Three Kingdoms

  Wang Bao and others who originally wanted the praying mantis to catch the cicada became the prey under the mouth of the oriole.

Under the leadership of Wei Yan, the resistance of Wang Bao and others is like a monkey trying to become a king in the mountains. Without Monkey King, there is no golden cudgel, and there are no gods descending from the sky. There is no escape.

Except for a small number of people who were killed or injured on the spot, most of the rest were captured. There were only a few here and there. I don’t know if it was because they could not bear Wei Yan’s insult, or because they forgot that there was a cliff on the other side when they wanted to escape, so they just jumped off the cliff. Jumping up and down, even Wei Yan had to say admiration when he saw it... Well, I was wrong, it was a bah, and I said forget it.

  The captives were secretly escorted to Lantian.

  It is said to be secret, but it is only announced to the outside world that it is to capture escaped prisoners. Because under the Qinling Mountains, there are some defeated tribes and slaves from the Western Regions, so the people around Lantian naturally don't know the difference, and don't care too much.

  And from a certain point of view, this is not a deception, because most of these captured captives will be transferred to heavy mines to mine various ores for the development of Huqi.

   Most of them are because they still have another chance to prove that they still have a chance of value besides being a miner...

  Fan Cong and Li Kui, "accompanied" by several people from Youwen Division, arrived in Lantian.

  The change of mentality may happen in an instant. Before, Li Kui thought that he was a loyal person who understood the righteousness of his family and the country, so he would definitely be able to sacrifice his life for the country and the people, but when he suddenly asked whether he was worth it, his faith had actually collapsed. True faith has never been something that can be exchanged for indulgences or sesame oil money.

  Once there is a value comparison, the collapse of the whole will be sooner or later.

Li Kui still has some minor injuries on his face, but he has already shown his "tough" quality, and he can't get out of the line of fire with minor injuries. To obtain more effective clues, cooperate with Wei Yan to sweep the entire Zhongnanshan area and even the larger Qinling area faster, better, higher and stronger.

  Fan Cong and Li Kui, in a sense, are new employees who have changed jobs. After changing from the original hostile relationship to the subordinate relationship, it is not only necessary to be honest and not lie in language, but also to be reflected in behavior. It's okay to lie and hide before, but after that, you must be honest and trustworthy.

  When facing an "enemy", deception is a virtue, but after becoming "one of your own", if you deceive again, it becomes a crime. When I was a reader, it was great to watch piracy, but after I became an author, I hated piracy to the bone. Without others, the pain on others and the pain on myself are two completely different concepts.

  So, is it true that you have to wait until the pain hits you to know what is wrong and to know the pain?

  Many things are two sides to one thing.

  Like these years, the trade between East and West opened not only windows, but also doors. It's not just small coins that fly into Guanzhong, but also flies and mosquitoes. Even if there are screens, little biting black bugs can still get in...

  Fei Qian can let people walk some secret mountain roads from Shandong and send some family members to Chang'an Sanfu. People in Shandong can also secretly come to Chang'an Sanfu through some channels that others don't know.

  Therefore, the tasks of Fan Cong and Li Kui are two points.

   One point is the people, one point is the road, including the means of communication between them, the joint locations, and those who provide supplementary supplies for these people along the way...

   These people must be hidden and not easy to be found. Because most of these people do not need to make any extra actions, they only need to replenish the eating utensils in the hidden mountains and forests regularly, and only when they buy in large quantities will they attract the attention of You Wensi, otherwise there will be a small portion of them on weekdays. Procurement, there will be no one's attention at all.

   As long as a few such lines are found, the pipeline of infiltration in Shandong can be disrupted or even cut off.

  This kind of measure can only have the greatest effect if it is done in the gap before the war.

  Of course you can do it in normal times, but this is like a spear and a shield. When the spear is sharp, the strength of the shield will naturally increase. After major setbacks and blows, the Shandong spies have evolved to the mode of Li Kui wearing gloves. If Li Kui was more careful at the time and didn't take the bait, he might not be at large now. Therefore, the same is true for cutting off the lines of these desperadoes. Perhaps it cannot be as straightforward as it is now, but requires more people and a longer period of time.

