Li Mi, who returned to the mansion, knocked bamboo poles into the urn buried deep in the ground, while recalling Cao Zhi's crying.

Cao Zhi told Li Cong: "My father said that he likes my benevolence more than my talent, and my father has fought and killed the world over the years, pacified the war in the Central Plains, but the knife has been stained with too much innocent blood..."

"He told me that this is a miserable pain that I have to experience, but it is not the future that my father is looking forward to, he told me that Confucius has a saying, if there is a king, there will be benevolence in the world, and he said that he hopes that after 30 years, my benevolence and love will make the world understand the true merits of the Cao family!"

"But now, when I really see this forcible conquest, I can have a premonition that the Xiangfan battlefield is 'white bones are exposed in the wilderness, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles', I... I... I don't even know that even if one day, I become the son of the world, but can I bear the hatred brought by the world's killing and forcible conquest of my Great Wei? ”

At that moment, Cao Zhi spoke, tears rolled in his eyes, like... He couldn't bear it a little, and he couldn't bear the pressure brought about by Cao Wei's sins.

It's Li Cong, he persuaded Cao Zhi a lot, and he has been calming his emotions... even moved out the story of Cao Cao's slaughter of Pengcheng and Yecheng in the past.

Such a forced levy? At least compared to the slaughter of the city? Much more moderate!

However, the purpose is to ask this matter clearly.

Even now, Li Cong still has too many doubts in his heart.

Forced conscription?

Even if Cao Cao deliberately covered it up, but such a big movement? How could there be no news? Didn't the beggars get the slightest news?

Forced conscripts? Without systematic training, what combat effectiveness can it have?

Thinking about it...

The footsteps of "stomping" have appeared outside the courtyard door, and it is the arrival of a beggar "as scheduled".

Li Liang hurriedly got up, as if he was going to get up at night, and the beggar outside the door seemed to have been begging for a day, tired, and sat under the eaves to rest.

The two of them seemed to have their own things, but across the door, Li Cong asked: "Cao Cao forcibly recruited, didn't you find anything?" 1,000 per county, 500 per county, such scale..."

When asked this, Li Yan suddenly paused, as if he had suddenly figured out something.

Oh, yes...

He ignored the defenders of Cao Wei's original county, which county originally did not have 2,000 officers and soldiers stationed? Can that county be less than a few hundred officers and soldiers?

That is, the so-called forcible conscription... It is only necessary for the county guards and county magistrates to draw a group of defenders, and then forcibly recruit a small amount, which is enough to make up enough numbers.

So... According to Zijian's meaning.

Xiahou Nan came to Sili to forcibly levy, but because it was too close to the Xiangfan battlefield, he raised his requirements.

In other words, if Cao Wei really deliberately concealed a forced levy of this scale, the beggar gang might not be able to detect it...

Even, such a forced conscription, because half of the soldiers and horses are officers and soldiers, they have a certain combat effectiveness.

This will only cause the counties within Cao Wei to become more empty.

At this moment, Li Lian suddenly realized...

Lu Youjiao, who was outside the door, was still asking, "What do you mean?" ”

Li Yan didn't explain anymore, "It's nothing, you must relay a message to the Yunqi Gongzi as soon as possible, just say that Cao Cao is forcibly recruiting the people while transferring soldiers and horses from various counties, I'm afraid that Wancheng will be able to gather more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in a short period of time!" Let him be careful, be careful! ”

Oh, yes...

More than 100,000 soldiers and horses!

According to the number of officers and soldiers who were transferred and the number of forcibly conscripted civilians, there were 70,000 or 80,000 people with combat effectiveness...

At the same time, the other half, even if they are standing there waving their flags and shouting, the monstrous momentum brought by this sea of people will be a huge blow to the morale of the Jingzhou army and a huge encouragement to the defenders of Fancheng.

- "What a ruthless heart!"

- "What a poisonous plan!"

