The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 418
Strictly speaking, as Wei Tao's status rises step by step, Wei Tao wants to stay away from the war more and more.

In the past, Wei Tao often charged into the battle himself, taking the head of the general among the ten thousand armies, but after he got to the end, Wei Tao regarded it as only a one-on-one battle between victory and defeat.

After Wei Tao becomes the emperor himself, even if he is personally conscripted, he should just sit in the army.

In fact, if it hadn't been for Wei Tao's personal campaign, all the generals under him had just surrendered, or they were young generals with inexperienced qualifications.

Of course Wei Tao himself understood this, so although he was a little unwilling, he had no intention of making a move in this battle.

But this time, the situation was different.

After repeated draws, Wei Tao could naturally see that he was comparable to Cao Cao in strength, and it was difficult to use tactics. After thinking about it, he naturally wanted to pin his hopes on his own shots.

However, when Wei Tao worked hard on everything, it actually seemed that his subordinates were incompetent.

Of course, the more important thing is that the sword has no eyes, once Wei Tao made a mistake, the entire dynasty would collapse.

Although Wei Tao already has a child now, how can he be worthy of a big responsibility if he is only a few years old?

In this way, naturally no one hoped that something would happen to Wei Tao. If it weren't for the final battle that will determine the fate of the two countries, and the opponent is Cao Cao himself, I am afraid that even Zhou Yu would dissuade Wei Tao from coming.

But now although Wei Tao is about to fight, if he wants to play, it is inevitable.

"I also know what you mean, but I don't want to talk about how long this battle has been delayed. The two armies are fighting, not to mention the soldiers who will be killed or injured. If I don't fight for them, how can I suppress and win? With the current strength of the two armies, I'm afraid Just three months is not enough to be able to tell the winner."

Wei Tao didn't need any sophistry reasons, but at this time he still had to speak out. After all, although all the counselors and generals were silent for a while, Wei Tao could still feel their disapproval.

"I understand the meaning of all the counselors and soldiers, but what is happening to me now? What I do is to drive out foreign enemies and stabilize the world for my great Han nation. This is my responsibility. And Now if the war continues, not to mention fighting against foreign enemies, even our common people will not be able to live in peace. This is not my intention, and I am afraid it is not what Cao Cao thought. Otherwise, there would be no such a war."

Hearing Wei Tao's words, all the counselors had wry smiles on their faces.

After all, what Wei Tao said is not bad. If Cao Cao had not had the same thoughts, this battle would not be like this, but now it is because of this battle that everyone finds that they are not good. move.

While looking at each other, all eyes were on Zhou Yu.

Who made Zhou Yu's identity so different?

"Your Majesty, listen to me."

Zhou Yu sighed inwardly, feeling the eyes of colleagues around him, Zhou Yu naturally understood in his heart, but he also knew that at this time, he might be the only one who could speak.

What Wei Tao needs is not a reason, but a result.

"Your Majesty, it can be said that the two armies are fighting. Although the two generals Dian Wei and Wei Yan were wounded one after another, it was only a draw. Why are you so anxious? Although Cao Cao is a man of far-reaching strategies and his generals are brave, Your advisers are excellent, but His Majesty also knows that the outcome of such a battle cannot be determined within one or two days, and a draw once or twice does not mean anything."

"Is Gongjin trying to comfort me?"

Wei Tao smiled wryly and shook his head. He couldn't have imagined this, but he also knew that it was the kindness of his advisers and generals, so after a little consideration, he just opened his mouth.

"Forget it, I'll follow Gongjin's advice. But it's a one-month period. After all, our army is only food for three months. And it's not in my opinion to use such a big battle for the Central Plains battle, but Never again. If you cannot gain the upper hand, then I will not listen to his words."

Wei Tao said flatly, sometimes Wei Tao is really easy to talk, but everyone can understand that in this easy talk, Wei Tao is also difficult to change his decision.

Even a top strategist like Zhou Yu unconsciously felt a little more urgent.

However, although it is urgent, it does not mean that they will act blindly. In fact, all the advisers and generals including Zhou Yu are only thinking carefully about how to deal with it, and they are not taking the initiative to fight blindly.

This is true in Wei Tao's army, and it is also true in Cao Cao's army, but without Wei Tao's persecution, Cao Jun's subordinates are not as eager.

Under such circumstances, although the two sides had several confrontations in the future, in fact, both sides were injured every time. Although they did not hurt each other as hard as Wei Yan and Li Dian, the soldiers between each other had already lost a lot. .

