If you don't wear women's clothes, the big man will die!

Although the people who were expelled from the city were very poor, seeing the huge number of people in the crowd, I wondered how much food would be consumed every day to support so many people in the prison.

"Among these people, there are old and young, and there are mature men who can do physical work." Cao concealed: "If they are asked to work in the fields to grow food and grass, as long as they survive the planting season, they will be able to live when the harvest is good. Get down!"

"There is a famine in Xingyang, and there is no food in the government. It is obviously not enough to support so many people," Xun Yu said: "These people can only survive if they go out and eat grass and trees, and enter the deep mountains and old forests."

"We'll set off after breakfast," Xun Li sighed softly. Faced with such a scene, even an elder like him who has experienced the world can't bear it and feels powerless, let alone two high-spirited teenagers?

Whether it is Xun Yu or Cao Man, they were raised in wealthy families since they were young and did not know the sufferings of the world. Xun Yu understands theoretical knowledge, while Cao Man shines brilliantly in the tempering of the university.

"Remember this scene," Xun Mi said slowly, "Think carefully about what you are an official for."

The group of people in ragged clothes were driven out of the city gate by the guards crying and howling, and they gathered outside the city and knelt down to beg for help. Cold sculpture.They are not hard-hearted people, but if they can't bear to let them enter the city at this time, then all the soldiers will face the consequences of having no food to survive the winter!

Sacrificing the lives of some people in exchange for the survival of the garrison in Xingyang City, when the prefect made the decision, he was also very distressed, but he had no choice but to do it.

More and more people gathered outside Xingyang City, the gray sky seemed to be about to rain, the streets inside Xingyang City were dark and desolate, and the sun was covered by dark clouds.

Cao Meng followed Xun Yu into the carriage, and before he reached the gate of the city, he heard the sound of footsteps on the empty street. Xun Yu lifted up the corner of the carriage curtain, and what caught his eyes was thousands of guards with golden arms hurrying. His face was stern.

They heard the noise outside, the shouts outside the city became louder and louder, the deafening sound of a giant falling to the ground resounded throughout the sky, the horn blew, the heavy horn humming continuously, and there was a thunder in the sky, and the pound fell suddenly Majestic rain!

Xun Yu's face changed drastically, and he ordered the coachman immediately: "Go back to the station!"

Cao Meng stood up and opened the curtains to see. An atmosphere of uneasiness spread in Xingyang City. The people living in every household in the city fled everywhere. A group of people brought luggage, parcels, and family members and gathered at the south gate to escape. When they left the city, they saw that the south and north gates were all closed tightly, and the guards gathered to guard them. They fled home one after another and closed the doors tightly.

The entire Xingyang City seemed to have been ransacked. There was no one in the market, the stalls were crumbling, and even the doors and windows of the inns, taverns, and shops were tightly closed.

They were escorted back to the station by ten strong men with knives. Xun Mi got off the car and went to find the person in charge of the station. He asked eagerly, "Is there an enemy attack outside? There are no barbarians gathered around Xingyang, how could there be a rebellion?" "

The person in charge of the post station tried his best to appease the officials who stayed behind. Seeing the capital officials from Luoyang like Xun Li, he did not dare to slack off at all, and explained everything in detail: "It is the bandits in the nearby Songshan Mountain who gathered into a large-scale massacre. The mob has come to attack the city for food! They call themselves the Songshan Army, and their numbers are as large as ten thousand. The trees and grass in the mountains cannot support them, and those mobs are all risking their lives to attack the city!"

The situation is unprecedentedly severe, and the hungry mob has no conscience at all. Once they are allowed to break through the city gate, they will wantonly rush into the city to burn, kill and loot. No grass will grow anywhere they pass, and everyone present will not be spared.

Xun Yu realized this, and his expression was unprecedentedly dignified. He asked the person in charge: "How many defenders are there in Xingyang City?"

