MTL - Three Kingdoms-Chapter 2786 Qiang cooks around the stove and talks about things, and the North and South strategy turmoil

   There is no problem, and a hot pot meal cannot solve it.

  Switched to Dahan's hot pot, it is Qiang boiled.

  Although there were no peppers in the Han Dynasty, there were still onions, **** and garlic.

  In the copper furnace, there was a gurgling and rolling.

Sometimes eating hot pot is to create an atmosphere, while eating and chatting, neither because the food is too cold because of talking for too long, nor because after some bad jokes, there is no soup to warm the stomach drink.

  『How long has the world been stable? Then people's hearts fluttered again. ”Pang Tong said while putting the meat slices into a small spoon and dipping them into the boiling soup, “There are always some people who think that earth and manpower are endless and inexhaustible…”

  War, if it enters the stage of attrition, then basically there will be no winners, only the one who loses less will win.

   Feiqian smiled, "Eat the leaves first, then the stems, and then dig out the roots..."

   What is the big man like now?

  During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, it was the scariest. Cannibalism was even open to the public. You can choose what parts you want.

As for later generations, maybe the methods are more civilized, but there is no difference in essence. It is like the subprime mortgage crisis of capitalism. Isn’t it just cutting off the leek tips and then cutting the leek leaves, eating a high down payment, and then reducing the down payment ratio? Eat some low down payment, and finally eat even zero down payment, and finally uproot the leek root and swallow it...

  Pang Tong laughed and said, "It's true to kill the chicken and take the eggs!" That's the case with Jiangdong, son of the Sun family... hurry up. 』

  『Well,』 Fei Qian nodded, and put the colander in his hand into the soup to boil, "Your meat is ready... Prime Minister Cao is also in a hurry. 』

  It is not good to kill a chicken to get its eggs. Everyone knows this truth, but when it happens, not everyone can bear it.

Pang Tong let out a huff, then took out the colander, dipped in some ingredients, blew a bit, put it in his mouth, half-closed his eyes, enjoying the richness of the fat bursting out between his lips and teeth, and waited until he swallowed it. , then slowly said: "Eating meat requires a lot of time... The prime minister is in a hurry, but what's the use of being in a hurry?" 』

   During this period of time, things have entered a calm period, or it can be called a bottleneck period.

"Prime Minister Cao, at first he thought we were just a dish, but he was anxious to eat the meat first..." Pang Tong said with a smile, pointing at the bean dish with his chopsticks, "As a result, when he bit into the meat, he found that there was something inside the meat. There are a lot of bones, and it will not be shaved clean at all in a short while, and if it is not shaved clean, it will not be able to eat...』

   Fei Qian laughed.

  Pang Tong said, indeed.

In the early days of Cao Cao in history, perhaps it was because Yuan Shao’s grand strategy influenced him, or perhaps it was the historical environment that forced him, so that Cao Cao had to fight in the Central Plains and finally gained a piece of territory, and then it can be seen in the Battle of Chibi A clear dividing line. Before the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao was in high spirits, but after the Battle of Chibi...

  After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao’s major battles would be the Battle of Xiliang, the Battle of Hanzhong, and then the last battle with Sun Quan, the Battle of Ruxukou.

  During the battle against the rebellion in Xiliang, many contradictions in Shandong were actually exposed. At that time, Cao Cao was defeated and retreated to the north. On the one hand, he strengthened internal centralization, and on the other hand, he strengthened local management. The Battle of Xiliang started when Cao Cao sent Xia Houyuan to lead troops into Guanzhong. The apparent intention was to attack Zhang Lu, but in fact he wanted to incorporate and organize the major forces in Guanzhong. Ma Chao, Han Sui and others refused to give in, and jointly rebelled to capture Chang'an and defend Tongguan.

  All of this seemed to be expected by Cao Cao. He led the main force to go out, and at the same time ordered Cao Ren on the south line to go north to assist in the battle. The eastern front troops were stationed in Hefei to deal with the attack of Sun Quan's main force. This created an excellent strategic opportunity for Liu Bei in history, so Liu Zhang was invited by Liu Zhang to lead troops into Shu, and the dispute between him and Soochow over Jingzhou was temporarily put on hold under pressure. But what Cao Cao in history didn't expect was that the people from Shandong didn't want to attack Guanzhong at all!

