On October 25th, Lao Cao led the army into Juyongguan.
This Guancheng is embedded in a canyon in the Taihang Mountains, connecting Taihang and Changshan to the west, Lulong and Jieshi to the east. The mountains on both sides are majestic, and the Great Wall is winding and undulating, as straight as a dragon.
When entering the pass, Hu Sanniang looked at the three characters "Juyong Pass" marked with golden hooks and iron at the pass. She suddenly frowned and pointed out: "This is a bad name. Juyong Pass, Juyong Pass, and mediocre people live in it. Since they are mediocre, there will be people who are mediocre." How can he defend Xiongguan?"
The generals couldn't help but nod when they heard that it made sense.
Cao Cao laughed and said: "The name has its own origin, but it was when the First Emperor built the Great Wall, migrating prisoners, soldiers, and conquerors settled here. It is called 'migrating mediocre people'."
Hu Sanniang smiled sweetly and said: "How can a mediocre person guard the gate? Now that this gate is in the hands of my husband, it would be better to change the name to seek good luck."
Cao Cao was a little moved and thought about it: "This pass has several nicknames. It was called Xiguan in the Wei Dynasty, Naqian Pass in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Jimen Pass and Jundu Pass in the Tang Dynasty... How about calling it Xiguan?"
Gongsun Sheng shook his head and said: "If we only look at Youzhou, it's okay to call it Xiguan. But in my humble opinion, if there is a Xiguan in the future, it should be in the Hanhai Desert to be worthy of its name."
Cao Cao knew the elegant meaning of Xiange after hearing it. Gongsun Sheng hinted to him that he would be rich all over the world in the future, so Xiguan should naturally be located in the western border of the country to be worthy of its name.
He nodded immediately: "What you said makes sense, but I thought too little."
Hu Sanniang interjected: "Actually, I'm looking at it. Wouldn't it be better to call it 'Wusheng Pass'?"
The officer heard that there was a Wusheng Pass in Hubei, which was one of the three passes in ancient Yiyang. However, it was still called Wuyang Pass at that time. It was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that it was renamed Wusheng Pass. Therefore, as Hu Sanniang said, there is no duplicate name. concerns.
Gongsun Sheng nodded repeatedly: "The name Wu Shengguan may seem simple, but it is actually very sophisticated. It's wonderful, wonderful."
In the past few days, Huozi and Kleina have become like iron porcelains with Hu Sanniang. When my sister spoke, she naturally praised her without thinking and said in unison: "Good name, good name. Sister is really a talented woman."
You must know that there is only one talented woman in the Wu family, and that is Master Li.
Hu Sanniang has always been secretly envious of her ability in poetry and painting, as well as her elegant and charming temperament. Now that she is praised as a talented woman, wouldn't she be elated?
She wanted to purse her lips and smile like a lady, but unexpectedly, the smile was beyond her control. She had a bold temperament and simply laughed: "Hahahaha, you two sisters have really good eyesight."
Seeing that his beloved wife was happy, Cao Cao smiled to himself and said in agreement: "The name of Wusheng Pass is indeed extraordinary. In this case, I will go back and find a mason to change the name of this magnificent pass."
Therefore, in this universe, from then on, there is no one who is mediocre, only Wusheng. This is a story for later, and there is no need to mention it again.
By the time they entered Guanzhong, Guan Sheng and others had already cleaned up the inside and outside, which was enough to create a civilized pass.
Lao Cao walked around and suddenly saw a small temple, which was extremely neat and tidy, with cigarettes lingering inside.
Out of curiosity, Dong asked: "It turns out that there is a temple in this pass. I wonder which immortal family it is dedicated to?"
Guan Sheng said cautiously: "This temple... haha, what a coincidence, it is the ancestor of Guan, Yun Changgong, who is enshrined."
"Oh?" Lao Cao's eyes lit up, he became interested, and walked quickly into the temple. As expected, the statue of Guan Yu, King of Wu'an, was enshrined.
Gongsun Sheng is the one who knows the most about immortal things.
Seeing Lao Cao looking up at the statue, he was a little excited, so he explained on the side: "Back then, when Taizu of the Song Dynasty paid homage to King Wucheng's temple, he observed the famous generals served in the two corridors. He pointed at Bai Qi with his cane and said that he would not surrender with force, so he drove him out of the temple. , and Taoyuan was closed and expelled."
Lao Cao didn't know such an allusion, so he frowned and said, "There are ten thousand enemies in Guanzhang and Zhangzhou. He is an unparalleled warrior, loyal and righteous. Why did Song Taizu act like this?"
Guan Sheng sighed and said: "Taizu said that our ancestors were captured by the enemy, and there was no need to show force. Duke Yide was greedy for money, ruined the affairs, and treated the soldiers harshly, so he removed them all."
Du Bo's nickname was Sai Zhang Fei. Hearing this, he immediately became unhappy and said, "Huh, the emperor is blind!"
Lao Cao was in a complicated mood - when Sun Quan sent Guan Yu to his head, he also made fun of him, but if I can do this, why should you?
