Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 976 End of the Road II
"Why is he in such a hurry?" Hu Zhao hurried over and was a little surprised when he heard the news that Huangfu Song's soldiers were coming to Shouchun.

"Perhaps, he is much smarter than we imagined!"

Mu Jing narrowed his eyes, and a meaningful smile rose slightly on the corner of his mouth, and said, "We always thought that Huangfusong only understood the battlefield, but not politics. That's all, in fact, he can understand many things, but the principle is too strong!"

"I don't understand very well, explain it clearly!"

Hu Zhao looked at Mujing and said in a deep voice.

"Huangfusong knows the purpose of Lu Bu's army looking down on Yuzhou, and he is forced to fight Yuan Jun. Once he enters the stage of losing both sides, then he may encounter Lu Bu's sniper attack!"

Mu Jing analyzed: "So he used lightning tactics to kill Shouchun before Lu Bu reacted. Even if the Xiliang army went south, he would not be afraid to fight Lu Bu as long as he regained his main force!"

After a pause, he continued: "Actually, I am more optimistic about Huangfusong than Lu Bu. Lu Bu is the champion of the three armies, but Huangfusong is the god of war. On the battlefield, if you don't look at the logistics conditions of both sides, 80.00% of the victories will be won." It's Huangfusong!"

Huangfusong is very powerful, he has learned it himself.

Lu Bu is indeed very strong, but his strength lies in himself. When it comes to the ability of commander, Lu Bu is actually not as good as Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao's command ability is also one of the best in this era.

However, this era has the characteristics of this era. In the era of cold weapons, personal force is very important. A powerful general has a great momentum, and even [-] soldiers can defeat an army of [-].

So Lu Bu is still a fearsome titan.

Lu Bu led the army to look down at the border of Yuzhou. The pressure on Huangfusong was so great that he couldn't sit still, so he took a slanted sword and went directly to Shouchun City to defeat Yuan Shu in the shortest time.

In this way, even Lu Bu may not be able to react.

"But he may not be able to break through Shouchun!" Hu Zhao listened to what Mu Jing said, thought for a while, and said, "Shouchun City can be regarded as a city with high walls and thick walls, and there are many places surrounded by water. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. He Yuan Gonglu Even a rotten ship still has some nails, how can it be so easy to kill!"

"you are wrong!"

But Mu Jing disagreed with Hu Zhao's statement, saying: "On the contrary, I think that as long as Huangfu Song's troops come to Shouchun City, then Shouchun City will be over!"

"Why do you say that?"

"Pull one and mobilize the whole body!" Mu Jing said: "Yuan Shu can still support it now because his military spirit is still there, but when Huangfu Song's troops arrive at Shouchun City, his military spirit will inevitably be defeated. The defenses on all sides of Jiujiang will lose their effectiveness, whether it is Cao Cao or Zhang Liao, they can drive straight in!"

He sneered, and said, "Yuan Gonglu, we've come to the end!"

"It's a pity that a generation of outstanding people has just fallen!"

Hu Zhao sighed a little.

"Now I'm not concerned with these things, I'm more concerned with Huangfusong!" Mu Jing stood up, paced back and forth, thought for a long time, and then said: "Kong Ming, this Huangfusong used to think he was pedantic, so he wasn't too afraid of him. , but now I have a feeling that even though Huangfusong is too stubborn in principle, his thinking may not be rigid, he is a person who knows how to be flexible, but he is just unwilling to give in!"

"Are you going to recruit him?"

Hu Zhao looked at Mujing and asked cautiously.

"Wrong!" Mu Jing immediately shook his head: "I still have the same opinion. Huangfusong will not submit to the Minghou's mansion. He is a loyal minister after all, and he is more loyal and unparalleled than old man Cai. Once his thinking is established, It's hard to change, so even if he is willing to take refuge in my Minghou Mansion, I don't really dare to accept him, if this kind of person bites back at you, it will be really hard to guard against!"

He is not unwilling.

I don't dare.

The point is, he thinks that he may not be able to control Huangfusong, and he doesn't want to do things that are self-defeating.

