Three Kingdoms

   What is the history?

   Sometimes this question also appears in Zhao Yun's mind.

  Because it is said in history that Liu Bang killed the white snake, and Qin Shihuang sent down the black dragon...

  So, did Fei Qian encounter any auspicious signs such as yellow dragons or red snakes?

  At the beginning, Zhao Yun was skeptical about such rumors, but now...

  Basically, I don’t believe it at all.

  The greater the official position, the more Zhao Yun discovered that historical records...

   Count the ball.

  It’s like when he was young, he thought that officials, like dogs, could at least keep their word. When he became an official himself, he found that no one could keep his word...

  In Changshan New City, Zhao Yun first dealt with some backlog of affairs, and when he was free, he sighed slightly, feeling that the responsibility of the word "guardian" on his shoulders became heavier and heavier.

  He is very clear that he must be a person who will be recorded in history.

   Just relying on the Northern Territory Governor, it is worth at least one sentence, but it is hard to say how much you can really remember. If you do well, you may remember more. If you don’t do well, it may be only three or five words, and even the name is not worthy of appearing.

   Therefore, Zhao Yun has always been cautious.

  Ever since he became the Protector of the Northern Territory, some people have started to arrange, either intentionally or unintentionally, saying that Zhao Yun is the descendant of Zhao Tuo, just like someone rumored that Jia Xu is the descendant of Jia Yi.

   Regarding such rumors, Zhao Yun was noncommittal and ignored them.

  Zhao Yun didn't even know whether he was Zhao Tuo's descendant, but the rumors seemed to be convincing, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

   Indeed, from a certain point of view, Zhao Tuo is a real person, and Zhao Yun is also a real person. There seems to be some connection, but there is more than two hundred years in between! If it's been 20 years, if you look for a relationship, maybe you can still get hooked, and more than 200 years...

  Even if there was a real connection, it would have already been out of the fifth server.

   To take an extreme example, even if the descendants of Zhao Tuo committed a crime, it has nothing to do with Zhao Yun to punish the Jiuzu.

  The same is true for Jia Xu and Jia Yi.

   is just a same surname.

  As for Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, forcibly leaning towards King Jing of Zhongshan...

  Zhao Yun could only smile, and couldn’t say anything. After all, everyone has their own ambitions. He himself disdains to say that he was born in a famous family, because he was not. He has never benefited from Zhao Tuo's reputation for half a five baht coin. Why should he attribute the credit to Zhao Tuo's blood after his own success?

  His father can only be regarded as a small craftsman at best, he can beat wooden barrels well, and the family has some Susukida, so when Zhao Yun was young, he was relatively well-off.

  Zhao Yun is the second child, because the eldest son wants to inherit the family business, while the second son needs to learn a craft or something to go out and make a living, so Zhao Yun learned martial arts. After all, the borderlands are often invaded by barbarians...

   I didn’t expect to come to the present step by step.

  He is just a poor family among the poor, a small people on the border, so he should not have any connection with Zhao Tuo. It is not easy for him to get to where he is today, so he must be more careful to get things done.

   It's like facing Xin Ping.

  Xin Ping said it beautifully, as if he was thinking about everything for Zhao Yun. For example, listing numbers, his attitude should not be insincere, but in fact he was still sowing discord.

   That's right, outright provocation and alienation.

   Whether Cao Cao marched into Wuhuan is actually an uncertain result. Cao Cao's troops stationed in Youzhou may really go north to Liaodong, or he may turn around and go south after today.

   Even Cao Cao is not in Youzhou at all!

  Zhao Yun doesn't believe in Xin Ping, let alone Cao Cao.

  Do you believe what your opponent says?

   Isn’t courting death what is it?

  Normal people will not easily believe the enemy's words. This is a **** lesson. At least since the Spring and Autumn Period, the enemy's words have been completely unbelievable. Whoever believes will die first.

  Although everyone talks about morality, few actually do it, and even fewer can do it.

Therefore, whether the Cao Jun that Xin Ping said is really coming for the so-called border people of Youzhou, or whether he is really in Youzhou, Zhao Yun maintains a very skeptical attitude, but he does not know clearly Direct denial, just like Zhao Yun would not directly deny that he has nothing to do with Zhao Tuo. But apart from these due doubts, Xin Ping's words also left a haze in Zhao Yun's heart. Even thinking about it now, he couldn't help but feel a little angry.

