Xiahou Dun walked along the north road of Fukou Xing with his horse.
Behind him was a team of Cao's guards.
Although Xiahou Dun took Shexian, it does not mean that Xiahou Dun can move forward with confidence and boldness.
Under Shexian, the cold days lacking fuel have made Xiahou Dun feel a little scared when he recalls it. If Shexian persists for a few more days, he may have to use gunpowder, and the battle to march into Shanxi has just begun...
Xiahou Dun had imagined the difficulties of fighting in Shangdang Taiyuan, but what he did not expect was that he still took the problem too lightly.
Marching from the plain to the plateau is not only a difference in height, but also a lot of subtle changes.
As the saying goes, one place of land and land nourishes another place of people.
If you understand this sentence in reverse, it means that people who are not nourished by this place of water and soil will not be nourished by this place of water and soil. This may be related to the magnetic field, colonies, air temperature and humidity, etc., but it is obvious that Xiahou Dun cannot understand it at all and cannot learn from any experience from historical books.
When Emperor Guangwu took Guanzhong, he recorded an advance and then victory. There was no details, no process, and no lessons learned. Did the soldiers from Jizhou to Guanzhong, like the Cao army led by Xiahou Dun today, encounter "opponents" that could not be resisted by swords and guns?
After entering the plateau, individual reactions were different. Some people felt nothing, some people felt dizzy, some people felt hungry, and some people had diarrhea, which was completely irregular, leaving the doctors who followed the army at a loss.
Xiahou Dun is quite good, and he doesn’t feel much. He just feels a little drowsy when he wakes up every morning, which is not as energetic as in Jizhou. In the Han Dynasty, because there is no interference from sound and light, most people sleep at Xu and wake up around Yin and basically eat premature stew at Mao. After entering Yukou Xing, Xiahou Dun felt that he was a little late when he woke up in the morning...
Even if it is all about these messy trivial matters, just talking about fuel, after conquering Shexian, Xiahou Dun did not have the courage to continue to let the army rush straight to Taiyuan or Shangdang along the Fukou Xing. The reason is very simple. Xiahou Dun knew that he could not afford to lose, and Cao Cao could not afford to lose either.
It would be fine if it was just a small team of soldiers. If tens of thousands of people were filled in, the materials needed would be like a bottomless pit, which was not enough!
Shexian County...
Xiahou Dun suddenly dropped the reins of the horse, climbed up a high rock on the side of the mountain road with his hands and feet, then looked around, frowned, and said nothing.
When Xiahou Dun's guards saw Xiahou Dun like this, they immediately became alert and held swords and shields, looking around, but they did not see any abnormality...
Bian Bing also followed Xiahou Dun and climbed up the rock.
Looking into the distance, the mountain road winds and hides among the withered shrubs and weeds. The vast mountains in front of us and behind us stand dangerously. The mist whistles past, rolling up the floating snow on the ridges, like smoke and fog.
In the vast world, people seem to be as small as gravel and dust.
Bian Bing looked into the distance and listened with his ears, but he didn't find anything. "General..."
Xiahou Dun made a move to silence, then continued to look into the distance, patrolled for a while, and then said: "Did you not notice that the weather seems to have changed a little in the past two days?"
『Weather?』Bian Bing looked up at the sky. There were still thick clouds in the sky, piled up and moving lazily,『This...』
Bian Bing didn't see any difference.
But Xiahou Dun felt...
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it seems that only Zhu Ge has the ability to call the wind and rain, and even fish sauce is a foil. However, in fact, most of the generals who have been in charge of the army for many years have some intuition beyond the five senses. Although they may not be accurate every time, they have more or less some of their own judgments.
In Xiahou Dun's senses, he seemed to see the fierce murderous aura in the sky, attacking from north to south!
However, this kind of induction is also the most indefinite thing.
But, do you want to bet?
Xiahou Dun hesitated a little.
Bian Bing whispered: "The general's intention is to change the world? Then do we still march? If we don't march, this place in Taiyuan, Shangdang..."
Xiahou Dun did not answer immediately, but exhaled a long sigh, "Bian Hujun, have you led the army alone before?"
Bian Bing was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and suddenly a happier look appeared on his face, "The general's intention is to let me lead the army alone?"
