Yan Zhong and Ju Yi are both newcomers and are ignorant of past events.
It turned out that in order to seize Hanzhong, Tian Feng planned to select strong men from the defeated Yellow Turban army and send them to Hanzhong to prepare for the uprising. On the other hand, Zhou Yuanfu used the original Yellow Turban army's contacts in the court to buy a Hanzhong for Tian Feng.
Thanks to the core list of the Yellow Turban Army left by Zhang Bao, a county magistrate was naturally bought at a corresponding price. Then the two of them planned that Tian Feng would recruit local braves in the name of recruiting local braves.
Take these two thousand people to Hanzhong, and then choose the opportunity to start an uprising.
Yan Zhong sighed after hearing the whole plan.
"Tian Gong is indeed very clever. He sent five thousand elite soldiers to pretend to be refugees, and then led two thousand elite soldiers into Hanzhong. In an instant, there were 7,000 troops. With calculation and unpreparedness, the land of Hanzhong is easily accessible. I admire you!"
Tian Feng stroked his beard and smiled, feeling complacent.
Yan Zhong thought for a while and then said: "This plan is very clever. If it is so, why not expand the scope? Select strong men from the defeated Yellow Turban army in Yanzhou, Yuzhou, especially Jingzhou, pretend to be refugees, and move to Xichuan together.
After taking the land of Dongchuan and then marching to Xichuan, wouldn't it mean that Yizhou is in the pocket?"
Zhou Yuanfu was stunned for a moment after being deceived. Did these counselors all graduate from the same school? Why did they all fall in love with Yizhou? It seems that Yizhou is indeed the land of abundance, and everyone is thinking about it.
Tian Feng's eyes lit up after hearing this. He was proud of his plan to take Hanzhong, but compared with Yan Zhong, it was still too small.
"It's just that there are two key points. If they can't be solved, it's just empty talk."
Yan Zhong thought deeply and then said.
Zhou Yuanfu knew that he had to humbly ask for advice, "Please tell Mr. Yan clearly."
"First, if we only move three to five thousand people, we will be unable to do anything in the land of Xichuan. To take over the land of both rivers, we will need at least 30,000 able-bodied people. But if only the able-bodied people enter Sichuan, they will inevitably be suspected by those who are interested.
Therefore, the population must be at least 100,000. In this case, the money spent on migration alone will be difficult to estimate. Secondly, these people cannot gather together after moving there. If they gather together, the county and county officials will be wary and must disperse.
It is easy to divide but difficult to gather when the time comes, and it is impossible to summon them when the time comes, and it is difficult to achieve anything if they are scattered.”
Zhou Yuanfu burst out laughing when he heard this, "Heaven has sent me a gift from God! I can solve both of the things you said. First of all, don't worry about money. Your master has left several treasures for you to use. Secondly, I
Two thousand-man teams were trained in dozens of days, originally for unified command, and one of them participated in the battle yesterday. I can choose one of them, led by my second brother Pei Yuanshao. These soldiers themselves are trained as officers, so they can
Each person leads dozens of people. When scattered they are like a sky full of stars, when gathered they are like a ball of fire."
Yan Zhongjie praised: "If you are like a sky full of stars when scattered, and like a ball of fire when gathered together, you can accomplish such a great thing!"
"I'd rather trouble you to make a trip to this matter, sir. Besides, my third brother Xu Shu is about to go south to Jingzhou to study, so I can help you."
"I am new to the army, and the general trusts me so much. It's really..."
Yan Zhong was very excited.
Tian Feng laughed and said: "General Lei Gong does not trust those he employs, and does not use those he doubts. Only in this way can great things be achieved."
Xu Shu also took a step forward and said: "Yan Gong and I also hit it off, and I just want to help Yan Gong. There are many troubles on the road to Yuanzhi, please Yan Gong for your enlightenment."
Yan Zhong laughed and said, "I am not lonely if I have my friends with me on this road."
