Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 194 I'm so spoiled, why don't we go?

At this time in Wei County, Yuan Shao was standing in front of a certain mountain stream, looking at the constantly shaking reflection on the water surface, his face was very pale and his hair was disheveled.

The light in the eyes has gradually disappeared.

At that time, Nanzheng claimed to have a huge army, and now it is so dismal. I am afraid that there will never be a worse defeat than this time. The 65 army was in vain.

Tens of thousands of elite soldiers and horses returned, but now there are only a few hundred of them around. Everything like grain and grass made him extremely heartbroken.

These are family properties accumulated over the years, most of which were destroyed on the Guandu battlefield, and half of them were given to Cao Cao.

"how so……"

"Hundreds of thousands of troops have never won a single victory! Why is this so!"

Yuan Shao was a little confused, and at this moment he even had a will to die, wishing he could plunge headfirst into the river.

Forget it if you die in the stream.

Before that, he raised his sword twice and wanted to kill himself, but was stopped by his son. All the civil and military officers under his command advised him to return to Wei County and regain his strength. After all, the hearts of the people are still there, and there is no completely discrete.

You can't die even if you die. If you want to live, you don't know how to fight Cao Cao and Xu Zhen.

The key is that there is no rift between Xu Zhen and Cao Cao, and the divorce strategy does not work. They are already a family, and the relationship is unbreakable and cannot be won.

Up to now in this battle, Yuan Shao has belatedly understood all the strategies and arrangements. Xu Zhen threatened Yangping and Qinghe County in the east and let Cao Cao advance head-on.

If Xu Zhen is ignored, Cao Cao will keep procrastinating, waiting for Xu Zhen to drive straight into the cities of various places.

If you want to manage Xu Zhen, you must have an army of more than 15, or even [-], otherwise you will have to retreat to the city and be invincible.

So we came to this kind of dilemma. If we really want to say failure, it is our own failure in employing people. If we use Zhang Xi and Gao Lan to face Xu Zhen from the beginning, even if we can't win, and we are not brave enough, we won't lose. So quickly, he was beheaded one after another, which severely damaged the morale of the army.

This is a failure to employ people.

There are several military commanders in the army, and they are intriguing with each other. When a big battle is imminent, but they don't want to fight the enemy with one heart, but they themselves fail to command. Sit and watch these people's minds become disordered and turn against each other. This is also a failure and should be reviewed.

In contrast, Cao Cao insisted on employing people with no doubts and believed in delegating power, but it actually achieved the effect of knowing people and making good use of them, so that the three armies could serve them. With the current military strength, it seems that this year is not good. Might go on again.

After retreating to Weijun, the exhausted army stationed Liyang and other barrier cities to prevent invasion. Once the entire Weijun was lost, it would be a smooth road for them, and Jizhou was in danger.

"Father commander, don't stay any longer, you should return to Yecheng quickly and call civil and military officials to discuss this matter."

"We still have the land of three states, and we have not yet reached the point of defeat!"

"Okay, go back."

Yuan Shao sighed, picked up the cold stream water and slapped it on his face indiscriminately. After regaining his vitality, he got up and left.

He knew what he would face when he returned to Yecheng.

……

"Today is another day full of energy!"

The sky was bright, and Xu Zhen came out from the main tent, wearing a black robe and military uniform, with his hair tied behind his head, never wearing a crown, leaving two locks of hair hanging down the front, with an elegant demeanor.

[You sleep on time, self-discipline value +150]

[Self-discipline value: 26450]

In the morning, Xu Zhen first went to the Martial Arts Field to practice ring-shoulders. After the battle, he gradually returned to his previous habit of practicing day and night.

Swing the knife [-] times, and at Sishi, go to the school field to continue training soldiers with Dian Wei and Zhao Yun, select new elites to enter the camp with a [-]-meter circular obstacle course, busy selection, and personally demonstrate.

At noon, Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Liang counted the families of the casualties and soldiers in the camp, and prepared to distribute pensions. After defeating Zhang Yun, they captured manpower and captured a lot of luggage and money. Now the distribution is enough.

"Although there were not many casualties in our army, the pensions in the elite battalion are very high. These are what Master promised back then."

Zhuge Liang lowered his head and didn't notice Xu Zhen's face, and he said to himself, "After the count, there were more than 100 casualties of armored cavalry, 800 crossbow cavalry, and more than [-] casualties in the Sword and Shield Battalion. , As for Uncle Dian, Uncle Zilong, and Uncle Zhongkang, the lieutenant generals are all three thousand..."

There were tens of thousands of casualties.

The ability of that Zhang Junyi is really not blown out, from Yuan Shao to Cao Cao, no wonder he can live for such a long time and made countless achievements. With 10,000+ people in his hands, he can indeed exert greater military strength.

Whether a general leads an army can be called a general, in fact, the number of people who can command is also very important. For example, Liu Bei only leads less than [-] soldiers. He can make meritorious deeds and then retreat from the whole body. He is brave and tough in battle, and his subordinates fight to the death. He is often famous for this in the world and can be called a unique skill.

