Although it was cold, there was no snow yet.
If you don't really go to the frontier fortress, it's hard to appreciate the artistic conception of the starry sky. Xu Fengnian accompanied Xu Weixiong to leave Duhu Mansion, walked out of Huaiyang Pass, and arrived a few miles outside the pass, with only Chu Lushan accompanying him. Veteran general Yan Wenluan and newcomer Yu Luandao have already rushed to Youzhou to preside over military affairs. A series of raids from point to area. Large-scale cavalry battles in the wild, this has always been the frontier battlefield. In the hinterland of the Central Plains, there are dotted with large and small cities, and there are rivers and rivers. It is extremely difficult for the cavalry to perform well. It is not difficult to fight one or several wonderful battles, but from the end, abandoning the infantry, but digging out the combat power of the cavalry to the greatest extent, this will test the ability of the leader and general. Chu Lushan lowered his head to read this letter carefully under the faint starlight along the way, couldn't put it down, and was amazed from time to time. When Xu Fengnian and Xu Weixiong stopped on a small broken ground, Chu Lushan carefully put away the stack of rice paper worth a thousand gold, and looked at the sky. He sighed softly: "The most proud work of Lu Shengxiang in his life was that time when he went to Luzhou on a snowy night and helped Gu Jiantang take down the whole of Dongyue without bloodshed. The two battles have been rehearsed countless times by the old scholars who teach the art of war in the Shangyin Academy and the Imperial College in the past ten years. But let me see that the unruly Kou Jianghuai in the new temple of Western Chu That Lu Shilang and I are much stronger, so it's no wonder that Yu Luandao, such a proud and arrogant son of a wealthy family, is willing to praise another family member of the same age."
Xu Weixiong stretched out his hand and asked Chu Lushan for the stack of rice paper, put it on his knee, took out a page, and said flatly: "Kou Jianghuai is recognized as a generalist in Shangyin Academy, but he fell into the eyes of some scholars before, and it is not easy to understand. It seems miscellaneous but not good. I have played several games of chess with him... "
Xu Fengnian couldn't help but interjected and asked, "Second Sister, can this kid still beat you in the chess game?"
Xu Weixiong raised his head and looked at Xu Fengnian in a daze. Xu Fengnian smiled coyly and shut up quickly. Chu Lushan caught a glimpse of this scene. In today's world, there are only a handful of people who can make our young King of Beiliang suffer, so he couldn't help but laugh at the moment. As a result, Xu Fengnian Chu Lushan, who eats the soft and is afraid of the hard, picks up the soft persimmons, and glares fiercely at Chu Lushan, who gloats at others' misfortune. The governor has no choice but to restrain his smile. You must know that the guy who can make his Luqiu deflated, the two courts are different. Difficult to find a lantern? Xu Weixiong continued: "The people who play against me are mostly national players in the chess world. Among them, Kou Jianghuai's chess strength is undoubtedly the weakest, but this person's thoughts are the most unconstrained and unconstrained, and his chess has no set formula. It is not surprising that Kou Jianghuai can make stupid stupid moves, and he can be cheeky and unreasonable all the way to the end. What makes Kou Jianghuai really impressive is that he has the least sense of victory. This kind of opponent is placed against the army. On the battlefield, it will be very difficult. Zhao Yi, the king of Guangling, has obviously suffered enough. Kou Jianghuai used inferior forces to overcome six dangerous cities including Jinze, Huangyan Pass, and won the city in two days. Do not defend, give up the battle for a moment and a place, and strive to gain an overwhelming advantage over the enemy on a single battlefield, cannibalizing reinforcements bit by bit, large transfers, long-term raids, this seemingly "unreasonable" method of using troops, It is indeed worth learning from Beiliang, which is at a disadvantage compared to Beimang."
Chu Lushan was probably tired of standing, so he sat down on the grass next to Xu Weixiong's wheelchair. After the withered grass was sparse, he didn't feel aggrieved, and said with a smile: "The situation of Western Chu after the restoration of the country is quite similar to that of Beiliang. Under Wang's joint encirclement and suppression, it's really a dojo in a snail shell. If Cao Changqing went out in person, forcing Yang Shenxing to be unable to do anything, and Yan Zhenchun died in battle, it would be reasonable, but now Xichu just let two young generals take action. The Zhao family and the court were already in a state of distress, and Zhao Yi had to move out of the stage even the Chunxuelou Fu general. The battle in Guangling was not as short as the masters of the Liyang Military Department expected, but it was not as short as three months or as long as half a year, and it was not even our Beiliang. It was expected to be one and a half years, but it may take two years until the last smoke clears."
Xu Fengnian said with a sneer: "The emperor of the Zhao family used the auspicious talisman of the New Year's name. His original intention was to have a new atmosphere. The new atmosphere is a new atmosphere, but it is not the slightest bit of joy. He suppressed Beiliang and indulged Guangling. This is all created by him. I don’t know if he will feel a little bit regretful. Besides handing over the dragon robe and dragon chair to Prince Zhao Zhuan, there is still such a big mess.”
Xu Weixiong shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The Zhao family is good at fishing in troubled waters in the middle game and making the final decision. They lost first. Compared with Liyang who lived in a corner back then, the Zhao family is more prosperous and can afford to lose. The only difference is that back then, the imperial court had our Xu family as their pawns, and no matter how anxious the former emperor was, he still trusted our father and the Xu family's iron cavalry. If it weren't for today's determination to crucify the Xu family In the northwest frontier, who would dare to rise up against Cao Changqing or the remnants of Western Chu to commit suicide? As long as the Beiliang Frontier Army sends out 50,000 troops to quell the rebellion, how can Yang Shenxing and Yan Zhenchun lose their lives at the end of the day?"
