North of Taiyuan, Jinyang cottage.

This cottage was just completed not long ago, because it saves the process of mining mountain stone transportation and stacking, and only needs to be directly poured with inferior concrete like building Yinshan cottage, so both the construction speed and the time required have been greatly improved.

And although the overall solidity may not be as strong as the cottage made of pure stone strips, the inferior concrete mixed with steel is not so easy to deal with.

Even the houses and walls inside the cottage are poured together, looking gray-black, slightly rough, showing a different architectural style from the Han Dynasty blue brick loess.

Liu He was very curious about all this in front of him.

Xian Yuyin, who followed Liu He, also turned his head to the left for a while, and turned to the right for a while, if he hadn't looked at General Zhengxi's soldiers still on the side, he would have to touch it.

Xian Yufu led the team outside the cottage, Liu He took Xian Yuyin and a few guards, went to the cottage, and came to see the commander of the cottage, the commander of the general Zhengxi, Shang Yao.

Shang Yao is a native of Taiyuan, known as martial arts, and previously performed well in the year-end competition in the army, so he was promoted to serve as the commander of a Jinyang cottage, and the manager of three or four hundred people is also a small military position.

After Shang Yao learned that Liu He was Liu Yu, he took people to the west, and naturally he was much more polite, not only to entertain Liu He, but also to send some materials to Xian Yufu and others outside the cottage. Of course, for the sake of safety, Shang Yao would not open the door to accept it, or let it go directly, but would not let Liu He and the others go over together until the troops from Jinyang came up.

Anyway, the fast horse has already been dispatched, and it will only be a matter of one or two days sooner or later, so Liu He doesn't feel that there is anything to worry about, and he can just learn from Shang Yao about the current situation of the general Zhengxi......

"General Zhengxi's grace, I also have this fake captain's farewell, although there are fewer people in charge now, but as long as you accumulate military merits and return to the county seat, you will be a military Sima who is in charge of thousands of people!" Shang Yao, a man from the northwest, has a straightforward personality, and Liu He asked about his own pride, so he smiled like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, and said out, "It's right to come to the west!" Look, these weapons, look at my armor, if it were anywhere else, it would be a general's possession! The most important thing is to conquer the west and never deduct food and salary! ”

"Really?" Liu He was a little surprised, and couldn't help blurting out, "There is no general...... That ......" felt a little wrong halfway through speaking, after all, Shang Yao was also a young general, so he hurriedly changed his words, "There is no military Chinese to do something?" ”

"They dare!" Shang Yao said, "Twice a year, whether it is summer clothes and winter fur, or the money and food of the family, there is a fixed number, see?" This ......" Shang Yao pulled out the military merit rank plate from his collar and showed off to Liu He, "It's all written on it, what rank will take as much as you want, it will not be less at all!" ”

Of course, the quantity will not be bad, but there will be some differences in quality, such as sand and gravel, old and new, etc., but these are more or less within the default range of things, as long as it is not too excessive, they have also turned a blind eye to the past, but if it is too outrageous, it is found by the inspectors of the expedition to the west, then it will definitely end up in half.

In the Han Dynasty, the punishment for the corrupt was generally very heavy, even if the number was small, it would be engraved on the face, and it could not be washed off for a lifetime, and if it was serious, it was basically cut in half. In the army, it is even more severe, so as long as most of the people found will not escape death, so on the whole, the deterrent effect is still quite large, but people are always greedy, so there are always a few people who will take risks.

If theoretically speaking, of course, it is not to give anyone the opportunity to be corrupt, because human nature cannot stand the test, but the problem is that it is now the Han Dynasty, and it is impossible to centralize information at all, so it is necessary to decentralize authority.

Liu He couldn't help but exchange a look with Xian Yufu.

Not to mention anything else, the matter of food and salary, has always been the reins in the hands of the superior, basically speaking, it is not enough, even if it is a general, there are also henchmen and ordinary troops, and it is easy to understand if the henchmen are enough, but it is obviously impossible for the guards of the cottage to be directly under the lineage, and they can also give enough food, so the quality of the food may be worse, but as long as the number of soldiers and coins is right, it is naturally impossible to go anywhere, and it is also a unified coin of the expedition to the west.

