Three Kingdoms: The Reverse Son of the Guan Family, Dragon Blessing Jingxiang

When Li Miao returned to the mansion, he knocked the bamboo pole into the urn buried deep in the ground while recalling Cao Zhi's crying just now.

Cao Zhi told Li Miao: My father said that he prefers my kindness to my talents. My father has been fighting and killing, whipping the world, and quelling the war in the Central Plains over the years, but the sword has been stained with too many innocent people. Blood…”

He told me that this was a painful experience that I had to go through, but it was not the future that my father expected. He told me that Confucius said that if there is a king, he must be benevolent in this world. He said that he hopes that in thirty years, my benevolence, A loving heart can make the world understand the true achievements of the Cao family!

But now, when I really see this forced conquest, I can foresee the picture of Xiangfan battlefield with 'white bones exposed in the wild, and no roosters crowing for thousands of miles'. I...I...I don't know, even if one day I become the heir, what can I do? Can you withstand the hatred brought about by the killings and conquests of the great Wei Dynasty?

At that moment, Cao Zhi was talking, tears welling up in his eyes, as if...he couldn't bear it anymore, couldn't bear the pressure brought by Cao Wei's sins.

Li Miao, on the other hand, persuaded Cao Zhi a lot and kept calming him down...even telling stories about when Cao Cao massacred Pengcheng and Yecheng in the past.

So forced? At least compared to massacre? Much more gentle!

However, the purpose is to ask this matter clearly.

Even now, Li Miao still has too many doubts in his mind.

Forced conquest?

Even if Cao Cao deliberately covered it up, such a big movement? Why is there no news? Didn't the Beggar Clan get any information?

Forced soldiers? Without systematic training, what kind of combat effectiveness can you have?

Thinking about it...

The sound of tapping footsteps has appeared outside the courtyard door, which is the arrival of a beggar as expected.

Li Miao got up quickly, as if he was going to get up for the night. The beggar outside the door seemed to have been begging all day. He was tired and sat under the eaves of the door to rest.

The two of them seemed to have their own affairs, but through a door, Li Miao asked: Didn't you find anything during Cao Cao's forced conquest? One thousand per county, five hundred per county, this scale...

When asked this, Li Miao suddenly paused, as if he suddenly understood something.

yes…

He ignored the garrison of Cao Wei's original counties. Which county did not originally have two thousand officers and soldiers garrisoned? Which county can have less than a few hundred officers and soldiers?

In other words, the so-called forced recruitment... only requires the governors of each county and the county magistrates to mobilize a group of defenders, and then forcefully recruit a small amount, which is enough to make up the number.

Then...according to Zijian's wishes.

Xiahou Mao came to Sili to force a conquest, but because it was too close to the Xiangfan battlefield, he raised his requirements.

In other words, if Cao Wei really deliberately concealed a forced conquest of this scale, the Beggar Clan might not be able to notice it...

In fact, for such a forced conscription, half of the soldiers and horses are officers and soldiers, and they have a certain fighting capacity.

This will only cause the counties and counties within Cao Wei to become even more empty.

At this moment, Li Miao suddenly realized...

Lu Youjiao outside the door was still asking: What do you mean?

Li Miao did not explain, Nothing, you must convey a message to Master Yunqi as soon as possible, saying that Cao Cao is mobilizing soldiers and horses from various counties while forcibly recruiting the people. I am afraid that in a short time Wancheng will be able to gather more than Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses! Let him be careful, be careful!

yes…

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses!

Assuming that the number of deployed officers and soldiers is the same as the number of forced civilians, there will be 70,000 to 80,000 combat-effective people...

The other half, even if they just stand there waving flags and shouting, the overwhelming momentum brought by this sea of ​​people will be a huge blow to the morale of the Jingzhou army and a huge encouragement to the defenders of Fancheng.

——What a cruel heart! 』

——What a vicious plan! 』

Li Miao sighed with emotion in his heart, and did not forget to emphasize: There are changes on the battlefield in Xiangfan. Report this to Master Yunqi. Hurry, be sure to hurry!

This was the first time Lu Youjiao heard such urgent words from Li Miao.

He did not dare to neglect and repeated Li Miao's words in his heart.

Although his heart was throbbing, under the moonlight, he walked away slowly step by step at his original speed as always.

Li Miao couldn't help but look at Lu Youjiao through the crack in the door...

At this moment, his heart had become choppy, turbulent, and surging!

He kept murmuring softly: There is no time to let it happen, there is no time to let it happen -

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In Xinye City, a centurion from Cao Wei knelt in front of Yu Jin with a face full of shame.

The general has lost thousands of stones of rations and lost men and horses. Please punish me, general!

