Unlike Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao chose to set off first.

On April 15, the ninth year of Guangxi, Zhang Bao led the first batch of troops, including the Yellow Turban Lux led by Zhang Li, the elite cavalry of Guan Hai, and important military dependents totaling 150,000 people, these troops set out from several places, and then assembled in Kaiyang in Langya, and then turned southeast, through Zhuqi in the East China Sea, which was now controlled by Zhaozhao, to a seaside camp in the north of Lianyun Island.

In order to avoid unpleasantness and chaos, Mi Zhen chose to build a temporary port near an important port to transport Zhang Bao's nearly 700,000 troops and their families, as well as more than 2 million Yellow Turbans. There are also one such ports in Qingdao and one in Duxian, and they will be busier than ever in the coming months.

Zhang Bao is the first Yellow Turban general to patronize this kind of temporary port, the camp and the port are built quite well, although they are all temporary buildings built of wood, but the camp is complete, even the drainage and sewerage functions are not lacking, the food and medicinal materials have been reached in advance, Zhang Bao does not even need to bring food, these grains are exchanged with Zhang Bao's grain stored in various places, and even this exchange will continue to the fortress of Monan, and finally Zhang Bao will receive the surplus grain in the fortress of Monan.

Xu Shu had already gone south to Xintai to take over the formal reorganization of Zang Ba's department, and at the same time established a command headquarters in Xintai to unify the command of the army in Qingzhou, while Lu Su accompanied Zhang Bao and arrived at the Lianyun Island camp together.

"General Zhang, how is the camp? There is anything inappropriate for you to mention 1

"No, this is already perfect, even beyond my expectations, Youzhou is really rigorous, and I have learned a lot from it1

"General Zhang is polite."

"Mr. Zijing, how are the arrangements for the ships going, do we need to divide them into batches again?"

"No, the only problem is the war horse. If the horses can be left behind, 150,000 people can board the ship at the same time. ”

Zhang Bao's eyes suddenly widened! That's not bragging, right? However, this kind of bragging is obviously unnecessary, and what is the point of bragging that will be debunked in the blink of an eye!

But if this is not bragging, then it can only show that the strength of Youzhou's fleet is extremely scary, if there is such a large fleet, then there must be a corresponding naval army to protect it, which can also be known. The scale of Youzhou's navy is just as scary. Thinking about this projection capability again, this shows that Youzhou can send 100,000 troops to the coastal areas at one time, no wonder it is said that Youzhou is the first in strength, and the power on the water alone is scary enough.

"Mr. War Horse Zijing means that War Horses can also be exchanged? Will this take advantage of your army, the quality of our war horses is not very good. ”

"Hehe, no. As long as General Zhang is assured, we will have no problems, and General Zhang does not have to worry that we will change bad war horses to your army. ”

"How come, if I have doubts, I won't concentrate the elite in the first batch to set off, if your army has the heart, it is not the war horse that will be taken. When we reach the vast sea, we are not yet at the mercy of the king1

"Thank you General Zhang for your trust, how could my lord do such a treacherous thing, if so, who else can trust Youzhou in the future?"

Zhang Bao smiled, in fact, Zhang Bao was also gambling, and the risk of agreeing to go north was extremely great, especially at sea. It is said that it should be carried out in batches, rather than choosing to set off at the same time, but in this way, it will be a long time, and after Guan Hai is separated from himself, who knows what will happen, if he is killed at sea. Can Guan Hai still fight to avenge himself?

Compared with worrying about Fang Zhiwen's treachery, Zhang Bao was more worried about whether Zhang Yan would secretly commit a black hand to him, so Zhang Bao must bring the most elite troops with him. In this way, I can only choose to believe Fang Zhiwen.

"I naturally trust General Zhengbei, so let's cross the sea at one time, so that I can hurry up in time."

"Well, according to the plan, it will take about six days from here to Qinghekou, when General Zhang arrives at Qinghekou, he can go north along the road, and the second batch will arrive in two days, and then arrive at a batch every two days, a total of five batches of troops, will march two days apart."

"That's good, that's good1

"When General Zhang arrives at the mouth of the Qinghe River, my lord will personally greet General Zhang, General Zhang, at that time you have another choice, that is, where to start from Mobei, the eastern front, now the eastern front is the territory of your army Zhang Niujiao, and the western line is Zhang Yan's territory, of course, I personally recommend taking the eastern route, Zhang Niujiao is loyal and upright, and can be entrusted with important tasks."

"Thank you, Mr. Zijing, for your kind words." Zhang Bao solemnly thanked Lu Su, this information is very important, at least Zhang Bao doesn't know about this situation now.

On the same day, the newly formed Youzhou Assault Cavalry Regiment Xu Huang Corps, a total of 22,000 people, arrived at Xintai through Linqu, and Linqu's Wu'an State Department advanced to Laiwu, and Xintai became horns, and Xintai's Zang Ba Department was also officially reorganized, becoming a mixed force composed of 12,000 heavy infantry, 20,000 crossbowmen, 20,000 infantry and 5,000 light cavalry. At the same time, Wenpin is also advancing towards Kaiyang, and Zhuqi's call is Wenpin's flank, so that relying on Mount Tai, Fang Zhiwen will establish a fairly strong defense line.

