Under the fluttering military flag with the Chinese character "Han", Cao Jun's troops lined up in silence.
The "Han" character in the military flag is not only the Chinese character, but also the Chinese character of the Han Dynasty.
This is very strange and very practical.
Cao Cao and Fei Qian fought life and death, but they were also ministers of the Han Dynasty.
They may not necessarily be loyal ministers, but they are all high-ranking officials.
They are both Han people and Han ministers, but they represent different interests and have different choices.
This is very interesting...
Cao Cao looked ahead.
Ahead is Yanxiang.
Obviously he couldn't see it, but Cao Cao seemed to be able to see the black smoke and flames.
Especially under the night, the blood-like flames are more like open wounds in the sky and earth, flowing and blurry.
Over there are the Hussars' troops at Tongguan, and to the north of Zhongtiao Mountain, there are also the Hussars' cavalry from the north.
In Youzhou, there is the Northern Territory Protective Army.
In Sichuan and Sichuan, there are also Sichuan and Sichuan navy troops, and in Jingxiang and Hanzhong, there is also a part of the hussar army.
"How on earth did you do that?"
Cao Cao whispered.
Contradictory relationships such as centralization and decentralization, local and foreign, which are inherently prone to problems, have existed since ancient times and are unlikely to disappear.
Cao Cao originally divided his troops, but now he wants to gather them.
The Hussars used to gather their forces, but now they have divided their forces.
Is there any more interesting change in the world than this war?
Cao Cao smiled. It was a chuckle at first, but then it turned into a laugh, and he burst into tears.
Among those silverfish in the land of Shandong, there are still some people who think that this war is just a simple matter of winning or losing, a boring fight? Still think that this war has been fought for too long and is exhausting, so it is better to end it early and find each other's mother?
Isn't it a big joke?
Others looked at Cao Cao laughing. Although they didn't quite understand why Cao Cao was laughing, it somehow relieved some of the previous dull atmosphere. Of course, it would be great if someone came to ask "Why is the Prime Minister laughing" at this time. .
It's a pity that no one is cheering now.
Someone reported, "Prime Minister! General Zilian is here!"
Cao Cao turned his head and saw the embarrassed Cao Hong. He couldn't help but step forward, pulled up Cao Hong who was about to bow down, and then held Cao Hong's arm tightly, "Zilian! I'm sorry for you!"
Cao Hong's eyes turned red, "I...failed...to live up to my lord's trust! I am guilty!"
"Call me brother!" Cao Cao frowned and said, "The subordinates are for outsiders, you and I are brothers!"
"Brother...brother..." Cao Hong couldn't hold back his tears and flowed down.
Cao Cao did not laugh at Cao Hong.
If he becomes like Cao Hong, he may not be able to do as well as Cao Hong.
"These days, I often think about the past," Cao Cao said slowly. "Sometimes I think of something at a certain time, and I regret how it should not be, how it should be... But after thinking about it, I feel Over the years, there is only one thing I have done right... Does Zi Lian know what it is?"
"Raise troops?" Cao Hong replied.
Cao Cao smiled and said, "It's persistence!"
"Persist?" Cao Hong repeated.
Cao Cao nodded, "If I had given up, I would have been a county magistrate for the rest of my life..."
Cao Cao smiled at Cao Hong and patted Cao Hong's arm. He didn't care at all that his clothes and hands were stained with dirt and blood on Cao Hong's body. He even held Cao Hong's hand, walked a few steps forward, and stood there. On the slope, he pointed to Yan Xiang in front and said, "If we didn't persist, we wouldn't have to stand here today! These soldiers wouldn't have to be here either!"
"How easy it would be to give up on the world's affairs! How easy it would be to shrink your head and just focus on the door!"
"If we don't care about the country, then this big man will fall. What does it have to do with you and me?!"
"If we don't care about the common people, then what are the casualties of being obedient and rebellious?!"
"Today I and the Hussar are fighting here, we are fighting for the sake of the world, and we are fighting for where the great Han will go in the future!"
