The World of Yellow Sky

However, the military strength of the Chendu court is too weak after all. The real elite is only the [-] Yuzhou soldiers under Sun Jian who have experienced the Taigu War. The rest of the soldiers are recruits who have just been recruited. It is unusable in field battles and can only be used to defend the city.

Looking through the gate, among the layers of military tents, there is a huge green curtain military tent between the pieces of guns and spears. Soldiers holding big halberds are guarding outside it. Scanning the surroundings, a large azure blue banner stood outside the tent.

This is where the central army tent of the Jizhou Army is located.

In the big tent, all the generals were seated, Yuan Shao sat at the head, Tian Feng, Jushou, Shenpei, Fengji, Xin Ping, and Guo Tu sat in the tent.

"Zhonglang generals Dong Yue and Hua Xiong have already entered Luoyang. Sun Jian has not continued to cross the river these days, but has contracted his defenses. He can't hold it anymore and is about to retreat."

Feng Ji was Li Yang's army supervisor. Before Yuan Shao arrived, Feng Ji dispatched troops to cooperate with Han Meng and Chun Yuqiong to successfully resist Sun Jian's first attack, so he knew Sun Jian's movements very well.

"Sun Jian seems to have no choice but to be threatened on all sides, southeast, northwest, and can only divide his troops into four directions, without the strength to advance."

Guo Tu sneered and said disdainfully.

Xin Ping's eyes turned slightly, and he remonstrated: "Since Dong Zhuo's army came out of Luoyang and threatened Yuzhou, and Sun Jian wanted to go back to the army for rescue, why not take advantage of this opportunity and send Jingqi to cross the river from Yanjin, Baima and other places to harass Sun Jian. For the rear army, advancing can delay time and consume Sun Jian's army, retreating can also return to the north bank, and if the battle results are rich, they can also attack Yanzhou in one fell swoop and recapture the city!"

"Since Sun Jian's army has retreated, our army will come to Yanzhou again. It is not difficult to retake Yanzhou. Chen Du is threatened by Dong Zhuo's army. It should not be a problem for the army to retake Dongjun and the northern areas of Jiyin and Chenliu."

Yuan Shao was not only a little moved when he heard Xin Ping's words, but he was not in a hurry to affirm, but continued to wait for the other people in the tent to speak.

"ridiculous."

The judge glanced sideways at Xin Ping and sneered.

"Zhongzhi made a good plan and came up with a good idea. Our army continued to attack Yanzhou with [-] tired troops. After suffering heavy losses, we captured the land of Yanzhou, and then let Sun Jian spend ten days to defeat it."

"Sun Jian still has four thousand fine cavalry left by Gongsun Yue under his command. My Jizhou Army now has only four thousand cavalry in total. Do you think Sun Jian will be as talented as you and will not leave any behind?"

"you!"

Xin Ping's complexion changed, and he glared at the judge. He wanted to get angry, but Yuan Shao was there, so he was not easy to get angry.

"Not to mention only recovering these three prefectures, so what if we recover Yanzhou?"

The judge gave a contemptuous smile, directly ignoring Xin Ping's anger.

"The eight passes of Luoyang are all powerful passes in the world, and it is difficult to stop Sun Wentai. How can the city of Yanzhou be useful?"

"Yanzhou has no geographical advantages. It is located in the place of the Four Wars. Now Sun Wentai occupies Yanzhou. In the east, there is the threat of the Yellow Turban of Mount Tai. In the west, Dong Zhuo's army is watching. .”

Xin Ping was about to refute, but the judge did not give him a chance to speak.

"Rely on the Yellow River and build defenses, so as to minimize the pressure on our army on the southern front. Our army should first recover Jizhou, break through Pingyuan and Le'an, connect Qingzhou, and then take Youzhou to the north to prevent being attacked This is the right way to attack from the north and the south."

Yuan Shao's eyes narrowed slightly, although the trial and match's words were sarcasm, but it has to be said that the trial and match's strategy should be correct.

Yanzhou fell too quickly, which also made Yuan Shao not very optimistic about Yanzhou.

Even if the land of Yanzhou is collected, a lot of soldiers can be recruited, but it is really difficult for those soldiers to resist the invasion of Sun Jian's army.

Moreover, to regain Yanzhou, to regain Yanzhou, which is now on guard, I am afraid that there will be a lot of price to pay.

The current governor of Yanzhou, Chen Qun, is not a mediocre person. As a famous general, Sun Jian would never leave Yanzhou without making any preparations.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly quite difficult to capture Yanzhou, and casualties are bound to be inevitable along the way.

