As we all know, large-scale legion operations are a great test of the commander's ability, and the large-scale legions controlled by Dong Zhuo today can be divided into Liangzhou Legion and Bingzhou Legion.

Among them, part of the Liangzhou Army was stationed in the Chang'an area, and the other part was active in the Luoyang area of the former division.

In addition to guarding against accidents, the troops stationed in Chang'an also play the role of rotation and deployment.

Fighting on the front line, the emphasis is on relaxation, and the army led by Lu Bu is powerful, but you can't keep fighting against Lu Bu's army, there will be big problems.

Because it is inevitable that there will be attrition in the battle, if the attrition is too much, the morale of the army will be weakened, and even the gods will be powerless in the world.

Therefore, as the chief general of the army, you must have a detailed understanding of the army you lead.

And before the corps fights, the reserve of strategic materials is even more of a top priority.

The so-called "soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first." That's it.

One of them, which is more important than grain and grass, is the soldiers and horses themselves.

Generally speaking, a detailed strategic and tactical plan will be set before the battle, and after the army is mobilized, the main general will be relatively relaxed.

However, now Li Dao, Guo Yan and others are not easy.

Although they did not encounter large-scale resistance, they divided a part of their troops to defend each place they occupied.

No way, there are too many damn bandits, these are the sequelae left over from the military disaster.

This made Li Dao, Guo Yan and others quite a headache.

Luoyang area

In the camp tent, Guo Yan said to a general in armor next to him with a sad face: "Childish, it can't go on like this, you still have to think of another way." ”

It turned out that the person who was talking to him was Li Dao, the general under Dong Zhuo, Li Zhiran.

Li Wei sighed lightly, "If it really doesn't work, I can only ask Xiangguo for support." ”

"Asking for help from Xiangguo?" When Guo Yan heard this, his face was even more sad, "Doesn't that make us look too incompetent?" ”

Li Wei pondered for a moment and proposed: "If you can't ask for help, then you will recruit troops on the spot, and bring the old with the new. ”

Guo Yan shook his head, "It's not proper, it's not proper." ”

"Now Huang Wan and Duan Xuan are practicing the law of Tuntian according to Xiangguo's order, if it is a large-scale recruitment, I am afraid that it will delay Xiangguo's Tuntian policy."

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, how can there be a way to do both?" Li Wei walked back and forth in the account, and after a moment, he continued:

"Xiangguo's strategy of tuntian cannot be delayed, but we must not delay the march."

"We will report the situation to Xiangguo first, and then act expediently, I believe that Xiangguo will not blame us."

"This time, we led a total of 80,000 horses, Pingyang County stationed 10,000, Hongnong County stationed 10,000, Hedong County stationed 10,000, and then went to 30,000 horses."

"Although 10,000 people is a lot, there are five cities in Pingyang County alone: Pingyang, Beiqu, Huayin, Yangxian, and Pishi, and each city has 2,000 soldiers and horses."

"Nowadays, there are hundreds of bandits, and there are thousands of them, and even if they catch a thousand pigs, it will take a long time to catch them, and the manpower is far from enough, so they will only be exhausted."

"And Luoyang needs to be stationed in the center of the division, and there are still 30,000 horses left."

"Xinzheng is connected to Yuzhou, and Yuzhou is not at peace, I heard that Yuan Shu seems to have some moves, and Xinzheng must be stationed with 10,000."

"In this way, there are only 20,000 horses that can be mobilized, and Hanoi County is connected to Yanzhou East County, Cao Cao was the Taishou of Dongjun before, although he can send troops from Luoyang to support, but how can I wait for 20,000 horses to guard against him."

"If we halve the number of men and horses stationed in the three counties of Pingyang, Hongnong, and Hedong, we will be able to send out 15,000 more men and horses."

"Based on 5,000 old soldiers, and then recruiting some villagers from all over the country, there should be no problem to solve the bandits."

After some analysis, Li Dao felt more and more reasonable.

"When the township is brave and becomes an army, these 5,000 men and horses can be reduced according to the situation in various places, and it is best to let the villagers in various places suppress the bandits on their own."

At this time, Guo Yan on the side said helplessly: "That's what you say, but recruit township warriors from all over the country, so how can you Tuntian?" ”

"If you don't delay the harvest of the coming year, what will the soldiers eat?"

"There is no problem with relying on the output of Yongzhou alone, but Xiangguo has now ordered Xu Rongbing to go out and merge with the state, and these people are all waiting to be fed."

Li Wei proposed: "Why don't I wait and discuss with Huang Wan?" How about minimizing the number of conscripts? ”

"In this case, even if the recruitment is small, it is better than nothing."

"Some of the bandits who gathered were local villagers, and some of them were remnants of the Yellow Turbans or scattered soldiers, and they could be dealt with by the villagers alone."

Guo Yan glanced at Li Wei, the meaning is self-evident, Huang Wan's discussion is so easy to fight?

Huang Wan can't wait for us to send troops and clean up the local bandits one by one.

However, using 80,000 troops to suppress bandits is not a knife for killing chickens?

Guo Yan smiled bitterly: "It's also a problem that this advance is too fast, how can I have such trouble killing Hu people at the border, just feed the enemy wherever I go." ”

Guo Yan's "food on the enemy" sounds very simple, and it is also very simple to understand, that is, "burning, killing and looting." ”

However, Dong Zhuo wants not only the territory, but also the population.

Otherwise, how could Huang Wan be allowed to appease the people and implement the tuntian system, and only with the population would there be war potential.

Guo Yan's method of dealing with the Hu people obviously did not work in the Luoyang Sili area.

If he really did this, then Dong Zhuo would definitely replace him first.

Thinking of this, Guo Yan had a flash of inspiration in his mind, the places he occupied couldn't be messed around, but the places he didn't occupy were very casual!

He proposed to Li Dao: "Otherwise, how about we wait for a heavy army to be stationed in Luoyang?" ”

"Take Luoyang as a base, radiate Hanoi and Xinzheng two counties, if there is no action in the direction of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, then we will be stationed in Luoyang with peace of mind."

"If there is a move in the direction of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, then we will fight them in Hanoi and Xinzheng, although this may destroy the two counties, but the total score is stronger in many places."

Li Wei listened to Guo Yan's proposal, his eyes lit up, and he said straightly: "Brother Xian's words are reasonable!" ”

"It would be a good idea to give up Xinzheng and Hanoi for the time being."

"A good way, a good way."

The more Li Wei spoke, the more excited he became, "Just give up the two counties of Xinzheng and Hanoi, then we will have extra troops to clean up the bandits in the remaining four counties." ”

"It only takes some time to stabilize the rear, and after the rear is stabilized, only more than 1,000 elite soldiers need to be arranged in each county to stabilize a county."

"It's best to go down like this, after there are more soldiers on the front line, you can still take turns to fight."

"But ......"

Li Dao and Guo Yan glanced at each other, and their hearts were sharp.

There is another big problem in this, Dong Xiangguo asked them to lead the army to attack the former Sili area, and now they take the initiative to give up Hanoi and Xinzheng County, will Dong Xiangguo blame it?

There is a saying that "compassion is not in charge of soldiers, and righteousness is not in charge of wealth." ”

gave up Xinzheng and Hanoi, and the lives of the people there were naturally not under their control.

But if Dong Xiangguo forcibly ordered them to send troops, it would be difficult to do!