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Exchanging Yu for Yan is not a conspiracy, but a bright conspiracy.

Of course, Cao Cao also saw Ma Han's intention, that is, to let him consume Yuan Shao first, and then confront Yuan Shu, and fight against Yuan Shu after beating the big Yuan, but Cao Cao didn't mind - in the Three Kingdoms, there was always an opponent, either with Ma Hug or with Yuan Shu, if he could choose, Cao Cao would definitely choose the latter.

Since it is a yang scheme, Ma Han naturally wants to do it beautifully.

One order after another was passed down, first the armies of Gao Shun, Li Dian, and Lu Qian quietly withdrew from the siege, and Xiahou Yuan was able to lead the army to withdraw from Rencheng and sneak back to Chenliu; Then Gao Shun followed Ma Han's order and captured thousands of Cao Jun, who had thousands of families in Yanzhou and could not accept his heart, and returned him to Zhu Ling, the city guard. Zhu Ling then sent the reorganized thousands of Cao army veterans to Chenliu. Then, Cao Cao began to transfer the population and property of Dongjun to Chenliu and gathered them in Jiwu. Here to the east can lead to Yuzhou Liang country, to the south to Chen country, from the county of Qian County is only three hundred miles, can be described as a place extending in all directions. According to the agreement, the Mahami will open the passage for unarmed people to flee Yanzhou, which is about to be turned into a thousand-mile battlefield.

Of course, Yuan Shao didn't know about these dark transactions that happened thousands of miles away. In fact, even if he knew, Yuan Shao didn't care, even if Cao Cao's strength was as good as before, and the ministers would rise from the ground, Yuan Shao also said: "Sample, wash your neck and wait for death!" ”

At the end of November, the cold winter was coming, and Yuan Shao had completed the pre-war preparations after nearly two months of mobilization and assembly. When the wind and snow fell, the river was silent. Everything is dormant. But everyone knows that once the spring thunder sounds, the ground will be broken, and the storm from Heshuo will sweep the Central Plains.

Ma Hu, who was on the edge of the storm, was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut at this time—his three sons and daughters were born one after another.

First of all, Princess Wannian gave birth to a baby boy, then Zhen Qin also gave birth to a handful, and finally Gan Mei gave birth to a daughter.

Mother and child health. With both children and daughters, there is no greater joy for Ma Han. It was not in vain that he used a large number of doctors and nurses from the time-tested field medical center, coupled with the top famous doctors and stable women of this era, and finally passed this ancient life-and-death hurdle without any danger.

The gate of the Hussar General's Mansion was trampled a few feet high by an endless stream of congratulatory people during this time, and even the young son of heaven put down the responsibility of cultivating immortals, drove to visit the little nephew, and gave Yu Linlang the title. This is a 400-stone Lang official. The position is not high, but it is close to the Son of Heaven, and it cannot be appointed unless it is a child of the Marquis of the Sect. Ma Han's eldest son, not even a daimyo yet. It is also a miracle to have an official body first. Of course, if you want to be entered into the palace register, you have to wait for Ma Han to officially name his son.

Cold. The wind of Heshuo is strong, and the family is happy around the hearth. Ma Hun Mansion. In such a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere, the last day of the second year of Jian'an was spent, and the third year of Jian'an was ushered in, which was 198 AD.

In the spring and February of the third year of Jian'an, a military newspaper came to the north bank of the Yellow River, announcing that Ma Han's happy life had come to an end temporarily.

Three days later, with the approval of the Son of Heaven and the Taiwei, the generals of the Dragon Wolf Army gathered in the main hall of the General's Mansion and kicked off the prelude to the battle.

Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Le Jin, Xu Huang, Chen Dao, Ma Chao, Pang De, Zhou Cang, Wu Chai, Han Xi...... Together, oh, there are two new civil and military celebrities: full of favor and Yu ban.

These two were Cao generals who were captured in the Battle of Xiapi, and were brought back to Luoyang by Ma Han, so that they (mainly full pets) could feel the atmosphere of Luoyang while recuperating from their injuries. Yu Ban was born in a poor family and has no background. In a sense, no background means no concern, and it didn't take long for it to fall, after all, Ma Han represents the dignified Heavenly Empire, and it is difficult for people to refuse. Only full favor, as a Shanyang wang clan, he didn't dare and couldn't surrender before Ma Han took Shanyang County or reached an alliance with Cao Cao.

However, three days ago, after seeing the secret contract signed by Ma Han and Cao Cao, Man Pet also surrendered very simply.

Ma Han's Liaodong Group's civil and military team has once again been strengthened.

