Liu Jian drew troops and horses from various states and counties and began to gather troops towards Sizhou, and this time he used almost half of the country's strength.

Liu Jian personally came to Luoyang and took over the command from Zhao Yun, and then he sent people to Taiyuan in Bingzhou to summon Guo Jia and Zhang Liao to come to help.

The reason why Liu Jian dared to use part of the army in the annexation of the state was because since the first half of this year, the good news of the annexation of the state has been passed on one by one.

Guo Jia's achievements this year were very rich, he annihilated several Xianbei main forces in the border counties of Bingzhou who secretly wanted to rebel against the imperial court, and at the same time implemented a new horse policy in Bingzhou, and at the same time increased the process of returning to Han of the Southern Xiongnu tribes.

Because many of the people of the Southern Xiongnu were classified into the local household registration of Bingzhou, the population of Bingzhou was the same as Youzhou, and it showed a leapfrog growth in the past two years, one is because of the absorption of Xianbei, Xiongnu and other households naturalized, and the other is because after the population increased, the local interracial marriage policy was relatively perfect, so the population of Hebei showed a leapfrog growth.

The main problem with the rapid increase in population is the lack of grain fields and the problem of oppression and annexation, but Hebei has been led by the government in recent years, formulating strict policies to strangle these things in the cradle.

In particular, Guo Jia has always been ruthless in dealing with class issues in Bingzhou, and he has implemented the new Han law formulated in Chang'an very thoroughly, so a series of follow-up problems brought about by the population surge have not appeared in Bingzhou.

In terms of the construction of Tuntian and people's cooperatives, Bingzhou has also been very mature, basically integrated into the Han nationality of the Xiongnu and Xianbei people, in Bingzhou have work and food, which is an important factor in the stability of people's livelihood.

It can be said that Guo Jia's military politics in the state have been very good over the years, so good that Liu Jian was surprised!

He knew that Guo Jianai was a great talent, and he originally wanted to train him into an all-round hero, but he didn't expect the other party's understanding to be so high!

Today's Bingzhou, both inside and outside, has reached a level that Liu Jian is very satisfied with, and it can even be said that in Liu Jian's view, Bingzhou's achievements in some aspects have even surpassed Guanzhong and Sizhou!

In particular, the mining of graphite and iron ore in Bingzhou has not been left behind, and it has become the second giant raw material supplier of iron graphite in the Han Dynasty after Youzhou.

Moreover, compared with Youzhou, Bingzhou is closer to Guanzhong and Sizhou, and the sales of graphite and ironware are basically not worried!

In such a thriving situation, Liu Jian transferred Guo Jia and Zhang Liao from Taiyuan to the front line in Luoyang.

After arriving in Luoyang, Liu Jian assigned Guo Jia the task of putting him in charge of the logistics support of the whole army, and he had already urged the work of grain and grass from all over the country.

Xun Yu's current Chang'an coordinates all affairs in Guanzhong for himself, and Liu Jian has requisitioned 60,000 troops in Luoyang, and these soldiers and horses are also from Sizhou, Guanzhong, Sanhe, Hebei and other places to transfer elite troops, and the grain and grass of each department cannot be supplied by Guanzhong alone, so a capable person is needed to manage this matter as a whole.

And Guo Jia, who has been in charge of the overall situation of the state all the year round, is already fully qualified for this job.

Historically, Guo Jia was good at conspiracy, mainly giving advice to the lord and formulating a strategy for the battle.

To put it bluntly, it's a staff officer!

But in this era, Guo Jia's ability is no longer limited to staff officers!

There's so much more he can do.

It is not only a staff officer, but also a staff officer, a strategic plan, a co-ordination of the overall situation, logistical support, and local political affairs......

Guo Jia has completely experienced anything.

Now he is no longer a ghost Guo Fengxiao.

It's the all-rounder Guo Fengxiao!

In addition, Zhang Liao has repeatedly made military exploits in Bingzhou, and his meritorious achievements have been outstanding, and this time Liu Jian transferred him to Luoyang, hoping that he will work with Zhao Yun and others to make new achievements!

For this war, Liu Jian mobilized 200,000 people and auxiliary soldiers in Jizhou, 100,000 carts, 100,000 livestock, Sizhou and Guanzhong, as well as all the officials in Sanhe, and even the head of the grassroots Lingchang Township, all the work revolved around this war.

The first goal of this battle was to defeat Yuan Shao, and the second goal was to take Wancheng and even the entire Nanyang region.

This is the ultimate goal of Liu Jian's battle.