But what was unexpected was that after being wounded and captured, Le Yin, who looked brave and vicious, bowed his head and surrendered with little effort, and then expressed his willingness to serve as a vanguard officer to lure those in Zhongnanshan for Wei Yan. The rest of the remnants showed up. On the contrary, Wang Bao was firm and determined not to surrender. Even Fan Cong and Li Kui took themselves as an example and said that they could take Wang Bao's family members to Chang'an, but they also refused to surrender.

   This news surprised Du Ji, but also expected it. On the one hand, he sent people to detain Le Yin and other people who were willing to surrender, and after a short rest, sent them to Wei Yan's men as bait; on the other hand, he came to see Wang Bao in person.

  『Donglai Wang? 』Du Ji saw the first sentence asked by Wang Bao, and it seemed to be a greeting. If the location was changed to other places, such as restaurants or Daozuo, it would be more suitable than the current prison.

  Wang Bao sat upright, nodded, "Exactly. 』

  『Yanqi in the past, Donglai today,』 Du Ji said in a deep voice, 『Brother Wang, why is this so? 』

  Du Ji's eyes were sharp, staring at Wang Bao's expression.

  Wang Bao lowered his eyes slightly, as if he was looking at the ground, or at the bowl of food on the ground.

  Du Ji also glanced at the rice bowl placed in the cell, which was already covered with ants and insects.

   It was obvious that the bowl of rice had not been touched after it was delivered.

Understood…

   Wang Bao is on a hunger strike.

   This is almost the most painful thing, and it goes against people's own desires.

  Different from anorexia, the symptom is that the body has already felt that it is normal not to eat, and will vomit after eating, while hunger strikes like Wang Bao are forcibly suppressing their desires, and the meals are placed aside.

  『Why bother? 』Du Ji's tone was a little relaxed, after all, he respected those who dared to face their own life and death.

  Wang Bao raised his head, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "It was hard to travel in the past, but I don't intend to taste it today." 』

  Wang Bao understood what Du Ji meant, but he also responded with a pun.

  The two looked at each other for a while.

  The eyes of those who are determined to die and those who just want to threaten death are different.

  Du Ji nodded slightly, then arched his hands towards Wang Bao, and gave a salute.

  Wang Bao sat still, didn't give way, just raised his hand and saluted.

  Du Ji turned around and walked out.

  Wang Bao lowered his eyelids.

  The prison head followed Du Ji, bent over, and laughed with him, "My lord, this matter..."

Although it is quite normal to say that people die in a prison cell, after all, people can die if they hide and seek, let alone in the prison of the feudal dynasty, but these people were arrested by Wei Yan. I don't know if there is any other use. Secondly, in the prison, those who beg, cry and beg for mercy are basically looked down upon. On the contrary, people like Wang Bao can easily gain a little respect.

  Du Ji walked out of the prison, looked up at the sky, pondered for a moment, and said: "Within three days, the food is still delivered on time... After three days, if you still don't eat, you will probably be unconscious... Just give him a good time!" 』

  When the cell boss received the order, he immediately relaxed a lot, nodded and bowed, and said he accepted the order.

  Du Ji hummed, waved his hands, and put his head on the cell head on the ground without bending down, turned around and walked back to the county government office.

  Every place, every country, there are some people who look weak but are actually strong, and some who look loyal but are actually vile. The gap between these personalities is not so obvious, and it is not like the general opposition between Chu, He and Han. It is very likely that you will be loyal to this one today, and kowtow to that one tomorrow. It's like at the end of the Ming Dynasty, against the Manchus, they were sore and weak, and they collapsed before the battle, but after they transformed into a green camp, they were cruel and ruthless, and they never retreated. They were all the same person.

  Du Ji pondered for a moment, beckoned to his followers, and ordered: "Go and invite the people from the Wen Division!" 』

  The people from the news department came soon and greeted Du Ji.

