Three Kingdoms

For a moment, Cao Zhen felt as if he was a wolf rushing among the sheep. There was a sheep on the left and a sheep on the right. It seemed that he was in a secret warehouse. There were items that needed to be collected everywhere. Everything was so... novel.

 But at the next moment, Cao Zhen regretted it again. He regretted not bringing a craftsman with him. With so many items and drawings, which one is the most important?

Cao Zhen's soldiers, holding a few pieces of paper that seemed to have something drawn on them, hurriedly came to Cao Zhen, sweating, "Young General!" What are these... Do you want to bring these? There are many more... many more..."

Cao Zhen was also sweating, he couldn't understand!

When reducing the dimensions from three-dimensional objects to drawings, a three-dimensional view is needed. For Cao Zhen, who has no concept of space at all, these drawings are like a heavenly book, full of indescribable mysteries, but he just doesn’t understand what they mean. , I don’t know exactly what it is...

　　　　Look for gunpowder first! gunpowder! ” Cao Zhen looked at the picture with some kind of cannon written on it and threw it aside, “Don’t waste your time with this thing! There is also thunder! Find the secret scrolls of gunpowder and sky thunder first! 』

Nearly all the soldiers were like a blind bear entering a field of corns, breaking one off, picking another up, and then breaking off another, dropping another, and picking up another. Then he found out where was the corn he had caught first?

  Models and drawings, each seems to be the most important, and each seems to be unimportant.

According to the speculations of people in Shandong, Fei Qian should have a very important, very simple, secret treasure left by the ancient Mohists. It must be as shining and moving as jewelry, and it should be enshrined in a more conspicuous position every day. There are craftsmen worshiping and researching, but when they entered the secret library, all the portals were the same. None of them seemed particularly important, and there was no place for worship...

 For people in Shandong, stability is everything. Therefore, people in Shandong do not like any innovation, but instead admire retro. The way of the ancient sages is their great road, and as soon as something new appears, it will immediately be criticized. Even these critics include the voices of young people in Shandong who should be innovative.

 Others can do it, but I can’t do it myself, so I scold and pick bones from the eggs. While sarcastic and pretending to be noble, I don't believe that scolding him won't kill him. Scolding him once is not enough. If he doesn't give up in a few days, he will continue scolding him! Until he was scolded until everyone was stunned, he just laughed and said, "Someone should have known it!"

People in Shandong are already accustomed to this model, so even most of their own younger generations believe it. They feel that the way of heaven is like this, that sages are the good ones, and the rest are just mediocre people.

 Industry and commerce are all lackeys, which is the best model in the minds of people in Shandong...

While Cao Zhen was rummaging around, he ordered, "Send out an army of men and suppress the work shed!" In addition, I went to Yishi to burn down the workshop according to the pre-arranged arrangements! 』

Even if we can't find the secret book, we will burn this place down so that Fei Qian can cut off the source of weapons to defend the city!

As soon as Cao Zhen gave the order, someone followed the order loudly and left.

Just when Cao Zhen attacked the Beiqu Gongfang camp, there was endless chaos in Beiqu County. Everyone inside and outside the city was disturbed. Not only were the carriages and horses in the market overturned to the ground, but also sundries and utensils were scattered. There were many people shouting and causing chaos on purpose, and a group of desperadoes also appeared outside the city. They seized the suspension bridge by surprise and were fighting with the defenders inside the city gate. Fight together.

Beiqu County Magistrate Zhang Shizheng had just walked into the government office hall when the shouts and shouts started. He was startled when he suddenly heard the commotion in the city, and cold sweat rolled down his back.

 Not everyone can be the top of Mount Tai without changing their appearance. Most people are ordinary people. Zhang Shi is such an ordinary person. All his energy can only be used to deal with Bei Qu's various chores. If he wants to go further, it will be quite difficult.

Unlike the county magistrates in Shandong who live in food, drink, have fun, and have literary heroes, the county magistrates under the rule of Qiusi need to do many things, and many things cannot be shied away from the so-called big people. Whoever gives the order will be responsible. Need to be responsible. Of course, this kind of rule also creates another disadvantage, that is, no one is willing to give orders easily...

As a result, the work of the county magistrate naturally increased. After all, the county magistrate is the head of a county and others can report it, but the county magistrate cannot continue to shirk the situation within the county.

