In June 226, the fifth lunar month of the seventh year of the Huang Dynasty, Emperor Cao Pi of Wei died of illness after only seven years of reign, and his son Cao Rui, Emperor Ming of Wei, ascended the throne. Cao Pi, with whom Huang Zhi was close to him, died young before the age of 40, let alone have a good relationship with him. As for his son Cao Rui, the dream man of the East China Sea team has not had the opportunity to meet his new master.

Although Huang Zhi completed the stage surname task of intimacy inheritance, according to the natural law of intergenerational estrangement, Cao Ying's intimacy, which had reached the level of "favor trust", should have been reduced by one level in Cao Pi's hands. If Huang Zhi had the opportunity to meet Emperor Wei himself, relying on the ability to "socialize", he would still be able to re-elevate this relationship.

But at the beginning, due to the punishment of the dream world, the intimacy between Huang Zhi and Cao Pi not only did not have a chance to be repaired, but was lowered by an additional level, and suddenly fell from "favor" to "trust". Therefore, in the process of dividing the hundred officials after Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, Huang Zhi, the chief dreamer of Cao Wei's camp, did not benefit at all.

It stands to reason that after the battle of Jiangling Zhongzhou in the sixth week, Huang Zhi still has a chance to go further, but due to Sima Fuqiang's judgment that "there is no war on the Western Front", the East China Sea team did not enter the main line of the Three Kingdoms in the seventh week.

And at this moment, it is the eighth week of the "real" world, and the timeline of the main line of the Three Kingdoms has also come to 228 years, and the intimacy between Huang Zhi and the Lord of Cao Wei has finally fallen again and again, and has been lowered by two levels again. To paraphrase a stock market term, Huang Zhi has been "cut to the limit", and his intimacy with Cao Rui has fallen from "intimate" to "strange".

Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming only heard of such an "old minister" from the mouth of the left general Zhang He, who is said to have taken refuge in his grandfather Cao Ying since the Battle of Chibi in 208, and has fought on the Western Front for most of the past 20 years, and has had some credit. In Cao Rui's mind, it was already good for his grandfather Cao Ying to give this "old minister" the position of counselor, and there was no need to promote him for the time being.

As a result, when Sima Yi was promoted all the way from the prince's concubine, Huang Zhi was still in the same position as a doctor. You must know that the old ancestor of the captain of the East China Sea had already paid homage to the general of the Fu Army before Cao Pi's death in 226, and was bequeathed as an assistant. At this time, he was promoted to the general of the hussars, and his status in the Cao Wei army was second only to the great Sima Cao Xiu and the general Cao Zhen.

Fortunately, after Cao Rui, the little emperor Cao Fang, who was only eight years old at the time, had already become a puppet emperor who was tired of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, so Huang Zhi no longer attached importance to the relationship between himself and the lord of Cao Wei, but should follow Sima Fuqiang's advice and start to focus on cultivating the relationship with his ancestor Sima Yi.

But having said that, he failed to be promoted to an official position after entering the Dream of the Three Kingdoms main line several times in a row, and Huang Zhi still complained about it. It's a pity that he is always on the front line of the battlefield, and he has no chance to have a good relationship with his sovereign. Whether it is Cao Pi or Cao Rui, they basically have not inherited Cao Ying's military talent, so even if they are in charge of the expedition, they can only sit in the rear, and naturally they are close to him.

Having said that, the East China Sea team re-entered the dream of the main war of the Three Kingdoms this night, and the time happened to come to the spring of 228. At this time, it was the time of Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, and it was also the opening battle when he went out of Qishan to attack Wei and began to confront Sima Yi.

In fact, Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" distorted this history, at least in the first Northern Expedition of Zhuge Liang in 228, there was nothing to do with the hussar general Sima Yi, and it was even more impossible for Huang Zhi to continue the front line with Sima Fuqiang's ancestor here.

If you want to talk about Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, you have to start with Huang Zhi's painful memories - the Battle of Dingjun Mountain.

From 218 to 219, under the planning of Fa Zheng, with the Battle of Dingjun Mountain as a symbol of victory, Shu Han won Hanzhong and occupied the southern end of Xiegu Road, while Cao Wei was forced to retreat to Guanzhong. From then on, the Western Front essentially entered a brief period of peace that lasted for more than nine years, until the spring of 228.

