Three Kingdoms

In Yangqu County, Chen Lan wore a pair of armor and was covered with a thin quilt. He was lying in the city gate building and fell asleep. When he opened his eyes again, the genius had just dawned.

Chen Lan was one of the earliest cultivators.

When Fei Qian went to the southern Xiongnu region to carry out enlightenment, Chen Lan, Wang Ling and others went to the north to educate the Hu tribes, and taught many good students of the Hu people.

The culture of the Han nation is undoubtedly very powerful in this era. It is so powerful that even the surrounding ethnic groups have to learn from it. Although some of the surrounding Hu people will object, whoever has a strong culture can take the initiative. power, it will also bring more cultural bonuses.

This kind of influence is more subtle and more terrifying than swords and guns.

Nowadays, the Southern Huns are basically Sinicized. Most of the Southern Huns will have a Chinese name, and they also use Chinese in their daily communication...

If a nation or a tribe wears Hanfu, speaks Chinese, uses Chinese characters, and does Chinese things, then who is this nation or tribe? Hu people or Han people?

What if it's the other way around?

If a Han speaks foreign languages ​​every day, wears foreign clothes, drinks foreign wine, is proud of being foreign, and is ashamed of being Chinese...

Because of his meritorious service in education, Chen Lan was promoted and is now the magistrate of Yangqu County.

The wind, frost, rain and snow he taught in Hu Di made Chen Lan more tenacious in willpower than ordinary literati. When Cui Jun came with Cao Jun to persuade him to surrender, Chen Lan rudely cursed Cui Jun. He couldn't help but hide his face and run away.

"The county minister is awake?" ” When Mr. Xu from Yangqu saw Chen Lan wake up, he didn’t come over. Instead, he was filling in the wooden slips in his hand by the light of the torch, as if he was checking some items.

Chen Lan rubbed his face and asked, "When is it?" 』

"The second quarter of Yinshi." ” Mr. Xu said, “This winter sky is so slow to light up...”

"You came early, why didn't you wake me up?" Chen Lan rubbed his face and hands, then turned around and let the bonfire bake his back, "Has there been any change in the military situation?" 』

If the twelfth lunar month is not cold, then the first lunar month must be cold.

Anyway, God will not spare anyone.

In this kind of weather, even if there is a shelter from the wind and rain in the city gate building, the wooden gate building still leaks from the wind everywhere. The bonfire can only ensure warmth on the front, and behind the bonfire is a piece of ice. cold. This is considered good. If it is in the wild and cannot be sheltered from the wind, it will be useless no matter how bright the campfire is. The front will be scorched and the back will be frozen.

Master Xu didn't look back. He looked at the wooden slip and said, "It's still the same as before... County Lord, thank you for your hard work. It's good to rest a little longer..."

Chen Lan felt that her back had relaxed a little. She moved a little and it was not as stiff as before. Her nose twitched and she smelled some disgusting odor, "Have you started to boil the gold juice?" 』

Master Xu hummed, "We have collected five urns first, and they are still collecting them in the city... Originally, the arrows on the top of the city have been tempered, and now they are probably brought here after tempering others... Oh, by the way... …』

Master Xu pointed at an earthen pot beside the bonfire, "There is some food there... The county general will deal with some... I just ate it first..."

Chen Lan chuckled and picked up the earthen jar that was kept warm by the campfire. Although the stench from the tower made people lose their appetite, he still ate from the earthen pot.

While Chen Lan was eating, Master Xu was checking the data on the wooden slip and said: "The population and food in the city have been counted, distributed and dispatched uniformly. I sent people to keep an eye on the archers..." There are not many, so I asked some Orion folk who are good at bows and arrows to supplement some... and the rolling stones and wood are also a little worse. It is too late to dig outside the city now, so I can only dismantle them from the houses in the city and use them..."

Chief Xu said nonchalantly.

Chief Xu is older than Chen Lan. He is an old official in Yangqu. He has more experience than Chen Lan, so the material preparations for the defense of the city are made by Chief Xu. doing.

