Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chapter 149 Daddy, Daddy, This Time I Will Eat You
Mi Fang proposed to build the city, and proposed to strengthen the two cities of Jiangling and Changsha. In fact, it was not reinforcement, but a new city next to the old city was built on the basis of the original old city.

Guan Lin recalled it all at once.

If according to the original trajectory of history, after his father Guan Yu died, he had many identities, for example... he is one of the "Four Masters of Dharma Protectors" of Taoism, the "Sage Emperor Guan" and the "God of Wealth";
In the Tang Dynasty, before Guan Yu became a god in Taoism, Buddhism included Guan Yu in it, and he was named "Galan Bodhisattva"!
He is called "Xuanling High God" in Baodao;

In the Song Dynasty, he was named the "King of the Spirit" and the King of Wu'an, who is righteous and brave!

During the Shenzong period of the Ming Dynasty, his god status was promoted to "Xietian Huguo Loyalty Emperor", "Three Realms Subduing Demons God Weiyuan Town Tianzun Guansheng Emperor."

Besides.

He is also a barber and the patriarch of the mysterious organization;

It is the God of Wealth that the businessman wants to see three incense sticks every day.

Of course, the identity of the God of Wealth, when merchants worship, they can often tell the whole story.

Some people say that Guan Gong was very good at financial management and good at accounting business during his lifetime.

He once set up the "note-taking method" and invented the "Nissing Book".

Is the originator of "accounting";
Others say that when businessmen talk about business and do business, loyalty and credit are the most important things.

There are even businessmen who said that after the death of Guan Gong, the true god often returned to help the Shu Han to win the battle.

Businessmen just hope that one day when their business suffers setbacks, they can make a comeback and strive for final success like Guan Gong.

The power of belief is infinite, and the belief in Guan Gong has been passed down from ancient times to today.

Worship You Sheng.

Can…

What Guan Lin thought of was not the "famous heads" in these myths, nor the "Warrior Sage" or the "God of Wealth".

It's another, Papa's little-known title--Infrastructure Madman!
That's right, to engage in "infrastructure" and "engineering" in later generations...

One of the necessary rituals before "starting the construction site" is to worship Guan Gong.

As for the reason, it is because of the demarcation of the Xiangshui River in history.

Guan Yu lost the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang, and Jiangxia, and suffered a dark loss, so... he took precautions against Sun Quan and built Jiangling City into a city of iron barrels.

——The so-called "Jiangling Fucheng, the state city originally had a partition, the old city to the north, and Guan Yu to the south."

How it was built, Guan Lin didn't know.

However, Guan Lin remembered it clearly.

In the second year of Huang Wu, that is, the fourth year after Guan Yu was defeated in Maicheng.

Sun Quan, who received the "big gift package" from Jiangling, ushered in a challenge.

That is to face the attack of Cao Zhen, Xia Houshang, Zhang Yun and others sent by Wei State. At that time, Wei Emperor Cao Pi even went to Wancheng to garrison in person to support him.

As expected, Sun Quan's commanding ability was in full play, and all the field troops sent to support were wiped out.

Only Zhu Ran's lone army was left to garrison Jiangling.

The soldiers in the city also suffered from large-scale edema due to hunger, and only 5000 people were left able to move.

On the contrary, Cao Zhen was building earth mountains, digging tunnels, and building archery carts. Arrows rained down like this. After fighting like this for half a year, he couldn't shoot down, and retreated in despair.

After the war, Zhu Ran became "famous throughout the empire"...

Of course, Zhu Ran's leadership is credited for this, but in fact, the city defense is the final decisive factor, and it is Guan Yu who built this unique Jiangling city defense.

Even when Lu Meng was crossing the river in white clothes, Cao Cao sent someone to tell Guan Yu the news, saying that Soochow was going to attack Jiangling.

But Guan Yu was as arrogant as ever.

——"I built this city, he can't move it!"

Of course, the final result was that Mi Fang surrendered.

Guan Yu never expected this point!
Even Sun Quan and Lu Meng didn't expect to be incomplete.

As for... how hard is the Jiangling city defense?
The core is that Guan Yu built a new city to the south of the original old city of Jiangling.

