The World of Yellow Sky

Xu You didn't react when he looked at the map on Hu's table, but Jia Xu lived in Liangzhou before, and he knew the power of Xianbei in the west. Xu An's words also surprised Jia Xu.

Xu An nodded slightly, he really wanted to attack the Western Xianbei first.

Looking at the royal court of Western Xianbei on Kanyu map, he tilted his head and asked Liu Pi, "After the Western Xianbei rebelled, it seems that they were defeated by Wusun and Ding Ling when they wanted to go west. They suffered heavy losses and lost a lot of money. Territory, am I not mistaken?"

"Yes, the western Xianbei is now accumulating strength and shrinking in an all-round way. Now most of the troops in the western Xianbei are defending against the northern tribes. The western Xianbei no longer has the power it used to have, and only has the power to parry."

After receiving Liu Pi's affirmative answer, Xu An also had a strategy in mind.

Jia Xu followed Xu An's gaze to look at the Kanyu on Hu's table, suddenly startled in his heart, raised his head to look at Xu An, and asked.

"Could it be that Duke Ming wants to use the western Xianbei royal court to take Wuwei County first? Destroy the western Xianbei, and then use the Xianbei soldiers as the vanguard to reduce the casualties of our army?"

Jia Xu's words immediately caught the eyes of Yan Zhong and Xu You.

"The royal court of Xianbei in the west is in the north of Wuwei County, Liangzhou, and the northwest of Shuofang County, Bingzhou. It is about 370 miles away from Shuofang County. Our army has never invaded Xianbei's area for a long time. Xianbei is negligent of our army. .”

"The nine counties of Bingzhou are now under the control of our army. As long as our army does not enter Xianbei's territory, it will not be discovered by Western Xianbei."

Jia Xu didn't speak out against Xu An's proposal, but directly thought about the feasibility.

Xu You looked at the distribution map of the tribes in the Xianbei territory in the west, and was also a little moved.

"With a distance of four hundred miles, the light cavalry army can travel hundreds of miles a day, and four days of rapid marching can reach the royal court of Xianbei in the west. Our army will rush to the royal court of Xianbei in the west with mental calculations or unintentional. In three days, Xianbei in the west can at most call a small army. Partial conformity."

"In other words, what our army has to face is only 5 to [-] people from the Western Xianbei Royal Court, and there are still many old and weak..."

Jia Xu shook his head and said in a deep voice.

"It doesn't take four days, our army can reach the Western Xianbei King's Court in three days. Our army has a new type of harness, and one person rides on two horses. The marching speed is far faster than the normal cavalry march. If we set off in the early morning of the first day, our army should be able to arrive At dusk on the third day, we arrived at the outskirts of the Xianbei royal court in the west."

Jia Xu lowered his head and glanced at Kanyu map again, and said, "Even though the marching speed has been accelerated by the new harness, the physical strength of the soldiers and the horses must also be taken into consideration."

"There is no need for our army to march in a hurry for three days to attack. Although the march is fast, the army is tired and horses are exhausted, and it is difficult to continue. Our army can march normally for three days, marching about [-] miles, maintaining the strength of the horses and soldiers, and then starry night on the fourth day. Marching, riding a second horse and rushing to attack the western Xianbei royal court, and changing to the main horse before the battle, should be able to attack the western Xianbei royal court in one fell swoop."

"Xianbei in the west is absolutely unexpected. The marching speed of our cavalry can reach this level."

"Our army's cavalry is well-armed, and the soldiers are all elite. They have Takahashi saddles and double-footed stirrups. The garrison of the western Xianbei royal court is no more than [-] at most. It is just a good time to use the western Xianbei to test the combat effectiveness of our army. How powerful is it?"

After Xu You thought for a while, he still hesitated.

"Although the western Xianbei is weak, it should not be underestimated. There are more than [-] people who control the strings. Our main goal should still be above Liangzhou. It is not a wise move to provoke the western Xianbei rashly. I don't think so. I am too much in favor of attacking the western Xianbei."

"Furthermore, Mr. Wenhe's clan made an agreement with Duke Ming that Jia's assistance will only come after our army conquers Beidi County."

Yan Zhong kept frowning and said nothing.

Xu An also frowned, and he was a little uncertain about paying attention now.

The royal court of Xianbei in the west is very close to Shuofang County. Now most of the tribes of Xianbei in the west are resisting the tribes in the north in the north. The royal court of Xianbei in the west is now like a piece of fat hanging in the mouth of the Yellow Turban army.

Once the royal court of Xianbei in the west is broken, the royal court of Xianbei in the west can be held hostage and the cavalry of Xianbei in the west can be used as pawns. This will undoubtedly greatly reduce the casualties of the Yellow Turban Army.

