Chapter 3110 Accidental Gift
The ninth year of Taixing, the third day of the first lunar month.
The "messenger" that Cao Cao did not expect was not the officials of the Sanfu of Guanzhong, nor Pang Tong, but Duan Wei from the Duan family of Sanming in Xiliang, as well as some Semi people. These people did not come for Cao Cao, but were going to Xu County.
After hearing this news, Cao Cao was stunned.
The news was unexpected.
Old Cao didn't expect that Fei Qian was still thinking about tribute to the emperor until now.
Regardless of whether this behavior is a show or a bit of sincerity, if you can do such a move, you will be better than most local princes. Not to mention anything else, how many times did the grandson and the Jiangdong tribute?
Cao Cao asked again: "How many people have come?"
Cao Xiu, who ran back from the front line, replied: "More than 300 people came, half of them were cavalry and half infantry, and escorted 12 vehicles, all of which were tribute to the emperor..."
Cao Cao nodded.
He knew Duan Wei.
But why did Duan Wei become an envoy? Why didn’t he send other people, but Duan Wei? And there were 12 utensils, all of which were sent to the emperor?
Cao Cao didn't have any covetousness about these objects, nor did he want to be greedy for these tributes. For his current authority, money and utensils were nothing at all. He was just a little curious.
Cao Cao frowned and guessed Fei Qian's intention.
If it were Cao Cao's own mission, Cao Cao could naturally live in the central army tent and sit up and wait, but this was paid tribute to the emperor. It would be a little inappropriate for him to put on such a careless air. Therefore, he had to change into a formal outfit and meet the envoy.
So Cao Cao ordered: "Anmin will lead a thousand Wuwei people and come out of the camp to greet him."
Even if you don’t give Fei Qian a face, you still have to give the emperor a face. No matter what Fei Qian tributes, it can only be decided by the emperor. Whatever Cao Cao deals with now is a usurpation and can only welcome him.
In addition, Cao Cao ordered: "Gongren goes to Houying and arranges a reception banquet... In addition, the Houying area should be arranged in a regular area, clean and prepare horse materials... Don't slack off...
Cao Cao was righteously ordered by the emperor to fight against the thief, so no matter how he did, he could not throw this flag halfway through. He could not say that he slapped himself in the face halfway through the war?
Cao Hong said from the side: "Why do you have to treat it so favorably? It makes the lord look timid."
Cao Cao smiled and did not answer, so he got up to change his clothes.
After a while, he changed his clothes and came back, he said to Cao Hong, "Zi Lian, please come out to greet me."
Cao Hong muttered, but Cao Cao ordered and did what he said without saying a word.
When he heard that Fei Qian had an envoy, the generals and soldiers in Cao's camp also had different expressions. Some whispered to each other, some were careless and indifferent, and some were gritting their teeth towards the envoy. For a while, all living beings inside and outside the camp had their own appearances.
From afar, two flags were raised high and slowly coming.
One of the poles is higher, with a sling tail on it and a large character above the flag: "The Great Han Dynasty's Western Regions' envoys."
The other shot was lowered, and it read, "The Great Han General Annan Hou Duan, the Hou Duan of the Han Dynasty."
The high means where the messenger is, and the low means the identity of the messenger.
Cao Cao's eyes stayed on the word "Western Regions" for a moment, then smiled, and then stood in the middle.
The group of people on the opposite side gradually approached, and then stopped at 200 steps and stopped the war horses. The front army separated from both sides, and the high and low flags slowly moved, revealing Duan Wei's figure.
Duan Wei turned over and got off the horse, then walked all the way to Cao Cao, bowing and bowing to him: "Greetings to the Prime Minister."
Cao Cao stepped forward and helped him up, "No gifts and no gifts! Is Zhongming safe? "
Cao Cao grabbed Duan Wei's arm, looked up and down, and said with a smile: "In the past, in Heluo, I saw Zhongming's style and was very in love. However, Zhongming was in the mountains and rivers and did not want to worry about the work. Even after separation for many years, I always sighed with regret! Today I met again, and saw that Zhongming's style was not as good as that of the past, and I was worried about it! Compared with Zhongming, Cao seems much older now! Hahaha, it makes people sigh that the years are long and time passes!"
Guo Jia followed Cao Cao and heard Cao Cao's words clearly. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he bent down with a smile.
