Blessing and misfortune are not a single line, and Zhang Bao is destined to have no stop during this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Tuo had just snatched it back from Tuoba Liwei, and Jia Xu brought another annoying news.

Jia Xu secretly pulled Zhang Bao aside, lowered his voice and said: "Lord, Liangzhou Assassin Shi Zhao Yun, Beidi Taishou Gao Shun, and Yecheng Taishou Guo Da respectively sent 800 miles of urgent information: Yuan Xian and Wang Lang led 50,000 horses from Chencang, marched to Xiliang, and threatened Guanzhong; The three-way coalition army of Zhang Lu, Liu Biao, and Chen Ji was also a 50,000-strong horse coalition army marching from Hedong to attack our army and annex the state; There are also 50,000 allied troops of Liu Yan, Liu Xun, and Kong Rong princes from Qingzhou to our army Leling; There is also the fact that Cao Cao and others have already crossed Puyang to kill my officers~"

"The Coalition is so fast this time?" Zhang Bao's face changed, a cold color flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly, "In the past, when the princes of the Eighteenth Route crusaded against Dong Zhuo, it took almost a year to get ready, but I didn't think that this time the coalition army would be so fast, and the Kwantung princes really looked down on General Ben. ”

"This time and that time." Jia Xu shook his head and said, "In the past, although the princes of all walks of life were afraid of Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo was only a corner of Xiliang after all. Now our army is very different, not to mention that our army occupies a place in Xiliang, this Guanzhong and the north are fertile land, and the land of the state and Youzhou to produce horses are all under the command of the lord, and there is no barbarian harassment in the northern grassland, so that our army has a stable rear, if the grain and grass are harvested in time, the lord and thousands of troops and horses go south, who can match? ”

"That's it~" Zhang Bao's eyebrows were gloomy, he waved his big hand, and said in a deep voice, "The whole army will go back to the house and summon the generals to come to discuss the matter!" ”

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Jixian County, Zhang Bao's mansion.

Zhang Bao strode to the north wall, looking at the military topographic map hanging on the wall and fell into contemplation, Jia Xu, Guo Tu, Xi Zhicai and others followed closely behind Zhang Bao, the atmosphere in the air was solemn and depressing, and Zhang Bao asked lightly for a while: "The coalition army has hundreds of thousands of troops, and the group is fighting against our army." If you have any good ideas, please tell us. ”

Jia Xu's eyes flashed, and he still guessed Zhang Bao's thoughts in his heart, so he smiled and said: "Lord, generals, although the coalition army is menacing, Ranxu and Gongzhi, Zhicai and Tianyi already have countermeasures!" ”

Jia Xu is worthy of being a human spirit, although the Yellow Turban is invincible, but hundreds of thousands of people from the coalition army are attacking it, but it is an unprecedented crisis situation, the generals and soldiers in the army are of course uneasy, but Jia Xu's words are a reassuring pill for the generals.

"Oh?" A look of relief flashed in Zhang Bao's eyes, Huo Ran turned around, looked at Jia Xu with a burning look, and said, "I want to hear about it." ”

Jia Xu took a few steps forward, pointed to the map, and said to Zhang Bao: "Xiliang has General Zhao Yun in charge, and Wen You, Ji Mou (the word for Fa Yan) and General Yu She, and the north is based on the Mobei grassland, and the 30,000 iron cavalry of the two generals Zhou Cang and Guan Hai can go south at any time, and the two coalition forces of Yuan Xun and Wang Lang are not worried. If the war is urgent, Guan You'an can lead 50,000 Tuntian soldiers to the east at any time to support, so Liu Biao, Zhang Lu, and Chen Ji are not enough to worry about the three-way coalition army, and the rest of Liu Yan, Liu Xun, Kong Rong and the like are just clowns who jump off the beam, and General Guo is stationed in Gaotang, and they will be stuck in the area along the river at most, and there is no need to worry. ”

"Bang!"

