What is it?

Just as he was thinking, a sharp knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

After opening the door, Zhang Duan broke in.

Zhao Yue couldn't help frowning slightly when she saw him panting, but she smiled with relief and said happily for him: "I'm afraid that you just received the money, big brother, I'm so happy." ”

Zhang Duan straightened up, smiled without retreating, and wondered: "Changjiao, how do you know?" ”

Zhao Yue shook her head: "Alas, just now in the house, I heard a noise outside, and there are probably not a few people, I think it is your Dong family's soldiers who have received the money." ”

Zhang Duanxi said: "Sure enough, it's my brother Changjiao, who is smarter than me, come." As he spoke, he took out a few coins from his hand, grabbed Zhao Yue's hand, and put it in his palm.

Zhao Yue was obviously startled, and hurriedly pushed: "What are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Duan looked taken for granted: "Just take it for you, we have fifteen dollars per person here, I keep seven, give you eight, you have an old mother at home, let you take it, our brothers, who follows whom." ”

At the time of the Han Dynasty, since Emperor Wu Yuanjia five years, the money circulated and traded in the court was called five baht, which was cast by copper. What Zhao Yue was holding in his hand were eight five-baht copper coins.

Zhao Yue held the money in her hand, her heart was full of warmth, and she was moved: "Since this is the case, then I will thank you here first." ”

Zhang Duan didn't care: "You and I, what are you talking about, but I'm wondering, why don't you join me as a soldier of Lord Dong, but as a soldier of the Han Dynasty?" ”

Zhao Yue silently put away the money, sighed, and then let Zhang Duan sit down on the bed, and then explained: "Brother, you don't know, I also wanted to be a soldier of Lord Dong, but I saw that Liu Zheng, the marquis of the Han army, seemed to have something unspeakable, and thought that if being a soldier under him could help him, he might as well be a good person, so he ......" Zhao Yue wanted to speak and stopped, hesitating in her heart, but she didn't regret this choice.

Zhang Duan sighed: "Alas, Changjiao, you just understand other people's minds, if you want to be me, how can you care about the thoughts of an irrelevant person." ”

In the dead of night, the two brothers from the two camps talked like this, regardless of their scheming and did not hide it. Throughout the Kunyang Pavilion, almost all the soldiers who had just enlisted were asleep. War was such a new and unknown thing to them, as if it were some kind of activity that was so easy that they even looked forward to the first war in their sleep.

how many enemies can be killed; and who is the general who leads himself; It may be an accident that he killed the generals in the opposite camp.

That night, Zhao Yue and Zhang Duan fell asleep.

After resting in Kunyang City for two days, these people from the villages, who had never been to the city, walked around and looked around. Some of Dong Zhuo's soldiers who had just received the money chose to eat a big meal before going to the battlefield, and some went to the pharmacy to buy some medicine for bruises, after all, once a war started, it was inevitable that they would be injured and die.

By the time they were ready to leave on the third day, many people didn't have much money in their hands.

On this morning, Zhao Yue got up very early and stood in the deserted pavilion compound, full of weeds. He stretched out against the clear blue sky, the sun glaring.

"Looks like it's going to be a nice sunny day."

Just as Zhao Yue was squinting to feel the morning light, there was a sudden sound of someone talking behind him, the voice was sonorous and powerful, but the words were extremely docile, mixed with a hint of forbearance.

Zhao Yue was frightened, turned around suddenly, and found that the person who came was wearing a shabby red robe, and it was actually his military marquis, Liu Zheng. Zhao Yue was a little embarrassed when she met him, but she respected him very much in her heart, and hurriedly said jerkyly: "Hello, Liu Junhou." ”

Liu Zheng looked very casual, he looked Zhao Yue up and down, and smiled: "If I'm not mistaken, your name is called Zhao Yue, the word is long?" ”

Zhao Yue didn't expect that Liu Zheng would be able to remember his name in a short period of time, and she was quite moved in her heart, and replied: "Exactly, I didn't expect that in just two days, Liu Junhou would be able to remember the villain's name, I'm really embarrassed." ”

Liu Zheng walked through the courtyard with his back hand, his demeanor and movements were not like a middle-aged man, but like an old man, and after a while, he opened his mouth again and said slowly: "Among the many soldiers who came to serve as soldiers this time, most of them are people from poor families. And these poor people all want to join Dong Zhuojun, and you want to contribute to the Han Dynasty, can I know why? ”

Zhao Yue groaned slightly, he didn't know why his father would give him a table when he was alive, he believed that his father must have his reasons for doing this. In fact, Zhao Yue's father, Zhao Xun, was just following his ancestors' orders, and he didn't even know what the red and yellow satin was wrapped in.

As for Liu Zheng's second half of the question, although Zhao Yue was young and did not understand the world, he had also experienced the sufferings of the world, and he knew that poking others in the face was a bad behavior, so he was not prepared to answer truthfully.

"I didn't ask why my father took the words when he was alive, and now my father has passed away." Zhao Yue paused for a moment, glanced at Liu Zheng, looked at each other, he noticed that the person standing in front of him had a trace of expectation, and it was difficult to avoid it, so he had to continue: "As for ...... As for why he joined the Han Army and did not join the Dong Army, the villain thought that his ability was mediocre, and he joined the Dong Army, for fear of disgrace to Lord Dong Zhuo, so he wanted to join the Han Army and do his part. ”

Hearing this, Liu Zheng stopped pacing, turned his back to Zhao Yue, and looked up at the sky. After a while, he turned around, looked natural, and said calmly: "That's it, it's fine." ”

Zhao Yue seemed to sense that Liu Zheng was a little disappointed. You know, this ability to perceive the nuances is not shared by everyone, and only those who have experienced hardship understand it. Although he was able to understand this layer, Zhao Yue didn't know what he had done wrong, or what he had said wrong.

