Although it was a dinner party to welcome Yang Xiu, neither Fei Qian nor the officials and geniuses in Pingyang really wanted to wait for Yang Xiu, the host and guest, to start the banquet. When Yang Xiu arrived at the banquet, the dinner had actually begun.
This is naturally a very rude behavior.
But this level of rudeness is nothing now.
Perhaps this is the response to the previous reverence?
Yang Xiu suddenly remembered the stories of those envoys on missions to the Huns or the Western Regions, who were stripped of their clothes and covered with ink and feces on their faces. He couldn't help but feel a little heroic spirit in his chest, and he walked up with his head held high, "Hahaha..."
But Yang Xiu's laughter quickly seemed to be choked by something, and it got stuck, "Ha...ah?"
Fei Qian sat in the hall, except for the important officials in the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion, they were basically represented by Hedong gentry. As for ordinary officials or ordinary identities, they could only attend in the corridors on both sides of the courtyard.
These are not unusual, and they were somewhat expected by Yang Xiu, but Yang Xiu did not expect that he could see someone in Fei Qianyi whom he absolutely did not expect...
Yuan Shang.
Yang Xiu couldn't help but close his eyes and opened them.
That's right, it's Yuan Shang!
Yuan Shang stood up and waved to Yang Xiu, "Dezu, come here."
Yang Xiu hurriedly stepped forward a few steps, "Xianfu..., is it really you?"
Yang Xiu could hardly believe his eyes.
Where is this?
Could this be in a dream?
Or in Luoyang?
How is this possible?
Yang Xiu didn't see anything Yuan Liu from Cao Cao! Not to mention sitting openly on the table!
If Yuan Shang sat far away on the side of the courtyard and became one of the ordinary minor officials, Yang Xiu would not be so surprised. After all, Yang Xiu knew more or less what happened to some of Yuan Shao's sons in Cao Cao's hands. So when he saw Yuan Shang sitting under Fei Qian, and seemed to look pretty good, he was stunned.
Fei Qian said that he was treating Yang Xiu with the air, but he was really just treating the air. After sitting down and drinking with Yang Xiu for three rounds, he got up and left.
Alas?!
Yang Xiu and Fei sneaked away before they suddenly widened their eyes.
I haven't said anything yet! What about my promised drama of Yang Dezu's quarrel against many scholars?
Is this cut?
Looking back on the words Fei Qian said just now, Yang Xiu thought it was just a polite greeting at the beginning, but he didn't expect it to be all?
He originally planned to talk about the great righteousness of the world and the common people, and then talk about Cao Cao's army that had crossed the river and went straight to Zhongtiao Mountain, and would march into Anyi soon, etc. As a result, before he could tell the thought-provoking draft, Fei Qian left?
Then do you still say it or not?
Yuan Shang sat beside Yang Xiu, and as Yang Xiu's accompanying guest, his expression was very calm. He neither flattered nor endured humiliation. Sometimes when he said a few old things in Jizhou, his tone was calm, neither anxious nor impatient.
After Fei sneaked away, Xun Chen hosted the dinner on his behalf.
Xun Chen himself has a good literary talent. After drinking for two more tours, he knocked on the tiles with chopsticks, beat the beats, and sang loudly:
"The land of Pingyang is so prosperous! It is surrounded by the river and the control of the sacred house. It is leaning on the left and the river is rising from the right..."
"The city of Pingyang is so majestic! Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are at peace. The flowers and leaves are beautiful in spring and summer, and the village is full of grain in autumn and winter..."
"The man from Pingyang is so brave! He has many talents and has a clear mind. He used to be King Wuling of Zhao, but now he has...
『Haaa... Come on, come on, drink!!』
Xun Chen didn't finish speaking, but everyone understood the meaning.
Scholars all have this tone.
It’s like I can only say that I understand everything, but I don’t understand what I don’t understand…
But the poems are indeed so simple that they cannot be more simple, so Yang Xiu naturally understood what Xun Chen had not finished saying.
No one went to talk to Yang Xiu, no one cared about whether Yang Xiu was happy or something, he looked like a guest, but also like an outsider.
