Chapter 918: The Difference Between Civil and Military

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When Lu Peng's 60,000 troops rushed to the front line, standing on the top of a high mountain, Zang Ba, who had an unobstructed view of the enemy's terrain, did not have a little psychological burden, as long as he occupied it, he could not go down on these two hills, even if you were a million army, what could you do to me?

With such a settled mentality, Zang Ba easily returned to the lobby where he simply got up.

When he entered the lobby, he saw that the charcoal fire was burning, and Zhu Shuo was lying in a thick animal skin, guarding a pot of old wine, holding a book in his hand, and reading it with relish.

Zang Ba took off his combat boots outside the door, and then, under the service of his own soldiers, he took off his armor and hung it on the wooden frame behind the door, strode to Zhu Shuo's side, sat on the thick fur, and directly picked up the old wine in Zhu Shuo's hand, and tilted his neck mouth to mouth for a burst of cow drink, and in a blink of an eye, the old wine in the wine pot was drunk to the sky.

Zhu Shuo put down the scroll in his hand and shook his head with a wry smile: "Do you know the difference between literati and military generals?" ”

Zang Ba didn't understand.

"Then let me tell you, literati drinking, that is drinking slowly, savoring, drinking is not the goal, what you want is the kind of artistic conception in it, but you don't understand the artistic conception of this thing, and I don't bother to tell you. And how do you generals drink? One cup is a taste, two cups are a drink, like you, it is called drinking (fourth tone)"

Zang Ba laughed: "Mr. means I'm a stupid donkey, isn't that so?" ”

Zhu Shuo sat up straight in a daze: "You are a rare thick and fine general this afternoon, but judging from your actions today, you are indeed a stupid donkey." ”

Zhu Shuo said this about Zang Ba, Zang Ba didn't mean to blame at all, because the two of them have been together for a long time, and they have become bosom friends unconsciously, and confidant friends should be straightforward when they speak, and there is no need to think too much, otherwise a casual word between friends, you will think about it for a long time, then you first do not treat each other as friends, and second, the friendship between the two of you is about to come to an end.

Looking at the partner who didn't go to his heart, Zhu Shuo hated that iron and steel could not be steel, and knocked Zang Ba's head with the scroll in his hand: "Are you still so heartless?" Then I'll tell you now, Lu Peng is here, and our mission here is basically completed. ”

Zang Ba was unconvinced and asked: "Mr. is talking nonsense, what if Lu Peng comes?" Isn't he stuck here tightly by us, can he still turn out of the sky? ”

Zhu Shuo stood up directly, moved to the brazier, stretched out his hands to bake the fire, and said while roasting the fire: "If Lu Peng only brought 10,000 people, we could still confront him, but this time he brought 60,000 horses, and they were all cavalry, so the chance for us to confront him was completely gone." ”

Zang Ba still didn't understand: "Actually, I think that he brought 60,000 cavalry, which is useless, but it is a burden to him, which is a good thing for us." ”

Zhu Shuo smiled noncommittally, waiting for Zang Ba to say his judgment.

"Although the cavalry is conducive to attacking, it must be a plain with a flat river, and we are here, but two mountains are facing each other, if he uses cavalry to attack, it is a joke, I think Lu Peng will not understand this, but, when the heavy snow closed the road, the supply of his army was already very difficult to continue, and the grain and grass itself was insufficient, this time, he suddenly poured in 60,000 cavalry, according to the ration consumption, 60,000 cavalry, equal to the consumption of 300,000 infantry, what kind of terrifying data is that? In this way, in fact, there is no need for us to think of any more ways to fight each other, as long as it takes three days with him, he Lu Peng will automatically withdraw from the army because of the cut off of food and grass, in this way, even if our task is completed, when the snow melts in spring, this mountain road will be very muddy and difficult to walk, and the flood will also break out, and it will give us three months, and by then we will have already retreated into Jiangnan and joined the main guild. ”

Zhu Shuo nodded, and shook his head again: "What I mean by nodding is to express my appreciation for your analysis, your analysis is quite correct, if according to the normal confrontation between the two armies, Lu Peng's method is indeed self-defeating." ”

"What about the abnormal statement?"

