The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Last night, due to the problem of uploading from the background/stage, the upload was repeated, and the vip cannot be deleted, so I can only keep it, which caused some students to repeat a section. I am very sorry, the content uploaded repeatedly last night has been changed. The following is the new section.

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The weather was getting colder and colder. Although Xun Zhen brought some luggage when he came to Guangling, he did not bring many winter clothes.

Guangling Prefecture was short of storage, so Xunzhen had to pass the word to the counties and ordered them to organize manpower to sew thick clothes.

In mid-November, before the first winter snow, the entire army, regardless of whether the commander or the righteous servants, put on new clothes and could keep out the cold.

The blacksmiths sent by the counties to the prefectural government have already arrived, and they have all climbed the copper mountain. They are all organized by Wei Guang, and the smelting work of the weapons is in full swing. There was an endless stream of pig iron brought from Mi Zhu's family in Quxian County. Besides pig iron, Xun Zhen also bought some grain from Mi Zhu.

In the past few years, in the wars of begging for the Yellow Turbans, attacking Montenegro, etc., although Xun Zhen detained a lot of money privately, he once gave a part of it to the clan to buy land, run schools, and support soldiers. It is also a costly affair. Thousands of righteous servants have to eat, drink and wear, not to mention their monthly rations. They also have to buy weapons. They also have to search around to buy war horses. The cost of one war horse is enough to support several infantrymen. The daily consumption of nearly a thousand war horses, either captured or bought, is a huge expense, and all this money comes from Xun Zhen’s private pocket. No matter how rich the pocket is, the money has been spent until now, and there is not much left.

Speaking of which, Xun Zhen is now the prefect of a county, and he seems to be able to take money from the county to support private soldiers, but Guangling is not as rich as the inland county and country, and the population is small, and after the war, he was scolded by Taoism again. Qian has searched several times, and what remains of the county government will be enough to pay the county officials and support the county soldiers. Apart from privately levying taxes from the counties, it is impossible to support the four thousand steps under Xun Zhen's account. Ride righteously.

And now that Xun Zhen is about to raise troops and leave the county, it is too late to win and recruit Guangling scholars.

Fortunately, he will be able to respond to Dong Qi's army soon. As long as Yuan Shao joins the army, he can take his troops to Yingchuan and borrow food and goods from Yuzhou, which can relieve the pressure a little.

Speaking of Yuzhou, Xun Zhen received a secret report from Le Jin two days ago.

But it was Cao Cao who came to Yingchuan and recruited strong men there.

When Xun Zhen got this secret report, it was a little strange at first. He remembered that Cao Cao had raised troops in Chenliu, and Cao Cao had written to him before saying that he was going to Chenliu to find Zhang Miao after leaving Luoyang, but how could he run away? Did you go to Yuzhou to recruit troops?

When you think about it, it's not surprising.

There are several ways to go from Luoyang to Chenliu. Since Cao Cao chose to go to Chenliu via Yuzhou, which was the first Yuzhou, he was going to recruit troops and horses anyway, so it was normal to start recruiting bravery in Yuzhou.

Following Le Jin's secret report, Xun Zhen received another secret letter from Cao Cao - this secret letter from Cao Cao was written to Xun Zhen the day after he arrived in Yingchuan, and the time of writing the letter was longer than Le Jin's. The secret report was a little earlier, just because the person Le Jin sent to deliver the secret report did not have to cover up his tracks and could travel day and night, while his messenger needed to operate secretly, so it was half a day later than Le Jin's secret report.

Cao Cao said in the letter the reason and process of his escape from Luoyang.

He left Luoyang the day after Dong Zhuo transferred him to be the captain of Xiaoqi. As soon as he received this appointment, he knew that he could no longer stay in Luoyang. He knew that it was time to leave Luoyang. He was cast under Dong Zhuo, but at least when he was the captain of the Xiyuan Dian army before, Cao Cao still had a few soldiers under his command, and he was able to arrange his men and horses. There was no more soldiers in here, and if he stayed in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo could only be left to rub it. Moreover, Yuan Shao communicated frequently with him. He also knew that Yuan Shao was preparing to raise troops. He made a decisive decision without even caring for his family. He left his concubine Bian and his second son Cao Pi, who was just two years old. He only brought his eldest son Cao Ang and some cronies and ran out of Luoyang.

