Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3502 Really Busy

Lu Su is almost at Tongguan.

The canopy was swaying, and Lu Su's thoughts were also swaying.

Lu Su looked relaxed on the surface, but in fact he was very busy in his heart.

Not only are you busy observing and memorizing, but you are also busy calculating and predicting.

Shandong lost like this?

Lu Su was almost at Tongguan, but he still couldn't believe it.

He knew that Hussar had a big advantage, but he didn't expect it to be so big!

This is not just the doubt of Lu Su alone, but also the doubt of many nobles from Shandong to Jiangdong. Is this the end of Prime Minister Cao Cao?

They may not respect Prime Minister Cao much, but they will definitely respect the soldiers and horses under Prime Minister Cao!

Those are tens of thousands of elite soldiers!

Although Cao Cao often promoted his hundreds of thousands of troops, Lu Su also knew that it was false, but no matter how false it was, there should still be hundreds of thousands. If you compress it further, tens of thousands would definitely be a lot. !

Tens of thousands of people, even tens of thousands of pigs, are not easy to kill...

So, is Prime Minister Cao too incompetent?

If I go...

What is the standing military strength of Jiangdong?

Jiangdong claimed to the outside world that there were 300,000 troops, but in fact the standing force was only about 30,000.

And there are many sailors!

In times of emergency, we can urgently expand the army. One veteran can lead two new soldiers, or one can expand the number of three to more than 100,000. However, many of the soldiers are peasant soldiers who have not received any serious training. Just go into battle with a spear. Compared to the Yellow Turban Thief, it’s probably just one more piece of tattered armor...

Under such circumstances, the Hussar claimed that there were 80,000 soldiers, but the people in Jiangdong, Shandong basically believed that the Hussar army only had about 10,000 or 20,000 people.

Use yourself to save others, isn't it like this?

So these 10,000 or 20,000 troops defeated Cao Cao's nearly 100,000 men? !

Not to mention Lu Su, even Zhou Yu didn’t believe it!

Zhou Yu had already overestimated the Hussars at that time, saying that Fei's potential to compete with Cao Cao was generally balanced, so Jiangdong Betting would be the decisive force...

Looking back now, Zhou Yu's view is obviously wrong...

If I had known at that time, I should have persuaded Zhou Yu to engage in Jiangbei...

Lu Su thought about it without any moral integrity.

Politics, what is moral integrity?

Especially in Jiangdong.

The Jiangdong nobles did not dare to say that they were directly involved in Sun Ce's death, but they must have provided convenience. Otherwise, Sun Ce's hunting location and daily behavioral habits were really information that several assassins could easily obtain.

But even if Emperor Sun knew, what could he do?

Others don't know whether the relationship between Sun Quan and the Jiangdong nobles is good or bad, whether it is confrontation or peace. How can Lu Su not know?

Sun Quan hated the Jiangdong nobles to the core! But is it useful to fall out? How many times have Emperor Sun and the Jiangdong nobles fallen out? After turning your face, why don't you just bow your head and ask Zhang Zhao to be the peacemaker? Otherwise, do you really think Sun Quan is willing to look at Zhang Zhao’s stinky face?

If the Jiangdong nobles die first, Zhang Zhao will definitely be the second to die!

So, what people want and what they can really achieve are often two different things.

Now Lu Su still doesn't know that the Jiangxi Expedition has failed, so he hasn't decided what he will do next...

After all, according to Jiangdong's urine, Jiangdong "loves" peace, has "no interest" in Jiangbei, and is willing to "peacefully coexist" with Jiangbei. In fact, there are major prerequisites!

If Jiangdong casually sends out some soldiers and horses, he can push Jiangbei to the side. Let's see if Jiangdong can continue to maintain peace?

If we fight, not only will we not be able to defeat them, but we will also lose troops and generals. So who is willing to fight?

Therefore, Lu Su thinks that Jiangdong’s foreign strategy should make some adjustments?

He came to Tongguan instead of waiting in Chang'an, that is, to see with his own eyes whether there was such a decisive change in the battlefield between Fei Qian and Cao Cao.

