Chapter 6772 I don’t really want to do this

Chapter 6772 I don’t really want to do this

Tian Zhong did not deceive or fool Cao Ang. His suggestions were completely acceptable to people like them, without any addition or subtraction.

However, it was precisely because of this sincerity, the sincerity without any water, that made Cao Ang realize how difficult it was to make up for the credit debt left by his father.

Cao Ang originally planned to go to the battlefield himself and lead Barak personally, and even bring his own sister to the battlefield, but Cao Ang never thought from the beginning that he needed the young and strong men of the Cao family to go to the battlefield together.

However, Tian Zhong's answer made Cao Ang wake up completely. If he wanted to fill the hole, it would be useless if he went alone. Your credibility, Cao Ang, is not low. The fact that Tian Zhong, Xu Yuan, and Deng Ying, who are well-known among the middle-level centurions, are willing to trust you is actually a proof.

But this is not enough. If they are doing something just for you, Cao Ang, they can agree to it, but for the Cao family, they need to consider more than just themselves. The Cao family is a collective. Individuals can betray this class, but the class itself cannot betray.

So Tian Zhong said it very directly. If this is the case, the young and strong men of the Cao family must go into battle together. Only these people can be trusted. In a word, if we die, we die together. Otherwise, I really can't trust you, the Cao family.

In fact, Tian Zhong, who was old and shrewd, asked Cao Ang this question, which was actually asking, "Can you be the master of Cao's family?" If you can, then we can be together. If not, then everything you promised now actually has no meaning.

Cao Ang was unable to answer directly, but said that the reason for his consideration was the same. He could not make this decision. He could lead his troops to the battlefield himself, which was his original plan. However, he could not guarantee whether he could bring the young and strong men of the Cao family to the battlefield.

Cao Ang's strengths include not speaking without thinking, not making promises that he cannot keep, and not fooling others, but at times, these are also his weaknesses.

"I can't guarantee it." Cao Ang said immediately when he saw Tian Zhong and the other two were about to leave.

"If this cannot be guaranteed, the soldiers will naturally not be able to work together. After all, fighting to the death requires a reason. Rewards alone are not enough. Benefits are important, but the urging of trust and loyalty is the basis for risking one's life." Tian Zhong turned around and looked at Cao Ang and said seriously.

"I know that you will definitely go to the battlefield in person, and I have even counted your personal guards. But if you go alone, it will not be enough. The actions of the Cao and Xiahou families have made it difficult to provide continued protection for the orphans and widows of the soldiers who died in the battle." Tian Zhong laid out some things and told Cao Ang.

"Hasn't all the pensions been distributed as required?" Cao Ang asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"If this is not possible, it would have been more than this." Xu Yuan sighed and said, "The problem is that for some reason, the same amount of pension is not enough to live on here, but in the Central Plains it is not only enough to live on, but there is also a surplus."

"In addition, some of Cao's practices mean that although they have money, they can't get what they need. Also, when Cao distributes pensions, sometimes it is money and sometimes it is supplies..." Deng Ying was also helpless. He didn't understand it at all. The total scale of the pensions should be the same, but compared with the Central Plains, it was obviously enough, but when it was used, it always felt a lot less.

Chen Xi sometimes distributed money, sometimes distributed supplies, and occasionally even distributed vouchers for local state-owned factories and mines. It was a mess, but there was a hidden line in Chen Xi's distribution of pensions. This hidden line was that Liu Bei went around making sure it was enough for him to live on.

Although this is the number, the gap between the monthly salary of 3,000 yuan in private enterprises, the monthly salary of 3,000 yuan in state-owned enterprises, and the monthly salary of 3,000 yuan in some special departments is not too big.

In addition, the way of distributing pensions here is also based on the overall environment. These are historical issues left over from Liu Ba's administration. Although they are not as outrageous as giving spices to bureaucrats during Zhang Juzheng's period, the general trend is like this. It is said to be worth the money, or this money is worth so much grain, but this thing is not worth so much money in your hands, and this money cannot buy so much grain at this stage.

It is difficult for veterans to figure out this kind of thing, and most of them have experienced the last era. Although they have doubts, they can generally accept this. However, when they see how difficult life is for orphans and widows after the death of their comrades, they can't help but have doubts.

Therefore, for people like Tian Zhong, if Cao Ang must gather more than 10,000 of the most elite backbones and take a gamble, then there is only one plan that will make these people feel most at ease, that is, when we are finished, the Cao family will also be finished.