In order to prevent Dong Zhuo from sending people to pursue him, he sneaked all the way, so he didn't have time to write letters to Yuan Shao and Xun Zhen to inform him of the incident, but he finally reached Yingchuan safely.

In his letter, he said: He has known Ru and Yingduoqi for a long time, and Yuzhou Mu Huangwan, Qingliu celebrities, also hated Dong Zhuo, so he planned to recruit some people in Yingchuan, Runan and other places before going to Chenliu, and said He will make a special trip to Yingyin in a few days to pay homage to Xun's elders.

Xun Zhen can understand Cao Cao quite well, unlike Zhang Miao and himself, and even less like the brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. Although Cao Cao is now barely number two in Yuan Shao's party, he has no territory and is not the chief of the county. , his rank is not high, he's just a captain with more than two thousand stones. If he wants to recruit soldiers and join Yuan Shao, it is relatively difficult. Although he has decided to go to Chenliu to fight, after all It is Zhang Miao's territory. Even if Zhang Miao supports him, it is not his own territory. He won't vote for him, but only to the subordinates of the prefect Zhang Miao, so he wanted to recruit some geniuses and fierce generals in Yingchuan and Runan first, but it was helpless.

Cao Cao's plan is good, but unfortunately, people's calculations are not as good as heaven's, and things that make him even more helpless are still behind.

Xun Zhen expressed his support for Cao Cao, because he knew that Cao Cao was fleeing, and he probably didn't have much money with him, so he wrote a letter to Le Jin and the clan, asking Le Jin and Xun Qu, Xun Yu and other clansmen to give the money to him. Cao Cao, for the time being, can be regarded as a little help for Cao Cao's recruitment, but not long after this letter was sent to Yingchuan, in late November, Le Jin sent another secret report.

It was Cao Cao's soldiers recruited in Yuzhou who betrayed him, and it was rumored that Cao Cao died in the rebellion.

Xun Zhen read the secret report so far, and she suspected that she had read it wrong, rubbed her eyes, and read it several times, and found that she had read it correctly.

How could Cao Cao, the hero of the first generation, die at this time?

Xun Zhen was shocked and thought, "Could it be because of me? What kind of butterfly effect?"

The fact that Cao Cao went to Yuzhou to recruit troops and was rumored to be dead because of the rebellion was a real event in history. Yuan Shu also gloated over the misfortune to send a letter to Cao Cao's family who stayed in Luoyang, telling Mrs. Bian about the incident. But Xun Zhen had never read this verse when she was studying in her previous life, so when she suddenly got the news, she would inevitably suspect herself, wondering if there was a "butterfly effect".

He stayed for a while after the case, read these words over and over a dozen times, and still couldn't believe that the news was true.

If Cao Cao really died, it would be good for Xun Zhen's future. He lost one of the strongest opponents, but Xun Zhen and Cao Cao had been together for many years. To be honest, he admired Cao Cao very much and liked him very much. Cao Cao Ru He really died like this, and he was really empty in his heart, if he had lost something.

"Impossible!" he thought to himself.

How could Cao Cao just die like this?

Also, Cao Cao is a generation of outstanding people. Even if he is still young, he may not be as capable as he was later, but he is already a man who has led an army and served as a prime minister of the country. It should not be bad. With his methods, how could the Yuzhou soldiers he recruited rebelled? Even if there is a rebellion, it is impossible to gather a crowd to rebel as soon as he arrives?

Thinking of this episode, Xun Zhen remembered that she hadn't finished reading Le Jin's secret report.

He held down his shock, loss, and doubt, and continued to look down.

After Le Jin finished talking about the news of Cao Cao's death, he said a little more about the tragic situation of Cao Cao's death, which he heard about. The reason for the rebellion: It turned out to be because of the Yuzhou Mu Huangwan.

