Chapter 3488 The answer under the water
Until he left Cui Yan's manor, Zhen Zhen was still a little dazed. He had always been a little strict with his tone, so he naturally would not admit what Cui Yan said, but he was not sure whether Cui Yan had figured out the truth.
Perhaps it was an unintentional sentence, which might lead to huge changes...
Even in later generations, if there are no traces on the Internet, it is not so easy to track down the source of a rumor. After a large-scale network server is available, all traces will be in the server. After the IP address is compared, sometimes it is not a question of not being able to check, but whether you think about it or not.
It is of course difficult for the big man to track down rumors now.
Of course, Zhen Zhen didn't do this in person, but if someone really wanted to investigate, he might even find him.
Even if Zhen Zhen was killed, he would not admit that he was saying "cutting Hebei", but at the moment, this seems not to have become the focus, but the attitude shown by Cui Yan.
This is very subtle...
Of course, it can also be considered that Cui Yan was nervous after learning about this rumor.
As for why Cui Yan was nervous and would specially come to meet Zhen Zhen, Cui Yan didn't say anything.
But in fact, there are some things that cannot be said.
And sometimes, it cannot be said all.
At this critical moment, the Zhen family sent him here, of course not only for the gold and silver, but also to investigate the changes in the hearts of the people in Yingchuan, Yuzhou.
Since Zhen secretly cooperated with Wei Yan, he has gradually become the mainstream of the Zhen family.
Yuan's failure gave Zhen a heavy blow, almost causing the Zhen family to fall from the prominent clan of Jizhou to the bottom. In the officialdom, there was no Zhen family's position, and even the local officials began to shout at Zhen's, always thinking about cutting a piece of meat from the Zhen family.
That was the most dangerous period for the Zhen family.
But fortunately, all this darkness will eventually pass.
However, before the light, it will always become darker.
If he is in his ambition, Zhen Zhen naturally wants to be a local official who is in charge of the country, below one person and above ten thousand people, but there are too many people who are talented than him. It is not his turn at all, and he has no position. He is just a consul of a caravan now, but it does not mean that he only wants to be a consul of a caravan forever.
However, the Zhen family had some problems with Zhen Mi's way back then, and now it has brought some bad effects.
Cao Cao was in great power at that time, and Fei Qian was not as famous as he is today, so it is reasonable that the Zhen family prefers Cao Cao. Who would have thought of such changes today?
With Zhen Mi's support, the Zhen family did improve a lot, but due to the influence of Zhen's handling of Zhen Mi, Zhen's current children in Jizhou may not be so easy to accept.
If possible, Zhen Zhen would rather go to Guanzhong...
After all, I heard that Guanzhong’s attitude towards merchants will be more friendly than in Shandong. The most important point is that as a merchant, he can also hold an official position in Guanzhong!
An official who serves as a businessman!
Not a businessman who works as a part-time official!
This may be the preferential treatment of the cavalry to Zhen Mi, but what does it matter? Zhen Zhen sometimes thinks about it and wishes that he is beautiful and can have more contact with the cavalry. Unfortunately, every time he looks in the mirror, he can only sigh.
Shandong is different from Guanzhong, and his identity caused him to miss the opportunity to go further in the officialdom. This caravan consul may be very glorious in the eyes of ordinary people, but he himself knows how illusory this kind of glory is.
The problems in Shandong in the Han Dynasty were complicated and accumulated for a long time, and they were terminally ill. Such a patient may die at any time, but because he had been with him for too long, many people were reluctant to leave.
However, even if it is not a patient, normal people will die sooner or later.
It was a fate. The Han Dynasty had Emperor Guangwu, which lasted for nearly two hundred years. However, Zhen Zhen guessed how reluctant Emperor Guangwu was to worship the ancestors of the Liu family in Chang'an!
Because this Liu is not that Liu!
So what about now?
Whether it is the surname Cao or Fei, it is obviously no longer the surname Liu.
Can't bear to bear it?
