Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3472 He is insisting
South of Zhongtiao Mountain.

By the river.

Under the fluttering "Han" military flag, Cao's troops lined up in silence.

The military flag with the character "Han" on it does not only mean "Han" in Chinese characters, but also "Han" in the Han Dynasty.

It's weird, but also very realistic.

Cao Cao and Fei Qian fought to the death, but they were both ministers of the Han Dynasty.

They are not necessarily loyal ministers, but they are all high-ranking officials.

Although they are all Han people and Han ministers, they represent different interests and have different choices.

This is very interesting...

Cao Cao looked ahead.

Yanxiang is ahead.

It was clearly invisible, but Cao Cao seemed to be able to see the black smoke and flames.

Especially under the cover of night, the blood-like flames looked more like cracked wounds in the sky and the earth, flowing and blurry.

Over there are the troops of the Huqi Army in Tongguan, and to the north of Zhongtiao Mountain, there are the cavalry of the Huqi Army in Beidi.

In Youzhou, there is the Northern Territory Protectorate Army.

In Sichuan and Shu, there is also the Sichuan and Shu navy, and in Jingxiang and Hanzhong, there is also a part of the cavalry troops.

"How on earth did you do that?"

Cao Cao whispered.

Centralization and decentralization, local and foreign, and other contradictory relationships that are inherently prone to problems have existed from ancient times to the present and will never disappear.

Cao Cao had originally divided his troops, but now he had to gather them together.

The cavalry originally gathered their troops together, but now they have divided their forces.

Are there any more interesting changes in the world than this war?
Cao Cao laughed, it was a light laugh at first, then it turned into a loud laugh, and he laughed so hard that tears came out.

Of those termites in Shandong, there are still some who think that this war is just a simple win or loss, a boring fight? Still think that this war has lasted too long, and they are tired, so it’s better to end it early and go their separate ways?
Isn't this a huge joke?

Others watched Cao Cao laugh, and although they didn't quite understand why he was laughing, it somehow eased the dull atmosphere. Of course, if someone came up and asked, "Why is the Prime Minister laughing?" at this time, it would be great.

It’s a pity that no one is supporting it now.

Someone reported, "Prime Minister! General Zi Lian is here!"

Cao Cao turned around and saw the embarrassed Cao Hong. He could not help but step forward a few steps, pulled up Cao Hong who was about to bow, and then held Cao Hong's arm tightly, "Zilian! You have suffered a lot!"

Cao Hong's eyes were red, "I... failed to live up to my lord's trust! I am guilty!"

"Call me brother!" Cao Cao frowned and said, "Subordinates are for outsiders, you and I are brothers!"

"Brother...Brother..." Cao Hong couldn't hold back his tears, which flowed down.

Cao Cao did not laugh at Cao Hong.

If he became like Cao Hong, he might not be able to do as well as Cao Hong.

"These days, I often think back to the past," Cao Cao said slowly, "Sometimes I think of a certain time and a certain thing, and I regret that I shouldn't have done this or that... But after thinking about it, I feel that I have only done one thing right over the years... Zi Lian, do you know what it is?"

"Raise an army?" Cao Hong replied.

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Yes, persistence!"

"Persist?" Cao Hong repeated.

Cao Cao nodded, "If I had given up, I would have been a county magistrate for the rest of my life..."

Cao Cao smiled at Cao Hong and patted his arm. He didn't care that his clothes and hands were stained with dust and blood from Cao Hong. He even held Cao Hong's hand and walked forward a few steps. Standing on the slope, he pointed to Yanxiang in front and said, "If you don't insist, we don't have to stand here today! These soldiers don't have to be here either!"

"If you give up everything in the world, it's so easy! If you just keep your head down and focus on the things in front of you, it's so simple!"

"If you don't care about the country, then the fall of the Han Dynasty has nothing to do with you and me! !"

"If you don't care about the lives of the people, then what's the point of these casualties? !"

