The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 73
(ps: Thank you Yixiao Yilinfeng for your reward, shamelessly begging for Sanjiang tickets)
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The new wind is blowing, and the land is vast.

Pieces of snowflakes slowly fell from the air and landed on Cao Cao's dark cheeks, bringing a biting chill.

"It's going to be winter."

Cao Cao looked up at the white snow falling slowly from the sky, and sighed to himself.

Guo Jia, who was standing beside him, was trembling all over, wrapping himself in the skirt of his clothes, his teeth chattering passively.

"Minggong, it's cold outside, let's go back to the big tent, why stand here and suffer?"

Cao Cao shook his head lightly, and said: "Gu is very confused now, and I don't want to go in. Standing here, I feel a little more comfortable. If you can't bear the cold, Feng Xiao, you can go back to the tent to rest."

"Then Guo went ahead and waited for Ming Gong's order."

Guo Jia was not polite, turned around and jumped into the tent.

Seeing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but sneered, and then his face turned serious, dissatisfied: "You're being polite, you're serious, you prodigal son, stand alone!"

Guo Jia turned his head with a sad face, looked at Cao Cao with a bitter expression on his face, and said, "Minggong, I'm cold."

Seeing his appearance, Cao Cao couldn't help being annoyed. He pointed at Guo Jia and said, "You prodigal son, who is addicted to drinking and sex all day long, has made your body so bad. You deserve the cold, and I will let you grow up today." memory."

Guo Jia sniffled, laughed awkwardly "hehe" twice, and said, "What Mr. Ming taught is that Mr. Guo has been taught. Then why are you willing to let me go in and rest?"

Cao Cao stroked the beard on his chin, smiled lightly and said, "It's easy to say, Feng Xiao, if you can relieve Gu's sorrow, I will naturally let you go in to keep warm."

"Hey, this is easy."

Guo Jia's complexion changed quietly, and the wandering smile just now became extremely serious unconsciously, his whole face was full of wisdom, and he said in a low voice: "What Duke Ming is worried about is nothing more than Liu Bei occupying Runan and The power of the two counties of Yingchuan has grown so much that it is almost half of Yuzhou, and we are afraid that it will be a disaster."

The corners of Cao Cao's mouth rose slightly: "The one who knows me is also a filial piety. Yes, in today's world, although all the heroes are rising together, and all the capable ones come out, but Liu Bei is the only one who can be blinded. This person has a firm mind and perseverance. Extraordinary, because of bad luck, he was tossed and wandered, if he just sits and watches his power expand and his wings become full, he will definitely be a trouble in the future!"

Guo Jia nodded and agreed with Cao Cao's opinion: "Liu Bei is indeed a good man, but he is an outlier among the heroes in the world. He refuses to defend the second county and his power has greatly increased. It is indeed worthy of our army's attention, but it is not necessary Too worried."

Cao Cao turned his head to look at Guo Jia, and said, "What does Feng Xiao mean by that?"

"Although Liu Bei won the land of the two counties, after all, he is a newly recruited army, and the hearts of the people are not convinced. Although his subordinates Guan Zhang is brave, it is a pity that he has no resourceful people to make good use of it. This time he defeated Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan, his morale is not good. But his arrogance is even worse, for example, Duke Ming personally led troops to march south, hehe, Guo asserted that a battle will surely win!"

Cao Cao nodded, and said: "Following the words of filial piety, Gu also knows. What is terrible is that the northern border is not settled. If I go south easily, Yuan Benchu's thieves will not die, and he will attack again. What should I do?"

Guo Jia tossed his white clothes, laughed loudly and said, "Duke Ming, don't worry, if Guo asks Duke Ming to send his army south, it is certain that Yuan Shao will definitely not raise an army!"

"Why? Yuan Shao has a lot of meritorious deeds. Although Guandu was defeated, he might not have the will to fight back."

Guo Jia shook his head with a smile and said, "Yuan Shao is full of spirit and arrogance. If he loses at Guandu, he will definitely take revenge, but he will never choose to send troops immediately. One reason is that Yuan Shao doesn't like to use strange tactics. Now that the weather is approaching winter, even if Yuan Shao wanted to take revenge, he might delay the next year's harvest. The Battle of Wuchao would have damaged Jizhou's grain and fodder reserves. After three months of agricultural rectification! At that time, Duke Ming had already defeated Liu Bei with a thunderbolt, and he returned to Xudu with his victorious army, so there must be no mistake."

