Chapter 170: The Root of the Bane
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Recruiting enemy soldiers, replenishing troops, and expanding troops is true, but recruiting sergeants also depends on what kind of person they are. Whether it is good or bad, it is difficult to imagine what kind of combat effectiveness such an army will have.
Zhao Yun can only imagine that these thieves are mixed among the officers and soldiers, and if they do evil in the future, who can control them? Besides, it is not unknown whether they really rely on Gongsun Zhan. With less than 50,000 military horses, more than 70,000 thieves were recruited, and only a stubborn person like Gongsun Chan dared to do this, and he Zhao Yun did not dare to do so.
This is not a question of Gongsun Zhan's arrogance, but a question of how he controls the army composed of thieves, and how he can stop those thieves who are prone to robbery from doing evil.
However, Zhao Yun doesn't want to care about it at the moment, leave these to Gongsun Zhan for a headache, I hope he can really surrender these tens of thousands of thieves and use them for him, but Zhao Yun dares to guarantee that on the way to his march, there will definitely be many thieves who steal the plane and escape, and it will be strange if most of the more than 70,000 people don't escape.
"Alas, this Zhao Zilong, he doesn't know that a certain is in urgent need of replenishing troops now, if a large Youzhou, now there are only 100,000 soldiers, in addition to dealing with Yuan Shao's invasion, but also to face the invasion of aliens outside the pass, if a certain does not take the opportunity to incorporate these tens of thousands of Black Mountain Army, develop and strengthen the strength, in the future, it will inevitably be destroyed by Yuan Shao. General Bitter Cockroach, for your sake, I may have offended Zhao Zilong, but I didn't expect that this Zilong would be such a strong person. ”
"My lord! I didn't thank the lord for taking in the affection, although I said that I had done evil things, but many times I was also forced by the form, besides, I also wanted to take refuge in the government, but, I and other people from poor families, where is the opportunity? Especially after joining the Yellow Turban Army, he has a thief on his head. No one dares to accept someone who suffers. Fortunately, the lord did not give up. "Although the bitter cockroach can't say whether he really voted for Gongsun Zhan, he has the heart to vote for the government. In the Montenegrin army, from Zhang Yan down, which bandit leader does not want to get rid of the identity of a thief?
At present, the bitter cockroach has no choice but to take refuge in Gongsun Zhan. I really moved my mind and wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of the thief's hat on my head.
"Well, don't talk about this, since you are determined to accept your investment, then I will definitely protect you, let alone Zhao Zilong. Even if it's Liu Yi, he can't let him touch you. In front of the bitter cockroach, Gongsun Zhan naturally wanted to show his respect, but after speaking, he said a little worriedly: "But Zilong left, without his help, he advanced from this Chaoyang Mountain to the Black Mountain, and passed through countless mountains. I don't know when I'll be able to attack the hinterland of Montenegro. ”
"Don't worry, don't forget that a certain person was once the leader of the Black Mountain Bandits, and he is very familiar with the terrain and terrain that enters the Black Mountain region from here. I also know many thieves, and if someone is suffering, the master will be able to go all the way unimpeded, and he can attack and kill into Montenegro without much effort. The bitter cockroach said gratefully: "Of course, after all, a certain person who surrendered from the Black Mountain thieves, it is not good to personally fight the people of Montenegro immediately, and a certain will not leave the lord's side, but will only point out to the lord how to quickly enter the passage of Montenegro." ”
"Oh? That's the best, and in the future, I'll have to rely more on General Ku. "Gongsun Zhan looked at the bitter cockroach, and then he wanted to show something. At the moment, I felt that it was indeed good to recruit him. With his help, why can't he destroy Montenegro?
"I am willing to serve the Lord!" The cockroach bows down.
Zhao Yun immediately gathered 10,000 troops and horses from his headquarters and left. Before leaving, Zhao Yun called Meng Ding and asked him and the mountain and forest special operations sergeants who led the way for Gongsun Chan to be careful, and Gongsun Chan absorbed more than 70,000 thieves at once. It is estimated that there will definitely be chaos, so let them be careful not to lose their lives in vain.
Liu Yi only has these hundreds of special operations sergeants in the mountains and forests now, after seeing the power and effectiveness of these sergeants, the loss of one is a loss that is difficult for you to make up, if it is not for them to lead the way, Zhao Yun really wants to take them away together, lest they fall into a crisis.