Li Lian sighed with emotion in his heart, and did not forget to emphasize: "There is a change in the battlefield of Xiangfan, this matter is reported to the prince of Yunqi, quickly, must be fast!" ”

This was the first time Lu Youjiao had heard Li Yan's words so urgently.

He didn't dare to slack off, and repeated Li Cong's words in his heart.

Although his heart was throbbing, under the moonlight, he walked away step by step at the same pace as ever.

Li Yan couldn't help but look at Lu Youjiao through the crack in the door...

At this moment, his heart has become turbulent, turbulent, and surging!

He kept muttering softly: "There is no room for it, there is no room for it-"

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In Xinye City, a centurion of Cao Wei knelt in front of the forbidden with a face full of shame.

"The last general lost a thousand stone of military rations and damaged men and horses, please punish the general!"

Yu Ban, who has always been disciplined, comforted him uncharacteristically at this moment and said: "Guan Ergongzi led the thief army to raid, it is not your crime, you can save the lives of hundreds of soldiers is a great achievement, don't think so much, rest for the night... Tomorrow will be lucky! ”

The centurion was stunned, "But... But now that the Guan family army is stationed near Xinye City, and then go to transport grain, I'm afraid... They're going to come and kill them! ”

Yu Ban smiled and said, "If you can be intercepted and killed by him five times, especially if you retreat from your whole body, then I will promote you to be a thousand-commander!" And I will reward you with a hundred pieces of cloth? How is it? ”

Yes...

In the centurion's stunned gaze, Yu Ban patted him on the shoulder, "Be careful, if you encounter interception, you don't have to fight, turn around and run, everything is self-preservation, just a thousand stones of grain, send it to the second son of Naguan!" ”

For a while, Yu Ban's casual attitude made the centurion completely confused.

After a while, the centurion stepped back...

Yu Ban exhaled "deeply", and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Wen Yuan, before you come, I have to deceive this Guan Jiajun!" ”

Speaking of this, Yu Ban clenched his fists, and he said fiercely: "This credit, we are half of each of us!" ”

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Guan Ping is interrogating the captives that Guan Xing has captured.

I only heard one whisper: "My family is a general and a thief... No, it's my general who expects General Guan to stick to it, and he will do his best to transport grain in all directions, raise military baggage, and ask for reinforcements to make a long-term plan, and I don't want to be intercepted and killed by the Guan family's son..."

Guan Xing snorted coldly, as if he was still unhappy when he heard the word "material thief", and said with a sneer: "Return your general?" Returning the thief? Do you really think this is your Cao Wei's place? ”

It seems that because of a big victory, Guan Xing has become a lot more confident, and he has become a lot more and sharper in the past.

Guan Ping glanced at Guan Xing, "Second brother..."

He pondered for a moment and said, "Untie up, wine and dinner are served... Put it back later! ”

Zhao Lei hurriedly asked, "Why don't you kill it?" ”

Guan Ping did not answer Zhao Lei, but said calmly: "Go back and tell the soldiers of the Ru family that Jingzhou has won many victories and Cao Wei has been defeated repeatedly, rather than sending them to death, it is better to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and whoever is willing to come here will give them land and land to help them live and work in peace and contentment!" ”

The captives hurriedly bowed their heads and thanked them: "Thank you, general, thank you..."

After the captives were taken down, Zhao Lei said with a smile: "Ping Gongzi has also learned the strategy of attacking the heart." ”

Guan Ping said with a smile: "I always see Yunqi to attack the heart, and over time, I have learned a little bit of fur, I just hope that my heart of forgiveness can make the Wei army disheartened, but if you catch Wei soldiers in the future, you must treat them well!" ”

"Yes!"

At this time, Guan Xing seemed to think of something again, he "chirped" his mouth and thought for a moment.

