Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1649 Make excuses

  There is boundless darkness all around, only a little light under your feet.

  Cao Cao looked around in a daze, but he didn't know where the road was?

Feeling a little panicked, Cao Cao started to walk forward, at first he just took small steps, but then he didn't know why, maybe he started running, or he was pushed by the shadows around him, Cao Cao started running non-stop, And it was still dark all around.

   There is great fear in the darkness.

  Is this a dream?

  Cao Cao wanted to open his eyes and get rid of all this, but found that he couldn't control his hands and feet at all...

   "Here comes the kill!"

   "Run!"

   "Madman! Butcher! Thief!"

   "You will be quartered by five horses! There is no place to die!"

   Noisy human voices, staggered and confused. The surrounding figures swayed, like waves, coming towards Cao Cao in waves. He was running, some waves pushed him forward, some waves stopped his footsteps, and some even tried to push him forward. He is lost in this darkness...

   Don't look back—

   There seems to be such a voice reminding Cao Cao.

   Can't look backwards...

   Cao Cao warned himself in his heart.

  However, amidst the chaos and din, the voice behind him became louder and louder, and it even seemed that hot blood was sprayed out and sprayed on his back...

  Cao Cao couldn't bear it, and began to slowly turn his head backwards.

  Many human heads flew out of the darkness, and the one at the front, with blood stains and miserable expression on his face, looked like the head of his son Cao Ang!

  Cao Cao suddenly turned over and sat up, only to find that his hands were pressing on his chest at some point, his whole body was covered in cold sweat, and he was out of breath...

  The light in the bedroom is still dim, and the scent of sandalwood still remains in the incense burner beside the bed.

   Sandalwood could have calmed the nerves, but unfortunately it still had no effect.

  Cao Cao's consciousness was still immersed in the dream for a while, and the situation in the dream still made Cao Cao's heart beat, making it a little uncomfortable.

   Before dawn, Cao Cao took the big cloak hanging aside and put it on his body. The small noise woke up the servant girl who was serving outside, and after asking Cao Cao for instructions, someone came in to tidy the bed for Cao Cao, someone went to fetch hot water for Cao Cao to wash, and someone brought clothes and hats for Cao Cao to wash.

  Cao Cao has gradually recovered his usual composure.

   These years, he must be calm.

He must be resolute in dealing with various affairs in the court, he must be dignified and prudent in dealing with various relationships among the gentry, he must be decisive in the battlefield arrangements among the army, and even for ordinary people, he must be decisive. He had to put on a friendly appearance, and he also had to show kindness to ordinary soldiers, but Cao Cao knew that all these appearances were not his true self.

  And in those years, when he was young, when he was in the Imperial College, when he was sailing in the Weishui River, rippling in the weight of wine and music, he was his true self, his open-minded, defenseless self.

  Cao Cao rubbed his face with a hot towel, the heat dissipated little by little, and the remaining confusion and sadness in his eyes seemed to dissipate with the heat...

   "Ma'am..." Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "Have you left yet?"

  The servant girl responded weakly and lowered her head, not daring to look at Cao Cao.

Although the war with Yuan Shao has come to an end, it does not mean that Cao Cao can sleep with his feet up. The breath of war is still lingering in the sky, just like the ice and snow on the top of the mountain that will never melt. Transformed, but still cold.

  The battlefield is a Shura field where you can live and die, and no one will have any compassion. Because those who had a heart of compassion, have died among the first batch...

  When Cao Cao passed the gate of the backyard, he stopped for a moment, stared blankly at the closed gate for a moment, then walked forward with his head raised.

   At this moment, I still can't stay.

  In other words, he couldn't stay anymore...

   "Wait a little longer..." Cao Cao said in his heart, "Maybe...wait a little longer...we'll talk about it after we've been busy for a while..."

  Outside the front hall, there were already officials waiting with their heads bowed. After seeing Cao Cao’s figure, he approached him in small steps, and reported in a low voice: “Mr. Cao, the latest news from Jizhou…”

  Cao Cao snatched it with his hands, and walked away while watching.

  In the backyard, Madam Ding sat with disheveled hair, facing the empty bed, she did not shed tears, because the tears had already dried up while guarding Cao Ang's body.

  Following Mrs. Ding's gaze, there is a tall vase on the low table next to the bed, and inside the vase is a dried peach branch...

  ...here is the dividing line curled up...

  Qingzhou.

