The functions of officials in the New Han Dynasty were refined, and each official had his own responsibilities and was responsible for his own work.

However, this time the dispatch of troops to unify the Han Dynasty will involve all aspects of the entire imperial court, so every official must cooperate with this dispatch of troops and carry out all-round mobilization.

Therefore, now openly discussing the matter of sending troops to the world in the court can make all the ministers in the court have a sense of participation, so that each of them can cultivate a sense of glory in participating in the unification of the Han Dynasty.

"The Han Dynasty has been in turmoil for too long, and our New Han Dynasty has the responsibility and obligation to unify the world, so in the hearts of each of us, we must think about the importance of sending troops to the world this time. Everything you do in ordinary times must be in the service of this action. Now, I would like to invite you to express your opinions. After Liu Yi finished speaking, he encouraged the ministers of the court.

"Taifu, Xun has a question." Xun Yu was the first to come out and said: "Or, there is an opinion." ”

"Oh? Mr. Xun, please speak. Liu Yi said to Xun Yu.

"Well, originally, Xun should have put it forward a long time ago when the cabinet was deliberating, but all the while, Xun's idea was not very mature, and now he suddenly thought of this important issue." Xun Yu arched his hand to Liu Yi and said: "Taifu, if we plan according to our original plan, this will be swept away Liuhe, I personally feel that there is no big problem, but the problem is that Xun feels that our unification of the Han Dynasty this time is not about a war word, but about a word of governance." ”

"Governance?"

"That's right!" Xun Yu scratched his head, as if he was a little embarrassed. Turning around, he said to the civil officials in the court: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't look at the matter of seizing the world as a matter of the military department. It is the army of our new Han Dynasty that will carry it out, but the most important and crucial thing is still us. Because, we not only have to provide for our New Han Army, but also provide all the conveniences for our army. What is more important is the aftermath of the arrival of our officials after our army has captured the city. This aftermath work. It's not just relative to our New Han Army. Every time our own army captures a city or a place, there will inevitably be a lot of sacrifices, and these soldiers who died on the battlefield. The issue of their bereavement. We must deal with it in a timely manner, and the treatment and rescue of wounded soldiers is equally important. In addition, what really needs to be dealt with is the question of how to deal with the local governance after we have seized the city. Xun participated in Dongting Lake Xinzhou, Luoyang, Bingzhou, and Chang'an. In addition, the resettlement and governance of the people in the desert and other places. To draw a conclusion, it is different places. Different nationalities and people in different periods are not just the same way of governing. We fight the world in order to revitalize the Han Dynasty, but if the governance of our civil officials cannot keep up, then we may not be ours if we seize the city. ”

"Well......" Liu Yi listened to what Xun Yu said, and felt that the question he said was indeed quite profound, and he couldn't help but be a little thoughtful.

"Let's give you an example. Although we Han people regard themselves as Han people, in the end, the people of Shandong may not be able to obey the people of Shanxi, and the people of Hebei and Henan will also subconsciously be hostile to each other. Jiangnan, Jiangbei, etc. Now, whether it is Yuan Shao's power or Cao Cao's power territory, the local people have been ruled by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao for many years, and it is estimated that many local people have returned to it. In the process of seizing the city, it is estimated that we will not only suffer from the resistance of the armies of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, but also the hostility of the local people. It is certain that our future work will not be very easy to do, and we will definitely encounter a lot of resistance, and in the face of such a situation, how will we govern the local government? Xun Yu said.

"This ......" Liu Yi thought for a while and said: "The key is still to rely on our officials to sincerely do things for the people, our army, there is nothing to say when fighting, but after the war, we have to adopt some moderate policies, different places, for the time being, we can allow different policies, for the time being, we can't unify the world, and we can't govern every local region according to the existing area of our New Han Dynasty." Therefore, every time we seize a city, we must do a good job of propaganda work according to the actual situation on the ground, and this propaganda work is not necessarily only done by you civilian officials, but also by our army. As long as the people everywhere can understand what our New Han Army wants to attack them, then everyone's work should be easier. ”

"In any case, after acquiring a local city, we must do a good job in household registration and field registration, which is the foundation for us to govern the people." Liu Yi deliberately advised.

"My lord, the last question is that the army of our new Han Dynasty has divided its troops into multiple ways to seize the world, and after we capture the city, can we be truly safe? You must know that if a city changes hands repeatedly, it will cause great harm to the local people, especially if we capture a certain city and then be occupied by the enemy, this will not only be a disaster to the local people, but also make them lose confidence in our new Han Dynasty and the new Han army. It is not conducive to the implementation of our governance policies in the future. Xun Yu said.

"This ......" Liu Yi really didn't seriously think about this issue before, what he discussed before was just thinking about how to quickly and effectively seize the world, but he didn't think that in the process of seizing the city, he would be repeatedly fought for because of some cities. However, now that Xun Yu has brought it up, Liu Yi can't help but think about it.

Because, if your own military horses are divided into multiple ways to attack, then the strength of each military horse may not be too much. With a single military horse, they can be more flexible in combat, and they can take some more flexible and active attacks to defeat the opponents they are facing. However, after capturing a certain city, if they want to counterattack and defend, it may be difficult for them to resist the enemy's counterattack with their little strength.

