The most beautiful times in Yishui are late spring and mid-autumn.

However, due to a teacher-student dialogue between Confucius and Zengzi, the late spring in Yishui was beautified by Confucianism to the point of political idealism, so that it was filled with formalized spring outings and bathing, which gave people a sense of restraint.

It feels like...it's the peak of autumn. As the saying goes, the sky and water are blue in the autumn of the river, and the vast smoke waves are hundreds of miles away, which gives it a unique flavor, so people often float on boats to enjoy the autumn.

Of course, these are all appearances.

The reason why Confucius and Zengzi admired late spring, and the reason why later people admired the scenery of mid-autumn, was essentially because the two busy farming seasons of spring plowing and autumn harvest had just passed, and people in agricultural societies finally had a little leisure, and it happened that the weather was not cold at this time.

It's not too hot, so it's perfect for going out and having fun, so you can just take a breath and relax a little.

In other words, Jing Yousheng, Confucius, and Zengzi’s admiration for bathing in the Yishui River in late spring is essentially an admiration for the stable operation of an agricultural society. People’s good mood in the mid-autumn season essentially comes from the sense of security brought by the autumn harvest.

This is all traceable.

So, what if war comes? What if war comes to the Yishui River during this time?

In the sixth year of Jian'an, the Qingxu area suddenly encountered autumn floods during the autumn harvest. It has become an established fact that large-scale production reductions in the entire Qingxu area have become a fact. However, just after this autumn harvest that made everyone worried, the Yishui River Basin did not wait for people to take a breather.

When the opportunity came, a battle involving nearly 100,000 people immediately broke out. The Qingxu tyrants, who originally focused on self-protection and separatist control of Langya, under the leadership of Zang Ba, under the leadership of deputy envoy Guo Jia in Jingantai, Hebei

Driven by the army, 50,000 soldiers and horses were gathered south to Tancheng, and officially participated in the war in the military order of Hebei.

However, Zhou Yu, one of the five frontline commanders of the Central Plains Allied Forces and the youngest head coach of Xuzhou, showed jaw-dropping tactical qualities. He moved the navy into the river and cut off Yi and Shu. It was like a fairy from heaven.

a feeling of.

As soon as 50,000 Langya soldiers moved south, they were trapped and killed in the narrow Yishui River and Shushui River, as if all this was Zhou Gongjin's trap.

"Why are you running, Shima?"

In the early morning, Guo Jia came up from the Yishui River after washing his feet. He first watched five pointed-head ships of the Xuzhou Navy sailing slowly north from the center of the river. Then he stepped on his leather shoes and walked up the slope.

Asking questions in a serious manner.

Behind him, those Xuzhou ships that were monitoring the land camps were further behind. On the other side of the Yishui River to the northwest, Mount Zhuang, dozens of miles away, was looming in the mist.

"I...I..." A tied-up Dongguan officer knelt in front of the slope and watched Guo Jia walking past him, but he kept crying and could not utter a complete sentence for a long time.

"Do you know military law?" Guo Jia sat on the horse on the small slope and sighed slightly.

At this time, the officer became more and more frightened, so much so that his whole body trembled, but he didn't know if things must be reversed at the extreme, but he gritted his teeth and said a complete sentence: "Ambassador Guo, I, I didn't mean to run away, but

Now there are rumors in the army that there is not enough food for three days, and the Yishui River cannot be crossed, and Kaiyang has long been gone, so my subordinates are thinking of returning to Dongguan..."

"What about after returning to Dongguan?" Guo Jia sat down and began to put down his trouser legs.

"Subordinate..."

"Hebei's military law states that deserters will not be killed without mercy, and officers will have to force their subordinates to commit suicide. Do you know?" Guo Fengxiao finally looked at the other party. "You are the commander of Qianshibububu whom I appointed. Do you know that you can escape like this?"

How many people will be involved?"

This officer, who was the patrol officer in front of the Changxi camp that day, was later appointed as the Sima of another department to stabilize the situation. The old Sima of Changxi, who was called Sima Ju, was finally unable to say a word and could only say:

While shaking like chaff, he kowtowed repeatedly.

