Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 175 Recruitment and Hot Pot

Jian Yong and his party took two steps back, leading their nasty horse to make way for the old man to pass.

The two groups passed by, and Jian Yong took a look at the old man and his party.

A donkey, a few belongings, an old woman with a broken mouth, two silent and weathered daughters, and a naive child.

Jian Yong remembered what the old man said before that he had two sons and two daughters, and his heart became even more silent.

"If you want to go to Guanzhong, you should buy two more clothes!" At the end, the father-in-law said loudly, and Jian Yong also thanked him loudly.

The weather is indeed getting colder, and Jian Yong also has a judgment in his heart. The three of Han, Ma, and Cao should have a thorough encounter before the snow falls.

Otherwise, as the old man said, Han Ma has the advantage of defense, and Cao Cao is bound to win, and he will not accept whoever belongs to him.

But what Jian Yong didn't expect was that after walking for a few days, before he got out of the reward ramp, he encountered a wave of rout soldiers head-on.

If Jian Yong had only one ragged horse and one person, then this group of rout soldiers would be so high and low that Jian Yong could understand what is called troubled times.

But Jian Yong has always cherished his life. He didn't have many personal followers, but they were all borrowed from Chen Dao. He was taciturn when walking and never took off his knife.

In addition, Jian Yong took the initiative to say a few good words, so the group of defeated soldiers became easy to talk.

"Gong Cao was defeated, so was General Ma?"

Jian Yong's brows knitted into a knot. He never expected this result.

"What's the specific situation? What about General Han Suihan?"

Speaking of which, Jian Yong also handed over a few pancakes, which made the attitude of the defeated soldiers even better:
"Mr. Big doesn't know, General Ma and General Han are fighting!"

"Ah?" Jian Yong was dumbfounded: "Aren't Han and Ma allied forces?"

The soldiers also looked sad, obviously feeling that this unlucky situation was all thanks to the leaders.

"We won the fight against Cao Gong in the front, but General Han and General Ma fought for some reason behind."

"Mr. Cao sent troops, and the two generals he fought were defeated. That's what happened to us."

The routs were talking upside down, but Jian Yong had guessed roughly based on the general speculation of the military division when he set off.

Ma Mengqi was always ambitious, but by coincidence, so was Han Sui.

How can two people with unlimited ambitions work together?Moreover, Han Sui pulled up the coalition forces, and Ma Chao joined in. It is a question of who will control who.

At that time, Pang Tong explained with a smile on the side:
"It's just like the two wolves fighting the tiger in the previous generations."

"The two hungry wolves, Han Sui and Ma Chao, joined together for the time being to fight the tiger, but Cao Aman is a tiger with ideas."

Jian Yong shook his head slightly:
"Two short-sighted wolves."

Before the two military advisers belonged to the lord, he and Mi Zhu would occasionally serve as the lord's military advisers, and they still had basic analytical skills.

Now the situation is nothing more than Cao thief has not lost his combat power, and as a result, the two wolves have already fought because of the uneven distribution of spoils.

But... it was just right to do so, he, Jian Yong, was able to use the advantage of his tongue to deal with the three parties in order to open his way.

Moreover, Jian Yong still remembers the arrogant Jin Ma Chao he saw last time, so it's not about personal grievances, but he really wants to see what that Jin Ma Chao looks like now.

Jian Yong even cheered Cao thief from the bottom of his heart: a hungry wolf with eyes above the top like Ma Mengqi deserves a good beating, so that he can listen to people's words.

"Hurry up!" Jian Yong gave an order.

In his heart, he made a decision: after arriving in Guanzhong and delivering the letter, he must go to Yongliang and his party to visit Ma Mengqi immediately.

……

People in Chengdu have been quite busy these past few months.

Roads need to be repaired, rivers need to be dredged, and some houses need to be repaired. Uncle Liu Huang even brought hundreds of people to talk about repairing Dujiangyan.

For Chengdu people, this period of time can be described as an eye-opener: How many years has it been since Chengdu has been so noisy?
"General Zhang, why don't you take a break and drink some tea?" Some people stood on the shore and shouted.

