In the military camp, Bai Tu exchanged pleasantries with each general representative in turn.
These grassroots generals, at the highest level, are only commanders of other departments, partial generals, and most of them are captains.
By the way, three and a half years ago... Bai Tu was actually just a school captain. A little further back, he was very powerful and could write essays for five hundred yuan.
However, fate is so magical...
Give people opportunities and also give people responsibilities.
When he arrived in front of Deng Dang, Bai Tu specifically said to a young man behind him who looked tiger-like but also somewhat clever: "Well? This is Lu Meng who begs for the tiger's cub and explores the tiger's den, right?"
When Lu Meng saw that Bai Tu actually recognized him, he suddenly became excited.
After all, even his brother-in-law was only a mere school captain at this time. It was said... that after the Chinese New Year, he would be promoted to a partial general, and he would just be able to command his own troops. And Lu Meng would be an unknown person after he got the title of general of chariots and cavalry.
"General Lu Meng, please pay homage to your lord!" Lu Meng said.
"Childish nonsense cannot be taken seriously, and cannot be taken seriously." Deng Dang immediately said modestly.
"General Deng doesn't have to be like this. It's a good thing to have ambition... Zi Ming, you also read some books when you were young, right?" Bai Tu comforted Deng Dang and continued talking to Lu Meng.
Ziming is Lu Meng's cousin.
Lu Meng became even more excited when he saw that Bai Tu actually knew his cousin's name, and said specifically: "I have read it, but it's a pity... I only awakened the military talisman from Cheng Ji, and I also want to join the army, so he begged me
My brother-in-law took me to join the army. After that, I was busy with military affairs, so I neglected to study." He said with a regretful expression.
When Deng Dang heard this, he glared at him. Why are you so busy with military affairs? It's not that you don't like studying. That's the excuse you made!
"Don't you need to study to lead the army? This is not to ask you to do it, but to ask you to read more about the principles in reading, as well as the art of war and history. Our Han Dynasty champion Hou Huo Qubing did not read military books and became a master of the art of war. He is a winner.
Handsome, but a champion
Hou just didn't read military books, but he never stopped thinking when using troops. He combined his own experience to make him march and fight in line with the art of war, and at the same time, he was not bound by the art of war. You are still young, so you should read more when you have time.
"Baitu persuaded.
It seems that although the Lu family is not rich, at least their ancestors should be rich, otherwise they would not be able to read.
It’s not that Bai Tu is nagging, but judging from Lu Meng’s path to success, he is a general who is good at learning.
Before the Battle of Chibi, when Lü Meng led the army alone, he could only defeat Shanyue. In large-scale battles, he could only be a vanguard, and he did not have the courage to be the commander-in-chief of an army.
Later, it was Sun Quan who persuaded him to study. When Zhou Yu died of a serious illness and Lu Su became the governor, only two years later, Lu Meng surprised Lu Su.
In Lu Su's original impression, Lu Meng was still the same reckless man two years ago, but Lu Meng told him the same thing when they were drinking. Although Lu Meng and Lu Su were completely different in terms of their overall strategies for dealing with Jingzhou and Liu Bei.
On the contrary, it also made Lu Su lament that he "cannot restore Wu and Xia Amen".
This is also the origin of the allusion "When a scholar has been away for three days, he should treat each other with admiration"...
Therefore, Bai Tu can now give Lu Meng some warning in advance.
When Lu Meng heard this, he turned his eyes and said: "My lord, actually I like reading the most, but... I don't have access to the art of war, historical collections and the like."
The art of war and history books were banned and monopolized hot topics, just like how to make explosive dangerous items could not be easily found in later generations, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty... there was no such thing as the Internet.
Although Confucianism and Taoism are prevalent nowadays, if we really have to choose, the aristocratic families will give up their monopoly first. Instead, it will be the words of the saints. Those who want to cherish their brooms most are these more practical "**".
"That's a good question! These won't be problems in the future. Before being promoted or appointed, junior officers must come to Jinling for further training, and there will also be assessments... In addition to the compulsory content, there will also be things you need in the Wanshi Literature Museum.
content." Bai Tu said.
Lu Meng was stunned when he heard this. Originally, he wanted to be clever and ask his lord for a book of war, but unexpectedly... was it going to be open to everyone?
"Lord, if everyone has read the book on war, what's the difference between reading it and not reading it?" Lu Meng wondered.
"The Book of War is not for you to read from the book and use it as a trump card, but to teach you how to use troops to dispatch generals. Confucian scholars all over the world have read the Analects of Confucius. Why is it that only great sages like Kong Jijiu understand Confucius best? Some people have read the Five Classics for decades, why?
Not as clear as Wang Su." Bai Tu gave two excellent examples, which made Lu Meng suddenly enlightened.
Deng Dang on the side had a thought. What did the lord just say? Use troops... "send generals"?
Seeing the white picture, he seemed to be very optimistic about his brother-in-law. Deng Dang felt excited and was about to take this opportunity to recommend Lu Meng to the army directly under the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion, where he would have more opportunities to make contributions, when he suddenly heard
Someone came to report: "Lord, there is important military information from Nanyang!"
Seeing the person who was delivering the order, his horse slid aside, stopped in a drifting position, and then hurriedly came down to deliver the letter to Bai Tu. Deng Dang had no choice but to swallow his words first, and at the same time, he was worried about the gain and loss. He didn't know that he would miss this time.
After the opportunity, Bai Tu could still think of Lu Meng, a nobody.
When Bai Tu heard that it was Nanyang's military situation, he immediately understood that it was Zhu Zhi who had come with the news.
After all, Bai Tu did not send troops to Nanyang at this time, and even if Nanyang magically took the initiative to attack Yiyang, Chen Dao should have sent military information from Yiyang.
