From the first year of Zhongping to the present, nearly ten years have passed, Zhang Yan has been fighting endlessly in the dark sky of Montenegro, and finally made a name for himself, in this land, Zhang Yan's great military exploits, but also won many remnants of the Yellow Turban to take refuge, and the power is getting bigger and bigger, and even some small counties around it have to look at their own faces, and they dare not disobey politely.

For most people, this may be good, but for Zhang Yan, this is not the pinnacle of his life, or rather, it is not the pinnacle of life he wants.

Once upon a time, as a general who was recruited, Zhang Yan believed that he was actually not the same as the three brothers Zhang Jiao, and did not raise the banner against the Han court, and did not belong to the rebellious Han family, but soon, Zhang Yan found that in fact, in the eyes of the Han court, he was no different from other yellow scarves......

Liu Yan, Liu Yu, Liu Biao, etc., these people are relatives of the Han family, they are royal armor, they are divided into various places, and they have ascended to high positions, this Zhang Yan feels that there is nothing wrong with it, and he has no ideas.

However, what about Yuan Shao?

What about Gongsun Chan in the north?

Or even the fidive in the west?

Who are they?

Is it also a noble thing?

Joke.

Take Yuan Jiazi as an example, have you suffered a day? Have you ever guarded the border for a day? Have you ploughed for a day? Such a person can actually build an altar by himself, and then he can seal whatever official he wants, the general of the car rider, hum, the general of the bullshit cart! Yuan Jiazi, is it worthy?

In this way, to be a dignitary in the court, it is just a matter of talking big, where is it qualified to go to the main side?

General Gongsun, although it is good, but it is just a martial artist, if he honestly guards the border, maybe he can really achieve a prestige, but his eyes are hot, and he feels that he can take another step, and he greedily wants to get involved in the Central Plains, haha, how can it be so easy?

This guy who only knows how to fight with Hu Ren, what does he know how to use soldiers? Several victories, most of them are either bullying the weak tribes of the Hu people, or beating the yellow scarves, what is there to praise? The ridiculous thing is the battle of the boundary bridge, he first acted hastily, ran thousands of miles, and then carelessly relaxed, and before all the troops crossed the river, he hastily marched and buried all the good situation......

Working with such a person, Zhang Yan feels that there is not much hope.

But he had to cooperate, because now he could only get a war horse from Gongsun Zhan. promised to cooperate with Gongsun Chan and attack Yuan Shao's flank, that is, for the sake of war horses.

If you want to crisscross this land, you must have war horses!

On Montenegro, Zhang Yan is the king, but that is far from enough.

Maybe before, Zhang Yan still had some scruples, but this time, Zhang Yan has already understood that the current Han family is powerless, and now is the time to grab the territory, and whoever grabs it is whoever.

Isn't that what Yuan Jiazi did?

So, why can't I, Zhang Yan, paint a gourd the same?

Although Montenegro is good, it is not a fertile ground for me Zhang Yan......

This time, he will get rid of the current situation, he not only wants to bring down Yuan Shao, and then let Gongsun Chan accompany Yuan Shao to the funeral, but importantly, he can get a piece of his own territory.

Zhang Yan's eyes lit up a little.

Zhang Yan's son Zhang Ding walked over, and saw that his father's eyes revealed an inexplicable excitement, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, which did not match Zhang Yan's consistent appearance, but Zhang Ding didn't ask, but handed a bowl of wheat rice to Zhang Yan's hand and said, "Dad, it's time to eat." ”

Zhang Yan took the wheat rice, did not eat it immediately, but took the bowl and asked, "Have you eaten it?" ”

Zhang Dingding nodded and said, "I've eaten it." ”

Zhang Yan asked again: "How much grain and grass is left in the back camp?" ”

Zhang Ding thought for a moment and said, "There should be some ......"

When Zhang Yan heard this, he frowned and said, "For the way of the general, it must be accurate, how much is some?" ”

"This ......" Zhang Ding scratched his head, thought for a while, and said, "...... Oh, I remember, I remember that the steward of the camp said that there is a thirty-day ......"

Zhang Yan nodded, and said earnestly: "This is the most basic requirement as a leader, don't forget ......" Only then did he pick up the rice bowl and quickly swallowed a bowl of wheat rice.

The wheat rice for Zhang Yan is naturally better, thicker, and the amount of wild vegetables mixed with it will be less, but there is still not much meat.

