Sun Wolf was reluctant and personally escorted Liu Chan and his party out of the north gate of Xiangyang, and did not return to the city until he couldn't see his back clearly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After noon, according to Liu Chan's strategy, Sun Wolf sent Cao Jin a bag of money and asked Cao Jin for leave on the grounds that his mother was seriously ill. Cao Jinmei took the money with a smile, not only agreed on the spot, but also praised Sun Wolf again and again for being a dutiful son. Sun Wolf said goodbye and set off to return home.

Liu Chan and Zhao Yun left Xiangyang and planned to go all the way to Fancheng, Deng, Jiaxia, Yiyang, cross the Tiger Pass, go straight to Muye, Chaoge, and Yecheng.

The reason why Liu Chan chose this route was to go on the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains in the future and pass through Jingzhou.

Liu Chan and his entourage crossed the Han River by boat and arrived at Fancheng, which was across the river. But seeing that Sun Wolf had been waiting at the city gate for a long time, it turned out that Sun Wolf was worried that Liu Chan would be obstructed by Cao Jun, so he stayed to help pass the pass. Due to Cao Ren's injury, Fancheng was more heavily guarded than Xiangyang. However, Sun Wolf was very familiar with the guards at the city gate, and with some money, they passed through Fancheng unimpeded.

Fancheng is located in the plain, the city wall is an earthen structure, compared with the tall city wall of Xiangyang, it seems low, the moat is not wide, compared with Xiangyang, it seems very stingy. However, the population here is larger than that of Xiangyang, and the market is full of merchants and streets, which are very lively.

Sun Wolf said that since ancient times, merchants have gathered, the market is prosperous, and it is known as "the south ship and the north horse, the thoroughfare of the seven provinces". In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Cao Cao took Fan and placed Xiangyang County, and Fancheng belonged to Xiangyang County.

Liu Chan looked at the inconspicuous Fancheng and asked, "Why is Cao Ren stationed in Fancheng instead of the high-spirited Xiangyang?" ”

Sun Wolf said with a smile: "In the past, Cao Cao was afraid of General Guan's Northern Expedition because General Guan Yu was strong, so he promoted Cao Ren from General Xingxiao to General Zhengnan to block General Guan's edge. The reason why Cao Ren sat in Fancheng was also because he was afraid of General Guan, and let Lu Chang enter Xiangyang to block in front. ”

Liu Chan said: "I heard passers-by talk about the saying that since ancient times, there has been a saying of 'Xiangyang beaten with iron and Fancheng with paper paste'. Where does this begin? ”

Sun Wolf said: "There are more than ten peaks in the southwest of Xiangyang City, such as Wanshan, Hutou Mountain, Zhenwu Mountain, Phoenix Mountain, and Daxian Mountain, which constitute the peripheral natural barrier of Xiangyang City, and the north and east of the city are surrounded by surging Han water. Because Xiangyang is located in the north-south, east-west traffic artery, since ancient times the soldiers must fight for the place, after a long period of war, after several years of construction, especially Liu Biao's construction, the city wall also changed from short to tall, from the earthen city wall to the brick city wall. The city gate was also changed from a single straight type to a cantonment-type urn city gate. The moat has also been widened and deepened, with an average width of about 180 meters, with the widest part exceeding 200 meters and the narrowest point being more than 130 meters. On the east, west, and south sides, there are also sub-cities built outside the city gates. The sub-castle is surrounded by water and connected with the water of the moat. There is a bridge between the sub-city and the main city gate, and the suspension bridge outside the sub-city is the throat for entering and exiting the sub-city and Xiangyang City. There are two high earth platforms in the sub-city, and the area at the top is about ten square meters, which is called the enemy platform. The enemy station is used to observe the enemy's intelligence information. In addition, between the Han River and the moat about 300 meters west of the Lady Castle, an earthen siege was added, and the Lady Castle formed a horn trend, which greatly strengthened the defense function of the northwest corner of the city.

