Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 151 I'm Dejected, I Must Quit Alcohol!

"Your Majesty, just give orders."

Zhao Yun's face is still calm, and he is quite looking forward to it. He has never taken on a big responsibility alone.

This was the first time that Xu Zhen had said that to him so seriously.

Xu Zhen immediately embraced Zhao Yun's shoulders, and walked past Dian Wei and others together, quite intimately.

"It's very simple. Transport the grain to Cao Ren's place outside of Guangling. After a few days, I asked Cao Ren to drop a letter of military information and ask for grain. He said that he would use the grain to support Uncle Liu's attack on Yuan Shu."

"Don't have too many grain carts, just a dozen or so. If you see Lu Bu's soldiers and horses in Guangling, kill a few back and forth first, then withdraw with the grain and grass, pretend to be defeated, and lead them into the Xunze Mountain forest outside Guangling. My name is Zhongkang. Ambush over there."

"From now on, no matter who is in pursuit of Lu Bu's army, you will surely take credit for it."

Zhao Yun showed joy, and immediately clasped his fists at Xu Zhen, "Thank you, sir!"

"Zilong will definitely live up to his mission!"

The two discussed for a long time, then Xu Zhen left, went to the stables to find his own horse mount, and prepared to go back to the city to rest.

Zhao Yun returned to the school grounds to wash up and arrange patrols for tonight.

Dian Wei immediately came forward and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Luring the enemy."

Zhao Yun replied frankly.

"Look at you, I say you should be careful, young man, you can't beat him! You have to give in!"

Dian Wei immediately looked annoyed, I just won too much back then, you see I am still a veteran, even though I am the leader.

Moreover, Junhou specially set up a post for me, what is it called... the gatekeeper of the reception room.

It is said that it is directly under the first military official, but hearing the name, it feels like a lie.

Zhao Yun clasped his fists at Dian Wei with an upright face and said with a smile, "Brother, you are worrying too much, the Lord is not that kind of person."

"Your Majesty is looking at Zhong Zilong's lack of fame now, and the enemy will not take it seriously. If the elder brother and Zhong Kang elder brother go to lure the enemy, both of them are tall and powerful, and the enemy will not dare to come. guilty."

Zhao Yun's mind has always been upright and bright, and if there is no darkness in his heart, he will not constantly speculate.

So he didn't think Xu Zhen was doing it on purpose.

Of course, Dian Wei was just joking around. The brothers in the army have been together for a long time, and occasionally bickering is common.

"It makes sense."

Dian Wei immediately frowned. Thinking about it this way, it was indeed the case. Zilong didn't have much fame yet, and he needed to go through battles to become famous. Moreover, he was superb in martial arts, and he was definitely the best candidate to lure the enemy.

He lowered his head and murmured: "Besides, I am so famous, the enemy soldiers would have already heard about it and fled when they saw me."

Zhao Yun pursed his lips slightly, and patted Dian Wei on the back to show respect.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang came out holding the letter, walked to Dian Wei's side and said quietly: "Look, it's Uncle Dian who is narrow-minded, right?"

"Hey, you boy!" Dian Wei's face suddenly became fierce, his eyes suddenly stared, and Zhuge Liang in front of him quickened his pace and trotted all the way.

……

Day two.

Xu Zhen wrote a letter and ordered the cavalry to go to Runan to Xuzhou, avoiding Lv Bu's eyeliner, and informed Cao Ren of the matter.

Cao Ren was stationed in Xiapi, and immediately ordered Xun You to come to see him. Since the end of the Shouchun Battle, Cao Cao invited Xun You to Xuzhou to assist Cao Ren in governing the territory.

At this moment, Xun You heard that Xu Zhen had a letter, so he also drove quickly in a carriage. He quickly reached the front of the hall, his footsteps hurried towards him, and he said: "General, I heard that you have a letter?"

"That's right," Cao Ren's face was moved. After seeing Xun You, he stopped being serious and returned to a relaxed look.

Immediately, he took out the letter from his bosom and handed it to Xun You, "Mr. Gongda, please read, what is Bowen doing this for?"

Xun You took the letter and took a closer look. After scanning up and down, his face gradually smiled.

Immediately, he showed a little thoughtful look, and then realized immediately, he said: "Oh, after the spring of this year, Guangling still has no fertile land, so I want the general to send a letter to Guangling all the way down to Jiujiang to ask for grain."

"Xu Junhou has always had a lot of food and hoarded it hugely. This is known to everyone. Not only is Lü Bu short of food, but this year there is not enough farmland. There are not many good fields. The farmland is in short supply, and the people are probably not enthusiastic. This year's autumn harvest, Lv Bu will More food shortages."

"Since last year, we have not guarded against Lu Bu's soldiers at all, and we will not take them seriously."

"With such a situation, Lu Bu should be tempted. Xu Junhou is planning to lure Lu Bu to grab food."

Of course Xun You could see clearly.

"What do you think of the military adviser?" Cao Ren said concisely, just intending to ask a question.

