The words are divided into two ends, and the timeline goes back to two months ago, when Guan Yu first returned to Hedong County.

Five thousand Youzhou elite horsemen, riding a boat against the current, Guan Yu stood on the bow of the boat, brushing his hair in the wind, and his eyes were more and more narrowed by the wind blowing on the river. But he didn't dare to blink at all, and insisted on searching at the end of his sight, as if he could see through the source of the Yellow River.

I'm afraid this is the cowardice of those who have returned to their hometowns.

As soon as the line of sight ended, an island appeared on the river, and Guan Yu knew that his hometown was almost here, and he had to dock on the north bank as soon as possible, because the boat would not be able to drive any further.

He was a native who fled the country at the age of twenty and was certainly familiar with the nearby terrain.

The Yellow River is turbulent, so far in the middle, the left and right are turbulent, and the boat can not pass. This is the famous Pillar Mountain, and the idiom "mainstay" refers to this place.

And the reason why Sanmenxia is called "Sanmen" is also because since ancient times there are three dangerous shoals above the pillar, which are called the God Gate, the Human Gate and the Ghost Gate. After passing the Ghost Gate, the river was calmed down by the Pillar Mountain.

Sanmenxia reaches the narrowest here, and the high mountains on the south bank cannot be landed, and only the north bank has Jindu. However, at the top of the mountain wall on the south bank, you can also see a stone pillar, which is said to have been erected by the Duke of Zhou in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and has long been weathered and inscribed for 1,200 years.

But Guan Yu knows that the allusion to this pillar is one zhang and five feet high, and it should have been engraved with the oath of Zhou Gong and Zhao Gong and Lu Shang (Jiang Taigong), and it was written that after the rebellion of Zhou Pingping and the Three Prisons, he considered the danger of Shaanxi Gorge and made it difficult to govern the world, so he decided to "divide Shaanxi and rule", the west was under the control of Zhou Gong, and the east was under the control of Zhao Gong and Lu Shang.

The place name of "Shaanxi/Shaanxidong" in later generations came from this, but at that time, half of the world west of this pillar was called Shaanxi or Kansai, and half of the world east of the pillar was called Shaanxi or Kanto.

According to this, the world is divided into two things, and its risks can be known one or two.

"Quickly find a shoal on the north shore and let the fleet go back." Guan Yu hurriedly ordered the cavalry to find a waist-deep shoal and wade down the river to the north bank. Because there are horses, this little water is not afraid of being washed away.

If it was the Danyang soldiers or other infantry units that came next time, then they couldn't be so hasty, and they could only get off the boat at Dongyuan Ferry, which they had just passed, thirty miles in advance.

After coming ashore near the pillar, about forty miles north, there is Anyi County, the seat of Hedong County. Since Guan Yu was renamed the governor of Hedong this time, he naturally had to go to Anyi to officially take office.

Before Guan Yu came, he heard that the base of the Baibo Army was Pingyang County north of Hedong County, and at the same time, he colluded with the Southern Xiongnu Xiutu to break Xihe County, Taiyuan County, Shangdang County and Hanoi County.

According to the analysis of this road map, Hedong County must be dilapidated now, and it is estimated that Xie Liang, Anyi, and Wenxi near the county magistrate's eup, along the river, plus Pusaka, Dayang, and Dongyuan in Dukou County by the Yellow River, a total of these six counties are still in the hands of the official army.

And those counties on the northeast side of Wangwu Mountain, such as Duanshi and Xuze, must have fallen into the hands of the White Wave Thieves, otherwise it would be impossible for the White Wave Thieves to cross the northeast corner of Hedong County to attack Hanoi County further east.

However, at present, it seems that Hanoi County should be recaptured by the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and most of the Baibo army broke out at the beginning of this year, and in April, they joined forces with the Xubu Gudu Marquis Pseudo-Shan Yu of the Hutu Tribes to break through Taiyuan County and kill Zhang Yi, the assassin of Bingzhou. Then he continued to invade Shangdang and Hanoi in the south.

In May, Emperor Ling received the news that Zhang Yi, the old assassin, had been killed, and promoted Ding Yuan to be the new assassin of Bingzhou. However, Dinh Yuan did not have the ability to return to Taiyuan to take office, so he could only take office in Hanoi County, the northeasternmost corner of Sili, and the administrative office was also moved to Yewang County in Hanoi.

