Chapter 2336 The War in Bashu Rises

Brazil.

Langzhong.

Historically, this place was Zhang Fei's garrison and the place where his soul died. With three rivers gathered together, it is an important place for water and land transportation. It has always been a battleground for military strategists.

Going north from Langzhong is Bazhong, and further up is Micang Road, and from Langzhong to the southwest is Chengdu. It can be said that the location of Langzhong is the key link between Sichuan and Sichuan. If it is captured From Langzhong, you can either choose to attack Chengdu, or you can directly go south and invade the hinterland of Sichuan and Sichuan!

Brazil's defense system is not very adequate to begin with. After all, this is not strictly a front line, but rather an inner area. In the front, there is the road from Bazhong to Micang to the north, and Badong to the east. , the northwest is Guanghan, and further northwest is Jinniu Road.

Therefore, the soldiers and civilians in Langzhong never thought that suddenly, there would be a huge number of Mi people and Di people, and even some Ba people rushed out of the river ditch, all the way down from Bazhong, as if directly He threw himself on Langzhong’s face!

What's going on in Bazhong?

Could it be that Bazhong was lost?

The flames of war have burned directly into Brazil County!

The man stationed in Langzhong City is Xiang Lang.

When Xiang Lang was in Jingxiang, he studied under Sima Hui for a period of time and had some friendship with Xu Shu. Later, he became an official under Liu Biao and served as a small county magistrate. After Liu Biao died, Xiang Lang felt that Jingxiang was Something was wrong, so after much thought, he resigned and went to Sichuan, where he found Xu Shu.

After arriving in Sichuan and Sichuan, Xiang Lang first served in Chengdu, and then went to Langzhong as a county magistrate.

Originally, Lei Tong was stationed in Langzhong, but Lei Tong was just a peasant, and he knew everything about people's livelihood and government affairs. He was ousted not long after he took office. In addition, when Sichuan and Shu were in the hands of Liu Zhang, It can be said that most areas are terrible, and Langzhong is no exception.

Later, Xu Shu transferred Lei Tong back to Chengdu and assigned Xiang Lang to deal with the mess in Langzhong.

When Xiang Lang arrived in Langzhong, he found that the officials and captains in Langzhong were simply bastards. Not to mention anything else, the soldiers alone received more than 60% of their free pay!

Except for a few soldiers around the county government who look like they have some appearance, the rest cannot be called soldiers at all. When going into battle, I am afraid that these guys will run away at any time, or be held back by these guys. …

Therefore, after arriving in Langzhong, the first thing Xiang Lang did was to drastically remove the corrupt officials and eliminate these mediocre soldiers. At the beginning, there was a very interesting phenomenon, which was that Xiang Lang announced that all these useless soldiers would be eliminated. , and then when recruiting again, officials from the county to local village elders seemed to be complaining, very embarrassed, and even horrified, as if these soldiers would rebel if their front legs were reduced.

But in fact, after Xiang Lang issued the formal order to reduce the number of soldiers, these county soldiers who returned to the countryside rarely caused any trouble. They almost silently picked up their hoes and went to work in the fields...

Compared with being in the army, not only do you have to farm for the military masters, but you also have to withhold military pay. If you make the slightest mistake, strict military laws will fall on you. Therefore, for those who have turned from the army to farmers, they are not good at fighting in the first place, and may even not be able to fight at all. Soldiers without much combat effectiveness are more willing to return to farming or find other livelihoods to survive.

As for those so-called rebellions and rebellions, they are actually just threats to Xiang Lang by those who eat and drink the blood of these soldiers. Because if Xiang Lang cuts off his money, he will jump in a hurry, what words? They dare to throw it out.

After Xiang Lang eliminated the weak soldiers in Langzhong, he recruited some new soldiers. After training for two or three months, he gradually got better and started to attack these local officials in Langzhong.

