After Huang Zhong's police message reached Qingzhou, the Qingzhou Senate was worried about the plague that had broken out in the south.

Before Liu Bei sent troops to annex the state, he had speculated about the plague that had just begun to break out in Changsha - "I am afraid that this plague has nothing to do with human morality." ”

Subsequently, Liu Huang, a disciple of the Great Pope and Liu Bei's righteous son, erected a monocular (microscope) to observe the feces of infected patients, and compared them with normal people, and came to the empirical evidence that the spread and outbreak of plague had nothing to do with human morality. Patients infected with the plague had some rod-shaped, movable small organisms in their feces, which Yin Dong named typhoid bacillus. At this point, the route of transmission of typhoid fever was completely understood: drinking unclean water led to infection with the plague - typhoid fever.

Previously, when Liu Bei sent troops to annex the state, he specially blocked Qingzhou, which is said to be to prevent the leakage of military information. Now that the way of the spread of the epidemic has been discovered, Qingzhou has continued Liu Bei's blockade order, since the spread of the plague has nothing to do with people's morality, then, even saints with perfect morals will be infected with the plague, and once the feces they discharge infect the water source, it will cause the outbreak of the plague in Qingzhou, so at this moment, even saints are not allowed to enter Qingzhou.

Yi nationality happened to enter Langxi County at this time, because he was from Jingzhou, in accordance with Qingzhou's quarantine order, he was sent to Penglai Island by sea and lived in isolation.

The outbreak of the plague in the south made Qingzhou Yuan. The old courtyard was hesitant to send troops to reinforce Taishan County. In the closed environment of Qingzhou, the common people enjoy the happiness of no tax burden, and outsiders are particularly excluded. Taishan County nominally belongs to Yanzhou, and sending troops to reinforce Taishan will allow Qingzhou soldiers to come into contact with foreign troops, and if it is not well controlled, the plague will be introduced to Qingzhou.

The Senate quarreled over this for three days. No decision has been made. Three days later, Huang Zhong's initial battle with Cao Cao at Snake Hill was unfavorable, and the news of retreating to Fenggao came, and the Senate was in an uproar.

On the same day, many elders clamored to deal with Huang Zhong. A few. The patriarchs strongly suggested that the troops of Mount Tai should be increased, and half of the elders suggested that the border with Mount Tai be closed and that Mount Tai be left to fend for itself. Other patriarchs even suggested that the army of the lord Liu Bei be urgently recalled to defend against Cao Cao.

While they were arguing, the Senate was closed for three days. The doors suddenly opened, and the strong sunlight pierced into the noisy hall. The elders turned their heads in amazement, and a team of white-clothed servants took the lead in opening the way, and the Grand Pope Yin Dong held a golden scepter and slowly walked into the hall of the Senate.

Gao Tanglong stood up in surprise. Before he could speak, countless patriarchs were already prostrate on the ground and kissed the corners of the Great Pope's robes. Without pause, Yin Dong walked to the chief elder seat in the center of the hall.

Gao Tanglong sighed and swallowed the words back into his stomach.

Although, the great Pope Yin Dong has a high status, but there has been no patriarch. identity, little interference in government affairs. The chief patriarch chair in the hall was set up for Liu Bei, occasionally, Lu Zhi used to sit, and now Lu Zhi is stationed in Luoyang, and no one has sat on that chair for a long time. Seeing Yin Dong sitting unceremoniously on that chair, Gao Tanglong wanted to speak and stopped.

One of the servants struck with the scepter in his hand. As soon as he got off the ground, the whispers in the patriarchal hall paused, and in the silence, Yin Dong cleared his throat and said: "It's been three days, the elders have discussed for three days and have not yet decided, and millions of residents in Qingzhou and Taishan are looking forward to it. If you can't make up your mind for three days, why are the elders embarrassed? ”

There was silence in the hall, and Yin Dong's fierce gaze swept over the elders one by one, and everywhere his eyes went, the elders bowed their heads and avoided them.

