When they see fruit trees on the roadside, they will stop; When they see a village in the distance, they will be eager to try; When the weather is fine, they will criticize it for being too hot and sunny; Traveling on a rainy day is simply the first chore in the world.

These whispers don't mean much, they are the lowest people in the war, as long as their legs can be stretched and they can walk, even if they are swollen and sore, and they will continue to move forward. Unless there is a dead end in front of them, or the limit of the soldier's physical strength has been reached, and many people fall down and die while walking, which is likely to provoke the soldiers to mutiny, they can only say a few words while walking, and use this as the only catharsis and pastime for their feelings.

But the horses and horses of this army did not make a sound at all when they marched.

As they walked by, the straw sandals rustled against the ground;

The wheels rumbled over the uneven dirt road;

The horseshoe kick and tap are very rhythmic, and even the intervals are exactly the same;

They wore dirty, shabby clothes, covered with badly worn armor, but they were still clean, and walked down the road in silence, without saying a word.

This place is actually not far from their hometown, and they can reach it after crossing a mountain, but that mountain seems to have become an insurmountable moat, and they have walked around that mountain all these years, but they can't get there.

"After this battle, when Liu Zhijun recasts the country and merges the state back to the Han Dynasty," said their general, "we can go home." ”

The silent soldiers, who were about to stop, would look up and look forward when they wanted to stop and catch their breath and plead.

Their generals did not ride horses, and all the horses in the battalion were either given to the scouts or used to pull carts, and even the generals were accompanying them.

He walked steadily, even though he wore heavier armor than them and walked no less than them, but his gait was still so steady.

The soldiers then had a new impetus and kept going.

Gao Shun's legs hurt a lot, but the pain was still bearable.

He was not accustomed to dictating how far a soldier could go in a simple and crude way, and even if he asked them to travel a hundred miles a day, many of them would be able to reach it, but some would die on the way.

There were only more than 700 people in the trap camp, and each of them was his comrade, and each of them was precious, and he must not die because of his stupid decision.

He had a thought in his heart, and since he left Guandu and went north into the hinterland of Wei County, this thought has become clearer and clearer.

He wanted to disturb the Jizhou army, making Yuan Shao suspicious and not daring to go south with all his might, so that the defenders of Tingjin would not have to face the endless siege and have the opportunity to retreat, but how would he "disturb" and "disturb" who would he be in order to achieve this goal?

Chun Yu Qiong's troops are in Wuchao, confronting Tai Shi Ci, if he can fight with Tai Shi Ci back and forth, he may be able to inflict heavy losses on Chun Yu Qiong - but this is just an ordinary defeat for the Jizhou army, but it is very likely to catch all the trapping camps;

Yecheng and Puyang are both high and thick, and they are heavily guarded by Yuan Shao, so it is not easy to attack them without knowing it;

After he entered Jizhou, he briefly occupied a Wu Fort for a period of time, and was regarded as a small-scale bandit by the nearby Haoqiang, and reported to the nearby county seat, so several groups of county soldiers came, and the attack was naturally not captured, and the follow-up county soldiers did not come again.

…… This is also very strange, because since it has not been defeated, there is always a hostile army entrenched here, how can Yuan Shao tolerate it?

But after Gao Shun questioned the county soldiers and prisoners, he got some new information.

"The envoys are busy transporting grain for Duke Yuan!" They complained, "The little people are just some unusable waste, and the elite soldiers are on the way." ”

Gao Shun narrowed his eyes, "Where to transport grain?" ”

Different soldiers had different answers to this question, and they were very careful in the rationing of military rations, and they only knew that the grain from their hometowns was transported to the city first, and then to a small city in the east.

In the midst of frequent inquiries, the small town had an eyebrow.

"Neihuang?"

Gao Shun frowned and looked at the map for a while, and suddenly his eyes fell on a city north of Neihuang.