In the twinkling of an eye, half a month has passed, and the two sides are still at each other. Not to mention other things, the daily food loss alone is not a small burden, but at this time, it is naturally impossible for the two sides to have any conflicts. retreated.

"Hmph! How dare you do that!"

At this time, Wei Tao in the tent was furious again, not because of the situation in front of him, but because of the news from behind.

Before this battle, the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Qiang who were once suppressed by Wei Tao were already ready to move. After these years of recuperation, according to Wei Tao's strategy, there are indeed many new generations who think that Han people, but equally, there are some people who hate Han people more.

Originally suppressed by Wei Tao, although those people hated in their hearts, they couldn't cause any disturbances. It was just that Wei Tao sent the army here, and Wei Tao had clearly wanted those "old people in the clan" to move to It is not uncommon for the Central Plains to completely cut off its roots and shoots. At this time, there is resistance.

However, Wei Tao had already issued strict orders about this, and Zhang Liao and others were not soft-hearted figures. They must immediately implement Wei Tao's orders and send troops to suppress them.

However, the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Qiang were not completely unprepared to dare to resist. They have long been linked together and moved in unison from all directions, which made Wei Tao's generals a little stretched. .

Fortunately, Zhang Liao and others reacted quickly, and it was not so easy for them to regain their clan power.

"Now I'm facing a two-pronged battle."

Wei Tao didn't call Zhou Yu and the others immediately, not because he didn't trust them, nor because there was any estrangement, but because they were preparing a plan to see if they could count Cao Cao, and Wei Tao was naturally unwilling at this time Something unexpected happened.

What's more, these things are not unmanageable things. The power of those clans has been weakened to the extreme. Most people have no way to get in touch with any weapons. It is not difficult to put down the chaos.

In fact, the reason why Zhang Liao felt embarrassed was that when those 'old people of various ethnic groups' started the uprising, apart from those radical juniors, they still coerced many people who upheld neutrality and already had a heart for the big man.

In addition, although the response was timely, some Han people still fell into the hands of the other party. Those Han people were not ordinary Han people, at least they were literate people, and they were the ones Wei Tao asked him to educate the barbarians.

You must know that in this era, there are indeed many people who can read and write, but most of them are people from various families. There are limited people who are willing to engage in this work, so Wei Tao will not easily abandon those people.

"But these people are also stupid, do you really think that I have nothing to do with them?"

But at this time Wei Tao suddenly smiled slightly, and then directly ordered someone to pass down the order.

"Pass down my order, order people to send envoys to pass orders, but anyone who wants to submit to my Central Plains will immediately sever internal and external relations with them. Then Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Xu Huang will be ordered to lead the attack and threaten their pastures. Anyone who has cattle and sheep , Immediately cut it down. Then there is an order, ordering herdsmen of all ethnic groups, as long as they can kill one rebel, they can be identified as Han people, kill three people, give them a house to live in the pass, and kill five people If you don’t like the fields, you can reward them with one sheep, and the pastures will fall three times. In addition, if the grassland’s food supply is cut off, let me see how long those tribes can last.”

Wei Tao sneered, and it would take several days before the order was transmitted from here, but Wei Tao was not defenseless against those nomads.

After all, Wei Tao has been a human being for two lifetimes, so he naturally knows that cultural encroachment has not happened in history, but in the end, those grassland peoples often rise up to invade the Central Plains.

Therefore, the two most important things that Wei Tao did, one was to cut off the supply of the grasslands and feed them with food from the Central Plains, while the grasslands mostly consisted of cattle and sheep, and imported them into the Central Plains.

The second is that although Wei Tao restricted the circulation of iron wares, he specially ordered people to export a large number of various cloth and silk wares.

Although it is still far inferior to the Central Plains, for those tribesmen, it is much better than the previous life.

It is also extremely important to live in sorrow and die in peace. Although you are on the grassland, if you can live in peace, how can you be willing to go south and work hard?

One of the most important reasons why those tribes invaded south in the past was that life on the grassland was worthless, but the situation is very different now, and Wei Tao is naturally not afraid.

Wei Tao's order naturally passed to Zhang Liao and the others very quickly. With Wei Tao's official order, they naturally would not show weakness in the slightest and follow the order immediately.

Sure enough, such an order was spread to the grassland, and the grassland was in chaos. After all, even those people in the grassland can know that the Central Plains is strong and the grassland is weak, so there are many people in the grassland. People, directly follow the orders issued by Wei Tao.

(End of this chapter)