Chapter 2375 Walking in the Dark

Wuchao.

Cao Jun's camp.

Cao Cao stood on a stone on the hillside far away from the camp, looking at his camp in the distance. The cold wind blew Cao Cao's slightly scattered hair, and then he ran straight into the distance without looking back.

The cold wind goes away, as if time will never stop.

Cao Cao's mind suddenly became dazed for some reason.

Back then...

At that moment, countless scattered fragments passed before Cao Cao's eyes, and then these fragments followed the wind and disappeared without a trace...

Regret, regret, joy, pain.

Various emotions settled down after these fragments, and finally came together to outline a human figure. The appearance changed a few times, and finally became like Fei Qian, wearing a scribe's robe, with a young and full face. He smiled energetically and stood aside.

In a daze, Cao Cao felt like he was standing outside Zhang Miao's camp with Fei Qian.

Cao Cao stretched out his hand, and Zi Yuan was willing... to go with Cao Cao...

The phantom shattered and flew away with the wind.

Cao Cao slowly retracted his hand, then looked up at the sky.

The wind blows and the clouds roll and relax.

Father...

A voice sounded softly not far away.

Cao Cao looked back.

Cao Pi came over with Cao Zhi and bowed his head in salute.

Cao Cao nodded and motioned for the two of them to come forward.

Zhi'er has been traveling with the army these days. How does it feel? Cao Cao asked, is it different from what he thought before?

Cao Zhi said bluntly: Not good. Too bad, dirty, messy and noisy, no snacks yet...

Cao Cao laughed, and then patted Cao Zhi on the head. Just get used to it.

Father... Cao Pi actually doesn't like military life, but in front of Cao Zhi, he still pretends to be very accustomed to it. Why do we come here?

Cao Cao greeted and asked the two children to sit down on the stone beside him. Well, Pi'er, what do you think we should do here?

Cao Pi pretended to think for a moment, and then threw out the answer he had already thought of. Maybe something has changed in Yuzhou?

On the surface, Cao Cao said he was going to Zhongmou, but in fact, he secretly left Jizhou with his troops and camped at Wuchao. Cao Pi felt that something was wrong, and wondered whether there was something wrong with Yuzhou or even Xu County.

Cao Cao smiled, although he missed, he was not far off! Think again……

Cao Pi thought hard, well, maybe he was pretending to think hard.

Cao Zhi on the side had already begun to give up thinking, his eyes glancing left and right.

After a while, Cao Pi raised his hands and said, "My child can't figure it out. Please ask your father for advice."

Cao Cao looked back at Cao Pi, then looked at Cao Zhi, what about you? What did you think of?

Cao Zhi smiled brightly and said crisply, "I didn't expect that either!"

Cao Pi on the side could not help but curl his lips.

Hahaha...Cao Cao laughed, okay, I will tell you as a father...

I came here just for...the army of Mount Tai...Cao Cao slowly stopped smiling and cast his gaze in the direction of Mount Tai. He is called an army, but he is actually a thief...he does not obey the king's will and does not respect orders...

After learning about what Feiqian Sanfu in Guanzhong had done against the local wealthy, Cao Cao drank a lot that night.

Drinking alone.

Cao Cao had actually wanted to do the things Fei Qian did for a long time, but he had always been hesitant and hesitant. Fei Qian is not the only one who thinks seriously about the current political system of the Han Dynasty.

Many people, including Cao Cao, have been deeply touched by the bad government of the Han Dynasty, and even hated it. However, they have not found a more suitable solution until the appearance of Fei Qian, which made Cao Cao in Manchuria. It was the dark man who saw a glimmer of light.

Since the unification of the Qin Dynasty, how to firmly control the local area has become a problem that the central court has tried its best to solve. The Qin Dynasty pioneered the adoption of the county system, and this system greatly destroyed the original aristocratic system of the Six Kingdoms. Then the Six Kingdoms rebelled. Then when Liu Bang came to power in the Han Dynasty, these old aristocrats of the Six Kingdoms discovered They were fucked...

