MTL - Farmer of Shu Han-Chapter 1237 different options

  Chapter 1237 Different Choices

   "What a pity! If General Guan can continue to press forward as soon as possible, even if he can't make Sima Yi lose his skin, at least it can scare him out of his wits!"

  When Feng Duhu received the battle report sent back from Taiyuan by General Guan, he couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

  General Guan is still a bit weak in terms of political sensitivity.

  If Zhang Xiaosi was by his side to assist, he might not be able to see Sima Yi's next move.

   Frightened by Sima Yi's abnormal behavior, General Guan chose to be cautious.

  Of course, Feng Duhu definitely didn't dare to say this openly.

  Because he also stood up and talked without pain in his back—according to the deduction and judgment of the staff group, Sima Yi’s back route to Shangdang was cut off, so his greatest possibility was to transfer to Jizhou through Jingxing.

  Jingxing is the main passage from Taiyuan County to Jizhou. It was once one of the national highways ordered by Qin Shihuang.

  The coffin of Qin Shihuang was also transported back to Xianyang through Jingxing.

   It is conceivable that Jingxing, where carriages and horses can pass, can be regarded as one of the best roads among the Eight Xings of Taihang.

  If there is no one blocking the pass of Jingxing, tens of thousands of horses can quickly pass through Jingxing and enter Jizhou. It is not difficult.

  Thinking about the internal struggles in Wei State, Feng Duhu agreed to the judgment almost immediately after getting the conclusion of the staff group.

   He even felt a little terrified.

  Sima Yi is really ruthless!

  I thought he was trapped in Hanoi, Henan, but he 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 opinion, if Sima Yi actually controlled Jizhou, then Youzhou would basically not be able to escape from his grasp.

   "Sir, Sima Yi led the army to Jizhou, so this is a great time to recover Hanoi, Henan!"

  Du Yu took the opportunity to come up and suggested with some excitement.

  At this time, besides Feng Duhu, only two disciples, Pei Xiu and Du Yu, remained in the commander's tent.

  Pei Xiu was concentrating on writing and drawing, and there were many manuscript papers in front of her.

  He is sorting out the map of Hedong, trying to make the map more refined and accurate.

  Drawing a map of the Han world is a long and tedious job.

   Du Yu was busy sitting next to Feng Duhu, helping with military affairs.

  Although there is a staff group to help with matters in the army on weekdays, the staff group only has the right to make suggestions, not to dispose of them. It needs to be sent to Feng Duhu for review.

  Feng Duhu approved most of the suggestions as "yes", which is equivalent to authorizing the battalion leaders or the staff to deal with them.

  For a small number of cases that need to be dealt with personally, or disagree with the opinions of the staff group, you need to rewrite your own ideas.

   Sometimes it is even necessary to call back to ask the staff to re-draft their opinions, or to summon the battalion chief.

  What Du Yu has to do is to help sort out official documents and arrange them in 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 highly praised his analysis and deduction of the battle situation, which gave him great encouragement.

  Now I see that General Guan finally sent someone to send news from Taiyuan.

  Du Yu was immediately excited, and quickly suggested to Feng Duhu again.

   Unexpectedly, Feng Duhu shook his head with a smile, threw the paper away, and asked:

   "Yuan Kai is still thinking about defeating Sima Shi, and then taking advantage of the situation to seize Tianjing Pass and enter Hanoi from Taihangxing?"

  Du Yu naturally thought so.

  It's just that when he saw Mr.'s expression, his heart skipped a beat, and he asked cautiously:

   "Sir, is there something wrong with what the disciple said?"

   "Nothing wrong."

  Feng Duhu shook his head again, and said softly:

   "At your age, it is rare to have such insight."

   "And, if I really lead the Supreme Capital, maybe I really have the opportunity to go south to Hanoi as you said."

  As soon as Du Yu heard it, he knew what Feng Duhu meant:

   "Sir, what do you mean, there are negligence and omissions in the disciple's strategy?"

   "Yes." Feng Duhu nodded and raised two fingers, "There are at least two places."

  Du Yu saw it, stood up quickly, saluted and said, "Please explain, sir."

   "First, what you said, or in other words, your strategy is based on a premise."

  Feng Duhu explained, "That is, the Sima division will defend Gaodu City, let me defeat it, and then flee in a hurry, causing the army to lose their fighting spirit and be unable to defend Tianjing Pass."

  Feng Duhu stood up while talking, and looked at the map on the tent wall with his hands behind his back:

   "If I were Sima Shi, I wouldn't be so stupid. I would retreat to the Tianjing Pass in advance."

   "Retreat to Tianjing Pass?" Du Yu was a little stunned, stepped forward a few steps, looked at the map, "Abandon Gaodu City directly?"

   "Yes," Feng Duhu nodded, "Because Gaodu City is now an abandoned city, and there is no way to defend it."

   No one knows the engineering camp better than Feng Duhu.

  So he knows very well that with the participation of the engineering battalion, Gaodu City, which has been seen for several months and has changed hands several times between the Han and Wei dynasties, is likely to be in ruins.

