Chapter 116: Hanzhong Sugu

In the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away. -------Western han dynasty. Sima Qian's Historical Records. Gaozu Benji

It is said that Lingling Wuke was in full swing, and suddenly Chang'an came and brought Zhong Xuan's secret letter. Chen Long and several wise men, from the simple letter, actually smelled an extremely dangerous atmosphere.

Dong Zhuo's subordinates, including Jia Xu and Li Ru, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, etc., and tens of thousands of Xiliang Iron Cavalry loyal to Dong Zhuo are indeed strong. If he colludes with Han Sui's rebels, there will be no opponents in Yongliang.

Although Chang'an is empty, it is very likely that it was a trap for Dong Zhuo to trap Chen Long. If the trapping of Chen Long fails, Dong Zhuo is likely to let the ambush soldiers enter Chang'an again, and close the door of Huangfu Song and Sun Jian's imperial army and horses to beat the dogs. Then find a reason to ride eastward, Luoyang can go down in a few days, and then come to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and reenact the scene of Dong Zhuo's rebellion in the official history.

Li Ru is now participating in the imperial examination in Lingling, and Li Ru was still unknown at that time, and it was likely that he was sent by Dong Zhuo as an undercover agent. It's a pity that Chen Long is a time-traveling person who knows history, and he has long known the famous Li Ru, and he also became Dong Zhuo's son-in-law in the official history. Li Ru is wise, not under Jia Xu, and ruthless, does not leave a way back, is an extremely dangerous character.

Li Ru's arrival sounded the alarm for Chen Long, proving that Dong Zhuo attached great importance to him. Zhong Xuan's letter mentioned that Dong Zhuojun's whereabouts were unknown, and it was likely that it was arranged for Chen Long, waiting for Chen Long to lead the army to defend Chang'an.

If he was taken by surprise and defeated Chen Long halfway, or even killed Chen Long, Dong Zhuo's southwest side would only have the weak Yizhou Liu Yanjun and the Jingzhou Liu Biaojun whose wings had not yet taken shape, and posed no threat to Dong Zhuo. Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Sun Jian and others were still in the imperial court, fledgling, and there was no separatist force in the southeast and northeast to compete with Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo's unification of the world will be just around the corner.

Therefore, the incense bait of Chang'an was definitely left by Jia Xu specifically for Chen Long, and he found that Chen Long left Zhong Xuan undercover in Chang'an, which is an excellent proof of Chen Long's ambition for Chang'an.

What Jia Xu didn't know was that Chen Long's original intention of taking Chang'an was just to naturally welcome Xun You, who was returning to Shun, and to prevent Dong Zhuo's army from entering Luoyang, and he didn't want to start a war with Dong Zhuo immediately, after all, Chen Long's strength was also just starting, and it was only Huang Gai's first army that could compete with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

Chen Long set the training period for the candidates at three months, which was precisely to buy Zhang Ning time to verify the true identity of the candidates. Within three months, the candidate in question will definitely try to get in touch with the outside world from a remote training location, so that Zhang Ning can find evidence of undercover; The detectives sent by Zhang Ning will also go to the place where the candidates come from to collect information about the suspected candidates to determine their identities. After three months, candidates who have no problems will be promoted to various positions as officials, and candidates who have problems will be ruthlessly purged by themselves.

Early the next morning, Chen Long put down the matter of martial arts and let Jiang Wan and Huang Gai continue to preside, and Chen Qun set out to release the liberal arts and arrange the location of the liberal arts training. In the secret room of the City Lord's Mansion, there were only six people, Zhang Ning, Gan Ning, Zhao Yun, Guo Jia, Zhou Budo and Chen Long, studying how to crack the Chang'an trap of Dong Zhuo and Jia Xu.

