Chapter 18: The Five-Way Army

(It's finally time to start discussing Dong Daye, some people may find it annoying in the previous chapters, but first, this book will be an important piece of content, and it will be used later in the rankings, this is just the beginning; Secondly, on the issue of the election of the leader of the alliance and the deputy leader of the alliance, it is necessary to spend three or four chapters to describe it, because it is related to the follow-up, especially Lu Bu's plan, haha In short, everyone will know if you read it, don't forget to subscribe to vote! ~οΌ‰

In fact, the army of the princes gathered by the Dong Alliance this time is that the princes who participated in the alliance were drawn from the army under their command, and except for a part of the land left behind in the rear, they basically had to be drawn out and join the camp of the alliance army.

In this way, naturally the princes will have worries, especially the mutual attack within the alliance, which is a big problem that broke out when the alliance was formed last time, among which Yuan Shaobu's generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou attacked the city in Jizhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou almost offended the three major princes, and it also became a major reason for the final collapse of the alliance.

Although it has been proved that it is all Li Ru's poisonous plan, but if there is one, you have to guard against two, not to mention that the current alliance is not completely single-minded, if it is not explained in advance, it will become more and more troublesome in the future.

Cao Cao, the new leader of the alliance, made an agreement that during the alliance and for a period of time before and after, the princes participating in the alliance were not allowed to attack other people in the alliance, whether it was their personal or the territory they occupied, the alliance must give them the necessary security guarantees, and for those who violated the agreement, they also set severe sanctions, declaring them to be the public enemies of the princes. Other princes in the alliance can attack it in groups, and can divide their territory, men and horses, such a deterrent regulation, I believe that no one will destroy it for no reason, even Yuan Shao does not dare to move lightly, so that the princes can rest assured that they have no reservations and prepare for war wholeheartedly.

The next topic is how to arrange the soldiers and horses of the princes for the distribution of Dong Zhuo's military strength.

Now the scope of Dong Zhuo's influence is clear, and the three major states of Sili, Yuzhou and Yanzhou are all stationed, of which Sizhou and Yuzhou are fully controlled, and Yanzhou also occupies most of them. Xu Rong and Cao Cao also fought each other. This person has his own strategy for marching, Cao Cao is quite complacent in military affairs, but he can't please much in his hands, and he has to admire him in his heart.

Today, Dong Zhuo is the largest force in the world. The direct subordinate and indirect command of the army has a total of about 500,000 infantry and cavalry (real number). This includes 100,000 elite Xiliang Iron Cavalry who can be dispatched at will under Li Yu, Guo Yan and others in Yuzhou. and nearly 100,000 other Lao Xiliang who stayed by his side; There are also more than 60,000 guards of the Imperial City Guard Division and Yulin Army in Luoyang, plus 150,000 standing garrisons in various parts of the three states, and 780,000 township soldiers who can be recruited at any time.

According to Dong Zhuo, more than 50,000 troops and horses invaded Liangzhou. There are still more than 30,000 people defending Chang'an, and these nearly 100,000 people can be ignored for the time being; Among the standing garrisons of the three states, the division of the state occupies half of the total, and the other half of Yuzhou and the western part of Yanzhou, and the other half is Cao Cao, Sun Ce and Yuan Shu in the southeast, who are about to face each other, and must be cut off or at least dispersed.

After all, this alliance discussed Dong and determined two possible battlefield areas, one is the same as last time, in Henan County, Yanzhou and Yuzhou Dong Zhuojun naturally need to be expelled; The other is in Gyeonggi Province, that is, in the area of Guanzhong and Chang'an, Ma Teng and others are the main attraction points of firepower, and the army assembled after converging with several alliance armies will form a front and rear attack on Dong Zhuo.

The princes also agreed that the alliance army would first be divided into three directions, east, north, and west, with a total of more than 500,000 troops (claimed), and jointly launched a general attack on Dong Zhuo.

The first road is from the northeast, mainly by Yuan Shao, supplemented by Han Fu and Gongsun Zhan, from Jizhou to the southwest through Wei County into Hanoi County, along Ji County, Wude, Pinggao to Xingyang, Henan; The second road is due east, which is Yanzhou in the east of Sili, led by Cao Cao, passing through Yanzhou and then entering Henan; The third road is Yuan Shu and Sun Ce, etc., from Yangzhou, into Yuzhou and directly into Henan.

Of course, this is all planned, depending on what kind of difficulties they encounter.