Yin Dong sighed and said loudly: "Although Taishan County belongs to Yanzhou, it has been under the rule of Qingzhou for more than five years, aren't the people of Taishan County my Qingzhou people?" Aren't the officials of Taishan County my Qingzhou officials? Didn't the taxes paid by Taishan County enter my Qingzhou treasury? What does Taishan-gun mean? Once Mount Tai is lost, Cao Jun can come out of Mount Tai, and my Jinan, Qi State, Beihai, and Lang Evil are all under its threat, how can we afford to lose?

The steel output of Taishan Steel Mill is supplied to our Qingzhou military and civilian use, and once Taishan Steel Mill loses, we can only buy steel from Izumo City. Izumo steel supply You, Hebei, Liaodong, Sanhan is still insufficient, Cao Jun to obtain Taishan Steel Mill will be like a tiger wings, what advantages does our army have to compete with Cao Jun?

Among the princes of the world, only the Cao army is the most similar to our military system, and the combat effectiveness of the Cao army is comparable to that of the Qingzhou soldiers.

Huang Hansheng resisted Cao's army with 20,000 men, was invincible in the first battle, and retreated with his whole body, what is there to blame? Now that he is looking forward to our reinforcements day and night, what are you hesitating about? Taishan County is adjacent to Jinan, Qi and Beihai, and now, what we need to consider is not the question of whether to fight, but how to fight. Yin Dong said this, and frequently pounded the bluestone floor with the scepter in his hand, and the dull sound echoed in the hall, and the patriarchs sweated on their foreheads.

Gao Tanglong looked left and right, stood up helplessly, and coughed lightly, drawing everyone's attention to himself.

The army does not interfere in politics, this is the iron law of Qingzhou, and because Fu Shou and Tian Feng have military positions, there is no place for them in the Senate. Now, since the elders were silent, Gao Tanglong had no choice but to come forward.

"In the past, under the city of Feiru, which was invaded by Xianbei, the martyrs Li Ao and Niman once summoned the soldiers to shout: 'The sky is above, the gods are the witness, our people are fighting to the death to defend their descendants!' Defend your homeland! Defend dignity! Defend the honor! 'Now, Cao Jun has entered my homeland, is the honor of Qingzhou trampled on like this? Ladies and gentlemen, I suggest that an urgent conscription order be issued immediately, and the young men of the four counties of Taishan, Jinan, Qi, and Beihai will be recruited to defend my homeland with swords and armor!" After Gao Tanglong finished speaking, he looked around the hall and said resolutely: "The Great Pope has made the reason clear just now, we don't have time to discuss it, I suggest that the voting start immediately - I agree to issue an emergency call-up order." After Gao Tanglong finished speaking, he raised his right hand and clenched his fist.

"I agree to an emergency call-up order." There was a fist raised.

"I agree......", "I agree......" raised their fists one by one. The voices grew louder and louder, until they converged into a roar: "I agree ......"

"First Class Call-up Order." Takashi Gao added.

"All the men took their swords and armor and reported to the clubhouse." A patriarch then added.

"All the meritorious people bring their own bows, crossbows, arrows, and ......"

"All the knights and lords bring their own horses and ......"

"Anyone who can pick up a sword or a gun and arm himself ......"

"Fight!"

"Level 1 Policeman."

The veterans were enthusiastic and chattering, and one of the patriarchs jumped up when he said what was excited, and shouted like a madman: "Blow the military horn!" The whole team! Pick up the knives and guns! Charge! Go and take the honor of the man! In the blink of an eye, the senator rushed out of the senate with his hands in hand.

Gao Tanglong was angry and funny, and was about to stand up and suppress the noisy elders, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a white figure out of the corner of his eye, Gao Tanglong was startled, immediately stood up, and greeted in a low voice: "Great Pope." ”

Yin Dong stared at the patriarch who ran out just now, and asked in a low voice, "Who is that?" In the hall of the senators, shouting 'blow the military trumpet'. ”

Gao Tanglong explained in a low voice: "A meritorious veteran ......"

