Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3400 Forced

Jizhou.

Cui Yan probably has never met Fei Qian.

Even if he had seen it, he had forgotten it.

But he has heard too many things in the past few years...

Maybe he had seen it before, but Cui Yan couldn't remember it.

When he reaches his position, it is often others who have to work hard to remember him, rather than him working hard to remember others. There are not many people worthy of his memory, but Fei Qian now should be one of them anyway.

Originally Cui Yan thought it would take a long time before he could see Fei Qian, but the current situation seems to be...

"Troubled times..."

Cui Yan was filled with emotions.

Troubled times make Zhuzi rule the roost!

If it were in the peaceful and prosperous times, when the Han Dynasty was reviving, where would it be the turn of a boy from a humble family like Fei Qian to come forward?

People like Fei Qian were just lackeys of famous families at that time. They would come and go at a moment's notice!

But now...

Cui Yan let out a long sigh.

On the desk behind him, there are a few words he just wrote, "Those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao." 』

Now, it seems to be a prophecy.

"snort. Cui Yan thought of Yuan Shu from before.

Yuan Shu thought that because there was "Lu" in his name, he would be involved with "Tu Gao"?

Cui Yan didn't know what "Tu Gao" meant before, but now he gradually understands it.

Tu, road.

Gao means respect.

Combined, it actually looks like a tall enemy appearing on the road in the distance...

The land of Guanzhong has a high terrain.

When a person rides on a horse, he naturally becomes taller.

Is this a coincidence, or can it really be predicted?

Cui Yan hasn't thought through it yet.

He just knows that there are many families in Jizhou now who have many unexplained connections with Na Feiqian.

Now that the news of Cao Cao's defeat came, his mind was completely confused.

It's not about how loyal he is to Cao Cao or worrying about Cao Cao, but for himself and his own family.

He pondered until Cui Lin came to see him.

"Brother, don't you think it's strange about the emperor's edict?" Cui Lin whispered after sitting down.

"What's weird?" ” Cui Yan repeated.

"That's right. Cui Lin frowned and said, "As soon as Prime Minister Cao was exposed, this edict was issued. It is better to let Jiangdong Lu Zijing go to Wuguan and Liu Ziyang to Youzhou... Brother, look, we are going south all the way." , go all the way north, obviously you can go directly to Heluo, hey! I just didn’t want to leave..."

"Hmm..." Cui Yan nodded, "What can you find out about the content of the edict?" 』

Logically speaking, the edict was given to Fei Qian by the emperor, and others had no way of knowing it. However, in the land of Shandong, rules are rules, but they are just rules. Not following the rules, or pretending not to know the rules, or doing things outside of the rules are actually the norm in Shandong.

There are too many sensible Shandong people who know when to speak and when to shut up.

Cui Lin took out a roll of silk from his sleeve.

Cui Yan took it, unfolded it, and squinted at it.

"hehe……"

After Cui Yan finished reading, he smiled and threw the silk paper of the imperial edict on the table.

Cui Lin followed the manuscript and saw the words on the desk...

"Brother, what are you writing about..." Cui Lin couldn't help but ask.

"Oh, it suddenly occurred to me that I was just writing casually. ” Cui Yan didn’t go out of his way to cover it up, but typed the six words, “What do you think of this sentence? 』

What do you think?

Look backwards!

The disadvantage is that the recognition of Chinese characters is very high. If you read them horizontally, vertically, backwards, or even confusingly, as long as you are familiar with the system of the language, your brain will automatically correct it. It can be said that there are quite a lot of treasures left by our ancestors, most of which were lost by the descendants of later generations.

This sentence has been bothering the big man for a long time.

This may be just a sigh, or it may be just a drunken remark, or it may be nothing at all. It's just different who said it.

If it was just an ordinary Han citizen, a commoner who said it, then even if he said it a thousand times, it would be of no use.

But it happened to be Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who said it...

It's like in a big company, ordinary employees gather together and whisper that they are going to lay off employees, reducing staff and increasing efficiency, but no matter how much they talk, it is useless. But if one day the big boss of the company sighs during a meeting, "The economy is in recession now..."

