Three Kingdoms

When Fei Qian watched Liu Bei leave, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart.

When Fei Qian was young, he first read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and liked Liu Bei. He felt that Liu Bei was surrounded by good brothers. However, when he read the Three Kingdoms again later, he felt that Cao Cao was better. After all, people and people cannot compete with the right people. But now, Fei Qian is more Be willing to consider some issues from a relatively more objective perspective, rather than relying solely on preference.

There is no doubt that when Mr. Luo was writing Liu Bei, Mr. Luo poured a lot of emotion into it. In his works, Liu Bei is a glorious and beautiful image, and he is also the best representative of the lord in Mr. Luo's heart. After all, Zhang Shicheng, to Mr. Luo, is like an adou who cannot be supported.

But putting aside the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and just looking at historical records, Liu Bei is indeed not very lucky. The family is poor, has no famous ancestral brothers, and even his biological father is gone. He lives with his mother selling shoes and weaving bed sheets at home. This was a very bad thing in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

In other words, Liu Bei's starting point was very low.

If you come from a bad background, and then go to study, you will not learn very well. "You don't like reading very much. You like dogs, horses, music, and beautiful clothes." There is also a little vain student.

According to the records in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, it is called "the first master had many defeats". In this way, while constantly working for others and changing jobs, Liu Bei spent his thirties and forties unknowingly. During the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei's four Seventeen.

When you are young, before you enter the society, you tend to have a relatively high premium on your talents and values, and have too little awareness of the cruelty of society. It is like asking about your salary expectations before graduation. I feel like I've lost a lot of money, and then when I actually get to the company...

Smooth sailing is always a blessing. The reality is that most people need to struggle through a long and tortuous bottleneck to find that bright exit, just like the birth of life.

Why many people like the Three Kingdoms is because they can always find themselves among the Three Kingdoms.

And Liu Bei is a civilian hero. He is a hero who relies on his own struggle, keeps falling in the mud, keeps getting up, and finally stands on a high position.

For the sake of such a hero who represents ordinary people to a certain extent, and to give ordinary people more hope of getting ahead, Fei Qian is unwilling to just kill Liu Bei, even if he does so, there will be risks.

Because Fei lurked in Liu Bei and saw himself.

Feiqian is also an ordinary person in future generations. There is no family background to rely on, all the efforts come from oneself, and they are not even as good as Liu Bei. After all, Liu Bei has brothers. Fei Qian doesn't even have brothers, but he does have fair-weather friends. He usually laughs and laughs and seems to be closer than anyone else, but in reality You can't count on anything happening.

The first company Fei Qian worked for was a private enterprise. When he joined the company, he met his self-made boss. After listening to the boss's impassioned speech, he suddenly felt that he could be like the boss and achieve something successful. However, as time went by, Fei Qian discovered that in fact, the upper management of the private company were all relatives of the boss...

Of course, it wouldn't be a big deal if these relatives were as capable as the founders and CEOs of the company, but here's the problem. Who would like an upper-level leader who spends three days fishing and two days working online? If something goes wrong, he can't be found, and his subordinates will take the blame when it comes to trouble. When he gets to the company, he doesn't reward advancement, but instead stares at the top leader who deducts money and fines him every day.

And the point is, these people don't think this is a problem.

Later, Fei Qian went to another company, which was probably a semi-business type. Although there was not a large group of relatives of the boss, since the company was bigger after all, there were more "cliques" and "factions" from other provinces. Those from the province, newcomers, and old people are even more complicated, even more complicated than the current gentry system in Jingzhou. Although handling affairs also depends on ability, it also depends on faction and relationship. Sometimes faction and relationship are even more important than ability.

Back then, Fei Qian struggled to survive among different factions, just like Liu Bei is struggling among different princes today.

Therefore, giving Liu Bei a little more hope will fulfill some of his expectations back then.

Of course, these are also limited.

Just like a favor, it becomes thinner as you use it.

Liu Bei is already very thin now, at least much thinner than when Fei Qian first arrived in the Han Dynasty.

Fei Qian was thinking as he took Huang Xu and Xu Chu out of the general's mansion and turned into the martial arts hall.

Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and Tai Shi Ci had already gone to their respective garrison theaters in advance. In the martial arts lecture hall, there were some middle and upper-level captains, such as Zhang Xiu, Gan Feng, Li Dian and others. After today's martial arts lecture, these people They will basically be scattered to various places and then wait for the next gathering.

"The Cavalry General is here!" 』

The guard standing under the hall shouted loudly, and all the military schools in the hall suddenly stood up.

