Xi Zhicai's words made Fu Quan stunned, indeed, at this moment, the attention of the Han army in Liangzhou is all in Jincheng County, the nest of Han Sui and Bian Zhang, if the rebels really have a back hand, it is indeed too terrible.

As for the Qianghu tribe outside the Saiwai, it did not attract the attention of the Liangzhou generals, and Fuquan was not surprised, after all, among the Qiang tribes, there were also many who remained neutral or did not want to participate in the war.

Since the rebellion in Liangzhou, they have migrated to the north, although it is now the land of the tuntian of the long history of Saibei, but because Saibei is now immigrating, in the north of Liangzhou, there are still many uninhabited areas that are not controlled by the Han army's tentacles, which are temporarily inhabited by these Qianghu tribes.

If now, the Liangzhou rebels draw out a brigade of elite Qiang cavalry divisions, use the battle to feed the war, make a detour to the north of the north, and surprise attack the north, maybe the rebels' plan will really succeed. And at this time, if the rebels send another army of soldiers and horses to break through from Wuwei County, which they occupy, which is adjacent to Beidi County, and join forces with the Qianghu army in the north of Saiwai, then Beidi will really be hopeless.

In an instant, after simulating the feasible advance plan of the rebels in his heart, Fu Quan himself was shocked into a cold sweat, with the strategy of Han Sui and Bian Zhang, it was impossible not to think of this trick.

Thinking of this, Fu Quan hurriedly asked: "There are more than 10,000 elite soldiers alone, but the rebels in Liangzhou are numerous, if the troops are divided into Liangzhou, the three counties of Wudu, Hanyang, and Anding will all have the opportunity for the Jincheng rebels to break through and fall, this is a big taboo!" ”

Wudu County, Hanyang County, Anding County, the three counties are adjacent to Jincheng County, Jincheng County is west of the three counties, the area of the Han army's defense is very large, making the Han army's defense extremely laborious, if Fuquan divides the troops of Beidi County now, if the rebels of Jincheng County attack the three counties, his defense problem will be very big. Moreover, most of the rebels in Liangzhou were cavalry, and they acted quickly, and if they could not capture one place, they could change places, and it would be even more difficult for Fuquan to resist the Liangzhou army.

Therefore, now for Fuquan, it is not in case that the troops must not be divided. If you don't divide the troops, just because Beidi County has just been defeated by the rebellious Beidi Xian Lingqiang, and the Han army and county soldiers who have suffered heavy losses, can they withstand the Liangzhou rebels who are now in full swing?

"Don't worry about Pingxi, the affairs of the north do not need to be transferred." Xi Zhicai saluted and said: "Since this dynasty, the northern land is adjacent to the first zero Zhuqiang, and the people in the county are fierce, although there is a defeat for the rebels in the past, but it is not a rout, at this time, you only need to send a general, integrate the defeated army, and recruit troops in the north, be vigilant against the surrounding changes, and you will be worry-free." ”

"If the rebels attack the three counties of Wudu, Hanyang, and Anding, in fact, they will attack the north with all their troops and horses, how can they stop it?"

Fu Quan raised a hidden concern, Xi Zhicai's words were correct, but this is also based on the premise that the rebels will not attack the Northland with all their might, if the rebels really attack the Northland with all their might, then it will be difficult to say.

After all, there are still too few soldiers and horses in the north, it is located in the border area, the population in the county is not much, coupled with the rebellion in Liangzhou in front, the soldiers of the northland county lost too much when fighting against the Xianlingqiang people, so the county is very empty now. Xi Zhicai proposed to send a general to Beidi to temporarily recruit troops for training and make defensive preparations, which is indeed a good idea, but this is also based on the fact that the rebels will only send a brigade to the division, if the rebels are attacking Beidi County with all their might, it will be tantamount to a catastrophe for the Han army.

Even if Fuquan sent people to temporarily recruit troops to defend the city, if the rebels were reluctant to seek the near and far, they would make a strange plan to bypass the current situation in Wudu County, Hanyang County and Anding County. If you don't fight with the main force of the Han army that is assembling and defending in these three counties, and all attack from the weak side of the Han army, Beidi County, then Beidi County is indeed the easiest to be broken through by the rebels, and when the time comes, the rebels may really be able to invade Sanfu, which is not impossible.

Soldiers, treacherous ways, virtual is real, real is virtual, this trick is similar to the roundabout outflanking of later generations, Fu Quan does not believe that Han Sui and Bian Zhang, the two famous men of Liangzhou, do not know this set of the art of war. Among them, especially Han Sui, it is not unreasonable that he can be entrenched in Liangzhou for so long in history.

