Chapter 3523: Two Dilemmas (additional update)
As the smell of blood spread from Xu County again, the situation completely entered chaos.
The killed old man fell down, and then more people stood up angrily.
Although the Cao army soldiers who maintained order said that they were not killed by them, the angry crowd lost their minds and a huge conflict broke out.
Just as this storm was about to sweep the whole city, Cao Cao arrived.
Cao Cao looked at Xu County, whose black fireworks appeared, and his face turned heavy.
In the Han Dynasty, cavalry was still the best unit to respond quickly, no doubt about it.
Cao Cao's entire army did not arrive, but only brought the cavalry of the front army.
Even so, these almost the last two hundred cavalry of Cao's army still shocked these troublemakers in Xu County.
When the sound of horse hooves knocked on the bluestone slab, although the sound was not loud, it quickly suppressed the messy noise!
From the city gate, silence slowly extended, and finally the whole street could only hear the sound of horse hooves, the sound of war horses breathing, and the cold sounds of soldiers.
There are less than two hundred cavalry. Although the heights of the war horses are different, the cavalry on the horse's back are also fat and thin. They are not carefully selected soldiers and horses, but the armor on these cavalry and the horse suits on the war horses all show the strongest land combat power of this era.
It’s not that Cao’s army is strong, but that cavalry is strong.
Or, strong equipment.
Each cavalry, from top to bottom, from the sling to the sling, from the sling to the drum tail, has about ten parts of the armor, and is composed of.
In addition to horse clothes, there are also face curtains, chicken necks, breasts, and fitted behind the horses.
When these cavalrymen walked through the streets, they were like human tanks walking side by side...
Well, perhaps from a certain perspective, the cavalry led by Cao Cao were actually high-quality imitation Hussar heavy cavalry, but such high-quality imitation cavalry have already greatly shocked these guys in Xu County.
Those old guys who had seen the might of Hussars before, the memories of being buried intentionally or unintentionally in their minds were re-emerged, and their faces were pale...
Six riders and one row form a queue, passing by Xuxian Street in sequence.
In the queue, Cao Cao looked at the Shandong gentry who suddenly changed from an angry state to a quail-like appearance, and he didn't feel any relief in his heart, but felt deeply tired.
Cao Cao even had a vague hope in his heart that these guys could show their blood courage a little. Even if they knew they would die, they would go forward and fight for one death!
But……
pity……
In fact, not all the places in Shandong are cowards.
For example, Taishici is from Shandong.
But when Taishici showed his attitude of being injustice and taking responsibility in Shandong, what did Taishici gain? He took the initiative to stand up for his superiors and tried his best to complete the task, but what did he get? The superiors of the prefecture and county commended him in public, but in fact they were shirking responsibility, implying that everything was done by Taishici alone. When the gentry of the prefecture and county did not tolerate Taishici, they stood up indifferently, which eventually forced Taishici to escape from their hometown...
Those who are brave enough to do things will not have a good ending.
Those who hold firewood will freeze to death by the road.
The landlord shouted, "Look, it's all because their parents didn't work hard. My parents worked so hard in their early years, so they started from scratch to have this business!
In fact, no landlord would say the meaning of land resources.
Are there still few such cases in Shandong?
Over time, who else can be left in Shandong?
It was these guys in front of Cao Cao.
When doing things, everyone expects that the law does not blame the public, and when they have to take responsibility, they are all docile and kind.
Isn't this very noisy?
Isn’t this going to step down as prime minister?
Why did everyone remain silent when someone brought these soldiers and horses?
Cao Cao's eyes slowly slid across both sides of the street.
A group of mobs, incompetent people!
Cao Cao could even imagine that if the Cavalry really came, these guys would definitely be the same as "pure and peaceful"!
But Cao Cao was wrong about this.
It’s not people who have no blood bravery in Shandong, but people who have no blood bravery in Shandong will automatically exclude blood bravery!
It is not a human problem, but a system, a law!
Don’t the upper rulers of Shandong know these problems?
