The brothers who traveled westward in those years

Chapter 392 0393

Long Fei told Zhao Yun not to touch the big bell rashly.Since it is possible to ask someone to set up such a powerful taboo, the evil spirit of the person buried must be terrifying.After restoring the two outer sarcophagi to their original state, Long Fei and Zhao Yun began to look for the exit.

The walls on all four sides are very thick, and the stone door cannot be pushed open.The torches were extinguished one by one, and the two of them could no longer find the way they had come in.Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road, when Long Fei and Zhao Yun were at a loss, a group of people came to the hinterland of Mang Mountain, and they came straight to this tomb.

First, one person uses a compass to locate the tomb, and then two people excavate the ground for survey, and finally five people determine the location of the tomb.In this team of less than a hundred people, there are quite a few people who are quite professional in tomb surveying.They entered the tomb from the place where Long Fei and Zhao Yun fell, and naturally met Long Fei and Zhao Yun who were trapped in the tomb.

The two brothers were regarded as tomb robbers and brought back to the ground from the tomb, saying that they wanted to take them back to ask Prime Minister Cao to forgive them.When this group of people was busy, a leader recognized Long Fei.He used to be an adviser to Prime Minister Cao, and he won the trust of Prime Minister Cao, so he started an unknown business.

After recognizing Long Fei, he let people untie him immediately, and then greeted Long Fei politely for a while.The few people who went down to the tomb all returned, and then filled the gap.It's just that they have already taken away all the gold, silver and jewelry in the tomb, and those things filled six carriages.

Long Fei and Zhao Yun followed the leader to Yuzhou, and Cao Mengde was in Yuzhou at this time.Although I haven't seen Long Fei for some time, but after meeting, naturally there is no relationship.

Cao Mengde asked about Long Fei's recent situation, and after learning that Liu Biao made him a county lieutenant, he cursed Liu Biao for nothing.And righteously told Long Fei that as long as he is willing to stay, Cao Mengde is willing to agree to all of Long Fei's requests.It's not because of the deep friendship between Cao Mengde and Long Fei, but because he just heard the bidder mention the Mangshan tomb.

Experts will know if there is one as soon as they make a move. Don't look at the few people who have been buried in the tomb for a short time, but they can tell at a glance that those things in the tomb have been touched.Being able to open the two-story sarcophagus and restore it to its original state, no one would change clothes. Long Fei or Zhao Yun had the same ability as them.

What is the most expensive this year?Of course it's talent.Since Long Fei has such abilities, Cao Mengde lacks such technical talents now.He is really thirsty for talents now, and he can't wait to let Long Fei be used by him immediately.But he knew better than anyone else that Long Fei had always been a casual person.

He has dealt with so many people in the Han Dynasty, but there is only one person that Long Fei is willing to do things for.It's a pity that that person died young, even Cao Mengde was a pity.If that person hadn't passed away prematurely, I'm afraid the future of this era will undergo earth-shaking changes.

"Long Fei, listen to my brother's persuasion, don't mess around with Liu Biao's son of a bitch anymore. Just hang out with me, as long as you have a bite of your brother's food, you won't be hungry." Cao Mengde patted Long Fei's shoulder and said: "Otherwise it's okay. Okay, you stay with me now. Whenever you want to leave, I will never stop you. "

This Cao Mengde originally belonged to the same era as Sun Jian, but now he calls Long Fei his brother.As Sun Jian's adoptive son, Long Fei naturally wanted to correct this title for him.

Picking up the wine glass on the table, Long Fei said: "Uncle Cao, don't worry, since I have promised to stay, I will definitely not go back on my word. I just want to know, Uncle Cao, what kind of official are you going to appoint me? "

If Cao Mengde invited Long Fei ten days ago, he would definitely have been rejected.But Long Fei had already made up his mind a few days ago that he could no longer mess around with Liu Biao.This guy looked down on Long Fei at all, and he might be able to succeed under his command, but it would take too long.

In order for Long Fei to better understand the current situation, Cao Mengde explained it to him in detail.

The power of the princes has risen one after another, and everyone is recruiting soldiers and horses to grab the territory.Raising soldiers requires military pay and food, and the most difficult thing to get in this situation is military pay.It is quite normal for a city to change hands several times within a few days.

Today the one named Zhang occupies the city, maybe tomorrow it will become the territory of Guan.The situation where you are fighting for me is too chaotic, which makes it impossible for the people in these places to farm normally.Even where there are conditions for cultivation, it takes a long time to reap the harvest after planting the seeds.

Military pay and food and grass have become a big problem, and every force is trying to find a way to raise food and grass.Many people rushed to rob food, and many people went to the local wealthy gentry to borrow food and money.But it is not difficult to borrow if you have to borrow and repay. The princes have no income at all and only expenses. Cao Mengde also encountered the same problem.

Although he used to have a lot of money, but the two years of raising soldiers and fighting wars have long been spent, so he saved up.He thought of all the ways he could think of, and he even took the emperor to order the princes.Let the emperor promulgate an imperial decree for him, and let the princes pay tribute to the court on time every month.Naturally, these things went into Cao Mengde's pocket, but unfortunately, Cao Mengde couldn't get any money.

