The book is picked up and the last time -

However, it is said that Lao Cao went to Lanzhou, because he saw that Zhu Hu wantonly slaughtered the Han people, provoked the anger of thunder, and killed all the Hu people inside and outside Lanzhou, who were slightly implicated, accumulated more than 20,000 corpses, and built Beijing to view the east of the city.

Although Jingguan is successful, it is still difficult to vent anger!

After thinking about it for a few days, he resolutely divided his troops, led them all the way, and went to Xingqing Mansion as originally planned;

All the way, Li Zhu was ordered to be the main general, so that he could recover the hometown of Longyou Duhufu, and then kill Western Xia, take Suzhou, Guazhou, Shazhou, Yumen Pass, and restore the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Lao Cao's division of troops this time, in the eyes of others, can't help but think that he is angry and willful.

In fact, Lao Cao has fought all his life, how rich is his experience? Since he ordered the construction of the Beijing Temple, he faintly had this intention, and after thinking about it for a few days, he made a plan and said that everyone knew about it.

In Lao Cao's view, in today's northwest, although the party members are strong for a while, there are many deficiencies in the congenital area.

The land on which one is based is also barren;

The two are full of hus, and the competition is endless;

The three are frequently in civil strife, and their vitality is often self-depleted;

The four are strong neighbors on the side, and the time has been lost.

Among the four deficiencies, the most important is the fourth.

When Li Yuanhao founded the country, the foundation of the Liao and Song dynasties had been consolidated, although he was born between the Song, Liao, and Qunhu with his strong talents, both soft and hard, and was born between the Song, Liao, and Qunhu, and created the Western Xia, but after all, he lost the time.

This is equivalent to opening a new server in the game, and logging in is two days slower, so that one step is slow, one step is slow!

Besides, although the Tangut people are willing to liver, the Great Song Dynasty takes the route of RMB players, what can you do?

Coupled with the barrenness of the land, it is difficult to be self-sufficient; The existence of a large number of hus gives the great powers room to draw together and divide and involve each other; Civil strife is frequent, and it is always difficult to form a joint force-

These congenital deficiencies have never been made up for because of the existence of Song Liao: once they saw that they had a tendency to break the situation, they immediately suppressed them head-on, and finally formed a vicious circle.

After nearly a hundred years of consumption, the Western Xia has actually been extremely weak, but fortunately, the Jurchen leopard has changed, the dragon leaps to the northeast, and the pattern of the world has been subverted, so it has a chance to breathe.

Because of this, as soon as Wanyan Wushu came to ask for marriage, Li Gan decisively used a trick to beat the snake with a stick, accepted the assignment of the Jin State in full, and mobilized a wave of the whole family, young and old, vowing to swallow all the fat and beautiful places that have been haunted by the soul for a hundred years, and set the foundation of the great power of Western Xia in the first war.

Lao Cao saw this very clearly, and even saw that the Great Song Dynasty had been operating in the northwest for a hundred years, and what was consumed was not only Western Xia, but also the surrounding Hu.

For example, the Tubo Dynasty, which was standing on the plateau back then, has been wiped out for a long time, and the four major royal systems and more than 20 political regimes can be described as scattered.

Among the Tibetan branches, the "Buddha King" is the most heroic, but after the death of illness, the sons attacked and killed each other, and the foundation of the Qingtang Dynasty, which was easy to lay during his lifetime, fell again in all directions.

For example, the Uighurs are more scattered than the scattered sand of Tibet, and even more scattered than the scattered green ponds.

What are the Ghochang Uighurs and the Yellow Headed Uighurs...... The foundation of life is consistent: if you have milk, you are a mother, and whoever shouts is a father.

As for the miscellaneous tribes, their strength is under that of the Tibetans and the Uighurs.

As the saying goes: the times create heroes!

In the past, how could Ban Chao rely on thirty-six people to crisscross the Western Regions and destroy countless countries?

Its own ability is relied on, and the background of a big country is the confidence, but the chess game in the Western Regions, where small countries attack each other, is the most important "current situation".

In the northwest now, the whole army of Western Xia has entered the Song Dynasty, and the chaos of this chess game is slightly similar to that of Ban Chao at that time.

Therefore, the main general selected by Lao Cao is not the fierce general Shi Wengong, nor the loyal and righteous Xiao Li Guang, nor the heroes of the Western Army who have been in battle for a long time.

