Gao Qian hurriedly walked into the lobby of Jinyang, held out his hand to Xiahou Dun, then gestured slightly to Xiahou Cheng on one side, and said: "General! We've found it!"
As he spoke, Gao Qian took a step forward and pointed to a point on the map hanging in the lobby.
"The governor of Xihe led three thousand troops and assembled in Zishi. They may not all be elite soldiers, but they have been trained to some extent. There are also some horsemen, not many in number, about five hundred." With that, Gao Qian moved towards Pingyang.
He pointed his finger and said, "In addition to the governor of Xihe, there should be scouts cruising in the direction of Pingyang. Our people can't get through..."
Xia Houcheng on the side looked a little ugly, "Is there any movement to send troops in Pingyang?"
Gao Qian replied: "Not yet, but they must have received the news that we have conquered Jinyang. The increase in scouts and outposts is proof..."
Xiahou Dun nodded, "I know, thank you for your hard work. Let the scouts investigate again and report back if there is any news!"
Gao Qian cupped his hands, turned around and walked out of the main hall.
Xiahou Dun was silent in thought.
The current situation is very delicate.
Xiahou Dun went deep alone, but captured Jinyang, the core of Taiyuan, and obtained a large amount of supplies and equipment, but his subsequent development encountered obstacles...
Thinking of this, Xiahou Dun couldn't help but glance at Xia Houcheng, and then sighed silently in his heart.
In the Xiahou family, can't we find Cao Ren or Cao Hong? There are also Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, and Cao Chun, so why can't the Xiahou family survive?
Xiahou really couldn't handle this problem.
In fact, the Xiahou family cannot be considered weaklings. After all, Xiahou Ying is the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty. Not just anyone can be a servant, Duke of Jin and Teng, and granted the title of Marquis of Ruyin. However, the descendants of the Xiahou family are not up to par...
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As for family matters, as long as one generation cannot keep up, there may be a gap. If a few more assholes appear, the family inheritance will be ruined in a matter of minutes.
Xiahou Dun sighed slightly and focused his attention on the current situation.
There was no movement in Pingyang. Xiahou Dun thought it was understandable. After all, Cao Cao's heavy troops were stationed in Tongguan, suppressing and pulling both Guanzhong and Hedong, so it was normal for Pingyang not to move.
But the problem is Xia Houyuan...
Xiahou Dun frowned.
In the original plan, Le Jin, as the first feint force to attract firepower, took the lead in attacking Huguan. However, neither Cao Cao nor Xiahou Dun was actually very sure about conquering Huguan in a short time, so they let Le Jin do more to contain it.
And attract, and then with Le Jin as the center, the two wings, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun, will outflank and cut.
On the one hand, it can make the hussar defenders exhausted; on the other hand, it can also allow Cao's army to take advantage of its large numbers, without having to be blocked at a pass like the Six Kingdoms, unable to use their strength.
Indeed, if Cao Cao's army's strategy succeeds, Huguan will become an isolated island, and it will be possible to capture Shangdang without attacking it. Once Shangdang Huguan is captured, Cao Cao will immediately move to Hedong with all his strength, and must make Shangdang
Dang Taiyuan was stabilized and became part of Cao's army, and then formed a three-sided attack on Guanzhong.
Even if Shangdang Huguan cannot be taken down for a while, as the two sharp knives interspersed by Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun, the purpose is to cut the Feiqian territory to connect with each other and divide it into blocks of different sizes, so that Cao Cao can mobilize troops and horses.
In Hedong Pass, an absolute advantage was formed with more troops attacking fewer troops, and there was no need to worry about the rear line.
This huge plan, with thousands of miles of planning from east to west, north to south, can be said to be the result of the joint wisdom of Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun, and many other counselors. It is far more detailed and more detailed than Cao Cao's strategy in history, which was to attack Jiangdong at once.
comprehensive.
But now there is a deviation.
Xiahoudun here is like an isolated island.
Xiahou Dun has already made preparations to attract the fighting force from Hedong, Pingyang. If Hedong sends troops to retake Taiyuan, then once its main force leaves Hedong, Cao Cao will immediately cross the river, march to Hedong, and attack Pingyang. Therefore, the main force from Pingyang does not dare to move.
, Xiahou Dun could also understand, but what he couldn't understand was that the prefect of Xihe was so courageous that more than 3,000 troops dared to hang out under his nose?
