The big man is on the run

Chapter 69 The Envisioned Battlefield
"Your Majesty must know that military horses can not only be used, they can also be used to raise soldiers!"

Liu Yi was a little puzzled: "Army and horses raise soldiers?"

"That's right! It's military horses raising soldiers."

Jia Xu explained: "I went to Luoyang when I was young, and there was a Guzang horse dealer with me. I saw with my own eyes that a Guzang cool horse was trafficked to the Central Plains, and then transported to Jing and Yang. The price soared dozens of times after changing hands. They were all snapped up, and some people bought them with a hundred times the gold and couldn’t get them.”

"Why is this?"

"Because there is no place for military horses in the south, and the local tyrants all feed trilogy and are in urgent need of war horses. The affairs of powerful tribunes in Wubao are almost the norm in the south, and even the government can't stop them, so they can only let them go. And during the war, The southern army relied not on ordinary soldiers but on the movements of the generals, just like Sun Wentai, who also relied on their own movements to fight. Therefore, in every battle, the generals of Jing and Yang were often unwilling to fight to the death. But some A lot of damage to the trilogy will threaten your own status."

Fighting with private soldiers?
Liu Yi seemed to vaguely understand why Sun Shiwan, who was just 13 years old this year, could not win Hefei by so many people in history.

The co-authors are not my own soldiers, and the vassals of my vassals are not my vassals.

Jia Xu pointed to Hedong on the map. Bingzhou, which is sandwiched between the Yellow River and Taihang Mountain, is like a straight Han sword, and Hedong is the hilt of this sword.

"Guanzhong and Longxi are established. After years of raising troops to enrich the country, and waiting for the soldiers to have enough food, they can pass through the Hedong Wangyi as a springboard, from Longmendu to Pubandu, and then raise troops to sweep Bingzhou along the Fen River. The Baibo army, Heishan army, The southern Huns are nothing to worry about. We only need to recover Jinyang and block Yanmen to prevent Xianbei from going south."

Jia Xu changed the subject and said: "In the attack on Bingzhou, the only thing to worry about is Xianbeier. Xianbei is now scattered in Mobei. Although there are many tribes and horses, the armor is extremely backward. If they can make peace, they will make peace. If they can't make peace, they must use Plan. Xianbei Great Khan Tan Shihuai has died for many years, Xianbei still can not be unified, we should stir up internal strife, so that he has no time to look south."

"At that time, the imperial court will leave Taolinsai with a majestic army, cross the river from Mengjin, leave Hanoi County and enter Hebei, and then send a large general to lead the army from Bingzhou to Jingxing, contact Youzhou Gongsun Zan, and besiege Yuan Shao on three sides. Although Yuan Shao is four generations and three princes, The nobles are willing to support them, but their ambitions are big but their wisdom is small, they are fierce but timid, they are restrained but not powerful, their soldiers are many but their divisions are unclear, their generals are arrogant but their government orders are inconsistent, although their land is vast and their food is abundant, they are not. It will not be the opponent of the imperial court against the rebellious army."

Liu Yi knows that Jia Xu's deduction is the most reliable in Longxi, as the so-called take one step and look at three steps, and in Hedong, because the river is full of various forces, it can only be roughly deduced, but in Hebei. One step can only be regarded as imagination.

The fact that the so-called gentry tycoons were willing to support Yuan Shao was not entirely because of his status as the son of the Yuan family. In terms of status, it must be Yuan Shu who had the most advantage.

Fundamentally speaking, the policies implemented by Yuan Shao are based on safeguarding the political and economic interests of the powerful gentry in various places. Yuan Shao's butt is sitting on the side of the gentry, so in Hebei, he has won more support than the imperial court. .

It must be known that, out of the consideration of maintaining imperial power, the imperial court will attack the powerful from time to time, or come to the party to weaken the nobles, but Yuan Shao will only make the powerful rich and the nobles promoted, and of course he can get more support than the imperial court.

Jia Xu's tone was a little passionate.

"In this way, the Qinling Mountains and the north of the Yellow River are all the land of the imperial court. To rectify the soldiers and horses from the north to the south, sweep away the remnants of the Yuan family such as Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, and Sun Ce. Welcome Master Wang, and the world will be settled!"