The simple map made by Zhou Budo overnight marked the mountains, rivers, and cities between Tianshui and Wancheng one by one, and spread them out among the people sitting around the table. Zhou Budo pointed to the map and opened first: "Dong Zhuojun sent troops from Chang'an, we originally thought that he would go from Jincheng County, pass through the gap between the rebel Qiang in Tianshui County and the Han Sui rebel army in Anding County, and go straight to Wuwei County to divide the territory. Now it seems that this is just the smoke released by Dong Zhuojun, and there is no information about Dong Zhuojun's arrival in Wuwei County. What we have to determine now is where Dong Zhuojun went. ”

Long Chen nodded and said, "Now suppose I get the will of Emperor Han Ling and lead my troops north to Chang'an to rescue, which route is the most likely to take?" ”

Zhou Budo said: "The most convenient way is to take the waterway. Xiangshui turns to Jingjiang, then enters Hanshui, lands in Shangyong, and goes straight to Chang'an by Shangluo County. ”

Chen Long thought of the reckless Shangluo Mountains he had walked through, and several mountains and valleys suitable for ambush immediately appeared in his mind. Putting his hand in the middle of the map representing Shangluo Mountain, Guo Jia said: "What I think is also what the enemy thinks." The ambush on Shangluo Mountain, it is easiest to think that we must send someone to search in the mountains here first. ”

Chen Long nodded and said, "If we can't guess Dong Zhuo's conspiracy, we will naturally not be wary, and we will definitely take the most convenient route." Therefore, for two months, I arranged for the main mother, arranged manpower, dressed up as a hunter, and searched these places. As he spoke, he marked several locations in Shangluo Mountain that he thought of suitable for ambush on the map.

Zhang Ning nodded and agreed: "However, Dong Zhuo will definitely set up a secret post on our route, if our army does not go to Shangluo Mountain, will he find out immediately?" ”

Long Chen smiled: "Your assumption, the premise is that we really send troops." But until the true location of Dong Zhuo's troops is discovered, I will not send troops at all. ”

Guo Jia also smiled: "So, what we have to consider is, first, to determine the location of Dong Zhuotun's army first; The second is to arrange a strange army in advance, and gather on the route of Dong Zhuo's troops without knowing it. Once Dong Zhuo's troops wait for our army to come for a long time, they will definitely move to Chang'an, so let's have a counter-ambush, and Dong Zhuo's fart will be rolled back to Xiliang. ”

Everyone also laughed, the atmosphere relaxed slightly, and Zhao Yun assumed: "Assuming that we are sure that Dong Zhuojun is in Shangluo Mountain, how should our strange soldiers be arranged?" ”

Chen Long frowned and said, "Zilong's question involves many aspects. First of all, the army must be broken into pieces, scattered to the assembly site and assembled, avoiding Dong Zhuo's eyeline, in order to have the effect of a surprise soldier. Second, the assembly site should be taken by surprise, it should not be too far from Shangluo Mountain, and it would not be controlled by the eyes of Dong Zhuo's army. Third, the assembled army could not be less than 30,000, that is, the First Army was almost pouring out, and there must be a normal supply line in order to defeat Dong Zhuo's army. Fourth, the main task of the assembled troops is to ambush, and it is necessary to determine that the main types of crossbow troops should be used, supplemented by cavalry and infantry, so there should be no less than 15,000 crossbow soldiers. Fifth, consider what you can do if you can't win. ”

Zhou Budo's fingers slowly traveled westward along the Han River, and finally stopped at the source of the Han River, the Northern Expedition base of Zhuge in later generations, and Hanzhong, the northernmost city in Yizhou. Said slowly: "If you can control Hanzhong, it will be an excellent supply base." ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Judging from the map, Hanzhong is behind the Shangluo Mountains, and it is not a city controlled by the Xiliang Army, but a good base for supplies and the Tibetan army." It's just that who is the Hanzhong guard? I'm afraid it won't be so easy to talk to. ”

Zhou Budo said: "Hanzhong is too guarded by Sugu, controlling the source of the Han River and the only way for Chang'an to enter and exit the two rivers, and it has always been a battleground for soldiers. Liu Yan in Yizhou was weak, and Su Gu supported his own troops, controlled the entry and exit of salt and iron in and out of Yizhou, and made huge profits. The total strength should be around 30,000. ”

Chen Long shook his head and said, "It's definitely not realistic for us to attack Hanzhong. However, it should be possible to control a Sugu. If you can control Su Gu unconsciously and let him cooperate with us to fight against Dong Zhuo, it is a feasible plan. ”

Gan Ning became excited and said, "Lord, but you want to use special forces?" "Gan Ning has just been adjusted to be the commander of the navy, and he has a deep affection for the special forces, and the lord asked him to participate in this secret meeting, I am afraid that he has moved the idea of using special forces.

