Three Kingdoms

When people reach middle age, they may be thirty or not, but one thing is roughly the same, that is, the anxiety derived from the body is something that no one can avoid.

Putting aside the millions of years of evolutionary history and whether the theory of evolution is reasonable or unreasonable, let’s just talk about human beings themselves. People in their teens and early twenties are often very motivated and want to be reckless at every turn. In addition to the fact that the cerebral cortex has not yet fully developed, the strong vitality of the body also makes this age group have relatively abundant energy. There is even nowhere to vent his energy, which affects his normal thinking and judgment.

When a person reaches thirty, the momentum of upward growth basically ends. Although the body and spirit can continue to be strong for a while, it more or less begins to turn around, or prepares to move down, and the body is the same as that of sixty or seventy years old. The performance decline cannot be compared, but at least the upward and continuous growth momentum has been extinguished. Even though people's self-awareness is not yet in place, every cell in the body is already aware of the change of no longer growing but approaching death. This feeling will naturally accumulate slowly. By the time you are around forty years old, It often exceeds the valve of subconscious control, manifesting in middle-aged anxiety and endocrine disorders. In addition, if there are still teenagers who know the truth but are unreasonable, and there are old people who understand the truth but have begun to be confused, it will really be a dream to die, but they cannot die, and they cannot live.

Fei Qian, the general of the Han Dynasty's expedition to the west, suddenly found out that he had stepped into the area of ​​middle-aged people when he got up early in the morning to wash up. Although Fei Qian has not yet experienced the wonderful feeling of ecstasy that comes with middle-aged anxiety, he did in his previous life.

Although the figure reflected in the bronze mirror is still handsome, his face has lost the sharp edges and corners of his youth... Well, how should I put it? Maybe it's due to insufficient collagen, or some other reason. The pleasing contours you have in your teens and twenties will gradually be filled with sagging or fatty substances, and gradually become... Well, just after experiencing it once , are all frustrating... But here in Feiqian, you have to experience it twice...

How did the seniors who traveled through time in the past overcome the feeling of aging twice?

Fei Qian frowned, threw the face towel back into the copper basin, and waved his hand for the attendant to leave.

These days, let alone cancer, stroke, and heart disease, a single infection can end a person's life, even parasites, a piece of flesh, a tooth, tetanus, a cold...

Of course, there are benefits, at least there are fewer traffic accidents, and you don’t have to worry too much about falling objects from high altitudes and the like...

Time waits not for us!

You still have to do something while you are young, otherwise when your energy really fades and you seek more stability, you may not be able to do it anymore.

After eating breakfast, Fei Qian touched his belly and decided to run to the front line. Otherwise, he would not be able to burn off his energy and his waistline would get bigger and bigger. After all, it would not be a pleasant thing. However, before leaving for the front line, Fei Qian still had some things to do, which was to meet Huang Cheng who had retreated from Fu County.

Although Huang Cheng's overall performance is not too bad, according to Fei Qian's requirements, he did not meet the standards and was even a little disappointed, because since the establishment of the mountain camp, Fei Qian has been constantly fighting with Huang Cheng. Cheng exchanged letters and communicated with each other. I originally thought that Huang Cheng had a certain understanding and understanding of commanding the mountain camp, but I didn't expect that Huang Cheng still had problems when it came to the battle.

"Shuye, look at this..." Fei Qian pointed to the two sets of weapons placed on one side of the weapon rack, and then said, "Tell me what the difference is between these two..."

Huang Cheng took one look and lowered his head. It's not that Huang Cheng has any emotions, but Huang Cheng is very familiar with these two sets of weapons. He doesn't need to look too much to know that one set is a sword and arm shield specially used for mountain camps, and the other set is a sword and arm shield used by ordinary soldiers. Small buckler.

Although they are all produced by Bingzhou Workshop, the swords and arm shields of the mountain camp are smaller and shorter than those of ordinary soldiers. This is naturally so that the soldiers of the mountain camp can fight more conveniently in the bushland. , instead of having the embarrassing situation of the blade getting stuck in the branches and shrubs due to being too long and too big.

"Do you know what the problem is?" Fei Qian asked.

Huang Cheng nodded and said: "I shouldn't use mountain camp soldiers to fight against the opponent's ordinary soldiers..."

