Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3079 Change

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it has been difficult to see any talented generals on the battlefield who can single-handedly turn the tide, help the building collapse, and determine the victory of the battle with one battle.

As weapons become sharper and more destructive, the importance of personal bravery in the entire battlefield is gradually declining.

With the end of the classical war period, the kind of generals who could perform unparalleled attacks on the battlefield at every turn gradually withdrew from the stage of history. Because as a war stalemates longer and longer, weapons become more and more advanced, and the battle is about national power, it naturally changes from an individual struggle of force to a collective balance of power.

In the later wars, without the support of national power behind them, even the most famous generals will not be able to win a battle.

In a war, the strong can naturally wait for work and eventually win with strength, while the weak can only make a surprise comeback if they want to make a comeback.

Sneak attacks are generally the choice of the weak, not the first choice of the strong. If it succeeds, everything will be fine. If it fails, it will cost the country and humiliate the country. There is no third possibility.

Cao Zhen was about to launch a sneak attack...

Always be calm when facing big events.

So Cao Zhen forced himself to rest well no matter what.

I don't know how long he slept, but Cao Zhen suddenly woke up from a nightmare, with a cold feeling on his back!

He dreamed that he didn't know why, but he was stuck in a quagmire. There was no light above, only mud below, and there seemed to be endless black hands made of black mud, dragging him under the Nine Netherworld!

He wanted to scream, but couldn't. He wanted to struggle, but couldn't. When he finally tried his best to wake up, he immediately touched the hard ground around him, and that was when he finally woke up.

The guard came up and asked with concern.

Panting, Cao Zhen waved his hand to the guard to indicate that it was nothing serious.

When his breathing calmed down a little, Cao Zhen whispered: "What time is it now?" 』

"It should be almost the third update!" 』

In an era when there were no accurate clocks, human beings also had one more skill, that is, they did not need a clock. They could look up at the stars in the sky and know what time it was, and the difference would not be too much.

Therefore, when weapons become sharper and hot weapons replace cold weapons, human beings' ability to fight will naturally degrade. Just like with mobile phones, watches become waste or purely decorative. With constant development and change, some things have advanced, while other things have lagged behind.

This time Cao Zhen led a small number of troops and headed north in a hurry, intending to attack Beiqu in a sneak attack so that the Cao family would not fall behind.

Cao Zhen was very pleased that there were still many loyal ministers in the land east of Hedong, so he was able to lurk northward smoothly.

He checked his armor again, touched the mound, and looked at the sentry post in the distance.

Behind him, in the shadow of the hill, there were some dark shadows shaking.

Those were his men, but the armors worn by his men now were of the hussar style, and even the flags were in three colors...

Cao Zhen was going to wait for the guide to come, and then lead them through.

Of course, it will be very troublesome if you can't get through it...

It was still quiet there.

The half-waning moon swayed in the sky, seemingly ready to fall at any moment.

In the early years, there were rumors in Shandong that Fei Qian had a secret scroll of the Mohist family hidden in his hand, which contained the magic of gods and ghosts. That was why Fei Qian had the ability to make weapons. He had so many sharp weapons, refined steel, and sky thunders... …

Originally, Cao Zhen didn't believe it, because he searched all the books left by Mozi, and none of them mentioned the artifacts Fei Qian now owned. However, as time went by, Cao Zhen and others like Cao Zhen who originally didn't believe it... People, now gradually believe it.

There must be a secret scroll in Fei Qian's hand, otherwise it doesn't make sense!

And this secret scroll is likely to be in the largest workshop in Hedong, Beiqu Dazhai. Even if there is no original, there must be a copy.

Cao Zhen must get it and take it back!

For such an important matter, only the direct descendants of the Cao family can come in person, and no one else will let the Cao family rest assured.

The evolution of weapons has caused the proportion of generals' strength to decrease. At the same time, the value of human life has also decreased. So what Shandong can rely on becomes increasingly cheaper...

None of this is what Cao Zhen wants to see.

