The first year of Chengtian, the first year of the republic, February 8, Yecheng, military government.

At this time, the five military officials of the Taishan Army, the generals of the Turk Cavalry and the Flying Army all rushed to the shogunate in the northern city of Yecheng to prepare to participate in today's military meeting.

In fact, this is the second large-scale military meeting this month.

The first time was two days ago, Qu Shuai Zhang Chong convened the generals and staff to discuss whether to go on the current Northern Expedition, and the target was the Zhao Kingdom north of Handan.

Cai Yong, who was present at the meeting, stood up and clearly opposed the Northern Expedition at this time.

The reasons for this are:

"Now that the northern land of Zhao has already lost the money, I am very respectful to the Taishan army. Now I attack it for no reason, and even if I get it, it is not beautiful. And now, I have gone on a northern expedition to swallow up the cities of Zhaodi, but I still can't get the northern land in one fell swoop. However, although I have a small profit, it makes the four counties in northern Hebei fear and unite, and this sincerity is a big loss because of a small one."

Cai Yong has a point in saying this.

Originally, the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Taishan Army and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban defeated the Hebei Han Army on the bank of Jize, and then took advantage of the situation to take the empty Handan.

However, because the military strength was also weak at that time, after the two armies took Handan, they did not take action against the counties in the north of Zhao State.

Later, at the beginning of the year, as the news of the confrontation between the two Han Dynasty in the Gyeonggi region reached Hebei, the northern counties of Zhao knew that they had no so-called reinforcements, so they could only rely on the Taishan army to survive.

So at the beginning of the year, he sent a tribute.

Now Cai Yong means that these people are all paying tribute, and he actually shows his attitude. But if we attack them for no reason, we will undoubtedly show our intentions to the various forces in Hebei.

That's not tolerating anyone!

In this case, people will not sit still, and it is not impossible to unite to attack the Taishan army.

Listening to Cai Yong's objections, Zhang Chong, who was on the top, was still thinking.

But the belligerent Ding Sheng couldn't help but stand up.

As soon as he came out, he refuted Cai Yong:

"Cai Gong is really pedantic. Then Zhao Guodi's loss of sincerity is also called loss of sincerity? Is it a book and a map sent to us or let us garrison the soldiers? None of them! That's a false answer to us."

Cai Yong ignored Ding Sheng, this was a rough man and couldn't understand what he meant.

On the side, Cai Yong's old partner Zhuge Jue also stepped forward and said:

"Qu Shuai, now that spring plowing is coming, you can't miss the farming time, otherwise it will be a big deal. Moreover, once we now go north to the land of Zhao, then the people here will not have spring ploughing, and I am afraid that they will starve to death."

Zhang Chong looked at Cai Yong and Zhuge Jue, and then at the staff behind him, thoughtfully, and then asked Cai Yong:

"Cai Gong, that's as you want, what should happen next?"

Cai Yong was confident and said:

"It is better to give advice to the commander of the Qu Land, so that the benevolence and righteousness will be spread in the north, and the north will not attack and obey itself. Now that the Han family is immoral, the world is in turmoil, and everyone is panicking, eager for the hero to come out again and stabilize the society. As long as Qu Shuai cultivates benevolence and virtue, so that he can live and work in peace and contentment, he will be able to make people from far and near satisfied. You can not get tired of the soldiers, and you can sit on the northland."

If it is a future generation, when they hear Cai Yong's violent remarks, they will inevitably laugh at him.

Who would really think that by virtue of benevolence and righteousness can win the world? Is it a play when you fight the world?

But judging from the expressions of the many staff members present, even if some of them disagree with Cai Yong, they only think that there is a better strategy, and they will not think that Cai Yong is a mediocre theory.

Why?

Because the world has never been fought by one city or one place.

In fact, whether it is Gaozu or Guangwu, after winning several important decisive battles, they decided the ownership of the world, and other places are all determined by transmission.

That's why Gaozu had eight out of forty troops, and it only took seven years to win the world. And Guangwu was a little more difficult, he raised troops at twenty-eight, fought for thirteen years, and had the world when he was forty-one.

The reason for this is that agricultural production in ancient times was highly dependent on a unified government and a stable social environment. Only a stable government can afford to repair water conservancy, and it has the will.

Because agriculture is a cyclical activity, only

() Spring planting is the autumn harvest. But if neither the forces nor the farmers feel that they will survive the autumn, will they still plant in the spring?

Not at all, because they have been busy for a cycle, and in the end they find that it is someone else who has harvested, do you say bitter?

Therefore, in the battle for hegemony in the world, once a certain force shows the strength of the world, it will be decided by the spread of the place.

Of course, history is never absolute, and the human factor will always make history unexpected, and of course this is a matter for the future.

As for now, in the spiritual world of Dr. Hanshi, unity is the main theme, and people's peace of mind is the mainstream.

Therefore, Cai Yongcai naturally proposed such a royal model.

In his opinion, the strongest polemic in Hebei is now the Taishan Army, after the Taishan Army defeated the Henan Han Army and the Hebei Han Army successively, other forces in Hebei have absolutely lost the idea of defeating the Taishan Army.

