Cao Cao crosses Wu Dalang

Chapter 546 Reported to Chrysanthemum Blooming Alone
On the tenth day of September, Cao Cao's troops arrived in Jizhou.

Zhang Shun, the general guarding the west gate, saw Cao Cao's soldiers approaching from a distance, hurried down to the city, pulled a horse, jumped on, and galloped to meet him.

Cao Cao laughed and said, "My brother, why bother talking about such vain etiquette?"

Zhang Shun hurriedly said: "Brother, I came here to report something."

Let's talk about yesterday's great victory over the Liao Army: Li Ying was rescued from prison, and the enemy's chief general was beheaded.

He also said that Li Jun's policy of exchanging Khitan heads for money and food was just that he was afraid that Lao Cao would blame him, so he only said "I will wait for the brothers to discuss", without mentioning that it was Li Jun's own idea——

"In the beginning, there were only a few people who came, most of them were city foxes and rats. Later, the news spread that the Liao army had been defeated. From last night to the present day, thousands of people came to exchange money and food. Now the city is in chaos, and the rich Khitans gathered to protect themselves. Brother Li Jun didn't pay any attention to those who went to the streets to kill Han'er in groups, and only ordered the brothers to secure the big treasury and the city gate."

"It was also Li Jun who asked my younger brother to come here to wait for my elder brother, and asked my elder brother to inform me about this matter before entering the city, and then decide where to go."

After listening to him quietly, Cao Cao was a little stunned at first, then remained silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "Speaking of it, this plan is not the best strategy...but Brother Li Jun's hard work is really good."

With his wisdom, although Zhang Shun deliberately concealed it, he had already seen the clues when he said "Li Jun asked the younger brother to wait for the older brother", and he was also clear about the plot behind it.

He bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then thought carefully: "You wait for your brother to follow you as a brother, and wait for the day when you are successful in a hundred battles. Needless to say, the wealth and glory of this life, and the confinement of your wife and son. It's just that in the history, after all, you should leave a mark." good name..."

Speaking of this, the faster the speed of speech, it is obvious that he has made up his mind: "That's all! From now on, your soldiers and horses in Jizhou City are the Chrysanthemum Army of the Liaodi Uprising. Wen Da, Zhou Tong and the five hundred elite cavalry are all It has nothing to do with Wu's army! The Chrysanthemum Army has Li Jun as its commander, Wen Da and Li Ying are its deputy. Zhang Tiedan, and the rest of the brothers all have pseudonyms..."

Speaking of this, there was a smile on his face again: "Wait for you and others to gather troops, attack Tanzhou in the west, take Ping, Jing, Ying, and Luozhou in the east, and defend the Great Wall for my brother. I will lead the army myself and take another The alias, first take the two prefectures of You and Shun, and then annex Kyushu behind the mountain. When the opportunity comes, you will "lead your troops to surrender" and return to your real name in the future. During this period, all the evil things were done by Li Wudi and Zhang Tiedan. Er Zhang Shun and Li Jun have nothing to do."

The so-called sixteen states of Youyun are divided into seven states in front of the mountain, nine states behind the mountain, seven states in front of the mountain, Tan, Shun, You, Ji, Zhuo, Mo, and Ying. Most of them are plains, and they are adjacent to the Taihang Mountains and the Inner Great Wall in the north. The Kyushu behind the mountains, Xin, Wei, Confucianism, Wu, Wei, Yun, Ying, Huan, and Shuo, are all in the west of the Taihang Mountains, mostly mountainous.

Among them, during the Northern Expedition of Emperor Shizong Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, he recovered Yingzhou and Mozhou, among which Yingzhou was Hejianfu.

Behind the mountain and to the north of Kyushu is the Great Wall. Therefore, if the land of dark clouds is taken back, the Great Wall will be continuous and intact. From the perspective of the country, it will be like a courtyard wall. When you are proud, you can expand the territory as much as possible, and when you are frustrated, you can keep Kyushu intact. The importance of Youyun Sixteen States lies in this.

As for the four prefectures of Yunping, Jing, Ying, and Luo that Lao Cao had, they have been occupied alternately by Khitan and Xi people since the Tang Dynasty. They are located within the Great Wall, west of Jizhou, and east of the Bohai Sea, that is, the area from Qinhuangdao to Tangshan in later generations.

