The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Xun Zhen said, "Mr. Zhang, please take a seat first."

Zhang Zhao presented the military report to Xun Zhen. Xun Yu voluntarily gave up his seat and gave him the position of chief.

Xun Zhen watched the military newspaper carefully.

The military newspaper was sent by Xun Cheng from Yanzhou. Although Yuan Tan's attack direction was Qingzhou Pingyuan County, on the one hand, Qingzhou was occupied by Xunzhen, and the intelligence system in the state had not yet been established; The county is closer to Yanzhou, so this information about Qingzhou was the first to know about Qingzhou, and Xun You dispatched officials to rush to it.

This military report had just been sent to the prefecture of Tanxian County, and when the officials below came to report to Xun Zhen, they happened to meet Zhang Zhao who had just left the hall. After Zhang Zhao learned about it, he took the military report, turned around and reported it to Xun Zhen.

The military report was not long, and what was written on it was exactly what Zhang Zhao reported: Yuan Tan led about 4,000 or 5,000 troops and had already left Ye County and headed northeast; looking at the direction of his march, it was neither Dong County. , It's not Youzhou, that leaves Pingyuan County as his only destination.

After reading the military newspaper, Xun Zhen put it on the case, but did not immediately discuss it with Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others.

He calmly answered Xun Yu Shicai's question first, and said, "Wen Ruo, what you said is good. We have just conquered Qingzhou. First, the hearts of Qingzhou scholars and people have not been fully attached. Second, the ten or twenty people who have been left in Qingzhou. Wan's Yellow Turbans descended, and they are currently being resettled, and the resettlement has not yet been completed. It is said that it is indeed not the time to use troops in Henan Yin, ... "

Having said this, he shielded himself, pointed to the latest military newspaper sent by Yanzhou on the case, stroked his short mustache, and smiled again, "And look, Yuan Benchu ​​is so greedy, he stretched out his left hand to Bingzhou and looked at it. Youzhou, unwilling to get Qingzhou for me, now stretches out his right hand again, and sends his son to invade our Pingyuan County, internal and external troubles, and it is indeed not conducive to our progress in Henan Yin."

Xun Yu asked, "If that's the case, why did Duke Ming tell Duke Chen that he planned to use Job Fu to join forces with Henan Yin?"

Xun Zhen sighed and said: "Although the conditions are not mature enough, but the situation is forced, we can only start our layout in Yin and other counties in Henan in advance! ... Wen Ruo, as Chen Gong said, Zhicai As analyzed, the thieves Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou are likely to have infighting in the near future, so we can't just sit back and let such a good opportunity pass by!"

Xun Yu agreed with Xun Zhen's point of view, but still had concerns.

He said: "Brother, the current situation of the three subordinate counties under the command of the Sili School is that Zhang Yang is in Hanoi County; Zhang Ji is in Hong Nong County, Yang Ding is stationed in Huayin, which is also in Hong Nong County; White wave thieves are rampant; and Henan Yin, although there is no major force in its territory, only a few troops of Bo Fu are stationed in the area adjacent to Yuzhou, but this county is bordered by Hanoi, Hedong, and Hongnong. This is where Luodu is located. Once our army moves in here, it will definitely attract the attention of soldiers and thieves in the three counties.... Brother, the whole situation is quite serious. If we use troops now, it will be very difficult. "

The Sili School Lieutenant Department has jurisdiction over seven counties.

These seven counties can be roughly divided into two large parts, east and west.

This large part to the west has Chang'an as its core, namely Zuo Fengyi in the north, right Fufeng in the west and Jing Zhaoyin where Chang'an is located. The remaining four counties of Hedong, Hongnong, Hanoi, and Henan Yin are located in the east of the Yellow River and Tongguan, which has not yet been established, and can be regarded as another large part; if the Yellow River is used as the dividing line, these four counties in this large part are can be divided into two parts, the river

The two counties of Dong and Hanoi are on the north bank of the Yellow River, which is a small part, and the two counties of Hongnong and Henan are on the south bank of the Yellow River, which is a small part.

