Hedong.
Pingyang Prefecture Hall lobby.
In the lobby, the children of all ethnic groups from Pingyang were almost full of the lobby.
Liu Fu sat among these gentry children and couldn't help but feel a little moved.
At first, he thought there were not many gentry children coming to Pingyang, but he thought it was a bad idea...
I didn’t expect that there were not many other gentry children coming!
The Pei family, Wang family, and other gentry who had worked with Fei Qian early and had children in Chang'an or held certain positions in the Cavalry Office, almost all sent their children to express their cooperation attitude, and handed over most of the private soldiers as required, or at least about half of them.
On the contrary, there were not many people in the family like Liu, who were watching the sky in Jie County.
Why is this?
Liu Fu was very confused, but soon his attention was attracted by Sima Yi.
Sima Yi sat in the head of Xun Chen and talked happily.
"There was a discussion of the ten victories in Shandong in the past, but now Yi is not a good deal, and it is also a brief discussion of the victory or defeat in Guanzhong."
Sima Yi was wearing a gherkin robe. Apart from the crown, the only decoration on his body was a simple and delicate jade halberd hanging on his belt.
Some people rely on external objects to set off, while others do not need external objects to decorate them at all.
Sima Yi was full of energy and spirit, like a sharp long sword, but he faintly dripped out of the sheath and emitted a little cold light.
"The victory in Guanzhong should have five characters, including Zhuang, Man, Horse, Machinery, Training!"
"Everyone knows that food and grass are the most important battle, but he did not know that Guanzhong is now in Hezhuang to defeat Santun, which is the victory of Zhuang!"
"One person has a small force, and the whole family has a great force. Although Shandong learns the lord's military farming, only the shape has not been obtained, it is scattered and disorganized, repeated and redundant. Although Shandong has many people and more households than Guanzhong, it is like a mule and donkey driving a car, with different lengths and uneven strengths. When moving, each heart is different, and when moving, there is no slightness, and it only increases consumption and cannot be used."
When fighting, you naturally fight money and food.
A country without reserves dares not even start a war.
Liu Fu naturally understood these principles, but he did not expect that what Sima Yi said at the beginning was very "bright" and even some...
How to say it?
Before, it may be many times that it seemed that from the Spring and Autumn Period, I had been accustomed to expressing how justice, kindness, and forced to fight during wars. But now Sima Yi did not say a word about these noble words, but the first one was to talk about the primary conditions of war, "money and grain".
This surprised Liu Fu, but he also felt a vigorous fresh vitality. Because Liu Fu knew that this world was not the only one who had reason and whoever had justice and morality would definitely win... King Zhou defeated Zhou, and the winner was the king and prince, and the loser was the bandits. Whoever won was the King of Zhou, and whoever lost was the King of Zhou.
Before, the great man covered up his cover-up, but in fact everyone knew that Sima Yi now did not talk about those moral words, but talked about the actual key points at the beginning, which surprised Liu Fu, but when he thought about it carefully, he seemed to think that this should be the case.
Moreover, the word "Zhuang" mentioned by Sima Yi also made Liu Fu have many insights.
Everyone has manors, regardless of Shandong, Shanxi, Guanzhong, and Guanzhong, the gentry system is probably built in their own manors. However, the manors are of different sizes and systems. Feiqian's current economic model is more like a cooperative manor system, with special workshops and full-time workers. Each labor force engaged in it is relatively more in line with the needs of social division of labor.
Liu's family also has a manor, but Liu Fu knew that the items produced in Liu's manor were not comparable to those produced under the cavalry. Many times, people in Jie County had no choice, or the cheaper ones produced in the Liu's manor would choose Liu's products.
No matter what item it is, it has a cost. Most of the products of the Cavalry, especially agricultural products, can be said to be of good quality and low price. If the Liu family wants to make the same quality as the Cavalry, the cost is higher than that of the Cavalry. Even if the price is the same as the items produced by the Cavalry, they will lose one item. Therefore, over the years, most of the items and tools in the Liu family manor have eventually become the unified standard of the Cavalry...
"Hezhuang Shengsantun..." Liu Fu nodded and repeated in a low voice.
And in the lobby, Sima Yi's words continued...
"The second one. People win."
Sima Yi raised his hands slightly, "People are more important than being able to unite, but not too much. Combination is what Yanhuang wins, and what barbarians defeat them. Each has their own duties and their own efforts, so they can naturally win their own divisions. In Shandong, people have different hearts and their own intestines, which are difficult to control. If the masses divide them, they will win. Now, by combining them, they should win..."