Because Fa Zheng, Liu Bei and others died in 220 and 223 respectively, Zhuge Liang wrote down a famous "Teacher Table", taking advantage of the emptiness of Cao Wei's troops in Guanzhong, he personally led the Shu Han army to kick off the Northern Expedition.

There are several passages from Hanzhong to the north to attack Wei, from east to west, they are the Meridian Road strongly recommended by Wei Yan, the Xiegu Road connecting Hanzhong and Guanzhong, and the westernmost Qishan Road in Tianshui County to connect with Guanlong Road.

Needless to say, the Meridian Road is simply a mountain trail, which is only suitable for surprise attacks by small troops, and is not suitable for large troops to pass.

Zhuge Liang asked Zhao Yun and Deng Ai to send troops to Xiegu Road, to Taibai County to turn to Jigu, and directly made a posture of preparing to send troops to Wuzhangyuan to attack Chang'an for a long time. This move made the general Cao Zhen make a wrong judgment and mobilized all the Cao troops on the western front to the Keigu line, resulting in the emptiness of Longyou's troops.

At this time, Zhuge Liang quietly led the army west out of Qishan and approached the three counties of Guanxi. Tianshui Lang led Jiang Wei to surrender first, causing Nan'an and Anding to fall into the hands of Shu Han successively.

In order to consolidate the newly arrived Guansan County and then capture Longxi County, Zhuge Liang sent Ma Tan to guard the street pavilion between Tianshui and Anding to prevent Cao Wei's reinforcements from entering Guanlong Road.

After Cao Rui, who was personally on the expedition, learned the news of the fall of the three northwestern counties in Chang'an, he immediately ordered Zhang He, the only surviving general of the five good generals, to lead his troops to Jieting to open the Guanlong Road, so that Cao Zhen's army on the western front could smoothly enter Longyou and recover the lost territory.

This is the background of the battle of the street pavilion that the Tokai team is about to participate in at this time. When they entered the dream world, they were already in Zhang He's army.

Zhang He's department has 50,000 people, although there are a lot, but it does not have any advantage over Ma Tan, who guards the street pavilion, and the other party occupies a geographical advantage, and there is still Zhuge Liang's army behind Guanlong Road, so this battle is not easy.

However, the Battle of Jieting not only made Ma Tan notorious, but also achieved the highest achievement in the life of Zhang He, who was the body of the five good generals, and it was also the highest military title of the military general surnamed Cao Wei who was later named "General of the Expedition to the West".

As long as you know about the Three Kingdoms, some people may be misled by Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and think that the commander of Cao Wei in this battle is Sima Yi, but they will definitely not know that Cao Wei will win.

In the dream of the East China Sea team, people finally feel that they are not extremely Tailai, and after experiencing several famous battles in history, they are finally about to usher in a big victory. So after seeing Zhang He, an old comrade-in-arms, whether it was Sima Fuqiang or Huang Zhi, people's faces in the dream were more relaxed.

In contrast, because he did not know the "future" of this history, Zhang He, who was the miracle creator of the Battle of Jieting, had a more solemn face.

"Mr. Shixin, I heard that Shu who guards the street pavilion this time will be the Ma Tan and Ma Youchang in the 'Ma's Five Constants', and he is known for his talents. I hope that Mr. will give advice, what is the best way to win the street pavilion? At this time, Zhang He, who was still General Zuo, asked Huang Zhi for advice worriedly.

In the face of his humble request for advice, Huang Zhi was really embarrassed to take the pinnacle of Zhang He's life as his own. Speaking of which, the two are also old comrades-in-arms who were born and died, and they have worked together in the Battle of Weinan, the Battle of Dingjun Mountain and the Battle of Jiangling Zhongzhou, and they can be said to be the closest ones in the entire Cao Wei camp.

This kind of comrade-in-arms between birth and death is by no means comparable to those "intimate" relationships established through the sideways of "social" skills, whether or not it involves post-war interests, Huang Zhi cannot ignore it, let alone trample on it wantonly.

After thinking about it, Huang Zhi decided to let Zhang He play freely and never reveal any "history" for his own interests. He just wanted to witness the magnificent performance of the last of the five good generals.