There is something a little bit, but Zhen Zhen felt that there seemed to be more excited in his heart!
Another day!
Zhen Zhen looked up at the sky, looked at the sun behind the heavy clouds in the sky, and an inexplicable look appeared on his face.
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Since Dong Zhao's command was unfavorable and Sima Yi broke through Hengshanyan, the Zhongtiaoshan Camp completely collapsed.
The Cao army soldiers directly abandoned their camps and fled towards Heluo.
In the attack on the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp, Sima Yi, who successfully broke through the deserted mountain concave and interspersed with Hengshan Rock and directly attacked the inner circle of the Cao army, undoubtedly reaped the greatest fruits of this war. Xu Chu, who worked hard to move from the eastern line to the central line and tried to break through the central line, was naturally a little disappointed.
But Xu Chu quickly became excited. After a day and night of rest, he was once again a vanguard and began to clear out the remaining troops chasing Cao's army in Zhongtiao Mountain.
The Cao army was built on Zhongtiao Mountain and ran through the entire Zhongtiao Mountain along the mountain road. Although Dong Zhao retreated, there was still a ferry camp of Cao's army on Huangshi slope on the north bank of the river.
The first thing Xu Chu wanted to fight was this ferry camp, and then he could contact Pang Tong and others in Tongguan for more convenient contact.
However, it is obvious that the camp at the ferry cannot stop the footsteps of the Cavalry Army for a long time.
Since Hedong, he defeated Cao's army all the way, from Anyi to Zhongzhao, and there were casualties in several battles along the way, but the tempering of the war is undoubtedly to remove the drought and preserve the essence. Those careless, reckless, or those who are unlucky in the battle will experience the tempering of life and death in the repeated forgings, and what remains will naturally become refined steel.
Now these soldiers started with the initial vague aura, and now they gradually felt a little bit of military spirit. The "Carry Ten Thousand Victories" shouted in their mouths was gradually no longer just a slogan, but they really believed that they would "Ten Thousand Victories".
The advantage of professional soldiers is to regard combat as a manifestation of self-worth, rather than being forced or temporarily done, and then having to go home to plow the fields. Therefore, when these Hussar soldiers mentioned fighting, they were like flames in their hearts, and even the cold wind could not ignite it and cool down.
Fight, either return home with glory, or die bravely.
When soldiers saw the minor officials in the army resting, they counted their names over and over again according to the roster, confirmed their injuries, and died in battle, checked their merits and informed them of the capture, and naturally, faced the casualties in the war calmly.
Their requirements have never been high.
Just want to die as a "person" rather than become a number of sacrifices mentioned by politicians.
If there were people who were passive in the previous battle, facing the orders given instinctively, facing swords, guns and death, then most of these Hussar soldiers are eager for the next battle and the next chance to achieve merit.
At the same time, in this constant battle, the skills originally trained gradually merged into their blood and became part of their instincts. The team has higher cooperation efficiency. Everyone just needs to do their best to do their own part, and the remaining and other companions will naturally do it well!
On this winter morning, Xu Chu stroked the hilt of the sword and squinted his eyes at the military camp at the ferry at the foot of the mountain.
The Cao army camp at the ferry entrance seemed to have noticed the arrival of Xu Chu and others. On the wall of the village, Cao army soldiers were running in panic...
"General!" The military marquis on the side stepped forward and asked, "How do you attack?"
Xu Chu looked at the military camp, looked around again, thought for a while and said, "How do you think you should attack?"
The Junhou said: "There are only two exits in this military camp, six mail towers... just rushed over and exploded the camp gate at the fastest speed! These guys must be disintegrated! Those who dare to resist at that time will kill them on the spot, and then rush to the thief's pontoon bridge!"
Junhou said it very seriously, but it was very simple, as if he was buying meat in a market.
Just this piece, just here, cut it off.
Xu Chu smiled, "This plan is good, but you don't expect one thing. Cao's army has set up so many traps in Zhongtiao Mountain, do you think they won't arrange traps here?"
