Three Kingdoms

But everyone naturally has emotions. It is impossible to be like a robot, calculating between "0" and "1" every moment, so in fact, Fei Qian at this moment is already working very hard. I'm controlling my emotions.

Of course, as a commander, you also need to be vigilant at all times and not fall too deep into emotions, causing you to lose your original ability to judge matters rationally.

After killing Zheng Tai, Fei Qian felt that he had vented some of his accumulated negative emotions. He shook his wrist to shake off the blood on the Zhongxing Sword, and then asked his bodyguard to remove Zheng Tai's headless body. After dragging him out, he sheathed the Zhongxing Sword. He did not enter the mourning hall. He bowed to Cai Yong's coffin in the mourning hall across the stone steps and said in a deep voice: "Senior sister, my condolences... A certain party is leading an army. I'm afraid that the bloody demon will hit the master." The heroic spirit will not go inside to worship... I will wait for someone to return to the city and take off his armor, and then come to watch the spirit..."

In the lobby, Cai Yan, dressed in filial piety, bowed his head in obeisance after hearing the words. A strand of black hair fell on his white clothes on his shoulders, "Thank you, unfilial daughter... I don't dare to work hard to conquer the west general..."

"General Zhengxi..." The middle-aged man stood up tremblingly. His eyes had not yet glanced at Fei Qian's hand holding the Zhongxing Sword, as if he was afraid that Fei Qian would pull out the sword again at the next moment.

Fei Qian nodded, then without looking at the middle-aged man, he took a step back, bowed into the hall again, then looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Chen Liu Cai Gu Cai Zifeng?"

After hearing the title of Fei Qian, the middle-aged man Cai Gu was inevitably a little angry. According to common sense, Fei Qian was Cai Yong's disciple, and Cai Gu was considered to be the same generation as Cai Yong, so he naturally needed to use the etiquette of a junior, and now Not only did Fei Qian not even use the honorifics used by peers to refer to each other for their positions, he simply used the name of his place of origin the way a superior would treat a subordinate. Normally, this would have caused him to become aroused, but looking at the bloody scene in front of the hall, Cai Qian Gu didn't dare to show anything at all, so he had no choice but to give up.

"Come with me." Fei Qian nodded, turned around and walked away without saying a word.

"This..." The middle-aged man Cai Gu was stunned for a moment, then looked back, hesitating.

Fei Qian ignored Cai Gu and walked forward while explaining to Linghu Shao: "You will temporarily take over the post of high priest and command the academy. I will leave a group of soldiers with you. Cai Mansion will handle the affairs. Take care of me, but anyone who causes trouble will be killed without mercy!"

"Wei!" Linghu Shao responded with his hands raised.

Fei Qian looked at Xun Chen who was standing at the side with his hands folded. He paused, then stretched out his hand to signal, took Dong Cao's Jinxian crown from Huang Xu's hand, handed it to Xun Chen, and said, "I'll leave it with you for now." , if there is a next time..."

Fei Qiancai killed Zheng Tai, and his hands were somewhat stained with blood. At this time, he took the Jinxian Crown, and the blood naturally stained the Jinxian Crown's crown, beam, crown and bow...

Xun Chen looked at the blood mark on Jin Xian's crown. After a moment of silence, he put it on his head again and ordered the soldiers on the side: "Drag the body down and clean the stone steps. Take the skull into a lime box and place it outside the court." , we will offer sacrifices to him at the big funeral." Then he turned to Cai Gu, who was still in a daze, and said, "Shilang Cai, please invite me."

Cai Gu was still a little hesitant, so Xun Chen didn't say much and followed Fei Qian straight away. Two Feiqian soldiers stood behind Cai Gu, one on the left and one on the right, making it clear that if Cai Gu refused to obey, they would take action directly.

Cai Gu trembled and quickly followed up.

As the night fell, Fei Qiang, surrounded by more than a hundred mounted guards, swept up to his own government office in Pingyang City like flying. In this area, only Fei Qian himself could ride a horse. Everyone else had to get off their sedans and horses outside the square. Near the government office, there were more guards patrolling. When they saw Fei Qian returning, they immediately He stopped to pay his respects and sent someone in front to guide him.

On both sides of the government office, although it was already late at night, under the swaying torches, officials of all sizes in Pingyang City were still waiting solemnly, standing full in front of the government office.

Although Fei Qian did not ask them to greet him here, General Zhengxi did not return home, and these officials did not dare to go home and sleep like this. Even though Fei Qian made another trip to Taoshan before returning, which delayed some time, Still working hard to wait here.

Fei Qian swung his stirrup and dismounted, then nodded to the officials, and moved forward. When he reached the stone steps at the entrance of the government office, he turned back and said to everyone: "This time, everyone is safe and sound. I would like to thank you for your meritorious service!" After saying this, he cupped his hands and pushed forward, making a flat bow.

The officials on both sides hurriedly returned the gift, saying that they did not dare to accept it, but the eyes between each other were somewhat overflowing with joy. Isn't it just for this reason that they had stayed up for so many days? Naturally, flattering words were poured out.

