"What a pity! If General Guan can continue to advance as soon as possible, even if he can't make Sima Yi peel off his skin, he can 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.
After all, General Guan is still somewhat 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 stand and talk 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.
It is conceivable that Jingxing, which can be used by vehicles and horses, is 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 about the internal struggles 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 his hands on Jiyou.
Yes, in Feng Duhu's opinion, if Sima Yi actually controls Jizhou, then Youzhou will basically not be able to escape his grasp.
"Sir, Sima Yi led the 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, only two disciples, Pei Xiu and Du Yu, were left in the commander's tent.
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, trying to make the map more refined 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 weekdays, the staff group only has the power to make suggestions and not to deal with matters. They need 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 things that need to be dealt with personally, or that do not agree with the opinions of the staff committee, you need to write your own thoughts again.
Sometimes they even have to call back and ask the staff team to re-formulate their opinions, or summon the battalion commander.
All Du Yu had to do was help organize the official documents and place them in categories.
Through this incident, he could 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:
"Is Yuan Kai still thinking about defeating Sima Division, and then taking advantage of the situation to seize Tianjing Pass and enter Hanoi through Taihangxing?"
Du Yu naturally thought so.
But when he saw the gentleman's expression, his heart skipped a beat and he asked cautiously:
"Sir, is there something wrong with what my disciple said?"
"Nothing wrong."
Feng Duhu shook his head again and said warmly:
"At your age, it is rare to have such knowledge."
"Moreover, if I really lead the army to the Supreme Capital, I might really have the opportunity to go south to Hanoi as you said."
When 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 Master Sima, 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.
If Sima Division, who had just suffered a defeat, dared to stay in Gaodu City after hearing that a certain ghost king was personally leading troops, his intelligence level would be worrying.
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 someone like Sima Yi, even if he wants to brush up his son's qualifications, he will 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.
The city of Gaodu can be left at the mercy of the engineering battalion.
However, Tianjing Pass is located in the lofty mountains, with winding tunnels like silk threads. It is surrounded by peaks, 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 up one team at a time, 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, I'm afraid it will turn into a big war."
"And now we don't have enough food and grass to support this war..."
The Eighth Army in the Pass can now be said to be divided into three groups and marching out in full force.
In particular, the Northern and Southern armies and the Tiger Cavalry Army are all cavalry. Once they are all dispatched, the food and grass consumption will be almost astronomical.
Without sufficient preparations, if Feng Duhu leads an army to attack Hanoi again, Jiang Wan in the rear, no matter how gentlemanly he is, may have to break through the defense.
It’s impossible to say that he would jump up and scold someone in public, no, it’s a certain ghost who is not a human being:
"We agreed to take back the Shangdang. Why are you going to 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 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 his 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.
He 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.
The husband has not said anything, maybe because he wants to think clearly.
At this thought, Du Yu couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, feeling so complacent these days in vain.
"Sir, this disciple is too ignorant."
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?"
When Feng Duhu heard this, he smiled and said nothing.
Seeing his husband's expression, Du Yu's heart skipped a beat again!
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 wants to do next...
Alas, no wonder everyone in the world calls Mr. foresight...ahem!
"In addition to Wei Wenchang's carelessness and defeat by 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 wealthy families.
From Shu to Liangzhou, and then from Liangzhou to Yongzhou and Bingzhou, no one was left behind.
There were many aristocratic families, and Hedong, which was adjacent to Shangdang, was even more brutally purged.
Either kneel down and be a dog, or bleed like a river.
It is understandable that the local wealthy family in Shangdang would like 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 families, felt a hint of chill from his gentleman's calm tone, and he couldn't help but asked:
"Then what sir means is..."
"We don't need me to go over to recover 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?
Skinned evil dog!
In the past two years, Du Yu had heard of this person's name while participating in the new affairs of the imperial court in Hedong.
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 in the Yanhai River east of the river, in the past, all the powerful families would go there to get salt without permission and sell it privately to make huge profits.
After Shi Bao took charge of patrolling the Salt Sea, anyone who dared to take salt without authorization would end up in a miserable state.
What's more, if you accidentally get bitten by someone behind the scenes, it doesn't matter who your boss is, you can't escape without peeling off your 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's broad tax sources, healthy finances, rapid development of new industries, and a talent training system that has taken shape, the Hedong Family is simply unable to resist.
In just a few years, he has fallen into a dilemma where he has no way forward or retreat and is being manipulated by others.
If you don't want the family to continue to decline, there is no other way but to look up to the court.
Of course, it would be wrong to say that there is no other way.
There is another way.
It’s just that no one dares to use it—either they learn from the Party, or they directly rebel.
It's just that the brutal methods used by the Han Dynasty when they regained Hedong have frightened many people.
Coupled with the fact that the Royal College has expanded its student intake in recent years, is preparing to promote cotton, and also uses other methods 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.
Even if you kneel down, you can still eat. The gentleman took the opportunity to let Shi Bao lead the army into Shangdang. The meaning is self-evident.
The local aristocratic family is afraid that it will be uprooted by the time, and even three feet of the family's land will be shoveled away.
After all, does the skinned vicious dog deserve its reputation?
Du Yu glanced at Mr. secretly and swallowed secretly.
Sure enough, what is your second nickname?
Of course, Du Yu was in no mood to pity the powerful family members who went to the party.
Because the Du family was a family that benefited from the imperial government's new policies, he naturally wanted to firmly support the Han Dynasty's new policies.
Du Yu had countless thoughts in his mind, and then asked:
"Sir, don't you 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 will you go?"
He didn't believe that the gentleman gathered so many troops here, but in the end he did nothing.
Feng Duhu smiled slightly and said to Du Yu:
"Yuan Kai might as well take a guess?"
Du Yu was startled.
This...you have to guess again?
It is too difficult to guess what the teacher is thinking. As a disciple, I always feel that the pressure is too much.
…
Compared with Du Yu's gloomy look, Shi Bao, who had been guarding Gaoping Pass, couldn't help but smile at the sky when he received the military order from Feng Duhu.
"Somebody come!"
"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, why are you summoning us for something important?"
Shi Bao couldn't 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 asked 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 with him."
Heading to the eldest son with an engineering battalion?
Is Feng Duhu planning to hand over the important task of recovering Shangdang to General Zhonglang?
General Zhonglang, this is really a turn of events!
Can the eldest son be captured just by relying on the strength of Gaopingguan, or when there are bandit troops stationed in Gaodu in the south?
After all, in recent days, according to the investigations of spies and scouts, the eldest son's bandit army has imitated Lian Po, the veteran Zhao State general in the past, and took 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 are really as powerful as thunderbolts. 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.
This caused several 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 down and out and had to pay for whatever he did. The biggest turning point in his life was meeting the noble man General Zhendong.
Even if 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, and 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...
Well, he is indeed worthy of the praise of General Zhonglang.
(End of chapter)