Liu Yi couldn't help but fall into a deep thought. You must know that if you really divide the soldiers into multiple ways to attack together. In the beginning, it was naturally more than flexible, but. When the town is captured, it is natural to defend the city, then, at that time, it will turn active into passive. If the enemy concentrates his forces to counterattack the first army horse, at that time, the army horse. It will face the problem of staying in the city, or abandoning the city and dealing with the enemy.

"Lord, Wen Ruo's worries make people think deeply." Xi Zhicai has been listening. When he heard this, he felt a little worried.

"Hehe, lord, don't worry too much about these." Guo Jia smiled at the moment. said a little chicly: "Guo also has some ideas. Please listen. ”

"Now, if we want to send troops to seize the world, it is nothing more than to send troops from several directions to conquer the forces of different princes. It turns out that the strategy that the lord said is too big, although Guo also believes that if it is according to what the lord said before. Our million-strong army is divided into many ways. If the war starts at the same time and sweeps the world, Guo also believes that it will be successful, and this should also be the fastest way to unify the Han. Guo Jia pointed his finger and said: "With the combat strength of our New Han Army, we can calculate it, one region at a time." ”

"Xiliang, we have discussed privately before, the two generals Ma Teng and Ma Chao, their father and son are responsible for the battle for Xiliang, and in addition, send two generals, Hua Xiong and Xu Rong, each of whom led an army, a total of 50,000 troops into Xiliang. Coupled with the military horses of General Ma Teng and Ma Chao, there are more than 100,000 people, so it is only a matter of time before Xiliang is taken. Guo Jia said: "This Xiliang is easy to do, after all, Xiliang has been in chaos for so long, and people are at ease, as long as we defeat the many forces of Xiliang respectively, and then send a group of civil officials to Xiliang to govern the land." ”

Liu Yi naturally knew this, he had already talked to a group of military divisions and generals before, and the problem of Xiliang was just a small problem. Ma Teng, Ma Chao, Hua Xiong, Xu Rong, and Ma Chao, who is not weak in force, is a general, and in terms of generals, it can be regarded as a pool of talents, and in terms of civil officials, there are also Li Ru and other talents who can be military advisors.

In fact, Liu Yi really didn't think much about the recovery of Xiliang.

Ma Chao heard Guo Jiajunshi talk about his Xiliang problem, his handsome face turned red, and he came out and said: "Lord, military advisor, Xiliang's matter, please leave it to the last general, now that the general's father is back, the last general can devote himself to the battle." ”

"Hehe, Guo Mou just mentioned it, who else can I hand over the recovery of Xiliang to you if I don't hand it over to you, Ma Jiajun?" Guo Jia is actually not a few years older than Ma Chao, but he looks a little old-fashioned.

He joked with Ma Chao, and then said: "Then, there is the problem of Youzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Jingzhou." Before talking about these places, let's talk about Dongting Lake and Jiangdong. ”

"Dongting Lake Xinzhou regulates Yizhou, Jingzhou and Changsha, Hunan and other places. Personally, I think that if according to the original words, from these places to raise troops, I think there is something inappropriate, first of all, our army, for the time being, it is not suitable to launch an attack on Yizhou, Liu Zhang's father and son have been operating in Yizhou for so many years, has been in a fairly peaceful situation, if we attack Yizhou at the same time, then it will cause panic among the people of Yizhou, and Liu Zhang will not be willing to be destroyed by us, when the time comes, there will be a series of vicious battles, therefore, I suggest, Yizhou can not be attacked for the time being, even, Guo thinks, It is necessary to leave it to the last thing to solve the problem, and it is best to achieve peaceful reunification. ”

"In addition, the military horses of Dongting Lake Xinzhou should not launch an attack on Liu Biao's Jiangling and other places, including our military horses in Wancheng, and it is not appropriate to attack Xiangyang. Because, if our New Han Army really divides its troops into multiple ways and fights the battle to unify the Han Dynasty at the same time, then it will be equivalent to launching a challenge to the entire princes of the world. Personally, I think that no matter how strong we are, we should try to avoid this situation. Therefore, if the naval army of Dongting Lake Xinzhou wants to start a war, then it can only develop south and seize Liu Biao's Changsha. Before Liu Biao, there were already signs of westward development, and there were faint signs of giving up on the border between Yuzhou and Jingzhou, as well as the area around Changsha. Therefore, our seizure of Changsha will not cause much reaction from Liu Biao. As long as we send another envoy to negotiate with Liu Biao and persuade him to submit to our new Han Dynasty, as long as we do not attack Xiangyang, Jiangling and other cities, we can make Liu Biao uncertain whether to raise troops to fight us. ”

"This is the problem of the Dongting Lake Xinzhou base, and then, it is Jiangdong, although Jiangdong has more potential, but Guo has been in Qu'a for a period of time and feels that it is time to unify Jiangdong and then develop to Lingnan. This one. General Sun Ce, General Zhou Yu and other Jiangdong Junyan can be asked to be responsible for the war to recover Jiangdong. ”

"The last is the direction of the main attack of our Xinhan Dynasty Xinhan Army. There is no need to fight in the northwest area of Youzhou. General Gongsun Chan has submitted to our new Han Dynasty. What we are going to attack is some areas on the border between Youzhou and Jizhou......"

