Three Kingdoms.

  The sudden turmoil not only made Zhang Ji have a deeper understanding, but also made Jia Qu start to examine himself, examine Huguan, and examine the situation of Shangdang.

  If Shangdang is a lock, then Huguan is the key to the lock.

   This is beyond doubt, but what about behind the lock?

  Where does the door lead to, and in which direction does the house face?

  If Jia Qu is only trying to defend Huguan, the problem is actually not that big.

   But Cao Jun...

  Do business, there will always be spies.

  Even if there are so many monitoring devices in later generations, it still costs 500,000 yuan.

   But even if there are spies in Huguan, they may not know how powerful Huguan's explosive force is...

The first is the Huguan pass. The non-commissioned officers of the military academy are basically old soldiers who followed the hussars. Loyalty is not a problem, and most of the recruits are from Liangzhou and Bingzhou. Whether it is to retire from the army, or to inspect, or to serve the people, with an order, the queue can be immediately replenished and expanded, and the total number of soldiers can reach 4,000 to 5,000.

Secondly, even if Cao Jun dispatched spies, only the core figures under the hussars and the eunuchs like Jia Qu who followed Fei Qian in the early years would know the secret method of the Tibetan army to the people. Said it was impossible to understand.

   What's more, those sent to be undercover agents and spies are mostly sideline figures. The real core people in Shandong dare not come to Guanzhong at all, for fear that if they are caught by Youwen Division, wouldn't they be self-inflicted?

  So, even if there are spies in Huguan, the information conveyed is likely to be only superficial.

  What's on the surface?

   On the surface, Shangdang is not large, but its troops are scattered.

  Huguan Pass, and Huguan Pass, about 3,000 people.

  It's a pity that Yakou Military Village...

  Gaoping, Changping line, including Changping Pass, so pass two small passes, 2,300 people.

   Then Zhang Ji led 1,500 cavalry to guard the Fukouxing area, as well as Shigu Mountain and other places at Fukouxing Pass, a total of 2,800 people.

   This is the number of soldiers on the surface of Shangdang.

  If you talk about Le Jin, or Cao Jun wants to break through Huguan alone, normally, at least Cao Jun will use 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers under Huguan, not counting the auxiliary soldiers and civilians.

  So, will Cao Jun really gather more than 30,000 troops to storm Huguan?

  The sheep intestines road is not so easy to walk.

   Isn't Cao Jun not worried about being raided by small troops on the narrow road?

  If it wasn't for the large-scale attack on Huguan, why did Le Jin be sent to raid the Yakou military stronghold? It is unreasonable to attack without advancing, and it is unreasonable to defend, so you must retreat.

  If it is really necessary to enter Huguan on a large scale, if Huguan occupies more than 30,000 troops of Cao Jun, how many other places will be left? Is Cao Jun satisfied just to capture Huguan?

It is difficult to capture the Taihang Mountains. The Qin State used the power of the Changping War to conquer Handan in one fell swoop, but it was unsuccessful in the end, let alone attacking from below. The mountain road is long and rugged. It is to conquer the pass and enter the Shangdang Basin, but also to guard against being hit head-on by Zhang Ji's cavalry...

  By the way, Zhang Ji...

  Jia Qu squinted, stood up suddenly, walked to the map hanging in the hall, frowned and pondered.

  Shandong native, Guanzhong native.

  Shangdang, Taiyuan.

  Yin Mountain, Northern Territory...

   Jia Qu suddenly stared, "Thief! It turned out to be a big game of chess! 』

  …(ˇ==ˇ)…

  Fukouxing, which is adjacent to Gushan Mountain in the north, Shenyu Mountain in the south, Pengcheng in the west, Tianjing Pass and Dongyang Pass along the way, and Fuyang River in the east. Out of Fukou is the Jizhou Plain.

  The reason for the appearance of Fukouxing should be forced out.

  After Duke Zhou was weak, the state of Jin collapsed, and Jin was divided among the three families, Han, Zhao and Wei not only divided the inheritance of the state of Jin on the Shanxi plateau, but also divided its population and land on the Hebei plain without exception.

