[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

In the first month of the 15th year of Jian'an, Cao Mengde, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, obeyed the emperor's edict, prepared the army and prepared horses, led millions of soldiers, and then conquered the southern land to rule the world.

The long-lost military drums and horns made Guo Jia feel very comfortable, and his unhappiness about the impermanent weather was much less.Since Jian'an, the winter has been getting colder and harder every year. Even in the spring season, the wind is still as cold as ice skates.

Cao Cao stood in front of the army with his horse and sword in his hand, and he routinely encouraged the army before the expedition. Guo Jia listened patiently for a while, and had to admit that even though his lord was outstanding in talent, appearance and literary talent, this would not be exchanged. After listening to the words about medicine countless times, I still get tired of it.

Boring to the extreme, I want to secretly find something to enjoy myself.Coincidentally, after looking around, Guo Jia also found someone who was absent-minded in the middle of the army with him.However, compared to Guo Jia's obvious absent-mindedness, the opponent's endurance is obviously much better than Guo Jia's.If Guo Jia hadn't been with him for more than ten years and knew him well, I'm afraid he would have been fooled by his frowning and serious appearance.

Quietly stepping back a few steps to make himself stand out from the crowd, Guo Jia slowly leaned over there.

However, even if the people below couldn't see it, Cao Cao standing on the high platform could see Guo Jia's little move clearly.The soldiers saw that the impassioned Cao Cao suddenly paused, the corners of his lips curled for some reason, but he immediately continued with his normal expression, which made everyone think it was an illusion.

"Why didn't you come to the banquet that night?" Guo Jia, who finally got close to the person, whispered, "Jia is still alive, why are you so unhappy?"

Sima Yi glanced at Guo Jia, but said nothing.It was so long until Guo Jia thought that he was going to pretend to be silent until the end, so he also lowered his voice and said: "That night, the second son suddenly had something important to discuss with Yi, and he didn't make it in time."

"It's such a coincidence." Guo Jia said with a smile, "That Jia is still standing here today, why... how is Zhongda in the mood?" After calling for a long time, the name blurted out subconsciously, even after many years, still changed. not drop.

"With Guo Jijiu here, the Prime Minister's grand plans and great achievements will surely be waiting for days. Yi is lucky for the Prime Minister." Sima Yi replied calmly, without any fluctuation in his expression.

"That's all?"

"..." Sima Yi lowered his eyes slightly, and lifted them up after a while, his eyes were still as calm as water, "How can it be so? Personally, Yu Yi doesn't care about sorrow or joy. It is a fact that Guo Jijiu is standing here today, whether Yi is happy or not , can’t change that fact.”

How did you feel when you heard that Guo Jia was still alive?

He really can't tell.Just as he couldn't tell what his mood was when he heard the news of Guo Jia's death.

Sorrow and joy, bitterness and complexity, lost and found, trance and restlessness...

These feelings are of no use to him.Yu Guojia...

He couldn't help laughing secretly.

For Guo Jia, his feelings are probably worthless.That being the case, what kind of mood can he be in, and what kind of mood should he be in?

But now, he is more concerned about another thing:

"Guo Jijiu, if there is no other important matter, please go back to the original place and stand still."

He had already noticed Yang Xiu who was standing not far behind the fourth son Cao Zhi, who was frequently looking at him. Guo Jia chuckled: "It's really a good thing that Zhongda is different from the Zhongda Jia knew before. By the way, the second son has something to say." Zhongda, as the second son of a literary master, should understand the profound meaning of the beautiful sentence of going up to the mountain to pick weeds in the evening." After he finished speaking, he really didn't continue to entangle, but just before returning to his original place, he sighed softly:

"Don't lower your aspirations, don't humiliate your body. Those who are holy and pure, are they stupid? Are they benevolent?"

Sima Yi looked complicatedly at Guo Jia who was getting further and further away from him.He was sure that Guo Jia's last exclamation was intended for himself.He is familiar with the allusions that he refers to, and he naturally knows the true meaning, but he is not sure of the true meaning.

Seeing Guo Jia leave, Cao Pi took a step back calmly, but was stopped by Sima Yi in a low voice:

"Walls have ears. Second Young Master whispers like this, Yi can hear it."

"Guo Jijiu was for it just now"

"Second Young Master, don't worry." Sima Yi whispered.He lowered his head so that Yang Xiu next to him could not see the shape of his mouth clearly, and ensured that only Cao Pi knew what he said, "Guo Jijiu didn't notice anything."

"That's fine."

"Second son, Shu Yi said bluntly, if some people keep it, if they don't get rid of it today, it will be a disaster tomorrow." Speaking of this, there is a cold killing intent in his lowered eyes, but no one can see it, "While taking advantage For this Southern Expedition, most of the octopuses have been transferred to Jingzhou, it is better to simply..."

