Chapter 114 Planning
Hearing the word "congratulations" suddenly, all the officials who were already in despair couldn't help but be startled. When they saw that the person coming was a scholar in a long gown, except for Deng Sen who beamed with joy in anticipation, everyone else's hearts sank.
Not surprising at all. With the same subject matter, the illiterate people in the market listened to various versions of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that were enriched by storytellers, while the scholars read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by Chen Shou, well, it had to be annotated by Pei Songzhi. Soldiers with little education love the nonsense told by storytellers. They have long admired the miracle of a scholar with a feather fan, silk scarf, and clever tricks to defeat powerful enemies. And all the civil servants have been in the officialdom for many years. The difference between them and the storytellers is The reason is that the latter is not very good at reading, and even before becoming a scholar, he is already desperate and has no choice but to work as a storyteller to make a living. However, the officials are all academic masters. Of course the myth is scoffed at, and no one will believe it. How could a young scholar have any ingenious plan to resist "hundreds of thousands" strong thieves? At this time, no one knew how many men Guan Shengyun had. Considering the size of the floating corpse, this kind of guess was normal.
Luo Shifan didn't pay attention to the faces of the officials at all. He walked up to them and saluted them, then looked at them with a smile.
Overjoyed, Deputy Marshal Deng rubbed his hands and was about to reply like a general in storytelling, "May I ask where your happiness comes from, sir?" When he saw that the officials had sullen faces and did not answer, he quickly swallowed back the words of praise that were on his lips, puzzled. Looking at several civil servants. Hu Chuanlu knew that it was time for him to come out and smooth things over, so he returned the greeting and asked: "Ahem, may I ask Mr. Luo, who entrusted you with your honor, and how do you say the word 'congratulations'?"
Of course Luo Shifan didn't know Hu Chuanlu. Seeing that he was wearing a scribe's square scarf, at first he thought he was a staff member of some official. When he got closer, he saw that his face was wrinkled and clearly had passed the age of being a master, so he thought it was someone's senior. When Hu Chuanlu spoke first, he understood. : This is a highly respected gentleman from Xiangyang Prefecture, who serves as a mouthpiece for the officials. So he pointed to the north and replied solemnly: "The student was entrusted by the commander over there, and I would like to trouble you all to convey a wish to the court: We ask the court to recruit you."
Shocking!
The officials, who were completely desperate and about to seek death, suddenly heard that the thieves who were trying to force them to death actually "please surrender". They were so shocked that they couldn't help but suspect that they had heard wrong. They looked at each other, and no one knew what to say for a moment. good. Mo Qiushui stared at Luo Shifan carefully, and a series of questions arose in his mind: At such a young age, how could the bandit leader trust him with such a big thing? Who was he to the bandit leader? The accent is indeed from the Gansu and Shaanxi areas. What happened that such a strong thief actually asked for recruitment? Could it be that the imperial court deployed heavy troops to contain the thieves and was desperate? No, I don’t know what’s going on in the north, east, and west. Xiangyang Mansion is already an uninhabited country and you can come here anytime you want...
Luo Shifan still stood with a smile on his face, looking at this and then that. Hu Chuanlu was also dumbfounded and asked subconsciously: "Your Excellency, you are not joking, are you?"
Luo Shifan replied calmly: "If a student is not talented, how dare he risk his own life to make such a joke?"
Hu Chuanlu, who has no official status, can no longer get involved in the important matter of recruitment. Zhang Kexin said hurriedly: "Master Mo, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Luo, this is not the place to talk. Shall we go in and talk slowly?"
Gan Zhihai hesitated and said: "Is it possible that we are delaying the attack..."
Before the word "trick" could be uttered, Luo Shifan laughed and said coldly with a cold light in his eyes: "You adults know better than the students what Xiangyang Mansion is like now. Do you need any delaying tactics? The students have come all the way alone and have not met yet. If there is any obstruction, if it is not based on sincere discussion, what if a large group of people comes directly?"
Mo Qiushui, who was in a fog, quickly replied: "Mr. Luo, let's talk in the office." After saying that, he winked at Gan Zhihai. Gan Zhihai returned his look knowingly, and everyone led Luo Shifan back to the Yamen. Gan Zhihai, who deliberately stayed a few steps behind, whispered to Sui Ren: "Go back to the palace quickly and tell Chitose to pack your things first. I will go listen to the situation. If there is anything wrong, wait for my news and leave immediately without waiting for me."
Of course, the floating corpses were all thrown into the water by Guan Shengyun.
This was Luo Yonghao's idea.
