Chapter 3554 Everything is in full swing


    The tenth year of Taixing, February.


    In spring, everything is in full swing, but Cao Ren at Danjiangkou was only filled with endless worries.


    Yesterday, when Cao Ren received a secret letter from Xu County, he couldn''t help but sweat.


    The secret letter fire lacquer is a bit crooked, as if it was caused by unintentionality, and it also seemed to reflect Cao Cao''s inner uneasiness.


    "Son and parents are filial to you..."


    "The Battle of Jingzhou is related to the overall situation. If Xiangyang is lost, Xu County will be in peace..."


    These things that originally did not need to be particularly emphasized are now solemnly written in secret letters.


    Cao Ren sighed slightly and looked at the surging water on the river.


    In the river water, some broken pieces of wood float down with the river water.


    Cao Ren stared at the gradually sinking black dots, as if he saw the broken wooden signs thrown into the water by the refugees when the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou surrendered.


    Those broken wood pieces engraved with "Sui Zai Jiazi" are also swallowed by the turbid waves like the moment.


    『Wait…』 Cao Ren suddenly woke up, 『Come on! Go and pick up some of the broken wood! 』


    The soldiers quickly took a boat to the river, snatched some of the wood chips floating on the river, and placed them in front of Cao Ren.


    Cao Ren took two or three pieces, looked at the cut of the broken wood, and frowned.


    These incisions are very new...


    "What is Li Mancheng doing? 』


    Cao Ren immediately realized that this was Li Dian cutting down trees upstream, building some equipment, and then falling into the river.


    Cao Ren looked up and looked at the distant mountains, like a group of dormant giant beasts in the twilight.


    "no. This won''t work. ''Cao Ren''s cheeks thumped, ''You can''t let Li Mancheng build equipment so easily! 』


    Cao Ren pinched the wood chip in his hand. The section of the wood chip had fresh axe marks and wooden thorns pierced the thick cocoon in his hand, and it also pierced in his heart, "Send the order! Click one hundred dead soldiers! Tonight, attack Li Mancheng! 』


    Cao Ren turned around and looked around, then looked at one of the personal guards, "Cao Zhiheng, are you willing to lead this team?" 』


    Cao Jian, whose courtesy name is Zhiheng. In short, I have some kinship relationships with Cao Ren.


    Cao Ren originally had not many generals under his command. He ran away from Wenpin and Niu Jin died. Cao Zhen wanted to defend Jiangling, and Han Hao wanted to stare at Wancheng, so he could only pick the general from the short men under his command to see if he could find one or two people who could hold the broken wheels.


    Cao Jian was obviously a little surprised, but looking at Cao Ren''s eyes, he knew that this kind of thing was not something that he could do, a small military academy, so he could only give up.


    『Do it well! ''Cao Ren asked someone to take a new set of armor and replaced it with Cao Jian with his own hands, ''If you win this battle, you will be the first to achieve success! 』


    …


    …


    When Cao Jian arrived at the death camp, he still looked at his newly obtained armor.


    New armor.


    From a certain perspective, a good pair of armor almost adds a life!


    But what the Death Camp does is to die without life and have more life...


    Can it be used?


    Cao Jian felt a little scared.


    Could it be that I was too close to Cao Ren just now?


    But in Shandong, don’t we all ask to follow the leaders?


    Although Cao Jian knew in his heart that if he could complete this task, he would naturally be higher than other military academies and would even be promoted to the Chief Commander!


    but…


    Why do you have to fight for the carrot pit that can be occupied by relationships?


    Isn’t it normal to make a meal of dumplings in Shandong for two or three plates of vinegar? Why did it become a person who had to fight for his own life when he got here?


    Cao Jian was like drinking a large plate of vinegar in one sip, and his chest and abdomen felt sore, which made him feel very uncomfortable. Therefore, when he arrived in the camp, he saw the soldiers in the camp being lazy and suddenly became angry.


    Especially when he saw a suicide soldier squatting aside and boiling medicine and ignoring him at all, an unknown anger suddenly rushed straight to Cao Jian''s sky spirit cover!


    If the place where the most emphasis on coming first and then coming in the military camp may be the Death Camp.


    The longer you can stay in the suicide camp, the uniqueness will naturally be. The new recruits who join the suicide camp often need to be accepted by other veterans after one or two wars.


    In addition, most of the soldiers in the Death Camp were rebellious, and they might even have violated military laws in other camps and then been included in the Death Camp to atone for their sins. Therefore, most of these people didn''t care much about the military academy level like Cao Jian. If Cao Ren came in person, he would give him some face. What is Cao Jian''s thing?


