Chapter 3489 The Answer Under the Water

Chapter 3488 The answer under the water

Zhen Zhen was still in a daze until she left Cui Yan's manor. He has always been strict with his words, so he will naturally not admit what Cui Yan said, but he doesn't know if Cui Yan has figured out the truth.

Perhaps it is an unintentional word, but it may lead to huge changes...

Even in later generations, if there are no traces preserved on the Internet, it will not be easy to trace the source of a rumor. After a large-scale network server is installed, all traces will be in the server. Once the IP address is compared, sometimes it is not a question of whether to check it, but whether to think about it.

It is of course more difficult for the big man to pursue the rumors now.

Of course Zhen Zhen did not do this kind of thing himself, but if someone really wanted to pursue it, he might be found.

Even if Zhen Zhen was beaten to death, he would not admit that he was the one who said "cut Hebei". But at the moment, this does not seem to be the focus, but Cui Yan's attitude.

This is very subtle...

Of course, it can also be thought that Cui Yan became nervous after learning about this rumor.

As for why Cui Yan was nervous and specifically asked Zhen Zhen to meet, Cui Yan said nothing.

But in fact, there are some things that cannot be said all.

And sometimes, you can’t say everything.

At this juncture, the Zhen family sent him here not only for the gold and silver, but also to find out the changes in people's hearts in Yingchuan, Yuzhou.

Since the Zhen family secretly cooperated with Wei Yan, turning to Hussar has gradually become the mainstream of the Zhen family.

The failure of the Yuan family dealt a heavy blow to the Zhen family, which almost caused the Zhen family to fall from a prominent family in Jizhou to the bottom of the valley. There was no place for the Zhen family in the officialdom, and even the local officials began to yell at the Zhen family, always thinking of cutting a piece of flesh from the Zhen family.

That was the most dangerous period for the Zhen family.

But fortunately, all this darkness will eventually pass.

However, before the light, there will always be darkness.

In terms of ambition, Zhen Zhen naturally wants to be a local official who is in charge of a party, with less than one person and more than ten thousand people. However, there are too many people more talented than him, and there is no chance for him to take his turn. Location. He is just a caravan consul now, but that doesn't mean that he will always only want to be a caravan consul.

However, there were always some problems with the way the Zhen family dealt with Zhen Mi back then, and it has also brought about some bad effects now.

Cao Cao was very powerful back then, but Fei Qian was not as famous as he is today, so it was reasonable for the Zhen family to prefer Cao Cao. Who could have imagined such a change today?

With Zhen Mi's support, the Zhen family has indeed improved a lot. However, due to the impact of Zhen's handling of Zhen Mi, Zhen's descendants in Jizhou may not be so easy to accept if they want to take the initiative to get closer. .

If possible, Zhen Zhen would prefer to go to Guanzhong...

After all, I heard that Guanzhong’s attitude towards merchants is more friendly than that in Shandong. The most important point is that as a merchant, you can also hold official positions in Guanzhong!

An official serving as a businessman!

Not a businessman who works part-time as an official!

This may be the preferential treatment given to Zhen Mi by the Hussar, but what does it matter? Zhen Zhen sometimes thinks about it, wishing that she was also pretty, so that she could have more contact with Qiusi. Unfortunately, every time he looked in the mirror, he could only sigh.

Shandong is different from Guanzhong, and his identity prevents him from taking a further step in the officialdom. This caravan consul may be very beautiful in the eyes of ordinary people, but he himself knows how illusory this kind of scenery is.

The problems in Han Shandong are intertwined, have been accumulated for a long time, and are terminally ill. Such a patient may die at any time, but because he has been with him for so long, many people are reluctant to leave him.

However, even if they are not patients, normal people will die sooner or later.

As fate would have it, the Han Dynasty had Emperor Guangwu, and the name of the Han family continued for nearly two hundred years. But Zhen Zhen guessed how unwilling Emperor Guangwu was to pay homage to the ancestors of the Liu family in Chang'an!

Because this Liu is not the other Liu!

So what now?

