The first thousand and forty-five chapters cold sweat
Therefore, Xu You, who knew that he was closely related to these things, was very nervous about the progress of this case. When Liu Bei heard about the situation of his case, he stopped his pretentiousness and asked anxiously.
After seeing the effect, Liu Bei said "hehe" twice, and said calmly: "The two adults have no intention of harming you. They just suggested that Mr. Yuan first removes you from all positions, and then..."
"Fart, what right do they have to accuse me? Aren't their own butts cleaner than mine? These villains, no, I want to find my lord to explain everything..." Xu You felt that he should go and have a good time with Yuan Shao at this time
Let's talk, show loyalty, and eliminate the influence of these villains' slander.
"Sir, there is no need to be angry. Mr. Yuan still misses the old relationship with you. He did not agree to the two adults' opinions on how to deal with it. He said that he would wait until the teacher returns to Yecheng. But..." Liu Bei stopped him in time.
"It's just what? Oh my uncle, you should tell me quickly..."
Looking at Xu You who was completely aroused by Liu Bei, Liu Bei felt a vicious sneer in his heart.
"Master Guo just mentioned the recent poor use of Gao Lu and other tactics when he finally saw that there was no hope of overthrowing you... Somehow Master Guo suddenly mentioned whether Cao Zhi's recent attack on our army's Gao Lu was too accurate.
Some even said that Mr. Cao and the Cao family are old friends like Mr. Yuan for many years!"
"You villain, this is really what a villain made out of nothing!" After hearing Liu Bei's retelling, Xu You really wanted to cry without tears. He also immediately understood what it felt like to have a thorn in his back. Now Xu You not only knew who was speaking ill of him behind his back.
, and also found out that these unlearned and unskilled guys were not just talking bad things about him, they were also using ruthless tactics to kill him.
These people are so despicable. Don’t these words clearly imply that Xu You is suspected of collaborating with the enemy? Xu You can even imagine that at this time, the interrogator in Yecheng may have already ordered the interrogators in Yecheng to investigate his “bring-in-law” (meaning in-laws).
)" are using tortures such as "burning with fire and oak fingers" to force him to confess that all his crimes were instigated by Xu You. In any case, he has to have a lot to do with Xu You, and then even went to his house to ransack it.
Several letters between him and Cao Cao were found and used as evidence to return Yuan Shao's current residence in Guandu. Xu You was not only convicted of corruption and perverting the law, but also charged with the murder of a collaborator.
Head guilt.
Xu You shuddered, his mind went blank and he was restless. He was even imagining that after Yuan Shao received these evidences, he would immediately send someone to lock him up, and then kneel down in front of Yuan Shao's tent, first humiliating him, and then
Torture was applied, and Xu You finally confessed to all the crimes when he could not resist. At this time, Xu You had only one way to die. Waiting for Yuan Shao to finish saying "to serve as a warning", the knife and axe-hand would come up and kill him with one blow.
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"What should I do, what should I do?..."
#######While Xu You was in panic all day long, Cao Zhi's situation was not ideal either.
At this time, Cao Zhi didn't know that the Wuchao event he was still looking forward to was approaching. At this time, he only knew that he was worried about his army rations.
Cao Zhi looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally received the 5,000 baggage vehicles shipped by Supervisor Ren Jun. But at the same time, he also received news of the food crisis that he had expected for a long time.
Hey, what is supposed to come will always come! But when it does come, Cao Zhi is somewhat disillusioned and has to face the reality of the helpless mentality of a child facing the end of summer vacation.
This is the fifth month of the fourth year of Jian'an, when the earth is reviving and bursting with vitality. However, due to the devastation of the war, the Guandu area is full of withered grass and gravel. Under the shining of the morning light, it shines like people's tears.
generally.
When Cao Zhi heard the news of Ren Jun's arrival, he rushed out excitedly. At this time, food and grass had become the foundation of both armies. No wonder Cao Zhi cared so much.
When Cao Zhi arrived at the gate of the military stronghold, he saw a large crowd of dark carriages and horses gathered here. Among them, a familiar figure to Cao Zhi jumped off the shaft of a carriage and hurried to Cao Zhi, facing towards Cao Zhi.
Kneel down and salute.
"Boda, you are here! The army only has enough food for three days. If you don't come, we will suffer from the northwest wind... Oh, Kong Ming is here too..."
As Cao Zhi spoke, he held Ren Jun's shoulders and looked at Ren Jun up and down. Zhuge Liang's figure also appeared in the grain transport team.
After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Zhi immediately sent Zhuge Liang to the four counties of Jingnan that had been pacified, and appointed Zhuge Liang as the tax official overseeing three of the counties. He lived in Linhang and was responsible for adjusting taxes and increasing military resources.
Cao Zhi was very optimistic about Zhuge Liang, a young talent. After basically pacifying Jingzhou and Jiangdong, he gave him a small official position. Moreover, he was sent to the four southern counties of Jingzhou, which was full of desolation, to be responsible for taxation. This was for a post-war man.
It requires the hard work of rebuilding the area. But it is also an excellent task for a young man to gain administrative experience.
Zhuge Liang had only been in this position for a few months and already performed outstandingly. After Cao Zhi issued an administrative order to collect grain and tax the entire territory under his rule in order to cope with the outbreak of the Guandu Battle, Zhuge Liang seemed to have been prepared for it.