If Cao Ang died, the Cao family might not be finished, but if all the young and strong men of the Cao family died, the Cao family would definitely be finished. In this way, the minimum balance, or the minimum mutual trust, would be maintained.

After all, everyone is familiar with the situation in Kabul. In the current situation, if we lose the battle, given the terrain, the Holy Death Riders will rush down and everyone will die. So the best way is to become grasshoppers on the same rope. If I die, the orphans and widows will have no one to take care of them, and your entire Cao family will also be in mourning and lose all hope. Everyone can accept this kind of risk of life.

"I can take some of Cao's children to the battlefield, and I can even lead the troops myself. Of course, this is not a proposal, but my own plan. But all the young and strong..." Cao Ang was silent for a while. He was not sure if he could do it. And with his current brain, he could clearly understand why Madam Bian supported him.

Under such circumstances, there was no way Cao Ang could insist on taking Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, or even Cao Zhi, who was over fourteen years old but not yet crowned, to the battlefield. If he really did so, Cao Ang doubted whether he could get past Lady Bian.

"Only young and strong men can make all the soldiers work together. In fact, to stop the Holy Death Cavalry, more than 10,000 elite soldiers are enough, but to defend the place you mentioned against the Holy Death Cavalry, at least 2,000 of the more than 10,000 people who go there will die in battle." Tian Zhong said to Cao Ang expressionlessly, "It is inevitable to die on the battlefield, but if we die on the battlefield, our families will not be protected, so why don't we choose to live? Why should we fight to the death? Why should we fight a war where we may be wiped out if we lose?"

This is the biggest difference between them and the Ganges. The Ganges people don't really care about dying on the battlefield, because if they die, their families will be protected. The current situation is purely because of too much profit and they want more. But in fact, after it was determined that the dead in battle would be enfeoffed first, some people are no longer planning to go back alive. They are not actually worried about what will happen after they die.

The situation in Kandahar is that there is no guarantee after death, and Cao Cao constantly violates trust, causing the soldiers to just get by and stay alive as much as possible. They think it is not worth it to risk their lives. The other side is not even willing to pay for their lives, so they can only learn from decades ago: do their best when the wind is with them, defend with all their strength when the wind is against them, and just survive.

"I can pay out everything that needs to be converted in advance now." Cao Ang said quickly.

"It was fine in the early years, but not now." Xu Yuan said with a wry smile, "Now that it's distributed in advance, the old brothers can indeed contribute more, but if we go to face the Holy Death Knights, the little effort we contribute is completely insufficient, and we still can't win. In the absence of trust and loyalty, if we can't win, we tend to defend, and then force Ardashir to retreat and withdraw with minimal losses."

Ardashir is not a madman. Facing all the backbones of Cao family, after gaining the upper hand, he still attacks with all his might. Isn't that forcing the backbones of Cao family to fight with their lives?

The backbone formed by triple smelting, under the leadership of fourth and fifth smelting, led the backbone with the lowest double talent to fight for their lives. The number of people was still ten times that of the Holy Death Knight. If they really fought to the death, the Holy Death Knight would be annihilated even if they didn't run away. So when this group of people could not beat the Holy Death Knight without fighting to the death and chose to defend and retreat in a strict formation, Ardashir would also cooperate.

This is actually the tacit understanding between Cao's backbone and Ardashir's main force in the past two years - if we tend to be defensive, you let us go. If you don't let us go and must kill us, then we will definitely drag you down with us before we die.

This battle plan is not good, and many of Cao's veterans know it, but it results in the least casualties. Even if it is a bit like cutting meat with a blunt knife, as long as everyone cooperates with each other and forms a defensive formation, Ardashir actually doesn't have any better solution.

After doing this for a long time, Cao Ang did not lead all the young and strong people of the Cao family to work together, but only gave out rewards in advance. To be honest, this was meaningless.

The most likely scenario at that time will be the same as before, where they fight and then find that the losses are too great to win, so it is better to form a formation and then provide cross-cover, and retreat with the least losses. After all, they are retreating after forming a formation, and the battle line has not collapsed. With Ardashir's wisdom, it is naturally impossible for him to pursue the enemy at all costs.

“If Ardashir were weaker, and everyone just tried their best to fight, the situation could be resolved with less than one-tenth of the casualties. In fact, we could just distribute the rewards in advance. But Ardashir is too strong, so strong that we must be united and work together. Moreover, under such prerequisites, we might even have to sacrifice one-fifth of our backbones to achieve this…” Deng Ying said helplessly.

