Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 84

Yuan Xi continued to march for several days, but unexpectedly encountered a serious reduction in personnel.

Half the mules fell.

One was rushing on the road, and the other was drinking unclean water, which made her sick and lay down.

Now the sick mule can't be used, so it can only be released on the spot, and even a hundred soldiers are lying on the mule cart, clutching their stomachs and moaning.

As for the reason, it must be mentioned that it was getting late the day before yesterday, so they camped and rested by the river, made a fire to cook, and the soldiers led their mules and horses to drink water by the river.

At that time, there were not many firewood for cooking. Although Yuan Xi had people boil several large pots of water for drinking, most soldiers were still used to drinking raw water, and they drank directly by the river.

As a result, when everyone was eating, they saw countless corpses floating in the river from the upper reaches.

Looking at their appearance and clothes, most of them are civilians, and there are a few sergeants with wounds from weapons on their bodies.

At that time, most of the sergeants didn't wear armor, and they couldn't afford to support them. Most of them would do well with a helmet. Yuan Xi could only support a hundred full-armored sergeants with the power of a city.

At this time, he could see that there were soldiers, not civilians, because they were all wearing military uniforms of the same color, so they were extremely easy to identify.

As for ordinary people, they don't even have such neat clothes.

"The Biography of Cui Shi in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty" - hemp is suitable for the soil of Wuyuan, but the common people don't know how to weave.

This refers to the fact that the land in Lu Bu's hometown is barren, the households are poor, and the people don't even have clothes. In winter, they can only lie naked in the haystack to keep out the cold, and when they see officials, they come out wrapped in straw.

The hardships of the people at that time were roughly the same.

And this situation is not an exception in all dynasties, and it has lasted for nearly 2000 years.

Seeing the dead bodies rushing down from the upper reaches, the soldiers were used to this scene, and they still bowed their heads to cook, while drinking the water in the river with normal expression.

Yuan Xi felt bad, and quickly ordered everyone not to drink the water from the river, and to find another spring for drinking.

However, it was still too late. Most of the mules and people started to have diarrhea the next day.

Soldiers can still lie on the cart to rest, but mules with diarrhea can only give up.

After going back and forth, only 500 people can fight out of 300 people, Yuan Xi was a little worried, these [-] people, except dozens of cavalry soldiers with iron armor, the rest are infantry, so they wear a helmet, They were covered with the worst cloth armor, with a few pieces of iron under the cloth, which was far inferior to Yuan Xi's own full-armored soldiers.

But such cloth armor soldiers are already well-equipped among these states!
At that time, wearing armor was the patent of cavalry, and infantry were consumables. Cao Cao's Qingzhou soldiers were known as elites, but they were relatively strong and strong, and it was almost impossible to issue armor.

Armored infantry is the big killer of this era.

"Heroes" - (Gao Shun) has more than [-] soldiers, numbered as Qianren, all armored and fighting tools are neat and neat, and every attack is invincible, they are called trapped camps.

Gao Shun's [-] armored infantry can be famous all over the world. Compared with other unarmored infantry, Gein is already considered a dimensionality reduction blow.

Yuan Xi thought about it.

Now it's full of fights and calculations, and the combat strength here is three hundred infantry and dozens of cavalry.

If Qu Yi and Gao Lan leave on time, they should bring dozens of armored cavalry, which is a key card for him.

But the key variable is still on the opposite side.

Everyone's goal is Cao Song's family of more than 50 people and a hundred carts.

The first force, Zhang Kai's hundreds of cavalry.

The second force is the support team sent by Taishou Ying Shao.

The third force, Cao Cao's possible support troops, should be in the same group as Ying Shao.

The fourth force is the Liu Bei force that may be encountered.

Thinking of this, Yuan Xi really wanted to give himself a slap in the face. At the beginning, Liu Bei thought of Liu Bei's casual move as an insurance, but now it may become his biggest obstacle.

If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also came, how could Zhang Yun on his side stop him?
Shouldn't it?
No wonder!
At this point in time, Liu Guanzhang has never been separated. When they really meet, the three of them probably appear together!

Yuan Xi's headache became even worse.

He was worthy to say to Zhang He: "Brother Junyi, you need to speed up, so pack lightly."

"Throw away all the unnecessary baggage, leave the sick soldiers and mules, and let them rest and march slowly."

Zhang He praised: "My lord is wise, I want to say the same thing."

"These sick soldiers are already very weak. After being bumpy and exhausted, even when they get to the place, they can't fight anymore. They are useless at all. It's better to stay and slow down to meet them."

"However, while I was still hesitating, the young master has already made a decision. It's really amazing!"

Yuan Xi didn't know whether Zhang Yun really thought he was powerful or flattered him, so he hurriedly said, "Where, brother Junyi has been in battle for a long time, I just said it casually, and brother will do what he says when the time comes."

The two boasted to each other, Zhang Yun left the sick soldier behind, and they continued to march. After entering Taishan County, the scene along the way gradually became tragic.

The village was burned, dead bodies were everywhere, and no sound of chickens or dogs was heard. Yuan Xi sat on the horse and saw dead old and young women and children everywhere on the side of the road. He thought that the city could not stop the killing, let alone an unprotected village.

Thieves pass like a comb, and soldiers pass like a grate. Officers and soldiers harm the people even more than thieves.

The world is big, but there is no place for the people to stay.

Maybe only when the world is peaceful and the rivers and seas are clear, can the people live and work in peace and contentment?

But how long can this peace last?

Because the chaos in China hundreds of years later will be countless times more tragic than the scene in front of you.

In 451 AD, the battle between Song and Wei. "Zizhi Tongjian·Song Ji" states: "Everyone in the Wei Dynasty broke through the six states of Nanyan, Xu, Yan, Yu, Qing, and Ji, killing and looting is invincible. The young and strong will be cut off, and the baby will be pierced on the lance. The pan dance is a play. The counties and counties I pass by, there is no red land left, and the spring swallows return, nesting in the trees..."

The spring swallows made their nests on the eaves of the houses and perched on the trees, indicating that there were no houses left.

This kind of chaos will continue for hundreds of years, and a peaceful life has become the most unrealistic delusion for the people.

The stench of burnt and rot filled his nostrils, Yuan Xi rode his horse past a half-remained corpse of a baby, caught a glimpse of the empty eyes that seemed to be staring at him, and couldn't help but growl.

Zhang He looked over in surprise.

After another two days like this, the team finally came to Huafei.

At that time, there were fleeing people from all over the country, blocking the road, some heading towards Xuzhou, some heading towards Jizhou, and some heading towards Qingzhou.

As for what will be encountered on the road and whether it will survive, I don't know.

Before Yuan Xi and his group walked in, the people on the road exploded and fled to the woods on both sides. The woman abandoned the car with her child in her arms and fled, leaving behind a pile of clothes to defecate.

Yuan Xi smiled wryly in his heart, he was playing under the banner of Yuan Shaojun, and he was in the same group as Cao Cao, and the common people did not admit their mistake.

He said to Zhang Yun: "There is no need to delay, we can search quickly. Cao Song's family should have a rather large convoy with hundreds of vehicles, so it is difficult to hide."

After hearing this, Zhang He immediately ordered the cavalry to disperse and act as scouts, and search in all directions separately.

(End of this chapter)