Inside the tent.
"Warlord, Li Jue is in Chang'an, with more than 30,000 people."
"I only have more than 12,000 people. If we attack Chang'an with this force, we will not be able to defeat it."
After Duan Xuan calmed down, he began to analyze various matters to pacify Guanzhong.
Chen Zhou only brought 300 people into Guanzhong. It was basically impossible for this small number of people to attack Chang'an.
As the capital of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an's city walls were extremely high and thick.
In general offensive and defensive battles, as long as the defender has the advantage, the attacking side must have five times the strength of the defending side in order to securely capture the defending side's camp. Now we are still facing Chang'an, and the attacking side may need even more troops.
There are more than 10,000 people who can't fight Li Jue at all.
"I know too."
Chen Zhou thought about how to defeat Chang'an, and said: "We cannot attack by force in this battle, we can only win outwitly."
"May I ask, Overseer, how to outsmart him?"
Duan Xuan asked.
Chen Zhou thought for a moment and said, "What is the specific composition of Li Jue's troops?"
Duan Xuan said: "Li Jue should have more than 3,000 flying bear troops left by Dong Zhuo. There are more than 5,000 Xiliang soldiers left by Dong Zhuo, as well as some Xiliang cavalry. The others are from the fifth school of the Northern Army and Among the Three Rivers Cavalry, the infantry battalion has the largest number of soldiers.”
The Flying Bear Army is Dong Zhuo's private elite force.
The Five Schools of the Northern Army and the Sanhe Cavalry were called the Five Schools of Sanhe.
Among the five schools, the main source of soldiers in the infantry battalion is from the northwest.
When Dong Zhuo annexed the Sanhe and Five Schools, he reused the infantry battalions of the Northwesters, soldiers from several other battalions and the Sanhe cavalry. In order to better control them, Dong Zhuo dispersed the soldiers to various places.
By now, after fighting for so long, it was hard to tell whether it was the Shesheng Battalion or the Changshui Battalion, or the Hedong Cavalry or the Hanoi Cavalry.
However, the composition of Li Jue's soldiers is complicated.
"In other words, the three thousand flying bear troops, five thousand Xiliang infantry and some Xiliang cavalry will basically not betray Li Jue?"
Chen Zhou asked.
These soldiers brought out by Dong Zhuo very much supported Li Jue, who was Dong Zhuo's old subordinate and was born in Liangzhou.
Duan Xuan said: "That's it."
"Who will lead the remaining soldiers from the Three Rivers and Five Schools under Li Jue?"
Since the soldiers brought out by Dong Zhuo would not betray Li Jue, Chen Zhou set his sights on the soldiers from the Three Rivers and Five Schools.
Before setting off, Chen Zhou wanted to use the soldiers of the Longxiang garrison and the Three Rivers and Five Schools to pacify Guanzhong, and there were definitely a large number of soldiers from the Three Rivers and Five Schools around Li Jue, Guo Si and others.
As long as they can instigate rebellion against them, the soldiers from Sanhe and Five Schools can be used.
They are soldiers of the Han Dynasty, and in the name of the emperor, they can still instigate rebellion.
"This person's name is Huangfu Yi, whose courtesy name is Jianshou."
Duan Xuan knew the situation around Li Jue very well.
He was once beside Dong Zhuo and was a colleague of the two of them.
"Huangfu Yi?"
Chen Zhou pondered for a moment, tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and asked, "What is his relationship with Huangfu Song?"
Duan Xuan said: "He is Huangfu Song's son."
"Huangfu Jianshou, it turns out to be him!"
Chen Zhou suddenly realized.
This Huangfu Jianshou had an old relationship with Dong Zhuo.
When Dong Zhuo summoned Huangfu Song as the city gate captain, he thought about killing Huangfu Song, but Huangfu Yi knew the news and immediately rushed from Chang'an to Luoyang to plead for his father. Finally, Dong Zhuo let Huangfu Song go and returned the favor. Promoted to Yilang.
