Chapter 54: The Encounter in Heaven and Earth and Nature
One mile in the Eastern Han Dynasty is equal to 416 meters, and it is about 1,800 miles from Yingchuan to Guangzong. A team www.biquge.info of lightly armed horses can only travel more than 80 miles a day in a hurry, and it is still without eating, drinking, or sleeping without horse supplies.
Therefore, after recruiting Peng Tuo's headquarters, Huangfu Song's army of about 70,000 or 80,000 people wants to go north to aid Lu Zhi, so it will take at least two months.
Yuan Shu's team joined the army of Huangfu Song in his hometown of Wancheng, and after properly arranging Xu Jiazhuang and his party, Yuan Shu also made adjustments in terms of generals.
The principal who stayed in Nanyang was still Cheng Yu, and Cheng Yu's younger brother Cheng Xi was still Cheng Yu's deputy, and Yan Xiang, Xin Bi, Xun Yue, Gu Yong, Wei Kai and others were also left to assist Cheng Yu in handling the affairs of the Military Affairs Department.
In terms of military generals, the main generals who choose to stay behind are civil servants. Because Wei Yu has always felt that Wen Ping is calm in governing the army, he feels that with the assistance of Liao Hua and Li Dian, it is more than enough to guard his hometown.
Unlike the expedition to Yingchuan, this time Zhang Mancheng took the initiative to invite Ying to fight, and Yuan Shu, who was overjoyed, decided to let Zhang Mancheng also lead an army alone, with an establishment of about 10,000 people.
On the night when Wei Yu and Chen Jia lingered, Yuan Shu also crossed Wushan with Gan Mei in the room, and before the army left, the difference between Yuan Shu and Gan Mei before the two armies made everyone goosebumps fall to the ground.
It is said that when the crusade against the Yellow Turban in Runan, although Ju Yi got the first merit, but the subordinates of Peng Tuo who surrendered were still very knowledgeable and all handed over to Huangfu Song, and Huangfu Song was happy to read that Yuan Shu worked hard and was also generous to allocate Yuan Shu 10,000 people, so now Yuan Shu except for the 8,000 people left behind is 25,000 troops to Hebei.
The Yellow River is a natural barrier that separates the hinterland of the Central Plains from Hebei, but there are only two ports closest to the army to cross the Yellow River.
One is Baima Port to the west, and the other is Puyang Port to the east.
If you choose to start from Baima Port, you have to pass through Liyang, Yecheng, and then reach Guangzong. The yellow scarves in the Yecheng area have not been cleared along the way, so although the road is close, it is also difficult.
On the other hand, if you start from Puyang Port, you have to pass through Fagan and Ganling. This is also the route of Lu Zhi's northern crossing, and the miscellaneous fish and shrimp on the road have been cleaned by Lu Zhi's cooking, so although the journey is long, fortunately, there are no yellow turban liukou blocking the way.
Huangfu Song fully considered the interests and disadvantages, that is, he decided to divide the troops into two ways. Because he had a large number of men and horses, he brazenly decided to take Zhu Jun and Cao Cao from Baima Harbor, and along the way, he could clean up the yellow scarves in the area of Yecheng in Hanoi.
And Yuan Shu was assigned to Puyang Port by Huangfu Song, and Yuan Shu, who only had 25,000 people, was also happy to be idle. This way is far away, but there is no obstacle, he has already gained too much merit in cleaning up miscellaneous fish, and it is time to distribute the cake to Huangfu Song and others.
In mid-June 185 AD, Yuan Shu's army had just crossed the Yellow River, and it took about five or six days to reach the largest city in the vicinity, around Ganling.
Lu Zhi has been cleaning this route for more than a year, and there are many soldiers left nearby to cooperate with the city defense soldiers to stay, although the post-war reconstruction in this area is not as good as Yingchuan Nanyang, but people can still be seen in the nearby farmland.
There is no way, people always have to eat, and those farmers who escaped the catastrophe have already come out to take care of the land that has not been damaged, and it can be regarded as catching up with the autumn harvest if it is repaired in time.