Jiangling City faces the river on both sides, so it cannot be used as the main direction of attack.

Once the new city is built, it is equivalent to only attacking the city from the south and west, while the defenders of Jiangling City do not need to defend four sides, only need to defend two sides, to be precise, one side of the new city and one side of the old city.

In this way, the forces of the defenders are highly concentrated.

Because there is a channel connection between the new city and the old city.

This is equivalent to retreating [-] steps and saying that if the enemy breaks through the new city from the south, Guan Yu can still retreat to the old city and continue to resist. If the old city is broken from the west, he can still retreat to the new city.

In this way, Jiangling City, which was already high and deep, had to be defeated twice.

Someone will definitely suggest that it can be played from the middle channel.

Cao Zhen thought so.

As a result, he was almost squeezed to death by both sides.

and so…

Guan Lin can draw a conclusion.

This city had to be built, not only Jiangling City had to be built in this way, but Changsha, which is backed by the Xiangjiang River, had to be built in the same way as Jiangling City.

And once the old and new cities are built, considering Mi Fang's attitude towards Sun Quan now.

As long as he doesn't open the city and surrender.

So... this Jiangling City would be hit by a surprise attack even if a hundred Sun Shiwan, or ten Lu Mengs came to attack.

Of course, Guan Lin's thoughts are not limited to these.

He thought about it, Huang Chengyan's "Mianshui" villa in the western suburbs, which is now a vital "military factory", is not protected by a strong city wall, so it is not a problem to always "wave" outside like this.

Don't worry about it. One day in the future, Sun Quan really sneaked over.

If Jiangling could not be defeated, but the "Mianshui" villa was wiped out, wouldn't that be a blood loss?
If this is the case, Guan Lin's mentality will collapse.

and so…

Guan Lin pondered, strengthening the city... no, it was building a new city, he paid for it!

It's just that the money belongs to the money. As the "father of party A" who contributed, why don't you have a good talk with your father?
Is daddy the big one?Or 'Party A's father' big?Can't it be gestures?

According to Guan Lin's idea.

This new city is a military fortress, Dad can garrison troops!

But there is such a big place inside, it’s all ground...

They are all houses and factories. In the future, businesses, private schools, and downtowns are likely to appear. These are all his Guan Lin's.

For a moment, Guan Lin felt like a flame in his heart, which quickly ignited.

As a previous life, working for a lifetime may not be able to buy a "community animal" with a bathroom in a certain first-tier city...

Suddenly felt that he had the opportunity to own such a large piece of land!
Ah no, it's not a piece of land, but a city!
How vast is this?So...how could Guan Lin not be excited?

How can you not gear up?
——"Daddy, daddy, it's because you're poor!In these two new towns, if you don't rely on the 'Party A's father', baby, who do you rely on? 』

——"This time, the baby has made a promise! 』

Thinking about this...

Guan Lin added with a smile.

"Uncle Zifang? How bad is this city building?"

"I have... I have 45 gold, and I am worried about how to spend it?"

"Uncle Zifang, this money...should be enough to build two new cities, right?!"

Following Guan Lin's words, he blurted out.

Mi Fang's eyeballs suddenly widened, his chest was heaving and his mouth was open.

"you you you you…"

After talking for a long time, only the word "you" popped out.

"Uncle Zifang, calm down... calm down," Guan Lin persuaded.

Mi Fang picked up the bowl on the desk, gulped down a sip of water, and immediately asked in astonishment:
——"You... When did your kid have 45 gold?"

Mi Fang didn't believe it.

If one gold is equal to 20 taels, I'm afraid the whole house won't be able to hold it.

If converted into food, one gold is equal to one dendrobium.

These grains... 45 hu, this is the harvest of the four counties in Jingnan in almost two years.

Enough to fill the entire prefect's mansion.

Do not!
The prefect's mansion can't hold it at all!

...

...

The north gate of Jiangling City, within a kilometer of walking out of the gate, is a long and swift river called "Yangshui".

The Yangshui flows eastward, as if reaching straight into the sky. On both sides of the bank are gently rolling hills and slopes. The wind blows the fallen leaves, and the green grass turns yellow.

Guan Yu and Ma Liang have just arrived here.

