The two parties introduced each other and got to know each other.
As for the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army, they were among the first to deploy and started relatively quickly.
Moreover, unlike the Youzhou Guangyang Yellow Turban Army, which had many commanders and leaders.
In Nanyang, the supreme leader is Zhang Mancheng, who has a very high say.
The generals under his command all followed Zhang Mancheng's lead.
Therefore, as long as he gets Zhang Mancheng's support, Qin Yuan can easily mobilize the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang City.
"I have already passed the message to you through a secret command before!"
In a luxurious palace, Qin Yuan sat at the top of the table.
The one on the left is Li Cunxiao.
As for the one on the right, it is Zhang Mancheng.
Others were sitting quietly below, their eyes falling on Qin Yuan.
"Yes!"
Zhang Mancheng nodded slightly, "We support your plan unreservedly!"
Although the incident happened suddenly, there was only one night to think about it.
However, Zhang Mancheng made a decision quickly.
"As long as the Generalissimo gives an order, I, the generals, and the seven million soldiers will absolutely obey unconditionally!"
Zhang Mancheng said with a serious face.
"oh!"
I heard Zhang Mancheng say this.
Qin Yuan had a strange look on his face.
Originally, he thought that it might take a lot of effort to get Zhang Mancheng to cooperate.
Even use some force to suppress it.
That's why he took Li Cunxiao with him.
I just didn't expect that Zhang Mancheng would be so cooperative, which was beyond Qin Yuan's expectation.
But come to think of it.
Zhang Mancheng's current status was achieved not only by force or Zhang Jiao's support.
It also requires a certain amount of intelligence and emotional intelligence, and even some political abilities.
Otherwise, Zhang Mancheng would not be able to achieve this position.
It is even more impossible to make all the generals under his command obey him and follow his lead.
At least what is certain is that Zhang Mancheng is definitely a smart person.
Even though he may have other thoughts in his heart.
But the actual action is definitely the most correct choice.
If you disobey Qin Yuan, you will definitely have to pay a huge price.
Before Qin Yuan went to Guangzong City, he just wanted to expand his prestige and reputation. After the failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising, he took over some Yellow Turban troops and huddled in Youzhou. This was very satisfying.
But plans can never keep up with changes.
Unexpectedly, his arrival would attract Zhang Jiao's great attention.
Even Qin Yuan didn't show any ambition, Zhang Jiao directly promoted him to the position of future leader.
Whether it is to really make Qin Yuan the leader of the Yellow Turban Army.
Or use it to fight against the so-called fate.
All of which allowed Qin Yuan to control huge power in an instant.
And this also fueled Qin Yuan's ambition.
He was no longer satisfied with being close to a part of the Yellow Turban Army.
He even regarded the entire Taiping Taoism and the Yellow Turban Army as his own.
Whether it is the more than 100 million troops in Guangzong City.
They are still the Yellow Turban Army scattered in various places, fighting against the government troops.
In Qin Yuan's heart, he already defaulted to his army.
As for the Yellow Turban Qushuai like Zhang Mancheng and Bu Si, Qin Yuan regarded them as his subordinates.
Of course, this process will not be too smooth, and at least there needs to be a process of conquest.
It may even require the use of some force to resolve it.
Qin Yuan went to Nanyang this time.
The main purposes are two.
One is to open up the situation from other places when the Jizhou battlefield is in a confrontation stage, help the local Yellow Turban Army expand and grow, gain more support, and put greater pressure on the court.
The second is to gradually control the Yellow Turban Army through the military operations of the local Yellow Turban Army.
This is also a process of conquest that Qin Yuan wants to carry out.
After all, a Yellow Turban Qushuai like Zhang Mancheng is like a local emperor in the local area.
They control a large amount of power and wealth and are respected by thousands of people. Perhaps when they first started, they really wanted to follow Zhang Jiao to overthrow the Han Dynasty and establish a peaceful and prosperous age.
But when attacked by power, there may not be many people who can remain honest.
And even if they are willing to fight for the uprising, they may not agree to be controlled by Qin Yuan.
After all, Zhang Jiao's authority over the local canal commander was very large before.
Apart from the nominal superiors and subordinates, in fact there is no special connection between the local branches and the headquarters.
Even if the local Yellow Turban Army no longer participates in the uprising or defectes to the government army, it will be difficult for the headquarters to stop it.
