[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

In October of the fifth year of Jian'an, after nearly a year of confrontation, Yuan Cao each led his entire army to a decisive battle at Guandu.Yuan Jun, whose morale had already been exhausted, completely lost his fighting spirit after learning that the two generals Zhang Wei and Gao Lan had rebelled against Cao. Within half a day, Yuan Jun was defeated.Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan rode on horses, leading only [-] riders to escape across Hebei.The remaining nearly [-] soldiers, luggage, books, and treasures were all handed over to Cao Jun.

Although Yuan Shao still possessed the land of the four prefectures after this battle, anyone with a little knowledge can see that the Yuan family, which has four generations and three lords, is already in decline.

Counting supplies after the war, treating the wounded and other matters are all being handled in an orderly manner by the person in charge, so Cao Cao doesn't need to worry about it.There are only three things that Cao Cao needs to see in person: one is Jushou who fled north with Yuan Shao in time, the other is the piles of letters seized from Yuan Ying, and the third is the [-] Yuan Army prisoners of war.

Cao Cao has always admired this person, so he promised him various conditions and spent a lot of time asking him to change his family.However, although He Jushou was disappointed with Yuan Shao, he was still loyal to Yuan Shao. Now that he was captured, he only wanted to die quickly.After going back and forth, Cao Cao had no choice but to do what he wanted, and buried him generously after he committed suicide.

"If Jia and Jushou change places, Jiading will not choose to commit suicide." Looking at the wooden coffin containing Jushou's body gradually buried in loess with Cao Cao, Guo Jiaruo said with emotion, "Yuan Shao is not dead yet, everything may turn around .Only by staying with hypocrisy and subservience can we have a chance."

"Feng Xiao thinks that the Yuan family is in decline, and there is still a chance to recover?"

Hearing Cao Cao's question, Guo Jia closed his eyes slightly, and his tone became much lighter: "Jia means that centipedes are dead but not stiff, Ming Gong must not cherish the friendship of young people and the benevolence of women. After finishing speaking, he paused, turned his head to look into Cao Cao's eyes, and said with a smile, "Also, Duke Ming doesn't have to regret this job. There are a lot of talents in Hebei, and the world is full of talented people. Sooner or later, they will fall into the hands of Duke Ming. For example, Then Chen Kongzhang, who wrote splendid articles, has been in the account of the Ming public soon?"

The soldiers quickly filled the pit. Without the hastily made stone tablet, no one would know how many people like Ju Shou who could change the situation of the world with a single word are buried under this flat land.Cao Cao turned and walked to the other side, Guo Jia followed suit, and Cao Cao said to him: "Kong Zhang's article is good, if you have a headache in the future, you don't need to find a medical officer."

"Haha, 'powerful words and reasons', 'should avoid medical treatment', these eight characters Jia can finally be returned to Ming Gong." Guo Jia echoed with Cao Cao.

fuck kidding.The blood of the setting sun sprinkled among the clouds, and the Guandu battlefield not long after the gunpowder smoke cleared still had a faint smell of blood.Cao Cao and Guo Jia joked so casually, just to calm some inner turmoil.

They still have work to do.

The road was not long or difficult, and it didn't take long for Cao Cao and Guo Jia to arrive at another temporary resettlement site outside the camp, where [-] Yuan Jun prisoners of war had just been captured.They were more numerous than all the people and horses in Cao Cao's army, but they all lost their fighting spirit, dejected, obediently obeying Cao's army, which was much smaller than them, and stayed here blankly and silently.

Like a group of lambs who have never been able to control their own destiny.

Looking down at these people from a high place, Guo Jia's voice was a little dry, but he opened his mouth first: "Minggong, we can't take these 7 people away. If we can't take them away, we can't keep them." After a pause, He added, "The big pit has already been dug, and I hope it will be announced tomorrow."

Cao Cao stood with his hands behind his back, and the north wind blew past his iron armor, knocking out a mournful cry: "Since the digging is done, let's start as soon as possible."