Although Huang Wan was a famous scholar of the Qing Dynasty, and even though he acted against Dong Zhuo, he has spared no effort to attack the bandits and the rest of the Yellow Turbans since he took office in Yuzhou. What he did was to protect the stability of the territory of Yuzhou, and Cao Cao, a junior descendant, A cavalry captain who escaped from Luoyang, but without saying hello, openly recruits brave and gathers people under his rule, he will of course be very dissatisfied.

He is the shepherd of Yuzhou. Since he took office, he has been very powerful and won all battles. Now that he is "very dissatisfied", he does not need to send troops to drive Cao Cao away. Inevitably there will be fears and regrets. If these people are connected a little bit, it is not difficult at all to create a rebellion and rebel against Cao Cao on the territory of Yuzhou.

I see!

It was because of Huang Wan that Cao Cao's soldiers and horses rebelled.

Cao Cao's previous letter also specifically mentioned Huang Wan. Although the meaning of the letter was not clearly stated, Xun Zhen could see it. He obviously thought that Huang Wan was a fellow man, so he wanted to raise people in Yuzhou, but he didn't. It is expected that this is just wishful thinking, and Huang Wan will be dissatisfied with it.

But Xun Zhen still didn't believe that Cao Cao died like this.

He immediately picked up a pen and wrote a reply letter to Le Jin, ordering him to investigate more carefully.

Because of the "rumour of Cao Cao's rebellion and death", Xun Zhen was not in the mood to go to the barracks for inspections and drills for several days, nor was he in the mood to handle county affairs.

Xi Zhicai, Xun You, Chen Qun, Cheng Jia and other close people saw Xun Zhen's abnormal behavior, they were surprised, they asked him, and heard about it from Xun Zhen. They do not have a deep friendship with Cao Cao, and some do not know Cao Cao, but they all know that Xun Zhen and Cao Cao have a good relationship. .

Persuasion is useless.

Chen Zhi also persuaded him that Chen Zhi was pregnant, and Xun Zhen didn't want her to worry about her because of this, so she adjusted her mood a little, but she couldn't help but sighed to her: "Cao Mengde is a great man in the world, and he can outperform me by a lot. Therefore, when the Grand Commander Liang Guoqiao was alive, he once said to Meng De: 'The world will be in chaos, and the only people who can't help the world will be able to help the world. Those who can make it safe are in the king!' And today, the signs of chaos have already begun, but Meng De actually rebelled. Death? If this is true, the heroic spirit of the world will be reduced by five fights! My sorrow is not only because Meng De is my friend, but also for the people of the world.”

This is the truth of Xun Zhen.

Although he has great ambitions now, who can say what will happen in the future? He also doesn't know whether he will succeed in the future, and if he can achieve it, he will be good, but if he can't, as long as Cao Cao is still there, then Cao Cao's achievements in the original history will still appear. Darkness, at least for the contemporary world and for the contemporary people, is always a good thing.

But if Cao Cao is dead, and the heroes of the world are counted over and over again, who can be like Cao Cao again?

Liu Beigu is also an outstanding man, but his military and political skills are slightly inadequate. Sun Quan was able to defend his success, but he was just "having a son like Sun Zhongmou", he was just a "successful son".

The sorrows of many days are gathered in one place, the darkness outside the window, the candlelight in the room, the desolate north wind, the rustling leaves falling into the courtyard, and the cold rain will come, attacking the body, Xun Zhen feels from the heart. , laying paper and grinding, and writing a poem with a pen.

"Death before leaving the apprenticeship, the hero is full of tears."

He originally thought of the poem "The shattered lamp has no flames, and this evening I heard the emperor's exile in Jiujiang. Sitting up in shock while dying, the dark wind blows the rain into the cold window", but although this poem fits the scene, it is also in line with his style. However, there are two places that need to be slightly changed in his mood. At this time, he is confused and has no intention to revise the wording, so the poem is written in this sentence.

This is because of his feelings. All the mixed emotions and chaotic moods these days have accumulated to a limit, and they are all condensed into these short fourteen words. When people look at it, they feel depressed The pain of the base came over him.

Chen Zhi sighed and persuaded softly, "It's just 'rumours' now, maybe the news is not true. My husband ordered Lejin to inquire more carefully. He didn't send another letter two days ago, and the letter said that he could not find it. Is it Cao Jun's body? Or Cao Jun is not actually dead, 'the soldier's body is dead' is just a misinformation, and maybe there will be good news in two days."

