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Yongzhou City is the gateway to Bashu in the south of the Central Plains, with a resident population of about 400,000.

The Bashu of this world also has the reputation of the land of abundance, the products are rich and the scenery is beautiful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, even when the Central Plains is in turmoil, the impact of Bashu is still very small.

The same is true of the city of Yongzhou, which has a unique geographical advantage, and the people in the city are relatively rich in trade with the southern states.

It's just that the long-term peace has made the attitude of all parts of Bashu towards the war very optimistic, and the people naturally don't need to say much, even the generals and soldiers in the army are also thinking like this, even the defenders in Yongzhou City.

Hukou Pass, which is only 30 miles away from Yongzhou, is the only barrier in Yongzhou City, because the terrain where the pass is located is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the entire pass defenders only have only 2,000 recruits who have not been baptized by any war.

On the 14th of August, the defenders of the pass, as usual, began their day's work at three o'clock in the morning.

The work of the defenders is very simple, the first thing they do when they get up is not to drill the military formation, but to cook directly.

The defenders' breakfast is generally millet porridge with dumplings, plus some pickles and condiments, although it cannot be compared with the central army, but it is already good.

The defenders of Shu were the only officers and soldiers who could eat well when chaos broke out in the northern part of the Central Plains.

Of course, there are no chili peppers in the Central Plains at present, and if you want to eat spicy food, you still need to develop it slowly.

After breakfast, the soldiers of the defending army began to guard their designated posts at the pass under the command of their respective superiors.

However, seeing that they were absent-minded, they even talked and laughed with each other against the battlements, and they did not have the slightest sense of defending the land.

This is not to blame these defenders for this, after all, there have been no major wars in Shu for many years, and some are only the Bosu people who plundered the northwest region of Bashu, and as for the south, it is even more peaceful.

Due to the short time for Bashu to join the Han Dynasty, the local defenders did not have the slightest sense of crisis, nor did they expect that a sudden war was about to start at the pass.

"Ah...... Ha ......"

A veteran who had been in the city for two years held his spear and leaned against the battlement, yawning again and again, rubbing his eyes, and complaining: "I'm sleepy, I really want to go back and sleep again." ”

A recruit on the side smiled when he heard this: "What's wrong with Lao Zhang, did you gamble again last night?" ”

Lao Zhang smiled: "Gambling fart money, I ran all night last night, I didn't sleep well, hey, don't say a few words of gossip, do you have tobacco on your body?" First borrow me two mouthfuls to refresh yourself, and when you get your military salary, you will be repaid twice. ”

"Look at what you're talking about, are you still a few puffs of cigarette? Take it! The recruit graciously untied the bag containing tobacco from his waist and threw it into Lao Zhang's hands.

Lao Zhang took the cigarette pouch, then took out a pipe, pounded it into the bag for a while, put it in his mouth, then took out the fire fold and took off the pipe, blew it on the fire fold a few times, and waited for the fire fold head to start sparking, then took the pipe back to his mouth and lit it, and took a sharp puff.

When he landed, Lao Zhang's eyes rolled, and he held back for a long time before he spit out a long smoke ring, and the look on his face was to have more ecstasy.

The pipe was made by Liu Ce when he was bored, and it was quickly sought after by the army, and it was much easier to carry than the long pipe.

In addition, Liu Cejun's lieutenant generals and soldiers have been fighting in the south and north all the year round, and smoking is the best way to relieve pressure and a means to promote mutual communication between colleagues, so almost everyone in the front-line troops of the Han army must carry a bag of tobacco when they go out.

"Cool!" Lao Zhang sat on the city wall with satisfaction, kept smoking lightly with his back against the battlement, and said casually to the recruits, "After two days off, when you return to Yongzhou City, Lao Tzu invites you to Fushou Lou for a drink." ”

The recruits also sat down next to the city wall and said to Lao Zhang: "Don't be so polite, by the way, I heard that the imperial court is now at war with Hu Nu in the north, do you think you can win?" ”

When Lao Zhang heard this, he was silent for a long time and shook his head and said: "It's really hard to say, but Lao Tzu knows that the Hu people are barbaric and ferocious, and when Lao Tzu, a group of barbarians on the Guang Plateau, passed by a manor on the way to Yuzhou, he was fortunate to see it once.

The frightened Lao Tzu almost urinated, he hid in a well for a day and a night and didn't dare to squeak, and only dared to come out when it was dark when there was no movement outside, obediently, the whole village died,

Regardless of men, women, and children were hung at the entrance of the village, this group of beasts was simply not human, many women's corpses were naked, and the torture was a blur of flesh and blood, even the children who were a few months old did not let go, and were picked alive by spears,

Alas, when I saw that scene, I was so scared that I crawled out of Zhuangzi, don't laugh at Lao Tzu, if you encounter such a scene, your performance may not be as good as Lao Tzu. ”

The recruit rolled down his Adam's apple and muttered to himself: "It seems that this time the Great Han is more than auspicious, I heard that the number of Mengluo people outside the Saiwai is several times more than that of the Bosu people, and the previous Dynasty Da Zhou and Mengluo have been beaten several times, presumably the Great Han will also repeat the same mistakes." ”

I don't want Lao Zhang to say: "That's not necessarily, last year, the Bo people were almost wiped out by the Han army in the area of Longyou, and the one who led the troops in Longyou was Xu Wenjing, the secretary of the military department of the dynasty,

That guy doesn't look like a weak scholar, but he is definitely a ruthless person, and the Hu people who died in his hands are not millions but also 800,000.

With such a ruthless person as him, the Mengluo people may not be able to conquer the Central Plains, in short, these have nothing to do with us, what do you want to do so much, isn't it good now? ”

The recruit nodded: "Yes, whether we can win or not, it has nothing to do with us, we just need to guard this acre and three points of land, by the way, I said, will the army of Chu come to attack our Shu land, this Hukou Pass is the first to bear the brunt." ”

Lao Zhang snickered twice when he heard this, pointed at the recruits and said: "It's also a shame that you think about it, why did the Chu army come to fight our Shu land, but don't you know that Shu Dao is difficult?"

Besides, the Chu State is surrounded by prosperous counties in the south of the Yangtze River, why do people choose to go near and far away and fight our Shu land? Thinking too much,

If I were an old thief, I would definitely conquer all parts of Jiangnan first, and I wouldn't be able to get along with Shudi. ”

The recruit smiled embarrassedly: "Yes, why do people come to fight Shudi?" Even if you really want to fight, you should occupy all the places in Jiangnan and fight again. ”

After saying that, the recruit clapped his hands, stretched his arms, and got up with his spear in his hand and looked back at the gate.

"Huh?" Not wanting to look at this, the recruit was suddenly startled, then rubbed his eyes, looked carefully, and couldn't help but be surprised, "It's not good, there is a situation!" Hurry up and report to General Ning! ”

When Lao Zhang heard this, he snickered, knocked on the tobacco residue in the pipe, and replied indifferently: "Don't make a fuss, no, last time you saw a few deer and yelled, and everyone was at a loss, won't you see anything again this time?" ”

After speaking, he got up and looked out of the gate.

"It's ......"

No, what appeared in Lao Zhang's eyes was a banner covering the sun on the horizon in front of him, slowly approaching Hukou Pass.

"Quick...... Trumpet...... Sound the trumpet to defend against the enemy...... Inform Ning Shoujun! ”