Chapter 6, Pingchun Haoqiang
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In the spring and February of the second year of Xingping, Cao Cao took Cao Ren as the main general, Tai Shici and Le Jin as the deputy generals, and Xue Yi as the staff officer, led an army of 13,000 to cross the Huaishui River and attack Lujiang County in Yangzhou. Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang under Yuan Shu's office, led 6,000 soldiers and horses to resist, but was broken by Tai Shi Ci between Tatexian and Anfeng. Immediately, the two counties of Tateate and Yangquan opened the city and surrendered to Cao, and Cao's army continued to move south and took Anfeng directly.
On the third day after the opening of the city, Shixun parted ways with the army, escorted by a small army of more than 100 people, along the Huaishui all the way to the west, through Yiyang County in Yuzhou, and soon entered Jiangxia County in Jingzhou - the first stop was Yuguo, and the second stop was Yan County.
The county commander surnamed Deng of Yanxian County heard that a man came to Yanzhou, and he brought a lot of soldiers and horses, so he hurriedly ran to the house to visit. Shi Xun asked him about the width and narrowness of the road in front of him, and the county order said: "From here to the west, one hundred and fifty miles can reach Pingchun, but recently, between Pingchun County and Langling in Yuzhou, there are rumors of thieves raging, and Your Excellency must not guard against it." β
Shi Xun frowned, and said in his heart that Langling is in the southwesternmost corner of Yuzhou, although the Cao family basically controls Yuzhou, but this kind of corner can not be taken care of for a while, and it is reasonable to produce a thief. There are more than 100 soldiers around him, and it stands to reason that ordinary bandits dare not provoke, but be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, and he went to the front line from Chengyang that day, because he was too negligent, and he was almost skewered by Sun Ce's halberd - if you bring Guan Hai's father and daughter, why is this?
But think about it again, how can the father and daughter be the opponents of the "little overlord", I'm afraid that both of them will have to be stabbed to death by then, and I can only wait for Taishi Ziyi to save them......
So he asked Deng County Order, what is the best plan? Or is there a trail that can be detoured? Deng County Ling replied: "Your Excellency, don't worry. There is an in-law who lives in the east of Pingchun County. The surname Zhou is straight, and the word Pengsheng is born. There is a wide range of land, and more than 1,000 villagers are gathered to protect themselves, so as to ward off thieves - a certain letter is written, and your Excellency goes to visit him, and he will be able to point out a safe way to the west. β
Shi Xun said yes, so he received the letter from the county order, left Ju County the next day, and continued westward. Follow the map. A day later, he entered Pingchun County and found the Zhou family's Zhuangyuan.
As soon as he heard the county order, he was mentally prepared, presumably this Zhou Zhi Zhou Pengsheng was a big local wealthy family, building a dock to defend himself and defend the place in the troubled times. When I got to the ground, I took a look, and sure enough, it was still far away from the village, so I first met a team of villagers, although the equipment was not complete. The clothes are still neat. Seeing that there were soldiers coming, the villagers were all like facing a great enemy. Putting aside the sparse and loose formation, he shouted from afar: "Are you the soldiers and horses of Jiangxia Huang Taishou, or the soldiers and horses of Zhangling Huang Taishou?" β
The two Huang Taishou are very clear, the former refers to Liu Biao's henchman Huang Zu, and the latter is Huang Zu's son Huang Jie. At that moment, he sent someone over to make a call, saying that we were coming from Yanzhou, and we had gone to see Liu Zhijun beforehand, and the county magistrate of Yanxian County introduced Mr. Zhou Zhi to visit.
Soon after the news was transmitted, Zhou Zhi personally brought three or five entourages to meet him, and after reading the letter from Deng County's order, he welcomed Shixun and his party into the village. In fact, in a strict sense, he can no longer be called Zhuang, it is a real dock fort, the four walls of the earthen fortress, it is not much shorter than the county seat, the outside of the fort is heavy with deer, and the arrow towers in the fort are dense, enough to garrison three or five thousand soldiers and horses do not seem crowded.
Of course, the strength of the defenders in these rural dock forts is very weak, most of them were originally just nearby farmers, and they have just dropped their hoes, and there are few who can really fight, and the weapons are not complete. The dock fort is a good base, and you can dig up soil and cut down wood anywhere, but the iron tools are not so rich, and more than thirty percent of the village soldiers can only use a wooden stick or sharpened bamboo spear to fill the number.
Zhou Zhi looks quite elegant on the surface, with a white face and a long beard, a high crown and a broad belt, but a mouth is a local tyrant. When he entered the dock fort, he shouted: "Quickly slaughter a pig, kill ten chickens, carry ten jars of wine, and treat the governor from Yanzhou!" "It wasn't long before Shixun entered the main hall, and sure enough, a large bowl of braised pork and boiled chicken thighs were served, and his soldiers looked at it with bright eyes, but he himself was a little greasy...... Is such a coarse food also something that can be eaten in a certain state?
