Destiny Only Han

"Berren County?"

"Barren County!"

Liu Ying fell on the car seat, her eyes widened, and dusty memories flooded her mind again.

In the original historical line, Guan Gao seems to be here to ambush and assassinate Liu Bang, but now although some things have changed, he has to guard against it.

So he poked his head out again and said loudly: "Uncle Lu, don't stop ahead, move forward at full speed, and settle in Dongyuan Fortress for repairs!"

Dongyuan Fortress is a fortress in the east of the Jingxing Fortress that guards the Taihang Mountains. It is roughly located near the International Village of later generations. It was built by the Zhongshan Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods. Zhongshan State, and Qi State's westward advance...

Although Zhongshan Kingdom was once destroyed and successfully restored to the country, in the end it failed to withstand the Zhao Kingdom after Hu Fu rode and shot. In the end, the so-called eighth strongest in the Warring States Period disappeared helplessly in the long river of history.

Liu Ying once visited there when he was in command of Han Xin in Zhaodi. Although the city wall made of rammed earth has collapsed a lot under the erosion of rain and time, it can still be used as long as the collapsed city wall is blocked!
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the defense of the fortress is much stronger than a car formation surrounded by four-wheeled carriages.

The important thing is that there is the endless North China Plain. As long as they are guaranteed not to be raided, the Langzhong cavalry and young cavalry who are replaced with heavy armor can easily defeat more than [-] rebels!
Hearing Liu Ying's words, Lu Wan frowned and said, "It's getting dark now, if you want to march to Dongyuan Fort by force, I'm afraid it will be dawn..."

Liu Ying resolutely said: "Then I have to go, anyway, I can't stay in Bairen County!"

Helpless, Lu Wan leaned on his horse and looked towards Liu Bang and asked, "What do you think? Do you follow your son's order, or march according to the previous plan?"

Liu Bang looked at Liu Ying, a look of surprise flashed across his face, but it disappeared quickly, and he just said serious nonsense:

"Bai people are forced by others. This name is unlucky, so I just listen to the arrangement of that scorpion... Anyway, he is soft-spoken, who will let him bear all the expenses for our journey?"

Lu Wan smiled and summoned the lieutenant general behind him, and gave the order for the whole army to advance at full speed.

The accompanying army is all cavalry, plus Liu Ying's wealth and wealth, even the cooks in charge of cooking and the dancers and musicians accompanying the army are all riding on the carriage together, so there is no need to I am worried that someone will fall behind because of lack of energy.

Liu Bang leaned out of the window to look at Lu Wan and said, "Send a team of cavalry to go to the upper reaches of the Li River to see... Also, ask Fan Kui to take someone to speed up to see if the bridge over the Li River can still be used."

Liu Ying turned around and asked, "How does father know that there is a bridge over the Li River?"

Liu Bang stretched out his index finger and shook it gently, making an inscrutable look, raised his face and said nothing.

Well, Sishui is a seasonal river, known as 'Nine Ditches and Eighteen Branches, Three Broken Lvyang Rivers'.

Three breaks refers to the phenomenon of three breaks in the water.

This is because the water flow is small in the dry season, and the soil is soft. When the water flows through, it seeps into the sand layer and forms an underground river.

The cut-off of the last section happened to be in Bairen County.

Today is the summer flood season in the Taihang Mountains, with abundant rainfall and frequent mountain torrents, so daily commutes need to take bridges instead of walking directly on the dry river bed as before.

Liu Ying glanced at Liu Bang up and down, suddenly a flash of inspiration appeared in her heart, and then walked over with a flattering face, and lightly beat Liu Bang's calf.

"Father, do you know something too? Let's exchange information?"

"It's hard to say now, I still have to wait... I haven't eaten, use some strength... Aww!"

Under Liu Bang's glaring gaze, Liu Ying sat on the other side shaking her hands, turned her face out of the window as if nothing had happened, and whistled as if nothing had happened.

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The upper reaches of the Li River, at the junction of the Taihang Mountains and the North China Plain.

At this moment, the sun was setting to the west, and it was no longer hot at noon. Thousands of strong men wearing only short-nosed trousers slowly came from the shade of the trees and began to carry stones and sandbags to build the dam.

The Shui River is cut off seasonally, so it is actually a waste to build high embankments on both sides of the downstream.

When the labor started, in places beyond the control of the supervisors, the laborers cursed in a low voice, venting their dissatisfaction.

They are all people from the counties where the Li River flows. Although they said that the dam was built for themselves, the dam was actually repaired a few months ago to prevent heavy rain in the mountains. Downstream water levels skyrocketed.

It's just that I don't know what the government is doing again, and they insist on letting them raise the dam again...

But now that it's almost time for the summer harvest, isn't it nonsense to forcibly mobilize strong labor for infrastructure construction?

But there is no way, the government will let it come, who would dare not obey?

As a result, the supervisor on the side didn't seem to hear it, and there were more and more complaints on the construction site.