Cao Cao nodded when he heard the words, and said: "This statement is reasonable."

"Secondly, Yuan Shao's methods of using troops are correct, and he believes in using force to overwhelm others, and never go off the beaten track. The so-called defeated soldiers will not be raised again. In the battle of Guandu, the morale of Yuan's army was demoralized. If Yuan Shao wanted to take revenge, he would be afraid that the morale of the generals would be demoralized, so he had to practice. That took some time.”

Cao Cao deeply listened to Guo Jia's words: "Is there any more?"

Guo Jia continued calmly, "Thirdly, among the counselors under Yuan Shao's command, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Shen Pei and others usually have gaps and disagree with each other. Now that Guandu has been defeated, they have returned. After Yecheng, Guo expected that some of them would inevitably take advantage of this defeat to cause troubles, go back and forth to suppress and instigate, fight openly and covertly, and blame each other. , I want to smooth them over, hehe, I’m afraid it will take some time, Duke Ming, with these three things as a guarantee, isn’t the few months you have spared enough for Duke Ming to conquer Liu Bei?”

Cao Cao pondered for a while, a smile slowly rose from the corner of his mouth, and then filled with a hearty laugh.

"Hahaha, that's right, Feng Xiaozhen is Gu's think tank, but Yuan Shao and his subordinates have been seen so thoroughly by you, boy, God bless Gu with such a good talent and helpful friend, so I will do it according to Feng Xiao's wishes. However, in order to avoid any omissions, Gu still decided to place the commander-in-chief flag in the important town of Baimadu, thinking that it was a false plan to deter the Yuan army in Hebei, so that it would be foolproof."

Guo Jia flicked the snow off his sleeves, bowed his hands and said: "My lord, this is a very kind move. This time to quell the battle of Liu Bei, Guo must have carefully designed it to help Ming Gong regain the land of the two counties, and capture Liu Bei, the thief alive. Minggong is going to worry about a serious problem."

Cao Cao waved his hands when he heard the words, and said: "That's not necessary. As for Liu Bei, Gu really wants to fight against him directly. He doesn't need the help of others to help Feng Xiao. This time he captured Runan, so he won't bother you to go out with the army. "

"what?"

Guo Jia was startled when he heard the words, and his serious face suddenly became wild again: "Minggong won't let me go, so what should Guo do? You really let me idle?"

Cao Cao stroked his beard: "Chen Deng, the prefect of Guangling, wrote a letter to Gu the day before yesterday, saying that in the land of Xuzhou, since this year, military affairs are not strong, morale is sluggish, and military affairs are difficult. If you are not in good health, don’t join the army to fight, you might as well go to Xuzhou for a visit to Daigu, and by the way, give advice to the prefects of various counties, and teach them how to practice soldiers and horses, in case they are used in the future.”

Guo Jia knew that Cao Cao was looking at his poor health and didn't want him to be overworked, so he gave him a little vacation as an excuse.

While being moved, Guo Jia stubbornly shook his head: "Duke Ming, Mr. Guo is a military commander offering wine. There is no reason why the army should not go out with the army when it goes out. I hope that Duke Ming will send someone else to take care of the matter in Xuzhou. , Guo is not that material."

"Presumptuous, lonely general order, you prodigal son, how dare you refuse to obey? Stop talking nonsense, you pack up your things and set off tomorrow, and I will send elite soldiers to protect you."

Guo Jia wanted to fight again: "But."

"Okay, don't talk too much, it's settled!"

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A few days later, Yuan Shang and his group finally stepped out of Yuzhou, along the tributary of Sishui, to the vicinity of Lucheng in Xuzhou.

Lu City is not tall, but compared with the city of Yuzhou, it already has a different atmosphere. Looking from a distance, the soil of the city wall is soft, short and low. Although it does not have a strong and majestic atmosphere, it has a little more Very peaceful and serene tranquility.

Looking at those half-gray city walls, Yuan Shang couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion.