The army was replenished in Ganling for a day, Wei Yu was idle and bored, so he took Huang Wudie and Xun Yan out of the city to stroll, there were no bandits along the way, Wei Yu was all in the mentality of watching the scenery, very comfortable.
Just as Wei Yu's convoy passed through a farmland, Wei Yu on horseback blocked the sun with a feather fan, and when he glanced at it, he saw that there were still a few small households in the field with trouser legs, watering the fields. A small river flowed slowly, turning a corner in front of the big willow tree in front of it, like a jade belt around the devastated village.
Wei Yu stood on the quaint wooden bridge, admiring the rare tranquility in this troubled world, just the adobe courtyard made his mind leap for a thousand years.
He liked the quiet, and could even say that he felt that he should belong to this piece of nature, the broken bricks, the moss on the walls, the rising sun, and the birds singing, making the post-war village seem more secluded.
After pacing back and forth on the wooden bridge, he continued to enjoy the beautiful scenery accompanied by Huang Wudie. But unexpectedly, he stood on the bridge and looked at the scenery, but he didn't know that the people watching the scenery were looking at him.
On the other side, a large team of horses is also approaching the wheat field, although there are dozens of armor, but looking at the shape of this horse team, it is obviously a caravan.
The big word "Yang" on the banner already showed the name of the caravan, and with the support of several armorers, a young man had already walked out of the carriage, touched the goat's beard that had been grown, and looked directly at the concubine on the bridge.
"Young master, what are you looking at?"
The young man shuddered at the shopkeeper who had just arrived under his command, and he was most annoyed that he was interrupted in his thoughts.
The shopkeeper had already retreated from pain, the young man frowned, pulled out an old man of the family, and looked at this person's appearance, it was an old shopkeeper who often worked in the Yang family.
"Uncle Wei, are you looking at the person on the bridge in front of you a little familiar?"
The shopkeeper surnamed Wei is obviously very respected by young people, but he is really a little old, and his eyesight is not good anymore, and he rubs his eye sockets fiercely, and if he wants to see clearly, it can only be a vague outline.
In fact, this can't be blamed on him, at such a distance, even a young man can hardly see the exact appearance of the person on the bridge, and asking the old man is just because the old shopkeeper is old.
"Young master, the old man is really old, but it looks like the silhouette..."
"Hahaha." The young man burst out laughing, a cynical expression on his face, for he continued to look behind him and saw the word "Wei" written on the convoy over there.
"It's Nakado, that's right!" The young man suddenly shouted, "Since Yuan Gong is from Puyang Port, then the carriage that can use the word Wei must be that kid from Wei Zhongdao!" It's not in vain that I chased all the way over! ”
The young man directly abandoned the carriage, turned over and got on the horse, and regardless of the advice of everyone, he galloped out, screaming as he ran.
"Zhongdao! Chungdo! ”
"Wei Zhongdao, you kid is actually cheating here!"
At this time, Wei Yu only cared about the beautiful scenery in his heart, and did not notice the front, under such a natural beauty, Huang Wudie took the initiative to lean her little head on Wei Yu's shoulder, and a small hand had already clasped Wei Yu's five fingers.
In such a scene, even the madman Xun Yan was sitting in the carriage and was unwilling to make a light bulb, and now such a cheating affair simply made Wei Yu's mood go to the bottom.
Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first. Huang Wudie gritted her teeth angrily, Wei Yu pulled out the Mo knife on her waist, looked at the vague person and horse in front of the old man, and said majestically: "Whether I recognize you or not, I have to beat you all over the ground today." ”
Put his thumb and index finger in his mouth, hold his breath and blow a horse whistle, Jingxue is spiritual ran over, Wei Zhongdao turned over on the horse, and the Mo knife pointed diagonally to the sky, looking like he was charging and killing the enemy.
"Zhongdao! Sure enough, it's you. ”
"It's useless to say anything! I'm going to beat you up today. ”
"Ouch, why are you still holding a knife, my mother!"
Just ten steps away, Wei Yu finally saw his appearance clearly, his momentum had disappeared just now, and with a jingle bell, Mo Dao fell weakly to the ground, and the words of looking for teeth all over the ground had already been forgotten.