  Shandong people often say "Kanxi soldiers are strong, learn spears, unless you choose a forward, you can't be a striker", but Cao Cao said that the generals said, "The battle is for me, not for thieves." Although thieves are proficient in spears, they will not be able to pierce them, but the lords can only watch their ears. Then, Cao Cao, who was still holding on to his aura, was beaten into a fool by Ma Chao's surprise attack. If Ma Chao didn't recognize Cao Cao, the battle would have ended before the follow-up started.

  Although in history, Cao Cao won the Battle of Xiliang in the end, but it was not Cao Cao who won the battle head-on, but he used Jia Xu's divorce plan...

This kind of "weakness" on the frontal battlefield, on the one hand, shows that the elite under Cao Cao has been exhausted in continuous battles, and on the other hand, it also proves that Cao Cao's internal control is constantly increasing. Decline. This was even more obvious in the later battles of Hanzhong and Ruxukou. Even when a certain victory in Hanzhong was achieved, when confronting Liu Bei, and when counselors persuaded Cao Cao to continue marching into Sichuan and Shu, Cao Cao himself hesitated He finally retreated and did not dare to enter Sichuan, he was afraid that if his head went in, his **** would be gone.

  The same is true for Ruxukou. Although the plague was rampant, Cao Cao still failed to make up his mind to break the boat. After the stalemate, Sun Quan pretended to submit a letter of surrender, expressing his willingness to submit to the great man and serve the king of Wei. Cao Cao knew that Sun Quan's letter of surrender was full of **** and lies, but he still didn't dare to fight a decisive battle in the end and ended it hastily. This also brought Cao Cao's majestic and magnificent military career to a rather anticlimactic ending.

   Combining all these historical situations with the current situation, it is not difficult to analyze Cao Cao's embarrassing situation today.

Just like what Pang Tong said, Cao Cao didn't put Guan Zhong in his eyes at the beginning, and even thought that even if Fei Qian occupied Chang'an Sanfu, so what, just a few consumptions could drag Fei Qian to death, but he Unexpectedly, Fei Qian never thought of a long stalemate with Cao Cao, a war of attrition.

  After Tai Shici went to battle for the first time and attacked Yecheng with cavalry tactics, he basically determined the follow-up combat mode in Guanzhong. This kind of rapid movement of cavalry, pulling the local defense line, coupled with gunpowder heavy hits to break the army's walled city, to achieve the overall tactical coordination of points, lines and planes, almost surpassed an era's tactics, and made Cao Cao almost collapsed, even close to breaking the can. Broken state. Cao Cao mobilized all the forces that could be mobilized at that time, preparing to go up and down Nanyang, Wancheng Yingchuan area and Feiqian desperately!

  If Feiqian is also holding a broken pot, then it’s okay to fall with Cao Cao, but that’s not the problem.

  Can the things held by Fei Qian have the same value as those held by those old-fashioned people in Shandong? Under such circumstances, those who still encouraged Fei Qian to fight Cao Cao were either Joy Son Soul, who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, or fools who were brainless and unhappy. It was also this time that Fei Qian almost forced Cao Cao to the brink of total collapse, so that Cao Cao had to start a forcible gathering of the upper and lower Shandong.

   You don’t know the pain until you fall down. Cao Cao in history fell to the ground in the Battle of Chibi, and gnawed a mouthful of mud, but today's big man, Cao Cao broke his teeth in the Battle of Jingzhou, so he naturally entered the integration earlier than in history Internally, it is in the link of fighting against the powerful external enemy Fei Qian.

   However, external enemies are often relatively clear, while most internal enemies are very hidden. So Cao Cao was forced to integrate the internal speed with Fei Qianbi. Whoever can integrate the interior first, and whoever can prepare the stick and soap first, then whoever can free up his hands first can stab the other party's **** while the other party turns around.

Fei Qian tapped the bean plate lightly with his chopsticks, "We ate a dish in Longxi, and the prime minister also ate Qingxu, and we were able to eat a dish in central Sichuan, and the prime minister also digested it." Most of Jizhou, we are sweeping the back, and the prime minister is also cleaning up those who oppose him... This year, everyone is busy...』

What? Sun someone? Just like Cao Cao said that Cao Liu is the only hero in the world, most people now think that Dongshi Shangshu is interesting, Jiangdong is nothing to watch, and they don't have much expectation for Jiangdong.

