I am not a counselor, I am trying to survive in the late Han Dynasty

Chapter 47 I’ll give it!
Xu Shu, Wen Ji, and Cao Ang braved the heavy snow and finally returned to Linqiu. Everyone felt that they had been saved.

Just looking at Linqiu Broken City in the distance, Xu Shu always felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

Xu Shu wouldn't have even dared to come in if he hadn't seen Xu He waving to himself at the top of the city to express that everything was going well.

Oh yes, I understand why something is wrong.

Li Zheng didn't greet him at the city gate!

No, it's impossible...

Xu Shu looked and looked, and finally found Li Zheng's figure.

He saw Li Zheng, dressed in a snow-white Confucian robe, kneeling in the snow, almost blending into the white snow. He had never seen it unless he looked carefully before.

Cao Ang saw Li Zheng kneeling in the snow and rushed over to help him up. He saw that Li Zheng's face was covered with ice crystal snowflakes, and his hands and feet were cold and stiff. He had obviously been kneeling here for a long time.

Cao Ang said in shock:

"Gong Qi, what are you doing?"

Li Zheng's lips turned purple, he forced a forced smile and sighed:

"I miss my late father all the time, I hate that my father's revenge cannot be avenged, I have trouble sleeping and eating day and night. Today, when I welcome the young master, I suddenly think that my father's great revenge has not been avenged, and I can't help crying, but I can't be so rude in front of the young master, so I can only Burying my face in the snow made the young master laugh."

Cao Ang:  …

After the Eastern Han Dynasty combined the two disciplines of Xiaoxing and Lianxing as the standard for officials, performance art performances of Xiaoxing began to become more and more popular.

Including various unnatural operations in the 24 filial piety, as well as the touching story of a certain filial son who persisted in giving birth to five children while observing filial piety in the "Book of the Later Han·Chen Fan".

From the perspective of future generations, this is obviously very ridiculous.

However, the people of the Eastern Han Dynasty had long made this an important basis for their classification and selection of talents. Cao Ang, who was born in Xiaolian, was already used to this kind of performance.

On the contrary, he particularly liked this kind of behavior. Seeing how benevolent and filial Li Zheng was, he quickly stepped forward to help Li Zheng up, wiped the ice on Li Zheng's body, and said tremblingly;
"Thank you for your work, sir. Hurry up and go to the city to rest."

Taking advantage of the opportunity to enter the city, Xu He quickly came over and told Xu Shu what happened to Mr. Ai. Xu Shu couldn't help but laugh, shook his head and said:

"As expected of Mr. Ai, if I go with you, just say that I thanked him."

Xu He understood and said with a smile:
"When I said that, Ai Zhu cursed in anger."

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Currently, only Li Zheng has the highest official position in Linqiu City. As a witness to this incident, he compiled a battle report and sent it to Cao Ang for review.

Cao Ang read the words on the silk carefully, couldn't help but nodded repeatedly, and showed the silk book to Wen Ji and Xu Shu.

Wen Ji and Xu Shu both nodded to show that they had no objections, and Cao Ang was overjoyed and applauded.

"Okay, okay, okay! Great! Gong Qi, I will ask for credit for you right now!"

Although Cao Ang is honest, he is not without ideas. He came to Linqiu to see Li Zheng this time just to see the truth of this battle.

Xu Shu came from a rough background, Wen Ji came from Cao's hometown, and Li Zheng came from a wealthy family in Yanzhou. These three people came from completely different backgrounds, and there was no way they could be confused about the distribution of military exploits. If there was any lies, they would definitely expose each other, making it difficult to reach an agreement.

Li Zheng's battle report was approved by Xu Shu and Wen Ji, which showed that the credibility of the battle report was very high, which made Cao Ang very happy.

The battle report recorded this battle - Yingchuan Ranger Xu Shu came to Juancheng with the ambition of serving the country, but was almost killed by Cheng Yu. Xu Shu was so angry that he wanted to kill Cheng Yu, but was moved by Wen Ji's loyalty. Cheng Yu died and went to Liangshan.

Later, Xu Shu was afraid that his sworn brother Wen Ji would be harmed by Cheng Yu, so he decided to go down the mountain to make meritorious deeds. Li Zhenghui had a good eye for people, and immediately saw Xu Shu's extraordinary ability, and took the initiative to help Xu Shu go south to attack Li Zheng's hometown, Chengshi, to make meritorious deeds.

During the battle of Chengshi, Xu Shu insulted Xu Si, and Xu Si went out of the city to fight in anger. Li Zheng's loyal men who were ambushing Chengshi immediately mobilized and cooperated with Xu Shu to set fire. Xu Shu's army was defeated and he was defeated, and Xu Shu calmly returned.

The ins and outs and cause and effect of this battle are clearly written and very reasonable.

