(This chapter was written relatively late. It was early in the morning when I finished writing, so I didn’t have time to correct the typos. If you encounter typos, you can tell me below. I can correct them tonight. Thank you very much)
"The rebels in Nanyang County sent troops to Runan County. In just seven days, Runan County was lost before the imperial rescue troops left Luoyang!"
Runan County is the second largest county in the world, with more than thirty counties and a total population of more than two million people.
This is the atmosphere of the Central Plains. Runan County is one of the counties under the rule of Yuzhou. It has a large population and is the hometown of the Yuan family.
Although Yuan Shao was forced by He Jin to commit suicide on the spot, and Yuan Shu is currently running around the country as a wanted criminal, the Yuan family is still one of the best in the world.
The Yuan family, which has four generations and three nobles, and has disciples and former officials all over the world, did not suffer serious damage because of the loss of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. After all, the wife of Yuan Ji, the head of the Yuan family, is Princess Liu. From a certain perspective, the Yuan family
The relationship with the royal family has become even closer.
Therefore, over the past year or so, the Yuan family has stood up for the royal family many times and cooperated with the royal family's actions many times, which also made He Jin and He Hou very satisfied.
In addition, the cost of cleaning up the Yuan family was too high, so because Yuan Ji was so honest and obedient, he had never done anything to the Yuan family before.
But now the situation has changed. The impact of this financial crisis is so huge that someone must take the blame!
Either the top aristocratic family takes the blame, the royal family takes the blame, or He Jin takes the blame. There are not many people in the world who can take the blame!
But who would have known that in the middle of the plan, Cheng Yu hammered Yuan Ji to death with a golden melon hammer in the palace, and Xiong Yan and others launched an army.
Yuan Ji's mansion in Luoyang had just been surrounded. After the news reached Runan, the Yuan family packed up their private soldiers and prepared for defense.
At the same time, the elders of the Yuan family also analyzed a large amount of information, and this time they planned to blame the Yuan family.
Yuan family, this is the price!
For the sake of the overall situation, I have to suffer a lot for the Yuan family!
As long as the Yuan family accepts the punishment, the family will definitely still be there, but so many benefits will have to be spit out.
Then, the Yuan family heard the news that Xiong Yan had raised troops and occupied Nanyang County in one day. When they were planning to negotiate with Xiong Yan and secretly support Xiong Yan, the army directly attacked and the Yuan family fell.
At this moment, the center was looking at the news in his hand and started an extremely heated discussion:
"The good news is that the Yuan family did not join forces with the rebels. The bad news is that they were destroyed by the rebels before they could join forces." Sensing the increasingly tense atmosphere around him, Sun Ce made a joke.
But then, he was pulled back by Zhou Yu, telling him not to talk nonsense. Then, Cheng Yu shook his head: "This is not exciting news. The rebels are far more powerful than we thought."
"Before, the imperial court had a secret report that Yuan Shu had actually been hiding in the Yuan family's lair in Runan County for a long time. After he returned to the Yuan family, he devoted himself to training elite soldiers and dead soldiers, and also gathered Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Xu You, Guo Tu and other Yuan Shao
Relatives and friends.”
"According to the secret report, Yuan Shu has trained a Taoist soldier. It is a real Taoist soldier. Although there are not many Taoist soldiers, only more than a hundred. Although this Taoist soldier has many flaws, it is still a Taoist soldier.
Soldier."
"What's even more frightening is that we haven't collected any information about their Taoist soldiers in the past seven days. So far, they have only used rural soldiers and veterans, and there is no trace of the Taoist soldiers. This is the biggest
Threat!"
Hearing this, Xun You asked and nodded, and then said: "There are rebels not only in Nanyang County, but also in Chenliu County, You Fufeng and Zuo Fufeng..."
"The current situation is that these rebels come from the same source, and they all claim to be under Xia Bo's command. Their military system is very similar to ours. They are all corps commanders, chief commanders, camp commanders, military marquises, army commanders, and school lieutenants...
"
"It's just that their military commanders directly oversee one battalion, not one. Their one battalion ranges from three hundred to five hundred and six hundred soldiers. As for their military commanders, they oversee as few as two battalions.
, as many as five or six battalions. At the rank of captain, the gap in the number of troops between the two armies becomes even greater."
(The battalions here existed in ancient times. In ancient times, there were battalions of soldiers, and they also had this name.
In fact, it’s not just battalions, divisions, and armies, they are also titles that existed in ancient times. For example, the Emperor Zhou had the Emperor’s Sixth Army, and the units were armies. Left Army, Right Army, Front Army, Rear Army, Center Army...)
"According to the current intelligence, the rebels from Nanyang County are in the south of Sili Land and have surrounded us from the south. The leader is Huo Tianyan, who is this person."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xun You dipped his index finger into the tea cup. After flicking his fingers, the water droplets turned into a mist, and a three-dimensional projection version of Huo Tianyan appeared directly.
