Chapter 138 What Is a Strong Army?
What kind of soldiers can be called a strong army?
Guan Yu has always believed that the foundation of a strong army is to be fearless of death.
Like Guanjun Hou, who rushed thousands of miles to chase the enemy and chased the enemy to the north.
Like Zhang Wenyuan, who dared to defeat 100,000 with 800 men.
But these are all lured by fame and driven by profit, so that the soldiers' desire for fame and profit overwhelms their fear of death.
But this view does not seem to apply to later generations.
Resisting the flood and saving the people, can it be considered a merit? Can it be famous?
The only explanation is that they really put the safety of the people above their own life and death.
Why? Guan Yu fell into silence unconsciously.
[And at this critical moment, the most lovely thing is of course not only the People's Liberation Army.
The Shandong Fire Rescue Corps dispatched seven detachments and search and rescue dogs to support Zhuozhou.
There are also nearly 100 civilian rescue forces such as Blue Sky Rescue and Ram Rescue arriving in Zhuozhou. 】
The background color in the light curtain changed, and the perspective was raised again.
It was not only the previous convoy that went against the disaster.
The green-clad PLA led the way, followed closely by the orange-clad troops.
The colors behind them were varied, and there were all kinds of slogans on the iron cars.
"When one side is in trouble, all sides will support it."
Liu Bei read it out loud, and felt that it was a good saying.
"Hold on, Zhuozhou family, our compatriots are here!"
Zhang Fei also read it out loud, then turned around and rubbed his eyes hard.
The flood was still flooding in the picture, but a group of heroes had already set foot on the land of Zhuozhou.
"Good guys!" Guan Yu could no longer say anything to praise them.
[Now, although the rainfall in Zhuozhou has stopped, according to forecasts, Zhuozhou still has about 300 to 400 million cubic meters of water to pass through.
Fortunately, the country's material support for Zhuozhou has begun, and I believe that it can support the compatriots in Zhuozhou to overcome the difficulties together. ]
〖Salute to the front-line flood control and disaster relief personnel! Pay attention to safety and come back safely!
United as one! Overcome difficulties!
Life is supreme, and rescue is responsibility!
There are no gods descending from the sky, only heroes who stand up!
Thanks to everyone who participated in the rescue, and wish you peace!
Thank you, the retrograde in the wind and rain; salute, every hero who bravely forges ahead! 〗
Liu Bei and Zhang Fei looked at each other, and both thought of the same thing at the same time, and were anxious at the same time:
"Support materials? How to support?"
"I have a lot of family wealth!" This is Zhang Fei.
"I have prepared 10,000 stones of grain and grass!" This is Liu Bei.
In the end, it all comes down to one question:
"How to support?"
It was still Kong Ming and Pang Tong who worked together to persuade the lord not to be so excited.
"There will be such an army that cares about the people in the future."
"There will be all kinds of means comparable to gods and ghosts in the future."
Liu Bei finally calmed down and realized that the light curtain had not finished this time.
Even if he wanted to send something, he had to wait until the light curtain ended.
...
The Ganlu Hall in Chang'an was silent.
When it comes to natural disasters, Li Shimin and his close ministers really have too much to say.
Du Ruhui knows all about these:
"In the first year, there were droughts, frost disasters, and snow disasters. In the second year, there were locust disasters, floods, hail disasters, locust disasters, and frost disasters. This year, the drought has already appeared, and all officials have said that there may be locust disasters after the drought."
Eight disasters in two years. For the Tang Dynasty, no one has a better say than me about the disasters.
"But there are no disaster relief methods like those in later generations."
Li Shimin sighed. The more people know about military affairs, the more they can appreciate how powerful the army in later generations is.
How much he wants his Tang army to have such a style and combat power, but...
Shaking his head, Li Shimin didn't think about it.
Moreover, the scene of the army and the people going out together to rescue disasters like in later generations also touched Li Shimin's heartstrings.
Although I have never seen it, I also call compatriots and family members. Are the people in later generations as close as one family?
