Three Kingdoms

Patience is a virtue.

The reason why it has become a kind of moral character and is praised and respected by most people. In addition to official recommendations, the fundamental reason is that this moral character is very rare and difficult to persist...

Just imagine, if there were as much dog poop in the community, everywhere in the corridors and elevators, and if you accidentally hit a landmine, especially on Saturday mornings when there are so many, would there be any praise and praise?

Dong Cheng now felt that he had no choice but to endure.

Looking at the wormhole on the frame every day makes me go crazy!

The majestic chariot and cavalry general of the Han Dynasty actually rode this kind of chariot!

Dong Cheng felt that this was not only a slap in his face, but also a slap in the face of the emperor!

In fact, Dong Cheng didn't know that Cao Cao couldn't be blamed for this matter. If it was Cao Cao or Xun who stayed in Xu County, such a problem would probably not occur. But now, both Cao Cao and Xun are on the outside, ahem, preparing to fight Yuan Shao. Naturally, within Xu County It was entrusted to the second line, that is, Xiahou and Manchong were responsible. In terms of people's livelihood and government affairs, Manchong's points were naturally not as high as Xun's. In addition, the intelligence bonus of Carrot Squatting was not enough, and he had to meet the needs of the frontline. We also had to stabilize the rear, so it was naturally impossible to take very comprehensive care of it. Some flaws in the ceremonial guards and vehicles allocated to Dong Cheng were also unintentional.

If Dong Cheng had just talked to the official in charge of morale and switched cars, nothing would have happened, or if he had caught a few small officials who were not doing things well and held them to account, it would have been over. But the problem is that Dong Cheng has a good face and is thinking about it. Since this is not something that ordinary small officials would dare to do, someone must have instigated it later, and who could be the culprit who instigated such a thing?

Isn't it because I am a relative at the moment, so I might have threatened someone?

As the saying goes, uncles can tolerate it, but aunts cannot. Dong Cheng didn't want to change from uncle to aunt, so he had to completely solve the root cause of his troubles.

"Your Majesty..." Dong Cheng bowed to the ground and said sincerely, "The current chaos in the Han Dynasty is caused by your Majesty's failure to personally govern, which leads to the lack of heaven's grace! Now that your Majesty has reached a mature age, you should sincerely take charge of the government. , benevolent to the whole world, benefited all the people!"

Liu Xie nodded silently and gave Dong Cheng thirty-two likes in his heart. Liu Xie also wanted to take charge of the government, but the problem was that conditions did not allow it. "Ai Qing, what can you do?"

"...Now in Xu County, the only person who obstructs His Majesty's rule... Please ask Your Majesty to give me an edict... I will join forces with loyal and righteous people to eliminate this evil..." Dong Cheng advanced on the ground. He took two steps and said in a deep voice, "I have been blessed by Your Majesty's heavenly grace and have been lucky enough to achieve a good fortune. Now I see that Your Majesty's great talent and ambition cannot be fulfilled. I am really heartbroken and cannot sleep or eat well..."

"Hiss..." Liu Xie took a breath. Although he had already retreated from the surrounding attendants and guards, he still looked around subconsciously, pondered for a long time, and then whispered, "Guo Zhang, this matter is not trivial. …”

Dong Cheng kowtowed and said: "Old minister...I am willing to do everything for your majesty to repay your kindness...Your majesty, as the saying goes, everything depends on manpower. Now that the thieves are out, it is time to cut off good opportunities...if he waits for his wings to be full, I am afraid..."

Liu Xie was silent for another moment. What Dong Cheng said was not wrong. However, there are still problems. Although Liu Xie is not old, he has experienced more after all, and his thoughts are more comprehensive than those of ordinary teenagers. Well, it's like a fighter among spicy chickens. You either have to buy it well or you can afford it, but ultimately, it's still a chicken.

"There are many people under him, does the state leader have a plan?" Liu Xie helped Dong Cheng up and asked quietly. Even he himself didn't feel it. His words seemed to be due to excitement or nervousness. A little vibrato.

Dong Cheng had obviously considered this issue, and said without hesitation: "Is the current situation comparable to that of Chang'an in the past? Kill the evil leader and collect his followers, and then the world will be at peace! We can send him back with a false edict, veteran minister Then together with the loyal people, we will kill the thieves under the city, declare their crimes, forgive them, and then we will be settled..."

Didn't Dong Zhuo also have many soldiers and horses back then? But once Dong Zhuo died, wouldn’t the tree fall and the hozens scatter? If Wang Yun hadn't been a stubborn old man who sought death and controlled the government without decentralizing power, how could he have ended up being attacked by the Xiliang rebels?

As long as the finishing work is done well, what does it matter if Cao Cao is not even second to Dong Zhuo?