After what Lao Cao had said, Zhang Shun was stunned for a long time before he turned the corner - in this way, not only would Li Jun not bear the name of that evil official, but he could also show his talents, and he could truly be in charge of himself.

Unable to be overjoyed, he bowed down and said: "My brother has worked hard, I thank you for Li Jun."

Lao Cao shook his head and laughed, it was in vain that you tried so hard to cover it up, thanking me for him now, wouldn't it be completely exposed?
He pulled it up and said: "Li Jun ignored his reputation for me. Do I have the heart for him to bear a cruel and poisonous reputation, and let future generations criticize and scold him? Besides, I am a first-class army, but I have two names. , outsiders don't know the truth, so they will become more and more confused, wouldn't it be wonderful?"

Zhang Shun nodded again and again: "Yes, this is killing two birds with one stone."

Old Cao laughed loudly, and patted Zhang Shun: "Brother, since I have acted like this, I will not enter Jizhou. Take care of Mr. Li for me! You should think carefully about what you do, and you must not underestimate the enemy."

Zhang Shun quickly responded.

Lao Cao smiled, led fine riders under his command, bypassed Jizhou, and drove to Youzhou.

Zhang Shun watched Cao Cao's army go far away, and suddenly patted his head: "Ah, but I forgot to tell my brother that the Khitan's younger brother, the king, was killed by his own guard named A Bulai. The reason is that the king took his woman forcibly, and was angry. But after killing him, and now surrendering his head, Brother Li Jun saw that he was not a Khitan, so he made him a general in the army..."

I was going to chase Lao Cao, but after thinking about it again, this matter is not important, so let it go, fly back to the city, and tell Li Jun about Lao Cao's arrangement in detail.

Hearing what he said, Li Jun's eyes were already red, and he cried bitterly: "Those who have been masters in ancient and modern times can be rewarded for their merits. , and thoughtful thinking, such a benevolent lord, it will be difficult for me to repay even if I die."

Zhang Shun and the others listened with sighs and emotions, and their loyalty to Lao Cao was getting full marks.

Li Jun wiped away his tears, cheered up and said: "Since my elder brother promised me the power, how dare he let him down? General Wen, Li Daguan, your martial arts, wisdom, and fame are all higher than your younger brother, only because of this time Most of the brothers are sailors, so the eldest brother Wu ordered the younger brother to be in charge temporarily, and there is a bit of a second, please forgive me."

Wen Da and Li Ying looked at each other, waved their hands and said with a smile: "Why should Hunjianglong be too modest? This matter started because of you, so you should be the main one. Brothers and I will definitely help out."

Li Ying was originally rescued by Li Jun, and he knew that his family had never led a soldier before, so Lao Cao appointed him as Li Jun's deputy, and he was satisfied.

Although Wen Da thinks highly of himself, firstly, as Li Jun said, the Chrysanthemum Army is based on the Dengzhou Navy, and secondly, since he entered the city, he couldn't help being moved when he saw Li Jun's ruthless methods. , naturally will not fight with him.

Li Jun said again: "Since the two elder brothers are willing to help each other, the first thing to do now is to fight the three characters of the Chrysanthemum Army, so that we can do things later. Sister Gu, I will leave this matter to you, and go to the city to recruit Some embroiderers sew hundreds of our chrysanthemum army flags to show our reputation."

Mrs. Gu nodded in response, and then asked: "Brother, it's not difficult to sew the flag, but it needs texture on it? Or just embroider the three characters of Chrysanthemum Army?"

Sun Xin said: "Since we want to make a name, it's not appropriate to embroider characters alone, and many people can't read. In my opinion, when we embroider a huge chrysanthemum, we can see it clearly."

Li Junxi said: "Brother Sun Xin is thoughtful, he really deserves to be a disciple of the general."

When Aunt Gu praised her husband, she was also pleased with herself, and said to herself: "In this way, you should first decide on the embroidery pattern of the chrysanthemum, otherwise you will embroider one way, and she will embroider that way, but it will be messed up again."

Zhou Tong laughed and said, "What's so difficult about it? I wouldn't dare to say anything about other flowers, but I know this chrysanthemum. It grows in strands and strands in all directions, and it's easy to recognize. I just need to find a butthole." If you are a big boy, paint your butt with more ink and sit on a piece of paper, wouldn't it be a good embroidery pattern?"

