readx;

The sky is unpredictable!!

Jia Xu didn't know how to answer Liu Tai at the moment. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info because Jia Xu really can't guess Liu Tai's thoughts, elusive and erratic!

"Your Majesty, the Sun family is indeed a great help to Your Majesty in the future expedition to the west, but everything still has to be decided by Your Majesty!" With a headless and brainless sentence, Jia Xu ended the topic about the Sun family, and then continued: "Among the heroes, Gongsun Zhan can be called a hero, this person seems to have been born to fight, in the north, Dongyi can't raise his head, and in the southwest, it makes the barbarians afraid, but this person is too ambitious, and it is absolutely difficult for ordinary emperors to control. ”

"Of course, Your Majesty is the exception, with Your Majesty's heavenly might, it is simply effortless to control Gongsun Zhan!" Quietly patted Liu Tai on a horse, Jia Xu lowered his head and said respectfully.

"Gongsun Zhan?" Raising his eyebrows, the corners of Liu Tai's mouth hung up in an arc that seemed to be smiling, and then his eyes looked at a small pavilion that appeared not far away and said: "Gongsun Chan was known as the White Horse General in his early years, and he can be described as a powerful Han Northeast, if he can put away his unrealistic ambitions, it is indeed worth using!" ”

However, in the early years, I tried my best to defeat Gongsun Zhan, which made Gongsun Zhan's heart full of anger towards me, and this anger has not dissipated until now. If they are still prejudiced against me, then I will not put a hot face on my cold ass! ”

"By the way, among the many heroes, why didn't Wen He mention Lu Bu in Nanyang? In my opinion, if Lu Bu has lost his ambition, he is indeed an admirable hero! With a roll of his eyes, Liu Tai said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Hearing this, Jia Xu frowned, and said to Liu Tai with a puzzled look: "Although Lu Bu is brave and brave, he has betrayed the way of heroes by killing his father with his own hands!" Of course, if Your Majesty thinks that Lu Bu is a hero, then Lu Bu is a hero! ”

"Really?" Liu Tai glanced back at Jia Xu, nodded lightly, and then said: "Send people to contact Lu Bu more, as long as he still has the heart to serve the country, then I will give him a suitable stage, of course, if Lu Bu is blindly arrogant, then I will not spare him." ”

"No!" His eyes lit up, and Jia Xu lowered his head and bowed his hand to Liu Tai in response. Until this moment, Jia Xu still couldn't understand the meaning of Liu Tai's words to himself, he was very vague, and he didn't know what he really expressed.

After Jia Xu responded, Liu Tai continued as he walked: "Wenhe, in your opinion, how many of the heroes can be used by me? How many more people must be killed? Of course, it can also be banished! ”

frowned, after listening to this passage, Jia Xu finally understood what Liu Tai meant, it turned out that he wanted to verify from Jia Xu's mouth how many of today's princes are suitable for subjugation, and how many should be destroyed!

The meaning of exile, Jia Xu is not clear, after all, Jia Xu has not had much time to come to Northern Xinjiang, and he is still in a vague attitude towards Liu Tai's general policy, of course, with Jia Xu's wisdom, he can vaguely guess a little, but he can't be sure!

"Back to Your Majesty, among the heroes, Cao Ying and Yuan Shao are the most worthy of acceptance!"

"In the past, Cao Ying was willing to be the general of the expedition to the west and expand the territory for my Han Dynasty, and it can be seen from this chronicle that Cao Ying does have the heart to serve the country!"

"However, it is indeed very difficult to subdue Cao Ying, this son is too skilled in power and domination, even to the point of being superb. If one is not careful, it will cultivate a dark tiger, and then the gains will outweigh the losses! Jia Xu is very optimistic about Cao Ying, and his words also reveal a trace of admiration for Cao Ying!

Liu Tai frowned, Cao Ying's ability, Liu Tai still doesn't know? That's the Taizu of Great Wei. Until now, Liu Tai has not thought about whether to accept Cao Ying, over the years, Liu Tai has been giving grace to Cao Ying, it can be said that half of Cao Ying's current everything is due to Liu Tai!

With such a great grace, Liu Tai's status in Cao Ying's mind can be imagined!

However, it is too difficult and too difficult to subdue Cao Ying, and Liu Tai only has four or five layers of certainty in his heart! And there is no guarantee that Cao Ying will rebel in the future!

You must know that if Cao Ying becomes Liu Tai's courtier, Cao Ying's ability can definitely be reused, and the reuse person is nothing more than appointing one party, or giving him heavy power, Cao Ying's surname can be used, and he has the power, who else can command?

Of course, as long as Liu Tai is in the first place, Cao Ying will not be able to make much trouble even if he wants to rebel, Liu Tai is only worried about appointing Cao Ying to fight in the future, causing Cao Ying to turn around and make trouble for Liu Tai after he grasps the military power, well, even if he does not rebel directly, it will be enough for Liu Tai to have a headache.

