Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 881
At the beginning of June, Shen Zhezi rushed east from Xuchang to Chenliuyu City, and went to the front line to check the specific details of the battle and the changes to be made later.

Yucheng is an area newly recovered by the Huainan Army. Shen Zhezi traveled all the way, and he could still see traces of the battle in the wild.Now the chaos in this area has been wiped out long ago, and it has been turned into a front-line base camp for the Huainan Army to continue their offensive. Han Huang led an army of nearly ten thousand troops to garrison here.

When Shen Zhezi rushed to this place, a dozen generals from Han Huang came out to meet him. Before Shen Zhezi could speak, everyone bowed down to plead guilty.A group has gradually gained cohesion from scratch, and even being proud of being a member of this group will naturally develop its unique characteristics. The characteristics of Huainan are pragmatism and arrogance.

At the beginning of this Chenliu battle, it was indeed a series of battles and victories, and the Huainan army devoured the bandits with a destructive momentum.But in terms of facts, this is not something to be proud of. The Huainan Army has the most superior military supplies and the most outstanding achievements. It is a matter of course to win and lose.Before that, they laughed at the incompetence of the Xuzhou army in order to fix the chaos, and they had to rely on the help of the Huainan army to solve the Liu Zheng's chaos army, but now that the predicament is upon them, they really can't let go.

Shen Zhezi was originally somewhat dissatisfied with the frontline generals. Even when formulating the strategic plan, he underestimated the tactics of Chen Guang's rebellious army, but the foundation and strength of the Huainan Army should not have suffered such a heavy loss.This kind of combat performance is simply not as good as before, making Shen Zhezi feel that raising the army for the past few years is like a joke.

However, seeing that the eyes of Han Huang and other generals are all bloodshot, it can be seen that they are deeply ashamed and anxious about this, and it is not a deliberate gesture.It was not easy for him to directly reprimand the generals in public, so he entered the barracks first accompanied by the generals.

Yucheng is also a place with a strong humanistic atmosphere in Chenliu County. There are many virtuous officials and celebrities who have been prominent for a while, such as Cai Yong, a famous scholar in the late Han Dynasty, and Gao Rou, a famous official who lived in the history of Cao Wei and five dynasties. All of Jiang Tong are from Yucheng.Even Cao Zhi, the king of Chen Si, who was praised as a talented man by later generations, lived here for a long time.

But the so-called humanistic atmosphere is just a luxury in this troubled time, and it has long since disappeared after repeated wars. It is no different from the desolation of other counties and counties that Shen Zhezi saw when he first arrived in Yuzhou.

The Huainan army camp was built near Caishui on a high hill made of earth, and the camp was as big as a city.This is actually Shen Zhezi's instruction. After the chaos is settled, this camp will be used as the basis for building a new city, so as to quickly establish a stronghold for the people's livelihood on the recovered land.

Therefore, the construction of this camp is much stronger than ordinary military use. The cavalry rushed to trample the soil foundation, stacking layers to make it significantly higher than the top. Even Caishui outside the camp was digging deeper and wider to build water conservancy. .Naturally, such a systematic fortification cannot be completed within ten days, so when Shen Zhezi arrived, there were still a large number of laborers working hard here.

Most of these laborers were captured by Dingkou in Chenliu's locality. They all had disheveled faces, ragged clothes, sad and numb expressions, like walking corpses.Therefore, this scene of construction is not really thriving and exciting, and there are even some dead bodies left in the trenches that were too hungry and exhausted to be picked up.And the Huainan Army's service to these captives and laborers was far from gentle, and punishments for beating and scolding were common.

Compassion does not control soldiers, although it is only four words, but Shen Zhezi has increased his understanding of the cruelty under this word every year after the Northern Expedition.Not boasting, in this world, few people can match him when it comes to compassion for the common people.But when it comes to the level of military strategy, his sympathy for Xiaomin is more like a hypocritical self-paralysis, because it is impossible to do it at all.

In all honesty, even if these people are thieves, they have no major crimes themselves. Most of them are struggling to survive involuntarily. They have become stepping stones for ambitious people. Punishment should not be punished on their heads.

Shen Zhezi also occasionally thinks that his so-called righteous king teacher, who abuses the people with his words, is only fifty steps away from the Hulu, and the essence is the same.Even if the Northern Expedition succeeds in the end, it will be extremely difficult for him to see a truly peaceful and prosperous world in which the people will never be hungry and the old and young will live in peace in their homes. So what standard should the meaning of his life's struggle be measured by?Winners and losers are nothing more than piles of corpses and white bones.

However, although Huainan is growing stronger day by day, Shen Zhezi rarely thinks about this kind of problem anymore, because his heart has become harder and he has become more mature.No one can escape the overwhelming trend, even Shen Zhezi himself, although the more powerful he is, the more he feels the responsibility is heavy, and he feels more and more powerless.

He is not underestimating himself, and he also knows that if these villagers live under the rule of the Huainan Governor's Mansion, they will be in a much better situation than following Chen Guang.But others may not agree that these villagers were either forced or took the initiative to take refuge in Chen Guang's rebellious army, flocking in groups to a dark and narrow road, and finally failed to profit from the growth of Huainan. Become feed, nutrients are digested and absorbed in a rather cruel way.

In such a world, whose fault is it?
Shen Zhezi also understands that he himself is not clean, and when he pulls out the radish and brings out the mud, when he chooses to use a tough attitude to confront those clan sects, it means that he has given up being under the shadow of those clan clans and cannot escape. of the villagers.Maybe in time, he can choose a gentle way to solve these long-standing disadvantages, but those Hulu who are waiting for him will not give him this time.