"I hope so!"

On the third day after Chen Zhi persuaded Xun Zhen, Le Jin sent another secret message.

He said in the secret report that he had sent more people to continue searching everywhere, but until now, he could neither find Cao Cao's body nor any evidence that Cao Cao was still alive, that is to say, he can now tell Xun Zhen, or only the news of "the news of Cao Cao's death", and as for whether Cao Cao is dead or alive, he is still not sure.

Although there is still only "rumour of Cao Cao's death", and whether Cao Cao is dead or alive still cannot be truly determined, compared to Le Jin's earlier secret report of "rumour of Cao Cao's death", these two secret reports to some extent Barely considered "good news".

In this way, it was not until the beginning of December that Xun Zhen got a definite news.

Cao Cao did not die, he returned to his hometown of Qiao County.

This news was sent to Xun Zhen by Cao Cao himself.

Le Jin sent people to look for Cao Cao's traces. Cao Cao heard about it, so he wrote this letter to Xun Zhen after he fled back to his hometown.

In the letter, he briefly described how he narrowly escaped after the soldier's mutiny.

Because of Huang Wan's dissatisfaction, the soldiers he recruited from Yuzhou were in a series of chaos. Fortunately, there was a clansman named Cao Shao by his side. , died in chaos.

This military turmoil not only led to the death of Cao Shao, but also Cao Cao's confidants, including his eldest son Cao Ang, were separated from him, and Cao Cao himself was seriously injured. He fled to Pinghe Pavilion injured, changed his name, and claimed to be a guest of "Jinan Cao Chushi". "Shi Shi" is a person who lives in seclusion and does not want to go out to office. He said to Pinghe Pavilion Chief: "Cao Jinan Road encountered thieves and bandits, and he and I were separated."

Cao Cao was prime minister of Jinan and could speak Jinan dialect. Although Chief Pinghe Pavilion knew about Cao Cao's recruitment and rebellion, he didn't know Cao Cao. Although he was a little suspicious of Cao Cao's true identity at first, he saw Cao Cao was full of Jinan dialect. , I also felt that if he was really Cao Cao himself or Cao Cao's subordinate, then he could not claim to be a follower of "Jinan Cao Chushi". Cao Cao's surname was Cao, and "Cao Chushi" was also surnamed "Cao". In the end, he believed Cao Cao's words.

The way of the military is true and false. Cao Cao deceived the chief of Pinghe Pavilion with this "false and deceitful way", and he was raised in Pinghe Pavilion for a day.

After the injury got better, he knew that he couldn't stay here for long, and that Le Jin was Xun Zhen's confidant. He was afraid that the news would be leaked, so he had no choice but to say to Pinghe Pavilion: "Although Cao Jinan has encountered a thief, his life is unknown. I have to go home and report to him, and let my family come to him, but my injury has not healed, it is not good. Walking, if you can send me off, you don't need to send me back to Jinan, as long as you can send me to Jinan for a few days, and when I recover on the road, I can go home on my own. You must be rewarded."

Those who can be called "servants" are not ordinary people. Cao Cao dressed like a rich man. Pinghe Pavilion took his word again, took a leave of absence in the county, and personally drove an ox-cart to deliver him. he.

Cao Cao said to Pinghe Pavilion, "You don't need to send me back to Jinan, as long as you can send me to Jinan for a few days." It is impossible for Ting Chang to send him to Jinan. The next one is that from Yuzhou to Jinan, Cao Cao's hometown of Peiguo Qiao County is a must, and from Pinghe Pavilion to Qiao County is a few days' road, in other words, that is to say , Cao Cao was only deceiving Pinghe Pavilion with this rhetoric. "Returning to Jinan" is false, and his eagerness to "return to Qiao County" is true.

Chief Pinghe Ting drove an ox cart and carried him all the way to the northeast, but after walking for five or six days, before reaching Qiao County, when he was still dozens of miles away from Qiao County, he came across and came out to look for it. Cao Cao's knight of the Cao family.

