"Brother, is that person worthy of our trust? Han Fu is just a grasshopper after autumn - he can't jump around for a few days. Now his behavior seems to me like a person who knows that he is about to drown, but he must kill everyone around him.
The feeling of pulling people into the water together is completely like a lunatic's behavior. Isn't it too dangerous for us to cooperate with such people?"
"What you said is indeed correct, but what the man named Li Li said is also correct. Compared with Han Fu, who is destined to perish, our real enemy is that guy Yuan Benchu. If we compete equally with him, then with him
With our family background, even if we can occupy enough land, the powerful people in those lands will become a group of restless beings, and we can neither beat nor scold those people, and we even have to be wary of whether they will be like those guys in Hedong.
It's like stabbing someone in the back."
After speaking, without waiting for the people around him to answer, Gongsun Zan said the most fatal words:
"Or do you think that with Yuan Benchu's consistent approach, he will really compete fairly with us? Based on my understanding of him, I'm afraid he has already made many preparations. If we don't work harder...
Humph, I'm afraid that as soon as we enter Jizhou, Yuan Benchu will lead the entire Jizhou army.
The team expelled us under the banner of "defending our homeland". As for those previous promises, do you think Yuan Benchu would still be willing to vomit out the things he had already eaten? Or even if it was the things he vomited out, do you really think that he would vomit them out?
Do you dare to eat it? God knows how much poison and poison he mixed in it."
"So before Yuan Shao notices it, we are behind..."
Gongsun Fan made a gesture of wiping his neck. Gongsun Zan smiled and said nothing to his brother's action.
Everything is left unsaid.
However, for Yuan Shao, who has already infiltrated Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, up and down, is it really so easy for someone like Gongsun Zan to plot against him? This may also be very doubtful.
.
Therefore, Gongsun Zan did not see the weird and excited smile on the face of his clan brother Gongsun Fan behind him.
You know, according to the agreement reached between Gongsun Zan and Li Li from Jizhou, Gongsun Zan will send a force to "join" the Jizhou army in the name of Yi Cong to deal with Yuan Shao, Jizhou's most hated opponent.
Although such a unit cannot be as conspicuous as the elite Baima Yicong, facing Yuan Shaojun's army and sending troops that are not strong enough is an act of asking for death. Therefore, in order to prevent Jizhou from using tricks to eat the elites under his command
.Gongsun Zan naturally wanted to send a capable confidant to command this Yi Cong army that had "taken refuge" in Jizhou.
And who is the subordinate that Gongsun Zan trusts the most and is capable enough to take on this task?
Naturally, Gongsun Zan's most powerful right-hand man was also his younger brother Gongsun Yue.
So Gongsun Fan, who was originally Gongsun Zan's deputy general, temporarily went to Baima Yi to temporarily take over the position of the first elite commander under Gongsun Zan. He would wait until Gongsun Yue completed the task before handing it over, while Gongsun Yue selected soldiers and horses to prepare for a serious blow to Yuan Shao.
of.
As Gongsun Zan's confidant, Gongsun Yue would naturally not object to such a proposal, and being able to become the commander of Baima Yicong, even if it was just a temporary worker, was a huge opportunity for Gongsun Fan. He also understood that this was Gongsun Zan's intention for him.
A kind of inspection. So as long as you perform well, you will get more and greater opportunities in the future.
Of course, if Gongsun Fan can perform well and Gongsun Yue "accidentally" dies from a stray arrow on the battlefield, then Gongsun Fan, the temporary commander of Baima Yicong, may have a great chance to temporarily
It’s time to take off your hat, right?
However, if Gongsun Zan's army can win and at the same time fulfill his wish, Gongsun Fan thinks it will still be very challenging.
Therefore, the dense fog of war still hangs over this land. No one can really know the final outcome until the mystery is revealed. It is precisely because of this that we still wait quietly for the curtain of war to draw.
It's better to open.
And just when Li Li, who was the governor of Jizhou Zhizhong, went to the home base of Gongsun Zan's army in Youbeiping, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army entrenched in the area where Qingxu and Yanyu joined forces also received an envoy from Jizhou.
"Ma Cao, what do you think those big shots mean by sending people to a place like this bunch of mud-legged people like us?"
A tall man with a swarthy Chinese character face, a pair of big bell-like eyes and a thick beard, who was obviously from the Qingzhou area, looked at the man next to him who had a weathered face but a faint smile on his face.
But it makes him look a little younger, a man who is equally tall but has a typical northwest man's face.
"What's the point? Either they hope we won't hit them, or they hope to use our hands to attack their enemies. They don't think we are weak and can be bullied and want to collect those damn taxes from us."
The man from the northwest spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, then took off the wine bag on his waist, raised his neck and drank a large mouthful of turbid wine.