"Now I am fighting here with the cavalry, for the sake of the world and the future of the Han Dynasty!"

"Zi Lian! Are you willing to stick with me one more time, one more battle, to determine the future of the Han Dynasty and the country for the next hundred years?"

Cao Hong fell to the ground and said, "I am willing to follow you, my lord!"

"Good! Good!" Cao Cao pulled Cao Hong up, "Look, this Yanxiang place will be withdrawn soon. I will fight the front of the cavalry army, and Zilian will be in charge of the flanks!"

Cao Hong did not say anything about being tired or injured. He had followed Cao Cao all the way to the beginning of the war, and he knew that he had to fight when he had to. He looked at the flank for a moment and said, "There is a mountain over there. If the cavalry wants to turn and break through, they will have to pass by this mountain. We can set up an ambush in the mountain."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "That's right. But the Cavalry must know that I will set an ambush on this mountain..."

Cao Hong was stunned.

Cao Cao smiled and said: "At this point in the battle, the only option is to use an open strategy."

Cao Hong thought for a moment and then said, "Like Zhongtiao Mountain?"

Cao Cao smiled and nodded, "It's like Zhongtiao Mountain."

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In Zhongtiao Mountains.

Chai Yu sat on the stone, looking at the sky in a trance. He was exhausted from the days of hard work, and even when he was resting, he was still sore all over, and he couldn't even tell who he was...

He is still alive and still insisting on living.

But it is not easy to live like this.

Even in order to survive, I have lost myself.

Who is Chai Yu? Who is Chai Yu?
Is he Chai or Yu?
Is it a thing, or not a thing?

But there is one thing he is clear about: in the eyes of those Cao army generals, he is definitely not a human being.

At most, it is a humanoid consumable.

How many craftsmen have died of exhaustion these days?
Chai Yu could no longer calculate.

Although those Cao army military schools said that after finishing this job, they could go back, go home, and return to their hometown without iron and blood, Chai Yu had a vague feeling in his heart that they could not go back.

The fat clerk went back.

He stayed.

The reason why the fat clerk was able to go back was very simple, not because he was fat, but because he was an "official".

Even if they were low-ranking "clerks", they still had official status and received official salaries, so they were considered "insiders". And no one could guarantee which official was standing behind the "clerk".

Don’t look at the dog’s face, look at the human face.

If they killed an ordinary citizen's dog, they would just kill it. No one would care or pay any attention to it.

But the dog that killed the nobleman...

Not to mention killing, even hurting some powerful person or some rich local tycoon's dog will cost you your life!

So what if it angers the public?

At most, you can just change the name. How long can those ignorant people remember things?
Therefore, since we were not sure whose dog the fat clerk belonged to, we just turned a blind eye.

Of course, being "one of our own" doesn't come for free, even brothers have to settle accounts...

The fat clerk took out almost all the money he had with him before he got the order to return.

The fat clerk also wanted to take Chai Yu back with him, but he had no money.

If you don’t have money, then you naturally have to follow the rules.

The rules and regulations are so restrictive that it makes people feel suffocated.

The day the fat clerk left, he held Chai Yu's hand and cried for a long time.

Chai Yu was very calm.

He seemed to have realized that this day would come.

He is a craftsman.

Even if one reaches the level of a master craftsman, he is still a craftsman, not an official, not a clerk, but a commoner.

Untouchable.

"Why... why... why..." A craftsman next to Chai Yu said in a hoarse voice, as if he was crying or moaning, "Why... can't I go home yet..."

Come back home?

Ah, what beautiful words.

They can't go back.

Maybe after death, the soul can go back?
But how does the soul find its way home?
Chai Yu certainly knew that his hometown was in the east, but what about other people?

Among those people who can't even read a few words and only know how to work and work until they die, who can tell the directions of east, west, south and north?

Perhaps if they knew the direction of their lives, they wouldn't be here.

Chai Yu wanted to sigh, but found that he didn't even have the strength to sigh.