Guo Jia nodded, and whispered a few words to the armored soldier behind him, and the soldier took the order and left.

The soldiers who had just left the battlefield hadn't put down their weapons yet, let alone washed off the blood stains on their bodies.They drove the captives who had given up hope of living to the pit in a queue, and then drove them down one by one and fell to the bottom of the deep pit.Obviously, not all Yuan Jun gave up the hope of surviving. When he saw that the fate waiting for him was not to be captured but to be killed, he was like a sleepy beast that suddenly woke up. He turned around and wanted to escape, but was soon caught by his hands The soldier with the weapon threw himself into the pit with greater strength, screaming in despair, but the one or two people around him couldn't wake up.Perhaps, other people are much smarter than these people who still want to fight hard: die numbly, and death will not be so painful.

The 7 people were all driven into several big pits in just a short while.With an order, the soldiers by the pit put down their weapons, picked up the shovel and sprinkled the soil into the pit.The people in the pit may have died when they fell, or they may still be dying, but they also silently faced the soil sprinkled on their heads as if they were dead, swallowing themselves little by little, just like burying Jushou before.It's just that Jushou still has a stele and a name for future history books, but they have nothing but death.

For these Yuan Jun, the soldiers at the edge of the pit did not have the anger of being killed by their comrades, nor the hatred of each other as enemies, they just carried out the military orders quietly and efficiently; and Yuan Jun at the bottom of the pit also did not hear their fear. Crying or begging for mercy, not to mention cursing Cao Jun who was about to take their lives.From the time when the first handful of soil was sprinkled into the pit, until the huge pit was filled to the ground, it was quiet all the time, except for the sound of turning the soil and the sound of the wind, there was nothing.

Great pride and passion belong to the battlefield, but there is only a quiet massacre here.

"In the past, Xu Shao gave Gu a comment: 'A capable minister who governs the world, a hero in troubled times.'" Looking at the flat land in front of him, "Gu was very happy when he got this comment. Guo Linzong, who praised the sentence, can comment from now on that the name of this sentence shocked the capital and created a famous name in the history of Fanqing. With the current situation, there is no suspense that he will occupy a place in the history books alone, but if there is still a choice, I don’t want to be listed in the history books Keep Xu Shao's words."

No capable minister would kill his concubines and put the emperor under house arrest; no hero would slaughter an unarmed prisoner of war with blood on his hands like a butcher.

Cao Cao took a few steps forward and stamped the ground under his feet.If they hadn't watched the murder from beginning to end with their own eyes just now, no one would have realized how many bones were buried under this land.

"Yi Jia sees that this is not an extravagant hope for Duke Ming. Dong Hu's ambition is to show goodness and avoid evil. It is impossible for Minggong to be praised in history books for what he has done. Those words that damage Minggong's notoriety are really not appreciated by historians." I will definitely write it down, otherwise wouldn’t it be a reversal of the principles of etiquette and law?” After Guo Jia finished speaking, seeing Cao Cao still frowning and frowning, he laughed and said, “Jia was joking. A capable minister in troubled times, a hero in troubled times, this comment to Duke Ming, It is impossible for any historian to write a pen without recording it. But everyone who died here today, as well as those who will die in the future, will also be recorded on Minggong. There is no false beauty, no hidden evil, the historian's knife and pen , the sharp point is here."

"That's not bad." After hearing Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao smiled softly, but he didn't know if it was a wry smile, "In the eyes of Yu Hengu, Gu has become that villain, who deserves to be reviled through the ages; Yu Xigu In my eyes, I might as well pretend to be a capable minister and hero, so that I can gain some false fame from him."

"But it is also because of this that what is recorded in the history books is not a thief, a rebellious official, a hero, a saint, a saint or a thief, but only the person in front of Jia, Cao Cao, Cao Mengde."

When future generations read history, some people may call Cao Cao a traitor and traitor, or a traitor butcher; or some people may call Cao Cao a sage or a hero.History books have always been cold, there will be no other words except to record this great victory and countless bones.However, the greatest warmth of history books also lies in this.In the end, those titles affixed in front of Cao Cao are nothing more than the addition of the word paranoid, and it will be Cao Cao who will eventually settle down.

