Mao Bao Mao Shuozhen rubbed the newly embedded gold star on his helmet and was delighted.

He is a native of Yangwu County, Xingyang, originally in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in history, has participated in the battle of Su Jun and Guo Mo, and has taken the position of conquest general, supervising the Jiangxi military of Yangzhou, and the history of Yuzhou Thorn, and then rejecting Shi Zhao's army in Yicheng, defeated and drowned.

But on this timeline, Mao Bao heard that Luoyang Kefu, that is, Beitou Guanzhong, stood out in the first martial arts department of Xingtai, and was assigned to the command of Dong Biao, the right deputy governor of the "Lifeng Battalion", and finally accumulated merit and became the governor. After this military reform, he was awarded the rank of major general and became the former division governor of the Tiance Army.

So the helmet was replaced by four silver stars, and they were replaced by a shining gold star.

In fact, if it weren't for the system, no one would know that this thing was a star...... When people look up at the starry sky, they see only countless bright spots, faintly, like the red sun or the full moon, they are just a small circle, and the stars painted on the general picture (even if it is a star map) are just hollow or solid circles. And like this, the shape is quite weird, can it be a star?

On the contrary, the copper buckle inlaid on the captain's helmet or curtain is more like a star.

Mao Bao is a maverick figure in the old Guanzhong Army, because most of the generals of the Guanzhong Army are from the civilian background, starting from the army, not to mention reading and writing, and even literacy is the Metropolitan Governor - that is, today's son - ordered to start school. Therefore, in the past, there were also those who despised the Guanzhong Army, saying: "The ancestral family started from the slight cold, and there were many scholars in the army, and the Pei family was a high-ranking family, and the army was Doruf, and its great Sima (Pei Gai) was a martial artist?" ”

It is rumored that this guy who said strange things was somehow walking on the street, and was inexplicably put in a sack and beaten half to death.

At that time, the commanders of the battalions of the Guanzhong Army, only Guo Mo, Zhou Jin, Beigong Chun and a few other people were coarse in writing and ink, but Mao Shuozhen, not only familiar with military books, but also slightly dabbled in the history of the scriptures, and also wrote a good brush handwriting. Therefore, the generals at the same level were in awe of him, and even directly called him "Mr. Mao". So someone asked Mr. Mao: "Five edges and five corners, why are they stars?" Could it be that the stars are actually pentagonal? ”

Mao Baoxian smiled: "Your Majesty used to be cloudy, the stars were like the sun and the moon, floating in the void, they were some balls that could shine, so how could the balls have horns?" This pentagram is just a sign of light. Then he speculated: "There are five stars in the sky and five elements in the earth, or because of this, the stars are shown by five horns." And I used to see people draw the picture of the five elements, the gold, wood, water, fire and earth ring according to the five ends, with the mutual connection line, it becomes a circle, and the line is connected by mutual restraint, which is the five-pointed star. The military struggle is to defeat the enemy, and to restrain oneself, which is to use this form - stealing the meaning of His Majesty, probably so. ”

This reason makes sense, all the generals are obedient - even if they don't believe it, it is inconvenient to go directly to the emperor to ask.

At that time, when the Hua Dynasty was first built, Mao Bao was still a colonel, and there were four silver stars embedded in his helmet, so he always looked at Shangguan's Venus and drooled, and said in his heart that if one day, I can also be awarded the golden general star, then I will naturally be ranked among the third-grade important ministers, and it is not in vain to live this life - but unfortunately, there is no big battle to fight for the time being, and all the work of destroying karma has been given to the ancestral army.

Mao Bao naturally understood that this was the intention of the Son of Heaven to envelop and appease the Zu generals. Of course, he didn't dare to hope for the defeat of the ancestral army, so that his family could go up, and he could only think about the future of Dingshu and Jiangnan, but it was time to use us from the dragon's ministers.

But who would have thought that he hadn't fought yet, and he had to be promoted to a general, which was really unexpected.