"Okay, since you are willing to cooperate, that's fine!"
Qin Yuan nodded slightly.
"Now, I need to know something about Nanyang County!"
Qin Yuan said again.
"Then let me introduce it to the Generalissimo!"
"Now we occupy most of the territory of Nanyang County, including Wan County, Xi'e, Bowang, Pheasant County, Luyang, Ji County, Ye County, Duyang, Wuyin, Biyang, Pingshi, Fuyang,
Sui County, Zhangling, Xiangxiang, Caiyang, Deng County, Huyang, Chaoyang. A total of twenty-seven counties!"
Zhang Mancheng said, "And there are eleven other counties controlled by the government army!"
Although Nanyang County is only a county in Jingzhou.
But he owns more than thirty counties under his command.
This is more than twenty counties more than the eleven counties in Shanggu County.
Similarly, the entire territory of Jingzhou is much larger than that of Youzhou.
Although the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Mancheng captured Nanyang County and many counties, they only occupied two-thirds of Nanyang's territory.
The remaining three points are in the hands of the government and local aristocratic families, who are fighting against Zhang Mancheng.
Of course, behind this there were reinforcements sent by other counties to help the government army suppress the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army.
Otherwise, once Nanyang County falls, the Yellow Turban Army will inevitably expand to other counties in Jingzhou.
"Our opponent is the newly appointed Nanyang Governor Qin Jie. After he took office, he reorganized the government troops scattered in various places, integrated the power of some of the Jingzhou aristocratic families, and had an army of five million!"
"Most of its troops have formed a solid line of defense in the Xinye Jiyang area to prevent our invasion!"
"The main war between the two sides now is centered around the key barrier of Xinye City."
"In addition, regarding the situation in other counties in Jingzhou, currently only our side has captured one county town. Others like Wuling County and Changsha County have only occupied a few county towns. The situation they face is very difficult and they are besieged by the government army and local troops. If there is no
If external help is provided, I’m afraid I won’t be able to survive for a few months.”
Zhang Mancheng introduced the current situation of Nanyang County and even other counties in Jingzhou to Qin Yuan in great detail.
“Jingzhou is really a vast land with abundant resources!”
Qin Yuan couldn't help but sigh.
Zhang Mancheng's description mainly focused on the situation between the two sides, but also touched on some topics about territory and population.
Compared with Jingzhou, Youzhou is far behind in terms of territory, population, and wealth.
After all, although Youzhou has strong folk customs, it is located on the northern border and is a land lacking in resources and population.
Even in some fertile counties like Jizhou or Sili, one county is worth more than one Shanggu County!
For example, in Nanyang County, the troops of both camps exceeded 12 million.
Zhang Mancheng's army alone numbered seven million.
According to Qin Yuan's knowledge, Zhang Mancheng, as one of the thirty-six square canal commanders, sent more than one million troops to Guangzong City to support the Jizhou battlefield.
Similarly, in the prosperous Jingzhou, in addition to the large amount of money owned by the government, there are also many wealthy aristocratic families.
They control a lot of wealth in their hands.
And these aristocratic families are basically on the side of the imperial court.
In the early days of the Yellow Turban Uprising, local powerful families would sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers and would not participate.
But later, because the Yellow Turban Army attacked some powerful families, it aroused public outrage.
After the imperial court issued the order, powerful families began to form private armies and local armies to confront the Yellow Turban Army and the imperial court.
This is also an important turning point.
After these powerful families began to take sides and join the battlefield, the development and expansion of the Yellow Turban Army was quickly curbed and began to decline.
The Nanyang Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Mancheng captured Nanyang County in the early stages of the uprising. Logically speaking, there is no problem in controlling the entire Nanyang County.
However, after only taking over most of the territory, they encountered resistance and counterattacks from the government army and local army. Instead, several county towns were lost during the battle.
Nowadays, Nanyang County is actually similar to the Jizhou battlefield.
Both sides are in a stalemate stage.
Neither side has the power to absolutely suppress the other.
Advantages can only be slowly established through small-scale wars or competition for strategic points.
However, if the consumption continues, the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army will definitely be the loser.
After all, their current situation is that although they occupy most of Nanyang County, they can expand their territory to the entire Jingzhou.
It can be found that Nanyang County is surrounded by various local officials in Jingzhou.
The Nanyang Yellow Turban Army could no longer expand its territory and could not obtain more resources.
