Three Kingdoms

Not only people as far away as Youzhou want to establish relations with Guanzhong, but Hanoi, which is only "a little" away from Hedong, has naturally been flirting with Guanzhong for a long time.

Especially the Sima family in Hanoi.

Wen County is located in the western part of the Northern Henan Plain, with the Yellow River to the south and Taihang to the north. It must be said that it is a good place.

Today, the Sima clan's family settlement in Wen County is somewhat desolate.

Qiuzang's work has been completed, but most of the grain he received had to be turned over and sent to the warehouse in the county. Then it would be transferred to Yecheng and become supplies for Cao's army.

There are many levies and limited harvests, so of course some additional financial resources are needed...

Sima Fang's body has deteriorated. He could still run around on crutches before, but now...

In fact, Sima Fang's health has been getting worse year by year in recent years, but there was no mention of it in the letters to Sima Yi and others.

This kind of reporting of good news but not bad news can be regarded as a habit.

However, no matter how hard you try to avoid describing "sorrow", you can't stop "sorrow" from coming to your door.

As the wall of the manor's fort, there are always villagers on duty.

There are children of Sima and people with foreign surnames, such as Ma Chong.

Ma Chong's family fled from Yanmen County after the Turkic war. They have settled in the Sima family for almost ten years, and they are half of the Sima family. There are two brothers in this generation. The younger brother went to Hedong with the Sima family's caravan, while the older brother stayed to look after the family.

Most families in this era are like this. The eldest brother stays at home and inherits the family business, while the younger brother has to travel around, either to expand the family business, or to find a way out for himself, and then become a prominent branch.

Although there is sunshine in winter, it does not bring much warmth when it shines on my body.

The cold wind was howling, and it felt somewhat chilly on my body. Although Ma Chong wore an extra layer, the wind still made him feel cold. He could only follow the others, get up and walk around, and then quickly find a corner to hide from the wind. Occasionally, he stretched his head out to look around and was harvested. After Zhuang He, the fields looked a little desolate.

The people on duty on the wall are a small team with a captain and ten villagers. Ma Chong probably held the position of deputy captain. His only weapons were a weak hunting bow, a bag of arrows, and a spear. He had no armor.

For the price of a suit of armor, you can build a spear worth one or two hundred dollars.

In the past two days, the situation in Hanoi has been somewhat tense.

The cause of tension is not the military war, but the military deployment.

In the past two years, Cao Cao's desire in that area has become higher and higher. Ahem, it refers to the demand for food and grass.

Faced with Cao Cao's increasing desires, the Jizhou gentry naturally resisted, but what happened after they resisted? Cao Cao's method of differentiation has come down, and some people have benefited from it, which means they "betrayed" Jizhou...

Well, although Jizhou was not that "loyal" in the first place...

As we all know, the real enemy is often hidden within. The same is true for Jizhou, and Hanoi is also inevitable. These guys who benefited from Cao Cao, in exchange for more and greater benefits, higher and better positions, betrayed their original "partners" and ignored the original "covenant".

After all, if you betray "one of your own people", you can pay less money and food.

Besides, the Sima family has made so much money through the caravan before, shouldn't they use more of it now to make some contribution to the big guys?

Just like when an employee gets a reward for something, some people will definitely ask for a treat, but completely forget that the company actually benefits more.

It doesn’t matter whether you have contributed or not, but if you see it, you must be a part of it.

The original contradiction between classes has become a contradiction within the masses...

Today's Sima family is somewhat similar to that in history, but also somewhat different.

In the early days of Sima Lang, there was a stage when he served as an official in Hanoi County, but then he saw that Boss Cao's momentum was not right, and after discussing it with his family, he simply withdrew and resigned in the name of taking care of Sima Fang. .

Are you fulfilling your filial piety? Who dares to stop you?

On the one hand, it is because Sima Hui, Sima Yi, and Sima Fu have already held some important positions under the Qiusi. On the other hand, if they continue to hold positions in Cao's army, the Sima family must give up the more profitable caravan.

Although many people with official status have their own caravans and shops, otherwise how can they turn their authority into small money? But the problem is that Sima Hui and Sima Yi have no ordinary positions in Guanzhong, so the Sima family is naturally watched by many people.