"Mr. Wen He's high opinion is like enlightenment."

Liu Yi saluted sincerely, but Jia Xu hurriedly avoided.

"I already know everything Mr. Wen He said. It is indeed well-founded and quite feasible. Since Mr. Wen He doesn't hide his secrets, I won't hide the prerequisite, how to defeat Li Jue."

Jia Xu's expression was originally quite calm, but when Liu Yi revealed all the serial schemes including the golden knife trick, the bitter meat trick, the increasing kitchen trick, and the defection trick, Jia Xu's expression suddenly changed.

"Whose plan is this?"

"Zhen, Zhong Yao, and Fazheng."

"Who made the difference between the four plans?"

Liu Yi explained, but Jia Xu sighed and said: "Since ancient times, heroes have been born in youth. Your Majesty's righteousness is really God's help."

"However." Jia Xu changed the subject, "Fazheng is younger after all. If he wants to defeat Li Jue, Dongjian is not a good place to choose. Li Jue is different from Guo Si. Li Jue is suspicious, and he is good at thinking when using troops. , he might not dare to chase Taolin Sai."

"Then according to Mr. Wenhe's opinion, where in Guanzhong can be used as a decisive battle?"

"Weiqu, Shayuan."

A place name that had appeared in the rainy night when Li Guo was mediating that day, through Jia Xu's mouth, appeared in Liu Yi's ears again.

Liu Yi looked at the map of the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty. There was no place name mentioned by Jia Xu on it, and it was obviously a more detailed location.

"I remember Huangfu Li said that Shayuan is a racecourse, what about Weiqu?"

"The Weiqu is a natural bend formed by the Luoshui River (not the Luoshui River in Luoyang) passing through Linjin and Rui Townships and entering the Weishui River north of Huayin."

Jia Xu's right thumb and index finger are parallel up and down, indicating that in this posture, the tiger's mouth will look like Wei Qu.

"The terrain here is complicated, and the middle part is the sand garden. The sand garden is a large sandy grassland between the Luoshui River and the Weishui River. It is more than [-] miles from east to west and more than [-] miles from north to south. Even an army of [-] can spread out. There are not only large reeds on the edge of Luoshui and Weishui, but also sand dunes, sandy land, and plain woods in the middle, which are very suitable for setting up an ambush by soldiers."

"This kind of terrain." Liu Yi frowned and asked, "Won't it be burned by a fire?"

"No, the sand garden is sandy, and ambush soldiers can hide in the reeds on the east side, but as long as there are army horses blocking the sand in front of the reeds, you can't set fire to it. And it's not late autumn yet, the roots and stems of the reeds are full of water, and the branches and leaves Without withered yellow, it is difficult to burn."

"In this case." Liu Yi was thinking in his mind, "We must give up the plan to go west along the Weishui-Yellow River out of Taolinsai (Tongguan) and enter Shanxian County. After crossing the Luoshui River through Weiqu, crossing the Yellow River at Longmen to Pubandu and entering Bingzhou, and then set up an ambush in the Weiqu Shayuan to defeat Li Jue."

It's complicated to say, but it's just that the original eastward direction was changed to northward and then eastward, and this plan is undoubtedly much better in luring the enemy than the original plan.

Because everyone knows that it is easy to cross the Weishui River on the Jingqiao, but it is not easy to cross the Luoshui River north of the Weiqu River. This left enough time for Li Jue to pursue and set up an ambush for the officers and soldiers.

At the same time, it also gave Li Jue a reason to chase after him.

—— Xiliang iron cavalry can't fly over the Yellow River.

After crossing the Yellow River and reaching Bingzhou, Li Jue could not chase the imperial court who slipped away from Guo Si.And if it's just out of Taolinsai to Shan County or Luoyang, Li Jue can urge the cavalry to come back at any time.

"That's right, I just don't know how His Majesty said the golden sword plan, how can I borrow Yang Ding's Seven Star Sword?"

Liu Yi smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Wen He, let's see if I borrow a knife."

(End of this chapter)