"Third, horses win."
『The fourth...』
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Chang'an.
Cavalry Office.
"Shexian surrendered."
Pang Tong said to Fei Zhen lightly.
Pang Tong calmly pulled down the three-color flags inserted in Shexian on the sand table, and then replaced them with a Cao family flag.
"ah?"
Fei Zhen's eyes widened.
"No, this..." Fei Zhen looked at the three-color small flag that was thrown aside, "Uncle Shi Yuan, why are you..."
Pang Tong smiled slightly, "What do the prince thinks I should do?"
Fei Zhen pointed at Shexian, "This... is a loss of land! Uncle Shi Yuan, why are you like this... It seems that you don't care at all?"
『Why should I care?』 Pang Tong glanced at Fei Zhen and pointed at the sand table, 『A general should not have "women's kindness"... Does the prince know what "women's kindness" is?"
Fei Zhen nodded and said, "This is what the Marquis of Huaiyin said, "Xiang King is respectful and kind to see people, and he is venting words. People are sick, crying and sharing food and drink, and they make people make merits. Those who should be awarded titles will be exhausted and cannot bear to give them. This is what is called a kindness of a woman. It is often expressed kindness and heart, which means being indecisive in dealing with things, giving small kindness and favors, and not knowing the general meaning."
"So what is the difference between a woman's kindness and a man's kindness?" Pang Tong asked while looking at the sand table, "In a few days, the prince will go to Tongguan. What should he do then, but he needs to think about it."
"Women's kindness does not dare to kill?" Fei Zhen asked, "When hesitation, missed the opportunity, it was like the Hongmen Banquet that he had not killed Emperor Gaozu of Han..."
Pang Tong smiled, "It is a benevolence not to kill, haha, this is the words of a worm... Young Master, would you like to ask if a woman killed someone?"
Fei Zhen frowned and said, "Women also killed people, why did Uncle Shi Yuan ask that?"
"Since that's the case, how can a woman not kill people?" Pang Tong asked, "What's more, when the Hongmen Banquet was a real man. If you follow Fan Zeng's words, the disaster will be in a short time."
"Ah?" Fei Zhen's eyes turned a few times, but couldn't figure it out, so she bowed her hands and said simply, "Please give me advice."
"A woman's kindness is not aware of the importance of being a woman, and she is stingy with rewards, and has nothing to do with whether she dares to kill someone." Pang Tong said slowly, "Sometimes ago, a certain prince asked the prince, if he captured Cao Mengde, what should the prince do? If the prince said that if he did not want to surrender, he would push him and kill him. This is a false statement. For example, Xiang Yu's Hongmen, whether to kill or not is not determined by Xiang Yu, but by Emperor Gaozu and current affairs."
"If Emperor Gaozu was in a favorable position and his soldiers were separated, it would be fine to kill him..." Pang Tong said with a smile, "However, at the time of Hongmen, there were 100,000 people under Emperor Gaozu, and the coalition of princes was only three or four times that of Emperor Gaozu. How could Xiang Yu have the courage to kill Emperor Gaozu?"
A common sense in political struggles is that no army leader can be killed casually, and no one can think of many and loyal troops, even if they can fight. Why? There are many warlords in troubled times. If you kill any boss, his brothers will come to settle the score with you. War is inevitable. If you fight with one of them, both sides will be injured, and a fisherman will come out to harvest both of his remaining blood.
During the Hongmen Banquet, Liu Bang's army was 100,000, and the 100,000 were basically following Liu Bang's pure direct troops, while the lords' coalition had only about 400,000. In name, he followed Xiang Yu's arrangements and other coalitions would follow him. But when he fought Liu Bang, the princes would not miss you, and even hoped that you two would fight. Anyway, the Qin Dynasty had already fallen, and now it is time to divide the cake. There are more monks and less porridge, and one less is counted as one less.
In history, there was only Lu Bu who killed the princes after Cao Cao defeated himself. Because at that time, Lu Bu had no soldiers and even his generals were disintegrated, killing them only had benefits but no risks, so Lu Bu was dead.
Even in later generations, Bald Qiang held many Hongmen banquets, killing celebrities in society with a very smooth manner, but when they met the teacher, they were stuck. It was Bald Qiang's "Women's Benevolence"? No, Xiang Yu killed King Cheng of Han, and Emperor Yi was also very decisive, but when he met Liu Bang who had an army, he didn't dare to kill him. Those who would be killed either had no guns in their hands or could not be caught firmly...
