It is a hot afternoon. Although the surrounding woods can provide travelers with some shade to withstand the scorching heat and prevent the harsh sun from directly harming travelers who have no choice but to walk at this time, there is no breeze and only the scorching heat.
Even imagining is enough to make people feel the harshness of the environment when traveling in such weather...
Today's average temperature is definitely higher than in previous years.
This is almost everyone's judgment on this summer's temperature, and the scarcity of rain has deepened people's understanding.
Of course, this is only the trouble encountered by those north of the Yangtze River.
Although I have not seen it with my own eyes, according to the information conveyed by business travelers, most of the land is located in Yizhou, south of the Yangtze River. Most areas in Jingzhou and Yangzhou have been in continuous rain since spring. As for the river flooding, the river
There are countless things like bringing about a breach. In this era when the central power has ceased to exist in name only, the princes can only rely on their own strength to deal with these matters - in fact, for most princes, their abilities cannot do much.
Many things.
As for those powerful people, either they were unlucky and suffered disaster, or they took advantage of the disaster to expand their popularity and troops by relying on the accumulated wealth of their families, and formed a country within a country in a corner. As for whether it is possible
develop
To become a higher-level country within a country, it depends on their creation and the reaction of other countries within a country or even a country within a country within a country. This process may be very fast, or it may
It will be a long time, but it will continue to play out in troubled times.
It is said that "the prosperity of the people is painful, and the destruction of the people is painful." But compared with the pressure of order in the world, it is obvious that the chaos of troubled times is more destructive.
As for the more distant places such as Jiaozhou, Liaodong and other places, there is very little news coming, not only because of the geographical barrier, but also because the princes there seem to want to become an unfettered center than the distant center.
With the chaotic situation coupled with the continuous coming of natural disasters, the people actually seem to have little protection other than joining the army. Regardless of whether the army is the army of the princes, the soldiers stationed in the fields, the guards of the merchants, or the powerful private soldiers,
Or simply a bandit who is willing to be killed. If you don't have the ability to protect yourself in troubled times, you won't be able to survive even if you sleep.
Even though the situation of merging states is better than the national average, in the face of the nearby foreign races and Li Shushi's almost unrestricted refugee introduction policy, the overt and covert problems have never completely disappeared. Especially the latter, internally
Conflict is something that can only be solved when resolved, but once it breaks out, it can be extremely fatal.
How to solve it?
Slowly and step by step can indeed clarify these large and small problems. But firstly, it doesn’t matter whether there is such time. Secondly, such a solution is just dividing a piece of cake into small pieces that are relatively acceptable to each other. In fact,
The above contradiction has not been fundamentally resolved, but may lead to greater disasters.
So in the final analysis, there is really only one way. That is - expansion.
Whether it's economy or territory, only the cake gets bigger. Even if you don't fight for it, while the share you own remains the same or even slightly decreases, the amount you can eat becomes larger as the entire cake expands.
If there are more, everyone will naturally be happy with the result.
But as Clausewitz said in "On War", any war has a peak, and any expansion cannot last forever. It can be said that unless you can face the sea of stars, otherwise light will be lost.
The Earth is indeed too small for a single planet, so expansion will eventually stop.
Scientists tell us that if the expanding universe stops expanding one day, the result will definitely not be a fixed boundary, but an inward collapse, and then shrink again into a "cosmic bomb" waiting and nurturing the next explosion——
In other words, maybe aliens do exist, but maybe they were in the last cosmic epoch~
This is true for the great will of the universe, and the same is true for human society, which is like dust or even elementary particles compared to the universe.
And if you feel that the above example is still a bit confusing and unfamiliar, then we can change to an example that we are more familiar with - the stock market, which refers not only to China, but to the entire global village.
I won’t go into details about the definition of the stock market and related laws, because that is an issue that even the most outstanding elites on the planet have not been able to thoroughly study. What I just want to say is that when the stock market is in a bear market, you
You will always see those so-called brick-and-mortar critters shouting "Funds haven't entered the market yet"
Then until a certain moment, maybe the dealers finally changed hands, maybe a certain nerve of retail investors was touched, maybe it was the guidance of a certain will of the universe. In short, when the stock market started, what could those people do?
Funds that cannot be found sprout out like weeds in the field.
Then as the market ends, it disappears without a trace and flows into an industry that you can't predict at all.
Well, in fact, funds are flowing water, and the stock market is just a foothold for it.
It seems that my thoughts are flying to nowhere again without even realizing it.
Shaking his head, Li Shu used the wool towel hidden in his sleeve to wipe the sweat that was constantly coming out of his head. However, before this action was completed, the towel was snatched away by one hand.
It was a very small and delicate jade hand. Without any modification, it revealed a natural color like a natural gemstone. The delicate warm and cool feeling was the best touch in such a summer day. However,
It was such a small hand that was like a work of art, but it had a power that Li Shushi could not resist at all.
"It's already so wet and you don't know how to change it. Really, it always makes people worry so much."
