Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3395 True

Sima Yi felt regretful that he might have lost the opportunity to launch another surprise attack on the Zhongtiao Mountain camp.

Once the Anyi camp was defeated, Cao's Zhongtiaoshan camp must have been facing a formidable enemy.

"The lord said that we should temporarily postpone the pursuit of Cao's defeated soldiers to ease the enemy's mind. When we reach Zhongtiao Mountain, we should seize the opportunity to fight, but not fight head-on." Li Li said, "The word 'seize the opportunity'... The lord said so, doesn't it mean that we should attack the Zhongtiao Mountain camp if there is a chance?"

"My Lord, do you really say that?" Sima Yi asked.

Li Li nodded.

"Hmm..." Sima Yi pondered for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "I see, this is a tactic to tire out the enemy..."

"A strategy to tire out the troops?" Li Li asked, "This... I'd like to trouble the Minister of Justice to give me some advice."

"Alas, there's no need to be so polite," Sima Yi waved his hand, "I am just a few years older than you, Brother Li, you can just call me by my given name."

Li Li did not act too pretentiously and just bowed and addressed him as "Brother Zhongda".

Sima Yi laughed, nodded and said: "Cao's army is numerous but scattered. If we press them hard, they will become stronger when they gather together. If we take our time, they will each have their own ideas and be inconsistent. If we confuse their minds first and then tire them out, we can easily defeat them."

Sima Yi came from Henei and was more familiar with the situation in Shandong.

The big man was already very rigid.

This kind of "rigidity" is not only in the political ecology of the court, but has permeated every aspect of the Han Dynasty.

Naturally, this also includes "rigidity" in thinking.

If Fei Qian moves too much, it will naturally stimulate these people with "rigid" thinking, making them feel threatened and react in a certain way. If he moves a little slower, it means he will just rub against them outside...

"By the way, Brother Li, after we broke into the Anyi camp, did you find that Cao's troops were too few in number?" Sima Yi suddenly asked.

Li Li nodded, "That's right. When I first saw the Anyi camp, I felt that there must be at least 100,000 people. But after the battle, I found out that it was just an empty shell with only 30,000 to 40,000 people inside."

Sima Yi smiled slightly, "That's right. Cao thief, you are still thinking of taking this opportunity to win over the hearts of Shandong people!"

"Winning the hearts of Shandong people?" Li Li asked, "Could it be that... Cao Cao deliberately abandoned the Anyi camp? Isn't this price too high?"

Sima Yi smiled, "If you give up something, you will gain something."

Li Li fell silent. He was familiar with military affairs, but his understanding of politics was still weak. It was hard for him to understand why so many soldiers, equipment, materials and money were killed and injured just to win people's hearts? And how to win them over? He couldn't figure it out, but soon Li Li stopped thinking about it and focused on the matter at hand.

"So, doesn't that mean we can't attack the Zhongtiaoshan camp?" Li Li asked.

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "Didn't the Lord say that we should fight when we see an opportunity? We must first look for an opportunity!"

"Looking for opportunities?" Li Li asked.

Sima Yi nodded, "First, we need to get Cao's army moving..."

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After retreating from Anyi, Cao's army strengthened its reconnaissance near the Zhongtiao Mountain camp. However, because Cao's cavalry had suffered too many casualties, they were reluctant to use the remaining cavalry, so they could only use infantry to serve as scouts.

However, as scouts, the infantry's range of activities was obviously greatly reduced, and it was impossible for them to stray too far from the Zhongtiao Mountain camp. Therefore, even when Li Li and Sima Yi arrived near the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, these Cao army soldiers still could not discover their whereabouts in the first time.

Although Cao Cao emphasized that the Hussars might arrive faster than they thought, in fact, most of Cao's soldiers and military officers believed that it would take some time for the Hussars to arrive. After all, Cao Hong returned safely, which at least showed that the Hussars were not so anxious to chase him.

The disconnect between the upper and lower levels was once again reflected in Cao's army.

The upper echelons know some things, but they won’t explain them clearly to the people below them and just blindly demand execution.

The people below also have some confusion, but they will not raise it to the people above because they find that all the times they raised questions before, they did not end up solving the problem, but solving the person who raised the question.