  Pang Tong smiled, "But the prime minister's side is full of people, and he is a man with a big belly. No matter how much he eats, he won't be full. These plates are not enough, and no amount of meat and vegetables are enough..."

   Fei Qian nodded slightly, with a slightly heavy expression on his face, "This is where my concerns lie. This, like the education of barbarians, is hard to change...』

  Although the cultural literacy of Shandong people is naturally higher than that of Hu people, for some Shandong people, wanting to change their thinking mode may not be much easier than educating Hu people. If you are far away, you are still a bear in someone else's family. If you are close, you will become a bear in your own family, and the headache will not be the slightest bit.

The point is that the Hu people now all admire the big man, and basically accept some affairs in Guanzhong, while the people in Shandong are born with a critical attitude, pointing out this one and laughing at that one, which doesn't seem to mean something. Sarcasm, or a few sneers, cannot show the elegant character, noble sentiments, broad knowledge, and profound understanding ability of Shandong people.

Even people from Shandong do know that some of their buttocks are not clean, and they also understand that the dried or diluted feces are still attached to them, swaying and exuding the smell of being unfriendly, but as long as they are still Being able to spray, and wearing a decent robe, it seems that all these smells can be ignored, and you can still point out the country calmly, pretending that the smell is coming from other people.

Fei Qian hung a sketch on the table with his chopsticks, "These dishes are more than enough for the two of us to eat. If we add two more people, we can barely eat. But now in Shandong, there are not only two mouths... If you want to eat more, you have to grab it from other people's plates...』

Fei Qian took another bean dish from the side and put it on the table, "It's not enough to eat, it's best to get it from outside, but the problem is that the people sitting by the pot just want to eat and don't want to get it." , or just thinking of others to take it... This class is two hundred years old...』

  Pang Tong hey.

  Fei Qian suddenly said, "There are many people from Shandong who came to Chang'an recently..."

  Pang Tong nodded and said: "Youwen Division is checking. 』

  The two of them looked at each other and smiled without saying a word.

   After eating and drinking, Fei Qian and Pang Tong got up and went to the wing room in Huqi Mansion, looking at the sand table while continuing to discuss.

  The sand table in Wuling area is actually very simple.

There is no good way to do this, although under the guidance of Fei Qian, the technology related to surveying and mapping in the Han Dynasty has grown by leaps and bounds, and the fineness of the map has changed from intentional to measurable approximate intervals, but For some areas, it is still difficult to have an accurate reflection.

  It's like the Wuling area, just one feature.

  There are many mountains.

  Because it is not clear how many mountains there are, and it is not clear whether there are roads between the mountains, so that the symbolic meaning of this sand table is greater than the actual use.

  『Probably in this position? ”Pang Tong gestured on the sand table with a ruler a little uncertainly, “It should be here almost, disembark from here, and then go in along the mountain road…”

  『Jushan...』 Fei Qian frowned, read Zhuge Liang's letter again, and generally agreed with Pang Tong's logo on the sand table.

   No way, wait until the hot air balloon research is successful, maybe you can start some more detailed map surveying.

  There is a mountain road in Wushan Mountain, which only Wuling Man knows.

  Zhuge Liang stated in his letter that the Wuling barbarians sent people, not only to tell them that there is such a road, but also to express their willingness to cooperate with the hussars to overthrow the evil Jiangdong regime...

  So Zhuge Liang urgently reported to ask for instructions, asking Fei Qian if he should take this opportunity to mess with Jiangdong's back garden.

  If the most important place in Jiangdong is around Wu County, then the chrysanthemums in Jiangdong are probably in Wuling County.

  There are five creeks in Wuling, folded and meandering in the mountains, they are really similar...

  Cough cough.

  Fei Qian threw the bad associations out of his mind, and then smiled, "Hu Qi Zhongxiao can go north, Wuling wants to go south." This Wuling barbarian is really interesting..."

  『Hu rides north? Wuling South Expedition? ”Pang Tong raised his eyebrows aside, “My lord is the guide to the Northern Fenzheng. Is it difficult to support the two Wulings in the Western Regions? 』

  『Ah... um...』 Fei Qianba smacked his lips and became confused. Can this be said to Pang Tong as a poem by Lao Du that suddenly came to mind? However, this poem seems to be appropriate. Huqi in the Western Regions in the north, and Wuling Manyue in the south.

