"When a general knows his troops, he should listen to his strategies and make progress at the right time." Guangyang Miscellaneous Notes
Chenggu is located on the bank of the Han River. To the west is Nanzheng, the county seat of Hanzhong, and to the east is the Golden Guards where Zhang and Lu heavily defended the Ziwu Road. After crossing the Golden Guards and going down the Han River, you can go all the way to Shangyong, Xicheng and other places. Chenggu
As the hub connecting Hanzhong to the east, Gu County had accumulated a large amount of food, grass and baggage. Now that it had recovered, Xu Huang ordered the entire army to rest for a day and then seriously consider where to go next.
Whether it's a war or something else, Xu Huang's purpose has always been to be invincible first and then fight. Now there is a way out before him, which is to station in Chenggu County to create enough containment and deterrence for Nanzheng.
This is also the most conservative strategy.
It’s just that everyone, including Xu Huang himself, disagrees. They traveled through mountains and rivers and went through hardships not just to serve as a diversionary force. Since the main force of the imperial army is still at Yangping Pass, why don’t they change the position of deputy leader and take the lead?
The great achievement of conquering Hanzhong was eaten in one bite.
Taishi Ci first raised objections: "Nanzheng is the heart of Hanzhong. If our army goes against the current to attack it, the Yangping garrison to the west of Nanzheng will return to reinforce it. In this way, Pei Gong and other troops can follow suit. If Yangping
If the defenders do not return, then Nanzheng's troops will be outnumbered, and our army can take advantage of the situation. Why sit here and lose the fighter plane in vain?"
Xu Huang was silent. He was not in a hurry to express his opinion. He looked up at Meng Da and asked, "Zidu, what's your opinion?"
Since Fazheng fell ill, the only person in the army who could discuss military affairs with Xu Huang was Meng Da. However, Meng Da was a bit slower than Fazheng in responding to emergencies, which made Fazheng, who was used to Fazheng's quick thinking,
Xu Huang was a little uncomfortable with it. Although Meng Da's strategy was not bad, Xu Huang had been getting along with Fazheng for a long time, and when he came to work with Meng Da again, he felt a little stuck.
Meng Da didn't know what Xu Huang was thinking. In order to appear serious, he thought about it seriously, but he didn't know that in Xu Huang's eyes, this move seemed unprepared.
I only heard him calmly say: "The military ambition is to attack the unprepared people and take them by surprise. Zhang Lu has a large number of troops, first in Yangping and second in Huangjin. Although Nanzheng is a county, compared with Chenggu, there are only more guards on the left and right.
.Now is the time when Nanzheng is empty. Our army can use our troops to break it. With all the generals and elite infantry here, we will definitely achieve great success."
"But if our army goes westward, we have to guard against the Golden Garrison in the east." Xu Huang was quite concerned about this. He learned from the surrendered soldiers in the city that the Golden Garrison general Yang Ang was a general under Zhang Lu and had more than ten thousand elite soldiers.
They only have four to five thousand men in hand. If the whole army goes westward, it will be like giving up Chenggu and exposing its back to Yang Ang. If Yang Ang knew a little about the art of war and launched a pincer attack with Zhang Lu of Nanzheng, he and his men would be able to defeat them.
I'm going to fold it here.
After much deliberation, Xu Huang decided to leave a force of troops to guard Chenggu, firstly to ensure his retreat and food and grass, and secondly, to guard against Yang Ang.
At this time, someone happened to come to report, saying that a local powerful man had surrendered and asked for an interview. Chenggu County is also one of the largest counties in Hanzhong. There were more than one person who came back this time. There were seven people, old and young, among whom the surnames were Li and Zhang.
The two men headed by him stood guard at the door.
Xu Huang disagreed. Now is the time to discuss the military situation. No matter how important it is to appease the local powerful, they have to be pushed to the back. He was about to have someone send him back, but Meng Da reached out to stop him: "Slow down! General, I'm listening.
To say that Hanzhong is solid, there are two families who cannot be scorned."
Meng Da's family can be considered powerful. His father Meng Ta was the former governor of Liangzhou. Everyone here, Xu Huang and Tai Shi Ci have only served as county officials, and Zhao Yun has never even served as a minor official, so he belongs to Meng Da.
The family background is the best. Each powerful person has his own set of information channels and human resources. Xu Huang, who has only served as a county official, is not as knowledgeable as Meng Da about the background of powerful people in various places.
"Oh?" Seeing what Meng Dadu said, Xu Huang had to be cautious and asked: "What other celebrities have come out of Chenggu?"
