The situation in Taiyuan County is really complicated, Tong Yuan sighed as he looked at the latest sand table map.

There is now a power vacuum in the Jinzhong Basin, but there is a strong peep in the southeast and northwest.

To the west of Fenshui, all of them were occupied by the old royal court of the Southern Xiongnu, and this time they not only incorporated tens of thousands of people, but also took the opportunity to develop eastward and occupied a large area of land east of Fenshui.

Jinyang in the north, and Yuxian and Yanmen counties further north, are now in the hands of the local clan, the Wang clan and related forces.

Wang Yun, the leader of the Wang clan, died at the hands of the Xiliang army just half a year ago. Moreover, he represents the Weiyang Jun of the Dong family, in this Han Dynasty, where filial piety is the first and blood revenge is advocated, the mortal enemy of the Taiyuan Wang family cannot be resolved.

In fact, the Taiyuan Wang clan is not terrible, the main reason is that Yanmen County has Wuhuan tribes eyeing each other, and their relationship with the big clan in Taiyuan County may not be clear.

In addition, there are also Dai County in the northeast and Liu Yu in Youzhou, that guy is famous all over the world. The current Tong Yuan definitely doesn't want to provoke.

The actual forces in the east were stronger, and the entire eastern part of Taiyuan County, as well as the two counties of Yangyi and Xianyu, as well as most of Shangdang and Changshan further east, were also controlled by the Montenegrin army.

At present, the Montenegrin army has more than 50 troops, claiming to have one million people, and it is estimated that the actual number of soldiers and horses will exceed 150,000.

Among them, the largest group is Zhang Yan, and he is also the leader of dozens of troops of the Montenegrin Army. During the Zhongping period, the Montenegrin army developed rapidly, but the imperial court was unable to send troops to encircle and suppress it.

Zhang Yan did not completely break with the Han Dynasty, so Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty appointed Zhang Yan as the general of the Ping Nan Zhonglang, so that he could actually manage a large area of land and population in Bingzhou and Jizhou, and even recommend filial piety to the imperial court every year, and send officials to Luoyang to report.

However, at present, Zhang Yan is an ally of the Xiliang Army, Gongsun Zhan, and Yuan Shu, and jointly attacked Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

Last year, after the defeat of Yuan Shao in the Battle of Gongsun Zhan Jieqiao, the Montenegrin Army led by Zhang Yan became Yuan Shao's most difficult opponent in face. Judging from the current situation, Changshan in the north, Wei County in the south, and a 500-mile front in the north and south are ready to fight at any time.

Tong Yuan looked at the forces of all parties again, Dong Bai and Tong Yuan in the south, the old royal court of the Xiongnu in the west, the Taiyuan royal family and the Wuhuan kings in the north, and the Montenegrin army led by Zhang Yan in the east.

Because of the destruction of the Fuluo Tribe, the counties south of Jinyang were temporarily empty, and they are currently being recovered by the local warriors and Haoqiang with the cooperation of the Dreadnought Army.

From all points of view, it is necessary to unite the Montenegrin army and deal with the other two. This is also in line with the previous strategy of the Xiliang Army and the situation of Weiyang Jun leaving the town of Xiayang.

In other words, it was to let Zhang Yan resist Yuan Shao first, and use his own strategy to eat Bingzhou as much as possible.

However, eating it doesn't mean you have to be greedy, and if you don't have the ability to control it at the moment, or control the area where you will make enemies on all sides in the future, it's better to trade it to your allies for the time being.

While he was thinking about it, the scout came to report, "Mr. Sun Zi is here." ”

Last year, Sun Zi also responded to Jia Kui's recommendation, and now there is a new important task entrusted to him.

Sun Zi, whose name is Yanlong, is a native of Zhongdu, Taiyuan, that is, the famous Pingyao in later generations. Not long ago, he was responsible for contacting the scholars and heroes in the southern counties of Taiyuan County, and achieved remarkable results.

