Dong Shouye worships Jia Xu as a military advisor, respects Jia Xu abnormally, listens to his words, and treats Jia Xu with more courtesy, which can be regarded as a kind of acquaintance with Jia Xu. And Dong Shouye took Jia Xu to the place where he arranged his henchmen to plant corn secretly, which allowed Jia Xu to see a different high-yield crop, which made Jia Xu's mood change again, and he could vaguely see some glimmers of hope.

Jia Xu saw Dong Shouye asking him for advice, he was also ready for a long time, and he had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and he did not hesitate at the moment, and said loudly: "At present, the second Yuan is exerting force, the situation in Luoyang is erosive, Yuan Shao sent Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuangtun soldiers to march to Heyangjin, and Yuan Shu sent Yuzhou to assassinate Shi Sun Jiantun soldiers in Luyang. Sun Jian and Wang Kuang, one south and one north, echo each other, if the two can work together and work together, it will be a great disaster for our army. However, with Jia met, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers, because of the dispute between Yuan's family, the contradiction has been a long time, although now the two Yuan have each obtained a foundation, but the contradiction still can not be eliminated, the two can not be reconciled as before, but there is a tendency to intensify. In the former, Yuan Shao was elected as the leader of the Kwantung Alliance, and he was above 10,000 people, with a high position and prestige over Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu is narrow-minded, and it is difficult to tolerate people, especially for Yuan Shao, this time Yuan Shu is not resentful that his son Yuan Shao's reputation is higher than his own, and he will definitely not be able to cooperate with Yuan Shao. Therefore, it is also an opportunity for our army to take advantage of. From this, it is difficult for these two people to fight together, and our army can defeat Wang Kuang and Sun Jian sent by the two Yuan brothers. Either go south and then north, break Sun Jian first, and then turn around and go north to defeat Wang Kuang; Either it is to go north first and then to the south, first concentrate all your efforts to defeat Wang Kuang, remove the threat north of the Yellow River, and then turn around and go south to deal with Sun Jian with all your might. ”

Dong Shouye heard Jia Xu's tirade, and the head of the analysis was the Tao, and he was very satisfied, and remembered his cheap son Dong Zhuo's admonition to himself, so he said: "Sun Jian is unstoppable and has outstanding strategy, and my father is also quite jealous of this person." If you let people go, this person's ability will be heavenly, and he will definitely be able to stir up an earth-shattering storm, and I am afraid that General Hu Zhen and his righteous brother are not his opponents. If General Hu is defeated by Sun Jian, Sun Jian's army will be even more irresistible, and Sun Jian's threat to our army will be even worse. ”

After hearing this, Jia Xu couldn't help nodding his head and said: "What Gongzi said is very true, General Hu Zhen has an eager and irritable personality, there is no scruples between words, there is no discipline, I am afraid it is not easy to get along with General Lu." General Lu, known as a flying general, has unparalleled combat power and a proud personality. If he disagrees with General Hu Zhen, his combat strength will be frustrated, and he is afraid that Sun Jian will find an opportunity to take advantage of. ”

Dong Shouye nodded, and then asked, "Then according to the opinion of the military division, how should our army march this time?" ”

Jia Xu touched his goatee, and then said: "In this way, our army should be a fast horse, march quickly, dare to reach the battlefield before Sun Jian's attack, and then Gongzi coordinates General Hu Zhen and General Lu, with Gongzi as the mainstay, let them cooperate with Gongzi to fight, now General Hu Zhen has 10,000 foot cavalry under his command, and General Lu has 5,000 iron cavalry under Bingzhou, plus Gongzi's 30,000 horses, the strength is more than 10,000 more than Sun Jian's army, plus our army has more cavalry, far from Sun Jian's comparison, I think that even if Sun Jian has Yuan Shu's support, However, there are few horses in Nanyang, Yuzhou, and it is very rebellious to be able to make up 2,000 cavalry. Therefore, the combat strength of Sun Jian's army cannot be compared with our army, Gongzi will meet General Lu and General Hu Zhen, and then gather the crowd to attack, then Sun Jian will be defeated and return with a feather. However, at the moment, the battle on the front line is about to break out, and the shape will change in an instant, and the prince can separate the soldiers and horses, and the light cavalry will go first, and the foot soldiers will follow with the grain and grass baggage. The light cavalry quickly reached the front line in Luoyang, helped General Hu Zhen stabilize the situation, and then waited for the infantry army to catch up, rendezvous near Luoyang, and then fought Sun Resolutely. After defeating Sun Jian, he continued to the north and attacked Wang Kuang. Now Hu Zhen can still hold out in Yangcheng for several months, as long as our army moves quickly, it is estimated that there will be no major problems.

