Zhongshan Kingdom, this is where Liu Bei's fiefdom is located. Liu Bei was named Zhongshan Pavilion Marquis by the imperial court. Before, Liu Bei went to Zhongshan to worship his ancestors and distributed all the land, property and houses under his name to the local people.

The country of Zhongshan was very poor and could be described as destitute.

This is not only the case with the Zhongshan Kingdom. In the Han dynasty, prefectures and states were established side by side. The prefectures were the structure of prefectures and counties, a regular administrative structure, while the states were special cases and were fiefdoms of the kings. They could be said to be a state within a state.

The country under the jurisdiction of the princes and kings can be said to be completely self-controlled. They do not have to pay high taxes to the court. The fields and minerals within the territory are completely owned by themselves. Logically speaking, they should be richer than the places under the county system. But in reality

The situation is exactly the opposite. The economic status of all vassal states is much worse than that of places under the county system.

The problem here is not resources. The vassal states are generally relatively wealthy, and because they do not have to pay excessive taxes to the court, the vassal states are rich in resources and have low external expenditures. They have a sufficient foundation for prosperity.

Therefore, the vassal states are poorer than the places under the county system. The reason is - internal friction.

Let's look at two different political structures. Under the county system, there are government officials, common people, powerful people, and noble families. Under the county system, multiple local interests check and balance each other, and the checks and balances create a fairly good social ecology.

Under the system of prefectures and counties, if the government wants to collect more grain, the powerful will be reluctant, the nobles will be reluctant, and the people will be reluctant. After the government has settled the soldiers, there will still be powerful and common people, and then the powerful will be settled, and the common people will be left.

Only after the people have settled down can we successfully harvest more grain.

Under the county system, if the government wants to kill someone, rural social relations are intricate, and even an ordinary citizen may have some indirect relationship with the local powerful. This means that the government cannot completely kill someone.

Under the structure of vassal states, there is another completely different form.

In the vassal states, the princes have supreme rights like earth emperors. In the vassal states, all fields and minerals are the private property of the princes and kings. All the people in the country, the princes and kings have the right to execute them at will without any checks and balances.

Rights will surely turn into floods and ferocious beasts.

Because there is no control over the rights, in the vassal states, the princes and kings can kill people if they want, and collect as much tax as they want. In this way, how can the domestic economy and people's livelihood be improved?

The vassal states of the Han Dynasty were not fundamentally different from those of the Ming Dynasty in later generations. The same was true for the princes of the Ming Dynasty. Wherever the princes of the Ming Dynasty had their fiefdoms, the princes and grandsons of the Ming Dynasty tortured the local people and made the people miserable. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the peasants

The rebel army captured the princes and killed them one by one. They thought the killings were not enough, and even stewed them and ate them.

There is a saying that goes, "Two devils are better than a saint." This sentence has been perfectly interpreted.

The county system under the feudal system is not good, but no matter how bad it is, the county system has basic checks and balances, while the vassal states have no checks and balances at all. Most of the vassal states have rich fields and rich resources, but in a political form that lacks checks and balances, it is extremely unhealthy.

In the future, no matter how many resources there are, even if there are mines and salt mines, the power of the princes and kings will be lawless. The mines and salt mines will not only bring prosperity to the people within the territory, but will also cause the people outside the villages to be dug because of the mines and salt mines.

When the salt is boiled in the mines, the bones of the dead will pile up like mountains.

In the vassal states of the Han Dynasty, the princes could be as luxurious and extravagant as they could, and the princes' mansions and houses could be as large as they could be. In contrast, the people within the territory were often poor and miserable.

Under the county system, the gap between the rich and the poor has become extremely large. In the princely countries, the gap between the rich and the poor is ten times more serious than under the county system.

The people's livelihood in Zhongshan is in decline. The decline in people's livelihood means that the population is sparse and the manpower is also scarce. In the country of Zhongshan, where people's livelihood is in decline, the Julu Army's joint defense plan encountered a major setback at the weakest link.

When the Julu soldiers arrived in the Zhongshan Kingdom, because the local people's livelihood was too difficult, the people were busy with their livelihoods and paid little attention to the defense. The Julu soldiers who were responsible for assisting in the defense spent a lot of effort, but the number of people they recruited was still

Very few.

Due to the lack of manpower, the progress of building fortifications was extremely slow, and the recruitment of rural soldiers also suffered a setback.