The emergence of famous people and ministers is the symbol that determines whether a strong and powerful family can be called a big family. The highest ones are the four generations and three princes like the Yang family and the Yuan family. Famous people and scholars come out in large numbers, and the next best ones have to be generations of family members.
Two Thousand Stones, only those who have reached this level are considered nobles. At this time, their social status and resources are no longer based on material wealth, but on the reputation and connections accumulated over many years.
In addition, if there is no famous scholar, scholar or minister in the family, even if the family has a huge amount of billions and thousands of slaves, it will still be the same as the Donghai Mi clan, just a bigger tyrant.
The economic strength of Shu is not as good as that of the Central Plains. There are few aristocratic families with nationwide political influence like the Xun family of Yingchuan. Speaking of which, as far as Xu Huang knows, there is only one Shu county in Yizhou, and the Zhao family is considered a high-ranking noble family.
, because there have been four San Gongs among them, including the current Sikong Zhao Wen. But he has never heard of any big shot in Hanzhong. Is it because he is ignorant?
Meng Da said: "There is no need to worry too much about the Chenggu Zhang family. Although their ancestors had figures like Bowang Hou who carved out the Western Regions, that was already a matter of Emperor Xiaowu. Since the Zhongxing Dynasty, there has been no such figure.
As for this Li family, during the reign of Emperor Xiaoshun, Li Gong, the Taiwei who fought against General Liang Ji with Sikong Zhaogong of Shu County, was from Hanzhong Li family."
The Hanzhong Li family he mentioned once had Situ Li He, Taiwei Li Gu, and Henan Yin Li Xie. They were originally from Nanzheng, but due to the disaster of Liang and Ji, the family was in disarray, so they had to change their residence in Chenggu.
Li Xie regained his ancestral property and returned to his former residence, but Chenggu still left behind a legacy.
Only then did Xu Huang understand. What he had originally thought was that if the opponent was just an ordinary powerful person, then he would let it go for now, but now it seems that is no longer possible.
"Then let the Li family come in. I remember that when we entered the city, Cheng Guling could simply surrender without burning the treasury. This was also due to Li's persuasion." Xu Huang remembered something and waved his hand.
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So soon, Li Fu, as a representative of the local power, walked in and met the infantry captain Xu Huang. He did not put on airs, smiled modestly, raised his hands and said: "The general is brave, dispatching troops and horses is like falling from heaven.
, eliminate the evil ways, and all the people will be happy, even if they are relieved."
He had made a good idea with Li Xiu from Nanyang half a month ago to provide as much convenience as possible for the Imperial Heavenly Army's movement into Hanzhong, so as to completely wash away the crime of being a thief and make a righteous act.
Therefore, they took advantage of the intricate connections and connections in the local area to not only persuade Zhang Lu to mobilize elite soldiers and generals left behind by the Golden Guard several times to deliberately weaken the defense in the east, but also made a series of arrangements in counties such as Chenggu.
For example, in the name of renovation, the city gates were closed for an extended period of time just for emergencies. But what Li Fu didn't expect was that the partial division sent by the imperial court was not the Ziwu Road as they thought, but the inaccessible Tangluo Road.
The troops from the imperial court arrived so quickly and urgently that Li Fu was caught off guard. Fortunately, he had returned to Chenggu a few days ago for an excuse, and at this time he got in touch with Xu Huang for the first time.
"Li Jun is too polite. The rice thieves are raging. The imperial court is well aware that the people of Hanzhong are in dire straits. We, the leaders of the army, should work hard to eliminate the thieves." Xu Huang seemed casual, but his eyes were slightly inquiring:
"We are only good at conquests, not good at governing the people. Now that Chenggu has returned to the imperial rule, but the new official has not yet arrived, we have to rely on Li Jun and others to appease the people and prepare food and grass."
"Thank you, General, for your kindness. How can I dare to accept this appointment because of my virtue and ability?" Li Fu said happily. He knew that this was just a sweetener, and the real benefits were yet to come. At this time, he reciprocated the favor, and then transferred his love in Zhang Lu's mansion.
After revealing his identity, he was very aggrieved and portrayed himself as someone who endured humiliation and committed himself to being a thief. At this time, both parties were using each other. It didn't matter whether they believed it or not. What mattered was just a reason.
Then, Li Fu elaborated on the plan of he, Li Xiu and others: "Now the golden garrison general Yang Ang is of mediocre quality. He only has thousands of soldiers and horses under his command. It is not enough to protect the garrison, so how can he have the energy to attack us?"
Where is the army's retreat?" As he spoke, he quickly completed the role change and began to talk about our army one by one.