It was a hot afternoon, and although the surrounding woods could provide some shade to the scorching heat for travelers, so that the scorching sun could not directly hurt the travelers who were helpless to walk at this time, even imagination was enough to make people feel the harshness of the environment in such a weather where there was no breeze but a scorching feeling.

Today's average temperature is definitely higher than in previous years.

This is almost everyone's judgment of this summer's temperature, and the scarcity of rain has deepened people's understanding.

Of course, this is only the trouble north of the Yangtze River.

Although I did not see it with my own eyes, according to the information transmitted by the merchants, most of Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou, most of which were located south of the Yangtze River, had been in a state of continuous rain since the beginning of spring, and as for the flooding of rivers and the breaking of the river, there were countless such things, and the princes had to rely on their own strength to deal with these things in an era when the central power had already existed in name only, and in fact they could not do much for most of the princes.

As for those powerful people, either they will be unlucky and suffer disasters together, or they will take advantage of the disasters to expand their popularity and people with the foundation accumulated by their own families, and form a country within a country in a corner, as for whether it is possible to develop into a country within a higher level, it depends on their creation and the reaction of other countries within countries and even countries within countries and even countries within countries, this process may be very fast, or it may be very long, but it is constantly staged in troubled times.

It is said that "the people are bitter when they prosper, and the people who are dying are bitter". But compared to the pressure of order in the world, it is clear that the chaos of troubled times is more destructive.

As for the more distant places such as Jiaozhou and Liaodong, there is very little news coming, not only because of geographical barriers, but the princes there seem to want to be an unfettered center more than the distant center.

The chaotic situation coupled with the continuous arrival of natural disasters in fact, the people really do not seem to have much security except for joining the army, regardless of whether this army is the army of the princes or the tuntian soldiers, or the escort of the merchant brigade, the powerful private soldiers, or simply the bandits and mountain thieves who are willing to cut their bodies. If you don't have the ability to protect yourself in troubled times. Even if you sleep, I'm afraid that you won't be restless.

Although the situation of the annexed states is a little better than the national average, in the face of the close proximity of aliens and Li Shushi's almost unrestricted introduction of displaced people, the problem of light and darkness has never completely disappeared. Especially the latter, the internal contradiction is a matter of constraints. But once it erupts, it is extremely fatal.

How to solve it?

Slowly, slowly, methodically can indeed clarify these big and small problems. But it doesn't matter whether there is such time or not. Second, such a solution is, after all, nothing more than dividing a piece of cake into relatively acceptable pieces, and in fact, the contradiction has not been fundamentally resolved, but may lead to greater disasters.

So in the end, there is really only one way. That is, expansion.

Whether it is economy or territory, only the cake has become bigger, and even if you don't fight for it, the amount you can eat will increase as the whole cake expands, and the result will naturally be happy, even if your share of the cake remains the same or even slightly reduced.

But as Clausewitz said in "On War", any war has a climax, and any expansion cannot last forever, so it can be said that unless you can face the sea of stars, it is indeed too small and too small for an earth, so the expansion will eventually stop.

Scientists tell us that the universe that has been expanding has stopped expanding one day, so the result is definitely not a fixed boundary, but a collapse inward, and then re-shrink into a "cosmic bomb" waiting and pregnant with the next explosion - that is to say, maybe aliens do exist, but maybe it was in the last cosmic era, maybe it was in the last cosmic era~

This is true of the great will of the universe, and the same is true of the society of mankind, which is like dust or even elementary particles compared to the universe.

And if you think the above example is still a bit confusing and unfamiliar, then we can change to a more familiar example - the stock market, not only refers to China, but the entire global village.

We won't nag about the definition of the stock market and related laws, because that is a problem that the most outstanding group of elites on the planet have not been able to thoroughly understand, but what I want to say is that when the stock market is in a bear market, you will always see those so-called brick beasts chanting "funds have not yet entered the market" and other remarks, and then until a certain moment, maybe the bookmakers have finally changed hands, maybe a certain nerve of retail investors has been touched, maybe it is the guidance of a certain cosmic will, in short, when the stock market startsThe funds that can't be found are like weeds in the field.

And then as the market ends, it disappears without a trace, flowing into an industry that you can't predict at all.

Well, in fact, money is flowing water, and the stock market or something is just a foothold for it.

It seems that the mind is once again unconscious, and it does not know where it is flying.

Shaking his head, Li Shushi wiped the sweat that kept coming out of his head with the woolen towel hidden in his sleeve, but before this action was completed, the towel was snatched away by a hand.

It was a very small and delicate jade hand, which did not do anything to embellish but revealed a natural color like a natural gem, and the delicate and cool feeling was the best touch in such a summer day. is just such a small hand like a work of art, but it has the power that makes Li Shushi completely unable to resist.

"It's all wet like this, and you don't know how to change it, really, it's always worrying about people."

For Su Xiaololi's coquettishness beside him, all Li Shushi could do was hehe, and looked at the towel that was "spurned" by Su Xiaololi, in fact, it was just soaked in sweat and affected the faint aroma of the towels that had been smoked, and he could continue to fight.