"This ......" Xi Zhicai was speechless for a while, not knowing how to reply, so he could only turn his head to look at Jia Xu, who had been silent, as if he longed for him to say something.

But seeing that Jia Xu felt Xi Zhicai's gaze, and then touched his short beard and said: "Even among the rebels, there are capable people who advise this plan, but in my opinion, the rebels will not go to the north with the whole army, and one brigade will be more than a division!" ”

"Why are the rebels like this?" Seeing Jia Xu speak, he couldn't help but think about it seriously, although he always had an air of pretending to be forced when he spoke, but he called Jia Xu at him, and Fuquan also had to listen to his talk.

"Without it, the rebels are in civil strife, they are not subordinate to each other, and all the plans seem to be based on Han Sui and Bian Zhang, but the real person in charge is actually the one who binds the two of them." Jia Xu paused and said: "Guanbei Gong Boyu and Li Wenhou are both Qiang chieftains, they don't know how to strategize, and most of the rebellions are for looting and profiting. ”

When he said this, the eyes of the other three people present lit up, that is, even Xu Fu, who had never known much about the situation, suddenly realized, not to mention Fu Quan and Xi Zhicai.

Fu Quan clapped his hands and praised: "Good! Fortunately, Wenhe, why worry about the chaos in Liangzhou! ”

"General Miaozan, a dull person under the official, this is an internal matter!" Jia Xu said lightly, in his words, there was a compulsion all the time, which made Fuquan really want to beat him, but in the end it was because of his demon who saw through people's hearts, and he gave up.

Indeed, Jia Xu's ability to read people's hearts is really amazing, whether it is Fu Quan, Xi Zhicai, Xu Fu, or even the Liangzhou generals under Fu Quan's command, I am afraid that no one would have thought that although the Liangzhou rebels rebelled against the unified goal of resisting the Han Dynasty, in fact, they were also very strong in internal fighting.

Any separatist force, the real mastermind is just the real power faction with soldiers and food, which is also the reason why many officials who have empty names but no strength are set aside, because the soldiers and horses are in the hands of the real power faction. Similarly, this has led to many nominal officials coming up with various ways to attack and kill those who are in real power, and then control the soldiers and horses under his command to confirm their own rights.

Now, the Liangzhou rebels are like this, to put it bluntly, Han Sui and Bian Zhang are just hostages taken by those rebellious Qianghu and thief generals. It's just that these two people may have soft bones, or they have other ideas, and after being kidnapped, they took the initiative to join the rebels, and because of their special status and fame, the rebels took the initiative to elect them as their leaders, so as to increase their prestige and power.

However, even if Han Sui and Bian Zhang are the leaders, they are just empty leaders with no soldiers and no food, and the only ones in power in the rebels are Qianghu thieves like Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou. If Han Sui and Bian Zhang's suggestions are appropriate, the rebels may listen to them, but if the suggestions are not appropriate and do not conform to the mental positioning of other real power factions, then it is obvious that they will not pay attention to it at all.

Jia Xu said, that's the case, think about it, those Qianghu and Han thieves raised troops to rebel against the Han Dynasty, is it really for their own political interests?

Obviously, this is not what they need most, what they need most is that after raising an army, they can plunder goods, women, and captives, and increase their population strength, especially the Hao chieftains of Qianghu, who regard this rebellion as an expansion of the tribe.

From this point of view, their ideas are obviously different from those of Han Sui and Bian Zhang, who defected to the rebels, and they can even be said to be in direct contradiction to each other.

Han Sui and Bian Zhang joined the rebels, the main purpose was to establish their political aspirations, not to burn and loot, they hoped that Liangzhou would become a country of its own, and then have the opportunity to govern the country for the Han Dynasty. This is obviously different from Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, for Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, as long as they can expand their strength and have the interests of money, food and property, as for improving their political reputation and increasing their official ranks, it is of course better to have them, but it doesn't matter if they don't.

Therefore, even if some of the rebels proposed to march from the north, the generals of the Qianghu thieves who were in power would probably not agree, and at most they would agree to send a brigade to try their luck in the north.

After all, now that the rebels in Liangzhou are strong and have obvious advantages, it is not difficult to break through the three counties of Wudu County, Hanyang County, and Anding County. And as long as these three counties are broken through, it is the Sanfu land of the essence of Guanzhong in the Han Dynasty, where whether it is population and wealth, it is not comparable to looting in Liangzhou, there are such great interests, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou and others will definitely not agree to the army to go to the north by the original road, and then break through from the north and enter the route of Sanfu.

