Chapter 280 Impossible Mission
Huang Cheng''s heroic move of chewing up bird eggshells and swallowing them made Fei Qian look at him with suspicion, but Fei Qian regretted it soon after. If he had known that he was just like Huang Cheng and others, he had even swallowed eggshells. How nice…
Because although the eggshell is not digested and does not provide much nutrients, it can stay in the stomach for a while, at least it will not make the empty stomach walls rub against each other uncomfortable!
?This feeling is like thousands of little hands pulling at your internal organs. No matter what you are doing, even if you are moving your legs mechanically, you are always reminded that you are hungry, hungry...
Since Fei Qian traveled through time, this time was the worst.
Bad and soil, you will not mention all kinds of injuries, mainly hungry!
Fortunately, I finally walked out of the Hangu Pass mountain trail at noon, filtered some river water with clothes and drank some, otherwise I would have been dehydrated by now. Although Fei Qian knew full well that drinking raw water like this would definitely have side effects, he couldn''t care less about it. He would become dehydrated immediately if he didn''t drink it. He could still hold on for a while after drinking as much as he wanted...
?However, the consequences are like the camel''s bump. It bangs for a while, and then subsides, leaving me even more hungry. It has been nearly twenty hours since yesterday''s dinner, and I haven''t eaten anything except that little bird egg...
Although he had encountered chaos in the market before in Luoyang, even if there was no corn, there were still some beans to satisfy his hunger. But now, Fei Qian really wanted to stuff everything into his stomach, even if I admit it even if I fart while eating!
Just after turning around the foot of the mountain, Huang Cheng, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped, lowered his body, and hid behind a bush. He turned his head and shouted in a low voice: "Stop! Hide quickly! There are cavalry in front!"
What?
Fei Qian was startled. Where are the cavalry coming from?
The situation is very confusing now. Even if it encounters the Han cavalry, it may not be a good thing. If the Hongnong gentry is sent to join Zheng Ke, then there will be a big problem...
The cavalry was divided into two columns, a total of eight people, and came along the road. The leader seemed to have seen the traces of Fei Qian and others, and immediately raised his bow and arrow, as if he would release the arrow immediately if there was any slight mistake. Two cavalrymen came out, pulled out the ring-shou sword, and urged the horses to run!
Fei Qian looked at the leader of the cavalry who was issuing the order. He looked familiar. He looked at it carefully and couldn''t help but feel overjoyed. However, he still didn''t dare to stand up and shout. He just pulled his neck and shouted: "Zhang Shichang! Zhang Shichang" ! I am Fei Qian Fei Ziyuan!”
Zhang Zhao was stunned, and ordered the other soldiers to put down their bows and arrows for the time being. He slowly stepped forward to take a look. He was startled and blurted out: "Are you a human or a ghost? Ah... Well, ahem, why did Fei Langjun become like this? ?"
"This is a long story... Well, well, Zhang Shichang, do you have anything to eat?"
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Zhang Liao Camp.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Fei Qian, who had eaten and drank enough, took a shower and changed some clothes, finally felt that he was finally alive again...
At first, he was under high mental stress. Apart from the uncomfortable hunger, Fei Qian really didn’t feel any special discomfort in his body. Now that he relaxed his mind, he really felt sore all over and felt drowsy.
?Zhang Liao looked at Fei Qian with a smile, and seeing that he looked a little troubled, he said, "Zi Yuan, do you want to rest first? We can discuss it in detail tomorrow."
Fei Qian shook his head, rubbed his face a few times, cheered up, and said, "It''s better to rest after making it clear, so that you can feel more at ease..."
Fei Qian organized his thoughts and then recounted the story from when he entered the pass to when he was besieged by Zheng Ke in the post house and finally escaped by chance.
??Then Fei Qian said: "It is now obvious that these people are preparing to block the way to the west at Hangu Pass..."
After Zhang Liao heard this, he didn''t say anything immediately. He just asked his soldiers to make some strong tea, and then fell silent.
??Looking at Zhang Liao''s appearance, Fei Qian realized that Zhang Liao might not actually agree with Dong Zhuo''s westward movement, but he couldn''t say such things, so he could only respond in silence.
But the question is, can Hangu Pass be defended?
Or to change to a more appropriate question, how long can Hangu Pass be held?
??Although Fei Qian didn''t know exactly how Guo Pu failed, to the entire Xiliang army, what did the loss of 800 cavalry count?
