The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 41
Beimang Mountain, Wanghe Terrace,
Cheng Yuanzhi followed Yuan Shu's gaze, glanced at the nearby birds and flowers, and looked straight into the distance.

There, the Beimang Mountains stretch endlessly, standing silently between the east and west. At the foot of the mountains, the rolling Yellow River comes from the west and rushes eastward, dividing the land into north and south.

Looking up, the blue sky is like washing, dotted with white clouds.

A goshawk swooped down from high in the sky, flew over the hills, grabbed a long-eared gray rabbit with its gleaming claws, and quickly disappeared behind the mountains.

The two who saw this scene thought about each other.

This beautiful mountain and river... I don't know when I (shu) will be successful, like a goshawk in the sky, majesticly looking down on the earth, and being looked up by the world...

Yuan Shu said with emotion: "Shu has seen all the heroes of ancient and modern times. Those who have achieved great things are all amazing and brilliant. They should be outstanding people of the moment. Do you think so?"

Cheng Yuanzhi immediately took up the conversation, "For example, Liu Bang, the former head of the Qin Pavilion... Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and Liu Xiu, the new cowherd boy... Wang Mang, the perfect man among all..."

Yuan Shu was so choked that he rolled his eyes: "That's [-]% destiny, [-]% relying on others, if the time is not with me, even if you are amazing and brilliant, you will be hated."

I'm serious. Cheng Yuanzhi nodded: "That's right, three points are destined, seven points depend on others, and the remaining ninety points depend on luck."

"Shuzi, damn it..."

Yuan Shu glared at him fiercely, and walked away in a huff.

Chat broke up.

……

In a few days, Zhang Yang went to Shangdang alone to take office.

Cheng Yuanzhi temporarily lived in Luoyang, while collecting powerful sharpshooters, while raising his name.

Fame is easy to raise in this era, as long as you are somewhat talented, and you are in Luoyang, Kyoto, and you have a sense of presence from time to time, your fame will naturally spread from word to mouth, and it will go up.

How to brush up the sense of presence?The simplest and most crude way is to yell at people!

Fast forward to July.

After scolding every celebrity he met, Cheng Yuanzhi's fame spread as he wished, and the entire Luoyang City, basically everyone with a head and a face knew that there was a person named "Yunmeng Layman Yuan She".

But he couldn't integrate into the circle of celebrities.

Everyone called him "Yunmeng Kuangshi" in private.

After the scourge of being imprisoned by the party, the scholars appeared to be particularly united, cautious, and exclusive.

Firstly, Cheng Yuanzhi has no gorgeous articles left in the world;

This would appear to be incompatible with celebrities.

They only accepted Cheng Yuanzhi when they were brain teased.

Fortunately, Cheng Yuanzhi got acquainted with He Jin after passing Yuan Shu's line, and from time to time, he would be called to inquire about current affairs and policies.

Although He Jin forgets Cheng Yuanzhi's strategy and never adopts it, the reputation spread is that he is a "corporate of courtesy and virtuousness" and "broad-minded".

The translation of these two sentences means that He Jinzhi has great talents and few talents, except for being a bit open-minded, everything else is scum.

But He Jin was very happy to hear that, and summoned Yuan Shao, Chen Lin, Yuan She and others more frequently.

However, since that day when Beimang Mountain started arguing, Yuan Shu would never be alone with Cheng Yuanzhi again.

Cheng Yuanzhi was also very helpless about this.

He really wanted to integrate into the circle of celebrities, so he hooked up with two great sages to go back and serve the Black Mountain Army.

How easy is it to integrate into the celebrity circle?
First of all, the first one is to be proud, to what extent?That is the boss of the sky, the second child of the earth, and the third child of me.

Even if I am the emperor, I dare to comment and question wantonly, even if I lose my life because of it, I will not hesitate.

The second is to be able to hate people and dare to hate people.

The higher the status of the person you hate, the more famous you will be.

These days, if celebrities don't know how to hate people, if they don't beat people until their stomach bleeds, then they are cowardly and have no integrity.

For example, the four celebrities who were killed because of hating Cao Cao, Chen Gong, Mi Heng, Kong Rong, and Yang Xiu, for example, Guan Yu who was killed because of hating Sun Quan.

Although their fate was not very good, their fame has been bursting and they have received rave reviews for thousands of years.

It is also a role model for celebrities in every dynasty.

Of course, not every celebrity who hates others ends badly, and there are also good ones.

For example, Cao Zhi, who resisted Emperor Wen of Wei and died young.In a seven-step poem, Cao Pi was in a dilemma, whether to kill or release.

Killing will leave a bad name, and if you let it go, you will feel angry-outsiders don't know how difficult it is to meet a chance to kill your own brother!
Another example is Zhuge Liang, who vomited blood and died after fighting Wang Lang... You must know that Wang Lang's position at the time was ridiculous, and he was actually killed by Zhuge Liang.

There are too many such things to enumerate, Cao Cao who hates He Jin, Ding Yuan and Yuan Shao who hate Dong Zhuo; Chen Lin who hates Cao Cao...

With this in mind, Cheng Yuanzhi first practiced with Yuan Shu.

But I didn't expect this guy to be bullied once, and he was actually cowardly.

This made Cheng Yuanzhi feel bored.