This was the end of their first conversation.

When setting off for Luoyang, Liu Zheng was ordered to go to Luoyang as a forward officer to report the news, and the recruits were led by Han Kui and marched to Luoyang.

Don't you know that the person who reports the letter needs to travel all the way in a hurry, and after reporting the letter, he needs to turn back, which is an out-and-out hard job. The reason for this arrangement is that it can already be predicted that most of the principals in charge of the DPRK and China have become Dong Zhuo's people.

The recruits lined up according to the order, and after being approved by the civilian official in charge of conscription according to the roster, they were handed over to Han Kui to lead, and then they went out of the city in the order of the Han army in front and the Dong army in the back.

The place of departure this time is Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, and the destination is Luoyang City in Sili. Zhao Yue didn't know how long it would take, and listened to the captain Xing Yi say that according to the marching speed of the marching army, it would take about six or seven days to arrive, just because they were new soldiers and had not been trained, so the military marquis Han Kui allowed them to slow down their march.

Along the way on both sides of the green hills, the sun is on the head, the breeze is blowing, a good picture of green mountains and green water, you can also smell a little flowers. In turbulent times, it is rare to enjoy such a beautiful scenery. You must know that the Yellow Turban Rebellion has just been quelled, the productive forces in various places have yet to be restored, and the people do not want to be in the war again, but the princes everywhere have evil intentions, recruit troops everywhere, and then prepare to start a war with the enemy to fight for or defend territory.

Xing Yi and the Han sergeants walked at the head of the team, desperately hurrying, but they were also very bored and couldn't help chatting.

Behind Xing Yi, a young man who looked like a child in the Han army wiped his sweat, and said to everyone with a little childishness as he walked: "Brothers, do you know that there is a family with the surname of Gongsun in Hebei, which is very powerful, I heard the elders in the village who came to Hebei in the early years to sell groceries say that the local people call him the White Horse General." ”

Although Xing Yi was in a hurry, his pace was solid, his breath was even, and he said without changing his face: "I naturally know, but I also heard that his name is Gongsun Zhan, he dominates Hebei, and no one in the vicinity dares to fight." ”

Zhao Yue had never heard of this, so it was not easy to interject, so she just followed Xing Yi closely and listened quietly. Don't look at Zhao Yue's average skills, but he has climbed mountains and mountains since he was a child, picked wild vegetables, melons and fruits to serve his old mother, and trained strong legs and feet, so it is very easy for him to keep up with Xing Yi's speed.

Zhao Yue was thinking as he walked, he was thinking about what the soldiers around him were saying.

Xing Yi said that Gongsun Zhan dominated Hebei, Zhao Yue remembered, he wanted to wait for the next day, if he was lucky enough to go to Hebei, he must meet this big man. Thinking of this, he laughed to himself. He is a small soldier, how can he meet that person of great status? Maybe when you see it, it's time to fight on the battlefield. Zhao Yue didn't pray for anything else, only prayed that she could win all battles and live until she returned home safely.

The people on the road are still talking about the heroes of Hebei, chatting enthusiastically, but they don't know that there are other people who will really dominate Hebei in the future.

That person's surname is Yuan, his name is Shao, the word is at the beginning, he was born in a famous family, since his great-grandfather, there are five people in four generations who rank as the third duke, and they are called the third duke of the fourth generation. It's just that right now, he is still an official in Luoyang, and his colleagues are with him, as well as childhood friends, Cao Cao and Cao Mengde.

In the palace of the Han Dynasty, when you look up, the blue sky is cloudless, but when you look outside the palace, it is cloudy, as if a heavy rain is coming. The weather is changing, just like two people sitting in the courtyard playing against each other.

One of them calmly promised, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and recuperated, just waiting for the other party to fall.

He is Cao Cao, not tall, slightly fat, not outstanding in appearance, wearing an officer's clothes, and a beard on his chin.

The other person was restless, and in just half a column of incense, he had changed his sitting position three or four times, sometimes putting his hands on his laps, sometimes banging on the table......

His appearance is much more handsome than Cao Cao, his skin is relatively fair, he wears an armored robe, and he is heroic, this is Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu.

After hesitating again and again, there was finally another white child on the chessboard carved from the stone slab, Yuan Shao looked up at the Tongyun floating to the top from outside the city, gasped and urged Cao Cao: "Meng De, it's going to rain, let's go into the house, okay?" I'm looking for you to say something else. We can't just play chess! ”

"No hurry, no hurry." Cao Cao opened his squinted eyes, glanced at the chessboard, raised the corners of his mouth, and spit out two words at will.

"This, how can you not be in a hurry, why are you so leisurely?" The back of Yuan Shao's hand was a little cold, and he obviously felt water droplets dripping on his hand.

Cao Cao took a deep breath.

He played chess with Yuan Shao and never lost, but his chess skills were greatly outscored by Yuan Shao, and his way to win was not in the chess itself. Right now, Yuan Shao will take three more steps and will win. His heart was also anxious, he knew what Yuan Shao wanted to say to him, but Cao Cao wanted to wait until Yuan Shao was impatient to listen to him.