Seeing Sun Ce's warm invitation, Qiao Rui could not refuse but had to accept. The three of them drank happily. Under Sun's brother Zhou Yu's toast, Qiao Rui became very drunk in a short time.
Zhou Yu took the opportunity to test his tone and found that Qiao Rui really had no friendship with Xiu Hu. He and Sun Ce looked at each other and the two of them felt relieved.
Seeing that Qiao Rui was in a bad mood, Sun Ce said: "Mr. Qiao, you sent me an edict on behalf of the emperor. I'm afraid you have offended Yuan Gongliu. How about you stay here with me?"
Qiao Rui drunkenly said, "I have much respect for Cheng Bo Fu, but I am self-aware and have ruined important things several times and embarrassed important tasks."
"Today I am delivering the letter for Bo Fu, but I still have to give an explanation to Yuan Gongdao."
"So I plan to leave for Shouchun tomorrow, resign to Yuan Gongdao, and then move my family to Wu County. If Bo Fu doesn't give up, I will definitely serve under his command."
Zhou Yu worriedly said: "If Yuan Gongdao is in trouble for Mr. Qiao at that time."
Qiao Rui waved her hand and said: "It doesn't matter, I think I still want to come to Yuan Jiuji to reminisce about my old friendship."
"I will keep secret about the edict."
"By the way, that fierce tiger asked me to bring a message. What is it? He said to reassure Bo Fu that he has no intention of plotting Jiangdong and wants to reconcile with Bo Fu."
He gradually became slurred in speech, and finally fell asleep on the desk.
When Sun Ce and Zhou Yu saw each other, they stood up and left their seats. When they arrived in the courtyard, Sun Ce said, "Does Gong Jin think Gong Jin's words are trustworthy?"
After hearing this, Zhou Yu said: "It should be possible, otherwise some of the links would be just like seeking death. If he really had a ruthless eye, he would never be so reckless."
After hearing this, Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief, "Are we really going to let him go to see Yuan Shu? If Yuan Shu is suspicious, I'm afraid he will never come back."
Zhou Yu said: "Mr. Qiao knows how to be powerful. If he doesn't go back to resume his life, Yuan Gongli will become suspicious of us early."
"Yuan Jiujiu intends to stand on his own feet. If Mr. Qiao is jealous of him, he may be in trouble."
"Those who can achieve great things don't stick to trivial matters, and Bo Fu will be cut off when it is broken."
Sun Ce hesitated again and again, and finally made up his mind, sighing: "If something unexpected happens to him then, just take care of his family."
Thousands of miles away in the hinterland of the Black Mountains, after a whole day of fierce fighting between the two sides regardless of casualties, the corpses of the Black Mountain Army and the Jizhou Army were everywhere on the mountain slopes, and the blood dyed the mountain streams red.
Yuan Xi and Lu Lingqi stood on the watchtower and watched for a whole day, until the sky gradually turned dark, and Yuan Shang had no intention of letting Yuan Xi participate.
Wen Chou, Zhang He and Gao Lan led their soldiers and finally occupied the most important hilltop before the sky turned completely dark.
Seeing that the sky turned completely dark, the Black Mountain Army ordered troops to retreat. The Jizhou Army took advantage of the opportunity to build camps and fortifications on the top of the mountain overnight to prevent the Black Mountain Army from counterattacking at night.
Yang Feng did not appear from the beginning to the end. Instead, there were more than a dozen Montenegrin leaders, but they were no match for Wen Chou and others. After Wen Chou and the others killed two leaders together, the remaining people did not dare to come out again.
Lu Lingqi asked doubtfully: "General Wen Chou hit him very hard. Isn't Yang Feng dead?"
Yuan Xi thought to himself that it would probably be possible for him, but not necessarily for Yang Feng.
He always felt that Yang Feng had secrets, and if he wanted to find out what Cao Cao had done in the Black Mountain Army, Zhang Yan and Yang Feng were the key.
Regarding the future direction of the situation and the decisions of the various princes, Yuan Xi now has no idea at all. Because the general trend of the world has already deviated greatly, Cao Cao has not been able to independently control the emperor Liu Xie, so his next plan
, Yuan Xi could not predict it either.
He put himself in Cao Cao's shoes and discovered that the best option at this time was to secretly accumulate strength, expand his territory, and wait for Yuan Shu's death.
Now almost the whole world knows that Yuan Shu is going to rebel, and many princes are not optimistic about Yuan Shu's prospects. This makes Yuan Xi wonder, where does Yuan Shu have the confidence to stand on his own feet, does he really think that he can stand up to everyone in the world on his own?
Or does he feel that if he raises his arms and calls out, the whole world will gather in response just like the Zhangjiao uprising?
Yuan Xi felt vaguely awkward in his heart, but the coolness of the night made his mind occupied by another thing.
The weather is not right this summer!
Compared to the previous two years, it was much cooler. It was as if the entire summer had not even come, and the transition from spring to autumn was smooth.
The weather is getting colder?
He then thought of something and his face suddenly turned pale.
There were two major ice ages in Chinese history. The late Han Dynasty was the first Little Ice Age. Although it was not as severe as the one at the end of the Ming Dynasty, you must know that the technological level of the late Han Dynasty was far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty!
Severe cold will not only cause a large reduction in food production, but also cause a large number of people to freeze to death.
No wonder the locust plague that ravaged the Northland last year has disappeared this year. Is it affected by this?
A few years ago, the locust plague broke out in Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou, but Yuan Xi gave early warning in Jizhou, and although there were some losses, they were still within an acceptable range in the end.
As for the Youzhou area, because the temperature is relatively cold compared to the north, the locust plague did not have much impact, and with the help of water conservancy construction, there has been a good harvest in the past two years.