Laughing and joy filled my ears.
The wine and meat are fragrant and full of nose.
But Yang Xiu felt that he always had a gap between him and the people around him.
Pingyang is really so relaxed and ignores Cao Cao's army?
This is impossible, absolutely impossible!
In Shandong, although the children of the gentry did not delay drinking, music, poetry, singing and dancing, the people in Shandong delayed a lot of farming due to the successive battles, and the tax collection and adjustment made the food very tight. Cao Cao had repeatedly banned wine brewing. Of course, Shandong gentry and gentry also had ways to deal with this ban, such as what was not brewed later, but brewed before.
But why can Pingyang land be so free?
These questions were still unanswered until Yang Xiu returned to the inn.
What exactly does Fei Qian want to do?
...
...
"The boys suffered a lot of casualties..."
Near Zhang Yangchi, Zhang Xi said to Cao Hong carefully.
Although the wind and snowy days affected the performance of gunpowder and long-range weapons, for Sima Yi, he cleverly made Cao Hong lose his calmness...
To be honest, which father can calm down after seeing his child’s head?
And it's a pickled product.
Therefore, Zhang Xi could not stop him at that time.
But now, Sima Yi chose the location, which is really a headache.
The place of battle was backed by Sima Yi's military camp, so no matter how Cao's army chose, it was a relative disadvantage.
At the beginning, Cao's army directly attacked Sima Yi's original formation.
Not able to take it down.
Then Cao's army divided into two groups, one by Zhang Xi and his men to attack Sima Yi's military camp, and the other by Cao Hong himself was asking Sima Yi for trouble. Cao Hong still failed to take Sima Yi, while Zhang Xi, who was going to attack the military camp, was trapped. Under the snow, there were dug trenches and caltrops. More than 40 people were injured before the war started...
Especially Cao Jun, who was injured by the caltrop, said he was seriously injured, but he was not considered a matter of being a serious injury, but he said that he wanted these soldiers to fight with injuries, and his combat effectiveness would be reduced by at least 30% to 40%...
As time goes by, the casualties of Cao's army gradually increased, and under such weather, it is difficult for wounded soldiers to be effectively treated, and the troubles are also increasing.
Now there are many wounded soldiers in the back camp of Cao's army, moaning and howling day and night.
Not everyone can adapt to these Cao army soldiers who have lived in Shandong for a long time and are relatively warm when they arrive in a place of bitter and cold. The armor they wear on them cannot protect the soles of their feet, nor can they protect their exposed fingers and toes.
The lack of details that seem insignificant in daily life has now led to the inexplicable injuries of Cao's soldiers.
The knife was not greased and frozen in the scabbard. When it was pulled out, it accidentally hurt himself or the person next to it.
If you don’t have enough straps to tie your hands and feet to keep warm, frostbite and frostbite begin to occur frequently when fighting in the wild.
The armor has no cushion layer, and the metal armor sheet does provide protection, but it also quickly takes away the heat...
These problems were not encountered by Cao's soldiers in Shandong. Strictly speaking, they all seemed to be trivial matters, but when small matters accumulate, the soldiers led by Cao Hong gradually lost their spirits.
In the cold, even a breath of heat seemed to be frozen.
The breath of death is so close that it makes people feel trembling.
As the core general of the Cao army, Cao Hong had three layers of heavy armor on his body. The outer iron armor was condensed with frost, and it made a crackling sound when it moved.
Cao Hong listened to Zhang Xi's report on the casualties of soldiers, with a blank expression on his face.
The loss of so many people in this small Zhang Yangchi made Cao Hong feel upset.
The huge casualties in the army have exceeded the psychological expectations of many Cao's soldiers. If a certain victory cannot be achieved, then...
While Cao Hong was hesitating, a scout from Cao's army suddenly came in a hurry, covered in snow powder and mud, "General! Cavalry... Cavalrymen withdrew!"
『What...what?!" Cao Hong was stunned, 『Removed?!"
