Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Zhou Jun has entered the Wushan area. Between the green mountains, the river is rushing, and the waves roar among the mountains and rivers. A high-pitched and hoarse voice came from the stone wall by the river: "Hi!" Suddenly everyone shouted in unison: "Hi yo..." Others shouted rhythmically: "Hey!"

The shouts of the trackers are vigorous and powerful, overshadowing the sound of the waves of the Taotao River, exuding a strong vitality in the upstream. Standing at the bow of the boat, Guo Shao was shocked for a moment. He looked towards the river, and saw a group of naked men leaning over their bodies, leaning on the stone wall, moving forward with difficulty again and again amidst shouts. At this time, the trumpeter began to shout again: "Drag!" All the men immediately shouted in unison: "Drag, drag, drag..."

There is also a boatman in front of the building boat who is familiar with the local water conditions, and he adjusts the direction of the ship together with the leader and helmsman of the warship to prevent the ship from hitting the rocks. Guo Shao felt that the fate of the warship was connected with the trackers, and the magnificent chant was like shouts on the battlefield.

Before, some generals advised him to leave the ship and go by land, because the ship would be destroyed if it hit a rock. But Guo Shao refused. He said that he wanted to help the soldiers...of course there was a reason, he could swim.

This section of dangerous water journey is not far away, and Guo Shao's flagship passed the most urgent section in a short time. Next, ordinary boats may still need trackers to continue pulling, but Zhou Jun’s Yangtze River warships don’t need it, because there are waterwheels and more paddles, and the sails are better; military warships are things that don’t care about cost.

The trackers on the shore took up the rope, sang briskly, and turned back to go east; there were more boats to pass through the dangerous water, and of course there were more trackers behind. When Guo Shao listened carefully, most of the songs had no lyrics, and occasionally there were one or two words that seemed to be words in the local dialect, which he didn't understand. Perhaps the original music of the ancient ancestors was such a voice, a cry from the heart.

"Come here, get their leader, I'll go ashore to meet you." Guo Shao turned his head and said to the general.

Guo Shao went ashore in a small boat, and saw that the army's chariots and horses on the road along the river were like long dragons, and the tiger flags of the Huben army were flying among the towering and overlapping mountains, which was very spectacular. Occasionally, there are cliffs, and there are plank roads... In the past, people carved caves by hand on the stone walls, and then inserted wood into the caves, and built boards on them to build plank roads; it seems that no matter how dangerous nature is, it can't stop people from moving forward.

A group of people wearing rags and rags bent their backs and looked at Guo Shao. They just used their eyes to express politeness, and they didn't have any extra words. Finally a chant came up, and he bent down and said, "General."

Guo Shao turned around and found a bag containing copper coins, handed it to him and said: "Those who have helped us in the same boat and helped the Zhou army are all our allies."

The head of the chant said happily: "Thank you, General." The trackers who had been silent before heard the sound of copper coins rushing in the bag, and the atmosphere relaxed, and they began to talk in low voices.

Only then did Guo Shao realize that Jingniang was behind her back, with a helpless expression on her face. Guo Shao then asked the leader, "Why don't you wear clothes?"

"I can't afford it." The speaker deliberately spoke slowly. Although the accent is different, the pronunciation is still understandable. "We tend to wear out our clothes, and we will get sick when we wear wet clothes."

Guo Shao looked sympathetic, sighed, and asked, "How are the people here doing?"

The head of Haozi said: "In the poor mountains and bad waters, not much can be grown in the fields, and the boat pullers who 'go down the river' still want to grab our jobs, wow."

Guo Shao said quickly: "Go back and tell the prestigious village elders in the mountains to ask the leaders and patriarchs in the vicinity to bring people to Wushan County, and Da Zhou will help the suffering people."

"Okay, okay." The leader looked at Guo Shao and nodded hurriedly.

After Guo Shao finished speaking, he waved his hands to let the trackers go, and boarded the boat again. At this time, the general couldn't help but said: "Although those people are suffering, the lord is sympathetic, but there is no need to help them now. It is too difficult to transport the military rations from the rear, and it is a pity to give them to the mountain people."

Guo Shao said: "We can't count the cost like this. If Zhou Jun doesn't practice morality and has a bad reputation, what should we do if we are sailing now? The sailors are not familiar with the dangerous water conditions, and if they don't crash the boat... Don't say that the trackers deliberately destroyed our boat, fled into the mountains and didn't pull the boat for our guide, the army went this way." , the people understand in their hearts.”

Zuo You on the side praised: "My lord, if you build a high-rise building, the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world."

Just as he was talking, he heard a "Wow...", a soldier not far away suddenly vomited. Guo Shao turned his head and took a look, saw that his face was pale, so he said to Zuo You: "I brought some doctors from Jiangling mansion and asked them to make some soup to prevent diseases."

"Yes, I will urge them immediately." Zuo You said.

The boat was staggering on the river, and most of the soldiers of the Huben Army on it were from the north, and they might not be used to taking a boat on the big river. Thinking back when Cao Cao beat Sun Wu, it was also because the northerners were not used to taking boats that they connected the boats together with iron cables, so they were hit by fire.

