Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1149 Inside and outside the battlefield

  In the sky, the black smoke rising from Lijiawu Fort reflected on the land of Guanzhong, as if tearing a hole out of the heavy sky.

  Amidst the tumbling flames, a small group of cavalry suddenly broke through the gate to the east of Lijiawu Fort, and ran wildly outwards!

  Every fleeing cavalry soldier of Lijiawu Fort let out a hissing and exhausted roar, as if they were struggling to escape **** and escape the threat of death.

The Qiang cavalry who followed Ma Chao on the north and south sides of Lijiawu Fort did not immediately speed up to intercept them, but some of them seemed to be watching a show, they just made a show, and the Li family who tried to follow the small cavalry on foot All Wubao personnel rushed into chaos, either captured or killed...

Coming from Longyou to Longshan, the whole journey was also in a hurry. Since Ma Chao wanted to attack Lijiawu Fort and take its property to supplement military use, these Qiang people naturally would not have any objections, and Ma Chao had said the siege at the beginning. The strategy of Three Ques and One, since this is the case, if someone breaks through, let him break through, and the Qiang people are naturally more relaxed.

Moreover, the Qiang people also knew that those who broke through must be elite soldiers, and they were also important personnel in the Lishiwu Fortress, but what the Qiang people cared about was food, property, and women and children who could be plundered. Once he escaped, it meant that the resistance of Lishi Wubao had come to an end. At this moment, when there was a large piece of meat that could be shared, who would just stare at the bones with thorns and not much meat?

The Qiang people were originally more open-minded than the Han people, not to mention the turbulent flames constantly reminding these Qiang people that a slow step may only leave some residues, so the two wings These Qiang people chased away a few steps meaningly, then retreated, and enthusiastically joined the process of ethnic integration in Lishiwubao.

  Screams and howls erupted in Fort Lishiwu, accompanied by black smoke soaring into the sky, rolling and boiling.

  Who would have expected such a situation today for the tenants and family members of the Li family in the surrounding area?

   Shouldn’t the collection of grain and grass be just bargaining with each other, and then compromise to a level that is relatively acceptable to everyone?

  Where is there such a person who comes up with a knife when there is a disagreement? !

  These thieves from the Ma family actually sent troops to destroy the fort?

  Where is General Xia Muxia?

  Why don't you come to stop it?

Or…

  Thousands of thoughts swirled in the minds of the fleeing Li family members. Looking back at the black smoke soaring into the sky, everything finally turned into a howl of pain: "Mother..."

   This fire was set by the old woman in charge of the Li family.

  Men may have a chance to escape, but women and children are basically sure to be unable to get away, and the fate of women and children who fall into the hands of the Qiang people is naturally very clear to these children of the gentry.

  Bearing the humiliation and waiting for the Li family to spend money to redeem it?

  Which family would be willing to spend a lot of money, and then put a shameful mark back in front of themselves?

  Wang Zhaojun wrote a letter requesting to return to China after the death of Huhan Xie Shanyu, but Emperor Hancheng ordered him to "follow the customs of Hu Han"...

  Is Wang Zhaojun meritorious?

   meritorious service.

  No matter who it is, whether it is ancient or modern, even the most staid Confucian scholars, when they talk about Wang Zhaojun, they always express their deep admiration. After Wang Zhaojun went out of the fortress, there would be no war between the Han and the Hungarians for sixty years. If not, the Western Han Dynasty would have collapsed without waiting for Wang Mang to usurp power...

  But such a woman is still engraved with the imprint of the Han Dynasty's tolerance and love, so even if she has contributed to the country, she is still not allowed in the court. The living Wang Zhaojun is a disgrace, and the dead Ning Huyan is the hero.

   Life is better than death, that's it.

At present, the Qiang cavalrymen rushed into Wubao and so on along the opened gate of the village. When they saw the male, they didn't even think about it, didn't ask questions, and just chopped with knives and stabbed them with spears, and didn't even bother to use knives or guns. , directly galloped forward and stomped!

  Whenever they see a woman, they will grab their hair with their hands, or pull their waist and arms, put them on the horse's back, laugh and rush to the next target...

At this time, on the west wall of Lijiawu Fort, the gate of the village has also been breached, and groups of soldiers poured in, breaking through the gates along the street like wolves and tigers, rushing in with swords and guns at the same time. .

  At Zhaimen Long Street, a figure sat on the back of a horse, with a spear in his hand, and a **** head pierced. It was Ma Chao. The commander of Lijiawu Fort who led the soldiers to resist was finally defeated by Ma Chao's gun and became the last straw for Ma Chao to defeat Li's resistance.