Although it's the kindness of his own Lori.,But I always feel that this approach is a little extravagant.。

"'From thrift to luxury. It's hard to go from luxury to frugality', this is what my husband taught us, and my sister can't spoil him. ”

"No, Yu thinks that this kind of behavior is nothing, and it is already shabby for the master to just enjoy such treatment."

Although Qiao Lori did not participate in the argument between Zhen Xiao Lori and Nero sauce, it can be seen from her slight leaning towards Zhen Xiao Lori that she is still more inclined to the other party's statement.

But speaking of Nero sauce......

"It's worthy of a heroic spirit, picking it up at night and being cool always makes people sleep well."

"Master's statement like this, even Yu will feel very troubled now."

Ahem,It's really not the time to say this kind of daytime propaganda X.,And it can be seen from the slightly forceful attitude of a certain Lori when she wipes her sweat for herself.。 He was very unhappy that his "job" was robbed.

Although I wanted to sleep with her in my arms before (very pure drop~), I always had to find a time when the other party was in a good mood.

Although after some teasing, the surrounding girls became a little more active. But it could not change the atmosphere of the whole unit - compared to the leisurely time when they came, the current team was full of solemnity.

Whether they still haven't been able to find what they're looking for until they leave, or they have met an opponent who frightened them at the end, or the strange boy from Xianbei who put a lot of pressure on them. A qiē and a qiē all show that the memories left by this trip seem to be mostly unhappy.

Even for the first point, it was actually expected. But then a few things happened that still made people feel slightly unprepared.

The fighters, of course, were not devastated by the blow. There is even a strong fire of confrontation, but the taste of failure is indeed uncomfortable, and no one likes to fail. Even the guys who say "I need this defeat to remind XXOO to pay attention" can't wait to keep winning.

However, it is as if a proper loss of a game that is not too important can release some of the pressure accumulated by consecutive victories, and it is not a ruinous defeat for this team, which is just a small setback, and it is good to be able to get over it.

What's more, not everyone is dwelling on this failure, such as:

"Zhong Kang, you have been squirming and squirming since just now, you look uncomfortable, let's say, you want to ask me something."

"Lord, that, that, what the hell are the lords and that Xianbei people laughing at in the end. I asked Brother Dian Wei, but Brother Dian Wei explained to me for a long time and I couldn't understand. Later, I went to ask a few more military advisors, but several of them just didn't speak, and told me, 'You can figure it out by then', which is simply bullying honest people. ”

Well, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a certain little fox snickering, and it was you, the source of a qiē error, Guo Jia's children's shoes!

"The reason why the two of us laugh is just that we have already understood each other's thoughts, so there is no need to continue talking, and it is just a matter of words."

"But I still can't figure it out."

"The enemy we have to face may be very strong, or it may be a terrifying being, even if I can dominate this troubled world, but with such a broken country, I may not be able to gather enough strength to fight such an enemy. So in the end, it is necessary to unite the forces that can be united, and this includes our enemies, the Xianbei people. ”

"Oh! I understand. Although it is possible that the lord will unite with the Xianbei people, it is a big problem who listens to whom. It's like the military advisor often says, 'There are no two days, and there are no two masters', so you still have to do it in the end, right? ”

"Yes, maybe it will be the fiercest war."

"Why? There are obviously more formidable opponents. ”

"Because both we and each other are essentially selfish human beings, and we always have that little bit of ridiculous luck until we have to. There may be a few outstanding people with a long-term vision among these people, but for most people, all they can see and are willing to control is the square inch in front of them. So this war will break out eventually, and there may be only one thing he and I can do, and that is to try to make this war not let one side shed its last drop of blood. ”

"Why should the lord be so discouraged? With us people helping the lord, perhaps by the time the other party has already made the other party realize that we are the existence of which they cannot match. Maybe you will reach what the book calls 'a soldier who surrenders without a fight'. ”

"Hahaha! Zhong Kang's ambition is good. And you're right, with you here, we're going to win! ”

"Haha! I love to hear this, this is like the book I know, right, my baby daughter~"

"Hmm~ I like to give Xiao Lingqi a delicious and fun bookish uncle~"

"Favorite ......" ORZ.

"Shu millet ......" OTL.

"Leave these two fools alone."

As the sun set, only two of them left on the road had turned to gray-white fly ash. The frustrated people pulled a long shadow, as if telling the lonely flowers and trees around them about the tragic situation they had experienced.

Well, it seems to be more perfect if it is paired with a bleak Erquan Reflecting Moon.

@瞎子阿炳.

Well, the ancestors of this great master may still be in their most primitive life forms. Naturally, the person being called is not in the service area.

Maybe it's because almost everyone's eyes are attracted to these two strange guys. So no one noticed the interaction between the two girls who didn't know when they were approaching.