Fei Qian nodded, shook his head and said, "That's half right, think about it again."

"This..." Huang Cheng was silent for a moment, and then said, "We should fight in the mountains!"

"Yes! This is the key issue!" Fei Qian agreed, and then suddenly changed the topic, as if he was talking about another unrelated topic, "Then you know why we have the ability to attack Fu County and Zitong, but I don't Are you willing to do this?"

"It's just a loss of too many troops?" Huang Cheng said.

"Yes, what else?" Fei Qian continued to ask.

Huang Cheng thought for a moment, but didn't come up with any other answers. He looked up at Fei Qian.

"We have a larger territory now, so we have more places to live..." Fei Qian said while pulling his fingers, "In Guangguan, there are Wuguan, Tongguan, Hangu Pass, Dashanguan, Yanjin, Fengdukou, etc. Wait, where do we not need to arrange troops? In addition to Bingzhou, Shangdang, Taiyuan, Longyou, and Hanzhong, where do we not need soldiers to guard? Next, if Sichuan and Shu are obtained, where is Badong in Jianzhong not mountains and hills? Uncle Ye, you are Those who have personally trained soldiers should naturally know how important a good veteran is in the military. What's more, in these areas, except for some passes, many places are mountain military strongholds, and mountain soldiers can just come in handy! You These mountain soldiers are now seeds one by one, and they will be planted in various places in the future. If they are consumed too much now, it means they have to be trained again... Uncle Ye, are you willing to continue training in Hanzhong for two more years? Senior soldier? Two years and two years? In two years you will be almost forty! When you reach forty, you still only want to train soldiers? That black guy Pang Shiyuan has become a prefect, so you are not in a hurry? "

"Lord..." Huang Cheng fell to the ground, choked with sobs that he couldn't help himself.

"Hi..." Fei Qian looked at Huang Cheng, closed his eyes, sighed, then walked forward, pulled Huang Cheng up, patted Huang Cheng's shoulder, and said, "I'm leaving for Guanghan tomorrow. You go prepare it, follow us, and go back and think about it at night, how to build and use this mountain camp, and write down a strategy. I will read it on the road tomorrow! Also, don't be anxious, don't mess up, you know? ?”

When a person reaches middle age and has a foundation and a family, he cannot be anxious or messy.

In other words, there is no right to be anxious and no room for chaos.

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Liu Bei had no right to be anxious and didn't have much room for chaos.

Liu Bei received the special reminder sent by Guan Yu, but Liu Bei did not dare to move at all. Liu Bei is now like a person sinking in the water. He can only fish out one straw at hand. So for Liu Bei, should he grab this straw or not?

If you catch it, it means almost nothing. If you don’t catch it, it means nothing.

Liu Bei is about to turn 40. Not to mention that he is no longer confused at 40. He can't even talk about standing still at the moment. Do you think it makes people anxious or not?

When you were young, you could say that it didn't matter if you failed. Anyway, when you were young, you still had opportunities and time, so you just treated it as accumulating experience. But now, even the qualifications to say such things are slowly disappearing.

The average life expectancy of people in the Han Dynasty was in their early forties. To put it bluntly, when you feel the smell of earth covering your neck, what else can you do to deceive yourself?

It's like Liu Bei knows that Sichuan and Shu are not a good choice at the moment, and it's like he knows that Liu Qi is not a great teammate, but just like the straw on the water, if you don't catch it, there will be nothing...

Similarly, for Liu Bei, Wu Yi was the third or fourth straw.

Liu Bei summoned Sun Qian and first asked about the harvest of autumn grain. Then he was silent for a moment and said, "Zizhong... How is Zizhong now?"

If we go by the standards of later generations, regardless of other things, just in terms of his attitude towards the person next to him, Liu Bei is an unscrupulous pig's hooves and a peerless scumbag. Mrs. Mi was less than 20 when she was with Liu Bei. She was young and beautiful, and her skin was as white as jade, which was said to be comparable to white jade. Liu Bei couldn't put it down at that time...

It's a pity that behind every goddess, there is always a person who makes him want to vomit. When Liu Bei arrived in Jingzhou, he found a new love in the blink of an eye, Mrs. Cai, and then when he arrived in Sichuan, he got another Mrs. Wu.

Mi Zhu had some complaints before, but he gradually became silent.

