Chen Cheng gave Zhao Yun and the generals who had returned from the expedition an extra ten days to rest, and then summoned the generals at all levels in the army and the relevant personnel in the six departments of the three provinces to discuss the matter of marching to Guanzhong.

At the very beginning, that is, at the end of the first year of Chuping, in order to break through Huangfu Song's army in Fufeng in one fell swoop, Chen Cheng formulated a plan for one year to recuperate, one year to train officers, and only in the third year that soldiers could be used. In the original plan, the number of Ya soldiers was to be expanded to 20,000, and with the addition of soldiers from various counties and Qianghu Yicong, there should be a total of 80,000 soldiers and horses.

The plan was to advance to Chencang City according to the previous route, and then fight a decisive battle with the Huangfu Song-Ding Yuan coalition army. In order to annihilate the main force of the Guanzhong Army, the General Staff made a detailed sand table, marked the mountains, roads, rivers, bridges and villages, garrisons and so on near Chencang, calculated the materials needed, planned the marching route, and formulated more than ten sets of plans to deal with different situations.

After the General Staff made a plan, the Tooth Soldiers and the Military Department trained officers and non-commissioned officers according to the plan, and expanded the strength again and again, and the Ministry of Industry also worked overtime to produce the weapons and armor needed, and also purchased a lot of military materials from the people.

As a result, before the Liangzhou army could complete its combat preparations as planned, Ding Yuan was already dead, Huangfu Song was also placed under house arrest in Luoyang, and then even Gai Xun died of illness, and Sanfu fell into turmoil and civil war. The Guanzhong Army, which was originally regarded as a great enemy and a strong enemy, collapsed on its own, making many people in the staff department rejoice and rejoice, but they couldn't help but scold.

Knowing that you were going to be doomed on your own, and making so many plans to the ball?

Originally, the plan was to use troops around the autumn harvest this year, but now that Guanzhong has become a pot of porridge, and the strong enemy that needs to be dealt with in the plan no longer exists, then it will naturally have to change with the changes, and there is no longer a need to follow the previous steps.

"The Ministry of War thinks that now that Lu Bu's main force is attacking Dong Zhuo, and he has no ability to take care of other things, we can launch an attack on Fufeng County before the summer harvest." Yang Qiu took the lead and said: "Now Duan Xuan has only 40,000 people in his hands, although there are many old troops of Huangfu Song, but the discipline in the army is lax, and the combat effectiveness is completely incomparable with before. It only takes 30,000 elites to destroy them! ”

"If it weren't for General Zhao Yun leading his troops outside last year, we would have been able to launch an attack, and now half of Duan Xuan's soldiers and horses are guarding against Zhang Liao in Chang'an, if we launch a surprise attack on Fufeng, we can defeat them with only 10,000 tooth soldiers!"

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The discussion was lively, but it also seemed lighthearted. As long as you don't make a big mistake, with Liangzhou's current force, it is a sure thing to step on the Duan Xuan army that helps the wind. The only question is how much you can win and how many people you will lose.

Chen Cheng and the others discussed for a while, and said with some dissatisfaction: "We sent troops this time, not just to seize Fufeng, but to level Guanzhong in one fell swoop." Therefore, our enemies are not only Duan Xuan, but also Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo, as well as all the heroes and heroes in the country, as well as those hungry people and bandits who can't get enough to eat! ”

He snorted and said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, come on!" ”

Jia Xu said: "This time, we are no longer the thieves who invade China, but the army of the king who hangs the people and fights the crime, and responds to the heavens!" The main guild presented the imperial court and affirmed that the purpose of this army was to crusade against the rebellious Lü Bu. If Duan Xuan is on the side of the imperial court, then he should send troops with us to attack Lu Bu. If he refuses to send troops with us, then he is an enemy of the court and should be eliminated! ”

After he finished speaking, Chen Cheng stood up and said loudly: "Now, I announce the order!" ”

Everyone, including military generals and civilian officials, stood up together, except Jia Xu sat on a chair, spread out rice paper, and prepared to write military orders.

"The date of dispatch is set for April 10th!"

"With Zhao Yun as the former general, he commanded the Ya soldiers and the 'Shangfan' soldiers and horses of the various counties; with Yang Qiu as the left general, he commanded the soldiers of Jiuquan, Wuwei, Zhangye, Anding, Beidi, Wudu, Jincheng, Longxi and Hanyang, a total of 40,000 soldiers, and the two armies will gather in Hanyang before 15 April and go to attack the fortified positions!"

"With Xu Rong as the right general, commanding Shuofang, all the Hu and Han soldiers and horses in Wuyuan and Shangjun, from north to south, depending on the situation, will enter Feng Yi or Yanmen, thinking that it is a response!"

Jia Xu worked hard to write, and after a while, all the military orders were written, Chen Cheng took it and took a look, and then took the seal of the state pastor from the hands of the guards and put it on it. Yan Zhong, Jia Xu, and Yang Qiu also stamped their seals on it.

In this way, the military order has gone through all the procedures of the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Zhongshu Province, Shangshu Province, and Menxia Province, and can be directly issued.

Chen Cheng grabbed the rolled up military order and looked at the lobby, only to see that everyone was in high spirits, even Xu Chao, who had always opposed outward expansion, was very excited. He was quite satisfied in his heart, and said loudly: "Now that there is chaos in Guanzhong, let's not talk about it, even if it is not chaotic, we will send troops!" Isn't it just for such a day that I've been preparing for so long? Post the notice in every county, so that everyone in Liangzhou knows: This time, we must break through Sanfu and seize the entire Guanzhong! ”

"No!"

