Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2077 Inside and outside the market, strategic planning

  Sometimes things are such a coincidence, and sometimes everything seems to be doomed.

Xiahou Dun asked Cai Mao to come forward, partly threatening, partly forcing most of the gentry from Jingzhou in the north of Xiangyang to migrate to Xiangyang. But the location was changed to Xiangyang.

  This behavior is like cutting leeks.

  Of course, Xiahou Dun was definitely not the first to cut leeks among the big men. If he followed up, he would definitely not be able to avoid Liu Bang.

   Han Gaozu Liu Bang was an ordinary man with a rogue color before he came to power, and became emperor by relying on violence and luck. Even though he has become the emperor, many acquaintances know the details of his early years. There are also many subjects of the six countries. They are still loyal to the aristocratic blood of the six countries, and they sneer at the little hooligans who were born in the common people.

  How on earth can Liu Bang, who was once an ordinary person, be accepted as emperor? How can people be loyal to Liu Bang's descendants and obey this emerging regime for a long time?

  Liu Bang created the model of cutting leeks.

   At that time, the leeks in the hometown of the Six Kingdoms had basically lost all their capital and strength in the last struggle. When facing the sickle held high by Liu Bang, even if they were unwilling, they were helpless...

  The correctness of the Han regime was gradually established in this behavior of cutting leeks.

This time, Xiahou Dun cut off the leeks in an attempt to abandon all the influence of the original Jingzhou Mu Liubiao and clean up the leeks. The private soldiers of the leeks strengthen their own strength, and of course, the meaning of strengthening the wall and clearing the wild is indispensable.

This kind of strategy is naturally not as colorful and ups and downs as the Thirty-Six Strategies, but it is indeed direct and effective. It can make Cai Mao a villain, disrupt Cai Mao's original plan, and split the relationship between the Cai family and these Jingzhou gentry. The close relationship between them, and at the same time eliminated hidden dangers, and the backhand planted a thunderbolt for Fei Qian...

  Wealth, food and grass were all brought to Xiangyang. When Xu Huang led the army, he faced the evacuated Wubao, and then these Zhuang slaves and ordinary people who had no food or clothing.

   According to Xiahou Dun's prediction, there are not many things Xu Huang can do.

  If Xu Huang rescued these people, it would be tantamount to weakening his own strength and consuming a lot of military rations. He could only pursue a quick battle. And to capture Xiangyang, under Xiahou Dun's strict defense, is it easier said than done?

If Xu Huang doesn't help these Jingzhou people, it means that Feiqian's emotional cards in Jingzhou will be lost, and Feiqian's so-called cover of justice for Liu Qi will be torn off. If Feiqian can't even take care of the poor Jingzhou people, What about Jingxiang friendship?

If Xu Huang collects strong men from all over the place and rushes to attack the city, Xiahou Dun will not be afraid. On the one hand, Liu Biao did not expect him to fall so quickly, and there are still a lot of combat supplies in Xiangyang's inventory, so don't worry about wasting tactics. On the other hand, if Xu Huang really does this, it will naturally arouse the indignation and grief of these migrated gentry in the city, and they may fall from neutrality to Cao Cao's embrace...

   After all, Xiahou Dun only "invited" these people to Xiangyang to escape the military disaster on the surface. To a certain extent, he did not directly destroy his manor and its population...

  Xiahou Dun stood on the head of Xiangyang City, while urging repairs of city defenses and building fortifications, while looking at Xu Huang's camp in the distance, watching the queues of soldiers entering and leaving Xu Huang's camp, he couldn't help showing some smiles.

  Looking at this, Xu Huang seems to have also come into contact with these evacuated manors and docks, as evidenced by the sporadic people who were brought to the barracks.

  This time, let me show you the means outside of this battle!

  While Xiahou Dun was actually fighting off-hand tactics, in Xu County, Xun Yu and others who stayed behind at the base camp also had to face Fei Qian's off-hand moves...

It is rare for ordinary people to have too many concepts about the world, politics, or the future, because most ordinary people are busy with their livelihoods. They are all occupied by most of the labor. Even if they have some leisure time, they will pursue some of the simplest entertainment. The extreme ones are like Sanhe Dashen, an Internet cafe for one hour, two yuan for Dashui, and five yuan. The face of money is a happy day.

