Chapter 3 Troubled Times Descend Section 35 Lose Your Armor and Remove Your Armor

Qingzhou, the hometown of Qi State, is divided into Jinan County (pre-war population of 450,000), Pingyuan County (pre-war population of 1 million), Le'an County (pre-war population of 420,000), Beihai County (pre-war population of 150,000), Donglai County (pre-war population of 480,000), Qi County (Linzi, pre-war population of 490,000), a total of six counties, eleven countries and 65 counties.

However, there are many different views on the attribution of Pingyuan County, some people think that it belongs to Jizhou, some people think that it belongs to Qingzhou, but in the demographic data of Emperor Shun and Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it does belong to Qingzhou. Whether it is the plain minister or the next secret minister that Liu Bei once served, these two places are good places for development, and it is a pity that the real Liu Bei did not start here. Now it seems that I am the only one who can accomplish this difficult task.

In fact, I couldn't understand that Liu Bei couldn't gain a foothold here. So I specifically looked for information and carefully studied Qingzhou.

Qingzhou, located in the North China Plain, is one of the major grain production bases in China when the Yellow River is about to enter the sea, where it is particularly gentle, and its abundant water irrigates the earth. There is food in the hand, and there is no panic in the heart.

There is also the largest gold base in China, and the gold production of Xiami County is in modern times, accounting for about a quarter of the country's total output. There are also reserves of natural sulfur (accounting for more than 90% of the country's reserves) and gypsum (accounting for more than 79% of the country's reserves) also ranking first in the country.

There are also oil mines, diamond mines (reserves accounting for 40% of the country), magnesite, cobalt, hafnium, granite and so on, which rank second in the country in terms of reserves and output. The reserves and production rank third in the country are potash, graphite, talc, bentonite, limestone, etc. The rest of the top 10 are coal, natural gas, iron, barite, diatomaceous earth, bauxite, light rare earth, oil shale, quartz sand, phosphorus, gallium, etc.

Among them, Longkou Port, which I have vigorously developed, is a large coal-producing area, and its coal production is enough for us to develop industry. As for the Luzhong iron mine near Jinan, Taishan, it makes me salivate. There is grain and iron, as well as various minerals for development, and there is more than one good port to go to sea, which is really a good place for development.

The only pity is that after the endless North China Plain provided abundant products, its unobstructed Great Plain also brought difficulties to defense. There is no danger to defend, the enemy army can quickly reach the city, and the people are strong. During the period of hegemony in the Three Kingdoms, the five Qingzhou assassins died in office, first Kong Yi Gong Jing, and then one of the 18 town princes who had responded to Yuan Shao's crusade against Dong Zhuo, Jiaohe, all died at the hands of the Yellow Turban, Gongsun Zhan appointed Qingzhou Assassin Shi Tian Kai, Yuan Shao's eldest son Qingzhou Assassin Yuan Tan died in the attack of the princes. Such frequent changes of horses and generals is also the reason why Qingzhou has never set up a state pastor.

The strange thing is that in this turmoil, Lu Bu's fugitive general, Taishan thief Kou Yu Zangba, finally stabilized Qingzhou's position, what a capable thief.

However, for me, I have the heavily-armed ironclad cavalry that gallops across the great plains, and these ironclad cavalry are equipped with the most advanced stirrups and horseshoes of the era. The invention of the four-wheeled carriage also allowed me to quickly transport heavily armored infantry, and the covered carriage for transporting baggage could form a field fortress of activity. The most important thing is that I have a high prestige in Liaoxi and Liaodong, which happen to be the production area of horses, and where Izumo Castle is, whoever wants to sell horses to my enemies will have to see whether I agree or not.

Of course, the enemy can also sell horses from Bingzhou and Liangzhou, but the quality of horses in Liangzhou is not high, and Liangzhou horses are far away for the Central Plains, and the roads are not quiet, resulting in few traffickers. In addition, the extensive use of four-wheeled carriages will inevitably increase the demand for horses among the people, and the price of horses will rise, which will increase the cost of building cavalry for the princes. I control at least fifty percent of the country's horse production, and I can control the flow of certain strategic materials at any time according to the friendliness of the other party.

