Chapter 35 The Stronger the Wind and the Waves, the More Expensive the Fish
It was getting past the afternoon, but the sun wasn't blazing.
A gray cloud slowly streaked across the sky above Ye Cheng, giving the earth a hint of coolness.
From the fourth quarter in the morning to the second quarter in the middle of the day, Shen Chen and Wang Lang have been debating for more than half an hour.
Wang Lang wanted to use the Mandate of Heaven and Shen Chen's obstruction of the Great Unification to persuade him.
But Shen Chen exposed that Wang Lang was a vested interest in maintaining the rule of the family, and the so-called Mandate of Heaven and Great Unification were nothing more than hypocritical remarks that did not care about the lives of the people.
The words made both sides unhappy, especially the last sentence "You are cynical, and you are also worthy of talking to me about the people and the world", which made Wang Lang furious, only to feel tightness in his chest, his beard turned up, and he pointed at Shen Chen and couldn't speak for a long time.
After a long while, his breathing calmed down, and he no longer reasoned with the hypocritical unification of the Mandate of Heaven, but said: "Since you care about all the people, you know how many innocent people are involved in the war? Aren't these all your own sins? β
"I won't say stupid things like "for the sake of the world, even if there are deaths and injuries, it is inevitable". β
Shen Chen said without hesitation: "There is no killing or protecting in this world, there is only one life, everyone's life is the same precious, and some are just helpless sacrifices." If I say that the king sacrifices wine and dies in front of the battle, I will withdraw my troops immediately, is the king willing to sacrifice wine? β
"Forehead ......"
Wang Lang was speechless for a while, and he suddenly felt as if he had made a mistake in his calculations, and he didn't seem to be an opponent.
"Look."
Shen Chen grinned and said, "Wang Xijiu is unwilling to kill himself in front of the battle for the sake of the common people in the world, why can you say on behalf of the common people in the world that my Northern Expedition is to make innocent people suffer?" β
"I ......"
Wang Lang was speechless, he wanted to kidnap others morally, so don't blame others for kidnapping him morally.
Shen Chen shook his head, turned his horse's head and said, "Forget it, I thought that you, as an old minister of the Han Dynasty, would have a high opinion before coming to the battle, but I didn't expect to say such vulgar words!" I see that you have lived to a dog all your life, and you can't be cured well by righteousness and righteousness, and you can't understand the truth, you are also a great Confucian? β
"You ......"
Wang Lang was furious, pointed at him and said, "Today, I am a great Wei, with a million armor, and a thousand good generals." How can the fluorescence of rotten grass such as Langer be compared to the bright moon in the sky? Won't your Northern Expedition harm the people of Henan in the urgency of overhanging their lives? β
"At least I won't kill people wantonly."
Shen Chen immediately turned around and angrily reprimanded: "I killed all brutes like Cao Ren, and there are also cynics like you who are open to Cao thieves. The families would naturally support Cao Cao, but the people would not. What's more, how can rotten grass not be compared to Haoyue? With me, although Cao Cao is strong, the mandate of heaven is unified, and it will not be fulfilled in him after all! β
Although the bright moon is bright, not an inch of light belongs to it, but in the name of night, it exudes the light that should belong to the sun.
Although the rotten grass is dark, it shines with its own unique passion, which has illuminated many places, but it has not illuminated its own path.
In this way, rotten grass may not be as good as Haoyue, but it just has different ideals and different fates.
So in this world, even if Cao Cao is Haoyue, he is only with the northern family to rely on the oppression of the people to become strong, and he cannot be regarded as strong.
Only when Liu Bei did benevolent and righteous things, used various methods to solve the problem of hidden households and hidden property from the hands of the family, liberated the population and land, and let the people cultivate and weave by themselves, without being enslaved, did he emit the light of fireflies and illuminate the world.
Some people may say that he is just doing this for himself, but at least all his words and deeds are to protect all people.
Even before he died, he was persuading Adou to "don't take the good as a small thing".
Compared with the two, Cao Cao's talent and ability cannot be denied, but when it comes to moral character, how much difference is there between the two sides?
When Wang Lang heard his words, his eyes widened, his blood surged, and he reprimanded: "Shen Xiaoqing, you have a clear name in vain, so you have no dignity, and you are worthy of being a great Confucian in the world?" ββ
"Hmph, the master also said that being old and not dying is a thief."
Shen Chen snorted coldly and said, "I know the life of the king's sacrificial wine. You live on the coast of the East China Sea, and you are filial piety and honesty for the first time, and you should be Kuang Jun to assist the country, An Han Xing Liu, when to help the rebels, conspire to usurp the throne, the crime is deep, and heaven and earth do not tolerate it!
Wang Lang stretched out his hand and glared at him angrily: "You..... You...... Shen Little Thief...... How dare you ....."
