Three Kingdoms Summoning: Peak Resurgence

Chapter 40: Breaking and Standing
"First of all, most of the Yellow Turban Army are ordinary people, and their overall quality is too low. Even if they are led by famous generals such as Xiang Yan, it is still a drop in the bucket and it is difficult to train a strong army."

"It would be fine if we encounter a favorable battle, but if we suffer a crushing defeat, all our advantages will be ruined and the morale of the army will be seriously affected!"

Xun Yu also agreed with Wang Yu's reason. After all, the Han army had a foundation of 400 years. Even if it was defeated again and again, it could make a comeback.

Besides, the Han army has the natural barrier of Hulao Pass. Even if they cannot defeat the Yellow Turbans, they can choose to retreat and maintain a stalemate situation of neither winning nor losing!
"Secondly, the Yellow Turbans are divided, and the root of all this is Zhang Jue."

"Zhang Jue has no sons, so after the Yellow Turbans overthrow the Han Dynasty, who will inherit the cause of the million Yellow Turbans? He did not designate anyone, which led to endless internal strife, and the contradictions have long been irreconcilable."

"Once Zhang Jue dies, the Yellow Turbans will inevitably fall into internal strife!"

"Oh, how did Tianyi know all this?" Xun Yu asked, pretending to be ignorant.

Seeing that Xun Yu was playing dumb, Wang Yu did not expose him, but smiled and said: "Of course, these are just some superficial views I have summarized from the situation in the world."

After Wang Yu said this modestly, he continued, "In the Yellow Turban Army, there are two people who have the highest status in public. One is Zhang Jiao's eldest disciple Hong Xiuquan. Because he is the leader of many disciples, he is also the one with the highest popularity among Zhang Jiao's disciples."

"As for Xiang Yu, he was specially recruited as a prospective son-in-law by Zhang Jue in order to win over the Xiang family. A son-in-law is half a son, so he is naturally one of the candidates for the successor of the Yellow Turban Army."

"Wen Ruo should know where Zhang Jiao sent these two people, right?" Wang Yu suddenly asked Xun Yu!

"Of course I know. Our eldest disciple Hong Xiuquan attacked Yangzhou, and our future son-in-law Xiang Yu led the army to attack Xuzhou." Xun Yu said, after all, this was obvious.

"That's it. Yangzhou is located in the southeast of the Han Dynasty. Even if they take it, it will be of no use to the Yellow Turban Army. So Hong Xiuquan, who took this place, naturally did not make any great contribution."

"So, this General Hong Xiuquan is not Zhang Jiao's candidate for successor."

Xun Yu nodded upon hearing this, agreeing with Wang Yu's statement, and then continued to ask: "What about Xiang Yu, isn't he the successor in Zhang Jiao's mind?"

"Xuzhou is a wealthy place in the Central Plains. It has a lot of wealth, such as the Wang family of Langya and the Wang family of Donghai. If we can capture it, it will be a great achievement."

"But unfortunately, Xiang Yu was not the Yellow Turbans' chief general in Xuzhou, and Zhang Jiao's move was only to appease Xiang Yan. It can be seen that although Xiang Yu was Zhang Jiao's prospective son-in-law, he was not Zhang Jiao's candidate for successor."

After hearing Wang Yu's detailed analysis, Xun Yu thought more and more about him, and gradually put him on the same level as himself.

After all, Wang Yu’s meaning has been made very clear, that is, Huang Chao, the military advisor of the Yellow Turban Army, is the successor in Zhang Jiao’s mind.

“So, in order to let Huang Chao take the greatest credit, Zhang Jiao sent Huang Chao to lead the army to attack Yanzhou. Fortunately, when he is about to die in the future, he can support Huang Chao to take the throne.” Xun Yu picked up on Wang Yu’s implication and spoke immediately.

"But unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes. Huang Chao had very bad luck. He met General Lu Zhi, who was the most experienced in using troops among the three generals, and was completely stuck in a stalemate." Wang Yu sighed.

However, there was one thing Wang Yu didn't say!
That is, with the birth of Tan Tai Yu, once Wang Yu's system is balanced, it is very likely that Zhang Churang will be checked and balanced, and he may even bring a bunch of famous generals of the Later Liang Dynasty with him.

By then, the stalemate in Yanzhou will be completely broken.

"Third, if my guess is correct, the Yellow Turban Army is about to run out of food!" "How does Tianyi know?" This time, Xun Yu couldn't sit still. He didn't expect that Wang Yu could actually see this step. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "The young man in front of me is somewhat similar to Feng Xiao. They are both rare geniuses in the world."

Seeing Xun Yu's expression, Wang Yu was very satisfied. He knew that the few words he had just said had completely hit the mark in Xun Yu's mind, so he struck while the iron was hot!
"When the Yellow Turbans started the uprising in March, they already had a million troops. By this time, the number of people following them was approaching 10 million."

"However, the number of Yellow Turban Army soldiers who actually participated in the battle is still over one million. Only when a group of troops suffers heavy losses will they select strong and capable men from the common people to supplement them!"

"This action is enough to prove that the Yellow Turban Army does not have that much food and grass. After all, those large families do not want to break up with them for the time being, so the only way to obtain food and grass is to seize and plunder."

"But how can we supply a million-strong army for a long time with only the food and fodder left in the hands of those small families and the food and fodder seized from the Han army?"

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"Eighth, the Yellow Turbans are not far from running out of food. In order to hold on, they must raise their butcher knives against the aristocratic families."

“By then, even if the noble families do not want to be enemies with the Yellow Turban Army, they will have no choice but to fight for the sake of their own foundation, which will trigger a series of reactions.”

"That is the Yellow Turban Army, which is completely opposed to the aristocratic families. If that time comes, how can the Yellow Turban Army remain undefeated? Moreover, there is Guiguzi behind them. The leader of Guiguzi is stirring up troubles in the world!"

In order to verify the truth of a matter, Wang Yu directly pushed Guiguzi Wang Xu in front of Xun Yu to see how he would react.

As it turned out, Xun Yu had no reaction to this, as if he had known about it for a long time.

This instantly made Wang Yu's heart tangled.

"It seems that Tianyi knows as much as I do." At this time, Xun Yu suddenly spoke, with a meaningful expression on his face.

"Of course. No matter what, I am the eldest grandson of the eldest branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan. My second grandfather is the supreme elder of Confucianism. Naturally, there are some things that he will not hide from me." Wang Yu said after drinking a glass of wine.

"Of course, I just don't know if Tianyi has a way to heal the long-term sick body of the Han Dynasty, who is in a state of irreparable illness, after my Han army defeated the Yellow Turban Army."

After the two of them had been in silence for a long time, Xun Yu finally got straight to the point.

"Destroy and then build..."

Wang Yu said these four words lightly, causing a flash of light to flash before Xun Yu's eyes, and then dimmed, and he spoke helplessly.

"It's easier said than done. The aristocratic families have too many privileges after all. Wasn't the Yellow Turban Rebellion caused by the aristocratic families' wanton annexation?"

(End of this chapter)