Snowflakes were falling down, flying and falling between the sky and the earth with the cold wind.
Zhang Xiu looked into the distance, and soon felt a little dazzling, and then hurriedly covered the thin silk in front of him.
After the flying snow piled up on the ground, it turned all the mountains and rivers into a white picture.
Beauty is naturally extremely beautiful, but besides beauty, it is full of dangers.
In this weather, if the exposed fingers and toes are slightly warm, they will freeze and become frozen. Even if the person rescues him, there will often be fewer fingers and toes.
Not far behind Zhang Xiu is Baibogu.
Baibo Valley is no longer the place where the Yellow Turban bandits were stationed in the past, but has become a huge military camp that combines military and people's livelihood purposes. There are two trenches on the periphery, and the gate at the entrance of the valley has been reinforced. The open space in the valley is now covered with tents. The cavalry coming from Yinshan are stationed in Baibo Valley.
The official road from Pingyang direction winds through Baibo Valley.
The surrounding plains are all snow-white, and only the shrubs, woods and hills stick to their own outlines in the white.
Except for one side of Baibo Valley, which is not too high, the other three sides are relatively flat fields.
When the Baibo army was rampant, it was a barren land, covered with weeds and shrubs, but now many places have become arable land. Small sheds built by farmers themselves are decorated in the east and west.
Zhang Xiu is waiting.
He is waiting for his opponent to come.
One advantage of Baibo Valley is that the valley mouth is small and the belly is large, which allows the valley to shelter from wind and snow. There is a relatively comfortable environment for soldiers and horses to rest and prepare for battle.
"The Cao family is full of madmen..."
Zhang Xiu muttered hummingly.
The news of Zhang Ji's injury was also conveyed to Hedong, so Zhang Xiu naturally knew it.
It is normal to be injured or died on the battlefield. This is the reason, but after hearing that Zhang Ji, who is a relative, was injured, Zhang Xiu was very unhappy after all.
Lao Zhang was too careless.
However, I will avenge him!
It’s not that Zhang Xiu is Long Aotian, but that others can only have the way to die, and then he proves the truth by killing himself, but because there are not many old friends in Xiliang over the years.
Xiliang has poor background and its talent accumulation consumes itself, resulting in the fact that the people of Xiliang who are under the cavalry now have only three or two big cats and kittens left. Moreover, Zhang Xiu is not the big one, but can only be regarded as a small cat.
Who is the big cat?
Of course it was Jia Xu.
If you really get under the cavalry, Jia Xu is the only one in Xiliang who is in the high-level decision-making circle.
Zhang Xiu looked west and saw that his impression of his hometown was a little blurred.
When Zhang Xiu met Fei Qian, he admired him very much. At that time, Fei Qian said that he would put aside internal disputes and led him to kill the Hu people, and open up the border and regain Yinshan. Zhang Xiu thought at first that Fei Qian was just a talk, just a good name, and then killed a few left-down Hu people and then charged, but he didn't expect that Fei Qian was here to be...
Zhang Xiu showed some smile on his face.
In the blink of an eye, time passed, Zhang Xiu, who was just a small leader in the army back then, has now become a general in the army who is in charge of a group of soldiers...
The rumbling sound of horse hooves pulled Zhang Xiu back from his memories.
A team of cavalrymen in the distance, dragging skateboards and baggage sleds, were conducting experiments on moving rapidly in the snow.
Since it started to snow two days ago, Zhang Xiu has been constantly experimenting with some commonly used sleds and snowmobile in the snow...
Zhang Xiu looked up at the sky. It seemed that the snow had no sign of stopping at all. It was falling intermittently, and he didn't know where so much snow came from in the sky.
In some ways, Cao's army's rushing into Hedong was indeed a good idea. Snow days would cause many of the long-range and semi-range weapons of the Cavalry Army to be unusable, and at the same time they basically lost the sharpest gunpowder weapons.
Zhang Xiu has tested that even if there is oil paper seal, after breaking it, it will still have a 50% or more chance of causing the grenade to be dull and will not explode at all. At the same time, even if the grenade falls into the snow explodes, its power will be reduced a lot. Therefore, this battle cannot rely on gunpowder.
