Three Kingdoms

Even the Taihang Mountains can't stop the cold wind blowing again and again. After repeated strong blows, even the highest mountains are still freezing to the bone.

 Just like the residents in Taihang, they thought they would not be caught if they fled into the mountains.

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As Cao's army poured into the Taihang Mountains, the people who originally didn't believe in Fei Qian and thought they could do it began to suffer misfortune.

The area Zhao Yan invaded was the Changping area, the battlefield between Qin and Zhao.

The Battle of Changping completely accelerated the pace of China's first great unification. With the end of the Battle of Changping, the last pillar of the Six Kingdoms was knocked down, and Zhao, the last powerful country in the north, was crippled and could no longer be defeated. Slow down. This battle was also the Battle of the Gods for Bai Qi, the God of War at that time. Bai Qi finally appeared in overtime. Taking advantage of the location of Changping, the danger of Danshui, and the Qin Army with the highest technical and tactical level at the time, he used his generosity to swallow up mountains and rivers. It is the only encirclement battle with the highest level of technical and tactical skills during the classical Chinese war period.

Although there was basically no paper at the time of the Changping Battle, the losing side was always labeled as a paper warrior. When later generations talk about Changping, they feel that they always encounter pig teammates in ranking matches. Heshen's opponents may lament that Bai Qi brutally killed the gods and killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers, but not many people realized that this battle was actually the Verdun meat grinder of the classical war period of Chinese civilization.

 After such a battle, China's classical multinational system collapsed completely. Starting from the Battle of Changping, civilians were no longer exempt objects, but became things that could be destroyed, massacred, and killed at will.

In the initial stage, all competitions in a multinational system are small but refined aristocratic wars. This is the same at all times and in all countries. However, the level of internal competition in China has escalated too quickly, and it has quickly surpassed that of the West. The line in the Middle Ages directly entered the later stages of classical warfare, and the West had to wait until Louis XIV, King Frederick, Napoleon and others appeared one after another before the "game-like competition" among nobles from many countries gradually turned into a "game-like competition" among nobles. The infinitely expanding vicious population competition, what was originally a somewhat polite aristocratic war model, gradually evolved into a general war sweeping the entire population, eventually leading to the collapse of the multinational system.

This is the greatest historical impact brought about by the Battle of Changping...

Later generations may look at the Battle of Changping with a theatrical and joking attitude, but the ancient pre-Qin people who were involved in it must have looked at the Battle of Changping just like Europeans looked at the First World War, which was full of pain. It is a war without a winner. After the Battle of Changping, the Qin State lost most of its ability to export order, and it has since been linked to the word "tyranny."

 After the Battle of Changping, the differences among the six countries decreased and their cooperation became more sincere.

Shortly after the Battle of Changping, Qin launched another attack on Handan, the capital of Zhao, in an attempt to destroy Zhao. In this case, Lord Xinling, as the representative, ignored his own safety and stole the talisman to save Zhao. Wei and Chu also promptly extended a helping hand to Zhao. The three parties joined forces to defeat the Qin army, which is the best example of "unity". It was a strategic military action, but it was a pity that it was hard to turn back.

The negative consequences of Qin's excessive killings slowly emerged after the death of Qin Shihuang. Voices of overthrowing the tyranny are rising one after another. Although this is secretly done by the old nobles of the six countries, it also reflects that no one is willing to become a fool who will be slaughtered at will by the "tyranny"!

 Now, a new battle of Changping has begun.

Maybe the form is different, but the dead people are still very similar.

The smoke of the Changping War in the past has gone far, but in the Han Dynasty, not many people are still willing to settle in the Changping and Gaoping areas, because in the Han Dynasty people's concept, they believed that there were at least 400,000 wronged souls here, with so much resentment, that it was not suitable. Inhabited by living people.

Although it became a fiefdom for some people during the Western Han Dynasty, it actually did not bring much prosperity to the Changping area.

After Feiqian marched into the north, Jia Qu, the Shangdang prefect, also concentrated his main forces in the Huguan area, and basically left the Changping area in a free-range state. One of its functions is to serve as a buffer zone between Shangdang and Hanoi, similar to the Heluo area. Secondly, Huguan is closer to Taiyuan. If the defense center is dispersed to the Changping Danshui area, Huguan will undoubtedly be insufficient in strength. .

