Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 972 Tongguan

  Below Tongguan, dozens of soldiers are directing some civilians to repair and replace the damaged and damaged city walls and gates, and will also clean up the ditch filled with unknown number of corpses.

On the city wall, it has already been dug and riddled with holes. In some places, the city wall is already crumbling, but now it is temporarily supported by wooden brackets and planks, and then filled with sand, barely maintaining its shape. . Even if it is a complete wall, many places are exposed. I don’t know if the blue bricks that originally covered it fell off during the previous battle, or they were not there in the first place. After being soaked in human blood and rain, they almost turned black. Pockmarked, a little to the left and a little to the right.

  The corpses in the trenches, whether they belonged to Xiliang or Hongnong, now have a common name, corpses.

These corpses have been piled up in the trench for quite a long time, at least ten days. Although the temperature in the past two or three years has been weird and relatively low, the arrival of early summer has forced Tongguan to The personnel inside had to be cleaned up.

because,

really,

  It stinks...

   This stench comes from the corruption of human beings themselves.

Whether it is a young girl full of collagen or an old man already covered with age spots, after swallowing the last breath, the whole body system stops functioning, and all kinds of bacteria originally stored on the body, Fungi, just like the Han Dynasty today, finally lost the suppression of the regular army, and gradually developed rampantly.

  Proteins, fats and carbohydrates in body tissues are continuously decomposed into simple organic and inorganic substances under the action of spoilage bacteria, tissues and organs gradually liquefy and disintegrate, and finally soft tissues disappear, leaving bones that cannot be easily decomposed by bacteria and fungi...

   The first thing to rot is the human intestines.

  These places where countless living or non-spirited creatures were devoured and buried are also the starting point of human decay. Once the body's organs stop functioning, it only takes a few hours for the bacteria in the intestinal tract to grow to a terrifying level, and then start to decompose everything around it, producing hydrogen sulfide, mercaptans, sulfides, ammonia, methane, carbon dioxide and other corrupt gases.

  Part of these putrid gases are discharged through the wound, mouth, nose and other places, and part of it fuses with the blood in the corpse to form a green corpse, and then gradually spreads, eventually forming corpse spots.

The plaque further expands and spreads, and the blood in the visceral blood vessels can flow to the body surface under the pressure of the putrid gas, and the subcutaneous veins expand and fill with putrefied blood, thus presenting a red or turquoise dendritic vascular network on the body surface of the corpse. It has gradually left the human form, and gradually turned into a ghost...

Dozens of soldiers stood far away in the limelight, even so, they still couldn't escape the bursts of stench. This stench was like extremely tiny and extremely sticky insects that penetrated all pervasively. If you hold it tightly, it will still stick to the skin, get into the skirt of the clothes, and then break the skin, penetrating into the depths little by little.

  Soldiers can still stay away from these filthy places, but the peasants who are called to carry the corpses cannot hide.

  Minfu walked among the corpses with one foot deep and one foot shallow, trying to drag the corpses that had become extremely stiff. It looked like a group of ghosts that were still moving, dragging ghosts that had fallen.

Flocks of green, red, and black flies buzz lazily and fly up only when humans are very close, then make a small circle, land on the original position again, lift their hind legs After rubbing their wings, they seem very comfortable, and they are not afraid of human activities at all. Here, they are the kings.

A few fat mice crawled back and forth between the gaps in the corpses. These little guys dragged their stomachs and had red eyes. Sometimes they stopped to stare viciously at the big guys who dared to disturb their feast, and then rubbed their hands. Grinding his teeth, shaking his stomach again, he got into the darkness.

An orderly ran across the re-laid suspension bridge holding his nose, and then came to the commander Qu Zhang who commanded the civilians, gasped a few times, and said: "Mr. Yang has an order, speed up the cleaning! Especially near the city gate, It must be cleaned up first!"

   Qu Chang hurriedly cupped his hands to answer, and then greeted his subordinates: "What the **** are you doing standing so far away? Mr. Yang has an order that the entire city gate must be cleared within today! Did you hear that?!"

   "I heard it!" The soldiers under him responded.

   "Master Qu, Yang Gong's government office is a bit to the north, why don't we clean it from north to south first, but clean the city gate first?" A little soldier who looked a little smart asked.

   Qu Chang glared: "Are you asking me? Who the **** am I going to ask? Go to work quickly, and don't come here to be an eyesore!"

After blasting the talkative little soldier away, Qu Chang pinched the short beard on his chin, thinking, yes, logically speaking, it must be urgent to clean up the ones in the direction of Yang Gong first, so as not to let the stench It's the nobleman, but Yang Gong ordered to deal with the city gate first...