Yu Jin, who has always been a strict discipline, now comforted him uncharacteristically: It is not your fault that Mr. Guan led the bandit army to raid. It is a great achievement for you to save the lives of hundreds of soldiers. Don't think too much, rest for the night. …Better luck tomorrow!”

The centurion was stunned and puzzled, But...but now the Guan family army is stationed near Xinye City, and if they go to transport food, I'm afraid...they will come to intercept and kill!

Yu Jin said with a smile, If you can be killed by him five times and escape unscathed, then I will promote you to the rank of captain of thousands! And reward you with a hundred pieces of cloth? How about that?

ah…

In the centurion's astonished eyes, Yu Jin patted him on the shoulder, Be careful. If you are intercepted, don't be reluctant to fight, just turn around and run away. Self-preservation is the top priority. Just a thousand stones of food will be sent to the second master of Guan. yes!

For a moment, Yu Jin's casual attitude left the centurion completely confused.

After a while, the centurion retreated...

Yu Jin took a deep breath and couldn't help but sigh: Wen Yuan, before you come, I have to trick this Guan Jiajun out!

At this point, Yu Jin clenched his fist and said fiercely: We each get half of the credit for this!

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Guan Ping is interrogating the prisoners captured by Guan Xing.

I only heard a low voice say: My general is expecting thieves... No, my general is expecting general Guan to hold on here. He will do his best to transport food in all directions, raise military supplies, and ask for reinforcements for a long-term plan. I don't want to be defeated. Mr. Guan led his troops to intercept and kill...

Guan Xing snorted coldly, as if he was still unhappy when he heard the word thief. He sneered and said, Repay your general? Return the thief? Do you really think this is your Cao Wei's place?

It seems that because of a great victory, Guan Xing has become much more confident. He who used to be taciturn has become much more talkative and sharp.

Guan Ping glanced at Guan Xing, Second brother...

He pondered for a moment and then said: Untie me, serve me with food and wine... I'll put you back later!

Zhao Lei quickly asked: Why not kill?

Guan Ping did not answer Zhao Lei, but said calmly: Go back and tell your soldiers that Jingzhou has won many times and Cao Wei has been defeated many times. Rather than risking death, it is better to abandon the dark and surrender to the light. To anyone who is willing to come here to defect, my father will give away land to help them. Live and work in peace and contentment!”

The prisoners quickly bowed their heads and thanked them: Thank you so much, General, thank you so much, General...

After the prisoners were taken away, Zhao Lei said with a smile: Master Ping has also learned the strategy of attacking the heart.

Guan Ping smiled and said: I have always seen Yun Qi using strategies to attack the heart. Over time, I have learned a little bit about it. I only hope that my merciful heart can make the Wei army feel relaxed. Whenever we catch Wei soldiers in the future, we must treat them kindly. !”

yes!

At this time, Guan Xing seemed to have thought of something again. He pursed his lips and thought for a moment.

Guan Ping saw what he was thinking: If you have something to say, just say it. My second brother is not someone who can hide things!

Guan Xingjin said: I learned through torture before that the name of the guard of Xinye City is Chen Jiao, the name of the guard of Yancheng is Hu Zhi, and the name of the guard of Pinglu City is Zhang Qiu... all of them are unworthy people. , plus... the prisoner said that Xinye City is asking for help and transporting military supplies everywhere. Thinking about it... we can continue to test with a small group of soldiers and horses! Even... not only Xinye City...

Guan Xing blurted out his words, Guan Ping suddenly opened his eyes and scolded quickly:

Have you forgotten? What did dad just say?

Guan Xing didn't refute, just waved his hand, Okay, okay... If you don't test it, isn't it okay if you don't test it?

He said this, but Guan Xing had already made up his mind.

——Fourth brother, can you? Why can't I? 』

——On the battlefield, heroes should be judged by their success or failure! 』

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well--

With a faint sigh, Lingju in Shouchun City looked at the empty Zhang Liao mansion and couldn't help but let out a faint sigh.

She came here according to Guan Lin's instructions to tell Zhang Liao about the dangerous situation.

I never thought... She persuaded and persuaded, and said everything that needed to be said, but Zhang Liao only insisted on being loyal to Cao Cao and insisted on saving the female doctor Zhuo Rong.

He even went to Cao Cao's house to beg him eight times.

He simply put life and death aside.

Lingju originally wanted to continue to persuade Zhang Liao's uncle to pay attention to his own safety, and reminded Zhang Liao to be careful about Cao Cao's suspicious character.

But... I never thought that the building would be empty.

After asking, I found out that Zhang Liao had already left Shouchun and was heading west——

This time, I failed to complete Master Yunqi's mission after all!

Just when Lingju was depressed.

Suddenly, some soldiers broke into the place and were searching for all the sundries here... It seemed that even if Zhang Liao left, Cao Cao would not let go of the search for his mansion!

