Chapter 54: Eye Nails and Flesh Thorns
North of the North and south of the Shuo Fang.
It has been the land of the Xianbei people for generations, and despite several wars between the Han and Xian, they have never been able to take this rich land.
This time, things are different.
The white wave thieves in the east of the troubled river trekked long distance to Dingbian, and after a short repair, the troops launched a surprise attack in a quiet night, and Huangfu Song, who had been guarding Beidi County for more than ten years, as the commander, prejudged the possible reinforcements of the Xianbei people to send troops, and the Baibo army was responsible for the main attack and raid on the seven tribes scattered on the grassland, and the three thousand Niu auxiliary army were ambushed on the road through which the Xianbei reinforcements must pass, and the nine thousand Fufeng army marched steadily to the hinterland of the grassland, with Shuofang, Jiuyuan, and Beidi three counties as the rear to keep the grain road unblocked.
In this battle, all of a sudden, the Xianbei people were caught off guard, and the people who had been grazing here for many years were the subordinate tribes of the Xianbei Lord Putou, and this battle was gone.
Under the surprise attack, the Baibo army not only won a complete victory, but also obtained countless excellent war horses, plundered nearly 10,000 Xianbei slaves, and sent endless wood, stone and earthwork from the three counties together with food and wages. Before the start of the war, Ma Yue and Huangfu Song had a long talk all night, and the two agreed that in order for the Han to gain a foothold in this land, it was necessary to build a city wall connecting the two counties of Beidi and Shuofang, and set up counties, and the people who moved out of the Central Plains and were displaced by famine to set up several male cities on the grassland.
Building the Great Wall is not an easy task.
Three days after the destruction of the tribe, Bai Boqu Shuai Hu Cai led more than 1,000 foot soldiers to chase and kill the remnants of Xianbei who fled in all directions, and the light enemy went deep into the desert and followed the Xianbei cavalry into the desert, and never came out again.
The Xianbei people did not fight head-on with the Han army, relying on the cavalry to shoot and injure the pursuing Han army, luring the Han army deep into the desert, getting lost, and running out of food, and no one could get out of the desert, except for the Xianbei people.
For more than ten days, the Han army set up a large walled city on the grassland, and in the face of the continuous invasion of the Xianbei people, the generals were okay, but the sergeants couldn't stand this, not to mention the white wave thieves, the prestige of the first victory was soon gone, and the army fell into boundless rumors.
"General Huangfu, it's not okay to go on like this, the soldiers are all from the Central Plains, and they are not good at fighting against the Xianbei Horse Army, and they urgently need a big victory now!" Yang Feng squinted his eyes and paced in the camp tent, Huangfu Song'an sat on the head, flanked by Guo Dian, Cao Cao, Xun Yu, Niu Fu and others, Yang Feng didn't care what others thought, and immediately said: "General, if you continue like this, you will have no morale, don't bomb the camp first if you don't want Xianbei people to beat yourself." ”
"Do you know what the art of war is?" Niu Fu sat diagonally to the side, tilted his head and didn't look at Yang Feng, and said with a sneer: "The rabble! ”
"What the are you talking about?" Although Niu Fu didn't speak loudly, he could still hear it clearly in Yang Feng's ears, and his face turned red with anger at the moment, and he suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Niu Fu and scolded: "When the war was in the hands, it was Lao Tzu's brothers, and it was Lao Tzu's brothers who died, where the hell did it take your turn to talk here?" ”
Yang Feng was so angry, and Li Le and the others who followed behind him also got up and left their seats, pointing at Niu Fu and scolding, and for a while, foul language filled the entire handsome tent.
Niu Fu just ridiculed the white wave thief for coming happily, and at this time, the scolding was about to overturn the handsome tent but didn't speak, just squinted his eyes and glanced at Yang Feng, silently clasped his hand between the handle of the saber at his waist, pushed his thumb, and the knife was unsheathed a few inches with a "poof".
Seeing that the two people were about to fight in the tent of the expeditionary force, Cao Cao hurriedly got up and said in the middle: "Generals, don't be impatient, Captain Yang, you sit down first, Captain Niu also collected the knife, and General Huangfu is still sitting on it, what kind of system do you look like?" Cao Cao appeased both sides and said at the same time: "General Huangfu must have his own clever plan to order to stick to the walled city, so let's listen to what the general has to say first." ”
"Yes, let's hear what the general has to say!"
As soon as Cao Cao took the lead, the generals of all the armies also died down and persuaded Niu Fu and Yang Feng one after another, and the two had no choice but to stop and sit back in their positions temporarily. At this time, Huangfu Song seemed to have just come back to his senses, beckoned, and the entourage behind him held the letter and sent it to the captains.
"Only this once, you are all the people who lead the troops, how can you make noise or even use a knife in the handsome tent, if you commit it again, the old man will not be merciful." Time meant a deeper scar to Huangfu Song, and for him, his life ended after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was suppressed. There is only endless persecution and sorrow behind, and the general who was once famous in the world has now lost the courage to say everything back then, otherwise this one captain would have been cut off between his mouths. "You all take a look, this is a letter sent from Luoyang in a hurry, Changsha Taishou Sun Jian took the lead in rebellion, sent troops to attack Li Dao and others who were guarding Yuyuan Pass, Wang Shi was defeated, and the general of the auxiliary country went out to fight, Dong Zhuo killed Zheng Tai in Luoyang, and troops rose up from all over the country...... Rebel Auxiliary General. ”
Huangfu Song's life reached its peak during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then his story ended.
