the public land. As the family's public land, although the little widow is quite pretty, everyone is afraid that this little widow's life is too hard, and she will be able to overcome both the superior and the inferior. They didn't dare to ask for it, so they wanted to drive out of the village. The old bachelor was not afraid, so he married the young widow. No, this became the biggest hot headline in the village during this period. Even in front of the old bachelor, he still laughed at her.

Not necessarily all of them were so bad-hearted, but there was really nothing new to talk about in the village, so they kept talking about the old bachelor and the little widow. Unavoidably, some people expressed concern about the old bachelor's misfortune, and even volunteered to take his place. The old bachelor works hard...

The old bachelor didn't have any idea. He squatted in the corner with a grass root in his mouth and squinted his eyes. He just smiled. When others urged him to hurry up, he said slowly: "I was exterminated before. When I begged, I didn't see you." If that person dares to ask for it, I will help him first, and then you guys will go to the haystack... I'm so busy with things, I won't stop until dawn every night, so there's no need for you bald birds to come! Besides, you guys A few of them can't even fill the gap of their own wives, how can they still have such leisure?"

Or the old bachelor poked a painful spot, and someone suddenly stopped listening. They pulled the old bachelor to have a competition, not only to compare the size, but also to stand on the edge of the sentry tower to see who could pee farther...

The old bachelor was so coaxed that he couldn't avoid it, so he laughed and grabbed someone to compete with him. As a result, he just stood on the edge of the sentry tower and was about to lift up his robe and take it out. When he came out, others laughed, and some people wanted to come forward, saying that they wanted to show the old bachelor's second brother.

The old bachelor ignored them, showed his yellow and black teeth, and pointed in the distance with a hoarse voice: "Then... what is that..."

At first, some people didn't take it seriously, saying it was an old bachelor's excuse. They were about to laugh at it, but they looked up and saw a three-color flag appearing on the mountain road in the distance, reflecting the setting sun. The glow seemed to be blooming with brilliance, stinging the eyes of the old bachelor and others.

War, war!

Those guarding the corner tower suddenly remembered the sound of a gong warning. The peasants working in the fields subconsciously raised their heads. Some of the quick-thinking ones had already dropped their farm tools and ran towards the village without thinking. , while others stared blankly, watching the tricolor flag getting closer and closer.

Frightened screams and cries sounded from inside and outside the village, mixed together in one place, alarming the surrounding areas, and breaking the peace that originally belonged here...

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Under the tricolor flag, Wei Yan looked at the panicked civilians in Lijiazhai and sneered twice. He did not urge the soldiers to move forward, but just moved forward slowly and unhurriedly. Before, even the serious Sichuan soldiers If the Shu military stronghold can be easily taken over, why would they regard such a civilian stronghold as a roadblock?

Beside Wei Yan was Du Hu.

This human king immediately became much more active after receiving the promise from General Fei Qian to conquer the West. When he heard that he was going to attack Badong, Anhan and other places, he almost rushed to clear the road thorns for Wei Yan and others. Guide direction.

After all, the people who belonged to Duhu had suffered a lot from Liu Qi and others in Badong County, and had several villages wiped out. They had long been full of resentment. They came here this time, firstly for revenge, and secondly for revenge. To preserve Duhu's own reputation.

Under the leadership of Du Hu, the people on the side had their eyes red with excitement, and they made some strange noises that they had no idea what they meant. They waved their swords and guns, and they wanted to rush into Li's village immediately and have fun!

This is often the case with the hatred between Han people and Hu people.

According to race, it is not wrong to retaliate with tooth for tooth or blood for blood, but when it comes to the head of one of them, it is a purely unnecessary disaster.

The people who killed Du Hu's men were not from Lijiazhai, but the people from Lijiazhai had to bear the wrath of Du Hu and others. Is it wrong? It's wrong, but it's very common. In later generations, isn't it also often the case when there are ethnic and religious conflicts?

Wei Yan saw the warning beacon ignited in Lijiazhai, with three black smoke rising straight into the sky. He couldn't help but smile, waved his hand, and said loudly: "Come forward! Break the stronghold!"

In an instant, the well-trained Zhengxi soldiers formed an array and began to attack the gate of Lijiazhai. The human king Duhu also sent a team of people as support to follow the front line. The Western soldiers were on the left and right.

