In the eighth year of Xiping's reign, Liangzhou rebelled. Emperor Ling appointed Huangfu Song as his general to conquer the west and went to quell the rebellion.
Unable to overcome it at first, they only stopped the rebels in Fufeng. Hou Song came up with a strange strategy and used a partial division to sneak attack Chencang, so that the rebels could not see each other, so they defeated them and ordered Bianzhang and Han to flee westward in a hurry.
It is said that on the night of the battle, there was a meteor falling from the sky, shining for more than a hundred feet, destroying the rebel camp and injuring all the rebels. Emperor Ling believed that this was a sign of God's blessing for the great man, and it coincided with the completion of the carving of the "Xiping Stone Sutra"
, so the year name was changed to Guanghe, which was the first year of Guanghe.
Chencang military camp, Cao Jun camp.
"Ha... the soldiers at the front are fighting desperately, but the emperor only thinks about good omens and the name of the year." Cao Cao listened to the information relayed by the "substitute" and shook his head repeatedly: "If nothing else, I guess there are no 'reinforcements' this time
thing."
"Indeed not," the "substitute" responded: "The current common view in Luoyang is that since there is a 'good omen', the battle will be won and no reinforcements are needed."
I don't know whether it was because of several fierce battles or for some reason, but the "substitute's" ability continued to improve during this battle. Not only did the physical combat become more fierce, but the speed of movement in the spiritual state was also faster. Although it was also a day and night trip to Luoyang, but
In terms of distance from Luoyang, Chencang is more than twice as far away as Dunqiu.
However, after leaving the "substitute", Cao Cao was just an ordinary person with good swordsmanship, so he had secretly decided that this kind of investigation should be done less often unless it was really necessary.
"You still can't enter the palace? What about the generals who conquered the Western Army?" Cao Cao asked instead.
Whether it is intuition or rational analysis, Cao Cao is very convinced that the generals who are currently defending Chencang will never be under the command of one person. If something happens in the future, they are likely to become his enemies. Therefore, he must conduct relevant intelligence exploration in advance.
It is very necessary.
"I still can't enter the palace... Hey, every time I feel that I have improved, I will go and see Wang Yue, but the gap has never changed," the "substitute" said helplessly: "I'm afraid this is the only thing that can be done.
People of this level are qualified to wield a sword to rule the country."
"Tong Yuan, who is as famous as him, should be able to do it," Cao Cao said, "As for the other person, you and I both know who he is."
After saying this, Cao Cao and the "substitute" turned their heads and looked in the direction of Fufeng County at the same time.
The "Meteor Sky Fire" was clearly "Merlin's" counterattack against Wang Yue's "Sky Mark". She destroyed the rebel Qiang alien camp with one blow to express "I can do whatever you can do."
Yes, but I won’t use it against my own people.”
At that time, Yuan Shao, who only stayed up in the middle of the night to look at the stars, noticed the beam of light, but because a fire ignited there, completely burning the sky red, Yuan Shao's words were completely ignored.
"As for the 'unparalleled generals' of the troops gathered in Chencang now," the "substitute" brought the topic back: "Lü Bu is the one who can defeat five against one. I can watch him from a distance, but if I get close, I will be beaten."
With that red and black thunder and lightning attack, he seems to be quite confident in his own force, and he advocates violent solutions to everything, and Gao Shun has always played a role in stopping him from going too far."
"Are you including yourself and Yuan Shao?" Cao Cao said.
On that day, he, Sun Jian, and Liu Bei fought together with Lü Bu and Lü Fengxian, who came to disrupt the situation and unexpectedly made Xun Chen's plan come true. They originally wanted to subdue him and then explain, but unexpectedly they were at a disadvantage after the fight actually started.
Generally speaking, regular battles include: attacking and always being on guard against the opponent's counterattack; using feints to trick the opponent into responding, and then launching real moves when the opponent is unable to parry; pretending to be tricked into responding, but secretly preparing for a full-strength attack.
means of attacking and counterattacking; and so on, which are almost comparable to various games made by counselors.
But this conventional style of play is not suitable for Lu Bu at all. He completely ignores defense and launches powerful and heavy attacks anytime and anywhere. Any sneak attack or counterattack means are blocked by the black and red thunder and lightning that wraps around him, which directly leads to three
A general who was not known for his strength had to fight with him.
In the end, when Yuan Shao shouted "Mengde, let me help you" and rushed over, Lu Bu jumped out of the battle group and refused to continue fighting. The three of them were worried about the battle in Chencang, so naturally they would not get entangled, and turned back to lead their respective
of troops.
Thinking about it afterwards, could it be that Yuan Shao's silly aura exuding from the inside made Lu Bu refuse to fight him?
The "substitute" ignored Cao Cao's slight ridicule and continued: "As for Sun Jian and Sun Wentai who arrived in a broken boat, there is nothing special about him. He seems to be from a wealthy family in Yangzhou. The subordinates who follow him call him 'Young Master'.
His character is so arrogant that he seems a bit silly, but not to the level of Yuan Shao."
