Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2557 Deceiving tricks

  There are bandits in Zhongmou.

   Have had it for a long time.

   At least in the official text, that is what it says.

  It is normal to have bandits. After all, it is close to the Taihang Mountains. In addition, over the years, farmers in many places have been affected by various disasters to varying degrees. Therefore, farmers who cannot survive go to the mountains to become thieves.

   Theoretically, it is very smooth.

   Logically, it is also very complete and self-consistent.

  Therefore, there are "bandits" in Zhongmou.

  Because of "bandit riots", the Zhongmou area has not been very stable.

   Without stability, grain production will naturally not be high.

  If the grain output is not high, taxes must be reduced or exempted.

   What's wrong with this?

  So the amount of taxes paid in the land of Zhongmou has been reduced accordingly, and the reduced taxes have been retained in the local area to be used to protect the local area and give subsidies to poor farmers.

  What's wrong with this?

  At the same time, because of the need to fight against bandits, there must be some supplements of armaments and equipment, and then the expenditure of various soldiers' salaries and pensions, can't the soldiers go hungry to fight?

  So the various expenses of the land of Zhongmou are also very high, and from time to time, the Han Dynasty Hall needs to allocate additional subsidies from other places...

   This is certainly no problem.

   No, Zhongmou is making trouble again.

   It is said that it is the remnant army of Montenegro.

  The Black Mountain Army is really an old tradition. Almost every winter, they will go down the mountain to harass and loot.

   Fortunately, the local guards in the Zhongmu area seem to be pretty good, and they can withstand the Black Mountain Army every year. Even if the military expenditure has been high, the losses are not small.

Some people say that the Black Mountain Army in Zhongmu is the original Black Mountain Army, and some say that these Black Mountain Army are actually Yuan Shao’s remnants. Some even say that the current Black Mountain Army has the support of Hussar General Fei Qian. Yes, but no matter what the situation is, it proves that these Black Mountain army bandits in Zhongmou are difficult to fight, or it is difficult to clean them up.

  At the beginning, the big man didn't care about these things, because at that time the big man couldn't take care of himself.

  Later, Han Fu arrived in Jizhou and was unable to take care of this matter. After Yuan Shao took over Jizhou, he had a real fight with the Black Mountain Army, but he couldn't take care of it later.

   Now that Cao Cao is here, Zhongmu has already gotten used to it, or in other words, everyone has gotten used to it.

  I am used to hearing the news of bandits in Zhongmou, I am used to the reduced taxes in Zhongmou, I am used to extra subsidies and expenses from time to time, I am used to the heroic sacrifice of officials in Zhongmou in the battle against bandits...

   Habit is a very scary thing.

   It's like living in a smelly room for a long time, and you won't feel smelly after you get used to it.

  The night is dead, the moon is dark and the wind is high.

  In the large tent of the Dahan Zhongmou Bandit Suppression Camp, a large group of people sat around.

  The smell of sweat, feet, sour body, and bad breath, complement each other and complement each other.

  Everyone is so stinky, so everyone is not stinky. Therefore, everyone in the big tent didn't have any complaints about the smell, but they had a lot of complaints about the upcoming inspector.

  『Zhang Sanlang, the battle report you reported before has been approved, and you will be credited once, but you will not be promoted for the time being...』

  The person headed by picked up a letter from the table and threw it into the arms of the other person.

"what? Why? Before Zhang Sanlang opened the text, he yelled, "Lieutenant Wang, why can't I be promoted?" Didn't I defeat the black mountain bandits? 』

  『It says there is no corpse, no head certificate...』 Xiaowei Wang pointed to the text and said, 『You know what it means, if you do it again next time, something will go wrong sooner or later! 』

"Hey, Captain Wang, you can't blame me for this. The black bandit came here, and it's not easy for the brothers to take the risk to defeat the bandit...Although I didn't get any first-level gains, but the armor Can't a knife and a gun prove something, even this can't be upgraded to a level? Why can't we go to the mountain stream to find the corpse of the thief? 』

   Captain Wang turned his eyes, "I've said it all, it doesn't count!" understand? No, yes, yes! 』

  『…』Zhang Sanlang was still a little unconvinced, but kept silent.

