Chapter 3325 Human heart
The sun is releasing enthusiasm, causing the temperature on the ground to continue to rise.
Xu Chu pushed his pocket, looked up at the sun in the sky, and frowned.
The camp he chose to build was on an east-west ground plateau.
The earth plateau is less than three miles from east to west, and is only about ten meters in height. It is a gentle earth slope from north to south, and both soldiers and cavalry can go up and down the mountain smoothly. After all, they are the attacking parties, so what they need to consider is the speed of troops entering and exiting, rather than the difficulty of defense.
The only impact is that there are some woods and shrubs around the earth plateau. Xu Chu has ordered the soldiers to cut down all these woods and shrubs. On the one hand, they can be used as fuel, and on the other hand, they can not affect the passage of the army, and at the same time reduce the potential risks of Cao's army.
However, after Xu Chu decided to set up a camp, he suddenly discovered a problem. This relatively safe location also had a big problem, which was that it was far away from the Shuishu River and was a bit troublesome to fetch and transport water back and forth.
But if Xu Chu chooses the wrong location, it may not be possible.
Because the address is not damaged by Cao's army on the one hand, and on the other hand, it deviates from the official road, so naturally there is no "special scenery" as before. Except for the slightest troublesome use of water, there is no problem in other places.
But will this question become a subsequent method for Cao Jun?
Xu Chu sent more scouts early in the morning to detect the whole of the Shuishi River.
When it was noon, the scouts who went to the Qingshui River to detect came back. When they saw Xu Chu's flag recognition, they quickly arrived in front of Xu Chu to report: "General! People and footprints were found on the beach of the Qingshui River! It is certain that Cao's army was active recently. In addition, some fragments of wooden boards were found upstream of the Qingshui River. I don't know what the purpose is... The rest of the situation is still being detected!"
Xu Chu's heart moved, and he immediately said to the guards beside him: "Report to the central army immediately and report the news to the lord!"
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About twenty miles after Xu Chu's front army, Fei Qian's central army had already left the camp.
The camp occupied the high ground on both sides of the official road and scattered into a roughly shaped plum blossom camp. In the middle is the core guard of Fei Qian, and around it are the left, front and back branches.
Different people have different feelings about the war that is about to break out.
For ordinary soldiers, some people will feel nervous, but some people will be excited. The non-commissioned officers gathered together to talk more about merit and how many points it takes to achieve the conditions for the next level of promotion.
Going further up, middle and high-level military generals, such as Xu Shu and Xun Chen, have a little more pressure because they need to make major decisions and assume the responsibility for the war.
Some of the medical staff who followed the army were anxious to find the herbs they needed, so they were distributing some samples to ask the scouts who went out to help find and collect them.
As for Huang Dou in the rear army, he had no tension in the battle these days, but was full of research on artillery tracks and had some ideas. Unfortunately, due to the materials, he could only use wood to simulate the operation of the tracks. This made him a little anxious and wanted to finish the battle immediately. Then he could return to the workshop, and he could have any materials as he needed...
So overall, even if you are in the same place, in the same camp, and facing the same thing, you still have different ideas and different expectations, which is an unavoidable problem for humans.
Feiqian can only serve as the central core, and as much as possible to allocate and deal with these problems arising from individual differences.
After Xu Chu reported the camp location, Fei Qian immediately marked the map.
The distance between the former army's central army was twenty miles, which was relatively suitable. Moreover, there were a large number of cavalry troops in the Feiqiu Army, so it could launch attacks, support, and encirclement and interception at certain locations at any time.
The troops that Cao Cao's lord wanted were spread near Anyi and did not go deeper into the slope, or attack Emei Ridge. Of course, it was because Cao Cao had shortage of food and grass on the one hand, and the morale of the soldiers was almost wiped out. If Cao Cao attacked Emei Ridge and then failed, the Yuncheng Basin would become a huge swamp that he would never escape, which was even more terrifying than the glimmer of vitality in Huarong Road.
