Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 945
The Hulao city gate wall is high and wide, the foundation is built with rammed earth, the bottom is more than ten feet thick, and the gate wall is raised successively, reaching two feet.There are urn cities on both sides of the pass, and the sentry towers are strictly arranged.There is no grass growing outside the city, and there is almost no commanding ground, making it difficult for people to see the reality inside.

Horses are planted deep outside the wall, and there are rows of horses in front and back. There are ditches of different depths within the range of the arrow towers at the head of the city. row array.

On both sides of Guancheng, the city gates should be taller, wider, and the roads should be flat, which can be matched with foot and horse, so as to achieve the purpose of deep control of the road.

The old Hulao Pass has long been destroyed by the Eight Kings’ Rebellion and the disaster of Yongjia. Today’s Guancheng is based on the old city repaired by Zu Ti. Such a scale.

It is probably because Hulao Pass is so famous because of its local victory. Although the two Zhaos fought in Luoyang, there were not many battles for Guancheng that were really concentrated on Hulao. In most cases, it was just regarded as a channel.Therefore, Hulaoguan City during this period not only did not undergo the baptism of fierce wars, but was repeatedly built and repaired.

Although the Huainan army had entered Hulao several months ago, they mainly focused on the small town of Guangwu near Xingyang, and pushed forward successively to build fortifications.Of course, these fortifications are difficult to compare with the majestic Hulaoguan City. They are just some simple ditches, mounds and fences, which are not enough for defense, but they can greatly restrain the Taobao army in the Guancheng. Actions outside the city.

Guo Song had a high reputation in Xingyang, and since he accompanied the Huainan Wangshi to the north, tens of thousands of followers have joined him. Especially after the Wangshi won the victory in Liyang and the main force moved to Xingyang, there was an upsurge of villagers joining.Moreover, the people who came to seek refuge were no longer the villagers who were really struggling to make ends meet. Many wealthy relatives led their children to join the army in armor.

However, Guo Song did not feel happy because of this, and Fan felt a little anxious.Because the purpose of these township tyrants who came to seek refuge was not pure, and joining the army was just an excuse, and more people implicitly or explicitly indicated that they would join Guo Song's family, and some even simply trusted their family business.

But how can these people be so selfless, they just want to take advantage of Guo Song's fame and influence, and take advantage of the order in Xingyang to encroach on the countryside.Looking at the list of family properties listed by those people, there are very few goods in real time, while large-scale land properties abound, which is simply shocking.

Guo Song is also calculating in private, if he accepts all those who donate as disciples, almost half of Xingyang will be included in his name.What's more, some people even classified the small ferry built by the Huainan Army in Guangwujian as their ancestral property, and even selected a few old villagers as proof.

This is simply absurd!These township tyrants are nothing more than thinking that the king's master has been in this town for a long time, and most of the old books of laws and regulations do not exist.

Similar phenomena are not absent. Earlier when the Huainan Army recaptured several counties in southern Henan, some township tyrants did the same thing, and there were indeed some Huainan generals who were confused and colluded with those township clans to prevent the Dudu Mansion from establishing farmland.

As for the result, it was the worst of them all, and all the lords showed their heads to the public, including several former Zhaowu troops who were originally under the command of the governor.There were also a group of township tyrants who fled northward with their families because they were dissatisfied with the dominance of the governor's mansion, and joined Chen Guang's rebellious army. In the end, they either perished with Chen Guang, or were completely reduced to captives and hard labor.

And the attitude of the Dudu Mansion has always been that there will be no tolerance for such actions!Even Chen Gui, the uncle of Chen Kui, Duke of Guangling, the old ancestor of Yingchuan and Shen's in-laws, was chased by Kuli Shanxia for this reason, which made him lose his face and get nothing.

In fact, the governor's mansion has always treated the officials under the mansion, especially the generals of the Huainan Army, very generously.In addition to the most basic salary, there is also a meritorious service and food, which is directly collected from the village as a salary, and there are various financial subsidies during festivals.

Generally, the first-level officers of the front-line combat troops, even if they don't count the extra military rewards, the basic salary plus subsidies, the monthly income can reach [-] shi.Every time the position is promoted, the income will increase by a large margin.At the level of Guo Song, the accumulation of various salaries and incomes is nearly a thousand stones!
And most importantly, the generals of the Huainan Army still have an advantage, that is, they can fold their salaries and property into the Dingcang as shares, and through the business expansion of the Dingcang, the income is greatly increased.

The foundation of Dingcang lies in the business channels it has mastered, as well as the large number of farming, workshops, mining and metallurgy and many other industries controlled by the Huainan Governor's Mansion.This kind of behavior of privately connecting with the township tycoons to swallow up the township's property will in itself damage his own interests, and will stand on the opposite side of the entire Huainan military system, and at the same time violate the prohibition of the governor's mansion, which is simply stupid.

At this time, Guo Song realized the reason why the governor did not want him to guard Xingyang, which in itself was a kind of protection for himself.If Guo Song accepts the contributions of these people, he will undoubtedly try his own way and destroy his future.But if you completely refuse, it will greatly damage the nostalgia and bear the name of coldness.

So Guo Song has been very troubled recently, spending all day on the front line, using the name of inspection, to avoid meeting those township tyrants who come to ask for advice.At the same time, he sent people to Xingyang camp several times to ask the governor for deployment.