All Li Shushi could do was to respond to Su Xiaololi's coquettishness. He glanced at the towel that Su Xiaololi had "scorned". In fact, it was just a towel that had just been soaked with sweat and affected by incense.
The light fragrance it emits is enough to keep you fighting.
Although it is the good intention of my lolita, I always feel that this approach is a bit extravagant.
"'It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality', this is what my husband has taught us. My sister can't spoil him."
"No, I think this kind of behavior is nothing. The master just enjoying such treatment is already very shabby."
Although Loli Qiao did not participate in the argument between Loli Zhen and Nero-chan, it can be seen from the way she leaned slightly towards Loli Zhen that she was still more inclined to the other party's statement.
But speaking of Nero-chan...
"As expected of a heroic spirit, hugging her and keeping her cool at night can always help people sleep well."
"Even Yu would feel very troubled by what the master said."
Ahem, now is indeed not the time to talk about such remarks in daylight, and it can be seen from the way a certain lolita used a little force when wiping her sweat. She is not happy about her "job" being robbed.
Very unhappy.
Although I wanted to hold her to sleep before (very pure~), it was only possible when the other party was in a good mood.
Although the surrounding girls became a little more lively after some teasing, it could not change the atmosphere of the entire team - compared to the leisurely atmosphere when they came, the team now has a solemn feeling.
Whether it was that they still couldn't find what they were looking for until they left, or they met an opponent who frightened them at the end, or the strange young man from Xianbei put great pressure on them. Everything showed that
The memories left behind from this trip seem to be mostly unhappy ones.
Even though the first point was actually expected, the following events still made people feel slightly unprepared.
Of course, the soldiers were not devastated by this. They even ignited a strong fire of confrontation, but the taste of failure did make people feel uncomfortable. No one likes to fail. Even if they say "I need this"
Those guys who "fail to remind xxoo to pay attention" also want to keep winning until the end of time.
However, it seems that losing a few games that are not too important can release some of the pressure accumulated from consecutive victories. A failure that is not devastating is just a small setback for this team.
Just cross over.
What's more, not everyone is obsessed with this failure, such as:
"Zhongkang, you have been acting uneasy since just now. Tell me, what do you want to ask me?"
"My Lord, that, that, what on earth were that Lord and that Xianbei man laughing at in the end? I asked Brother Dian Wei, but Brother Dian Wei explained to me for a long time and I still couldn't understand. Later I went to ask a few more
There are several military advisors, but several military advisors just didn’t speak up and told me, ‘You can figure it out by yourself in due time.’ This is simply bullying an honest person.”
Well, I saw a little fox snickering out of the corner of my eye. It is definitely you, the source of all mistakes, Guo Jia children's shoes!
"The reason why the two of us laughed was because we realized that we and the other party had already understood each other's thoughts, so there was no need to continue talking, and everything was settled."
"But I still can't figure it out."
"The enemy we have to face may be very strong, or it may be a terrifying existence. Even if I can unify this troubled world, with such a broken country, I may not be able to gather enough strength to fight against such an enemy. So in the end, we must
We must unite all forces that can be united, and this includes our enemies, the Xianbei people."
"Oh! I understand. Although the lord may unite with the Xianbei people, but who listens to whom is a big problem. Just like what military advisors often say, 'There are no two days in the sky and no two masters in man', so in the end we still have to
You just have to do it once, right?"
"Yes, it may be the most intense war, but that's not necessarily true."
"Why? There are obviously more terrifying opponents."
"Because both we and the other party are essentially selfish human beings, and they will always have that ridiculous sense of luck unless they have to. Maybe a few outstanding people with long-term vision will emerge among these people, but
For most people, all they can see and are willing to control is the small area in front of them. So this war will eventually break out. Perhaps there is only one thing he and I can do, and that is to try to make this war as smooth as possible.
We will not let either side shed the last drop of blood."
"Why should my lord be so discouraged? With people like us helping my lord, perhaps by then the other party will realize that we are an invincible existence to them. Maybe we will achieve what is said in the book, 'Conquer the enemy without fighting'."
Soldiers are ready."
"Hahaha! Zhong Kang has a good ambition. And you are right, with you here, we will definitely win the final victory!"
"Haha! I love hearing this. This is like the Shushi I know, isn't it my precious daughter~"
"Well~ I like to give Xiao Lingqi delicious and fun bookish uncle~"
"My favorite..." orz.
"Pork..." otl.
"Just leave these two idiots alone."
As the sun set, the only ones left on the road were two frustrated people who had turned into gray-white ashes. They cast long shadows, as if telling the lonely flowers and trees around them the tragic situation they had experienced.
Well, it seems more perfect if it is paired with a desolate Erquan Yingyue.
Blind Abing.
Well, the ancestors of this great master may still be in the most primitive form of life. The person being called is naturally not in the service area.
Perhaps it is precisely because almost everyone's eyes were attracted to these two strange guys. Therefore, no one noticed the interaction between the two girls who approached at some point——
"Why did you stop me at that time? Both you and I have the ability to kill that man, and as long as we kill that man, Xianbei will no longer have an opponent for your man, right? This doesn't look like yours
Code of conduct.”