"present! 』

Fei Qian nodded slightly, walked through the crowd with his head held high, and when he sat down at the top, he waved his hand and said, "No courtesy, please sit down." 』

"Thank you, Lord!" ” Everyone answered in unison, and then sat down one after another.

Fei Qian looked around, and then asked Huang Xu to hang the first brocade picture he brought in the hall, "Today's teaching is "strange"!" 』

The surprise force does not mean a simple ambush, or climbing over the mountains and forests, inserting behind the enemy's rear, etc., but leaving a means during the confrontation, concentrating a small number of elite cavalry or infantry, and directly attacking the opponent's commander's main formation from a suitable angle, or It is to tear apart the opponent's two-wing formation and form a gap to directly threaten the opponent's coach and kill him, or it is to cause psychological pressure on the enemy's coach and cause panic, causing the opponent's command to fail, and then the army moves forward to cover up the kill and ensure victory.

That is to say, "catch the thief first and capture the king first."

This is a fighting mode that is more suitable for Fei Qian's subordinates, and has become a fighting method adopted by many generals. Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Tai Shi Ci, and now even Xu Huang also use this method.

This shows that this set of tactics has become relatively mature and has become a fighting method that is very suitable for Fei Qian soldiers.

Why is it said to be more suitable for use by Fei Qian's subordinates?

The first aspect is because the soldiers under Fei Qian are stronger than ordinary county soldiers, or the ordinary soldiers of other princes. On the other hand, most of Fei Qian's soldiers are also The people of the Liang Dynasty, and for these people on the border of the Han Dynasty, they were very accustomed to this kind of warfare after long-term confrontation with the Hu people.

"When using strange things, you should rely on them!" ” Fei Qian pointed at the battle formation diagram on the brocade map, “Only with the right combination can we achieve a surprise victory! Look at this picture, the general of the town army used 2,000 cavalry to defeat seven times the enemy in Runan, and more than 10,000 yellow turbans..."

Thanks to the cultural education and martial arts system implemented by Feiqian's army, basically after every battle, an archive similar to a battle map will be formed to record the battle situation at that time.

What Xu Huang used was a typical cavalry pull and an impact tactic after a flaw appeared in the opponent's formation. This was an application that could be called "odd".

"Before breaking out, you need to check carefully!" After breaking the formation, you need to choose carefully! Fei Qian pointed and said, "The general of the town army marched forward with five hundred horses. On the one hand, he involved the enemy troops, and on the other hand, he could check the enemy's formation... Wherever there was a trap, overturn, trap, rejection, or stabbing, the enemy troops would circle around." There must be differences in the road, whether to advance or not, to retreat but not to retreat, when people are dispersed but the flag does not fall, etc., so we cannot rush forward..."

"After breaking the formation, you can either drive it away, chase it away, penetrate it, or scatter it," Fei Qian continued. "It should be determined based on the enemy's shape. Don't be greedy for temporary quickness, which will ruin the big thing." The general of the town army broke through the left wing of the Yellow Turbans. Due to the long drive, the horses were also tired. Also, the morale of the Yellow Turbans was low and they had no intention of resisting. Therefore, they drove slowly, firstly to conserve horse power, and secondly, to avoid the chaotic formation and wait for the enemy to be exhausted. When the time comes, it will be decided in one fell swoop..."

"As a general, you must know the sun, the moon, and the stars," Fei Qian looked around. "You can't stick to one method, and you can't follow the rules. Only by understanding it and using both yin and yang can you know..."

For Gan Feng, Zhang Xiu and others, this fighting method is already an ability integrated in their blood. After all, they have basically done this in the process of fighting against the barbarians for so many years, but there is no such thing as It's just that Fei Qian can summarize it and form a more refined theory.

But for Li Dian, this is simply a whole new world...

At this moment, Li Dian finally understood why the princes of Shandong were always at a disadvantage when confronting Fei Qian. Not to mention other aspects, just this kind of tactics will still be very difficult even if Cao Cao comes.

After all, Li Dian was captured twice and it was not a normal confrontation. But now when Li Dian rehearsed the situation, he found that even if he faced him head-on, it would be difficult to resist the elite assault of Fei Qian's men. With the possibility of killing him, I suddenly felt a cold sensation on the back of my neck, cold sweat dripping down my face, and I couldn't help but secretly screamed luck.

Fei Qian looked around and paused to give everyone some time to think.

In fact, Liu Bei used this tactic best among the Three Kingdoms in history, but it was a pity that he was led astray by Brother Zhu in the later period... Well, in fact, you can't blame Brother Zhu, after all, in Sichuan and Shu, there is no such thing as There is no new source of Northland generals...

