Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 945 Is it a team or a gang

  The sky is gradually getting brighter. For the Feiqian camp in Baishuigou, another day has passed on the Guanzhong battlefield, and a new day has arrived.

  Of course, at present, no one knows how this war will change.

  When the sky was just getting bright, the soldiers in the camp in Baishuigou had already come out of their tents and started a day of training and working.

Unlike most of the troops in this time period, there is no difference between the soldiers under Feiqian's jurisdiction, such as the main soldiers and the auxiliary soldiers, so all things are arranged in turn, so although it will be Sometimes it takes some soldiers' physical strength, but it will also bring some better results.

It’s like setting up a simple camp. If you ask auxiliary soldiers or civilians to operate it, then it’s just a job. Anyway, you can do whatever the boss says. As for whether it’s good or bad, it can only be determined by the person in charge. To measure.

Switching to soldiers, relatively speaking, they are more concerned about fortifications. They know how to be more stable and better protected. Although they are not professional craftsmen, they know what is the most important, and even They would brush dirt on the wooden walls of the camp, tie some grass in the grass and tie a knot, and nail a few sharpened wooden sticks in the shelter under the rock with a large drop...

  This kind of thing is actually not difficult, but it is human nature to habitually choose the laziest and simplest way to deal with it. Only when you really have to face it will you seriously do it well.

Just like the so-called female men in later generations, carrying mineral water buckets, repairing electrical circuits and water pipes, eliminating cockroaches and mice, and even dragging the gas tank upstairs when no one is helping, but as long as there are other men around to rely on, Immediately changed his body, he couldn't handle this, and he couldn't handle that.

   It’s not the so-called hypocrisy, but human nature. Anyway, you can choose the simple mode that just needs to be talked about. Why should you choose the difficult mode that makes you work hard?

Under the leadership of Qu Changdui, groups of soldiers left the camp. Those who practiced formation, those who dug trenches, those who felled wood for repelling horses, and those who carried stones and logs to build strength, all of them were different. Anyway, no one was left idle.

   It's just such a commotion that the Xiliang scouts who were hiding on the hillside and peeping from a distance were very embarrassed. How can we count the number of Fei hidden in the big camp of Baishuigou? And these Xiliang scouts can't stay in the same place for too long, because the rangers patrolling around the camp may appear at any time...

   "Damn Bingzhou guy, is it possible to turn this place into a fortress?" A Xiliang scout watched for a while, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

Today, the Baishuigou camp not only has a wooden and muddy wall, but also has a circle of trenches dug on all sides. The excavation is at a distance of about one arrow from the wall. look. The trench was five steps wide, and it had already been dug almost to the depth of a person. All the excavated soil and gravel were piled up on the inside of the trench, forming a small earthen wall. The side of the earth wall was also tamped, and the branches of the felled trees were laid on it, and cross-woven in one place, one was to prevent the soil from falling back, and the ever-increasing earth wall became the attacking side. more difficult obstacles to overcome.

Behind the earth wall reinforced by the branches, there are dense layers of deer villages and Jumas, which almost fill up the open space between the trench and the camp, leaving only four or five feet wide open space in the north and south directions of the camp. Simple suspension bridge. Inside the camp, there are more than a dozen sentry towers. On the one hand, they can monitor the surrounding movement without dead ends. In addition, if they encounter enemy attacks, these teeth will become archery towers, controlling the north-south passage.

The cavalry camp is behind the infantry camp. Although there is no wall, the cavalry camp along the foot of the mountain spans the entire open space between Baishui and the unnamed mountain range, leaving a fairly open road for attacking at any time. It can come out in armor to support the infantry camp ahead.

   Such a camp is enough for everyone who wants to attack to see it, and loses the desire to attack.

   "The flags are still there?"

   "...uh, still, all still..."

   "Have you finished counting the stove?"

   "The order is over, nothing has changed..."

   "Success, withdraw..."

  Several Xiliang scouts lowered their heads and bent down from the hillside, then turned to the back of the hillside, pulled out their horses, and left quietly.

Not long after, on the unnamed mountain range on the side of Baishuigou, a bush suddenly moved. Several people with grass leaves on their bodies stood up, looked at each other, and couldn't help laughing: "The method Junhou said is really good! These Xiliang thieves didn't even notice us when they were so close..."

