—181 A.D.——

In the eighth year of Xiping, Liangzhou rebelled, and Emperor Ling worshiped Emperor Fu Song as the general of Zhengxi to quell the rebellion.

At the beginning, he only blocked the rebels from Fufeng, and then Song made a surprise strategy to attack Chencang with a partial division, so that the rebels could not care about each other, so they broke it, and ordered Bian Zhang and Han Sui to flee westward in a hurry.

It is rumored that on the night of the battle, there were meteors flying down, more than 100 zhang of glory, so that the rebel camp was destroyed, and the rebel generals were injured, Emperor Ling thought that this was a sign of God's blessing to the Han, and it was worth the "Xiping Stone Scripture" to be carved out, so he changed the year name to Guanghe, which was the first year of Guanghe.

Chencang barracks, Cao military camp tent.

"Huh...... The soldiers in front are fighting desperately, but the emperor is only thinking about auspicious signs and year names," Cao Cao listened to the information relayed by the "stand-in", and shook his head again and again: "If nothing else, I guess there is no such thing as 'reinforcements' at all." ”

"It's really not," the "stand-in" responded: "At present, the general view in Luoyang is that since there is a 'good omen', then this battle will be won, and there is no need for reinforcements." ”

I don't know if it's because after several fierce battles or why, the ability of the "stand-in" has been continuously improved during this battle, not only has the physical combat become more and more aggressive, but the speed of the spirit state is also faster, although it is also a day and night of Luoyang round trip, but if the distance from Luoyang, Chen Cang is more than one or two times farther than Zhidunqiu.

However, Cao Cao was just an ordinary person with good swordsmanship after leaving the "stand-in", so he had secretly decided that this kind of investigation should be done less when it was not really necessary.

"Still unable to enter the palace? What about the generals of the Western Army? Cao Cao asked instead.

Whether it is intuition or rational analysis, Cao Cao is very sure that the generals who are now defending together in Chen Cang will never be under the command of one person, and if there is an accident in the future, they are likely to become his enemies, so it is necessary to conduct relevant intelligence exploration in advance.

"The palace still can't get in...... Hey, every time I feel that I have improved, I will go to see that Wang Yue, but the gap has never changed," the "stand-in" said helplessly: "I'm afraid that only people of this level are qualified to fight the Sword Zhenguo." ”

"Tong Yuan, who is the same name as him, should be fine," Cao Cao said, "As for the other person, you and I both know who it is." ”

At this point, Cao Cao and the "stand-in" turned their heads at the same time to look in the direction of Fufeng County.

What is the "Meteor Sky Fire", it is clearly "Merlin's" counterattack to Wang Yue's "Traces of Heaven", she used the action of destroying the rebel alien camp with one blow to say "I can do what you can do, but I will not use it against my own people." ”

At that time, Yuan Shao, who only had to look at the stars in the middle of the night, noticed the pillar of light, but because a fire then ignited there, completely burning the sky red, Yuan Shao's words were completely ignored.

"As for the 'unparalleled generals' of the troops gathered in Chencang now," the "stand-in" pulled the topic back: "Lu Bu, he is the one who does not fall behind with one enemy and five enemies, I can watch him from afar, but if he approaches, he will be attacked by that red and black thunderbolt, he seems to be quite confident in his own force, and he advocates solving everything by violence, and that Gao Shun has always played a role in stopping him from being too nonsense." ”

"Are you counting yourself and Yuan Shao?" Cao Cao said.

On the same day, he fought with Sun Jian and Liu Bei to disrupt the situation, but unexpectedly made Xun Chen's strategy perfect, Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian, originally wanted to subdue him and then explain, but he was at a disadvantage after the real fight.

Regular fights generally include: attacking, and always be on guard against the opponent's counterattack; Deceive the other party with false tricks, and then launch real moves when they can't parry; pretending to be tricked into dealing with it, but secretly preparing the means to counterattack the full blow; And so on and so forth, almost as good as the games of the strategists.

But this kind of conventional style of play is not suitable for Lu Bu at all, he completely ignores defense, and launches powerful attacks anytime and anywhere, and any means of taking the opportunity to sneak attack or counterattack are all blocked by the black and red thunder and lightning that entangle his body, which directly causes the three generals who are not known for their strength to have to fight with him.

In the end, when Yuan Shao shouted "Meng De, I'm here to help you" and rushed over, Lu Bu directly jumped out of the battle group and refused to continue fighting, and the three of them were worried about the battle in Chencang, so naturally they would not be entangled, and turned back to lead their respective troops.

Thinking about it in hindsight, could it be that Yuan Shao's stupid aura exuded from the inside out made Lu Bu refuse to fight him?

The "stand-in" ignored Cao Cao's slight ridicule and continued: "As for Sun Jian and Sun Wentai who came in a broken boat, there is nothing special about it, it seems that he is from the Yangzhou clan, and the generals who follow him all call him 'Young Master', and his personality is a little silly, but it has not reached the level of Yuan Shao. ”

- What a faux pas! At first, he was just slow to react, but he wasn't stupid.

