Three Kingdoms

Zhao Yun was very close to Fei Qian in physical space, and seemed to be less than three steps away. However, Zhao Yun felt that the three steps distance was like a huge gap, which made him look up and find it difficult to understand.

Zhao Yun lowered his gaze and looked at the ground. He did not believe in gods and even doubted his ancestors. On the way to escape, Zhao Yun felt that he had been abandoned by gods or ancestors. If gods or ancestors are really so efficacious, why? So many good people died one after another along the way?

But when the Huns were abandoned by their gods or ancestors, why did Fei Qian, the general who conquered the West, point out a way for Humphrey? Wouldn't it be better to let these Huns fend for themselves?

Zhao Yun didn't like the Huns. It can even be said that Zhao Yun does not like any barbarians. In his heart, perhaps he has the same philosophy as Gongsun Zan in the early days. Only dead barbarians are good barbarians. Perhaps this is why Zhao Yun followed Gongsun Zan for a period of time in history. reason.

So when Zhao Yun faced the actions of General Zhengxi, Zhao Yun tried to understand and comprehend, but it seemed that he could not comprehend anything. The Huns recovered and soon they were buried beside the Chinese Han people. A bomb? Although Zhao Yun may not understand what a time bomb is, it does not prevent Zhao Yun from having such a general idea.

"Zilong, what's the matter?"

Fei Qian turned his head and noticed that Zhao Yun looked thoughtful, so he couldn't help but ask.

In Fei Qian's eyes, Zhao Yun is very interesting. So far, Zhao Yun is the best among all the generals. "Talk about hunger. Don't wear fur in winter, don't fan in summer, don't open your roof when it rains" is the best one.

If there is no stronghold in the military camp, Zhao Yun must be standing on a high place. If he is charging into the battle, Zhao Yun must be in the forward position, so that the whole army can see it. With Zhao Yun here, Fei Qian can actually be lazy.

In the marching and fighting military formation, Zhao Yun was strict with others and also strict with himself. To put it another way, Zhao Yun just accepts death. This does not mean that Zhao Yun is a dull person, but that Zhao Yun is an upright person. After all, in the environment of such fierce power strife in the Shu Kingdom, how far can he still have a good death? The side shows that Zhao Yun at that time actually did not lack flexible means.

"...I have been reading Zuo Zhuan recently, and I am not sure about something. I would like to ask my lord to clarify my doubts..." Zhao Yun was silent for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "...In the 12th year of Duke Zhao, the Jin army attacked Xianyu. In the 13th year, the army of the Jin Dynasty and above invaded. Xianyu had a great harvest. In the fifteenth year, the Jin Dynasty attacked Xianyu for the third time and returned with Guzi and Yuan Ding. In the twenty-second year, Guzi rebelled and rebelled against Xianyu..."

Fei Qian nodded and said: "Zilong also remembers the accuracy. This is the battle of Xianyu in the Jin Kingdom..."

In fact, when Zuo Zhuan recorded it, because Mr. Zuo did not make any special remarks, there were many problems, especially when it came to studying some things. For example, in history, the positions of Xianyu and Zhongshan were basically Overlapping, but in Zuo Zhuan, both the words Xianyu and Zhongshan appear. They are said to be one country, but they are different. They are said to be two countries, but their geographical locations are together...

Of course, if the geographical Zhongshan Kingdom is controlled by people named Xianyu, then it is more or less justified. But the problem is that Xianyu is also called the Drummer by Mr. Zuo, so the relationship between them is It's a little messy. After all, it has been a long time and there is no other evidence to prove it. Therefore, the relationship between Xianyu and Zhongshan has always been a mystery in history.

Zhao Yun continued: "The Jin State took Yuan Ting, the drummer, and lived in Jin for seven years, and everything was fine. Then he rebelled against Xian Yu... Is it because of Mu Zi, or because of Yuan Ting?"

Well, this point of view is somewhat interesting.

Fei Qian smiled and said: "Zilong means, if someone is like the Jin Kingdom, the Huns are Xianyu?"

Zhao Yun looked at Fei Qian's face, hesitated for a moment, and still raised his hand and said: "Yun dare not, let's talk about the matter directly. Mu Zi besieged the city and refused to accept the offerings. He waited until the drums and food were exhausted and took them. He did not kill anyone, and he was sincerely doing good deeds. Yes, everyone obeyed him, but after the death of Muzi, Xianyu rebelled. This is a coincidence... When Yun was in Heishan, I often heard that Liu Shijun of Youbei had personally caressed Wuhuan many years ago, and many of them had good governance. Wuhuan The people were so impressed by Liu Shijun's integrity that they did not try to invade the border. However, when the imperial court summoned Liu Shijun to join the court, Wuhuan rebelled against him again..."

