The news of Cao Cao's dispatch of troops soon spread to Chang'an City. And Cao Cao's dispatch of troops was indeed much beyond Zhang Xiu's expectations, if Cao Cao sent all the cavalry to Youzhou to confront his own army, it would be normal. However, looking at the posture now, Cao Jun seems to be attacking Zhang Xiu's place at any cost, you must know that the land occupied by Cao Cao is only about one-third of the land occupied by Zhang Xiu.

After learning the news of Cao Cao's attack, Zhang Xiu immediately summoned Jia Xu, Zhou Yu, 6 Xun, Chen Gong and other strategists to the imperial study.

I saw Zhang Xiu hand the news obtained by the scouts to everyone and then said: "Cao Cao has made some changes, and he is mainly attacking the weak places of our army, and the situation is a little bad. ”

After Jia Xu glanced at the news on the paper, he smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, why should you worry, Cao Cao is using offense instead of defense." ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, and raised her eyebrows. And Zhou Yu on the side had already taken over the conversation and said with a smile: "What Jia Saijiu said is not bad, the current situation in the world is that His Majesty has a complete advantage. Cao Cao naturally knew that His Majesty would not move, and he would be sure to sweep the world if he moved. Moreover, His Majesty sent troops, and the place of battle was within the rule of Cao Jun, and his losses would not be less, so his attack was essentially only for defense! ”

Replacing strategic defense with strategic offense, Zhang Xiu is naturally more familiar with this style of play. Historically, under the leadership of Zhuge Liang, Shu Han went out of Qishan six times, and under the leadership of Jiang Wei, he attacked the Central Plains nine times. Except for Zhuge Liang's first chance to go out of Qishan, the latter is actually a strategic offense instead of defense.

However, the substitution of strategic offense for strategic defense, although the main purpose is defense, if there is a chance of success, it will immediately become possible. This is what makes Zhang Xiu more headache.

At this time, Chen Gong touched his chin and said, "Your Majesty, if the minister expects it to be true, the focus of Cao Cao's attack this time is on Jingzhou and Jiangdong in the south. These places are newly acquired by His Majesty, and the people's hearts have not yet been fully attached, and Cao Cao has an opportunity to take advantage of them. As for the attack on Xiahou Yuan in Hanoi, I am afraid it will still be used to contain our army as it did last year. ”

Ma Tan heard this, but he said: "Having said that, Cao Cao has always been cunning, and if our army does not let go too many troops above Hanoi, I am afraid that Xiahou Yuan will attack." ”

Zhang Xiu couldn't help touching her chin at this time, and muttered in her mouth: "Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Guan Yu." Zhang Xiu knows very well that none of these three people are lightly compared, especially Guan Yu, his attack can be said to be the strongest, and Cao Cao also sent him to attack Jingzhou, and the threat is the biggest along the way.

And Zhang Xiu was also worried about the generals, Zhao Yun went to attack Liaodong and took many people away. Among the rest of the people, there are not many generals who can block Guan Yu.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Xiu had already made up his mind and said: "On Cao Ren's side, Ziyi and Wen Wei will lead the troops to resist, and Xu Rong will answer behind. In Hanoi, Han Sheng led an army of 100,000 (Gao Shun trained recruits) to resist, and Bo Yan was the military advisor of the army. As for Guan Yu, Gongming didn't move there, and Gongtai went to help him; Then let Wen Yuan go to Xiangyang County and Ziming go to Nan County, and send troops and horses from Chang'an and Jiangdong respectively to transfer. Gong Jin went to Xiangyang County to help Wen Yuan, and Wen Yuan commanded this battle! There is no need to worry about the grain and grass as soon as it is deployed, and as for the defense of Luoyang, it will be handled by justice for the time being. ”

With this lineup to face Guan Yu, Zhang Xiu is still more assured. Although Guan Yu's attack was strong, Zhang Liao's iron bucket-like defense was also famous in history. And with Guan Yu's attitude towards Zhang Liao in history, he should agree with Zhang Liao's ability, and there should be no big problem for Zhang Liao to lead the troops to resist Guan Yu. Moreover, there are Xu Huang and Lu Meng as supplements, plus Zhou Yu is in charge of dealing with Cao Jun's military advisors, Zhang Xiu doesn't believe that such a combination Guan Yu can make any big waves.

There is no big problem with the generals, and there is not much problem with the troops. Zhao Yun only led the cavalry, and Zhang Xiu recruited 200,000 troops the year before last, and now he is starting to wield it. Since the last war, Nanyang Xu Huang has once again replenished the army of 60,000, and Zhang Xiu of Chang'an has 70,000 troops at his disposal, so Zhang Xiu directly allocated 50,000 to Xiangyang County, and as for Nanjun, Tai Shici transferred 40,000 to defend.

And Tai Shici himself led the remaining 30,000 troops in his headquarters and the 50,000 troops in Xu Rong's department to meet Cao Ren, with the important town of Hefei in hand, it was more than enough in terms of defense. As for the 100,000 troops in Jiangdong, Gan Ning temporarily took over the training, and after waiting for the arrival of the sea ships, he led the troops from the sea to attack Samhan.

