Chapter 68: The Old Man
"Let's go!"
Zhang Fei's voice echoed in the school yard like a huge wave.
The soldiers who had eaten breakfast greeted the remnants of the moon in the sky and began to slowly move eastward.
Liu Feng took one last look at his third uncle - of course, the third uncle couldn't see him, and then beckoned Mi Ma and the two to follow the team.
The three of them are relatively special, and they have free time to chat as they move forward.
"How far is it to Hanzhong?" Mi Fang's heart aches for himself, he has never worked so hard since he was born!
"It's just two hundred miles of land, and it will come in ten days, if you really can't walk, I'll teach you a trick."
Ma Jian did not let go of this opportunity:
"Did you see General Zhang above? rushed up and hugged his leg and cried bitterly, saying that he was wrong, saying that he would not be his current self in the future, and that General Zhang was soft-hearted for a while......"
"Let him go back?" Liu Feng listened to the novelty and said.
He'd heard this kind of bizarre conversation too many times to understand what kind of dumb riddle the two were playing.
Ma Tan smiled very coldly:
"Maybe General Zhang will beat him half to death if he relents for a while, and then he can recuperate here for half a month."
Mi Fang ridiculed each other:
"At least I didn't really become a deserter."
Ma Jian gradually understood during this time, and said word by word with a smile:
"Maybe Brother You might as well be a deserter."
Mi Fang blushed to the root of her ears for a while, if it weren't for Liu Feng's ironclad, she would have gone up to fight with Ma Yan.
"That's it!" Liu Feng said in a low voice:
"Do you two want to eat military sticks together?"
The bright threat of reality made the two finally keep silent.
Standing on the makeshift platform, Zhang Fei looked at the soldiers below who gradually began to advance like a long dragon, and turned his head to look at Pang Tong beside him.
Pang Tong preemptively asked:
"Yide, but I want to ask if the athletes can all return safely?"
Zhang Fei shook his head: "How could I be so naΓ―ve?" The current situation of the sons and daughters is much stronger than the Yizhou soldiers who were given to Cao Thief by Liu Zhang. β
The cold gaze swept over the heads of the people under the stage, some of these soldiers were from Zhuo County, some followed in Xuzhou, and more were from Jingzhou, as he and his brother came here to fight against the Yizhou people, they might be buried in Guanzhong in the future.
"I'm just thinking, if I can really calm the world, if I am alive, then I will carve a big monument for my sons, and if I die in the process, then let my eldest brother engrave my name as well."
"Although it can't be said to be worth it, at least there is a consolation."
"After all, even if the Song Dynasty wants to sign the brotherly alliance, it will have to fight a few battles and kill some sons first."
Zhang Fei seemed to want to laugh, but Zhang Fei after leading the troops was like Zhang Fei at ordinary times, and in the end he just stood there, trying his best to remember this scene firmly.
Pang Tong was a little infected, stood side by side with Zhang Fei, and promised:
"Although he is not talented, he will definitely try his best to ensure that General Zhang's sons and daughters are not injured."
Later, Fa Zheng was a little envious for a while, isn't a status like Pang Tong what he is pursuing?
Huo Jun, who was standing below, said loudly:
"General Zhang, even so-and-so has gone first!"
Zhang Fei waved his hand to signal Huo Jun to take it easy, Zhang Fei was the commander-in-chief, and he wanted to go with the Chinese army, but now he was just a former army.
Unlike Zhang Fei, who felt a great responsibility, Huo Jun only felt very happy.
Since the death of his brother Huo Du, Huo Jun has felt that something will happen to Liu Biao sooner or later.
So after the chaos in Jingzhou, he did not hesitate to take his fellow villagers to vote for Liu Bei.
Liu Jingzhou... No, the lord is really a hero, this is Huo Jun's truest feeling.
I don't shy away from believing in myself, Jingzhou to Jiangzhou, then from Jiangzhou to Baishuiguan, and now to attack Hanzhong.
Huo Jun could feel that the regrets left by his brother were being realized by him one by one.
Brother, watch from the sky, I want to let the world know that there are talents in Nanjun, and there are people in Zhijiang who can determine the situation in troubled times.
Fa Zheng, who was standing in the back, asked a little uneasily:
"Is there no obstacle to the delivery of grain and grass?"
Pang Tong looked back and smiled:
"With Kong Ming here, nothing goes wrong."
Fa Zheng no longer speaks, and having this name is enough.
Before coming here from Chengdu, Fa Zheng had already seen how Kong Ming took care of Chengdu in an orderly manner.
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"The wooden oxen and horses we used when we entered Yizhou did not bring them to Chengdu?"
Liu Bei and Kong Ming were checking the old grain in the Chengdu treasury at this time.
After ticking again, Kong Ming nodded:
"When Shi Yuan was in Jingzhou, he had already discussed with me, and after Langzhong was pacified, Shi Yuan should have borrowed a general from the lord."
Liu Bei immediately remembered: "Chen style." β
"Chen-style things are safe." Kong Ming praised a sentence:
"When the lord tiger was walking in Yizhou, Chen Shi was entrusted by Shiyuan to take all the wooden oxen and flowing horses to Jiameng Pass, and made more flowing horses there according to the drawings for the passage of Hanzhong."
Liu Bei almost laughed when he heard the word Hubu Yizhou, thinking of Xiahou Yuan, which is often described by light curtains.
It's just that in that history, it was Cao Thief who occupied Hanzhong and stayed in Xiahou Yuan to defend it, and was beheaded by Huang Zhong.