Ask yourself, these Xingyang villagers care deeply about him with old feelings, and he has also made a lot of sacrifices for this place. Before that, he tried to guard this place in front of the governor, so he missed the battle of Hebei.Although Wang Shi's main force is moving westward, Hulaoguan City is still not the main direction of attack.It can be said that in order to preserve Xingyang's homeland, he voluntarily gave up the opportunity to make great achievements this time.

On this day, Guo Song patrolled the front line on the west side of Guangwu Mountain. Looking from the heights, he suddenly found that there were many people in the front line. Doing these things and still moving forward.

Seeing this scene, Guo Song frowned immediately, and said in a deep voice: "Who is cruising in the battle? Damaged defenses?"

Hearing this, the soldier commander here had a strange expression, but he still stepped forward and replied: "It's the general's family general, and the words are based on the general's secret order..."

After Guo Song heard the words, his mood suddenly tightened, and he said angrily: "Which one claims to be my general, quickly enter the battle and capture it! Drum orders to disperse the crowd, and shoot and kill all those who do not disperse after two drums!"

Seeing this scene, the soldiers all felt awe-inspiring in their hearts and did not dare to neglect.Soon the drums and horns sounded in the camp behind the front line, and hundreds of Huainan soldiers rushed into the front line.

Not long after, Guo Song had just returned to the camp to sit down, and several Xingyang township tyrants were brought into the camp.There were still smiles on the faces of these people at the beginning, when they saw Guo Song sitting on it with livid face, the relaxed state soon disappeared, and everyone became stiff, stepped forward and said: "The unknown master is calling..."

"Wait a minute, I have never been so courteous with some of the sages from the village. Now that we meet in the army, we might as well face each other with a simple courtesy."

Guo Song is in a bad mood at the moment, so it's hard for him to be scruples anymore, so he said it with a cold face.

When the few people heard this, their demeanors changed. Before they could open their mouths, they saw that the soldiers outside the tent had rushed towards a Huainan soldier with his arms bound behind his back. The lieutenant of the camp here, with a frightened face at the moment, rushed in to grab the ground with his head, and cried out sadly: "General, please forgive me. I really, really don't know... It's just a few of them, it's them who privately use the general secret order……"

Several Xingyang township tyrants were also panicked at first, and they didn't know where they offended Guo Song. Seeing this scene, they breathed a sigh of relief. This. I really don't blame Campmaster Feng for this matter, it's my fellow countrymen..."

"That's right, Master Wang is advancing northward this time. Marquis Guo misses his old feelings deeply. In order to protect us and the people of Xingyang, he had to lead the army to besiege the tiger prison, so that all the people in our village will be under the danger of slaves and bandits. But Marquis Guo missed Li Yang because of this." Great achievements, even if Guohou said nothing, we and the villagers feel sorry for Guohou."

They seemed to feel that they were really planning for Guo Song wholeheartedly, and they were worried that other villagers would compete for merit, so these people rushed to reply: "Ten tens of thousands of people in Shikan of Jie State are still defeated by Master Wang, and the remnant army of Peach Leopard is even worse." It's nothing to worry about, because I and the villagers make their own calculations, and I am willing to lead my children to fight for Guohou, and go straight to Hulao Xiongguan, so as to win the first victory in entering Heluo!"

"The country is full of enthusiasm, and I don't want Guo Hou to fall behind in his merits. We have recruited thousands of people from the village, all of whom are bloody and brave fighters. There is no need for Wang Shijia's merits to be lightly moved. We just need to flatten the way forward. In the future, we will surely Dedicate the tiger prison to Marquis Guo!"

Hearing these people's bold words, Guo Song was so angry that he gritted his teeth.He still underestimated these township tyrants. He thought that these people would at most use his name to swallow up some township properties. As long as he didn't respond and cooperate, they would not be able to make trouble. Si, even dare to intervene in the Huainan military!

Why not be reconciled to falling behind others in terms of merit, it is nothing more than calculating for oneself, seeing that Master Wang is in great danger, he wants to use his power to gain some merit.But is Huainan's military prestige so easy to borrow?The Taobao army on the opposite side is definitely not the rogues and bandits with the limit of the cognitive limit of these township tyrants!
At this moment, Guo Song was so angry that he didn't even know how to scold these daring country tycoons, so he immediately had these people captured in the tent, and then found the tokens and talismans of mobilizing the trilogy from each of them, The envoys of the various troops mobilized their respective parts, and at the same time sent an order to the Huainan Army on the back road to immediately gather on the front line.

Taking advantage of the rapid adjustment in the battalion, Guo Song led a hundred battalion guards to the front line, looking solemnly at Hulaoguan City several miles away.At this time, a large cloud of smoke and dust had already risen from the side of Hulaoguan City, which was clearly a sign of the cavalry's attack!
Seeing this scene, Guo Song knew that the enemy army had planned to make a surprise attack for a long time, so they could react so quickly.Right now, the defense in front of the formation is almost flattened by more than half. If he gathers his troops here again, he will directly face the powerful impact of the enemy cavalry.Right now, there was no time to hesitate too much, so he immediately sent an order to the camp: "Abandon the middle camp, and the side camps will be ready for battle!"

(End of this chapter)