Chapter 74: Two-way promotion, obtaining direction [Seeking follow-up reading]

The setting sun.

Cao Cao had just returned home from outside and entered the study.

On the low mat in front of him, there were more than ten pieces of paper, which were the information summarized after the cooperation with Chen Ying.

Jia Xu selected and sorted out the important ones and sent them over.

Cao Cao was not in a hurry to study the entries, but first looked at one of the pieces of paper: Dong Zhuo's troops were increasing day by day, and their origins were still uncertain.

Their food and wages were seriously insufficient.

There was also a secret letter on the table, which was urgently delivered by Huangfu Song from outside.

He blocked Dong Zhuo's reinforcements twice.

Dong Zhuo's troops coming from Liang Province began to change their marching method, breaking up into small groups to avoid being intercepted.

The Liangzhou troops were divided into many small teams, abandoned their original marching routes, and approached Luoyang in batches.

When the personnel were dispersed, it was no longer possible to effectively block the enemy on a large scale, so scattered soldiers from Liangzhou gathered in Luoyang.

The increase in Dong Zhuo's troops and horses matched the news sent by Huangfu Song perfectly.

They were soldiers from Liang Province who were divided into small groups and came to Luoyang, joined Dong Zhuo's army, and became part of the team that shared the interests of the Han Dynasty.

This is the importance of intelligence.

Cao Cao pondered for a while before turning his thoughts back to the entry.

The first direction that appeared was a hundred miles north of Luoyang, which was Beimang Mountain.

What is Beimang Mountain? It is a place of imperial tombs and burial mounds.

"Tomb..."

Later generations have always said that Cao Cao was the originator of tomb robbing and he established the tomb-robbing school.

But this story is somewhat fabricated.

Instead, it was Dong Zhuo who asked Lu Bu to dig the grave, as is clearly recorded.

They dug up almost all the imperial tombs around Luoyang to obtain money and property to support their troops.

"Xiao Xiang, take a team of elite soldiers from the palace, leave the city through the east gate at night, and head north to Beimang Mountain."

The entry in the prompt is marked with the exact location, and Cao Cao told Xiao Xiang the location.

Xiao Xiang quickly arranged personnel.

Cao Cao silently examined himself, and the entry then pushed out his personal message.

[Cultural Talent: Insight (Minor Achievement) skill value is increasing]

[Talented Military Strategy: Listening to the Battlefield (Minor Achievement) skill value is increasing]

……

Cao Cao discovered that the change appeared in the annotations of the two words "Xiaocheng".

The new entry, after Xiaocheng, gives the corresponding hint: Xindeng: 38/100.

It means that Xiaocheng corresponds to the third "Xin" among the ten heavenly stems from bottom to top.

If we divide the ten heavenly stems into ten parts, the "Xin" part is in the range of 30 to 40, and 38 is the specific skill value.

The entries are updated and are more precise than before.

[You gain a lot of reputation, which turns into luck and helps you improve your talents:

文脉天赋洞悉（小成，辛等：38/100.能力提升，38…39…40.技能值：40为‘庚’等，技能晋升结束】

[Talented Military Strategy: Listening to the Battlefield (Minor Achievement, Xin Level: 39/100) Skill value increased...40...41, level is 'Geng', skill value: 41]

Reputation brings together luck, and both literary and martial arts talents and abilities are elevated to a new level.

While Cao Cao was studying the changes in the plug-in, Xiao Xiang was ready and would advance towards Beimang Expressway after leaving the city.

The group arrived at Beimang in the second half of the night.

Xiao Xiang led his men to follow the map and approached the place Cao Cao mentioned.

During the march, the scout who was exploring the way ahead came back and reported in a low voice: "Captain Xiao, there are people where we are going."

Xiao Xiang followed the scout to a low cliff, hid carefully, and looked down.

There was a team of more than a hundred people digging things with shovels at high speed in a valley in Beimang Mountain.

Xiao Xiang thought to himself that the Master had warned him before he set out that Dong Zhuo might want to move to Beimang Mausoleum due to lack of food and money. Sure enough...

"Wait until they dig something out, then we'll take action!"

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Wang Fang was a captain under Dong Zhuo, who was highly valued, fierce and good at fighting.

Dong Zhuo was short of food and money, so he had an idea and sent people to dig up valuables from tombs around Luoyang.

Wang Fang is in charge of leading the team.

This is not the first time they have done this.

The army dug the graves, violently destroyed them, selected the locations, and dug them open with all their might. With sufficient manpower, progress was extremely fast.

They had been secretly excavating in Beimang for several days, and had been storing what they had obtained at the foot of the mountain, waiting to be transported away.

The tomb excavated tonight is a little different. It is a large tomb.

