Three Kingdoms

The blood dyed the river red, but after a while, these bright red colors would be taken away by the river water, and then return to the color of neither yellow nor gray, as if the river was lazily mocking everyone.

Yes, not mocking one person, but mocking everyone.

In Dahe's eyes, what humans are fighting for is extremely ridiculous...

The night is chaotic, just like the human heart.

Cao Zhen looked at the ferry where corpses were strewn, and said to the military commander standing aside: "Thank you for your hard work these past two days." 』

The military prince lowered his head and said, "This is a matter of humble duty." 』

"I know you've been very frustrated these past two days..."

As soon as Cao Zhen said these words, although the military prince still lowered his head, his eyes became moist at this moment.

Too many people have died these days.

And most of those who died were ordinary soldiers.

These ordinary soldiers are basically subordinates of the military princes.

"Actually, it's not that I don't want to go into battle in person, but that I still have important responsibilities..." Cao Zhen said in a low voice, "I remember... you are from Runan... back then..."

"Yes, I was a yellow turban thief when I was humble..." The military prince's voice was hoarse.

The military prince is a yellow turban thief, and naturally the subordinates of the military lord are also yellow turban thieves. Although he was recruited, he would of course be rejected because of his previous experience as a thief. And since he is a thief, he must be the first to do the dirty work.

After a few days, more than half of the veterans before Junhou were killed or injured.

"They are all good men..." Cao Zhen sighed and asked the guard to bring a wine gourd and poured some on the ground, "Respect the dead warriors..."

The military lord couldn't help but choked up.

Cao Zhen took a few sips and then handed it to the military lord.

The Junhou thanked him, rubbed his red eyes, and then raised his head and took a sip.

"Keep it..." Cao Zhen said with some emotion, "The current situation is not what I want..."

Cao Zhen patted the military prince on the shoulder, and then signaled the military prince to keep the wine gourd and not return it to him. "After this battle, I will help you to ask for credit!" What are the Yellow Turbans afraid of? There are also many yellow-turbaned Qingzhou generals under the Prime Minister’s command! As long as you have meritorious service, there is no need to worry about not being promoted in the future! 』

The military prince knelt down and bowed, "This is my humble duty... Many thanks, young general!" 』

Cao Zhen called the military princes together and said, "We are all good men in the army, so there is no need to show such false courtesy... It was not that someone deliberately concealed it before, or that he wanted your men to fight to death... but I had other important matters... What do you think is the biggest problem in attacking Fenglingdu these days? 』

The military lord said in a deep voice: "Fire oil!" Thunder! If Fenglingdu didn't have such a powerful weapon to defend the city... Even though he is not talented in his humble position, he would have been able to climb it first! 』

Cao Zhen nodded and said, "Then you know, where do these offensive and defensive weapons come from?" 』

The military lord shook his head blankly.

"right here. ” Cao Zhen pointed at his feet.

Junhou looked at the soles of his feet blankly, and then suddenly said, "Hedong?" 』

Cao Zhen nodded and said: "My lord sent a total of six groups to enter the land of Hedong. Three groups lost contact halfway and there was no news... Two groups just entered Hedong County and were targeted by Youwen Division. , the identity was revealed, and there was no place to die... I could only successfully enter Hedong all the way... And this time, I want to contact this road... So before, none of my people went into battle... So, Can you understand? 』

The military prince was stunned, "Young General..."

"Now I am ready to complete the mission given to me by the master... I am going to Hedong and have a narrow escape. But in order for the Cao family to no longer suffer from such fire, oil and thunder, I must go this way despite all the difficulties and dangers." trip! Cao Zhen said in a deep voice, "I... also have an important task to entrust to you... I wonder if you are willing to take on this important responsibility?" 』

The military prince straightened his back and said, "You will not let the young general down!" 』

"good! ” Cao Zhen patted the military lord’s arm, “After I take my men and horses away, all the soldiers and equipment here are at your disposal... There is only one, and you must hold on for three days!” You can retreat to the south bank in three days! 』

The hussar was originally a sharp war horse, unstoppable across the Central Plains.

The development of armaments, except for the weirdo Fei Qian, is generally determined by demand. Therefore, the demand for cavalry before the Han Dynasty was to suppress the Xiongnu. After the Xiongnu lost their deterrence, the Han Dynasty naturally There is no need to spend a lot of money to support war horses, because internal wars can be resolved with only infantry.

