Chapter 4: Strategize and win the battle thousands of miles away
"Gongsun Bogui?"
Liu Bei looked surprised: "What happened to Bo Gui?"
Chen Mu smiled bitterly and said: "The eldest brother has ascended the throne, but Bo Gui has not yet come to the throne."
Liu Bei smiled and said: "Bogui is in western Liaoning at this time, one or two thousand miles away from Luoyang. The round trip takes nearly a month, which is not surprising."
"But that's not what I'm worried about."
Chen Mu shook his head: "Brother Bo Gui is a headstrong man. When the eldest brother and Bo Gui were together, he was the brother and the eldest brother was the younger brother, so the eldest brother and Bo Gui were brothers. But now that the eldest brother has become the emperor, he is a minister. This
The psychological gap is not easy for anyone, and I'm afraid the matter in Youzhou will not be solved that easily."
"you mean?"
Liu Bei suddenly frowned: "Will Bogui rebel against me?"
Chen Mu said seriously: "That's not the case. Xianyufu has an edict from the late emperor, asking him to serve his eldest brother. There should be no problem. But brother Bogui is arrogant, and it is inevitable that he will be a little unconvinced, as I expected.
If it's not bad, he should have a clear attitude, and he will neither show his support nor quarrel with his elder brother."
The financial industry's control over people's hearts is no worse than that of a psychiatrist. When he was engaged in securities in his previous life, Chen Mu was famous for being able to perfectly control the psychology of his customers. Gongsun Zan's character traits have been thoroughly understood by him. After all, everyone has
Have been dating for more than ten years.
In terms of loyalty, the people of Youzhou are indeed heroic, but this does not mean that Gongsun Zan is open-minded. In his early years, he was used to being the eldest brother, and regarded himself as an elder brother when interacting with Liu Bei. Suddenly, the younger brother became the emperor, and he had to kneel down and worship.
This psychological gap is far greater than when Liu Bei was the prefect and he was still the county magistrate.
When Liu Bei was the Prime Minister of Jinan, Gongsun Zan didn't think he had any mental problems. Firstly, he had not yet made a fortune at that time, and he did not realize the importance of power in a high position. Secondly, Liu Bei was the Prime Minister of Jinan and could not control him.
On his head, so even if Liu Bei climbed on his head at that time, nothing would happen.
But now?
He has become a local prince and has mastered so many soldiers and horses. Overnight, his former little brother became the emperor, and he has to obey his orders. Not to mention that Gongsun Zan himself is not very broad-minded. Even if he is a broad-minded person, it is estimated that
I had to be depressed for several days.
Therefore, Chen Mu believed that with Gongsun Zan's arrogant, arrogant and self-willed character, he would most likely be anxious and angry when he suddenly heard that his younger brother, who was originally his equal, would become the emperor one day. Another person would probably want to rebel immediately, but
Due to the past relationship, it is very likely that he will choose to pretend that he does not know about this matter.
Hearing Chen Mu's analysis, Liu Bei shook his head and said: "No, Bogui has always been generous and heroic, and has a chivalrous style. I have been with him for many years, how could I not know what he is like? My fourth brother is worrying too much.
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"I hope I'm worrying too much."
Chen Mu smiled.
Gongsun Zan was arrogant and arrogant, forgetting his mistakes and forgetting his good deeds, and he must retaliate. This is the comment of Chen Shou, the author of "Three Kingdoms" and Fan Ye, the author of "Book of the Later Han".
Liu Bei knows people well and makes good use of them. He has the ability to identify talents, but the Gongsun Zan he knows is Gongsun Zan who has been a classmate and friend for many years, not Gongsun Zan who has become the shepherd of Youzhou, has overwhelming power, and has tens of thousands of troops.
Before he got rich, he could still be cautious. But once he got rich, he was like a poor man who repaid five million in lottery tickets, or spent a huge sum of money in demolition and retaliation. Gongsun Zan also changed from a humble and polite poor boy to a poor man.
To the arrogant and arrogant princes.