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued the favor order, the parallel prefectures and states truly entered the system of prefectures and counties. What followed was that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty greatly controlled the Han Dynasty, and used the previous reserves and the future of overdraft to defeat the old people. Opponents of the Huns, but precisely because of this, in various places among the Han Dynasty, the local lords who suffered torture and pain because of this war found that they could not continue to completely obey the arrangements of the central court, or what they thought in their hearts The court system of the Han Dynasty was to exploit and suppress large households, so they began to compete with the central court for power.

continues to this day.

Do you know what this place is called? Cao Cao turned to ask his two sons.

Cao Zhi reacted quickly and rushed to say: I know! Called Wuchao! Because there is Wuchao Ze in the south!

Cao Pi on the side just opened his mouth and saw that Cao Zhi had already finished speaking without even leaving anything to add, so in the end he could only smile without embarrassment.

Cao Cao nodded, back then... Weifu and Benchu ​​had a fight here... Do you know why Yuan Benchu ​​and Weifu had to have a fight in the end?

Cao Zhi immediately shook his head. Cao Pi thought about it, was silent for a while, and also shook his head.

At the time of Guangwu, the emperor rose from the grass, relying on two things...Cao Cao pointed to the north, then pointed to the south, and simply said, there is Jizhou in the north and Yuzhou in the south...At that time, Yuan Benchu ​​occupied Jizhou and was his father. We have won Yuzhou...so there must be a battle!

Cao Cao looked into the distance and recalled in his mind that time in the woods, Yuan Shao stood on the black stone and loudly announced his strategy for the world...

In fact, thinking about it now, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao himself were actually referring to Liu Xiu's original approach.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and rebel armies from all walks of life swarmed in. At this time, Liu Xiu was just one of them, and he was not even one of the strongest. In view of this, Liu Xiu paid special attention to wooing local powerful people to expand his power.

In the more than ten years from the beginning of Liu Xiu's rebellion to the unification of the country, his subordinates gathered a total of four groups of forces. The first group was his relatives, which of course needless to say; the second group was during the early uprising, especially during the uprising. They were the forces that attracted the attention of Nanyang and Yingchuan areas, such as Jia Fu, Ma Wu, etc.

Is this very similar to Cao Cao's current situation?

On the other side, it was Yuan Shao's choice in history, which was to center the Hebei Group's power, and Jizhou's power was also the strongest. Liu Xiu married Guo Shengtong, who came from a prominent local family, as his queen, and Yuan Shao also married people from Jizhou. Historically, Yuan Shao also tried to unite the Hexi Group, but did not achieve good results. If used properly, it is said that he would not be able to win the battle of Guandu. play a decisive role.

The strategies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are all old methods to a certain extent. Because in front of them, the most recent and biggest winner is Liu Xiu. At that time, both Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were still young and had not yet realized that after Liu Xiu finally achieved nationwide unification in the twelfth year of Jianwu, there were still many problems. At that time, the ruling power of the Central Court of the Han Dynasty was still relatively weak, and it still needed to rely on local powerful forces to maintain its rule. In addition, local rebellions and political turmoil within the Central Court broke out from time to time, which made Liu Xiu unable to Completely eliminate the hidden dangers of local powerful people.

During the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, his attempt to check and balance the localities led to a bigger problem. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty gave great power to the governor of the state, which intensified the local separatism. Now, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Fei Qian can all be said to have benefited from the state-mu governor system. Therefore, after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, although he realized that there were big problems in this system, Sharp Ax It is difficult to cultivate oneself, and it is difficult to correct.

The center is strong and the areas are weak, just like people rely on their brains to command their bodies, rather than relying on their lower body to think. Individuals can be emotional, but the country as a whole must be rational and orderly. Only in this way can the whole country be unified and not fall into division. This is also the conclusion that Cao Cao came to after thinking deeply. But Cao Cao never dared to move, or he tried and was beaten back.

Yuzhou is Cao Cao's basic base and cannot act rashly. Therefore, even though Cao Cao was somewhat dissatisfied with Xun Yu in his heart, he still favored Xun Yu on the surface.

The gang in Jizhou was difficult to deal with. Cao Cao almost hit his instep when he did it.

Cao Cao thought for a long time, and finally figured out from Fei Qian's strategy that he was too hasty. Fei Qian didn't attack any of the major Shanxi big players, the biggest powerhouse in Guanzhong, as soon as he came up. Instead, he started to hit from the corners, banging on the left, and banging on the right...

