Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1166 Black and White

  Since Yang Song came to vote and said that his blood brother Yang Bai was defending the camp, then naturally he couldn't fight. At dawn the next day, Xu Huang's troops came to the village, formally took over the defense of the army village, and repaired the army.

For Yang Song and Yang Bai, Fei Qian naturally received them cordially, held a banquet and entertained them, and then wrote two bad checks, saying that both of them are great talents, and they need to be reused in the future, so he asked him to take the staff from the headquarters to the side first Go to rest, wait two days and set off with the army to take Hanzhong...

Yang Song naturally agreed in a hurry. He also knew that the Fenshuiling Army Village was just an appetizer, and the more important big head was still behind, so he was not in a hurry, especially after seeing the military equipment of General Fei Qian, the general who conquered the West, he felt even stronger in his heart. Feeling stable, he smiled and went down to rest first.

  Yang Song and Yang Bai went to rest, but Fei Qian had no choice but to rest with him.

  Because of the news brought by Yang Song, it really needs to be digested.

  As he said it, Fei Qian couldn’t help being slightly disappointed…

   It turned out that it wasn't because of his domineering aura, nor because of his so-called peerless magnanimity, but because the tree fell and the monkeys scattered. Seeing that the situation was not good, the two monkeys, Yang Song and Yang Bai, just looked for another place.

Ok.

  Better than nothing, no?

  Fei Qian put away the idea of ​​shaking the armor a few more times, and turned to Li Rudao: "This...Yizhou Mu is critically ill...What does Wenyou think?"

Li Ru stroked his gray beard, squinted his eyes and said, "The general will send his troops south, but within ten days...unless Yizhou Mu is unknown...not to mention the constant disputes in Sichuan...so this matter is seventy percent true...General , this time it was a surprise..."

  Li Ru first deduced the news that Yizhou Mu Liu Yan was seriously ill. Indeed, no matter from that point of view, Liu Yan has no possibility of cheating.

First of all, Fei Qian went all the way south. Although the Tangluo Road was rough and difficult, it took a lot of time, but even if it was Hanzhong who sent the news back to Shuzhong at the first time, every time he went back and forth, no matter if it was the Jinniu Road or the Mi Cang Road. It's not easy to go, so it is impossible for Liu Yan to have news in Hanzhong at this point in time in an attempt to confuse Fei Qian...

Moreover, the gentry in central Shu were intertwined, and when the riots were in full swing, even if Liu Yan used this as a trick, it would be tantamount to self-mutilation first. Maybe he didn't confuse outsiders, and his own internal chaos first, just like Yang Song and Yang Bai Same, switched to another account...

  Therefore, Li Ru continued: "...In this way, there are two strategies..."

Ok?

   Isn't it the three strategies of top, middle and bottom? What about the middle strategy?

  I said Li Ruha, did you swallow this middle strategy?

   "...Wenyou, please advise..." Fei Qian said.

"Don't dare." Li Ru said that Fei Qian is not polite, and continued to say, arching his hands, "if you are in a hurry, after leaving the Tangluo Road, surround Hanzhong without attacking, first break Yangping Pass, send people to Qishan, and transfer the cavalry army in Guanzhong, Although the road is far away, it will arrive within fifteen days! Seeing that our army is powerful, the rice thieves will not dare to attack, so they can dispatch troops to the south, take the golden bull road, and force them into the middle of Shu! The "Dongzhou soldiers" in the middle of Shu suddenly lost their mainstay. We must be panic-stricken, and with a little win over, we can take Liu Yizhou and replace him, take over Sichuan and Shu, and become the power of the former Qin Dynasty! In this way, Hanzhong will be alone, and there will be no danger of surrender..."

"If it is slow, take Hanzhong first, control the rice warehouse and Jinniu, sit in the Jiange, turn around and take Shangyong to the east, open the Jingxiang transportation road, lead but not send, go back to the military pass, hoard food and grass, repair soldiers, and wait for disputes. Start, and then look for opportunities to advance, the south can take Sichuan and Shu, the west can attack Longyou, and the east can go to Jingxiang..."

