Cao Cao crosses Wu Dalang

Chapter 647
The book continues from the last time, the last time——

However, when Lao Cao went to Lanzhou, he saw that the Hus slaughtered the Han people wantonly, provoking the wrath of the thunder. He beheaded all the Husians inside and outside Lanzhou, and anyone who was even slightly involved, and accumulated more than dead bodies. East.

Even though Jingguan has been completed, anger is hard to vent!

After thinking about it for a few days, he resolutely divided up his troops, led them all the way, and went to take Xingqing Mansion according to the original plan;
Along the way, Li Zhu was ordered to be the main general, and he was ordered to recover the old place of the Longyou Governor's Mansion, and then kill Xixia, take Suzhou, Guazhou, Shazhou, and Yumen Pass, and restore the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Lao Cao's division of troops this time, in the eyes of others, can't help but think that he acted willfully in a fit of anger.

In fact, Lao Cao has fought all his life, how rich is his experience?Ever since he ordered the construction of the Beijing Temple, he had vaguely had this intention, and after thinking about it for several days, he finally decided on a plan and announced it to everyone.

In Lao Cao's view, in today's Northwest, although the Dangxiang people were strong for a while, they were born with many shortcomings.

The land one occupies is barren;

There are many Hus in the two, and there is no end to the struggle;

The internal turmoil of the three is frequent, and the vitality is often self-consumed;

The four are strong neighbors, and the time has been lost.

Among the four deficiencies, the most important is the fourth.

When Li Yuanhao founded the country, the foundation of the Liao and Song Dynasties was already solid. Although he was born between the Song, Liao, and Qunhu, and established Xixia, he lost his time after all.

This is equivalent to opening a new server for the game, and the login is slow for two days, so that one step is slow, every step is slow!

Besides, although Xixia people are willing to live, but Song Dynasty is taking the route of RMB players, what can you do?

Coupled with the barren land, it will be difficult to be self-sufficient; there will be a lot of people, which will give the big countries room to draw and divide, and make them intertwined with each other; frequent civil strife, and it will always be difficult to form a joint force——

These inherent deficiencies, and because of the existence of Song and Liao, have never been able to make up for it: once they see that they are about to break the situation, they immediately suppress them head-on, and finally a vicious circle is completely formed.

After nearly a hundred years of consumption, Xixia has actually become extremely weak. Fortunately, the Jurchen leopard changed, the dragon leaped to the northeast, and the world pattern was subverted. This is the respite.

Because of this, when Wanyan Wushu came to propose marriage, Li Qian decisively resorted to the trick of hitting the snake with the stick, accepting the order of Jin Guo, and mobilizing the whole family, young and old, vowing to swallow up all those fat lands that have been dreaming for hundreds of years Next, the First World War laid the foundation of Xixia's great power.

Lao Cao saw this very clearly, and he also saw that the Song Dynasty's century-old management of the Northwest did not only consume Xixia, but also the surrounding Hus.

For example, in Tubo, the Tubo dynasty that dominated the plateau was long gone. The four major royal families and more than regimes can be described as a mess.

Among the tribes of Tubo, the "Buddhist King" Zhe Siluo is the most heroic. However, after his illness and death, all the princes attacked and killed each other.

For example, the Uighurs are more scattered than the scattered sands of Tubo, and more scattered than the scattered Qingtang.

What Gaochang Uighur, yellow-headed Uighur... The foundation of the body is consistent: whoever has milk is a mother, and whoever calls him father.

As for the miscellaneous Hus of various tribes, their strength is lower than that of Tubo and Uighur.

As the saying goes: times make heroes!
How did Ban Chao in the past be able to conquer the Western Regions with 36 people and destroy countless countries?
One's own ability is relied on, and the background of a big country is the confidence, but the Western Regions chess game with many small countries attacking each other is the most important "time situation".

Now in the northwest, the entire Xixia army has entered the Song Dynasty. The chaos of this chess game is somewhat similar to that of Ban Chao at that time.

Therefore, Lao Cao chose not to be the fierce general Shi Wengong, nor the loyal little Li Guang, nor those veteran heroes of the Western Army.

