Chapter 3321 Father and Son

Chapter 3320 Father and Son

The next day.

Cao Jun attacked Anyi again.

Bao Zhong looked back at the high platform.

Cao Cao's figure was already firmly on top of it, and the banner was flying high.

Bao Zhong turned around and said, "For the big man!" For the Prime Minister! Fight to the death! 』

"Oooo……"

Cao Jun's soldiers swarmed up again.

Next to Bao Zhong, his less-minded child also wanted to follow Bao Zhong, but Bao Zhong forced him back with a stern look. In the end, he could only stand in the formation, a little embarrassed, angry and confused, and then He also raised his arms and shouted, "For the big man!" For the Prime Minister! Fight to the death! 』

The silly kid was shouting sincerely, and his spit flew everywhere and his veins were exposed.

But the old guard of the Bao family who was beside him just gave him a cold look, and then turned his head away. There was a hint of care for the mentally retarded in his eyes.

As an old man in the Bao family, the old guard of the Bao family knows more or less, and is better than this silly boy Bao Zhong who thinks that as long as he is good at wielding a sword and a gun, he can sweep everything and defeat the enemy.

Of course, Bao Zhong's stupid kid is not really just an idiot. He is missing a piece of his head. He just doesn't understand the ways of the world. He thinks that people in this world are either good or bad. He also thinks that everything is simple. He either beats or kills...

Bao Zhong's guards looked at Bao Zhong who was leading the troops in front with some worry. He was told by Bao Zhong to keep an eye on this stupid kid, or rather, he was as innocent as a piece of white cloth.

But white cloth is the least resistant to dirt. It will turn yellow and have spots at any time, or it may be used to wipe something, and then it will be stained with some traces that will never disappear...

On the other side, on the high platform, Cao Cao did not put his mind on Anyi at all.

Cao Cao looked north. He originally thought that he was an infantry and his marching speed must be slower than that of the hussars, so he deliberately speeded up. However, he did not expect that when he arrived in Anyi, the hussars had not arrived yet.

Strictly speaking, it's not a complete miss. He knew that the vanguard of the Hussars and the small cavalry force were already spying and peeping at this place from dozens of miles away, but he didn't know when the large force of the Hussars would arrive.

But soon.

Soon!

Cao Hong tried to capture these sporadic hussar scouts and cavalry squads several times, but the effect was not good. On the one hand, these hussar scouts are very alert, on the other hand, these guys do not go deep into the surrounding area of ​​Anyi, so many times the traps they set cannot be triggered at all.

"My lord, what on earth is this hussar doing?" ” Cao Hong saw that there were no outsiders left and right, and asked in a low voice, “Have you noticed Wen Lie’s movements? 』

Cao Cao hummed, "It's hard to say." 』

The battlefield is one-way transparent, and sometimes it is even impossible to be one-way transparent. In the chaos, the information available is one-sided and fragmented. If you want to piece together the entire dragon with these scales and half claws, just It greatly tests the commander's ability on the battlefield.

"The hussars...must come!" "Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, with a strong confidence in his voice, "And it's not far! 』

Cao Hong was startled and quickly looked north.

Nothing was seen.

"In the past two days, I have thought of General Huo's Qin Ge..." Cao Cao said slowly.

Cao Cao sighed slightly and stroked his beard, "Now that all the barbarians are protected, all Xia will be well." The country is peaceful and happy. When fighting, the bows and arrows are hidden. The unicorn arrives and the phoenix soars. Protect yourself from the sky, and you will never have borders. Kissing for hundreds of years, each extending our lives... Zi Lian, what do you think of this Qin song? 』

"This..." Cao Hong was stunned for a moment.

Some people say that this General Huo Qubing's Qin Song was written by Huo Qubing, while others say that it was written by someone else in Huo Qubing's name. But what does it mean? It is indeed written by Huo Qubing, another hussar general of the Han Dynasty...

"Since the four barbarians are protecting us, who is this "protector"? ” Cao Cao stroked his beard and said, “Why do you need to “protect”? 』

Since the four barbarians were protected, it was Huo Qubing and the Han army who came to protect them, and the party considered to be harmful was the Xiongnu at that time. As for the Western Regions of Hexi and other places, the Han policy was that as long as they were not enemies of the Han, the Han would not attack. As a result, Hexi thought that the Han was easy to bully...