When Sima Lang was serving under Cao Cao, there were many hints that the Sima family would give up the caravan and let the "officials" of Hanoi counties take over. Of course, if Sima Lang was willing to give up, he would receive certain compensation, such as further Jobs, or local shops in Hanoi, etc.

To put it simply, there are "risks" in foreign trade routes, and it is best for Cao to bear this "risk"...

Isn’t that reasonable?

In the Ganges.

However, if there is no foreign trade route, how is the Sima family different from other raised poultry?

Sima Lang withdrew from his official career in Hanoi, which was equivalent to expressing his attitude.

The head can be cut off, the blood can be shed, the hairstyle, well, the caravan can't be messed up!

In addition, during this period of time, the Cao political group's recruitment in Hanoi has been getting higher and higher. Such high recruitment levels have certainly caused dissatisfaction, and many people have put the Sima family in the front. Although it is said that no matter whether it is Sima Neither Fang nor Sima Lang expressed any objection, but many people said to Le Jin, "As long as the Sima family pays them, I will hand it over!" 』

Then when the Sima family paid, these people shouted again, "The Sima family is so rich, wouldn't it be in the Ganges if they paid more?" Let the Sima family pay more, and we will pay twice as much as the Sima family! 』

The Sima family swallowed their anger and pretended to be a turtle.

In the process of Sima's forbearance, people also had a misunderstanding.

Oh, this Sima family is so stupid and easy to bully!

Is there anyone who would feel ashamed and feel guilty after bullying an honest person once?

Are you kidding me? An honest person, of course, will continue to be "bullied" by one person, two people, three people, and three people, all things. Year after year, month after month, from generation to generation, reincarnation will continue, and the bullying will continue!

Someone came running from a distance, shouting out of breath: "No, hoo... no, that's it!" Big thing, bad! 』

There was a flurry of shouts on the wall of Sima Village. Ma Chong poked his head out from the wall and found that the visitor was a familiar Wen County ranger. A bad premonition arose in his heart...

……(;￢＿￢)……

Turn back the time a little.

Chenjiaping is the nearest military station camp to Wen County.

Because Hanoi is close to Hedong and Shangdang is on the other side of the Taihang Mountains, it is under pressure from two aspects. Therefore, in the Hanoi area, the alert area is actually relatively wide. In addition to soldiers within Hanoi counties, there are also some local There are also many soldiers on duty in the area.

In the past two years, Le Jin has continuously recruited new soldiers, trained them in military camps like Chenjiaping, and then continuously removed the elite recruits...

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Le Jin is full of resentment towards Guanzhong Sanfu, or at least extremely defensive and quite hostile.

However, these things have nothing to do with Chen Feng who was in the boot camp in Chenjiaping. He is from Yuzhou, with little ability, let alone ambition. In his early days, he followed Cao Cao to eat military food. Later, when he got older, he became the current military lord and recruit instructor in Chenjiaping.

His current duties include training new recruits and maintaining public security in the surrounding area, including guarding some important warehouses and inns.

Chen Feng is also very satisfied with this kind of life.

Living in the countryside, obeying orders and not going out to risk your life to gain fame, you can go home and have a wife and children. On weekdays, it is unavoidable to eat and drink, but to some extent, one has to be conscientious. In wartime, there is no need for an old and frail person like him to rush forward. Naturally, there will be someone more powerful and hungry for fame to take the lead.

If I could live out my life in peace, that would be pretty good.

After winter, the weather is cold, and military training has been reduced a lot. In addition, the new batch of soldiers has not yet arrived, and this year is about to pass. Chen Feng became more and more lazy. He went to the military camp where he was stationed once every three or two days. He didn't supervise his subordinates very strictly. He just enjoyed leisure in his private house all day long.

Who would have thought that when Chen Feng was preparing a few dishes to go with the wine in his house, and was about to have a few delicious drinks, and then fall asleep, his subordinates suddenly came to the door, saying that it was Le Jin's army Sima. , Lesheng arrived at the Chenjiaping military camp and was summoned!

