Chapter 256 Yu Yang’s Grand Strategy
“Father, please look!”
Liu Feng perked up and stepped forward to spread out several silk books and a map of Huaiyang.
"Father, I thought about it for a long time yesterday and felt that the previous plan was too conservative."
The excited and high-spirited look rippled on Liu Feng's face, making him look sharp and sharp. : "Father, we can mobilize 80,000 troops this time to solve the problem of Yangzhou and General Zuo at once."
"Eighty thousand people!?"
Liu Bei was almost not frightened by Liu Feng. Yesterday it was 30,000, but today it became 80,000. Isn't this child's play?
Liu Bei immediately shook his head, his face darkened, and he lectured the other party: "Feng'er, military affairs are the foundation of the country, how can it be such a trivial matter. Sun Tzu said: Soldiers are the most important matter of the country, the place of life and death, the survival of the country. Is this the way that makes you change your order like this?"
"Father, calm down."
Although Liu Feng immediately apologized for Liu Bei's anger and displeasure, he no longer felt any fear in his heart. The situation is over, and Liu Feng is confident enough to convince the other party in the following explanation.
Liu Feng pointed at the map and said: "Father, please allow me to explain the entire plan in detail. Can I wait until you listen before making a decision?"
Liu Bei frowned and looked at Liu Feng. After a while, , and then nodded.
Liu Feng immediately explained: "Father, this battle is divided into three major battlefields, namely Runan, Jiujiang and Danyang."
"Runan, Jiujiang and Danyang?"< br>
Liu Bei, who listened carefully to Liu Feng's explanation, was surprised and asked: "Aren't we going south to Yangzhou? Why is the main battlefield not Wu County?"
"Father, because Yuan Jiujiu will mobilize the enemy for us."
Liu Feng replied confidently: "Once our Guangling Army troops come to the border, Sun Ce will definitely not go south to invade Kuaiji, but will march on the front line of Qu'a , trying to stalemate me, looking for an opportunity for a decisive battle."
"But I don't want to give him this opportunity."
Liu Feng slapped his palm on the map of Jiujiang County. In Chun's position: "Yuan Gongli can mobilize Sun Bofu's troops for me."
"Father, please look!"
Liu Feng's right index finger pointed at Yingchuan, Chen Guo, and Pei Guo in turn: "I will take my second uncle as the Yingchuan Army, go south from Yingchuan, and invade the western part of Runan. Father, you will personally control the middle road and start from Chen County, Chen Guo." Set off and take the central part of Runan, then order a general to go out of Pei State and take the eastern part of Runan. Finally, we will meet at Ruyin in the south of Runan and take Shen County. The army will be directed towards Shouchun, with Yingshui as the road and logistics. There is no danger, how does father think Yuan Shu will respond?"
Liu Bei hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but look to the south.
Yuan Shu's current field strength is only 60,000. Among these 60,000, there are nearly 20,000 Sun troops. If you add in the 20,000 troops that Sun Ce expanded after he attacked Wu Commandery, the total strength is about 80,000. Thousands of people.
But these 80,000 people were completely defeated by the Xuzhou Army in terms of training, morale, ordnance and equipment, and actual combat experience.
Of the 60,000 Yuan Shu's troops in the north of the Yangtze River, one-third were stationed in Liyang City, the remaining one-third was in Shouchun, 10,000 were in the neighboring Lujiang County, and the last 10,000 were stationed in various places. Five thousand people were stationed in Shen County and Ruyin in the south of Runan.
Because Ruyin and Shen County are Shouchun's biggest barriers. If they are not defended, it will be equivalent to putting the enemy directly under Shouchun City.
If Liu Bei can successfully join forces in the southern part of Runan and advance into Ruyin and Shen counties, then Yuan Shu's greatest possibility is to send troops from Liyang to the north for support instead of directly sending troops from Shouchun.
Because Shouchun will not only face threats from the direction of Runan, but also threats from the direction of Peiguo Longkang.
The Laishui River flows south from Longkang and merges into the Huaihe River. Going up the Huaihe River, you can reach Shouchun City directly. The distance is only a third further than Ruyin.
If Yuan Shu mobilizes troops from Shouchun to reinforce Ruyin and Shen counties, then once Shouchun is attacked by Long Kang's Liu Bei army, everything will be lost.
"Then he can only go east of Chaohu, go to Junqiu County, and go north via Hefei to support Shouchun."
Liu Bei thought for a long time and finally made a decision.
