Cao Cao watched Yang Xiu talk nonsense and didn't have much thought of listening carefully.
If Yang Xiu directly pleaded guilty, Cao Cao's anger would have been slightly calmed down.
As a result, Yang Xiu still has to make excuses!
Still looking for reasons!
Cao Cao gritted his teeth and closed his eyes slightly.
He also knew that this was not Yang Xiu's own problem...
What kind of cause is what kind of result.
Here, it is not the Buddhist theory of cause and effect, but the objective law of the development of things.
Seeing Yang Xiu's current appearance, the first feeling that Cao Cao felt was contempt, and then anger.
Whether in history or in the present, Cao Cao was in a state of integration and competition with the Shandong gentry and powerful landlords. Integration was that Cao Cao himself could not escape from his original class and could not observe the world like Fei Qian. He was angry because Cao Cao himself knew in his heart that the road of the Han Dynasty had been gone by these powerful gentry, and he wanted to force Cao Cao to go to the dead end.
That's right, a dead end.
At least after Yuan Shao, Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao's road was not accessible.
If you want to check and balance, you will die from check and balance.
If you want to increase your bargaining chips, the corrupt platform of Dahan is already overwhelmed.
So, who needs to be cut?
Of course it is impossible for Cao Cao himself and the political group under Cao Cao.
Cao Cao slowly stroked his beard.
If you can't get anything from the outside, you can only get inside...
He did not hate Yang Xiu personally, but he definitely had a lot of resentment and depression towards the Yang family represented by Yang Xiu, as well as the local gentry and powerful families represented by the Yang family.
It’s not good to do anything, but it’s the most professional to pull the hind legs.
He pulled the man down before, and then pulled Yuan Shao down. Now it's his turn to pull him back?
Little turtle, dare to be foolish in front of me?
At the moment when Yuan Shao was overthrown, Cao Cao actually felt a little more or less "revenge".
After all, Cao Cao was suppressed for too long before that time under the Two Yuans.
It feels quite like Cao Cao thought Yuan Shao was a brother, but Yuan Shao wanted to stand behind Cao Cao every day...
Some people may say that many people feel empty after taking revenge, but they don’t feel much pleasure. This may happen, but it is definitely because the person involved was hurt too deeply and thoroughly by this hatred, so that they are tired and useless in their entire life. When they look up, they are confused and can no longer find their own future.
However, after Cao Cao danced on Yuan Shao's grave, he let go of his grudges with Yuan Shao.
But what Cao Cao never expected was that Yuan Shao was not the only one who wanted to stand behind Cao Cao.
For example, this bad grandson in front of him.
Everyone will be afraid, timid, and panic. When they are in trouble, they often do some stupid things, which Cao Cao can understand. If Yang Xiu was simply afraid, timid, or panic, they dare not say it and forget to say it, Cao Cao would not be very angry. If Yang Xiu really forgot about it because he was timid, this proves that Yang Xiu is an ordinary person, and Cao Cao would have been more generous to Yang Xiu and could even buy bones with a thousand gold coins.
But the problem is not Yang Xiu.
Looking back at Yang Xiu's experience, he is not a high-ranking yamen with no ambitions at all.
It is completely conceivable that if there were no past ups and downs and Dong Zhuo who overturned the table, there would be a place for Yang Xiu in the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao was still serving as the county magistrate of a certain county. When he saw Yang Xiu, he would call him "Yang Gong"...
Because Yuan brought Dong Zhuo, and if Dong Zhuo had problems, who would have to bear joint and several liability? So it was difficult to explain clearly what Yang Biao's calculation was when he was silent at that time. However, neither Yang nor Yuan expected that Dong Zhuo could not control himself, but also even had the matter of eating.
What kind of soil, only
What kind of fruit will it bear?
In the decaying land of the Han Dynasty, people could only give birth to people like Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Yang Xiu.
There is a cause, and there is a result.
From a certain perspective, Cao Cao destroyed the Yuan family, and of course he could not avoid the Yang family.
Cao Cao could dance at Yuan Shao’s grave, and naturally he would sneer under the Sizhitang.
