Chapter 5 The curtain of battle begins

As for the issue of the distribution of military horses, it is simple, dozens of armies have their main generals. There is a simple and clear establishment, as long as it is allocated according to the establishment.

Among them, several armies established during the expedition to the desert, each army sent a part of the military horses back to participate in the battle to unify the Han Dynasty. This decision was made after consideration by Lew.

After all, the unification of the Han Dynasty, this is actually the civil war of the Han people's own brothers, and the military horses formed by the expedition to the desert are almost all formed by aliens, if they directly let their military horses participate in the Han people's own civil war, this is equivalent to killing their own brothers with aliens, which will make Liu Yi feel uncomfortable. Of course, it would be different if they were sent to expand their territory and attack other countries, and Liu Yi felt that it would be best to use them.

However, Liu Yi kept saying to those aliens that they were also children of Huaxia and would be brothers or something in the future, so if they were not allowed to participate in the battle to unify the Han Dynasty now, it would make the army of those aliens feel that Liu Yi was rejecting them and not treating them as brothers. Therefore, after thinking about it, Liu Yi decided to send a part of the military horses from the various alien tribes to Luoyang to form an alien army of about 100,000 cavalry.

In this way, Liu Yi first arranged the issue of seizing the military horses of Xiliang.

The Xiliang battlefield can be carried out at any time, so after Liu Yi is dispatched, Ma Teng, Ma Chao and his son can immediately return to Xiliang and rectify their military horses first.

Ma Chao's military horse in Xiliang, Liu Yi gave Ma Chao the establishment of two armies, among them. The commander of the first army will be Ma Chao, the other army commander will be Petde, and Ma Teng will be the general of Xiliang. He commanded the whole army, including the 31st and 30th armies led by Hua Xiong and Xu Rong, which had been proposed before, to be under the command of Ma Teng. And Li Ru, on the side is Ma Teng's military advisor, who is responsible for giving advice to Ma Teng. Chang'an is too protective of the emperor Fu Song, responsible for the supply of grain and grass for 100,000 military horses of the four armies, and the defenders of Chang'an. Responsible for grain escort. In addition, an army of alien cavalry was transferred from Shuofang as a reserve army. You can enter Xiliang at any time to support Ma Teng.

Now that the desert has embarked on the order of normal production and life, the military horses of those aliens can actually be transferred to the Han Dynasty. However, Leo took into account. There were also Northern Huns in the Far East. Those Northern Huns don't know if they will return to the desert, leaving those foreign people's military horses in the desert, which can play a deterrent role. There are also Xianbei aliens, Wuhuan people, etc., who should be on guard.

That is to say, the military horses that enter Xiliang to fight, if necessary, can actually transfer some more military horses into Xiliang at any time. So that Ma Teng will have more than 200,000 military horses. With the help of Huaxiong and Xu Rong, the two elites of the New Han Dynasty, Liu Yi felt that it would not take long for Xiliang to be pacified.

Then there is the issue of sending troops to Dongting Lake New Island.

Those areas. In fact, the territory is vast, including Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places. It is easy to capture Changsha, if you want to seize the entire south, I am afraid it is really not easy, Liu Yi estimates that even if he defeats Cao Cao in the future, I am afraid that this direction will not be able to completely recover it.

Therefore, Liu Yi appointed Huang Zhong as a general, in addition to commanding the 22nd Army of his headquarters, he also commanded all the armies, and his army general was controlled by Huang Zhong. Huang Xu is Huang Zhong's deputy general, and there are a number of original generals of Dongting Lake under him, all of whom are deployed by Huang Zhong's father and son.

Gan Ning was the general of the navy, commanding all the navy armies to support Huang Zhong and Sun Ce respectively.

In fact, the south and east roads have the most military horses, but they also have more areas to be responsible for, so it is necessary to have more military horses.

Gan Ning's responsibility was very heavy, because he was not only responsible for the food supply of Huang Zhong, Sun Ce and other armies, but if necessary, Liu Yi would also ask Gan Ning's navy to go to sea at any time to transport soldiers or supplies north along the coastline into the Bohai Sea. Of course, if you don't have to, try not to do it, because it's too far. When it is for them to unify Lingnan, I am afraid they will be busy.

Their military horses include the 8th, 9th, and 10th armies, the 22nd to 28th armies, and the elite Xinhan army officially established by the 10th Army, with a total of 250,000 horses. In addition, there are some reserve troops, new troops, etc., plus Sun Ce's tens of thousands of military horses, Dongting Lake, Jiangdong, etc., combined with military horses, it is estimated that it can be close to 400,000 military horses.