Duan Wei was not a sharp-tongued person. After Cao Cao said this, he didn't know how to respond, so he just smiled bitterly.
Cao Cao did not make any progress. He laughed and introduced the generals to Duan Wei, and took Duan Wei into the tent of the Central Army.
Cao Cao asked Duan Wei to sit down.
Duan Wei was not willing to do so. The two of them gave in a fake manner, and then they separated the host and the guest.
Then the rest of the people sat down one after another and sat down.
Is it complicated?
Temporary.
Is it hypocritical?
hypocritical.
But this is how humans reflect high and low with cumbersomeness and obscure ugliness with hypocrisy.
He has been defeated repeatedly, but his crimes are unforgivable. He has been defeated repeatedly, and his courage is commendable.
The female student attends school during the day and goes to the club to make an announcement at night, which is self-deprecating and morally corrupt. The young lady works in the club at night, and goes to the school during the day, which is motivated and deserves praise...
Cao Cao and Fei Qian were fighting to death, but now they seemed to be unable to see the bloodstains and corpses everywhere in Tongguan River. They could also receive envoys and sit down to reminisce about the past.
Cao Cao smiled, "Zhongming has worked so hard along the way..."
Duan Wei smiled bitterly, "Prime Minister, I am a rough man... Just ask directly if you have anything..."
Cao Cao paused slightly and nodded, "Okay... I don't know where Zhongming came from, and what he wanted to worship to the emperor?"
"Report to the Prime Minister, Wei came from Xiliang...this is the case..."
Duan Wei talked about how Feiqian arrived in Xiliang, how did he hold a banquet in Jiuquan, and what happened one by one, then slapped his hands, "That's it... Wei has no other intentions, it's just a matter of fate."
Simply put, Duan Wei means that he is following Fei Qian's orders and does not want to engage in any large and small planes with Cao Cao.
After hearing what Duan Wei said, Cao Cao exchanged glances with Guo Jia, and then pondered without saying a word.
The ambushed stakes in Xiliang were solved by Fei Qian?
Moreover, Duan Wei came from Xiliang, which means that Fei Qian would soon arrive in Guanzhong...
Is this Fei Qian’s warning?
Or what other meanings?
For a moment, the central army's tent was silent, and everyone's breathing seemed much heavier.
Duan Wei accused him of guilt, then stood up, walked to the big tent in person, took a brocade box from the servant, held it in both hands, walked to Cao Cao's table with a heavy step, put the brocade box on the table, lifted the lid, revealing a brocade book inside.
"Prime Minister..." Duan Wei said softly, as if he was afraid of waking up something sleeping in the brocade box, "This is... the contract of Shanshan, the Western Regions..."
Cao Cao took a deep breath, stretched out his hand, took the Shan Kingdom out of the brocade box, and slowly unfolded it. The four ink words "The Great Han Empire" came into view, like four steel needles instantly piercing Cao Cao's eyes, making Cao Cao's face tense and his whole body tremble.
"The Han Empire..." Cao Cao recited, sighed, and asked, "Zhongming, what does the word "empire" mean?"
Duan Wei shook his head, "The cavalry has never said it."
The term "empire" is not exclusive to the West, nor is it imported. It appeared in the Sui Dynasty. However, some people in later generations always had weak legs and thought that everything was foreigners...
Fei Qian just let these two words appear a little earlier.
Moreover, above the empire, there is also the name of the imperial state in the concept of China.
"The Kingdom of Shanshan...The Great Han Empire..." Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and looked at the ink words on the brocade with a little greedily. He seemed to peel off the words one by one and swallow them into his stomach. "Oh... the monument was engraved outside the Great Han Empire's Xihai City, in front of the Shanshan Kingdom, in front of the Dingtao King City, in the back of the Shanshan Kingdom, in the Nicheng City, in order to show his confidence... erect the monument... This is a monument...
Western Regions.
Yellow sand.
The flags are like blood.
Cao Cao seemed to have seen the soldiers standing proudly above the head of Shanshan City, and also saw the King of Shanshan who was kneeling under the throne of Shanshan Kingdom in Shanshan Palace.
The cavalry...
Really done?
For a moment, Cao Cao didn't dare to believe it.