According to Zhang Jaw's description, when he arrived near Lucheng, it proved that Qingzhou was not far away. Cao Cao is now concentrating his forces to go south to conquer Liu Bei, and he has no time to take care of them. The local garrison is not strong, and he dare not do anything to them. I can finally go home.

Since traveling to the end of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shang's experience seems to be smooth and smooth, but in fact it can be described as arduous every step of the way, and a little carelessness will lead to catastrophe.

But no matter what, from Guandu to Wuchao, from Yanzhou to Runan, Yuan Shang feels that he has learned a lot and learned a lot. The trip to Runan seems small, but the hardships and experiences will become his No one can take away the most precious wealth in a lifetime.

A few miles outside the west gate of Lucheng.

Yuan Shang ordered the people under his command to camp and rest in the hidden woods. After all, they had been running for several days, and everyone was hurrying, so it was inevitable that they were exhausted.

Zhang Jaw, it's okay for a tough guy like Gao Lan in the army, but people like Deng Chang's family of three and Xia Houjuan, who are not good at military, obviously can't bear it.

Therefore, proper rest is still necessary.
Xia Houjuan has been following the army northward for the past few days, not only did he not panic, but he also seemed to be at peace with the situation.

It's just that in the entire army, except for Yuan Shang and Old Deng, no one can play with her, and Yuan Shang has to command the whole army from time to time, and Old Deng has to take care of his wife and children all the time, so they can't have fun with her, so Xiahou From time to time, some feel empty and boring.

Slowly, she shifted her gaze to Lu Lingqi.

In the whole team, apart from Deng Chang's wife, only Lu Lingqi was a woman like her, and she was also of the same age.

So naturally, Xia Houjuan had a desire to get close to her.But Lu Lingqi's character is too cold, Xia Houjuan has never found any opportunities.

Until today, when the whole army camped and rested, Xia Houjuan saw a little opportunity.

Taking the skin bag and pouring some water into the creek, Xia Houjuan cautiously came to Lu Lingqi who was chopping wood with a knife, gently handed the water bag over, and called softly: "Aba."

Lu Lingqi's icy eyes lifted slightly and landed on Xia Houjuan's face, which frightened her into a fright, and she wanted to back away timidly.

But the hesitation was only for a moment, Xia Houjuan finally smiled lightly, sent his hand over again, and said, "Abaaba."

Lu Lingqi frowned, and looked at Xia Houjuan puzzledly: "What do you mean? I don't understand."

Not far away, Yuan Shang was wiping his armor with an old cloth strip. Hearing the sound, he looked up and smiled: "I can't understand such a simple thing? They want to buy you water."

Lu Lingqi was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand to take the skin bag from Xia Houjuan's hand, and said lightly, "Thank you."

Xia Houjuan's face instantly revealed a lovely smile, which was radiant and lovable.

While rubbing his armor, Yuan Shang shook his head helplessly: "What an idiot, can't you see that when people show kindness to you, they want to make friends with you. Just say thank you and that's it, without any sincerity. "

Xia Houjuan's complexion turned slightly red.

Lu Lingqi wiped her mouth, her face indifferent: "I don't know how to make friends, and I never have friends, let alone need friends."

Yuan Shang laughed when he heard the words, shook his head and said: "You don't even have a friend, you are really pale in the past [-] years."

"You're the only one who is busy." Lu Lingqi snorted, and gave Yuan Shang a dissatisfied look.

On the contrary, Xia Houjuan was innocent and romantic. He made a circle in mid-air with both hands, and then pretended to pour it into his own mouth. He tapped Lu Lingqi with his fingers, and then tapped himself, and then he clapped his palms happily, smiling happily. the way.

"Ababa, Abba, Ababa."

Lu Lingqi looked at it in a daze, then turned her head and asked Yuan Shang, "What does she mean by gesturing, can you understand?"

Yuan Shang leaned on his chin, shook the dirty cloth strip in his hand listlessly, and said: "She said that she has deep feelings, a mouthful of stuffiness, shallow feelings, a lick, deep feelings, not enough to drink, iron in feelings, bleeding after drinking, thousands of mountains and rivers It’s always about love, and it’s also destined to be together and parted, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to make friends, as long as you drink a pot of goddamn shit, you’ll be fine!”

Xia Houjuan smiled and nodded repeatedly, giving Yuan Shang a thumbs up.

(End of this chapter)