Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 528 The quiet period before the storm

  The basic skills of a politician include such an item as hypocrisy, and they must be extremely proficient. Those who don't know how to cover themselves, hide their emotions, bluff, put on airs, etc., will eventually fall completely and become a ladder for others.

   Fei Qian looked at Ma Yan who was in charge of the front.

   There is no doubt that Ma Yan is an outstanding general, but there seems to be some distance from Shuai Cai. In other words, Ma Yanzai and the traditional Chinese-style handsome talents are slightly short in politics.

  In fact, there are many things hidden in Fei Qian's heart, which have been circling and hesitating all the time.

   Things like generals...

  Since ancient times, China's military and government have not been separated, and the military and government have been integrated. The combination of military and government will easily produce various dictators, such as Dong Zhuo, and even Cao Cao later, and of course others...

Such a person enjoys absolute leadership and the dominance of the imperial court. The benefits are obvious. It is more convenient to pass government orders, reduce internal friction, increase external combat power, and can concentrate and efficiently promote the direction of the entire country, but it is also easy to bring Leading the whole country towards the bottomless abyss.

  Fei Qian thought about it, and moved with the large army. The horses under his crotch almost didn't need any instructions.

   This is the additional benefit brought by the war horses produced by large-scale training and breeding of horses in Bingzhou, Hetao area, or other areas.

  Horses have been domesticated by humans for a long time. For a single horse, there is actually no problem with free-range or group breeding. However, if it is for war horses, group horses have an inherent advantage.

Because horses living in groups have been accustomed to the noise of other horses neighing, hooves and other noises since they were young, and have also adapted to the relatively close contact with other horses. The most important thing is that they don’t need any instructions when galloping on the grass. These herd horses will automatically lower their heads slightly, stare closely at the buttocks of the horse in front, and rush to any place under the leadership of the leading horse...

   Even death.

  Horses are born with short-sighted eyes. When moving at high speed, their only target is the horse's buttocks in front...

However, those free-range horses are used to being alone and seeing the world by themselves, so they are extremely uncomfortable standing in the queue. They are anxious, unaccustomed to various sounds, and unaccustomed to things blocking their sight. Not even used to farting from the horse in front!

   Afterwards, you have to go through quite a period of time, being reprimanded and whipped, and then you know how to face up to the changes in the environment in front of you, so that you can change from a social horse to an army horse...

   Well, these two kinds of horses are very similar to some things and people, aren’t they?

   But the question is, how to choose?

  Han Emperor, Liu Xie.

  The greatest dictator of the Han Dynasty, at least in name.

   But even Fei Qian himself knows, even including Fei Qian himself, how many people really and completely obey this dictator?

  This is the system of the entire Han Dynasty, and all politicians live in parasites within this system, but everyone knows how fragile the current Han Dynasty system is.

  The big dictator led the small dictator, and the layer-by-layer structure became the structural model of the entire feudal society from top to bottom, which lasted for a long, long time...

  Ma Yan came back from the front and asked if he needed to let the whole army rest.

   Fei Qian looked at the sky, then at the back of the team, and nodded. At the beginning, there were still a few people following behind. As Fei Qian led the team all the way north, these people followed less and less, and now almost all of them have withdrawn...

  Ma Yan returned to the front, issued an order, gradually slowed down, and then the entire army stopped.

   Fei Qian swung the saddle off the horse, threw the reins to the guards beside him, went straight to a nearby tree, sat down, and rubbed his thighs...

  In later generations, the flesh on both sides of my thighs was soft, but now it is covered with a layer of calluses. Fei Qian shook his head, sometimes it seems that there are some choices, but in the end, there is often only one left...

  Ma Yan also came over, and then sat down on the grass under the tree, leaning against the tree trunk, stretching his legs. After sitting on horseback for a long time, it is a kind of happiness to be able to straighten your legs and relax.

   "Chengyuan, I'm going to turn east a little ahead." Fei Qian said softly.

  Ma Yan turned his head and said softly, "So fast? That's fine... But what if Xianbei really goes south?"

"Then go up along the old Qin straight road according to the plan..." Fei Qian took off his helmet, stretched his hand in and pulled it, and adjusted the interlining inside, and said, "...but the fight between the two tigers in Jizhou will attract everyone's attention. The eyes of most people, even the Xianbei people, so Kirby can also prevent the two tigers from turning around and eating him first...After all, no one likes to have a wolf squatting beside him when fighting, right? "

  Kebi can squat still, so Budugen naturally can't make big moves, otherwise Budugen's own hometown might be ransacked by his own people without waiting for Feiqian to send troops...

   Therefore, the possibility of Xianbei going south on a large scale is actually not high at all.

However, effective information is always in the hands of a few people, and most of the time, what is put on the surface is invalid and meaningless information, just like Fei Qian can no longer remember the reason why Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan broke out conflict, or...

   No need for a reason at all...

  Yuan Shao seems to have had some kind of agreement with the Wuheng people, so in turn, Gongsun Zan may have some kind of agreement with Ke Bineng, or is there also a Black Mountain Army?

There is also a yellow scarf bandit in Qingzhou who was so powerful in the past...or it can no longer be called a bandit. There are several yellow scarf leaders in Qingzhou who used to be local Haoyou. Of course they are now, but they just changed a signboard, and There is no need to pay taxes to the Han Dynasty...

   Then even Changan himself will get into a mess, and the competition is just who runs in front and who stays behind.

  When these chaotic and heavy news interact with each other, the layers of ripples on the water surface can cover up the figure of Fei Qian who lives underwater.

"I will take 800 riders away... Let Xianliang first wear the armor of General Zhonglang, put on my banner, and sit in Pingyang... If there is anything, just follow the previous plan. If there is an emergency, you and Jia Liangdao Huang Shuye and Huang Shuye are discussing what to do!" Fei Qian looked at Ma Yan and said.

   Whether Ma Yan can change from a general to a commander, the only chance is now. Generals can only consider military aspects comprehensively, but commanders need overall measurement and political compromise. Whether Ma Yan can demonstrate some political ability other than military affairs when Fei Qian leaves will determine his future direction.

  Of course, not only for Ma Yan, but also for Jia Qu and Huang Cheng.

Break away from the power center, release authority, and go to Jingxiang. Although this matter is a bit risky, it still has to be done. Fortunately, at this stage, most of the princes from all over the country are still waiting and watching, and many people are even waiting for the first decision between the two Yuans. Come out with a win or lose.

   Therefore, it is relatively safe for Fiqian to leave Bingzhou, in a sense. However, such a window of opportunity is only for a short period of time now. In the future, from Liangzhou to Yongzhou, from Jizhou to Yuzhou, from Qingzhou to Xuzhou, from Jingzhou to Yangzhou, they will basically tear each other apart. All kinds of despicable methods emerge one after another, and at that time, the risk of action will be much higher...

   On that day, Madam Mi walked to Liu Bei's big tent hesitantly, but was stunned...

   "Master...ah, it hurts, slow down..."

   "Kong Ming, hold on...it's almost over, it's about to be over..."

   "Ah, my lord, take it easy..."

   Off the account...

   Mrs. Mi: My lord...military advisor...

   Zhao Yun walked over, bumped into Mrs. Mi, stunned for a moment, and said: The military commander is injured, the lord is giving medicine to the military teacher... Hey, Madam Mi, why did you leave?

  (end of this chapter)