Because Liu Bei did not have cavalry in history, but there are now cavalry.
Cao Cao chose the Linyi area of ​​Anyi, which is relatively close to Zhongtiaoshan Camp as the battle area. It is also a relatively detailed consideration. It can not only show the "strongness" of Shandong, but also act as an attitude of accepting the battle. If Fei cannot sneak down to Emei Ridge, then Cao Cao can return to Shandong after capturing Anyi, and will not lose his "meritorship" and preserve his face.
So as soon as Cao Cao appeared in the Yuncheng Basin and set up an array in Anyi, Fei Qian wanted to fight this battle, so he would inevitably appear...
Fei Qian walked out of the tent and looked out at the direction south with his hands behind his back.
This may be the fork that determines the final fate of the Three Kingdoms.
Just like the Battle of Red Cliffs in history. If Cao Cao won at Red Cliff, then there would be no Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and there would be no so-called Three Kingdoms.
The most important reason why Cao Cao was defeated in the Battle of Red Cliff was of course not Zhuge Liang's east wind, but that Cao Cao was not ready at that time. After Cao Cao won Jingzhou, he inexplicably won without fighting, and suddenly obtained a large number of soldiers, baggage and warships, and it was floating.
So now, Fei Qian also asked himself softly, "Are you ready?"
In the last battle of these three kingdoms?
After coming to this era, what Fei Qian was most unaccustomed to was not that winter was too cold or summer was too hot, but that there was no cell phone. But after he put down his cell phone, Fei Qian discovered that after he dug out his cell phone in his life, he suddenly had a lot of time. He could use it to read books, practice calligraphy, and think and explore...
So Fei Qian tried to guide the direction of the Three Kingdoms to another direction.
This feeling of using personal power to change the world makes Fei Qian obsessed, intoxicated, and excited.
The Yuncheng Basin is north and south, and Anyi is a line, which can be said to have gathered the most powerful force of this era.
I won’t mention the belongings of the cavalry. Even the Qingzhou army under Cao Cao in the south had been traversing the Central Plains for decades and was not disbanded until after Cao Cao’s death. If it weren’t for Fei Qian’s arrival, Cao Cao would have swept the entire north with this force, occupying two-thirds of the world, and finally consumed Zhu Ge’s lamp oil and Sun Quan’s blood courage.
But now, only Fei Qian knows these things, and the other civil and military members under the command of the cavalry have strong confidence in the victory of the cavalry, believing that the Han Dynasty will return to the time with Guanzhong as the core and dominate the world.
Fei Qian couldn't help but look back at Xun Chen's tent who was handling chores in the central army, and the minor officials queuing outside the tent.
It is precisely with the assistance of advisers like Xun Chen that Fei Qian can withdraw from complicated and specific matters and think about longer-lasting and larger goals.
The faces of Pang Tong and Xu Shu and others appeared in Fei Qian's mind again.
These people are not surnamed Fei, and they are with Fei Qian... Well, except for Pang Tong and Huang Zhong, most of the others have no relatives with Fei Qian. Moreover, even the relatives between Pang Tong and Fei Qian are linked around the corner.
If it weren't for Fei Qian, Pang Tong might have died under ten thousand arrows. Xu Chen would disappear silently after the Battle of Guandu. Xu Shu would still wander around. Huang Zhong could only survive until Dingjun Mountain to be able to be the most powerful thing in the world...
Nanyang Lushan will not become a well-known holy land in the world, and Guanzhong will not attract a group of Jingxiang gentry.
Fei Qian shook his head gently, shook his thoughts, turned his head to ask the guards behind him, "After defeating Cao's army in this battle... what do you want to do the most?"
Several guards looked at each other, and then one of them called Fei Changfu said loudly: "The subordinates follow the lord! Whatever the lord asks his subordinates to do, they will do whatever they want! The lord said that he will attack Shandong tomorrow, and his subordinates will attack Shandong. If he will attack Xu County tomorrow, his subordinates..."
