Chapter 3491 Let's Guess Together

Chapter 3490 Let's guess together

Fei Qian burped.

He put down the wooden bowl, picked up the water bag and gulped down two mouthfuls instead of rinsing his mouth, and then swallowed the rinsing water and the residue in his mouth.

Fei Qian was full, but there were still many hungry people in front of him.

These hungry people were Cao's surrendered soldiers and prisoners.

Fei Qian was not a saint, but he knew that these Cao's surrendered soldiers and prisoners were not his enemies, but poor people who were looking for a bite of food.

Under the distant sky, one after another human figure was walking slowly on this piece of yellow land.

In the distance, huge smoke columns rose.

That was the gunpowder smoke left over from the battlefield.

Burning corpses or some other waste.

These human figures came closer, swaying and stretching.

There were cavalrymen holding tricolor flags around, on both sides of the road, either walking slowly together or shouting to and fro.

These people were Cao's prisoners or surrendered soldiers.

After defeating Cao's Zhongtiaoshan camp and the ferry camp, a large number of Cao's surrendered soldiers and prisoners will be transferred to the rear.

They will be transferred under Anyi City, and then selected and assigned.

The cavalry soldiers were very excited. When they saw Fei Qian's flag, they raised their swords and guns from a distance and shouted in salute.

Fei Qian smiled and nodded in response, but his eyes fell more on the surrendered soldiers and prisoners of Cao's army.

After these surrendered soldiers and prisoners took off their simple armor, what was left was even simpler and more worn robes, as well as thin bodies, old, young, and some still looked like children.

Most of them were very thin, with thin shoulders like a piece of paper.

These people were shaking, crowded like grass, floating on the loess mountain, with their heads down, as if they would wither and die in the north wind in the next moment. Occasionally, they raised their heads, but dared not look too much. When they met Fei Qian's eyes, they would immediately lower their heads. In their eyes, there was fear and anxiety, as if they would go to the slaughterhouse in the next moment...

After the horn of war was blown, the unlucky ones were always the lowest-level people.

'Come here!' Fei Qian gestured, 'Find some Taoists... Follow us and read scriptures for them...'

'Taoists?' Huang Xu was a little confused.

Fei Qian nodded, and then handed the wooden bowl and water bag to Huang Xu, 'There are only two ways to make these guys feel at ease... One is to eat enough. If you are full, you will not be suspicious... The other is to find some Taoists...'

What can keep people's hearts is either material or spiritual.

Most of Fei Qian's food and grass must be satisfied with the soldiers first. Even Fei Qian himself eats very simply, not to mention that these captives and surrendered soldiers eat better than the hussars. This is not in line with the actual situation, so we can only start from the spiritual aspect.

Compared to immediately preaching how good Guanzhong is, how bad Shandong is, and criticizing the landlord class by recalling the bitterness and thinking of the sweetness, it is better to directly use Taoist priests. The easy-to-understand Five Directions and Five Emperors plus the basic diet can calm the hearts of these panicked surrendered captives, which is also conducive to the next stage of work.

Perhaps these Cao army soldiers have seen too many armies like evil spirits and have stayed in hell for too long, so even if they surrender now, they are still afraid and uneasy. Just like staying in a community with gunfire for a long time in later generations, they will immediately lie on the ground when they hear firecrackers.

Most of these Cao army surrendered captives were recruited from refugees by local princes and gentry from all over the country. Under the system of Shandong's treatment of refugees, the refugees who had lost everything and suffered from hunger were also destroying the hopes of others, just like the spread of plague.

Those who did not die joined the army, and for two or three black cakes, they killed or were killed.

In such an environment, these people are like locusts, sweeping and devouring. The more people there are, the hungrier they are. The hungrier they are, the greater the destruction. How long will it take for people to turn into beasts when they are hungry?

Perhaps the time is shorter than everyone imagines.

People in the Han Dynasty did not understand what war syndrome is...

To turn these ghosts into humans again, Fei Qian spent a long time in Pingyang, almost killing all those guys who were only willing to take knives and not hoes, before they could really stabilize.

