279 Really smart people
Zhen Mi is not a little girl who is ignorant of the world, she was born in a wealthy family, and married into a super wealthy family, she has seen few people over the years, and finally heard a lot.
The interaction between people is actually the same as the principle of businessmen making profits, and in the final analysis, they are all exchanges of interests.
If there is really a kind of exchange that can be done at any cost, then this must be the protection of the northern population and the preference of the southern population.
It's a little unbelievable, after all, a high-ranking and powerful person like Lin Mo should have read countless women, and most of the conclusions about him in the market are a combination of mental skills, scheming and tactics, such a person spares no effort to support herself, except for the love that she only hears but does not see, she doesn't know what else it can be.
It's just that she can't believe that she can be so lucky to be favored by men who are eye-catching and have countless halos in the world.
That night, Zhen Mi was carefully dressed, wrapped in a light blue corset on her chest, and draped in a raccoon veil as thin as a cicada's wings, and her looming collarbone was full of seductive charm.
When Zhen Mi was dressing up, she couldn't even tell whether it was purely for gratitude, but she seemed to have a deeper understanding of the sentence that women are pleasing to themselves.
It was night, Lin Mo came on time, and the moment he saw Zhen Mi, the whole person was in a trance, and the woman in front of him had charming eyes like silk, and her arms were like jade, as if she could drip water.
Zhen Mi was very useful about this, and felt that it was worth it to spend more than an hour dressing up.
"Master Hou, please take a seat." Zhen Mi directly pulled Lin Mo to the main seat and sat side by side with herself, as if she was a male host.
Afterwards, the maids who served the dishes and wine withdrew, there was no sound of silk and bamboo, and there were no singers and dancers, it was really the two of them eating together.
This can be regarded as Zhen Mi's intimate arrangement, you can imagine what kind of banquet has not been attended by Lin Mo's identity, and no matter how luxurious he is planning, he may not be able to enter his eyes.
In that case, let's simply have a flower before the moon.
Lin Mo ate this meal very comfortably and relaxed, and the two chatted about each other's past like old friends.
After waiting for a full meal and wine, Zhen Mi took the initiative to propose, "The slave family prepared water to wash off the wine on the body of the Hou Ye." ”
is quite active, Lin Mo is also a veteran of the flowers, he is not embarrassed about this, and follows straightforwardly.
Inside the house, the dim lighting seemed a little ambiguous, and Zhen Mi was also very sensible, so she didn't let the maid serve, but went into battle in person to take off Lin Mo's clothes.
"Please put the Hou Ye into the bucket." Lin Mo nodded, put his hands on his chin, and lay down in the bucket.
Zhen Mi's cold jade hand kneaded his back, making people feel that the world was worth it.
Suddenly, the jade hand that crossed his back stopped, looking at the conspicuous scar on it, a little shocked.
Lin Mo, who had his back to Zhen Mi, lay on the edge of the barrel and muttered: "During the Battle of Xiaoguan, I was besieged by the Cao army, and I broke through with hundreds of people at that time, and I was chased and killed all the way, God knows which guy cut it for me." ”
Lin Mo couldn't see Zhen Mi's expression, but he could clearly feel her jade hand caressing the scar.
Should I say it or not, Zhen Mi's methods are very rusty, compared with the black queen, she is simply thrown dozens of streets, in the end, she is the daughter of a rich family.
At about the same time, Lin Mo turned around, I don't know if it was too tired from kneading, or it was steamy, Zhen Mi was already drenched in sweat, and the hair between her eyebrows was against that delicate face, so that Lin Mo couldn't help but pull her messy hair behind her ears.
The retracted arm slid over Zhen Mi's chest, and the touch made people linger, and Zhen Mi's body could be clearly shaken.
It's a wonderful feeling, unlike the first night, when she was like a dead fish, and even if she touched her, she would be indifferent, as if she was allowed to die of a mermaid's heart.
It's different now, every interaction, you can feel her response, which is like the affection that men and women should have.
Lin Mo deliberately put his entire back on the wall of the barrel, so that Zhen Mi had to straighten his hand to wipe his neck and shoulders, which looked very difficult.
"How inconvenient." Lin Mo raised his eyebrows and hinted, Zhen Mi bit his lower lip, took off his shoes and slowly fell into the water, swimming over like a mermaid.
"Is Master Hou spending the night in the mansion tonight, or" Zhen Mi asked a little shyly, not even daring to look directly into Lin Mo's eyes.
"Stay, at least when you go back to Wuji, others will know better who is standing behind you."
Zhen Mi nodded glutinously and did not speak.
