Chapter 3175 There are ever-changing ways to follow the rules
Snowflakes are falling one after another, flying and falling in the cold wind between the sky and the earth.
Zhang Xiu looked into the distance, and soon felt a bit dazzling, and quickly covered his eyes with fine silk.
After the flying snow piled up on the ground, everything in the mountains and rivers turned into a white picture.
Beauty is naturally extremely beautiful, but besides beauty, it is also surrounded by dangers.
In this kind of weather, if the exposed fingers and toes are not kept warm properly, they will become frozen and damaged. Even if the person is rescued, there will often be fewer fingers and toes.
Not far behind Zhang Xiu is Baibo Valley.
Baibo Valley is no longer the place where the Yellow Turban bandits were stationed in the past. It has become a huge military stronghold that brings together military and people's livelihood purposes. There are two trenches on the outside, and the gate at the entrance of the valley has also been reinforced. Inside the valley
The open space is now covered with tents, and the cavalry from Yinshan Mountain are stationed in Baibo Valley.
The official road from Binh Duong winds through Bai Po Valley.
The surrounding plains are all white, with only the shrubs, woods and hills maintaining their outlines in the white.
Except for one side of Baibo Valley which is not too high with hills and mountains, the other three sides are relatively flat plains.
When the Baibo Army was rampant, this place was a barren land, covered with grass and shrubs, but now many places have been turned into cultivated land. Small sheds built by farmers are dotted here and there.
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 be sheltered from the wind and provide a relatively comfortable environment for soldiers and horses to rest and prepare for battle under the wind and snow.
"Everyone in the Cao family is crazy..."
Zhang Xiu muttered.
The news that Zhang Ji was injured also reached Hedong, and Zhang Xiu naturally knew about it.
In the battlefield, it is normal to be injured or die. This is the truth. However, after hearing that Zhang Ji, a relative, was injured, Zhang Xiu felt very unhappy after all.
Old Zhangtou was too careless.
However, I will avenge this revenge for him!
It's not that Zhang Xiu is Long Aotian, it can only be that others have a way to kill themselves, and then he proves it by killing himself, but because over the years, there are not many old friends in Xiliang.
The foundation of Xiliang is poor, and the accumulation of talents consumes itself. As a result, the people of Xiliang now have only three or two big cats and kittens left under the Qiusi, and Zhang Xiu is not the big one, he can only be regarded as a small one.
s cat.
Who is the big cat?
Of course it is Jia Xu.
Jia Xu is the only person from Xiliang who has truly gotten under the Qiusi's command and is in the high-level decision-making circle.
Zhang Xiu glanced to the west, and his impression of his hometown was a little blurry.
When Zhang Xiu met Fei Qian, he admired him. At that time, Fei Qian said that he would put aside the internal disputes and lead him to kill the barbarians and open up the frontier to recover the Yinshan Mountains. Zhang Xiu initially thought that Fei Qian was just talking.
, I just used it as a nice name, and then killed a few lone barbarians to make up for it, but I didn’t expect that Fei Qian was serious...
There was a smile on Zhang Xiu's face.
In the blink of an eye, the years passed by, and Zhang Xiu, who was just a small leader in the army, has now become a general in charge of an army...
The rumble of horse hoofs brought Zhang Xiu back from his memories.
In the distance, a group of cavalry, dragging skateboards and baggage sleds, were experimenting with traveling quickly in the snow.
Since it started snowing two days ago, Zhang Xiu has been constantly experimenting with sleds and snowmobiles commonly used in the snow...
Zhang Xiu looked up at the sky. It seemed that the snow showed no sign of stopping. It was falling intermittently. He didn't know where there was so much snow in the sky.
Cao Jun's sudden advance into Hedong was indeed a good idea in some respects. Snowy weather would render many of the Hussars' long-range and semi-long-range weapons inoperable, and at the same time they would basically lose their sharpest gunpowder weapons.
Zhang Xiu has tested that even if there is an oil paper seal, if the grenade is lit and thrown after it is broken, there will still be a 50% or more chance that the grenade will misfire and will not explode at all. At the same time, even if the grenade falls in the snow, it will explode.
