Chapter 426: The First Ming of the Young Phoenix (1)
Chapter 426 The first cry of the phoenix chick (1)
"Li Qi is here?"
Cao Peng leaned on the bed covered with white wolf skin cushions, and his fingers passed through the soft hair on Dabai's body comfortably.
"What do you think, sir?"
"not see!"
Li Ru answered decisively without any hesitation.
He had just come back from the west and was publicizing Cao Peng's past deeds. It must be said that this guy was indeed the number one schemer around Dong Zhuo back then. No wonder, Jia Xu didn't come to prominence until after the Sanfu Rebellion. Maybe in the overall situation
In terms of appreciation, Li Ru is not as good as Jia Xu; but in terms of detailed planning, he may not be inferior to Jia Wenhe.
A war of public opinion!
What this guy did is similar to the public opinion war in later generations.
He led a group of Hu slaves to spread all kinds of news on the grassland, some of which were true and some of which were false, making it difficult for people to tell.
Use the public's opinions to establish Cao Peng's image.
Although Cao Peng is very famous in the Central Plains, in Hexi...
Any material can be used, including Lu Bu, who has also become a chess piece to set off Cao Peng.
This Li Ru is indeed unpredictable. Cao Peng was secretly glad that he recruited Li Ru under his command. It can be seen that Li Ru is living quite comfortably in Hexi. He has begun to grow his hair and has adopted two orchids.
This is an excellent phenomenon.
Nowadays, the story of Cao Peng is spread in Hongze Muyuan and even in the whole Hexi.
In Cao Peng's view, the impact of this kind of public opinion is greater than that of a hundred thousand soldiers. However, this requires a process, and the method is too simple. There is no way, there are too few literate people in these days. Otherwise, Cao Peng would not
He would mind coming up with some other tricks. But even so, Cao Peng and Li Ru discussed many follow-up plans.
Dou Lan summoned the eighteen tribesmen to discuss dealing with Cao Peng. Of course Cao Peng knew about it.
However, he was not in a hurry.
Li Ru said to him: "In less than ten days, there will be changes."
And now, the variables are coming...
Of course he saw Xiliang Ma Teng's actions.
"Ma Shoucheng's heart is known to everyone on the road."
Cao Peng said with a smile: "He has only been peeking at the west of the river for a day or two. Now he takes this opportunity to have an attack. It is in line with his temperament."
Now, Li Qi came to visit.
On the surface it was a visit, but Cao Peng and Li Ru also knew its true intention.
But Li Ru believed that he should not meet Li Qi.
"However, Northwest Muyuan is facing 30,000 Qiang and Hus. If they fall out with Hongze, wouldn't it put Shiyuan in danger?"
Li Ru laughed and said: "I heard the young master say that Feng Chu is amazing, but I have never seen it before.
Brother Deng Wu and Shi Yuan have been operating in Muyuan in the northwest for two months now, which is longer than the time in Hongshui County. He still has 4,700 soldiers and horses under his command. If he can't even deal with the mere Qiang and Hu, how can he still do it?
It's better to let him go back to Jingzhou now."
"But……"
"Sir, can Feng Chu send someone to ask for help?"
"Never."
"Where's brother Deng Wu?"
"nor."
"With Fifth Brother's plan, how could he not know the interests of this northwest Muyuan? The fact that he didn't send anyone back to ask for help shows that he is already prepared and does not need to worry about it at all. This is to show the whole of Hexi the bravery of the Heavenly Army.
At this time, the young master can just rest assured, there will never be any problems. From a Confucian perspective, why don’t the young master leave Hongshui County temporarily?"
"leave temporarily?"
"The immigrants from the imperial court have passed through Fengyi Mountain and will arrive at Zhongwei soon.
The young master can bring someone to meet him, wouldn't it just save him from trouble? In my opinion, I don't want to pay attention to those guys in Hongze. After Li Qi comes, just find someone to receive him. He, Li Qi, will naturally understand the young master's determination.