"Lord!" Guo Jia said this, and said to Liu Yi: "Guo suggested that we send troops to unify the Han Dynasty this time, although the division of troops is the division of troops, but Guo suggested that we only split four battlefields." It is not advisable to attack Cao Cao at the same time. After all, no matter what Cao Cao's current situation is, if we attack him at the same time. That would really cause a strong counterattack from the princes of the world, and the initial battle was not much of a problem for us, but as we captured more territory. Our problems will be exposed. When the time comes, we will definitely suffer some losses that we don't expect. ”

After listening to what Guo Jia said, Liu Yi already had a clear concept in his mind.

According to Guo Jia, the areas where he can send troops to attack now are actually Xiliang, Changsha, Hunan, and Jiangdong. as well as You, Jizhou. Elsewhere, it seems that it is not suitable for the time being.

looked at Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Tian Feng, Chen Qun and other strategists. After listening to Guo Jia's words, they also nodded their heads. seems to agree with Guo Jia's statement.

Liu Yi himself thought about it, and really felt that he was too ambitious at the beginning. It is too simplistic to imagine the unification of the Han Dynasty. At the beginning, it took more than ten or twenty years for Emperor Qin to unify the world, and Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, unified the world, and he fought with Xiang Yu for several years. It's really naïve to want to do it overnight.

During the Three Kingdoms period, which prince was a simple guy? Cao Cao alone is not easy to deal with. If there is really an all-out war, then it seems that Leo Yi is too big.

At this moment, Liu Yi also figured it out, these military advisors have said so much, but in fact, they are still not very good-looking to quickly unify the Han Dynasty, and they are not very optimistic about taking the initiative to challenge the princes of the entire world at the same time. If you follow the strategy that Guo Jia said, then things will be much simpler.

Xiliang, no matter what, does not need to touch the nerves of the princes of the world, because Xiliang is too far away from the Central Plains, and there is no interest linked to the princes of the world, far away in the northwest corner, I am afraid that the princes of the world have long regarded this place as the bag of the New Han Dynasty. Therefore, it is reasonable for the New Han Dynasty to send troops to seize Xiliang, and the princes of the world will definitely not have any opinions.

Then, the Jiangdong area, in fact, is also closely connected with the Changsha area, those princes, generally weaker, they rely on, just some dangerous terrain to persist until now, the New Han Dynasty let Sun Ce send troops to seize those places, will not cause a sensation among the princes of the world. Even if it infringes on some of Liu Biao's interests, Liu Biao may not care too much.

followed the capture of Yuan Shao's territory, this, there is nothing to say. If Gongsun Zhan openly submits to the New Han Dynasty, then it means that Youzhou is the New Han Dynasty, and it is reasonable to send troops to recapture the Youzhou area that was taken by Yuan Shao.

In general, it is necessary to stabilize Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and other princes first. Seize some of the easier turf first.

Liu Yi can also imagine at this moment that when his military horses seized the Jiangdong area and captured Jizhou, then the most reluctant enemies were only Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and Hanzhong Zhang Lu. And Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu, these two forces will not have much resistance to the unification of the world by the New Han Dynasty, or in other words, to seize Yizhou and Hanzhong, there may be a fierce battle in the future, but in the period when Liu Yi seized the Central Plains, these two forces will not form any resistance to the New Han Dynasty. In other words, the real enemy, Cao Cao and Liu Biao, and Liu Biao is too weak, and Liu Yi may force him to surrender by diplomatic means in the future, so the final enemy is Cao Cao!

Knowing this, Liu Yi couldn't help but think that the plan Guo Jia said was more practical and feasible.

"Your Excellency hears that, right? If according to what Mr. Guo Jia said, then our New Han Dynasty is actually divided into four routes, first seizing Xiliang, Jiangdong, Changsha, Youzhou, and Jizhou. Lewi concluded: "This is our general strategy for sending troops, if there is no opinion, then we will discuss in detail how to send troops to seize these areas." ”

"No opinion, it's better than sending troops to attack Jingzhou, Yuzhou and other places at the same time."

A number of civil servants have also spoken out to express their agreement with this strategy.

In this way, the civilian officials of the DPRK and China will also be better able to govern those areas in a targeted manner. Now they can determine which city they will be stationed in according to their current available manpower, and in the future, they can even act with the army, and when the New Han army captures a certain city, the civil officials can immediately be in place to govern the city.

In these aspects, Liu Yi didn't have many opinions, let a few military advisors and a group of courtiers agree, and then hand over the list of officials to Liu Yi for review.

In fact, it is better to adopt a locality, send a capable chief official, and then send a group of trained civil officials to assist it in governing the locality. The New Han Dynasty now has a lot of experience in governing places after the war, so Liu Yi doesn't bother too much.

The general direction has been decided, and the next step is to discuss the distribution of military horses. (To be continued......)