Chapter 3501 No war on the Western Front
In the ninth year of Taixing, winter.
November.
There is no war on the Western Front.
Luoyang City.
The once majestic Kyoto is now in ruins inside and outside the city.
Although Yang has been operating here for a long time and has done some repairs and organization, he can still find some charred marks in some corners or inconspicuous places.
That is the traces left by blood and fire.
This was once a city of glory for the Han people, a pillar of spirit, and a place of yearning for.
Around the city, there were soldiers and laborers like ants everywhere, coming in and out of the four gates, carrying bricks and earth, and building defensive fortifications.
Many gentry and officials wearing brocade robes and head crowns also joined the labor service of these ants-like soldiers, with worries and sighing from time to time.
Nowadays, people who can run away have run away, and the rest are those who have to stay or don’t want to run away. Either they really can’t leave, or they just feel that they can get a share of the new changes that are coming.
Everyone knows that Cao Cao was defeated, and the cavalry of the Cavalry Army would surge out from Hangu Pass at any time!
Heluo and Luoyang are about to fall into the hands of the Cavalry Army!
In such a big Shandong, can we organize another Sour Jujube Alliance?
Some people think it's possible, but others are completely disappointed.
Last time Dong Zhuo led the Western Liang soldiers to roar. The people from Shandong could be said to be barbaric, inferior, and uncivilized fishy people. But this time, when Fei Qian brought the Hussars full of Western Regions spices, there was no such thing as the original voice. On the contrary, many people were already saying that they were really fragrant...
As for the future Han Dynasty's reign, the future will last...
Some children of the gentry said, what does it have to do with me?
My surname is not Liu, nor is my surname that.
The children of the gentry who have mastered the knowledge, discourse power, and the bridges for communication between the central and local governments are indifferent to whether the Han Dynasty can continue to survive? How can the people at the lower level have such a strong sense of crisis?
Over the years, the glory and glory of the Han Dynasty belonged to the Han Dynasty and to the upper rulers. Who can say that glory belongs to the people and wealth belongs to the people?
Even if you shout on the surface, it is almost gone, right?
The common people of the Han Dynasty only felt that life was getting harder day by day, while the officials were still shouting that they would endure it even more!
The corn that used to be one stone was two or three hundred coins, but now the worse and worse corn has increased to three or four thousand coins! And don’t fight, nothing happens, otherwise, let alone three or four thousand coins, even if it’s 300,000 or 400,000 yuan, it may not be possible to buy it!
Under such circumstances, the only thing the people think about every day is this meal, where to look for the next meal, and every day they are struggling on the red line of survival. Who cares about where the Italian man will go and what it will become?
A team of banners appeared in the west of Luoyang, with the word Cao on the flag, which was listless and interesting to the Cao army soldiers under the flag.
These dust-covered soldiers of Cao's army had their helmets tilted and their armor was hanging, swaying and dragging.
These Cao's soldiers who retreated from Tongguan and Zhongtiao Mountain were no longer as arrogant as they had ever marched into Guanzhong. While dragging their feet, they couldn't help but complain.
The leader of the team listened without saying a word, without saying much, nor stopped it. When he was about to approach Luoyang, he stood at the checkpoint under the city, turned around and shouted, "Close the bird's beak!"
Cao's army at the checkpoint must be the Central Guard. The armor is shiny and his head is raised very high. "Which team is it?"
"Three Teams." The captain took out his voucher and checked with the Central Guard at the checkpoint.
"Is there anything unusual? Has the Cavalry Army come?" asked the Central Guard.
The captain shook his head, "I haven't seen it."
After the Central Guards' verification, they waved their hand, as if they were driving a few mosquitoes and flies, "Get out!"
The team leader didn't say anything, and took the certificate and walked forward.
The other Cao army soldiers naturally followed, but occasionally someone would look back at the Central Guard.
The Central Guard scolded him very rudely, "What are the bastards looking at?"
The team leader quickly pulled the soldier back, then bowed and laughed at the guards, and then wiped the matter away...
Logically speaking, now that the country is in trouble and the prime minister is in trouble, should the army be more united?
Feel sorry.
It's simply impossible.
Because Shandong has classes, and Shandong's army also has classes!
Since there is a difference between classes, how can there be a real consistency?
Those who eat meat first will only protect the food bowl tightly, and then try their best to kick the later ones down. How can one let the first eater lead the later ones? This is a completely contrary to human nature. How could so many smart people in Shandong in Shandong do such stupid things?
As for mutual respect and mutual understanding, there are very few. Just like the new Central Guardians and Central Leaders, they also expressed their contempt for these previous defeated comrades.
The Cao army team slowly walked past Luoyang and entered the camp on the side of Luoshui.
Logically speaking, Cao's army is now facing such a difficult situation, and the children of Shandong should unite, but this is not the case in the camp.
As soon as the Cao army team entered the camp, they saw two groups of people quarreling with red faces, while the other group of people were holding their arms to watch the show.
There is a curfew in the military camp, and no noise is allowed at night, but it is impossible to prohibit soldiers from speaking during the day.