Guo Jia, Zhang Jun and other strategists will act with Huang Zhong, as a military advisor with the army, Zhang Jun will sit in Xinzhou after arriving at Dongting Lake Xinzhou, and together with Cao Yin, he will be responsible for the grain and grass logistics of each army. Liu Yi didn't want this old father-in-law Zhang Junzhou to go to Dongting Lake again, but he took the initiative to ask Liu Yi to agree to him going.

The last thing is to seize Youzhou and Jizhou's specific plan to send troops.

Now, Gongsun Zan is in Youzhou, in fact, he only controls the six counties of Youzhou, which are Youbeiping, Liaoxi, Yuyang, Zhuo County, Dai County, and Shanggu County.

Don't look at the fact that Gongsun Chan still controls so many counties, but these areas are all areas close to the Great Wall, and they don't occupy much land. Two-thirds of the entire Youzhou area has been occupied by Yuan Shao.

However, fortunately, Yuan Shao did not have many military horses left in Youzhou, especially after the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao sent some military horses to Yecheng in order to prevent Cao Cao from attacking him, so there were not many Yuan troops in the Youzhou area.

Liu Yiji planned to let Gongsun Zhan officially announce the world and officially submit to the New Han Dynasty, and then, the New Han Army went to take over his foreign defense and adopt his military horses. At this point, Liu Yihui sent Gao Shun, who stayed in Yamen Pass to guard, and led the Second Army to rush directly from the Great Wall to Daijun, Shanggu County and other places, and was fully responsible for replacing Gongsun Zhan's defense of Wuhuan.

Of course, Gongsun Chan can first draw military horses from his own army, form an elite cavalry, and directly organize a new army. If he can't let go of the shame of losing to Yuan Shao, then he can send troops from Shibeiping to attack Bohai County directly, so Liu Yi will also send a general to Youbeiping to guard Shanhaiguan. If Gongsun Zhan didn't want to participate in the battle to recapture Youzhou and capture Jizhou, Liu Yi would not be reluctant, so he could continue to sit on the border, or go back to Luoyang first to stand by and familiarize himself with the court of the New Han Dynasty.

This is an arrangement for Gongsun Zhan.

Lewis will be with Dian Wei. He personally led the First Army, the Third, Fourth, and Eleventh Armies, with a total of 100,000 horses, and rushed to Zhuojun to return to the Dazepo base. Then, it will set off from the Dazepo base and capture Fanyang in Youzhou.

Well, Liu Yi first returned to Zhuo County, and then started to send troops from Zhuo County, which actually has a certain historical significance. In any case, Liu Yi is a native of Zhuojun. This time the army was sent to unify the Han Dynasty, and there was also a meaning of liberation, as later generations said. He had to start with his hometown. And Fan Yang. It is the state capital of Youzhou during the Three Kingdoms period.

Although since Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zhan, Fanyang City has experienced many changes and turmoil, so that its city has become dilapidated from its original prosperity. But. In the minds of the people of Youzhou, Fan Yang still has a certain historical significance. Its city is equal to Beijing in the minds of later generations. Therefore, the first capture of Fanyang is equivalent to seizing the entire Youzhou and gaining political significance.

After Liu Yi, he planned to set the state capital of Youzhou in Beiping, but that was only a matter for the future, so. Fan Yangcheng has to be seized by Liu Yi himself. In this way, the people of Youzhou can recognize the fact that Liu Yi occupies Youzhou. This is a necessary act to assert sovereignty.

Tai Shici led his mixed army, the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th armies, with a total of 100,000 troops, to directly seize Zhongshan County, which was adjacent to Zhuo County. Occupy Anxi, Anguo, Gaoyang, Renqiu and other counties and towns.

Zhao Yun led several of his cavalry troops to directly capture Changshan County, which was his hometown, and Liu Yi deliberately arranged it this way. However, the capture of Changshan County is equivalent to a direct war with Yuan Shao, so Zhao Yun has to be responsible for dealing with Yuan Shao's counterattack.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou led the army and horses of the headquarters to occupy the Montenegrin area.

Xu Zhu led his army and horses, entered the Shangdang area and stood by, and attacked Hanoi according to the situation, attacked Yuan Shao's rear, and recovered Hanoi.

In addition, he transferred troops to guard Bishui Pass and took over the defense of Wen Chou.

Qin Jie led an army to march to Xiangyang, Xiangcheng and other places to deter Cao's army and Liu Biao's army. lest they think that the New Han Dynasty is empty and send troops to attack.

This is just the first step. After each army has completed its respective combat missions, captured those areas, and waited for the civilian officials to establish government offices in those places to exercise sovereignty, they will let the generals look at the situation and launch attacks on Jizhou respectively.

Of course, if Yuan Shao counterattacks, then the armies can make their own decisions, find opportunities to eliminate Yuan Shao's vitality, weaken Yuan Shao's strength as much as possible, and prepare for the capture of the entire territory of Jizhou in the future.

