Chapter 2506 A Fort
The dog is anxious, but the person is anxious?
Not only can you jump over the wall, but you can also go to heaven!
In fact, the fort was not used to fight against the court at first. Just like most inventions and research, it is not used to kill people, such as nuclear energy, and biochemistry...
In the early days, the fort was a helplessness. Because the court could not manage the local government, not only the border could be broken through by nomadic peoples at any time, but there were even thieves and bandits who did evil in the local area. When these thieves arrived, most of the officials of the county and county officials immediately ran away, so that in the end they could only resist by the gentry and heroes, forcing some powerful families in the local area to build forts to defend themselves.
So, from this point of view, the dock is good at first.
But what China does not lack the most is good methods and good policies, which will eventually lead to examples of wrong and broken ones.
If it weren't for Fei Qian's, well, then, if it were mixed up under the skirt of the young lady of history, the landlord class would not be crooked, and they would still sit steadily until the small peasant economy was closed to the peak.
The landlord class must encourage small peasants' economy and gentry autonomy. There will be no complete integration of land cedes and other places, which is caused by their characteristics. The contradiction between large landlords and small landlords is more reflected in the competition for internal arable land. If you do not intend to make progress and lack the motivation for technological innovation, it will inevitably become a subsequent secondary disaster.
In the original history, the combat effectiveness of the fortress, or the soldiers of the county and county were quite worrying. Whether it was the Han and Tang Dynasties, or the Song and Ming Dynasties, as long as the central imperial guards were corrupt, the soldiers of the county and county below were simply a pool of mud and had little combat effectiveness at all. These soldiers of the county and county were cruel when they bully the people, and their knees were bent when facing foreign enemies, so that the fortress could only protect a small part of the Chinese nation, and most of the people were harvested again and again.
Therefore, it can be said that the tragedy in China in the later period was not a disaster that suddenly fell from the sky by foreign guns and cannons, but a dead end that China itself walked out of the fields step by step.
So Fei Qian wanted to change his ideas for China...
Move forward.
As long as you stride forward, where isn't it right ahead?
If you have difficulties, find a way to overcome them.
There is a mountain, open it, encounter water, set it up,
Just like facing such a dock, if you want to conquer it before, it would take some effort and kill some people. If you count it, you might feel that the loss is not worth it, which is a difficult problem.
Then avoid the problem?
Go around?
I felt it was impossible, but then it became unnecessary, and finally gave up directly?
Now, Xiahou Dun is facing such a problem, or a once-in-come problem.
If we follow the old method, two thousand Xiahou soldiers will attack a fort, which is not impossible, but it is difficult. So when Xiahou Dun and his men arrived at a fortress in Xun, soldiers came back to report: "The Xun's fortress was closed tightly, and Ding Zhuang was all guarding the city, as if he wanted to reject me!"
When Xiahou Dun heard this, he couldn't help but frown: "It turns out to be so! Such people really never repent!"
Xun's family is not just Xun Yu. When Xun Shuang wanted to elect Xun Yu as the head of the family, some people openly opposed it, and they were Xun Shuang's brothers. So to a certain extent, Xun's family is Xun's family and Xun Yu is Xun Yu, and it is not an equitable name. However, Xun's family has made a lot of money with Xun Yu's reputation in recent years.
Xiahou Dun came this time just to give Xun a chance.
And now it is obvious that these guys don't want this opportunity.
Cao Tai, who was begging for work begging for Xiahou Dun, laughed, "Maybe we are begging for work."
Cao Tai is Cao Ren's eldest son.
Xiahou Dun looked at Cao Tai with a slanted look and said, "We all have the banner of the Han Dynasty, how can we beg for a living?"
Cao Tai sneered and said, "The wealth of Yingchuan is so rich that the people of the world are begging for life."
The two of them rode forward, and soon arrived before Xun's Fortress.
This is a fortress of Xun Yuwu’s fifth uncle.
Xiahou Dun looked up and saw that there were crowds of people on the fort, but most of them had no helmets or armor, but they were just some young men. As expected, they were as the scouts said before.
