Chen Mu returned to Qingzhou, and while preparing supplies for Big Brother's frontline, he was preparing for Big Brother's failure.
This sentence may sound contradictory, because the former is for victory and the latter is for failure.
But there is actually no contradiction at all, because Chen Mu already knew the future.
This battle was actually the result of historical changes.
There is no such thing as Liu Bei's invasion of Guanzhong in history, so future generations cannot find the answer to this battle from history books.
As a top strategic genius with an intelligence of 110, Zhuge Liang, Guo Jiajia, Xu Xunyu and Xunyou, through some clues, they have already guessed what will happen in the aftermath of this battle.
Chen Mu knew exactly how to fight.
This is the terrifying thing about a top strategic talent. At a glance, he is already a thousand years old.
In other words, Chen Mu's control over people's hearts is no less than Guo Jia's, and he understands Big Brother's character and temper very well.
So now, Chen Mu is preparing and planning for the follow-up of the war.
After letting Xun Yu serve as an official in Qingzhou, Chen Mu dictated the process of "Chasing Dong Ji" to Zheng Xuan while letting Xun Yu handle government affairs and get started with various matters in Qingzhou as soon as possible.
In Chen Mu's opinion, the only person who can succeed him as prime minister in the future is currently Xun Yu.
Jushuo couldn't do it. Although Jushuo's strategic vision was also very far-sighted, not much worse than Xunyu's, his age was a flaw. He was already forty and could live for another thirty or forty years at most. At that time, Chen Mu was only in his fifties.
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The last one is Zhuge Liang.
As for Lu Xun, his tactics were good, but his strategic vision was too far behind that of Lu Su and Zhou Yu, and he was not suitable to be his successor.
A few days later, Taishi Ci and Hou Xu returned from Le'an. At this time, Chen Mu was writing a book.
Yes, besides talking about the process with Zheng Xuan every day, he was writing books.
Of course, it is not "Chen Zi's Art of War" or "Zi Gui's New Book", but some wisdom books that look at the essence through phenomena.
There are dense bamboo shadows in the courtyard. It is already late autumn in September. It has been raining for the past two days. The rainwater drips down along the eaves, gathers into a stream in the small courtyard, and is then sent outside the courtyard through the aqueduct.
Boom, boom, boom!
There was a knock on the door, which was the unique code of the Military Intelligence Department.
"Come in!"
Chen Mu said without raising his head.
The door opened with a creak, and Taishi Ci and Hou Xu walked in.
"Si Ming!"
The two of them bowed their hands and saluted.
"Um."
Chen Mu said calmly: "How are things going?"
Taishi Ci said: "It has been sent over."
"That's good."
"Si Ming."
Hou Xu said softly.
"Um?"
"My subordinate has a question."
"you say."
"Why......"
Hou Xu hesitated slightly, gestured with a sword, and whispered: "Why don't you just do it all the time..."
"Are you teaching me how to do things?"
Chen Mu glanced at him. Hou Xu was born a rebel and was not so awe-inspiring for the imperial power.
This is a good thing and a bad thing, but we can't let him go on like this forever. He still needs to be beaten hard.
"Don't dare."
Hou Xu quickly lowered his head.
Chen Mu smiled slightly: "After all, the late emperor was very kind to me, and he was also very kind to my elder brother. If I let my elder brother know about it in the future, your life will not be saved, you know."
"I see."
Hou Xu said gratefully: "Si Ming is still thoughtful."
"After this thing is done, you have to go to a place to do another thing."
Chen Mu put down the brush in his hand and said slowly.
Taishi Ci said with a sad face: "I still have to go. The second general, the third general, and Liang Bi have all made great achievements on the battlefield, but I..."
Chen Mu smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, after this matter is done, there will be many battles for you to fight in the future, and what you are doing now is to make achievements in the future. The world will not forget your achievements in the future."
"Thank you, Si Ming!"
Taishi Ci raised his hand again and said, "I wonder what this mission is?"
Chen Mu whispered: "You guys go to Chang'an."
"Chang'an?"
Hou Xu and Tai Shici looked at each other. Chang'an now is like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. Is it really possible to go to that place?
"Well, don't worry, just ask Yan Zhong after you go, and he will arrange the rest."
Chen Mu remembered the instructions he gave to Yan Zhong.
Although Chang'an is dangerous, it is also chaotic.
The population of Sanfu is very dense, among which Luoyang and Chang'an are the two places with the largest population.
Chang'an originally had a population of hundreds of thousands and close to one million, and now one or two million people suddenly moved in. It was a mess.
So it's not a big deal to take advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters and mix in a little sand from the Military Intelligence Department.
At least the Chang'an Military Intelligence Department has been established, and many key personnel have been transferred from Qingzhou. After Hou Xu and Tai Shici left, there will be people available directly, and it is not considered dangerous.
"only!"
The two of them should hold hands.
After they left, Chen Mu walked out of the house and looked toward Chang'an in the west with his deep eyes.