There are many advantages to defeating the Western Xianbei's Wangting. The western Xianbei has a large number of cattle and sheep in the southern region. The surrounding pastures of the Wangting are rich and there is no shortage of cattle and sheep.

The Yellow Turban Army could live in Xianbei in the west, and directly slaughter the cattle and sheep in Xianbei in the west as high-quality military rations.

Moreover, Liangzhou and Bingzhou do not border on the north because of the western Xianbei. Only Shangjun and Beidi County in the south border. The western Xianbei is like a sharp knife inserted between Liangzhou and Bingzhou.

The terrain of Shangjun is rugged, it is impossible for cavalry to march, and transportation is difficult. Although it is connected, it is not convenient.

"This strategy works."

Yan Zhong's brows relaxed, he closed the folding fan in his hand, and said solemnly.

"Western Xianbei is strong from the outside and the middle is dry. If our army wants to join Liangzhou and Bingzhou, we must take down the land to the south of Western Xianbei. If we want to completely occupy Liangzhou, it may take more time than occupying Bingzhou. Liangzhou Han and Qiang live together, and the Qiang people have rebelled several times. Repeatedly, the situation is extremely complicated, our army must consider the stalemate situation, and over time, the pressure of transportation and supply logistics will become our main pressure."

"In fact, we don't have many choices. Once we get into a stalemate and cannot quickly defeat Han Sui and Ma Teng, we must occupy the southern Xianbei territory in the west, otherwise the logistics will drag us down."

"Attacking the Western Xianbei now is the best time and the most correct choice."

Yan Zhong put down his folding fan, pointed at the royal court of Xianbei in the west on the Kanyu map, and said in a deep voice.

"Xianbei in the west has barbarian habits, fearing authority but not morality. The Han court has dealt with various tribes in the north for countless years. As long as our army can defeat the royal court of Xianbei in the west in one fell swoop, most of the Xianbei in the west will not dare to fight with Duke Ming again." The enemy, but choose to back down."

"And even if Western Xianbei wants to take revenge, our army has already entered Wuwei County and Beidi County when the Western Xianbei army returns to aid. With the Great Wall as a support, Western Xianbei has nothing to fear."

"The possibility of Western Xianbei attacking and merging the state is also very small. Du Liao general Li De is now stationed in Meiji, and the Southern Huns are not easy to mess with. Western Xianbei must continue to resist Wusun and other northern tribes, and the troops that can be mobilized Not many, how dare you invade Bingzhou?"

"As for whether the Wuwei Jia family will assist, it depends on the outcome of our army's attack on Xianbei in the west."

"If our army defeats the Western Xianbei Royal Court in one battle, then Jia's family will bet on our Yellow Turban Army without occupying Beidi County."

"If the battle is defeated..."

Yan Zhong's eyes were slightly cold, and he said lightly.

"Even a crippled Western Xianbei can't win the battle, so why are you talking about advancing in Liangzhou? Why don't you take advantage of the Han Dynasty's attitude towards us and surrender as soon as possible to see if you can become a rich man? But the rest of my life."

Yan Zhong glanced sideways at Xu You, he didn't save Xu You any face, he always speaks straight to others, and rarely beats around the bush.

Xu You's complexion changed slightly, but he restrained himself very well, and did not refute Yan Zhong.

Yan Zhong then used his folding fan to point to the location of Wuwei County and Beidi County in Liangzhou, and continued to speak.

"Wuwei County and Beidi County are not the main battlefields for Han Sui and Ma Teng to compete for the front. The defenses in the two places are not many, and they are far away from the main forces of Han Sui and Ma Teng."

"At that time, our army will drive the Western Xianbei to be a pawn, and go south along the Yellow River, divide the troops into two groups, take Wuwei on the one hand, and take Beidi on the other. When Han Sui and Ma Teng receive the alarm, Wuwei and Beidi have already entered The hands of our army."

"If General Zhang Yan leads the infantry into Beidi County, we can rely on the defense of the city to stabilize the line of defense."

Yan Zhong took back the folding fan, paused for a while, and said in a deep voice.

"Han Sui and Ma Teng must stop fighting and join forces to fight against Duke Ming, but it will take time. Han Sui and Ma Teng have already fought a real fire, and the two sides suffered heavy casualties. When the army invades Liangzhou, the two of them will have to entangle for a while before joining forces, and it is difficult for the army to join forces."

"At that time, our army had already occupied the two counties of Wuwei and Beidi. We didn't need to worry about the threat from the flanks. We only needed to focus on the front line in the south."

"However, Han Sui has to worry about our army's attacking Jincheng from Wuwei County, so as to keep troops on guard. The pressure on our army's main line will naturally be reduced, and the chances of winning will be increased."