The answer is obvious.
After all, at the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty, it emphasized bloody courage.
Since the Qin Dynasty, these brave and brave men from the Han family have fought bravely in the desperate situation of the Han Dynasty!
In Yanzhi Mountain, in the wolf's residence, drinking horse medicine and killing water, and marching outside the desert.
It expanded east to Liaodong, which was white mountains and black waters, advanced west to Central Asia, passed through dense rainforests and countless hills to the south, inserted the Han flag into Jiaozhi, and drove the Huns to the north. The Northern Huns who were driven away by the Han Dynasty, but they became the "Whip of God" when they arrived in Europe!
Countless Han children fought bloody battles with Huangsha, but now these forces and blood energy have been destroyed in the classics and laws of the children of Shandong, and their vitality has withered!
Because Shandong wants to promote its own classics, it will belittle its force to the extreme!
Martial man, Martial man!
Be high above, criticize and accuse!
This made the big man's keyboard warriors feel the intracranial climax and are inexplicably excited! They gained supreme pleasure from criticizing others, and swear to say that they have the right to this or that, but never really understand where these rights come from and what did they do for these rights?
Taking advantage of others as their ability and criticizing others as their ability, these Shandong mobs, in front of the cavalry brought by Cao Cao, these abilities and abilities have become a mess and a joke.
In the peaceful years, I hope that the whole world will obey the people, and that this method of castration and courage ensures the stability of the class, the stability of the imperial power, the harmony of society, and the interests of the gentry. However, when the turmoil came, these gentry children in Shandong found that the words they were good at were useless in the face of these swords, guns and armor.
This made the children of Shandong gentry feel fear!
It is precisely because of this that these people are afraid of Dong Zhuo and reject Cao Cao. The "acceptance" of Fei Qian is just a secondary choice for them to be forced to helpless, and the two harms are the least.
Just like at the moment, when Cao Cao came, they instinctively took advantage of the two evils.
With the sound of horse hooves rumbling, Cao Cao led his people around the street intersection.
The chaotic scenes on the streets of the Palace are facing each other.
As thousands of people gathered, not only blood was permeated, but also flames were burning, but also greedy desires!
Cao Cao even saw that there were many people standing on the street in front of the palace, waving their arms, as if shouting something...
People who were far away in the street were alarmed by the sound of horse hooves, turned their heads, and saw the cavalry approaching in a dark way, and suddenly looked extremely horrified on their faces. They were blocked back with the slogan they shouted, and subconsciously rolled and crawled to the side of the road to avoid it.
In front of the street window, the children of the gentry who were happily watching the excitement had a higher vision and naturally saw the cavalry ranks of Cao Cao and other cavalry ranks clearly. All the matters being discussed and the clamoring voices stopped at this moment!
Silence is also powerful.
With Cao Cao's arrival, it was like an invisible hand pressing the switch to silence. On the streets of the imperial palace, which was crowded with people, the voices slowly stopped from the intersection, and countless eyes were turned to where Cao Cao was.
Cao Cao raised his chin slightly, reached out and touched his long beard, facing the eyes of countless people, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Cao has heard of it, there are treacherous rebellions! Today I come to Pingzhen!"
The next moment Cao Cao finished speaking, it was like a huge rock thrown into a deep pool, and the entire street in front of the palace was in an uproar!
Cao Cao had been hiding before, and Xun Yu was also ill in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Many people thought that Cao Cao would collapse this time. Many people also speculated whether Cao Cao was dead or seriously injured, so they could not come out. So the tree fell and the money was scattered, and the wall was overturned. Just as the trouble was so that the emperor almost issued an edict to dismiss Cao Cao, Cao Cao actually came back!
Cao Cao appeared here and in front of them with these cavalry armed to the teeth!
On the street in front of the palace, Cao Cao and less than 200 cavalry faced thousands of people from Xuxian, the sons of the gentry. Who can win?