Let's not talk about the big part on the west side.

In this large part of the east, there are currently three large forces in total.

One is the same party as Li Jue and others, and they were all former generals of Dong Zhuo. They belong to Zhang Ji and Yang Ding of the Liangzhou warlord group left by Dong Zhuo. Both of them are now stationed in Hongnong County. The colony is located in Huayin County.

One is Zhang Yang, who used to be a colleague with Lu Bu and was originally a subordinate of Ding, the provincial governor. Although Zhang Yang's small group is mainly composed of people from Binh Chau, and the western part of the north of Hanoi is also adjacent to Binh Chau, this small group of him can be called the Binh Chau warlord group, but as mentioned above, he is now alone. , standing alone among the many separatist forces, because it had already had to rely on Yuan Shao, and now has basically lost its independence, it can be regarded as a subsidiary of Yuan Shao, the Henan-Hebei warlord group.

The last one is the white wave yellow scarf from Hedong County. However, Baibo and Yellow Turbans are not the only force in Hedong County now. There are also some soldiers and horses under Wang Yi, the prefect of Hedong. At the same time, after Gao Gan and Cao Cao took office in Bingzhou, in order to stabilize the border in the southwest of Taiyuan and Shangdang counties, the past Some troops and horses were stationed on the southeastern border of Hedong County. Although there were not many troops stationed there, it could also be called a small force on the periphery of Hedong County—the northeast of Hedong County was bordered by Shangdang and Taiyuan counties.

Hong Nong, Hanoi, and Hedong each have a large force entrenched.

Although Henan Yin has no great power, this county is where Luoyang is located. This is one of them; Hanoi is to the north, Hongnong is to the west, and Hedong is to the northwest. All three counties border it. The second is just like Xun According to Yu's analysis, if Xun Zhen rushes to this point, it is very likely that at least Hanoi Zhang Yang, Hong Nong Zhang Ji and Yang Ding will block his army.

On the whole, Xun Yu was right.

The situation is indeed quite dire. All kinds of different forces, not to mention small ones, a single big force has three strands, which are intricate and complicated. If you don't make enough preparations, if you use troops in this place, you can imagine the difficulty.

Xi Zhicai said: "Ming Gong, if you use the troops of Henan Yin right now, loyalty and ignorance will not be what Wen Ruo said 'it will definitely attract the attention of soldiers and thieves in the three counties', but it will definitely attract at least publicity. , Zhang Ji's two troops attacked our army."

Xun Yu suddenly woke up, nodded again and again, and said, "Yes, what Zhicai said is very true! Brother, Zhang Yang, Zhang Ji, or Yuan Shao, Li Jue, will definitely not tolerate Henan Yin being occupied by our army! They will definitely attack our army!"

Yin, Henan is not only adjacent to Hanoi to the north and Hongnong to the west, but also to Yingchuan County in Yuzhou and Chenliu County in Yanzhou in the east, and Nanyang County in Jingzhou in the south.

This means that Yinji County in Henan is actually located in the middle of the four separatist forces of Yuan Shao in the north, Li Jue and others in the west, Yuan Shu in the south, Xun Zhen and Sun Ce in the east. This is exactly why Luoyang is located. Henan Yin of Henan, there is actually no major force in its territory, because this is a buffer zone. Of course, the reason why Henan Yin does not have a big power is that, in addition to this, there is another reason that when Dong Zhuo kidnapped the emperor to move the capital to Chang'an, he wrapped up all the people around Luoyang. Today's Henan Yin is really Sparsely populated, the population is small, and there is no food. Even if you occupy this place, it is difficult to gain a foothold, let alone develop. Having said that, the reason for the "small population" actually made it difficult for Xun Zhen to use the troops of Henan Yin.