Lieutenant Wang knocked on the table covered with greasy and dirt, and then said: "I tell you to restrain yourself, restrain yourself, pretend to be a little bit more, let's talk to each other, the result is good, just think about yourself Fuck! it's good now! Inspectors have been brought in... I will have a good life if I reveal it at that time? 』

  『Didn’t you say that the inspectors came to investigate spies? There are no spies on our side, only black mountain bandits, what is there to do? ’ Said the Marquis on the other side, ‘The superiors have taken so much, so why not cover it up for us? Otherwise, how do you do this job? 』

  『You don’t think your boss is doing anything? This news was sent by someone from above to tell us! Check for spies, check for a **** spies! That is to check us! ’Lieutenant Wang knocked on the table, ‘Paralyzed, at the beginning I only reported ten or twenty combat exploits, but now I dare to report thousands of them, ah, you bastards, you really think that everyone else Can't see it, huh? There are hundreds of people in action, and there are only a few people in Montenegro. This has accumulated to kill tens of thousands of you! Nonsense! 』

   Everyone was silent.

   There is indeed some truth in saying this, but if you don’t report more, how can you satisfy the growing appetite of the upper and lower?

  『Everyone talk about it, what to do now! 』Lieutenant Wang knocked on the table.

  Zhang Sanlang coughed, and said: "Everyone is out to work, isn't it all for that, to support the family, this inspector...can you make some money..."

"Disaster. Lieutenant Wang shook his head and said, "This man's surname is Lu and his name is Hong. It is said that he had the courage to find fault with General Xiahou in Yecheng. I tore off my brocade robes to show my determination... For such a person, if he wants to give money, it may be... Difficult, difficult! 』

  『Don’t want money, this is troublesome...』

  『Yes, the most annoying thing is that you don’t need money. How can you be a human being without money? 』

  『Is this man sick? 』

  『Sick, yes, it’s best to be sick! It would be best if he died of illness on the way! 』

  『Are you stupid, you didn’t get sick when you came out, but you will be sick when you arrive in Zhongmou, or you will be seriously ill, and Ou will die immediately, only a fool like you will believe it? ! 』

  『Wang Dafei, what do you mean? ! 』

  『That’s what I mean, why not? 』

  『Nima…』

  Everyone was chattering, talking and arguing and going crazy.

  『Be more serious and talk about business! 』Lieutenant Wang slapped the table twice again.

   Everyone fell silent, you look at me, I look at you, and they are speechless again.

  『It’s quite capable to be blind, but when you talk about business, you will be dumb! ”Lieutenant Wang clattered on the table, and the already unstable table was shaking, as if it was about to be shattered in the next moment. None of them can run away! 』

  『Why don’t you give me an idea, the captain, and you can do whatever the captain says! ’ Said Zhang Sanlang, a military lord on the side.

  Military Marquis Zhang Sanlang was the first to express his opinion, and the rest of the people also echoed.

  Isn’t it the same way all these years?

Those who can be bought are bought, those who can be wooed, those who can be corrupted, and those who can be intimidated. If it really doesn’t work, they will die heroically and die on the front line. Anyway, as long as the action plan is well formulated and their hands and feet are clean, they have no objection .

  They are everyone in Zhongmou up and down.

  Lieutenant Wang didn’t knock on the table this time. I don’t know if it was because he thought it would fall apart if he kept knocking, or because he felt that there was no need to knock any more.

  Lieutenant Wang patrolled around and said, "Is there a way, I thought of one... this black bandit is very cruel..."

   "This..." Everyone looked at each other.

   Didn’t I just say that…

   Not right. It's not important to say that it's not important, the important thing is the inspector!

   This is the prime minister, no, this is the inspector sent by Mr. Xun Ling, is it appropriate to go directly to the big move now?

   Captain Wang's eyes became colder, "Why? Have the guts to make money, but no guts to do things? 』

  Zhang Sanlang gritted his teeth, slapped his thigh, "It's done!" Just do as the captain says! 』

   After a while, everyone responded one after another, as if rushing to the battlefield for a while, with a taste of blood and iron.

   Anyway, I have done several votes.

   No, this is the first time for an inspector, but those small officials before can be considered to have accumulated a certain amount of experience?

  There is the name of the Black Mountain Bandit Studio in front of the head, if you want to blame, you can only blame the Black Bandit!

  Lieutenant Wang pinched the short beard on his chin, "Then we all agree?" 』

  『Done! Done! 』

"agreed, agreed! 』

  『Yes, **** it! 』

"it is good! Bring the wine! Blood for an alliance! 』Lieutenant Wang didn't talk nonsense, he took out a short blade from his boots, and then took out a piece of silk, ran his finger across the blade, and the bright red blood flowed out, dripping into the wine jar, and then pressed it on the silk On top of it, the name and blood mark!

