Volume 6 Calculations] Chapter 314 Zhao Xing sits firmly on the Diaoyutai -

In the face of such a strong formation of the Dahan national team, as a blue side team with only one M-N player, what should it do? Let's first take stock of Zhao Xing's family background.

There are six armies in the Zhenbei Army, namely: the Crouching Tiger Army, the Vanguard Army, the Flying Tiger Army, the Blue Wolf Army, the Xiong Zhen Army, and the Dragoon Army. Among them, the number of 20,000 was the vanguard army and the dragoon, the other four armies were all 10,000, and the total strength of the six armies was 80,000. Guan Yu, the general of the Huns, and Xu Huang, the general of Duliao, each had 10,000 jīng soldiers under their commands, who used to pretend not to have any contact with the Zhenbei Army, but now they no longer have scruples and completely return to the command of the Zhenbei General's Mansion.

The above 100,000 troops are Zhao Xing's belongings. In addition, there are 20,000 Xianbei mercenaries and 50,000 reserve troops. Of course, if the situation was critical, the common people who used to make a revolution with the Yellow Turban Army, but are now busy with the Tuntian garrison, can also make up the number of people when they are mobilized. Especially the Huangxuan tribe and the Southern Xiongnu tribe, the number of troops that can be temporarily conscripted is also a considerable number.

While Lu Zhi and the allied forces were busy meeting the alliance in Hanoi, Zhao Xing was also convening the commanders and military divisions of the various armies for the last combat situation analysis meeting before the war.

First of all, Li Jinsi reported on the enemy situation and our situation.

"After shadow reconnaissance, the total number of soldiers and horses of the imperial court and local states besieging the state was 480,000, of which the imperial army was 170,000 and the local states sent 310,000 troops. The Eastern Route Army was led by Zhu Jun with a total of 130,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Zhu Jun's headquarters, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan, Kong Rong, and Tao Qian; the Southern Route Army was led by Lu Zhi with a total of 200,000 soldiers and horses under his command, as well as Yuan Shu, Cao C-O, Sun Jian, Liu Biao, and Liu Yan; and the Western Route Army was led by Huangfu Song, with a total of 150,000 soldiers and horses under his command and Dong Zhuo, Ma Teng, and Sima Fang......." Li Jinsi calmly reported on the dynamics of the imperial court coalition forces.

After listening to Li Jinsi's report, everyone began to discuss the enemy situation. The first to speak was Tian Feng: "This time, the imperial court mobilized all the people to attack and annex the state, if only Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun had their own soldiers and horses, they would not be able to shake the foundation of the state. However, Lu Zhi mobilized the troops and horses of various prefectures and counties, so that the prefecture was immediately surrounded by nearly 500,000 troops, and the situation became grim and abnormal. Among the soldiers and horses sent by the local states, especially Dong Zhuo of Liangzhou, Yuan Shao of Jizhou and Yuan Shu of Yangzhou, it can be seen that the idea of merging the state is no longer a temporary intention, but a long-term plan. ”

Continuing with Tian Feng's topic, Chen Gong continued: "Although Cao C-o and Sun Jian in the Middle Route Army did not send as many troops as Er Yuan and Dong Zhuo, they should not be underestimated. The ability of these two people to command the army and govern the army, especially above the second Yuan, the 30,000 Taishan soldiers and 20,000 Jiangdong soldiers under their command should be the first in the local states. What we need to focus on is the determination and intent of these two men to crusade against the annexed states. ”

Guo Jia, who has been following the Flying Tiger Army for many years, has been accepted into Crouching Tiger City by Zhao Xing since the outbreak of the plague. According to Zhao Xing's inner thoughts, even if Lu Bu defected to Dong Zhuo with the Flying Tiger Army, such a loss would not be worth Guo Jia's life being taken by the plague alone. So with the plague, Zhao Xing protected Guo Jia, for fear that something would go wrong.