Thinking of this, the soil of Qingzhou is particularly kind. If the land of wealth can be developed well, everyone will be rich. I can't figure out how such a rich place can be the place where rebellion was first initiated for generations, and such a place can feed even the corrupt officials who let the people support twice as much. Why can't the people live?

Well, let me calm down the land, so that the people can enjoy their possessions with peace of mind, and have the right to choose their own managers, so that they will be willing to defend all these gains with blood and iron.

Qingzhou, this fierce and evil place in history, I want him to show his fangs, to conquer, to plunder, and to zhan have.

That night, we camped 30 miles from Linzi. In order to prevent the sneak attack of the Taishan thieves, Zou Jing and I set up a village separately, and the two villages were not far apart, forming a horn. Tomorrow's war is coming, in order to maintain sufficient physical strength, we leave the corresponding vigilance and rest early.

The next morning, when the trumpet sounded, everyone came to the tent to discuss. Zou Jing also brought two or three retinues to discuss matters. Previously, we had been telling Zou Jing that these reinforcements were sent by Gongsun Zhan, so Zou Jing was quite polite to Tai Shici, who led the army. In the past few days, he has accepted a lot of military supplies from me, but he is very unhappy that he did not give him a share, but when he saw that the nominal commander of the reinforcements, Yuyang Captain Tai Shici, was respectful to me, so he did not have a seizure. Last night, a battalion was set up just to show dissatisfaction. However, the big war was imminent, and he didn't have the courage to leave us.

When I entered the big tent, all the generals had already sat down, and Guan Zhang was serving me. Seeing that Captain Tai Shici was seated in the third seat in the generals' team, Zou Jing was obviously taken aback, although there was no one in the first and second seats, but looking at the situation, nerds knew that this was a seat prepared for Guan Zhang.

Seeing this scene, Zou Jing immediately restrained his anger, repeatedly pushed off the seat I had given up, and had no choice but to sit down on the side of my table. The military conference began.

In order to prevent the Taishan thieves from attacking from behind, Fu Zhi suggested that the wolf cavalry with the strongest attack power be arranged in about 5 miles behind us, and five miles is enough for them to gallop. Guan Zhang's two leading troops are on the left and right of the forwards and respond to the forwards. Once there is a police in the rear, the striker and Guan Zhang do not need to return to help, as long as they are full of strength, it will be a victory to kill under Linzi City.

As for who is the vanguard and who is the Chinese army, I have a deep undecided mind in my heart. Along the way, our army has been competing for the lead everywhere, Zou Jing has already expressed dissatisfaction, but the army will be defeated before this battle, if I take the initiative to ask him to be the vanguard, he will be even more dissatisfied after the defeat. It's better for him to jump out on his own and ask to be a striker, I don't believe that he, as a general, doesn't even have the courage to do so.

Sure enough, feeling that I was hesitating about this matter, Zou Jing jumped out and took the initiative to ask to be the striker, and his words sounded: "Xuande Gong fought one after another, and the soldiers were tired, this time I am the vanguard, and Xuande is just to rest the soldiers to prepare for another battle." ”

Okay, I'll just wait for your words, the Qingzhou soldiers are brave, the combat effectiveness is only above the Zhang Niujiao troops, not under it, the reason why it is not ranked first in the Yellow Turban, is because it met the peerless fierce general Liu Guanzhang in the first battle, and then it plundered, not under the main force of the Yellow Turban, and then it simply surrendered to Cao Cao, in order to taboo these thieves who are generals in the court, so the historian did not include them in the Yellow Turban Army. I rejoiced in my heart, Zou Jing, you wait for defeat.

After Zou Jing received the order, he happily walked out of the big tent and returned to his camp to arrange. I looked at Guan Zhang and the others, wanting to tell something, and swallowed the words back, with the courage of these two people, can 100,000 yellow scarves stop them?

Later, we all came out. Forward, Zou Jing's department is 5 miles away from the Chinese army, and the guard, Tai Shici is 5 miles behind us. Marching in depth with 15 miles of battle, whoever wants to attack us must think carefully.

