Chapter 277 Why are you crying? This general is not dead yet!(2/3)
Guan Ning said: "The Qin Empire is powerful, but it has only died in the second lifetime. Emperor Wu respects Confucianism and Han Dynasty for more than 400 years. This has already shown all the problems! It is true that Emperor Wu still used laws to govern the country during his reign. However, this is indeed true. However, I have not opposed the ministers under the rule of the lord to learn laws. Isn't that right? Learning laws is just the responsibility of the county magistrates, so why should the lord do it yourself?"
Ju Shu said: "Since you want to rule the country by law, it will be no harm to be a master of slightest knowledge, right?"
"The lord has limited energy, so how can he do everything?" Guan Ning said with a hunger retort, "Following the theory of Zezhu, there are fishing, woodcutting, farming, and business people under his rule. Does the lord also learn the skills of fishing, chopping wood, farming, and doing business? County officials and pavilions need to judge disputes in the village, and does the lord also need to learn the skills of refereeing?"
Ju Su said angrily: "Guan Ning, you are called being rude."
Guan Ning fired back: "I'm just talking about the matter."
"Okay, don't fight." Ma Yue interrupted the opportunity from time to time to stop the two of them from arguing, and said, "The dispute between Confucianism and legal studies has been going on for hundreds of years. It is difficult to make a definite judgment on whether it is familiar or not. This general means to divide Zheng'er's study time into four, thirty days a month, study Confucianism for fifteen days, study law for five days, study military learning for five days, and study martial arts for five days. Ten years later, Zheng'er grew up, and each of the general and the four teachers gave a test question to see which theory Zheng'er used the most when solving practical problems. The theory that was used the most was the study of governing the world. What do you think?"
Ju Su, Jia Xu and Fang Yue said in unison: "Lord, wisely."
Only Guan Ning said silently, Ma Yue couldn't help but say coldly: "You'an lacks confidence in Confucianism, right?"
"Of course not." Guan Ning shouted, "Okay, then according to the lord, we will determine the advantages and disadvantages in ten years."
A cunning smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Ma Yue's mouth. The so-called question-taking test in ten years is just a cover. Ma Yue's real purpose is to allow Ma Zheng to learn from the strengths of many families during his growth, especially military skills and martial arts. The horse butcher attaches great importance to it. He cannot train Ma Zheng to be a crying wolf cub. The horse butcher always doesn't know the taste and can't sleep.
"Now there are five days left before the end of the month, and it just starts from the art of martial arts." After saying that, Ma Yue turned his eyes to Fang Yue and said loudly, "Yuan Sheng (Fang Yue's word), Gongzi Zheng will give it to you."
Fang Yue shouted: "Please rest assured, lord, I will do my best."
Runan.
On both sides of the official road, the army was storming everywhere. Cao's army was defeated and fled in panic towards Pingyu (Zhongnan County). On the hill on the side of the official road, Zhang Xun stood with a sword surrounded by dozens of military generals. Cheng Jun won consecutive battles, and Zhang Xun was inevitably a little proud.
"General!" A side general of the army reminded, "Although Cao's army was defeated, the situation was very suspicious."
"Oh?" Zhang Xun asked, "What's suspicious?"
The side general said: "Although Cao's army is a new recruit, it seems that Cao Cao's ability to use troops should not be so vulnerable. The last general thinks that there must be a fraud in it."
"Haha." Zhang Xun smiled, "Yes, Cao Cao is clearly a trick to lure the enemy!"
"A trick to lure the enemy?" The general's face changed and he said anxiously, "In this way, the general can quickly order the army to stop pursuing."
"No need to do this!" Zhang Xun said coldly, "Cao Cao pretended to be defeated and lured the enemy. He must have wanted to defeat our army with an ambush. Our army can use the strategy to defeat Cao's army, and then lead the army eastward to cooperate with General Lei Bo to eliminate Lu Bu's army. In this way, all the threats to Shouchun from the north, and only Sun Jian from the south are left, which is not enough to cause trouble."