"Can you resist such a sword and war?" Xiahou Dun looked at the fort and sneered, "Or... do you think I dare not attack?"
Cao Tai waved his hand forward and said, "Come on! Come forward and shout!"
Suddenly, soldiers arrived at the fortress and shouted loudly, asking the people in the fortress to open the door.
But after shouting three times, I saw restlessness above the fort, and no door opened, and no one came out to talk to me.
Xiahou Dun laughed.
It's true.
Xun Yu's fifth uncle naturally claimed to be the backbone of the Xun family, especially after Xun Shuang died. Moreover, Xun Wang also believed that he was so old that he should receive more preferential treatment.
Although we have not reached the extreme situation of having no poor family or low-ranking gentry in this year, the views on the Internet are already deeper. If we divide it into 1 to 100, if we are considered a gentry above 60, the Xun family in Yingchuan is at least 80 points, such as the Chen family, the Guo family and the Zhong family, etc., they are at least four or five points lower than the Xun family.
As for Kong's family, because the people are too complicated, the score is lower.
In these gentry systems, each has its own ideas. Some are relatively more conservative, and some are exploring the future. However, I don’t know whether it is because of my age or the region is restricted. Anyway, Xun Wang did not think that there is anything wrong with his or her clan members making money.
Why can't you make money by your ability?
So when Xiahou Dun came, Xun Wang still felt that he could not bow his head.
Xiahou Dun nodded to Cao Tai, Cao Tai bowed and returned the salute, then led some soldiers forward, stood outside the fort with an arrow, looked at the people on the Xun family fort, and said loudly:
"The Prime Minister has a command, and all the scholars should ask them, and there are three things that cannot be laughed at in life: not laugh at natural disasters, not man-made disasters, not sickness."
"There are three things that cannot be humiliated when you are a human being: a teacher who educates people, a doctor who saves people, and a army who protects the country."
"There are three things that cannot be spared in history: the ministers who ruin the country, the generals who harm the army, and the thief who harm the people."
"There are three things that cannot be avoided when hidden in the countryside: ask for orders for the people, go to trouble for the country, and accept orders in the face of danger."
"When doing business and buying a property, there are three things that cannot be plundered: wealth from national disasters, benefits from natural disasters, and food from poor and weak."
"Now, Xun Wang, Xun, who used natural disasters and man-made disasters to humiliate the country's army and seized the people's food. He did not want to ask for orders for the people, and went to difficulties for the country. He only knew his own interests and only showed off his own selfish desires. He was actually a thief who harmed the people. He did not repent, so he should be punished!"
『This order!』
Xun Wang on the fort couldn't help but yelled, "Bloody mouth...breathing mouth...fake, all fake..."
Cao Tai sneered twice and waved his hand to signal the soldiers to step forward.
Immediately, Cao soldiers raised their shields and formed a formation to advance. The fort also began to shoot arrows downwards, and began to throw stones and pound woods downwards.
However, these measures did not effectively organize the approach of Cao's army as the Xun family imagined. These soldiers who had been through battle quickly avoided their attacks, and no one was even injured under the rolling stones and wood!
Because the movements of these Xun's children were too slow, the entire front shaking from lifting up the wood to putting it down was too long, so that the soldiers of the Cao army could slowly issue instructions, change directions, and then avoid them without any injuries...
Although ordinary bows and arrows look good when shot, they are uneven. When these Xun's children practice, they are mostly shooting fixed targets. They cannot adapt well to the mobile targets of Cao's soldiers, so that the arrows shot are in vain. Even if some arrows are shot, there are shields and armor, which cannot directly cause any serious damage to Cao's soldiers.
All this was like the solid dock that they claimed to be, but it was actually just indestructible in their self-perception. As the Cao soldiers dug a hole under the gate of the dock, and buried gunpowder, everything became a foregone conclusion.
With a bang, Xun Wang's fort gate collapsed, as if something was also collapsed...
On the other side, there are also some forts in Jiangdong.
