Chapter 8, the business of the Yao
When Xun Jin saw Cao Cao, Cao Cao was having a headache there.
Hua Tuo has also been treating Cao Cao for a long time, although he has not removed the roots, but it is quite effective, and he can keep it for three or five months without seizures, and even if he has an attack, it doesn't seem to be as painful as before. But Hua Tuo said that he wanted Cao Cao to calm down and be smooth, saying that if you are in a bad mood and your depression accumulates, it will be easy to develop, and it will be very bad, if your mood is always calm, you may not recur again in your life.
Cao Cao was in a hurry this time, so he fell ill again, and he regretted not taking Hua Tuo with him in the army - he was afraid that the old man would be old and couldn't stand this toss; Besides, there will be wounded soldiers in the war, so with Hua Tuo's temper, don't you soak in the wounded barracks all day long? Can he still take care of me?
Fortunately, the pain was not very severe this time, but according to Hua Tuo, pressing the acupuncture points on both sides of the head with the thumbs of both hands was relieved. As soon as he saw Shixun come in, Cao Cao said, I asked Tian Chou, a local recommended by Yan Rou, but even he didn't know the road in the mountain, what should we do?
Shi Xun was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart that he couldn't, it was recorded in the history books that it was Tian Chou who was the guide for Cao Cao, so that he could raid Liucheng and kill Badun, how could he not know? So he asked Cao Cao: "What do the lords and Tian Chou say?" Cao Cao said no, there are still many people next to him. Shi Xun said with a smile: "The lord can summon him alone and ask him about his intentions." "It must be that Tian Chou is afraid of leaking military secrets, so it is difficult to speak in public.
Sure enough, Cao Cao summoned Tian Chou alone, and Tian Chou said: "The old Beiping County is in Pinggang, and Lu Long is out." Arrived in Liucheng; Since the establishment of the military. Broken and cut off. It has been hanging for 200 years, and there is still a micropath to follow. Today, the captives will have no end in sight with the army, and they will not be able to retreat, and they will be slack and unprepared. If Mo returned to the army, he crossed the danger of white sandalwood from Lulongkou, and went out of the empty place, and the road was close to cover up his unpreparedness. The head of the Badun can be captured without a fight - Karasuma often enters the right Beiping and Yuyang, and I am afraid that among the peddlers, there are also secret messengers, so I dare not say it openly. ”
Cao Cao was overjoyed, so he deliberately kept a straight face, ordered to return to the army, and when he retreated to the border of Pinggu County, Yuyang County, he convened his henchmen to discuss, saying that we would follow Tian Chou and raid Karasuma through Lu Longsai. Guo Jia raised his eyebrows. Before he could speak, it was Xun who spoke first:
"The soldiers are fast. Now thousands of miles are attacking. There is a lot of baggage, it is difficult to make profits, and when he hears it, he must be prepared; It is better to leave the baggage and light soldiers to come out, but it can cover up its surprise. ”
After saying this, he glanced at Guo Jia with squinted eyes, and saw that Guo Fengxiao was also turning his head to look at himself.
Because in fact, this passage was exactly what Guo Jia was thinking, but before he could say it, he was preempted by Shi Xun. Guo Fengxiao was very popular in later generations, but when it came to his status in the Cao Group at that time, he was actually not as good as Erxun and Jia Xu (so in that one biography, Guo Jia was not mixed, but passed on with Cheng Yu, Dong Zhao, Jiang Ji, etc.), and there were not too many deeds - the years were too short. Therefore, it is Xun who can memorize almost all of Guo Jia's wonderful contributions recorded in the history books. Moreover, the idiom of "soldiers are noble and fast" also comes from here - Shixun didn't read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" when he was a child, and just by watching "Chinese Idiom Comics", he remembered this story.
He robbed Guo Jia's words, and even more robbed Guo Jia of the limelight, and as for what Guo Fengxiao thought in his heart at this time, was he surprised, annoyed, angry, or sympathetic to Hongfu from now on, he couldn't care about it. In fact, in the previous life, Shi Xun was also half a Guo fan, and after the problem actually contacted Guo Jia, I found that this guy was cold-faced and cold-hearted, and he really didn't like it, and it seemed that he still had a knot with himself, so - I'll rob you, what's the matter? You bite me?