"Get a plan?" said the side general with a stern voice, "Will the plan come out?"
Zhang Xun waved his hand and said loudly: "Get the map."
Personal soldiers had already brought the map and spread it flat on the ground. Zhang Xun pointed to the map with a horse whip and said to the army generals around him: "Please look at this general. This road is the only way to lead from Ruyin to Pingyu. There are many mountains, rivers and valleys along the way. The terrain is complex and changeable, but only two areas are conducive to ambushing."
A deputy general said in a deep voice: "Swallowtail slope, Broken Soul Valley!?"
"Yes, it is Yanwei Slope and Duanhun Valley!" Zhang Xun said in a deep voice, "But the Yanwei Slope is too steep and steep, and it is difficult to ambush the army nearby. Therefore, this general predicts that Cao's army will set up an ambush in Duanhun Valley! You can order the front army to stop advancing halfway into the valley, and put forward the illusion of advancing and retreating to confuse Cao's army. At the same time, the left and right armies quickly circumvent the back mountains on both sides of the Duanhun Valley and set fire to the mountains! Seeing that the fire broke out behind the mountain, the Cao army in the forest will be in chaos, and the front army can take the opportunity to retreat as usual!"
The generals said in a lost voice: "General wants to set fire to the mountains?"
"Yes, set fire to the mountains!" A ferocious smile flashed across Zhang Xun's mouth and said ruthlessly, "The mountains and forests in the Broken Soul Valley are deep and dense. Now it is the time when the sky is dry. If the fire rises, it will be difficult to extinguish. If the Cao army sets an ambush in the Broken Soul Valley, the general will burn it to ashes with a fire."
A general asked worriedly: "If we set fire to the mountain, wouldn't even our army be surrounded by fire? As the saying goes, water and fire are ruthless. Although Cao's army is destroyed, how can our army escape the fire?"
Zhang Xun smiled slightly and pointed to the map and said, "Please look at the terrain here. There is a depression here with a slightly lower terrain. Although the terrain is overgrown, it will take some time for the fire to burn into the depression. As long as our army can get the artemisia on Qingguang depression before the fire reaches the fire, we can avoid the fire."
The generals sighed and said, "The general is wise, and Cao's army will definitely be defeated."
Hetao.
Fang Yue took dozens of riders to escort Ma Zheng to the prairie 80 miles east of Meiji City. Following Ma Yue's assignment, Fang Yue began to perform his master's duties. The first lesson he taught Ma Zheng was to kill animals and train his courage! The so-called killing was not to let Ma Zheng really kill people, but to kill some small animals on the grassland.
"Young Master." Fang Yue handed the small bow to Ma Zheng, pointed to the grassland ahead and said, "Did you see the sheep in the grass in front?"
Ma Zheng said: "See it."
Fang Yue said: "Okay, now you kill it."
"Why do you want to kill it?" Ma Zheng said inexplicably, "Everything is born with spirits. Sheep are creatures like humans. Humans should not kill animals at will."
"Huh?" Fang Yue's eyes turned cold and she said in a deep voice, "What if it is your enemy? If you don't kill it, you can only wait to be killed by it. Are you willing to die by yourself, or are you willing to die for you?"
“This ~~”
Ma Zheng was suffocated when he heard this.
Fang Yue ordered in an unquestionable tone: "Kill it!"
Ma Zheng took a breath, raised his small bow with trembling hands, and Fang Yue then stuffed a small arrow into Ma Zheng's hand. Ma Zheng closed his eyes, pulled the bow and shot it forward with an arrow, but the arrow was several feet away. The dozens of horses following Fang Yue suddenly burst into laughter.
Fang Yue shouted, "Don't laugh!"
Dozens of riders hurriedly held their laughter and dared not laugh out loud.
At this moment, a sudden sound of horse hooves sounded in the east, and then a horse rushed over like a whirlwind and shouted loudly: "Hey, which brothers are ahead? The Xianbei slave riots in the old river guild field, and the brothers who were in charge of the market were almost unable to withstand it. Come and help."