——It’s so rude! Benchu was just slow to react, not stupid.
"When I went to see them, they were using various instruments of torture to deal with the general named Huang Gai," the "substitute" continued: "The big man was obviously covered in bruises, and he was still yelling about 'not enough' and 'too far'."
‘Have you not eaten yet?’ is something people in Kodong really can’t understand.”
"Perhaps it's some kind of 'unparalleled' that says 'the more injured you are, the stronger your strength'," Cao Cao guessed: "Just look at the ships they sailed towards and you will know what kind of battle it will take to break even the masts?
"
This is a good candidate for using the "bitter flesh tactic", Cao Cao thought to himself, no one would be wary of a seriously injured and dying person.
"Hmm, there is also Liu Bei who kidnapped Yun Chang," the "substitute" frowned and thought for a moment: "He handed over the control of the army to Gongsun Zan and led Guan Yu to 'do good things' in Chencang City all day long.
Perhaps he relied on this to convince Yunchang?...But we can't learn this approach."
"Gather the people's hearts so that when the city is attacked, the people can help defend the city. At least they will not surrender to the enemy. This is the right thing to do, but our identities are different, so there are some things that only he can do, and I cannot."
Cao Cao nodded: "If it were me, I would choose to appease him with a lot of money."
Since his father and grandfather were both high-ranking officials in the imperial court, Cao Cao relied on this status to recruit a group of Taiping Taoists who wanted to seek asylum. However, among the people, soldiers and civilians at the real bottom, Liu Bei's "Han clan relatives" and "Da Ru Lu"
The identity of "Zhi Disciple" is more useful.
If he is asked to do the same thing as Liu Bei, it's not that he can't let go of his figure, but if he really does it, the Cao family, Xiahou family, and other high-ranking families who have good relations with the Cao family will exclude him.
Outside of the support list, if everyone else is fine, Xun Chen will definitely turn around and leave.
In the eyes of these aristocratic families, it is okay to care about the lives of the people, inspect and help them develop commerce, agriculture, and even have banquets with them in restaurants, because those are all necessary means, but treating themselves as part of the people?
Help them do some specific work? This person probably has something wrong with his head, right?
"However, I found out that Liu Bei did not have any industrial business, and Gongsun Zan did not receive much funding from the Gongsun family in Youzhou. They have always received money by completing ranger missions. The pair of swords can be said to be Liu Bei's entire wealth,"
The "substitute" added: "Although we don't have much money, Dunqiu's 'technology' has developed very well, and there are also many horses in the cavalry that are quite impressive."
"Do you want to give Yun Chang a sword and a horse as a gift? This is a good idea. I think his long sword is too light for my hand. I even looked at Lu Bu's bay-red horse many times that day." Cao Cao said: "So, specifically
I'll leave the handling to you. I'll make a round trip to Dunqiu tomorrow - well, I can rest for a few days before making the trip."
"Haha, I knew you would agree, so I took care of it when I went back this time. They will send it together with the selected horses after they are forged. I specifically pointed out in the letter that I don't want horses that are not of 'excellent' quality."
"Substitute" he said proudly with his hands on his hips.
"Well done." Cao Cao nodded.
Based on past experience, the "stand-in" cannot carry living objects. Maybe a newly made long knife can, but that will cause it to "belong" to the "stand-in", just like the "blue-red sword".
"Finally, on the way back, I saw that the rebels who were confronting Fufeng had been defeated and were fleeing this way. They may arrive in a few days." The "substitute" said: "Our defensive preparations for the rest of the month.
It’s time to test the results soon.”
"They were not the expected targets," Cao Cao shook his head: "We originally had to deal with the return reinforcements, but we didn't expect..."
At that time, more than 20,000 mountain cavalry were advancing from the direction of Fufeng. Chen Cang was working hard to prepare for the siege. As a result, the leader wearing a lion-faced helmet, who seemed to be named Ma Teng, completely ignored Chen Cang and directly led his team from the side.
It detoured through the rugged mountains, leaving the coalition generals stunned.
In the end, Xun Chen was the first to react: "This is betrayal! They betrayed Fufeng's army and escaped with their 'mountain riders' who could cross most of the passes!"
Lu Bu, who had been clamoring to take revenge on the "Mountain Cavalry", heard this and directly inspired Lei and Dian Wushuang to jump off the city wall and chase after them, but the gains were very small. It was not until he was thrown out of sight by the Mountain Cavalry that he finally followed Gao Shun's persuasion.
He returned to Chencang angrily and announced that he would expand Chencang so that not even a bird could fly there - of course, no one would take it seriously.
Since they did not face the returning army, Chencang's defense did not suffer any losses. After additional expansion, the generals stationed here finally had to face the rebel army that was defeated by the main force of the official army but still had strength.
The army and the rebel Qiang army attacked. As long as they can be blocked here, they don't even need to be defeated. As long as Huangfu Song leads the main force of the army to pursue them, the Liangzhou rebellion will be subdued.
Twenty thousand versus seventy thousand, all in one battle. Thinking of this, even Cao Cao, who was usually relatively calm, felt a little excited.
