The next day, Cao Shuang woke up early in the morning, left Wenrou Township, and began to practice Cao's family martial arts in Bailingjun Courtyard.
There is also Tai Chi, which I only know in later generations, and I practice it together in this small courtyard. Facing the spring breeze, a set of Tai Chi is very powerful.
After a while, he was sweating profusely. Cao Shuang felt deeply that his body was still a little weak last night. He struggled to cope with the master and servant Bai Lingjun last night. By early this morning, he thought about what to do if his body was weak.
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We can only learn from the old thief Sima to keep in good health and practice martial arts on daily basis, so that we can strengthen our body. After all, no matter what era, the body is the capital of revolution.
Especially in these troubled times, it is particularly important. To put it bluntly, being able to survive can be regarded as a skill that allows you to live in peace.
As soon as he said it, Cao Shuang practiced Tai Chi that he had learned when he joined a Tai Chi club in college in his previous life. The club specially invited Taoist professors from the nearby Wudang Mountains to teach him.
After that, she practiced the Cao family's traditional martial arts again. At this time, Bai Lingjun also lazily got up and went out. Just now she heard the noise in the courtyard, and she felt funny in her heart. She must have been practicing diligently. p>
Bai Lingjun asked Xiao Ruan to take out the copy of Wuqinxi that she got from Sima Laothief from the wooden box and give it to Cao Shuang personally.
Bai Lingjun came out of the room and said with a smile: "Master, please take a rest first. I'll ask Xiao Ruan to get you some water and wipe your face. Here, this is the Five Animals Play that old thief Sima brought from Hua Tuo. You can take it."
Go practice, it’s quite beneficial.”
Bai Lingjun shouted into the house again: "Xiao Ruan, go get a basin of water and let me wash my face."
Xiao Ruan went to bring a basin of water and served Cao Shuang to wash his face. Cao Shuang also brought a face towel as usual, and nothing else like a toothbrush. He just had time today, so he asked Xiao Ruan to wash his face.
Ruan went to fetch young willow branches and green salt.
Xiao Ruan smiled and said: "Here, sir, this is what you want. If there is not enough, I will get it for you!"
Cao Shuang asked Bai Lingjun to bring a cup of cold tea from last night in the house. He squatted under the peach tree in the yard and started brushing his teeth. Cao Shuang felt that the willow branch was still a little hard and needed to be soaked for a while. After a cup of tea, he started to brush his teeth.
, Cao Shuang brushed his teeth, stood up and said:
"Xiao Ruan, from today onwards, I will order you to prepare tender willow branches in the house every day, first soak them in water and swell them. We will use this for brushing our teeth from now on. Go and tell Jian Jia."
Xiao Ruan smiled and said: "Okay, sir, I will tell Mrs. Jianjia and the others right away."
Bai Lingjun took the facekerchief from Xiao Ruan's hand with a sweet look on his face, wiped Cao Shuang's face, and said with a smile: "I was still wondering just now, what will the master want to use willow branches and green salt for?
Rinse your mouth."
Cao Shuang thought about his current life, where he could even dress, wash his face, and gargle with his lovely wife and concubines. This was a treatment that could only be found in the evil feudal society. However, he had to keep Cao Wei's kingdom and benefit from his father Zhen Zi Dan (Cao Zhen, courtesy name Zi Zi).
Dan) left behind a family fortune that still requires hard work!
After a while, Bai Lingjun had cleaned up Cao Shuang's face. Cao Shuang said with a smile: "Lingjun, you should try it too, it's quite useful." Bai Lingjun took the willow branch from Cao Shuang's hand with a smile.
Imitate what Cao Shuang did just now, gently bite it open with your showy teeth, and start a new way of rinsing your mouth.
Cao Shuang looked at the coarse particles of green salt in the lacquer bowl and thought that he would have to produce some fine salt as soon as possible.
Just when Sun Wu was sharpening his sword and preparing to send troops to Hefei to seize the Jianghuai granary.
In Shu Land, Hanzhong City, and the Prefect's Mansion, Jiang Wei had a sad look on his face. As expected, after waiting for half a month, the stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground. What was supposed to come finally came. Liu Chan followed the advice of General Fei Yi.