"This is indeed a very tempting proposal. But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that maybe it would be in our interests to keep that man. And, compared to that man, I am more interested in being surrounded by those sneaky people.
I’m even more interested in the reason why the evil guy went to the hinterland of Xianbei and made such a big fuss.”
"Didn't I say that those guys planned to steal a treasure from the Xianbei people?"
"Can you completely believe what the enemy says? And even if it is true, aren't you interested in the thing that interests those people? Regardless of whether you are interested or not, at least I am quite interested~"
"It's really worrying that your curiosity is still so strong."
"Thank you for the compliment. The little girl is very frightened."
"..."
"Hehe~"
Even Luo He didn't notice that the smile on Su Xiaololi's face at this time was so bright compared to usual times.
Although everyone's spirits were not very high, it did not affect their traveling speed. Even knowing the existence of a powerful enemy made their steps a little more hurried.
Within a few days, the team returned to Pingcheng County in the north of Yanmen, which was also the residence of Pingbei Colonel Gao Shun, who was personally appointed by Li Shushi. It was the advance base and support base for Bingzhou's frontline against foreign aliens.
"Zian, ask your men to pay more attention. This time when we go north, we encountered enemies who are looking for trouble."
Regarding the army that came from nowhere, all Li Shushi could do was to tell Gao Shun to be careful. After all, the number of the opponent was not large, and the individual strength was strong. Facing a large army, it could cover thousands of miles, while a small one could escape thousands of miles away.
Troops can easily defeat the attack. It can be said that unless the commander of that troop commits suicide, there is almost nothing that can be done about it.
Well, even the blockade, food and water deprivation and consumption tactics that are very effective for ordinary people are completely immune to those guys who are essentially no different from ghost soldiers, and create the basic conditions for the opponent to be able to appear and disappear.
However, Gao Shun showed a rather helpless look at Li Shushi's reminder.
"If the lord could have said this to Shun two or three days earlier, maybe Shun would have gathered troops to help the lord test the powerful enemy, but now he is really powerless and unable to divide his troops."
Well, what Li Shushi looks like is a helpless look. In fact, for people who are not familiar with Gao Shun, that stern face looks like there is no change in expression at all, and it seems that even the micro-expressions have not changed much.
"What's going on? Could it be that Bingzhou was attacked by another enemy without my knowledge?!"
The surprised expression on Li Shushi's face at this time was really not a lie, because he had just come back and hadn't seen the latest newspaper yet, so naturally he didn't know enough about the latest situation. After hearing Gao Shun's words, he naturally thought of the latest news.
The answer that could happen.
Although Gao Shun immediately rejected it by shaking his head.
"It's not what the lord thought. The reason why this happened was not because the enemy troops were attacking. On the contrary, it was to cooperate with the military operations in the south and west. After weighing the balance, I sent out most of my troops, which also resulted in
Now I am afraid that the troops that can be mobilized by Yanmen and Yunzhong are not enough to support the lord's actions."
Although Gao Shun seemed to have misunderstood Li Shushi's ideas from the beginning, that was no longer important to Li Shushi. The most important issue now has become to find out what the "military operations" Gao Shun mentioned were.
Who initiated it, and what purpose did it have that made Gao Shun make such a decision and cooperate with it.
"My lord, don't be anxious. Although the specific situation is unclear, I think there should be definite news delivered in three to five days, and by that time my lord will understand everything."
Hey, hey, hey, I am your lord, right? If you hide it from me, aren't you afraid that I will wear small shoes for you?
Although he was slandering in his heart, Li Shushi knew very well that with Gao Shun's calmness, even if he seemed to be a bit predisposed in this matter, he was not a rash person in general. Besides, he placed Gao Shun in Northern Xinjiang and
If you are entrusted with full power, you will naturally have to trust his judgment, so the above-mentioned slander can only become something rotten in the stomach.
However, Li Shushi's poor IQ does not mean that everyone is like this. For example, a little fox showed a strange smile after hearing the conversation between two people.
Of course, Li Shushi, who was knocked down by a pebble thrown from nowhere, saw this scene when he turned around to look for the "culprit". Although he didn't quite believe that Guo Jia was the murderer, he couldn't just let it go.
It's past him, right?
As a result, the snickering on Guo Jia's face turned into a helpless and bitter smile after being caught in the act.
"Ha~Jia thinks that the actions mentioned by General Gao Zi'an must be closely related to Huang Han's promotion to prefecture and Liangzhou."
Oh~ I see.
Li Shushi said that he had a sudden and profound enlightenment.
only……
Guo Jia, why do you look at Jia Xu, the old fox, with such resentment in your eyes?
Pan Sen: This is an additional update for the 15-month ticket.
Pan Sen 2: There will be an update tomorrow to celebrate 69tank sauce~
Pan Sen 3: We will probably be able to achieve full attendance next month, so there will be no new updates except the 30,000 recommended updates that have been promised next month. Please forgive me.
Pan Sen 4: In other words, there will be two updates of 10,000 words tomorrow~ (To be continued...)