After killing Wang Kuang, the Bai Yu army led by Xiahou Lan did not stop chasing and killing the Taishan soldiers.

Xiahou Lan firmly remembered Liu Jian's words, and exercised the strategy of killing all of Wang Kuang's descendants and township troops.

Then Wen Chou's cavalry also arrived, he and Xiahou Lan united with each other, killed Wang Kuang's people, although they could not completely annihilate the Taishan army, but they were already fighting and could not form an army again.

After handling the follow-up work on the battlefield, Xia Houlan came to Wen Chou with Wang Kuang's head in his hand.

Xiahou Lan was very polite to Wen Chou, he pointed to Wang Kuang's head and said to Wen Chou: "Wen Sima led his troops to fight bloodily to chase the national thieves, and I was ordered by General Zuo to stop this fang here, not because I wanted to compete for the general's credit." ”

"Although Wang Kuang died at my hands today, it is really the work of Sima, and I can't take it for myself."

"Please accept this head."

Wen Chou listened to Xia Houlan's words, and was a little dazed for a while, and didn't react too much.

After a long time, Fang Jianwen came back to his senses.

He showed a heroic smile and said, "Brother Xian looks down on me and is ugly? Think I'm a narrow-minded person who competes with others? ”

Xia Houlan hurriedly said: "That's not what I meant, it's really not that......"

Wen Chou dragged Xia Houlan and said to him: "The lord treats a certain kindness like a mountain, when he broke more than 40 prestigious families in Hebei before, he made a great contribution to a certain in Liyang, and made an exception to promote, which has moved a certain person very much, how can he ask for too much?" ”

"This time the king and thief are chased and killed, only for state affairs, not for merit, Xiahou Xiandi killed Wang Kuang, this credit should be yours, if you take it, wouldn't you become a wolf-hearted dog? Absolutely impossible. ”

"The virtuous brother just takes the credit back and asks for credit, you don't have to think too much about it, Wen is a dignified Youzhou athlete, how can he be such a narrow-minded person who competes with others?"

When Xiahou Lan heard this, she sighed: "Wen Sima is a real hero......"

Wen Chou laughed, then pulled Xiahou Lan closer and said in a low voice:

If you don't dislike it, Wen is willing to be a pair of close friends with you in the future, in this world of great contention, on the battlefield, we can also take care of each other! How is it? ”

Xia Houlan said: "I am from a humble background, I am afraid that I am not compatible." ”

Wen Chou smiled: "Haojie doesn't ask where he comes from, so what about his humble background?" It seems that Guan Fujun, Zhang Fujun and others under the command of the lord are not prominent families, and now they have become a big career! Not only did he become a 2,000-stone person, he became famous in the northern Xinjiang, but also made the barbarians subdued, which is enough to be passed down through the ages! ”

Xia Houlan listened to Wen Chou's words, and her mind became a little lively.

It is rare for Wen Chou to value him so much, and he is willing to be called a friend with him, Xia Houlan's heart is very moved.

He immediately bowed his hand to Wen Chou and said: "Thanks to Wen Sima for being so valued, if he does not give up, from now on, he is willing to be a brother." ”

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News of Wang Kuang's killing soon spread back to Liu Jian's location.

At this time, Liu Bei, who was responsible for commanding the generals on the front line, also completed the task of encircling and annihilating the Taishan Army and came to report to Liu Jian.

In this battle to encircle and annihilate Wang Kuang, Liu Jian did not participate in the command, he just watched the battle in the rear, and at the last opportunity asked Xiahoulan to intercept and kill Wang Kuang, and he did nothing else, all the scheduling was arranged by Liu Bei, and he commanded Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou in the front to annihilate the Taishan army.

Now, Liu Bei has successfully completed the task and has come to give Liu Jian an explanation.

The two of them sat on a hillside and made plans for the future of Hanoi County.

During this period, there were secret agents in the army under Liu Jian who came to report to Liu Jian.

There is no one around the two of them at the moment, so the content of the secret agent's report cannot be heard by others.

"After Xiahou Junhou personally killed Wang Kuang, he wanted to give Wang Kuang's head to Wen Sima, and wanted Wen Sima to come to ask for merit."

Liu Jian nodded slowly, did not interrupt the other party, and continued to listen.