Regardless of whether the surname is Cao or Fei, it is obvious that the surname will no longer be Liu.

Can't bear to part with it?

A little bit, but Zhen Zhen felt that there seemed to be more excitement in her heart!

Another day, another day!

Zhen Zhen looked up at the sky, looking at the sun behind the thick clouds in the sky, with an inexplicable look on her face.

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Ever since Dong Zhao's command failed and Sima Yi broke through Hengshan Rock, the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp completely collapsed.

The soldiers of Cao's army abandoned their camps and fled frantically towards Heluo.

During the attack on the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, Sima Yi, who successfully broke through the barren valley and penetrated the Hengshan Rock, directly attacking the inner circle of Cao's army, undoubtedly reaped the greatest fruit of this war. After all the hard work, he moved from the eastern front to the middle line. Xu Chu, who tried to break through from the middle line, was naturally a little disappointed.

But Xu Chu soon regained his spirits. After a day and night of rest, he once again acted as a vanguard and led his troops to clear out and kill the remaining troops of Cao Jun in Zhongtiao Mountain.

Cao Jun built on the mountainside of Zhongtiao Mountain and followed the mountain road throughout Zhongtiao Mountain. Although Dong Zhao was defeated, Cao Jun's ferry camp still remained on Huangshi Slope on the north bank of the river.

Xu Chu had to attack the ferry camp first, and then he could contact Pang Tong and others in Tongguan more conveniently.

However, it was obvious that the camp at the ferry could not stop the cavalry for long.

Since the beginning of Hedong, they have defeated Cao's army all the way from Anyi to Zhongtiao. Although there were casualties in the several battles along the way, the tempering of war undoubtedly eliminated the dross and retained the essence. Those who were careless, reckless, or unlucky in the battle would experience the tempering of life and death in the forging again and again, and those who were left would naturally become refined steel.

Nowadays, these soldiers, starting from the initial momentum, have gradually gained a little bit of military spirit. The "cavalry will win ten thousand victories" they shouted in their mouths is no longer just a slogan, but they really believe that they will win ten thousand victories.

The advantage of professional soldiers is that they regard fighting as a manifestation of self-worth, rather than being forced or doing it temporarily, and then having to go home to farm the fields. Therefore, when these hussars mention fighting, it is like holding a flame in their hearts, and even the cold wind cannot cool them down.

Fighting, either returning home with glory, or dying bravely.

When the soldiers see the military clerks counting the names again and again according to the roster during the rest period, confirming the injuries, illnesses, and deaths, and checking the merits and informing the gains, the hussars will naturally face the casualties in the war calmly.

Their requirements have always been low.

They just want to die as a "person", rather than becoming a number of sacrifices in the mouths of politicians.

If in the previous battles, some people were passively fighting, facing the orders given, facing the swords and guns and death with instinct, then now the vast majority of these hussars are eager for the next fight and the next opportunity to gain merits.

At the same time, in this constant battle, the skills originally trained have gradually merged into their blood and become part of their instincts. The team has a higher efficiency of cooperation. Everyone only needs to do their best to do their part, and the rest, the companions, will naturally do it!

On this winter morning, Xu Chu stroked the handle of the sword and squinted at the military camp at the ferry at the foot of the mountain.

The Cao army camp at the ferry seemed to have discovered the arrival of Xu Chu and others. Cao soldiers were running around in panic on the wall of the camp...

"General!" The military marquis on the side stepped forward and asked, "How do you want to attack?"

Xu Chu looked at the military camp, looked around, thought about it and said: "How do you think we should attack?

The military marquis said: "This military camp has only two exits and six sentry towers... Just rush through and blow up the camp gate as quickly as possible! These guys must be scattered! Those who dare to resist will be killed on the spot, and then rush straight to the bandit army's floating bridge! '

The military marquis spoke very seriously, but very simply, as if he was buying meat in the market.

Just this piece, right here, cut it off.