"Do you understand?"

The person above asked.

"clear."

The people below were unequivocal.

"Is it clear or not?"

If you are not sure about the above, please confirm it again.

"clear."

The one below patted his chest.

"..."

After the people above left, the people below gathered together and murmured, "What did they just say?"

"What else can I say? Strengthen the vigilance and send more scouts! Report every hour!"

"Every hour? Is this going to make us live?"

"Never mind. We have to report it... but we didn't say we would really send anyone... Let's have people dig more holes outside and station people there. If there's any situation, we can light a fire... We'll just take a look here, not to mention every hour, even every half an hour will be no problem! Are you really going to run back and forth? You'll be exhausted!"

"You still have a way!"

"What can I do? I'll just muddle along. I'll muddle along for one day at a time..."

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In the early morning, there was just a hint of dawn in the east.

The gullies on the Loess Plateau appear and disappear in the light mist.

The Cao army soldier who was on duty at the fixed observation post woke up from his sleep, crawled out of the hiding hole with stiff hands and feet, stretched out his body in the morning light, and looked back with sleepy eyes.

He suddenly opened his eyes wide, "The Hussars... they are coming! They are coming!"

The next moment, he remembered that he wanted to light a fire to sound the alarm, so he hurriedly crawled to the beacon pile beside him. Just when he was about to light the fire, he found that he did not take the flint and tinder, and they were still hiding in the cave. He crawled back into the cave like a dog, and when he came out, he stuck his head out of the cave entrance and saw several Hussars who had already arrived at the cave entrance, looking at him with their heads tilted.

He was stunned for a while, and then, like a groundhog, he howled in fear at the entrance of the cave...

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Anyi.

The main tent of the cavalry army.

Today is the day when surrendered generals and captives gather together.

Bao Zhong was a little embarrassed, but he soon put all the embarrassment behind him. Fortunately, his child was not trampled to death in the chaos, but waited for the treatment of the military doctor of the cavalry. It must be said that he was very lucky. At the same time, Bao Zhong confirmed the correctness of his joining the cavalry. Now he wanted to shake his tail like a wind and fire wheel, if he had a tail.

Bao Zhong was not embarrassed, it was others who were embarrassed.

Xiahou Dun, Cao Zhao, and some non-commissioned officers of Cao’s military academy.

Fei Qian, who was sitting at the top, looked around, laughed, and raised his wine cup, "In the past, the banners in front of Luoyang Gate, the carved beams and brocades admired the young man. Today, we drink wine on the battlefield together, why should we talk about grudges and hatreds? Everyone here is dressed in Chinese clothes, each with his own splendor, loyal and wise. Victory or defeat is nothing but a quarrel between brothers, why not drink a bottle to settle the heart! Victory drink!" When Fei Qian said this, everyone was moved.

Xiahou Dun originally had a gloomy face, as if everyone present owed him tens of millions of dollars, but after hearing Fei Qian's words, his face twitched involuntarily. After a moment, he sighed, raised the wine cup, and drank it all with Fei Qian.

After Xiahou Dun did so, the rest of Cao's military officers looked at each other and followed suit, drinking the wine in their cups.

It's rare to find someone who can persuade people to drink as refreshingly and unworldly as Fei Qian does.

Especially in the current situation, the two sides are still in a state of hostility, but with Fei Qian's words "brothers fighting against each other", the hatred between them is diluted, and the confrontation between Guanzhong and Shandong has become a fight between brothers within the Han Dynasty, which makes the defeated and surrendered Cao army feel much better...

After three rounds of drinks, Fei Qian stood up and invited Xiahou Dun to take a walk together.

Xiahou Dun looked at the surrendered generals and prisoners, sighed slightly, then stood up and left with Fei Qian.

As soon as Fei Qian and Xiahou Dun left, everyone finally let go. Whether they were feeling complacent or drowning their sorrows in alcohol, these drinks might be the best way to numb themselves and relax their minds at the moment.

Bao Zhong looked at the captives and smiled a little, just like the smile of an old employee who joined the company a day earlier to the new employee, but there was no need for him to jump out and provoke hatred. He just ate and drank by himself, and talked and laughed with Zong Lai from time to time. He felt relaxed after unloading the burden in his heart. He suddenly felt that the sky was higher, the land was wider, and a good life was right in front of him.