The imperial edict punished him for rashly sending troops to save the Taifu Sima Yi and losing his generals, and restricted the scale of future troops sent to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.
He was ordered to use no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Wei in the future, so as not to be in vain, consume a lot of food and grass, waste money and people, and waste the national power of Shu. In the end, he was "rewarded" with eighty military sticks, and was fined half a year's salary and reduced.
He went to the title of Marquis of Pingxiang, but still retained the position of Cang Cao, right supervisor of the army and assistant general of the Han Dynasty, as a punishment.
Fei Yi also wrote a letter to Jiang Wei, personally explaining why it was not appropriate to conduct a large-scale Northern Expedition for the time being, and comforting Jiang Wei to prevent Jiang Wei from being dissatisfied.
"Brother, please ask me personally. Today's great Han Dynasty, we are far less talented than the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister can't decide the middle summer, let alone us! It's better to protect the country and the people, respect the country, and use our achievements to wait for those who are capable.
If you go to inherit, don't think that you hope to be lucky enough to determine success or failure in one fell swoop. If the results are not as good as your ambitions, there will be no regrets.
For example, my brother Bo Yue led 5,000 soldiers to rescue the Taifu family this time, but more than half of them were lost and the effort was in vain. Boyue will be stationed in Hanzhong from now on. He should be careful when sending troops to the Northern Expedition and not act rashly. After the storm is over, I will definitely serve for Boyue.
Restore the title."
In Fei Yi's view, neither he nor Jiang Wei and other military generals could compare with Prime Minister Zhuge Liang in terms of personal ability. For Zhuge Liang, the six Northern Expeditions to the Central Plains during his lifetime failed to help the Han Dynasty and unify the world, let alone
Where are you and Jiang Wei?
Since Zhuge Liang is not as talented as Zhuge Liang, the best strategy now is to recuperate, restore national strength, and adopt a defense-focused approach. As for the achievements of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, wait for those who are capable to inherit them in the future. If the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains continues, the Shu Kingdom will be depleted.
National strength, if something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret it.
In addition, since Prime Minister Zhuge's repeated Northern Expeditions, Cao Wei's military strength on the western front has continued to increase. Xia Houxuan has stationed 100,000 troops in Chang'an, and Guo Huai in Longxi has 50,000 troops, a total of 150,000 troops, which cannot be underestimated.
After the deaths of Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wan, Fei Yi became the de facto prime minister of Shu. Fei Yi's top priority was to restore and enhance the national power of Shu Han, and the large-scale Northern Expedition to the Central Plains would only consume the national power of Shu. p>
For the Shu Han, after Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou, as long as Yizhou is a state, its total population is less than 1 million, and without Wolong Zhuge Liang, how can they win a battle with fewer troops than Cao Wei?
It is obviously impossible to win, but with the favorable geographical location in Shu, we can still hold on and wait for the future.
Jiang Wei read the bamboo slip in his hand and without saying a word, handed it to Wang Ping, his subordinate and confidant, but refused to help Zhang Wei.
Wang Ping read it and said angrily: "The general bullied others too much. He reduced the general's military power and his title, but also restricted the Northern Expedition. He is blatantly violating the Prime Minister's last wish of the Northern Expedition. Could it be that he wants to hijack His Majesty and become independent?"
After finishing the reading, Jufu sighed: "Hey, the general has changed. Now he just wants your majesty to live in Yizhou and become the emperor of the valley."
Zhang Wei said angrily: "General, since the great general is like this, we might as well lead the troops back to Chengdu, clear the emperor's side, punish the traitors, and then go to the north to realize the prime minister's ambition and revive the Han Dynasty!"
Jiang Wei pondered for a moment, and after listening to the three people finished speaking, he said with a somewhat gloomy face: "Gentlemen, please be patient for a moment. Although I am unwilling to do so, the general is now so powerful that it is not appropriate to make rash moves. We will lead our troops first."
We are planning a small-scale Northern Expedition to test the General’s will. If the General is really unsure, it won’t be too late for us to make another plan!”