Three Kingdoms

There is no problem that a hot pot meal cannot solve.

If you change it to Han’s hot pot, it’s Qiangzi.

Although there were no chili peppers in the Han Dynasty, there were still onions, ginger and garlic.

In the copper furnace, it was rolling gurglingly.

Sometimes when we eat hot pot, we just want to have an atmosphere. We eat and chat at the same time. The food will not be too cold because we chatted for too long, nor will there be any soup to warm our stomachs after telling some cold jokes. drink.

"How long has it been since the world was at peace?" Then people's hearts began to wander again. Pang Tongyi put the pieces of meat into a small spoon and then dipped it into the boiling soup. He said, "There are always some people who think that the land and manpower are endless and inexhaustible..."

If the war enters the attrition stage, then there will basically be no winner. The only winner will be whoever loses less.

Fei Qian smiled, "Eat the leaves first, then the stems, and then dig out the roots..."

What does the big man think of now?

It was the most terrifying period during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, when cannibalism was even open, and you could choose any part you wanted.

As for the future generations, the methods may be more civilized, but there is no difference in essence. It is like the subprime mortgage crisis of capitalism. Isn’t it just cutting the leek tips, then cutting the leek leaves, making a high down payment, and then lowering the down payment ratio? Eat some with a low down payment, and finally end up with a zero down payment, and eventually uproot the leek root and swallow it...

Pang Tong laughed and said, "That's right, kill the chicken to get the eggs!" This is the case in Jiangdong. The Sun family is... anxious. 』

"Yes," Fei Qian nodded and put the colander in his hand into the soup to boil, "your meat is ready... Prime Minister Cao is also anxious." 』

It is not good to kill the goose to retrieve the eggs. Everyone knows this, but when it happens, not everyone may be able to bear it.

Pang Tong let out a laugh, then took out the colander, dipped in some small ingredients, blew a little, then put it into his mouth, half-closed his eyes, enjoying the richness of the oil bursting between his lips and teeth, and then waited until he swallowed it. , then slowly said: "Eating meat requires heat... The Prime Minister is anxious, but what's the use of being anxious?" 』

During this period of time, things have entered a quiet period, or it can be called a bottleneck period.

"Prime Minister Cao, at first he thought we were just a plate of food. He was eager to eat the meat first..." Pang Tong smiled and pointed at the bean plate with his chopsticks. "But when he bit into the meat, he found that it was meat." There are a lot of bones inside, and you won’t be able to shave them cleanly for a while. If you don’t shave them cleanly, you won’t be able to eat them..."

Fei Qian laughed.

What Pang Tong said is indeed true.

In the early days of Cao Cao's history, maybe it was because Yuan Shao's grand strategy influenced him, or maybe it was the historical environment that forced him, so Cao Cao had to fight in the south and north of the Central Plains and finally gained a piece of territory, which can be seen in the Battle of Chibi. A clear dividing line. Before the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao was in high spirits, but after the Battle of Chibi...

After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao's major battles were the battle to quell the rebellion in Xiliang, the Battle of Hanzhong, and then his last fight with Sun Quan, the Battle of Ruxukou.

During the battle against the rebellion in Xiliang, many contradictions in Shandong were actually exposed. At that time, Cao Cao was defeated and retreated to the north. On the one hand, he strengthened internal centralization and on the other hand, he strengthened local management. The cause of the Battle of Xiliang was that Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan to lead troops into Guanzhong, with the explicit intention of attacking Zhang Lu, but in fact he wanted to consolidate and regulate the major forces in Guanzhong. Ma Chao, Han Sui and others refused to submit and joined forces with the rebels to capture Chang'an and defend Tongguan.

All this seemed to be what Cao Cao had expected. He led the main force to the expedition and at the same time ordered Cao Ren on the southern line to go north to assist in the battle. The eastern front troops were stationed in Hefei to deal with the attack of Sun Quan's main force. This created an excellent strategic opportunity for Liu Bei in history, so Liu was invited by Liu Zhang to lead troops into Shu. The dispute between him and Soochow over Jingzhou was temporarily shelved under pressure. But what Cao Cao did not expect in history was that the people in Shandong were not willing to attack Guanzhong at all!