"Why did you stop me at that time? Whether it's you or I have that ability, kill that man, and as long as you kill that man, Xianbei will no longer have an opponent for your man, right? It's not like your code of conduct. ”

"This is indeed a very tempting tiyì. But after thinking about it, I thought maybe it would be in our best interest to keep that man. And. Compared to the man. I'm more interested in the reason why the sneaky guys went to the hinterland of Xianbei and made such a big fuss. ”

"Didn't you say those guys were planning to steal some of the Xianbei people's treasures?"

"Can you fully believe what the enemy says? And even if it's true, aren't you interested in the thing that will interest those people? Whether you're interested or not, at least I'm quite interested~"

"It's worrying that your curiosity is still so strong."

"Thanks for the compliment. The little woman was terrified. ”

“……”

"Hee-hee~"

Even Luo He didn't notice that the smile on Su Xiaololi's face at this time was so bright compared to usual.

Although everyone's spirits were not very high, it did not affect their travel speed, and even because they knew the existence of the strong enemy, it made their footsteps a little more hurried.

Within a few days, the team returned to Pingcheng County, north of Yanmen, which was also the station of Gao Shun, the commander of Pingbei who was personally appointed by Li Shushi, and was the forward base and backup base for the front line against foreign races in Bingzhou.

"Zi'an, let your subordinates pay more attention, this time we have encountered an enemy who wants to make trouble when we go north."

For the army that came from nowhere, all Li Shushi could do was to tell Gao Shun to be careful, after all, the number of the other party is not much, and the individual strength is strong, facing the large corps can escape thousands of miles, while the small troops can easily attack, it can be said that unless the commander of that force dies himself, there is almost no way to deal with it.

Well, even the blockade, food and water cut-off, and attrition tactics that are very useful to ordinary people are completely immune to those guys who are essentially no different from ghost soldiers, and they have created the basic conditions for the other party to be elusive.

It's just that for Li Shushi's reminder, Gao Shun showed a rather helpless look.

"If the lord could have said this to Shun two or three days earlier, maybe Shun would have summoned troops to help the lord test the strong enemy, but now he is really powerless and unable to divide the troops."

Well, in Li Shushi's opinion, it was a helpless look, but for people who were not familiar with Gao Shun, the cold face looked like there was no change in expression at all, as if there was no change in even the micro-expression.

"What's going on? Could it be that when I didn't know it, the state was attacked by another enemy?! ”

The surprised expression on Li Shushi's face at this time was really not a lie, because he had just come back and had not yet seen the recent Di Bao, so naturally he didn't know enough about the latest situation, and when he heard Gao Shun's words, he naturally thought of the answer that was most likely to happen.

Although it was immediately denied by Gao Shun by shaking his head.

"It's not what the lord thinks. The reason for this situation is not because of the attack of the enemy army, on the contrary, but in order to cooperate with the military operations in the south and west, I sent most of the troops in my hands after weighing it, and I am afraid that the troops that I can mobilize in Yanmen and Yunzhong are not enough to support the actions of the lord. ”

Although Gao Shun seems to have misunderstood Li Shushi's idea from the beginning, it is no longer important to Li Shushi, and now the most important issue has become to find out who initiated the "military operations" in Gao Shun's mouth, and what purpose they have, so that Gao Shun will make such a decision to cooperate.

"Don't worry, although the specific situation is not clear, but I think that in three or five days, there should be definite news delivered, and at that time the lord will be able to understand."

Hey, hey, hey, I'm your lord, right, aren't you afraid that I'll put on your little shoes if you hide it from me?

Although he slandered in his heart, Li Shushi knew very well that with Gao Shun's calmness, even if it seemed a bit like a prelude in this matter, he was not a reckless character in general. Besides, he put Gao Shun in Northern Xinjiang and entrusted him with full power, so he naturally had to trust his judgment, so the above-mentioned belly slander could only become something rotten in the stomach.

However, Li Shushi's IQ is urgent, but it doesn't mean that everyone is like this, for example, a certain little fox showed a weird smile after hearing the conversation between the two people.

Of course, Li Shushi, who was knocked down by a pebble thrown from somewhere, saw this scene when he turned back to look for the "culprit", although he didn't believe that Guo Jia was the murderer, but he couldn't just let him go, right?

As a result, the original snickering on Guo Jia's face turned into a helpless wry smile after being arrested.

"Ha~ Jia thinks that the actions that General Gao Zi'an said should have a great deal to do with Huang Han's ascension to the state and the affairs of Liangzhou."

Oh~ I see.

Li Shushi said that he had suddenly come to his senses.

Merely......

Why are you so resentful when you glance at the old fox on the side?

Pan Sen: This is a plus change for the 15-month pass.

Pan Sen 2: Tomorrow there will be a change to celebrate (6) (9) tank sauce~

Pan Sen 3: I can probably achieve full attendance next month, so there is no way to have a new update next month except for the 30,000 recommended additions that have been promised, please forgive me.

Pan Sen 4: That is to say, there will be two more than 10,000 words tomorrow~ (to be continued......)