"Hahahaha! What a non-sage and not a thief! Fengxiao's comment, I wish to write it in the history books, and leave it for future generations to praise or criticize. It must be more interesting." Cao Cao laughed, the last thing in his heart The depression was completely swept away.

Perhaps, this is precisely because Cao Cao and Guo Jia are essentially the same kind of people, so they understand and cherish each other in this way, and understand that instead of being trapped in the guilt of this moment, it is better to ruthlessly kill all the slaughter scenes seen today. Hardly imprint it in my mind, and then spend the rest of my life to completely end this chaotic world of eating people.So he could let Cao Cao let go of his last knot with these few words alone.

War will inevitably bring death, but if the war is to build a new future, it must be fought.But even if it is a war that has to be fought, it is not unreasonable for the generals and soldiers on the battlefield to lose their lives.Being in their position and shouldering the responsibility, they are not qualified to be kind to others. If they choose to be kind, then at least, choose to remember, choose to engrave it into the bone marrow, and never forget it.

"Ming Gong, it's time to go back." Guo Jia brushed his wind-blown hair behind his ears, turned his head and smiled at Cao Cao, "There is still a big banquet in the camp, waiting for us."

No matter how thick the blood is, tonight is still their night of great victory.

When there is joy, when there is cheering, when there is a big banquet, when there is alcohol, when there is dripping drinking, when there is a long song, when there is crying, if you are not drunk, you will not return!

But before that, there is one more thing:

"Sir, all the letters confiscated in the Yuan camp have been sorted out and sorted out by categories. This volume is the list of letters sent to Yuan Jun by people from our army. Do you want to have a look at them, sir?" Cao Cao and Guo Jia hurried to the camp where the banquet was held. At that time, the octopus guard in black came and presented Guo Jia with a scroll of bamboo slips.Since Cao Cao returned the octopus to Guo Jia this time, the octopus was completely under the command of Guo Jia, and even Cao Cao could not bypass Guo Jia to give orders to the octopus guard.Guo Jia also joked that "Duke Ming trusts Jia so much, and Jia will be sorry for this trust if he doesn't betray Duke Ming once." Cao Cao waved his hand indifferently.

Taking the bamboo slips from the octopus guard, Guo Jia did not unfold them, but handed them to Cao Cao, and asked, "Master Ming, do you want to have a look at them?"

"Octopus things should be seen by Feng Xiao first."

"Ming Gong is not afraid. On this bamboo slip is Jia's name?"

"If there is Feng Xiao's name on it, it would be even more interesting." Cao Cao still did not take the bamboo slips, "This shows that Yuan Benchu ​​had time to leave a forged letter to make the lonely headache after running away in a hurry. It is not in vain to fight against him all these years."

"Duke Ming really doesn't want to read it?" Guo Jia asked again, and after getting Cao Cao's affirmative answer, he didn't open it himself, but returned the bamboo slip to the octopus, and ordered, "Take it and burn it."

"Yes." As for the octopus, there is no doubt, only the order is faithfully and meticulously executed without asking whether it is right or wrong.

Seeing that the bamboo slips that had consumed so much energy were thrown into the fire, Cao Cao didn't even frown. Instead, he said to him, "Bring those letters here."

Guo Jia looked back at Cao Cao, and as expected, he saw the same plan in the eyes of the other party. When the octopus left, he lowered his head and smiled: "Didn't Mr. Ming say that the octopus should be managed by Jia? Why did you pass Jia to the octopus guard?" give an order."

Cao Cao cast a helpless glance at Guo Jia, who was starting to make trouble again, and leaned his head closer to the person's ear and said, "Okay, okay, so please ask Guo Jijiu, can you order for Cao? Will Xiaowei move Xinjian here?"

Guo Jia reflexively took a step sideways, then turned his head and said, "Well... Jia thinks about it."

