Chapter 3041: Covering up and hiding is actually an old tradition


    Eight years of Taixing, winter.


    The sky is chaotic and the cold wind is howling.


    If it snows, of course it is relatively clean to melt the snow into water, but when there is no snow, you have to smash the ice.


    In most of the water puddles in Mobei, ice has condensed on the surface. When you need water, you have to use an ax to break the ice, then take it back with ice and water and burn it before you can drink it.


    In these ice-covered water depressions, there are often some insect fish under the water surface. As long as the hole is opened, some fish will come to the surface to spit bubbles and **** oxygen. Salvaging a few fish can be regarded as a hit. Tooth sacrifice, but more often than not, the fish have not come up yet, and the insects float first to breathe, so you will see small white insects twisting on the water surface...


    ?But no herdsmen care.


    Sometimes herders will drink the ice water with bugs directly because they are thirsty.


    When did this saying become popular if you are unclean and you will not get sick if you eat it? Probably in an era when hygiene is no longer a priority and no one expects to live long.


    ?These herdsmen are the same as the Han people, with an average age of about forty years old, and those who can live beyond forty years are considered a great thing.


    For example Suli.


    Suli''s camp was set up on the edge of the water source.


    A bonfire was lit in the center of the thick felt tent, so that the temperature inside the felt tent would not be too low.


    When Suli was young, he also thought about becoming the king of Xianbei, but as he grew older, he gradually understood some things, and then he no longer expected to become the king of Xianbei.


    The rise of every Xianbei king is almost always accompanied by the death of tens of thousands of people.


    The grievances and hatreds between tribes are more cruel than the brothers and brothers who are understated and covert in Qing history. To reunite and unify the tribes, it is basically necessary to completely eradicate all opposing forces and only allow There is a person whose voice, even if it is a brother or a parent, must be killed.


    Su Li realizes that she is not so cruel...


    ??But he knew these methods, so on the one hand Qifu Hegan expressed his alliance with others, and on the other hand he wanted to use war to eradicate dissidents. This strategy was almost transparent in Suli''s eyes.


    Su Li could see that Qifu Heqian was a very fanatical person, so he gave himself the name of the Great Khan, and claimed that he was the incarnation of Lingfu. On the surface, he formed an alliance with Cao Jun, but in fact he wanted to You want to eat both sides, but is this possible? Not everyone is as easy to deceive as the bald tribe, especially the Han people.


    The Han people are very cunning.


    Like a vicious wolf on the grassland.


    When Qifu Heqian wanted to use Suli''s tribe to carry out the next plan, Suli turned his back.


    Qifu Heqian sent the Tufa tribe and the Rilu tribe as the vanguard, and took the initiative when attacking Zhang He''s forward, just to silence Suli and others, showing that Qifu Heqian himself had sent his men and took the lead. , and even divided the spoils, so what else do the others have to say?


    But we really have to fight against the Han people...


    ??The nightmare under Yuyang City has not been erased from Sulita''s memory.


    There is also a chain of contempt among the Hu people. The Chinese people despise the non-Chinese people, and the non-Chinese people also despise the Chinese people. Those who live in the woods and those who live on the grasslands also despise each other. Short-term cooperation is accompanied by longer-term disputes. Drinking and talking about brothers. When we are true brothers, it is not uncommon for us to have no brothers when we fall out after drinking.


    ?So is it possible that the Hu people will truly ally with each other?


    ?Perhaps, but it is absolutely impossible for Western Xianbei like Qifu Hagan to suddenly become intimate with Eastern Xianbei.


    Su Li sat by the campfire, lighting the fire, "For many years, so many people have wanted to invade the Han''s territory... I heard someone say something before... The Huns and the Han have been fighting for two hundred years. ? What did the Huns get? How much land do the Huns occupy now? When the Huns were at their most powerful, they were said to have millions of people, but what about now? 』


    Mo Huba hummed and felt a little emotional.