My hands and feet were trembling, my muscles and flesh were groaning constantly...

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"One last point! Try harder! There is only one last point! Get up! Grab your tools! Quick, quick!"

The Cao army's military school shouted loudly, and their voices were powerful and they seemed quite energetic. They didn't have to work or smash stones, they just had to shout and beat Chai Yu and others, so they didn't consume much physical energy.

Stone.

Stone again.

Chai Yu is not a stonemason, but he understands music, casting, and can even design courtyards, build houses, and dig canals on his own...

But here, he is the stonemason.

There was no music, no cast iron, no garden trees, only stone, sand, and death.

They had iron tools and could indeed deal with stones.

But stones also have tempers and will not obey so easily.

Someone was digging, and then the stone got angry and slapped the man under his butt.

Blood flowed from under the stone's butt, but the others turned a blind eye.

It's not that they have lost their sympathy, nor that they will not feel grief for others, but that they have become completely numb...

We work to eat.

Eat in order to work.

There is no poetry.

There is no distance.

If you are not exhausted today, then get up and continue working the next day.

If you don't work, you will either starve to death or be beaten to death.

The instinct for survival has become the simplest shackle to exploit them.

Why not die?
Yes, yes, when Chai Yu thought he could join the management level and wear a long gown, he also thought that since his life was so painful, why not just die?
Now he understands.

This kind of thinking is like standing in a clinic and shouting at the patients, "Why don't you just die if you are in so much pain?"

Just as stupid.

I am so stupid. I actually thought that this kind of man was still good, and the emperor was good, but I was deceived by treacherous officials and villains...

It turns out that the one who has been deceived is just myself!

『@#￥! 』

A meaningless noise suddenly came from the north.

Then Chai Yu heard clearly that it was the Cao army soldiers in the north who were shouting -

"The Hussars! The Hussars are coming!"

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North of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Hussars.

Like Cao Cao, the cavalry army also carried a flag with the word "Han" on it, but perhaps this was the only thing that was the same as the old Han Dynasty.

Whether it is the structure of the soldiers, the command system, or any other aspects, the current Cavalry Corps has become an independent organization and is completely on a different dimension from the army of the old Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao didn't understand why Fei Qian dared to let go of his military power, because in this era, or in Cao Cao's cognition, such behavior was tantamount to suicide, acute or chronic suicide.

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, from the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, once power fell into the hands of others, how many problems would arise, how much greed would arise, how many rebellions and treasons would arise? In Cao Cao's cognition, the Han Dynasty fell into its current state precisely because of the loss of power, so Cao Cao wanted to unify, to centralize power, and to collect the power scattered among the powerful aristocratic families in various places.

Obviously, Cao Cao's actions were met with resistance from powerful aristocratic families in Shandong.

When lip service becomes the norm, the desire for centralization and coordination becomes empty talk and a joke.

Fei Qian is also centralizing power now, but the direction of his "centralization" is different from that of Cao Cao and also different from the old model of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, in the evolution of human society, the object of "centralization" has gradually extended and spread downward, which is exactly the same as the spread of knowledge. Therefore, we can see that many rulers in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, when they sit on the throne, will begin to restrain, control and fool the people, hinder and split the spread of knowledge.

However, every large-scale popularization of knowledge and information will lead to an explosive development in productivity, production technology, and so on of the entire society and the entire country!
This is what the great man said, but it has been blocked and distorted by many capitalists...

What Fei Qian is enjoying now is the result of all his previous efforts and preparations.

With the popularization of knowledge and the improvement of culture in the army, drill manuals and regulations not only exist at the level of generals, but also spread to the lower-level non-commissioned officers and some soldiers. Therefore, many soldiers understand that they are not fighting for a certain general, but for their own families, their own merit fields, and also for the cavalry army that formulated such a system.

This intangible cognition is enough to offset the birth of many ambitions.

A good system can create a strong country.