Xiahou Dun's eyes moved slightly, "Well... I have some ideas... But, Bian Hujun, how much do you know about leading the army? It is different to give advice and lead troops to fight for life..."
Joining the army in Shandong is not something that makes people feel happy.
This is fundamentally different from the Guanzhong Land.
Shandong is rich, or the average value is high. Even if most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of top people, the remaining soup and cold roasts occasionally leak out from the fingers will be more than the bitter and cold places in Shanxi. Even if you dig wild vegetables and grass roots into the wild, the Shandong land will obviously grow more than the arid and semi-arid places in Shanxi.
This makes the "Hometown of Fish and Rice" in Shandong obviously more than in Shanxi, which means that the cost of survival for people in Shandong is actually cheaper and easier than those in Shanxi.
Then Jiangdong will be more comfortable than Shandong...
This does not mean that Jiangdong or Shandong are all lazy. After all, the personality of laziness depends on individuals. There are also hardworking people in the south and lazy people in the north. It is normal, but it is just a general situation.
Just like the later generations of wolf soldiers came out of Guangxi, but what happened next door to Guangdong?
Fresh food?
The poor mountains and rivers are full of troubled people, because in such a place, if the people do not fight or be timid, they will not be able to survive!
The current land of Shandong in the Han Dynasty did not have the military merit reward system under Fei Qian's rule. Ordinary foreign surnames were not as fast as the Cao Xiahou family's promotion.
Just like the later generations of Midi, who had a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, went to become a village official, but he could become a county magistrate with a professional degree!
It was such a coincidence that the children of the Xiahou family of Cao were just in time to catch up with the green light all the way, unobstructed!
Under such circumstances, even if the Xiahou family of Cao understands that Fei Qian’s military governance strategy is better, it will not be used!
How can it be used?
Could it be that the catfish was really hung out and killed?
Kill the catfish, will Gong Da G kill?
If you follow up...
The sky is about to break!
The pain of bald heads and Jingguo is not one or two.
Therefore, when you go to the army in Shandong, you really can't survive and then you go to the army. You are either the captured strong men, like ants, and your life is cheap. Although Cao Cao occupied Jizhou and Yuzhou, in fact, whether it is now or in history, is the strongest corps under Cao Cao from Jizhou or Yuzhou? It is not!
The tiger and leopard cavalry are from Youbei, the infantry are from Qingzhou, and the navy is from Jingzhou!
But there was not a single hair in the two most populous states among the Han Dynasty.
"You must be strict in commanding soldiers... But you cannot be too much, otherwise you will be less powerful than three points..." Xiahou Dun said slowly, "Cultivating soldiers and raising morale is not easy... The army dispatch may be just a word in the tent, but outside, the soldiers measured by stepping through mountains and rivers, and only about an inch on the map. But it is really hard and trivial to walk..."
"The two armies fought, especially so, confronting each other, exploring the virtual and real, short as months, long as years!" Xiahou Dun said slowly, as if summarizing, as if teaching, "After the Spring and Autumn Period, there was no other two armies facing each other, and then fighting... The method of fighting was to avoid its losses, and to bend the enemy without fighting... The guarding of the key passes, so that the soldiers could not move, and consume their morale... cut off their food channels, deep ditches and high bases, so that they could not fight if they were trapped..."
Bian Bing pondered and said, "Is the general saying that the cavalry soldiers are trying to cut off our food route?"
When marching and fighting, food and grass are the first priority. Of course, everyone understands this principle.
Especially Lao Cao, who likes to cut off people's food channels, is naturally very careful about his own food channels.
Bian Bing thought about the arrangements for the food route during this period, and there seemed to be no problem, but after Xiahou Dun said this, he had to rethink and sort it out and examine again whether there were any missing places.
Xiahou Dun glanced at Bian Bing, "This enemy may not be a human... maybe it is heaven..."
Bian Bing was shocked and looked up.
In the sky, the layers of clouds are like endless curtains, covering everything. Those comfortable floating clouds are like mocking the ants on the ground. Just by relying on this little Taoist practice, they still want to peek at the secrets of heaven?
A group of Cao's scouts who came hurriedly broke the silence.