Chen Rui, the governor of Xihe?
Xiahou Dun had never heard of this person.
If he wanted to fight in the field with Xu Huang, Tai Shici, Zhao Yun and others, Xiahou Dun would be ashamed of himself. But where did this Chen Rui come from? How dare he try his best?
And there aren't many people.
So waiting in Jinyang seems to be a bit passive.
But Xiahou Dun didn't know if there were other people lurking behind Chen Rui. If he went into battle with his troops, if something went wrong, wouldn't it be...
If Xia Houcheng is a little stronger, then Xiahou Cheng can go to fight Chen Rui on his behalf, and he can advance, attack, retreat or defend, which makes him much more comfortable. But now this kid Xia Houcheng really makes Xiahou Dun a little disappointed.
I don't feel confident releasing it again.
But after much thought, there was no better choice.
So Xiahou Dun waved his hand and asked Xiahou Cheng to stand in front of the map, pointed at Zishi County, and asked: "If you are asked to lead two thousand people to fight, how are you going to fight? Only half of the two thousand people are our sons.
The other half are surrendered troops.』
Xiahou Dun couldn't give all the soldiers of Cao's army to Xiahou Cheng, but there were few people and he was worried that Xiahou Cheng wouldn't win, so he could only match half with half, and the question was how to fight, not how to win, which was quite dead.
Ma Dang Huo Ma Yi means.
Xia Houcheng learned some lessons from the past. He stood in front of the map and thought for a moment. He said: "We should unite our troops and win them with righteousness. We should not be greedy for merit or rush forward. We should choose a good place to fight."
Xiahou Dun looked at Xiahou Cheng and nodded slowly, "Shan. Be careful and don't make any mistakes again."
Xia Houcheng quickly bowed down and said, "I will obey the general's orders."
Xiahou Cheng took the order and left, but Xiahou Dun was still worried.
If you don't send troops, you will be waiting for death. But if you send troops, you may fail and be taken advantage of. Therefore, Xiahou Dun still needs to reconcile the relationship between Taiyuan and Jinyang...
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The news that Xiahou Dun knew was also passed on to Cui Jun.
Of course, Cui Jun has now changed from the lord of Taiyuan to a vassal...
Commonly known as Xiahou Dun’s leg pendant.
To become a pendant, of course you must have the consciousness of being a pendant.
Cui Jun read the latest news and was silent for a long time. He called his servants and asked Cui Hou to come.
Now the Cui family lives in their original other courtyard, and the Cui family's original official residence and compound are now owned by Xiahou.
While waiting for Cui Hou to arrive, Cui Jun was silent, even a little sluggish, with a pale face, as if he had been dragged into a small dark room by a dozen big men and locked up for three days.
To this day, Cui Jun still can't help but think about it, if he would rather die than surrender at that time, what would he be like now?
When there is no shit coming, most people don't know how strong their anus is.
There is a saying that you can walk a thousand miles if you hold in your stool, but you can't walk even if you have loose stools. The reason why you cannot control your diarrhea is probably because the muscles that control the chrysanthemum, including but not limited to the internal sphincter, belong to the smooth muscle group, and this muscle has one characteristic, which is
They do not fully accept the direct control of brain consciousness. They are in a state of listening to the tune but not the announcement. They listen when they want to listen and do whatever they want when they don't want to listen. They are very willful.
From this point of view, in fact, the original county system of the Han Dynasty, with local officials, governors and governors, was like a muscle group like chrysanthemums. The Han Dynasty thought that the prefects should take orders from the central brain, but in fact they are not...
Because the Han Dynasty did not form stronger supervision, the governor system was often reduced to a vague restriction, which gave local governors the illusion that they could shit at will and did not need to control their own desires.
This is not just Cui Jun's problem, but the problem is that a mistake is a mistake. Even if it is used as an excuse to drag all men or all women into the water, it cannot erase the mistakes he made.
It’s like seeing a group of people robbing and killing people, so it’s right for you to robbing and killing people too? A group of people are watching piracy, so you can be justified by watching piracy?
It's just self-deception.
Cui Jun is deceiving himself and others now. Even though he knows vaguely in his heart that if he does this now, he will make more and more mistakes and get worse, but he still does not have the courage to admit his mistakes and correct them. After all, the cost of correcting them is very high.
, so this huge cost has become Cui Jun's comfort and excuse to deceive himself and continue his mistakes.