Guan Ping saw his thoughts: "If you have something to say, the second brother is not a person who can hide things!" ”

Guan Xingjin said: "I tortured before and learned that the guard of Xinye City is called Chen Jiao, the guard of Yancheng is called Hu Zhen, and the guard of Pinglu City is Zhang Qiu... It's all unpopular characters, plus... The captive said that Shinno Castle was asking for help and transporting military rations everywhere, and wanted to come... We can also continue to test with a small force of soldiers and horses! Even... It's not just Shinno Castle..."

Guan Xing's words blurted out, Guan Ping suddenly opened his eyes, and hurriedly scolded:

"You forgot? What did Dad just say? ”

Guan Xing didn't refute, just waved his hand, "Okay, okay... Isn't it okay not to tempt without temptation? ”

said so, but Guan Xing had already made up his mind in his heart.

- "Fourth brother can be? Why can't I?'

- "Heroes should be judged by success or failure on the battlefield!"

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"Ahh

With a faint sigh, the Lingju in Shouchun City, looking at the empty Zhang Liao Mansion, couldn't help but sigh faintly.

She came here to tell Zhang Liao about the "dangerous" situation according to Guan Lin's instructions.

I never thought... She persuaded and persuaded, and said everything that should be said, but Zhang Liao's mind was to insist on being loyal to Cao Cao and insisting on saving the female doctor Zhuo Rong.

He even did not hesitate to go to Cao Cao to beg Cao Cao eight times.

It's just putting life and death out of the way.

Lingju originally wanted to continue to persuade this uncle Zhang Liao to pay attention to his own safety, and remind Zhang Liao to be cautious of Cao Cao's suspicious nature.

Can... I never thought that people would go to the empty building.

After asking, I learned that Zhang Liao had already left Shouchun and went all the way to the west-

"This time, I couldn't complete the task of the Cloud Banner Boy after all!"

Just when Lingju was depressed.

Suddenly, some soldiers broke into the room, searching for all the miscellaneous items here... It seems that even if Zhang Liao left, Cao Cao did not let go of the search for his mansion!

The spirit duck hid on the eaves, but he could hear the soldiers' discussions.

"You say, does the prime minister really want to release that woman, General Cheng Quanyuan and that woman?"

"How is that possible? The prime minister just used that woman to let General Wen Yuan capture that Guan Yu for him... relieved the hatred in his heart, that woman was Hua Tuo's disciple, how could the prime minister's temperament be let go? ”

"You mean to say that even if General Wenyuan wins, that woman won't survive..."

"What? Are you distressed? Seeing a beautiful woman who can't walk? Hahaha, you're dead, no matter how you go! ”

"I didn't mean that, I heard that the famous Zhuo's elixir came from the hands of this female healer, she is famous in Huainan, so if she dies like this, won't the medicine be lost? I'm sorry..."

Speaking of this, another veteran sighed: "It's a pity that it's useless... Who made her a disciple of Hua Tuo? The prime minister won't let her go! I didn't say this, it was General Zidan (Cao Zhen)..."

These words came to the ears of the spirit ju.

Her eyebrows furrowed deeply.

- "Uncle Wen Yuan is going to capture Guan Yu?"

- "Then Uncle Wenyuan's way to the west is... Be... Oh no, it's bad!'

Because of the sudden tension, a tile fell from the roof...

"Who is it?"

The soldiers of the Cao army under the eaves hurriedly shouted, but Lingju's body was as light as a swallow, and when they took a few steps back to see the whole picture of the eaves, where was the figure of Lingju on the eaves?

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Eight days later, Chen Jiao, the nominal defender of Xinye City, could no longer bear it.

He said ashamedly and indignantly, "General Yu, what's the matter?" In eight days, the grain and grass were robbed five times, and if this continues, Xinye City will run out of food... There weren't many soldiers, and now that there is no food, then... That..."

In fact, Chen Jiao still had even more incomprehensible words buried in his stomach.

A centurion was robbed of grain five times in eight days, but instead of punishing him, General Yu Ban instructed Chen Jiao to promote him to the rank of commander of a thousand...

Although people have been transferred, not many people know about this matter, but this matter is very outrageous!