Zhongshan's domestic economy was in a slump, and almost all the villages and towns were in abject poverty. Not only did Julu's soldiers exchange banknotes for food, but even if they exchanged real money and silver, they couldn't exchange for much food.

If the food preparation is not going smoothly, it will be impossible to attract the people to join the army with food. Insufficient troops will make it more difficult to build fortifications.

When the bandit army arrived at Changshan State, I don't know whether it was because the fortifications were not built neatly enough, or because the ministries did not cooperate well with the defense, or for other reasons, or for a variety of reasons. In short, the preparations made

When the bandit army came to kill them, it almost didn't play its due role.

The rebel cavalry followed the gap in the fortifications and charged directly into the territory of Zhongshan. The Julu sergeants who were responsible for assisting the defense, in line with their duty to collect the territory and stabilize the people, five unknown soldiers of the Julu Army led less than two hundred rural soldiers.

They stepped forward to resist, but before their formation was ready, they were scattered by the enemy's cavalry. All five Julu soldiers were killed on the spot, and the country soldiers fled in all directions.

Within the territory of Zhongshan Kingdom, countless flags are planted all over the wilderness. According to the plan, the rural soldiers fight against the enemy. If they are defeated or defeated, the rural soldiers and other soldiers can take the initiative to retreat if they encounter a gathering flag on the way.

Gather under the flag.

The Yellow Turbans' great sages used this method of gathering troops to cause the Yellow Turban refugees to retreat and gather again without overall command, and the Yellow Turbans were able to possess full resilience.

According to the plan of the Julu Army, after the rural soldiers were defeated, they should gather together according to the flag.

But the reality is completely different.

Li Mengxi and others misjudged one thing. Zhang Jiao can use the flag of gathering troops, and the Yellow Turbans can also collapse and gather again, but the Yellow Turbans are fundamentally different from the rural soldiers.

The Yellow Turbans had no foundation. After the Yellow Turbans were defeated, the Yellow Turbans refugees had nowhere to go and could only gather under the banner. However, the rural soldiers were not as determined as the Yellow Turban refugees in fighting. After the rural soldiers were defeated, they did not care about gathering flags at all. They saw

The soldiers pretended not to see the gathering flag, and ran straight back to the village and home.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The thieves invaded the country, and the rural forces were weak and scattered. It was not enough to defend against the enemy. Only by uniting the forces could it be possible to repel the enemy. The rural soldiers did not understand the overall situation.

They don't have enough vision or ability to unite spontaneously.

The territory of Zhongshan Kingdom was engulfed in flames of war. The bandits were burning, killing and looting everywhere, and countless people died unexpectedly.

In the Zhongshan Kingdom, half of the efforts of the Julu Army were in vain.

The reason why it is said that it was half in vain, because although the fortifications and the local soldiers hardly played any role, the arrival of the Julu soldiers still succeeded in bringing an important impact to the local area of ​​​​Zhongshan Kingdom.

Shortly after the rural soldiers were defeated, many villages in the ten miles and eight villages had organized resistance. Although the people did not unite and were in charge of each village as a unit, the people dared to rise up to resist.

It is enough to greatly curb the arrogance of the thieves.

When the Julu Army was in the Zhongshan Kingdom, news about building fortifications and recruiting rural soldiers to guard the territory to guard against thieves had already spread throughout the Zhongshan Kingdom, and the atmosphere for combat had been formed early. If it hadn't been for the Julu Army,

The impact, then, when the rebel army comes, when the situation comes to a head, the people in the countryside have to hesitate for two or three days as to whether to flee or fight first. After they have discussed and decided whether to stay and fight, which of their children should be sent to fight?

We have to quarrel for a day or two, and then the issue of combat manpower has to be debated. How to fight and how to defend will have to be debated again.

Because of the good combat atmosphere created by the Julu Army in advance, although the five soldiers of the Julu Army have unfortunately died in battle and the rural soldiers have been dispersed, the construction of fortifications they did in the countryside, training the rural soldiers to prepare soldiers, food and grass, etc., is equivalent to

An important war rehearsal was conducted.

With the advance rehearsal, the people were mentally prepared enough. When the incident came, the people no longer hesitated over whether to fight or stay. Ninety percent of the villages immediately decided to leave guards behind.

Although the scattered rural soldiers did not gather under their banner to reorganize and fight again as planned by the Julu Army, they immediately played a backbone role after they returned to the village.

Rural soldiers generally participated in the Julu Army's construction of fortifications and defense lines. This experience of the rural soldiers was crucial in their own villages.