The person in charge of the post station was sweating profusely: "Four thousand! There are four thousand gates in the southeast, north and west, each with a thousand guards. The outside is attacking the city now, and there have been casualties!"

"Take me to see the prefect," Xun Yu ordered immediately, his eyes condensed: "Bandits gathered but no scouts came to report, and the people in the city failed to move. This is the prefect's dereliction of duty!"

The person in charge was sweating profusely, and was suddenly taken aback by Xun Yu's cold face, and hurriedly took him to meet the prefect who was also in a hurry.

The prefect commanded the remaining soldiers to resist the attack from outside the northern city, and urgently called people to go to the south gate to Linxian County to ask for reinforcements. When Xun Li arrived, the prefect did what he should. Helpless, can only do anxious.

Hearing that the capital officials from Luoyang came to see him, the eunuch couldn't help but grimaced: "It's fine if the city is besieged, but it's really unlucky to make offerings to the Buddha from Luoyang!"

He only thought that the high-ranking Beijing officials would come to ask to leave the city, and he had already prepared words of persuasion. Now there may be bandits ambushing outside the four city gates. No direction is safe. He sent many people to deliver the news. How many can reach Lin County alive to rescue soldiers?

Xun Yu said to the prefect: "Four thousand soldiers are against nearly ten thousand mobs. The chances of winning are extremely low. I have a plan to help the prefect protect/part of the city. How much can be saved in the end can only be left to fate."

The eunuch's eyes lit up, and he was busy listening attentively.

The highest guard in Xingyang City is the prefect who is not proficient in martial arts. Under the prefect, there are four thousand commanders who are falsely named captains. They are all warriors who can only fight.A literati like Xun Yu who knows the art of war is like timely rain pouring on the wasteland, making the prefect see the hope of success in defending the city.

Xun Li said to the prefect: "The mob discipline is extremely poor, and their morale is high now. They must have come together under the agitation of emotions. Some of them may organize them. As long as they kill the leader who incited them to attack the city, The morale will also be gone, and when the time comes to threaten the morale and weapons of the army, they will not retreat."

Cao Mo pricked up his ears to listen, pulled Xun Yu, and questioned silently with his mouth: But there are tens of thousands of those mobs!

"There are many enemies and few defenders in the city. We can only use the discipline of the defenders to overcome the enemy's disorder." Xun Li instructed the prefect: "The enemy can be diverted into the city and besieged and killed! Please tell the prefect Mobilize the people in the city and resist the mob together."

Xun Tiao's plan was very risky. He clenched his fist quietly and said calmly: "If there is a general with outstanding martial arts in the city, he must lead the team to improve the morale of the army. Once the morale of the defenders is defeated, all achievements will be in vain. What happens if the city falls!"

Not only that, he also asked the prefect to be eloquent and to incite the emotions of the people.

"In addition, please ask the prefect to persuade the rich and powerful landlords in the city to send out their family members to participate in the battle of defending the city of Xingyang. They should understand the truth that their lips are dead and their teeth are cold. Besides, there are dead eggs under the nest. Once the city falls, they It will also become a target for looting and destruction by the mob."

The magistrate of Xingyang had a bitter face, wanting to cry but no tears: "I am ashamed of my humble position, Yu, Yu is not good at making Fu!"

He was almost stuttering nervously, how could he beat the gongs and drums to yell at the people, and even lobby the rich and powerful in the city?

With a sullen face, Xun Yan took a deep look at the incompetent prefect. Since the prefect was not good enough, he had no choice but to do it himself.

The prefect of Xingyang is another related family supported by eunuchs!

Cao Man and Xun Yu said one after another: "Sir, I will help you!"

"Father, I'll help you too!"

The two young men were able to think of ways to get out of the predicament at such a critical moment, which made Xun Mi very pleased. The situation was urgent, and he could not hesitate for too long. But all the people he can command are called by him to make arrangements.