However, the supervisor actually heard the scolding, but now he is in a good mood, so he doesn't bother to pay attention to it. When he is in a bad mood, he will drag out the loudest scolders and beat them to death, to make an example to others!
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Bairen County.

The county magistrate led all the officials in the county, bowed and waited by the side of the road.

The emperor's car will stay overnight in Bairen County under his jurisdiction, which is a good thing that they can't wait for eight lifetimes.

If you can leave a good impression in front of the emperor, you will be able to rise to the top!

After all, the Xiangguo Xiao He, who is under one person and above ten thousand people in the Han Empire, is not just a small official in Pei County in the past?
He can follow His Majesty the Emperor, why can't they?

Especially the magistrate of Bairen County, he still has his own little abacus.

In order to cope with Liu Bang's search for people's sentiments, the Prime Minister's Mansion specially dispatched him a group of "group performers", so he drove away all the men from the households where Liu Bang stayed, and let these "group performers" pretend to be male hosts to live in the house. went in.

In this way, there is no need to worry about unscrupulous people messing around and ruining his bright future!

At sunset, a group of hundreds of cavalry came galloping.

With the afterglow of the setting sun in the sky, the county magistrate of Bairen County could clearly see the battle flag of the Han army waving in the wind and the mighty and majestic cavalry of the Han army.

"It's finally here, everyone quickly follow me to greet me!"

The county magistrate stepped forward, but saw that the group of cavalry didn't show any signs of stopping, and rushed past him, leaving only flying dust that choked him and kept coughing.

After a while, the sound of horseshoes sounded again, and a dozen cavalrymen turned their horses around and turned back, led by a burly man with a short beard.

"Your Majesty's car will not stay here today, don't wait, go back!"

"Who do you dare to ask?"

"Fan Kuai, Marquis of Wuyang!"

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Bairen County Government.

The county magistrate lowered his head and walked towards the back house as if mourning. Behind him, the two minor officials looked at each other and nodded invisibly.

One of them quickly walked into the left wing, laying paper, grinding, and writing in one go, gently blowing the paper, waiting for the ink to dry.

After a while, another petty official walked in, took out a shy pigeon from his sleeve robe, stuffed the written document into the ankle ring on the pigeon's leg, and immediately walked out of the wing, throwing the pigeon into the air.

"The situation has changed, I hope the prime minister can make plans early..."

"Yeah... Could it be that the wind leaked somewhere, and the Lord Hun noticed something?"

"It shouldn't be... Oops, I forgot to notify those people to retreat!"

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The upper reaches of the water.

It was completely dark, and the folks who raised the dam went back to the big tree again, and in twos and threes, they took out dry and hard dough cakes from their bags, and gnawed them in the cold water.

The weather was a bit hot, coupled with the afternoon's work, they didn't bother to light the fire to cook, and just used dry food for two people.

Moreover, this is a noodle cake with only a little bran mixed in, it is a good thing that you can't bear to eat when you are at home on weekdays!
Just as they were eating the pickles brought by their companions, dots of light flickered on the far bank of the river, and amid the sound of rushing water, a rush of horseshoes could be vaguely heard.

After a while, the cavalry in the distance appeared within their line of sight. With the swaying firelight, they could clearly see a flying Chinese character flag, as well as each and every knight who looked fierce and extraordinary.

The leading middle-aged man is Liu Bang's white glove, Lieutenant Chen Ping.

"It's the busy farming season right now, why did you build the dam here? And who ordered it?"

Chen Ping stepped forward on his horse, his eyes wandering, and the man who was looking at him felt hairy for a while, as if he had encountered a hungry wolf in the forest.

A man dressed as a manager came out, bowed his hands and cupped his fists and asked, "May I ask your honor..."

"Han Hu [yǒu] Hou, Chen Ping, Lieutenant of the Guard!" Chen Ping said loudly, "Answer my question!"

Hearing Chen Ping's self-report, the steward immediately knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and saluted, and said:
"The villain was ordered by the prime minister to conscript corvée to repair the dam...As for why the construction started at this time, the villain really doesn't know...Oh, by the way, the prime minister's order is at the supervisor Bohuai's place, he is the prime minister's guest..."

"Where is the supervisor? Let him come to see me quickly!"

"The villain doesn't know, why did the one who was here just now disappear in the blink of an eye?"

The steward turned his head and asked, "Does the second and third son know where he went?"

A civilian husband said loudly: "I saw it, he went to the forest in the north... He must have gone to shit..."

Another man laughed and said: "Then he must be careful not to be carried away by wolves!"

"Of course not, wolves don't like that kind of guy!"

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They were all country folks, and they were strong without desires, so they were not as trembling as the steward, and they started chatting and laughing unscrupulously in a blink of an eye.

Chen Ping was not angry either, he shook his head with a smile, and immediately waved his hand: "Go, catch him back! Remember, catch him alive!"