Guan Yu got off his horse and walked towards the bank of Yangshui with his hands behind his back.

He squinted his eyes, stared at the surging water in front of him, and said with emotion: "This Yangshui is worthy of being the natural barrier of our Jiangling City!"

Ma Liang also sighed with emotion: "Yes, not everyone can be as desperate as Xiang Yu, and it is not an ordinary general who dares to fight with his back like Han Xin."

Ma Liang means.

Although Jiangling City is surrounded by water on two sides, it is not impossible to attack from these two roads.

It's just that Han Xin's last stand only exists in "theory" after all.

That requires a combination of too many "factors".

Generally speaking, when attacking a city, the party that is attacking the city often wants to leave enough room behind itself as a buffer to arrange troops and prevent the enemy troops in the city from suddenly rushing out to attack you.

If you are attacking the city with your back against a big river, it is very easy for the defenders to drive you into the river.

Therefore…

Jiangling City is surrounded by water on both sides, which is equivalent to two natural barriers.

Deduced from this, Xiangyang City is surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on one side, making it more difficult to attack the city!
Guan Yu sighed again...

Because the current is turbulent.

How much... Sweeping away the haze and so-called "shame" in his daytime, this made him feel much more open-minded.

Guan Yu asked Ma Liang: "Is the blueprint ready?"

Ma Liang took out the blueprint, "Jiangling City faces Yangshui in the north, Xiashui in winter, an open space in the south, and the Yangtze River in the south. In this way, it is most beneficial to build a 'new city' in the south of Jiangling City! Solid as gold."

"And Changsha County is similar to Jiangling, surrounded by water on three sides, which is more conducive to the construction of new cities."

Hearing this, Guan Yu nodded.

He took a step to the left and slowly opened his eyes.

He murmured: "The lesson from the past is the guide for the future. Yunqi can predict Soochow's surprise attack once, but Guan can't rely on his prediction every time. It would be too lucky."

Guan Yu couldn't stop thinking about Guan Lin.

And as long as he thinks of him, the lessons about the "dangerous situation" in the four counties of Jingnan can't help but emerge in front of his eyes.

As Guan Yu said, "a lesson learned from the past"!

He continued to murmur: "It is not easy to reject Cao Cao in the north and reach Sun Quan in the south. If we want to make a northern expedition and realize Kong Ming's vision of Nalong and Zhonglian, we must ensure that Jiangling and Changsha are as solid as gold. This new city must be built even if we bite our teeth! "

From Guan Yu's words, Ma Liang didn't realize too much about Guan Gong's determination and resoluteness in building a new city.

On the contrary, what he felt the most was Guan Yu's changes.

Guan Yu in the past, how could he say "a lesson from the past, a teacher of the future" such "show timid" rhetoric?

How could Guan Yu in the past say that "it is very difficult to reject Cao Cao in the north and reach Sun Quan in the south".

——Guan Gong has changed a lot!
Ma Liang's most intuitive feeling is that.

Mr. Yunqi provoked and suppressed Guan Gong several times. Although doing so was detrimental to Guan Gong's majesty, in fact, it dissipated a lot of Guan Gong's arrogance, and at the same time made him calm and cautious when encountering problems. .

——"Guan Gong, who is no longer arrogant, calm and cautious, is invincible!" 』

Ma Liang couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Thinking of this in his heart, Ma Liang opened his mouth and said, "It is true that a new city needs to be built, it should be built, and it has to be built, but it will be quite difficult to build two new cities at the same time, but these human resources are easy to say, the most lacking thing is money... Guan Gong sent people to inquire about Prefect Mi many times, but Prefect Mi didn't reply for a long time, maybe... he is 'a clever woman can't cook without rice'?"

"Fortification" is a course!
In the former Luoyang Taixue, the course "Building Fortifications" was specially offered. The teacher was still a young man who had four years of experience in building fortifications. Later, he served as Sikong. He was engaged in city construction and garden mausoleum planning.
It is no exaggeration to say that fortification is an extremely complex comprehensive course.

Whenever a new city is built, it includes capital, manpower, geographical environment, city design and planning, city structure, defense, weather, time, natural disasters, water supply and drainage systems, road facilities, foundation structure, fire protection, regional division, and many other related knowledge .