As long as you don't admit your mistake, there is nothing wrong.
After a while, Cui Hou came.
Cui Hou also seemed to have lost a little weight, his face was slim, and his face was much less shiny.
"Brother..." Cui Hou's voice was full of exhaustion.
Cui Jun glanced at Cui Hou and said, "Sit."
The two of them sat speechless for a while. Who would have thought that they were once guests in the hall and are now prisoners. There are no greater changes in the world than this.
After a while, Cui Jun said: "Look for an opportunity in the next few days to send people and property to Shandong as soon as possible... There is no need to take the coarse things with you, pick up more soft ones... Go to Yecheng to visit Cui Jigui first."
, and then go to Boling..."
Later generations thought that the Cui family of Qinghe was actually the Cui family of Boling.
Cui Jun's lineage is the Boling Cui family.
Cui Yan is the Cui family of Qinghe.
Now that he has surrendered to Cao Cao, returning to Boling has become a helpless necessity.
"But...but..." Cui Houduo was reluctant to give up.
The assets they finally bought in Taiyuan have now become basically trash that cannot be taken away. Even if they want to sell it, they can't find a takeover.
Cui Jun waved his hand and said: "Things outside of me... I heard that... have already condemned you and me as traitors... From now on, we will no longer be able to win scholars by name... Even if you and I don't leave, there will be no foothold here in the future."
land……"
"But..." Cui Hou was still unwilling to give in and whispered, "We can say that we had no choice...it was because they did not come to reinforce..."
"Haha." Cui Jun smiled and did not argue.
Cui Hou blinked a few times and fell silent.
Who can't make excuses?
The key is whether the excuse is valid and whether anyone is willing to admit it.
When Cui Jun first heard that Fei Qian was going to hang it up and frame it, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. However, after he was done with his anger, Cui Jun finally understood why he had always felt vaguely excluded.
To put it simply, if Cui Jun did not change, even if he did not vote for Xiahou Dun, he would not be able to make any further progress due to Fei Qian.
In Guanzhong, it is not impossible to gain fame, but if you want to be promoted, ability is more important.
No matter what position a person is in, he must serve his butt and betray his own butt. At worst, he cannot control his excrement and urine, and at worst, he dies.
If Fei Qian had cut off with celebrities from the very beginning, then Fei Qian would have died miserably. But now Fei Qian is not just one person, but a group of poor families who have benefited from the imperial examination. They are not even poor families.
The situation is different when ordinary nobles and lower-level military academies are cut off from "celebrities" at the same time.
Moreover, Fei Qian also linked "celebrities" with right and wrong...
From the day Cui Jun surrendered, the so-called unworthy of the name has been hung on Cui's head, and then Cui will become a thorn in the side of all the "celebrities" in Guanzhong. Destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents. Now Cui's
How many parents did you kill?
Unless Cao Jun can win.
But Yang Qu and subsequent events made Cui Jun realize that Cao Jun was not as scary as he originally thought, but so what? It was already too late, so although Cui Jun hated it in his heart, he could only do nothing.
Choose to escape...
Just like when Cao Jun entered the city, he fled.
And he had to escape secretly.
Cui Jun let out a long sigh, "If I can really escape...I wish I would never be an official again in this life...I'll do it as soon as possible. I'm worried that if...then I won't be able to leave even if I want to..."
The flesh on Cui Hou's face twitched, and in the end he could only grit his teeth and walk out with an expression as if his parents had died again.
From the beginning, I felt that I could resist Cao Jun, then became a prisoner of Cao Jun, and then surrendered, and then I felt that I could rely on Cao Jun to achieve glory again. I was immediately awakened by a basin of cold water in Yangqu, and then fell into an ice cave that was not worthy of the name...
This huge psychological ups and downs made Cui Jun really want to go back and live in seclusion without caring about worldly affairs. However, most of these thoughts were just thoughts. It was like he couldn't let go of his dignity and status before, and he is still the same now.
Can't let go.
It's easy to give up, but hard to let go.
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In Pingyang, Fei Qian convened a military meeting at the general academy.
Huang Cheng and Zhang Xiu were on the left and right.
"Cao's army is stationed on the Niutou Plateau, and the grain and grass enter Heluo from Yanzhou until they reach outside Tongguan. It costs a lot of money every day. If Cao's army can cut off the food route, they can win without a fight! Even if Cao's army has a million troops, it will still be defeated.