Facing the heavy workload, Zhang Shi is not without complaints. But what followed was a further clarification of responsibilities and an increase in retirement benefits for ordinary civil servants. However, ordinary officials like Zhang Shi could only grit their teeth and hold on.

 The effort and gain should be as close as possible.

On the one hand, the chief officer began to actively or passively delegate power to the second officer. After all, the chief officer is responsible for everything. No matter how big his head is, he may not be able to wear the hat. Therefore, no matter whether he is smart or stupid, the chief officer begins to understand Distribute the authority in your hands, instead of being like those county magistrates and governors in Shandong who tightly grasp the authority and refuse to let go of anything.

On the other hand, every time the upper level assessment is conducted, a series of evaluations for civil servants will be given, and then a certain amount of fake land will be awarded based on the merit series of generals. There is no fixed ownership of these fake fields, only nominal ownership, and similar to pensions, they will not be paid out until retirement. Although this will also bring some disadvantages, it will have a certain positive effect on stabilizing the mood of civilian officials and leveling the gap between civil and military officials.

Just like Zhang Shi these days, he was also working hard to ensure the supply of various utensils for Feiqian's army, and was so busy that he could not sleep for more than two hours a day. Not having enough rest, naturally there is some lack of energy, and if you are suddenly frightened, your mind will inevitably lose control. After being in a daze for a moment, Zhang Shi finally understood what had happened. He saw the inspection team leader Cheng Yun coming in a hurry, with an eager look on his face. He didn't have time to salute, and he kept shouting: "Your Majesty!" Nanmen students have changed! An enemy is attacking the city! Please make a decision quickly! 』

 There are two sets of soldiers and horses in the city.

 One set is the ordinary defenders, responsible for city defense, mostly infantry, and the other set is the motorized cavalry under inspection. The inspection captain Cheng Yun was also the first to hear the sound of a sudden change in the city. He immediately sent people out to investigate and came to Zhang Shi to ask for orders!

 Zhang Shi's face turned livid, "Gather the troops!" Follow me immediately to the city to quell the chaos. If any thieves break in, kill them and get out! 』

 There is no chance of this year’s excellent examination!

 Let's see if we can get some heads from the thieves, otherwise, forget about this year's holiday!

To cut off people's money is to kill their parents, and Zhang Shi was also a bit murderous.

Inspection captain Cheng Yun followed Zhang Shi closely, "The troops have been assembled, just in front of the Yamen!" However, since the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, the county magistrate should not step forward. It is safer to sit in the government office..."

Zhang Shi did not stop and said, "My lord, I have entrusted you to the north. How can I be afraid of life and death?" ! If Beiqu fails, what's the use of saving his body? ! 』

Within a few words, the two of them had already rushed out of the government office. In the open space outside the government office, the inspection horse team had already assembled.

Zhang Shi didn't care about waiting for anyone who was late, so he immediately got on his horse and shouted. He didn't even have time to put on his armor, so he rushed out first!

Cheng Yun, the inspection team leader, also shouted: "Everyone, follow us and follow the county leader to quell the chaos!" Anyone who wants to take a step back will not be tolerated by military law! 』

With the shouts, he had already galloped out with his horse, and was in front of Zhang Shi, drawing his sword. Although he has retired for a while, the blood he formed in the military has still not diminished!

At this time in the city, there is inevitably some disturbance. However, most of the residents in Beiqu are related to workshops. In addition to some fire prevention and disaster avoidance drills, there are also some rules and regulations. Therefore, after the initial commotion, Each household also began to follow their usual belonging habits and began to stay behind closed doors. There were not many people who wanted to fish in troubled waters.

 This caused chaos in Beiqu County, but the scope of the spread of chaos was very limited.

 In the street, Zhang Shi and Cheng Yun galloped on their horses. Several times Zhang Shi tried to overtake Cheng Yun, but Cheng Yun stopped him forcefully. Beiqu County is not a big city, and within a short time, the group of people had already arrived near the south gate. To Zhang Shi's relief, the loudest shouts of killing were still at the doorway. It seemed that the city gate had not been lost yet!

On the street, several figures suddenly flashed out.