, its power will also be reduced a lot. Therefore, this time the battle cannot rely on gunpowder.
However, those guys in Shandong seem to have forgotten one thing...
When General Hussar was not a Hussar, he did not rely on gunpowder to conquer such a territory!
The war has continued to this point, and both sides have almost exhausted their cards.
All that's left is to see who can still hold a few cards in his hand, and who can still use the tricks 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 occupies the school grounds outside Pingyang City, but also occupies a large area of Yantoupu Mountain to the west of Pingyang.
Because this area is close to mountains and lacks water resources, it has always been used as a warehouse for industrial or commercial transfers. Now it is used as a gathering place for the army, and a large number of sheds have been built to station soldiers and horses.
The nomadic people's yurt, or now it should be called Xiongnu bag or Xianbei bag, is very suitable for shelter from the cold in this kind of weather. A thick felt blanket is used to protect from wind and cold, covered with a layer of fur, then a layer of oil paper, and finally
When the outer layer is covered with thatch, you basically don’t have to worry about snow water.
Round objects, discovered by nomads in their natural lives, are the most suitable form for resisting the cold wind.
The round-shaped felt bag has a better ability to withstand and withstand cold wind than any other shape. The felt walls are surrounded by a circle, and the top of the bag is also semicircular. When wind and snow come, the bag
There will be no snow on the top. Even if it is washed away by heavy rain in summer, there will be no accumulation of water on the top of this bag. Even in a snowstorm, it is difficult to blow over the round felt bag because the wind blows through the felt bag.
, on the contrary, a low-pressure area will be formed around the felt bag, which will push the felt bag down instead of lifting it up, so it is more wind-resistant than Chinese houses with eaves.
Fei Qian did not refuse the warmth of fur, nor did he refuse the use of felt bags. Therefore, in the military camps near Pingyang, basically these felt bags were used, and similar to the triangular or quadrilateral tents in Shandong
, relatively few.
Fei Qian left the main force of the cavalry in Guanzhong, on the one hand to reduce the difficulty of transporting grain and grass by land, and on the other hand to prevent any emergencies in Guanzhong.
If Fei Qian moves his main force to Hedong, in addition to bringing huge pressure on grain and grass supplies to Hedong, these felt bags near Pingyang also require a large amount of materials to build, as well as the daily consumption of grain, grass and charcoal fires.
It needs to be considered comprehensively.
War always requires overall planning. No matter what time it is, it is not a good strategy to only allin.
Cao Jun thought that Fei Qian would attack halfway across the river, 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. Periodic flooding causes the river bank to be very unstable. The accumulation of sediment also puts war horses weighing more than half a ton at risk of sinking. Even if the cold freezes the ground, you still need to consider
The problem of those huge ditches south of Zhongtiao Mountain.
The river is frozen at Longmendu, but it is in a state of floating ice at Fenglingdu and a distance downstream, and the sharp ice fragments will easily cut open the legs of the war horses, causing unnecessary damage to the horses, so Fei Fei
If you want to dive, just use a deep strategy.
Cao Cao looked like he had depth, but he actually didn't.
Feiqian looks like it is just after the Yuncheng Basin and then Linfen Pingyang, but in fact Feiqian is much deeper.
This situation is extremely interesting.
Fei Qian was currently in Pingyang Hou Mansion, leaning on the railing and looking out.
After coming to this era, the thing he was most unaccustomed to was winter. Although he had the privilege of using charcoal fires to heat his home and office, it was still very cold when he went out to do business, and heating equipment was not always available outside, so he often got cold.
I was shaking all over. Even though Feiqian had dug coal and built a briquette stove, and living conditions had improved to a certain extent, and they also planted cotton and had a woolen factory, the price of cold-weather clothes was still very high, and people still froze to death in winter.
besides.
So, looking at it the other way around, could Cao Jun have enough clothing to keep out the cold?
Fei Qian expressed doubts.
Therefore, Cao Cao is taking risks.
Perhaps, Mr. Lao Cao still has a gambling habit.
This is not right!
Fei Qian sighed slightly.
We finally got to this point.
The Cao Wei Group was the most powerful force in the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty. If Fei Qian had not arrived, they would have swept across the entire north, and then gradually recovered Sichuan, Shu and Jiangdong twenty years later and reunified them.