Later, Hexi was surrendered, and the subordinates of the two kings of Hexi eventually became vassal states of the Han Dynasty. This word of protection clearly stands on the side of the Han. Regardless of nationality, everyone is protected by the Han army.

This word "protect" also emphasizes the role of the Han Dynasty's military force. All the peace and tranquility in the whole song are based on the tyranny of external force. The Han army took control of the vassal areas that originally belonged to the Xiongnu, restoring peace to these areas, and allowing the Han country to live and work in peace and contentment, with peace and stability.

Cao Cao did not wait for Cao Hong's response, and went straight on: "And in the song "The bow and arrow are hidden", the word "hidden" in it is even more subtle... The four barbarians are not one... Hidden in it, haha , wonderful, wonderful! 』

Cao Hong was confused after hearing this and didn't know why.

However, Cao Cao's good mood of appreciating Qin Ge did not last long.

A soldier in the audience came up with an urgent report of sealed fire paint and handed it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao checked the paint, and when he opened it, his face suddenly turned foul. It was as if someone had stuffed a ball of Ollie into it, and it became a little twisted and ferocious, and his body couldn't help but sway a few times.

Cao Hong was shocked and quickly stepped forward to help, "Lord!" 』

Cao Cao grabbed Cao Hong's arm very hard, and then took two deep breaths before he could catch his breath. Then he looked around and said, "You guys, please step back first." 』

The guards on the side responded and retreated from the high platform first.

On the high platform, only Cao Cao and Cao Hong were left.

"I thought..." Cao Cao took a long breath, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to suddenly increase. It looked like he had been slashed several times on his forehead, and even his back was a little rickety. He held Cao Hong's arm like he was holding a floating board when he was drowning, "Zilian... do you think that marching into Guanzhong and fighting the hussars was really just for me and the Cao family and the Xiahou family?" Isn't it all for the Han Dynasty and the Shandong nobles? But they, they... alas..."

Cao Hong didn't answer.

Cao Cao had some idea of ​​the people from Shandong. He knew they were bad, but he didn't expect them to be so bad! Cao Cao has set the lower limit for these people very low, but these guys are still breaking through the lower limit.

"Urgent report from Jizhou eight hundred miles away. "Cao Cao took a breath and seemed to have calmed down. He still looked calm and unfazed. "Under the command of Qiusi, Wei Yan and Wei Wenchang made a surprise attack on Yecheng. 』

"Ouch?" ! ” Now it was Cao Hong’s turn to be unable to stand, “What? 』

Cao Cao nodded slightly.

"This, this...this hussar, where did it come from?" ” The sweat on Cao Hong’s forehead immediately dropped.

"It was there before... but was suppressed by Jizhou and did not report it..." Cao Cao slowly put the eight-hundred-mile emergency report into his sleeve, obviously not intending to show it to Cao Hong, "It is said to have come from the Taihang Mountains." The small force that came out..."

"A small group of people?" ” Cao Hong didn’t know what to say for a moment.

Can a small group of troops attack Yecheng by surprise?

This obviously contains many ulterior things. Even just thinking about it made Cao Hong feel a little shuddering.

"So... Master, are you okay?" ” Cao Hong asked cautiously.

"snort. ” Cao Cao snorted from his nostrils, “That traitor, after what happened, it would be better to die!” 』

Cao Hong quickly laughed and said: "My lord, please don't do this. I'm very lucky that the young master is fine. I'm very lucky..."

Cao Cao seemed to know that he had made a mistake, so he let go of Cao Hong's arm and patted his shoulder, "No, having you Zilian is my greatest luck..."

"My lord, I'm very impressed. 』

Cao Hong did not dare to continue asking, because he saw that although Cao Cao had regained his composure on the surface, he could also feel that Cao Cao had suffered a huge blow. And standing next to Cao Cao, even though it was summer, for some reason Cao Hong could feel that Cao Cao's body seemed to be exuding some cold breath.

After a while, Cao Hong said: "My lord, now in Anyi..."

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and remained silent for a while, "If the hussar still doesn't come, take the captive poultry to reward the soldiers." 』

Cao Hong understood immediately, nodded and left.

