Chapter 075: The power of the army is in the four directions
Xiang Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and almost scolded a swear word. After stabilizing his emotions, he asked, "Brother Yu, you speak vernacular, don't write poetry." ”
Xiang Ji was a little dissatisfied, this Cheng had been with him for so long and couldn't understand what he meant, so he had no choice but to explain: "What I mean is, don't divide the troops in so many places, I have also seen the combat power of the Yellow Turban Army, and the gap between it and the regular army is too big." If they march separately, they will inevitably be squeezed and eaten by the regular army Zhuge in batches, so it is better to gather these troops in one place and practice them well, and in time they will definitely be able to defeat the Han court in one fell swoop. ”
What Xiang Ji said was very reasonable, and Xiang Cheng also thought carefully about why the Yellow Turban Uprising was stillborn. According to Xiang Ji, Xiang Cheng naturally organized some of his previous ideas into a whole model, and these things were continuously refined in Xiang Cheng's mind and finally took shape at this moment.
The reasons for the failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising are probably as follows: First, because the plan of the uprising was betrayed by traitors, the uprising had to be launched in a hurry, and the mutual cooperation between the rebel armies in various places became extremely difficult. In particular, the miscarriage of the Luoyang Uprising relieved the Eastern Han government of its worries and allowed it to suppress the peripheral rebels with all its might.
Second, the Yellow Turban Army faced a very strong enemy, but the composition of the Yellow Turban Army was extremely thin, and it was all poor people who had lost their fields and could not afford to eat. After the outbreak of the uprising, the suppression of the Yellow Turban Army not only had a huge Eastern Han Dynasty official army, but also a large and small armed force in various places, they faced the crazy suppression of the entire landlord class, although the Yellow Turban Army was large in number, but could not form an effective counterattack, and finally failed.
Third, after the Yellow Turban Army tasted some sweetness after fighting with the local army, these people who had never seen much of the world were complacent, thinking that their army was an invincible army of a hundred battles, and took the regular army of the Han court and the private army of some warlords lightly, which led to the rout of the whole front.
Fourth, from the subjective aspect, the Yellow Turban Army lacked strategically minded military leaders, and its plan for the uprising was extremely incomplete. At the same time, the leaders of the rebel army lacked military command ability, Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang, Zhang Bao, Bo Cai, Zhang Mancheng, Zhao Hong, Han Zhong, etc., all of them only knew how to stick to one city and one pool, or besieged the fortified city for a long time, and fought with the Eastern Han army to attrition, did not know how to use flexible tactical tactics, took the initiative, and was always passively beaten until defeat.
Fourth, the generals sent by the Eastern Han Dynasty to suppress the Yellow Turban Uprising, such as Huangfu Song, Zhu, Cao Cao, etc., were all fierce generals who could fight well, and their ability to command troops, military command ability, and the use of tactics and strategies were higher than those of the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, so they were often able to defeat the Yellow Turban Army with less, and the weak to defeat the strong.
After Xiang Cheng figured out these things, he opened his mouth and said to Zhang Jiao and others, of course, it was definitely not as straightforward as above, not euphemistic, but this self-care line was also full of disapproval of the Yellow Army uprising. Xiang Wei thought that not to mention that his argument would be applauded by the whole house, and it should also make everyone present fall into contemplation, but he didn't know that this Zhang Liang was the first to jump out and sing the opposite.
"The Han army is weak, and our army is several times more than them, so why are they afraid? Even if you divide your troops, you can break them individually. Why did Ji Yu look down on his brother so much? Zhang Liang snorted.
Almost all the people in this carriage had a little dissatisfaction on their faces, and even Gan Ning didn't seem to be of a high nature. It is also a shame that Xiang Cheng is saying it to these people, and Xiang Cheng is also regarded as the "own person" of Zhang Jiao's family, if others say this, I am afraid that it will be a sacrifice flag.
"Brother Xiang Cheng, you really dare to say anything." This voice is a member. What Xiang Cheng said is not wrong, but this is from the perspective of future generations. And now that Xiang Cheng has not said such a thing, it is no wonder that everyone in the carriage is not very happy. The only person in this carriage was in deep thought, and this person was Zhang Jiao.
Seeing that Zhang Liang's straight personality began to make trouble again, Zhang Jiao simply waved his hand and said, "You all go out, I'll talk to Ji Yu." Zhang Jiao spoke, and everyone in the carriage was naturally not good to stay, so he came out in a huff, leaving only Zhang Jiao and Xiang Cheng in the carriage.
"Jiyu, I naturally saved what you just said, but do you know what is the most difficult thing for our Yellow Turban Army right now?" After Zhang Jiao saw everyone leaving, he asked.
Xiang Cheng shook his head and said that he didn't know, in fact, Xiang Cheng could see something from Zhang Liang's reaction just now, but it was really hard to say now.
"Hey, one heart but not one force." Zhang Jiao sighed lightly and then said: "I established the 'Dafang' Liqu Shuai back then, and only your brother Yuanyi really helped me." Saying this, Zhang Jiao's face darkened, and Xiang Cheng was also in a low mood. But this has to be continued: "Now I am looking at a few party commanders, but I don't respect the general's orders, if it weren't for the lack of soldiers in my hands, I'm afraid I would be able to establish myself as a king." To tell you the truth, the 100,000 yellow scarves in Jizhou are my capital, and I naturally keep one cent......"
"Good teacher, if you have a stubborn mentality, I'm afraid we won't be able to do anything." Before Zhang Jiao could speak, Xiang Chengcheng suddenly interrupted.
Zhang Jiao was not angry but continued: "I know what you think, but now you just can't do it, soldiers outside Jizhou...... I...... I can't move ......"
Zhang Jiao and Xiang Cheng also confessed here, and Xiang Cheng only knew Zhang Jiao's distress when he heard Zhang Jiao say this. Sure enough, it is "concentric and different forces", otherwise, with the numerical advantage of the Yellow Turban Army and good drills, even if it can't overthrow the Han court, it will be more than enough to divide a state. And now holding this mountain of gold and silver can't be exchanged for half a grain of firewood and rice.
Zhang Jiao stopped talking, and Xiang Cheng stopped talking. There was an eerie silence in the carriage. Zhang Jiao may be thinking about what Xiang Cheng just said, but Xiang Cheng is talking to Xiang Ji about this.
"Let me tell you, if these 100,000 Jizhou troops can give me a year, I can train them into 10,000 enemies!" Xiang Ji said.
"I naturally believe you can, but the problem now is that we don't have a year to give us." Xiang Cheng replied.
"You don't care so much, just ask Zhang Jiao if he is willing to give you the military power. If he wants to, I will have the means to take these people to war! Xiang Ji said again.
Xiang Cheng really didn't speak this time, and raised his eyes slightly to look at Zhang Jiao. Zhang Jiao also raised his head at this time, staring at Xiang Cheng. The two of them felt that each other had something in their mouths, and they were waiting for each other to say it first, but when they saw that the other party didn't speak, they hurriedly said what they wanted to say.
"Good teacher, can you give me some military power to help you train your troops."
"Xiang Cheng, I want to give you all the military power and help me train my troops."
The two of them spoke at the same time, and what they said was much the same. Just after finishing speaking, the two looked at each other and laughed.