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry..." Dong Cheng said that he had already considered these matters and had complete countermeasures. Now all he needs is an east wind, um, an edict, so that he can take action in a legitimate manner. "I can send a letter to Jizhou, ordering Two tigers fight each other until they are tired..."

"... To take a step back, if there is a recurrence, we can also send people to Heluo to summon the Western Expedition. Well, the Hussar General will come to escort... If the Hussar General comes, firstly, he can wipe out the rebellion and stabilize Xu County. Secondly, He can be ordered to take over Jizhou and kill Yuan's thieves. He will be far away from his foundation for three times, but he will be in vain. If... or... In this way, wouldn't the world be under your majesty's curtain?" Dong Cheng talked eloquently, Just like Xu County, in a blink of an eye, the world changes.

Isn't it just like killing Dong Zhuo? Now that Dong Zhuo's second generation has become fat, he will kill Dong Zhuo's second generation first, and then let Dong Zhuo's third generation take care of the remaining troops of the second generation. Then he turns around and sees that Dong Zhuo's third generation has become fat, so he can continue to kill Dong Zhuo. Three generations, training the fourth generation of Dong Zhuo...

The country is so big, does it always have to allow some people to get rich first?

Liu Xie raised his head, closed his eyes, and thought.

He is Liu Xie, but he is also the emperor, the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

"...However, all the seals are currently stored at the Chancellor's Desk..." Liu Xie whispered, "If you use them, they will definitely arouse their suspicions, most of which are not beautiful..." In fact, being able to say such a thing also means that Liu Xie was moved.

"Your Majesty... If this is the case, the veteran has a plan..." Dong Cheng responded in a low voice, "Your Majesty can give the veteran some tokens... At that time, the veteran will claim that he has your majesty's secret edict..."

"The leader of the country is loyal to the country, and I will bear this in mind..." Liu Xie looked around and couldn't find anything that could replace him as a token. After thinking for a while, he took off the jade belt from his waist and handed it to Dong Cheng. In his hand, "...the head of state still has to be careful..."

"Your Majesty!" Dong Cheng's eyes filled with tears, "Old minister, I will definitely live up to your majesty's trust!"

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As for the so-called clothing and belt edict, most of them have clothing and belts, but the so-called blood letters, or even domestic slaves, are probably the result of Mr. Luo’s exertion.

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Hanoi.

Zhang and Gao Lan had been staying for a while, but still did not receive specific instructions from Jizhou to continue the attack to the south.

"General Zhang..." Gao Lan said, somewhat complaining, "I've been here for a few days..."

Zhang glanced at Gao Lan, sighed slightly, and said, "Don't be impatient." Although Zhang was comforting Gao Lan verbally, in fact Zhang didn't have much confidence in his heart.

It has been many days since I arrived in Hanoi, but I have not continued military operations. It seems that I am going to attack south, but I am still undecided. This feeling makes Zhang Ye a little uncomfortable.

"It is said that soldiers are valuable and quick, but look at us, it has been a long time and there is no movement. How can this be considered a soldier valuable and quick?" Gao Lan still complained.

Zhang thought for a while and said: "...Lord...I'm afraid there are other arrangements..."

"What other arrangements are there?" Gao Lan said, "Aren't you just afraid that Zhengxi will take advantage of the chaos and make another surprise attack? If you ask me, if I had this time to worry, I would have killed them all! Even if Zhengxi comes to make a surprise attack again, what will happen? how?"

Zhang shook his head, looked to the west and said: "Cavalry is not infantry... Taishi Ziyi, no matter how careful you are, you can't be too careful..."

Although Gao Lan wanted to say a few tougher words, he couldn't help but trembled when he thought of the fear of being dominated by Tai Shici last time, "...then...what should we do now?"

"We can only wait..." Zhang said, "When will the negotiation be finalized..."

"Then what if we haven't reached an agreement?" Gao Lan asked again.

Zhang Muran did not respond, but just looked into the distance.

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Yecheng.

Xu You, who was on a mission to Bingzhou, staggered back. Although he did not meet Fei Qian, the general who conquered the West, Xu You met Xun Chen, concluded several trade agreements, and achieved certain negotiation results.

Xu You shook his head. Although he said that hard work for Yuan Shao was nothing, his eyebrows and raised beard were all shouting, Praise me, come and praise me...

In fact, it is similar to the result of the discussion that Yuan Shao convened at the beginning. General Fei Qian of the Western Expedition is now mainly focusing on Sichuan and Shu, so he cannot take care of Jizhou for the time being. Therefore, under such circumstances, the two sides have There can be a temporary truce, and then each can manage the basic premises of the rear. There is nothing strange about concluding a commercial agreement and temporarily truce.

"Ziyuan, thank you for your hard work..." Yuan Shao still expressed his affirmation of Xu You's contribution, and then the conversation immediately changed to the military aspect, "How is the preparation of the army now?"

