I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 515, Assignment to the Western Regions

Yuan Xi said in despair: "From now on, Hebei has mobilized more than 40 troops, and all of them are the most elite troops in Hebei. Now Sili and Yuzhou are fighting everywhere, and our army has been completely defeated now!"

Yuan Xi couldn't help but not despair, the big army's attack on them was overwhelming. The 30 army that his elder brother managed to get out of could not resist the big army, but now his Yuan's army surrendered to Lei Gong in large numbers. It's just too disappointing.The war has only been fought for a month, and Sili and Yuzhou have already lost more than half of their land. According to this speed, they will perish in another month.

"Did the general and Qingzhou Mu support us?

They should know that if we are wiped out by Lei Gong, they will not have a good time. Isn't the general and Qingzhou Mu such short-sighted people?Why don't they support me? "The envoy asked unwillingly!

Yuan Xi said helplessly: "Now Jizhou has 20 troops stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River, just across the river from Qingzhou. You say that under such circumstances, Cao Cao dares to support us! At this time, Cao Cao is also in danger. Hebei General Duan Yun led 1 cavalry to rush into Xuzhou, attacking the city and breaking the formation all the way, no one can stop him, if Cao Cao is not careful, he might not even be able to keep Xuzhou!"

"Although the general has the idea of ​​supporting us, his army is far away in Jingzhou, and in the past six months, in order to maintain the value of Jingzhou banknotes, the general has released all the grain in the granary to the people. How much food and grass, let alone how many troops can be sent to support me!"

Then Yuan Xi said distressedly: "It seems that we are doomed this time, if we can't make it through, we will all die in Lei Gong's hands!"

The reality is too cruel, Yuan Xi can only drink alcohol every day to numb himself, because he knows that in less than 2 months, his Yuan family will completely disappear from this world.After Lei Gong occupies Sili and Yuzhou, according to his past habits, he will definitely pull out all the former disciples of his Yuan family, and there will never be another Yuan family of four generations and three princes in this place. World.

At the beginning of May of the second year of Jian'an (AD 197)!Chang'an City!
Zhang He was very trustworthy. After the two sides negotiated the conditions, Zhang Baiqi set up a white flag and opened the gate to surrender to Zhang Baiqi after Zhang Baiqi's army came to Chang'an City. Three days later, Zhang Baiqi sent two armies to occupy Tongguan and Tongguan respectively. Wuguan, so far the entire Guanzhong has been completely captured by the Dagan army.

At this time, Li Ru approached Zhang Baiqi and said, "General, Zhang Zhi from Dunhuang asks to see you!"

Zhang Baiqi asked: "I have never heard of this person's name, who is he? With such a big face, can I invite you?"

Zhang Baiqi knew that Li Ru hated the members of the Yuan family. Back then, he took refuge in Dagan because he wanted to use their power to destroy the Guandong clan headed by the Yuan family and avenge Dong Zhuo.But now most of the people in Guanzhong are related to Yuan Shao, logically speaking Li Ru should hate them to the bone, why did he bring someone to see him!

Li Rudao: "Zhang Zhi is nothing but a useless Confucian scholar, but his father is Zhang Huan, a famous general of the Han Dynasty. He was one of the Three Mings of Xiliang. He guarded the frontier of the Han Dynasty for decades, and his power shocked the entire Xiliang and the desert!"

Then Li Ru told Zhang Baiqi about Zhang Huan's past deeds, especially that Dong Zhuo was also a soldier under Zhang Huan, and Zhang Huan helped Dong Zhuo a lot!Especially Li Ru himself was helped by Zhang Huan.

During the period of Emperor Hengdi Lingdi, the recommendation system of the Great Han Dynasty almost existed in name only, and the recommendation system was already controlled by the great Confucians in the Kanto region. If you want to become an official, you want to be recommended by the Great Confucianism, or be a disciple of the Great Confucianism!This forced many people to become Confucian scholars before they could become officials.

Therefore, at the end of the Han Dynasty, many generals who could fight had to be great Confucians, otherwise it would be difficult for simple generals to succeed, just like the civil servants commanding generals in the Ming Dynasty.Under the oppression of this system, military commanders have been unable to get ahead!
This was the case at the end of the Han Dynasty. A simple general like Dong Zhuo had no future at all.If you want to go further, you must read the Confucian classics thoroughly. If you become a man of both civil and military skills, you can enter the circle of Confucianism, even to a very high level, otherwise people will not recognize you as a great Confucian.