Xun Zhen thought about it for a long time and said, "I have considered all these difficulties, but if we don't start the layout of Henan Yin and other places as soon as possible, if something happens to Chang'an, how can we reach Chang'an quickly? And if we can't reach Chang'an quickly, Jizhou's Yuan Shao, or even Yuan Shu of Nanyang, then they may reach Chang'an before us, or enter Hedong, Hongnong and other counties. In this way, the emperor... and both Yuan and Yuan have unpredictable people, won't the emperor Will you fall into a wolf's mouth again?"

Although Yuan Shao did not accept the proposal of Ying Tianzi in the original time and space, but now Cao Cao has not parted ways with him, it cannot be ruled out that maybe because of Cao Cao's persuasion, Yuan Shao will change his mind and finally decide to coerce the emperor to order the princes correct decision. Even if this possibility is not very big, Xun Zhen can't take this risk if there is even a hint of it.

Xun Yu asked, "Brother, if you use troops from Henan Yin, I don't know who your brother wants to be your general?"

The best candidate is of course Liu Bei, the current prefect of Yingchuan.

Yingchuan County is adjacent to Henan Yin.

But Xun Zhen did not intend to use Liu Bei as the main general.

He said: "Before I traveled to Guangling, Xu Rong was thirsty for a long time. He was an old general of Dong Zhuo, and he was familiar with Li Jue and other thieves in Chang'an, and Zhang Ji, Yang Ding and other thieves in Hongnong. , I plan to use him as the main general, and cooperate with Bo Fu to advance Henan Yin!"

Xunzhen went to Guangling, and when he saw Xu Rong, Xun Zhen also comforted him, telling him to keep his temper and guard Xuzhou, so that when there was a chance, he would go south to attack Yangzhou, but the plan could not keep up with the changes. , Compared with Chang'an and the Son of Heaven, Yangzhou is obviously not that important~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Therefore, Xun Zhen also adapts to the changes and decides to send Xu Rong to attack Henan Yin and other places for him.

Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Zhang Zhao and others heard Xun Zhen's words, and they all said, "General Xu is just right!"

Xun Yu's worry eased slightly, and he stroked his beard and said, "If General Xu is the main commander, use Henan Yin Ke to be more confident!"

Xu Rong was able to conquer and fight well. Cao Cao and Sun Jian were both defeated by him, so there is no need to say much about his ability to use troops. Moreover, he was an old acquaintance of Dong Zhuo, and Zhang Ji, Yang Ding, including Li Jue and others were old acquaintances. If he advances, Zhang Ji and Yang Ding may be less hostile to him, but if he retreats, if Zhang Ji and Yang Ding can insist on attacking him, he can also know himself and his enemy, and he is indeed the best candidate.

Zhang Zhao said: "Ming Gong knows how to make good use of people, and with General Xu as the main general, it is true that it can increase the odds of winning, but after Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Henan Yin has become a red land, and the army is stationed, and it will be difficult to raise food on the spot. The logistics and rations should not be taken lightly! I don’t know the Duke of Ming, who would you like to take on such a heavy responsibility?”

Xun Zhen said, "How is Xuande?"

Zhang Zhao stretched his palms and said, "Yingchuan County is adjacent to Henan Yin, and Duke Ming uses Liu Taishou to be in charge of the logistics and rations, and he is the right person!"

Xun Zhen looked at the people and said: "If you have no objection, I will call Xu Rong today and call him to Tanxian, and I will give him an order in person; I will also go to Shu Bofu and discuss with him the matter of entering Henan Yin. ."

Xun Yu and others have no objection.

That's how it's settled.

Xun Zhen explained the task of drafting the letter, and ordered Chen Yi to write it immediately, and then his eyes fell back to the case, looking at the Yanzhou military newspaper that Zhang Shaocheng came in, scratching his beard, pondering for a while, and said: "Yuan Tan has led four or five thousand troops and has already left Ye County, and his generals have invaded Pingyuan County. What do you think should be done?"