The Collection of The End

——AD 181——

In the eighth year of Xiping's reign, Liangzhou rebelled. Emperor Ling worshiped Huangfu Song as his general to conquer the west and went to quell the rebellion.

Unable to defeat them at first, they only stopped the rebels in Fufeng. Hou Song came up with a strange strategy and used a partial division to sneak attack Chencang, so that the rebels could not see each other, so they defeated them in a big way, causing Bian Zhang and Han Sui to flee westward in haste.

It is said that on the night of the battle, there was a meteor falling from the sky, shining for more than a hundred feet, destroying the rebel camp and injuring all the rebel generals. Emperor Ling believed that this was a sign of God's blessing for the great man, and it coincided with the completion of the carving of the "Xiping Stone Sutra" , so the reign name was changed to Guanghe, which was the first year of Guanghe.

Chencang military camp, Cao Jun camp.

"Ha... the soldiers at the front are fighting desperately, but the emperor only thinks about good omens and the name of the year." Cao Cao listened to the information relayed by the "substitute" and shook his head repeatedly: "If nothing else, I guess there are no 'reinforcements' this time thing."

"Indeed not," the "substitute" responded: "The current common view in Luoyang is that since there is a 'good omen', the battle will be won and no reinforcements are needed."

I don't know whether it was because of several fierce battles or for some reason, but the "double"'s ability continued to improve during this battle. Not only did the physical combat become more fierce, but the speed of movement in the spiritual state was also faster. Although it was also a day and night trip to Luoyang, but In terms of distance from Luoyang, Chencang is more than twice as far away as Dunqiu.

However, after leaving the "substitute", Cao Cao was just an ordinary person with good swordsmanship, so he had secretly decided to do less such investigative behavior unless it was actually necessary.

"Still unable to enter the palace? What about the generals of the Western Army?" Cao Cao asked instead.

Whether it is intuition or rational analysis, Cao Cao is very convinced that the generals currently defending Chencang will never be under the command of one person. If something happens in the future, they are likely to become his enemies. Therefore, he must conduct relevant intelligence exploration in advance. It is very necessary.

"I still can't get into the palace... Hey, every time I feel that I have improved, I will go and see Wang Yue, but the gap has never changed," the "substitute" said helplessly: "I'm afraid this is the only thing I can do. People of this level are qualified to wield a sword to rule the country."

"Tong Yuan, who is as famous as him, should be able to do it," Cao Cao said, "As for the other person, you and I both know who he is."

After saying this, Cao Cao and the "substitute" turned to look in the direction of Fufeng County at the same time.

The "Meteor Sky Fire" was clearly "Merlin's" counterattack against Wang Yue's "Sky Mark". She destroyed the rebel Qiang alien camp with one blow to express "I can do whatever you can do." Yes, but I won’t use it against my own people.”

At that time, Yuan Shao, who only stayed up in the middle of the night to look at the stars, noticed the beam of light, but because a fire ignited there, turning the sky completely red, Yuan Shao's words were completely ignored.

"As for the 'unparalleled generals' of the troops gathered in Chencang now," the "substitute" brought the topic back: "Lü Bu is the one who can defeat five against one. I can watch him from a distance, but if I get close, I will be beaten." With that red and black thunder and lightning attack, he seems to be quite confident in his own force, and he advocates violent solutions to everything, and Gao Shun has always played a role in stopping him from going too far."

"Are you including yourself and Yuan Shao?" Cao Cao said.

On that day, he, Sun Jian and Liu Bei fought together with Lü Bu and Lü Fengxian, who came to disrupt the situation and made Xun Chen's plan come true. Originally, he wanted to subdue him and then explain, but unexpectedly he was at a disadvantage after the fight actually started.

Conventional fighting generally includes: attacking and always being on guard against the opponent's counterattack; using feints to trick the opponent into responding, and then launching real moves when the opponent is unable to parry; pretending to be tricked into responding, but secretly preparing to deal with a full force attack. The means of attacking and counterattacking; and so on are almost comparable to the various games planned by counselors.

But this conventional style of play doesn't apply to Lu Bu at all. He doesn't care about defense at all and launches powerful and heavy attacks anytime and anywhere.

Any means of sneak attack or counterattack were blocked by the black and red thunder and lightning that surrounded him, which directly caused the three generals who were not known for their strength to have to fight with him.

In the end, when Yuan Shao shouted "Mengde, let me help you" and rushed over, Lu Bu jumped out of the battle group and refused to continue fighting. The three of them were worried about the battle in Chencang, so naturally they would not get entangled, and turned back to lead their respective of troops.

Thinking about it afterwards, could it be that Yuan Shao's silly aura exuding from the inside made Lu Bu refuse to fight him?

The "substitute" ignored Cao Cao's slight ridicule and continued: "As for Sun Jian and Sun Wentai who arrived in a broken boat, there is nothing special about him. He seems to be from a wealthy family in Yangzhou. The subordinates who follow him call him 'Young Master'. I His character is so arrogant that he seems a little silly, but not to the level of Yuan Shao."