Now there is no Xiahou Yuan stationed in Hanzhong, where Zhang Lu is based, but there seems to be something missing.
But in the end, Liu Bei still felt sincerely happy and comfortable:
"Kong Ming and Shi Yuan think about the long-term of things, which is beyond my reach."
Kong Ming didn't care much: "Yizhou and Hanzhong are all one. β
The fact is also the same, look at the six out of Qishan, it is clear, if there is Hanzhong, then Qishan can be praised, and the defense of Guanzhong can only be exhausted.
On the contrary, if Hanzhong is lost, the Yizhou natural danger will no longer exist.
The logistics came to an end, and Liu Bei looked at the granary with emotion:
"Liu Jiyu is a lenient provincial people's power, and Yizhou's taxes are only three out of ten, which is almost the same as Jingzhou at this time."
Kong Ming was noncommittal, such a land of abundance, why not be used by Liu Zhang, he just wanted to sell at the price.
"My lord, how can you have time to see this with me today?" Kong Ming was a little curious.
Liu Bei was speechless.
At this time, Kong Ming heard Zhang Song shouting loudly:
"Master Kong Ming, is the lord here?"
Liu Bei was shocked, Kong Ming understood almost in seconds, and said loudly with a smile:
"I haven't seen it, or I've gone to Dujiangyan again."
Zhang Song didn't come in either, thanked him loudly and left.
Kong Ming thought of a possibility almost immediately, and changed it to a narrow smile:
"But because of Mrs. Wu?"
Liu Bei was helpless, so he simply went around in a circle in the granary:
"That Wu is also a poor person, but because Xiangshi said that he has a noble appearance, he was pointed out to Liu Mao by Liu Yan."
"And Liu Mao has always been mad, Liu Yan's move was just a fluke, but this luck was really useless, Liu Mao went crazy and died last year."
Kong Ming was silent, and for a while he was a little sympathetic, and asked:
"That Zhang Song......?"
"Ziqiao is also out of the kindness of Yizhou people." Liu Bei shook his head.
"Then why don't you obey?" Kong Ming grinned:
"In this way, if the people of Yizhou return to their hearts, the big thing can be decided."
Liu Bei was careless, and said while checking the situation of Chen Liang:
"What's the big deal? Will they be able to attack Jiangdong or will they be able to go north to attack the Cao thieves? β
"If you want to marry the Wu family at this time, then do you still want to marry the Zhang family and the Ma family after the Hanzhong Guanzhong is leveled?"
"And..."Liu Bei said as if he was thinking of something funny, and he was a little happy:
"Zilong said that he really wanted to see which of the legs of the Yicong cavalry and the Yizhou surnamed Zizi could run faster on the Chengdu Plain."
Kong Ming shook his head and laughed, it seems that the lord's mentality has changed, so it is not a bad thing.
After all, when Gaozu took the world, he didn't say that he would fight all the way and marry all the way, right?
The lord can settle down without relying on external forces, which is best in Kong Ming's opinion.
It's just that it seems that the Wu family needs to find a wishful husband by themselves.
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The kind round face followed Cao Bing all the way unimpeded, crossed Tongguan, and passed through Luoyang.
He was also a little embarrassed, in such a troubled world, a pass like Tongguan was more prosperous than Luoyang, the former imperial capital.
"Dong Zhuo is a torch, poor scorched earth."
After sighing, he rode a horse for a few more days to Xu Du.
Automatically put on a flattering smile, thanked the captain for sending away, and quietly stuffed two gold beads into the other party, and the captain threw a talisman with satisfaction:
"Keep your outer city unimpeded, finish your business early and leave early, don't cause trouble for me."
Seeing the captain swaggering away, he took his men with a kind round face and merged into the ocean of Xudu like an ordinary businessman.
Two days later, the kind-hearted round face knocked on the back door of a mansion with a basket on his shoulder.
The porter who opened the door was a little puzzled:
"Why did Lao Zhang's nephew gain so much weight?"
A kind round face piled up a smile that no one hates:
"I'm a new guy in the store, and I'll be on the spot for two days, and I'll still be the one who will deliver fish to your house."
It made sense, and the porter yawned and let the man in:
"Do you know where the kitchen is?"
Looking at the nod of the fish delivery, the porter is also lazy to do much, the master here is just a small official who is not taken seriously, and he needs to be so dedicated?
It's better to sleep in a house with a charcoal basin.
He Shanyuan walked around the house a little with a basket, this is a very small yard, and the layout is not too careful, and it can be seen that the attitude towards life is also hasty.
But in such an early time, you can still hear the sound of Langlang reading.
He followed the sound, and soon saw a thin back.
Holding back the excitement in his heart, he turned around twice again, and after making sure that there was no one around, he no longer hesitated:
"Master Xu, don't come unharmed?"
The figure reading aloud was stunned, as if he couldn't believe it, and finally turned his head slowly, it was an angular face with a hint of a ranger's escape.
First there was doubt, then surprise, and then Xu Shu suppressed his excitement and tried to lower his voice:
"Gong Xi, why did you come here?"
"How did you get so much weight? How can this go into battle to kill the enemy? β
Dong Ju's face was embarrassed, and now that he thinks about it, the two have not seen each other for three or five years, but it seems that twenty years have passed.
In the end, Dong Ju shook his head and sighed:
"Master Xu, you've lost a lot of weight."
(End of chapter)