The current situation is obviously beyond the scope of "speaking", but some soldiers and military academies around seemed to be indifferent and watching...
"You are all wastes! Such a huge group of people were beaten back by the cavalry and they still had the face to eat, so why don't you go and eat shit!"
"Look at it, you can do it! You stand behind and say sarcastic words! If you have a genius, you will go up and fight with the cavalry! Isn't it possible to hit you five spines and six beasts!"
"Supported by a maid!"
『Your grandma!』
Soon the quarrel turned into abusive words, and both parties greeted each other's maternal relatives.
Such quarrels often broke out after retreating to Luoyang.
No one looked down on the newly joined soldiers and the retired veterans, but strangely, the military academy that should have come out to stop these quarrels often come late, and even waited until the two sides quarreled and started to appear, each hitting a fifty-foot board.
The captain of Cao's army didn't know why, but he instinctively realized that something was wrong with it, so he restrained him and even pushed the soldiers in his team with his hands, "What are you looking at? You're not tired enough when you walk for a day? You're not hungry? Go back quickly! If you don't have any food to eat, you'll see you eating the soil!"
The team returned to their ragged tent, and sent people to get food from the back camp, and then raised a bonfire to cook.
"Head..." A soldier from the team came to the captain, "There is something wrong these days......"
"You too..." The captain turned to look at the soldier, "Why is something wrong?"
"I heard that I was released back by the other side before..." The soldier said, his voice pressing down very low, "Everything is gone..."
"Shut up!" The team leader kicked the soldier immediately, "You want to die! You say all this!"
After retreating, the soldiers who had been in the Cavalry Army and had spoken some words for the Cavalry Army are now gone.
Everyone knows that these people are definitely not happy to return their homes, but no one dares to say anything more.
Shandong's habit is that when you realize that a big trouble is happening, the best choice is to stay out of it as much as possible.
The team leader also thinks so. No matter what others do, just take care of yourself first.
"At this day..." the team leader sighed, "If you can take good care of yourself... you have already accumulated virtue from ancestors... Don't say anything, just eat first, eat for a day, it's a day..."
The soldiers lived in camps outside the city, and the Luoyang city was not necessarily very orderly.
After Cao's army retreated to Luoyang, although it was closer to Shandong and the route of material replenishment was shortened, it did not mean that it could be more affordable. Whether it was food, clothing, or expenses, the amount of supply was relatively small.
If the weather is cold today, the charcoal for heating becomes a shortage. Ordinary big-headed soldiers are holding their bodies, while those civil servants and aides are really trembling with cold!
These gentry children from Jizhou and Yuzhou were originally in Heluo, and did not follow Cao Cao to Guanzhong. Many of them were just trying to get a degree. So after they arrived in Heluo, they stayed here for various reasons. On the one hand, they said that they were on the front line, and on the other hand, they didn't have to really go to the front line to face life and death, which was simply too good.
But who would have thought that Cao Cao's retreating was so fast!
These people who come to the front line to get qualified are obviously not children of the higher class. After all, if they really have that connection, they don’t have to get any qualifications. They just do special matters and recommend them to the carrot. Therefore, these children of the qualifications may not have an accurate source of information. Some people see that the situation is not good, and they don’t even need this qualification. The soles of their feet are slipped away, while others are reluctant to let go. After hesitation, Cao Cao came back and immediately blocked Heluo, and hesitated!
This made these guys stunned...
Many people tried to ask Cao Cao for an explanation, but the direct guards of the Cao army, who were still polite to them on weekdays, are now full of faces. No matter whether it is the Jizhou faction or the Yuzhou faction, they will never be seen!
The guards in Cao's army shouted, their noses were not noses, eyes, and eyes. If they were tormenting for a few more words, they would even pull out the knife!
This kind of "rude and rude" treatment made the children of the gentry tremble all over when they walked there in the past two days!
I don’t know if it was angry or lacking charcoal freezing...
It’s not that there are little clever ghosts who want to escape, after all, they grit their teeth and stomp their feet. What kind of military achievements are not military achievements, I don’t want them anymore!
But without exception, these escaped gentry children were arrested in the name of spies by Cao's soldiers who were cruising outside and were all thrown into the prison...
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At this moment, some gentry children realized that apart from the robe on them, they were useless. They were originally thrown out by various families as bargaining chips, but now they were controlled by Cao Cao as bargaining chips!
What’s more important is that the Cavalry Army did not know when it would come out, and the news that Cao Cao was waiting for was obviously not here yet!
If the Cavalry Army really comes, and there is no news in Shandong, they may all die here!
Now these gentry children were completely panicked. Cao Jun obviously did not eat the hard and soft things here, and they would escape without procedures and be arrested as spies. So they could only do everything possible to contact the family quickly, telling the pain and difficulties on the front line, hoping that the elders in the family would find a way to fish them out. This fire pit... No, this ice cellar is really not going to stay for too long for a day!