    "Let me tell you, this Han can only defeat himself..." Su Li exhaled a long breath, "It''s like the king of us Shiwei people fighting the king... Seeing that this Han is about to fight on his own... look at the result. ...I just said what the **** is that Qi Fuhe doing? He is so stupid that he got us involved. The Han people are on guard now... Whether we have a chance depends on whether the Han people fight fiercely... Qi Fuhe is doing it. If that fool makes any big alliance, won''t the Han people start beating us? What chance does this have? 』


    Mo Huba nodded, "Yes, Shanyu is right." 』


    "What kind of Chanyu is not Chanyu? They are all played in disguise..." Suli waved his hand and said, "Then the Han people are hiding from me, and I will also be hiding from the Han people... That''s all. Don''t mention the Chanyu, then They are all called by outsiders... My brothers are so angry when they call me that..."


    『Then you...are you still thinking about Yuyang? ” Mo Huba was not polite and asked directly.


    “…” Su Li’s eyelids stood up, revealing a bit of fierceness, “To be honest, brother, this is the hatred in my heart! 』


    That’s why you joined forces with the Han people over there just to lure the Han people over there? ” Mo Huba nodded, “I understand, but like this...how are you going to get rid of the Han people over there?” 』


    Su Li sighed, "It depends on whether the negotiation between the Japanese and the land goes smoothly... If it goes well, it''s best. If it doesn''t go well, you may still have to get some skin bruises..."


    …


    …


    Accompanied by several barbarians, the Rilu family members found the Hussar Northern Territory scouts. Then, without saying a word, they all dismounted and knelt on the ground with a roar. The Hussar scouts were immediately stunned...


    ?After hearing that the Rilu family said that they were envoys, the hussar scouts did not deliberately embarrass the Rilu family. After confiscating their weapons, they took the Rilu family to find Zhang He.


    That day when Lu Jian saw Zhang He, Zhang He was eating.


    ?While marching outside, Zhang He didn''t pay much attention to food. Although as a Han general, Zhang He could be given extra rations of bacon, meat pickles, etc., and he could also ask his guards to open a small stove, but he found it troublesome. Most of the time, he only ate from a big pot, but with some The most extra side dishes are boiling an extra pot of bacon pimple soup and sharing it with his guards and others.


    Zhang He was indeed a little surprised when he saw the Rilu family members and others.


    "Dear General..." The Riku family smiled like a dog''s tail swaying in the wind. He sniffed, as if smelling some rice, "Your generosity and kindness are like heaven." Like the sun, it warms the hearts of all of us..."


    Zhang He couldn''t help but raise his head and glance at the sky.


    ?The sky is gloomy.


    ‘Stop talking nonsense, what’s going on? ” Zhang He didn’t like to hear flattery, so he interrupted the Japanese and Lu family members’ endless flattery and asked directly.


    "Uh..." The Riku family was interrupted, hesitated for a moment, then changed into a crying face, "Dear general, you have to make the decision for us, we are also forced to have no choice... in There is a Han general in the east, saying that there is an edict from your emperor, forcing us to come here to join forces to fight you..."


    Halfway through the words, the Rilu family members slightly raised their eyelids to look at Zhang He''s face, only to see Zhang He staring at him with a serious face. They quickly shrank their necks, as honest as a quail, "Really?" …We are all forced…』


    Zhang He sneered, "Oh?" How come I heard that there are other Xianbei tribes who have come to your side to unite and jointly carry out major events? 』


    Rilu family members waved their hands repeatedly, "The general has misunderstood. It''s not a big deal at all!" They were all forced. Even the leader of the Xianbei tribe that the general mentioned was killed by a Han general somewhere in the east..."


    "Um? killed? ” Zhang He raised his eyebrows.


    ?This news surprised Zhang He.


    Ri Lujuan nodded, "Yes!" Dear general... It''s like this, we don''t want to fight, we just want to survive this cold winter, but the scattered tribes are too small in the face of such a cold winter... So we gathered together to unite the strength of the scattered tribes Together, more people can survive...the result, the result...』


    The Rilu family members sighed, "I don''t know why, but the Han people in the east found out about it. He led his people and found us with the emperor''s edict, demanding that we follow him to attack Changshan New City... How dare we, so we We fled to the Black Stone Forest... Dear general, you see, the Black Stone Forest is in the north and Changshan New City is in the south. If we really want to attack Changshan New City, we will not go to the Black Stone Forest..."