  Xin Ping actually compared the Northern Region with the Western Region...

  Although it is said that Zhao Yun, like Lu Bu, chose to come to the frontier, which is also Zhao Yun's own wish. Of course, Lu Bu may have felt that his wish was forced, but Zhao Yun felt that it was very appropriate for him to come to the Northern Territory.

  He grew up in Changshan, so now he returns to Changshan.

   In a sense, Zhao Yun has now fulfilled the promise he made when he left Changshan. He came back, not only returning to his hometown in fine clothes, but also rebuilding Changshan City.

  Zhao Yun stood up and walked slowly towards the backyard. It's not that he has any big opinions on Xin Ping's words and deeds. After all, as an envoy, Xin Ping is going to do such dirty things.

  If Xin Ping does nothing and says nothing, it will make Zhao Yun look down on him.

  Xin Pi probably also considered this point, so he refused to come.

  Because even if they came, and Xin Ping expressed Huqi's great strategy and great thought, neither Xin Ping nor Cao Cao would believe it, just like Zhao Yun did not believe in Cao Cao.

  『My lord’s eyes are always far away...When will I miss these three melons and two dates...' Zhao Yun raised his head, stood in the courtyard, and looked at the sky above his head.

  The vast night sky. It is so deep that it seems to have no end, just like the Northern Territory described by the Great General Hussars.

  But people in Shandong don't believe it.

  People are more willing to believe what they want to believe.

  For example, no matter who it is at the moment, they will not believe that Zhao Yun's greatest wish is actually to be a small rich man, and he will be satisfied by guarding a few acres of Susukida. If possible, Zhao Yun actually wants to live simply, in his hometown, in his small courtyard, beside his parents, beside his little sister...

  For this piece of heaven and earth, the life span of a person is just the blink of an eye, so why does the world care about what human beings do and think? The only thing that cares is that only human beings, and only those closest relatives, will have the same hatred, empathy, and unity...

  Unfortunately, Zhao Yun has no relatives around him.

Those things that were originally engraved in the deepest part of the memory in Changshan also slowly emerged in the night, the neighbor Zhao Ershu, San Leng brother, and San Leng's aggressive mother-in-law, as well as his three days. Wa's half-haired child...

  The dangling cloth cover in the neighborhood...

  Mottled and incomplete low soil walls...

  The dilapidated but warm Changshan Old Town...

  Countless figures seemed to be swaying left and right in front of Zhao Yun's eyes, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

   Then a small figure jumped out of the darkness, with a straw headband on his head, came to Zhao Yun, raised his face, "Brother! Did you miss me? 』

  Tears immediately poured into Zhao Yun's eyes.

  『I have been unable to find my brother, where have you been? I can't find my father and mother...Why is it so dark here? Brother, hug me, I’m so scared…”

  Zhao Yun couldn't help stretching out his hand towards the small figure, but he didn't hug anything. This feeling of powerlessness made him wake up suddenly in the next second. After a moment of silence, he realized that the corners of his eyes were wet.

  『Hoo…』

The night wind outside the house was still blowing tightly and slowly, making various noises. This might be the source of the words he heard in a trance just now, but there seemed to be some coldness remaining in his palm, but he didn't know it was him. tears, or something else.

   Zhao Yun has broken one of his promises.

  He promised his parents to take good care of his younger sister, but when he arrived, he watched his younger sister die in his arms, his little hand still tightly clutching the only toy he made for her, the grass ring.

  Perhaps that grass ring belonged to his sister's last meager joy, the last warmth she felt in the world, so when she died, she held on tightly and didn't let go.

Although Zhao Yun understands that when manpower is exhausted, not everything can be fulfilled, especially on the way to escape, anything can happen, but this does not make Zhao Yun feel any comfort, and it also makes Zhao Yun always hate breaking promises In fact, Zhao Yun also hated himself for breaking his promise.