It is a lifelong dream of a man to build a new city, from the emperor to the common people!

And all of this can't get around one word:

--money!

If you use Guan Lin, it is more direct:
——"My father Guan Yu is poor, can he build a city?"

In fact, Guan Yu could have made it.

It's just... the progress is not fast.

Ma Liang saw Guan Yu's embarrassment, and said with emotion: "It's going to be the Northern Expedition, but also building the city, and the harvest is so much in a year? The consumption of the soldiers of the three armies is fixed, all the year round... save it, it's just enough. If you force it Fortification, I'm afraid..."

Thinking of this, Ma Liang suddenly thought of something.

He quickly put away his previous words.

His complexion seemed to turn from dark clouds to clear sky all of a sudden. "Guan Gong, the treasury can't afford the money to build the city, but in Jiangling City, there is a man...he has money!"

"--Who?"

Guan Yu asked anxiously.

Ma Liang smiled and said his name, "It's Guan Gong's son Yun Qi. Before... Changsha County, he made a small fortune. Now, our entire Jiangling treasury may not be as rich as him!"

This…

hear Guan Lin;

Hear Guan Lin's money!

Guan Yu frowned subconsciously.

He knew that Guan Lin was rich, and he also knew that Guan Lin had made a fortune, so he could roughly calculate... 45 gold, which is just a lot more!
The money is enough to build two new cities.

However, this matter is related to Guan Lin, so this is no joke.

Why did Guan Yu ask this son for money?
Guan Yu, how could he have the face to ask this son for money?

Of course, Guan Yu can choose to take it by force, but when the time comes, it must be under the "Desheng Bridge".

Thinking of this...

"Hehe..." Guan Yu laughed.

This time, he didn't feel annoyed or bitter at all.

He just laughed at himself, and he could already guess what the kid would do next.

『——Has Kan made progress? 』

With this in mind, Guan Yu stroked his long beard.

"Forget about Yunqi's money..." Guan Yu lightly raised his hand, "Since ancient times, only fathers spend money on raising their sons. How can there be any reason to ask for private money from sons for the public? If this spreads, people will laugh at Guan." ?”

"If that's the case..." Ma Liang seemed to have thought of another method, and his brows furrowed.

But soon, he shook his head again, and directly denied it. "This doesn't work either!"

"What did Ji Chang think of? It's okay to say it straight!" Guan Yu looked back at Ma Liang.

The corner of Ma Liang's mouth no longer had the smile just now, and he said, "Young Master Ping just mentioned that before tonight, the captured tiger and leopard cavalry supplies will be transported to Jiangling!"

Now Guan Yu is very sensitive about matters related to Guan Lin.

Before Ma Liang could finish his sentence, Guan Yu said, "You mean, the consignment of these tiger and leopard riders is to be exchanged for money? To build a city?"

Ma Liang shook his head hastily, "At first, I came up with such an idea. Someone felt that although the batch of ordnance was seized by Mr. Yunqi's plan, it should belong to him, but Mr. Yunqi proposed this morning that only one thousand troops were needed, and the rest It belongs to Guan Gong, and there are five thousand tiger and leopard riders, so...there must be a lot of armor left! Besides, the tiger and leopard riders are the most well-equipped cavalry in Cao Jun's army...these military supplies must be easy to sell!"

"But after thinking about it carefully, I think it's not right. You can only exchange money with Chengdu. Guan Gong's side is short of money, and Liu Huangshu's side is also not rich...so I immediately denied it."

--"I see. 』

Mentioning the military supplies of Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Guan Yu subconsciously flashed a color of "pity" and "regret".

Of course, it's not a pity that he couldn't use this batch of military equipment to exchange money with his brother to build the city.

Rather, as Ma Liang said, this batch of ordnance was confiscated by Guan Lin, a stinky boy. Guan Yu originally withheld it to make him change the answer sheet, but now the misunderstanding has been resolved?
What reason does Guan Yu have to detain this batch of military supplies?

Not to mention only giving him a thousand, even if he left an extra spear, a pair of armor, and a horse, Guan Yu felt ashamed and flustered!

