Chapter 450: Huang Yan's Strategy
In the next half month, the officers and soldiers stationed in various places were transferred back to accept the reorganization, and the reorganized army went to change the defense; At the same time, a large number of local Han people were recruited to serve in the army, and the number of troops was further expanded.
By the end of June, the army was initially formed, with more than 40,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 infantry; The new officers and soldiers were all under the direct jurisdiction of Gao Shun, and the new infantry was commanded by four senior military attachΓ©s.
Fortunately, Gao Shun came with him and provided officers at all levels at any time; The junior military general is the cavalry commander, the intermediate military general is the cavalry prince, and the senior military general is the cavalry army Sima, with four divisions and more than 2,000 people.
In order to meet the needs of the war, the officers and soldiers under the jurisdiction of Cheng Zhi temporarily increased the cavalry by 5,000; Ma Teng led 5,000 cavalry, and Pound led 3,000 cavalry; The cavalry under the jurisdiction of Sima Li Meng of the other division increased by 2,000 to 5,000, and continued to be led by Lu Yi; The remaining 25,000 cavalry were placed under the jurisdiction of thirteen military commanders.
The total strength of the garrison in Longxi County reached more than 93,000 people, including 30,000 infantry and more than 63,000 cavalry.
Originally, he also wanted to increase the number of officers and soldiers under the jurisdiction of Lu Yi, and he led the army to quell the rebel Zong Jian in Caohan County, but Gao Shun refused.
Gao Shun didn't want a military general to have too many officers and soldiers under his jurisdiction, and although Lu Yi had the talent of a general, after all, he was arrogant by nature, if he continued to increase the number of officials under his jurisdiction, it would further promote his bad temper, and it would also lead to the dissatisfaction of other generals, which was not conducive to balance.
As for the military exploits of pacifying Zongjian, Gao Shun was ready to let Ma Teng, Pang De, Li Meng, and Cheng Zhi go to quell the rebellion, which was equivalent to giving them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions in vain, and then promote their official positions, and it would be logical to transfer them out of Liangzhou in the future.
The strength and merits of the Koji family are already quite a lot, and they must share some military exploits with others in order to maintain the balance of power.
In the first year of Zhongping (184), after the Yellow Turban Army uprising, Liangzhou was in turmoil, Zong Jian called himself the king of Heshou Ping Han, gathered people in Caohan County, changed the year name, placed hundreds of officials, and divided one side.
Gao Shun, as a general of the chariot cavalry, was in charge of the conquest and quelling the rebellion, and this kind of rebel who dared to claim the king must be resolutely eliminated.
Yang Hui was appointed as the Taishou of Hanyang County because of the merit of persuading Ma Teng to accept Zhao'an, and he was very satisfied in his heart; He had served as the head of Hanyang County and was very familiar with the situation in Hanyang County, and after the handover of Longxi County, he returned to Ji County to take office.
Ma Teng's army member Huang Yan was appointed as the commander of Longxi County, and as an envoy, he was sent to Jincheng County to persuade Han Sui to surrender, and was still escorted by Lu Yan and served as a deputy envoy.
Huang Yanzi is very willing to accept this errand, he has dealt with Han Sui for nearly ten years, he is very familiar with Han Sui's character, and he also knows all the factions under Han Sui well, no one is more qualified for this position than him; He hoped to use the help of persuading Han Sui to be recognized by Gao Shun, and like Yang Hui, he would get the opportunity to soar.
Lu Yan returned to his hometown to run errands, and he was more motivated, as if he had the intention of returning to his hometown, and he was excited.
Before leaving, Gao Shun and Fu Zhu met with Huang Yan and Lu Yan.
Fu Zhu first asked: "Huang Juncheng went to Jincheng, how are you going to persuade him to surrender?" β
Huang Yan said: "Military advisor, Han Wenyue is extremely shrewd and difficult to deal with, but his subordinates are complex, he is only the leader of the alliance elected by various forces, and he cannot completely control most of the small forces, this is an opportunity; Moreover, there are many factions and loose alliances, so the strategy of winning over some and isolating some of them can be very effective; If the soldiers are pressing, they can also psychologically break their will to resist and force them to accept Zhao'an, for this reason, Yan suggested that the lord and the military division, while sending troops to quell the rebellion against Zongjian, ordered the Yongzhou Mutun soldiers to Wusheling to exert pressure. β
Huang Yan commensurate Han Sui with words to show respect.