Many people in Shandong said, "The troops in Guanxi are strong and they are good at spearing. If they are not selected as vanguards, they cannot serve as vanguards." However, Cao Cao said to the generals, "The battle belongs to me, not to the thieves." Although the thief is accustomed to spearing, he will not be able to stab him, but you, the king, will just keep an eye on him. "Then, Cao Cao, who was still trying to maintain his aura, was beaten into a fool by Ma Chao's sudden attack. If Ma Chao hadn't recognized Cao Cao, I'm afraid the battle would have ended before the follow-up started.

Although in history, Cao Cao won the Battle of Xiliang in the end, it was not that Cao Cao won through a frontal battlefield, but that he used Jia Xu's alienation tactics...

This kind of "weakness" on the frontal battlefield shows, on the one hand, that the elite under Cao Cao have been exhausted by continuous battles. On the other hand, it also proves that Cao Cao's internal control is constantly improving. Decline. This became even more obvious in the subsequent Battle of Hanzhong and the Battle of Ruxukou. Even when he won a certain victory in Hanzhong and confronted Liu Bei, when his advisers persuaded Cao Cao to continue marching into Sichuan and Shu, Cao Cao himself hesitated. Finally, he retreated, not daring to go into Sichuan. He was afraid that if his head went in, his butt would be gone.

The same was true in Ruxukou. Although the plague was rampant, Cao Cao still failed to make up his mind to sink the ship. After the stalemate, Sun Quan pretended to send a letter of surrender, expressing his willingness to surrender to the Han and serve the King of Wei. Cao Cao knew that Sun Quan's letter asking for surrender was all nonsense and lies, but in the end he still did not dare to make a ruthless decisive battle and ended it hastily. This also brought Cao Cao's magnificent military career to a rather anticlimactic ending.

Combining all these historical situations with the current situation, it is not difficult to analyze Cao Cao's embarrassing situation today.

As Pang Tong said, Cao Cao didn't pay attention to Guanzhong at the beginning. He even thought that even if Fei Qian occupied the third assistant of Chang'an, what would happen? He could drag Fei Qian to death with just a few consumptions, but he What he didn't expect was that Fei Qian had never thought about a long-term stalemate with Cao Cao and a war of attrition.

After Taishi Ci went out for the first time and attacked Yecheng with cavalry tactics, the subsequent combat mode in Guanzhong was basically determined. This kind of rapid cavalry movement, pulling the local defense line, coupled with the heavy attack of gunpowder to destroy the military walled city, to achieve the overall tactical coordination of point and line, is almost beyond the era of tactics, so that Cao Cao almost collapsed, and even came close to breaking the pot. A broken state. Cao Cao mobilized all the forces he could mobilize at that time, preparing to fight Fei Qian up and down Nanyang, Wancheng and Yingchuan!

If Fei Qian's hand was also a broken jar, then it would be okay to fall with Cao Cao, but that was not the problem.

Are the things Fei Qian holds of the same value as the things in the hands of those conservative people in Shandong? Under such circumstances, those who still encouraged Fei Qian to go to the decisive battle with Cao Cao were either the fun-loving souls who did not mind the excitement, or the ignorant and unhappy fools. It was also this time that Fei Qian almost pushed Cao Cao to the brink of total collapse, forcing Cao Cao to start a forced aggregation of Shandong.

You don’t know pain until you fall. In history, Cao Cao lost his teeth in the Battle of Chibi and chewed a mouthful of mud. But today's great Han Cao Cao lost his teeth in the Battle of Jingzhou, so he naturally entered the integration earlier than in history. Internally, it is in the process of fighting against powerful external enemies.

However, external enemies are often relatively clear, while internal enemies are mostly hidden. Therefore, Cao Cao was forced to integrate internal speed with Fei Qianbi. Whoever can integrate the inside first, whoever can prepare the stick and soap first, then whoever can free up his hand first, can poke the other person's anus while the other person is turning around.

Fei Qian tapped the bean plate lightly with his chopsticks, "We ate the dish from Longxi, and the Prime Minister also ate Qingxu. We ate the dish from Sichuan, and the Prime Minister also digested it." We have conquered most of Jizhou, we are sweeping the rear, and the Prime Minister is also cleaning up those who oppose him... This year, everyone is busy..."