At this time, it was the seventh month of the second year of Zhongping (185), the leader of the rebel army Beigong Boyu was dead, Han Sui Bianzhang took control of the power of the Xiliang Army, and Huangfusong was dismissed and recalled because of his ineffective crusade against the rebel army.

The imperial court once again selected generals to send troops to conquer Xiliang.

On July 12th, Sikong and Zhang Wen were appointed as the general of chariots, Yuan Pang, who was in charge of Jinwu, as his deputy, Dong Zhuo and Zhou Shen as his followers, with [-] cavalry in step, and stationed in Meiyang to occupy Han Sui.

Before departure, Yuan Shu met Yuan Pang privately, and wanted Cheng Yuanzhi to go with him as an army counselor.

In private, Yuan Shu is still very considerate of his friends when it comes to major matters.

After these months of getting along, Yuan Shu has already regarded Cheng Yuanzhi, who has common interests, as one of his own.

Cheng Yuanzhi was indifferent to being labeled as "Yuan Shu".

Although Yuan Shu said that his ambition was a little lacking, he treated his friends very well.

For the children of a big family, boldness and grandeur are the basic qualities.

Yuan Shu is like this, and so is Yuan Shao.

But unexpectedly, this request was rejected by Yuan Pang.

Cheng Yuanzhi was not surprised by this result.

It is really too difficult for ordinary people to change history, even if they are time travelers, it is not easy to do it.

Don't you see the lessons learned from Wang Mang's previous car.

Yuan Pang was born in the Yuan family of Chen County and had already been appointed as a Han Situ ten years ago. His family background was no worse than that of the Yuan family in Runan.

He has the confidence to reject the unreasonable demands of Yuan Shu, a junior.

For this reason, Yuan Shu kept a dark face all day, brooding on his heart, with an "old man" on the left and an "immortal old thief" on the right, yelling at Yuan Pang.

November.

Just like the original history, there was a meteor from the sky at night, dragging the flames of tens of feet into Han Sui's camp.

Han Sui Bianzhang had no choice but to withdraw his army to Jincheng.

Dong Zhuo heard the news and pursued him. He won a small victory and then lost a big one. The situation in the northwest became stalemate.

The rebellion in Liangzhou has lasted for nearly a year so far, and depending on the situation, it will continue.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the war continued for many years, causing the national treasury to be at the bottom. Liu Hong had to impose heavy taxes and recruit labor to cope with the war.

The survival of the people is becoming more and more difficult, and the world is full of resentment.

The foundation of imperial rule became weaker and weaker.

The eventful Yichou year passed in a blink of an eye, and the time came to the third year of Zhongping (186).

On the third day of the first lunar month, Cheng Yuanzhi rushed to the Shangdang County Office with [-] pitchers with superior arm strength to form a flying spear army.

This is his carefully prepared weapon against the barbarian cavalry on the prairie.

Cavalry usually have light armor.It is also very flexible, the bow and arrow are lighter, it is difficult to penetrate armor, and its lethality is limited.

The Spear Army is different.

The spear used for throwing weighs about twenty catties. After being thrown vigorously by the master pitchers, not to mention penetrating light armor within fifty steps, it can kill people just by hitting it.

As long as these archers practice a little bit, they can basically hit wherever they point with the spears they throw.

The seat of Shangdang County is Changzi City, with a population of 20 and [-] counties under its jurisdiction.

Like most of the northern counties in the Han Dynasty, the eldest son city is high and dangerous, the people are poor, and the folk customs are tough.

Zhang Yang has been here for half a year, and he has formed 3 horses and only [-] cavalry.

It has already emptied the entire Shangdang County.

If it weren't for Cheng Yuanzhi's frequent sending of money in Luoyang, Shangdang would have become the first county in the Han Dynasty to go bankrupt because of the formation of an army.

As a result of the militarism, Yuan Shu was owed 10,000+ taels of silver.

The kind you want to pay back!
Facing the cold north wind in late winter, Cheng Yuanzhi rode his horse and led the crowd towards Shangdang slowly.

After weighing for a long time, between a young expert in internal combat and a master in external combat, he temporarily chose the latter.

This time I came to Shangdang to use Xianbei and Qianghu to train soldiers... to operate.

As for the most powerful Southern Huns, we will talk about it later.

Although these barbarians have all surrendered to the big man, they are nominally the subjects of the big man.

But does starting a war need a reason?

Cheng Yuanzhi wants to firmly hold Bingzhou, a granary with five basins, in his hands.

in this way.Only then can we implement the next plan...

The key point of the next plan is the one thousand catties of grain left by the barbarians - all good things that cannot be obtained in this era, such as peanuts, corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes.

The eldest son city is not big, the roads are wide and straight, and the houses are far apart. You can run horses in the city and drive cars on the streets.

The width of the street is roughly equivalent to the two-way eight-lane lanes of later generations.

The rich road in the poor city is the standard configuration of every northern city in the Han Dynasty.

The city is not big, but the roads are huge.

This facilitates the passage of vehicles, horses, donkeys, cattle, sheep and other livestock. Because there are fewer people and fewer houses are needed, the roads can be appropriately widened.

Usually, you don't need to go out of the city to practice soldiers and horses, just pull them on the street.

(End of this chapter)