Infantry are cheap and versatile, and everyone who has used them says they are good.

So to form an infantry group, it is of course best to form an infantry group in an area with a large population, because whoever occupies the Central Plains will conquer the world has become the consistent thinking mode from Liu Xiu to Yuan Shao, and then to Cao Cao, and then encountered Fei Qian's Cavalry group...

With dry food that can be stored for a long time, and if it is supplemented by looting from enemy-occupied areas, the cavalry can even conduct interspersed raids for up to a month to disrupt and disrupt military operations. This has led to the war environment of the Han Dynasty. Earth-shaking changes. The Central Plains is no longer a piece of meat, but a piece of meat that is threatened with being cut at any time.

In order to protect this meat, the landlord class in the Central Plains thought of Wubao.

But soon, Fei Qian took out the gunpowder again and smashed it so hard that the shell of the Central Plains turtle was cracked everywhere.

Cao Cao just held his breath and signed an unequal treaty under Xu County, demarcating Guanzhong and Xijing Shangshutai.

Cao Cao once wanted to develop his own gunpowder. He thought that with so many people in his family, he could pile up the gunpowder even in a pile. But what he didn't expect was...

Therefore, the idea of ​​destroying something if you can't get it was finally thrown on the table.

If I can’t get it, no one else wants it!

It's very difficult to compete, but if you want to say it's bad, who can't? !

"Three days!" You hold my general's flag and must guard here for three days! ” Cao Zhen looked at Junhou and said, “What do you need?” I'll arrange for someone to go to Nan'an to deliver it to you! 』

"..." The military lord was silent for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Military rations and equipment!" We must hold on and at least let our sons have food and weapons! 』

"This is natural!" ” Cao Zhen nodded, “No problem! I'll let someone arrange it! Deliver it before dawn! 』

"troops! ” The military lord made the second request.

Cao Zhen hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Okay!" However, the pontoon bridge has limited capacity... In this way, you can deploy all the soldiers who deliver food, grass and weapons! What else is required? 』

Junhou's throat moved up and down, as if he wanted to say something else, but in the end he shook his head, "No more." 』

Cao Zhen stepped forward and held the military lord's arm firmly, "This battle affects the whole army!" After the war, I will do what I say and I will definitely give you credit! 』

The military prince thanked him and left with tears in his eyes.

Cao Zhen watched the military lord walk away, his face neither sad nor happy.

"Young General..." the guard behind Cao Zhen muttered in a low voice, "When the time comes...will you really ask for credit from him?" 』

Cao Zhen glanced at the guard sideways, "If you can really defend for three days... what's the harm in asking for merit?" 』

"Just...how much will be left after three days?" "Another guard whispered, "This time Hedong came, four to five thousand people gathered..."

Xu Zhi's cavalry was restrained, and infantry gathered together, so the pressure was naturally huge.

"Okay, stop talking!" ” Cao Zhen shouted, “Go and get ready. When the soldiers from Hedong gather here and the interior is empty, we will have a chance!” 』

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In the past few years, places such as Sichuan and Shu northeast of Guanzhong River have been developing rapidly, but these rapid developments have also brought about a very big problem, that is, the talents cannot keep up.

Especially the marginal areas, Fei Qian couldn't care about them at all.

The cultivation of talents is not like pulling in a few farmers in a game, and then a university is built, and then countless talents can be used everywhere...

Without the Shoushan Academy and the Jingshi Martial Arts Hall, most of Fei Qian's subordinates would have no chance of promotion and would not be able to gain experience from others. Even so, Fei Qian can still only take care of some important areas first, such as some small counties in the Taihang Mountains. Basically, what it was like before is what it is like now.

If Shexian County has dispatched inspection soldiers to garrison because it is at the key point of Fukouxing, then Zhangxian County does not even have inspections and still retains the appearance of four or five years ago.

Because Zhang County is really too small. Zhangxian County originally had a small population, but later Zhang Yan rebelled in the Taihang Mountains and invaded Zhangxian County, burned, killed, and plundered it. Zhangxian County was ruined and has never recovered.