What? Someone Sun? Just like Cao Cao said that Cao Liu is the only hero in the world, most people nowadays also think that Shangshu of the East and West is interesting, and Jiangdong is not interesting, and they don't have much expectations for Jiangdong.

Pang Tong smiled, "But the Prime Minister's side is full of people, and they are all big-bellied men. No matter how much they eat, they are not full. These plates are not enough to share, and there is not enough meat and vegetables to eat..."

Fei Qian nodded slightly, his expression a little heavy, "This is where my concerns lie." This is like the indoctrination of barbarians, it is difficult to change..."

Although the cultural literacy of people in Shandong is naturally higher than that of barbarians, for some people in Shandong, changing their thinking patterns may not be much easier than educating barbarians. Even if you are far away, you are still someone else's naughty child. If you are close, you will become the naughty child of your own family, and your headache will not be the slightest bit.

The key is that the Hu people now admire the Han people, and they are basically accepting of some affairs in Guanzhong, while the people of Shandong are born with a critical attitude, pointing out this and scoffing at that, without seeming to express anything. Ridicule, or a few sneers, cannot show the elegant character, noble feelings, broad knowledge and profound understanding of Shandong people.

Even people in Shandong do know that some of their own butts are not clean, and they also understand that those dried or diluted pieces of feces are still attached to their bodies, emitting an aura that no one should approach, but as long as they are still Being able to spray and wearing a decent robe, it seems that I can ignore all the smells and still calmly point out the situation, pretending that the smell is coming from others.

Fei Qian used his chopsticks to make a sketch on the table, "It's just the two of us. These dishes are more than enough. If there are two more people, we can only barely feed ourselves. But now in Shandong, there are more than just two mouths..." …If you want to eat more, you have to grab it from other people’s plates..."

Fei Qian took another plate of beans from the side and put it on the table. "It's not enough to eat. It's best to get it from outside. But the problem is that the people sitting next to the pot just want to eat and don't want to get it." , or just thinking about others getting it... It will be two hundred years after this..."

Pang Tong was surprised.

Fei Qian suddenly said, "There are many people from Shandong who have come to Chang'an recently..."

Pang Tong nodded and said, "The Wen Department is checking." 』

The two people looked at each other and smiled without saying anything.

After they finished eating and drinking, Fei Qian and Pang Tong got up and went to the wing of the Husband's Mansion, where they continued their discussion while looking at the sand table.

The sand table in Wuling area is actually very simple.

There is no good way to do this. Although under the guidance of Fei Qian, the technology related to surveying and mapping maps in the Han Dynasty has grown by leaps and bounds, and the fineness on the map has changed from an idea to a measurable approximate interval, but It is still difficult to have an accurate representation of some areas.

Just like the Wuling area, it has one characteristic.

Mountainous.

Because it is not clear how many mountains there are, and it is also unclear whether there are roads between the mountains, so the symbolic meaning of this sand table is greater than its actual use.

"Probably at this location?" ” Pang Tong used a ruler to mark on the sand table with some uncertainty, “This should be about right here. Disembark from here, and then go in along the mountain road...”

"Moshan..." Fei Qian frowned and read Zhuge Liang's letter again, generally agreeing with Pang Tong's mark on the sand table.

There is no other way. When the hot air balloon research is successful, we can start some more detailed mapping.

There is a mountain road in Yishan Mountain, which only Wulingman knows.

Zhuge Liang stated in his letter that the Wuling Barbarians had sent people not only to tell them that there was such a way, but also to express their willingness to cooperate with the Hussar to overthrow the evil Jiangdong regime...

So Zhuge Liang urgently reported for instructions and asked Fei Qian if he wanted to use this opportunity to build Jiangdong's back garden.

If the most important place in Jiangdong is around Wu County, then the chrysanthemums in Jiangdong are probably in Wuling County.

There are five streams in Wuling, which are winding in the mountains. There are some similarities...

Ahem.

Fei Qian shook the bad association out of his mind, and then smiled, "Hu Qizhong was able to go north at night, and Wu Ling was thinking of marching south." This Wulingman is really interesting..."

