Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2553 Caomu borrows troops from the Sima family

   Not only people from Youzhou who want to establish a relationship with Guanzhong, Hanoi, which is only "slightly" away from Hedong, naturally flirted with Guanzhong early.

  Especially the Sima family in Hanoi.

  Wen County is located in the west of the Northern Henan Plain, with the Yellow River in the south and Taihang in the north. It has to be said that it is a good place.

  Now the family settlement of the Sima family in Wen County is somewhat bleak.

  Qiu Zang's work has been done, but more than half of the grain he got has to be handed over and sent to the warehouse in the county, and then it will be transferred to Yecheng to become the materials used by Cao Jun.

  There are many conquests and limited harvests, so of course some extra money is needed...

  Sima Fang's body has decayed, and he was able to run around on crutches before, but now...

  In fact, Sima Fang's body has been getting worse year by year, but in the letters to Sima Yi and others, there is no mention of it.

   It is also a habit to report good news but not bad news.

  However, no matter how much you avoid describing "sorrow", it can't stop "sorrow" from coming to your door.

  As the fence of the manor dock, there has always been a rotating Zhuang Ding on duty.

   There are children of Sima, and there are people with foreign surnames, such as Ma Chong.

  The Ma Chong family escaped from Yanmen County after a sudden military disaster. They have settled in the Sima family for nearly ten years, and they are considered half of the Sima family. There are two brothers in this generation. The younger brother went to Hedong with the caravan of the Sima family, while the older brother stayed to look after the house.

  Most families in this era are like this. The eldest brother stays at home and inherits the family business, while the younger brother has to travel around, either to expand the family business, or to fight for a way out for himself, and then become a prominent branch.

  Although there is sunshine in winter, it does not give much warmth when it shines on the body.

  The cold wind howled, and it was somewhat cold on the body. Although Ma Chong wore an extra layer, when the wind blew, he was still feeling cold, so he could only follow the others, get up and walk around, and then quickly find a shelter from the wind, and occasionally stretched his head out to look around and was harvested After Zhuanghe, it looks a bit desolate field.

  The person on duty on the wall of the stronghold is a small team with a captain and ten Zhuang Ding. Ma Chong is probably a vice-captain, and his portable weapon is a hunting bow with weak bow power, a bag of feathered arrows, and a spear, without armor.

  For the price of a set of armor, one or two hundred spears can be made.

  In the past two days, the situation in Hanoi has become a little tense.

  The reason for the tension is not the military struggle, but the military transfer.

  In the past two years, Cao Cao's desires have been getting higher and higher, ahem, referring to the demand for food and grass.

  The gentry of Jizhou naturally resisted the increasing desire of Cao Cao, but what happened after the resistance? Cao Cao's method of differentiation came down, and some people gained benefits, that is, "betrayed" Jizhou...

  Well, although it is said that Jizhou was not so "steadfast"...

  As we all know, the real enemy is often hidden inside. The same is true of Jizhou, and Hanoi is also inevitable. These guys who benefited from Cao Cao, in exchange for more and greater benefits, higher and better positions, betrayed their original "partners" and ignored the original "covenant".

   After all, I have betrayed my "own people", and then I can pay less money and food.

  Besides, the Sima family made so much money from caravans before, shouldn't they spend some more now and make some contributions to the big guys?

   It’s like an employee who got a reward for something, but there must be some people who will murmur for a treat, but completely forget that the company benefits more.

   It doesn't matter whether you have contributed or not, but if you see it, you must participate.

  The original contradiction between classes has become a contradiction within the masses...

   Today's Sima family is somewhat familiar with history, but also somewhat different.

In the early days of Sima Lang, he was an official in Hanoi County for a while, but then he saw that Boss Cao’s momentum was not right, and after discussing with his family, he simply withdrew and resigned in the name of taking care of Sima Fang. up.

  Do you want to be filial? Who dares to stop you?

  On the one hand, it is because Sima Hui, Sima Yi, and Sima Fu have already held some important positions under the hussars. On the other hand, if they continue to hold positions in the Cao army, the Sima family must give up the more profitable caravan.