Of course, no system is perfect. Over time, there will always be smart people who will find loopholes in the system and find various places for corruption, which will cause the system to decay and become rigid until it dies. It is like a parasite that parasitizes on the host, eventually causing the host to die, and the parasite is looking for the next target to parasitize.

Fei Qian is lucky that he doesn't have to worry about the problem of decline now.

After all, the new system can at least operate healthily for a considerable period of time.

As for what will happen after this period of time, it depends on how many people at the bottom of society can learn and grow during this period of time...

That’s right, don’t look at Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, but the people at the bottom of society.

Just like Fei Qian, wasn't he originally a low-level social animal, who was worse than cattle and horses due to the hardships of life?

Killing a cow is worse than killing a horse or a cow. The compensation money is different!
Fei Qianneng’s current abilities are the result of his learning and accumulation.

Without the accumulation at the foot of Lushan Mountain in Jingzhou, there would be no Fei Qian's current attainments and understanding of the scriptures. Without the growth in the northern part of Bingzhou, there would be no Fei Qian's current growth in military affairs.

If you want to change, you have to learn.

Perhaps everything and everyone in the world will let you down and betray you, but learning is the only thing that will never let you down or betray you. What you have learned is yours, no matter you can use it or not, it will always belong to you.

In the initial battle process, Fei Qian actually did not know much about the methods and approaches of ancient military warfare. It was only through repeated combat practices that he realized that different combat environments required constant adjustment of combat tactics and organization, and that it was not possible to use the same set of methods from beginning to end.

Now Fei Qian is advancing into the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, and the formation he is using is the most basic formation.

This basic formation extends to the thousand-man level, which is suitable for large and small-scale operations, and higher-level combat forms. At the same time, it is not only suitable for tactics in the northern desert, but also suitable for dispersed battles in mountains, rivers, and forests. The soldier drills, regulations, and even the logistical welfare guarantees for every soldier are Fei Qian's most fundamental control over the army.

If Fei Qian had not intervened, the military system of the Han Dynasty would have continued during the Three Kingdoms period. Then, under the tremendous pressure of the Five Barbarians' Invasion, some people would have wanted to change and reform it. Then, among the newly derived systems, the iron cavalry of the prosperous Tang Dynasty dominated the world. However, the rigidity and corruption of the system led to the final demise of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, before a new military system or revolutionary changes in the military system emerge again, Fei Qian's position cannot be shaken by anyone!

Fei Qian's army approached Zhongtiao Mountain and formed a hollow square formation similar to the Chinese character "回". In each direction, there was a thousand-man army formation, forming an outer defense circle.

A main passage is left in each direction to facilitate the rapid entry and exit of cavalry.

Inside the square formation is a small hollow square formation, which is composed of the direct combat team directly commanded by Fei Qian.

Behind the "回" character, near the front army camp, a temporary camp for logistics support was built. A simple defensive fortification was constructed with vehicles and wooden stakes. It was used to treat the wounded, cook food, and provide some supplies urgently needed on the battlefield.

The artillery and rockets are still on the way and it is expected to take another three or four days to reach the Zhongtiao Mountain camp.

Fei Qian couldn't wait three or four days before fighting, he could only fight while waiting.

Even without powerful siege weapons such as artillery and rockets, the advantages of Hussar cavalry are undoubtedly evident.

Xu Chu still served as the general of the vanguard army and commanded the vanguard of the cavalry.

With the experience of previous success and failure, Xu Chu is now more calm in commanding his soldiers.

He first sent cavalry to move to the west side of the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, preparing to attack again the weak area that Sima Yi and Hao Zhao had attacked before, which was also the place where the Zhongtiao Mountain camp had not completely repaired its fortifications. When he saw that Cao's defensive forces began to move to the west, he dispatched another group of cavalry to attack the east side of the Zhongtiao Mountain camp first!
Xu Chu made a feint to the east and attacked in the west. Oh, a feint to the west and attacked in the east. It was a very simple method, but it made Cao's army stumble...