When the Chinese army arrived at Santai, the headquarters of the Jiao'an Institute was in Xiema, Qiqiu County, to the east. When he was advancing and retreating, he was quite undecided, and he was feeling troubled, and suddenly his subordinates came to report, saying that the Taifu came to supervise the teacher, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly went out to greet him in person.

After the two of them sat down in the government office, Zhang Bin was not polite, and asked him directly, "I am from Xiangguo, and the battle situation on the front line is clear to the general, can you introduce me to you?" ”

So Jiao'an introduced Zhang Bin in detail about the recent battle situation and the layout of the two sides, and asked, "Huakou is coming very fiercely, and the cities such as Dangyin and Anyang are all down in only three or five days. What should I do at this point? I hope Taifu will teach me. ”

Zhang Bin smiled slightly and said, "I originally planned for the Heavenly King, set up three lines of defense, and intercepted the ancestors layer by layer, so that they would eventually become the end of a strong crossbow." It is also said that if these three ways can be kept, the country still has a chance to turn the crisis into safety; If all three are lost, the general trend will be gone. Now that Anyang and Dangyin are trapped in thieves, fortunately, General Zhi rushed thousands of miles to help, tied up the Chinese, and gave me half a month's time, and it has been realized that the three stations have been guarded - maybe the turning point is in the three! ”

After a pause, he unfolded the map and pointed, "The three stations are backed by Zhangshui, the buildings are high and the food is enough, even if the main Chinese force comes to attack, it will not be overnight." The general could temporarily retreat to Zhangbei and build more pontoon bridges on the water to communicate with the three and supplement them. If the Chinese do not attack in a hurry, the general can prepare his troops in Shuibei for battle; If the Chinese attack in a hurry, the general should cross south to disturb their flanks, or even raise their voices to recapture Anyang and cut off the enemy's rear route, then Zu Shizhi will not dare to refuse.

"The King of Heaven went to the New Year's Expedition and fought fiercely with the thieves in Xingyang for February, and both sides consumed grain and materials. As a result, the country is weak, and now the four sides have stored grain, gathering Xiangguo and Santai, and the grain of Xiangguo has also stopped supplying the generals, which can be used for three or four months. Huakou grain is slightly more than me, but the road is long, the loss is greater, I will check with Xu Shangshu and others in detail before I go, and it is estimated that Zu Shizhi can spend it, but only in February and March.

"Fang Wen Jiankang refused to obey his orders, so Pei Wen had to guard Guanzhong in the west and Taiyuan in the north, and curb the Yangtze River in the south. And although he ordered the ancestors to come to the army, how could he supply all the grain and straw in the country to the ancestral army? Once the ancestral army is defeated, or there is chaos, the east of Huayin will be completely disordered.

"If you can protect Santai in February and March, then Zu Shizhi will retreat, and the general will chase after him, and it will not be difficult to recover Anyang and Yin."

Zhang Mengsun analyzed it well, as if the battle had been won, but then he sighed softly. Xuan An asked, "What are you worried about?" ”

Zhang Bin calmly replied, "For the Yuhua Kou, the rangers are out in all directions, plundering the people, south of Zhangshui, the people have no food, north of Zhangshui, the people are also difficult to cultivate, although the enemy is this year, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to support tomorrow...... "In order to win this battle, almost the old bottom of the country has been hollowed out, and the agricultural production that has just been slightly restored has also been destroyed.

"Only Pei and Zu are confused...... If Zu Shizhi is defeated, Pei Wenyue may seek to collect the ancestral army because of this, and Zu Shizhi may also complain about Pei Wenyue because of this, if the two of them are in trouble, the country can still hope to recover. However, I estimated that Pei Ruoyu and the ancestors would stop it when I was old last year, but I didn't want the two of them to join hands again in Luoyang City; What will happen the day after tomorrow, I don't dare to make any more calculations! ”

Xuan An smiled and said, "The plan is in the people, the success is in the sky, I will wait but retreat from the enemy in front of me first, as for the next year, how can I think so far?" Taifu sighed meaninglessly, and only asked me for help to plot and fight this battle. ”

So he listened to Zhang Bin's plan, left the hill, retreated to the north of Zhangshui, built more pontoon bridges, and connected them with the three as a whole. Zu Ti tried to attack Santai, and Jiao'an was harassed by Nandu, and he wanted to surround Jiao'an, but he drifted away......

