Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 603 Set up the Fifth Army

Deng Ai suggested to revise Yuan Shao's tomb and use Yuan Shao's influence in Hebei to attract people's hearts, but Zhou Cang flatly rejected Yuan Shao's name. It's hard to end the whole thing.Zhou Cang also heard that Yuan Mai's son had given birth to seven or eight sons. The reason why the gentry became powerful was that they had a large number of children after they gained power.

Zhou Cang then ordered Jiang Gan to infiltrate Jizhou gradually to determine his dominance in terms of ideology and ideology.Advocate talent and virtue to select talents, regardless of background; advocate the rule of law, everyone is equal before the law, and no privileges.

military aspect.Zhou Cang first dismissed General Zhengdong and proclaimed himself General Hussar, with his title unchanged.Zhou Cang has not been promoted for many years since he took the post of Zhengdong General. He thinks that he is not a high-ranking Hussar General with his current power.It directly manages the guard battalion, personal guard battalion and independent battalion, with a total of 6000 people.Duan Muling took full control of the intelligence department from Yang Rui, secretly prepared Jinyiwei, and Deng Ai took charge of the independent battalion.Zhou Cang intends to train Yang Rui to become a minister.

Reorganize the armies, all the horses under the rule are collectively called the Han army, and set up five armies as commanders:

Zhang Jai served as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, General Zhengyuan, and stationed in Liyang. His generals: Gan Ning, Wu Gang, Zhuge Dan, Liang Guang, and Sun Li, counted [-] infantry, [-] light cavalry, and [-] heavy cavalry.

Xu Shu served as the governor of the Northern Army, the general who conquered the North, and controlled Youzhou and Jizhou. His generals: Chen Dao, Qu'a, Wang Ji, Liu Zhi, Han Long, Hao Zhao, Wen Ji, Wen Qin, etc., totaled [-] infantry, Five thousand Qingqi.

Lu Xun served as the governor of the Eastern Army, the general who conquered the East, and controlled Qingzhou and Xuzhou. His generals: Huang Zhong, Ding Feng, Wei Xu, Cao Xing, and Ma Tie, counted [-] infantry and [-] Qingqi.

Xu Huang was the governor of the Southern Army, the general who conquered the South, and his generals Xu Sheng, Liao Hua, and Xu Gai, with a total of [-] infantry, stationed at Xiapi.

Pei Yuanshao served as the governor of the Northeast Army, the general who conquered the barbarians, and controlled Pingzhou, Jeju, and Yingzhou. His generals: Bo Cai, Bo Ba, Pei Feng, Huang Xu, Liu Qing, and Du Xi, counted [-] infantry and [-] Qingqi.

In terms of navy: Gan Ning recommended him as the governor of the Jianghe navy, the general of Zhengfan, and prepared to build the Yellow River navy.Tai Shixiang served as the captain of the navy, General Henghai, and his generals: Sun Da, Sun Xing, Gan Xiang, totaling 5 people.Zhou Cang's next plan is to divide the navy into the Beiyang Navy and the Nanyang Navy.

Xu Shu formed a crescent-shaped defense in Yecheng, Zhang Jai in Liyang, Lu Xun in Jinan, and Xu Huang in Xiapi. Because there was no war in the south, Xu Huang had fewer soldiers and horses and no light cavalry; Sun Li's Xuanjia cavalry was supplemented first , followed by expansion to two thousand.Zhou Cang had a total of about 25 infantry, [-] light cavalry, [-] heavy cavalry, and [-] sailors, not including the new barracks.

It would be cumbersome for the battalions to still be named after the five elements, so Zhou Cang and Lu Xun discussed and simply replaced them with numbers, that is, Chen Dao's cracked earth camp was now the North First Camp, and Xu Huang's Zhiyan Camp was renamed the South First Camp.Therefore, the first battalion of each army is the main battalion, the second battalion is the secondary battalion, and so on.

According to military merits, Xu Shu, Zhang Jai, and Lu Xun were each awarded the first-class silver medal, Sun Li the second-class silver medal, Hao Zhao, Deng Ai, and Ding Feng the third-class silver medal, and the others were awarded bronze medals.

Diplomacy.Wang Can, the head of the Honglu Division, was sent to Jiangdong to report the war in the north to Sun Quanxuan, and discussed with Sun Quan: Zhou Cang represented Sun Quan as Wu Gong, and in return, Sun Quan recommended Zhou Cang as Hussar General.In fact, this is also a smoke bomb released by Zhou Cang. The main purpose is not only to praise his merits, but also to impress Sun Quan, making Sun Quan think that Cao Cao is already in decline, and then he will make an idea of ​​Hefei, thereby reducing the pressure on Xuzhou.

