The great man will live forever

Chapter 286 Because one person knows a county

Are Hebei Changshan and Hebei Zhending the same thing? I believe many people will say yes.

In fact, this is a misunderstanding. The main reason for this misunderstanding is one person and two books.

This person is the famous Changshan generals Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong in later generations. One of these two books is "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and the other is "The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms".

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in the Battle of Changbanpo, Zhao Yun hugged Liu Chan and single-handedly killed seven in and seven out among thousands of troops, chopped down two flags, captured three iron bars, and killed the famous general Cao Ying with spear, sword, and sword. More than fifty people.

Immediately, Zhao Yun was walking away, and was surrounded by four surrendered generals under Yuan Shao. He fought against the four generals, and Cao's army rushed towards him. Zhao Yun pulled out his green sword and slashed randomly. Where his hand started, his clothes and armor were flat, and blood flowed like a fountain.

Kill all the generals and break through the siege. Cao Cao saw a general on the top of Jingshan Mountain. He looked unstoppable wherever he went. He asked urgently who was on his left.

Cao Hong flew down the mountain and shouted: "The generals in the army can leave their names!"

Zhao Yun replied: "I am Zhao Zilong of Changshan!" Cao Hong reported back to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao sighed: "He is a true tiger general! I will fight for him alive."

Then he ordered Pegasus to spread the news everywhere: "If Zhao Yun arrives, no cold arrows are allowed, only live ones are captured." Therefore, Zhao Yun was able to get out of this difficulty.

Of course, this is partly fictional. In real history, Liu Bei took thousands of soldiers and more than 100,000 people with him when he fled south. He was also overtaken by 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry sent by Cao Cao...

After a great battle, Liu Bei was naturally defeated and fled. He didn't even care about his wife and children, and just escaped with Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun and dozens of other horsemen.

Later, someone saw Zhao Yun heading north. You must know that Liu Bei fled eastward, and the north direction was the direction from which Cao Jun came.

Therefore, in the official history, someone said that Zhao Yun surrendered to the enemy in the north, but Liu Bei did not believe this person's words. Instead, he believed that Zhao Yun was loyal and would never betray him.

Interestingly, Zhao Yun in the official history was Liu Bei's subordinate. There is no clear record that Zhao Yun was Liu Bei's bodyguard. Perhaps Zhao Yun was appointed by Liu Bei to be responsible for the safety of his family, so he went north to rescue Liu Bei's family.

At that time, Liu Bei's family members included Mrs. Gan, Adou, and two daughters. Mrs. Mi was gone long ago, because it was common for Liu Bei to abandon his wife and children during wars.

In the early years of the war with Lu Bu and Cao Cao, Lu Bu and Cao Cao captured his wife and children many times. For Liu Bei, his own life was more important, and the lives of his wife and children were not as important as his own.

Regarding this, Liu Bei inherited this characteristic of Liu Bang very well. Brothers are like brothers and sisters, and women are like clothes.

Obviously, Zhao Yun would not give up on Liu Bei's family. The final result was that Zhao Yun found Mrs. Gan and Adou's mother and son, which was even more powerful than in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. They were both found, instead of Mrs. Gan committing suicide by throwing herself into a well. .

But Liu Bei's other two women were captured by Cao Jun. As for how Zhao Yun found Mrs. Gan and Adou, there is no record in the history books.

Maybe there was a bloody battle, maybe not.

What is recorded in "Three Kingdoms" is: "Zhao Yun, courtesy name Zilong, was born in Changshan Zhending."

It is precisely because Zhao Yun is so famous and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, coupled with the evidence of these two books, that people have tightly welded Changshan and Zhending together.

But the historical truth is that Changshan and Zhending are both connected and different.

In a long historical period, Changshan was much larger than Zhending. Zhending was just a county under the jurisdiction of Changshan, or a feudal state. In other words, Changshan included Zhending, but Zhending could not replace Changshan. The difference between Sichuan and Chengdu.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was no concept of Changshan. Changshan area belonged to the Xianyu State, Jin State, Zhongshan State and Zhao State.

After Qin Shihuang unified China, he implemented the system of prefectures and counties and established Dongyuan County. The administrative seat is now Dong Gucheng, Shijiazhuang City, which belongs to Julu County.

In the third year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (204 BC), Hengshan County was established in the name of Gubei Yue Hengshan Mountain, which is Damao Mountain in the northwest of present-day Quyang County. The county was governed in Dongyuan County.

In the 11th year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (196 BC), Dongyuan County was renamed Zhending County.