Chen Lan just woke up, her head was still a little drowsy, and she was eating, so she didn't say much. She just listened. Afterwards, she put down the finished earthen pot, raised her head and thought about it for a while, and finally remembered a certain thing. Chief Xiang Xu came up with something that he didn't mention, "By the way, have all the people outside the city moved into the city?" 』

Master Xu's hand seemed to be shaking, but it seemed like it was not at all, "It happened in such a hurry, how can we say that everything has been moved?" It can only be said that we have tried our best... There are still some villages in the mountains, and even if we send people there, it is too late..."

Chen Lan frowned and said: "Although Cao Jun said he can win Jinyang, he definitely does not have enough troops to attack everywhere. The key is not to give Cao Jun a chance to plunder the population and destroy farmland... Otherwise, next spring..."

"I also know this... Everything that can be arranged has been arranged. Occasionally there are omissions... There are not too many people. We have tried our best and we have done the best we can..." Master Xu He sighed and his eyes flickered a little, "Our tribes live together, it's not easy to manage..."

Chen Lan heard Xu Xu's words being vague, thought for a moment, and then said: "The secretary is older than me and has lived here for a long time, so he must be more familiar with the situation here than me... Now that Cao's army is in a hurry, it must not last long... But if you can move one more person, one less person will die, all of whom are my great people..."

Chief Xu nodded and said, "What the county magistrate said...it is our duty to protect our great people, so county magistrate, please rest assured..."

Chen Lan looked at Mr. Xu's expression, and there seemed to be nothing unusual about it, but he always felt that there was something missing. While he was thinking about it, he heard some noise outside the city gate tower, and soon someone shouted that Cao Jun was coming. .

Chen Lan's face turned solemn, "It seems that Cao's army is about to attack the city!" 』

The two of them left the city gate tower together.

Far outside the city, arrays of Cao's soldiers surged in the half-light and chaotic sky.

Cao Jun moved quickly.

Because if the problem of Yangqu cannot be solved quickly, the recruitment and surrender operations around Jinyang will inevitably be seriously hindered.

In fact, Xiahou Dun's originally expected recruitment has already caused problems...

It is easier for Cui Jun and other private soldiers from the rural gentry families around Jinyang to recruit, but it is not so smooth to recruit the lower-level hussars. At first, the hussars on duty in various places thought that Cui Jun was still following Fei Qian's orders. However, when they saw the flag of Cao's army, they became agitated on the spot. Some were killed, some escaped, and only a small number of hussars were killed. He obeyed Cao Jun's command.

The ruling class, or the class with vested interests, in order to ensure the interests they obtain, often does not care too much about what position, doctrine, system, etc., they pay more attention to how to preserve their existing interests and obtain more Benefit. The positions, doctrines, and systems these people talk about in their daily lives are often not told to themselves.

On the contrary, the most basic emotions are the most simple and direct.

"Dong dong dong dong..."

The sound of war drums dispelled the darkness and opened the curtain of Yangqu's battle for offense and defense.

"Who are those people?" "Chen Lan read a lot, so his eyesight was inevitably affected. He grabbed the soldier on the side, pointed at it and asked, "It's over there, do you see it? It doesn’t look like the soldiers of Cao’s army..."

The soldier's eyesight was obviously better than that of Chen Lan. He calmed down for a moment and then said in a low voice: "Your Majesty... those are... they should be ordinary people..."

Chen Lan was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Master Xu, "Didn't you say that all the people outside the city have moved into the city?" 』

Master Xu remained silent.

The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and the distant team is getting closer and closer.

Not only Chen Lan saw it, but also everyone else on the top of the city saw that six to seven hundred men, women, and children were being driven towards the county seat by Cao Jun.

Among these people, there are not only Han people, but also Hu people. Of course, more of them are Hu people. They wear tattered leather robes and have different hairstyles from Han people.

The cries had reached the top of the city, mixed with curses and screams.