"This son has not taken action personally yet, but judging from the information about Nanyang Soldiers' actions, he has many first-rate generals under his command. This person is at least a first-rate starter..."
After introducing the situation in Nanyang County, Xun You continued to introduce other aspects of information. As they listened, everyone couldn't help but frown slightly. Although they had known that the rebels this time were unusual, they never expected that they would be so powerful.
According to Xun You: Nanyang County in the south of the Sili Land is a rebel bandit. In the north of the Sili Land, Taiyuan County, Shangjun and other places have also been occupied by rebels. Zuo Fufeng and Right Fufeng in the west of the Sili Land have been occupied by rebels.
Occupied by rebels, Chenliu County in the east of Sili's land has also been occupied by rebels.
In other words, the land of Sili has been surrounded!
"No, the situation is not so dangerous yet. The enemy is just a paper tiger, not to mention that there are Jingzhou, Yizhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou and other places that have not yet been occupied by them."
In fact, most of these places have not evolved.
Just like Nanyang County, it belongs to Jingzhou. Jingzhou is theoretically very large, but what has evolved this time is extremely limited.
As for Yangzhou, Youzhou and Qingzhou, they only exist in theory and have not even evolved as a county. By the way, Xuzhou is the same.
"Even if we take a step back, if the rebels occupy Nanyang County in one day and Runan County in seven days, can they really completely occupy it?"
"Is it possible that there are no righteous people in Nanyang County or Runan County who are loyal to the imperial court?"
Even if you have been operating in Nanyang County for a long time, so you can cooperate internally and externally and capture Nanyang in one night, what about Runan County?
After all, it is also the headquarters of the Yuan family. Now that you have directly destroyed the Yuan family, can you not eliminate all the disciples and old officials of the Yuan family?
Wouldn’t those disciples and former officials fight guerrillas with you in Runan County?
Especially those great Confucian scholars, each of them was successful in refining the gods, and each one was more destructive than the last when they used Taoism. However, in the past, they were restrained by conscience, morality, integrity, and rules.
But now, when dealing with a rebel like you, do we still need to talk about the morality of the world?
Impossible!
"So, as long as the imperial court responds immediately, behaves tougher, and grants the righteous the right to act expediently, Runan County will be completely corrupted. Even if it cannot be regained by the imperial court for the time being, it will still make them exhausted." At this point, Cheng Yu said
I stroked my beard.
He knows better than anyone what the right to act expediently means. This means that the righteous men can do whatever they want and release all the evils of human nature. Afterwards, they only need to say, "I did this all to fight against the rebels."
You will be safe and sound!
Once you act like this, the people of Runan County will be unlucky regardless of whether they have never been a thief.
Even if Runan County cannot be taken back, the worst, worst, worst outcome can turn Runan County into ruins in a short period of time, the court will not benefit, and you rebels will not even think about using Runan County's manpower and material resources to strengthen themselves.
body.
"As for the west, it's just left Fufeng and right Fufeng raising troops. There are 50,000 Xiliang cavalry and Xiliu camp trained on the basis of Liangjiazi from the six counties in Chang'an City. The former is raising troops, the latter is infantry, plus senior Huangfu
Using soldiers like a god, and with the connections between the good families of the six counties and the six counties, suppressing the rebels is just a matter of effort!"
Hearing this, everyone nodded.
No one would think that the rebels in just two counties could wipe out fifty-six counties of good people, including two Taoist soldiers. Liang Jun was the one who took the lead in beating the rebels?
As for the fact that the rebels in these two counties apparently have a population of one million, 80,000 rural soldiers and 30,000 combat soldiers, a total of 110,000 troops, which is twice the official army of the imperial court, who cares?
During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Yellow Turban Army was hundreds of thousands larger. What was the result?
When encountering the imperial army, it is like a mouse meeting a cat. A few thousand imperial troops can easily defeat tens of thousands of rebels.
But this time, all the good people in the six counties are real elites. Among them are heroes from the entire Liangzhou, as well as good people from the Guanzhong area of Chang'an.
The infantry was led by Huangfu Song, an old man who was a god in military use. The key was Huangfu Song's loyalty to the Han Dynasty, which cannot be doubted.
The commander of the Xiliang cavalry is Gai Xun. Although most people have never heard of this name, this man is an authentic Liangzhou native and a close confidant of Emperor Ling.
It's too late to meet.
He was a person who was very prestigious in Liangzhou and also very famous in the imperial court. The people of Liangzhou trusted him and regarded him as one of their own, and the imperial court (Emperor Ling) also trusted him and regarded him as one of their own.
Therefore, under the command of Gai Xun, this Xiliang cavalry can exert 100% of its strength without having to be suspicious and cause trouble.
Even Xun Yu, after thinking about it for a while, felt that using the strength of the good families of the six counties to quell the rebellion of Zuo Fufeng and You Fufeng was a killing of chickens with a bull's-eye.
"We don't have to rush them then. We have to trust them enough and do good logistics. In time, good news will come."