On the third day after the capture of Nanyang, Guan Shengyun convened a meeting with the generals at the Tang Palace in accordance with the request of military advisor Luo Yonghao.
The rewards of conquering Nanyang were too great. Although the generals were no longer the bunch of country bumpkins who had just left Shaanxi Province, they were all people who had seen the big world, but they were still shocked by the huge wealth of the Tang Palace, especially the Nanyang Prefecture. Every one of them was so happy that they would wake up laughing even in their dreams. They were still in a state of excitement when they participated in the military meeting and could not calm down for a long time.
Luo Yonghao has never seen wealth of this scale. However, from a proud rookie in officialdom to a magistrate who was sent to a remote and impoverished place where he would never succeed, to a military advisor who has fought countless battles, after experiencing the ups and downs of life, he has become much less interested in the things outside him.
In the past few days, everyone was staying in the Tang Dynasty's mansion, which had been turned upside down. You Futian lived in the bedroom of Chen Boyen, the chief historian. There was a porcelain pillow on the couch with a picture of the rising sun and water. Because the five elements were short of water, the two camps he led brought water. You Futian liked it very much. He picked it up and looked at it. He was thinking about taking it back when he felt that there was something in it. After rolling and twisting for a long time, he actually dug out a glass orb with a diameter of two inches: the crystal clear crystal was wrapped inside the orange petal-shaped flowers, and there was no gap on the outside! You Futian did not dare to keep such treasures privately, so he presented them to Guan Shengyun, who then gave them to Luo Yonghao. Unexpectedly, the military advisor thanked him and put them aside casually without taking them seriously. The whole process was watched by Zhang Ding, so Cheng Tianjie gave three gold rings today and two jade hairpins tomorrow to please Military Advisor Luo - the Tang Palace was captured by Gao Tengdou's Flying Beast Camp and Poxiao Camp, so Zhang Ding didn't dare What was the plan? The prefect's Yamen was in You Futian's pocket and he couldn't get his hands on it. Taking advantage of Gong Derun Valley's Bai Hua to occupy the government treasury, General Zhang commanded his men to raid all the homes of officials, relatives and dignitaries in Nanyang, and the harvest was not small. When Luo Yonghao understood Zhang Ding's intention, he gave the orb to him without confiscating his messy things.
But Zhang Dingmei was ruined! Guo Qinglin asked Guo Qinglin to find the best craftsman in the auxiliary camp, embed the orb into the hat, stare at it intently, and then wear it to show off throughout the camp. Tens of thousands of people saw the big glass ball on General Zhang's head. Except for a few people, they were all extremely envious: There were all kinds of treasures, but Guan Shengyun didn't care much. Anyway, it was a favor to the military advisor. He could give it to anyone he liked. Who, Luo Yonghao didn't take it seriously at all, otherwise he wouldn't have given it to Zhang Ding easily. The most angry person was You Futian. Every time he saw him, he had the urge to beat him up...
Seeing all the generals laughing and joking, Luo Yonghao smiled slightly: "Generals, we have fought many big and small battles along the way. Which battle do you think is the most dangerous?"
Gao Tengdou first responded: "It should be the battle in Yanchuan, right? If the Third Division of Shaanxi Province hadn't revealed the information in advance, most of Gu Manzi's camp would have been lost in Yanshui."
Gu Baihua glanced at Gao Tengdou gratefully, subconsciously touched the back of his head and said nothing.
Zhang Ding was dissatisfied and said: "Bah! Of course it was the battle at Hangu Pass! Gu Manzi just almost lost some troops in Yanshui. In the battle at Hangu Pass, my backbone was really broken! Two people in the whole battalion died. Half or nearly 10% of the people with severed arms and legs have become cripples, and now they all have to be fed by me, Lao Zhang, and more than 50% of the remaining people are injured. Even I almost died! If I hadn't won the battle and supplemented it, Pili The camp is gone!"
Gong Derun allocated half of the battalion to Zhang Ding in that battle, and the losses were heavy. He echoed with sadness: "This is the truth. Gangfeng Battalion also suffered more than 30% losses."
Ever since he sat down, You Futian had been staring at the glass ball on Zhang Ding's hat. He was not angry at all, and said angrily: "That's your soldier! Feint attacks can cause so many casualties, thank you for having the nerve to say so!" The two battalions were not wearing armor. Didn’t they capture Nanyang Mansion in less than an hour and also attack the government office? Less than thirty people were killed or wounded!"
Zhang Ding said angrily: "You fart!"