Chen Feng calmed down and didn't care about the food and drinks. He quickly changed his clothes, put on his military uniform randomly, tied it up, put on his sword more or less, and then ran all the way to his military camp.

Chenjiaping is on the top of a hill outside the county seat.

This piece of land is very large. If it is fully occupied, it can accommodate at least four to five thousand soldiers. This is just because on the one hand, there are not that many recruits for training, and on the other hand, according to Chen Feng's temperament, he has never thought about it. We need to expand, so most of the place is empty.

Several of Chen Feng's men were kneeling dejectedly outside the camp gate.

A Cao family soldier with bright armor and stomach was holding a halberd. When he saw Chen Feng coming, he looked at the general with a straight face and wide eyes. He shouted majesticly, "My Sima is waiting for you in the camp!"

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When Chen Feng reached this age, her youthful temper had long since worn off, and she didn't care whether her position was higher than that of the soldier holding the halberd in front of the tent, so she pretended to be my subordinate with a smile on her face, and on the way, she also stuffed some into the halberd held by the Chinese army. Qian went over and said, "What happened? Please ask for your instructions. It's good for me to be prepared, right?" 』

It had only been a few years since Le Jin took over the control of Hanoi counties. His main focus was on building up the military force directly under Hanoi, gathering property, food and grass to train elite soldiers and generals to guard against hussars and horses. For relatively secondary issues, For example, for a veteran like Guan Chen Feng, Le Jin really didn't have the time or energy to manage, so as long as there were no big problems, he would just make do.

This naturally caused Chen Feng and others to relax.

No, as soon as Army Commander Ma Lesheng arrived at Chenjiaping Military Camp, he caught several of Chen Feng's men who were gathering people to gamble in the camp.

They were the ones squatting at the camp gate to be punished...

Le Sheng specially sent a soldier with a halberd in order to give Chen Feng a show of strength, but he didn't expect that Chen Feng still looked so playful and smiling, not scared at all, and even asked those guys from the gate what they were. There are no conditions.

Chen Feng knew clearly, what could happen in the camp?

As for gambling, this crime can actually be big or small.

Even in the camps directly under Lejin, aren't there people gambling?

The training life in the military is boring. Is it fun to gamble sometimes? Compete for ranking, bet on food and other things. Can it be considered gambling?

If these were really considered crimes and they were arrested and beheaded, wouldn't most of them be killed?

So seeing Chen Feng being so naughty, Zhongjun looked at the half-money bag exposed in his arms with his halberd, and waved, "Go in quickly, my Sima is waiting for you, you will know everything when the time comes!" 』

Chen Feng walked away quickly with a smile on his face. When he passed by the men who were squatting at the gate of the camp and being punished, he specifically yelled and cursed: "You must be lazy again, you have been punished!" When I come out, I will have to settle the score with you! 』

You have to settle accounts, of course, if you can live, what will you settle if you die? Going to the underworld to settle accounts?

In the Chinese army's tent, in front of a messy fighting stall, Sima Lesheng, the commander of the Lejin Army, was wearing a military uniform. He put one hand on the sword at his waist and tapped the handle gently.

Le Sheng was Le Jin's family general. He fought with Le Jin all the way and got into the position of Sima in the army.

Positions such as Army Sima are generally not officially recognized by the court. The level of the position depends on which general he follows. For example, Le Jin's Army Sima is obviously not as big as Xiahou Dun's Army Sima, although both are Called Army Sima...

This time Le Sheng was ordered to come to Wen County to do business. He went straight to the Chenjiaping recruit camp. When he saw that the military camp was in ruins and the remaining soldiers did not obey military discipline and gathered people to gamble, he wanted to take advantage of the situation to give Chen Feng a boost and let Chen Feng cooperate.

So when Chen Feng came in, signed up, and bowed deeply, Le Sheng accepted Chen Feng's salute deliberately, and scolded him with a straight face: "You lead good soldiers!" Well managed campground! 』

Chen Feng slowly straightened up, smiled calmly, and said without panic, "So that the Army Sima will know that to manage the camp well and train the soldiers well, all they need is money and food. However, there is currently a lack of money and food in the camp. It’s already half short this month! Seeing that the severe cold of winter is approaching, the camp is short of food and clothing, and there is no military pay. I have tried my best to maintain this place like this. If the Army Sima is still offended by this, I would be willing to take the blame and resign, allowing the Army Sima to come and take charge of this place..."