Gongsun Chan indiscriminately incorporated all the thieves, and Meng Ding and the others were also dissatisfied, but Gongsun Chan was not their lord's person, and they had no right to interfere, so they had to act cheaply.
However, with the help of the bitter cockleus, Gongsun Zhan's march was indeed fast, and he advanced all the way, tackling the fortified villages, and capturing one after another strongholds of the Black Mountain thieves.
But just as Zhao Yun expected, the more than 70,000 thieves, in the process of marching, did flee at the first opportunity and disappeared into the mountains.
Some of the personal soldiers and generals sent by Gongsun Chan to lead the army were also killed by the thieves. In just a few days, more than 70,000 thieves and more than 20,000 escaped.
Gongsun Zhan was anxious to expand his troops, but he ignored that not all of these thieves were the thieves of the bitter cockroach. Among the thieves, the composition is complicated, the subordinates of the two people, Root and Bitter Cockroach, as well as many people from the leaders of other Black Mountain Bandits, in addition to Bitter Cockroach, how can other thief soldiers care more about Bitter Cockroach being assisted by Gongsun Zhan? Those who can escape will definitely flee without hesitation.
Even if it was the original thief of the bitter cockle, they wanted to escape if they had the chance. Therefore, if you recruit thieves, can you use them with a little reorganization? The thief's nature is difficult to change, and he is used to the life of a bandit, how can he really become an officer and soldier in one fell swoop? Besides, this time it is an attack on Montenegro, how many soldiers and horses there are in Montenegro, everyone knows in the hearts of the bandits, and Gongsun Zhan's meaning is also obvious, he wants to use the way of thieves to fight thieves to save his own troops, so that those thieves have no reason not to escape?
It is not so much that Gongsun Chan attacked the fortified village, marched all the way, and made smooth progress, but that those thieves took the initiative to retreat and did not fight with Gongsun Chan at all.
This is also due to the thieves who have fled.
Those thieves fled, they would naturally flee to the pass strongholds of those mountain roads first, and they would first flee to those bandit cottages, after the deserters' propaganda, those stronghold cottage thieves heard that Gongsun Chan was so powerful, and actually captured nearly 80,000 thieves, they were all a little timid, plus, it seems that Gongsun Chan drove their original thieves to attack, many thieves in the name of attack, in fact, they fled, so, they were also afraid of Gongsun Zhan, and fled.
As soon as the thieves fled, they went to the empty building, and let Gongsun Chan check the cheap in vain, so that the march would progress rapidly.
That's it. It seems that the results of the battle are great, but the real gains are not large, and when the thieves flee, they often take all the money and food from the stronghold. What Gongsun Chan got was only an empty stronghold cottage, and he didn't catch any more thieves to replenish his troops.
Of the more than 70,000 thieves, more than 20,000 escaped, which made Gongsun Zhan's heart very unhappy, but he did not regret it. Nor did he blame the bitter cockroach who had been marching with him. Because, why didn't he think of this phenomenon? Fleeing part of it also allowed him to better control the rest of the thief soldiers, his current headquarters is only 50,000 troops, and in addition to marching and attacking, he must also control the thief soldiers and horses that drive more than his army. It's really not too easy to do, and half of the more than 70,000 people can be left in the end. He felt that even if it was good, only those who were willing to stay and were really willing to follow him could be regarded as his Gongsun Zhan's real military horse. When the matter of attacking Zhang Yan in Montenegro this time is over, and when he returns to Youzhou in the future, these thieves will be an elite army after a little training.
Gongsun Chan is not stupid, and naturally knows some ways of the emperor. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to pull up so many military horses and dominate Youzhou.
Moreover. Gongsun Zhan knew in his heart that those bloody thieves were more fierce in battle than those who didn't even dare to kill people, and he only cared about the elite of his own military horses, and didn't care whether they were thieves or people.
And the bitter cockle, seeing that the thieves fled so much. He was also worried that Gongsun Chan would be angry with him because of this, but instead of blaming him, Gongsun Chan seemed to trust him more, and before joining Liu Yi, Gongsun Chan carried out another rectification of the thief soldiers, and appointed Ku Cockroach as the chief general of the rectification of the thief soldiers, although he was not allowed to really lead the army, but it allowed him to communicate directly with the thief soldiers, and he did not seem to be worried that he would encourage the thieves to rebel. For Gongsun Zhan's trust in him, Ku Ke finally had a little bit of kindness, and planned to sincerely vote for Gongsun Chan for the time being, and seriously rectify those thieves for Gongsun Zhan, which also made the remaining thieves slowly feel at ease, and not many people still thought about escaping.