This is not a worry that Chen Mu gave because he knew the history, but a conclusion he came to by placing an undercover agent next to Gongsun Zan and analyzing his personality traits and daily life style.
Perhaps the former Gongsun Zan was indeed as generous and heroic and chivalrous as Liu Bei said.
But once you become developed, your temperament will change.
Just like before Song Jiang went to Liangshan, he had a reputation for being eager for public good and righteous. After going to Liangshan, he would engage in various power struggles and become increasingly hypocritical.
People change.
It's just that this kind of thing itself is just speculation and there is no evidence.
After Liu Bei didn't believe that Gongsun Zan would be like this, Chen Mu stopped explaining to him on this issue.
After a few days, a month or two, Liu Bei will not see Gongsun Zan's appearance, so he should naturally understand what Gongsun Zan's attitude will be towards him.
Time will tell everything. There is no need to continue to gossip here and appear to be speaking ill of others behind their backs.
The problem now is that Liu Bei has successfully inherited the throne, so what should the Han Dynasty do next?
Chen Mu believed that the war with Yuan Shao had just ended, and both the soldiers and the people were very tired and should rest for a while.
Now that Jizhou is in hand and connected with Qingzhou, the next task is to restore Jizhou's governance as soon as possible, including Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army coming down from the mountain, which is also part of Jizhou's governance.
While restoring the people's livelihood in Jizhou, let Guan Yu and Jushou sit in Guanzhong to wipe out the enemies in the Sanfu Land as soon as possible.
In fact, this matter should be regarded as the top priority now. Although Duan Xuan has already recovered Chang'an, the only place he can control is the Jingzhaoyin area, and he does not occupy Fufeng on the right, Fengyi on the left, and Hedong County on the left.
Historically, Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao to take charge of Chang'an. After he finished the Battle of Chibi, he began to recover Guanzhong without stopping. As a result, Ma Chao, together with Han Sui and various princes in Guanzhong, quickly drove Zhong Yao out of Chang'an and fought with Cao Cao at Tongguan.
After the decisive battle, we can see that it is not that easy to regain Guanzhong.
Once Luoyang dares to send an army there, it is likely to trigger a backlash from Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Ma Teng, Han Sui in Xiliang and others. Therefore, the best solution is not to follow Cao Cao's fanfare, but to build plank roads openly, secretly visit Chencang, and pretend to go north.
, actually heading west.
He said to Liu Bei: "Guanzhong seems to have been recaptured by us, but Duan Xuan only broke through Chang'an and killed Li Jue, Guo Si and other Xiao Xiao disciples. He was surrounded by enemies. It was by no means as simple as imagined.
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"So if you want to completely recapture Guanzhong, you must not be too showy, as that will alert the surrounding princes. I suggest that the second brother and Gong Yu go to Guanzhong secretly, and every time they mobilize their troops, they will use the excuse of transporting food and grass.
The soldiers were sent to Chang'an disguised as auxiliary troops, first firmly occupying Jing Zhaoyin, and then looking for other counties."
"At the same time, we ostensibly changed the direction of attack to Youzhou. Now there are many Xianbei and Wuhuan rebellions in Youzhou, as well as Gongsundu, and a large number of Wuwan Hu people who are looting. The imperial court should make a big splash and go north to attack those Hu people who once helped Yuan Shao.
People, but our real goal is Guanzhong Chang'an. Once we have established a foothold in Chang'an, we will move to Yizhou and Xiliang."
Chen Mu looked at the crowd and explained his current strategic intentions.
Although Cao Cao's attack on Guanzhong seemed simple, it took two years to completely pacify it. During this period, he used many strategies to barely succeed. Moreover, because his false strategy of attacking Guo was too grand, it was discovered by others and he united a hundred thousand troops at Tongguan.
In Tongguan, he cut off his beard and abandoned his robe, and was almost captured alive by Ma Chao.
It can be said that Cao Cao did not fight easily in this battle.
