In history, Oguchi Pass was not so famous, at least much worse than Yique Pass. On the one hand, it was established later, and on the other hand, there were fewer people who died.
In the face of the deaths and injuries of more than tens of thousands of people in Chinese history, the name of Taigu Pass is somewhat inconspicuous, and the more critical issue is that this road is actually a way to escape. This pass has been recorded more of the way to escape from Heluo to the south, rather than resisting the attack from the south.
After all, there is Yique in Yishui.
And Taigu only has soil.
When the Man Chong military order was passed to Taigu, the Taigu guard Tangshan just wanted to use his head to hit the soil!
To be honest, like most other Cao army generals in Heluo at this moment, Tangshan was unwilling to resist the Cavalry Army, at least not fighting the Cavalry Army here.
After all, after the Battle of Hedong, Cao's elite casualties were also heavy, let alone ordinary soldiers and military academies. Not only did they show shortcomings in military strength and equipment, but even their morale was very low. The key is that the terrain in Heluo area is not a dangerous place. The loss of Hangu Pass caused the Cavalry Army to almost go straight in. The checkpoints and Dujin around Luoyang are actually more of the functions of defending outside the Heluo area, rather than resisting the internal situation of Heluo.
The same is true for Taigu Pass.
The Cavalry Army took control of Hangu Pass, which was equivalent to taking the initiative. With the advantage of the battlefield, they could quickly march directly into Luoyang, or they could choose to erode slowly, which caused considerable difficulty to the defense of Cao's army.
Therefore, Tangshan believes that Luoyang is actually not dangerous to defend. Like other military academy guards, he thinks that Cao's army should abandon Luoyang and preserve its strength, and consume the cavalry army through space and time, especially moving the remaining people in Luoyang to Shandong...
As for whether it will cause harm to the people in this process similar to Dong Zhuo’s move to the capital, it is not the scope of consideration by Tangshan and others. After all, they said that they are military generals and only consider military advantages and disadvantages. As for people’s livelihood and government affairs, it is the civil servant’s business. Is there anything wrong?
After all, no matter from what perspective, Heluo's loss is just a matter of time.
If you defend the enemy, it is very likely that the entire army will be wiped out, weakening the ability to fight against the cavalry in the future. If you can retreat to the Yanzhou area, you can also rely on Chenggao to defend and allocate military supplies at close range, and you can block the eastward advance of the cavalry army.
But it is obvious that Man Chong, or Cao Cao, did not agree with the opinions of grassroots generals such as Tangshan and did not accept Tangshan and others' statements and defenses.
Now Tangshan is trapped in Taigu. Although the soldiers under him have two songs, they are actually not full. And about 20% of them are new recruits who have only changed their positions in civilians and have not received much training at all.
"Report to Sima, Zhang Quchang said that there was not enough food and grass..." The personal soldiers on the side whispered, their voices mixed in the mountains, making people feel cold in their hearts. "The food and grass sent from the south the day before yesterday was only half of the list..."
"Damn it, only half again!"
Tangshan said angrily, but there was no good idea. He wanted to smash the helmet in his hand to the ground, but after looking at it, he still couldn't bear to do so.
He is a poor Sima, and he doesn't have that much oil. He finally saved money to buy this helmet. It has a solid texture and is not particularly gorgeous in appearance, but at least it is more attractive and worthy of Sima's identity.
These days, all the people in Shandong are greedy for money.
There are many corrupt officials, and this is something that everyone knows. The superiors know, and the people below hate it, but they just catch one after another, kill one group after another, and they are still not completely caught and killed.
Tangshan looked back at the direction south.
Taigu is surrounded by mountains, far and near, and the mountains are scattered.
By passing through the valley, you can lead to Yuzhou, Nanyang and other places.
In the past few days, Man Chong sent several governors and arrived here and arrested a lot of deserters.
He followed Man Chong's order and killed these deserters, but...
Tangshan rubbed his head and said, "Go to the Houshan camp to bring the food and grass."
"Sima, that's the last food and grass!" The personal soldiers hesitated a little, "After eating those, what else should we eat on the way?"
"On the road?" Tangshan smiled bitterly, "There is no road...Man military advisor wants us to help Yique..."
"What?" the personal soldiers shouted, "We are Taigu here, crossing mountains and ridges to help Yique, are you crazy?"
The General Man Chong, who was standing not far away, immediately said in a deep voice: "What are you calling? Are you going to disobey military orders or shake the morale of the army?"
Tangshan waved his hand and smiled, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just hungry, I'm so hungry..."
These soldiers with snake-patterned masks on their faces were not vague at all when they killed their own people. Even veterans like Tangshan were a little scared.
Tangshan laughed with him, pulled his personal soldiers and left.
The older sergeant looked at him and didn't say much.
Another young sergeant walked forward, "This guy must also want to escape... Why not...
The old sergeant closed his eyes slightly, "There are too many people who think about it... and then kill it, then there is no one in the world who cannot be killed. What's more, they all killed... Do you go forward to fight the cavalry army? We are the generals, not really coming to fight..."
The young sage official quickly bowed his head and said, "Accepting the teaching."
