"Wen Ruo, Feng Xiao, the new news from Chu... what do you think?" Cao Cao asked Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others.
At this time, apart from Xun Yu and Guo Jia, there were only Man Chong, Cheng Yu and three or five others in the hall, which seemed much "deserted" than before.
It's not that Wei's talents have shrunk, but that after the King of Wei "changed his mind", released his shackles, and started the mad dog strategy, although Cao Cao was able to suppress these wealthy families, it undoubtedly greatly reduced their credibility.
Therefore, Cao Cao's real "staff" has also shrunk significantly...
Of course, this is very different from Bai Tu's "Pavilion System" - in the Chu State's palace system at this time, the academicians not only acted as think tanks, but also served as the glue for interest groups.
Just like the person who succeeded Lu Bu was Chen Gong, the person who succeeded Lu Kang was Yu Fan, and the person who replaced Huang Chengyan was also Jiang Wan, who was also born in Jingzhou.
But now the few people in front of Cao Cao can only play half of the role of "the palace" - think tanks.
Because no one among them could coordinate the radical gentry, or the new wealthy families, who accounted for a large proportion of Wei's forces!
Along with the barbaric and crazy progress of the workshop in Wei State in another form different from Chu State, the division of the northern gentry became more and more obvious. Some conservative gentry could not accept this kind of sacrifice, including the increase in inheritance interruption.
It is dangerous and only obtains "immediate benefits".
In this land where "Princes, Generals and Prime Ministers would rather be born" has been resounding for four hundred years, using enslavement and extreme oppression of most people to obtain profits makes them feel unreliable...
Money attracts people's hearts, especially when human productivity is greatly improved and more surplus value will be created.
However, in the land of China, the roars from the bottom farmers and even slaves four hundred years ago, and the continuous period, can be as small as chaos in a township or a county, or as big as the Yellow Turban Rebellion twenty years ago.
, the "loud noise" that directly shook the foundation of the Han Dynasty always reminded the great nobles that we are all human beings.
It is not a seriously wrong idea to regard the people at the bottom as objects that can be oppressed, humiliated, fooled, need to be disciplined by oneself, and need to be served by oneself. However, when did one feel that the people at the bottom of the class are no longer the same species as oneself, and have fundamental differences?
The difference... is basically not far from defeat.
Therefore, there are many different voices among the nobles, which is one of the reasons why Cao Cao was able to control the mad dog situation!
Some of the conservative factions even divided into the innovative faction, also known as the "Chu School", which proposed to fully imitate the Chu State and carry forward the Chu School. Of course...the proportion of these people among the conservative faction was not large, and besides
The most radical part, others dare not blatantly promote it like this.
The representative of the conservative faction is undoubtedly Xun Yu...
Therefore, even Xun Yu cannot represent the radical rightists who accounted for a large proportion of Wei's strength.
However, it is precisely because of this that Xun Yu will not consider their interests, but only care about their influence. This is just Cao Cao's "brain", not a place to weigh the pros and cons of all parties like the "Pavilion".
"Lü Bu led 50,000 troops and went to serve as the governor of Wangjing Road; Sun Ce went to serve as the governor of Jinghu North Road, and Huang Jun went to serve as the envoy to Jinghu North Road, assisting in the government affairs of Jinghu North Road... It seems that the Chu State has also done a good job, and will deal with it later
We are preparing for changes in the situation, and at present, it seems that King Chu’s decision still favors us.”
Xun Yu skipped the first of the three new pieces of information from Chu and started analyzing it directly from the second piece, without saying much about the third piece.
It is true that Chu State's layout of Jingzhou North Road and Wangjing Road is a greater threat to the Han Dynasty.
Jingzhou North Road refers to the northern part of Jingzhou in a narrow sense centered on Jiangling, and Wangjing Road refers to the northern part of the real "Jingzhou" from Xiangfan in the south to Wancheng in the north!
Lu Bu personally put on his armor and took command, leading 30,000 Chu troops, including most of Chu's group cavalry, into Wangjing Road... If you rush here for a hundred miles, you can reach the distance of Xu County!
No matter whether the Marquis of Zheng, Zhang Yan, Marquis of Sai, Yang Feng, or Marquis of Qi, Liu Bei, their hearts will be raised at this time!
The reason why it is called "group cavalry" is actually a concept that has only emerged in recent years. The state of Chu broke up the cavalry into small groups of 100 to 150 people, called "cavalry companies", which generally only had 3,000 people.
The "brigade" will be matched with a cavalry company.
The other is the configuration of the animal horses responsible for carrying heavy loads...
A cavalry army consisting of cavalry alone is very rare in Chu State. The largest one is the Wolf Cavalry Brigade of three thousand people - led by Zhang Liao, and now following Lu Bu!
Three thousand cavalry should not be underestimated on the battlefield, but to the princes of all parties, it is not a big number - just when Bai Tu paid homage to his adoptive father, more than 4,000 cavalry came to him...
Naturally, the princes of all parties would not ignore such a major reform of the cavalry military system of Chu State, but... I don't quite understand Chu State's thinking. I can only understand that Chu State has fewer horses, so it is arranged in this way.
On the other hand, the transactions in Liaodong actually happened after the princes of Shu were influenced to open Yizhou trading channels. The Chu State had a lot of horses. Looking at the military transport horses, we know that the elite infantry fully realized the animal power to carry heavy loads, and cooperated with the Chu State.
The official roads within the territory transport troops at an astonishing speed!
And even in terms of war horses, the number of cavalry currently displayed by Chu State is nearly 20,000 - incomparable to the Wei State and Yan State in the north, but even Yonghou Ma Teng and Dihou Han Sui, if only regular cavalry are counted,
Neither of the two alone has such a quantity.
Of course, Ma Teng and Han Sui also "hired" a large number of Qiang cavalry, and even some Xiongnu tribes. The number was too large...
It's just that the Chu State's use of cavalry is confusing. After Zhang Liao's preliminary training, they were all scattered among the 300,000 Chu troops. The Chu State usually keeps the number of regular troops at about 120,000, but there are
Part of it is rotation training and farming. After all mobilization, there will be 300,000 regular troops!
Compared with other princes, the Chu State's army has always been "restrained".
There are only about 200,000 Chu troops mobilized by the Chu State, and a quarter of them are directly at Wangjing Road, and... You must know that Zhang Xiu had a division of troops in Wancheng, and now Wangjing Road
Nearly one-third of the current main battle force of Chu State is stationed!
Moreover, there were at least three divisions of naval forces in Jinghu North Road. Huang Chengyan was specially sent to Jinghu North Road to help Sun Ce coordinate with the Nanjun nobles...
Starting from Wancheng, not far away is Xu County. Even if Xu County is no longer the "Xu Capital", if there is a loss in Xu County and even Yingchuan, I am afraid that the situation in the entire Central Plains will be greatly affected. After all, this is
The "small waist" that assisted the princes of Han Dynasty.
Once interrupted, the two states of Qingxu and Guanzhong will be directly divided into two.
On the other hand, although it is difficult to set off from Jiangling to Badong, Yizhou, facts have proved that... if the Chu State really makes up its mind, it is not impossible!
When Chu State transferred its troops like this, the Han Dynasty immediately became nervous. There were many excuses for the troop movement, but everyone knew that Chu State's move was specifically aimed at Yonghou, and Zhaihou had recently been plotting against Hanzhong...