After Dong Zhuo died, Huangfu Song became the general who conquered the west and slaughtered Dong Zhuo's clan. Not long after, Li Jue and Guo Si killed Wang Yun, and Huangfu Song worked under them.
Afterwards, Huangfu Song died, and Huangfu Yi joined Li Jue, resulting in the current situation.
Chen Zhou didn't expect that it would be this person.
"The warlord thinks Huangfu Yi can be used?"
Duan Xuan asked.
Chen Zhou nodded and said: "It can be used, it can be used to instigate rebellion. Which of you has any friendship with Huangfu Yi?"
"It should be just me."
Duan Xuan thought for a moment and then said: "We were with Dong Zhuo at that time, and I had a good relationship with Huangfu Jianshou. If the governor wants to instigate Huangfu Jianshou, I can go there on his behalf."
This Huangfuyi must instigate rebellion.
Without the soldiers of the Three Rivers and Five Schools, it would be impossible to suppress Li Jue's Flying Bear Army and the Xiliang Infantry Cavalry.
As the son of Huangfu Song, it is not difficult to instigate Huangfu Yi.
At that time, Huangfu Song was one of the few useful generals in the Han Dynasty. He pacified the Yellow Turbans, suppressed Beigong Boyu and others, and made great achievements in battle.
"It's not enough for the general to go."
"I'll arrange for another person to be more convincing."
"General Cao, you should go too."
Chen Zhou looked at Cao Zhen and continued: "General Cao is Cao Sikong's adopted son, and he is more convincing than us, but General Duan must ensure General Cao's safety. If General Cao is harmed in any way here, what will happen next I am not the only one who can pacify Guanzhong with 300 men. When the time comes, as long as Duke Cao gives me 30,000 men, I will be able to kill them all."
Duan Yan didn't know where Chen Zhou had the confidence to say that 30,000 people could kill Li Jue and the others, but he didn't doubt Chen Zhou's true ability.
At the same time, he looked at Cao Zhen in surprise. It turned out that he was Cao Cao's adopted son, and he bowed.
Cao Zhen: "..."
Only then did he realize that Chen Zhou had named him to take him into Guanzhong, and it turned out that he was being used in this way.
Officially opened the correct usage of Cao Cao's adopted son.
If it weren't for Cao Ang's special status as Cao Cao's eldest son, and Cao Cao's other sons were still young, Chen Zhou would have wanted to bring a real son of Cao Cao here, which would be more convincing.
It is convincing both for Huangfu Yi and Ma Teng and Han Sui.
"General Cao, are you willing?"
Chen Zhou continued to look at Cao Zhen.
Cao Zhen nodded and said, "Of course, no problem."
He is not afraid of death either.
It might be a bit dangerous with Duan Suan here, but leaving safely shouldn't be a problem.
"You go and tell Huangfu Yi that as long as he can lead the soldiers of the Three Rivers and Five Schools to surrender to the imperial court, the emperor can forgive him all his crimes and mistakes, and then grant Huangfu Song the title. You decide how to persuade him specifically."
Chen Zhou said and asked again: "Does General Duan have a map?"
Atlas, that is, a map.
Duan Xuan quickly spread out a map and placed it on the table.
Chen Zhou looked at it for a moment, pointed at a location with his finger, and said: "We will set off tomorrow and march in secret. We will first find a place to hide near Bashui, and then you can go to see Huangfu Yi secretly. If he can be persuaded, You go see Li Jue again and express your willingness to join him, and take this opportunity to get closer to Li Jue."
Duan Xuan asked: "What if you say you don't accept Huangfu Yi?"
"No, I can definitely convince you."
When Chen Zhou said this, he actually hadn't thought about what to do if he refused to accept it.
It was his first time to lead a team as a head coach. He still lacked experience and could not cope with it as easily as Boss Cao. He basically took it step by step. If he was not convinced, he could only adapt to the situation. Then Liangzhou's Ma Teng and Han Then that chess piece can be activated in advance.
"good!"
Seeing Chen Zhou's confidence, Duan Yan agreed directly.
Cao Zhen also said that there is no problem and he is willing to take the risk, so everything is ready.
