Less than a month after Jizhou changed hands, a team of two or three thousand people suddenly opened the gate of Yecheng and went from south to west, aiming at Yangcheng.

The leading general is Yuan Shao's general Wen Chou, who is now a captain of Yangwei, riding a tall horse, wearing a black armor, wearing a feather helmet, and holding a muddy steel gun in his hand. His facial expression was unusually cold, and although he never spoke easily along the way, he could always give people a chilling feeling.

Chen Nuo is a general under Wen Chou's account, and since he was incorporated into the Yuan camp, except for a few rare arguments with Wen Chou when talking about military affairs, they rarely talk in ordinary times.

For Wen Chou, Chen Nuo even had to use the unfathomable to describe it, such a character should be the most terrifying, right?

Yan Liang is very powerful, the last time he waved a knife outside Jizhou City, he cut people like chopping melons, three times five divided by two, and the horse's hooves could fall down. These are all things that Chen Nuo has seen with his own eyes, so Yan Liang's power can be seen.

As for Wen Chou, he looks cold all day long, and he has never seen him beat or scold anyone, but his subordinates are all silent about him and treat him like a god. His invisible power is invisible, and it makes people feel even more frightened.

At least until now, he has never underestimated Wen Chou.

Chen Nuo went out with the army this time, and there were 178 people in his department, but there was not a single one.

It's just that the team led by Chen Nuo seems to be very eye-catching or dazzling compared to other people's teams.

In his ranks, there were swords, shields, spears, and a mixture of arms, and the weapons he used were relatively dull. This is only secondary, and what is even worse is that because they are Black Mountain soldiers, they don't even have a good set of clothes and armor, and they can't even wear straw sandals, so they can only walk barefoot.

Chen Nuo had mentioned this matter to Wen Chou, but Chen Nuo would not have thought that Wen Chou would ignore it silently.

"They have, because they dare to kill, to snatch from the dead! You don't, why? ”

In the face of Wen Chou's doubts, Chen Nuo did not refute it in the slightest.

What Wen Chou said is not wrong, they have, because they dare to fight, only by killing others, can they snatch clothes and armor and weapons from others. These truths may be very distorted and unhealthy, but these are also the reasons why Wen Chou's department was able to survive a hundred battles and was able to be relied on by Yuan Shao.

And the reason why his subordinates didn't have it was because they didn't understand it at all. They don't understand, in this troubled world, if they want to survive, they can only kill desperately and rob desperately. Only by killing others can you live, and by robbing others, you can arm yourself.

This is the way to survive in troubled times.

Therefore, Chen Nuo did not complain about Wen Chou, on the contrary, he imposed these on them and let each of them understand these truths. Only if they can understand this, then they will be able to survive on the battlefield for one more day in the future.

Having said that, although the appearance of the team he led was a little worse, and he couldn't change them for a while, because of the intensive training he had been training them in the past few days, it had indeed played an obvious role.

Although the appearance is not as glamorous as others, the spirit is that everyone looks very uplifted, and the morale is also very high.

"It's all my credit!"

Zhao Xue smiled, looking at this team of brushes, it was a great sense of accomplishment.

Of course, Zhao Xue's merits cannot be erased, Chen Nuo praised her twice, and glanced at Han Meng approvingly. After commending these two heroes, although he still maintained a smile on his face, his mind was already wandering.

He thought of the day before his departure, and the happy secret conversation he had with him in Guo Jia's mansion.

Since Guo Jia compared Chen Nuo with Gaozu, he also said that he was willing to choose his choice, and swore to follow Chen Nuo to the death, and regarded himself as Xiao He and Chen Ping. To this end, he briefly planned the future for Chen Nuo to ensure that he could successfully achieve the cause of the overlord and not be swallowed by other princes.

"Although Yuan Benchu has a false name and it is difficult to achieve great things, after all, he is in the prestige of the fourth world and the third prince, and his protégés and former officials are all over the world, and the people's hearts are what they want for a while. He had just taken Jizhou, and it was the time when the momentum was at its peak.

