The urgent report from Xuchang still uses the 600-mile expedited service.
It is about the Northern Kingdom, but it is not a battle report, but a recent rumor. The families in the Northern Kingdom have been in turmoil recently.
The reason was that Guo Tu, under Lin Mo's instruction, began to suppress the aristocratic families in the North.
This kind of suppression was not based on land, official career, or money, but directly threatened lives. Many people were arrested, and some even died.
The charges vary, including colluding with foreign enemies, embezzling money and food from Mo's government treasury, and even secretly colluding with mountain bandits to rob tribute money.
But everyone understands that these are just excuses. The real reason is that there is a rift between Lu Bu and Lin Mo, and these people are talking too much behind their backs.
The problem is that talking nonsense is not a false discussion of government affairs. Even if it is a false discussion of government affairs, it is not a crime worthy of death, so they must be cleverly convicted.
The advantage of doing this is that it can cut through the mess quickly and suppress rumors as soon as possible.
As for the disadvantage, it is that it is likely to anger the aristocratic families. Once they join forces to resist, even Lu Lin who dominates the northern country may not be able to withstand this backlash.
"This matter is indeed a bit strange. There is no reward for the hidden secret in Yecheng, which proves that Cui Xian has not succeeded yet, but Lu Bu left Pengcheng and there was no movement for several months after leaving, and it seemed that there was a suspicion.
Now, Lin Mo is using arrogant means to block everyone's mouth in the North Country, which is more like trying to cover up.
But if Cui Xian didn't succeed, where did the conflict between the two start?
Furthermore, even if there was a conflict, it was the weak Lin Mo who should have escaped. How could Lu Bu leave the Northern Kingdom? "
The line in the North Kingdom was a bit messy, and just figuring it out was a headache, so Xun You didn't think about how to answer Cao Cao's question, but Cheng Yu, who was standing behind him, couldn't help but speak.
Cao Cao leaned on the handsome chair, squinted his eyes and fiddled with his short beard, and murmured uncertainly, "Beiguo, what happened."
Xu Shi didn't wait for Xun You's answer. Cao Cao couldn't help but look at him again, "What do you think of Gongda?"
"Looking at the time, Lu Bu went north to Youzhou before Cui Xian got married. Maybe they didn't even meet."
There was no way. When I sent her there, I agreed not to write letters for safety reasons, so there was no way to know the inside information. However, the Anzi arranged in Yecheng had detailed tasks and could link up with Cui Xian. Yes, since Anzi didn't reply, it proves that Cui Xian's line has indeed made no progress.
Then, what exactly happened between Lu and Lin, causing one to run back to Pengcheng and the other to deal with it with thunderous means in the North Country.
Probably because Xun You's answer didn't satisfy him, Cao Cao didn't look away and still stared at him.
In fact, the threads in the Northern Kingdom were so messy and there was so little useful information. Xun You could not judge the authenticity of this matter at all. Unable to withstand Cao Cao's oppressive eyes, he could only bite the bullet and said: "What Lin Mo did happened happened after Sikong captured it." After Hanzhong, I thought that he deliberately caused civil strife, so that Sikong could confidently and boldly use troops against Yizhou, and Lin Mo could make plans later."
"Hey, Gongda's statement is incomplete. Lu Bu returned to Pengcheng before we took Hanzhong."
Cheng Yu directly shook his head and rejected Xun You's guess, "I think it is possible that Cui Xian did not follow the previous arrangement and used other means to sow discord between the two."
Cao Cao didn't speak. He stood up and walked slowly out of the hall.
The opinions of counselors can only be used as a reference and cannot be completely trusted. Especially when you want to control the mixed counselors under your command, choosing the most reliable among the many opinions is the first priority.
He began to immerse himself in it and listed all possible traps one by one.
If this is false, then Lin Mo’s intention must be as Gongda said, to encourage me to attack Yizhou. The worst situation would be that Lin Mo would send troops from the north to cross the Yellow River and descend the white horse to attack Xuchang. Lu Bu would personally lead an army The army invaded Qiaojun from Xiaoguan, thus forming a pincer attack on the Central Plains.
But if this is true, I won't suffer any loss if I attack Yizhou later. Everyone in Sichuan is in danger now, and they are the ones who are worried. If they survive for a few more days, maybe there will be a few more 'Zhang Songs' jump out.
What's more, Lu Bu and Lin Mo can't accomplish anything without each other. At that time, if I take advantage of the chaos to counterattack the Northern Kingdom, the Yizhou heroes will only become more frightened in the end.
After comprehensive analysis, Cao Cao felt that it was better to be still than to move at this time, because there may be a rift between the two. If he behaves too aggressively and makes them feel the crisis, it is likely that the two will be forced to suppress their relationship with each other. stereotypes.
On the contrary, if they show fear, all their thoughts will be spent on figuring out each other.