Du Ji didn't intentionally put on any spectacle, just looked down at the text, pretending that he didn't hear it, but beckoned the people with Wensi to sit down, and said: "Among the people sent by General Wei yesterday, there are some people who want to go on a hunger strike." Full season...』

  You Wensi said oh first, and didn't take it seriously, but after seeing Du Ji just said such a half sentence, there was no more to say, so he realized that this half sentence was for You Wensi! If you Wensi can do it, you can only have the second half of the sentence, if you can't do it, you won't even have the following sentence!

   "The meaning of the county's honor..." Wen Si's eyes moved slightly, "Does it mean that there are Shandong eyes and ears around Lantian?" But... I haven't seen anyone get through the news? 』

   On the main traffic arteries, there are checkpoints on duty.

  Du Ji nodded and said: "Sometimes, there is no need to send any news, just to be a witness." 』

  『No message? Just witness? You Wenji frowned, "It's just a testimony...the surrounding area..."

The surrounding area of ​​Lantian is the base camp and transit station that originally accepted all kinds of refugees. The complexity of the population can be seen. In the Han Dynasty, when there was no system file and no image storage, it was undoubtedly extremely cumbersome to screen out specific people. Something extremely difficult.

  Du Ji nodded again, "I know all of this..."

   You Wen Si felt a little embarrassed immediately, he understood what Du Ji meant, if Du Ji already knew everything You Wen Si said, then what is the value of You Wen Si?

  『If not…』Someone from the news division wants to turn the situation back.

  Du Ji laughed and said, "Whether there is or not, I will report it according to the facts." 』

  You Wensi could only lower his head in the end, "Your subordinates take orders." 』

   Only when you show value can you have value, whether it is life or death.

Of course, the key point is that the leader must have ability, which is real ability, not the ability to make money. Otherwise, just one sentence, if you don’t know, don’t understand, don’t know, it’s not only a slap in the face, but also the politics behind you over the group. Like Du Ji right now, even if he is a person who is in charge of the news, and others are frightened by the news, they can only be obedient in front of Du Ji.

  Wang Bao has his own persistence.

Wang Bao's persistence, perhaps as he said, "traveling and suffering in the past" made him lose hope of relocating again. He only wanted to leave something for the people in his hometown, and Le Yin and others surrendered. Betrayal, his persistence is more valuable, and this hope and value, no doubt, he cannot bring it over by himself...

  Du Ji also has Du Ji's own persistence.

  He looked at the invitation card in the corner of the table.

  The invitation card specially delivered by Webster's official family is for Wei Duan's birthday, and Du Ji is invited to have a drink.

The relationship between Du Ji and Wei Duan, from being close at the beginning, to gradually drifting away, and now to the current polite alienation, is not a matter of a day or two, nor is it affected by one or two events, but after seeing Du Ji made such a decision after Wei Duan, especially his son Wei Kang's behavior, and the contradiction and conflict with the overall environment.

  Under the influence of Fei Qian, the gentry system of the entire Han Dynasty began to change. Not only the group headed by Pang Tong, but also people in Shandong and Guanzhong felt the change of the river of history.

   Some people are not comfortable with change, while others crave it.

  Du Ji's words of "Yan Qi" to Wang Bao are actually to some extent a manifestation of his inner thoughts.

During the Warring States disputes, Prince Dan of Yan State made the last effort, and Qi State once ascended to the throne of hegemony, but with the flow of history, they all failed, and these princes and grandsons of Yan State and Qi State, finally Living in Donglai, it became an origin of Donglai Wang Clan.

Not to mention Qi State, even Yan State, a marginal country, made some contributions when fighting against the nomads in the north, but whether it was the scenery of Qi State in the past or the hero of Yan State at the time, they all ended up in the end. Can't resist the overwhelming momentum...

  Now, Du Ji feels that the general trend is in the west, not in the east.

  In the art of war, the four words condescending are not simply a matter of array manipulation, but also a geographical advantage. Geographically, the Guanzhong area has innate terrain suppression for the Heluo area and the extended Shandong area. This is like the oppression of the northern region on the southern region in the feudal dynasty.

   This kind of suppression is multi-faceted, and there are two important points, one is food and grass, and the other is climate.