However, Cao Ang and others who had been separated from Cao Cao had all fled back to their home in Qiao County. The Cao family knew that Cao Cao was dead because of the military chaos, so they hurriedly sent someone out to find him. The knights sent out to look for Cao Cao were incessant on the road. When they saw suspicious drivers on the road or when they saw a traveler from afar, they stepped forward to question them. Cao Cao heard the movement, and after confirming that it was his own family, he pulled the curtain of the car and stretched out his face. Get out of the car and greet the knights. Among those knights were members of the Cao family and disciples of the Cao family, all of whom were familiar with Cao Cao and his appearance, and at first sight, they were all overjoyed. Only at this time did the Pinghe Pavilion know that the person in the car was actually Cao Cao.

After reading Cao Cao's self-reported escape story, Xun Zhen's fear and worry dissipated, and instead came the applause.

Looking at Cao Cao's escape, he used both reality and reality, and he was bold and careful. He actually played with Pinghe Tingchang in the palm of his hand with a serious injury. The whole escape was smooth and safe. A generation of heroes.

In the letter, Cao Cao told the story of his escape, and said that his injuries were almost healed. He also said that although the soldiers recruited in Yuzhou had betrayed him, his clan brothers such as Cao Hong, Cao Ren, etc., either came out. Funding, or leading the crowd to follow, there are Xia Houchun, Xia Houyuan and others to follow each other, and Ding Fei, a villager, and others each come to vote, but now they are revived.

Although after a rebellion, even though he knew it was Huang Wan's ghost, and even though he almost died because of it, Cao Cao's letter did not contain a single word of grumbling or abusive, nor a single word of discouragement, but full of arrogant and uplifting words. positive.

At the end of the letter, he wrote: He sold his family wealth, and he would soon take the soldiers and soldiers who had thrown into his account to Chenliu. After Chenliu, he would continue to call in troops and prepare for a rebellion.

Xi Zhicai and others were present, Xun Zhen passed Cao Cao's letter to them, and they were amazed after reading it.

Xi Zhicai sincerely praised: "I heard that Duke Ming said a few days ago: If Cao Cao is dead, the heroic spirit of the world will lose five fights. Cao Cao is a hero, but I thought Duke Ming's words were exaggerated, but now I see that Duke Ming understands Cao Cao. , in the midst of chaos, he is eager to get out of trouble, and his ambition is not discouraged when he is defeated, this monarch is really a very person!"

After confirming that Cao Cao was not dead, Xun Zhen felt relaxed, and after applauding his escape, another subtle emotion came to mind.

He thought: "Meng De is not dead, I don't have to worry about the world anymore, but if Meng De is not dead, I have to worry about myself!"

Xun Zhen also contradicted Cao Cao's life and death.

When it was rumored that Cao Cao died, he was scheming for the world, and he was shocked and saddened.

But now that Cao Cao is not dead, thinking about his future career~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is a bit uneasy. With Cao Cao's ability, in the foreseeable future, this person must be his strongest enemy.

Xun Zhen thought of a word: sympathy.

This kind of subtle emotion may be regarded as a kind of "sympathy for each other".

Under this delicate emotion, Xun Zhen wrote a reply letter to Cao Cao, writing: "I was shocked to hear that Qing Qing died. The servant waited eagerly, hoping to gallop with Qing and drink Malo water as soon as possible."

Two lines from the Book of Songs are used to describe the different moods of Cao Cao's death and life. Although the words are simple, the feelings are deep.

After writing this letter, Xun Zhen attached the fourteen words written that day, "Before leaving the apprenticeship, die first, the long-envoy hero is full of tears", and wrote a brief description: "When Wen Qing died, If the soul is lost, it is not a mere disciple who hurts Qing, but even more in the world, thinking that the heroic spirit of the world will be less than five fights from now on, and the hurt comes from the heart, so I got these two sentences. Fortunately, Qing is not dead, and I will look at it now, although it is only seven words and two sentences, It seems that I have strong ambitions for thousands of miles, and I sent it together with Qing, and I would like to make an appointment with Qing: one day when the world is uneasy, you and I will not die for a day."

After writing it, it was sealed, and Zhao Yun, who was on duty outside the hall, was called in, and ordered to send someone to Cao Cao immediately.