Pei Yuanshao also came up to see him.
Yan Zhong thought for a while and then said: "Fortunately, General Lei Gong showed mercy. Seventy-eight percent of Ju Yi's troops are still there. After checking, no one was missing. In other words, no one has gone back to report the news yet, and Huangfu Song may not have confiscated it either."
When I received the news, I discussed with General Ju that we might as well request to go into Hanzhong to suppress the bandits in the name of volunteers, which might increase our strength."
Zhou Yuanfu and Tian Feng looked at each other and said at the same time: "Very good, very good."
Ju Yidao: "There are still some wounded soldiers, so they have to stay in the village and wait for their injuries to recover before rushing to Hanzhong."
Zhou Yuanfu said: "What's so difficult about this?" He turned to Zhang Niujiao and said, "Brother Niujiao, I'll ask you to take care of this wounded soldier. After he's healed, we can have someone take him to Hanzhong together."
Zhang Niujiao agreed without hesitation and took care of the wounded soldiers.
After making these promises, Zhang Niujiao turned down his face again, "I originally thought that my eldest brother would live in my village forever and that my brothers would be able to ask for advice every day. But I didn't expect that my eldest brother would leave, leaving me and brother Cui Niupi alone. It's very boring."
Before Zhou Yuanfu could answer, Cui Niubi interjected: "I also want to go see the world with my eldest brother, please ask Brother Niujiao to make it happen."
Zhang Niujiao became even more angry when he heard this, and said angrily: "You all go away, you all go away, just leave me here alone, waiting for the officers and soldiers to come, and let me fend for myself."
Zhou Yuanfu comforted him with gentle words: "My dear brother, there is no need to worry. This Heiniu stronghold is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Generally, the officials and soldiers of the imperial court can only look at the stronghold and sigh."
"What the elder brother said makes sense. But if there is another army like Brother Ju Yi, I will die without a burial place. How about the elder brother stay for a few more days and train the idiots under me."
Zhang Niujiao finally spoke his mind.
Zhou Yuanfu smiled bitterly. It turns out that Zhang Niujiao made such a big detour just to let himself help train the army. "Since the wise brother has this intention, the foolish brother cannot refuse it."
Zhang Niujiao suddenly turned from gloomy to sunny, with a smile on his face.
"It's just that there are so many soldiers and horses in your stronghold, good and bad. As the saying goes, 'I would rather eat a bite of fairy peach than a basket of rotten apricots.' Brothers can choose two thousand soldiers and horses from the stronghold. I will leave brother Xu Huang and fifty elites.
I will help you train here for a month, and then join me again after a month, what do you think?"
Zhang Niujiao accepted the request and said, "Thank you, big brother."
Zhou Yuanfu suddenly thought that the Taihang Mountains should be a den of thieves. It seems that the famous "Black Mountain Army" in later generations was active in the Taihang Mountains, but there are very few records in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
"The Taihang Mountains stretch thousands of miles from north to south and are very suitable for guerrilla warfare. If the imperial court sends a strong army to conquer, my dear brother should remember these sixteen words."
"Which sixteen words?"
"When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue."
Before Zhang Niujiao could understand it, Yan Zhong and Tian Feng looked at each other and nodded in appreciation.
Tian Feng said: "This sixteen-character motto is really mysterious. General Zhang needs to understand it carefully. If you can use it flexibly, this thousand-mile Taihang Mountain will be your territory from now on."
Zhang Niujiao hurriedly ordered people to take notes one by one, and will refer to them later in detail.
"After I leave, dear brother, I must contact like-minded people around me and slowly strengthen myself. Our strength is still much weaker now. When I stabilize the land of two rivers and have a stable foundation, I will definitely come and meet you.
, then it will be time for our brothers to meet and show their talents!"
Zhang Niujiao was naturally very excited when he heard this.
Zhou Yuanfu thought of another person again, "After I leave, I will carefully look for this person. If you find this person, your village will be as safe as Mount Tai!"