After the death of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, his son Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, came to the throne. Because Liu Heng avoided taboo, he changed Hengshan County to Changshan County.

Chang means constant. This is also the first time that the concept of Changshan appears. The jurisdiction of the county is expanded to Hengshan in the north and Fengshan and Changgu in the south. The jurisdiction is equivalent to the south of Tangxian and Quyang in Hebei and the west of Gaocheng and Zhaoxian. , the district north of Neiqiu County, unified 18 counties.

In the fifth year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty (152 BC), Changshan County was renamed Changshan Kingdom.

In the third year of Yuanding (114 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was restored to a county. In the fourth year of Yuanding, it was divided into prefectures and governed by four counties in the east near Zhending County to set up the Zhending Kingdom.

Changshan County was moved to Yuanshi County, an ancient village in the northwest of today's Yuanshi County, and its jurisdiction was reduced.

In the 13th year of Jianwu Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he abolished Zhen Dingguo and merged it into Changshan County, and the eastern jurisdiction increased again.

In the eighteenth year of Jianwu's reign, Zhending County was established independently.

At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty considered his brotherhood with Liu Shun, the king of Changshan, and analyzed the four counties of Changshan County: Zhending, Mianman, Gaocheng, and Feilei. He named Liu Ping, another son of Liu Shun, the king of Zhending, and granted food to 30,000 households. .

It lasted for more than 100 years, and then passed down to Liu Han's maternal uncle, Guo Kuang's uncle Liu Yang. hands.

In the first year of the founding of the new dynasty (9th year), Wang Mang established the new dynasty. At this time, Liu Yang was demoted to Zhending Gong. In the second year of the founding of the People's Republic of China (10 years), the duke was also abolished.

What happened next was naturally that Liu Yang married his niece to Liu Xiu, and the two families got married. After Liu Xiu became emperor, he did not give him a large reward. Then Liu Yang was not convinced. In fact, he also wanted to be the emperor.

He made a prophecy and said: "After Chijiu, the gall poplar will dominate." He had a tumor on his neck, and wanted to use this to confuse the people, and colluded with the bandits in Mianman County.

In the spring of the second year of Jianwu (26th year), Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu sent Cavalry Captain Chen Fu and guerrilla general Deng Long to summon Liu Yang to Beijing, but Liu Yang closed the city gates and refused to admit them.

Liu Xiu then sent his former general Geng Chun to proclaim an amnesty order in Youzhou and Jizhou with a talisman. Along the way, he comforted the princes everywhere and secretly ordered the arrest of Liu Yang.

Geng Chun, Vice President Chen and Deng Long met at Yuanshi, arrived at Zhending Kingdom, and stayed at the inn. Liu Yang said that he was not ill because Geng Chun was Liu Yang's nephew, so Liu Yang was lax in his vigilance.

Liu Yang's younger brother Linyi Marquis Liu Rang and Cong brother Liu Xi had more than 1 troops, and Geng Chun responded calmly. Liu Yang took his subordinate officials to Chuanshe to meet with Geng Chun, and Geng Chun greeted him politely.

Ask Liu Yang to recruit Liu Rang and Liu Xi into the house. After the Liu Yang brothers entered, Geng Chun closed the door of the Chuanshe and killed Liu Yang and others, truly pacifying the situation.

In order to appease the Hebei generals and members of the Guo and Liu families, Liu Xiu took pity on Liu Yang and made Liu Yang's son Liu De the true king in May of the same year.

In the thirteenth year of Jianwu (37th year), Liu De, the king of Zhending, was demoted to the title of Marquis of Zhending, and Zhending Kingdom was merged into Changshan County.

Later, due to some reasons, under Liu Han's persuasion, in the 18th year of Jianwu, Zhending was made an independent county, and the prefect was Fatty Liu.

This is a deviation from history, and historically Guo Kuang did not return to his hometown, let alone rebel.

"Prefect, what should we do now?"

At this time, Zhending County was gloomy and gloomy, and the rebel army was densely surrounded outside. It was impossible to see the edge at a glance. After Guo Kuang's rebellion, he immediately mobilized more than 6000 people and successively captured several other county towns in Zhending County. Man, Gaocheng and Feilei counties.

They even spread to the surrounding areas, capturing Shiyi and Jingxing counties in Changshan County, and then surrounded Zhending County. Fatty Liu was sitting in the prefect's mansion at this time.

"Why are you panicking?"

"There is a large army outside. I estimate there are 10 people. There are only 3000 soldiers in the county. The total number of people in the county is just over 4. Even if all the young people are armed, I estimate there are only 6000 people... …”

Someone said worriedly.

