Chapter 17 The Hero's Tears
Winter is coming and spring is coming, and the season for sowing is coming. I have also ended my life in recuperation and asked to take charge of the military farming matter. Wei Yan was sent out by me, and the task given to him was to visit Zhao Yun. I told Wei Yan to ask Zhao Yun to come and preside over his marriage with Zhao Yu. If he can't find it or if he can't find it, he will be a bachelor for the rest of his life. This kid was so happy that he ran away. The soldiers trained by Yu Jin were already very good. If he could recover this year, our strength would have a qualitative leap. But this year was destined to be an extraordinary year.
Just after February, a visit came to report that the Black Mountain Army was rectifying its troops and was about to invade the territory soon.
In desperation, Cao Cao led his troops to station Yu Dunqiu to prepare to defend the enemy outside the territory. After the news was discovered by Yu Du, the leader of the Heishan Army, Yu Duraodao prepared to take the opportunity to attack Dongwuyang from another direction. The situation was very critical at this time. If Dongwuyang was captured by the Heishan Army, it would be a loss of all the efforts of nearly a year. After receiving the news, Cao Cao urgently ordered the entire army to set off. However, this trip was not to rescue Dongwuyang, but to point directly to the western mountain of the Heishan Army's nest. The generals were puzzled and asked to save Dongwuyang first.
Cao Cao said: "There are new recruits trained by Yu Jin in Dongwuyang that can be held up, and there are Cheng Yu and Guo Jia left behind. Yu Du heard that we will definitely return to the army to fight when we attack Xishan, and the siege of Dongwuyang will be lifted. If he does not return to the army, we should attack Xishan. Once the Xishan is broken, Yu Du will be like a dog that has lost its family. How can it shake Dongwuyang!"
Sure enough, Yu Du heard that Cao Cao attacked Xishan and immediately returned to the army to fight, but was killed by Cao's army ambush on the way. After this victory, Cao Cao advanced to Neihuang and defeated the Black Mountain Army entrenched there and the exiled Shanyu Yiti Yufuluo and his troops in the Southern Xiongnu Khanate. At this point, the East County was guaranteed.
In April, Wang Yun set up a series of plans to alienate Lu Bu and let him kill Dong Zhuo. In June, Dong Zhuo's subordinates Li Jue, Guo Si and others besieged Chang'an, forced Wang Yun to kill Wang Yun, and forced Lu Bu to leave. At the same time, the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou crossed the Yellow River again and went north. They were blocked by Gongsun Zan in Dongguang and lost 100,000 elite troops, so they had to turn around and go to Yanzhou. The Yanzhou Governor Liu Dai did not listen to the dissuasion of Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, and personally led the army to fight. As a result, he was defeated by the Yellow Turban Army. Liu Dai himself was captured and beheaded and displayed in public.
After receiving the news that Liu Dai was beheaded by the Yellow Turban Army, Chen Gong, who was already engaged in Dongjun, offered advice to Cao Cao: "Liu Dai was killed by the Yellow Turban Army, and there was no lord in a state. Now the emperor's edict is cut off. I am willing to lobby the remaining officials in Yanzhou, and Cao Gong will take Yanzhou as the basis to fight in all directions to become a king." Cao Cao naturally agreed.
Bao Xin and Wan Qian, the Yanzhou master of Chen Gong, went to Dongjun to welcome Cao Cao to serve as the governor of Yanzhou. Then Cao Cao and Bao Xin formed a coalition force to suppress the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. However, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was brave and powerful, with a large number. The Yanzhou Army, which had just been defeated, was not an opponent in terms of quantity and quality. Fortunately, after nearly a year of training, the soldiers trained by Yu Jin could be put into use. Even so, they could only use surprise weapons and tricks to attack day and night. Although they would gain rewards in every battle, they were defeated many times.