『Ahem. The emperor's honor is in Xu County…』 Fei Qian waved his hand helplessly and interrupted Fei Changfu's words, "The words of Xu County should not be lying."
Fei Changfu quickly responded, but it was obvious that he did not take the so-called emperor's honor to heart.
As Fei Qian's power develops, the Fei family is also growing.
Some of them were the Fei clan members who stayed after the death of Uncle Fei Qian. After hearing about it, Fei Qian defected one after another. Some were like Fei Changfu, who originally had no surname Fei, but now they have been changed to the Fei surname, and they are even more loyal than ordinary Fei clans, and they are even loyal to the Xinfei clan.
In the early days when Fei Qian occupied Guanzhong, most of the guards around Fei Qian were from Huang clan members, and of course there was no problem with loyalty, but later Pang Tong said that this was inappropriate. Later, Huang Cheng was released and Wei Du was added. Later, Wei Du was injured and Xu Chu was again...
During the process of continuous replacement and replenishment of the cavalry guards, the proportion of Huang's clan members gradually decreased, while the number of Fei's surname was increasing.
But these do not mean that they are all good things.
Just like Fei Changfu, it is naturally enough to stay by his side as a guard, but if you really want to be released like Xu Chu, there will probably be some problems.
As the Feiqian political group has developed to the present, the people in this political group have basically been firmly tied together and have common interests. As the scope of this interest expands and the increase in strength, it has inspired the instinctive desire of the political group to swallow the surrounding areas, just like Fei Changfu said that Xu County, Shandong.
This desire for expansion has become stronger and stronger. Even if Fei repeatedly reminds himself to be cautious in his heart, it is inevitable that he will be exposed to it frequently in daily life and then affected. Especially in terms of population and business needs, Shandong has a huge population and commercial market, which are what Guanzhong calls it desires.
Cao Cao's restrictions on Guanzhong products and the temporarily cut off trade exchanges in this war will be like compressing a huge spring, either breaking the spring or breaking a bigger rebound. Now it seems that Cao Cao does not have the ability to break the spring, so Guanzhong trade will inevitably have a greater invasion of Shandong in the future.
By that time, even if Cao Cao was still in Shandong, due to the serious lack of influence below the county and county level in Shandong's political model, even if Cao Cao and others wanted to resist, they could not change the huge changes that occurred at the bottom.
However, the various conflicts arising from this are naturally inevitable.
When there is conflict, there must be coordinators, regulate order, and weigh the pros and cons. Therefore, even if Fei Qian does not have a further idea, he will eventually be pushed to that position by his subordinates. Just like Cao Cao, Cao Pi and his son in history, there is nowhere to go to that point. Therefore, even if Fei Qian stops it, he is not allowed to say something like Fei Changfu and others, but it is inevitable that people will have different hearts and be calculating.
Fei Changfu took the lead, and the other guards were not willing to fall behind.
"I am the same as the Fei team! My father is a farmer, and I never dreamed that I could have such a glory today! My lord can live such a good life now, and it is all given by my lord! My parents taught me that my lord is the reborn parents of our family. I followed my lord's instructions and never frowned even if I go up the sword mountain and go down the sea of ​​fire!"
This is a cliché, but it is also the truth.
"The subordinates are the same! I remember the lord's teachings and devote themselves to peace in the world! I also want to do more things for the people of the world so that they can all live a good life like Guanzhong!"
This is also a cliché, but there are also some tricks.
And those who were behind were basically not good at speaking. Encouraged by Fei Qian's eyes, the two or three people also plucked up the courage to say, "I, I think... this can buy a piece of land for our family, which belongs to our family..."
"I'm subordinate, I just want to marry a wife and then give birth to... a fat boy..."
Fei Qian heard this and couldn't help but be shocked, and then laughed, "This wish is good! It's really good!"
The guards also laughed.
The world, family.
