Chapter 436: Internal Affairs and Military Strategy

Looking at the shadow of Zhen Luo's departure, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but feel that Zhen Luo had left in his heart, and praised loudly: "This Miss Zhen came in time, so that the food of Yizhou next year will be solved, and the loss of the people of Liangzhou is not so big Ma Nai is a native of Liangzhou, although he is fierce to the enemy, he still has sympathy for the people of Liangzhou."

After a pause, she laughed and said: "This Miss Zhen is really a rare strange woman in the world, not to mention being beautiful, and she is also ice and snow smart, who marries her is really lucky." ”

The matter was resolved, and even Pound, who had always been serious, couldn't help but quip: "Meng Qi." Be careful that this word is spread so that Miss Lu hears it, and then she and Yunlu will come to trouble you. At the insistence of the horse, Pound also began to call the horse's expression, but in private, Pound still called the horse as the young master, in order to show that he did not forget the old favor.

Ma heard it and smiled bitterly, now the entire Chang'an City knows that Zhao Yu, Ma Yunlu and the newcomer Lu Lingqi are the three most troublesome women in the entire Chang'an City, even Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and Ma feel a headache when they see them. If these three women go to the Mansion of the Fat Cavalry General to see Zhang Feng. Then Zhang Xiu directly avoided them. Of course, although these three women are a little willful, they are still very obedient in major matters.

Ma heard what Pound said, and his face changed slightly. said: "You must not tell this matter, otherwise the house will be in big trouble."

Zhong Chai nodded seriously and said, "Meng Qi rest assured." For the sake of the people and defenders of Chang'an City, everyone who would never say anything listened to it and nodded in unison.

Zhang Xiu heard it and laughed: "Since the matter of grain and grass has been solved, let's discuss next year's Yizhou strategy." Now that our army has gained a foothold in the northwest of Ba County, the news of Hansheng has also returned, and Langzhong has been captured, and it can be forced into Zhanghuang at any time. In addition, Ziyi also sent news, there were many Yizhou scouts outside Xuanhan before, it seems that Yan Yan of Jiangzhou should make some moves next year, what do you think the strategy of attacking Yizhou next year should be? ”

Ma and Pang De were not familiar with the geography of Yizhou, and they were all cavalry, and the attack on Yizhou generally had nothing to do with them, so they kept silent. Yang Fu and the others directly swept their gaze to Jia Xu. In the past, Fa Zheng's plan to attack Jiangyou would have been opposed by Jia Xu at the beginning, but the result was as Jia Xu expected, and among all the people here, Jia Xu was the most scheming.

Everyone was looking forward to it, Zhang Xiu asked with a smile: "What is Wenhe's good plan?" ”

Jia Xu lowered his head and meditated for a while. Said: "Now the lord has more than 100,000 Yuan family soldiers, and I think that the lord should transfer General Gao Shun back to reorganize this army, after the spring of next year, the lord can gradually pick out the elite of this descending stroke, first form an army into Yizhou, with this army to guard the imperial Xuanhan and last year's army into Yizhou has adapted to the local weather, next year with this army to attack." ”

After finishing speaking, Jia Xu stood up, walked to the map hanging next to Zhang Xiu, pointed and said, "I think that the lord should attack Padang first this time." Among them, Jiangzhou is the seat of Ba County, Yizhou has a number of strong cities, comparable to Chengdu of Shu County, plus Jiangzhou is backed by mountains, there are several large rivers in front of the confluence, easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus the terrain is complex, siege equipment is difficult to use. Moreover, the Jiangzhou garrison Yan Yan has rich experience, and his deliberate defense may not be able to capture it in a year, and when the heavy snow arrives, the lord must retreat, so to capture Jiangzhou, the defenders must be lured out

After listening to this, Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "What Wen He said is reasonable, if our army attacks Badong, it will block the exit of Yizhou to the outside world, and Liu Bei, who can escape to Jingzhou, can prevent Liu Bei from escaping to Jingzhou by occupying Badong." ”

Yang Fu heard this, and also nodded: "Yes." Liu Bei is also a big threat, so that Badong will be occupied, and Liu Bei will have no way to enter Yizhou, even if he takes Xuzhou away. It is useless to trap Jingzhou in the four war places, and its threat can be greatly weakened. ”

Jia Xu nodded. said, "Not bad. After Badong was occupied, the gate of Yizhou was blocked by the lord, and the lord slowly increased his troops after occupying these places, although it took a lot of time to take Yizhou. But it's safe. If Yan Yan can't bear it and sends troops from Jiangzhou, whether it is to attack Xuanhan or Badong, he can send troops to attack Jiangzhou all the way. As for Hansheng Road, the lord can also increase his troops to deter Feng Huang Zhang Ren, force Liu Zhang to increase his troops, and disperse Liu Zhang's available troops

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "Wen He's plan is good. However, Badong has gathered many families in Yizhou, and there are many cities in the territory, all of which are built on the mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If our army wants to attack, it must be fought in one fell swoop until Yufu Shu Han changed Yong'an to take Badong, otherwise only part of it will be taken. I'm afraid that it will be attacked by the Jiangzhou army and the Yufu army before and after, and it will be very bad at that time

Jia Xu nodded and said: "What the lord said is very true, but the existing Yinping Avenue is blocked, and it is the safest way to attack Yizhou."