Up and down the Black Mountain, it is not easy to see a meal of meat, especially when the beasts on the mountain know that this group of guys is not easy to mess with, and they are hiding more and more in the deep mountains and old forests.

Zhang Ding took the bowl, but did not leave immediately, but squatted down beside Zhang Yan and asked, "Dad, ...... Do you really want to hit Jizhou? What kind of bike ride is it going to do? ”

Zhang Yan turned her head to look at her son, and suddenly said, "What identity are you asking me now?" Is it my son, or is it my ruler? ”

Zhang Ding was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

Zhang Yan smiled and said, "At home, I am your father, but in the army, I am your commander, remember ......"

Hold your head at the fixed point.

"Go ahead, go busy with you......" Zhang Yan didn't plan to talk too much to Zhang Ding, one was that he was young, and I was afraid that he couldn't understand it, and the other was also worried that Zhang Ding didn't know how to keep it secret, or accidentally leaked his mouth......

Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Dingyuan's back and smiled slightly, there may be something inauthentic about doing it yourself, but in order to fight for a family business for the Zhang family, what can be criticized?

In fact, Zhang Yan's main target is not Yecheng. Because if you can't control Jizhou, even if you get Yecheng, what's the use?

Although the conditions in Jizhou are good, Zhang Yan knows that these scholars in Jizhou can accept a Yuan family, but they will never accept a person like himself, and if he can't reach a certain compromise with these scholars, then even if he gets Jizhou, he will once again embark on the old road of Hanzhou Mu.

Jizhou's geographical location is very important, the population is also very dense, such a territory, very fat, very attractive, has always been a place to fight, but Zhang Yan can't eat it, just with his current foundation, it is impossible to defend such a large area.

What's more, if Zhang Yan plots against Jizhou, he naturally needs to be on the opposite side with Gongsun Zhan, although he has obtained a lot of war horses from Gongsun Zhan, there are a lot of them, but compared with Gongsun Zhan, it is still somewhat worse.

So Zhang Yan just hopes that here in Jizhou, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, and even more people will be dragged into the abyss of war attrition, and then he can profit from it.

It's just that Zhang Yan didn't expect that the things he originally deduced were quietly changing, and this change was a congenital shortcoming for Zhang Yan......

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Fei Qian stood at the head of Pingyang City, looking at the school field where soldiers were being trained in the north of the city, and then looked at Taoshan in the distance, silent.

It turned out that Fei Qian was going to go to the Momoyama Shoushan Academy, but the current things were chaotic and complicated, and there were still many things to deal with urgently, so he didn't have time to take time.

The affairs of the school palace can be put aside for a while, but the military affairs cannot be delayed for a moment.

It has only been a few days since he left Guanzhong, and the form of Guanzhong is like a floating cloud in the sky, and the changes are elusive.

Ma Teng and Li Dao infighting, and then Ma Teng died, Li Dao was nowhere to be found, and Yang Biao took less than four days to rush from Xinfeng to Chang'an, if the distance is calculated, then at least more than sixty miles a day!

If you march forty miles a day according to the standard, that is, one or two days late, but Yang Biao doesn't seem to want to wait even for these two days, and he doesn't care about the risk of being attacked halfway, how urgent is this?

"Prince." Jia Xu walked over and saluted.

"Wenhe," Fei Qian nodded and said, "How's the repair going in the past two days?" Can you get used to it? After Jia Xu arrived in Pingyang, in addition to attending the meeting at the beginning, Fei Qian did not specifically arrange what he did, but just let him rest and rest, which was the first time he asked him to come over and talk alone after arriving in Pingyang.

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "Thank you for your concern, everything is fine." ”

"If there is any need, or if there is any inconvenience, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it, or you can talk to Wen Zheng," Fei Qian turned his head to look at Jia Xu and said, "You're welcome." ”

"Yui." Jia Xu responded.

Fei Qian nodded, then turned his head to look outside the city, and said, "Wen He also knows about the changes in Guanzhong?" ”

Jia Xu was silent for a moment, arched his hand slightly, and said, "Got it." ”

"That'...... What do you think? Fei Qian asked slowly.

"Half the winner." Jia Xu said, "Now it is not a battle of strength, but a battle between the court, from the analysis of the situation of both sides, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, it depends on who can give full play to their own advantages and contain the advantages of the other party......