"Wen Sima never asked for Wang Kuang's head, and he also talked very happily with Xiahou Junhou, and they were commensurate with each other's brothers."

Liu Jian smiled when he heard this.

"Sure enough."

Then, with a wave of his hand, he let the spies go down.

Liu Bei sat beside Liu Jian, picked up a handful of weeds from the ground, and threw them on the ground one after another.

"Deran, as Ling said, the bigger this cause is, the more and more factions below will be divided, and the more and more detailed they will be."

Liu Jian smiled faintly: "This is normal, where there are people, there are factions, no matter what, this is something that no one is destined to avoid, and it cannot be reversed by manpower." ”

In Liu Jian's view, when a collective force develops to a certain extent, the following groups of people will naturally be divided into factions according to their relationship, origin, status or place of origin.

Not to mention the current era, even 1,800 years from now, isn't it the same?

The beautiful country considers itself to have the most advanced and free system in the world, but it is still divided into two factions within the country.

It's all a normal thing.

"Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Xia Houlan...... These people are not from a scholarly family, they can be regarded as military generals, and at the same time, they are all local people in Jiyou, and their personalities are heroic, so it is not accidental that they can come together, if they don't come together today, they will be tomorrow. ”

Liu Bei suddenly let out an "oh".

"However, the original situation in Hebei is more complicated, the high families of the two places in Hebei and Youyou, the scholars and the scholars are intertwined, intermarriage with each other, forming one force after another, this kind of atmosphere, I think not only there are wealthy families, but also affect the right of the wealthy families."

Liu Bei said while playing with grass on the side: "Back then, Deran, you came to Jizhou as a herdsman, combining rigidity and softness, and grace and power, only then did you break the situation of collusion among all ethnic groups in Hebei, I am thinking about it, now Wen Chou and Xiahou Lan just inadvertently have signs of being a faction, and other real Haoyouwang clans, will they collude again on weekdays?" ”

Liu Jian replied: "This is an inevitable thing, even if there is no faction now, in a few years, when the distribution of interests becomes more and more difficult to balance, factions will still appear." ”

"Again, this kind of thing can never be eradicated, with the position of our Han clan relatives, what we can do is to control the highest interests."

"As long as the highest interests are in our hands, no matter how our people are divided into various factions, we can use them freely, and even some factions can be used by us."

"De Ran, you're really thoughtful." Liu Bei said with emotion.

Liu Jian stretched out his hand and patted Liu Bei's shoulder, and said, "How is it, there are quite a few people in command of this battle, how do you feel?" ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he sighed and looked embarrassed.

"Deran, to be honest, I have always followed you, with you as the main guide, and I also listened to your dispatch more when using soldiers...... Over the years, I have fought a lot of small-scale battles of less than 10,000 people, and I can be regarded as handy, but these battles of more than 10,000 people are ...... Alas, for me, it was still a little difficult. ”

Liu Jian stretched out his hand and patted Liu Bei's shoulder, and said: "You are my brother, I know your strengths and weaknesses best, and small-scale battles are your strengths, but once there are more soldiers and horses, your vision and overall view on the battlefield will be limited, which is determined by your innate conditions and abilities." ”

Liu Bei sighed: "Don't say it, you really know myself better than myself." ”

"Commanding these 30,000 horses to fight against Wang Kuangjun this time really makes me tired...... To be honest, Wang Kuang asked you to calculate. ”

"If the two armies fight in front of the normal formation, I will fight against the Taishan army for these tens of thousands of soldiers, although it will not be lost, but it will definitely not be so smooth, I am afraid it will take a lot of twists and turns."

Liu Jian laughed: "So, brother, you still need to practice a lot and accumulate experience, rest assured, I have found you the opponent for the next battle, and I guarantee that you will be satisfied." ”

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this: "Still looking for it?" ”

Liu Jian said: "Of course you have to look for it, since you already know your shortcomings in using soldiers, then you must continue to sharpen your shortcomings, the way of using soldiers, in addition to talent, the rest is to rely on the accumulation of experience." ”

"Your ability to command a large corps in battle is not good, so you have to rely on the continuous accumulation of experience in actual combat."

"That's the only way to progress, isn't it?"

Liu Bei smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Then tell me, who is the opponent you found for me?" ”

"Cao Cao!"

(End of chapter)