If the winner is determined by the number of people, then Cao Cao will lose. However, it is obvious that after Cao Cao appeared, the people on the street in front of the palace who were closer to Cao Cao were retreating. If you want others to push them to the front, the one behind shouted, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid of us too many people, don’t go back, you go forward!
As the cavalry under Cao Cao pressed forward, the people on the street in front of the palace couldn't help but retreat, squeezed the people behind them so hard that they couldn't stand, and then they naturally triggered pushing and trampling!
Everyone was shouting not to squeeze me, but while shouting not to squeeze, they pushed others with their hands and stepped on others with their feet. Even though they felt something was wrong with their feet, they still didn't stop...
Anyway, others keep stopping, and it’s useless for me to stop, isn’t it?
The hustle and impetuousness during this period, coupled with the continuous transmission of Cao Cao's defeat to Xu County, these people almost forgot the last scene of Cao Cao's bloody slaughter of Xu County with his soldiers. Some people even felt that the time for revenge was up, and this time they could knock Cao Cao over to the ground and step on him. But now, everyone suddenly realized that it was not Cao Cao who was overturned to the ground and step on him!
Although there were not many cavalrymen in nearly 200, the force displayed was not comparable to those of these mobs. Before the Cao army's cavalry could be cut off, these mobs had collapsed in an instant!
Liu Xie, standing on the gate of the palace, looked at the scene in front of him and seemed to feel extremely familiar...
Why is this the case with double slacks again?!
Looking from the gate tower of the palace, the number of cavalry brought by Cao Cao is undoubtedly obvious, but only these cavalry can suppress the gathering of the people on Qianmen Street dozens of times without any backhand power. It is like a flock of sheepdogs driven away by sheepdogs. It only knows how to run, but only knows how to use its own horns to hit similar people!
This scene has been staged in Luoyang, in Chang'an, and now it has been staged repeatedly in Xu County!
When Dong Zhuo's soldiers crossed Zhuque Street, then Li Guo's cavalry crossed the gate of the Royal Palace. Now Cao Cao is trampling on Qianmen Street...
What's going on?
What if Fei Qian comes?
Liu Xie grabbed the railing tightly, his fingers turned white, and he bit his teeth tightly, otherwise he would not know whether he would yell or cry in the next moment!
How many soldiers are there in Cao's thief?
Why are there no loyal and brave people standing up and showing off their arms and shouting?
Didn’t it be agreed that Cao Cao would step down? Aren’t they all criticizing Cao Cao’s crimes like this?
Why did these people really feel so unbearable when Cao Cao appears, like frightened birds, just thinking about escaping, and never thought of fighting to the death with Cao Cao?!
Why?!
Liu Xie couldn't understand.
It is precisely because he can't understand that he thought things too simple before.
He thought that a white silk, a pot of poisonous wine, and a short blade could lead to the lives of some people. An edict, a seal, and a gossip could determine the future of some people...
All of this is indeed the embodiment of imperial power, the embodiment of the supreme authority and majesty that the king wants his minister to die and his minister has to die!
However, this has a prerequisite...
Liu Xie also thought that since he was the emperor and the emperor, he naturally gained this authority, but he had always forgotten, ignored, and avoided. Where did his authority and such majesty come from?
Once the imperial power is gone, it is nothing better than the people!
The imperial power supported by the people is the real imperial power, and once the people lose confidence in the dynasty and abandoned by the people, the imperial power will naturally become a joke!
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Shi Sun Rui whispered from the side, "Cao thief... Prime Minister Cao's momentum... Your Majesty should first appease it and wait and see what the change will be the best strategy..."
Liu Xie gritted his teeth and remained silent.
He didn't want to pay attention to Sun Rui.
Who said in advance that Cao thief was dead this time, but now he changed his words to call him Prime Minister Cao?
Shi Sun Rui seemed to have noticed the resentment in Liu Xie's heart, and whispered from the side: "Your Majesty... Prime Minister Cao's behavior is becoming more and more violent, just like the past... What's more, this Guanzhong... If the situation in the world has not been decided..."
