Chapter 3212 The word "Sad" in the Window
Hedong.
A team of Cao's soldiers were moving forward along the road.
The soldiers of Cao's army did not cover up their whereabouts, but just released the scout for twenty or thirty miles, and seemed to be moving forward in a normal manner.
The banner of generals raised in the army was the "Liu".
The Liu family's general's surname flag, combined with the battle flag representing the Han Dynasty, also had a wonderful feeling.
Yi County is already close to Anyi and belongs to the core area of ​​Yuncheng Basin. If you pass Anyi and go north, it will be the Linfen Basin, which is the Pingyang area controlled by Feiqian.
From the perspective of Yi County itself, its small city and poor terrain are not a strategic location in the ordinary sense, but it has become the focus of competition between the two sides...
Cao Cao's original strategy of tempting left and right, mobilizing the cavalry completely failed.
Fei Qian was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai and didn't care about the little fish and shrimps jumping around. Cao Cao naturally had to find another way.
Yixian, under such circumstances, seems to be becoming more and more important.
The area around Yixian is relatively wide.
Although there are mountains around the Yuncheng Basin, people's vision is narrow after all, and the distant mountains are like a background in the horizon, while the land in front of them seems to have been magnified and has become the biggest difficulty for Cao's soldiers.
Most of the snow that fell a few days ago melted, making the rest of the place except the official roads muddy.
The weather in late spring is not only cold, but also very humid.
The soldiers of Cao's army were wearing iron armor and holding spears, and their steps were heavy.
At first, the team moved forward slowly in silence.
But as time goes by, silence is also broken...
For most Cao's soldiers, they did not know the surrounding terrain and strategic layout. They just knew how to walk and stop, live and die. However, some rumors were still passed on in the queue and then became a well-known secret.
Cao Hong retreated from Puban County, but the army went deeper alone, so how could it be so easy to retreat at will?
Sima Yi is as cunning as a fox, and almost brings out the strengths of the archer to the extreme. Anyway, he doesn't even think about melee combat and melee combat. He can take advantage of the kite shooting tactics, and wait and see if there is any difficulty.
The archers have very strong suppression on infantry, especially when Cao Hong lost most of his supplies, food and food, including arrows and crossbows. Of course, even if there are arrows and crossbows, it is not easy for infantry to defend against archers and cavalry tactics. Most of the time, they can only fight back passively and cannot take the initiative.
However, if the formation of a formation to defend, Cao Hong, who had lost his food and supplies, would obviously not be able to delay it.
Therefore, in the end, many of the soldiers Cao Hong withdrew were injured. Even if they were not injured, they were mentally tortured. After all, not everyone has a big heart that can withstand the meticulous "kind care" of the cavalry and the horse...
Although the Cao army strictly restricted soldiers from discussing these things, the spread of rumors in private could not be controlled, and there were rumors that just a few days ago, the Cao army camp around Yi County was promoted by the Cavalry Army...
This is another death.
And now, they are going to go to Yixian, the place of war.
No one knows what they will encounter and what to deal with when they really encounter the Cavalry Army.
There is only one simple command, "depart".
Is it common in Shandong that some things are known to the superiors, but they will never let the lower class know them too.
At the beginning, the soldiers of Cao's army were not sure where they were going, but after walking for a while, some people guessed the destination, and suddenly some emotions arose and started to quarrel.
This situation is also normal.
Even if a trained dog will sometimes get angry, let alone these ordinary Cao army soldiers?
No one likes to be deceived.
Although sometimes they are helpless about this kind of deception, it does not mean that they will be in a state of no emotion.
What to do if you are in a mood?
Ordinary Cao's soldiers were all straight, so they inevitably started to mutter in groups of three or three.
In private, Cao's soldiers really say everything, but most of the time these Cao's soldiers just muttered privately. If they really wanted them to jump up and rebel, or disobey military orders, most of them would not dare to.
In addition to emotional instability, there is also physical fatigue.
I don't know why, their itinerary is very rushing...
It's like rushing to reincarnate, and there's no rest at all.
After leaving for most of the day, everyone was tired, cold and exhausted.
The cold weather in late spring is obviously not something that these Shandong soldiers can adapt to at once.
The double fatigue of mental and physical fatigue caused only low whispers in the team, but now it has become more and more. In the end, it simply buzzes.
When I heard these Cao army soldiers complaining below, most of them turned a deaf ear to the front line, and sometimes they would echo with um, haha.
Nowadays, isn’t it just for the sake of making a fortune?
As the lowest-level non-commissioned officers in the military academy, they rarely have room for promotion, so these big-headed soldiers have no more. They have spent a few years of food and clothing, died on the battlefield, or brought home a disability to survive for a few years before dying. As for what they are generals...
hehe.
Among the feudal dynasties of the Han Dynasty, how many generals were really promoted from the bottom of the small soldiers?
There is no hope of promotion, and the soldiers will naturally become old men.
Liu Zhu was the one who commanded this army.
A surname with the same surname as Liu Bei, but he dared not claim to be the son of Liu's family who was descended from King Jing of Zhongshan.
