Chapter 504 Huge obstacles, fierce general Xu Chu (two chapters in one)
When Qing Cang got on the submarine, he suddenly remembered someone, that was Guan Haodong. This guy never met him again since he left the factory. He didn't know whether it was death or life. If it was death, it was the best. If it was alive, find some time to kill him. Anyway, all the people related to the Black Dragon will have to die.
"Commander, what's wrong?"
"It's okay, let's go!"
The air submarine began to sink, left here, heading towards the main line of Luoshui towards the Yellow River.
As they walked along, they saw a large number of officers and soldiers rushing to the arsenal, but this kind of explosion cannot be handled with a large number of people. No matter how many people go, it is just a sacrifice.
Qingcang and Zhou Cang drove an air submarine towards the direction of Sishui Pass. When they arrived outside Sishui Pass, it was almost early in the morning.
After being tired for a day, they found a safe place and stopped the submarine. It was time to take a good rest and keep their energy in mind. There was no need to be too anxious when they went to Xuchang again at dawn. Qing Cang looked at the time and it was almost 0 o'clock.
So they turned on the telegram machine. At this time, it should be the time for Yang Xiaomei and the others to send the telegram. They had formed a tacit understanding. Whenever someone sent someone to answer it, Qing Cang listened attentively to the sound of the telegram, and kept writing down the password with a pen. At the same time, he wrote down the content of the telegram sent by Yang Xiaomei in front of the password book.
Zhou Cang asked: "What is the commander's telegram saying?"
Qing Cang said. "There are two main things. The first thing is that although the Black Dragon is in Xuchang, our intelligence personnel cannot find out his exact location."
This means that the Black Dragon's anti-reconnaissance ability is very strong. If he can find his location, then Qing Cang just needs to send an assassin to kill him. However, so far, the black dragon's traces are still missing, and he can only hear the sound of the person. This is quite embarrassing. So Qing Cang asked Yang Xiaomei and others to closely monitor the whereabouts of the Black Dragon. If he can find the whereabouts of the Black Dragon and kill him. Of course, his purpose of this trip is to find the Black Dragon to reveal it. If he can find the Black Dragon, he will not be ruthless. He can kill the Black Dragon once and kill him a second time.
"This guy from Black Dragon is so cunning. Chen Shou is already so terrifying. Besides, this big guy. What is the second thing Commander Yang said?"
Qing Cang continued, "The second thing is that Cao's army is hoarding grain and has achieved certain results."
"What stockpiling food?"
"Yes. Cao Cao's army is very huge now. The number of troops is very large. It is said that there are millions of soldiers and horses. Such a large number of soldiers must require a lot of food. This daily consumption can be described as a huge amount."
In history, it has been said that in order to solve the problem of military food, Cao Cao used the materials seized by the Yellow Turban He Yi and other troops of the Yingchuan Yellow Turban in February and opened military farms in Xuchang, Henan, and obtained one million hu of grain that year. So Cao Cao ordered all prefectures and counties to establish land officials and recruit people to farm. The military farms were divided into two types: Mintun and military farms. Mintun were distributed to military farms by the government, and the people cultivated a piece of land and divided them with the government after harvesting.
At that time, it was stipulated that the people divided the private cattle into half with the government; the officials and cattle were given 60% to the government, and they had 40% of them. Cao Cao divided the Grand Minister of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the
Judging from the above policies, it has to be said that Cao Cao is also a talent for governing the country. Although his policies have fallen a lot compared to Qing Cang, his policies are still of great reference value compared to others.
Zhou Cang said. Did the Cao army want to fight again? This was his first reaction. It seemed that there was no other explanation besides this explanation. Judging from the production progress of their military factories, it was only a matter of time before Cao Cao launched his troops. As for whom he was going to fight, he probably knew. In the world, except for the Yuan brothers, only Huaxia City was enough to reach their eyes. As for Shu and Wu, both countries were also controlled by the Black Dragon. So it can be said that these three countries are connected together. If calculated based on probability, Huaxia's probability is the greatest.
Qing Cang said: "Yes. After we destroyed his military factory this time, I think he will be honest. This is not from Qing Cang's confidence. The firearms and gunpowder needed by Cao's army to fight now have been destroyed. What are they using to compete with Huaxia City? It can be said that more than half of the chips in their hands have been lost."