Guo Jia continued Chen Gong's analysis and said: "Although the strength of the local states and counties is huge, they have their own internal calculations, and their attitudes towards the crusade and annexation of states can be divided into the firm faction, the action faction, the wait-and-see faction, and the coping faction. The three people of the imperial court, Lu Huangzhu and the second local Yuan and Dong Zhuo, can be called the firm faction, and the soldiers and horses under these six people have reached 340,000, which is the target of our side that needs to be resolutely attacked. Cao C-O, Sun Jian, Gongsun Zhan, Sima Fang and other four people can be called the action faction, and when supporting the firm faction, they should not be too reserved, and they need to be highly vigilant. Liu Biao and Liu Yan belong to the wait-and-see faction, if the coalition forces fight well, they will follow rampantly, and if the coalition forces suffer heavy setbacks, they may cower. In the end, Ma Teng, Kong Rong and Tao Qian belonged to the coping faction, and basically would not launch an attack on Bingzhou with all their might. ”

Jia Xu had been listening carefully to the speeches of the previous people, and after Guo Jia finished speaking, he began to express his opinion: "I was inspired by what Fang Cai Yuanhao, Gongtai and Fengxiao said, under the condition that the troops of the state are obviously at an absolute disadvantage, if the troops are divided into three ways and all confront the imperial army, they will inevitably suffer a major setback; if there is a targeted and selective attack on some forces and a certain coalition army, it can severely damage the morale of the other side, thereby reducing the pressure on the other two defensive forces. In this operation, the annexation of the state was on the defensive, as long as the coalition forces could be withdrawn, the danger of the annexation would be solved. Therefore, all combat plans need to revolve around the word 'retreat', rather than using their brains on the word 'kill'. ”

"Mr. Wen He's opinion is very pertinent, and I also believe that this time in the battle with the imperial court coalition army, we must not blindly fight to the end, we must fight for a life-and-death result, and the state needs to preserve its strength to deal with future wars. We must mercilessly meet the forces that have a resolute attitude of attacking and merging the states; we must let them choose between the sweetness and bitterness of the forces that intend to gain some benefits from the annexation; and we must constantly scare the forces that are waiting and see and teach them not to dare to move; and we must spare no effort to win over and subdue the few weak forces that are pro-annexed to the states. Zhao Xing opened his mouth to speak, and the advice he put forward was obviously a tactic to divide and disintegrate the enemy army.

"What Guochang said is very clear, and I think that the commanders of all the armies present here should be clear about the strategic guidelines for this operation. Now everyone should be concerned about the specific task allocation, presumably many army commanders want to be the vanguard and take the lead, right?" Guan Yu said casually.

"Although this operation is mainly defensive, the various armies will have to face thousands of attacking troops, and the pressure will be great. In the area of Huguan, 6,000 men of the vanguard army were left to defend it, and the remaining 14,000 men were thrown into the western front; in the area of Keiguan, 6,000 men of the Crouching Tiger Army were left to defend it, and the remaining 4,000 men were stationed between Xihe County and Shangjun; and 20,000 horses of the Dragoon Army were active in the area of Shangdang as a mobile combat force. The rest of the armies were all pressed on the Western Front. Our policy is to strictly guard against the east and south roads, and to fight a decisive battle with Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi on the west road. Zhao Xing told everyone his final thoughts.

According to Zhao Xing's determination to fight, everyone began to refine the combat plan, and after some discussion and deliberation, the following tasks were finally assigned:

The general in charge of garrisoning Jiguan was Xu Huang and Chen Gong, and the general in charge of garrisoning Huguan was Zhao Yun and Li Fu. The generals in charge of garrisoning Hanoi were Wang Lu and Xu Yan, the generals in charge of mobile operations were Zhang Liao and Guo Jia, and the generals who followed Zhao Xing to the decisive battle on the Western Front were Lu Bu, Guan Yu, the generals of the rear army were Li Jinwu, the commanders of the Praetorian Guards were Dian Wei, and the military divisions of the army were Jia Xu, Tian Feng, and Xu Shu. The generals who stayed in Crouching Tiger City were Gao Shun, and the military advisors were Li Jinsi and Jia Mu. The generals who defended the four northern counties were Hu Che'er and Hu Chuquan, and the military divisions were Li Tiezhu and Tian Yue. ”

In the early autumn of the first year of Guangxi, the imperial court's three-way campaign against Zhao had ended in Hanoi's Anyi Alliance, and the troops were drawn one after another, advancing towards the predetermined battlefield. The 100,000 troops of the Zhenbei Army also rushed to the border of Bingzhou, and confronted the fierce imperial army across the river, or looked at it from the pass, and a big battle finally began......