"Then what are you going to do?" Hu Zhao asked.

"What can I do!"

Mu Jing smiled wryly, and said: "I can only watch, now Xi Zhicai has gone to Xiangyang County, Zhanhu Camp and Wuxi Barbarian Camp have also been transferred to the north, Jiujiang, Runan, Nanyang, all the changes, only Let's see how he decides!"

He rubbed the bridge of his nose, his eyes flickered for a moment, feeling a little uncomfortable all over his body, after a while, he said: "I don't know why, I feel that Xiliang is not so easy to clean up Huangfusong, and something may happen!"

"Isn't it best for things to get bigger and bigger?" Hu Zhao said with a sneer, "It's the best thing for us to make the imperial court lose troops!"

"What if the big one can't be cleaned up?"

"What do you mean?"

"If Huangfusong really dares to get rich, he might really have some influence!" Mu Jing sighed, but didn't answer: "It's best for us to be the people who eat melons, but we should also prepare for the worst!"

"What is the worst plan!"

"Mobilize troops!"

"Out in force?"

"Not impossible!"

"No way!"

"The situation is changing so fast that I can't see clearly. The best and worst plans are not harmful to us. What I fear most is being hit suddenly. I don't even have a chance to react. No!"

"You say that, I'm a little creepy!"

Hu Zhao trembled all over, and said: "No, I have to go to Beiwu Hall later to discuss with Huang Zhong, strengthen the deployment of the entire army, restore full combat power as soon as possible, and arrange logistics matters at the same time to ensure that the arsenal, grain depot, Can be under combat readiness!"

"Ok!"

Pastoral nod.

Better prepared than not ready.

"Or I'll go now!"

"Let's go for a while!" Mu Jing said, "I have one more thing to discuss with you!"

"What is it?" Hu Zhao looked at him in surprise.

"Look at this!"

Mu Jing handed Hu Zhao a preliminary plan in his hand, and said, "Then give me some advice!"

"what is this?"

"look by youself!"

"Mysterious!"

Hu Zhao opened it, and after a careful look, his pupils moved slightly, his expression full of doubts, and after a while, he raised his head and said, "What do you mean by doing this?"

"Isn't the expression clear enough?" Mu Jing asked back.

"It's very clear, but I just don't understand your original intention!" Hu Zhaodao: "You are going to set up seats for ministers participating in politics in Zhaoming Pavilion. I can understand this, but the powers and responsibilities of these ministers participating in politics still have meaning , I'm a little confused!"

"What does it mean to participate in politics?" Mu Jing asked.

"Participate in government affairs?"

"correct!"

Mu Jing said: "If you listen, you will be clear and if you believe, you will be dark. The choices I made alone, maybe the decisions made by you and me, are somewhat incomplete. Humans cannot guarantee that they will not do wrong things all the time, so I plan to , Change the decision-making level of Minghou Mansion. In the past, all matters of Minghou Mansion would be reported to Zhaoming Pavilion, and then you and I will make decisions. Zhaoming Pavilion is the decision-making center of Minghou Mansion. You and I are the ones who make decisions. Now , I am going to change this kind of thin, some not comprehensive, and some easy to authorize the way!"

He explained his management philosophy to Hu Zhao in detail, saying: "In Zhaoming Pavilion, every seat is very important. He will have decision-making power and can participate in the military and political affairs of the Minghou Mansion!"

In Mu Jing's mind, his political experience is actually insufficient. After all, as a businessman, he will instinctively have a businessman's style no matter what he does or how he looks at some things.

Businessmen are mercenary, no matter what they do, they always look grand, but they are not grand enough.

Starting from Hanzhong, the government has been independently governing. Although it has been smooth along the way, many disadvantages have emerged. He needs to change, not only himself, but also the method of dictatorship.

It's not that he's going to advocate democracy. Era is different from one era to another. Playing democracy in this era is easy to be played as a fool.

The wisdom of the people has not yet been developed, and the thinking of the people is dull.

If you tell them the truth, they won't understand it. He makes them understand that they only know how to think about things with their own thinking. The so-called democracy can only be bound by hands and feet.

