"Ming Gong, the Qingzhou thieves are traveling from the north to the south. The first place they will go to is probably the Jibei Kingdom."
"Jibei!" Cao Cao smiled, but his tone was much more serious. "Bao Xin is indeed stationed in Jibei. He defends the army bravely and advances and retreats in a measured way. Maybe he can win here."
Zhang Han immediately shook his head, frowning and said: "I feel that Yanzhou Jibei is the same as Dongjun. The newly recruited soldiers and horses have never been on the battlefield. They are all trained by local braves. However, although the Qingzhou thieves were defeated, they fought many life and death battles." Even dozens of battles, bloody fights, how can a newcomer be able to defeat him?"
"Only by weakening its momentum can we defeat the enemy. Although the thieves are numerous, their families are mixed together and follow each other, which creates a huge drag. When the enemy is unable to attack or fight, it will definitely have the intention of retreating. In this way It can be defeated by sending out elite soldiers.”
"Well, that's right. Let's wait for work."
Cao Cao made a conclusion and summed up all the strategies Zhang Han wanted to say in one sentence. However, his face did not look too relaxed. He nodded and said: "Go on."
"Defeat first can make the Qingzhou thieves take their guard down and become arrogant enough to penetrate deeper; then they can set up ambushes, harass them continuously, trap them in Yanzhou territory, and then break them up one by one to defeat them."
"Now, my lord should prepare troops and horses, and move them along the marching route from Dunqiu to Shouzhang, so that they can support Prime Minister Bao at any time."
Zhang Han also passed through the military academy where Dunqiu and Neihuang battles took place. This march route was still passable just a month ago, so it was relatively light, familiar, and easy for vehicles and horses to travel.
There is nothing wrong with arranging soldiers and horses to ambush Shouzhang first. Perhaps it is a better choice than doing nothing. In this way, Zhang Han really understands the convenience of "geographical convenience", which is an extremely important factor in winning the war. ring.
"What do you mean, you want me not to march with the governor and just sit back and watch the success or failure?"
Cao Cao's face darkened, and he stretched out his hand to tap on the slip of paper.
"It's not that I just sit back and watch," Zhang Han immediately handed over his hand and said, "It's that Liu Dai, the governor, will never let Duke Ming send troops to suppress him. The Yanzhou scholars definitely don't want to see this, so they should stay behind and set up defenses to prepare for it. chaos."
"What if Liu Dai wins?" Cao Cao said abruptly. He, Liu Dai, has been an official for generations, with a strong family and disciples all over the country. He also has a younger brother, Liu Yao, who is serving as the governor of Yangzhou.
A double assassin, after all, is a big shot, and there is no possibility of defeating him.
"If so, he will definitely suffer heavy losses. If there is no good strategy and the Qingzhou bandits who surrender cannot be resettled, how can they get the people to surrender?"
"The Yanzhou gentry are very eager to get rid of thieves and are unwilling to coexist with them. However, the Qingzhou thieves hate mainly famous families."
"Although Ming Gong has a famous family, he is not famous for being a famous person in the country. He is famous for being fair, strict, self-denying and dedicated to the public. Such as his frugal family tradition, five-color stick, and temple building. Isn't he a strange person in the world?"
"If we can beat the thieves severely and make them surrender, we can further calm people's hearts. In this way, we can gain hundreds of thousands of thieves in Qingzhou, or even more! These are real sources of troops and vitality!"
Zhang Han looked serious, held the gift with both hands, and spoke loudly. This argument not only clarified the current situation that is very likely to occur, but also vaguely revealed Cao Cao's current pain points.
What people want!
Chenliu, Jibei, Jinan, Rencheng and many other large counties are each governed by officials from the clan of famous scholars, so they will not turn their hearts to Cao Cao, an outsider.
His reputation in the hearts of the people is not even as high as that of Qiao Maogao, the former prefect of Dongjun who took the lead in correcting the edict of the Three Dukes and was ordered to attack the Dong thieves. After winning the battle in Heishan, he can stand on this with his military prowess, but to win the hearts and minds of the people, not only It’s just Montenegro.
This time the Qingzhou thieves come, it is the best time!
The Qingxu thieves will definitely go to Yanzhou. Among the people in Xuzhou, there are many ambitious people, such as the Chen family, the Kan family, Tao Qian, and the Danyang people... They are all eager to introduce disasters to Yanzhou, and take advantage of the opportunity to seize the territory after the chaos. , strengthen yourself.