Then the company's middle and senior managers immediately became nervous, looking at each other, speculating, and calculating who would be the next scapegoat, who would be the next scapegoat, and who would be kicked out first...

Maybe the big boss didn't want to lay off people at first, but then he heard, "Oh, everyone said they were going to lay off people. OK, then let's lay off people. Let's try it and see if it has any effect..."

Cui Yan also asked casually.

But Cui Lin had to think a lot.

Are you going to surrender to the hussars?

By the way, Cui Yan will definitely know more information. Is it possible that Cao Cao is far worse and more troublesome than what he knows on the surface? But where did the news about Cui Yan come from? Oh, got it. The Cui family also paid for the transportation of grain and grass. Among the people transporting grain and grass, there must be Cui Yan's spy, and he must have obtained the information.

Or has Cui Yan already contacted Fei Qian's people? Not impossible. After all, Wei Yan had made trouble in Jizhou before, so it would be unjustifiable to say that Cui Yan didn't know about it at all.

Even...

Has it been agreed? Are you going to use this sentence to pave the way for the cavalry?

There is nothing strange about this, after all, everyone needs to eat...

What's more, Cui Yan doesn't eat alone, but a whole family, and everyone in the family needs to eat.

But these are all speculations, there is not enough evidence, and Cui Lin can't infer Cui Yan's specific thoughts.

Cui Yan glanced at Cui Lin.

Cui Lin reacted and realized that he had been thinking for too long, so he hurriedly said: "Brother, I really don't know much about this prophecy...I was distracted just now, but I just remembered another thing before...Do you remember that there was a rumor that Prime Minister Cao was slow to move into Guanzhong before, and he said on the surface that he was seeking safety, but in fact he was cowardly avoiding war and wanted to make peace with the cavalry? 』

"How long has it been..." Cui Yan responded half a sentence subconsciously, and then got stuck.

"The one who will replace the Han Dynasty is Dangtu Gao" is not longer than the previous rumor that Cao Cao was cowardly and wanted to make peace? But now it seems to have become a foreshadowing, a sign. So the rumor that Cao Cao in Shandong was not seeking war but peace seems to have been around for a while?

Cui Yan looked at Cui Lin and nodded, "I never thought that you were so thoughtful... Not bad, not bad..."

"It's all thanks to my guidance." Cui Lin hurriedly bowed.

Cui Yan smiled, his pupils slightly dilated, thought for a moment, and then clapped his hands and said, "Yes! That's it! Otherwise, Prime Minister Cao led the army, and the food and grass were exhausted, but he was so embarrassed? It turns out that there were signs of this matter! '

Cui Lin also had some feelings in his heart. He originally just felt that the phrase "replacing the Han" was difficult to say and explain, so he thought of something else to prevaricate, but he didn't expect that it really hit the point? !

What can I say?

People are really forced out. If you don't force yourself, you don't know how strong your ability is?

A bronze crane in a corner of the room tucked one leg in, and green smoke came out of its belly, rising along the carved texture and spreading...

Cui Yan seemed to be like a crane, tucked one leg in, thinking quietly.

Cui Lin did not dare to disturb Cui Yan's thinking, and could only look here and there.

"No!"

Cui Yan suddenly opened his eyes.

Cui Lin was so scared that he almost fell down and said that he was talking nonsense just now, "Brother, don't be angry." Before he could say anything, he heard Cui Yan continue to say, "This is not right! Prime Minister Cao...what can he get?"

"Ah? What?" Cui Lin responded subconsciously.

"Unless..." Cui Yan squinted his eyes and said, "Unless Prime Minister Cao...didn't think about how to win from the beginning, but was thinking about how to lose! !"

"What? This, this is impossible! !" Cui Lin's eyes widened.

Cui Yan still narrowed his eyes and twirled his beard, and did not explain in detail to Cui Lin.

