Extra 1: The little people in troubled times
"Coming back? What's going on outside, and who's calling? Back at the house, the county commander Xu Sheng's wife, his wife Yang, hurriedly came out to ask.
"It's Liu Tao, the general of Zhengbei, who led the army to kill him." Xu Sheng replied, "I will probably spend the night in Shaanxi County tonight, and continue to march to Chang'an tomorrow." ”
"Why is this guy here? Kanto heroes, none of them can fight? Yang was a little entangled when he heard this, and it seemed that he was very reluctant to call Liu Tao.
"If the Han loses its deer, the world will chase it." Xu Sheng sighed, "This place once belonged to the Han Dynasty, not long ago belonged to Dong Zhuo, and now it belongs to Liu Tao, God knows who it will belong to in the future." Just leave him alone and do your own thing. ”
As long as the other party is not a particularly brutal bandit, otherwise surrender is the best option. Those who intend to occupy and govern this place will not easily remove these officials.
The above heroes fight to the death, and they are county magistrates, basically who wins and who wins.
"It's just that Liu Tao can't do it!" Yang frowned, "Occasionally, when I go back to the door, I listen to the old and young in the family talk, this Liu Tao is very cold to the family scholars, and he will not even give face to the family." If he occupies this place and governs according to his will, he is afraid that the Yang family will operate and put his husband in the position of county king, it will be difficult. ”
"But what's the solution? It's already here. Xu Sheng sighed, "If he can come from the east, it means that Hangu Pass has been defeated by him." Two days ago, this side only sent some supplies to Hangu Pass, which means that the other party knocked down Hangu Pass in these two days. ”
After a pause, he said solemnly: "They can defeat Hangu Pass in a day or two, and it is not easy to defeat Shaanxi County?" ”
really give them a siege of the city, and only surrender after taking down Shaanxi County, see if Liu Tao will give him back this county order. I can't say, during the siege of the city, he was already killed and martyred!
"It's just...... Alas...... "The Yang family is also a little anxious, she is just a side girl, and she has five suits with her descendants." No one will listen to her when she speaks in the clan.
Originally, I saw that my husband wanted to become a county magistrate from the county order, and he would become a taishou in two years. As a result, the world has become too fast, and now Liu Tao, who has been talked about and complained about the most by the clansmen, has been killed, and this promotion is estimated to be yellow.
"Liu Tao is okay, I met for the first time today, and I can be a good person. The thousands of soldiers brought with them were not put into the county seat, but only brought in five hundred guards. And stay for one night, I will leave tomorrow, I sent someone to pay attention, and there is no disturbance to the people. Maybe he treats the scholars coldly, but he seems to be quite good to the people and soldiers. Xu Sheng took his wife's hand and said.
"It's just the husband's career...... Yang is still a little unwilling, Mrs. Taishou is gone.
"It's been a good year, but to save your life." Xu Sheng sighed, "Let's just say that in Dayang County on the other side of the river, the county order has the backbone and refuses to surrender Dong Zhuo, and on the day the city is broken, not only will the whole city be slaughtered, but he will also die in the chaos." ”
After a pause, he said, "Okay, don't say so much, I have to entertain people tonight, and let me go back and change my clothes." ”
"Good ......" Yang was also depressed, and hurriedly welcomed his husband in, and then changed his clothes for him personally.
Xu Sheng also had a few years in Shaanxi County, and in recent years he helped the Yang family, who ate meat and left him a mouthful of soup. Even if there is no real greed for ink, the family property is not small.
As for the squeeze on some gentry's families and the death of people, there are all over the country, and it is not a big deal. At least in Xu Sheng's opinion, these are nothing at all.
Those at the top think about how to conquer cities and expand their territory every day. It is necessary to express some pride and ambition, to dominate the world, and to deter the four seas......
Most of the people under them are trying to survive today. When you can't see the future, you will even try to make a profit for yourself: the future is gone, so don't you live a chic life now?
After changing his clothes, Yang sent Xu Sheng out of the house with some worry. The latter, as if sensing his wife's concern, turned back and took her hand and patted it.
At the beginning, it was a marriage, and the two parties didn't have much affection, but in the end, they were married for a few years, and there were still feelings.
When he came to the banquet site, Liu Tao had already brought a group of civil and military officers over, and his interest was naturally not very high. After all, a county's dinner party can't come up with any good materials. It's just that no matter what, it's better than the dry food that was brought.
If he doesn't eat well, the enemy hasn't fought yet, and he doesn't blame him for complaining......
"Xu is late, and he asks the general for forgiveness." Xu Sheng came to the seat next to the main seat and first confessed to Liu Tao.
"Whereever, we've just arrived." Liu Tao nodded and motioned for him to take a seat.
Xu Sheng bowed, and then slowly sat down, of course, he was sitting. Obviously, these chairs and tables have not yet been able to spread quickly. Or do these scholars always think that sitting like that is 'unsightly'?
In fact, how elegant and vulgar is, the most important thing is to be comfortable, otherwise it is to change the way to toss yourself.
Wine and food came up one after another, and there were inevitably some dancing girls and singers performing. Of course, it was not raised by the county order, but invited by the nearby Qinglou. In order not to irritate the Yang family, Xu Sheng has not dared to take a concubine so far.
"Small place, there is nothing to entertain, please don't be surprised by the general." Seeing that the wine and food were ready, Xu Sheng took the lead in confessing.
"It's already good, I've eaten dry food here for two days, and I'm tired of it." Liu Tao said with a smile, "Starting from Luoyang, all the way over, counting the two days before and after, three meals a day are dry food......
"Two days?" Xu Sheng felt that he had heard it wrong, shouldn't it be twenty days? Indeed, from Luoyang all the way to the west, to Hangu Pass, two or three days is good, considering that Liu Tao's command is all cavalry, it is not surprising to speed up the road, and arrive in one day.
It's just that when I arrived at Hangu Pass, it was knocked down in a day or two...... Meow, it can't be true, right?
"You haven't heard......," Liu Tao said with a smile, "The offensive launched in the morning was fought in less than an hour, and the Hangu Pass was defeated, and seeing that there was still plenty of time, I came here to rest again." ”
"The general's corporal is brave and good at fighting, and the subordinate admires him." Seeing that his guess was confirmed, Xu Sheng secretly swallowed his saliva, and secretly said in his heart: Fortunately, he didn't resist to the end, otherwise he really didn't know how to die.
"Basic performance, not worthy of praise." Liu Tao is modest, but in Xu Sheng's opinion, he is pretending.
After a pause, he said to Xu Sheng: "Since you have all sat down, Ben will give you a little bit of a thorough understanding." After that, he was temporarily taken over by Cao Cao, the assassin of Sizhou, whether it was too shou or a county order, and he was responsible for the assessment of promotions. ”
"The lower officials do their duty." Xu Sheng hurriedly said, secretly happy in his heart, it is not Liu Tao's direct jurisdiction, there is still hope.
"Do a good job, I don't ask about your background, how high you can climb, it depends on your ability." Liu Tao reminded.
"The lower officials must keep it in mind!" When Xu Sheng heard this, his heart was a little touched, and then he was gloomy: The problem is that I have no talent.