Later, Jia Qu focused on operating and revitalizing the Huguan system in Shangdang Huguan area, which resulted in a large number of refugees and people gathering in the Huguan area. In dilapidated places like Zhang County, there were no people at all. willing to go.

Just like Guanzhong Chang'an is like a black hole absorbing the vitality, material resources, and manpower of its surroundings and even the entire Han Dynasty, Huguan also attracts all kinds of people and things from other counties and villages in Shangdang County, and Zhang County naturally It is becoming increasingly difficult to recover, let alone develop.

Zhang County originally hoped to give Bian Bing some food and grass, and then free up money to eliminate disasters. If Bian Bing had not been injured, this method would not have been feasible. After all, Bian Bing was still personable before, so he naturally wanted to be more elegant.

But now, Fengya has nothing to do with Bian Bing.

How much elegance can a blind man have?

Most people don't have much compassion or kindness towards people with physical disabilities. And this attitude has nothing to do with knowledge and education, otherwise future generations would not have so much ill will towards guide dogs.

Of course, kindness is not absent, it is just like flowers among weeds. While admiring how beautiful the flowers are, don’t forget that there are weeds all around.

Bian Bing is now a man with mutilated limbs,

According to the traditional custom of the Han Dynasty, those with mutilated limbs and ugly appearance are not allowed to climb the hall.

His civil servant's ladder to the sky, regardless of whether he has the ability to climb it in the future, is already broken.

Therefore, he only had the only way to obtain military honors from the battlefield.

Bian Bing had one eye covered, and the blood showed through the cloth, which was dark red and smelly.

In order to save the other eye, his injured eye had to be dug out alive, which almost made Bian Bing die of pain again.

After returning from the dead, Bian Bing became more and more cruel, and his appearance was almost completely different from the elegant man when he set out from Jizhou. After all, when his own body becomes disabled, Bian Bing doesn't care whether other people's bodies become disabled.

"Raise fire!" Night fight! 』

Bian Bing gritted his teeth, showing a ferocious expression.

"March!" If you cannot defeat Zhang County, you will not withdraw your troops! 』

The military academy of Cao Jun, whose armor was almost covered with flesh and blood, did not even dare to say a word, and quickly bowed his head and accepted the order and left.

The person who used to talk a lot in front of Bian Bing is now dead and no longer speaks.

The lack of a field of vision made Bian Bing very uncomfortable. Moreover, he did not get enough rest, and his wounds did not heal. The continuous pain stimulated him so much that he felt like his brain was throbbing.

Bian Bing didn't dare to say it in front of him, but in front of the formation, Cao Jun soldiers and soldiers in the military academy were muttering constantly.

"It's marching again, marching, will you say this?" 』

"Killing people when they come up is not forcing Zhang County to fight to the death?" 』

"We should give way to the south...so that we can focus on attacking the north and east..."

"Surrounding three buildings?" It’s already this time...why didn’t you tell me earlier..."

"Who knew the guards would go crazy?" 』

"Be careful what you say!" Your neck is strong, aren't you afraid of being chopped? 』

"The guard has an order. If we still can't capture Zhangxian County at dawn... Haha, let's all lose our heads together!" 』

"Crazy...really crazy..."

"I think... something is not good if this goes on... something will happen..."

"You two, stop talking nonsense over there!" Even if something happens, we have to survive today! I will lead the troops to attack the north, but who will go to the east? ! 』

"Oh, let me go..."

"The south side...don't go to the south side, otherwise..."

Cao Jun's military academy began to allocate troops and began to attack. When the soldiers at the bottom of Cao's army saw the upper-level military academy standing at the front, some who wanted to scold them shut their mouths and just stared at the dilapidated Zhangxian County and worried. What would happen even if Zhangxian County was captured this time? Next time I go to Dahuguan, how long can I save my life?

The flag representing a fight to the death was erected.

Bian Bing waved his hand to the guards to supervise the battle.

"There is no way to retreat!" Take the city and don't seal the sword for three days! If we can't capture it, we'll die under the city! 』

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"Governing a place is by no means an easy task. 』

At the foot of Jiuquan City, Fei Qian said to Xue Ping and other minor officials accompanying the army, "Anyone who has read the words of Confucius and Mencius will be able to say one or two strategies to benefit the people, such as light corvee and low taxes, reclaiming wasteland, building water conservancy projects, and so on. Integrity, honesty, leniency and severity, recuperation and recuperation, hiding wealth among the people, etc..."