    Cao Jian was also young and energetic. He felt that these disabled and blind guys dared to ignore him. In his anger, he couldn''t help but step forward and kicked the old man over the pottery pot that was boiling medicine.


    "It''s so **** enough, I''m going to die, and I''m still making a lot of medicine! 』


    Cao Jian felt that his reasons were very reasonable and imposing.


    Isn''t this the case?


    The soldiers who entered the suicide camp were almost waiting for death. Perhaps some people could really get merit, divorce, or even be promoted in the war, but most soldiers in the suicide camp were dead.


    Since that''s the case, what medicine should I boil?


    The boiling medicine was poured on veteran Zhao Shiqi''s face, and a bunch of blisters were burned.


    "The bandits are matched with the army! Get out of line! 』


    Cao Jian shouted fiercely.


    The old man didn''t stand up, but just stared at the medicine jar that had been kicked over. Even the blisters on his face did not let him move.


    『Hehehehe…』


    "hehe…"


    "The fool is here. 』


    『I''ve watched the show…』


    Some soldiers slowly walked out of the death camp, and then they either squatted, erected, or simply sat cross-legged on the stone, but they all stared at Cao Jian and the soldiers brought by Cao Jian with a look of looking at the monkey.


    The several Cao army soldiers who followed Cao Jian obviously had more experience than Cao Jian. Seeing that the momentum was wrong, they took two steps back and left Cao Jian in front, which was clearly like saying that we didn''t know this guy.


    Cao Jian is a military academy, and he is not qualified to have any private soldiers. The guards of Cao''s army who followed him are also the ones who treat people. Many of these people are Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, and there are old tattoos with the word "Soldier" on their foreheads. It is exactly the same as the tattoos on the heads of some soldiers in the suicide camp.


    This old tattoo is the mark of the mark after the Qingzhou Yellow Turban surrendered to Cao Cao.


    At the beginning, perhaps it was just to distinguish these people from other Yellow Turban thieves who refused to surrender, but now, this method of marking is somewhat a bit of a means of disposing of criminals and a means of humiliation.


    "What are you...what are you doing?" ! 』


    Cao Jian swallowed, Qiying was on his face. He was a little confused about why these soldiers didn''t look afraid of him at all, and they were different from the soldiers in the Cao army camp at all!


    A group of people slowly surrounded Cao Jian.


    The friction of the iron armor was like some kind of ferocious beast grinding its teeth.


    Zhao Shiqi pulled open his torn jacket, revealing the old wooden talisman on his waist, roaring hoarsely, his eyes were blood red, like a mad dog that eats people, "Where did you come from such a baby?" ! When I was fighting against Guandu with the Rockets, you kid were still playing with your football naked! Give me a pill! 』


    『Come! Come! Take him down! 』


    Cao Jian shouted, but no one cared about it.


    Whether it was the soldiers he brought, or the other soldiers in the camp who died, they were either smiling, expressionless, or turned their heads away after looking at them.


    The military law is strict, but in the death camp, the military law is a joke.


    I am not afraid of death, are I still afraid of military laws?


    These veterans may be afraid of chronic things such as illness, loneliness, and repeated torture of them, but they are not afraid of death.


    Even for them, death can achieve the final peace...


    During the pulling and arguing, a cloth bag in Zhao Shiqi''s arms fell to the ground, and half a rusty "Wuzhu" money rolled out.


    Zhao Shiqi stared at the rolling Wuzhu coins, and suddenly became a little ferocious and crazy on his face. He grabbed Cao Jian''s armor, and punched him on Cao Jian''s head, "Are your surname Cao?" ! The lie of Cao! lie! It’s so hard for someone named Cao to lie to us! 』


    『Let him go! 』


    『Don''t do it! 』


    『You get out of the way! 』


    The soldiers who followed Cao Jian saw that the momentum was wrong, so they had no choice but to step forward. He could watch Cao Jian be beaten and slapped in the face, but he couldn''t let Cao Jian be beaten to death like this, otherwise they would be implicated.


    But Zhao Shiqi was obviously mentally stimulated, so where could he recover from Qingming Festival in the short term?


    The Wuzhu coins rolled to the ground, contaminated with mud.


    The riots spread like wildfire.


    …


    …


    When Cao Ren rode his horse into the death camp, he saw more than a dozen death soldiers in the middle of the camp. Zhao Shiqi was pressing on Cao Jian''s throat with a gap sword.


    Other Cao troops around him were surrounded by different expressions. Not only Zhao Shiqi has the rusty Wuzhu coins, but some people also carry the other Qingzhou soldiers.


    This is the "Anjia Money" issued by Cao Cao when he made an appointment with the Qingzhou army to surrender.


