Chapter 1954: Golden Bull Offensive, Wu Ding Clears the Way
It was winter, the cold wind was blowing, most of the grass in the field was withered and yellow, and the forest was covered with thick fallen leaves. Several cavalrymen drove out a herd of deer from the dense forest with shouts and noises.
The deer panicked and fled westward.
In order to withstand the winter, these deer try their best to eat as much fat as possible in autumn, with shiny fur and round bellies. However, this also directly affects their reflexes and running speed.
Sima Yi stopped his mount and slowly raised his horn bow.
To be honest, Sima Yi's riding skills are good, but he has not yet reached the level where he can gallop on horseback. Sima Yi is a scribe after all. Even if he has stirrups to fix his body, there is no way he can gallop like Zhao Yun.
When the bow shoots furiously, it can only be stopped, which is regarded as a standing shot.
Sima Yi took out an eagle feather from the arrow quiver on the side, put it on the ox tendon bowstring, pulled it open like a half moon with the thumb of his right hand covered with a leather wrench, aimed at a tall and panicked stag, and shot an arrow fiercely.
go.
The deer's big eyes were spinning like an elf. When it heard the sound of strings, its ears suddenly twitched, its hind legs flicked forward, and Sima Yi's arrow grazed its tail, sadly.
Falling into the void...
Sima Yi suddenly felt angry, drew another arrow, and shot it again, but the deer dodged it again...
Really don't give face to deer.
Sima Yi fired three arrows in succession, but couldn't even shoot down a single deer hair. In anger, he simply put away his bow, raised his hand and struck hard, and heard the cavalry around him letting out laughter that he had suppressed for a long time.
He made a sound, and then they all took their bows and shot. Including the stag he had originally targeted, and four other deer, they all fell into a pool of blood in the blink of an eye.
The future cross-dressing boss gritted his teeth and glared at the surrounding guards. He obviously felt that the guards under him were not giving him face. He shot for a long time, but missed, and then the guards fell down with three or two blows...
The soldiers and guards who followed Sima Yi were not afraid and still laughed. Then they helped each other step forward to pick up the deer and tie it to the horse's back.
Sima Hui nodded with his finger at the guards who were following him, and then he also laughed, "Let's go! Go back to the camp! Leave one end to the general and a certain person, and the rest will have a meal!"
Everyone agreed loudly, then rode their horses out of the forest and headed towards the camp.
Is Sima Yi's military strength worth it? Generally speaking, it's "a few".
In other words, if Sima Yi is neatly dressed, he can still kill "a few" soldiers, which is called passing. However, shooting will automatically change direction and speed at a running target. This kind of relatively tall target is naturally quite difficult.
, so much so that Sima Yi has been in the north of Youzhou for a while and still hasn't mastered it.
It’s not that Sima Yi is lazy, it’s that Sima Yi’s own responsibilities are not in this aspect. General Hussar sent him to Youbei, not to ask Sima Yi to go into battle to kill the enemy like a general, but to assist and supplement the strategy...
As soon as I returned to the camp, I met several foreigners wearing linen robes, leather boots, and turbans in front of the Chinese army's tent. When they saw Sima Yi coming back, they all bowed their heads and saluted. One of them was an old man with gray beard.
Seeing Sima Yi guarding the deer on horseback, he flattered and complimented in blunt Chinese: "Your Excellency is a really good shot..."
Although it was not the first time that Sima Yi heard such a title, he still frowned slightly, then waved his hand, and then said with a smile: "Just call me Sima, there is no need to call me "Sir"..."
The old man with a gray beard repeatedly raised his hand and said, "How can I call you by your first name..."
Sima Yi secretly curled his lips and stopped communicating with this guy. Instead, he turned to the soldiers on duty at the Chinese army's tent and asked: "Is the general here? Please give me a message..."
Zhao Yun was handling military affairs in the tent. When he saw Sima Yi returning to the camp, he slightly raised his head and glanced up. He nodded at the bench next to him, then he still lowered his eyes to the writing on the table and said: "
You "nephews" are very diligent and go to a certain tent every day to order..."
Sima Yi smiled bitterly and said, "I don't have any nephews of this age..."