In Jiangbei, it can be regarded as the Huaisi area, and there is a fortress. If it only focuses on its land size, it is almost nowhere below the county town, and it can accommodate 20,000 to 30,000 people in an emergency.
Of course, this place called Chenjiabao did not reach a population of 20,000 to 30,000 even when it was most prosperous. Now, under the continuous wars, the number of households has been reduced a lot. The people guarded by the fort, including those within the nearby area, only 2,000 households, about 10,000.
However, in this area where most forces are not fully able to enter, this Chenjiabao can be said to be a considerable force. If necessary, two thousand peasant soldiers can be drawn, two or three percent of them can be armed, and about a hundred people are armed. In the surrounding area, this is undoubtedly the largest armed force.
The lord of the fort was two brothers, both of which were surnamed Chen, and it is said that people from the Chen family of Yingchuan moved here.
But in fact, they have no connection with the Chen family in Yingchuan. It’s just that the two Chen brothers borrowed the title of Chen family in Yingchuan.
The Yingchuan gentry moved south on a large scale, which happened after the Jin Dynasty. At this time, most of the Yingchuan gentry lived well in Yuzhou, and fell in love with Boss Cao, but not many moved out.
Therefore, the so-called Chen family of the Chen family, at most, can only be regarded as a "partner of the poor family". Although they are claimed to be descendants of Mr. Tian Qi, and have the same origin as the Chen family of Yingchuan, they are actually unable to stand it at all. It was probably a period of time, which may have been entangled during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Then Zhang Jiao and others failed, and the Yellow Turbans had no future. Then some of them were intercepted by the Chen brothers, and then a group of refugees gathered together, which probably developed.
Because it is relatively remote and has no strategic value to attack, neither Cao Jun nor Jiangdong has the desire to fight.
Therefore, the two brothers of Chen naturally became fenceists. Cao Cao came, boss Cao was good, Sun Quan came, Emperor Sun was good. Although he could survive by swaying left and right, it felt very bad for the two brothers of Chen. When he swayed left and right, it was like he was squeezed dry by two sticks...
After all, landlords who do not have official positions are actually to some extent like ordinary farmers. They cannot escape the fate of being bullied and ravaged by powerful people. The reason why the Chen family was able to stand out and gather tens of thousands of people was not because of how talented the second brothers of the Chen family were. One was because the Yellow Turban thieves wanted to survive before, and only the second brothers of the Chen family knew some overall planning, and the other was that they were on this marginal area and no one could take it seriously.
However, the two brothers of Chen have gradually grown older and have children. They usually think that they can't stay in this remote place forever? According to the traditional Confucian theory, the monarch does not need to have too strong abilities. Because of his strong ability and no restraint, he is easy to become stubborn and arbitrary, which will ruin the country. The only talent that the monarch must possess is to be able to identify and appoint wise ministers, and then those ministers will actually manage the country. The ministers have a monarch who can restrain him and can dismiss him at any time. The best representative of this theory is that Duke Huan of Qi was in the early days, and he just stayed in the inner palace to eat, drink and have fun, and traveled on a boat with his favorite concubines. He only appointed and absolutely trusted the wise ministers Guan Zhong, Bao Shuya, and the natural state rule.
In the current Han Dynasty, there is still such a market of thinking. The two Chen brothers are one of them. They consciously managed such a large territory and had so many people. Although they were not a great wise man, Zhongxian still had a share. As a result, there was no place for them in the court?
When Sun Quan marched before, the two Chen brothers were not unwilling to serve, but in the end they still felt that they would wait and see, and they just sent some cattle, wine and property that expressed their loyalty, which was considered to be a exchange for peace. Who would have thought that not long after, the news came that the Jiangdong Army withdrew...
The eldest son of the Chen family couldn't help but patted his brother's shoulders and praised him repeatedly, saying that fortunately, he had heard the second son's advice and waited for a while, and he did not rush to express his opinion. It would be fine if the Jiangdong soldiers could directly occupy the Huai Si area, but it seemed to be very aggressive. After the real fight, they would withdraw the Shishi people. If the Chen brothers had served before, they would not have to follow Sun Quan to retreat to Jiangdong?