As for Cao Cao, he recuperated for two years, and his strength recovered a lot. In addition, the tuntian system has always been adopted, which can not only ensure the troops, but also ensure the grain and grass. Just looking at this transfer, we can know the results of the two years of recuperation, and Yecheng mobilized 200,000 troops. Xuchang sent 250,000 troops. Shouchun is less, only 100,000, but these 100,000 are the elite of a hundred battles, plus they have been stuck in Huainan for many years, and they are extremely familiar with the terrain, on the contrary, Tai Shici is fighting in Huainan for the first time.

An army of 550,000 was mobilized at once, and Zhang Xiu naturally knew that Cao Cao was making a desperate bet and conscripting troops at any cost. As long as this situation lasts for a few years, I am afraid that the number of males in Cao Cao's rule will decrease sharply, and if it drags on any longer, Cao Cao will definitely be defeated.

However, these are no longer what Zhang Xiu has to consider, after the order is issued, Zhang Liao, Zhou Yu, Lu Meng and the rest of the generals will follow the troops, spring has just arrived, and the war will start again!

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First press the battle of the Central Plains, and say that here, Zhao Yun led 100,000 elite iron horsemen into the Hetao, and then crossed the Yellow River to the Outer Great Wall. At the Outer Great Wall, Zhao Yun first asked the army to stop, and then found the defender Guo Huai to understand the current situation in the grassland.

At Zhao Yun's big tent, the generals are impressively listed. This time, Zhao Yun selected generals, but only ordered one Wei Yan, but Zhang Quan and his group of young generals were too many, and the generals were completely enough.

After seeing Guo Huai, Zhao Yun asked, "Boji, what is the situation outside the prairie now?" ”

Guo Huai handed a stack of papers to Zhao Yun, and then said simply: "Since the last time the great general defeated the main forces of the Southern Xiongnu and the Central Xianbei, in the past few years, there has been a major change in the entire prairie almost every few months......

After the Southern Xiongnu and the Central Xianbei were defeated by Zhang Xiu, although they did not reach the extinction, their strength was greatly weakened. In particular, the Southern Xiongnu were previously attached to the Han court, and the Han court allowed the Southern Xiongnu to live in the Hetao area. It's just that Zhang Xiu ignored this set at all, and after sending troops to seize the Hetao, he expelled the Southern Xiongnu from the Hetao. If you don't want to go, it's okay.,But it's going to be forcibly sinicized.。 In this way, the Southern Xiongnu were forced to split again, and some of the Xiongnu who were willing to accept Sinicization or were unwilling to return to the steppe to live a wandering life chose to stay in the Hetao and live a life of agriculture and animal husbandry. After a few years, most of them have settled down.

There is nothing to say about these Huns who are willing to accept Sinicization, and the other group of Huns have returned to the steppe. At this time, the central Xianbei suffered heavy losses due to the last time they were beaten by Zhang Xiu, so they sent troops to retaliate, and the Huns were defeated first. However, at this time, the Xiong tribe released by Zhang Xiu also showed their hideous fangs, and took advantage of the vitality of the Huns to massacre the Huns.

The Xiongnu were originally slaves of the Xiongnu and had been abused by the Xiongnu, and in history, the Xiongnu exterminated the tribe and were also slaughtered by the Xiongnu. Now that the Qiang people have a chance for revenge in advance, how can they let it go. The Huns of the Ten Pavilions were killed by the Qiang people at least the Six Pavilions. At this time, the murderous Qiang people were no longer satisfied with only killing the Huns, and they also put the butcher's knife on the head of the central Xianbei, who was greatly injured. The central Xianbei was caught off guard by the Qiang people, and after being slaughtered by the Qiang people, the central Xianbei decided to unite with the Southern Xiongnu to deal with the Qiang people, so they finally withstood the massacre of the Qiang people.

It's just that the massacre of the Qiang people was only the beginning of the grassland chaos, and when the central Xianbei and the Southern Xiongnu were greatly damaged, the eastern Xianbei also joined in. In addition, the Northern Xiongnu, who had moved westward, also split, some decided to continue to move westward, while the other part knew about the chaos in the grassland, and decided to kill back to the steppe and take revenge on the Xianbei people.

The Northern Xiongnu returned to the east, and the brunt of it was the Western Xianbei, who was defeated in the Western Regions, and was directly defeated by the fierce Northern Xiongnu. In the east, due to the strong intervention of Xianbei in the east, the central Xianbei and the Southern Xiongnu, who were greatly injured, were forced to retreat, and the Qian people also took the opportunity to raise the butcher's knife and slaughter on a large scale.

Due to the eastward return of the Northern Xiongnu, the Southern Xiongnu were attached to the Northern Xiongnu with the friendship of the same clan. The central Xianbei saw that the situation was not good, and it was also attached to the eastern Xianbei. In the blink of an eye, the prairie turned into a duel between the two heroes, and in the end, it was the more powerful Eastern Xianbei who won.