The point is that on the east and west sides of this defensive line, there is a fortified Qingye area with a width of about four hundred li, this strategic depth is enough to isolate any illusion of Cao Cao, four hundred li, the infantry will have to walk for seven or eight days, and the cavalry will have to run for two days, and this area, which has no possibility of receiving supplies at all, will become the grave of the invaders.

"The Xu Huang Regiment of the Army Cavalry Corps came to report and met the Chief of Staff 1

"Gongming excuses me, my voice is still so loud1

"Hehe, sir, smiled1

It is not an exaggeration for Xu Huang to say that Mr. is not an exaggeration, because in the Military Academy, Xu Shu was originally one of the teachers, and he also taught Xu Huang and others a course in tactics and strategy.

Xu Shu looked at Xu Huang, who was burly and had a beautiful beard, with satisfaction, and turned his head to point at Zang Ba and the others: "This is Zang Bazang Xuangao, the captain of the Dongguan infantry, and the two will cooperate more in the future." ”

"Xu Huang Xu Gongming, I have seen General Zang 1

"General Xu is very polite, please take care of it in the future1

"My own brother, you should be like this, hehe."

"This is Sun Guan, Sun Kang, Wu Dun, Yin Li, let's see each other."

After everyone sat down, Xu Shu glanced at it with satisfaction before he said with a smile: "Originally, you should also go to Miyun Military Academy first, but now the situation is tense, so you can only take turns, the first batch to go is Wu Dun and Sun Kang, after three months of short training, they will be appointed as the deputy general of the Wenpin Corps and the deputy general of the Wu'an National Legion, and then Yin Li and Sun Guan, Xuangao's short training will be carried out in the future when the defense is adjusted." ”

"No1

"Okay, now it's the strategy. The strategic purpose of our army is to prevent the Cao army and Yuan army from entering Qingzhou to the east, and the defense line is more than 900 miles long from Lixian, Linzi, Laiwu, Xintai, to Yishui, Kaiyang, and Zhuqi. Especially on the southern front, the threat of Yuan Shao on the northern front is relatively small, because the north side of Yuan Shao is also under the deterrence of our army, so the focus of our army is to defend Cao Cao in the south. ”

"Sir, this is full of mountains, and the cavalry is not of much use, right?" Xu Huang asked with some confusion.

"Hehe, of course the cavalry is not used in the mountains, if Cao Cao attacks, your task is to launch an attack, to smash the logistics line behind Cao Cao, and even attack the deep city of Cao's army, therefore, Komeito's task is to carry out intensive training in raid warfare behind enemy lines."

"No1

"The task of Xuangao is node defense, which is relatively dangerous, because it may be necessary to hold on without foreign assistance, so it is necessary to strengthen training defensive warfare, especially defensive warfare relying on strong cities."

"No!"

Xu Shu knocked on the map: "According to the deduction of the General Staff, Cao Cao should not risk launching a large-scale attack, there must be small-scale friction, but no one can guarantee that it will not really be a big fight, we are on the front line, we still have to prepare for a big fight." At the same time, we must resolutely fight back against Cao Cao's temptation and encroachment, and resolutely defeat Cao Cao's adventurous mentality. ”

"Understood1

"In addition, according to Zijing and Xuan Gao's suggestion, Xintai City will keep 100,000 people, which is of course a voluntary principle, as for the military family, it is also voluntary to stay, I personally recommend not to stay here, according to the regulations of Youzhou, the military family can get more land, it is better to go to Youzhou to obtain more fertile land, and it is safer. And after five years, the sergeant can choose to retire, and then he will be able to go home to the regiment, not to mention the annual leave every year. ”

"Chief of Staff, if you don't decide now, can you still circulate freely in the future?"

"Of course you can, but your land exchange will be more troublesome."

"Well, then, these policies would do well to explain them to both the sergeants and the common people below.1

"Well, this is as it should be, since the civil officials have not yet been put in place, I will be responsible for this matter1

"There is Chief of Staff of Law."

"It's okay, what's the problem? If not, then I would like to conclude that the strategic task of the Taishan Theater is to resist the invasion of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, to combat their infiltration and encroachment, and to carry out anti-infiltration operations in accordance with the strategy of the General Staff. In addition, a large area of no man's land will be formed as a strategic depth within 200 miles from east to west of the above cities. The purpose and posture of the entire theater of operations are basically the same. ”

On the side of Mount Tai, Fang Zhiwen and Zhang Bao were busy retreating, and they were busy redeploying, including transferring the people and building roads by the way, as for those evacuated empty cities, the western front was directly demolished, and the eastern front only left a few troops stationed as logistics nodes, in the area of four hundred miles, Fang Zhiwen did not allow strangers to build villages, and did not want these aliens to have the opportunity to collude with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was not idle, Zhong Xuan's temptation made Cao Cao understand Fang Zhiwen's attitude, and he also actively deployed troops on the Eastern Front, although Fang Zhiwen did not say that he would attack the East China Sea and the southern part of Taishan County, but Cao Cao was very careful to prepare for himself, and sent two generals Xiahoudun and Le Jin to the Eastern Front. To be continued...