Chapter 299: The Danger of Taiyuan
After a while, there were only more than a hundred stunned officials left in the main hall, looking at each other with a little dissatisfaction, they didn't know how many times they had scolded Lu Bu in their hearts, but in addition to showing their anger to the people in front of them with their eyes, they didn't even make the slightest voice of dissatisfaction, they knew very well that none of the guards in this hall were not Lu Bu, as long as they showed a little dissatisfaction, Lu Bu would know after a while, so what was waiting for them was ......
The officials of all living beings left in twos and threes, moved to Chang'an with Dong Zhuo, and then returned to Luoyang with Lu Bu, tossing down again and again, even if they have a lot of money, they are already four walls at this time, and they have to hurry up to think about how to spend this half a year without money! Some people wonder if it's too late to show loyalty to Lu Bu now? Some people wonder if they are looking for Wang Yun, who has a good relationship, to borrow some money to spend this half a year? Some people are already thinking about what else they can sell at home, while others are thinking of opening up sources and reducing expenditure, and dismissing all the servants and servants at home......
In LΓΌ Bu's mansion, Wang Yun, Zhang Di, Wei Xu, Cheng Lian, Hao Meng and other henchmen sat under LΓΌ Bu, discussing how to face the current predicament, this is LΓΌ Bu's practice, out of distrust of the Chinese military force of the DPRK, generally discussing major issues, especially this kind of matter related to the life and death of the entire LΓΌ Bu group, he will not choose to discuss in the court, but after retreating from the dynasty, he will gather his henchmen to discuss privately.
Lu Bu looked at Wang Yun, the brain of the Lu Clan, and asked, "Situ Gong, when will Yuan Shao attack Taiyuan at the latest?" β
Wang Yun frowned and said: "Give Yuan Shao three months to transfer troops and raise grain and grass, if there is no major accident, Yuan Shao will be able to send 30,000 to 50,000 partial divisions from Yanmen to Taiyuan in three months." β
"Three to fifty thousand?" Lu Bu muttered to himself in a little shock.
Wang Yun said with certainty: "Yes, this is the best possibility, if Yuan Shao is determined to adopt the strategy of Huguan containment and Yanmen breakthrough, he even only needs to leave 50,000 troops to contain our army on the front line of Huguan, and the main force of 100,000 can be transferred to Yanmen, but in this way, the preparation time for the battle will increase by one or two months!" β
Lu Bu said worriedly: "Our army only has 60,000 soldiers in Hebei, and the main force of 50,000 is contained in Huguan, once Yuan Shao captures Taiyuan from Yanmen, let alone 100,000, even if there are only 30,000, Taiyuan may not be guaranteed!" If Yuan Shao is willing, he only needs to send thousands of cavalry to attack Taiyuan and other places, so that we can be exhausted and destroy Taiyuan, a major tax town, little by little, and make us fall into the three-nos of no soldiers, no funds, and no food and grass! After that, he waved his arm violently, and said hatefully: "I knew this was the case, I should have listened to Situ's words back then, and took the opportunity of Yuan Shao being driven out of Huguan to leave a small number of soldiers to guard the front line of Huguan, and the main force went north to pull out the chess pieces that Yuan Shao left in Bingzhou. β
Wang Yun persuaded and said: "This matter cannot be completely blamed on Feng Xian, although Yuan Shao's main force was expelled from Huguan at that time, but its strength was not greatly affected, not to mention that at that time, Yan Liang and Fu Zhizheng led troops to rescue Gao Gan, once the main force of our army went north, Huguan may not be guaranteed." If the key pass of Huguan is lost, in the face of Yuan Shao's absolute superiority of troops, I am afraid that Taiyuan and Hebei will not be guaranteed. β
Lu Bu scolded hatefully: "These despicable villains of the Huns invade every year, but they have never invaded the three counties of Yanmen, Dingxiang and Yunzhong under the control of Yuan Shao, it seems that Yuan Shao's purchase * thief must have reached some ulterior agreement with the Huns, otherwise, my plan to kill people with a knife must have been successful!" β
After listening to Lu Bu's words, Wang Yun and the others nodded with deep sympathy and scolded Yuan Shaolai.
It turned out that Lu Bu, who was born in Bingzhou, knew the habits of the Huns very well, and since the decline of the national power of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu have committed crimes every year. At first, it was only to rob some villages and towns and quickly evacuate, slowly, after several temptations to find that the Han Dynasty was powerless against them, they began to besiege the city, after breaking the city, killing people and setting fires, looting all before leaving, what's more, some tribes even in the cold winter after breaking through the city, the whole tribe moved into the city to avoid the wind and snow on the grassland, and returned to the grassland to graze in the spring of the next year. The reason why LΓΌ Bu gave up attacking Yanmen and other places was because he did not have enough troops at that time, and secondly, because he thought that with the habits of the Xiongnu, he would inevitably attack in winter, so that he could solve the few strongholds that Yuan Shao wedged into the state without wasting a single soldier...... Who knew that since Yuan Shao's people occupied the three counties of Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Dingxiang, the Huns were unusually uncharacteristic, and they did not commit any crimes against the three counties.