The two stopped their horses at the same time, and Wei Zhongdao slapped the person on the shoulder.
"Ziyi, why are you here?"
"I've finally met you, Nakado!"
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Xun Yan also walked to the bridge, and Wei Yu quickly introduced Huang Wudie, Xun Yan, and Yang Liu to each other, looking very happy.
In this world, there seems to be nothing more joyful than seeing old friends abroad, and Wei Yu, who values feelings very seriously, is even more so.
But after thinking about it, Yang Liu actually came to the front line in person, Wei Zhongdao was still a little worried, after all, when he left Hedong, he handed over all the rear to Yang Liu.
"Why did Ziyi come here in person? Could it be that something happened in Hedong? ”
Yang Liu smashed his fist on Wei Yu's shoulder and said with a smile: "What can happen?" Now the Pei family and the Wang family are all very well-behaved, didn't you ask Shaowen to inform me to send some ginseng, I estimated that our brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, so I came in person. ”
After Yang Liu finished speaking, Wei Yu was finally relieved. Xun Yan watched and laughed from the sidelines, he really regarded Wei Yu as a friend for so long, and now Wei Yu's friend is not also his friend.
Huang Wudie seems very well-behaved, she has already inquired about Wei Yu's affairs in Hedong, and Wei Yu has such a life and death brother as Yang Liu. Just now I said that she was cheating with Wei Yu, but I also regarded it as a joke by Yang Liu, and I didn't care.
"Here, this is a letter from my uncle and aunt." Yang Liu tinkered with it from his sleeve, and took out two more letters, "This is the ancestor's, this is Xiaoru's, this little Nizi thinks about you very much, according to me, you are also a ruthless person, and you left the little Nizi alone in Hedong and ignored it." ”
As soon as Yang Liu said this, Wei Yu could only smile, but Huang Wudie next to him didn't look very good, the one who was competing in Hedong finally surfaced.
Yang Liu naturally saw Huang Wudie's complexion and said: "Sister Huang, don't worry, it's normal for Zhongdao to have three wives and four concubines, and when he makes more military achievements, it is not difficult to ask the court for a few more lady documents." ”
Xun Yan naturally knew the embarrassment, and immediately started a round, "Since Zhongdao and old friends are together, why don't the three of us have a drink between heaven and earth, and trouble General Xiao Huang to prepare some drinks." ”
Huang Wudie nodded and ran away, and after a while, a blanket was spread out on the ground, a few bottles of good wine were put on, and the three of them drank bitterly.
Xun Yan is a madman, Yang Liu is a big grinning character, they are all born in a family, and they are very speculative when they chat, so it seems that Wei Yu is redundant.
"I said Hugh Ruo, you are on the march, and you will not be punished for sneaking out to drink some wine?"
"Isn't there still a Wei Dajun division to be punished?" Xun Yan poured himself a sip and said: "The so-called upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, there is wine today and drunk today!" ”
"Hahaha, that's good, I'm Yang Ziyi is a rare mouthful, come, Hugh Ruo, let's drink this cup full!"
The three of them didn't know how much they drank, and they looked a little drunk, Wei Yu poked Yang Liu and asked, "Is Hedong okay?" ”
"Okay, after my uncle sponsored Pei Mao to be the Taishou, he retreated to the rear, but this Hedong is still up to the three of us."
wiped the wine stains on his mouth, "I have already beaten the king and that kid, and the other families are also honest, but the ancestor has been thinking about you and asks us every day when the three families will be able to migrate." ”
"It's not far off. After the fight, we will also have a fixed place. Wei Yu couldn't help but think of his grandmother who was far away in Hedong, although this old man was not inconspicuous, but his love for himself was never ambiguous.
During the conversation, Yang Liu's horse team also came over, and the whole ten carts of medicinal materials could definitely support the expenses of the Zhang family's uncle and nephew on the front-line soldiers.
But the next few cars are now the most expensive luxury spices in the Eastern Han Dynasty. This was also what Wei Yu ordered Cheng Xi to transport, but Yang Liu actually shipped more.
