Guo Tu sold his jade pendant at the market. After much deliberation, he still couldn't sell the sword. Although the road was not far from the boundary bridge, necessary safety measures were still in place. Without weapons, just a few farmers would
Can catch him.
This era is not an era of good security. If a person is on the road alone, he will encounter too many dangers.
If those students who are traveling or traders who are doing business from north to south do not have any skills, the final result will be that they will either be killed by robbers entrenched in various traffic arteries or deep in the mountains and forests, or they will be killed by those with "simple folk customs"
The locals covet your property and will make you disappear without your noticing.
As the son of the Guo family of Yangzhai in Yingchuan, Guo Tu and Guo Jia are not very familiar. They are only related to the same clan, not close relatives. However, the Guo family of Yangzhai itself is not a poor family, but a legal family in the Han Dynasty, a wealthy family.
, many of the Guo family’s children have the experience of studying abroad.
Guo Tutai knew very well what kind of world this was. If he was not on guard against others, death would not be far away.
After eating in the market and replenishing some water and food, he set out again, following the direction directed by the locals, and followed the rural road to Jianzhong Township on the west side of Xiabao Township.
But just as he was carrying the necessary supplies and carrying his luggage and moving forward, another army suddenly appeared on the road ahead.
It was not an ordinary army stationed at the township pavilion for inspection. Although the Qingzhou Army had sentries stationed at each township pavilion, it was not exaggerated to the point of putting thousands of troops. What came oncoming was soldiers who could not be seen at a glance, with flags covering their heads.
The sky blocked out the sun, and the footsteps on the rammed earth made regular sounds.
The two people at the front were riding horses. They should be generals. They were wearing shiny armor, which reflected dazzling light in the sun. The broadsword in their hands was drooping. The snow-white blade seemed to be used as a mirror, reflecting Guo Guo.
Figure face.
Guo Tu knew these weapons and equipment. This was the most famous Qingzhou Bintie in the Han Dynasty.
The so-called iron is steel. Although the fried steel method had been invented at that time, the metallurgical level of the Han Dynasty still made the output of steel pitifully low. Only extremely skilled craftsmen could forge a piece of steel through the fried steel method.
Iron weapons, such as the three artifacts in the hands of Liu Guan and Zhang.
Therefore, even with Jizhou's financial resources, only a few generals can afford to wear steel armor, and the quality is far inferior to Qingzhou's steel armor.
What made Guo Tu feel suffocated was that, except for the general, the rows of ordinary soldiers behind were also wearing silver-white Xiaozha armor, although they were not as heavily armored as the trapped troops and Xuanjia heavy cavalry.
, it’s just a small armor protecting the chest.
However, Qingzhou's financial resources and steel production still frightened Guo Tu, because when everyone still widely used pig iron and wrought iron, Qingzhou had already mass-produced steel.
Even if the quality is actually as good as the steel produced by later generations of industry, local steelmaking was already an epoch-making technology at this time. Regarding the differences in weapons and equipment between Jizhou and Qingzhou, it can be said that it is an era behind.
Fighting with such an army, it is no wonder that the Ming guild lost consecutive battles.
Guo Tu sighed in his heart.
In fact, he also knew that in the earliest days, the Qingzhou Army was only equipped with some iron weapons and equipment, such as Xuanjia heavy cavalry, the trapped army and most of the generals. Ordinary soldiers were still wearing normal armor.
But now that the war has passed several years ago, the Qingzhou Army's equipment is getting better and better, but their equipment has not been improved, and the gap is getting wider and wider.
With such a huge difference, it is no wonder that Qingzhou used a total force of 100,000 to resist Yuan's army of more than 200,000.
In addition to the differences in weapons and equipment, there are also differences in the quality of the soldiers.
The foundation of the Jizhou Army comes from the period of Wang Fen. Wang Fen did not put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion, nor did he participate in the Dong Zhuo War. He had very few soldiers under his command, which resulted in low quality soldiers and a serious shortage of elite soldiers.
On the other hand, the Qingzhou Army has been involved in Liu Bei's many years of war in the north and south, the Yellow Turban Uprising, Dong Zhuo's chaos, and the disputes between princes. Most of the soldiers under his command are elite, equipped with weapons and equipment made of Qingzhou iron, and they can often face the Jizhou soldiers on the battlefield.
One versus two or even three.
In this comparison, even if there is a difference in the number of soldiers, the overall strength of the Qingzhou Army is actually no worse than that of the Jizhou Army in terms of the quality of its soldiers and the quality of its weapons. It even faintly surpasses the front line. Liu Bei has already crushed Yuan Shao and beat him violently.
The Qingzhou Army was getting closer and closer, and when they got closer, Guo Tu noticed that this army was an ordinary army transporting supplies. The number of people could not be estimated for the time being, but soldiers were protecting the carriages around them, and there were many more behind them.