A loud and clumsy voice interrupted Gao Tanglong's words: "My husband's Yu tribe received Lei Danyu's (Liu Bei) three-year great favor, and only accepted one thousand of our warriors to join the army every year, and the first-level conscription order was issued, although my husband's Yu tribe was not within the scope of conscription, but my tribe was willing to send 20,000 warriors, bring their own war horses, bows and arrows, and participate in the battle." We don't want the spoils, we can repay Lei Danyu for his kindness. ”

Gao Tanglong laughed and scolded in a low voice: "Slippery head." ”

Liu Bei attacked the West River, seeing that the layers of advancement, the Aries tribe, the Tianma tribe, the bull tribe, the Flying Eagle tribe of the meritorious men have begun to migrate to the West River on a large scale, although the newly attached tribes send soldiers to serve every year, but there are few people who have participated in the battle and obtained meritorious deeds, and the land of the West River is coveted by everyone. The Fuyu tribe impassionedly said, 'Don't want the spoils of war', but in fact, they were waiting to reward the land of the West River.

The Xiongnu were vicious, and the colonial policy of the newly occupied land of Xihe was to let these naturalized semi-nomadic, semi-settled tribes play the vanguard, and only when the pastoral industry and population of the land developed began to migrate peasants to build settlements and cities. Therefore, the more tribal people who migrated to the past, the better, and the more mixed the better. As soon as he thought of this, Gao Tanglong not only did not stop, but nodded appreciatively at Elder Fuyu.

He was not the only smart person, and the patriarch of the Filthy tribe immediately reacted, jumped on the stool, and shouted hoarsely: "In order to repay Lei Danyu's kindness, my Filthy tribe is willing to send 30,000 warriors to help in the war, and I don't want booty." ”

At this moment, the elders of the Kumoxi tribe and the Wofu tribe came back to their senses, and they also jumped on the stools one after another, shouting, "...... 20,000 ......","...... 30,000 ......".

Gao Tanglong stood up with a smile: "Otherwise, there are 5,000 places for each tribe, and those who need war horses, bows and arrows, armor, and weapons are complete, and they also need warriors who have received reserve training and can understand the Qingzhou military horn." Within 15 days, you need to arrive at the rendezvous in Guanghuan, can you do it? ”

The patriarch of the Fuyu tribe was the first to answer: "My tribe has the most war horses, and one soldier is matched with three horses. Running day and night, within 15 days, will be rushed to Guanghuan. ”

Gao Tanglong shook his head and replied: "There is no need to gallop day and night, call your soldiers to gather at the three ports of Izumo, Lushun, and Busan, and with the first level of the conscription order, let the fishing boats transport you to Longkou Port, land, and then converge on Gwanghuan." ”

The elders of several major clans nodded happily: "If this is the case, our warriors' war horses, the horsepower is not tired, and they can fight as soon as they arrive in Guanghuan." ”

Gao Tanglong said softly: "So, let's fight!" ”

The patriarchs responded in unison: "Fight!" ”

A moment later, the alarm sounded first around the city, and the terrible sound of the alarm resounded throughout the city. The man who heard the alarm immediately stopped what he was doing and quickly went home to pack up his armor and weapons.

At the earliest, Qingzhou used the continuous ringing of church bells as an alarm. Later, more and more wedding and funeral bells rang, and in order to prevent mishearing and misjudgment, Qingzhou switched to using hand-cranked sirens as a call to call. This hand-cranked siren is similar to the air raid sirens found in the British Isles during World War II. Shake the handle, and a high-pitched, rapid, and high-pitched chirp immediately alerts the person to an emergency.

The official document issued by the Senate for a first-class conscription order was delivered to the Overseer's Mansion, and Frustrated and Tian Feng, who were waiting for the news in the Overseer's Mansion, were shocked after reading it, "The prestige of the Great Pope is really extraordinary!" Tian Feng sighed with emotion: "It's actually a first-class conscription order." ”

Frustrated with a long breath: "In this way, we can also explain to Tao Gongzu (Tao Qian)." Tell the news to his messenger and let him return the news quickly. Frustrated Shou took a deep breath and whispered, "Let's act!" ”

After a while, the gate of the Governor's Mansion opened, and more than a hundred cavalry messengers rushed out of the Governor's Mansion wearing red robes and spears with a thorn wreath and scattered in all directions.

