Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 201 Nanyang Military Situation
In the military camp, Bai Tu exchanged pleasantries with each general representative in turn.

These grassroots generals, at the highest level, are only commanders and generals of other departments, and most of them are captains.

Speaking of three and a half years ago... Bai Tu was actually just a school captain, and if he went a little further forward, he would be more powerful - ghostwriting papers, five hundred for one article.

However, fate is so magical...

Give people opportunities and responsibilities.

When he arrived in front of Deng Dang, Bai Tu specifically said to a young man behind him who looked tiger-like but also somewhat clever: "Well? Is this Lu Meng who begs for the tiger's cub and explores the tiger's den?"

Lu Meng suddenly became excited when he saw that Bai Tu actually recognized him.

After all, even his brother-in-law was just a school captain at this time. It was said... that after the Chinese New Year, he would be promoted to a partial general and just be able to command his own troops. And Lu Meng would be an unknown person after he got the rank of general of chariots and cavalry.

"General Lu Meng, please pay your respects to the lord!" Lu Meng said.

"Childish nonsense cannot be taken seriously. It cannot be taken seriously." Deng Dang immediately said modestly.

"General Deng doesn't have to be like this. It's a good thing to have ambition... Zi Ming, you also read some books when you were young, right?" After Bai Tu appeased Deng Dang, he continued talking to Lu Meng.

Ziming is Lu Meng's cousin.

Lu Meng became even more excited when he saw that Bai Tu actually knew his cousin's name, and said specifically: "I have read it, but it's a pity... I only awakened the military talisman from Cheng Ji, and I also want to join the army, so he begged me My brother-in-law took me to join the army, and then I was busy with military affairs, so I neglected to study." He said with a regretful expression.

When Deng Dang heard the words, he stared at him from the sidelines—you are the only one who is still busy with military affairs?It’s not that you don’t like reading, so this is just an excuse!

"Don't you need to study when leading soldiers? This is not to let you go, but to let you read more about the principles in books, as well as the art of war and history. The champion of our great man, Hou Huo Qubing, became a master of art of war and a champion of all victories without reading military books." He is handsome, but the champion just doesn't read military books, but he never stops thinking when he uses soldiers. Combining his own experience, he makes his marching and fighting coincide with the art of war, and at the same time he is not bound by the art of war. You are still young, and you can use it when you have time You should read more," Bai Tu advised.

It seems that although the Lu family is not rich, at least their ancestors should be rich, otherwise they would not be able to read.

It's not that Bai Tu is nagging, but judging from Lu Meng's path to success, he is a general who is good at learning.

Before the Battle of Chibi, when Lu Meng led the army alone, he could only fight against Shanyue. In large-scale battles, he was at most a vanguard, without the air of a commander-in-chief at all.

Later, it was Sun Quan who persuaded him to study. When Zhou Yu died of a serious illness and Lu Su became the governor, only two years later, Lu Meng surprised Lu Su.

In Lu Su's original impression, Lu Meng was still the reckless man he was two years ago. However, Lu Meng told him the same thing while drinking. Although Lu Meng and Lu Su were completely different in terms of their overall strategies for dealing with Jingzhou and Liu Bei. On the contrary, it also made Lu Su lament that he "has not returned to Wu Xia Amon".

This is also the origin of the allusion "When a scholar has been away for three days, he should treat each other with admiration"...

Therefore, Bai Tu can now give Lu Meng some warning in advance.

When Lu Meng heard this, he turned his eyes and said, "My lord, I actually like reading the most, but... I don't have access to the Art of War and historical collections."

Art of War and history books are banned and monopolized hot spots, just like the production methods of dangerous explosives cannot be easily found in later generations, and the Eastern Han Dynasty... there is no such thing as the Internet.

Although Confucianism and Taoism are prevalent nowadays, if you really have to choose, the aristocratic families will give up their monopoly first. Instead, it will be the words of saints. Those who want to cherish the most are these more practical "forbidden books".