"Zi Lian! Are you willing to stick with me one more time and fight one more time to determine the direction of the Han Dynasty and the world's society for a hundred years!"
Cao Hong fell to the ground and said, "I am willing to follow my lord!"
"Okay! Okay!" Cao Cao pulled Cao Hong, "Look, this Yanxiang area will be withdrawn soon. I will attack the front of the hussar army, and the flanks will be handed over to Zilian!"
Cao Hong didn't say anything about being tired or injured. From the time he started raising troops with Cao Cao until now, he knew that when it was time to fight, he had to fight. He looked at the direction of the flank for a moment, and then said: "There is a mountain over there. If the army wants to turn and break through, it must pass through this mountain. It can set up an ambush in the mountain."
Cao Cao nodded and said: "That's right. But the Hussars must know that I will set up an ambush in this mountain..."
Cao Hong was stunned.
Cao Cao smiled and said: "At this point in the war, there is only conspiracy."
Cao Hong thought for a moment and then said, "Like Zhongtiao Mountain?"
Cao Cao smiled and nodded, "It's like Zhongtiao Mountain."
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In Zhongtiao Mountain.
Chai Yu sat on the stone and looked at the sky in a daze. After days of hard work and exhaustion, even when it was time to rest, he was still sore all over, and he couldn't even tell who he was...
He is still alive and still insists on living.
But it is not easy to live like this.
Even in order to live, I have lost myself.
Who is Chai Yu? Who is Chai Yu?
Is he Chai or Jade?
Is it a thing, or is it not a thing?
But one thing was clear to him. In the hearts of those Cao Jun generals, he was definitely not a human being.
At most it can be regarded as a humanoid consumable.
How many craftsmen are exhausted these days?
Chai Yu could no longer make up his mind.
Although those Cao Jun military officers said that after finishing this job, they could go back, go home, and go back to their hometown without iron and blood, but Chai Yu had a vague feeling in his heart that they could not go back.
.
The fat little official goes back.
He stayed.
The reason why the fat little official can go back is very simple, not because he is fat, but because he is an "official".
Even the "officials" who are not in the upper class still have the status of officials. Those who receive official salaries are considered "one of our own". And no one can guarantee which official is standing behind the "officials".
Don’t look at dog faces, but also look at human faces.
If you kill ordinary people's dogs, then you just kill them. No one cares or cares about them.
But the dog that killed the nobleman...
Not to mention killing, even hurting a powerful person or a rich man’s dog will kill someone in turn!
So what if I offend the public?
At worst, just change your name. How long can those untouchables who don't have a few ounces of ink in their stomachs remember things?
Therefore, if I am not sure whose dog the fat little official belongs to, I just turn a blind eye.
Of course, "one's own people" are not free. Do brothers have to settle accounts openly...
The fat little official took out almost all the money he had before he got the order to go back.
The fat little official also wanted to take Chai Yu back with him, but he had no money.
If you don’t have money, you will naturally follow the rules.
The rules and regulations are blocked, making people breathless.
On the day the fat little official left, he held Chai Yu's hand and cried for a long time.
Chai Yu was very calm.
He seemed to have realized that such a day would come.
He is a craftsman.
Even if you reach the level of a great craftsman, you are still a craftsman.
Not officials or officials, but the people.
Untouchable.
"Why...why...why..." A craftsman next to Chai Yu said in a hoarse voice, as if he was crying or moaning, "Why...can't go home yet..."
go home?
Ah, what beautiful words.
They can't go back.
Maybe after death, the soul can go back?
But how does the soul find its way home?
Of course Chai Yu knew that the direction of his hometown was to the east, but what about the others?
Among those people who don't even know Chinese characters, but just know how to work and work until they die, who can tell the directions of east, west, north, and south?
Maybe if they could know the direction of their lives, they wouldn't be here.
Chai Yu wanted to sigh, but found that he didn't even have the strength to sigh.