On the post station between Guanghuancheng and Linzi, a one-armed strong man heard the terrible siren, slowly walked out of the post gate and listened attentively. Immediately, the one-armed man's face changed, and he ordered loudly: "Prepare the stagecoach, let the lads be draped, and prepare to go on the expedition." ”

Not far away, the rumbling of horses' hooves sounded, and a cavalryman in a red robe rushed quickly, carrying a wreath of thorns on his spear. The wreath is tied with three red streamers.

The one-armed postman gasped and jumped to the side of the road, while the red-robed cavalry rushed to the post post and threw his spear with all his might. The spear with the wreath of thorns slammed into the wooden sign next to the inn, and the barrel of the gun made a buzzing tremor.

When the post guards heard the news, they saw the wreath of thorns on the billboard, and they all took a step back and exclaimed, "First-class conscription order!" ”

The conscription order in Qingzhou is divided into three levels, the third-level conscription order is to recruit the reserves, the second-level conscription order expands the conscription of retired veterans, honored people, and meritorious people, and the first-level conscription order is the mobilization of the whole people. The messenger wore a red robe and a wreath of thorns, and tied three red ribbons to the wreath to show his determination to fight to the end in spite of hardships and dangers.

The red-robed messenger then took out the arrow of the conscription order issued by the Governor's Office, handed it to the one-armed officer, and loudly declared: "First-class conscription order, Cao's army will enter the country, the four counties will be mobilized, and all the men will be armed." Defend your homeland! Never die! ”

The one-armed post officer commanded loudly: "Take out the siren handle, shake the siren, prepare a wreath of thorns, and convey the first-class conscription order to the surrounding counties and towns." All the men, who are not called up at noon to-morrow, will be deprived of all their land and property, and will be condemned as criminals. Everyone, arm yourself and never die! ”

The post guards were in a hurry, and then scattered out of the post station, holding wreaths of thorns, and conveying the first-class conscription order to the countryside, to the fields, to the streets, and to the houses.

The one-armed postman returned to the post house, and by this time all the postmen had rushed out to relay the wreath of thorns. The one-armed postman looked around the empty inn, beckoned the red-robed knight in, walked into the open door, pointed to the spear on the table and the wreath of thorns on the table, and said, "This is for you." ”

The red-robed knight stood still and said stiffly, "There is still a job." ”

The one-armed postman nodded and said, "You wait." ”

The red-robed knight asked, "Do you want to help?" ”

The one-armed postman smiled proudly and turned to walk towards the stairs.

A staircase leads to the roof, and on the roof tower, there are bronze sirens. The one-armed postman picked up the crank next to the siren, looked at the siren left and right, sighed, slowly squatted down, pressed the siren with his chin, installed the crank handle with one arm, and shook the siren with all his might.

Inside the post house, the red-robed knight heard the siren sound, nodded, stepped forward, picked up the wreath of thorns on the table, and rushed out of the post house reflexively.

A terrible siren sounded, and the red-robed knight held the reins in one hand and a wreath of thorns in the other, galloping on the road. Hearing the alarm, the people nearby all stopped and looked around, and then saw the red-robed knights rushing by.

When the farmer in the field saw the red-robed knight, he threw down his sickle, and the man who was carrying water threw down the bucket, and on the fruit grove, the fruit farmer who was picking fruit trees did not have time to climb down the ladder and jumped directly from the branch, and many fruit farmers jumped and jumped despite their sprained feet, and all the men ran home one after another.

The red-robed knight ran through the market, where the traders overturned the stalls, the diners knocked over their glasses, the cooks who stir-fried threw down their spatulas, and the settling accounts threw away their books and turned and ran towards their homes.

