Xiaoguangong

Chapter 274
Cao Zhen followed Cao Cao to fight in the north and south since he was a child, and he was familiar with various tactics.

But he learned all his tricks from Cao Cao, so he naturally scoffed at Yunshan's theory.

Even when Yun Shan mentioned this to him, he immediately straightened his face and quickly corrected him:
"How can General Yun say such nonsense? Liu Bei and Huo Jun used this trick to deceive people. How can I dare to hand over my brother Erlang to you when the general says so?"

Guan Ping smiled:
"There's no evidence to say it, it depends on Yun's ability.

What if Yun Mou can wipe out Huo Jun? "

"Then Cao must be..." Cao Zhen's words came to his lips, and he remembered that Yunshan had a friendship with Huo Jun before, so he quickly changed his words, "If, if he can defeat Huo Jun, even King Wei will praise General Yun's skills, Cao Zhen So I admire the general from the bottom of my heart, why will I pour wine for the general in the future."

Yun Shan laughed loudly and said:
"As long as the king of Wei praises a certain method? What's so difficult about it? There's no need to pour wine. I hope that Zidan can help me if there are important matters in the future."

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Huo Jun in Funiu Mountain is indeed completely different from other bandits.

Other bandits generally do not engage in production, or their main business is plundering, and farming is basically to improve their lives.

But Huo Jun had already begun to expropriate refugees in large numbers before he severed his relationship with Cao Pi, and organized production in Funiu Mountain and Wancheng.

We must know that the main contradiction in this era is not the common contradiction between people and land in later generations, but the extremely insufficient farming population due to years of wars and rampant diseases.

As long as they don't collect food from households like garrison farms, most of the refugees are willing to work for Huo Jun. The word spreads, and a large number of people begin to leave Cao Jun's garrison fields and join Huo Jun.

Of course Cao Jun’s garrison officials couldn’t just sit idly by. They had organized village militias to try to prevent the garrisoners from escaping many times before, but Huo Jun showed a strong subjective initiative—he actually led the troops to the nearby garrison fields to sweep them. To block his field soldiers, Huo Jun made a very surprising move.

He showed the letter that Cao Pi sent to himself when he was a general with five sense organs. Although the letter was not signed, the very familiar title on it still made everyone feel suspicious.

Most people have heard the rumors that Huo Jun is actually Cao Pi's subordinates, they would rather believe it or not, they actually watched Huo Jun come and go freely, when Cao Pi reacted, Huo Jun had already gathered a hundred thousand refugees, and Select young and strong to practice, and the base area continues to grow.After that, Cao Pi personally commanded several raids and returned in complete defeat. Cao Jun's local troops were beaten violently from all directions as soon as they entered the base area, and even many soldiers revolted and defected to Huo Jun.

It's not that Cao Pi has never tried to recruit Huo Jun, promising to give him a position as prefect.

But Huo Jun could barely maintain friendship with Cao Pi before, at least he could be polite to him in letters, but now he directly tore up Cao Pi's letters and declared that he was Liu Bei's subordinate, which directly touched Cao Pi's fundamental interests.

Although Huo Jun doesn't have the ability to attack the big city at the moment, it really became Cao Pi's heart disease that he stabbed there like a steel knife. It would be a good thing if he can be eradicated in one fell swoop while Yunshan is actively seeking war.

Yunshan commanded Cao Jun to quickly arrive near Funiu Mountain. After understanding the local topography, Yunshan adopted Sima Yi's strategy to set up a village on the spot and began to besiege the base area.

Seeing that Yunshan really showed a posture of wanting to destroy Huo Jun in one fell swoop, Cao Pi sent soldiers to Yunshan to conquer Huo Jun. .

"Huo Jun is hiding in the mountains, and he has won the hearts of the people and is difficult to deal with. Our army's terrain is unknown and morale is low. If we rush to attack, we will inevitably suffer a big defeat.

The subordinates thought that our army should go step by step, and the whole army should advance at the same time, so that we can wipe out Huo Jun's bandits in one go. "

Guo Huai is 30 years old this year. He was born in a noble family in Taiyuan.

Guan Ping modestly asked him for specific tactics, and Guo Huai said:
"Our army can build a wooden village every five miles, and the cavalry will pass the news. Once the bandits are dispatched and the defenders of the wooden village can't hold on, the main force of our army will go forward together. First, the infantry will charge and fight. The leopard rides to conceal the kill.

There are not many thieves and cavalry, and this battle can be won in one fell swoop. As long as Huo Jun is forced into Funiu Mountain, we can move all the people here.

Without the support of the people, Huo Jun is just a gang of rogues, so what if he hides in Funiu Mountain? "

Guan Ping nodded lightly at first, then couldn't help asking:
"Boji also thinks that I can't wait for the people's support?"

"Ah?" Guo Huai knew that he had slipped his words, and quickly waved his hands frantically, defending, "No, my subordinates didn't mean that at all. It's just that the thieves are really...really perverse, and these foolish people don't know the painstaking efforts of the court, so they just They will help rebels and do these treasonous things."