If there are tens of thousands of horses, he will be easily erratic, and he will be beaten on the ground by Cao Cao. This was the case when Xuzhou was defeated in the original plan.

As for when he had an army of 70, let alone a child who set fire to him could almost burn his first life's fame.

Therefore, Xu Zhen has many elite soldiers and sharp generals, and the drills of the soldiers are extremely high. They never use new ones vainly, just like forging iron. Also pursue.

He will not let too many soldiers and horses be too frivolous. A general can bring a few thousand or ten thousand, as long as they can be worth ten when they go to the battlefield.

So apart from him, I am afraid that no one has ever commanded tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of feats in one breath. In the future, he will have to cultivate a general.

This is not something that can be determined by talent, it requires experience in battle.

Of course, Zhuge Liang didn't know what Xu Zhen was thinking. After reading the report for a while, he continued: "The pensions for more than 1 people should be converted into ten stones for each household."

"This means that at least one hundred thousand shi of grain is needed... If it is exchanged for money, it will also cost ten thousand gold."

"The gains from the war should not be too late. After reporting to the lord, there will not be much left for us. Master, look..."

"Do you want to keep it private?"

Zhuge Liang looked up and saw that Xu Zhen's face was calm and not dignified, and then he saw Xu Zhen smiling and said: "No, report the truth, don't hide it."

"Everything in the army must be strict and strict, and it must not be done improperly, otherwise it will be discussed in the future." Xu Zhen thought for a while, and said: "Shucheng's tax revenue from last year has arrived. After Min Yue gives me a letter for the money, I will have a look." How much has been accumulated, all of it will be used for pensions."

There are more than 5000 households in Shucheng, among which there are many small nobles living there. Brothers Dong Fang and Dong Zhao, as well as Chen Deng and Bao Xin from Xuzhou, all bought land and houses and wanted to give Xu Zhen money. Yes, it should add up to tens of thousands of stones.

Compared with his salary, it must be more than ten times higher. After adding the money and food, it must be enough.

It's just that after Xu Zhen said this, Zhuge Liang fell into an indescribable stupor, his expression stunned and he didn't know how to respond, and he asked after a long time: "Master, are you going to...spend all your fief taxes for this year on the soldiers' compensation? "

"Well, it's okay, as long as you have enough money."

Xu Zhen grinned.

Now money is really not the most important thing, because after he became a marquis, he has changed from the former planner to the person who made the rules. He doesn't need money that much, and resources such as food are available everywhere. As long as manpower is still there, With people's hearts attached, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses around, more than ten civil and military celebrities, and all the money scattered, they can still live without lacking anything.

Money and food are necessary currencies for ordinary people, merchants and even nobles, but not for Xu Zhen.

"It's an old principle to get together when money is scattered. Kong Ming doesn't need to worry about pensions. These are small things."

Xu Zhen got up and patted him on the shoulder, "Should you be all right? It's almost noon, and I'm going to the main tent to discuss with the lord, and I'll leave it to you to calm people's hearts."

"I'm distributing my family property as a pension. It needs to be kept secret. Only a few people know about it, and it can't be spread outside."

Zhuge Liang sighed, "Understood."

[You manage politics for an hour, self-discipline value +150]

After the self-discipline value was settled, Xu Zhen got up contentedly, and rode his horse to the main tent outside the camp, but when he went out, Zhuge Liang sighed deeply, shook his head with a wry smile.

For a moment, he seemed to be staring at Xu Zhen's back in a daze, a little confused.

After a long while, he muttered to himself: "Not only is it hard work that we can't learn, but also this kind of xinxing is very human. Is there anyone in the world who doesn't do it for profit? My master is such a person, compared to celebrities from aristocratic families. I don’t know how deep the realm is.”

……

In the main tent, Xu Zhen walked in hurriedly. When the curtain was lifted, Cao Cao looked up. His face immediately changed into a smile, and he got up and walked out from behind the desk to meet him.

Xu Zhen handed Hu Liuli directly to Su Wei and asked him to put it on the weapon rack beside him. Cao Ren, who was standing on the left side of the military tent, was stunned for a moment.

Why, I found this knife specially for you, and let the skilled craftsmen in Xuzhou make decorations, and you handed it in?
Really don't accept any gifts?I'm going to give you this tiger glaze to make it famous all over the world.

How can a counselor not hold a long sword on his body?In the future, if you argue with others, you can only hold a knife!

Cao Ren was puzzled.

"You take this again!"

Cao Cao gave Xu Zhen a blank look.

"The four thousand war horses have already been returned! This time, Yuan Shao's war horses have been seized and the baggage is countless, tens of thousands."

Cao Cao didn't make his words clear. He was afraid that Xu Zhen would speak again next time, so he couldn't bear it. Now it's not like it was then, and war horses are so scarce and precious. He must eat more and occupy more.