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Cao Peng's determination?
I'm not satisfied with Hongze's attitude!
But I will still help you defend the Northwest Muyuan in accordance with the covenant.
As for other matters, you can handle it yourself. If you want me to send troops, show your Hongze people's sincerity!
This is Cao Peng's determination.
He needed to take this opportunity to warn Hongze and Ma Teng...
A war is undoubtedly the best trigger point. Cao Peng went to welcome the immigrants, which showed his attitude of taking root in Hongze; at the same time, he also warned Dou Lan that I am well aware of the little tricks you are playing.
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So Cao Peng shook his sleeves and left.
The Hongshui camp was temporarily handed over to Hao Zhao, with Liang Kuan and Jiang Xu as assistants...
"General Cao is not in Hongshui?"
Li Qi was stunned, but soon understood the reason.
"In that case, let's go back."
"Grandpa, are you going back now? How should you explain to General Dou?"
Li Ding looked at Li Qi doubtfully, not quite understanding.
Li Qi smiled and said: "Now it is not how General Cao should explain to Dou Lan, but how I, a Hongze person, should explain to General Cao."
"My grandson doesn't understand."
Li Qi rubbed Li Ding's head and said with a smile: "In the future, I will go out with General Cao more and build up my relationship.
Look at that old guy Geng Qing. When he was gathering in Hongshui, he cursed General Cao and looked like he would never give up. But he left Geng Lin in the camp instead of Geng Jun. You
Do you see the mystery behind this?"
Li Ding tilted his head and thought for a long time, but couldn't come up with a clue.
"Geng Qing, this is a sign of goodwill to General Cao."
"ah?"
"You should know that Geng Qing has two sons who are completely different.
In the past, Geng Qing liked Geng Jun more and often ignored Geng Lin's existence. But now... Geng Lin is a boy who is well-educated and has always longed for the Central Plains. Among your generation, he may be the one who has the deepest impression of General Cao.
Geng Qing kept Geng Lin, which was equivalent to showing General Cao that he had no ill intentions towards General Cao.
Xiao Ding, you are grown up.
Think about things more carefully.
These old guys keep saying they want to avenge Shi Kui, but if they are really asked to send troops, who would dare to stand up?
In my opinion, it won’t take long for this Hongze to change!”
Hongze, is the sky going to change?
Li Ding scratched his head, a little confused.
At least, he didn't see the slightest sign of things changing. However, he noticed that Hongze seemed to be in a group, but in fact they had their own scheming. After all, he was young and didn't have that much scheming. As for the adults of each tribe,
Li Ding couldn't see the thoughts of those old guys at all. Many times, he looked at problems superficially.
In the past, he always believed that there was unity and harmony within Hongze.
But today, Li Qi lifted the veil that shrouded Hongze for him...
Can Cao Peng really change the current situation of Hongze?
He shook his head suddenly, cursing himself secretly: How can you think so wildly in this autumn of life and death in Hongze?
Along the way, Li Ding seemed very silent.
And Li Qi didn't try to enlighten him anymore, because he knew in his heart that this was an inevitable process in Li Ding's growth.
In this way, the grandfather and grandson returned to Hongshuiji and informed Dou Lan of the situation one by one.
Dou Lan didn't say anything, just expressed his hard work, and urged Li Qi to return to the western pasture and prepare to fight Ma Teng.
Li Qi said nothing.
But Dou Lan felt a lot of things.
Cao Peng's attitude made him feel relieved at least for now. But he could clearly feel Cao Peng's dissatisfaction. Even if he won the battle this time, he would have to give some of the benefits to Cao Peng...
If not, I'm afraid Hongze will face a greater threat next!
"Tan Zhe, are you willing to send troops to help?"
"Replying to my lord, Sir Tan seems to have little interest. Although he has gathered troops, he has no interest in sending troops."
Tan Zhe in Hongshagang had an ambiguous attitude, which made Dou Lan more or less confused.