So, does Fei Qian still have so much time to deal with and screen these people now?

Or will it be shorter and faster under the current conditions?

Everything is still unknown...

If a person wants to change places, he may not be able to leave whenever he wants.

Thousands of people, tens of thousands of people want to move to a certain place together, that is a very cumbersome process.

Fei Qian originally had to wait for artillery rockets to be transported from Anyi to Zhongtiao Mountain, but before the artillery rockets arrived, the Zhongtiao Mountain camp was breached.

Although Fei Qian had received instructions from Cao's craftsmen to dismantle and destroy the gunpowder burial points that Cao's army had set up but failed to detonate on the mountain road, for the sake of safety, Fei Qian still had people carefully check the mountain roads to ensure that there would be no accidents when the large army passed through.

The military school sent by Tongguan to contact also reported the latest battle situation.

Under the direct command of Cao Cao, the Cao army fought and retreated, and Pang Tong and others were unable to gain any great advantage.

Now, if Fei Qian wants to block Cao Cao in Heluo, he must cooperate with Tongguan to quickly send troops, march into Henei from the south of Taihang Mountain, and then cut off Cao Cao's way back to Shandong.

But from the south of Taihang Mountain, out of Chenguan...

It is not a good strategy.

Before the Tang and Song Dynasties, most Chinese dynasties established their capitals in the areas around Chang'an and Luoyang, Henan. As a result, several major strategic areas in ancient Chinese history were formed, namely Guanzhong, Hedong, Henan, and Henei.

Guanzhong, needless to say, and then there is Hedong, which is where Fei Qian is now.

Henan is not Yuzhou, but the Heluo area, including Luoyang, where Cao Cao's current army is located.

Henei is the area north of the river, south and east of Taihang Mountain.

The current battle situation has gradually shifted its focus from Tongguan Hedong to the battle of the "two capitals".

Chang'an, Luoyang.

Chenguan is the passage between Henei and Hedong.

From Guanzhong, you can cross the river to Hedong, then from Hedong, you can pass through Chenguan to Henei, and then from Henei, you can cross Mengjin to Heluo. It can almost be said that a small Chenguan can connect the "four major war zones" in ancient China.

Moreover, among the eight passes of Taihang, Chenguan ranks first, which is enough to prove its former status.

With such importance, shouldn't Chenguan have a great reputation in history?

But Fei Qian thought again and again, and didn't think of any battle that broke out here in Chenguan, and then left a strong and colorful mark in history...

Hangu Pass, Tongguan, Shanhaiguan, Juyongguan, etc., all left their names in history because of a famous battle, but Chenguan seemed to be guarding the important road in vain, and was unknown in the mountains.

This couldn't help but make Fei Qian think deeply.

Is it that the military strategists and strategists in Chinese history were not as smart as the keyboard warriors of later generations, so these military strategists and strategists didn't know to go to Chenguan, but only knew to stick to the important road of Qiaohan?

Obviously not.

From Guanzhong to Henan, and then to Shandong, the Xiaohan Road is obviously easier to take.

The same crossing of mountains and rivers, the same pushing of chariots and riding of war horses, the closer the distance, the more obvious the effect of strategic surprise attack, and the lower the cost of manpower and material resources. In ancient times, when transportation tools were not developed and the technological content was not high, the manpower and material resources saved, multiplied by the number of troops, would be a huge number.

So now Fei Qian also prefers to take the Xiaohan Road on the south side of the river, and the north side of the pass is only an alternative...

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War, continuous war, is not only about manpower, but also about huge resource consumption.

In war, all parties will invest a lot of resources in order to win, including but not limited to weapons and equipment, food and money, etc. In addition, war will also lead to the destruction of existing infrastructure. For example, the vitality and vitality of the original Heluo, which has been restored to some extent in the past few years, is now basically emptied and completely destroyed.

The production of the entire Heluo has completely stopped, and the materials needed by Cao's army are completely dependent on external transfers.

