"Liu Dai is in a hurry?"

Before Guo Jia finished speaking, Liu Xuan knew that the days of being quiet for more than half a year and approaching a year were over!

Because Liu Dai was in a hurry, he expressed several messages: Liu Dai would give up his status as a prince and return the ruling power of Yanzhou to the imperial court from the new - this is a good thing, and at the same time a big thing, if it were not so, the imperial court would not have sent it to Liu Xuan with an urgent letter.

At the same time, Liu Dai's urgency also proved that the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Thieves Army of Taiping Road exceeded the expectations of the imperial court, not only occupied most of Yuzhou, but even occupied a large territory in the western part of Xuzhou, and now extended his hand to Yanzhou.

More importantly, the Taiping Dao Yellow Turban Army can rely on the Yellow River to arrange a defensive line and draw more manpower to deal with Tao Qian, and once Tao Qian is destroyed, Yangzhou Musun Ce and Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu will not be able to resist the Yellow Turban Army with the strength of one family.

It can be said that the situation in the eastern part of the country has entered a rather tense stage, otherwise Liu Dai would not take the initiative to ask the court for help - although he is a relative of the Han family, but after all, he is not as cool as sitting in a state and being a local emperor, and there is no way at the moment, if the Yellow Turban Army occupies the entire Yanzhou, then he can even save for help, and can only die.

"The Yellow Turban Army attacked Yanzhou ......"

Liu Xuan thought about it while rushing to Chang'an, accompanied by Guo Jia and Xun You, Huang Zhong and Zhong Xuan were also called by Liu Xuan and sat in the big car together.

This car was originally used to load supplies, but now it is not far from Chang'an, so there is no need to bring so many things, all a few cars are empty, Liu Xuan called everyone to this car, and while not delaying the journey, he discussed the current situation with these cronies.

among several people. Xun You, the head of the household department, has the highest status, so several people have set their eyes on Xun You, wanting to see what this household secretary has to say.

Although Xun You is good at political affairs, he is not unfamiliar with military strategy, and the literati at this time have learned a wide range of things, and they must understand all aspects, especially if they want to become a top figure out of the sè, they have to be able to manage the army. If you get off the horse and manage the people, you can know the heavens when you look up.

A typical example is Zhuge Liang, the future prime minister of Shu Han is really knowledgeable in astronomy, geography, civil affairs and military, and perhaps the only thing lacking is tactical command.

And Sima Yi, who is Zhuge Liang's sworn enemy in the romance, is also proficient in military and political affairs, and at the same time is quite good at astronomy and astronomy - the future governor of Eastern Wu, Lu Xun, also knows the method of looking at qi, and at a glance, he knows that the murderous aura in the mountains and forests opposite must be ambushed.

These examples all prove that the top talents at this time are the kind of knowledgeable and versatile people, and it is not surprising that Xun You understands military affairs.

Weichen thought that Liu Tingshi took the initiative to ask the court for help this time, which was also an opportunity for the court. ”

"Oh?" Liu Xuan nodded: "Tell me in detail!"

"Your Majesty, though it has been formulated to take the northwest first. Stabilize the development and then sit back and watch the internal fighting of the Kanto heroes, and wait until the time is ripe to go out and regain the plan of the states, but after all, the plan has to change according to the situation, and now is an excellent opportunity to recover the Kanto Prefecture. If the power of the imperial court can be extended to the Kanto region because of this, then it will be more convenient to deal with the rest of the princes in the future. ”

He pointed to the map placed in the middle of the crowd - because the cart space was limited, everyone sat very closely, and when the map was unfolded, there was no space between the people.

"There are several ways to enter Guanxi from the east of the country, cross the river from Hexi into Hedong, and then attack Youzhou or Jizhou from Bingzhou!" Xun You looked at Liu Xuan: "According to Your Majesty's intentions, this is also one of the original plans, right?"

If you want to take the Kanto Prefectures, it will definitely be a key point, and if you can occupy them, you can do so. Then we can also avoid the situation of tug-of-war on both sides of the Yellow River, and solve the Hebei region as soon as possible. To put it bluntly, it is easier to clean up Yuan Shao, and in the original battle of Guandu, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao confronted each other across the Yellow River, because the four states of Hebei fell into the hands of Yuan Shao.

However, Yuan Shao will definitely not sit idly by and watch this happen. Now that he has occupied Jizhou and Qingzhou, in the confrontation with Gongsun Chan of Youzhou, as long as he resists Gongsun Chan and does not ask him to go south, he can spare his spare forces to occupy the state first! ”

It's not that there are no soldiers and horses on the imperial court's side to conquer the state, the key is still in a problem of occupation, Liu Xuan has been rectifying the forbidden army's soldiers and horses, resulting in the quality of the forbidden army soldiers and not the weight, and now the defense of the northwest is still enough, if it is in the fight and annexation of the state. There are really no soldiers and horses stationed in these places - these places are critical, and Liu Xuan is not at ease to rely only on the county soldiers.

However, the annexation of the state is also the land of four wars. A large number of soldiers and horses must be needed.

"But Yanzhou is also the land of four wars!"

Zhong Xuan didn't say anything, and asked at this time. In his opinion. The situation in Yanzhou is even worse than that in Yanzhou, and if Yanzhou is occupied, it is estimated that a lot of soldiers and horses will be consumed.