It was finally time for autumn harvest. Looking at the golden fruits in the fields, I couldn't help but feel like crying. I grew up in the city in my previous life, and I saw the fields of spring harvesting from TV and movies. It was in the first year of the military academy that the school organized activities to help farmers harvest wheat before they personally experienced the hard work of farmers. Some of the experiences were to clean up the inspections in the school and show the vegetable fields for superiors. The reason for asking for orders to preside over the military farming was to not interfere with the development of history too much. On the other hand, I noticed that the farming of this era was very primitive. In spring, burn the weeds in the fields, then scatter the seeds in the shallow area and sprinkle the seeds. After germination, it was just hoeing and weeding, and it was not fat at all. No one cared about the crops when they got pests and diseases. In a good year, the grain produced per mu of land was only two or three hundred kilograms.
At my request, the serfs who farmed the farm turned the field as deep as possible before sowing. They arranged for people to collect manure from people and livestock. The manure was accumulated to accumulate fertilizer, and the fertilizer was evenly sprinkled in the fields before sowing. At the same time, ponds were dug and simple dams were built to turn the dry land that relied on the weather into a good irrigated land. After a year of hard work, people were surprised to find that the grain output in the field had increased by nearly twice. After leaving a year of food for the people who farmed, there was still enough food and grass to support a hundred thousand troops. In addition, the money, grain and tax collected from the Dongjun area should be much better than when Cao Cao was in Dongjun in history.
Just when I thought I could have a good rest, the military order from Yanzhou made me hurry to Shouzhang because Cao Cao fell ill. At this time, the commander could not take charge of military affairs, which was a major blow to the already tight war. He rushed to Shouzhang without stopping. Before I arrived at the military camp, I saw white flags rolling in the camp that scared me so much that I almost took off my horse. I whipped a few whips and rushed to the door of the military camp. When I asked, I realized that I was mourning for Bao Xin. A few days ago, I had a fierce battle with the Yellow Turban Army and suffered heavy losses. Not only did I break Bao Xin but I didn't even snatch the body back. After hearing this, the lord cried bitterly. After dressing Bao Xin with a wooden statue, he became ill.
After hearing this, I felt strange, and it was understandable that I cried bitterly, but it seemed that I could not bear to be ill for Bao Xin. I did not seem to be very consistent with Cao Cao's character of becoming more and more courageous as he got up from the bed with a confusion in my heart. With the doubts in my heart, I came to the quiet room where Cao Cao was recovering from the couch. When I saw Cao Cao being helped up with someone in plain clothes, I could not believe that the decadent middle-aged man in front of me would be the hero Cao Cao and Cao Mengde.
Cao Cao sat up and waved his hand to let his servants go out. I was the only one left in the house. Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuanhou said powerlessly: "Fengxiao, Wang Situ used a series of tricks to make Lu Bu kill Dong Zhe, but as you said, the court did not pardon Dong Zhe's subordinates. Dong Zhe's subordinates Li Que, Guo Si and others besieged Chang'an, forced Lu Bu to leave, and forced Wang Situ to death! Poor Wang Situ, who was devoted to the country..." When he said this, Cao Cao burst into tears, burst into tears, and signaled Cao Ren to take out a letter written on the cloth for me to read.
This letter was written in a very general way, just roughly saying what happened in Chang'an, but one sentence made me understand why Cao Cao couldn't get sick. That's what it said, "The emperor tied up with King Situ in front of the formation!"
"The emperor tied up King Situ in front of the formation!" Let's not talk about Cao Cao, even when I saw this sentence, my mind was buzzing. I remember that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wang Yun jumped down from the Xuanping Gate Tower and scolded Li Que, and Guo Si was then killed, but from this letter...
After taking a few deep breaths, I stabilized my emotions and said, "Lord, Wang Situ is for the country and for the safety of the emperor, I will be bound by the thief to die. In the future, the lord should be proclaimed in all the worlds, so that Wang Situ's name will be passed down in history forever."
Cao Cao was stunned when he heard my words, then sneered three times and said, lying on his back on the couch with a white towel covering his face without saying anything.
Chapter completed!