The main reason is that the ancestral department has conquered the country, which is equivalent to destroying karma, and all the generals should be rewarded for their merits, so they took advantage of the opportunity of reforming the military system, not only promoted Wei Ce, Xu Liu and others by one or two levels, but also promoted many old generals in Guanzhong - this is in turn to appease the old department and not make resentment.

Among them, Liu Yang Tuoba and Zhen followed the prison Li Ju to the party, and they were all promoted to generals, needless to say, Mao Bao also escorted grain and grass to Fangtou several times, and the military department was promoted to a level - the military department was transferred to Shangshu Province, which is really a wonderful strategy of the Son of Heaven, otherwise it is still under the management of the Privy Council, under the command of Marshal Zu, it is estimated that he may not be able to think of himself.

Perhaps in order to be more able to convince the public for this promotion, and there was a plan for a long time, not long after, the cardinal ordered to appoint Yuan Rong Taokan as the commander of Tiance, and led the front, middle and rear divisions to Hanzhong to be a thief.

In fact, the long-term control of the military is the division governor of Mao Bao's level - most of the division governors are colonels, and only three people are listed as generals, namely Zhou Jin, Liu Guang and Mao Bao. It's just that Mao Shuozhen, the former division of the Tiance Army, is not his old department, and he is stationed in Guanzhong - Mao Bao followed the Son of Heaven into Luoyang that day, and has stayed in Luoyang since then.

Therefore, Tao Kan, Mao Bao, and the other two new middle and rear division governors, all took only their own staff and guards, a total of two or three hundred people, and left Luoyang on horseback and hurried to Chang'an. Chang'an stayed in Xun Song, Xun Jingyou, Yongzhou Thorn Shi Pei Cui Pei Gong performance city to welcome, please enter the city, set up a banquet to entertain.

But Tao Kan said: "Hanzhong emergency reports are frequent, the situation is not optimistic, if the troops are transferred from Luoyang, I am afraid that the food will be wasted, but to take the soldiers in Guanzhong, and order us to go south to rescue." It will take some time for the soldiers to train and make the whole country work together, so how dare I delay in drinking and eating and misleading the affairs of the country? ”

Pei Cui still wants to invite again, but Xun Song knows Tao Kan better, and knows that the old guy has such a temper, and he really didn't mean to snub me and wait - besides, his son is in Hanzhong, so he is naturally anxious. So they exchanged official documents in front of the city, and several generals did not even enter Chang'an City, but directly turned to the military camp in Doutianbi in the east of the city to receive and reorganize the soldiers and horses.

Mao Bao couldn't help it, so he lowered his voice and asked Tao Kan: "Tao Gong, the last general is late to serve the Son of Heaven, and he doesn't know what happened before. But Wen Tianzi used to raise troops from Xuzhou, and after recovering Luoyang, he waved his army into the customs and stationed at the wall of the bean field. At that time, there was a proverb: 'Where the Son of Heaven is, it is near in the bean field.' Then Providence has already been attributed—is there such a fact? ”

When Tao Kan heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "The army should not be stationed in Doutianbi for a long time, so you can survey the terrain around Chang'an for me, and don't choose a good place to camp." ”

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The three divisions were nearly 10,000 horses, and it took nearly half a month to reorganize and train them in the hope that they would be able to know the soldiers and the soldiers, and then to add the dispatch of grain and materials. Immediately at the beginning of October, Tao Kan immediately waved his army south, and went to Hanzhong by two routes, namely Baoxian and Meridian - there was no way, Nanshan was blocked, and all roads were narrow, and if the troops were not divided, the army would slow down.

Among them, Mao Bao served as the vanguard, leading the former division of the Tiance Army into the mountains south of Chang'an City, and through the Meridian Valley to the key pass of Hanzhong County, Chisaka. Major General Yang Hu was stationed in Jinjin, not far from Akasaka, and came to meet him when he heard the news, and at the same time suggested: "If the army has spare strength, you might as well go east to take Ankang and go to the west of the city, then Wei Xing can get it." ”

Yang Hu was really disgusted by Wang Xuan, obviously he didn't have any skills, and he had to come to Hanzhong twice in three days - when I first divided Hanzhong, why didn't I see you come to fight? Could it be that the current trend of the Chinese Dynasty is not as good as the Ba Yi of the dying Hanzhong? That guy has in his head, if I can't fight back, give him a slap in the face, how can I be willing!