"Haha..." Fei Qian laughed, patted Zhao Yun's arm and said, "Zilong has improved a lot now! Congratulations! It can also be said that he has put his knowledge to use..."

"Yun, I don't dare." Zhao Yun still said.

"It doesn't have to be like this." Fei Qian shook his head and said, "Why should Zilong be so reserved?"

Zhao Yun was silent.

Fei Qian did not dwell too much on Zhao Yun's attitude. Instead, he looked ahead and suddenly pointed to a bush not far away and said, "Zilong thinks that we and others are no different from ants."

Under the grass, there are several ant holes, with several rows of ants going in and out. It is obvious that there is a high probability of an ant nest underneath.

"How can ants compare with humans?" Zhao Yun said with some surprise.

"Why not?" Fei Qian said with a smile, "Everything under heaven and earth is an ant."

This concept... Zhao Yun thought about it for a while and said he could accept it. After all, a person is really too small compared to the world.

"Zilong, if this newborn ant first came out of the cave, would it be possible to marvel at the vastness of the world?" Fei Qian pointed at the entrance of the ant cave, where countless ants were coming in and out.

Zhao Yun thought for a long time, then shook his head and said, "I don't know Yun."

"Haha..." Fei Qian said, "Ants may not be able to see the heaven and earth, but we humans can... I also understand what Zilong means. It is nothing more than that Hu people are too snobbish and have little morality. Even if they are stable for a while, they will never be peaceful. If you let Yuvluo go today, there may be another Huchuquan tomorrow...is this what you mean?"

"My lord is wise." Zhao Yun said, "If the Xiongnu people were pressing too hard before, something might happen, but now that the Xiongnu have declined, it is time for them to divide and move inward. Scatter the Xiongnu people among the streets and make them invincible. If we gather together, not to mention the lord’s strategy of enlightenment, after three generations, there will be no more Xiongnu... If this is the case, we can solve it once and for all, why don’t you do it, lord?”

Fei Qian nodded, shook his head, and said: "Zilong's strategy is also good. I also have a plan to move the Gaonuxub clan to Xihe... As for Yufuluo, I still want to Let's go again... If there are no barbarians on the road to the Western Regions, Zilong thinks that there are aristocratic families in China who are willing to take it? Nowadays, aristocratic families from all over the world are all chasing taxes and competing for geographical advantages, but they don't know that between heaven and earth, the inherent nature of the earth What is produced is also brought out by heaven. If you take the earth and forget about heaven, wouldn't you be like an ant who only knows how to feed by lying on the ground?"

"This..." Zhao Yun stared at the ants crawling around on the ground, and for a moment he fell into a daze.

For thousands of years, China's farming people have been fighting against the surrounding nomadic peoples. It's not good or bad, it's just that they have different stances and look at the problem from different angles.

To say that nomadic people deserve death is to say it from the perspective of farming people. But now, Fei Qian discovered that at this stage, the Chinese people had a huge advantage over the surrounding nomadic people, and it was also the only time in history that the Chinese nation had a huge advantage over the surrounding nomadic peoples. .

Whether it is Xianbei in the north or Baiyue in the south, even copper smelting technology is very primitive, let alone iron smelting, or even steel smelting. The superiority in materials was crushed by China's completion when the Qin and Han Dynasties handed over, and these surrounding areas The tribe still has a long way to go...

At least before contacting ancient Rome, these surrounding nomadic peoples had no access to relatively complete and mature metallurgical iron-making processes. During the Five Husties, a large amount of Chinese technology was spread to China. Otherwise, the nomadic people who lacked metallurgical technology would have been holding bows and arrows made of bones for at least a hundred more years!

In fact, none of the dynasties after the Han Dynasty, whether it was the Tang, Song, or Ming Dynasty, had such obvious technological advantages as the Han Dynasty. One man is worthy of five barbarians, this is not just talk, it is true. Since this is the case, why not further expand this advantage during this precious period of time when the advantage of neighboring ethnic groups is suppressed?

Feiqian's overall layout strategy is actually complicated at the same time and simple at the same time.