For the future of the Cao family, and for their own future, at this moment, the positions of the Cao family's children are unified as never before.

"Young Master, the contact person hasn't come yet... Do you want to send someone to take a look?" ” Cao’s guard asked in a low voice as he looked at the dark hills and ravines.

Cao Zhen felt somewhat uneasy.

Traveling a hundred miles but only half a mile, without finally completing the task, everything is in vain!

The most important step is to cause a riot in Beiqu City, so that the troops around Beiqu can be contained, giving Cao Zhen the opportunity to sneak attack Beiqu Gongfang Dazhai and obtain the Mohist secret scroll.

However, the agreed time seemed to have arrived, but the pre-arranged signal did not appear.

Stay or go?

Wait or attack?

Suddenly, there seemed to be countless thoughts colliding in Cao Zhen's heart, making him have a headache and find it difficult to make a decision.

Maybe it was only a moment or two, but to Cao Zhen, it felt like a lifetime had passed.

Suddenly, three bonfires lit up at the checkpoint one after another, like a Chinese character, very conspicuous in the dark night.

"It's done!" ” Cao Zhen clapped his hands and said, “Everyone checks the equipment! At this moment, you and I are under Qiusi's command! Remember it all! If you go on this trip with me, you will be indispensable for glory and wealth when it comes to fruition! 』

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Where is Feiqian’s basic market?

Are you in Jiuquan?

Everything has a process. The northern part of Guanzhong is Feiqian's most fundamental territory, Sichuan and Shu are additional important sources of economy and agricultural products, Hanzhong is the core transshipment hub, and the Hexi Corridor slowly became important after the opening of the Western Regions and the exchange of a large number of merchants. .

And now, due to the war in the Western Region, there has been no large-scale caravan traffic for more than half a year. So how important will Jiuquan, or even the entire Hexi Corridor, be?

So is it time to clean up the trash?

Longxi has been completely cleaned up by Jia Xu. Now Fei Qian leads the army to block the opening on the west side, which is equivalent to blocking both ends of the Hexi Corridor. Whether it is a mouse or a cockroach, it is not that easy to escape. .

On the whole, the conflict between the Three Kingdoms was still a matter for the Han family, but when the flies, cockroaches, and rats came to the house and began to eat people, it was naturally unforgivable.

The military serves politics.

When Fei Qian pretended not to see the flies and mice in Hexi, the army also couldn't see it. And when Fei Qian began to focus on this piece of territory, even before taking action, all the pests were already instinctively looking for various gaps to avoid the soldiers.

As soon as there was a movement in the wine fountain, everyone knew about it.

It's like even in the dark night, everyone still has their eyes open and their ears pricked up.

Duan Xuan came, and so did Zhang Meng.

Other tribal leaders and children of all surnames gathered together.

Jiuquan City is noisy, but there is silence outside the city.

Under the light of the fire, everyone's faces were distorted, as if they had lost their usual appearance.

Duan Xuan was silent, and so was Zhang Meng.

Fei Qian didn't say anything, and there seemed to be an indescribable atmosphere spreading.

Just like in later generations, when there were people in the elevator, someone suddenly farted. It was not only loud but also smelly.

The key is that at this moment, everyone suspects that the fart was caused by the chairman in the elevator...

Do you want to step forward and take the blame?

If you pretend not to hear or smell, will you be judged as unable to shoulder even a shitty amount of responsibility during the year-end appraisal?

If you have the whole package in your arms, will it be self-defeating and scolded for being evil and only knowing how to do farts and not understanding serious responsibilities?

Duan Xuan was thinking about it, and Zhang Meng was also thinking about it.

Fei Qian has a suspicion.

Information asymmetry, no matter what era it is in, is a sharp knife.

Fei Qian doesn't need to understand what Xu Yi thinks, he just needs to see what Xu Yi does.

Now Xu Yi has made it!

Fei Qian only needs to find the person who farted, and he can raise the fart curtain of many people along the way...