"Xianbei slave riot?" Fang Yue's face darkened and said to the captain behind him, "Fang Hu!"
The captain of the personal soldiers rushed forward and responded quickly: "The villain is here."
Fang Yue said: "Take ten brothers to stay and continue to train the young masters. The other brothers follow this general to the Laohekou charcoal mining farm and kill all the damn Xianbei dogs!"
"Abide by the order!"
More than thirty riders followed him and came to the charcoal mining farm with Fang Yue.
Ten miles east of the training ground is the Laohekou charcoal mining site.
Since Ma Yue relaxed the iron making, salt making, and charcoal mining industries, Su Shuang took over the operation of the Hetao charcoal mining farm and the iron making workshop. This charcoal mining farm was newly opened later. Su Shuang bought more than a thousand Xianbei male slaves from Pei Yuanshao, ten thousand households in the right side of the northern desert at a low price, and dug charcoal day and night.
In order to save expenses, Su Shuang hired only more than a hundred officers and soldiers to guard the charcoal mining site.
It is undoubtedly quite dangerous to have only a hundred officers and soldiers guarding more than a thousand Xianbei slaves! In order to reduce the threat of Xianbei slaves, Su Shuang ordered that only half of the normal Xianbei slaves be supplied daily. With Su Shuang's experience, Xianbei people were not full and had little strength, so they could not start a riot.
However, on this day, slave riots inevitably occurred. While the meal was about to start, several strong Xianbei slaves killed the official army that maintained order and seized weapons and armor. Then they organized Xianbei slaves to start attacking the camps around the charcoal mining farm. The more than a hundred officials guarding the charcoal mining farm were outnumbered, and the situation soon began to tighten.
Fortunately, a patrol team of more than 200 cavalry passed by nearby. When Fang Yue led more than 30 cavalry to follow him, the slave riot in the charcoal mining farm had been suppressed by more than 100 government troops and more than 200 cavalry patrol soldiers. More than 300 Xianbei slaves were killed, and more than 500 were injured. Only more than 20 skilled Xianbei slaves robbed their horses and fled.
From the patrol captain, Fang Yue couldn't help but feel a slump in his heart and led more than 30 cavalry to return on the same route. However, before he could reach the training site where Gongzizheng was, Fang Yue met Fang Hu, a bloody personal captain. He was really afraid of anything he was going to go. What was most worried about was still happening.
"General~~" Fang Hu saw Fang Yue, as if a drowning child saw a life-saving straw, he hurriedly said, "General is not good, young master, he~~"
Fang Yue sternly said: "What's wrong with him, young master?"
Fang Hu gasped and said, "Young Master, he was stolen!"
Fang Yue knew that something was wrong, but she still had a hint of luck and asked, "What kind of person stole the young master?"
Fang Hu said: "It is a group of outlaws in rags, very much like slaves from nearby charcoal farms."
"Why are you still standing there?" Fang Yue opened his eyes wide and roared, "If you don't lead the way, I will chase you for the general. Even if you chase it to the ends of the world, you will still rob Master Zheng back!!!"
Fang Hu said in a trembling voice: "Abs~~Abs the order."
"You!" Fang Yue turned around suddenly, pointed at Yiqi and followed him in person, "Go back to the old camp immediately and inform the lord of the news that the young master was robbed. Please call the army to intercept quickly, hurry up!"
"Affect the order."
The rider agreed in person and rode his horse back towards Meijicheng.
Meiji, Pingxi General's Mansion.
It was when spring was warm and flowers were blooming, and the sound of the piano in the side hall was quiet and endless. However, it was Xiao Qiao, Yu Niang's jade fingers were relaxing and playing the piano. Azi was beautiful, Nai Erdo was wearing a hot Yuezhi dance dress, and her graceful figure was dancing with the pleasant sound of the piano. The horse butcher hugged Diao Chan on the left and Cai Yan on the right and was drinking and having fun.
