Chapter 28: Multi-Front Operations (3)
Since the day of planting potatoes, ten days have passed in the blink of an eye, more than one million catties of potato seeds in addition to leaving half of them just in case, Dong Zhuojun almost the whole army was dispatched to monitor the people to cut all the potatoes and plant them in various farmlands, during which more than 40 princes who tried to steal potato seeds and more than a dozen local people in Yongzhou who were bought by the princes to hide seeds privately, Kang Peng was not polite to these people, and all of them were escorted to the newly built carrier platform in Chang'an City, and in front of the people of Chang'an, all of them were divided into five horses and corpses, and one was killed as an example.
Kang Peng knows that potatoes are planted to prevent theft, only need to cut the next seed, the enemy will steal and rot on the road, but it is difficult to prevent theft of corn seeds, if you don't come up with thunderbolt means, then the high-yield seeds will definitely fall into the hands of the enemy, which is extremely unfavorable to his own world plan, so Kang Peng changed his compassionate heart to the past, and held the butcher's knife high to follow suit.
At the same time, the trapping camp led by Chen Gong and Gao Shun also successfully arrived in the Meridian Valley, and conveyed Kangpeng's order to Wei Yan and Guo Yan stationed at the mouth of the Meridian Valley.
At about the same time, Dong Zhuojun's order to change his strategy was sent to Lu Su, who was negotiating with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and Lu Su did not hesitate to immediately adjust the negotiation conditions with Zhang Lu, "Zhang Tianshi, Dong Taishi sent people to Pegasus to write, our army has marched to Hanzhong to help Tianshi resist Liu Yan's invasion, so it is necessary to revise the conditions reached between us, add three articles, first, all supplies of the Xiliang Army in Hanzhong must be provided in full and in full by the soldiers and civilians of Hanzhong, and there shall be no shortage; Second, the goods of Yong, Bing and Liang must be reduced by half when goods pass through Hanzhong; Third, in order to ensure the safety of our army when retreating, the control of the Meridian Valley must be completely handed over to our army in case of mispity. β
Zhang Lu was dumbfounded, the first two conditions were okay, and the third condition was simply bullying Hanzhong, completely handing over the control of the Meridian Valley, which meant that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry could set foot on the land of Hanzhong at any time, and the Hanzhong general would have no danger to defend. But a month ago, when Yang Song brought Xiangrui back from Chang'an, Zhang Lu knew that a catastrophe was coming, and the old owner Liu Yan had long been dissatisfied with his independence, and now Xiangrui was in his own hands, and Liu Yan didn't come to grab it. Sure enough, less than half a month after Yang Song returned to Hanzhong, Tanma came with the news that Liu Yan took Zhang Ren and Yan Yan as the vanguard and personally led the troops into Brazil.
Zhang Luqiang resisted the urge to punch Lu Su's smiling face, and said with a smile: "Lord Lu, the first two are easy to say, in the past, the Taishi asked Zhang Lu to open the border, open up commerce and trade, and allow the Xiliang Army transport team to pass through, it is this third article, Zhang Lu is really difficult to agree, please understand." β
Lu Su leaned back with a smile, "Haha......, Zhang Tianshi, Su guess you're worried about our army's bad intentions, right?" But Zhang Tianshi thought about it, if our army was interested in Hanzhong, why bother to play any low-level fake tricks, just send troops to take it directly. To put it mildly, if Taishi Dong wants to take Hanzhong, can Zhang Tianshi resist it? It's Liu Yan, can he stop Taishi Dong? β
Zhang Lu hesitated and was silent for a long time, Lu Su saw his hesitation, and enlightened: "Zhang Tianshi, our army is also to prevent accidents, when Liu Yan's troops retreat and our army withdraws, we will naturally return the Meridian Valley to the Heavenly Master, just like our army is in Luoyang." Lu Su added: "The mortal enemy of our army is the princes outside the Guanwai, not Zhang Tianshi, who is at peace with our army, please consider this point carefully." β
Zhang Lu weighed it for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, my father agrees, but there is one thing, when Dong Taishi's army withdraws, we must return the Meridian Valley to our army." β
Lu Su smiled: "Of course, Lu Su swore to heaven that he would return the Meridian Valley to Hanzhong at that time." Zhang Tianshi, please make a covenant. "Lu Suxin said, if you were defeated and killed before Meridian Valley was handed over to you, then I would not have broken my oath.
