Chapter 751 The battle is decided
Heavy rain is fair to everyone. Of course, although it falls on the earth fairly, it is unfair in the world, because some people can keep warm by eating and clothing in warm tents, while some people can only cry hungry under the small thatched hut. The number is cold.
For the majority of Chen Guo officials, especially the conscripted disciples and strong men, they hated the heavy rain. They were not as far-sighted as the group of elites in the camp, who could see that this heavy rain would greatly alleviate the drought in the Central Plains.
They simply see the fact that they are suffering while some people are enjoying happiness. They also cannot listen to those big principles, because behind the big principles they always have to pay more.
Not to mention that no one can talk to them.
At this moment, all the big shots were hiding in the tent, drinking, and even went so far as to hug Concubine Ji. Only the poor people like them had to endure the heavy rain.
Even the Nanyang soldiers who camped next to them were better than them. At least those people didn't have to stand guard outside, but they had to suffer with them because it was mentioned above that the Nanyang soldiers were guest soldiers and they had to do their best. It is advisable for the landowners to be on duty for them all.
Is this fucking fair? Are they Nanyang people visiting soldiers? Naigong is from Yuzhou, and he is also a guest soldier here!
But who cares about their resentment? Anyone?
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Although the heavy rain has been falling, it has weakened significantly when it gets dark, which makes Su Fei feel better when he changes defense.
Su Fei was originally the governor of Huang Zu, but later Huang Zu surrendered to Yuan Shao, and was later moved to Runan, while his tribe was split into various armies by Yuan Shao.
At this moment, Su Fei was just an ordinary general in the former guard army, leading his team to change defenses.
Su Fei encountered something strange as soon as he arrived.
It turned out that there were always howling sounds coming from the nearby military tent, which was even more terrifying in the rainy night. Su Fei got tired of hearing it and finally couldn't help but take someone over to check it out.
Before he reached the military tent, Su Fei smelled a strong fishy smell, a smell that even heavy rain could not cover up.
And when Su Fei opened the military tent, he was immediately stunned by the scene inside. It turned out that there were no less than a hundred corpses piled up in this small military tent.
These corpses were pressed against each other, each person's posture was distorted, and the wailing sound came from a pile of corpses.
Su Fei pursed his lips, and finally gritted his teeth and stepped forward to search for the voice. After stepping on corpses countless times, he finally saw the man in a gap.
It was an official who was not too old. After seeing Su Fei, the man's eyes became obviously alert, and then he said in a subtle voice:
"Water, want water."
Su Fei sighed, first asked his men to pull the man out of the pile of corpses, and then handed him his water bag.
After the man was pulled out, Su Fei saw his military uniform, his eyes narrowed, and then he inadvertently covered him with his raincoat.
After the man was taken out, he was obviously stunned for a moment. When Su Fei covered himself with the raincoat, he shook a little, but finally made no sound.
While he was silent, Su Fei called two of his confidants and gave them instructions:
"Send this man to my military tent. I will ask him something later."
Both of them were Su Fei's former guardsmen. They were assigned to the army and have been under the army since then, so they listened to the old officer's words and immediately went to carry this person.
In the end, Su Fei was still a little worried and gave another instruction:
"After sending it over, you two will also stand guard outside the military tent. Don't let anyone in. If someone comes from above, call me first. Understandable."
The two understood, and then carried the man on their backs and went out.
After that, Su Fei looked around the tent again, and felt sad as he saw the countless officials in red and yellow military uniforms piled here hastily.
He did not sympathize with these Yuan Shaojun officials. These people were also the enemies who killed his brothers Paoze. He was just sad for his fate. In such a place where even sacrificial officials could not be treated kindly, what hope did he and his brothers have?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of that person just now. Maybe his hope lies in him.
After that, Su Fei's team was on duty.
The place where they were located was near Yishui, so from time to time some disciples and soldiers would go out to get water from them.
Even though it was still raining, Su Fei still meticulously checked the talismans of these people and only let them go if they were correct.
On one of these occasions, he even stopped a man from the Chen Army to go to the top. When he saw Su Fei being so rigorous, he was greatly impressed and said that he wanted to transfer Su Fei to his army.
But Su Fei was just sarcastic:
"You should ask me my name, bah."
Soon, Su Fei finally ended his shift and returned to the camp calmly after handing over the changes.
But his heart was already filled with turmoil.
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Yuan Shao, the head of Chen Gong and the Yuan family in Runan, is currently meditating on the desk and practicing small calligraphy.