"If I were Lu Peng, since I already knew that Xuzhou was completely empty, and now it was just a thin layer of silk yarn in front of them, then I would gently pierce it with my fingers, and then rush directly over and quickly occupy the entire Xuzhou."

"The gentleman was too worried, and it was indeed a thin silk veil that stood in front of him, but what could he do if he rushed in? As long as I get stuck here and his grain and grass can't follow up, Xuzhou is already a blank land, and he will starve to death. ”

"You've forgotten one more thing."

"What did I forget?" Zang Ba really doesn't understand, and he can be regarded as having no last resort, and he has considered everything that should be considered.

"That's Lu Peng's powerful maritime trade force."

Zang Ba was immediately shocked: "Are you saying that he will use the power of merchants at sea to transport grain and grass materials?" ”

"It's not bad at all, as long as he breaks through to some of the men and horses, and then goes to the sea to receive supplies, grain and grass, Lu Peng will nominally get the land of Xuzhou."

"Even if he broke into some of the men and horses and nominally got the land of Xuzhou, if we were behind and there was still a part of our lord in the south, he would have killed himself."

"No, no, no, this is not what you can think of as a general, but what I, a literati, should think, that is politics, if Lu Peng sneaks into Xuzhou, and then announces to the world that he has occupied Xuzhou, the first point will make our lord lose his trust in Liu Bei, and then the connection between the Cao and Liu families may break, this is what Lu Peng wants to see." And even if it is not so, it will oppress Liu Bei and hurry up to Jiangdong. ”

Zang Ba really didn't understand, so he scratched his head and asked in a daze: "He pressured Liu Bei to make a move on Jiangdong Sun Quan?" But Jiangdong Sun Quan is his ally of Lu Peng, a righteous brother, he should relieve Jiangdong's pressure, right? ”

Zhu Shuo laughed: "You are too honest and righteous, and you don't understand the intrigue of those superiors, chickens and dogs, what are allies?" What is a sworn brother? In the face of interests and hegemony, it's all bullshit, thinking that at the beginning, Gaozu Liu Bang, for his own ambition and hegemony, the overlord Xiang Yu arrested his father to blackmail him, and as a result, he can brazenly ask for a piece of the pie, so act, do you still think that in the hearts of that group of careerists, there are two words righteousness and morality? If they are going to shout these two words out of their mouths, it is a blasphemy against these two words. ”

Zang Ba immediately stood up and walked directly to the door, ready to put on his armor.

"What are you going to do?" I led my troops down the mountain to block the intersection and block Lu Peng's assault.

Zhu Shuo grabbed him: "How do I think you have become a dead brain, when you were in Yuzhou, you performed very well, this heavy snow covered the mountain, and your head was frozen?" ”

"How could I be wrong again?" In front of smarter people, smart people can also become confused.

Zhu Shuo pulled Zang Ba back: "Lu Peng did this, which is exactly what I couldn't ask for." ”

Zang Ba was completely confused.

"Now the south is scorched, the three forces are involved in each other, at this time someone must come out to break this deadlock, as long as Lu Peng sends troops to put pressure on Liu Bei, Liu Bei will definitely go all out to attack Jiangnan, our lord can take advantage of the situation to make a big difference, this is a serial set, as long as one is unraveled, it will all be solved, so from this point of view, as soon as Lu Peng enters Xuzhou, it will be of great benefit to us."

"But then we'll be cut off behind enemy lines, what should we do?"

Zhu Shuo said indifferently: "When the time comes, you will either retreat, or simply surrender to Lu Peng." ”

Zang Ba said firmly: "I think that Cao Gong had the grace of knowing me at the beginning, and I will never surrender." ”

Zhu Shuo returned to his bunk, picked up the book, and said lightly without raising his head: "How about it, whatever you want." ”

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