Guan Ping nodded first, then said in a very confused way:
"No, if that's the case, why don't we do something to win the hearts of the people, such as canceling the policy of expropriating widows first, and reducing the tax and corvee in farming. If a benevolent government is implemented, who would be willing to become an enemy of the imperial court?"

Guo Huai hurriedly said in a low voice:
"Don't talk nonsense, general! This policy of expropriating widows was decided by the previous king, how can it be easily changed?

Now that the bones of the former king are still cold, if we change the law of the former king in this way, won't others say that the king of Wei is not filial? "

Guan Ping: ...

"As for the reduction of food and taxes for farmland, it is even more unavoidable.

There are many wars in the Central Plains, the people's livelihood is dying, the imperial court needs food to support officials and soldiers, and corvée is also needed to build cities and armaments. If nothing is collected, there will be great chaos! "

If Cao Pi didn't dare to change the strategy set by Cao Cao, then Guan Ping was still at ease in Guanzhong. This kind of thing was obviously not something that couldn't be discussed. It was obvious that Guo Huai was just looking for an excuse to fool Yunshan.

He didn't bother to expose Guo Huai's unsustainable explanation, so he casually said:
"Since this is the case, I will give Guo Lingshi a chance. With you as the former army, the commander-in-chief of five thousand soldiers and horses will build wooden camps and make every step of the way!"

Guo Huai was overjoyed.

He comes from a famous family, and he has been familiar with military books since he was a child. What he lacks is the opportunity to practice. He believes that as long as he seizes an opportunity, he can soar into the sky and let everyone in the world know his name.

This time Yunshan came gloomy, Sima Yi and Cao Zhen had clearly suggested that Yunshan should procrastinate, but Yunshan was willing to give himself a chance, a chance to attack!

Their entire army is only [-], and Yun Shan is willing to give him [-], what kind of trust is this!

"Since the general trusts his subordinates, his subordinates will do their best to serve them with all their might. In this battle, I will kill not a single thieves."

"No, no, Guo Lingshi misunderstood." Guan Ping sighed softly, and smiled, "I thought Guo Lingshi would definitely not win, but if Guo Lingshi is not allowed to play, Guo Lingshi will definitely not accept it. .In that case, I might as well give Guo Lingshi a chance."

"Ah?" Guo Huai's excitement that he had managed to muster disappeared immediately, and his whole body was visibly listless, but he immediately cheered up and said rather unwillingly, "Why do you think the general can't win? The thieves are a group of refugees, and now spring plowing How can I have the intention to fight with me? As long as I wait every step of the way, the enemy will not be able to attack, and I will have to retreat in embarrassment."

Guan Ping laughed and said:
"Battle every step of the way, five miles and one village, the forward is certainly indestructible, but if the enemy kills Guo Lingshi with a large army at night, first repels the rear army that is too late to set up the village, and does not fight Guo Lingshi fiercely, what will Guo Lingshi do? ?”

Guo Huai looked at Yunshan like a fool, not understanding why Yunshan asked such a question.

If this seasoned general is not stupid, then he is simply making things up for himself.

But who made him his superior, even Wei Wang Cao Pi had to take care of his emotions a little bit.

Guo Huai explained helplessly:
"So that the general will know that you can't follow behind the enemy's back to fight back and forth. Such soldiers are probably heavenly soldiers and generals. The champion Hou Wanli of that year rushed to the desert with sufficient supplies, food and grass. Knowing the enemy's location, he will use his elite soldiers to win the battle." burden."

"The thieves lack horses. If they only run with their legs, they can advance but not retreat. And once our army is established, even if the thieves cross over, they can only pass over a hundred people. Harassment and destruction are okay, but what is the use?"

To put it simply, interspersed means fighting without backup.

It's not the first time Guo Huai has led an army. When he was young, he didn't yearn for the great battle of making big roundabouts and outflanking the enemy directly.

But it's not the case at all in terms of execution. It's easy for an army to disperse, but it's extremely difficult to gather it together.

Deserters have been a fundamentally unsolvable problem since ancient times. Dozens or 100 people sneaked across the enemy line and sneaked into the rear to destroy it, but if there were more people, it would be inevitable that someone would take the opportunity to become a deserter.

After finally passing through the enemy's rear, the general in command arrived behind the enemy and counted his soldiers and horses. He found that most of his men had lost their way and escaped, so he might as well just surrender this battle.

The tactics used by Huo Jun before were to use the terrain around the base area to first put the enemy up, and then disperse and surround them for a surprise attack.

Guo Huai thought that his troops had the upper hand, and if he pushed forward slowly without giving them a chance to disperse the encirclement, Huo Jun had no choice but to fight with trapped beasts and storm their camp.

These thieves have lost their combat ability to come and go like the wind, and what awaits them is the end of being slowly wiped out.

Guan Ping shook his head, and said quite seriously:
"Huo Jun is extremely difficult to deal with. You must be careful of their penetration method. If the enemy really succeeds in penetration, Guo Lingshi must fight to the death to break through, and must not engage in a battle of loyalty."

Guo Huai's ambition rose in his heart.

If the Xudu army under him can still be defeated by a group of bandits, then he might as well just commit suicide!
"Okay, I'll make a bet with the general! If I don't break Huo Jun, I will accept the military law willingly, and I will never complain!"

(End of this chapter)