It was Li Zhu, a half-immortal swordsman who was born in Jianghu, spoke against Wang Qing with one tongue, and spread chaos in Huainan.

As for the attack on the Xingqing Mansion, Lao Cao thought it over and over again, thinking that since Lanzhou had fallen quickly and the Xixia Army had been exhausted, there was no essential difference between 3 and 7000 troops in this situation.

The key is the four characters of Binggui and Shenspeed.

As soon as the order is issued, Wanfu King will follow.

May 22.

Five generals, Li Zhu, Ma Xie, Wang Yan, Wu Jie, and Wu Lin, led a large army along the south bank of the Yellow River to march westward.

On the same day, three generals, Li Huai, Shi Wengong, and Ma Jin, led five thousand Jishan cavalry, and also went north to Lingzhou along the Yellow River.

Four days later, May 26.

The waves of the Yellow River are rolling, and more than ten thousand soldiers stand by the river.

Standing in front of them were three or four thousand civilian husbands, all of them strong and strong, with weathered faces.

Beside each civilian husband, there is a soldier standing with a knife.

The sword light was like snow, and the civilian husbands looked terrified, but there was a little expectation mixed in.

The judge couldn't help but ask—wasn't Lanzhou destroyed by the Hu people?Why are there so many civilian husbands?
It turns out that in the past few days, Lao Cao's soldiers and horses have gone out everywhere, and they have "invited" all the boatmen, fishermen, and ferrymen with a radius of more than one or two hundred miles to Lanzhou.

Naturally, the process may not be pleasant.

Fortunately, after these civilian husbands arrived, the board and lodging treatment was very generous, which barely reduced their fear by three or four points.

Not long after, another general came and each gave him three full sets of money, so his fear was reduced a bit.

When the number of people was almost the same, someone came to tell them that the imperial court conscripted them as boatmen to transport a large army.

The so-called generous rewards, folk husbands may not believe it, but with the sword in hand, they have to try their best to make themselves believe it.

But when they learned that being the boatman was actually going down the Yellow River to Xingqing Mansion in Xixia, they still exploded!

In fact, Lao Cao's strategy of "surprisingly attacking Lanzhou, going down the river, and flying to seize Xingqing Mansion" was not his own initiative.

As early as the fourth year of Yuanfeng, when Lanzhou was still in the hands of Xixia, Song Shenzong had a strategy of building ships from Xihe Road, going down the Yellow River, and raiding Xingqing Mansion. , the camera led the troops to the east..."

Li Xian immediately asked people to survey the river from Qinfeng Road to Xingqingfu. The report said that there was a section of dangerous shoal, more than miles long, with torrents and waves, and reefs like scales. , Li Xian thought for a long time, and finally gave up.

Although the predecessors abandoned it, Cao Cao took it.

You must know that Lao Cao never hesitated to take risks when using soldiers.

For example, the expedition to Wuhuan in the past was unpredictable, and no one except Guo Jia agreed with it. Even Lao Cao himself, after returning from victory, rewarded those who advised him, thinking that his advice was old-fashioned.

Let's look at famous marshals throughout the ages, like Lao Cao, who have repeatedly been in danger throughout their lives, there are really not many.

This is not because Lao Cao is incompetent in using troops, but because he is good at making dangerous moves.

Because risky tricks are often also tricks.

What you dare not think about is exactly what the enemy will not believe.

Just like the Xixia people, how can they believe that someone will come down the river from the upper reaches?

At this moment, on the bank of the Yellow River, there is a big rock like a turtle, looking up at the sky.

Old Cao stood tall on his head, looking down at a group of fishermen and boatmen.

Down below, Jiao Ting raised his expressionless face, leading thousands of people, with their swords out of their sheaths, watching one by one, standing beside the boatmen.

Cao Cao yelled: "On the north of the Yellow River, the dangerous shoals are difficult to navigate. You all know it, and I know it too! But when is life not difficult? You are destined to be here today, and you can hear my words. How can you know that tomorrow, the next year, and the next year will be Is there still life?"

His voice was like thunder, spreading along the riverside: "I am an envoy of Jiedu, and I don't care about this body. You are all living in the wind and waves, why are you afraid of it? Today is for you to say clearly, there are those who dare not follow me One knife at a time, I will send you down the Yellow River to feed the fish! If you are willing to help me, you will break the Xingqing Mansion, gold, silver and treasures, you can take them!"