"No!" Cao Pi lightly snorted at him, and couldn't help raising his voice a little louder. He didn't attract Cao Cao's attention, but Yang Xiu secretly looked sideways. There must be deceit. Maybe, father is waiting for who among us will show his feet first....Let Ji Zhong look after him first, and make a decision after Pi returns to Yecheng."

Knowing that Cao Pi meant that he had made up his mind, Sima Yi stopped persuading him.Knowing what to say and accepting it well is of course good; however, Gan Gang's arbitrariness is the king's mentality that should be cultivated.

Thinking of Guo Jia's last exclamation, Sima Yi raised his head a little, and his drooping sideburns no longer blocked his mouth, so that Yang Xiu could see it clearly and enjoy it: "In the poems of the second son, there is a cloud 'Mu Mu' Sentence for "going up the mountain to pick weeds and eat"?"

Even if he couldn't make eye contact, he had already noticed Yang Xiu's gaze. When Cao Pi heard Sima Yi suddenly change the subject, he understood it and naturally raised his voice a little, so that Yang Xiu could not only watch but also listen to the real thing: "Zhongda is referring to the phrase 'going up to the mountains to pick weeds, but at dusk to suffer from hunger'? To write a sentence about the hardships of the military. But..." The corners of his lips were slightly curved, but he no longer said to perfunctory Yang Xiu, "Zhongda is a writer, Haven't even read Pi's poems? Pi is heartbroken."

Sima Yi raised his eyebrows, too lazy to distinguish whether Cao Pi's last sentence was the truth or a joke, his purpose had been achieved, so he didn't answer anymore.

It so happened that at this time, Cao Cao's impassioned words finally came to an end in a roar that shook the sky.Cao Cao, who knelt down to receive the Jieyue from the hand of the Emperor Han, walked to the front of the three armies, saw Guo Jia who had stood back and smiled brightly at him, glared at him with an angry smile, and handed over the Jieyue to the lieutenant general. Get on the horse.

The general's counselors, together with [-] cavalry, followed closely, got on their horses, their momentum shook the ground, and their voice shook the sky.

The war drums are rumbling, the horseshoes are trampling, the sword is pointing to the soil, and the Han will go to war!

Since Guangwu Zhongxing in the Han Dynasty, the world has been divided into thirteen prefectures including Sili, Yu, Yan, Xu, Qing, Liang, Bing, Ji, You, Yang, Jing, Yizhou, and Jiao, and set up governors to supervise them.In the fifth year of Lingdi Zhongping's arrest, the minister wrote a letter to change the governor to Mushou on the grounds that "the governor's job is light and it is difficult to go to prison".Mu Shou not only supervised the local administration, but also took advantage of the turmoil to befriend the local rich and powerful gentry, and gradually took the local military, political and economic power into one hand, which made the country's situation worse.

In the fifth year of Xingping in the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou was divided into three auxiliary states and became Yongzhou, which became the name of the fourteen states of the Han family today.However, Yongliang has been dominated by the Ma family, father and son, Jiang, Yan, Ren, Zhao and other old surnames all year round. There are also Qiang people who moved eastward to live in the area. Xijing is in decline and chaos.Therefore, although there are still hidden dangers in the northwest, they are not so big as to affect the southern expedition.

Jingzhou is the top priority.

Among the thirteen prefectures, compared with Youzhou and Jiaozhou, which is far away on the border, and Yizhou, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Jingzhou can be said to be the most important place for military affairs.Its water flows along the north, carrying Jianghan outside, blocking mountains and hills inside, and has the solidity of a golden city.If you go north, you can fight for the glory of the Central Plains; if you go west, you can retreat to defend against natural dangers; if you go east, you can dominate Chu;

Originally, in the 13th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao led troops to Jingzhou, and when Liu Cong surrendered, Jingzhou was already in Cao Cao's pocket.However, once Chibi caught fire, it not only cut off the Jiangdong road, but also spread to Jingzhou.Today, among the seven counties under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou, Cao Jun only occupies Nanyang County and a few counties of Nan County, while the Jiangdong Army with Zhou Yu as the governor firmly controls the three counties of Jiangxia, Guiyang, and Lingling, and Liu Qi is the successor of Jingzhou. The former Liu Bei and others occupied Nanjun and Wuling counties, while Changsha County bordering Jiangxia and Wuling became the place where the two sides often fought, and there was no obvious victory or defeat for the time being.

In the county seat of Xiangyang, Guo Jia looked at the messy ink marks on the map, and raised his pen to circle a key pass: "With one county fighting against six counties, Duke Ming really left a big mess for Jia to clean up. "

"With the strength of Qin's western frontier country, we can unite the six countries with one enemy and six countries." Cao Cao said, "This kind of hegemony can be achieved even if you believe in filial piety alone." However, after saying this, he He said softly, "Even if it's not today, it's tomorrow, take your time."

He is 55 years old this year, and no matter how tough his body is, he can't stop his temples from being stained with snow.When he conquered Karasuma three years ago, he already had a sense of twilight, and he inherently sang "the old man has a long-term ambition; the martyr is in his old age, and his ambition is endless".However, when Guo Jia returned to him, he felt that the sense of urgency caused by life and death disappeared completely.The Southern Expedition, if not once, will be twice, if not in one year, then ten years, the future will be long, and the world will always be unified one day.

