The grain transport team brought not only grain and grass to Lu Bu, but also news that Zhang Liao had arrived in the Western Regions.
When he first heard that Zhang Liao had arrived in the Western Regions, Lu Bu was happy for a while.
They are old friends after all.
But soon Lu Bu became unhappy...
The reason for his unhappiness was not that Lu Bu knew about Zhang Liao's actions in Xihai City, but that Lu Bu discovered that along with the food and grass, there was also some meat.
Cured bacon.
The grain transport team set out before Zhang Liao took action. They didn't know exactly what Zhang Liao did after they left, so Lu Bu just knew that the grain transport team was organized by Zhang Liao to transport it.
So these bacon were sent by Zhang Liao?
Lu Bu looked at the piece of bacon in his hand and was silent.
He knew what kind of meat it was, but what he didn't know was that Zhang Liao didn't have enough time to check the items in the grain transport team at that time, and the officials in Xihai City naturally made some cover-ups in order to avoid being discovered by Zhang Liao.
, so it was shipped mixed with normal bacon.
Lu Bu spent most of his life on the battlefield. On the battlefield, he naturally killed people, so he had more teachers than any surgeon in later generations. The number of people directly killed by Lu Bu had already exceeded four figures.
, it may be close to five digits. And even if the average butcher does not rest every day of the year, butchers pigs all the time on New Year's Day, killing one or two pigs a day, it will take him close to fifteen years to kill one pig.
Thousands of pigs.
So Lu Bu was very familiar with the smell of this kind of meat.
The texture of this meat is like beef meat, but the smell is even fishier than beef, like a mixture of mutton smell and uncastrated pig smell. What about the taste...
Of course Lu Bu had eaten it.
In the North, in Chang'an Sanfu, in Heluo, and in the Central Plains, people have eaten people. They have eaten people in all dynasties, and only those who do not go crazy after eating can survive.
Therefore, Lu Bu didn't dislike this kind of meat, but he couldn't say he liked it. He just didn't understand why Zhang Liao sent this meat? This made Lu Bu less happy about meeting his old friends, but more distracted.
doubts.
Zhang Liao, Zhang Wenyuan...
Lu Bu pondered, what did he come to do?
……(=_=)^#……
In Qiu Ci City.
Among the palaces that now look dilapidated and messy, Baishan stands in a palace that has been looted and devastated.
The throne at the top of the steps was pushed down and smashed into pieces, and the gems inlaid on it were pried away, just like the gems elsewhere in the palace.
All the exquisite decorations were taken away, and all that was left were ruins and tatters that no one wanted.
"This palace... I remember it took seven years to build..." Bai Shan showed a mocking smile, "Now it only took one day... Oh, strictly speaking, not even one day... Is it worth it?"
Bai Shan walked forward slowly, and a broken clay Buddha head stood in front of his feet.
Even though half of his head was broken and half of his face was missing, Buddha Head still smiled gently, seeming to be happy with the current brokenness.
"Hmph!" Bai Shan kicked the Buddha's head open and watched as the Buddha's head flew up and down, then split into more scattered pieces of mud. "Is this what you want? Boundless power, huh?"
Bai Shan and Bai Su have completely different attitudes towards Buddhism. At first, the two people just had different acceptance levels of Buddhism, but soon they couldn't agree on the same opinions, and soon they started to quarrel. Most of the time, Bai Shan and Bai Su had different attitudes towards Buddhism.
Su could not convince Bai Shan, so he could only use violence or authority to silence Bai Shan.
Bai Shan finally shut up.
Then I switched to taking action...
Lu Bu's arrival gave Baishan the best opportunity.
Obviously, in the face of violence, clay Buddha statues are useless.
Buddha statues made of gold and silver were snatched away.
"I told you before!" Baishan stood in front of a pool of blood in front of the broken throne and said with a sneer, "In this place, praying for Buddha is asking for death! You have believed in Buddhism for so many years, will any Buddha come to save you when you die?
You? Have any of the monks you support on daily basis come to save you? Can the money, manpower and material resources you spend on this, be able to save you? I have said it before, I have said it a long time ago..."
Bai Shan sneered, but tears fell from the corners of his eyes, and he quickly wiped them away.