But he longed to believe in his heart, just as he himself had divided a part of his soul, followed the banner of the Han Dynasty, and planted it on the Shanshan Royal City, proudly looking at the people from the Western Regions in the Shanshan Royal City.
Cao Cao's hand trembled slightly, and then he quickly controlled this tremor, slowly closed the brocade, and gently put it back into the brocade box.
"The Shanshan Kingdom is divided into two..." Cao Cao told everyone about the content written in the national agreement.
The national agreement is for the emperor. As the prime minister, Cao Cao can naturally see it, but it does not mean that everyone can take it to see it.
Cao Cao could see it, but he could not seize it or damage it.
Everyone in the tent had their own thoughts, either pondering or whispering, and for a moment it was like Cao Cao's heart, and it was difficult to calm down.
This is a brand new model, a Chinese book that has never appeared in the history of the Han Dynasty for three or four hundred years.
The Han Dynasty’s original external strategy was to “determination”, and this “determination” was almost mandatory or beneficial.
The feudal dynasty after the Han Dynasty also inherited this "restricted" model, focusing on a "strong and weak relationship", so that no matter it is Central Asia, West Asia, or even more distant places, we all know that there is a magical land in the East, with people stupid and money, and gold everywhere.
This habit is even deeply engraved in the Chinese thoughts of later generations. Treating goodwill to outsiders and harsh family members seems to have become a stubborn disease that many families cannot solve...
And now, Fei Qian has shown another model.
Shanshan Treaty.
A treaty that the Han people felt like they were stuck in their throats but didn't know what they should say.
Cao Cao stroked Jinshu and then guessed, or he was sure, what kind of turmoil would be caused when this national agreement arrived in Xu County.
This cavalry...
Haha, haha.
After a while, Cao Cao asked, "What else did the cavalry say?"
Duan Wei shook his head, "There is nothing else. He just said that he would offer things from the Western Regions to the Emperor. Some people followed him to prepare the Emperor for the customs of the Great Qin."
"Semi Man..." Cao Cao nodded.
Duan Wei looked at Cao Cao, "Can the Prime Minister recruit him to advance?"
Cao Cao waved his hand, "No need..."
Cao Cao sighed.
Having this national contract is enough to explain some things. He is not a three-year-old child and has never seen a Hu people. Moreover, Cao Cao's focus is not on these people, but on other aspects.
In Cao Cao's mind, the image of the young man who was once in Heluo and Luoyang was slowly fading away, leaving behind Fei Qian's wise and unfathomable eyes, as if he was looking at him and also at this world.
『Prime Minister...Prime Minister...』
Cao Cao came to his senses and saw Duan Wei looking a little beside him, and suddenly smiled and said, "Thank you for Zhongmingyuan to come, let's wash up and hold a banquet one night to wait..."
Duan Wei hurriedly stood up, thanked him, and then left like a burning butt.
Duan Wei left, but everyone in the central army tent was still sitting.
Silent.
At this moment, it felt like a huge, transparent stone suddenly appeared in the central army tent. It could not exist in the world, but it was intertwined among the crowd, allowing everyone to see other people and be isolated in their respective corners.
"Will the cavalry move to Xiliang?"
Cao Cao said slowly, as if he was talking to himself, as if he was talking to everyone.
This news is obviously very important.
Duan Wei walked along the way, not fast, but not slow. Although Duan Wei himself said that the Cavalry was still in Xiliang when he left, he didn't know how long the Cavalry would stay in Xiliang, so Fei Qian might appear in the Sanfu in Guanzhong at any time.
When Cao Cao said the word "Cabin" in a man's name, there seemed to be no other sound in the big tent.
"The cavalry fought in the Western Regions, but the affairs of the Western Regions cannot be settled in one day!" Guo Jia said slowly, "The rebellion in the Western Regions caused the rebellion of the Western Regions for a long time and the resentment of the Central Plains, and the soldiers of the Western Liang family stayed away from the countryside and were resentful and unfair. The mountains, rivers and deserts, inside and outside the Yumen, the cavalry could pacify the Shanshan country, and it was difficult to stabilize the entire Western Regions."
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, "So..."
Guo Jia's voice was stable, as if it had stirred up the air in the original central army's tent, causing the air pressing on everyone's heads to start to flow again. "Therefore, the cavalry returned urgently, not because the matter of the Western Regions was settled, but because the matter of Guanzhong was urgent!"