"Follow them." The old sergeant said, "Anyway, today's order is here, and we must send troops tomorrow! Tonight is the key. If nothing happens tonight, it will be fine..."
"If..." the young swearing official whispered, "Then..."
"Everything is done according to the instructions of the superior."
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"Why are we so unlucky?"
Although he left the sight of the military officers, Tangshan still felt uncomfortable, as if he was staring at the poisonous snake. "You should be careful when you speak. Yesterday, a fool said, "I can't win this battle." He was killed by these guys as a deserter, and his head was still hanging on the city!"
The soldiers around Tangshan nodded and scolded the poisonous snakes for being cruel, cold-blooded, and unlike humans. But after the scolding, they looked at each other worriedly, and then whispered: "Sima, can we really go to Yique tomorrow?"
"The military order is like this... Let's set out tomorrow and arrive in Yique within three days, otherwise..." Tangshan sighed.
The soldiers next to them looked depressed.
Tangshan sat and didn't say anything for a long time.
He remembered that when he was ordered from Luoyang to guard Taigu Pass, Man Chong slapped the table and said that he would deal with the deserters seriously and arrest one and kill one. But on the day he arrived at Taigu Pass, the Cao general who was originally guarding the pass left easily with four baggage trucks.
Later, as the Cavalry Army left Hangu Pass, several people took the military orders approved by Man Chong, saying that they were going to Nanyang to urge food and grass, so they rode a fast horse and left Taigu Pass...
As for whether they will really urge the food and grass to come back, who knows?
Over the years, who has not known some laws and regulations. On the surface, it seems that the emperor has committed the same crime as the common people, but in fact? The same crime is true, but it does not mean "same punishment"!
For thousands of years, who has said that he would "same crime and same punishment"?
Since the emperor does not punish him, then the ministers and nobles will naturally be punished differently.
To extend the situation, whoever has the ability and whoever has the relationship will escape punishment. Even when handling certain cases, the Shandong officialdom will default to delay for three days, or longer. It is called "travel", which is actually to let these people use their own means and find connections. If they can be well-informed, then there will naturally be nothing. If the so-called "travel" time has passed and no one will come to say hello or ask about the case, then the staff in the officialdom will understand and immediately jump out to express their severe punishment and give the people an explanation, and then a group of fools shouted "Master Qingtian".
As for Bao Zheng, he was held up by his own character in the court, so he gritted his teeth and beheaded the princess. Otherwise, if he colluded privately, the emperor summoned the palace to question and asked the princess to give him a guilty attitude, it would not take any practical actions. Can the knife be chopped? Of course, being able to be chopped down with cruelty, even if he chopped a princess' human-shaped vibrator, it would require considerable courage and decisiveness. This is undeniable.
But does Tangshan have such courage?
"What exactly is Prime Minister Cao going to do?" A soldier muttered, "Look at how many of us have died along the way? Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Jizhou... The beheaded two days ago, I heard that it was from Yangzhou... If we continue to fight, will we all die?"
"There are endless deaths." Tangshan said, "There are also those from Yuzhou, those from Yanzhou..."
Tang Shan replied subconsciously, and then some sparks flashed through his mind, but when he thought carefully about whether he had discovered something, he was interrupted by another soldier.
"Sima, we really want to go out of seclusion to Yique?"
『A few times have you asked this?" Tangshan said angrily, 『This is the military order! You have to choose? Unless...
Speaking of this, Tangshan suddenly looked tight, "What do you want to do?"
Before the soldiers around Tangshan were waiting for something to say, suddenly there was a riot in the distance, followed by a shout of cheering.
Tangshan led his men over and found that it was two soldiers fighting.
The reason is that when dividing cakes, one is bigger and the other is smaller.
"Dry!"
Tangshan was so angry that he laughed.
The cavalry army was about to fight, but he received the order to fight to rescue Yique tomorrow. He was facing a future that was not known whether it was a life or a life. However, the soldiers under his command were fighting for a piece of cake of different sizes!
"With strength and blood, why don't he go to fight the cavalry?" Tangshan roared, "You are so fucking talent! Talent!"
"Sima," a soldier who was bleeding from nose grabbed the soil indifferently and blocked his nostrils, and said in a muffled voice, "Do you think it's us, oh, except for those who just came, those people have never fought with the cavalry?"
Tangshan's originally furious mood was like a basin of ice water poured down quickly. He looked around and looked at the soldiers who were hustling around. Some of them were numb, some were ignorant, and some were still smiling and preparing to watch the fun and eat melons. He was silent for a long time, not knowing what to say.
"Talent, what is talent?"
Suddenly a soldier said something.
"The fool! It's just firewood! The firewood made by humans! It's on the other side of Tongguan, it's bomb! It's burning! Firewood!
There is another soldiers' interface.
Tangshan swallowed a mouthful and drove away these guys impatiently, but did not correct the statements of these people. Is it a talent or a firewood? "Gountu!"
Even in Tangshan's heart, he felt that perhaps what they were talking about was the truth of "talent".
People must be burned first, burned to the point of being black, and burned off the branches and branches before they can turn from "material" to "talent", and they can become the "talent" needed by the management class and rulers.
