Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

After careful calculation, Xiahou Ba just realized that he had been in Guanzhong with his father for nearly two years.

It's just that two years have passed, and he has become more and more unfamiliar with Prime Minister Cao's subordinates.

Just like this old friend Wei Huang, the first time he came to visit was not to reminisce about the past, but to take out a notebook to record his words and deeds after he fell into the hands of Liu Bei.

After patiently speaking, Wei Huang took out another thin bamboo slip and said seriously:

Please also ask Zhongquan to tell us the birthplace of the people who are returning together this time, so as to confirm each other.

Xiahou Ba finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he slapped the bamboo slips from Wei Huang's hand and said angrily:

Are you actually doubting that I, Xiahou Ba, will defect to Liu?

Wei Huang didn't get angry, he bent down and picked up the bamboo slip, and said without changing his expression:

Now Anping Qianzhao and Yuyang Tianyu are all under taboo because of their old affair with Liu Bei.

Please Zhong Quan act in accordance with the law.

In the end, driven by sleepiness and hunger, Xiahou Ba honestly followed Wei Huang's instructions and reported the names and birthplaces of the people returning east this time.

But I don't know if it was an illusion, but the look Wei Huang gave him back when he left seemed to have a deeper meaning.

But Xiahou Ba no longer had the energy to care so much, so he called his servants to prepare hot food, and planned to sleep until dark after eating.

But before the food could be served, the door of the temporary residence was knocked again:

Is Zhong Quan here? Where is Zhong Quan? It's already sunrise, why don't you go out of the city and travel with us!

Then the pain quickly climbed onto Xiahou Ba's face.

Fortunately, the visitor this time was quite reasonable. After learning about Xiahou Ba’s situation, he patted his shoulders and laughed:

No hurry, no hurry, just wait until noon before we go out together.

I happen to be hungry too, so bring me another pair of bowls and chopsticks!

Zhang Quan!

Xiahou Ba pretended to be angry and said:

Why don't you go and sleep with me later?

But before he finished speaking, he started laughing.

In the twelfth year of Jian'an, Zhang Xiu, the general who defeated the Qiang, followed Prime Minister Cao to conquer Liucheng and died of illness. His daughter married Prime Minister Cao's son Cao Jun.

The only son Zhang Quan ascended the throne and quickly became an upstart among the younger generation in Yecheng. He also had a good relationship with Xiahou Ba.

At this time, Zhang Quan's visit also quickly eliminated Xiahou Ba's unhappiness due to Wei Huang.

When they had dinner together, Xiahou Ba didn't care much anymore. While eating happily, he simply listened to Zhang Quan telling him about the changes in Yecheng and the Central Plains over the past year.

At the same time, it can also be heard that Zhang Quan is also curious about the collision between Guanzhong and Liu Beijun:

Then Liu Bei defeated General Xiahou and really only lost more than a thousand people?

Recalling this incident for the third time in one day, Xiahou Ba was calm, nodded and said:

If there were not more than a thousand men, Liu Bei's losses would probably be less than a thousand men.

So Xiahouba heard Zhang Quan gasping with satisfaction:

really?

really!

Did Zhong Quan see Liu Bei with his own eyes? Zhang Quan asked.

Xiahou Ba once again felt a sense of familiarity. It seemed that both Shifu and Wei Huang had asked this question.

Shaking his head and focusing his attention on his eyes, Xiahou Ba simply took the initiative to tell Zhang Quan the words he had previously told his father, and a satisfied expression soon appeared on his old friend's face.

The meal was finished quickly, but Zhang Quan still looked interested. It wasn't until he saw Xiahou Ba yawning three times in a row that he said apologetically:

Then Zhongquan can travel with me again tomorrow.

Oh, right.

Before leaving, Zhang Quan suddenly remembered something:

When the war here is over, I will definitely introduce a strange person to Zhongquan when I return to Yecheng!

Although he was exhausted, after hearing what Zhang Quan said, Xiahou Ba also became interested in two things:

Where is this strange person? What's his name? What's so strange about him?

Zhang Quan waved his hand and said with a smile:

People from Jiyin, Wei satirizes Wei Zijing.