Fei Qian smiled slightly and listened for a while without talking to anyone. He waved his hand and said, "It's getting late. Everyone, go back and rest first. We will discuss current affairs at three quarters tomorrow at noon."

Nowadays, Pingyang City is getting bigger and its affairs are more complicated. Naturally, there are many newly appointed civil servants and martial arts schools. When Fei Qian said this, although he wanted to show it to Fei Qian in advance, so that Fei Qian could have a good impression first, but Knowing that it was indeed too late and inconvenient at the moment, they naturally responded one after another and then dispersed one after another.

Zhao Shang mingled among them and did not dare to get too far forward. He glanced left and right, and then his demeanor returned to normal. He chatted with other officials for a few words and then dispersed. .

Fei sneaked into the lobby and did not go to the inner palace. Instead, he sat down in the festival hall. There were still some things that were uncomfortable in his heart. It would be better to solve them that day. So he ordered his personal guards to wait outside and called Xun Chen to come over first.

After Xun Chen entered the festival hall, he fell to the ground without saying a word.

"Get up, sit down..." Fei Qian was silent for a while and said, "Why is that so?"

"My lord, Duke Cai has no heirs, so this is what happened..." Xun Chen bowed with a blood-stained Jinxian crown, sat on the side seat, and said directly, without looking at Fei Qian's embarrassment. face.

"..." Fei Qian was stunned for a moment, glanced at Xun Chen, opened his hands, and asked the attendant to untie the silk ribbon and remove his armor, and said, "I ask you, why are you here in such a hurry?"

Xun Chen was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said without end: "...Gongsun Bogui committed suicide in Yijing, Lu Fengxian was defeated in Puyang, Liu Zhengli defected to Jingzhou..."

"..." Fei Qian suddenly turned around, causing the attendant who was removing his armor to lose his grip on the armor blade, and it hit the ground with a "dong" sound. However, he could not control the attendant who was asking for forgiveness. He looked at Xun Chen and said, "Marquis Wen was defeated? How?"

Xun Chengong cupped his hands and said: "There was a severe drought in Yanzhou and there was a locust plague. There was no harvest in many places. In order to seize the wheat land, each had its own victory or defeat. Later, Lu Fengxian led his troops to attack Cao Mengde's camp, but was ambushed and defeated..."

"Wait a minute..." Fei Qian frowned, put on the robe handed over by the attendants, waved his hand, and signaled the attendants to retreat, and said, "Marquis Wen's men are brave and good at fighting. Even if they are ambushed, they should not be defeated... …”

Xun Chen shook his head and said: "After Wenhou took control of Puyang, he recruited more soldiers and had no time to refine them. He rushed into battle, was suddenly ambushed, and panicked. How could he not be defeated?"

Fei Qian sighed and said, "How is Marquis Wen doing now?"

"We have retreated to Dingtao," Xun Chen said. "With the loss of troops and generals, and no money and food reserves... I may not be able to defend it for a long time..."

"Dingtao..." Fei Qian pondered for a while and shook his head. He was too far away and could not help much even if he had the intention to do so. "In that case, who do you think Cai Zifeng was sent to?"

"In my opinion..." Xun Chen paused and added, "Even if it is not the general's instruction, it is Cai's intention to use it as a way to advance..."

Fei Qian sneered and said, "This Mr. Cai is not bad at thinking!"

Although the Chenliu Cai family belongs to Yanzhou, it is very close to Jizhou. In addition, although Zhang Miao and Lu Bu are said to be united, in fact Chenliu is still Zhang Miao's private land, which is relatively stable, and the north of Chenliu It's Jizhou. Yuan Shao's momentum has been demonstrated now. After Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan, he will definitely go south. These can naturally be guessed by the nobles with a little insight, and there is no one in the Chenliu Cai family who can take action. Naturally, his thoughts turned to Cai Yong.

"So you want to take this opportunity to march into Heluo?" Fei Qian glanced at Xun Chen and said.

Xun Chen shook his head and said: "If we take all of Heluo... the time has not come yet, but... we can take Hedong first, and then march into Shaanxi County and set it as an outpost, which will also disrupt the foundation of Hongnong..."

"Hedong?" Fei Qian narrowed his eyes slightly.

"...The area east of Hedong was originally a bit chaotic. Now the Yang family is raising troops. If Hedong has not been involved in it, no one will believe it..." Xun Chen said slowly, "The area east of Hedong is full of nobles. With Wei, Pei, Liu, and Xue as the most important, the Wei family was the largest, occupying fifty-sixths of the land east of Hedong. This time, Yang's army must have Wei's private soldiers! Therefore, with this opportunity of great victory, they headed south to Hedong. You can use this as an excuse to kill the Wei family and confiscate your family property to use it as military supplies!"

"The Pei family moved here the day before yesterday to show their goodwill, and they can stay here for the time being. The Liu and Xue families, although they are powerful and powerful, control the place, but have no official positions, they can move one or two of them as appropriate. In this way, Hedong can be determined... "

Fei Qian touched the short beard on his chin and thought about it. In the middle of the night, there was silence all around, except for the faint chirping of insects, which seemed to be telling something.