The old general who is over sixty years old no longer thinks about the marquis and worships the general, nor does he intend to be glorious and rich, he thinks that the third prince is over, but he doesn't want the Han to be used as a general again, opening up the territory and expanding the territory, what kind of glory is this?
But now, there is chaos within the Han Dynasty!
"All walks of life are too guarded to assassinate Shi and unite tens of thousands of troops to crusade against the auxiliary general Ma Yue? Known as the Qingjun side? Cao Cao looked at the letter in his hand dumbfounded, the name of the Taishou assassin was so dazzling in his eyes, most of these people who raised troops were the descendants of Ma Yue in power, they all had a common experience, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was first famous in the world, and the relatives and eunuchs were on the side of the General's Mansion when they fought for power, and then later, these people left Luoyang, and now they are back with their own soldiers and horses. These are in revenge for the late general He Jin. ”
In all fairness, Cao Cao didn't think that Ma Yue's power was a bad thing, but if Ma Yue had an irreconcilable relationship with the staff of the late general's palace, then his rule of the world would be a bad thing for the Han Dynasty.
No matter how capable and prestigious a person is, if all the capable people in the world oppose you, it is also wrong even if you have not made a mistake.
This is the death left by the first emperor to Ma Yue! With Cao Cao's ingenuity, he could think of it, and he could see at a glance that the clues behind it all pointed to the Yuan family.
This war called 'Qing Jun's side' is just an extension of the internal political struggle in the palace, the wisdom of the first emperor, the emperor's mental trick Cao Cao is highly admired, but when it comes to governing the country, the first emperor is really mediocre to the extreme. Leaving such an unsolvable dead end, Jian Shuo and He went in to step on it, but Ma Yue rushed out and stood up to this piece of thunder.
I think the first emperor was also surprised before the landslide, and Ma Yue came out to top the thunder. It's really endless now, if these princes who raised troops kill Ma Yue in this battle, it's okay, if Ma Yue wins, the world will really never be peaceful.
Xun Yu looked at the letter silently, but Cao Cao knew that Xun Wenruo, who was amazingly intelligent, must have seen something, maybe farther than he could see, so he immediately asked, "What did Wen Ruo see?" ”
"It's nothing, it's just a little emotion, which makes Brother Meng De smile." Xun Yu smiled embarrassedly and whispered: "Ma Jun could have been good, but Benchu Highway and others wanted to force him to death, no matter who loses or wins, the world will not be peaceful." ”
"Why did Wen Ruo say that?" Cao Cao frowned and asked, "If Jun Hao wins, there will naturally be no peace, but if he loses, or ...... Defeated and killed, will there be anything wrong in this world? ”
Xun Yu smoothed the robe at the hem, glanced at Cao Cao with a smile and asked, "Brother Meng De and Ma Junhao are close friends, why do you want the auxiliary generals to be defeated and die?" ”
"I am indeed close friends with Jun Hao in the next, so I know Jun Hao better in the next. If he wins Luoyang and even the world, it will set off a bloody storm, and the life will be unfortunate. Cao Cao said this sincerely, "If Cao Mengde has one less close friend, he can change the peace of the world, and I am willing to marry a family in the resting place of the Marquis of Meiyang." ”
Xun Yu had a smile in his eyes, he really couldn't understand the friendship between Cao Cao and Ma Yue, but he didn't care about it, he just said: "I'm afraid Brother Meng De will be disappointed, if Meiyang Hou dies, the world will not be stable either." Today, some people are dissatisfied with the Meiyang Marquis and Fuguo, and privately join the princes to raise troops, so will there be also princes who are dissatisfied with the people in power and raise troops in the same way? What's more, Brother Meng De, don't forget, Meiyang Hou has never been alone, even the heroic generals who followed him died in this battle, I'm afraid there will still be people in this world who will avenge him. ”
As he spoke, Xun Yu's gaze turned westward, and he murmured: "I heard that the Marquis of Meiyang has two brothers in Liangzhou, both of whom are heroes for a while, and they have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command?" ”
To put it mildly, Cao Cao was struck by lightning, and he suddenly realized that Ma Yue could not die, in the current situation, the entire Liangzhou soldiers and horses were in the hands of a rebel army and Ma Yue's brother, if Ma Yue was killed by the Taishou who raised troops in the Central Plains, I am afraid that his brother would face such an unfair death of his brother, but I am afraid that he will join the rebels under the madness to attack Sanfu, Liangzhou kind of place, regardless of the equipment armor, 50,000 cavalry under Sanfu is simply easy.
50,000 cavalry, just thinking about it, Cao Cao felt a chill in his back and shuddered.
"General, dare to ask the general of the auxiliary country if he can send an order to me and wait for the squad to return to Chaojian to eliminate the rebels?" Cao Cao arched his hand and asked: "My subordinates think that the rebels are besieging Luoyang at this time, and we will wait for the rebels to return to the dynasty to destroy the rebels and then try to Xianbei!" ”
"First, the auxiliary general did not order us to return to Luoyang. Second, Ding Yuan's merger with the state army, at this time he had already supervised the army of more than 10,000 and was advancing towards Dingbian. Huangfu Song squinted his eyes and said, "Gentlemen, I'm afraid that I won't be able to go back even if I want to." Therefore, wait for the opportunity to fight to the death with the Xianbei people, I am afraid that among the troops who are too guarding the side of the Qing monarch in various places, there is also Ding Yuan, and we are just regarded as a thorn in his side. ”