After six days of confrontation, the Chinese general Zhang Ping finally blocked Jiao'an in Baisha, east of Linzhang. Zu Ti hurriedly ordered all the troops to meet, but Guo Ao came out of Santai, fought a counter-assault, and instantly leveled the six camps initially set up by the Chinese army in Tainan. Wei Ce heard the report against Guo Ao and successfully repelled it, but without his new force, the battle of Baisha was 30,000 against 20,000, and the battle was fierce until the night, and after all, he could not leave Jiao'an.

The total number of the Chinese army is about half of that of the Chinese army, and in terms of morale, equipment, and training, it is slightly inferior, and the comparison of strength between the two sides is about five to two. It's just that the army has a solid three Taiwan as a basis, but it is not only relying on three Taiwan, and the Gan'an Department is stationed in Zhangbei to respond to the aid at any time, and under Zhang Bin's planning, there are many strange schemes, so that Zu Shizhi is quite overwhelmed.

In order to regain the initiative on the battlefield, Zu Ti simply stopped seeking to defeat the Xuan'an Division, but ordered the four brigades under his command to rest, the second brigade to besiege Santai, and the second brigade to be stationed in Linzhang, ready to intercept the Xuan'an who tried to take advantage of the weakness to go south. The battle situation fell into a stalemate, and for more than half a month, the Chinese army could not advance an inch.

Zu Ti personally wrote a letter to Pei Gai, explaining the battle situation on the front line, and said that it was not that I was unwilling to fight hard, but it was really Zhang Bin who was cunning and could be broken, and such an opponent should not be taken lightly. I believe that these three are a major point in the process of exterminating the three Taiwans, as long as I can conquer the three Taiwans, then the entire Wei County can be controlled, and the general trend of the thieves is gone, and there is no day to die. But if I were to take the plunge or even take a risk, I might lose this battle, and I would have to retreat to Jijun in order to try to do it again......

Your Majesty is also a soldier who knows the soldiers, and he should be able to check the straight and straight of my play. I also hope that the grain and straw resources will continue to supply me, and do not be stingy, so as not to fall short. Why did the imperial court store so much grain in Chang'an and Luoyang? As long as you invade Xiangguo, the world can be determined, are you afraid that there will be no food to eat? And if this battle is lost, it is necessary to divide troops to defend the danger and prevent the enemy from counterattacking, and it is estimated that the food consumed may only be more!

Zu Ti counted the grain stored in the army, but it could be worth a month, if the imperial court opened up the supply, and the grain route was unblocked, how could it provide me with 50,000 people to eat for half a year, right? I don't believe that Shi Le fled north in defeat, and that he was still able to import more than three months' worth of grain into Santai since he burned the Fangtai store—if he really stuffed so much, he probably wouldn't have anything to eat. Therefore, on the one hand, I repeatedly urged the Privy Council to make food, and on the other hand, I played Pegai, and made a guarantee that I would break the enemy for a maximum of three months—after this period, if I failed to do so, I would be punished; And before this deadline, how to fight, you don't care about me, and you must supply me with food and materials.

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The grain and grass required by the ancestral army were mainly transported to Fangtou by water, and then transported to Dangyin, Anyang and other places by land from Fangtou. The one who sat in Fangtou, the governor of the grain transportation, and guarded the grain road was Major General Wei Hai.

Who is Wei Hai? In fact, it was Wei Gai, who played in front of him not long ago, offended the Son of Heaven with his own name, and took the initiative to go to the side and changed his name to Wei Hai.

