Chapter 329 Harvest [Subscription Request]

"Wenhe, there is a man. I think it's too easy for him to be killed. What do you think we should do?"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly: "But I am somewhat interested in him. The key is to see how much he can endure."

"Is the person you are talking about very capable?"

Jia Xu remained habitually cautious as he sat in front of Cao Cao, his upper body slightly bent and his shoulders hunched, making him look like he was half a head shorter.

"Ability... a little bit."

Cao Cao pondered Sima Yi in his heart.

Historically, when he was in power, Sima Yi was actually quite well behaved, otherwise he would have died long ago.

He had neither the opportunity nor the ability to plot against Cao Cao.

So far, Cao Cao has not made any move against Sima Yi.

The reason was that he was only two years older than Zhuge Liang and was about to turn twenty.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, although he was already an adult, some people at his age were already the heads of the family.

But Sima Yi was late in doing anything. His wife, Zhang Chunhua, was only eight or nine years old, and they had not yet married.

His two sons, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, were not even born yet.

It would be a pity to kill him now.

Cao Cao planned to kill Sima Yi, Sima Zhao and other father and son together.

Why do you hate Sima so much?
The reason was not just personal vendetta. The Sima family was a typical example of aristocratic family in power, and the entire country was in chaos.

After the Sima family came to power, they granted titles to many of their clansmen, which led to chaos in the local area.

If local powers are greater than the central power, how can the world not be in chaos?

The chaos they brought led to the weakness of the Han territory and the Five Barbarians' invasion of China. The Han people were treated as lambs to be slaughtered and were almost killed for their flesh and food.

The entire nation suffered, with more than tens of millions of casualties.

The absurdity of the Sima family itself has lasted for thousands of years.

It is difficult to describe in words the hatred in the heart of anyone who has a sense of future generations.

Cao Cao pondered for a moment:

"Go and summon Sima Yi to see me."

"Tell the person who summoned him to tell him that I am planning to kill a group of nobles recently, and the Sima family is among those I am considering."

Cao Cao's carriage was very large, and Yao Jing, dressed in a moon-silver robe, was also sitting aside, sorting out documents.

The afternoon sun shone into the car and fell on her face. Her thick eyelashes curled up in a beautiful arc, and her earlobes were crystal clear and small.

After Cao Cao finished speaking, she handed him some news from various places:

"King Wei, look."

Cao Cao took it and took a look, and found that there was a village in southern Yuzhou where a plague had broken out.

Fortunately, it was discovered early and did not spread.

At present, the war has ended long ago, and there are no longer corpses scattered all over the ground due to the chaos in the world, with no one to bury them. There has been no major epidemic in the world for several years.

Where did the plague come from? Cao Cao frowned.

Jia Xu said, "King Wei, I have an idea."

"Liu Zhang of Yizhou is still waiting and watching. According to the previous plan, he will push Liu Xuande into Yizhou.

If Yizhou becomes in chaos and its internal instability increases, we can quickly push forward by exerting pressure through Hanzhong and get Liu Zhang to invite Liu Bei to join Yizhou as a helper."

Jia Xu: "Since there is an epidemic, we might as well take advantage of it. Let Zhongjing collect the source of the epidemic and send it to Yizhou. If it becomes a major epidemic, it will naturally cause unrest..."

Stop...Cao Cao waved his hand.

He always thought that he was a hard-hearted person who would kill when necessary and never show mercy.

But compared with Jia Xu, Cao Cao felt that he was quite kind.

This idea of ​​killing people without hesitation is very Jia Xu's.

The greatest poisoner of all time, Cao Cao personally tested him and his reputation is well-deserved.

"Wenhe, our Wei Kingdom is expanding its borders, and one of the directions is to expand eastward. To the east are Mahan and Jinhan, and across the sea for a distance, there is also Wa.

These regimes will let you follow the army and use ruthless strategies at that time.

But you should restrain yourself for now. Although Yizhou is remote, it will be our own place in the future. You can’t cause trouble like this.” Cao Cao said.