Instead, he was born in the rivers and lakes, and Li Zhu, a half-immortal swordsman who said against Wang Qing and sowed chaos in Huainan.

As for the attack on Xingqing Mansion, Lao Cao repeatedly considered it, believing that Lanzhou had been quickly down, and the Western Xia army had been exhausted, and in this situation, there was no essential difference between 32,000 or 17,000 people.

The key is still the four words of soldier and god speed.

An order is issued, and Wanfu Jingzhi obeys.

May 22nd.

Five generals, Li Zhu, Ma Xian, Wang Yan, Wu Jue, and Wu Luan, led the army along the south bank of the Yellow River and marched westward.

On the same day, Li Huai, Shi Wengong, and Ma Jin, three generals, led the 5,000-year-old mountain iron horse, and also went north to Lingzhou along the Yellow River.

Four days later, May 26.

The Yellow River is rolling and more than 10,000 soldiers are standing on the riverside.

Standing in front of them were three or four thousand people, all of whom were strong and weather-like.

Beside every citizen, there is a soldier standing with a sword.

The sword light was like snow, and the people looked frightened, but there was a little expectation.

The magistrate can't help but ask-wasn't Lanzhou killed by the Hu people? Where are there so many people?

It turned out that in the past few days, Lao Cao's soldiers and horses have been sent out in all directions, and they have already "invited" all the boatmen, fishermen, and ferrymen within a radius of more than 1,200 miles to Lanzhou.

In the meantime, the process may not be pleasant.

Fortunately, after the arrival of these people, the accommodation treatment was very generous, which made them barely reduce their fear by three or four points.

Soon, another general came, and each of them gave him three full money, so his fear was reduced by a few points.

When the number of people was almost the same, someone came to inform them that the imperial court would levy them as boatmen and transport the army, and after the matter was completed, there would be a generous reward.

The so-called generous reward, the people may not believe it, but the knife is in the hands of the people, and they have to try to make themselves believe it.

But when they learned that they were going to go down the Yellow River to Xingqing Mansion in Western Xia, they still exploded!

In fact, Lao Cao's plan of "raiding Lanzhou, going down the river, and flying to seize Xingqing Mansion" was not his own initiative.

As early as the fourth year of Yuanfeng, Lanzhou was still in the hands of Western Xia, and Song Shenzong had a strategy of building a ship from the Xihe Road, going down the Yellow River, and raiding Xingqing Mansion, and ordered Li Xian to "set up a raft in the upper reaches of the Tao River, and the camera led the troops eastward ......"

Li Xian immediately asked people to survey the river from Qinfeng Road to Xingqingfu, and reported that there was a dangerous beach, which was more than 60 miles long, during which the torrent was surging, and the reef was like scales.

Although the predecessors abandoned it, Cao Cao took it.

You must know that Lao Cao uses soldiers and has always been stingy with risks.

For example, in the past, the expedition to Wuhuan was unpredictable, except for Guo Jia, no one was willing to agree, and even Lao Cao himself, after returning from victory, also rewarded the people who advised him, thinking that his proposal was the words of the old man.

Looking at the famous handsomes throughout the ages, like Lao Cao, there are not many people who have repeatedly fallen into danger in their lives.

This is not Lao Cao's incompetence in using soldiers, just because of his good and dangerous moves.

Because of the dangerous moves, they are often also the best tricks.

What you dare not think is what your enemies will not believe.

Just like the Tangut people, how can they believe that someone would go down the river from the upstream?

At this moment, on the bank of the Yellow River, there are big stones like turtles, looking up at the sky.

Lao Cao stood on his head and looked down on a group of fishermen and boatmen.

Below, Jiao Ting looked up with expressionless faces, leading thousands of people, swords unsheathed, looking at one by one, standing beside the boatmen.

Cao Cao shouted: "The Yellow River is going north, the dangerous beach is difficult to travel, you and others know it, and I also know it!" But when has life never been difficult? Thou hast a fate today, and can hear my words, but do you know that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, or the year after next year, there will be a fate? ”

Its voice was like thunder, spreading on the riverside: "I am the envoy of the festival, and I will not hesitate to do so." Thou art all in the storms and waves, so why are you afraid? Today, it is convenient for you to wait for the clear words, if you dare not obey me, one by one, you will be sent to the Yellow River to feed the fish! If you are willing to help me, you will break the Xingqing Mansion, gold and silver treasures, and you can take them! ”

There was a commotion among the people, and it was obvious that the last eight words were not small.

