Just as Xiahou Dun and other surrendered troops and generals received Fei Qian's hospitality to relax the nerves of these surrendered troops and carry out the next step of reorganization and transformation, another wave of "submitting troops" was eating and drinking the northwest wind.
, it becomes more and more difficult.
They were Cao Xiu and others who were going to Pingyang, Linfen, to "surrender". On the way, Cao Xiu and others met the Hussar scouts. Immediately, Cao Xiu expressed his attitude and wanted to surrender to Pingyang, Linfen. The Hussar scout team sent people back to contact them.
On one side, there was also Cao Xiu's queue, watching coldly.
The closer they got to Linfen, Cao Xiu and others felt as if they were caught in a big net.
The hussar scouts whizzing back and forth became increasingly dense.
After the empty carriages from Pingyang carried away the weapons and wounded of Cao Xiu and others, the hussar scouts and others became a bit kinder, and would give some food to Cao Xiu and others from time to time.
Along the way, it was okay on the Emei Plateau. When we got to the plateau, Cao Xiu saw the hussars' scouts and light cavalry, roaring back and forth without any gaps. There were also large groups of soldiers, some of whom were a little older.
Under the leadership of the old military academy, we headed south.
Although these soldiers did not make any special gestures or actions when passing by Cao Xiu and others, the contempt between their eyebrows was clearly displayed.
The hussar scouts who first contacted and monitored Cao Xiu and the others had left, and they were replaced by another group of hussar scouts.
The night is cold.
The heart is colder.
The closer he got to Pingyang, the more Cao Xiu felt like he was on a road of no return.
Do you regret it?
have no idea.
Cao Xiu looked at the night sky.
Ye Sky couldn't give him an answer.
Cao Xiu looked at the stars.
Xingchen also avoided his gaze.
Cao Xiu stood here for who knows how long. When he got to the back, he felt that his hands and face had been blown to the bone by the cold autumn wind coming from the north.
Is this wind coming from the Yinshan Mountains or from the desert?
If I had not decided to come to Fenpingyang before, even if I could not return to Shandong now, at least I would not be so cold to the bone. Even if there was not a bottle of warm wine to soothe my heart, there would still be a bowl of hot soup to warm my stomach.
But now...
This war has come to an end.
My own destiny seemed to follow the war and reach the final moment.
Cao Xiu felt the final arrival of his fate and saw his future appearance, but he was still stubborn, even a little stubborn, wanting to prove his courage and prove that the blood of Shandong had not disappeared.
If he is a person who can give up easily, then when he was holding his parents' coffins and running thousands of miles in the early years, he already had too many reasons and excuses to give up. No one would even be picky about it.
I would not blame him, let alone despise him, because no matter who he is, he may not be able to do what Cao Xiu did, supporting his soul and running around in his weak years.
The suffering and pain along the way are definitely beyond what ordinary people can bear.
But now, Cao Xiu felt that he was holding on to the coffin and walking this path again.
An invisible coffin exuding the smell of decay and decay.
But he held it, pushed it, gritted his teeth and carried it forward.
Although this coffin is not in his hands now, it is on his back and in his heart.
Never gave up.
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Cao Xiu was far from the only one who couldn't let go.
Those who achieve great things need to have great perseverance, but those who have great perseverance are not necessarily able to achieve great things.
Zhou Yu obviously has great perseverance, but now he...
Under the same night sky, Zhou Yu's figure became weaker and weaker. Although it was not winter yet and it was not necessarily very cold, Zhou Yu had already put on his furs.
The night is cold and the heart is cold.
As people get older, they have more memories.
Maybe it’s not because people like to reminisce when they get old, but because when they get old they realize that they have nothing left but memories…
That year, that day, Zhou Yu was still young and Sun Ce was still young.
Those wanton joy and laughter, now that I think about it, are as precious as gold and gems, shining in Zhou Yu's memory, and lighting up the seemingly endless night.
When Zhou Yu came, Zhu Zhi gave up his job.
Zhu Zhi didn't say anything directly, he just complained of illness, handed over the seal and ribbon arrows, etc., and then huddled in his tent and could not come out.
kill?
Zhou Yu sneered.
He couldn't kill him at this time, which was why Zhu Zhi dared to claim he was sick.
The Han Dynasty was rotten, and Jiangdong was already full of stench even before it had grown up.