"That's a good question! These won't be problems in the future. Before being promoted or appointed, junior officers must come to Jinling for further training, and there will also be assessments... In addition to the compulsory content, there will also be things you need in the Wanshi Literature Museum. content." Bai Tu said.

Lu Meng was stunned when he heard this. He originally wanted to be clever and ask his lord for a book of war, but unexpectedly... was it going to be open to everyone?

"Lord, if everyone has read the Military Book, what's the difference between reading it and not reading it?" Lu Meng wondered.

"The Book of War is not for you to read from the book and use it as a trump card, but to teach you how to use troops to dispatch generals. Confucian scholars all over the world have read the Analects of Confucius. Why is it that only great sages like Kong Jijiu understand Confucius best? Some people have read the Five Classics for decades. Why? Not as clear as Wang Su." Bai Tu gave two excellent examples, which made Lu Meng suddenly enlightened.

Deng Dang on the side had a thought - what did the lord just say?Using troops..."sending generals"?
Seeing the white picture, he seemed to be very optimistic about his brother-in-law. Deng Dang felt excited, and was about to take this opportunity to recommend Lu Meng to the army directly under the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion, where he would have more opportunities to make contributions, when he suddenly heard Someone came to report: "Lord, there is important military information from Nanyang!"

Seeing the person who sent the order, the fast horse slid aside, stopped the horse in a drifting side position, and then hurried down to deliver the letter for Baitu. Deng Dang had no choice but to swallow the words first, and at the same time he was worried about gain and loss, not knowing that he missed this time After the opportunity, can Bai Tu still think of Lu Meng, a nobody.

When Bai Tu heard that it was Nanyang's military situation, he immediately understood that it was Zhu Zhi who had come with the news.

After all, Bai Tu did not send troops to Nanyang at this time, and even if Nanyang magically took the initiative to attack Yiyang, it should be Chen Dao who sent the military information from Yiyang.

There is only one thing that can bring military intelligence from Nanyang - Bai Tu sent Zhu Zhi to Nanyang a month ago to lobby Zhang Xiu!
During the Battle of Wancheng, Zhang Xiu made Cao Cao understand that the wife control would not end well, so he nominally returned to Liu Biao's rule, but... Liu Biao's control over Zhang Xiu in Wancheng was getting weaker and weaker.

Bai Tu originally wanted to persuade Zhang Xiu to switch to him. In this way, Jingzhou would be opened wide in front of Bai Tu. It could be considered that he was half-involved in the chariot general's palace, and Cao Cao would be even more uncomfortable.

Therefore, Zhu Zhi was sent as an envoy. Zhu Zhi was a descendant of the Zhu family in Danyang, one of the four surnames in Jiangdong. He was very close to the Sun family. It was he who promoted Sun Quan's filial piety and integrity.

At this time, he had already served in the Cheqi General's Mansion. Baitu heard that he had eloquence skills, so he entrusted him to lobby Zhang Xiu.

However, Zhu Zhi sent people to report back at this time. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao both sent people to Wancheng, and Zhang Xiu wanted to sell it at a price.

Although Zhang Xiu's strength was not considered first or second tier from the perspective of princes, he was located in the central and northern part of Nanyang, in the Wancheng and Rangcheng areas. It was actually a key location and the gateway to the north and south, and he also had capital to sell.

Regarding the Wancheng incident, Bai Tu allowed Zhu Zhi to use military information channels, but... it was not considered urgent military information, it could only be regarded as "important". However, it was also delivered quickly by a combination of fast horses and signal towers, which was better than being delivered directly from Chengji Mansion. Be faster.

At this time, Zhu Zhi wanted to ask Bai Tu if he could raise the previous "price" a little more to win over Zhang Xiu to the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion.

