Three Kingdoms

"There are spies in Cao's army!" 』

Jia Qu stood on the city gate and slapped his palms heavily on the battlements.

Zhang Ji has not yet led his army to Huguan, and there are no generals in Huguan.

This is also the reason why Jia Qu took the initiative to strengthen the wall and clear the country.

Before Cao Jun's army arrives, reducing Cao Jun's supply sources can slow down Cao Jun's actions.

But what Jia Qu didn't expect was that among the people outside Huguan, Cao Jun's spies had already been mixed in!

"Your Majesty!" Deng Li took a step forward and said, "I am willing to lead the troops and kill the spies!" 』

Jia Qu did not agree immediately, but looked at Deng Li, pondered for a moment, and nodded. However, he did not let Deng Li go out alone. Instead, he asked the military lord Zhang Ji who had been locked up to go out with Deng Li to protect him. Order, arrest the spies, and at the same time dispatch archers to the battlements to take precautions. Guan Nei also dispatched patrols and soldiers to take to the streets to control the streets.

Now that the war is imminent, we must not only guard against the outside world, but also keep an eye on the inside.

Zhang Ji, courtesy name Derong, was from Gaoling, Zuofengyi.

There is a nickname, known as Daobi Zhang.

As for why it is called "sword and pen" even though it is a military position, it is because earlier, it was not so easy to obtain scriptures and gain some knowledge in Guanzhong.

Zhang Ji's family can only be said to be pretty good, but it does not allow him to freely choose the direction of study. Because Guanzhong Longyou is unstable, more families in the northeastern part of Guanzhong and Hebei want to have men in the family who can protect the family and drive away bandits, so most of them give priority to martial arts.

Just like Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun and others.

Of course, Zhang neither has the martial arts skills of Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, etc., but his talent is average.

However, Zhang Ji is relatively lucky. He has enough meals to support him in learning martial arts, but in fact he prefers reading. He picked up swords, guns and sticks for his family, but he still longed to hold a knife and pen.

The family only has so few resources. If they spend more on martial arts, they will naturally not be able to spend more money to purchase books. Fortunately, Zhang has learned how to behave since he was a child. Of course, this is also the characteristic of most children from wealthy families. Either They don't know how to behave, and they are so arrogant and domineering that they are disgusting, or they are more knowledgeable about human relationships than poor children and know how to use silver bullet offensives.

Since Zhang is smarter, he chooses the second option. Whenever he had free time, he would sneak into officialdom by visiting other children of aristocratic families. Because he was young at the time and was a familiar person in the county, no one tried to expel him. So Zhang Ji took this opportunity to help some minor officials cut bamboo slips and polish ink, and even prepared knives, pens and bamboo slips in his arms for the minor officials in need, so as to learn some official writing and recite some common scriptures...

His shameless behavior was naturally used to make fun of him.

However, it was precisely because of this that Zhang Ji received the approval of the county magistrate at that time and was ready to promote him as Xiaolian. Unfortunately, the long-term Xiqiang Rebellion broke out, followed by the civil strife in Heluo and Chang'an. , many government agencies were completely lost, and the county magistrate who was willing to appreciate him also died in the war, and the road to promotion was cut off for a time.

Fortunately, Fei sneaked to Chang'an and reopened the imperial examination. It was a pity that Zhang had lost his best years and the memory of his youth was no longer as good as his childhood. He learned martial arts and joined the army, fought many battles, accumulated military merits, and became a military lord of Huguan.

Jia Qu undoubtedly thought carefully about letting Zhang Ji and Deng Li out of seclusion...

Huguan is a whole area.

It is also the core of the current Party.

Under Jia Qu's governance, Shangdang has developed well during this period.

A good definition is that there is more than enough compared to the inferior, but insufficient compared to the superior.

This is related to the geographical location of Shangdang.

The topography of Shangdang can be roughly divided into two parts: north and south.

The northern part is the larger basin area mainly composed of Huguan and Huguan Pass, which is the Changye area in later generations, while the southern part is the smaller basin area including Changping and Gaoping, which can even be said to be a hilly area. The above is around Jincheng in later generations.