Seeing that several people were about to quarrel, Luo Yonghao hurriedly stopped: "Generals, generals, we are reviewing the gains and losses. It's all my fault, it's all my fault. It was Luo who asked the wrong question." As he spoke, he waved to Guan Shengyun, who was about to have a fit. Waving his hand, "It's okay, Marshal. Everyone, please listen to what Luo has to say. Luo thinks that this battle in Nanyang is the most dangerous, and he is still scared to this day."
Hearing what the military advisor said, the generals were a little unconvinced. Guo Qinglin muttered in a low voice: "The opponents here are all common people. We killed thirty or twenty thousand people in the auxiliary barracks in two days. The general didn't think there was any danger."
Luo Shifan glanced at his father, received an encouraging look, and then said: "Brother Guo did a good job. However, we used arrows, and the dog officer was attacked by us before he could send more people. Otherwise, drag him up again." In two or three days, we may be defeated miserably, not to mention the soldiers, even our generals here, whether they can escape unscathed is a big question."
The generals thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. However, they still could not accept the fact that every time they defeated the elite officers and soldiers and even the palace guards until they were defeated, they were almost defeated by the rabble of common people. Gu Baihua was unconvinced and said: "That's not necessarily true, right? At worst, don't divide the troops. I will take the lead. There will be three battalions of Lao Gao, two battalions of Lao You, one battalion of Lao Zhang and Lao Gong, and the commander's personal guard battalion plus the cavalry." , and there are tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers from a small country, I don’t believe that I will be defeated by the common people!"
Luo Yonghao glanced at Gu Baihua and asked, "In your opinion, if we fight for another three days, what will the damage be like?"
Gu Baihua glanced at his father-in-law, thought for a moment and said: "The first day will undoubtedly be a big victory. On the second day, we will be a little tired, but we will also win a small victory. On the third day, the kills will be almost equal. We are about 30% to 40%. The wounded, but by then there should have been more than 70,000 to 80,000 beheaded..."
Luo Shifan smiled and continued to ask: "What if we fight for another two days?"
Gu Baihua puffed up her mouth, hesitated, and stopped talking.
Luo Yonghao said: "Fan'er is right. Ah Hua is also right. We can indeed behead 70,000 to 80,000 people, or even more. Well, 100,000, 150,000, is that enough? Then what? If we kill like that , we have killed all our own people, but can we harm that dog official at all? There are at least hundreds of thousands of people in Nanyang Mansion, do we have to kill them all?"
Gong Derun said: "Master Military Advisor is right. We rebelled because we had no way to survive and we had no choice but to survive, not to kill people."
Gao Tengdou said curiously: "Master Military Advisor, I am a little confused. You said that we used to fight against the dog officers and soldiers. It can be said that we won every battle. Although sometimes we fought with some tricks, in the end it was a sword and a shot. After being chopped out, 10% to 20% of the officers and soldiers were killed or wounded, and at most 20% to 30% fled all at once. But in Nanyang Mansion, we are dealing with the common people! We have clearly killed so many people, why don't they know how to escape, but come here every day? Are you going to die? Hearing what the military advisor said, the general is really scared. If it hadn't been for the young military advisor's ingenious plan, I don't dare to think about what would have happened if it had been delayed for a few more days."
You Futian, who was no longer staring at Zhang Ding's hat, was a little confused and asked: "Master Military Advisor, why do you think this is? I just went to Xiao Guo to ask for arrows, and he said that almost all of them were used up. .If we encounter this kind of battle in the future, how should we fight?"
Luo Yonghao struck lightly with both palms: "These questions are on point! The commander-in-chief asked Luo to come to everyone, and this is what he wants to say!"
The generals who were noisy just now suddenly became quiet. They all sat upright in their chairs and stared at Luo Yonghao with wide eyes as he continued to speak.
"Have you noticed something particularly strange: when the common people attacked our army, they all seemed to be brave and fearless of death. No matter how many casualties there were the day before, they still came like a tide the next day. I heard General You and A Hua say, The people who gathered temporarily would spontaneously attack the troops stationed at the south gate and east gate. However, when we took over Nanyang Mansion, it seemed that everyone had disappeared! Even the tens of thousands of people who came out of the city to fight us in an aggressive manner. You didn't come back to fight, but when you saw us breaking the city from a distance, you dispersed in a hurry, why is this?"
Gong Derun said: "To capture the thief, capture the king first. Without their backbone, they fled."