After all, in terms of power, the Chariot and Cavalry General's Palace is not as good as Yuan Shao's. In terms of geographical location, Huainan and the Wancheng and Rangcheng areas in the north-central part of Nanyang County, as well as several counties in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, are all stationed by Yuan Shu's old troops at this time, which is not as good as Cao Cao's. The control range directly borders Zhangxiu.

Bai Tu directly looked at the letter in his hand in front of all the soldiers - no one thought that the Lord was neglecting them. These were front-line generals. No one would want Bai Tu to ignore military orders. Instead, they thought that Bai Tu was neglecting them. The better the sensitivity, this means that when they ask for help or help in the future, Baitu will respond faster.

When this letter arrived, the ink was not even dry - it was copied from the signal tower outside Jinling just now.

I also understood what Zhu Zhi meant. I couldn't help but hope that Bai Tu would give him higher authority so that he could have more guarantee space for Zhang Xiu. Otherwise, he would not be competitive enough in front of the envoys of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

"Ziming, how about I give you a task?" Bai Tu said after thinking for a while.

"Ah! Lord, Ziming is still a child..." Deng Dang was startled, thinking that Bai Tu had entrusted some important military affairs to his brother-in-law, lest he cause trouble.

Although I hope that Lu Meng will have a better development, but it can't be done like this, right?

"Haha, don't worry... I just want Ziming to go to Nanyang Wancheng to deliver a letter to Master Zhu there." Bai Tu said with a smile.

When Deng Dang heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he was also a little confused. If he was just delivering a letter... why did he need Ziming to go?Isn't this a little too weird way to express your importance?

Little did he know that what Bai Tu was thinking was that the lower limit of Lu Meng's role in this matter was indeed just delivering the letter, but the upper limit... maybe there would be surprises.

Even if he was still "Wu Xia Amen" at this time, Lu Meng should still be outstanding. In this regard... Bai Tu was more confident than Deng Dang, his brother-in-law.

"Lord, if that's the case, then I'll set off now!" Lu Meng looked like the military situation was urgent.

"No hurry, I have to consider this letter. In addition... I need to invite someone to go with you. You should go find him first." Bai Tu said.

"Please tell me, sir!" Lu Meng looked full of enthusiasm.

At this time, Lu Meng definitely looked like a young man from the Yuan Qi Sect. Not only was he not as calm as Zhou Yu and Lu Su, he was even inferior to little Lu Xun in this aspect.

Bai Tu also gave Lu Meng a "private" military order, asking him to find someone to go to Wancheng with him.

Initially, Lu Meng thought it would be someone from the Cavalry General's Mansion, but he was still a little confused as to why he was asked to invite him instead of his lord giving the order directly.But it can only be regarded as some kind of test from the master...

However, when he heard the identity of this person, Lu Meng was stunned in disbelief. He even looked at Bai Tu impolitely for two seconds before he realized what he was doing and quickly took the order and left.

"Looking for the Chariot General's Mansion... Steward Wang of the Internal Affairs Department... Manager Li who is responsible for the firewood supply... the woodcutter who is in charge?" Lu Meng even wondered if he was so nervous today that he had hallucinations.

But Bai Tu knew that he had no words to speak of, and he was talking about... the nameless one!
After the malaria incident in Shouchun was resolved, Wuming wanted to leave. Not only was he unwilling to join the army, he even refused Baitu's suggestion to recommend him as a civil servant...

Bai Tu also knew that Wuming's knot was still unresolved, so he wanted to let it go first, but the meat was rotten in the pot anyway - Wuming had promised to move to Aurous Hill in the future and deliver firewood to the Cavalry General's Mansion.

But when Bai Tu casually asked Lu Bu about Zhang Xiu, Wuming was about to leave because he didn't shy away from it. At this time, Lu Bu mentioned "a hundred birds shooting at the phoenix spear", which attracted Wuming's attention.

For this reason, Wuming specifically requested Bai Tu that if the attempt to surrender failed, he hoped to inform him first...

(End of this chapter)