Therefore, if he wants to recover Cao Ying, Liu Tai must once again strengthen his control in the Tianci army, at least there must be no situation where one side dominates the major legions. And during this period of time, the team of strategists under Liu Tai has been preparing a plan for the reorganization of the Tianci Army, but none of these plans can satisfy Liu Tai!

Liu Tai wants to be an army that can not only maintain independent combat, but also be loyal to Liu Tai to the greatest extent! What Liu Tai wants is not a plate of loose sand, not to say that the huge Tianci army is split or reorganized, if so, it will not meet Liu Tai's requirements at all!

"Cao Ying is indeed a big help!" Liu Tai nodded, and in just a few words, he made an evaluation of Cao Ying. didn't say whether Cao Ying was worth subduing, because it was not time to draw conclusions, and the battlefield was changing rapidly, who could guarantee that Cao Ying would live to the moment when Liu Tai surrendered?

Jia Xu followed behind Liu Tai, couldn't see Liu Tai's expression, and was not in the mood to guess anything, after Liu Tai's words fell, Jia Xu continued to say loudly: "Yuan Shao is a famous family, but the Yuan family really doesn't have any great kindness to him, and His Majesty has befriended him many times over the years, so it can be said that His Majesty wants to subdue Yuan Shao is the easiest." ”

"However, Yuan Shao's idea of the door valve is really deep-rooted, this point has a great conflict with Your Majesty, if you want to get rid of the idea of the door valve, it is not something that can be completed in a short time, if Your Majesty has not thought about the important Yuan Shao, then there is nothing to say, just capture and imprison him, but if you want to be important, then you must hone and hone it well, well, maybe Yuan Shao is not bad as an introduction for Your Majesty to eradicate the door valve, but the minister does not dare to guess what His Majesty thinks." Jia Xu said in a deep tone. In fact, Jia Xu's meaning is already very clear, it is not difficult to subdue Yuan Shao now, as long as the Qingzhou soldiers are defeated before the battle.

But now that Yuan Shao is subdued, the benefits of Northern Xinjiang are really limited, so it is better to continue to put Yuan Shao outside, as the best chess piece to unite the gate lords against the Tianci army. Just imagine, Yuan Shao's achievements in military affairs are not high, and letting Yuan Shao be the leader of the gate lord will cause very limited damage to the Tianci army.

But if Northern Xinjiang subdues Yuan Shao, then the leader of the gate lord will inevitably fall on Cao Ying, Cao Ying's military ability is not comparable to Yuan Shao, and the Tianci army may still be injured by it at that time. It's obviously not cost-effective, so even if you defeat Yuan Shao, don't hurt Yuan Shao's surname, and drive Yuan Shao away like a lost dog is the best choice.

At this moment, Jia Xu also slightly understood the meaning of Liu Tai's expulsion, perhaps in Liu Tai's thoughts, Yuan Shao's fate was already doomed. It's just that Jia Xu's mouth said it to determine Liu Tai's own thoughts.

"The use of keeping Yuan Shao is indeed very great." Liu Tai nodded, agreeing with Jia Xu's idea. As early as Liu Tai's consideration, it was impossible to receive Yuan Shao under his command in a short time, even if Yuan Shao was accidentally captured, Liu Tai would find a way to get Yuan Shao out! In Liu Tai's opinion, as long as Yuan Shao is still among the princes, then Liu Tai does not have to directly fight against Cao Ying, Cao Ying's achievements in the art of war, Liu Tai is extremely jealous!

"In addition to these two, Sun Jian can be the arm, Gongsun Zhan can be described as a dog, and the rest of the princes!!" Liu Tai looked at the garden in front of him and said to Jia Xu on the side. When there are not many princes left today, this is the one that is really worthy of Liu Tai's differential treatment.

============== 193, mid-January.

Yan Liang's army in the north of Yuzhou received Liu Tai's holy decree, and the army sent to Yuzhou, and at the same time, Xiahoudun, who was stationed in Yingchuan, went north to resist Yan Liang's invasion. The two sides met at the Changsha and fought for a day and a night! Among them, the 30,000 taels of Huai soldiers under the command of Xiahoudun lost nearly 10,000.

Of course, the Tianci army was not without losses, and under the impact of the two Huai soldiers, the losses of the Tianci army were about 3,000. About seventy percent of them were killed on the spot, and the battle was unprecedentedly tragic.

However, it can be seen from this battle that the battle of the two Huai soldiers is indeed far superior to the soldiers and horses of other princes, and Cao Ying's heroic ability has also been well recognized.

In the 193rd year of Huaxia, Yan Liang of Yuzhou moved on January 20, and Guan Yu of Hedong naturally could not sit idly by. After getting Liu Tai's permission, Guan Yu led 20,000 troops and raided Xuchang by taking a small road, wanting to cut off Xiahoudun's back road.

