Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3387 Desert (Additional Update)

In the desert, Zhao Yun's guards spread out a map on the rocks.

"In the middle of last month, a herdsman reported that a large number of Semites were found here..." Xin Pi pointed to a place on the map and said, "Because the herdsmen don't know how to count, they can't count more than a hundred... He has less than a hundred sheep, so... so it must be more than a hundred, but how much more..."

Everyone gathered around the map and looked at it.

Zhao Yun asked Xin Pi some more questions, but unfortunately, there was not much conclusive and valid information.

This is a helpless thing. The herdsmen will bring some news to Zhao Yun and others, but the accuracy of the news is often problematic. Because the herdsmen rarely come to Xinchangshan City in person, more often they trade with each other, so even the gods cannot control what will happen in the end.

However, one thing is certain: when Zhang He fought last year, he encountered some Semites.

This winter...

These Semites may go south again, or they may not come.

The desert is really too big.

Every time Zhao Yun faced the desert, he would have such feelings.

When he was young, he only knew that there were only Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Wuhuan in the desert, but now there are Jiankun, Rouran, and now there are more Semu people...

How many people are still in this desert? How many people will appear in this desert?

Zhao Yun pondered for a moment.

  Now that he is the Protector General of the Northern Territory, he finally realized what the profound meaning of the word "world" said by the General of Cavalry was?

Indeed, compared with the General of Cavalry who seemed to have an infinitely broad vision, those guys in the Central Plains were simply frogs in a well!

"We must prepare for the worst." Zhao Yun said slowly, "If people have nothing to eat, they will become wild beasts. This year, many herdsmen have gone south to avoid the snowstorm. If we can take Youzhou, we will have an extra piece of land to settle these herdsmen..."

There is one more thing that Zhao Yun did not say.

More herdsmen are heading south, which means that the Semites, or cannibals, who appear in the depths of the northern desert, will have no food source. They will inevitably follow the herdsmen and head south...

In history, Cao Cao defeated Wuhuan and drove away Xianbei, which made the Xianbei and Wuhuan who were driven away in the desert become a buffer for the Han Dynasty, bearing many invasions of these Semites until the Five Barbarians Rebellion. On the one hand, the severe cold in the north forced a large number of Hu people to move south, and on the other hand, the stupidity of the Chinese also brought a group of tribes that ate humans, which set off a bloody storm in the northern Central Plains of China. Because in history, the idiots of the Sima family attacked each other, causing the entire Chinese political system to be paralyzed, so when these cannibal tribes arrived, no one knew how or where they came from. They appeared inexplicably and then disappeared.

"We must attack Youyan quickly!" Zhao Yun said in a deep voice, "Junyi has taken Gubeikou... We still need to pass Juyongkou... Zuozhi, are you willing to lead a small army out of this pass to block the way for the reinforcements from Jizhou?"

Xin Pi was stunned for a moment, then he bowed and said, "I obey your order!"

Gan Feng's eyes widened, "Ah? Governor, didn't you ask me to go? What about me? Huh? Where should I go?"

Zhao Yun smiled, "You have other plans..."

Gan Feng was about to ask for details when a fast horse suddenly came over and bowed down to report: "Grand Protector! General Zhang sent someone to deliver an urgent report!"

"Bring it here!"

Zhao Yun waved.

Zhao Yun opened the urgent report, and after reading it, he smiled and said, "Junyi used the strategy of false and real to take Gubeikou... It seems that we have to speed up... George, mobilize the troops and set off immediately!"

Xin Pi responded and immediately took the command arrow and left.

Zhao Yun glanced at Gan Feng who was standing by with eager eyes, and said with a smile: "You should also go and prepare, and have your men put on their armor... Let's go meet a few people..."

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While Zhao Yun was mobilizing his troops, the war in Gubeikou had already begun.

  When they were suddenly attacked at first, many Cao army soldiers stood there stupidly and were unable to react at all!

