Of course, Guan Yu below didn't know that Zhang Chong was already worried about his future. He was still talking about the military strategy he had carefully prepared.
"About this battle, Yu has some thoughts and I would like to discuss them with you."
Guan Yu first pointed out a general, it was Meng Ju, the general of Feijun.
Then someone brought a map and said to Zhang Chong:
"I previously learned about the current situation in the northern Hebei region from General Meng's military report. In summary, the Prime Minister of the State of Zhao Ju appointed by Lu Zhi is now guarding the State of Xiang. Guo Dian, the Grand Administrator of Julu, is guarding Julu, and Prime Minister Feng Xun of Changshan is guarding the Yuan clan.
, Zang Min, the Prime Minister of Zhongshan, guarded Lu Nu, Chen Yan, the Prime Minister of Hejian, guarded Lecheng, Yang Xuan, the Governor of Bohai, guarded Nanpi, Liu Yu, the Prime Minister of Qinghe, guarded Ganling, and Linghu Yu, the Prime Minister of Anping, guarded the capital."
Every time he mentioned a place, Guan Yu clicked on it on the map, showing his familiarity with the situation in Hebei.
Then he will classify these forces and say:
"For those who can control the people above, according to Feijun's investigation, Jushou, the prime minister of Zhao, Guo Dian, the governor of Julu, Zang Min, the prime minister of Zhongshan, are the first-rate, and Liu Yu, the prime minister of Qinghe, and Linghu Yu, the prime minister of Anping, are the second-rate.
, as for Feng Xun, the Prime Minister of Changshan, Chen Yan, the Prime Minister of Hejian, and Yang Xuan, the Governor of Bohai, all of them are not in the flow."
Then Guan Yu commented one by one:
"First of all, let's talk about this Jushou. He is originally from the Julu clan in the North, and he comes from the Lu Zhi shogunate. Behind him stands the only remaining Han army in Hebei. He has the prestige and authority of this county, so he can win over people's hearts. In addition, he has
People in Xiangguo deceived and spread rumors about our army, and instead captured all the counties in Zhaoguo's headquarters. They also trained a red-headed army based on the clan's military songs, and they were quite daring to fight. So this time we attack the north.
This person cannot be underestimated."
After talking about the important goals of this Northern Expedition, Guan Yu began to talk about the second one that he valued. He pointed at the giant deer in the east of Xiang Kingdom and said seriously:
"If we talk about Jushou Xiaozhi, then Guo Dian, the governor of Julu, is very powerful. He used one county to resist the Taiping Road in Hebei for half a year, which shows his ability. After that, Wei Shu of the Taiping Road in Hebei attacked him and was defeated by him.
, and he has recruited countless people. It can be said that Guo Dian is the strongest among all the governors and prime ministers in Hebei, and the elite soldiers and generals under his command are all well-known."
After Guan Yu said this, Ding Sheng beside him was unwilling to be in the limelight and shouted:
"What elite soldiers and powerful generals are like chickens and dogs in front of our Taishan Army? Let's see how I, Ding Daqi, can defeat them."
It's a pity that both Zhang Chong and Guan Yu ignored Ding Sheng's heroic spirit and only let Da Qi perform another useless effort.
Then Guan Yu began to talk about Zang Min, the Prime Minister of Zhongshan. He said to everyone:
"We know this Zang Min quite well. Among the prisoners of the Eastern Expedition this time were a large number of officials from Zhongshan. From these people, we know a lot about Zang Min. At present, the military strength of this king is not very high.
More, probably about two thousand left. Moreover, due to the severe conquests before, the people in Zhongshan were deeply depleted and resentful, so from the mouths of other people, this Zang Min is not enough."
