Chapter 1236 Different choices
"What a pity! If General Guan could continue to advance as soon as possible, even if he couldn't make Sima Yi peel off his skin, he could at least scare him out of his wits!"
When Feng Duhu received the battle report sent back from Taiyuan by General Guan, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
General Guan is still a bit inferior in terms of political sensitivity.
If Zhang Xiaosi was there to help, he might not be able to tell Sima Yi's next intention.
Frightened by Sima Yi's abnormal behavior, General Guan chose to be cautious.
Of course, Feng Duhu would not dare to say this openly.
Because he could talk while standing without pain in his back - according to the deduction and judgment of the staff team, Sima Yi's way back to Shangdang was blocked, so his best possibility was to transfer to Jizhou through Jingxing.
Jingxing is the main passage from Taiyuan County into Jizhou. It was once one of the national roads built under the order of Qin Shihuang.
The coffin of Qin Shihuang was also transported back to Xianyang through Jingxing.
As you can imagine, Jingxing, where carriages and horses can pass, is considered one of the best roads among the eight routes in Taihang.
If no one blocks the pass at Jingxing, it will not be difficult for tens of thousands of people to quickly pass through Jingxing and enter Jizhou.
Thinking again about the internal struggle in Wei State, Feng Duhu almost immediately agreed with this judgment after receiving the conclusion of the staff committee.
He even felt a little frightened.
Sima Yi is really ruthless!
I thought he was trapped in Hanoi, Henan Province, but I didn't expect that under such circumstances, he could come up with such a way to get involved in Jiyou.
Yes, in Feng Duhu's view, if Sima Yi actually controls Jizhou, then Youzhou will basically not be able to escape his grasp.
“Sir, Sima Yi has led his army to Jizhou, so now is a great time to regain Henan and Hanoi!”
Du Yu took the opportunity to come up and suggested with some excitement.
At this time, apart from Feng Duhu, there were only two disciples left in the commander's tent, Pei Xiu and Du Yu.
Pei Xiuzheng was immersed in writing and drawing, with a lot of messy manuscript papers in front of him.
He is sorting out the map of Hedong, striving to make the map more detailed and accurate.
Drawing a map of the Han Dynasty was a long and tedious task.
Du Yu, on the other hand, was busy sitting beside Feng Duhu, helping with military affairs.
Although the staff group helps with military matters on a daily basis, the staff group only has the power to make suggestions and not to deal with matters. It needs to be sent to Feng Duhu's office for approval first.
Feng Duhu approved most of the suggestions with a "yes", which was equivalent to authorizing each battalion commander or staff group to handle it.
For a small number of matters that need to be dealt with personally, or that do not agree with the opinions of the staff committee, you need to write down your own thoughts again.
Sometimes it is even necessary to call back and ask the staff team to re-formulate their opinions, or to summon the camp commander.
All Du Yu has to do is to help sort out the official documents and put them into categories.
Through this matter, he can get in touch with military affairs and learn how to deal with military affairs.
When Feng Duhu met him for the first time, he praised his analysis and deduction of the battle situation, which greatly encouraged him.
Now I see that General Guan finally sent someone to deliver the news from Taiyuan.
Du Yu was immediately excited and quickly suggested to Feng Duhu again.
Unexpectedly, Feng Duhu smiled, shook his head, threw the document away, and then asked:
"Yuan Kai is still thinking about defeating Sima Division, taking advantage of the situation to seize Tianjing Pass, and enter Hanoi through Taihangxing?"
Du Yu naturally thought so in his heart.
As soon as he saw his husband's expression, his heart skipped a beat and he asked cautiously:
“Sir, is there something wrong with what my disciple said?”
“There’s nothing wrong with it.”
Feng Duhu shook his head again and said warmly:
“At your age, it is rare for you to have such insights.”
“Furthermore, if I really lead the army to the High Capital, I might really have the opportunity to go south to Hanoi as you said.”
As soon as Du Yu heard this, he knew what Feng Duhu meant:
“Sir, what you are saying is that there are some omissions in the disciple’s policy?”
"Yes." Feng Duhu nodded and raised two fingers, "At least two places."
When Du Yu saw it, he quickly stood up and saluted: "Sir, please clear up my doubts."
“First, what you said, or in other words, your strategy, are all based on a premise.”
Feng Duhu explained, "That is, Sima Division will guard Gaodu City, let me defeat, and then flee in panic, causing the army to have no fighting spirit and unable to defend Tianjing Pass."
As Feng Duhu spoke, he stood up and looked at the map on the tent wall with his hands behind his hands:
"If I were Sima Shi, I wouldn't be so stupid. I would retreat to Tianjing Pass in advance."
"Retreat to Tianjing Pass?" Du Yu was a little stunned. He took a few steps forward and looked at the map, "Abandon Gaodu City directly?"
"Yes," Feng Duhu nodded, "because Gaodu City is now an abandoned city and cannot be defended at all."
No one knows the engineering camp better than Feng Duhu.
Therefore, he knew very well that with the participation of the engineering battalion, Gaodu City, which had been fought for several months and changed hands several times between Han and Wei, was in all likelihood in ruins.