Liu Bian's problem should also be solved.
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"Clean the battlefield, quickly!"
At Hangu Pass in November, the chilling atmosphere had just passed.
Dian Wei, Zhang Liao, Guan Hai and others raised their swords and ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield in an orderly manner.
The enemies who were not dead were to be killed, and the brothers who were dead were to be written as killed in action for follow-up compensation work, and then they were carried away and buried on the spot.
Liu Bei was wearing a fox fur cloak, with his hands on his hips. Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Bao Xin were standing on a hill overlooking the battlefield.
Seeing that Dong's army was defeated not long after the battle started, Liu Bei laughed and said: "Dong's army is nothing more than that. If we think about this battle, we will have to march straight into Chang'an."
Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Dong's thieves suffered the loss of not having winter clothes. Their soldiers' clothes are a little thin and not as good as our cotton clothes. I'm afraid their morale is very low."
In ancient times, when marching and fighting, we actually tried to avoid fighting in winter. Although there was a classic example of Li Su entering Caizhou on a snowy night, many soldiers froze to death along the way.
Because before the vigorous promotion of cotton in the Ming Dynasty, the ancients mainly relied on fur coats and linen wrapped with silk wadding to keep out the cold in winter.
Although these two products are also good in keeping out the cold, not much worse than cotton, their yields are not high and it is difficult to produce them on a large scale.
In this way, in the history of the Han Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, there were very few winter battles.
Now importing cotton from India has greatly alleviated this drawback.
The defenders of Hangu Pass obviously did not expect that Liu Bei's army would dare to launch a surprise attack during the heavy snowfall in winter, resulting in lack of preparation and immediate collapse.
Sun Jian's vanguard army made great achievements in this battle, and their morale was high. They immediately said: "The Ban Ling Shi wrote the "Book of Han" and once said: "We have plowed the courtyards, swept the villages, and set up the prefectures and counties. March and fight."
, It is time to use the power of wind and thunder to plow the courtyard and sweep away the gates, and then it will be permanent. I ask for orders to continue moving forward."
"good."
Liu Bei was overjoyed and said: "Brother Wentai said, I have the same idea. Taking advantage of the winter when Dong's army is at a disadvantage in fighting and its morale is low, I will enter Chang'an in one battle, completely defeat the Dong thieves, and welcome back the emperor, next month."
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Tian Feng quickly stood up and said: "Ming Gong, you must not do it. When marching and fighting, you should be cautious and march step by step. The best strategy is to prepare for the camp step by step. If the offensive is too fierce, the battle line will be stretched back extremely long, supply will be very difficult, and the pressure on logistics will be great.
.Once the Dong thieves send people to attack the supply and baggage, our army will be in danger!"
"Um?"
Liu Bei frowned and said dissatisfied: "Yuan Hao is unfounded. Didn't Yuan Hao see that Dong's army has no fighting power at all and will collapse at the first touch? How can such an army compete with our army? On the contrary, if we delay for too long, it will
When the snow melts in the spring and the bandit army calms down, it is the time of crisis."
Tian Feng tried hard to persuade: "Ming Gong, the world knows the benefits of Xiliang's army. If Dong Zhuo really wanted to defend Hangu Pass, how could he send only this few troops? I'm afraid it's a trick to lure the enemy deeper, so I deliberately
Fake defeat. The lessons of the Battle of Changping are still fresh in my mind. The car in front has been overturned, and we don’t know when we will wake up behind!"
Deliberately cheating?
Liu Bei recalled how Dong Jun wished his parents had lost two legs when they retreated, and sneered: "Yuan Hao must not emulate others' ambitions and destroy his own prestige. At the age of twenty-three, I have defeated the Yellow Turbans, fought against bandits, and attacked the north.
Zhang Chun Zhang Ju, Nanping Jizhou Rebellion. He fought more than dozens of battles in his life. I can still tell whether the enemy is faking defeat. When the rebels fled before, they were as panicked as a bereft dog. They couldn't stand it all day long.
It looks like he is pretending to be defeated, Yuan Hao is overly worried."
"Ming Gong, don't you hear..."
Tian Feng began to be as verbose as a Tang monk, quoting all kinds of scriptures, and taking the deeds of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods as examples. Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Bao Xin, and Sun Jian all made their heads grow bigger.
The history books commented that Tian Feng was just as good as he was, and he was the one who committed the crime and fell down.
Why did Jushu and Tian Feng have the same opinion, but Yuan Shao only cared about Tian Feng and not Jushu?
That's because Tian Feng is really long-winded. If you don't listen to him, he will tug on your sleeve and continue nagging you.
Finally, when you are sure that you don't listen to him, he will say some sarcastic words to make you angry.
For example, when Liu Bei heard Tian Feng continue to persuade him, he waved his hand and said bluntly: "Yuan Hao, please don't persuade me anymore. I have made up my mind. I will send troops to Hongnong County today."