In his understanding, the army can be forced to obey orders, but how can the people go thousands of miles to rescue a stranger regardless of their safety?
Not for fame, not for profit, only for life, only for compatriots.
Li Shimin was at a loss, this was something he could not understand at all.
[I plan to make a special topic about natural disasters when I have time, so let's write it down for now.
Next, let's continue: Continue from the last time, the Sixth Expedition to Qishan! ]
For the first time, Liu Bei hoped that this father-in-law could speak faster.
And Zhang Fei was already looking around: "Everyone knows the ending, so what else can we say."
Li Shimin was even more crazy:
"I have read the Sixth Expedition to Qishan dozens of times in books, when can I see a special topic on natural disasters?"
[We have said many times before that the prime minister's strength has never been his innate knowledge, but his strong learning ability.
He was still immature when he went to Qishan for the first time, but he was already a qualified commander when he went to Qishan for the second time.
After the withdrawal of the army from Chencang, they cooperated with Chen Shi like an antelope hanging on a horn, and easily won Wudu and Yinping.
This was an undoubted victory. Chengdu was jubilant, and Liu Chan took the opportunity to resume the position of prime minister.
If someone is happy, someone will be unhappy.
Cao Rui, who had just ascended the throne, felt ashamed because in this year:
The prime minister fought three times on the western front, with one win, one draw and one loss.
The prime minister lost almost nothing, and Cao Wei Guanzhong was in a panic, and Wudu and Yinping were really lost.
Sun Quan on the eastern front was arrogant and won a great victory in the Battle of Shiting.
Not only did he annihilate tens of thousands of enemies, but he also almost angered Cao Xiu to death.
For Cao Wei, Jiangdong can still understand, but what is your basis for Ji Han?
You have one mine to fight nine mines, why are you so crazy? No, we must attack Shu! 】
Guan Yu was the first to get rid of the influence of the disaster relief scenes in later generations, and pondered for a while:
"The light curtain said before that Cao Zhen's troops went out of Ziwu Road to attack Hanzhong, could it be this time?"
Huang Zhong felt incomprehensible:
"This Cao Zhen can predict that the military division's troops will go out of Chencang, I think he knows about the army."
"Can Wei also make this mistake like Wei Yan..."
Huang Zhong wanted to say that it was just a theory, but he stopped talking after thinking about it.
Wei Yan had nothing to say, he hadn't been to Shuzhong yet.
Zhang Fei also looked at Wei Yan, and then at Cao Zhen in the light curtain.
"Wen Chang is actually on the same level as Cao's trusted minister?"
Wei Yan's face flushed slightly: Why doesn't it feel like he is praising me...
Pang Tong can understand Cao Rui's methods very well:
"Young emperors are like this, they need to show their power and extinguish their disloyal hearts."
[The proposal to attack Shu initially triggered conflicts in the court of Cao Wei.
The trusted minister Chen Qun expressed his opposition for the first time in a fierce manner and wrote his opinions in a memorial to Cao Rui.
To put it simply, there are three points: it is difficult to transport food, the journey is long, and there are not enough soldiers.
Cao Rui threw this memorial to Cao Zhen with a blank expression, and his opinion was obvious: fight!
Who is Chen Qun? The founder of the Nine-Rank System, the leader of the Ruying Group who couldn't be purer.
What about Cao Zhen? The adopted son treated by Cao Cao as his own son, and a die-hard Qiaopei general.
But because the emperor stood on Cao Zhen's side, Cao Zhen won in the end and went to fight the prime minister happily.
And the first move was a king bomb: 150,000 troops attacked Shu from four directions, determined to win!
Guo Huai and Fei Yao took the road that the prime minister took out of Qishan to attack Hanzhong.
Zhang He took the Baoxia Road to attack Hanzhong.
Sima Yi led the Jingzhou troops to Shangyong, which was previously guarded by Meng Da, and attacked Hanzhong against the Han River.
What about Cao Zhen himself? He led the main force to take the Ziwu Road to attack Hanzhong. 】
The familiar map was projected on the screen again, and the four bright arrows pointed directly at a small area in Hanzhong.