Therefore, Cao Cao had already obtained the military news and made a similar judgment.
However, how could the idea of sitting in the middle and watching success or failure and then sending troops to determine the outcome come from his mouth?
What Zhang Han said today is consistent with what many clan members thought, Cao Cao thought.
Although he is full of strategies! His eloquent words and even the way he held his chest out showed a sense of eloquence! But he is really good at fighting and can be used at any time, hehe.
"snort."
Cao Cao chuckled lightly and said nothing, but after taking a deep look at Zhang Han, he stood up and left.
But not long after, Xia Houdun, the governor of Dongjun, sent his general Han Hao to arrive, and invited Zhang Han to the governor's mansion, where he became a Chinese scholar in the prefect's mansion and came under Cao Cao's command.
Before noon, Zhang Han packed up and took office.
However, after taking office, General Han Hao, a subordinate of Xiahou Dun, came in person and gave Zhang Han a finely forged bright silver spear with a bronze tiger head cast on the spear head.
"Bo Chang, this is a gift from the prefect, a precious spear to match the Confucian scholar."
Zhang Han: "???"
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Jiujiu Mansion.
Xi Zhicai woke up with a hangover. After being drunk last night, he waited for Zhang Han late at night. After driving him away, he couldn't sleep for a long time. Today, he finally slept soundly all day, and it felt like a year had passed.
When I woke up, the sun shone through the window on the side of the bed. The warmth came just in time for laziness. It was extremely comfortable. I heard the report from the guard.
He sat up in a fit of excitement: "Zhang Han has been transferred away?!"
"Why?! Who the hell transferred him! I discovered this person!"
Su Wei was embarrassed and said: "The eunuch came here today and said he wanted to discuss the matter in depth. Then he invited him to the mansion and placed him under the command of the county magistrate Xia Houdun."
Xi Zhicai: "..."
"Sacrifice wine, why don't you go talk to the prefect..." Su Wei raised his head and took a peek.
"Since the Lord values him, it's not necessary. It shows that my vision is not bad. This person is really capable, hum." Xi Zhicai laughed a few times and fell down to sleep again.
After the 18th.
After many discussions with many civil and military officials, Cao Cao decided not to wait for military reports from the front and moved troops to Shouzhang to hoard the army first, transferring most of his elite cavalry there.
He only had more than 900 cavalry from his family's capital, and during the battle with the Montenegrin army, he captured more than a thousand horses, of which only a few hundred could be trained.
After many days of training, they could barely manage 1,200 riders, who were considered elite.
Supplemented by 6,000 infantry and escort troops from the front and rear to transport food first, the army set off towards Shouzhang and handed over the area of Juancheng and Puyang in Dongjun to the jurisdiction of Xiahou Dun, assisted by Xun Yu, and sent Chen Gong to Go to Zhang Miao, calm his mind, and leave it to the rear.
Before the army just rose up, Cao Cao's mind was filled with the scenes of Zhang and Han practicing their spear skills that day, as well as the scenes of charging into battle many times and killing the enemy bravely.
No matter how I thought about it, I felt that it would be appropriate to equip him with a white horse, a silver robe and armor, and a bright silver spear, so that he could charge into battle before the army.
During the Montenegrin Army, most of them were soldiers from the country, and they had no bloody experience when they first entered the battlefield. Now after the war is won, the remaining generals and soldiers are treasures and the backbone.
If he honestly collects military honors and becomes a general with a foreign surname, it might not be a bad idea.
But...
Thinking of this, Cao Cao saw Zhang Han wearing a green Confucian robe and a bun riding a horse not far away. He looked happy and was whispering something.
Not long after, Xi Zhi spoke loudly, as if he was blaming.
What were they talking about?
Tsk, no matter how you look at it, he should be a heroic general.
Cao Cao rode his horse forward and approached the two of them, vaguely hearing Xi Zhicai's reproachful voice.
"I have always imagined an enemy coming, but today I found out that it was you who made the suggestion directly! Although there are thieves in Qingxu, there are still ways to enter Taihang. If we go into the mountains without plundering, wouldn't this be a waste of military resources? !”
"You rush into things without considering everything carefully! How arrogant and arrogant! You even took advantage of me to sleep, Gou - give advice to the lord!"
What a chicken you are! ?
Cao Cao chuckled after hearing this.
At this moment, a war horse galloped in the distance, wearing the heart-protecting cloth armor of Bao Xinjun of Jibei...
"Is there someone from Jibei?"
Cao Cao frowned and thought a little.