Because in Shandong, getting what you want and allocating what you make is a tacit rule, so whoever can make the most noise and whoever makes the biggest noise, at least at the time of making noise, will get more things. As for after the noise is over, that is what happens after the noise is over.

With such a cultural background and civilized ways, the Cao army soldiers in Gubeikou were actually psychologically inclined towards the people like Lei Zhong who came to make trouble. They were all waiting to watch the show, and subconsciously thought that it must be these official guys who were being greedy again.

This distrust of the Han government did not form in a day or two, or just once or twice.

When Lei Zhong and his men hacked and killed the quartermaster and raised their swords and spears, many Cao army soldiers were first confused, and then surprised...

  No way, no way, no way?

Really did it?

Through one's own efforts, we can obtain beautiful things. This is the rule, order, and principle of heaven and earth that has been continuously deposited in the genes of humans since ancient times, when they evolved from apes to Homo sapiens. Whoever has more wisdom, more efforts, and more abilities can naturally obtain more things.

This is a correct and unquestionable principle. Getting something for nothing has always been despised by people, but the problem is that there are too many people in the Han Dynasty who are insulting, trampling on, and destroying the rules and principles that should have been correct, and then turning around and asking the lower-class people to do the same. No way? You peasants, do you also want to get something for nothing?

Therefore, in Shandong, ordinary people would almost instinctively choose a way that would scare the upper echelons of government and high-ranking officials in order to gain temporary "fairness", that is, "making a fuss".

The people of Shandong instinctively realized that these big men were afraid of the trouble they would cause...

However, it is still a long way to transform this instinct into an organized, structured, methodical, and purposeful "riot". Just like the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Zhang Jue and his men's goal was to overthrow the Han Dynasty, but what would they do after overthrowing it? They didn't know. Why didn't they know? Because very early on, someone deliberately and intentionally prevented them from knowing.

Lei Zhong didn't know what he wanted to do at first, so he just muddled along, trying to survive until he got old and died. As for other things, whether it was military pay or children, they were actually more of an inertial influence from his surroundings, and not something he wanted.

Everyone has a wife and children, so he does too.

Everybody has a job, so he has one too.

Lei Zhong really thought that this was how his life would be. As for whether he liked these people and things, that was another matter...

  And now, Lei Zhong suddenly felt very relaxed and happy!

If a man wants to spend the rest of his life in a muddle, it would be better for him to die!

Fortunately!

Now I have been given another chance to choose, and I will never let go of this last opportunity!

Lei Zhong roared loudly and rushed into the road entrance. Now he was not doing this for the trivial silver and money, nor for the unreasonable woman at home, but just for himself, for the little bit of passion and spark that was still left in his heart!

With the flash of the sword, Lei Zhong had already chopped down two guards at the road crossing. Then he turned around and picked up the bow and arrow dropped by a guard nearby. He drew his bow and fired two arrows, killing the guard archer who was about to shoot on the top of the city wall.

"Lao Lei! Are you serious about this?!"

"He's in league with the Hussars!"

"Quick! Report it quickly!"

"Someone come here..."

"Stop them!"

The defending soldiers shouted in confusion.

Some of the defenders also shot arrows, knocking down several soldiers around Lei Zhong. But Lei Zhong didn't even look at them, and rushed forward without hesitation!

Liu Fu was also in the front. In order to avoid suspicion, he did not wear outer armor, but only wore an inner armor to protect his core inside his robe. He was in the front, which attracted a lot of firepower from Cao's guards. In a blink of an eye, he was injured, and his robe was stained red. However, Liu Fu did not stop to bandage his wounds, but continued to slash and stab forward with his spear and knife. A Cao's sergeant blocked Liu Fu, as if he wanted to stop him, but Liu Fu exposed a flaw and stabbed him in the chest with a spear. Liu Fu also had a cut on his arm.

Lei Zhong and Liu Fu were both brave, so their men naturally followed suit and rushed forward.

  After a while, Lei Zhong and Liu Fu's eyes suddenly went blank, and they realized that they had already rushed through the South Road Pass and were now at the Gubeikou Pass!

