Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3275 It all seems reasonable

Wei Yan did not expect that his original starting point was just to appease Cao Ying's emotions and divert Cao Ying's attention so that Cao Ying would not be so nervous, so that he could lead him into Cao's army. He went to the transit camp, but he didn't expect that Cao Ying became more and more interested when he said it casually, and Wei Yan's heart really became active.

Although Cao Ying tried his best to maintain the appearance of "No, I don't want to", but in fact, it seemed that he opened his pockets as he walked...

Wei Yan may be slow in other aspects, but if it is connected with the war, Wei Yan's head will spin faster than anyone else.

"how? Do you still think money is too much to take away? Wei Yan smiled and said, "Of course this matter can't be done by you and me. We still need more people. Why don't we call the man named Gao to come over now and discuss it together?" For the sake of this overwhelming wealth, let’s put aside any small grudges for the time being, what do you think? Mr. Cao County? 』

Cao Ying waved his hand, "Ah, ah, I am the county captain, not the county honorary, not the county honorary..."

Wei Yan understood, laughed, and waved to Gao Rou, "Gao, come here!" 』

That "Gao" was full of orange and wheat peel, but now that he was under the eaves, oh, under Wei Yan, he had to lower his head, so he still managed to put on a smile, "Ah, ah, this, General Wei, what's the matter? 』

Wei Yan smiled and said, "I slashed you twice before. The injury was not serious. Is it okay?" 』

Gao Rou trembled, what does this mean? If I want to say it doesn't matter, do I still have to cut it with a knife? Would you think I was in the way if you really said it?

Fortunately, Wei Yan didn't mean to show off, and said directly: "I think it is really difficult to move forward without money in life!" Now is a good opportunity to make a fortune! See those acres? Have you never thought about what will be the most valuable thing next? 』

"forage! Gao Rou blurted out, then looked at Wei Yan in horror, and then looked at Cao Ying in even more horror.

Gao Rou swallowed and looked at Cao Ying in disbelief. "Your" surname is Cao!

Cao Ying felt a little shy when Gao Rou stared at him like this. He covered his face with his sleeves but said nothing.

Understood.

That being the case, what else is there to say?

Gao Rou suddenly felt that the wound on her leg no longer hurt, "General Wei, everything is in accordance with your wishes..."

Wei Yan burst out laughing, then patted Cao Ying and said, "Stop covering your face." Think about it carefully, which camp manager has the most corruption and will suffer the biggest losses? Then we go find that guy first! 』

After Wei Yan met Cao Ying and Gaorou, he became more and more convinced that his impromptu plan had a high possibility of success.

For a corrupt person, what is something that cannot be sold?

It’s just a matter of price.

Now that Wei Yan is fighting for his reputation, those corrupt officials are still waiting for Wei Yan to come, so that they can have a chance to "write off their accounts"!

As long as a gap is opened, when these Jizhou guys get together and share food and money with each other, Wei Yan believes that he will become safer and safer, and he can even walk sideways in Jizhou...

Because Cao Cao's interests are not Jizhou's interests.

In Shandong, the Han Dynasty, there are divisions and barriers between individuals, families, and the country. The upper levels reap the greatest benefits, while the lower levels endure the greatest pain. Originally, the interests of the Han Dynasty belonged to the entire Han Dynasty, including the interests of all families and individuals. Unfortunately, even the policy makers in the court often considered first not the interests of the Han Dynasty as a whole, but their own interests. Benefit.

Only under the condition that their own interests are ensured, they will slightly consider the interests of others, and may even have to cooperate with others to ensure their own interests...

In a political environment like that of Han Shandong, money and power can be equated. Being an official is about greed for money. The more you are greedy for money, the bigger the profit network will be, and naturally the official position will be more stable, and the more you can become a high official. Because in Shandong, fame costs money. What is timely rain? If you have money, you will get timely rain. If you don’t have money, who will promote timely rain?

Under such circumstances, poverty is a shame in Han Shandong. It is even equivalent to being disloyal and unfilial!

Because I can’t have a beautiful funeral for my parents if I don’t have money!