"If the future is determined by the cause, everything will be accurate..." Pang Tong said with a smile, "If someone said that he had known that the county would be defeated, there would be a reason for one, two, three, and four. Is it very effective? What Xiang Yu wants is not to kill Emperor Gaozu. So can the prince kill Cao Mengde alone? "
"This..." Fei Zhen frowned. He seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to fully understand.
What happened before the Hongmen Banquet?
Xiang Yu defeated the Qin army in the Battle of Julu, and directly passed King Huai of Chu, surrendered to Zhang Han and appointed him as king. This made other princes and warlords see the benefits of following Xiang Yu, so they gathered under Xiang Yu in an attempt to gain more benefits. So the "New General Group" headed by Xiang Yu, intending to replace the kings of the old seven kings was officially established.
Liu Bang seized Guanzhong and had the intention to dominate Guanzhong, which immediately caused dissatisfaction among all the "emerging military general groups". Xiang Yu also found an excuse to destroy Liu Bang, but before preparing to attack, Xiang Bo leaked the secret...
After Liu Bang learned about Xiang Yu's plan, how could he attack? Although the coalition forces were large, they were relatively loose, and Liu Bang was the prince with the largest number of single troops. Even if Xiang Yu could destroy Liu Bang, the losses would definitely be great. After Xiang Yu's losses were too large, it would definitely be detrimental to Xiang Yu's future usurpation of the throne and could not intimidate other princes, so he could only transform from military struggle to political struggle.
So when Liu Bang expressed his intention to follow Xiang Yu as the boss, he was already out of danger.
The Hongmen Banquet was just Xiang Yu beat Liu Bang, and he would not really take action, nor could he do it. Because what did Xiang Yu want? He wanted to usurp the throne of King Huai of Chu, be the boss himself, and then divide the princes into more than seven, so that the princes would become weaker, so that he could eliminate the princes step by step in the future and finally unify the world.
So what is the prerequisite for achieving the above goals? First of all, this emerging group of generals must support Xiang Yu’s usurpation of the throne and the division of feudalism.
So how can we get the emerging military general group to agree and support? Give the princes corresponding benefits.
The new military group of soldiers who were crowned Zhang Han would see the benefits, but what about killing Liu Bang?
Everyone knows that Liu Bang was not guilty, and at the Hongmen Banquet, Liu Bang was going to join the group of emerging military generals, and took the land in Guanzhong as a confession. If he was innocent, everyone would be in danger of killing meritorious officials. If this happens, the alliance will collapse and the feudal failure will fail, and Xiang Yu will lose.
And judging from the Hongmen Banquet, Xiang Yu got the right thing.
The emerging military general group was stabilized, and Xiang Yu successfully enfeoffed the 18th vassals and became the overlord of Western Chu himself. The fat meat that Liu Bang ate was knocked out and re-divided, and was exiled to Bashu at the same time, and the army was cut from 100,000 to 30,000. The old system of the seven countries completely collapsed and entered the era of division of princes. The world form of "all the princes are weak, and the Western Chu is strong" created by Xiang Yu had taken shape, laying the foundation for unification. This result showed that it was correct not to kill Liu Bang. As for Xiang Yu's failure later, it was another problem, and it had nothing to do with the choice between killing or not killing Liu Bang at the Hongmen Banquet...
Pang Tong took Xiang Yu's incident as an example and told Fei Zhen, and then asked: "Young Master, what is the severity of the county? What is the core between the east and the west? What is the struggle between the things and the west now? What is the land, counties, population, or something else? Is it a loss or gain for Emperor Gaozu of Guanzhong? Why did Xiang Yu lose his life in Guanzhong? What is this Guanzhong in the past? If the young master can understand this, he will defeat countless worms in the world and be the best...
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Taihangxing South Entrance.
More than ten miles away from Taihangxing Mountain Road, a mountain and waterside area, Cao Jun camp rose up in a row.
The fences mixed with wood and mud and stone were raised high, and the trenches outside the camp were widening and deepening. Inside and outside the camp, the busy people were all busy with labor, and some soldiers and craftsmen were also involved in the work. From time to time, there were military academy shouting loudly, which was nothing more than to speed up these labor soldiers.
In the distance, a convoy of chariots and horses and supplies was slowly walking along the river.
On the riverside, the pack horses and mules that arrived here were being swept by the soldiers and washed away the mud and dust on their bodies. In the upstream area of ​​these mules and horses, there were also many leading soldiers who were taking water carrying buckets and staggeringly walking.
In the camp, smoke was already rising.
The army in front of us is the Hanoi army led by Xiahou Yuan, Zhao Yan and others.
