At The Beginning of The Game, The Five Tiger Generals Were Intercepted

Since Han Sui's allied forces suffered disastrous defeats one after another, the land of Jincheng County once again ushered in a short period of peace.

One month is fleeting, and the time has come to the end of Jian'an's five years.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had already decided the outcome in the bloody battle at Guandu before, but due to the lack of news, Liangzhou has not received any news.

After the Yizhou Army defeated the 300,000 Qiang-Han coalition forces, they also chose to remain silent.

Liu Zhang did not take advantage of the victory and march to expand the results of the battle, but chose the safest method.

Continue to stick to Yuzhong City.

Facts have proved that Liu Zhang's judgment is as accurate as ever. Han Sui defended Jincheng with an army of 150,000.

The Qiang-Han coalition forces still have 150,000 people. If they really fight in the field, it will be difficult for the Yizhou army to win the previous big victory again.

For a month, although the two sides unanimously chose a truce, the peace was only an appearance.

In fact, the secret actions of the two forces have not stopped at all.

As for the Yizhou army, the 40,000 troops supported by Jia Xu finally arrived. The generals who came with the army were Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Yan Yan, and the counselors were Zhang Song and Zheng Du.

The civil servants had the most talents, Zhang Yi, Yang Hong, Fei Shi, Yan Pu and others were all ordered to rush to Ji County, the seat of Hanyang County.

Liu Zhang allocated the army immediately.

Among them, Yan Yan led tens of thousands of troops from the headquarters to Chencang to support Zhang Ren with Zheng Du as the military division.

Zhou Tai led an army of 10,000 to Longxi County to support Xu Huang and Liu Ye.

Gan Ning led an army of 10,000 to support Zhang Liao in Wuwei County with Zhang Song as his military advisor.

There are still 10,000 troops left, and Liu Zhang struggled for a long time.

Since Lu Su made a big breakthrough in Dugen, Jieting's morale has been boosted.

Although it was soon attacked by more than 100,000 Xianbei cavalry, the street pavilion was as stable as a rock.

Under Lu Su's perfect deployment, the Xianbei people suffered countless casualties near Jieting. Whether it was attacking the city, rushing into battle, or climbing mountains to smuggle people, they were all cracked by Lu Su.

If the Xianbei people don't move, they will be seen through. Naturally, they will suffer heavy casualties.

The bloody battle between the two sides lasted for more than a month, and the Xianbei cavalry once again lost more than 20,000 casualties.

However, due to repeated bloody battles, Jieting soldiers were also injured, and now the number of soldiers available for battle has dropped to more than 27,000.

Lu Su realized that Liu Zhang was under great pressure, so he sent someone to tell Liu Zhang that there was no need to send reinforcements to Jieting.

But it's winter now, and the Xianbei people are likely to put all their eggs in one basket and give it a go.

After much consideration, Liu Zhang still decided to send the last 10,000 people to Jieting, and Yuzhong still maintained its original strength to fight against Han Sui.

Yuzhong's strength has not increased, which is undoubtedly a great news for Han Sui.

After a month of mobilization, the five major Qiang tribes united with a group of Qiangs, and once again pulled up an army of 100,000!

Jincheng's troop strength soared to 250,000 in an instant, including 30,000 cavalry!

Soldiers and horses mean confidence, and Han Sui was once again full of confidence in defeating Liu Zhang.

Fighting locally in Liangzhou, the Qiang people hated Liu Zhang, so it can be said that Han Sui had a favorable location and harmony.

It's a pity that it's winter and it's not suitable for marching.

The weather is not on Han Sui's side, which also makes him quite distressed about whether to march.

In the end, under the pressure of food supplies, Han Sui chose to give it a go!

The news quickly spread to Yuzhong City.

"Report!"

The soldier looked in a hurry, knelt in front of Liu Zhang and was still panting, obviously very anxious.

"My lord, Han Sui swore an oath in Jincheng. He raised an army of 100,000 horsemen and 300,000 infantry. A total of 400,000 soldiers and horses came to Yuzhong! The front army is less than 30 miles away from Yuzhong City!"

Hearing this news, Liu Zhang and everyone under his command were very calm.

The previous defeat of Han Sui's 300,000 army has allowed the Yizhou Army to minimize the pressure brought by numbers.

"400,000? Hehe, Han Wenyue really dares to say it!"

The corners of Liu Zhang's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a disdainful smile.

"Hahaha…!"

There was a burst of laughter in the room, but it was all ridicule.

"My lord, do you think Han Sui will attack the city directly?"

Dian Wei's words immediately caught Tai Shici's eyes rolling.

"Come on, do you really think Han Sui is a stupid pig?"

"Hahaha…!"

The generals in the room burst into loud laughter again, but there was no arrogance or contempt in the laughter, and there was a lot of confidence in it!

Liu Zhang was very pleased with everyone's performance, and his persuasive persuasion had obviously achieved the best results.

"Okay, everyone be quiet!"

Liu Zhang waved his hand lightly, and the room suddenly became quiet.

"Han Sui is known as the Nine Curves of the Yellow River, so he is naturally not a mediocre person. It must be extremely difficult for him to fall twice in a row in the same place!"

"But we don't need to worry too much. Soldiers come to block us, and water comes to cover us! With the strong city of Yuzhong as our support, even if Han Sui has a million troops, it won't help!"

All the generals nodded slightly in agreement with Liu Zhang. Even if they stick to the city, Han Sui's army can't do anything to the Yizhou army.

"My lord."

Xun You let out a soft cry, and then stood up voluntarily.

"Sir, please tell me."

The purpose of this battle is to stick to the city, but the ultimate goal is still to eliminate the vital forces of Han Sui's army as much as possible, so as to achieve the result of completely eliminating Han Sui.

As for how to design and harm Han Sui, these are things that Xun You and Pang Tong should consider.

"My lord, Han Sui claims to have an army of 400,000, but according to my estimate, I'm afraid it will be discounted."

"Ok…"

Liu Zhang nodded slightly, he agreed with Xun You.

If Han Sui can still pull out an army of 400,000, he will probably come to Yuzhong with 500,000 troops for the first time!

However, it is difficult for Liu Zhang to estimate how much Han Sui's actual troops will be discounted.

"A month ago, Han Sui's allied forces lost half of their troops. Based on the situation of the Qiang people in Yongliang, it is estimated that they can pull out about 100,000 to 150,000 at most. This requires mobilizing the entire Qiang people!"

"Does the military division have a strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Xun You is very low-key, if he hadn't been well-informed, he would hardly be so proactive.

Similarly, Xun You's strategy has a very high success rate, and almost never misses.

"My lord just said that Han Sui would not fall twice in one place. In fact, since Han Sui dispatched troops, he has already walked into the deep pit where he tripped before!"

There was a faint smile on Xun You's face, and a strong sense of confidence in his eyes.

"Also ask the military adviser to advise!"

Liu Zhang is also interested. Could it be that Xun You wants to give him a theory of ten victories and ten defeats?

"The lord is too famous, I really dare not take it!"

Xun You humbled Liu Zhang for a while, and then looked at everyone in the room.

"The current situation of Han Sui is very similar to that of Zhang Jiao during the Yellow Turban Rebellion more than ten years ago. The two seem to have nothing to do with each other, but in fact they lead to the same goal by different routes."

"In the past, Zhang Jiao had more than 500,000 soldiers under his command, but they were finally judged by the Lord. There are several reasons for this!"

(end of this chapter)