Chapter 281: The wind is like a knife, the heart is surging
“It’s really good weather.”
Cao Cao, who came up to the city wall, walked side by side with him and looked at the spring sun behind the white clouds. Outside his vision, he could vaguely see the military camp with flags waving. "If such a good weather is there, will Gongsun ask if the matter can be solved in today's court?"
"Sikong is so happy, it seems that he has already solved it." Gongsun Zhi turned his head slightly to look at him.
Cao Cao smiled on his face, took a breath, and said in a deep voice: "If you kill a congressman in front of everyone, just like you, kill someone, what can they do?"
"... After leaving the palace and receiving news from Hedong, the Wei family was not kept overnight. Even if I had no help today, Gongsun would still be safe and sound." Seeing the silence on the other side, Cao Cao added a sentence, and his smile became open-minded. He pressed his hand on the wall and gritted his teeth, "...You should inform me of such a big thing."
Gongsun Zhi narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance outside the city wall: "I don't know if Sikong is such a big deal."
"If Han Long is released, you will know." Cao Cao put his hands behind him and straightened his back: "...If the emperor was not in my hands, how could he capture the heroes of all the worlds by virtue of fame and how could he conquer the unjust? Yanzhou is located in the Central Plains, with the North Sea and Xuzhou in the east, Yuan Shao in the north, and Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu in the south. If there is no emperor in charge, how could I gain a foothold? I have already occupied one of the nine provinces in the world, and I will take more in the future..."
He had a big beard and his words were quite powerful, but then he laughed: "Actually, I envy you. The counties and counties do not have as many families as the Central Plains. Although there are Xianbei and Xiongnu in the north, they are still clean and don't worry about them."
Both of them have the same identity as one of them. Some things that cannot be said clearly are the same. However, since Cao Ang's death, coupled with the disputes in the court in recent times, the family has become uneasy, which makes Cao Cao's nerves sensitive and suspicious, and more because of the complexity between the court, the aristocratic family and the people.
Withdrew his gaze, Gongsun Zhi glanced at him: "The Central Plains are not as good as the North, you dare not push all these families away."
"I don't trust them, but I have to use them." Cao Cao smiled, "All people are killed. In the future, the civil servants and military generals under you and me will not be a new aristocratic family! This is like a circle, and it will turn back."
"Sikong saw it thoroughly."
Gongsun Zhi looked at him, then looked at the military camp far outside the city, "I will go back to the military camp in the afternoon. It's time to show my face in front of my subordinates. Where is Sikong?"
Step on the city wall section.
"I'm here to find you for this."
In the mild sunshine in the morning, the two walked down the city tower together. Cao Cao held the hilt of the sword with one hand and looked solemn: "Prepay for two months, the temperature will warm up in March, and the soldiers will be sent to Xuzhou."
He raised his other hand, and Gongsun Zhi opposite him also raised his palm.
Smack
Tap together with both palms.
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"...How do Jianshou view the affairs of the Wei family in Hedong?"
In the city, Huangfu Song was writing words in the study, coughing a few times, putting down his pen, looking at his son standing there, and getting up and leaving.
"The white wolf is exterminated from the Central Plains."
On the other side of the study, Huangfu Jianshou looked at his father who was slowly moving his body and hit the table with his fist: "My father wanted to win over a general for the court that day. For today's affairs, my son saw that this person was just a bird of a feather from Cao Cao. If he really wanted to entrust His Majesty to him, he would only be the next Dong Zhongying."
"Well... what do you think of the Taiwei?"
"No statement."
The old man frowned and pondered, and snorted, "Old fox." He heard the steps and shook his head: "Yang Wen first came from a famous Hongnong family. At this critical moment, he was still calm and envious. He was very cunning. When he served as the third official and Dong Zhuo moved to His Majesty, he still fought with reason, but now he hid his tail. My son is careful not to get too close to him, and be careful not to harm himself."
Huangfu Jianshou hesitated for a moment, "Father, don't you plan to return to the court?"
"Can't go back..." The old man went over and patted his son's shoulder, looked at the spring scenery that was gradually awakening outside the window, and sighed: "I have been fighting for many years for my father, and I am tired and have a root of illness. Now I am old and I can't move for a long time. It's unknown whether I can survive this year. Don't mix in the court, just guard your home."
