In addition to the coldness in the snowy night, the night is also extremely dark. In the thick and ink-like darkness, it is quiet, and only the sound of falling snow can be clearly heard. Literature Bar wxba
For the poor whose houses cannot protect themselves from the wind and whose clothes cannot keep out the cold, this kind of weather is no different than going to hell. It is definitely worse than death. But for those who are in a deep house and compound, wrapped in smooth furs, For those with thick quilts, the weather is very good.
Idle people can have a good sleep, and diseases such as insomnia will never be annoying in this kind of weather; those who are pursuing can sing in the wind and enjoy the snow on a snowy night, drink and talk happily, and display their talents in poetry, calligraphy and painting.
In the back garden of Wancheng's city guard's mansion, a scholar in white looks different. Although the white fur on his body is very valuable and has a good thermal insulation effect, standing still for a long time in such heavy snow will also affect his health. He felt very cold. Snow had already covered his head and shoulders with a thick layer, but he still seemed unconscious, as if he was meditating, and seemed to be waiting for something.
Several followers stood at a distance, with expressions of embarrassment and helplessness on their faces.
"What happened to the military advisor today? The road has been blocked by heavy snow these days. Do we still have to fight? His health is not good to begin with. If he catches the cold... the lord will definitely blame us! Otherwise... let's go and persuade him together. Advise?" The speaker's lips turned purple and his voice trembled slightly. He was not from the cold, but simply from fear.
"The military advisor has so many important military and national affairs in his mind. If there is no war these days, don't you think he should stop thinking about it? If there is really something important, and he rushes up to interrupt his train of thought... When your lord finds out, you will be very happy. ?”
"Then, what should we do?" It's not right to advise, or not to advise. Several attendants were dumbfounded. Their faces and stomachs were full of bitterness, and they kept complaining that they were unlucky to be selected to serve the most difficult person in the army. This great man is serving.
"What else can we do? Make more preparations in advance?" The attendant who made the rebuttal was very experienced. Seeing several new companions, he had no idea. He took the initiative to take the responsibility and arranged it in an orderly manner: "Make more ginger soup." Boil it several times, dry the firewood again, and heat up a pot of plum wine. When the military advisor returns, you can keep him away from the cold... Well, I'll let the doctor know as well..."
As he said that, he suddenly let out a sound of surprise and then raised his head: "Hey. That's..."
Everyone looked around and heard a "flapping" sound in the air, which seemed to be the sound of birds flapping their wings.
The scholar in white who had been deep in thought also raised his head. To the surprise of the attendants, his face was filled with joy.
It seemed that everyone had guessed wrong. The military advisor was not meditating, but waiting. If nothing else happened, the thing flying in the sky should be the homing pigeon that had just been used in the army.
Sure enough, in the next moment, through the confused wind and snow, a gray bird suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes, flapped its wings, and landed in the hands of the man in white.
The man in white broke away from his previous calmness. He rummaged around under the bird eagerly, and the hand holding the pigeon trembled slightly. The small hearts of the attendants were also trembling, for fear that something might happen to the big man serving him. .
Fortunately, the man in white quickly found what he was looking for. He took a long breath, turned around, walked up to the attendants, handed the dove over, and said: "Take good care of it." Then he held the pigeon in his hand. The roll of paper hurried away as if it were a treasure, without even bothering to shake off the snow on its body.
The two more senior attendants did not dare to neglect and chased after him. The others looked at each other in confusion: "Didn't you say that important military information will not be conveyed by carrier pigeons? Why is the military advisor so concerned?
I’ve been waiting here for almost an hour!”
"Who knows?" The next person curled his lips: "Maybe, this is not some military information, but a battle report from the north. Anyway, it's far away there, and the lord can't interfere even if he wants to. Using carrier pigeons to deliver it can not only be timely"
Send the message over without fear of it being lost or leaked."
He just said it casually, but everyone nodded in agreement and said in a meaningful tone: "It's the north..."
The chaos that started when Dong Zhuo entered the capital was not as chaotic as people imagined. With the emergence of Wang Yu, in just four years, this chaos has gradually shown hope of being quelled, at least the power structure has been very stable.
It's obvious. Not to mention the princes, counselors, and even the servants in the army can tell everything.
The current situation is one of three parties competing for supremacy.
The military alliance led by Qingzhou is the strongest, covering the entire Hebei, plus almost the entire Shandong, and large areas of the Huaihe River. Although Yuan Shu and Zhang Yan cannot be completely regarded as vassals of Qingzhou, when dealing with the outside world,
They will still remain consistent with Qingzhou.
For this military alliance, the only doubt now is the battle in Youzhou. If this battle is won, Zhang Yan and Yuan Shu will inevitably surrender. If they lose, depending on the extent of the defeat, the worst result will be the collapse of the entire alliance.
It can be seen. But generally speaking, this behemoth brought huge pressure to other princes, and there were very few princes who thought of luck.
Next is the Western Military Alliance, which is led by Cao Cao's forces to which the attendants belong.
Compared with Qingzhou's strength, the Western Alliance has many more problems.
First of all, Dong Zhuo is the biggest obstacle. This is a huge problem. Dong Zhuo is inherently stronger than Cao Cao, but for Cao Cao, it is not enough to just move the opponent away. Only in the process of solving the opponent, must he maximize his strength.
