After Liu Bei and others left the meeting hall of the prefect's mansion, only Tao Qian and Wen Shu were left in the meeting hall.
"Prince Tao, do you really have to rely on Liu Bei and a few others?"
"Hey! What if we don't rely on them?"
"Isn't there another army of soldiers and horses in Youzhou? Why not use it?"
"Hey! The imperial court won't let us use it, so what can we do? Now our Han border is unstable! That army needs to be on guard against Wuhuan in the north at all times."
"But now we only rely on Liu Bei. What if Liu Bei can't take Jixian County?" Wen Shu frowned.
"I still believe in the strength of Liu Bei and others. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both brave generals, and Chen Meng's resourcefulness is also extraordinary. With these few people and the two thousand soldiers and horses I have recruited, it should not be difficult to capture Jixian."
"Chen Meng! Chen Meng's words today are really worrying!" Wen Shu said uneasily.
"It doesn't matter. Among these four people, in my opinion, the most authoritative one is their eldest brother, Liu Bei. I am still relieved about Liu Bei's attitude towards the nobles," Tao Qian said.
"That's it, then let's wait a few more days!" Wen Shu said.
When Liu Bei and the other four saw the two thousand soldiers sent by Tao Qian, they couldn't help but feel dizzy. Of the two thousand soldiers, less than half were young and strong men, and the rest were basically just here to make up the numbers.
There were less than half of the young and strong men. Many of them, Chen Meng, suspected that Tao Qian had found these people from the mountains or prisons. After seeing these people, Chen Meng was sure that these people must have been there before.
Mountain bandits or bandits.
Seeing these bandits or gangsters, Chen Meng strongly suspected that when Tao Qian later became Xuzhou's pastor, he learned the method of using Taishan bandits in order to wipe out the Yellow Turban rebels in Xuzhou.
Seeing the two thousand men sent by Tao Qian, Chen Meng understood more clearly why the Central Army of the Han Dynasty was able to defeat the Yellow Turban rebels with fewer and larger numbers almost every time.
Soldiers should be elite rather than numerous. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei understood this principle better than Chen Meng. Therefore, after Guan Yu and Zhang Fei saw these two thousand men, the first thing they did was to refine their troops.
When the two thousand people were reduced to only 900 by the two, they ended the plan of elite soldiers. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei liked those bandits and bandits very much. In the words of these two people,
Because these people have killed people before, after these people go to the battlefield, they will basically not have the fear caused by killing people for the first time. As for the gangsterism in these people, Guan and Zhang are not worried at all. In the army
, the strong are respected.
So when Guan and Zhang showed that each of them could easily defeat ten of them, these people were as obedient as rabbits, and no one raised any objections.
When it comes to training soldiers and leading troops to fight, it is not Chen Meng's turn to intervene when Zhang and Zhang are around. However, when Chen Meng needs to lead troops to fight and go to the battlefield in person, it is when Liu Bei is in a crisis or there are not enough generals.
time.
For example, attack Guangyang City, the southern gate of Ji County.
Originally, it was most suitable for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to attack Guangyang City. However, after seeing the soldiers given by Tao Qian, Liu Bei and Chen Meng gave up this idea.
What Liu Bei lacks most now is soldiers, and the most capable soldiers are Guan and Zhang. Moreover, according to reports from scouts, there are only a thousand Yellow Turban rebels in Guangyang City, and only Liu Bei and Chen Meng have led and followed them.
Their three hundred elites should be enough to capture Guangyang City.
Later in Jixian County, it was time for Guan and Zhang to show their talents. After all, good things should be saved until the end.
Guangyang City is located in the southwest of Ji County. Starting from Zhuo County, if you want to capture Ji County, you must first capture Guangyang City.
Starting from Zhuo County, go all the way north, pass Liangxiang, and enter Guangyang County. Going further forward is Guangyang City.
Using 300 cavalry to storm Guangyang City was definitely seeking death, and it was extremely stupid. Chen Meng thought he was a smart man, so the idea of storming Guangyang City was immediately abandoned by Chen Meng.
If Chen Meng had 30,000 people, then Chen Meng would attack and capture Guangyang City without any problem. Of course, the premise is that there must be a chance to attack by force.
Attacking by force will not succeed, only by outsmarting the enemy.
The leader of the Yellow Turban rebels in Guangyang City was named Zhou Qian. He was one of the first people in Guangyang County to join the Taiping Sect. Zhou Qian was a loyal believer in the Taiping Sect. After Zhang Jiao led his people to launch an uprising in Julu, Zhou Qian
A group of people began to actively prepare to launch an uprising in Guangyang County in response to the giant deer's horns.
However, the previous governor of Youzhou had won the hearts of the people in Youzhou, and it was very difficult for an uprising. However, as the governor of Youzhou was replaced, the new governor of Youzhou only focused on plundering the people's wealth, which aroused complaints from the people in Guangyang County. That is,
From this time, Zhou Qian and others began to actively contact the people who had been exploited by the governor, and united with these people to plan an uprising.
The uprising went very smoothly. With the cooperation of the uprising personnel in Ji County, the Yellow Turban Army quickly occupied Ji County and killed the governor of Youzhou and the prefect of Guangyang County.
After taking Jixian, according to the previous plan, the Yellow Turban Army should go south as soon as possible to Jizhou and join Zhang Jiao. However, when several leaders of the Yellow Turban Army saw the magnificent governor's mansion and prefect's mansion in Jixian City, they
I completely forgot about going south.
Whenever Zhou Qian thinks of this, he gets very angry. The Taiping religion that Zhou Qian believes in is not this kind of Taiping religion, but the kind of Taiping religion where everyone is free and happy. This kind of Taiping religion can only be brought to Zhou Qian by Zhang Jiao
.So Zhou Qian finally left Jixian with a thousand of his tribesmen and went south to join Zhang Jiao.
But when Zhou Qian walked to Guangyang City, he heard that the new Youzhou governor sent by the imperial court had arrived in Zhuoxian, and that the Youzhou governor was actively recruiting troops and was ready to attack Guangyang County at any time.
After getting the news, Zhou Qian stopped in Guangyang City to be on guard against the Youzhou governor of Zhuo County.
"I hope those guys in Ji County will pay attention to the message I gave them!"
When Chen Meng came to Guangyang City, he sighed in his heart when he saw the suspension bridge hung high in the city, the moat beside the city wall, and the Yellow Turban rebels on the wall of Guangyang City.
Seeing the well-organized defense of the city's defenders, Chen Meng completely gave up the idea of a surprise attack.
Although a surprise attack is good, it must be done when the enemy is unprepared.
"Fourth brother, look at this, the rebels in Guangyang City have been well prepared! We only have three hundred cavalry now, it will be difficult to capture the city!" Liu Bei said.
"However, if you want to capture Jixian, you must first capture Guangyang."
"Fourth brother, do you have any clever ideas?"
"wait"
Chen Meng is indeed waiting, waiting for news. According to Chen Meng's understanding of history, it should be within these few days. This chapter has been completed!