The morning sun shines through the thin clouds and gently sprinkles on the sergeants. With Izumo's supplies, most of the infantry marched in carriages, and there were no heavy footsteps, no more rustling from the armor, no singing, and the front line was met with the enemy, and singing was forbidden, only chariots and horses whistling. In the dreak, the soldiers couldn't help but tighten their spears.

At the front, there was a sudden burst of dust and smoke, and the dust and smoke began to be faint, and gradually, the dust and smoke continued to float upwards and float up, and the smoke and dust became bigger and bigger. I looked at each other and smiled, "It's coming."

"Order, the soldiers got out of the car, lined up—" Without waiting for me to speak, he gave a loud order. Tian Chou immediately organized his men and built a long wall on our side with the vacated vehicles. The snare drums sounded, the soldiers leaned close to each other, erected shields and spears, and then there was a tooth-sore twisting sound, and the archers took out their arrow boxes, tapped the ground with one leg, and prepared to shoot.

Riding on my horse and holding up my binoculars, I carefully observed the smoke and dust ahead. No, how could there be Zou Jing's soldiers running in the smoke and dust, could it be that he was defeated so quickly, it seems that the combat effectiveness of the Qingzhou soldiers is really not to be underestimated.

I casually handed the telescope to Fu Zhi, and said in shock: "Zizheng, the big thing is not good, Zou Jing's department has been defeated, Guan Zhang and the two are nowhere to be found, Zou Jing is retreating towards our side." ”

Fu Zhu raised his clairvoyance to watch, and then shouted in a lost voice: "It's not good, quickly tell the sergeants to split the formation and let the defeated army go around the formation." ”

I shook my head and sighed: "It's too late, the defeated army is about to come to the front, we are in a hurry to line up is not good for the army's morale, besides, no matter how we line up, the defeated army will also break our position." ”

Frustrated with a gritted tooth, he shouted: "Ci is not in charge of the soldiers, lord, now at a critical juncture, the heart is soft, order the archers to release arrows, order the soldiers in front of the battle to shout, let the defeated soldiers go around the formation." ”

I smiled bitterly, doing this now is tantamount to turning my face with Zou Jing, can it be done?

Seeing my wry smile, he immediately shouted: "Lord, I am the commander of the army, and I will give the order." Archers, shoot arrows. ”

The attacker was holding a bow and arrow, looking at him blankly, and Tian Chou immediately added: "Archer, the ruler is uncertain, shoot freely." ”

As soon as Tian Chou's order was given, the lieutenant's hand was raised, and he gave a loud order: "Wound the arrow, open the bow, shoot freely, prepare, release." ”

Tian Chou then issued a series of orders: "According to the order of the right army division, the Lin character formation will change the formation." The shield men retreated, the archers lined up in front of them, and the spearmen stepped forward, erected their spears, and crouched. The swordsmen drew their swords and stepped forward, the spearmen lined up behind them, and the shieldmen followed behind, taking care to protect the archers. Archers, keep shooting. ”

With Tian Chou's military order, the shield formation was split from the middle, like two iron dragons, bypassing the car formation in two ways, and came to the front of the archers, the pikemen stepped forward and squatted, carrying the spears on their shoulders, and the swordsmen stepped forward to step on the tail of the spears, and rows of guns were erected. The squatting spearmen shouted in unison: "The soldiers are going around the formation, and they are not allowed to rush." ”

It's useless, the defeated soldiers only want to hide in a safe place, in their opinion, my formation is the safest, so, wave after wave, the defeated soldiers braved the rain of arrows, desperately squeezed into my formation, the face of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was visible, my army was crumbling, and the faces of the soldiers showed a look of fear for the first time.

