Three Kingdoms

If a war starts from Hanzhong to Sichuan, strictly speaking, it should be regarded as another mode of war, that is, mountain warfare or even weather warfare.

In later games, when the cavalry arrives in the mountains and forests, some strict measures may be taken to increase the mobility consumption by 100%, while some funny ones may even ignore it and they can still run over the mountains. However, in reality, the cavalry cannot fight in the mountains. It's basically useless.

Especially in the mountainous areas in the southwest, the weather may be completely different a few miles up and down. The top of the mountain is freezing cold, while the bottom of the mountain is extremely hot. There is no water in the desert, and the rain forest is so humid that even people get moldy.

Therefore, if the northwest cavalry that Fei Qian is proud of actually enters Shu, they may not be able to escape the end of being boiled in water. Add some chili pepper, add some Sichuan peppercorns, and finally pour a spoonful of hot oil... Well, chili pepper is also good. I don’t know when I will find something.

A single military unit is absolutely unable to adapt to China's ever-changing terrain. Just like the cavalry that moves like the wind in the north, in the south it can only look at the water and sigh. The south is used to riding on sampan boats and walking on mountain roads. However, it was difficult to adapt to the vast desert land in the north. The cavalry quickly broke through the attacks. Perhaps this was one of the reasons for the confrontation between the Three Kingdoms in the later period.

To conquer Shu, the only option was to recruit soldiers in Hanzhong and train a mountain division. As a result, just when Fei Qian was still thinking about who he would use to lead the mountain division in the future, he was still thinking about using Di from time to time. When people are diagnosed with Montessori, there is a new choice.

Wei Yan may not be a very good cavalry general, but he must be a good mountain corps general. This can be seen from the fact that he dared to propose the Ziwu Valley plan. Unfortunately, Wei Yan at the time forgot that not all soldiers were good at mountain corps. Fighting...

"The land of Sanfu is quite stable, but Longyou..." Xun Chen looked at Fei Qian, who was in a daze, and continued to report back, "There is news about the Ma family..."

Fei Qian couldn't help being slightly stunned when he heard this.

Two months ago, Fei Qian received news that someone had seen Ma Chao near Jincheng. Immediately, there was no new progress, as if he had disappeared. Even if Fei Qian had people step up the sentinels, there was no news. What a new harvest, now that I suddenly heard about it, I was inevitably a little surprised.

Ma Chao has merged with Yan Xing, who had stayed in Jincheng. On the surface, the two seemed to work together, but in fact Fei Qian could guess that there must be conflicts between the two. One was his son-in-law and the other was his nephew. It seems that they all have the right to inherit Han Sui's military foundation. Who among them is willing to withdraw?

In addition, Li Ru has been keeping Han Sui hostage and no one knows that Han Sui is still alive. Maybe after raising Han Sui for such a long time, Han Sui has become fat in vain...

"The son of the Ma family, in the name of Han Wenyue's revenge, hooked up with many Qiang commanders and powerful men and agreed to raise an army...Han Wenyue was popular in Xiliang and extended favors, so many tribes were willing to join him in raising armies...Although the Yan family There is reluctance, but there is no way to stop it..." Xun Chen said, "However, it is the time of spring and summer livestock breeding, so the Ma family's allies will not invade until autumn and winter at the earliest..." The nomads are actually There are also fields, but their fields are the kind that can be moved, so they have to wait until the livestock breeding season has passed before large-scale operations can be carried out.

"Not long after we took over the third auxiliary, the civil affairs land system was initially rolled out, but it has not yet seen results. People's hearts are still uncertain, and food reserves are insufficient. Ma Mengqi will choose the right time..." Fei Qian shook his head and said, "But this is the case. It would be good if we solve the Longyou problem earlier so that the Western Front can settle down earlier..."

The stability of people's hearts also includes the division of official positions within the third auxiliary. Fei Qian has not yet removed the word "fake" in front of Xu Shu, Jia Xu, and Pang Tong's positions. Just like many companies in later generations, the subordinate agencies All of them presided over the work with the title of "Deputy General Manager", not because of the convenience of replacement, but because of the background of the three of them. Well, Pang Tong's is not low, but he is too young...

Therefore, it would be quite good if the Sanfu Land can remain stable.

Xun Chen nodded and said: "What my lord said is true, but I am worried about the Qiang people... After all, the Qiang people trade things..."

"Youruo means that these Qiang people will play forward for Ma Mengqi? It is also possible..." Fei Qian smiled and said, "Qiang people are greedy for money, so there is nothing wrong with being careful... After so many years, if it weren't for the Qiang People are greedy for money, care too much, and have their own agendas. Even if there are figures like Mao Dun or Tan Shihuai, if it is difficult to unite, the Han Dynasty's corrupt western defense line will not be able to hold on long ago..."