Unexpectedly, Cao Ying had already gotten Guan Yu's battle plan for a sneak attack on Xuchang, and he came to catch turtles in an urn under Xuchang's heavy troops! The 60,000 army besieged Guan Yu with 20,000 iron cavalry, and in desperation, Guan Yu could only fight and retreat, forcibly taking Xinji County to resist Cao Ying's pursuit, and the Tianci army grain and grass that pushed into Xinji County had already been lost, and it can be said that the danger was beyond return!

The Heaven-sent Army suffered heavy losses!

Fortunately, Yan Liang's troops, who had already forced Xiahoudun to retreat, received the news that Guan Yu was besieged, and led the army to help as soon as possible!

Cao Ying is a human spirit, and seeing that Yan Liang's troops, who had just defeated Xiahoudun, were in full swing, they would definitely not get any benefit from being an enemy at this time! Cao Ying, who had great courage, immediately ordered the whole army to retreat to Xuchang, abandon all the towns on the northern line of Xuchang, and move all the people to the south of Xuchang!

What a trick to erect the wall and clear the wilderness!

In the 193rd year of Huaxia, on January 25, Gao Shun, the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, finally moved!

Gao Shun, who was in the plains, mobilized three cavalry corps, five infantry corps, and two naval division corps from all departments, with a total of 300,000 troops to Linzi, Qingzhou!

In the Southern Expeditionary Army, the three appointed by Liu Tai as military advisors were Xun You, Chen Gong, and Xi Zhong.

All three of them have talents and have made great contributions to many battles in northern Xinjiang. Among them, Xi Zhong is Liu Tai's royal military division, whenever Liu Tai goes out on the expedition, there must be a figure of Xi Zhong, this time Liu Tai sent Xi Zhong to the plains to assist Gao Shun, it can be seen that Liu Tai attaches great importance to the Southern Expedition campaign!

In fact, as early as in the discussion of the core group in northern Xinjiang, the starting point of the Southern Expedition was Yanzhou, and Yanzhou radiated the entire Central Plains. In any case, Liu Tai is in Yanzhou after all, and the only ones that can threaten Luoyang not long ago are Yanzhou and Yuzhou, if all the troops are placed on the Qingzhou line, then in case the princes jointly raid Luoyang, wouldn't it be a big deal?

What I didn't expect was that Cao Ying had decisively given up several counties in the western part of Yanzhou, such a decisive style, not to mention these people, even Liu Tai couldn't think of it! No wonder the world says that Cao Ying is decisive and leaves no room for error, this style is worthy of a generation of heroes!

In addition to these three, Gao Shun also has Zhu Jun, Zhang Xiu, Hua Xiong Weijie, Lu Zhi, Liao Hua, Pang De, Hao Cheng and other generals, not only that, Yan Liang and Guan Yu, who fought in Yuzhou, were also transferred to Gao Shun by Liu Tai. In other words, in the Southern Expedition, Gao Shun held nearly two-fifths of the soldiers and horses in the northern Xinjiang!

Powerful!

Of course, Liu Tai is suspicious of others, but he will not raise a trace of suspicion of loyal old courtiers like Gao Shun. In northern Xinjiang, if the military has the greatest credit, it is none other than Gao Shun! Over the years, Gao Shun has been working silently behind many generals, and it can be said that the reason why the front line can get a lot of glory is that Gao Shun's contribution is incomparably great!

Liu Tai is a king with a heart, how can he bear Gao Shun to remain in obscurity forever? With Gao Shun's ability, the battlefield is Gao Shun's real stage, so Liu Tai decided to hand over the first phase of the Southern Expedition to Gao Shun to complete!

The Southern Expedition was divided into three stages by Liu Tai and the strategist group, the first stage was to occupy Qing and Xu Erzhou, and oppress the princes in the area south of Lianghuai! Minimize the influence of the princes in the Central Plains.

In the second stage, the policy of the Tianci army was to occupy Yuzhou and Lianghuai, drive the princes to the south bank of the Yangtze River, and if there was an opportunity, occupy all the northern areas of Jingzhou to the greatest extent. In other words, in the second stage, Liu Tai will complete the hegemony of Hebei and the Central Plains.

In the third stage, the goal of the Tianci Army was to break the resistance of the princes and occupy Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou and Jiaozhou. The third stage is the most difficult, and it takes the longest time, after all, the area of the four states in southern Xinjiang is too large, nearly the sum of Hebei and the Central Plains, and the completion of the third phase of the campaign is equivalent to saying that Liu Tai has completed the great cause of unifying the world!

From this, it can be seen what a great favor Liu Tai has given the first phase of the battle completely into the hands of Gao Shun! If Gao Shun can complete this task perfectly, then all the previous efforts will be worth it, you know, the victory or defeat of the Central Plains Battle can be related to the entire three-stage plan, is the beginning of the three-stage plan, and it is also the top priority! As long as he wins, Gao Shun can also be completely famous for this battle and become one of the famous generals in Chinese history!

(To be continued)