Over the years, although Wen Zhao's reputation has become more and more prominent, he always feels a little tired.

If it is really like what Li Dayin said, after the unification of the world, it is a great blessing in life to gather Chen Jing and Chen Hu together, get together with their children and grandchildren every day, and bathe in laughter and laughter every day in a place with green mountains and rivers.

Thinking about it, Wen Zhao couldn't help but show a wistful look on his face.

"Brother, along the way, although there are many mountains in Ba County, the land here is extremely fertile, and it is really good farmland."

Between the fields on both sides of the road, because the crops have not yet grown, the black earth is everywhere as far as the eye can see, and it is extremely depressed.

However, Chen Hu knew that the grain seeds had been sown, and as long as they waited for the spring of the next year, there would be heavy fruits hanging on the crops.

Chen Hu was born in poverty and had also farmed at home, so he naturally knew what kind of land was suitable for sowing crops.

He has been staying in Yanmen County all these years, and after getting used to seeing the barren land there, he couldn't help but praise when he saw the dark and shiny land in Ba County along the way.

Wen Zhao was riding on a horse, his body swaying as the war horse moved forward.

When he heard Chen Hu's words, he also nodded and said: "Yizhou is known as the country of abundance, worthy of its name, if you can capture Yizhou this time, there will be no shortage of grain and grass in the future." ”

Speaking of this, Wen Zhao suddenly shouted: "In troubled times, food has always been the most important material. The order went down, the soldiers were not allowed to ride their horses in the fields during the march, and if there was a violation, the military law would deal with it! ”

The military orders were passed down one by one, and Wen Zhao continued to lead the army forward.

"Whoa!"

Suddenly, a gust of wind rose on the flat ground, blowing the handsome flag beside Wen Zhao 'creaking', and Wen Zhao's war horse under his crotch was frightened, and he actually ran directly to the field.

Fortunately, his riding skills were good, so he quickly calmed down the frightened war horse and returned to the official road again.

Chen Hu hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern: "Brother, are you okay?" ”

Wen Zhao shook his head slightly, thinking: "I just issued a military order not to ride horses in the field, and in the blink of an eye, I rushed to the field, if I don't give the soldiers an explanation, how can I make the three armies impressed?" ”

He suddenly remembered the deeds of Cao Cao cutting his hair as the acting head in history, and he had a plan in his heart.

asked Zhang Ji to be found, and Chen Xu asked: "I just issued a military order not to trample on the people's fields, but now I am the first to break the law, how should I deal with it?" ”

Zhang Ji was shocked in his heart and said: "The reason why Ming Gong trampled on the field was because of the horse shock, not Ming Gong's original intention, how can it be regarded as a violation of military orders?" ”

"What's more, with the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the punishment will not be respected. Even if Ming Gong accidentally trampled on the field, he should not be punished. ”

Wen Zhao shook his head and said: "How can you convince the three armies of making the law and committing it yourself?" I have violated military law, and I deserve to be punished! ”

When he had finished speaking, he drew his sword from his waist and put it around his neck with the intention of killing himself.

Seeing this, Chen Hu and the others hurriedly pounced, snatched the sword from Wen Zhao's hand, and persuaded one after another: "The lord is the commander of the three armies, and the lives of thousands of people are tied to the Ming Duke, and the Ming Duke must not act like this!" ”

Zhang Ji watched the strong wind blowing Chen Xu's hair, his heart moved slightly, and he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "Ming Gong is so reckless and intends to kill himself, how unwise!" If Ming Gong really wants to give an explanation to the three armies, he might as well cut his hair and act as the head. ”

When Chen Hu heard this, he immediately became furious and shouted: "How can the parents who have suffered from the body easily give up? How can you let my brother do this? ”

Wen Zhao's eyes lit up, reprimanded Chen Hu, and then asked Zhang Ji: "Is it in line with the legislation to cut the hair and act as the head?" ”

Zhang Ji replied: "As far as the Supreme is concerned, it is in line with the law!" ”

Wen Zhao then wanted to return his sword, and despite Chen Hu's strong opposition, he cut off a handful of hair and threw it on the ground.

Zhang Ji persuaded again: "Duke Ming can let people take this hair to the three armies to see, and the soldiers will not dare to trample on the field again when they see the lord behaving like this!" ”

Wen Zhao thought so, so he asked people to hold their hair and tell the three armies: "The general's war horse was frightened and trampled on the field, and he should have been beheaded and ordered, but the punishment was not supreme. ”

When the soldiers heard the news, their hearts were solemn, and they became more and more cautious during the march.

Seeing this, Wen Zhao showed a faint smile on his face, and he did not feel ashamed at all for plagiarizing Cao Cao's deeds, nor did he feel uncomfortable because he cut off some hair.

After all, Chen Xu's soul comes from later generations, and almost every man in that era would keep his hair short and would not have a psychological burden.

Although Wen Zhao is now accustomed to the custom of long hair shawls in the Han Dynasty, the thinking of his parents who are exposed to the skin of his body has not affected Chen Xu.

While thinking about Fang Cai's affairs, Wen Zhao led the troops forward, and the army advanced for another distance, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in front of him.

Slowing down the speed of the war horse, I saw a team of scouts rushing towards this side. Far away, someone shouted loudly: "Lord, Langzhong urgently, Langzhong urgently!" ”

Listening to the anxiety in their words, Wen Zhao's face immediately changed, and he gestured to those people to calm down first.