It was strange that the Cao army soldiers stopped them and refused to let their people leave, but they did not prohibit them from sending letters to their homes. These letters were like stools, poking them in a random direction to Yuzhou, Jizhou, and Shandong was like a pre-made dish. Even under the cover of various thick sauce fragrances, the odor of nipples and lymph nodes began to spread...
Cao Cao stood on the Luoyang city gate tower and took the situation in the city and outside the city into his eyes. His expression was still motionless, but his eyes were somewhat contemptuous. He suddenly asked without any end, "...Isn't there any discussion yet?"
Man Chong, who was standing behind Cao Cao, bowed and said, "No news has come from where the king is ordered."
Cao Cao nodded slightly, then looked up at the West.
That is the direction of Guanzhong.
"It's been nearly a month since the Cavalry Army was resting..." Cao Cao suddenly jumped to another topic, "Bo Ning knows what the Cavalry is doing now?"
Man Chong's eyebrows moved and whispered: "Storage supplies, prepare weapons, mobilize troops..."
『Haha…』 Cao Cao smiled, 『Yes... If the Cavalry Army bit the tail and chased us when we retreated, I wouldn't be too worried... Now... it's ridiculous, ridiculous. The people from Shandong were still half-hearted at this time!"
The whole meal was silent.
That's true.
If the Cavalry Army was like the Xiliang Army back then, it would be like the Xiliang Army, and it would run away against the wind, no matter Cao Cao, Man Chong, or anyone else, even if you know that the Xiliang Army is powerful, you would not take it seriously. Because this kind of combat method has no foundation, it is probably a wave of the whole family. Even if you win the current wave, there may not be a next wave of troops. Therefore, people from Shandong are not panic. Anyway, if you hold on and drag it out, the whole family will be ruined...
Over the years, the gentry and powerful people in the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty have dealt with rebellions and turmoil again and again in this way. It cannot be said that it is perfect, but at least it has maintained the shakyness of the Eastern Han Dynasty and has never fallen.
Now, it's different.
The Cavalry Army did not look like the Western Liang army. After Cao Cao withdrew his troops, he was like a pervert who had never seen a sage in his lifetime. He rushed out of the pass with a spearhead. Instead, he stopped in the areas between Tongguan and Hanguguan and began to rest.
This abnormal stagnation of the Cavalry Army gave Shandong gentry a illusion!
Many Shandong gentry began to celebrate, saying that the war was over and that they could continue singing and dancing to learn foreign languages!
But some people also know that this is the last tranquility of the storm.
The cavalry was reserving power, just like retracting their fists, not just stopping, but to make it more powerful next time it hits!
Although Cao's army was also resting, changing personnel and raising supplies, it was obvious that there were different opinions in Shandong...
Some people say that the cavalry stopped the army and did not advance, which means that the cavalry still followed the emperor's edict!
Some people say that the emperor is wise and the blessing of the great man, and that the heroic spirits of more than a dozen emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty showed their power!
Some people say that the cavalry was afraid and afraid. There were so many people from Shandong in the Han Dynasty, and each person could drown the cavalry!
Some people say...
Of course, some people say that danger is coming and storms are coming, but no one listens or believes it.
People are always willing to listen to what they want to listen to and believe what they are willing to believe.
So in Xu County, in the court, there are still debates about whether to continue fighting, or whether the cavalry will come!
That’s right, even now, these guys from Shandong still cannot unify their consciousness!
Is it ridiculous?
Anyway, Cao Cao found it very funny.
"Boning, you said," Cao Cao asked, "When will the cavalry send troops?"
Man Chong looked up slightly, paused for a moment, "Spring."
"Why?" Cao Cao asked.
『Spring is the first of the year.』 Man Chong sighed, 『At that time, the cavalry will send troops, and Shandong will send troops to work hard, and then spring plowing...』
If you don’t mobilize manpower, you will not be able to defend yourself.
But after mobilizing manpower, the spring plowing was abandoned.
After the spring plowing is abolished, even if the cavalry fails to take over all parts of Shandong in a short period of time, all parts of Shandong will reduce autumn harvest and produce further due to the spring plowing problem, and further reduce their strength...
It's like a snowball on the top of a mountain, rolling and falling.
It can be seen, but it cannot be stopped.
Cao Cao took a breath, "What Boning said is right... But if he was a cavalry, he might have to send troops now!"
Man Chong was shocked, "Now?"
Cao Cao nodded, turned his head slightly and looked in another direction.
Man Chong also followed Cao Cao's gaze and understood, "The lord is saying..."
Cao Cao exhaled a long breath, then shook his sleeves, "The land of Shandong is full of corruption! Now it should be cleared! While the cavalry has not done anything yet... I am leaving it to Boning here! Be careful! Pay attention to the advance of the cavalry at any time!"
It turned out that it should have been handed over to Cao Hong, but Cao Hong was injured many times and could not continue fighting. He had already returned to Xu County for treatment first.
It is natural that the whole person should be treated.
Cao Cao patted Man Chong's shoulder, then turned around and left.
The crowd watched Cao Cao.
Chapter completed!