Because of the Changping War in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the hilly area in the south, which was later known as the Jincheng area, was very desolate. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that it gradually prospered. The Changye area, also known as Huguan City, The area around Hehuguan Pass has become the absolute core of Shangdang at present.

The vast majority of the population of Shangdang County is concentrated here.

Population is actually a very important resource in troubled times. Only when there is a population can we recruit troops and produce food and other materials. Therefore, areas like Shangdang, which were originally relatively sparsely populated, have always maintained stable residential buildings. Expand the abandoned fields and focus on recuperation.

The area suitable for farming in the northern part of Shangdang is smaller, and its basin is not very large. It is incomparable with the Taiyuan Basin and Linfen Basin. However, because it is in the central hub position, the northern part of Shangdang can pass through Fukouxing to the east. The Handan and Yecheng areas can also be invaded into southern Hebei through the Huguan area. When the center of gravity of a political power is in southern Hebei, the threat from this direction is particularly deadly.

Therefore, Jia Qu's responsibilities in Shangdang are not light. He not only has to defend Fukouxing, he also has to keep an eye on the direction of Gaoping and Changping at all times, and at the same time defend at Huguan.

The reason why Zhang Ji is not in Huguan at the moment is because he went to Fukouxing with his troops to inspect defense and to train troops.

The reason why Le Jin went straight to Huguan was because, on the one hand, this mountain road was the shortest, and on the other hand, as long as Huguan was cut off, he could directly attack the Taiyuan Basin and even threaten the rear of the Northern Territory Protector. , In addition, it can also be supplemented directly from Jizhou to enter the Linfen Basin.

Of course, there is also a road from Hanoi to the Linfen Basin in the east of the river, along Zhiguanxing along Wangwu Mountain. Or you can simply go further and bypass Luxing in Zhongtiao Mountain, but both roads have a very big problem, that is, the long and narrow passage may be blocked at both ends at any time, which will make the mouse angry to death.

This is also the reason why Le Jin is unwilling to go through Baixing or Taihangxing to conquer Gaoping and enter the northern part of Shangdang. This is because in the mountainous area south of Shangdang, in the area of ​​Gaoping and Changping, although you can walk along the Danshui River, there is no shortage of water sources. , but when the State of Qin was in confrontation with the State of Zhao in Changping, it tried every means to fail to break through head-on, and could only take a sideways approach. It can be seen that if you want to advance on a large scale in this area, it will undoubtedly be a very difficult thing. .

And if it is true that Cao Jun's army fell into the Gaoping and Changping areas, they would be outflanked by the Hussars and interrupt their retreat...

Therefore, entering from Huguan, although there is a risk of being attacked from above and below, at least one thing is certain, that is, the chrysanthemum is at least temporarily safe.

Le Jin broke through the valley entrance, which only allowed Cao Jun to advance from Shanxing to Huguan with confidence and boldness. However, if you want to conquer heavy and powerful cities like Huguan and Huguan Pass, it is difficult to do it by surprise attack alone.

When facing Huguan, naturally if we can cooperate internally and externally...

Therefore, although Jia Qu was a little surprised by the appearance of Cao Jun's spies, it was not completely unexpected.

only……

Some doubts arose in Jia Qu's heart. He raised his head and looked into the distance.

Going south from the Shangdang area, you can enter the Hanoi area through Baixing and Taihangxing. At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu occupied Hanoi and sent Kou Xun and Feng Yitong to guard Hanoi. Feng Yi attacked Tianjingguan from the north and defeated the Dang, and the Hanoi area was stabilized. Lejin's attack on Huguan is indeed good from a tactical perspective and understandable, but from a higher strategic level, why did he choose Huguan? There are more valuable targets than Huguan, and there are places that are more threatening than Huguan. Why did Cao Jun not move, but came to bite the bone of Huguan first?

Isn't Le Jin afraid that the hussars in the south of Shangdang will march south from Taihangxing and directly disrupt the situation in Hanoi?

Or is Lele's attack on Huguan and seizing the military stronghold just a feint, with the purpose of drawing Shangdang's and even Hedong's troops out of Tianjingguan and Zhiguan, and setting up an ambush in the Hanoi area?