Due to the existence of the Taihang natural danger, Han, Zhao and Wei are all faced with the real need to communicate with the land on both sides of the east and west, especially the country of Zhao, who needs to detour to South Korea, or the country of Wei, and is charged a lot of tolls for nothing. This day, two days, one month or two months can be tolerated. After a long time, no matter how good the friendship boat is, it will capsize if it is said to capsize!

   Zhao State inherited mainly the Taiyuan and Xinding basins in Shanxi, while on the Hebei Plain, it obtained the land from the north of Zhangshui River to the south of Daluze. If you follow the old road before, if you connect through Zhiguanxing, Taihangxing and Mengmenxing, the main route needs to go through the two countries of Korea and Wei, which is equivalent to being pinched by the state of Wei in South Korea. Therefore, Zhao Guoren finally found a road across the Taihang Mountains, but because of the existence of the Shangdang Highland, they still could not completely avoid the entanglement with South Korea, but it can be regarded as the real road that belongs to Zhao Guo, that is, Fukouxing.

  Judging from the history of Zhao’s capital relocation, Jinyang and Handan are undoubtedly its central cities located on both sides of the Taihang Mountains, and the main significance of Fukouxing is to directly communicate with these two strongholds.

If you start from Handan and head west, you will enter the Taihang Mountains after crossing the Fushan Mountains, and then Fukouxing will be divided into two branches, the north and the south. Go upstream along the Qingzhang River, and after a long mountain road, reach the northern part of the Taiyuan Basin.

   As far as the comparison of the two branch roads is concerned, the south road with the Changzhi Basin as a relay obviously has greater advantages than the north road that completely shuttles through the mountains. But it is precisely the existence of this situation that makes the separated brothers eventually attack each other.

For the Zhao people, ensuring the control of the Changzhi Basin is a necessary condition to connect the two lands in the east and the west. However, at the beginning of the division of the three families, it was South Korea that obtained most of the cities in the Shangdang area, while Zhao State only had the Shangdang area. In a few towns in the northern part of the party, the state of Zhao attempted to establish a forward stronghold "Xiangyuan City" in the northern area of ​​the Shangdang. Xiangyuan County in the hands of South Korea, in the end most of the time is in the hands of South Korea...

  Zhang Ji is mainly responsible for the entire line from Xiangyuan County to Shexian County at the fork in Fukouxing. This entire line is Zhang Ji's defense zone. That is, from Fukouxing to Changye Huguan area, and then to the southern Taiyuan Basin such a line of defense. As for the road from Fukouxing northward from Shexian County to Linming Pass, it is not within Zhang Ji's defense range, it belongs to Cui Jun's defense...

Of course, part of the reason is that Zhang Ji is on Fukou Xingnan Road, and there is still an area where horse racing can be done. If it is changed to North Road, it is basically a detour in the mountains, and it is impossible to run a horse if you want to. .

  Zhang Ji is not too young.

   In a sense, Zhang Ji is now a DINK.

  Zhang Ji took refuge with Dong Zhuo in his early years and fought all year round, so he had no heirs.

  Of course, this DINK was passive. The environment at that time was like this. There was nothing to say. Not only Zhang Ji alone, but the whole of Xiliang, Longyou, and even Guanzhong were in turmoil. Countless families fell apart, fled, and died...

What?

  Zhang embroidery?

  Zhang Xiu is only Zhang Ji's follower.

  Like the dead Zhang Tian, ​​he is just a member of Zhang Ji’s hometown.

  Zhang Ji originally had a wife, but now his wife is also dead.

   died some time ago, died of illness.

Of course his wife is not "Zou Shi", but the wife of Xiliang's dregs, but because Zhang Ji has been away from home for too long, and Xiliang itself is very chaotic, so naturally his wife can't talk about being pampered. He became sick from overwork, and even though he was accepted to Shangdang by Zhang Ji later, he couldn't make up for it. He couldn't bear it some time ago, so he passed away.

  Zhang Ji was naturally sad, but he felt that it was his wife who died, but not his wife...

  To be precise, it was not Zhang Ji's wife in his memory.

This situation may be because Zhang Ji subconsciously avoided this fact, just like he would avoid thinking about those friends, those compatriots, those comrades-in-arms who used to drink with him and kill the enemy together, but in the end there was no bones left. friend…

   As long as he lives in memory, his wife will not die.

   will only fade away.