    The horse was pulled to the camp gate, blocking Cao Ren''s way.


    Cao Ren took a long breath, suppressed his anger, and asked in a deep voice, "What do you want to do?" ! 』


    Someone in the crowd shouted: "Cao Cheng promised us that "the day we lift our armor, five zhu is a mu"! Now, let’s ask, is there half of the ridges outside Xiangyang City distributed to us Qingzhou people? ! 』


    As soon as these words were spoken, they were filled with noise!


    "lie! 』


    "fraud! fraud! 』


    『No land! We have nothing! 』


    Cao Ren pulled out his ring-headed knife and slashed the rebel in front of him with one knife, "Shut up!" 』


    But obviously, the simple scolding did not achieve any effect.


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    Zhao Shiqi suddenly pulled Cao Jian''s armor and exposed the brocade robe on the lining, "Look, look!" This Cao family''s brocade robe is enough to buy five acres of mature fields! And what about us? Where are us? What about the land that promised us? ! 』


    "Damn it! ''Cao Ren cursed, not knowing whether he was scolding Zhao Shiqi or Cao Jian, or both, "Aren''t the military farms around Yingchuan in Yanzhou for you? ! Moreover, you, Zhao Shiqi, have repeatedly violated military rules and are considered cheap to not cut off your head! What kind of land should I have if I have the face to ask for now? ! 』


    Zhao Shiqi glared and kicked Cao Jian into the soil, "That''s your Cao family''s field!" Military farming! A **** land! Dare you say that those farming farms are not your Cao family''s tenant farmers? ! What we want is our field! Ours! 』


    Everyone shouted in unison.


    Cao Ren fell silent.


    In history, the military farming was done by Lao Cao, but Fei Qian intercepted the jujube in the current great man, so he first created the military farming field. Later, Lao Cao also promoted military farming. Emperor Sun of Jiangdong thought it was not bad, so he followed suit. However, it is obvious that Lao Cao''s military farming was for himself, and Jiangdong''s military farming even used the captured Shanyue as a slave...


    Nowadays, although they are all called military farming, they are not the same. Generally speaking, the military farming in Hedong, Guanzhong is close to self-cultivated farmers, while the military farming in Shandong is a tenant farmer, while the military farming in Jiangdong is a slave.


    Can Cao Cao give these people real land?


    Can Cao Ren promise to draw out the fields in Jingzhou to fulfill his promise?


    Even if it is possible, Cao Ren doesn''t want to give it to him.


    After all, in Shandong, there are some "precedents" that cannot be opened...


    Cao Ren fell silent. The soldiers in the Death Camp shouted for a while, but they couldn''t slap them, so after a while, they gradually stopped.


    Cao Ren''s heart was relieved. He stared at Cao Jian who was kicked into the mud, then turned to look at Zhao Shiqi. After the sounds around him were lowered, he raised his head slightly and raised his chin, "Are you waiting for the land?" ha! But when you massacred the city in Xuzhou, did you leave half an inch of a burial place for the people? ! 』


    The crowd suddenly died.


    After a while, Zhao Shiqi trembled and untied his worn-out robe, revealing a scar on his chest. The festering wound shouted in a hoarse voice, "Prime Minister Cao said that these scars on our bodies are to wash away our sins..."


    Suddenly, Zhao Shiqi pointed to the big banner with the word "Cao" flying in Cao''s army camp. "Now this banner is higher than the banner "The sky is dead" back then! The land we have built for you Cao’s family is more than the ones that the Tianshi master had captured back then! But have our sins been cleared? ! 』


    Cao Ren also fell silent. After a moment, he pointed his hand in the direction of Li Dianjun, "I will write a memorial tonight. After this battle, soldiers from Qingzhou can take the "Wuzhu Coin" to Qiao County to obtain the fields... Even if the lord refuses to give it to you, he will also give the land in a certain family to you! If you violate the oath, you will be like this! 』


    Cao Ren pulled out the ring-headed sword of Jue Ma, and then cut off the support of Jue Mae Ma with one knife.


    The wood chips were flying everywhere, revealing Cao Ren''s bright eyes.


    …


    …


    People should have hope so that they will not be like walking zombies.


    Even as a cow and horse, I yearn for a piece of land that can shelter from the wind and rain to rest, and allow my soul to have a place to rest when it witheres.


    But even with this simplest and most basic hope, the landlord class is still unwilling to give it to these people.


    Because even the stupidest landlord knows that the landlord''s family will never have any surplus food...


    It is better to pour it out than rot, and it is better to cry all day long and it is too expensive to tear off the red seals and hide them, so as not to give them to the hungry people for nothing.