Secretly informed the captain of his thoughts, and Sima Fuqiang agreed.

Of course, the main thing is that the Tokai team now has a stable source of points, and the benefits of raising an evaluation level in the war dream are no longer very eye-catching. If the current Donghai team is still facing the pressure of points demand, I am afraid that Sima Fuqiang will definitely make a rational judgment in the seemingly difficult choice of "bread and love".

There are also those who say that comradeship is beyond all and cannot be tarnished by any rancid interests. But unfortunately, Sima Fuqiang is not a soldier, so naturally he does not have this kind of persistence. And as the captain of the Tokai team, the interests of his teammates are above everything else, which is also his understanding of comradeship.

However, there is no such problem now, 30,000 points were received last night, and after deducting expenses, the Donghai team still has as many as 40,000 points in hand along with the previous deposit, which is enough for everyone to upgrade their skills to the B rank.

After thinking about it, Huang Zhi didn't even provide the slightest hint, but just borrowed Liu Bei's words to comfort Zhang He, "Liu Xuande once said to Kong Ming before his death, 'Ma Yan's words are exaggerated, and they can't be used. In the final analysis, Ma Jian is just Zhao Kuo's second, don't be afraid, you can rest assured! ”

After listening to Huang Zhi's statement, although Zhang He is still very cautious, at least he will not be as troubled as he was at the beginning. A theoretical general like Ma Tan, who has never been on the battlefield, is idealistic for granted, and as long as he is given a little pressure and let him face some unexpected setbacks in advance, he will inevitably be caught off guard and eventually lead to the collapse of the whole front.

The army advanced to the east of the Jieting outside Guanlong Road, and was preparing to set up camp until the next day. Zhang He's spies came to report that a group of scouts of the Shu army appeared in the mountains and forests ahead, and among them was a sturdy woman, who killed several of the scouts sent by the Wei army.

"A sturdy woman?" Huang Zhi and Sima Fuqiang glanced at each other, and they already had the answer in their hearts.

There is only one possibility that a woman will appear on the battlefield of war dreams, that is, the person in the dream. And the female surname of the Shu Han camp is reported to be the only one in the dream, which is the tiger girl.

When a sturdy woman contacted the tiger girl, Sima Fuqiang naturally thought of another dream man with salient characteristics, so he asked, "Is there another Hu person?" ”

The scout was stunned for a moment, thinking that the man in front of him was simply a god, and he could guess this, and immediately nodded his head like garlic.

At this moment, the two of them could be 100% sure that the team of dreamers who were harassing Cao Wei's army was their ally Tianshan team. After saying goodbye to Zhang He for a while, the two began to talk about this matter as soon as they walked out of the big tent.

"When did James get this interest? Actually took on such a low-level disturbance task? Sima Fuqiang muttered puzzled.

It is almost impossible to directly obtain an element of promotion evaluation for tasks at this level, and it is almost necessary to accumulate more than double digit tasks of the same level in exchange for an evaluation promotion. In other words, this is the task that those teams who take the lower route will take on when the nine towns of Dongzhou have not yet been unified.

Up to now, no team would risk their lives to experience the front line of combat for a mission of this level, so Sima Fuqiang was puzzled by Zhan Musi's abnormal behavior.

Huang Zhi thought quietly for a while, and he immediately thought of another possibility, Zhan Musi was forced to do this out of desperation, just like he and Zhang Wei did at the beginning. In this way, the dream man team in the Shu Han camp this time should be more than the Tianshan team, I am afraid that the chief dream man Jia Junshi of the Shu Han camp is also there.

Huang Zhi then informed the captain of his guess, and Sima Fuqiang immediately agreed with him.

"Want revenge?" Sima Fuqiang suddenly asked.

Huang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then understood what the captain meant. The previous time Sima Fuqiang had contacted Zhan Musi by phone in the "real" world, saying that he wanted to find an opportunity to cooperate against the South China Sea team, at least to pull out the minions around Jia Junshi as much as possible, so that he could not be alone. This is obviously a great opportunity.

"What are we going to do?" Huang Zhi asked rhetorically.

"What else can I do, go and meet Zhan Musi now, so that Hu Niu can meet the person she thinks about at night, hehe." Sima Fuqiang sometimes rarely has this kind of gossip side.

