Chapter 3492: Reduce the problem, reduce the problem!
Only the power you can control is the power that truly belongs to you.
Rented, borrowed, cheated, and robbed, they don''t count.
Cao Cao understood this very well.
Because he had rented and cheated before, but those powers quickly dissipated...
More than once.
So when Cao Cao met the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, he vowed to completely control this power in his own hands.
Cao Cao did indeed do this.
He removed all the local Qingzhou leaders and leaders from the Qingzhou Army, and then consciously let his own tribe''s cronies and so on lead these Qingzhou soldiers, controlled these Qingzhou soldiers to the greatest extent possible, and ensured that this force became Cao Cao''s dominance. Strong support from the Central Plains!
Cao Cao succeeded!
Relying on his own strength, he defeated Er Yuan who relied on the power of the nobles.
This includes the Qingzhou soldiers'' innate hatred for the powerful nobles, and also the success of Cao Cao''s strategy of tightly grasping military power.
However, all policies and strategies are not effective for one lifetime, let alone irreplaceable forever.
The shortcomings of Cao Cao''s method of controlling Qingzhou soldiers have now been exposed...
In fact, this problem is not unique to Cao Cao, but has appeared in the Han Dynasty very early, such as the Xiqiang problem.
There are many factors that detonated the Xiqiang, including the conflicts between Han officials and local Qiang people.
There are many reasons that detonated Cao Cao''s camp, but the contradiction between the upper and lower levels was the key to igniting the powder keg in the end.
The people of Shandong are indeed very honest in normal times, but they must not unscrupulously trample on the bottom line of these honest people...
After hearing the news, Cao Cao immediately rushed out of the Chinese army''s tent with his men. Then he immediately beheaded one of the military school officials who had caused the conflict and whipped the rest with canes. Only then did he bring the chaotic situation under control.
Because Cao Cao knows better than anyone else which side is more important at this moment!
However, the strategy of borrowing people''s heads can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.
Because the root cause of the conflict is not one or two non-commissioned officers and minor officials, but the opposing positions of the two sides.
This kind of contradictory contradiction will not be obvious during the rise of Cao Group.
After all, at that time, opening up the Eryuan market was enough for those above to eat meat and those below to drink soup, and everyone''s belly could be rounded. But now is the economic downturn, and obviously there is not enough meat for the upper class. However, the upper management of the Cao family The reporter will not say that everyone shares the joys and sorrows together and chooses to drink bitter vegetable soup, but will focus on his lower class.
The meat at the lower level is also considered meat. Isn’t it a normal operation to expand domestic demand?
So this conflict is just the beginning.
Cao Jun''s restlessness could not be concealed, and he was quickly noticed by the scouts sent by Pang Tong, and then a new wave of harassment began...
At a distance of two to three hundred steps, arrow stones are basically of little effect, but the sound can span this space and directly hit the hearts of Cao''s soldiers.
When it comes to the battle of the heart, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period began.
In the Three Kingdoms, there are often scolding formations. It is not uncommon to know how to use them, but it is not easy to use them well.
Cao Cao could silence Cao''s soldiers, but he could not silence the hussars.
When shouting in front of the formation, all the soldiers of Cao''s army could hear what the other party said.
Cao Cao also quickly chose a response method, which was to scold him back.
Cao Cao''s response cannot be wrong. After all, unilateral voices are obviously detrimental to Cao''s army. Even if it interferes with the audio and visual, we must try our best to suppress the clamor of Cao''s soldiers!
"Qingzhou brothers! Look around for yourselves! Who is it that sweats, tears, and bleeds? ! Who are those who get promoted, make money and enjoy themselves? ! Is it worth working for these guys who don''t treat you as human beings? ! 』
"Don''t listen to them!" We obeyed the emperor''s edict to defeat thieves and rebels, to support the country, and for the sake of the world..."
"What world?" ! If you don’t have enough food and clothing, what kind of world is there? ! Go ask those of you who are coming back! The Hussars are not only well-fed, but well-fed! Two outfits a year! It''s the same as being a soldier, but in the end you have to eat or not, and you have to wear clothes or not, and you have to pay for the soldiers but not for them. Just ask yourselves, is it worth it to be a soldier? ! 』
"How can you be a soldier just for food, drink and pay?" ! We are here for the loyalty of the great man! We belong to the emperor! You guys..."