  At this moment, the fire light reflected on Ma Chao's face, revealing Ma Chao's smile.

   Ma Chao enjoys this moment very much. In this moment of fighting and fighting in the battlefield, in an instant, a city can be overthrown, and a country can be destroyed. Isn’t that what a man should do?

  ………………

  At this moment, Fei Qian, who was far away from the Guanzhong battlefield, was slowly heading south with his troops.

  Fei Qian didn't want to take off the level so quickly.

   Take Zuo Fengyi, this is definitely necessary, because if Zuo Fengyi is not taken, then Guanzhong will be on the same line with Yang Biao, which is a big threat to the future.

  But the whole territory of Guanzhong...

Ok.

   Still a problem.

  Because the problem in Guanzhong is not outside, but inside...

  Fei sneaked a glance at Pang Tong who was at the side.

Pang Tong has come back from the east of the river, sitting wobbly on the horseback, with his face up, squinting his eyes, trusting the horse to walk freely, anyway, the war horse has this advantage, the automatic follow function, you don’t need to control it yourself Walking with the horse in front, he was not afraid of the sun tanning him even more, humming a little tune in his mouth, looking very comfortable.

  Pang Tong naturally had a reason to be so proud. He led 500 soldiers, plus Zhang Liao's 800 cavalry, but there were more than a thousand, but Yang Biao was disturbed, and he had to retreat from Tongguan...

Of course, Zhang Liao was responsible for most of the work, but no matter what, Pang Tong deserves some credit, right? And just when he was young, he wanted to show all his achievements on his face, so he just wore red and hung a banner and wrote a letter. Three big characters, "Praise me".

  Naturally, if he really boasted, Pang Tong would show that he didn't care at all. In short, being arrogant and humble is enough to describe Pang Tong at this time.

  Fei Qian couldn't help it, and gently poked Pang Tong, who was squinting and swaying on the horse's back, with his whip, and said, "Come on, Shi Yuan, I want to ask you something..."

   "Huh?" Pang Tong uttered a rising syllable, and raised Fei Qian's eyelids and eyebrows, and said lazily, "... But it's okay..."

   "Within ten years, can we wipe out all the wings of the Guanzhong gentry?"

  Fei Qian resisted the urge to whip Pang Tongyi, and then said, as if he was saying whether to eat mutton or beef today, and his tone was very smooth, but Pang Tong was so frightened that he shook on the horse's back and almost fell off the horse.

  Pang Tong quickly grabbed the saddle and reins with his hands, and said with wide eyes: "Your Majesty, this matter is not a joke!"

  Fei Qian looked ahead and said calmly: "I'm not joking..."

   "Do you know the gentry in Guanzhong, but for more than a hundred years..." Pang Tong looked at Fei Qian and said, "Although it is already sunset, there is still some light, how can we get rid of it quickly..."

   What Pang Tong said, Fei Qian naturally knew it too.

  Why do some people repeatedly propose to abandon Xiliang? Isn't it because of abandoning Xiliang, Guanzhong has become a border, and then these Guanzhong gentry will become the next Bingbei gentry?

  In the Western Han Dynasty, the gentry in Guanzhong ruled the world, but now the gentry in Jizhou and Yuzhou in the Eastern Han Dynasty, in the Western Han Dynasty, were all country bumpkins...

  The recommendation system of officials in the Han Dynasty was the biggest cornerstone of the rise of these noble families.

Why did the people in the Han Dynasty never forget the officials with two thousand shi, even as a standard for whether a gentry can be ranked among the upper class? The power ranges from one to three people per year, and if the country needs special talents, this is not the number.

  These nominated and recommended personnel, no matter whether they can become officials in the end, their reputation, class and status in the Han court will be greatly improved.

   In return, these recommended personnel will be branded with the recommender's imprint on their body, becoming a small part of the big tree of the recommender's family...

   Over the years, these officials with more than two thousand shi, in addition to their own expansion, can also absorb those outstanding talents to their side through this method, and finally formed a dense forest.

The gentry in the Guanzhong area of ​​the Western Han Dynasty have experienced such expansion and multiplication for more than a hundred years. Even if they were suppressed by the Shandong gentry in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jizhou and Yuzhou for a hundred years, they could still dominate one side during the chaos of China. The Li family with Longyou could rise again in the Sui and Tang Dynasties...

   Fei Qian didn't want to take Guanzhong so quickly. There is a very important reason, that is, he doesn't want to follow the old path of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and he doesn't even want to follow the path of Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

   As long as those who are interested pay a little attention to those things outside the battlefields of the Three Kingdoms, they can clearly know that these battlefields are not isolated, nor do they just mean that the two armies are fighting.