After a while, Lin Mo pasted it, biting her earlobe and slurring her words: "But I can't sit still every time." ”
Zhen Mi twisted her body, and her breathing became heavier and heavier.
Seeing that Lin Mo had no intention of stopping, she simply closed her eyes and drooped her hands weakly.
Outside the window, you can hear bursts of water splashing, and the Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold.
If analyzed from the perspective of territorial expansion, Hanzhong is the only way for Yizhou to send troops to conquer Guanzhong and Longxi, and it cannot be bypassed.
From a purely defensive point of view, Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, and whoever wins Hanzhong will have the initiative to attack Yizhou.
Liu Zhang knew this, Cao Cao knew, and even the princes in the world who coveted Yizhou knew it.
The question is, how do you attack Yizhou after you take Hanzhong.
Because of Zhang Lu's surrender, the Hanzhong army was all returned to Cao Cao, and there were not many people, only 30,000 or 20,000 people, but the advantage is that these people had fought fiercely with the Shu army and generally understood the terrain in this area.
For example, there are two ways to attack Yizhou from Hanzhong, the first is to send troops from Yangping Pass, and go south along the Jialing River through Yang'an Pass into the hinterland of central Sichuan, but the passes to be conquered along the way include Yang'an Pass, Jiameng Pass, and Sword Pavilion, which are difficult and time-consuming, all of which can be amazing, especially the Sword Pavilion, known as a husband when the pass is not open, and there are 3,000 people to put there, as long as the supply continues, the 100,000 army is helpless.
If Hanzhong wants to bypass the Sword Pavilion in attacking Yizhou, it is the second way, crossing the Micang Mountain, passing through the deserted and uninhabited no man's land, and then entering Langzhong, the hinterland of Yizhou.
But this second road has never been adopted, because the roads of Mt. Yonekura are rugged and logistical operations are extremely difficult, not to mention that the front army that has penetrated deep into the hinterland may fall into an embattled situation and end up in the wilderness with corpses exposed.
Therefore, during the time when Cao Cao was in Hanzhong, in addition to abolishing the local legal system of integration of politics and religion and implementing the unified idea of centralization of power in the imperial court, more often than not, he was still preparing for the attack on Yizhou.
And in this process, whether it was Cao Cao or the strategists under his account, they were all thinking about the problem of Sword Pavilion Dao.
This is different from Yangping Pass, which can also give you the opportunity to climb over the Pegasus Ridge or escape from Micang Mountain into Dingjun Mountain to cut off the backup supply of Yangping Pass.
Otherwise, Deng Ai in history would not have smuggled more than 700 miles between the poor mountains and bad waters, you must know that it was a very dangerous thing, when the group of people walked to the Sky Ridge, there was no way to retreat in the face of the cliff, because the grain and grass had been eaten, and the only way was to jump.
Of course, Deng Ai made a heroic move, and took the lead in jumping down, in exchange for not only a river oil city, but a shocking stroke in the entire history.
But Cao Cao is not familiar with the terrain in this area at the moment, and he doesn't know if he can play the set of smuggling through Yinping, so he just knows that with the current situation, he will not make such an extreme choice.
Because Liu Zhang, he is not worthy.
However, Cao Cao at this stage is not the Cao Cao who swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger in history, he was not so crazy, nor was he so empty-sighted, even when it was to Zhang Song, who was five feet tall and had a hateful face, he showed a very patient and polite attitude towards Corporal Lixian.
"I heard that Sikong recently wrote a new book of Mengde, and it is a pity that I did not have the opportunity to read it, I wonder if the experience of Anfeng, Xiaoguan and the Great War of Bingzhou can be listed in the book?"
Cao Cao in Hanzhong City is not Cao Cao who is known as Tianxian in history; But Zhang Song is still the same Zhang Song, or he is even more domineering than him in history.
In his opinion, the nature of arrogance is a kind of test to see if the master has the capacity to tolerate people, after all, he has the means to benefit the state in his hands, and it is not too much to show off, right?
"Do you want to test if my sword is sharp?" Even Xu Chu heard that these words were teasing Cao Cao, and he was about to behead Zhang Song.
Cao Cao just smiled and raised his hand to call Xu Chu back.
Then, he stood up and walked in front of Zhang Song, bowed his hands, showed the sincerity of forgetting to greet him, and said: "What Mr. said is very true, every time I have a fiasco in the battle of the three places, I have lost my troops and lost my generals, and I should really reflect on it.
Mr. Huai Ji Shi talent can not know the Lord, I cherish Mr. talent, willing to conspire with great things, often get Mr. advice, now I implore Mr. to point a clear road to resist Lu Lin. ”
Xu Chu and Dian Wei on the side clenched their fists, eager to split Zhang Song, just a small man, are you worthy of such condescension from my father-in-law?