   It's kind of weird to say that, but that's how it is.

   After Zhang Ji brought his wife back, he and his wife basically treated each other with respect, as if they were familiar strangers.

Well, it’s a bit of a mistake to say that we have different dreams in the same bed, it’s just that Zhang Ji avoided it subconsciously, because the love and affection he had when he was young seemed to be deeply engraved in his heart at the time of parting, and he didn’t want to put it in his heart. The beautiful figure looking around at the entrance of the village overlaps with the weak woman at the moment...

  Although Zhang Ji knew it, it was the same person.

  However, the separation was too long, and the memory gap was too deep.

  Familiar people become strange.

   It's like first love, finally defeated by Caimi Youyan, and meeting again after more than ten years, feeling sad and speechless, only sighing like smoke.

  You are still you, I am still me, but you are not the same as you were, and I am not the same as me...

  Zhang Ji just needed some time to adapt, but what he didn't expect was that before he could adapt, he would disappear.

  Zhang Ji is not a saint, he is just a rough man.

  He doesn't know what warmth is, and even the expression of emotion is a kind of shame, or a shame, so...

He was sad, but he felt happy. On the one hand, his wife's illness was actually very painful, and her death meant that she would no longer be tortured by the illness. On the other hand, it was his wife, who became one from now on. It lived completely in his memory and on his heart. In the dead of night, Zhang Ji would still see in his dreams, that red figure that once stood among the gray and yellow mountains, like a streak of bright red blood, and that love song with many twists and turns still lingers in the depths of his soul …

  This feeling makes Zhang Ji very uncomfortable. He is not good at expressing, let alone talking.

  He is like most Northwest guys, keeping everything in his stomach.

  So Zhang Ji took the men and horses to practice, because Zhang Ji is more familiar with military affairs than the emotional pain, doubts and helplessness, so as to get away from the atmosphere that made him extremely uncomfortable.

  From Xiangyuan to Shexian County, there are three middle counties, two small counties, seven villages and towns, and some scattered small villages. There are no big counties, and there is no such thing as the kind of high pigeon cages that the later generations have to gather together when they have nothing to do, and may build half of them at any time, so the population of this line of defense is not very large.

The soldiers brought by Zhang Ji cannot be stationed near a certain county for a long time, otherwise the sudden increase in population will bring pressure that cannot be resolved in a short time to the county. The station will be changed.

  Outside Xiangyuan County, in the Zhangji camp, the soldiers were sorting out their luggage and preparing to change their station.

  Zhang Ji was sitting alone, but soldiers came from the gate of the camp, saying that there was a "visit from an old friend".

  『Old friend? Zhang Ji frowned, "I left my hometown in the early years, what old friends do I have?" 』

  Although Zhang Ji said so, he still got up and brought a few guards to the gate of the camp.

   Really is an "old friend"!

  Beside the gate of the camp, there was a man with reddish brown hair, who looked like a barbarian, but spoke in a Chinese accent from Liangzhou, "General Zhang! I haven't seen you for many years, don't you come here without any problems? 』

  …┐(～)┌…

  Although Huguan is a city whose military function is greater than civil affairs, the streets are very tidy and clean, which is in stark contrast to some military fortresses that only care about military affairs and don’t care about people’s livelihood.

  Thanks to the sanitation system implemented by Feiqian in the early days, there are two large bathhouses and one small bathhouse in Huguan City. The cost is not high, so basically every family can afford it. When people are clean, they don't like the environment around them to be too dirty, so they can't throw garbage around. Donkeys, horses and mules have to hang a **** bag on the street.

  There were no beggars in Shangdang Taiyuan.

   There is a special shelter in Shangdang, and there is also Taiyuan. As soon as the refugees entered the state or county, they would be strictly checked by the patrolling soldiers for their road guides and household registrations. Those who did not have these identification documents would be forcibly taken in, and arrangements would be made after the investigation was clear.

   Especially the combination of patrol inspection and the local Fangding Baojia system makes it very difficult to get involved. After all, Huguan is a pass military town, which is completely different from the commercial city of Chang'an Sanfu.