Most of the petty officials in these places had some involvement with some local wealthy families, but because their hands and feet had been chopped off by Xiang Lang, they fell into passivity. The military power was in Xiang Lang's hands. Even if these silverfish wanted to rebel, they had to consider whether they could survive it. Moreover, it would be more troublesome if the movement was too loud, so most of them left the scene cursing, saying that Xiang Lang was a bastard and that he was a bastard. If you put on your pants, you won't recognize anyone.

After this series of actions, although Xiang Lang was able to eliminate the corrupt officials and corrupt soldiers in Langzhong, re-injected new blood, and indeed took control of Langzhong, doing these things is not simple and easy, and it also takes a certain amount of time. Therefore, when the Jin people and the Di people Wu Yangyang rushed to the vicinity of Langzhong, Xiang Lang had no way to say that he could take the troops in the city and go to the field. After all, both the number of soldiers and their training were still lacking.

It’s good to be able to control Langzhong City without causing chaos. As for outside the city...

Therefore, the land of Brazil fell into panic and chaos!

At the gate of Langzhong City, many people with frightened and exhausted faces gathered around the outside of Langzhong City, crying and begging, hoping that Langzhong would open the city gate and let them in.

The Langzhong soldiers on the city wall also looked nervously at the chaotic people below the city.

Most of these people are from some villages in Bazhong and Brazil. Not all the villages where these people lived had fallen. They were just afraid of the spread of war, so they fled one after another. Some even fled all the way from Bazhong to Brazil, already exhausted and haggard.

When we arrived in Langzhong, we were close to Chengdu. These fleeing people seemed to feel a little safer. After all, they would have people guarding Langzhong anyway, right? I just want to have a place to stay in the city, and then the government can give me some gruel to survive, so that I can survive the current military disaster...

Thousands of ragged people surrounded the city wall, crying and begging, and the cries of supplication were earth-shattering.

Xiang Lang stood on top of the city, pulling on the battlements and looking down.

The people outside the city seemed to have seen Xiang Lang's figure and guessed that he was the person in charge. Then the wailing sounds suddenly started again, and they started to cry randomly...

"Okay, okay!" Let us enter the city! The old, weak and young at home can no longer walk and have nothing to eat. Let us take a break and do our best! Well done, sir! 』

“We can help build the city by moving earth and bricks and tiles! You can do whatever you want! Just give me some food! Give me a roof to protect you from the cold! Show mercy! Let's go to town! 』

"Open the city gate!" We are all from Sichuan, we cannot ignore death! Open the city gate and let us enter the city! 』

"Enter the city!" We need to open the door! 』

"Open the door!" 』

"Okay, okay!" 』

"..."

Xiang Lang frowned deeply.

"When did these people come?" Xiang Lang asked in a deep voice.

"Reporting to the County Lord, these people from the countryside came one after another last night. I thought there were not many people at first...but when it got daybreak, I saw that there were so many..." The city guard on the side was a little confused. He said, "County Lord, this... what should we do now?" 』

Almost everyone's eyes were focused on Xiang Lang.

The ragged people below the city were crying, shouting, jumping with their feet, raising their heads, and some even knelt on the ground and kowtowed. The chaotic sounds were like waves, hitting the walls of Langzhong.

Xiang Lang raised his head, looked around, and made an estimate, "These... I'm afraid there are more than 3,000 people..."

If there are three thousand well-trained soldiers, they can file into the city in an orderly manner in less than an hour. But now there are three thousand people. Once the city gate is opened, there will definitely be a congestion, and countless people will be squeezed on the drawbridge and city gate. There must be people who will even be squeezed off the moat, drowned, trampled on, you can’t say...

Unless you send out all the soldiers in the city, then cut these refugees into parts one by one, and slowly enter the city according to the area. The number of soldiers sent out cannot be small. If it is less, it will be basically useless. They will be drowned by the crowds.

But the question is, if you send out all your soldiers, what will happen to the city?

The number of soldiers Xiang Lang has re-recruited is not many. As of now, there are only 540 soldiers. Even including Xiang Lang's own private guards, the number is over 600. Such a number protects Langzhong City. There are some shortcomings, so how can we get out of the city?