"Winning Wuwei County can also echo Beidi County from east to west. Anding County is located in the central area of ​​Wuwei and Beidi Counties. When the time comes to encircle the left and right sides, Han Sui and Ma Teng can only voluntarily abandon the northern part of Anding County and go to the south. Zone retreat."

"It is impossible for Han Sui and Ma Teng to really work together. The tens of thousands of Qiang-Han allied forces under his command are not worth worrying about at all."

Yan Zhong sneered and said contemptuously.

"With so many cavalry troops under my command, I can't get in even if I hit a Meiyang or a Chencang. It's really embarrassing for me, the people of Liangzhou."

Yan Zhong stretched out his right hand and pointed to a point on the map.

Jia Xu and Xu You looked at the place Yan Zhong was pointing at, and the place Yan Zhong was pointing at was Gaoping City in the south of Anding County.

"At that time, we will be outside Gaoping City, and let Han Sui and Ma Teng learn how to use cavalry."

5 Chapter Fifty The Curtain Rises

Is there such a good thing?

Xu An crossed his hands in his sleeves, and looked at the scribe with a smile on his face in surprise. He even began to suspect that there was something wrong with his ears.

The scribe sitting in front of him now came from Jizhou, the envoy sent by Yuan Shao.

First, he mentioned the deal he made with Dong Zhuo in the past, and began to build a relationship.

The emissary was really eloquent. After going around for a while, if Xu An really wanted to take advantage of the fire to take advantage of Dong Zhuo's bamboo sticks, and by the way, Dong Zhuo's heart, so that Dong Zhuo could concentrate on fighting the Kwantung Allied Forces, he would have believed it. What the emissary said made him think that he was really the left general of the big man.

The emissary even took out a letter of appointment signed by Liu Bian himself, and the official seal of General Zuo.

Then the envoy roughly mentioned some of the current actions of the Yellow Turban Army in the north, and then began to ask Xu An whether he was planning to use troops against Wuhuan in the east or Xianbei in the west.

The envoy's question was actually a test to ask Xu An whether he wanted to attack Youzhou or Liangzhou next. The moment the envoy opened his mouth, Xu An figured out the joint, and his face became a little weird , but Xu An quickly covered it up and did not let the envoy discover it.

Xu An figured it out, so naturally he didn't answer the envoy's words directly, but he mentioned the matter of Wuhuan in the three counties of Youzhou, saying that Wuhuan in the three counties seemed to be recruiting troops, and wanted to regain the previous war. The occupied lost ground, Shanggu Wuhuan asked him for reinforcements.

The envoy was really anxious when he heard Xu An talking about Youzhou, Xu An felt a little relieved, he could see Yuan Shao's intention of sending the envoy.

Yuan Shao wanted to solve Gongsun Zan first, and then further plot Youzhou.

And if he wants to seize Youzhou, the Yellow Turban Army is a force that Yuan Shao cannot bypass. If the Yellow Turban Army suddenly stabs Youzhou from the back of the grassland while they are fighting Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan on the front line, then Yuan Shao is really A big gift was given to Xu An.

Xu An narrowed his eyes slightly. If Yuan Shao really wanted to take over, it would be a good choice for him to attack Youzhou at this time. He could get the most land with the least cost.

But this strategy was immediately denied by Xu An himself.

Now is not the best opportunity to take down Youzhou, and Youzhou is not worth Xu An's plan to attack Liangzhou now.

Focusing on Liangzhou instead of Youzhou is Xu An's strategy after repeatedly weighing the pros and cons.

First, Youzhou has no danger to defend. Even if Xu An occupies Youzhou as he wishes, Youzhou will not be able to develop well.

Now that Xu An occupies important passes such as Taihang Baxing, he can use fewer steps to resist the enemy's invasion, but if he occupies Youzhou, which is indefensible, then Xu An must send a large number of troops to Youzhou.

Second, if Xu An occupied Youzhou, it would be tantamount to completely offending Yuan Shao to death, and Yuan Shao would never go to trouble the court of Chendu in the south again.

If Xu An who is entrenched in Youzhou is not resolved, Yuan Shao will have no intentions, and he will not dare to attack the south with confidence.

Now Yuan Shao's strength is stronger than that of Lu Zhi back then. Although the Yellow Turban Army under Xu An's command is much stronger than that in the Jizhou battle, Xu An only has this family background, and it has been going on for five or six years. Develop the family property that has been saved with great difficulty.

Falling into a tug-of-war with Yuan Shao who owned Qingzhou and Jizhou, Xu An really couldn't afford it.

Third, Xu An needs the court of Chang'an and the court of Chen Du to fight to the death, that is, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao and Sun Jian will fight fiercely.

