Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 254 The future is uncertain

   Just like the situation in later generations, the county lieutenant of Gucheng arrived late with more than 20 soldiers.

  The county lieutenant in the Han Dynasty was like the director of the local public security bureau, and also the industrial and commercial bureau, tax bureau, etc. Although the position was not big, the real power in the local area was actually not small.

  After arriving at the scene, the county lieutenant got off his horse and didn't rush to say hello first, but glanced left and right.

I saw about thirty or forty corpses piled up on one side, and seven or eight people who looked like auxiliary soldiers were digging and filling the pits for the corpses, while on the other side of the cart, there were only a dozen or so people who seemed to be injured. , the wound has been wrapped with a cloth strip, the situation is not very serious, and there are only three or five dead, it looks like they were shot to death by a stream arrow, and the decoration is still an auxiliary soldier...

  The county lieutenant clicked his tongue secretly, **** it, is this an ordinary transport soldier? It's almost like a frontier army!

  The county lieutenant put on a smiling face, bowed his head and walked towards Fei Qian. Old Youzi's eyes are very poisonous, and he probably knew from a glance that the young man sitting on the carriage is the most important person in this convoy, although the blood on the young man's face has faded, and he seems to be quite frightened...

   Fei Qian was not scared, but vomited.

  Ren who vomited three times in a row in the early morning, until the bitter water came out, no matter how good his face was, it would still turn green and white.

   "My surname is Yang, I am a Gucheng county captain, and I have met this gentleman." County captain Yang laughed, and when he came up, he arched his hands and bowed deeply.

   "He Luofei, the servant of the Zuo Department." Fei Qian jumped out a few words like gold, and stopped talking, signaling for Huang Cheng to negotiate with this county captain Yang.

   It’s not that Fei Qian is putting on airs, it’s that Fei Qian’s stomach is still twitching occasionally, and he really can’t talk much, otherwise he might vomit again...

  However, such an attitude is considered normal in the eyes of County Lieutenant Yang. Gentlemen always hold their own identities, and besides, he is only a county lieutenant. What's more, the servant of the left office is a person with four hundred shi in the imperial court. If the scholar of the "He Luofei family" in front of him can talk to him, talk about everything, hook shoulders and shoulders, and call him a brother, then he is not good. normal!

  Yang County Wei repeatedly agreed, then retreated with a flattering smile. An official like him who is a local bully at the grassroots level has changed his face, and now he doesn't feel any embarrassment in being humble.

  After all, although this place is the boundary of Gucheng, it is still within the scope of Gucheng. If something happens, you can’t get away from it. It’s better to lose a smile than to get kicked by the iron plate if you don’t know the details.

   After a while, Huang Chenggong came back with an extra piece of paper in his hand, and handed it to Fei Qian.

   Feiqian glanced at it a few times, then put it away.

  In fact, this piece of paper is a handover certificate, explaining what happened here, and who will take over...

   What Feiqian is concerned about is that it is written on this piece of paper that he is a "yellow turban bandit", beheaded at 36 levels! The most important thing is that the county lieutenant just sent someone to check at random, counted the number of dead, and did nothing else. He neither tried to verify the identity of the attacker, nor asked the attacker in detail about the attack method. , under Huang Cheng's naive smile, he wrote "Yellow Turban Bandit" along the way.

   It seems that he is extremely respectful to Fei Qian and others, but in fact there are some problems.

  During the Qin Dynasty and the early Han Dynasty, the head was an important upgrade item.

  Military titles range from Gongshi, Shangzao, to Guanneihou, and Houhou. The promotion of each level can be paved with the head.

  In the Qin Dynasty and the early Han Dynasty, it was easiest to obtain the heads of the fallen soldiers. As long as a team of fallen soldiers beheaded five levels in total, all members can be promoted to the first rank!

  Of course, the soldiers in the battle are also the fastest-dead troops. A team of eighteen people is often good enough to have a few left after a battle...

   Now, as far as Fei Qian knows, the role of the leader in calculating credit has been greatly weakened, and more attention is paid to the number of kills of the entire army.

   But no matter what, whether it is the merit of the first level or the number of enemies killed, the key point is to check the identity!

  In future generations, if someone in the office collects some office supplies, when is it most likely to fail to check the newly arrived office stationery in detail?

  When you are about to eat at noon and when you are about to get off work in the afternoon...