Auxiliary soldiers and enlisted civilian men were pushing and driving the vehicles forward.
The two generals at the front had long noticed this middle-aged scribe who was on his way alone. When the three of them were about to pass each other, one of them stopped, sat on his horse, looked down at him and said, "Hey, who are you? We are currently fighting.
Don’t move around randomly.”
Guo Tu said, neither humble nor arrogant, "I am Guo Ping from Yingchuan. I heard that Mr. Liu wanted to accommodate people with lofty ideals in the world, and it happened to be when he was conquering Jizhou, so I came north to join him. General, since he is a general under Mr. Liu, why is he so rude?"
One of these two generals is Wen Su, who is Wen Qin's father and Wen Yang's grandfather. He currently serves as a cavalry general in Liu Bei's army, equivalent to a military commander. He leads hundreds of cavalry to oversee the transportation of supplies and grass to the rear.
The other person was named Feng Kai. He was a general under Cao Cao in history. Now he has defected to Qingzhou and is now serving as a food transportation supervisor. He is almost an intermediate general at the level of Army Sima. The person who asked Guo Tu was Feng Kai. Since he had not read
Shu is a vulgar person, and his words are indeed rude.
However, during the war, they had no problem questioning suspicious persons. These days, many strong men with swords and scholars came to join the army. Feng Kai and Wen Su had already met many of them, so this reason is very sufficient and surprising.
convince.
After hearing Guo Tu's words, Feng Kai scratched his head and said: "I see, I saw you walking alone on the road, which seemed suspicious, so I asked casually. If you want to go to Minggong's camp to join the army, then you are going in the wrong direction.
Directions, we need to go north to Jieqiao, you are going west now, Minggong Camp is not in the north."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Guo Tu said calmly: "Of course I know, but I don't know what the war is like in the north. So I went north rashly, and I was afraid that I would encounter a war, so I planned to go to Qinghe first.
By the river, we waited and observed the situation at the boundary bridge, then went north to join Liu Gong."
"That's it."
Feng Kai became interested and said with a smile: "Don't worry about it. You won't be able to fight now."
"Oh? Why?"
Guo Tu glanced at Wen Su, who was looking at him next to him, and asked pretending not to know.
Feng Kai said with a smile: "Ming Gong does not plan to go to war with Yuan Shao. He only plans to defend the boundary bridge. Now the armies of General Zang Ba, General Zhang Liao and General Dian Wei have moved south, and Yuan Shao's army has been deployed to the east of the boundary bridge.
Weiqiao in the south is not very well defended, so we are preparing to raid Weiqiao across the river and directly attack Wei County."
Rows of soldiers walked past in neat steps, and the carriages rolled on the ground, making a rattling sound. The surrounding sounds seemed to become clear and audible at this moment, and Guo Tu's heart sank as if falling into an ice cave.
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Unexpectedly, the Qingzhou Army actually wanted to go south and capture Wei County from Weiqiao.
As far as Guo Tu knows, the defense at Weiqiao is indeed not tight. Because there are insufficient manpower there, only 10,000 or 20,000 people are deployed. If the main force of the Qingzhou Army attacks Weiqiao... the consequences will be disastrous.
Guo Tu was very anxious in his heart, but his expression did not change. Suddenly his heart moved, and he pretended to be surprised and asked: "How can this general reveal such important military information to outsiders at will? Fortunately, I am a scholar who wants to defect to Liu Gong.
, If it is a spy from Jizhou, I'm afraid..."
"hehe."
Feng Kai said with a smile: "What's the matter? Who in the whole army doesn't know that our army is already heading south. All kinds of materials are temporarily stored in the Zhaoxiabao and other rural pavilions in the east of Jianzhong, and are preparing to go to the south.
The transfer to the south should take place in these two days anyway. Once the war breaks out at Weiqiao, Yuan Shao will probably hear the news soon."
"Captain Feng."
At this time, Wen Su, who had been sullen beside him, finally interrupted Feng Kai and said to him: "Even if the military information is not very important, we cannot disclose it to the outside world at will. We still have to seize the time to transport food, grass and baggage.
Don’t waste time here.”
"Okay, okay, you're such a boring person. You didn't even talk to me all the way. Now I finally found someone who can hold a conversation, and you're just urging me on. You're such a pushover."
Feng Kai complained and said to Guo Tu: "Mr. Guo, don't worry and go north, there won't be a war."
Guo Tu cupped his hands and thanked him: "Thank you so much, General."
The three of them passed by each other, and as they left, they could vaguely hear Feng Kai muttering something like Wen Su was a boring gourd. Obviously, this general was a restless talker, and he was able to say so much to Guo Tu because he was a senior official.