If Chen Mu was allowed to come, he would definitely not choose such an obvious strategy as falsely attacking Guo. Now that the imperial court has captured Yuan Shao and secured control of Guandong, the Guanxi Army did not dare to be too reckless near Chang'an. Han Sui, Ma Teng and others just occupied the
Right Fufeng, Zuo Fengyi and other places have not even touched Hedong County. If they send troops now, it will only make them immediately alert and repeat history.
Therefore, he adopted a strategy that was completely opposite to Cao Cao's. On the surface, the imperial court planned to maintain the status quo. It would neither send more troops to Guanzhong nor get involved in Henan, Yuzhou, Huaibei and other places. Instead, it would target Youzhou first and let the
The various princes in Guanzhong put down their vigilance, but secretly sent additional reinforcements to Chang'an and other places.
Now Chang'an only has more than 20,000 Duan Chuan troops. Chen Mu means to increase the number of troops to at least 100,000. He only needs to occupy Jingzhaoyin and guard the throat from Guanzhong to Luoyang, and then send troops to Hedong. First,
Hedong was recovered, so that they occupied most of the richest Guanzhong Plain, which was later Xi'an and the Linfen area of Yuncheng, Shanxi Province in the northeast.
Once they have established a foothold in Chang'an, they will not be afraid of people like Ma Teng and Han Sui running to Tongguan, and there will be fewer unnecessary tough battles. And after they have established a foothold in Chang'an, they will change from the attacker to the defender, turning passivity into initiative.
, when the Xiliang people come to attack, it is better to defend the city than to attack it. Moreover, the Kwantung Army is much stronger than the Guanzhong Allied Forces, and they are not afraid of fighting them in an offensive war.
At that time, we will attack from all sides from Jingzhaoyin, first capture Hedong County and Zuofengyi, then attack Youfufeng, completely drive the Xiliang people out of the Sanfu area, then slowly pacify Xiliang, and finally capture Longwangshu, which will be beneficial
The state sent troops.
This is Chen Mu's entire strategic direction for Guanzhong, which is to start with the easy and then the difficult, stabilize the current territory first, and then attack all directions after the troops and horses are strong.
If everything goes well, this time should be much faster than Cao Cao.
After all, Cao Cao learned his skills through tough battles one after another, while Chen Mu crossed the border illegally, thus missing out on the Battle of Tongguan and the Battle of Weihe River.
Moreover, Guanzhong was in chaos at this time. There were more than a dozen warlords who were not in harmony with each other. Ma Teng was not as rebellious as Ma Chao. If the army had controlled Jing Zhaoyin, they might not be able to persuade Ma Teng and others to surrender.
People surrendered to the court.
Liu Bei listened to Chen Mu's opinion and said: "Good, just like what the fourth brother said, we pretended to go north, but in fact we took Guanzhong."
Chen Mu added: "The situation in Guanzhong is very complicated now. After my second brother and the Duke arrived in Guanzhong, a large army pressed down on the border. However, we must not take the initiative to provoke a war. We can write letters to various princes separately, making a strong statement and asking them to surrender to the imperial court.
If you are unwilling to surrender, you can send troops to attack again, and the first targets must be Zuo Fengyi and Hedong County, and you should ignore You Fufeng."
Guan Yu was surprised and asked: "Why is this?"
Chen Mu said with a smile: "My second brother is from Hedong. You should know that most of the arable plains in Guanzhong are in Jingzhao, Yinzuo, Fengyi and Hedong counties. These three counties are the most prosperous. After acquiring these three counties, we must first stabilize the people and recuperate.
Countless grains can be harvested in less than two years. Without these three counties, the princes in Guanzhong will have no source of food and supplies for their soldiers, horses, and horses. They will cut off their livelihood. They have to fight to the death or surrender. There is no other way."
Jushou said thoughtfully: "The city of Chang'an is difficult and dangerous, and our army has strong soldiers and horses. Even if we don't defend the city, we should be able to defeat them one by one in a fierce battle in the wild, and easily capture the princes in Guanzhong. Once we regain Zuo Fengyi and Hedong County, they
Its strength has been greatly weakened, and it will be easy to regain Guanzhong."