Fei Qian thought for a while and continued: "Send someone to find Bai Shiqiang and ask them to come forward for us... What conditions does that kid Ma Mengqi give... Haha, we will give double..."

There seemed to be veins popping up on Xun Chen's forehead.

"If you can use money to solve the problem, it's not a big problem..." Fei Qian laughed and said, "What's more, we also need to expand the use area of ​​​​Tongbao... Well, the scope will be expanded. By the way, we can use the delicate If the prices of luxury items such as tea bricks, snow salt, fine wine, and silk are increased by another 10%... it is said that due to the war, the cost of raw materials... has increased..."

Xun Chen thought for a while and nodded, finally approving Fei Qian's somewhat eccentric solution.

"As for Heluo..." Xun Chen smiled slightly, showing some contempt, and said, "Fu family has started to attack Marquis Wen..."

"It's good to have endured these days..." Fei Qian also felt a little emotional.

Ever since he heard that Lu Bu had entered Luoyang, Fei Qian felt that this was not a good choice for Lu Bu. Lu Bu doesn't have much political acumen, and he doesn't know much about the exchange of rights and interests in the court. Coupled with Lu Bu's own background...

Even now, Fei Qian was laughed at by Sima Lao Er and said he was a soldier from the northwest. Not to mention a person like Lu Bu who didn't have much background at all. Sooner or later, he would be arranged and marginalized by these nobles and right-wingers.

"Chen Gongtai..." Fei Qian sighed slightly, "It seems that Chen Gongtai betrayed Marquis Wen once again..." Lu Bu was tricked, and as Lu Bu's counselor, Chen Gong did not remind or suggest any strategies to Lu Bu. This is already very revealing.

Perhaps in Chen Gong's mind, he was under Lu Bu just like he was under Cao Cao before. He was just a guest general who could leave at any time and betray his identity...

"Again?" Xun Chen asked doubtfully, "Chen Gongtai had rebelled against the Lord before? Then why does Marquis Wen still keep..."

Fei Qian waved his hand and said: "Chen Gongtai was born in Yanzhou, and he was originally more or less an official of Cao Pingdong... I won't talk about it anymore, but I feel a little sad that Marquis Wen is so depressed..."

"Marquis Wen's desires are too great and inconsistent with morality..." Xun Chen said softly, as if describing a very simple and common truth, "If Marquis Wen is willing to guard the border areas, that's fine... Now there is no foundation at all. , and lightly wading into the court, is it not as good as a three-year-old child carrying treasures in the market..."

Fei Qian was silent.

The hierarchical concept of noble families is still the mainstream of the Han Dynasty, and even Xun Chen is no exception.

If it weren't for someone with multiple identities like Fei Qian, who was born in Heluo, and had the halo buffs of Cai Yong, Pang Degong and others, I'm afraid he would be like Lu Bu now. Even if he climbed to a high position, he would still not be recognized by others. , just like Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song back then.

Although Huangfu Song was against Fei Qian for a while, honestly speaking, Huangfu Song can be regarded as a tragic figure. Huangfu Song came from a higher level than Dong Zhuo, but even so, he has never been accepted by the mainstream of the Han Dynasty. Huangfu Song even put down his pride and was willing to become a sword in the hands of the Han Qingliu. In the end, it was like a condom, and it felt good to use it. , and then throw it aside after use. Otherwise, with a character like Huangfu Song's, how could he openly provoke Shi Changshi?

Dong Zhuo was born at a lower level, so when he ascended to the position of three princes, or even a grand master, even if there was no Yuan family to stir up troubles behind his back, the county guards everywhere would not look down on Dong Zhuo, at least in Not for quite some time.

The road still twists and turns.

For time-travelers, the most difficult thing to change is the human heart.

It took Fei Qian three or four years to put up a sign as a general to conquer the West, and even so, there were still people in the court who believed that Fei Qian was just a better border general than Dong Zhuo, plus Bingbei, The Sanfu and Hanzhong areas were already separated or semi-detached from the rule of the Han Dynasty, so Fei Qian's occupation did not touch the interests of these Han Shandong noble circles, so there would not be many conflicts.

Having said that, the Shandong nobles are now concerned about how to choose between the two Yuans, and they don't have much time to care about the changes in Fei Qian. In their hearts, even if Fei Qian finally becomes king in the north, it will be just like the old days of Guangwu. , in the end it was either surrender or perish, so the Shandong nobles did not take Fei Qian seriously.

What if you try somewhere else?

If Fei Qian wanted to rise in Jizhou, Yuzhou, or Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and if he couldn't be like Sun Cao, he would kneel under the clothes of the two Yuans and call him daddy. The two Yuans would not say anything else, but would join forces to destroy Xin. Do not believe?