Junhou was stunned, "General, what should I do? Send people to investigate first?"
Xu Chu shook his head, "No need. Just hit it directly. Be careful!"
Then Xu Chu divided the team, one team went down from the mountain and attacked the Cao army ferry along the mountain road. The other team looked half a step slower, as if they were going to go around behind the Cao army camp.
The soldiers from the Cao army camp at the ferry crossing shouted and began to shoot arrows at the cavalry when they were far away.
The arrow fell crookedly to the ground.
The first person to approach Cao's military camp was the sword and shield hand. Soon, he found traces of different soil in front of Cao's military camp, and then a copper whistle was blown to warn him.
Amid the sound of the bronze whistle, the subsequent soldiers immediately stopped and began to turn to the flanks of the Cao army camp.
The soldiers in the Cao army camp at the Ferry Highway became more and more panicked.
"Oh no! They found the trap!"
"It's over! It's been a waste of time!"
"They went west!"
"East! East is coming up too!"
『Ahhhhh…』
The Cao army sentry who was observing the warning on the sentry tower was shot down by Xu Chu with an arrow and fell down screaming.
Since it is confirmed that there is a trap near the camp gate of Cao's Ferry, the Hussars simply do not go to the location of the camp gate, but directly break the wooden camp wall from the flank!
The trenches that were simply dug, even if they were introduced into the river, could not stop the footsteps of the Cavalry.
On the wall of the village, the soldiers of Cao's army tried to show their heads and shot at the Hussars who built simple pedals and crossed the trench, but were killed by the Hussars who had their shooting angles early.
The Cao army soldiers were immediately in trouble.
If you rush out to fight with the Cavalry Army, not only the trap at the entrance of the camp will lose its meaning, but even the village wall will not be able to protect them. If you shoot against the archers of the Cavalry, then the village wall will probably collapse soon!
The Cao army on duty in the military academy within the village wall can only make people shaking the twin rabbit flags crazy...
『Cao's army still has ambush?』
Xu Chu sneered, handed the bow to his guard, and then pulled out the battle knife.
Chiseling a small camp built by Cao's army at the ferry is like prying a small shell and smashing a small crab. Xu Chu is not very interested. The key is that looking at the camp in the ferry, there is no Cao's army who is good at fighting, so Xu Chu focused his attention on the periphery.
On the south side of Zhongtiao Mountain, due to the ancient glacier cutting and years of rain erosion, there are many gullies in the south from Zhongtiao Mountain.
Among these ditches, Cao's reinforcements were hidden.
The Cao army in Zhongtiaoshan camp fled and fled, so the Cao army stationed outside was naturally in a state of being volatile.
However, for these Cao army soldiers, even if they escaped, they had to pass through the floating bridge. The Central Guards stationed at the floating bridge were not that easy to talk to. Perhaps those with status could cross the river with huddles, but they were not treated so well.
Unless it's an escape...
But there is nothing to go out on the south side of Zhongtiao Mountain. You can’t jump into the river and go down the river directly, right?
If you can't escape, you can't surrender, and you won't dare to surrender. After all, the soldiers who were defeated in Zhongtiaoshan camp before said that the Hussars eat human flesh and drink human blood!
If this surrender is the food ration for the Cavalry Army, right?
Although Cao Jun also ate some inappropriate meat, it was not the norm. He also made some "made" some and ate it raw...
In this hesitation, these ambush reinforcements saw the Dukou military camp raising the twin rabbit flags, and subconsciously rushed out of their hiding place.
Cao's reinforcements didn't want to come, but what could they do if the military orders were like this?
As a result, he rushed out not long ago and bumped into Xu Chu!
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When Xu Chu was killing the war on the southern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, Fei Qian did not check the situation, but went to a hillside in Zhongtiao Mountain.
The clouds are thick, and even during the day, there is no sunshine falling.