Even the ordinary people in the surrounding area would say that the family was so stingy that they were not even willing to hold a funeral after their parents died! Unfilial! But I would never say that I was unhappy because I couldn't eat for free. After all, I was cheated by others back then, and now I can't get it back for nothing. Isn't it a huge loss?

For example, when Guan Ning's parents died, his cousins ​​all expressed their intention to lend him money for the funeral. This was in the Han Dynasty, and future generations could not borrow money without paying it back! This is like the bride price loan of some banks in later generations. Instead of giving a bride price, you don’t have to pay back the money after you spend it all!

In the atmosphere of money-oriented people in Shandong, Han Dynasty, it is not surprising that various strange phenomena appear.

Cao Ying quickly identified a person...

After all, he had gone to various places for inspections back then, so he had experience in disciplinary inspections. How could he not understand the actual situation?

Immediately, the whole army turned around and headed towards the transit camp selected by Cao Ying.

From now on, Wei Yan is no longer their enemy, but a "friendly force" with "interests"!

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At the foot of the Emei Mountains in Hedong, the two sides who first came into contact with each other and fought knew that they were not the focus of the battle, but this did not mean that casualties would not befall them.

The retreat of Cao Jun's scouts resulted in almost all control of the battlefield being handed over to Xun Chen's side, but this did not mean that Xun Chen could attack the camp with confidence and boldness, because there were many things in Cao Jun's camp that made the cavalry quite powerful. Headache……

Double trench.

This is almost entirely a layout for cavalry. For infantry, it doesn't matter if there are two floors on one floor. If you can build one board, you can build the second one, but war horses require far more space than humans. Although the jumping ability of war horses is also better than that of humans, except for the perverted Lu, the jumping ability of most war horses is within a certain range, so once faced with such a double-layered trench, then Even if the war horses jumped over the first layer of trenches, most of them would get stuck in the second layer of trenches.

In addition, Cao Jun also arranged a double-layered "rejecting horse" in the camp.

The lower layer was nailed to the ground with wooden piles and wooden frames. The ones that couldn't be pulled were considered basic exercises. Moreover, Cao Jun was still pulling out a lot of ropes from a position as high as one person in the air!

The main goal is to make the cavalry care about the bottom but not the top...

Looking at the layout of the camp, Xun Chen could only say that he couldn't fight, he couldn't fight at all.

Even if this kind of camp breaks through the outer wall, it will be difficult to continue to destroy it in the camp.

The attrition in battle will naturally lower morale, no matter which side it is on. Once the loss exceeds a certain limit, it will easily lead to the collapse of the entire army. Of course, Xun Chen couldn't bet on where the line was based on the casualties of his soldiers, so he quickly ordered the big yellow crossbow to come up.

As a defender, Liu Zhu also saw Xun Chen's actions, but he still decided to keep his head in the camp.

"Be prepared for fire!" Liu Zhu shouted, "The enemy's weapons are limited!" Just carry it through! 』

Cao Jun's soldiers responded one after another.

One thing is obvious. As the attackers, the Hussars and Horses have walked fifteen miles since they came down from Emei Ridge. Although these fifteen miles are not a long distance for the cavalry, if the attack is fruitless, If so, they would have to walk another fifteen miles back to the Emei Mountains before dark.

Anyway, Cao Jun's camp down the slope is stuck at the pass. Unless the Hussars and horses take a detour, it is absolutely impossible to leave such a camp in the rear and ignore it and directly attack Cao Jun's rear line.

Xun Chen gained the initiative on the battlefield, but Cao Jun's camp was also well prepared. Not only did they build various fortifications, Cao Jun even replaced the tents he lived in with underground dens, covering them with wood and mud, and preparing sand to prevent the hussars and horses from being burned and destroyed.

Sure enough, the grenades and kerosene that Xun Chen fired from outside the camp with a big yellow crossbow did not cause large-scale riots in Cao's camp. The ignited fire was extinguished by Cao Jun with sand. Even kerosene could not burn wantonly under the cover of moist sand.