  Master Sima, who had just lost a battle, would have a worrying level of intelligence if he dared to stay in Gaodu City after hearing that a certain ghost king had personally led his troops.

  But Sima Shi, who has a worrying level of intelligence, how could he assist Sima Yi in the original history to successfully launch the Gaopingling coup?

   Not to mention people like Sima Yi, even if he wants to improve his son's qualifications, he will definitely send an old man by his side, just in case.

  For Feng Duhu, attacking Gaodu City and attacking Tianjing Pass are two completely different concepts of difficulty.

  Gaoducheng can let the engineering battalion play its role.

  But Tianjingguan is located among the high mountains, the tunnels are like silk, twisting and coiling, surrounded by mountains, ravines, and ancient passes. The situation is majestic and known as natural danger.

  The stone cannon is there, but it will not work.

   It can only be filled with human lives, and it can only be sent up one by one, because the army cannot be deployed at all under that kind of terrain.

   "Second point," Chief Protector Feng Du sighed, "there are 150,000 bandits in Henan and Hanoi combined. Even if Sima Yi took away a lot of people, Hanoi will definitely arrange enough troops to defend."

   "Even if we can conquer Tianjing Pass and forcefully attack Hanoi, I'm afraid it will turn into a big battle."

   "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 come out in full force.

  Especially the Northern and Southern Second Army and 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 forcefully attack Hanoi, Jiang Wan in the rear, no matter how gentlemanly he is, may break the defense.

   It is impossible to jump up and scold someone in public, no, it is a certain ghost who is not a son of man:

   "It was agreed to recover Shangdang, what are you doing in Hanoi? You are not a son of man!"

  The generals on the front line can rush to the rear for food and grass regardless, but Feng Duhu still has the title of Pingshang Shushi anyway.

   Knowing the situation behind the big man, he has to consider the problem from the overall situation, and he has to be ignorant of the good and the bad.

  After explaining all this, Feng Duhu turned his head and saw the disappointment on Du Yu's face, and patted him on the shoulder involuntarily:

   "You don't need to look like this. There are some things in the big man that you still can't touch, so you didn't think about them, so there are some omissions. It's normal."

  Du Yu forced a smile, he knew that the husband was comforting himself.

   Didn't expect Sima Shi to abandon Gaodu and guard Tianjing Pass. It is true that he didn't think carefully, and he took it for granted.

  Mr. kept silent, probably because he wanted to think clearly.

   As soon as he thought of this, Du Yu couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. It's useless for him to be complacent these days.

   "Sir, it's because the disciples have little knowledge."

   This was the first lesson Du Yu was taught after becoming a disciple of King Feng Gui.

"gentlemen?"

"Um?"

   "Then the next step, sir, is you going to lead the army to Shangdang?"

  Feng Duhu laughed and said nothing when he heard the words.

  Seeing the expression of Mr. Du Yu, Du Yu's heart skipped a beat again!

this…

   Did I guess wrong again?

  Du Yu was really shocked.

  Even if I am a disciple of my husband, I have been by my side all these days, but I have not been able to guess what my husband intends to do next...

  Alas, no wonder everyone in the world says that Mr. is far-sighted... Ahem!

   "The failure of Shangdang this time, apart from Wei Wenchang's carelessness and the conspiracy of losing to Sima Yi, there is another important reason."

  Feng Duhu's face was indifferent, and his eyes flashed with an unknown taste, "That is the powerful family of Shangdang."

  Everyone knows that Ji Han has a tradition of suppressing aristocratic families.

  From Shudi to Liangzhou, then from Liangzhou to Yongzhou, and Bingzhou, none of them were left behind.

   There are many aristocratic families, and Hedong, which is adjacent to Shangdang, has been purged even more.

   Either kneel down like a dog, or flow into rivers of blood.

  The local aristocratic family in Shangdang is saddened by the death of the rabbit and the fox, and wants to return to the embrace of the aristocratic paradise Wei, which is understandable.

   But understanding does not mean that Feng Duhu will let them go.

  Just like the later generations, the goddess refuses to lick the dog.

   Not only will they not let them go, but they will even intensify their efforts to settle accounts after autumn.

  Du Yu, who is also a descendant of the aristocratic family, felt a bit of chill from the plain tone of the husband, and he couldn't help asking:

   "Then Mr. means..."

   "Recovering Shangdang, I don't need to go there." Feng Duhu grinned, with a gentle expression, "Let General Shi Zhonglang (that is, Shi Bao) go first."

   "Sima Yi has already withdrawn from Taiyuan. General Zhendong can also attack Shangdang from the north, which is enough to take down Shangdang. Wouldn't it be superfluous for me to go there again?"

  Du Yu suddenly fought a cold war.

  Ishi Zhonglang general?

  How did the Hedong aristocratic family call this person?

  Skinning Vicious Dog!

  In the past two years, he participated in the imperial court's new policy in Hedong. Du Yu had heard of this person's name long ago.