It is said that since the grain is transported from the north to the south, and since one of the transit stations of the grain and grass is Neihuang, then the trial will not transport them to the north anyway, but the city is bordered by Zhangshui in the north, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if heavy troops are stationed, it is very suitable for hoarding grain and grass.

…… But it doesn't have a good reputation among the generals on Lu Lian's side.

After all, the fact that "soldiers are bloodless" to take a city is a bit too exaggerated, Zhang Liao said it once at the banquet, and everyone was extremely impressed.

There has been a city with this kind of black history, and it would be a bit strange if it was used as a grain dump again, especially when Gao Shun asked these locals and found that the Fanyang Order had never been changed, which was even more strange.

With this kind of doubt, the general, who was very strict in his work, looked at the map for a while, and a strange thought suddenly popped up in his mind:

If the "black history" of this city is only clear to people on Lu Lian's side, what if Yuan Shao has never heard any news from beginning to end?

Chapter 472

Fanyang Ling hadn't closed his eyes for several days, not sad, but nervous.

Any small commander like him who is suddenly entrusted with a heavy task will be nervous.

Think about it, how many colleagues will be jealous of his current situation, and how many of them will secretly want to pull him down and take his place?

They will dig out bamboo slips about him from Yecheng, from his birth to his growth, whose wife he married, what kind of relatives did he marry, what flaws and omissions did he have in his work over the years, and what black material could be taken out?

People who are not saints and sages probably will not be innocent and flawless all their lives, and they can always find some small faults, especially this person had a very suspicious place last year!

Zhang He had a bad relationship with Meng Dai, and in the end, Zhang He killed Meng Dai and went to vote for Liu Bei! As mentioned in the past, there is a reason why the grain and grass of the sun were taken away-

But how exactly was it taken away? Does it have anything to do with Fanyang Order?

This small city has its own garrison of less than 100 people, and it was originally unable to undertake such a difficult task as guarding grain and grass, but Meng Dai has a tribe stationed here...... So it would be great if you could ask about those parts.

But those tribes had already been killed by Zhang He, and even before Lu Lian hinted that he would purge the army, before Zhang He had made up his mind whether to vote for Liu Bei or Cao Cao, he had already made a strong move, and named Meng Dai's private soldiers as "not abiding by military discipline and even defeating", and beheaded them one after another.

Now their bodies are still buried in a large pit outside Puyang City, and it may be possible to dig them up, but it is difficult to get them to speak.

Considering that they couldn't write to ask Zhang He about the possible role of the Fanyang Order, the only way left to find out the news was the officials and scholars in Fanyang City.

It is said that Fu Zhu had sent people to Fanyang City to investigate, but did not get any useful answers.

Because this person sent not his own cronies, but the officials of Yecheng.

After those officials arrived in Fanyang, they all received a generous gift, far more than the rewards they could get by reporting this matter, as well as the risks they could take - the Great Eunuch Army was naturally the most relied on in front of the lord, but the other envoys who did not have such a good relationship with the Great Eunuch Army, they couldn't afford to provoke them!

Zhang He was recommended, and Meng Dai was also recommended!

So relying on careful operation, relying on the environment of mutual tilting, and relying on the power of money, Fanyang Ling finally passed the test safely.

But this time is different from the last time.

Last time, he was only frustrated, but this time there was a group of people, so Fanyang Ling had to be more cautious, more careful, and work harder.

The people of the entire Fanyang City were tossed by him and complained.

The ground should be knocked flat, the spacing should be consistent, water should be sprinkled when the weather is fine, and soil should be filled when it rains, and there are not so many miscellaneous labors in the city.

The houses should be clean and tidy, the earthen walls should be brushed, the roofs should be paved, the moldy hay should be replaced quickly, and the broken mats covered on the windows should be replaced with a new one.

The people should be neatly dressed, and the ragged people should hurry up and buy a set of clothes, if they have no money to buy, don't go out, and if they go out, they will inevitably eat a few sticks;

But these requirements are contradictory, for example, if people in ragged clothes are not allowed to go out, how can they repair the roof and level the road surface?