Yuan Shao has occupied Jingzhou for a long time, and in other states and counties, Liu Jian can allow Yuan Shao to continue to occupy Jingzhou for a few more years, but in Nanyang County, Liu Jian decided that he must take it back!

First of all, Nanyang County is the hometown of Guangwu, and it is the land of Longxing in the Han Dynasty, how can it be placed in the hands of the surname Yuan for a long time?

Second, Nanyang County is also the county with the strongest technology in the original iron smelting of the Han Dynasty.

Getting Nanyang County is equivalent to getting a lot of talents who can be smelted, and now after the interaction and exchanges of various states, Liu Jian believes that Nanyang County will be brilliant again.

Moreover, to the north of Nanyang County are Sizhou and Guanzhong, and for both capitals, Nanyang ...... Especially Wancheng, it must be mastered by oneself, so as to ensure the safety of the two capitals, and at the same time, from the military and strategic level, let the imperial court truly turn Wancheng from defense to attack!

However, if Nanyang County is captured, there is a key problem.

That is, there are too many prominent families in Nanyang County, and there are many stinky problems that Yuan Shao has been accustomed to over the years.

In order to be able to confront Liu Jian, Yuan Shao gave almost all the benefits that he could think of to the Wang clan to the major families in Nanyang County.

It can be said that in order to make these families become Yuan Shao's arms, Yuan Shao was extremely tolerant and indulgent to them.

This also made the power of the family of Nanyang County and their local influence even surpass that of any previous generation.

This is also the reason why those prominent clans in the south are unwilling to let Liu Jian rule.

And Liu Jian's behavior is the opposite.

There is no doubt that after taking Nanyang County, Liu Jian will inevitably face the resistance of these families.

It stands to reason that Liu Jian is not afraid of the resistance given to him by these families, and every time he rules a place, he receives such resistance.

How can you be afraid of a Nanyang County alone?

The key problem is that there are not only many prominent families in Nanyang County, but also this is an extraordinary period.

After Liu Jian took Nanyang County, he didn't have much time to fight wits and courage with these families, because the Han Dynasty was full of smoke, Guanzhong and Sizhou, and Liangzhou also had a lot of things that he needed to deal with, and he couldn't fight wits and courage with the wang clans in Nanyang County infinitely.

After all, he is no longer the same person he used to be.

He is Prime Minister Liu Cheng.

In response to this kind of situation, Guo Jia gave Liu Jian a solution!

It's about amplifying the momentum.

Expand the momentum of Liu Jian's desire to go south to Nanyang County.

This approach will certainly work.

Liu Jian doesn't like the wang clan in Nanyang County, but how can the wang clan in Nanyang County like Liu Jian?

They didn't like Liu Jian ruling over them, so they all concentrated the strength of their families to support Yuan Shao.

However, when things are irreversible and Liu Jian has to be stationed in Nanyang County, what will happen to these people?

Guo Jia feels that a considerable number of them will move south.

In the previous Han Dynasty, the family took root in one place, and it would not be transferred when it was idle.

But with the chaos in the world over the years, this deep-seated thinking has changed.

During Yuan Shao's years in Nanyang County, the power of many local noble families in Nanyang County has developed from a county to a state.

Their family industry has a lot of foundations in the southern counties of Jingzhou, or Jiangxia, or the four southern counties.

If they were allowed to live and die with the Yuan clan in Nanyang County, they would not be willing to do so.

Moreover, the vision of these noble families is relatively high, and many of them actually felt that Nanyang County was at the junction of such a big force as Yuan Shao and Liu Jian in the north, maybe there would be chaos one day, and their family's industry would be completely finished at that time.

As a result, those forward-looking leaders of the noble clan, in so many years, have begun to arrange industries in the south, seeking a way back for their families.

Now Guo Jia proposed to let Liu Jian's army spread the news before acting, in order to force these families to evacuate to the south first.

To be honest, Liu Jian doesn't need these families, and these families also don't like to be under Liu Jian's rule.

Since both sides don't like it, then everyone might as well break up, I will spread the news that I want to take Nanyang County, if you families continue to stay in Nanyang County, then you will have to be governed by me Liu Deran in the future.

Then, your clan will not enjoy that special level of treatment in the future, just like the clan in the north!

The Guo family did not dare to guarantee that after the news spread, how many families would begin to prepare for a secret move south.

But he believes that a large part of the family will definitely take action, as long as these families move south, then even if some of the families left in Nanyang County will still become a constraint for Liu Jian, but the resistance is much smaller.

