Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3285 Exclusion and Ranking

"Capture Xiahou Yuanrang?"

Fei Qian was quite surprised.

In the era of cold weapons, capturing an enemy general on the battlefield was not as easy as in the game, and there was no such thing as a capture card to provide a probability bonus.

This is because if they are not fighting face to face, most of the generals are in the back line of the battlefield. Whether it is a person or a horse, it is difficult to cross the battlefield and rush directly to the position of the enemy's main general, not to mention defeating and dispersing the enemy's guards...

However, Xiahou Dun was the most unlucky one. He misjudged the situation and was in the relatively restricted terrain of Taihang Mountains, so he didn't even have much space to escape.

So Xiahou Dun was captured and is now on his way to Jinyang, and the news was sent to Fei Qian as soon as possible.

Also reported was the news that Cui Jun was arrested.

Cui Hou fell into a ravine halfway through the journey and his life or death was unknown.

"My lord, great joy!" Xun Chen cupped his hands in congratulations.

Xiahou Dun can be said to be the second main general of Cao's army and the core figure of Cao's political group. Now he has fallen into Fei Qian's hands. Although he is still in Taiyuan area for the time being, he has already added a lot of chances of Fei Qian's final victory.

Xun Chen understood this, and Xu Chu was equally clear about it.

"This matter..." Fei Qian pondered for a moment, "It will not be announced to the public for the time being."

Xun Chen and Xu Chu looked at each other, and then Xun Chen quickly understood and bowed in response.

Xu Chu hesitated for a moment, but followed Xun Chen in agreeing.

Fei Qian had no intention of giving a specific explanation, because the current battle situation was the most important thing.

In front of Fei Qian and the other three was a huge sand table, and in the center of the sand table was a miniature flag representing Cao Cao.

Fei Qian looked down at the entire sand table.

Xu Chu also quickly stood beside Fei Qian.

Xun Chen glanced at Fei Qian, and then focused his eyes on the sand table. He suddenly felt that the sand table was like a net, and Cao Cao was the fish that fell into the net. Cao Cao wanted to break free from the net, or fight Fei Qian to the death, but Fei Qian was like a patient fisherman, waiting for the big fish to use up its last bit of energy.

Fei Qian frowned slightly, looked at the sand table, and did not speak for a while.

Xu Chu and Xun Chen both thought that Fei Qian was thinking about how to defeat Cao Cao, and they did not dare to disturb Fei Qian. But in fact, Fei Qian was not thinking about how to attack Cao Cao...

There are only three roads going down from Emei Mountain, oh, four.

The two middle ones are close, so they can be counted as three, or in other words, three directions: left, center, and right.

On the left is Wenxi, on the right is Puban, and in the middle is Anyi.

Detours are required in both directions.

The Emei Mountain looks flat, but actually it has many wrinkles. This is the characteristic of the loess plateau. Two houses seem very close, and the other party can hear you if you shout, but it takes one or two hours to visit the other party's house...

So there is only one main direction of attack.

Cao Cao also knew this.

The Yuncheng Basin is like an arena.

Cao Cao is doomed.

When Fei Qian learned that Cao Cao had raised the banner in the center of the Yuncheng Basin, he understood that this was Cao Cao's challenge to Fei Qian, which was more direct than any declaration of war. If Fei Qian did not accept the challenge, Cao Cao would most likely turn around and leave, and later he would laugh at Fei Qian for being timid.

Fei Qian will come naturally.

Now Fei Qian is not only considering fighting, but also what to do after the fight.

Fei Qian was deliberately brought to Hedong to fight, on the one hand to avoid damage to Guanzhong, on the other hand to take this opportunity to clean up the gentry and nobles in Hedong. In addition to this, there was another hidden reason, which was to train the people of the Shandong faction under his command.

Xun Chen was from Yingchuan.

Xu Chu was from Qiao County.

Sima Yi was from Henei.

Even Wei Erha, who broke free from the reins and was released, is from Nanyang.

Different political views are the most irreconcilable contradiction in the world. Different values ​​form different political views, and such contradictions in political views are bound to exist, just like day and night. Therefore, we cannot be like the foolish and bold Qin Shihuang, who thought that he could unify the thoughts of the whole world by unifying the laws.