"I am also a person who has walked through the sea of ​​​​blood and corpses. What are you afraid of? Besides, the county town is not easy to capture. We are waiting for work.

And over the past year, I have been actively training the soldiers in the city. It seems that there are 10 rebels outside, but in fact it is great to be able to fight only 1. And they have not been trained very much. The food in the city It is enough for us to eat for the first half of the year without any problem. It is estimated that the imperial court's counter-rebellion army will arrive in less than a month and a half.

Moreover, I have sent messages for help to Changshan County, Zhongshan Kingdom, Hejian County, Bohai Kingdom, Anping Kingdom, Qinghe County, Wei County, Zhao Kingdom, and Julu County. "

"That's good."

"The prefect has already prepared."

"No wonder the governor is actively training the army. Did he guess that Guo Kuang would rebel?"

Someone exclaimed, only to realize later.

It turns out that Fatty Liu became the prefect of Zhending a year and a half ago. After he entered Zhending County, he stopped doing other things and quickly recruited troops. Originally, a county with a thousand people was enough, but he ended up recruiting three thousand. , and even take him out for training from time to time.

In this regard, someone from the imperial court read a copy of him, and the memorial to impeach him was placed on Liu Xiu's desk. Liu Xiu showed it to Liu Han. Liu Han just smiled and said, "I specially arranged it." Liu Xiu was so smart. He guessed what he was saying, "But the Fang Guo family and the wealthy Hebei family?"

"Your uncle can't do it, right?" Liu Xiu didn't think that Guo Kuang would rebel.

"Be prepared early."

"That's all, it's up to you."

Since Liu Han did this, Liu Xiu didn't force it. After all, the country would belong to him sooner or later. This was what Liu Xiu thought in his heart.

……

In the 5th year of Jianwu's reign, on May 4, Zhending County, Jizhou, Zhending County.

Guo Kuang's army quickly surrounded Zhending County like black clouds, with tents lined up and flags fluttering.

His soldiers were divided into several troops, occupying various key points in the city, and set up siege tools such as ballistae and trebuchets, preparing to break the city in one fell swoop.

"Kill, whoever climbs first will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold." Guo Kuang shouted while looking at the city wall several meters high in the distance.

"Come on!"

Dozens of people happily put on their battle armor and rushed to the front, followed closely by dense siege soldiers.

In ancient times, there were four major military merits: ascending first, breaking the formation, killing generals, and capturing the flag.

The other three are easy to understand. You can see the literal meaning. Killing generals means directly killing senior enemy generals in the enemy's army. It can also be understood as what special forces do now, beheading operations.

Capturing the flag refers to capturing the enemy's flag, which is a symbolic flag in the ancient army. It includes the function of commanding important ceremonies such as sacrifices. Capturing the flag is to capture the flag and bring it back.

Trapping was an ancient large-scale field battle. Attacks on local fortresses that caused great damage were called trapping.

The first batch of people to break into the city wall were the first to climb. In ancient fortification battles, the enemy's wall was high and thick. If you want to break in, you need to send elite troops to attack the wall, take chariots or ladders to attack the enemy's city.

The four major military merits of ascending first, breaking the formation, beheading generals, and capturing the flag are the fastest promotion channels for lower-level soldiers.

The first ones to ascend were Yu Jin and Le Jin in the Three Kingdoms period, and Xu Da and Chang Xun in the early Ming Dynasty. A strong man needs wisdom to break the formation. Killing the general and capturing the flag can be completed together, because the flag will be there when the general is there.

In addition to strong martial arts, the right time, place and people are indispensable.

Only Xiandeng can complete it independently with his brute strength and courage without fear of death.

So is the death rate for first climbers very high? In the movie, the soldiers who lead the battle and climb the ladders are cannon fodder. A hail of stones and arrows can kill and injure a large number of them. This is wrong.

You think that the first climber is one with ragged clothes and shoddy weapons. In fact, the first climber may be triple armored, with wine and meat, and the most sophisticated weapons to get the richest rewards.

Because you will face a lot of damage if you get there first.

The first is bows and arrows. Many full armors can be immune to bow and arrow damage. This is also the reason why armor was banned in ancient times and weapons were not included.

Especially heavy armor, which in ancient times was somewhat equivalent to the tanks of later generations. If the armor could not protect against arrows, Li Shimin would have died long ago. He was the favorite person among the ancient emperors to lead the charge.

The six horses in Zhaoling are all divine horses and do not live long.