"Of course it will work," Xun You said with a cheerful smile, "but after all, it's just robbing food. Even if Lu Bu's soldiers and horses come out, they won't come out in full force. They're just a small group of cavalry."

"This move by the lord can only slightly weaken Lu Bu's military strength, but it can't go straight in and seize the city."

"Then what is he going to do?"

Cao Ren's expression was quite curious, mainly because he really couldn't figure out what Xu Zhen wanted in this move.

"I can't guess that," Xun You smiled wryly and shook his head slightly, he really couldn't figure it out.

Cao Ren rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

At this time Xun You continued: "However, the princes always have their own ideas in doing things, and they will never do things arbitrarily."

"General, it's better to go and do it conveniently."

Cao Ren smiled and said, "Okay, I will send someone there and ask Bowen for food along the Guangling road."

"The general should also make preparations early, and order soldiers and horses to take Yuan Shu's army and intercept Liu Bei in Xuzhou. After beheading Yuan Shu, let Liu Bei return to Xudu."

"Well, of course I have my own arrangements." At this moment, Cao Ren was still quite stable, his face was as usual, and he was not moved at all.

"Yuan Shu still has a long way to go, so don't be in a hurry for now. In my opinion, Liu Bei has no choice but to take Yuan Shu, and there is absolutely no way he has second thoughts. Where else can he go?"

When Xun You heard this, he immediately laughed and said nothing, he has always been like this, he would not exhort too much in front of Cao Ren, and most of his words were just to the point.

……

Five days passed.

While Xu Zhen was training sword and shield soldiers, he kept asking Dong Fang to find horses.

After arriving in Jiujiang, Xu Zhen didn't lose Dong Fang either. After all, Dong Fang has been working hard in Chenliu these years and has never been lazy.

He made great contributions to Xu Zhen.

So he was also transferred to Jiujiang County as Xu Zhen's farewell driver. Dong Fang was also very grateful, and immediately wrote four letters to inform his brother Dong Zhao.

[You have completed military training for five consecutive days, self-discipline value +300]

"Huh," Xu Zhen withdrew her thoughts and went straight to get off work, not planning to stay too long in office.

Get off work after getting the self-discipline value.

"it is finally over……"

"Heaven, Your Majesty really has long physical strength."

"As expected of a person with both civil and military skills, I can't raise my hands just this afternoon..."

Many soldiers were sighing and loosening their arms at this moment.

They were originally local braves, and most of them were brave men. They naturally gained strength after eating meat.

I thought I could keep up with Xu Zhen's pace, but I didn't expect to be drilled so ugly that I felt uncomfortable all over.

Many didn't even make it through.

So there is this exclamation.

"I am afraid that the king is born with supernatural power," some people even lamented.

"No, he is very talented in martial arts. It is said that he can learn everything very quickly, and as long as he learns martial arts, he can progress very quickly."

"Yes," after someone said this, there was a heated discussion immediately, and a voice came out immediately, "I heard from brothers in other camps that Junhou will never know how to bow and arrow on the 21st day. Going through Yang at a hundred paces, an old general from Jingzhou was stunned."

"Then I went back to Jingzhou in shame!"

"Really?"

"really!"

"Nonsense! They didn't really belong to them, they just sent their children to seek medical treatment."

"Oh……"

While Xu Zhen was leaving, many people started whispering.

Xu Zhen came out of the school grounds and went straight to the main account. It happened that Jia Xu came back and was in charge of military information delivery and marching strategy.

As soon as he came, he walked in front of Xu Zhen, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, there is news."

"General Cao Ren wrote to ask for food to be sent to Xuzhou to help General Zuo get rid of Yuan Shu."

"Sure!" Xu Zhen raised his eyebrows, and exchanged a glance with Jia Xu.

"My humble intention is to send [-] shi of grain to the past."

"Alright, tell Zixiu about this."

"Here."

The two had a few short words to make up their plan, but after Jia Xu went out, he not only went to find Cao Ang, but also went to see Zhao Yun first.

Give him the order.

Soon, a group of cavalry was replaced by ordinary military soldiers and horses, followed Zhao Yun out of the camp, went to the logistics camp to collect food and grass, loaded them into carts and left.

A total of one thousand people.

At the same time, Xu Chu also got the order to leave the camp with his own guard camp.

Finally, I went to tell Cao Ang.

Only then did Cao Ang know of such a military operation.

Immediately came to ask Xu Zhen, "Brother wants to attack Lu Bu?"

Xu Zhen smiled and said, "Don't Zixiu want to do something? How can others sleep soundly in the couch? Although Guangling is not a fertile land, there are hundreds of thousands of people."

"The land can produce tens of thousands of shi of grain every year, and it can be regarded as a place to store grain. In addition, there are many water villages. Logging can be used as a canoe, and water conservancy can be built in the future. Isn't Zixiu unwilling?"

Cao Ang thought for a moment, then nodded secretly, but there was still a worried expression on his face, "But, if Lu Bu can't hold on, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to attack."