The forces in Jiangbei that people in Jiangdong are now afraid of, Prime Minister Cao Cao, were overthrown by the Kansai Han...

Kansai Dahan…

Lu Su took a look at the hussars on both sides of the vehicle who were called guards but were actually monitoring them.

He is indeed tall and round, compared with the noble boy from Jiangdong who always pinches his orchid fingers...

never mind.

Trouble!

The surging cavalry in the west, after Dong Zhuo, will the flying three-color flag spread to Shandong, or even the entire world?

Should, maybe, probably, not so fast?

But who can say for sure?

Just like Cao Jun this time, he was defeated as soon as he said he was defeated. It seemed like a collapsed dam. At the first glance, it was still there, and then the next glance, it had disappeared.

In fact, Lu Su also knew that there was no way out by guarding Jiangdong alone.

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, Qin and Chu were despised barbaric lands.

Now Guanzhong is shaking, but the hometown of Chu State, today's Jiangdong, can't talk about economic development.

If we guard the east of the Yangtze River, we will be trapped by the river even though it is protected by the river as a natural barrier.

Jiangdong cannot do without ships, but if there are too many ships, it will be dragged down by the ships.

The Jiangbei Central Plains, as well as the Guanzhong lands further away, cannot be conquered with just ships.

If the Jiangdong Navy troops are deducted, the strength of the soldiers on the Jiangdong land is too weak.

At the same time, Jiangdong's products were not yet the land of plenty developed by later generations through the Jin Dynasty. There was a shortage of craftsmen in various industries, and the means of production were relatively thin, making it impossible to fight a protracted war.

Everyone likes to be hard and firm, but actually...

Lu Su smiled bitterly.

You know your own things. Although Jiang Dong acts like he is the best in the world, he actually goes into battle, that is, "You are so big, you are so bad, you...are you done?" 』

In history, Emperor Sun had a hundred thousand troops at every turn, with a huge momentum. Then Cao Jun's reinforcements from other places were still halfway, and then he heard the news that the battle was over...

Jiangdong is not easy!

Now under Jiangdong's careful management, he is taking advantage of the intrigue between Jiangbei Feiqian and Cao Cao to try to gain more space, but now...

When he saw the wreckage of various wars in Tongguan, Lu Su suddenly felt a trace of sadness in his heart.

I don’t know if Prime Minister Cao still has room for a comeback this time...

If there is, that's better. If not, if it is as Zhou Yu expected, after the northern part of the Yangtze River is finally unified, it will be a matter of time before Jiangdong is destroyed.

Jiangdong is so difficult!

It’s so difficult!

Why was Cao's army defeated?

Lu Su made inferences afterwards, and then more or less discovered some problems.

It is always easier to think backwards than to predict beforehand.

The first point is that there is a problem with Cao Jun's core troops.

The core force of Cao's army is the Central Leading Army and Central Guarding Army, which were jointly built by Qingzhou soldiers and Cao's relatives.

This army was in the hands of Cao Cao. It traveled north and south across the river, and there were many tough and vicious battles. It was indeed remarkable. However, this army had a huge shortcoming, that is, it only made output and had no income!

There is no new blood supply, there are only constant injuries. No matter how strong the body is, it can't hold on!

The sons of the gentry all said that their lowly lives were like straw and not worth cherishing. But the grass grows once a year, but if a generation of untouchables wants to grow up, what can they do if they don’t have time?

Cao Cao devoured 300,000 people in Qingzhou in one go, making him so fat that he could spit out oil when he pooped. But after Yuan and Yuan fought successive battles and fought on several battlefields, could it be that there were no casualties at all?

This string is already very tight!

Why didn't anyone notice it beforehand? So, couldn't Cao Cao understand this matter?

Lu Su took a breath and suddenly had some enlightenment in his heart.

It’s not that I don’t understand, it’s that at that time, it had to be like this!

This is the second question, why can't Cao Cao get supplements in Shandong?

Logically speaking, shouldn't Cao Cao represent the Han, the emperor, and the gentry leaders in Jiangbei, Shandong?

The problems contained in this had to remind Lu Su of Jiang Dong.

Thinking of Sun Quan.