Chu Lushan speculatively said: "This is also something that can't be helped. The emperor of the Zhao family is determined to be an enemy of the world, a vassal king who seals off borders, an upstart civil servant who is gradually forming a group, and a general who separates the local regime. In his opinion Not one of them is a good thing. I want to help my son solve all the troubles before he dies. The chessboard is too small to accommodate so many big pieces. If he really makes it, the prince Zhao Zhuan can really be a man who doesn't pay attention to martial arts and peace of mind. Gu Jiantang has Chen Zhibao as a restraint, civil servants have no Zhang Julu, and the group of dragons has no leader. At that time, it is too late to figure out the emperor's heart, so there is no time to care about governing the country and the world. Besides, the world will be peaceful at that time, and the generals will disarm. The civil servants are going to get credit. The courtiers in the Xiangfu years after Yonghui really have nothing to do except please the king. Not to mention, old man Yuan Benxi's abacus is very tricky."
Xu Fengnian waved his hand and said: "It's useless to talk about it. Now Dong Zhuo has no detailed information about the specific deployment of troops, except for the direction of Liuzhou. Lu Qiuer, how long do you think Liuzhou can hold Liu Gui's army? How many Northern Mang frontier troops can be dragged into Liuzhou's pocket?"
Chu Lushan smiled and said: "With the 30,000 Dragon Elephant Army of the little prince to help defend Liuzhou, Liu Gui's 100,000 disorderly soldiers and horses alone will not be able to defeat them for a hundred years. We have an unprecedented battle with Beimang. From the point of view of later generations, no matter how the early stage is played, no one has a good strategy or a bad strategy. It depends on who can accumulate advantages in the divided battlefields. From the current point of view, Dong Zhuo obviously didn't put too much money into it. His mind was on the Liuzhou side. He invited Liu Gui, the most prestigious and youngest of the thirteen generals, to go there. Liu Gui got up too fast and powerful. What worries me the most is that Dong Zhuo went to attack Youzhou with all his strength, smashing the Youzhou defense line regardless of damage, and put the most elite Tuoba Bodhisattva and Hong Jingyan on the northern line of Liangzhou to contain us. The main force of the cavalry."
Xu Weixiong nodded and said: "Attacking Youzhou, in the short term, is Beimang's most foolish way of fighting, but in the long run, it is the best way to preserve Beimang's national strength. In the deep Central Plains, even if there are some cities in Youzhou that can be defended, and there are stretches of forts and military cities to the south of Hulukou, the saying that Hulukou alone can eat up 160,000 soldiers and horses in Beimang is not true. Moisture, but as long as Beimang has the courage to pay 100,000 troops, Youzhou will be destroyed, and the main force of Liangzhou will rush to help Youzhou. Once this situation forms, Liuzhou will not be able to defend it. This is irrelevant to the overall situation. This is also the root cause of Yan Wenluan's insistence that Yu Luan should lead 30,000 light riders to Jizhou. He is determined to use Youzhou to win more time and space for the whole of Beiliang, but this is after all. It is a helpless move, and the final outcome is nothing more than losing more and losing less, and the Liyang court is happy to see it succeed, but Beiliang cannot bear it."
Xu Weixiong folded his hands on the rice paper on his lap, and looked into the distance, "Guard Chu insisted on making Liuzhou a stalemate, attracting all the attention of the northern and southern courts, hoping that the Northern Mang frontier army will go to Liuzhou The division of troops was also worried that Dong Zhuo would only focus on attacking Youzhou. Over the past ten years, father had devoted countless efforts to Youzhou and spent countless soldiers' pay. He even deliberately let Liangzhou The frontier army didn't go to rescue Youzhou, and watched 30,000 Youzhou guards lose the cities of Wubao, so the northern barbarians exchanged their lives, just to make Beimang fear the border defense of Youzhou, and hope that there will be more in the future. One day, so that Youzhou will not become a fatal weakness."
Chu Lushan said in a low voice: "Compassion does not command soldiers."
Chu Lushan suddenly let out a heavy breath, "The old woman has been suppressing the forces in the rivers and lakes of Beimang for many years, and now she has finally come in handy. On the border, those masters keep a close eye on the big and small pass intersections. All of our identities should be killed on the spot. Many of our spies who have been lurking for many years have found it difficult to convey important military information. This time, the big sects such as Chess Sword, Yuefu and Gongzhufen have all mobilized to block the border news and cooperate with Dong Zhuo. The mobilization of the frontier army. This move is really ruthless. Fushuifang was so followed in Beimang, and it can be said that it has suffered heavy losses. Many years of operation in many states have been uprooted."
Crouching on the ground, Chu Lushan rubbed his cheeks with his hand, "That's all. Not long ago, there was a spy who was deliberately released by Bei Mang. There were sixteen heads of his colleagues in the Fushuifang in his luggage. , cried and said that if he didn't hope that Fushuifang could take back these heads, he would rather die than return to Beiliang. After the spy put down his luggage, he borrowed a cold knife and committed suicide that night. He didn't say his last words or write a suicide note. , nothing was left."
Chu Lushan said sullenly: "Our new cold knife, it has not been used to kill the northern barbarians, but its mother is used by its own people to commit suicide first. If I keep holding this bad breath, my lungs will explode."
Xu Fengnian kept silent, and put his hands in the big cuffs of the purple-gold boa robe.
After winter, the long war on Guangling Road came to an end temporarily, and it was Beiliang's turn to start fighting.
There is no snow this winter.
I don't even know when it will snow.
It's just that the 300,000 frontier soldiers can unsheath their cold swords at their waists anytime, anywhere.