But in the process, China was beaten weak...
Fei Qian couldn't help but look back at Xu Chu who was following him.
Xu Chu moved his eyebrows slightly.
"Does Zhong Kang want to lead the army into battle?" Fei Qian asked.
Xu Chu replied without hesitation: "I obey my lord's orders. If my lord orders me to go into battle, I will go into battle."
Fei Qian laughed, stretched out his hand and tapped Xu Chu.
In later Three Kingdoms games, Xu Chu was always portrayed as being obese, but Fei Qian knew that if anyone said that Xu Chu was obese, he himself might be the obese person.
Xu Chu doesn’t want to go into battle?
It's a joke, how could you not think about it? Under Fei Qian's rule, military achievements ranked first. This is no joke.
After a trip to the Western Regions, not only Xu Chu, but also Sima Yi was so excited that he put down his pen to grab military glory.
If it was said that for the great men in the past, reputation could save their lives at certain times, then for the subordinates of the Third Auxiliary Cavalry of Guanzhong, what can really save their lives is undoubtedly military merit!
As long as we can open up borders, even the bastard things Lu Bu did can be saved...
That's why fools don't want to go into battle to gain military merit.
However, Xu Chu was Fei Qian's guard at the beginning, rather than a general who commanded troops outside. This meant that Xu Chu could only stay around Fei Qian more time, and could not attack at will.
Fei Qian asked Xu Chu if he wanted to go into battle. If he said he wanted to, it would be suspected of being greedy for merit, and if he said he didn't want to, it would be hypocritical. Therefore, Xu Chu neither said he wanted nor said he didn't want to. Anyway, everything was arranged by the leader.
Xu Chu is so smart and quick in reaction, how could he look like an obese person?
Fei Qian laughed and said: "Haha, don't worry, Zhong Kang will inevitably have to face Cao Mengde by then."
Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, and then he realized something.
To Xu Chu, many of Fei Qian's actions seemed meaningless, but in fact they had far-reaching consequences.
Even if we don’t talk about military exploits, let’s take a look at Fei Qian and his guards who went out to detect Cao Jun. Everyone was against it and thought it was risky, but Fei Qian went there with his men, and there was nothing to directly fight Cao Jun.
, it doesn’t seem to mean much, but what happened next made Xu Chu understand that some things must not be taken at face value...
Cao Jun crossed the river in large numbers, and the east of the river was naturally shaken.
Pingyang has also been affected to some extent, especially since the Huguan party was attacked before, and the people in Pingyang were more or less worried. Now that they heard that Cao's army was marching and crossing the river to attack, they couldn't help but feel panic. But Fei Fei
After Qian led the guards around in a circle, the panic of the people in Pingyang disappeared for some reason.
So did Fei Qian really know the emotional changes of these people before doing this, or...
Xu Chu lowered his head, not daring to show too much expression.
As Fei Qian becomes more and more powerful and has become the only powerful figure among the Han Dynasty, Xu Chu naturally cannot laugh and laugh in front of Fei Qian like he did before, but must show his respect for Fei Qian at all times.
respect.
Because this is not only respect for Feiqian as a person, but also respect for the entire Feiqian political group.
After all, Xu Chu was also a member of this political group.
Cao Cao leads a large-scale attack. On the surface, it looks like Fei Qian's crisis, but in reality?
Will it be like the worries and panic of the people in Pingyang, and they just need to go around for a while?
Xu Chu's guess was not wrong. Fei Qian's turn was indeed not just to stabilize the mood of the people in Pingyang, but also had a more important meaning.
Ordinary people need a strong leader.
The gentry, the emerging meritorious class, and other small political groups also need a leader who has the courage to face difficulties and dangers.
Therefore, the political significance of Fei's sneaking around is greater than the military significance.
The Feiqian political group has developed to this point, and the people in the system have been tightly bound together. They have common interests and also have 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 terms of population, land and commercial expansion, there were naturally more and more conflicts with the original Han Dynasty.
The conflict between new systems and old ideas.
The conflict between the new military elite and the hereditary gentry.
