Because in the hall, there are not only the three ministers and nine ministers.
There are also some Yilang, Shizhong, admonishment officials, and deputy officials of the three gongs and nine ministers.
Including Yang Xiu, Chen Qun and even Sima Yi's brother Sima Lang are all here.
Although these people did not have seats and were just standing close behind the ministers, there were dozens of them. Who could guarantee that these people were not having an affair with Yuan Shao?
The fourth generation and the third prince of the Yuan family, their disciples and old officials are all over the government and the public. Yuan Shaohu lives in Jizhou, he is powerful and has the appearance of a heroic leader.
As the saying goes, "Those who leak the affairs of the province or the minister will be harmed if the secret is not kept secret." In troubled times, people's hearts are unpredictable, and in the government and the public, if someone leaks it or makes a bet, who knows?
Therefore, whether it was due to the principle of confidentiality or in response to the possible presence of Yuan Shao's internal agents in the court, the battle plan could not be made public during the court meeting and could only be concealed.
Many ministers looked at each other, but no one said anything. As people grow older, perhaps they all knew Chen Mu's concerns. Although they were slightly dissatisfied, they understood it.
"The words of the Young Master are indeed reasonable. Soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape. When marching and fighting, there is no way to prepare a plan in advance."
Liu Yu looked down at the audience, looked left and right, and pondered: "Even if there is, it's just talk on paper, and the enemy will not cooperate with your actions. In this case, let's disperse the court today. The three princes and the ministers will stay behind.
, discuss the matter of food and fodder."
"only!"
The ministers stood up from their seats and walked to the center of the hall. Then other officials came over, lined up and bowed their hands to Liu Yu, except Yang Biao, Zhu Jun, Zhao Wen, Ma Rixi, Chen Mu and Zhong Yao.
Except for the six people, everyone else walked out backwards.
After the court meeting was over, Liu Yu stood up and said to Chen Mu: "Young Master, I understand your concerns. There were indeed a lot of people at the court meeting just now. Please go to the small hall in the back hall with me to talk."
"only!"
Several people bowed their hands again.
Liu Yu then turned around and went from the side door of Deyang Palace to the small hall at the back.
The six of them followed behind with small steps and passed together.
When they arrived at the small hall, Liu Yu ordered his trusted subordinate Hu Ben Zhonglang to guard Xian Yuyin outside the hall, and then drove all the servants out. There were only seven of them in the hall.
After everyone was seated, Liu Yu said: "Young Master, you can talk now."
As a transitional emperor committed to regaining the world and restoring the Han Dynasty, Liu Yu was naturally very determined to send troops as soon as possible, but he also had to know what Qingzhou's battle plan was.
Because there is only one chance, and once he fails, it will be an irreversible situation. He does not want to become the last emperor of the Han Dynasty and be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
Chen Mu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, our strategy is very simple. Attack first, defend later, attack again, weaken its strength, and then fight to the death."
"What's the point of attacking first?"
Yang Biao asked curiously.
"Gentlemen, please see, this is the border map I surveyed and mapped."
Chen Mu took out the border map of Jizhou and Qingzhou that he carried with him, held it in both hands and walked to Liu Yu's desk and placed it on the table.
"Everyone, come here."
Liu Yu waved to everyone to gather around and watch together in front of his desk.
Everyone came over and stood in front of the table, surrounding the city in a circle. Liu Yu sat behind the table with the map in front of him.
The level of surveying and mapping of the map is quite high, and it has unique characteristics that are completely different from this era. It makes everyone look at it with gusto, indulge in it, and think about it carefully.
When Chen Mu saw this situation, he didn't know why, but he suddenly remembered the scene in a later classic movie "The Destruction of an Empire" in which the head of state and several of his subordinates were discussing at the table...
"Look here, gentlemen, this is a big river."
Chen Mu shook his head, dismissed the messy thoughts in his mind, pointed at the Yellow River and said: "Qingzhou occupies a favorable geographical location. Only half of the territory of Pingyuan Country is north of the river, and the rest of the area is all south of the river."
Zhu Jun pondered: "Could it be that Qingzhou is planning to use the river as a line of defense, retreat to the rear of the river, and then send troops to harass Jizhou?"
"Yes and no."
Chen Mu smiled and said: "In addition to the big river, there are also Jiuhe to the north of the big river, as well as Luo Shui, Jishui, etc. to the south. There is Mount Tai to the west of Qingzhou. If Jizhou wants to attack, it is only possible to attack from the north. These rivers are Natural defense zone.”
"Um."
Zhu Jun was also a mature and prudent veteran, and his drawings were simple and easy to understand. As soon as Chen Mu explained, he naturally understood.
As mentioned before, Qingzhou's advantage is that the Yellow River area is not like Cao Cao's, which is thousands of kilometers long and cannot be defended. The river area they occupy is only more than a hundred kilometers long. They only need to place a large number of sentries along the way. Once the enemy Come on, light the smoke immediately to send a message.