Zhang Bao slapped his palm on the table and said in a deep voice: "Only the coalition of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Sun Jian, the princes, is the trouble of our army. ”

Jia Xu smiled gloomily: "The Lord has made a plan a few days ago, and Xu has already planted the seeds, and in time, a huge storm will inevitably blow within the coalition army." However, for the time being, our army must not slack off in the slightest. ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Bao asked in a deep voice, "Strategist, how many available troops does our army have at present?" ”

Xi Zhicai was dressed neatly, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "This time, in order to resist the unprecedented crisis, all the combatable forces were mobilized, and the total number of troops was mobilized. Among them, there are 30,000 Hu cavalry in the Western Regions stationed in Xiliang, which is the elite of our army. Then the 20,000 Liangzhou rebels who surrendered were all veterans of a hundred battles, but it was difficult to take on a big task without integration, and there were more than 50,000 people under the command of General Zhao Yun of Xiliang. ”

"And the lord ordered 100,000 soldiers in the north of Tuntian, of which 20,000 were trained by General Gao Shun and could fight, and the rest of the newly recruited county soldiers almost never had time to train, and they were overwhelmed, that is to say, there were only 20,000 soldiers available in the area of Beidi and Zhouzhou, but the rest of the troops in Tuntian could also be strong, and the 30,000 cavalry of the two generals of Zhou Cang and Guan Hai could support at any time, so Liang and Erzhou were foolproof."

"As for the current You, Hebei and Hebei Prefectures have a total of 2,000 heavy armored iron cavalry, which is the elite of our army, 10,000 tiger and wolf cavalry battalions, which are also elites, and 20,000 Xiliang light cavalry who surrendered, although the time is still short, if it is controlled by the lord himself, with the prestige of the lord, it is enough to suppress the unruliness of this group of Xiliang cavalry, and then there are 50,000 veterans of hundreds of battles, and the old brothers of the lord who started the army back then are only these 50,000 veterans except for 2,000 heavy armored iron cavalry, they are real veterans of the rest of the battle, enough to resist the enemy army of 100,000 people. There are also 130,000 people distributed under the command of General Guo, General Bocai and General Buji. The rest of the county soldiers were basically overwhelmed, and all our troops had a total of more than 300,000 people who could fight. ”

"More than 300,000 people? The strength of the 30,000 iron cavalry of Liang, Erzhou, Zhoucang, and Guanhai cannot be moved, except for the troops in these two places, that is to say, our army has more than 200,000 people in the battle of Guandu! That's a lot! ”

Zhang Bao stared at the map with burning eyes, and the unprecedented crisis aroused the primitive wildness in Zhang Bao's heart.

"Let's not talk about him in the Western Alliance, although the Central and Eastern Coalition Forces claim to be 400,000, in fact, the number of soldiers who can fight will never exceed 200,000! Needless to say, Yuan Shao has few soldiers under his command, but he is just relying on his family fame, so there is nothing to worry about. Although there are many soldiers and generals under Yuan Shu, the assassin of Yangzhou, it is a pity that the orders are different, and the elite soldiers who are really subordinate to Yuan Shu are very few, which is not a cause for concern; The rest of Xu Gong, Liu Min and the like are not worth mentioning, but the ones who are really worthy of vigilance are Cao Cao, Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian and Tiger Lu Bu~"

"But ......" Zhang Bao said this, his eyes/dew/ruthlessness, and after glancing at Guo Tu and Jia Xu, he said gloomily: "Although Lu Bu is fierce, he may also become a big arm of our army." Moreover, the coalition forces have a fatal weakness. ”

"Achilles' heel?" Hua Xin's expression moved, and he asked, "The lord refers to the inconsistent orders of the coalition forces, and it is difficult to form a joint force?" ”

"Nope." Without waiting for Zhang Bao to answer, Jia Xu had already responded, "Liu Yan and Liu Biao are famous, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Sun Jian are practical, and the rest of Min Gong and Yuan Yi are just people who are also in the clouds, especially Cao Cao, who is very good at winning people's hearts, and is more accustomed to using strength to mediate, and it is not difficult for the coalition forces to achieve the unification of orders." ”

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Mobei grassland.