The letter of alliance was quickly established, after Lu Su and Zhang Lu drew a detention, Lu Su immediately resigned, he still had a lot of things to do, first of all, he went to Liu Yan, persuaded Liu Yan to open the channel to Chang'an merchants, borrowed the hands of merchants to secretly support Yuan Shu, and tried to make Liu Yan not to make a big move before the new grain in Chang'an came out, and after the harvest of the new grain in Chang'an, he didn't care what Liu Yan wanted to do, which was much more difficult than lobbying Zhang Luke.
This day may be destined to be an unusual day, in the name of killing the national thief, the 100,000 army led by Liu Bei personally finally killed Xia Cai, the pioneer Huang Zhong shot Yuan Shu guard Chen Lan with an arrow, and easily occupied Xia Cai, and the Shouchun defense line has been exposed in front of Liu Bei's Danyang soldiers.
On the same day, Liu Biao's generals Cai Mao and Wen Ping led 90,000 troops out of Yiyang to pass Pingchun, approaching Gwangju, and Yuan Shu was caught in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides. And Sun Jian, who was stationed at the mouth of the Jiujiang River, had been chased and beaten by Yuan Shu for a year, and of course he would not let go of this opportunity, and was gathering troops at the mouth of the Jiujiang River, preparing to stab Yuan Shu in the back......
Of course, Kang Peng, who was in Chang'an, didn't know these things, he was in another trouble that gave him a headache, since the Gan Mi incident, he hadn't been to Cai Wenji's room for more than ten nights, although this time was only ordinary for Xiu'er, Fuyu, Anyang and Pingyang, but for Cai Wenji, it was never. For more than ten days, Cai Wenji didn't think about tea and dinner, just cried all day long, although Kang Peng hated her for interfering with her flowers, but after all, he still loved her deeply, and he had to listen to the maid report her situation every day and care about her from the side.
After the business was dealt with that day, it was already dark, Kang Peng heard the maid's report that Cai Wenji had not eaten a grain of rice today, after all, he still couldn't bear it, and he personally cooked a pot of eight-treasure porridge for her that was not available in this era, regardless of fatigue, and sent it to her room.
As soon as she entered Cai Wenji's room, Kang Peng saw that Dong Peng had already fallen asleep, there was no maid, and Cai Wenji's little followers were holding some steamed buns, flatbreads and other foods to persuade her to eat, but Cai Wenji closed her eyes tightly and didn't say anything. Kang Peng coughed, and when he heard this sound, Cai Wenji suddenly opened her eyes, and when she saw Kang Peng, she closed it again, and her head was twisted to the side.
Sun Shangxiang was the first to rush up and screamed: "Bad master, do you still know to come to my sister's place?" Why don't you go with your vixen surnamed Gan? β
Zhen Mi and Wu Xin also ran over, pushing Kang Peng out, and screamed: "Bad Taishi, get out, my sister is angry with you, do you still want to be angry with my sister?" β
Kang Peng smiled bitterly, opened the porridge bowl in his hand, and the tempting sweet fragrance suddenly filled the entire room, and said with a dry smile: "Wen Ji, Benxiang personally boiled a pot of porridge for you, you can taste it." Xiangxiang, Mi'er, Xin'er, you also try your own craftsmanship. β
Cai Wenji's eyes were still closed, and she said coldly: "The fox spirit sent to you, I will take Peng'er back to Luoyang tomorrow, and I will never come back." β
Sun Shangxiang and the other little girls also shouted, "The fox spirit sent to you, we don't want it." That being said, the fragrance of the eight-treasure porridge still made these little girls swallow their saliva.
Kang Peng glanced at these little girls, and also quietly swallowed their saliva, these little girls have grown up a lot for more than a year, especially the eldest Zhen Mi is more than thirteen years old, in this era is already the age when she can get married, and the pampered life has made her develop extremely well, the place that should be abrupt, the concave place is concave, it simply makes the bad students have an urge to commit crimes, Sun Shangxiang and Wu Xin are also eleven years old, although their figures are not as attractive as Zhen Mi, But the two charming little faces are still lethal enough for bad students.