It is not an easy task to cross the Yellow River. Except for the ferries, other sections of the river are places with fast currents. Even if Yuan Shao wants to make a clever plan, such as sending a fleet to go south along the river, he still needs water. Army.
Chen Mu was prepared for a rainy day. As the only force with a naval army among the princes in the north, as long as Yuan Shao dared to do this, what awaited him would be the end of his entire army being annihilated.
Therefore, by taking advantage of the Yellow River natural moat, Qingzhou has already occupied an invincible position, not to mention that their defense lines include more than just the Yellow River.
Chen Mu continued: "Jizhou is indeed powerful, but their shortcomings are also obvious, that is, they do not have a solid defense zone like Luoyang, Qingzhou. Therefore, the first phase of the battle plan I arranged is to divide the troops to harass and continue surprise attacks. The main purpose is to attack the main military forces in the towns and cities of Jizhou and eliminate their effective forces. This process may last for a long time."
"how long?"
Liu Yu is very sensitive to the issue of time. He is over sixty years old, but he does not want to conquer Jizhou for more than ten years. At that time, he does not know whether he will die of old age or not.
"I don't know, maybe three to five years, but with luck, one or two years might be enough."
Chen Mu shook his head.
He couldn't guarantee the specific time.
Harassment and surprise attacks also have a purpose.
If they are to attack a town, there are not many soldiers and horses in the city, and most of them are ordinary people, then it is meaningless. Because if they kill the people, not only will they not cause any losses to Yuan Shao, but they will even make the people of Jizhou share the same hatred against Liu Bei.
All good feelings will be lost overnight.
Therefore, the correct approach is to publicize and eliminate the effective strength of Yuan's army. For example, on the border of Jizhou and Qingzhou, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in various cities. If a city can be breached and these tens of thousands of people are eliminated, Yuan Shao will be beaten immediately.
Make him furious.
After a few more attacks, Yuan Shao will realize that if this continues, his troops will be exhausted. Then there will be no need to fight, so he will take a decisive battle and lead the army in a mighty battle like the Battle of Guandu.
Attack Qingzhou.
Then he was dragged down by Qingzhou's defense line and fell into the quagmire of war. The two sides started a tug-of-war. Then Luoyang and Youzhou attacked Yuan Shao side by side, digging into Yuan Shao's buttocks and beating him until he couldn't take care of his head and tail at the same time.
As for when he can beat Yuan Shao to pain and force Yuan Shao to start a decisive battle, that is not something he can predict. He can only move towards this goal.
This is the first half of Chen Mu's entire battle plan. Although it sounds ideal because Yuan Shao may not be fooled, it is also the most convenient and simple way to execute it.
After all, it is still the same sentence. If Qingzhou and Luoyang have defense lines, they are already in an invincible position. As long as the army generals and military advisors have high tactical literacy and gain harvests every time they go out, there is no need to worry about whether they can be hurt.
But after listening to Chen Mu's plan, Zhu Jun still found a loophole, frowned and said: "Zi Gui, your strategy is indeed effective. But Yuan Shao is not an easy person, even if we can force him to fight in our defense zone.
, but what if he doesn’t attack Qingzhou and chooses Luoyang instead?”
"Then we have to give up on Hanoi."
Chen Mu said calmly.
Abandon Hanoi?
Hearing these words, Liu Yu, Yang Biao, Zhao Wen, Ma Rixi and others were instantly dumbfounded.
Luoyang now controls four counties. The total population of the four counties is about 1.4 million. Hanoi County is all plains, so it has become the second largest grain-producing county in Sili.
Generally speaking, for a county like Hanoi that is blessed with natural resources, it is not a problem to feed a million people on one county.
For example, during the Han Dynasty, the census of Hanoi County reached more than 800,000 people.
In fact, the current population of Luoyang is far from reaching saturation, because Henan Yin also has a large number of plains, plus Yingchuan County, the combined grain production of the two places is much higher than that of Hanoi County.
During the period of Emperor He, the population of Henan Yin was more than one million, and the population of Yingchuan County reached more than 1.4 million. These three counties all had a large amount of high-quality land, manors, and population. Luoyang was able to be self-sufficient, no longer as it was in the early years.
Qingzhou is needed to supply grain and grass because of the land advantages of these three counties.
It can be said that even if Hanoi County is abandoned, it is completely possible for all the more than 1.4 million people in Sili to be relocated to Yin County and Yingchuan County, Henan Province. Even with this arrangement, there will still be a large amount of idle land.
, no one cultivates it.
Dong Zhuo's Rebellion had a devastating impact on the surrounding areas of Luoyang. If we want to go back to the time of Emperor Xiaokang of the Han Dynasty, Luoyang had a population of 2 million, Yingchuan and Hanoi had a population of 2 million, and the total number of people was 4 million. I don't know how many years ago.
However, the population is not saturated and land development has not reached its historical peak, which does not mean that Hanoi County can give up easily.
What to do with so many people?
How to arrange migration and reconstruction work?
It will take time to develop new land. How will the people live during this time?
What's more important is that the Eight Passes of Luoyang actually only protected Luoyang, not the entire Sili.