Xun Yu said to the prefect of Xingyang: "I am very glad that although you are ignorant, you also have self-knowledge. When things come to an end, you know how to listen to my words and defend the city instead of trying to leave the people and escape from the city. If you succeed in defending the city, , I will show merit to Luoyang for you."

The prefect of Xingyang's eyes lit up when he was said, and he repeatedly promised: "The humble post must obey orders, and try our best to keep Xingyang!"

Seeing this, Cao Man couldn't help frowning, and then loosened his brows again. He guessed that Xun Mi said this to prevent the prefect from fleeing. If even the prefect of Xingyang escaped at this time, the city would really be over.

He received the task assigned by Xun Yu, and went to the north gate, which was under concentrated siege, with the festival seal in hand, found the guard guarding the city, and told him the strategy he had planned.

"Remember, come back immediately after telling the guard about the strategy. Don't miss it, don't be curious! When you go out, protect yourself. Since I promised your father to take you to Yingchuan, I will definitely send you there safely. The slightest accident is not allowed!" Xun Mi had never spoken so harshly before, Cao Mo nodded after listening to it, kept the strategy dictated by him in mind, immediately got on his horse, and galloped towards the enemy tower in Beicheng.

The enemy buildings in Xingyang City are also called beacon towers, and they are distributed one after another in order to resist enemy attacks and transmit information.

Enemy buildings rely on fire, smoke, flags, drums, lanterns, firewood and other situations to convey information.

When Cao Man arrived in the rain, the smoke from the beacon tower of the largest enemy building at the North Gate could not be transmitted to the sky, and the guards could only communicate by beating drums. All methods related to fire were useless in the bad weather. There was a lot of noise and shouts of killing. If you want to find the guard, you have to roar with all your might to communicate with the guards in front of you.

Cao Mo was furious, and with his internal strength, he shouted in a high-pitched voice like a lion's roar: "Where is the guard at the north gate? Here is the prefect's festival seal, come and meet us soon!"

Soldiers continuously shoot arrows through the arrow window of the enemy building. There is a hidden door under the enemy building, which can make the soldiers attack the enemy by surprise. There is a rolling door between the side of the enemy building and the side wall. It is thick and heavy, with steps above it for soldiers to patrol, and below it is a wall with crenels on the wall. Someone is hiding in it and shooting bows and arrows outside.

Now there are soldiers busy working everywhere on the city wall. They braved the heavy rain and lifted stones and smashed them down. die.

Even so, forced by survival, the hatred for the rich in the city caused countless bandits in rage to rush forward and back with kitchen knives, hoes, farm tools, and brooms. The stone fell and was crushed to death, and the people behind stepped on the corpses of their predecessors and rushed to the city wall!

"After capturing the city, we will have food and grass soon! Rather than starve to death, it is better to die in battle, maybe we will see the sun tomorrow! Go!"

The morale of the mob was high, and they exchanged their lives for a chance to climb the ladder.

Whenever they rushed to the city wall, they would be killed by the guards with sharp weapons such as spears, swords, and knives.

However, there were too many mobs. When the first mob killed the guards, the morale of the people behind them rose, and the second and third people rushed up the city wall one after another.

When the guard at the north gate was in a state of desperation, he heard the call resounding in his ears, and hurriedly ran to find the sound. Cao Man saw that he was covered in mud, sand and water marks, so embarrassed, he blurted out the plan immediately before he had time to think.

The guard at the north gate exclaimed: "What?! His grandma's bastard, I'm desperately guarding the city gate, and he wants me to open the city to release people?!"

The two lieutenants brought by the guard at the north gate spoke out one after another: "Captain, it's a plan, it's a plan made by the counselors!"

"Don't care about his strategist's plan! Open up a city, I think he is an undercover agent sent by these mobs, arrest this kid for me!" How could the guard of the north gate have so much time to chat with Cao Mo, his subordinates He didn't listen to their advice, and he just wanted to kill all the mobs on the city wall and guard the north gate. The continuous stream of enemies outside made him even more irritable and angry. He pointed at Cao Mo and insulted: "Tell me to open the city gate, Impossible! When Laozi is as stupid and selfish as that Wangba eunuch? Wangbazi must have escaped with his luggage, so he let Laozi open the city gate to hold back the enemy!"

