Volume 4 Yellow Turban Luàn Chapter 384 Jian Shuo's Conspiracy (Second Update)

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Liu Xiu immediately summoned the generals to discuss the matter, and this time, almost everyone no longer had any hope. Seventy or eighty thousand Qiang people, plus the city of Baishi City, it is not at all something they can conquer in two months. Even if the strength of the Qiang people is exaggerated, many of them are old and weak, but even if there are a few more discounts, there will always be 20,000 Jing Rui, right? Zhong Qiang fought in Taoshui, Jing Rui lost most of the losses, but Zhong Wu's department was spared because of crossing the river in advance, he alone had five or six thousand Jing horses, after Zhong Dian died in battle, many of his remaining troops ran back to Zhong Wu, if nothing else, Zhong Wu's men now have at least 10,000 Jing horses, although they are less than the previous Zhong Dian, but they must not be taken lightly. And Baimaqiang's June thunder is not trivial in the prestige of the Qiang people, before in Wudu County, he and the Huya Commander Huaxiong who guarded the scattered passes are not inferior.

Xun You was silent, Fu Xie stopped talking, Yan Zhong was simpler, and waved his hand: "There is no chance of winning this battle at all, just go back and rest, and wait until you accumulate strength next year." Not only can this battle not be fought, but we also have to guard against the invasion of the Qiang people, everyone goes back to guard their own defense areas, and don't be exploited by the Qiang people. ”

As soon as he heard this, Jian Shuo couldn't help but stand up and blushed: "The army has been assembled, how can you retreat without a fight?" ”

Yan Zhong glanced at him in surprise and sneered: "Then in the opinion of the Prison Commander, what should we do?" ”

Jian Shuo was speechless, he was in a hurry to get up to stop it, what idea did he have. He looked at Liu Xiu for help, but Liu Xiu frowned, looking at the map in a daze, not noticing his embarrassment at all.

"Alas, if you have any brilliant ideas, just say it, if not, just sit back honestly, and don't delay our deliberations." Beigong Boyu stood up and honestly accused. Jian Shuo looked at the fierce look on his face, both annoyed and a little short of breath, he didn't think much about it, and protested: "The Qiang people have been assembled, will they retreat without a fight?" If you are scattered like this, will you not increase their morale, destroy your own prestige, and be despised by the Qiang people? In case they ......" Jian Shuo suddenly blessed his soul and found an excellent reason: "In case they join forces and attack your defense area, can you stop it with one of your battalions?" ”

Beigong Boyu glanced at him and sneered: "What do you know, the Qiang people gathered this time, just to come to Baishi City to help Song Jian, how could they join forces and rob everywhere, it will snow soon, they will return to the mountains in less than two months to spend the winter, looking at their cattle and sheep, wives and children, there is no time to rob." ”

"Didn't they rebel last winter?" Jian Shuo was annoyed and retorted loudly: "Last year, Zhong Qiang's army was 150,000, and General Wei pacified Liangzhou with 3,000 personal guard battalions, and now there are 20,000 troops, and the Qiang people are only 70,000 or 80,000, so why can't they fight?" ”

"Last year was different." Beigong Boyu was speechless for a while, last year they were the Gu huo of Taiping Dao, but now that he is Liu Xiu's subordinate, it is a little embarrassing to mention these disgraceful past events. He waved his hand impatiently: "You don't know anything about military affairs at all, and you talk nonsense." ”

"Last year's situation was indeed special, we had no chance of winning at all, General Wei entered Jincheng with three thousand personal guard battalions, but he was also forced to be helpless, if it wasn't for the captain of the Heavenly Wolf to go to the big and small elm valleys to stab Zhong Dian's lair, and attract Zhong Dian's army back, I'm afraid that Jincheng County is still in the hands of the Qiang people." Yan Zhong said unhurriedly, glancing at Jian Shuo contemptuously.

"It's just that I don't understand anything, and I dare to talk nonsense here." The wolf scolded and said, what he said was half in Qiang Chinese, and Jian Shuo couldn't understand it, but from the eyes of those Qiang people, he could roughly guess something, being looked at by so many people with this kind of eyes, Jian Shuo's face was so red that he could drip blood, and the boundless shame made him go crazy. He instinctively went to look at Liu Xiu again, but found that Liu Xiu had raised his head and looked at him with blazing eyes. He was a little embarrassed, and said curtly: "General Wei......"

"And then you have a lot of point." Liu Xiu raised his hand, suppressed the chatter in the tent, and smiled at Jian Shuo: "You just said that we can't retreat without a fight, and the suggestion to prevent the Qiang people from joining forces is very reasonable, and I think so too." Tell me how we can defeat these Qiang. ”

Jian Shuo, who was already embarrassed, looked at Liu Xiu dumbfounded, not knowing whether Liu Xiu really agreed with his words or made fun of him, he quickly swept Liu Xiu's face twice, and found that Liu Xiu's smile was very sincere, and he didn't mean to make fun of him at all, so he calmed down a little and continued to think along the train of thought just now.

Camp Skywolf? Rob? Zhong Dian's army? Keywords quickly came to his mind. He was very greedy for Liu Xiu's military exploits in pacifying the Qiang people at the beginning of the year, and he had heard people say it many times when he was in the palace, and then he walked with Liu Xiu all the way, and asked Liu Xiu a lot of details, all the winning factors, Liu Xiu also introduced to him, and at this moment, in a hurry, these memories all came to mind at once, colliding with each other. Jian Shuo felt that he seemed to have found something, but he couldn't catch it for a while, and he was so anxious that he couldn't help muttering to himself.

"Celestial Wolf...... Rob...... Avoid the real and ......"

"Lord Jian is saying that we avoid the main force of the Qiang people and go to the tribe of the Qiang people to rob?" Xun Yu suddenly said a word.

Jian Shuo was stunned for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped the big tui excitedly: "Yes, the Qiang people gather in Baishi City, their tribe must be empty, if we send some cavalry to rob, we will have some credit, and we will not retreat without a fight." ”

"Makes sense!" Yan Zhong screamed, startling Jian Shuo, Jian Shuo looked at him with a weak heart, and didn't dare to say any more, for fear that he would say something wrong and be laughed at again. Yan Zhong smiled and arched his hand at him: "Lord Prison Army's clever plan. General, I think it's possible. If they don't go back and stay in Baishi City, then we can collect more grain and grass, and the army can support more time, while the Qiang people have no food and grass, not only can they not attack us, but they will also be in trouble, and they can only rely on Baishi City. Even if White Rock City had some food, how could it support such an army? In this way, we can turn from reactive to proactive. ”

Liu Xiu nodded again and again, and gave Jian Shuo a thumbs up, although he didn't say a word, but the approval in his eyes was clear. Although the generals in the account didn't understand why Yan Zhong put the credit on Jian Shuo, this method was obviously feasible, and they couldn't help but get excited. Under the guidance of Liu Xiu and Yan Zhong, intentionally or unintentionally, their attitude towards Jian Shuo also improved a lot.

Jian Shuo couldn't bear this sudden change for a while, but he was full of joy, and felt that his plan was really good.

As soon as the idea was opened, the details were quickly added. After research, Liu Xiu decided to use the Qiang army and the Han army separately again, the task of the Qiang army is to rob, use their familiarity with the terrain, sweep all the way, all the Qiang tribes who went to Baishi City will not let go, the spoils of war according to the old rules, they take seventy, Liu Xiu takes thirty percent. The battalions of the Han army came to Baishi City, attracting the attention of the Qiang people, and at the same time capturing the fighters, once the Qiang people retreated, they could tentatively attack Baishi City, whether they could fight it or not, at least they had fought, and there was a good jiāo to be treated in the imperial court.

Heavenly Wolf, Beigong Boyu, and Li Wenhou took the order first, and rushed to the mountains with their respective subordinates.

Koji Yi was the front army, and Zhang He led thousands of people from all ethnic groups in Guanzhong as deputies, with a total of more than 2,500 people in the front line of the army, responsible for repairing roads along the way, and inquiring about news. Jiang Wu and Yan Wen led the Tianshui battalion as the rear army, and Xiahou Yuan led thousands of people from all ethnic groups in the pass to be deputies, a total of 3,000 people, who were responsible for escorting grain and grass, and refused to be the rear of the army.

Duan Xuan led the Wuwei battalion, Guo Yan led the Zhangye battalion, about 4,000 cavalry, for the right wing of the army, Yang Ding led the Anding battalion, Li Méng led the Beidi battalion, and about 4,000 cavalry for the left wing of the army. Liu Xiu led the Chinese army by himself, and had more than 3,000 guards and cavalry. A total of 17,000 men, claimed to be 50,000, marched towards White Rock Castle at a rate of thirty miles per ri. In order to hide people's eyes, Liu Xiu also specially built a large battalion of the three battalions of the Qiang Army in the Chinese army, with banners and camps, none of which was bad, and arranged the baggage battalion to make a fire and cook in it at night, without the slightest flaw.

Of course, Jian Shuo and Liu Xiu were together, after a strange scheme, Jian Shuo did not believe that his prestige had improved, and his confidence was also greatly increased, and he was quite instructive, scolding Fang Xuan's taste, in order to meet the next big war, he not only participated in Liu Xiu's military discussion one time at a time, but also trained martial arts hard, and got up at dawn every ri, and followed Liu Xiu's personal guard battalion out of the cào. The amount of training of the soldiers of the guard battalion made him staggering, and he couldn't keep up, but he was meticulous in practicing the sword technique for half an hour every morning, and then practicing the cooperation on the battle formation with the tiger soldiers arranged by Liu Xiu. After half a month of marching, Jian Shuo survived the most uncomfortable days, and slowly fell in love with this kind of bloody military camp life.

"When you go back this time, you can be a lieutenant in the Northern Army." Liu Xiu laughed.

Jian Shuo wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and a proud smile appeared on his face that was a little wind-blown by the wind: "In the palace, I am no worse than a tiger Benlang." ”

Liu Xiu nodded in agreement, Jian Shuo's physical fitness is indeed good, if you don't listen to him, you can't tell that he is a eunuch at all. In addition, the Eastern Han Dynasty used Confucianism to take scholars, and the Confucianists in the palace were the main ones, and even those Tiger Benlang were not selected from the good families of the six counties now, but by the rich children around Luoyang.

Of course, there is still a big gap between Jian Shuo's martial arts skills and the killing skills above the battle array, Liu Xiu arranged someone to accompany him to practice, but also to let him get familiar with it as soon as possible, this guy has been full of confidence in the past two days, and if he really wants to go to war, he will inevitably ask to go into battle to perform, smell the blood, and experience the danger on the battlefield. He specially invited Jian Shuo to be the prison army, in order to let Jian Shuo make some contributions, improve his status in the palace, and be his strong internal response in the future, so as to make up for the weakness of his central force after withdrawing his strength from Luoyang, but he didn't want Jian Shuo to be chopped off by an eyeless Qiang person.

"But the rice is eaten in one bite, and the martial arts are also practiced day by day, don't practice too hard, it's not beautiful." Liu Xiu threw over a cloth towel, "Wipe your sweat, you're about to arrive in Great Xia City, let's discuss." ”

Shuo readily agreed. He's kind of fond of the military these days. Every night, Liu Xiu would chat with him, sometimes Yan Zhong and Xun You would also participate, chatting about the later war arrangements, he was more familiar with Liu Xiu's entire plan than others, on the one hand, he was growing rapidly, on the other hand, his speech at the military conference was becoming more and more like that, and the generals no longer despised him as much as they did at the beginning.

"The news of the Heavenly Wolf and their robbery must not reach the ears of the Qiang people too early, otherwise they will be very dangerous." Liu Xiu said to Jian Shuo in a consultative tone, "In this way, there are too many Qiang people in Baishi City, so we can't get too close, so as not to be surrounded by them." I thought, first show weakness to the enemy, and then when they have slackened, and then suddenly give them a fatal blow, do you think it is feasible? ”

Jian Shuo thought for a while, "General Wei's plan is very good, with our current strength, it is indeed not appropriate to attack." ”

"Hahaha......" Liu Xiu smiled happily: "I know that you, the supervisor of the army, will not only not be a burden, but a think tank, as expected." ”

Jian Shuo smiled slightly, quite complacent.

Liu Xiu immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter. The front has reached Daxia County, and it is only eighty miles away from Caohan. Daxia, Caohan, and Baishi originally belonged to Jincheng County, and later they were divided into Longxi County, and now Song Jian occupies the two counties of Caohan and Baishi, with Baishi as the royal city, and Caohan has become an outpost. Not far to his north was Heguan County, which was the main road to the Great and Small Elm Valleys, which was now occupied by Zhongwu. If Liu Xiu wants to break through Baishi City, the first step is to break through Caohan. And once he wants to set up a strong position to attack Caohan, the Qiang people around Baishi City will become a threat at any time. If he doesn't attack and goes directly to Baishi City, he will become a nail in his back.

"Song Jian is backed by a snow-capped mountain, sitting on a white stone, and surrounded by tens of thousands of Qiang people, we are alone, and it is definitely not the best strategy to attack now." Liu Xiu waved his hand, "After discussing with Lord Jianjun, I decided to salute first and then soldier, temporarily besiege and not attack Caohan, and test the intentions of the Qiang people." If they come to save Caohan, we will send reinforcements, if they don't come to save ......" Liu Xiu scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "We only have one way to storm Caohan, and it must be fast." ”

The generals nodded.

"I need a bold and careful person to get into the gap between Sakuhan and Shiraishi, and cut off their connection, who is willing?"

As soon as Liu Xiu's words fell, Xiahou Yuan stood up, dusted off his robe, and smiled indifferently: "Yuan is willing to go." ”

Liu Xiu glanced at him, and before he could speak, Lu Yi stood up and sneered: "General Wei, I was originally a former army, who else can I do with this task, how can there be a reason for the rear army to run to the front, and I am willing to go." ”

Xiahou Yuan's eyes rolled: "The front army and the rear army are just the order of the march, and you were preempted by you before, so will you be the first for the rest of your life?" This good thing is coming in turn, and this time it should be my turn to be a striker for you. ”

Koji Yipi snorted without smiling: "Captain Xiahou is right, but there is one thing I dare not agree with, the destination of this march is Baishi City, and it can only be finished by capturing Song Jian alive, how can it be over when he arrives in Great Xia?" Captain Xiahou is inevitably a little anxious, right? ”

The two of them fought one by one, although the attitude was quite subtle, but the attitude of fighting for merit was very obvious. Xiahou Yuan is Liu Xiu's old department, who has just withdrawn from the Northern Army, and naturally regards himself as Liu Xiu's cronies in his heart, and wants to seize the prestige of the first battle. Lu Yi is the first battalion of the Liangzhou Han Army, not only was Liu Xiufu with the important task of garrisoning Guanzhong Xida, but also represented the entire Liangzhou Han Army, how could he let Xiahou Yuan steal the limelight.

"Don't make any noise." Liu Xiu waved his hand and motioned for the two to sit down. Lu Yi and Xiahou Yuan glanced at each other unconvinced, and each returned to their seats, waiting for Liu Xiu's result. Liu Xiu scratched his head a little, there are only 20,000 people, and they are fighting for each other, and in the future, the territory will be bigger, and there will be more people, so why don't you fight?

He thought about it carefully, Xiahou Yuan was new to the city and was not very familiar with the Qiang people, so it would be more appropriate for him to be stationed in such a dangerous place. He decided that the front army would not move, and it would still be headed by Ko Yi and Zhang He as his deputy. Zhang He is cautious and not too public, and he gets along well with Koji Yi's fiery temper. As for Xiahou Yuan, let him lead the rear army to set up camp in the north of Caohan City, and form a flanking attack with Koji Yi, which can be regarded as giving him the opportunity to attack first. In order to prevent the Qiang from attacking Liyi, he ordered Duan Xuan and Guo Yan to monitor Heguan County in the distance to the west of Caohan City, while Yang Ding and Li Méng leaned forward to protect Liyi's left flank.

Everyone had no objections, Lu Yi and Xiahou Yuan glanced at each other, and the meaning was obvious, once an attack on Cao Han was launched, it would be up to him to see who entered the city first.

The army marched again, set up camp according to the plan, and surrounded the city of Caohan. The defenders of Caohan City were not lazy, and while stepping up the city defense, they sent the news to Baishi City, asking Song Jian, the king of the Han Dynasty in Heshouping, to send reinforcements to relieve the siege.

Song Jian received an urgent report and immediately invited Bian Zhang, who had already been named Taichang by him, and was in charge of etiquette. However, because Bian Zhang gave him an idea, using food and official positions for youhuo, and invited seventy or eighty thousand Qiang people to help, Song Jian felt that Bian Zhang's idea was very clever, no, Liu Xiu stopped forty miles away from Baishi City, and he didn't dare to attack his royal city directly.

What's more, Bian Zhang's knowledge far exceeds that of anyone in this White Stone City, or in other words, Bian Zhang's knowledge exceeds the sum of all the people in the entire White Stone City, so although he is just a Taichang, when something happens, Song Jian's first thought is to ask Bian Zhang to discuss, and then invite his group of sheep herding captains and generals to discuss military affairs.

Bian Zhang has been busy formulating etiquette for Song Jian in the past two days, and he is so busy that he is on all fours, and when he heard Song Jian's summons, he trotted all the way over, and after reading the military report sent by Cao Han, he smiled faintly: "What is there to be afraid of, we have so many reinforcements, even if we sit and watch, presumably he will not dare to attack the city." ”

Song Jian grinned, and then asked another question: "Then can we take the initiative to attack?" Look, how much grain and how many sheep do these seventy or eighty thousand Qiang people have to eat in a day? If I can defeat Liu Xiu earlier, I can also save some food. ”

Bian Zhang thought for a while, "The king is extremely worried, the question is, these Qiang people can defend their positions, who dares to take the initiative to fight?" ”

Song Jian scratched his head, he was also worried about this question. These Qiang people come from various tribes, and they seem to be numerous, but they don't belong to each other, and none of them can command them in a unified way, which is not good. He took stock of the generals under him, felt that none of them were competent, and finally looked at Bian Zhang's face: "Bian Qing, or ...... Are you coming? ”

Bian Zhang was stunned for a moment, shook his head again and again, and categorically refused: "The minister can't fight, how dare he take on this heavy responsibility." ”

Song Jian was dumbfounded, he couldn't take the initiative to attack, so if Liu Xiu didn't leave for a day, he would have to provide for these seventy or eighty thousand Qiang people for a day?