For the sake of respected scholars and scholars.
Guo Tu looked back at the two men's backs, lowered his head and began to walk forward. Rows of sergeants and vehicles passed by, but he kept thinking in his heart, as if there were countless pieces of information gathering in his head.
"I can get three useful pieces of information from what I just said. First, Liu Bei's army is preparing to go south to attack Weiqiao. Second, their food storage point is not in Linxi at all, but in Zhaoxiabao and other rural pavilions in the east of Jianzhong.
Third, the most important thing is that Liu Bei has sent Zang Ba and Zhang Liao south, and the main force of the Qingzhou Army at Jieqiao may not be much left."
"It's just that I heard these words from a passing Qingzhou Army general. I don't know whether they are true or not. Chen Zigui has always been crafty, and Ming Gong suffered big losses at his hands many times. We are in the countryside around Ganling.
There are many spies, could it be that he deliberately released false news this time to deceive Mr. Ming?"
"Xu You, Liu Hui and others have also deduced before that the Qingzhou Army's attack on Weiqiao will be a thankless task. The logistics supply line will be very long, and if they attack Weiqiao, the strength of the boundary bridge will be extremely reduced, and the food road will also be
At risk of being cut off by us.”
"Wait a minute...cavalry! No wonder they want to plan to annihilate all our cavalry, so that's it!"
At this moment, Guo Tufu suddenly realized something like a sudden realization.
Why did we focus on Jie Bridge instead of Weiqiao during previous deductions?
This is because if Qingzhou attacks Weiqiao, it can indeed form an encirclement with Luoyang to the southwest.
But the problem is that the supply line from Qingzhou will be extremely long. By then, the entire endless plain of Ganling will become a battlefield for the Jizhou cavalry. All the grain and grass transported from the plain country to the front line will be attacked by the Jizhou cavalry.
However, the Qingzhou Army designed to wipe out all the Jizhou cavalry. Without the cavalry, as long as the boundary bridge is guarded, the grain road will become relatively safe, even if the supply line is longer, it doesn't matter.
It turns out that this is what the Qingzhou Army had in mind!
Guo Tu suddenly felt that he had figured everything out, and his whole mood became extremely happy and overjoyed.
Yuan Jun has already investigated the troop deployment of the Qingzhou Army. Zang Ba, Zhang Liao, and Dianwei each have more than 10,000 troops, and the total is close to 40,000. Liu Bei's headquarters only has 30,000 troops. Now the troops of the three main armies have been transferred to the south.
This means that the boundary bridge will be extremely empty.
If at this time, you persuade Duke Ming to send some troops south to defend Wei Bridge first, and then the main force will detour to Guangchuan and encircle the boundary bridge with your own troops, it is possible that Liu Bei's army will be directly destroyed here.
Even if Liu Bei's army cannot be completely eradicated, at least all the granaries in Xiabao Jianzhong and other townships in Dongzhao must be burned. By then, Liu Bei's army will have to fight on an empty stomach. No matter how elite the army is, they may mutiny.
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This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Thinking of this, Guo Tu was very happy and his walking pace became much brisker.
And just when Guo Tu happily headed west to the Qing River to find a ferry to cross the river, by the afternoon, Chen Mu had already learned about the spread of false news in the granary office of Xiabao Township.
He did not know that the talkative Feng Kai happened to meet Guo Tu and told him the matter, because he did not send anyone to follow Guo Tu, but only sent people to release all the news. After all, Yuan Shao himself was in various places nearby.
Spies were planted in Xiangting, and it was the same when he was sent back through them.
The tactic of seizing the east and attacking the west has been implemented meticulously. It is true that Zang Ba has gone south, but Zhang Liao, Dian Wei and Gao Shun did not go. The people pretending to be them were the navy of Tai Shi Ci and Huang Zhong, who were just there to gather the numbers.
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In this way, Zang Ba has more than 10,000 people. Including Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong's troops, there should be more than 30,000 to 40,000 people. Together with the false news released, Yuan Shao will misjudge that the main force of the Qingzhou Army is in the south.
In this case, Yuan Shao may feel that Liu Bei's troops are empty and launch an active attack.
At that time, Yuan Shao was excitedly thinking about Liu Bei's small number of soldiers and his large army attacking the border, but he suddenly found that all his main troops were there, and all the troops were waiting for him, waiting for him. Yuan Shao's face must have been very exciting at that time.
While Chen Mu was listening to the reports from his men, he was thinking with interest in his heart.
There are two types of moles in this world.
One is the mole planted by the enemy, and the other is the mole commonly known as the pig teammate.
Just like in the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu used Jiang Qian's plan to eliminate Cai Mao and Zhang Yun. Sometimes, the cronies around the enemy will actually provide you with the best assistance.