Zhou Zhi personally warmed the wine, raised his hands above his head, and served it respectfully. It was Xun who saw that he was so humble, and he didn't want to be too embarrassed, so he smiled and reached out to take it, and took a sip - his meow was so sour, sure enough, this is the so-called "village moromi". Putting down the cup, he asked the other party about the surrounding shape: "Where did the thieves come from, and how many are there?" β
When Zhou Zhi heard this, he frowned slightly, and replied: "Chief Rongyu, we are here at the junction of the three counties of Jiangxia, Runan, and Zhangling, and no one is too lazy to care, and the thieves from the three counties are all gathered around here. There is a Yellow Turban remnant named Wu Ba, who leads a thousand people, and two scoundrels in this county, who falsely claim to protect the family and the people, but in fact, they gather in the mountains and forests, and the officers and soldiers are good gentry when they come, and they will be robbers when the officers and soldiers leave. β
It was Xun who wanted to ask him which way it would be safer to continue west, but suddenly he pushed the gold mountain and poured the jade pillar that week, and knocked his head down with a bang. Shi Xun hurriedly supported him with both hands: "Why is Mr. Zhou like this?" If you have something to say, please speak. Zhou straightened up, leaned closer, and said: "It's those two scoundrels, who came down the day before yesterday to invite the villain to eat and drink, saying that they were discussing the thief's strategy." However, there is no good banquet, I am afraid that they want to take the opportunity to annex the villain's team and ravage the eastern area of Pingchun County. Fortunately, the chief arrived, and begged the chief to bring troops with the villain, but with the prestige of the chief, they would not dare to come nonsense. β
Shi Xun sneered in his heart, it turned out that the county magistrate of Juxian County specially instructed him to come to Zhoujiazhuang, it was this intention, he wanted to let himself support his in-laws. He looked up at the hall and saw that the soldiers he brought were sitting in groups of three or five drinking wine and eating meat, and there were large groups of villagers mixed in, toasting cloth dishes, which was quite a bit of "military and civilian fish and water situation". However, this is just an appearance, he has only a hundred soldiers, and Zhuang Nei has less than seven or eight hundred people, if he refuses to agree to Zhou Zhi's request with a straight face, maybe he will immediately get angry. After all, he is just a foreigner, passing by here, if Zhou Zhi ruthlessly slaughters all these more than 100 soldiers, digs a pit and buries them, it really doesn't matter what the sky and the earth do. Is it possible to refuse? Do you have the guts to say no?
That's it, help him left and right this time, and after the matter is finished, he will not be able to delay for long. So he deliberately stroked his short beard and pretended to groan: "A certain person was ordered by Cao Zhijun to see Liu Mu in Guizhou, and he couldn't delay - I don't know when the meeting date?" Zhou Zhi hurriedly said: "Tomorrow is, I will not miss the chief's trip." Afterwards, the villain thanked him with a generous gift, and personally sent the chief to Pingchun County. β
Shi Xun nodded slightly: "That's it, it's bothering." β
That night, he boarded in the courtyard of Zhoujiazhuang, Zhou Zhi was very interesting, and sent two maidservants to warm the bed...... Well, warm seats. Shi Xun looked at these two women under the lamp, although it was a rural place, after all, Zhou Zhi controlled several nearby villages, it is said that there are 10,000 young people in the elderly, and it is not difficult to pick a few Zhou Zheng from it. If Xun Zhen was a native of this era and did not have a soul from two thousand years later, he would have slept when he said that he would have slept - sending a concubine to warm the bed is the elegant hospitality custom of the scholars - the problem is that this is actually what he meows! The official I hated the most in my previous life, and I also saw Tian'er scolding others on the Internet, did he have to degenerate like those bastards?
But think about it again, if you want to put aside the future generations, you will also accept a concubine in addition to your main wife, which is equivalent to taking a second wife, it is already like this, what kind of upright gentleman is you pretending? Besides, isn't he a wife and a concubine, and from time to time he still delusions about the poor flowers in Xuzhou with cow dung?
But when he thought of Gan's, he felt that the two village girls in front of him were really not enough, they really had to die more than people, and they had to throw away the goods. At this point, the lust retreated slightly, and it was really tiring to walk all day...... That's it, Lao Tzu won't do any exercise tonight, go to bed early and get up early, and be in good health.
So without giving a reason, he blasted the two village girls out. He was just about to undress and go to bed when he suddenly heard what seemed to be a low voice outside the house. Yes Xun is used to gossiping, whether it has anything to do with him or not, first lie on the wall and listen to it-
The man who spoke had a familiar voice, as if he was the housekeeper in the village or something, and he only heard him intermittently, "Do you want to go...... It's not difficult for the owner to kill your whole family...... How do you ...... your ancestors? Now it's just a flat-headed commoner, can killing you still alarm the government? Your mother's life...... How can you be offended if you are engaged in the state? β
As he spoke, he gradually approached the door. Shixun hurriedly left the wall and sat back on the mattress, when the butler knocked on the door and asked, "Is the chief asleep?" The villain has something to report. Shi Xun coughed: "Come in." Then the door opened, and the butler came in and laughed softly, "I sent it wrong, this ...... Sir, please rest early. β
Yes Xun thought to himself, could it be that I drove those two village girls out, so I sent a better one? I want to take a look at this, if it is really beautiful and charming, then Lao Tzu will be rotten...... In other words, can you really find beautiful women in this kind of rural place? There is really a beautiful Zhou Zhi who used it herself, can you leave it to me?
The butler took the door and left, and as soon as he entered the house, the man shrank in the shadows of the corner, motionless. Shixun beckoned to the man, but when he didn't respond, he was a little strange, so he stood up, took a candle and walked over to take a photoβin fact, at this time, he didn't have any lust, all covered by curiosity.
In the candlelight, it was Xun Cai who took a brief look at it and couldn't help but be surprised. Immediately, the man suddenly jumped over, grabbed the arm of Shixun holding the candle with his left hand, and put a hard object against his throat with his right hand, and whispered: "Hugh speak out, you will die if you speak out!" (To be continued)