Behind the two of them, there were many soldiers who followed them, and they also roared and rushed through the southern entrance and rushed into the pass.

On the narrow streets inside Gubeikou Pass, many figures were running and swaying, and some Cao army defenders appeared at the intersection, pointing in the direction of Lei Zhong and Liu Fu...

"Happiness! Happiness!" Liu Fu laughed, "I have wanted to do this for a long time! Today I got what I wanted, I am so happy!" Lei Zhong also laughed, "I am so happy today!"

Liu Fu laughed, "I have a grudge against the Cao family, do you have a grudge too?"

"Although there is no hatred, there is resentment!" Lei Zhong waved his knife, "Old grudge, let's drink a toast!"

"Hahaha, good, good, good!" Liu Fu laughed, "Today, you and I will take revenge for our grudges and settle our grievances! Haha...ah!"

  Liu Fu was laughing and didn't notice that an archer from the defending army climbed up onto the beam, aimed at him, and secretly shot him with an arrow!

Fortunately, either one of the defending archers was not skilled enough or Liu Fu shook his body while walking, and the arrow whistled through his shoulder, leaving a streak of blood!

"屮!" Liu Fu was furious and threw the spear in his hand towards the archer, piercing the archer off the roof with one shot.

Liu Fu didn't even look at the wound on his shoulder. He picked up another spear from the ground and pointed it forward diagonally: "Send a message to Han Junhou! We are coming! Come to our aid quickly and kill our way through this pass! Open the pass and welcome General Zhang! This Gubeikou is ours!"

The soldiers following Liu Fulei also shouted together and rushed forward.

Lei Zhong said, "You need to pay attention to the wound... Do you want to bandage it first?"

Liu Fu laughed, "What's the big deal about this little injury? As long as we can take this place, it doesn't matter if we get hurt a lot!"

Seeing Liu Fu being so heroic, Lei Zhong had nothing more to say.

However, it is just as Liu Fu said, they alone cannot kill all the Cao army soldiers, nor can they capture Gubeikou, but don't forget that to the north of Gubeikou, there are Zhang He's troops!

With Lei Zhong, who was familiar with the terrain and the situation in Gubeikou, these people caused chaos, set fires, avoided the traps and fortifications set by Cao's army, and killed Cao's defenders like mad tigers, forcing them to retreat step by step.

Inside and outside the city, there were cries of surprise and shouts.

The black smoke from the warning beacon rose into the sky!

At the southern road entrance, some civilians were at a loss, not knowing whether to continue their mission or just flee. Some timid people hid, even hiding under vehicles with their buttocks exposed, holding their heads and mumbling something.

But there were also a small number of people who smelled the blood, then slowly stood up and licked their lips.

  Why?

Why do those nobles get to be so high and mighty?

Is it because the ancestors of those nobles fought hard and gained some prospects in the past, so they can bring blessings to future generations?

So……

Since the Cao army and the Shandong nobles all say so, if I take a chance now, will I have a chance to benefit future generations?

  Without going into details, without discussing goals, and without considering beliefs, it simply uses the style of the Spring and Autumn Period to mislead the people. No wonder the people would take some different actions at some point in time!

The swords and guns were on the ground.

The blood dyed the ancient road red.

"Let's give it a try! If you die, your balls will be upside down!"

"I have nothing left, what can I be afraid of?"

  For some unknown reason, there were more men from Youyan following Liu Fu and Lei Chong!

This reminds people that these Youyan men who are oppressed and bullied, who seem to always swallow their anger and be submissive, also have such a violent side!

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If Cao Chun were given another chance, he would choose to suffer for himself or for others.

  What do you think Cao Chun will choose?

Of course I still choose to let others suffer!

How could Cao Chun endure so much suffering alone?

Ordinary people have no money and only a worthless life, so if he wanted money and food, Cao Chun still set his sights on the middle class.