At the bottom of the river is a hulking man, bare-chested and wearing only a pair of shorts, who is taking the lead in dredging mud.

This is naturally Zhang Fei who was punished to dredge the river.

But Zhang Fei didn't have any complaints. His brother was supposed to punish him, but didn't he personally take someone to Dujiangyan to clean up the river?
Even Mr. Zizhong didn't touch the ground with that Liu Ba. It was said that the two of them were going to make plans for the official market.

Zhang Fei was not hypocritical. After filling another basket of stinking mud, he climbed back to the shore along the ladder, but looked at his hands rather embarrassedly:
"Old Zhang, just put the tea on the stone pier. My body is full of filth, so don't get it on you."

The people in Chengdu moved over carefully, not paying attention to it:
"What did General Zhang say? It's too late for us to thank you for dredging the river, and besides, the river is stinky, don't we usually smell it?"

As he spoke, the old man couldn't help but grab Zhang Fei's hands, and stuffed the tea bowl into it.

Embarrassed, Zhang Fei hurriedly drank the tea with the tea leaves, and then watched the people take it back and refill the tea bowl without any explanation.

Facing the earnest gaze, Zhang Fei had no choice but to drink it down again, then waved his hand:

"I'm full, don't add more."

As he spoke, he sat on the river embankment to rest, but looked at the elderly women who were staring at him curiously—they were indeed old women, and the young and strong in Chengdu were all working now, such as working with Zhang Fei under the river Those who cleared the silt were Qing Zhuang who lived nearby.

Looking at the women and elders, Zhang Fei felt very uncomfortable, so he could only ask in a low voice: "Mr., there are a lot of announcements in the government office recently. If you don't understand anything, I will explain it to you."

Recently, one of the major tasks of Pang Tong, Kong Ming, Fa Xiaozhi and the others is to formulate various policies, and then post them through notices, and send officials to try to solve the people's doubts under the notices.

Although Liu Bei and others thought they could speak clearly, the common people might not be able to accept all of these policies suddenly.

Therefore, Liu Bei explained to the government officials very early on that as long as the people have doubts, they must explain clearly, at least to ensure that the internal government orders in Chengdu are unimpeded, and they are united.

The old man who delivered Zhang Fei's tea waved his hands in shame: "Can't you be called the general's husband? Old man, I only have one thing to ask."

Zhang Fei listened attentively.

The old man hesitated and asked slowly:
"I just want to ask, my Dalang was sent as a soldier by the former state shepherd to that surnamed Cao, now the emperor will let my Dalang come back?"

Zhang Fei didn't expect this question, so he couldn't help being speechless.

But looking at the earnest eyes of the old women around, they understood that the soldiers who were gifted were their sons, husbands, and fathers.

Zhang Fei is well versed in military affairs, but now he recalls what he saw in Chibi. At that time, when Zhou Gongjin and others were analyzing Cao Bandit, he casually mentioned that Liu Zhang had sent Cao Bandit a group of Yizhou soldiers, but it was only a few thousand, which was nothing question.

What happened afterwards was too much and too fast. If the old man hadn't asked about it, Zhang Fei would never have remembered it.

But now... "Next year at the latest, my brother will regain Hanzhong!"

"When the time comes, the road to Guanzhong will be opened. As long as the Dalang of the old man's family...then he will definitely be able to come back!"

as long as how?Of course, as long as he is alive, but in Zhang Fei's view, this hope is extremely slim.

But this old man seemed to be blessed by heaven, and he was very grateful, which made Zhang Fei's heart feel more and more heavy.

So he said a few words hastily, and Zhang Fei jumped back into the river again, and swayed his strength on the mud, so that he could forget about it.

After another day of exhaustion, Zhang Fei also returned to the government office after washing his body in the river.

His family members are still in Jiangling, and his personal soldiers are at Baishuiguan, so he simply lived in the government office during his stay in Chengdu. It was magnificently built by Liu Zhang, and there is no shortage of places to live.

"If you smell this smell, you will know that Yide must be back!"

