Chapter 134: The Two Heroes
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Fuyang County, fifty miles northwest of Wuyuan, was the base camp of the Cao army in the Eastern Expedition. Cao's army repeatedly attacked Wuyuan, and the cold air struck, so he had to withdraw from the siege. However, Cao Cao did not retreat to Pengcheng, but took Fuyang in the north, garrisoning Yusi, like a hungry tiger, crouching on the side, staring at Wuyuan Tao Qian, Xiangben Liu Bei and Lanling Tiankai.
One tiger and three wolves entered a standoff stalemate, and this qiē was about to be broken by a letter.
In the main hall of Fuyang County Mansion, ten halberd-wielding wrestlers are lined up on both sides, and their eyes do not squint. Outside the courtyard, the two patrolmen patrolled alternately, their eyes like eagles, vigilantly watching the surroundings. And these elite soldiers, the people who are guarding with all their might, are sitting behind the case in the hall at the moment, holding a letter in their hands, and watching intently.
This man was only forty years old, full of heaven, with thick and dark eyebrows, narrow eyes, deep gaze, and prismatic edges. His face is wide and slightly round, with a round nose and thick lips that give people a feeling of generosity and gentleness, and a long black and neat hair under his chin, coupled with his thick and strong body, adds a solemn and majestic attitude.
This person was Cao Cao, who was the pastor of Yanzhou at the time.
Strictly speaking, Cao Cao's Yanzhou pastor has not yet been formally appointed by the imperial court, and is purely welcomed by local powerful officials and heroes, such as Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao's brothers, and Chen Gong, a powerful and famous person. Of course, when a new official takes office this year, it depends on whether the local powerful faction supports you. If you support it, you can still be an official without appointing it; And if there is no support, let alone any appointment edict, even if the emperor personally sends you down, it will be in vain.
Cao Cao's current situation is actually not as good as the outside world sees, although he single-handedly crushed the three warlords, big and small, to the point that they could not move. But he was also restrained by the three parties. To make matters worse, there is no food and grass to spare.
Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou this time happened suddenly, and the preparations were very hasty - this is natural, revenge, you have to be angry. You've made enough preparations, but haven't people also done the same defense? Maybe there will be a large wave of reinforcements, lobbyists and the like. In this way, the difficulty of the strategy will not be reduced at all, but will be greater. So take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and strike first. It is very necessary.
It's just that in this way, everything else is okay, the soldiers use their lives and strive to be the first, which is the grain and grass to protect the lives of the soldiers, which is obviously insufficient. Shouzhang Ling Cheng Yu, who was responsible for transporting grain in the rear, had already sent several urgent letters, stating that he was in a hurry and would fight again. I'm afraid that even this year's spring plowing of grain seeds will be exhausted.
To fight, or to withdraw, Cao Cao was in a dilemma. withdraw, unwilling; Beat. It's unsustainable. Born at this juncture, there is also a guy who is far away in the sky, and he runs to make trouble for no reason. However, the gift from this person is very good. If it is really the one who digs three feet into the ground and will want to get it......
"Envoy, Xun Sima has been summoned to see you." The waiter outside the hall bowed down to report.
"Oh. Wen Ruo is here, please. Cao Cao hurriedly gathered his legs and changed his unruly sitting posture to an upright kneeling position.
Outside the door, a scholar of about thirty years old appeared, with a high crown and a jacket, a dark thick coat on his shoulders, a handsome face, and a deep wisdom in his eyes. This person is Cao Cao's chief think tank, Xun Yu Xun Wenruo, who is now serving as Sima of Yanzhou's other departments.
The waiter took off his coat and took off his thick boots. Xun Yu shook his sleeves, put on his socks and went to the hall, bowed to the middle of the hall, and said loudly: "Xun Yu has seen the lord." ”
Cao Cao hurriedly reached out and said: "Cao has said many times, Wen Ruoshi doesn't have to be so formal, please take a seat." ”
Xun Yu thanked him and sat on Cao Cao's left side - the Han Dynasty respected the left, which was Cao Cao's respect for this advisor.