There were not many defensive measures, and there were not even a few panicked arrows in the Lijiazhai. They did not even need to use gunpowder. The heavy battle ax directly chopped off the latch and knocked open the village gate. A cup of tea was not available. In a short time, Lijiazhai in this small mountain valley was declared to have been breached.

"Those who surrender will not be killed!" Wei Yan ordered, and then glanced at Du Hu.

Du Hu nodded quickly and said: "General, don't worry, those who surrender will not be killed..." Before coming, Wei Yan had made an explanation. Those who resisted would naturally be killed, but if they said they had surrendered, they could not be killed indiscriminately.

"We are under the command of the Han Dynasty Zhengxi, not rogue bandits! Those who surrender will avoid death!"

The young and strong men in Lijiazhai still looked good during training on weekdays, but when it came to the battle, they all lost their courage. Seeing the Zhengxi soldiers and people rushing in to cover up the enemy, they shouted and screamed, disrupting the position. , some people even turned around and ran away shouting, "The stronghold is broken! The stronghold is broken!"

There has been peace in Sichuan and Sichuan for a long time. Not only Lijiazhai is like this, but most of the civilian villages in Sichuan and Shu, even if their equipment is better than Lijiazhai, they are just competing with other villages for water resources. Ah, land, etc., they have just fought some chaotic wars, and almost all of them have never been on the battlefield. Therefore, when they saw the real iron-blooded army coming, they were only in panic.

There used to be a grain-drying ground in the village, which was also used for gatherings on weekdays. Now it was filled with people from the Li family village. All the people in the village were driven out and gathered here. The one at the front was a gray-haired old man, standing tremblingly in the cold wind. When he saw Wei Yan coming, he quickly crawled to the ground, kowtowed first, and then said shakily: "Will... General... I don’t know that the general’s arrival has offended Huwei... There is still some food and grass in the village, and the young man is willing to dedicate it to the general’s use... These people in the village are all kind-hearted people, old and young, and they can still help. The general is farming...please ask the general not to recruit young people..."

The old man was chatty and lost his teeth. His speech was not very clear. He talked vaguely for a long time. Wei Yan rolled his eyes. Seeing that the old man wanted to continue chattering, he raised his voice and said, "It's a long way from here to the next village." Far?"

"Ah?" It took the old man a long time to react and said, "About twenty miles..."

"General Zhengxi is kind and can't bear to kill more lives...Twenty miles, well, I'll give you a day's rations and go to the next village. If you don't evacuate within three days, don't blame us for being blind! "Wei Yan shouted in a deep voice.

"General!" The old man was shocked, and the people in Lijiazhai behind him were also crying. "If we are driven out of the village, wouldn't it mean that we will lose our chance of survival! General Zhengxi is kind and shows mercy. Go around us! We are all innocent people..."

"Innocent?" Wei Yan clicked his tongue twice and said, "Let me ask you, have you ever sent food and grass to the people of Anhan? Do you know that the food and grass you sent helped the Liu family of Anhan, so that the Liu family could send soldiers , kill our Zhengxi Erlang?"

"General! This... this general, we don't know, we are also being coerced... Anhan soldiers forced us to pay food and grass, but we have no choice..."

Wei Yan laughed and said, "Isn't that it? Soldiers of Anhan, you have nothing to do, do you deserve to be slaughtered by you and others like us Zheng Xi'erlang?"

"General! General..."

The old man from Lijiazhai was still waiting to argue, but he saw that Wei Yan had already turned around, "If you want to blame, blame your Anhan General Liu! He collected your food and grass, but he couldn't protect you! If I give you one hour, if Anyone who delays his departure will be killed without mercy!"

The people in Lijiazhai were still thinking about discussing some conditions, but they saw people on the side jumping out, waving their swords and guns ferociously, and driving the people away from Lijiazhai, all they could do was scream in sorrow. , being driven back and forth three times a step, like a herd of sheep, heading towards the next village.

"General..." Du Hu watched the people from Lijiazhai, who were full of grief and anger, slowly leaving. He scratched his head in confusion and said, "If we do this... there are more people in Anhan, isn't it more difficult?" Was it attacked?"

Wei Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "That's wrong. On the contrary, it's better to fight..."

Duhu: "?"

Wei Yan did not continue to explain, but turned around and climbed up the wall of the village. He looked at the people in Lijiazhai slowly moving forward, crying and shouting, and curled his lips slightly. For these people in Lijiazhai, it is indeed a natural disaster, but under the shadow of war, who are not like this?

Under the overwhelming force, is An’s egg complete?