"The city wall of Xiangyang is a brick and stone structure, which is more than ten meters high. Surrounded by mountains on three sides, one facing water, easy to defend and difficult to attack; The old Fancheng across the river, the city wall is low, made of mounds, only the city gate is built with long stones or Qingcheng bricks, and the moat is only about ten meters wide. And it has been breached many times. "Xiangyang of iron, Fancheng of paper paste" got its name from this. ”

Liu Chan was overjoyed, knew it in his heart, and ordered: "Brother Sun, after you visit Huang's seniors, you will draw the city defense maps of Xiangyang and Fancheng in detail when you have time." This son is useful. ”

Because Liu Chan and Yan Shanxue went out for the first time, and they went deep into the Caotong District, they felt nothing new about anything along the way.

Gradually, Liu Chan and Yan Shanxue began to get tired of clothes, stretching out their hands to eat, open their mouths, eating, drinking, sleeping, carefree, and luxurious and comfortable life, and they changed their methods to find excitement. For example, before leaving Xiangyang, Liu Chan asked Zong Pre and Fu Kuang to prepare several tents according to his design, kettles for cooking rice and soup, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, spices, chili powder and other seasonings for barbecue, as well as bamboo poles, wooden sticks, small iron rods and other objects, and also asked the blacksmith shop to build two ovens according to the drawings. Of course, it is indispensable to buy some meat such as pig, beef, mutton and pork ribs, rice, water and wine, paper, pen and ink, etc.

For two days, Liu Chan did not eat or stay at the inn, and all three meals a day were solved in the wild. Liu Bei, who is the imperial uncle of the Han Dynasty, the pastor of Jingzhou, and the great Sima, would never have dreamed that his only noble and dignified royal grandson would actually do something degrading that he had never done when he was poor and destitute.

In the future, if he learns, he will definitely be furious and teach this unfilial son a lesson. However, Liu Chan has long been confident about this potential danger, because these people are all confidants, not to mention messing around in Cao Cao's territory, even the cheap father Liu Bei, the second uncle Guan Yu, and the third uncle Zhang Fei will laugh when they know about it, and they will laugh out loud, as if they are angry with Cao Cao.

Along the way, taking advantage of the night, Liu Chan took Yan Shanxue, Xiang Pet, Xi Zhen, Sun Wolf and other young people to wait for rabbits, steal chickens and dogs, and lead sheep and ducks. Of course, it was Liu Chan and Yan Shanxue who let go of the wind, and Xiang Pet and Xi Zhen stole it. They went to the poorest farmers and the richest people in the village.

At first, those unlucky and destitute peasant families found out, and chased after them relentlessly, and climbed several hills in a row, but if they could catch up with the young and strong young men who had practiced light skills, they had to think that they were unlucky, and sighed and cursed all the way back, but when they returned to the chicken coop, duck cage, and sheepfold, they were surprised to find that there was a bag of money hanging on it, which was several times that of the lost poultry and livestock.

When they were stunned and stammered, they fell to their knees one by one, kept bowing and apologizing, and even blamed these rangers for wrongdoing, praying for the gods' blessing, hoping that these kind-hearted rangers would steal a few more times. And the rich people cursed incessantly.

It turned out that Liu Chan and the others were just looking for excitement, and they were fully carrying forward the Mo family's move of robbing the rich and helping the poor, so they left a good reputation of Moxia along the way.

After getting the booty, they found a flat land on the hill far away from the populated water source, and began to kill chickens and sheep. When the yellow and steaming barbecue came out of the oven, under the reflection of the bonfire, the strong fragrance filled the entire mountain, causing everyone's saliva to flow, and they admired Liu Chan so much that they threw themselves to the ground and respected Liu Chan like a god. Even Yan Shanxue, who has always looked at Liu Chan unpleasantly, also looks at the unprecedented super food, and is soft and charming to Liu Chan. made Liu Chan get goosebumps and made everyone laugh. (To be continued.) )