As he spoke, a servant came outside the house to report that General Dong Cheng, the chariot and cavalry, paid a visit.
"I just say that I am ill and cannot see guests. If I ask about Jianshou, I will say that I am not at home and I will visit friends."
"yes."
The servant responded and left. Huangfu Song suddenly smiled and shook his white hair and walked back to sit behind several cases, "Jianshou, look, this is a disaster."
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Under the same sky, outside the Taichang mansion, the closed door cracked a crack. Half of his face poked out of the door and shook his head: "General, please come back. The head of the family is ill and cannot see guests."
"So that's it, I'm nagging." Dong Cheng nodded, bowed to the mansion, leaving without disappointment.
He walked on the carriage and returned home, sighed and sat down after several cases. Today, he saw Cao Cao protecting the white wolf and committing a crime as a court attack. What is the difference between him and Dong Zhuo? Even if he knew in his heart that the fake Liu Xie was sitting on it, if it were the real one, all this would still happen.
"Cao Mengde, Gongsun Zhi was a minister of Han!"
He cursed, slapped his palm on the table, and his hand clenched into a fist, trembling: "I was really blind at the beginning. I sent someone to contact this thief Cao to rescue you. I should inform Liu Biao, Liu Yan, Jingzhou, about the matter of his majesty...."
Soon, the door knocked and some information came from the palace.
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"The affairs of aristocratic families cannot be compared with war..."
The flags were flying, and the wind blew on the city wall. Gongsun Zhi and Cao Cao, who had been talking side by side for a long time, were walking back. "I know there was a grudge between Gongsun and Lu Bu, but two months of preparation of supplies was necessary. Xuzhou was large and there were many places to fight. Lu Bu was good at fighting, which was not comparable to Tao Qian's old man. What's more, you should be careful of Yuan Shu. Once you fall into a long battle and lack food and fodder, all your previous efforts will be wasted."
"I know what Sikong said."
Gongsun Zhi pulled out the blade of the soldiers beside him and looked at it, then inserted it back, and continued to walk forward: "The cost of the three armies, including the food problems of my cavalry in the north, is provided by Xu Du. It really takes time to raise it. It doesn't matter. I just happened to practice the brothers who have passed the winter, so time is affordable."
The two of them walked down the stone steps, paused tone, and looked at Cao Cao: "This time I went to attack Lu Bu, I had to bring the three brothers Liu Bei with me. At the critical moment, they could still hold up the tiger. As for the cavalry under Lu Fengxian, I will hand it over to me, and the soldiers under Sikong directly attacked the city and plundered the land."
"Hahaha"
Cao Cao laughed loudly and waved his hand to the man who was much younger than him, "Our governor has already arranged the war for Cao. I want to see how Lu Bu looks so anxious."
Walking down the city wall, the two of them followed by their respective guards, Gongsun Zhi bowed and said goodbye, "Well, Sikong is here, I will wait for news in the military camp outside the city."
When the car caught up, Cao Cao turned around and bowed and entered the carriage. When Gongsun Zhi saw the team of Cao's mansion leave, his eyes were serious for a moment and waved: "Go back to notify the rest of the wolf cavalry, all of them will be on their horses, gather here, and we will go back to the barracks."
The sky light fell down and the temperature began to cool down.
Outside Xuchang City, more than twenty miles west, the rumbling horses rushed out of the gate and lined up in the fields. Several generals rushed forward and greeted hundreds of horses coming from the front, and dismounted together. Thousands of horses lined up behind them neatly, and stepped on the ground with a bang.
The black horse rushed over and stopped a few feet away, shook its mane, with a buckle on it, and looked over and dismounted.
Yan Rou, Qianzhao, Pan Feng and other generals suddenly knelt down halfway, raised their arms and bowed, shouting in unison: "The last general has seen the governor."
"Meet the Governor!!" Behind them, the wolf cavalry who was greeting, and the Black Mountain cavalry all bowed, and the shouts shook the sky.
The wind blows through the sound.
Chapter completed!