Although Cai Wenji turned her face, the corner of her eyes was still staring at Kang Peng, seeing Kang Peng looking at Sun Shangxiang and other little girls, Cai Wenji, who knew Kang Peng very well, suddenly knew that it was not good-she knew very well that although Kang Peng was old, she had insisted on exercising for a long time under her pressure for more than a year, taking Hua Tuo's carefully refined elixir, and her body was stronger than that of normal young people.
Cai Wenji snorted heavily, "Xiangxiang, Mi'er, Xin'er, you go and rest, I have something to say to the Taishi." β
It's a pity that Sun Shangxiang and a few other little girls didn't accept her love, Sun Shangxiang pouted and said: "I won't go, lest the bad master beat you with a dragon head cane again." Zhen Mi and Wu Xin also echoed it, saying that they were unwilling to let Cai Wenji go.
Kang Peng's mind was moved, so he got off the donkey and said: "Yes, I won't go, just here, I will give you delicious food." Kang Pengxin said, anyway, he has already eaten all the luscious aunts, so let's just eat these little beauties tonight. After all, a few little girls are still young, and they are still clapping and cheering, so they know that this bad student has already moved evil thoughts.
Kang Peng filled a bowl of hot eight-treasure porridge and handed it to Cai Wenji, "Madam, you haven't eaten today, drink a bowl quickly to replenish your qi and nourish your body." Cai Wenji saw that a few little girls had already drunk sweetly, and they were jealous, angry and anxious, and their heads twisted even more.
Kang Peng didn't care about her thoughts, took her in his arms, and handed the spoon to her mouth, "Good, take a bite, this is what Benxiang personally boiled for you." β
Cai Wenji bit Kang Peng's arm heavily, leaned into Kang Peng's ear and said, "What do you want to do by leaving Xiangxiang and them here?" Let them out, I have something to say to you. β
Kang Peng smiled but didn't answer, and then Sun Shangxiang noticed Cai Wenji's small movements, and asked vaguely with porridge in her mouth: "Sister, what do you say to the bad master?" β
Cai Wenji was ashamed and angry, but Kang Peng preemptively said: "Your sister said that she wants to feed you porridge as well, are you willing?" β
The naΓ―ve Sun Shangxiang suspected it, and threw herself into Kang Peng's arms with a cheer, "Yes, yes." Xiaozui came to Kang Peng's hand and drank the porridge in the spoon first. Zhen Mi and Wu Xin were also not polite, jumped to Kang Peng's two thick legs and sat on the left and right, and said coquettishly: "Master, we also want you to feed." β
Of course Kang Peng agreed, but Cai Wenji's pretty face turned white, and she almost wanted to have a seizure, but after thinking about it, her relationship with the two princesses and Gan Yu was very poor, almost to the point of not swearing to each other, Xiu'er and Fuyu were centrists, and the two did not help each other, and they were too weak to be alone, and if they wanted to completely tie the heart of the old ugly ghost, why not pull a few allies......
Cai Wenji forced a smile, "Xiangxiang, Mi'er, Xin'er, since you don't want to go back to the room to sleep, your sister's bed is big, can you sleep with your sister tonight?" Sun Shangxiang and a few other little girls knew that a catastrophe was coming, and they were still there full of promises, happily going to make the bed and fold the quilt, ready to rest.
After they walked away, Cai Wenji put her small mouth to Kang Peng's ear again, and said sourly: "Old ugly ghost, I gave you a wish today, so that you don't have to worry about it all day in the future." But I have one condition, you are not allowed to ask for concubines in the future, and you must be the best for me and Peng'er, and then other women, otherwise I will not be able to spare you. β
Kang Peng was secretly happy in his heart, and his big mouth was also next to her little ear, and he laughed in a low voice: "That's right, Tan Mi, a rich man in Chang'an, has more than a dozen little wives, and he is a princess, so what's the point of asking for a few more?" But don't worry, the person who hurts the most in this appearance is definitely you. β