  Although it is said that many people with official status have their own caravans and shops, how else can they turn power into small money? But the problem is that Sima Hui and Sima Yi are not ordinary positions in Guanzhong, so the Sima family is naturally watched by many people.

During the period when Sima Lang served under Cao Cao's command, some people repeatedly hinted that the Sima family would give up the caravan and let the "officials" of Hanoi counties take over. Of course, if Sima Lang is willing to give up, he will get some compensation, such as further Jobs, or local shops in Hanoi, etc.

   To put it simply, there are "risks" in foreign trade routes, and it is best for Cao to bear this "risk"...

   Is it reasonable?

  In the Ganges.

  However, if there are no foreign trade routes, how is the Sima family different from other poultry being raised?

   Sima Lang quit his official career in Hanoi, which is equivalent to expressing his attitude.

  The head can be broken, the blood can flow, the hairstyle, well, the caravan can't be messed up!

In addition, during this period of time, the recruitment of Cao's political group to Hanoi has also become higher and higher. Such a high level of recruitment has of course caused dissatisfaction, and many people put the Sima family at the forefront. Neither Fang nor Sima Lang expressed any objection, but many people said to Le Jin, "As long as the Sima family pays me, I will hand it over!" 』

  Then when the Sima family had paid, these people clamored again, "The Sima family is so rich, shouldn't the extra payment point be in the Ganges River?" Let the Sima family pay more, and we will pay twice as much as the Sima family! 』

  The Sima family swallowed their anger and shrank their heads like a turtle.

  During Sima's forbearance, there was also a misunderstanding.

  Hey, this Sima family is easy to bully because of his stupid money!

  Will someone feel sad and ashamed after bullying an honest person once, and stop?

  Are you kidding me? Honest people, of course, want to continue the "bullying" of one life two, two beget three, three beget all things, year after month, generation after generation, reincarnation continues, bullying continues!

  Someone came running in the distance, shouting out of breath, "No, ho... no, it's done!" It's a big deal, it's not good! 』

  There was a panic on the wall of Sima Zhai with shouts, Ma Chong poked his head out from the wall, and found that the person who came was a familiar Wen County ranger, and a bad premonition rose in his heart...

  ...(;￢￢￢)...

  Turn back the time a little bit.

  Chenjiaping is the nearest military depot camp to Wen County.

Because Hanoi is close to the east of the river, and there is Shangdang on the other side of Taihang Mountain, it is under pressure from two aspects. Therefore, in the Hanoi area, the alert area is actually quite extensive. There are also many soldiers on duty in the area.

  In the past two years, Le Jin has been continuously recruiting new recruits, training in military camps like Chenjiaping, and then continuously taking away the elite recruits...

  Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Le Jin is full of resentment towards Guanzhong Sanfu, at least he is extremely defensive and quite hostile.

   But these things have nothing to do with Chen Feng who was in the recruit training camp in Chenjiaping. He is from Yuzhou, with little ability, let alone ambition. He followed Cao Cao to eat military food in the early days. Later, when he got older, he became the military lord and recruit instructor in Chenjiaping.

  His current job, on the one hand, is to train recruits, and on the other hand, he is also responsible for maintaining the surrounding law and order, including defending some important warehouses and post stations.

  Chen Feng is also very satisfied with this kind of life.

   Live in the village, follow orders, don't go out and risk your life to gain fame, and when you go home, you can have your wife and children on the bed. It is unavoidable to eat and drink on weekdays, but it is somewhat conscientious. In wartime, it is not necessary for an old and frail man like him to rush forward. Naturally, there will be stronger and more eager for fame.

  If you can live your life in peace, it would be pretty good.

  After winter, the weather is cold, and the number of military training has decreased a lot. Coupled with the fact that the new batch of soldiers has not yet arrived, this year is about to pass. Chen Feng became more and more lazy, and went to the military camp where he was sitting in the town once every three or two days, and his subordinates were not strictly controlled, so he enjoyed leisure in his private house all day long.

Who would have thought that when Chen Feng was preparing a few appetizers in the house, ready to drink two with gusto, and then fell asleep for a long time, his subordinates suddenly came to the door, saying that it was Le Jin's subordinate Sima , Le Sheng arrived at the Chenjiaping barracks, he was summoned!