『What? Taiyuan sent troops?』 Xiahou Dun was not surprised but happy, 『It is very good! In this way, the right time and place are all about me! Bian Gujun obeys the order! He can set up more stoves inside and outside She County! He secretly dispatched troops south to attack Shangdang, and joined forces with General Le to conquer Huguan!』
Bian Bing responded proudly.
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Yanzhou.
On the official road leading to, there were flags like clouds and cars and horses. It was vast and magnificent, like the endless transportation and supplies brigade of the Cao army of the Han Dynasty, which was coming in endlessly, and then heading to Hanoi and transporting them all the way to Sili.
Where the convoy gathers, on the side of the operation site, there is not enough road surface for even the official road, so it has to pass through the dirt roads on both sides of the road. Fortunately, there is little rain in winter, so it is not too difficult to walk.
Each baggage truck was filled with various military supplies and equipment, as if it had brought out all the Han family's assets.
The bent back of the laborer was almost at the same angle as the mules and horses on the side. The stretched neck was like a fish about to die. The yellow eyes were not angry at all, leaving only helplessness and instinctive reactions to life.
Even when the severe winter comes, many hard laborers still have only one piece of thin shirt. The gray-black fabric, mixed with soil and sweat, has been formed into pieces, and even if the cold wind blows, it is difficult to float. The palms and feet are covered with thick calluses, and they are silently pushing and pushing the baggage trucks.
The voice of the little official standing on a high place was extremely sharp in the cold wind. "Only know how to eat the worms that cannot work! When eating, they run faster than rabbits, and when working, they are slower than turtles!"
"Idiot! You can't even pull the cart, is it all in your head full of shit?!"
"Be careful! If you beat it up and break it, you can't afford to lose your ten lives!"
There is labor every year and there are hard laborers from generation to generation.
Mules and horses can also be eaten with dry ingredients, but labor is not even comparable to mules and horses.
Mules and horses are still a bit of real stuff, but labor is always just a bowl of mugs.
Because mules and horses are valuable, but people are not valuable.
Insults and whippings sound from time to time, while those who were scolded and beaten labor were silent, occasionally making tragic sounds like cattle and sheep.
The baggage pulled by the couriers deeply crushed the roads with ruts, but no cargo on any of the baggage trucks belonged to these couriers.
They are humans, but they are not humans either.
They thought that those who wear robes would regard them as humans, but in fact, those who wear robes never regarded them as humans.
They naively thought it would be good to pull this car after pulling this car, but they didn't know that after pulling this car, there would be another car.
They thought they could endure hardships and their children could enjoy their happiness, and they had the opportunity to wear long robes, but they didn't know that in the feudal dynasty, mud legs were always mud legs, and that robes would never belong to them, nor would they belong to their children...
Even if you wear it temporarily, you must take it off again.
Mud legs are not worthy of wearing robes.
The military academy, responsible for transferring grain and grass camp, stood on the left side of the road, waiting humbly. When he saw Ren Jun coming, he immediately smiled and ran forward to meet him. When he arrived in front of Ren Jun's horse, he personally took over Ren Jun's horse. After Ren Jun got off the horse, he hurriedly bowed and greeted him. A series of actions were indescribable, and it was very smooth.
"The Protector General holds a halberd under his tent and welcomes the General of the Central Army!"
The Cao Military Academy was respectful and humble.
Ren Jun turned his head slightly and smiled, "Cao clan? This name is good..."
It's interesting to say that most of the important direct generals of the Xiahou clan of the Cao clan are not very famous, such as the general of the guardian, the general of the governor, or the general of the army. They look like inferior products among the poor generals, but in fact they are low-ranking positions and heavy weight, and the benefits are not on the pleats.
Ren Jun laughed, and did not take it out intently. He patted the Cao Military Academy with his uninjured hand. "It's all my family, so there is no need to be so polite! Now the lord is leading the army outside to fight bloody battles, so we can only be loyal and dedicated to the soldiers for their use! "
Cao Yu was helped up by Ren Jun, and his expression was still respectful. He smiled and said, "Everything that the Zhonglang General said is true, every word is in the gem... I will definitely remember it in my heart all the time!"
Ren Jun laughed, "You'll not say much, politely... The soldiers in front use their lives, and the transport of money and grain behind naturally cannot be cut off... What are the transfers of transportation in the past few days?"
Cao Yang lowered his head and replied: "It's just some grains, food, clothing and food."