   I have to say that Li Ru is indeed a master-level figure in strategy, or maybe he has made calculations before, and in two or three sentences, he even outlines two different strategic directions.

   Feiqian nodded and said, "The best strategy is too hasty, and the worst strategy is too slow. Is there a middle strategy?"

Li Ru laughed loudly, and said: "The general is joking again... The general also governs Zuo Chuan. You should know the important affairs of the military and the country. If you are urgent, you should be urgent, and if you are slow, you will be slow. In the end, there is absolutely no quick and slow strategy... Military orders are like mountains, how can they be vacillating?"

   Fei Qian chuckled and said, "Of course."

  The two strategies of urgent and slow, in fact, have a certain degree of operability, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. To put it simply, an urgent strategy has high risks and high returns, while a slow strategy has low risks and benefits are naturally smaller.

  If the urgent plan goes well, the entire Bashu and Guanzhong can be linked at once, which is almost equal to the scale of the former Qin Dynasty, and then Tongguan and Wuguan can be contained, and the Shandong gentry can sit back and watch the dragons fight.

  The slow strategy is to fight steadily, with Guanzhong as the center, Hanzhong in the south, and Pingyang in the north, and then look at the east, west, south, and go there to grab a chance...

  Urgent action to gain momentum, slow action to gain benefits.

Just like playing Go, you can either lean on the ground to take advantage of the location, or lie high on the pieces of another color to take advantage of the situation. But normally, as long as the difference in the level of the players is not too much, the two sides are probably equal to each other. The point is to see whose mistakes are smaller in the subsequent moves, and accumulate to become the final victory.

  So now, should we play white or black?

  ………………

   When Fei Qian was thinking about which side to choose, many people in Yanzhou felt that 10,000 years was too long, and they could only fight for the day!

   "Quick! Quick!"

  Cao Hong once again urged the soldiers to quicken their pace, beady beads of sweat dripped down their foreheads, and there were muddy grooves on their faces.

Yanzhou, geographically superior, is also a relatively large state and county. It has jurisdiction over the Three Kingdoms and five counties, a total of 78 counties. Although there are still some sites that are not completely in the hands of Cao Cao, they basically occupy more than half of them. Having compiled Qingzhou soldiers known as 300,000, Cao Cao, who had people and territory for a while, jumped from a second-rate warlord to a quasi-first-rate prince in one fell swoop.

Especially after defeating the Heishan Army, Yuan Shu, and Mu Taoqian of Xuzhou, Cao Cao tried to solve the problem of food and grass for Qingzhou soldiers on the one hand, and expanded his territory on the other. The soldiers conquered Xuzhou, ready to determine the victory in one fell swoop.

   At the beginning, everything went smoothly.

  Then it took a sudden turn, Cao Cao's old man was killed first!

Perhaps Tao Qian originally meant to threaten Cao Cao's old man first, but I don't know if he didn't do it well, or someone misunderstood, or deliberately misunderstood, anyway, it was all over the house, even Cao Cao's chubby Xinna The concubines all fell to the ground together.

   All of a sudden, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian and Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao became deadlocked, and there was no room for maneuver.

Although Xuzhou Mu Taoqian and Yuan Prime Minister Liu Bei formed an alliance army to fight against Cao Cao's army together, Cao Cao caught the gap and defeated the coalition army led by Cao Bao and Liu Bei in the eastern suburbs of Tancheng successively. Point to Xiapi!

What's interesting is that at this critical moment, the three brothers Liu Huangshu didn't know whether they were waterproof on purpose, or they were out of shape, or they thought that Cao Bao was also a Cao, unreliable. Anyway, they didn't show their fists against Nanshan and Beihai Unparalleled force came out, but after selling Cao Bao first, when Xuzhou Mu Taoqian was in a critical moment of panic all day long, the three Liu Bei brothers stepped on colorful auspicious clouds, gathered a group of soldiers from nowhere, and stationed in Xiapi In the suburbs, confront Cao Cao.

   Just when Cao Cao was about to attack Xiapi, Yanzhou rebelled!

  Jibei Kingdom, rebel!

  Dongping Kingdom, rebellion!

   Ren Chengguo, rebel!