Mao Bao said with a smile: "Let's discuss it after retreating-and this matter is not for me to do, I must ask Tao Shuai." ”

The word "marshal" began in the Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Duke of Wen of Jin had "sought marshal", that is, to select candidates who were suitable for the chief general of the three armies - Jin was ordered by Zhou to build three armies, and the three armies had their own generals and assistants, so the marshal was the general of the Chinese army, which meant that the general (marshal) who was the head (Yuan) was also. This is just a common saying, not an actual official position, including a single "handsome" word, in ancient times only meant to be a commander, so Qin Mengming and other three generals were recorded as "three marshals", and Qi Guo was "three townships for the county, and the county has a county marshal".

"Marshal" is a real position, which originally began in history in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and set up a "marching marshal". Pei Gai changed his order to "Shuai" (the earliest brigade commander) in the customary title of "Governor" at that time, which was purely due to the mixing of the memories of the two lives, but fortunately, this title is not so difficult to understand as "platoon", and "can" have evidence. Then it is logical to call the first "marshal" with the military rank, and the second "Yuan Rong" (also the common name of the general), so as not to cause slander among the scribes.

As for the generals in the army, they were commonly called "a certain governor" before, and since then, they have naturally called the commander of an army "a certain commander". In addition, Mao Bao and others selfishly speculated that if Fa Di won - there was no need to go straight to Chengdu and take down Li Xiong's head - then Tao Gong would definitely be able to become the marshal, calling him "Tao Shuai", and the name was real.

At this time, Li Shou was still in charge of Chuyang, and Li Bantun's soldiers were at the foot of Micang Mountain, like two big claws of crabs, firmly clamping Hanzhong County. Therefore, after Tao Kan led the army into Nanzheng, he discussed with the generals and Tao Zhan, Zhou Fu, etc., which enemy army should we fight first?

Tao Zhan suggested attacking Chuyang first, because Chuyang was the western gateway of Hanzhong, and Chuyang would be gone for a day, and Nanzheng would be uneasy for a day. Zhou Fu suggested pretending to attack Weiyang in order to contain Li Shou, but the main force went south to attack Li Ban in Micang Mountain. Tao Kan smiled at this and said, "No need." ”

The two armies, one in the west of Hanzhong and the other in the south of Hanzhong, are not far away in a straight line, the problem is that there is no way to go, and if you want to deliver the news, you must go around in a big circle from Zitong and Brazil. In this case, let's fight Cangyang, Micang Mountain and can't get information, if we attack Micang Mountain, the thieves of Cangyang can't cooperate, so why bother to make a trick of attacking the west?

He advocated breaking Li Ban first, and raised three fingers to analyze: "First, I heard that Li Shou fought bravely, and although Li Ban saluted the scribes, he did not see his strengths in the military battle......

Tao Kan probably knew more about the temperament of the people of the Li family than when Zhou Yu was alive, without him, because Pei should have told him before leaving - in Tao Shixing, the Son of Heaven must have secret detectives in Shu, such as Wang Gong in the past to explore Hebei and Pei Shu to investigate Guan and Luoye, of course, it is not the same thing in fact......

Pei Gai read history in his previous life, although his understanding of the Cheng Han regime was not very in-depth - because the records in the history books were relatively sketchy - but Li Ban was killed because of his benevolence, and Li Shoufu usurped the throne and became strong for a while, he still remembered it.

Tao Kan then said two other points: "The city of Chuyang is strong, it may not be easy to take, if it is delayed for a long time, and Li Ban gets the news and coerces Nanzheng, then I will be controlled by others; It is better to attack Micang Mountain first, and if it is defeated, Li Shou will hear the report, or he will abandon Chuyang and retreat to Zitong.