  This kind of simple happiness is good or bad, let’s put it aside for the time being, just say that the rulers of these feudal dynasties in the current Xu County of the Han Dynasty are unwilling to think about something more for the people under their rule...

  Because these superiors know in their hearts that if even these lower-level people start to think passively or actively, the problem will be serious. For the series of actions of the Hussars in Jingzhou, all relevant news only stayed at the upper level, and even only flowed in the top part, that is, the core around Cao Cao.

  Information is an important resource, and thinking is a precious ability. Most people in the society don’t want those at the bottom to have such abilities, so the publicity is basically about thinking about what to do, happiness is the end, life is so hard, why can’t it be fun?

  Don't even think about it.

Do not ask.

  After thinking about it and asking, I would say, "Do you want some candy?" Give. 』

  If you refuse to eat sugar...

  Cheng Yu's complexion is gloomy, well, basically speaking, in fact, Cheng Yu seldom has a gloomy complexion, sitting in the hall, and said in a cold voice: "The Xin family has a lot of gossip recently... His heart is to be punished..."

   Although the Xin family is said to be the Yingchuan family at present, if one traces back to its ancestors, the Xin family actually originated in Longxi, after the defeated Qiang general Xin Wuxian. Xin Ping was in Jizhou, and with Yuan Shao's downfall, he also joined Cao Cao's camp with Daliu, but his younger brother Xin Pimo went to Chang'an.

  Thus, although it is said that Xun Yu and others blocked the news to keep Shandong gentry out of contact as much as possible, or selectively released some information from Chang'an, they could not block the correspondence between the Xin clan...

   This is very troublesome.

  Man Chong glanced at Cheng Yu, but didn't say anything, or rather, didn't want to say anything to Cheng Yu. From Man Chong's point of view, Cheng Yu's hostility is too heavy, the kind that wants to kill the whole family at every turn, unlike himself, he just needs to kill one of them. After arresting Xin Pinglai, under the three trees, what is there not to confess? Then beheaded, as a warning to others.

  What did Xin Ping do? In fact, it is not a heinous thing, because everyone knows that someone in the Xin family is in Chang'an, so when they want to know some additional information, they will go to Xin Ping, and Xin Ping is not as cautious as Xun Yu. During the banquet, I said what I shouldn't have said.

Of course, the Xin family may not be careless to such an extent, but to show off to a certain extent, elevating their status, just like a driver in the imperial capital, when talking about a certain political figure, he will inevitably say, "I know that one well, that one is my buddy! 』

   As for the leaked news...

  For example, General Hussars granted permission to the Sima family to open mines in the Western Regions, for example appointed Zheng Xuan as a counselor, for example appointed female officials...

   Although strictly speaking, these things are not a big deal, but it will inevitably make some of the Shandong gentry float in their hearts, pointing to the west and saying how round the moon is in the west, because Boss Cao can’t see it? Leaving aside other things, even hussars can let Sima mine gold mines, so here, Boss Cao gave us the iron mines to mine, isn't it too much? It's just iron ore, can't you be so stingy?

   Chirp chirp.

As for whether this will cause Cao Cao to take advantage of the fire or suspect that it will make things worse, these people naturally don't care. In their opinion, the world is not as big as their own family business. Besides, their own family is also a representative of public opinion. Optimizing, of course, represents the people's livelihood and public opinion, what's wrong with putting forward some "benign" suggestions?

  The most troublesome thing is not the problem of money. After all, what kind of problem can money solve?

  The point is that there is no money...

  Ahem, wrong, the key is that some problems cannot be solved by money, such as female officers.

  Xin Xianying has become an official!

   When Xin conveyed this news, he was naturally very proud, but the question is, is there any position for female officials in Xu County? There are not enough slots for men, who cares about giving women a few more slots? You must know that the important positions today are all in the hands of the Xiahou family of the Cao family, and the rest will be divided by Xun Yu and others. As for the others...

  Under such circumstances, how could there be any female officer system?

   But the question is, women's comparisons, vanity, etc., are not much worse than men's, or are they stronger? And this kind of comparison and vanity, whether they are the same or slightly different, have caused a lot of Shandong nobles and ladies to talk about it. Xin Xianying's unshaven girl can be an official, old lady, uh , Why can't this mushroom be cold?

