Bai Xiaowen informed everyone about Ma Chao's invasion and said: "I have never failed to Ma Chao, since he has come to commit it, I must get rid of it." ”

After saying this, Bai Xiaowen got a hint of the rules of the spirit world:

"Unification Main Quest 2: Consolidate the North, triggered!"

"You're given 30 days of free time to explore. Total free exploration time: 53 days, 14 hours, 28 minutes and 31 seconds. ”

"Please consolidate the rear of the Yuan faction before the free exploration time is over!"

Bai Xiaowen has the first experience, focusing on the remarks behind.

The criterion for consolidating the rear was that it was necessary to unify northern China, and that there should be no formed rebel forces within the territory.

Unlike [Unification Main Quest 1], these two conditions must be met.

Bai Xiaowen summed it up in his heart.

It is no wonder that when the national policy was formulated before, the policies of suppressing bandits, tuntian, etc. to consolidate internal affairs did not trigger the main line of great unification, and it turned out that the second main line of great unification was to include Liangzhou!

To talk about the difficulty, compared with the difficulty of defeating Cao Cao, it is actually about the same; considering that compared with Cao Cao, there is a gap in intelligence and military strength, this second main line of great unification is actually easier than the first.

However, for the second great unification task, the Xiliang Army is only the main goal, not the only goal. Bai Xiaowen also needs to exterminate several bandit leaders such as Zhang Yan and Bingzhou horse thieves in order to complete the task.

If there was no matter of the Xiliang Army, Bai Xiaowen's extermination of Zhang Yan would be completely Taishan's suppression, which would be easy.

But Ma Chao violated the realm, and it was difficult to protect Zhang Yan and others, and they would not take advantage of the fire to rob.

You must know that Zhang Yan was a very smart bandit in the Three Kingdoms era, and he had a strategic vision, so he couldn't be regarded as an ordinary bandit.

Bai Xiaowen's mind turned very quickly, and many thoughts turned in an instant.

At this time, the generals below have asked for battle.

Bai Xiaowen said: "This time to conquer Xiliang, I am determined to fight in person. Ye is heavy on the land, so Tian Gong is responsible for guarding it, and Xun Yu is responsible for supervising the grain and grass. ”

Tian Feng and Xun Yu came out at the same time and said: "I will live up to the trust of the lord." ”

Bai Xiaowen said again: "I am going to extract 50,000 elite soldiers and go to Tongguan." Then he reported a list of names of military generals, such as Gao Lan, Han Meng, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Le Jin, etc., all of whom were famous generals in Yuan Cao's camp.

Tian Feng said: "I heard that the Xiliang Army has an army of 100,000, most of which have cavalry, and their strength is strong. The lord only brought 50,000 soldiers, isn't it too few?"

Bai Xiaowen said with a smile: "The soldiers are expensive but not much more expensive. Even if there are 100,000 troops in Xiliang, in my opinion, they are just chickens and dogs. Besides, there are still 20,000 or 30,000 elite soldiers in Tongguan, and we are fighting on our own soil, occupying the right time and place, although the number of troops is slightly small, but we can win steadily. ”

Zhang He came out and said: "The lord is on the expedition, why don't you take someone with you?"

Bai Xiaowen said: "When I go west, I will break Ma Chao." What I am worried about is that if I take the opportunity to stir up trouble, it will inevitably attack the people and make my foundation unstable. The general Wen Tao has both military and military strategies, and can lead troops to defend Yedu; if Zhang Yan really sends troops to plunder, you will send troops to refuse. ”

Zhang He didn't expect Bai Xiaowen to let him be alone, he felt that his life had reached a new peak, he was overjoyed, and immediately thanked him.

Bai Xiaowen left Zhang He to guard the city, and he also learned the lesson of Cao Cao's attack on Xu Du.

If Cao Cao had left Xun Yu with one or two lord-level generals to defend the city, even if Bai Xiaowen had 20,000 Youzhou troops to assist, I am afraid it would not be easy to break through Xu Du.

At this time, Yedu was located in the base camp of Jizhou, and there were newly opened up Henan states as a buffer, and the safety factor was much higher than Cao Cao's Xudu. However, Bai Xiaowen will not take it lightly, leaving Zhang He for this purpose in addition to guarding against Zhang Yan.

When the army was being prepared, Bai Xiaowen went to find someone: General Yangwu, Xuanwei Hou, Zhang Xiu!

Let's talk about Zhang Xiu's record first, he once defeated Cao Cao in Wancheng, killed Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and even the general Dian Wei - of course, there is water.

During the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao both sent envoys to recruit Zhang Xiu.

In the end, Zhang Xiu, under the persuasion of the strategist Jia Xu, once again submitted to Cao Cao. In order to show that he did not care about his previous suspicions, Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu formed a family of sons and daughters, and named Zhang Xiu as a general of Yangwu.

However, Zhang Xiu still shrunk and tried his best to reduce his sense of existence.

If it is too high-profile, one day Cao Cao remembers: Oh, it was you kid, who killed my beloved general, eldest son and nephew in the first place?

After Bai Xiaowen pacified the Cao family, many talents from Xu Capital were moved to Yedu, including Zhang Xiu.

Living in Yedu, the new mansion of General Yangwu, Zhang Xiu became more cautious.

After all, he had rejected Yuan Shao's solicitation, repelled the envoy sent by Yuan Shao, and after returning to Cao Cao, he and Cao Cao formed a family of sons and daughters. In order to protect yourself, it is better to continue to be small and transparent and reduce your sense of existence.

However, this trick was useful for Cao Cao, but it was useless for Bai Xiaowen.

Zhang Xiu is not obvious in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but in "Commentary on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the predecessor of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is still quite eye-catching.

A title: Northland Spear King! Also known as "Divine Spear Zhang Xiu", you know that he is extraordinary, and his legend is not low.

For Bai Xiaowen, such a big lord-level military general is like a firefly in the night, so bright and outstanding, how can there be no reason not to pay attention.

Although Zhang Xiu is ranked last in the Three Kingdoms lord-level generals, he is still a lord after all, and he is good at taking advice, and he is never rigid and self-serving. As long as the problem of loyalty is solved, it can still be used with confidence.

General Yangwu's Mansion, Bai Xiaowen suddenly visited, and Zhang Xiu hurriedly greeted him.

Bai Xiaowen is looking for Zhang Xiu, there is no such thing as "solicitation". Because Bai Xiaowen represents the imperial court, and Zhang Xiu is not an idle person, but a general of Yangwu and Xuanwei Hou of the imperial court, he should obey Bai Xiaowen's dispatch.

The word "used" should be more appropriate.

It is worth mentioning that Zhang Xiu's "use" with Bai Xiaowen does not seem to be strange, and he happily agreed to the request of the army to go west.

Bai Xiaowen also threw an insight at Zhang Xiu.

It turned out that Zhang Xiu, like Xiahou Yuan, was a lord who was agile, and his marksmanship was "Hundred Birds and Phoenix Gun", which belonged to the type of faster and faster the fight. If the enemy fails to defeat Zhang Xiu in the first twenty rounds, then the fight will be more and more difficult in the future.

However, as a military general lord of the Three Kingdoms plane, it is very disadvantageous to have no superior strength, see Xiahou Yuan for details.

Moreover, Xiahou Yuan has a good archery technique, which is the positioning of ADC, and it is understandable that his strength is lower.

No wonder Zhang Xiu ranks last among the lords, and it is estimated that some rare chief-level fierce generals may be able to defeat him when they fight alone.

Bai Xiaowen was not too disappointed, but asked, "Has General Zhang seen Jia Xu?"

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