He lowered his face and said with a sneer: "The white jade has slight flaws, but the flaws are not concealed! How many perfect people can there be in the world? This guy is so ambitious. No wonder his military fortune in Zhao Song Dynasty is difficult to recover and his career is getting increasingly desperate. Huh! If this man was born when heroes were born in large numbers, Is it his turn to rule the country?"
He originally wanted to scold Zhao Kuangyin for bullying orphans and widowed mothers, but then he thought about it, wouldn't he be scolding himself as well? He quickly swallowed it back and only blamed the Song Dynasty's lack of martial arts.
Gongsun Sheng didn't know what he was thinking, and secretly marveled: It is indeed the emperor star who has come to the world, and he is so heroic. A figure like Taizu of this dynasty dares to criticize Zang Fu.
He didn't know that Lao Cao was not only heroic, but in Lao Cao's eyes, Song Taizu was just a junior, and he naturally had no respect for him.
Gongsun Sheng said smoothly: "Not only Bai Qi and Guan Zhang, but also Wu Qi, Sun Bin, Lian Po, Han Xin and more than 20 people were driven out of the Wu Temple."
Cao Cao laughed loudly: "These sages are all men who are like gods in using soldiers. In my opinion, they are too ambitious to use such heroes, so I am not happy to see them."
Gongsun Sheng added: "On the contrary, the officials of this dynasty loved Guan Yu very much. They were first granted the title of 'Loyalty and Hui Gong' and then the 'King of Wu'an'. Previously, I heard from colleagues that they wanted to add the word "righteousness and bravery" to the title. 'The righteous and brave King Wu'an'."
Cao Cao shook his head and laughed: "I have always heard Zhao Guan's words and deeds, but this time, I can slightly agree with them."
Hu Sanniang said: "Hey! In this way, the people of Liao are also sensible. Husband, think about it, the righteous and brave King Wu'an protects our Wusheng Pass, don't they complement each other?"
Lao Cao nodded slightly, took three sticks of incense, lit the candle nearby, and respectfully inserted them into the incense burner.
All the heroes and generals Lao Cao respected Guan Yu so much that, regardless of whether they knew his origins or not, they all burned incense and paid homage to him.
In a short time, the incense burner was densely filled with countless incense sticks, and the smoke rolled up like a blue cloud, rolling and rolling.
Gongsun Sheng said "Eh", stepped forward to look closely at the flow of the cigarette, pinched his fingers in his hands, and exclaimed: "The incense is strong, the red light is burning high, the sea of blue smoke and clouds, the divine knowledge! Brother, brothers, Guan Gong appears, We will be blessed.”
Everyone was shocked when they heard it, and when they looked at the statue again, it turned out to be a lot more vivid. Their hearts were shaken, and they fell to their knees involuntarily.
However, Lao Cao did not kneel and stood alone in front of others. Looking through the heavy smoke, he saw that Guan Gong's eyes seemed to be slightly open. He suddenly felt emotional in his heart and murmured a prayer: "Yun Chang, I want to use you in my life but I can't. Unexpectedly, after a thousand years, there is still this fate - the current emperor of the Han family is cowardly, greedy, stubborn and not like the master of human beings. I want to replace him, restore the land and open up borders, clean up the government and love the people, so that the dignity of the Han family can be restored to the world! Yun Chang, there is no longer Uncle Liu Huang in this world. As a god, you should bless me with success."
After saying this, he bowed deeply.
After the ceremony, Lao Cao looked at the statue of Guan Gong again, turned around and walked out of the temple, saying loudly: "From now on, in all the city passes under my command, a temple of Guan Gong should be erected for my protection."
All the heroes got up and followed him out of the temple. Gongsun Sheng caught up two steps and said in a low voice: "Brother, I saw the shape of the fireworks just now, but it is a good sign. Someone from afar will come to conquer it, so that my brother will have more powerful generals under his command."
Lao Cao knew that he was a wise man and believed in him without any doubt. He thought to himself: Could it be Dong Ping and Zhang Qing?
Just thinking about it carefully, it seems that these two people are not far away. When I was confused, I suddenly saw a member of the primary school rushing to report: "General Zhang Shun sent someone to send a letter quickly!"
Cao Cao and Gongsun Sheng looked at each other and shouted at the same time: "Afraid you shouldn't put it in this letter?"
There are different teachings: if you change Juyong to Wusheng, you also think that Song Zu blames Guan Gong. The wafting fragrant clouds carry auspicious omens, and they fly to report to those who want to make great achievements.
As for the tactics for attacking Juyongguan, it was indeed planned to encircle the point for reinforcements - a brother pointed out, can't you come up with some new tricks?
Not when we think about it! So I studied it carefully for several hours, and later learned from Mongolia's method of conquering Juyong Pass when they were fighting against the Jin Kingdom.
By the way, the Mongolian general leading the army is still an acquaintance - Guo Jing's master, Zhebie!
One more thing: Luozhou mentioned above, and the target of the Chrysanthemum Army's eastward attack, actually should be Luanzhou. I saw a brother reminding me, and after checking, it turned out that I had mistaken the traditional Chinese characters on the map, and I have corrected it. And deeply grateful.
(End of chapter)