Without a word at the moment, Huang Zhi went to Zhang He to ask for a military order, saying that he was going to drive away those strange Shu Han Tanma. For Huang Zhi's character, Zhang He chose to trust him wholeheartedly, although he felt a little strange in his heart, he still agreed to his request.

Calling the scout who had just reported the news and asking him to take the Donghai team to the haunted area of the Tianshan team's dreams, Huang Zhicai put the trembling soldier back.

Sima Fuqiang immediately launched the "Ascending High and Overlooking" and began to look for the other party's figure in the mountains and forests infested by the Tianshan team. After a while, he did spot a few figures, but because they were too far away, he couldn't see their faces clearly for a while.

After thinking about it, he simply opened his throat and shouted, "Tiger girl! Renwei has come to see you! ”

Zhang Wei was behind him, and when he heard the words, he fell off the horse on the spot, and looked at the captain's back with a resentful expression. "How can there be such a captain who uses his own team members as bait......"

Sima Fuqiang completely ignored his protests, and looked at a graceful figure running out of the forest with a smile, who else could be so anxious and disregardful, not a tiger girl.

Behind the tiger girl, the yellow-haired Zhan Musi jumped and screamed angrily, she had never seen such a reserved woman, and when she heard Ren Wei's name, she ran out like a nymphomaniac, not caring if there was danger.

With a skeptical attitude, James led the rest of his teammates to follow behind Tiger Niu from a distance, and only after seeing the crazy girl meet the Donghai team unscathed, he sighed and stepped forward.

"Long time no see, Jamus. How do you get mixed up? was actually driven out to explore the mountains! Sima Fuqiang was not so much saying hello as stimulating the other party.

Zhan Musi's face stinked as much as he wanted to say when he heard this, "You guessed it, right?" That's right, that guy from Jia Junshi is playing yin! In the face of such a defeated battle as the street pavilion, we are already very weak, and we have to deal with the framing of our 'colleagues' behind us! That guy simply wants to kill us and dominate the Shu Han camp. ”

"Captain Zhan, do you want us to help you take revenge?" Huang Zhi has a talent for hiding knives in his smile.

"Come less! You want revenge, right? I heard that last time in Li Tang's camp, you forced Jia Junshi to flee in the wilderness, so good! "Although his face was tense at first, when it came to the best, Zhan Musi was already dancing happily." Well, let's say, how do you want us to cooperate? It is in our common interest to destroy the Jia Junshi and the Nanhai team, so let's not beat around the bush. ”

I have to admit that Westerners are indeed more refreshing than Orientals, especially the East China Sea team is still some Orientals on the southeast coast, and the intestines are curved enough to make people dizzy.

Now that Zhan Musi has made his words clear, Huang Zhi and Sima Fuqiang are embarrassed to continue to rub shoulders with him.

"Okay, as I told you on the phone last time, let's trick that 'Hunter' with the 'tracking' exclusive skill out and dispose of it first. Due to the suddenness of the incident, Sima Fuqiang did not formulate a perfect plan for a while, so he could only act according to the original plan.

For this kind of unplanned temporary arrangement, Zhan Musi naturally couldn't accept it, "The last time I called was just talking about that, do you think that Jia Junshi would let his teammates be supported by us at will?" ”

Sima Fuqiang also knew that his statement was a bit abrupt, but he never thought in advance that he would so coincidentally encounter the Tianshan team and the sworn enemy Nanhai team at the same time in the main line of the Three Kingdoms tonight. "Alright then, let's agree on a way to get in touch and keep in touch at all times. The Battle of Jieting lasted about ten days, and what we had was time to clean up the Nanhai team. ”

Naturally, James could no longer raise objections to this request. However, it is not easy to maintain contact between the two opposing camps, and if you are not careful, you will be charged with collaborating with the enemy.

The Donghai team has won Zhang He's trust, so naturally there is no danger of this kind of danger. However, behind their Tianshan team, there is also a South China Sea team that wants to stab them in the back at any time, and Jia Junshi will not give up this great opportunity. One is not good, it failed to clean up the South China Sea team, and the Tianshan team had to suffer first.

"Now we still have time, let's sit down and discuss it." In the end, James could only give this ambiguous reply.

(To be continued)