Xu Chu smiled, "This plan is good, but you forgot one thing. Cao's army set so many traps in Zhongtiao Mountain, do you think they won't set traps here? '

The military marquis was stunned, "General, what should we do? Send people to investigate first? '

Xu Chu shook his head, "No need. Just fight directly. Just be careful! '

Immediately, Xu Chu divided the team, one team came down from the mountain directly, and attacked the Cao army crossing along the mountain road, and the other team was half a step slower, as if they were going to go around behind the Cao army camp.

The soldiers of the Cao army camp at the crossing shouted and started shooting arrows at the cavalry from a distance.

The arrows fell crookedly on the ground.

The first to approach the Cao army camp were the sword and shield soldiers. They soon found different traces of soil in front of the Cao army camp, and then blew the copper whistle to warn.

At the sound of the copper whistle, the subsequent soldiers stopped immediately and began to turn to the flank of the Cao army camp.

The soldiers in the Cao army camp at the ferry became more and more panicked.

『Oh no! They found a trap! 』

『It's over! It's in vain! 』

『They went to the west! 』

『East! The east is also coming up! 』

『Ahhh...』

The Cao army sentry who was observing and warning on the sentry tower was shot down by Xu Chu with an arrow and fell down screaming.

Since it was confirmed that there was a trap near the gate of the Cao army camp at the ferry, the cavalry soldiers simply did not go to the camp gate, but directly broke through the wooden camp wall from the flank!

The simply dug trench, even if the water from the river was introduced, could not stop the cavalry.

On the wall, Cao's soldiers tried to show their heads and shoot at the cavalry soldiers who built simple steps to cross the trench, but they were shot by the cavalry bows and arrows who had set the shooting angle early.

The Cao's soldiers were immediately in trouble.

If they rushed out to fight with the cavalry, not only would the traps at the entrance of the camp lose their meaning, but even the camp wall would not be able to protect them. If they fought with the cavalry archers, the camp wall would probably collapse soon!

The Cao's military school on duty inside the wall could only wave the double rabbit flag frantically...

"The Cao army still has ambushes?"

Xu Chu sneered, handed the bow to his guard, and then drew his sword.

Cutting open the small camp built by Cao Jun at the ferry was like prying open a small shell or cracking open a small crab, and Xu Chu was not very interested. The key is that looking inside the ferry camp, it doesn't look like there are any Cao Jun soldiers who are good at fighting, so Xu Chu focused on the outside.

On the south side of Zhongtiao Mountain, due to glacial cutting in ancient times and years of rain erosion, there are many ravines heading south from Zhongtiao Mountain.

Cao's reinforcements were hidden in these ditches.

Cao's army at the Zhongtiao Mountain camp broke up and fled. Cao's army at these peripheral garrison points naturally had their thoughts wandering.

But for these Cao Jun soldiers, even if they wanted to escape, they still had to pass through the pontoon bridge. The Central Guards stationed at the pontoon bridge were not so easy to talk to. Perhaps those with status could cross the river in a crowd, but they, the generals, were not treated so well.

Unless you are escaping...

But there is nothing easy to get out on the south side of Zhongtiao Mountain. You can't just jump into the river and just go down the river, right?

You can't escape, and you don't dare to surrender. After all, the soldiers who were defeated in the Zhongtiao Mountain camp said that the hussars eat human flesh and drink human blood!

If he surrenders, will he become the rations of the Hussars?

Although Cao Jun also ate some improper meat, it was not the norm, and they were all "prepared" to some extent and eaten raw...

Amidst this hesitation, these ambush reinforcements saw the Dukou military camp raising the double rabbit flag, and subconsciously rushed out of their hiding places.

Cao Jun’s reinforcements didn’t want to come, but the military order was like this, so what could be done?

As a result, not far after he rushed out, he bumped into Xu Chu!

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When Xu Chu was killing people at the southern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, Fei Qian did not go to check on the situation, but went to a hillside in Zhongtiao Mountain.

The clouds were thick, and even during the day, there wasn't much sunlight.

On the hillside, under a few pines and cypresses, there is a solitary grave.

Guo Jia's grave.