Ever since, Cao Cao suddenly realized and set his sights on the Taishan thief.

The weight of Taishan Thief seems to be just right.

When Xun Yu encountered danger in Xu County, he summoned Zang Ba and others, but Zang Ba and others did not arrive in time. On the one hand, it was the Taishan bandits who did not respect orders, but from another On the one hand, it also proves that there is no deep interest relationship between Xun Yu and the Taishan bandits, or in other words, the Yuzhou gang and Zang Ba.

Similarly, in Jizhou, there is not much friendship with the Taishan bandits.

This means that when Cao Cao wants to deal with the Taishan bandits, as long as Cao Cao can take them, no matter whether it is the people of Yuzhou or Jizhou, they will not have much objection. Of course, if it were said that when Cao Cao wanted to deal with the Taishan bandits, it affected the interests of Jizhou and Yuzhou, such as repeatedly levying grain and grass, transferring civilians, etc., these people would naturally jump out.

In addition, Cao Cao personally believes that he will not allow generals with different surnames to command heavy troops...

This would make Cao Cao sleepless and sleepless.

In this regard, Cao Cao and Fei Qian are different, and Cao Cao has always believed that Fei Qian's military power system will have problems sooner or later, and even in his heart, he is vaguely looking forward to that day...

Therefore, at the moment, Cao Cao uses Sun Quan's attack to consume the powerful forces in Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and on the other hand, he can force these guys to take sides. Of course, in order to ensure that his strategy could be implemented perfectly and that Xuzhou would not be actually occupied by the Sun family's children, Cao Cao quietly transferred his troops to Wuchao and could transfer to Xuzhou at any time.

Cao Cao basically explained something to his two sons, but he didn't explain it very clearly. He still hoped that his two children could think more and use their brains more. Of course, there was also an element of considering the two children in this. Inside.

Cao Pi and Cao Zhi retreated.

Zang Xuan's high point... Cao Cao was silent for a while, then turned to ask his guard and confidants, has the messenger returned yet? Ha...this Zang Xuangao...

Cao Cao did not hate Zang Ba, and even admired Zang Ba to a certain extent, because Zang Ba was loyal and responsible. Even if he knew that his friend was wrong, he was willing to tolerate and share the blame.

It's just that appreciation is appreciation, and things are things.

When it's time to take action, you still have to take action.

No matter how much friendship, family affection, commitment, or covenant we had before, they will all turn into a puff of smoke and disappear with the wind.

right?

Brother Benchu...

……╭(╯^╰)╮……

Huaisi area.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were twelve princes in Huaisi.

Later generations simply believed that enfeoffment was equivalent to division, and felt that Duke Zhou was short-sighted. In fact, he underestimated the wisdom of the ancients. The enfeoffment system was the best answer to solve the contradiction under the productivity, war potential and political system of the Zhou Dynasty at that time.

Because the King of Zhou did not have the ability to rule most of the area east of Chaoge at that time.

Back then, Duke Zhou attacked (stolen) defeated (attacked) Chaoge and killed King Zhou, but it did not mean that he could immediately unify the world. After all, the Xiqi Allied Forces at that time only took the capital of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and the Shang Dynasty The main force of the army is still on the Dongyi expedition and may return at any time. If one or two descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasty stand up and raise their arms and shout, I am afraid that history will be rewritten.

What's even more terrible is that the Ronghu in the west only expressed their superficial surrender. If the King of Zhou couldn't come up with any words...

The genius system of enfeoffment in the Western Zhou Dynasty came into being. In the past, enfeoffment was often a recognition of the original local power, and the Duke of Zhou sent families who were inextricably linked to the royal family to the local areas to establish the country, creating a natural connection between the two. and a legal superior-subordinate relationship, thereby ensuring the latter's loyalty.

In addition to some familiar Seven Warring States Periods, the area where Zhu Zhi is now stationed is where the twelve princes of Sishang were.

Song, Lu, Wei, Zhu, Xue, Li, Teng, Ju, Ren, Tan, Fei, and Pi.

Except for the first three, which still had a slight jump in the history of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the rest generally developed slowly. While others were already expanding aggressively and accumulating strength, most of these guys were still at the beginning. The stage of the city...

