Chapter 3075 The road to survival in a desperate situation
The blood dyed the river red, but after a while, these bright red colors would be taken away by the river water, and then return to the color of neither yellow nor gray, as if the river was lazily mocking everyone.
Yes, I am not mocking one person, but mocking everyone.
In Dahe's eyes, what humans are fighting for is extremely ridiculous...
The night is chaotic, just like the human heart.
Cao Zhen looked at the ferry with corpses strewn all over the place, and said to the military commander standing aside: "Thank you for your hard work these past two days."
The military prince lowered his head and said, "This is a matter of humble rank."
"I know you've been very frustrated these past two days..."
As soon as Cao Zhen said these words, although the military prince still lowered his head, his eyes became moist at this moment.
Too many people have died these days.
And most of those who died were ordinary soldiers.
These ordinary soldiers are basically subordinates of military princes.
"Actually, it's not that I don't want to go into battle in person, but that I still have a heavy responsibility..." Cao Zhen said in a low voice, "I remember... you are from Runan... back then..."
"Yes, I was a yellow turban thief when I was humble..." the military prince's voice was hoarse.
The Marquis of the Army is a Yellow Turban thief, and naturally the subordinates of the Marquis of the Army are also Yellow Turban thieves. Although they have been recruited, of course they will be rejected because of their previous experience as thieves. And since they are thieves, of course they will be the first to do dirty work.
A batch is coming.
After a few days, more than half of the veterans before Junhou were dead or injured.
"They are all good men..." Cao Zhen sighed and asked the guard to bring a wine gourd and poured some on the ground, "Respect the dead warriors..."
The military lord couldn't help but choked up a little.
Cao Zhen took a few sips and then handed it to the Marquis.
The Junhou thanked him, rubbed his red eyes, and then raised his head and took a sip.
"Keep it..." Cao Zhen said with some emotion, "The current situation is not what I want..."
Cao Zhen patted the military prince on the shoulder, and then motioned to the military prince to keep the wine gourd and not return it to him. "After this battle, I will help you to ask for credit! What are you afraid of if you are born in the Yellow Turban? There are many Yellow Turbans under the Prime Minister's command."
Qingzhou General! As long as you have meritorious service, there is no need to worry about not being promoted in the future!"
The military prince knelt down and bowed, "This is my humble duty... Many thanks, young general!"
Cao Zhen called the military princes together and said, "We are all good men in the army, so there is no need to show such false courtesy... It was not that someone deliberately concealed it before, or that he wanted your men to fight to death... but I had other important matters...
What do you think is the biggest problem in attacking Fenglingdu these days?』
The military lord said in a deep voice: "Fire oil! Heavenly thunder! If Fenglingdu does not have such a powerful weapon to defend the city... Even though I am not talented in my humble position, I will definitely be able to climb it first!"
Cao Zhen nodded and said, "Then do you know where these offensive and defensive weapons come from?"
The military lord shook his head blankly.
"That's right here." Cao Zhen pointed to his feet.
Junhou looked at the soles of his feet blankly, and then suddenly asked, "Hedong?"
Cao Zhen nodded and said: "My lord sent a total of six groups to enter the land of Hedong. Three groups lost contact halfway and there was no news... Two groups just entered Hedong County and were targeted by Youwen Division."
, the identity was revealed, and there was no place to die... The only way to successfully enter Hedong... And this time, I want to contact this route... So before, none of my people went into battle... So,
Can you understand?』
The military prince was stunned, "Young General..."
"Now I am ready to complete the mission given to me by the master... I am going to Hedong and have a narrow escape. But in order for the Cao family to no longer suffer from such fire, oil and thunder, I must go this way despite all the difficulties and dangers."
Come on!" Cao Zhen said in a deep voice, "I... also have an important task to entrust to you... I wonder if you are willing to take on this important responsibility?"
The military prince straightened his back and said, "You will not let the young general down!"
"Good!" Cao Zhen patted the military lord's arm, "After I leave with my men and horses, all the soldiers and equipment here are at your disposal... There is only one, and you must hold on for three days! You can retreat to the south bank after three days!"
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The hussar was originally a sharp war horse, unstoppable across the Central Plains.