Dinh Yuan was able to take office in Hanoi, and it seems that he recovered some counties in Hanoi County, but he was unable to continue to subdue to the north, and his theoretical state governance is still a occupied area.

(Note: The administrative office of Hanoi County is Huai County, but at that time, Liu Xun was still in Hanoi, so Ding Yuan could not use the same administrative office as Liu Xun to govern the wild king.)

In addition, this Liu Xun is not the same person as Yuan Shu's subordinate general, Jiujiang Taishou Liu Xun. This Liu Xun was recalled to the Beijing army as the captain of Huya in the early years of Emperor Xian, and later fought with Yuan Shao to Dong and was killed by Yuan Shao under the pretext. Among the excuses he used to fight Yuan Shao when Gongsun Chan beat Yuan Shao was to condemn Yuan Shao for killing his ally Liu Xun)

Ding Yuan's generals such as Zhang Yang, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun were also seconded to the capital to serve in the capital to enrich the troops of the eight captains of the West Garden. Ding Yuan himself has only one main bookkeeper Lu Bu left, and thanks to Lu Bu's civilian position, he was not transferred by the general He Jin.

Therefore, the current situation is that Guan Yu wants to hold most of the southeast and west of the river, secure the Yellow River, and then confront the enemy army in the northwest across Wangwu Mountain. Ding Yuan and Lü Bu were east of Guan Yu, the White Wave Thieves and the Southern Xiongnu rebels were in the northwest of Ding Yuan, and Guan and Ding Cheng defended the north bank of the Yellow River.

When Guan Yu arrived in Anyi, he was courteous to the Hedong Taishou Fan Ling, and the Taishou personally went out of the city to buy wine to welcome the arrival of the army.

After all, it is a troubled time, and there are still one-third of the counties in Hedong County in the hands of the rebels, how can the local governor not reuse the counterinsurgency generals. Even if Fan Ling knew that Guan Yu had come to cross the bridge and would not be responsible for completely killing the Bai Bo Army, he still had to be courteous.

It's just that the people of Hedong are already very burdened, and the war has caused the place to be ruined, and they can't get any decent wine and meat, so they can only eat a bite casually.

"In the year of war, the prince of the house does not have to be polite, Guan is also from Hedong, and it is not easy to take pity on his father." Guan Yu took the wine bowl, and after drinking, he was humble again and again.

"It turns out that Guan Duwei is actually a local? That's good, for the generals to protect the hometown of the elders, and fight hard. Fan Ling also felt very lucky, and said while beating the drum,

"I also know that Captain Guan may not be here for a long time, and we don't ask for anything else, drive the Baibo thieves out of the three counties of Wangwushan, and we can also explain to the imperial court, as for Pingyang and Shangdang Baibo, we can't control it."

In fact, Fan Ling is also a typical example of spending money to buy officials for eunuchs, so he can't be the Taishou of Hedong for long, after the death of Emperor Ling next year and the time difference before the eunuch was punished, he made an extra money and slightly promoted by half a level to become Jing Zhaoyin, jumping out of Hedong, a place of military disasters.

It can only be said that at that time, the Taishou of the counties under the division was the hardest hit area for the eunuchs to sell their officials. Who made this place the closest to the capital, some Taishou can find an excuse to sell twice a year, even if the first person spends money and does not serve for a full year, but as long as you make a mistake and indeed have major political achievements and dereliction of duty, you can still get rid of it according to the law. And even if the remote area is derelict in his duties and is handed off, the messenger will pass it back, and maybe the term of office will be full.

Guan Yu listened to Fan Ling's statement, and his heart also sank, and his thoughts about doing something in his hometown and having a beginning and an end before leaving gradually faded.

When encountering such a Taishou, it is better to listen to the arrangement of the eldest brother and Boya, and wait for Zhang Lu's appointment, and it is worth the imperial court to recover a few counties with a little meaning.

Anyway, his own hometown Xie Liang was not attacked by thieves!

Thinking of this, Guan Yu asked Fan Ling for instructions: "In this case, the soldiers and horses still need to be rectified in the past few days, and we have to wait for the rear army to arrive one after another before we can recover the counties of Wangwushan. ”

Fan Ling had no opinion at all: "What's so difficult about this, Guan Duwei is at his own convenience, but I want to provide you with some documents and let the counties cooperate?" ”

Guan Yu thanked: "That's not necessary." ”

Guan Yu just wanted to go back to his hometown to take a look.