Jia Xu said ashamedly: "I am also trying to help the king and unify the country as soon as possible... If a war breaks out, there will be more casualties than if I used a trick."

You think clearly.

"There is an epidemic in Yuzhou. The news has been reported to Zhang Zhongjing. He and the medical officer Hua are rushing to check it out in person."

Cao Cao dealt with a few things in the car, then closed his eyes to rest, calculating the previous battle in the northwest, the enemy and our forces, consumption, and even the gains.

In the Northwest War, Cao's army mobilized a total of more than 30,000 troops.

The Western Xianbei marched south with nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses.

In the later period, when they gathered troops, due to the short time, only some nearby tribes came, probably nearly 10,000 people.

That is, when Cao Cao launched the general attack, the difference in military strength between the two sides was actually not that big, so Kui Tou wanted to fight head-on.

As Cao Cao reviewed the situation, he secretly felt regretful.

If there is sufficient food supply, there is another way to fight, which is to send a large army to sweep the entire territory of Western Xianbei.

At the same time, he attacked the Eastern Xianbei again and defeated the last part of them.

Then there will be a power vacuum in both the Eastern and Western Xianbei.

However, the hundreds of tribes of the Central Xianbei were not harmonious.

They would inevitably covet the fertile land vacated by the East and West Xianbei.

If they fight and compete among themselves, they will consume each other.

This is the strategy of killing three warriors with two peaches.

There are also tribes such as Qiang and Di, who are not good people either. If there is no shortage of soldiers, horses, and food, you can tame some of them and fight some of them.

At this time, you can send troops and defeat the enemy with all your strength.

However, Cao Wei’s food and grass supplies were limited, so they had to wait and missed a good opportunity.

Cao Cao was somewhat dissatisfied with the current scale of productivity of Caoying.

The productivity of the Kyushu land cannot keep up with the speed of expansion, so many things have to slow down.

Is it possible to promote social productivity and make a leap forward while adapting to the feudal system?
What are the pros and cons?

Cao Cao had thought about this question before, and he pondered it again at this moment. [Your general Taishi Ci defeated the Tuoye tribe of the Western Xianbei, and captured more than 1,700 cattle and sheep, more than 800 war horses, more than 400 furs, and four shamanic offerings.]

[Zhang Liao is following your instructions to destroy all information carriers related to words and symbols in the tribe he defeated]

Cao Cao’s new order.

If you want to defeat a regime or a tribe at its root, you must standardize the writing system and the wheel system, destroy its writing system, and eliminate the source of its inheritance and continuation.

So the First Emperor was very powerful.

The system he established had far-reaching influence. When used internally, it unified the country and consolidated the imperial power, allowing the Han nationality to continue for thousands of years and civilization to last.

When used on an enemy, you can do the opposite and erase its roots and history.

Combined with authoritarian rule, slowly, this nation will be completely assimilated and "eaten" and eventually disappear.

As Cao Cao returned eastward, there were reminders of entries every day, all of which were about the various trophies captured by his generals in battles with the Western Xianbei, and the harvest was quite rich.

Previously, the Western Xianbei relied on their strong ethnic power to often suppress and plunder surrounding ethnic groups and were quite powerful.

But nomadic people have a weakness, which is their poor ability to withstand attacks.

They have no fixed place to live, no roots, and no cities.

A major collapse may result in the loss of all the advantages accumulated in the past.

After being defeated, everyone will flee and internal problems will arise.

Each tribe annexed another to preserve itself, and the big fish ate the small fish.

Cao Cao ordered his generals to attack the Western Xianbei in order to expand the results of the battle, pursue them relentlessly, increase the enemy's losses, and replenish his own supplies.

"Wenhe, what have you gained from collecting information related to the Xianbei?
What is the origin of the man who fought with Dian Wei?"

In the end, Qifu Shitu had no chance to take his shield away and it was lost on the battlefield.

Seeing that his defensive power was amazing, Jia Xu knew that he had become his trophy.