The defense line of the Julu Army consisted of ditches and earthen barriers, horse and cart formations, wooden piles, and firewood piles. They were almost all made from local materials and used whatever they could.

The Julu Army's extremely crude method of forming a defense line is equally suitable in a village. The villagers push out carts and connect the carts with ropes to form a vehicle array to block the traffic thoroughfare. If there are not enough vehicles,

, wooden stakes, soil molds, and even door panels can also be used to block roads, and firewood, piled in a pile, can also block the enemy.

In addition to these defensive lines composed of materials, there are also trenches and earthen barriers. If there is enough time, the people in the village can dig trenches around the village. Such a village cannot be easily captured without two hundred soldiers.

Zhongshan Kingdom, Huaixia Village, bandits surrounded the village, and the people in the village were fighting hard.

The well-prepared Huaishu Village became a fortress, and all the paths in and out of the village were blocked by vehicles. Behind the vehicles, villagers armed with bows and arrows were shooting at the enemy under the cover of carts. The two sides exchanged arrows frequently, and whoosh.

Whisking non-stop.

A villager cautiously showed his head, fired the crossbow, and shot the arrow out. The arrow missed an enemy soldier and successfully shot the enemy soldier to the ground. Before the villager could retract his head,

, a feathered arrow flew towards the villager in a tricky way, and hit the villager in the head, causing the villager to scream in agony.

Another villager who was shooting arrows next to him heard the screams of the person next to him. He subconsciously glanced to the side and saw the person next to him covering his eyes with blood pouring out from between his fingers. His scalp suddenly became numb.

If they were in a field battle and saw people nearby being injured, the village soldiers might immediately disperse. Now is not a field battle, but now a village defense. The whole family is in the village, and there is no way out. In a desperate situation, the villagers have no choice but to retreat.

No fight.

On the roof, a villager wrapped in green cloth climbed high and carefully observed the enemy's situation.

There is a green scarf wrapped around his head, which is the uniform of the rural soldiers trained by the Julu Army. This man is the rural soldier who was defeated before. The defense methods deployed in the village were brought back by this rural soldier.

It is condescending and has an excellent view.

The Qingjin soldier saw a figure of a traitor suddenly appear from behind the village. He quickly shouted to the people below, "Quick! There are people coming from behind! It's time to light the firewood! It's time to light the firewood!"

After receiving the order, the villagers guarding the rear of the village quickly threw the torches towards the firewood pile.

The situation at this time was that the cunning bandit soldiers used the front as a sheep attack and sent elite troops to sneak attack from behind.

The defensive layout of the village is that at the back of the village where there are few houses, the villagers gathered firewood here and piled it up high like a long wall.

It is actually a bit late to light the fire when the enemy approaches the firewood pile, because it takes time for the fire to spread. During this time gap, the enemy can climb over and come in.

At this time, the rebels and the enemy were in a state of ignorance. The villagers had already heard the voices behind the firewood pile. They hurriedly lit the firewood with torches and looked up nervously.

As for the thieves, they didn't know that a fire had been lit inside. They climbed to the top of the firewood stack easily with their feet and hands.

When the rebels climbed to the top of the stack and showed their heads, they saw a group of people guarding below. They were frightened and quickly shrank their heads. Unexpectedly, the villagers were even more timid.

The villagers saw a head protruding from the pile of firewood and said, "The thief...the thief has climbed up!" A villager screamed and ran away. When one took the lead, the rest immediately dispersed like birds and beasts.

Now that the villagers had fled, the threat no longer existed. The thieves jumped down from the firewood pile with a cry of winter, and headed towards the village with a grin on their faces.

This was the first one, and then the second, and the third, the thieves filed out of the firewood pile.

When the fifth thief jumped down, he realized something was wrong the moment he jumped down. There was a fire underneath.

Because I was afraid, I was a little hesitant when I jumped down. The fifth bandit hesitated in his movements, and when he jumped down, he was unsteady and almost fell down.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After landing, the bandit looked behind him and saw that the firewood pile was already raging behind him.

The sound of fighting came from the front. The last bandit hesitated for a moment, held up his helmet, and immediately went to fight into the village.

The thieves jumped over the firewood pile and rushed into the village, bringing disaster to the village. The thieves were like tigers rushing into the flock of sheep, chasing the villagers and slashing them. Two villagers who were slow to escape were chopped down on the spot. The injured villagers shouted

The screams made the others run away faster.
To be continued...