Dong Shouye felt that the strategy Jia Xu said was very feasible, so he said: "In this way, I will act according to what the military advisor says." However, I know of a small path that allows the cavalry to quickly support Hu Zhen from the path. ”

Jia Xu said: "This is very good, the faster our army is, the more beneficial it will be to us." "The so-called speed of the soldiers, the early arrival of reinforcements, can make the shape more beneficial to one's own side.

Although the division of troops is a taboo for soldiers, the arrangement of tactics is always determined by the actual situation on the battlefield. At this time, the most important thing for Dong Shouye was not to defeat Sun Jian quickly, but to rush to the vicinity of Luoyang to stabilize the situation in Luoyang. At the same time in history, the Western Liang army in Luoyang was remarkable, Dong Zhuo defeated Wang Kuang, Xu Rong defeated Sun Jian, and the shape was very good, and at this critical time, Hu Zhen lost on the south side of Luoyang, and there were flaws in the Luoyang defense line, and Yuan Shu Sun Jian could greatly mobilize troops and horses from the south side of Luoyang to the north. Dong Zhuo had no choice but to withdraw the main force from Luoyang, and the Xiliang Army changed from the original offensive posture to a completely hands-off posture, and due to the haste of the retreat, Dong Zhuo himself failed to fight with Sun Jian near the Chu Emperor's Mausoleum, which fulfilled Sun Jian's reputation, otherwise Dong Zhuo, whose military strength was much higher than Sun Jian, would have been defeated by Sun Jian.

So Dong Shouye divided the 30,000 horses under his command into two parts, with 10,000 cavalry as one part and more than 20,000 infantry as one part. Separate the two troops.

Dong Shouye himself, together with his military advisors Jia Xu, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Dian Wei, and Hua Xiong, led 10,000 cavalry, left the Xinfeng garrison, advanced to the southwest, walked on, passed through Shang County, went out of Wuguan, and then crossed Funiu Mountain, and went east along Yishui all the way to the vicinity of Luhun Pass, hiding and waiting for an opportunity.

The other 20,000 troops were mainly Li Dao, and together with Yang Feng, Zhang Ji, and Du Ji, under the banner of Dong Shouye, they left Xinfeng in a mighty way, passed through Zheng County, went to Huayin, crossed Hu County, and arrived at Hongnong for a short rest, and continued to set off, leaving Hongnong, passing through Shaanxi County. Walk through Michi, pass through Hangu Pass, and then arrive near Luoyang, get in touch with Xu Rong and Hu Zhen of the Tun Bingyan Division, and then decide on the next strategy.

Originally, when making decisions, some people felt that the route of Dong Shouye leading the light cavalry out of Wuguan was easy to be detected by the enemy, but Dong Shouye felt that now that Yuan Shu and Liu Biao were holding each other with heavy troops, they would definitely relax their precautions, and Sun Jian's side was bent on attacking the Xiliang army and making contributions, and he would also ignore this aspect of work. The normal march still takes the route taken by the infantry army as the right path, and the road is relatively smooth and unimpeded.

The route chosen by the cavalry needs to go over the mountains, which can be said to be more difficult, but in terms of time, it can be relatively fast.

Originally, everyone unanimously chose to take the route of the infantry army. However, Dong Shouye had a sudden inspiration, thinking of the dirty situation between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao, and remembering the route that Liu Bei set off from the Fengling Ferry in Hebei, crossed the Yellow River, went out day and night in Hongnong, and finally arrived at Runan. So he wanted to follow suit, using the speed of the cavalry, quickly interspersed with advances, bypassing the enemy's defenses and ranger sentinels, and quickly rushing to the battlefield to support.

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