Frustrated Zhu approached my side and suggested worriedly: "My lord, the archers can't bear to shoot the rout, and now the rout has rushed into our formation, the formation is about to collapse, and the thieves are huge, it is better to let our army retreat step by step, and wait for the next day to form a formation and engage the enemy." ”

Guo Yuan nodded desperately, but Tian Chou looked at me with confidence. I was furious, I had never fought so badly in my life, but I was defeated by my own people. Pulling out the saber, I shouted: "I, Liu Bei, have fought dozens of battles in my life, and I have always attacked forward, and I don't know if there is a retreat." Today I am here, either laughing with a sword, or dying with a sword, this battle is invincible, this is where I am buried. ”

Tian Chou stabilized this and echoed loudly: "I will come here from Youzhou, cross Jizhou, and hit Qingzhou." Invincible, invincible, invincible, how can this little thief stump us. The lord ordered the whole team to get up, attack forward, and break away from the rout. ”

Yes, there are two ways to break out of the rout, one is to retreat, and the other is to attack forward. The supplies of our army are all here, and once they are evacuated, the Yellow Turbans have captured these high-quality weapons and armor, and it is really hard to imagine what they will become in the future.

Well, since I don't retreat, I'll move forward. I shouted with all my might: "Zitai, you and Zini (Guoyuan) stay here and gather the rout." Zizheng ordered the whole army to get up and attack forward. In today's battle, if you don't win, you die."

When the whole army heard this, they immediately became more powerful and shouted in unison: "If you don't win, you will die." ”

With the trumpet, countless routs also stood in our formation, some of them had lost their weapons in the run, they stood in the queue with empty fists in their hands, and shouted hoarsely: "If you don't win, you will die." ”

Approaching, the Yellow Turban Army is getting closer and closer to us, groups of Yellow Turban soldiers fill the world, they all have red eyes, their faces are full of hideousness, brandishing rudimentary weapons, some are even the weapons of the newly captured Zou Jing's officers and soldiers, the corners of their mouths are foaming at the mouth, as if they have been hypnotized, and they shout repeatedly: "Sect Master's Sermon, keep in mind, the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious." They shouted as they pounced on the swords and spears that were standing in front of them.

Crazy, crazy, this attack is no different from seeking death.

Rain of arrows, rain of arrows under black pressure! After breaking away from the rout, the archers in order to save face, desperately show their arrows, in a short moment, three rounds of arrows shot out, this kind of back-fired bow and arrow fell in front of the battle without any resistance, in front of this kind of terrifying arrow rain that covers the sky and the sun, every second passes, there are countless yellow scarves falling.

Some of the Yellow Turbans' bodies were even pierced and pinned to the ground by arrows fired by archers. The soldiers crucified to the ground let out a terrible roar, and some tried to pull out the long arrows that had been shot into their bodies, but as they grew weaker, the goddess of life gradually left them.

The Yellow Turban Army in front of the battle was still shouting in a daze: "Sect Master's Sermon, keep in mind, the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious." Braving a dense rain of arrows, they ran desperately and hard before this journey of death. The cost of each step forward is unimaginable. At such a close distance, the archers hardly needed to aim, and a volley of arrows was fired, and the unarmored Yellow Turban soldiers fell miserably one by one like leeks cut down in the spring.

There were also wounded soldiers who fell to the ground, muttering the Master's Sermon intermittently, trying to get up, and they staggered to their feet, struggling to rush into our formation. However, many of these people are often cut to the ground by the swordsmen and spearmen we have caught up with, and this time they fall and are usually never able to get up.

However, this terrible sight did not stop their comrades from fearlessly advancing. Those Yellow Turbans shouted slogans, stubbornly hunched over, and rushed forward step by step. They turned a blind eye to their fallen comrade, even as he was moaning for help. Seeing this amazing combat resilience of the enemy, I felt a chill in my heart.

Near, after a short but long trek with the Yellow Turbans, we finally collided and met each other in close combat. I picked up my saber, tightened the arm shield in my left hand, turned over and jumped off the warhorse, and shouted vigorously: "When the two armies meet, the brave wins." Fu Gong, I will be under your command here, and I will fight with the soldiers. After saying that, regardless of the hard work of the frustrated professor, I ran to the front of the battle with my attendants.

As I came, the sounds of the battlefield jumped into my ears so clearly, the sound of spears piercing into my body, the muffled sound of knives slashing against bones, the sound of great axes cutting off heads, the sound of large wooden clubs striking on armor leaves, the sound of large iron cones breaking bones, and the wheezing and hoarse screams of soldiers on both sides.