However, those guys in Shandong seem to have forgotten one thing...
When General Huo Cavalry was not a cavalry, he did not rely on gunpowder to capture such a piece of territory!
The war has continued to this situation, and almost both sides have all their trump cards.
What is left is to see who can hold a few cards in his hand and who can still use the means in the end...
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Fei Qian has returned to Pingyang.
Today, Pingyang City has become a military base camp.
The military camp not only occupied the schoolyard outside Pingyang City, but also occupied a large area of ​​the mountainous land on the west side of Pingyang.
Because this area is close to mountains and lacks water, it has always been used as a granary for industrial or commercial transportation. Now it is just the place where the army gathers, and a large number of huts have been built to garrison troops.
The yurts of the nomadic people, or now they should be called Xiongnu bags or Xianbei bags, are very suitable for avoiding the cold in this kind of weather. A thick felt blanket is used to avoid the wind and cold, with a layer of fur, a layer of oil paper, and then the outermost layer is covered with thatch, so you basically don’t have to worry about snow water.
Round objects, discovered by nomadic peoples in their natural life, are the most suitable form to resist the cold wind.
The round felt bag has superior resistance and resistance to cold wind than any other shape. The felt carpet wall is surrounded by a round shape, and the top is also semicircular. When the wind and snow come, there will be no snow on the roof. Even if it is washed by heavy rain in summer, the top will not contain water. Even if it is a blizzard, it is difficult to blow the round felt bag, because when the wind blows through the felt bag, it will form a low-pressure area around the felt bag, which will press the felt bag down rather than upward, so it is more wind-resistant than the Chinese house with eaves.
Fei Qian did not refuse the warmth of fur, nor did he refuse to use felt bags. Therefore, in the military camps near Pingyang, there are basically these felt bags, and there are relatively few triangular or quadrilateral tents similar to Shandong.
Fei Qian left the main force of the cavalry in Guanzhong. On the one hand, it was to reduce the difficulties in transporting food and grass on land, and on the other hand, it was to prevent any sudden incidents in Guanzhong.
If Fei Qian moved the main force to Hedong, in addition to bringing huge pressure to Hedong for food and grass supply, these felt bags near Pingyang now also require a large amount of materials to be built, and the daily food and grass fires consumed need to be fully considered.
Wars always require overall arrangements. No matter when it is, it is not a good strategy to know Allin.
Cao's army thought Fei Qian would attack halfway, but in fact Fei Qian never thought of relying on the river as a defensive barrier.
Because the river is like the Nile River in Egypt, the regular flooding causes the river bank to be very unstable, and the accumulation of mud and sand will also put the war horses with a weight of more than half a ton at the risk of sinking. Even if the cold freezes the ground hard, the problem of the huge ditches south of Zhongtiao Mountain needs to be considered.
The river is frozen at Longmen Ferry, but at Fengling Ferry and its downstream, it is in a state of floating ice. The sharp broken ice will easily cut the legs of the war horse, causing unnecessary damage to the war horse, so Fei Qian simply made a deep strategy.
Cao Cao seemed to have depth, but he actually didn't.
Feiqian looks like it is Linfen Pingyang after Yuncheng Basin, but in fact Feiqian still has depth.
This situation is extremely interesting.
Fei Qian was in Pingyang Marquis' Mansion at this time, looking up at the railing.
After coming to this era, what he was most unaccustomed to was winter. Although he had the privilege of using charcoal fire to keep warm at home and in the office, it was still very cold when he went out to do business, and he didn't have heating equipment at any time outside, and he often shivered all over. Even if Fei Qian digs coal and builds a honeycomb coal stove, his living conditions have been improved to a certain extent. He also planted cotton and wool workshops, but the price of cold-proof clothing is still very high, and there are still things that freeze people to death in winter.
So, on the other hand, can Cao Jun have enough clothes to protect the cold?
Fei Qian expressed doubts.
Therefore, Cao Cao was taking risks.
Perhaps, Mr. Cao is still gambling.
This is wrong!
Fei Qian sighed slightly.
After all, we have come to this point.
