On this day, Qu Yi left Jinyang City with a gloomy look and embarked on the road back to Juyang.
At this time, he was sitting in a chariot, accompanied by eight armored horseback guards, each of whom was an old soldier from Xiping who had followed him for many years. Not only was his loyalty impeccable, but he was also as brave as ten. Moreover, there was a majestic crow flag with a red background to clear the way for him. Qu Yi used this to walk through the cities and never encountered any accidents in more than ten years.
And what he is thinking carefully about now is the results of Jinyang and his team. After his appeal to Fazheng failed, he went to Liu Bao and Jian Yong the next day, hoping that they could help. Liu Bao was modest and Jian Yong had a free and easy temperament. Although he felt a little embarrassed, he finally agreed to Qu Yi and said that he would try to talk to him in the next two days and let him wait for the news in Juyang. Qu Yi was relatively satisfied. After all, Liu Bao was Liu Bei's wife and nephew, and Jian Yong was Liu Bei's good friend. Liu Bei must not be indifferent.
However, after this round, Qu Yi knew that he had declined Chen Chong and his relationship with Fa Zheng had deteriorated. It could be said that he had offended both of them. How would his future be settled? This made him think deeply, but he couldn't think of a reason. In the end, he had to admit secretly in his heart that maybe his wealth in the Western Dynasty would stop here.
At this time, Qu Yi couldn't help but look past the message from the Eastern Dynasty that he had received in Jinyang. As the Grand Sima, although he rarely directly intervenes in military affairs and strategies, the Bafu will still inform him of the latest deployments and intelligence. The letter in his hand said that there had been few wars in the Eastern Dynasty in the past two years. Except for the suppression of bandits in Qingzhou and the friction with Gongsun Du of Liaodong, the main focus was on managing the affairs of the country.
After the Xindu coup, Marshal Cao Cao's Mansion completely took control of the Eastern Dynasty. With the decline of the Youzhou Party and the continuous expansion and restructuring of the Western Dynasty, how to stabilize people's hearts and enrich the treasury as soon as possible has become a new problem for the Marshal's Mansion. So Cao Cao carried out a large-scale restructuring in the past two years. Unlike Chen Chong, Cao Cao vigorously promoted the farming system and moved more than 100,000 households from Hebei to Qing and Xuzhou to farm, and set up 50 people in one farm to set up Sima. The commander-in-chief of Diannong, the captain of Diannong school, and the general of Diannong Zhonglang were placed at the top, and they were not affiliated with counties or counties. The harvest from farming was divided with the state: those who used official oxen, the officials and the people were four;
Then Cao Cao started from the law and set up the "Eight Discussions" system, stipulating that those who rebel against the law should discuss relatives, discuss past, discuss talents, discuss abilities, discuss merits, discuss nobles, discuss diligence, and discuss guests. This means that all those who are relatives of the emperor, national patriots, sages, talents, meritorious officials, nobles, industrious people, and foreign guests who break the law must not be punished according to the law, but should be reported to the Chancellor's Office and the Marshal's Office for discussion and handling. Generally speaking, those who are convicted of the following eight types of crimes are equivalent to being innocent, and other crimes are treated as one-level reduction as usual.
In addition, Cao Cao learned that after Guan Yu's victory in the Western Campaign, he gained a lot of gold and silver, so he followed Dong Zhuo Yuzhi's example and appointed the posts of "Faqiu Zhonglang General" and "Mojin Xiaowei" to dig up graves and dig up gold in the territories under his jurisdiction. .
As a result, all the vassal kings' tombs suffered disasters, and the old bones were exposed in the wilderness. It is believed that there were reports in the capital that one year's money was uncountable, but there were loads of jewelry and carts carrying as much grain as rice. Therefore, Cao Cao expanded his army aggressively within the territory, built armor and stomachs extensively, and the sound of gold and iron training continued for days.
Qu Yi looked over what Cao Cao had done and believed that the most important measure was the "Eight Discussions" system. Nowadays, both the Eastern and Western dynasties have established new laws, which can be compared with each other. The result is self-evident. Naturally, the usage in Kansai is strict, while the usage in Kanto is loose. Qu Yi thought that from now on, Cao Cao would win over the people of Guandong with all their strength, and the original disputes between the various parties in the Eastern Dynasty would probably disappear.
At this time, a thought suddenly occurred to him, thinking: "If I go to the East again, will I be reused?" This thought was originally just a random thought of his, and he was shocked, but as the car bumped, And silence, this thought gradually gained warmth, as if it was so hot that it was imprinted in my mind.
Qu Yi silently analyzed the pros and cons: As the Grand Sima of the Western Dynasty, and located in Juyang, a strategic location in Bingzhou, once he defected to the Eastern Dynasty, both political and military considerations would be enough to change the confrontation between the two dynasties. . If he negotiates with Cao Cao to start the war, his achievements will definitely not be less than the assassination of Yuan Shao in the sixth year of Yanxing, and the wealth and title he will receive will definitely be even greater than those in the Western Dynasty. The only thing that troubled Qu Yi was to kill Yuan Shao himself. After all, Cao Cao's Yuan family's old tribe was like a cloud. If he returned to the Eastern Dynasty, he would definitely be incompatible with them. If he got rich in the future, there was no guarantee that he would not end up like Zhou Yafu...
This idea made it difficult for Qu Yi to make a decision, and he was hesitating. Suddenly the car clanged and stopped slowly. Qu Yi woke up from his reverie, turned his head and looked out the car window, only to see groups of pine forests standing on both sides. He stuck his head out again and saw what seemed to be deer antlers blocking the official road in the distance.