The hands and feet are trembling, and the muscles and bones are moaning continuously...
"The last point! Work harder! There is one last point! Get up! Get the tools! Quick, quick!"
Cao Jun's military commander was shouting, his voice was vigorous, and he seemed quite energetic. They didn't have to work or break stones, they only had to shout and drink, and beat Chai Yu and others by the way, so the physical exertion was not big.
Stone.
Another stone.
Chai Yu is not a mason. He understands music, can cast, and can even design courtyards, build houses, and dig canals on his own...
But here, he is a mason.
There was no music, no cast iron, no garden trees, just stones, sand, and death.
They have iron tools and can indeed deal with stones.
But stones also have tempers and will not simply obey.
Someone was digging, and then the stone lost its temper and slapped the man under his buttocks.
Blood flowed out from under the stone's butt, but the others turned a blind eye.
It’s not that they have lost their sympathy, it’s not that they won’t be sad, but that they have become completely numb...
Work to eat.
Eat to work.
There is no poetry.
There is no distance.
If you are not exhausted today, then get up and continue working the next day.
If you don't work, you will either starve to death or be beaten to death.
The instinct to survive has become the simplest shackle to squeeze them.
Why not die?
Yes, that's right. When Chai Yu thought that he could join the management and wear long robes, he also thought that since his life was so painful, why not die?
Now he understands.
This kind of thinking is just like standing in a medical clinic and shouting to the patients, "Why don't you die if you are in so much pain"...
Just as stupid.
I'm so stupid. I actually thought that such a big man was good and the emperor was good, but he was deceived by treacherous ministers and villains...
It turns out that the only one who was deceived was himself!
『@#￥!』
A loud noise of unknown meaning suddenly came from the north.
Then Chai Yu heard clearly that it was the soldiers of Cao's army in the north who were shouting——
"Hussars! Hussars are coming!"
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North of Zhongtiao Mountain.
Hussars.
Like Cao Cao, the Hussars also carried the banner of "Chinese" characters, but perhaps this was the only thing that was the same as the old Han Dynasty.
Whether it is the structure of soldiers, the command system, or other aspects, the current Hussars are a unit of their own, and are completely different from the old Han army.
Cao Cao didn't understand why Fei Qian dared to release his military power, because in this era, or in Cao Cao's perception, such behavior was tantamount to suicide. It was just acute or chronic suicide.
From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, from the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, once power was removed, how many problems would arise, how much greed, rebellion and rebellion would arise? In Cao Cao's perception, the Han Dynasty had fallen to what it is now precisely because of power.
The reason for this was that Cao Cao wanted to unify, centralize power, and collect the power scattered among the powerful noble families in various places.
Obviously, when Cao Cao did this, he encountered resistance from the powerful nobles from all over Shandong.
When it becomes the norm to follow the rules and violate the rules, the desire to unify power and coordination becomes empty talk and a joke.
Fei Qian is now also centralizing power, but the direction of his "centralization" is different from Cao Cao and different from the old model of the Han Dynasty.
In fact, in the evolutionary process of human society, the object of "centralization" has gradually extended downwards and spread downwards. This is exactly the same as the spread of knowledge. Therefore, we can see that there have been many rulers in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
When he sits on the throne, he will begin to restrain, control and fool the people, hindering and dividing the spread of knowledge.
But every large-scale popularization of knowledge and information will cause the entire society, the entire country's productivity, production technology, etc. to undergo explosive development!
This is what the great man said, but it has been blocked and distorted by many capitalists...
What Fei Qian is enjoying now is exactly all his previous efforts and preparations.
With the popularization of knowledge and the improvement of culture in the army, codes and regulations not only exist at the general level, but also spread to lower-level non-commissioned officers and some soldiers, so many soldiers understand that they are not fighting for a certain general.
Rather, he is fighting for his own home, his own land, and at the same time for the hussars who have formulated such a system.
This intangible knowledge is enough to offset the birth of many ambitions.