In the Battle of Jieqiao, Yuan Shao, who had the Xiyuan Forbidden Army as his team, achieved more brilliant results than in the original time and space, and Gongsun Zan was defeated thousands of miles away.

In the original time and space, it took nearly seven years from the battle of Jieqiao until Yuan Shao completely defeated Gongsun Zan and took control of Youzhou.

Of course, as early as the third year, Yuan Shao occupied more than half of Youzhou, because Gongsun Zan stayed in "Yi Jing" for four years.

The current Gongsun Zan's defeat is even worse. According to this calculation, as long as there are no accidents, when Yuan Shao occupies most of Youzhou, it should be about two or three years, or even shorter.

And when the time comes, Gongsun Zan will be stuck in the hinterland of Youzhou like a nail, and continue to disgust Yuan Shao.

Although Yuan Shao is powerful now, he is not as good as Sun Jian.

Sun Jian cannot be judged by common sense. If it is divided according to the four factions of military strategists, then Sun Jian is definitely a stronger military strategist than Lu Bu. Although Sun Jian may be inferior to Lu Bu in terms of force, he has insight that Lu Bu does not have. Throughout the play, the ability to discover enemy weaknesses.

Now Sun Jian has met all the points that a famous general should meet.

However, the war potential of the Chendu court is slowly being stimulated. Every time a month passes, Sun Jian's situation will get better, and the advantage of the Chendu court will be even greater.

Compared with the Chendu court, the Chang'an court is still somewhat inferior.

If Yuan Shao didn't take Youzhou, solve his worries, and put all his troops on the southern front, he would definitely be defeated by Sun Jian.

Countries that have historically been locked in a two-front war have little to say about victory.

Now that the court of Chendu is strong, Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Tao Qian of Xuzhou seem to be wavering. If Sun Jian wins again, I am afraid that Liu Biao and Tao Qian will really stand with the court of Chendu.

The resurgence of the Han Empire was the last thing Xu An wanted to see.

A powerful and prosperous Han Empire and a divided Han Empire, the latter is undoubtedly more beneficial to him.

If Sun Jian really defeated Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao, then the Han Dynasty will prosper three times, then people in the world will really think that the Han Dynasty is really the destiny, and the Liu family emperors should really be in the line of ten thousand generations. All the princes will definitely return again.

At that time, even if Xu An has the bravery of a king and the wisdom of Zhang Liang, it will be difficult to resist the Han Empire with 4000 million people, hundreds of thousands of armored men, fierce generals like clouds, and counselors like rain.

Fourth, the situation in Youzhou is complicated, far better than Liangzhou.

Yan Zhong and his friends, Yang Ji, Fu Qi, Pang Bo, and Jia Xu's five clans had a wide influence in Liangzhou, both among the Qiang people and the Han people.

Wuwei Yan family, Wuwei Yang family, Beidi Fu family, Hanyang Pang family, and Wuwei Jia family, the five families are either aristocratic or powerful.

In addition, there is also the Wang family of the Northland as the internal support, such opportunities are rare but not available.

And Youzhou has three prefectures, Wuhuan, Gongsundu, the "King of Liaodong", and Fuyu, Xianbei and other northern tribes.

The difficulty of governing Liangzhou and governing Youzhou can be said to be one heaven and one underground.

Fifth, now that Xu An is in a difficult situation, the new riding gear can still be kept secret, but once the war breaks out, these things that do not require much technical content can be started as long as they have a certain forging technology and foundation.

If you decide to capture Youzhou now, the difficulty of capturing Liangzhou in the future will increase geometrically.

In troubled times, the golden horn is surrounded by silver and grass belly, but Youzhou is not a golden horn. There are countries such as Fuyu in the north, and powerful enemies such as Gongsundu and Goguryeo in the east.

Yuan Shao's envoy saw that Xu An was silent, and he couldn't help but sweat profusely on his forehead. He remembered everything the interrogator said to him before leaving.

If this cannot be done, then it will not be him returning to Jizhou, but his head will be brought back to Jizhou by the guards.

The Yuan Shao envoy wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

Xu An remained silent, and Yan Zhong and Jia Xu seemed to be lost in thought. The three were in high positions, especially the various rumors about Xu An made him feel even more pressured.

Xu An's eyes fell on the Yuan Shao envoy, and the Yuan Shao envoy shuddered, as if Xu An had directly seen through his heart.

"General Cheqi, if General Xu is willing to send troops to fight against the rebels in Liangzhou, I would like to donate 60 shi of grain and 8000 million yuan to General Xu!"

The envoy of Yuan Shao couldn't bear the pressure any longer, he directly gave Yuan Shao the greatest authority, and said it directly, he was really afraid of Xu An.