    The night is dark.


    Cao Ren looked at the dead soldiers who were preparing to set off.


    "Take the Xuan Armor. 』


    Cao Ren suddenly spoke.


    In the wooden box carried by the personal guards, hundreds of pairs of fine iron armor were neatly plastered, and the armor pieces were shining with a faint blue light under the candlelight.


    It turns out that only the military academy level or above, at least the garrison commander is qualified to wear it.


    No one showed any joy, because everyone knew that it would cost a price to wear a long gown and a good armor.


    Cao Ren watched the men wear their armor neatly and waved his arms.


    Wu Zhu shook the copper bell, danced the banners covered with various ribbons, and sang in the sound of the river flowing, as if the sob came from the underground.


    『Blood! 』


    A rooster was cut off its head and the chicken blood splattered into the wine jar.


    As the official Zanli was drinking, the chicken blood spread out in the wine, and bowls of blood wine were poured out, which was like water from the underworld in the night, spreading with a bewitching breath.


    A bowl of chicken blood and a bowl of chicken soup, what changes is time and space, and what remains unchanged is the chicken whose head has been cut off.


    Zhao Shiqi stood in front of the queue and looked at the bowl of blood wine placed in front of him. Under the flames, he saw the reflection in the bowl and shaking.


    Do you still have to believe it?


    Can you still believe it?


    Will you still believe it?


    Zhao Shiqi asked himself, but the shadow of the **** wine swayed without making any sound.


    No one made a sound.


    Only Wu Zhu on the side of the high platform danced inexplicable dances and sang strange emphasis.


    These witches are said to be able to communicate with gods and reach the heavenly hearing...


    So this time, it should be credible, right?


    Zhao Shiqi hesitated.


    On the high platform, Cao Ren took the brocade box from the guards on the side and showed it to everyone.


    In the box, there is Cao Cao''s memorial, with ink-colored words on it, which seem to be jumping and twisting under the fire.


    "Inside this box is a memorial for you to seal the fields! 』


    Cao Ren''s voice suddenly became hoarse, and his long gray hair danced wildly in the wind.


    A cold light flashed, and a piece of hair floated into the brocade box.


    "Someone swears out! Never break your promise! 』


    "If you have to return this battle, you will be sealed off the land! If you can''t wait to return, your descendants will know your heroic reputation for generations! 』


    After Cao Ren said that, he waved his arm and said, "So quickly send this watch to Xu County at night!" The face is presented to the Prime Minister! 』


    A guard answered loudly, took the brocade box and left.


    Cao Ren waved his hand again and asked someone to **** Cao Jian forward.


    Cao Jian no longer wore military academy clothes, but had the same armor as Zhao Shiqi and others. His face still looked a little pale even under the torch.


    Cao Ren did not look at the look that Cao Jian cast, but slowly swept over Zhao Shiqi and others, "The Cao family''s children will fight with you! If you retreat before you retreat, and you strive to advance but you do not advance, you can cut him in front of the formation! 』


    "The God is above! The Cao family and you all share wealth and prosperity, advance and retreat together! 』


    "This oath! 』


    Cao Ren took the lead in drinking blood wine.


    Under Cao Ren''s gaze, Cao Jian also trembled and drank a bowl of blood wine.


    Everyone''s eyes fell on Zhao Shiqi...


    Zhao Shiqi was silent for a long time, and he seemed to want to say something, but he looked at Cao Ren, Wu Zhu, and the silent people around him. His lips moved a few times, but he didn''t know what to say. He only sighed, mixed in the **** wine, and swallowed it in his abdomen.


    "good! Warrior! How brave! ''Cao Ren shouted, and then watched the hundreds of suicide soldiers who set out drank the **** wine one by one, ''You will definitely be able to win triumph! The world and the world, the elders of my hometown, the family business and the acres, please ask you all! 』


    The suicide squad set out in sequence.


    Cao Jian was like a puppet, his hands and feet were stuck in it with stiff hands and feet.


    Cao Ren breathed a long sigh, and his originally excited face collapsed...


    These guys are getting harder to coax.


    When these deathly soldiers left, Wu Zhu did not sing or dance, followed Cao Ren with his **** sticking out, bent over and showed his flattering face, "Congratulations to General, congratulations to General, I will win this battle, and I will win this battle! 』


    Cao Ren didn''t even look at Wu Zhu, but just waved his hand, "Well done!" Reward a hundred golds! Also, the remaining wine and those chickens belong to you! 』


    "Oh, thank you, General! 』


    Wu Zhu smiled, wrinkles blooming on his face, like a blooming chrysanthemum.