When it was detected that Cao Jun was crossing Taihangxing, Jia Qu ordered the people in Changping to withdraw to Huguan and implement the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the country. But in places closer to Huguan, soldiers can be sent to help urge. However, in the Danshui area of ​​Changping after passing the Xiaoguan Pass, Jia Qu was unable to do anything. This also led to the fact that there were still many people in the Changping area. With luck in mind, the people did not leave their homes, but stayed where they were...

Cao's army climbed past Taihangxing, but the ordinary county soldiers in the Changping area were obviously unable to resist Cao's army's attack.

　　　『The city is broken…』

　　　『Cao Jun has entered the city…』

 "Run quickly..."

The broken city wall of Changping County was not able to hold up for long under the attack of Cao Jun led by Cao Tai and Zhao Yan, and it was declared lost.

Cao Jun rushed into Changping County along the streets, only to find that Changping was not as wealthy as they originally thought. Even if all the warehouses in the county were opened, they could only harvest three melons and two dates. , It can't even make up for the consumption of Cao Jun's attack on Changping.

 Facing this situation, Zhao Yan had a headache.

“Join the army, these are thieves!” ” Cao Tai, who followed, waved his hand nonchalantly and said, “It’s time to gather the rations! Just feed the enemy and avoid the difficulty of transshipment! 』

Zhao Yan frowned and said, "What Qi Duwei did... I'm afraid there's something wrong... It's better to think about it in the long term..."

“The long-term plan is to have food and grass to grow on your own, so that you can have sufficient warehouses? ” Cao Tai sneered, “That’s it! The whole army gathers food and grass immediately! But anyone who hides food and grass will be killed! 』

Zhao Yan wanted to say something, but looking at the empty barn, he finally let out a sigh.

　　　　According to the emperor’s edict! The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, Wu Ping Hou Shi! 』

 In the cross streets of Changping, Cao Jun’s civil servants stood tall, holding their heads high and shouting...

　　　『The hussar is unruly! Split things! Exploiting the people! 』

Cao Jun’s soldiers broke open the broken doors of the people in Changping and rushed in to rummage through their boxes and cabinets.

　　　『The emperor is benevolent and the prime minister is compassionate! 』

The people in Changping were crying and howling, either watching Cao Jun plunder their remaining rations, or being beaten and killed and lying in a pool of blood.

　　　"The hussars are riding in Chang'an, extravagant and arrogant, but they don't give a grain or a millet to the people!" 』

Cao Jun soldiers kicked the old man blocking the road to the ground.

　　"Today, I am entrusted with the edict of the Emperor to combat violence, abide by the laws of heaven, reach all directions, and pacify the eight wastelands!" 』

Cao Jun's soldiers hacked the male in the family to death, then grabbed the woman's hair and dragged her into the house.

　　　『The righteous army has strict military discipline, and no one will offend anyone who passes by the army! 』

 The blood-stained grains were collected bit by bit and piled on the baggage cart.

　　　『The people of Shangdang were encouraged by the news and ate pots of pulp to welcome the king's master...』

Zhao Yan stood on the broken city wall of Changping, looking at the bloodstains spreading on the wall, looking at the surrounding mountains and rivers, and finally sighed, "What a pity the people have suffered..."

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 Hand near Yumen Pass.

When Fei Qian saw the rippling blue waves in the distance again, he couldn't help but exhale a long breath, and then felt that his whole body was almost turning into sand, and even the breath he exhaled was full of dust.

 Desertification in the Western Region is a wavy line, with ups and downs.

 Lop Nur in later generations was still a huge salt lake in the Han Dynasty.

Before the name Yanze, it was also called Puchanghai, Daze, Zize, etc. It was even thought that this was the upper reaches of the river.

But it is obvious that when Zhang Qian said this was a "salt lake", Lop Nur had begun to shrink, which caused the water quality to become salty. At that time, it was the Western Han Dynasty.

　One or two hundred years have passed, and the salt lake has become saltier.

Saline-alkali appeared in many places, and some vegetation that could have stabilized the soil died, so wind and sand naturally increased.