  The big victory that Yuan Tan was looking forward to, the victory he was looking forward to meeting in Xu County, failed to appear after all. Not only that, Yuan Tan received the news even after Yuan Shao had retreated...

  The cold words made Yuan Tan's fiery heart gradually turn cold.

  Yuan Tan originally thought that as long as he worked hard and paid, he would be seen and recognized by everyone, but now he suddenly realized that his efforts and dedication were worthless.

  Yuan Tan has already forgotten what it's like to be surrounded by his father's knees, it seems... not at all?

At that time, my father was still in Luoyang, still in the Yuan family's mansion, and did not move out. It seemed that every day he left early and returned late, and the time to see each other was very little. Even if we met, it was only a few words , and after Yuan Xi was born, part of the time spent talking with his father would be given to Yuan Xi...

   Then there was Yuan Shang.

   "How is your studies?"

   "How can I improve?"

   It seems that there are always two sentences repeated like this, and then Yuan Tan speaks, Yuan Shao nods, that's all.

that is it.

  Yuan Tan once thought that when he grows up, he will be fine, and after arriving in Jizhou, there will be some changes, and when his father is busy for a while, he will have a chance...

  However, Yuan Tan finally found out that the eyes projected by Yuan Shao were still cold, without any warmth.

   It's even better to look at those so-called Jizhou celebrities, or ordinary soldiers! At least at that time, Yuan Shao still had a smile on his face!

   Even if it’s a smirk…

   Just because you are a family member, you deserve to bear the cold, you should always understand, and you shouldn’t even deserve this fake smile?

  Yuan Tan didn't know.

  As his father Yuan Shao got older and his territory expanded, the struggle for power seemed to be like a dark tide, rolling under the shadows, centering on Jizhou, spreading out,

  Ever since Yuan Tan had a younger brother, not only his father, but also other people have been talking non-stop, to be like an older brother, to be humble, to be patient, to be courteous...

Ever since, Yuan Tan gave up the position surrounded by his father's knees, gave up the time to be with his father, gave up a stable and comfortable life, and gave up the slender and beautiful woman. Let, now, suddenly find that he has nowhere to let go.

  Yesterday afternoon, Yuan Tan met a guest of Tian Feng's subordinates. He told Yuan Tan that Tian Feng was dead and was killed by Yuan Shao's order.

Perhaps Tian Feng's guests were disappointed, perhaps they had left Jizhou, or perhaps they were in order to fulfill Tian Feng's legacy. He told Yuan Tan that Yuan Shao intends to pass on the power to Yuan Shang, and it has nothing to do with Yuan Tan. Tan doesn't want to accept such a result, it's better to start preparing now...

   "What are you preparing for?" Yuan Tan asked.

  Tian Feng's guest smiled but did not answer.

  Yuan Tan asked again: "Sir, would you like to stay here?"

   Tian Feng's guest shook his head, and finally drifted away.

Qingzhou is not a good place. Because of the climate of the Han Dynasty, there will be typhoons from time to time. There are several records of encountering big waves throughout the Han Dynasty. In addition, the hilly area occupies nearly half of the area, so it is naturally not as good as Jizhou is rich, if it is not possible to dry salt, there is not much benefit.

   But Jizhou is different. There are people, money, iron, copper, almost everything...

   This time, are you really going to fight?

  Yuan Tan couldn't help feeling a little flustered in his heart. Even the sword, which was very handy in the weekdays, trembled slightly when he picked it up...

   There are some bloodstains on the sword. Over the years, Yuan Tan led soldiers to exterminate mountain bandits, rectify bandits, calm down areas, and lead troops to fight, all with this knife. Because this sword was given to Yuan Tan by his father, Yuan Shao, when he was about to go to the battlefield. On the handle of the sword, there was Yuan's jade pendant as decoration...

   "Father... what do you think, can you tell me..."

  Yuan Tan stared at the jade pendant.

  He originally thought that when Yuan Shao handed him this knife, it represented a kind of authority, but now it seems that it is not, it is just a knife.

  It's just a knife...

  ...Here is the dividing line with a strand of dull hair...

  In the north of China, in the desert, the flames of war and beacons suddenly ignited.

  The Wuhuan people who originally spoke the same language and wore the same clothes suddenly raised their swords and guns at each other. This kind of thing happened suddenly, and it seemed to be a matter of course.