Embarrassment is inevitable, and the most critical problem now is not only the shortage of materials, but also the low morale of the people, which is also a huge difficulty facing Cao Cao.

Hangu Pass.

On the dilapidated Guanlong earth plateau, the Cao army set up camp here.

The flag of the Han Dynasty fluttered listlessly in the cold wind.

"My lord, the meal is cold..."

In the central army tent, Cao Cao's guards whispered a reminder.

Cao Cao frowned, as if he didn't hear it at all.

With the collapse of the Cao army's Zhongtiaoshan camp, the Cao army completely withdrew from Hedong. For a while, the situation of the Cao army was like a bowstring that was about to break, and no one knew when the last straw would fall.

In Cao Cao's tent, a piece of information was transmitted.

Just this morning, Le Jin, who had been defeated in Henei earlier, passed on the news that he had brought his troops and was ready.

War is never a unilateral plan, and it depends on whether the other party can "cooperate".

Before, Cao Cao was advancing in different directions, but now it was Fei Qian's turn to make a choice...

Divide the troops, combine the troops.

In the current situation, Cao Cao seems to be cut off by the Hussars at any time, but in fact it may not be so dangerous, because after retreating from Tongguan to Heluo, although the Hussars have a wider space for the cavalry, as long as Hangu Pass is not broken, the Hussars want to move quickly to Shandong, there are still some obstacles.

And even if the Hussars break Hangu Pass, and then send troops to Henei to attack the rear of Cao's army, Cao's army seems dangerous, but it does not mean that it is desperate. Because the Hussars bypassing Henei will be attacked from many sides...

Of course, if the Cao army is really cut off by the Hussars in the Heluo area, then the real test is not Cao Cao, but Shandong!

At present, the only one who can compete with the cavalry in Shandong is Cao Cao, and the others are not good enough. So once Shandong completely loses Cao Cao's troops, the war may come to an end, but it also means that the entire Han Dynasty will enter a new stage where Guanlong will suppress Shandong!

In Shandong, whether it is Jizhou or Yuzhou, it is basically a daydream to want to enjoy the most preferential treatment of the Han Dynasty again.

Perhaps it is also aware of this, so there is a split thinking in Jizhou and Yuzhou. Some people insist on Cao Cao, while others begin to want to experience the new server first, which is a very normal phenomenon.

Since Cao Cao entered Guanzhong, tens of thousands of men and horses were lost. However, in fact, the real losses among Cao Cao's army were Cao Cao's relatives, senior generals, the defeat of the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, and after the defeat at Tongguan, in order to resist The hussars' pursuit resulted in the loss of the center's leading force and the center's escort.

Before the war, the soldiers who were drawn from various counties in Shandong for labor service were attributed to Cao Cao's wisdom and were in the name of Cao Cao's army, but they were not Cao Cao's tribesmen, let alone Cao Cao's personal soldiers. If they were lost, they would not It’s a loss.

Anyway, it was not Cao Cao's personal property originally...

This is actually a bit like the real estate developers of later generations of the Midi Empire.

The land on which a house is built does not belong to the real estate developer, nor does the money used to build the house belong to the real estate developer. Even the houses, whether built or not, do not belong to the real estate developer...

Everything is "borrowed" and there is no need for the real estate agent to pay it back.

Is the big deal going bankrupt?

Cao Cao "borrowed" manpower and material resources. If this magnificent building can be built, then Cao Cao will naturally make a lot of money, but if it ends up being unfinished...

I haven’t seen any real estate agent in Midi commit hara-kiri at the unfinished building to apologize? !

For these real estate developers in the United States, it is already very good if they can say something like Smith Marseille. It is more that they love to make trouble and love to death. The police who protect the interests of taxpayers will come as soon as possible to protect the real estate developers. security, and that their personal privacy is not violated.

"Is there any unusual movement in Yanxiang?" 』

Cao Cao didn't even raise his head, still looking at the map.

The subordinate reported, "My lord, there is nothing unusual about the Hussars in Yanxiang!" Looks like he's taking a break! 』

Cao Cao frowned, "Rest?" 』

"right! Those hussar soldiers put their horses on the plain..." Cao Cao's scout said.

