May, Chencang.

The sky was slightly bright, Zhao Yan got up early to say goodbye to Zhang Ji, and prepared to escort the grain and grass to Hanzhong.

"The war in Hanzhong is tight, so we should rush to the grain team to protect the grain road. The army of food and grass, when there is labor Zhang Yongzhou to work. Zhao Yan said goodbye.

Zhang Ji hesitated a little and reminded: "Bo Ran, the people are far away from serving the conscription, I see that their expressions are uneasy, Bo Ran should be appeased, so as not to cause the people to riot, resulting in the cutting off of the grain road, so that the army retreats due to lack of food." ”

Zhao Yan frowned and sighed slightly, and said: "The people are worried, and they are more aware of it. The war in Hanzhong lasted for a long time, and the Duke of Wei personally recruited into Hanzhong, and the military food was in short supply. When the people transport a lot of grain, they leave their hometowns and miss their hometowns, which is inevitable! ”

From the time Xiahou Yuan entered Hanzhong, the people escorted grain and grass to Hanzhong. The road is long, and the people are mostly oppressed. Now that Cao Cao has entered Hanzhong, the soldiers, horses, money and food have been consumed more, and the burden on the people has become heavier and heavier. In this case, it is very easy to cause a rebellion of the people, after all, this kind of thing is also commonplace under Cao Cao's rule.

However, people often come to what they are afraid of, and the attendant walked into the hall and said urgently: "Protector, yesterday's first Minfu rioted at Sanguanyi, and General Niu led thousands of people to suppress it, and I don't know what the situation is today!" ”

"What!"

Zhao Yan's face changed greatly, and he said: "There are 10,000 people when transporting grain, if there is a rebellion, how can General Niu have a thousand people?" ”

After a little hesitation, Zhao Yan said: "Hundreds of soldiers under the order will set off immediately, rush to Sanguanyi, and suppress the people's rebellion!" ”

Seeing this, Zhang Ji stopped Zhao Yan and persuaded: "There are only 100 soldiers under the king's account, and 1,000 people under the account of General Niu. ”

Zhao Yan shook his head and said, "There are 10,000 people in the front department, who come from all over the country, and they don't belong to each other. Now there are few rebels, and there are many hesitants, and if there is a change, it will be a thief rebellion. It is advisable to go to appease in person, and the riots will be quickly quelled. ”

"And as a protector, they all protect the grain and grass, and if the grain and grass are lost, it is difficult to escape the blame, and the Duke of Wei will inevitably be angry."

Zhao Yan, as a protector, is responsible for logistics and food comfort. If something happens to the grain road, Cao Cao will inevitably settle accounts with him, and the removal of him from his post will be cheaper for him, and he will inevitably be killed as a punishment.

Zhang Ji seemed to understand Zhao Yan's difficulty, and said with relief: "What Bo Ran said is not unreasonable, if you want to make chaos among the people today, you can be benevolent and lenient, exempt him from criminal responsibility, and not be investigated, so it may be peaceful." ”

"Thank you Yongzhou for reminding me, you should keep it in mind." Zhao Yan said.

Zhao Yan's methods are cruel, and in order to complete the tasks of his superiors, he often oppresses the people. For example, Cao Wei's women's policy was originally intended to allow widows to be married to middle-aged men to reproduce the population, but in the hands of Zhao Yan, it changed its taste.

When Du Ji ruled Hedong, he was benevolent and loved the people, balanced hardness and softness, and strictly followed the policy of women. and when Zhao Yan ruled Hedong, the women sent were several times that of Du Ji.

Cao Pi therefore questioned Du Yi, and Du Yi bluntly pointed out that the people he recorded were all wives of deceased, and Zhao Yan sent a living wife. Such an answer opened the darkness of Cao Wei's politics and made Cao Pi's face change greatly.

Zhang not only understood Zhao Yan's character, but in order to prevent the civil unrest from expanding, he specially told Zhao Yan not to be so ruthless. Of course, Zhang Ji knew, how could Zhao Yan not know, he already had a coping strategy in his heart.

Forty miles away, it may take a day for the people to carry grain and grass, but Zhao Yan, who marched lightly, only took half a day to arrive.