Unless Yang Xiu can break out of the shackles, crawl under Cao Cao, or Fei Qian, he is willing to become a minor official and auspicious person hanging on the eaves like Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan.
It’s a pity that Yang Xiu was unwilling to give up.
If Yang Xiuzhen can jump out, why should he come back?
Yang Xiu gritted his teeth and came back to worship Cao Cao. Wasn't he just waiting for a chance to resurrect the soul with a corpse?
Cao Cao suddenly became bored when he heard Yang Xiu's defense. He waved his hand and interrupted Yang Xiu's words, and asked someone to bring Yang Xiu's guards up...
Yang Xiu's eyes widened.
The guard was obviously punished, with a bruised nose and swollen face. He barely opened his swollen eyelids. When he saw Yang Xiu, he struggled with excitement, as if he wanted to say something or suggest something, but he was quickly taken down by the Cao soldiers and had no chance to express it at all.
"Yang Dezu, what else can he say to quibble?"
Cao Cao sneered.
Yang Xiu opened his mouth, and seeing that things had come to this point, he became arrogant and no longer deliberately pretended to be a little mean. He shook his sleeves and replied, "What's the point of not giving up a crime?"
Cao Cao laughed and nodded, "That's how it is! Come! He knocked down his crown, put it in the back camp, and took it seriously!"
He would not kill Yang Xiu now, even if he wanted to kill, he would still be valuable.
Yang Xiu was betrayed by disheveled hair.
Cao Cao stood up, looked at the robe on the ground, and snorted...
This damn Fei Qian, do you know I will do this?
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Guanzhong.
Fei Zhen was wearing a well-made silver-white bright light armor and stood at the foot of the mountain south of Hancheng. She felt that her face was a little stiff due to cold. She couldn't help but stretch out her hand and rub it for a while, and vomited a mouthful of white smoke.
These days, he and Pang Tong have been in the army.
The place in Chang'an was left to Xun You and other officials, and his, Pang Tong, and Huang's guards were mainly responsible for ensuring the stability of military power.
It also reduces potential risks.
After all, Pang Tong didn't know whether anyone would be unable to think about it in Chang'an, and suddenly a big one came...
As the second-ranked figure under Fei Qian, Pang Tong, plus the kinship between Pang Shi, Fei and Huang, and the friendship between teachers and students, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a surname. Therefore, at the most critical moment, it is reasonable for Fei Zhen to follow Pang Tong to control the direct cavalry troops.
The rumbling thunder sound was the elite cavalry who were practicing.
Fei Zhen had nothing to do. She just had to wear such armor and sit upright on the horse as a mascot, which could greatly boost the morale of these elite cavalrymen.
Fei Zhen looked into the distance.
The northwest direction of Hancheng is Longmen Ferry.
This is an important support point in Feiqian's tactics.
Longmen Ferry is still in a state of freezing. In just one day and night, the cavalry of Hancheng can reach Longmen Ferry, and then in another day, they can reach the Hedong area. Within three days, the military front can appear directly at most of the cities in Hedong County, looking for the weaknesses of Cao's army to conduct a surprise attack.
There were also roars on the shooting range inside the workshop outside Hancheng.
Fei Zhen knew that it was testing the wind, snow and rain resistance of gunpowder...
In dealing with the stable infantry front, hot weapons such as gunpowder are undoubtedly a fearful and very effective thing. Flames, thick smoke, explosions and fragments will cause many soldiers to collapse directly, especially when used at night, which will strengthen the power of shock.
At this time, Fei Zhen realized why his father
At the beginning, inferior iron is used as the shell of the grenade, rather than cheaper clay pots or porcelain bottles. Because clay pots and porcelain bottles are even thicker, they are fragile. Once the bottle is broken and contaminated with water vapor, the power of gunpowder will be greatly reduced.
"Uncle Shi Yuan, does this Cao thief want to attack Guanzhong or Hedong?"
Fei Zhen asked. He felt that the old thief Cao Cao seemed to be indeterminate, changing for a while. He was still staring at Tongguan Wuguan before, but now he has gone to Hedong again...