  The moon revealed half of her pretty face from the clouds, cast a cold glance at Zhao Yun, and then put on her veil again, as if she didn't care about the troubles of the world, and seemed to be laughing at Zhao Yun's mediocrity. Because even if Zhao Yun said it, others would nod at most, and they would not object, but most of them were laughing at Zhao Yun's hypocrisy. Book…

  In the night wind, the almost decayed and bare branches swayed in the air, while the fallen leaves on the ground were rolling around, encouraging the colleagues on the branches to quit as soon as possible.

  A few dog barks came from somewhere outside the courtyard wall, which seemed extraordinarily clear and piercing in this silent autumn night...

   This is Zhao Yun's mansion, but not his home.

  His home is long gone.

Those sudden and turbulent emotions seemed to gradually calm down with this long sigh, calmness and composure returned to his body, and he changed from a weak brother to a calm, The calm and keen Northern Territory Protector.

  Zhao Yun reminded himself once again not to let emotions control his thinking, and to be calm in every major event. Now he is not a child from an ordinary farmer's family, but also the Northern Territory Protector with the connections of many soldiers and generals on his shoulders!

  My every move may affect countless people and countless families, so I need to be calmer, more cautious, and more careful...

The original intention of the establishment of the Northern Territory Protectorate was to protect these kind-hearted people, to protect those neighbors like Changshan back then, and people like Zhao Yun's parents and sisters, so that they would not be humiliated and trampled again, and let the dark clouds of war Never hang over the land again, so be stronger and try harder.

  People...

  People…

  Han Chinese...

  Hu people...

  Thinking of this, Zhao Yun suddenly realized something, and a very serious expression appeared on Dabing's face.

  He has insight into the true meaning of Cao Cao's dispatch of Xin Ping.

  What informed, what informed, what provoked, what alienated, are actually duckweeds and weeds floating on the water surface, in fact, there is a beast hidden under the water. He understood Xin Ping's ultimate goal, and thus he felt which claw Cao Cao stretched out in the darkness...

  The claws are obviously sharp, and anyone who catches them will be torn apart.

  Everyone may cover up in one way or another in their daily life, and may sometimes use this or that kind of words to deceive, but whether it is concealment or deception, it is all for its core purpose.

   Cao Cao came to Yuyang, and why?

  At the beginning, Zhao Yun thought that Cao Cao was coming to attack the Northern Territory, because Zhang Yun reported it that way, but now Zhao Yun thinks that he should think deeply about the fundamental starting point of Cao Cao's behavior.

  Is Cao Cao's greatest interest here or elsewhere?

   Chang'an, it's Chang'an!

   It must be Chang'an!

  Cao Cao's true purpose has not changed from beginning to end, and it is Chang'an!

  That’s right, Cao Cao pretended to fight Wuhuan in Yuyang, but in fact, he may not have a large number of soldiers in Yuyang, and even Cao’s army in Yuyang is just an empty shell, an empty battalion!

Cao Cao is definitely not like the lord, who has any grand blueprint for the entire Northern Territory, so at most Cao Cao just wants to obtain war horses from the Northern Territory desert. As for other development and follow-up plans, Zhao Yun believes that he has no plans at all. .

Because Cao Cao must at least be consistent with the Shandong gentry in the general direction of his interests in order to gain the support of the Shandong gentry, so Cao Cao will not develop the Northern Territory like Fei Qian, which means that Cao Cao will not invest in the Northern Territory. Too much power!

  All the information was gathered in Zhao Yun's mind, and among the messy clues, Zhao Yun found the most important thinking line.

Xin Ping came here as an emissary, the first purpose was for these things on the surface, and the second purpose was to make Zhao Yun form an illusion in case the first layer was seen through by Zhao Yun, which was indeed easy to be seen through. I thought that Cao Cao just used these methods, and then Zhao Yun would naturally think of tricks or something...

Just like Xin Pi and Zhang Yun, basically see through Cao Cao's first-level purpose, there is no big problem, and then maybe they can also touch Cao Cao's second-level plan, such as preparing to march or defending. But in fact, if Zhao Yun really did the same, he would have fallen into Cao Cao's third trap.

  Because on the third floor, no matter what Zhao Yun does, he will be used immediately.

  Choose one, attack.

   Kill, kill, kill, it's cool to think about it.