This is the only road, which is relatively the safest. There are major roads along the way, which is convenient for the army to march, and it is also supported by waterways, which facilitates logistical supplies.
If Liu Bei had to choose, he would choose this path and other paths.
“Not bad.”
Liu Feng nodded and said: "If it were me, I would make the same choice."
Immediately, Liu Feng changed his style and said: "Father, look here."
Liu Bei followed Liu Feng's instructions. Feng pointed and looked over, and then asked doubtfully: "Dongcheng County?"
"Yes, it is Dongcheng County."
Liu Feng smiled: "Father, if I ambush in Dongcheng If we pick up a cavalry and then drive directly to the east of Shaopi, what will be the outcome for Li Yang's enemies heading north? "
Liu Bei gasped, then shook his head and said: "If you want the plan to succeed, you must have at least three thousand fine cavalry. Where can our army come from so many cavalry."
Hearing this, Liu Feng immediately laughed and said : "Father, have you forgotten the Three Rivers Knights I reported to you in my letter?"
As I said before, the Eastern Han Dynasty was so powerful that the local power was so powerful that the central government of the Eastern Han Dynasty was quite afraid of it. .
These powerful nobles have a large local population, estates that produce various materials, and private tribes. At the same time, they can serve as high-ranking officials in the central government.
The sharp drop in tax revenue in the Eastern Han Dynasty made the Eastern Han Dynasty consciously increase its proportion of power to suppress local areas by weakening local counties.
To put it simply, I can't continue to strengthen you, so I will increase the strength difference between us by weakening you.
Therefore, the division of prefectures and states in the Eastern Han Dynasty often appeared very abrupt and unreasonable.
Dongcheng is a typical case. It belongs to Xuzhou, but in fact it is truly integrated with Jiujiang.
Judging from the map, Dongcheng is the exit point of the mountain passage connecting Xiapi and Jiujiang. From here, you can go to Xuzhou via a mountain road, and you can also enter the Chaohu hills of Jiujiang.
On both sides of this mountain road are hills and mountains, the southeast is the Quanjiao (now Chuzhou) hilly area, the northwest is the Yinling hills, and the northeast is the Hongze Lake.
If the east city belongs to Jiujiang, Yuan Shu only needs to put two or three thousand people here, and the Xuzhou army cannot pass here even if it is ten thousand people.
However, the Central Committee of the Eastern Han Dynasty assigned Dongcheng to Xuzhou, which allowed Liu Feng to easily station thousands of troops in Dongcheng. After recharging his strength, he suddenly rushed towards Shouchun.
If there was no Dongcheng, Xuzhou's cavalry would have to set out from Xutai, trek through mountains and rivers through mountain passes, and then have to capture Dongcheng before they could enter the Chaohu hilly area.
Not to mention mobilizing troops, Shouchun has long been prepared. If you go deep alone and the logistics are cut off, this is not a surprise attack on Yuan Shu, it is simply a loss of life.
Hearing this, Liu Bei remembered that Liu Feng had written before and said that he had recruited many Knights of Three Rivers, but was this number as high as three thousand?
If this is the case, then Yuan Shu is likely to be paralyzed by this blow.
Once Yuan Shu is paralyzed, he will call for reinforcements even more frantically. As a result, Sun Ce will no longer be able to sit still in Jiangdong, and if he really waits and watches Yuan Shu be destroyed by Liu Bei, then his next target will definitely be It's Sun Ce.
How could Sun Ce withstand a victorious army of 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers marching south to Jiangdong?
Including Jiangdong's local military strength, it is actually an army of hundreds of thousands.
My eldest son was very fond of Sun Ce and praised his tiger father for having no dog son. He inherited Sun Polu's bravery and was good at conquering and fighting.
In this case, the opponent must be able to see this and will risk crossing the river to support Yuan Shu.
In this way, Yuan Shujun in Jiangdong will also be mobilized.
Liu Bei suddenly looked at Guangling and asked, "After Sun Ce crosses the river, will it be time for the Guangling army to move out?"
"Of course, this cannot be hidden from my father."< br>
Liu Feng smiled, pointed at the Yangtze River and said: "As long as Sun Ce crosses the river, the Guangling army can act accordingly, either to attack Liyang or to attack Dantu. They can always cut off his return and completely separate the two sides of the river east of the river. , making Sun Ce unable to return home.”
Liu Bei crossed his arms and thought, if he wanted to achieve the effect, he really had to mobilize an army of more than 80,000 people as Liu Feng said.