This was the first time that Yu Ban and Man Chong participated in the military conference presided over by Ma Han, and at the meeting, they for the first time saw a new polemic method that integrates strategy and tactics: wargame deduction.

In fact, not only the two of them, but all the dragon and wolf generals, including Jia Xu's three masterminds, were blocked for the first time. This is a kind of "talking on paper" war situation deduction that Ma Han pondered during his leisure, combined with the current situation and the knowledge of future generations.

The deduction is carried out on a realistic model of the battlefield. A long time ago, to be precise, when he entered Luoyang at the beginning of last year, he had sent craftsmen, painters, and Xianghua to Hujiao Pass to clearly understand the terrain from Puyang to Baima and Guandu to Yanjin. This is not some unpredictable prophet, and the old habit of Ma Han, coupled with the tense relationship with Cao Cao at that time, the possibility of war breaking out at any time, the drawing of this topographic map is even more urgent.

In the past six months, the situation has gradually become clear, and Ma Han has realized that the battle of Guandu may break out early. Therefore, according to a large number of drawings and on-site investigation, the craftsmen made a sand table from Baima to Guandu with a ratio of 10,000:1.

At present, this huge sand table is placed in front of everyone: the size is like a couch, nearly three feet high, the mountains and rivers are in full view, and the plains and ravines are unobstructed. Not only that, but also made realistic models of cities such as Puyang, Juancheng, Baima, Yangwu, Zhongmu, Guandu, and even Liyang on the other side of the river. There are also clay infantry, cavalry, vehicles (baggage), antlers and other war games with the banners of "Yuan" and "Cao" on the side, as well as various colored pennants marked with different numbers to represent the number of soldiers and horses.

The generals were amazed, stared at it, and opened their eyes.

Xun You commented: "With this chess game in hand, the battle of Yuan Cao is like a live play." ”

Ma Han stood in front of the sand table with great interest, and smiled at the generals and strategists: "Yuan Shao is white, Cao Cao is black." I'm in charge, who will play the next game with me? ”

Such a fresh war chess mode suddenly aroused great interest from everyone, and they all competed for the lead, especially Ma Chao shouted the loudest, even Yu Ban and Man Pet wanted to participate. In the end, Jia Xu built yì, divided into two sides, and played group chess.

Ma Han, Guo Jia, Le Jin, Ma Chao, Pang De, Zhou Cang, Wu Chai, and Han Xi represented Yuan Shao; Xun You, Xu Huang, Yu Ban, Man Chong, and Chen Zhi represent Cao Cao. Jia Xu is the referee.

There are obviously more people on Ma Han's side. This also echoes the actual situation, Yuan Shao is already a large number of people.

Before the "start of fighting", Ma Han first announced the rules, using the most reasonable turn-based strategy game in later generations, cavalry can go three squares each time, infantry, baggage go one square, the commander, the general has a movement bonus, the minimum chip is 1,000, that is, at least 1,000 troops must be used at a time, etc. The rules are different from those of chess and Go, but they are very similar to the war chess games of later generations. The ultimate goal is to eat the opponent's main force or general.

In this chess, Ma Han (Yuan Shao) has too much advantage, not so much a game, but a test of Xun You, Xu Huang, Yu Ban and other wise generals, and at the same time give everyone present a vivid strategy and tactics lesson.

First of all, Jia Xu distributed the clay figures and small flags that represented the troops. This distribution was not arbitrarily divided, but was based on the information recently obtained from Yuan Cao, such as Wei Jun, Liyang, Chenliu, and Puyang, and according to the detailed military information of the two sides, such as a number of generals dispatched by both sides, the number of men and horses, grain and grass reserves, and the weight of the army.

Since the war had not yet started at this time, the alert of both sides was not adjusted to the highest level. Many cases are not difficult to detect. Even if some information is difficult to prove, the two sides have a long time to prepare, and it takes months to always gain something.

Jia Xu quickly completed the deployment. The horses were distributed to 80,000 horses and 2 million grains and grass, and all kinds of baggage carts were piled up with cases. And Xun You's side was pitiful, only 20,000 horses and 300,000 grains and grass, especially the cavalry. Barely able to get your hands on.

This is the comparison of the strength of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in this time and space.

Yuan Shao raised 80,000 troops this time, and the non-combatants such as the additional force and the people were exactly 100,000. It's a quarter less than the 1230,000 in history. It is especially worth mentioning that in history, Yuan Shao originally had seven or eight thousand cavalry (the history contains nearly 10,000 horses, but not a horse with a soldier, but a part of the spare horses to be reserved as a supplement for battle damage, in order to maintain sustainable combat strength, this proportion is usually one-fifth), far more than Cao Cao, but in this time and space, Yuan Shao only has less than 5,000 cavalry.