?The speed of the octopus guard was extremely fast. Cao Cao and Guo Jia didn't even have a word of jokes, and all the letters and slips of collaborators were sent over, almost piled up like a small hill.Those who came at the same time were the people at the banquet ahead.Cao Cao didn't come, even the banquet was not overly lively, and he didn't drink a few sips of wine, so the people who came were still sober.Everyone showed doubts, not knowing why Cao Cao asked them to come here.

"Everyone, today's banquet is to celebrate our army's victory over Yuan Jun and to reward all the officers and men for their heroic killing of the enemy. Therefore, before this banquet, there is another matter that I have to deal with in public." Cao Cao at this time, He put away his expression when he was joking with Guo Jia long ago, and after his pair of phoenix eyes lost their smile, the light that shot out was sharper than the edge of a blade, "These before me are letters from some people in the army collaborating with the enemy when I confronted Yuan Benchu. !"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar.For a moment, the cry of "severely punish the traitors" resounded across the sky. Some people were filled with righteous indignation, while others pretended to be angry while carefully concealing their fear.For these people, the letters in front of them are the knives that will fall from the top of their heads at any time. When the knives fall, it is time to open the letters.

"Come on, let's see who wrote letters here." Cao Cao was about to bend down and pick up Jane, but secretly, he watched the expressions of everyone in front of him intently, and wrote down the names of those who obviously had unnatural expressions. in the heart.Seeing him picking up a volume of slips, without opening it, he said: "Yuan Rang, this volume of letters, but you wrote to Yuan Shao?"

"Meng De..." Xia Hou?

Cao Cao threw the roll of bamboo slips back to the pile of bamboo slips, took torches from the soldiers around him, and said to the crowd: "Earlier when I confronted Yuan Shao at Guandu, even I felt terrified all day long and wanted to return to Xudu. What about you? To be honest, among you, even if Yuan Rang betrayed Cao Cao, Zixiao betrayed Cao Cao, and Zilian betrayed Cao Cao, Gu would not be surprised! But now, Gu won and Yuan Shao lost, among you No matter how stupid a person is, he should see the situation clearly, and the next time he does such a betrayal, he should weigh it carefully and don't make a wrong bet again! As for these "Cao Cao throws it away, the burning torch is dry when it touches it." The wooden slips suddenly ignited a raging fire.

"Meng De, this..."

Cao Cao raises his hand to stop Xia Hou? Bottle?Relieve?br>

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then they burst into loud cheers.People who had nothing to do with the letter would not be worried, and those who had to do with the letter felt relieved when they saw the raging fire that would burn everything up, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm again.

"Guo Jijiu, I've been looking for you for a long time, why are you here!" Not long after, Xu Chu found Guo Jia, and quickly stepped forward to pull him, "There are a bunch of people waiting to compete with you for wine! "

"Duke Ming, look..." Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao expectantly.

"You want to drink with Feng Xiao?" Cao Cao didn't even look at Guo Jia, and said directly to Xu Chu, "You can, but Feng Xiao's health is not very long. You want to drink with him and drink with Feng Xiao." One cup, you drink three cups."

"My lord, you..." Xu Chu's face was filled with displeasure, "Guo Jijiu is a big drinker, so you didn't mean to let us lose without a fight!"

"Haha, Tiger Chi is smarter now." Cao Cao laughed, "That's what Gu means."

"My lord has always offered wine to Guo, but this fight for wine, so what's the fun in it!"

"Zhongkang, Jia has an idea." Guo Jia said, "You all take turns to drink with Jia. Even if you win, it's not a match for victory. Why don't Jia find two people to join Jia, and you will win if you drink the three of us down?" How about it?" After speaking, Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao flatteringly, "In this way, it can be regarded as one cup of Jia that Duke Ming said, worth three cups of theirs."

How could Cao Cao not know what Guo Jia was up to, sighed, and let him go: "Go, drink less."

"I know, I know."