"I'm not wrong. Yes, I'm not wrong." Baishan gritted his teeth and said, "These Buddhists, these monks, and you are the abscesses on Qiuci's body! If the pus is not squeezed out, it will never heal.
! If the pus is squeezed, it will naturally cause bleeding... Your method is not good, it is wrong, and mine is right. Now, it is time to follow my method... I... I am not wrong..."
……o(╥﹏╥)o……
"I...I'm not wrong!"
Regarding the understanding of special meat, Wei Xu looked at the problem from a different perspective than Lu Bu.
Wei Xu thought this was a threat from Zhang Liao...
Wei Xu even thought that Zhang Liao might have known something, so he deliberately used this method to remind Lu Bu that Zhang Liao's ultimate goal was to kill him!
Wei Xu swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
He feels guilty.
Most people have a guilty conscience when they become thieves.
Wei Xu is obviously one of the majority, even if he can pretend to be nonchalant in daily life.
"Yes! I'm not wrong!" Wei Xu emphasized, and then encouraged himself, "Everything I did was for Protector Dadu! It was all for Protector Dadu! I am the most loyal to Protector Dadu! Loyal! Only I am the real one.
I am the only one who wants to protect Dadu!』
After Wei Xu cheered himself up, he came to see Lu Bu. Because he knew what Lu Bu liked and didn't like, so he must not act like a thief.
"General Protector, Zhang Wenyuan... This is a bad person!" Wei Xu said in a deep voice, as if he had discovered some shocking secret, and said what Wei Xu thought was the most important thing and what was easiest to impress Lu Bu, "Zhang Wenyuan"
I definitely didn’t come here to help protect the capital...』
Sure enough, Lu Bu's face darkened a little, "What should I say?"
Wei Xu lowered his head, trying to hide the possible pride in his eyes, "The Protector-General values friendship, and I shouldn't have said it originally... But since I am a subordinate of the Protector-General, I have to say it..."
Lu Bu was silent for a while, "Say, I won't blame you."
Wei Xu thanked Lu Bu and said, "To protect the capital, if I came from Longyou to help protect the capital, I would at least bring men, horses, food, grass and equipment, instead of just bringing a few hundred people and then nothing like Zhang Wenyuan is doing now."
Any...extra provisions and utensils...』
"..." Lu Bu first covered his tightly pursed mouth with his hand, and then slowly stroked his beard. His movements were slow and his eyes were cold.
"...Zhang Wenyuan left Dadu Protector a long time ago, he..." Wei Xu quickly glanced at Lu Bu, "At least I am still loyal to Dadu Protector... We don't have much food and grass, so those bacons are all mine for me."
I just asked someone to do it just in case...if anything happens, the blame will be on me alone, and the Protector will definitely not be involved!"
Wei Xuxian confessed.
He took the blame on himself.
Although there is no food safety law related to the production of special meat in Han Dynasty, no one will buy it deliberately and then say that it is a three-no product and requires ten times the compensation, but it will be attributed to the crime of murder.
So if you really have to worry about it, it's still very serious.
But Wei Xu knew that Lu Bu liked this...
It's not that Lu Bu likes to eat this kind of meat, but Wei Xu knows that Lu Bu likes to talk like this.
Everything is for Lu Bu's good, even if it means going up mountains of swords and going down seas of fire!
Regardless of whether he can actually do it later, at least this moment will make Lu Bu feel happy.
It's cool, that's enough.
"You asked them to go find those people to get meat?" Lu Bu asked.
Wei Xu said: "We are looking for those barbarians."
"Yeah." Lu Bu nodded, "Barbarians... they don't count. If Wen Yuan asks, just say it was me who ordered it. It's none of your business."
In Lu Bu's mind, being a barbarian is, well, just like raising a dog.
If it is useful, use it; if it is not useful, kill it.
Anyway, there are no "dog lovers" in the big man who would jump up and pick a fight with Lu Bu. Of course, even if there were, Lu Bu wouldn't care. He might even be happy to let such a "dog lover" really have sex.
Dog, experience the joy of being a dog...
"Dadu protector..." Wei Xu tried his best to blink his eyes, so that he could shed more tears. He was already very skilled in this method, "How...how can this be done? What I do, how can...