There is a reason why Yuan Shao's troops and cavalry are much lower than the original history, and they are inseparable from Ma Han.

First, there is the issue of troops. When Yuan Shao was besieging Yijing, he fought an ambush with Gongsun Zan in history, so that the Montenegrin army that rushed to the aid returned in vain. In this way, in the battle of Yijing, the losses were not large, and only then did 100,000 male soldiers go south. But in this time and space, because Gongsun Zhan was inspired by Ma Han and improved the means of communication, as a result, Yuan Shao's ambush was not successful, but he was reconciled from inside and outside, and fought a tough battle. This battle caused Yan Zòng to suffer losses, so much so that Yuan Shao had to draw a large number of troops from Qingzhou and Jizhou to reinforce him.

Again, there is the issue of captives. After Yuan Shao destroyed Gongsun Zhan, due to the agreement with Ma Han, not only did he get close to half of the prisoners of war, but also because of Zhao Yun's appearance, he defeated Wen Chou and won the hearts of the prisoners of war of the Youzhou Army. After that, a large number of Youzhou prisoners fled to Youpingbei and Liaoxi. Most of these fugitive soldiers were cavalrymen who were skilled in horsemanship, and they had a strict impact on the expansion of Yuan Shao's cavalry. As a result, only 7,000 cavalry were formed, and only 5,000 cavalry could be used at most for this expedition to the south.

Compared with history, Yuan Shao's strength is weaker than a quarter.

Looking at Cao Cao again, in the Battle of Xiapi, he was annihilated by Lu Bu and Ma Han before and after about 30,000 horses, which is not a tragedy. But when Cao Cao fled back to Yanzhou, he gathered another 30,000 troops, of which at least 20,000 could be used for the battle against Yuan Shao.

There are two reasons for this. First, compared with history, Cao Cao's territory has shrunk, the defensive area has been reduced accordingly, and the troops have been more concentrated; Second, Cao Cao recruited a large number of new soldiers.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the reason why the princes of Zhulu did not have many troops, generally tens of thousands, like Yuan Shao, who was already a giant with more than 100,000 troops, was not that there were few people, but that there was little food, and he couldn't raise too many soldiers.

Taking Jizhou as an example, according to the statistics of the fifth year (140 years) of Emperor Shun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population of the Jizhou Thorn History Department was 5.8 million. Half a century later, by 190, the population could rise to at least 6 million. Jizhou was relatively stable in the late Han Dynasty, and was not affected much by the Yellow Turban, and the population loss and flight would not exceed one million. In this way, Jizhou alone has a population of 500, plus half of the three prefectures of You, Qing, and He, it is not an exaggeration to say that there were seven or eight million people under Yuan Shao's rule.

With such a large population, if Yuan Shao lets go of his hands and feet and works hard to recruit, not to mention more, five or six hundred thousand will not be a problem. But how many soldiers and horses did Yuan Shao have? It won't be more than two hundred thousand. The bottleneck that restricts his expansion of troops is food. With the abundance of Jizhou as this, other states can be imagined.

In the same way, Yanzhou is not short of people, only lack of food, and the soldiers are exhausted, as long as there is still food, the recruitment banner is erected, and Hula can pull up a vote again. Of course, this combat effectiveness is naturally not comparable to that of the old troops. Therefore, Cao Cao, as in history, still has 20,000 troops, but his combat effectiveness is relatively weak. For Cao Cao, what he really cherishes is that there is no general......

The three armies are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find. This is the truest portrayal of Cao Cao at the moment.

From this point of view, Cao Cao was certainly miserable by Ma Han, and Yuan Shao also could not escape Ma Han's black hands. The strength and combat power of both sides were lowered by Ma Han by a notch, so Cao Cao really had the strength to fight against Yuan Shao.

After the distribution, Ma held a large number of clay figurines and flags representing the troops, and said with a smile: "First of all, I also played it for the first time, and I haven't practiced beforehand, so it's not cheating." ”

Xun You flicked his sleeves elegantly: "It doesn't hurt that the lord has practiced, as long as he hasn't practiced against You." "The implication is also very clear, no matter who you have practiced with, as long as you don't practice with me, it is useless.

Ma Han smiled: "Gongda is very conceited!" Okay, come on, let me see how you break the game for Cao Mengde. (To be continued......) R1292