And among the Xiliang Sanming, two of them can be regarded as great Confucian scholars!Just like Lu Zhi, although he is said to be a great Confucian, most of his official career was related to war.

At the beginning, Zhang Huan ended his career as an official, returned to Hongnong, and stayed behind closed doors. With thousands of disciples, he lectured on Confucian classics and wrote "Shang Shu Nan" with more than [-] words.

Zhang Huan became a great Confucian in his later years, but most of his disciples were from Xiliang. It can be said that Zhang Huan helped Xiliang people find a way to become an official. Li Ru also learned from Zhang Huan back then. He is his senior brother!
Zhang Baiqi heard that there was such a relationship, so he said to Li Ru, "Then I will meet this great scholar in Guanzhong and see what he will say!"

Soon Zhang Baiqi's personal guard brought a scholar with a height of eight feet and a refined temperament to him!
Zhang Baiqi asked: "I don't know what you will do with Ben?"

Zhang Zhi cupped his hands and saluted, "I was also entrusted by General Zhang to come here to ask the commander not to drive them out of the barracks!"

Zhang Baiqi sneered and said: "This is a major military affairs I have done, do you think you have such a big face?"

Zhang Zhi said indifferently: "I am just a messenger. Everything depends on the commander's own thoughts. General Zhang and the others are willing to contribute the weapons and food of the entire Chang'an city! I just hope that they will not be driven out of the barracks, and the commander-in-chief is right. Your big army is also beneficial, as the saying goes, it is easy to get a thousand troops, but hard to find a general, General Zhang and the others are veterans who have experienced many battles, with their help, the big army will surely annex the entire Central Plains with twice the result with half the effort!"

But Zhang Baiqi said flatly: "I will keep my word. The food and weapons in Chang'an City will be converted into money and handed over to them. They don't need to contribute. As for their joining the army, I can't agree to it. I will do it on my own." According to the system, anyone who wants to become a Dagan officer must first enter the Dagan Military Academy to study, Zhang He and the others do not meet my Dagan employment standards, so they cannot join the Dagan Army!"

Zhang Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "The commander-in-chief really wants to be so decisive that he won't give Zhang Xi any way? Their requirements are not very high!"

But Zhang Baiqi said indifferently: "I work hard and have my own system, and I can't change it for Zhang He and the others!"

Zhang Zhi said: "I heard that after Dagan occupied Xiliang, he immediately sent troops to occupy the Western Regions!"

Zhang Baiqi said: "Blessed by the ancestors, I have finally restored the land of China since ancient times! The Western Regions are back in my hands again!"

Zhang Zhi said: "The Western Regions are thousands of miles away from the Great Wall. Back then, the soldiers in Guanzhong were homesick and fled in all directions. If there hadn't been a Ban Gu, the Western Regions would have been lost a hundred years ago. Now Dagan has occupied the Western Regions for more than two years. Now, the soldiers of the Dagan Army who went to the Western Regions must have begun to miss their hometown just like the soldiers in Guanzhong!"

Zhang Baiqi hesitated, because what Zhang Zhi said was not wrong at all. Wang Dang, who had been in the Western Regions for two years, kept writing that he wanted to go home, and that his soldiers also missed their hometown very much. Qianchang has been stationed in the Western Regions with a large army, and the soldiers of the Xiliang Army in his hands are unwilling to go to the Western Regions in the sky.

Xiliang is already far enough away, but to the soldiers of the Xiliang Army, going to the Western Regions is no less than going to the ends of the earth, not to mention that now everyone knows that staying in the Central Plains can participate in the war of a peaceful world, and can make military exploits and become The hero of the founding of the country, and if he went to the Western Regions at this time, it would be no less than sending him to the frontier!Therefore, Zhang Baiqi has been troubled by the change of defense of the Western Region Army!
Zhang Zhi immediately said: "General Zhang and others know that not only have they done nothing for the great cause, but they are also ashamed of the people of the world. They are willing to station in the Western Regions to defend the Western Regions, to defend our Han people's homeland and to pay for their sins."

This is the way Zhang He and the others came up with without leaving the army. He knew that Zhang Zhi didn't have such a big face to keep them in the army, but they thought that they could go to the Western Regions to make contributions, so Lei Gong would always feel embarrassed Get them out of the army again!

Not to mention, the idea of ​​Zhang He and the others wanting to garrison the Western Regions really made Zhang Baiqi hesitant. They sent Zhang He and the others to the Western Regions because they wanted to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds. In the past few years, Daqian can fully deal with the princes of the Han Dynasty and dominate the world!
Zhang Baiqi thought about the gains and losses in this and said: "This matter is so important that I can't decide alone. I will report to the ruling party first. If the ruling party agrees, I have no opinion!"