These figures are exactly the people sent by Fan Xian before, with the purpose of creating chaos in Beiqu City

At the beginning of these escapes, I was extremely excited. However, I saw that the city gate behind was still unable to be breached, and subsequent people could not rush in. The citizens in the city were also panicked from the beginning, and began to lock their doors one after another. , it just felt like something was wrong.

If you want to continue to cause chaos, it will be difficult...

Hash the door, it’s impossible to open it without decent tools.

Are you going to climb over the wall? As soon as you climbed up the wall, you saw a few people in the yard holding manure forks and hoes, stabbing and smashing at them. You couldn't get over at all!

These desperadoes only have short weapons and don't wear any armor, so they may not be able to withstand these hoes and dung forks.

Moreover, in order to be inconspicuous when entering the city, these murderers did not carry anything to start the fire.

After all, in the Northland, it is not a big problem to carry some weapons with you, but wearing armor and carrying fire starter is a big problem, and you will definitely be targeted. Anyway, when you enter the city, you first create chaos everywhere, and then there is no one who doesn’t have something to start the fire in his house? Just grab it and light it when the time comes.

 As a result, we are in trouble now...

The commotion didn't last long, and few fires were lit. The east courtyard couldn't be entered, and the west gate couldn't be opened. As I was running back and forth on the street, I heard the sound of horse hooves. He hurriedly avoided, but was bumped into by Zhang Shi and others.

Cheng Yun shouted and immediately led his men to crush him.

Most of the patrols are veteran soldiers who have retired, and their subordinates have been stained with human blood to some extent. Although they are a little older, their battlefield experience cannot be underestimated. These three or five war horses naturally formed a small formation with swords and arrows. The spears, bows and arrows came down in unison, immediately crushing several murderers directly under the hooves of the horses!

With such a formation, the desperadoes who were lucky enough to survive quickly knelt down and said, "Spare my life!" Spare your life! Little surrender! Surrendered! 』

Zhang Shi yelled angrily, "Who sent you?" ! 』

The two desperadoes were trembling under the sword and gun, without any desperate spirit at all, "The younger one...the younger one was sent by Fan Langjun..."

　　　　Where is Fan's Shuzi? ! ” Zhang Shi was furious. Zhang Shi had received news before, saying that he was careful about Fan Xian. However, in order to provide logistics for Fei Qian's army, Zhang Shi was so busy that he didn't even have time to sleep. He thought he would deal with it after he was busy for this period, but he didn't expect to be stabbed by Fan Xian. He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and angry. .

How can the desperadoes know where Fan Xian is?

After hesitating, Zhang Shi directly ordered his head to be beheaded.

　　　　Secure the city gate first! Zhang Shi shouted, "When the chaos is calmed down, the three Fan clans will be killed!" 』

At this time, Fan Xian was leading dozens of people to attack Beiqu City Gate.

At the beginning, Fan Xian thought that taking Beiqu City was a piece of cake. But when he actually took action, he realized that something was wrong. More and more soldiers were gathering at the city gate, and even the casualties could not bear the weight of the city gate. He retreated, but his own men couldn't get into the city.

 Near the city gate, there are piles of corpses.

 The blood dyed the surrounding area red.

 The reason why outlaws are outlaws is that they don’t take their own lives seriously. But not taking it seriously does not mean that you can risk your life. Seeing that the attack is unfavorable, the speed of morale collapse is like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun.

These desperadoes, when their ferocious spirit is still there, can move forward without hesitation, dare to attack any place, and dare to risk their lives as long as there is a chance of success. However, if things fail, they will collapse quickly. Once this ferocious spirit is When the Qi disappeared, even ordinary soldiers were inferior.

Fan Xian was jumping to his feet in a hurry when he heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance sweeping in like wind and thunder. Looking back in shock, he saw yellow dust rising into the sky in the distance. It seemed that a large group of cavalry was heading here!

Fan Xian subconsciously wanted to shout for his men to retreat, but before the sound came out, he gritted his teeth fiercely, almost biting off half of his tongue, and immediately shrank his body and ran away with his tail between his legs!

Fan Xian is not a peerless military general. He only wants glory and wealth. Now that there is a problem with the plan, of course he immediately goes to find Cao Zhen and attempts to escape into the mountains with Cao Zhen.