By the time Zhao Yan arrived, the popular rebellion had been suppressed by Niu Gai. Sergeant Cao led the rebels to the field, numbering more than 1,000 people, and Niu Gai was eager to try and seemed to want to execute all the rebels.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Yan hurriedly went to Niu Gai's side and said, "What does the general mean by this? ”

Niu Gai saw that it was Zhao Yan, and arched his hand and said: "Qiyu protects the army, the people of Luoyang rebel, more than 3,000 followers, and a certain army attacked him and captured more than 1,000 people." Now Yu beheaded the rebels and spread them to all parts of the country, so that they did not dare to rebel. ”

Zhao Yan looked at the people in the field and asked, "Why are the people of Luoyang rebelling and the people of Hedong not rebelling?" ”

Niu Gai said happily: "The people of Luoyang rebelled, and some people once called the people of Hedong to rebel, and the people of Hedong said: 'People will eventually die, and they dare not live up to the grace of Du Hedong.'" Therefore, the people of Hedong were in peace, but the people of Luoyang rebelled and were attacked by the Bureau. ”

Although Cao Wei has ruthless people like Zhao Yan and Cheng Yu, he also has good officials like Zhang Ji and Du Ji.

Counting the heads, Zhao Yan said: "The people of Luoyang rebelled, although the general has captured more than 1,000 people, there should be thousands of fugitives. If the general kills the rebels, thousands of people will be terrified and live in seclusion in the mountains, and the rest of the people will be afraid, which will not be conducive to the transportation of grain. ”

Niu Gai's face was slightly straight, and he said, "Please show the protector!" ”

Zhao Yan pointed to everyone and said: "The people are ignorant, and if you give a small favor, you can win their hearts." It is enough to kill the leader now, and the rest will be exempted from responsibility. When the fugitives hear this, they will gladly return to the team to help our army transport grain and grass. ”

"This~"

Niu Gai hesitated a little and said, "If you act like this, I am afraid that Duke Wei will be punished!" ”

Zhao Yan stroked his beard and said: "Just use this word to temporarily appease the rebellious people, and write to Duke Wei, how will Duke Wei be punished?" ”

Saying that, Zhao Yan sneered and said: "When the grain and grass are transported to Hanzhong, the army is on the side, and the rebellious people can be punished on the spot." ”

I have to say that Zhao Yan is vicious and ruthless. However, such a person is deeply valued by Cao Cao. The Battle of Chrysostom, the Seventh Army; In the battle of Guanzhong, the 12th Army was protected; The battle of Hanzhong protected the grain road.

"The Protector is wise!" Niu Gai admired.

The rebellion of the grain transporters in Guanzhong is only a microcosm of the battle in Hanzhong. Compared with the Cao army, it was much easier to transport grain for the southern army.

At Huo Jun's suggestion, Zhang Lu called on the Five Doumi Sect to launch a holy war to defend the holy land of Hanzhong.

In the teachings of the Sect of Lu, the sacrificial wine from all over the country took action, and in just one month, 80,000 men and women of the Badi Hanyi were levied and sent over the rugged and difficult Micang Mountain Road to transport more than 100,000 stones of grain for the southern army.

Those who win Zhang Lu and the people of Hanba are not lies. Historically, Cao Cao was able to migrate hundreds of thousands of people in Hanba; Now Liu Bei has Zhang Lu, and everyone and land can get it.

Although the Chen Cangmin rebellion was suppressed, the news had been brought to Hanzhong by messengers.

"Boom!"

The drums were beaten by the wrestlers, resounding on both sides of the river, urging the soldiers of Cao to attack the mountain. However, no matter how passionate the drums were, they still couldn't contain the defeat of Cao's soldiers.

Especially after the 'Liu' banner appeared on Dingjun Mountain, the morale of all the officers and men of the Southern Army soared, almost suppressing the soldiers of Cao. If it weren't for Huo Jun's immobility, it is estimated that Sergeant Cao would have been unable to bear it for a long time, and he would have been defeated and retreated directly!

"Bastard!"

Cao Hong was so angry when he saw the soldiers retreating that he tried to kill the retreating sergeants.

"Zilian can't act rashly!"

Cao Cao, who was standing on the car, scolded and said: "Liu Bei came to Hanzhong in person, and the morale of the enemy army has soared, how can he move lightly?" ”

"Duke Wei?"