The messages sent by Yang Xiaomei are not considered good news, but it doesn't matter. When he arrives in Xuchang tomorrow, he may be able to find out where the Heilong is.
"Zhou Cang. Have a good night's rest tonight, and we'll get ashore tomorrow."
Zhoucang Yingdao is between Xuchang and Sishui Pass. It is all land, and Qingcang can no longer rely on the Yellow River to complete the journey to Xuchang. So from tomorrow, they must walk on land. From Sishui to Xuchang, they can reach it at most one day and one night. Of course, there must be horses here.
Qing Cang thought that Heilong would never have thought that he would come to Xuchang alone. This was a surprising way of playing.
At this time, Qing Cang looked at Luoyang more than a hundred kilometers away. At this time, the flames soared into the sky. It was obvious how huge the explosion was. It lasted for a very long time. The entire military factory was sank into the sea of fire.
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Until the next day, when the sky was just dawn, Qing Cang took Zhou Cang to the shore and headed towards Xuchang. As for the air submarine, he placed it in a corner, covered it with some weeds and locked it. He might use it when he returns one day. But it is not now, or he may go back to Huaxia City by other means. Anyway, as long as he spends a small amount of points, he can transport the air submarine to his place.
When they went to the shore, they went to a market and bought a set of clothes. Qing Cang. Her current dress was too eye-catching. So he bought an ancient Hanfu to wear and a hat. In this way, no one noticed that he had short hair and would not care about his strange clothes. By the way, he also bought two horses and prepared some dry food to trick him into Xuchang.
They went to Xuchang. Busy people could be seen everywhere. They were working, and almost every household had a cow. Some of these cows were private, and some were government officials. The policies implemented by Cao Cao were indeed effective. It would definitely not work if he allowed to develop like this. This would cause huge obstacles to the unification of the Three Kingdoms in the future.
Xuchang was called Xudu by Cao Cao, and it was a base for Cao Cao in the early days. Although it was a small place at that time, it was relatively prosperous. In addition, Cao Cao originally wanted to "subject the emperor to order the emperor to refuse his ministers", and it would be more convenient for him to control the situation in the court.
In 195 AD, Li Jue and Guo Si in Chang'an fought a fire. The foreign relative Dong Cheng and a group of ministers took Emperor Xian of Han to escape from Chang'an and returned to Luoyang. However, the palace in Luoyang had already been burned up by Dong Zhuo, and there were broken bricks and thorns and wild grass everywhere.
Emperor Xian of Han arrived in Luoyang, without a palace and lived in a dilapidated house of an official. Some civil and military officials had no place to live, so they had to build a straw shed next to the broken walls. The biggest difficulty was that there was no source of food. Emperor Xian of Han sent people to run around and asked officials from all over the country to deliver food to the court. However, everyone was busy grabbing territory and did not take the emperor seriously at all, and no one was willing to send food.
Cao Cao immediately smelled this opportunity and immediately sent Cao Hong to Luoyang to welcome Emperor Xian of Han. Dong Cheng and other ministers were afraid of Cao Cao, so they sent troops to stop Cao Hong's men. Later, Cao Cao personally went to Luoyang and explained to them that Luoyang now lacked food. Xu had food, but it was inconvenient to transport it, so he had to ask the emperor and the ministers to move there temporarily so as not to get cold and hungry here. Emperor Xian of Han and the ministers heard that Xu had food, and they were eager to move the capital as soon as possible. Finally, Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of Han to Xucheng. From then on, Xucheng became the temporary capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so it was called Xudu.
Later, Cao Cao built a palace for Emperor Xian of Han in Xudu, allowing Emperor Xian to officially attend court. Cao Cao proclaimed himself a general and began to issue orders to the tyrants of states and counties in the name of Emperor Xian of Han. This was to use the emperor to order the princes.
After taking over Emperor Xian of Han, Heilong made his mark and asked Cao Cao to use Luoyang. Judging from the convenience of Luoyang's transportation, it would be great to use it as a base for Luoyang as a capital of many ancient dynasties, which is the case with the military factory.
I believe that the news of the military factory being burned may have reached Xuchang. Cao Cao and Heilong must be very worried at this time.
