Chapter 275: Now Is Not What It Used To Be (Part II)
The sun is setting, and the sky is full of colorful clouds.
Cao Cao and his entourage, escorted by Liu Yan, the deputy general of the Tiger Prison Pass, successfully arrived at the Wuli Pavilion in the east of Luoyang City.
Standing beside Liu Cun was the new Guanglu doctor Yang Biao who no one expected, and the rumored counselor Shao Shao, who had been killed by Li Dao.
Cao Cao, who received the urgent report, hurriedly ordered to stop advancing, hurriedly sorted out his clothes and high crowns, and then got out of the car, and hurried to the front of the team with more than ten henchmen and civil warriors, and saw Liu Cun, who was wearing a purple official robe, kindly put his hand on the shoulder of Liu Yan who was full of smiles, and the heads of the two were very close, and the demeanor of talking in a low voice was very unusual, until Cao Cao and his party appeared.
"Brother Mengde, it's been a long time!"
Liu Cun took the lead in meeting him, and dozens of civil and military officers such as Yang Biao, Chong Shao, Fu Zhu, Zhao Rong, Tai Shici, Xu Sheng, Guan Hai, and Zhang Rao came up with a smile, and under the guidance of Liu Cun, they met Cao Cao and his henchmen one by one.
Among the people present, there are not a few people who are familiar with each other and admire each other, for a time the laughter is loud, the cheers are endless, the scene is extremely warm, and finally three or three two by two boarded the car, and soon entered the city of Luoyang from the renovated Chaoyang Gate, and rushed straight to the high-end wine shop located in the southeast corner of the central square to hold a banquet, until midnight before reluctantly dispersing.
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In the early morning of the next day, Cao Cao, who woke up with a hangover, took a bath, changed into a clean and comfortable official robe, and walked out of the quiet and elegant guest house in the company of his personal guard Xu Zhu and his henchmen Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others, and walked along the stone road full of pines and cypresses and bamboo. Take a slow walk.
"Is Bonghyo okay?" Cao Cao asked as he walked.
Cheng Yu laughed in a low voice: "I was caught by Cui Yan last night. Drunk. I vomited twice in the middle of the night, where can I wake up at this time? Zixiao and General Xiahou were even worse, they were drunk by the Qingzhou generals, everyone drank at least five catties of wine, and it is estimated that they will wake up at noon. ”
"Alas......"
Cao Cao didn't know whether he was happy or worried, sighed, and said with emotion: "Liu Zijian is extraordinary!" Although he expected that he would lead his troops west to Chang'an, no one expected it to be so soon...... Think about the seniors who had been sitting beside him last night. I know that he has won the trust and support of the Chinese martial arts, and if he really rescues the young emperor this time, I am afraid that no one in this world will be able to shake him. ”
"Yes! No one expected that he would lead 100,000 male soldiers to launch a western expedition the day after tomorrow, let alone that Liu Zijian would be able to obtain the support of the Manchu Dynasty...... It can be seen that as the dust of the war in Jizhou and Xuzhou settled and the situation in the world gradually became clear, the Yuan Benchu brothers had been completely abandoned by the Chinese Wu and those wavering wealthy families, and everyone pinned their hopes on Liu Zijian. ”
Cheng Yu remembered Yang Biao's introduction of the situation in Chang'an, the civil and military affairs of the imperial court, and the emperor at the banquet last night, and couldn't help but sigh secretly for the slim hegemony of his lord.
Liu Cun, the chariot general who had already won the unanimous support of the Chinese military of the DPRK and occupied the Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Sili regions, and the support of Xuzhou and Youzhou, would never give Cao Cao or even the princes of either side the slightest chance.
Cao Cao looked helpless and strolled forward. casually asked, "Gongda, I don't know what you think about this?" ”
Xun Yu and Xun You, who were half a step behind Cao Cao, were silent. Hearing Cao Cao's inquiry, the two glanced at each other. Xun You walked half a step quickly, walked side by side with Cao Cao, and replied calmly:
"Mr. Gongsun Botao has been in constant correspondence with his subordinates, and in the past two years, he has not broken the correspondence with his subordinate families and several major families in Yingchuan, but he has never mentioned any solicitation, and most of the correspondence content is a summary and discussion of the implementation of the new policy in Qingzhou for several years, and the rest is to reminisce about the old and greet each other......
"Oh yes, Jinan Medical College and several major medical halls have achieved gratifying results, the latest Mr. Bo Tao said in a letter, Mr. Hua Tuo and Gao Tu Wu Pu, who have gone to Jinan to give lectures, have completed the study of human anatomy, drawn accurate anatomical diagrams, the meridians, blood flow, etc., which can only be said to be known, have found the basis from the human anatomy, and also corrected many fallacies that have existed for thousands of years, and the two major pharmaceutical workshops have also developed a variety of new drugs, which is very remarkable!"
Cao Cao stopped, turned his head, stared at Xun Yu with a smile on his face for a long time, and finally nodded, sighing faintly: "Gongsun Botao is not only a strategist that I have not seen in a hundred years, but also our respectable and amiable elder, and if you have the opportunity to contact more, you will be of infinite use!" ”
"It's a pity that he wasn't in Luoyang this time, I don't know when I'll see him again, alas! Let's all go back, finish breakfast and prepare, I estimate that by tonight at the latest, General Zijian will discuss our future and destiny with us......"
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Almost overnight, the newly rebuilt and peaceful city of Luoyang suddenly became noisy.
Officially established, the military headquarters is located in the barracks in the east gate, the garrison guards, took over the eight city gates guarded by the government officials, the general of the garrison guards Cheng Ji and embroidered with the three silver fonts of the "garrison guards" three silver flags, fluttering high above each tower.
With the central square of two miles in length and width all paved with flat stone slabs and planted with thousands of cypress and locust trees as the center, each street intersection of the four wide avenues connecting the east, west, north and south, has erected a square two-storey sentry box with a height of nine meters and a length and width of ten meters each, and the outer wall of the sentry box made of stone strips and blue bricks is uniformly painted with red and white paint.
The officers and men of the newly established "Patrol Police Bureau" under the jurisdiction of Yin Yamen of Luoyang Prefecture were majestic, wearing black battle jackets of a unified standard, delicate leather armor inlaid with shiny copper nails and official rank symbols, and delicate knives with horizontal knives at their waists.
A group of mounted police officers from the Patrol Police Station, wearing the same military uniforms and riding tall horses, patrolled the streets and alleys, causing many citizens to talk about surprise and curious onlookers.
The slanting sun and sunset, the towering southwest corner of the city tower dragged out a long shadow, dressed in black thick Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao and the general of the chariot Liu Cun, walking side by side on the city wall, dozens of henchmen of the two of them fell behind dozens of steps, three or five together, walking and following, from time to time pointing to the scenery and streets and alleys outside the city, talking in a low voice, no one dared to approach the front side by side Cao Cao and Liu Cun who walked side by side for nearly two hours.
Unconsciously, the group came to the Zhengyang Gate Dysprosium Tower, which stood tall.
Cao Cao, who looked solemn, slowly stopped, raised his head to look at the heavy eaves type dysprosium tower that was nearly twice as large as before the repair, and took Liu Cun's hand for a while before he passed through the heavily guarded building, and finally stopped behind the female wall in front of the dysprosium tower.
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