Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 704 Good Opportunity?

The moon is cold and the stars are sparse, covering the earth.

The gate of the Han barracks was quite noisy, and a large number of sergeants gathered together.Liu Min and Deng Ai arrived at the scene first, and ordered the soldiers to clear the camp gates, disperse the onlookers, enforce military discipline, and strictly guard the camp.

After a long time, the scene was cleared up, and Wang Ping was long overdue in his armor.

Seeing Wang Ping approaching, Liu Min hurried up to meet him, and said, "General Wei, Mei Fu led more than [-] cronies to abandon the army, killed the gatekeepers, and fled south to the Wu people. There may be words among the soldiers Kill the barbarians in the middle of the tree, thinking of revenge; or there may be words, the barbarians in the woods are not trustworthy, it is better to kill them. The words of the soldiers often threaten the barbarians in the woods, which makes the barbarians in the woods quite frightened. I hope the general will make a decision as soon as possible."

Wang Ping lowered his hands, indicating that there is no need to worry, and said: "I have gone to appease the barbarians just now. What Mei Fu did was just his own actions. What does it have to do with other barbarians? If someone rebels today If Han returned to Wu, wouldn't this general be executed as well?"

We must know that many rebellions in history were caused by leaders who were bewildered and did not make timely policies, causing the innocent people involved to panic, and thus rebellion broke out under the instigation of people with intentions.

For example, after Wang Yun killed Dong Zhuo, he did not pardon Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou soldiers for a long time, which made Li Jue, Guo Si and other Dong Zhuo's former troops panic. Under Jia Xu's suggestion, they rebelled against the Eastern Han Dynasty again and captured Chang'an.

Therefore, as a battle-tested veteran, after this incident happened in the army, Wang Ping's first reaction was to appease the soldiers under Meifu's command to avoid rebellion.While Deng Ai and Liu Min were clearing the gates of the camp, he entered the barbarian camp in Suizhong alone, and had a cordial conversation with the barbarian generals so that they would not have to panic.

He also used his own family background as a case to describe the kindness that the big man treated the barbarian people, so that they could join the army with peace of mind.In the future, they will be directly subordinate to the Chinese army and will no longer be dispatched by other generals.

After such a series of operations, Wang Ping completely appeased the barbarians in the middle of the river, and then went to the scene to meet with Deng Ai, Liu Min and others.

Liu Min showed admiration on his face, and cupped his hands in praise: "General Wei is so careful, Min really respects him. I don't know how to deal with those who criticize the barbarians in the army?"

Wang Ping touched the cold scabbard and asked, "Sowing discord in the army, telling stories, how should we deal with it?"

Liu Min pondered for a while, and replied: "Reporting to the general, with a treacherous tongue and sharp mouth, fighting right and wrong, accumulating grievances against officials and officials, and making them uncooperative, this is called slandering the army. Those who do so will be executed."

"Okay!" Wang Ping nodded slightly, and said, "Since that's the case, according to this article, execute the barbarians who criticize the army, and send their heads to patrol the camp to impress the army."

Liu Min's expression froze, and he cupped his hands and said, "No!"

Listening to the conversation between the two, Pu Zhong took a deep breath, and said in his heart that Wang Ping's rule of the army was too strict, such a trivial matter would be executed by anyone.It's no wonder why the combat effectiveness of the Han army is so high, and the military discipline is so strict, it may be better than Qin Fa.

Pu Zhong's views are somewhat biased. To maintain the combat effectiveness of the Han army, it is not only the strict military regulations, but also the economic foundation.

The big man is not stingy about rewarding his soldiers.Every family of soldiers and soldiers of the Han Dynasty had acres of fields, and those who made meritorious deeds were rewarded with Shu brocade, cattle, money and food, which were enough to support them to live a decent life.

Moreover, the treatment of the big Han for civil and military affairs is also very harsh. For example, as far as the title of Marquis is concerned, the big Han is not allowed to be a Marquis if he has no military merits.Zhuge Liang was the prime minister in the early days, but he was just a township lord.It wasn't until Zhuge Liang led the Han army to expand the territory that he was granted the title of Marquis of the county.

Therefore, the most senior civil servants of the Han Dynasty were no more than Tinghou, and sometimes Liu Chan took pity on their achievements and named them Tinghou and passed them on to his heirs.Looking at the generals, we can see the clue from the fact that Wei Yan and Wang Ping were granted the title of county marquis.

It is precisely because the Great Han Dynasty valued martial arts and despised officials, domestic gentry and powerful children who were able to join the army all wanted to join the army, and those who could not join the army retreated and asked for this time to enter the civil service and serve as officials in counties and counties.

Such a heavy policy ensured the combat effectiveness of the Han army, and the horses had to graze before they could run.

After all, regardless of the spiritual level of national honor, from a material point of view, I will give you a monthly salary of [-], and you will fight for me with your life. If you can not escape on the battlefield, you are worthy of me.

Deng Ai didn't care about these things, and stepped forward and asked, "General Wei, Meifu has fled into Wu today. I'm afraid the people in Wu will know about our army's deployment, so I ask the general to make adjustments early."