And the duel between the two males naturally cheapened the Qiang tribe and slaughtered the two tribes on a large scale. Although the Eastern Xianbei and the Northern Xiongnu wanted to find out the Qian, it was a pity that the grassland was too big, and the Qianzu would hide casually, and the two tribes would have no choice. However, they still have a guard against the Karma.

After the duel between the two tribes, the Northern Xiongnu were defeated, chased by the Xianbei in the east, and once again driven out of the prairie. The Northern Xiongnu, as in history, once again returned to the process of westward migration, and this westward migration was to bring the Southern Xiongnu with them. It can be said that now except for those Xiongnu people in the Hetao area who are accepting Sinicization, there is no longer a Xiongnu in the east of the world. And their goal is the most prosperous country in the west of the Great 6 like the Great Han - Great Qin!

It's just that the victor Eastern Xianbei is not having a good time, when Gai Yin chased the Northern Xiongnu, Cao Cao also sent troops out of the Great Wall, and learned Zhang Xiu's general cavalry to hunt for food on their own in the prairie. Knowing that the situation was critical, the Eastern Xianbei Shan Yu Kebi could immediately give up chasing the Northern Xiongnu and return to the division to deal with the cavalry of the Cao army.

Although the Eastern Xianbei is powerful, after all, it fought hard with the Northern Xiongnu, and after the slaughter of the Qian, it lost a lot of strength. When Kebi Neng led the army to confront the Cao army, he knew why the Central Xianbei and the Southern Xiongnu would fail when dealing with the Han Chinese. Cao Cao's third son, Cao Zhang, led the tiger and leopard to ride and broke into the eastern Xianbei army, and the eastern Xianbei was defeated.

As soon as Kebineng died, the eastern Xianbei, which was originally very united, was divided, and the larger tribes included the Duan Division, the Murong Division, the Yuwen Division, etc.

The eastern Xianbei were divided, and the Qiang people came out again and began to massacre. It's just that this time, only a few months after the slaughter, the entire tribe suddenly died mysteriously. The place where the whole tribe died, became a dead land, the filthy blood flowed to the grassland, all the plants died, and soon became a dead land.

The bizarre death of the Qiang people relieved all the remaining tribes on the grassland. Since the defeat of the Eastern Xianbei, in just a few months, the Qiang tribe slaughtered thirty percent of the people in the Eastern Xianbei, which shows the horror of this cannibalistic race.

After a series of battles, all the tribes in the entire steppe were greatly damaged. The large tribes are old and weak, and there are only about 10,000 men, and there are only a few hundred small ones. Such a heavy blow may be more than when Emperor Wu defeated the Huns. If the grassland tribes want to recover, I am afraid it will have to be a hundred years.

After listening to what Guo Huai said, Zhao Yun sighed: "I don't want the bloody wind and rain on the grassland, and it is no worse than the war in the Central Plains." ”

Guo Huai listened, nodded, and said, "Your Majesty is indeed powerful, and you have put the Qiang clan back." At least half of the people who died on the prairie were slaughtered by the Qiang people. Fortunately, all of this Karma tribe died suddenly, otherwise we would be annoyed by it in the future. ”

Zhao Yun heard this, nodded and smiled: "In this way, this general will lead the army to raid Liaodong, and there should not be much obstacle in the middle." ”

When Guo Huai heard this, he shook his head and said, "General Zhao is only half right. Now there are indeed no big tribes in the prairie north of Bingzhou, and the Wuhuan tribe in the northwest of Youzhou was also defeated by Cao Cao before, and now they are attached to Cao Cao. General Zhao sent troops to Liaodong, and these Wuhuan tribes may come to help in the war. ”

Zhao Yun heard it and said with a smile: "This is okay, forgive a little Wuhuan cavalry, and you won't be able to make big waves." ”

Guo Huai heard this, nodded as well, and then continued: "Wu Huan's vitality has been injured, it really doesn't matter. However, in the northeast of Wuhuan, there is also a Buyeo tribe, which built a Buyeo country in the northeast of Youzhou. Although its strength is not as humble as the original eastern Xianbei, but the Fuyu people are brave and good at fighting, and General Zhao should also be careful. ”

Before Zhao Yun could speak, Pang Tong on the side had already smiled and said, "That's simple, Your Majesty ordered us to take down Sanhan as well." If they don't come, they will keep them for a while, and if they come, they will be destroyed directly. ”

Ma heard it and laughed: "Shi Yuan said it well, I just want to say this!" ”

Ma's words aroused the fighting spirit of the rest of the young generals, and they all shouted to invite them to fight. Seeing this, Zhao Yun waved his hand helplessly and said, "Okay, let's stop." The purpose of our battle is to seize Liaodong, and if the Buyeo tribe does not come, we have no need to provoke them. After the world is decided, I believe that His Majesty will also send troops. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yun turned his head and asked Pang Tong and Lu Sudao: "Shiyuan, Zijing, what is the best strategy for attacking the northern part of Youzhou and Liaodong?" ”

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