"...As for the Luoyang court," Xun Chen's voice was not loud. There was neither ups and downs of excitement nor surging sonority. He just spoke slowly and carefully, as if he was talking about a simple matter. It's a very common thing, "After the Yang family suffered such a big defeat, it will definitely be worse than before. After the Lord's autumn harvest, he can make friends with the ministers in the name of Qiu Gong. If there is a change in Heluo, he can lead the army to advance. By then, the Yang family will There is nothing you can do..."

Fei Qian nodded, then shook his head and said: "Youruo's strategy is naturally excellent...but..."

Fei Qian hesitated for a moment, but did not say anything. Instead, he changed the subject and said: "After three days of organizing the army, I ordered Zilong Ziyi to go south to Hedong... By the way, is there any news about Wenyuan?"

Xun Chen glanced at Fei Qian slightly, and without asking any further questions, nodded and said, "Wen Yuan was stationed in Shaanxi and Jin. He attacked from the east of the river and defeated his army. However, after all, Shaanxi and Jin were isolated outside and could not be stationed for a long time, so he led his troops to Huguan, I want to lead the troops from Huguan to rescue Pingyang... My subordinates felt that Pingyang should be fine, so they ordered him to stay in Huguan temporarily and wait for the lord to arrive here before making a decision..."

"Huguan, eh," Fei Qian nodded and said, "Okay, let's order Wen Yuan to lead the party's cavalry captain and control the party's troops..."

"Wei." Xun Chen bowed his hands in agreement.

"Bring Cai Zifeng up!" Fei Qian ordered.

Cai Gu tremblingly arrived at the festival hall. When he saw that Fei Qian was finally not wearing a military uniform and lacked the smell of iron and blood, he couldn't help but secretly take a breath. Just as he was about to go forward to pay homage, he heard Fei Qian shout in a deep voice: " What a Chenliu Cai family, how can you bully a certain soldier into a disadvantage?!"

Cai Gu was startled and said quickly: "General! Why did the general say this?"

Fei Qian didn't bother to chat with Cai Gu and said directly: "Shoushan Academy is not owned by any one person, nor was it built by the master alone! It was built by the elders from the north, who worked together, built stones and tiles, and renovated it. Isn't it right? Can you snatch it away with just a word?"

Cai Gu's mind was exposed, and his face couldn't help but become extremely embarrassed. He turned blue and white for a while. He didn't know what to say. To put it lightly, he couldn't bear to part with the great academy. To put it seriously, he was afraid of offending the person in front of him. The God of Death, raising his sword and gun, his own life is in danger...

Just when Cai Gu was in a dilemma, Xun Chen spoke up, "Chen Liu Cai, a family heirloom of poetry and calligraphy, how could he do such a ungrateful and plundering thing?"

"This... naturally... naturally..." Cai Gu was extremely embarrassed, "but... but..."

Fei Qian looked at Cai Gu and knew clearly in his heart that although Cai Gu was embarrassed at this moment, since he had come all the way to Bingbei, how could he be willing to go back empty-handed?

Fei Qian said slowly: "Cai Shilang, do you want to talk about the scriptures?"

Cai Gu's brows furrowed and he said: "General Mingjian of the Western Expedition, there are tens of millions of books in Brother Cai's house. Someone wants to take the Cai family's property. How dare he covet the Shoushan Academy..."

Fei Qian smiled hoarsely: "Shilang Cai doesn't know. Many of Cai's collections were damaged when he was in Heluo. The scriptures in the Shoushan Academy are books from Dongguan Lantai, not Cai's collection..."

Cai Gu's eyes widened: "How can this be true! The books in Dongguan Lantai are the books collected by the imperial court, how can they be here?"

Xun Chen said: "Shilang Cai's words are wrong! In the past, my lord led Shangjun and fought against Baibo. He had many meritorious deeds. The imperial court knew that my lord loved to learn, so he took the books from the Dongguan Lantai collection as an encouragement!"

Cai Gu couldn't help but be stunned. He couldn't believe his ears. He was stunned for a while and then said: "I only asked for Cai's book. Is it possible that there is nothing?"

Fei Qian smiled and said: "Of course there are some. How about waiting for someone to count them and then hand them over to Minister Cai?"

Cai Gu was also helpless, and after a while he said: "In this case, it will be time for General Xi to conquer... Then about my brother..."

Fei Qian ignored Cai Gu's provocation and turned to ask Xun Chen, "Just now did you say that Pingdong marched to Chenliu?"

Xun Chen nodded and said seriously: "So that Minister Cai will know that Marquis Wen has been defeated at this time, and Cao Pingdong's army is approaching Chenliu... Ah, Minister Cai, do you have personal guards? Otherwise, this journey will be far away. , the war is in chaos, if something goes wrong..."

Cai Gu suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Fei Qian.

Fei Qian looked at Cai Gu and said, "In that case, how about Minister Cai staying in Pingyang for the time being and making arrangements after the surrounding situation stabilizes?"

Cai Gu thought about it for a long time, and finally bowed to Fei Qian and said, "That's all I can do. I'm nagging General Zhengxi..."