Chapter 3612 Quicksand Void Fire Induces Wolf Smoke

In Yecheng, Chen Qun sat next to the table, carefully watching the news coming back from northern Jizhou over and over again.

The dusk was dark, and the smoke in the city seemed to stick to the roofs of Yecheng.

Of course, the food in the official halls in the Prime Minister's Office is still independent of ordinary people.

For the ruling class of the Cao army, eating is not a problem, and accommodation is not a problem, so they do not care too much about the food and accommodation issues of ordinary people.

What's wrong?

Nowadays, who has not had 500,000 five-zhu coins?

Therefore, Chen Qun did not focus much on the food and accommodation of the people in Yecheng, but focused on Wei Yan and others.

Since Wei Yan appeared in northern Jizhou, Chen Qun has actually been collecting relevant information about Wei Yan.

Through the detailed works that penetrated among the people, Chen Qun had generally known the composition of Wei Yan's troops.

That's right, these people in Jizhou are like flocks of sheep. If no one is guiding them in particular, they may not have much courage to approach the Cavalry Army. But it is also interesting that once a commoner sees other people leaning over, they will lean up without their brains. It's like a group of people standing on the street, and they don't know what's going on behind them, and they will subconsciously get over, and then more and more people will get together.

On Chen Qun's desk, even how Wei Yan's camp was arranged was recorded and reported.

"This guy..." Chen Qun looked at the sketch on the table, as if he was looking down at Wei Yan's camp.

The entire "Wei Yanying Pan" is very messy, like pieced together building blocks.

Especially the refugee camp behind Wei Yan's butt was even more fragmented.

Among them are the reasons why these refugees do not know how to set up camp at all, and the role of Chen Qun sending spies mixed in it.

After all, sometimes people like to listen to what they want to hear.

For example, reading is useless, knowledge is not useful, etc.

Just like when camping, if someone says a few words, no one will supervise it specifically, or even if there is supervision, then they think it is their ability to be lazy, so naturally these refugee camps will not be good and will not be in shape.

There is a report in the letter that the Cavalry Military Academy will take people to the refugee camp to distribute food and grass...

Chen Qun couldn't help laughing after seeing it.

What is it not to seek death if you send precious food and grass to those untouchables?

Even Chen Qun, who was not on the battlefield, knew what it means to be "Ci-do not control the army".

It's so stupid.

Chen Qun couldn't help but shake his head, and then his heart moved.

Such a stupid general, if...

But, could it be a trick made?

『Wei Yan and Wei Wenchang…』

Chen Qun muttered.

This guy whose name is inverted from Chen Qun seems to have become Chen Qun's destiny enemy at the moment.

Chen Qun felt that Wei Yan, who could come and go to Yecheng before, was definitely not a stupid person, but what he did now seemed very stupid.

Maybe it’s the fake “Wei Yan”?

What other people are using to confuse Wei Yan's banner, or...

If it were before, when Chen Qun was rich, he would probably send troops to attack directly. After all, firepower reconnaissance can detect the truth or falsehood of the situation. But now, Chen Qun's troops are a little short of his hands.

Chen Qun took a deep breath, and he felt that he had to be cautious and more cautious.

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In the area connected by the Seok and Hebei, desolation has become the main tone.

This area was not very wealthy. Even if we don’t talk about the changes after the current Youzhou War, just talk about the mutual attacks and killing between the powerful men of Youzhou since Emperor Ling of Han, and occasionally the Hu people went south to plunder, which not only invaded Youzhou, but also caused great damage to the northern part of Jizhou.

If the Yuzhou area is full of spring and green in the village, then the Yuji area is still mainly gray-black.

Wei Yan's journey can only be one line, while Jizhou is obviously one side.

And it has wrinkles.

For Wei Yan's troops, the range that can be controlled is generally within 40 miles, and then at a distance of 40 miles, it is basically unlikely that it will be specially dispatched to conduct purposeless searches and patrols.

This leaves some space.

The Cao army conquered Jizhou and determined the authority of the Central Plains, but its control did not spread throughout the countryside.

Especially in areas like Changshan, which have been dilapidated and even the county capital has moved inward.

Even if soldiers and officials occasionally come, they will follow some dot-shaped cities along the official road, which will not exceed the scope of the official road at all.

With the defeat of Cao's army in Guanzhong, these areas with weak control are now becoming more and more chaotic.

When the light could not shine into the corner, mold naturally grew. Cao's army withdrew, the gentry contracted, and Wei Yan and others could not control the area, and some abandoned forts became gathering places for some bandits.

