Three Kingdoms

What is history?

Sometimes this question also appears in Zhao Yun's mind.

Because history says that Liu Bang killed the white snake and Qin Shihuang lowered the black dragon...

So has Fei Qian encountered any auspicious signs such as yellow dragons or red snakes?

At the beginning, Zhao Yun was skeptical about such rumors, but now...

Basically I don’t believe it at all.

The higher the official position, the more Zhao Yun discovered that historical records are such a thing...

Forget it.

Just like when he was a child, he thought that the officials were dog-like and could at least keep their word. When he became an official himself, he found that no one could keep their word...

In Changshan New City, Zhao Yun first dealt with some backlogged affairs. When he had some free time, he sighed slightly and felt that the duty of guardian on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier.

He is very clear that he will definitely be recorded in history.

Just by being the Protector of the Northern Territory, it is worth remembering at least one sentence, but how much it can really be remembered is hard to say. If you do it well, you may remember more, but if you do it poorly, it may only be three or five words, not even a name worthy of appearing.

Therefore, Zhao Yun has always been cautious.

Ever since he became the Protector of the Northern Territory, some people have started to make up stories, either intentionally or unintentionally, that Zhao Yun is a descendant of Zhao Tuo, just like some people rumored that Jia Xu is a descendant of Jia Yi.

Zhao Yun was noncommittal and ignored such rumors.

Zhao Yun didn't even know whether he was Zhao Tuo's successor, but those who spread the rumors seemed to be speaking with certainty, as if they had seen it with their own eyes.

Indeed, from a certain perspective, Zhao Tuo is Zhending, and Zhao Yun is also Zhending. There seems to be some connection, but there is more than two hundred years between them! If we were to find a relationship twenty years later, we might still be able to get involved, but after more than two hundred years...

Even if there was a real connection, it would have been outside the fifth server.

To take an extreme example, even if a descendant of Zhao Tuo commits a crime, the execution of the nine tribes has nothing to do with Zhao Yun.

The same is true for Jia Xu and Jia Yi.

It's just the same surname.

As for Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, who forced themselves to lean towards Prince Jing of Zhongshan...

Zhao Yun could only smile, but it was difficult to say anything. After all, everyone has his own ambitions. He himself did not bother to say that he was from a famous family, because he was not originally. He has never benefited from Zhao Tuo's reputation for half a baht, so why should he attribute the credit to Zhao Tuo's bloodline after he succeeded?

His father could only be regarded as a small craftsman at best. He was good at making barrels and had some thin fields at home. Therefore, Zhao Yun was relatively well off when he was young.

Zhao Yun is the second eldest son, because the eldest son wants to inherit the family business, while the second son needs to learn a craft or something to go out and make a living, so Zhao Yun learned martial arts. After all, the border areas are often invaded by barbarians...

Unexpectedly, I have reached this moment step by step.

He was just a poor member of a poor family, a small citizen on the border, and he should not have anything to do with Zhao Tuo. It was not easy for him to get to where he is today, so he must be more careful to get things done.

It was like facing Xin Ping.

Xin Ping spoke beautifully, as if he was thinking about everything for Zhao Yun, giving examples and listing figures, and his attitude must not be insincere, but in fact he was still sowing discord.

Yes, outright provocation and divisiveness.

Whether Cao Cao marches into Wuhuan is actually an uncertain outcome. Cao Cao's troops stationed in Youzhou may have really gone north to Liaodong, or they may have turned around and headed south after today.

Even Cao Cao is not in Youzhou at all!

Zhao Yun didn't believe Xin Ping, let alone Cao Cao.

Do you believe what your opponent says?

So what is it if it's not courting death?

Normal people will not easily believe the enemy's words. This is a bloody lesson. At least since the Spring and Autumn Period, the enemy's words cannot be believed at all. Whoever believes in them will die first.

Although everyone talks about morality and justice, few actually practice it, and even fewer can achieve it.

Therefore, Zhao Yun maintained a very skeptical attitude as to whether the Cao army that Xin Ping was talking about really came for the so-called people on the border of Youzhou, and whether it was really in Youzhou, but he did not know it on the surface. Direct denial is just like Zhao Yun would not directly deny that he and Zhao Tuo have no connection. But in addition to these due doubts, Xin Ping's words also left a haze in Zhao Yun's heart. Even thinking about it now, he couldn't help but feel a little angry.