Sima Division, who had just suffered a defeat, would be worried about his intelligence if he still dared to stay in Gaodu City after hearing that a certain ghost king was personally leading his troops.
But how could Sima Shi, whose intelligence level was worrying, assist Sima Yi in successfully launching the Gaopingling coup in the original history?
Not to mention a figure like Sima Yi, even if he wanted to brush up his son's qualifications, he would definitely send an old man to follow him, just in case.
For Feng Duhu, attacking Gaodu City and attacking Tianjing Pass are two completely different concepts of difficulty.
Gaodu City can be used by the engineering battalion.
But Tianjingguan is located in the high mountains and ridges, with winding tunnels like silk threads. It is surrounded by mountains, ravines, and ancient passes. The situation is majestic and it is known as a natural danger.
The stone cannon is there, but it has no effect.
It can only be filled with human lives, and it can only be sent on the ground one by one, because the army cannot be deployed in that kind of terrain.
"Second point," Feng Duhu sighed, "the total number of rebels in Henan and Hanoi is 150,000. Even if Sima Yi takes away many people, Hanoi will definitely arrange enough troops to defend it."
“Even if we can capture Tianjing Pass and then forcefully attack Hanoi, it will probably turn into a big war.”
“And now we don’t have enough food and grass to support this war...”
The Eight Armies in the Pass can now be said to be divided into three groups and marching out in full force.
Especially the Northern and Southern Armies and the Tiger Cavalry Army, which are all cavalry. Once they are all dispatched, the food and grass consumption will be almost astronomical.
Without adequate preparations, if Feng Duhu leads an army to attack Hanoi again, Jiang Wan in the rear may have to break through the defense no matter how gentlemanly he is.
It is impossible to jump up and yell at someone in public, no, it is a ghost who is not a human being:
"We agreed to regain Shangdang, so what are you doing in Hanoi? You are not a son of man!"
The generals on the front line could press for food and grass from the rear without hesitation, but Feng Duhu still had the title of Pingshang Shushi.
He knew the situation behind the Han Dynasty very well, so he had to consider the overall situation and could not ignore the good and bad.
After explaining all this, Feng Duhu turned around and saw the disappointment on Du Yu’s face, and couldn’t help but patted him on the shoulder:
"Don't look like that. There are some things about the big man that you can't touch yet, so you didn't consider them and made some omissions. It's normal."
Du Yu forced a smile, knowing that his husband was trying to comfort himself.
I didn’t expect Sima Shi to abandon Gaodu and defend Tianjing Pass. It was indeed because he didn’t think carefully and took it for granted.
Mr. ˆ has not said anything, maybe because he wants to think clearly.
At this thought, Du Yu couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, saying that he had been complacent these days in vain.
“Sir, my disciple’s knowledge is shallow.”
This was the first lesson Du Yu was taught after becoming a disciple of King Feng Gui.
"gentlemen?"
"Um?"
“The next step, Sir, is he going to lead the army to Shangdang?”
Hearing this, Feng Duhu smiled and said nothing.
this…
Did I guess wrong again?
Du Yu was really shocked.
Even though I am Mr.’s disciple and have been by Mr.’s side these days, I still can’t figure out what Mr. Sir’s next move will be...
Sigh, no wonder everyone in the world calls Mr. foresight...ahem!
“In addition to Wei Wenchang’s carelessness and failure to defeat Sima Yi’s plan, there is another important reason for Shangdang’s failure this time.”
Feng Duhu's face was indifferent, and there was a hint of unknown meaning in his eyes, "That's the powerful family of Shangdang."
Everyone knows that Ji Han has a tradition of suppressing aristocratic families.
From Shu to Liangzhou, and then from Liangzhou to Yongzhou and Bingzhou, no one was left behind.
There are many aristocratic families, and Hedong, which is adjacent to Shangdang, was even more brutally purged.
Either kneel down and act like a dog, or bleed into a river.
It is understandable that the local aristocratic family in Shangdang is saddened by the death of the rabbit and wants to return to the embrace of Wei State, the paradise of aristocratic families.
But understanding does not mean that Feng Duhu will let them go.
Just like in later generations, the goddess refused to lick the dog.
Not only will they not let them go, they will also intensify their efforts to settle the scores.
Du Yu, who is also a child of aristocratic family, felt a hint of chill from his husband’s plain tone, and he couldn’t help but asked:
“That sir means...”
"We don't need me to go over to recapture Shangdang." Feng Duhu grinned with a gentle expression, "Let General Shi Zhonglang (i.e. Shi Bao) go over first."
"Sima Yi has already withdrawn from Taiyuan. General Zhendong can also attack Shangdang from the north, which is enough to capture Shangdang. If I go there again, wouldn't it be unnecessary?"
Du Yu suddenly had a cold war.
General Shi Zhonglang?
How do the Hedong aristocratic families call this person?
Skin the evil dog!
In the past two years, he participated in the new affairs of the imperial court in Hedong, and Du Yu had heard of this person's name for a long time.
I don’t know how many people are gnashing their teeth at this person and wishing to peel off his skin and eat his flesh.
