Chapter 234: Sending Troops to the Southern Barbarians
Chapter 234 Send troops to the Southern Barbarians
But at this moment, he didn't dare to raise his head. After hearing what Zhao Feng said, he quickly stretched out his hand and said: "Please, military advisor!"
Then he came to the front to lead the way.
"I just came to take over Yizhou, Xiaozhi, can you tell me how the situation in Yizhou is?"
Fazheng, on the other hand, showed a solemn expression.
"Although Yizhou has changed hands, the territory is complex. If you want to fight, you must pass through steep mountains and wild terrain."
"So once a war breaks out, one side will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and Yizhou now belongs to Cao Cao. As long as the civil strife is quelled, no one will disturb Yizhou."
"Xiliang is the first choice to attack Sizhou, and the same is true for Soochow. If we send troops, we will only attack Yuzhou or Jingzhou, but Yizhou has no worries."
With just a few words, Zhao Feng was able to judge Fazheng's ability. Although he was not a first-rate strategist, he was still at the top of the second-rate level.
Zhao Feng stopped, turned around and said with a smile: "In one week, we can pacify the Southern Barbarians."
As soon as these words came out, Fazheng was stunned. Is this the confidence of Cao Cao's military advisor?
Yizhou Administrative Office, Luo County.
"Lord Commander, there have been some changes in Jiaozhou recently!"
At this moment, a bronze bird in front of Zhao Feng was explaining.
It was only then that Yizhou was accepted. In less than a day, Soochow Jiaozhou was already preparing to cause trouble.
Zhao Feng put the tea cup in his hand aside and said lightly: "Tell me, what has Soochow been doing recently?"
Jiaozhou is adjacent to Jingzhou and Yizhou. At this time, something happened, and Zhao Feng could think of Soochow's intentions with his feet.
I saw the bronze bird saying: "Soochow led tens of thousands of troops towards Jiaozhou, claiming to be training troops."
"In addition, we have already lost track of Gan Ning in Hanzhong County. Now he is stationed in a mountain stronghold with his Jinfan Battalion. It is initially estimated that there are about a thousand people."
Hearing this, Zhao Feng nodded. This Dongwu movement was just to attract attention and prevent Gan Ning from being noticed.
At the same time, it can also intimidate Cao's army in the name of military training.
For Zhao Feng, who had already seen through Soochow's intentions, this had no effect. It was just a cover-up.
However, Gan Ning brought all the elites in his hands, which was a huge investment. Soochow really wanted to get involved in Yizhou.
"In this case, let him make trouble and we don't care. With Soochow's current state, how can we dare to send troops?"
Then Zhao Feng looked at Tongque and said softly: "What's going on in Xiliang now?"
Since Soochow wants to enter the game, the top priority is when Ma Teng will send someone to communicate with Zhang Lu.
Tongque shook his head and said, "Not yet."
After hearing Tongque's answer, Zhao Feng waved his hand.
This couldn't help but make him fall into deep thought. Logically speaking, it would be fine if he didn't see Ma Teng from Xiliang for this week.
But more than ten days have passed. Xiliang should negotiate with Zhang Lu anyway.
Now there is no news at all, which makes Zhao Feng slightly stunned. There is no dangerous place to delay the arrival of Xiliang in Hanzhong County.
According to the normal speed, it should have arrived a long time ago, but now a full ten days have passed, which can't help but make Zhao Feng smile.
The ones who are more anxious than him now are probably Gan Ning and others.
It doesn't matter if the Xiliang people don't come, we can take this opportunity to get familiar with the things in Yizhou and at the same time pacify the southern barbarians.
There are less than 10,000 troops stationed in various places in Yizhou, and the total strength of Yizhou is less than 60,000. As long as the killing of Nanman and Zhang Lu has divided Yizhou's too many troops, Yizhou will never be like this.
Zhao Feng looked at the soldiers on the side and said, "Come here, summon Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, and Zhang Fei to come."
In just a moment, everyone came here.
Seeing several people moving so quickly, Zhao Feng nodded with satisfaction.
Then he looked at the crowd, not intending to show off, and said directly: "We are ready to send troops to pacify the Southern Barbarians."
"Zilong, Yide, and Zhongkang, the three of you, go immediately and order your troops. Ten thousand infantry, five thousand elite cavalry, and five thousand archers. That's all."
"Kong Ming, go ahead and dispatch the food, grass and baggage."
Zhao Yun and the others immediately went to order troops after hearing the order, while Zhuge Liang showed a hint of hesitation and couldn't help asking: "Military advisor, we have only been in Yizhou for less than a day, are we going to start mobilizing troops now?"
Yizhou had just changed hands and had not yet stabilized. Zhao Feng actually started to send troops, which made him a little worried.
Looking at the worried Zhuge Liang, Zhao Feng said calmly: "Liu Zhang is not in Yizhou anymore, so what is there to worry about?"
"Besides, Lu Su and Fa Zheng are in Luo County, so there is no need to worry at all. Now we should quell the internal strife first, and then attack foreign enemies!"
"What's more, within a week, the Southern Barbarians will definitely be pacified."
At this time, Zhuge Liang nodded and understood.
It turns out that he was worrying too much.
So he bowed and turned around to leave.
Zhuge Liang's heart was slightly disturbed, but he didn't expect that the military advisor had already made the calculation.
If the Southern Barbarians can be pacified within seven days, Yizhou will have no worries and only a small Zhang Lu in Hanzhong County will be left.
Internal strife should be quelled first, and then external enemies should be dealt with.
This sentence caused Zhuge Liang to think deeply, and he sighed. Sure enough, what he saw as the military advisor was only the tip of the iceberg.
After a while, countless soldiers had gathered, and that was all. What was even more shocking was that Zhao Feng only brought 30,000 soldiers to attack the Southern Barbarians.
If those southern barbarians could be defeated with only 30,000 soldiers, Liu Zhang would not be so troubled at the beginning.
This Southern Barbarian clan has existed since Liu Biao was the shepherd of Yizhou. It is still able to occupy this area until now. How could it be that it is incompetent?
Zhao Feng rode forward alone, Zhuge Liang followed beside him and smiled lightly.
"I heard that the twelve cave masters under the Southern Barbarian leader Meng Huo each have magical powers, and can even summon wolves, insects, tigers and leopards to fight for them."
"I wonder how the military advisor plans to capture Meng Huo alive?"
Zhuge Liang has spent a lot of time investigating the news about Nanman during this period.
Zhang Fei on the side glared and said: "In my opinion, the military advisor is troublesome. The Southern Barbarians are just a barbarian land, so why do the military advisors need to do it themselves?"
"How powerful can a barbarian king be? If I take away the eight-foot-long snake spear in my hand, wouldn't Meng Huo be able to capture him?"
Zhao Feng didn't need to say anything himself, Zhuge Liang beside him explained it.
"Among the Southern Barbarians, Meng Huo has the greatest influence. If you want to gain the Southern Barbarians, you must make Meng Huo surrender. How can you persuade Meng Huo, a warrior like you, Yide?"
"I didn't expect you, Kong Ming, to understand me quite well, hehe."
Zhuge Liang smiled and shook his head and ignored Zhang Fei.
However, there are many concerns about going to Nanman this time. People all over the world say that Nanman is a land of barbarians. This is not just nonsense, but the Nanman area is really desolate.
The population is much smaller than other areas, and there are mountains as a barrier.
It is precisely because of this that Liu Biao and even Liu Zhang were not able to pacify the Southern Barbarians.