  『Wuling is barbaric...』 Fei Qian changed the subject, 『How much does Shi Yuan know about it? 』

  Because of the limited space of the newspaper, Zhuge Liang only said that he had contacted Wulingman in the report, but he did not specifically talk about Wulingman's related matters, nor did he specifically introduce some background of Wulingman.

  Pang Tong thought for a while, and then said: "It is recorded in the past that the Gaoxin family had dog soldiers and bandits, and there were dogs and dogs with five kinds of hair, named Panhu. After getting rid of them, they married the emperor's daughter, which was the beginning of Wuling barbarians." There are many errata in what this person said, and I am afraid that the Han family deliberately scorned it. 』

   Fei Qian smiled and nodded.

  『In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu, Wu and Yue all had Nanman. Because of their geographical affiliation, they could be called Wuyue, Ouyue, Yangyue, etc. Their customs were different from those of the Central Plains, and most of them had tattoos and haircuts. ” Pang Tong said, “Because of the fact that there are so many tribesmen, they are called Baiyue. Wuling Man is one of them. 』

   To put it simply, Wuling Barbarians, as the name suggests, are a group of barbarians living in Wuling County, Jingzhou.

Because of the lack of culture, these so-called barbarians did not form a relatively complete chain of cultural transmission, so that even they themselves could not explain their own origins, so they were pushed by the people of the Central Plains. The so-called legend of a group of puppies born by a dog.

  The person who arranged this matter may not be the historian who wrote the history book. It is also possible that the official historian adopted a widely circulated rhetoric and then recorded it. But in any case, these "city people" who originally claimed to be people from the Central Plains probably never thought that one day their descendants would be forced to wander to these barbaric lands, and then fight with these "bastards" or It is the "dog-raised" descendants who combine with each other...

  Of course, on the other hand, it may not necessarily be a malicious arrangement. Because in ancient times, many tribes were uncivilized, and primitive worship was a very common state. Even the tribes in the Central Plains were improved from some primitive totem worship, so people in the Central Plains who came into contact with Baiyue At that time, it was entirely possible for these Baiyue people to claim that they were the descendants of a certain dog god.

  『Wuling Man became famous during the time of Guangwu. In the past twenty-three years of Jianwu, the barbarians in Wuling flourished, looting counties and counties, and the surrounding areas of big bandits. There are more than 10,000 people in Zhou County first, and they cannot be overcome. Later, there was General Fubo, who took three years to break it, which shows his bravery. 』

"Wulingman and others, there are also those who are pro-Han, they are called Shanman, and they also help the Han army to suppress the rebellion," Pang Tong said. To be good at barbarism and break it is also obtained from the barbarian soldiers in Wuling... In the land of Baiyue, the barbarians belong to the people, and the rebellion is uncertain, mostly because of taxes. Now that Jiangdong has increased taxes, I am afraid that there will be a lot of resentment ...'

   Fei Qian nodded, which was also mentioned in Zhuge Liang's books and newspapers. Jiangdong's increase in taxes on the Wuling area and the land of Wuxi is a very important reason why these Wuling barbarians are dissatisfied with Jiangdong's rule, and it is also the fuse for these Wuling barbarians to express their willingness to fall to Feiqian and accept Feiqian's governance.

  Wuling Man, also known as Wuxi Man.

   That is, several main tributaries in the upper reaches of Yuanshui River, including Xiongxi, Xixi, Wuxi, Youxi and Chenxi. After all, people cannot do without water. The barbarians living in this area are connected with each other and are the main force of Wuling barbarians.

  『Jiangdong...』 Fei Qian mused, 『This Jiangdong is raising taxes all of a sudden, what happened? 』

  Pang Tong shook his head slightly, "Jiangdong is a long way away, and news transmission is slow, so I don't know exactly what happened. 』

   Fei Qian took a deep breath, nodded, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Well, why don't we come to test it?" 』

"test? Pang Tong was a little confused, "Who is the test?" 』

  Fei Qian laughed, "Since we want to test, then we need to be more generous...do a bigger test..."