But only Zhou Yu, who was threatened with death, could smell this stench clearly and think clearly. The rest were either blinded by power or blinded by wealth, unable to see or hear.
Now Jiangdong's army has withdrawn from Jiangling City and returned to the water village on the shore. Because the negotiations with Cao's army have not yet been settled, even though both sides know that it is impossible to continue fighting, the precautions and official duties that should be done have not yet been completed.
No less.
Cao Jun originally attacked Jiangling with great momentum, but was interrupted by the hussars attacking from Wuguandao.
Even if Cao Ren changed his name to Superman, the Jingzhou front army would not be able to fight on two sides and withstand threats from three sides. Therefore, when Zhou Yu arrived, Cao Ren took the opportunity to withdraw his troops and turn around.
But no matter what, the estrangement between the two sides has been buried...
Of course, even if Zhu Zhi didn't take the lead in breaking things off, Cao Jun might just turn around and make things worse.
Any agreement or covenant is just a bargaining chip for politicians to wipe their ass.
The torn covenant can be picked up again, but the dead people cannot be reborn.
Zhu Zhi devoured the fat that Jiangling had finally accumulated, and then distributed it to the nobles in Jiangdong, so someone was there to protect him. Even before Zhou Yu made any move, letters from Jiangdong kept coming one after another.
Zhu Zhi’s surname is Zhu, but at the same time his surname is Zhang, Gu, Zheng, and other surnames...
"Zijing hasn't arrived yet?"
Zhou Yu asked the guard.
The guard glanced into the distance and saw that the signal lantern in the distance had not yet been raised, so he whispered: "Reporting to the Governor, it should be...ah, here it is!"
While he was talking, the guard saw a lantern in the distance suddenly hung up on the flagpole, swaying in the night wind.
Not long after, Lu Su appeared in front of Zhou Yu covered in dust.
"Captain!"
"Zijing!"
After seeing Lu Su coming, Zhou Yu felt relieved.
At the same time, Lu Su's return also means that Cao Jun and Sun Jun put aside their disputes and jointly develop... er, against the Fei army...
However, Lu Su also brought bad news to Zhou Yu.
"What?" Zhou Yu could hardly believe his ears, "Jizhou Youzhou... is so unbearable?"
Zhou Yu also has some eyes and ears and spies in the north, but after all, the mountains are high and the rivers are far away. Even if these ears and eyes have news, it is impossible for them to know that Zhou Yu has arrived in Jiangling, so the information will be sent to Wu County in Jiangdong before it can be transferred from Wu County.
Come to Jiangling. After going back and forth like this, Zhou Yu's news was naturally much slower than that of Lu Su who arrived at Cao Jun's base camp in person.
Lu Su went around in circles. During this period of time, he was either running around on the road, or laboring hard to communicate and talk with people. It was a great consumption of both physical and mental energy. He also became much darker and thinner, but his eyes were still the same.
Bright, the voice is still calm, "Captain, the current situation, you might as well make more preparations... I have to go to Hedong..."
"What are you going to Hedong for?" Zhou Yu asked.
Lu Su sighed, and then took out an edict, "This is the emperor's edict."
In exchange for the truce with Jiangdong, Lu Su became an angel.
This is undoubtedly an extremely funny thing, but if you think about it carefully, it seems to be logical.
"The emperor's edict?" Zhou Yu responded quickly, "The emperor wants to stop fighting? Ha! This is really..."
Zhou Yu shook off the edict, glanced at it for a few times, and then sneered, "Such an order is simply... Humph, that's all the big man has to do now... I asked you to pass on the edict, but you have to follow the Wuguan Road."
?Xun Lingjun killed three birds with one stone, what a good plan!"
Lu Su smiled bitterly, put the edict away again, and put it into his bag.
Zhou Yu could guess Xun Yu's plan, and Lu Su naturally knew it too, but it's just that when a person is under the eaves, how can he not bow his head?
"Captain, I might as well go to Hedong..." Lu Su said in a low voice, "It's just the Governor's plan to divide the world..."
"Well..." Zhou Yu leaned slightly on the cushion beside him and let out a sigh of relief, looking a little lonely and helpless. "If Jiang Dong can work together with all his heart, at this time... alas..."
If we go by theory, Jiangdong does have a chance to win Sichuan and Shu.
Once Jiangdong takes Sichuan and Shu, the situation in the world will immediately change, Feiqian's entire foundation will be shaken, and it will also be beneficial to Cao Cao's frontline operations.