I rushed to the front of the formation, and my attendants lined up on my left and right, and I shouted with all my might: "Go forward, and if you don't win, you will die." ”

The soldiers were stunned for a moment, but when they saw me waving my sword in front of the battle and killing the enemy deeply, they immediately shouted in unison like a ball full of energy: "If you don't win, you will die." "The soldiers roared and swung their swords and guns as hard as they could, and followed me towards the Yellow Turban.

Ye Tian stepped forward, looked back and shouted solemnly: "The city lord is in front, how can I, as a subordinate, be willing to accept the latter." Armies, come with me and protect the lord of the city. ”

Crazy, the soldiers on both sides went crazy, they were red-eyed, gasping, roaring, running, slashing, biting, like two wild beasts, struggling to use their last bit of strength to fight. In this situation, whoever exhausts the last strength first will lose, and the victory belongs to the one who persevered to the end. To this end, both sides are persevering, persistent.

There was no hope for the Yellow Turban Army, and behind them, the military horn sounded, and the wolf army arrived. Tai Shi Ci yelled with a huge voice that he had with Zhang Feiyou: "Wolf army, put on the helmet." ”

Well, once the wolf army wears the hideous helmet, its impact power is comparable to that of the thunder cavalry, after all, these are two troops trained at the same time, and these enemies in front of them are not enough for the wolf to ride. I perked up and shouted, "Kill the enemy, kill the enemy." ”

Immediately, the unique strange cry of the wolf army sounded: "Minions", the earth shook, and the military horn sounded violently, "Raise the gun, walk quickly, and charge". The hideous wolf army crashed into the Yellow Turban Formation, cutting off the charging Yellow Turban waist, like Tang Woxue, like a wolf like a tiger, the Yellow Turban Army's momentum was stagnant, like birds and beasts, and the recitation of the sect leader's quotations was interrupted for the first time.

Take advantage of your illness to kill you. In the midst of the rolling hoofs, I yelled, "Kill, kill." "The soldiers woke up like a dream, and they didn't care to see the wolf army attack, but they followed me again, shouting and killing the enemy in depth.

Faintly, I heard the sound of the trumpet behind the enemy, and I didn't care about thinking so much, I struggled forward, forward. This victory is already ours, and I will use my own hands to reap the fruit.

I can't remember how long I had been killed, but all of a sudden, a huge horse came out of the smoke, and I raised my arm shield to protect my face, and raised my hand to cut at the horse's hooves. The giant horse suddenly stood up, dodged my knife with its front hooves, and before I could make any follow-up movements, a snake spear smashed my knife, and the great force surged, and I could not stand still, and retreated again and again.

A loud voice woke me up from my madness: "Big brother, how are you cutting me." ”

Oh, it's Zhang Fei, the butcher is here, the giant horse black cone, the snake spear Zhangba, I should have thought of it a long time ago. Hateful butcher Zhang, you are a muscular man, you are a man with a huge voice, I know, you don't have to be so vicious, that spear smashed on my knife, and my hand was still hot and painful.

I took a breath, looked around and asked Zhang Fei, "Third brother, why are you here, Yun Chang?" ”

Zhang Fei jumped off the horse, waved his hand to let the rest of the soldiers continue to kill the enemy, and explained to me: "Big brother, I will meet the enemy in front, and when I fight my way out of the encirclement, I found that Captain Zou's army has been defeated and retreated, after I joined the second brother, I discussed whether to kill Linzi according to the will of the eldest brother, and my subordinates joined the army Li Ping suggested that the military situation under Linzi City is unknown, and now the Yellow Turban repels Zou Jing, and it is inevitable to attack the eldest brother by taking advantage of the victory, it is better for us to return to the army and attack the Yellow Turban Army before and after the eldest brother." I discussed with my second brother, and this plan was very good, so I joined forces and attacked the Yellow Turban Formation from behind. Between the rush and killing, he was separated from his second brother. ”

Okay, Zhang Fei Guan Yu has matured and knows how to adapt to the situation. I gladly ordered: "Second brother, you lead these people to rush and kill, and I will go to find Yun Chang." ”

The big picture has been decided, and we have won. I looked for Guan Yu on foot on the battlefield, but I didn't worry about him at all. The current Guan Yu is equivalent to having the Martial Saint of the Red Rabbit Horse in advance, what can the little Yellow Turban do to him. It must be Zhang Fei's stuffy head and tearing up, and he lost someone.

