Chapter 2: The Responsibilities of Strategists

Xun You proposed that Sun Ce might use the "three strategies" to rescue Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and others all bowed their heads and thought, this time it was Xun who was the first to express his opinion: "Guangling has Chen Yuanlong, I expect Sun Ce to ......take advantage of it" He has absolute confidence in Chen Deng, and he is at least seventy percent sure of what he said - in the original history, after Sun Ce seized Huiji and Lujiang, he was as powerful as the sky, and he once tried to cross the river to attack Guangling County, but was defeated by Chen Deng in a battle, killing and wounding more than 10,000 people, What's more, now he only has Danyang and half of Wu County, the soldiers and horses are not strong, and the grain is insufficient? Shi Xun felt that unless the "Little Overlord" went into battle in person and the Jiangdong soldiers poured out, there was no need to serve Chen Yuanlong as He Xin.

Then Xun analyzed: "Sun Ce wants to protect Yuan Shu and make it a fence, but he may not be willing to accept Yuan Shu to cross the river, so Chen Bing Niuzhu's strategy does not need to be ......considered" What kind of person is Sun Ce, he knows better than all the civil and military generals in Cao Ying at this time - Yuan Shu was his master, and when he received Jiangdong, what do you say to deal with it? Of course, it is impossible to hand over the military power to Yuan Shu, and it is unnecessary to just supply Yuan Shu without giving real power. Yuan Shu is still in Jiangbei, which can be used as a buffer between Sun and Cao, and Sun Ce must like to hear it, so he is very likely to send reinforcements; But if Yuan Shu goes to Jiangdong, it will be worthless, and if he kills him, he will not do that kind of stupid thing.

If you change someone, or change the person who was Xun two years ago, if you say this, Cao Cao will at least ask: "Why?" But now Cao Cao doesn't ask, and the people around him don't ask, because everyone basically recognizes Shi Xun's ability to grasp people's hearts and the overall situation. Since it was Hongfu who said that Sun Ce would not take Yuan Shu across the river, it must be true - believe it or not. Anyway, I believe it.

The last thing is that Xun slowly pointed to the Western Front: "There are only three strategies." It's really worrying. Lujiang has no elite soldiers. Zixiao and Wen Qian went to attack Hefei, but the back road would be empty, and they were afraid that Sun Ce would take advantage of it. ”

Cao Cao nodded again and again: "A certain will send a letter to Li Wenda (Li Tong), so that the soldiers of Langling will go south to the Lujiang River, and then send Miaocai to lead the cavalry west to reinforce, that is, Sun Cezhen will cross the river, and he should also try his best to prevent him from going deep under Shuxian County." It is also not allowed to be combined with Yuan Shu. And after I take the head of Yuan Shu, I will fight Sun Ce again. ”

Before the words fell, it was Xun who suddenly "poofed" for a while. Cao Cao looked at him suspiciously: "What is wrong with a certain decision?" "The heart says that Hongsuke is not such a frivolous person, how can he laugh at me to my face? And was there a childish loophole in my decision that made him laugh out loud?

Shi Xun hurriedly shook his head and bowed deeply at Cao Cao: "Xun is rude, and the lord is forgiving." Ran Xun never dared to laugh at the lord, because he thought of the past envoy Jiang Wei, and saw Cai Deqi (Cai Mao) in Xiangyang. Its Yunjing Shui Division is in the world, and it can follow Wu County in the east. West to Bashu, there is no ...... forward"

Cao Cao understood as soon as he heard it: "Hongfu wants to operate the book to pass it on to Huang Zu, so that the Jingzhou sailors will come out of Chaisang to strangle Sun Ce?" Shi Xun nodded: "If the Jingzhou sailors enter and exit Peng Li, then Sun Ce will not dare to cross the river to attack the nest...... I'm afraid that Huang Zu may not listen. ”

Guo Jia smiled and said: "You can write in the name of Sikong Mansion, such as the edict of the Son of Heaven, Huang Zu does not dare to disobey." Even if it's just a hypothetical response, it's enough to deter Sun Ceyi - why not do it? ”

Cao Cao stroked his palms and smiled: "In this way, the west road is worry-free." "The eyes are on Hoon. Did Xun Xin say what do you mean, let me go to see Huang Zu? Well, I'm just a perennial business trip to force the life of a salesman, anyway, it won't be of much use here, so let's just run this trip for you again...... Far away from the battlefield, we are also more down-to-earth. I was about to volunteer to ask for an order, but I heard Cao Cao ask: "Hongfu thought that Cao Xianqing was here, why did he come?" ”

It was Xun who raised his finger and pointed to his mouth: "Elder Xun, only this lip and tongue." The intention of the lord is to send Huang Zuye as an envoy? Cao Cao shook his head: "Hongfu has a good plan, and his director is not only lips and tongues, but there is no need to be too humble." However, although he wanted to use Qing's lips and tongue this time, it was not Jiang Xia. ”

When Shi Xun heard this, his heart couldn't help but tremble: "Does the lord want to send an envoy to Jiangdong to say Sun Cehu?" ”

Yes Xun can go to see Huang Zu, but he really doesn't want to see Sun Ce - he really wants to meet those Jiangdong talents, what Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, but Sun Ce ...... If you can avoid it, you can avoid it. "Little Overlord" this guy is too strong, and he is ruthless, just in the process of seizing Jiangdong, I don't know how many families and local celebrities he has killed, and if he wants to see him, the danger factor is too high. Those Jiangdong talents, it's best to wait for Sun Quan to come to power before going to see them - Sun Zhongmou was still quite gentle and humble when he was young, and only when he was old and repelled the crusading armies of the Cao and Liu families in a row, did he gradually become arrogant and tyrannical.