Xin Ping actually compared the Northern Region and the Western Region...

Although Zhao Yun, like Lu Bu, chose to come to the frontier, it was also Zhao Yun's own wish. Of course, Lu Bu may have felt that his wish was forced, but Zhao Yun felt that it was appropriate for him to come to the Northern Territory.

He grew up in Changshan, so now he comes back to repay Changshan.

In a sense, Zhao Yun has now fulfilled the promise he made when he left Changshan. He has returned, not only returning home in rich clothes, but also rebuilding Changshan City.

Zhao Yun stood up and walked slowly towards the backyard. It wasn't that he had any big objections to Xin Ping's words and deeds. After all, as an envoy, Xin Ping wanted to do such dirty things.

If Xin Ping did nothing or said nothing, it would make Zhao Yun look down on him.

Xinpi probably took this into consideration, so he refused to come.

Because even if he came and explained Hussar's great strategic ideas to Xin Ping, neither Xin Ping nor Cao Cao would believe him, just like Zhao Yun didn't believe Cao Cao.

"My lord, his eyes are always in the distance... When will he miss these three melons and two dates..." Zhao Yun raised his head and stood in the courtyard, looking at the sky above his head.

The vast night sky. It is so deep that it seems to have no end, just like the Northern Territory described by the Cavalry General.

But people in Shandong didn't believe it.

People are more likely to believe what they want to believe.

For example, no one at the moment would believe that Zhao Yun's biggest wish is actually to be a small rich man, and he will be satisfied just by guarding a few acres of thin farmland. If possible, Zhao Yun actually wants to live simply, live in his hometown, live in his small courtyard, live beside his parents, live in front of his little sister...

For this world, human lifespan is just the blink of an eye, so why does the world care what humans do and think? The only thing that matters is that only humans themselves, and only their closest relatives, can share the same hatred, feelings, and aspirations...

Unfortunately, Zhao Yun no longer has any relatives around him.

Those things that had been engraved in the deepest memory of Changshan for a long time also slowly emerged in the night. The neighbors Zhao Ershu, San Leng brother, and San Leng's shrewish aunt, as well as the fact that he had not checked in for three days. Wa's half-grown furry child...

The cloth swaying in the neighborhood...

The mottled and incomplete low earth wall...

The shabby but warm old town of Changshan...

Countless figures seemed to be swaying left and right in front of Zhao Yun's eyes, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Then a small figure jumped out of the darkness with a straw-woven headband on his head. He came to Zhao Yun and raised his face, "Brother!" Do you miss me? 』

Tears immediately poured into Zhao Yun's eyes.

"I can't find my brother. Where have you been, brother?" I can't find my father and mother either... Why is it so dark here? Brother, give me a hug, I’m so scared..."

Zhao Yun couldn't help but stretched out his hand towards the small figure, but he hugged nothing. This feeling of powerlessness and emptiness made him wake up suddenly in the next second. After a moment of silence, he realized that the corners of his eyes were already wet.

"call……"

The night wind outside the house was still blowing hard and slowly, making various sounds. This may be the source of the words he just heard suddenly, but there still seemed to be some coldness in his palms, but he didn't know it was him. tears, or something else.

Zhao Yun has already broken one of his promises.

He promised his parents to take good care of his sister, but when he arrived, he watched his sister die in his arms, his little hands still tightly holding the only toy he knitted for her, a grass ring.

Perhaps that grass ring was the last meager joy that belonged to his sister, the last warmth he felt in the world, so when she died, she held on tightly and never let go.

Although Zhao Yun understands that when manpower is exhausted, not everything can go as expected, especially on the way to escape, and anything can happen. However, this does not make Zhao Yun feel any comfort, and it also causes Zhao Yun to always hate broken promises. The latter is actually Zhao Yun who also hates himself for breaking his promise.

The moon revealed half of its pretty face from the clouds, glanced at Zhao Yun coldly, and then put on the veil again. She seemed not to care about the troubles in the world, and seemed to be laughing at Zhao Yun's mediocrity. Because even if Zhao Yun said it, others would at most nod and not object, but in their hearts they were probably laughing at Zhao Yun's pretentiousness, feeling that Zhao Yun had climbed to his current position by virtue of his reputation after Zhao Tuo, but now he has forgotten Book……

In the night wind, the almost fallen and bare branches were swaying in the air, while the fallen leaves on the ground were rolling around, encouraging colleagues on the branches to change jobs as soon as possible.