The people of Shandong are certainly to blame for the Han Dynasty's current situation. Dong Zhuo did set a bad example, but the people of Shandong were the key force that completely destroyed the Han Dynasty and made it irreversible.

There is no doubt that the Suanzao Alliance was ostensibly an anti-Dong alliance, but in reality it was an alliance aimed at dividing the Han Dynasty.

To put it simply, Dong Zhuo made a move, and the people who buried the dirt on the big man were from Shandong.

This is not surprising at all. After all, in the minds of Shandong people, especially in the minds of the gentry in Yuzhou and Jizhou, they bore the vast majority of the Han Dynasty's financial taxes and supported countless soldiers on the Han Dynasty's borders. Naturally, they were arrogant and felt that other states and counties of the Han Dynasty, especially the north and the western regions, were simply poor relatives in the mountains who would only come to collect debts and ask for things. They hated them so much that as soon as Dong Zhuo took action, they naturally found a reason to sever their kinship ties and cut off contact.

Of course, in fact, xenophobia is not only seen in Jizhou and Yuzhou, nor is it only seen in the Han Dynasty. It can be said that as long as there are people living together, xenophobia will inevitably occur, even Fei Qian himself is no exception. But the problem is that when a person's level is higher and his vision is more far-sighted, the problem of xenophobia should not occur.

The reason for xenophobia is simple: arrogance.

Jizhou and Yuzhou are the most suitable areas for agricultural production in the Han Dynasty. Before Fei Qian, the main cultural center, economic center and grain production center of the Han Dynasty were all in these two states. It can be said that these two states have overwhelmed all the other states in the Han Dynasty, leaving the third place and other states far behind, so it is inevitable that they are arrogant.

But in Shandong, Jizhou and Yuzhou, Fei Qian felt that there were different forms of "arrogance" among different classes.

First of all, there are ordinary people at the bottom of the society, self-employed farmers or tenant farmers.

These people are huge in number, their ecological niche is the lowest, and their "xenophobia" is blatant and expressed directly through behavior or words.

This is very similar to the old tenants in Hedong reported by Zhang Xiu. They hate refugees from other places because these refugees will "snatch" their "opportunities" that were originally exploited at a lower labor price.

As the origin of the Eastern Han Dynasty's founding emperors' wealth and power, and as the founders of the Eastern Han Dynasty's court, the common people of Yuzhou and Jizhou enjoyed generous treatment for quite a long time and received considerable benefits from the Han Dynasty. However, as time went on, the means of production and living materials were gradually taken over by the gentry, and the living standards of the common people in Jizhou and Yuzhou continued to decline. Unfortunately, the local people of Jizhou and Yuzhou were deceived by the illusions of the local gentry, and directed their dissatisfaction and resentment at the refugees from other states and counties who came because of wars and disasters.

After a brief sympathy for these refugees, ordinary people in Jizhou and Yuzhou inevitably developed disgust. These latecomers were obviously more "involuted" than the native people in Jizhou and Yuzhou. With cheaper labor prices, they took away their original living space. Naturally, they were dissatisfied in their hearts, and the "xenophobia" in words and actions was an inevitable result.

However, the people at the bottom of society are passionate about and loyal to their hometowns, which is a simple emotion. We only need to give them some recognition and reconcile the conflicts between the refugees and the native people to easily resolve this "exclusion" phenomenon. Even the government does not need to intervene. Just let the refugees learn the local dialect of Yuzhou or Jizhou, and it will be easy for them to integrate into the society...

What is more troublesome are some corrupt officials in the villages.

These corrupt officials can be generally regarded as ordinary people who have jumped to a higher class due to some chance. These low-level rural corrupt officials come from ordinary people, but they are eager to draw a clear line with their original environment and frantically strive to emulate the upper class, so their words and deeds are actually the same as those of the upper class, and they will go too far. If the upper class blows a breath, they will blow the wind; if the upper class spits a little, they will rain; if the upper class farts, they will thunder.

The number of these corrupt officials is huge, at least for Fei Qian at the moment.

