To say that Dong Zhuo has ordered Li Dao and Guo Yan not to rush into the army, they can temporarily abandon Xinzheng and Hanoi two counties, but why did Li Dao order the troops to send troops to Xinzheng?

It turned out that although Dong Zhuo stated in the letter that he could give up the two counties of Xinzheng and Hanoi, he did not lose them in vain.

The land is fixed, but the people on it are an important resource.

Judging from the current situation of protracted war, the population side is the top priority.

To put it simply, Dong Zhuo means that Xinzheng and Hanoi are not good to defend and can be given up.

However, it is necessary to loot the population of the two counties to the chassis under his actual control, snatch the materials that can be snatched, and implement the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness.

As for how to resettle these displaced people, it will be handed over to Huang Wan to deal with.

With Li Wei's order, the men and horses temporarily stationed in Luoyang began to act.

Li Dao said to Guo Yan with a smile on his face: "With Dong Xiangguo's strategy, I don't have to worry about it!" ”

Guo Yan also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and nodded.

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Dong Zhuo's words in Xiangguo's mansion made Zhang Ji understand why Dong Xiangguo was so confident in the victory on the battlefield.

With Dong Zhuo's current strength, there is no problem in sending troops to recover the Luoyang area, and the biggest problem lies in the follow-up defense.

By abandoning the two counties of Xinzheng and Hanoi and taking retreat as a strategy to advance, there is a strategic buffer area, and when the Luoyang area is completely stabilized, the troops in the Luoyang area can be mobilized to other battlefields.

In the battle between the two sides, there has never been a principle of "defeating the strong with the weak", and there will always be only "defeating the weak with the strong." ”

It's just that the change of offensive and defensive momentum, and the change of strength and weakness are all relative.

If the defending side has the advantage of the terrain, it can use fewer troops against the side with more troops.

Therefore, when defending a city, there are often situations where 10,000 defenders defend tens of thousands of enemy troops.

The defenders relied on the geographical advantage, and although the number was small, it also had its 'strength'.

After the battle casualties appeared, the attacking side no longer had a numerical advantage, and the contrast between the strength and weakness of the attacking and defending sides naturally changed.

The unpredictable situation on the battlefield is just a simple metaphor.

How to act depends on how the commander deploys his troops.

The Xiliang cavalry led by Li Dao and Guo Yan crisscrossed the battlefield, and it was not impossible to defeat the infantry several times their own with 10,000 cavalry in a battlefield suitable for cavalry attack with the impact of war horses.

But if these cavalry were trapped in the city for the purpose of defending the city, it would be a great waste.

Just when Li Dao and Guo Yan began to make moves on the battlefield of Sili, Zhang Liao, who was far away in Bingzhou, could be regarded as high-spirited at this time.

Merge state: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Yuanfeng placed the state thorn history department in the middle age, one of the thirteen state departments, leading Taiyuan, Shangdang, Xihe, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Yanmen, Shuofang, Wuyuan, Shangjun and other nine counties.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the state began to govern Jinyang.

Jinyang, the capital of Bingzhou, is also Taiyuan, and if you want to say what is the most famous in Bingzhou, it is the cavalry.

Zhang Liao led the cavalry of his headquarters plus the 10,000 cavalry assigned by Xu Rong, a total of 20,000 cavalry as the vanguard, all the way to the party.

There are more than 10,000 people and horses, and there is no shore.

Zhang Liao rode on the Jedi horse, looking at the marching team, and his heart was extremely satisfied.

The dust kicked up by the horses' hooves in front of him obscured his vision, and the marching team in the distance could barely make out an outline.

Zhang Liao couldn't help but think in his heart, "One day." ”

"It only takes one day to reach the party, and the speed of the march is incredible."

"With such a fast marching speed, I don't know if General Xu's follow-up men can keep up."

"Forget it, I don't want to do so much, since the speed is so fast, then I will go directly to the party."

With a decision in his heart, Zhang Liao raised his voice and shouted: "Pass the order, march at full speed, and strive to set up camp in Shangdang tonight!" ”

When several heralds around Zhang Liao heard this, they hurriedly replied in a loud voice: "No! ”

With that, the herald whipped his horse and merged into the marching procession in different directions.

After a while, the vanguard cavalry team led by Zhang Liao sped up a few points at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Zhang Liao pulled the reins in his hand, gently patted the Jedi horse's neck, and chuckled: "Let's go, follow them." ”

The Jedi Horse understood what Zhang Liao meant, his front hooves were raised, white gas erupted from his nose, and his hind legs kicked off, turning into a black lightning bolt and hurrying towards the front army.

Zhang Liao rode on a Jedi horse and felt this speeding speed, and he was overjoyed.

Good horse!

Sure enough, it's a good horse!

This is a horse sent by my father-in-law, and I am afraid it is not much better than a red rabbit horse.

This kind of drag racing feeling, I'm afraid only the kind of people who have really raced can know the fun in it.

As the army marched rapidly, Zhang Liao, who was calculating the distance, felt that it was not far from 'Shangdang'.

He observed the men and horses under his command and found that everyone did not show any fatigue, worthy of elite cavalry.

At this moment, a fast horse came from the front army and stopped not far in front of Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao naturally discovered this herald, his brows furrowed slightly, and he asked, "But what happened ahead?" ”

The herald hurriedly said: "General, the scouts in front of our army have come to report that they have found traces of the Huns in the eastern annex of Shangdang!" ”

Zhang Liao raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "East? "Huns?!" "Can you find out who is the Xiongnu?" "Who's in charge?" "How many centaurs?"

The herald listened to Zhang Liao's series of questions, and hurriedly replied: "General, according to the scouts, it is reported that his clothes are from the Southern Huns. ”

"There is no way to know what the specific Southern Xiongnu are."

"These Huns did not form a system, ranging from dozens to hundreds, and went west."

"Because I didn't find his general's flag, I don't know who led the army."

When Zhang Liao heard this, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and it would be very difficult to deal with this situation of not knowing three questions.

However, he didn't blame the herald, military intelligence spying is not such a simple matter.

This time the intelligence should be the first batch of waiting teams to contact the other party, and the news came from Lima.

Zhang Liao waved his hand, "It's hard work, you can go down." ”

When the herald heard this, he beat his horse and went to the front of the army.

"Shangdang East?"

"Heading west?"

The Jedi horses, without Zhang Liao's control, also followed the marching team steadily.

Zhang Liao remembered what Jia Xu, the general of the military division before the march, said.

At that time, Jia Xu once said, "Cao Cao was defeated in Yanzhou East County by Poison, Baihuan, Zhenggu, Yu Fuluo and other departments, and General Zhang was not worried about the rest of his trip, only those who encountered the Southern Xiongnu need to be on guard." ”

Zhang Liao thought about Jia Xu's words and calculated in his heart.

"Yu Poison, Bai Huan, Zheng Gu, Yu Fuluo and others are all the leaders of the Southern Xiongnu, these Xiongnu came from the east to the west, and they should have retreated from the East County to the remnants of the Southern Xiongnu in Leping County of Bingzhou after the defeat of Dongjun."

"If you go west, you should also go to the party."

Zhang Liao gradually became gloomy.