At the same time, because Cao Cao was facing further competition between Guanzhong and Longyou, he had no time to take care of him. Jiangdong would have a long period of time to stabilize the place and develop its business. When Cao Cao cleaned up Fei Qian, he would
When the decision is still undecided, it is a good time for Jiangdong to attack from both sides, to fight on both fronts from east to west, and then to dominate the world...
Now all these plans have come to nothing.
Like a dream, like an illusion.
Zhou Yu whispered: "There may be a chance now...but..."
Zhou Yu did not dare to look at Lu Su, but just looked at his own hands.
Lu Su smiled and stretched out his hand, "Captain, there is no need to worry about it, Su has his own way to protect himself!"
Zhou Yu held Lu Su's hand and said, "Zijing!"
"Huh?" Lu Su frowned, "Commander, why are your hands so cold? Didn't the doctor join the army?"
Zhou Yu smiled and shook Lu Su hard, "It doesn't matter if your hands are cold, as long as your heart is not cold!"
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Under the same sky, the discussion between Fei Qian and Xiahou Dun seemed less tragic.
Instead, it is full of scrutiny and exploration, like a god looking down at the earth from the sky...
Is the world for one family or for everyone?
This seems to be an unsolvable problem, just like what you say is often inconsistent with what you actually do.
Xiahou Dun was obviously not a great scholar in literature, so he could not elaborate on, refute, or criticize Fei Qian's problem by quoting scriptures. However, he instinctively knew that this was a fundamental problem and one with serious consequences.
Fei Qian had no intention of forcing Xiahou Dun to answer on the spot. Instead, he asked Xiahou Dun this question and then chatted about other things. Then Shi Shiran left, leaving Xiahou Dun with a messy heart.
In place.
Xiahou Dun was in a state of confusion.
This feeling is like originally thinking that the other person was trying to become the boss of the street, but it turned out that this guy actually wanted to be his cheap stepfather...
"No, no no!"
Xiahoudun shook his head. He felt that Fei Qian's remarks were all a ploy, and he said them deliberately just to make his thinking disorder!
"That's right, that's it!"
Xiahou Dun tried to strengthen his belief, but for some reason, he suddenly felt a little more lonely in his heart...
It turns out that what I value and pursue is nothing more than this in the eyes of others.
But that's it!
Xiahou Dun looked at the drink in front of him, sighed, stretched out his hand, and started to drink.
If wine is not intoxicating, everyone will get drunk. Xiahou Dun used wine to drown his sorrows, and soon he was extremely drunk.
When Fei Qian learned the news, he was discussing the next stage of work with Xun Chen, Xu Chu and others, so he simply responded that he understood it and put the matter aside.
Planting the seeds in Xiahou Dun's heart obviously cannot be achieved quickly. Only by absorbing a little bit of Xiahou Dun's own doubts and denials can it be possible to grow a towering tree that overturns Xiahou Dun's original three views, and the use of external forces will only
It's just about killing seedlings to encourage growth, but the effect may not be very good.
It's like recruiting the soldiers and civilians left behind by Cao's army...
It is necessary to leave the seeds without seeming too deliberate.
A war is not easy, but what happens after the war is even more difficult than when the war is going on!
The dry and decadent dynasty of Han Dynasty had more than one disease?
Have they all been killed?
Some need to be treated, some need to be corrected, some need to be cut.
Each one needs to be weighed by Fei Qian. Under every order, there is a human life.
Take for example those who need treatment, some are diseases in the body, and some are diseases in the heart.
The illness on my body is relatively simple.
Just like Bao Zhong's child.
Bao Zhong thought that it was his good luck that his children survived the war, but in fact, his children and other sick and injured patients were all intentionally left behind by Cao Jun!
How could there be so much good luck in this world, but it was his child who got it?
"The wounded soldiers need to be treated, and they have to be treated publicly so that other Cao soldiers can see..." Fei Qian frowned and said, "Let Pingyang prepare the herbs and increase the harvest price..."
"Will this affect the autumn harvest?" Xun Chen said from the side, "And if the price of herbal medicine is too high, it will also increase the cost of medical treatment for other people..."
Fei Qian nodded, "If you are right to remind me, the announcement must emphasize that it is only a temporary need, and the price will be temporarily increased, reminding the people that they can handle it as appropriate according to their own strength. If some people lose their roots because of their greed for small profits...
