The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 78 Attack on Yizhou
Taibai Snow in June.

It is already midsummer, but the top of Taibai Mountain is covered with snow all the year round. Looking at it from a distance, it is covered with snow and shone with silver light, which is a spectacle.

As early as two years ago, after Guo Jia set up a strategic route, he asked Zhang Yan and others to gradually move the people to Yizhou. It happened to be a cover for Guo Jia's migration plan.

The wealth of the Zhen family's wealth was exhausted in less than two years, and the expenses of the people and soldiers were unimaginably huge.

In the past two years, Zhen Yan had the advantage of being the prefect of Zhongshan. In the name of suppressing thieves, he led his elite soldiers around the territory of Zhongshan several times, using this to deceive people's eyes and make weapons and armor, and then secretly transported them to Guo Jia.

Of the 2 army weapons and armor obtained, Guo Jia allocated [-] horses and equipment to Zhang Yan, Zhang Bai rode five thousand, Xu He five thousand, Sima Ju five thousand, Gan Ning Zhou Tai, Xu Chu Dianwei and Zhang Liao all had nothing. No, only Gao Shun got the equipment of [-] soldiers and [-] horses.

Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Zhang Liao didn't say anything about this, but for a while they could see that they couldn't accept Guo Jia's behavior with a gloomy face. , It is not easy to ask in person, so I ran to Xi Zhicai to ask why.

"My lord doesn't give it to you now, but I want to give you more in the future."

Xu Chu didn't understand what Xi Zhicai said, but he probably understood that Guo Jia had other plans, so he didn't feel relieved.

In fact, Guo Jia wanted to give all the [-] equipment to Gan Ning and the others, but he couldn't. Xu Chu and other generals who had shared weal and woe with him all had soldiers from the four generals Zhang Yan. Without Xu Chu and the others, what would Zhang Yansi think?

Now the three generals of Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun each have 4 soldiers under their command, and the three generals of Xu Chu Dian, Wei, and Zhou Tai have [-] soldiers each, the total is only [-] soldiers, and only Gao Shun has well-armored and sharp weapons. Five thousand cavalry, the other [-] don't even have battle armor, and most of the weapons in their hands are old and defective.

Although Zhang Yan took the best and got rid of the bad, there are still 20 soldiers under his command, Zhang Baiqi, Xu He, and Sima Ju each have [-], which adds up to nearly [-].

First of all, Gao Shun was given [-] equipment and war horses, which was also decided by Guo Jia after careful consideration. Gao Shun was unsmiling and never drank alcohol. Jia can hold a strong army in his hand.

After joining Gaoshun halfway from Wangwu Mountain to intercept Dong Zhuo's fraudulent military funds at Xiaoshan, Guo Jia marched all the way to the southwest. Two days later, he arrived at the foot of Taibai Mountain where his army was stationed. Taibai Mountain is located in the middle of the Qinling Mountains, densely covered with mountains , an excellent place for Tibetan soldiers.

It sounds like Guo Jia has more than 20 soldiers, but Guo Jia deeply understands that [-] soldiers with broken weapons and no armor, after going to the battlefield, they will not hurt the enemy by one thousand or eight hundred, but probably hurt the enemy by one thousand. , Self-defeating eight thousand.

In the temporary handsome tent under Taibai Mountain, after Guo Jia arranged everything, he walked out of the big tent with Xu Shu, looking at the white scenery of the peak of Taibai Mountain in the distance, the two chatted about many past events, from the time they met in Yingchuan to this journey. Later, Guo Jia became a lord from a young prince, and Xu Shu also changed from a knight-errant to a counselor. This kind of growth experience made the two of them sigh with emotion.

"My lord, the situation in Yizhou is as you expected. After Liu Yan took control of Yizhou two years ago, he spent a year and a half to stabilize the counties in Yizhou. After killing the prefect of Hanzhong, Zhang Lu was called self-reliant, but in fact he was still in the relationship with Liu Yan. Liu Yan took care of Zhang Lu's mother in Chengdu. It is hard to estimate how far Zhang Lu can develop."

Liu Yan's wishful thinking is obvious. Let Zhang Lu lead the army to behead the prefect of Hanzhong to occupy the land. The thieves made chaos" as an excuse, and cut off the relationship between the monarch and the ministers from the Han Dynasty.

There are two roads into Yizhou, one from the north and one from the east.

Whether it is according to Cai Yan or Zhen Yao's strategic conception to Guo Jia, they all entered Sichuan and Shu from Jingzhou. The main reason is that there is a natural danger in the Qinling Mountains in the north, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, Guo Jia still decided to go to Sichuan and Shu from the north. The main reason was that he could not lead his army into Yizhou from Jingzhou. He may not even be wary of the dangerous road from the north to Yizhou. The world focuses on the Kwantung Army's attack on Dong. Liu Yan let Zhang Lu go to Hanzhong just to facilitate his own separatism, instead of letting Zhang Lu guard the gate of Shuzhong for him, Yizhou There is no big enemy in Guanzhong in the north, so how can we be wary?

Turning his gaze to the west, Guo Jia squinted his eyes and saw only the hazy outline of the Qinling Mountains. He sighed slightly: "Mingxiu plank road to cross Chen Cang secretly, I don't know if I attack the land of the Three Qins in the future, will there be a second Xiang Yu?" Give me a chance to breathe."