The red-robed knight ran through a school, the loud reading stopped abruptly, the gentleman threw away the textbook, the cleaner threw away the broom, the older schoolboy threw away the school bag, knocked down the tables and chairs, and rushed home.

The red-robed knight rushed out of the town, ran to the road again, the alarm sounded fiercely behind him, the passenger in the carriage jumped out of the carriage, his hand was quick, snatched a horse from the coachman's hand, and parted ways with the coachman, the slower hand, did not grab the horse, looked at the back of the coachman who was far away, scolded twice, spread his feet, turned around and ran.

Everywhere the red-robed knight went, chickens flew and dogs jumped. After the red-robed knight walked by, countless people wearing armor and carrying weapons gathered at the clubhouse. The children of the school, under the organization of the boy scouts, took over the security of the places, protecting the buckets, loads, shops and ...... left behind in the places, and protecting the women and mothers-in-law who were much older than them.

At night, the men who rushed to the club gathered were carrying torches and hurried all night, and the dotted torches were scattered on the land of Qingzhou, more than the stars in the sky, and they were brighter. After a little rectification, the men of the small club moved to the conference center, and the men of the assembly hall gathered in the central clubhouse.

At dawn the next day, Qi County, which is closest to Guanghuan City, has gathered 200,000 men, and at noon, according to the order of the Governor's Office, the men of Qi County began to march to Jinan County, reorganized while walking, and when they entered Jinan County, 20 legions have been reorganized. After meeting with the fourteen legions of Jinan County, the army entered Taishan County. At this moment, the sixteen legions of Beihai County also entered Mu County from the west of Taishan County, and immediately, the nine legions assembled by Taishan County, four legions leaned towards Pingyin, and five legions joined the Beihai Regiment and galloped to the aid of Fenggao from the west.

Within ten days, Taishan County gathered fifty-nine legions, totaling 590,000 troops. However, this was not the end of the matter, and five days later, the eight major tribes gathered 45,000 cavalry and followed the soldiers of the four counties into Mount Tai. Later, the three Han people, who enjoyed the treatment of meritorious people in the four counties, also returned from various places after hearing the news, and the 20,000 Han infantry army composed of family members and domestic slaves led by these people also entered Mount Tai to help in the battle under the banner of the corresponding conscription order. So far, Taishan County has gathered more than one million troops from both armies.

Under Fenggao City, Cao Cao proudly watched the attack on Fenggao City for ten days in a row, the victories and continuous advances, so that the generals of Cao Ying, who were bullied by the strong, were very excited, and Cao Cao was puzzled and asked Yu Ban: "Wen Ze, when the tiger prison was closed, the prince did not see such fear of Lu Bu, and now, our army is about to recover Mount Tai, why is the prince's face becoming more and more uncertain these days?" ”

Yu Ban replied: "It's too smooth, our army's attack is too smooth, which makes me faintly uneasy." Lu Bu, the wolf of the world, the wolf runs thousands of miles, its attack is fast, and its attack is urgent, however, the lone wolf wanders around, and there will be no place to live. Liu Bei, the bear of the world, the bear is in the place, and the tiger avoids it. Liu Bei has been in Mount Tai for many years, how can he not have a little arrangement? ”

Taking a breath, Yu Ban immediately talked about the drill he and Liu Bei had to attack and defend the camp, and on that day, Liu Bei had said: He would only let the opponent set up camp in the place he wanted. Yu Ban then explained: "In the past few days, I have been out of the village at night to inspect the four camps, and I always feel that there seems to be someone whispering in the wind (sirens in the distance), and there are ghost fires everywhere in the fields (Taishan men who are hurrying away with torches). I always felt that there seemed to be a smell of conspiracy in the air, our army was attacking the city for ten days, do you know if Liu Bei didn't want our army to camp here? ”

Cao Cao's expedition This time most of the advisers stayed in Yanzhou, and only Guo Jia was the one who accompanied the army.