    Zhang He pondered.


    He does not believe in the Rilu family members, but he does not completely deny the possibility of the Rilu family members theory.


    "Before, in the Black Stone Forest, the fool from the Bald-haired Tribe thought that the respected general and the Han people in the east were in the same group... He said that back then... well, I won''t talk about what happened back then... He said that the general was here to intercept us. He rushed out and I couldn''t stop him..." The Riku family sighed, "But luckily I didn''t hurt the respected general, otherwise I wouldn''t have the shame to come and ask for an audience with the general..."


    Zhang He: "..." Ri Lujuan continued, "The people from the Bald Tribe were brought by Qifu Hegan, so when Qifu Hegan saw that the Bald Tribe was damaged, he had to rush up, and then our other tribes There''s no way anyone can stop me...General, look at the whip wounds on my face. They were whipped by Qifu Hegan after he found out about the damage done to the Bald Tribe..."


    "Later...then the Han people from the east caught up and asked why we went to the Black Stone Forest instead of attacking Changshan New City, and then..." The Rilu family lowered their heads and prostrated on the ground, "Then they begged to Fu Hegan and the east side. The Han general argued for a while, and then he was killed by the Han general... His head was chopped off and hung outside the camp... He forced us to come and attack Changshan New City... We are all afraid, General, respected general, please You, give us a way to survive..."


    ?Zhang He went through what Ri Lu Juan said before and after, and found that everything seemed to make sense.


    But what makes sense in the world may not necessarily be the truth.


    Zhang He also asked about Cao''s army''s strength, leadership, equipment, etc., and the Japanese and Lu family members did not hide anything. They even described the ratio of Cao''s army in detail, such as how many people and horses there were, how many were wearing vests, and how many were wearing leather armor. how many…


    Zhang He also had a relatively intuitive understanding of Cao Jun''s military strength. Even when Zhang He asked some details about Cao''s army, the Rilu family could answer them, which made Zhang He more inclined to believe that Cao''s army had really arrived in the Black Stone Forest.


    Because Zhang He had stayed with Cao Jun back then, he knew some of Cao Jun''s establishment, so the questions he asked were relatively targeted questions. If he hadn''t actually met Cao Jun, the Japanese and Lu family members would definitely not be able to answer them.


    But once it was confirmed that Cao Jun was indeed at the Black Stone Forest, Zhang He did not feel very happy.


    Because this means that he is about to face his old club directly...


    Although Zhang He had made some mental preparations before, when the day actually came, he still couldn''t help but feel a little emotional, and this emotion that came out in vain also prevented Zhang He from being able to carefully screen the Rilu family members. How many lies are mixed with the truth?


    ?It is actually not difficult to identify lies, but it is very difficult to find out which part of the lie is false among the nine parts of the truth.


    ?So Zhang He could only report the whole matter to Changshan New City urgently...


    …


    …


    ?Black Stone Forest.


    In the temporary camp of Cao Jun.


    A group of Cao Jun soldiers gathered together and chattered.


    Perhaps because of fear, perhaps because of uneasiness, perhaps because of arrogance, perhaps because of arrogance, all kinds of complex emotions are intertwined together, which naturally makes each soldier not very satisfied with the results of this attack on the Black Stone Forest. Unite.


    It’s really boring to run so far and end up beating up a bunch of barbarians. 』


    Hey, what else do you want to be interesting? 』


    Look at these barbarians, aren’t they all like this? We fought like this before, we still fight like this now, nothing has changed, so what’s the point? I said it''s not as interesting as playing Changshan. 』


    Are you stupid for fighting Changshan? Changshan is like a pocket, easy to get in but hard to get out! Idiot, go away, I''m too lazy to make noise with you. 』


    『Uh uh, talk nicely, are you really getting anxious while talking? 』


    『You are not impatient, you are interesting, and you do not open your eyes to see how many war horses we have? Even a three-year-old child knows that persimmons must be picked softly. If you don''t fight the barbarians first and get the war horses, why don''t you touch the rocks first? If you are interested, you and the general can apply to be forwards and go attack Changshan! 』