Before entering the door, Zhang Fei heard the reassuring voice of the military adviser.

Although I wash it for a long time every night, the muddy smell on my body is very stubborn, and it is not easy to remove.

Zhang Fei didn't even blush, he laughed and opened the door:
"Military Master, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I miss my old Zhang! Come and get close to me!"

As he said that, Zhang Fei rushed towards Kong Ming, as if to hug him.

Kong Ming was shocked and pushed Pang Tong into Zhang Fei's arms without hesitation.

Zhang Fei was not too polite, he rubbed against Pang Tong, then left and continued to catch Kong Ming.

Pang Tong was on the verge of weeping in such a noisy hall.

It wasn't until Liu Bei's return that he had no choice but to knock Zhang Fei on the head to stop the farce.

"What is this today?"

Zhang Fei approached the table in the hall and looked curiously, only to see a hole had been dug out in the middle of the table, which had been filled with red-hot charcoal.

"Chicken soup is coming!"

"Yide, give way!"

Mi Zhu held a large vat of chicken soup, drove Zhang Fei away, and placed the large vat on the coal.

Then Zhang Fei sat on the side, dazzled to see Fan Mizhu, Fazheng Liu Ba and others brought in small plates like butterflies flying flowers, each plate contained different dishes, Zhang Fei also saw yesterday in Guang The pickled lychees seen in the screen.

"Is this... the way to eat it in later generations?" Zhang Fei was impressed.

Kong Ming put his feather fan aside and picked up the chopsticks first:
"Let's try Yide together!"

Zhang Fei also sat down, looked left and right, and finally chose to put two pieces of lamb into the urn, and then started chatting about the soldiers who had been sent out before.

"This..." Kong Ming stopped his chopsticks and thought for a while and said:

"There is indeed such a force, and there are records in the Chengdu treasury. There are a total of 130 soldiers, and there are about [-] households in Chengdu."

Liu Bei sighed, and threw a vegetable into it:
"If it was possible for Liu Zhang to ask Cao thief to get it back, now I'm waiting...it's definitely impossible."

Immediately, Liu Bei stared at the vegetables tumbling up and down in the urn and said, "It's really hard to do, just do your best."

Zhang Fei stared at the piece of mutton until it was completely white and there was no trace of red before he picked it up.

Put a little garlic paste in the mouth, although I have tasted this taste before, but it still feels a bit interesting, and said to Liu Bei:
"Brother, I want to go back to Baishuiguan early."

Liu Bei picked up the vegetable leaves, dipped them in garlic paste, rolled them in the meat sauce, and said vaguely while eating:

"Right now, the food in Chengdu may not be enough to beat Hanzhong."

Pang Tong glanced at Zhang Fei resentfully, and then at the robe that he had just taken off because of the smell.

Stretching out his chopsticks, he poked into the urn, picked out a lychee and put it in his mouth, saying vaguely:

"The strategy in Hanzhong, we still have to wait."

"Mr. Pang, can you make it this year?" Zhang Fei asked.

What the eldest brother said is true. Yizhou is now in a state of waste, and things are being built everywhere.

The price is that the already full treasury becomes less surplus.

Moreover, the news of the attack on Gong'an County has also been sent over. Kong Ming believes that the possibility of a two-front war between Hanzhong and Jiangdong must be considered.

At that time, Xiangfan will certainly not be peaceful.

Therefore, when Pang Tong and Fazheng studied Hanzhong, they had only one conclusion: quick victory!

After thinking about the progress, Pang Tong nodded: "It's probably OK."

After hearing this, Zhang Fei completely put the matter aside, and then picked out what he wanted to eat and cooked it one by one.

After trying various seasonings, Zhang Fei saw the last plate of red powder:

"Why is there still red salt?"

Kong Ming glanced at it: "That's sucrose, Yide might as well try it."

"Oh? The military master is so fast!" Zhang Fei cooked a piece of meat enthusiastically, then put it in and rolled it around, and put it in his mouth.

Oo?

After forcibly swallowing the piece of meat, Zhang Feirui commented:
"This Cao Pi is really seriously ill."