As for the strange things, you will know them when you see them.

After saying that, Zhang Quan nodded and left with his head held high.

Although Xiahou Ba was curious in his heart, he had not slept all night and had had enough food and wine. After feeling sleepy quickly, he had no energy to think about it for the time being.

Just when Xiahou Ba fell into a deep sleep, Wei Huang, who passed by and was running around, returned to his residence.

What is in front of you are seven copies of the same slips and records. Except for Xiahou Ba, the people Liu Bei released to return east this time were all selected at random, so they have different views on Liu Bei.

But in fact, Wei Huang doesn't care about these opinions. What he values ​​​​more is the same parts described in these records:

Guanzhong, Yongliang and Liang were reconnected, Han Sui was expelled, Ma Chao surrendered, water canals were built, houses were repaired, and fields were cultivated. As far as I could see, the people were content with their customs and happy with their jobs.

What made Wei Huang even more upset was Uncle Liu's victory in this battle. The main force was slow and pressing, while the elite cavalry went around the streets and pavilions for thousands of miles to attack in order to draw fuel from the bottom of the cauldron.

In the end, the enemy's morale is broken and victory is achieved without a fight, which can be said to be an advance.

After walking around the room twice, Wei Huang almost couldn't wait to sit down, carefully and carefully took out a page of Jiangdong paper, and wrote the beginning without thinking:

Ji Ping is fine...

But soon Wei Huang stopped writing, and then took out a one-inch blade. After carefully cutting off the written header, Wei Huang stuffed the ink-stained note into his mouth, as if he was eating, and his face remained as usual. Swallowed.

As the director of the Prime Minister's Office, he was already responsible for supervising all officials on behalf of Prime Minister Cao, so Wei Huang knew very well how dangerous his subconscious actions were when he was just excited.

After trying to calm down, Wei Huang put on his normal expression again, sorted and filed the records in front of him, and put them on the shelf behind him, as if he was handling the most ordinary government affairs.

But in the afternoon, this record was taken away by Cao Cao from the Prime Minister's Mansion and presented to Cao Cao again.

Just wait and see.

After resting for a long time, Cao Cao's complexion improved a lot, and he even smiled when he said:

The defeat in the battle of Chibi actually made this thief a true hero.

Now that Xun You is in charge of the government affairs of the Prime Minister's Office, he has already known about the defeat of Guanzhong through other directions. What he knows now is just a verification of what he knows.

And not to mention anything else, it was like an iron nail wedged firmly in Duyang City on the main road into Jingzhou, which is enough for people to understand Liu Bei's strength.

At this time, when he heard his lord laugh and sigh, he also echoed:

The only person in the world who can recognize a hero is the Lord.

But after laughing, we still need to face more practical problems:

What do you think Gongda is doing now?

This question is quite broad, but having met the Ming Lord for nearly twenty years, there is no lack of tacit understanding.

After only a moment of silence, Xun You said to himself:

Now that new grains are in storage, our army can attack Jingbei from three sides to break it.

As long as Guan Yunchang is ordered to retreat to Xiangyang, the crisis in Jiangdong can be solved. If Shangyong is achieved, the connection between Hanzhong and Jingzhou can be cut off, so that Jiangdong can be at peace.

In this way, Jingzhou Guanzhong can be described as a stranger, and Liu Bei's power ends here.

So Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction and said: That's how it should be!

Now that the old grain aided by Jiangdong has not been eaten up, and the new grain has been harvested in Yecheng, if only the four directions of Du Yang Wu Yin Bi Yang Yi Yang come out, Guan Yunchang will definitely fall into a situation where he is surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Just thinking about it for a moment, Cao Cao will inevitably be worried about Lu Meng's defeat and death in Jiangling:

At that time, Duke Jin of Zhou Dynasty was famous in the world of Chibi for his unparalleled magnificence.

How could one hundred thousand mercenaries be trapped in an isolated city and still be killed and defeated?

After all, Xun Gongda just said that one of the purposes of attacking Jingzhou now is to aid Jiangdong to prevent Liu Bei from taking advantage of it.

Can this ally work?