Of course, if Gongsun Chan loses the battle, that's another story. Those thieves will definitely flee as soon as possible, and their loyalty to Gongsun Chan is indeed limited.
This is also the reason why Gongsun Zhan, the direct director, finally failed miserably in the battle with Yuan Shao in the future. In a good battle, these thieves will also follow Gongsun Zhan, but once they find that Gongsun Zhan's power is not as good as Yuan Shao, and after being defeated by Yuan Shao for one or two battles, they will immediately scatter and throw another way.
Well, this is just the bane planted by Gongsun Zhan, so let's not talk about it for now.
Fortunately, Meng Ding and other special operations sergeants in the mountains and forests were not killed in the defection of the thieves, most of them were in the process of leading the way, and they saw that the opportunity was wrong and got into the mountains, and those thieves couldn't help them. When they saw that Gongsun Chan had almost attacked the hinterland of Montenegro, they were not allowed to join their lord Liu Yi in a short time, so they simply did not return to Gongsun Zhan's army, went directly to see Liu Yi, and reported the situation in Gongsun Zhan's army to Liu Yi.
Liu Yi did not express too many opinions on the matter of the capture of thieves and soldiers, Gongsun Zhan had the ability to catch the prisoners and had the right to take them in. Gongsun Chan was not his subordinate, and Liu Yi had no power to stop Gongsun Chan from doing so.
However, Liu Yi was quite interested in using the method of smoke attack to capture Chaoyang Valley of Chaoyang Mountain, and asked Meng Ding about the matter carefully, and heard that this smoke attack strategy was actually a method that Meng Ding came up with, and he couldn't help but be very happy, and praised him with praise and praise, and gave him a credit, and then rewarded him together in the future.
From Gongsun Zhan being blocked, to inviting Zhao Yun and capturing Chaoyang Valley, to his arrival at Sankou Canyon, it took almost ten days.
And Lewy has been waiting for several days in Sankou Canyon. From the Panhe Alliance to now, almost a month has passed.
This is about the same time as Liu Yi expected, to clear out the bandits on the periphery of the Black Mountain region, and control the passage in and out of the Black Mountain, it will be almost done in a month, which is already a task completed ahead of schedule.
Liu Yi also didn't expect that Gongsun Zhan, who came from the direction of Zhongshan County, originally the area of Montenegro he had passed through was even more dangerous, most of his military horses were cavalry, and he was not good at fighting in the mountains and forests, but he had to kill the hinterland of Montenegro earlier than Yuan Shao to join him.
Seeing Gongsun Zhan, Liu Yi never mentioned that he had incorporated the tens of thousands of Black Mountain thieves, first congratulated him, and then invited him into the big tent to set up a banquet and entertain him.
Liu Yi invited Gongsun Zhan to sit down, raised a glass to him, and said: "Brother Gongsun, unconsciously, it has been a month since the Panhe Alliance, and so far, we have achieved a lot of results, and we have basically severely dealt a blow to the morale of the Black Mountain thieves." so that they do not dare to engage us lightly. He had defeated several of their armies separately, and reduced their forces, and now it was time for a decisive battle. Just wait for Yuan Shao to lead the army to come. ”
"Haha, yes, before, we really didn't expect to attack the hinterland of Montenegro so smoothly, and we could come to Montenegro, this Montenegrin thief soldier is full of millions. If they dare to fight us, even now, we will have to run out of troops, but we have attacked and killed all the way, and most of them have retreated without a fight. Such thieves are not to be worried. Gongsun Chan also said a little proudly.
He entered the hinterland of Montenegro one step faster than Yuan Shao to join Liu Yi, and was supplemented by tens of thousands of thieves. This proves that he is stronger than Yuan Shao and will be in the future. If you want to fight with Yuan Shao again, you will also have a psychological advantage.