So he hurriedly asked Cao Cao tentatively: "I am afraid it is not the right time to send an envoy to Jiangdong at this time?" ”

Cao Cao stretched out his hand and patted Shixun's shoulder: "It's not like this." Sun and Yuan have the friendship of master and slave, and they also have the benefit of lips and teeth, if they want to save each other, it is not beneficial to say that they are not beneficial. And after the destruction of Yuan Shu, I may use troops in Beiye, and I must be sent to Jiangdong by Hongfu to restrain Sun Ce. ”

It's good to add it, but Xun secretly breathed a sigh of relief - the future, let's talk about it later, at least in the recent period, he is quite stable, and there is no need to go against the horse lance of the "Little Overlord...... Oh, the last time we met, he was the one who used the halberd......

It was Xun who wanted to be a scholar and try to stay away from the battlefield to save his life, but in this troubled world, it would be absolutely unrealistic to achieve this wish 100%.

For example, Wang Cang, a famous literary scholar and one of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an", did stay away from the battlefield under Liu Biao in his original history - that was because Liu Biao rarely launched active attacks and did not reuse Wang Cang. Later, Wang Cang returned to Cao, and he also followed the army on several expeditions, otherwise he would not have been able to write the series of "Poems from the Army" that "there are bitterness and joy in the army, but who is heard from it".

As for Xun himself, since he surrendered to Cao, he bumped into Sun Ce on the way to transport grain, and later assisted Tai Shici in attacking Lu Bu, and sent an envoy to Luoyang to fight against the Huns, etc., although it is not a real order to conscript, but it is also within walking distance of the battlefield. When he waited for Yuan Shu to go south this time, he couldn't escape if he wanted to-Cao Cao personally named him, what should he do? Claiming to be a court official, should not be conscripted? Or is it an excuse that the affairs of the Shaofu are busy, and the chief official Kong Rong is lazy again, so he can't spare time? Does he dare to shirk so much in front of Cao Cao?

Originally, I wanted to come, I had no fists and no courage, as a strategist, the so-called conscription is just to run away with the boss, occasionally participate in military meetings, and if you have a plan, you will dedicate, and if you have no plan, you will shrink, it should be quite leisurely. But he didn't expect that the affairs in the army were so complicated, and the strategists had a lot of things to do, so they couldn't be idle at all.

That is, in terms of the main strategist team of this campaign: Xun Gongda is the positive, Cheng Zhongde is the deputy, coordinates the overall situation, sees Tian'er and Cao Cao have a small meeting, and often personally leads the troops to the front line to observe the terrain and the situation of the enemy and us. Mao Xiao was first responsible for the supply of grain and straw, and walked around the east camp and the west village with a brush on his ears all day long, checking and checking everywhere, and then returned to his tent to grab the calculation chips and swing them around, and the soldiers set up camp and turned off the lights and went to sleep, but his tent often had to be lit until dawn - Shi Xun really wanted to teach him Arabic numerals and various calculations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in later generations, as well as simple algebra......

There is also Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao, who is responsible for intelligence induction and analysis, and the reports are submitted to him first, and then he chooses the main points to write a brief book and report to Cao Cao, and his eyes are always black - Yes Xun understands why his strategy can often be directed at the hearts of the people, and the information related to the hearts of the people is all like silk, and he divides the warp and weft like weaving there every day, so as to form a great wisdom that can see everything.

Sure enough, this strategist is not easy to be, no wonder Zhuge Liang vomited blood later-he took all the positions of the chief general and strategist on one shoulder, and it was strange that he was not tired to death.

As for Shixun, in charge of paperwork, it is by no means easy. He didn't know that there were so many documents in the Lu Dao army, and whenever Cao Cao had any instructions, they were all recorded by the book, and then handed over to Shi Xun to draw up orders, which must not only fully express Cao Cao's intentions, but also be clearly organized and concise, so that it is easy to convey to Lu Xia - he couldn't help but plan to write directly in the vernacular several times...... However, even the spoken language in these years is very different from the vernacular of later generations, and no one can understand it when it is written in the vernacular.

In addition, the instructions issued by Cao Cao along the way did not cover only the army, but also the departments that urged the counties and counties to ask for grain, arrange food and lodging, announce the peace of the people, and report the progress to the imperial court, most of which also had to rely on the pen of Shi Xun. It's Xun who is so distressed, and his heart says why don't you want to bring Wang Cang? Just because he is newly married? Then I'm still a toddler and I'm about to give birth, Cao Cao, why do you feel sorry for an outsider and refuse to feel sorry for my relative?

All in all, there are still too few talents recommended to Cao Cao, and there are still not enough people in Sikong Mansion...... The most hateful thing is Xun Yu, I know that there are still a lot of people in your pocket, why don't you hurry up and dig it out? It's really unlucky, I brought back so many Zhengmen disciples from Gaomi, just because the time to participate in the revolutionary team was too short, so Cao Cao didn't trust it, but if I can bring such one or two Xi worries, Ren Ah, how can I be so tired here that I vomit blood?

Of course, in comparison, among the strategists, Shixun is the youngest and has the best health, and the work he shares is the lightest, so he doesn't dare, and he doesn't have the face to really complain...... Besides, do you want him to exchange with Xun You, Cheng Yu, and Guo Jia? Then this battle must be a big defeat and a loss; Let's exchange it with Mao Jue, he was hard at math in his previous life......

He just wondered if he might as well go on a business trip...... I really want to run away to see Huang Zu, but unfortunately you refused to let go this time, and sent that useless Wang Bi to go...... (To be continued......)

PS: Basically, on weekends, I will take the cubs out of the town to play all day, if I can come back at noon, then at noon, if not, it will be a little later at night, just like this time, please understand. By the way, who still has a monthly pass, I won't be able to rush in after a hundred?