There is only one thing that can bring military intelligence from Nanyang: Bai Tu sent Zhu Zhi to Nanyang a month ago to lobby Zhang Xiu!
During the Battle of Wancheng, Zhang Xiu made Cao Cao understand that wife control would not end well, so he nominally returned to Liu Biao's rule, but... Liu Biao's control over Zhang Xiu in Wancheng was getting weaker and weaker.
Bai Tu originally wanted to persuade Zhang Xiu to switch to him. In this way, Jingzhou would be opened wide in front of Bai Tu. It could be considered that he was half-involved in the chariot general's palace, and Cao Cao would be even more uncomfortable.
Therefore, Zhu Zhi was sent as envoy. Zhu Zhi was a descendant of the Zhu family in Danyang, one of the four surnames in Jiangdong. He was very close to the Sun family. It was he who promoted Sun Quan's filial piety and integrity.
At this time, he had also joined the Chariot and Cavalry General's Palace. Bai Tu heard that he had eloquence and entrusted him to lobby Zhang Xiu.
However, Zhu Zhi sent people to report back at this time. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao both sent people to Wancheng, and Zhang Xiu wanted to sell it at a price.
Although Zhang Xiu's strength is not considered first or second tier from the perspective of princes, he is located in the central and northern part of Nanyang, Wancheng and Rangcheng areas. It is actually a key place and the gateway to the north and south, and he also has the capital to be sold.
Regarding the Wancheng incident, Bai Tu allowed Zhu Zhi to use military information channels, but... it was not considered urgent military information, it could only be regarded as "important". However, it was also delivered quickly by a combination of fast horses and signal towers, which was faster than being delivered directly from Chengji Mansion.
Be faster.
At this time, Zhu Zhi wanted to ask Bai Tu if he could raise the previous "price" a little higher to win over Zhang Xiu to the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion.
After all, in terms of power, the chariot and cavalry general's palace is not as good as Yuan Shao's. In terms of geographical location, Huainan and Wancheng and Rangcheng in the north-central part of Nanyang County, as well as several counties in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, are all stationed by Yuan Shu's old troops at this time, which is not as good as Cao Cao's.
The control range directly borders Zhangxiu.
Bai Tu stood directly in front of all the soldiers and looked at the letter in his hand. No one thought that the Lord was neglecting them. These were front-line generals. No one expected Bai Tu to ignore military orders. Instead, they thought that the more sensitive Bai Tu was, the more sensitive he would be.
Well, this means that when they ask for help in the future, Baitu will respond faster.
When this letter arrived, the ink was not even dry because it was copied from the signal tower outside Jinling just now.
I also understood what Zhu Zhi meant. He couldn't help but hope that Bai Tu would give him higher authority so that he could have more guarantee space for Zhang Xiu. Otherwise, he would not be competitive enough in front of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's envoys.
"Ziming, how about I give you a task?" Bai Tu said after pondering for a moment.
"Ah! Lord, Ziming is still a child..." Deng Dang was startled, thinking that Bai Tu had entrusted some important military affairs to his brother-in-law, lest he cause trouble.
Although I hope Lu Meng will have better development, we can't do it so much, right?
"Haha, don't worry... I just want Ziming to go to Nanyang Wancheng to deliver a letter to Master Zhu there." Bai Tu said with a smile.
When Deng Dang heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he was also a little confused. If he was just delivering a letter... why did he need Ziming to go? Isn't this a weird way to express his importance?
Little did he know that what Bai Tu was thinking was that the lower limit of Lu Meng's role in this matter was indeed just delivering the letter, but the upper limit... maybe there would be surprises.
Even if he was still "Amen under Wu" at this time, Lu Meng should still be outstanding. In this regard... Bai Tu was more confident than Deng Dang, his brother-in-law.
"Lord, if that's the case, then I'll set off now!" Lu Meng looked like the military situation was urgent.
"Don't worry, I still need to consider this letter. In addition... I also need to invite someone to go with you. You go to find him first." Bai Tu said.
"Please tell me, sir!" Lu Meng looked full of enthusiasm.
At this time, Lu Meng definitely looked like a young man from the Yuan Qi School. Not only was he not as calm as Zhou Yu or Lu Su, he was even inferior to little Lu Xun in this aspect.
Bai Tu also gave Lu Meng a "private" military order, asking him to find someone to go to Wancheng with him.
Lu Meng originally thought that it would be someone from the Cavalry General's Mansion, but he was still a little confused as to why he was asked to invite him instead of his lord giving the order directly. But it was just some kind of test from his lord...
However, when he heard the identity of this person, Lu Meng was stunned in disbelief. He even looked at Bai Tu impolitely for two seconds before he realized what he was doing and quickly took the order and left.
"Looking for the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion... Steward Wang of the Internal Affairs Department... Manager Li who is responsible for the firewood supply... the woodcutter?" Lu Meng even wondered if he was so nervous today that he had hallucinations.
But Bai Tu knew that he had no words to speak of, and he was talking about...the nameless one!
After the malaria incident in Shouchun was resolved, Wuming wanted to leave. Not only was he unwilling to join the army, he even refused Baitu's suggestion to recommend him as a civil servant...
Bai Tu also knew that Wuming's knot was still unresolved, so he wanted to let it go first, but the meat was rotting in the pot anyway. Wuming had already agreed that he would move to Aurous Hill in the future and deliver firewood to the Cavalry General's Mansion.
However, when Bai Tu casually asked Lu Bu about Zhang Xiu, because he did not shy away from Wuming who was about to leave, Lu Bu mentioned the phrase "a hundred birds shoot at the phoenix spear", which attracted Wuming's attention.
For this reason, Wuming specifically requested Bai Tu that if the attempt to surrender failed, he hoped to inform him first...