Poverty is still the main theme of the feudal dynasty, and having a full stomach is still the ultimate goal that 99% of people in the world strive to pursue throughout their lives.

And most of the people present now belong to people other than the 99%.

What do Zhumen want to do after they are drunk and meaty?

The lower the level of needs, the easier it is to satisfy them and the lower the cost, but the higher the level of needs, the difficulty increases geometrically.

Fei Qian glanced over and everyone lowered their heads one by one.

Liangzhou people can endure hardship.

Perhaps hardship is not always a good thing.

At least at the consumer level, this is not a good thing.

From Duan Xuan to Zhang Meng, they don't seem to have the habit of spending money on luxury goods, or they have different concepts of "luxury goods". This is very different from the children of the Shandong gentry. Zhang Meng still had some jade pendants and jade pendants on his body. After all, he was younger, while Duan Yan was only wearing old linen clothes and old leather robes with no other accessories. So are they poor?

no.

Just like Vietnam in later generations, no matter how poor a place is, there will still be a government building as majestic as the White House.

So is the accumulated money stored?

Maybe other landlords and wealthy people would do this, but people like Duan Yan and Zhang Meng would not. Money is valuable only when it can be exchanged for items, otherwise it is worthless. Whether it is gold, silver, or anything else, when it cannot be exchanged for items, is it possible that gold coins can be eaten as food?

Ordinary people in Liangzhou can endure hardships, so ordinary people in Liangzhou, whether Han or Hu, only need a small amount of food to survive, and their needs have been suppressed to an extremely low point. At the same time, because the large households in Liangzhou are under the tribal manor economic system, all the labor force and the value generated by their labor belong to the tribal leaders and manor owners, that is, to people like Duan Xuan and Zhang Meng.

And Duan Xuan and Zhang Meng, do they have any extravagant expenses?

Duan Xuan builds roads.

This is barely an item.

But the problem is that the labor force building the road is his own slaves!

When farming is slack, idleness is also idleness...

Where is Zhang Meng?

According to the customs of the Shandong nobles, at Zhang Meng's age, shouldn't he be a flying eagle and a lackey, a wine-drinking beauty? But Zhang Meng's favorite thing was not these at all, but war horses and weapons.

Okay, even war horses and weapons are high-priced items, but what are war horses and weapons used for? Is it like the children of the Shandong gentry to have fun and then waste it?

In other words, the terrible thing about the tribal manor economic system is that the tribe comes first and the manor comes after. It has both tribal characteristics and manor system. The degree of self-sufficiency is too high, productivity is too low, and the desire for consumption is suppressed. Output is spent on war reserves...

China is a very large area, and the situation in each place is different. If you want to say something, just slap your head, it means that the law of world peace does not exist at all!

In the North, from Yinshan to Yanshan, the Wubao system is the main one, because they will face the invasion of Hu Rong from the north at any time. The large area is not conducive to defense at all. There are only Wubao one by one to cover the surrounding serfs. Usually around Wubao Farming, and retreating to the dock for defense during wartime. In this Wubao system, all the core points are around the Wubao. Wealth is accumulated in the Wubao, and it also turns into stone, wood and bricks to become the whole of the Wubao.

In the Central Plains of China, there are many large and small manors. The evil trend that Sima Yi deliberately unleashed was actually specifically for the Shandong nobles. How about asking the people in the North to abandon the Wubao system and switch to farming on the flat land?

The Chu region in the south and the Yue region are, of course, the Shanzhai system, where the king sits on the mountain.

Here in Xiliang, the focus of expenditure is on tribal war horse armaments...

These different economic structures and strategic systems are formed by the survival of the fittest over hundreds of years. Just like the reason why there are so many large households in the Hexi Corridor is determined by decades of turmoil in Xiliang and Xiqiang. Fei Qian can't change it with just one or two words.

The land of Shandong has been at peace for too long, but the border area of ​​Xiliang is killing people and bleeding almost every day. If you want Xiliang and Shandong to be the same, the central court will make an announcement and issue an order, which is like a gangster. The mouth can also spray out a world of peace and unification?