"Exactly!" Luo Yonghao nodded, "In the past, when we faced off against the army, no matter how incompetent those people were, there was always a unified command system. For example, if one Guo killed three or four people by us, others would be afraid when they saw one. If two or three teams were defeated by us, other people would also be afraid. If we killed one or two teams in a battalion, other team officers and battalion officers would be afraid... If they are scared, they will run away. If the officers run away, who will? Continue to die? So we will win all the way. But it is different here in Nanyang. The dog official is sitting safely in the city, and the people are gathered in villages and towns. The units do not know each other at all, and there is no unified chain of command. It's just a rush. People in the same village are often related to each other. If you kill your son, your father will continue to fight you. If you kill your brother, your brother will also fight you. Unless you kill them all, or are completely scared out of your wits, Otherwise, they will just rush over! When you kill all the people in one village, people from another village will come over. If you kill all the people in one township, the people from the next township will just come over... A government can cost at least hundreds of thousands. How is it possible to kill all the people?"
Guan Shengyun changed his posture in his seat and couldn't help but ask: "Then...according to the military advisor, if those dog officers do this in the future, wouldn't we be dead?"
Luo Yonghao smiled: "No. Luo estimates that it will be difficult for us to encounter a similar situation in the future. However, we should be lenient when we anticipate the enemy, and we still need to make some preparations."
Gu Baihua couldn't hold it in anymore and asked anxiously: "Abba, why don't you know? If someone is a dog official, it's fine if you don't know. Since you know, why don't you all imitate him?" Do it? Sooner or later, our army will be exhausted!"
Luo Yonghao shook his head: "They can't do it even if they know it. But there's no rush. Let's talk about it later. Nanyang is not a place to stay for a long time. Although a lot of gold and silver were seized, everyone has seen that the people's livelihood is in decline. Store grain. Gold and silver cannot be used as food. We must prepare to leave for Huguang immediately. That is the land of plenty and we can firmly establish a foothold."
Guan Shengyun said: "Great advice from the military advisor! Xiangyang Mansion is not far away. Let's discuss first how to attack Xiangyang."
Luo Yonghao smiled and shook his head slightly: "Luo feels that there is no need to fight."
The generals widened their eyes, waiting for Luo Yonghao's next words. Unexpectedly, Luo Yonghao softly spoke four words, which was like a thunderous explosion, blinding everyone.
"We please surrender."
*Knowledge point of this article: ancient pillows
In ancient times, Chinese people slept on very high and hard pillows, mainly for several reasons.
The first is to maintain your hairstyle. The ancients were not able to wash their hair and bathe every day like today, and they had long hair, and there was no hair dryer, so it was very inconvenient to sort it out. If it is a hard pillow, it can keep your hairstyle from getting messy.
Secondly, there is an idiom "sit back and relax", and everyone believes in this.
Third, the sanitary conditions in ancient times were poor and there were many kinds of parasites. As the saying goes, "The emperor also has three lice on his body." There is nothing you can do about it with bedding. Rich people have jade pillows and porcelain pillows, while poor people have wooden pillows. The problem of parasite harborage.
There is also a little story: the famous prime minister Wang Anshi was extremely untidy and slovenly. When he went to court to meet Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, a louse actually came out of his clothes and crawled up his beard. Shenzong was dumbfounded and couldn't help but smile. After going to court, Wang Anshi asked Yu Yu why the emperor was laughing, and Yu Yu told him the truth. Prime Minister Wang felt embarrassed and quickly asked his servants to help him find it and crush it to death...Yu Yu made trouble and said that he could not kill it. This louse was unusual. When the king asked him why, Yu Yu replied: "'I have traveled to Xiangxu many times, and I once visited it as a royal visitor.' How many lice in the world have such honor?"
There are many short stories about Mr. Wang’s filthiness. Let me tell you one first, and I will talk about the others later when I think of them. When he retired, a bed had to be returned to the government (look at the civil service system of the Song Dynasty). His wife, Mrs. Wu, liked the bed and did not want to return it. The servants who came to move the bed didn't dare to do anything. When Wang Xiangye saw it, he stepped on the bed a few times with his bare feet and rolled it a few times. When the wife saw this, she immediately said: "It's disgusting. Hurry up and get rid of it." Carry it away for me..."
Fourth, it is most suitable to make a safe. In the dark without electric lights, a thief might break into the room and steal the wooden box unknowingly, but if you put the deed, gold and silver in the hollow pillow, it would be almost impossible to steal without waking you up.
According to legend, the name pillow was given by Cao Cao. It is said that he was reading the military intelligence report in the middle of the night and was really sleepy. Before the servants could move the wooden box containing the military documents, Cao Cao fell asleep on his pillow. I slept very peacefully and didn't have any headaches. So the next day, I asked someone to make a wooden pillow and named it "Pillow".