Poor students and traditional celebrities despise each other and are at odds with each other.
The old bureaucratic talent system and the new talent selection mechanism are irreconcilable.
There are also issues between the traditional agricultural small-scale peasant economic system and the social division of labor system that promotes production development.
These various problems in Feiqian's territory are also the huge gap between Guanzhong Sanfu and Shandong.
Especially in terms of business development, because the benefits of business far exceed the profits of agricultural planting, many noble families in the Sanfu of Guanzhong who adapted to the new policy began to take the path of commercial expansion, such as the Sima family. The Sima family contracted a
The gold mine has now entered a period of mining profits, which makes the Sima family unswervingly stand on Fei Qian's side, and is not afraid of sacrifice...
Some people in Shandong, including Cao Cao, have noticed the problem of commercial erosion, and they have also begun to use the power of the government to restrict commercial goods in Guanzhong. Fei Qian's influence in Shandong is not great, so
They were also forced to give up profits to these Shandong gentry and gentry, but the division of interests would make conflicts inevitable in the end.
Therefore, a battle with Cao Cao is also unavoidable. Even if Fei Qian has no further ambitions, he will eventually be pushed to that position by this chariot, so Fei Qian will not deliberately restrict such thoughts on weekdays.
, and at the same time, it will not be publicized, mainly to avoid triggering overly radical actions and affecting its overall strategy.
So Fei Qian felt that Cao Cao's current march in the wind and snow, in addition to his military intentions, also had some political plans...
Fei Qian was thinking about it when suddenly some soldiers came and reported under the watchtower, "Reporting to the Hussars, Cao's army with 5,000 men in the vanguard has left the mountain road and is marching towards Zhang Yangchi!"
Fei Qian nodded, "As expected. Hmm... let me think about it... let someone give Cao's son's head to Sima Zhongda... I think he should know how to use it."
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Zhangyangchi is a medium-sized swamp.
It is said that Hui Gong developed earth-shaking new weapons here, which laid a solid foundation for Yanhuang to fight Chi You's axe, so this place became the fiefdom of the ancient Zhang family.
Zhang Yang may have changed because of his publicity, or he may have come from the Yang of Zhangcheng.
Now there is no more publicity, only Chize is miserable.
Near Zhang Yangchi, Sima Yi calmly stood up in the formation.
This time around Sima Yi, they were no longer Hedong County soldiers, but real hussars.
These hussars did not line up in an array in the cold wind. Instead, they were gathered around a bonfire in sheltered places from here and there, with the curtains drawn to warm themselves up. It looked like they had no organizational discipline at all.
But Sima Yi knew that if he gave the order, the Steel Division would be formed in an instant.
Others built military camps near Zhang Yangchi.
After Zhangyangchi, there is Puban County, and not far to the west of Puban County is Pubanjin.
Although ice has appeared on the river at Pubanjin at this moment, it is not thick enough. If the army wants to pass, severe cold weather like this will continue for at least a few days, but we cannot wait too long, because now
It's already the first month of the year.
Although the current weather is abnormal, it has already entered spring. No one knows when the wind and snow will dissipate, then spring will return to the earth, and soon the glaciers will melt. By then, neither Pubanjin nor even Longmen Ferry will be able to freeze.
It's time to get on the horse, but you have to wait until the ice has completely subsided and melted before you can sail.
Cao Cao may not be unaware of these things.
But what did Cao Cao really think? Was he really as fierce and eager as he appeared?
This is a very interesting question.
Normally, if you want to march into Guanzhong, you can only capture Pubanjin or capture Longmen Ferry.
But will Cao Jun be so honest?
If you want to fight Zhang Yangchi, you only come to Zhang Yangchi. If you want to enter Guanzhong, you have to grab Pubanjin?
But there will be many moves.
Just like Go, everyone knows that it is just two colors, black and white, fighting for the edges and corners to occupy the center, but when it comes to the real game, it is ever-changing...
Sima Yi wrapped his cloak tighter, and then his eyes suddenly fell on Zhang Yangchi in the distance.
"Zhang Yangchi..."
Sima Yi murmured, and soon he seemed to think of something from this place name, and the face in the shadow under the hood showed a little smile.