The noisy voices couldn't cover the resounding voices of the defenders of the North City, Cao Man was extremely angry: "This is called catching a turtle in a urn! It's a strategy that can help you defend the city, preserve your strength, and surround and kill the enemy!"

"What are you talking about? I don't understand. Get the hell out of here. Hold the city wall for me. I don't have time to chatter with you here!"

The lack of cooperation of the north gate guard made Cao Mo extremely anxious. If Mr. Xun's plan was ruined because of him, the entire Xingyang City would be in danger.

He was anxious, but the mob on the city wall had already rushed into the wall before they could say anything, and fought with the guards on it, the guard of the north gate rushed to the city wall cursing: "All generals will follow me to guard the gate to the death! "

He rushed into the city wall with a big knife, and fought with the lieutenants to kill the enemy.

Once the stone-carrying guards took up their weapons and fought against the enemy rushing in front of them, they lost their hands and feet and smashed the stones, and more people immediately swarmed below!

Cao Man broke free from the guards who grabbed him. Seeing that the guards would not listen to the plan and left, he was eager to implement the plan, so he drew out the weapon that cut down the guards with the sword on his waist, and rushed towards the largest enemy building.

Cao Man went down the door along the base, and held up his festival seal to order the soldiers to obey the order to let him in. Then he climbed up the city wall along the steps. Dozens of people were besieged and killed, their heads were chopped off by the mob and thrown into the air, blood splattered out and mixed with rainwater to form a chaotic/staggered picture.

The movement of the defenders obviously paused, and the soldiers cried out: "Captain!——"

In an instant, the morale of the city defenders was greatly reduced, and the situation turned to the unfavorable side. The mob climbed onto the city wall one after another, their faces filled with greedy joy. For the defenders of the city, if one person can't do it, then two people can do it, if two people can't do it, then five people should besiege one person...

The mob rushed up to the beacon tower and slashed at Cao Man with bloodthirsty knives. He didn't even have time to recall the death of the north gate guard, so he had to raise his sword to resist, counterattack and assassinate, and joined the battle!

In the fourteen years since learning internal strength and swordsmanship at the age of six, Cao Man has never slacked off for a single day. The system says that he has achieved something in his studies, and he has entered the profession. Cao Man himself has no idea about this. Under this situation, one person can easily deal with ten mobs who attack without any rules.

He fell into a mysterious realm. The moment he joined the battle circle, he was unexpectedly at ease. He was not afraid of killing people. Master, follow his command!

If Cao Mo's command was determined, he made a gap with one person's strength. The domineering man's sword technique is different from the sword dance. My favorite move style when practicing.

Under the sweep of the sword light, it was able to cut off the waists of two enemies at the same time!

The heavy rain poured down majesticly, and the sound of the rain and people's shouts couldn't stop Cao Man from shouting loudly with all his internal strength: "Raise the arrow! Shoot the ladder!"

"Pull all the enemies that climb up, and all the soldiers will follow me!"

"The Rolling Stones keep going, don't let them climb up!"

He is like a god of killing who is constantly moving. Wherever he passes, countless people fall at his feet, and the cold light of the sword cuts down the enemy ruthlessly. Under the leadership of Cao Man, the morale was greatly improved.

The soldiers defending the city rushed to the city wall and reported loudly to Cao Mo: "General! The rolling stones are used up!"

Cao Mo yelled: "Move up all the quilts and throw them down instead of stones! It's raining heavily outside, the quilts are easy to get wet, and the city wall is high enough to knock down the people below!"

The soldiers defending the city responded loudly, and they all followed suit. Immediately afterwards, Cao Man ordered: "Beat the retreat drum, withdraw the troops, and everyone will fight on the tower!"