Hearing Guan Yu say this, the generals were about to smile when they heard Guan Yu say seriously:
"But compared to what the prisoners said, I personally know Zang Min better. When I followed Tian Gong out to the north of the Great Wall to attack Xianbei, Zang Min was the commander in chief. Although this battle was a huge defeat, in terms of military
He is skilled in formations, and this Zang Min can be regarded as a good general of the Han Dynasty. Even if Zang Min only has two thousand soldiers now, it will be a big change in this battle. However, this man has been wasted since the defeat, coupled with his old age and physical condition
Well, it’s unclear how much of this ambition is still there.”
After saying this, Guan Yu gave a rare sigh, obviously unable to bear the end of his good general's life.
Finally, Guan Yu briefly summarized:
"Today, only these three people can become strong enemies. As for the rest, they are not like these three people."
Later, Guan Yu brought out Liu Yu, the Prime Minister of Qinghe, and Linghu Yu, the Prime Minister of Anping:
"These two people learned from the detective reports and talked about it, but they all have fatal shortcomings and currently do not pose a threat to our army's Northern Expedition."
"First of all, the Qinghe Kingdom. Although this place borders our Wei County, the Qinghe Kingdom's Prime Minister Liu Yu is not a martial artist. This man has a reputation in Qinghe, but he cannot control the situation. Last year, Qingzhou Huangjin went north to Dahe, that is,
Entering from the Qinghe Kingdom, it can be said that they are running rampant, which shows how weak their military equipment is."
"However, as a member of the Han clan, Liu Yu naturally had the support of powerful people in the government, so he at least had some control over the Qinghe Kingdom. Moreover, he also knew that he was not good at martial arts, so he specially promoted a person to be a county captain.
"
Speaking of this, Guan Yu also glanced at Zhang Chong's sacrificial grandson. It was obvious that this person was related to the grandson sacrifice.
Ji Sun also saw Guan Yu, thought for a moment, and asked:
"Is it the commander of Xia Jin who blocked our army from moving north in the past?"
Guan Yu nodded:
"Yes, it is this person. From the military report sent by the Feijun, we know that this person is called Shen Pei, and he has some hatred towards our army."
Seeing that the generals were puzzled, Guan Yu explained:
"This Shenpei belongs to a large family in Wei County. When our army divided their fields, their clan resisted tenaciously and was wiped out by our army. Moreover, during the Battle of Jize, I heard that many of his descendants were among the soldiers in Wei County.
He also killed a lot of people for our army. Therefore, it can be seen that with the support of Liu Yu and other powerful people in the Qinghe Kingdom, this person will definitely invade our Wei County."
He said this, but Guan Yu obviously didn't take this person named Shen Pei seriously, so he moved his halberd finger and moved it to the Qinghe Kingdom, where the Anping Kingdom was located to the right of the Julu Kingdom.
Guan Yu continued:
"Look at Linghu Yu, the Prime Minister of Anping. This person comes from the Linghu family in Taiyuan. Although it is only separated from Hebei by the Taihang Mountains, he is from outside the state and lacks enough prestige for the wealthy families in Anping. But this person
He is quite capable of martial arts. His uncle was a Wuhuan captain at that time, and he had a Wuhuan cavalry in his hand. He used his fine cavalry to stop the Yellow Turbans from Hebei going northward."
After taking a breath, Guan Yu changed the subject:
"But Anping and I are separated by the Hebei Yellow Turban, so it won't affect our Northern Expedition."
After speaking, Liu Yu, Linghu Yu, and Guan Yu directly talked about the remaining three people and summarized them in four words.
"Nothing to worry about."
Guan Yu then explained to those present:
"No matter how wise or foolish these four people are, in the end they are all unable to secure their place. Why? Because these four people are all from the south. For example, Feng Xun, the Prime Minister of Changshan, is from Nanyang, and Chen Yan, the Prime Minister of Hejian, is from Xiapi.
Yang Xuan, the governor of Bohai, is from Kuaiji. Ever since the Han army in Henan sold Hebei, Hebei Shihao has been disappointed with the southerners. These governors are called masters, but they are actually guests. Without the support of local powerful people, their orders cannot go out.