Pei should play it, and he didn't care about it at first - he himself didn't care about any evasive questions, but I didn't ask for it, you took the initiative to change your name to show your loyalty, and I don't need to stop it, right? However, Zuna, Hua Heng, Xun Min and others took the opportunity to play and gave His Majesty the Emperor a "popular science" of evasive knowledge, and asked to pay attention to this issue as soon as possible.

Pei Gai is very annoying, he read history books and recited ancient texts in his previous life, and he was tossed by this trick. For example, the "Historical Records" records that when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Min Yue sent troops to attack Dongou and Dongou asked Chang'an for help, but Taiwei Tian Wei refused to save him, which was refuted by Doctor Zhuang Zhu; However, in the Book of Han, it is recorded that the speaker's name is Yan Zhu...... Is this one person or two?

In fact, it was because Ban Gu was a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty and wanted to avoid the suspicion of Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty, so the surnames of historical figures were changed!

And at that time, many materials show that even King Chuzhuang was changed to King Chu Yan, Zheng Zhuang Gong was changed to Zheng Yan Gong, and Zhuang Zhou was changed to Yan Zhou, so there was "Lao Yan Theory"......

Some evasions, later generations have changed back, and some have even spread false rumors and poisoned them for eternity. For example, in order to avoid Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Liu Heng changed Heng'e to Chang'e, and finally passed on to Chang'e; In order to avoid Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty, Gongzi Qifang was changed to Gongzi Kaifang; In order to avoid Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, Liu Fuling, changed Gongshan Fu to Gongshan Buhu; In order to avoid Emperor Wen of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Zhaoji was changed to Cai Wenji......

The main purpose of avoiding this ritual began in the Zhou Dynasty - at least there was no previous verification - and the main purpose was naturally to show respect and inferiority, and not to be superior or inferior, in order to maintain feudal etiquette. But just like changing the name of a place in later generations, there is a cost to be paid for it, and it can also cause confusion. Therefore, Pei should not be interested in this, but the Confucian ministers repeatedly advised him to "keep the courtesy".

Pei Gai had no choice but to back down in the end, but he would come out of the words of "poetry and books, texts, and temples" in the "Book of Rites", and asked the big guys not to take the opportunity to change the ancient texts and history books...... Fortunately, there don't seem to be many people with the name of "should" in history?

The word "the" is easy to say, the original meaning is the law in the army, and it was later extended to be complete, inclusive, and extensive, and it has no meaning that later generations should have, nor can it be used as a referent, and there is no meaning that should be owed - otherwise I don't even know how to say "should" in everyday words! The original meaning of the covenant in the army was no longer used in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and as for the meaning of completeness, there was originally a common and false word for "赅" - there was a "concise and concise" language in later generations - so even the inclusiveness and breadth were also switched to "赅".

Fortunately, the name is avoided according to the etiquette, otherwise even the words "text" and "covenant" cannot be used...... How can this be changed?

The problem is that the Confucian ministers also asked to avoid the name of the first emperor...... Pei Gai's father is Pei Gai, this word is rare, it doesn't matter; But his grandfather is Pei Xiu, his great-grandfather is Pei Qian, and his great-grandfather is Pei Mao, all of which are commonly used words, so it is very difficult to change. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, he avoided Emperor Wu Liu Xiu and changed Xiucai to Mao, so Xiucai was called Maocai; But in the Hua Dynasty, if you are so evasive from the emperor, you will commit the holy emperor's secret...... What synonym is appropriate?

Replace "Xiu" and "Mao" with "Rong"? In the future, will there be words such as "wood is glorious in the forest" and "all grass is abundant"? It doesn't seem like a good fit. Pei should have consulted the ministers about this, but he couldn't answer the question, so he finally pressed the matter. However, he originally planned to open the imperial examination and try out talents, but it is estimated that this word can no longer be used......