Not to mention anything else, just the salt sea east of the river, in the past, all the powerful families would go there to get salt without authorization and sell it privately to make huge profits.
After Shi Bao takes charge of patrolling the Salt Sea, anyone who dares to take salt without authorization will end up in a miserable state.
What's more, if you are accidentally bitten and exposed by the person behind the scenes, no matter who your boss is, you can't escape without peeling off the skin!
Shi Bao cut off a major source of profit for the Hedong family, plus new policies such as inventory of land, registration of population, and implementation of imperial examinations.
Faced with Ji Han, who has broad tax sources, healthy finances, rapid development of new industries, and a talent training system that has taken shape, Hedong Family is simply unable to resist.
In just a few years, we have fallen into a dilemma where we have no way forward or retreat, and we are at the mercy of others.
If you don't want the family to continue to decline, there is no other way but to rely on the court.
Of course, it would be wrong to say that there is no other way.
There is another way.
That is, no one dares to use it—either imitating the Party or directly rebelling.
It's just that the brutal methods used by the Han Dynasty when they regained Hedong have scared the courage of many people.
Coupled with the fact that the Royal Academy has expanded its enrollment of students in recent years, is preparing to promote cotton, and is also using measures such as expanding the number of seats in the Reserve Bureau, the imperial court can be said to be both benevolent and powerful.
As soon as the land and people were counted, the Hedong family, no matter how unwilling they were, had to kneel down obediently.
In fact, the wealthy families in Hedong and Shangdang made completely opposite choices when facing the extremely powerful Ji Han.
Their fates are quite different when you think about it.
Kneel down and still have something to eat. The gentleman took the opportunity to let Shi Bao lead the army into Shangdang. The meaning is self-evident.
The local aristocratic families are powerful, and they are afraid that they will be uprooted by the time, and even three feet of their land will be shoveled away.
After all, skinning a vicious dog is not a vain claim to fame?
Du Yu glanced at Mr. secretly and swallowed secretly.
Sure enough, what is Mr.’s second nickname?
Of course, Du Yu was not in the mood to pity the powerful family members who came to the party.
Because the Du family can be regarded as a family that has benefited from the new policies of the imperial court, he naturally wants to firmly support the new policies of the Han Dynasty.
Du Yu had countless thoughts in his mind, and then asked:
“Sir, you don’t want to go to the Party? Since you don’t want to go to Gaodu and you don’t want to go to the Party, where should you go?”
He didn’t believe that Mr. gathered so many troops here, but in the end did nothing.
Feng Duhu smiled slightly and said to Du Yu:
“Yuan Kai, why not take a guess?”
Du Yu was startled for a moment.
This...you have to guess again?
Mr.’s thoughts are too difficult to guess. As a disciple, I always feel that there is too much pressure.
…
Compared with Du Yu's gloomy look, Shi Bao, who had been guarding Gaoping Pass, could not help but smile at the sky when he received the military order from Feng Duhu.
“Come here!”
“General?”
“Send someone quickly to invite General Hu, General Wang and others to come and discuss matters!”
“Here!”
After a while, Hu Zun, Wang Han and others entered the tent:
“General Zhonglang, what’s the important thing to call us for?”
Shi Bao could not help but handed over the military order:
“General Hu, General Wang, and the Central Protector finally sent someone to deliver the news!”
"The Central Protector ordered me to organize the army immediately, leave Gaoping Pass, and go to the eldest son!" Shi Bao's eyes fell on Wen Shi next to Wang Han, "At the same time, he also asked me to bring the engineering battalion."
Take the engineering battalion to the eldest son?
Does Feng Duhu intend to hand over the important task of recovering Shangdang to General Zhonglang?
General Zhonglang, this is really a good time!
Can the eldest son be captured just by relying on the troops at Gaopingguan, or when there are bandit troops stationed in Gaodu in the south?
After all these days, according to the investigations of spies and scouts, the eldest son’s bandit army has imitated the old Zhao State veteran Lian Po and seized the time to set up a defense line along Danshui.
It was only when they saw the back of the military order that everyone realized that the battle in Taiyuan was over, and General Zhendong would lead his army south from Dagukou to attack Shangdang.
“General Zhendong’s troops were as powerful as a thunderbolt. Even Sima Yi didn’t dare to lightly attack his front and fled in a panic!”
Shi Bao was overjoyed and praised General Zhendong repeatedly.
It attracted a few people in the tent to look at him with some suspicion.
Shi Bao didn’t take it seriously.
He grew up as a poor and unlucky guy who was extremely depressed and had to pay for whatever he did. The biggest turning point in his life was meeting the noble man General Zhendong.
Even though General Zhendong couldn't hear it, it didn't affect his instinct to flatter the other party.
No, this is not flattery, this is what he truly means.
"The Zhongdu Protector has an order. We must obey the order, but I don't know what the Zhonglang General has planned?"
Hu Zun coughed, intending to resolve the awkward atmosphere in the tent.
Although General Zhendong...
Hmm, he is indeed worthy of the praise of Zhonglang General.
(End of this chapter)