Time flies by like a white horse, and the passing years are like the running water of Longtou. In the blink of an eye, autumn turns to winter, and two months have passed since the battle of Longshouyuan ended.
In early November of the third year of Chuping, heavy snow had already fallen. The mountains from Dashanling to Shouyang Mountain were covered with snow. The canyons in the mountains and the Wei River plain were all white, with only one or two occasionally.
The foraging fox ran across the hard river ice shivering.
The more than a hundred riders led by Wei Yan were like a zigzag black line, traveling through the desolate and cold white world. They wrapped the four hooves of their mounts with cowhide and climbed up the deserted mountains, starting from waist deep.
Pass through the deep snow-covered valleys, pass through Aocang and enter Han Valley, pass through Mianchi and Xin'an, cross the rugged mountain roads of Hongnong, climb over the snow-covered mountains of Taolin, and finally set foot on the land of Guanzhong.
After another three days of driving, Wei Yan finally crossed the Wei River via the Wei Bridge and headed south to the Changxin Palace in the north of Chang'an City. This was the first time he saw Chang'an City. The magnificent city wall prompted him to stop for a moment and look up and down curiously.
Afterwards, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a strong city in the world." Then he murmured to himself: "I heard that the general and Chen Jun fought in the south of the city, so I have to take time to see it." After making plans, Wei Yan
Then he calmed down and asked the guard at the city gate for directions: "Where is the mansion of Sili Xiaowei?"
After getting the answer, he immediately walked through the West Market, entered the city from Hengmen, and went south through Huayang Street. After walking for three miles, he could clearly see Guigong on the west side and Beigong on the east side. The buildings between Beigong and Huayang Street
It is the residence of the garrison officers, and there are a large number of official residences between Guigong and Huayang Street, which look like the scales of the imperial palace from a distance.
However, most of the official residences were idle, and only a few official residences were extremely busy with a constant flow of people coming and going, so they were very conspicuous. Wei Yan easily found the Sili Xiaowei Mansion.
Sili Xiaowei's Mansion is located at the junction of Huayang Street and Hengwenchi Road. Walk five hundred steps to the southwest and you can see the North Tower of Weiyang Palace. However, Wei Yan didn't care about this. He just asked people to go in and report
, admiring the layout of the gate of the mansion with great interest. In fact, the layout is roughly the same as that of other official residences, except that there is a peach charm hanging on the door on the right, with four big characters written on it: "The future will be short", and the same is true for the left side, with a peach charm hanging on it.
It says: "The past days will last forever." Wei Yan has followed Chen Chong's teachings over the years and has been reading continuously. When he saw the fonts on the peach charms, his thoughts were like flying, and he recognized that it was Cai Yong's famous Fei Bai Shu in the literary world.
While admiring, Shi Xushu, the captain of the Sili school, came out. Seeing Wei Yan's appearance, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Wen Chang, you have been familiar with classics for these years, can you still lift a sword?" When Wei Yan saw him coming out, he couldn't help but smile.
He immediately burst out laughing, regardless of the dust on his uniform, he hugged him with his riding crop in hand, and then smiled back after letting go: "Whether it's the art of war or the butt, you can't compare to me now."<
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Although Chen Chong himself was not good at martial arts, Xu Shu was very good at swordsmanship in private. When he was working in Xihe, he often used his free time to swordsmanship with Wei Yan. Since they were similar in age and had the same hobbies, they soon became sworn friends. Speaking of which.
Since the failure of the rebellion against Dong, Wei Yan has been staying in Henan with Guan Yu. It has been two years since he and Xu Shu met, and they were extremely happy to see each other now.
After reminiscing about old times, Xu Shu glanced behind Wei Yan and asked, "Have you brought everyone the teacher asked for? Was everything going smoothly along the way?"
Wei Yan said with a smile: "I never give half a discount on anything you want, sir. Don't worry! Is Mr. Chen free now?"
"You are free even if you say you are free, and you are free even if you are not free."
"What are these words?"
"Just go and see and you will find out."
After saying that, Xu Shu saw many of Wei Yan's followers stomping their feet in the snow with their hands folded, so he quickly called a clerk and took those who had no errands to stay first. There were only three people left among the hundreds of riders. Xu Shu nodded.