Even if these people can be welcomed into the city, and even if there are no spies among these people and they are all common people, who can guarantee that these refugees will obey the rules honestly when they enter the city? Can you resist grabbing food when you see it, resist grabbing clothing when you see it, won’t urinate in the middle of the street, won’t break into ordinary people’s homes to steal and rob?

If only I could do it earlier...

Xiang Lang closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice: "Call some soldiers with loud voices to come over." 』

After a while, shouts rang out from the city wall, drowning out the chaos and noise below the city...

"There's going to be a war here!" 』

"If you escape, someone must guard you!" 』

"If this place is lost, Chengdu will be in danger!" 』

"If someone is blocking you here, you can escape to Chengdu!" 』

"As long as we don't fall here, no one will hunt you down!" 』

"Go!" Go to Chengdu! There's a war going on here! If you don’t want to die, go to Chengdu! 』

After a short pause, the people below the city started shouting loudly again. If it were not blocked by the moat, some of these people would even want to rush down to the city and take pictures of the city gate.

On weekdays, we collect money, taxes, and taxes, but now the people who came here are harassing people, and they don’t even let us enter the city? What's the point? What to do in Chengdu? Mr. Ge's violent temper will lead him to Langzhong today!

"Go west!" Go west! There is food at the west gate! 』

Amidst the noise and confusion, another chorus of shouts came from the city gate.

Xianglang sent people to put grains in small bags at the west city gate and threw them across the moat. Although some bags fell in the moat, most of the grain bags still fell on the other side, and many refugees They looted one after another, and then fled quickly to prevent their own food from being snatched away by others...

But even so, there are still some who are unwilling to leave, or who have not received the food bags, howling and crying, lingering under the city.

At this time, at the end of the road in the distance, large clouds of smoke and dust were gradually rising, flat and scattered, and faint sounds of crying could be heard...

Xiang Lang, who was at the top of the city, suddenly focused his eyes and looked towards the place where the smoke and dust were rising. I saw silhouettes of people shaking in the smoke, and soon after, I could faintly see some people running and crying in panic, stumbling towards me in embarrassment!

Behind these people, the people were naked, with painted skin, wrapped in turbans and feathered robes, waving swords and guns, and dispersed, shouting and driving the people towards them. Come to Langzhong location!

There were also some people riding on horseback, swaying unsteadily. I don’t know if the horses were originally there or if they were snatched after leaving the mountain.

Of course, these horses are Sichuan horses, and they are not very tall, but these same horses are also not tall, but these horsemen are still quite proudly shaking their bodies on the horseback, shouting: Call.

These impostors and Di people were like driving a flock of sheep. From time to time they rushed into the crowd of people who were lagging behind, shouting and shouting, waving their swords and guns to knock down one or two, and then roared and raised their blood-stained swords and guns in the air. Laughing and roaring wildly, arousing the cheers and applause of the rest of the people and the people, which made the people even more panicked. Many people even fell to the ground with their hands and feet weak because of this, and were ignored by the rest of the people. trampled into the mud...

Where are the defenders in Bazhong?

How could these Jie and Di people invade so easily?

Could it be...

At this moment, even though Xiang Lang had thousands of thoughts in his mind, he didn't have time to think about it. He just shouted, pointed in the direction of Chengdu, and shouted to the outside of the city, "Go west!" quick! Go west! 』

The remaining more than a thousand people coaxed each other into an explosion, and the sound of crying and roaring was several times louder than before. Amidst the crying and shouting, the crowd became chaotic into two or three groups, pushing each other and trampling on each other, while the people in the distance were Those who were riding horses also noticed the movement here, and immediately roared and rushed over on horseback!

Xiang Lang roared: "Archer!" Come forward! Prepare! 』

Xiang Lang's guess was not wrong. These Taoists and Di people came here to look for opportunities to seize the city.

In fact, some of the blame for this problem lies with Liu Zhang.