The mob found that the north gate was opened, and they all rushed forward with red eyes. They were like ants coming in groups, rushing towards the city, and a group of people eagerly wanted to get into the city gate. , The people crowded outside the gate turned on their backs, and the advance troops who rushed into the city gate realized something was wrong and wanted to retreat, but they were pushed forward vigorously by the people behind them.

The people behind were afraid that they would not be able to eat food if they entered the city too late, so they squeezed in even more frantically. What awaited them would be the spearmen lining up and rushing into battle, and the shield soldiers setting up their shields, and the ten thousand soldiers descending from the sky from the tower. All arrows!

The screams of the mob resounded over Xingyang City, and it became a nightmare that Cao Man could hardly adapt to in the next few days.

Cao Mo will never forget in his life that when he was 20 years old, he used his own hands to lead the soldiers of Xingyang City to massacre nearly [-] mobs.

After the rain was over, his hand holding the sword trembled slightly, and he inserted the blood-stained sword back into the scabbard with dark red mottled marks.

Cao Man stared at his hands, there were still some bloodstains on them that had not been washed away by the rain, who belonged to them, but in this heavy rain, the number of people who died in his hands was no less than a hundred!

"We made it!"

"The mob retreated, they retreated!"

"We are defending Xingyang!——"

On the city wall, the soldiers cheered and yelled, venting their joy for the rest of their lives. When they saw the corpses of the enemy and us on the ground, they were so sad that they cried and laughed. Their emotions were exaggerated to the extreme. Then mourn, with a heart of compassion.

The head of General Beimen was picked up, and together with his decapitated body, it was collected together. Six centurions survived from Beimen, and the other four died in battle. The survivors came to Cao Man carefully, and put He circled around, staring at him with pairs of hopeful eyes, eyes that looked forward to him as a pillar!

"General, what should we do next? The prefect sent you to guard the city, and now the city gate is guarded, are you going to report to the prefect?"

Cao Man came back to his senses, looked up and found that he was surrounded by a group of people. This group of men who were like him, whose clothes were stained with blood, fought in the rain without a leader, all regarded Cao Man who had turned the tide of the battle as a new general.

The young man's eyes were sharp, and he said in a flat voice: "Now go collect the bones of your companions, clean up the battlefield, and bury all the dead on the spot to avoid the plague, carry the wounded into the city for treatment, collect scattered arrows and weapons, and recycle them as much as possible. .”

Seeing the poverty of Xingyang City, Cao Man saw that all he could think of was to minimize the loss.

In the eyes of outsiders, the style of a general who is in danger and unchallenged, only Cao concealed himself from experiencing the mixed taste of it.

The six centurions did not expect that the young general, who was a hero, had no intention of staying here at all. Seeing that he was about to leave, they all tried to persuade him to stay: "General! You saved Xingyang, you are Xingyang's benefactor, and we will all treat you Convinced, willing to follow the general!"

Cao Mo shook his head: "The person who made the plan is Mr. Xun Li from Luoyang. You don't have to thank me. Now follow up with what I said to clear up the follow-up matters, and then report to the prefect."

"General, general, don't leave! Please also leave your name, so that we can at least know who saved us."

Cao Mo hurried back, but failed to hear their inquiries, he got on his horse, kicked the horse's belly, and only heard the horse neighing, and rushed towards the south gate where Xun Yu was.

Xun Yu's luck was better. The general who defended the south gate was much smarter than the north gate general, and cooperated with him to resist the south gate's attack.

There are also the west gate and the east gate. Xun Yu and the prefect beheaded the bandits and mobs who poured into the city. disaster.

After the defense of the city was over, the trilogy sent by the rich and powerful families went back one after another. The eunuch held Xun Li's hand and thanked him again and again: "If it weren't for Chief Xun's plan, Xingyang City might not be able to survive. Everything is under the command of Chief Xun. !"