"Above the horse-herding plateau? ” Cao Cao was stunned and raised his head, “Are you sure? 』

The scouts under his command swore to the sky that they saw it with their own eyes.

Cao Cao nodded, waved his hand, and motioned for the scouts to go down.

A scout wouldn't lie about something like this.

"Lord!" This is bullying our army and no one! ” Cao Hong came from outside the tent with an angry look on his face.

"Zi Lian, is the injury better?" "When Cao Cao saw Cao Hong coming, he hurriedly asked someone to bring Cao Hong a horse and sit down.

Cao Hong wanted to pat his chest to show his bravery, but the injury was affected, and he couldn't help grinning, and his original heroic words turned into a cough...

"Bring some hot soup!" 』

Cao Cao ordered.

Cao Hong turned around and saw Cao Cao's untouched food on the table, "Lord!" Here... come on, take this meal and warm it up! 』

Cao Cao's mind was still on the map. After frowning and thinking for a moment, he said, "Zilian, this is a trick to lure the enemy." 』

"Luring the enemy?" Cao Hong said, "I think he is a proud army!" 』

While the two were talking, another military academy suddenly came to report, "Report!" Many remnants of our army were sent from Yanxiang! 』

Cao Cao frowned, "It's the same trick again... send the wounded soldiers to the rear camp!" 』

The military academy did not immediately accept the order, but lowered his head and said, "To inform the Prime Minister, not all of them are wounded soldiers..."

"What do you mean by this?" ” Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked out of the tent.

In the distance, coming from the direction of Yanxiang, Tongguan, a group of figures was slowly coming.

The figures of Cao Jun's scouts were running around.

Although he was far away and couldn't see his appearance clearly, from the armor he wore and the tattered Cao family's battle flag he held in his hand, it was generally possible to confirm that he was a remnant of Cao's previously defeated army.

In this queue, you can also see some people who have difficulty moving, obviously injured, but there are also some people who walk normally and don't look like they are injured.

It would make sense to ask the uninjured to carry the injured, but overall it seems that there are fewer injured people and more uninjured people, which is a bit strange.

The Hussars had sent back wounded soldiers before, but Cao Cao usually treated them coldly.

Deal with it after no one is paying attention.

After all, those were injuries. In the current environment like Dahan, isn't it normal for an injury to die without treatment?

But now there are not only injured people, but also many who are not injured...

There are some problems here.

"Could there be some spies involved?" ” Cao Hong also followed him outside the tent and looked from a distance, “The Fei thief likes to play this dirty trick the most! 』

"A soldier never tires of deceit." ”Cao Cao replied.

Since the beginning of the Warring States Period, there has been no morality in war.

The Hussars bandaged these wounded soldiers, which was already considered very good. It was simply impossible to get better treatment. Moreover, it is a normal state of war that soldiers never tire of deceit, so there is nothing to blame the Hussars for using any method, but the key point is how to respond.

Obviously we have to deal with the uninjured ones as well, which is a bit...

The key is that these disabled and defeated soldiers who came back are no longer ordinary soldiers from counties and counties who don't care. Many of them are central leaders and central guards. They are the core strength of Cao's army at the moment. If they are simply treated coldly, I am afraid that by then...

"Are you sure you came from Yanxiang?" 』

Cao Cao asked again.

"Prime Minister Qi, that's exactly what it is." How to place these...? ” asked the military academy.

Cao Cao thought for a moment, "In the back camp, don't set up a stronghold...ask them one by one, why did they let these people back?" ! 』

The military school under his command went to take the order.

Cao Hong said: "These guys! They are so abominable!"

Cao Cao thought for a while, but laughed: "Just right! Just right! Pang Shiyuan thought he had a plan, but he didn't know that this would expose his true strength! "

Cao Hong was stunned, "My lord, what are you doing..."

"I laugh at Pang Shiyuan, he is too calculating! "

Cao Cao laughed, "Let's ask these remnants first... If my guess is right, there will definitely be some gains..."