Ju Shou nodded slightly, and also said: "My opinion is consistent with that of Shen Zhengnan. I think that although Sun Jian retreats, he must be prepared. Now that Gongsun Zan has been defeated, most of the elite have been lost at Jieqiao. It is our army who is taking advantage of the victory. When driving north."

"In the past, King Wuhuan Qiao went all the way to the south to attack the city and pull out the village. Many cities in Bohai County were destroyed and the city defenses were weak. In addition, Gongsun Zan's elite were mostly cavalry soldiers. If he defended the city, he would undoubtedly lose his arm. He would definitely fight our army in the field. It is the time when the momentum is high, if we can defeat Gongsun Zan again in Bohai County, regaining Bohai County will be like an overthrow."

"Since Bohai County is broken, Pingyuan and Le'an have become enclaves. Only the southern part of Pingyuan County is bordered by Yanzhou and Jibei Kingdom. However, the Chendu court itself is difficult to save. How can there be reinforcements to help Pingyuan and Le'an?"

"Since Pingyuan and Le'an are under attack, our army will be integrated with Qingzhou, and they will attack and defend each other, which can be used as a reinforcement."

Yuan Shao's fingers tapped lightly on the map on the desk. Although what Ju Shou said was reasonable, he still had some concerns and couldn't make a decision.

"What does Yuan Hao think?"

Yuan Shao looked at Tian Feng who had been silent all the time, and asked.

During the battle of Jieqiao, Tian Feng made many strategies, Jieqiao won a big victory, and Tian Feng contributed a lot.

When Tian Feng heard Yuan Shao's question, he first bowed his hands to show respect, then glanced at Jushou with a smile, and said.

"My opinion is also consistent with Ju's work and Shenzhengnan. The advantages of attacking Yanzhou outweigh the disadvantages. Our army should really take Bohai first, connect Qingzhou, and then seek Youzhou."

"Although Dong Zhuojun has reached an accomplice with our army, there should not be much disturbance in the short term. At most, he will reoccupy it. Using this as a base, reconsider getting involved in the Kanto region. It is extremely inappropriate for our army to occupy Yanzhou at this time. .”

"Fighting on two fronts is really a taboo for military strategists, so our army should attack one side first. Youzhou is obviously weaker than Dongting, so naturally we should take Youzhou first."

Yuan Shao carefully reviewed the maps on the case table, and finally decided not to accept Xin Ping's advice, but to follow the advice of the judge, first recover Bohai County, and then go north to attack Youzhou.

At the end of the military discussion, everyone left their seats and left the Chinese military tent.

Xin Ping let out a cold snort, and walked out of the big tent with Guo Tu, then Shenpei and Jushou also walked out of the middle tent, and Tian Feng walked with Feng Ji.

Yuan Shao watched a group of counselors under his command walk out of the big tent, he naturally noticed these details, but he didn't say much.

The advisers under his command have factions, but it is easier to control them, and it will not become a dominant force, which will weaken his power.

Yuan Shao lowered his head again, examining the geomancy map on the desk, but at this moment a pair of feet appeared in his peripheral vision.

"Yuan Hao?"

Yuan Shao was a little puzzled, the person who came was none other than Biejia Tianfeng.

Tian Feng walked to Yuan Shao's desk, knelt down and sat down, saying: "Just now everyone was in the tent, some things are really hard to say clearly, I wonder if we can talk with Ming Gong in private now."

Yuan Shao waved his hand, and turned away from the left and right. As Tian Feng was his second-in-command, he naturally had a lot of trust in him.

Seeing that both left and right were retreating, Tian Feng said in a low voice.

"I remember that Minggong said before that there was news from the monsters that a large number of unknown items seemed to be shipped from the Taihang Mountain defense area to Yanmen County. It seemed that they were going to be transported beyond the grasslands. Shrinking, it seems that there will be no action against us in Jizhou in a short time."

Yuan Shao nodded, he didn't hide the spooky matter from Tian Feng and Ju Shou, the main counselors.

The sprites are just not on the table. After all, most powerful families are extremely disgusted with the Embroidered Clothes Messenger. If you want to gain their support, you can't put this kind of spy agency in the open.

However, placing it on the dark side also has the advantage of being on the dark side. Now the sprites have basically not received much interference, and even the embroidered emissaries of the court in Chendu seem to have not noticed the existence of sprites.