Chen Lan turned her head, pulled Chief Xu to her side, gritted her teeth and asked, "Didn't you say that most of the people have been moved into the city?" Look, why are there so many people outside now? ! 』

Master Xu was silent and didn't say anything. He was already relatively old, but at this moment, he seemed to be much more haggard.

"You didn't inform those barbarians, right?" "Chen Lan saw it, "Those barbarians are also our Han people..."

"No! no! ” Mr. Xu glared, “Why are those barbarians considered to be Han people? Never! When these beasts plundered the Han Dynasty, why didn't they think that they were Han people? Now we say that people are subjects? ! Pooh! When they killed us Han people, the ghosts of those Han people were still crying outside the city! If I let these barbarians enter the city now, I would be betraying my ancestors! I am not wrong! 』

"you! ” Chen Lan pulled Master Xu’s collar and said, “They have been civilized! You are ruining the master's educational plan! 』

Master Xu grabbed Chen Lan's hand and said, "I don't understand the big plans of enlightenment... I just know that before the Hussars came to the border of the North, these barbarians were killing us Han people... At that time, why was there no one there?" What kind of enlightenment can you tell the barbarians? Let the barbarians be merciful? 』

"You..." Chen Lan didn't know what to say for a moment.

While the two were arguing, the people who had been forced by Cao's army gradually walked towards Yangqu City.

A man who was being driven shouted at the top of Yangqu City, crying, and his voice was full of fear.

"Okay, let's open the city gate... They said they can't open the city gate, so they... they want to kill me... they want to kill us, they want to kill everyone... open the city gate, save everyone, save We...we beg...ah..."

The man was shouting as he walked. He didn't pay attention to his feet while he was shouting. He accidentally stepped into the trap and plunged into the wooden stake at the bottom of the trap. The sound stopped suddenly.

The following people were forced to move forward by Cao Jun.

The originally disguised traps were tripped out one by one.

These traps were dug a stone's throw away from the city wall, and were filled with sharp wooden stakes. They were originally used to kill and injure Cao's soldiers, but at this time, thirty or forty captured civilians fell into them...

The sharpened wooden stakes were as hard as steel under the severe cold, and could easily pierce the bodies of these people.

Blood flowed out, sending out traces of white smoke.

The screams were loud at first, but died down in an instant.

Most of the people who were pushed could only cry. A few turned around and didn't know whether to resist or run away. They were killed on the spot by the soldiers of Cao's army who followed them. As a result, the other people cried even more loudly.

Crying is natural.

They cried and howled, as if they were praying for mercy, or hoping that someone would come down from the sky to take care of them.

People who are born know how to cry in exchange for compassion and care from their parents, but when they fail to get mercy and care when they cry in front of outsiders for the first time, they understand that crying is not a panacea, but once they meet them, they will change their minds. However, when the situation is urgent and dangerous, they will still instinctively deal with the problem simply by crying.

Crying for father and mother, even though their parents may not be there at this time.

After all, only parents will run over to protect their children regardless of everything when they cry...

Chen Lan's body stiffened and she grasped the battlements tightly with both hands.

Master Xu has selfish motives, but he cannot say how wrong his selfish motives are.

At least in Master Xu's view, the Hu people are not considered common people. Even though the relationship between the Hu people and the Han people has eased a lot in recent years, is it possible that the bloody things the Hu people did back then are because of the current conflict between the Hu people and the Han people? Now that the relationship between them has eased, can it all be dismissed as farts? So those Han people died in vain?

Why?

Chen Lan turned her head and looked at Master Xu, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she said nothing. He no longer looked at Master Xu, but shouted at the thieves on the top of the city, "Don't let them fill the trenches!" 』

Chen Lan may not be struggling in his heart, but at a time like this, he can no longer tolerate too much hesitation.

"Fire the arrow!" 』

"shoot! 』

The arrows on the city head whizzed down.

These arrows were tempered with gold juice. They were originally intended to deal with Cao Jun's soldiers, but now they can only be used on the people who were brought here. Otherwise, these people would be driven by Cao Jun to attack the city. The trenches, traps and other defensive fortifications outside were filled in one by one.