You can win without fighting!』
Zhang Xiu said in a deep voice, obviously after some thought, "Cao's army came all the way, and was unable to move in and out under Tongguan. It was already exhausted. If they could cut off their food and grass, it was still a cold winter, so they couldn't survive for a day."
If you are full, you are three points weaker. If you are not full for two days, you will lose half your life! So what I mean is to cut off their food routes first, and attack their troops second!"
Zhang Xiu's sonorous and powerful voice echoed in the hall.
This is the combat staff military meeting system that Fei Qian has been implementing for a long time.
Generally speaking, military commanders and deputies, as well as relevant major generals and cadets in the military, participate in the meeting. Through the meeting, they can understand the military dynamics together, understand their position and the role they should play, clarify the responsibilities of each department, and achieve what they have in mind.
It’s better to know what to do instead of digging into your pocket for tips after the fact...
Mr. Luo, who likes to add tips to Zhuge, doesn't even think about it. What if the tips are lost along the way? Go back and get another one.
This is also a military school that Fei Qian deliberately cultivated in the army to train the middle and lower classes. The purpose is to change the shortcomings of this era where officers only follow the orders of their superiors. Under such a training system, soldiers can know why they are fighting and what they really are.
What they should be responsible for and what they should do well can also enable each combat unit to have a certain degree of initiative, so that when they encounter emergencies on the battlefield, they will not wait blankly for the commander's instructions, and then collapse thousands of miles amidst dullness and numbness.
This is a far-reaching change.
After the Three Kingdoms, there were no more divine generals.
This was also the case in history, but it was not done as thoroughly as Fei Qian did.
With the expansion of China's territory, military generals in foreign operations must have a certain degree of initiative. This is not just a matter of being subject to military orders abroad, but the entire military system must adapt to wider combat areas and more complex military operations.
Condition.
Attempting to constrain generals with books and dogmas will only trap China's own hands and feet.
Letting generals grow and cultivating more intermediate forces instead of relying on one or two top generals to support the overall situation is the most important part of China's foreign military strategy...
Fei Qian encourages these generals to grow and is willing to give them more opportunities.
Zhang Xiu's idea is naturally good, but it's a pity that Cao Cao likes to cut off people's food routes, so he himself is more afraid of the food routes being cut off.
Fei Qian did not comment on Zhang Xiu's idea on the spot, but nodded and asked others if they had different opinions.
On the map, although it is very abstract, the confrontation between the two sides is still clearly visible.
Huang Cheng stood up, saluted Fei Qian, then walked a few steps forward and arrived in front of the map.
"Captain Zhang's strategy of intercepting grain is indeed the key point of Cao's army," Huang Cheng looked at Zhang Xiu, nodded and praised, "Because I have been responsible for scout detection for a period of time... so I have some additions...
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Huang Cheng pointed at the map and said: "These days, the scouts have repeatedly detected. Cao Jun has built sentries along the river. The slightest movement is a warning of smoke... I led people to test it once. As long as the sentry on the other side detects it, it will take three hours."
There are soldiers and horses coming to help within, which shows that Cao's army is heavily guarded on the river, and it is difficult to cross the river for a sneak attack."
Zhang Xiu frowned.
Huang Cheng turned around and said, "One more thing. The weather is very cold now and the river is frozen. If you want to cross the river to attack, you have to go down from Fenglingdu. There is a lot of broken ice. There are some places where you can't go boating at all. There is also Xijin."
The two crossings of Shaanxi and Tianjin were in enemy hands, and Cao Jun built a military stronghold..."
This is indeed the actual situation, and it was not deliberately arranged by Huang Cheng to refute Zhang Xiu, so Zhang Xiu could only nod his head and sigh slightly after hearing this.
Huang Cheng added: "And according to the reports from Jia Hongjia's staff, it is suspected that two of the three granaries stationed by Cao Jun in Shaanxi County are fake... So if we want to attack Cao Jun's grain road, I think we must
You must first obtain certain information before taking action. My suggestion is to attack Xiahou in Taiyuan... There are three thousand troops of Governor Chen in Zhishi, which can be used as bait..."
Fei Qian listened, but looked at the sky outside the hall.
The clouds were thick and it seemed like it was going to snow.
When it snows in winter, it's called auspicious snow that heralds a good harvest, but when it snows in spring, it's not necessarily a good thing...