When they were digging a grave, they accidentally broke through the ground of the grave, revealing a hidden tomb deeper inside.

At that time, the whole Beimang was experiencing abnormalities. A black gas rushed up, and all the people in the tomb were swept away by the black gas and killed.

After two days of exploration and dozens of people, we finally figured it out tonight and took out some things.

When the news reached Luoyang, Dong Zhuo asked Wang Fang to come in person and take the things back.

The altitude of Beimang Mountain is only about 100 meters, with a total of 33 peaks, most of which are loess hills. It is a natural barrier to the north of Luoyang and one of the Taoist sacred places.

Mangshan is also a burial place favored by emperors and nobles of all dynasties.

There are countless tombs gathered here, and it is known as "Bury the dead in Beimang". Since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, many emperors and dignitaries have been buried here.

The night is deep and the sky is filled with stars.

Wang Fang stood on a slope of Mang Mountain, frowning as he looked at the dark cave in front of him.

He was in his thirties, with long cheeks, triangular eyes and a fierce look.

But he was very scared now.

He has a fierce character, especially towards living people.

He was not afraid of ordinary deaths. He had fought for many years and killed hundreds of people.

But I feel inexplicably afraid of old tombs.

Wang Fang struggled to stand outside the tomb, feeling the cold wind rising from the dark cave below, which made his whole body numb with cold.

He was afraid that his men would notice, so he seemed to be standing still, but in fact his legs were shaking:

"It is said that when the Qin Emperor passed away, his body was placed in the underground palace. A hundred days later, a dragon roared from the ground. A black dragon broke through the ground, crossed the sky, and flew into the clouds before disappearing without a trace.

Many people witnessed it with their own eyes, and the whole world was shocked.”

"An alchemist left a secret scroll saying that the Qin Emperor had the art of becoming an immortal and was the first person to unify the world, with the same writing system and the same wheel gauge, which brought together great fortune.

His death was an illusion. He took the opportunity to absorb the earth's energy and awaken the ancestral dragon nurtured by the earth's veins. Even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth changed because of it."

"This study of graves and burials is extremely mysterious. If you dig up an ancient tomb, you may die easily."

"There are too many legends about the First Emperor, and it's hard to tell whether what you said is true or not. We can't trust everything that happened hundreds of years ago."

Next to Wang Fang stood a middle-aged scholar with a gloomy face.

At this time, several bronze boxes were lifted out of the tomb one after another. They were of ancient style, with patterns engraved with copper rust on the surface.

The scholar came forward to examine it for a long time, then he picked up some dirt from the box and put it to his nose to smell it:

"Things before the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (Spring and Autumn Period) could be from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Whose tomb is this? The bronze Kui pattern is a ritual vessel for sacrifice."

While the man was muttering, Wang Fang took two steps back.

At this time, a group of people crawled out of the cave and said in panic:
"Captain Wang, we succeeded, but many people were killed. There's something wrong with the tomb, and blood is seeping out. Let's fill it back with soil, otherwise it will be unstable."

The group quickly filled in the excavated soil from the grave, but there were no other changes.

By the time they finished their work, it was already early morning.

Wang Fang also breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that the goods had been loaded onto the truck, he immediately signaled to return to Luoyang.

But just before setting off, when the troops gathered, Wang Fang's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He leaned sideways and threw a spear that pierced the air without any warning.

The pale-faced scholar beside him was pierced through the chest by a spear and fell to the ground.

A group of people rushed out of the darkness, shooting crossbows and attacking in rows.

……

At dawn.

With the help of the mountains, Wang Fang ran in a valley with agile movements, faster than a galloping horse.

All his men were killed by the group that suddenly attacked them, and he was the only one fleeing.

And above the valley where he was fleeing, Xiao Xiang led a team of elite soldiers, each holding a crossbow and arrows, constantly shooting at Wang Fang below.

Woo!
Xiao Xiang, who was standing on the cliff, stretched his body taut, leaning back like a big bow, and the short javelin in his hand was like an arrow!
When he exerted force suddenly, the spear shot out as fast as lightning.

Wang Fang, eager to escape, bent down, used his hands and feet, and tried his best to rush forward. The spear passed by his back, and a terrible airflow was driven, and Wang Fang felt as if his back was cut open and stabbed.

Click!
He didn't have time to make the next move, and his body was knocked off balance by the huge force and he fell to the ground.

The second javelin pierced his waist and ribs.

Wang Fang turned around and stared at Xiao Xiang, the man who killed him, with resentment, and soon died.

"Take the things back and report to the young master. Let's go."

Xiao Xiang took his men and secretly transported the things Wang Fang dug out back to Luoyang.

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