Said softly: "Come in with me."
Several people walked into the mansion, first took off their cloaks, and then put on the prepared round-collar brocade robes, and then went deep into the mansion. After passing the front yard, the Sili Xiaowei mansion suddenly became quiet. There was a small room in the backyard.
The lake, at this time, has a thin layer of ice on the lake surface. There is a small building on the shore of the lake. There are plum trees in front and behind the small building. At this time, the plum blossoms are in full bloom, stained with ice and snow, and the colors are bright and white, making the small building look like a fairyland. p>
As soon as he walked into the house, Wei Yan first saw the papers piled three feet high, and then saw Chen Chong's hair bun buried among the papers. Xu Shu first called Chen Chong twice, and then Chen Chong raised his head as if he had just woken up from a dream, and saw the person entering the house.
There were a few people there, he stood up and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, let's go sit on the bed next to it, tea is being made there."
Wei Yan was extremely happy when he saw that Chen Chong was still as usual. As Chen Chong sat on the bed, he couldn't restrain his joy. He didn't even notice that the tea he was handed was very hot. He drank it in his mouth and it was extremely hot.
He couldn't bear to spit it out, so he held it in his mouth until his tongue was numbed. Chen Chong looked at Wei Yan's figure like a father, and saw that he was tall and strong, with firm and clear eyes. He was both brave as a warrior and a scholar.
Wei Yan looked at Chen Chong and Chen Chong smiled at him. He noticed that there were many fine wrinkles in the corners of Chen Jun's eyes! Counting it all,
He is already thirty-two.
Wei Yan had a lot to say and ask, but in order to show his determination, he still held back. Chen Chong asked the others to sit down and handed them tea, then turned to Wei Yan and said: "Come here
Are you okay on the road?"
Wei Yan shook his head and said: "We are here, how can it be bad?"
Chen Chong knew that he would be wrong, so he handed him another roasted Bashu taro, and said with a smile: "Of course I know how you are. I was asking you, did you check out the disaster relief on your way here? Did anyone freeze to death or starve to death?
A place for people.”
Only then did Wei Yan understand, and he felt quite embarrassed, and replied: "I was in a hurry when I came here, so I didn't pay attention. But the journey was smooth. I didn't see any robbers, and I also saw a few soup kitchen shacks. There must be no major disasters."
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"Which profession should I do?" Chen Chong shook his head and sighed, and warned him: "The most fearful thing about doing things is "presumption". Whether it is marching in the army or doing political affairs, you must pay attention to details and be meticulous in everything, so that you can make no big mistakes." p>
After Wei Yan listened, he didn't answer. He just munched taro silently and retorted in his heart: I was very careful when I was in charge of the war. However, these words only stayed in my stomach and did not come out. Chen Chong looked at the way he lowered his head and knew that he
He didn't listen and laughed a little, but this was not a matter for him to enter the customs, so he didn't press it, and turned to the topic and said: "Yun Chang wrote to me about the war in Yanzhou, but many things are difficult to write down.
"Yan, you should have seen greater combat power in this year's Suiyun Changzheng. How is it compared to the previous battle in Dongping?"
When talking about this topic, Wei Yan was obviously talkative a lot. He put down the taro and quickly replied: "Of course it is much stronger than before, but to say that it is difficult to defeat is to deceive oneself and others. Most of the enemy troops are not at the level of ordinary county soldiers, let alone compared to
Even compared to Baima Yicong, people from Qiliang are still far inferior."
"Then according to the article, Geng Cang is not a strong army, so how can it win repeatedly in this year?"
"Of course, there are elite troops for a strong attack, just like Cao Shijun's tiger and leopard cavalry. But if it is difficult to deal with, it is naturally because of its large number of people. When General Guan and Cao Shijun join forces, their strength is only four times higher than the previous one.
It’s just one of them, it’s normal to be more mature without breaking.”
Having said this, Wei Yan paused and said with great admiration: "Although the enemy soldiers' fighting strength is ordinary, the enemy general's troop deployment is beyond imagination. General Guan and Cao Shijun are not ignorant of soldiers, but they can guess
The enemy's troops can be used forty-five out of ten in good times, and one or two out of ten in bad times. The enemy's deployment is like a horse in the sky, and there is no trace to be found. Our army did not expect the incident in Xuzhou. When we learned about it, it was too late to use troops.