The alcohol content of the turbid liquor is not high. After all, distilled liquor was still a tool for making money in Li Shushi's hands during this period. However, some residual magazines from the local brewing method gave this low-quality turbid liquor a spicy and biting taste. So even if
Obviously knowing that drinking too much of this kind of wine will cause damage to one's body, this is undoubtedly a kind of chronic suicide in the Yellow Turban Army where there are no Feng Shui practitioners and no suitable herbal medicine, but many men are still obsessed with this low-quality wine because they
Can feel the feeling of a man in it.
Although it was just a so-called illusion, the reality after waking up would only become heavier.
Looking up at the snow-white clouds in the sky, recalling the "feeling of a man" still remaining in his mouth, Ma Cao turned over and jumped down from the thick tree branch that was originally used for rest. His movements were graceful and coordinated. If
Adding a few more moves with a difficulty level of 6.0, I guess it will be no problem to break records in various sports games, get bonuses, serve as director, win rich women, and reach the pinnacle of life. It really makes me cry just thinking about it.
People are a little excited.
Although it seems that except for the Xihe Games, which was held once, there are no other sports games in this world.
However, although Ma Cao's series of movements were very beautiful and graceful, in the end they became a little less than perfect because of an unusual "pop" sound, which made Ma Cao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
The one who made that strange sound was naturally not the agile Ma Cao. Looking at the mass of things that could be mosaicd not far away from him, even though Ma Cao knew what the mosaic meant, he really couldn't put it into place.
Connected with the man from Shandong who had a heroic look on his face while chatting with me about the philosophy of life.
Wang Yi is the name of the Shandong man from Qi State. Because he was born as a fugitive slave, he has no nickname. In order to express his disdain for those powerful families, even now he still has not found a better wife.
However, because he is the fourth child in the family, he has a reputation as a "hard-working boy" among those who know him.
This is indeed a good reputation.
Because although Wang Yi looks a bit silly, he is actually a man with outstanding martial arts skills. He fights bravely, especially in grasping the situation on the battlefield, and has excellent performance. The most important thing is that he is very "good" at communicating with friendly forces.
Cooperation - Whether you are an individual or a commanding unit, whenever you see friendly forces around you attacking the enemy on the battlefield, you will lend a helping hand to the best of your ability.
Such behavior can easily lead to the excuse of "rushing to attack". But the amazing thing is that this kind of help often causes the enemy under attack to turn their guns and attack Wang Yi's "cheap-picking" troops. This makes Wang Yi
The troops have become the most solid barrier for friendly forces, so even if they sometimes take some credit, they are still welcomed by the majority of friendly forces.
As for the battle damage suffered by Wang Yi himself or the troops he led?
Well, isn't there an old saying that "a long illness becomes a cure"? Soldiers who came from the army must have been accustomed to this situation.
All in all, these two people can now be regarded as prominent figures in the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. After all, even a fool like Wang Yi has good commanding abilities, not to mention that Ma Cao is not only brave in combat but also capable of commanding with great brains.
Excellent generals who are not bad are so rare in the current group of Yellow Turban Army remnants and even more of them are just refugees and bandits.
Compared with the use of Jizhou celebrities Jushou and Li Li as envoys to Bingzhou and Youbeiping, the Jizhou envoy who went to lobby the Yellow Turban Army was not a well-known figure. His name was Zhao Chen, and he was the younger brother of Zhao Fu who worked under Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou.
, although he also belongs to a family background, but unlike his elder brother who developed a career as a civil servant, Zhao Chen chose to enter the military world.
Of course, although Zhao Chen who joined the army was a forthright man, Zhao Chen, who began receiving education at a young age, obviously had a broader vision than those pure roughnecks. So it is precisely because of this that he became the leader of this trip.
leader.
Speaking of which, compared with Jushu's mission to Bingzhou and Li Li's mission to Youbeiping, the negotiations between Zhao Chen and the Yellow Turban Army were much more straightforward.
Yes, it is direct but not simple.
Whether it is the Yellow Turban Army, whose current senior management team is basically composed of rough guys with a few bright minds, or Zhao Chen, who has a more straightforward personality, their conversation methods are relatively straightforward, and they rarely make roundabout ways to say something.
Without a few polite words, the topic got to the core. However, such a direct conversation did not reduce the difficulty of negotiation.
After all, there are too many people among the top brass of the Yellow Turban Army who completely distrust the government as representatives of powerful families. Faced with the suggestions put forward by Zhao Chen, the representative of the government, even though these suggestions are obviously their previous ideas, but now
For the sake of a fight of spirit, he has to express that he has no interest in such suggestions and even wants to do the opposite.
It can be said that without Ma Cao, a guy with more brains in his head, to deal with it, perhaps the two sides have turned from a war of words to a war of arms and legs - even if Zhao Chen cannot match the number or combat effectiveness of his men.
at
Compared with the Yellow Turban Army in his hometown, he was told by a certain Jizhou think tank before coming that he must maintain his strength to a certain extent. Only in this way can this trip not only fail to complete the task, but also cause harm to Jizhou.
Set yourself on fire.
It's just a pity that although Ma Cao seems to be the calmest one among the entire Yellow Turban Army's top brass, his approach is not so much to ease the atmosphere, but to use the explosive personalities of others to put pressure on Zhao Chen.
to get more benefits.