Although Tianjing Pass and Zhi Pass are not as powerful as Hu Pass, it is not that easy to attack them. Under such circumstances, it seems to be the best way to lure the defenders of the pass into action, and then attack them in one fell swoop like the Taniguchi Sanjun Village.

But the question is, since Le Jin has already used such tactics in the Taniguchi military camp, will Jia Qu be as stupid as Zhang Tian and fall into the trap for the second time?

Or does Le Jin really have any means to win over Huguan?

for example……

Jia Qu cast his eyes towards the city.

The people under the pass are still in chaos.

Jia Qu seemed to have thought of something and smiled slightly.

If the boxer saw that Jia Qu was still laughing when faced with such a situation, he might become angry and cold on the spot, and then show a set of boxing skills, or use a unique stick technique...

But Jia Qu was not laughing at the people, but at Cao Jun.

Cao Jun's true goal was inadvertently exposed.

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Under the pass, Zhang Ji stood behind the inner city of the pass, waiting for orders. While he turned his head and listened to the chaotic sounds outside the city gate, he glanced at Deng Li up and down with hidden eyes.

Those at the top work hard, and those at the bottom work hard.

What about the middle one?

It requires both mental and physical effort.

Zhang is obviously the middle layer, so he needs both mental and physical effort.

So does it mean that the middle layer is particularly hard because it requires "labor" in both aspects?

Not really.

But everyone works hard, and everyone can choose to be lazy. It's just that the lower you go, the more concentrated the pressure of life becomes, so it's impossible for those who are forced to choose to be lazy.

Zhang doesn't like to be lazy. This can be seen from the fact that he would rather go to the official house to mix scriptures and read prose with a knife and pen in his arms, rather than spending time on flying eagles and lackeys, so he understood what Jia Qu was asking him to do. It means following Deng Li out of seclusion to calm the chaos.

Deng Li is from Shandong.

There are Shandong people not only in Huguan, Shangdang, but also in many places.

So do the people. There are some refugees from Shandong in recent years and some from earlier years.

There must be spies among these people, otherwise the General Hussar would not have set up the Youwen Division.

But isn’t it because there are spies that all Shandong people should be treated specially, or should they be subject to wartime control?

Obviously not.

If you really do this, it will inevitably cause chaos.

But that doesn’t mean you won’t be wary of it at all.

At the same time, this is also an opportunity for Shandong people, and they also need to show themselves in this process. For example, Deng Li.

Deng Li doesn't have to leave the prison, after all, he is a secretary, but in the current situation, most of the time he takes the initiative to ask for help is to clear his own suspicion.

What? Gathering spies to seize the border?

Do you really think that even if the guards standing behind Jia Qu are closed, the archers, crossbows, and catapults are all made of paper?

When he saw Deng Li turning his gaze, Zhang neither evaded nor flinched. Instead, he nodded and said simply: "Outside the closed door, swords and guns have no eyes. Shu Zuo should be careful." 』

Deng Li was silent for a moment and then cupped his hands towards Zhang Ji.

On the pass, war drums roared, suppressing the din, and then in the interval between the war drums, a warning was issued to let the people retreat within a stone's throw. Immediately, sporadic white-feathered arrows were fired from bows and arrows, both to mark the situation and to give a second warning.

Intentionally or unintentionally, the people who rushed to the front of the closing door rolled and crawled out of the dangerous area.

Zhang saw some guys pretending to be slow in the crack of the door, with treacherous eyes, so he sneered.

The soldiers on the city gate looked down and saw that there was no danger at the gate, and then gave the signal to open the door.

With a creaking sound, the city gate opened again. Zhang Ji rushed out with his people, and Deng Li also rushed out of the pass city gate.

During the time Zhang Ji was in Shangdang Huguan, his main duty was to pacify the bandits in the Taihang Mountains, and he had seen a lot of blood.

The Black Mountain bandits have been defeated, and their leader has been crowned. The hundreds of thousands of Black Mountain bandits, or the Black Mountain people, have fallen apart. Most of them were sent to the north of Yinshan Mountain by Fei Qian to farm and open up wasteland. However, this does not mean that everything in the Taihang Mountains will immediately become peaceful. .