In this world, Fei Qian is alone.

His loneliness is in his heart, the loneliness that transcends the world, and there are only a few people who can understand Fei Qian, or even guess part of Fei Qian's thoughts.

Guo Jia is one of them.

Fei Qian stretched out his hand, took the bag of kumiss from the guard at the side, and poured it on Guo Jia's grave with his own hands.

"The wine is not good, please forgive me..." Fei Qian said softly, "I will bring you some good wine when I come next time... Guanzhong now has several new wines..."

The wine mixed into the sand and made a sizzling sound, just like a drunkard smashing the mouth of the bar.

The guard stepped aside, leaving space for Fei Qian.

Fei Qian was silent for a long time before speaking slowly.

"then……"

Fei Qian recalled what happened in the early years, "When I arrived in Yingchuan, the first thing I thought of was not other people, but you..."

"There are many knowledgeable and talented people in Yingchuan, but not many can truly understand this world..."

"I originally wanted to escape from the troubled times and stay away from the war..."

"But later I discovered that there are many problems that cannot be avoided..."

Fei Qian spoke slowly, as if he was talking to Guo Jia.

"Did you know that this big man...after thousands of generations, China still calls itself Han...what a big man..."

"Obviously it was an excellent start, but it was ruined by some people's intrigues... Oh, there is no such word yet... But I also know you can understand..."

"Fengxiao, do you think these people are smart?" 』

Fei Qian's emotion did not receive any answer.

On the hillside, there was a cold wind blowing, pulling on the branches of the pine and cypress trees, trying to shake off the few branches and leaves of the pine and cypress trees, but the pine and cypress trees stubbornly held on to the remaining leaves and did not give the cold wind any chance.

"I heard that when Cao Mengde sent troops before, you told him that there was a chance of winning in attacking Guanzhong..." Fei Qian smiled, "When I first heard about it, I thought your chance of winning was somewhat false, but now that I think about it... You couldn't have done it on purpose, right? 』

Before Cao Cao marched, word spread in Shandong whether he had ten victories and ten defeats, or seven victories and seven defeats. Maybe it was to boost morale, win over people's hearts, or maybe it was for some other purpose. Anyway, Fei Qian heard the news soon after and learned Guo Jia's views on the war.

At first, Fei Qian did feel that Guo Jia's remarks were a bit ridiculous.

But now, Fei Qian has a new understanding of Guo Jia's arguments, and thinks of another possibility...

Because Fei Qian has accumulated information for thousands of years, when facing these big men, he will inevitably have a look-down attitude, like I have already guessed what you will do, but sometimes this will make Fei Qian Unconsciously falling into arrogance, even if Fei Qian often reminds himself, it is difficult to avoid it.

Without Guo Jia's "must-win" remarks, would Shandong attack Guanzhong?

Maybe, but there's a good chance it won't come.

Then, there is an answer floating vaguely under the water...

Guo Jia, as the top think tank of the Han Dynasty, can he really not see clearly the outcome of Guanzhong and Shandong? Just to cater to Cao Cao and say something to deceive yourself and Cao Cao?

If it is deception, then Guo Jia cannot be called a top think tank. Deceiving oneself and others is not the behavior that a wise man should do.

From all the signs, Guo Jia is not such a person. Just like when he suggested Cao Cao to fight against Yuan Shao, he said on the surface that it was not scary to fight against Yuan Shao, but then he changed the subject and said, let's go to the wild first and earn some equipment...

But this time, he was not ambiguous at all and really went to fight against him directly.

So now, Fei Qian felt that there should be another explanation for what Guo Jia did.

And this explanation can make Fei Qian feel that Guo Jia is still the same Guo Jia.

Guo Jia, who is known as a ghost strategist.

After a long time, Fei Qian bowed his head slightly and clasped his hands.

"Then it's as you wish..." Fei Qian sighed in a low voice, "After this battle, the Han Dynasty...should be settled..."

The sun shone through the thick clouds and fell on the hillside, shining on a corner of the pine and cypress, showing a hint of green in the winter.