Linyuan came two groups of important guests one after another, and it was very lively for a while. As the wedding date approached, all the generals under Wei Ba sent envoys, regardless of distance, to celebrate with heavy gifts, even Wei Feng, who was far away in the new city. Feng Jin and others also sent representatives, including Meng Da's nephew Deng Xian.
After making courtesy and making noises, Wei Ba directly introduced Deng Xian to the side courtyard.
There were so many people coming at once, and the original prefect's mansion could no longer be occupied. Wei Ba is now living in the Pan family temporarily, not far from the prefect's mansion. It is very convenient to get around, but it will not be disturbed by irrelevant people.
After Pan Jun surrendered to Sun Quan, he spent most of his time in Wuchang, and most of his family members were in Wujun. Not many people lived in Linyuan, so the old house of Pan's family was empty. When Pan Ziyu got married, the house was even slaves. It became Pan Ziyu's dowry. Pan Ziyu spent most of his time with Zhao Tong and didn't live at home. Now that Wei Ba has no place to live, Pan Ziyu gave up his house without permission.
The side yard is very quiet, the wall is very tall, and there are shadowy guards on the wall. The guards are holding the cold weapon in their hands, making the wall look taller, and it seems that even the sounds outside are isolated.
As soon as the two of them took their seats, Deng Xian smiled and said, "I heard that General Zhennan was going to participate in the war. General Zhendong was very happy. He fought side by side with the general twice, and the cooperation was very pleasant. I hope this time the same."
Wei Ba smiled bitterly and shook his hand: "Don't worry, this is just an intention. Since we have fought side by side twice, I don't hide it from you. I don't agree with this big fight. The meaning of General Cavalry was originally from Zhendong. The general attacked and restrained the Wei army in Wancheng. He shared the worries of the prime minister. I was worried that the general of Zhendong would not have enough troops, so he suggested that the General of the Cavalry should lead the troops himself. Unexpectedly, he pulled me in and wanted to have a big battle with the Wei army. To be honest, , I do not agree with this plan very much. I am still discussing with General Husband to see if this decision can be cancelled."
Deng Xian blinked his eyes and murmured: "So that's the case?"
Wei Ba nodded, said nothing, turned around and brought a few letters: "This is a letter from me to discuss this war with the Prime Minister and General Cavalry. You can take a look."
Deng Xian glanced at Wei Ba in confusion, shook his hand and refused, "I won't read the letter, I believe in the general."
Wei Ba did not refuse and put away the letter. Deng Xian said it beautifully, but in fact the accusation was very strong. He specifically pointed out his current official position and reminded them that this would be the third time to cooperate. In fact, there was The meaning of Wei Ba's robbery of merit is that when Wei Ba went to Xincheng for the first time, he was a famous Prime Minister's Mansion, just a surprise soldier; when he went there the second time, he was already a real Prime Minister's Mansion. He became the think tank of the army; and when he went again this time, he was on par with Meng Da.
This inevitably makes people feel that the city of Xiangyang has a blessed land, and Meng Da has become a foil. Originally, Meng Da was the main force in Xiangyang, and even Wu Yi pretended to be sick and couldn't come forward. Now there are not only more cavalrymen. General Li Yan has another Wei Ba who is on par with Meng Da, and Meng Da has become a foil again, which makes Meng Da feel very uncomfortable.
However, Wei Ba's attitude made Deng Xian alert. He realized that what Li Yan said might not be the truth. Perhaps Li Yan realized Meng Da's possible emotions, so he pushed Wei Ba in front. But since Wei Ba was The reason why you dare to show him the letter of communication with Li Yan and Zhuge Liang is enough to prove that what Wei Ba said just now was not a false statement, and Wei Ba did not mean to compete for merit with Meng Da.
Deng Xian's attitude eased a little: "The general thought that this attack on Xiangyang is feasible?"
Wei Ba smacked his lips: "There is General Cavalry who came in person and dispatched the center, and General Zhendong commanded the battle. I think even if I can't win, I guess there is still a restraining effect."
Deng Xian sighed, he could hear what Wei Ba meant. This battle was originally intended to take advantage of the main force of the Wei army in Guanzhong, Meng Da sneaked into Wancheng and played the role of a surprise soldier. Now Li Yan changed his plans one after another, and time delayed.
After the Wei army was ready again, and had changed from a surprise to a regular soldier. There were really no chances. As Wei Ba said, it was already commendable to be able to maintain a strong defeat.
When Deng Xian thought of this, he put down his burden. Since it was not a great contribution, it would be meaningless to fight with Li Yan, so let Li Yan fight. If something happened, there would be a tall one to carry it.
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In August, Linyuan ushered in two great events.
One is that Zhao Tong, the prefect of Wuling, married the princess of Wu State Sun Luban. Everyone knows that although Sun Luban's marriage is very grand, it is impossible to tell that he is a remarried princess, but the people of Linyuan know that the Zhao Mansion
Jun’s wife is Pan Ziyu, a girl from the Pan family in Linyuan. No matter how high the princess is, she is just a fair wife.
This made the people of Linyuan feel proud, and they all seemed to have taken advantage of the Wu Kingdom.
The second is a great harvest that has not been seen for many years. Wuling was the first county to be recaptured by Shu Han. Although it did not become the focus of Wei Ba's military farming because it was too close to the Wu people, Linyuan's conditions were undoubtedly Wuling County.