Even if the students in Shoushan Academy and the reserve talents of Qinglong Temple are counted, it may not be able to meet the needs of so many villages in Jizhou and Yuzhou, so to a certain extent, Fei Qian still needs these people.

Therefore, it is particularly important to train a group of Shandong people to restrain these corrupt Shandong officials so that Fei Qian will not fall into the same mistake as before.

Xun Chen and others need to be a buffer between Fei Qian and Shandong, but rewarding without merit and destroying the original rules of the game for promotion channels is undoubtedly a self-destructive act. This is why Zhang Xiu was sent to Wenxi, a remote battlefield, and Xun Chen became a chess piece on the central battlefield, and Fei Qian added Xu Chu.

This battle was not only to defeat Cao Cao, but also to allow Xu Chu, Xun Chen and others to gain certain merits, so that the next step of the plan could be carried out in a logical manner...

Therefore, using Shandong people to govern Shandong people is undoubtedly a very important strategy for Fei Qian in the next stage, but it does not mean that this strategy is permanent. After passing the initial stage, adjustments will still be needed.

It was as if Fei Qian was planning to transfer back Zhao Yun, the Protector General of the Northern Territory.

After thinking it over, Fei Qian finally looked at the sand table.

Fei Qian's scouts were equipped with a small but quite sharp telescopes for that era, so they knew much more about Cao's army's deployment than Cao's army itself had expected.

On the battlefield, whoever has more information and intelligence will have more advantages.

Fei Qian stood beside the sand table, inspecting the battlefield, but in the eyes of Xun Chen and Xu Chu, Fei Qian seemed to be looking down at the entire Hedong land from the air. On the battle line that stretched for hundreds of miles, each small flag represented a large number of troops.

The ranking of troops on the battlefield is a science.

It doesn't mean that you can just throw the troops on the table and then they will automatically deploy and attack...

This involves many factors such as tactics, strategy, terrain, enemy situation, etc. First of all, it must meet the needs of the overall strategy. It is necessary to choose appropriate formations and formations according to the battlefield environment, enemy situation and mission objectives, so that various tactical means can be flexibly used, such as ambush, detour, encirclement, etc. to achieve combat objectives.

Secondly, we need to consider the impact of terrain and make full use of terrain, such as mountains, hills, plains, etc., to give full play to the advantages of each branch of the army. At the same time, we also need to follow the enemy's dynamics and adjust the troop rankings in time to respond to changes in the enemy. Analyze the tactics and strategies that the enemy may adopt and formulate targeted countermeasures.

Finally, we need to establish an effective communication channel, clarify the command relationship and division of responsibilities, and improve command efficiency. We need to focus on coordination and cooperation, strengthen the coordination and cooperation between various arms and units, and form a joint force. On this basis, we also need to ensure logistical support and ensure that the troops can receive timely supplies and support.

So this time Fei Qian called Xun Chen and Xu Chu to the sand table in order to ensure that these matters could be clarified before the battle, so as to avoid having to ask for instructions and make adjustments one by one after the battle began.

The larger the war, the more attention to detail is needed.

Fei Qian is the core of the entire army, the brain, and the command center, while Xun Chen is the chief of logistics, the nerve conduction system, and the person coordinating the operations of various departments. The infantry line led by Xu Chu is a solid shield, and the cavalry and artillery units are the most sharp weapons, one long and one short.

How these parts are matched and ranked will determine the final victory or defeat.

Casualties were inevitable. Ever since both sides began to pile up their troops in this basin, it was destined that the land would be drenched in blood.

If victory was achieved at a huge cost, Fei Qian would not have to think about continuing to advance.

So it is not only about winning, but also about winning at the lowest cost. This is the biggest difficulty.

In the sand table, the flags of Cao's army were laid out from Zhongtiao Mountain to the bottom of the slope, and a hollow formation was constructed around Anyi City, as if a core stage had been built in Anyi, and Fei Qian and Cao Cao were about to fight each other on this stage.

The flags on the sand table were still, but in the eyes of Xun Chen and Xu Chu, they looked like neatly organized lines of soldiers, marching under the guidance of flags and drums. The forests of moving spears flashed coldly under the clear sky. The red of the battle robes, the black of the armor, and the gray-yellow of the sand mixed into patches of mottled colors.