Cao Cao didn't see the interaction between the two of them, and immediately nodded: "What Hongfu said is true, be a little elite, light and heavy, I will go to conquer it personally." It is estimated that there will be a vicious battle, so the "tiger and leopard ride" is indispensable, and let Xu Yu, Gao Lan, and Xiahou Lian order 7,000 horse infantry elite soldiers, and Cao Hong and Yu Ban will lead 10,000 infantry troops to escort the baggage to follow.
As for the conscript, Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia's face and persuaded him to stay for the time being and recuperate. Guo Jia said that I don't worry if I don't follow, Cao Cao smiled slightly, stretched out his hand: "With Hongfu, there is no worries." ”
Yes? Shixun's heart couldn't help jumping, why did he have to call me?
In the original history, Guo Jia followed Cao Cao's expedition to Karasuma, so the history books say that he died of a serious illness after "returning from Liucheng" - it is likely that this battle made him sick and tired. Lu Longsai's road is not easy to walk, it is said that he once killed horses for food and dug the ground to get water, so Shi Xun is a little trembling when he thinks about it, and he is still struggling psychologically-am I not going to follow or not to follow? What excuse can I find to get by?
But on a whim, he directly copied Guo Jia's speech, and then thought about it - ah, I can't run away. I offer a plan, in order to increase the speed of the march and bring less baggage supplies, and I refuse to go after I am done, is that a word? But there is also hope in case of emergency, hoping that Cao Cao will say let Guo Jia follow, and Hongfu will stay with you.
I didn't expect Cao Cao to be very good-looking because of Guo Jia's face - maybe because he was shocked by Shi Xun, or maybe he was really sick (in fact, this person has thin bones, and his usual face is not good), so he said that you don't have to go, and I will be followed by Hongfu. It's Xun Xin who finished speaking, and it looks like I have to follow this experience. That's it, Guo Fengxiao, even if I repay my grievances with virtue, it's good to save your life - save someone's life, and win the seventh-level floating slaughter, Amitabha.
Thinking about it, he couldn't help but glance at Guo Jia, and Guo Jia was even more puzzled - what did Hongfu look at me? His eyes are so strange, why can't I see through them?
Cao Cao led his army from Pinggu all the way north, over the Yanshan Mountains, and into the plateau and hilly region—theoretically from the first to the second. On the way, passing through a ruin, there are still remnants of the old earthen wall, Tian Chou pointed and said: "This is Baitan City, which used to belong to Yuyang County. ”
Cao Cao said that I thought it would be easier to walk over the mountain, but I didn't expect it to be so rugged and difficult...... Wherever they passed, there were indeed barely visible traces of the old roads, but many places were blocked by rocks. I don't know if it's caused by the earthquake. Forced to take a detour. Even soldiers were sent to forcibly dig the passage.
In his previous life, Shi Xun had roughly studied the route of Cao Cao's surprise attack on Karasuma on the map, and knew that it was twists and turns, and it was more than 100 miles away from the Han Realm in the north - but for its danger and difficulty, he only had the impression of those vague words and sentences in the history books, and it was not until here that he finally had an intuitive feeling. He estimated that this place was probably near the city of Chengde in later generations, and he had also been to Chengde, but he passed by train. It's really different from stepping on two legs (in many places it is difficult for horses to walk, so they have to come down and lead them), and the feeling is completely different!
(Actually, Baitan is north of Luanping, and there is still some distance from Chengde.) )
In his previous life, because he liked history, he saw Tian'er holding the "Atlas of Chinese History" and flipped through it, and knew that not only this place, but also two or three hundred miles to the north, the Western Han Dynasty also belonged to the Han realm, and there should be the remains of the Great Wall of Qin over there, and I don't know why. The northern border of the Eastern Han Dynasty has shrunk so much. immediately said to Cao Cao: "There are both city sites and Han lands." If we can open up the old way and restore the heyday of Emperor Xiaowu, we should be worthy of our ancestors. ”
Cao Cao said with a smile: "When Emperor Xiaowu was in the time, there were four Korean counties in the east, and the western regions were controlled in the west, that is, the realm of Jiaozhi in the south, which seemed to be wider than today. Shi Xun sighed softly: "Children and grandchildren are not filial......"