So this time when he came to visit Hussar, Lu Su was not in a hurry, and even deliberately walked a little slower.

Anyway, the war has come to an end. No matter how hastily it is, it can't change the outcome. It's better to slow down and take a closer look.

The army is like a gold-eating beast. No matter how much it eats, it is like a bottomless pit.

There are now more than 10,000 troops stationed in Tongguan, and the number of people eating, drinking and eating every day is a huge number.

Lu Su didn't know the situation inside Tongguan, but looking at Linzhi Plateau outside Tongguan, there were six food sheds alone, and there was constant smoke from cooking stoves every day! Lu Su made a slight calculation in his mind and found that it was...

It is of course impossible to keep the soldiers well-fed until their mouths are full of oil, but at least they cannot go hungry. But how much does this require?

At least five to six hundred shi of food will be consumed a day.

This does not include fodder for the war horses.

When did Guanzhong become so arrogant?

The problem of supplying the army is no longer a trivial matter, but when the army is stationed, what is actually more worrying is harassing the place.

Generally speaking, the troops assembled for a big battle are not soldiers who have been stationed in a certain place for a long time, nor do they have any friendship with the local merchants and people. They may even feel that they have gone to the battlefield and it is not clear whether they will come back alive. , naturally he will not be polite to the place, let alone show mercy. He will die on the battlefield at any time. Who can give him the face to resist the coming of death? Therefore, forced buying and selling, and even harassment and robbery may occur.

Didn't Sun Quan want to attack before?

Lu Su often wiped the butts of those big-headed soldiers.

So now Lu Su is wondering, this hussar...

What a weird thing!

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It can be considered a good army if it can stay away from the camp for a few days and cause trouble in the place. It has a bit of a command and prohibition.

Anyone who can resist moving for more than ten days has strict military discipline and is worthy of praise.

And now that the hussars have gathered here, it has been twenty or thirty days, right?

In the past twenty or thirty days, these hussars have not caused any conflicts with the Sanfu Land in Guanzhong?

This is obviously beyond Lu Su's cognitive scope.

Military disasters and military calamities are not something we talk about casually.

In the feudal dynasty, local forces did not like the central military force to intervene in local affairs, and there were some reasons for this. It is easy to ask the gods but difficult to send them away. If the bandit troubles are eliminated on the front foot, even greater disasters will be suffered on the back foot. After experience and lessons learned time and time again, the local government has naturally formed an administrative template of concealing everything. Cover it first if you can, and smooth it if you can. You must wait until the erosion is too severe to end. Will cry and look for the center.

But why don't these hussars have these drawbacks?

Lu Su couldn't understand it at all.

After all, there are many barbarians in the Hussars. Those guys with dark skin and curly beards have a big difference in appearance from the Central Plains people, so they are easy to identify.

When Dong Zhuo was in Luoyang, weren't it just these barbarians who took things by force and made people angry?

This time, Lu Su not only went to see Hussar on behalf of the emperor, but actually came to see Jiangdong on behalf of Jiangdong and explore the future direction of Jiangdong...

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Fei Qian is very busy now.

Not only busy handling administrative affairs, but also busy training soldiers and horses.

The composition of the Hussars is actually divided into several parts.

The skeleton that Fei Qian used to build in the first place was the core strength that Dong Zhuo left behind.

For example, Dong Zhuo's Flying Bear Army...

I don’t know what Dong Zhuo was thinking at the time. How could a bear be so fat and fly? Anyway, later this part of the Flying Bear Army was split into two parts by Fei Qian, one part was in Guanzhong, and the other part was sent to the Northern Desert.

As for the muscles that are added later, it is even more complicated.

There are people from Longyou, people from Guanzhong, people from the North, ordinary good family members, people from the lower class, and even refugees from other places. In the battle after battle, these people can indeed be called big men. It was a rare powerhouse, and its combat skills training had reached a very good level. However, limited by the constraints of the times, there was actually still a big gap between it and the image of a soldier in Fei Qian's mind.