The reason is that Liu Zhu is not as thick-skinned as Liu Bei, so he is just a general.
Generals are the ones among the generals.
When there is something, the general will go first, and when there is a pit, the general will fill in first. However, when there is a reward for merit, the general will always stand behind the main general.
Liu Zhu has been serving as a general of the army for a long time. He has served as a general of Cao Hong, Cao Ren, and Xiahou Dun. Now he is a general of Cao Cao. At his position, he is considered a fighting cock among the generals. It seems very great to outsiders, but he himself knows that he is still a general.
As a general of Liu Zhu, he is a typical veteran, Hu Zhi. With his first meritorious service to Cao Cao, he has become a soldier from a small soldier to the current commander, and now he serves as the governor.
Cao Cao still valued him, so he sent him as the governor.
However, if a veteran is a good soldier, he naturally knows his status. If he is within the control of Cao Cao, Cao Cao's reputation is naturally very useful. Whether it is a big general or a small captain around him, he will give him some face and forcefully listen to his orders. But once he leaves Cao Cao's camp, it is better for him to be a supervisor to be less likely to attract people. Along the way, he did not issue military orders, and even said less, but just followed the crowd, as inconspicuous as if he was a small patriarch at the bottom.
Seeing Liu Zhu just riding a horse silently and walking in the middle formation, he had not wanted to rest for most of the day. The soldiers in front were pretty good, but the soldiers in the back formation who were responsible for pushing carts and escorting supplies were exhausted and cursing loudly. After a while, he saw that no one paid attention to it, so he opened his voice more and more, pointing to the mulberry and swearing to make a happy mouth.
One of Hu Zhi's confidants, who followed him to join the army, came to Hu Zhi's side, "As the general, would you just talk to General Liu and just rest on the spot?"
The confidant pointed to the baggage behind, "Those guys can't stand it anymore... Although everyone is used to making cows and horses, they can't really be cows and horses... This is to use people as animals... I don't know how to lead good soldiers when I see this General Liu doesn't know what the Qiu Ba are thinking... If these old men are allowed to keep talking, it's a trivial matter. What if it's a night... it's better to persuade General Liu to take a break? No matter what, you have to eat hot soup and take a breath..."
Hu Zhi glared at his confidant, "You know that my governor is given a title, but in fact he is just a captain... Besides, the governor is just a person with his eyes and ears, and he doesn't open his mouth! Do you understand? Take this trip honestly, peace is a blessing. What does General Liu say, just do it honestly... You are fucking a random idea. If something goes wrong, who is on the head? The strength is a thief, and you will be raised and you will be able to die?"
The confidant smiled bitterly and said, "My old man, even if he is a thief, he must have free time. Let the young men raise this thief!"
The confidant approached Hu Zhi and whispered again, "The young man listened to him from behind... You also look back and listen, what are you muttering behind? How many days have you left the camp? If this continues, the morale of the army will really disperse... The commander is General Liu, but the deputy is the old man. If something really happens, General Liu will lose his head and the general will be able to make a good decision? Then the board will fall down, and you will be able to withstand it? It's better to calm the resentment of the army earlier... Besides, I really hope that we will fight the cavalry. It's not a day or two!"
When Hu Zhi heard what his confidant said, he was also shocked.
Turning his head to look around, he looked back at the Cao army soldiers who were pushing the baggage chariot in the back formation. Hearing the voices that wanted to open his voice, Hu Zhi couldn't help but sigh. After thinking for a while, Hu Zhi urged the mount under his crotch to rush forward, and along the way he heard some unclean mutters, some cursing Liu Zhu, and of course some came for him, the unlucky deputy. Hu Zhi was generous and pretended not to hear anything.
Hu Zhi rushed to Liu Zhu all the time.
Liu Zhu still had the same calm face and rushing to the road with his head down, and even took a look at Hu Zhi.
Hu Zhi coughed carefully and smiled and greeted: "This... General Liu?"
Liu Zhu nodded, looked up at Hu Zhi obliquely.
At this point, Hu Zhi had to bite the bullet and said down: "General Liu, this...haha, everyone has been on the road for two or three days, and is really tired... We all know that General Liu is brave and leads the way... But everyone really can't hold on anymore, can you... take a little rest? This Yi County Anyi is not in the sky, it's not bad day or day, right? What's more, if you really encounter an enemy on the road, it's not easy to deal with... General Liu thinks?"
Liu Zhu listened, his face didn't move for a moment. After Hu Zhi finished speaking, a few words popped up, "No."
Hu Zhi scratched his head and pointed at the noisy rear-range baggage lineup behind with a bitter face. "I'm not going to disobey the general's military orders... I will follow wherever General Liu ordered him. There is nothing to say... But General Liu, if the enemy of the cavalry really comes, can he rely on the general to fight me? Since General Liu is leading everyone now, he will still take some care of the morale of the army, I have said this a bit too much, but this way of leading troops is just to relax. If it's too much, then... if there is something, it's hard to say if he returns to his lord, right?"
Liu Zhu was silent for a while and sneered: "Do you still think... it's really up to us to fight? Do you really don't know, or..."