With the issuance of the military order, the entire Liangzhou began to operate. Countless materials flowed to the warehouses in Shangqi and Longxian, and soldiers and horses began to gather. In the past few years, Liangzhou has hoarded countless money and grain, and now it is all spent like flowing water.

With such a large-scale use of troops after spring ploughing, this year's harvest in Liangzhou will definitely be much reduced. Fighting a war is not only a matter for soldiers, but also a large number of people have to be requisitioned in various places to transport grain and grass. Even if the Xiliang army is mostly cavalry, it can let the horses gnaw grass, but if they just eat grass, the war horses will soon become thin and weak.

In fact, horses have more to eat than people, and sometimes better. In addition to eating roughage such as grass, hay, and straw, horses also feed them wheat, soybeans, wheat bran, and other things. Very often, when the soldiers were hungry, they would take a handful of feed from the feed given to the horses, stuff it in their mouths and chew it.

Now that the spring ploughing has just ended, there will not be much of a problem in recruiting people, but will the war end before the summer harvest? The answer is no, even if you capture Fufeng County, you will have to face Lu Bujun and Dong Zhuojun after that, and maybe you will have to fight until winter. The summer harvest is estimated to be reduced by two or three percent, and the autumn harvest will only be reduced even more.

This is only the harvest of Liangzhou, the army is going back and forth on the territory of Guanzhong, and half of this year's harvest in Guanzhong can be considered God blessed. There were originally 330,000 households in Guanzhong, and now there are about 200,000 or so households registered, and if there is not enough food, many people will starve to death in winter.

There was a stop between Liangzhou and Guanzhong, but business travel has not been banned. Most of those who dared to trade at this time had the background of powerful and officials. It is impossible for such a large-scale mobilization and assembly of troops in Liangzhou not to attract the attention of Guanzhong. Not to mention that Chen Cheng had already posted notices about the use of troops in Guanzhong everywhere, even if he wanted to pretend not to see it.

Therefore, the news of the start of mobilization in Guanzhong soon spread to Fufeng through the mouth of the merchant traveler.

After receiving the news from Liangzhou, Duan Xuan, who was sticking to Fufeng, although he was still calm on the outside, he was already in a panic in his heart. He was able to hold Chen Cang before, let's just count the last time he defended it, it was because there were 40,000 elites of Huangfu Song behind him, and because he had the entire Guanzhong behind him to rely on.

Now that Huangfu Song is gone, and Guanzhong is in the midst of war again, so this time, can he continue to hold Chen Cangcheng? After only thinking about it for a few seconds, Duan Xuan was desperate to find that he couldn't find any reason to hold on.

The book of war says: Fighting a war is nothing more than three aspects: time, place, and people. Now that the spring ploughing has just ended, Fufeng can mobilize fifty or sixty thousand township soldiers, and Chencang also has a geographical advantage, but all of this adds up to the strong combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army!

The time is not as good as the location, the location is not as good as the people, the Fufeng people are not willing to fight the Xiliang people, but how can their own people compare with the soldiers of the Shangxi Liang army?

Xiliang's military reform Duan Xuan is not unheard of, he also wants to train an elite army, but the time he took over Fufeng County is too short, and as soon as he sorted out the relationship between the county, the Xiliang people have already called.

Damn! Duan Xuan's noodles sank like water, but his heart had already begun to roar.

If you give me another year, with the population and output of Fufeng, I will definitely not be afraid of the Xiliang thief!

Well, Duan Xuan thought in frustration: Even if you give yourself a few more years, you probably won't be able to beat the Xiliang people.

Before, with the strength of the whole level, there was no way to take the Xiliang people, but now that there is only one-third of the strength left, will it become more powerful instead? It's impossible to even think about!

After several urgent discussions with his generals, Duan Xuan kept writing letters to the bigwigs in Liangzhou, begging them not to go against the grain, not to use troops at this time, and to help Feng with 100,000 bayonets...... Ring head knife and so on, he moved with affection, knew with reason, and threatened with threat, so he almost burst into tears.

On the other side, he also wrote a letter asking for help to Lu Bu. The letter was written very earnestly, pointing out that if Fufeng was not protected, the cavalry of the Xiliang army would pour into Guanzhong like a tide. The Xiliang soldiers said that it was 100,000, but if it was really calculated, even 200,000 cavalry could pull it out.

Those Qiang tribes have been poor for a long time, if they can have the opportunity to enter Guanzhong and rob them on a large scale, then they must not move the entire tribe over? However, this is just Duan Xuan's own worries, although Chen Cheng recruited some Qiang light cavalry, but the number is not large, he does not plan to rob and leave.

On the contrary, among the county soldiers in various parts of Liangzhou, there are a large number of Qiang people. Those Qiang cavalry fought bravely, and the most important thing was that it was cheap, whether it was Han Sui in the past, or Chengyi Ma Teng and others now, they all especially liked to use these tribal warriors with the same long history as the Han people.

Only Zhang Heng, who was in Wudu, because there was no Qiang tribe in the county, changed his career to recruit some Southern Barbarian warriors and added them to his black armor army. There are many mountains in Wudu County, and those barbarians are used to this kind of terrain, although they are not very good cavalry, but they can gallop in the mountains, and they are deeply loved by Zhang Heng.

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