"When I went to see it, they were using all kinds of torture tools to deal with the general named Huang Gai," the "stand-in" continued: "That big man is obviously covered in bruises, and he is still shouting 'not enough', 'it's far away', 'haven't you eaten', Jiangdong people really can't understand it. ”

"Maybe it's some kind of 'Wushuang' who 'the more seriously injured, the stronger the strength'," Cao Cao guessed: "Just look at the ships that were driven by them, what kind of battle would it take to break the mast together?" ”

This is a good candidate to use the "bitter meat trick", Cao Cao secretly thought, no one would beware of a person who was seriously injured and dying.

"Hmm, and that Liu Bei who kidnapped Yun Chang," the "stand-in" frowned and thought about it: "He handed over the control of the army to Gongsun Zhan, and took Guan Yu to 'do good deeds' in Chen Cang City all day long, maybe he relied on this to convince Yun Chang?" …… But we can't learn that. ”

"It's right to win the hearts of the people, so that they can help defend the city when this city is attacked, or at least not surrender to the enemy, but our identities are different, so there are some things that can only be done by him, and I can't." Cao Cao nodded: "If it were me, I would choose to appease with a large amount of money." ”

Since his father and grandfather were both high-ranking officials in the imperial court, Cao Cao recruited a group of Taiping Taoist disciples who wanted to seek refuge with this identity, but among the real low-level people, soldiers and civilians, Liu Bei's identity as "Han clan relative" and "disciple of Great Confucian Lu Zhi" is more useful.

If he is asked to do the same thing as Liu Bei, it is not that he can't let go of his figure, but if he really does it, the Cao family, the Xiahou family, and other high-ranking families who originally supported him will be excluded from the support list, and the others are okay, Xun Chen will definitely turn around and leave.

In the eyes of these families, it is okay to care about the lives of the people, to investigate and help them develop commerce, agriculture, and even to have a banquet with them at the same table in the restaurant, because those are necessary means, but regard yourself as a part of the people? Assist them with some specific tasks? This guy probably has something wrong with his head, right?

"However, I inquired that Liu Bei has no industry, and Gongsun Zhan has not received much funding from the Gongsun family in Youzhou, they have always obtained silver money by completing the Ranger mission, and the pair of double swords can be said to be Liu Bei's full net worth," The "stand-in" said: "Although we don't have much money, Dunqiu's 'technology' is developing very well, and there are many horses of the Commando." ”

"Do you want to give Yun Changbao knife and BMW? This is a good idea, I see that his long knife is quite inadequate because of its light weight, and he has looked at Lu Bu's jujube red horse many times that day," Cao Cao said: "In this way, the specific handling will be handed over to you, and you will make a round trip to Dunqiu tomorrow - well, you can rest for a few days before making the trip." ”

"Haha, I knew you would agree, so I've already done it by the way when I go back this time~ They will be sent together with the selected horses after the forging, and I specifically pointed out in the letter that it is not of 'excellent' quality." "Stand-in" said proudly.

"Well done." Cao Cao nodded.

Based on past experience, a "stand-in" cannot carry a living thing, and perhaps a newly created long knife can, but that will cause it to "belong" to a "stand-in", just like the "blue and red sword".

"Finally, on the way back, I saw that the rebels confronting Fufeng had been defeated and were fleeing this way, and they might arrive in a few days." "Stand-in" said: "Our defensive preparations for more than a month are about to come to test the results." ”

"They weren't the expected target," Cao Cao shook his head, "We were supposed to deal with the reinforcements, but we didn't expect ......"

At that time, more than 20,000 mountain cavalry were approaching from the direction of Fufeng, and Chen Cang was in full swing to prepare for the siege, but the leader with the lion-faced helmet, who seemed to be called Ma Teng, completely ignored Chen Cang and directly led the team to bypass the rugged mountain terrain next to him, which made the coalition generals stunned.

In the end, Xun Chen was the first to react: "This is betrayal!" , they betrayed the army of Fufeng and fled with the 'mountain riders' who could have crossed most of the passes! ”

Lu Bu, who had been clamoring for revenge on the "mountain rider", heard the words and directly inspired Raiden Wushuang to jump off the city wall and chase after him, but he didn't get much until he was thrown off by the mountain rider, and then he returned to Chencang under Gao Shun's persuasion and declared that he wanted to expand Chencang, so that not a single bird could fly over - of course, no one would take it seriously.

Since they did not meet the returning army, Chen Cang's defense did not suffer losses, and after additional expansion, the generals stationed here finally had to face the impact of the rebel army that was defeated by the main force of the official army, but the strength was still strong, as long as they could be blocked here, or even need to be defeated, as long as the main force of the official army led by Huangfu Song chased after them, the Liangzhou rebellion would be quelled.

20,000 against 70,000, all in one battle, thinking about it, even Cao Cao, who is usually calm, feels a little enthusiastic.