"Haha, since Duke Ming has such high hopes for Jia, how can Jia disappoint Duke Ming? Tomorrow is too far away, and the day to defeat the enemy must be today." Guo Jia looked at the map for a long time and thought for a long time, then picked up his pen to write on the map An ink stain was left on it.It seems like a random stroke, but it draws a clear path in the chaos, "The art of vertical and horizontal, mutual generation and mutual restraint, since Su and Qin used the art of combining vertical to defend the six kingdoms, the art of defeating the enemy must lie in connecting and horizontal."

"The six countries have different intentions, so they can take advantage of it. However, Jingzhou's three-legged confrontation, the situation is clear, but it is difficult to provoke the alliance between Jiangdong and Liu Bei." Cao Cao condensed the place where Guo Jia's fingertips stayed, "Unless, in their Where there is a conflict, we push it forward."

Guo Jia smiled, knowing that Cao Cao understood what he meant.

At this time, the soldiers had a letter to report.

When Cao Cao opened it, the smile on his lips faded instantly.

Guo Jia asked curiously: "Duke Ming, what's wrong?"

Such straightforward inquiries should not have been done by counselors, but for Cao Cao and Guo Jia, this is already the norm, so don't worry about etiquette.

Cao Cao handed the paper directly to Guo Jia.Guo Jia saw that there were only a few words on the paper:

In March, Xun Chen died in Xiangyang.

"It's been 14 years." Cao Cao looked at the thin piece of paper, feeling infinitely, "Youruo has helped Gu a lot, and Guben wants to invite him back to the court, so please Your Majesty to reuse it, but he told Gu that Compared with being an official in the court, he is more happy to live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes, so Gu fulfilled his wish. This time when he came to Xiangyang, Gu sent someone to invite him to a party, but he did not expect such a result."

"Life and death are life and death, and the world is impermanent. Don't worry about it." Guo Jia's eyes flashed, his emotions were cryptic, "I should inform Gongda of this news immediately, and let him write a book for Wen Ruo and the Xun family."

Although the friendship is very close, it is a done deal. Cao Cao is not so much sad as he is more emotional about the impermanence of the world.Troubled times are more discrete, which also makes people more numb to life and death.He called the soldiers outside the tent and asked the soldiers to send the news to Xun You's tent, and then to Xun You alone. Do you want to change your health?br>

"Wait," Guo Jia suddenly remembered something when Cao Cao finished writing the last word and was about to put down his pen, "Ming Gong, do you still remember those spices sealed by Wen Ruo at Shangshutai?"

Cao Cao recalled it for a long time before he got a vague impression: "Feng Xiao refers to those chicken coops?"

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"Chicken coop incense is a precious thing," Guo Jia couldn't help but a hint of teasing flashed across his eyes,

"Instead of wasting it there, why don't Ming Gong act as a favor and come to add fire to Jingzhou?"

The winding path leads to a secluded place, with willows and willows, and at the pavilions and waterside pavilions, the sound of the piano is like a ring, and the gentleman's beauty is beautiful and the moon is rhyming.

At the end of the song, the lingering sound lingers, and March doesn't know the taste of meat.

The little boy who was waiting outside the pavilion stepped forward and presented the ruler letter with both hands: "Sir, there is a letter from Nanyang."

"Nanyang?" Hearing the name of his hometown, his lips curved slightly.However, the ink characters on the ruler do not come from his wife, whom he often misses.

Today, five catties of chicken tongue fragrance are offered as a token of modesty.

Signed as "Meng De", the pen is like a knife, full of the killing spirit of northern Xinjiang.

The little boy also presented the wooden box that came with the ruler letter, and there was a big wooden box outside, which he couldn't lift.

The wooden box may seem unremarkable, but it is exquisite and unparalleled, and his eyes, who like ingenuity, are very fond of it.Press the protruding part to open the wooden box, and a faint scent of cloves blows in with the wind.

He picked up a piece with his hand and put it in his mouth, as expected, the fragrance of flowers filled his mouth in an instant, refreshing.

The chicken coop incense, which was once more precious than gold, really deserves its name.

Putting the slipped cloak back on his shoulders, he slowly stood up and walked out of the pavilion.

"Sir, so this incense, do you accept it?"

The breeze blew the blue hair, he looked back and smiled:

"He is very kind, why should we be thousands of miles away, just accept them all.

The wooden box is kept, as for the chicken coop incense, see if there are incense vendors in the city, sell them all, and exchange them for army rations and fodder, which is worthy of Prime Minister Cao's love. "

In the warm sunlight, on that peaceful and elegant face, bright eyes were slightly narrowed, seemingly elegant and upright, but actually sly and agile, just like a white fox in human form.

"It's halfway through the day, it's time for Liang to welcome the lord back to the city."