Only by absorbing enough benefits to strengthen yourself can you have the capital to fight against Qingzhou.
In order to achieve this goal, Cao Cao made a lot of efforts and attracted many allies, which will cause further trouble - after the enemy disappears, if the relationship with the allies cannot be properly handled, it is easy to turn against each other.
The Qingzhou Alliance has had such a problem before. The reason why the Youzhou War was so difficult was also for this reason. Therefore, this is an unavoidable and extremely difficult trouble. The time and resources required to solve the trouble are considerable.
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As a result, the third major issue surfaced, and that was time! If the integration of the Western Alliance could not be completed before Wang Yu withdrew from Youzhou, Cao Cao's efforts would be in vain. Under such a premise, Military Advisor Guo
It is understandable that Jia was extremely concerned about the war in Northern Xinjiang.
The last party is also the most unknown party, the Jiangdong forces.
Among the three forces, Jiangdong is the weakest. If it weren't for Sun Ce's domineering power, military counselor Zhou Yu's strategizing, and his opponent Liu Biao's old age, people in the world would never compare him with Wang and Cao.
When talking about big forces, they will be regarded as local forces like Liu Yan and Liu Biao that cannot affect the overall situation of the world.
Like Cao Cao, time is equally important as to whether Sun Ce can join the competition in the Central Plains. Only by getting the most chips before Wang Yu withdraws can Sun Ce have this qualification.
Compared with Cao Cao, Sun Ce's opponents are undoubtedly much more difficult to deal with: Liu Biao, who has the full support and resistance of local powerful people; and Yuan Shu, whose power is deeply rooted in Huainan and has the support of Qingzhou behind him, are not easy to deal with either side.
Because of the status quo of the three major forces, one strong and the other weak, Cao Cao and Sun Ce also began to have a tendency to unite.
After the fierce battle in Jiangxia, Sun Ce still kept in mind that Chen Bing was on the bank of the river, trying to contain Yuan Shu, who was about to make a move, and relieve the pressure on Cao Cao's eastern front. Cao Cao was fighting fiercely with Dong Zhuo on the entire front, and his troops were stretched thin, so he personally led his troops to relieve Wan.
After the siege of the city, Zhang Xiu still thought of dividing his troops to attack Xinye to contain Liu Biao's troops.
From this we can see how important and worthy of people's attention was the war in Northern Xinjiang. It is not surprising that Guo Jia stayed up all night long despite his illness and stood at midnight just to receive the information about the war in Northern Xinjiang as early as possible.
"What will happen to this world in the end?" After a long time, someone let out a long sigh, which made everyone sigh, but no one could give an answer.
At the same time, in the study, Cao Cao gave a clear answer with a sigh: "Pengju has taken the lead in the fight for the world, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to do anything."
Cao Cao's exhausted face had a look of dejection, which was completely different from his ecstatic look when he received the battle report of the Juyong Battle a few days ago.
He was indeed very happy at that time. With his eyes, he could certainly see the series of consequences that would result from Gongsun Zan's rash advance. If he and Wang Yu were to change places, he would probably make a comprehensive contraction of the front line and abandon Youzhou.
The decision was made to guard the northern front of Jizhou with Yijing as the center.
This is the safest way, because the previous arrangements of the Qingzhou Army were designed for the cooperation of the Youzhou Army in the middle. Now after Gongsun Zan's disastrous defeat, it is no longer a help, but a drag, placed on any mature princes
It seems that they should be given up decisively rather than reluctantly saved.
Not to mention that the rescue operation is very risky, even if it is not, what is the benefit of rescuing an unruly ally? Continue to entangle with it, delaying the time to fight for the Central Plains?
If Youzhou is abandoned, only one general will stay in northern Xinjiang. Yu Jin and Xu Huang are both good choices. One army is missing, but in the battle to fight for the Central Plains and attack Luoyang, Lu Bu's army can be used
Strength, if it increases or decreases, there will be no loss.
With the strong combat power displayed by the Hussars at the beginning of the Northern Xinjiang War, Cao Cao had no confidence in defending Luoyang. Although he also discussed some contingency strategies with his staff, they all resulted in the loss of Luoyang, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou.
at the expense of territory.
If the situation evolves into that, even if he can barely survive the Qingzhou Army's invasion, what else can he do?
Therefore, he was very happy for a time until Wang Yu personally led his troops northward, causing a sudden change in the situation in Youzhou.
Defeated Qu Yi and drove Qi Zhou away. In two battles, the Fiery Cavalry became famous;
I don’t know if Wang Yu’s achievements inspired his generals.
First, Taishi Ci showed great power, and five hundred warriors waded through the ice to attack at night. On the bank of Baoqiu River, they defeated a large number of people with a small number, and defeated Yan Rou, the famous Wuwan captain in the land of Youyan;
Two thousand infantry resisted the fierce attack of 20,000 Hu cavalry led by Qian Man; soon after, news came from Daijun that Zhao Yun had left the fortress and swept across Danhan Mountain.
What Guo Jia was waiting for was this series of good news, or bad news. After seeing it, Cao Cao was immediately hit hard. When he spoke, there was already despair in his tone.