Bai Xiaowen informed everyone about Ma Chao's invasion and said: "I have never failed against Ma Chao. Since he has invaded, we must get rid of him."
After saying this, Bai Xiaowen received a reminder of the rules of the spiritual world:
"Unification Main Mission 2: Consolidate the North, Trigger!"
"You have been granted 30 days of free exploration time. The current total free exploration time is: 53 days, 14 hours, 28 minutes and 31 seconds."
"Please consolidate the rear of Yuan's camp before the free exploration time ends!"
Bai Xiaowen has his first experience, focus on the notes at the end.
The criteria for consolidating the rear area are that northern China must be unified; there must be no organized resistance forces within the territory.
Different from [Great Unification Main Mission 1], these two conditions must be met.
Bai Xiaowen calculated it in his mind.
No wonder that when the national policy was formulated before, the policies of suppressing bandits, establishing land and consolidating internal affairs, etc., did not trigger the main line of unification. It turns out that the second main line of unification included Liangzhou!
In terms of difficulty, compared with the difficulty of defeating Cao Cao, it is actually about the same; considering the gap in intelligence and general strength between the Xiliang Army and Cao Cao, this second main line of unification is actually simpler than the first one.
However, for the second unification mission, the Xiliang Army is only the main target, not the only goal. Bai Xiaowen also needs to eliminate Zhang Yan, Bingzhou Horse Thief and other bandit leaders to complete the mission.
If there hadn't been something like the Xiliang Army, Bai Xiaowen's annihilation of Zhang Yan would have been a piece of cake.
But Ma Chao violated the territory, and it was difficult to guarantee that Zhang Yan and others would not take advantage of him.
You must know that Zhang Yan was a very smart bandit in the Three Kingdoms era. He had quite a strategic vision and cannot be regarded as an ordinary bandit.
Bai Xiaowen's mind moved very quickly, and he passed through many thoughts in an instant.
At this time, the generals below asked for battle.
Bai Xiaowen said: "This time I conquer Xiliang, I am determined to fight in person. Tian Gong will be responsible for guarding the important area of Yedu, and Xun Yu will be responsible for supervising the food and grass management."
Tian Feng and Xun Yu came out at the same time and said: "I will live up to my lord's trust."
Bai Xiaowen said again: "I am going to draw 50,000 elite troops and go to Tongguan." Then he reported a list of names of generals, such as Gao Lan, Han Meng, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Le Jin, etc., all from Yuan Cao's camp.
Famous general.
Tian Feng said: "I heard that the Xiliang army has 100,000 troops, many of which have cavalry and are powerful. My lord only leads 50,000 troops. Isn't that too few?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "Soldiers are more valuable than more. Even if the Xiliang army has one hundred thousand, in my opinion, they are nothing more than local chickens and dogs. Besides, there are still twenty or thirty thousand elite soldiers in Tongguan, and we are fighting locally.
Occupy the right time and place, and although the troops are slightly smaller, we can definitely win."
Zhang He came out and said: "My lord is going to war, why don't you take someone with you?"
Bai Xiaowen said: "I am going to the west to defeat Ma Chao. What I am worried about are the Bingzhou horse thieves, Heishan Zhang Yan and other bandits. If they take the opportunity to cause trouble, they will inevitably disturb the people and make my foundation unstable. The general is both civilized, Taoist and military.
, you can lead troops to garrison Yedu; if Zhang Yan really sends troops to plunder, you will send troops to resist him."
Zhang He did not expect that Bai Xiaowen would let him take charge of the job alone. He felt that his life had reached a new peak. He was overjoyed and thanked him immediately.
Bai Xiaowen left Zhang He to defend the city, and he also learned the lesson from Cao Cao's attack on Xudu.
If Cao Cao had left Xun Yu with one or two lord-level generals to defend the city, even if Bai Xiaowen had 20,000 Youzhou troops to assist him, it would probably not be easy for him to defeat Xudu.