Guan Yu has no relatives in his family for a long time, otherwise he would not have been so open to the end of the world back then, but he still had a few friends when he was a teenager, so he wanted to take a look.

Xie Liang and Anyi are both along the river, and the distance between the two places is only sixty or seventy miles, and there is a Yishi County in charge of salt ponds in the middle.

Xie Liang is on the west bank of Yuncheng Salt Lake, Anyi is on the east bank, and Yi is on the south bank, so many Haoqiang families in these three counties are illegal salt dealers. The mountainous land is already quite inland, and it is much more difficult to obtain salt than the seaside, so guarding the Great Salt Lake is a huge asset.

In the Han Dynasty, there was a salt and iron official camp since Sanghong Yang, but the smuggling of salt could not be eliminated in successive dynasties. Back then, Guan Yu killed a Haoqiang in his hometown Xie Liang and fled, and that Haoqiang was one of the top salt lords in Xie Liang's forces.

Returning to his hometown to visit is not a war, and Xie Liang is a safer rear than Anyi, so Guan Yu did not bring his five thousand Youzhou cavalry, but only brought dozens of horsemen to accompany the elite and travel lightly.

He didn't want to wait for a day, so after eating Fan Ling's wine, he hurried overnight, walked seventy miles in the middle of the night, and arrived at Xie Liang at dawn.

Of course, the city gate will not open in the middle of the night, but Guan Yu did not plan to ask for the door to be opened with the seal of the lieutenant His family has always been poor, and he lived in a village in the south of the city back then, so he was not in a hurry to enter the city at all.

Guan Yu relied on his vague memory to touch back to the village, only to find that the old mansion seven years ago had collapsed. But the land in the village outside the city is not valuable, so the ruins are not occupied by anyone and no one cleans them up, so they are left like this.

People who want to build a house probably prefer to find another vacant land than bother to demolish the abandoned old house.

"Yun Chang, this place has been deserted, it is better to open the city gate and find a post house to live in." Zhao Yun beside him kindly reminded.

Because the first batch of 5,000 soldiers and horses brought by Guan Yu were all Youzhou cavalry, the accompanying deputy general was naturally Zhao Yun, the governor of the Right Tooth Gate, and Zhao Yun is now Liu Bei's main horse.

"Zilong, I know your good intentions, but my generation has fought and killed Han, and I haven't suffered anything in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, this is my hometown, and the hard-working brothers have been sleeping in the courtyard for half a night, and they have felt tents to cover them and pull some thatch to keep warm, it should be fine."

The cavalry tore down some of the decaying timber, built a fire in the yard, and then found some thatch that had withered for several years to sleep on to keep warm.

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At dawn the next day, Sun Fu, the largest wealthy man in the village, found some abnormalities His old servants went out to pick vegetables in the morning, and when they came back, they found that there were fireworks in the collapsed old house of the Guan family, and they hurriedly informed the young master:

"Shaojun, the old mansion of the Guan family in the south of the village is back!"

Sun Fu was slightly shocked when he heard this: "Which Guan family?" ”

Servant: "Guan Changsheng's family!" ”

Sun Fu's eyebrows twisted, and suddenly rose: "Guan Changsheng, who killed my brother-in-law and fled seven years ago?" Anyone in his family dared to come back? ”

Servant: "What then?" ”

Sun Fu wanted to personally confirm whether it was Guan Changsheng who came back, but when he thought of the other party's level of courage and danger, he was a little afraid to do so, so he instructed the servant: "Since you see the cooking smoke, why don't you recognize it clearly!" That Guan Changsheng has a long physique, a red face and long hair, how easy to recognize! Let's go and see clearly, if it's the appearance, hurry into the city and notify my cousin to arrest someone! ”

The Sun family is a big local family, and Sun Fu's cousin Sun Jing is the county lieutenant of Xie Liang, who is in his thirties and has been working for many years. Because of the benefits of the salt lake, outsiders can't get into the water, and the local heroes are very energetic, and they can be officials all year round. The local county magistrate is not envious of the outside world, and he doesn't want to be promoted, so he wants to lie on the salt lake and share the money, so he is quite closed.

Although Sun Fu's brother-in-law was known as a big salt lord back then, in fact, he had several percent of the interests of the cadres to give Sun Fu's cousin the county lieutenant, and there were officers and soldiers to protect you from selling illicit salt, so the business would be big. So when I heard that the murderer who killed the agent of their smuggling salt business has returned, he will definitely come to arrest him actively.

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