It’s not that Liu Zhang still has any influence now, but because after Liu Zhang took over Sichuan and Shu, he had almost no control over Sichuan and Shu, so that the local government affairs management was extremely chaotic, coupled with the conflict between Pang and Zhao The disputes between Bazhong and Badong in Brazil turned into a mess.

Later, Fei Qian and Liu Bei fought for Sichuan and Shu, and the war spread to central Sichuan. Some cities were destroyed in the war. Although Sichuan and Shu were pacified and people's livelihood recovered, the areas that recovered best and fastest were still in central Sichuan, which were relatively remote. Firstly, Xu Shu's influence has not spread to these areas, and secondly, Sichuan and Shu are not like Guanzhong, which has relatively sufficient reserve management manpower to replace them. Just like Langzhong, Lei Tong was overexerted in the early stage. , and then Thundercopper made a mess...

Before Zhuge Liang arrived in Sichuan, Xu Shu took Zhuge Liang to see all the way, from near Chengdu to remote mountain villages, that's what it meant.

Therefore, after the Jin and Di people rushed out from Daba Mountain, the cities along the Jialing River were either captured, or they made the same choice as Xiang Lang, closing the cities and allowing these Jin and Di people to plunder!

This method is not so strange, because in the Han Dynasty for more than a hundred years, most areas have done this...

Youzhou was plundered by Wuhuan.

Guard the city and wait for the barbarians to retreat.

Bingzhou, Xianbei plundered.

I don’t want that poor place anymore.

Liangzhou was plundered by the Western Qiang.

Is it necessary to spend huge sums of money on this place, Your Majesty? Just cut it!

Yangzhou, looted by South Vietnam.

Don't worry, just fight with them, whoever leaves the city will be your grandson!

Of course, Sichuan and Sichuan are no exception. In the early days of Liu Yan, these people in Sichuan and Shu even used these people to threaten Liu Yan and support the invaders in self-respect. Therefore, it is not surprising that in the land of Sichuan and Shu that Xu Shu and others have not yet completely sorted out, there is passive defense and even deliberate release of water.

The man rode his horse crookedly, rushed directly under the city gate, and rushed into the crowd of refugees!

Xiang Lang commanded the archers and shot at these inhumane cavalry. Unfortunately, on the one hand, Xiang Lang did not have many archers. On the other hand, these archers were ordinary people. From recruitment to The training has just started, and he is not a sharpshooter. The effectiveness of shooting at long-distance moving targets can be imagined.

The arrows shot down, but they only hit three or four knights. The damage was not enough. Therefore, the people did not flinch at all. They roared, trying to gather the people under the city together, or prepare to attack the city. Cannon fodder, or want the cloth, property and other materials carried by these people...

Xiang Lang also took a bow and arrow, bent the bow and shot, but did not achieve any good results. He saw the people rushing into the crowd of people crazily, trampling and killing them wantonly, and screaming and crying for a while. The sound soared into the sky.

On the Langzhong city wall, the defenders and civilians stared blankly at the tragic scene in front of them. The bows and arrows in their hands gradually stopped. If they shoot again, they will hit their own people...

"County Lord...save them!" 』

"We can't look at it like this..."

"County Lord!" 』

The soldiers on the city wall couldn't help shouting and turned their eyes to Xiang Lang.

Xiang Lang gritted his teeth and clung to the battlements with both hands, not even noticing that his nails were cracked.

Suddenly, a faint whimpering sound came over...

The people on and off the city were slightly startled.

Xiang Lang looked blankly to the southwest, and his eyes suddenly widened.

A military horse suddenly appeared on the horizon, with red helmets and tassels dancing.

A general raised his long sword and pointed it diagonally at Langzhong!

Behind that general, a three-color battle flag was flying high!

Hussars!

The hussars are coming to help!

Xiang Lang laughed loudly and said, "Bang the drum!" Beat the drum! Reinforcements are arriving! Ji Di will be defeated! 』

This big man, not everyone can only retreat and defend!

Someone will still stand up!

We must finally let these idiots know that there are still people in this great Han world who will fight hard! He will protect the country, he will not be afraid of life and death, and he will lead us to pursue the glory of victory together!