"The hussars are getting their real pay!" No defaults! After one year in the army, your family can buy an acre of land! If you are injured, there will be a doctor; if you die in battle, you will get a pension! What do you have? ! Except for the words of loyalty, no one buried the bones! Qingzhou brothers, think about it, is it worth it? ! 』
"They are traitors!" Rebellious! Don''t listen to them! 』
There were shouts from both sides.
Which is more important, the national interest, or food and clothing?
If a person has lofty ideals and firm beliefs, then of course the country and the nation are the most important!
But the question is, where did these Cao Jun soldiers under the policy of obscuring the people have any lofty ideals and firm beliefs?
Do they have nine years of compulsory education since childhood? Do you go to pay homage to the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai every year? Except in the notices of the Han government and actually appearing around them, can they see any officials with lofty ideals and firm beliefs? Are these Han officials wearing tattered clothes and eating wild vegetables with them, or are they eating special food from the government and showing off their horses when they come in and out?
Ever since, Cao Jun''s restlessness, this time, did not decrease with the passage of time, but became more and more obvious.
People don''t really have bad memories, nor are they really stupid enough to not know pain.
Some trivial matters that may be insignificant in the eyes of some officials in normal times are now weighing heavily on Cao Jun, Cao Cao and others!
Cao Cao knew that if he wanted to win back the hearts of these Qingzhou soldiers, he needed to really do something...
But if you do these things, you may be able to save the Qingzhou soldiers'' hearts, but you will lose the hearts of his people''s cronies!
Publicly punishing one or two close clan members will not shake the foundation of Cao Cao''s rule. On the contrary, it will make Cao Cao appear to be selfless and honest, and other close clan members will not say anything. After all, when some people cause trouble, they are unlucky, and there is nothing wrong with them losing their heads. But if Cao Cao cancels all the treatment of his close relatives and makes them have the same food, clothing, housing and transportation as the Qingzhou soldiers, then Cao Cao himself will be the unlucky one!
One or two, okay.
All, no.
The other people in the Cao family will tell the unlucky guy who is beheaded in a tacit understanding that the problem you caused can only be solved by you. Go die with peace of mind, your family will definitely take good care of you, and you don''t even need to change your last name anyway. After this unlucky guy dies, it means that this matter is over, and everyone can eat meat, drink, sing, dance and learn foreign languages ??again...
But if all the clan’s cronies cancel their benefits and reduce their remuneration, it will be a big trouble. After all, these clan’s cronies follow Cao Cao, not for the sake of the emperor, nor for any righteousness, but for the sake of one person’s enlightenment. If they find that they can’t ascend to heaven. , but also to become a chicken and a dog again, let alone the chicken and the dog being restless, it is very possible to even break up where they are!
Therefore, Cao Cao could only choose one method in the end.
beat!
Send people to attack and kill the loud-voiced soldiers under the hussars who are chirping in front of the formation.
This is also a Shandong tradition. Since the problem cannot be solved, silence the sound first!
Weapons, blood flowers, flames, black smoke.
The battle started again.
Arrows flew across the sky.
The head fell to the ground.
The shouts and the sound of golden drums converged.
The people who were rushing forward one moment turned into fallen corpses the next.
Whether it''s a conspiracy or a scheming, all the strategies are for the final fight on the battlefield.
In the end, we still have to rely on these ordinary soldiers to decide the outcome with bit by bit fighting, bloodshed, and casualties.
After all, the impact on Cao''s army cannot be eliminated simply by fighting abroad...
Originally, under the leadership of Cao Cao, these Cao soldiers fought a decent sniper battle after the defeat of the Tongguan camp, but now the lines that had withstood the repeated charges of the hussars were gone.
However, there were doubts in the hearts of Cao''s soldiers, and no one would defect easily despite the turmoil in military morale.