"He is related to the Xianbei legendary warrior Afu Yu. His specific identity is still under investigation."

As a large alliance-style regime, the Xianbei's accumulated ethnic fortunes once reached great prosperity.

It is normal that his martial arts fortune is so strong that he can produce several top-notch warriors... Cao Cao thought.

On his way back, he inspected the cities along the way.

It was not until late May that he returned to Yanzhou.

At this time, the Western Xianbei were defeated and Kuitou was killed, which caused a great shock to the entire northwest, including the countries in the Western Regions.

During the three years, Cao's army defeated the Eastern and Western Xianbei successively, and its military achievements were so prominent that they were at their peak.

As the leader of Cao Wei, Cao Cao's reputation had been slowing down after reaching tens of millions, but now it is surging again.

The territory of the Zhong Xianbei was vast, stretching from the Han territory in the north to the North Sea, which was Lake Baikal in later generations, all of which were places where they graze their horses.

The east-west distance is even longer.

It is not an exaggeration to say that its territory is thousands of miles long.

After Tan Shihuai's death, the Central Xianbei stopped their external expansion and became entangled in internal power struggles.

Qifu Shitu and Kebi Neng retreated all the way to the north and arrived in the territory of Central Xianbei.

The two men killed general Kuitou in battle, the Western Xianbei were defeated, and they themselves were chased for hundreds of miles, which they regarded as a great humiliation.

They came to Zhong Xianbei to persuade the major tribes of Zhong Xianbei to send troops to join the war.

"Tuoba" is one of the most honorable surnames of the Xianbei people, and one surname controls more than twenty large tribes.

The rope head is one of them.

The tribal leader Tuoba Jiefen is exactly forty years old this year. He is fat and strong, a sturdy man.

"I have heard that Western Xianbei was conquered."

Tuoba Jiefen frowned and put one hand on his knee:
"A few years ago, the Han people were still in civil strife and fighting among the various factions. Several people who took charge of the northern states and counties of the Han people were very respectful to us.

I still have the gifts they sent me in my account.”

"How could the Han people conquer both Eastern and Western Xianbei in just a few years?"

Qifushitu and Kebineng both sat below him.

The arrow wound on Qi Fu Shi Tu's shoulder had not yet healed and his face looked gloomy.

He and Afu Yu, the chief powerful Xianbei, were from the same master. After his debut, he had never suffered such a serious injury.

"The Han people have military generals who have reached the level of shaman generals, and their troops are also very elite!" said Qifu Shitu.

"Shaman God General!"

Tuoba Jiefen repeated it.

"Yes, there is more than one person."

Qifushitu: "After I leave you, I will go to meet Afuyu and report this matter."

Kebi Neng: "The main reason why the Han army was able to defeat the Western Xianbei was not because of its superior military strength.

It was because they were good at using tricks to lure my brother out, dispatching his troops and attacking me when I was weak."

"They came quickly, and we were not prepared enough, so we were defeated by the concentrated forces of the Han people."

"My brother Kui Tou fell into the trap set by the Han army commander and the troops were divided without him realizing it."

Tuoba Jiefen thought for a moment and said, "If you want my Tuoba tribe to send troops, that's fine. But you have to convince at least ten major tribes to participate, otherwise I won't go south easily."

Ke Bineng: "That's settled."

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After entering Yanzhou, the carriage slowed down and drove slowly along the bank of the Yellow River.

Inside the car, Cao Cao sank his consciousness into the body of the secret armor beast.

During this period, he has been paying attention to the Yellow River Tomb.

There were constant changes in that tomb.

After the armored beast entered the gate, after months of exploration, it had found the traces of the three Taoists.

Their way was blocked by something in the tomb.

Cao Cao was not sure how they survived in the tomb for more than two months.

When he sank his thoughts into the body of the armored beast, the true appearance of the depths of the Yellow River Tomb emerged.

There was a secret that Cao Cao had been exploring for a long time, and he accidentally discovered it in this tomb.

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