After the severe drought, there was a locust plague. There was a lot of water in Youzhou and the weather was cold. Although it had an impact on food, it had a suppressive effect on the locust plague. Moreover, although Youzhou had a cold climate, as long as irrigation kept up, ordinary natural disasters would not easily affect food.
crop.
But this has a prerequisite, which is the severity of the natural disaster.
If it is the kind of severe cold that prevents the growth of pasture outside the Great Wall, Youzhou's food harvest in the next few years or even decades will be greatly affected!
Yuan Xi's body suddenly trembled, thinking that in later generations, after the Battle of Guandu, there were few sustained wars in the North, and all the competition for power was concentrated south of the Yangtze River.
If there is an influence from the Little Ice Age, many abnormal things can be explained, because at that time, Cao Cao did not unify the north, and there were often chaos on the border. Until Cao Cao's death, the north was not completely settled.
Cao Cao, who originally used killing to scare people, adopted a policy of appeasement in many areas. It may be that due to the influence of the Little Ice Age in those years, the northern region had insufficient military supplies, so he tried to avoid unnecessary wars.
In contrast, the climate south of the Yangtze River was relatively warm and was less affected by the Little Ice Age. Therefore, the Shu Kingdom and Wu State relied on their small territory to withstand several attacks from Cao Wei in the north. However, every time Cao Wei launched a large army, it could not last long.
, in the end, he was repeatedly put on the defensive, which may not be without this reason.
Yuan Xi thought about it, and it seems that he has to move south of the Yangtze River. If the climate really changes, Youzhou may only be able to ensure self-sufficiency. If he wants to launch an army to fight for the world, he must go south!
Therefore, if Youzhou wants to expand in the north, its next step will be to abandon the swampy and bitter cold land of Liaodong outside the Great Wall, and instead try to occupy the Hetao Plain in Bingzhou.
After all, the Hetao Plain at this time was extremely fertile. If cold-resistant wheat and barley could be grown, we would be much more confident in dealing with the risk of natural disasters.
Seeing Yuan Xi in a daze, Lu Lingqi wanted to hit him, but finally put her hand down because she could see that Yuan Xi was really thinking about something.
My future husband is completely different from my father. Although he can also fight in battle, he is more like a wise general who strategizes.
After a while, Yuan Xi came back to his senses and said to Lu Lingqi: "The winner will almost be decided tomorrow."
"We can't wait here anymore, call everyone together now, no matter what Yuan Shang does, we will fight our own."
"It doesn't matter if we give him the pass. We'll find a way to climb over from the mountain to the north."
Yang Feng opened her eyes and felt that everything was dark in front of her eyes. Her heart tightened. Could it be that she was blind?
After groping for the straw under her body for a long time, she realized that this was her previous bed. Only then did her eyes gradually adapt to the light in the tent, and she could see the blurry outline of things clearly, and a stone fell to her heart.
It turned out to be dark.
Looking at it like this, he was knocked unconscious at that time, and he was unconscious for at least a whole day?
She felt uneasy in her heart. What was going on outside?
He is still alive and his hands and feet are not shackled. Montenegro must have not been breached by the opponent, right?
She sat up gropingly, feeling as if all the strength in her body had been drained away. A strong sense of hunger came from her belly, which instantly made her heart feel like it was being burned by fire.
At this time, no breathing method worked anymore. She shook her head and put it into her arms. She found that the small half of the cake was still there, as if it was still sticky.
Without looking, she stuffed the cake into her mouth. A strong smell of blood came out, and she realized that the cake was soaked in blood.
She didn't care if the blood was her own, so she bit hard with her teeth. Because of the blood, the pancake became softer. She swallowed half of it in several mouthfuls before she calmed down a little.
After her body regained some strength, she stuffed the remaining pancakes back. She looked around and found no one, so she called a few times to get her guards to come over.
As soon as the words came out, a very low hoarse sound came out of her throat, and she realized that her throat was almost unable to make a sound.
Yang Feng reluctantly got up, found half a bowl of water in the corner of the tent, and quickly poured it down her throat. The feeling of living finally returned to her body again.
He sat for a while and then slowly stood up. He didn't find the iron gun. He was afraid that it had been dropped on the battlefield, so he stood up and walked out of the tent with difficulty. He found that there was not a single figure outside the tent.
She was a little annoyed. Even at night, wasn't she too careless?
She raised her voice and shouted a few times, but because she used too much force, her throat felt like it was being torn apart.
The next moment, several personal guards walked out of the camp holding wooden sticks. When they saw Yang Feng, they were surprised and said: "The commander is awake?"
Seeing that several people were injured, Yang Feng couldn't bear to speak too harshly and frowned: "Where are the others?"
"Why is there no one patrolling the camp at night?"
The guards were silent. One guard showed pain on his face and slowly said, "Everyone else is dead."
"We are the only ones left."
Yang Feng was stunned.
The guard muttered: "The commander was knocked unconscious by the enemy general. We went up and snatched the captain back."
"A few of us carried the captain back to the camp. When we returned to the battlefield, none of the dozens of other brothers came back."
Yang Fengru fell into the ice cave and couldn't stand still.
The hundreds of confidants she brought out from the Yellow Turban Army at the beginning, after all these years, the number of people under her command has never been very small.
But after three battles with the ferocious tiger, almost all the casualties were wiped out, with only a few dozen people left.
Then in today's battle, I was injured and fell into a coma, and suffered all casualties!
No more, nothing left.
Just when she was despairing, a Montenegrin Army messenger appeared with his head in the air and said to Yang Feng: "Captain, the lieutenant will invite you."