These Lelang natives insist on calling Sima Yi and other Han officials "adult" because of rumors or local customs. However, in fact, the title "adult" is not used casually among the Han people.
Sima Yi's plan for Youzhou naturally included Liaodong. So it became inevitable to contact the natives of Liaodong. But after he really contacted these Lelang natives, Sima Yi suddenly felt regretful. After all, these guys saw
It's not very reliable. It's like a dog-skin plaster that sticks to it and can't be shaken off. It goes to the Chinese army's tent at a fixed time every day. It doesn't matter even if Zhao Yun doesn't meet him. It just expresses an attitude anyway...
At the same time, he also claimed to be a descendant of some kind of Haoqian, the Buyeo royal family, and played the emotional card.
"Only women and villains are difficult to raise. Those who are close will not be inferior, and those who are far away will be resentful." Sima Yi sighed and said, "It is like this now, neither close nor far."
Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment and then laughed.
In fact, Confucius' words are not necessarily to slander women. Perhaps they are Mr. Kong's sigh when he looks back on the romantic debts he owed when he was young, because even a gentleman may not be inferior when he is close, but he will be resentful when he is far away. I don't believe it.
Let’s take a look at old man Qu Yuan who likes winter swimming...
It turns out that Sima Yi and Zhao Yun discussed it and felt that these descendants of the Fuyu royal family must have resentment in their hearts now that they have become ordinary people. If they can shake their minds, they can naturally tie them to their own chariots and play a vital role in regaining Liaodong in the future.
, which naturally has some benefits.
However, the problem is that Sima Yi did not expect that these descendants of Fuyu, the royal family of Fuyu, would be like this...
However, whether it was out of consideration for the hussar general's battlefield strategy or for his own merits, Sima Yi felt that the Liaodong issue would have to be solved sooner or later. Gongsun Du, who now calls himself the Marquis of Liaodong, Pingzhou Mu, and the Eastern Expedition of Goguryeo
, attacked Wuhuan in the west, took the Liaodong Peninsula in the south, and even crossed the sea to take the Donglai counties in the northern part of the Jiaodong Peninsula to expand the territory. At the same time, they recruited talents in the four counties of Liaodong, opened schools, recruited refugees, and established a powerful force.
When traveling overseas, he seemed to consider himself the King of Liaodong.
Therefore, from the beginning, Sima Yi planned to stew Budugen's Xianbei and the so-called "King of Liaodong" together in a pot. But even if it is a pot of pork, cabbage and vermicelli stew, there is still some order and preparation.
You can't just throw the pig into the pot without shaving it, washing the cabbage, and soaking the vermicelli?
In the original plan, the descendants of Yiqian and the Fuyu royal family might not be able to use their military force. Now they can only use it in their name and for other purposes...
So even though Zhao Yun and Sima Yi were a little disgusted with these people, they still stayed here not far or near.
Sima Yi suspected that Bu Dugen might have colluded with Gongsun Du, but no concrete evidence had been found yet, but this did not prevent Sima Yi from laying the groundwork...
Zhao Yun asked: "How is the discussion under Gongsun... going?"
Sima Yi cupped his hands and said, "I have agreed to build a workshop..."
Zhao Yun nodded, smiled slightly and said, "That's very good."
If Sima Yi wanted to deal with Gongsun Du, it was naturally impossible for Sima Yi to simply raise a knife and charge straight into Liaodong, because that would be almost equivalent to selling his flank to the Xianbei people.
According to Sima Yi's deduction, it is impossible for Xianbei and the King of Liaodong to have such a close relationship. At most, they are an offensive and defensive alliance to a certain extent. Because both of them are now afraid of Zhao Yun and afraid of being attacked, so they are now
One is in the north and the other is in the south. This is just the right condition to form mutual horns and defend Zhao Yun to a certain extent.
Of course, such an offensive and defensive alliance is very weak. Even when one of Xianbei Budogen and Liaodong Prince Sundu becomes stronger, the alliance will inevitably be torn up. However, Sima Yi doesn't want to wait that long, so he needs to do some promotion.
Catalyze the reactions involved.
And contacting Liu Yi, the general under Gongsun Du of Liaodong, became a pawn released by Sima Yi.