A batch of tax burdens including five hundred catties of gold, one thousand catties of silver, fifty million yuan, one thousand pieces of brocade, and some grain and grass were sent to Xudu.
Xun Yu, who is now the prime minister of national administrative affairs, was brightened when he received the taxes paid by Zhuge Liang. He had never seen this young talent, but he had heard that Cao Zhi was a young talent whom he conquered during his trip to Jingzhou. So
Under Xun Yu's curiosity, he not only informed Cao Zhi in Guandu of the matter truthfully, but also issued an order for Zhuge Liang to go north to Xudu. He wanted to meet Cao Zhi, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others.
He admired the young man and promoted him to the capital.
Zhuge Liang's talent and appearance did not disappoint Xun Yu. At this time, Cao Zhi also issued an order in Guandu, allowing Zhuge Liang to take charge of his cavalry general. However, Cao Zhi did not expect that he would follow the grain transport convoy to the front line of Guandu, and was very surprised.
"Lord!"
When Zhuge Liang saw Cao Zhi, he also knelt down and bowed to Cao Zhi like Ren Jun, but Cao Zhi stopped him.
"Kong Ming is here, no need to be polite, you are on your way..."
At this time, when he was about to ask Ren Jun and Zhuge Liang about the situation along the way, Cao Zhi, who had one side of his face, unexpectedly noticed that Ren Jun's face was a little blue and his lips were a little chapped and bloodshot. When Cao Zhi looked down, he was surprised.
I accidentally discovered a blood stain on the lower part of Ren Jun's left shoulder.
"Boda, are you hurt?"
Cao Zhi touched it with concern, and when he checked Ren Jun's injury, Ren Jun subconsciously wanted to touch the injured area with his hand, trying to cover it up.
"It's nothing, I got hit by an arrow on the way, but the man was not strong enough, and the arrow cluster only bit through my skin!" Ren Jun turned his body halfway to prevent Cao Zhi from seeing the full extent of the wound, and said more
It was said in an understatement.
"Hey, how can you be okay after being injured?" Cao Zhi said, turning to "Chang Zhi" behind him and said: "Go, call Mr. Hua..."
The "Mr. Hua" Cao Zhi refers to is naturally Hua Tuo. Although Hua Tuo is now an imperial physician, logically he should serve the Xudu Palace and the side of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. But this general imperial physician is in Cao Zhi's Guandu military camp.
Cao Zhi's trust in Hua Tuo was unparalleled. Even if he failed to cure his brother Cao Cao, Cao Zhi never blamed him and continued to trust this future god of medicine. Hua Tuo also seemed to have become
Cao Zhi's personal physician has followed Cao Zhi in recent years and witnessed many of Cao Zhi's civil and military achievements in expanding his territory.
Hua Tuo is now in his fifties, but he is still the same as when Cao Zhi first met him, thin and unable to boil. But his medical skills must be much better. After he arrived, he quickly dismantled Ren Jun's original
After bandaging, looking over and checking, it was concluded that Ren Jun's injury was not serious. Then, after cleaning with medicine, Ren Jun was bandaged in a standard manner.
During the treatment process, Ren Jun also told Cao Zhi how he was injured.
A month ago, in the vast wilderness, a Cao army's baggage team consisting of two thousand oxen, horses, mules and wheelbarrows gathered from all directions outside Xudu and appeared on the road to Guandu.
Each thousand vehicles in this team formed a team, divided into five columns, and the front of each team was guarded by 500 sergeants. This team was extremely large. It had to sleep in the wind and the open, trekked hard, and was attacked by enemy forces at any time and at any time.
, these guards are really not many.
Just the night before Ren Jun arrived in Guandu, they encountered a surprise attack by Yuan Jun from Qingzhou in an area eighty or ninety miles away from Guandu. It was a force led by Yuan Tan from Qingzhou to reinforce Guandu. In fact, they also went the wrong way.
, will run to Cao Jun's food road.
But at this time, both sides did not know how they would encounter each other, and which general the other side was under. Ren Jun used the military strategy of "the movement is the formation, the stop is the camp", he gathered 5,000 grain trucks into a square formation, and then
He ordered 2,000 infantry and 500 cavalry to prepare for battle immediately.
Yuan Jun had three times their strength, and a fierce fight ensued in this wilderness. Fortunately, Yuan Jun, who came from Qingzhou, was not familiar with the terrain around Guandu, and the encounter happened at night, so they were also afraid of falling into Cao Cao.
During Zhi's counter-siege, they only fought symbolically for two quarters of an hour, then abandoned hundreds of corpses and retreated.
After the enemy troops withdrew, Ren Jun counted his troops and found that he had lost nearly a hundred people and injured a thousand people in the battle. Ren Jun was even hit by an arrow in the dark, but he still insisted on ending the battle.
, then clean and bandage the wound.
Ren Jun's fine style and quality moved all the sergeants and civilian men who accompanied him. After dawn, they, also mobilized by Ren Jun, rushed to Cao Jun's camp in Guandu. Many people even had their feet worn out and could not help.
Make a sound.
Zhuge Liang, who was accompanying him, also broke into a cold sweat and sincerely admired this man who was capable of both literary and military skills. He was now Cao Zhi's field officer.