Everyone was dumbfounded in astonishment, Wen Da jumped up and cursed: "Fart, fart! Wen Mou has led soldiers all his life, and when he grows old, he brings up the butthole army. You kill me, and you don't agree with this absurd idea."

The rest of the people also laughed and scolded, Zhou Tong rubbed his head, and said with an embarrassed smile: "It's just an idea, if you have a good idea, use your idea - it's just that the asshole really looks like a chrysanthemum."

Xie Bao said with a strange face: "How about we change the name? My little brother suddenly can't look directly at these two characters."

Li Jun shook his head and smiled bitterly, walked out of the hall, picked up a beautiful chrysanthemum in the flower garden at the door, and handed it to Mrs. Gu when he came back: "Let's use this as a blueprint, find a good painter, and draw an embroidery pattern based on it, with the flag in the middle , so I embroidered this flower, it must be big, and embroidered a few words at the bottom..."

He wanted to embroider the three characters of chrysanthemum army, but when he got to his mouth, he suddenly remembered the chrysanthemum poem mentioned by Lehe earlier, and smiled slightly: "I embroidered 'When I bloom, a hundred flowers kill'!"

"Good!" Wenda smiled like a chrysanthemum when he heard it: "This is good, elegant and mighty. Others will know that we are rebels at a glance!"

Li Ying also nodded, and said: "The flag is so wonderful, but I see brothers in the army, they all wear chrysanthemums as signs around their ears. I think it's okay for me to come now, but once the flowering period is over, I will go. Where can I find flowers to wear? Since we are called the Chrysanthemum Army, and the chrysanthemums are mainly yellow, it is better to find some yellow cloth to wrap your hair, one should be our army name, and the other will be neat and beautiful."

Everyone applauded when they heard this, and Wen Da laughed and said, "Wrap your head with yellow scarves, and write chrysanthemum poems on the banner. We are waiting for this chrysanthemum army, which can be regarded as a collection of anti-thieves from ancient and modern times."

At the same time, on the road from Jizhou to Youzhou, Lao Cao led thousands of people to ride slowly, chatting with his brothers occasionally.

When Li Jun became the vanguard and became the coach of a party, all the generals were envious. When they heard Lao Cao talking about his methods, they were all in admiration, and they couldn't stop discussing along the way.

But Guan Sheng said with a smile: "Brother, his army is called the Chrysanthemum Army, and we naturally want to have a name, so it's better to think about it in advance to avoid temporary setbacks."

Hu Sanniang nodded after hearing this, and said with a serious face: "Brother Guan is right, the commander of our army, Wu Daguan, loves flowers and pity the fragrance the most in his life. Why don't we call him the Hundred Flowers Army, but we are bigger than the Chrysanthemum Army."

When the generals saw their sister-in-law teasing their elder brother, they all lowered their heads and snickered, but Lao Cao was a brazen person, and he laughed and said, "General Hu is very good! There are only five famous flowers in my handsome family. If it is called Hundred Flowers Army, it will take more Add another 95 famous flowers, so that no one else will laugh at me for not being worthy of his name!"

When Hu Sanniang saw that he had defeated a general, she blushed immediately: "'Wu Mengde', do you think this general is not good with two swords?"

Cao Cao hurriedly cupped his fists: "Ah, General Hu's ability to use two swords is rare in the world. How dare I offend you? My intention is to take this good brother to rob the gold and jewels of the Liao Kingdom and make a crown of hundreds of flowers." Give it to the general to take advantage of the general's color."

When all the brothers saw him complimenting his wife in public, they couldn't help but see it, and secretly said: "No wonder my brother married five, and it's also a harmonious family. Han Wu only got two, and he was already beaten. It turns out that the key is here!"

Those who are bold and thick-skinned, like Shi Bao and Du Po, shouted one after another: "Since my brother has this heart, we brothers will take all the treasures of the Liao Kingdom and build a crown of hundreds of flowers that is unparalleled in the universe, unprecedented and unprecedented." .”

Hu Sanniang was ashamed, and only now did she realize that she was no match for Cao thief, no matter inside or outside the room, privately or publicly, so she said "Oops" and rode away.

Lin Chong looked at Lao Cao enviously, and said with a smile: "Brother's flirtatious means are truly unparalleled in the universe. If I had my brother's means..."