Of course, Sima Yi could not directly persuade Liu Yi to surrender and rebel against him. After all, Liu Yi was still somewhat loyal to Gongsun Du, so he sent people to Liu Yi ostensibly to open a trade route and conduct transactions with Liaodong Interchange.
Liaodong was actually very poor, and some artifacts belonging to the Han Dynasty were naturally scarce, so Liaodong did not reject this proposal and even welcomed it to a certain extent.
After all, in Liaodong, except for some indigenous products, there really is nothing else to offer. Apart from some furs, there is sandalwood. As for red ginseng, there is also it, but it is not its main local product.
.Because sandalwood can be used to make the back of the bow, the so-called sandalwood bow is also of high quality, so it has become the main sales commodity, trading silk, porcelain, etc. with the Han Dynasty.
Liu Yi also really wanted to have good relations with the Han Dynasty. Even though he had no intention of surrendering to the imperial court and was unwilling to abandon the Gongsun family immediately, it still had more of an escape route. Therefore, on the one hand, Liu Yi did not make any commitments, and on the other hand, he urged the merchants to expedite business as soon as possible.
Development is just about selling raw materials. The value is limited and there are very few things that can be exchanged.
Later generations will know that the raw material is one, the semi-finished product is about ten, and when it is actually sold as a finished product, it becomes a hundred, so after two or three transportation trades, Liu Yi felt a little headache.
Because sandalwood is different from other commodities. It does not mean that it will grow the next year when it is planted. Moreover, it has to be cut down and dragged out from the mountains and forests, which costs a lot of manpower, and the materials in exchange are often only pitiful.
, there are only two ways to exchange for more items, one is to increase the production of raw materials, and the other is to make finished products or semi-finished products.
It was obviously impractical to increase the production of raw materials, so naturally, it became Liu Yi's only choice to establish a workshop in Lelang, and then Zhao Yun would provide some craftsmen and materials to directly process them into finished products and semi-finished products locally.
"So... it's like a golden bull..." Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Zhongda still needs to make careful arrangements..."
Sima Yi smiled and said: "Don't worry, general, this is natural..."
What Zhao Yun said is an allusion to "the stone cow dung is made of gold, and the five dings clear the way", and it is also another aspect of the purpose of establishing trade with Liaodong this time.
The road to attack Liaodong is not easy, it can even be said to be quite difficult. Although it is not as difficult as Sichuan and Shu, it can be seen from the Sui Dynasty's conquest of Goryeo in later generations.
Of course, the Sui Dynasty had other motives for conquering Goryeo, but the difficulty of traveling was clearly revealed.
Therefore, if Zhao Yun wants to pacify Liaodong, it cannot be said that he marched rashly. "He left Baitan, passed through Pinggang, and then arrived at Liucheng. The road is long and rugged. If this strategy is successful, it will be Zhongda's first achievement..."
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From Qinhuangdao City in Hebei Province to Jinzhou City in Liaoning Province in later generations, it is the so-called "Western Liaoning Corridor". It has hills to the north and the seaside to the south. There is only one road in the middle. At that time, there was very little cultivated land and few residents.
There are no cities, so it can be said to be a dangerous route for a large army to go on an expedition. If during the march, Gongsundu of Liaodong was the first to set up a camp somewhere and occupy key points. The so-called meeting on a narrow road, one man is in charge, even if
Even if it is conquered, there will be a lot of losses.
Therefore, we first explored the road through trade, and then used the name of the workshop to secretly transport people. We used the Fuyu descendants in front of the big tent to hide in hiding, and waited until needed to act in one fell swoop. This was Sima Yi's strategy for Liaodong this time.
a part of.
Then the other part of the strategy is naturally aimed at the Xianbei people.
But before executing this plan, apart from some preliminary work and a period of waiting, Sima Yi did not intend to sit idle.
In the entire Youzhou, in addition to the two unstable factors of Xianbei and the King of Liaodong, there are other things. Sima Yi also plans to throw them into the pot and stew them together...
"General, someone hunted a deer today, which is very fat and good for eating..." Sima Yi said, suggesting that one deer should be eaten three times.
