Since the previous capture of Jiqing Prefecture, Zhang Yuan not only expanded his territory sharply, but also expanded the source of troops, and the newly recruited soldiers plus the surrendered Yuan soldiers, his available troops have reached 200,000 people. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Among them, Yue Fei and Yang Zhi led 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison the front line of Yuan Shang's sphere of influence in Huainan to resist the attack of Sun Ce's Wu army.

Zu Di commanded an army of 10,000 and continued to garrison the front line of Chang'an in Nanyang to resist the Fujian army commanded by Han Sui, who had a weak attack force.

Liu Bei's secluded army in the north, because of the assistance of Zhuge Liang, and more than half of them are cavalry, naturally cannot be underestimated, and must be guarded against with strong soldiers and good generals.

After careful consideration, Zhang Yuan decided to use the combination of Ran Min plus Gao Gong and Qubei to command 20,000 troops and stationed on the front line of Zhongshan to resist the attack of the Youjun army.

As for Yuan Shang's first journey, Zhang Yuan personally commanded the main army of 90,000 foot cavalry, went to the conquest, defeated Yuan Shang, and then captured Yuan Shang's sphere of influence in one fell swoop.

In the direction of Chang'an, Zhang Yuan left 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Guan Zhong to sit in the town, on the one hand, to monitor the Son of Heaven, and on the other hand, to serve as a reserve in the south, ± waiting for an opportunity to gallop to the south to help.

Yecheng, as the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, had to leave heavy troops, and Zhang Yuan also left 10,000 elite soldiers, commanded by Queen Fan Lihua, and sat in the national capital.

Among the Five Nations Alliance, the last person Zhang Yuan feared was Cao Cao's Zhao army in the west.

Cao Cao was originally resourceful, not to mention, his strategists and fierce generals gathered, and even recovered the Ma clan, with Ma Chao and other world-class fierce generals, as well as more than 10,000 powerful Xiliang cavalry.

In terms of military strength alone, Cao Cao's strength has even surpassed the strength when he was sitting in the Central Plains.

Zhang Yuan wanted to concentrate the main force to destroy Yuan Shang first, and for Cao Cao's Zhao army, he could naturally only take a defensive position first.

If you want to defend Luoyang Hangu Pass, it is not enough to have enough soldiers and horses, but you must also have a good commander to be able to block the big responsibility.

Zhang Yuan thought about it, although there were many good generals under his command, he couldn't find a suitable candidate to take on this big responsibility.

"Looks like it's time to summon a well-guarded commander......

Zhang Yuan stared at the map and pondered the good general, and already had an idea in his heart.

"System elves, transfer all the heroes with a commander value of more than 90 to me." Zhang Yuan ordered with his mind.

This time, Zhang Yuan did not choose to directly summon the heroes who were worth 100 in command.

In view of the fact that when the last time a hundred heroes were summoned, the random hero Ji Strike was unexpectedly summoned on Liu Zhang's body, and unexpectedly created a strong man, so at this juncture when the five countries joined forces to fight Zhou, Zhang Yuan decided not to summon a hundred heroes for the time being in order to avoid unexpected variables.

"Tick...... Heroes with a commander value of 90 or more have been called up, please choose from the host. ”

In Zhang Yuan's mind, a string of names immediately appeared, and now his brutality value has reached more than 80, and the number of heroes that can be summoned has doubled, and it is really not easy to pick a suitable candidate from a long list of dazzling lists.

Zhang Yuan's gaze swept over the long list, and finally locked on a thunderous name:

Sapphire.

A famous general during the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, 99 commanders, 73 military forces, 81 resourcefulness, 62 politics, and initial loyalty 21.

The founding general of the Ming Dynasty of China, often met the wife and brother of Chun, and was a native of Dingyuan (now Anhui). The official worships the general and seals the Duke of Liangguo. Yu Yu'er broke the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the sea of fishing, basically destroyed its official system and shocked the world.

The commander value of 99 points is also in line with Lan Yu's military record.