Cao Hong showed resentment on his face and said: "Our army attacked the southern thieves and did not resist, Liu Bei personally went to Hanzhong to supervise the battle, and the morale of the enemy army has risen greatly, I am afraid that the previous achievements will be wasted!" ”

"Mingjin!"

Looking at the vague banner on Dingjun Mountain, Cao Cao said melancholy: "The morale of our army has been discharged, Huo Jun will not move, wait for work at ease, and win the victory of the land; Now Liu Bei is supervising the battle on the mountain, and the morale has risen greatly, and our army has lost people. ”

"No!"

"Dingding!"

The sound of gold replaced the sound of drums, and the soldiers of Cao, who were wading through the water and attacking the mountains, seemed to hear the gospel and slowly retreated, how dare they stay in Hannan.

On Dingjun Mountain, looking at the retreat of the crowd, Liu Bei smiled and said: "After this time, there will be Hanchuan alone!" ”

Huo Jun arched his hand and said: "Cao Cao has been unstoppable for months, and the sergeants have suffered many casualties. The lord is now in Hanzhong, inspiring the morale of the army, and threatening Cao Cao. Blessed by the Lord. Looking at the current situation, he will do his best, and this battle will be won! ”

"Haha!"

Looking at the small crowd of Cao soldiers, Liu Bei stroked his beard and smiled complacently.

When he made a long journey from Jiangzhou to Hanzhong, Cao Cao had already surrounded the camp in Hannan for almost a month, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, which was still difficult to overcome.

Today, Liu Bei supervised the battle in Dingjun Mountain and erected the banner in order to inspire the soldiers. Hearing that Liu Bei went to Hanzhong, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and Cao's army attacked several times, but they were all repulsed, which made Cao Cao have to end today's battle hastily.

In today's situation, Cao Cao will not be long before he will withdraw his troops. At that time, when Cao Cao withdraws his troops, Liu Zhang will inevitably surrender, and Yizhou will be in his pocket.

At the end of the year, back to Chu~

……

Cao Cao put his hand on the car, looked worried, and sighed: "Liu Bei is here in person, Hanzhong is afraid that it will be difficult for me to have." ”

"Could it be that Liu Zhang surrendered?"

Guan Yu conquered Baishui Pass and took the Golden Bull Road, Cao Cao lost the news of Yizhou, and only knew that Guan Yu led the army to attack Shu.

Losing the news, Cao Cao doesn't know what to do now?

If you can't fight it, do you want to withdraw the troops?

But if he works in vain, won't it make people laugh, how can he enter the King of Wei?

"Duke Wei, the guards are coming to report!"

Yang Xiu rode a horse to catch up with the car and said, "The people rebelled, and General Niu led his troops to suppress it. Zhao Hujun has beheaded the thief, I don't know if the rest should be punished? ”

Cao Cao was in a bad mood and said: "Such a trivial matter, Dezu will deal with it by himself, why bother asking Gu!" ”

"Those who are considered to be properly punished by the protectors, or can be pardoned, will not be held accountable." Yang Xiu said.

"If you don't pursue it, it's hard to apply for the strictness of the law. The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is unforgivable, and the whole family moved to Guanzhong and was included in the military household for the purpose of enriching the population of Guanzhong. Cao Cao said.

Yang Xiu's eyes flickered, and he suggested: "Wudu is close to Guanzhong, whether to move Wudu Hanhu to Guanzhong." ”

Cao Cao stared at Yang Xiu for a while, and suddenly smiled: "You can follow Qing's intentions and move the people of Wudu into the customs to fill the population in the customs." ”

"No!"

Yang Xiu bowed his head and answered.

"Wei Gong!"

Sun Quan rode his horse to Cao Cao's car and said: "According to the scout's report, there are southern thieves in Jinniu Road, and there is an enemy general Lu Meng commanding him. ”

Cao Cao groaned a little and said: "Lu Meng came out of the Golden Bull Road, mostly to peek into our army's grain road. ”

"Not good!"

Cao Cao reacted suddenly and said: "In the past few days, a batch of military rations has come from Longyou, down the Han River, and will be sent to our army. If this grain is lost, our army will be short of food and grass. ”

"Someone!"

"In!"

"Order Ma Chao to lead the headquarters to ride westward to protect the Longyou army's food." Cao Cao said.

"No!"

PS: It's not in a good state today, let's take a look!

(End of chapter)