   "Let's go, go back and report to Xu Eng!"

  A few soldiers in simple disguise put away the grass leaves and other items, went around to a gentler place and went down the mountain, and entered the camp to report to Xu Shu who was staying in the camp...

  That's right, only Xu Shu and Ma Yan are left in the camp. Xu Shu was in charge of the deployment of major and minor matters, Ma Yan was in charge of military operations, and Fei Qian, as the coach, had sneaked away from the Baishuigou camp with Zhang Liao a few days ago.

  Of course the tricolor flag remained in the camp.

As Jia Xu who knows the people in Xiliang best, he had already proposed to join Ma Teng and Han Sui at the beginning, but at that time, Li Jue and Guo Si were arrogant and felt that it was unnecessary, so they also had a great deal of respect for Jia. Xu's suggestion is not taken seriously, but as time goes by and the situation in Guanzhong deteriorates, Li Jue, Guo Si and others will inevitably recall this matter again, which means that the balance of power in the entire battle situation will undergo a fundamental change. Variety…

   And the letter from Fei Min sent by Li Jue in Xinfeng, whether it can be regarded as a consolation or a provocation, after all, it is hoped that Fei Qian and others will focus their attention on a place like Xinfeng.

  Xinfeng, located in the hinterland of Guanzhong, has fertile water and soil, and flat terrain. It is not suitable for infantry defense, but it is very suitable for cavalry activities!

Then combined with what Jia Xu said, it can almost be inferred that Li Jue wants to fight a cavalry-based battle in Xinfeng, which means that Li Jue, Guo Si and others have joined forces with Ma Teng and Han Sui. Otherwise, it would be impossible to have sufficient cavalry to fight this battle.

  Although it is said that Fei Qian also has a considerable number of cavalry on hand, the same Fei Qian is not willing to put all these cavalry on hand into the meat grinder in Guanzhong. Therefore, for Fei Qian, Pang Xi's proposal is more suitable...

  Of course, it's just a little more suitable.

   But any alliance naturally has the characteristics of an alliance, loose organization, and cooperation for the sake of competition. Whether it is Li Guo or Ma Teng and Han Sui who joined later, it must be the same, so once the external pressure is too great, it will cause them to unite more closely.

  So, if you want to break this alliance, you must open a hole, and then you can make this alliance unbalanced...

  In a Wubao on the outskirts of Pinyang County, Fei Qian and Pang Xi were sitting in the hall of Wubao, discussing matters with the owner of Wubao, Pang Shu.

  Pang Shu and Pang Yi were officials in the same dynasty, and their relationship has always been good. Because the surname Pang is actually very old. It originated from the surname Ji. After Bi Gonggao, it belonged to the name of the feudal city. It almost started to have this surname from the Zhou Dynasty, so it only thrived in the Dahe area. , although they are not from the same branch, they are basically of the same family.

  Pang Shu has been to Pingyang and met Fei Qian, so there is not much strangeness between each other, and the atmosphere is relatively harmonious. If it is relatively, it is because there are still slight differences on certain issues...

  However, it was relatively harmonious at the beginning, because when talking about these Xiliang people, there is always an indescribable sense of joy.

  Pang Xi stroked his beard with a smile, and said: "The place of offering sacrifices to heaven, I mean Chiyang, so I say Meiyang, but the Marquis of Meiyang fears that Marquis Chiyang will be dissatisfied when he is outside, so..."

   Chi Yanghou is Li Jue. The Marquis of Meiyang is Guo Si. Chiyang is relatively close to the north of Chang'an City, while Meiyang is near Meiwu and belongs to a county farther west of Chang'an.

Therefore, no matter in terms of geography or convenience, Chi Yang is a better choice, but Zhong Shao and others in the ruling and opposition parties know that if they take the initiative to choose Chi Yang under Guo Bang's suspicious personality, maybe On the contrary, he was noticed by Guo Bang, so he deliberately proposed to hold a ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heaven in Meiyang, as if to flatter Guo Bang, the Marquis of Meiyang.

As expected by Zhong Shao and others, although Guo Bang was a little tempted, he hesitated in the end. After two or three days of consideration, he decided to hold this ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven in Chiyang. If there were no threats from Fei Qian and others, Guo Bang agreed to go with the flow and agree to stay in Meiyang, but now that the situation is dangerous, Guo Bang had to think a little more, and finally decided to stay in Chiyang, in order to stabilize the heart of Li Jue who was leading troops outside.

