Xiaoguangong

Chapter 244
Commanding thousands of troops to fight is indeed killing Chang Diao.

Not long ago, he was the commander of Cao Ren's bodyguards, and he had only three to five hundred men under his command. It was barely enough for him to command one to two thousand men, three to four thousand.

But that day Cao Cao had a head start and tried his best to grab Chang Diao's hand. Instead of entrusting the rear army to Cao Ren or Xia Houyuan, he was promoted to General Zhenxi and former military adviser, and ordered him to coordinate the retreat of the whole army.

That's tens of thousands of people.

Leading the army is not something that can be done with a wave of arms.

How should the camp be set up to ensure that it is less exposed to the cold wind as much as possible, how to ensure that the soldiers can defecate smoothly every day, and how to ensure that the soldiers can have enough food every day.

Should the soldiers fight, who should take care of it, and what if someone spreads rumors?Who should check it out?Who will take care of it?What about building and maintaining this ordnance?What should I do if the camel beast war horse is sick?
The problem of one person is a small problem, and the problem of 200 people can often be played well.But for 4 people, it certainly can’t be one mind. When Zhuge Liang led the troops, he was diligent and dedicated. He had to personally deal with such trivial matters as punishing ten sticks in the army.

But Chang Diao couldn't do it.

He himself still wants to make a lot of money. When he was the chief guard, he still wanted to build his own small team. When he heard that Ma Chao was attacking, his priority was how to take all his property away and guarantee The men retreated safely.

He has no control over the life and death of those remaining people.

Now that I heard that Ma Chao has successfully crossed the river, Chang Diao, who was frightened by Ma Chao before, did not dare to fight at all, and did not even dare to discuss with Zhugeqian Hao Zhao the specific deployment tactics of the camp. Zhao Da, let him secretly transfer his belongings——

Nothing can be scraped in this ghostly place in Weibei for a while,
The transportation capacity of all ferries should be prioritized to ensure that the property that Chang Diao looted while Cao Cao was seriously ill can be safely transported back to the Central Plains.

As the saying goes, people die for money, and birds die for food.

Most of Cao Jun's generals originally joined the army for rewards and status. Their first consideration must be to preserve their useful bodies first, and then serve Duke Cao later.

This is not an isolated case. Thousands of years later, the commander who had the advantage over me also handed over his last elite to General Pig at a critical moment. When the enemy was approaching, General Pig immediately thought of using this An army to protect their own business, even if it is only an elite army surrounded by enemies.

Chang Diao didn't dare to contact Zhugeqian and Hao Zhao, for fear that they would be furious and turn against him after learning about this.In particular, Hao Zhao is too honest-minded, he does things with a single mind and does not seek change.

After much deliberation, he had no choice but to entrust this matter to his newly recruited follower Zhao Da.

Chang Diao spoke out his thoughts hesitantly, for fear that Zhao Da would show contempt when he heard it.

Unexpectedly, when Zhao Da heard that Chang Junshi's life and death were at stake, he actually handed over the matter to himself, and was so moved that he almost shed tears.

It is worthy of being a regular military division.

It's so accurate!

Zhao Daneng didn't have any skills, but he was good at stealing chickens and dogs, and he was able to help Chang Junshi transfer property, which clearly showed that Chang Junshi regarded him as one of his own.

He acted quickly, and soon found Chang Diao someone who was willing to help him.

"Little Ding Fei, I pay my respects to the military advisor."

Ding Fei, Lieutenant of the Cao Army, is 40 years old this year. He has a shrewd and tough look on his face. There are several hideous scars on his face. He is obviously a fierce man who has experienced many battles.

In his capacity, it is enough to call Chang Diao the last general in front of Chang Diao, but he quickly saluted Chang Diao as a junior to express his loyalty to Chang Diao.

Chang Diao nodded solemnly: "Zhao Da has already explained to you what happened before?"

"Ah? Zhao...Brother Zhao only said that Master Chang had to explain a small and big matter, but didn't say what specific things to do..."

Chang Diao: ...

This Zhao Da is really cunning.

Chang Diao originally wanted Zhao Da to explain the matter to Ding Fei. When he defeated Cao Cao in the future and was held accountable, he could say that Zhao Da falsely passed on his military orders.

Although this method of prevarication is very stupid, as long as someone can be found to take over the blame, Chang Diao has a high probability of avoiding being decapitated.

