At the beginning, Tangshan didn't know why these soldiers always asked him this question, but after seeing his soldiers beating each other for a piece of cake, Tangshan suddenly realized that these soldiers were already abolished.

Including himself.

Who would cherish some waste?

It's already very good to be able to utilize waste...

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Whether ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, the full awakening of a national consciousness requires time, organization, and essentially catalysis of painful lessons.

The Han Dynasty was an extremely special dynasty.

Many great scholars said that the Zhou Dynasty was the beginning of the great unification of China, but in fact it was to erase the contributions of the Qin Dynasty. Compared with the relatively short-lived Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty is the real unification of China.

It is precisely because of this that when Liu Xiu had the opportunity to choose something else for his name, he still chose "Han", even though he, "Han", was completely different from the Western Han Dynasty.

During the Western Han Dynasty and Eastern Han Dynasty, people got used to it.

Get used to the rule of the Han Dynasty.

I became accustomed to the slavery of these officials who "represented" the Han Dynasty.

Just like the people in later feudal dynasties, they were used to the ruling class collapsed every once in a while, and then they were used to the rise again and followed by the oh oh hahaha. When the leaders became a new ruling class, they were used to bowing to their feet, completely forgetting how cruel the previous ruling class was.

Later, even foreign invaders came, they got used to it.

As long as those invaders can protect the "elite" class, those "elite" classes will first wail habitually, and then immediately start to apply makeup to the new rulers and be proud of wearing new long gowns.

So, I really think that "long gown" can be worn by anyone?

Man Chong, wearing a "long gown", naturally thought that he belonged to the "elite" class of the great man.

Even though Man Chong’s original family was not big and could not be compared with those big families, it did not mean that Man Chong could get close to the grassroots level, know the needs of the people at the bottom, and stand with the people at the bottom.

So what does it matter if there are so many ordinary people killed and injured in Heluo and soldiers?

As long as Cao Cao’s strategic deployment can be completed, isn’t it natural to have appropriate “sacrifice”?

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was not a chance to defeat Qin. It was just necessary to complete the Union of Qin. Qin had no way to do it. But here’s the problem, why could the six Shandong countries not complete the Union of Qin?

This proposition is the significance of Man Chong's current persistence in Heluo and Luoyang.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were many fundamental reasons why the six Shandong countries, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, and Wei failed to effectively complete the alliance against Qin, but in the end, it was nothing more than three major elements...

Politics, strategy, interests.

For Fei Qian, there are thousands of years of historical experiences and lessons to learn from, but for Cao Cao, the history that he can learn from is the Spring, Autumn, Qin and Han Dynasties.

So how much difference is the current situation and the Qin army pouring out of Hangu Pass back then?

Are there no chances of success in the six Shandong countries?

Obviously not.

However, due to the differences in geographical interests of the six Shandong countries, although the six countries are both threatening Qin's expansion eastward, their geographical locations have led to huge differences in strategic priorities. For example, Qi is located in the east and has no direct border with Qin, so they are more concerned about border disputes with Zhao and Yan; while Chu is vast in territory, the southern territory is insufficient, and the competition with Qin in Hanzhong and Bashu often makes it swing between war and harmony; although the Three Jin borders with Qin and is most threatened, they often attack each other due to territorial disputes and cannot cooperate effectively.

Especially as the monarchs of the six countries, they generally lack strategic vision and often give up the alliance due to immediate interests. This is not a problem that the princes of many countries have committed. Wei made peace with Qin many times to compete for Hexi. Chu turned to self-protection after the defeat in Danyang and Lantian. After Qi destroyed the Song Dynasty, he led to the five countries attacking Qi, which completely turned against him and withdrew from the Anti-Qin Alliance.

At the same time, the six Shandong countries also lack a unified command mechanism. The alliances of the coalition are mostly temporary military alliances, without joint financial support, nor a unified command system. The crisis of trust and historical grievances have also become one of the factors that the division between the coalition and the coalition of the six countries. After a certain victory, the alliance quickly broke down due to uneven sharing of spoils.

All these experiences and lessons learned from the failure of the six Shandong Kingdoms during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period became the basis for the implementation of Cao Cao's current grand strategy.

To win Fei Qian, Cao Cao discovered from the beginning that it was difficult to achieve the task of relying solely on the Cao army, or the Xiahou clan of the Cao clan, to complete this task, and then began to plan a transformation strategy. The most likely plan was undoubtedly that Cao Cao transformed into the second place of Mengchangjun and became the substantive commander of the six countries in Shandong, rather than representing the interests of the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan. This required the cooperation and compromise of the gentry in Shandong.

In this process, naturally some people will turn to Fei Qian, but Cao Cao also hopes that some people can stand firmly on Cao Cao's side...
Chapter completed!