Yan Zhong looked down upon Lu Bu, but Chen Cheng still valued him. In any case, he still had more than 40,000 elite soldiers and horses, and he had been fighting in the past few years, so he gained a lot of experience points.
In this era of cold weapons, elite troops who are constantly fighting are still very threatening.
"Duan Xuan asked us for help, hoping that we would help him with a batch of weapons and food, but he did not allow our people to enter Fufeng." Chen Cheng asked Jia Xu next to him, "Wen He and you should be very familiar with the people of Xiliang.
What do you think we should do? Agree or not?"
He had a feeling of time and space dislocation. Now Duan Yan was like the Guanning warlord in the late Ming Dynasty. He just didn't know which side of Xiliang and Guanzhong was the Manchu and Qing Dynasty, and which side was the Ming Dynasty. How did the Manchu and Qing Dynasties deal with Wu Sangui?
?Driving the tiger to swallow the wolf? I'm afraid Duan Yan, a thin tiger, can't swallow Lu Bu's wolf.
Jia Xu glanced at Yan Zhong first, and then said: "The manpower and material resources in Guanzhong are several times that of Xiliang. Duan Xuan may not really need our support, he just wants an attitude. The lord gave him an edict,
Just calm down his mind."
"Is that all it takes?"
"In addition, please station troops in Hanyang. Once there is a change in Fufeng, Chencang should be captured quickly. With Chencang in hand, the subsequent army can smoothly enter Guanzhong."
Chen Cheng was very satisfied with Jia Xu's answer, but he still asked Yan Zhong first, "What do Bo Dao think?"
Yan Zhong said: "I heard that Dong Zhuo was beaten so hard by Lu Bu that he could no longer bear it. It would be better to let General Xu Rong lead his troops south to put some pressure on Lu Bu."
"Going from Shangjun to Guanzhong? The road there is rugged, and Xu Rong doesn't have many troops, so I'm afraid it won't be effective."
Yan Zhong smiled and said: "Of course there won't be much gain, but there won't be any loss either."
Chen Cheng thought for a while, and when he was about to express his agreement, he saw Jia Xu next to him with a smile on his lips. He couldn't help but feel moved in his heart and asked, "Does Wen He think this can be done?"
Jia Xu coughed and said: "I think that instead of working in vain, it is better to take advantage of Dong Zhuo's army in Guanzhong to capture Yunzhong and peek at Yanmen."
Yan Zhong felt a little uncomfortable and retorted: "The land in Yunzhong is vast and the people are sparse. It will be of no use, but it will help Lu Bu."
Chen Cheng thought thoughtfully and said, "What will happen if Lu Bu forces Dong Zhuo to retreat?"
"Of course I will return to attack Duan Xuan..."
When Yan Zhong said this, he suddenly stopped. He looked at the smiling Jia Xu with a complicated expression, and sighed in his heart: I am really old, and I can't see such a simple problem.
Chen Cheng seemed not to notice the change in the expression on Yan Zhong's face, and said with a smile: "No matter whether Duan Xuan will fight to the death or surrender to Lu Bu, we will have no loss, and we will get Yun Zhong for nothing, right?"
Yan Zhong thought of another thing at this time and said: "I'm afraid that if this happens, Dong Zhuo will not rest with us. There are Xianbei people to the north of Yunzhong, Dong Zhuo to the south, and Wuhuan people to the east. It will be easy to defeat them.
, but it may not be possible to hold it."
Chen Cheng did not answer first, but looked at Jia Xu. Jia Wenhe smiled slightly and said: "If we are in the high mountains of Bingzhou, our army may suffer some setbacks, but if we fight on the plains, with the bravery of the Xiliang cavalry,
The Qiang and Hu Qingqi are so fierce, who are you afraid of?"
Yan Zhong couldn't help but was speechless. He knew that there was still a flaw in Jia Xu's words. Although the Xiliang cavalry and the Qiang and Hu Qingqi were very good at fighting, Xu Rong's troops in his hands were no more than 10,000, and including the Huns, there were only two or three.
With tens of thousands of enemies, it is naturally invincible to deal with the same number of enemies, but what if the number of enemies is twice, three times, or even more?
But he had just lost, and now he didn't want to continue arguing, but let Chen Cheng make the decision.
Chen Cheng thought for a while and said: "We still need to keep it quiet in the east. Even if we have some capital now, we can't just start wars everywhere. It's best to only deal with one enemy at a time. Although the Western Region has been pacified now, we still have to fight.
We need to use troops against Guanzhong when we come down, so the Wuyuan side can be on the defensive for the time being."
Jia Xu still had a smile on his face, which made people feel like a spring breeze when he saw him, "My lord is wise!"
Yan Zhong was a little disdainful again. Jia Wenhe was smart, but he was too smooth in dealing with people. How could he compare with his own satisfaction?
He said to Chen Cheng: "General Xu Rong has been guarding Wuyuan for three years. He has worked hard but not much credit. Do you want to transfer him back?"
Chen Cheng thought about it, shook his head and said, "I know what Bo Dao said, but no one can replace him!"
Yan Zhong smiled and said: "After General Zhao Yun comes back, how about letting Yan Xing replace Xu Rong?"
Yan Xing has already reached the position of army commander in Yabing and has made many military exploits. It is said that he should be promoted to one level. As usual, he should be promoted to one level from Yabing, so he can do it directly.
The position of partial general.
Chen Cheng nodded and said: "When I come back, I will first promote him to the rank of colonel. Then I will appoint him to take charge of Wuyuan and the military affairs of the county, and he will be promoted to the rank of brigadier general."
"The prince is already preparing to promote the general system in Liangzhou?"
"It has been trialled among the dental soldiers for more than a year, and now it is time to implement it."