As analyzed by Gong Shicai, there is Dong Zhuo's rebellion in Guanzhou, Han Sui and Ma Teng's disturbance in Xiliang, Liu Yan and Liu Junlang in Yizhou, Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou, Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Boqi in the north, Yuan Shu Yuan Highway and Sun Jian Sun Wentai in the south, Cao Cao Cao Mengde in Yanzhou, Tao Qian Tao Gongzu in Xuzhou, and Zhang Miao Zhang Mengzhuo, Liu Bei Liu Xuande's generation, and more Yellow Turbans, Black Mountain, and Baibo Rebellion are not appeased, plus there are Xiongnu, Karasuma, and Xiqiang chaotic my Han realm! For example, today can be described as a chess cloth of princes, wolf smoke everywhere, the strong want to survive, and the weak die out.

Needless to say, Guanzhong is Hebei, and Gongsun Boqi will also have a big battle with Yuan Benchu; In order to snatch Jingzhou, Yuan Highway will not let Liu Jingsheng go; In the south, Cao Mengde is not an idle person, and he must go out of Xuzhou in order to survive; On the Jiangdong side, although he didn't see any major trouble for a while, he was afraid that Yuan Highway would intervene there, and the situation would be unpredictable.

The reason why King Chen (Sheng) was defeated back then was that he was defeated first in the world. Lao Tzu is still humble, I dare not be the first in the world. Therefore, before the general trend of the world is not clear, not only will it not bring any benefits, but it is easy to be suppressed and killed, and the so-called Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind.

For the sake of the public, if it is exposed prematurely and is envied by others, it is better to keep it dark and wait for the time. Jia's meaning is that if we get rid of Yuan Benchu and suffer from the harm of the people of the world too early, it is better to temporarily perch on the sycamore and borrow the tree to enjoy the shade. Sharpen the blade in his hands, gradually establish prestige, win people's hearts, and wait until the day when the general trend of the world is clear, and it is not too late to draw a clear line with Shao.

This is just like the I Ching hexagram, the ninth day of the first month, don't use the hidden dragon. Wait until the situation is clear, and then fly the dragon in the sky. At that time, the public can cross the river to the north, merge the land of the four states, collect the talents of heroes, have millions of people, welcome the big drive in Xijing, and restore the temple in Luoyi, commanding the world, in order to seek the unrecovered, so as to compete, who can be the enemy? Compared to several years, this is not difficult. ”

The blueprint that Guo Jia planned for him actually coincided with Chen Nuo.

Guo Jia asked him to first taoguang and cultivate obscurity, and then talk about competing for the world. What he said was actually quite tactful, he did not point out Chen Nuo's biggest disadvantage, not only because of his lack of prestige, but also because he was from a humble background. Therefore, if Chen Nuo wants to strengthen himself, he really has to work for others before he can talk about entrepreneurship.

What's more, Yuan Shao is a big tree, and the so-called big tree is good for shade. Under him, not only can he take advantage of the cold, but also because this person is ambitious and talented, and can recruit talents without employing people, then there will be a lot of fish that slip through the net. Chen Nuo just had to pick it up behind his buttocks, which was enough to strengthen himself, not to mention others, Guo Jia was one of them.

Therefore, tying up a Yuan Shao is enough to make enough capital to dominate the world. As Guo Jia described, when the time comes, he will cross the four states of Hebei and compete with the princes for hegemony, why worry that the world can't be owned by him?

"Haha, this is also the greatness of 'standing on the shoulders of giants'."

Chen Nuo was so intoxicated for a while, but he completely ignored what he was doing. When he turned his mind, he found that many poor people were watching and helping each other by the road, watching their procession pass in front of him.

Behold, many of them were unclothed, and their faces were as thin as a stubble, and many of them were young. The child is skinny, and hides behind adults with his upper body scared. And among them were many old men, all with white beards and white hair, their arms exposed like a wooden stick, their eyes burning with hunger, and their eyes cloudy with tears.

Chen Nuo didn't meet it, and since he did, he really couldn't bear it, so he immediately asked Wen Chou to stop the army temporarily, and he also wanted to ask him for some food to distribute to the hungry people. But Wen Chou doesn't care, and he won't give him food. Chen Nuo had no choice but to divide the food in his team and distribute them all to those hungry people.

There are also a lot of hungry people in this group, and although the food sent out can't do anything, it is more or less a heart. The hungry people did not bother to thank them when they got the things, and ate the bread that they had brought to them with tears in their eyes.

Chen Nuo saw one of the flower-haired couples, and he felt a lot of emotion when he saw them choking on their throats and tears squeezing out of their eyes. For some reason, when he saw them, the eyes of them suddenly became so pertinent, as if he should have such an old couple at home waiting for him to go back.