Sure enough, Cao Cao mentioned: "I have already received news that Xu Rong of Yanzhou, Li Yu of Yuzhou, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou have been compressing their defensive lines recently, showing a defensive posture. In particular, Yanzhou Xu Rong, who occupies most of the western part of Yanzhou, is the enemy we face directly, and it is mainly defending, which will inevitably be a big trouble at that time. As for the 100,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry of Li Yu and Guo Yan in Yuzhou, they are all veterans under Dong Zhuo, if the defenders in Yuzhou are not worried, Cao is worried that these 100,000 people will become an obstacle to Bofu and the highway, and it may become a problem for us to invade Henan. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't stop nodding, which was indeed a problem.

Li Yu, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou can be called the four great Xiliang kings under Dong Zhuo, they commanded Dong Zhuo's 200,000 Xiliang army of 100,000 elites, before Chen Bing threatened Yuan Shao at the junction of Yanzhou and Jizhou, it was their handiwork.

Lu Bu suddenly laughed and said, "Maybe there is some way to at least make Li Yu's 100,000 army less than a threat." ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, looked at Lu Bu, and the eyes of the princes were also attracted, but they couldn't help but feel strange in their hearts, after all, Lu Bu, as a military general, actually needed him to speak on such an occasion, although it was his responsibility as the deputy alliance leader, but why did he feel so incongruous.

Lu Bu ignored them, and at this moment he was even smiling a little mysteriously, "Bu asked the alliance leader Xu Bu to attack Yuzhou together with Sun Bofu and Yuan Highway. ”

Everyone was stunned, and then Yuan Shu couldn't stop laughing, and pointed at Lu Budao: "Do you think that if you have one more person, you can increase the number of troops by 100,000 to fight against Li Yu's army?" He actually had dissatisfaction in his heart, according to the arrangement of the Eastern Three-Way Army, he and Sun Ce faced the most powerful enemy, and even Yuan Shu didn't think that they could defeat with the two of them, and Lu Bu said such a sentence now, he couldn't help but be ironic.

Lu Bu smiled faintly, "The mountain people have their own clever plans, but it is inconvenient to say more at this time, but they are willing to make a military order, so unless Yuan Lulu has a better way, don't refute it." ”

Is it a way for him to follow?

Even Cao Cao couldn't help but doubt it, but after thinking about it, Lu Bu even said the words of the military order, and the other princes had nothing to say, and even Yuan Shu held back his breath, so he could only nod and said with a smile: "The military order is not necessary, since there is no better construction for the time being, then for the time being, I will act as Feng Xian said." Of course, you and Bofu also have to watch, if there is no so-called mountain man's clever plan at that time, first protect their respective armies, and wait for the alliance to discuss again; If there is, I want to see what kind of storm you can stir up. ”

After Cao Cao's words were finished, the princes had no objections, such as Yuan Shao was happy to see Lu Bu eating deflated, so he would not stop it, and the rest of the people did not want to come forward.

In fact, they knew that even if Yuan Shu and Sun Ce really had no way to solve the Yuzhou troops, it would not matter too much, because with them, Li Yu and they would not dare to move, at least they could play a role in containing them, and as long as there was this buffer time, it would be an opportunity for the alliance army.

In addition to the determination of these three roads in the east, the next is undoubtedly the northern road, which is the army of the state under LΓΌ Bu, the army directly attacked Hanoi County from the state, and entered Henan, and pointed directly to the city of Xingyang before meeting with the alliance army of the princes, and because LΓΌ Bu took the initiative to assist Yuan Shu and Sun Ce against Li Yu in Yuzhou, so the army on this road will be commanded by Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others under his command.

Ma Teng and Han Sui of Liangzhou temporarily gave up their previous suspicions, and they were the fifth army of the alliance in the west, and there were two response plans: first, if Dong Zhuo ignored the danger on the eastern front and insisted on taking Liangzhou, the two would lead the army to retreat to the west of Wuwei County, reject Dong Zhuo's army with rivers, and fortify the city defense to attract Dong Zhuo's vitality; Second, if Dong Zhuo gave up the expedition to Liangzhou and returned to Chang'an or even Luoyang, he would quickly recover the lost territory in Liangzhou, and knock his troops into the pass, and then, as mentioned earlier, form a front and rear attack with the coalition forces after the convergence of Xingyang City.

Now that the idea has been decided, it is urgent to carry it out, Lu Bu has already walked in front of Sun Ce and Tai Shici at this time, and said with a smile: "Sun Bofu, I didn't expect that we would also cooperate to resist the enemy one day, hahaha......"

Jiangdong Xiaobawang tilted his head arrogantly, "Hmph! (To be continued......)