Watching the fire from the other side
Cao Cao thought this was the safest option.
Although there was no feedback from Cui Xian, Cao Cao was more inclined to think that there was really a rift between them.
They conquered the four northern states in one go. It is no longer the world where one-third of an acre of land was cultivated in the past.
Power can make people lose themselves. Since ancient times, when power has changed, anyone who is not the father and the son will attack, let alone the son-in-law.
Analyzed from this perspective, Cao Cao even has reason to believe that what Guo Tu is doing now is to eradicate dissidents for Lin Mo.
"Let's put this matter aside for now. The most important thing right now is to deal with Zhang Song." Cao Cao left these words and left the council hall.
In the next few days, Cao Cao really treated Zhang Song like a national scholar. He drank with him when he woke up, and talked about all kinds of great men and women. Zhang Song felt that everything he said was true.
Coupled with fine wine, delicious food, and the company of a singer, Zhang Song felt that he had finally met his master.
After seven days, he completely broke through the defense. When Cao Cao lamented his own difficulties, he willingly presented the detailed map of the 12 counties of Xichuan.
It lists the military deployment, treasury money, food, armor and weapons of each county. With this, attacking Xichuan will be more effective with half the effort.
Cao Cao was overjoyed. He finally didn't spend these days singing with Zhang Song in vain. There really was something about this guy.
Xu Chu and Dian Wei were also very happy. They were so happy that they wanted to pick off Zhang Song's head. You have already taken out the map anyway, so what's the use of keeping it?
Of course, Cao Cao was not in a hurry to kill the donkey. After all, even if he had the map in hand, there was no way to crack the dangerous passes that straddled the choke points.
He looked at the locations of Yang'an Pass, Jiameng Pass and Jiange Road on the map and sighed, looking like he had gained nothing but used it.
Zhang Song laughed loudly when he saw this, "Sikong, the most dangerous place among the three passes is Jiange. I would like to serve as an internal response to this pass and lead an army to the city to respond at the critical moment. Only Yang'an and Jiameng can Follow the map to find a thorough method to crack it."
"Sir, you have such extraordinary skills, you should be honored by me!" Cao Cao's acting skills were excellent, and he was really bowing and saluting.
As a person who was not valued by Liu Zhang and whose talents were not appreciated, after being treated by Cao Cao, he immediately felt like he was reborn. He quickly helped Cao Cao up and said in a deep voice: "Sikong, I will return to Sichuan from now on and make arrangements at the latest. They will sneak into the customs in the spring of next year, and there will be a secret message immediately, please Sikong to make a decision immediately."
"Okay, I will wait for the good news from sir!"
In fact, Zhang Song does not have this ability.
If he had this ability, he wouldn't be like this in Kawachi.
But the atmosphere has already reached this point. How can we promote ourselves if we don’t speak openly?
What's more, he didn't, but Fa Zheng did. He was a real ghost. Zhang Song knew clearly in his heart that such a difficult problem could be solved by leaving it to him.
You have done what you should do, and it is your turn to help with the next difficult problem.
Regarding Lin Mo's deployment, the old father-in-law's reply was only one sentence, Yunwen could weigh the troops, it was just a verbal message and nothing else.
People, sometimes can't be too sober. The self-doubt that the old father-in-law has now has not been cured just because he returned to Pengcheng. On the contrary, it seems to be getting worse.
Fortunately, Lu Lingqi was a considerate wife, and she asked the scout to bring a special letter.
The content is also very simple. It just makes it clear that the old father-in-law was indeed mentally ill during this period in Pengcheng and ignored government affairs. Even Chen Gong couldn't stand it anymore.
But there is no big problem. At least he is not decadent and drunk when he stays at home. He walks around with Chuan'er who is babbling and learning English every day, and he is in a good mood.
From this point of view, does the old father-in-law really want to enjoy his old age and enjoy being his wife?
Lin Mo let out a long sigh, it was far from that time now.
In fact, Lin Mo himself also saw one thing very clearly. If his father-in-law really left Yiying's military affairs, he would certainly not be unable to manage it. But if he used this state to start a life-and-death battle with Cao Cao, it would most likely be Will be defeated.
The old father-in-law may no longer be the Lu Bu who was so dazzling that the generals in the world dare not look directly at him, but the fact that the three armies are under the banner has never changed.
In the military camp, the group of veterans, especially those above the team leader level, actually believed in Lu Bu more.
He had to think of a way to cheer up his old father-in-law. Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief after closing the letter. This matter would probably take some effort.
In the next time, the evil queen followed Zhen Mi back to Wuji, and they were going to take over the Zhen family's great business; Guo Tu was still doing the dirty work of getting people poked in the spine; Zuo Rong was living in Qingzhou. Get up; with the help of the Xin family brothers in the north, Lin Mo is not too tired.
Everything seemed to be developing in a good direction, and the world seemed to have entered a relatively peaceful period. There was no more smoke from all directions, and even foreigners did not go south to plunder due to winter.