Xun Yu was also in a mess, his clothes were wrinkled, and he was injured. He was tired from traveling to two places at the same time, and his brows and eyes were tired.

He interrupted the prefect, and said gently: "The next follow-up matters, I will trouble the prefect. After all, Xun is not an official of Xingyang, so it is not convenient to intervene too much."

The prefect of Xingyang nodded hurriedly: "It should be! It should be, that is my duty!"

Xun Yu relaxed, seeing Cao Man and Xun Yu returning one after another, and seeing bloodstains on their respective clothes, he hurried forward to check them: "Is there any injury?"

"I was never injured," Cao Man, whose clothes were all dark red, said energetically.

Xun Yu also said: "No injury, it's someone else's blood." After speaking, he rolled up his sleeves, lowered his eyebrows, and stared at his hand in a daze.

Xun Yu took a deep look at Xun Yu, and said to the two of them in a gentle voice, "Go back and rest, change your clothes, and we'll go on the road tomorrow."

There are some things that can only be truly grown if you have experienced them yourself. The world is hard, people complain, and all the comforts in Luoyang are like vanity. Chaos has already arisen, and the world will be chaotic.

"Sir, you are injured!" Cao Mo said in surprise.

Xun Yu also looked anxious: "Is there a doctor in the city?!"

"It's not a problem, it's just an arrow wound," Xun Mi shook his head. Seeing that Cao Man was covered in blood, he groped him and checked again: "Is it really not injured? Don't be brave if you are injured, but you joined the battle? "

Cao Mo nodded: "I didn't think so much at the time, I just thought that I must guard the city gate."

Xun Yu's eyes fell on his blood-stained sword. In his eyes, the two young men were already different, and Cao Man was more like a sharp sword drawn out of its sheath after being polished, surrounded by the bloody smell of killing!

He killed more than one person...

Prime Minister Xun Mi was very accurate, and immediately guessed that Cao Man might go to the battle to kill the enemy himself. Seeing that his eyes were clear and upright, and he didn't appear in a daze after killing, he was really born to be a general.

Xun Mi patted Cao Man on the shoulder, and said warmly: "Go back and take a hot bath, drink a bowl of hot ginger soup, go to bed early, don't think too much, what you did today is correct."

When guarding a city, defending a family, defending a country, being a general or a soldier, when wielding a sharp sword, he should think of the things behind him that need to be guarded by him. You should be compassionate, and to be a general, you should abide by your heart and be persevering.

At night, after the heavy rain, the croaking of frogs kept ringing at night, and Cao Meng slept on the couch tossing and turning.Once he closed his eyes, the scenes in front of him were hellish siege scenes.

The shouts of the fighting, the blood of the charge, and the climbing ladder piled up in front of the city, one after another, the mobs who were once ordinary people were dying of starvation. When it was cut off, the mob cheered excitedly, and the defenders yelled in despair.

Cao Man couldn't calm down, so he sat up. He muttered what Xun Mi said to him: "I was right, and I don't regret doing that."

Killing the mob is to protect the city. He is right. He should not sympathize with the mob. As early as when the mob took up the butcher knife and aimed at the people, they had already become rebels who needed to be suppressed.

Whose fault caused all this, Cao Meng didn't know, he only knew that the more he learned, the more he saw, the heavier the burden on his shoulders.

Cao Man looked up and found that the lights next door were on, and a figure was reflected on the window flickering. His heart moved, and he got up and knocked on Xun Yu's door.

Xun Yu opened the door and asked in surprise, "Why haven't you slept yet?"

"I see that your light is on, so come over and have a look," Cao Man said to him as he walked into the house, "Is it because you can't sleep after going through the battle during the day?"

Xun Yu nodded silently, his face illuminated by the candlelight was handsome, a little dazed, a little at a loss.

"What's wrong?" Cao Man asked concerned: "Did you get scared by what happened during the day?"