At this time, Yedu was located in the base camp of Jizhou, and had the newly opened land of Henan Province as a buffer. The safety factor was much higher than that of Cao Cao's Xudu. However, Bai Xiaowen would not take it lightly, leaving Zhang He to guard against Zhang Yan.
That's the purpose.
When the army was preparing, Bai Xiaowen went to find someone: General Yangwu, Marquis Xuanwei, Zhang Xiu!
Let’s talk about Zhang Xiu’s achievements first. He defeated Cao Cao in Wancheng and killed Cao Cao’s eldest son Cao Ang, his nephew Cao Anmin, and even the general Dian Wei. Of course, he was worthy of it.
During the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao both sent envoys to recruit Zhang Xiu to surrender.
Finally, under the persuasion of counselor Jia Xu, Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao again. Cao Cao, in order to show his intention to ignore the past grudges, married Zhang Xiu and made Zhang Xiu a daughter-in-law, and named Zhang Xiu General Yangwu.
However, Zhang Xiu still acted coyly and tried his best to reduce his sense of existence.
If it is too high-profile, one day Cao Cao will remember: Oh, it was you who killed my beloved general, eldest son and nephew? That would be a tragedy.
After Bai Xiaowen pacified the Cao family, he moved many talents from Xudu to Yedu, including Zhang Xiu.
Living in Yedu, the new residence of General Yangwu, Zhang Xiu became even more cautious.
After all, he had refused Yuan Shao's solicitation and rebuked the envoys sent by Yuan Shao; and after surrendering to Cao Cao, he and Cao Cao became in-laws. In order to protect himself, it is better to continue to be a little transparent and reduce his sense of existence.
However, this move was useful for Cao Cao, but not for Bai Xiaowen.
Zhang Xiu is not obvious in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but in the predecessor of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "The Commentary on the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", he still has a very eye-catching performance.
A title: The Spear King of the North! Also known as the "Magic Spear Zhang Xiu", you will know that he is extraordinary and his legend is not low.
To Bai Xiaowen, such a lord-level general was like a firefly in the dark night. He was so bright and outstanding that there was no reason not to pay attention.
Although Zhang Xiu is ranked last among the lord-level generals of the Three Kingdoms, he is still a lord after all, and he is good at taking advice and is never willful. As long as the issue of loyalty is resolved, he can still be used with confidence.
At General Yangwu's Mansion, Bai Xiaowen suddenly visited, and Zhang Xiu hurriedly greeted him.
There is no such thing as "recruiting" when Bai Xiaowen goes to Zhang Xiu. This is because Bai Xiaowen represents the imperial court, and Zhang Xiu is not an idle person. He is a general of Yangwu and Marquis of Xuanwei who was appointed by the imperial court. He should obey Bai Xiaowen.
of dispatch.
The word "activate" should be more appropriate.
It is worth mentioning that Zhang Xiu did not seem surprised by the "appointment" of Bai Xiaowen, and he readily agreed to accompany the army on the Western Expedition.
Bai Xiaowen also gave Zhang Xiu an insight.
It turns out that Zhang Xiu, like Xia Houyuan, is an agility-based lord. His specialty is the "Hundred Birds Chasing the Phoenix Spear", which is a type where the faster you hit, the faster you hit. If the enemy failed to defeat Zhang Xiu in the first twenty rounds,
Then it will become more and more difficult to fight later.
However, as a military commander in the Three Kingdoms plane, he would be at a disadvantage if he did not have superior strength. For details, see Xia Houyuan.
Moreover, Xia Houyuan has good archery skills and is positioned as an ADC, so there is nothing wrong with his lower strength.
No wonder Zhang Xiu ranks last among the lords. It is estimated that some rare leader-level warriors may defeat him in a single fight.
Bai Xiaowen was not too disappointed, but asked: "Has General Zhang met Jia Xu?"