Later, he was suspected of rebellion and was executed by Ming Taizu, with 15,000 people, which was the "Blue Jade Case" in the early Ming Dynasty, and the political value of 62 points was also worthy of the name.

Zhang Yuan pressed his palm on the top of Na Wusheng's head, and ordered with his mind without hesitation: "System elf, just summon Lan Yu, immediately." ”

"Tick...... After deducting the benevolence points required for summoning, the host has 84 benevolence points and starts summoning heroes, ten ...... Nine ......"

After a few moments, the countdown was over.

Just as Zhang Yuan was thinking, a middle-aged martial artist had entered the temple and bowed down at Zhang Yuan's feet.

Zhang Yuan took a light breath and said solemnly: "This king has been inspecting you for a long time, and I know that you have the talent to command, I hope you can command elite troops for this king and resist strong enemies." ”

With that, Zhang Yuan flicked his hand and motioned for him to get up.

The kneeling body slowly stood up, and when he looked up, his eyes were already showing a calm and decisive color, and he arched his hand towards Zhang Yuanyi: "Minister Lanyu worships King Zhou." ”

This momentum is really extraordinary.

Zhang Yuan nodded slightly and asked: "Lan Yu, Cao Cao led 50,000 Zhao troops, and I am Hangu Pass, this king intends to appoint you as the commander to defend Luoyang for this king, and hold Hangu Pass, how many troops do you need?" ”

"Back to the King of Zhou, Cao Cao is treacherous with soldiers, the Zhao army is extremely sharp, and the King of Zhou wants his ministers to defend Luoyang, at least 20,000 elite soldiers must be given to his ministers." Lan Yu replied without hesitation.

20,000 elite soldiers were still within Zhang Yuan's acceptable range, so he did not hesitate and happily agreed on the spot.

At this time, Lan Yu said: "Although Hangu Pass is a natural danger, but since ancient times, it is difficult to attack this pass from the east, and it is easy to attack this pass from the west, Cao Cao can not attack it for a long time, and he will make a strange strategy, so the minister only dares to guarantee to hold Hangu Pass for three months, if the city is lost within three months, the minister will apologize for his guilt, and if the city falls after three months, please forgive the minister first." ”

This Lan Yu is really an upright person, he can carry as many burdens as he has as much ability, and he doesn't boast about the road.

Zhang Yuan likes this kind of real person.

At that moment, he laughed and said happily: "Very good, this king appreciates your straightforwardness, I will give you 20,000 soldiers and horses, as long as you can hold Hangu Pass for three months, you will complete the task, and then no matter what, this king will forgive you for your innocence." ”

Only then did Lan Yu receive the order.

The plan has been decided, and the edicts of the Dao Dao are like snowflakes, flying to all parts of the Great Zhou, and the generals and strategists who are in Yecheng immediately rushed to various places.

Three days later, Zhang Yuanqin led an army of 90,000 foot cavalry from Yecheng and went to Hanoi County in a mighty way.

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Northwest of Hanoi County, Shangdang County, Huguan.

The battle flag of the word "Vietnam" flew inside and outside the city, and 10,000 Vietnamese troops were stationed here.

Shangdang County is the southeast gateway of Yuan Shang's sphere of influence, Huguan is the gateway of Shangdang, Yuan Shang, who claims to be the Duke of Yue, in response to Liu Bei's proposal to invade the Zhou of the Five Kingdoms, after Liu Bei, the king of You, raised troops, he also led 10,000 Yuan Shang's sphere of influence to Huguan from Yueyang south, intending to go south from this pass, kill into Hanoi County, and threaten the Yecheng side from the west.

Yuan Shang stood on top of Guancheng, looking at Zhang Jiu in the direction of Guannan from afar, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and among his eyebrows, a sneer quietly appeared, and he muttered to himself: "Zhang Yuan, I, Yuan Shang, are finally going to kill back, this Hebei is still the ...... of my Yuan family after all, you traitor, sooner or later I will wash my humiliation with your head."