There was a commotion among the peasants. Obviously, the last eight characters are quite powerful.

Lao Cao looked at his words and continued to roar: "You don't have to worry about my words being counted. I am here, in front of you and everyone, and in front of the emperor, the empress, and the mighty Yellow River-if you break your promise and become fat, heaven will punish you. Abandon it, there will be no place to die!"

After he said this, Shi Qian suddenly raised his voice and shouted in the local dialect: "Done it! Since the general said so, I will believe you! If you finish this job, you will be able to exchange for a lifetime of wealth, even if you work hard, it is worth it." Already!"

These people have always been looking for a living in turmoil, and they are more courageous than ordinary people.Thinking that although the dangerous beach is dangerous, it is not inevitable, if you fight hard, you can get rich immediately, eight out of ten of these poor men are tempted.

As for the remaining two, Lao Cao didn't talk about benevolence and righteousness, and just took out his knife: Since you don't want to get rich, you must die or you may die, let's choose one.

So no one will follow.

At this time, a young man suddenly opened his mouth and yelled, speaking Chinese, full of nonsense.

What he said was: "General, I don't want gold and silver. If I send you off, I beg you to accept me as a personal soldier."

Lao Cao looked sideways and saw that this guy was tanned all over his body, with deep eyes and a high nose. Looking at Lao Cao, seeing his gaze sweeping towards him, he had no intention of retreating.

Lao Cao nodded secretly, and pointed out: "What's your name? Which clan?"

The man shook his head: "My mother is from the Qiang nationality, but they all say that I am a wild species, so I am not from the Qiang nationality. As for the name, I don't have a name. Because I eat too much and waste food, people call me too much food."

When Cao Cao heard that he didn't recognize himself as a Qiang, he nodded secretly, and said with a smile: "You are a good man, so what if I agree to you? Good! When you arrive at Xingqing Mansion, you will be my guard, follow me with my sword Kill the enemy, do you dare?"

The man was overjoyed, and quickly shouted: "I dare! Someone insulted my mother back then, and I killed seven of them with a dagger! Unfortunately, my mother was also killed by them."

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard that he was carefree, but he showed a sympathetic look on his face, nodded and said: "The world is not peaceful, and people kill people! But since you dare to kill people, let me make peace. I'm not afraid of you Eat a lot, and some food will be given to you. Don't mention the word "increasing food" again. I will give you a name, and I will call it Zhang Liang according to the original pronunciation! You must remember that there has been a name of this name. An unreliable hero, now for your use, but don't dishonor this name."

"Zhang Liang!" The man shouted happily: "Master, don't worry, I will never insult this hero's name!"

"Commander!" Cao Cao laughed loudly, "Hahaha, your personal life belongs to you alone. Now rely on me, and I will be your commander-in-chief."

Zhang Liang nodded again and again: "Commander! Obey the order!"

He excitedly rushed forward and came under the turtle stone—seeing that Lao Cao took him in, the guarding soldiers did not stop him.

"Connect them!" Zhang Liang tried his best to do the binding work: "Master! Connect all the rafts together, and then we can rush across the rapids."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up: Yes!Isn't it my forte to connect the boats?
It turns out that the upper reaches of the Yellow River are very fast and there are many hidden reefs. If you don't make great efforts to repair it, it will be really difficult for boats to move. Therefore, the tools used by Lao Cao to cross the river this time are leather rafts.

This object is made of cow and sheep skin, each of which is bulging, seven or eight, or more than ten are connected together, and the top is covered with hardwood or big bamboo, which can carry several people, ranging from dozens of people.

This kind of raft has excellent buoyancy, is flat and not easy to overturn, even if it hits a reef, it is hard to destroy. It is the most common river crossing in the upper reaches of the Yellow River.

Hearing the suggestion of Hu Ren Zhang Liang, Lao Cao suddenly remembered the serial boats in his previous life, and thought to himself that if I connect this thing, the buoyancy and stability will be doubled. Is it afraid that people will burn it this time?