"what? 』Everyone was a little surprised, does it need to be so grand?

  It was nothing more than anti-Dong in the past, but now it is used to deal with an inspector...

  Lieutenant Wang cast his gaze over, stabbing his body like a knife, Zhang Sanlang immediately seemed to be stabbed, took the knife without saying a word, cut a hole, and then dripped blood into the wine jar.

   Then the next one.

   Next one.

   One after another, line up.

   It's as orderly as queuing up to distribute money.

  … ヽ()()…

   Lu Hong staggered on the horseback.

   Inspector.

   Which one is the school official and the inspector?

   This is not important.

  The important thing is to climb up, the position is high enough, even if you don't do anything, it will be very important. For this point, Lu Hong is very clear.

   Whether Zhongmu had spies, Lu Hong didn't know, but he knew that Zhongmu had a problem.

   This problem has actually been going on for a long time.

  Yuan Shao, Cao Cao has fought against Black Mountain bandits before, so there must be some Black Mountain bandits, but it is not normal to continue until now.

  Sent soldiers from various places into the mountains to encircle and suppress. Yuan Shao did it, saying it was a big victory, but actually...

  If it is really a big victory, why not pursue it? It's not because the pay and harvest are out of proportion.

  Later, the battle between Cao Cao and the Black Mountain Army was fought at the foot of the mountain. At that time, the Black Mountain Army was out of the mountain, so it was not considered a victory in the mountain. As for the Hussar General Fei Qian, it seemed that he also fought outside the mountain.

   Then no one has actually entered the mountain to encircle and suppress, no one knows exactly how many thieves are in this black mountain, and no one can guarantee anything. After all, ordinary people can become refugees, become yellow turban thieves, and then some become black mountain thieves, so what is there to be surprised about?

  In fact, whether it is Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Han Fu, or other local officials, it is not that they did not send some soldiers and horses to suppress the bandits, but those soldiers who came here from other places were always defeated...

Lu Hong discovered a very strange problem. Every time he dispatched troops from other counties to start a war with Heishan, the Zhongmou troops who were supposed to support them either had this problem, or encountered bandits from Heishan who blocked them from moving forward. Naturally, the soldiers transferred from outside the county fell in the mountains.

  Of course, this may just be a coincidence, after all, Li Guang had such unlucky things back then. On the battlefield, who can guarantee that he is always lucky?

The mountain road in the Taihang Mountains is rugged and complicated, and sometimes it is inevitable to get lost, or encounter some problems on the mountain road, so the slow progress is not a problem, not to mention the school captain Duwei here in Zhongmu. In the process of confronting Montenegro, several of them died in battle. It seems unreasonable to say that the Zhongmu defenders did not contribute.

Later, Cao Cao himself had a lot of problems to deal with. For a small place like Zhongmou, as long as it didn’t make too much noise, he basically didn’t care too much. Until this time, Xun Yu relisted this place as a focus.

  As for why Xun Yu focused on Zhongmou, the more Lu Hong thought about it, the more ingenious he felt.

  Lu Hong felt that this might be the gap between him and Xun Yu. As long as he figured out these things clearly, it would be equivalent to shortening the distance between him and Xun Yu.

should be.

  First of all, Zhongmu is neither big nor small, and it is located on the side of Taihang, where there is a caravan, there will inevitably be some idlers, and then some spies will be mixed in. Naturally, it is very possible.

Secondly, Zhongmu is relatively closed, with Taihang to the west, Juluze to the north, and Dahe to the south and east. Pan's.

  But these surnames are not very prominent, they are average, at most they are a little higher.

   Is it a good fit?

   It's like the Ren family, Ren Jun's Ren family.

  Ren Jun served as a county magistrate in Zhongmu County in his early years. Later, when he was in Dong Zhuo, Yang Yuan, the original magistrate of Zhongmu County, planned to abandon his official position and flee, but was dissuaded by Ren Jun. Later, Ren Jun suggested that Yang Yuan take the lead in raising troops against Dong Zhuo. Yang Yuan adopted Ren Jun's suggestion and took the lead in fighting against Dong Zhuo, but Zhongmou was too small, not as powerful as Yuan Shao and others, so he didn't get much attention.