The Cao Wei group is the most powerful force in the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty. If it weren't for Fei Qian's arrival, they would sweep across the entire north and gradually recover Sichuan and Shu and Jiangdong in twenty years and unify them again.
But in this process, China was beaten to the point of being weak...
Fei Qian couldn't help but look back at Xu Chu who was following him.
Xu Chu moved his eyebrows slightly.
"Does Zhongkang want to lead the army?" Fei Qian asked.
Xu Chu replied without hesitation: "I followed the lord's order. If the lord ordered someone to go into battle, I would go into battle."
Fei Qian laughed and reached out and pointed at Xu Chu.
In the Three Kingdoms games in later generations, Xu Chu was always outlined as an obsessive person, but Fei Qian knew that if anyone said that Xu Chu was an obsessive person, he might be a fat maniac.
Doesn’t Xu Chu want to go into battle?
How could I not think about it? Under Fei Qian's rule, military merit was the best, and this was not just a joke.
After a trip to the Western Regions, not only Xu Chu, but also Sima Yi was moved and threw down his pen to grab military merits.
If it was said that the great man in the past had a reputation that could save his life at some time, then for the three auxiliary cavalry of Guanzhong, what could truly save his life was undoubtedly military merits!
As long as he can open up the border, even the bastard that Lu Bu did can save his life...
Therefore, fools don’t want to go into battle to earn military merits.
However, Xu Chu was Fei Qian's guard at the beginning, not the general who commanded the troops outside. This made Xu Chu have to stay at Fei Qian for more time and not attack at will.
Fei Qian asked Xu Chu if he wanted to go into battle, saying that thinking was a greedy for merit, and saying that not thinking was hypocritical, so Xu Chu neither said that he wanted nor said that he didn't want to. Anyway, everything was followed by the leader's arrangements.
Xu Chu is so smart and quick to react, how could he be like an obese person?
Fei Qian smiled and said, "Haha, don't worry, Zhongkang will inevitably play against Cao Mengde at that time."
Xu Chu was stunned and then realized something.
For Xu Chu, many of Fei Qian's behaviors seem meaningless, but in fact the impact is far-reaching.
Even if we don’t talk about military merits, we just take Fei Qian and the guards to detect Cao’s army before, and everyone opposed it and thought it was risky, but Fei Qian and the people went there and there was nothing to fight directly with Cao’s army. It didn’t seem to be of much significance, but what happened later made Xu Chu understand that some things must not be just looking at the surface...
Cao's army crossed the river in a large scale, and the east of the river naturally was shocked.
Pingyang has also been affected, especially since the attack on the Shangdang of Huguan before, the people in Pingyang have more or less worried. Now they hear that Cao's army is advancing and crossing the river, and they can't help but feel panic. But after Fei Qian took the guards around, the panic of the people of Pingyang disappeared for some reason.
So did Fei Qian really know the emotional changes of these people and do this? Or did he say...
Xu Chu lowered his head, not daring to show too much expression.
As Fei Qian's status and power are becoming more and more powerful, he has become the only two real power figure among the Han Dynasty. Naturally, Xu Chu can no longer laugh in front of Fei Qian like he used to be, but must always show respect for Fei Qian.
Because this is not only respect for Fei Qian alone, but also respect for the entire Fei Qian political group.
After all, Xu Chu is also a member of this political group.
Cao Cao led his army to attack, which seemed to be Fei Qian's crisis on the surface, but in fact?
Will it just need to sneak around like the worry and panic of the people of Pingyang?
Xu Chu's guess is not wrong. Fei's sneaking around is indeed not just to stabilize the emotions of the people in Pingyang, but also has more important significance.
Ordinary people need a strong leader.
The gentry and gentry, emerging meritorious class, and other small political groups also need a leader who is brave enough to face difficulties and dangers.
Therefore, the political significance of Fei is greater than that of military.
Since the development of Feiqian political group, the people in the system have been firmly tied together, with common interests and mutual conflicts. With the expansion of the scope of interests and strength, the desire for expansion under Feiqian's rule has become stronger, especially in the expansion of population, land and commercial activities, and naturally there are more and more conflicts with the original Han court.
