In the eleventh year of Jian'an, late autumn is in the winter season.

Lu Ren's group was on their way back to Linjiang Village. It is said that Lu Ren set off from Yizhou to Jingzhou in May of the eleventh year of Jian'an, and a few months have passed in a blink of an eye, and Lu Ren has done a lot of things in these months, but it is a pity that Lu Ren failed to pick up a few leaks in the talent pool of Jingzhou this time.

But it's no wonder that Lu Ren at the current point really doesn't have any attraction to talents. For example, Lu Ren does not have a formal official position at all now, which is enough to make the vast majority of talents not have the slightest interest in Lu Ren; And the territory and money Lu Ren is no problem, but Yizhou is overseas after all, and it is a barbarian land in people's hearts at that time, which is enough to make many people suspicious.

There are many other factors that I won't say here. On the other hand, Lu Ren is actually very aware of his disadvantages, but there is no way. As for the fact that he was able to catch Gan Ning, Xu Shu, Shi Tao, and Huang Zhong before, it was purely a special situation, and Lu Ren was able to grasp the weaknesses of some of these people to get his hands on it, but it was unrealistic to change it to other people.

And now the only thing Lu Ren can do is to walk here and there in Jingzhou, hoping to meet a little **** luck and catch one or two more leaks. But this kind of leak is not so easy to pick up after all, and Lu Ren has no choice but to treat the exploration again and again as a trip out again and again......

A few red leaves were carefully received by Minchan and sandwiched between the pages. Then raised his eyes and looked around at the surrounding late autumn scenery, and then looked back at Lu Ren who was lying on the wheel and looking at the sky in a daze, Diao Chan asked Lu Ren: "Yihao, when do you plan to return to Yizhou this time?" ”

Lu Ren's mind was a little empty at this time, and when he heard Minchan's question, Lu Ren responded casually: "It's scheduled to be in the first month of spring next year or in February." What's wrong? ”

Minchan nodded lightly: "It's nothing." I haven't seen snow for many years, and this year at this time, I think if I can, I will stay in Jingzhou to see the snow. ”

Lu Ren was stunned, and after thinking about it again, he couldn't help but laugh. In fact, let alone Minchan, Lu Ren himself has not seen the snowy scenery for three years, and the last time he saw snow was in the winter of the seventh year of Jian'an. At that time, Lu Ren came to Jingzhou for the first time. In the following eight, nine, and ten years of Jian'an's winter, Lu Ren returned to Yizhou without exception, but Yizhou was a place where there was basically no snow.

As for Minchan, she officially followed Lu Ren's side on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival in the eighth year of Jian'an, and she had been staying in Yizhou for a few years before that, and she had not been able to see Bai Xue for a longer time than Lu Ren. Now that it has come to such a season, and it is in the land of Jingzhou, the desire to see the long-lost snow naturally came out.

On the other side, Lu Lan, who went to pick autumn goods, also happened to come back at this time, and when she heard the conversation between the two, she said: "Yes, my lord, Xiaolan hasn't seen snow for many years." I remember when I was in Xudu before. As soon as the snow comes, you and Sister Wan'er will take the three of us to build a snowman to play. And the funniest time was when you led a group of officials to build a snowman on the street, and later it was criticized for being unofficial. But in fact, adults, you are using this method to let everyone work together to remove the snow from the streets, which is convenient for everyone's travel. ”

Lu Ren was happy: "What are you doing with these old things?" But you're also right, I haven't seen snow for so many years, and this year is just in time. Let's enjoy the snow scene in Jingzhou. ”

Saying that, Lu Ren also remembered something, and whispered to himself: "I have to take a good look...... It is now the eleventh year of Jian'an. In fact, next year will be on the eve of the Battle of Chibi, if nothing else, I will not be able to come back to Jingzhou after going back this time, and I will not even be able to leave Yizhou easily. At that point, I don't know when I'll see snow......"

Seeing Lu Ren talking to herself there, Minchan asked curiously, "Yihao, what are you talking to yourself?" ”

Lu Ren raised his head and smiled at Minchan and Lu Lan: "It's nothing!" I'm thinking about how I can build a dozen or twenty snowmen with you after the heavy snow falls this year. ”

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The eleventh year of Jian'an was in Jingzhou and Jiangdong. It was a relatively quiet year. And on the land of Lao Cao in Hebei, although Lao Cao leveled Yuan Shang's last city stronghold in the winter of the tenth year of Jian'an, because he did not catch Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, he was still fled to Liaoxi by these two boys.

If it is according to the original historical process, this time should be "Liaoxi Shan Yu Dun is particularly strong." For Shao's thickness, so the Shang brothers returned, and the number of plugs was harmful", and then "the public will levy it, dig a ditch, and call it into the water, and the name is Pingyu Canal; It is also dug into the Lu River from the mouth of the Lu River, which is called the Quanzhou Canal to lead to the sea."