"good."
Chen Mu nodded: "There are as many as a dozen groups of princes in Guanzhong, ranging from tens of thousands to tens of thousands. They are hostile to each other and are not harmonious internally. After the second brother and Gongyu left, it is completely okay
Don't rush to take action, just sit back and watch the fight between the tigers and the tigers, just watch their internal friction, wait until the right time to send out troops to exterminate them, the only thing you worry about is that they will unite together."
"Unite together?"
Guan Yu stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "The rats in Guanzhong are nothing more than a group of people who want to sell their heads. Even if they unite together, what can they do?"
"Second brother is right, it is indeed the case."
Chen Mu also said with a smile: "If these people are in alliance, they will be even more of a mob. There will be suspicion among the people, and in order to preserve their strength, they will not dare to fight to the death. The second brother and the public can completely alienate each other and write letters to each of them.
The princes on the way are summoned to surrender, causing them to be suspicious of each other. When the time comes, it will be as easy as turning the tables on us when we get to Guanzhong and then take Xiliang."
Jushou said in surprise: "Zi Guizhen's decisive victory was thousands of miles away. In fact, I had thought about how to capture Guanzhong before. I thought it was best to defeat them one by one, but I didn't expect that they would unite. Think about it carefully, if we really
A large army pressing down on the border will indeed force them to unite. Once they unite, alienation tactics are indeed the best tactic."
Chen Mu smiled slightly and said nothing.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Historically, Ma Chao and Han Sui united with Liang Xing, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu and other Guanzhong people
The princes gathered more than 100,000 troops to fight to the death with Cao Cao at Tongguan and Weihe River.
Cao Cao's military strength was roughly the same as that of the Guanzhong Allied Army, or even slightly weaker, because the Guanzhong Allied Army had a lot of cavalry and was suitable for facing the enemy on the plains.
However, Cao Cao used a counter-intuitive plan to break up Han Sui, Ma Chao and the alliance of Guanzhong princes.
From this point of view, the alliance itself is very unreliable.
Just like the Eighteenth Route Princes' challenge to Dong, they seem to be strong individually. Once they are combined, everyone has their own agenda and wants to preserve their strength, but it is far less powerful than fighting alone.
Now Chen Mu adopts a stratagem of concealing the truth and increasing troops in Guanzhong. According to his wishes, it is best for the enemies in Hedong and Zuo Fengyi to surrender. If they do not surrender, they will continue to waste their food and grass. Anyway, they have enough food and grass.
Moreover, people like Han Sui, Ma Teng, etc. were always on guard against each other. Even if there was a powerful enemy pressing down on the situation, the two sides could barely unite. Once the external pressure suddenly decreased, internal conflicts would definitely come to the fore.
Therefore, Chen Mu believed that after winning Hedong and Zuo Fengyi, he would not send troops and sit on the mountain to watch the fight between tigers and tigers. As long as Han Sui and Ma Teng turned against each other, there would be a great opportunity to regain Xiliang.
After determining the strategy of Guanzhong, Chen Mu and Liu Bei began to discuss the current internal affairs and diplomacy.
In terms of internal affairs, it is natural to govern Jizhou as soon as possible and accumulate strength.
At the same time, the court must be stabilized and united internally and externally. The courtiers, especially the elders, cannot be dissatisfied with Liu Bei, otherwise internal conflicts will easily arise.
Diplomacy is about winning friends and suppressing enemies.
The Han Dynasty had thirteen states and princes everywhere.
The only territories currently owned by the imperial court are Sili, commonly known as Sizhou, Jizhou and Qingzhou. Even Youzhou has not made a clear stance yet.
Xian Yufu currently only occupies Zhuojun, and all other places belong to Gongsun Zan. If Gongsun Zan does not surrender, Youzhou will not be returned to the hands of the imperial court.
Therefore, the strategy for Youzhou is to wait for Gongsun Zan's attitude. If Gongsun Zan does not rebel or surrender as Chen Mu expected, then look at Liu Bei's opinion.