After being stationed in Nanyang County, if Liu Jian wants to clean them up, it will be much easier than the current situation.

Guo Jia presided over the logistics support for Liu Jian, and at the same time advised Liu Jian on the front-line affairs, it can be said that he has grown into a great material.

Over the years, his training in the state has not been in vain.

After the grain, grass and armaments in various places were fully prepared, Liu Jian began to launch a large-scale attack on Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was still in the offensive mode before, but his military operations in Sizhou were stopped by Zhao Yun.

Yuan Shao originally wanted to plan to continue the attack, but he didn't expect Liu Jian to come in person, and Yuan Yi's army in Yizhou had already been defeated and retreated to Hanzhong......

This made Yuan Shao very passive, but in this case, he couldn't withdraw his troops casually.

Fortunately, Liu Jian's army still had to deal with Ma Teng Han Sui on the side of Liangzhou, and he had to leave a part of the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong for defense, which made Yuan Shao feel lucky.

He felt that Liu Jian should not be able to gather a lot of superior soldiers and horses to fight him, so he felt that he and Liu Jian still had the strength to fight.

In fact, he was all wrong.

At the junction of Nanyang and Sizhou, the reason why Yuan Shao had many soldiers and horses, but was repeatedly repelled by Zhao Yun, was because his cavalry was too far apart, and the vicinity was all plains, and it was still very difficult for Yuan Shao to use his bow and crossbow army formation to gain an advantage here.

If the crossbow army wants to deal with the attack of cavalry, it needs to be coordinated by a shield array, or it is above the city.

But. At the junction of Nanyang and Sizhou, most of the places where the two sides fought were plains.

In this kind of terrain, even though Yuan Shao ordered the crossbow army on the plain to form a formation that was conducive to shooting, Zhao Yun immediately retreated after knowing that he saw the opponent's formation.

There was no head-on clash with the army specially arranged by Yuan Shao at all.

Zhao Yun would only really engage Yuan Shao when Yuan Shao used infantry or cavalry to attack his own Tuntian.

In this way, Yuan Shao could only passively let Zhao Yun's cavalry lead him by the nose.

Zhao Yun's White Horse Yi was subordinate to the light cavalry troops, and the damage caused to Yuan Shao's army was not particularly great.

But this time, Liu Jian wanted Yuan Shao to see what the real northern cavalry battle formation was.

He dispatched a large number of majestic war horses and knights who were good at charging to the front line from Youzhou and Bingzhou, and gathered a total of nearly 8,000 horsemen.

Among these cavalry were the Xianbei and Xiongnu, who had already joined the Han army, as well as the Wuhuan people.

The war horses are also majestic war horses cultivated in the horse places of Xianbei and Wuhuan.

They roamed the border all year round, and in order to defend the border, they constantly galloped and fought, compared with those cavalry in the south, it was simply a world of difference.

Moreover, Liu Jian also mobilized many sophisticated armors and weapons from all over the north and south of Guanzhong.

He drew officers who were good at cavalry and archery from the imperial army, as well as Yu Lin Lang, and all joined the cavalry formation this time.

Of course, the Han Dynasty did not have such a strong national strength to arm a heavy cavalry of nearly 10,000 people.

Of these cavalry, only more than 3,000 were fully armed.

They had the most majestic horses, the finest spears, spears, or long shackles, as well as the strongest armor, helmets, and shields.

Everything was the best, and Liu Jian could even say unceremoniously that any of these cavalry was no worse than a general in the south.

And Liu Jian, the main general of this cavalry, naturally let Zhao Yun take the role, and Liu Jian, the deputy general under Zhao Yun, let Zhang Liao take the role.

The front vanguard of the cavalry is Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Subsequently, after this powerful force was armed and ready, Liu Jian began to observe Yuan Shao's movements.

Finally let him find an opportunity, that is, Yuan Shao wanted to secretly send troops to sneak attack the grain route where he was running grain from Guanzhong to Sizhou.

And this time, Yuan Shao dispatched about 20,000 southern elites.

And the more than 20,000 southern elites are Liu Jian's primary target.

He wants to make Yuan Shao frightened.

After sorting out the eight thousand horses, Liu Jian began to prepare for the start of the driving strategy against Yuan Shao and the others.

He wanted Yuan Shao to know how powerful his cavalry was, and the real horror of the cavalry in the north on the battlefield of peace, Yuan Shao would only begin to feel it gradually.

However, Yuan Shao himself has not reacted yet.

(End of chapter)