Ren Jun nodded, "Let's go and have a look."
Cao Yang was stunned and nodded and bowed in front of him, "General of the Central Army, please, please, please, please..."
Of course, it is impossible to stop for a long time above the official road.
Under the guidance of the military academy Cao Yu, Ren Jun arrived at the warehouse in the camp. Looking at the arrangement of the camp that seemed to be orderly, he couldn't help but nod and express his approval.
Cao Yang looked at Ren Jun's expression and was also making fun of him, saying that he was learning from the General of Zhonglang, who was his role model.
This cheerful atmosphere lasted until Ren Jun wanted to change the granary and see...
"Oh? Why is it not very convenient?" Ren Jun said in a deep voice.
Cao Yang said a little embarrassedly, with a pleading voice, "General Zhonglang, have you seen all the granaries just now? They are all the same, they are all the same..."
Ren Jun's eyes were slightly cold, "Open!"
Cao Yang was still a little hesitant, but Ren Jun's guard had already stepped forward and snatched the keychain from Cao Yang's hand. After a few attempts, he opened the padlock and pulled the chain open.
Inside the granaries, piles of grain and millet are stacked like mountains.
The guard Ren Jun went in and looked around first, and after coming out, he whispered to Ren Jun: "There is nothing unusual."
Cao Yu suddenly became a little alive, "I... I just said that the weather was a little wet, and the door was easily damp when it opened..."
"Oh?" Ren Jun nodded, squinted his eyes and smiled, and then walked in.
The granaries were not largely built, and four piles of grain and grass were surrounded by reed mats.
The grain and wet pile is on a wooden rack and does not come into direct contact with the ground. There is also a wooden ladder on one side of the grain and wet pile, which is convenient for up and down.
The ground was sprinkled with lime and realgar, but it was scattered by footprints.
Ren Jun's heart moved slightly, so he picked up a pile of grains and hay, climbed up the wooden ladder in three or two, and used his hands to dig the grains inside the pile of grains and hay...
The shelled corn flowed down in Ren Jun's palm.
Dry, without much floating ash or shaggy shell, it is indeed a high-quality corn.
No problem.
Ren Jun looked back at Cao Yang, and looked at the sweat rolling on Cao Yang's face. His doubts not only did not diminish, but were increasing. Since it was normal, why should we stop it?
Immediately, Ren Jun seemed to smell something. He twitched his nose twice, then put the corn in his hand on the end of his nose, and faintly smelled some moldy smell.
Why does dry corn have a subtle musty smell?
Ren Jun threw a handful of corn into his mouth and chewed it.
The aroma of the grain spreads in the mouth.
There is no problem, it is fresh corn, from that year.
Maybe it’s just a musty smell during transportation?
Ren Jun threw the remaining corn back into the pile of grain and hay, and then went down the wooden ladder. Standing next to the pile of grain and hay, Ren Jun thought about it and suddenly pulled out the guard's sword and stabbed it into the reed mat of the pile of grain and hay!
Cao Yang's face turned pale.
The knife was pulled out, and as the sword was pulled out, the old grain buried under the pile of food and weeds became colorful and black and flowed out along the blade, like pus and blood flowing out.
"What a courage!" Ren Jun shouted angrily, "You dare to steal military rations and sell inferior products as good ones!"
"No, not me!" Cao Yu knelt down on the ground with a thud, "The little one is only responsible for transporting... The food and grass are the ones that are transported..."
"Drag out and behead him!" Ren Jun had no intention of listening to his explanation, and directly asked someone to drag him away.
『Why?!" Cao Wei shouted, 『I don't agree...Why...ah...Woo...
Soon, Cao Yang's head was hung on the gate of the operation site.
Ren Jun looked at him coldly. He also knew that Cao Yan was just a small character, and it was definitely not something that a small military academy could do if he dared to do such a thing...
Stealing military rations and selling inferior products as good ones. From sales to transportation, is it just something Cao Yan did alone?
That’s right, it’s only Cao Yan’s responsibility!
Ren Jun had heard some movements a long time ago, and this time he came to deal with this matter. If it were normal for him to turn a blind eye, then...
Whether it is killing chickens or birds, it is necessary to shock a wave to ensure that there is no problem with the food channel!
Chapter completed!