   If the first plan fails, of course it is a backup plan. As long as you can protect Cao Zhen and escape from Hedong, you can still get credit for being a strong guard. Although there are some deviations from the original plan, there is still no problem in being based in Shandong...

Maybe…

At this moment, Cao Zhen, who was in the Beiqu Gongfang camp, did not know that Fan Xian had failed.

 Logically speaking, there is no big problem with Cao Zhen’s plan.

 There are risks, but what is risk-free?

 There is a risk of choking to death even if you drink water.

I originally thought that under the coercion of Cao Jun, the little thieves in Guanzhong would be able to capture them without any help, but when the two sides actually fought, I realized that the strength I thought was not necessarily strong...

On the surface, it seemed that Cao Jun wanted to forcefully cross Fenglingdu to open up a second battlefield, but in fact it was to consume the strength of the defenders at Tongguandu. Otherwise, Tongguandu would be under the protection of Tongguan City, and it would be difficult for Cao Jun to attack.

Of course, it would be great if we could successfully cross the river and establish a foothold. Unfortunately, not only was Tongguandu difficult to conquer, but Fenglingdu was also difficult to conquer, so Cao Zhen settled for the next best thing and tried to attract Hedong as much as possible. The soldiers and horses wanted to create some opportunities for Xia Houyuan who had entered Wangwu Mountain.

If Cao Zhen attracted a large number of Hedong soldiers and horses at Fenglingdu, and Xia Houyuan could seize the opportunity to suddenly attack from the side and rear, he would be able to defeat the Hedong defenders in one go and gain the initiative on the battlefield!

I don’t know why, but Xia Houyuan, who has always been quick-tempered, turned out to be slow this time. Cao Zhen fought fiercely at Fenglingdu for several days, but he couldn’t wait until Xia Houyuan showed up...

 The long-distance coordination of multiple units on the battlefield is not something everyone can do well...

In desperation, Cao Zhen could only take a step back and contact the "patriots" in Hedong. When Fenglingdu could no longer support Jin Chan, he escaped from his shell and turned to attack Bei Qu. He could not only find the secret secret volume hidden by Fei Qian, but also Destroy Beiqu's production line in order to cut off the supply line of weapons for the Hussars defenders.

These layers of strategies and careful planning are the helplessness of the weak and the desperate counterattack.

The reason why Cao Hong gave vague instructions when they separated was because Cao Hong knew that Cao's chariot was already advancing and not retreating.

You can't see the sky from above, and you can't see the abyss from below. You can only move forward, not backward.

The people of Shandong did not want to take the road Fei Qian took, so only a dead end road remained.

This is not only a dead end for the Cao family, but also a dead end for the entire Han Dynasty.

Cao Zhen was young and inevitably energetic, so although he vaguely understood Cao Hong's words,...

 The worst case scenario is death!

 In the Cao family, there is no one who bows his head!

Xiahou Dun’s son has become the laughing stock of Yuzhou and Jizhou!

Cao Zhen didn’t want his father to become the object of ridicule after dinner!

 The children of the Cao family must stand upright to the heaven and the earth!

 For some reason, Cao Zhen suddenly remembered the old guide he met before. The old man's old and turbid eyes seemed to see through everything in the world, with an expression that Cao Zhen could not understand. It also made Cao Zhen feel that he had lost control of things for the first time...

 Fortunately, things went relatively smoothly next. Cao Zhen successfully attacked the Beiqu Gongfang camp, which made him feel a little happier and relieved a little of his depression.

 As long as you bring these secret scrolls back...

People are often like this. When they are happy, they forget about the danger.

 Suddenly, a scream sounded outside, breaking Cao Zhen's imagination.

　　　　Major General! Something bad happened! We've fallen into a trap! Fan Xian rushed in eagerly, "We have fallen into a trap!" 』

"What? ! ” Cao Chen was startled, and immediately pushed Fan Xian away with a slap, rushed to the window on the second floor, and looked into the distance.

　　　　Major General! over there! ” The guard soldier raised his hand and pointed.

 In the billowing yellow dust, a flag is looming.

　　　　 Sima? ! The Sima family in Wen County? ! 』

For a moment, Cao Zhen stared at the flag revealed in the smoke and dust in the distance, and felt something rolling and beating in his chest...

what to do? !

 Whether to fight, flee, or...

 (End of this chapter)