In the past few days, Guo Jia's heart was also faintly uneasy, thinking that with the friendship between Cao Cao and Bao Xin, the gate of the city would be easily opened, but he didn't expect that when the army first arrived at Fenggao City, Bao Xin appeared in the city. Although I have a good personal relationship with Cao Gong, however, when Liu Bei left, this city was still in my hands; When Liu Bei returns, this city must also be in my hands. ”

Cao Cao still wanted to explain, but Bao Xin turned to persuade him: "Brother Mengde, if you and Liu Bei have a disagreement about the ownership of Taishan County, why don't you sit down and talk?" Liu Bei's attack on Xihe was to maintain the prestige of our Han Dynasty. For personal gain, in order to welcome back Miss Cai Zhaoji, Cai Gong (Cai Yong) only has this flesh and blood left, and he has to suffer in a foreign land, for the public and for the private and for the country and the people, Cao Gong should not be in the army at this time. The belonging of Mount Tai is also a family affair of my Han Dynasty, and the state affair of the conquest of the Huns. Meng De disappoints me because of his private abolition! That being the case, I have nothing to say, and I swear to live and die with this city! ”

After that, Feng Gaocheng's resistance suddenly became stronger, and Guo Jia was the first to realize that the air around him was wrong, and he had persuaded Cao Cao to return to the army many times in the past few days. At this moment, he persuaded again, but Cao Cao still insisted on his opinion, and in the end, Guo Jia used the excuse of defending against the third army of Pingyin City to take 50,000 horses and return to Snake Hill. Passing through Juping County to find the truth of the matter, the army hurriedly entered Juping, built a fortress to hold on, and at the same time urgently reported to Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao received the letter, the thirty-four legions of Qi and Jinan had been reorganized and entered Mount Tai. The 21 regiments of Beihai County and Taishan County also completed the reorganization in Mu County and marched to Fenggao. The Third Army left two Taishan Reserve Corps to garrison Pingyin, and he and the other two Taishan Corps entered Feicheng to complete the encirclement of Cao's army.

"Poked a hornet's nest!" Looking at the Qingzhou soldiers and horses flocking from all directions, Cao Cao's head ached faintly. The tiger prison was closed, and the words that Liu Bei said when he swore an oath sounded in his head: "Let the gods be just, and if there is a violation, the gods will punish them." ”

Xu Rong hurriedly stepped forward and suggested, "Lord, break through to the west." On the west side, Feicheng had only three legions, and the number of troops was the least. Our army moved quickly, and after defeating the Third Army, it could return to Dongjun. Please allow me to be a pioneer. ”

Cao Cao had a splitting headache, barely raised his spirits, and replied: "In my opinion, the Third Army on the west side is the most dangerous, and the gap between the trained army and the untrained peasants is extremely obvious. The enemy on the western flank ranks third in the battle sequence, and is an extremely brave army. I think that at the beginning, Le Wenqian (Le Jin) led the Third Army to block Pingyin, Yuan Benchu's 200,000 troops made a detour, although our army was numerous, if it was fighting with the Third Army, in case of holding each other, Liu Bei's cavalry suddenly arrived, where should we retreat? ”

Xu Rong also wanted to persuade and return that the Qingzhou troops on the north side and east side had been investigated, and there were a total of thirty-four military flags in the north, and twenty-one military flags on the east side were not far from Fenggao.

Shocked, seriously shocked, although Cao Cao looked down on the peasant army organized by the villagers. However, Qingzhou has always had fierce people, and more than 500,000 troops are overwhelming, which makes people feel terrifying when they think about it.

The deadly hornet's nest, Cao Cao originally thought that the whole people of Qingzhou would mobilize back 200,000 or 300,000 troops, but he didn't expect more than 50 military flags to come. A military flag is a regiment, a regiment has more than 6,000 combatants, and more than 3,000 logistics soldiers, so a military flag is equivalent to 10,000 people.

"Tarzan is overwhelming!" Cao Hong groaned.

Xu Rong jumped up: "There is a conspiracy. The difference in the strength of the enemy forces on the west side was too great, with more than 200,000 troops in the north and east, and there was no reason why there were only 30,000 troops on the west side. ”