The Yuan family in Runan passed down the "Mencius Book of Changes" from generation to generation, but by Yuan Shao's generation, he actually knew all the five classics, just like he was writing the "Book of Filial Piety" silently at this moment. The full text of this sutra is more than 1,800 words, and Yuan Shao wrote it in one stroke without adding any points. .
Although "The Classic of Filial Piety" is the one with the smallest number of words among the Thirteen Classics, we can still see his hard work and attainments in classical studies.
Yuan Shao has always believed that calligraphy can nourish the mind, especially since his father often taught him that every major event requires more meditation, so he combined it. Whenever there was any difficulty in making a decision or when a major event was about to happen, he would write a sutra.
In fact, Yuan Shao's method does make some sense. That is, when writing scriptures silently, the mind is always stable and it is easy to enter the flow of mind, which makes you feel at ease.
In order to practice calligraphy, Yuan Shao also consulted many famous masters in Kyoto. At that time, Zhang Zhi, the son of the old Taiwei Zhang Huan, was known as the sage in the book, and he consulted many.
But although he put in a lot of hard work in calligraphy, he didn't make much progress. He often had good calligraphy in mind, but couldn't write it when it came to writing.
In this way, Yuan Shao knew that he had the talent of an ordinary person in this way.
However, writing came second to him, and what he valued most was the effect of meditation, so he often closed himself in a private room and got through difficult moments by meditating on sutras.
At this moment, he was hesitating whether to choose the right time to fight the Taishan Army or not. During the day, he discussed the war with a group of staff. The staff formed two groups of suggestions on whether to continue the confrontation with the Taishan Army or to actively invite the Taishan Army to fight.
Among them, the Yingchuan soldiers headed by Guo Dan all suggested taking the initiative to fight decisively. The reason was that the army's logistics supplies had reached the limit, and if they were delayed further, their own side would collapse. According to Xin Ping and Handan Shang, they felt that it would be more beneficial to continue the current confrontation. The reason was that the more the Taishan Army sought a decisive battle, the more it wanted to do the opposite.
Both factions have their own reasons, so Yuan Shao can't decide, so he can only go back to camp and meditate on the scriptures to maintain his state of mind.
At this moment, the "Book of Filial Piety" he meditated is also somewhat interesting, that is, he wanted to list this "Book of Filial Piety" as the first of all scriptures.
From now on, both the Chen State and the Chen Dynasty will regard filial piety as the first method of governing the world.
This is actually something Yuan Shao had in mind. That was about talking about loyalty, which he was obviously embarrassed to talk about. After all, no matter how much he talked about it, the Han Dynasty could be worthy of most people, but it could never be unworthy of them, the Runan Yuan clan.
Without the favor of the imperial court, the Yuan family in Runan would be just a low-ranking figure. Just like what Han You, whom he had dealt with before, said, many of the great families in Yingchuan and Runan were noble for generations and had already prospered before the Han Dynasty. Without the support of the Han Dynasty to the Yuan family, how could the Yuan family be the leader of the world's noble families? Bullseye?
And why did the Han Dynasty value the Yuan family? Isn't it just because they are innocent and can be regarded as members of the Han Dynasty?
As for loyalty, no matter what outsiders say, Yuan Shao himself knows that the Yuan family cannot be called loyal.
Therefore, he does not ask others to be loyal or expect others to be loyal. Because the Yuan family, who had given such a great favor, was like this, how could he still dare to trust others?
But Yuan Shao believed in one thing, and that was filial piety. He has always believed that filial piety is the foundation of human beings. If you are not filial, you will not be a good person, and most of the so-called loyal ministers come from filial families. Therefore, Yuan Shao found a new way and decided to rule with filial piety.
And there is another saying, that is, since you are filial, you can naturally excuse and defend your behavior.
Because it was your Han Dynasty that slaughtered my whole family, and I, Yuan Shao, raised the flag of rebellion. Even so, when your Han Dynasty was destroyed by thieves, Yuan Shao still ignored the past grudges and raised Yi soldiers to fight against the thieves. What else can he do? What about the accusation?
At this moment, there was a faint sound of rain outside, and the brush was rubbing inside. Yuan Shao was writing on the silk.
Today, Yuan Shao felt that his writing power had greatly improved, so he simply took out a piece of silk and copied it again.
Unlike writing on paper, silk has a slightly thicker texture, does not melt ink, and tends to stagnate. Most people do not dare to write. Only those famous masters would write on silk when they wanted to leave their calligraphy treasures to the world.