Since Ma Yue came to this chaotic world, he fought on the battlefield every day and was always together with his wives and concubines. He rarely had such a relaxed and comfortable opportunity. He naturally wanted to do his best to do his best when he seized the opportunity. However, the butcher of Ma was not lucky enough to be so happy. After a while, he saw Liu Yan breaking into the side hall with a dismal look.
"Husband, save Zheng'er."
Ma Yue's heart was stern and said in a deep voice: "Don't panic, just say slowly, what's wrong with Zheng'er?"
Liu Yan said tragically: "General Fang Yue condemns people and returns, Zheng'er was kidnapped by Xianbei slaves!"
"ah?"
Ma Yue was startled and ran out of the hall. He didn't want to step on the air and fell down from the steps. When he got up, Ma Yue had already fallen to his nose and face, but Ma Yue was unaware of it and continued to walk out of the hall, shouting loudly: "Dian Wei, where is Dian Wei?"
When Liu Yan met behind her, she was both happy and sad in her heart.
What made Liu Yan happy was that although Ma Yue usually saw Ma Zheng with a stern face and a cold look, he still loved Zheng'er in his heart. Otherwise, he would not have been so anxious. But what made Liu Yan sad was that Zheng'er was captured by Xianbei slaves this time, it was probably a little bit of a bad fortune and it would be difficult for him to return to his side.
"Dian Wei is here!" In a thunderous response, Dian Wei's iron tower-like figure appeared outside the door of the side hall and said quickly, "What are the lord's instructions?"
"Quick!" Ma Yue said quickly, "Immediately, point the eight hundred light cavalry together and follow the general out of the city!"
"Abide by the order!"
Dian Wei responded to the promise and took the order and left.
Fifty miles northeast of Meiji, Hetao Prairie.
Yuwen Ba was leading more than 20 cavalry Xianbei to follow him and run wildly towards the north, and the poor little Ma Zheng was erected on the saddle by Yuwen Ba.
This Yuwenba was originally the second prince of the Eastern Xianbei Yuwen tribe. He was defeated and captured in a battle with Pei Yuanshao's tribe. Yuwenba was incognito and became an ordinary Xianbei warrior. He became a prisoner of war for the Han army. After that, he went to Hetao and was sold to the old Hekou charcoal site as a slave.
Although he became a slave, Yu Wenba always wanted to escape back to the tribe. After several months of waiting and planning, the opportunity finally came. Although the riot of more than a thousand Xianbei slaves was suppressed, Yu Wenba successfully took advantage of the chaos to escape from the charcoal farm and led more than 20 cavalry to embark on the road of thousands of miles of return.
As the horse Zheng was in such a disaster, Yuwen Ba happened to run into Fang Hu and his party who were escorting Ma Zheng on the way to escape. Yuwen Ba bullied Fang Hu and his party. Yuwen Ba bullied Fang Hu at least, so he wanted to steal the horse and escape (on the grassland, each person needed at least three mounts to ensure continuous escape). After a short and fierce battle, more than twenty cavalry of Xianbei followed ten cavalry left. Ma Zheng was captured by Yuwen Ba alive, and Fang Hu fought a bloody way to find Fang Yue to report the news.
Yuwenba originally wanted to kill Ma Zheng, but the long-lived lock on Ma Zheng's neck saved his life!
Because this Yuwenba was proficient in Chinese, the footnote at the bottom of the word "Pingxi General Horse" made Yuwenba feel like he had a treasure and immediately gave up his plan to kill Ma Zheng. Yuwenba, who had a good understanding of the Han Dynasty, certainly knew that the Pingxi General Horse was the horse butcher who made thousands of Xianbei people want to eat their flesh!
The child wore the long-lived lock given by the horse butcher on his neck, which obviously had a very close relationship with the horse butcher! After realizing this, Yu Wenba was really ecstatic.
To be continued...