Chen Feng's words actually made Le Sheng choke.

As the general stationed in Hanoi, Le Jin did not want to develop Hanoi's economy, build water conservancy projects, encourage farming, or anything like that. His only idea was to create an elite army, and then take revenge in the next battle with the Hussars. Hate, express the hatred of being insulted in your heart!

Under this guiding ideology, in addition to completing the task of turning over tax money and food to Cao Cao, Le Jin also plundered the place extremely hard to ensure that the elite soldiers of the fifth battalion under his direct leadership could have sufficient pay and strong soldiers and horses. As for other things...

In this way, for example, Chen Feng, a veteran who has served in the local area for many years, can coordinate all parties, and can maintain the situation, really can't just drive him away, otherwise there will be trouble in the local area. what to do? Is it possible that Le Sheng really came under Le Jin's direct supervision to serve in this shabby recruit camp?

After being pushed back so hard and softly, Le Sheng had no choice but to give up. Anyway, this was not his main purpose here.

Le Sheng stood still and said, "Pack up the camp tonight, the general and soldiers will be out at night!" The camp must be cleaned out first! Also, tomorrow you need to select some guides to lead us to the Taihang Valley! 』

Chen Feng didn't ask any more questions, and bent down to accept the order: "These are all matters within my job, and they will be taken care of." 』

Le Sheng waved, obviously not wanting to waste words with Chen Feng, "Let's go make arrangements!" The camp is under martial law tonight! There is no way in or out. Tomorrow morning you will command the soldiers in the camp and set off with someone! 』

After Chen Feng accepted the order, he respectfully withdrew.

At this moment, some soldiers arrived in the camp one after another, and the tents and bonfires in the camp were lit. Key places such as Yingkou Yuanmen have been taken over by some soldiers brought by Le Sheng.

Tonight, no one can enter or leave this camp, it must be to prevent the news from leaking...

"Taihang Valley..." Chen Feng thought about it, and then his heart skipped a beat.

Unable to control Chen Feng, Chen Feng's men at the gate were naturally released.

"Master Chen, what's going on?" 』

Le Jin, who had not seen him once throughout the year, was directly affiliated with the soldiers' brigade, and hundreds of them came at once. To say that nothing happened would be an insult to people's intelligence.

"Stop talking nonsense..." Chen Feng said, "Please be calm. Get up early tomorrow and go to the Taihang Valley!" 』

"Taihang Valley..." said one of his men, "What are you doing in Taihang Valley?" There are still so many people... Could it be that they are going hunting? Or are you saying there's banditry over there? 』

"You're such a thief...don't say you don't know which family is on the edge of the Taihang River Valley?" "Another soldier chuckled twice, "I bet you twenty pieces of money to conquer the West, you will definitely find trouble with the Sima family! 』

"Protruding, aren't you a sure winner? Who bets with you?" But, Mr. Chen, why are you looking for the Sima family? 』

"How do I know? ! Chen Feng said, "Anyway, you guys, find someone to go out and tell the Sima family... That's all we can do... It's more or less a romantic relationship..."

One of his subordinates looked back at the gate, "But these guys are guarding the gate..."

"Cut the nonsense." ” Chen Feng gave him a sideways look, “Don’t fucking think I don’t know that you have a way in the back camp... You don’t have to go there in person. If you can get down to the ground, find a young man and give him a few big bucks.” If you continue to be verbose, I will punish you all for your gambling sins! 』

The subordinate shrank his head and said, "Yes, Mr. Chen, I will listen to you!" ” Then he took a look at the Lejin soldiers in the camp, then hurried away, disappearing into the back camp in a flash.

Chen Feng tilted his head and looked in the direction of the Sima family, wondering in his heart, what did the Sima family commit?

Want to launch such a big battle?

Could it be...

Is the Sima family going to rebel?

No way?