    ‘Ha, why are you talking? 』


    『Why are you just talking like this? 』


    『What are you looking at? 』


    ‘I’m just looking at you! 』


    ??The commander of Cao''s army rushed over, one person at a time, one on the back of the head, "There was an unprovoked fight in the army, twenty military sticks!" Are you two tired of this **** life? ! 』


    permit


    『That’s right…I didn’t do anything, I just pulled and pulled…”


    Chief Cao Jun pointed at the noses of the two men and said, "If I hadn''t come over, you both would have gone to heaven!" Please be honest... Hey, the general is patrolling the camp..."


    ??Cao Chun patrolled through the camp with his guards.


    I don’t know if Cao Chun heard it, but when Cao Chun passed by the place where Cao’s soldiers were stationed, he seemed to glance at it for a moment intentionally or unintentionally...


    ??Everyone hurriedly acted like cowering quails, and remained obediently and silently until Cao Chun walked far away, and then they finally took a breath. Commander Cao Jun secretly tilted his head and watched, and then gave each of the two men an earduff, "Go to bed!" Damn it, you don’t know how to do shit, you’re the one who makes trouble! 』


    ??After Cao Chun returned to the central military tent and sat down, he ordered: "Send an order to have your men be more alert at night!" Hu people are not so well-behaved! 』


    One of the guards took the order and left.


    ??Cao Chun looked at the map on the desk, and after a while he asked again, "Have the scouts explored the surrounding area?" How much coal is there? How much kerosene is needed? Can it be ignited? 』


    One of the guards took the latest report and took a pen to mark it on the map.


    Cao Chun stared at the guard''s mark, a cold light flashing in his eyes.


    ??The soldiers in Changshan New City have not moved, which makes it difficult for Cao Chun to judge.


    Cao Chun''s seemingly reckless attack was actually to lure out the hussars in Changshan New City. As long as the hussars were dispatched, he could follow the marching arrangements of the hussars, camp, and even scout arrangements, marching rhythm, etc. On the other hand, let’s go see if our old rival Zhao Yun is here.


    ??Cao Chun knew that he was no match for Zhao Yun, but if Zhao Yun was gone...


    After killing Qifu Heqian, there happened to be one head left to give to Youbei and Jizhou behind.


    ?In this way, even if Xiahou Shang died in Changshan, it would be justified.


    besides…


    『Xiahou...』 Thinking of Xiahou Shang, Cao Chun couldn''t help but think of another cavalry general, Xia Houyuan.


    Although Cao Cao said that he would naturally be more inclined towards and take care of Cao Chun, but in order to take care of the Xiahou family''s face, he would also be slightly biased towards Xiahou Yuan. At the same time, Xiahou Dun was basically the military logistics manager. This This means that although Xiahou Yuan established his cavalry later than Cao Chun, his equipment is not much worse than Cao Chun''s.


    ?The only thing that can widen the gap is the war horse.


    ??So this attack also has the effect of deterring the Hu people, making these Hu people understand that the Han people in Changshan are not easy to mess with, and the Han people in Youbei are also not easy to mess with!


    It has always been human nature to bully the weak and fear the strong.


    ??Cao Chun said again, "If I remember correctly, the person in the third account named C is a subordinate of Marquis Li Jun, right?" 』


    It is Li Junhou. 』The guard confirmed.


    Cao Chun said indifferently, "Let him take his men to find some trouble with Su Li early tomorrow morning. It''s best to have a fight and shed some blood... I heard the soldiers in the camp said it was boring... Just give it to them." Find something interesting to do…』


    ‘The general means...’ The guard needs to confirm more clearly.


    "That old guy is like a fox... If you don''t force it, you can''t see clearly what he wants to do... The old guy can hide it very well, but the same cannot be said for his soldiers..." Cao Chun fell silent after half of what he said. After a while, I don''t know if he was talking about Su Li, Zhao Yun, or himself, "People will always make mistakes... but as long as you make fewer mistakes than others, you will win..."


    (End of this chapter)