But who can afford to take such a large fort, so many land, and the scenery that can be rampant in this countryside?
And on this day, things changed a little more.
Some Cao's children came to contact him and expressed their willingness to accept the two Chen brothers, and even made a promise to give a certain official position. The only condition was to separate from Jiangdong and worship Cao Cao from then on.
Of course, this condition is reasonable. After all, no one would say that there is no requirement for giving benefits.
The two Chen brothers didn't think much about it. They felt that they had a advantage to take, so they agreed. They could consciously get some official positions first. At worst, they could take the official positions given by Cao Cao and go to Jiangdong to negotiate terms. It was simply a pleasure.
However, Cao Cao's envoy was not stupid, saying that the two Chen brothers must pay some "vote letters" to be considered as believing in their sincerity...
The two Chen brothers decided on it and felt that if they didn’t seize the opportunity, they wouldn’t have this store after passing through this village!
Anyway, let’s talk about it first. As for what happened next, after Cao Cao’s envoy left, wouldn’t he have the final say?
So, according to the instructions of Cao Cao's envoy, two large flags were erected, one was the Cao family flag that indicated its ownership of Cao Cao, and the other was the rebuke of Jiangdong.
What? How do you express contempt on the flag? Don’t you know how to write the four words “Jiangdong Children”?
The two Chen brothers consciously had their homes in a remote place anyway, and the flag was erected to fool Cao Cao's envoys. After the envoy left, they would put it down and finish the matter. The official seal would be obtained. As for the Jiangdong people, it would be an explanation. It would be no big deal.
But unfortunately, this time the flag raised by the two Chen brothers was soon discovered by the scouts of Jiangdong...
Moreover, because the two Chen brothers showed obedience when Sun Dadi advanced to Qingxu, the behavior of the two Chen brothers was naturally considered a kind of "rebellion" by the scouts of Jiangdong!
The Chen family in Huai Si rebelled!
Can this be fake?
Haven't you seen the bright "Jiangdong Children" fluttering in the wind?
The news was passed to Jiangdong, and it immediately attracted a storm. In the midst of the storm, it was Zhu Zhi. Because at that time, he accepted and acquiesced the "submission" of the two Chen brothers, and did not send troops to attack him later, it was Zhu Zhi.
In terms of military tactics, Zhu Zhi's main strategic goal at that time was Cao Cao, the Guangling army. As for the relatively remote Chen brothers' fortress, it was between fighting or not fighting, which was similar to a useless rib. If you beat him, you might be able to eat a few bites, but you didn't have much meat. You also risked being attacked by division of troops. As soon as you came on the field, you wanted to develop yourself and expand your own strength. As for Zhu Zhi, who was safe, it was normal not to attack the Chen brothers.
But at the moment, this very normal move at that time became less normal.
There are even rumors that Zhu Zhi had already had a connection with Cao Cao!
The two Chen brothers are the so-called "clear proof"!
I also heard that the two brothers of Chen are "Yingchuan Chen"!
But Zhu Zhi and the so-called "Yingchuan Chen Family" two brothers, "wrong and unreproached", wouldn't it prove that Zhu Zhi had betrayed Jiangdong and was betraying Emperor Sun?
In addition, the previous incident of Sun Quan's faction and Yan's investigation into the spies in Jiangbei was suddenly in full swing, and a hustle and bustle arose!
Many people wrote letters saying that Zhu Zhi was "suspected" no matter what he said, and asked Sun Quan to make a decision early and arrest Zhu Zhi! If Zhu Zhi is not guilty, can he prove his innocence after investigation? If Zhu Zhi is guilty, he should prevent it as soon as possible to avoid the consequences!
Isn’t such a suggestion very reasonable?
Moreover, Sun Quan was a little dissatisfied with Zhu Zhi before, so he ordered an inspection...
Chapter completed!