So, in fact, Brother Zhu’s choice of Jiang Wei in the later stage was also an attempt to copy Liu Bei’s tactics? After all, only Jiang Wei is a serious Northland native, while Wei Yan, who is rebellious in the back of his head, is an outlier from Nanyang.

The battle at Dingjun Mountain in Huang Zhonghan was regarded as the last stand of this elite warfare method in the North. "The people in the Yuan Dynasty are very elite, and the loyal ones will advance forward. They persuade and lead the soldiers, the golden drums shake the sky, and the cheers shake the valley." Fighting against Yuan, the Yuan army was defeated..."

There is no so-called plot in the novel, and there are no false gimmicks. The actual battle process is rough and direct. Xiahou Yuan's soldiers were also elite, so Huang Zhong brought an even more elite soldier to boost morale and directly attack Xiahou Yuan's formation. He also used golden drums to strengthen the connection between the soldiers and at the same time overwhelmed his opponent in terms of momentum. In the end, Xia Houyuan was killed and he won a great victory.

This battle mode also has limitations, because such a battle requires an elite force with strong combat effectiveness. If such a "surprise" unit has limited combat effectiveness, then using it to attack the enemy's main formation will undoubtedly be self-inflicted. perish.

Under Fei Qian, the quality of Fei Qian's soldiers is better than that of other princes in terms of equipment and training. Therefore, at this stage, there is no need to worry too much about this issue.

But that doesn’t mean that this strategy has no other weaknesses at all…

Historically, when Cao Cao faced Ma Chao, he gathered the generals for a military meeting, and some suggested that "Kuanxi has a strong army and is well versed in spears. If you don't select a forward, you can't be a forward." However, Cao Cao said, "The battle belongs to me, not to the thieves." . Even if the thief is accustomed to using a spear, he will not be able to stab him, but you, gentlemen, are just watching..."

It can be seen that at that time, everyone in Cao Cao understood and valued this northern attack strategy. The generals felt that if there was to be a confrontation, an elite vanguard force must be formed to attack. Based on Cao Cao's previous experience in fighting Lu Bu and Liu Bei, He chose another method, "Don't fight if the wall is strong." To put it simply, he didn't face the anal because it wouldn't work.

This is the second weakness of Beidi's tactics.

Fei Qian asked Huang Xu to change to the second brocade picture.

Xu County map.

At that time, Fei Qian and Cao Cao's army were far away from each other and did not really fight. However, afterwards Fei Qian still asked people to draw such a battle map based on the situation at the time.

"We have about eight thousand elite cavalry. The enemy has about 30,000 infantry, more than a thousand cavalry, 2,000 Wuhuan cavalry, and one city. All in all, the enemy is probably five times stronger..." Fei Qian roughly described the formations of the enemy and us, and then said, "What if we fight? Everyone will discuss their strategies and hand it over in an hour! 』

From a certain perspective, if the opponent has formed a relatively stable array and has a large number of halberds, spears, and shields, then using cavalry to attack the opponent's line is not an advantage.

For example, it is also a mountain battle. We can win in Dingjun Mountain, but we are completely defeated in Yiling. Lu Xun's Northland assault tactic against Liu Bei was to simply take advantage of the intricate terrain in the Three Gorges area and not be able to hold on.

Limited by the terrain in the Three Gorges area, and perhaps due to the replacement of Liu Bei's own soldiers and the weakness of his elite follow-up, Liu Bei was ultimately unable to break through Lu Xun's defense, let alone lead an elite force to successfully attack the opponent's main formation, and ultimately reached a stalemate. , the last glory was burned away by a fire.

For Liu Bei, his most profound problem was not his military defeat, but that he did not know what to do after victory, nor how to make good use of victory. It was like lamenting the tyranny under Mount Tai. Like Confucius.

In history, even when facing an opponent like Cao Cao, Liu Bei was able to achieve partial victory by relying on his familiar fighting methods, but what happened after the victory often left him at a loss.

For the Shandong gentry and the Han Dynasty, the northern men represented by Liu Bei had the image of a country bumpkin after all, a warrior and "robust". They were not welcomed and could not fully integrate.

In the end, Liu Bei was able to travel up and down the river, north and south, and conquer Sichuan and Shu in Jingzhou with the spirit of perseverance and repeated defeats. In the final analysis, it was not because of any new breakthroughs in tactics in the north, but because of Brother Zhu. In Longzhong, he pointed out to Liu Bei what should be done behind the battle, evolved from tactics to strategy, fixed the leaky board, and transformed the tactical victory of local assault into a three-legged world pattern...