But Qu Chang still needs to deal with another problem now, that is, to clean up the city gate as soon as possible, but there are only these manpower, dragging, digging, and landfilling, after all, it will take a lot of work yes, it's better...

Qu Chang rolled his eyes, Duke Yang ordered it himself, so naturally he can't slack off, if it's done well, it's nothing if it doesn't work, but if it's not done well, it will naturally make Duke Yang feel uncomfortable, then you Where is there any good fruit to eat?

   No matter what, Qu Zhang stomped his feet, grabbed a soldier beside him, and whispered a few words...

   Within two days, Yang Biao's intention to expedite the cleanup near the Tongguan city gate was naturally revealed, because the distinguished guests invited by Yang Biao had arrived.

   When distinguished guests come to the door, they naturally need to sweep the bed to welcome them. After all, there is a battlefield outside Tongguan, which is a mess, so it is only possible to clean up the things near the city gate first.

   After all, if Yang Biao came to greet him, he would feel uncomfortable standing near the city gate, wouldn’t he?

  The distinguished guest who came to Tongguan was Zhu Jun.

  Speaking of which, Zhu Jun once had a chance to become the second Dong Zhuo...

  Before when Niu Fu was still alive, he sent Li Jue and Guo Si to attack Luoyang. Zhu Jun couldn't resist, so he voluntarily withdrew from Luoyang, preserving part of his strength.

   Then something interesting happened.

Tao Qian, governor of Xuzhou, believed that Zhu Jun was a famous minister and veteran general who had made many military exploits, so he could be entrusted with important tasks, so he joined forces with Zhou Qian, the former governor of Yangzhou, Yinde, minister of Langya, Liu Kui, minister of Donghai, Ji Lian, minister of Pengcheng, and Beihai. Xiang Guo Kong Rong, Pei Xiang Yuan Zhong, Taishan Taishou Ying Shao, Runan Taishou Xu Yan, former Jiujiang Taishou Fuqian, Grand Doctor Zheng Xuan and others elected Zhu Jun as Grand Master and planned to attack Li Jue, Guo Si and others.

However, just when these people were happily preparing for the second Suanzao Alliance battle, Yang Biao and Fei Qian's call to action reached the hands of the herdsmen. The water extinguished the burning flames in the hearts of these people.

   Presumably the mood of these people at that time was too complicated to describe...

  However, Zhu Jun didn’t care too much about this matter, after all, he didn’t want to be the so-called “Grand Master” at first…

Zhu Jun's father passed away when he was young, and his mother used to make a family business by selling and buying silk. When he was young, he was often said to be a profit-seeking person. It can also be said that he came from a poor family, and then stepped up step by step. How could he easily agree to take such a position full of thorns?

   This time, it was Yang Biao who sent someone to describe the current predicament with earnest words, and Zhu Jun agreed to help Yang Biao.

  In his life, Zhu Jun went to Jiaozhou, fought in Xiliang, suppressed the rebels, and defeated the Yellow Turban. Such a person has seen too many deaths, so when they came to Tongguan, even though there were still too many traces of gunpowder smoke, there were still a large number of corpses waiting to be processed. The lingering stench in the air, but for Zhu As far as Jun is concerned, it is as if he has never seen it.

  The two sides met Li under Tongguan, and Yang Biao hurriedly invited Zhu Jun into the city.

  This environment is too much, Yang Biao can't help it...

Although Yang Biao hung more than a dozen sachets inside his robes, and made people smoke his clothes with incense several times, he still couldn't resist the stench coming. More importantly, Yang Biao really didn't want to step on this disgusting place.

  Zhu Jun acted as if he hadn’t smelled anything, turned his head to look at the corpses piled up in the distance, and said with a frown, “Mr. Yang, a certain road was traveling against the current, and there were corpses floating down the road. Could it be…”

  Yang Biao frowned when he heard the words.

  In the Han Dynasty, after death, the emphasis was on being buried in the soil for peace.

If it is a member of the gentry, it is even more important to have a grand burial, which consumes all the property of the entire family and takes it all to be buried with him. If the funeral leads to the ruin of the family, not only will it not be called a fool, but it will be praised more...

  But ordinary people don’t get such good treatment.

   Dig a hole, throw it in, and fill it with soil, and that's pretty good.

   After all, sometimes in order to intimidate opponents, or to show off martial arts, it is often necessary to behead people to make Jingguan...

  Huangfusong, Zhu Jun, and even many generals have done this.