Liu Xie turned his gaze slightly and glanced at him, "Love... how did you know that if the cavalry had come here... wouldn't show off so much power?!"
"This..." Shi Sun Rui lowered his head and was silent for a while, and finally whispered, "Your Majesty... Two harms are the least... Fortunately, your Majesty has not given the order yet...
Liu Xie turned his head again and looked at Qianmen Street.
Hundreds of people, from the beginning, developed slowly on Qianmen Street, and later they went to the palace to write a letter to dismiss Cao Cao. It took five or six days, but within a quarter of an hour, they were driven away by the cavalry of the Cao army and trampled and killed!
What is this?!
This is also considered to be the least of two evils?!
Liu Xie felt that he seemed to have fallen into a trap.
"No order has been issued yet..." Liu Xie repeated in a low voice.
Yes, he "luckily" has not ordered the removal of Cao Cao, otherwise he would be dead now!
Liu Xie climbed the city gate tower today just to watch the fun?
Obviously not. He originally planned to issue an edict today to "comply with the will of the people"!
But he didn't expect that Cao Cao would come at this time!
Liu Xie wondered if Cao Cao was waiting for him to come forward and immediately showed up when he received the signal?
Although Liu Xie has not issued an edict, it is not a complete turn of confrontation, but in fact it is almost the same. Even so, it is still very embarrassing. Liu Xie even felt that Cao Cao was deliberately slapping himself in the face!
This was the case last time, but this time it was still the case!
Liu Xie couldn't help but wonder what would happen if he had been more impulsive today, no, yesterday he impulsively ordered to send an angel to take the edict and take these people from Qianmen Street to the Prime Minister's Mansion to read out the edict to dismiss Cao Cao?
Did Cao Cao become a stray dog?
But the next moment, Liu Xie realized that even if he made this decision yesterday, it might not be useful. Maybe he had just made the decision and Cao Cao appeared...
This is……
Liu Xie looked around and looked around.
Above the high walls of the palace, there were a row of imperial guards standing.
These guards are bright and stand upright, facing the palace, and they seem to be the conscientious guardians of the palace, guarding him, the emperor...
『…』 Liu Xie's eyes swept over these guards one by one.
As soon as he climbed the gate tower of the palace, there were probably people who sent messages directly to the outside world, right?
What are these guards?
Should I protect him or monitor him, was it the imperial guards of the Han Palace, or the minions under Cao Cao?
Liu Xie originally thought that Cao Cao had really fallen, so the guards arranged by Cao Cao should consider moving closer to him. But now he realized that even if Cao Cao fell, these guys would not listen to him...
So what about the edicts he thought he was clever before?
No, it was not just his edict, but everything he had now, including the palace in front of him, and everything inside and outside the palace. Liu Xie suddenly realized that these things did not belong to him!
There is no one around him!
Cao Cao, Fei Qian.
There were other princes, other ministers, and even Shi Sun Rui who stood in front of him were his opponents and enemies!
And the people running on Qianmen Street in front of you are like the collapsed Han Dynasty!
A complete defeat!
"My dear, please meet Cao for me...Prime Minister!"
Liu Xie took a deep breath, shook his sleeves, and left the city gate tower. He didn't want to see Cao Cao's proud face, at least not at this time.
"This... I obey the order..."
Shi Sun Rui was a little panicked. Although his name was the Three Olds and was respected every day, respect was not a golden robe. If Cao Cao really wanted to settle the score...
However, Cao Cao could not listen to Liu Xie's orders, but Shi Sun Rui was not qualified to not listen.
"Cough cough..." Shi Sun Rui coughed a few times. After all, he had been ups and downs among officials for many years. He was the first course to practice. He quickly adjusted his mindset and smiled at the Prime Minister. "The Prime Minister rescued the Lord in time to quell the thieves and chaos, and welcomed him with a ceremonial guard! Go and prepare!"
Happy New Year!
May the country be prosperous and the people be safe!
May you be healthy!
Chapter completed!