   I don’t know how many people gritted their teeth against this person, wishing to peel his skin and eat his flesh.

  Not to mention anything else, just the River East Salt Sea. In the past, any influential family would go there to collect salt and sell it privately for huge profits.

  After Shi Bao was responsible for patrolling the salt sea, anyone who dared to take salt without authorization would end up miserable.

   What's more, if you accidentally get bitten out of someone behind the scenes, no matter who your master is, don't even think about getting out if you don't peel off your skin!

  Shi Bao cut off a major source of interest for the Hedong family, and added new policies such as checking the acres of land, registering the population, and implementing imperial examinations.

  Facing Ji Han, who has a wide range of tax sources, healthy finances, rapid development of new industries, and a talent training system that has already taken shape, the Hedong family is powerless to resist.

   In just a few years, he has fallen into a predicament where he has no way out and is at the mercy of 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.

   Yes, there are other ways.

   No one dares to use it—either learn from the party, or directly rebel.

   It's just the cruel method used by the big man when he regained Hedong, which has scared the courage of many people.

  Combined with the fact that the Royal Academy has expanded its enrollment of students in recent years, it is planning to promote cotton, and there are measures such as expanding the seats of the Reserve Bureau, the imperial court can be said to be kind and powerful.

   As long as the counting of the fields and people is completed, the Hedong family, no matter how unwilling they are, must all kneel obediently.

  In fact, the aristocratic families in Hedong and Shangdang made completely opposite choices in the face of the extremely powerful Ji Han.

  Their fate is also very different after thinking about it.

   Kneeling down, at least you can still have something to eat. Mr. took this opportunity to let Shi Bao lead the army into the Shangdang, and the significance is self-evident.

  The local aristocratic family is powerful, and I am afraid that it will be uprooted at that time, and even the land of the family will be shoveled three feet away.

   After all, does skinning a vicious dog get its name in vain?

  Du Yu glanced at Mr. secretly, and secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

   Sure enough, what is the second title of Mr.?

  Of course, Du Yu was not in the mood to pity the powerful Shangdang family.

  Because the Du family can be regarded as a family that has benefited from the imperial court's new policies, he naturally wants to resolutely support the Han's new policies.

  Du Yu turned an unknown number of thoughts in his mind, and then asked:

   "Sir, don't you want to go to Shangdang? Since you don't want to go to Gaodu, and you don't want to go to Shangdang, where should you go?"

  He couldn't believe that Mr. gathered so many troops here, but ended up doing nothing.

  Feng Duhu smiled slightly, and said to Du Yu:

   "Yuan Kai, why don't you guess?"

  Du Yu was startled for a moment.

  This... guess again?

  Mr.’s mind is too difficult to guess, as a disciple, I always feel that the pressure is a bit too much.

  …

  Compared to Du Yu's frowning, Shi Bao, who had been guarding Gaoping Pass all the time, couldn't help but smile at Tianchang when he received Feng Duhu's military order.

   "Come on!"

   "General?"

   "Send someone quickly to invite General Hu, General Wang and others to discuss matters!"

   "Here!"

   After a while, Hu Zun Wang Han and others entered the tent:

   "General Zhonglang, but what's the matter to summon us?"

  Shi Bao could not help but hand over the military order:

   "General Hu, General Wang, and the Central Guard finally sent someone to deliver the news!"

   "The Protector of the Central Command asked me to regroup the army immediately, leave Gaoping Pass, and go to the eldest son!" Shi Bao's eyes fell on Wen Shi who was beside Wang Han, "At the same time, he also asked me to take the engineering battalion."

   Heading to the eldest son with an engineering battalion?

  Feng Duhu intends to hand over the important task of regaining the Shangdang to General Zhonglang?

  General Zhong Lang, this is really a turn of events!

   Is it only based on the strength of Gaoping Pass, or in the case of bandit troops stationed in Gaodu in the south, can they attack the eldest son?

  After all these days, according to the investigations of the spies and scouts, the eldest son's bandit army has imitated the former Zhao Guo veteran Lian Po, and seized the time to deploy a defense line along Danshui.

   It was only after looking at 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 use of troops is as powerful as a thunderbolt. Even Sima Yi did not dare to swipe his front lightly, and fled in a hurry!"

  Shi Bao was overjoyed, and praised General Zhendong again and again.

  It caused some people in the tent to look sideways.

  Shi Bao didn't care.

  He has grown from a very down-and-out, poor and unlucky ghost who has nothing to pay for. The biggest turning point in his life is meeting the nobleman General Zhendong.

   Even if General Zhendong couldn't hear it, it didn't affect his instinctive flattery.

   No, this is not flattery, this is what he said from the bottom of his heart.

   "The Imperial Guard has an order, we must obey the order, but I don't know what arrangements the General Zhonglang has?"

  Hu Zun coughed, intending to defuse the awkward atmosphere in the tent.

  Although General Zhendong...

  Well, it really deserves the words of praise from General Zhong Lang.

  (end of this chapter)