Liu Zhu finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the explosions and fires in the camp being suppressed and extinguished. After all, these are common tactics used by hussars, and they have also shown their power in previous confrontations. Now Cao Jun seems to have begun to adapt to these hussar tactics and respond appropriately. This is undoubtedly good news for Cao Jun.

The two sides struggled for a while, and Xun Chen seemed to have exhausted the ammunition for the rhubarb crossbow he was carrying. As the sun gradually set, he organized his queue and retreated slowly.

Liu Zhu, who was in Cao's camp, did not dare to send anyone to chase him, so he just watched Xun Chen and others go away.

Both parties said goodbye to each other as if nothing had happened.

Only some red and black in the wilderness and within the camp seem to be the true embodiment of both sides.

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The news that Cao's army camp at the foot of the slope was attacked by the Hussars was passed to Cao Xiu in the rear.

There happened to be some deep trenches under the lonely mountain, which could well cover up the traces of Cao Jun.

Moreover, sentries can be stationed on the isolated mountain to guard all directions, which is really a good spot.

Cao Xiu relied on Gushan on his flank and built a camp.

Although Cao Xiu had encountered many difficulties before and knew that Xia Houyuan and others would eventually die in battle, Cao Xiu remained determined. Cao Xiu's wandering and suffering in his early years undoubtedly sharpened his character of not fearing hardships. When Cao Cao raised his troops, Cao Xiu was still in Wu. After hearing the news, he changed his name and traveled all the way to join Cao Cao, determined to "eliminate riots in the world." He was ruthless to himself, and of course he would be ruthless to others. This is undoubtedly a very good quality of Cao Xiu. After all, in Shandong, there are too many people who are only cruel to others but very gentle to themselves.

Cao Xiu was on the observation deck, looking at the distant terrain, his eyes flashing constantly.

He was not only planning the deployment of troops, but also thinking about Xun Chen's intentions.

If the Hussars really want to attack Cao's camp down the slope, it seems that they will have fewer troops.

The key is that Fei Qian didn't show up!

This shows that the Hussar did not really want to attack Cao's camp at Poxia, or it was just a tentative attack, so Cao Xiu did not lead his troops to support because Poxia camp kept asking for reinforcements. However, Cao Xiu was still a little worried whether the Hussars would suddenly send out an army, or he would follow the call for help from the camp down the slope, and followed the clues to Cao Xiu's place until he received the last report, saying that the Hussars had returned to the slope. After that, Cao Xiu felt a little more relaxed.

However, Cao Xiu did not go down to the lookout of Gufeng Mountain just because the Hussars withdrew their troops. Instead, he waited until a group of his private soldiers came back, then summoned his private soldiers to the front and asked in a low voice: "Can there be hidden soldiers in the mountains?" no? 』

Bu Qu said: "You can hide your troops." 』

Although there is no water flow in Gufeng Mountain, there are many trees and lush vegetation. The surrounding loess has even washed out many ravines by the water vapor gathered from Gufeng Mountain. There are east and west springs in the mountains that never dry up all year round, so there is no need to worry about drinking water. However, it is impossible to gather too many soldiers. After all, mountain springs are not rivers, and the total amount is still limited.

The Yuncheng Basin is all flat, except for Gufeng Mountain and Jiwang Mountain to the north of Gufeng Mountain, which can be used as support points.

Especially to the south of Gufeng Mountain is Anyi City.

"General..." Bu Qu whispered, "If the hussars attack and we attack from behind, we still need more horses... The hussars are mostly cavalry... If you can't succeed with one attack, then... The unexpected effect is lost. 』

Cao Xiu looked around at the surrounding terrain, "This is all plains, where the hussars are dominant." Only Jiwang Mountain and Gufeng Mountain can be used as evidence... If Qiaoqi wants to save Anyi, he can't be scattered around and must always come here. This is a battle for survival in the midst of death, and it is impossible to achieve perfection in everything. 』

The song is also wordless.

Cao Xiu sighed, "Since we can hide our troops, we will enter the mountains in batches as originally planned...Remember to clean up all traces of the camp, don't let the hussar scouts detect it..."