He was afraid that another "crime letter" would be on his face!
—— "Forget it... this kid's stuff, forget it! 』

Guan Yu sighed secretly.

Then prefect.

"Where is General Zhou Cang?"

"The end is here!"

Zhou Cang hurriedly stepped forward to bow his hands, while Guan Yu ordered: "The army of tiger and leopard riders has arrived tonight. You should take someone to count them immediately. All the numbers must be counted accurately, and they will be sent to... the 'Thief Cao's Office' tomorrow morning." , deliver it to 'Yunqi' and let him handle it."

This…

Zhou Cang was startled, and immediately said solemnly: "Young Master Yunqi only... only has one thousand pieces!"

Guan Yu didn't look at Zhou Cang's gaze, he said calmly, "Give it to him, give it all to him!"

"In addition, tomorrow you will bring the officials of the arsenal to meet him, and tell him that from today onwards, all the arsenals in Jingzhou will be opened to him. For all his subordinates, he will give priority to all the military supplies. A certain person will be severely punished!"

ah... ah...

——"Is this a sudden change in the situation? 』

Under Zhou Cang's incredible gaze, Guan Yu's tone was low and firm.

This tone shows that... Guan Gong has made a decision and will never change it.

"Yes Yes…"

Immediately Zhou Cang bowed his hands.

Ma Liang stared at Guan Yu meaningfully.

He once again deeply felt that in this tense "father-son dispute", again...again, it ended with the defeat of Guan Gong and the complete victory of Yunqi.

And this time, compared with the "crime letter" last time, it undoubtedly had a greater, heavier, and far-reaching impact on Guan Gong.

Zhou Cang turned around and was about to make arrangements...

Guan Yu seemed to think of something suddenly because of the mention of "Guan Lin".

"and many more!"

Zhou Cang cupped his hands, "What other arrangements does Guan Gong have?"

Guan Yu twitched his beard and muttered, "Tomorrow morning, Guan will go with you..."

what…

Zhou Cang hadn't reacted yet, but Ma Liang was startled.

——"Guan Gong's heart is already strong enough, can he face the complete victory of Master Yunqi in this father-son match?" 』

Ma Liang was about to speak...

Guan Yu's words still continued.

"Cao Ren fainted. It's time to send troops to Xiangfan. If we can control Jingjiang in one fell swoop, then we can take Fancheng if we advance, and we can recover the northern border of Jiangxia if we retreat. After all, Cao Cao will be powerless to change the defeat."

--"indeed so! 』

Ma Liang thought to himself, and immediately reminded, "The man stationed in Jingjiang is General Wenpin of Wei. He is an old acquaintance of Guan Gong. When it comes to water warfare, this man is second to none in Cao Wei."

"Hehe." Guan Yu's eyes suddenly became firm and unyielding, and his tone was cold. "That's why we should kill him during the dry season!"

Wenpin made Guan Yu suffer a lot, and it was a water battle!
As one of the few generals in the water army of Cao Wei, in Guan Yu's eyes, Wenpin is a greater threat, and it is even more deadly during the flood season!

--"I see! 』

Ma Liang suddenly understood, why did Guan Gong give all the tiger and leopard riders to Guan Lin?

Why uncharacteristically let the arsenal open to it?

It's not just about guilt this morning.

It was more because of Cao Ren's fainting. Before Cao Cao came back, Guan Gong planned to destroy this old opponent-Wenpin in advance!
And facing the cavalry of Cao Wei, if you want to win quickly.

Guan Gong had no choice but to borrow from Mr. Yunqi...the "partial carriage" and "liannu" known as the "cavalry nemesis", and the "wooden ox and horse" that can transport military supplies and rations!
These are the keys to success!

only…

Ma Liang opened his mouth subconsciously, he wanted to say something.

But soon, he took back everything he wanted to say... He didn't dare to say it.

He only dared to keep these words in his heart.

——"Guan Gong, Guan Gong, the offensive and defensive power between you father and son is different now... the initiative is firmly in the hands of Mr. Yunqi!" 』

——"The van, the crossbow, the wooden ox and the horse...Guan Gong wants to borrow it, but Mr. Yunqi...will he give it? 』

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(End of this chapter)