Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Jian Yong and his party took two steps back, holding their horses to make way for their father-in-law to pass.

The two groups of people passed each other, and Jian Yong took a look at his father-in-law and his group.

A donkey, a few household items, a blabbering old woman, two silent and weather-beaten daughters, and an innocent child.

Jian Yong remembered what his father-in-law had said before that he had two sons and two daughters, and he felt even more silent.

"If you want to go to Guanzhong, you should buy two more clothes!" At the end, the father-in-law said loudly, and Jian Yong also thanked him loudly.

The weather is indeed getting colder, and Jian Yong has also judged in his heart that Han, Ma and Cao should have a complete encounter before the snow falls.

Otherwise, as the old man said, Han Ma has the advantage of defense, and Cao Cao is bound to win, and no one will accept it.

What Jian Yong didn't expect was that after walking for a few days before leaving the Baoxian Road, he encountered a wave of defeated troops.

If Jian Yong only had one horse and one person, then the level of this group of defeated soldiers would make Jian Yong understand what troubled times are.

But Jian Yong has always cherished his life. He didn't have many personal followers, but they were all borrowed from Chen Dao. He was taciturn when walking and never took off his knife.

In addition, Jian Yong took the initiative to say a few nice words, so this group of defeated soldiers became easy to talk to.

"Gong Cao was defeated, so was General Ma?"

Jian Yong's brows knitted into a knot. He never expected this result.

"What is the specific situation? What about General Han Suihan?"

As he spoke, Jian Yong handed over a few pancakes, which made the soldiers' attitude become even better:

"Mr. Da doesn't know that General Ma and General Han are fighting!"

"Ah?" Jian Yong was dumbfounded: "Then aren't Han and Ma two coalition forces?"

The soldiers also looked sad, obviously feeling that this unlucky situation was all thanks to the leaders.

"I won the battle against Duke Cao in the front, but General Han and General Ma started fighting behind me for some reason."

"Gong Cao sent troops and defeated the two generals. This is what happened to us."

What the defeated soldiers said was confusing, but Jian and Yong had already guessed it based on the general guesses of the military advisor when they set off.

Ma Mengqi was always ambitious, but coincidentally, Han Sui was the same.

How could two people with infinite ambitions work together? Moreover, if Han Sui pulls together the coalition forces and Ma Chao joins them again, it will be a question of who will control who.

At that time, Pang Tong explained with a smile:

"It's like the two wolves fighting the tiger as the previous generations said."

"The two hungry wolves, Han Sui and Ma Chao, temporarily united to fight tigers, but Cao Ah Man is a tiger with ideas."

Jian Yong shook his head slightly:

"Two short-sighted wolves."

Before the two strategists returned to the lord, he and Mi Zhu would occasionally serve as strategists for the lord, and they still had basic analytical skills.

Now the situation is nothing more than that Cao Cao has not lost his fighting power, but the two wolves are already fighting over the uneven distribution of the spoils.

However... this is just the right thing, because he, Jian Yong, can show off his power of words and deal with the three parties to open the way for the Lord.

Moreover, Jian Yong still remembers the arrogant Jin Ma Chao he saw last time. It is not a personal grudge, but he really wants to see what Jin Ma Chao looks like now.

In his heart, Jian Yong even encouraged Cao Cao: A hungry wolf with eyes as high as Ma Mengqi deserves a good beating, so that he can listen to people's words.

"Hurry up!" Jian Yong ordered from his thoughts.

He made a decision in his heart: after sending the letter to Guanzhong, he would definitely go to Yongliang and his party to visit Ma Mengqi as soon as possible.

…

People in Chengdu have been very busy these past few months.

Roads need to be built, rivers need to be dredged, and some houses need to be repaired. Uncle Liu even brought hundreds of people to repair Dujiangyan.

This period of time is extremely eye-opening for Chengdu people: How many years has it been since Chengdu was so noisy?

"General Zhang, can you take a break and drink some tea?" Some people stood on the shore and shouted.

Below the river is a hunky-backed man, bare-chested and wearing only a pair of shorts, who is leading the charge in clearing mud.