"Third, Brazil is mountainous, the roads are dangerous and narrow, and it is difficult for Li Ban's army to retreat, so he will be able to take advantage of the victory to kill and injure them, and use the courage of a thief!"

So he ordered Mao Bao to be the vanguard and summoned Yang Hu to assist - Yang Hu had lived in Hanzhong for a long time and was very familiar with the terrain - and went straight to the camp in Micang Mountain.

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In February and March of this year, Zhou Wan was forced to withdraw because of the defeat of Gao Le, and Li Ban chased after him, but he was afraid of Zhou Wan's momentum and did not dare to press. Immediately Zhou Wan died in the city of Nanzheng, Li Ban was ordered to attack Nanzheng, but the staff officer Ren Hui said: "Taking advantage of the mourning to kill people, it is rude, and it will cause the Hanzhong army to hate the enemy and reject our army."

"Yang Hu is the lord of Hanzhong, except for Zhou Shida, no one can take care of him, it is better to write to Yang Hu, Xu Yihoulu, or spread rumors in the southern Zheng City, prompting Yang Hu and Zhou Fu to fight, and then our army will take advantage of the chaos to advance, so that there is a chance of victory."

Li Ban thought so, but he didn't plan to spread rumors - "This is not what a benevolent person should do." "Just planning to send someone to hook up with Yang Hu.

Li Ban is a good Confucian, generous, in the original history, in a few years, Li Xiong will exclude his sons, and set up Li Ban as the crown prince, Li Ban once said to people: "Guanzhou Jing Wang Prince Jin, Wei Prince Pi, Wu Prince Sun Deng, article appreciation, transcendent, not without shame." He Guxian's Gao Lang, future generations are beyond reach! But he admired Cao Pi, and even sighed that he was not as good as Prince Jin and Sun Deng—both of whom were short-lived, but died in the prime of life—as if to indicate that he himself would not live long......

Since Li Ban was polite, of course he didn't dare to be arbitrary, so for what position to lure Yang Hu, he first had to send someone back to Chengdu to ask Li Xiong for instructions, but after such a toss, the Chinese army entered and forced back Li Shou's soldiers and horses in the west. Li Shou repeatedly asked to make an appointment with Li Ban to march on a schedule and conspire with Nanzheng, but Li Ban always procrastinated, and finally waited for Tao Kan's second batch of reinforcements......

In fact, Li Ban can't be blamed for this, and those who oppose taking advantage of the mourning to march into Nanzheng are actually Li Xiong's wife's uncle. Ren Hui is known as a wise man, mainly because he assessed the situation and knew that he could not win this battle - his troops had just returned from the south, and the soldiers were tired, not to mention that they had traveled long distances in the mountains of Brazil, and the supplies were difficult to transport, and they were not abundant—so he advised Li Ban to wait for a while.

If you rush northward, after all, the road between the two armies of Li Shou and Li Ban will be blocked, and it will be difficult to pass on the news. If Li Shou is defeated, he can retreat to protect Chuyang, and if Li Ban is defeated, then he can only flee back to distant Hanchang in one breath, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to recover in the short term.

Therefore, the garrison at the foot of Micang Mountain, although it maintained external pressure, did not press Hanzhong, and wanted Zhou, Yang and others to have leisure and infighting.

It's just that Ren Hui thought that the Chinese army was still fighting fiercely with Zhao in Hebei, and it was impossible to reinforce Hanzhong on a large scale in the short term, but he didn't want to break the Xiangguo in just a few months, and Tao Kan soon waved his army into Hanzhong.

After all, it is remote, it is not easy to transmit information, and it is inevitable that it will lag behind, even if Ren Hui has the wisdom of Kong Ming, he can't really anticipate the enemy's opportunity first - really when "scholars don't go out, they know the world"? If Zhuge Liang hadn't had frequent contacts with the sages of Jingzhou, and he was bored and farming next to the grassland, would he have been able to make "Longzhong Pair"?

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