A constitutional monarchy system can be considered, but not at this time.

What Mujing wants to emulate is the Ming Dynasty of later generations.

The cabinet system proposed by the Ming Dynasty was a good governing policy in the era of feudal borders and backwardness.

"In this way, the power of the lord will be divided. Once someone is ambitious, forms a party for personal gain, and controls the Zhaoming Pavilion, the lord will become a puppet!" Hu Zhao gasped.

Mu Jing actually proposed such a political management plan, which he could not have imagined, nor did he dare to think about it.

He could imagine how much impact it would have on Mujing once Zhaoming Pavilion's political participation system was established. Even if Mujing could control the overall situation, the descendants of the Mu family would be able to control Zhaoming Pavilion in the future.

Since ancient times, kings have always held power and actively distributed power, and there are really few.

"One-third of a person's ability is born, and seven points are cultivated. The Liu family can have heroes such as Gaozu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu, etc., and there are also foolish kings!" Mu Jing said calmly: "I dare to propose , I naturally think that I can control Zhaomingtang. I am confident that one day, no one under my Mu family will dare to oppose me. As for the future, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. If they can't control it, then let them be a puppet , Isn’t it very good, we can’t let the people of the world suffer if we Mu’s descendants don’t live up to their expectations. I only need to guarantee one thing, that is, Zhaoming Pavilion’s decision-making. His orders can cause countless heads to fall to the ground, so Zhaoming Pavilion must be wise and powerful, and never lose consciousness!"

"My lord acts generously, and my subordinates admire it, but this matter is of great importance, and my subordinates should carefully consider it before I can give my lord an answer!"

Hu Zhao bowed his hands and said word by word.

"Think slowly, don't rush!"

Mu Jing waved his hand: "I dare not say that what I do is right, and I dare not say that the policy plan I proposed is absolutely good. I will discuss it with you in the hope that there will be a consensus , don’t take my face too seriously, what I want is a policy that can be implemented, so that the Minghou Mansion, the administrative group in charge of Yizhou, can become even better, understand!"

"My subordinates understand!"

Hu Zhao nodded.

With a heavy heart on his mind, he left the main hall and returned to the side hall first. In the side hall, he read for a while the proposal written by Mujing himself to propose ministers, and he read it very carefully. It was not until the afternoon that he Went to the official office of Beiwutang, and discussed with Huang Zhong how to organize the army...

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Xiangyang County, Xiangyang City.

As the Sima of the Minghou Mansion, the top three magnates in Yizhou, the number one military adviser of the Mu Army, Xi Zhicai's identity is top secret in many places, and this time he went north, the Minghou Mansion did not issue any notices. Even if the place is not clear.

However, the transfer of Zhanhu Camp and Wuxi Camp cannot be hidden from the local government.

The fighting strength of the Zhanhu Battalion has not yet recovered. Although the recruits are all elites selected by various troops and horses, the integration with the veterans has not been completed. The current fighting strength is at most only [-]% of what it used to be.

On the other hand, Wuxi Camp recovered quickly.

Although the Wuxi barbarian army suffered heavy losses in the Nanzhong battle, they had the support of the Wuxi barbarian tribe, and there was no need to add that the Wuxi barbarian army was formed from the elite cut down from the original Wuxi barbarian army. The cooperation between the upper tribes itself requires closer cooperation within the other armies. In addition, they are also unfamiliar with the military formation, so they don't need to adjust, as long as they train the military formation. In just a few months, Wuxi The battalion-to-army training has made great progress, and the combat effectiveness has improved a lot.

The two troops headed north quickly, and within seven days, they had already entered the outskirts of Xiangyang. The troops were stationed in Longzhong, the northern suburb of Xiangyang, waiting for orders.

in the military camp.

Xi Zhicai stood in front of a marching map hung on a screen, looking at the entire terrain of Nanyang: "I just got the news that Huangfu Song marched day and night, and walked nearly [-] miles a day and night, and he has already arrived at Shouchun City." Already!"

"It's too cruel!"

Both Lei Hu and Sha Moke gasped a bit.

