Yingchuan.
Although it has entered mid-autumn, the noon sun still has some summer power.
Zeqi, with a team of twenty-three men under his command, was slowly heading south along the dusty road.
Zefeng was actually as tired as his soldiers, but he could not show it. He was just a small team leader, and he was also a dissatisfied team leader. His mission was to patrol the Yingchuan area to ensure that the grain transport channels coming from the surrounding areas would not be invaded.
Zeqi was originally just a leader, with only ten people under his command. He didn't know much writing or arithmetic. He thought he was almost the end and could not be promoted. However, things in the world were impermanent, especially when wars occurred.
The Zefeng team participated in the attack on the Jiangdong Army during the Battle of Qingxu, and fought on the front line from the beginning of Cao Cao's southward journey. In the two or three battles with the Jiangdong Army, the Cao army completely defeated the Jiangdong Army's offensive in Xuzhou, which was considered a phased victory, but the result of this victory does not mean that the Cao army can be unscathed.
Just like the battle losses of Zebay's team, it was more than half.
One team was five, one team and two teams. After the Qingxu battle ended, the team commanded the team was killed. The other two were injured and died. The other two were still healing. The remaining ones were Zeqi himself, so he naturally became a fake team leader and took over the remaining soldiers in the team.
The additional soldiers have not arrived yet.
After all, the supplementary soldiers in the queue like Zefeng are different from ordinary Yingchuan soldiers.
So Zefeng's team was arranged to the north of Yingchuan to temporarily patrol the grain transport channel. After all, this is a relatively easy way, and it can be regarded as a psychological treatment for a team like Zefeng with more losses, such as the Han Dynasty.
The road they are responsible for is actually the area north of Yangcheng. They set off every morning and then come back at night, and repair it in the camp one day, and then repeat it.
There were some old men left in the team.
Young and reckless people used up their luck early and died on the battlefield.
Suddenly, Zefeng heard a series of rapid horse hooves coming from a distance, and then he looked up and saw the smoke and dust in the distance. Fortunately, there seemed to be few people coming to ride. He immediately ordered the soldiers to disperse their formation in order to deal with possible emergencies. Soon the sound of horse hooves approached. Zefeng narrowed his eyes and put on a cool sauna with his hands. He saw that there were only two knights, one in front and the other in casual clothes, but a striking copper bundle was hung on the horse's forehead.
『The family of aristocratic families…』Zei whispered, 『I don’t know which family belongs to…』
Bronzes are hard currency, so generally speaking, ordinary horses will not be equipped with more advanced saddles, not to mention additional outfits around the head and neck of the horse.
Zeqi stretched out his right arm and waved it several times, indicating that the person coming to stop. He has the right to check any person passing by this road and the transport team besides the military fast horse.
The knight obediently grabbed the reins, and the horse stopped accurately five steps away from Zeju. Zeju could even feel the heat emitted by the horse.
"Showing the place!"
Zeba shouted loudly.
The rider in front turned his head slightly, and the rider behind him dismounted, walked to Zeqi, took out a handful from his arms and handed it to Zeqi.
It is shown from the place where I went that this was an official from Yingyang, Yingchuan.
"Yingyang?" Zefeng was not familiar with the ground of Yingchuan, so he didn't know how far Yingyang was from Yangcheng. However, from the perspective of his past, this was a formal document and there was no problem.
Not any soldier can know the map of China, or they often have a relatively holistic concept. For example, in TV and movies, a team leader can know astronomy and geography...
So Zeqi naturally found no problem and returned the pass to the cycling.
He came to the cavalry to take the document, but did not immediately shake the reins and leave. He looked at Ze Feng condescendingly and suddenly asked: "Qingzhou soldiers?"
Although Zefeng was a little surprised, he still answered unambiguously: "What are you asking for?"
"Sure enough, no mistake, haha."
The man pointed at Ze Jin's neck, and Ze Jin understood immediately.
Qingzhou soldiers have some characteristics.
One is that although he does not wear yellow turbans, he still wears a scarf around his neck. Of course, this may not be sure, but the only ones who wear a scarf and a Taoist Tianshi are like Qingzhou soldiers.
"What are you going to do?" Zefeng asked again.
『Nothing...hehe...
Come and ride to shake the reins, the horse neighs and runs north.
The smoke and dust from the horse's hooves were radiant, and some of them fell on Zezi's gray-brown leather armor. When the horses left, Zezi inexplicably patted the soil on the armor and put on his helmet again.
He turned around and signaled the entire team to continue to set off.
The queue continues to move forward...
Turning over the woods.
When Zawa realized from the strange knight incident before, everything was too late.
First he noticed that some unnatural light shining in the woods on one side of the road. Out of the intuition of a soldier, he instinctively smelled a trace of ominous smell.
『Stop moving forward! Be wary!』
Zezi instinctively issued an order.
But alertness cannot immediately bring them super defensive abilities...
Ze Feng soon heard some movement from the woods on one side. He subconsciously turned his head to look and saw that a group of figures appeared in the woods at some point, and he was holding some crossbows in his hand!