The scouts of Cao's army reported that when they were investigating, they found that there were birds falling in Sima Yi's military camp, and they noticed something was wrong. So they bravely approached the military camp. They found that Sima Yi's military camp was empty, leaving only some empty shells and broken tents, as well as various abandoned wastes, which seemed to be quite hastily evacuated.
Cao Hong frowned.
This is not completely impossible either.
Because there were injured soldiers here in Cao's army, there were also Sima Yi's side.
Of course, Cao Hong could not know the number of wounded soldiers under Sima Yi, but if the wounded soldiers under Sima Yi reached a certain limit and withdrew back to Puban County to rest, it seemed to be a reasonable reason.
What is the real situation?
But no matter what it is, just listening to the scout's narrative description is not enough to clearly understand the situation, so...
Cao Hong glanced at Zhang Xi.
Zhang Xi's eyes turned, "General...will there be a fraud?"
"Are there any fraud?" Cao Hong asked in a deep voice, "Let's hear."
"this……"
Of course, Zhang Xi didn't know where there was a fraud, but he felt that Sima Yi had not yet reached the point of withdrawing troops for no reason, and Cao's army was not very morale now, and there was not enough supplements and cold-proof supplies. He rushed up in one breath and continued to attack Puban County. It was probably not a good idea.
But he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only rack his brains and laughed dryly: "This... I heard that this Sima thief was treacherous, and this... the withdrawal of troops was mostly just a secret ambush..."
As for what ambush and what methods, Zhang Xi didn't know, but wouldn't it prevent him from guessing?
It is best to be lenient for the enemy, so no matter why Sima Yi retreated, we have won now, so we should not report good news to the rear, then retrieve supplies, wait for new troops to replenish them?
Cao Hong frowned, thought for a moment, and shook his head. He had a different understanding of Sima Yi's withdrawal.
"The cavalry and the horses are sharp, and now the firearms are damaged very much under the wind and snow..." Cao Hong said in a deep voice, "The Sima thief has used up all the firearms. The baggage in Puban is difficult to replenish, so he retreats timidly... If we let it go and wait for the thief to return to Puban, wouldn't it be that the enemy?"
This seems to make some sense.
In the past few days of battle, Sima Yi did mostly use firearms to support the advantage of the battlefield. Moreover, the damage to the firearms must be very serious in the wind and snow weather. Not only Cao Hong knew this, but Zhang Xi also understood this. Therefore, Sima Yi used up all the firearms in the battle, and now he did not dare to continue fighting. It seems that it makes sense to escape from Zhang Yangchi.
"What the general said..." Zhang Xi could not find any reason to refute, "It's so stupid... my subordinates...
'It's okay, it's okay...' Cao Hong patted Zhang Xi on the shoulder, 'It's urgent, you can lead a group of troops first! Someone leads the central army behind, don't let the little thief escape easily!'
Zhang Xi bowed his head and took the order, "Abide by the general's order..."
Although Zhang Xi had a vague premonition in his heart, he was not the chief general, he was just Cao Hong's general and he had to obey Cao Hong's orders. Even if this order had certain risks, Zhang Xi had to do it, otherwise, according to military law, Cao Hong could directly chop off his head.
I hope...
Everything was as Cao Hong expected.
...
...
After the incident, everyone is a god.
Standing on the shoulders of history, everyone is God.
But if you really know the process of things and understand the context of history, you can really grasp everything completely?
If these gods and God are allowed to predict their future...
Who knows this?
When he was in Heluo before, Yang Xiu could not have thought that he would come to Pingyang to meet Fei Qian and Yuan Shang.
Yang Xiu looked at Yuan Shang sitting in Pingyang's Cavalry General's Mansion very calmly. He appeared as a guest. After Yang Xiu returned to the inn, he was in a state of chaos and felt that his brain was suddenly not enough.
The dishes at General Cavalry’s dinner were naturally very exquisite, but after Yang Xiu returned to the inn, he suddenly realized that he couldn’t remember what dishes he had eaten. Almost all his thoughts were disrupted, like a chaos.
Yang Xiu claimed to be smart and good at speculating on people's hearts.
This is his ability that he has always been proud of...