The northwestern region is bitterly cold, while the southeast is warm. This inherent injustice has created different personality types and relatively different eating habits in the two regions. In terms of food, there is no need to think too much about what to eat. This is especially obvious when the nomads invaded south. When the grass and trees in the north are withered and yellow, and even the roots are dug out to eat, fresh and tender weeds can still grow wantonly in the south.

   And there were no cotton-padded clothes in ancient times.

  Even if there are cotton clothes, how many princes can provide complete equipment? People who are accustomed to the warm climate in the south will lose more than half of their combat effectiveness when they go to the north, not to mention fighting.

  The reason why it is said to be the majority is because history always likes to do some small tricks occasionally.

  No one can pin their hopes on "occasionally", just like pinning their dream of getting rich on the lottery. Except for the director of the lottery center, Xiao Huahua, I am afraid that everyone thinks this person is a fool.

  Does Du Ji think he can pin his hopes on "occasionally"?

  He hopes to obtain it through hard work, so that the foundation will be more stable and solid.

  So how loyal is Du Ji to Fei Qian?

   Neither.

Du Ji is still a person who is loyal to himself and to his family. If Fei Qian wants Du Ji to die for no reason or make a worthless sacrifice, Du Ji will immediately resist. Without the slightest hesitation.

  But when the general direction is the same, especially when Du Ji thinks that Feiqian's side is the general trend of the world, Du Ji will do everything in his hands and do his best for Feiqian's political group. Of course, if Cao Cao is able to reach Guanzhong one day and control Sanfu, Du Ji will not be buried for the demise of Fei potential forces, but will happily devote himself to his new job At most, when referring to the old master, the attitude is still respectful and respectful, that's all.

To put it simply, Du Ji is a down-to-earth pragmatist, and everything starts from the most fundamental issues. Therefore, Du Ji is becoming more and more disgusted with Wei Duan's attempt to ask him to make a big cake. Of course, the more important thing is When Du Ji knew the virtues of Wei Kang, the next generation of Webster's heir, his evaluation of Webster's had already been lowered repeatedly.

  The friendship of the current Webster was cultivated before, and the friendship of the next generation...

  Hehe, what kind of heir is the foreshadowing of the ending.

  Du Ji did not want to be dragged down by Webster.

Originally, Du Ji tried to hide in Lantian, avoiding Webster as much as possible, and didn't want to have too many intersections with Webster, but he still couldn't avoid it. Webster's post was sent to the door, almost forcing Du Ji You have to make a choice.

  『It’s about time...』

  Du Ji sighed slightly.

  When something happened to Wei Shi Weikang before, Wei Duan sent someone to find Du Ji, but Du Ji prevaricated him back.

This is normal.

  There is chaos in the city, the fire dragon burns the warehouse, the generals are at odds, and the young master is at a loss. It seems that everything is a major flaw and a hidden danger to Chang'an. Under such a situation, it seems that an opportunity is coming...

  So it is reasonable for Webster to prepare some extra arrangements for future planning.

   And presumably Webster will not do anything special, saying that it is a birthday drink, it must be just a drink, and absolutely nothing will happen, but sometimes, eating and drinking is an attitude.

   It's just this attitude, Du Ji thinks there is no need to give it.

  If Wei Kang, the next generation of Webster's successor, has some skills, maybe Du Ji is planning to leave a little bit of good fortune, but now it is confirmed that Wei Kang's level is mediocre...

Du Ji smiled, raised his hand to call his confidant butler, and gave him the invitation on the table, "Write a reply, saying that I have a heavy business in Lantian and I can't get away. I will prepare a small gift as a token of appreciation." I'm sorry...the gift is normally selected from four colors...』

  The butler was slightly taken aback, "My lord, should I write a reply?" 』

  Du Ji breathed out, "Yes, you write. From now on, it’s fine if Webster doesn’t send any post, if he sends a post... you will write it... But, if... I’m afraid you won’t have a chance to write it... That’s it, let’s go...』

  The housekeeper didn't know what to do, but he could also understand that Du Ji wanted to draw a clear line with Webster.

  After all, Du Ji's personal reply and the housekeeper's reply are two completely different concepts.

Different road non-phase plan.

   After all, it's time to part ways...

   Not only Du and Wei, but also Xi and Dong.