"I killed someone," Xun Yu stretched out his white palm and said in a daze, "When I arrived at the south gate, the guards were arrogant and domineering and refused to take me to see the generals on the tower. In desperation, I drew my sword and killed him. I was beheaded. At that time, I didn’t think too much about it. After killing chickens and monkeys, the rest of the people didn’t dare to neglect, and now I think about it, and I know how scared it was.”

"Beheaded..." Cao Man suddenly realized, seeing that Xun Yu hadn't recovered, he whispered to him, "I also killed someone."

Xun Yu raised his eyes, staring at Cao Man with clear eyes, so that he could almost see his own figure clearly in them.

"you also?"

"I killed nearly a hundred enemies," Cao Man said in a low voice. He concealed the uneasiness and unreality in his heart before, and boasted carelessly on the surface: "The general who defended the north gate was killed by the enemy, and he still needs to be killed. With me here, lead the rest of the soldiers to kill the enemy to your heart's content, I am powerful!"

Xun Yu blinked, and asked puzzledly, "Aren't you feeling bad after killing someone?"

He looked down at his hands, always feeling a little uncomfortable, as if they were stained red with blood, which couldn't be washed off no matter how they were washed.

"Why should I feel bad? They are mobs who want to attack the city. If they survive and rush into the city, the consequences will be disastrous, and all the people in the city will suffer! I killed them to save the people in the city. Don't tell me that they are also People, they are not innocent at all!" Cao Man's eyes were firm, and he said forcefully: "When they choose to commit crimes like barbarians burning, killing and looting, doing things like killing other people and doing things like traitors, they are no longer big men. children of the

He was talking to Xun Yu, and he was also talking to himself.

Xun Yu asked, "How can I make my heart feel better?"

The young boy lowered his head, feeling a little depressed: "I still remember the surprised look in the guard's eyes when I killed him."

"Why do you feel uncomfortable? You are right," Cao Man pressed Xun Yu's shoulders, seeing his frail and dazed appearance, he said solemnly: "If that person delays the military plane, he will be the one who ruined the military situation. In the barracks, in terms of military law, it is also a capital crime!"

Xun Yu stared at him blankly for a while, then relaxed slightly: "I forgot, Ah Man has always aimed to become a great general in the future."

"No, it's not," Cao Man shook his head.

Xun Yu: "What isn't it? I just wanted to praise you for your tenacity."

"It's not the goal of being a general, that goal is too narrow." Cao Mo took a deep breath and said with firm conviction: "To be a general, everyone who knows martial arts and art of war can do it, but what I want to do is the common people." We can live a life full of food and drink, and no longer have to worry about wars or famines."

Cao Mo said in a low voice: "Maybe my idea is naive and unrealistic, but I want to try to rule the world. The outside is so chaotic, and only Luoyang is rich in all parts of the country, but that kind of wealth is like the moon in the water. The flowers in the mirror are like floating shadows, and they will dissipate at any time. I am very uneasy, and I am afraid that the moment when the tranquility will dissipate will come, so I am thinking, after I become an official, I will ask to be released outside, to govern the water and soil, and protect the people. .If I can practice well in the local area, when I return to Luoyang to work, will I be able to govern the world well and benefit more places?"

Cao Man's words were like a flower, falling on Xun Yu's heart, causing ripples.The fog on the road ahead cleared away, and the thoughts that had drifted through my mind but couldn't be grasped took shape at this moment.

What Cao Mo said is too correct. First, govern the land and water of one area, protect the people of one area, gradually expand the goal, and finally achieve the result of governing the world. Isn't this kind of thinking exactly Xun Yu's ambition and dream?

His thoughts are my thoughts.

The voice in Xun Yu's heart was telling him that the foolish man in front of him is the one who is easy to get money but hard to find a confidant!His eyes gradually became turbulent: "Ah Man..."

Cao said "ah" and said with a smile, "After my comfort, did you feel better?"

Xun Yu nodded, hesitant to speak: "Can you let go of my hand?"