In fact, it is surprising that it can reach the current level. After all, most armies of feudal dynasties basically have very average military discipline, and some even have behaviors comparable to those of evil ghosts. When they are recruited, they are a mixed bag, and most of them do not have any formal training. When they go to the battlefield, what restrains or encourages them to fight is often money and promotion. What was used to maintain daily order was whipping and beheading, whether it was thirteen or fifty-four beheadings.

Fei Qian spent most of his time in Guanzhong before. Although he would go to the training ground outside Chang'an from time to time to watch the non-commissioned officers training, he was indeed far away from ordinary soldiers. Now that he has returned to the army, he has discovered that this era There are vague signs of resurgence of some of the military's problems.

With the defeat of Cao's army, Fei Qian's prestige rose to a new height.

Nowadays, if Fei Qian says anything, thousands of troops will respond and tens of thousands of people will follow...

This is the power that authority brings.

The lower the class, the louder the voice when speaking, because no one listens.

The higher up people are, the lower their voices are actually when they speak, because no one dares not to listen.

Of course, once the people at the top start screaming heart-wrenchingly, it is actually very beautiful...

For example, when Yuan Shu shouted that there was no honey water.

When Yuan Shu spoke loudly, he probably never thought that one day he would roar and no one would pay attention to him, right?

Every time Fei Qian thinks of this, he has to remind himself.

Be cautious, be careful. Once you are arrogant, it is often a harbinger of destruction.

After such introspection, Fei Qian did find some problems.

The problem of the Hussars.

Ma Yue is just one of the external manifestations.

With Cao Cao's fall, many hussars and soldiers in the military academy began to be blindly optimistic. They even began to think about popping champagne at halftime, planning what position they would be promoted to, how many rewards they would receive, and which place in Shandong would be better. alright…

Therefore, Fei Qian began to train his troops.

Personally train with the instructors.

This is the most direct reason why all of these hussars are very honest now.

I practice on Linzhi Plateau every day until I am exhausted and exhausted. How can I have the time and energy to go to other places to cause trouble?

As for other reasons...

Although no one said it clearly, most people knew that after the Eastern Expedition, there would inevitably be large-scale promotions!

The carrot is hanging in front, and you can already smell the sweet smell, so all Fei Qian's requirements will be regarded as a precursor to promotion. No one wants to be left behind at this time, even if some of Fei Qian's requirements are not met. Very understanding and cooperated as much as possible.

On the one hand, Fei Qian has some experience bonuses from later generations, and on the other hand, these hussars soldiers themselves are not bad, and there is such an expectation waiting for them, so they all cooperate well during training. For a day or two, nothing could be seen, but after more than ten or twenty days, the results slowly began to show.

Fei Qian stood on the top of Tongguan City, stroking the beard on his chin and watching the soldiers training below the city.

Military training is originally a process of grinding human nature, or eliminating individuality, and piecing together scattered individuals into an organic whole. In this process, personal wishes will be erased bit by bit during the queue drills, until each individual is completely eliminated. People are trained into killing machines without any psychological scruples.

This is why military training targets should be anthropomorphized as much as possible.

Because the military is really meant to kill people...

But this kind of behavior is anti-human.

Human nature is greed, laziness and greed.

It takes more than twenty days to develop a habit, but it may only take a thought to break a habit.

These twenty days of high-intensity training, the rehearsal of the formation ceremony, and Fei Qian's careful drills, were almost like beating the impetuousness and troubles of these hussars again!

Under the city, the soldiers of the military academy were all tanned, but murderous aura emanated from the ranks, and even the temperature of the sun in the sky seemed to have dropped by three points!

A person is small, but when gathered into a group, especially in a strong group, he becomes powerful, and this strength will affect every molecule in the group.

Some of the original loose and impetuous atmosphere has basically disappeared now.

Under the three-color flag, such a troop representing iron and blood is the army Fei Qian wants.

"My lord, Lu Zijing has arrived. 』

Huang Xu arrived at Fei Qian's side and reported.

Fei Qian nodded slightly, "Just in time..."

If Fei Qian had not tempered these soldiers a few days earlier, Lu Su, who seemed to be honest but actually smart, would have found some flaws, but now...

"The order goes down and the three armies will be reviewed tomorrow!" 』