Starting from Hanoi, heading all the way to Taihang Mountains.
When we set off, we were so proud, but when we approached the Taihang Mountains, we slowed down and sent out scouts and provocations, but the speed of our journey slowed down again and again. Even at the entrance of the mountain, we simply stopped and built camps. The entire army set up camp to build a camp, just like building a permanent military camp here in Taihang Xing.
Of course, the Cao army knew that this time it was a war launched by Fei Qian, but since we started, we had to fight quickly and directly attack Shangdang in one breath, and then solve the problem with lightning speed. How could we delay here?
If the Huguan is not easy to beat, just surround it and see how long the Huguan can last!
You can also go around the back and fight Taiyuan or Hedong to completely disrupt Feiqian's rear. Let's see how Feiqian faces such a mess in the end!
Now he is camping in Taihang Xing. Wouldn't he hand over the initiative? If Fei Qian gets the news and sends troops out of the way, wouldn't all his efforts be wasted?
It is actually very simple. Although a single military branch has its own goals, it still needs to serve the overall strategy...
In the central army tent in the camp, all the military marquis and generals were basically there, but the main seat was empty and Xiahou Yuan was not seen. In the central army tent, which was not too large, there was a little depressing atmosphere. Everyone was talking in a low voice, and the topic was inseparable from the evolution of the situation and the specific trends of the next step.
Zhao Yan sat on one side and said nothing. Even if someone asked about it, he would just smile and say that everything was decided by Xiahou Yuan. If the others couldn't ask anything, they stopped communicating with Zhao Yan but guessed by themselves.
There are all things to say, but no one can tell. Xiahou Yuan is stationed here. What is the purpose of doing this?
When the voice of the discussion was gradually uncontrollable, he heard soldiers outside the central army's tent shouting, "General Zhenxi is here!"
The military marquis and generals sitting on the stool stood up in a hurry, and for a moment, the soldiers and armors in the big tent collided with each other and made a clanging sound.
Xiahou Yuan stepped forward, went straight into the upper head, turned around and sat down, then waved his hand, "No gift, sit!"
Everyone sat down and looked at Xiahou Yuan with their eyes wide open.
Xiahou Yuan did not speak immediately, but just glanced back and forth, and after a while he smiled and said loudly: "The Prime Minister has taken Luoyang!"
"Oh! The Prime Minister is mighty!"
『This is great!』
"So worry-free!"
『…』
For a moment, it seemed like arousing a thousand waves, and everyone was filled with joy.
Hanoi and Sili face each other across the bank. From Taihang Xing to the south, crossing the river is directed to Hulao Pass. When Dong Zhuo occupied Luoyang, he cleverly used the ferry of the river and played Hanoi prefect Wang Kuang in his palm.
Xiahou Yuan sent Zhao Yanming forward, on the one hand to attract the attention of Luoyang and others, and on the other hand to protect Cao Cao's flanks. After all, Xiahou Yuan did not have many cavalry and must be placed in the most important position. He could not easily jump into the enemy's formation and was blocked by the soldiers or the like.
Now that conquering Luoyang is the same as opening a passage to Chang'an.
That's right, it's just a channel, not a portal.
The portal is Hangu Pass and Tongguan.
Although it is indeed exciting news to win Luoyang easily, it is not a big victory after being excited. Because Yang is too weak. There are many reasons why Yang is weak, but no matter which one, it cannot be given mercy and exempted from harm.
Between countries, weakness is the greatest sin.
When everyone was almost talking, Xiahou Yuan nodded and said in a deep voice, "If I had an imperial edict today, Fei had ulterior motives and intended to split the Han Dynasty. People and gods were angry and the world fought against it! If you want to break up the disputes in the world, you will fight in Chang'an! If you want to win Chang'an, you will win Hedong! If you want to win Hedong, you will win Shangdang! Now the Prime Minister leads the way to take Luoyang, so we will naturally win Shangdang and win Hedong! A good man should be a heart-wrenching and a strong voice, so he will naturally fight for the country, the world, and the people!"
In the military academy, since being suppressed by Fei Qian, he has been somewhat depressed. Now he is so excited by Xiahou Yuan. In addition, most of them are in the same spirit as the Cao Xiahou family, and they are related to each other. They stand up, either raising their arms and shouting, or slapping their chests to ask for battle, with a vigorous momentum.
Xiahou Yuan smiled, obviously satisfied with his subordinates' excitement. After everyone shouted for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Everyone follows the order!"
The military academies stood in sternly.
Chapter completed!