Cao Cao watched Cao Hong get off the high platform, then looked up to the north, with his hands behind his back, speechless for a long time.

…

…

Cao Cao and Cao Pi have a father-son relationship.

Cao Zhen, who died in Hedong, also had a father-son relationship with Cao Hong.

They were attacking Anyi. Bao Zhong and his son, who were among the troops under the city, were also fighting each other with the Pei family and his son who were defending the city in Anyi.

Among the soldiers defending the city of Anyi, there were also fathers and children.

He is an ordinary civilian husband in Anyi, and he doesn't even have a serious name. Everyone only knows that his name is Dacheng, because his father is called Lao Cheng, and he also has a child, who is naturally Xiao Cheng.

So Dacheng is both a father and a child.

It doesn't matter whether it is Cheng, Cheng, or any other character with similar syllables, because neither Dacheng nor Laocheng, nor the other people in Anyi, know the characters nor how to write them.

Originally, Dacheng was just a citizen of Anyi, and he should not have come to defend the city. However, the Pei clan shouted in the city, "Everyone is responsible for resisting Cao in Anyi!" 』

At first, Dacheng didn't understand what "everyone is responsible" meant, but the Pei clan explained that once Cao's army entered the city, they would burn, kill, loot and commit all kinds of evil. By then, the city would have turned into a hell, and all the old and young would die! For the sake of everyone’s lives, should we all fight against Cao’s army together?

That said, it seems to make some sense.

Then the Pei clan members said again that if they saved Anyi and resisted Cao's army, they would receive rewards based on merit in the future. Even if the Pei clan couldn't afford it, Hussar would still reward him!

Later, Dacheng inexplicably took a spear and went up to the city wall to defend.

For his father and for his children.

Although there were still some things he had not thought about, there was no chance for him to continue thinking about them.

The ferocious fighting forced him to struggle in order to survive, and he struggled constantly. Naturally, he had no time to think about whether the logical relationship was correct, or what the truth was, or the simplest question... …

Why does he count the taxes he has to pay year after year, from his father to himself and then to his children?

Is it protection fee, residence fee, or fee for using the name of a big man?

From a historical perspective, taxation is one of the important means to maintain the operation of the state machinery and the order of governance. The two important pillars of ancient dynasties in establishing and maintaining their rule were finance and military. Taxation was the main source of finance for ancient feudal countries and an important means of managing the economy.

From this perspective, the taxes paid by ancient people can be regarded as a kind of "protection fee." That is, by paying taxes, in exchange for the relative security and order maintenance provided by the state, this is similar to public security services in modern society to some extent.

That's great, but he lives in Anyi and doesn't enjoy much security. If Cao Jun comes, those who have not paid taxes will die first, and then those who have paid taxes will die later. That would be a certain safety guarantee. But now that he has paid taxes, he will die first...

So is it the land use fee?

But whose land is it?

If the land belongs to the Han Dynasty, then there is nothing wrong with paying the residence fee to the Han Dynasty to obtain the right to live there. However, those who came to attack Anyi were Cao Jun who held the banner of the Han Dynasty and said that they represented the emperor of the Han Dynasty!

What is the point of paying taxes, not getting any protection, and even being killed?

Dacheng absolutely cannot understand it.

Fortunately, he didn't have to think too much.

When the pain in the body reaches a certain level, it will gradually become numb.

When he finally fell, he did not die immediately.

He just felt the chill coming to him, making his limbs stiff and numb, and then the world turned upside down...

In Dacheng's field of vision, the sky fell.

He was dragged by his feet and slid across the city wall.

The semi-coagulated blood acted as lubricant, making it not too difficult for him to be dragged.

His arms were raised upside down, crossing the stone floor of the city wall, with blood, just like the last word he wrote for himself when he was dying...

A crooked character for "人".

But in the end he was thrown off the city wall like a dead animal.

When Dacheng finally fell, his eyes were empty.

Even to his death, he could not understand what was going on in this world...

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"Fight it!" Fight it! 』

Pei Ji held up a sword that had many gaps and shouted at the top of his lungs.

He always thought that attacking and defending the city was not just that. He had consciously defended Anyi for so many days and had done it with real swords and guns. He was considered a person who had seen big scenes. But only now did he understand. In fact, Cao Jun never used all his strength. When Cao Cao really arrived near Anyi and Cao Cao's army was really fighting with all their strength, Pei Ji felt the overwhelming suffocation.