Yang Fu added on the side: "Actually, the lord doesn't have to worry too much, even if our army can't fall into Badong in one fell swoop and be counterattacked by the Yizhou army, our army can still defend the city, and the east city is easy to defend and difficult to attack." This is true for the lord, and the same is true for the Yizhou army. In this way, although it will take a long time, with the current strength of the lord, it can be completely consumed. There is no need to use foot soldiers in the north, and the lord can put most of the foot soldiers into Yizhou, and it is said that Deheng specially improved the grain trucks according to the narrow plank road in Yizhou, making it easier to transport grain into Yizhou. small

Suppressing people with power, now Zhang Xiu's strength can fully do this, plus more than 100,000 Yuan family soldiers have been gathered, so that Zhang Xiu no longer has so much scruples about the loss of troops. Although they are all human lives, there is a problem of mentality in this, after all, these soldiers are not the people under their own rule, and Zhang Xiu did not have so many scruples when attacking.

Jia Xu and Yang Zhuo were both reasonable, but Zhong Fu had other scruples, so he only heard him ask: "Fang Caiwen and Zeng Yan, the Hu people in the north will definitely suffer heavy losses in this heavy snowfall, and there will be a war for food on the prairie in the next few years, and if these Hu people unite to enter the border, this situation will be worrying."

Ma heard it and laughed: "Why worry about this matter, not to mention that the current Xiongnu is not the powerful Xiongnu in the early Han Dynasty, Xianbei has fallen into division since the death of Tanshi, and its strength is not as good as before." Even if they are the most powerful, if they dare to attack, my horse will immediately lead Xiliang Erlang to rush to the front. Where are they coming to beat them back?

Pound heard this, and nodded heavily: "Not bad." If they come, they will be asked to taste the sharpness of a certain sword

If the last big man talked about horse warfare, ten years ago, he respected the two major cavalry, which were the ton finger horn, the Bingzhou wolf cavalry, and the Youzhou cavalry. However, with the demise of the forces of LΓΌ Bu and Gongsun Zhan, the wolf cavalry and the Youzhou cavalry gradually began to decline, although Yuan Shao had the two states, and there were many cavalry under his command. However, the generals under his command did not have the experience of fighting on the border for several years like Lu Bu and Gongsun Zhan, so although the number of cavalry under Yuan Shao was quite large, the combat power was not very good.

On the other hand, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, from Dong Zhuo, who originally inherited the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, to his subordinates Li Xuan, Guo Ji, and Wan Chou, including Zhang Xiu, all took this cavalry as the core. Later, Fu Sui and Ma Teng, who rebelled, said that the cavalry under their hands still belonged to the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. It was not until Zhang Xiu recovered Guanzhong and Liangzhou that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry once again had a unified leadership.

plus Zhang Xiu's series of elite policies. The current Xiliang Iron Cavalry as a whole is stronger than that of Dong Zhuo's era. For the Hu people in the north, Tan Shifeng also led the Xianbei army into Kouliang Prefecture and Merge Prefecture before his death. In the end, he was repelled by the big man. And now after the death of the sandalstone rose, Xianbei is not unified internally, and there are often infighting, which makes it far less powerful than when the sandalstone rose was not dead. has a cavalry with stronger combat power, whether it is the commander's Zhang Xiu or his subordinates, Pang De and others are naturally not afraid.

If these Hu people don't come, everyone will be fine. Zhang Xiu will not pay attention to them for the time being, after all, Zhang Xiu's main opponent is not them now. However, if they dare to come, Zhang Xiu's idle generals who stayed in Chang'an will naturally come out, as well as those bed crossbows and repeater carts, and the power of fighting on the prairie is even more terrifying.

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "Meng Qi, Ling Ming's words are reasonable!" After a pause, Zhang Xiu said: "Since this is the case, I will immediately recruit Gao Shun to come to Chang'an." Now most of the more than 100,000 soldiers are still in Luoyang, Meng Qi, Ling Ming, and you led 10,000 people to escort these soldiers to Chang'an, and it is not a good thing to gather so many soldiers in Luoyang, I am afraid that Gao Shun will also arrive when you come back. ”

Ma nodded, and when he saw Zhang Xiu talking about Gao Shun, Ma suddenly spoke; "My lord, there is another day when I was ordered to go to Runan, and I faced Liu Bei for a while outside the ancient city. His soldiers were originally only bandits remotely controlled by the Yuan family in Runan County, although these bandits have been crisscrossing Runan for a period of time and have killed many people, but the military discipline is scattered, they should all be rabble, but they did not expect that after Liu Bei's hands for just a few months. was able to form an army, and the last generals and others thought that this was done by Liu Bei's new general Chen Zhi. ”