So the order was issued immediately, and the boatmen worked together, ten or twenty skin rafts were tied to one place, and they were gently lowered into the river, as if an extra piece of ground was created out of thin air.

Lao Cao went up in person, walked back and forth, and even jumped a few times. He felt light and stable, and laughed. Immediately, he asked people to take ten taels of gold and rewarded Zhang Liang. The other boatmen couldn't help but envy when they saw it.

Zhang Liang touched gold for the first time in his life. When he got it, he was surprised for a long time, and then his eyes turned red, and he whispered to Lao Cao: "Master, let me fuck the raft you are on later, not to mention the dangerous shoal." , Even if the river flows upwards, I will firmly hold the raft for you."

Lao Cao laughed loudly and shouted: "all the troops aboard!"

He also jumped off the high stone, and sure enough, he got on the raft where Zhang Liang was.

Hu Sanniang, Shi Qian, and Jiao Ting also led their horses onto the raft.

But it was thanks to the plan of tying the rafts in advance that they tied more than a dozen of the largest and best rafts in one place, and put dozens of elite soldiers on board, and then they set off.

For a while, I saw countless skin rafts tied into a big raft on the Taotao River, going down the water.

After a while, the vast river surface was almost completely filled with rafts, and the scene was very spectacular.

Those rafts on the water do not require people to paddle hard, and they naturally pass quickly along the current. The boatmen stand around and hold long poles one by one. When they see any rocks protruding from the water, they push the rafts lightly.

The soldiers were all sitting in the middle of the raft, some of them were timid or afraid of water, so naturally they didn't dare to raise their heads, they just lowered their heads and trembled, while the brave ones couldn't help looking around, even staring at their companions on the neighboring rafts. Yelling, even singing to answer, the excitement is like an outing.

There are also some extraordinarily huge rafts, which are specially used to carry horses, and they all tie the reins in one place, so that the riders who are good at riding and know how to ride horses can take care of and comfort them.

This unprecedented Yellow River rafting had already drifted nearly a hundred miles at dusk.

Seeing that it was getting late, Cao Cao ordered people to find a place where the current was gentle and go ashore to light a fire to rest, so as not to lose sight of the water at night and be in danger for nothing.

For two or three days in a row, they flowed at sunrise and lived at sunset. Although there were some small waves, or people and horses fell into the water in the rapids, there was no major damage.

It's just that someone on the way saw it on the bank, and the pegasus ran away in shock. Lao Cao guessed that most of them were from Xixia. If you fly, it will be difficult to get ahead of your head and give an early warning.

After another day or two, the waterway was halfway through, and at noon, seeing the speed of the raft getting faster and faster, Zhang Liang looked at Lao Cao with a serious face and said, "Master, the canyon is approaching, so you must sit still!"

Cao Cao looked solemn, knowing that the biggest test of this trip is now.

This is exactly: Lao Cao seeks victory in danger, and it is difficult for the boat to turn around in the heart of waves.Has anything ever been easy in the world?Unpredictable is a conspiracy.

　I thought I sent it!I thought I sent it!

　　I peed and took a shower only to realize I wasn't sure.What a waste of a precious leave slip!
　　but!Today, my brother is going to promote a book grandly!

　　"Mage in the Late Qing Dynasty"!
　　Some of them are cool, and the coolness is so strong that I can't help but want to know the author.

　　And put it into action, I searched for the other party in the writer's background, and made friends by leaving messages.

　　This is the first time that my younger brother took the initiative to make friends with colleagues since he wrote an online article!
　　During the chat, I found a stronger resonance——

　　As we all know, when the little brother's book was around words, it attracted attention because of the recommendation of Fat Dragon on Portland Street, and finally got the chance to sign a contract.

　　And the elder brother of the author of "Mage in the Late Qing Dynasty" is even more rigid!
　　He insisted on going his own way with a keyboard and a network cable, and he wrote 38 words abruptly before he successfully signed the contract.

　　From a reader's point of view, I think this book deserves better!

　　As the saying goes:
　　At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Ren Zongheng, the protagonist bombards the Forbidden City. Although the earth is too difficult to accommodate, the American emperor and the Japanese chieftain hate each other.

(End of this chapter)