Chapter 394: A Bloodless Plan

"Zhu Yuanzhang?"

Zhang Jiao pondered for a while, but still didn't have the slightest impression, so he asked, "What is so good about this person?" ”

Zhang Liang smiled indifferently and said slowly: "After the defeat in the battle outside Luoyang City, this Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative to lead a thousand cavalry to break off, and under the condition of skillful use of the terrain, he successfully dragged tens of thousands of Han army iron cavalry, and killed Yang Jishun, the son of the Han general Yang Yeyi. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's basic force has 92 points, but when he is being pursued, he wants to kill Yang Jishun, who has a basic force of 93, but it is not easy at all.

The actual situation is careless Yang Jishun, when facing the joint efforts of Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Wenzhong and Zhu Wenzheng, he was naturally killed directly in seconds without any accident.

And killing Yang Jishun has also become an important credit on Zhu Yuanzhang's resume.

Zhang Jiao's eyes lit up after listening to Zhang Liang's introduction, Zhang Liang's introduction to Zhu Yuanzhang was not much, but the content was very rich.

"Obviously he is the younger brother of Zhu Wen under Huang Chao, but he serves under Xiang Yu, who is in competition with Huang Chao, which proves that this Zhu Yuanzhang does not want to rely on his brother's relationship and wants to prove himself with his own ability.

The relationship between Huang Chao and Xiang Yu is very poor, but Zhu Yuanzhang still dares to follow Xiang Yu, proving that he is very confident in his talent.

In the face of the situation of ten thousand cavalry pursuit, he dared to take the initiative to lead a thousand cavalry to break off, proving that he had courage.

It is possible to think of taking advantage of the terrain and successfully dragging the Han army, proving that it has a strategy. ”

Zhang Jiao slowly made his own analysis, but Zhang Liang smiled when he saw this, and then only heard Zhang Jiao ask: "Such a talented, courageous, and strategic general, he must have been suppressed under Xiang Yu, right?" ”

"That's right."

The corners of Zhang Liang's mouth curled slightly, and he smiled lightly: "Because my brother is Zhu Wen, Zhu Yuanzhang has never been able to integrate into the Xiang family system, so even under Xiang Yu, who is full of opportunities, he is only a school captain so far." ”

Zhang Jiao nodded and said, "With such a handsome talent, it is indeed a pity to be a captain under Xiang Yu." In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang was ordered to serve as the vanguard, which should be a stage suitable for his development. ”

Zhang Liang didn't expect to look on his face when he heard this, and then shouted to the outside world: "Zhu Yuanzhang, have you heard it, and don't come in to thank you." ”

Zhang Jiao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You." ”

Zhang Jiao naturally understood that Zhang Liang's move was to make Zhu Yuanzhang grateful to himself, but Zhang Jiao didn't care much.

Zhang Jiao felt that he was already a dying person, and it was what he should do to bring up talented newcomers, and he could also exert his residual heat.

After thinking about it, I saw a heroic general walk in, although the appearance of this general is relatively ordinary, but there is wisdom in his eyes, this person is Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

"The last general, Zhu Ming and Zhu Yuanzhang, meet the great sage and good teacher." Zhu Yuanzhang knelt down and said loudly, looking at Zhang Jiao with a look of admiration in his eyes.

Zhang Jiao actually underestimated his charm far from him, and he was basically equivalent to a national idol among the common people, but he was not treated well by the family.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Wen are also from commoners, and they have come to the present little by little at the bottom, so they worship Zhang Jiao, the hero who led the commoners of the world to fight against the oppression of the aristocracy, from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhang Jiao naturally knew what the look in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes represented, and he had seen it in the eyes of those fanatical believers when he was preaching before.

Seeing that this battlefield cadre actually showed a nervous look, Zhang Jiao chuckled lightly and said kindly: "Get up, the old man doesn't have too many rules here, so you don't have to be restrained." ”

"Thank you."

Zhu Yuanzhang still stood up a little stiffly, but the look in his eyes became brighter and brighter, and Zhang Jiao nodded with satisfaction after looking up and down.

"Zhu Yuanzhang, the old man asked you, how should our army take Luoyang at the lowest cost?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart tightened, knowing that this was Zhang Jiao's own examination school, and after taking a deep breath to remove the tension in his heart, he said slowly: "The last general believes that at present, except for Luoyang, there is no strong city in Sizhou that can be held for a long time. The city of Luoyang has thick walls, and the troops have sufficient food and grass, so the strong attack will definitely cause a lot of losses. ”

Zhang Jiao listened quietly to Zhu Yuanzhang's analysis, but the more he listened, the more surprised he became, this Zhu Yuanzhang's insight even surpassed that of most Qu Shuai.

"Although our army has sufficient troops, it is still not advisable to storm Luoyang, and the cost is too great to be cost-effective. However, as long as our army occupies all the other cities, Luoyang will become an isolated city.

Qin Wen must also know the truth that the lonely city cannot be defended, so even if he doesn't want to at that time, he can only take the initiative to give up Luoyang and retreat to Guanzhong, and our army will be able to take Luoyang without blood. ”

Zhang Jiao's heart was shocked when he heard this, he had already overestimated Zhu Yuanzhang as much as possible, but he didn't expect to underestimate it.

Luoyang is indeed hard to bite, but Sizhou is not the only city in Luoyang?

There are more than 4 million people in 67 cities in the four counties of Sizhou, and Luoyang is just a city in Yinzhong, Henan.

The Han army concentrated its forces to defend Luoyang, so there were not many garrisons in other cities, and it was not difficult to take these with the strength of the Yellow Turbans, but it would slow down the advance of the Yellow Turbans.

Even if the Yellow Turban divides its troops to attack other cities in Sizhou, the Han army has no way to stop it, because the Yellow Turban has enough troops, and once the Han army goes out of the city to stop it, it means that it will have to confront the Yellow Turban.

This is a yang conspiracy!

Zhang Jiao nodded with satisfaction, and based on what Zhu Yuanzhang said, he revealed a strategy that was not inferior to Huang Chao, and secretly said in his heart: I really picked up a treasure.

Zhang Jiao restrained his smile and asked with a serious face: "If the task of the strategy division is handed over to you, how many troops do you need and how long?" ”

"If it's me, well......"

After Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it carefully, he said: "200,000 troops, one month is enough." ”

Zhang Jiao thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would boast of taking a Haikou like Sizhou with an army of 100,000 because he was in a hurry to perform, but he didn't expect him to be so calm, and his heart was even more satisfied.

"Zhu Yuanzhang listened to the order, and the old man now orders you to lead an army of 200,000 and take Henan, Hanoi, and Hedong counties within a month."

The fourth county of Sizhou is called Hongnong County, and Hongnong is a bridge connecting Chang'an and Luoyang, not only the terrain is dangerous, but also there are many defenders, so the difficulty of attacking Hongnong is far above the three counties.

If you want to isolate Luoyang, you only need to take the three counties, so Zhang Jiao did not ask Zhu Yuanzhang to attack Hongnong.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened, he had thought that he would be valued by the great sage and good teacher, but he didn't expect that the great sage and good teacher would value him so much.

What a great credit to the strategy of Sizhou, he actually wants to give himself a small captain, is this a great sage and good teacher to promote himself to the new commander?

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