No matter which dynasty it is, the "middle class" will not be treated well, because for the lower class people, these middle class people have been separated from the masses for too long, and can no longer talk to the masses and have no common language. Therefore, when the lower class people see the middle class in trouble, they always feel a kind of joy as if they see a man in a suit and leather shoes stepping on a watermelon peel.

For the upper-level rulers, these middle classes meant trouble and instability. Therefore, starting from the Qin and Han dynasties, regular harvesting of the local middle class became a long-term policy that would not be announced publicly but would be implemented resolutely.

Although Cao Chun didn't know much about politics, he knew that before going out to fight, he had to first weaken some local forces in some areas, win over some people, suppress others, and then make some people hate others. He pretended to know nothing, and when things got out of hand, he rushed to the scene with a dusty face and a sad expression, just like he was stuck in a traffic jam, and sighed, "Oh! I'm late!"

Just like in this process, who was beaten and who was wronged, in fact, who was beaten and who suffered, it didn't matter, what mattered was that Cao Chun's goal could be achieved. As for who was covered up and who was vindicated in the end, it didn't matter, what mattered was to resist the attack of the Hussars first!

Apart from this goal, everything else can be abandoned!

Therefore, Cao Chun didn't care about old military academies like Lei Zhong or Youzhou gentry like Liu Fu. As long as he could resist the Hussars, he would accept his death. Of course, before he died, he would definitely drag the entire Youzhou down with him and not leave any resources for the Hussars.

Under such guiding ideology, it is not surprising that such a situation occurred in Youzhou.

However, Cao Chun never expected that the first ones to make a fuss were not the middle class who still had some money, but Lei Zhong who was from the downgraded area of ​​the middle class!

  Although there is no traditional custom among the Han people to supply the society with outstanding graduates at the age of 35, for someone like Lei Zhong, even if he is honored as a captain, it is just respecting the entire bureaucratic system, not really respecting Lei Zhong as a person!

And everyone knows that at Lei Zhong's age, this is all he will live for. Even if he is respectful, how respectful can he be?

No one would care about a "faller" like Lei Zhong, or a person from a poor family.

But it is precisely these "poor families" who are the most eager for change, and of course the most likely to rebel...

  The thunder in Gubeikou suddenly moved, and the beacon fire reached Yuyang within an hour!

One advantage of beacon fires is that they can transmit information more efficiently than fast horses, but there is also a problem that the information is not very clear.

"Gubeikou attacked? Urgent request for help? !"

Cao Chun ran up to the high platform and looked at the beacon fire in the distance.

In a trance, he seemed to hear the sounds of shouting, fighting and chaos, echoing in his ears.

  The beacon fire in the distance was like a spark that set the prairie on fire. At first there was only a little bit, but in the blink of an eye it was overwhelming and surging into one!

Cao Chun clenched his fists tightly, turned around, walked down the platform, and hurried to the outer courtyard.

The guards beside Cao Chun had no idea what Cao Chun was going to do, so they hurriedly followed him and said, "General, what are you going to do..."

"Prepare the horses! Two horses!" Cao Chun gritted his teeth and said, "I feel like something's going to happen in Gubeikou!"

  He planned to take a small number of elite cavalry to urgently provide assistance to Gubeikou!

It only took half a day for the two horses to travel from Yuyang to Gubeikou.

The guard was somewhat puzzled.

After all, the beacon fire had just been lit at Gubeikou. Even if the Hussars were to attack, they would still need to set up camp, form a battle array, and prepare. It would take at least a day or two before they could actually start the attack...

But since Cao Chun asked them to do so, they had no choice but to do as he asked.

"But... once you leave, the gentry..."

Cao Chun paused slightly.

"Send someone!" Cao Chun whispered, "If any family can't gather what the army needs before sunrise tomorrow, they will pay with their own lives!"

"Ah?" The guard was a little surprised. "If that's the case, will it be possible..."

"This time, the Hussars... are different..." Cao Chun shook his head and sighed, "If we can't defend it... can we leave it to the Hussars? Go!"

Mid-Autumn Festival!