Tian Feng gestured on the map and said: "Now the left army has arrived at Qinghe, and the right army has known Hanoi. They will wait for the Lord's order to go south to fight against the rebellion!"

Yuan Shao nodded silently and did not speak immediately.

Yuan Shao actually had some complicated emotions in his heart.

Cao Cao and him were more or less like friends. Once upon a time, they had talked about the past and the present together, and gave advice on the country. But now they have turned into a sword-to-knife confrontation. This feeling of being manipulated by fate really made Yuan Shao a little sad. However, since we are now called "lonely", naturally we no longer have "friends"...

Everyone looked at Yuan Shao quietly, and the Yecheng lobby was silent for a while.

Yuan Shao took a deep breath and stood up, and everyone else also stood up and listened.

"The order of the solitary general!" Yuan Shao looked around and shouted decisively, "March!"

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Cao Jun's front line in Yanzhou.

Guo Jia curled his lips and said: "What's the matter with the Third Route Army? There are no new ideas at all. Tsk, tsk, it's really..."

Complaints are complaints, for most people, not to mention the three-pronged army, just coming from one route is enough to make people's hands tremble with nervousness, and their hearts feel cold, and Yuan Shao clearly wants to bully Cao Cao because the overall strength is insufficient and cannot be dispersed. At the same time, he could not control the strength of various places, and it was a punch that hit Cao Cao's weakness.

"Does the lord know?"

When Guo Jia heard this, he raised his eyebrows, looked up at Xun, and laughed twice. It is rare to see such a nervous Xun. It is indeed rare and you need to see more.

If Xun was really not nervous, he wouldn't have asked such a stupid question. How could Cao Cao not know about such a big thing?

Sure enough, after seeing the look in Guo Jia's eyes, Xun Xun's original calm attitude collapsed. He pondered for a moment and said: "Yuan Jun's left wing is mostly composed of infantry. He can be driven away with his clever skills... On the right wing, Zi Lian The two of them, Mancheng, are worthy of being... in the middle, in the middle... What do you care about?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "No, no, you absolutely can't fight like this..."

Xun frowned and said, "Why?" In terms of people's livelihood and government affairs, Xun was naturally at a first-class level. However, in terms of military affairs, Xun was still somewhat behind Guo Jia, but he was still at a very high level.

"I haven't thought about it yet..." Guo Jia also frowned and murmured in a low voice, "... your idea is similar to my original plan, but... since you and I can think of it, then under Yuan Benchu, the adviser There are so many, no one would think of it? So if it doesn’t work, we still have to find another way..."

Xun nodded silently.

This is indeed the case. Xun Fangcai's countermeasures were orderly, using speed to defeat slowness, and using stillness to stop, all of which were in line with the essentials of a military strategist. The area around Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Jizhou is open in all directions, which is just suitable for cavalry to gallop. Yuan Shao's left road is led by Qingzhou infantry led by Yuan Tan, so Xiahou Yuan mainly attacks. Even if he cannot win a big victory, he can still squeeze Yuan Tan's range of activities. , slowing down its advance. On the Hanoi front line, Yuan Shao's cavalry troops headed by Zhang could just use some of the fortifications built by Cao Hong and Li Dian in the Heluo area to guard against the Western Expedition cavalry, and wait for work to resist their cavalry.

The focus is naturally on Yuan Shao's middle army...

However, Guo Jia said that Xun's countermeasures were too orthodox. If Cao Cao's military strength was equal to that of Yuan Shao, then this plan would be the best. But the question is, can Cao Cao have so many troops now?

No.

And a very critical point is that if the war is prolonged, Yuan Shao will still have the upper hand based on the background of both parties. In other words, if the battle line is lengthened, there are multiple defenses, and the war is prolonged, then Cao Cao will be at a disadvantage. It will become more and more obvious and embarrassing.

Therefore, although Xunzhi's policy is not wrong, it is not right either.

"Oh, it would be nice if there was some good wine..." Guo Jia's eyes fell on the wine jars stacked in the corner of the backyard, and he couldn't help but sigh, "Without the wine, I can't move my head very well..." Those wine jars He drank it all, because he even saved the money to hire the servants to exchange for drinks, so he didn't have time to finish it. Because most of Cao Cao's food and grass are used for military equipment, wine and other items have become controlled materials. If Cao Cao didn't know that Guo Jia was good at wine and sometimes supported him, he would not have bought it based on Guo Jia's salary alone. Can't afford these drinks.

Xun was a little angry, closed his eyes, seemed to be enduring something, then stood up silently, turned around and walked out.

"It would be great if there were some lamb leg bacon!" Guo Jia chuckled and said loudly.

Xun paused for a moment, and then walked out with a normal expression. Only the slight twitching of his eyebrows seemed to reveal some of his true mood at this moment...