Guo Jia suddenly frowned and said, "The Xiliang military horses have entered Shangluo Mountain, where do their supplies come from?" ”

Zhao Yun said: "Could it be that Su Gu provided them with supplies?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other, if Sugu's Hanzhong had already been controlled by Dong Zhuo, everything he had planned just now would have become the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror.

After being silent for a while, Long Chen waved his hand and said, "In any case, let's go to Sugu in Hanzhong first." Nanyang County is entrenched in Yuan Shu's heavy army, it is impossible for us to set up a supply base in Nanyang, there is no more suitable place than Hanzhong. ”

Guo Jia suddenly said: "Or we don't have to use troops at all." If you can find a way to get Su Gu to secretly surrender and use his 30,000 troops, all problems will be solved. Not only did it open the passage of the Lingling Army to Xiliang, but also controlled Liu Yan in Yizhou, making Hanzhong a bridgehead for the Qinglong Army to unify the northwest and southwest. ”

Chen Long smiled: "What Feng Xiao said is the most ideal situation. I ordered Zhang Ning to sit in Lingling, send a spy first, and go to Hanzhong to fight the front station. Three days later, I pretended to be a salt seller, Zhao Yun and Gan Ning pretended to be a writer Ding guard, Zhou Budo pretended to be an account office, Guo Jia pretended to be a master, and the special forces from Lu Chang down, took hundreds of people to pretend to be men, let Yang Huai fill a boatload of well salt, and went straight to Hanzhong along the waterway, and then acted at the opportunity. The crowd stood up and said yes.

Chen Long ordered again: "In terms of troops, the main general of the ambush of Dong Zhuo this time is served by Zhao Yun, assisted by the special forces Lu Chang, Zu Lang, Hu Ji, Li Tong, and Hao Pu. ”

Zhou Budo said: "The matter of dividing the army into parts is more complicated, so it is recommended to start immediately." He pointed to the mountainous area between Hanzhong and Shangyong: "You can first break down the 15,000 archers into small troops, carry bows and arrows and surplus dry rations, and first enter the bay area by the Han River to gather and stand by by the waterway." ”

Chen Long said: "It is imperative to take Sugu and Hanzhong. Otherwise, you can only give up Chang'an. Secretly assembling a troop first should be able to come in handy, provided that within a month, we can persuade Sugu or take Hanzhong City. Otherwise, the 15,000 men would have to retreat when they ran out of food. In this way, this matter made Lu Changshang * platoon, be sure to cover up his line of hiding, and let the warlords along the road be aware. ”

Zhou Budo nodded and said, "There are twenty camouflaged large merchant ships, each with a few hundred crew members is not much. If we take Sugu, the troops are assembled too slowly, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo's troops will be impatient, and it will be troublesome to go north to take Chang'an. Guo Jia said: "Exactly, I'm afraid Dong Zhuo's patience to wait for the lord to take the bait will not exceed three months." ”

Chen Long couldn't help but have a headache, he was reluctant to give Chang'an to Dong Zhuo, and he felt that he was pressing for this arrangement. stood up and said: "Since Dong Zhuo and Jia Xu want to play with Yin, let's play with him, otherwise when Dong Zhuo coerces the Son of Heaven to order the princes, we will have to be a turtle with a shrunken head first." Everything goes according to plan, and the rest depends on the destiny of heaven. ”

Everyone went to prepare for themselves, only Guo Jia frowned, opened his mouth several times to speak, but stopped talking.