In Chen Jiao's opinion, it is a big spectrum!

"General Chen, calm down, calm down—"

Yu Ban soothed Chen Jiao's emotions...

Chen Jiaodu was about to explode, "Even if the Guan family's army is huge, the morale of our army can't be so badly defeated, right?" Does General Yu know... What do the people out there say about me? ”

Yu Ban is a secret in Shinno Castle, and only generals above the rank of lieutenant will know about it.

Therefore, such a series of military rations were looted, and the name of "incompetent" naturally had to be counted on Chen Jiao's body.

Although Chen Jiao is not as famous as the five good generals, he also defected to Cao Cao during the Xuzhou period, and together with Chen Deng, he defended the attack of Sun Ce in Jiangdong.

Because of his and Chen Deng's contributions, Sun Ce has never been able to live Guangling City when he goes north in his life!

In the fourteenth year of Jian'an, Chen Jiao followed Cao Ren and Niu Jin to garrison Nanjun, and Cao Ren rescued Niu Jin in a "peerless" manner, and it was Chen Jiao who said the sentence, "The general is really a heavenly man".

Although in Cao Wei, the people of Xuzhou are not powerful, Chen Jiao still has dreams, and he has also made some public achievements over the years, and he still wants to continue to climb up.

But now, this reputation down? He's a caterpillar, huh? It's almost full of four big words written on the door of my head - shame!

"General, General..."

Chen Jiao's tone had become pathetic, already a little hysterical.

Yu Ban said calmly: "If Great Wei wins Guan Yunchang, General Chen is the first merit!" ”

Chen looked up puzzled and asked, "What?" The last general..."

Yu Ban said simply: "When General Wenyuan came, he led his troops to ambush outside Xinye City. ”

Chen Jiao's eyes lit up and said, "General Yu is trying to lure the Guan family's army?" ”

Yu Ban smiled lightly: "In the past, Guan Jia Shilang made meritorious contributions to his son, and after that, he had 5,000 stone of military rations, and five defeats, which is enough to feed the temperament of a Guan family son to the point of 'arrogance', right?" ”

Speaking of this, Yu Ban exhaled softly, "General Wenyuan, me, General Pang De, General Xu Huang, tens of thousands of people, thousands of military rations to play with him, this Guan Jia Erlang should be fed, right?" ”

"Hehe, then again, which young general of the Guan Jiajun doesn't want to be a rebel like Guan Jiashiro?"

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Outside Xinye City, in Guanping's military village, Zhao Lei was speaking generously.

"The eldest son doesn't have to punish the second son, although there is no military order five times in a row, but these five times are all great victories!"

Zhao Lei truthfully stated: "Five lootings, five great victories, more than 5,000 stone grain... None of this is important, the important thing is that under such a great victory, the morale of the Cao army in Xinye City and the Cao army in Fancheng has collapsed even more, and people say that 'the general will not be subject to the order of the king outside', and the second general is not there... The second son is good for meritorious service, how can he be punished? ”

"I'm worried...", without waiting for Guan Ping to finish speaking.

Guan Xing has already walked into the big tent with a dragon and a tiger: "Big brother doesn't need to worry, this is a foolish brother's private action, and he has made a contribution to the eldest brother, and if something happens, it is all the foolish brother's behavior, and it has nothing to do with the eldest brother!" ”

Guan Xing has eaten the benefits of being a "rebel".

He even thought of his past, in the past, the "good baby" was simply lonely!

To be meritorious... Merit is not;

Be capable... There is nowhere to put the ability.

Except for the title of Guan Gonggongzi, he Guan Xing is simply useless.

Now, according to his own ideas, it will be a big victory as soon as he makes a move, and these five consecutive victories make Guan Xing's whole person feel a little fluttery.

"Second brother, you..."