Hearing Guo Jia's exclamation, Xu Shu was slightly taken aback, and understood Guo Jia's worries in his heart. Chencang was less than half a day's journey away from here. After Liu Bang's surprise attack on Chencang, he won the land of the Three Qin Dynasties in one fell swoop. Xiang Yu wanted to go west to destroy Liu Bang, but Let Zhang Liang divert his attention by tricks, not only let Liu Bang escape, but also accumulate the capital to fight for the world.

A lesson learned from the past, who doesn't understand the hero of the world?
Therefore, after Guo Jia's strategy was put forward, it was unanimously opposed by his advisers.

Entering Yizhou, there is more than enough self-protection, but not enough aggressiveness.

The high mountains and cliffs can naturally make Yizhou safe and secure, but in order to dominate the world, the first thing to send troops from the north is to gain a foothold in Guanzhong, but which hero will make the mistakes Xiang Yu made back then?Send troops to the east to attack Jingzhou. Jingzhou is a must-win place for aspiring heroes in the world. Who will easily let Guo Jia take it into his pocket?At that time, it is very likely that Guo Jia will contribute the most to attack Jingzhou, but other princes will benefit.

Considering these, Xi Zhicai and Xu Shu both expressed their opposition to Guo Jia's strategy, but after analyzing the pros and cons of Jingzhou and Yangzhou, Guo Jia could only compromise.

Guo Jia can't compare to other princes, regardless of their previous status, other princes, such as Ma Teng, was recognized by the world after he was recruited by Dong Zhuo.Now the princes of one side of the world are all Han officials in name, what about Guo Jia?Although he has not reached the level of a Han thief, he is also an imperial criminal of the Han Dynasty. If he tries to gain a foothold in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, regardless of whether the local gentry gather together to resist, the heroes of Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Sizhou in the north will attack him directly. There is no need for a high-sounding reason, because Guo Jia's identity is enough to make them famous.

Crusade against the traitors!

But if it is based in Yizhou, Dong Zhuo, who is still alive in the north, blocks the Kwantung heroes, and Jingzhou in the east is now in a mess. In the past, Wang Rui, the shepherd of Jingzhou, was from a high-class family. Jingzhou became a land of no owner. The clan tyrants raised their private soldiers and began to compete for civilian labor. As a result, fierce conflicts arose. Sect thieves from all over the country rebelled, and Jingzhou fell into unprecedented turmoil. Obviously, no one would attack Jingzhou. In Yizhou, Guo Jia had time to breathe.

Even though Yizhou has the reputation of a land of abundance and a foundation of fertile fields and thousands of miles, Guo Jia knows that once he takes control of Yizhou, it will be difficult to seek hegemony.

If you want to make progress in the future, I am afraid that you can only hope that the world will change. As Zhuge Lianglong said to Shi Shi, if there is no change in the world, it is just wishful thinking to start from Yizhou to seize the world, but what will change in the world?Wei Guo first had Cao Mengde, the hero of the world, and then Sima Yi, the usurper. Although Soochow was always at a disadvantage, famous generals succeeded one after another.

The world has changed?For example, when the Kwantung Army defeated Dong, no one cared about Guo Jia's god-given opportunity, which is a rare event in a hundred years.

Looking up at the night sky, Guo Jia laughed at himself. He didn't even win Yizhou, so what was he thinking about?
"At sunset tomorrow, Zhang Baiqi should arrive in Ju County, right?"

Xu Shu roughly estimated that Zhang Baiqi led [-] infantry into Yizhou yesterday, and counting the two-day march tomorrow, he would almost reach Ju County.

"Based on the distance, it is almost here."

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Tomorrow morning, our army will also set off. Are there enough siege equipment?"

Xu Shu nodded affirmatively at this point and said: "After the news came that the Kwantung Allied Forces were attacking Dong Zhuo, I ordered people to start cutting wood from the mountains to build siege equipment. Now the ladders, flying bridges, and rushing vehicles are all ready."

These three are indispensable, the ladder for soldiers to climb the tower, the flying bridge to cross the moat, and the car to hit the gate.As for the well rail and the catapult, Guo Jia did not have the strength to own them, and these two items were not something ordinary soldiers could build.

"Master, our army is ready to go now, but the food and grass in the army may only last for ten days. If it is difficult to capture Hanzhong in a short time..." No matter how calm and composed, this is the first time Xu Shu has faced such a situation. This is different from the burning of the Changsha with Guo Jia back then. Now the thinking must be comprehensive. Before the war starts, think about the defeat first, and weigh the pros and cons. This is the most basic thing a strategist needs to consider.

Now that the situation is imminent, the Zhen family is no longer able to support Guo Jia's food and grass for even a day, so Guo Jia can only put all his eggs in one basket.

Hanzhong could not be conquered, and when the 25 army ran out of food and grass, they would be defeated without attacking.

"Yuanzhi, if I can't even win Hanzhong, am I still qualified to compete with all the heroes in the world?"

Guo Jia turned around freely and returned to the commander's tent.

Guo Jia's first battle against Hanzhong actually started yesterday.

Zhang Baiqi led [-] infantry to take the first step. After arriving in Ju County tomorrow, the next day, the soldiers forced Yangping Pass!

(End of this chapter)