Historically, Sun Zi is also a more controversial figure. He was Cao Wei's important minister, and together with Liu Fang, a native of Wei County, he was in charge of confidential documents for a long time, and he could be called Cao Cao's two secretaries. Moreover, the world has a high opinion of him, especially in terms of character and ability.

However, he contributed a lot to the expansion of the rights of the gate lord clan and the denunciation of Cao Yu and other related matters. After the change of Gaopingling, it was also particularly respected and relied on. Some people even think that he may be the internal response of the Sima family.

However, Tong Yuan, who is coarse in history, does not know these situations at all, and only arranges them with his own understanding.

"Taiyuan Sun Zi, meet General Tong." Sun Zi's appearance is quite handsome, but he is short in height, and he feels non-threatening and easy to get along with at a glance.

"Sun Yanlong came just in time, and there is a heavy task for you later, but you come and look at Taiyuan County with me first."

Tong Yuan and Sun Zi surrounded the sand table, and looked at the four forces in the southeast and northwest of Taiyuan County. These four forces are only in a corner, but they are all supported by a large area of land.

To the south, Tongyuan and they have most of Hedong County, as well as the three counties of Xiayang, Haoyang and Ya on the other side of the Yellow River. To the east, the Montenegrin Army controlled most of the area of Youchangshan and Shangdang.

To the north, the scholars in Jinyang and other places seem to be the weakest, but behind them are Wuhuan Zhuhu, as well as Liu Yu, the assassin of Youzhou, who has both strength and fame. To the west, the old royal court of the Xiongnu occupied the entire northern Shaanxi and Hetao in later generations, and occupied the largest area among the four directions.

Tong Yuan looked at Sun Zi's expression, and saw that when he was thinking about the other three forces, he kept frowning, obviously none of them were easy to handle.

"How does Mr. Yanlong think our department will break the game?"

Sun Zi hesitated slightly, thinking. In fact, as a well-known local scholar family in Taiyuan, their family has long had a discussion. The Black Mountain and the Hu people are all enemies, and each of them is the opponent of a great scribe landlord like them.

If you really want to say which faction you are looking forward to, it is not Tong Yuan, Dong Bai and Xiliangjun's turn. What they crave most is Liu Yu, the great Sima who is close to Youzhou, and Yuan Shao, the fourth and third duke of Jizhou.

However, the Hedong scholars had already chosen Tong Yuan and Dong Bai, and the scholars in the southern part of Taiyuan County in the semi-fallen area had no choice but to bet on both sides, not only taking refuge in Tong Yuan, but also looking forward to the Taiyuan Wang family, Liu Yu, and Yuan Shao. Therefore, they have in mind to develop in two directions: east and north.

"We need to wait for the right time, and it's not easy for all sides." Sun Zi didn't dare to show his true thoughts too directly, so he had to give such an answer.

Tong Yuan nodded, in fact, before he was swallowed up in Fuluo and Huchuquan, he was suffering from this problem. Fortunately, there are masters on the Chang'an side. Although he really wanted to hear the analysis of the "chaotic martial arts", that person was still nominally Li Dao's person, so of course he went to ask Li Ru.

In the court, Li Wei believed that under his leadership, the world had been peaceful, especially at the end of the year, Ma Riyan and Zhao Qi were welcomed by the Kwantung heroes, and they ceased war.

But Li Ruke knew very well that if the entire Xiliang army sat still, then the Guan Sergeant clan would still find an opportunity to make trouble with the princes of all parties.

It just so happened that Dong Bai and Tong Yuan respected him more, and to a certain extent, they were his backing. If you don't support Tong Yuan, how can you compete with Li Dao? How can you dominate the world?

As a result, the first gift of the new year was none other than Li Ru's strategic analysis and advice.

"Lian Zhang Yan, break the Huns, do not go north, the west is important." This is probably the core strategic advice of the letter.

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