He always seemed to be much more casual, and he no longer looked at people with his head lowered, but looked at them calmly.

In comparison, Cao Zhao, who also voluntarily "surrendered", was somewhat numb, as if he had no appetite.

As for Xiahou Dun, who followed Fei Qian, his heart was filled with complicated emotions.

Hill.

Thatched mat.

Wooden table.

Light wine.

The bright moon hangs high.

The breeze blows on my face.

All the noisy dust of the day seems to have quieted down at night, except for the human heart beating constantly and the greed never stops.

"Brother Yuanrang, please take a seat."

Fei Qian gestured.

Xiahou Dun frowned, but did not say anything and sat down. His original personality was not the type of hot-tempered. In the game, he often had a rough and hoarse voice, which was mostly due to Mr. Luo's description. As for the real Xiahou Dun, he was more of a Confucian general than a fierce general.

"The world is so big, why did China originate here?"

Fei Qian looked at the vast world and said slowly.

Xiahou Dun was stunned. He had never expected Fei Qian to say this. He looked at the wine on the table, then at Fei Qian, and decided not to drink any more tonight, so as not to fall into Fei Qian's trap.

However, Xiahou Dun was also somewhat interested in the questions raised by Fei Qian.

In fact, this question is not only of interest to Xiahou Dun, but also to many people in later generations. China originated from Yanhuang, but there have always been five provinces arguing about where Yanhuang originated from, and each has its own arguments.

"The Yanhuang tribe naturally originated from the Central Plains!" Xiahou Dun said decisively, "We fought three battles at Banquan and won the support of Emperor Yan, and fought in the wilds of Zhuolu and won the world! This is recorded in the historical records, could it be that the cavalry thought it was false?"

"Haha," Fei Qian smiled and pointed to the ground under his feet, "I mean, China originated here... not here, not Guanzhong, not Shandong, but here... Why did it originate from here?"

The history of Yanhuang is so far away that it is difficult for Chinese people to find the exact historical traces of Yanhuang. But what is certain is that Yanhuang originated from two tribes along the Yellow River. Like Chiyou and other tribes, they all multiplied in the vicinity of the Yellow River basin in about the same period of time.

If you were a monkey, you might never be able to walk out of the forest in your entire life.

A group of monkeys has the possibility of going to other forests.

When the tribe evolves and multiplies to a certain number, conflicts are inevitable.

"This..." Xiahou Dun didn't expect Fei Qian's "here" to be so large, and for a moment he didn't know what to say. But Xiahou Dun was unwilling to be defeated in the first sentence, so he fought back: "If that's the case, why do the cavalry think that China is the source?"

Fei Qian raised two fingers, "The origin of China is only two."

"Yanhuang?" Xiahou Dun said.

Fei Qian shook his head, "No. Yanhuang is the appearance, and "competition and integration" is the reality. Competition is the competition between heaven and earth, and between humans and animals. If you don't compete, you can't survive. Integration is to absorb hundreds of rivers and become rivers and seas, and to absorb the strengths of many things and become China."

Xiahou Dun also smiled and said, "So the cavalry wants to take over Shandong?"

Fei Qian shook his head, "It's not that I want to take Shandong, but Shandong wants to return to China?"

"Hahahaha," Xiahou Dun laughed, "Are you asking this on behalf of the emperor?"

Fei Qian also laughed, "May I ask if there was an emperor at the beginning of the Yanhuang era?"

"You!" Xiahou Dun slammed the table and stood up. Then, seeing the guards around Fei Qian who were staring at him with eager eyes, he let out a long breath and slowly sat down. "I originally thought that Yuan Gonglu was extremely arrogant and overstepping his bounds. I didn't expect...haha..."

Fei Qian smiled and was not angry at Xiahou Dun's sarcasm.

For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has thrived. Is it because of a few people? For example, Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang? Or Yao, Shun and Yu? Obviously not. Although the early dynasties of China were born in the Yuncheng Basin, the most important thing is not a certain emperor, but the fact that the Chinese nation has been able to adhere to its own culture and continuously absorb foreign excellent and practical culture for its own use for thousands of years, which eventually formed a powerful and unified dynasty.