Just let nature take its course, and there is no need for special care.』
A person who is greedy for small profits and forgets the fundamentals. Even if he is persuaded to go back this time, he may not be grateful firstly, and secondly, he will not have a long memory. Maybe he will resent the persuader for losing the opportunity to get more small profits...
Fei Qian is now in a superior position. The longer time passes, the more he feels that he cannot cover everything.
Never, just like there is no absolute freedom and absolute fairness.
Every decision will make some people gain and other people lose. What Fei Potential does is to try to ensure that it is relatively fair in the general direction and to ensure fairness for the vast majority of followers. As for a small number of people among them,
Can't get on, or have gone astray...
Xun Chen nodded and asked again: "Cao's army has many prisoners. Do you want to follow the previous practice and promote some of Cao's troops to surrender as auxiliary troops?"
Fei Qian agreed.
These things seem cumbersome, but Xun Chen must ask, unless Xun Chen gets an instruction from Fei Qian to act cheaply. But now as Fei Qian, he can't let go immediately, because now he is only in Hedong, and there will be one in the early stage.
Model, after all, the quality of the model constructed now will, to some extent, determine the quality of the future...
Xun Chen was not tired of details, and Fei Qian was also not tired of troubles.
After talking about the people's livelihood and government affairs, Xu Chucai said from the side: "My lord, now among Cao Jun's troops, there are many rumors, saying that my lord... well, it is said that there is a habit of cannibalism in Guanzhong. If these rumors are allowed to spread,
It was reported...but sending someone to explain it was ineffective..."
The reason why some people believe rumors is because they feel that the rumors are in line with their own knowledge and what they want to hear. To put it simply, it means that the three views are consistent. To invalidate the rumors, you don't need to deny them blindly, or simply deny them.
It's not just about putting out a notice and that's it.
Have you never eaten anyone in Guanzhong, Chang'an?
Obviously not.
And not only in Guanzhong, but also when there are natural or man-made disasters and when there is a flood of refugees, the phenomenon of cannibalism will appear in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
"Cannibals are a sinner. If there is a famine, people cannibalize in order to survive," Fei Qian said slowly, "The crime is pitiable, but the evil will not be eliminated. I do not deny that there were cannibals in Guanzhong, but narrated
Nowadays, Guanzhong is rich... This is the fault of the superior and should not be concealed."
In China, every time there is trouble, there will be cannibalism.
Due to severe social famine caused by natural disasters or wars, people are forced to eat their own kind in order to survive. This phenomenon is commonly recorded in history books. Every dynasty will suffer from cannibalism in years of great famine, even in the prosperous times.
It is unavoidable, as Bai Juyi wrote in his poem, "There is a drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and people in Quzhou are cannibals."
This is not a matter of natural disaster.
Because natural disasters occur every year, big or small, and if we deal with them properly, there will be no danger, so there are more follow-up man-made disasters. Among man-made disasters, if the initiator does not get the punishment he deserves, or it is only on the surface
The downgraded punishment will quietly appear again after the limelight has passed. In this way, how can we avoid man-made disasters from happening again?
If they are not punished and their crimes are not used to warn future generations, there will be a second type of cannibals.
In order to show force and cruelty and scare ordinary people so that they dare not resist, they deliberately engage in cruel cannibalism.
Due to different purposes, the various specific manifestations of this situation are different. Some people eat human flesh to show off their ferocity, some people listen to the heretical magic and eat human flesh to treat certain diseases, and some people eat human flesh to treat certain diseases because of hatred.
Eating the enemy's flesh to vent revenge, etc., is more barbaric and cruel than being forced to eat human flesh during famine years.
Others, in order to intimidate the people, deliberately eat those who resist injustice and display them bloody in front of everyone. This behavior undoubtedly greatly destroyed the foundation of the original country and the order of society.
Even if the disease in the body is complicated, it is still simple. The disease in the heart, even if it is simple, is still complicated.
"In the fifteenth year of Xuangong's reign, the Chu army attacked the Song Dynasty. The Song people did not surrender. They said that they would exchange their sons for food and dissect their bodies for cooking. Although the alliance under the city had some who wanted to kill the country, they could not follow it." Fei Qian said slowly,
"Now there is cannibalism again. Will the country die? The people are afraid of the king and eat them, so they abandon the country and run away. What will the king do? This is a long-standing malady. If this disease can be solved, China can prosper."