"Hu Qi is going north?" Wuling Southern Expedition? Pang Tong raised his eyebrows at the side, "My lord, your campaign is divided between the south and the north. Is it difficult to support the two places in Wuling in the Western Region?" 』

"Ah... um..." Fei Qianba smacked his lips and hesitated. Can this be said to be a poem by Lao Du that Pang Tong suddenly remembered? But this poem seems to fit the occasion. To the north are the barbarians from the Western Regions, and to the south are the barbarians from Wuling.

"Wuling Man..." Fei Qian changed the subject, "How much does Shi Yuan know about him?" 』

Due to the space limit of the newspaper, Zhuge Liang only said that he had contacted Wulingman when he reported it, but he did not talk about Wulingman's related matters in detail, nor did he introduce some of Wulingman's background in detail.

Pang Tong thought for a while and then said: "There are records in the past that the Gaoxin family had dogs and Rong bandits with five-color hair, named Panhu. To get rid of them and marry the emperor's daughter was the beginning of the Wuling barbarians." There are many corrections in this theory, which may be deliberately scorned by the Han family. 』

Fei Qian smiled and nodded.

"In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu, Wu and Yue, there were all Southern Barbarians. Because of their geographical location, they can be called Wuyue, Ouyue, Yangyue, etc. Their customs are different from those in the Central Plains. There are many people with tattoos and broken hair. ” Pang Tong said, “Because of the countless tribesmen there, it is called Baiyue. Wuling Man is one of them. 』

To put it simply, Wuling Barbarians, as the name suggests, are a group of barbarians living in Wuling County, Jingzhou.

Because of the lack of culture, these people called barbarians did not form a relatively complete cultural transmission chain, so that even they themselves could not explain their origins clearly, so they were regarded as slaves by the Central Plains people. The so-called legend of a group of puppies born of dogs.

The person who orchestrated this incident may not be the historian who wrote the history book. It is also possible that the historian adopted a widely circulated rhetoric and recorded it. But in any case, these "city dwellers" who originally called themselves Central Plains people probably never thought that one day their descendants would be forced to wander to these barbarian lands, and then end up with these "dogs", or It is the union of "dog-raised" offspring...

Of course, conversely, it may not necessarily be a malicious arrangement. Because in ancient times, many tribes were not civilized, and primitive worship was a very common state. Even the tribes in the Central Plains were improved from some primitive totem worship. Therefore, when the Central Plains people came into contact with the Baiyue area, At that time, it was entirely possible for these Baiyue people to claim to be descendants of a certain dog god.

"Wulingman was famous for his reputation, which was the time of Guangwu." In the past, in the 23rd year of Jianwu's reign, the Wuling barbarians were in great power, plundering counties and surrounding areas. There were more than 10,000 people from Zhoujun in the first attack, but they couldn't overcome it. Later, there was Fubo General and Ma, and it took three years to defeat him, which shows his bravery. 』

"The Wuling barbarians and others were pro-Han, and they were called good barbarians. They also helped the Han army to suppress the rebellion," Pang Tong said. The good barbarians defeated it, and they also got the barbarian soldiers from Wuling... In the land of Baiyue, the barbarians are unstable, and the rebellion is uncertain, mostly because of taxation. Now that Jiangdong has increased taxes, there may be more people. resentment……"

Fei Qian nodded, which was also mentioned in Zhuge Liang's books and newspapers. Jiangdong's increase in taxes on the Wuling area and Wuxi land was a very important reason why these Wuling barbarians were dissatisfied with Jiangdong's rule. It was also the fuse for these Wuling barbarians to express their willingness to turn to Fei Qian and accept Fei Qian's governance.

Wuling barbarians are also called Wuxi barbarians.

That is to say, there are several main tributaries in the upper reaches of Yuanshui River, including Xiongxi, Xixi, Wuxi, Youxi, and Chenxi. After all, people cannot live without water. The barbarians living in this area are connected to each other and are the main strength of the Wuling barbarians.

"Jiangdong..." Fei Qian muttered, "Jiangdong is suddenly increasing taxes. What happened?" 』

Pang Tong shook his head slightly, "Jiangdong is a long way away and the message transmission is slow. We don't know exactly what happened at the moment." 』

Fei Qian took a breath, nodded, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Then, why don't we test it?" 』

"test? Pang Tong was a little confused, "Who is testing?" 』

Fei Qian laughed and said, "Since we want to test, we need to be more generous... conduct a bigger test..."