The totem of China also illustrates this point.

The reason why the Han Dynasty was so powerful was not because Liu Bang was so good at governing the country and that he could make the world peaceful and prosperous with just a wave of his hand, but because after hundreds of years of disputes during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Chinese nation no longer wanted to continue the war.

The reason why the Han Dynasty is in decline is that over the past three or four hundred years, its completely rigid political system and bureaucracy have fallen far behind the needs of the Chinese nation and the entire people.

Simply put, the current culture and political system of the Han Dynasty could not keep up with the needs of the people, but the emperor and officials in the court of the Han Dynasty still did not want to make adjustments and changes. They only wanted to pass down the classics for thousands of years and the laws of their ancestors could not be changed.

Why did the Sui and Tang dynasties usher in a revival? That was because the Five Barbarians’ Invasion of China broke the gradually rigidified cultural and political system since the Han Dynasty, and even more or less changed some of the Han people’s character.

And the most crucial point is the difference between active and passive.

First of all, the ones who were causing chaos in China at that time were the Five Barbarians, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di and Qiang. When the Han people in the north lost their effective large-scale organizational capabilities, the Five Barbarians were busy both conquering the local Han people and fighting each other. As a result, these minority regimes had no time to completely conquer the Han people in the early stages of the struggle, and in the middle and late stages, faced with the reduction of their own population due to war losses, they had to compromise with the Han people, rely on the Han people's power, and finally "integrate".

This "fusion" in the mouths of some experts and scholars is undoubtedly full of blood and tears, and is far from as simple as the experts and scholars say. If you are not careful, you will fall into the pattern of the pigtail dynasty. Of course, these experts and professors deliberately said this, more or less, they also have the intention of whitewashing the pigtail dynasty.

It is precisely because of the precedent of "integration" during the "Five Barbarians' Invasion of China" that it seems that there is nothing wrong with some aristocratic families in later feudal dynasties as long as they are willing to "integrate" with foreign races. After all, it is a global village...

Many people in later generations were enthusiastically advocating for pigtails, but in fact, the total population of pigtails was not small in the later period, but their fighting power and mental outlook were at the bottom? Because the route taken by pigtails not only did not try to integrate with Chinese culture, but even spared no effort to suppress, divide, and enslave them, both in terms of mental outlook and fighting power.

The literary inquisition, maritime ban, unprecedentedly strict household registration system, and the eight-legged essay system were all aimed at punishing the Han people. This political ideology made the entire country infinitely rigid and lifeless. At that time, European culture had already spread to China. Can you imagine Kang Mazi solving a quadratic equation? There are countless Western items collected by the royal family in the Forbidden City, including clocks, telescopes, world maps, various firearms, new guns and cannons...

Peter the Great, who lived in the same period as Kangxi, took a completely opposite approach, and from then on the two empires went in two different directions.

The Braid Dynasty was undoubtedly successful.

Over three hundred years, they turned the Chinese nation, which was once brave enough to explore and expand, into a nation that is ignorant, arrogant, deceitful, weak, brave in private fights but timid in public wars, with no innovative spirit, no adventurous spirit, conservative and stupid. They turned them into the best and most obedient subjects in the eyes of the rulers, and into slaves who could automatically and spontaneously sympathize with the difficulties of the upper class.

At the same time, the Qing Dynasty also failed.

No matter how hard they try to suppress, deceive, conceal, and fool people, there are always some people who open their eyes in pain and look at the world...

  So Fei Qian thought, why can't there be more people who look at the world earlier?

Shandong is a hindrance at present, but it may also be a help in the future.

Fei Qian looked at Xiahou Dun with a gentle expression, as if he was looking at an experimental field, or as if he was looking at a white mouse, which made Xiahou Dun instinctively feel a little goosebumps.

"The word 'Son of Heaven' is really well used." Fei Qian said with a smile, "I heard that in Shandong, ethics are the most important. So let me ask, is it that the father comes first, then the son, or can the son be superior to the father? Son of Heaven, Son of Heaven, is this world more important, or is the Son of Heaven more important? Brother Yuan Rang, can you explain my confusion?"