Perhaps for one of the soldiers, only by following the large army can they gain a sense of security. Perhaps simple words can only sway them, but cannot play a decisive role in promoting them. And for the Cao clan members in Cao''s army, For the confidants and other middle-level and high-level military academy sergeants, only a decent victory can break the psychological offensive of the Hussars in the past two days, so they immediately launched an attack on the Hussars under Cao Cao''s coordination. The most violent counterattack.
From the side, Cao Jun faced Zhu Ling and Ma Yue, and he could still kill some of them back and forth. However, Cao Jun from the front was unlucky. They encountered Zhang Liao.
Pang Tong and others were also prepared for Cao Jun''s anger. The long-range ballistae and arrows gave these Cao soldiers the warmest greetings at first, and the subsequent occasional bursts of grenades were more like the heavy hammer embellishment of the battlefield concerto, shaking everyone''s hearts from time to time and shaking the minds of both sides. .
The soldiers of Cao''s army were originally good at defense, and storming was not their specialty. In such a fierce battle, several captains of Cao''s military academy were injured or killed and fell down from their formations.
But what really makes Cao Cao find it difficult to accept is not the current state of Cao''s soldiers, nor the casualties of his own clan members, but the fact that behind the fighting line, those talkative guys are still howling and screaming.
Although the roars and fighting sounds on the battlefield make the voices of these people not so clear, as long as the thing''s attention is slightly diverted, you can hear something shouting...
Besieged on all sides!
Cao Cao raised his head and seemed to feel what Xiang Yu felt back then.
If Xiang Yu had won a great victory back then, even if he sang the songs of Chu, he would only arouse ridicule and contempt. However, under a specific environment and at a specific time, those songs of Chu would become a knife on the heart of Xiang Yu''s men. knife.
Now, too.
Fear and death made the pressure in the hearts of Cao''s soldiers very high. Coupled with these shaking words, even if they understood that they may not be what the Hussars shouted, they also made the balance in the hearts of these Cao soldiers Start shaking.
The growth of a giant tree must be very slow, but when the giant tree collapses, it must also be very rapid.
In the winter of the ninth year of Taixing, Pang Tong''s originally "try it out" strategy proved to be more effective than anyone expected. It played a crucial role in a battle that almost determined the direction of the world.
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Since Shandong entered Guanzhong, even though there have been various shortcomings and various hindrances, Shandong has still shown its profound manpower and material resources.
How many people died is not the issue.
Shandong has many people.
How much you spent is not the issue.
Shandong has a lot of money.
The people of the Central Plains can use their hard work and flesh and blood to bear the damage again and again, and the consumption again and again. As long as their spirit is still there, there is no problem.
But once the fire in my heart is extinguished, the accumulated problems will explode violently!
One or two hundred years of peace made many Shandong people forget the threat of death.
One or two hundred years of preferential treatment by the Han Dynasty made many Shandong gentry children think that they were destined to be the proud sons of heaven who were born to enjoy and will enjoy happiness even after death.
The same is true in history. Thirty years after the Three Kingdoms War, the people in Shandong still failed to wake up and their ambitions were not extinguished. Even if they lost the border and Guanzhong, there were still many Shandong People think that as long as the Central Plains is there, there will still be a prosperous economy and an endless population. It was like an aging and decaying giant, dragging its slow and huge body and staggering. It was not until he fell that he discovered that there were rotten and bone-breaking wounds everywhere on the giant''s body.
Now Pang Tong unintentionally lifted the fig leaf covering the giant''s wounds...
Cao Cao could not stand at Hangu Pass and could not control the scattered mentality of his soldiers, so that night, he summoned all the generals and announced, "Retreat tonight!" 』
Cao Jun originally wanted to make some progress at Hangu Pass by taking advantage of the terrain, but now that Pang Tong has interfered with it, it is obviously no longer suitable to stay here and can only retreat.
Cao Hong and others were a little surprised, but they seemed to have expected it, but they did not agree with Cao Cao''s decision to stay and break up the future.
"Lord!" Someone comes and ends! ” Cao Hong stood up and said, “How can my lord be personally involved in danger?” ! No, absolutely not! 』
Others also advised together.