  Speaking of this matter, Pang Shu also laughed, and then said: "Not only that, but the attendant also started to play the ritual dance... Hehe, as expected, the Marquis of Meiyang changed the ceremony to martial dance..."

  As early as in ancient China, the use of music and dance during sacrifices was already a very complete set of etiquette. When China was formed, music, as a synthesis of five tones and eight tones, was like a drum and a tree, and it was also the harmony of heaven and earth. Among the etiquette, it is an extremely important link as the decoration of the ancestors. Ordinary people are not qualified to enjoy music.

  Dancing is used in religious sacrifices to express the communication between humans and gods, and to express piety and worship to gods. Therefore, music and dance have become the most important link in religious sacrifices.

  The same is true in the Han Dynasty.

  Ancestor sacrifice was the most important sacrificial tradition in the Han Dynasty. In order to better praise the merits of the emperor's ancestors, and to reflect the awe and devotion of the priests to the gods of the emperor's ancestors, in the Han Dynasty, both music and dance arrangements were more detailed and complicated, but generally there is not much difference from later generations. , That is to invite the gods, then offer sacrifices, and finally send the gods to these three major links.

  Each link is equipped with music and unique etiquette. The so-called civil dance or martial dance is a ceremony to make the ancestors happy after offering sacrifices. Dance is used to sing the praises of ancestors' martial arts...

  Wen Wu, the dancer takes the feather pendant, but for Wuwu, the dancer naturally takes the Qi Qi.

  So these guys in the government and the opposition, playing hard to get this time, succeeded again. The reason is very simple. In the past, when Dong Zhuo controlled the government, he always used martial arts. But at that time, most of the factors were Dong Zhuo's personal preferences, but now it has become a consideration of political correctness.

  Wang Yun changed Wuwu to Wenwu, so now it’s time to pay homage, can we still use Wenwu? Therefore, the Marquis of Meiyang, who was staying in Chang'an, directly rejected the proposal of Zhong Shao and others without thinking much, and changed the civil dance to martial dance...

It can be said that Guo Bang thought it was entirely his own idea, but he did not expect that it all fell into the calculations of Zhong Shao and others. This kind of intellectual gap cannot be made up by relying on the size of the official position, so it is also No wonder Pang Shu and Pang Xi both showed a kind of ridicule for Guo Bang's intellectual crushing.

Therefore, whether it is Pang Shu or Pang Xi, they are relatively optimistic about the matter of explaining Guo Bang when offering sacrifices to heaven, and at the same time, they seem to take things for granted after killing Guo Bang a little.

"...Chi Yanghou is out now, and he has a heavy army. I wonder if the two of you and the princes of the government and the public are prepared?" Fei Qian looked at the two huge Pang Er who was somewhat proud, oh, Pang Xi and Pang Shu, and said that they don't care. Keep your eyes on Guo Si in Chang'an, and you need to pay special attention to this matter.

"What's so difficult about this?" Pang Xi said that it's not a problem, and said, "Marquis Chiyang is away, and the military rations are prepared by Marquis Meiyang in Chang'an City. If you remove them, the supply will be cut off, and within three days there will be chaos. ..." After finishing speaking, he looked at Fei Qian, as if to express how Fei Qian could be so timid and afraid of some thieves who had no food and grass supply,

   Fei Qian couldn't help but smiled wryly, these guys still took it for granted. Yes, that’s right. Basically, it’s a miracle that an army without rations can survive for three days. But the question is whether there is any rations in Li Jue’s army, and can they get rations from other places?

  The warehouses in Xinfeng County and the surrounding Wubao may give Li Jue and others time to extend, but when Ai Feiqian presented these matters, they were vetoed by Pang Xi.

"Marquis Fei's words are not without reason..." Pang Xi said slowly, "...however, Xinfeng and other places have been looted, so how can there be food? As for Wubao...it's like taking wild food from trees and chestnuts. Satisfy the crowd?"

   Well, since you think so, I have nothing more to say.

Fei Qian laughed twice, and stopped talking, but he became more and more aware that these so-called righteous people, loyal ministers above the court, were only temporarily forming an alliance with him. As for other aspects, I am afraid…

  (end of this chapter)