"Brother Zizhong..." Sun Qian glanced at Liu Bei, and then said, "Collecting Autumn Fu outside the city, busy every day, diligently, without stopping..."

Liu Bei lowered his eyelids, was silent for a moment, nodded, changed the subject, and said: "Gongyou, I have something to do... I want to make Wu Ziyuan a rebel general... so I asked Gongyou to take a hard trip to Li County..."

Sun Qian was stunned for a moment.

Although Liu Bei controlled the news about Wu Yi's defeat and tried his best to prevent it from spreading, this kind of thing cannot be completely isolated. Sun Qian naturally heard about it, so when he heard that Liu Bei not only refused to punish him, but also To seal it, I was somewhat surprised for a moment.

Although the title of general against rebellion is not a serious general title, it is a temporary temporary general title in the Han Dynasty. It cannot open a government, and there is no actual increase in salary, just like the chairman of a small leather bag company in later generations. , it’s just a loud shout, but it sounds nice after all...

And what Liu Bei means is...

Sun Qian thought for a moment, then raised his hand and said yes, and responded.

Liu Bei nodded, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Gongyou... you and I have been friends for many years... In your opinion, what is the current situation in Sichuan and Sichuan? Just say whatever you want..."

Sun Qian looked at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei nodded earnestly again.

"Alas..." Sun Qian sighed slightly and said, "I heard that the lord and the eldest son Liu made an alliance. Do you want the eldest son Liu to attack the west and conquer the rear? This... lord, do you think that with the ability of the eldest son Liu, he can win?" "

Liu Bei was silent for a moment and shook his head.

Sun Qian sighed again and didn't say anything more. He just looked at Liu Bei like this.

Have you run out of things to say?

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and asked Sun Qian to retreat first.

Outside the window, the withered yellow leaves were torn off by the autumn wind and fell to the ground staggeringly. The chill in the morning and evening gradually made people obsessed with the warmth of the quilt. However, if you want to have a warm quilt, you must first have a quilt that is at least long enough. However, Liu Bei is now like a quilt that is only half a person wide. Whether it is covered horizontally or vertically, there are always some places that are not covered enough and are exposed to the cold.

Zhang Fei is in Fu County, guarding the west gate of Chengdu, Guan Yu is in Li County, guarding the front direction, and Liu Qi is in the east. Although Liu Bei also knows that this guy does not have much power, it is better than nothing.

Then, there was no more. In the rest of Sichuan and Shu, even though Liu Bei knew that some people were doing some small tricks behind the scenes, but could he control them?

This time, Wu Yi was defeated and Liu Bei knocked out his teeth and swallowed them in his stomach. Wasn't it to at least maintain his appearance? If even Wu Yi is given up, who else can be used?

unless……

Liu Bei stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked outside the hall.

When people reach middle age, no, for Liu Bei personally, it should be considered that he has passed middle age before he has a world. Is he just abandoning it again?

If we end up empty-handed again this time, where will we go next time?

Anxiety surged like a tide, swallowing him to the top, making Liu Bei find it difficult to breathe.

There should, there should still be some opportunities, yes, there are still opportunities...

There is a chance!

Liu Bei secretly emphasized in his heart again.

Liu Bei asked the officials in Chengdu and learned that starting from November every year, the land of Sichuan and Sichuan becomes colder, and in the surrounding mountainous areas, it even snows, sometimes because of too many snowflakes. It will lead to the closure of the mountains, even if it may not reach the level of knee-deep snow like Youzhou in Jizhou, making it impossible to walk, but at least it will be a huge disadvantage to the troops marching outside!

Moreover, the cold will continue until the beginning of next spring. In other words, if we can withstand the attack of General Fei Qian of the Expedition to the West until November, then it is very likely that military operations will have to be suspended due to weather reasons, which is equivalent to From November to February next year, Liu Bei will have at least three more months...

Then there will be continuous rain and fog in Sichuan and Sichuan in spring, and there will be insects and snakes running rampant in summer. If it drags on for a while, it might be next autumn again!

In this way, Liu Bei can be given some buffer time to train his soldiers, integrate resources, gain a firm foothold, and fight against Zhengxi!

Yes, there is still a chance. Now, don’t panic, don’t be anxious, and don’t be chaotic!