He originally wanted to say that if I had this kind of means, my wife would be much happier, but when he got to the point of speaking, thinking of the past between the husband and wife, he suddenly lost his mind.

Seeing that his expression suddenly turned lonely, Lao Cao knew that he was thinking of sad things again, sighed, took Lin Chong's hand, held it in his own, and said in a low voice: "Brother Lin, the past is over, and I have left this fragrance in my heart. It is enough to comfort the wind and frost for a lifetime."

He shook his hand, and said: "My sister-in-law, there is a spirit in the sky, and I hope you will always be happy. Brother, you are also a man in your thirties. This battle is nothing more. I will tell you something for my brother." Brother-in-law, you don’t want to just refuse, one, so that my sister-in-law won’t worry about it, and two, your martial arts are enough to start the sect, how can there be no one to pass it on to you?”

Lin Chong wanted to say no, but when he looked up, he saw that Lao Cao's eyes were full of concern, worry, and expectation. His heart suddenly warmed up, and he choked up and said, "Little brother...just follow my brother's orders."

Among the heroes, those who knew Lin Chongjiu showed pleasant expressions, Guan Sheng said happily: "Brother Lin, if you can let go of your knots, it is really something to be happy about, even Guan will feel happy."

Hu Yanzhuo teased: "You are naturally happy. When Coach Lin has a son, your son will be able to learn swords from you at ease, right?"

Cao Cao was surprised to hear this, and after asking, he found out that Guan Sheng had a young son named Guan Ling. Although he was young, he was very talented in learning martial arts. , often boasting that his family's sword skills have successors.

But this son didn't know why, he was very close to Lin Chong, and his family lived close to each other on Liangshan, so this little Guan Ling moved a small bench every day and sat in front of Lin Chong's door, waiting for him to come back from training, and went up to hug him The legs are not loose, and it is a little more affectionate than seeing my own father.

He also refused to practice the knife with peace of mind, pestering Lin Chong to teach him marksmanship. Although Guan Sheng was happy that his son had learned another unique skill, he was jealous from time to time.

After Cao Cao heard this, he laughed, pointed at Guan Sheng and said, "Do you know why your son is so affectionate with others? It's because you love to learn from your ancestors, and read the Spring and Autumn Period with a straight face every day. You must be strict with children, but Brother Lin is gentle. A benevolent man, how could children not like him?"

When Guan Sheng heard this, he thought about it for a moment, and thought about it carefully, although he loved his son very much, but the relationship between father and son was really a lesson.

Hua Rong listened to the chatter here, rode up to catch up with a smile and said, "Brother Wu is right, Coach Lin is encouraging that little Guan Ling, but you, old man, are always beating and scolding. Not to mention being a son, even if you have a puppy, you still want to be close to Big Brother Lin—but besides that, there is another reason, which is even more crucial."

Guan Sheng wondered: "What is that?"

Hua Rong raised his face and said triumphantly: "A handsome man with a gun! Look at Zhao Zilong, Jiang Wei, Luo Cheng, Coach Lin, Xu Ning, and me! Those who use big knives are all reckless, young man!" How would a child want to be a reckless man?"

Tang Bin and Xu Ning nodded their heads when they heard the words, and said, "Brother Huarong's words sound simple, but in fact they make sense! Teacher Shi, what do you think?"

Shi Wengong smiled and said: "Sure enough! And not only the gun, but also the halberd. You are like Lu Bu, Tai Shici, Xue Rengui, Guo Ziyi, Wu Erlang, Fang Qifo, and me!"

Huarong immediately leaned forward and reached out to shake hands with him: "Teacher is right. Spears and halberds are used by handsome and romantic people. The teacher is nicknamed 'Sharp Spear', and he prefers to use halberds. He is the best among them."

Hua Rong has always been steady, it was rare to see him joking at this moment, and Shi Wengong couldn't help laughing.

Lu Fang and Guo Sheng looked at each other. They didn't dare to interrupt easily when the bosses were talking, but they also raised their chests at the same time, showing a smug expression.

Guan Sheng's nose was so angry that these few talked to each other. He pointed at Lin Chong and said, "Let's not talk about anything else. Coach Lin is using a snake spear now, and Xu Ning is also using a hooked sickle spear."