Guo Jia's heart was as solid as stone, and he just raised his hand casually. Naturally, a soldier came forward and easily killed the man with a knife, and cut off his head, preparing to show it to the public.

"Don't be in a hurry to show off to the public." Just when the soldiers were about to return to the camp, Guo Fengxiao suddenly spoke again. "Today, all the seventy-three deserters will stay here for the time being. Let's see if there is any movement from Mr. Zang's side. If so,

Once the military order comes down, I will show off again to serve as a deterrent!"

The soldier is a reliable person who followed Guo Fengxiao from Qingzhou, and he will naturally take orders after hearing the words.

Xu Yuanzhi, who had been standing with his sword on the side, frowned and said: "Fengxiao, at this time the battalions are barely supporting themselves, what other military orders can there be? Does Zang Ba still dare to order the withdrawal of troops and the relocation of camps? Isn't it what you said yesterday?

Really? With the current military morale, once the camp is no longer protected, the whole army will probably collapse, right?"

"But now there is really no other way." Guo Jiali stood on the slope, looking at the Langya Army camp that stretched for seven or eight miles in front of him, from Yishui River to the foot of Tancheng City. It looked spectacular before, but now it has faintly lost control.

, couldn't help but shook his head repeatedly. "I still think highly of the Langya soldiers. If they don't take action, I'm afraid there will be a mutiny tonight. By then, the 50,000-strong army will be dispersed overnight, and we are afraid that we will be in the chaos."

There is no guarantee. Besides, I didn’t say I was going to retreat..."

Xu Shu thought for a while, but suddenly realized: "There is no way to retreat, and there is no way to continue to station here, so we can only do the opposite and take extraordinary measures... Are you planning to instigate an attack on the city to tire out the soldiers? Last night

I should have mentioned this matter when I went to Zang Ba's camp."

"Not bad." Guo Jia turned around and smiled at Xu Shu. "Yuan Zhi is becoming more and more transparent."

"Can it be done?" Although Xu Shu guessed Guo Jia's thoughts, he still shook his head for a while. "Before, when I saw the Yishui River with boats heading north, the morale of the army was already weakened. Even the camp in the east of the city was abandoned. Now it has reached this point.

If you go and instigate an attack on the city, you might not be able to move at all, right?"

"As for the matter, one day's energy consumption is one day, why not give it a try?" Guo Fengxiao didn't care. "Furthermore, whether this matter can be promoted has nothing to do with me. It mainly depends on Zang Xuangao's prestige among the Langya generals...

…”

"That's true." Xu Shu couldn't help but sneer. "But why don't you go and encourage it yourself and cooperate?"

"As for the morale of the military..." Guo Jia couldn't help but sneered. "If I go to attend a military meeting and go alone, I'm afraid I'll be beaten first; if I go there with soldiers, I'm afraid I won't immediately trigger his camp.

Be vigilant and cause a mutiny before night! Why should Yuan Zhi laugh at me?"

Xu Shu laughed again: "This is even more true!"

"What do you think about the current situation?"

After a while, Zang Ba, who was standing on a high slope in his camp, watched the whole camp and then turned back to face the enemy.

Behind him stood the Langya generals.

"Brother!" Yin Li gasped and held up his knife. "What's there to say now? Guo Fengxiao obviously tricked us... It's been three days, there's no news about Kaiyang, food.

But there were only three days left, and the deserters couldn't stop being caught, hung, and beaten! Let me tell you, although Guan Yunchang is a loyal man, he is probably being entangled by Xiahou Dun in the west at this time! I'm afraid he won't make it!"

"If you ask me, that Guan Yunchang may not be a truly loyal person. He may not be the governor of Zhou who opened Yangji very fast. But after Guan Yunchang saw that Kaiyang was captured, he was worried about being blocked at the west end of Mount Tai, so he simply fled back to Qingzhou early.

"Yeah..." Wu Dun couldn't help but interject.

"Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Zang Ba interrupted the other party expressionlessly. "Can't you hear what I'm asking you? I'm asking you how to act, not asking you to talk endlessly!"

The generals exchanged glances with each other, but no longer made any preparations. Yin Li stepped forward and saluted: "Brother, we all thought..."

"You all think that?"