『But those troops, money and food...』 Cui Lin couldn't believe it, 『This man died, but he can't be resurrected. The money and food were consumed, and they were all gone. How could it be... How could it be possible? 』

『Well...』 Cui Yan nodded, 『To be more precise, Prime Minister Cao should have made two preparations... But, things have come to this point, how can he let everything go as he wishes? 』

『Brother... What do you mean...』 Cui Yan said slowly: 『I think... Rumors, they have to be spread, to be called rumors, if they are not spread, it has been too long, most people have forgotten it, right? What do you think? 』

...

I don't know when it started, and I don't know where it spread from. Anyway, many people now connect Cao Cao and Fei Qian together, indicating that these two people didn't fight seriously at all!

Fake war, real acting!

As for who is it acting for...

Hehe.

It is obvious that Shandong does not like Fei Qian, but now this person's name has been mentioned and heard again and again.

It makes the people of Shandong unable to let go.

Like a thorn in the throat.

Fei Qian.

Fei Qian...

"The reason why Fei Huqi was able to lead his troops to attack Youzhou and trample Yanshan in time when Prime Minister Cao showed signs of defeat is that he had planned it in advance. In other words, before defeating Prime Minister Cao, he had already expected... Prime Minister Cao would be defeated. '

When the black shadow spoke, he probably felt a little absurd when he said this, so he stopped talking.

For them, without the perspective of God and without a keyboard, it is not easy to get to where they are now, which is quite worthy of recognition, but the problem is here. Because they get incomplete information and their three views on the problem are not sound, they are easily led astray and go astray.

This is a small room with only one solitary lamp in the room, which can't illuminate the surroundings at all, so that no matter people or objects, they only have an outline.

Another shadow sighed in a low voice: "I heard that... Prime Minister Cao intended to lose? Everyone... do you really think this is possible? '

'How is this possible? ! How long has this rumor been around? Hasn't it been debunked long ago? '

The shadow who spoke earlier coughed, "Heh, debunking the rumor. Who among you really believes those government notices? And... don't you think this is too coincidental? If it wasn't arranged in advance, how could it be just right, not too early or too late? You know, how far is it from Guanzhong to Youzhou? '

Everyone fell silent.

Sometimes, not everything has an answer, but the problem is that some people just want an answer.

Or rather, it was the answer they were willing to accept.

Although Cao Cao led the army, this time, Shandong was defeated...

Since it is a failure, there must always be someone to take the blame.

The emperor is generally not responsible. After all, everyone knows the current state of the emperor Liu Xie.

So the emperor is right, who can be wrong?

If it's not Cao Cao's fault, could it be the fault of everyone present?

"You and I both know that Prime Minister Cao always uses his close confidants..."

"Nepotism is a fact. 』

"I didn't know that Prime Minister Cao wanted to do something even though he occupied so many positions..."

"Could it be..."

Everyone was silent for a while.

There are some things that you shouldn’t think too much about. It doesn’t seem like much at first, but if you think about it too much, problems will arise.

If it had been said earlier that Cao Cao was going to make peace with Fei Qian, everyone would have regarded it as a joke, but now the joke is getting less and less funny, and even a little scary...

What if Cao Cao really joins forces with Fei Qian to cut up the big men and divide things up, then...

"No, no, that doesn't make sense... Think about it, if Prime Minister Cao really did it for... why would he have to fight this war?" ! I'm not trying to defend Prime Minister Cao, I just don't understand, what good will it do to Prime Minister Cao if we lose this fight? 』

"benefit? Need more to say? It turns out that some people didn’t listen to Prime Minister Cao. Why? Isn’t it just that there is money, food, and people? Now it's fine. If you lose a battle, it's the others who lose, and it's the Cao family who gets fat! Believe it or not, all the remaining money, food, and manpower were lost in the battle with one stroke of a pen, and even the profits can be left over! 』

"Prime Minister Cao...it shouldn't be like this..."

"Hey, hey, hey. 』

"I heard that some of the Cao family's sons under Prime Minister Cao died in the battle, didn't they?" How could this be a deliberate defeat? 』

"Did you hear that?" Someone also heard that Xiahou Yuanrang was a guest under Qiusi's command? ! So what do you say? 』

"this……"

The shadows gathered together to discuss and refute each other, but they did not unify or unite with each other...