Xu Zhen grinned and said, "I really don't need a saber, but a long spear and a ring sword are better."

Now he is practicing hammer and iron long whip, and he is going to use heavy weapons in the future. After all, he has great strength and needs a fart martial arts move. If he goes to the battlefield again in the future, he can just hammer it randomly.

"Well, just pay it off."

Xu Zhen walked up to Cao Ren, put away his smile and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness, brother. This sword has become famous for beheading Yan Liang. Now I will return it to the lord. It will be used as a reward for our brave generals, and it will also inspire our subordinates in the future."

Cao Renxu nodded his head, Xu Zhen was really honest and merciless, and he would not lose face if he gave it back like this. On the contrary, the two of them will be rewarded with the beauty of adults in the future, which is really good.

"Come on, now that Bowen is here, we can start discussing the march."

Cao Cao sat back on the main seat, let Xu Zhen take the seat on the left, Guo Jia, Xun You, and Cheng Yu were all behind, and the other generals were on the right, led by Cao Ren.

At this time, seeing a large number of civil and military talents under his command, Cao Cao's heart was full of pride, and he had the spirit of swallowing the world.

Waiting for the mood to calm down a little, looked around, exhaled and said: "The geometry of life is to drink as a song."

Xu Zhen frowned. This is probably not the poem, but a sentence from the bottom of his heart. It will take several years before the poem can be completed. Even though he has already surpassed Yuan Shao, he has not completely defeated him. start.

"Sadly, after such a big victory, all the officers and soldiers in the army were rejoicing, waiting for a whole day to rest, but the whole army can advance again, Liyang has not many generals stationed, I intend to attack Liyang immediately, and make Jizhou even more chaotic! "

"For this march, let Feng Xiao and Bo Wen follow me."

Xu Zhen immediately stood up, cupped his hands to Cao Cao and said, "No, no, no!"

"The city of Liyang is hard to defend. For example, Puyang in the Eastern Commandery was built by several generals over the years. It is incomparably solid, and it takes a lot of damage to capture it. I'm afraid it won't be possible in a short time!"

"I should set the rear for the lord? Collect food and grass for the lord..."

When Xu Zhen said this, his heart began to feel weak. He found that Cao Cao and other counselors were staring at him with strange eyes.

As a result, the voice of speaking is getting smaller and smaller.

Cao Cao took a deep breath, and then sat upright, feeling as if his heart had been beaten by Xu Zhen, and he felt a little stuffy.

"Bowen," Cao Cao gritted his teeth slightly, and said word by word: "Yuan Shao's army has already retreated, and it will be a matter of time before Li Yang is captured. He just needs to rely on Li Yang to defend him. Family members, confidantes and gentry people go to Qinghe County, delaying time to transfer property, money and food, Wei County will become an empty shell in a few months, do you understand?"

After Cao Cao said this, the smile on his face gradually became "nuclear", and he already wanted to rush out and pinch someone in his heart.

Are you playing dumb again?With your cleverness, you will not understand! ?
But what he said... After he said it, the counselors in the tent all looked at each other in blank dismay.

Especially Xun You and Cheng Yu, they smacked their lips and looked at each other, feeling extremely bitter in their hearts.

How about we go?

Need to be more obvious?

Bo Wen didn't want it at all, Feng Xiao kept silent...

To put it bluntly, going to Liyang to take Wei County is for the two of them to occupy the first place in the future. The literati's advice is one kind of merit, and the military commander's military exploits are another. We also know that the merit is naturally the two of them.

But it's fine to say it in private, I'm afraid we are a bit redundant here.

Xu Zhen suddenly realized, then quickly waved his hands, and said with a smile: "I'm too tired from marching and fighting, I still don't want to go, I advise Brother Xiao not to go either, let's go back and find Brother Zhicai to settle things in Xudu and prepare to celebrate Sacrificial ceremony, waiting for the army to triumph."

"Xu Bowen!"

Cao Cao slapped it on the table with a "bang", and he stood up, "If this copybook didn't stop me, believe it or not, I would come and beat you right now!"

Xu Zhen leaned back, smiled in embarrassment, opened a little distance from Cao Cao, and whispered: "I really don't want it, my lord, please let me go. It is best for Gongda to go to this battle. He marches and fights." It is most suitable to advance and retreat in a certain way, and do not use dangerous moves in the strategy."

"I strongly recommend Gongda! Zhongde!"

In fact, Xu Zhen also had something to say in his heart. After all, if he remembered correctly, this time he collected Wei County. During the many marches, because Cao and Guo gave advice and advice in the same style, they were too elegant, which led to several ambushes. They all won, but Guo Jia was still suffering from the cold and the old disease, and he was about to die.

At this time, Guo Jia beside him was also stunned.

Staring at Xu Zhen inexplicably.

Just go back when you go back, why are you dragging me?Are we so close! ?
(End of this chapter)