On the contrary, the eagle wolf guards in Bingzhou seemed to have discovered some clues, but the ghosts did a good job of hiding and passed on more information.

Yuan Shao's expression darkened, and he said: "Xu An's actions seem to be preparing to attack Youzhou or Liangzhou."

"This is a bit tricky."

Yuan Shao's face was a little embarrassed.

"Could it be that Xu An is waiting for our army to attack Youzhou, and then take advantage of the opportunity?"

Tian Feng's eyes were slightly cold, and he said in a deep voice.

"There is such a possibility, but at present, it seems that the probability of Xu An attacking Liangzhou is much higher than that of Youzhou. Han Sui and Ma Teng in Liangzhou fell into a fight, and their strength was weakened a lot. We have been training new troops, although Wuhuan of the Three Counties is not as powerful as before, but his strength should not be underestimated, it will not be easy for Xu An to take down Youzhou."

"However, the first goal of our army must be to take the three counties of Bohai County, Pingyuan County, and Le'an State first. It will take three or four months to capture these three places, even if it goes well. Difficult to deal with, although Gongsun Zan is newly defeated, he can still gather nearly 3 people under his command."

"Xu An is transporting things to the grassland now, it's too early."

Yuan Shao pondered for a while and said: "But even so, this possibility cannot be completely ruled out."

Tian Feng's guess is good, but Xu An still has a certain possibility of attacking Youzhou.

If Xu An really took advantage of the opportunity to collect the fruits of victory when they attacked Youzhou, it would be very difficult.

At that time, Xu An only needs to send partial divisions in Changshan and Zhongshan to contain most of his troops.

"This Wang Fen is so stupid that he can't be any more stupid."

Yuan Shao snorted coldly. At the beginning, Xu An had no more than a thousand soldiers, and Wang Fen, the former governor of Jizhou, allowed Xu An to grow up on Taihang Mountain. It was outrageous.

In the previous military meeting, no one mentioned the Yellow Turban Army, but now that Tian Feng mentioned it, it made Yuan Shao feel uncomfortable. The threat of the Yellow Turban Army to Jizhou is really too great.

The Yellow Turban Army has the Eight Stars of the Taihang in their hands, which means they have mastered the initiative in the war. They can attack when they advance, and they can defend when they retreat.

"The matter has come to this point, even scolding Wang Fen a thousand times will not solve the problem."

Tian Feng was more calm than Yuan Shao.

"Actually, Duke Ming's situation is not as bad as Duke Ming imagined."

Tian Feng put his hand on the map on the desk, clicked on the location of Jizhou, and finally put his hand on Bingzhou.

"Xu An, as a great virtuous teacher of Taiping Dao, prefers to see a divided Han court rather than a strong and prosperous Han court. Now that Duke Ming supports Liu Bian, and Sun Jian supports Liu Xie, he can only be in a stalemate. Bingzhou is safe and sound."

Tian Feng's breasts are successful.

"Xu An is a smart man, he must also know that if Sun Jian defeats Duke Ming and Dong Zhuo, what will happen to the world, when everyone will submit, then how can he be alone, the best way is for us to fight with each other , consume each other's strength, he develops slowly, and then takes advantage of the opportunity."

"In a way, Duke Ming and Xu An are not enemies."

Tian Feng lowered his voice and said in a low voice.

"Dong Zhuo once transported food and grass, gave Xu An money, and made a secret alliance with Xu An. Xu An also kept his promise and invaded Zhongshan and Changshan..."

Tian Feng clenched his fist and placed it on Yuan Shao's desk.

"Dong Zhuo is now an alliance with Duke Ming, but the alliance between Dong Zhuo and Xu An is still unresolved, so in this way, Duke Ming and Xu An are actually still allies."

"You mean..."

Yuan Shao raised his head to look at Tian Feng, he saw the danger in Tian Feng's eyes.

"Although we have no way to figure out whether Xu An is going to attack Youzhou or Liangzhou, we can make Xu An make up his mind to attack Liangzhou, and then seize Youzhou while he is attacking Liangzhou..."

Chapter 549 The Western Xianbei

In the first year of Chuping (190), September [-]th.

In the Jinyang government office, the number of officials coming and going has also increased.

"The four battalions of Wuxiang Camp, Xiaoqi Camp, Bingzhou Camp, and Shanggu Camp have all been equipped with new-style harnesses. The four battalions are still maintaining martial law. All supplies are delivered by the Eagle Wolf Guards. Information about the new-style harnesses is not available. Nothing leaked."