Guan Ping still wants to persuade, how can he be... Guan Xing waved his hand, "Tomorrow morning, another batch of military rations will be delivered, and I will rob them again, won't our Guan family army eat the Cao family's grain during this time?" What else does the second brother have to say? ”

Speaking of this, Guan Xing turned around directly and walked out of the big tent.

Guan Ping frowned: "Look at what he has become?" ”

Zhao Lei couldn't hold back on the side: "At first, I also thought there would be fraud?" But this is the fifth time that the grain has been robbed? Once it's a fraud, twice it's a fraud, five times... Could it really be that Cao Jun has no soldiers anymore? But for the sake of food supply, I know that there are tigers in the mountains, and I prefer to go to the tiger mountains! Even if it is robbed, it still has to be transported..."

Speaking of this, Zhao Lei added, "Speaking of Cao Wei having no soldiers to recruit, then again, according to the fourth son's Jiangxia fire and Xiangfan's attack of arrow rain, if I were in Cao Wei, I wouldn't dare to be a soldier?" Don't dare to send ten daughters-in-law? This is a life to marry, no life to enjoy, hahahaha..."

Zhao Lei is more optimistic than Guan Ping, after all, he won the battle... Why bother with a sad face all day long?

Guan Ping sighed with emotion: "I have already sent someone to inform the fourth brother about this, the fourth brother's brain is more active, maybe... He has a way to persuade the second brother! ”

On this side, Guan Ping and Zhao Lei were still discussing word by word, and on the other side, Guan Xing walked out of the big tent and went directly to his 2,000-strong military village.

He saw several Wei captives sitting on the ground, and a dough cake was placed in front of one of them... A few people ate it and gobbled it up.

Guan Xing stepped forward and looked at the captives with a smile, "Do you want to go back?" ”

"I don't want to!" The captives replied with great firmness.

"Why?" Guan Xing asked curiously.

One of the captives shouted bread in his mouth, but said, "More than 100,000 people have died over there in the past few months, and I have to die when I go back, I want to live, it's good to be here, it's better to die than to live..."

Hey...

Listening to the captive's words, Guan Xing's eyes moved, and his eyes must have been, "You are here, what should your family do?" Aren't you afraid that Cao Wei will embarrass your family? ”

"My family has long since died, just a mother-in-law, and it's not good for me." The captive said aggrievedly, "Besides, under the order of the widow, I am here, this mother-in-law was recruited, and she is not the same or is she being drafted when I die?" I don't know whose mother-in-law Ming'er will become. ”

He blurted out these words, and another captive sighed: "Alas... The major general I told you, there is really nothing to run in the north now, let's be the daughter-in-law of the military household, who can guarantee that we will get it today, Ming'er or not? Remembered? Who cares about that..."

At this moment, a veteran soldier among the captives said bitterly: "How can the days of the Central Plains and the north be... That's it? ”

Listening to the complaints of these soldiers, Guan Xing suddenly could understand their pain, and could feel their pain.

His eyes narrowed, "Since you all say so, then I ask you?" Your daughter-in-law has been taken away, do you want to take it back? ”

"Yes!" Wei Bing's eyes lit up: "Anyway, it's not bad, what's wrong with giving it to others?" Isn't it clean after washing? ”

Belch... Good Qingqi brain circuits.

Guan Xing smiled, and then he asked, "How many soldiers are there in this Xinye City?" And Yancheng? Pinglu City? What about the defenders of Fancheng? Do you all know that? ”

With Guan Xing's words...

These Wei soldiers looked at each other, and then one couldn't help but open their mouths: "The people have all moved, how can there be any soldiers, they are... It's all empty city! There are only a few hundred people stationed there... And they are all old, weak and disabled! ”

"Yes..."The other veteran nodded: "It's just to make a show, so that the besieged soldiers in Fancheng have a hope, in fact... In these small towns north of Fancheng? How can there be soldiers! ”

With the words of these Wei soldiers, a light appeared in Guan Xing's eyes-

It was as if he saw a "huge credit" in front of his eyes.

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(End of chapter)