Buqu responded and went down to deliver the order without mentioning it.

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Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

Obviously, a general meeting can often only be used to set the direction, and small meetings are still needed to discuss specific matters.

A small room, decorated very warmly, there is even a painting hanging on the wall.

Cao Ren painted it himself.

Although Cao Ren didn't study hard when he was young and liked to travel and hunt all day long, his family wealth allowed him to be happy while also being exposed to things that only elites could know.

Cao Cao also commented that Cao Ren was both civil and military.

The picture shows a tiger descending from the mountain.

Cai Mao watched, his heart skipping a beat.

This is not a good sign.

Cao Ren poured a cup of tea for Cai Mao with his own hands, and then pushed it along the table in front of Cai Mao.

"Degui, can we raise three thousand soldiers?" 』

At this moment, Cao Ren was smiling, but behind the smile, there were also some other emotions. Although Cao Ren is smiling now, he is actually very anxious in his heart.

You know, Cao Ren doesn't have any extra support here, so he can only rely on himself.

Regardless of whether Jiang Dong had already been predicted to fall out, if something went wrong, Cao Ren would have to step up to the plate. In the past, Cao Ren was aloof, but now he was sitting affectionately with Cai Hao, staring at Cai Hao without blinking.

When Cai Mao heard this, he stopped when he was about to take the tea bowl.

This tea is not good to drink.

Cai Mao didn't appear panicked because of Cao Ren's humiliation, nor did he become unruly because of it. Instead, he remained very calm and respectfully muttered for a while, and finally shook his head slowly in response to Cao Ren's earnest eyes, "I'm sorry, general, it's true." Difficult. Three thousand soldiers, how easy is it? Firstly, there is no accumulation of military resources, and secondly, there is a lack of training in daily life. Moreover, there is a drought and there is no rain everywhere. They have to be busy watering the fields, otherwise the crops will not be guaranteed. If civilians are transferred to work again, I'm afraid... General, there must be a bottom line for this after all. 』

Cao Ren's face darkened slightly, and then he forced a smile and said, "Haha, I thought it was something difficult!" Degui doesn't need to worry about the military resources, he can be completed by someone! It doesn’t matter if you’re not trained, just teach me a lesson or two urgently, just know how to advance and retreat! The bandits from the east of the Yangtze River have invaded and occupied Jiangling. They have been robbing and plundering every day and every night! If Jiangling cannot be recaptured as soon as possible, Jiangdong will probably move them all away, leaving an empty shell! In this case, as the leader of Jingzhou's noble clan, where does Degui's face lie? 』

Cai Mao was stunned for a moment.

Oops, I actually have such a thing as "face"?

Ever since he made the move to vote for Cao Cao, there have been many people whispering behind his back about his disloyalty, injustice, and benevolence.

But was the surrender of Jingzhou to Cao Cao a matter of Cai Mao alone? If everyone in Jingzhou doesn't surrender, and Cai Mao is the only one shouting, what's the point? Of course, Cai Mao did play a very key role in it, but Liu Cong, the Kuai family, and the gentry and squires in Jingzhou also played the same role.

Of course, having an itchy scalp should be scolded, but those who secretly go along with it, are they considered good people?

Nowadays, Cai Mao is the one responsible for all the infamy, while the Kuai family pretends that they are from Jiangling and not part of Cai Mao. The rest of the Jingzhou natives also said that they didn't know at that time, didn't know, didn't understand... …

This situation was obviously something the Cao family liked to see, so when these people scolded the Cai family, the ruling Cao Ren not only acted like he didn't hear or see it, but even privately rewarded those who scolded Cai Mao.

It's very simple. If the nobles in Jingzhou are monolithic, it will obviously not be conducive to Cao Cao's rule.

Under such circumstances, Cai's life was certainly not easy. But now Cao Ren asked for three thousand. Cai didn't say he didn't have it. If he did have it, he couldn't give it to Cao Ren.

Cai Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Really not." 』

"You can have this!" ” Cao Ren said in a deep voice.

Cai Mao's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Didn't Cao Ren want to eat three fish? !

No, you want to eat one Cai three?

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