Unconsciously, Liu He's favorability towards General Zhengxi has improved a lot, maybe this time he came here, he really came to the right place......

"Report! Jinyang is here! It was Chen Lingjun who came in person! ”

Shang Yao clapped his palms and said, "Liu Langjun, Chen Lingjun is here, let's go and greet you together?" ”

Liu He nodded and said, "This is natural. "Since he is here to vote, of course, he can't always hold the shelf, and Liu He has a faint expectation in his heart.

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Shangdang pot off.

The early morning mist shrouded the four fields, hazy, like the current situation, it seemed that something could be seen, but it was not clear, many details were covered, even if I struggled to open my eyes wide, I still felt a little chaotic.

Jia Qu looked at the direction of the Huguan camp and said with a little hesitation: "Lord, Wen Yuan is this person...... "Jia Qu didn't mean to say bad things about Zhang Liao, but just reminded Fei Qian that people always have some emotional changes, and sometimes these emotions may not be rational.......

Fei Qian set his eyes on Huguan, many people had already gathered when the sky was getting brighter, repairing the perimeter, repairing the city wall, busy preparing for the next big battle, hearing Jia Qu's words, he closed his gaze slightly, and said: "Wenyuan is a smart person......

A smart person doesn't mean he can't do stupid things, but a smart person must know the rules better. In terms of probability, the probability of smart people doing stupid things is relatively low, and it is easier to judge, but it is those things that foolish people do, and most of them seem to be unexpected.

Sunk costs, presumably, can draw a dividing line between smart and foolish.

Lu Bu is now reluctant to let him have sunk costs. Before, he was Wen Hou, a general of Fenwu, and a well-known figure in the Han Dynasty, but now these halos and glory have sunk like goods thrown into the sea, which is certainly a loss, but if you never forget it, you can never face up to these sunk costs, then it will inevitably lead to the right choice at the moment.

Smart people should eliminate the interference of sunk costs and make decisions based on the current situation, while foolish people are often affected by sunk costs, and they are slow to make decisions about missed opportunities or make more wrong choices. In fact, if you exclude some discordant factors such as cheating, purely according to mathematical theory, in fact, each result has nothing to do with all the previous data, and it is undoubtedly wishful thinking to try to find a decisive law in it.

Zhang Liao undoubtedly has a correct mentality, and will not suffer from gains and losses, so it is naturally easier to make the right choice.

If Lu Bu is allowed to lead the state, can he really do better than Fei Qian?

When it comes to future development, will Lu Bu have more advantages than Fei Qian?

Fei Qian gave Zhang Liao a certain amount of trust, and asked Zhang Liao to go to Lu Bu's side to make a safety valve, and it was precisely in case of the situation that the safety valve was opened before it was expanded, which was much better than the final collapse of the embankment.

And this safety valve is not just Zhang Liao.

Jia Qu saw that Fei Qian's mind had been decided, so he didn't repeat it, after all, Jia Qu was also a reminder to save himself from fulfilling his responsibilities in case anything changed, but Jia Qu actually thought that Zhang Liao and Lu Bu were not the same. Therefore, when Zhang Liao led the troops and horses of his headquarters to leave Shangdang and went to Taiyuan according to Fei Qian's instructions, Jia Qu did not express much objection.

What Jia Qu was worried about was only the defense system of the entire Huguan, and without Zhang Liao, it was inevitable that there would be some weaknesses......

In fact, the whole of Shanxi seems to be very big, but in fact, in the Han Dynasty, where the productivity was relatively low, there could only be two key points, one was the Taiyuan area, the other was the Shangdang area, and Huguan was the defense focus of the entire Shangdang Heights.

The county seat and pass of Huguan were the main points of contention during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the Qin State and the Zhao State repeatedly fought over this area many times, so it was inevitably the focus of Yuan Shao's advance. It controls a number of roads, leading to Taiyuan in the north, Hedong in the west, Hanoi in the south, and Jizhou in the east, which is an extremely important strategic target.

