Chapter 181: Sacrificial Flag
It wasn't until the sky was getting dark and night fell that Cao Liang put Yang Huiyu into the carriage, and watched the carriage leave slowly, Cao Liang's heart was filled with a trace of sadness.
Those who have lost their souls are just farewell.
But soon Cao Liang's emotions disappeared, how can a manly husband only be trapped in the private affairs of his children, although parting makes people sad, but there is no parting, how can he know the preciousness of meeting?
Why don't men take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures, Cao Liang has the ambition of Kunpeng, this expedition to the south, it is the time for him to display his ambitions and ideals, how can he be dragged down by a little children's personal feelings.
Looking forward to the upcoming war, Cao Liang only felt that the blood in his veins was flowing at an accelerated pace, the bloody and cruel cold weapon battlefield, Cao Liang would only see it in movies and TV series before, and that look was fake, the Huainan battlefield that he was about to set foot in would be the first battle in Cao Liang's life.
The road ahead is boundless, everything is full of unknowns, but it is precisely because everything is unknown, so Cao Liang's heart is full of longing and desire, how to truly integrate into this era, has always been a question that Cao Liang silently thinks, since war is the main theme of this era, then Cao Liang's road to hegemony starts with this battle of Huainan.
In the early morning of the next day, Cao Liang habitually got up early, packed everything in an orderly manner, and in Liu Ying's tearful eyes, Cao Liang, who had changed into a military uniform, left the Gaoling Marquis Mansion with a square cloth and went straight to the south of the city.
The army's point is an extremely strict discipline, but it is not like the office workers of later generations, who are late to punch in and pay for the money, and the army with strict military discipline is late in the point, that is, without saying a word, it is directly pulled out and cut, and there is no chance to justify.
Therefore, before the end of the day, it was the most lively moment in the barracks, and people from all walks of life were in an endless stream, swarming in, and the whole school was neighing and rubbing shoulders one after another.
Cao Liang was overwhelmed, and saw that Yanghu and Du Yu both rushed over, both of them changed into armor, although the young face was a little childish, but the armor was added, and it was also heroic.
Especially Yanghu, who was originally red lips and white teeth, handsome and extraordinary, no matter in that era, he was extremely good-looking, and at this moment, he changed his uniform, which added a bit of heroism.
Today's Xiahou Xuan, but the focus of attention, just past the year of the establishment of Xiahou Xuan is now concurrently the middle guard, the general of the southern expedition, commanding the 30,000 southern army, full of spirit, flying style.
Xiahou Xuan was famous when he was young, as the leader of the metaphysical school, he and He Yan have an equal status, ranking among the top few of the "Four Congs and Eight Masters", only because of Emperor Ming's ban on flashiness, his career was bleak, and he was arrogant, when Mao Zeng, the brother of Queen Mao, sat together, he thought that Yushu leaned on the reed, reducing his status, so as to show displeasure. This matter was jealous of Emperor Ming, and Xiahou Xuan was demoted to Yulin Supervisor, and until Emperor Ming died, he was not reused.
This time Cao Shuang was in power, Xiahou Xuan was like a spring breeze, not only jumped to the middle protection army, but this time he was in charge of the military power of the southern army, and shouldered the heavy responsibility of crusading against Wu.
Clear-eyed people know at a glance that this is the prelude to the rise of Xiahou Xuan, and it is not too difficult to crusade against Wu, after counting the wars between Wei and Wu, Wei is more victorious and less defeated, especially the war provoked by Wu, except for the battle of Shiting, Wu rarely wins.
Don't look at the current Huainan defense line seems to be dangerous, but in fact, Wei has invested a lot in the Huainan defense line, Shouchun, Hefei, Lu'an and other fortified cities, all of which are solid and rock-solid, and the Wu army, which is good at fighting water battles and is not good at attacking fortifications, is not good at fighting water battles, even if it is infinitely beautiful in the early stage, but once it enters the stage of attacking fortifications, it is always thunderous and rainy, and it cannot be attacked at all.
Therefore, Xiahou Xuan's film in the south this time feels more like he is going to make meritorious deeds in exchange for prestige, why Sima Yi has a high prestige in the court, it is not a knife and a gun, whether it is to fight in the south and the north or to block the west and kill, the military merits he has obtained are like a mountain, so that no one dares to underestimate it.
Just the Jingguan built by tens of thousands of heads in Liaodong is enough to shock people's hearts.
The greater the merit, the greater the prestige, and the more solid the position in the court, even if Cao Shuang is jealous of Sima Yi, he has to slow down, after all, Sima Yi has a high network in the court, and he will move his whole body, Cao Shuang will not dare to be an enemy of the Manchu Dynasty even if he has great power.
If Cao Shuang wants to bring down Sima Yi, he must cultivate characters who can replace him, but among Cao Shuang's current cronies, He Yan, Ding Mi, Bi Rail, Li Sheng and others, their ability to speak their tongues is good, but the ability to really take on the command of thousands of troops and horses is absolutely unattainable.
In Cao Shuang's eyes, the only suitable candidate is estimated to be Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Xuan is both civil and military, and he is a general, if he can really provoke the big beam in the army, Cao Shuang will have the idea of replacing Sima Yi.
If you want to gain a foothold in the army, you can't just use an edict, if you don't have enough qualifications, even if you are in an important position, it will make many subordinates despise and be unconvinced.
And the only way to gain prestige is military merit, and in the eyes of soldiers, only glittering feats are the only thing that impresses him.
Therefore, Cao Shuang strongly advocated letting Xiahou Xuan conquer the south this time, just so that he could make a heavy note on the military merit book, and lay a solid foundation for taking charge of military power in the future.
If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, for this southern expedition, Cao Shuang mobilized 30,000 elite Chinese army forces, Xiahou Xuan has such a big help, it is difficult to defeat the battle.
Xiahou Xuan himself is full of confidence, this southern expedition can be regarded as the opportunity he is looking forward to, he is eager to spur the horse, drink the Yangtze River, and inherit the glorious achievements of his father to conquer the south.
On the school field, now the three armies are gathered, the people and horses are majestic, and the flag is like a cloud, covering the sky and the sun.
Xiahou Xuan ascended to the high platform and held a flag sacrifice ceremony before the expedition.
The flag sacrifice ceremony is an indispensable ritual before the army sets out, the purpose is to stimulate morale, for the army to march, the sacrifice to kill the flag is a living person, there are also livestock, the living person is generally the enemy's people, now the battle has not started, there is no prisoner for Xiahou Xuan to kill, so Xiahou Xuan chose a deer as a sacrifice.
The axe man slashed down, cutting off the deer's head, and blood splattered out and sprinkled on the banner.
The audience was thunderous, and Xiahou Xuan slowly stood up and drew his sword.
All the soldiers were waiting for the moment when he announced his departure.