Pei Gai immediately instructed the secretary Guo Pu and the secretary Hu Fei to quote the scriptures and write a paper on the issue of evasion, to clarify its origin and explain its inconvenience, in order to form a trend of public opinion and try to avoid the expansion of this custom. Pei Wei and the others didn't know, Pei should know very well that this evasive problem became more and more widespread after the Tang Dynasty, and how unbearable it was.

Because since the Wei and Jin dynasties, scholars not only avoided public secrets, but also often avoided private secrets, and in the Tang Dynasty, they even wrote the avoidance of private secrets into the legal provisions. For example, if a person holds a position that offends the name of his father or ancestor, he must serve one year in prison. Those whose fathers and ancestors are in the military are not allowed to serve as military generals. even avoided homophones, so the poet Li He couldn't take the "Jin" exam because his father called Li "Jin" Su......

Han Yu wrote an article "Argument" because of this, sneering, "If the father's name is benevolent, the son must not be cared for?!" ”

The Song Dynasty was even more fatal, and the original name of each emperor should be avoided along with the phonetic characters, for example, Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, in addition to constructing words, it was also necessary to avoid 遘, 媾, purchase, 彀, sentence, enough, and 佝...... As many as fifty-five words! There have been more than a dozen emperors in this dynasty, how can you still write articles?!

The Song Dynasty was still explicitly ordered to avoid words, while the Tang Dynasty was "unscrupulous, and listened to the subordinates as they were suitable". Therefore, some people avoided the name of Li Hu, the ancestor of the Li family, and changed the tiger to Wu (the Tiger Prison Pass became the Wu Prison Pass), and some people rewrote it as a beast, or rewrote it as a leopard, or rewrote it as Biao...... Is that still the same animal?!

Therefore, Pei ordered Guo Pu and others to write essays, affirming several principles, in addition to "poetry and books, texts, and temples", it also includes "the two names are not partial, the name is no longer secret, the words are from the government decree, the public is secret, and the word is not as homophonic", and all the loopholes that were flooded in later generations have been plugged as much as possible - at least in my Chinese Dynasty, don't engage in so many and some that don't!

In addition, in the place where the text is written, Zhang Bang clearly conceals the words, so that the people know - because it is a great disrespect to commit the emperor's insult, there are really punishment provisions in the law! Since I can't stop this work, I must declare my subjects, so that I don't have to be ridiculed for not teaching.

Pei Gai is even thinking about it - damn it, I didn't expect this to happen before, should I change my son Pei Jian's tuba as soon as possible?

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The Chinese and Korean ministers talked about etiquette, and the front-line generals naturally knew nothing, and Wei Hai, who caused this trend, was sitting in the head and had a headache.

Wei Hai's main duty was to guard the 20-mile canal and waterway from Jianjin to Fangtou, the land route from Fangtou to the front line for more than 200 miles, and to guard Neihuang and Changle at the same time, so as to prevent the Qianjun army from harassing the grain route from the flank. Although his responsibilities did not include the Yellow River, the ice drifted down the water, which caused inconvenience for shipping on the river, and this matter naturally could not be hidden from him. Wei Hai was therefore worried that if the grain and grass from Luoyang could not be transported in time, I would not be able to receive help from the front line, and it would probably lead to the defeat of the military operation.

If Marshal Zu is defeated because of this, he will definitely go back to Luoyang to ask the court for an explanation, but before that, do you guess he will behead me first?

Besides, even if Marshal Zu does not blame me, this matter will inevitably lead to a conflict between our army and the imperial court, and once a conflict is caused by small matters, the river will become a battlefield again...... Don't say that I may not have beaten the king of Deluozhong at that time, and even if I can fight, I don't want to fight - it's not easy to change the dynasty, so that the big guy has a hope for Taiping, who wants to have another dispute with the ministers of the court?

So it was also played repeatedly, urging grain transportation, but it was obvious that the grain ships coming from Luoyang were cut off, and the number of grain trucks was not enough. On this day, Wei Hai was frowning in the camp, and suddenly got a report, saying that "Yang Qing, the squire of the Privy Provincial Military Department, has come to ......"

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(Battlefield Literature)