Some of these thieves were gray gloves used by the squire to control the place, while others could not survive and transferred from farmers and tenants. However, no matter which kind of thieves were, it was difficult for them to return to normal life after getting used to the life of licking blood from the knife.

Even if you briefly put down your sword and gun, once you encounter something, you will still return to your old career quickly.

The thieves with similar smells gathered together, bragging about each other, and playing various signs.

Whether others believe it or not, they believe it anyway.

What is practicing the law for heaven and advancing justice is actually a purpose, and the strong prey on the weak.

These thieves are naturally not allowed to produce, but they will use all kinds of robberies, stealing, kidnapping, and extortion to clean up the broken villages and gather together in a mess.

Most of them rely on the broken docks to build residential spots left for each one.

A little trench and a sparse wooden fence erected, which was considered fortification.

In such a gathering place, there are all kinds of people, men, women, and faces and delicacies. Those bandits who claim to be the general of Huntian and Promotion are also ragged clothes. Compared with ordinary refugees, there are only one piece of ragged weapons and one or two pieces of broken armor.

If these bandits were not absolutely necessary, they would not be willing to return to the orthodox jurisdiction, whether they were from the Han Dynasty, the Cao army, or the Cavalry Army.

But one thing is certain, that is, these thieves are all greedy.

"Big King! King!" A sloppy messenger staggered, but then ran over happily, almost tripped, and rushed to the thief's head with his hands and feet, "Cao, Cao army, come, someone is here!"

The thief leader laughed, "Little ones! Business is coming! Hahaha! I didn't expect that Prime Minister Cao would have a day to discuss business with us! Hahahaha!"

The thief leader laughed wildly, and the thieves around him laughed loudly, very happy and very glorious.

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Prime Minister's Mansion, Tongquetai.

The more leaky sound, in the empty hall, was like a ghost whispering, lingering.

The wolf-haired pen that Cao Pi held circled the key points in the letter newspaper.

"The prince, the chief minister is here."

The attendants outside the hall reported.

Cao Pi put down his pen, "Ask."

Chen Qun came and bowed his hand to the courtesy, "The prince called me, don't you know what's going on?"

Cao Pi first asked Chen Qun to sit down, then picked up the letter he had just circled on the table, "Please read the Chief Secretary."

Chen Qun took it and under the light of the bronze ladies' palace lantern, he saw the word "out of food" mentioned by Cao Pi on the letter. He was slightly stunned, and then looked at Cao Pi, "The prince... there may be a fraud here."

"Is there any fraud?" Cao Pi frowned and said.

Cao Pi felt like he had been poured into a basin of cold water, and his face was inevitably a little poorly controlled, showing anger, "Sir, what's wrong with it?"

Chen Qun was silent for a while and said, "The Wei thief general is cunning and treacherous, how can he provoke his shortcomings? This interruption of food is mostly a strategy to lure troops, so the prince must not fall into the trap."

『Telebrating troops?』 Cao Pi looked for some news reports from the table again, then looked left and right, 『Shishen, if he lured troops, there would be an ambush, but the thief general dragged the old and the young, and the camp was sparse... Let's ask how to lure them and how to ambush them?"

"This is it..." Chen Qun glanced at Cao Pi, "The Crown Prince Mingjian. The Cavalry Army used to use itself as bait... This time, it is probably the same."

"I guess?" Cao Pi really wanted to grab the letters, newspapers, bamboo slips and other items on the table and smash them at Chen Qun, and then yelled at what a angrily yelled at the White Horse Guandu, if you were as timid as you, how could Hebei have the foundation? However, the knuckles in the broad sleeves turned white, and in the end they didn't say anything, just asked Chen Qun to retreat.

Chen Qun bowed in a stern manner and left.

Cao Pi looked at Chen Qun and felt like a statue of a god, wood sculpture, or clay sculpture placed in the hall.

Chen Qun's rituals are impeccable in terms of etiquette, but this is only on the surface. Cao Pi could actually feel the perfunctory and ignorance.

Seeing Chen Qun leave, Cao Pi slapped the table, "If the filial son and uncle Lian are here, you will be arrogant!"

Cao Pi still held back and didn't scold Chen Qun's name. Even now, he seemed to be scolding the cavalry army.

Cao Pi took a deep breath. He suspected Chen Qun, the gentry and gentry in Jizhou, and whether they had secretly contacted the cavalry, and whether they were already preparing to surrender to Fei Qian...

Cao Pi gritted his teeth.

Just give up like that?
To be continued...