After a few casual words, Guo Jia was dragged away by Xu Chu.As for those two people, Guo Jia took a high-level look, and then pulled the old fox Jia who had a good drinker.In this way, Xu Chu and the others quit, nervously confirming Zhang?'s drinking capacity for a thousand cups, and then a bunch of people began to drink the altar of fine wine looted from Yuan Ying.

As a result, he was naturally drunk.

"Minggong, come, have a drink with Jia..." The bonfire of the banquet had already been extinguished, and Guo Jia was still holding the wine glass and grabbing Cao Cao's collar to fight for wine.Cao Cao snatched the obviously empty wine glass from the flailing people, and at the same time helped Guo Jia to walk to his tent. He felt that he was not so tired after attacking Wuchao the night before.

Except for the battalion patrol soldiers who stayed behind for night defense, most of the people in the camp were drunk and drunk. Seeing Cao Cao supporting Guo Jia's distressed appearance, it was rare to let out some soldiers laughing.After finally helping Guo Jia to the side of the tent, Guo Jia was drinking too much and refused to go in, saying that he wanted to write poems against the wind and howl at the moon.

Cao Cao could only try his best to communicate with the drunk while persuading him with good words, while pulling him down without hurting Guo Jia.He also knew that Guo Jia, a good wine drinker, hadn't tasted wine in the past year, so he couldn't put down his glass after finally drinking today.But when it comes to the things they love, ordinary people know the word "temperance", but Guo Jia only knows that they are in love with each other, and he will not let go until he can't drink it.Right now, he and Guo Jia said to drink less.If he hadn't said that, God knows how drunk Guo Jia would be.

"Hmm... Jia dropped something." Guo Jia said suddenly.Then he looked down.

There is a moon tonight, but a round of clear light shines down on the tent, just casting the shadow where Cao Cao and Guo Jia are standing.It's pitch black, and a drunk, so it's no wonder he can find what's lost.Cao Cao reluctantly communicated with Guo Jia to confirm that he would go back after finding the thing, and resigned himself to supporting Guo Jia with one hand, while looking around with his head down.

It probably fell out when he and Guo Jia were arguing, and it fell at their feet. Cao Cao found it and picked it up after a while, and then he saw clearly that it was a fan.Unfold it, and sure enough, there is the familiar word "Zijin" on it.

"Give the fan to Jia...it's from Jia's sweetheart..."

As soon as Guo Jia saw the fan, he rushed forward to grab it. Cao Cao hid, but Guo Jia didn't get enough, so he went to get more. Cao Cao was afraid that he would fall, so he had to give it to him, but his eyes were already deep down:

"Feng Xiao said, who gave this fan?"

"Sweetheart Jia." The drunk answered very smoothly.

"Who is Master Feng Xiaoxin?" Cao Cao asked again.

"You want to know..." At some point, Guo Jia was already hugged by Cao Cao, but he was really drunk, so he put his arms around Cao Cao's neck to prevent him from falling again.Hearing Cao Cao's question, he suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "This is news that even the famous octopus can't talk about. Come closer, and Jia will tell you."

Cao Cao obediently moved his head closer, and the hot alcohol smell from his mouth sprayed all over his face.

"Jia's sweetheart is... guess~"

After getting these two words, Cao Cao straightened up, and as expected, he saw Guo Jia in his arms smiling and narrowing his eyes, like a fox who succeeded in playing tricks.

He thanked Yuan Shao very rarely, especially Yuan Shao's wine.

"I remember, at this time a year ago, in Xudu, Guo Fengxiao told Gu who he liked by being drunk."

"Ok?"

"Cao Mengde, is that right?"

"Hahahaha, nonsense. Jia's sweetheart is clearly"

Cao Cao impatiently waited for Guo Jia to finish speaking, and directly sealed Guo Jia's lips.Anyway, here and now, the two of them are alone here, so it is only natural for him to come to recover the romantic debt owed by Guo Jia a year ago.

Cao Cao was good at country and wine all his life.

And the world's unique and exquisite mellow wine is in his arms.

What a blessing, what a blessing.