In the Tang Dynasty, due to climate change, the arid and semi-arid line moved north again, and Lop Nur restored a large amount of vegetation. Then when Xuanzang was studying for Buddhist scriptures, he saw vast expanse of blue waves, and then declined again, and then the Yuan Dynasty The light came back for a while...

Fei Qian pointed to the salt swamp in front of him, "It's convenient to set up camp here today!" 』

 The soldiers cheered, seeming to have a lot more strength, and moved forward one after another. Even the war horse seemed to be excited by this. He lifted up his hooves and ran forward, throwing the raised sand on Fei Qian's face. Fei Qian smiled and cursed a few words, then drove his horse forward slowly.

 When I saw the water, I didn’t know why, but my body started to itch.

Fei Qian set out from Xihai City and didn’t take a shower until he got here.

On the one hand, water is precious, and on the other hand, there is a lot of wind and sand along the way, so bathing is of no use. Moreover, the oil stains formed on the body can sometimes protect the joints and wrinkles from being rubbed against each other by the fine sand and causing bleeding. .

After this trip to the Western Regions, Fei Qian gradually understood some things that he could not see clearly in Chang'an.

For ordinary soldiers, they may only see the merits of their heads and the gains from the battle. For the generals of Zhang Liao and Tai Shici, they may see the destruction of the countries in the Western Regions and the surrender and tribute of various countries. But for Fei Qian's journey through For readers, are they just satisfied with this?

 In the Western Regions, Fei Qian saw traces of the erosion of civilization.

 The traces of civilization in the Western Regions are like the vegetation in Lop Nur, with ups and downs. Some civilizations have disappeared while others have survived.

In later generations, Fei Qian was once brainwashed by Western literature. After all, China did not seize those highlands at that time, and no one was interested in studying those boring documents. Therefore, theories about the history of human evolution are basically based on Mainly Western literature.

The man who cut off the wrong kidney, a modern cultural enlightenment scholar, proposed a new word from the four ancient civilizations to cheer up the Chinese people. In fact, the concept of cutting out the wrong kidney also originated from the West.

 The so-called statement of several major ancient civilizations is actually wrong.

The error of this statement is not that who is excluded or added, or that there are actually five people in the Four Heavenly Kings, but that the word "several major civilizations" itself refers to these several civilizations. There may be rankings, but those belonging to the same grade are equal, and it implies that human civilization developed from the separation of several independent individuals.

 In fact, civilization cannot be independent and divided...

With the help of his guards, Fei took off his armor and moved his body.

 The salt lake, or Lop Nur, in front of us is like a huge mirror, absorbing all the blue of the sky. Looking from a distance, the dots of green are like emeralds in the sky. Flocks of birds were chirping and flying over in the air, as if they were complaining to Fei Qian for ruining their peaceful life.

Fei Qian patted the cloth robe on his body, then sat on a stone, took off his boots, knocked **** the stone a few times, and poured out the sand inside.

　　The speed of walking back is relatively fast, and the reason why it is fast is that there is no need to carry heavy artillery.

 In fact, many people did not understand it before Fei Qian promoted artillery technology, but after the battle of Shanshan King City in the Western Region, many people's ideas changed.

 The development of new technologies always requires a process.

 In the process of technological development, blood is needed for lubrication. If it is not your own blood, it must be the blood of others.

The Lop Nur in front of him seemed vast and endless, but Fei Qian knew clearly that this was actually just a large lake. Even in a few hundred years, it would shrink into a pond and eventually disappear...

 After the new century, when the water is re-irrigated and the water source is re-irrigated, will Lop Nur still be the original pond?

 The whole world is like a huge pond, and the civilization developed in various places is like the rippling water waves in the pond. The center of the ripples is the center of the civilization, and other places are the areas spread by the water waves.

 Hence, it can be said that civilization should be divided into core areas and peripheral areas.

 The Western Regions are undoubtedly the fringe areas of civilization, and therefore have been affected by water waves from areas such as China and Central Asia.

 There is no doubt about it.