"Cao's army set up camps along the slope." Fei Qian raised his hand and pointed along the Cao's camp at the bottom of the slope in the direction of Anyi, and then pointed in the direction of Zhongtiao Mountain, "These are pieces of whetstones. After this battle, we will know whether the knife is sharper or the stone is harder."

Fei Qian looked at Xu Chu and Xun Chen.

Xu Chu clasped his hands and said, "Don't worry, my lord. Even if I have to die, I will clear these stones away! I will open up a new path for you!"

Xu Chu was like a mute before, he seldom spoke, but he was not unable to speak.

  Because Xu Chu was considered Fei Qian's guard before. Since he was a guard, Fei Qian didn't say anything, but a guard started chattering? So Xu Chu was more of a silent person before, and now he spoke like this, which surprised Xun Chen a little, but he quickly understood that now Xu Chu was the commander of the infantry formation under Fei Qian. If he was still like a saw-mouthed gourd, how could he command the battle and dispatch his subordinates?

Xun Chen also stepped forward and said: "Although the enemy troops are now lined up at the foot of the slope, they are not attacking, but are in a defensive posture. Most of them are Cao's elite infantry, and the elite cavalry are arranged here..."

Xun Chen pointed to Anyi's location, and then continued, "They are as immovable as a mountain. They probably want to wait until the lord's drum beats three times before launching a desperate counterattack. But Cao's arrangement also has a flaw."

Fei Qian nodded, "Let's talk about it." 』

Xun Chen gestured, "The enemy's battle line may seem scattered and wide, but it is actually arranged in a vertical line, like a long snake. I originally wanted to take advantage of its flexibility, but I forgot one thing. This camp is not an array after all, and it is not flexible when turning. In addition, the enemy's army is mostly infantry, and there is no cavalry cover on the two wings, so their combat power is weak. As long as our army's heavy horse armor breaks one point and then attacks its two wings from the side, their battle line will be in chaos."

Fei Qian nodded slightly. What Xun Chen said was pretty much what he thought.

Although Cao Cao built camps one after another, each camp was indeed well-fortified and difficult to capture in a short period of time, but there was a short distance between the camps, and they were all within the attack range of the Hussars. If the Hussars could successfully cut these camps apart, then Cao Cao's long snake formation would inevitably turn into a dead snake formation.

Moreover, Fei Qian has artillery, which will greatly change the rhythm of the battlefield.

If Cao's army really wanted to fight Fei Qian on the plain, the cavalry was the type of soldier that Cao's soldiers feared the most, especially the power of the dense charge of the armored cavalry, which had frightened Cao Cao. The advantage that Cao's soldiers had was only in the number of soldiers and the defensive fortifications relying on the camp.

"Prime Minister Cao has been through many battles," Fei Qian said slowly, "Are these flaws intentional?"

"Hmm..." Xun Chen was stunned, and then his heart skipped a beat.

Xun Chen is very smart, but he doesn't have much experience in actual battles, so he is a little anxious and a little arrogant. After all, not everyone in reality can be like a game character, with all the stats full when they appear on the stage, and then continue to be full until they die.

Xun Chen led a part of the cavalry and had a relatively large advantage in the exploratory battle with Cao's army at the foot of the slope a few days ago. This indeed strengthened Xun Chen's confidence, but it also made Xun Chen ignore some problems in certain aspects.

Although the Cao army camp at the bottom of the slope was flying the flag of the general of the Cao army, there were no real Cao generals in the camp, and there were not many elite Cao soldiers. And what Xun Chen said just now seemed to be equating the Cao army soldiers at the bottom of the slope with the soldiers of all the Cao army camps behind it...

Seeing Fei Qian's eyes on him, Xun Chen was a little flustered, but he quickly adjusted himself. After thinking for a moment, he said calmly: "My lord, you are right. I am guilty of not thinking carefully. As my lord said, Cao's arrangement this time is a plan within a plan."

Well, the last chapter was about "Political Review" again...

Well, people always have to eat, it's not shabby.