Yamen, what’s the point of talking about war and defense strategies?”
After saying this, Guan Yu finally finished talking about the situation before the war.
The generals present were so impressed, they really understood the traitor like the palm of their hand, and they recognized Guan Yu's military strategy even more.
Guan Yu first asked Zhang Chong:
"Shuai Qu, if there is no doubt, I will continue to promote the specific strategy behind?"
Zhang Chong nodded happily and indicated that Guan Yu should continue.
With Zhang Chong's support, Guan Yu became more confident. He replaced the public opinion with a detailed map of Zhao's territory.
This public opinion details the mountains and rivers strongholds of Zhao's land, which is obviously not a map of the Han army. It seems that the flying troops carrying flags did not rest this winter and spring, and this map is exactly their result.
In this way, on this day, Guan Yu spoke eloquently at the military meeting, explaining his carefully considered Northern Expedition strategy bit by bit. Not only did he convince the senior officials present at the meeting, but he also showed Zhang Chong that he could rely on
Be the pillar of the mission.
Therefore, after the meeting, Guan Yu was appointed by Zhang Chong as the commander-in-chief of this battle. He led eight thousand elite soldiers and ten thousand yellow scarf soldiers from Qingzhou to attack the country of Xiang in the north.
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The smell of war has actually spread from Yecheng to Xiangguo a long time ago.
As Lu Zhi's backup force to resist Taishan's march north, Jushou made preparations for the overall defense of Xiang State very early.
He had no illusions at all, thinking that after the Taishan Army entered the city, they would quickly become corrupted in the colorful world of Yecheng, and then they would no longer have ambitions and become a grass-head king in one city or one place.
Jushou had long understood that Zhang Chong was a man of the world who aspired to the world, a hero, and the kind of lord that Jushou longed for.
But it is a pity that Jushou came from a wealthy family and was at odds with the Taishan Army. Moreover, his family suffered many deaths due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Hebei, so it was impossible to switch to the Yellow Turbans no matter what.
Of course, if it weren't for this reason, Lu Zhi would not trust him to commend him. You must know that even if there is only half a county, it is still a commendation that is not even recognized by the Han Dynasty. This is not something that Jushou, the Prime Minister of Zhao, can get.
After all, this is two thousand stones, how many can there be in the whole world.
It is precisely because of this admiration and knowledge that Jushou prepares his troops carefully in Xiangguo, and must make Xiangguo as solid as gold.
First of all, the Xiangguo Army has a very good foundation in terms of armor.
Thanks to Handan being an important iron-producing area, both the Iron Office and the arsenal had large reserves of armor. Later, when Lu Zhi retreated from Handan, he directly emptied these reserves.
Later, he left all these armors to Jushou.
Jushou relied on this batch of armor to recruit tribesmen and build an elite army of thousands of people.
Later, he repaired and strengthened the original Wubei Pavilion between Handan and Xiangguo.
In fact, there was a confrontation between Handan and Xiang in history.
When the Qin people captured Handan, the Zhao people withdrew to Xiang State in the north and continued to hold on. Therefore, there were some permanent fortifications left between the two places. Jushou only needed to repair these fortifications.
Subsequently, he deployed additional manpower in these dock walls. Although the number of people at each stronghold was small, they were able to form resistance.
Among them, Jushu concentrated his efforts on several dock walls that were particularly important.
Among them, at Tantai in the south, Jushu sent Liu Zu, a native of Xiang State, to guard it with 500 garrison soldiers. At the nearby Yongnian Wall, he also sent Zhao Du as general with 200 garrison soldiers to garrison it. Finally, behind the two barriers
, Su Renting, Jushou chose Wuhuan general Ta Xijin and led 200 Wuhuan cavalry to garrison, so as to support the first two barriers at any time.