   Chirping.

   This is very troublesome.

  The troubles reached the point where Xun Yu and the others had to sit down and discuss.

   Xun Yu closed his eyes.

  『Ling Jun! "Cheng Yu looked at Xun Yu and said, "My lord is in a chaotic situation now, if there is a slight mistake, it will be lost forever. Since we can't go to battle right now, we should also relieve my lord from worrying about the future!" At present, there is only one word in Xu County! 』

  Cheng Yu's eyes slipped away from Xun Yu's body, and then he looked around, "It's just "steady"!" 』

  In Cheng Yu's opinion, the cause of the disaster was Xin's nonsense, so he directly started from the root cause. Killing Xin can deter others, and secondly, it can also plug the subsequent loopholes. Of course, the deepest root comes from General Hussars. There is nothing we can do about this for the time being, and we can only do what we can first.

  『Let’s call Xin Zhongzhi to come... 』Xun Yu said slowly, 『It’s not too late...If Xin Zhongzhi refuses to repent, it’s not too late to say something else...』

   Man Chong was taken aback, and frowned a little, "Xun Lingjun... You need to be cautious about this matter..." The caution Man Chong said, of course, did not mean that Xun Yu should deal with the Xin family's prudence, but another meaning of prudence.

  Xun Yu smiled slightly, and nodded to Man Chong, "I know Bo Ning's intention... But, I should do it myself..."

  Behind the smile is Xun Yu's silent exclamation...

  …(*￣(エ)￣)…

  The chaos in Jingzhou is still going on.

  The two armies of Cao and Sun near Dangyang confronted each other, while in Linchuan County and other places in Changsha County in the south of Jingzhou, there were also frequent battles and corpses everywhere.

After discovering some new uneasy changes, Han Xuan also used all his troops to launch a swift attack on the defense line of the Jiangdong Army. However, Changsha County was originally the front line of the Jiangdong Army. Although it is not a foolproof preparation, the layout is enough to resist the use. The battalion is stacked and the defenses are layered. It is like a piece of iron. Han Xuan hit his head on it and almost broke his head. blood flow.

   It's just that Han Xuan finally took advantage of the number of people, and attacked in different ways. He always broke through the original defense line of Jiangdong soldiers, killed Linxiang City, and besieged the city.

The Jiangdong soldiers around Linxiang came to help, but they were also blocked by Han Xuan. Basically speaking, as long as Linxiang can be conquered, it is tantamount to pulling out the biggest nail of the Jiangdong Army in Changsha County, and then attack the rest. The area is easy, but Linxiang was originally an important defensive town for the Jiangdong army, with high walls and dense walls. Although the Jiangdong army was small in number, it defended extremely firmly. Han Xuan tried several hard attacks, but wasted soldiers in vain, and it was difficult to advance an inch. .

During this period of time, as Han Xuan's ally, Jin Xuan sent envoys to Changsha County twice, urging Han Xuan to advance together, and also said that the focus of confrontation with Jiangdong soldiers should be in Linchuan County. The people of South Vietnam defeated the Jiangdong army together, so even if Changsha could not be attacked for the time being, it would naturally fall after the Jiangdong reinforcements retreated. very passive...

  Jin Xuan made a lot of sense.

   It's just that things in the world don't make sense, and people will do them. Are human beings the kind of purely rational creatures who will do the right thing and understand the truth, and never do things that go against the truth?

Obviously not.

So Han Xuan ignored Jinxuan at all, and just stared at Linxiang City, because it is very simple, as long as Linxiang City is captured, it can be connected with Han Xuan's previous territory, which can not only boost morale, but even You can use this as a site to build a long-term foundation!

At the same time, Han Xuan's reason for not supporting Jinxuan is also sufficient. It is convenient because Han Xuanzheng has dispatched soldiers and civilians during this period. Trekking to Linchuan County may not be feasible. At the same time, the reinforcements from Jiangdong in Linchuan are more or less elite from Jiangdong. If they met face to face, they would be invincible and spread to Changsha, wouldn't they lose their money?