Now it seems like it is trapped in a quagmire and there is no edge at all.
He came to Pingyang, and everything seemed to be fine, but everything seemed to be a problem, a problem that he could not understand or understand.
Yang Xiu asked the Yang guards who came with him, and learned that his guards and the other Cao troops were just confined to the inn and could not walk around at will, without any difficulties or insults, and did not even hear any sarcasm.
It's like...
Yang Xiu sat in the darkness of the lights, closed his eyes, and began to recall everything since he arrived in Pingyang little by little.
When he just arrived in Pingyang, Yang Xiu suddenly realized that Fei Qian must be in Pingyang.
Because Pingyang has three rings!
Pingyang and Chang'an are almost two extremes.
Apart from the original city and lingyi in Chang'an, Fei Qian did not build any new city walls. At most, it only repaired the original city walls damaged, but in Pingyang...
The red bricks and stones seemed to appear more solid after experiencing the baptism of wind and rain, and also revealed a vicissitudes and calm atmosphere. The towers and corner towers on the city walls seemed to be loyal giants guarding Pingyang, always guarding the surroundings.
Yang Xiu couldn't help but think of Luoyang City, remembering that he had always wanted to repair it, but he had never completely repaired it. He felt a layer of sorrow in his heart, which made his throat tight.
Not only that, Pingyang's defenders also impressed Yang Xiu.
The Pingyang defenders who were on duty at the city and on the main roads were basically standard, and they were usually equipped with an exquisite beast-faced round shield. They were basically very burly. When they stood there, they looked like a small iron tower. They must be the elite among the elites and were directly under the cavalry.
The city is strong and the soldiers are strong, so Fei Qian here seems to have become an inevitable result...
Everything seems to be very reasonable.
But Yang Xiu felt that something seemed wrong.
Suddenly, Yang Xiu seemed to realize something, but was not sure, so he closed his eyes and focused on it...
Faces flashed through Yang Xiu's mind.
Yuan Shang.
Xun Chen.
In addition to these two people who left a deep impression on Yang Xiu at the banquet, other people attending the banquet also...
Xuan's Chen's family.
That was from Shangdang, the family and border general.
The Shangdang also had Shentu family and Shentu Yi, whose ancestor was the prime minister...
By the way, there is also the bronze trumpet Li Ying. He sat in the corridor on the left. When he saw Yang Xiu, he bowed slightly, but Yang Xiu couldn't remember him for a moment...
On the right side of the corridor, it seems that Taiyuan County is the main one, including the Linghu clan, Wang clan, Wen clan, Jiexiu Guo clan, and Zhongdu Sun clan...
By the way, when Sun Zi saw him, he seemed to shook his sleeves with contempt.
In addition, there are also Pei, Liu, Chang, etc. in Hedong.
『So that's it, so that's it...』
Yang Xiu murmured.
No wonder Fei Qian didn’t need to say much to Yang Xiu. The situation at the banquet explained everything.
No wonder Yuan Shang's eyes were quite strange when pouring wine for himself, as if he had seen his companions...
I should have thought of it long ago!
Yang Xiu suddenly became a little angry. His face turned red and his fists were clenched. He wanted to roar, pointing to the sky and earth that even if he was killed by swords and guns, kicked to death by war horses, chopped off his head, or even hanged himself, he would not move into Feixiong Xuan like Yuan Shang!
But after a moment, Yang Xiu thought that Yuan Shang might have thought so too back then.
It's easy to die, but it's really hard to die...
Yang Xiu sat down again with anger and his shoulders drooped.
If Yang Xiu was alone, he might have really had this kind of courage, the courage to face death.
But he is not. He has old men and young men, and there is a big stall in the middle. If he was unwilling to bear this responsibility, he would have been killed on the stone steps when he was humiliated before, and he would not have been captured by Cao's army, nor would he go to Pingyang.
So, Yang Xiu is the next Yuan Shang.
Yuan Shang looked at Yang Xiu, as if he was looking at Yuan Shang himself, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it.
Ke Feiqian asked these people to come, really just to show these things?
No other meaning?
Chapter completed!