... In the afternoon of that day, Guo Shao suddenly got a report that the rear army had encountered an attack on the camp last night, and the food, grass and supplies had been burned to no avail.

The civil and military people on the warship were in an uproar, and everyone asked: "There is only one road, surrounded by mountains, how can the rear army be attacked?" But the young general who came to report did not know, and only said that it was the Shu army, with armor and flags, not bandits.

Besides, bandits have nothing to do to provoke the army?

Regardless of their discussion, Guo Shao took out a memorial from a package, read it again, and handed it to Wang Pu. He continued to look at the map.

Wang Pu said: "Maybe they are from this place, Wushan Military Village."

A few days ago, the striker Dong Zunjiao sent a report, which was the first confrontation with the Shu army. The Shu army set up a military camp on a mountain in the east of Wushan County. Due to the dangerous terrain, Dong Zunhui sent people to attack several times but failed.

According to Dong Zunhui's description, the Shu army's army camp was on the mountain and did not block the road, so if it could not be attacked, it would not affect the army's continued advancement. But leaving the Shu army there, they did not know where they attacked Guo Shao.

The next day, Guo Shao took a boat to the front of the Shu army's army stronghold, and took people off the boat to go ashore to see the place... It is really troublesome to keep it, as if there is a nail halfway, maybe it will come down at any time to disturb the army's food roads and luggage.

"It's on the mountain over there." The commander who stayed at the mountain pass pointed with his finger.

When Guo Shao squinted his eyes, he could vaguely see some flags on the rocks, but it was too far away to see the specific situation clearly. The mountains and cliffs in the north rise along the Yangtze River like a row of barriers. The scenery is magnificent and magnificent, but Guo Shao doesn't like to be in this kind of place. The view is not wide, and the view is blocked by mountains, which always feels a little depressing.

"I'll take a closer look." Guo Shao said.

Zuo You persuaded: "This place is dangerous, my lord doesn't need to go into danger personally, just send someone to see it and report back."

Guo Shao ignored it, turned his head and said, "Bring the armor here, put on the armor."

Two soldiers brought him his things, Guo Shao took off his coat and wore breathable flax underwear inside. Immediately, with the help of the soldiers, he changed into military uniform. First put on the chain mail and skirt armor, mainly to protect the movable parts, and then put on the plate armor; after a while, Guo Shao has already weighed more than 50 catties because of wearing two layers of armor. He took the helmet and put it on again, with leather pads on the inside and chain armor on both sides to protect the ears; there is a bulging bag on the top of the semicircular helmet, which is really not a very good-looking design... But because people's hair is relatively long at this time, it is usually combed in a bun, so it is comfortable to have a space to accommodate the bun.

A group of soldiers also put on armor and equipment, and followed Guo Shao along the mountain pass from the winding road in the bushes to the hillside. After we left for a while, we saw some Zhou soldiers stationed behind the fence. There is already a very steep rocky mountain in front of it. There are winding roads on the rocky mountain, and the shadows of the Shu soldiers stationed on the mountain can already be seen.

"Fuck!" A general cursed from behind, "What's the use of the Shu people setting up an army camp in such a place where no shit is possible?"

Guo Shao looked up at the top of the mountain, but he didn't know what was behind the mountain, but it must be a mountainous area anyway. "There should be a road behind the mountain, which can be detoured to harass the marching road. Otherwise, it is really meaningless for the Shu army to build a military camp here."

"Call the guide." Guo Shao turned his head and shouted. After he shouted, he looked at the terrain in front of him. As far as he could see, there were almost all cliffs and cliffs with no way to go. Only in front of this army camp was there a road dug on the rocks.

After a while, a local came up, but said that he had never been to the scene behind the mountain, and it was probably a place without people.

At this moment, a sergeant suddenly came up from behind, knelt on one knee and said: "The rear army sent people to escort the prisoners up, saying that they chased the Shu army last night and captured a few people."

"Bring it here." Guo Shao said.

Not long after, three people who had their armor pulled out and were in disarray were escorted up with their hands tied behind their backs. There were bruises and bloodstains on their faces, and it seemed that Zhou Jun soldiers suffered a little after they caught them.

The general who was escorting the captives shouted: "If you ask me anything, you can say it, if you dare to tie your mouth to a stone and sink it into the river!"

The captives drooped their heads, dejectedly.

Guo Shao pointed to the mountain and asked, "How many people are there in the military camp?"

The Shu army prisoner in front said: "There are more than 1,200 people. There were only more than 100 people at first, but Wang Jianjun has recently reinforced more than 1,000 people, and a large amount of food has been brought in... let us guard for half a year."

"Wang Jianjun, is it Wang Zhaoyuan?" Zuo You sighed. The generals commented, "He still wants to stay for half a year, but he thinks beautifully."

The prisoner said: "To tell you the truth, the terrain on the mountain is dangerous, no matter which direction you come from, it is really impossible to attack by force. The Wang Jianjun sent someone to say so... He said that the east of Kuizhou has been erected. The Zhou army should not think about Kuizhou in three to five years; but because we are the front fortress, there is no reinforcements outside. We only need to guard for half a year and continue to harass the grain road to exhaust the Zhou army."