The same hatred?

If there is no such thing, only equal sharing of interests is the truth.

The reason is simple. Now that Cao Cao has been defeated, there will inevitably be some power vacuum. Who will fill it?

As for the Hussars, that is a matter of the future, and these immediate interests cannot be let go!

Regardless of whether Cao Cao really colluded with Fei Qian or not, it actually doesn't matter. It's like "looking for trouble". He is a bag-maker and can put anything into it. As for whether it is consistent or whether there is something more appropriate. In fact, people in Shandong don’t care so much about the crime...

Because what they "care about" is not at this point.

After discussing for a long time, the black shadows still failed to come up with any specific and effective steps and response strategies. They just came to a common "attitude"——

No matter whether the peace between Cao Cao and Fei Qian is true or not, this time Cao Cao must take the blame and resign no matter what!

The position of Prime Minister must not be allowed to continue to be occupied by Cao Cao!

As long as Cao Cao takes one step back, he will take ten or a hundred steps back in the future!

By then...

It's not too late to worry about this "peace" matter!

…

…

Jiangling.

Jiangdong soldiers carried supplies up and down the warship, walked on the steps from the shore to the cabin, and then returned to the shore from the cabin.

Although most people choose to walk on dry ground, after all, the boat is in the water, and there will always be people stepping into some puddles, forming a series of footprints.

As more people stepped on these footprints, they began to merge into a trace from scattered footprints.

Traces like bleeding.

Zhou Yu was sitting on the boat, wearing a fur coat.

The voice of "anti-war" in Jiangdong is gradually rising...

It has even affected here.

Even if Zhou Yu is in charge.

The autumn wind is cold, and the river wind is even colder.

But the coldest thing is the human heart.

Those guys in Jiangdong think of themselves as clever and resourceful, but they don’t know that they are actually as simple as fools. As long as they seek to maximize their interests, they will always succeed...

The reason why these guys are unwilling to continue fighting is mostly because they want to give up when things get better.

That's right, the little bit of oil and water in Jiangling is what makes these guys think it's okay...

As for the injuries and deaths in Jiangdong, they were just soldiers and civilians. To these gentry children in Jiangdong, these are all untouchables, like trivial matters, not worth mentioning at all.

The Jiangdong nobles just need capital and are just speculating.

Human capital, material capital, even bragging capital.

Speculation here, speculation there.

As for the future...

Haha, they think what they have is the future.

Zhou Yu is undoubtedly lonely, and he also speculates, but he is not just speculation.

No one can understand him.

Zhou Yu was perhaps the first person in Jiangdong to sense Fei Qian's threat, and he always believed in it unswervingly.

Lu Su is half of it.

Lu Su didn't completely believe that Fei Qian's threat was that big. It was just Zhou Yu who said so, so Lu Su just did what Zhou Yu said. As for Sun Quan, he wasn't even half of it.

But if Zhou Yu were asked to present the facts and reason, and use some specific things to explain the dangers of Fei Qian, Zhou Yu could not do it for the time being, because after all, Fei Qian was in Guanzhong, and there was still a considerable distance from Jiangdong.

But this distance...

Maybe it's not as big as those short-sighted people in Jiangdong imagined.

Zhou Yu's eyes saw a boat coming up from the river in the distance...

The boat flowing down the river was rowing like flying. When it got closer, Zhou Yu saw the anxious look of the scout on the boat who was out for reconnaissance, and his heart couldn't help but thump.

Sure enough, the scouts reported back and discovered that the Hussars' navy from Sichuan and Shu was heading towards Jiangling.

"The leader..." Zhou Yu asked, "Is it still the Xu family?" 』

The scout replied, "Exactly." But...beside the Xu family's general flag, there are also the flags of the Gan family and the Zhuge family..."

The Gan family, Zhou Yu knew that this was Gan Ning, but this Zhuge family was heard to be just a young civil servant. Why did he also have a general flag?