Xun You nodded slowly with a goat's beard, and his mind was really the best in the world.
Should I say it or not, Cao Cao's words were very useful to Zhang Song.
He is Cao Cao, when he is the ruler of the court, even if he defeats Lu Lin a few times, he is still a man who dominates the land of four states and holds the Son of Heaven.
With this mind and bearing, he is worthy of my relaxation.
The corners of his mouth were outlined, and he said with a smile: "Now, the two states of the Central Plains are tired, and the Sizhou disaster for more than ten years is not the granary of Guanzhong in the past. ”
Then, he sneered again, glanced at Cao Cao, and said quietly: "Isn't this the idea of Sikong fighting, otherwise how would he be eager to conquer Hanzhong?" ”
"Sir."
Cao Cao looked at Zhang Song with a shocked face, the admiration in his eyes was naturally revealed, and at the same time he sighed bitterly, "However, there are many handsome people in the land of Sichuan and Shu, if the sages reject me, there is no possibility of entering Sichuan, so I can only sigh in vain and dare not move lightly." ”
Listen, what a nice thing, because I'm afraid that you Zhang Song is too powerful, and I can't beat you if you guard the river.
At the same time, it is also a hint of Chi Guoguo, I need my husband's help too much, like looking forward to Ganlin.
Zhang Song even wanted to immediately take out the detailed map of the twelve counties of Xichuan to Cao Cao and send charcoal in the snow.
However, he understands too well the truth that strange goods can be lived in and sold at a price, but his capital is only this map, of course, there is also the power behind himself and Fazheng, if you want to sell at a good price, you still have to play hunger marketing.
After Zhang Song nodded, he arched his hand and said, "I am a little tired after a long journey, and I ask Sikong for permission to retire and rest." ”
"Come, treat Mr. with the courtesy of the guests." With a wave of his hand, Cao Cao asked Zhang Song to go down.
After Zhang Song left, Cao Cao, who had returned to his seat, had a fierce light in his eyes.
"Sikong, this guy is so rude that he obviously came to pay tribute on behalf of Liu Zhang, and he dared to speak wildly, why didn't he let the last general behead him!" Xu Chu gritted his teeth angrily.
Cao Cao slowly touched his nose, his eyes twitched, "Zuo Ru sits in the well and watches the sky, Yelang is arrogant, and it is just a blink of an eye to kill him."
But you also said that he came to pay tribute on behalf of Liu Zhang, that is, he was worried that I would attack Yizhou, and it stands to reason that he should be very humble when he met me, and now he is so proud, I am afraid that he has the heart of a traitor, but I am afraid that I will not tolerate others.
And let him be arrogant for a while, if he can't come up with a strategy to take the river in the end, it's not too late to kill. ”
Cao Cao didn't like Zhang Song, this disgust came from the heart, and it wasn't entirely because he was arrogant.
He has seen a lot of real talents, Xun You, Guo Jia, Lin Mo, Jia Xu, Zhuge Liang These are all great talents, some people wait for the price to sell, some people deliberately show off, but no one will raise their value in a humiliating way in front of the master.
Because smart people know who they are and what to say.
Judging from Zhang Song's various performances, it just reflects that he is a fool.
The reason why Cao Cao can still endure him is just to see if he can come up with a strategy to break the river.
It's much more comfortable to suffer some humiliation than to lose a battle.
"Report, Xuchang urgent report!" Cao Cao was about to discuss with Xun You how to pinch Zhang Song when a scout ran in.
"Who sent it?"
"The eldest son."
When he heard the three words of the eldest prince, Cao Cao chuckled in his heart.
Cao Ang and Xun Yu sat in Xuchang together, and they had accumulated a lot of experience in emergency response, and ordinary things would not even be reported, but handled at their own discretion, and this time they used an emergency report, Cao Cao subconsciously felt that it was likely to be a northern army.
But that's not reasonable.
Their people are still in the three counties of Wuhuan, even if they use soldiers like gods to quickly level the ruins, it is impossible to do it directly without resting at all.
After quickly opening the bamboo slip, Cao Cao first breathed a long sigh of relief, and his tense nerves instantly relaxed.
But soon his brow furrowed again, as if he was melancholy.
"Sikong, what happened?" Xun You's Qi cultivation kung fu is good, but he can't help but want to ask.
Cao Cao happily threw the bamboo slip to him.
After a while, it was estimated that Xun You had already finished reading the contents of the letter, and Cao Cao muttered: "Gongda, according to you, Lin Mo did this to show me, or is it true?" ”
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