Pang Tong smiled aside and pointed to the distance, "Can you see the movement of Cao's army here?"
Fei Zhen stared at the top, "How is this possible?"
Pang Tong laughed.
Fei Zhen was stunned for a moment, then understood, "Uncle Shi Yuan means, is the old thief testing?"
Pang Tong nodded, "It's both a test and a deployment."
Except for God and God, who can ignore the fog on the battlefield?
Cao Cao obviously didn't do it either. He had to determine where Fei Qian's main force was. If you want to obtain information, one way is to grab your tongue, and the other way is to fish. Cao Cao's current march into Hedong is undoubtedly to use both ways.
Everything needs two points to see.
For example, the wind and snow fell from the sky, which restricted the gunpowder of Fei Qian's side, and also caused problems in Cao Cao's side's food and grass supply.
The same is true for Cao Cao's march into Hedong.
Fei Zhen thought for a moment, "Then... Uncle Shi Yuan, where are we going now?"
Pang Tong smiled, "Young Master, please try to answer this question first..."
Fei Zhenba smacked her lips, exhaled, watched Bai Yan dissipate, and said, "I think it's like guessing scissors and stone cloth. Then the old thief said he wanted to make a cloth, and we made a scissors and then he got into a trap... But if we... also made a cloth, we also got into a trap..."
Fei Zhen sighed again, "I just know this. If we follow the old thief, we will be passive... It's like he just comes out whatever he wants, we have to continue... So, if we told the old thief that we want to use scissors?"
Pang Tong laughed, "That's the reason!"
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In this east-west war, Cao Cao attacked multiple routes, but overall he was still slightly divided. The north was Xiahou Dun as the core, Cao Ren as the focus on the south, and Cao Cao himself in the middle, and he advanced separately.
Before departure, according to Lao Cao's plan, of course, it is best to be consistent, cooperate with each other, and work together to seize the land of Hedong in Guanzhong, and join forces to eat the big fat piece of Guanzhong in one bite.
It can be said that Cao Cao's march on multiple lines is indeed a good strategy and plan that can give full play to his large number of people, but the plan will never keep up with changes, cannot conquer the tough situation, and cannot attack the surprise attack. Even Cao Cao had never seen the gentry of the Hedong Guanzhong gentry that he had expected...
Tongguan is undoubtedly a huge and hard bone. Even without gunpowder, Lao Cao could not defeat him in history, let alone to bless the enhanced version of Tongguan with various long-range weapons.
Cao Cao's own strength is not as powerful as he boasts about it.
There are many people in Shandong, but not all belong to Cao Cao.
Shandong also has a lot of money, but it is not Cao Cao's either.
Cao Cao moved in the middle, and Xiahou Dun also tried to move in Taiyuan County to give himself a larger space.
However, unlike Cao Cao's purpose, Xiahou Dun no longer cared about whether he could continue to occupy Taiyuan, but wanted to involve Fei Qian's troops as much as possible. More importantly, if he did not do anything, Xiahou Dun might be unable to suppress these people in Taiyuan County.
Just like Fei Zhen cannot directly send her eyes to both sides of Tongguan and on both sides of the river, people on the battlefield can only see this small area in front of him, and other information needs intelligence.
Without intelligence, you just open your eyes and blindness.
Fei potential Pingyang, he will have more information sources, but
Is it possible that there is a source of information like Fei Qian in various townships in Taiyuan? So Xiahou Dun made such a bad information, and he was ready to march towards Pingyang, but in fact he turned around to clean up the messy Qianghu behind his butt.
These Qianghu, which were specially used to harvest his single soldiers, were like a group of flies. They might not be able to kill Xiahou Dun at once, but they could disgust Xiahou Dun...
In the era when nomadic peoples had not yet fully entered ironization, the infantry of the Han Dynasty had the power to fight even when facing cavalry, although the battle was relatively hard.
Xiahou Dun realized that no matter how these scattered Qianghu run around, they ultimately needed a transit station or a supply point, so he used a bait action to find the current mountain village hidden among the folds of the gullies.