"Shut up! Shameless old thief, don't you know that everyone in the world is willing to eat your flesh raw, and dare to rap here! β
Shen Chen got up and shouted angrily, and then arched his hand to the west and said: "Fortunately, the will of heaven is endless, and the king of Hanzhong is in Xichuan, and he is edicted to beg for thieves." Today, according to the edict of the king, the Northern Expedition is being raised, and since you are a flattering minister, you can only hide and shrink your head, trying for food and clothing, how dare you vainly claim the number of days in front of our army! β
"Ahem....."
Wang Lang coughed twice, already panting.
Shen Chen sneered: "Haoshou horseman, gray-haired old thief!" You are about to return to Jiuquan, what will you look like to meet the twenty-four emperors of the Han Dynasty? β
"I ...... I ......"
Wang Lang covered his chest, only feeling tightness in his chest.
Shen Chen shifted his firepower again, looked at Cao Hong and said: "And you Cao Hong old thief, after you Cao Clan's eunuchs, because of the false position, the money and money, the right to lose, the theft of the Dingsi, and the overturning of heavy weapons." Sin deserves death, and is he worthy of being called a king? β
Cao Hong said angrily: "Vertical son dares! β
"Come on!"
Shen Chen pulled out the Tiger Courage Knife and said coldly: "If you want to die, you won't stop you!" β
Cao Hong is in his fifties, and his combat power has long declined. On the other hand, Shen Chen has been practicing martial arts for many years, and he is in the prime of life, and even Gan Ning is no longer his opponent, and if Cao Hong dares to come today, he will let him die.
"General!"
Wang Lang finally got angry, stretched out his hand to stop Cao Hong, and said with difficulty: "This person has gone crazy, there is no need to pay attention to such villains, let's go back to the camp first, and wait for him to kill himself." β
"Huh."
Shen Chen looked at Wang Lang again, and sneered: "You two ministers and thieves, you have studied Confucianism all your life, but you can't even learn the simplest loyalty and patriotism, benevolence and righteousness, and you live in vain seven out of sixty, and you have not made an inch of merit in your life, you can only shake your lips and help Cao to abuse!" A broken crest dog still dares to bark in front of our army? β
"I ...... I ....."
Wang Lang's eyes widened, and he was speechless.
Shen Chen stood up from his horse, condescending, and pointed his tiger knife at him and shouted angrily: "I have never seen such a brazen person! β
"Ahh
Wang Lang only felt a tightness in his chest, blood suddenly spurted out, and he fell from the horse.
Several generals next to him were shocked: "Wang Jian Jun, Wang Jian Jun!" β
"Yes."
Shan Yi spat and sneered: "With this ability, he is also worthy of arguing with my master, but it is not as good as me." β
Cao Hong was also shocked when he saw that Wang Lang was dead, and hurriedly ignored Shen Chen's previous provocation, went down to pick up Wang Lang, and with the help of the rest of the generals, went back in dismay.
"Hahaha!"
Shen Chen laughed loudly, and the soldiers behind him shouted loudly, and the momentum shook the sky.
On the Cao army's side, their faces were like ashes, and their morale, which was not high, was even more declining, and under the orders of their respective generals, they ran back to the camp in ashes.
Thundered!
At this time, the already gloomy sky became even darker.
It was supposed to be midsummer in May, when the sun was hotter, but at this time, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, and it seemed like a shower.
Showers of rain were also common in summer, and the morale of the soldiers of the Cao army was not high, but now seeing that Wang Lang had failed to debate and died, he fled back to the camp in panic and never dared to come out again.
In the distance, the Nanyang army was mighty, but Shen Chen did not order an attack, and withdrew with a wave of his hand.
Both sides withdrew, and the place was soon empty. It was as if something had happened, but as if nothing had happened, and they went back to the camp.
Only the increasingly sultry temperature tells that it is becoming more and more unusual.
It was the end of the afternoon.
Cao Hong returned to the camp, and the army was desolate.
Wang Lang, as a military sacrificial wine and the Taishou of Wei County, is also the military supervisor, and his status is second only to Cao Hong.
As a result, the division was unfavorable, and he was still killed, which also made the soldiers quite uneasy.
Cao Hong had no choice but to send someone to send Wang Lang's body back to Yecheng first, and summoned Zhao Yan, Deng Zhan, Jia Xin and others to discuss the matter.
"It looks like it's going to rain right away."
In the main general's camp, no one mentioned Wang Lang again, and tacitly revealed the matter.
Wang Lang himself wanted to go into battle to debate the scriptures, but he argued and argued to death himself, which really damaged his face and hurt the morale of the army.
So after entering the camp, Zhao Yan deliberately brought up the problem of the weather.
It was only the end of the day, that is, about three o'clock in the afternoon, but the sky was full of dark clouds, and it was obvious that it was about to rain.
Cao Hong looked around and said to them: "Then Shen Chen built a dam to intercept the water, did he want to take advantage of the heavy rain to store water to flood our camp?" β
"That's a lot of rain."
Deng Zhan scratched his head and said, "There are showers every day in summer, but the rain won't fall for a while." If you want to submerge this radius of more than ten miles, it will take at least another month. What's more, even if the water is stored, he is not afraid of flooding his camp? β
"That's just as well."