Lao Cao observed his words and continued to roar: "You don't have to worry about my words, I am here, in front of you and others, in front of the emperor and the queen of heaven, and the mighty Yellow River to make a big oath - if you break your word and get fat, the heavens will punish it, the earth will abandon it, and there will be no place to bury it!" ”

As soon as he said this, Shi Qian suddenly raised his voice and shouted in the local dialect: "It's done!" Since the general said so, I will believe you! After this is done, you can exchange it for a lifetime of wealth, and it is worth it! ”

These people have always begged for a career in turmoil, and their courage is originally greater than ordinary people. Thinking that although the dangerous beach is dangerous, it is not necessary to die, if you fight hard, you can get rich immediately, and eight out of ten poor men are tempted.

As for the remaining two, Lao Cao didn't talk about any benevolence and righteousness, and took out his knife directly: Since you don't want to get rich, you will die and possibly die, so choose one.

So no one followed.

At this time, there was a young man who suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, speaking Chinese dialect full of nonsense.

What he said was: "General, I don't want gold or silver, but if I send you there, I beg you to take me as a soldier." ”

Lao Cao looked sideways, and saw that this guy was up and down, tanned, with deep eyes and high nose, and he looked heroic, no less than eight feet tall, naked and barefoot, only a few layers of fish skin hung under his waist, and a pair of eyes looked at Lao Cao fixedly, and when he saw his gaze sweeping, he had no intention of retreating.

Lao Cao nodded secretly and stretched out his hand: "What's your name?" What kind of people? ”

The man shook his head: "My mother is from the Qiang tribe, but they all say that I am a wild seed, so I am not a Qiang person, as for the name, I don't have a name, because I eat too much and waste food, people call me to increase the grain." ”

Cao Cao heard that he didn't recognize himself as a Qiang, nodded secretly, and immediately smiled: "Seeing that you are a good man, what if I promise you?" Good! When you arrive at Xingqing Mansion, you are my guard, follow me to kill the enemy with a knife, do you dare? ”

The man was overjoyed and hurriedly shouted, "I dare! When someone insulted my mother, I killed seven of them with a short knife! Unfortunately, my mother was also killed by them. ”

Cao Cao heard that he was unconcerned, and he became more and more overjoyed, but he made a sympathetic look on his face, and nodded: "The world is not peaceful, it is people who kill people!" But since you dare to kill, let me kill a peace. I'm not afraid that you will eat too much, some of them are food for you, the word 'rising grain', don't mention it, I'll give you a name, according to the original pronunciation, called Zhang Liang! You must remember that this name once produced a great hero, and now it is used by you, but it must not be disgraced. ”

"Zhang Liang!" The man shouted happily: "Don't worry, master, I will never insult the name of this hero!" ”

"Commander!" Cao Cao laughed: "Hahaha, your personal life belongs to you alone, and now you take refuge in me, I am your main general." ”

Zhang Liang nodded again and again: "The main general!" Obey! ”

He rushed forward excitedly and came to the turtle stone - seeing that Lao Cao had taken him in, the guards did not stop him.

"Together!" Zhang Liang worked hard to do the work of binding: "The main general! Connect all the rafts and you can cross the rapids. ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up: Yes! Isn't it my forte to connect the boats?

It turns out that the upper reaches of the Yellow River are in a hurry, and there are many reefs, if you don't make great efforts to repair, the boat is really difficult, so the tools used by Lao Cao to cross the river this time are all rafts.

This thing is made of cow and sheepskin, one by one blowing, seven or eight, more than ten are connected together, covered with hardwood or bamboo, can carry several people, more than a dozen people, etc.,

This kind of raft, with excellent buoyancy, and flat and not easy to overturn, is difficult to destroy even if it hits a reef, and is the most common river crossing wonder in the upper reaches of the Yellow River.

Lao Cao listened to the suggestion of Zhang Liang, a Hu man, and suddenly remembered the serial ship in his previous life, and said in his heart, if I connect this thing, the buoyancy and stability will be doubled, is this time still afraid that people will burn it?