Sun Cao grew up on the corpse of Er Yuan, but it also brought a fatal hidden danger, that is, the position was incorrect! In a sense, Sun Cao and the others were traitors and rebels, so Cao Cao hated Xu You who talked about this incident from time to time. He also killed Kong Rong who mocked Cao Cao with "taking it for granted". In the end, Yang Xiu was killed to suppress it. When the Cao family was replaced by Sima, many nobles were also waiting and watching, and not many wanted to avenge the Cao family...

When Sun Ce died, Sun Quan had to compromise, otherwise he might be the next to die. Although the Sun family continued, they were ignored by the Jiangdong nobles and lived a lifetime of pain and forbearance.

Of course, Sima was also in the wrong position. Although some of Sima's people pretended to be stupid and turned out to be stupid, the wrong position also led to the decline of Sima's control over the government. In order to quell the civil strife, he frequently recruited foreigners and borrowed money. Soldiers made the surrounding nomadic peoples see clearly that this big man in the Central Plains was actually a showman. One man with five barbarians eventually became history, and the two-legged sheep became a cycle of reincarnation for a period of time.

This is the rule of the game that has been preserved since the Spring and Autumn Period. Although Fei Qian has also worked hard to change some, how can it be that the subtle changes in the past thousands of years can be turned upside down in just a few years?

Fortunately, the places Fei Qian has acquired now are more or less self-made. It is precisely because of this that when people today mention General Zhengxi, they are filled with admiration and admiration. Even Er Yuan cannot single him out in public. What's wrong with Fei Qian? He has a relatively positive image. As for whether he should be taboo in private, that's another matter.

And for people like Lu Bu, if you want the people in the imperial court to willingly bow down under Lu Bu's pomegranate skirt, well, under the war skirt, and drive him, I'm afraid it's really harder than reaching the sky...

So why did Lu Bu return to Luoyang?

Maybe it would be good for Chen Gong, maybe it would be good for Lu Bu's soldiers and generals, but anyway, someone would definitely bribe him, and he might be promoted to a third rank, but it would be of no benefit to Lu Bu.

"Is there anything Marquis Wen can do?" Fei Qian asked with a slight sigh. It all depends on how Lu Bu copes with it. If he copes well, he can deal with it for the time being. He may be able to deal with it for a while, but there will still be cracks, just like an emotionally broken couple. No matter how hard he tries, it will be difficult to make up for it. Cracks, and if one fails...

Xun Chen shook his head and said: "You can fight with your backs...but you may not be able to be like the Marquis of Huaiyin... Under Marquis Wen, people have different thoughts. They have neither the will to die nor the need to survive. If Marquis Wen doesn't move, then "Already, if we make any move, we may be defeated before the battle..." Except for some people who followed Lu Bu all the way to life and death, most of Lu Bu's soldiers were recruited from Jizhou and Yanzhou. How many of these people are from Jizhou and Yanzhou? Lu Bu has intimate feelings and will he follow Lu Bu until death?

Xun Chen paused for a moment, looked at Fei Qian and said: "... I know that my lord and Marquis Wen have an old relationship... but it is not the right time... and cannot be accepted..."

Fei Qian frowned.

Fei Qianqian understood what Xun Chen meant.

The general situation may be inferred based on his previous memories and impressions, but there is no one or thing that can provide Fei Qian with reference for the small details.

Of course, there are certain risks when Xun Chen said this. After all, Fei Qian's power is getting stronger now, and the feeling of oppression against Xun Chen and others is getting stronger and stronger. Basically, it is no longer very easy to be as casual and informal as before. It's possible. If Fei Qian feels unhappy and there is a gap in his heart...

But Xun Chen felt that he had to speak out, otherwise it would be too late to speak out when the matter came to a head, so Xun Chen also bit the bullet and spoke out.

Luoyang is actually a swamp. Anyone who enters it will never come out clean. Even if it is covered in mud, it is considered good, and most of them will be drowned directly. Xun Chen is right. Feiqian has a large territory now, and it is not completely stable. If it is involved in the competition between the imperial court, it will inevitably lose sight of one thing and lose another. When the time comes, there may be a chain reaction...

As for what happens to Lu Bu, he can only rely on Lu Bu himself. Fei Qian can only take care of himself first.

If he ignores Lu Bu and only considers his own interests, is it selfish?

Of course it's selfish.

But the problem is that Fei Qian has a friendship with Lu Bu, but do Xun Chen and others under Fei Qian, as well as all the Bingbei Group, have a friendship with Lu Bu?

If he acted entirely based on Fei Qian's personal emotions, would it be considered another kind of selfishness?

"Send someone, in the name of paying tribute to the imperial court, to find an opportunity to give Marquis Wen some advice..." Fei Qian sighed, shook his head and said, "This matter may not all be the fault of the Fu family, I'm afraid it's still There is a fisherman on the side... I hope Marquis Wen can understand it a little bit... As for the future, let's talk about it..."