The sea route is impassable, but the land route is accessible.As soon as the four orders were issued, the generals from all walks of life began to change defenses, and the officials were handed over to their posts. Zhou Cang continued to stay in Jinan to wait for news from Cao Cao.According to the news obtained by the spies, Cao Cao has already recruited Zhang Lu, and the army has returned to Chang'an.

In September of the 18th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao sent troops through Hedong. Yang Qiu, the former Han Sui's subordinate, surrendered, and Cao Cao was granted the title of Marquis to follow the army.Arriving in Chang'an at the end of September, and returning to Guanzhong after a year, Cao Cao sighed, and Cao Zhi sighed even more. There is no scene of the ancient capital here, so I couldn't help writing a few articles.Cao Cao wanted to relocate the people of Longxi, Tianshui, and Nan'an counties to enrich Guanzhong, which caused panic and riots among the people. Yongzhou Governor Zhang ordered the generals and schools in the three counties to exempt the people from taxes, build houses, and repair water conservancy, so as to stabilize the hearts of the people and discourage Cao Cao from moving the people. .Zhang Ji also recommended famous scholars Yang Fu and Hu Zun to be talented and highly valued by Cao Cao.

In October, Cao Cao appointed Xiahouyuan as the general, Xiahoushang and Guo Huai as the front, Zhao Yan and Han Hao as the central army, Cao Hong as the rear army, Jia Xu as the military adviser, Cao Zhi as the long history, Liu Ye as the joining army, and Yang Fu as the Sima commanded [-] soldiers from Sanguan and approached Yangping Pass from Wudu.

When Zhang Lu heard that Cao Cao had personally led the army, he was very puzzled, why do I still have to go on a campaign after I have surrendered?Counselor Yan Pu laughed and said, "The military and political power is in the hands of the lord, why doesn't Cao Cao come?"

"If he wants it, give it to him." Zhang Lu intended to surrender.But his younger brother Zhang Wei firmly disagreed. Hanzhong has enough soldiers and food, and there is also the danger of Yangping Pass. Why be afraid of Cao Cao?As long as he sticks to Yangping Pass, Cao Cao will naturally retreat if he can't fight for a long time.

Under Zhang Wei's repeated insistence, Zhang Wei, generals Yang Ang and Yang Ren led 25 troops to garrison outside Yangping Pass. Cao Jun was not allowed to advance for a month, and Cao Cao almost thought of withdrawing his troops.If he withdraws his troops at this time, there will be no mess in Hebei.On the night of November [-], thousands of elk inexplicably broke into Zhang Wei's camp. Zhang Wei's camp was in chaos. Xia Houyuan seized the opportunity and ordered Xia Houshang and Guo Huai to attack.

The miraculous victory, everyone from Cao Cao down thought it was God's help and the gods' blessing. The young general Guo Huai took the initiative to ask for the battle and lead the dead to be the first.The combat power of the Hanzhong army was not as good as that of Cao's army. There was a farce outside the pass where the moose camped in disorder. Guo Huai led a thousand dead soldiers to go to the pass bravely. Xia Houshang followed up. Still hold the key.Guo Huai became famous in the first battle, and Jin Xiao was the captain of cavalry, and Cao Cao valued him ever since.

Nearly half of Zhang Wei's troops were lost, Zhang Lu didn't blame him, and still wanted to surrender, Yan Pu advised: "My lord, if you want to surrender, you should surrender as soon as possible. Cao Cao will definitely not welcome you if you surrender after defeat at this time."

Zhang Luqi said: "Then what do you think?"

"It's better to go first, leave Nanzheng and go to Bazhong, and then ask Cao Cao to surrender, and he will be reused."

Nanzheng had a lot of food and grass, and it was impossible to take it away. Zhang Wei wanted to set fire to it. Zhang Lu couldn't bear it: "My father and son have been in Hanzhong and Bashu for a long time. Although they have not done anything good for the people, they can't do bad things either."

Yan Pu also persuaded, since you want to surrender to Cao Cao, why not leave it to Cao Cao as a meeting gift.So Zhang Lu sealed up the treasury and retreated to Bazhong with only valuables and soft goods.

(End of this chapter)