Zhao Yan also wondered: "His camp is also on the edge of Lishui, even if the water is stored and the gate is opened, I am afraid that the flood will be the first to flood his camp, how can he still think of such a stupid way as water attack?" β
Cao Hong thought for a while and didn't come up with a reason, so he said: "Forget it, if he wants to store water, he can store water." We first built more dirt hills in the camp, and even if he flooded our camp, it would be ankle-high at most, and then the water would be drained from the canal when the rain stopped. β
"Well, that's a clichΓ©."
Zhao Yan nodded.
They dug ditches in their tents to drain the water, because they were afraid that they would flood the camp by storing water in the morning.
But I'm afraid that the heavy rain will not stop, in case Shen Chen and others really come to the continuous rainstorm, so that he will store a large wave of water, flood the camp, the drainage canal is not enough, and it is good to have soil and mountains.
Anyway, the drainage canal will continue to release floodwater, and with the flow of water, it will not turn into a flood and destroy the entire camp.
At the moment, everyone didn't care, and the order was issued to build more dirt mountains.
And after Shen Chen returned to the camp, he had been looking at the sky above him outside the tent.
It was three or four o'clock in the afternoon, but the sky was already dark, and lightning and thunder were roaring.
Zhou Budo was by his side and said to Shen Chen: "Senior brother, will there really be a rainstorm for several months this year?" β
"Hmm."
Shen Chen nodded: "The rain is caused by the sun scorching the earth, and the evaporation of water vapor to the clouds is accumulated. Especially in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, the East China Sea has high summer temperatures, and the water vapor is blown to Yangzhou Jingzhou by the southeast wind, so from May to October every year, it is the rainy season in Jingzhou. β
"It's just that in the past, even during the rainy season, it rained a lot for ten days a month, and most of the time it was still a normal climate, so how could it continue to rain this year?"
Zhou was puzzled.
Shen Chen explained: "Because Jingzhou and Yangzhou have sufficient water vapor, and the Qinling Mountains, Bashan and Wushan block water vapor, such a climate used to occur every few years or decades. In February of the second year of Jian'an, Yangzhou was flooded. In June of the first year of Xiping, Changsha was flooded. In the autumn of the third year of Xiping, Luoshui and Hanshui flooded, and Xiangyang was almost flooded a few years ago? β
"Yes, I was only in my teens at that time, and it seems that it was that rainstorm that my senior brother hoarded a large number of reservoirs in Yixian County and flooded the Jiangdong Army."
Zhou Budo thought about it, and it seems that there has been a lot of climate change over the years.
Earthquakes, floods, droughts, plagues, snow plagues, locust plagues, hailstorms, etc., almost every year, the dynasty collapsed, natural disasters and man-made disasters went hand in hand, and now the Han Dynasty has become this scene, and the abnormal weather may account for half of the reasons.
Shen Chen answered, stood with his hands in his hands, and looked up at the sky.
I don't know whether it is the Xiaoice period or the El NiΓ±o phenomenon, the Yangtze River basin often has big floods, like the 98 years of floods in later generations, and Shen Chen himself is a witness.
At that time, he was still in elementary school, and in the morning he was still at school, but in the afternoon the whole city was flooded, and the students in the lower grades had to go up to the fifth and sixth floors under the guidance of their teachers, and all of them hid in the classrooms of the upper grades to spend a difficult night.
Later, he learned that the cause of the flood was due to the continuous heavy rains in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River since May, coupled with the soil erosion caused by indiscriminate deforestation in the Yangtze River basin, such as Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake, Taihu Lake and other lake areas.
To put it simply, it is due to the abnormal climate, excessive heavy rainfall, soil erosion in the Yangtze River basin and the reduction of the lake area, resulting in the decline of the river and lake storage capacity, the reduction of peak shaving and the lifting of water level.
However, this situation should not have caused such a big disaster in the Han Dynasty.
First of all, in the 98th year of the next generation, the population living in the Yangtze River basin reached 400 million, and the soil erosion and land reclamation caused by the lake were extremely serious.
The Han Dynasty does not know the exact number of people at present, but at most a few million people, it will not have such a big effect on the ecological environment.
The second is that Yunmengze has not disappeared now, and the movement of enclosing the lake to create fields is just the beginning, and the lake water storage capacity is extremely strong, and it cannot submerge Jingzhou.
Therefore, as long as the relocation of people on both sides of the Yangtze River is done, the loss to the people should not be too great.
But this year's floods have had another effect.
Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army!
Historically, it was this year of climate change in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River that caused the Han River to rise sharply and flooded the Seventh Army.
As a descendant, if he doesn't make good use of it, wouldn't he be sorry for his identity as a traverser?
"Boom!"
With another thunderclap, clouds covered almost the entire sky.
Raindrops the size of beans fall.
Shen Chen muttered to himself, "It's raining, and the wind and waves are coming." β
It's raining, it's windy.
The stronger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish.