In 184 AD, in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, half a day in the first half of August, no, it only took a short hour, Wen'an County, the northern gateway of Jizhou, was pried open by the Tianci army, and it can even be said that it did not take any effort to beat the Yellow Turban defenders and fled, of course, the defeated soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army could not escape, how could the legs outrun the war horse?

After the county seat of Wen'an was obtained, Liu Tai's headquarters of the middle route army divided 100,000 iron cavalry into the hands of the rebellious general Zhao Yun, and ordered Zhao Yun to lead the army to Xindu, what to do? Naturally, he relieved the siege of Xindu, and by the way, he took over the governance of Jizhou, and he was accompanied by Zhong Xuan and Gongsun Ce, who had an important mission.

In Wen'an County, although it is said that the situation in Jizhou has been miserable since the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the government of this county has been repaired extremely magnificently, as if it has long been ready to welcome Liu Tai.

The former owner of this government is an old bureaucrat, who has been a county magistrate in Wen'an County for more than ten years, since the northern Xinjiang has become richer and richer, even with Jizhou's financial situation has been much better, of course, the difference between the official and civilian classes is getting bigger and bigger, it is said that in Jizhou, an ordinary county Cheng's meal is enough for ordinary people to live for a year, the degree of luxury, so that Liu Tai, who is far away in Huacheng, can't help but smack his tongue.

It is rumored that after the Yellow Turban Army invaded Wen'an County, it only collected the grain, grass and money from the county Cheng's family, and filled several large warehouses.

Of course, even if this old county is once so brilliant, now it is just a piece of loess, after the Yellow Turban Army invaded the county, this old bureaucrat was reluctant to pay for the money and food at home, and refused to leave, and finally died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Yellow Turban Army.

"Jizhou troop release map, have you got it?" Liu Tai frowned and stood in front of a huge map of Jizhou, his eyes were bright, and he asked Guo Jia who had just come to his side.

"Got it." Guo Jia nodded, and took out a bloodshot piece of cloth from his bosom, on which was depicted a crude map of Jizhou, many of which had red dots and some numbers.

"For this map, the Tigers lost more than a dozen good players." A trace of sadness flashed in Guo Jia's eyes, although it is said that in front of people, Guo Jia has achieved joy and anger, but in front of Liu Tai, when he is sad, it is difficult to control, because Guo Jia has always regarded Liu Tai as his brother, his own brother!

"En" Liu Tai nodded, took the blood map in Guo Jia's hand, and said lightly: "Losses are inevitable, what we have to do is to do our best to save more people and water and fire." ”

"Tell me to go down, the dead brothers, we must find the corpses, bury them alive, and send five thousand taels of silver tickets to each household, since they are giving their lives for my northern frontier, this king will definitely not treat their parents, wives and children badly." Liu Tai looked back at the map and didn't let Guo Jia see it, in fact, a sad color flashed in Liu Tai's eyes.

In northern Xinjiang, five thousand taels of silver tickets are enough for a family of three to live for a lifetime, and even enough for children to marry wives and have children, the loss of more than ten people has been rewarded with the best, this is the limit of what Liu Tai can do, after all, what follows is the perennial civil war, military spending is relatively tight, and it is impossible to be extravagant.

"No!!" Guo Jia showed gratitude on his face, and surrendered to Liu Tai, Guo Jia also understood that five thousand taels of silver was already a large amount, and these dead members of the Tiger Group, if they knew that their wives and children were protected, they could also die with peace of mind.

"Cheng Yuanzhi actually put a full 300,000 soldiers and horses in Nanpi, and it's really a shame that he thought of it." Liu Tai looked at the blood map in his hand, compared it with the big map of Jizhou on the wall, and said with a wry smile.

Guo Jia shook his head and said with a hint of helplessness: "Lord, although there are 300,000 people in Nanpi, they are vulnerable, and the most important thing for the Yellow Turban Army is the number, and the combat effectiveness is negligible. ”

Liu Tai nodded and asked aloud, "Where is Cheng Yuanzhi now?" Is it to attack the city of Wei County, or to sit in Nanpi? ”

According to reliable sources, half of the generals of the Yellow Turban Army in Nanpi are from the Yuan family, in order to win over Cheng Yuanzhi, the Yuan family can be said to be exhausted and invested a lot of capital." Guo Jia said without thinking, it seems that he is indeed more concerned about this Cheng Yuanzhi.

"Lord, this is the document that has just come from the northern Xinjiang" Outside the mansion, a young man in a white shirt walked in, the young man's face was extremely handsome, and he looked like half of a little white face, needless to say, this person was naturally one of Liu Tai's two major staff, Dongfang Jue.

Originally, Dongfang would never agree to be Liu Tai's staff, but sometimes a literati can refuse a martial artist? Under Liu Tai's coercion and temptation, Dongfang had no choice but to appear as Liu Tai's staff, of course, this is a private identity and cannot be made public.

"En" Liu Tai responded lightly, glanced at Dongfang Jue, asked him to come to his side, and then looked at Guo Jia and said: "Yuan's actions, everyone knows it, naturally it is to control the military power, and Cheng Yuanzhi is just a clown, how is Yuan's opponent, if it weren't for Yuan's dare not disclose the relationship with the Yellow Turban Army, Cheng Yuanzhi is afraid that he would have been eliminated long ago." ”

Guo Jia nodded, and secretly glanced at Dongfang Jue, Dongfang Jue's reputation, Guo Jia naturally heard it, and was originally very disdainful, but when he saw that Liu Tai also agreed with him so much, he couldn't help but put away that contempt, after all, Liu Tai's knowledge of people is obvious to all, and from now on, the two of them will be colleagues, guess I'm jealous, tired or not?

"Cheng Yuanzhi can be seen by Zhang Jiao, and it is not so easy to deal with." Dongfang definitely didn't want to speak, but seeing that Liu Tai was so despised by Cheng Yuanzhi, he couldn't help but remind him out loud.

The soldiers are most afraid of being too proud, if they see the enemy too lightly, it is easy to set themselves on fire, and now Cheng Yuanzhi is the generous leader of the yellow turban with five or six hundred thousand mercenaries, so naturally he can't look down on it.

"Oh? What does Lingyin think? The corners of Liu Tai's mouth brought a hint of a smile, looking down on Cheng Yuanzhi, all because of the knowledge obtained in later generations, who called Cheng Yuanzhi so vegetable, becoming Liu Bei's first stepping stone.

Thinking of Liu Bei, Liu Tai was a little depressed, this immortal Xiaoqiang seemed to be deliberately avoiding Liu Tai, no matter how Liu Tai recruited, Liu Bei just didn't go to Northern Xinjiang, and even kept running away from Liu Tai's eyes, as if he knew that Liu Tai was going to deal with him, it seems that the warlords of the late Han Dynasty really didn't have a simple character.

Dongfang Jue frowned, seeing Liu Tai's indifferent look, he couldn't help but feel a trace of anger in his heart, but unfortunately, even if Dongfang Jue was angry, he didn't dare to do anything to Liu Tai, because Liu Tai was too a scoundrel, as long as Liu Tai identified the person, he couldn't escape at all, when Liu Tai forcibly asked Dongfang Jue to come out, Dongfang Jue had threatened him with death, but Liu Tai did even more desperately, stating that as long as Dongfang Jue dared to escape, or dare to die, then let the entire Dongfang family go to hell.

It can be said and done, this is Liu Tai's creed, no matter how awesome Dongfang is, he can't think of the helplessness to deal with Liu Tai, and in the end he can only reluctantly stay behind Liu Tai, being a scholar in peacetime and a staff member in wartime.

In fact, Liu Tai intimidated Dongfang Jue, but he just wanted to give Dongfang Jue a step down, because Liu Tai believed that Dongfang Jue himself wanted to be a leader, just because the family rules were there, and Liu Tai's toughness made the Dongfang family uncompromising, and Dongfang must not be uncompromising!

Since Dongfang Jue agreed to go out, Liu Tai personally wrote a letter, asking Jinyiwei to send it to the Dongfang family in the plains, warning the Dongfang family that if he dares to interfere with Dongfang Jue in the northern Xinjiang, then don't blame the butcher knife in the north of the north for smashing on the neck of the Dongfang family, after all, if there is no family, your clan rules will be useless!

Liu Tai is now the number one magnate in the Han Dynasty, with millions of male soldiers in his hands, who dares to contradict Liu Tai, especially a big family like the Dongfang family, which has existed for hundreds of years, naturally even more daring, because they believe that if Liu Tai really wants to make a move against the Dongfang family, it will be useless for the Dongfang family to flee to the ends of the earth.

"My lord, Cheng Yuanzhi can pull up 560,000 horses in just half a year, will it be something that ordinary people can do? Don't forget, the lord should not forget that Jizhou is adjacent to the northern Xinjiang, and under the influence of the ancestral religion, the people of Jizhou believe in the ancestral religion, and in this case, there can still be such a scale of yellow turbans, which shows how strong Cheng Yuanzhi's ability is. Dongfang Jue looked very serious, and he didn't pay attention to Cheng Yuanzhi ordinarily.

"Oh, in Lingyin's opinion, what should our army do next?" Liu Tai frowned, nodded slightly, and agreed with Dongfang Jue's statement, although he said that he looked down on Cheng Yuanzhi's ability, it didn't mean that he could take it lightly, in case the horse stumbled, it would be too late to cry.

"First, divide the troops and encroach!" Dongfang Jue raised his index finger, walked to the big map of Jizhou, pointed to Wen'an County and said: "Our army can use Wen'an County as a starting point to radiate the Quartet, occupy Changshan Country and Zhongshan Country in the west, Anping County and Qinghe County in the south, surround Bohai County, and pull a large battle line to trap Cheng Yuanzhi to death in Nanpi City!" ”

"Second, join forces to attack the city, wait until all sides are occupied by our army, concentrate all the troops, and fight to the death with Cheng Yuanzhi at one time, the battle of Jizhou cannot be delayed, if it drags on for a long time, the situation in the Central Plains will be even more erosive, and even if the lord has a million troops, it will be difficult to pacify the vast Central Plains in a short time, not to mention the nest of the Yellow Turban Army in southern Xinjiang!" Dongfang did not wait for Liu Tai to answer, and continued to say his second thought.

"En" Liu Tai and Guo Jia glanced at each other, nodded at the same time, and said loudly: "Changshan Country and Zhongshan Country are good to say, these two places have few soldiers and horses, and they are not vulnerable at all, as long as they send two generals, they can be taken down, but Qinghe County in the south, is it too far, and the battle line is so long, and the logistics supply is too late." ”

"Heh" Dongfang Jue smiled faintly, and said confidently: "If the lord wants to completely pacify Jizhou, he must surround Bohai County and not let a yellow turban general escape, otherwise as long as one person escapes, it will have a great impact on the stability of Jizhou. ”

"This?" Liu Tai frowned tightly, unspeakably embarrassed, it is easy to surround Bohai County, but the scope of Bohai County is so large, hundreds of thousands of troops want to encircle, how easy is it to say, is it difficult to let the navy also go into battle and encircle the southern part of Bohai County?

"Your Highness, Brother Lingyin's method is feasible." Guo Jia glanced at Dongfang Jue, nodded slightly at Liu Tai and said.

"Hey" Liu Tai sighed, gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, you go down and make arrangements, let Zhang Fei and Wen Chou each lead 10,000 soldiers and horses, go to Zhongshan Country and Changshan Kingdom, and strive to capture the two countries in the shortest possible time." ”

"Anping County in the south, Zhao Yun has already gone to get it, the remaining Qinghe County, let Xu Chu lead 30,000 troops to go, Qinghe County is the place of four wars bordering Qingzhou, it is extremely important, taking Qinghe County is equivalent to cutting off the connection between the Jizhou Yellow Turban Army and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, such an important military location, the Yellow Turban Army will be extremely tightly defended, let Xu Chu be careful." Liu Tai obviously attaches great importance to Qinghe County, because the gains and losses of Qinghe County are directly related to the changes in the battle situation in Jizhou, and Liu Tai does not want to let the tiger return to the mountain and let Cheng Yuanzhi run to Qingzhou to wreak havoc.

(To be continued)