Family, the world.
Some people talk about the world, but in fact they are all for their families.
Some people are busy with their families, but they are like other people in the world.
Fei Qian smiled, but saw a message from a distance lifting up a stream of yellow dust. He stretched out his hand and immediately soldiers went down the earth slope, went forward, took the urgent report sent by Xu Chu, and presented it to Fei Qian.
Fei Qian opened the emergency report, glanced at it for a few seconds, and then his expression moved slightly. He turned around and returned to the account, and ordered, "Go and invite Changshi Xun to discuss matters."
The guard answered.
Fei sneaked into the big tent, sat at the table, then closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, opened Xu Chu's urgent report and looked carefully again, and finally couldn't help but sigh softly, "Brother Meng De, have you really fallen to such a point?"
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Xu Chu stood on the hill with his horse.
His main task at this stage was to investigate the movements of Cao's army and to remove the fortifications of Cao's army before the camp.
For example, caltrops and small pits of horses that may appear anywhere.
This kind of thing is extremely low in cost, but it can cause Hussar cavalry to lose its war horses.
Therefore, Xu Chu had to clean out a little bit with his own camp as the center point, and remove the ones that could be removed. What was difficult to remove was the signs that set up warnings. These cleaning and inspection work were relatively easy and did not require too many cavalrymen, but there was another thing that was much more dangerous.
Ten miles away from Xu Chu's camp, the cavalry scouts and the Cao army scouts were fighting for control of the battlefield.
The Cao army cavalry also chased and fought with the Hussar cavalry scouts on this last bottom line, just like to preserve their last pair of underwear.
The closer we got to the Cao army camp, the more fierce the Cao army's cavalry resisted, and evolved from the original 50-man team towards the 100-man team, or even a squad of two or three hundred people.
Therefore, although the number of cavalrymen invested by both sides was not large, and the total number might be more than a thousand, the yellow dust and sand brought about uneasy in the entire wilderness. There were battlefields everywhere in the mountains and fields, fighting each other everywhere.
"General! These bastards are slippery. Should you send more people to block them?" Li Li, a cavalry academy, reported, "As long as you send more people to block them at both ends... Humph! You won't be afraid that you can't catch these bastards!"
Xu Chu thought for a moment, shook his head, "It's not appropriate. Now it's just a test for each other, and it's not worth dispatching a large army. Moreover, Cao's scattered soldiers are just to delay our detection of geography and clear the traps."
"This is exactly what my subordinates meant." Li Li said, "We can pretend to be a large army and act like we want to catch these bastards. If they flee when they see the opportunity, we will clear the trap. If they don't escape, it will be better to catch these bastards!"
Xu Chu looked at Li Li with some surprise and said, "You are saying it's pretty good... So how many people do you want?"
Li Li bowed and said, "Five hundred men are enough!"
Xu Chu thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Repeat the key points of the battle."
Li Li said loudly: "First of all, detect geography and clear traps! If Cao's army does not retreat, it will be a trap to surround us!"
Xu Chu nodded, "I'll watch here! I'll give you five hundred men! Let's go!"
Li Li was overjoyed and took the order and left with great enthusiasm.
Xu Chu saw Li Li reaching the ground and ordered five hundred people. Instead of walking on the slope to the south, he rolled up his flag and slowly walked out from behind the slope. He couldn't help but smile, "This guy..."
Xu Chu said to his Xu clan members next to him: "Look, this guy was a small man on the frontier before, and now he knows how to use tricks and strategies! Think about yourself again! Don't treat the martial arts lecture hall newspapers as stories all day long! Learn more, have you heard it?"
The Xu clan members all responded.
But Xu Chu knew that on the surface these guys would agree, but it is not guaranteed whether there will be a few people like Li Li in the end...
However, at this stage, Xu Chu's focus cannot be on these people. He is thinking about how to distinguish Cao Cao's former general, and Cao Hong first set a higher position!
Chapter completed!