A few dog barks came from somewhere outside the courtyard wall, which seemed particularly clear and harsh in this silent autumn night...

This is Zhao Yun's mansion, but it is not his home.

His home is long gone.

Those sudden and turbulent emotions seemed to gradually calm down with this long sigh. Calmness and composure returned to his body, and he changed from an emotionally weak brother to a calm and calm one. The calm and keen Protector of the Northern Territory.

Zhao Yun reminded himself once again not to let emotions control his thinking, and to stay calm during major events. Now he is no longer a child of an ordinary peasant family, but also the Protector of the Northern Territory with many soldiers and generals on his shoulders!

Every move you make may affect countless people and families, so you need to be calmer, more cautious, and more cautious...

The original intention of establishing the Northern Territory Protectorate was to protect these kind people, the neighbors like those in Changshan, and people like Zhao Yun's parents and sisters, so that they would not suffer humiliation and trampling again, and let the dark clouds of war Never again will it loom over this land, so be stronger and work harder.

common people...

people……

Han people...

Hu people...

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun suddenly understood something, and a very serious expression appeared on Dabi's face.

He understood the true meaning of Cao Cao's sending Xin Ping.

What is informed, what is informed, what is provoked, what is dissenting are actually duckweeds and weeds floating on the water. In fact, there is a ferocious beast lurking under the water. He understood Xin Ping's ultimate goal, and thus felt which paw Cao Cao stretched out in the darkness...

The claws are obviously sharp, and anyone they catch will be skinned and torn.

Everyone may have this or that behavior to cover up in their daily life, and may sometimes use this or that kind of words to deceive, but whether it is concealment or deception, it is for its core purpose.

Why did Cao Cao come to Yuyang?

At the beginning, Zhao Yun thought that Cao Cao was coming to attack the Northern Territory because Zhang He reported it that way, but now Zhao Yun actually felt that he should think deeply about the fundamental starting point of Cao Cao's behavior.

Is Cao Cao's best interest here or elsewhere?

Chang'an, it's Chang'an!

It must be Chang'an!

Cao Cao's true purpose has never changed from beginning to end, which is Chang'an!

That's right, Cao Cao pretended to fight Wuhuan in Yuyang, but in fact he may not actually have a large number of troops in Yuyang. Even Cao Cao's army in Yuyang was just an empty camp, an empty camp!

Cao Cao definitely doesn't have a grand plan for the entire Northern Territory like his lord, so at most Cao Cao just wants to obtain war horses from the desert of the Northern Territory. As for other development and follow-up plans, Zhao Yun believes that he has no plans at all. .

Because Cao Cao must at least be consistent with the Shandong nobles in the general direction of his interests in order to gain the support of the Shandong nobles, Cao Cao will not develop the Northern Territory like Fei Qian did, which means that Cao Cao will not invest in the Northern Territory. Too much power!

All the information was gathered in Zhao Yun's mind, and among the messy clues, Zhao Yun found the most important line of thinking.

Xin Ping came as an envoy. The first purpose was to see these things on the surface. The second purpose was to make Zhao Yun form an illusion in case the first layer was seen through by Zhao Yun. In fact, it was indeed very easy to see through. I thought that Cao Cao just used these methods, and then Zhao Yun would naturally think of taking advantage of his tactics...

Just like Xin Pi and Zhang He, they basically see through Cao Cao's first-level purpose, and there is no big problem. Then they may also be able to touch on Cao Cao's second-level plan, such as preparing to march or staying on the defensive. But in fact, if Zhao Yun really did this, he would have fallen into Cao Cao's third layer of trap.

Because on the third level, no matter what Zhao Yun does, he will be used immediately.

Option one, attack.

Kill, kill, kill, it feels good just thinking about it.

Expose the illusion of Yuyang, put pressure on Cao Jun in Youzhou, and disrupt Cao Jun's rhythm...

Seems like a good way to cope.

But in fact, they will fall into the pit dug by Cao Cao.