Lingju was hiding on the eaves, but he heard the soldiers talking.

Tell me, does the Prime Minister really want to let the woman go and bring peace to General Wenyuan and the woman?

How is that possible? The Prime Minister just used that woman to ask General Wenyuan to capture Guan Yu for him... to relieve his great hatred. The woman is Hua Tuo's disciple. How can the Prime Minister let go of his temper?

You mean, even if General Wenyuan wins, the woman will not survive...

What? Are you feeling distressed? Seeing a beautiful woman unable to walk? Hahaha, just give up. It won't be your turn no matter what!

That's not what I meant. I heard that the famous Zhuo's elixir was created by this female doctor. She was very famous in Huainan. If she dies like this, doesn't it mean that good medicine is lost? I think it's a pity...

Speaking of this, another veteran sighed with emotion: It's a pity that it's useless...Who made her a disciple of Hua Tuo? The Prime Minister will not let her go! This is not what I said, it was said by General Zidan (Cao Zhen) …”

These words reached Lingju's ears.

Her eyebrows could not help but frown deeply.

——Uncle Wen Yuan is going to capture Guan Yu? 』

——Then Uncle Wen Yuan's journey to the west is...is...not good, bad! 』

Because of sudden nervousness, a tile fell from the roof...

who is it?

The soldiers of Cao's army under the eaves shouted quickly, but Lingju was as light as a swallow. When they took a few steps back and could see the full view of the eaves, where was Lingju's figure on the eaves?

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Eight days later, Chen Jiao, the nominal guard of Xinye City, could no longer bear it.

He said with shame and anger: General Yu, what is this? In eight days, food and grass were robbed five times. If this continues, Xinye City will run out of food... There are not many soldiers in the first place, and now if we run out of food, then... then …”

In fact, Chen Jiao still had more puzzling words buried in his stomach.

A centurion was robbed of food five times in eight days, but instead of punishing him, General Yu Jin gave Chen Jiao instructions to promote him to the rank of captain of thousands...

Although the person was transferred and not many people knew about it, it was so outrageous!

In Chen Jiao's opinion, it was a big departure!

General Chen, calm down, calm down——

Yu Jin calmed Chen Jiao's emotions...

Chen Jiao was about to explode with anger, Even if the Guan family army is so powerful, the morale of our army cannot be severely damaged like this, right? General Yu, does he know... what are people saying about me outside?

Yu Jin is a secret in Xinye City, and only generals above the rank of captain will know about it.

Therefore, when military supplies were looted one after another, Chen Jiao was naturally blamed for being incompetent.

Although Chen Jiao is not as famous as the Five Sons of Good Generals, he also took refuge with Cao Cao during the Xuzhou period, and together with Chen Deng defended Sun Ce's attack in Jiangdong.

Because of his and Chen Deng's contributions, Sun Ce never made it past Guangling City in his entire life when he went north!

In the 14th year of Jian'an, Chen Jiao followed Cao Ren and Niu Jin to garrison in Nanjun. Cao Ren rescued Niu Jin with an unparalleled performance. It was Chen Jiao who said, The general is truly a heavenly man.

Although the Xuzhou people were not in power in Cao Wei, Chen Jiao still had dreams and had achieved some achievements over the years. He still wanted to continue to climb up.

But now, this reputation has come down? Is he crawling like a caterpillar? There are four big words written all over his forehead - shameful!

General, general...

Chen Jiao's tone has become tragic, already a bit hysterical.

Yu Jin said calmly: If the Wei Dynasty defeats Guan Yunchang, General Chen will be the first to win!

Chen Jiao raised his head in confusion and asked: What? The last general...

Yu Jin said simply: General Wenyuan is here and he led his troops to ambush outside Xinye City.

Chen Jiao's eyes lit up and he said, General Yu wants to seduce the Guan family army?

Yu Jin smiled lightly: In the past, the fourth son of the Guan family made meritorious service, and later he had five thousand dan of military rations. Five major defeats were enough to feed the temperament of a young master of the Guan family to the point of being 'arrogant', right?

Having said this, Yu Jin exhaled softly, General Wenyuan, I, General Pang De, General Xu Huang, tens of thousands of people, and thousands of military rations are playing with him. Should this Erlang of the Guan family be fed?

Haha, by the way, which young general of the Guan family army doesn't want to be a rebellious son like Shiro Guan family?

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Outside Xinye City, in Guan Ping's military camp, Zhao Lei was speaking impassionedly.

Eldest Young Master, don't punish the Second Young Master. Although there were no military orders five times in a row, these five times were great victories!

Zhao Lei truthfully reported: Five plunders, five great victories, more than five thousand shi of grain... none of these are important. What is important is that with the great victory, the morale of Cao's army in Xinye City and Fancheng was even worse. People say 'The general will not accept your orders,' and the second general is not here... As long as the second young master has made meritorious service, what's the point of punishment?