But Zhao Da was not stupid, he just told Ding Fei that Master Chang wanted to ask him to do something big.

Ding Fei immediately ran over happily, without asking what he was going to do at all.

He is already 40 years old, and he hasn't made much progress. If he can't hurry up and climb the high branches, he will probably be at this level in his life.

Chang Diao is now General Zhenxi, how many years will he be able to do it again?As long as he performs well in this battle, he can continue to be promoted with Chang Diao.

Chang Diao was very embarrassed and scolded Zhao Da for being cunning. He didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only stammer:
"Before our army... there were a lot of camel beasts in the army, didn't they?"

"What the military adviser said is that these cattle and horses are under small supervision."

"Well, we are going back to Hedong after all, these cattle and horses must be guaranteed first.

Among them, some old, weak, sick and disabled can be left to thieves, but those good cattle and horses..."

While talking, Chang Diao quickly winked at Ding Fei, hoping that he would quickly understand his intentions.

Ding Fei was stunned for a moment, wondering why Chang Junshi called him here and said that he was going to do something big, but why he said such nonsense.

Of course cattle and horses cannot be given to Ma Chao.

These days, if you want to farm land, you have to rely on cattle. Even the top wealthy families dare not slaughter cattle and eat meat every day. After coming to Weibei, so many cattle and horses they brought in will be of great use in the future. give up easily.

He stared at Chang Diao with a bitter face, hoping to get a hint, but Chang Diao also looked at him sincerely, and the scene was very awkward for a while.

When the two were at a stalemate, Hao Zhao angrily sneaked into the military tent, and said loudly:
"The military commander must not give up the Weishui when using troops this time."

"The last general has found out that only Ma Chao is the one who has crossed the Wei River this time. Han Sui and others have not yet crossed the river. Liangzhou has few soldiers and our army has many. Why don't the general lead the army to go out first and wipe out Ma Chao's thieves?

Afterwards, the thieves must be timid and dare not cross the river to fight again, and our army will naturally retreat safely. "

"If it is like the general dispatched, all of them are fighting to cross the Yellow River. If Ma Chao comes, our army will be completely unable to resist. The lives of tens of thousands of sons will only be in an instant. General please be aware."

Zhugeqian who followed in later also had a wry smile on his face, and said helplessly:

"General, Bodao is right.

We...we are sitting on an army, why not fight first?
As long as the general goes to battle in person to boost morale..."

"Fight first?" Chang Diao was angry and anxious, pointing at Zhugeqian's nose and scolding: "Wen Gong, you are taking the lives of tens of thousands of sons as a trifle! How many battles have you fought? You will fight north and south, Never failed.

Liu Beijun's Guan Ping is much more cunning than Ma Chao and Han Sui, isn't he afraid of the general's three points? "

"I'm General Zhenxi, I have my own arrangements, so why don't you talk too much if you obey orders."

Hao Zhao and Zhugeqian were so scolded by Chang Diao that they couldn't lift their heads, but the two of them knelt down in front of Chang Diao and refused to leave.

When Ding Fei saw Chang Diao, his face was livid and he was about to get angry, so he left quickly, saying that he would follow Chang Junjun's instructions to arrange the cattle and horses when he went back.

Chang Diao had no choice but to let him go away first, and let Zhao Da arrange it later.

He looked coldly at Zhugeqian and Hao Zhao who did not obey his orders, his eyes were full of raging anger.

Well, since you want to die, I'll let you die.

He stood up slowly, looked down at the two of them, and said with a sneer:

"You retreat to the Yellow River. If Ma Chao attacks, each of you will lead a unit and persist in resisting. I have my own way to deal with it."

"This…!"

"Why don't you still believe in my dispatch?"

"How dare, how dare... This is the duty of our army to guard against bandits.

I don't know what the general's plan is, can you reveal it to the last general one or two? "

Chang Diao's face is full of pride:

"It's not effective to talk about important military affairs, so go ahead, you don't need to ask more questions.

According to the general's schedule, he will definitely win a big victory. "

Hao Zhao and Zhugeqian looked at each other, but they didn't know how to refuse, they could only sigh each other, saluted and accepted the order, and left the military tent dejectedly.

Hmph, don't you guys want to fight Ma Chao? I will give you a chance, but this time I will definitely not be able to accompany you.

(End of this chapter)