   Soon after, Cao Cao also raised troops against Dong Zhuo in Chenliu area. Ren Jun attached more than a hundred people including his clan and guests to Cao Cao, and has since become the veteran of the Cao Cao Group. Cao Cao was very happy about Ren Jun's refuge. He not only appointed him as the riding captain, but also married his cousin to Ren Jun.

  Afterwards, Ren Jun was basically responsible for the logistics supply of grain and grass. He has been serving as the general of the garrison farm, and implemented the garrison policy. The effect was remarkable, and he became one of the important forces Cao Cao placed in Yingchuan.

  Yingchuan, hehe...

   Lu Hong smiled, thinking that he might have touched something.

  As for the Pan family in Zhongmou, basically speaking, they are less influential than the Ren family.

   Among the Pan family, the elder is named Pan Xu, and his son is named Pan Man. Pan Xu started his official career in his early years, and served as Shangshulang and Shangshu Youcheng under Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Served as Jizhou Zuocheng Cao. His son, Pan Man, was also quite talented and learned, and was praised by the countryside.

  The mountain road is winding. Although it is not very rugged, it is not very easy to climb up and down.

  Suddenly, Lu Hong and his party ran into a checkpoint.

  『Please show your official certificates so that I can wait for inspection so that they can be released as soon as possible! ’ the soldiers at the checkpoint shouted loudly.

  『Bastard! The inspector dared to stop him face to face? ! Lu Hong's guard shouted loudly, apparently dissatisfied with being stopped.

  『No, there are orders from above! All must check! ”The checkpoint soldiers did not flinch, “Everyone, get off your horse and accept the inspection!” 』

  Lu Hongce immediately stepped forward, frowned and asked, "Who do you belong to?" 』

"What's the meaning? speak English! ”The sentry military academy said, “There is an order from above, everyone must be inspected!” 』

  『…』Lu Hong was a little angry.

  『Which part are you from? Who is your boss? ’Lu Hong’s guard couldn’t help shouting loudly.

  『Why are you asking this? If there is an order from above, it is above! 』

  『I ask your boss...』

  『Forget it,』 Lu Hong waved his hand, 『Take what you have and give it to him...』

   Lu Hong's subordinates snorted, then got off the horse, rummaged through the luggage on the side, and then took out the bag and handed it over.

  The checkpoint military academy took over, looked up and down a few times, and suddenly his face changed, "This is fake!" Come here, there are thieves pretending to pass by, intending to break through! 』

"what? Before Lu Hong's subordinates could react, they subconsciously reached out for the certificate, "How could this be fake..."

  『How dare you resist arrest! 』Suddenly there was a loud shout, and immediately a long knife flashed, and then directly chopped it down!

  With a sound of "噗嗤", the sharp long knife cut off the right arm of Lu Hong's subordinate who was defenseless!

  Blood spurted out, half of the limbs that fell on the ground were still pinched, and the fingers twitched.

"what! ! 』Guard Lu Hong screamed and fell to the ground.

  『The thief wants to break through the checkpoint! ”The checkpoint military academy raised its blood-stained saber and shouted, “Counterattack! Fight back! 』

  『Fake officials, kill without mercy! 』

  『The thief is dead! 』

  The soldiers of the checkpoint came out fiercely, Lu Hong and others finally reacted, and they wanted to take weapons in panic, but it was too late.

The arrows roared, and the guards on the horses were shot before they even took out their bows and crossbows, and they fell off the horses. The horses, which had lost the control of their riders, were frightened and bumped wildly in the queue. The soldiers and guards couldn't stand stably, and then fell down the mountain, hitting the rocks with screams, like smashed tomatoes.

  The soldiers at the checkpoint rushed towards them frantically with knives and spears. Even the small caravan who seemed to be waiting for inspection rushed up from the wheelbarrow with weapons.

  The swords were thrown at each other, and Lu Hong's guards didn't even have a chance to fight back, so they were beheaded on the spot. The two guards standing in front of Lu Hong just raised their knives to resist, but as soon as one of the knives was raised, they were shot by an arrow, and the other one was cut in the air, and then there was no chance to cut the second time...

  Seeing that the saber was about to break through Lu Hong's guard circle and slash at himself, Lu Hong was so frightened that he was sweating all over, and then he had a flash of inspiration and called out, "Don't kill me!" Killing me is more troublesome! More trouble! It is good to keep people under the knife! There are benefits! 』

  The miserable cry, like the howling of a fat pig about to be carried to the slaughter table, echoed in the valley...

  (end of this chapter)