As for Liu Bei now, that board is still leaking.

And no one can make up for it.

Brother Zhu should still be in Jingxiang now...

For an hour, whether it was long or short, everyone in the hall finally handed over their strategies one after another.

Fei Qian read through the strategies submitted by everyone, smiled slightly, and then said: "Commanders Zhang and Li, come forward!" 』

It is impossible for Fei Qian to say that he came to the martial arts hall just because he was idle. He naturally had his own considerations when he came to the martial arts hall. After all, he had Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and others under his command, as well as the Xiliang cavalry. To a certain extent, Shang Feiqian is almost the inheritor and promoter of Beidi's tactics.

This is a good thing, but it can also easily form a kind of inertia, causing the generals and commanders under their command to blindly use this tactic, and there is no guarantee when they will encounter the "Battle of Yiling". Therefore, Fei Qian must once again emphasize the weaknesses of this already relatively established tactic...

Because at this stage, if Fei Qian's elite ranks second in quality, no one dares to rank first. Therefore, as long as he plays steadily and steadily, he can at least remain undefeated in the confrontation with a high probability. On the contrary, If one blindly relies on military bravery and advances rashly, he is likely to be like Zhang Liao. Even if he wins in the end, he will lose his troops and generals.

Zhang Xiu and Li Dian looked at each other and stepped forward.

Fei Qian motioned for the two of them to stand on both sides of the hanging battle map. Zhang Xiu represented Fei Qian's side, and Li Dian represented Cao Cao's side, and began to "talk on paper."

When talking about military affairs on paper, the most taboo thing is to ignore the facts or be divorced from reality. However, those present are basically middle- and upper-level military officers who have rich practical combat experience and have commanded soldiers. Therefore, whether the formation of troops is reasonable or not, everyone has some doubts. Steelyard.

Li Dian turned his head slightly and glanced at Fei Qian.

Fei Qian smiled and nodded.

Li Dian felt relieved and began to confront Zhang Xiu. To be honest, when Li Dian was writing the strategy for this simulated war, he was still a little nervous, because he felt that if Fei Qian and Cao Cao really fought under Xu County, Fei Qian might not have much upper hand... …

At first, Li Dian was worried that writing this way would make Fei Qian unhappy, but after thinking and hesitating, he wrote it down according to his original idea, and also specifically noted why there was such a result...

Soon, Li Dian and Zhang Xiu came to the most important point of disagreement. Zhang Xiu believed that after the cavalry pull, Cao Cao's formation would collapse and scatter during the surprise attack on Cao Cao's formation, and then it would be determined. Victory.

Li Dian believed that Cao Cao's formation would not collapse, at least not so quickly. Then the surrounding Cao brothers and Xiahou brothers would quickly pounce on them and form an encirclement. The one who would be defeated then would most likely be Fei, who was trapped in Cao's army. Submarine…

The two people couldn't argue, and the decision-making power returned to Fei Qian.

Fei Qian first praised the way the two men arranged their troops and horses, and then asked: "If a certain formation is attacked, will you two come to the rescue?" 』

Zhang Xiu and Li Dian naturally patted their chests to express their attitude. Fei Qian nodded slightly, then looked at the other people in the hall and said, "If Colonel Zhang and Li are like this, let alone brothers and relatives?" What's more, Cao Sikong is very cunning and must be on guard. Zhang Xiaowei's surprise attack on this formation may not be playing into his plans! 』

Then Fei Qian briefly talked about what measures he should take if he really wanted to fight at that time. To put it simply, it is to use the high mobility of the cavalry to attack like a knife cutting flesh. Cao Cao's only corresponding strategy is to shrink the array and compress the defense range, otherwise any protruding parts will be cut off...

Once Cao's army shrinks, Fei Qian gains more initiative on the battlefield. He can choose to invade the rear or wander outside. However, one thing is the same, that is, it is impossible to win quickly, and it is very likely to enter a tug-of-war. The tug-of-war is not the outcome Fei Qian wants.

Of course, Fei Qian's final choice to discuss with Cao Cao also had political considerations, and naturally there was no need to explain these to these military academies. In the end, Fei Qian concluded: "The way to be a general is, before going into battle, you should first think about being undefeated and the rear." May it win! Don’t seek victory in every battle, but seek an invincible army! Today’s lecture, the lecture notes after class will be summarized and distributed for everyone to study..."

To put it simply, don’t waste it!

In history, there have been too many people who successfully made waves in the early stage and then ended up being wild to death. Fei Qian really doesn’t want to become a negative teaching material in the end...