As soon as Xun Yufang sat down, his eyes naturally fell on the letter in Cao Cao's hand, and said with a smile: "Could it be the book passed down by Captain Zixiao?" ”
Cao Cao raised his eyebrows: "Why didn't Wen Ruo guess that Zhongde (Cheng Yu) came to write." ”
Xun Yu smiled and said: "The lord's face is angry, but there is joy, and at the moment, whether it is Dongjun or Chen Liu, it seems that there is nothing to be angry about, and there is nothing to be happy about." It is the captain of Zixiao, who rides with thunder, the strength of the wind, and the soldiers point to it, and there will be good news. But why is the lord's face angry...... Could it be that the cities south of Surabaya have all been drained of grain by Tao Gongzu? ”
Cao Cao exclaimed: "If Wen Ruo is really a god, everything is exactly the same, but there is one more accident...... Well, this is Zixiao's book, and you can see it at a glance. ”
Xun Yu read the letter quickly, ten lines at a glance, at a glance, his long eyebrows raised slightly, the expression on his face was rarely surprised, and he raised his head and said, "Ma Jinglong? Have you ever heard of this person? ”
Cao Cao twisted his beard and groaned, trying to recall, and said: "I heard that Kong Beihai in Qingzhou was surrounded by the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Duchang last year, and was later rescued by a Liaodong general, it seems that this person is this person. ”
"If this person is really a Liaodong general, and the fact that he captured Zhang Min is true......" Xun Yu raised his hand to stroke his beard, thoughtfully, and suddenly smiled, "Congratulations to the lord, go and solve the problem!" ”
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On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Ma Han's fleet appeared on the Surabaya River, more than ten miles ahead, which was Pengcheng. Cao Cao will meet with him here, negotiate the handover of Zhang Min and his murderers, and exchange conditions.
Since Ma Han came to the Three Kingdoms, he has seen many historical celebrities, and he has always been very calm, but today he can't help but shake his heartstrings, after all, what he is going to meet is the first boss of the Three Kingdoms. Perhaps this person will be his most difficult opponent, but for now, they still have to accept each other and talk to each other.
In the cabin, Gamme propped up the panes, his eyes full of admiration, and from time to time he wandered over the majestic body on the bow of the ship. Although five full days have passed, her heart is still excited, and her mind is always churning that when she left Suishui that day, more than 10,000 people in Suiling sent each other off the river, shouting all the way "Ten thousand Buddhas!" ".
This place in Xiapi, because there is a wonderful Xiapi Xiangrong, Buddhism is flourishing. Zhenrong is a well-known good Buddha, and once in the temple of Guangxing Buddha in Xiapi, he asked the people of the county to read Buddhist scriptures day and night. The monks, nuns, and Buddhists from the nearby counties were moved into Xiapi, and there were as many as 5,000 households before and after. Every Buddha's birthday, the "Buddha bathing party" is held, and the cost of setting up a wine banquet on the roadside alone costs hundreds of millions of dollars. Therefore, the entire Xiapi county citizens. There is no one who does not know the things of the Buddha.
Ma Han first rescued more than 10,000 people from Cao Jun's butcher's knife, and then seized Qianhu grain rice from Cao Jun to live the people. Although there is not much food and rice, it is enough for the people of Suiling to have the strength to continue to flee, maybe some of them will die on the way to escape, but more people can always survive...... Isn't such a good deed a true Buddha? Soon, the reputation of "Ten Thousand Buddhas" spread in the north and south of the river. This. But it was something Ma Han never expected.
Witnessing the scene of hundreds of people crying and sending each other along the river, the girl's gentle and sensitive heart was deeply shocked, and at that moment, she finally understood what he said to herself that day - "I can guarantee that you will never regret this journey with me." ”
Well, she has no regrets about proving such a miracle in the world.
