Chapter 321: Guangcheng Pass
After Guangchengze, you have come to the foot of the mountain, here is the remnant vein of the Qinling Mountains, the mountain is towering, straight into the sky.
As the mountain that divides the north and south of China, it has created a lot of special scenery that is easy to permanent.
For example, the south side is full of green trees, tall and dense, lush, and the mountains are dominated by oranges, oranges, summer dates, and other southern fruits.
In the north, the trees are sparse, the rocks are "naked" and "exposed", thorns, shrubs, and more than big trees, which is in stark contrast to the big tree forest in the south, and the fruits on the mountain are mainly northern fruits such as pears, hawthorns, and autumn dates.
It is the same mountain, and there are no oranges in the north, and no apples or hawthorns in the south.
The cold winds in the north and the warm winds in the south alternate here, and the mountains here are far more foggy than elsewhere, and the top of the mountain is covered with clouds and mist all year round.
One of the most famous is Shennongjia, where even if it is a scorching sun, it is still a dense fog, like a fairyland on earth.
Guangchengguan, located in the middle of such a big mountain valley, although not as exaggerated as Shennongjia, but at noon, you can see clouds and mist on the top of the mountain.
More than 200 riders, wearing armor, and playing the "Han" flag, came to Guangcheng Pass without showing the flag of belonging.
Cao "sex" looked at the thick gate with a brick and stone structure that was more than two zhang high, and the city gate was as high as three zhang downstairs, one large and two small, and three arches.
The red city gate, the doornails painted in golden "color", the new dazzling.
Huang Zhong raised his head: "The grandeur of Wancheng, the first city in Jingzhou, can't be compared!" ”
Huang Zhong's joining, which made Cao "sex" excited for a long time, and now that he spoke, Cao "sex" instinctively responded, he smiled at Huang Zhong, and took the initiative to act as a commentator:
"After passing this level, it's Si Li! In the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turban rebelled, and His Majesty ordered the general to build eight passes in eight directions in Sili and defend the imperial capital.
When I entered Beijing for the first time, I passed through the Tiger Prison Pass, and compared to here, the Tiger Prison Pass was even more magnificent! The city is as high as more than three zhang, and there are also mountain dangers to help, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a husband and a man.
A certain speculation that the world's Xiongguan can be compared with Tongguan. ”
"If you have the chance, you must go and see it!"
Huang Zhong sighed, he is a southerner and has been active in Jingzhou.
There were few wars and chaos in the south, and the scale was not large, and even the wars and chaos that caused a sensation in the whole country often affected the south in the later period, and it was the Central Plains that did not seem to be the most ordinary ones when the war "chaos" broke out.
And there are many mountains and rivers in the south, and there are dangers to follow, and at the same time, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many clan cottages in the mountains.
When war breaks out, hide in the stockade, drill into the mountains, and hide in the reeds in the middle of the lake, and don't hide too many places.
The north is a flat river, there is no danger to defend, there is nowhere to escape, and there are very few hiding places to hide and make a living.
The city became the only relatively safe place during the war, and the height of the city wall was also much more important.
There is little rain in the north, and the age of the city wall is much higher than that in the south, where there is more rain.
Therefore, there is a big difference between the status of the castle and the city wall, and there is a big difference between the north and the south.
In general, there are many high and fortified cities in the north, and many broken city walls in the south.
In addition to Huang Zhong, Kou Qi, a native of Changsha, and the southernmost person of the Han Dynasty, Shi Puji.
was simply shocked and speechless, looking at Shi Puji's stunned appearance, saying that he had left a psychological shadow since then, Cao "sex" believed it.
A Shi Puji, as a "big man" among the Zhan people, is nearly seven feet tall, and one foot of Han is equal to about 2.3 centimeters, he is a "big tall man" of one meter and five.
Among the people with an average height of six feet, it is rare to be a "seven-foot man".
This is also the reason why his mother is a Japanese Han Chinese.
Guangchengguan is more than two zhang high, and more than two zhang is equal to more than 20 feet, which is equal to the height of four ordinary people, and the height of three and a half Puji.
How can you let Shi Puji not leave a psychological shadow.
Under the Guangcheng Pass, the main gate is closed, the two side doors are open, the soldiers wearing the uniforms of the five schools of the Northern Army are on duty under the city gate, and there are not many businessmen and pedestrians who are queuing up to pass the customs and accept the check.
There are very few people who pass the customs, and most of them are relatively wealthy, and ordinary people cannot afford to pass the customs.
There is a great "chaos" in the world, military salaries are unsustainable, and the military discipline is becoming more and more loose, and the five schools of the Northern Army are not as good as before, and they are majestic and strict as the imperial city army.
The arrival of more than 200 people and nearly 1,000 horsemen made the defenders startled.
The guards hurriedly returned to the gate, and the side doors that were still open on both sides were quickly closed, and even some pedestrians who had not had time to pay the customs money were also locked outside.
As soon as the pedestrians saw Cao "sex" and others, they were so frightened that they ran away, but the mountain road was closed, the back road was blocked, and there were cliffs on both sides.
Stretched out his hand, "rubbed" Cao "sex" who "rubbed" his face, and said self-deprecatingly: "Am I so scary?" ”
"Hey~"
Nineteen generals behind him were full of sighs.
On the tower of the city gate, a man wearing a captain's uniform and iron armor stretched out half of his body and shouted to Cao Xing and others: "Who is coming!" ”
Gong Du asked for instructions on Cao's sex, and then rode forward, keeping a stone's throw away, his eyes glaring: "We are under the command of Dong Gong, the former general of Bingzhou, and there is something important to pass through here, so don't open the door quickly!" ”
As soon as Gong Du finished speaking, Wang Shuang stepped forward again and shouted at the city gate:
"Phew! You birdman! My general and General Huangfu Zuo fought hard in Chencang, and behind me are all champion generals, supporting the baggage of the front line, don't open the door quickly, delay the military aircraft, can you afford to take responsibility! ”
Just now, I was still wondering, how could Dong Zhuo, who was far away in Guanxi and fighting against the rebels in Liangzhou, have a force south of Guangcheng Pass.
Wang Shuang jumped out, and then looked at his rough face blown out by the northwest wind and sand, and the guard general remembered some things related to Cao's "sex" and Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo.
Cao's "sex" is far away in the south, but he is notoriously wealthy, and he is also well-known for his affection and righteousness, and he has many obligations to support the border army.
Coupled with Huangfu Song as his teacher, Dong Zhuo also had a lot of dealings, and the money, food, and materials sent to the two of them were not known geometrically, and sometimes they would exchange a large number of horses and prisoners of war for going south from various checkpoints.
Dong Zhuo's Yellow Turban battlefield was defeated and imprisoned, and his subordinates were leaderless in the Hedong group of dragons, at that time, it was most common to support Dong Zhuo's troops from Jingzhou to the north through Guangcheng Pass.
It's just that since Dong Zhuo was released from prison and went to Xiliang to crusade against the Qiang rebels, there were few more grain teams of the Cao army, which passed from here, mostly from Wuguan, or directly from the Yellow River to ship upstream.
"Present the clearance papers!" Cao "sex" commanded.
Not to mention the customs clearance document opened by Dong Zhuojun, with Cao's "sex" connections and financial resources, the customs clearance document opened by the emperor himself can be obtained.