This was naturally Zhang Fei who was punished to dredge the river.

But Zhang Fei had no complaints. His brother was nominally punished, but didn't he personally take people to Dujiangyan to clean up the river?

Even Mr. Zizhong and Liu Ba were busy, and it was said that the two of them were planning for the official market.

Zhang Fei was not pretentious at all. After loading another basket of smelly mud, he climbed back to the shore along the ladder. However, he looked at his hands and felt a little embarrassed:

"Old Zhang, just put the tea on the stone pier. My body is full of filthy stench, so I don't want it to get to you."

The Chengdu people moved over carefully and didn't take it seriously:

"What did General Zhang say? It's too late for us to thank you for dredging the river. Besides, don't we usually smell the foul smell of the river?"

As he said this, the old man couldn't help but grab Zhang Fei's hands and stuffed the tea bowl into it.

Zhang Fei was a little embarrassed and hurriedly drank the tea and tea leaves in one gulp, and then watched the people take back the tea bowl and refill it without any explanation.

Facing the earnest gaze, Zhang Fei had no choice but to drink it all in one gulp, and then waved his hand:

"I'm full, don't add more."

After saying that, he sat on the river embankment to rest, but looked at the old women staring at him with curious expressions on his left and right - they were indeed old women. The young and strong people in Chengdu are now working, such as working with Zhang Fei under the river. It was Qing Zhuang who lived nearby who was doing the dredging.

Looking at the women and elders, Zhang Fei felt very uncomfortable, so he had to ask in a low voice: "Old sir, there have been a lot of announcements in the government office recently. Is there anything you don't understand? I'll talk to you about it."

Recently, one of the main tasks of Pang Tong, Kong Ming, Fa Xiaozhi and others is to formulate various policies and then post them through notices, and send officials to answer the questions of the people as much as possible under the notices.

Although Liu Bei and others felt that they could explain it clearly, the people may not be able to fully accept so many policies suddenly.

Therefore, Liu Bei told the government officials very early that whenever the people had questions, they must explain it clearly. At least to ensure that Chengdu's internal affairs orders were passed unimpeded and everyone was united.

The old man who gave Zhang Fei tea waved his hands in shame: "Can't you be called a general? Old man, I only have one thing to ask."

Zhang Fei was all ears.

The old man hesitated for a moment and then asked slowly:

"I just want to ask, my uncle was sent to be with Cao by Qianzhou Mu when he was a soldier. Now can the emperor allow me to return?"

Zhang Fei didn't expect this to be the problem and couldn't help but be speechless.

But looking at the eager eyes of the women and old people around them, they understood that the soldiers who were given away were their sons, husbands, and fathers.

Zhang Fei is well versed in military affairs, but now he is remembering what he saw in Chibi. When Zhou Gongjin and others analyzed the Cao thieves at that time, they casually mentioned that Liu Zhang sent a group of Yizhou soldiers to the Cao thieves, but they were only a few thousand people, nothing. question.

So many things happened so fast that Zhang Fei would never have remembered it if his father-in-law hadn't asked him about it.

But now... "Next year at the latest, my brother will regain Hanzhong!"

"When the road to Guanzhong is opened, my father-in-law's family will definitely be able to come back as long as he..."

As long as how? Of course, as long as he lives, but in Zhang Fei's opinion, this hope is extremely slim.

But this father-in-law seemed to have received a favor from God, and he thanked him so much, which made Zhang Fei's heart even heavier.

So after a few hasty explanations, Zhang Fei jumped back into the river and squandered his strength on the mud, so as to put the matter behind him.

After another tiring day, Zhang Fei returned to the government office after cleaning his body in the river.

His family members were all still in Jiangling, and his soldiers were in Baishui Pass, so he simply stayed in Fuya during his stay in Chengdu. This place was built magnificently by Liu Zhang, so there was no shortage of places to live.

"You will know when you smell this smell that Yide must be back!"

Before Zhang Fei even stepped through the door, he heard the reassuring voice of the military advisor.

Although I clean it for a long time every night, the mud smell on my body is very stubborn and cannot be easily removed.