The battlefield after the battle, the wailing, the moaning, the dying sighs, the sound of struggle, rise and fall like a tidal wave, and the noise of the free market. The scattered yellow turbans have surrendered one after another, and on the battlefield, it is my subordinates who are standing.

I walked silently on the battlefield, looking for the wounded men, carrying them out of the pile of corpses, we won, but it was a Pinos victory, a miserable victory, and with two or three more such victories, I should go and jump into the Yellow River.

A three-stage march like mine, when a normal person sees it, will not brazenly attack. But I just ran into a bunch of madmen, and the madmen didn't think about that, so they didn't hesitate to attack. Of course, the impact of the rout of the formation was also the reason for my heavy casualties, but since I knew that Zou Jing's troops were going to be defeated, but I did not prevent it, I really can't escape the blame for the heavy victory in this battle.

After a while, the military horn sounded, ordering the armies to move closer to the Chinese army. When I heard the news, I came to the Chinese army, and at this time I began to incorporate Zou Jing's defeated troops, and Tian Chou had already taken over the command of our army, and skillfully divided the theater into several parts, and each platoon cleaned up the battlefield according to the division, saved the dead and helped the wounded, and the captured materials were also distributed to individuals in accordance with the prescribed proportion. The wolf rider acts as a vigilance unit, swimming next to the battlefield.

It's noon, what? It was only noon after half a day, what a long morning. I looked at the sun and tiredly instructed Tian Chou: "Set up camp, you can't go today, send a ranger to find Zou Jing." ”

Soon, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei returned, and with the help of the Aries tribe, the military village was quickly erected. It turns out that the secret of the Aries tribe can quickly build a village is that they do not knock the wooden stakes into the soil in the village, but nail the wooden stakes into pieces, and when the village is established, one by one knocks into the soil, and the two pieces are fixed with ropes and I-shaped iron nails. Oh, what a good way to do it.

In the afternoon, after the soldiers had finished lunch, Liu Hun returned to the camp with the depressed Zou Jing. It turned out that because the Yellow Turban Army could not pass through the siege of Linzi City, Liu Hun could not communicate with Gong Jing, so he had been wandering outside the city, and waited until early this morning, the Yellow Turban Army suddenly broke the siege and left, Liu Hun understood that it must be us who were discovered by the Yellow Turban. After hurriedly contacting Gong Jing, he led people to follow the Yellow Turban, and luckily saved Zou Jing on the battlefield. After getting rid of the pursuers, he took Zou Jing back to the camp.

Liu Hun's words were half-true, but Zou Jing was beside him, and I couldn't expose him, so I had to hold Zou Jing, hand over the defeated army to him, and give him a set of good armor weapons and horses to comfort his heart of losing his armor.

In this battle, we suffered more than 500 casualties, Zou Jing's department suffered more than 2,000 casualties, looking at the statistical report of the results, Zou Jing and I were about to cry out of grief, I only had 2,500 soldiers and 500 casualties, which was equivalent to my loss of a battalion. Zou Jing lost half of his soldiers, which was miserable.

After this battle, my soldiers had a great grudge against Zou Jing's subordinates, and in the eyes of the soldiers, if it were not for the defeat that shocked our position, we would not have suffered such heavy casualties.

I'm too lazy to explain this view. In this way, at least Zou Jing will not force me to return to Zhuo County, which will be of great benefit to me to get rid of his shackles. At the same time, the arrogance of my men and men, after a series of victories, was greatly increased, and through this unforgettable and tragic victory, the soldiers understood that they should not rush into their own camp when they retreated. This experience will surely be remembered for the rest of their lives, and it can be regarded as my gain and loss - the one who can advance and retreat is the Iron Hero, and I will rely on them to conquer the world in the future.