Another aspect is that Han Xuan's plan was not successfully implemented before, and the savings of food and fodder were not rich, and the local battles were still sloppy to cope with the expenses of so many people. If long-distance transshipment was added... After all, from Changsha County to Linchuan County , although on the surface it is next door, but there are many mountains, and the transportation consumption alone is not a small amount.

  So Han Xuan pretended that he never saw Jin Xuan's letter...

  Jin Xuan couldn't stay in Linchuan any longer, so he specially sent Gong Zhi to find Han Xuan.

  Of course, Han Xuan couldn’t avoid seeing him. After the guests and hosts were seated, Han Xuan asked about his intentions, and Gong Zhi said, “A certain person was ordered by the master to return to Wuling to distribute food and grass. He passed by the general here, so he came to pay a visit…”

  Han Xuan said "Oh", with a slight look of astonishment on his face.

Han Xuan thought that Gong Zhi would either question about the previous letter when he came up, or knock his head on the ground with a bang, and then hug his thigh to cry and beg. Han Xuan even thought about how to kick him away. will lose grace...

  『Jin Shijun...hehe, I don’t know how Jin Shijun is doing now? 』Han Xuan asked knowingly. When Han Xuan and Jin Xuan were discussing before, they agreed to start with the Nanyue rebellion. It happened that although the people of Nanyue rose up, they didn't know what to do. Han Xuan, Jin Xuan and others came, and it was almost a hit. , the two agreed to resolve the battle before the autumn harvest, and now neither of them has achieved their goal.

Gong Zhi smiled, and said: "A certain lord has already taken Linchuan, but the sun thief sent troops here again, and the fierce battle continued, and the army may have insufficient food and fodder, so he prepared it...Now that the envoy of Han is here, it is both I have no intention of going to war, so I must have plenty of supplies, can I borrow one or two for the army? 』

  『Borrow food? 』Han Xuan stared, a little in disbelief.

  Han Xuan was naturally perfunctory and declined with pretexts, and pretended to sigh: "It's a pity, if someone receives Linxiang's ten thousand dendrobium grain, he should not hesitate to borrow it. It's a pity that most of them are destroyed by thieves, and it may not be enough..."

  Gong Zhi didn't expose it directly, but said: "I saw the general's barracks spread all over the country. There are a lot of them. However, there are so many flags and disordered order. Presumably most of them are newly recruited soldiers?" If there are too many soldiers, it will be difficult to provide funds, and for a long time there will be a shortage of food and grain..."

  Han Xuan immediately went down the donkey, pinched his beard and sighed: "That's right, that's right." ’ Then he explained, ‘A certain Yu Sun’s army is arrayed in Linxiang. If there are not enough soldiers, there is no chance of winning. What’s more, if you let them go, the land will not be stable, and you will not feel at ease. So I had to do this trick. 』

  Gong Zhi sneered in his heart, this was an excuse, "Since this is the case, why did Han Shijun station his troops here instead of continuing to attack?" 』

   Han Xuan replied: "One is that the soldiers are too disorderly, and it will take time to practice; the other is that there is not enough food and fodder. How dare you continue to advance?" ’ Paused, for the sake of An Gongzhi’s heart, he made a false promise and said: ‘But let’s wait for the surrounding area to send food and grass here, and go straight ahead, break through the enemy’s defense, and recapture Linxiang...’ The implication is that the landlord’s family has no food left. , don't ask me to borrow it.

  Gong Zhi pretended to think about it, and then said: "If so, there is a plan..."

  Han Xuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Please tell me." 』

  Gong Zhi said: "Why don't you pretend to be out of food and retreat, and draw the soldiers from Linxiang to ambush and attack them... If the plan can be achieved, take it like turning the palm of your hand..."

  Han Xuan thought about it, hey, it makes sense, this siege is naturally a bit of a headache, but if you lure him out of the city, it will be much easier to fight. But how to lure the people in Linxiang City to believe that they have run out of food and grass?

  Gong Zhi laughed and said, "Didn't your envoy hear that 'to show the enemy weakness'?" 』Gong Zhi knew in his heart that it was impossible for Han Xuan to support Jin Xuan if he did not solve the problem in Changsha. After Han Xuan has solved the problem in Linxiang, Han Xuan can naturally free up part of his strength to provide to Jin Xuan...

  (end of this chapter)