A good system can create a strong country.
Of course, no system is perfect. Over time, there will always be smart people who will find various loopholes in the system and find various places of corruption, and then the system will begin to decay and become rigid, until it declines. Just like
Parasites parasitize on the host, eventually causing the death of the host, and the parasite is looking for the next target of parasitism.
Fortunately for Fei Qian, he doesn't need to think about his decline yet.
After all, the new system can at least operate healthily for a long time.
As for what will happen after this period of time passes, it depends on how many people at the bottom can learn and grow up during this period of time...
That's right, it's not about Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, but the people at the lowest level.
Just like Fei Qian, wasn't he originally a low-level social animal, who was forced by life to be worse than a cow and a horse?
Killing a cow is not as good as killing a cow or a horse, and the compensation will be different!
Fei's current ability is due to his learning and accumulation.
Without the precipitation at the foot of Lushan Mountain in Jingzhou, there would be no attainments and understanding of the scriptures that Fei Qian has now. Without the growth in the northern part of Bingzhou, there would also be no military growth that Fei Qian has now.
If you want to change, you can only learn.
Maybe everything and everyone in the world will be let down and betrayed, but only by learning this one thing, you will never be let down or betrayed. What you learn is your own. No matter you use it or not, it will always belong to you.
Own.
During the initial battle, Fei Qian actually didn't know much about the methods and methods of ancient military operations. It was only through subsequent battle practices that he realized that different combat environments required constant adjustments to combat tactics and organization.
It is not a set of methods that should be used from beginning to end.
Now that Fei Qian is marching into the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, the array displayed is the most basic formation.
This basic formation extends to the thousand-man level and higher-level combat forms suitable for large-scale and large-scale battles. At the same time, it is not only suitable for tactics in the northern desert, but can also be adapted to dispersed battles in mountains, rivers, woods, etc. The soldiers extended from this
Codes of conduct, regulations and standards, down to the logistical welfare guarantee for every soldier, are Fei Qian's most fundamental control over the army.
Without Fei Qian's intrusion, among the Three Kingdoms, the military system that existed in the Han Dynasty would still have continued. Then under the huge pressure of Wuhu and China, someone would want to change and reform, and then in the new derived system
Between systems, the iron cavalry of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was able to dominate the world, but also because of the rigidity and decay of the system, it also led to the final demise of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, until there is no new military system and revolutionary new changes in the military system appear again, Fei Qian's status cannot be shaken by anyone!
Fei Qian's army approached Zhongtiao Mountain and formed a hollow square formation similar to the word "hui". There was a formation of thousands of troops in each direction, forming a peripheral defense circle.
In each direction, a main channel is left to facilitate the rapid entry and exit of cavalry.
Inside the square formation is a small hollow square formation, composed of a team directly under Fei Qian's command.
Behind the word "Hui", close to the direction of the former army camp, a temporary camp for logistics support was set up. A simple fortification was built with vehicles and wooden piles, which was used to treat the sick and injured, as well as for cooking.
Food, as well as providing some urgently needed supplies on the battlefield.
The artillery and rockets are still on the way, and it is expected to take another three or four days to reach the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp.
Fei Qian couldn't wait three or four days before fighting again, so he could only wait while fighting.
Even without sharp siege equipment such as artillery and rockets, the advantages of the hussars are undoubtedly evident.
Xu Chu was still the general of the front army, commanding the front hussar army.
With the experience of success and failure in the past, Xu Chu is now more calm in commanding the soldiers.
He first dispatched the cavalry to move to the west side of the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp, intending to attack again the weak area where Sima Yi and Hao Zhao attacked before. It was also the place where the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp had not completely repaired its fortifications. When he saw Cao Jun defending
When the troops began to move to the west, another group of cavalry was mobilized to attack the east side of the Zhongtiao Mountain Camp first!
Xu Chu made a sound in the east and struck in the west. Oh, he made a sound in the west and struck in the east. It was a very simple method, but it made Cao Jun stagger...