Ma Teng also made this suggestion, Gao Shun attached great importance to it, if he did not start a war, he would be able to accept Han Sui's troops intact, and after the reorganization, he could kill those Qianghu; Now there are a lot of system personnel synthesized every day, and a large number of synthesis places are urgently needed, and Gao Shun will not be soft on the killing of foreign races, not to mention the barbarians such as Xian Lingqiang, Beidi Qiang and Zaqiang who have hatred for him.
So Gao Shun said: "Okay, the Fu Junshi will use my name to send an official letter to Liangzhou Mu Chengwu, and the troops will be stationed in Wusheling Ridge to make the illusion of attacking Han Sui's back." β
"Yes, my lord!" Fu Zhi immediately responded, but he also suggested: "Lord, there are not many military generals in Yongzhou, do you want to send a cavalry general to support?" β
Gao Shun said: "The Yongzhou war situation doesn't care about the affairs of the Central Plains, let's let those young people toss there, this is a good exercise for them, and I won't send military attachΓ©s to go for the time being." However, this suggestion reminded Gao Shun that when the Koji Yan returned from this mission, he could be sent to Liangzhou to exercise for a while, and he could not let the people of the Koji family gather together, and it would be easy to become bigger.
Gao Shun also instructed Huang Yandao: "Huang Juncheng, when you and the others arrive in Jincheng, Han Sui will definitely monitor you closely, and there will be many dangers, you must be careful, first of all, you must ensure safety." β
Huang Yan said confidently: "Lord Xie cares, Yan has been in Liangzhou for more than ten years, and he still has some acquaintances in Jincheng, although the lord can rest assured." β
Gao Shun asked again: "If there are any difficulties, Huang Juncheng can raise them." β
Huang Yan pondered for a while and then suggested to Gao Shun: "My lord, Han Wenyue claims to have 100,000 officers and soldiers, and his strength is far superior to Ma Shoucheng. Yan believes that it is more appropriate to appoint him to the post of Zhonglang General. β
Gao Shun thought to himself, sooner or later, he would have to promote Han Sui to be the Zhonglang general, if he was appointed as the Zhonglang general in advance, it would be very cost-effective to avoid a war, so he smiled and said: "Haha, Huang Juncheng's suggestion is very good, you can use this as a condition, and at the same time, give him two more places for Sima from other departments, if you don't agree again, the swords and soldiers over there will meet." β
"Yes, my lord! Yan will live up to its mission! β
Seeing that Huang Yan had seen the situation in Liangzhou so thoroughly, he asked tentatively, "What advice does Huang Juncheng have for pacifying Zongjian?" β
Huang Yan pondered for a while, and said: "The lord, the military division, Zongjian's strength is not strong, the territory is narrow, the land is barren, before it relied on trade with Yizhou, profitable, to maintain the operation of the force, now the trade road is cut off, there will be many contradictions inside, only need to send tens of thousands of cavalry, besiege the county town of Paohan, within a month, there will be chaos inside." β
Frustrated and overjoyed, if Zongjian's rebellion was quelled when Huang Yan went to Jincheng County, it would definitely have a very important role in promoting Zhao'an Han Sui, and asked: "Huang Juncheng, how is the road to Paohan County?" What's at stake? Or other considerations? β
Huang Yan said: "Military advisor, go to Paohan County through Daxia County, the road along the Lishui River is very smooth, and there is no danger, the only thing to pay attention to is that the speed of the raid must be fast, just besiege all the personnel in the city." β
Frustrated and asked, "Han Sui and the others won't come to the rescue?" β
"Haha, the military advisors have filtered, all the forces in Liangzhou are selfish and wary of each other, and when the soldiers are pressing, they will not kill themselves; And our war horses are tall and strong, the soldiers are capable and brave, the armor is complete, and the weapons are excellent, which are not comparable to the Liangzhou cavalry, how can they throw themselves into the net? "Huang Yan is in a good mood, if he sends troops to pacify Zongjian now, his trip to Jincheng County will definitely be smoother.