"How did you determine this?" Cao Ang suddenly realized that something was wrong. How did Tian Zhong and others determine this condition?
"Over the years, we have identified every member of the Holy Death Knights. After all, at our level, with emergency personnel and full armor, the biggest threat to us on the battlefield is actually the Holy Death Knights. Most officers don't have time to look for us." Xu Yuan said as a matter of course, "So over the years, we have sat together to collectively evaluate the true combat capabilities of the Holy Death Knights, and have also locked on every soldier of the Holy Death Knights."

"Locked? Shouldn't the Miracle Soldiers be able to counter-lock them?" Cao Ang said with a frown.

"Yes, they can counter-lock us, but the battlefield is too chaotic, and they can't always pay attention to this kind of thing. We also have many opportunities to keep an eye on them." Deng Ying said calmly, "The vast majority of the Holy Knights, in terms of real single combat ability, can't beat any of the three of us..."

"No, we can beat Brother Tian now." Xu Yuan explained, "Generally speaking, the individual combat power of the Holy Death Knights will not exceed the fourth level of smelting. Theoretically speaking, if we gather together, we can gather more old guys of this level than the Holy Death Knights on the opposite side, but we can't beat them."

"The teamwork is too strong, and even though Miracle Posture consumes a lot of energy, their actual combat was too unconventional during that period. We would lose both offense and defense if we were equal to the organization." Deng Ying said helplessly, "So we, the veterans from the Imperial Guard, sat together and studied it carefully. We found that even if we gathered all the backbones and fought head-on, we would still have to lose about 2,000 people to suppress the Holy Death Knights."

"Yes, the most fatal thing here is that even if we do this, we can only suppress the Holy Death Knights. If the opponent continues to choose to fight and leads the so-called reserve to fight to the death with us, we need to invest so much more to completely kill the opponent." Tian Zhong's face was very solemn, and then he looked at Cao Ang, "Sir, now the question is, what do you think the war is fighting for?"

Is it combat effectiveness? No, when the war reaches this level, it is all about belief, and combat effectiveness has basically nothing to do with it.

With the current faith of the Cao family backbone, they can't even make it through the first stage.
According to Tian Zhong's estimation, if all the young and strong men of the Cao family were willing to fight together with them and live and die together, then it would not be a problem to get through the first stage. After all, in this era, if the lord has done this, the soldiers would not retreat as long as they still have some morality.

But if it was just Cao Ang, wouldn't it be better for everyone to protect Cao Ang and retreat in formation? Why make it difficult for yourself?

"The young and strong men of the Cao family are all on the battlefield..." Cao Ang sighed, "Tian Baifu, you guys go now. I will give you a reply when I attend the meeting tomorrow morning. Now, I can't guarantee it."

Tian Zhong didn't say much after hearing this, and left with Xu Yuan and the other two.

"Will it work?" Xu Yuan looked at Tian Zhong and asked.

"I don't know, but if the prince really gives the reward in advance and brings all the young and strong men of the Cao family, then everyone will have to fight for their lives." Tian Zhong said, looking ahead. He actually didn't want Cao Ang to do that, because if it really came to that, whoever didn't fight for his life would not be able to stay in the Han Dynasty in the future. But in this situation, fighting for one's life would really result in death.

"What are we going to do?" Cao Ang looked at the beams of the house. His mind was now very clear, and he understood the real situation of Cao's army. The basis of mutual trust was also clear, which was to live and die together.

Cao Ang sat in the main hall until late at night, until his whole body was stiff. He chose to do it. As for Madam Bian, I'm sorry, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhi, I'm sorry for you, but I promise that I will be the first to die.

As for the Cao and Xiahou families, if you are loyal, please continue. If you are disloyal, please leave first!
I was at home yesterday and found the old outline on my old computer. I also know why Cao is the king of Beishuang in the extra story. I am convinced. According to the earliest version, as long as Cao Cao did not die after rolling the dice more than 20 times, the plot should be that after Cao Ang put on the crown and captured the northwest entrance of Kabul, which is this battle, but he took Cao Pi and others to the battlefield. He took drugs when he came. They worked together to defend the northwest entrance of Kabul and took the initiative, but banned drugs can kill people. Cao Ang was neither a person with internal energy nor a spiritual talent. It was only a matter of time before he died. So he captured Cao Ang, and then Cao Ang held on and rebuilt Cao Cao's credibility system, but Cao Cao did not accept it until Cao Ang did everything and passed away, which completely blew up Cao's cognition and finally awakened his original intention. However, this is a scrapped draft. I'll just follow the Cao Ang line. By the way, I found some outrageous side lines from the original outline. I was really strong back then, and I began to doubt and think about why I am so weak now.