Generally speaking, children of aristocratic families would only write their last poems on silk when they were about to die.
At this moment, Yuan Shao got excited about writing and completely forgot about this taboo. Maybe he thought that his calligraphy level had reached a peak at this moment.
But after writing for a while, his hand shook, and an ink dot was deeply embedded on the silk cloth.
Yuan Shao threw the pen out at once, then crumpled the silk into a ball and threw it on the table.
Watching the ball of silk gradually expand, Yuan Shao's thoughts were flying:
"Whether we should fight or not."
To be honest, he was still a little worried about his ability because he was unable to make a decision.
Different from another time and space, Yuan Shao there made his fortune in the difficult Jizhou and fought against Gongsun Zan, the most powerful vassal in the world. In several years of hard fighting, Yuan Shao has made great progress in both his military strength and military capabilities.
But what now? Yuan Shao here started his career in the Central Plains, and he fought some separatist forces at the Central Plains county level. The most difficult one to fight was Chen Wang Liu Chong, and he defeated Liu Chong by political means rather than military warfare.
Later, he defeated Liu Biao, but he achieved good results, but Liu Biao was not a strong vassal. Not to mention compared with the Taishan Army, he was even inferior to Cao Cao in Qingzhou, which was on the same level as Yuan Shu.
Therefore, Yuan Shao has always been worried about his military ability, so he tolerated Ju Yi in every possible way. The most drastic method was to kill his old generals and beat him.
Why? Doesn't he just want Ju Yi to be by his side to help him mobilize the army?
But even with Ju Yi by his side, Yuan Shao's whole body was shaking from head to toe at the thought of fighting Zhang Chong on the opposite side.
Who is Zhang Chong? He couldn't even remember how many famous marshals died at his hands. So far, yes, so far, he has never seen Zhang Chong lose once. Every time he wins, he is as big as Emperor Guangwu.
But at this moment, Yuan Shao suddenly thought of an allusion, that is, Emperor Guangwu actually suffered a major defeat, but he was still defeated by the inconspicuous Hebei peasant army.
History says: "Shizu attacked You Lai, Wu Ban and others, but was defeated by Shen Shui."
This incident immediately brought great confidence to Yuan Shao, and he secretly encouraged:
"That's it, that's it. No one always wins. Who said this Luo Shui is not Shen Shui? Didn't Xiang Yu win every battle before the battle of Gaixia? Was everything he should be defeated? What happened in the end? Gaixia If you fight, this person will lose everything. That’s it. I am now like the great ancestor, who must be persistent and brave. I must have confidence in myself.”
The more he thought about it, the more he thought about it. At that moment, he was like the great ancestor, and Ju Yi was his Han Xin.
But as he walked, Yuan Shao began to worry again.
He is such a person, always happy and worried at the same time, thinking too much too fast.
Yuan Shao suddenly thought again, can a military leader like Ju Yi really be controlled?
Yuan Shao was not like this in the past. When he first raised his army, he wished that his men would be all capable ministers and generals. As long as he heard about the victory ahead, he would be sincerely happy. However, after becoming the lord of Yuzhou and Duke Chen, his thoughts began to change. It's a bit complicated.
He discovered that sometimes the more powerful the subordinates are, the better, but they should be reassuring. The paradox is that the more powerful he is, the more worried he becomes.
At that time, he gradually understood a principle of power, that is, the position must be given to his own relatives, and fighting should be left to those who are brave and extraordinary.
This is a stable power structure, but it is a pity that Yuan Shao understood it too late. In his early years, he relied too much on those generals with foreign surnames, and now he is already a bit too weak.
When Yuan Shao thought of this, he suddenly felt that the battle could be fought like this, so he immediately laid out the formation diagram on the desk, changed the original three military ranks of Li Zheng, Li Tong, and Zhou Xin, and decided to let them take the lead. , and then his own Upper Fifth Army and Chun Yuqiong's Central Guard Army will form the second echelon.
Seeing this kind of troop dispatch at this moment, Yuan Shao no longer had any worries in his heart.
If you want to fight, fight him Zhang Chong, and use this battle as the founding battle of Chen State.
Thinking of this, he decided to let Xin Ping go to the opposite side to invite a battle, and the time was decided on the second day after the rain stopped. At that time, I, Yuan Shao, would raise one hundred thousand troops to fight with the thieves in Yiluojian.
Yeah, yeah, little thief Zhang Chong, let’s see if you die.