Just like Fei Qian realized that war is just a continuation of politics a long time ago when he was in the Suanzao Alliance. The victory or defeat between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao has their own factors, but there are more factors. It is the result of the struggle between the political groups under their sect, that is, the gentry groups.

Yuan Shao used the gentry from Yingchuan and Nanyang to kill Jizhou Mu Hanfu, but in order to borrow the power of Jizhou, most of his soldiers were still led by Jizhou people. Even the one who defeated Gongsun Zan Baima Yicong was also led by Jizhou Juyi It wasn't Yuan Shao himself, let alone the gang in Yuzhou. Therefore, the contention and internal strife between the two factions in Yuzhou and Jizhou, at Guandu, took Tian Feng, the benchmark of Jizhou, as the breaking point, and finally led to Yuan Shao's downfall...

   For Cao Cao, his life is simply a master of the gentry's internal strife, and it is the most perfect embodiment.

   Fei Qian believes that, not to mention Cao Cao’s migraine, disease dragged down, and eventually died, even if Hua Tuo can successfully treat Cao Cao’s disease, it will still be very difficult for Cao Cao to unify China if he is given ten more years.

   Not only that, Liu Bei and Sun Quan are also using different methods to solve this problem, but unfortunately, the last well-known thing is that Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were all solved by this problem in the end.

  Cao Cao suppressed at first, and then sexually.

   As for Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, the executor, had very harsh punishments after entering Sichuan. He also adopted a strategy similar to Cao Cao's to divide and suppress.

  Sun Quan is completely different, he uses compromise, which is why Sun Wu has always been the most stable and darkest regime among the Three Kingdoms...

These things are like hidden reefs under the surface of the water. Most people see the rough waves on the surface of the water, the waves are surging, and there are many waves, but these things hidden in the shadows under the surface of the water are rarely mentioned. If we don't think and explore slowly, I'm afraid we will inevitably follow the old path of the Three Kingdoms.

   Domination is simple, just kill.

  But when Fei Qian grows old or dies, those sneaky things suppressed by Fei Qian will crawl out from under the water again...

Yuan Shao, who took the balanced route, got out of balance once, and then fell into a slump and couldn't get up again; while Cao Cao, who took the suppressed route, was finally stabbed again and again, and even had to compile the "Dream Is Easy to Kill" Zhuge Liang, who also took the oppressive route, was forced to do everything by himself. Many people in later generations would ridicule Zhuge Liang for being too smart and asking for trouble, but they never thought that this was actually What a painful and helpless act; Sun Quan, who took the path of compromise, was finally dyed black and completely sunk...

Or do you get drunk today when you have wine, just let it go, as long as you take care of your eyes, smooth it out, leave a mess for future generations to deal with, anyway, when you close your eyes, you just take care of it Does the sky collapse, does the flood flood?

  Pang Tong looked left and right subconsciously, and then said: "...you are...why are you so anxious?"

   Feiqian sighed, and said, "I thought I could take it easy...but now I can't..."

In the original plan, after Bingbei has cultivated a group of grassroots personnel and formed a complete system in civil affairs, culture, and military affairs, then use these personnel to slowly infiltrate the emerging classes. To replace the original role of the gentry in this era, and finally complete the guidance and improvement of the entire gentry, or cut off.

  But now, Cao Cao married, um, the time to welcome Emperor Xian was obviously earlier, and Yuan Shao also advanced the attack on Gongsun Zan, and there was another Yang Biao in the land of Heluo, but Ma Chao came to Guanzhong...

   What's next?

   Fei Qian didn't know at all.

  For Fei Qian who has lost control over the time chain of the Three Kingdoms, the future in front of him is like a black curtain that covers his eyes, while there is a winding and rugged mountain road under his feet, and he may step into the air at any time...

Just like what Xun Chen said, there are more than 100,000 refugees in Guanzhong. If Fei Qian does not take action, even Zuo Fengyi may not be able to keep them. The most important thing is that these populations will become nourishment for the surrounding forces, even if they cannot go east. On the other hand, going south to Wuguan is Jingzhou Yuzhou, and going west to the inclined valley is Hanzhong Sichuan, or simply becoming part of the Qiang people, and this situation is also what Fei Qian does not want to see.

   And just like the famous saying in later generations, when you open the window, not only fresh air comes in, but also mosquitoes and flies.

   Therefore, facing Guanzhong, Fei Qian needs to face not only the inside of the battlefield, but also the outside of the battlefield...

  (end of this chapter)