Xu An leaned his hands on the Hu table and looked at the map on the Hu table. There were many lines drawn on the map on the Hu table, all of which were routes from Bingzhou to Liangzhou.

Liu Pi stood aside respectfully, reporting the latest information.

"News came from the Mobei Yingwei. There seems to be civil strife in the Xianbei tribe. All tribes have been conscripted with a large number of cavalry. The two sides seem to have broken out in Mobei. It seems that the head of the Xianbei Shanyu and the son of the former Shanyu Qianman The two are fighting for power."

Xu An frowned slightly. The Xianbei in the north had a large crowd. Today's Xianbei is almost the same as the Xiongnu in the heyday of the past, at least in terms of territory.

The land occupied by the Xianbei tribe is more than 4000 miles long from east to west, and more than 7000 miles wide from north to south. The mountains, rivers, waters and salt ponds are all under its jurisdiction.

In the sixth year of Xiping (177), Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty sent Xia Yu and others to attack Sanlu. Tan Shikui didn't even dispatch the main force of Xianbei, but let the leaders of the three tribes of the East, Central, and West attack their own tribes. The three-way army was defeated.

The Han army even lost all their talismans and supplies, and Xia Yu, the captain of Karasuma, almost lost all his troops, and ran back with only dozens of cavalry.

However, after the death of the old Wang Tanshikui, his son Helian had no talent, sexuality and lust, and the law was not fair. Half of the people were rebels.

Qianman was the son of Helian, the former Chanyu. Helian attacked Beidi County in the fourth year (181) of Hanling Emperor Guanghe and was shot and killed.

At that time, Qianman was young, and Helian's younger brother, the leader, led Xianbei on behalf of Qianman, but now Qianman has grown up and wants to regain control of Xianbei.

"Who has the greater advantage?"

Xu An didn't pay much attention to the news of the Xianbei tribe before. After all, Xianbei in history was not the protagonist when he arrived in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

But now Xu An has to pay attention. Xianbei has three parts: east, middle and west. The east is in the north of Youzhou, the middle is in the north of Bingzhou, and the west is in the north of Liangzhou.

Moreover, the area to the north of Beidi County in Liangzhou and the area below Shuofang County in Bingzhou is actually controlled by Xianbei, which belongs to the sphere of influence of Xianbei in the west.

At the beginning, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others sent Liangzhou soldiers to participate in the attack on the Southern Huns, and the Xianbei in that area also followed the Liangzhou army to fight against the autumn wind of the Southern Huns.

"If the lord is worried that after the Xianbei tribe ended the civil strife, they found that Bingzhou was empty and took the opportunity to go south, then the lord don't have to worry about this."

Xu An raised his eyebrows slightly, and turned to look at Liu Pi.

"Mobei Yingwei bribed several small tribes, and there are two middle-level personnel among the large army. They probably know the details of Xianbei. The leader and Qianman are of equal strength. Dong Xianbei supports the leader, while the middle Xianbei supports Qianman, and the dispute between the two is likely to continue for about one to two years, and there are still tribes in the North that are threatening Xianbei, and neither of them dare to let go of their hands and feet to fight."

"Our army rushed to Liangzhou, and the place to pass through was under the control of the western Xianbei. When the western Xianbei succeeded to the throne in the fourth year of Guanghe, he had already been sentenced to leave Xianbei. When the leader was in power, he went west several times. , but because of the northern tribes and the Wuhuan and Fuyu tribes in the east, we had to give up the Western Expedition and let the Western Xianbei stand on their own."

"Then..."

Xu An's eyes lighted up slightly, and he glanced at the location of Xianbei in the west, feeling a little moved.

"Even if we make some big noises in the Western Xianbei area, Kuitou and Qianman probably won't care about it, let alone notice it?"

Yan Zhong, Jia Xu, and Xu You all stood aside with their hands tied, looking at the Kanyu map and chatting quietly from time to time.

Now that the autumn harvest in Bingzhou is over, food and grass are plentiful, and manpower is free, logistics is no longer a problem.

In ancient times, when marching and fighting, the large army went out, and the soldiers actually only accounted for a small number of soldiers, while the auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands took up the majority. Xu An waited until the autumn harvest to send troops because of logistics problems.

Hearing Xu An's words, Yan Zhong's eyelids twitched slightly, and he turned his head to stare at Xu An. As soon as he saw Xu An's expression, he knew that Xu An probably had other thoughts in his heart.

"Minggong, don't you want to attack the Western Xianbei first?"