"What if the loss is too much?"

Xu Zhen rolled his eyes, and smiled immediately: "It's okay, I just asked Lu Bu for something."

"what?"

Cao Ang was suddenly confused, completely unable to understand Xu Zhen's thoughts.

"Just wait and see."

Xu Zhen smiled mysteriously, full of confidence.

"I'm going to continue training in the evening, and there's also the matter of making the supervisor's equipment. Just eat whatever you want. Will Zixiu come with me?"

To be so busy, every day is almost arranged so closely that there is no time for myself to rest at all.

Brother Bowen is really...

"Okay, together."

Cao Ang sighed, sometimes when he was busy, he couldn't keep up with a lot of news, so he had to spend more time with his brother.

……

Guangling, within the government office.

Lu Bu drank all day, his complexion became more and more haggard, and his face seemed haggard, the eye sockets and cheeks were all sunken deep into the skin, giving him a sense of decay.

At this moment, a letter was placed on his copybook, but Lu Bu seemed to have no interest in it.

"what is this?"

"The letter we intercepted was sent from Xuzhou to Jiujiang. It was probably written by Cao Ren to Xu Zhen." Standing in front of him was a sturdy general with a serious face and no smile.

The name is Gao Shun.

To this day, he has been insisting on training troops day and night, so that the trapped camp can maintain a strong combat power, and never sneak away.

He will not despair because of the current crisis, and whenever he sees Lu Bu in the military camp, he will speak out and cheer him up.

Unfortunately, Lu Bu did not listen to him.

He has always been addicted to female sex, and has not cheered up in the slightest.

"Your Majesty, in order to speed up the grain adjustment this time, we must not cross Guangling. We can completely ambush to collect grain for this year's autumn harvest."

"If the people don't have food, our army will also be short of food in the future, and then we will be more passive. I'm afraid it will be difficult to do anything."

"Hmm... what if it's a trick? Cao Jun has a lot of plots, so I don't want to go."

Lu Bu sighed, his expression a little confused and sluggish.

If it was in the past, he would directly lead the troops to intercept the camp, grab food and return, and kill Xu Zhen's food transport team seven or eight back and forth by the way.

But now, I don't want to go.

"Your Majesty! No matter whether it is or not, you should grab it, otherwise there will be no food!"

"Don't people still have food in their homes?"

Lu Bu said rather lazily.

These words caused Gao Shun to fall into silence directly, leaning back, as if he didn't recognize the person in front of him, "Your Majesty! Be sober!"

"I've made up my mind, I won't go there anymore."

Lu Bu's face became impatient, his eye sockets were sunken, but he also stared at Gao Shun, his eyes were bloodshot.

"Your Majesty! If this has always been the case, how will we march and fight in the future?"

"If you don't have great ambitions, it's better to disband the soldiers and horses early, and let the soldiers go to their own places."

"Are you going to abandon me?!"

Lu Bu stood up angrily, stared at Gao Shun with wide eyes, and said these words, the two of them might tear their faces apart.

"It's just that I don't want to see the emperor so despondent again! Retreating to Guangling was originally a way to slow down, but I didn't expect it to be the grave of our army. If food and grass are lost, there will be riots within two years. It's better to just disperse."

"Gao Shun, in your opinion, you must take this food!?"

Lv Bu breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Gao Shun was not about to leave, but was forcing him to forge ahead, so he cheered up a little and asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, we must go!"

Gao Shun immediately said: "This trip is not a matter of victory or defeat, it is for the purpose of showing the whole army that the princes and princes are still running around for food and grass, so as to boost the morale of the army."

"Okay," Lv Bu felt warmed up. Gao Shun was indeed loyal. Unexpectedly, he was still willing to follow by his side and never left when he was at the end of the road.

Moreover, he also exhorts like this, that he should do something for the sergeant to boost morale.

"Then, let Wen Yuan lead the troops in person. His cavalry is experienced and his horses are of high quality. He has not been defeated in battle for many years, so he should be able to make meritorious service."

"it is good!"

Gao Shun clasped his fists in his arms and walked away, walking steadily for a while, then stopped his figure suddenly, turned his head to Lu Bu and said, "General, before you became a Marquis, you traveled all over the world to become famous all over the world."

"Although it is the end of the road, why is it so depressed? How can a man die in depression."

"Even if there is no way to go in, I still have the will to break into the battle. This is what the general ordered me to build the camp back then. Why have I forgotten it now?"

"Gao Shun..."

Lu Bu stood up with a big expression on his face, his eyes were quite foggy, and his eyes suddenly became much sharper.

"Okay, I got the words of the king, and I was enlightened."

"From today, quit drinking!!!"

Lu Bu gritted his teeth and shouted angrily.

"This battle, Ming Wenyuan must win! Then I will try to fight out of Guangling, and then find another place to gain a foothold!"

"Here!"

Hearing this, Gao Shun turned around again, faced Lu Bu solemnly and clasped his fists.

(End of this chapter)