"Last night, Lao Sun asked us to go and talk to him in his camp." Yin Li hesitated and couldn't help but be cautious. "Everyone feels that we can't waste our time here! Why not kill Guo Jia and give it to him?

Governor Zhou, surrender on the spot... Cao Liu is short of troops, we will not be abandoned!"

Zang Ba still had no expression on his face, but he glanced at Sun Guan, making him panic for a moment.

"Brother!" Sun Guan's brother, Sun Kang, who was also one of Qingxu's tyrants, looked bad and quickly interrupted. "Brother, if you feel that you still have loyalty to Guan Zhendong, then just ignore Guo Jia.

Let him fend for himself here, or go one step further, and after he is surrendered to the position of Governor of Zhou, we can jointly act as guarantee and send him back to Qingzhou as a gift..."

Zang Ba remained expressionless and didn't say a word. He just sat down on the slope and then disarmed himself!

The Langya generals were stunned, but they didn't understand its meaning.

In the end, Yin Li couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward again and asked: "Brother, what do you mean?"

"No one else." Zang Ba threw down his armor and sword, and sat on the slope with only his middle coat, raising his head to face the generals. "Don't you want to rebel and surrender to the enemy? I am the commander-in-chief of the army, so naturally I want to kill you at your neck.

Come on, I'm right here, you come and kill me!"

Yin Li and Sun Guan took the lead, and the generals' expressions changed greatly and they all knelt down.

And after Yin Li lowered his head and kowtowed, when he raised his head again, he was in tears: "Brother, don't be joking. Without you, all the brothers here would have died long ago. We are just..."

"I don't want to listen to what you are waiting for. I only know that I made up my mind before going on this expedition. Therefore, no matter how critical the situation is, I cannot surrender. The worst I can do is die!" Zang Ba said simply.

"Brother..." Sun Guan also kowtowed and wanted to speak.

"Since General Sun has already prepared to surrender to the south, we are enemies rather than friends. How can we talk about big brothers?"

"Brother!" Sun Guan kowtowed again. "We are really doing it for the good of our brothers, how dare we harm you?!"

"This is not what you said." Zang Ba remained calm and calmly responded. "You think surrendering is for the good of your brothers, but I don't think it's good! And I think staying in Hebei to be loyal,

This is really for the sake of you brothers! Anyway, I won’t surrender to the south, and if you surrender, no matter who you are, you will become an enemy. If you don’t kill me, I will kill yours.”

As soon as these words were spoken, soldiers from Zang Ba's headquarters suddenly poured out, and hundreds of people directly surrounded Sun Guan and Yin Li generals in Zang Ba's camp.

All the generals were stunned and could only kowtow to the ground again. Among them, Yin Li, who was closest to Zang Ba, was almost helpless: "Brother, why is this happening? My life was given by your eldest brother. If you don't want to surrender, I will follow you.

At worst, like when we were bandits in Mount Tai, the whole army is really defeated, and we hide among the defeated soldiers and escape back. But no matter what, I will not fight with you, brother!"

Now that Yin Li had spoken, Zang Ba slowly nodded.

Sun Guan was also helpless: "Brother, I want to surrender to the south. Firstly, the situation is critical now; secondly, because of the kindness of Meng Tao in taking Xuzhou in, I have some good feelings and loyalty towards everyone in Xuzhou, so I feel that I should follow the trend and follow Liu Yuzhou. But.

In any case, when it comes to loyalty, nothing can compare to the loyalty of you and my brother. If you are so determined, then I will just stay here with you. Isn’t it just a life? If you are really defeated, the worst is to leave it here! I, Sun Guan, will not hesitate to die.

!”

Since Sun Guan and Yin Li were forced to change their minds by Zang Ba, the other generals could only bite the bullet and swear that they would follow Brother Zang here to the end... Anyway, don't look at one life or death.

, everyone is a thief. If the whole army really collapses, the worst thing is to be as practical as Yin Li said, just hide in the collapse of the army and escape back. Why bother to start a movie with Boss Zang at this time for such a thing?

Woolen cloth?

Moreover, as far as the situation in the camp is concerned, it is impossible to say that there will be a mutiny tonight, but it is impossible to say that they will run away tonight!
To be continued...