Erxun Village.
There are two mountain roads, one on the plateau and the other on the bottom of the gully, like two hoops on wooden barrels.
This is a small mountain village near Jinyang, Taiyuan.
Because the location is relatively hidden, it has become the gathering point for these Qiang and Hu who invaded Xiahou Dun.
There are many Hu cavalry here. After grabbing Cao's army's supplies, they will return to rest here.
Because the village is in the half slope of the gully, if you look from a distance, you can't see the cave in the village at all, just like a sudden disappearance.
In the Taiyuan area of ​​Shanxi, there are many such cave villages, and even people moved the courtyards underground. The rainfall in this area is sparse, so there is no way to know how many words "wet". The caves are warm in winter and cool in summer, so this kind of strange building can be considered to be adapted to local conditions, but it caused quite a lot of trouble to the scouts of Cao's army.
Most of the scouts of Cao's army were from Shandong, and they were used to looking for things on the ground. As a result, there was only such a village, and they were almost in Jinyang's eyes were low and they couldn't see them. It was not until there were too many traces of horse hooves and horse shit that they were finally discovered by Cao's scouts.
The behavior of Qiang and Hu was like squatting on Xiahou Dun's head and shitting...
Of course, Xiahou Dun couldn't bear it, so he immediately took the soldiers and set out secretly in the middle of the night, touched Erzhao Village, blocked the intersection, and then attacked the village.
Xiahou Dun wanted to use these damn Qianghu heads to shock the hearts of the people around Jinyang...
Of course the plan is good, but when it is executable, there is another problem.
Erzhao Village is harder to fight than Xiahou Dun imagined.
Because the villages here are caves, not tiled houses built with plants and trees.
In most villages in Shandong, many houses are made of civil structures, with earthen walls and bricks, which are already very good. There are also many simple wooden boards and straw sheds, and these wooden boards and straw sheds are flammable. Therefore, when attacking those villages in Shandong, Cao Jun would set a fire first, and the subsequent things would naturally be simple...
But the problem is that the "houses" in Erzhao Village are caves.
This fire can also be put on, but the problem is that it doesn’t burn much and the effect is very poor.
Smoking is a good way, but the cave is not all connected. If it is burned on this end, it cannot be smoked. You can't let the Cao army soldiers make a hole in the soil layer, right?
Another very troublesome thing is that the soil layer of the cave is very thick, not like the adobe walls in Shandong at all. With too many people, you can even push down the adobe walls directly, but here, the Cao army soldiers had no choice but to use the walls of these caves.
So I could only chew over it little by little...
This efficiency and casualty rate are of course quite good.
Now there are waves of shouts of killing in Erzhao Village, and the injured Cao soldiers retreated from the entrance of the village. Seeing this, Xiahou Dun would frown and add some more.
It’s not that I don’t want to rush up, but that the Erzhao Village is just so big. With more people, it will be hindered and cannot give full play to its advantages, so I can only fight the strong shield and crossbow into the cave.
As time went by, Xiahou Dun's heart gradually became a little impatient and uneasy.
From to
Since reaching this place, Xiahou Dun had already invested 300 armored soldiers and 400 auxiliary soldiers, but he had not invested in the direct elites. He himself was hesitating. Although this battle is indeed more important, the direct elites are now his last trump card, and he is still reluctant to play it like this.
After all, this is just a group of Qianghu...
But the battle situation was obviously beyond Xiahou Dun's expectations.
"These miscellaneous bells..."
Xiahou Dun looked up at the sky, obviously a little dissatisfied.
This continued fighting, from the approaching noon until the sky gradually became dark, and the village still had no choice in the victory or defeat.
After hesitating for a moment, Xiahou Dun raised his hand and was about to order the elite troops directly to enter the village, but when he saw the scout coming in a hurry, he saw smoke and dust rising in the distance.
Xiahou Dun swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He was not afraid of the Hu people. He was afraid that there were cavalrymen behind him. So he ignored the battle situation in Erzhao Village and quickly took back his hand, grabbed the reins of the war horse, "withdrawing out of the village and preparing to fight!"
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