"It's different, Yanzhou has ready-made soldiers and horses under Liu Dai, although the combat power is not as good as the forbidden army, but we can reorganize nearby, and Bingzhou is now almost a terra nullius, bandits are rampant, not only can not replenish soldiers on the spot, but also need to waste more soldiers to recruit bandits!"

In that place, the most famous is the Black Mountain Bandits, which is also the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, but because the location is a little awkward, this time the Yellow Turban Army resurrected Zhang Yan didn't seem to respond - I can't say what he thinks, maybe he wants to wait for the opportunity in Bingzhou and then join the Yellow Turban Army, so it makes sense for the Taiping Dao army to go north to attack Yanzhou.

Or simply don't want to be subservient, and always feel that he is alone in the town, so he doesn't want to continue to mix with the Yellow Turban Army at all.

At the same time, although Yanzhou is the land of four wars, it is close to the Yellow River in the north, and it is completely possible to rely on the Yellow River to arrange a defensive line, and deploy the main forces in the southeast to deal with the Taiping Dao thief army. ”

There is no need to bother with the east and south for the time being, after all, these princes still nominally obey the imperial court, if they take the initiative to attack, it will be equivalent to completely tearing their faces, and the feeling of public criticism is not so easy to do, and no one will do this kind of thing at this time.

Even if it is an ambitious person like Yuan Shu, he has to choose the time when the imperial court has no time to take care of him and then make some small moves, and now that the imperial army has entered the Kanto, he will be deployed near his left, and he will not make any trouble at this time.

"In this case, it is estimated that Yuan Shu will not be the emperor!"

Liu Xuan moaned his chin and suddenly came to the conclusion that if this was the case, the Yuan family's prestige would not be lost because of Yuan Shu's reckless behavior.

"It's not a big deal, though!"

Xun You didn't know what Liu Xuan was thinking, so he just continued: "What's more, Liu Dai is now taking the initiative to send Yanzhou to the door, if the court doesn't take it, it will be cut off from the world!"

Indeed, the princes have already taken the initiative to send their own territories to the door, and if the imperial court does not dare to accept it, it will be too contemptible?

It will even be thought that the imperial court is afraid of the Taiping Road, so it does not dare to ask for the hot potato of Yanzhou, but your court is afraid, but the princes from all over the country are desperate to fight the Taiping Road?

No one is a fool, and when that happens, Taiping Dao will no longer be the mortal enemy of everyone, but the imperial court will make the princes more vigilant, and it is not uncommon for even to reach any alliance agreement with Taiping Dao - at that time, although many princes have not rebelled, they have really turned against the court.

If the imperial court wants to recover the Kanto Prefectures again, it will be several times more difficult than it is now.

Therefore, no matter which way you look at it, Yanzhou must accept it.

"Yu is in control of Yanzhou, and there is another problem that is Sizhou. ”

Huang Zhong has been silent, but as soon as he speaks, it is the key. He was a real general, and his concerns were more focused on the military aspect: "If Sizhou is not really in control, then Yanzhou is an enclave, which cannot be properly governed at all, and there are many military constraints." ”

Zhong Miao thought for a while: "Sizhou is now controlled by Kong Rong and Kong Wenju, this person is loyal to the imperial court, and it is not a big problem to think about it." ”

Kong Rong is the Taishou of Henan, but there are not many jurisdictions in Sizhou, just a few counties, basically surrounding Henan County, although Kong Rong is only Henan Taishou in name, in fact, he also supervises several counties around him.

As long as Kong Rong takes the initiative to relinquish control of Sizhou, it will not be a problem for the imperial court to control Sizhou. The method is not without it, Kong Rong is a great Confucian in the world, and he also has quite a lot of political achievements in the local area, so it is reasonable to be transferred to the imperial court.

"In this case, it will take a lot of time to waste, but the situation in Yanzhou is getting worse day by day, at least let the general go to the town first to withstand the offensive of the Taiping Dao thief army. ”

Huang Zhong pointed to the area where Yanzhou and Yuzhou meet: "Otherwise, when the imperial court solves the matter of Sizhou, Yanzhou will also fall into the hands of thieves." ”

Xun You nodded, agreeing with Huang Zhong's words.

Liu Xuan was thinking in his head about who should be sent to lead the army, Yanzhou is located in the Central Plains, the terrain is open and conducive to cavalry play, maybe it's time for the tiger and leopard cavalry to appear?

"What do Gongda think about using Mengde to unify the army?"

Xun You nodded, and now there are only a few generals in the imperial court who can be trusted. Compared with Lu Bu, Cao Cao is undoubtedly more suitable for this kind of lonely battle, because this battle is more about the strategic vision of the commander-in-chief, and Lu Bu's tactical command and personal bravery naturally did not say, but the strategic vision is so bad, this battle is not suitable for him to command the army.

"Meng De commands the army, assisted by the tiger and leopard cavalry, although he is alone, he can't help but come to the Taiping Thief Army, so we also have time to deal with the miscellaneous affairs in Sizhou!"

It was settled in a few words, and when they saw that the emperor had an idea, everyone stopped talking, but Huang Zhong took the initiative to ask for battle: "Your Majesty, this battle invites the last general to accompany me, and the last general is willing to be the vanguard!"

Liu Xuan smiled and didn't agree directly: "Han Sheng doesn't have to worry, sooner or later you will have a chance to show your strength!" But Liu Xuan felt in his heart that Huang Zhong still needed to cultivate for some time, and this battle was not suitable for battle.

As for the pioneer generals, Liu Xuan has long been interested in the brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.