If you move slowly, you will be beaten.

If you are weak, you will be bullied.

This has been the case since ancient times...

The feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty is no longer suitable for today, and where will the Han Dynasty's county system go?

Taixing five years, December.

On the tower of Shuiguan in Xiaxiang County, several braziers and torches were swaying in the roar of the north wind, as if they would be blown out at any time. In the darkness outside Shuiguan, one or two blasts sounded in the distance. The wolf howled, I don't know if it was because of the cold, hunger, or some other reason.

Human beings, in the current era of Han Dynasty, are not the absolute masters of this area, and there are still many places that are unexplored.

On the Xiangshui Pass, several older soldiers of Cao's army were shivering from the cold and huddled in a sheltered place to stay warm.

Xiaxiang is one of the important passes on the Surabaya River.

But at the moment, in the lower phase, it does not appear to be so important.

Surabaya and Huai River are the two most important arteries in this area. All towns, villages, farmland, and workshops are concentrated near these two water sources. In other words, if you control the two water bodies, It is equivalent to controlling everything on both sides.

Xiaxiang is the pass south of Xiapi. It is not the most important, but it is not the worst either.

Normally, for a pass like Xiangxiang, military camps should be built on the side walls to station garrison troops for a long time, and then piers and beacons should be built along the river terrain, and additional beacons should be built at each distance. Deploy some mobile units to provide necessary support.

However, due to well-known reasons, the defense system in Xuzhou area has many abandoned piers and forts, and there is no defense system at all.

Zhou Tai lurks in the darkness not far from Xiaxiang Shuiguan.

Sneak attack plus night attack.

Just like in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, those who were the first to use the naughty child's whip kick could always take advantage of it. The latest tactics would be quickly studied by other people and spread.

The rise of General Fei Qian made more people focus on him. Regardless of whether you like him or hate him, you can't help but collect all Fei Qian's previous battles and study them.

The theory of elite soldiers and surprise tactics are gradually accepted and recognized by some people.

Such a winter night was undoubtedly extremely uncomfortable and torturous for Sun's soldiers who were accustomed to the mild climate of Jiangdong.

This is also the reason why Zhu Zhi's progress has been very slow during this period of time. Zhu Zhi made a request to the rear for more cold-proof supplies such as clothing, blankets, and blankets, but these supplies were never in place, so he naturally did not continue to attack northward.

But Zhou Tai couldn't wait.

Zhou Tai and his private soldiers secretly sneaked under the Shuiguan and quietly erected several long ladders. The tops of the ladders were covered with thick cloth. There was almost no sound when leaning against the city wall. Of course, if some sounds were made, It will also be obscured by the howling wind.

Cavalry General Fei Qian's men also had an easier way to climb the wall, but the problem was that even if they knew it, it would still take some time to train it until it was mature enough to be used in actual combat, so Zhou Tai chose the more common stupid method. Method.

Zhou Tai was the first to go.

He bit the sword in his mouth, and then climbed up to the top of the city as quietly as possible.

Zhou Tai's private guards also followed behind, and they quickly climbed up amid the subtle creaking sound of the ladder.

Zhou Tai put his head on the wall and looked around. There was fire in the city tower, and some torches and braziers on the Shuiguan city wall were flickering, illuminating some figures at the corner of the Shuimen gate...

Zhou Tai climbed over the city battlements lightly, ducking down and sneaking along the shadows. After several other guards also climbed up the city wall, Zhou Tai waved his hand slightly, and several people pounced on the few at the corner of the Water Gate Tower at the same time. The famous Cao Jun!

He pressed his mouth and nose with one hand, and at the same time, the sword went towards Cao Jun's vital point!

Several Cao soldiers were alerted at this time, and most of them were killed before they were fully conscious. Only one Cao soldier, who might not have been stabbed to the vital point by the first knife, survived for a while and was struggling on the ground. Zhou Tai's private soldier wanted to seal Cao Jun's mouth and nose with one hand, and held a knife in the other hand. He couldn't hold it down for a moment, and was about to let go...

Zhou Tai rushed over and grabbed the Cao Jun's neck like an iron pliers. The Cao Jun's eyes suddenly bulged and his throat could only make a gurgling sound. He was stabbed again and immediately Die.

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