"This ,......" Cai Zhong immediately hesitated when he heard this.

Because, Cai Zhong knew that Fu Tong was telling the truth.

But what really worries Cai Zhong is that no matter how confident Fu Tong is, if he himself doesn't have this ability, if he is defeated, how can he explain to the lord Liu Biao? What's more, looking at the posture on the scene, Fu Tong seemed to only plan to lead the 3,000 veterans under his own command to go on the expedition, but Liu Biao assigned his 10,000 recruits to stay.

With this amount of troops, it is not difficult to break through a county seat by means of sneak attacks, but it is very difficult to take the county seat in the north of Nanyang County that is occupied by Cao's army.

Just when Cai Zhong hesitated, Yi Yuan spoke and said: "Fu Taishou, by all means, let's not talk about the task of the main bus to give you and me, just build the new city wall of Gaoxinye County in time and as soon as possible." Besides, even if Fu Taishou is like a god with your troops, you can successfully take the northern counties of Nanyang County occupied by Cao's army in a short period of time, but, Fu Taishou, how sure are you that you can use the forces you control now to hold so many cities? ”

He was extremely worried that Fu Tong would rashly attack these county towns in the north of Nanyang County, and even if he was lucky enough to win, if he could not hold them all in the end, he would not only lose his existing troops in vain, but also greatly delay the process of establishing the Xinye defense system.

"Hahaha!" Hearing Yi's worried words, Fu Tong laughed loudly, and after laughing, he explained: "Yijun Cheng, you are too worried. Who told you that after Ben Taishou captured those counties, he would leave troops to garrison them? This time, Ben Taishou led his troops to surprise attack which counties, and the purpose was twofold.

First, to test it, kill the chief officials of these counties appointed by Cao Cao, and deter those scholars who served Cao Cao, a traitorous minister.

Second, plundering all the materials and people in the county.

The last point, in fact, is very important to you and me, this time, Ben Taishou from these counties, the more food and materials looted, the more people who moved to Xinye County, so that when you and I build the defense of Xinye City, we will be able to recruit more strong men at one time. With more people, the planned new city walls and defense system in Xinye County can be completed faster and better.

After Ben Taishou left, Yijun Cheng, who was still preparing for the initial construction of the city wall, was in charge of it, and Cai Junwei, the 10,000 soldiers that the lord gave you and me, were all handed over to you to be responsible for training. After all, these soldiers are all new soldiers, and if they are rashly allowed to go to the battlefield, it will cause very large casualties, so Captain Cai must do his best when training them.

Of course, if the two of them are willing to go with Ben Taishou, these two tasks will be handed over to others. ”

"Since Fu Taishou said so, it is inconvenient for the county lieutenant to stop you, here in Xinye County, you can leave it to me with confidence!" Cai Zhong was naturally not unwilling to follow Fu Tong on the expedition and go to that troubled water, so he made it clear that he was willing to stay and be responsible for training recruits.

When Yi Ji heard this, he glanced at the two of them and said, "Fu Taishou, this official also stayed!" After all, the construction of new city walls and city defenses is the most important task for the lord. ”

What the three of them didn't expect was that at this moment, Zhang An and Zhang Ying, father and son, who were also about to lead the troops to Wancheng, came over and interjected: "Wait, Fu Taishou, our father and son are willing to participate in this northern expedition with the general." ”

"Oh! Zhang County Order, in principle, Ben Taishou will not refuse your request, however, the task given to you by the main bus is to guard Wancheng. If your father and son are gone, what will happen to your soldiers, and what will happen to Wancheng? Hearing this, Fu Tong asked in some surprise.

"Qi Qi Fu Taishou, there are subordinate lieutenants in the army, you can rest assured." Zhang An said to Fu Tong very respectfully.

Fu Tong was still difficult to figure out for a while about the attitude of the father and son to show favor and take the initiative to participate in the northern expedition, but he was selfless and wide in his heart, and Fu Tong was actually thinking about Liu Biaojun by doing this, so he was not afraid of whether the Zhang father and son were spies sent by Zhang Yun to monitor him, or whether they were sent by others.

The first to send troops to attack the counties occupied by Cao's army in the north of Nanyang County was before leaving Yizhou, and Jin Jue formulated a good strategy for Fu Tong and Fu Gan.

This strategy can be explained in one word, and that is 'grab'!

To explain in one sentence, what is 'grabbing time, grabbing materials, grabbing population'.

The princes fought against each other before, seemingly grabbing territory, but in the end, what they grabbed was still these three things.

Both the material and the population can strengthen the power of the victorious princes in a very short time.

If you grab the supplies, you can supplement all kinds of military supplies, and even use them to make up for the shortage of food or other necessities for the people's life, such as salt.

The princes of the land who have it do not produce salt.

Of course, during the period from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms, the territory of the princes was relatively large, and the lack of salt under their rule was basically wiped out early.

The population is grabbed, one is to allow these people to produce food and other various materials for themselves, and the other is that the strong ones can also be incorporated into the army.

Since ancient times, in the land of China, in most wars, the warring sides ultimately competed with the number of soldiers. It's not like the Neon Country, where a melee of a few hundred people is embarrassingly called a battle.

And among the princes, whichever side has abundant materials and a large population will obviously occupy a more obvious advantage.

The production of goods takes time, as does the natural reproduction of populations, and superiority itself is the embodiment of time.

If Fu Tong's Northern Expedition to Nanyang County is successful, and the goal set in the early stage of this battle is successfully completed. So. In the future, even if Cao's army captured all the counties of Nanyang County north of Xinye County, without population and material replenishment, Cao's army would only get some vacant land.

What's more, once Fu Tong completes the defense system of Xinye City, he can be like a shield, and he has been nailed to the fortified city of Xinye City like a shield.

Regarding the request of Zhang's father and son, Cai Zhong and Yi Yuan saw it in their eyes and remembered it in their hearts, but no one objected.

Originally, the task of the Zhang father and son was to put all the attraction of Cao Jun on them.

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