Zhang Fei didn't blush and opened the door with a big smile:

"Military advisor, I miss you so much after I haven't seen you for a long time! Come and get close to me!"

As he spoke, Zhang Fei rushed towards Kong Ming, trying to hug him.

Kong Ming was shocked and without hesitation pushed Pang Tong into Zhang Fei's arms.

Zhang Fei was not polite, he rubbed Pang Tong away, then left and continued to catch Kong Ming.

There was so much excitement in the hall that Pang Tong was about to cry.

It wasn't until Liu Bei came back that he had no choice but to knock Zhang Fei on the head to stop the farce.

"What is this today?"

Zhang Fei approached the table in the hall and took a curious look. He saw a hole in the middle of the table, which had been filled with red-hot charcoal.

"Here comes the chicken soup!"

"Yide, give in quickly!"

Mi Zhu held a large vat of chicken soup, drove Zhang Fei away, and placed the large vat on the coal.

Then Zhang Fei sat aside, dazzled as he watched Anti-Mi Zhu, Fazheng Liu Ba and others bring in small plates one after another like butterflies flying around. Each plate contained different dishes. Zhang Fei also saw what happened yesterday in the light. The pickled lychees seen in the scene.

"Is this... the way to eat it in later generations?" Zhang Fei was impressed.

Kong Ming put his feather fan aside and picked up his chopsticks first:

"Yide, let's try it together!"

Zhang Fei then sat down, looked left and right, and finally chose to put two pieces of lamb meat into the urn, and then started chatting about the soldiers who had been sent out before.

"This..." Kong Ming stopped his chopsticks and thought for a moment and said:

"There is indeed such a force. There are also records in the Chengdu treasury. There are a total of 2,132 soldiers. There are about 900 households in Chengdu."

Liu Bei sighed, picked up a green vegetable and threw it inside:

"If there is still a possibility for Liu Zhang to seek revenge from Cao Cao, we will definitely not be able to do so now."

Then Liu Bei stared at the green vegetables tumbling up and down in the urn and said, "This is really hard to do, just try your best."

Zhang Fei stared at the piece of mutton until it was completely white and no trace of red could be seen before he picked it up.

Dip a little garlic paste into your mouth. Although I have tasted this taste before, it still feels interesting and said to Liu Bei:

"Brother, I want to go back to Baishui Pass in advance."

Liu Bei picked up the vegetable leaves, dipped them in some minced garlic, then put in the meat sauce and rolled it around. While eating, he said vaguely:

"Chengdu may not have enough food now to fight against Hanzhong."

Pang Tong glanced at Zhang Fei resentfully, and then at the robe he had just taken off because it was contaminated with smell.

He reached into the urn with his chopsticks, picked out a lychee, put it into his mouth, and said vaguely:

"The plan for Hanzhong still needs to wait."

"Commander Pang, can it be done this year?" Zhang Fei asked.

What the elder brother said is indeed true. Yizhou is now full of waste and is being built everywhere.

The price is that the already full treasury becomes less surplus.

Moreover, news of the attack on Gong'an County has also been sent. Kong Ming believes that the possibility of two-front operations in Hanzhong and Jiangdong must be considered.

By that time, Xiangfan will definitely not be at peace either.

Therefore, when Pang Tong and Fazheng studied Hanzhong, they had only one conclusion: quick victory!

After thinking about the progress, Pang Tong nodded: "It's probably OK."

After hearing this, Zhang Fei completely put the matter aside, and then picked out what he wanted to eat and cooked it one by one.

After trying various seasonings, Zhang Fei saw the last dish of red powder:

"Why is there still red salt?"

Kong Ming glanced at it: "That's sucrose, Yide might as well try it."

"Oh? What a quick move by the military advisor!" Zhang Fei cooked a piece of meat with great interest, then put it in, rolled it around, and put it into his mouth.

?

After forcibly swallowing the piece of meat, Zhang Feirui commented:

"This Cao Pi is indeed seriously ill."