In order to raise soldiers and fight wars, Cao Mengde even sold his family's house.Letting his wife and children follow him to fight here and there, the two of them have suffered a lot in recent years.He didn't want to make plans for the living, so Cao Mengde could only make plans for the dead.

The soldiers didn't have enough food to eat and no clothes to cover their bodies, but there were so many rare treasures buried in the tombs of the emperors and ministers after their death.When a choice had to be made, Cao Mengde chose the former without hesitation.He can't let these soldiers shed blood and tears with him, so he needs to ensure that their families have no worries about food and clothing.

No matter how long the war lasts, the families of these people can live in peace and stability.The most important thing is that they all live in the territory controlled by Cao Mengde.

Some people also persuaded Cao Mengde, hoping that he must think twice.Stealing the tombs of those emperors, generals or princes will definitely bring bad luck to Cao Mengde and even the Cao family in the future.But Cao Mengde said to this person that he would rather pay any price for this in the future than regret not doing it in the future.

Of course, Cao Mengde would not have taken this path if he hadn't been forced into a corner.

Fifteen days ago, Cao Mengde's men captured a city.Appease the people in the city and let them farm with peace of mind.It is forbidden for soldiers to harass the lives of the people in the city, and those who violate the order are engaged in military law.After they captured the city, several forces came to attack the city.Ten days ago, the city had changed hands.

The siege suffered heavy casualties, and it was not easy to defend the city.But after fighting for a long time and killing so many people, they didn't get any benefit in the end.There are also rumors that after Cao's army was defeated, the people who occupied that city robbed food and ransacked all the rich people in the city.

He couldn't do this with Cao Mengde, so in the end he could only choose to take a path that others didn't want to take and dared not take.

That night, Cao Mengde announced an appointment in the military tent.From now on, Feng Longfei will be appointed Captain of Mojin, capable of commanding thousands of soldiers, and will report directly to Cao Mengde if there is any need.

After Long Fei was conferred the title of Lieutenant of Mojin, Cao Mengde asked someone to take Long Fei and Zhao Yun to rest.When passing several military tents, Long Fei saw many wounded.Because there are not enough herbs, many people can only bear the pain.Some people even fainted from the pain, but they never complained.

Long Fei went over to chat with them, hoping to learn more about it.In fact, what they said was more tragic than what Cao Mengde told Long Fei. They could fight against the enemy's army several times in order to protect the people.In order to save more people from the flames of war, they even sacrificed their lives.

But they haven't received their military pay for a long time, and they haven't had a full meal for a long time.Especially for the soldiers who were not injured, their food standards were voluntarily lowered.Even if the food standard cannot be lowered any more, they can still reduce the amount of food they eat.Save what is saved for the injured who need nutrition, so that they can recover from their injuries as soon as possible.

Cao Mengde was right, all his subordinates were loyal to him.Because he did give them hope, he did give them a hopeful faith.

People who have no long-term worries must have near-term worries, but now they have both long-term and near-term worries.They are bitter, but they don't say it.The road is chosen by themselves, and they have to walk on their knees.

Long Fei went to three military tents and saw no less than a hundred wounded soldiers.The youngest among them is 15 years old, and the oldest is only [-] years old.I joined the army mostly because I didn't have enough to eat, and I also wanted to reduce some burdens on my family.There are also some people who want to protect their families from the flames of war.

Cao Mengde once promised them that he would never do something like a bear breaking a stick.If you guard a place, you must stick to it. Most of these soldiers are from Yuzhou.Now Cao Mengde's main force is here, and they follow Cao Mengde to protect their family.

Some people have great ambitions and hope to be able to make a difference in this troubled world.Some people have no big ambitions, hoping to have enough food, warm clothes and no worries.There is nothing wrong with these two kinds of people, it's just that the era they live in requires them to adapt to it.Survival of the fittest is an unchanging law of nature.

The next day, Long Fei met several Captain Mojin who were like him.When they learned that Long Fei was like them, they unreservedly told Long Fei a lot about Captain Mojin.Because they are Cao Mengde's most trusted people, otherwise they would not be allowed to be in charge of thousands of soldiers.

They never participated in any battles, although sometimes Cao Mengde himself took the lead, but these people would not let their subordinates go to the battlefield to fight their lives.Because those are not their forte, their forte is finding tombs, digging tombs, finding more tombs.

They specialize in techniques, so as long as they do their jobs well, they will be the greatest support for Cao Mengde and Cao Jiajun.Cao Mengde has mentioned to them more than once that no matter how tight the battle is, they and their soldiers are not allowed to participate in the battle.Their task is to raise more military pay and provide Cao's army with as much military pay as possible.

After listening to the introductions of several lieutenants Mojin, Long Fei finally understood Cao Mengde's good intentions.Maybe many people regard Cao Mengde as a traitor, but at this time Long Fei can understand Cao Mengde's involuntary.Because so many soldiers followed him, and these people entrusted their lives to him, he had to be responsible for them.

From then on, Long Fei became the Captain of Mojin under Cao Mengde's command.From a layman, he gradually became a professional captain of Mojin.

In order to fulfill his promise to Cao Mengde, Long Fei set his sights on the cemetery in the hinterland of Mang Mountain.That was originally Liu Biao's territory, and people had to bow their heads under the eaves.Now that he is no longer with him, Long Fei will of course give this guy who killed his adoptive father a generous gift.

(End of this chapter)