The development of armaments, except for the weirdo Fei Qian, is generally determined by demand. Therefore, the demand for cavalry before the Han Dynasty was to suppress the Xiongnu. After the Xiongnu lost their deterrence, the Han Dynasty naturally
There is no need to spend a lot of money to support war horses, because internal wars can only be solved with infantry.
Infantry is cheap and versatile, and everyone who has used it says it is good.
So to form an infantry group, it is of course best to form an infantry group in an area with a large population, because whoever occupies the Central Plains will conquer the world has become the consistent thinking mode from Liu Xiu to Yuan Shao, and then to Cao Cao, and then encountered Fei Qian's
Cavalry group...
With dry food that can be stored for a long time, and if it is supplemented by looting from enemy-occupied areas, the cavalry can even conduct interspersed raids for up to a month to disrupt and destroy military operations. This has led to the war environment of the Han Dynasty.
Earth-shaking changes. The Central Plains is no longer a piece of meat, but a piece of meat that is threatened with being cut at any time.
In order to protect this meat, the landlord class in the Central Plains thought of Wubao.
But soon, Fei Qian took out the gunpowder again and smashed it so hard that the shell of the Central Plains turtle was cracked everywhere.
Cao Cao just held his breath and signed an unequal treaty under Xu County, demarcating Guanzhong and Xijing Shangshutai.
Cao Cao once wanted to develop his own gunpowder. He thought that with so many people in his family, he could make a pile of gunpowder, but what he didn't expect was...
Therefore, the idea of destroying something you can't get was finally thrown on the table.
If I can’t get it, no one else wants it!
It’s very difficult to compete, but if you want to say it’s bad, who can’t do it?!
"Three days! You hold my flag and you must stay here for three days!" Cao Zhen looked at the military prince and said, "What do you need? I will arrange for someone to go to the south bank to help you deliver it!"
"..." The military lord was silent for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Military rations and equipment! You must hold on, at least let your sons have food and weapons!"
"That's natural!" Cao Zhen nodded, "No problem! I'll have someone arrange it! It will be delivered before dawn!"
"Strength!" The military prince put forward the second request.
Cao Zhen hesitated for a moment, but still nodded, "Okay! But the pontoon bridge has limited capacity... In this way, you can deploy all the soldiers who will deliver food, grass, ordnance! What else do you want?"
Junhou's throat moved up and down, as if he wanted to say something else, but in the end he shook his head, "No more."
Cao Zhen stepped forward and held the military lord's arm firmly, "This battle affects the whole army! After the war, I will do what I say and I will definitely give you credit!"
The military prince thanked him and left with tears in his eyes.
Cao Zhen looked at the military lord walking away, his face neither sad nor happy.
"Young General..." the guard behind Cao Zhen muttered in a low voice, "When the time comes...are you really going to ask for credit from him?"
Cao Zhen glanced at the guard sideways, "If you can really defend for three days...what's the harm in asking for merit?"
"Just...how many will be left after three days?" Another guard whispered, "This time Hedong came, four to five thousand people gathered..."
Xu was restrained by cavalry, and infantry gathered in. The pressure was naturally heavy.
"Okay, stop talking!" Cao Zhen shouted, "Go and get ready. When the soldiers from Hedong gather here and the interior is empty, we will have a chance!"
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In recent years, places such as Sichuan and Sichuan, northeast of Guanzhong River, have been developing rapidly, but these rapid developments have also brought about a very big problem, that is, the talent cannot keep up.
Especially the marginal areas, Feiqian doesn't care at all.
The cultivation of talents is not like pulling in a few farmers in a game, banging hammers, building a university, and then countless talents can be used everywhere...
If there were no Shoushan Academy and no Jingshi Martial Arts Hall, most of Fei Qian's subordinates would not have any room for advancement and would not be able to gain experience from others. Even so, Fei Qian could only take care of some important things first.
Areas, such as some small counties in the Taihang Mountains, basically, what they were like before are what they are still like now.
If Shexian County has dispatched inspection soldiers to garrison because it is at the key point of Fukouxing, then Zhangxian County does not even have inspections and still retains the appearance of four or five years ago.
Because Zhang County is really too small. Zhang County originally had a small population, but later Zhang Yan caused a rebellion in the Taihang Mountains and conquered Zhang County, burned, killed, and plundered it. Zhang County was ruined and has never recovered.