In the end, the county government reluctantly reluctantly got rid of the pain from somewhere, and distributed some to the people one by one, free of charge, no money.

But the reputation was still bad, and the women of the family were busy spinning and weaving cloth to mend the family's clothes, and at the same time they were angry and loud insults.

…… Of course, a small number of people have benefited from this.

For example, the merchant, all kinds of goods that were previously unsalable because of the war suddenly became popular, such as needles and threads, such as straw sandals or ready-made linen, such as a straw mat.

…… The mats quickly ran out of stock.

So in the days that followed, the merchant had to endure his wife's accusations again, this time not accusing him of selling too slowly, but too quickly.

When a servant inspected his house, he pointed out that his family also needed a new straw mat, but by that time he had sold all the straw mats.

That night, he stayed up all night to weave a straw mat, so much so that he used too much lamp oil, and was scolded by his wife, and he was very haggard.

All in all, now Fanyang City has been cleaned up with a new atmosphere.

The roads are clean and smooth, the houses on both sides are the same, and the pedestrians on the street wear clothes that cover their bodies, and when they greet each other, even the illiterate Qiantou will be polite.

Even Puyang, who is fortunate for the Son of Heaven, may not have such pomp, after all, Lu Lian is notoriously careless in these matters, even if the Son of Heaven breaks his lip because of the bumps in the Golden Root car, she will not feel the slightest guilt.

Fanyang Ling tosses his own people like this, and treats outsiders equally.

He created very cumbersome rules that required people to register in detail to prevent anyone from entering the city, and the city was no more than ever, so the strange phenomenon in the city soon spread outside the city.

When Gao Shun came to the front of this city, he found that this place was very unusual.

Generally speaking, the soldiers and horses guarding the city should be inside the city, not outside the city, especially if this kind of city is stocked with grain.

But there were several military camps outside the city.

Those barracks also look weird.

It's not so much a barracks, it's better to say which nobles came here for a pastime and autumn outing, and the fence and arrow tower were not built, but there were always many servants who came out and went in, and there were even many beautiful maids, who went in and out together.

Some of the larger camps have flags in them, and some of the smaller ones have no flags.

The scouts who were trapped in the camp cautiously turned around a few times and couldn't understand the situation, and finally reported it to Gao Shun.

It's not easy to get into the city, Gao Shun thought, but these loose private soldiers can be put to good use.

"Is there any colored satin silk in the baggage that the camp carries," he asked? ”

"Nope."

“…… What about the Golden Jade Toys? ”

“…… Nor did it. ”

The general at the top asked reluctantly, and the quartermaster at the bottom answered reluctantly.

The general was silent, and the quartermaster quietly looked up at his general.

The general wore a burqa with a few patches, the burqa was originally red, and it was originally given to the general by Wen Hou, and he wore it over the years, and gradually faded to the point that he could not see the bright and fiery color, but several holes in it were patched up by the general with red fabric. At first glance, it looks like a streak of blood.

The general stood up, and the armor pieces in his burqa collided with each other with a soft sound.

Although the burqa was a little worn, the armor was quite strong, and the sweat and battle corroded it all the time, and he kept it in good condition with the careful care he took off every night after removing it.

Even with careful care, many of the armor pieces on it have varying degrees of dents and blade scars.

Their generals also did not have the fair-skinned and handsome faces of the sons of the family.

He had a dark complexion, several scars on his hands that could not be ignored, and calluses that had grown from years of carrying a sword and shield.

No matter how you look at it, he is a battle-hardened warrior, which is completely different from a family that only covets pleasure. And from the general downwards, the entire trapping camp reveals this temperament.

So they want to disguise ...... It's not easy.

Gao Shun seemed to sigh softly.

"General?"

"Can you bring tung oil and dry firewood with you in the camp?"