Lu Bu looked at the crowd and said, "No matter what agreement Yuan Shao reached with the Huns, how will I deal with Yuan Shao's attack in three months?" β
Wang Yundao: "At present, the total strength of our army is about 100,000, of which 60,000 are stationed in Hebei, 15,000 in six counties in Yanzhou, 10,000 in Luoyang, and 15,000 in Hongnong County. The defenders of Luoyang guard the national capital, the responsibility is heavy, no matter how can not be easily transferred, the six counties of Yanzhou because our army and Cao Cao are in a situation of fire and water, 15,000 defenders are not enough to defend, if you want to transfer troops, you must give up the six counties, but the six counties have a large number of people, is one of the main sources of soldiers and food taxes for our army, and giving up easily will be greatly detrimental to the future development of our army (since occupying the six counties, Lu Bu has regarded the six counties as his logistics warehouses and the source of soldiers, and forcibly levied all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the six counties, and tied up the strong men to join the army, regardless of the livelihood of the six counties, It was precisely because of Lu Bu's endless plundering in the six counties that he allowed him to raise his army of 100,000, and the six counties naturally became one of his important places for grain taxes and soldiers); If you want to transfer troops, you can only find a way from Hongnong, since Shuofang and Shangjun were given to Liu Zhang, according to Fengxian's intentions, the Hongnong defenders have been ordered to completely abandon Hongnong County, concentrate their forces on Hangu Pass, strictly guard the east entrance of the Cuihan dangerous road, and block Liu Zhang in the 400-mile Cuihan dangerous road with the danger of Hangu Pass, and it is difficult to advance an inch. Judging from Liu Zhang's current situation and the relationship between our army and Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang will not attack our army in the short term, and now there are 15,000 garrisons in Hangu Guanzhong, and I think I can transfer 10,000 of them to Taiyuan. β
"Ten thousand?" Lu Bu shook his head and said: "It's too little, once Yuan Shao attacks Taiyuan, even if he throws all these 10,000 people into Jinyang, I'm afraid he won't be able to defend it for ten days!" β
Zhang Miao said: "Wen Hou, didn't you already agree to Wen Hou's new formation of 30,000 soldiers at the pilgrimage this morning?" β
Lu Bu looked at Zhang Miao and said, "Meng Zhuo doesn't know, although His Majesty has agreed to organize another 30,000 soldiers, but it is not an overnight task to think of recruiting enough soldiers, not to mention that there are not many weapons left in Luoyang's inventory, even if there are enough soldiers, it is quite difficult to arm them all." Even if enough soldiers are recruited and there are enough armaments, those who can only plough the fields with hoes are not trained and go to the battlefield not only to no avail, but because of their rout, the whole situation will get out of control. β
Zhang Miao is also a person who has participated in the discussion of Dong, how can he not know anything about the military, after listening to Lu Bu's words, he was not angry, but said calmly: "Wenhou, how can Miao not know this, Miao means that it is possible to gather enough soldiers as soon as possible, let them set off to Hebei with Hongnong's 10,000 reinforcements, Hongnong's elite will be stationed in Taiyuan, and the recruits will go to Huguan to replace the same number of soldiers to Taiyuan to guard against Yuan Shao." β
Lu Bu's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but look at Wang Yun and said, "Does Situ Gong think Meng Zhuo's method is feasible?" β
Wang Yun thought for a while and said: "Fengxian, I think it is completely feasible, according to the analysis, Yuan Shao will be able to prepare everything at least three months later, and then attack Taiyuan, we can use these three months to recruit new soldiers to Huguan, replace the veterans to defend Taiyuan, and the recruits will take advantage of the dangerous terrain of Huguan to slowly grow into elite in actual combat." β
"But a large number of recruits are put into the battlefield, once Yuan Shao sees the reality and attacks Huguan with all his might, can Huguan be defended?"
Wang Yun said with a smile: "Fengxian doesn't have to worry, Huguan is protected by a high city and thick walls, and it is not easy for Yuan Shao to capture it, not to mention that even if the veterans are replaced with the same number of recruits, Huguan still has 20,000 elite divisions, and with them watching, it is impossible for recruits to escape and make chaos on a large scale!" β
Zhang Miao also said: "As long as the Taiyuan front line and Yuan Shao form a stalemate, we can continue to recruit soldiers in the rear, gather strength, and then give Yuan Shao a thunderous blow to completely reverse the entire situation in Bingzhou!" β
Lu Bu nodded, it seemed that this was the only feasible way at the moment, but ......