Later, Jia Qu focused on operating and revitalizing the Huguan system in Shangdang Huguan area, which resulted in a large number of refugees and people gathering in the Huguan area. In dilapidated places like Zhang County, there were no people at all.
Willing to go.
Just like Guanzhong Chang'an is like a black hole absorbing the vitality, material resources, and manpower of its surroundings and even the entire Han Dynasty, Huguan also attracts all kinds of people and things from other counties and villages in Shangdang County, and Zhang County naturally
It is becoming increasingly difficult to recover, let alone develop.
Zhang County originally hoped to give Bian Bing some food and grass, and then free up money to eliminate the disaster. If Bian Bing was not injured, this method would not be feasible. After all, Bian Bing was still personable before, so he naturally wanted to pay attention to some elegance.
But now, Fengya has nothing to do with Bian Bing.
How much elegance can a blind man have?
Most people don't have much compassion or kindness towards people with limb disabilities. And this attitude has nothing to do with knowledge and education, otherwise future generations wouldn't have so much malice towards guide dogs.
Of course, good intentions are not without them, they are just like flowers among weeds. While admiring the beauty of flowers, don’t forget that there are weeds all around.
Bian Bing is now a man with mutilated limbs,
According to the traditional custom of the Han Dynasty, those with mutilated limbs and ugly appearance are not allowed to climb high halls.
His civil servant's ladder to the sky, regardless of whether he has the ability to climb it in the future, is already broken.
Therefore, the only way he had left was to obtain military honors from the battlefield.
Bian Bing had one eye covered, and the blood showed through the cloth, which was dark red and smelly.
In order to save the other eye, his injured eye had to be dug out alive, which almost made Bian Bing die of pain again.
After coming back from the dead, Bian Bing became more and more cruel. He was almost completely different from the elegant man when he set out from Jizhou. After all, when his body became disabled, Bian Bing didn't care about other people.
Will the body become disabled?
"Raise fire! Night battle!"
Bian Bing gritted his teeth, showing a ferocious expression.
"March! If we cannot defeat Zhang County, we will not withdraw our troops!"
The military academy of Cao Jun, whose armor was almost covered with flesh and blood, did not even dare to say a word, and quickly bowed his head and accepted the order and left.
Those who used to talk a lot in front of Bian Bing are now dead and no longer speak.
The lack of a field of vision made Bian Bing very uncomfortable. Moreover, he did not get enough rest, and his wounds did not heal. The continuous pain stimulated him so much that he felt like his brain was throbbing.
Bian Bing didn't dare to say it in front of him, but in front of the formation, Cao Jun soldiers and soldiers in the military academy were muttering constantly.
"It's marching again, marching, will you say this?"
"Killing people when they come up is not forcing Zhang County to fight to the death?"
"We should give way to the south...so that we can focus on attacking the north and east..."
"Surrounding Sanque Yi? It's already this time...why didn't you tell me earlier..."
"Who knew the guards would go crazy?"
"Be careful what you say! You have a strong neck, aren't you afraid of being chopped?"
"The guard has an order. If we still can't take Zhangxian County at dawn... Haha, let's all lose our heads together!"
"Crazy...really crazy..."
"I think... something is not good if this goes on... something will happen..."
"You two, stop talking nonsense over there! If something happens, you have to survive today! I will lead the troops to attack the north, who will go to the east?!"
"Oh, let me go..."
"The south side...don't go to the south side, otherwise..."
Cao Jun's military academy began to allocate troops and start the attack. When the lower-level Cao Jun soldiers saw the upper-level military academy standing at the front, some people who wanted to curse shut their mouths and just stared at the dilapidated Zhangxian County and worried. Even if this attack
What will happen if we go to Zhangxian County? How long can we save our lives if we go to Dahuguan next time?
The flag representing a fight to the death was erected.
Bian Bing waved his hand to the guards to supervise the battle.
"If you advance, never retreat! Once you capture the city, don't seal your sword for three days! If you can't capture it, you will die under the city!"
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"Governing a place is by no means an easy task."
At the foot of Jiuquan City, Fei Qian said to Xue Ping and the other minor officials accompanying the army, "Anyone who has read the words of Confucius and Mencius will be able to say one or two strategies to benefit the people, such as light corvee and low taxes, reclaiming wasteland, building water conservancy projects, and so on.