Liu Yi believes that as long as his military horse acts, Yuan Shao will definitely take action, and Yuan Shao is absolutely unwilling to be destroyed, depending on whether he is the enemy of his new Han army.

In this way, the people who stayed in the New Han Dynasty were actually some new troops, but even if it was a new army, they had all gone through a period of training, and their combat strength was not weak, and what they lacked was just the experience of seeing blood on the battlefield. These new armies will also be reserve forces to replenish the forces of the armies in the future.

These are just the cases of the deployment of troops.

After the decision was made, it was the turn of the Propaganda Department of the New Han Dynasty to start its activities, they first launched an overwhelming propaganda to their own New Han Dynasty area, mainly to publicize the significance of the New Han Army to send troops to unify the Han Dynasty, and called on the people in the New Han Dynasty area, everyone must take action, on the one hand, they must not waste their own work, the work that should be done, must be done well, and then, under the circumstances, under the circumstances, for the New Han Army to do a little effort.

For example, ordinary people, after they have done their farm work, can weave more cloth, weave shoes, tailor clothes, etc., all of which are military supplies, and they will send some clothes, shoes, and so on to the local government, and the government will send it to the military department, and the military department will send it to the sergeants in need. Among them, things like clothes, footwear and other things have a specific system, and it is not the first time that the people have done these things, if they are willing to do something for the New Han Army, they will do it very properly.

Not only these things, but many of them can be used by the army, and the people can do them.

In fact, when the expedition to the desert was at the beginning, there was such a national mobilization. The people are no strangers, after the propaganda of the imperial court and the government, the people who feel deeply favored by Liu Yi will urge each other and will definitely provide countless military supplies for the New Han Dynasty.

Then, the Propaganda Department also had to publicize to the outside world, publicizing that the Han Dynasty was already in dire straits, and that the Han Dynasty was a unified Han and would never allow the princes to divide their territory and harm the people. In this way, it is to publicize to the people of the world that the New Han Dynasty is an orthodox and legitimate imperial court, and that the New Han Dynasty has the right and obligation to shoulder the responsibility of unifying the Han Dynasty and lay a foundation for the New Han Dynasty to send troops, so that the people of the world cannot find an excuse to accuse the New Han Dynasty of sending troops to start a war.

As soon as the Propaganda Department acts, it is the work of the Logistics Department, and the so-called three armed forces go ahead before moving grain and grass. Countless grains and grasses were sent to the border to be stockpiled.

Three days after the court meeting, the imperial court held a ceremony to worship the heavens before the expedition.

The Cai Tian ceremony was held in the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum, and the young emperor and the civil and military officials went to the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum together, and hundreds of people followed to watch the ceremony. Of course, Liu Yi also led 100,000 troops and horses to go to the imperial tombs of the previous emperors and swore an oath to go on the expedition.

After the ceremony, the young emperor stayed directly in the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum, meditated on the Tao, and prayed for the New Han Army, hoping that the New Han Army would unify the Han Dynasty as soon as possible and return triumphantly.

Liu Yi deliberately found Lin Xian, and a battalion of sergeants was transferred from the First Army to stay in the Xishan Emperor's Mausoleum to protect the young emperor. In addition, Wang Yue will also stay in the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum and be responsible for the safety of the young emperor.

Empress Dowager He Wan and Princess Yang'an, they will also live in the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum for a period of time.

The affairs of the DPRK and China were handed over to Xun Shuang, Yang Biao, Lu Zhi, Cai Yong, Chen Gui and other ministers. Lu Zhineng is civil and martial, and he temporarily acts as the agent of the affairs of Luoyang City Guard.

The rest of the strategists, in addition to Xun Yu to deal with government affairs, Jia Xu to be responsible for all the logistics work, Xi Zhicai, Chen Qun, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, etc., all of the strategists will go with Liu Yi on the expedition.

There is nothing special about Liu Yi's oath to go on the expedition, because what he wants to say has already been said by the Propaganda Department of the New Han Dynasty, and Liu Yi just wants to make these expeditions to the world seem more formal, so he followed up a swearing-in meeting.

Of course, the sergeants and the onlookers were affected by the warm atmosphere, and everyone was in high spirits.

The next day, all the generals marched separately and marched with their horses.

Liu Yi and Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other generals were all on the same road at the beginning, and they all led the army to cross the Yellow River to the north first, and went to Youzhou through Bingzhou.

Therefore, hundreds of thousands of troops set off together, mighty and terrifying.

When the army arrived in Jinyang, the news that Gongsun Zhan announced his return to the New Han Dynasty has also come, and it is believed that it will soon spread all over the world.

Gongsun Zhan's announcement heralded the official opening of the battle of the New Han Army to unify the Han Dynasty. (To be continued......)