  Chen Feng regained his composure, and didn't care about the food and drink, so he hurriedly changed his clothes, put on military uniforms indiscriminately, finished binding up, put on his saber, and ran all the way to where his family's barracks was.

  Chenjiaping is on the hill outside the county seat.

This piece of flat land is very large, if it is fully occupied, it must be able to accommodate four or five thousand soldiers, but because on the one hand, there are not so many recruits for training, and on the other hand, according to Chen Feng's temperament, he never thought about it. To expand the scale, so most of the place is empty.

  Several of Chen Feng's subordinates were kneeling outside the gate with their heads downcast.

  A Chinese army of the Cao family in bright armor was holding a halberd. When he saw Chen Feng coming, he looked at Chen Feng with a stern face and widened his eyes. He shouted majesticly, "My Sima is waiting for you in the camp!" 』

At this age, Chen Feng's youthful temper has long since worn out, and he doesn't care whether his position is higher than the soldier holding the halberd in front of the tent, so he pretends to be his subordinate with a smile on his face, and on the way, he puts a halberd to the Chinese army. Qian passed by, "What happened, please ask for instructions, so I should be prepared, right?" 』

It has only been a few years since Le Jin took over Hanoi's prefectures and counties. His main energy is to build up the troops directly under Hanoi, collect property, food and grass, train elite soldiers and strong generals, so as to guard against hussars and horses. For example, Le Jin really didn't have the time and energy to manage veterans like Xi Jinping Chen Feng, as long as there were no major problems, he would be fine.

   This naturally caused Chen Feng and others to relax.

   No, as soon as Army Sima Lesheng arrived at the Chenjiaping barracks, he caught several of Chen Feng's men who were gathering in the camp to gamble.

   Those who were punished squatting at the gate of the gate...

Le Sheng specially sent a Chinese army with a halberd to give Chen Feng a chance, but he didn't expect that Chen Feng still had such a playful smile on his face. None of the conditions.

  Chen Feng knew in his heart, what could happen in the camp?

   And gambling? This crime can actually be big or small.

  Even in the camp directly under Lejin, there are people who gamble, too?

  Life in training in the military is boring, sometimes small bets are fun, competing for rankings, betting on food and so on, can it be considered gambling?

   If even these are counted as crimes, and they are all arrested and beheaded, I am afraid that most of them will be killed?

  So seeing Chen Feng being so naughty, the Chinese army held a halberd and looked at the half of the money bag exposed in his arms, and waved, "Go in quickly, my Sima is waiting for you, and you will know everything when the time comes!" 』

  Chen Feng walked quickly with a smile on his face, and when he passed those men who were punished squatting at the gate, he deliberately cursed: "You must be playing lazy again, you have been cleaned up well!" When I come out, I have to settle accounts with you guys! 』

  If you have to settle accounts, of course you can live, so what is the account if you die? Go to Huangquan to settle accounts?

  In the large tent of the Chinese army, in front of a messy puffing show booth, Sima Lesheng, the commander of Le Jinjun, was dressed in a military uniform in confusion, with one hand resting on the saber at his waist, and gently tapping on the hilt of the saber.

   Le Sheng is Le Jin's general, he fought with Le Jin all the way, and got into the position of Sima in the current army.

Generally speaking, there is no specific court official recognition for positions like military Sima, and the position depends on which general he follows. Called Jun Sima...

  This time, Le Sheng was ordered to come to Wen County to act, and went straight to the recruit camp in Chenjiaping. Seeing that the barracks were dilapidated, the remaining soldiers did not obey the military law, and gathered people to gamble, he wanted to take advantage of the situation to give Chen Feng a blow, so that Chen Feng could cooperate with the action.