 The strength of a civilization also includes the military component, but in addition to the military, there are also factors such as technological advancement, superior living standards, and the guarantee of people's welfare. These factors build the center of a civilization. The higher it is built, the more it will become an object of imitation and learning for other peripheral areas of civilization.

 This is the ripples of civilization and the tower of civilization.

A high tower must be looked up to by people, and the narrow political system, economic system and purely material technology and science derived from civilization will become the fuel for the tower to bloom.

The decline and birth of civilization are not directly related to what system a political dynasty adopts, but are related to productivity. The more, newer and stronger production technologies are, the stronger the power of civilization will be, and the center where new technologies are produced will be , and will naturally be the center for the emergence of political order, economic order and other orders.

 The military force that protects this civilization is closely related to its own political order. When the technological advantage of the civilization center over the surrounding areas does not exist, or when the technical levels are similar, the comparison of military power under different political systems will become the last straw that crushes the tower of civilization.

 The Qin and Han dynasties were undoubtedly the last window for technological advancement in China’s classical war period. If you miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to deal critical damage to surrounding low-civilized areas.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu also led the Huaihe soldiers and horses to strike a final critical blow against the Yuan Dynasty. However, the critical blow at that time was not crushed by technology, but the backwardness and ignorance of the Yuan Dynasty's political system, which could not adapt. It was formed due to the need to rule a huge empire. So Lao Zhu learned from the lessons of the powerful separatist regimes of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the rebellion of the vassal towns of the Tang Dynasty, and the strong cadres and weak branches of the Song Dynasty, and established a guard system in which the emperor sat in the center, the royal children defended the borders, and professional soldiers passed it down from generation to generation. . This mechanism is a very efficient military mechanism when surrounded by powerful external enemies, but in peaceful times, the speed of corruption in the royal family and officials will exceed imagination...

Fei Qian found two dry branches, stuck them on the ground, and hung up his boots.

I have been wearing these boots for a long time, and now that I take them off, the smell...

And Fei Qian was not the only one, the whole army was taking turns to rest. The soldiers who were responsible for guarding and setting up the camp were nothing more than the soldiers who took their turn to rest. They were all similar to Fei Qian, taking off their armor and shaking off the sand, loosening their leggings and putting on their boots.

 Between the blue sky and clear water, there is a faint green atmosphere spreading.

Fei Qian sniffed. He couldn't smell the smell of salted fish, but he could smell the smell of others. But with this smell all around, Fei Qian's sense of smell was much dulled.

This is like the corruption of officials...

 When you are in a closed and decaying space for a long time, you often cannot smell the smell of decay.

 So, if you want to avoid large-scale corruption, you must have the breath of the outside world to make the air flow.

The Western Region is a window, the Northern Region is also a window, and Jiaozhi in the south is also a window.

I don’t know what’s going on with Mr. Liu now. Last time he said he had some trade relations with Jiangdong, but there was no news after that.

This old classmate Liu...

 Forget it, the land of Cochin is also a fringe area of ​​civilization.

If China can successfully implement the civilization ripple policy in the Western Regions, it can also extend the fluctuations to the southern region of Cochin.

Fei Qian almost single-handedly pushed forward artillery technology in order to prevent China from being leveled by its neighbors in the classical military period, so that China could quickly transition to the modern chemical gunpowder period and continue to maintain a low level of civilization in the surrounding areas. region, the repressive power of the fringes.

But this is just Fei Qian's personal wish. If China wants to continue to develop military technology instead of sitting on nothing, it must have enemies, and the presence of enemies may cause the noble class of military officers to become self-reliant.

 This is the same reason that civil servants may try to take care of themselves.

 Civil officials ridiculed military generals, and military generals ridiculed civilian officials, but the root cause was actually interests. This kind of thing is basically impossible to avoid in a classed feudal dynasty.

Fei Qian waved to Zhang Liao, then motioned Zhang Liao to sit aside and asked: "What are the advantages of the Western Regions compared with those of the Han Dynasty?" 』

"ah? ” Zhang Liao couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment.

Zhang Liao originally thought that Fei Qian called him here because he wanted to talk about some military arrangements, or to talk about some matters after Lu Bu's westward march, but he didn't expect that Fei Qian opened his mouth to ask this question?

 This, how should I say this?