Because, if you want to loot, it is nothing more than a "fast" word, obviously, breaking through a border county with few troops, you can go to Sanfu to loot, obviously much faster than a detour.

The rebels are mostly cavalry, and once they break through any of the three counties, they will not give the Sanfu people a chance to hear the news and want to flee for their lives. In contrast, if they disappear from Jincheng County for a few days, if the night is long and dreamy, so that the Han army can guess their intentions and notify them in advance, it will inevitably be a question whether they can break through the Beidi County, which is heavily defended by the Han army. And more importantly, this will obviously make the people who get the news in Sanfu land flee in advance, and how much can they, the rebels, grab at that time?

You must know that except for the old and weak women and children who are still engaged in production in the Qiang tribe, the rebels are not engaged in production at all, and most of all the money, food and materials rely on looting. That is to say, they rely on fighting to feed the war, and if they rob less, it will obviously be a great blow to the rebels, so no matter what, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou and others will never agree to a detour, they will only choose to break through the three counties and go directly to Sanfu.

Thinking of this, Fu Quan suddenly had a hint of inspiration and said: "Wen He's words, could it be that he has guessed that the rebels will send troops this time to attack Hanyanghu?" ”

Jia Xu's eyes suddenly flashed and said: "Xu is ninety percent sure!" ”

Fu Quan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and hurriedly asked, "What is the remaining one?" He knew that Jia Xu was not 100% sure, and he would not make a decision easily, and now he actually said that he was only 90% sure, which really made Fuquan curious.

"The remaining Yicheng ......" paused, Jia Xu touched his short beard, and said coldly: "If Han Sui and Bian Zhang seize power, draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, kill the Qiang Hu and Han thieves, and control the whole army of traitors, with their talents, the future is unpredictable!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the three people present were shocked again, and then Fu Quan was reminded by this, and only then did he remember that in history, Han Sui later killed Bian Zhang and other rebel leaders, and then twisted this Liangzhou army, which had been ravaging the late Han Dynasty for more than ten years, into a mess? Of course, although Han Sui inevitably competed for power with other Liangzhou warlords later, if it wasn't for his first annexation, I'm afraid there would be no matter how much he became a prince later.

Of course, Fu Quan also noticed that in Jia Xu's words, there was some restraint, how unpredictable will the future?

In other words, if Han Sui and Bian Zhang, these Han celebrities, mastered the Qianghu group of thieves, their attack methods would not be easy to guess. They will not be like Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, who only focus on looting and marching, they may not even choose to march from Beidi County, if it is not for attacking Sanfu, which can make them powerful and obtain great political benefits, I am afraid that even if Sanfu has gold and silver, they will not choose.

However, fortunately, Fu Quan knew that the current Han Sui did not have that strength, after all, he had just joined the rebels for less than a year, and if he wanted to go into history, it would obviously be a little worse to draw salaries from the real generals such as Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou.

Thinking of this, Fu Quan couldn't help but look at Jia Xu again, this guy really has to be a demon, in history, Cao Cao relied on him to divide the Liangzhou coalition army, and now he changed to himself, and directly guessed the real direction of the rebels wanting to rise completely.

After asking the right question, Fu Quan already knew in his heart how to choose, if he knew the rebels' intentions, and he couldn't think of a way to deal with it, then he wouldn't be this Pingxi general.

After that, Fu Quan had a careful inquiry with Jia Xu, Xi Zhicai, and Xu Fu, and he had already made a decision.

The next day, with several orders issued from Fuquan, the emperor Fu Jianshou was the main one, Guan Yu was the deputy, and the two generals took 500 barbarian soldiers to aid Beidi County, and took the assistant Xi Zhicai as the strategist.

As for why Huangfu Jianshou was the main general, it was because his father Huangfu Song was the Taishou of Beidi, and he was from Huangfu Song's clan in Anding County, Jiangmen, Liangzhou, and Anding County was close to Beidi County, in other words, he had a lot of connections with Beidi County. In this way, Huangfu Jianshou was obviously much better than Guan Yu in dealing with the recruitment and defense of troops in the Northland, as well as discussing other matters with the officials of the Northland County.

These advantages are not only comparable to Guan Yu, a general who has repeatedly made military exploits, so after Fu Quan's consideration, he still chose Huangfu Jianshou as the mainstay. However, in his opinion, I am afraid that when it comes to war, the relationship between the two will have to be changed.