"These medicinal materials are estimated to be enough for Yuan Gong's soldiers, although I don't understand what Zhong Dao wants to do with spices, but brother, I still pulled some more."
"Yes." Wei Yu nodded, he actually wanted to make war money by pulling the spices, but now that Yang Liu is here, he has found a more suitable person.
"Spices can give us a huge windfall!"
"Really?" Yang Liu asked suspiciously, and Xun Yan was also a little puzzled
"Of course, since Ziyi came in person this time, how could my brother let you go home empty-handed?"
Yang Liu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he dimmed again, "Didn't Zhong Dao Mo say that the seized Taiping Dao property?" That's really fooling the brothers, the ghost knows that the seizure is to be handed over to the imperial court, even if Zhongdao gets involved with the relationship of Yuan Gong, the imperial court will have to lose a layer of skin when it is investigated. ”
"Pig brains." Wei Yu drank a little high, pointed at Yang Liu and scolded for a while. "Hebei has always produced horses, and Zhang Jiao has lived in Hebei for a long time, so there must be a lot of cavalry!"
"There are many war horses, but the purchase price is also high, even if you can make some money by selling them back to Guanzhong, but this time there is no refined salt cost-effective."
"Which one told you about a live horse?"
"Is that a death?" Yang Liu was even more confused.
Huang Wudie added a cup of tea to Wei Yu, and at this time, Wei Yu also woke up a little, and said slowly: "It's dead!" Usually it is difficult for us to eat beef and horse meat, but now there must be dead horses everywhere on the battlefield in a war, and these things are never wanted by General Huangfu. As long as you send someone to take these things back and sell them to General Huangfu as military rations, General Huangfu will definitely not be stingy if he gets a lot of money and food allocated by the imperial court! ”
Yang Liu's eyes widened and looked at Wei Yu, he finally knew Wei Yu's ghost idea, he had eaten Wei Yu's beef jerky when he was in Hedong before, and those dead horses and dead cows must have been used to make this.
It's just a no-capital business, right? Yang Liu was about to speak, and Wei Yu began to speak again.
"You know that once you break through the county seat, you will definitely go back to raid the nest of Taiping Road, and those soldiers will inevitably take it privately. Think about the use of those soldiers asking for jewelry? You just have to give a price and buy it for copper money, and they will naturally agree. When the time comes, as long as you get the Central Plains to sell, how much do you think you can earn? ”
"Besides, even if the soldier takes less, he will still have a reward, and the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and the property will be lost if he dies. All you have to do is take them over and send them home, charge a little fee per person, and you're just a matter of a few trips. How much profit is there in this express? ”
"Courier?" Although Yang Liu Xunyan understands the way of Wei Yu well, this new term is a little confused.
"It's a dart, the difference is that we can do everything, as long as we give money, no matter how small the profit is, we can do it."
As soon as Wei Yu's words came out, even Huang Wudie, who was playing with guns and sticks, had her eyes shining, handed tea to Xun Yan and Yang Liu, and sat beside Wei Yu obediently, listening to what else this favorite man had to say.
"You also know that I have gathered a lot of businessmen, all of whom are engaged in post-war reconstruction, and now that there are more people and more people, it is natural to need to make an organization, as for this chamber of commerce, it is more appropriate for you to control it, and then you can also intervene in the reconstruction work, and then reasonably distribute benefits to each family, and it will be more convenient to start a war business."
After Wei Yu finished speaking, he had already rubbed his temples, he already had a blueprint in his heart, and they were actually going to be handed over to Yang Liu, but now that Yang Liu actually came in advance, it was better to simply hand them all over to him.
Yang Liu looked at Wei Yu, and then at Xun Yan, knowing that Wei Yu was helping him, of course he would not refuse the position of the leader of this chamber of commerce, he had a hunch that he Yang Ziyi would soar because of this chamber of commerce that was still being planned!
General etiquette is still understood, especially when you have received great favors from others. Yang Liu got up and bowed to Wei Yu, and said: "I thank Zhongdao, I will only take thirty percent of the profits made this time, and forty percent will be owned by Yuan Gong, and three components will be sent to the generals under Yuan Gong!" ”
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