Of course, Dou Lan was not very clear about the agreement between Tan Zhe and Cao Peng. But before that, Tan Zhe and Hongze had cooperated several times and had some friendship with each other. Even he was unwilling to help, wouldn't it be wrong?
He said that Hongze had no choice but to face Ma Teng and Tang Ti? In his heart, he cursed Shi Kui secretly, "Even if you fucking die, you won't let us live in peace."
If Shi Kui had not attacked Cao Peng, Cao Peng would not have retaliated.
If Shi Kui hadn't been exterminated, Hongze tribes wouldn't have complained...
If those people hadn't shouted to avenge Shi Kui, Ma Teng might not have dared to send troops under such circumstances.
In short, everything was caused by Shi Kui.
Now that he is dead, he is quite happy. However, his death has left countless troubles for Hong Ze.
At the same time, Dou Lan also secretly blamed Cao Peng.
You said you wanted to take revenge, but you just carried out some kind of genocide, which made everyone feel uncomfortable. Even if you could spare Shi Kui's life and let me chop off his head, he wouldn't end up like he is now.
trouble……
But anyway, things have happened.
After hesitating for a long time, Dou Lan finally made up his mind to mobilize troops and horses for a decisive battle with Ma Teng!
He didn't believe that Cao Peng would just sit back and do nothing.
There are still soldiers and horses in Muyuan in the northwest. Could it be that Cao Peng watched helplessly as his soldiers and horses were wiped out by the Qiang and Hu cavalry?
For the time being, there is no need to consider the issue of Hongshui County.
Let’s deal with Ma Teng and Tang Ti’s 50,000-strong army first, and then make other plans...
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Following Dou Lan's order, the entire Hongze began to take action.
Regardless of whether you have completed the integration of the tribe, you must send troops and horses to prepare for a decisive battle with Ma Teng.
However, the general sent by Ma Teng this time was quite strange.
In the past, when troops were dispatched from Xiliang, either Ma Teng would be the commander, or Ma Chao would be the commander. Everyone knows that Ma Chao is extremely brave and famous in Liangzhou. In everyone's opinion, Ma Chao is the best choice for Ma Teng.
But this time, Ma Tong came up with a strange move. He actually left Ma Chao unused, and instead appointed his youngest son Ma Tie as the commander. Ma Cheng and Ma Xiu were deputy generals, and Ma Dai was the forward, leading 8,000 cavalry and setting off from Wuwei.
, heading straight towards Hongze.
This is to use Hongze to establish Ma Tie's status!
But no matter what Ma Teng thinks about it, it has little to do with Dou Lan.
On the second day of October in the eighth year of Jian'an, Dou Lan gathered 6,000 soldiers and horses in Hongshui, went to the stage outside the city to pay homage to the general, and took the oath to set off.
After the swearing-in was completed, Dou Lan stood in the general camp of the Chinese army.
With his eldest son Dou Hu as the vanguard, he first led troops to rescue the Li family ranch. With Geng Qing as the commander-in-chief and Qiu Nu and others as deputy generals, he then set out for the expedition. Military orders were issued one after another, and the barracks suddenly burst into excitement. Dou Hu put his helmet on his head and raised his gun. After mounting his horse and bidding farewell to Dou Lan, he took the lead and rushed out of the camp gate.
Just when the vanguard army was about to set off, a scout flew over and rushed into the camp gate.
I saw the scout in a state of embarrassment. He rolled his saddle and fell off his horse in front of Dou Lan. He knelt down on one knee and said, "Sir, something serious has happened!"
"Why are you panicking?"
"Northwestern Muyuan, Northwest Muyuan... Tang Ti took the heroic commander Yadan as the vanguard and arrived at the northwest Muyuan. The Han army marched and Sima Pang led his troops to fight, but was defeated by Yadan. Today, the Han army retreated thirty miles and established a foothold in Camp No. 2 Defense!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation at ***(***.***), ***, your support is my biggest motivation.)