The crossbow arrows shone cold and dangerously in the sun, as if they were mocking Ze Feng and others in front of them.
"not good……"
Before Zeba could finish his words, the crossbow arrows roared out!
Zefeng's formation was immediately disbanded by this sudden attack. Several soldiers were shot to the ground before they could react, causing blood to splatter.
Because they were patrolling and working in Yingchuan, they basically didn't carry any big shields.
Before Ze Feng and others could react, the second wave of bows and arrows shot out!
Ze Feng wanted to dodge, but was shot through his chest by a powerful crossbow, and his eyes widened and his back fell to the ground.
After a moment, the Zeju team was wiped out.
『Hmph…』
A man walked out of the woods, with a sarcastic sneer on his face, "Qingzhou soldiers..."
Before he could completely die, Ze Feng collapsed on the ground, covering his chest and panting, "You...who are you...?"
『Haha…』 The person who came came to Zeqi and raised his sword, 『Guess!』
The hand raises the knife and falls.
Ze Feng's head rolled down like a blood-colored flesh ball.
Rolling gurgle...
…('　へ)…
Large pieces of clouds float in the sky, like big chunks of cotton candies.
But what happened under these marshmallows was not so sweet.
If a regime has a large population base, then the life and death of a few people, dozens, hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands, is not a very big deal for this regime and this country.
But at critical moments, perhaps the life and death of several people may have a profound impact.
The fight began to become fierce and crazy since the nightfall.
The crazy shouts from the village were accompanied by the shaking like a man and a ghost, and then spread to the distant valley. Although the males in the village tried their best to fight, these ordinary people could not resist in the face of the brutal bandits, and then they entered a one-sided situation. Without the protection of these males, the elderly, weak, women and children faced hell.
At the beginning, the males in the village could form a line of defense to block the bandits who suddenly attacked outside, but soon after, the bandits who climbed in from another direction caused chaos in the defense line, which eventually led to the collapse of the entire line of defense.
The flames rise, the air flow surging, the shadows shake, and the sound of howling and screaming echoes between heaven and earth.
The bandits grinned and shouted wantonly, and their accent that was incompatible with the local Yingchuan was like the sound of an evil ghost.
These bandits are more like bandits than bandits.
Because these people have armor, weapons, organizations, and division of labor. All of this shows that these are not ordinary thieves.
Yingchuan hasn't experienced such a thing for too long.
It’s not that these Yingchuan people don’t know how cruel and terrible the outside world is, but that they live in the environment maintained by Cao Cao and Xun Yu and have been comfortable for a long time, so that they forget that there is still blood, death, and something even more terrifying than death…
In fact, if someone calms down and observes at this time, they may find that the armor and battle robe on these bandits with the accent of "Qingzhou" were originally stained with blood and were mostly damaged. This situation is often simple only on the defeated soldiers.
But no matter from that perspective, it is unlikely that there will be defeated troops in Yingchuan...
The soldiers of "Qingzhou" rage for the middle of the night. When dawn approached, they set off a fire and fled from the village.
…(σ｀д′)σ…
It was not until the next evening that Li Pan received the news that the "Qingzhou Army" attacked the village. His first reaction was to widen his eyes, open his mouth wide, and then he reacted until his saliva was about to slide out and let out a very strange sigh.
Because Cui Yan submitted a letter to recommend Cao Cao as prime minister, the relationship between the gentry in Jizhou and Cao Cao was eased a little compared to before, and the few people who were closer to Cui Yan also got some real shortcomings. Of course, it was impossible to be near Jizhou, but in Mi County in Heluo area.
The Heluo Sili area is naturally divided now.
The Yang family of Hongnong was in Luoyang, and was still the general of the cavalry, Fei Qian, on the surface, but in fact it was just that. It was probably the same as Tao Qian's intention of arranging Liu Bei in Xiaopei. Therefore, even though Yang was very hard-working, he was limited by his strength and could not restore his overall control over Sili.
Mi County is northeast of Yangcheng.
The Hanoi area naturally belongs to Jizhou. As for the county towns near Chenliu, such as Mi County, it was originally supposed to be Sili, but in fact it also became under the jurisdiction of Chenliu.
Although the relationship is quite chaotic, the land around Mi County is pretty good, and some people have cultivated farmland, which is relatively good.
Since Li Pan took office, it was generally stable, but he did not expect that the first major event he encountered was such a piece of news that he was very puzzled!
A Qingzhou army robbed a village in the west of Mi County!
After Li Pan heard the news, he did not immediately go to comfort the casualties and condolences, but to consider other issues.
Why did Qingzhou soldiers run to the surrounding areas of Mi County?
What does "Qingzhou Soldier" mean?
This is not simply three words...
As far as Li Pan knew, Cao Cao subdued the Qingzhou soldiers, but he agreed to a lot of conditions. Of course, these are rumors, and no one knew what happened on the exact day, Cao Cao brought three liang guards to the Qingzhou soldiers camp.