The conflict between the new system and the old ideas.
The contradiction between the upstarts of military merit and the hereditary gentry.
Students from poor families and traditional celebrities despise each other.
The old bureaucratic talent system and the newly established talent selection mechanism are irreconcilable.
There are also issues between the traditional agricultural small-scale agricultural economic system and the social division of labor system that boosts production development.
These various problems in the Feiqian territory are also huge gaps between the Sanfu in Guanzhong and the Shandong area.
Especially in terms of commercial development, because the interests of commercial far exceed the profits of agricultural planting, many gentry members who adapted to the new policies in Guanzhong began to take the path of commercial expansion, such as the Sima family. The Sima family contracted a gold mine, and now it has entered the period of mining and income, which makes the Sima family unswervingly stand on Feiqian's side and is not afraid of sacrifice...
People from Shandong, including Cao Cao, have already noticed the problem of commercial erosion, and they have also begun to use the power of the government to restrict the commercial goods in Guanzhong. Fei Qiang's influence in Shandong is not very large, so they are forced to give benefits to these Shandong gentry gentry, but the issue of division of interests will make the conflict unavoidable ultimately.
Therefore, the battle with Cao Cao was also inevitable. Even if Fei Qian did not have further ambitions, he would be pushed to that position by the chariot in the end. Therefore, Fei Qian would not deliberately restrict such ideas in daily life, and would not promote them, mainly to avoid causing excessive radical actions and affecting his overall strategy.
So Fei Qian felt that Cao Cao was now marching against the wind and snow, in addition to his military intentions, did he also have some political plans...
Fei Qian was thinking when suddenly a soldier came and came to the watchtower to report the news, "Reported to the cavalry, the vanguard of Cao's army, 5,000 vanguards, leaving the mountain road and heading towards Zhangyangchi!"
Fei Qian nodded, "As expected, well... let me think about it... I have someone give the head of Cao's son to Sima Zhongda... I think he should know how to use it."
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Zhangyangchi is a swamp that is not big or small.
It is said that the King of Shishi developed a new earth-shaking weapon here, laying a solid foundation for Yan Huang's big axe against Chi You in one fell swoop, so this place became the fief of the ancient Zhang family.
Zhang Yang may change because of the gloriousness, or come from the sun of Zhang Cheng.
Now that the swearing master is no longer there, only Chize is sad.
Zhang Yangchi was approaching, and Sima Yi calmly entered the formation.
This time around Sima Yi, he was no longer a soldier in Hedong County, but a real cavalryman.
These cavalrymen did not line up in the cold wind, but surrounded the bonfire in the shelter, pulling curtains and grilling the fire. It looked like there was no organization and discipline, but Sima Yi knew that if he gave his order, he would form a steel division in an instant.
Some others built military camps near Zhangyangchi.
After passing Zhangyangchi, it is Puban County. Not far west of Puban County is Pubanjin.
Although the river surface of Kusakatsu has already appeared on the river surface at this moment, it is not thick enough. If you want a large army to pass through, it will take at least a few days for such cold weather, but you can't wait too long, because it is the first month of the year.
Although the weather is abnormal now, after all, it has entered spring. No one knows when the wind and snow will disappear, and then spring will return to the earth, and the ice will melt. At that time, no matter Pubanjin or even Longmendu, you can't walk on the ice. Instead, you have to wait until the ice has completely stopped and melted before you can sail.
Cao Cao may not not know about these things.
But what did Cao Cao really think? Is it really as fierce and anxious as he showed?
This is a very interesting question.
Normally, if you want to march into Guanzhong, you can only take Pubanjin or occupy Longmendu.
But would Cao Jun be so honest?
When I said I would beat Zhang Yangchi, I only came to Zhang Yangchi. If I wanted to enter Guanzhong, I would grab Pubanjin?
But there will be many more moves.
Just like Go, everyone knows that it is just black and white, grabbing the edge and corners to occupy the center, but when it is really playing chess, it is ever-changing...
Sima Yi wrapped his cloak tighter, and then his eyes suddenly fell on Zhang Yangchi in the distance.
『Zhang Yangchi…』
Chapter completed!