——How rude! Originally, he was just slow to respond, but not stupid.

"When I went to see them, they were using various instruments of torture to deal with the general named Huang Gai," the "substitute" continued: "The big man was obviously covered in bruises and was still yelling about 'not enough' and 'too far'." 'Have you not eaten yet?', people from Kodong really can't understand it."

"Perhaps it's some kind of 'unparalleled' that 'the more injured you are, the stronger your strength'," Cao Cao guessed: "Just look at the ships they sailed to know, what kind of battle will it take to break the masts together? "

This is a good candidate for using the "bitter flesh tactic", Cao Cao thought to himself, no one would be wary of a seriously injured and dying person.

"Hmm, there is also Liu Bei who kidnapped Yun Chang." The "substitute" frowned and thought for a moment: "He handed over the control of the army to Gongsun Zan and took Guan Yu to 'do good things' in Chencang City all day long. Perhaps he relied on this to convince Yunchang?...But we can't learn this approach."

"Gather the people's hearts so that when the city is attacked, the people can help defend the city. At least they will not surrender to the enemy. This is the right thing to do, but our identities are different, so there are some things that only he can do, and I cannot." Cao Cao nodded: "If it were me, I would choose to appease him with a lot of wealth."

Since his father and grandfather were both high-ranking officials in the imperial court, Cao Cao relied on this status to recruit a group of Taiping Taoist disciples who wanted to seek asylum. However, among the people, soldiers and civilians at the real bottom, Liu Bei's "Han clan clan" and "Da Ru Lu" The identity of "Zhizhi Disciple" is more useful.

If he is asked to do the same thing as Liu Bei, it's not because he can't let go of his figure, but if he really does it, the Cao family, Xiahou family, and other high-ranking families who have good relations with Cao will exclude him. Outside of the support list, other people are fine, but Xun Chen will definitely turn around and leave.

In the eyes of these aristocratic families, it is okay to care about the lives of the people, inspect and help them develop commerce and agriculture, and even have banquets with them in restaurants, because those are all necessary means, but treating themselves as part of the people? Assist them with certain specific tasks? This guy probably has something wrong with his head, right?

"However, I found out that Liu Bei did not have any industrial business, and Gongsun Zan did not receive much funding from the Gongsun family in Youzhou. They have always received money by completing ranger missions. The pair of swords can be said to be Liu Bei's entire wealth," The "substitute" added: "Although we don't have much money, Dunqiu's 'technology' has developed very well, and there are also many horses in the Rangers that are quite impressive."

"Do you want to give Yun Chang a sword and a horse as a gift? This is a good idea. I think his long sword is too light for my hand. I even looked at Lu Bu's bay-red horse many times that day." Cao Cao said: "So, specifically I'll leave the handling to you. I'll make a round trip to Dunqiu tomorrow - well, I can rest for a few days before making the trip."

"Haha, I knew you would agree, so I already took care of it when I went back this time~ They will send it together with the selected horses after they are forged. I specifically pointed out in the letter that those not of 'excellent' quality are not required." "The substitute" said proudly with his hands on his hips.

"Well done." Cao Cao nodded.

Based on past experience, the "stand-in" cannot carry living objects. Maybe a newly made long knife can, but that will cause it to "belong" to the "stand-in", just like the "blue-red sword".

"Finally, on the way back, I saw that the rebels confronting Fufeng had been defeated and were fleeing this way. They may arrive in a few days." The "substitute" said: "Our defensive preparations for the rest of the month It’s time to test the results soon.”

"They were not the expected targets," Cao Cao shook his head: "We originally had to deal with the returning reinforcements, but we didn't expect..."

At that time, more than 20,000 mountain cavalry were advancing from the direction of Fufeng. Chen Cang was working hard to prepare for the siege. As a result, the leader wearing a lion-faced helmet, who seemed to be named Ma Teng, completely ignored Chen Cang and directly led his team from the side. The rugged mountains passed around, leaving the coalition generals stunned.

In the end, Xun Chen was the first to react: "This is betrayal! They betrayed Fufeng's army and escaped with the 'mountain riders' who could cross most of the passes!"

Lu Bu, who had been clamoring to take revenge on the "Mountain Cavalry", heard this and directly inspired Lei Dian Wushuang to jump off the city wall and chase after them, but the gains were very small. It was not until he was thrown out of sight by the Mountain Cavalry that he finally followed Gao Shun's persuasion. He returned to Chencang angrily and announced that he would expand Chencang so that not even a bird could fly there - of course, no one would take it seriously.

Since they did not face the returning army, Chencang's defenses did not suffer any losses. After additional expansion, the generals stationed here finally had to face the rebel army that was defeated by the main force of the official army but still had strength. The army and the rebel Qiang army attacked. As long as they can be blocked here, they don't even need to be defeated. As long as Huangfu Song leads the main force of the army to catch up, the Liangzhou rebellion will subside.

Twenty thousand versus seventy thousand, all in one battle. Thinking of this, even Cao Cao, who was usually relatively calm, felt a little excited.