Jushu regarded these three walls, especially Tantai and Yongnian Wall as the first line of defense against the Taishan Army, so he directly reinforced the barrier with Sanhe soil.
In the past, such barriers were basically made of wood, or reinforced with reeds or thatch, but now Jushu directly recruited people's power to build these two barriers into semi-permanent barriers to serve as long-term strongholds.
In addition, Jushou also received the support of the Li family and the Jin family, both of whom were powerful in the northern part of Zhao State, and received a great complement in terms of manpower and material resources.
Therefore, Tan Tai and Yong Nian Bi reserve a large amount of corn salt paste.
These reserves can be stored for a long time. Once the supply is really cut off, these things can support the two walls for three months.
In fact, these material support are only part of it, and more importantly, the human support of Li and Jin.
The Li family and the Jin family are both ordinary wealthy families, and both have their own truth.
As far as the Li family is concerned, they are actually the descendants of the Li family in Zhao County who had five surnames and seven looks in the Middle Ages. Although their names have not yet been revealed in the future, in fact their family has flourishing branches and a large number of people.
There is a big wealthy family in Zhao land.
In addition, since the family descended from Li Zuoche, they have learned the art of war and strategies, and have many moral scholars, so they are the first-class wealthy family in Zhao.
After Jushou visited Li Hui, the head of the Li family, he explained his interests and pitted the Yellow Turbans as the enemy of the famous religion. As a result, he received the full support of the old man of the Li family.
Join Jushou's team.
This Li Ding was a capable man, with both civil and military skills, he became a trustworthy general in an instant.
This Li Ding is extraordinary. He will become the Yuyang Prefect of Cao Wei in the future and become the first ancestor of his family with two thousand stones.
As for another big family, the Jin family, that is Bufan. In the past, their family was the family of a military hero during the reign of Emperor Gaozu. They were the descendants of Jin Qiang, Marquis of Fenyang. Later, a group of people crossed the border and settled in Zhao. Since then, they have been
It is the heroic existence of arbitrary rural music.
As a strong force in military affairs, the Jin family directly gathered 2,000 people from the tribe's military tribe and guests to defect to Jushu.
Obviously, Jin, as someone bordering the southern part of Zhao State, knew very well what the Taishan Army was doing in the Handan area.
Among them, the division of fields and households were intolerable to Jin.
Therefore, the head of the Jin family, Jin Qing, who was in his prime, directly put all his property on Jushu. For him, if he lost, his people, land, and power would all be in vain. It was better to risk everything now.
Give it a try.
It was precisely with the support of the Li family, Jin family, Zhao family and other local wealthy families.
In addition to the garrison troops at each barrier, Jushou already had a military force of considerable size and combat power.
Among them are 350 Zhao archers, all of whom were recruited from the Taihang Mountains. There are also as many as a thousand armored soldiers, who are also called "red-headed troops" because they all wear red headscarves. Two hundred
Wuhuan Qingqi, as well as 3,500 people from the Li family, Jin family, Zhao family and other powerful tribes.
As for why there are no local county soldiers in Xiangguo?
In fact, they were all killed when Dong Zhuo put down Wang Fen's rebellion.
At that time, after Dong Zhuo defeated the Xiang Kingdom, he was angry at Wang Fen's insults to him, and vented his anger and massacred the Xiang Kingdom. Not only did he kill all the people in the city, but even the walls of the Xiang Kingdom were completely destroyed.
So in fact, the location where Jushou garrisoned was not the previous Xiangguo City, but an earth and stone dock wall that he later built.
Jushu built a new city using the earth blocks from the city defense of the original Xiang Kingdom. Although it was small, it was very strong. He built the new city based on the experience of his good friend Shenpei in Xiajin. He not only added arrow towers, but also reserved several arrow towers for it.
Thousands of arrows were lost to entertain the Taishan bandits who were about to come.
Jushu believed that under his construction, Xiangguo would become a place of despair for the Taishan thieves.