Zhang Zhi saluted again and said, "Then please, Marshal!"

Zhang Zhi left here after speaking!
At this time, Li Ru on the side said: "I didn't expect that this Zhang Xi is a little quick-witted, and he would think of this way to integrate into the main army!"

Zhang Baiqi asked: "Do you think Zhang Yun's idea is good or bad for me?"

Li Ru said: "The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. If Zhang Xi and the others are recruited, the Han army will no longer resist the attack of our army. Our army basically killed all the generals of the Han in the past, so the generals of the Han have not been completely defeated." We will not surrender until we are desperate, and this has brought too many unnecessary losses to our army."

Zhang Baiqi said: "I didn't see how much obstacles the Han army caused us!"

Li Rudao: "This time when our army attacked Sili and Yuzhou, Yuan Tan was the main hero. If he hadn't caused chaos in Sili and Yuzhou and made the people and soldiers alienated, our army would not be in the current state. Under normal circumstances, the 6 troops in Zhang Xi's hands alone are enough to resist our army from entering Guanzhong.

And we won't be able to encounter such a good thing in the future. Liu Bei and Cao Cao are both unworldly heroes. You can see that they are completely different from the idiot Yuan Tan. ! "

"Although after we annexed Yuan Tan, Liu Bei and Cao Cao only used defensive power against me, but these two princes still have hundreds of thousands of troops in their hands, and the morale of the army is not bad. The local people also recognize their rule. We If the army wants to annex these two princes, it will definitely cost a huge price."

"Especially Liu Bei in Jiangnan, no matter in terms of strength, land area, or even population, surpassed the original Chu State. The Great Qin Dynasty used 60 troops for several years to destroy Chu State, and we want to occupy Jiangnan. , I’m afraid it will take several years to mobilize an army of one million! Moreover, if our army loses a game, I’m afraid that the unification of the world will be delayed by more than ten years! And if we Accept the big man's surrender, and the big man will definitely not resist like this again!"

Zhang Baiqi thought it made sense, so he wrote a letter to Xu Wei!
A few days later, Xu Wei saw Zhang Baiqi's letter, and then found Wang Ge and Jia Xu to ask their opinions!
Wang Ge immediately said: "Government, this is also a way to use the big Han to surrender generals. Zhang He and his generals are not from aristocratic families, but from poor families. And with such backgrounds, there are many officials in my career. Many Zhang He There are not too many of them, and the territory of my Dagan is much wider and harsher than that of the Dahan. The Dahan only has the Western Regions at most, and my Dagan also has the desert and the Liaodong area. These places can be said to be frozen in winter, and people freeze to death in the desert every year. among."

"If we can use the surrendered generals of the Great Han to help us garrison the thousands of miles of territory in this desert, it will be considered waste, and they will also repay the wrong things they did to the people of the Great Han!

The Treasure Island of the Wa Kingdom also needs someone to be stationed. After all, the Wa Kingdom is too important to me, but few people are willing to go to the Wa Island. They can immigrate to Yuan Tan’s surrender in the future, and they can be regarded as helping me to start The territory has been expanded, and it can be regarded as a hero! "

Jia Xu also said: "Although the generals of the big man have enmity with us, they are our compatriots after all. The world is too big. It is difficult for us to open up new lands. These generals are also talents. Putting it outside the big men is considered the right place, with them here, we can transfer our confidants back to the Central Plains!"

Xu Wei fell into deep thought. Compared with Wang Ge and Jia Xu, he knows how vast this time is. Many places can become everyone's home as long as the Han people pass by. massacre.

Now the population of the Great Han may not even be 4000 million. It can be said that the population is the most precious resource. It is too wasteful for heroes in troubled times like Cao Cao and Liu Bei to die in their own hands. It is too wasteful for them to lead their subordinates with their ability to defeat them. Now the land of the great man,

Think about the future generations of the Celestial Dynasty, because they did not catch up with the age of great navigation, the good land was occupied by people, Xu Wei's generation was bullied, what to sell is cheap, what to buy is expensive, it is not because there are not enough Land, others have become developed countries just by selling iron ore.

It is unreasonable to say that industrial and agricultural scissors are bad, but when they come to Xu Wei, they become resources and cut your industry, but you are still hard to resist!

(End of this chapter)