So he immediately ordered the boatmen to work together, ten or twenty rafts, each tied to one place, and gently lowered it into the river, as if out of thin air there was an extra piece of ground.

Lao Cao went up in person, walked back and forth, and jumped a few times, only felt light and steady, laughed, and immediately asked people to take ten taels of gold, rewarded Zhang Liang, and the other boatmen couldn't help but envy when they saw it.

Zhang Liang touched gold for the first time in his life, and when he got it in his hand, he was surprised for a long time, and then his eyes were red, and he told Lao Cao in a low voice: "Lord General, wait for the raft you are on, let me it, don't say that the dangerous shoal, that is, the river flows to the sky, and I also hold the raft for you steadily." ”

Lao Cao laughed and shouted: "All the troops are on board!" ”

He also jumped off the high rock, and sure enough, he sat on the raft where Zhang Liang was.

Hu Sanniang, Shi Qian, and Jiao Ting also took the raft immediately.

However, thanks to the use of rafts in advance, more than ten of the largest and best rafts were set in one place, and dozens of elite soldiers were put on board, and then they set off.

For a while, I saw that on the surging river, countless rafts were tied into a large raft and went down the river.

In a short time, the vast river was almost completely occupied by rafts, and the scene was very spectacular.

The rafts were on the water, and they did not need to be rowed with great effort, but naturally they followed the current quickly, and the boatmen stood around, each holding a penny, but when they saw that there were stones on the surface of the water, they stretched the rafts open with a slight touch.

The soldiers all sat in the middle of the raft, and some of them were timid or afraid of water, so they naturally did not dare to raise their heads, but only lowered their heads and trembled, while those who were bold could not help but look around, and even shouted at their companions on the neighboring rafts, and even sang in response.

There were also some extraordinarily large rafts for horses, and the reins were tied in one place, so that the riders who were skilled and knowledgeable about horses could take care of and appease them.

This unprecedented rafting of the Yellow River has floated out for nearly 100 miles at dusk.

Cao Cao saw that it was not early, so he asked people to find a gentle place to shore and go ashore to light a fire to rest, so as not to be unable to see the water situation at night and be in danger.

For two or three days in a row, the sun rises and flows, and the sun sets, although there are some small waves, or people and horses fall into the water at the rapids, but there is no major damage.

It's just that someone on the shore saw it on the way, and after being stunned, Pegasus ran away, Lao Cao expected that most of them were from Xixia, and when they saw such a mighty Song army on the river, they didn't know it well, and they went back to the city to report the news, but the land route was winding and rugged, but he couldn't fly, so he rushed to warn in front of the head.

After another day or two, the waterway was already halfway through, and at noon, seeing that the speed of the raft was getting faster and faster, Zhang Liang looked at Lao Cao with a serious face: "Lord, the canyon and the dangerous shoals are coming, but you must sit firm!" ”

Cao Cao's expression was solemn, and he knew that the biggest test of this trip was now.

This is exactly what Lao Cao is looking for: Lao Cao is desperate to win, and the ship is difficult to turn around in the heart of the wave. How can anything be easy? It is difficult to predict that it is a conspiracy.

I thought I sent it out! I thought I sent it out!

I peed and took a shower only to find that I wasn't a little sure. Waste a precious leave slip!

But! Today, the little brother is going to push a book ceremoniously!

"The Mage of the Late Qing Dynasty"!

There are some cool points in it, and the coolness is so strong that I can't help but want to know the author.

And put it into action, I searched for each other in the writer's background and left a message to make friends.

This is the first time that the younger brother has taken the initiative to make friends since he wrote an online article!

A stronger resonance was found while chatting -

As we all know, the little brother's book was about 100,000 words, because of the recommendation of the big guy Portland Street Fat Dragon, it attracted attention, and finally got the opportunity to sign a contract.

And the author of "The Mage of the Late Qing Dynasty" is even more rigid!

He insisted on going his own way, with a pair of keyboards and a network cable, and wrote 380,000 words before he successfully signed the contract.

From a reader's point of view, the younger brother thinks that this book deserves better!

As the so-called:

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the protagonist bombarded the Forbidden City, although the earth was too big to tolerate, the American imperialists and Japanese chieftains hated each other.

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