"Well, the 300,000 Montenegrin army jumped out of the periphery and wiped out 100,000 of them. Later, you and I fought each other, and together, we should have wiped out about 100,000 thieves. Coupled with the killings along the road, even if there are not as many as 100,000 thieves eliminated, there should be tens of thousands of thieves in total, right? Liu Yi counted in his heart, and roughly calculated: "One million Black Mountain Army, you and I have destroyed and defeated more than 200,000." In addition, there are 200,000 troops on the periphery of Montenegro, not counting the Montenegrin thieves eliminated by Yuan Shao all the way forward, the thieves in this Montenegro will never exceed 600,000 horses, not to mention, they are only known as a million army. In my opinion, it is only about 800,000 horses at most. Slightly less, that's 560,000 horses. ”
"500,000 thieves? Now that a certain has collected tens of thousands of thieves, there are about 100,000 military horses, plus Brother Liu Yi, you have 130,000 horses, I don't know how many soldiers Yuan Shao can attack and kill? There should be tens of thousands of horses, right? 200,000 military horses? Ha, as long as there are 200,000 military horses, we are not afraid of Zhang Yan's hundreds of thousands of thieves. "Gongsun Zhan's body is more arrogant than Yuan Shao, and he is not too afraid of Zhang Yan of Montenegro.
"Montenegro Zhang Yan, the real headquarters thief is only 300,000, and now it is definitely less than 300,000." Liu Yidao: "As for the situation in Montenegro, we have basically investigated it clearly. When Yuan Shao arrives, let's make a good total of how to start attacking the mountain. ”
"It's fine. I also heard that in addition to Montenegro, their Montenegrin army also stationed troops on two other mountains, three mountains, each other's horns, each other's support, you can also send troops to attack us at any time, attack Montenegro Zhang Yan has fought until now, and it can be done, the more this time, the more careful it is, lest it be like a few months ago to crusade against Dong Zhuo, and finally let Dong Zhuo escape to Chang'an, but it will not be over. ”
"What I said is that although we attacked Shun all the way, Zhang Yan's headquarters did not move, and most of the thieves we encountered were scattered by guerrillas, and the real battle has not yet arrived. Now, Brother Gongsun is tidying up the military horses in these three canyons and preparing for the decisive battle. ”
"Okay, but this military ration thing...... You see. Gongsun Zhan's face was a little unnatural.
Gongsun Chan had tens of thousands of more thieves, and he didn't get food from the stronghold of the bandit soldiers all the way, which made Gongsun Chan a little depressed, the smoke attacked Chaoyang Valley, and the firewood thrown down on it actually burned down the granary of tens of thousands of military horses in the valley without a book. Therefore, when there was no one to put out the fire and rescue food, the military rations, which were enough for 70,000 or 80,000 horses to eat for ten days, were all burned.
Therefore, by now, Gongsun Zhan's food has been tightened, although he still has a lot of food in Youzhou, but now he has to send it to the far water, which can't save the fire. In addition, he never thought about using the grain in Beiping, Youzhou, which Gongsun Zhan had accumulated with great difficulty, and he would definitely not use it lightly until the critical moment. Therefore, knowing that Liu Yi had food, he thought about getting more food from Liu Yi's hands.
Now when the world is in turmoil, everyone is short of food, and even if they have money, it is difficult to buy food. Besides, how could they, the princes and lords, not know the truth that fighting a war is fighting for food? Therefore, he is also like Yuan Shao, who bought military rations from Liu Yi at a low price.
In order to persuade them to send troops to attack Montenegro together, Liu Yi suffered a little loss in terms of food, and did not bother with Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao.
The matter of food is difficult to get compared to others, but for Liu Yi, it is not too difficult. It is difficult for other princes to get a large amount of grain, that is because they do not have a fixed production base, and they usually do not think of spending a lot of money to store grain, even if they do, they do not have so much money to buy, so now that the world is in chaos, and the princes from all over the country have supported the army to stand on their own, they will find that what they lack most is not soldiers and horses, not ordnance and weapons, but food.
Liu Yi has two bases, which have been in production for several years, and he has been buying grain from some grain merchants, and he is still supplying grain in Julu County, and now, Liu Yi is really not short of grain. If it weren't for the millions of people in Luoyang, Liu Yi could have brought in more grain.
Therefore, as soon as Gongsun Chan talked about food, Liu Yi understood, patted his chest and promised that he could escort him to come with more food, of course, to collect money.
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