Tangshan was silent and returned to the city.
A moment later, the soldiers who had asked Tangshan had moved over again, "Sima, what should we do tomorrow?"
『What to do? What to do!』
Tangshan suddenly jumped up in anger, pointed at the noses of the soldiers and cursed, "Do you want me to order you to escape?! Ah?! Say, do you want to escape?! You, and you! Say!"
At the beginning, Tangshan didn't know why these soldiers always asked him this question, but after seeing his soldiers beating each other for a piece of cake, Tangshan suddenly realized that these soldiers were already abolished.
Including himself.
Who would cherish some waste?
It's already very good to be able to utilize waste...
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Whether ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, the full awakening of a national consciousness requires time, organization, and essentially catalysis of painful lessons.
The Han Dynasty was an extremely special dynasty.
Many great scholars said that the Zhou Dynasty was the beginning of the great unification of China, but in fact it was to erase the contributions of the Qin Dynasty. Compared with the relatively short-lived Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty is the real unification of China.
It is precisely because of this that when Liu Xiu had the opportunity to choose something else for his name, he still chose "Han", even though he, "Han", was completely different from the Western Han Dynasty.
During the Western Han Dynasty and Eastern Han Dynasty, people got used to it.
Get used to the rule of the Han Dynasty.
I became accustomed to the slavery of these officials who "represented" the Han Dynasty.
Just like the people in later feudal dynasties, they were used to the ruling class collapsed every once in a while, and then they were used to the rise again and followed by the oh oh hahaha. When the leaders became a new ruling class, they were used to bowing to their feet, completely forgetting how cruel the previous ruling class was.
Later, even foreign invaders came, they got used to it.
As long as those invaders can protect the "elite" class, those "elite" classes will first wail habitually, and then immediately start to apply makeup to the new rulers and be proud of wearing new long gowns.
So, I really think that "long gown" can be worn by anyone?
Man Chong, wearing a "long gown", naturally thought that he belonged to the "elite" class of the great man.
Even though Man Chong’s original family was not big and could not be compared with those big families, it did not mean that Man Chong could get close to the grassroots level, know the needs of the people at the bottom, and stand with the people at the bottom.
So what does it matter if there are so many ordinary people killed and injured in Heluo and soldiers?
As long as Cao Cao’s strategic deployment can be completed, isn’t it natural to have appropriate “sacrifice”?
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was not a chance to defeat Qin. It was just necessary to complete the Union of Qin. Qin had no way to do it. But here’s the problem, why could the six Shandong countries not complete the Union of Qin?
This proposition is the significance of Man Chong's current persistence in Heluo and Luoyang.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were many fundamental reasons why the six Shandong countries, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, and Wei failed to effectively complete the alliance against Qin, but in the end, it was nothing more than three major elements...
Politics, strategy, interests.
For Fei Qian, there are thousands of years of historical experiences and lessons to learn from, but for Cao Cao, the history that he can learn from is the Spring, Autumn, Qin and Han Dynasties.
So how much difference is the current situation and the Qin army pouring out of Hangu Pass back then?
Are there no chances of success in the six Shandong countries?
Obviously not.
However, due to the differences in geographical interests of the six Shandong countries, although the six countries are both threatening Qin's expansion eastward, their geographical locations have led to huge differences in strategic priorities. For example, Qi is located in the east and has no direct border with Qin, so they are more concerned about border disputes with Zhao and Yan; while Chu is vast in territory, the southern territory is insufficient, and the competition with Qin in Hanzhong and Bashu often makes it swing between war and harmony; although the Three Jin borders with Qin and is most threatened, they often attack each other due to territorial disputes and cannot cooperate effectively.
Especially as the monarchs of the six countries, they generally lack strategic vision and often give up the alliance due to immediate interests. This is not a problem that the princes of many countries have committed. Wei made peace with Qin many times to compete for Hexi. Chu turned to self-protection after the defeat in Danyang and Lantian. After Qi destroyed the Song Dynasty, he led to the five countries attacking Qi, which completely turned against him and withdrew from the Anti-Qin Alliance.
At the same time, the six Shandong countries also lack a unified command mechanism. The alliances of the coalition are mostly temporary military alliances, without joint financial support, nor a unified command system. The crisis of trust and historical grievances have also become one of the factors that the division between the coalition and the coalition of the six countries. After a certain victory, the alliance quickly broke down due to uneven sharing of spoils.
All these experiences and lessons learned from the failure of the six Shandong Kingdoms during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period became the basis for the implementation of Cao Cao's current grand strategy.
To win Fei Qian, Cao Cao discovered from the beginning that it was difficult to achieve the task of relying solely on the Cao army, or the Xiahou clan of the Cao clan, to complete this task, and then began to plan a transformation strategy. The most likely plan was undoubtedly that Cao Cao transformed into the second place of Mengchangjun and became the substantive commander of the six countries in Shandong, rather than representing the interests of the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan. This required the cooperation and compromise of the gentry in Shandong.
In this process, naturally some people will turn to Fei Qian, but Cao Cao also hopes that some people can stand firmly on Cao Cao's side...