First of all, Cao Jun claimed at the beginning that he was only targeting Wu Huan and was not hostile to Zhao Yun. This is equivalent to occupying a high moral position. Look at the faces of those in later generations who can justifiably accuse and criticize after seeing piracy. You can know that if Once Zhao Yun launches an attack on Yuyang, he will immediately be splashed with blood.

Zhao Yun himself was scolded, which didn't matter to him, but it would implicate the lord Qiaoqi.

You must know that the Hussar originally sneered at the Shandong gentry under Xu County City, saying that the Shandong gentry could not do anything, was weak externally, and was cruel internally, so that the Shandong gentry could not hold their heads up for a long time. It also attracted many poor families who were dissatisfied with the originally wealthy families and moved to Chang'an.

These are all related, not independent events.

If Zhao Yun takes action now, then the Shandong nobles who were scolded back then will definitely jump out and equate Zhao Yun's actions with the instructions of the Hussar. By the way, the Hussar's previous achievements in opening up the North, regaining the Yinshan Mountains, moving to fight against the Western Qiang, etc. Apply directly!

After all, what Shandong nobles like to do most is to forget their own mistakes and then blame others for their mistakes.

Those various figures lurking in Chang'an will inevitably start to cause chaos, and bring along those ignorant people who are just watching the excitement and don't think it's a big deal...

The booing, the ulterior motives, the confused following, the moral flag raised by Qiusi in the early years will instantly waver!

At the same time, Zhao Yun launched an attack on Youzhou, and Youzhou and Jizhou were too close geographically. Therefore, as long as Zhao Yun moved Youzhou, Jizhou would immediately touch his sensitive nerves, and then driven by interests, he would immediately Stand with Cao Cao, share one heart and one mind, and join hands to fight against the enemy.

And Cao Cao could use Zhao Yun as a foreign enemy to easily complete the "unification" of Jizhou that he had never been able to do before!

By that time, Jizhou plus Yuzhou, the huge population, land, and noble family resources will not only immediately solve Cao Cao's economic difficulties in recent years, but may even give Cao Cao enough food and grass to launch a large-scale war!

From this point of view, regardless of whether Zhao Yun captured Yuyang in Youzhou or achieved results, he actually fell into Cao Cao's plan and became an accomplice to the Qiusi.

If there is chaos in Chang'an and Cao Cao takes advantage of it, what will happen even if Zhao Yun is in the Northern Territory? Could he be the second Gongsun Zan? By that time, Hussar's own justice has been lost, and Zhao Yun's reputation is as bad as Lu Bu's, so what else can he do? Cutting off the land for a marquis? Once Zhao Yun really does this, how many people will follow Zhao Yun?

What's more, if Zhao Yun leads an army to leave the Northern Territory and attack Youzhou, will the barbarians who were originally in the Northern Territory, forced by the increasingly cold weather, stay honest and content with themselves?

So, what if you choose not to attack?

It will also be used by Cao Cao.

To put it simply, Xin Ping came. Because of the Lu Bu incident in the Western Regions, Zhao Yun and Xin Pi developed a desire for rebellion and self-reliance after the Hussars left Chang'an...

Then you can imagine it with your toes. There will also be a large number of keyboard warriors and textual research party jumpers in Chang'an. Adhering to the spirit of being able to pick out bones from an egg, they will tirelessly ask questions and ask various questions. Even if some questions can be answered, they will immediately forget the last question he asked and turn to ask new questions to gain popularity and get likes.

For example, let Zhao Yun and Xin Pi prove how many bowls of rice noodles they have in their stomachs.

Especially after Qiusi left Chang'an and lost the core strength that could stabilize the center and make the final decision...

As for these questions, whether they really get to the key points, whether they are looking for solutions to the problems, and whether they are helpful to the actual situation, etc., these keyboard warriors and questioning parties don't care. They just enjoy asking questions. It's just "cool".

So what should be done?

Zhao Yun suddenly had some ideas, but they seemed a bit risky...

He hesitated again and again, but finally made up his mind to do it. Because he felt that since it was the right thing to do, he would do it regardless of who he was or what his feelings were.

Zhao Yun entered the hall, lit the candle, and then wrote a secret letter, asking his confidants to go to the Youwen Division. The people in the Youwen Division who were watching the Youwen Division would send it to Chang'an immediately using a carrier pigeon...