Everyone was immediately excited.
Cao Cao laughed and said, "In this way, the cavalry has worked hard. He rushed thousands of miles to fight in the Western Regions and returned immediately..."
Cao Hong said in a deep voice: "You can't wear Lu silk at the end of your strength!"
Cao Cao did not continue to say anything, and said with a touch of his hand: "Since it is a contribution to the emperor, we have no reason to force ourselves to stay. Today is just a few, and tomorrow I will send him east! Gongren!"
Dong Zhao stepped forward, "I am here."
"I will leave it to you for the reception of Duan Zhongming." Cao Cao ordered.
Dong Zhao bowed and took the order.
Of course, in addition to entertainment, there are also some matters that need to be explained. Of course, there is no need for Cao Cao to explain in detail these matters. Dong Zhao is well aware of them, and even if Dong Zhao missed something, Xun Yu would make supplements.
Cao Cao turned his head again and said to Cao Hong, Cao Xiu and other military generals: "The soldiers in the army will be assigned to appease and rectify the things that are left to you... Get ready for battle... This time the war begins, the world will be settled..."
Cao Hong and Cao Xiu's command was ordered.
After ordering to be assigned one by one, everyone left one after another, Cao Cao stood up and walked forward, saying to Guo Jia beside him: "You are filial piety... what is this move? Where did you go?"
Just before everyone, of course, I can't say anything discouraged.
But everyone knew that the impact of Duan Wei's arrival was far beyond the so-called tribute envoy of the emperor. Fei Qian was like a sharp knife, sharply breaking through the mess in the Western Regions, and in a blink of an eye it turned back under Cao Cao's eyelids.
Before it can be touched, it is cold.
Guo Jia whispered, "In the past, Wei and Zhao attacked, Han Zhao was anxious to Qi. Qi sent Tian Ji to go straight to Daliang. Wei general Pang Juan heard it and left Han and returned. The Qi army had passed and went west. Sun Tzu said to Tian Ji that the soldiers of the Three Jins were brave and light, and Qi was called cowardly. Those who were good at fighting were guided by their power. Those who were good at military strategy for a hundred miles and were interested in generals, and those who were interested in fifty miles and were half as interested in the army. The cavalry led the army for many years and were well-versed in the six strategies. How could anyone not know this? Therefore, my ministers thought that the cavalry should advance slowly and use Duan as a deterrent. In addition, Pang Shiyuan planned yesterday, but in fact he wanted to slow down his troops."
Cao Cao looked back at Guo Jia.
Guo Jia nodded slowly.
Cao Cao also nodded, then turned his head back.
The two seem to have a tacit understanding that others cannot detect, or have made some strategies...
Guo Jia's voice was low, "What's more, if the cavalry really rushed over... wouldn't it be better?"
Cao Cao nodded.
There is nothing wrong with this.
Although Cao's army launched some attacks on Tongguan during these times, it did not use all its strength. In other words, although Cao's army is the attacking side at the moment, if Fei Qian really did not care about the physical and horsepower consumption of the soldiers and rushed from Xiliang to Guanzhong, in comparison, Cao's army became the side that was waiting for work.
The offensive and defensive battles on the city walls cannot show the advantages of cavalry. Even if these tired soldiers join the defense of Tongguan, they may not be able to recover much, and it may lead to a decline in defense level.
If it is really because the Cavalry is coming, Tongguan is difficult to conquer, there are other countermeasures...
『So…』 Cao Cao pondered, 『It’s time to attack urgently…』
"The lord is wise." Guo Jia bowed his hand to respond.
Cao Cao raised his sleeves and said, "Then let's fight!"
The flags of the Han Dynasty stretched in the wind.
Cao Cao looked up and looked up.
Behind him, Guo Jia stood quietly.
The eagles sing in the sky, and the clouds gather and disperse.
The river is vast and as if facing the dead branches facing the bitter cold wind. Around the tents of Cao Cao's central army, the tents everywhere in the Cao army camp are like plum blossoms on these dead branches, blooming in the cold winter.
The soldiers walking in the camp each perform their own duties and do their own things. The cold light on the swords, guns and armor is like the dewdrops on these plum blossoms, shining with light.
"The world is vast, and you need to know that it is not just a cavalry to be called a hero!"
Chapter completed!