Then Zhang Fei dipped the tip of his chopsticks into a little sucrose and tasted it, his eyebrows gradually raised:

"Military advisor, this..."

Kong Ming suppressed a smile and asked knowingly:

"how?"

"Is this sucrose... precious?" Zhang Fei was a little embarrassed:

"If I have enough money, my daughter..."

"It's quite precious." Kong Ming said matter-of-factly.

Zhang Fei's face was stunned for a moment, and he looked at the plate on the table:

"This dipped meat is quite unpalatable, why not..."

Pang Tong stretched out his chopsticks and held it down: "Yide, wait a minute. Although this brown sugar cannot be used to dip meat, it is very delicious when used to dip fruits."

As he spoke, Pang Tong took another lychee and rolled it in it. It was covered with a thick layer under Zhang Fei's distressed and frustrated eyes, and then he put it into his mouth with a look of enjoyment on his face.

In the end, Liu Bei felt sorry for his third brother and shook his head:

"This is twenty kilograms of sucrose. Kong Ming has already sent people to take ten kilograms to Jingzhou."

Zhang Fei then became happy and complained: "The military advisor is looking for fun in me again."

Kong Ming happily said nothing and just ate meat quickly.

Zhang Fei also used his chopsticks again, but after taking two bites, he sighed: "I don't know how my second brother is doing."

Wisps of steam rose from the urn and gradually dissipated into the night as the breeze blew in the hall.

Guan Yu looked at the moon in the sky, and then looked at the giant city under his feet that had entered a state of rest.

It was now curfew time, and Guan Yu suddenly thought of the prosperous city that never sleeps in later generations.

This is also one of the things that shocked them.

After being intoxicated by the prosperity, the first thing Guan Yu felt uncomfortable with was that there was no curfew at all in later generations?

If there is no curfew, how to control water leakage and theft?

Guan Yu looked at the moon and said to himself:

"The warehouse is solid and you know the etiquette; the food and clothing are enough and you know the honor and disgrace."

"Why did the general sigh like this?" Zhao Lei didn't know why.

Guan Yu shook his head: "Watch the night with me."

…

After a hard journey, Jian Yong finally saw Chang'an City.

There are various pits on the city wall, and graves of various sizes are simply erected at the foot of the city wall.

That was someone who died here before. Perhaps their family members or people nearby were too lazy to move the body, so they simply buried it on the spot.

The city gates were wide open and unguarded, and refugees crowded in groups of twos and threes at the door openings and at the foot of the inner walls, hoping to escape the cold.

"This is Chang'an..." Jian Yong sighed deeply.

Since the emperor left Chang'an, this once glorious and large city has been abandoned.

The powerful people in Guanzhong relied on soldiers and horses and had no interest in this huge city that could not be defended. Cao Cao did want it, so he sent troops to fight with Han and horses at Tongguan.

After entering Chang'an, Jian Yong also found out more about it.

Han Sui was defeated by Ma Chao and led his troops to flee west. Cao Cao also led his troops to pursue him.

Today, there is only one military camp next to Chang'an City for protection.

People in Chang'an City are also panic-stricken. Although they have heard of Cao Cao, they either have something to rely on like Jian Yong, or they have nothing to lose like those refugees.

So although they were panicked, not many people escaped.

Jian Yong found a house based on Mi Zhu's instructions beforehand. After correcting the password, Jian Yong took out the sealed envelope:

"Send it to Xudu. Your name is in it. How to deliver it depends on you."

"That's easy to say." The person who met Jian Yong was a fat man with a kind face. He led Jian Yong into the inner room, then looked at the sky and sighed:

"In this current situation, Mr. Da, can you give me some advice?"

Jian Yong took a sip of hot tea to warm himself up, looked at the powerful smuggling businessman, thought for a while and finally came to the conclusion:

"The Han horses are hard to destroy, and the day when Cao Gong will lead his army is not far away."

"But he will definitely regain control of Chang'an, and this place will be safe."

The fat man breathed a sigh of relief: "I hope it is true as Mr. Da said."

5k words, that’s all for today. I’m not sure what time I’ll be back tonight. I’ll make up for what I owe later.