Li Dian was a little drunk today. Standing on the crenellations of the city wall, Li Dian grabbed a handful of snow, rolled it into a snowball, exerted all his strength, and threw it into the vast night outside the city. But now Li Dian
He staggered a little. This exertion caused some pain in his muscles and veins. The frozen pavement under his feet was slippery because of the soldiers patrolling the city. He almost fell down. Cao Zhi was so frightened that he took a step forward and put a hand on his ribs.
, held his body firmly, and cursed angrily and funnyly: "Why are you so childlike? Be careful and you fall."
Li Dian twisted his stiff neck, straightened his body unconvinced, and replied, "It's okay! It's okay! Brother, I'm okay!"
"Brother, you said that we have all been here in Anhui... Wancheng for two or three months, and we are always eating, drinking and training like this. It's... really boring!"
"You are homesick, yes! We have been away from home for more than a year. It has been snowing since we left Liyang in early spring, so we should be homesick, especially on New Year's Eve when we say farewell to the old and welcome the new."
"Cao Zhi understands very well the feeling that the Chinese people miss their loved ones even more during the holidays. They are all human beings, not war machines, and they all miss home."
Although Li Dian was indeed a little homesick, he still felt a little embarrassed when Cao Zhi said it right. He continued to argue with a tough mouth: "A man can make his home anywhere. I don't want to spend all day like this."
It's so boring to have nothing to do."
Cao Zhi smiled softly and said: "Yes! What people are most afraid of is having nothing to do, and this period of time is really frustrating for you."
In order to maintain a low profile and keep the discipline of his troops, Cao Zhi kept his troops concentrated at the north gate garrison after entering Wancheng. He was not allowed to leave the camp at will to show off if there was nothing to do.
This is for safety, to prevent these soldiers with some money in their pockets from causing trouble. When people, especially men, have money, what good things can they do, such as visiting prostitutes, drinking, gambling, etc.
Once the "poison" is contracted, it will make people addicted and even difficult to extricate themselves. Moreover, it is easy to leak their love for Wu. Although they are now out of the sphere of influence of Lu Bu and Wang Yun, Cao Zhi still hopes to
This matter has been kept secret for some time. After all, Chang'an has never made the matter public. They only told the world that Dong Zhuo was punished and did not mention anything about Mei Wu. Cao Zhi also had to be kind and not get any advantage.
Reveal Lu Bu's scars again.
Secondly, the troops must also intensify their training. Only maintaining good combat effectiveness is the key to ensuring everyone's life.
In the eyes of outsiders, what Cao Zhi did was a sign of strict military discipline and strict military management. Even Lu Kang privately praised Cao Zhi for his talent.
Of course, a military camp is not a prison, and people should always be given some time to relax. Rare relaxation can better improve work efficiency. This is a modern management theory that Cao Zhi often heard in his previous life.
Cao Zhi stipulated that about thirty soldiers could leave the camp every day and go to the bustling markets to eat, visit prostitutes, and buy some necessary things. In fact, after two or three months, each soldier would only take one or two trips out of the camp for vacation.
, but each of them has endless aftertaste and relishes the harvest every time they go out to camp.
This not only alleviates the boring life of the soldiers, but also well controls their pace of life. Furthermore, it whets their appetite so that they will not squander money and cause trouble, and always look forward to the next mission.
camp.
However, Cao Zhi's good intentions still could not stop the soldiers from missing their hometown and family.
"Brother, do you think these Jiangxia barbarians will come to attack Wancheng again? Don't wait here, those barbarians are already enjoying themselves in other places."
"No, probably not. Firstly, in Jiangxia, Huang Zu stationed heavy troops in areas where barbarians live. It is difficult for those barbarian troops to seek benefits there. Secondly, Jiangxia has been hit by successive disasters this year. Jiangxia locals
The Han people are almost at their wits end. Even if they can defeat Huang Zu, Jiangxia will have no more food to supply them. It is impossible for them to travel long distances to other counties to plunder. The barbarians do not have the manpower and material resources to fight long distances. Besides, Lu Kang
News has been released that there is a large amount of food and grass in Wancheng Village. Even if the barbarians know the dangers, they will take risks in order to survive. But what happened to them? There has been no movement? "
At this moment, while the two were talking, Cao Zhi suddenly saw a bunch of flames flickering from the two dark and bright eyes of Li Dian opposite him.
Li Dian's eyes widened in horror at this time, and he looked straight over Cao Zhi's shoulder, staring blankly into the distance.
Cao Zhi thought he had seen something, was stunned, and joked: "What's wrong, you were confused by my words, but you still saw a beautiful woman, what are you looking at? So entranced..."
Cao Zhi turned around suddenly. There was a beacon tower on the east and west ends of the city wall. At this time, the beacon tower on the east side had been lit, and the fire was blazing. In the distance, the winding city wall extended to the depths of the mountain forest, and there were still a few sparks shining.
Cao Zhi was immediately startled and looked west again. At this moment, the beacon tower on the west city wall also burst into flames. The fire was fierce, and then the beacon tower on the ridge further to the west also burst into flames.
It was lit and spread further afield.
Li Dian opened his mouth wide, and after a while he suddenly turned around and looked at Cao Zhi, his eyes conveying the same message: "The barbarian is here!"
Cao Zhi immediately picked up Li Dian and rushed towards the county government. At this time, the city gate was tightly closed, and the residents in the city had already rushed out of their homes because of the war. This was not the first time that Jiang Xiaman led his troops to attack the city.
But usually in small-scale battles, beacon towers are not used. The situation tonight is a bit special. It seems that the pass has been directly attacked. Although there have been rumors that this year's Jiangxia barbarians will launch a more violent attack than before.
Although the attack really came, these people were still panicked.
When Cao Zhi and Li Dian rushed to the county government office, the county government office was already crowded with all the officials from Wancheng, with more than a dozen people standing around.
Lu Kangqian was very familiar with this. He immediately sent a detective horse to contact the nearest transfer houses (that is, inns) to inquire about further information. At the same time, he sent people to rush back to the inner city to mobilize troops. At the same time, he sent people to inform various government officials, big and small, until they arrived.
The daily servants required all personnel to wear swords and guns and be ready to go to the city for support at any time.
Cao Zhi watched dumbfounded. To be honest, these days, he has come to the county office every day to report, taking the opportunity to observe Lu Kang handling the affairs of the county. Lu Kang himself basically does not do anything serious, and there are a group of officials on his behalf.
Handle government affairs.
Lu Kang was still very busy all day long, and he didn’t know what he was busy with. Sometimes he couldn’t even see anyone, and he never talked much with Cao Zhi. When Cao Zhi asked him for advice, he always gave a lukewarm reply. Sometimes
He didn't even bother to talk to him. This made Cao Zhi, who was eager to learn, very depressed, so he had to wander around the city to observe and learn from what he saw and heard.