The entire Guanzhong is Dong Zhuo''s base camp. Dong Zhuo''s Xiliang soldiers have a pyramid structure, and there are a large number of Qiang and Hu cavalry who have surrendered under them. The leading generals are too numerous to mention - Li Jue, Guo Si, Li Meng, Hu Zhen, Hua Xiong, Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Duan Xuan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Wang Fang, Yang Ding, Dong Min, Dong Cheng, Dong Huang...
??This does not include He Jin''s army that surrendered to Dong Zhuo in Luoyang and the Bingzhou Army led by Lu Bu...
??So Fei Qian must have made it clear that under attack from two sides, Hangu Pass is the most powerful pass in the world, but now it is an isolated city and cannot be defended.
?So the focus of the question now is, can the Shandong gentry reach Luoyang City before Dong Zhuo breaks through Hangu Pass?
It cannot be said that this is not possible, but...
Disaster.
Very difficult.
??Now Dong Zhuo and Yuan Wei are surprisingly similar. Both leaders are far away from their base camp, and the heavy troops in their hands are also far away from themselves. The competition now is which side''s troops can arrive first...
??However, Yuan Wei was much worse than Dong Zhuo in that Yuan Wei was a temporary coalition after all, while Dong Zhuo''s subordinates were subordinates who had fought together in Xiliang for many years.
In fact, winning or losing is already very obvious... Fei Qian said: "Does Wen Yuan know who is in charge of the Shandong Allied Forces in Suanzao?"
"Isn''t he the Marquis of Zhongxiang?" Zhang Liao said without thinking. After all, Yuan Shao is the leader of the Shandong Allied Forces. This is something that all officials in Luoyang City know.
“Haha, the Marquis of Zhongxiang is probably still in Ye County now…”
Zhang Liao leaned forward a little and asked, "Is that the rear general?"
"The general is still in Wan County..." Fei Qian still shook his head and said.
?Zhang Liao''s eyes widened slightly, as if in disbelief, "...then who is commanding the Jujube army now?"
“Each one is in charge of his own affairs... If we talk about official positions, he should be the biggest governor in Yanzhou...”
“Each commander…” Zhang Liao muttered and repeated half of the sentence, and then asked, “I wonder what Liu Yanzhou is like?”
Yes, Zhang Liao is Zhang Liao after all. The key points of the question are accurately grasped. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are the well-deserved leaders of the Shandong gentry except Yuan Wei. If only one of these two people were in charge of Suanzao, they would be in a state of disunity. Looks much better!
??But both of them are not here at the moment, so as long as the person with the highest official position has the ability and means, they can also twist the troops like Suizao into a rope.
Unfortunately, Liu Dai is not this kind of person.
???If Fei Qian had not taken a trip to Jujube, had not witnessed the farce-like scenes with his own eyes, and had not personally experienced the Shandong gentry’s internal strife in the face of a powerful enemy...
?Maybe like Zhang Liao, he also had a sense of luck with the Shandong gentry.
Fei Qian lowered his head and said: "When I wanted to take the oath on behalf of the alliance leader, the first one I invited was Liu Yanzhou, but Liu Yanzhou asked me to take the oath on behalf of Liu Jingzhou. Later, it was Guangling Gongcao Zang Ziyuan who took the oath..."
“It’s… Guangling Gong Cao…” Zhang Liao twitched the corner of his mouth, showing an expression that didn’t know whether he wanted to cry or laugh…
?Fei Qian was silent, which was one of the reasons why he was finally willing to accept the appointment of Li Ruzuo''s minister, because the hope of the Kanto gentry''s short-term victory was too slim.
??What if we now have Hangu Pass in our hands?
So what can we do if we have strength in numbers?
??At that time, there were enough Yellow Turbans, but they were still defeated by the much smaller Han army?
If we can''t work together, trying to defeat Dong Zhuo in Luoyang is actually close to an impossible task.
As for the long term…
??We will talk about this later. There is also a task now, that is, the letters from the Cai Mansion are still in the pass, and Fei Qian wants to get them back...
Please compose the music for this chapter yourself: ThemefromMission-Impossible…
I can’t believe I managed to write two chapters no matter how busy I am...
I get up at 6:30 in the morning and use my time to code 500-700 words. Then I have to go to work and do some work. Then I code about 500 more at noon. Then after get off work, I code about one chapter before dinner, and then I code another chapter in the evening...
that''s all.
So now I want to add more...
Ahem…
It’s simply an impossible task…
(End of this chapter)