  So when Chen Feng came in, signed up with his mouth, and bowed deeply, Le Sheng received Chen Feng's salute deliberately, and with a straight face, he scolded: "You lead a good soldier!" Well managed campsite! 』

Chen Feng straightened up slowly, smiled lightly, without panic, and said: "So that the army Sima can know that to manage the camp well and train the soldiers well, what is needed is money and food, and there is a lack of money and food in the camp now. It has been half short since the past month! Seeing that the severe winter is approaching, the camp lacks clothing and food, and there is no military salary in place, I have done my best to maintain this place like this. If the military commander is still offended by this, I am willing to take the blame and resign, and let the military commander come to rule this place...』

   Chen Feng's words made Le Sheng choke.

Le Jin, as the general stationed in Hanoi, did not want to develop Hanoi's economy, construct water conservancy projects, encourage farming and mulberry, etc. His only idea was to create a team of elite soldiers, and then take revenge in the next battle with the hussars. Avenge the hatred, express the hatred of being insulted in my heart!

  Under such guiding ideology, Le Jin not only completed the task of handing over taxes, money and food to Cao Cao, but also searched the place extremely hard, trying to ensure that the elite soldiers of the fifth battalion under his direct command would be well paid and strong. As for the others...

In this way, for example, Chen Feng, a veteran who has served in the local area for many years, can coordinate with all parties, and can maintain the situation, really can't just drive him away, otherwise there will be chaos in the local area what to do? Could it be that Le Sheng really came to serve in this dilapidated recruit camp from under Le Jin's direct management?

  Le Sheng could only give up after being pushed back by such a soft and neither hard way, anyway, his main purpose of coming here was not for this.

… Inside the camp, it must be cleaned out first! Also, tomorrow you need to select some guides and lead us to the Taihang River Valley! 』

  Chen Feng didn't ask any more questions, and bowed down to accept the order: "This is all in the next job, and it must be done properly." 』

   Le Sheng waved his hand, apparently not wanting to waste words with Chen Feng, "Go and arrange it!" The camp is under martial law tonight! In and out, you will lead the soldiers in the camp tomorrow morning, and set off with someone! 』

  After Chen Feng took the order, he respectfully withdrew.

  At this moment, in the camp, some soldiers came one after another, and the campfires in the tents in the camp were also ignited. The key places such as the gate of Yingkou have been taken over by some soldiers brought by Le Sheng.

  During the night, the camp has been in and out, and it must be to prevent leaks...

   "Taihang River Valley..." Chen Feng thought about it, and then his heart skipped a beat.

  Unable to handle Chen Feng, those Chen Feng's subordinates at the Yuanmen naturally released him.

  『Master Chen, what’s going on? 』

   Le Jin, who is rarely seen once a year, is directly under the soldiers brigade, and there are hundreds of them in a hurry. If you say nothing, it is an insult to people's IQ.

  『Stop talking nonsense…』Chen Feng said, 『Be quiet, get up early tomorrow and go to the Taihang River Valley! 』

  "Taihang River Valley..." One of the men said, "What are you going to do in the Taihang River Valley?" There are so many people... Could it be that they are going hunting? Or are there bandits over there? 』

  『What about a bandit...don’t you say you don’t know which one is on the edge of the Taihang River Valley? ”Another soldier chuckled twice, “I bet twenty renminbi coins that I will definitely trouble the Sima family! 』

  『Convex (艹盘艺), you are sure to win, who wants to bet on you? However, Master Chen, what are you doing with the Sima family? 』

  『How do I know? ! "Chen Feng said, "Anyway, you guys, find someone to go out and tell the Sima family...that's all we can do...more or less it's a kind of incense..."

  A subordinate looked back at the gate, "But these guys are guarding the gate..."

  『Stop talking nonsense. "Chen Feng cast a scornful glance at him, "Don't **** think I don't know that you have a way in the back camp... You don't need to go there yourself, just find a young man when you get down to Ping, and you can give him a few big coins? If you talk too much, you will be punished for the crime of gambling together! 』

  The subordinate shrank his head, "Okay, Mr. Chen, I listen to you!" ’ Then he glanced at the Lejin soldiers in the camp, and hurried away, disappearing in the back camp.

  Chen Feng tilted his head and looked in the direction of the Sima family, muttering in his heart, what did the Sima family do?

   Want to make such a big move?

  Could it be...

  The Sima family is about to rebel?

No way?

  (end of this chapter)