Zhou Cang and Guan Hai are leading 30,000 iron horsemen to the south, it is noon, the sun is high in the sky, ruthlessly roasting the earth, the endless prairie does not even have a trace of wind, the air is filled with suffocating heat, the grassland is like a fire, as if it can scorch people~~

"Zi~~"

"What the hell!" Zhou Cang poured the water of the entire sheepskin bag on the iron armor, and suddenly there was a steaming water vapor, and in less than a moment, the shallow water in the iron armor evaporated to the point that there was not a drop left, Zhou Cang threw the heavy iron armor aside in annoyance, scratched his head and cursed: "This thief God, this is a deliberate attempt to heat grandpa to death~"

"Okay, Old Zhou." Guan Hai took out the sheepskin bag from under the saddle and poured it with a mouthful of water, and then said, "This time, the group of dogs and cubs of the Kwantung Coalition Army is said to have five or six hundred thousand horses, and you said that we will lead 30,000 iron horsemen to the south, is it enough?" ”

"Hey~" Zhou Cangman waved his hand nonchalantly, "Don't say that there are five or six hundred thousand pups, as long as there is a lord, what if it is a million people?" How do you say that sentence, it's called moving your fingers to ashes! ”

"Hahaha~" Guan Hai burst out laughing, and suddenly said again, "Hey, Lao Zhou, how long have we not followed the lord to fight?" Although he slashed and killed Xianbei soil dogs on the grassland all day long, he was not energetic. ”

Zhou Cang shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's been five or six years~"

"Five or six years?" Guan Hai said with a cruel smile on his face, "This time Lao Tzu can come back, thanks to these coalition dogs, in return, Lao Tzu must kill him~"

"Okay~Kill him~" Zhou Cang turned over and howled loudly, "Rabbit cubs, get on the horse." The old men are back~"

"Roar~"

"Roar~"

"Roar~"

Zhou Cang gave an order, and 30,000 iron horsemen responded with a howl, and followed Zhou Cang and Guan Hai and rolled towards the south~~ The army passed by, leaving a roaring sound of iron hooves on the green grassland~

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Youzhou, Zhang Bao's official residence.

Hua Xin asked again: "Could it be that the allied army's grain and grass are not continuous?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Jing, Xu, and Yangzhou are rich, and the coalition army has no worries about food and grass. ”

Hua Xin said: "In this way, the lower officials don't know what the Achilles' heel of the coalition army is?" ”

Zhang Bao smiled coldly and said: "It's very simple, although the coalition forces are numerous, there are no cavalry!" ”

Bing Yuan said worriedly: "But my lord, in the past, there were no decent cavalry in the coalition of princes from all walks of life, on the other hand, Dong Zhuo had more than 100,000 elite cavalry in Liangzhou under his command, but the final result was that Dong Zhuo's troops were defeated, and even Luoyang fell in the end." ”

"That's Dong Zhuo, not General Ben!" Zhang Bao waved his arm fiercely and shouted, "Dong Zhuo is guarding the pass with elite cavalry, waiting for hundreds of thousands of infantry in the eastern part of the country to attack, he has already committed the taboo of soldiers, how can he be undefeated?" If the general was replaced in Luoyang, a small number of elite infantry should be used to defend the Tiger Prison, Henan and other passes, and after the general led the three-way elite cavalry out of the flank, he would attack Jing, Qing, Yang, Henan, and Yan Prefectures with guerrilla tactics, and the princes of the 14th Route naturally retreated when they saw the fire in the backyard. ”

"Oh, so the lord already has a plan in his heart?" Bing Yuan said, "I don't know how to fight this battle?" ”

"It's very simple, Dong Zhuo didn't use guerrilla tactics back then." Zhang Bao waved his hand, and then said, "Then General Ben will give him a guerrilla tactic, let him have thousands of troops, and let me obediently roll back." ”

"The magic of using soldiers is to be single-minded." Jia Xu smiled and said, "The lord is called avoiding the real and attacking the false, and attacking it will be saved." ”