Then Zhang Fei dipped the tip of his chopsticks into a little sucrose and tasted it, his eyebrows gradually raised:

"Military division, this..."

Kong Ming suppressed a smile and asked knowingly:
"how?"

"Is this sucrose... precious?" Zhang Fei was a little embarrassed:
"If I have enough money, my daughter..."

"Very precious." Kong Ming sought truth from facts.

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and looked at the plate on the table:
"This dipping meat is quite unpalatable, why not..."

Pang Tong stretched out his chopsticks and held it down: "Yide wait a minute, although this brown sugar can't be dipped in meat, it's delicious to dip in fruits."

As he said that, Pang Tong rolled another lychee in it, which was covered with a thick layer under Zhang Fei's distressed and frustrated eyes, and then he put it in his mouth with a face full of enjoyment.

In the end, Liu Bei felt sorry for his third brother, shook his head and said:
"This sucrose was originally made to be [-] catties, and Kong Ming has already sent someone to bring [-] catties to Jingzhou."

Only then did Zhang Fei turn happy, and complained: "The military master is looking for me again."

Kong Ming was happy and said nothing, but hurriedly ate the meat.

Zhang Fei also moved his chopsticks again, but he took two bites and sighed: "I don't know what happened to the second brother."

Wisps of steam rose from the urn and gradually dissipated into the night with the breeze blowing through the hall.

Guan Yu looked at the moon in the sky, and then at the resting giant city beneath his feet.

Now it is the time of curfew, Guan Yu suddenly remembered the prosperous city that never sleeps in later generations.

This is also one of the things that shocked them.

After being fascinated by the prosperity, the first thing Guan Yu felt uncomfortable was that there would be no curfew in future generations?
If there is no curfew, how to manage water and theft?

Guan Yu looked at the moon and said to himself:

"The storehouse knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing are sufficient to know the honor and disgrace."

"Why does the general sigh like this?" Zhao Lei didn't understand why.

Guan Yu shook his head: "Watch the night with me."

……

After a hard journey, Jian Yong finally saw Chang'an City.

There are various pits on the city wall, and there are large and small graves at the foot of the city wall.

That was the person who died here before, perhaps a family member or someone nearby who was too lazy to move the body, so they simply buried it on the spot.

The gates of the city were wide open and no one was guarding them, and the refugees crowded in twos and threes at the foot of the gate openings and inner walls, hoping to escape the cold.

"This is Chang'an..." Jian Yong sighed deeply.

Ever since the emperor left Chang'an, this once glorious and huge city has been abandoned.

The powerful people in Guanzhong relied on soldiers and horses, and had no interest in this huge city that could not be defended at all. Cao Cao wanted it, so he sent troops to resist Han Ma at Tongguan.

After entering Chang'an, Jian Yong also found out clearly.

Han Sui's Ma Chao was defeated and led his troops to flee westward. Cao Cao also led his troops to catch up.

Now there is only one military camp next to Chang'an City for protection.

People in Chang'an City are also panic-stricken. Although they have heard of Cao Cao, they either have something to rely on like Jian Yong, or they have nothing to lose like those refugees.

So although panicked, not many people escaped.

Jian Yong found a house according to Mi Zhu's explanation beforehand, and after getting the password, Jian Yong took out the sealed envelope:

"Send it to Xudu, the name is inside, how to send it depends on you."

"That's easy to say." A fat man with a friendly face was facing Jian Yong. He led Jian Yong into the inner room, then looked at the sky with his head and sighed:

"In the current situation, does Mr. Da have any advice?"

Jian Yong took a sip of hot tea to warm up his body, looked at the smuggling strong businessman, thought for a while and got it right:
"Han horses are hard to destroy, and Cao Gong's class teacher's day is not far away."

"However, it will definitely focus on Chang'an, and this place will be safe."

The fat man breathed a sigh of relief: "I hope it's true what Mr. Big said."

　4.5k words, that's all for today, I'm not sure what time I'll be back in the evening, I'll make up for what I owe.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)