Fei Qian knocked on the red bricks on the city wall slightly, and said, "Wenhe is no longer optimistic about Xiliang's side?" "Half of each, it already means that only two parties are fighting, and Jia Xu seems to have excluded Xiliang.

"......" Jia Xu was silent for a while, and sighed lowly, "The soldiers' hearts have been scattered, and each one is doing its own thing, it is already a plate of scattered sand, and it is difficult to do anything." ”

"If Wen He is still on the side of Xiliang," Fei Qian turned his head and looked at Jia Xu and said, "Will it be different?" ”

Fei Qian did not ask Jia Xu if there was any way to save Qiankun on Xiliang's side, but to test whether Jia Xu would have some different emotions in the face of Xiliang's current situation.

However, there is nothing wrong with this, after all, human nature, if it is a matter of great concern, it will often be concerned, but if Jia Xu has any performance, then everything that involves Xiliang, what Jia Xu said, Fei Qian needs special attention and screening.

Jia Xu shook his head, sighed, and said, "Guanzhong Xiliang has declined, and it is beyond human power to recover. ”

The subtle meaning in Jia Xu's words, Fei Qian also understood.

Originally, among the Xiliang forces, the one that could unite the most was the one left by Dong Zhuo, after all, there was some friendship between the two people, but Ma Teng, Han Sui and the others completely belonged to Guanzhong to take advantage, and they couldn't get together very much, but now with Li Dao and Ma Teng, it is even more impossible for the Xiliang soldiers on these two sides to work together again.

In the batch of Xiliang Military Schools left by Dong Zhuo, there was only one Li Dao left, and Han Sui and Ma Teng, who came from Wuwei, also suffered a lot of losses and lost their enterprising spirit.

As Jia Xu, a person who grew up in Xiliang, he doesn't feel any sense of the current situation in Xiliang in Guanzhong, which is also unrealistic, so Jia Xu didn't cover it up too much.

Of course, Jia Xu is talking about Guanzhong Xiliang, not all Xiliang.

Because in fact, Xiliang is very large, and whether it is Dong Zhuo or Han Sui, they are just the leaders elected by these people in Xiliang, for these Qiang people in Xiliang who have a relatively large Sinicization process, it seems to be a default form to take refuge in or elect a Han as the commander.

Fei Qian nodded, was silent for a while, and said: "Wenhe, at this time, most of Yang Gong also entered Chang'an, and the Kyoto court is chaotic and changing, what do you think?" ”

Regarding Xiliang's troops, in fact, to a certain extent, Fei Qian also thinks that it is impossible to set off any more storms. Although the Xiliang soldiers still have a large number of cavalry, it seems that they still have some strength, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, you may not be able to do much.

The cavalry turned thousands of miles to fight, rushing and invading, which seemed to be very good, but in fact, whether it was the physical strength of the soldiers or the endurance of the war horses, they all needed a strong backup support. The battle of the cavalry in the early stage is very strong, but the more it drags on in the later stage, if it is under poor backup conditions, the endurance of the foot soldiers will be stronger, after all, the food and grass consumption of the war horse is more than the average three people combined.

What's more, running thousands of miles, it is impossible to bring too much grain and grass with the army, once the food is cut off, the physical strength of the soldiers decreases is one thing, and the endurance and combat effectiveness of the war horses decline faster. Therefore, as long as the stubborn foot soldiers do not mess up, it is generally difficult for the cavalry to attack the city and pull out the fortress on their own.

In the past, Fei Qian could still judge based on historical experience, but now that history has changed, the power comparison between Yang Biao and Chong Shao, and their duel above the court, these things are completely absent in history, at least in Fei Qian's impression, there is no impression at all.

There are often conspiracies between people, but in this situation, it is more about power and strength, and the strength is clear, and the strategy can seize the opportunity for a while, but it is impossible to always grasp the opportunity, and the final contest is the hard power and the wisdom of both sides to deal with the crisis.

Jia Xu pondered for a while and said, "If nothing else, Yang Gong should return to the court." ”

"Why?" Fei Qian asked, "Duke Yang has generals, and there are also Gong Gong, besides, Gong Gong is in charge of Shangshutai, how can he let it go easily?" ”

To be honest, Fei Qian didn't want Yang Biao to take power, and the reason was naturally on the surface.

Jia Xu looked at Fei Qian and said, "There is something that can remove the worries of the prince and the prince......"