We can only adjust measures to local conditions and sing what songs are in the right place.

Huangfu Yiming initially thought that the central court did not understand the situation in Xiliang, so he wanted to become a bridge to connect the local and central governments. However, in fact, the central government did not want to hear what Xiliang had to say, they only wanted to see They want to see what they want to hear, so Huangfu is bound to fail. The Duan family used killing to prove the truth, and the Zhang family used gentleness as the law. The two families were in conflict with each other, and conflicts with each other were inevitable. But in fact, the private hatred between the two families was private hatred, but if there was public hatred...

Cao Cao still came to fight too early. If Fei Qian was given a few more years, Fei Qian could use trade to bring down Shandong, and he could also clean up Hexi!

In this world, it is not a group of generals who know how to use Wushuang that can conquer the world, but a group of common people who are like ants gnawing bit by bit in order to change the natural environment. This is one of the reasons why Fei Qian has never advocated Zhang Liao, Wei Yan and others to rush into battle, and also has a large number of long-range combat preparations in the Chinese army. A brave general may be able to surprise the opponent at some point and force the opponent to defeat, but more often than not, he can only be shot into a sieve by the opponent's defending soldiers.

A fire broke out in Jiuquan City, and the people were alarmed and frightened.

There was a loud and noisy sound, accompanied by the fire, and it was extremely chaotic.

But outside the city, everything was orderly.

"Where is Wenyuan?" 』

Fei Qian exclaimed calmly.

"My lord is here!" 』

Zhang Liao stood out from the crowd.

"Bang the drums and gather the troops!" Enter the city and put an end to the chaos! 』

Fei Qian gave the order.

Zhang Liao responded loudly, and immediately the sound of war drums burst out!

The first ones to rush out of the camp are the flag-bearing soldiers from all directions. With their amazing sense of distance, they will pre-plan the approximate positions of the entire army in four directions: left, right, front and back.

Then came the light cavalry.

Each team of light cavalry has special flag-recognizing soldiers. They are not only the backup for the flag-bearing soldiers, but also the leaders of their squads. Almost without any hesitation, he pointed out the direction of his team and assisted the garrison leader to lead the soldiers straight to the predetermined location.

In addition to carrying basic weapons such as swords and guns, each light cavalry also carries a pole tied with white cloth strips and arrows with white tail feathers. After arriving at the predetermined location, the external team will erect signs in the field and determine the direction of defense and warning.

After the light cavalry pressed down the four corners of the military formation and the wings spread out, the heavy armored cavalry burst out.

The heavy sound of horse hooves rolled past like muffled thunder, and even the noise in the wine fountain was suppressed. When rows of heavy armored cavalry gallop by, it seems that even stubborn rocks will be crushed into powder!

Seeing such a situation, Duan Xuan could hardly breathe.

Although many details cannot be seen clearly in the dark night, it also highlights the strength of the Hussars!

It is not easy to assemble troops during the day. The more people there are, the easier it is to delay. A group of people being held back because of one person is almost every leader's nightmare. Nowadays, the hussars and horses are accompanying them when they are ordered. They run like surging rivers and stand like towering mountains. It means one thing. The cavalry commanded by the hussars are all elite!

A team of ten or dozens of elite troops can be achieved by most people present, but hundreds of people are a threshold, and thousands of people can almost control a famous state and county. At present, Fei The hidden strength of the soldiers, the number of these elites, is tens of thousands! These cavalry are the strength of Fei Qian, the hussar general, who can command all directions, and they are also proof that he can control Xiliang now!

this……

This is impossible!

It’s unbelievable, but it’s happening right in front of you!

Amidst the sound of military horns, everyone looked frightened. They saw more than ten thousand soldiers and horses on horseback, like mercury pouring down the ground, or like fish returning to the sea, filing out of the camp, and then almost in the blink of an eye, they filled every corner of the field of vision!

It’s shuddering, frightening, and deeply powerless…

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