Fei Qian's eyes glanced over, clear and powerful, "Such words are just like words on paper." 』

Lu Yu led a group of people to stay in the Western Regions, while Xue Ping followed Fei to Hexi.

The Western Regions and Hexi should not be so clearly distinguished in the first place, and should be viewed as a whole. Now the small officials in the Western Regions have gone to the Han Dynasty, and the small officials in Hexi have also been to the Western Regions. Invisibly, there are some connections between the two, and they also have some understanding of each other. It is not like the previous situation where each of them connected with his own family. It looks like the snow can't be swept away in front of the door.

The Hexi Corridor is an extension of the Han Dynasty.

There are deserts, oases, fertile land, and desolate saline-alkali land where almost no grass grows. The land west of Hexi cannot be managed well and cannot be twisted into a rope, so how can we manage and educate the Western Regions well?

Therefore, the overall political environment of the Hexi Corridor must be completely transformed from now on.

It can no longer position itself as a resentful and abandoned border, but should become a backup for the Western Regions and a hub for the transfer of commercial supplies. This requires Xue Ping and others to adapt to new changes and new environments as quickly as possible, and exert their strength to change the face of the Hexi Corridor.

In later generations, Fei Qian often heard that half of the Analects could rule the world, but in reality? This sentence was actually spoken by an actor, that is, it was made up. It can only be regarded as the self-bragging and self-comfort of the Confucian scholars who were demoted to the ninth class at that time. As a result, it became the motto of many Confucian students in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. .

If you want to govern a place well, just knowing the Analects is enough?

Or can you do well in theoretical things if you know some general directions?

Or do you think that all you need to do is be a good person and have a clear moral conscience?

"Serving as an official for one term will bring benefits to one party." Fei Qian said slowly, "And what is the meaning of the word "福"? 』

"Is it a blessing for wealthy households?" 』

"Maybe it's a blessing for poor families?" 』

"For the blessing of merchants?" 』

"Or the blessing of farmers?" 』

Fei Qian looked around and said, "There must be someone who wants to cover everything in order to benefit everyone... However, the way of heaven is ruthless and treats all things as stupid dogs." What the rich want is necessarily contrary to what the poor want, and what the merchants want is also necessarily contrary to what the farmers want. If you want the blessings of everyone, everyone will be dissatisfied and resentment will arise. 』

Many times, officials think that things are very simple and they only need to do what is said in the books. However, they fail. The key is that they are unwilling to admit that they failed. They hold on to life and death. As a result, they end up facing a mess. In a general situation, one would simply turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye, or one would just raise a knife and chop at random.

After hacking for a while, the tangle was indeed untied.

But the question is, what use can the twine that has been chopped to pieces be used?

Fei Qian spoke slowly, while Xue Ping and others listened solemnly.

"Take the government decree as an example. Fei Qian said, "The head of Guizhou doesn't know, he really doesn't know, so he can only reiterate the advantages and disadvantages again and again in order for the head of Guizhou to know." However, if the big households don't know, they just pretend not to know. It’s not because of ignorance, but because of the pros and cons. Therefore, it is useless to persuade him again and again. 』

"The new land administration will harm the big households and benefit the head of Guizhou. This is a public opinion." Fei Qian said calmly, "But who comes from all the wealth in the world, the big family?" Qianshou? It is unfavorable to the head of Guizhou and beneficial to the administration of large households, and it is also the poisonous drink of the Han Dynasty. Since you are officials, you should be the concern of the Han Dynasty, not the care of one person and one surname of a large family. Today's chaos in Jiuquan fully demonstrates the harm caused by the old law..."

Fei Qian's voice was very clear, and Xue Ping and others also listened carefully. These people will soon disperse. In addition to going to the counties and villages under Jiuquan, they will also go to Dunhuang, Zhangye and other places to carry out short-term promotion and explanation of new land policies and new laws.

And this time difference is the time when Fei Qian summoned the wealthy people to come to Jiuquan for a banquet.

In this process, Fei Qian will also learn first-hand information from these officials who go to various locations, so that he can make some decisions...