The best, coupled with Zhao Tong and Liao An’s intention, Linyuan’s military farming achievements are no worse than those in other places. After two years of rectification, Linyuan has had good weather this year, and an unexpected bumper year suddenly appeared.
In front of Linyuan people who were worried about food.
Double happiness comes, and Linyuan is filled with festive atmosphere.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the conscription order was sent to various townships and gathered. The battle in Xiangyang, which had been preparing for a long time, finally entered a substantial preparation stage. Because Wei Ba partially restored the military service system, all men of appropriate age were recruited, so the counties
They all started to get busy.
There are two necessary conditions for war, one is military force, and the other is food. As long as the grain is concentrated, it can be transported, but the soldiers cannot be put on the battlefield. When it comes to military tactics, many people will think of magical tricks and surprise victory. In fact, that
It is just a small part of the military strategy. How to recruit soldiers and organize them into infantry corpses and train them to train ordinary people into soldiers who can go into battle, so that they can advance when they hear the drum, retreat when they hear the gold, how to march, how to set up camp
Rest, this is the main content of military strategy.
Only when these basic conditions are met can we talk about various methods of using troops. If the foundation is not solid, it is a group of mobs. No matter how many people are, it is impossible to win. Just like the Yellow Turban Army back then, it is known as one million, and finally
However, he was killed by only tens of thousands of officials and soldiers, and his corpses were everywhere and blood flowed into a river.
Training in military affairs is the most important part of military strategy. Historically, Zhuge Liang's "governing military affairs is the best", which means that he is good at training military affairs and can be called a famous general of a generation. He only "respond to short" and has a very shortage of use, so he cannot achieve success.
Great merit. The latter sentence has always been controversial, but the first sentence is almost a common argument.
Compared with the two, the former is the foundation. After all, strength is the decisive factor. If the strength is insufficient and you only hope to win by surprise, it is only the scholar's opinion. Western military strategy focuses on the method of training, and ignores the plan of strange changes, and attaches importance to technological improvement.
The most obvious example is that he defeated the Eastern Empire, which is famous for his strategy, and dominated the world.
The military strategy of the Wei family father and son has been inherited from Wu Qi. Wu Qi paid the most attention to military training. Wei Wuzhang is a concentrated reflection of his military training ideas. Wei Ba's elite soldiers' thoughts have been taken to a higher level. He never thought of gathering the strong men, and everyone
If you can go into battle with a knife, it is a fight between villagers, not a real battle. In Confucius' words, this is "fighting without teaching is called abandoning it", exactly the same as asking them to die.
Therefore, Wei Ba's conscription was very popular, but the progress was very slow. He first sent elite personnel from the personal guard camp to various counties to select soldiers. Not everyone of the right age could be selected. Only those who were strong and well-versed in basic fighting skills, and
Only those who are loyal can be selected. The military service system has only been restored for two years, and many people do not have the habit of practicing martial arts during the slack season, and very few people can meet the requirements. They are busy until the end of September, and Li Yan set out from Chengdu, and Wei Ba did not.
Can conquer troops.
Under Li Yan's continuous urging, Wei Ba first arranged for Zhao Tong to escort the food and grass to set off. He equipped Zhao Tong with 10,000 elite troops. These ten thousand elite troops were not newly recruited, but had been fighting first in the past two years.
The combat effectiveness of the standing soldiers on the line is not to be mentioned.
Even a heartless woman like Sun Luban, who saw the soldiers and equipment, had to admit that Wei Ba was completely unspeakable to Zhao Tong, a senior brother. After the newlyweds, Sun Luban got his wish and could be with Zhao Tong and stay with him.
He rushed to the battlefield and was in a good mood. He could even smile when he looked at Wei Ba, a villain.
After Wei Ba and Zhao Tong explained, they looked up and down at Sun Luban in a strong outfit: "Princess, is she going to dress like this? Are she planning to fight against the couple to fight side by side?"
"No?" Sun Luban said with a hint of pride: "I can't do housework with Ziyu, and I'm always stronger than her. My husband goes to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and I help him unplug it, but I'm always out of the way.
Problem.”
"I said princess, you won't escape with your husband, right?" Wei Ba said seriously.
Sun Luban was stunned, then jumped up, pointed at Wei Ba and shouted: "No wonder you refused to move. I was afraid that our Dawu would take your way out. I will tell you, even if he was willing to escape.
, I won’t run away. I still have to wait for the day when our soldiers from Dawu captured you alive and see how you are.”
"Hey, are you the princess who was captured by General Zhennan?" Zhang Xingcai came out from somewhere, blinked her big eyes, stared at Sun Luban and looked up and down: "Is it possible to fight if I dress so well?
How about we fight?”
"Where did this come from the wild child?" Sun Luban's eyes rolled and he became more vigilant. She knew that Wei Ba's wife Guan Feng had a female guard beside her, and her martial arts skills were not low. Although she was strong, she would do two tricks.
If you really want to fight with someone, it wouldn't be enough. Being beaten by a child in front of so many people would be embarrassing.
"Wild child?" Zhang Xingcai rolled his eyes, rolled his sleeves, put his hands on his hips, and cursed in a voice that was three points bigger than Sun Luban: "Do you dare to call me a wild child? You can figure it out, my brother-in-law is a big man.
Emperor, you are much more noble than your father, the wrong King of Wu! You are the wild princess."