It was not until heavy snow fell in the northern country that news came that Zhao Yun had returned to Yecheng with his army, and the rear was completely stabilized.
Zhao Yun assigned the newly acquired counties of Yuyang, Shanggu and Youbeiping to Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin and Tian Yu. Lin Mo had no objection to this arrangement. People were needed to guard the frontier in the rear.
In addition, Tian Yu and Zhao Yun are also old acquaintances, so he can trust the right person.
As for Zhuojun, Zhang Yan is not willing to stay here. He seems to want to go to Bingzhou. The more than 20,000 boys under his command are all in Zhang Xiu's hands.
Lin Mo had a headache. He had indeed promised Zhang Yan that he could choose a place of his choice. Many generals were quite repelled by guarding the border, let alone Zhang Yan who was used to freedom.
But he couldn't take over and there was no one to replace him. Everyone else had more important tasks. After weighing the situation, Lin Mo could only let Guo Huai stay in Zhuojun.
Firstly, this guy has experience in guarding the Yanmen border with his father for several years, and secondly, it can be regarded as a reward for his contribution to pacifying Wuhuan this time.
As for Zhang Yan, let him stay with Zhao Yun as a deputy general. It is impossible to go to Bingzhou to stay with the old team of more than 20,000 Black Mountain bandits.
If you don't want to, then choose a county to be the prefect. You can't take advantage of all the good things.
Zhang Yan was on the right track and happily agreed to serve as Zhao Yun's deputy general, thus making up for the lack of Guo Huai's line.
When Zhao Yun came back, Lin Mo personally went out of the city to greet him.
Although, the express report he sent had already stated that he had brought back 20,000 newly recruited young men from Wuhuan this time, including 15,000 cavalry. All of them were good at riding and shooting, but they could really stand under the city gate. When he saw the cavalry team with no end in sight, Lin Mo couldn't help but feel shocked.
I think back then, I could scratch my head and head for a few hundred war horses, but now, the Wuhuan cavalry alone exceeds 15,000, and the entire team has no less than 25,000 cavalry.
There are also countless provisions, chariots, and sergeants. The armor rate of the troops has also reached 4.50%. They should be regarded as the most elite warlords in the entire Han Dynasty.
"Thank you for your hard work, Zilong." At the city gate, Lin Mo personally helped Zhao Yun dismount.
This move shocked Zhao Yun, "Yunwen, how can you be like this with your current status?"
"Ha ha."
Lin Mo couldn't help laughing, "My life was saved by Qiu, so this doesn't mean anything."
Man Chong and Hao Zhao, who came back with him, were extremely envious. The majestic Marquis Lanling, who was also considered the Lord of the Northern Kingdom, actually led the horse to lower his body for Zhao Yun. This kind of visual impact was very strong.
"Let's go, a celebration banquet has been set up for you all in the city."
Under the leadership of Lin Mo, the generals entered the city.
But the group of Wuhuan cavalry had to be stationed outside the city. This was a rule. The sergeants who could enter the main city were all Guards or patrol battalions, for safety reasons.
"Everyone, please open your mouth and drink today."
Lin Mo raised his glass and saluted everyone in a circle, then drank it all in one gulp.
With him starting the conversation, everyone naturally started drinking heavily.
Originally, today we only talked about celebrations and not about military aircraft. However, Yan Liang wanted to fight Xuchang several times, mainly because he heard that Zhang He was now staying in Xuchang.
To this day, they still blame Zhang He for Yuan Shao's death.
Unfortunately, this didn't go their way.
They can only go to Anfeng to take over Liao Shen's defense work.
After all, the next step is to clean up the ten tribes in Guanzhong. Liao Shen and the old yin have to guard Liyang. This place is related to the lifeline of the Northern Kingdom. Even if Yan Liangwen lets it go, Lin Mo can't completely rest assured.
Of course, there was no rush to explain this to them. They could still vent their anger through drinking today, but after all, they couldn't get Zhang He's life now.
At the banquet, everyone was drinking and drinking, and Lin Mo was a little absent-minded.
This war will begin after spring begins
The plan to alienate the ten tribes in Guanzhong, Guo Tu's aggressive war to confuse Cao Cao, and the attack on Sizhou to stabilize Yizhou. These things all need to be carried out simultaneously. From the current point of view, they are on the established track.
If there is anything that really makes people worry, it would be the heroic generals in the Ten Parts of Guanzhong.
After all, Ma Chao, Yan Xing and Pang De are all very difficult to deal with. If there is a battle situation, whether Brother Yun can figure them out will definitely become the key to victory in this battle.
It's a pity. If it had been five years earlier, my father-in-law would have made them all kneel down and sing "Conquer".
Now we can only hope for Brother Yun.
This is from yesterday, I'm sorry it's past twelve o'clock
(End of chapter)