  Since the moment humans took up arms, they have cut off many heads of their own kind in the struggle against nature. Perhaps in the evolution of the entire civilization, human beings rank second in the behavior of hunting and killing of the same kind, and I am afraid that no species dares to be the first.

  The Wuhuan people originally came from the Donghu people, just like the Xianbei people, but they took a different path, but in Ta Dun's eyes, it was just because a sandalwood locust tree appeared among the Xianbei people.

  Since the Xiongnu moved westward, the northern grasslands have become the world of the Xianbei people, and even the 100,000 people who stayed in the grasslands of the Huns "all call themselves Xianbei". However, compared with the Xiongnu tribe with a clear ruling system, the tribe system of the Xianbei people is very loose. The Tanshihuai of the Xianbei Tribal Alliance established in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty was initially established step by step because of "bravery and wisdom", "casting spells and prohibitions, being straight and straight, and no one dared to commit crimes". The Khan Court made Xianbei "all the adults from the east and west return to Yan".

  Ta Dun felt that he was the "Tan Shihuai" among the Wuhuan people...

  The division of the Xianbei people was because Tan Shihuai divided the Xianbei people into three parts: the left, the middle and the right. After Tan Shihuai's death, they went their separate ways. It also made the current Xianbei unable to be unified in one place, and even had constant disputes.

  Since there is such a lesson, how can the Wuhuan people allow them to follow the old road of Xianbei again?

   Now is an opportunity, the best opportunity, a chance for the Wuhuan people to rise.

Tadun should be like Tanshihuai, reintegrating the entire Wuhuan people together into a whole, and not splitting into East Wuhuan and West Wuhuan, so that they can expand, expand, and expand again during the Xianbei civil war. Expand until it becomes the same scale as when Tan Shihuai was alive...

   Therefore, those who obstruct the unification of the Wuhuan people are the sinners of the Wuhuan people!

  Ta Dun finally persuaded Su Buyan to let Su Buyan act with him, and the war among the Wuhuan suddenly broke out...

   Clans hacked and killed each other, fierce battles took place on the entire front.

  Because they lived in the desert chasing water and grass, the tribes of the Hu people were not regularly distributed. Therefore, when the whole war broke out, many Wuhuan people only reacted when the swords were cut on their heads.

However, as the battle progressed, this situation gradually decreased and disappeared, because a no-man's land had been cleared out on the line where the war took place, and those who failed to react or reacted slowly, There is no need to react any more.

   I don't know when it will start, but King Nanlou starts to retreat.

  At present, it seems that King Nanlou can hardly resist Ta Dun's attack, and retreat has become a trend. When Ta Dun led his men and horses all the way to the west, he felt that the resistance encountered on the way had become very weak.

   "They ran away! Like mice, they ran away for their lives! These cowards! Cowardly dogs!" Ta Dun sat on the horse, full of energy.

Of course, there are still some tribes belonging to the faction of Nanlou, either did not receive the signal, or did not have time to push away, and still resisted Tadun's troops, but in this way lost the mutual response array and the resistance of the inferior number , In fact, it doesn't have much effect, and it can't resist the advance of Tadun's people.

  Su Puyan, who followed Ta Dun, was also speechless.

Compared with Tadun, Su Puyan is so long that he can be called handsome. After all, he comes from the high mountain blood of Donghu, so Su Puyan has deep eye sockets and a straight nose bridge, but his appearance is not as good as that of Wuhuan people. Not as important as fists.

   This time, Su Puyan was somewhat hesitant at first, but he still followed suit. After Lao Shanyu's death, only Tadun stabilized the entire Wuhuan people at that time. Although Lou Ban is the blood of Lao Shanyu, it is a pity that Su Puyan has not seen Lou Ban's display of what can be done in the past two years. In this troubled world, the ability of the Wuhuan people to survive.

   This world is a cannibalism.

  Anyone who doesn't realize this will become a delicious meal on someone else's plate.

  Although Tadun is not very good, it seems to be more suitable for this cruel world than soft Louban.

   "Louban...I've already given you a chance..." Su Puyan murmured, "This...you can't blame me..."

   Human beings have one thing in common, and the author Bacteria is no exception. Sometimes he will find various excuses for himself...

   But during the Spring Festival, when it’s time to accompany your loved ones, don’t make excuses...

   At least, in these two days, spend more time with your loved ones, even if you don’t say anything, sit quietly together, drink tea, and eat melon seeds, it’s good...

  (end of this chapter)