The bones are the pen, and the flesh and blood grind the ink. Under the history, I can't bear to look at it.One year or looking back in astonishment, only to realize that I am also beyond recognition.

Shen Zhezi stayed by Caishui for a while, and ordered the accompanying officials to plan and expand the scale of repairing Caishui as soon as possible. In the short term, the war in Chenliu shows no signs of improvement. In addition to maintaining the current military strength, it may continue to increase the army. The requirements are inevitably greater.Moreover, once Shi Kanti's troops come south to fight in the future, if the army persists for a long time, sneak attacking grain roads will be a compulsory subject, so the more convenient waterways, the greater the tactical flexibility.

In this battle, he wanted to be Cao Cao, not Yuan Shao.

When Han Huang and the others heard Shen Zhezi's instructions, their heads inevitably lowered. They knew that they and others were at a disadvantage in the battle, so the governor had to slightly adjust the plan and increase investment in Chen Liu.

After entering the barracks, Shen Zhezi's mood improved a bit.The atmosphere in the barracks was not bad, and the soldiers were performing their duties, either manipulating the newly delivered ordnance, or quietly recuperating their combat power.After realizing that Mr. Liang entered the camp for inspection, although he did not dare to leave the camp without authorization, the atmosphere became visibly active. Many people saluted him, chanted words, and used some subtle expressions and movements to express their respect for the commander in chief.

After patrolling the camp for a while, Shen Zhezi entered the big tent surrounded by all the generals. After taking his seat, he said directly: "There is no need to say too much about the confession. The war is negligent and ever-changing. The Dudu Mansion is by no means without fault tolerance. Up to now, there have been victories and setbacks, even though the battles have been in vain, it is unpredictable that the enemy is ignorant. I would like to hear your suggestions on how to attack and stabilize chaos in the future."

After everyone heard the words, they stopped talking empty words, but no one dared to express their opinions first, so Han Huang could only say: "Although it has been several years before the battle, there are still changes in the enemy's situation before the battle..."

Shen Zhezi lowered his eyelids slightly, listening quietly to Han Huang's statement.What Han Huang said about the change in the enemy's situation is the most important two points. One is that Chen Guang's troops and Dingkou's predictions were wrong. But only the cleaning of the periphery captured more than [-] people in Dingkou, and there must be a lot more in Yongqiu, Waihuang, Cangyuan and other places at the core of Chen Guang's influence.

Speaking of this, Shen Zhezi was also a little ashamed.The reason why Chen Guang's forces have surged in the past few years has a lot to do with the tough government orders of the Huainan Governor's Mansion. The population fled north.

Previously, Huainan's estimation of Chen Guang's crowd was based on the estimation of the fleeing population through the inspection of his hometown, the notification from the domestic trade and trade, and the frequent intrusion and counting by small groups of scouts.The conclusions drawn by these methods are actually very rough. It's no wonder that the Huainan Metropolitan Government's data collection is not good. Maybe even Chen Guang himself can't tell how many people are living under his protection.You must know that even with such an efficient administrative structure in the Huainan Dudufu, it is inevitable that the six counties under the rule will hide in the shadows, not to mention the chaotic army.

The second point of the change in the enemy's situation is the change of the terrain. Chen Guang has been guarding against the Huainan army's suppression in the past few years, so he has frequently used fortifications within the control range, or intercepted the river, or burst the embankment, through wanton changes to the water conditions. And man-made barriers.

For example, Gaoshipi, which the Huainan army is attacking this time, was originally just an independent pond. As a result, Chen Guang has used people's power to dig several tens of miles long ditches in the past few years, separating the Baiyangpi and Baiyangpi in the east. Gaoshipi was connected together, and more than a dozen water storage ponds were dug at the same time, which expanded the area of ​​Gaoshipi by nearly half, enclosing the entire southwest direction of Yongqiu.

These topographical changes made all the intelligence previously held by the Huainan Army useless. In addition, the previous combat goal was to make a quick decision, so they made the mistake of underestimating the enemy's aggressive advance, and were ambushed several times by the rebel army relying on the terrain.Fortunately, the Huainan Army was not like the Xuzhou Army where there were many factions fighting against each other. Although the losses were large, they had gained some gains after all. Wubi can be regarded as an overview of the situation in Gaoshipi.

After Han Huang's speech, the rest of the generals also spoke out one after another. Some said that the logistics and transportation were not in time, some said that the Huainan Army's complete ordnance was not advantageous in the complex terrain, and some said that the soldiers of the rebellious army Hidden among the villagers, it is difficult to identify them in detail.There are dozens of questions in total, which can be regarded as a relatively comprehensive analysis of the current predicament.As for these problems, some can be made up for by perseverance or technology, while others are really helpless.

Hearing that the generals carefully analyzed the problem, although Shen Zhezi felt a little annoyed, he was generally relieved.On the one hand, the generals are seriously reviewing, not perfunctory and evading mistakes; on the other hand, Chen Liu's current state is not an isolated case, and it is quite similar to Xingyang, the next target of the Huainan Army later on. It is also a benefit.

After listening to the summary of the audience's statements, Shen Zhezi also realized that it would not be easy to solve Chen Guang in a short period of time, and of course it was not impossible to do so at any cost.However, the Huainan army still has to face the two unstable factors of Shi Kan and Taobao, which are far from being strong enough to ignore the cost.These three combat directions are really too close, and each is an independent individual, with high flexibility in choice, which makes the situation even more complicated.

Everyone was still discussing matters, when suddenly a soldier outside the account reported that Chen Guang's rebellious army had sent an envoy to see him.

(End of this chapter)