"The Eye of Heaven is a spell that can see a prescription for ten miles, and it is effective for a whole day." Liu Tao looked at the few generals and military advisors in front of him, "If you cast it at noon, and then cast it early the next morning, then it will take about two hours, and I will have a large field of vision." ”

This is an application of Wind Dragon's Insight, which is used to find targets that are unlikely to move, and can quickly expand the search area to find the target.

After a pause, he continued: "Now that the whereabouts of the thieves are uncertain, the top priority is to find their whereabouts. ”

Since leaving Chang'an, they went west and came to Yixian, which is two hundred miles away from Chang'an. If you remember correctly, when Zhang Wen came to the front line, he should have been stationed in Meiyang, that is, a county fifty miles from the rear of Yixian.

Now Zhang Wen is still familiar with the situation on the front line, and it is estimated that he will move there later. Liu Tao's meaning was to continue the march tomorrow and go to Chencang County, a hundred miles away, to garrison. After all, if the thieves want to come, it is more likely to go to Yongxian.

After all, Yongxian County went in the direction of Liangzhou, and after passing Yulu County and Yan County, it was about to enter Hanyang County.

Hanyang County is the later Tianshui County, which was changed to Hanyang County during the Han Yonghe period, and it was a matter of the Cao Wei period to change back to Tianshui County. Speaking of which, at that time, Sizhou was forcibly divided out of Yongzhou, and it was also at that time that Cao Pi also changed Luoyang to Luoyang by the way.

Judging from the information currently known, mainly the information provided by Huangfu Song, there should be two parts of the thieves: one is the rebels from Jincheng County, and their main base is in Jincheng County; There is also a part of it that is the first Lingqiang in Longxi County.

Perhaps each has its own subordination, so Hanyang County is equivalent to a buffer point, and the two sides go south from Hanyang County to Sizhou, but they do not divide Hanyang County into a specific sphere of influence.

"Considering that I don't know the specific location of the thief now, the general's plan is to first reconnoiter Chencang County and Yongxian County to confirm that there is no trace of the thief, and then go to Chencang and slowly advance, what do you think?" Liu Tao asked.

The biggest problem is that I don't know much about the process of this Liangzhou rebellion crusade. At most, it was only Zhang Wen who forced Zhang Chun and the Southern Xiongnu to rebel, and then Huangfu Song was reactivated.

However, in the two years from 185 to 187, he had no impression of how Zhang Wen fought.

The number of thieves is more than 100,000, there are several cavalry, and they are only 3,500 people, and it is not impossible to find a weak place and be reckless, but there is a certain risk.

According to Liu Tao's meaning, of course, it is to find the other party's station, and then attack it at night, or ambush, it is best to divide and rape.

"This is the safest, and my subordinates approve of it." Guo Jia stepped forward to echo, "But it's not suitable to stay too far away from the main force, it's best to be within two hundred miles." ”

Advancing from Chang'an to Yixian in one go, if he hadn't been investigated in advance, I was afraid that he would have to worry about Liu Tao like this, whether there would be any problems.

"The thieves only started to move south in June and July last year, which means that they are not only going to enter Luoyang, but also to loot along the way. Plundered from the three counties of Jincheng, Longxi and Hanyang, the grain can fully support about a year...... Now that it's mid-March, why didn't you take the initiative to go south? Liu Tao then voiced his doubts.

"Spring ploughing, the rebels have begun to run the territory." Xin Bi immediately replied, he couldn't be robbed of the limelight by Guo Jia.

Perhaps last year's offensive did not go well, so the thieves began to prepare for a long-term battle. The most direct manifestation of this is that they began to operate the territory, and the Yellow Turban Thieves also had this idea after the initial unsuccessful situation.

Jincheng County, which should only be Jincheng County, is run by thieves, mainly Han leaders like Bian Zhang and Han Sui, as a base area. As for Longxi, who was active in Lingqiang first, he may ignore it. It's good that it didn't turn it into a ranch.

After spring ploughing, it will enter the summer, the hottest month or two, not to mention the thieves, and the officers and soldiers will not be able to start a war. It is necessary to reach the end of summer, and the general offensive will start after the beginning of autumn, and the time will be counted around June and July of the lunar calendar.

At this time, there is another advantage to fighting a war, just like last year, where the battlefield is, you can loot the grain on that side. Last year, the thieves raised their troops in June and plundered the three counties, and they harvested a large amount of military rations.

In other words, the thieves had given up the plan to quickly enter Luoyang and began to fight steadily. Judging from the current situation, the time when there may be a war in the future is probably from February to late April, and from late June to late September.

If you can't get the results before October, you have to go back quickly, otherwise winter will be a big problem. In the era when there were no cotton clothes or down jackets, there was no way to fight in winter.

"Didn't the lord bring us here because they didn't plan to go south in the spring this year?" Guo Jia quickly realized a problem and asked.

At first he had considered this possibility, but just looking at the situation, it didn't seem to be the case.

"There is also a reason for this...... Liu Tao said vaguely, "There is another reason, which is to stay away from the main force in Chang'an, so that our whereabouts become erratic, so that even if someone wants to inform, they don't know where we have been." ”

Guo Jia was speechless for a moment, and he could see that Liu Tao really had no such plans, and only felt that it was child's play to move 200 miles rashly like this.

"One more question!" Liu Tao looked at Guo Jia, "If the rebels want to enter Sanfu, they can't only go to Yan County!" ”

He checked the map, and found that Weishui originated in Hanyang County, all the way to the east, and the main road crossed the Wuyue Mountains into Sanfu, which is actually a road, if you remember correctly, the Lianhuo Expressway passed through here in the future.

This era should be more primitive, generally few people will come here, but along the river, you can reach Shangguo County in Hanyang, so it is possible for thieves to go to Yan County, go up to Guo County, and cross along the mountain road.

There can even be rebels from Bian Zhang's department who go to Yan County, and Xian Lingqiang came to Guo County to come to Chencang's side, and he previously explained the application skills of 'Wind Dragon's Insight', which is to supervise the situation in the two counties at the same time.

From another point of view, the west of Yixian County may become a battlefield at any time! Otherwise, he wouldn't have come here, so he would have had to stop and discuss with everyone......

"The lord's idea is to confirm whether there are thieves in the two counties, and then ...... Take the initiative to attack? Guo Jia probably guessed Liu Tao's thoughts.

"Of course, you can't let us just be in Chang'an, or around the main force, right? Wait until they take the initiative, or wait for the thieves to take the initiative to hit them? Liu Tao replied.

"What about supplies?" Simbi is more concerned about this issue.

"It's not just friendly troops who can supply us!" Liu Tao replied, "And our enemies!" ”

"It's too child's play to rely entirely on captured battles!" Lu Bu also felt a little reluctant.

"No, no...... Our situation may not be the same......" Guo Jia suddenly muttered.