Guys who are used to using violence to solve all problems are like being addicted to something. They are rarely willing to pick up the hoe again, so even if Zhang Yan dies, they will still form bandits and go down the mountain to fish for something from time to time. Then he fled back to the mountains to eat and drink. When he had no more use for it, he continued to go down the mountain to become a thief and bandit, stealing and robbing.

Farming is too tiring and slow, but robbing is fast and exciting. As long as it makes you happy, who cares whether you will live or die tomorrow?

No matter what era it is, such people are always indispensable, so bandits have never stopped in the Taihang Mountains.

Eliminating these bandits is a lot of trouble and very little credit, because these bandits can only be local affairs, not a lot of military merit. The surrounding mountains are high and densely forested, and it is really not easy to find a cat in the mountains. Therefore, now that Zhang Ji knew that Huguan was about to face Cao Jun's attack, he was a little surprised, but more excited.

As a military lord of Huguan, he was very aware of the defense situation of Huguan.

The fall of the military stronghold did not make Zhang Ji feel much scared. He even felt that Cao Jun had only this ability left. If you are really tyrannical, why use such methods? What's more, looking back in hindsight, if Zhang Tian had defended the military stronghold at the pass, Cao Jun might not have been able to capture the valley entrance so smoothly!

Therefore, perhaps the spies of Cao Jun who are currently mixed among these civilians in the fields originally took over the Gukou military camp for the sake of peace between internal and external forces?

Because Shile's attack on Pojunzhai went so smoothly, are these Cao Jun spies here to slow down Jia Qu's efforts to clear the country?

Zhang Ji thought, and his movements were not slow. After rushing out of the city gate, he immediately shouted and led his soldiers towards the area where the chaos was most serious.

Zhang Ji usually goes into the mountains to suppress bandits, and is very familiar with some sporadic mountain roads and topography in the Taihang Mountains.

So, this is your chance!

Even Zhang Ji felt that these spies of Cao Jun in front of him were his opportunities and military exploits in his hands!

The few people who were wreaking havoc in the queue had actually been staring at the Huguan city gate. When they saw the Huguan soldiers pushing aside the turbulence and heading in their direction, they knew something was wrong. While shouting indiscriminately, he quietly hid the knife and went to a crowded place, trying to escape through the cover of the running crowd.

These Cao Jun spies arrived here secretly very early.

What?

Checkpoint road card?

Even in later generations, some highways, bridge toll booths, or ticket offices of scenic spots have some paths that can be bypassed, let alone in the current era of the Han Dynasty? Even the base plate cannot be protected against the infiltration of small troops. All sentries are designed to protect against large troops.

The people were in chaos, running around like headless flies,

This kind of chaos in many cases is a manifestation of the collective unconsciousness.

For the individual, it is undoubtedly conscious.

Everyone will have their own ideas, and if one of them is asked to say how things should be arranged and what kind of order they should have, they will probably be able to explain things clearly and in an orderly manner.

It's just like a sentence often heard in later generations, "I don't want you to think, I want what I feel." 』

Whether it feels good or bad, dangerous or safe, each individual has his or her own judgment, but once a loose collective similar to the one outside Huguan is formed, the individual consciousness will become that of the group. unconscious.

Even if people in later generations have gone through nine years of compulsory education, understand the meaning of words and symbols, and understand the importance of order, if something is not well controlled, chaos will immediately follow if they say chaos, and looting will immediately happen if they say looting, let alone It was during the Han Dynasty that many people did not even know numerical symbols, and Shandong and Shangdang spoke with different accents...

Do you really think that the Han Dynasty now has Mandarin across the country?

When a group of people who lack knowledge and are nervous gather together, these "unconscious factors" will be superimposed and amplified, and the conscious factors such as intelligence and personality will be swallowed up and disappear.

Therefore, the brains of people in a group are numb, just like being hypnotized. They will enter a psychedelic state and can only carry out conditioned reflexes and become slaves to unconscious factors. In this state, no matter what was said or emphasized before, it will disappear in an instant, leaving only the instinctive drive, which degenerates into disorderly chaos.

And Cao Jun's spies were hiding inside and taking advantage of this!

When Zhang Ji led his soldiers into the crowd, a new change occurred...