He asked the old pawn riding in front: "What's going on? Why did the car stop?"
An old soldier turned around and reported through the car curtain: "General, we thought we had arrived at Weixiu Pavilion, but someone seems to have set up a checkpoint in front of us. General, please borrow the token. We will send someone to negotiate with them and let them Release."
"Set up a card?" Qu Yi recalled it and asked, "Wei Xiuting remembered that there was no card when I came here. How come there was an extra one a few days later?"
"Who knows?" the old soldier replied: "Everything about the country is good, but the management is too lenient. It is normal for there to be many people blocked and sometimes there are few people blocked."
Qu Yi said "Hmm", waved his hand and took out Da Sima's waist badge, handed it to the old soldier and said, "Go back quickly."
The old soldier took the badge with both hands, bowed to Qu Yi and said, then he rode forward quickly. Qu Yi watched as his back gradually approached the checkpoint. Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew by, making the pine forests on both sides of the official road rustle, and green pine needles fell like raindrops.
Watching the path of pine needles falling to the ground. Qu Yi saw several haystacks erected in the level, and a thought flashed through his mind: There has been no major events in Jinyang recently, so why are the barriers set up for no reason?
Thinking of this, Qu Yi's body trembled slightly, and a danger suddenly occurred in his heart - this was his life and death intuition honed by years of fighting on the battlefield, and it was also the greatest guarantee of being invincible. At this moment, he felt as if he was on the pontoon of Huoshi Port, witnessing Cao Cao's winding crossbow slowly approaching. This made him react immediately: Someone is trying to harm me!
The Bafu soldiers in the Weixiu Pavilion did not know that the design had been seen through. After the leader Fa Ke saw the token, he naturally moved the antlers away and greeted the old soldier with a smile: "There have been bandits here recently. , that’s why I set up the card, I hope Da Sima will forgive me and don’t worry about it.”
The old soldier believed it to be true and said with a smile: "There are bandits around Jinyang, how brave they are!" He paused here, and then said proudly: "But if the great Sima is here, even if the bandits from all over the world gather together, it's just... Just some military achievements." After saying that, he quickly rode back to the convoy.
Seeing the stagnant convoy starting again, gradually changing from slow to fast, and driving forward at a very fast speed. Seeing the front horse entering the checkpoint, Fa Ke suddenly shouted loudly: "Raso!"
A sudden change!
The two soldiers at the back separated to the left and right, and suddenly pulled out a rope from the ground, which was stuck in front of the horse's legs. Quyi's knight was caught off guard, and before he could rein in the horse, the horse knelt down on its front legs and was already stuck. Fall to the ground. The knight on horseback was also knocked off the saddle, broke his leg bones, and groaned on the ground. And this man and horse just blocked the way of the convoy.
At the same time, the soldiers on the side of the block did not wait for the knights behind the car to retreat. Each of them took out the already loaded crossbow from the haystack on the side, turned around and fired. Because everything happened so fast and the distance between the two sides was so close, the Bafu soldiers didn't even need to aim. The crossbow's bow easily pierced the armor and shot the knight to the ground. Almost instantly, out of the eight veterans who had followed Qu Yi for many years, only four were left.
But these four people had no chance to show off their bravery. They just woke up and clenched the knives in their hands. Then they were shot to the ground by the remaining crossbows. The man in front of him broke his leg bone. He was also hacked to death by the Bafu soldiers who rushed towards him. The last one left was Qu Yizhen, who was surrounded by everyone.
The victory was already within his grasp, but Fa Ke didn't feel proud at all. He was still afraid of Qu Yi's martial name, just like he was afraid of the red crow flag flying at the front of the car. He took a few breaths, stepped forward and cut off the flagpole of Zhen Che with a wave of his hand. The red crow flag also fell with a bang, and Fa Ke's courage suddenly increased. But what struck him as ominous was that the cry for the flag to fall seemed like an echo of the sound of the trumpet in wartime.
At this time, Fa Ke said to the vague figure in the car: "Da Sima, come out! Even if Da Sima can fight again, can he really defeat one against ten? If you come out, I can still give you a good time, but if not It’s hard to say if you know your interests!”
Unexpectedly, except for the restless horses, there was no response and silence in the car.
Fa Ke repeated what he had just said twice. Seeing that there was still no response from the car, he waved to the soldiers around him and asked them to shoot arrows into the car. The soldiers formed a circle around the car and fired twenty crossbows. The arrows pierced into the car like hailstones.
The sound of gold and iron colliding could be heard from inside the car, but there was no human sound.
Fa Ke suddenly felt that something was wrong, and boldly went to open the curtain of Zhen's car. Only then did he realize to his shock, where is the righteousness? The figure in the car is just an erect stomach!
Fa Ke luckily thought that maybe Qu Yi could not escape far, so he immediately gave orders to the soldiers to go to the front to search and survey. But after searching for a day, it was in vain. This forced him to tell Fa Zheng about the failed assassination. In this short period of time, Qu Yi had already taken a path around the pass, bought an old horse from a farmer's house, and rushed to Juyang day and night.
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Fazheng knew that a big mistake had been made, so he immediately went to Liu Bei's house to plead guilty. Time was running out, and before Liu Bei had time to do anything, it was already the third day after the incident occurred. Qu Yi raised the rebel flag in Juyang and attacked Fanzhi and Nao counties eastward, defeating them both.
An important road leading directly to Mayi, an important town in the Western Dynasty, opened to the Eastern Dynasty without warning.