When Zhang Xiu heard this, his heart sank, and he exclaimed: "Chen arrived? White-eared soldiers? ”

Ma heard this and muttered, "White-eared elite soldiers? Aren't you those soldiers in chain mail? ”

Zhang Xiu could hear it. He frowned and asked, "Meng Qi, have you fought with the white-eared elite soldiers?" ”

Ma nodded and said: "If it is not bad as expected, they should be the white-eared elite soldiers that the lord said, these soldiers are not many in number, but everyone is wearing chain mail, and this armor should be provided by the Yuan family." In terms of individual combat power, the combat power of this army is not as good as the Bloody Blade Battalion, and it is slightly higher than the Breaking Front Battalion, and it should be a veteran who has followed Liu Bei since Xuzhou. But these white-eared elite soldiers all know a set of strange methods of combined attacks, which makes their combat strength increase by a few points. In terms of calculation, if a Bloodblade Battalion soldier and a white-eared elite soldier face each other, the Bloodblade Battalion will win. If it is ten against each other, the Bloody Blade Battalion is slightly superior but there are casualties, if it is against one hundred, it will be a tie, if three hundred are against each other, it will be slightly inferior, and if five hundred are against it, it will be bullied. Fortunately, there are not many white-eared elite soldiers, and in the first battle of Runan, Liu Bei only escaped with more than ten people, and it should not be so easy to retrain the white-eared elite soldiers. ”

Pang De next to him nodded in agreement, but still said: "Having said that, our army has always taken the route of elite soldiers, if even the same number of the most elite soldiers of our army cannot defeat them, how can it be called elite." ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "What Ling Ming said is true, it seems that Ben will have to persuade Gao Shun more." ”

Zhang Xiu's subordinates have a lot of good hands who can train cavalry. There are heavy horses, light horses, and bow horses, but Gao Shun is the only one who can practice foot soldiers. And everyone knows that the two strongest foot soldiers in the world should be the trapping camp trained by Gao Shun and the Xiandeng Death Soldier trained by Ping Yi, these two troops, with exception, have the ability to break the cavalry with foot. To train a foot soldier who can defeat the white-eared elite soldiers, I am afraid that these two people have this ability in the world.

Next to him, Jia Xu smiled and said: "Lord, Gao Shun is loyal and upright, and now he is willing to serve the Lord, which has the meaning of avenging the old lord, but his heart is also impressed by the lord." For such people, the lord should fellowship with his heart, as long as there is no utilitarianism, Gao Shun will sooner or later be used by the lord. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "Ben will understand." After a pause, he said: "Yuan Chang, although the Zhen family's strength is not only an outsider after all, if you want to mobilize the merchants under the rule of this general, you may encounter trouble, so you can help a lot." As for Mi Zizhong. This matter is also related to the merchants, and the caravan of the Mi family has also been formed during this time, and this time Mi Zizhong will assist the Zhen family from the side, after all, Miss Zhen is still young and inexperienced. ”

Zhong Yu nodded and said, "Don't worry, the lord doesn't know how to do it." After a pause, Zhong Jun said: "Lord, according to spicy observation, Chen Zhen's ability to filial piety is not bad, and he thinks it can be of great use. And putting Ziyu in Hedong is a bit of a big and too much. Therefore, it is not necessary to transfer Xiaoqi to Hedong and Ziyu back to Chang'an, after all, Ziyu is well versed in internal affairs and military affairs, and he can use his talents under the command of the lord. ”

Zhang Xiu listened, bowed his head and thought, on the ability of internal affairs, although Zhuge Jin is young, he is already better than Du Ji and Zhang Ji, only under the Zhong Step, if it is tempered again, he can take over the Zhong Step in the future After all, Zhong Chai is not young now. And Zhuge Jin's Zhang Xiu is not too worried, after all, the domestic situation in Eastern Wu is complicated in history, Zhuge Jin can stand, and his brother will not distinguish between public and private between Shu and Han, so Zhuge Jin can still be of great use.

But now the problem is that Zhang Xiu sent someone to kill Zhuge Liang, if he learned about it, thinking of this, Zhang Xiu looked at Jia Xu with his eyes, but he saw Jia Xu with a slight jaw. Jia Xu agreed to prove that he was sure not to be known by Zhuge Jin, so he nodded and said: "What Yuan Chang said is reasonable, since this is the case, let Xiao go to Hedong and transfer Ziyu back to Chang'an." and let him go to Luoyang first to help deal with the matter of surrendering, and then return to Chang'an with Meng Qi and Ling Ming. ”

Zhong Chai heard it, and arched his hand and said: "The lord is wise"

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