The group turned eastward from Baitan, traveled 300 miles, and arrived at the former Han Dynasty right Beiping County Zhipinggang City. But at this time, the baggage vehicles in the rear could no longer keep up - although the front army had to dig roads in the mountains, they were all elite after all, and there were many horses; And the back is full of foot soldiers, and there are big cars, although the front army has opened the road in many places, the rear army has to dig it, otherwise the vehicle will not be able to pass. The food he brought was about to be eaten, so he had to kill horses for food as the history books said.
There wasn't much salt in a big pot, and there was no star anise in the skinned horse meat, so Xun was a little sick to his stomach when he smelled it, let alone ate it. Although Cao Cao took care of these scribes and allocated all the remaining little corn to them, Xun saw that even Cao Cao was gnawing horse meat with the soldiers, and he was not too specialized. This is not to flatter Cao Cao, the problem person is a social animal, everyone around him is eating horse meat, just one chewing dry food, will invisibly produce a sense of being excluded from the group, it seems extremely lonely......
It was Xun Xin who said that I was also born bitterly, and when I was still poor, rabbits, squirrels, beetles, what don't I eat, and where can I dig for salt and spices? At that time, seeing a little meat was like a festival, why do you raise your spleen and stomach so badly now? It's really the so-called "easy to go from simple to luxurious, and difficult to go from luxury to simple". Especially if you see, isn't Wang Zhongxuan also frowning and gnawing on horse bones? !
Originally, Cao Cao didn't plan to take Wang Cang, that kid only has the ability to write, and he doesn't know anything about military affairs, why is this kind of action taking him? Or Wang Cang took the initiative to ask to follow, he said: "The lord goes out of the plug for thousands of miles, in order to set Karasuma, this Bi Yao (Huo Quai) merit also, the minister wants to follow it, with poetry endowed with it, can show the achievements of the lord and hang down for eternity." Cao Cao originally wanted to say that it was enough for Hongfu to write poems, but looking at Wang Zhongxuan's pair of small eyes, he looked so eager that he couldn't bear to refuse - forget it, take him with you.
It was Xun Xin who said that he had to bring Wang Cang, if I was asked to write poems at the right time, I really couldn't write it!
Don't say it, Wang Cang is short, but he is quite agile, his body is not good, and he can endure hardships, although he frowns all day long, and often sighs, but he finally gritted his teeth all the way down and followed down, and at this time, he was able to eat horse meat with the sergeant. Shi Xun looked at Wang Cang, and couldn't help but sigh secretly: I can't compare to Cao Cao, I can't compare to those big-headed soldiers, but I can't even be inferior to Wang Cang, right?
So he pinched his nose and scooped a big spoonful of broth from the pot and mixed it with fried corn to eat - speaking of which, this fried dry food was also "invented" by him, and the knowledge still came from several old films he had watched in his previous life to resist US aggression and aid Korea.
Cao Cao Guang wore a piece of body armor, temporarily removed his shawl, did not wear a helmet or hat on his bare head, pulled up his sleeves, pressed the sword in his left hand, and copied a thigh bone with shredded flesh in his right hand, walked over while gnawing, raised the bone and pointed: "Hongfu, Zhongxuan, can this meat still enter the mouth?" ”
Wang Cang frowned: "It's very fishy, it's a pity that there is no wine." Shi Xun sighed: "It is already a festival to have this meat in the army; I waited for this meat, but I couldn't swallow it. "There's no need to be sloppy with Cao Cao, it's best to tell the truth.
When Cao Cao heard this, he laughed and said: "Hongfu is the best food, how can I endure this, but ......" said and got closer: "I see Hongfu as a person who is not safe and abides by the case, and also wants to leap on the horse and set up the cause of Yao, so this thing must be eaten." "If you want to make a career in the military, you have to get used to eating horse meat.
It's Xun Xin who says that there is nothing wrong with horse meat, the question is...... Can we stop being so rough? (To be continued......)