At this time, other regions can basically be passed on.

But what Cai Yong didn't understand was that the war launched by Zhang Chong was completely different from the previous mode of fighting the world. This is not only a war to restore social order, but also a war of change that changes the world.

Because of this, what Zhang Chong wants is not a formal occupation, but a change from top to bottom.

If there is such a comparison in history, it is the great revolution that changed the Qin law to the Zhou system, but it took more than 100 years in the past, and now Zhang Chong wants to complete it in his generation.

So when Cai Yong finished talking about this, Zhang Chong stopped talking, because he knew that someone would say it for him.

There was no accident, Dong Zhao behind Cai Yong appeared.

This black fat man said solemnly at this time:

"Cai Gongcheng is a pure Confucian, and everything he says is the road of kings. But Zhao thinks that Cai Gong is a bit out of place."

Cai Yong also glanced at this servant and asked rhetorically:

"Oh, what's out of place."

Dong Zhao said seriously:

"Not at all."

After speaking, the black fat man didn't wait for Cai Yong to refute, so he said to Zhang Chong:

"If there is chaos today, the female male and the deer do not know how many. These people are afraid of power but not morality, strength but not righteousness, and soldiers but not benevolence. If you want to give to others with benevolence and righteousness, in order to attach, it is no different from seeking fish from the wood. Therefore, please attach the Northern Expedition to the Northern Expedition, and put an end to this turbulent era as soon as possible, and achieve success, which is the true righteousness."

After speaking, he took the lead and bowed heavily to Zhang Chong.

And over there, he had already seen the solemnity and high promotion of Zhang Chong's thoughts, and bowed to Zhang Chong and said:

"Ministers, please attach the Northern Expedition to pacify this troubled world."

At this time, Cai Yong's face darkened.

He didn't expect this Dong Zhao to use deceit to misinterpret his meaning. Did he Cai Yong say that he only relied on benevolence? Did he Cai Yong say that he couldn't calm the world? Now that he is misinterpreted by this Dong Zhaoyi, he has become a clown.

Therefore, Cai Yong pointed his finger at Dong Zhao and trembled with anger.

But his colleague next to him, who was also his student Lu Cui, quietly tugged at his teacher's clothes behind him, so that Cai Yong realized the situation.

After listening to many opinions, Zhang Chong, who was at the top, turned to the column of generals and asked:

"What do you think?"

Yang Mao, Guan Yu, Zhang Dan, Ding Sheng, and Dong Wan all looked at each other, and then went out together to say to Zhang Chong:

"We will please attach the Northern Expedition to relieve the people and calm this troubled world."

Yang Mao had just returned to Yecheng from Mount Tai, and then he was appointed and dismissed by Zhang Chong as the second most important position in the army, a lieutenant in the middle army, and led 4,000 soldiers in the left and right guards.

Therefore, he includes Guan Yu and the four people, which represents the meaning of all the generals in the army.

They have no doubt that they will fight.

Zhang Chong controlled the situation, and at this clearest time, he spoke:

"All of you are right, but I only have one word for you."

As he spoke, Zhang Chong stood with his sword in his hand, and in the respectful letter of respect of all civil and military personnel, he said eloquently:

"Where you stay on the side, you won't allow others to sleep soundly."

As a result, whether the first Northern Expedition was decided in a word

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And today, the civil and military officials of the Taishan Army gathered in the military palace again, this time they wanted to discuss the overall strategic temple calculation.

Different from the ordinary army, the Taishan army has paid attention to pre-war military strategy since the Taishan era, but at that time it was Zhang Chong who spoke, and the generals listened. And now, with years of hard fighting, many generals have also grown up, and the military strategy has its own strengths, and it is time to discuss it.

Zhang Chong first had to discuss with Zhu Wenwu, that is, whether to attack the city first or to attack the land first.

We often talk about siege together, but in fact there is an emphasis on the two. Siege is the first siege of the enemy's main city points. The second is to besiege the enemy in the city first, and then occupy the other places and countryside.

In short, the former is to fight siege warfare, attack hard, and get a place if you hit it. The latter is to expand quickly, take a handful of arms, and then taste the dishes in your arms one by one.

Guan Yu and other generals mean that they still have to fight siege warfare, on the one hand, the Taishan army is not experienced enough in siege warfare, and now the northern counties of Zhao are weak, which is suitable for training.

And now that the Taishan Army has absorbed the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, it is a bit risky to rush into a joint battle, and it is better to have the initiative in the siege war.

But Guo Tu, who was listed at the time, disagreed.

It is said that Guo Tu also dared, and dared to oppose Guan Yu as a descendant.

Maybe that's the cleverness of the people.

Guo Tu is not good enough, but there is something in resourcefulness. He just said another reason:

"Compared with the Han army, I am better at field battles than sieges. As Captain Guan said, it is precisely because my shortcomings are longer than those of thieves, and it is not the work of a wise man. In the past, Zhixiangzi attacked Jinyang and did not pull out for years. Today, if a large army sits on a small city, it is not enough to win, and if it cannot be overcome, it will inevitably dampen the army's strength. The four counties in northern Hebei were panicked, and when they saw my soldiers in the city, they would think that there was an opportunity. Once Xu Yan comes, I will be tired and in danger."