Jia Xu was in charge of the province, and had to handle all military and government affairs. Naturally, he knew the "military rank" system. He asked: "Do the prefects of each county need to increase their military rank? If so, what level should they be set at?"
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"The rank of prefect is increased by the rank of lieutenant general, and the soldiers of the prefecture and country are reduced in descending order."
Chen Cheng said: "Xingwen Lu Fang, let him be ready in Hanyang. Once Lu Bu turns around to attack Duan Xuan, we must be able to intervene at any time. If Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo can't decide the winner, then we will stick to the previous plan.
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The chaotic war in Guanzhong continued. After Lu Bu subdued most of the areas with bloody methods, he fought with Dong Zhuo again. Lu Bu's political skills were not very good, but he still had the ability to make decisions on the spot. Compared with Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo was more capable
It can win over people's hearts, and it also requires the efforts of soldiers, but the fighting skills are really a bit trendy.
The two sides fought back and forth in the third auxiliary, and there were victories and defeats for each other, but the balance of victory gradually tilted towards Lu Bu. With Guanzhong as a support, the soldiers and horses lost by Lu Bu's army could soon be replenished. Together with Chang'an's arsenal
There are also many armors and weapons, which can continuously supply the army. After Dong Zhuofang's weapons are damaged, he can only repair them by himself.
By autumn, many places in the eastern part of Guanzhong had been reduced to scorched earth. Although it was the harvest season, many villages were no longer inhabited. Many people fled to Liangzhou through Fufeng with their families.
Lu Fang, the prefect of Hanyang, gathered them together, organized them into households, and selected more than 5,000 strong men from them. They stationed them under Maiji Mountain, training and eating nearby wheat.
Regarding the behavior of the people fleeing to Xiliang, Duan Yan, who had already captured the entire Fufeng, understood that this was to increase the strength of the Xiliang army. However, he could not intercept all the people because Fufeng did not have so much land to allocate to the fleeing people.
People. In order to deal with the enemies on both sides of the east and west, his troops and horses have repeatedly expanded, and there is not so much food to feed these fleeing people.
In the past few years, the war in Guanzhong has continued, and the output of staple food has continued to decrease. Fortunately, there are potatoes, corn and other crops imported from Xiliang, so that although the people are poor, they can barely make ends meet. Those who fled to various places
The people in the mountains have no way to grow wheat and rice, but they can grow sweet potatoes and potatoes on the barren land in the mountains. Apart from being inconvenient, their lives are actually better than those at the bottom of the mountains.
Although there are wolves, tigers and leopards in the mountains, there is no government that urges donations and taxes. If it weren't for the fact that many things in the mountains need to be purchased from outsiders, and the winter is really too cold, I'm afraid everyone would run into the mountains.
The whole world is in chaos, and there are no wars in the three places of Shuzhong, Jingzhou, and Xiliang. Just like the United States during the World War, they naturally became safe havens. Because Xiliang had a poor reputation in the past, the increase in
With tens of thousands of households, the population in Jingzhou and Shuzhong increased even more.
What’s interesting is that these three places are all occupied by outsiders. Chen Cheng is not from Xiliang, Liu Yan is not from Yizhou, and Liu Biao is not from Jingzhou, so these three places will face some of the same problems -
The battle between the locals and the outsiders. The dispute between the natives and the foreigners has been around for a long time and will produce many conflicts in the next few thousand years.
The people in the imperial capitals, such as Chang'an, Kaifeng, and Luoyang, when they were the capitals, thought that everyone outside was a country bumpkin. Economically developed areas would also discriminate against poor areas, although science and technology continued to advance and social systems
It's constantly changing, but people's hearts remain the same.
Chen Cheng suppressed Han Sui, killed Song Jian, and then wooed the local tycoons in Liangzhou, and then established a firm foothold in Liangzhou. Liu Biao united with the scholars in Jingzhou, purged the powerful local clan forces, and then united with Huang Zu and other powerful forces
The faction unified the nine counties of Jing and Xiang in name.
As for Liu Yan, his methods were even more sophisticated. In addition to suppressing the powerful people in Yizhou, he also supported Zhang Lu of the Five Dou Rice Sect, isolated the place, killed the court envoys, and became the local emperor of Yizhou behind closed doors. The Five Dou Rice Sect
As a result, it occupied Hanzhong and Dongchuan and became a rare independent force in Chinese history.
After Zhang Heng was promoted to the governor of Wudu, and after a year of cultivation, he began to expand outward. However, most of Wudu was surrounded by Liangzhou territory, and he did not dare to challenge Chen Cheng's authority, so he decided to
It hit the head of Hanzhong next door. The black-armored army frequently invaded Hanzhong and fought several tough battles with the five-douchin believers, with both sides winning or losing.
In a frontal decisive battle, Zhang Heng's Black Armored Army could gain some advantages by relying on Jia Jian's strength, but the Japanese Five Dou Rice Cult could always draw more troops. Even if they lost for a while, they could immediately regain their strength.
Restored combat effectiveness. The Black Armored Army had just recovered some strength and did not dare to fight Zhang Lujun head-on, so they could only withdraw to Wudu.
Hanzhong's soldiers and horses were mobilized, with a total of 70,000 or 80,000, but the 5,000 black armored troops alone could not defeat them. For this reason, Zhang Heng wrote to Yinchuan and Chen Cheng, saying that the people of Hanzhong were weak and could be attacked. Chen Cheng was there
After receiving the memorial, he immediately approved it with two words, "No!"
Just kidding, we are about to use troops against Guanzhong. How can we still have the energy to open up a second battlefield? We are not the United States during World War II. The terrain in Hanzhong is either to attack the core plain area in one fell swoop, or not to do it at all.
Using troops to repeatedly compete for mountain passes in the mountains can only waste soldiers, horses, money and food in vain.