However, because of Zhao Chen's neither humble nor overbearing behavior, Ma Cao had little success despite all his efforts, and the situation fell into a stalemate for a while.
"Sima, why are we talking about him here? Since the Jizhou governor is asking for help from us, it means that their current situation should not be optimistic. On the contrary, Jibei Bao Xin and Yanzhou Liu Dai are both in trouble, so we might as well
…”
"Old Xu, you have to think clearly. You and I already know very well how much our fighting power is. Without this large mountain range, our team would be completely unable to fight against the army. Although the Jizhou governor said
Perhaps he was in some kind of crisis. But the troops under his command were not what they were back then.
The army under the command of a butcher. At the beginning, Mr. Buji had tens of thousands of elite soldiers and thousands of warriors, but they could not resist the attack of that butcher, let alone the ragtag group of us now. If we fail to attack Jizhou, how should we choose?
It's okay to be young and strong, but what about those old, young, women and children?"
"This is exactly what I want to say. If we really can't hold on, we are not completely without options."
"Old Xu, what do you mean by this? Do you have a way to solve our current predicament? You also know that the food we have is a little tight now. Although the mountains are easy to defend, they cannot feed too many people. As long as this time we
If we can get enough food from the Jizhou governor, we will be in a situation where we can advance, attack, retreat and defend. Instead of doing this for now
Our future is threatened and we have to fight against those powerful officers and soldiers. Hey, I heard that another man named Cao Cao came from the south. He seems to be the general under the butcher. If we reach a deal with that Jizhou governor, at least we will lose less
We are enemies on one side, but if we start a war with the north, there is no guarantee that Liu Dai and Bao Xin in the west will not take the opportunity to deal with us, a group of 'rioters' in their eyes."
"Sima, this is because you are ignorant. Our way out seems a bit far away now, but if we get to Jizhou, we will be right in front of us. If we are lucky, we will not be able to solve our current predicament.
Maybe the two of us can still hold an official position, so that our descendants can pat their chests and be very proud when they talk about us."
"Old Xu, is it possible that you want to defect to the government? You are betraying the leader and our ideals!"
"No, I don't intend to betray our former ideals. But if it is those disgusting powerful families, I will naturally sneer at them, but this person is very different. He is our former comrade. There were even rumors at the beginning
It is said that the leader has great trust in him and has the idea of letting him inherit the throne instead of 'General Digong' and 'General Renggong', so..."
"Stop talking! Don't mention that damn traitor in front of me again! Otherwise, don't blame me for turning your back on him!"
"Sima, please calm down. What we are discussing now is the way out for us old, weak, women and children..."
"Hmph! Even if we die to the last man in the battle, we will never take refuge in that shameless traitor. The leader had great trust in him at the beginning, but what about him! You and I both know very well that it was because of him that the leader
The last attempt ended in disastrous failure. It was clear that the leader had already secured victory, but it was him, he, the traitor!"
While roaring in a low voice, he clenched his clenched fists tightly. It can be said that if there were no outsiders present, and if he was not afraid of being noticed by those outsiders, perhaps the surrounding furniture would be turned into tatters in his anger.
"Since you said that, Sima, let me ask you: Do you think the relationship between you and me and the leader is closer or more distant than that horn?"
"Zhang Niujiao is a distant relative of the leader, and he was the first person to follow the leader. It was only later that we gradually recognized and followed the leader because of his kindness."
"So Ning, the leader's daughter, compared to us, who do you think the leader will consider more and more thoughtfully?"
"Do you still need to ask? Although we are also staunch supporters of the leader, it is understandable that the leader loves his daughter. This is the righteousness of human relations. But Lao Xu, what do you want to say when you ask these questions?"
"Since you admit that Zhang Niujiao is closer and more loyal to the leader than we are, why did Zhang Niujiao's men defect to the government with the help of that man? Although Zhang Niujiao did not come forward to avoid suspicion, that Zhang Yan is his godson
, is there any difference between this and Zhang Niujiao coming forward in person? Besides, the leader’s daughter,
You also received accurate news a few days ago that the leader entrusted his daughter to that person, and it was before and after that battle. Why do you think the leader would do this? And even if you can't convince yourself in your heart, but
What about the hundreds of thousands of women and children? If you can’t lose face, you can learn to grow your horns.”
"You...you are..."
"Master Zhang Baiqi, the direct disciple of the leader, said: If we can go to Shuozhou, you and I can at least become a captain or even a general. If we are willing to go deep into Liangzhou to fight against the harassment of the Hu people, even if
It is not impossible for him to be the governor of a county."
"You...how..."
"Sima, this is an opportunity, an opportunity for us to get out of trouble, we must seize it."
"Then what if I still have to stop you!"
"I will not ruin my relationship with you, Sima. But I must find a way to survive for my brothers!"
"You!...Hey...": (To be continued...)
ps: ps: If the company has a holiday on New Year's Day, I will probably update an extra chapter in the evening, and then continue to update the main text on the weekend...