If Ma Han knew his status in the minds of the Iraqi people, he had risen dramatically to such a status. You're going to be ashamed. He asked himself if he was not a pure humanitarian, if it was on the battlefield, the two armies were facing each other, the swords and guns in his hands. And we will never be soft. Even if the blood flowed, he would not frown; Capture the captives, and if necessary, he will also slaughter.
As a soldier. It is their mission to fight on the battlefield; Defeated and dead, shrouded in horse leather. It's their fate. There is nothing to complain about, because war is life and death, and if you have a knife and a gun in your hand, you have to accept this cruel fate, and you have no choice. But the people are different, that is the vitality of a country, the root of a population.
War is like a sickle, soldiers are like leeks, as long as the root of the people is still there, a stubble will grow again, and the vitality will be damaged but not destroyed. But if it is uprooted, it will hurt the bones.
The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and this "mountains and rivers" are the people. Mountains and rivers are there, and the country can be cast; The mountains and rivers are broken, and everything is over.
Any politician who has vision and has the world in mind will see this. Even though Cao Cao was the executioner, when he entered the center, his eyes were not limited to one domain, but to the world, he also regarded recuperation and good treatment of the people as the most important policy of governance.
Ma Han, who stood on the shoulders of giants, only saw this earlier than the heroes of the late Han Dynasty, including Cao Cao. Now that you see it, and within what you can, you have to do something. If you are fortunate to be good for the people and beneficial to yourself, why not?
As for saving these people, taking the rations of Cao's army, and coercing Zhang Min, will it anger Cao Cao and set up a killing bureau in Pengcheng? Ma Han thinks it's unlikely. Zhao Yun, Zhou Cang and other generals were worried, so they raised the alert level to the highest. However, Ma Han may be the person who knows this peerless hero best in this era, combined with the current situation of Cao Cao, put himself in his shoes, he thinks that the possibility of Cao Cao turning his face is very small.
White Wolf City and Cao Cao have no grievances, and this time they sent a big gift to the door, although there was a little friction and intercepted more than 1,000 grains from Cao Jun, but compared to Zhang Min's head, this price is definitely worth it. Not to mention that Cao Cao is currently facing three opponents from east to north, and when he is already too busy to take care of himself, he will pull hatred when his brain is pumped, and then establish a new opponent.
Of course, speculation is speculation, and the vigilance that should be there cannot be relaxed at all. Ma Han will not enter Pengcheng, but only outside the long pavilion on the north bank of Surabaya, meet with Cao Cao, hand over the murderer, and ask for the people's life.
At noon, the ship arrived at Pengcheng Nanpu, Ma Han ordered Zhou Cang to stay behind, and he and Zhao Yun led more than 100 white wolf horsemen to land. Fang Qian walked out of Lixu and met Cao Jun on patrol. In the face of such a fully armed pure cavalry, Cao's army was like a great enemy, and while quickly sending people to report, he also gathered four patrol posts to gather, eyeing the tiger and supervising Ma Han and his party.
Soon, Cao Cao sent his officials to greet him, including three newly attached former Xuzhou officials. Of course, they did not come to meet the horses, but to identify people. The authenticity of Zhang Min is related to the premise of this meeting, and without this, this meeting would not have any significance.
Ma Han asked the two cavalrymen to hold their own iron arrows as an order, and took these Xuzhou officials to verify their bodies. Under the guidance of the Cao army envoys, the large army went to Changting under the supervision of nearly 100 Cao army patrol posts on the left and right.
Ten miles southeast of Pengcheng, outside the long pavilion, the leaders of the Cao group of the Eastern Expedition have gathered here, sprinkling and waiting. In the distance, smoke and dust are flying, iron hooves are thundering, and wolf flags are looming.
In the Three Kingdoms era, two peerless heroes finally met. (To be continued......)