The Mu of Liangzhou is called Wei Duan. This person has no real power in Liangzhou. The actual military power is currently controlled by General Ma Teng of Anxi and General Han Sui of Zhenxi. Speaking of which, the official positions of these two people are still when they were in Chang'an. Dong Zhuo wanted to appease them.
Given.
Wei Duan has no real significance in Xiliang, but he has sent people to Luoyang to pay homage to Liu Yu and express his willingness to surrender to the imperial court. Unsurprisingly, he should also surrender to the current Liu Bei imperial court.
In this way, Chen Mu believed that he could send someone to contact Wei Duan and set up a military intelligence department contact point in Xiliang to act as an internal response to Xiliang. Once Han Sui and Ma Teng rebelled, they could spy on their military intelligence.
Needless to say about Yizhou, Liu Zhang inherited his father's throne and was not the emperor in Yizhou, but Zhang Lu had also rebelled and monopolized Hanzhong. This man would not die until he reached the Yellow River, so I would not force him to
We will never surrender even if we are in dire straits, so it is very difficult to fight for it.
Bingzhou Lu Bu, this person has been deceived by the internal guards sent by Chen Mu. Although Liu Guan, Zhang Chen and him are mortal enemies, as long as Liu Bei issues an edict to absolve him of all sins, and with the persuasion of the guards, he may choose
Surrender to the court.
However, Lu Bu was capricious, and Chen Mu was not completely sure. Therefore, he still had to make two preparations. When the time came, Guan Yu would be stationed in Jingzhaoyin, and Zhang Fei would send troops to Hedong, in order to suppress the various princes in Guanzhong and Lu Bu.
Yanzhou Cao Cao and Yuzhou Sun Jian, Sun Jian has already submitted a petition, but Cao Cao has not yet given a reply. Chen Mu plans to unite with Sun Jian to destroy him in the future if Cao Cao hesitates to decide, without giving him a chance.
Yuan Shu's side in Yangzhou is still lingering on, and it is estimated that he will be wiped out by Sun Jian in a short time. The bones in the grave are nothing to be afraid of.
The most difficult ones are Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Shixie of Jiaozhou.
It’s not that Shi Xie is difficult to defeat, but that he is too far away and cannot be reached at all. Liu Biao is easy to defend and difficult to attack, with the natural danger of the Yangtze River. Moreover, it was 200 AD and Liu Biao was 58 years old. Unlike the battle of Chibi, he was already 58 years old.
After his death, Jingzhou lost its backbone.
So in summary, it is relatively easy to eradicate people like Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, but the difficulty lies with Liu Zhang and Liu Biao.
Chen Mu estimates that within two years, Guanzhong will be pacified and Youzhou will be captured. By then Jizhou has resumed governance, and with the two major economic and grain-producing areas of Qingzhou, it should not be a problem to deploy an army of 300,000 to 400,000 people.
Then he went south to destroy Cao Cao. Sun Jian would not resist the imperial court, so he recalled him to Luoyang and became a high-ranking official.
At that time, Sun Jian should have eliminated Yuan Shu. In this way, overnight, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Yangzhou were all captured. He attacked in three directions, pacifying Xiliang from Guanzhong, moving south from Yuzhou to Jingzhou, and finally marched from Yangzhou to Jiangxia and encircled them.
Liu Biao.
After Liu Biao was overthrown, two armies finally attacked together, going south from Guanzhong and west from Jingzhou to encircle Liu Zhang. In this way, it is estimated that the Han Dynasty would be unified in less than five years.
certainly.
This is just the most ideal situation.
War is inherently full of uncertainties, and no one knows what will happen in the next second.
Therefore, there are only three most important prerequisites for fighting a war.
Strategic planning must be done well.
There need to be more soldiers and horses.
Food supplies must be accumulated in depth.
In this way, even if the tactics occasionally fail and lead to a defeat similar to the Battle of Chibi, the situation can be stabilized and the whole game will not be lost.