…』
Lu Bu waved his hands impatiently, "I said it! That's it!"
Taking care of his younger brother and making himself look more powerful is also a simple pleasure for Lu Bu. Just like in history, when he heard that Liu Bei was bullied by Yuan Shu, he came forward without saying a word, and didn't even have time to discuss some serious and serious matters with Liu Bei.
What is the actual exchange of benefits?
Wei Xu prostrated himself deeply, which gave Lu Bu enough face.
"Okay, don't do any false etiquette." Lu Bu said, as if he didn't care about the etiquette at all.
But Wei Xu knew that the more Lu Bu said this, the more this etiquette must be in place. So he did not stop because of this, but kowtowed on the ground and thanked Lu Bu again, which made Lu Bu look a little proud and proud.
He sat down again while pretending to be impatient.
"What do you think Zhang Wenyuan... is going to do?" After Wei Xu sat down again, Lu Bu frowned and asked, "Does he want me to stop? Is this what he meant, or...
What does hussar mean?』
Wei Xu replied in a low voice: "This is probably what Hussar meant..."
"Why?" Lu Bu lowered his head slightly, his eyelids rolled up, "Qingqi... what do you want... to do? Do you want to replace me, or..."
Wei Xu deliberately hesitated, "No way... I don't think Hussar is that kind of person..."
Lu Bu waved his hand, "You don't understand at all. You can't be too honest. Everyone seems to be a good person... just go and do your business..."
Wei Xu breathed out secretly, "Then let me prepare the logistics..."
"Well..." Lu Bu nodded.
Wei Xu left.
Lu Bu sat alone on his seat.
The hustle and bustle outside the big tent seemed very far away.
Just like his young years back then, it seems very far away now...
"No, I can't retreat."
Lu Bu said slowly, as if he was talking to himself, or to someone, "There are many barbarians in the Western Regions, and they are very chaotic. If you follow the previous method, there will still be problems, so... lure them out in advance, and
There is nothing wrong, I am not wrong... So, I can't retreat. I can't retreat. Once I retreat, it is not a mistake, it is also a mistake..."
"I once retreated..." Lu Bu closed his eyes and murmured with emotion, "Now...I can't retreat..."
……(●￣(?)￣●)……
Spring is getting thicker and everything is sprouting.
There began to be more birds in the clear sky, and there were more animals in the grasslands and mountains. Some of the snow on the mountains, hills, and rolling ridges began to melt, and then merged into the rivers along the streams, winding.
It flows far away in the sky.
In the eighth year of Taixing, a sudden conflict broke the peace that had been finally re-established in the Western Region. Chaos was still brewing. In the area around Cheshi, Iron Blood had already destroyed the original peace. The abandoned villages and villages in front of them were
The grassland made Gao Shun feel extremely anxious.
Here we are approaching the capital of Che Shihou's kingdom, or the seat of the royal court, Wutu Valley.
Gao Shun rode his horse halfway up a hill and looked at the queue of soldiers marching on the edge of the hill. Then he and several guards got off the horse and climbed up the gray and black rocks mixed with green, towards the top of the hill.
Climb to the top.
The hill is not high, nor is it difficult to climb. It is just difficult to walk.
Not long after, Gao Shun climbed up the mountain with a few guards. He looked towards the village in the distance for a moment...
If the war had not happened, Gao Shun believed that in this season of growth, the villagers near that village would have been driving their cattle and sheep to graze, and they might have started to turn over the land in preparation for sowing.
But now there are no cattle and sheep, no crops, no villagers, and nothing but ruins.
The Cheshi Hou Kingdom was defeated, but the Cheshi people used the strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the country.
On the battlefield, never expect your enemy to be stupider than yourself.
Gao Shun's body still seems to be upright, his appearance is dignified, and strictly speaking, he is somewhat handsome, but his too serious and rigid character makes him unable to give others much intimacy, and he is not very popular among the soldiers. The soldiers
What I like more is someone like Zhang Liao, who is capable, not as arrogant as Lu Bu, and not as rigid as Gao Shun, who can joke in daily life and win in battle...