Guo Tu's words made many generals think deeply.

Yes, siege warfare is so easy to fight, in case it is not fought well, but it will give the enemy an idea.

Guo Tu saw that his words moved many people, so he took advantage of the victory and pursued:

"Therefore, instead of giving up the long and short, it is better to give full play to my field strengths, first divide the land, take the first line of Bai Ren and Julu Ze as the limit, attack the township community, divide the guard, and converge the rent valley. At that time, the enemy was in my womb, and defeat was instantaneous."

Guo Tu thought that his words were reasonable and well-founded, and they were more executable than what Guan Yu said, so he felt that he was in the limelight this time.

He stepped on Guan Yu, a rough general, to take the position, just to tell these people, Jun Luofeier and other directors, you should honestly fill the ditch below.

But unfortunately, Guo Tu didn't know what kind of person Guan Yu he was going to step on.

Seeing that Guo Tu had just finished speaking, Guan Yu raised his eyebrows angrily, and scolded directly at Guo Tu's halberd:

"What a dog slave, I am a heavy general, and I have the merit of siege and field warfare. You are just a mere delegation, and you want to be above me with your tongue? Are you also worthy of being in the same hall with me? Don't back down yet."

When Guan Yu said the four words "don't retreat yet", the sound was like a bell, and he directly took three steps back in horror to Guo Tu, who was caught off guard.

Guo Tu was insulted by Guan Yu in person, and the whole person turned red, he never thought that this Guan Yu would dare to humiliate him in the palace, he is also a seven-foot man, how can he be willing to suffer such humiliation.

So, he was going to step forward and grab Guan Yu's shirt and give him a good look.

But just as Guo Tu took a step forward, he suddenly saw Guan Yu's eyes, and the whole person froze.

This Guan Yu wants to kill him!

This must be killing intent.

Guo Tu suddenly knelt on the ground, completely undignified, and said to Zhang Chong, who was above him:

"Shuai Qu, General Guan is so majestic, if he just says a few words of his opinion, he will be humiliated by General Guan like this. Is that the future military strategy determined by General Guan's words?"

Guan Yu looked at Guo Tu, who was barking, and turned to Zhang Chong:

"Qu Shuai, this Guo Tu is just a lucky invite, and he is completely talking on paper. What did he say about besieging the thief city, and then attacking the township community and separating the guards. Then I ask how many troops are needed to besiege the city,

More, how to ensure long-term () supplies. If there is less, how can the thieves be surrounded?"

Then, Guan Yu turned his head and said to everyone:

"And once it can't be surrounded, then the so-called being in the rural community outside the city, separating the guard, and collecting money and food is just a joke. Once the enemy plunders the countryside, we will take care of one thing and lose the other, and be mobilized by the enemy."

"Besides, what this person said once the army was under the city, what would happen to the four counties in northern Hebei, it was even more of a joke. The counties of northern Hebei are called Hanchen, but they are actually princes. How can the intrigue between each other touch my tiger whiskers for the safety of Zhao Di?"

"But this person is not useless, and I agree with the Yibai people and the mainland Ze line. Just because this is the defense line of the Zhao State against Zhongshan in the past, there are still dock wall pavilions distributed to this limit. My intention is to divide my troops to garrison this place first, cut off possible bandit reinforcements from the north, and then attack Xiangguo with all my might."

Zhang Chong, who was sitting at the top, nodded frequently at what Guan Yu said.

Obviously, compared to Guo Tu's cleverness, Guan Yu undoubtedly made a lot of preparations before this, and he had mastered Zhao Di's defense and shape victory, so he formed a comprehensive suppression of Guo Tu, who was sharp and sharp.

But Zhang Chong found that Guan Yu's unique arrogant personality was completely unrestrained, which made Zhang Chong quite worried.

He didn't think that this kind of character was bad, nor was it disrespectful to him like Guo Tu's tricks, Zhang Chong was worried that this character would let Guan Yu be taken advantage of by thieves.

Guan Yu is not an ordinary fighting general, he is Zhang Chong who is the handsome man of the Great Wall.

In Zhang Chong's view, being handsome is like water, unfathomable.

It can be 3,000 feet of rapids, and it can also moisten things silently. In this way, one yin and one yang, will not be targeted by the enemy, otherwise they will be blindly strong and arrogant, and defeat will not be far away.

This is not what Zhang Chong thinks about, in Zhang Chong's own words, he can think of Guan Yu's two ways to die in the blink of an eye.

For example, Guan Yu was fighting in the front, and suddenly a fire dragon burned the warehouse when he dispatched the grain in the back, and you said that Guan Yu would not die.

For another example, he went hand in hand with his allies in many ways, but he encountered the enemy's main force, and his allies got lost, you said that Guan Yu would not die.

Even, any counter-plots, tricks to lure the enemy, etc., can be aimed at Guan Yu.

In this way, looking at Guan Yu, who was talking, Zhang Chong's face did not move, but his heart was full of worry.