His head ached violently, and his left and right brains were fighting for a moment. Zhao Xue and the others next to him didn't know what was wrong with Chen Nuo, and they were all startled.

Not only did he see the old couple, but also the other old people, and his heart suddenly felt a burst of pity. Perhaps, it is not them who he should pity at this moment, but someone else.

So who are they? What do they have to do with me, how do they end up in my mind?

"Grandson, grandson!"

Someone was calling to him, waving his hand, as if to call him home.

"No, no!"

Chen Nuo opened his eyes suddenly, and they disappeared, but it was as if they had never been there at all. Who the hell are they?

"General, what's wrong with you? General Wen just asked people to urge, let the general move quickly, and not delay the trip. ”

Hearing Han Meng's reminder, Chen Nuo nodded subconsciously.

But he soon came to his senses, turned around and said a few more words to the hungry people, and inquired about some news by the way. Chen Nuo left the hungry people, came to Wen Chou first, and said to Wen Chou: "General Wen, the last general has got a major news from those hungry people, and I hope that General Wen can pay attention to it." ”

Wen Chou glanced at him, snorted, didn't ask anything, walked to the horse, and was about to step on the stirrup on the horse, but was held by Chen Nuo's hand in time.

Chen Nuo was not afraid of annoying Wen Chou, but said truthfully: "Those hungry people said just now that they all fled here from Chen Liu, along the white horse, across the big river. ”

Wen Chou glanced at Chen Nuo disdainfully: "What can this be, what can it mean?" Now that refugees are everywhere, do you really want to go all the way to help? If that's the case, I don't think you have to wait for Yangcheng, you would have starved to death a long time ago! ”

"But ......"

Since Wen Chou insisted on not listening to him, he didn't continue.

But seeing that the closer he got to Liyang, the more hungry people gradually increased, Chen Nuo beat the drum in his heart, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he immediately went to reason with Wen Chou: "General Wen, please listen to me!" I don't know anything else, but I know that Chen Liu's Taishou is Zhang Miao and Zhang Mengzhuo. Although he was not very wealthy under his rule, his grain this year was enough to live on the people of a county. No matter how bastard he is, it is impossible for him to see the people under his rule in trouble and not save them, and let the people be displaced here.

What's more, Zhang Mengzhuo is a well-known chivalrous man who helps people's needs. With his false reputation, he would never let his people run rampant in other counties and ignore them. But now that there are so many hungry people all at once, and they don't run to other places, they actually cross the river, can't the Chinese general see anything wrong? ”

Wen Chou smiled coldly: "Isn't it enough for you to make a fuss along the way?" Even this little thing to be mixed in? General Chen, don't forget what we're here for. We are soldiers, not charity messengers, but we don't care about the hungry. ”

Chen Nuo frowned, and immediately said: "General Kewen, don't forget, water can carry a boat and capsize a boat." The people are our parents, and if there is no people to grow food and pay taxes, what will we eat? Now that the people are in trouble, can they say these cool words? ”

Chen Nuo closed his eyes, "Of course, these are not what I want to say, what I want to say is to remind General Wen." General Wen, don't forget, this is Liyang, the gateway to the south of Jizhou. If this place is lost, Jizhou is in danger! Now that there are so many hungry people suddenly in Liyang, aren't you worried about General Wen at all? ”

When Wen Chou heard this, his face sank, and he said, "Do you mean that Zhang Miao dares to covet me Liyang?" ”

Chen Nuo said: "It's not impossible. I think that although Zhang Miao is in Chenliu, his power has already touched the north of the river, and Liyang is not only an important passage to Jizhou in the north, but also the south gate of Jizhou, and it is also the north gate of Zhang Miao. If he wants to avoid the danger of Jizhou in the future, he must control this place, and once Liyang is locked, Zhang Miao's Chen Liu can be truly safe. ”

Wen Chou snorted, a little steel gun in his hand, and swallowed angrily: "He dares!" ”

Chen Nuo smiled: "General Wen, don't forget, the world is dominated by the strong now, and everyone can do anything for their own interests." Not to mention far away, it is Lu Bu Lu Fengxian, he was originally the godson of Ding Jianyang, the assassin of Bingzhou, but once he was moved by Zhuo Shuo, what happened in the end? What's more, General Wen, haven't you heard of another thing? ”

Wen Chou frowned and asked him, "What's the matter?" ”

This matter is actually what he heard Guo Jia say recently, so he is more sensitive to Zhang Miao because of this matter.