Even if you abandon Hanoi County, they can still go south and occupy Henan Yin and Yingchuan County.
By that time, Liu Yu will face Dong Zhuo's predicament. Except for Luoyang, all other places have fallen. Sili, who has finally recovered a little, will be plunged into the flames of war again.
Thinking of this, Liu Yu shook his head resolutely and said: "Hanoi County must not give up. If I cower in Luoyang and ignore the life and death of the people, then how am I different from that thief Dong?"
Chen Mu said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I am not giving up the whole of Hanoi, but I am just using retreat as a strategy to advance."
“Retreat to advance?”
Everyone looked at each other, and Yang Biao asked: "How to use retreat to advance?"
Chen Mu looked around at the crowd and said: "Think about it, gentlemen, Luoyang now has 60,000 soldiers and horses, and we can also issue an edict to Sun Jian and Cao Cao to serve as the king, with a force of no less than 100,000. If Yuan Shao wants to attack Sili, what is the minimum number of soldiers he needs?"
"
Everyone looked at Zhu Jun, who had the most say here.
Zhu Jun thought deeply: "Guan Yu is strict in running the army. Although his subordinates are all young men from the Baibo Army, they have been trained for many years and often fight against bandits in Jizhou and Funiu Mountain. They can be called elites. Even with only these 60,000 troops,
If Yuan Shao wants to defeat Sili, his troops must be at least twice ours."
Chen Mu then said: "This is the crux of the problem. It will be difficult for Yuan Shao to easily eliminate any party. Unless he concentrates his troops to defeat them, he will not be able to capture Luoyang or Qingzhou quickly in a short time.
With the great river and natural moat, Luoyang only needs to abandon Hanoi in a short period of time and retreat to advance, which will buy Qingzhou and Youzhou enough time for a full-scale attack."
This strategy is actually an expanded version of Jushuo Tianfeng's strategy against Cao Cao in history. The difference is that Jushuo Tianfeng's strategy was to use Jizhou's larger size to bully Cao Cao's smaller size. Chen Mu used Luoyang, Qingzhou,
The vast strategic depth and combined size of the three places in Youzhou are just enough to fight Yuan Shao in this protracted and difficult battle.
Yuan Shao, like Cao Cao, now lacks areas that can be defended. The strategic depth of Hebei is indeed large, but in the era of cold weapons, there is no point in fighting guerrilla warfare. Strategic depth will only give the enemy more space to harass, but it is a disadvantage.
At that time, cities in various places were attacked, and they were unable to resist.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the other hand, Qingzhou and Luoyang have defense zones. Even if Yuan Shao wants to attack, he has to see if his more than 200,000 troops can break through these defense zones at once. When the time comes,
The all-out war started, the three places attacked together, and Zhang Yan gave a fatal blow, which was enough to turn the tide.
Again, the significance of the wolf pack strategy developed by Chen Mu is that the three parties cooperate closely, so that no matter whether Yuan Shao wants to deal with any of them, he will be trapped in a lot of harassment and can only be dragged into the quagmire, unable to extricate himself.
Although the shortcomings of this tactic are still the same as the strategies and tactics formulated by Jushu Tianfeng, which require extremely clever generals and excellent tactical talents to execute, Qingzhou's talent reserve is enough.
After hearing Chen Mu's explanation, several ministers thought for a while and then asked a few more questions. Chen Mu answered them one by one, allaying their doubts.
In addition, all the trump cards, including party members and Zhang Yan, were all revealed without any reservations.
There is no need to keep this kind of thing secret, because everyone has common interests and goals. If it is secretive, it will make Liu Yu and other ministers dissatisfied and cause internal conflicts.
After Chen Mu explained all the strategies and tactics, Liu Yu and other ministers finally understood everything. They started to analyze. When they had questions, they asked Chen Mu to explain. In the end, they discussed it for more than an hour.
After adding a lot of details, I felt everything was perfect.
In fact, these details had been studied in depth as early as in Qingzhou by Chen Mu, Jushu, Xun Yu, Tian Feng, Xun You, Yan Zhong and other members of the adviser group. The content was even more profound than what Liu Yu and others discussed, so the details would naturally be added.
More.
But if Liu Yu and others want to supplement, let them supplement. If Qingzhou takes care of everything, it will make them feel that there is a problem. Then they will be wary of each other, but it will not be worth the loss.
After the strategy is finally refined, all tasks are arranged.
Liu Yu was in charge of the work in the rear, Sangong was in Luoyang to supervise grain and grass, and Zhong Yao went to Huai County, the county seat of Hanoi, to transport grain and grass in the rear, and Huai County served as a transfer station. Zhu Jun and Chen Mu went to the front line to direct Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others to fight.
In addition, after the war machine is in operation, Guang Luxun and the imperial servants will work together to prepare horses, armor, and weapons, the chief agricultural officer will prepare the transportation of grain and grass, and the young master will take out the forbidden money and distribute military pay.
All preparations were in place, and by early June, Chen Mu and Zhu Jun officially set off, leading 10,000 troops stationed in Luoyang towards Hanoi.