But one thing that can be confirmed is that from when, various sacrificial wines were established in Cao Cao's army, military advisors, and doctors...
Well, of course, it is not that the position of priest was first created by Cao Cao, but it was relatively rare for a while and it was not even established. After Cao Cao gathered the Qingzhou troops, it became more common, which made people think of it.
Judging from these clues, the importance of the Qingzhou army to Cao Cao is self-evident.
But how could such Qingzhou soldiers run to the Yingchuan countryside and slaughter villages?
What's more serious is that in the current link, such a thing happened...
"County Master... Are we going to report this matter?..." asked the county magistrate next to him.
"Hiss..." Li Pan frowned, "It's not easy to deal with..."
"County Master, this matter...If we do nothing like this, I'm afraid...
Li Pan carried his hands behind his back and wandered around the hall twice, "Report! But we can't report..."
"What does county lord mean?"
Li Pan was silent for a while, "Didn't you hear that a censor was supervising food and grass in Yangcheng yesterday?"
"Censor's Officer?"
"Yes!" Li Pan smiled slightly, as if he felt that the ball had been kicked away by himself, with a sense of ease, "Isn't the Censor just supervising all officials and pursuing the power of discipline? Isn't such violations and illegal acts and improper bullets reported to the Censor? Haha, go quickly, go quickly! Don't let people say that we are delaying and neglecting...
…(*dish`)…
The ball reached Xi Lu's feet.
Xi Lu stared at the messenger in front of him, and he had the urge to peel off the messenger in front of him!
If he really swallowed the messenger alive, the matter could be eliminated. I believe Xi Lu would definitely scream with a little soy sauce and vinegar, and then swallow it in such a dip!
Xi Lu knew that killing the messenger would not have any effect on the whole problem, so he finally waved his hand and let the messenger who made him hate get out of here.
According to the process, nothing is wrong.
Are you a censor? Things like investigation and investigation are naturally within the scope of the Censor's responsibilities. And he is still justifiably "paying the wind and inspecting" outside!
But the problem is that Xi Lu, the censor, is not really a complete body.
The official title set up by the Censor of the Qin Dynasty and the deputy of the Prime Minister. He was the chief censor and had the responsibility to supervise all officials.
Isn't it a cool one?
But the problem is that Xi Lu can't get rid of it now.
If Cao Cao had not become the prime minister before, then Xi Lu, the censor, would be like that, just pretend to behave. But now Cao Cao is the prime minister, Xi Lu, the censor, immediately became embarrassed.
Could it be that Xi Lu really went to be the Prime Minister's deputy and then supervised all officials for Cao Cao? This is what Xi Lu dreamed of, but the question is, can Prime Minister Cao be willing?
At least Xi Lu was quite close to the emperor before, but now as soon as the prime minister came to power, he hurried over and licked. Although Xi Lu really wanted to do this in his heart, he still had to worry about the face of scholars.
This is called "following the general trend of the world"!
How can it be called kneeling licking?
It's so unpleasant.
At the same time, Xi Lu also needs to take care of the emotions of Emperor Liu Xie...
I have to give up some things, but I still refuse a few times if I want to greet them.
So Xi Lu said that he would share the worries of the emperor and monitor the autumn harvest and levies. He left the political vortex and wandered around and acted as a winger. On the one hand, he would not lose the opportunity to attack. On the other hand, he was not as eye-catching as the forward center. Maybe he would be beaten up...
Unexpectedly, the ball came to his feet.
How to kick this kick?
Xi Lu suddenly remembered the news that a team of Qingzhou soldiers disappeared two days ago...
Could it be...
Xi Lu took a breath of cold air.
Jizhou and Yuzhou are all quagmire. What Xi Lu wants to do most is to be able to get along with others, be free from the mud without being stained, and be his own white lotus.
Anyway, one loyal to His Majesty, one sincere to the Prime Minister, a white lotus blooms on it, and a rotten leaf presses against the black mud.
So Xi Lu made up his mind not to let himself be infected with these causes and effects.
This matter is a big trouble. You must not get caught in it. If you don’t kick well, it will be covered in mud! You must kick this Qingzhou big ball well!
But the question is, where are fellow Taoists?
Xi Lu held his hands behind his back, wandering around the hall one after another, like a donkey holding an invisible millstone.
Suddenly, Xi Lu stopped and his eyes lit up.
"Come! Go and invite Confucius and... No, no! I'm going to prepare a carriage and horse, I'm going to visit Confucius and!"
Xi Lu ordered, and walked out.
He found the most suitable receiver!
Kong Qian!
Kong Rong's clan brother is known as a humble gentleman who is upright and innocent and flawless!
No, this ball hit Kong Qian's feet, even if he doesn't kick it!
Otherwise, Kong Qian's name would be completely over...
Isn't this the best person?
Coupled with the previous old stories about Kong Rong and Cao Cao, hehe, I believe Kong Qian would definitely want to cause trouble for Prime Minister Cao.
Isn't this opportunity here?
Chapter completed!