After Liu Zhu said this, he became silent, obviously not wanting to continue to say more.
Hu Zhi stared at Liu Zhu wide, realizing that he seemed to have neglected something, and then he felt a little cold sweat flowing down his spine, slipping and winding like a little snake crawling by.
"Liu...General Liu...What do you mean by saying...ah ahem, what do you mean?" Hu Zhi asked in a low voice.
Liu Zhu was silent.
Hu Zhi was a little panicked. He felt that he had touched something he had never thought about or understood before. He asked Liu Zhu in a panic, "General... What is the point of this? Please give me advice..."
As he said that, Hu Zhi wanted to dismount and salute Liu Zhu.
Liu Zhu grabbed Hu Zhi, sighed, and asked in a low voice: "Gui Hu, are you... loyal to the great man?"
『This...this, what does this mean?』Hu Zhi was stunned, 『Of course...well, of course I am loyal to the great man!』
Liu Zhu obviously had no intention of Hu Zhi's tone, but said with great concern: "When the Han Dynasty wanted to fight the Huns and use iron, the people donated all the iron tools at home..."
"Uh? Ah?" Hu Zhi was a little confused.
Later generations may think that the iron tools at home are nothing, but under the productivity conditions of the Han Dynasty, the horses and iron tools at home in ordinary people were basically equivalent to very expensive means of production and living, and were generally equivalent to cars in later families.
In other words, in order to "patriotism", the Han people donated all their "cars".
『Afterward,『 Later, Guangwu fought against Liangyong, and asked the people to donate... At that time, the people also donated, but there were no horses, only food left...I remember it was about three or five hu...』
Hu Zhi nodded, as if he understood something.
Three or five hu of grain was basically nothing in the eyes of later generations. But in the Han Dynasty, three or five hu of grain could be eaten by a family for a month. If it was tighter, it would be possible to eat it for two or three months.
In other words, in order to express one's patriotism, in the Guangwu period of the early Eastern Han Dynasty, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism were only worth three or five hu of money. Is it converted into the money of later generations? It was about a few thousand to ten thousand, which was almost a fruit machine.
Hu Zhi suddenly had some bad premonition in his heart, and he felt that Liu Zhu's words were not over yet...
Sure enough, Liu Zhu looked up, looked at the sky, and said slowly: "Now... it is said that in Yuzhou, people are starting to raise funds again... For the sake of the Han Dynasty, they are loyal to the emperor and patriotism... The people really can't resist, so they donated a bowl of corn to do it..."
How valuable is a bowl of corn?
It's probably like the money for a bottle of water in later generations.
"Ah? This... is it true?" Hu asked.
"Haha." Liu Zhu sneered twice, then asked Hu Zhi again, "How? Hu Governor, now... Are you loyal to the Han Dynasty?"
"This..." Hu Zhi was not a fool either. He understood what Liu Zhu had inexplicable questions meant.
What if the "Big Han" was replaced by "Prime Minister"?
Hu Zhi was a little chilling.
How many times can I make money now when I first sold the money to support Cao Cao?
Can the demoted "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" still be considered "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism"?
Why did a dynasty claiming to rule the world with "loyalty and filial piety" after three or four hundred years? Why did the more the "loyalty and filial piety" emphasize the more problems arise? Why did the value it contains and the pattern it reflects decline all the way?
Hu Zhi didn't dare to think too much, and even thought Liu Zhu was very unfamiliar and terrifying, "General Liu, you... this..."
Liu Zhu glanced at Hu Zhi, "What? Do you think you are really a governor? The real "governor" is behind us... Haha, yes, that's the real "governor"... Now, do you still have to stop?"
『Ah?!』 Hu Zhi was shocked and turned around and looked around, his face turned pale, 『This...General Liu, this...』
Liu Zhu exhaled a mouthful of white smoke into the sky and kicked the horse's belly.
The war horse kicked and stepped forward a few steps, and set a distance away from Hu Zhi.
No wonder Liu Zhu was in a bad mood and had a gloomy face all the way...
Now that Hu Zhi knew the real situation, his mood suddenly became bad. He stayed by the road for a long time. When his confidant caught up, he asked in a low voice: "Supervisor? How about it?"
"What? Oh, continue to march, don't rest..." Hu Zhi replied with a little dullness.
"How can this be like this? Could it be that General Liu doesn't even give him the face of the governor?" His confidant was still complaining about the injustice, "Are he not afraid that he would write a book to him after we go back?"
『Ha!』 Hu Zhi suddenly grinned bitterly, 『Go to him? Ha, then I have to go back alive...』
The confidant was stunned, and his face changed, "Guardian, you are..."
Hu Zhi waved his hand, obviously he didn't want some news to spread, otherwise the morale of the army would collapse, and even if he had a few heads, he could not bear this responsibility. Therefore, Hu Zhi turned the topic a little dryly, "Ask you something..."
The confidant nodded and said, "Please speak with the Governor."
"Are you... loyal to the great man?" Hu Zhi asked in a worried look at the dim sky.
Chapter completed!