It is not difficult to see from the battle report that Wen Ji's main role is to impress Xu Shu with his loyalty, which is in line with Cao Ang's understanding of Wen Ji's personal abilities.Li Zheng played a great role. He took the initiative to recruit Xu Shu and helped him contact the loyal ministers of the Cheng family in his hometown to attack Xu Si. This was very consistent with Li Zheng's identity.

In this battle, Xu Shu took risks and attacked fiercely, calmly executed Li Zheng's tactics and won a great victory, showing his talent as a general, which shows his great ability.

This was almost consistent with the course of the war that Cao Ang had guessed in his mind on the way. He no longer had any doubts in his mind, so he immediately asked someone to get pen and ink, and wrote a series of small official scripts at the bottom of the silk script.

He told Cao Cao that he had arrived in Juancheng and Linqiu successively, and had witnessed everything along the way. He confirmed that Xu Shu was loyal and courageous, Li Zheng was filial and resourceful, and Wen Ji was deeply loyal. These three people were all extraordinary talents and could be seen at a glance. The beauty of the three of them made him almost forget the coldness of winter.

When he was in the mood to write, there was not enough space left. Cao Ang simply turned over the silk and continued writing. He carefully wrote down everything he had seen with Cheng Yu, and expressed his dissatisfaction with Cheng Yu for saving a large amount of military rations to support Zhu Ling. He also mentioned that Xu Shu was After the battle, I plan to continue to work hard and make great achievements. I also ask my father to be kind to this ranger. If someone accuses this person of being wild and disobedient, please don't be offended.

Communication is poor these days, so the evaluation of a person you have never met comes entirely from other people's reports.

Cao Cao believed in Cheng Yu. In Cheng Yu's narration, Xu Shu's image must be that of a gloomy and unruly evil ghost.

But in Cao Ang's description, Xu Shu presented another image. Cao Ang even vaguely felt that even if Xu Shu really wanted to kill Cheng Yu at that time, he failed after all, and later made contributions to Cao's army, he should just pretend to do so. If you don’t know what to do, forget it, Mr. Cheng Fu.

In short, Cao Ang has made a judgment - Xu Shu and Li tried their best to organize Wenji, but Cheng Yu is not a good person.

Xu Shu looked at Cao Ang's writing with no expression on his face, but he was really excited in his heart.

When he was a ranger, his teacher once said that the hardest lie in the world is a half-truth.

If something looks like a pig and tastes like pork, many people will really think it is a pig, but it is most likely Mr. Ai, so things in the world cannot be generalized.

Xu Shu's words clearly understand the essence of half-truths and half-falsehoods. It seems that the main idea is good and logical, but just by slightly changing some of the key points, it completely changes.

This reading is even more reliable than Xu Shu colluding with Zhang Liao to kill Xu Si. After that, Mr. Ai even told the truth in front of Cao Cao...

Haha, it depends on whether Cao Cao believes in him or his eldest son.

"Thank you very much for your kind words, sir. How can a simple and reckless man deserve such ridiculous praise? He should do his best to serve Duke Cao."

Xu Shu said, pretending to glance at Li Zheng casually, and said with a smile, "Just like what was said on the road, I want to attack Juye! If you continue to serve Cao Gong again, please ask Li Zheng and sworn brother Chengquan!"

Li Zheng's heart skipped a beat, and his hands unconsciously clutched his knees.

Cao Ang looked at Xu Shu, his face full of shame:
"How can Yuan Zhi's soldiers and horses make... Although Juye is not an iron wall, it cannot be captured by 200 or [-] people.

Yuan Zhi's soldiers and horses are tired, and there is not enough food and grass in this winter, so why not go back to Juancheng to recuperate first, I am Yuan Zhi, Mr. Cheng..."

"Boom!"

Cao Ang heard a muffled sound and looked around in surprise, only to see Li Zheng knocking his head on the ground, bleeding profusely.

"Gongqi?"

"Young Master." Li Zheng's voice was heavy and firm, "I dreamed of my late father yesterday. He was covered in blood and asked me why I didn't avenge him and why I allowed my enemies to enjoy themselves.

If this revenge is not avenged, Li Zheng vows not to be a human being!Never return to Juancheng!I also ask the eldest son to make it happen! "

Cao Ang waved his hands hurriedly and said:
"Ang will never talk nonsense about military matters! Ang is just worried that Yuan Zhi is ill. Yuan Zhi has few soldiers. If there is any damage, how can Ang..."

"How many soldiers does Yuan Zhi want? I'll give them!" Li Zheng said angrily, "My subordinates are all the followers of my late father, Yuan Zhi. How can Yuan Zhi avenge me while I stand aside?

I will give Yuan Zhi all the troops and horses he wants. Even if he asks me to lead horses for Yuan Zhi, I will never regret it! "

"Then military rations..."

"How much food can I give you?"

Li Zheng's voice was already trembling. He looked at Xu Shu with a hint of pleading in his eyes, "I, Li Zheng, am still a bit thin in front of Duke Cao. If Duke Cao refuses to give me food, I will die on my knees." In front of Duke Cao, I will never break my promise!"

(End of this chapter)