Even if their elites want to march continuously in one day and one night, it will be difficult to walk five hundred miles. This is definitely a lightning-fast march.

"I can see a little bit from here!"

Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice: "The fighting power of the Guanzhong army is probably not inferior to ours. Huangfusong is not only good at fighting, but also in training. After all, I have not been able to pull a The army has the ability to attack six hundred miles in one day and one night!"

"The key is Shouchun's situation?"

A general of the Zhanhu Battalion said, "Huangfusong marched in such a hurry to attack Shouchun. I am afraid that the battle for Shouchun has already begun. He will not give Yuan Shu a chance to react!"

"That's right!"

Xi Zhicai nodded: "Shouchun City will definitely not be able to hold on. Yuan Shu's end is near, but I can't say how long he can hold on, but now, our goal is not Shouchun, but the battlefield in Runan and Jiujiang , Zhang Liao and Zhou Cang are enough, what we are going to focus on now is Nanyang!"

"This is also the main intention of the lord to send our army north?"

Lei Hu said.

"Ok!"

Xi Zhicai said: "We want to take Nanyang before Huangfusong returns to Nanyang!"

"That should be an easy task!" Shamoke said: "The main force of the Guanzhong Army is already on the Shouchun battlefield, and Nanyang's troops are empty. As long as we drive straight in, we will definitely win in one fell swoop!"

"It's simple to think, but in fact there is absolutely no such simple thing!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "We must not be the only ones eyeing Nanyang!"

"Who else, could it be Jingzhou!"

"Jingzhou is in disaster now. Just look at Xiangyang City. Even the surrounding area of ​​Xiangyang is flooded by heavy rain. The downstream should be even more miserable. It's good that they can hold on. Do you still have the idea to send troops to Nanyang?"

Lei Hu sneered.

"That's right!" Xi Zhicai said, "They probably didn't want to spy on Nanyang, but we still have an enemy, the Xiliang Army!"

"Xiliang Army!"

Lei Hu's face suddenly turned serious, his fists clenched tightly, his breath was burning like flames, even his eyes were a little blood red, revealing a cold killing intent: "It's just in time, after so many years There is no more fighting, and now I want to meet them properly!"

Back then, the Mu army was stabbed by Xiliang and trapped in Guanzhong, with countless casualties, and how many direct descendants of the older generation were wiped out in that battle.

The Violent Bear Army was almost wiped out in that battle.

Countless soldiers were Lei Hu's brothers, friends, elders, Pao Ze...they all died in that battle.

Speaking of which, the hatred between them is as deep as the sea.

"Don't be impulsive!"

Xi Zhicai waved his hand and said, "It's time to fight, but not now, we have to wait!"

"Waiting for what?"

"Waiting for news from Shouchun!" Xi Zhicai squinted his eyes and said lightly: "We all want Nanyang, so we must fight, but what method should we use to fight, hard or lightly?" They all need to have a goal, don't forget that Nanyang is now in Huangfusong's hands, look at the casualties of the Guanzhong Army, we will make plans, you should recharge your batteries and prepare for battle at any time!"

He paused, and said: "Also, after three days, we will move to Xinye!"

"promise!"

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Shouchun City.

When it was dark, this was still a comfortable city, but after dawn, it had turned into an endless hell.

The Guanzhong army attacked the city.

There is no rest.

When Huangfu Song's troops approached the city, he immediately launched an attack.

Of course, his attack was not too fierce. After all, the soldiers consumed a lot of physical strength, so he only arranged some cases to attack, and the rest of the soldiers and horses rested. Then, a day later, the soldiers and horses that had rested and horses attacked alternately. Although the attacking force is not strong, it may allow the soldiers to continue to attack and preserve this offensive, so that the soldiers in the city who had a little bit of luck were shattered, and their fighting spirit was broken one by one. The defense of Shouchun City was not very strong either. Yuan Jun's outside troops could not come back quickly, and they fought very easily.

Huangfu Song stormed the city wall for more than three days, and finally knocked on the gate of Shouchun City.

(End of this chapter)