Thinking about this, he may not know about it, but since he had this question, Chen Nuo had no choice but to tell him: "I think that when Yuan Gong was the leader of the alliance, the princes of the main alliance crusaded against Zhuo, and Zhang Miao was one of them. At that time, he was already Chen Liu's guard, and at that time, Yuan Gong was only the guard of a county (Dong Zhuo's worship of Bohai Taishou), but he had to listen to his orders, so he was naturally a little unconvinced, and it was inevitable that he would speak wildly.

Thinking about what kind of person Yuan Gong is, how can he be presumptuous, but because of his status as the leader of the alliance, he doesn't want to argue with this guy. However, Yuan Gong talked to Cao Mengde afterwards, so he intended to let Cao Mengde vent this evil breath for him. Cao Mengde didn't want to offend Zhang Miao or Yuan Gong, so he was naturally happy to be a peacemaker. But in the end, Zhang Miao knew about it, I think he wouldn't be jealous? In addition, Yuan Gongxin was newly acquired in Jizhou, and he had no intention of dealing with Liyang's affairs for a while, so he thought that Liyang was negligent in taking precautions, and if he took the opportunity to take it, it would not be impossible. ”

Wen Chou was silent.

Chen Nuo struck while the iron was hot and continued: "Now that there are so many refugees from outside Liyang City, and most of them are from Chen Liu, it really has to make people suspect Zhang Miao's ill intentions. Thinking that there were so many refugees suddenly added outside Liyang City, there were already few defenders in Liyang, and dealing with these things would inevitably distract the attention of the defenders. If the thieves take this opportunity to kill, dare to ask if Liyang can still hold on? ”

Wen Chou thought about it, but still insisted on his opinion: "Although so, our task is not here. I don't want the Yuan Guild to blame us for this, so Liyang, we can't stay. ”

Chen Nuo saw that he was about to abandon Liyang and leave, he was not angry, and hurriedly said: "The so-called urgent matter is in power, we obviously know that Liyang is in danger, and it will inevitably damage the whole of Jizhou, why don't we save it?" If General Wen is really unwilling, then it doesn't matter, please allow General Wen to allow me to lead the men and horses of my headquarters to defend Liyang, and after the crisis in Liyang is truly lifted, the last general will naturally lead the men and horses to Yangcheng to restore his life! ”

The other generals beside Wen Chou looked at each other, and they all felt that there was no such precedent, not to mention that as Wen Chou said, their mission was not here, they couldn't mess around, and they would be killed.

After Chen Nuo said such a thing, his heart was actually trembling.

I think that since the main general Wen Chou has decided not to stay in Liyang, as Wen Chou's subordinate general, he has absolutely no reason to argue anymore. It may be the reluctance in Chen Nuo's bones, since he has decided to do something, then even if it is difficult, he must work hard to achieve it.

Wen Chou didn't speak for a while, and the generals saw that his face was unpredictable, and they were afraid that Wen Chou would be angry, so they hurriedly went to persuade Chen Nuo to stop insisting on his own opinions. But what everyone didn't expect was that Wen Chou actually nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

But he also instructed Chen Nuo, "It's just that you can only be allowed to bring your men and horses there, and the rest of the troops are not allowed to help in the battle, and continue to detour to Liyang to rush to Yangcheng!" ”

The generals thought they had heard it wrong, and even Chen Nuo was slightly stunned. Since Wen Chou said so, he was afraid that Wen Chou would regret it temporarily, so he immediately summoned the people of his department to say goodbye to Wen Chou and set off.

Wen Chou watched Chen Nuo go away on horseback, and smiled in his heart.

Chen Nuo didn't know that the reason why Wen Chou agreed to his request was not because of anything else, but because Yuan Shao had explained to him before he left: "Although Nuo is the last general, he is actually handsome!" ”

It was precisely because of Yuan Shao's words that he had to temporarily change his attitude of opposition and support it.

Since Yuan Shao looked up to him so much, he really wanted to see what Chen Nuo's real skills were.

He raised his hand, and most of the rest of the people and horses drove around Liyang one after another.