In the early years of Gao Shun's life, he was very strict in running the army. He would often beat his subordinates with military sticks or whips if they violated military laws. This made the soldiers more afraid of Gao Shun than obeying them.
At that time, the military discipline of the Bingzhou Army and the soldiers of Xiliang was relatively loose. Lu Bu didn't care about anything. Although Zhang Liao knew how to take care of it, he didn't care too much. Only Gao Shun saw that this one was not pleasing to the eye and that one was inappropriate, and he kept doing what was most boring to the soldiers.
things.
However, although Gao Shun said that he was strict in military discipline, he was also very fair. He gave the soldiers whatever money, food and weapons they had. He never gave himself anything extra, and he never talked about eating more and occupying more in daily life.
He also never ate alone. If he had to share the benefits with others, he would share them with others in a polite manner. This could be regarded as barely maintaining the relationship between the soldiers and not causing any problems.
Gao Shun once thought that this was the normal situation in the military. There were bosses who didn't care about anything but would not cause trouble for themselves, colleagues who were smart and balanced, soldiers who were ignorant, brave, reckless, or had other temperaments...
…
Until one day, Ding Yuan died.
Maybe everything changed from that day on.
Later, Lu Bu was promoted to high rank. His shining armor and majestic war horses seemed to be very good.
Many people secretly mentioned Lu Bu in front of Gao Shun. Some were envious and some were disdainful, but Gao Shun remained silent and said nothing. Gao Shun himself was not good at expressing himself, and his mind was not as flexible as Zhang Liao's. There are clear provisions in military law.
Yes, Gao Shun knew what to do, but since those military laws were not clearly written down, Gao Shun was not quite sure what to do.
Just like Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan, this was undoubtedly contrary to his will and wrong. However, Lu Bu also said that he got Ding Yuan's superior, the third assistant in Chang'an at that time, and held the order of Dong Zhuo in the court. From this
From a perspective, Lu Bu was just following orders, and there was nothing wrong.
besides……
Just like what happened in Jinzihe City before.
If we were to disobey orders and kill people wantonly, those military schools and soldiers should all be killed.
But those "people" are people from the country behind Cheshi who are in a hostile state. Can they be regarded as people? There are also missing weapons, bows, arrows, crossbows, etc. found in the homes of those Cheshi, which also shows that these people from the country behind Cheshi are
They cannot be considered unarmed civilians...
Of course, the most important thing is military pay.
If Lu Bu were to handle it, he might just wave his hand and forget it.
Zhang Liao, maybe there is a better way, but Gao Shun has no way to deal with it as flexibly as Zhang Liao. He will either kill or not kill...
Thinking of this, Gao Shun suddenly thought of someone.
Many people in Shandong and Shanxi scolded him, and some said that he acted arrogantly and failed to put the emperor in his eyes. But now his achievements are shining brightly and no one can question him.
When the people of Shandong were fighting for power, he led his troops to fight in the north. At the Hetao, he used various methods to motivate the soldiers, united with the southern Xiongnu, and finally defeated the arrogant Xianbei army, and finally ensured the stability of Pingyang.
, created the foundation of Northland.
When the dispute between Shandong and Shanxi was finally irreconcilable, he reconciled back and forth in the huge disaster and worked hard to save it. In the end, the people of Chang'an Sanpi left a little more vitality and gave the homeless refugees a place to stay.
soil of.
During this period, he was assassinated, insulted, and described as a green-faced, fanged evil spirit who ate the hearts and livers of children...
But Gao Shun felt that he was a truly good man, and a very capable man.
He will know everything about the Western Region.
He will have a better solution.
If he hadn't followed Lu Bu in his early years, Gao Shun would have been willing to follow him and be an ordinary soldier in front of his horse, or a small military academy, then he wouldn't have to think about so many troublesome things like he does now.
Gao Shun stood on the mountain and looked around, but found nothing.
The wind blew gently, but Gao Shun's heart was heavy.
After a while, Gao Shun exhaled slightly and let out the irritation in his heart.
No matter what, capture Wutu Valley, this is a military order.
As a soldier, since it is a military order, you should implement it.
The team rushed forward, Gao Shun also got down from the boulder on the mountain, and then followed the team and headed forward...