On the hillside, under a few pine and cypress trees, there is an isolated grave.
Guo Jia’s grave.
In this world, Fei Qian is lonely.
His loneliness is his inner heart, the loneliness that transcends the world. There are only a few people who can understand Fei Qian and even guess some of Fei Qian's thoughts.
Guo Jia is one of them.
Fei Qian reached out and took the pouch of Ma Milk Wine from the guards beside him, and poured it into Guo Jia's grave with his own hands.
"The wine is not good, so be more forgiving..." Fei Qian said softly, "When I come next time, I will bring you some good wine... There are several new wines in Guanzhong now..."
The wine mixed into the mud and sand, making a sizzling sound, like a drunkard smashing his mouth.
The guard retreated aside and left the space for Fei Qian.
Fei was silent for a long time before he said slowly.
"then……"
Fei Qian recalled the events of the early years, "When I arrived in Yingchuan, the first thing I thought of was not others, but you..."
"In Yingchuan, there are many people who are knowledgeable and talented, but not many people who can truly understand the world..."
"I originally wanted to escape from the troubled times and stay away from the war..."
"But later I found that there were many problems that could not be avoided..."
Fei Qian said slowly, as if he was talking to Guo Jia.
"Do you know, this great man...after thousands of generations, China still calls itself a Han Chinese... a great man..."
"It's obviously a great start, but it's really broken by some people's intrigue... Oh, there's no such word yet... but I know you can understand..."
"Fengxiao, do you think these people are smart?"
Fei Qian's feelings received no answer.
On the hillside, a cold wind blew, pulling the branches of pine and cypress trees, trying to shake off the few branches and leaves of pine and cypresses, but the pine and cypress are tenaciously holding on to the remaining leaves, and not giving the cold wind any chance.
"I heard that when Cao Mengde sent troops, you told him that he had a chance to win the attack..." Fei Qian smiled, "When I first heard about it, I thought that your chance to win was somewhat false, but now thinking about it... you didn't do it on purpose, right?"
Before Cao Cao marched, whether it was ten wins and ten defeats, or seven wins and seven defeats, it spread in Shandong, perhaps to boost morale, or to win people's hearts, or perhaps to other intentions. Anyway, Fei Qian heard these news soon after and learned Guo Jia's arguments about the war.
At first, Fei Qian really thought that Guo Jia's remarks were a bit ridiculous.
But now, Fei Qian has a new understanding of Guo Jia’s arguments and thinks of another possibility...
Because Fei Qian has accumulated information for thousands of years, when facing these great men, it is inevitable that he will look down on his face, just like I guessed what you will do, but this sometimes makes Fei Qian fall into arrogance unconsciously. Even if Fei Qian reminds himself frequently, it is difficult to avoid it.
If Guo Jia had not had these "must win" remarks, would Shandong attack Guanzhong?
Maybe, but there is also a high possibility that I won't come.
Then, there is an answer floating faintly under the water...
Guo Jia, as a top think tank at the moment, would he really not be able to see the outcome of Guanzhong and Shandong clearly? Just to cater to Cao Cao and say something to deceive himself and Cao Cao?
If it is deception, then Guo Jia cannot be called a top think tank. Deceiving yourself is not a behavior that wise people should do.
Judging from all the signs, Guo Jia is not such a person. Just like when he suggested that Cao Cao fight against Yuan Shao, he also said that it was not scary to go against Yuan Shao, but then he changed his mind. Let's go to jungler first and earn some equipment...
But this time, he was not vague at all and he was actually on the lane directly.
So, now, Fei Qian feels that Guo Jia’s actions should have another explanation.
And this explanation makes Fei Qian feel that Guo Jia is still the same Guo Jia.
Guo Jia, known as the ghost plot.
After a long time, Fei Qian lowered his head slightly and bowed his hand.
『Then it's as you wish..." Fei Qian sighed in a low voice, 『After this battle, the world of the Han Dynasty...it's time to settle...』
Chapter completed!