I'm just worried... before Guan Ping could finish speaking.

Guan Xing had already walked into the tent with great strides: Brother, there is no need to worry. This is Brother Yu's act on his own, and Brother is responsible for his contribution. If something goes wrong, it is all because of Brother Yu alone, and has nothing to do with Brother!

Guan Xing has reaped the benefits of being a rebellious son.

He even thought of his own past, when he was considered a good baby and was simply lonely!

If you want meritorious service...there is no meritorious service;

If you need skills... there is nowhere to put your skills.

Apart from the title of Guan Gongzi, Guan Xing is absolutely useless.

It's fine now. According to my own ideas, it will be a great victory as soon as I take action. These five consecutive great victories make Guan Xing feel a little elated.

Second brother, you...

Guan Ping still wanted to persuade him, but... Guan Xing waved his hand and said, Another batch of military rations will arrive early tomorrow morning. I will rob it again. During this period, aren't our Guan family troops eating food from the Cao family? Second brother wants more say what?

Having said this, Guan Xing turned around and walked out of the tent.

Guan Ping frowned: Look what he has become?

Zhao Lei couldn't hold back at the side: At first, I also thought there might be a fraud? But this is the fifth time the food has been robbed? Once it was a fraud, twice it was a fraud, and five times...could it really be Cao Jun? There are no more soldiers? But in order to supply food, you know that there are tigers in the mountains, so you go to the Tiger Mountains! Even if you are facing being robbed, you still have to transport...

At this point, Zhao Lei added, Speaking of Cao Wei having no troops to recruit, having said that, according to the Fourth Young Master's attack on Jiangxia with a fire and Xiangfan with a hail of arrows, if I were in Cao Wei, I would not dare to be a part of it. Soldier? You don’t dare to be a soldier even if you give me ten wives? This is because you have a destiny to marry, but you don’t have a destiny to enjoy it, hahahaha...

Zhao Lei is more optimistic than Guan Ping. After all, he won the battle... Why bother with being worried all day long?

Guan Ping said with emotion: I have already sent someone to inform the fourth brother about this matter. The fourth brother is more alert. Maybe...he has a way to persuade the second brother!

On this side, Guan Ping and Zhao Lei were still discussing each other. On the other side, Guan Xing walked out of the tent and went directly to his military camp of 2,000 people.

He saw several prisoners of the Wei army sitting on the ground, with a noodle cake placed in front of each of them... and several of them were devouring it.

Guan Xing stepped forward and looked at the prisoners with a smile, Do you want to go back?

I don't want to! These prisoners replied with determination.

Why? Guan Xing asked curiously.

One of the prisoners was shouting for cakes, but he said, hundreds of thousands of people have died over there in the past few months. If you go back, you will have to die. I want to live, and it's good here. It's better to die than live. …”

Hey…

Listening to the prisoner's words, Guan Xing's eyes moved, and his eyes were fixed, You are here, what will your family do? Aren't you afraid that Cao Wei will make things difficult for your family?

All my family members have died a long time ago, and only one mother-in-law treated me badly. The prisoner said aggrievedly, Besides, under the order of conscripting widows, I was here, and this mother-in-law was conscripted, and I killed her. Is it different or is she being drafted? I don’t know whose wife I will become tomorrow.”

As he blurted out these words, another prisoner sighed: Alas... Major General, let me tell you, there is really nothing to do in the north now. We are the wives of military households. Who can guarantee that it will be us today, or not tomorrow? People care? Who cares about that...

At this moment, a veteran among the captives said with bitterness and hatred: How come the life in the Central Plains and the north is just like this?

Listening to the complaints of these soldiers, Guan Xing suddenly understood their pain and felt their pain.

He narrowed his eyes, Since you all say that, let me ask you? Your daughter-in-law was taken away, do you want to take it back again?

Think about it! The eyes of all the Wei soldiers shone: It's not going to wear out anyway, so what if it's for others to use? Wouldn't it be clean after just washing it?

Uh...what a strange brain circuit.

Guan Xing smiled, and then asked: How many soldiers are there in Xinye City? And Yancheng? Pinglu City? Fancheng's garrison situation? Do you all know?

Following Guan Xing’s words…

These Wei soldiers looked at each other, and then one of them couldn't help but speak: The people have all moved away, so there are no soldiers left. They are all... empty cities! There are only a few hundred people stationed... and they are all old, weak and disabled!

Yes... Another veteran nodded: It's just a pretense to give the soldiers surrounded by Fancheng something to look forward to. Actually...there are no soldiers in these small cities north of Fancheng!

Following these Wei Bing's words, Guan Xing's eyes lit up——

It was as if he saw a huge achievement right in front of him.

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