  Shanyang County, Chenliu County, the whole territory is rebellious! The officials appointed by Cao Cao were expelled, and the local gentry Haoyou came forward to take charge of government affairs, but all those who resisted were beheaded!

  Jiyin County, most of them rebelled! Even Cao Cao's base camp, Dongjun, is in rebellion! All of a sudden, there were flames of war everywhere, and the chaos became a pot of porridge!

  The entire Yanzhou has been turned upside down!

  Cao Hong, who originally belonged to the backup and supervised the food and grass, was the first to react. On the one hand, he dispatched a fast horse to contact Cao Cao on the front line, and on the other hand, he rushed back to Yanzhou with the rear army, trying to restore some of the situation...

  The world actually wants to reverse black and white, can the universe change?

  ………………

  Fan County, the four gates of the small city were closed, and the soldiers on the city seemed a little flustered.

  Jin Yun stood on the platform in front of the city wall gatehouse, looking into the distance, silent.

  After Cao Cao became the shepherd of Yanzhou, Yanzhou seemed to be calm, but the water was dark and turbulent. The most critical of these is Yuan Shao's decline from the peak of the original leader of the anti-Dong alliance.

The most important introduction is that Yuan Shao wanted to welcome Liu Yu as emperor, and then refused to recognize Liu Xie, and refused to obey the orders of the central court, which led to a gradual decline in the reputation among the gentry, especially in the hearts of the royalists. .

  Cao Cao, who has not yet cut off from Yuan Shao, naturally encountered a lot of criticism. In addition, after Cao Cao took over Yanzhou Mu, he only appointed his own children as officials instead of Yanzhou natives, which sparked conflicts...

  Bian Rangzhi's death made everyone in Yanzhou's gentry look sideways and feel cold lips and teeth.

   Therefore, the gentry in Yanzhou united unprecedentedly. When Cao Cao led the main force to attack Xuzhou, they launched it brazenly. All the counties and counties responded in unison, even Fan County was no exception.

   However, Jin Yun was a little hesitant.

  Cao Cao may not be the same as Yuan Shao...

   Otherwise, they would not take the initiative to send people to meet Emperor Han, although they failed.

  But what Zhang Miao said is also reasonable. Cao Cao treats people cronyically, and people in Yanzhou have no future, so what's the use of protecting them?

  More than ten riders came rushing from afar, and when they arrived at the stone's throw of the city, some people patted their horses and the crowd stepped forward, raising their heads and shouting: "Is Jin Lingjun on the city?"

   "It's actually Zhong De!" Jin Yun looked closely, and immediately ordered, "Open the door! Please come into the city!"

   Cheng Yu's face was dusty, even the long black and translucent beard that he took care of carefully on weekdays was covered with dust, and he didn't even have time to go to the government office to wash and change clothes, so he pulled Jin Yun and started talking eagerly.

Yanzhou fell completely, only one Puyang, one Juancheng is still in the hands of Cao Cao, Puyang is Xiahou Dun, and in Juancheng is Xun Yu, although Puyang still has some troops, but compared with the current situation, it is still alone , so it can only be quickly let Cao Cao's troops return to aid!

If Cao Cao wants to return to Yanzhou, he must have a safe channel. Dongping's generation has become the top priority. Fan County happens to be on this route. In order to ensure the route of Juancheng, Fan County and Dongping For the safety of Cao Cao, Xun Yu immediately called Cheng Yu and asked him to lobby Jin Yun in Fan County, and also rushed to the Dongping area to ensure that the road for Cao Cao to return to Yanzhou was smooth.

   "Does Jin Lingjun want to betray Duke Cao?" Cheng Yu went straight to the point.

  Jin Yun turned his head to the side, and said: "...Zhongde came a long way, and it's hard work, why don't you rest first..."

"Which one is going to disobey loyalty and follow evil, so that both mother and child will die? Only the king will consider it carefully!" Cheng Yu said eagerly, "General Pingdong was appointed by the emperor, and he will naturally defend the Han Dynasty! The bandit Zhang of Yanzhou has neither a statement nor a second. The emperor's order suddenly rebels, and the next subjugates the superior. Where is loyalty and justice? The emperor is a well-learned man, how can a gentleman follow a thief? If the world is like this, how will the Han Dynasty survive! I hope you think twice!"