Tian Feng beat his chest and stamped his feet, crying and saying: "Hey, it's over! My military aircraft is a major event, and it is so difficult to encounter it. If you don't know it, how can you act rashly?"
The meaning of this sentence is "Oh, the big thing is over! The army cannot be reckless when marching and fighting, and it can only take action when it encounters an opportunity. Now is not the best time to send troops, how can we attack easily?"
After saying this, all the princes, including Liu Bei, looked unhappy.
Cao Cao's current military ability is still in its infancy and is not very strong. Sun Jian's military ability is mainly reflected in his recklessness. He is indeed not very good at strategy and tactics. As for Bao Xin, it goes without saying.
But they are not fools. Since the Yellow Turbans, everyone has been fighting in the north and south for many years, so they naturally know the importance of supplies.
However, the problem now is that they believe that the combat effectiveness of Dong Zhuo's army is very low in winter and is almost vulnerable. However, their soldiers have high morale and very strong combat effectiveness because they have a large number of cotton clothes.
And almost normal people will think that no one will fight in winter, and the defense will be extremely lax. Just like Li Su entered Caizhou at night on the snow, who would have thought that someone could attack in a snowy day and travel so far to launch an attack?
Therefore, in the eyes of Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others, it was a real plan to take advantage of Dong Zhuo's unpreparedness and drive all the way to his hometown in Chang'an when Dong Zhuo had never thought that the Kwantung Army would launch an attack in winter.
This method of attack was to catch Dong Zhuo off guard. While Dong Zhuo was still having fun in Chang'an, troops came to the city and captured him from his bed.
Therefore, everyone including Cao Cao thinks it is okay to continue sending troops now.
I even think that if it can be accomplished, it will be a miracle in military history, comparable to the classic battle example of Sun Wu's reincarnation.
They will also leave their names in history for the world to praise.
However, Tian Feng believed that since we had passed Hangu Pass, we should attack steadily and capture Hangu Pass first, then mobilize supplies, food, grass and baggage from Luoyang, and slowly push it westwards step by step.
To put it simply, Liu Bei, Cao Cao and the others wanted to use a blitzkrieg, a quick attack with a combination of punches, a quick battle, and a quick victory to defeat Dong Zhuo and bring back the emperor.
Tian Feng, on the other hand, wanted to proceed step by step and take his time.
The advantage of the former is that you can take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and complete the task in one battle, and the time will be very short.
The disadvantage is that the supply line is indeed very long. If the war reaches a stalemate and the supplies from the rear cannot keep up, and the soldiers fight hungry, the army will collapse within three or four days.
The advantage of the latter is that the logistics and baggage can keep up, so there is no problem with supplies.
But the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it takes too long. It takes a long time to occupy a place and then mobilize supplies. If this continues, it will take several months to reach Chang'an.
You must know that Liu Bei is now eager to rescue Liu Bian, the young emperor of Han Dynasty, from Dong Zhuo. Every day is torture for him, how can he slow down?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So after discovering that Dong Zhuo's troops were indeed vulnerable, Liu Bei and Cao Cao decided on this strategy of attacking quickly and attacking quickly.
Now that Tian Feng is saying this, it is a slap in their face, saying bluntly that their strategy will not work and is the next best thing.
Therefore, even if Liu Bei became a good man and would not kill Tian Feng like Yuan Shao did, he would still lose face and his face would turn blue and white, which was very embarrassing.
The atmosphere solidified.
After a while, Liu Bei finally shook his head: "Tian Yuanhao, what do you mean by this? How can you talk about a big defeat when the army is out? If you shake the morale of the army, you will not be able to escape the blame. Come and lock him up."
"well!"
Tian Feng just bowed his hands, let out a long sigh, and allowed the soldiers to take him away.
Now Gongsun Zan was stationed in the rear, which was later known as Wei Han Valley Pass. Liu Bei planned to escort Tian Feng to Gongsun Zan's camp first, and then send people to imprison him in Luoyang.
"Ming Gong, Yuan Hao is also dedicated to serving the public and has no selfish motives. Moreover, before Zi Gui left, he asked him to give more opinions..."
Wang Lang hesitated: "Or..."
Although Wang Lang's force value is high, in terms of strategy, he is still much worse than Tian Feng, so he thinks Liu Bei and Cao Cao's methods are not a big problem.
It's just that Tian Feng is the person Chen Mu values more after all, and Ju Shou personally went to Jizhou to invite him. It would be chilling to question him.
Liu Bei waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, I won't blame him. The fourth brother is also confused and actually asked an incompetent person to help me make suggestions. When I rush into Chang'an and capture the Dong thief alive, Tian Yuanhao will naturally know who is it.
Incorrect."
"That's good."
Wang Lang nodded and said nothing more.
Liu Bei stood on the hill, looked at Hangu Pass that had been captured, smiled slightly, and waved his hand: "Instruct the entire army to continue setting off and capture Hongnong County within today!"
"only!"
Dozens of messengers responded loudly and dispersed to deliver the order.