  When you arrive in Chang'an, you can also use it to visit relatives and friends, or purchase goods, apply for imperial examinations, etc., to set up a temporary road guide, but what's the point of coming to Huguan? In Huguan, regardless of whether migrants are renting houses, doing business or working, they must have local military households as guarantors. If any problems are found and the head of the household fails to report, not only the landlord, but also the surrounding neighbors will be convicted. Under such circumstances, if they hadn't settled down a few years ago, it would be basically impossible for spies who just sneaked in now.

  Ye Chuan has been in Huguan for three years.

  He runs a small wine shop.

The restaurant was opened two years ago. At that time, he didn't have enough capital, so he borrowed money from the government. The interest was not high, only half a cent. It wasn't like Shandong, which charged one or two cents of interest. He made money every month. Just some, and now there is a little left. So his happiest thing is that in a few months, maybe this year's business will be better, and he will be able to pay off the loan, and then this restaurant will be completely his own private property!

   Unfortunately, something unpleasant happened.

  As the news of Cao Jun's arrival spread, the city naturally moved around the military.

   Not only the original soldiers have stepped up their guard, but even the soldiers who have retired or asked for leave to go home have also been mobilized...

  In the wine shop, some soldiers who were about to return to the team gathered in the wine shop, and their voices became louder, "...everyone! What did we train so hard before? ! For today! After eating today's meal, all members will return to the team tomorrow! Although we can't drink alcohol today, after defeating Cao Jun, we will drink again to celebrate! It's time to get drunk! 』

"right! Back then, I fought with General Hussars from Pingyang to Yinshan, and Xianbei fled in the face of the wind! "An older soldier shouted loudly, the scars on his face seemed to be shining brightly, "In my team, there are only heroes who died in battle and entered the Hall of Valor, and there are no cowards who fled the battle!" 』

  『Military merit! Merit is everything! My old lady is always urging me to marry a wife, and I told my old lady that there is no rush! The other person also laughed, "With military merits, we men are walking on the street, which big girl and little wife don't take a look at it?" If she can get promoted again, the matchmaker will break the threshold! I'm short of military merit now! With military merits, I can't pick any woman! 』

  The soldiers sitting around laughed together.

  The older soldier also said: "That's right! I was so poor back then! Can't even eat a bite of rice! But now you see, my family has a field, a wife, and a baby was born the year before last! Only with hussars can I have my meals today, my wife and children! Don't say that the envoy ordered the recruitment today, even if there is no order, I will go! Lao Tzu has Xun Tian, ​​but the boy doesn't have it yet! I want to save a few acres of land for the little boy! 』

"yes! Killing bandits in the mountains, looking at the stinky face of the military official, even after a long time, it is not a leader's merit! Now that Cao Jun is here, it will be different! For those with armor, one head counts as one! I feel itchy when I think about it now! 』

  Everyone laughed again.

  Amidst the laughter, the elderly soldier raised his arms high, "I am Hussars!" 』

  Everyone responded one after another, "Every attack is invincible!" Invincible! 』

  『General Hussars! 』

  『Wan Sheng! 』

  『Hussars! 』

  『Mighty! 』

  All the soldiers patted their chests, with fanatic expressions on their faces, and at the end they shouted at the top of their lungs, "My hussars are invincible!" Invincible! Victory! Victory! mighty! mighty! 』

   Rhythmic shouts sounded in bursts, attracting the attention of the surrounding people.

   Ye Chuan was naturally among them.

  Looking at these cheering soldiers, Ye Chuan felt that there seemed to be an unspeakable force rushing towards him. This force was both awe-inspiring and terrifying.

  This is a completely different feeling from the place in Shandong, and this feeling has not diminished or disappeared with the passage of time, but has become more intense. The high-spirited fighting spirit of these soldiers cannot be seen on the side of Cao Jun in Shandong, no, it is not even seen in the previous Han army...

  Ye Chuan naturally didn't know why this happened, but when he faced such a situation, he felt like a stone was stuck in his heart, which was heavy and could not be removed.

  Cao Jun...

  Can you win?

  If I can't win, what should I do?

While thinking about it, a person came in suddenly, who seemed to have deliberately glanced at the soldiers who were eating, and then walked up to Ye Chuan, and said in a low voice, "Master, there is Baimo decree wine." ? Best aged for three years...』