As for the Guangzong headquarters behind them, they still need to suck blood from Nanyang County, and they are unable to provide them with help.
On the contrary, it was the government army, and behind them were the imperial court and the Jingzhou clan.
In particular, the support of the Jingzhou aristocratic families allowed the government army to gain a lot of wealth and be able to fight the Yellow Turban Army to the end.
In exchange for this, the Jingzhou aristocratic families took advantage of the turmoil of the Yellow Turban Uprising and began to expand their influence in the government, even sending some of their family members to serve as officials, and privately forming armies.
"If you put it this way, if you want to defeat the government army in Nanyang, you only need to break through their defense line from the Xinye area!"
Qin Yuan said.
After the new governor Qin Jie took office, he gathered a large number of troops.
Although the overall number of troops is much smaller than that of the Yellow Turban Army.
However, the equipment and logistical supplies of these armies are far superior to those of the Yellow Turban Army.
Therefore, there is actually not much difference in strength between the two sides.
Even to a certain extent, the hard power of the government army was better than that of the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army.
"That's right!"
Zhang Mancheng nodded.
"But the government has been prepared for it for a long time, especially Xinye City. They have been reinforcing it in the past month and turning it into a steel city wall!"
"We lack heavy siege equipment. We have attacked several times before but have not been able to capture it!"
"In recent days, we have adopted defensive measures, but the government troops have begun to continuously attack our city!"
Zhang Mancheng said.
The development of the Yellow Turban Army is hindered and resources are limited.
Knowing that if we continue to expand as unscrupulously as before, if we suffer serious military losses and cannot replenish them at all, we will only lose faster.
Therefore, Zhang Mancheng began to shrink his defense line and focused on defense.
In fact, the main reason is that the government's counterattack was too violent.
And the new governor Qin Jie is indeed quite capable.
"It's okay. Now that I'm here, all these problems will be solved!"
Qin Yuan said confidently.
"That's good!"
"By the way, I still don't know how many troops the Generalissimo will bring this time?"
Zhang Mancheng suddenly asked.
"Not much, just 100,000 cavalry!"
Qin Yuan said calmly.
"One hundred thousand!?"
After Qin Yuan finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but show expressions of surprise.
Although there have been rumors from the outside world, Qin Yuan's troops are all elite troops.
But after all, an army of 100,000 is too few.
Moreover, the situation in Nanyang was mostly siege warfare, and the role of cavalry was even smaller.
"One hundred thousand is enough!"
Qin Yuan looked at everyone and said.
What he brought this time was the strongest ace of his army.
Combat units are either legendary units or epic units.
Moreover, those with the lowest strength are all at level five.
Each one is an elite ace who can fight one against a hundred.
In fact, any one of them can serve as a centurion or general in other armies.
And when these 100,000 elites gather together, the power they can unleash is terrifying.
What's more, with the title of legendary arms and epic arms, the combat effectiveness has increased a lot, and they have sophisticated equipment, powerful combat skills, etc.
Its strength is far beyond the comparison of ordinary armies.
Even the elites selected by Lu Zhi from the armies of various forces were vastly different from them.
It is not even an exaggeration to say that Qin Yuan is confident that he can lead these 100,000 elites to defeat the hostile government army of 5 million.
As for attacking cities and plundering territory, there is no need to worry.
Generally, attacking a city requires a large number of siege equipment to defeat it.
However, Qin Yuan had a strong general like Li Cunxiao under his command.
He can even break the county city's protective formation.
What's more, the only county town in Nanyang County has fallen into the control of the Yellow Turban Army, and the rest are just some county towns.
Even if the defense of the county town is strengthened and solidified, it will not be as good as the defense of the county town.
Therefore, in Qin Yuan's view, no matter how many government troops he faced, they could not pose any threat to him.
After all, Qin Yuan relied on millions of elites to force the imperial camp to defend the city. Even if there were more than 200 million troops in the city, they would not dare to send them out to fight.
"This time I will personally command, with General Li Cunxiao and 100,000 cavalry as the main force!"
"And you all just need to help from the side!"
Qin Yuan comforted him again.
"Generalissimo, Nanyang is our home court, how can we let you fight alone!"
"We have no intention of looking down on the Generalissimo. No matter whether it is a large or small war, our Nanyang Yellow Turban Army must charge at the forefront!"