  Jin Yun still kept his head down in contemplation, without saying a word, and Cheng Yu didn't speak anymore, just looking at Jin Yun.

The suffocating silence lasted for a long time, Cheng Yu suddenly took a step, and shouted: "A wise man must be decisive! A doubter is a disaster! Jin Lingjun! Make a quick decision! How can mother and child be coerced by each other? Whether it is black or white, it can be decided with one word!"

  Jin Yun closed his eyes, a tear fell down his cheek, and was quickly blown away by the wind...

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   "Wen Hou!" Chen Gong pointed to the east, "It is better to take Dongping straight now, and hold back the father's land! You really shouldn't stay here, you can't do it!"

  The land of Kangfu is very narrow and dangerous. It was a strategic location during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, and it was one of the few important traffic arteries in Yanzhou.

  Mount Tai is in the north, and Father Kang is in the south, and the east-west road is closely clamped with Mount Liangfu, the remaining vein of Mount Tai. Both are dangerous places. The danger of Kangfu lies in the marshes, and the danger of Liangfu lies in the steepness.

  Although the whole of Yanzhou seemed to respond to the call of Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, and Lv Bu and Chen Gong, and raised the banner of rebelling against Cao Cao, they did not immediately form a joint force. Chen Gong knew this well.

   It's like Jibei Kingdom.

  Jibei Kingdom led five cities, but only expressed their support for Zhang Miao on the surface, but not much in concrete actions. They neither donated food nor sent troops. They took advantage of Zhang Miao and Chen Gong's action to cede land and take care of themselves and stay out of it...

  Therefore, let Lv Bu go to Dongping, one after another with Mu Taoqian of Xuzhou, completely defeat Cao Cao's army, and take control of the entire Yanzhou, which is the best strategy for Zhang Miao and Chen Gong at the moment.

   But the problem is that Chen Gong's optimal strategy may not be Lu Bu's optimal choice at the moment.

  Although Lu Bu has a rough personality, he is not a fool. I was in Chenliu, and no one cared about it for a long time. Suddenly, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong came to the door and expressed their willingness to cooperate, and then regarded myself as Yanzhou Shepherd. Is it really willing?

   It's just that they can't beat Cao Cao on the battlefield, so they need to rely on their own force!

  If he really obeyed Chen Gong's arrangement and led the army to Dongping, then Zhang Miao, who was sitting in Chenliu, could easily link up and take over the real power of Yanzhou!

   Even if he defeats Cao Cao by then, he will not be able to become the Lord of Yanzhou. He still only has a false name and needs to rely on the breath of others!

   Therefore, there must be a base, a base of their own!

   And Puyang is the best at the moment.

Originally, Puyang was close to the big river and suffered from floods. However, under the continuous repairs of the emperors of the Han Dynasty, especially during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, a golden embankment was built to divert the river water for irrigation, and the river channel was fixed in the south of the city. The big river was completely subdued. The water and soil in Puyang are rich and beautiful, the population increases year after year, and the surrounding area is fertile and fertile. Such a land with money, people, food and grass, abandons this place, where can I find a second one?

Moreover, once Puyang is snatched from Cao Cao's hands, it will naturally be held in Lu Bu's own hands, and no one can say anything. It is imperative to have a base that belongs to oneself completely, and no longer depend on others!

"Gongtai's statement is different..." Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "The land of Dongping Kangfu is narrow and rich, and it is not suitable for cavalry combat. It is useless if someone goes there... Besides, Puyang is still ruled by Cao's bandits. If you don’t take it quickly, there will be an accident, how can you tolerate it!”

  Chen Gong sighed, thought for a while, and then said: "In that case, it is for someone to help Marquis Wen take Puyang... But Marquis Wen also needs to send people to Dongping to garrison in a hurry!"

Lu Bu was overjoyed at once and said: "If that's the case, it's Gongtai's first contribution! What Gongtai just said is also justified... so I will send people to Dongping, um... and send Fan Yi Fan Zicong from the other department to command the soldiers and horses of the headquarters. Go to Dongping immediately!"

  (end of this chapter)