Therefore, the focus of Yuan Shao's army's attack must be placed here, and it can only be placed here.

"It's a pity that the climate is humid in early spring, and there is a lot of rain in the mountains, so this fire attack strategy is not useful......" Fei Qian said with some regret. After all, the four words ruthless water and fire have always been a big killer, and it is naturally a pity that they can't be used now.

However, in addition to fire and water, there are many things that are not mentioned in the war book at all, and not many people will notice them......

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On the road leading to Yecheng, a team of people and horses were gathering from Youzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, which made Yuan Shao feel a little high.

At this moment, Yuan Shao's chest was full of spirit.

Although there is not much difference between the scenery he saw and last year, Yuan Shao, who has swept away a confidant Gongsun Zhan, naturally thinks that after mastering a large area of the entire Jizhou, Youzhou and Qingzhou, he has basically realized the grand strategic concept when he was in Luoyang.

In fact, Yuan Shao's idea was just to follow the old way of Emperor Guangwu, first dominate the north, then sweep the south, and then attack Guanzhong to dominate the world.

Now, it can be said that the north of the river, up to Youzhou, has belonged to Yuan Shao's own territory, whether it is the township and county, Yuan's banner is also hanging high on the city gate, gathering to Yecheng, not only a team of troops, but also a column of carriages and horses.

In order to allow these heavy vehicles to be transported more smoothly, on several important roads, people have been sent to maintain the roads early, and from a distance, you can see people carrying the burden of filling and leveling the crushed road surface on the official road.

All of this is under the control of so-and-so!

Yuan Shao climbed high and looked at it, his heart was surging, and he felt a little proud.

Looking back on the past, the horses went out of Luoyang, ran to Jizhou for a long time, tossed and turned under Han Fu, and finally grabbed the seal of Jizhou Mu, and then fought all the way, almost folded under the blade of Gongsun when the boundary bridge, this way of hard work, such a bloody battle, now recalled, as if like a dream.

Once upon a time, he was ostracized by the Yuan family, and even scolded by his own uncle, but now, he is already in a high position, and with a wave of his hand, there are countless people following, and the guy in the south who is valued by his uncle has what status he has now?

It's just a lingering breath!

At the beginning, Yuan Shao took the north and Yuan Shu took the south, and the two brothers had more or less the idea of contending, and even had some similarities in action, one attacked Youzhou in the north, and the other turned to attack Yangzhou. And now, Yuan Shao can be regarded as having preliminarily pacified the entire northeast, but Yuan Shu is still anxious and has not yet gained a firm foothold in the south.

The envoy sent to communicate with Sun Ce had already set out, and if Sun Ce could be obtained, even if Sun Ce only needed a moment of hesitation and hesitation, Yuan Shu would definitely be defeated......

Yuan Shao even imagined that if Yuan Shu surrendered one day, Yuan Shao would definitely stand here, let Yuan Shu walk from the city step by step, and then kneel under the city gate!

At that time, in the whole world, who else can stop the Yuan family from climbing upwards again!

Well?

General Zhengxi?

Now the three roads are advancing together, with a total of 100,000 troops, and if you add the people, there are at least 200,000 people, which is enough to claim one million!

How can General Zhengxi stop!

I'm afraid that once the news comes out, the Taiyuan Shangdang will definitely be in a mess, and maybe it will directly fall into the wind.

However, Yuan Shao's good interest was quickly disturbed by Guo Tu.

"Ming Gong, there is too much difference in the number of people...... Guo Tu stepped forward with a booklet and reported, "...... Originally, as of today, there should be more than 53,000 people, but now it is less than 20,000......"

Yuan Shao frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Guo Tu said in a low voice: "I asked Tian Gong yesterday...... Tian Gong said yes......"

"What did Yuan Hao say?" Yuan Shao asked, "Don't worry, just say it!" ”

"Tian Gong's current spring ploughing is imminent, it is not appropriate to transfer too many people, but after spring ploughing, the ...... will be deployed," Guo Tu said in a low voice.

The muscles on Yuan Shao's cheeks jumped, and a nameless anger rose unconsciously......