Cao Man's paws loosened a little, he scratched his head, and laughed: "Didn't I see you staring at your hand all the time, to divert your attention?"

"If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh. How tiring is this?" Xun Yu said softly.

Cao Man's expression gradually disappeared, and he said helplessly, "You saw it."

"Seeing such a tragic scene, I still can't be happy. Who caused all this and why did it become like this?"

"It will be fine. In the future," Xun Yu said, "the ancestors did not rule the world, but we will rule the world. When more and more students grow up, we will be able to 'let the people have enough to eat'!"

He kept Cao Man's words in his heart, and made an agreement with Cao Man: "If you go to a local office in the future, I will come to you and give you advice."

Cao Man smiled and said, "It would be even better if we could be colleagues, and then we will work hard together!"

A smile finally appeared in Xun Yu's eyes, as if imagining the future, even in his sleep at night he always had a smile on his lips.

The two get together and sleep on the same couch, the candles are extinguished, accompanied by the warm body temperature of the people around them, and they are no longer afraid of the dark night and the cold...

Having experienced the battle of defending the city, the name of the young general Cao Man was widely spread in the city under the propaganda of Xingyang prefect.

The centurions begged the prefect to keep Cao Mo behind, and they all said: "If he is here, even if we encounter mob bandits again in the future, we can keep them out!"

The prefect had no choice but to inform the crowd: "Do you think I don't want to keep him? If I meet such a rare general in a hundred years, I will never be stingy with a position of filial piety. But that young general, you are Luoyang The son of a high-ranking official here! How could he leave the rich and prosperous Luoyang behind and come to Xingyang instead?"

The centurions were all disappointed and bowed their heads when they heard the words, and they also heard that Cao Man was the son of the chief minister of the dynasty, so they gradually stopped following them.

Although he didn't succeed, Cao Man's reputation in Xingyang reached its peak because of this battle.

Early the next morning, the group set out on the road again, heading for Mount Song from the county road at the East Gate.

Along the way, the land beside the road is full of potholes. These fertile fields that were originally full of grain and grass have been dug and dug three feet into the ground, just like prisoners who have been tortured in a prison, with hideous scars all over their bodies.

"Even the grass roots have been dug up," Cao Man murmured, looking at the deserted land, "If the spring and autumn are so difficult, how will we live in winter?"

Xun Yu said: "The woods have also been ruined, the leaves have been stripped clean, people can't eat the trunks."

Xun Yu asked the two to put down the car curtain and explained to them: "After Xingyang was guarded, those Songshan bandits fled to the north, and this piece of wasteland became a place for them to abandon. Songshan has been emptied, and only water is left. Withered trees, we are safer than before when we browse Songshan Mountain this time."

After flipping through the bare Songshan Mountain, Yingchuan is just around the corner.Seeing such a poor and miserable world in Xingyang, Cao Meng has given up hope for Yingchuan, which is farther away from Luoyang.

Xun Yu kept a secret from Cao: "Although my hometown is here, it happened when I was very young. Since I came to Luoyang with my father, I have forgotten the old scene of Yingchuan."

So Xun Yu didn't know what Yingchuan looked like.

At the foot of Songshan Mountain, there is an official road of more than sixty miles. The carriage is galloping on the official road. There is nothing to see in the desolate surroundings. Cao Mo gave up riding the horse and chose to get into the carriage to listen to Xun Yu's lecture with Xun Yu.

When it was ten miles away from Yingchuan, the scene changed again.

I saw that the surrounding land gradually turned green, and the centuries-old trees were covered with dense leaves, and occasionally birds appeared in the sky!

After the carriage had traveled another distance, they saw the farmers bending over to reclaim the fields, the water flow and the good fields, and the half-planted one after another. It seemed that the growth rate was good, and it seemed that they could usher in a bumper harvest in autumn. food!

Cao Man's eyes lit up and said excitedly: "This place is different from Xingyang!"

"The officials governing the local area are different, and the rich and powerful clans are different, so there will be different