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When Chen Chong heard this, he remembered what Yunchang had written in his letter: "The enemy's army is very cunning and deceitful. It moves like a machine, but it is difficult to respond to the rapid arrows." He was extremely surprised for a while, thinking that the Linzi court
What kind of talents are there in China who can play tricks on Guan Yu and Cao Cao to this extent?
At this time, Wei Yan gave a strong "Alas", sighed, and asked Chen Chong: "Mr. Chen, now Cao Cao has come to the court to ask for help. We are in dire need. In your opinion, when can we send troops to calm down the situation?"
Where are the Qing and Xu thief armies?" Before Chen Chong could answer, Xu Shu replied first: "Chang Wen, we only used large numbers of troops this year. The aftermath has not been dealt with yet, so we won't be in a hurry for a while." Wei Yan immediately showed a look of disappointment.
Color.
Chen Chong did not follow Xu Shu's words. He took a sip of tea and exhaled a mouthful of white mist, then smiled and said: "I am already trying to solve the matter, otherwise why would you bring Hu Jun and Dong Jun here?" p>
After saying that, Chen Chong turned to Hu Zhen, who had been sitting aside for a long time, and Dong and Yue said, "You two have been working in Henan for the past two years, and everything is fine."
Hu Zhen, who had been captured by Sun Jian when he was attacking Dong, Dong Yue nodded repeatedly. Although he wanted to puff up his chest, when he saw Chen Chong defeating the Liang army, he unconsciously bent down and said with an embarrassed smile: "Meng Long's head will not abandon it.
I have led people to work in the fields for the past two years and have gained a lot of experience."
"That's good." Chen Chong put down the tea cup and said to them slowly: "Originally, we agreed in Henan that as long as you farm for five years, I will keep you innocent. Now two years have passed, and Yunchang also wrote to me.
, I am relieved to say that you are blameless in your actions, so last month, after I reported to the Emperor, the Emperor is willing to give you a chance to redeem yourself and perform meritorious service. If you do well, it is not an empty promise to be reinstated. What are you willing to do?"
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Dong Yue and Hu Zhen looked at each other, not daring to agree immediately. After a moment of hesitation, Dong Yue asked first: "Dare I ask the dragon head, what's the matter?"
"After the August battle, the Liang army was scattered. Most of them were captured by me, and many became bandits. Now a large part of the Liang army retreated from Chencang to Wudu, gathering the rest there. It is said that they are fighting with Han Suima again.
There are hidden dangers if Teng and others join forces. So I hope you two will go to the Yi County area to recruit old troops and be responsible for matters related to farming and defending against enemies. How about that?"
The two looked at each other again, and both saw the excited look in each other's eyes, so they no longer hesitated, bowed and saluted: "You will definitely fulfill your mission!"
Chen Chong chatted with a few more of them and asked them to go to a side compartment to rest first, preparing to enter China and North Korea with him tomorrow and explain the situation in Guandong in detail. Then he immersed himself in the documents.
After going out, Wei Yan asked Xu Shu: "What is Mr. Chen doing? How can he accumulate so much?"
Xu Shu shrugged and replied: "They are all the imperial edicts and prison documents left by Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun. There are many people involved in them, and it is easy to offend the ministers. The teacher had to entrust other chores to us and handle these matters personally so that we can understand them better."
In order to show everyone that he is fair and impartial, more than 30 cases have been retried in the past two days. However, there are still more than 500 people imprisoned in the past three years, so the teacher has a lot to do!"
Hu Zhen and Dong Yue were listening and thinking: I heard before that Liu Bei was appointed as the general, the governor of Bingzhou, the marquis of Qixian County, and the commander-in-chief of all military affairs in the world. He opened a mansion in Jinyang, and Chen Chong was appointed as the captain of the Sili school.
Feng Shizhong, recording the affairs of the minister. Everyone in Kanto thought that the political situation in Chang'an had been completely stabilized, but now it seems that it may not have fully won the hearts of the people.