Everyone couldn't help but get nervous.
Then Wei Yan couldn't help asking:
"Zhang He and Sima Yi were previously the garrisons of Xiangfan, and were assigned to attack Hanzhong. Isn't that a great opportunity for Dongwu to attack?"
Zhang Fei laughed:
"Wenchang, I bet you that the 100,000 Hous must have gone to attack Hefei again!"
Zhang Fei laughed:
"And I bet you that they will either return in defeat or return without success."
Wei Yan was speechless, feeling incomprehensible.
Pang Tong didn't pay attention to Jiangdong, but just looked at the situation and said:
"Kong Ming's use of troops is relatively stable, and he must have judged that Cao thieves will counterattack."
"I guess Kong Ming must have been prepared to be attacked."
Kong Ming felt very curious: "Shi Yuan is so confident in me?"
Pang Tong curled his lips:
"I'm just guessing based on your personality."
"And I also think that the Jiangling Twin Cities mentioned in the light curtain are probably what you suggested General Yunchang to build."
Kong Ming didn't say anything, but from the bottom of his heart, Kong Ming really liked this twin city structure.
And judging from the time, he was indeed providing logistics for Yunchang at that time, could it be true?
[As the old saying goes, the prime minister has always been steady in using troops, especially after Ma Su was beheaded.
For the attack of Cao Wei, the prime minister had actually been waiting for five or six years.
After Liu Bei entrusted his son to Wei Yan, the prime minister gave defensive advice to Wei Yan, the then governor of Hanzhong.
Tangluo Road had "Xingshiwei" for defense, Baoxia Road was built to guard Baocheng, and Ziwu Road was garrisoned by "Huangjinwei".
After retreating from Qishan, the prime minister even predicted Sima Yi's route, and built Pingxicheng, Hancheng, and Lecheng in turn on the east side of Hanzhong.
Wei Yan himself was quite talented in command, and he also reinforced the natural barrier of Yangpingguan to defend Chencang Road and Cao's army from Qishan.
Liu Bei left two ministers to entrust his son to Wei Yan at that time, and the other one, Li Yan, basically stayed in Jiangzhou.
Facing the four armies attacking Hanzhong, the prime minister still felt unsafe and ordered Li Yan to lead 20,000 people to support Hanzhong.
In fact, this was equivalent to taking away Li Yan's military power. Although the prime minister recommended Li Yan's son to take over Li Yan's position in Jiangzhou, it was not very pleasant after all.
The war was about to break out, but it was finally destroyed by a heavy rain.
In August 230 AD, heavy rains continued for more than 30 days in Qinling Mountains.
The heavy rain caused the water level of Han River to surge. Sima Yi, who was going upstream, was washed away by the flood and a large number of warships. He was defeated before the battle and retreated to Xiangfan.
The heavy rain destroyed the plank road in Chencang Xiegu, Qishan. Wei Yan took the initiative to attack, and Zhang He Fei Yao was forced to withdraw.
As for Cao Zhen's troops, which were the main force, they were not so lucky.
The vanguard Xiahou Ba and a small number of elite soldiers successfully walked out of Ziwu Valley, but he was greeted by the Han army of Xingshi, Akasaka, and Huangjin.
Cao Zhen's main force was completely soaked by the heavy rain and stuck in the muddy pit of Ziwu Road. In the end, Cao Rui ordered the withdrawal of the army.
At this point, the four-way attack on Shu was completely unsuccessful, and Cao Zhen died of depression shortly after returning to Chang'an.
And this defeat also brought a more fatal blow to the old Cao family: the complete loss of power of the Qiaopei Group.
After Cao Pi's death, the four ministers appointed to take care of the orphans: Chen Qun, Sima Yi, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, now only two from the Ruying Group are left.
As for what Sun Quan was doing when Cao Zhen attacked Shu?
In 230 AD, Sun Quan attacked Hefei, but failed and returned. 】
Tomorrow will definitely be updated on time!