Integrity, honesty, leniency and severity, recuperation and recuperation, hiding wealth among the people, etc..."
Fei Qian's eyes glanced over, clear and powerful, "Such words are just like words on paper."
Lu Yu led a group of people and stayed in the Western Regions, while Xue Ping followed Fei and sneaked to Hexi.
The Western Regions and Hexi should not be so clearly distinguished in the first place, but should be viewed as a whole. Now the officials in the Western Regions have gone to the Han Dynasty, and the officials in Hexi have also been to the Western Regions. Invisibly, the two aspects are related.
There will be some contact and some understanding of each other, unlike the previous situation where each could not even clear the snow in front of their house.
The Hexi Corridor is an extension of the Han Dynasty.
There are deserts, oases, fertile land, and desolate saline-alkali land where almost no grass grows. The land west of the Hexi region cannot be managed well and cannot be twisted into a rope, so how can we manage and civilize the Western Regions?
Therefore, the overall political environment of the Hexi Corridor must be completely transformed from now on.
It can no longer position itself as a resentful and abandoned border, but should become a backup for the Western Regions and a hub for the transfer of commercial supplies. This requires Xue Ping and others to adapt to new changes and new environments as quickly as possible, and to exert their best efforts.
Use your strength to change the face of the Hexi Corridor.
In later generations, Fei Qian often heard that half of the Analects could rule the world, but in fact? This sentence was actually said by an actor, that is, it was a compiled discourse, and could only be regarded as a Confucian scholar who was demoted to the ninth class at that time.
Self-bragging and self-comfort eventually became the motto of many Confucian disciples during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
If you want to govern a place well, just knowing the Analects is enough?
Or can you do well in theoretical things if you know some general directions?
Or do you think that all you need to do is be a good person and have a clear moral conscience?
"Serving as an official will bring blessings to a party." Fei Qian said slowly, "And what is the meaning of the word "blessing"?"
"Is it a blessing for wealthy households?"
"Maybe it's a blessing for poor families?"
"For the benefit of merchants?"
"Or the blessing of farmers?"
Fei Qian looked around and said, "There must be someone who wants to cover everything for the benefit of everyone... However, the way of heaven is ruthless and treats all things as stupid dogs. What the rich want is bound to be contrary to what the poor want, and what the merchants want is also the same.
If you go against what the farmers want and seek the blessings of everyone, everyone will be dissatisfied and resentment will arise."
Many times, officials think that things are very simple and they only need to do what is said in the books. However, they fail. The key is that they are unwilling to admit that they failed. They hold on to life and death. As a result, they end up facing a mess.
In general situations, one simply turns a blind eye and refuses to listen, or one just raises a knife and chops randomly.
After hacking for a while, the tangle was indeed untangled.
But the question is, what use can the twine that has been chopped to pieces be used?
Fei Qian spoke slowly, while Xue Ping and others listened solemnly.
"Take the government decree as an example." Fei Qian said, "If the head of Guizhou does not know, he really does not know. Therefore, he can only reiterate the advantages and disadvantages again and again in order to get the head of Guizhou to know. However, if the big households don't know, they are just pretending not to know. They are not ignorant.
The reason is that it is a combination of pros and cons. Therefore, it is useless to persuade him again and again."
"The new land administration will harm the big households and benefit the head of Guizhou. This is a public opinion." Fei Qian said very plainly, "But who comes from all the wealth in the world, the big households? The head of Guizhou? The policy is detrimental to the head of Guizhou and benefits the big households.
, The Han Dynasty drank poison. Since you are officials, you should be considered by the Han Dynasty, not by one person and one surname of a large family. The current chaos in Jiuquan fully shows the harm of the old law..."
Fei Qian's voice was very clear, and Xue Ping and others also listened carefully. These people would soon disperse. In addition to going to the counties and villages under Jiuquan, they would also go to Dunhuang, Zhangye and other places for short-term new work.
Propaganda and explanation of the new laws of land administration.
And this time difference is the time when Fei Qian summoned the big family to come to Jiuquan for a banquet.
In this process, Fei Qian will also learn first-hand information from these officials who go to various locations, so that he can make some decisions...