Aristocratic families will not leave their own land voluntarily, even if beaten to death, because it is too easy and convenient to obtain residual value from the land, so why choose another path full of risks?

Unless the political upper class is mixed with sand, it is not just the big landowners who have the right to speak.

Then the most likely ones are large manufacturing groups and large trading groups.

Before the big landowner class is fully formed, it provides an additional development direction...

The difficulties in the early route have to be borne by Hu people and opened up, and the huge business opportunities brought about by Fei Qian will also be shared. If this is done, these aristocratic families are still unable to make corresponding choices and changes, perhaps Fei Qian You need to find another method.

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Zhao Yun was far from the only one staring at the ants.

And Lu Bu in Luoyang.

Lu Bu was sitting in the pavilion in the backyard, staring at the group of ants in the corner of the pavilion for a long time.

The group of ants ran around a small piece of broken bone and struggled to carry it back to their nest. Their small figures seemed to be filled with joy of harvest.

"Boping..." Lu Bu didn't look back, and suddenly said quietly, "Why can ants know how to work together, but humans can't?"

Gao Shun was silent and did not answer, because he knew that Lu Bu did not need his answer.

"Yes, that's right, we don't understand those so-called people's livelihood affairs..." Lu Bu said nonchalantly, "How many acres of land, how much taxes, how many square meters of wood, how much repair labor... Indeed, we don't understand! But! They Do you know how to train troops to fight? Do you know how to arrange the camp, how to lead the cavalry, and when to use what troops?"

"Because we don't understand people's livelihood and government affairs, we don't care what they want to do. We just want some military pay, money and food..." Lu Bu continued, "...but...no, there is no money and food! They can drink and have fun day and night, But there is no money and food for the soldiers! Why is this? Why!"

Lu Bu shook his head, as if to shake the bad scenes out of his mind. It's not that he didn't ask for food and wages, but Taicang Ling kicked the ball to Da Sinong with a smile. Da Sinong kicked the ball to Shangshutai, and Shangshutai kicked the ball to Emperor Han again. Liu Xie, when Liu Xie summoned him, the Shangshutai took out the various account books and the list of materials that needed to be allocated in two large boxes...

When Lu Bu was dizzy and had no choice but to withdraw from Liu Xie's place, he felt that those guys with smiles who looked like generals and Wenhou were so hateful and disgusting.

Han Emperor Liu Xie's consolation barely allowed Lu Bu to calm down his anger, but now not only did he no longer have food and salary to expand the army, but even the few troops on hand were worried about him.

"Why are you setting up a new army in the West Garden? Do you really think I'm a fool?" Lu Bu slapped the table with a bang, and the plate of dried fruits jumped up and fell to the ground, scattering all over the floor. "That's right. It all sounds good, let you go to the surrounding areas to recruit soldiers, and then what? Even if you can successfully recruit soldiers, what will happen when you come back? After you come back, you will lead the so-called new army of the imperial court in Xiyuan? Hahahaha, what about our original veterans? They were separated. Break it apart and swallow all the skin and bones!"

In the Han Dynasty, the most powerful combatants were naturally the private soldiers under the generals, also known as the so-called headquarters soldiers. These soldiers had the best food, the most sophisticated equipment, and the best training. Naturally, they were superior in combat, but these headquarters soldiers The number of horses will not be too many, because the general needs to pay for the food and clothing of these soldiers. Therefore, like General Fei Qian of Zhengxi, raising three to five thousand cavalry as troops directly under the headquarters is simply abnormal. Most people There are only a few hundred, one or two thousand private soldiers, and there are not many cavalry, most of them are infantry. When fighting is needed, these direct soldiers serve as the backbone of the army on the one hand, and become the gendarmerie and war supervisory team on the other.

The second one is the soldiers who have been recruited for many years under the general's private army. These soldiers have been in battle, have seen blood, and are well-trained. They can generally be regarded as elite soldiers. However, most of these soldiers are recruited and paid by the imperial court or local finance. The people who are making decisions in the imperial court at the moment are These conscripts followed Lu Bu to Luoyang.

Since it was money provided by the imperial court, how could it be given to Lu Bu to raise these conscripts? From the standpoint of these people, it is understandable to take back the military power of these soldiers while holding money and food.

But from Lu Bu's point of view, it's impossible to understand. These soldiers were collected and organized all the way from Jizhou and Yanzhou, and they were the wealth he finally accumulated. How could Lu Bu feel embarrassed if he had to hand them over like this?