  Then the county lieutenant is neither rushing to eat, nor rushing to get off work, why didn't he carefully check the identity of the deceased?

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  Outside the Suanzao allied camp, Cao Cao and Bao Xin stood on a small hill to the east of the camp. The two had just bid farewell to several prefects who had been friends with them, and now they were about to part.

  During the Battle of Bianshui, Cao Cao was rescued by Cao Hong desperately, but Wei Zi was not so lucky and failed to escape in the chaos.

  Actually, Cao Cao knew that Wei Zi was killed by himself and Cao Hong together. Because he was raided by Xiliang cavalry on the right wing and caused chaos, Cao Hong immediately led troops to rescue him, and when the whole line was finally defeated, Wei Zi was trapped in the army...

   But Cao Cao couldn't blame Cao Hong. If Cao Hong hadn't come from the left wing in advance, his life would have been committed by the Bianshui River.

Originally, Cao Hong paid half of the recruiting fee this time, and the Wei family paid the other half. Now not only are all the soldiers buried, but Wei Zi’s life is also paid. Cao Cao really has no way to return to Chenliu, because Cao Cao really I don't know how to face Weiz's family...

  Bao Xin was also sad. His younger brother Bao Tao, who was a vanguard, rushed into Dong Zhuo's camp, together with the remaining soldiers of the vanguard, were trapped by fire and burned to death.

  As for himself, because he was standing relatively forward at that time, he was shot by a stream arrow at a critical moment, which led to the movement of the flag, and finally suffered a crushing defeat.

   What was even more tragic was that when Bao Xin and Cao Cao gathered some remnants and fled back to Suanzao, they were almost killed by Liu Dai directly to sacrifice the flag! If Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, and Qiao Mao hadn't argued hard with Liu Dai on the spot, and even Yuan Yi had stood up to oppose it, maybe they would have been wandering spirits under the banner of the Chinese army now.

  Because of his injury, Bao Xin was tied with cloth strips, unable to wear armor, and only wore the attire of a scribe, with a wide robe and long sleeves. A gust of wind blew and the sleeves fluttered in the wind, "...Meng De, let's go now..."

  After speaking, although he was injured, Bao Xin endured the pain, got on the horse with the help of the guards, slightly bowed his hands to Cao Cao, clamped his legs, and headed east. Although Liu Dai was exempted from punishment, he still had to plead guilty to Liu Luan, King of Jibei, and Bao Xin's future was still uncertain...

  The wind in February is still very cold, it seems to cool down the blood in my heart.

   "Brother, where are we... going now..." Cao Hong asked standing aside.

   "Zi Lian...we...failed..."

Cao Hong was silent for a while, then suddenly said loudly: "No! Brother! We have not failed! I still have money at home. If the equipment is gone, we will go buy it again! If the soldiers are gone, we will go to recruit again! We are still alive, we will No fail!"

   "...Alive...haven't failed yet?" Cao Cao repeated, his eyes seemed to regain their brilliance, and a heart that had been blown by the cold wind seemed to be beating again...

"Okay! Zi Lian said it well! Let's... let's go to Yangzhou!" Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, is his old friend, and Yangzhou has not experienced any wars for a while. Under Chen Wen's care, it should be easy to recruit soldiers there What a big question.

   "Wei!" Seeing that Cao Cao had regained his fighting spirit, Cao Hong happily agreed, then turned around and went down to gather the few remnants of the army, ready to set off.

  Cao Cao glanced back at the Suanzao camp, was silent for a long time, finally sighed, went down the hillside, got on his horse, and headed south...

  The cold wind was fierce, rolling over the hills, vaguely brought a few lines of poetry—

   "There are righteous men in the Kanto region, and they raise troops to fight against the gangsters.

   "At the beginning of the meeting with Tianjin, Nai's heart was in Xianyang.

   "The army is not fully coordinated, hesitates and marches wildly.

   "Snobbery makes people fight, and heirs kill each other..."

   Jiang Wei entered the account until Kong Ming greeted him at the bedside.

Kongming said: "What I have learned in my life, I have written twenty-four books, with a total of one hundred and forty-four thousand one hundred and twelve characters. There are eight rules, seven precepts, six fears, and five fears. I have watched all the generals , no one can teach you, only you can pass on my book. Don't neglect it!"

   Wei cried and worshiped and accepted, opened the military book, and saw that it read at the beginning: "If you want to practice this skill, you must first go to the palace."

  (end of this chapter)