Chapter 251 Accident on the Road
Spring has begun, but the weather is still a bit cold.
?Fei Qian remembered that the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty coincided with the Little Ice Age, and the first thing affected by the Little Ice Age was crops.
Humans may be able to wear more clothes and make fires to keep warm to fight the severe cold, but crops do not have this ability. Especially in the Han Dynasty, many farmers still farmed based on the old experience of the emperor. When the weather was cold in spring, the wheat seedlings froze to death. It will make you want to cry without tears.
And food is the foundation of human society, so when the second century AD entered the third century, many big countries around the world knelt down, such as Parthia, Kushan, and Rome, and there may not be any weather. reasons included.
??The frozen soil in winter has not completely melted yet, and Dong Zhuo has moved the capital. It is estimated that there will be no harvest in the Heluo area this year...
Although everyone knew that Sili was so big, even if Dong Zhuo was fat, he couldn''t eat it. For example, in Hedong County and Hanoi County, Dong Zhuo would basically not make any move to move the capital. After all, although these two counties belong to Sili Li, but across the Yellow River, even if Dong Zhuo and Li Ru had this intention, the geographical restrictions would really make it difficult to do anything.
??But Hongnong County and Henan Yin are important grain-producing areas in themselves, and now Dong Zhuo has done this...
Originally, Fei Qian only planned to send Huang Xu to transport the books on this second trip, but firstly, he met Li Rusheka, and secondly, the atmosphere in Luoyang City became more and more weird in the past two days, and he always felt that something was about to happen. Feeling uneasy, I might as well go with the second convoy to take a look.
In any case, it is good to familiarize yourself with the route.
Fei Qian followed the convoy, and Huang Cheng naturally followed, bringing with him twenty more soldiers.
This time Dong Zhuojun was really serious about it. When he left Luoyang City, there were checkpoints on all traffic arteries, and there was also a group of soldiers watching eagerly, as if they would rush over if there was anything wrong, causing traffic to pass by. The atmosphere among the horse crowd was tense.
Fortunately, there was a "passing place" issued by Li Ru and Fei Qian''s status as the assistant minister of Zuo Department, so although he encountered inspection, there was no too much difficulty.
Going westward is somewhat similar to Fei Qiannan going to Jingxiang, but also a little different. We go from Yin, Henan, where Luoyang City is located, to Hongnong County. After passing Gucheng, we will reach Xin''an, and between these two counties there is a world-famous town. Pass - Hangu Pass.
?Hangu Pass is actually divided into two, one is Hangu Pass in Qin Dynasty, and the other is Hangu Pass in Han Dynasty. The two Hangu Passes are not in the same place. At that time, in order to prevent the eastern countries from advancing westward, the Qin State built a pass at the western end of the "Miaohan Conduit" in western Henan to take advantage of the danger and named it "Hangu Pass".
? Later the Han Dynasty established its capital in Chang''an, just like the two cities in the north in later generations. Many people were proud to be from the city. Therefore, in the early Han Dynasty, many people were also proud to call themselves "Guan Nei people". During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Hongnong County did not have this title at that time. There was a man named Yang Pu who was about to be granted the title of Marquis because of his merits in suppressing the rebellion. However, the area within the pass was almost finished. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty told him, why not give it to you outside the pass? Find a land seal?
Because Yang Pu, whose hometown was in Nanwan, Xin''an, was not willing to be a "Marquis outside the Pass", he wrote to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, willing to contribute his family wealth and move Hangu Pass eastward to Xin''an County. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also felt that moving the Guanzhong would help expand the territory in Guanzhong and strengthen control over Guandong, so he agreed to his request.
From then on, there was Hanhangu Pass.
Between the two Hangu Passes, there is the important passage from the west of Kansai into the hinterland of the Central Plains - the "崤Han Passage"! To the north is the Yellow River, to the south is the Qinling Mountains, and in the middle is the only access to Yongzhou in Chang''an. Its importance is self-evident. Fei Qian was swaying in the carriage while thinking that once Dong Zhuo retreated into Guanzhong, if he wanted to attack the Chang''an area of ??Qinchuan, which is 800 miles away, there have been only four routes since ancient times.
One is naturally the so-called important route between Luoyang and Chang''an, the "Xiaohan Channel". This is the road Fei Qian is walking on now. This road only needs to be blocked at Hangu Pass. The difficult terrain and the strong pass will make all the generals who lead the attack feel overwhelmed.
The second is to cross the Yellow River from the Yuncheng Basin in the Shangdang area to the west. This road seems to be very wide, but in fact there are not many ferries that can supply the army to cross the river, and crossing the river is extremely vulnerable to attack, and it is not easy. .
The third road is the road Liu Bang took to enter Guanzhong. It crosses the Qinling Mountains from Nanyang Basin and passes through Wuguan Kelantian before officially entering Guanzhong. However, this road requires either crossing the Danshui River or crossing the Qinling Mountains, as well as attacking Wuguan, if the Qin Dynasty had not been restrained by Xiang Yu as the main force, Liu Bang would have really had no chance of taking this route.
??The last road is the Longyou road where Zhuge attempted to attack Guanzhong in history. This road has been demonstrated many times by Zhuge and Jiang Wei on the difficulty of attacking Guanzhong...
??So as long as Dong Zhuo retreats to Guanzhong now, these nobles in Shandong, Nanyang and other Central Plains areas really have no good solution.
?This time Fei Qian just wanted to take a look at Hangu Pass and see this ancient pass with his own eyes. At least he was prepared in his heart...
About ten miles after leaving Gucheng, due to Dong Zhuojun''s blockade, there were many fewer pedestrians on the road. Unknowingly, only Fei Qian''s team of carriages and horses were left walking on the whole road, and the wheels were pressed against the gravel. There was a buzzing sound, the hoofbeats of war horses and the footsteps of soldiers, plus the sound of armor plates knocking against each other, making the surroundings even more desolate and quiet...
??While walking, Huang Cheng suddenly shouted among the carriages and horses and ordered the whole army to stop.
Fei Qian asked: "Uncle Ye, what can I do?"
? Huang Cheng frowned, looked around, and said hesitantly: "Fei Langjun, someone seems to be spying on us..."
Fei Qian was shocked when he heard this. It was not necessarily a good thing for someone to peep in this wilderness. For people who practice martial arts like Huang Cheng, their six senses are relatively keen. Like the last time he met Huang Zhong in the Huang Family Yin Yard, Fei Qian stared at Huang Zhong for a long time and was discovered by Huang Zhong. So now he is probably in Someone on the mountain in front was staring at Huang Cheng and he noticed it...
The road at your feet follows the mountain. When you reach the foot of the mountain, you turn inward. Your view is blocked by the mountain. You cannot see what is going on at the other end of the road. There is the Yellow River not far away on the right hand side, and there is no place to detour. .
“Form up and retreat!” Since Huang Cheng was aware of it, for the sake of safety, he could not go forward. The path ahead was narrow and the situation was unclear. If he went forward rashly, he would undoubtedly be making a fool of his own life...
Today I read the list of departures again... I remembered Chapter 38 of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. When Zhuge came out of the mountain, he said: "I have been favored by the emperor''s three visits, and I can''t bear to leave. You can work hard here, and don''t let the acres of land become barren." When I succeed, I will go into seclusion. "...I wonder if Zhuge recalled the acres of land he once had at home..."
(End of this chapter)