Either use soil or life to fill it.

There was another scream.

Those who dared to resist earlier were killed by Cao's army, and the rest were of course those who did not dare to resist.

The ruling class is very skilled in this method.

Kill the leader first, the leader, you can handle all matters big and small this way. At the same time, Cao Jun did not give the survivors much time to grieve and cry, but drove them as much as possible to dig trenches and fill the holes, so that these people could not rest for a moment and move, which reduced the probability of them thinking about resistance.

So those who tried to delay, Cao's soldiers would use their swords and guns to attack, and those who tried to fill the hole would be shot from the top of the city.

But the strange thing is that the object of these people's cries and begging for mercy has not changed from beginning to end. They are always shouting to Yangqu, "Don't shoot the arrow!" Don't shoot arrows... don't kill us, don't kill us..."

Several screams rang out from the surroundings, and arrows from Cao's soldiers struck at the top of the city.

A nearby archer was shot by Cao Jun, and blood spurted out, also splattering Master Xu's face.

Master Xu wiped it with his hand subconsciously, and then looked a little confused.

"See clearly!" Listen clearly! Why are they calling for help only to us? Because we have this responsibility, but we failed to fulfill this responsibility! ” Chen Lan caught Master Xu and said, “Those are people too! Whether they are Hu people or Han people, they are all people under our rule! Do you understand, they are the people under our rule! When they are under our rule, they pay taxes to us! It is our responsibility to protect them! No matter Hu people or Han people! We can't control those Hu people who don't pay taxes, but these Hu people also pay taxes like the Han people! Do you understand? This is our responsibility! These are the people under our rule! 』

Chen Lan concluded, "You did it wrong!" 』

In a wolf pack, the wolf king enjoys a sexual monopoly on weekdays, and also enjoys the highest right to eat after hunting. All other wolves have to wait until the wolf king has eaten before they can eat, but the wolf king must be able to continue to lead the wolf pack to obtain food again and again. Only in this way can the prey remain in power. If it fails three times in a row and the wolves become hungry, other wolves will try to challenge the authority of the Wolf King.

In a tribe, the leader of the tribe enjoys everything on weekdays, but he also needs the leader of the tribe to lead the people in the tribe to obtain prey and win victory. Otherwise, the rule of the tribe will not be overthrown by the people in the tribe. Will be conquered and annexed by other tribes.

In the land of Yangqu, the Han people are certainly local residents, but these civilized Hu people who pay taxes to Yangqu should also be protected by Yangqu, otherwise the local government of Yangqu will have no meaning in existence.

This is originally the way of heaven, and is followed by everyone from animals to humans.

As the saying goes, if the saint does not die, there will be no more robbers.

Thieves also have a way, and this way is similar to the principle of "protection fee".

Chen Lan's meaning is very clear. If Chief Xu did not have time to notify the remote people, then there is really nothing that can be done. However, if Chief Xu selectively informed the Han people but did not notify the Hu people, it is understandable but not agreeable. And it is also a kind of fault and guilt.

If the government cannot protect the local people by taking people's money and eliminating disasters, isn't it worse than an animal?

The life of the Han people is life, but the life of the Hu people is not life?

Or the reverse is also problematic.

On weekdays, we have to collect money and ask the people to do this and that. When something happens, the people are malicious in one way and violate the rules in the other, but they don’t know whose intention it is to be malicious or whose rule is violated.

In Xu's sight, a Han man was shot down and a Hu man was chopped down...

Blood spread and opened.

It seemed that the whole world was stained with blood.

"The people under the rule..."

Master Xu felt as if something was stinging in his heart, and his vision became blurred.

Yes, these are the people under Yangqu's rule.

Protecting these people is originally Yangqu's responsibility, and it is also his responsibility as a Yangqu official...

"I..." Chief Xu said with some difficulty, not knowing what to say, "I...I..."

"Defend the city first." "Chen Lan didn't say anything else. She pushed Master Xu and said, "You go and count the supplies and urge the people to carry the goods... No matter what, let's defend the city first and then talk about other things..."