However, these are not what Qing Cang pays attention to. What he is interested in is whether he can find out where the black dragon is in Xuchang and kill him.
Qing Cang and Zhou Cang arrived outside Xuchang City until almost noon. When they first arrived in Xuchang City, they were amazed by the defenses in the city. The defenses laid out in Xuchang City are no less than Huaxia City. Moreover, the materials used on the city walls are also concrete. This is a completely submodern capital. If Qing Cang wanted to attack the city, it would be quite difficult with his current weapons.
This made him admire the man Heilong, but he didn't know how many years it took them to make the entire Xuchang like this. At the same time, he also had some ideas about Xuchang, and perhaps he could take Xuchang City under his command. He completely saved the time to rebuild the city.
"Commander, we will arrive in Xuchang in another five miles. Are we going directly into the city?"
"Yes, go straight into the city! Are we rich enough?"
Qing Cang asked. The reason he used to come to Xuchang was naturally Wuzhu coins, not Huayuan. In the morning, they exchanged some Wuzhu coins with gold, but a large part of them bought horses and clothes and dry food. Judging from Qing Cang's meaning, it seemed that he would have to stay in the city for some time.
“Some, some, and there is still the rest.”
"That's great, let's go!"
The two rode their horses to Xuchang. Just two miles away, they saw that one person was born with a tiger-back and a bear-back, and was very brave. This person's dress was not much the same as the Xuchang people. In ancient times, there were some differences in clothes in each region. The way they dressed in clothes can basically tell the difference between locals and foreigners.
When Qing Cang saw that this person was young and heroic, he asked Zhou Cang to come forward to stop the man.
The big man asked, "Is there anything wrong with the hero?"
Zhou Cang said: "Next Zhou Cang, I would like to ask the hero why he went to Xuchang?"
The ancients had straight stomachs and were not as damned as modern people. The strong man smiled and said, "I am here to vote for Cao Cao! Zhou Cang, are you here to vote for Cao Cao?"
Xu Chu and Qing Cang immediately came to his senses when he heard this name. You must know that Xu Chu's bravery is not worse than Dian Wei at all, and he is even stronger. At the key point, he is loyal. If he can get his help, his general lineup will be expanded again.
When Xu Chu was young, he was active in Runan, Huainan (now Shangshui County). Xu Chu was famous for his bravery when he was young. He gathered thousands of villagers to resist the attack of more than 10,000 bandit soldiers in Gepi, Runan. When Xu Chu used up his arrows, he used flying stones to attack the enemy, so that the bandits would not dare to approach, which was better than Dian Wei's flying halberd to retreat to the enemy. Later, the food stored in the village was about to be exhausted, Xu Chu pretended to ask for peace with the bandits and discussed using the cows in the village to exchange for the grain of the bandits. When the bandits put down the grain and led the cow away, he didn't expect the cow to run back by himself. Xu Chu went to the formation and dragged the cows over a hundred steps. This was probably the legendary tiger pushing the eight-sided tiger and swaying the nine-ox to return.
Zhou Cang asked: "There are so many heroes in the world, why are there only Cao Cao?"
Xu Chu smiled and said, "The only heroes in the world, Qingcang and Cao Cao are the ones who worship each other. Because Huaxia City is too far away, I came to Xuchang to join Cao Cao."
When Qing Cang heard this, he laughed directly. This reason was really weird.
Xu Chu wondered why Qingcang was laughing, so he asked, "Why are you laughing, this hero?"
"I am Qing Cang in your mouth! The reason why I laugh at you is very interesting."
Xu Chu looked at Qing Cang and did not find any difference between Qing Cang and others.
You should know if this is really Qing Cang from Huaxia City, then why would he vote for Cao Cao and directly vote for Qing Cang. Anyway, Qing Cang already knows what his purpose is. But what if not?
"You said you are Qing Cang, the lord of Huaxia City, can you prove it?"
"What proof do you want?"
"I heard Qing Cang's short hair on his head and his clothes were very strange, but I see that you are wearing the same clothes as me, I'm afraid it's fake?"
Xu Chu said it very reasonably. Qing Cang is going to prove now that he is Qing Cang. To be honest, this proof is clear, how can he prove that he is Qing Cang? In order to recruit Xu Chu.
Chapter completed!