Even Xun Yu believed that the defeat would only be caused by chaos in the center and frequent urging of decisive battles, which would affect the situation on the front lines.
Everyone nodded one after another, saying that it would not be the case, it would not be like this.
"As for the north, many counties in Bingzhou were abandoned by the imperial court long ago and have a sparse population. Even Taiyuan County has a population of less than 500,000. Others, such as Wuyuan County and Shangjun, were only recovered last year. The two counties
Taken together, the population is only over 300,000 at most."
"The total population of the entire Bingzhou area will not exceed 2 million today, which is about 1.5 million to 1.7 million. Even if the entire Bingzhou area falls, it will still be less than one county in Runan County."
"However, the people of Bingzhou are fierce and fierce. Due to past experiences, their loyalty to the imperial court is doubtful. In addition, the Dong thieves have stationed troops in the east of the river. We can ignore Bingzhou for the time being, blockade the banks of the Yellow River, and use the Yellow River as a defense line. Even if Bingzhou's cavalry is famous all over the world, in a short time
We can’t cross the Yellow River within that time!”
There are only a few ferries that can allow the army to cross the Yellow River on a large scale. As long as these ferries are held, the cavalry will not be able to pass on a large scale.
This is the same as the grain robbery. There are many small roads, but the only ones that can allow large armies and grain convoys to pass through. Sometimes, there are even intersections between those roads.
This is why Zhuge Liang's army of 100,000 people did not go anywhere and had to attack Chencang rigidly. As a result, Hao Zhao's reputation as a good defender was fulfilled.
Can't we go around it?
Even if there is no mainland, can there be no trails nearby? There must be one or two trails for hunters to hunt, right?
But walking on a small road may be fine for one or two people, but what about the entire convoy? Transporting grain requires a large number of strong men, vehicles, oxen and horses.
Therefore, you only need to defend a few key crossings where the army can be controlled. It doesn't matter if you don't defend the rest.
Large-scale Bingzhou rebels cannot get in, but small-scale rebels are waiting to die!
After talking about the plan for the north, Cheng Yu's finger came to the east of Sili's land: "The two counties of Chenliu and Puyang in the east were captured within one day. Obviously the rebels have been camped for a long time, isn't it?
It's easy to win."
"So, in the east, we only need to defend Sishui Pass, and then send the cavalry out east."
This was Dong Zhuo's strategy in dealing with the Kwantung Allied Forces in history. While guarding Sishui Pass, he sent cavalry to the Kwantung to rob.
So at that time, Yingchuan County, Runan County, such large counties in Yuzhou, each of which was a super large county with a population of one or two million, were indiscriminately brought to disaster by the Xiliang Army.
At that time, Xun Yu saw such a future early, so he mobilized his tribe to leave Yingchuan, and then moved his tribe from Yingchuan to Jizhou. He also worked for Yuan Shao on Yuan Shao's territory for a while, but finally felt that Yuan Shao was not a capable person.
He ran to assist Cao Cao.
After giving everyone some time to digest the strategy, Cheng Yu continued: "In short, the north first defends the Yellow River crossing and does not give Bingzhou rebels a chance to cross the river; the east holds Sishui Pass and sends cavalry eastward to destroy the rebels' production.
.”
As for how to destroy, of course, kill people when you see them, rob people when you see them, destroy land when you see them, smash machines when you see them, and burn everything you see.
It can only be said that everyone who understands understands it, so Cheng Yu did not elaborate.
"The west asked Senior Huangfu to lead the good families of six counties to suppress the rebels. The south quickly sent troops. The main force went to Nanyang County to confront the enemy, and the partial force went to Runan County to encourage the martyrs."
"At the same time, the army was rapidly expanded and Liangjiazi was recruited to join the army. The land of Sili used to have a population of 5 million. In the past two years, people have been coming in and out. The total population is as high as 7 million, and among them, the number of extraordinary people alone is close to 100,000.
number."
"As long as we open the treasury and center on Sili's land, we will soon be able to train an army of 50,000 or 100,000."
"In three months, in just three months, we can train 100,000 well-trained Central Army troops, and in half a year, we can train 200,000 Central Army troops..."
"What's more, there are also county soldiers and state soldiers from Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Xuzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Youzhou."
"Even in the worst case scenario, as long as we hold on to each checkpoint, the land of Sili will be impregnable."
There is a Yellow River crossing in the north, which is a natural hazard!
There is Hangu Pass in the west, which is a famous pass in the world. The Qin Dynasty relied on Hangu Pass to resist the armies of the Six Kingdoms not once or twice.
There is Sishui Pass in the east, which is the prototype of Hulao Pass in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In this era, it is known as the most powerful pass in the world.
As for the south, there are only two counties, Nanyang County and Runan County, that are rebelling against the thieves. Is it possible that Luoyang, which has countless powerful soldiers, advisers like clouds, and fierce generals like rain, can't even defeat the rebel thieves in these two counties?