There is a world of difference between being organized and not being organized.

When Cao Hong attacked Anyi before, he actually wanted to get a few hits with Zao Mo Zao. The key point was to lure the hussars to come, and then trap them little by little between the camps, with the intention of retreating at any time. Yes, but with the changes in the war situation, especially the destruction of the camp at the foot of the slope, Cao Cao and Cao Jun were forced to adjust their entire combat strategy.

Anyi's original temptation turned into a real fight.

Now, as Cao Cao said, it was time to kill some captive animals to reward the soldiers.

The soldiers guarding the city tried their best to shoot arrows at Cao Jun, but Cao Jun below the city immediately fired back.

And there are even more arrows than those guarding the city...

The key is that the soldiers guarding the city have suffered a lot of damage, and they have to call in batches of civilians in the city to make up for it. Although he said it was to protect Anyi and everyone, Pei Ji knew in his heart that the more important thing was to preserve the Pei family's status!

The ladder was set up, followed by flying hooks.

Cao Jun's soldiers followed the ladder and pulled the rope. Climb up bravely and crazily.

The defenders of the city threw rolling stones and wooden logs down the ladder.

The soldiers of Cao's army who were hit were like pieces of meat on a barbecue skewer, with juices flying everywhere...

When arrows covered the city wall, the defenders of Anyi hardly dared to raise their heads. The defenders became more timid as they fought, but Cao's troops who attacked the city became more and more crazy as they suffered more casualties. After repelling one group of Cao's troops, the next group of Cao's troops rushed forward. In the face of Cao Jun's fully deployed war machine, Pei Ji's originally thought to be excellent defensive capabilities was showing loopholes everywhere.

With the city wall as the boundary, in the midst of such huge conflicts and killings, blood and chaos, Cao Jun once reached the top of Anyi City. Although Pei Ji and his men then beat him back wildly, it was like a cut, and the damage caused could not be recovered immediately.

All the gentleness and grace in the past have now turned into madness at this moment.

Cao Jun rushed to the city again.

Pei Ji once again led people up to block the gap.

The fighting became increasingly fierce and brutal.

Soldiers from both sides held swords and guns, and their shields collided with each other, making a crisp metal collision sound. The swords and guns were bleeding, and the shields were competing with each other. Soldiers on both sides were trying hard to resist each other's attacks, and they were also trying to find loopholes to give each other a fatal blow. Their faces were ferocious, their teeth bared, as if they wanted to devour each other.

However, the defenders of Anyi, who had not been fully replenished and repaired, eventually lost more strength and endurance. Cao Jun gradually gained the upper hand, and the offensive became more and more fierce, while Pei Ji and others gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Just when Pei Ji was about to despair, some more fresh troops came from the corridor of Anyi City Wall and joined the battlefield, turning the balance that was about to collapse back.

『Father! 』

Pei Ji then realized that it was Pei Mao who brought this group of people to support.

『Father, you haven't recovered from your illness yet, why are you here...』

In the interval between the short defeat of Cao's army, Pei Ji hurried to see Pei Mao, quite worried.

Pei Mao has been sick for some time, and no matter from which angle, the top of the city is not a good place to recuperate.

『Haha,』 Pei Mao was wearing an old armor with some years, and his white hair was flying under the helmet, 『Don't look at your father's age, I can still kill the enemy! 』

Pei Mao waved the sword in his hand, and his momentum was quite imposing, but he soon became out of breath and glared at Pei Ji, 『Hurry up and adjust the deployment! The next wave of Cao's army is coming soon! 』

『But, but father, you...』 Pei Ji was still worried.

『Go quickly! 』 Pei Mao pushed Pei Ji, 『I am not going to die yet! I am still strong! 』

That being said, both Pei Mao and Pei Ji knew in their hearts that if the cavalry reinforcements could not come, they would die here sooner or later, no matter how tough they said.

And in the current situation, even if they surrendered to Cao Cao, they might not have a good ending...

Cavalry, cavalry!

Pei Mao stared with his cloudy eyes, looking forward to it.

When will the cavalry reinforcements arrive? !