Cao Cao shook his head, "The morale of the army is shattered. If someone goes without staying behind, I''m afraid everyone will fight to retreat and everyone will try to escape. By then, even if you and I have to return to Shandong, there will not be a single soldier left under our command!" 』
"this…"
Everyone was silent.
Indeed, as Cao Cao said, the morale of Cao Cao''s army has been severely damaged. Once a large-scale retreat is carried out, it will basically turn into a huge rout. They will compete with each other for escape routes. In order to allow themselves to escape first, they will not hesitate to attack. The former comrades waved their swords and guns.
"But it''s not right for the lord to stay behind after all!" ”Liu Fu said, “It’s better to let me come and break up the queen, I will definitely be able to protect the safety of my lord and everyone...”
Cao Cao glanced at Liu Fu.
Liu Fu raised his head and met Cao Cao''s gaze without flinching at all.
Cao Cao squinted his eyes and smiled, "Yuan Ying is loyal, I know it very well... However, it is more appropriate for me to do this for the end of my life!" You don’t need to persuade me any more! 』
Seeing Cao Cao''s persistence, everyone looked at each other.
Seeing the various expressions of everyone, Cao Cao laughed and said, "Winning or losing is a common matter for military officers!" Don’t think about victory, think about defeat first! Zhang''er! 』
Cao Zhang responded and stood up.
Cao Cao directly issued an order, "Immediately send an order to reduce the number of troops!" 』
Before Cao Zhang accepted the order, Liu Fu said, "My lord, why not Zeng Zao?" By reducing the stove, wouldn’t it allow the enemy to know the truth and falsehood? I’m afraid..."
Cao Cao waved his hand, "Increasing the stove will expose the weakness... Reducing the stove will directly reduce it by half!" 』
Cao Zhang took the order and went down.
Everyone looked at each other and seemed to understand.
"Zilian," Cao Cao said again, "tomorrow morning, we will inspect the camp...pick out the wounded soldiers first, and let the wounded soldiers go first tonight..."
"Injured... injured soldier?" ” Cao Hong was stunned, “Leaving tonight?” 』
Immediately, Cao Hong also understood what Cao Cao meant, nodded and said, "I will make arrangements now!" 』
Cao Cao nodded, "After you patrol the camp tomorrow, you should withdraw first!" 』
"No! ” Unexpectedly, Cao Hong refused, “If the lord does not retreat, I will not retreat!” I swear to the death to advance and retreat together with my lord! 』
Cao Cao was silent for a moment and waved his hand, "It''s up to you. However, the matter of leaving the wounded soldiers first cannot be delayed! 』
Wounded soldiers go first, which is helpful to stabilize people''s hearts.
Of course, this is not because Cao Cao suddenly understood the importance of ordinary soldiers and began to realize respect for life and respect for the bottom, but just because the hussars came and the hussars shouted that...
In history, when Cao Cao retreated from Chibi, the roads were too muddy to walk on, so those wounded soldiers "voluntarily" became stepping stones for other soldiers, allowing other uninjured soldiers to escape...
This is like some companies changing their usual style and suddenly issuing year-end bonuses in advance. This is not because the boss suddenly awakened his conscience and wanted to accumulate some merit, but because of some other things.
And it was not just the wounded soldiers who left, but also those soldiers who had been released by Pang Tong.
In this way, it is equivalent to temporarily getting rid of the allergen...
However, Cao Cao''s withdrawal was equivalent to defeating the Zhongtiao Mountain camp north of the river and selling off the soldiers who had not yet had time to cross the river.
Cao Cao''s retreat this time cannot be a gradual retreat like before. It must be a large-scale withdrawal of troops. Cao Cao''s soldiers who returned from the defeat in Zhongtiao Mountain lost one after another pontoon crossings, and Cao Cao''s cover was lost. , the rest who haven''t had time to escape to the south bank of the river can only ask for their own blessings.
For Cao Cao, this can be regarded as cutting off the tail of a gecko to a certain extent, giving up his car to save his commander.
At the same time, Cao Cao''s large-scale reduction of cooking stoves in one breath is tantamount to Cao Cao leaving a problem for Pang Tong...