Shi Wengong smiled lightly: "Snake spear and hook sickle spear are also belonging to long spears. Isn't the three-pointed double-edged knife not a knife?"

Du Po grinned and said, "What the coach said makes sense."

Shi Bao couldn't bear it anymore, he laughed and said, "Yes, you are a handsome man with a gun! Look at Brother Du Po, he is a good example."

Hua Rong and Xu Ning both looked at Du Po, Hua Rong made a bitter face and said, "Why don't snake spears count as guns?"

When Du Po heard this, his face was full of grief and indignation, Shi Bao laughed heartily, galloped his horse to hold Du Po, and said, "Old Du, I advise you not to get together with these little white faces. Seeing the true colors, you might as well switch to a big sword and forget it, Li Shuai, are you right?"

Li Tianrun smiled faintly: "I can use both swords and guns, and I am handsome and mighty, complementing each other."

Shi Bao was about to scold him for being shameless, when Hu Yanzhuo suddenly yelled: "What are swords and guns? Now there are ten generals, five with spears, and four with knives..." Turning his head and looking at Qin Ming, "there is one who uses wolf teeth The stick is simply vulgar, if you ask me, a real husband should use a double whip!"

Qin Ming rolled his eyes strangely: "I didn't want to talk at first, but if you said that, Qin would want to say something, only a mace is a real hero, you just underestimated me, Qin Ming, and look at paragraph Mother talk!"

For a while, everyone was arguing endlessly, Cao Cao stopped everyone, and said with a smile: "You are not strict when you speak, and you can boast about what you use. What can the result of the quarrel be? Among my brothers, there is a real Honest man, I will never lie in my life, if you want to tell the difference, just consult him, which weapon is the most powerful and beautiful."

When the heroes heard this, some said loudly: "Who is this brother?" Some understood it and said with a smile: "What brother said is good, let Jiao Ting say it."

Everyone looked at Jiao Ting in unison: "Oh! 'Faceless' Jiao Ting is indeed one of the most straight people in the world! Brother Jiao Ting, tell me, which weapon is the most powerful and beautiful?"

Jiao Ting has been staring at Yun Duo in a daze, until now he came back to his senses, slowly looked at the crowd, expressionless: "You ask me? Are you willing to obey me if I tell you?"

Everyone said: "If you speak, it must be the truth. Who dares to refuse?"

After Jiao Ting listened, he smiled slightly, drew out his two iron swords from his waist, and said without doubt: "If you talk about the most powerful and beautiful weapon in the world, it must be the double sword."

After hearing this, the brothers exploded into the frying pan, and Shi Bao shouted, "I said, where in this world can there be truly straight people?"

Jiao Ting remained calm, turned his head suddenly, and shouted loudly: "Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law!"

The heroes all fell silent, each one dumbfounded.

After a while, Hu Sanniang flew over: "Brother Jiao Ting, why are you calling me?"

Jiao Ting said slowly, "Sister-in-law, I would like to ask you, which of the weapons in this world is the most powerful and beautiful?"

Without hesitation, Hu Sanniang slapped the sheath of the scabbard, and said as a matter of course: "Of course it is a pair of knives! Otherwise, what else can there be?"

Jiao Ting nodded and looked at the crowd: "What do you guys say?"

Hu Sanniang's beautiful eyes turned around, and she also looked at everyone curiously.

Everyone said in unison: "Double swords!"

Hu Sanniang laughed, and said with a delicate smile: "Jiao Ting you silly brother, can't sister-in-law lie to you?"

Everyone was dumbfounded and said: "Jiao Ting is not stupid, but I am the one who is stupid."

Hu Sanniang looked at them puzzled, but without further investigation, she turned to Cao Cao and said with a smile, "Marshal, the last general just rode his horse and galloped, and suddenly thought of what our army should be called."

Cao Cao wondered, "What?"

"West Wind Army!" Hu Sanniang grinned, "When the West Wind comes, the chrysanthemums bloom. We are the mothers of the Chrysanthemum Army, so naturally we should be called West Wind."

Cao Cao recited it silently twice, nodded and smiled, "Wonderful! Our army is called the West Wind Army!
There are different teachings: the west wind blows all over the sky, and the ground is full of chrysanthemum stamens.My brother is always with me, why leave my old Liu Guang!
(End of this chapter)