After Zhao Yun learned that the remaining three deer had been prepared for the soldiers, he did not specifically refuse extra meals to show that he was a commoner, so he smiled and said: "Zhongda has made great progress in archery recently? What a joy to congratulate..."
Sima Yi smiled slightly awkwardly. Regardless of whether I hit the target or not, I shot the first arrow anyway, so naturally it is mine, so it is not bragging, and compared with others, it is not bad. Anyway, this
I never expect to be able to compete with the guy in front of me in archery skills...
"By the way, give those people in front of the tent a deer leg..." Zhao Yun suddenly said, "Let them retreat early to avoid making noise..."
Sima Yi nodded and asked people to do it. A moment later, he heard a strange voice outside the tent saying thank you loudly: "Thank you so much for the food! Your kindness is like a mountain, endless and endless..."
Zhao Yun and Sima Yi looked at each other in the tent, and then both shook their heads and smiled bitterly...
……┐(;￢＿￢)┌┐(??～??)┌……
Although Zhao Yun and Sima Yi smiled bitterly, it was not a big problem, but Cao Chun's bitter smile was a bitter smile that was really helpless.
Cao Chun rushed from Yuzhou to Youzhou. The only purpose was to stabilize the situation in Youzhou, fill the gap left after Yuan Xi left, and control the situation in Youzhou for Cao Cao.
Therefore, after Cao Chun arrived in Yuyang, and after handing over to Jushou who stayed in Yuyang, he re-analyzed and clarified the responsibilities of subordinate officials, he found that there were many major problems blocking the way...
The first is farming.
In the Chinese feudal society, farming is an important foundation for social stability. Unfortunately, Cao Chun has no idea in this regard. He only knows the basic common sense of fertilizing, weeding, digging canals, and selecting improved seeds. And it is just common sense theory. He has no knowledge at all.
Practiced.
Common sense that has not been practiced often has a huge disconnect with reality.
The old farmer has a lot of practical experience, but the old farmer can't speak of any theory. At the same time, in Yuyang, many of the original old farmers either died or fled during the war, so...
Normally, Youzhou has to receive relief from Jizhou, but now whenever Jizhou has some money and food, it must first give it to Xu County and the court, so naturally the money given to Youzhou is quite tight.
Fortunately, since the war in Youzhou, many noble families have abandoned their land and fled, and some of the land was in disorder. Cao Chun simply recovered the land completely, and then asked the soldiers to start farming. At the same time, according to Jushou's suggestion,
Give the above table to Cao Cao and see how much food can be allocated. At the same time, ask Cao Cao to send agricultural experts to make up for Cao Chun's lack of experience.
The second is handicraft industry, or small business.
After all, the previous workshops and workshops were ruined, and Yuan Xi also took away most of the craftsmen and belongings when he left Yuyang. The warehouse was empty, and Cao Chun had to face the situation that even if it was broken
A ceramic bowl may not be able to find a substitute.
Therefore, rebuilding various workshops is naturally an issue that Cao Chun must pay attention to.
Then there are the barbarians.
In addition to Yuyang, there are Wuhuan people and Xianbei people who are at odds with the Tadun tribe. At the same time, although Cao Cao was deceived and temporarily appeased the remaining Tadun tribe, will these guys know about it in the future?
The truth behind it, and then some ulterior thoughts will appear, are also unknown.
Nowadays, these Wuhuan people in Tadun have been incorporated into Yuyang households, but it will still take some time before these Wuhuan people are truly digested, and this is the last and most important issue that Cao Chun needs to pay attention to.
Do you have enough time for Cao Chun?
Raising farmers, building forts, and training troops all take time, but with Liu He watching eagerly in front of him, Zhao Yunxiong in Changshan behind, and Xianbei outside, Cao Chun felt a lot of pressure.
Facing Yuyang, which used to be the most prosperous city in Youzhou, but now it has become empty, with only dust and rats in the warehouses but no utensils, and fraud everywhere, Cao Chun smiled bitterly.
However, it seemed that God gave Cao Chun another opportunity. After he arrived in Yuyang, he dispersed the scouts again, and then he heard a piece of news. Zhao Yun seemed to be doing business with Liaodong and had caravans...