The current situation is generally not much different, but it is worth mentioning that because Lu Ren and Tian Chou planted a nail between Liucheng and Shanhaiguan, although it did not have any substantial impact on the general trend of the current situation, it also caused a lot of troubles big and small.

For example, when Cao Cao fought with Yuan Shang before, Tian Chou played a lot of tricks, so that many of the troops sent out by Karasuma to support Yuan Shang failed to arrive in time; And when these Karasuma rangers, who were mainly tribal groups, were harming the fortress and looting a lot of people and property and were about to go back, Tian Chou would take a black meal on the bodies of these Karasuma rangers and rob them of the people and things they looted.

However, Tian Chou's strength is limited, like when he first negotiated with Lu Ren, Tian Chou only had about 3,000 people on his hands. Up to now, in the eleventh year of Jian'an, Tian Chou has obtained some people through the means of "black eats black" and expanded it, and it is only in his early 5,000s and less than 6,000.

But this is also something that cannot be helped, because when these Karasuma rangers loot people, most of the time the men kill them, and the women are taken back as slaves. And when Tian Chou rescued these people, the few men were not all willing to follow Tian Chou, in addition, Yizhou also needed young men to supplement the labor force, and Tian Chou always had some casualties when he was fighting. So in the past few years, it is already very good that Tian Chou's troops can almost double.

And such a small number of people naturally cannot have any substantial impact on Karasuma Ton. To be precise, Tian Chou's nail is like a fly flying in front of Bunton, which actually can't hurt Bunton, but it buzzes to make Bunton upset. Even if I wanted to kill this ****** with one beat, I ...... Nima Tianchou's stronghold is on the island, and these Karasuma rangers are dizzy when they see the sea, not to mention ships or something, how can they deal with Tianchou? What's more, they didn't know that Tian Chou was behind him, but Lu Ren was on top.

Due to the restrictions on transportation and communication at that time, Cao Cao did not know, or rather did not know, the existence of Tian Chou's force at first. But by the middle of the eleventh year of Jian'an, that is, after Cao Cao had leveled Yuan Shang's last stronghold, some news had more or less reached Cao Cao's ears.

Cao Cao originally wanted to follow Guo Jia's strategy and completely sweep away his rear, so it was naturally imperative to conquer Karasuma, and he was even already transferring people to dig ditches for preliminary preparations. Suddenly, I heard that there was such a force, and naturally I started to think about winning over this force. However, given the transportation and communication conditions at the time, it was not easy to contact Ueda. habitually asked Guo Jia, Guo Jia just responded very simply:

"Isn't that girl Zhao Yu busy building a dock in Nanpi? The lord spent a few bucks, so why don't you ask the rain girl to help you run from the sea? ”

Cao Cao hesitated: "Can this matter be done?" ”

Guo Jia took a sip of wine and said happily: "Don't forget who is behind the rain girl, lord." As far as I know, that kid Yihao has a special northern shipping lane, and he often has business dealings with Liaodong, so it is not difficult to go to the island where Tian Chou is located. As long as the lord is willing to spend more money, Yihao's kid believes that he will be happy to sell the lord's face. ”

Cao Cao laughed, and immediately sent someone to do it as Guo Jia said. And when Guo Jia walked out of Cao Cao's mansion while pouring wine, he secretly said in his heart: "Yihao, I'm afraid that this Tian Chou is just supporting him behind his back, right?" So is most of today's events already in your expectation? Now although I have seen through some of your things, I did not expect that you had made such an arrangement a few years ago. You kid, if you really arrange it carefully, it's really far-reaching.

"His sister, I saw through some of your kid's arrangements, do I really want to poke out your arrangements from the lord...... Forget it, this matter is ultimately beneficial to the lord, if I really stab your business, in case you become angry and don't cooperate with the lord, won't it be worth the loss? If others don't know, can I still be unclear? You kid, as soon as your blood is on the head, there's nothing you kid can't do. ”

So, Guo Jia just poured wine and staggered back to his residence. In fact, Guo Jia himself doesn't know whether the words just now are right or wrong, or Guo Jia is just doing a kind of self-deception-like self-explanation......

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Yecheng was not very far from Nanpi, and Zhao Yu received a letter from Cao Cao a few days later. After reading the letter carefully, the corners of Zhao Yu's mouth rose slightly, and he secretly said in his heart: "This day has finally come." Alas, I can finally stop being annoyed by Zhang Xiu's endless annoyance. ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu got into her flagship cabin and got the telegraph out of a certain secret compartment...... That's right, it's the transmitter. It's a bit rudimentary, but it's a transmitter! (To be continued.) )