"Report ......" Jia Xu's voice fell, and a military general suddenly entered the report outside the door, "Lord, Mr. Guan Ning asks to see you." ”

"You'an?" Zhang Bao said, "Hurry up, please." ”

After a while, Guan Ning appeared in front of everyone, the white Guan Ning of the past was gone, but Guan Ning was black and thin at this time, as soon as he entered the hall, Guan Ning knelt down and said to Zhang Bao: "Lord, the coalition army is menacing, but our army has Hangu Pass in the natural danger, and there are dangerous places in the two states of Hebei, why don't the lord hold on to the danger, if the coalition army sees no hope of victory, it will naturally retreat." Why should the lord rush to fight at this time? ”

Zhang Baofeng frowned lightly, and asked in a condensed voice: "You'an thinks this battle shouldn't be fought?" ”

"You shouldn't have beaten it!" Guan Ning said without hesitation, "The lord has just conquered Liangzhou, Pingding, and the army has been fighting abroad for many years, and the soldiers are inevitably tired and war-weary, and in order to conquer Guanzhong and pacify,

Xiliang, coupled with the previous conquest of Mobei, now our army's manpower, material resources, and horsepower consumption is very huge, if there is no three to five years of rest and recuperation, it is really not suitable to launch such a big war. ”

“……”

"Also, the 100,000 Tuntian soldiers are undertrained and embarrassed, and the soldiers surrendered in Hanguguan are all from the Liangzhou rebellion, and they are worried about mutiny before the battle. Although our army currently has food stocks, it can only sustain the needs of 300,000 troops for half a year, and if all these things are not good for our army, if we fight at this time, the chances of victory are slim. ”

“……”

"If the lord can postpone the war for ten years, the situation will be completely different, then Mobei and the Western Regions have already returned to the center, the two generals of Zhou Cang and Guan Hai will be able to carry more than 200,000 iron cavalry south to the Central Plains, and the 100,000 Tuntian soldiers in the north have also been trained, and there are tens of thousands of elite iron cavalry under the command of the lord, who in the world can stop it?"

"And Youzhou, Beidi, Guanzhong, and Jizhou have a lot of grain in stock, and ten years of accumulation are enough to support the needs of the lord to conquer the world, and the lord can punish the generals Tun Chencang and Ziwu to deter Hanzhong and Jing Yang, and then personally lead hundreds of thousands of cavalry armies, whether it is to go east to Hangu, or to go south to Guandu to chase the Central Plains, when the trend of destruction and decay can sweep the Central Plains, so the world can be determined."

Zhang Bao was silent.

He had to admit that Guan Ning's strategic vision was indeed very unique, and the analysis he made was indeed reasonable, and it was undoubtedly an extremely safe way to do what Guan Ning said. But this time,

Zhang Bao had a reason to fight.

It's not that Zhang Bao can't wait for ten years, in fact, Zhang Bao is still young, at least younger than Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu, and he can afford to wait. The reason why Zhang Bao was in a hurry to fight,

It is because he, as a person who has crossed over, knows that ten years later, the entire Central Plains has already become Cao Cao's world, and Cao Cao will also have a division of a hundred battles!

At that time, even if Zhang Bao coerced hundreds of thousands of cavalry troops to compete in the Central Plains, he might not be able to win the battle.

The reason is simple.

Although Zhang Bao is located in Guan, Liang, He, You, Hebei and other places, and his troops are sharp, compared with Cao Cao in the Central Plains, he has a fatal weakness, that is, the population is too small, and there is a serious lack of talents!

Even if Zhang Bao can gather hundreds of thousands of cavalry troops, it can only be a temporary prosperity, and it cannot last at all, but Cao Cao has tens of millions of people for him to consume, and he has an inexhaustible talent advantage! In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and schemes will be useless. Similarly, in the face of the huge population advantage of the Central Plains, Zhang Bao, who is in a corner of peace, has little chance, just like Sun Quan in Jiangdong and Liu Bei in Shu in history~