The leader of the scouts was in his heart, and hurriedly drank to silence the others, and then quickly came to meet Wen Zhao. Because he knew that if the bad news was told in public, it would be a very big blow to the morale of the three armed forces.

"Say, what the hell is going on?"

After the leader of the scouts came, Wen Zhao hurriedly turned over and dismounted, pulled him aside, and asked in a low voice.

The leader of the scouts also lowered his voice and said: "Lord Qiqi, Langzhong was lost, General Jiang Wu was killed in battle, and General Liu Pi was seriously injured, and led 10,000 defeated troops to flee to Hanchang. ”

"Because all the grain and grass in Langzhong City were taken by the Yizhou army, the defeated army led by General Liu Pi is now running out of grain and grass."

Chen Xu's face changed when he heard this, he stepped forward and grabbed the collar of the scout leader, and drank: "Jiang Wu died in battle, Liu Pi was seriously injured?" What did Xu Huang, Gan Ning, and Tian Feng do, and what about Gong Du? ”

The scout looked at Wen Zhao, whose face was a little pale, and was slightly afraid in his heart, but he still replied truthfully: "General Gong Du was killed by Yan Yan as early as when he captured Jiangzhou. ”

"Tian Feng's military division, General Xu Huang, and General Gan Ning asked General Liu Pi to guard Langzhong, but they led the troops from Zitong Water upstream to attack Guanghan County!"

Hearing this, Wen Zhao's face became extremely ugly, and he shouted: "It's nonsense! Yuan Hao has always been extremely calm, why is he so reckless this time, do you really think that there is no one in the land of Bashu? ”

Wen Zhao wanted to continue to learn more information, but the scout leader didn't know anything else.

"The villain only knows that General Liu Pi in Hanchang City is now very short of food. If it weren't for General Liu Pi's repeated restraint of soldiers and horses, I'm afraid the soldiers would have gone out of the city to plunder the people a long time ago. ”

Hearing this, Chen Xu could no longer maintain calm, and while summoning Jia Xu and others to discuss the matter, he ordered the three armies to speed up the march.

However, after Zhao Yun learned the news of Jiang Wu's death, his face suddenly became extremely pale.

He knelt down in front of Wen Zhao and asked: "Lord, please bring five thousand cavalry, and rush to Hanchang first in the starry night!" ”

Since Jiang Wu led the horse thieves to surrender to Wenzhao, he has almost always served as Zhao Yun's deputy general, and for more than ten years, the relationship between the two sides has long been like brothers.

Now that he suddenly learned the news of Jiang Wu's death, Zhao Yun was sad as you can imagine, and he was eager to know who Jiang Wu was killed.

Zhao Huang and Tang Chen also stepped forward and said, "Please also ask the lord to let me wait for the troops to come over first!" ”

The relationship between them and Jiang Wu is also extremely deep, compared to Zhao Yun, how can they not have the intention of revenge when they hear that Jiang Wu died in battle?

Wen Zhao thought of the refreshing, courageous, and uncomplaining horse thief who followed him without regrets, and his heart was extremely sad.

There is also Liu Pi, when Wen Zhao was extremely weak, he traveled thousands of miles north to join his Yellow Turban generals.

Wen Zhao gritted his teeth and said: "Whoever kills Xiaode and Gong Du will have to pay the price, the three of you will bring some dry food to Hanchang first, and you must stabilize the morale of the army." ”

"Also, the land of Bashu is full of talents, so don't be carried away by hatred. Arrive in Hanchang to stabilize the morale of the army, and after learning the details of the incident, do not rashly engage the Yizhou army. ”

"Everything will be decided on the day I lead the army to arrive!"

The three generals responded violently and led five thousand cavalry to Hanchang, and the whole earth shook, as if they felt the anger in their hearts.

After Zhao Yun and the others left, Jia Xu hurriedly admonished: "Langzhong is lost, the grain and grass in the city have changed hands, if the lord does not resend the general to requisition the grain and grass, I am afraid that our army can only withdraw from Ba County because of lack of food." ”

Chen Xu's heart sank, and he asked: "Who can escort the grain and grass!" ”

Zhang Ji said: "Diving from Hanzhong to the south, through the entire Ba County, but also the dry roads in Ba County are rugged, not easy to do. It is foolish to think that if you want to transport grain and grass from Hanzhong on a large scale, it is the best policy to take the waterway. ”

Chen Xu frowned and said: "But Xingba has already led the navy south, how can he escort grain and grass without the escort of the navy?" ”

Zhang Ji continued: "The northern counties are already under the control of our army, so we can summon some Ba County sailors to help transport grain, and then send General Li Dayin to lead troops along the way to escort them. ”

"Yizhou has good public security, water thieves and bandits are extremely rare, as long as the lord only needs to let people hold the road to the north of the Yizhou army, there is not much risk in transporting grain by water."

Wen Zhao thought so and acted according to Zhang Ji's words.

However, it was said that Xu Huang took 500 sailors, and after resigning to Tian Feng and Gan Ning, he led his troops to Dianjiang.

As soon as they entered the territory of Dianjiang, they heard the sound of shouting and killing in the distance, Xu Huang was shocked, and hurriedly sent someone to find out the news.

It didn't take long for a scout to report: "General, now that Dianjiang has been occupied by the Yizhou army, the lord Bo Yanpu is leading his soldiers to fight the thief army." ”

Xu Huang was shocked when he heard this, and thought, "Could it be that something really happened to Ba County?"