Chapter 36: Revisiting the Huns (II)
However, some people agreed, and naturally some people objected, so Lu Cui stood up and said in a deep voice: "If you want to deliberately pour cold water, but it is really not appropriate to send troops at this time." ”
Jia Xu is in charge of intelligence and longitudinal discussions, but Lu Cui is involved in internal affairs and civil affairs, the two have completely different division of labor and duties, and the angle of looking at the problem will naturally be quite different, and looking at the same problem from different angles may often have unexpected gains, so Lu Bu does not mind listening to his opinion on this matter, although in this kind of meeting of a military nature, Lu Cui has always been relatively silent, and this time it is relatively rare to take the initiative to speak.
At Lu Bu's signal, he paused for a moment, as if he was preparing words, and then continued: "I'm afraid that the lord and the princes would not have thought that in this battle with Zhang Yang, although we won a complete victory and captured Zhang Yang's troops and a lot of strategic resources to make up for it, not to mention the consumption of this war, compared to what we have to bear next, those are not worth mentioning at all. And although the amount of grain we looted from Taicang in Luoyang is huge, it can't withstand the pure consumption of tens of thousands of troops. Don't forget that it's about to be the time of spring ploughing, and then move the troops, then the people will not produce, how will you think about it? ”
Everyone was silent, Lu Cui was to the point, although many of them didn't know about it, it didn't prevent them from agreeing with this truth.
After occupying a place, they all want to seek production and development, and blindly fighting will not do them much good, after all, they are not like nomads like the Southern Xiongnu, who only know how to plunder, and they are professional enough to plunder.
Jia Xu sighed: "Actually, Wen Wei didn't mention this, and I will talk about it later, but now that Wen Wei has said it, Xu will also make it clear." According to the news obtained by the spies, originally the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yuting was not happy about the southern invasion, and besides, there were tens of thousands of troops on the lord's side, coupled with the name of the lord's flying general, they were not willing to provoke lightly. But after they got a message. But they began to fight hard, do you know why? Although he asked, he immediately said the answer himself: "It's because of the Taicang grain we looted...... And the Southern Xiongnu are affected by the weather this winter, and there is not much surplus food among the tribes, in order to be able to eat and survive, they are bound to plunder, and the best goal is ours. At least enough for them to eat this winter. ”
Hearing Jia Xu say this, Lu Bu couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, when it came to the looting of Taicang, he was actually bent on going his own way, and he was the same person who called Xun Yu to "invite" Xun Yu, and he didn't discuss it with Jia Xu and the others at all beforehand. As a result, in the end, the matter was a foregone conclusion, although Jia Xu and the others knew, they didn't say anything, they couldn't accuse him of being the lord, they just thought that maybe it would be okay, there was enough food for the Bingzhou army to survive this winter.
But what happened next proved that although these grains were good, they were also a scourge. Needless to say, the Montenegrin thieves were completely attracted by food. Zhang Yanghui's grain and Lu Bu played the same attraction, and now the Southern Xiongnu will also be attracted.
Lu Bu sighed: "This matter is still a certain fault. At the beginning, it was just a battle of will, and it was just a simple desire to let the soldiers survive the winter, but it didn't come to terms for a while, causing so much trouble. ”
Lu Bu could say that they couldn't really accept it calmly, so Jia Xu, Lu Cui and the others got up one after another and said: "Why do you say this, if I had fulfilled my subordinate duties, I wouldn't have come to this point." ”
Cao Xing, Wei Xu and other generals also said: "Wen Hou is serious, how can this matter be said to be the responsibility of Wen Hou alone, isn't the food for us to eat together, and Wen Hou is not alone to eat." ”
Lu Bu smiled and clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's stop this topic, Wen Wei will continue to talk about the reasons why you oppose sending troops at this time." ”
Lu Cui smiled bitterly: "Since Wen He has already said so, then what else do I have to say, although I don't know about military affairs, I also know that the first strike is the strongest, so as to take the initiative." This is already a topic of war, not just a matter of ......"
Lu Bu didn't force it, and asked again, "Don't you have any other opinions?" ”
Gao Shun said in a loud voice: "Wen Hou, there is a word by the way, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”
Lu Bu said with a smile: "If Uncle Fu has anything to say, even if he says it, why bother asking?" ”
Gao Shun said: "What Shun wants to know is, what does Wen Hou think of the Huns this time?" ”
If others heard Gao Shun's question, they might be stunned for a moment, and then they didn't know why, but Lu Bu knew him, and he also understood the meaning of his words, without the slightest hesitation, and said loudly: "The world calls a certain flying general, but in fact, a certain is more willing to be a champion!" ”
"Good!" Gao Shun couldn't help but stroke his palm, and Jia Xu also smiled.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can be said to be the Han people who used the Xiongnu the longest and the most, reigning for more than 40 years, most of which were in the struggle against the Xiongnu, and achieved the most lucrative results since the pre-Qin, and his war against the Xiongnu is inseparable from the help of two people, one is Wei Qing, who is both his wife and uncle, and the other is the champion Hou Huo Quai, who is a weak crown hussar and a wolf Juxu, these two can be called the twin generals of Emperor Wu's dynasty, and in fact, there is an old-timer Li Guang who has been stationed in Yanmen Pass for decades before them, Li Guang is a famous general of the Han Dynasty, known as "General Fei", but his life is "difficult to seal", it is not that he does not have that strength, but he has not been able to achieve the record of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing that satisfied Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
In a certain way, Li Guang was stationed at Yanmen, and he did a good job of doing things within the scope of his duties, so that the Xiongnu could hardly set foot in Yanmen Pass, but that's all, he could only be regarded as a general who could only be regarded as a defender; And Huo Qubing is an absolute pioneer, because of his merits, Han Wu can be placed in Shuofang two counties, and set up a great cause.
Gao Shun asked Lu Bu that sentence, in fact, he wanted to ask Lu Bu whether he just wanted to prevent the Xiongnu, just like Li Guang, so that he would go north somewhere, and then not attack, or should he completely drive the Xiongnu out of Bingzhou, or even annihilate it, so that it could no longer wreak havoc in Bingzhou, just like Huo Quai's wolf Juxu.
There is no doubt that both things are very difficult, and the latter is more difficult, but it can be seen from Lu Bu's ambition.
Lu Bu's answer is also very interesting, although he is called "Flying General", this is like Li Guang's nickname "Flying General", of course, it is a kind of praise, but Lu Bu is not uncommon This kind of praise, he prefers to be the champion marquis, of course, it is not that he thinks the current Marquis Wen title is not enough, but the significance of the champion Hou is far-reaching, it is the great achievement of expelling foreign races, promoting the majesty of the Han Dynasty, and expanding the territory of the future generations, this is Lu Bu's ambition, so he actually chose the latter.
Gao Shun was very satisfied with Lu Bu's answer, so he slapped his hands and admired, Jia Xu laughed because he understood the words between them, but the others were mostly confused, and they didn't have the meaning to explain when they saw Lu Bu, Gao Shun and Jia Xu, so they could only suppress this question, but they heard Lu Bu go on and say: "Since the Southern Huns will attack sooner or later, it is better for us to take the initiative to attack, and the matter of sending troops has been decided, and then we will discuss the specific affairs of sending troops ......" (to be continued.) )
PS: Khan, I'm spitting on it here: Anyway, why did the chapter subscriptions of the second more plot the day before yesterday rise so fast?