  Dismantle Yuyang's illusion, put pressure on Cao Jun in Youzhou, disrupt Cao Jun's rhythm...

   seems like a good way to deal with it.

  But in fact, it will fall into the hole Cao Cao dug.

First of all, Cao Jun claimed at the beginning that he was only targeting Wuhuan, not Zhao Yun. This is tantamount to occupying a high moral position. Look at the faces of those guys in later generations who can justifiably criticize and curse after watching pirated copies, and you can know if Once Zhao Yun launches an attack on Yuyang, he will be immediately splashed with dog blood.

  Zhao Yun himself was scolded, he didn't care, but it would implicate the lord Hussar.

  You must know that Hushi used to sneer at the Shandong gentry in the city of Xu County, which meant that the Shandong gentry could do nothing, was weak externally, and cruel internally, so that the Shandong gentry could not hold their heads up for a long time. It also attracted many poor families who were dissatisfied with the original big families and surnames, and switched to Chang'an.

   These are all related, not independent events.

If Zhao Yun makes a move now, then the Shandong gentry who were scolded back then will definitely jump out and equate Zhao Yun's actions with the orders of the hussars. Apply directly to clean!

  After all, what the Shandong gentry like to do most is to forget their own mistakes and then blame others for their mistakes.

  All kinds of characters lurking in Chang'an will inevitably start to stir up trouble, and then bring along those ignorant people who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement...

   Booing and booing, ulterior motives, ignorant following, the moral banner that Huqi raised in his early years will instantly waver!

At the same time, Zhao Yun dispatched to attack Youzhou, and Youzhou and Jizhou are too close geographically, so as long as Zhao Yun moves Youzhou, Jizhou will definitely touch his sensitive nerves immediately, and then driven by interests, he will immediately Stand with Cao Cao, with one heart and one mind, and join hands against the enemy.

   And Cao Cao can use Zhao Yun as a foreign enemy to easily complete the "unification" of Jizhou that he could not do before!

At that time, Jizhou plus Yuzhou, the huge population, land, and resources of the gentry family will not only immediately solve Cao Cao's economic difficulties in recent years, but may even allow Cao Cao to have enough food and grass to launch a large-scale war. war!

  From this point of view, regardless of whether Zhao Yun captured Yuyang in Youzhou or achieved results, he actually fell into Cao Cao's plan and became an accomplice in the murder of the hussars.

   At that time, if there is chaos in Chang'an and Cao Cao takes the opportunity to succeed, then even if Zhao Yun is in the Northern Region, what can he do? Could it be possible to be the second Gongsun Zan? By that time, Hushi's own righteousness has been lost, and Zhao Yun's reputation is as bad as Lu Bu's, so what else can he do? Cutting the land for the prince? Once Zhao Yun really does this, how many people will follow Zhao Yun?

   What's more, if Zhao Yun leads the army to leave the Northern Territory and attack Youzhou, then these barbarians who were originally in the Northern Territory, who were forced by the increasingly cold weather, will be honest and safe?

   So, what if you choose not to attack?

   It will also be used by Cao Cao.

  It’s very simple, let’s say that Xin Ping is here, Zhao Yun and Xin Pi, because of the incident with Lu Bu in the Western Regions, after the hussars left Chang’an, they had the heart of rebellion and the intention of self-reliance...

Then you can think of it with your toes. There will also be a large number of keyboard warriors and textual research parties in Chang'an. Adhering to the spirit of picking bones out of eggs, they will tirelessly ask questions and ask various questions. Even if some questions can be answered, they will immediately forget the last question he asked, and ask new questions instead, and use this to gather popularity and get likes.

  For example, let Zhao Yun and Simpi prove how many bowls of noodles are in their stomachs.

  Especially after the hussars left Chang'an and lost the core strength that could stabilize the center and make a final decision...

As for these doubts, are they really asking the main points, are they looking for a solution to the problem, and whether they are helpful to the actual situation, etc. These keyboard warriors and questioning parties don’t care, they just enjoy asking questions That kind of "cool".

   So what should I do?

  Zhao Yun suddenly had some ideas, but it seemed a little risky...

  He hesitated again and again, but finally made up his mind to do this. Because he felt that since it was the right thing to do, he had to do it no matter what kind of favor he had.

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