Wang Ping showed a rare smile, and said: "Mei Fu is a former general of our army, and he knows our army's strengths and weaknesses. Since Ping led the army, he was worried about the lack of training of the barbarians. If the people of Wu want to attack our army in the north, they must first attack the barbarians. Army array to break our army."

Deng Ai seemed to have sensed what Wang Ping meant, and tentatively asked, "What does the general mean?"

Wang Ping grabbed his beard and smiled without saying a word.And Deng Ai also understood what Wang Ping meant, and also laughed.Seeing that the two of them laughed, Pu Zhong was also happy.Immediately afterwards, everyone saw that the three of them laughed, and they all laughed too.Seeing everyone laughing, Wang Ping and Deng Ai looked at each other and continued to laugh.

Wang Ping swore that he really only wanted to punish Mei Fu and Fan Pu, but he really didn't expect that Mei Fu would be overwhelmed with leading his cronies to the Wu people in Nantou.

……

The sky was hazy, and the mist filled the banks of the Xiaoting River.

Several senior generals of the Wu army gathered in the camp of the Chinese army. Lu Xun sat in a high position, and Gu Tan, Quan Zong, Ding Feng and other Wu generals were on both sides.

Mei Fu sat on a small Hu chair and described the arrangement of the Han army. He said: "Wang Ping is the commander of the army, Deng Ai and Pu Zhong are his deputy generals, and Liu Min is his assistant. There are about 3 people under his command. There should be 5000 barbarians in my army, [-] soldiers from Wei, and [-] in the headquarters of the Han army."

"These [-] people, among them, the soldiers are all the soldiers of the Han army who can recruit and fight well. The orders are forbidden, and the armor is neat. They are quite elite. One of them is the most elite. He has a strong physique and excellent weapons. Against him with our barbarians, a thousand men of his army can defeat thousands of our men, so he should be a great soldier!"

As the middle and senior general of the Han army, Mei Fu basically knew all the intelligence in the Han army.In order to demonstrate his role, he poured out all the information he knew, for fear of missing anything, so that Wu Jun would suffer.

"In Wang Ping's army, there are [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, and about [-] bows and crossbows. The food and grass can support..."

As Meifu gradually poured out information about the Han army, Lu Xun's expression gradually became joyful.

Lu Xun saw that Liu Chan was difficult to grasp, so he turned to Wang Ping, preparing to open a breakthrough in the battle situation from Wang Ping. Just when he was worried about Wang Ping's internal situation, he unexpectedly Mei Fu voted for Wu, and sent Wang Ping's army to Wang Ping. Intelligence is sold cleanly.

And according to what Meifu said, there is a high probability that it is not a false surrender, but a real surrender.I really wanted to doze off, so someone sent me a pillow.

After Meifu finished speaking, Lu Xun asked a few questions and let him go out to rest.

Lu Xun restrained his expression and asked, "What do you think of Mei Fu's words? Is this person trustworthy?"

Zhang Liang pondered for a while, and said, "I will report to the General. According to our army's existing military situation, it is consistent with what Mei Fu said, and there is no deviation. What's more, his words are more accurate. Liang thinks that this person's language, it should be credible."

Sitting on the table, Gu Tan pondered and said, "According to reports from the scouts, there was indeed a case of the guards being killed in the camp of the Shu army. Since then, the defense of the Shu army has become more stringent, and it is difficult for the scouts to approach. But there is one thing, the Han army Several soldiers were executed by Wang Ping for unknown reasons, and their heads were shown to the army."

Lu Xun stroked his beard and said, "Meifu is a man, someone knows who he is. This man values ​​profit and thinks that he lives between Cao Wei and our country. If the army is strong, he will kiss whoever he is. He will command thousands of soldiers and occupy the army. We all need it." Winning over. Today the Han people divide their power, and they can endure it, and it is not an accident that they turn their backs to me. Therefore, in my humble opinion, Mei Fu is really surrendering."

Gu Tan looked at Lu Xun and asked, "What does the above general mean? Based on what Mei Fu said about the military situation, lead the army northward and attack Wang Ping's troops to defeat his army."

Lu Xun smiled lightly, and said: "That should be the case. The Wei people attacked Jingbei in the south. If our army can defeat Wang Ping, we will move our troops to the west. Seeing Wang Ping's defeat, Liu Chan has reinforcements from outside. In order to protect his land, he will go north to rescue Nanyang. , my Great Wu soldiers are in danger!"

After speaking, Lu Xun stood up, pressed the sword on his waist, and said in a deep voice: "Liu Thief has invaded our border for a long time, and I am lucky to have the trust of the king and take charge of the army. Now the time has come for our army to destroy the thief. Live up to His Majesty's great trust, and hope that all the lords will join forces to go out to repay the country's kindness."

All the generals stood up, cupped their hands and said: "I am willing to go out with the general."

"Quan Cong, Gu Tan, and Zhang Liang listen to the order," Lu Xun ordered.

"The last general is here!" Quan Cong and Zhang Liang responded.

"I order you to immediately mobilize all the cavalry in the army and the elite of the Chinese army to go north with me."

"promise!"

"Design Zhu Ran and Zhuge Ke to lead the elite troops to join our army, and our three troops will join forces to defeat Wang Ping in the north," Lu Xun said.

"promise!"

(Tomorrow three more!)

(End of this chapter)