In the first year of Wude, in the battle of Qianshuiyuan, Xue Rengao, Li Erfeng, and Bai Tiwu galloped two hundred miles under the stars.

In the second year of Wude, Song Jingang was defeated in the Battle of Baibi. Li Erfeng and Telle Piao pursued him for three hundred miles, but they did not eat for three days.

In the fourth year of Wude, Wang Shichong was killed in the Battle of Mangshan. Li Erfeng's body was covered in purple, with nine arrows in his body, and he died in the charge.

In the fourth year of Wude, Dou Jiande was killed in the Battle of Hulao Pass. Li Erfeng's Shifachi was hit by five arrows and died in the charge.

In the fourth year of Wude, the battle of Hulao Pass determined the world. Li Erfeng's Qing Zou was hit by five arrows and died in the charge.

In the fourth year of Wude, Liu Heitai was defeated in the Battle of Mingshui. Li Erfeng's fist, Mao Gun, was hit by nine arrows and died on the way to the battle...

The speed of changing horses is unparalleled, and they are all the best horses in a thousand.

His Marco is much more advanced than the Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Maybach, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Aston Martin, Bugatti, Pagani, Koenigsegg and so on.

The war horses are like this, but what about the people on the war horses?

Fang Xuanling was 70 years old, Gao Shilian was 71 years old, Xiao Yu was 74 years old, Tang Jian was 78 years old, and Yu Shinan was 81 years old.

Li Shimin is 50 years old. Although he has a genetic disease, he is not yet the modern retirement age, and his father Li Yuan lived to be 70 years old.

He often leads troops to charge, even if he has armor and is immune to arrows, how come nothing happens? There will be more or less internal injuries, which shows that famous players still have a price.

The second difficulty Xiandeng faces is rolling stones. In the movie, blunt weapons are more likely to cause damage to heavy armor. Yuan Ba ​​has a pair of drums and urns, and the gold hammer weighs 320 pounds each. Each hammer can kill a soldier. Of course, there is a story. ingredients.

Because there is a cotton lining inside the heavy armor. If the soldiers don't wear cotton lining and the soldiers wear iron plates, wouldn't it be equivalent to hanging fish scales? Who can stand this?

So, the damage from the rolling rocks is there, but it's not very fatal to people.

The third type is fall injury, which is falling from the city wall. This is also a hard-hit area that was misled by the movie in order to show the excitement of the battle.

In later generations of movies, the city was often shot to be extremely tall, often over a hundred feet high. How is this possible?

In fact, there were not so many impressive cities in ancient times. Except for the ancient capitals of the Six Dynasties such as Nanjing and Xi'an, most cities had a small earthen wall.

In addition, there was no hardening of roads in ancient times, and the average city wall was not very high, only a few meters, and a powerful ten meters. Coupled with a soft landing, there was basically no big problem.

The most deadly is the fourth kind of injury, golden juice, which collects human and animal feces, boils it in a large pot and pours it down, which is a double blow to the physiology and psychology.

Think about it, it's so disgusting that you are rushing up with feces and urine.

Nausea is secondary. If you burn this thing, there are many bacteria. The fatality rate of infection after burns is basically 100%. There were no anti-inflammatory drugs at that time, and infection was the most deadly.

The life of the poor in ancient times was low. If they were lucky enough to survive, they would be rich and prosperous since ancient times. Even if they died on the way to the top, they could still have food and clothing for their families. This is why the soldiers who attacked the city in ancient times fought one after another.

Of course, if you stand on the city wall, you still have to face your opponent. You have to stand firm. There may be many soldiers besieging you on the city wall, trying every means to kill you or kick you down the wall.

"kill!"

"Come on!"

"Shhhhhh!"

"Dong dong dong dong!"

"Help!"

"Ah, ah!"

There are sounds of war drums, bows and arrows flying from strings, screams, shouts...

The archers on the city wall pulled their strings nervously, raining arrows on them, trying their best to suppress the enemy's advance.

On the city tower, the trebuchet made a huge roar, and the stones thrown hit the enemy camp, causing chaos.

Arrows and rolling stones continued to shoot down from the city wall, and along with the pouring of gold juice, there was a strong stench.

On the city wall, Fatty Liu was wearing a battle armor and sitting in person, leading his few remaining 2000 defenders, gritting his teeth and resisting with all his strength.

The rebels charged bravely, climbed up the city wall using long ladders and ladders, and fought fiercely with the defenders inside the city. Swords clashed, arrows flew, and both sides made huge sacrifices.

The city positions alternated over and over again, blood, sweat and tears mixed together...

(End of this chapter)