   But of course there is no need for this here in Tongguan. Who will you show me as a Jingguan?

  Hongnong people, or Guanzhong people?

  As for the Xiliang people, they are not here at all, even if they are displayed, they cannot be seen.

   So naturally they were buried together, after all, most of them are still from Yang Biao’s hometown...

  But since Zhu Jun said that he saw a lot of corpses going down the river along the way, then there is a problem, the small official in charge of this matter is lazy.

   "Come on!"

  Yang Biao gave an order, and at that time people brought the official and Qu Zhang who were in charge of this matter to him.

  After only a few questions, the Qu Zhang fell to his knees and kowtowed to confess his guilt.

It turned out that in order to speed up the cleaning and tidying of the city gate, Qu Chang didn't bury all the corpses that came out later, but simply threw them into the river to save trouble. I don't know how to go to the lower reaches of the river, so I can't find this, but I didn't expect Zhu Jun to tell me...

   "Bold!" Yang Biao yelled angrily, "How dare you steal, **** and commit crimes, and you are doing what you want!"

   Immediately beheaded Qu Zhang, who thought he was clever and self-assertive, to show the public, and then tied the officials in charge of supervision behind the gate of the city, for the crime of lax supervision.

  Even so, Yang Biao was still a little angry.

  The purpose of inviting Zhu Jun to come this time is to allow Zhu Jun to take Huangfusong's position and lead the troops to complete the great cause of marching into Chang'an. However, he did not expect that Zhu Jun had just arrived in Tongguan and let him see this scene.

  This matter, it is not a big deal, but the problem is that Zhu Jun, who just arrived, proved that Yang Biao's control over the pawns is actually not strong enough...

  How can this make Yang Biao not angry?

   But this is already the case, and Yang Biao has no choice. After all, he is not from a military family, so although he knows some things, he does not do well.

"Marquis of Qiantang..." Yang Biao said awkwardly, "...this side's military, I hope that Marquis of Qiantang will help you... This place is not a place to talk, so I invite Marquis Qiantang to come to the city to rest first. Tomorrow Maoshi, a certain general will pay his respects. Professor!" After speaking, he invited Zhu Juntong to ride in his canopy car.

  Zhu Jun was not very polite, he cupped his hands slightly and said: "Mr. Yang loves you, so I will definitely do my best to repay you."

  As soon as he entered Tongguan City Gate, Zhu Jun frowned again.

  There are too many people in Tongguan.

  The entire street was in a mess due to the influx of a large number of civilians, and the officials at the grassroots level did not plan and improve it in place. Only the main street where Yang Biao and others walked was better...

  Zhu Jun opened his mouth slightly, then glanced at Yang Biao beside him, and finally closed his mouth, suppressing his words.

  Although such a situation does not meet the requirements of the Art of War, because on the one hand, it is not easy to manage, on the other hand, once a situation like a camp tsunami occurs, the crowding can easily lead to an uncontrollable disaster.

  Yang Biao, although he is full of knowledge and famous all over the world, he is not a man in charge of the army after all.

  Zhu Jun sighed, but he didn’t plan to talk about it now. Anyway, it’s okay to make amendments after the authority to command the troops is officially granted tomorrow. Anyway, it’s not a two-day difference. I was already at the gate of Tongguan City before, although the intention was good, but it was considered a little bit of Yang Biao's face, and now I continue to talk about this, it is inevitable that I don't take Yang Biao too seriously...

   No matter how you say it, you have to give Yang Biao three points of face, right?

A group of people with long sleeves fluttering and well-dressed rode in a canopy car along the street and slowly turned to the government office in Tongguan. There, a grand and grand welcome dinner was about to be held. Although it was Tongguan with poor conditions, there were delicious food and wine There are a lot of the same, and there are some singers brought by Yang Biao from Hongnong to perform...

The sky was getting dark gradually, smelling the vague smell of wine and meat wafting from the government office, listening to the indistinct sound of tinkling and melodious silk and bamboo, the ordinary people in Tongguan silently set up a stove , silently looking at the black and green boiled wild vegetables in the pot, silently swallowing his saliva.

The smoke rose, and some people couldn't help it, so they gritted their teeth, got up and took out the grain jar hidden in the corner, squeezed out three or five grains of something similar to wheat millet, and sprinkled them in the pot finely. It's also an extra meal.

   At the end of the dark alley in Tongguan, I don’t know if the firewood is too wet, the smoke is too heavy, or some other reason, a burst of severe coughing accompanied by smoke came out of a simple shed...

  (end of this chapter)