Yuan Shu's field strength is indeed only 60,000, and with the addition of Sun Ce's troops in Jiangdong, he is already tied with Liu Bei's army.
But Liu Bei is the attacker and Yuan Shu is the defender. Yuan Shu also has hundreds to thousands of garrison troops in each city, so in terms of total military strength, Yuan Shu actually has the advantage.
It's a pity that the strength of Yuan Shu's field army is much inferior to that of Xuzhou Army. As long as Yuan Shu's field army can reach more than 80% of the level of Xuzhou Army, then Xuzhou Army will not dare to deploy like this.
Now the Xuzhou Army is bullying others. As long as you can't defeat me in the field, I can divide your city as I please and eat you bite by bite. This is the value of strategic initiative.
"How do you plan to allocate the troops?"
Liu Bei was obviously convinced, and such a grand strategy made him feel a little excited.
Liu Feng pointed at the map and said: "The first route of the Yingchuan Army, with the second uncle as the commander, supervised 15,000 people to leave Yingchuan, go south to Runan, and capture all 16 counties in the western part of Runan. I believe that because of my father's reputation, I will appoint Li Zan as the governor of Runan and ask him to cooperate with his second uncle. With Li Zan's reputation and influence, coupled with his official position as the governor of Runan, he will definitely be able to cooperate with his second uncle. And down."
"Yes."
Liu Bei nodded slowly. He had also heard of Li Zan. Li Ying's son had a long-standing reputation and had great fame and influence in Runan, Yingchuan and other places.
Allowing him to serve as the governor of Runan can even increase Liu Bei's reputation.
After getting Liu Bei's approval, Liu Feng continued: "The middle road starts from the state of Chen. His Royal Highness the King of Chen and Prime Minister Luo Jun are good friends. They regard Yuan Gongliu as a rebel and hate him deeply. If My father set out from Chen County to attack Yuan Shu. He will go all out to help his father succeed."
"Oh?"
Liu Bei turned to look at Liu Feng in surprise: "伱. When did we become friends with King Chen and Prime Minister Chen?”
"It was during this trip eastward that we passed by Chen County, and we never gave up on each other for the sake of King Chen."
Liu Feng replied: "Actually, it's not just King Chen and the prime minister, but the entire Chen country, the nobles and nobles are powerful. , the common people are all worried about Yuan Shu coming to the north. After all, Yuan Jiujiu is well known. If his father can raise a righteous army and eliminate cruelty, the whole country will do its best to help him."
"Good"
<. br>Liu Bei said okay, but his eyes when looking at Liu Feng were still a little complicated.
Everyone is afraid of a tiger father and a dog son, but Liu Bei feels that it is not good for his son to be too capable. At least it makes him, an old father, worried all day long, wondering whether his grown-up son will give him something unexpectedly. Surprise yourself.
"For the middle route, I also ask my father to personally supervise the central army, and then recruit 6,000 men from my uncle's army and 6,000 Liang soldiers. A total of 24,000 people will go south, go to Xiang County, and reach Ruyin."
< br>Speaking of this, Liu Feng said: "The West Route Army can be commanded by Third Uncle, leading the troops from Qiaojun, passing through Chengfu, and going straight to Longkang, threatening Shouchun's flanks. Let Yuan Gongdao be in a dilemma, and sit in the trapped city."
“After my second uncle has swept through the western part of Runan, I can lead the main force to Ruyin to join my father. As for whether my third uncle wants to come together, my father can decide based on the situation at that time.”
< br>Liu Feng made a gathering gesture on the map with both hands: "By then, my father will have nearly 50,000 troops under his command. How can Yuan Gongguan not be afraid?"
Hearing this, Liu Bei clicked on He nodded, with a smile on his lips.
Didn’t you yell to the left and right last year that you don’t know if there is me, Liu Xuande, in the world?
Then this year I will let you see who I, Liu Xuande, am.
Although Yuan Shu did not write to Lu Bu in this time and space, he still complained to Tao Qian about giving up Xuzhou to Liu Bei while chatting with him, and once again said the famous saying about Liu Xuande.
It can be seen how deep Yuan Shu's resentment towards Liu Bei is. Even if history changes, he cannot change his words.
Liu Bei was also very angry when he heard this.
Just from Liu Bei's thoughts, we can know how grudge he is.
Liu Feng said at the right time: "Father, this time the child has brought back 20,000 yellow turbans. They are all young and strong, and have battle experience. Moreover, the residual poison of the yellow turbans is relatively mild, so they are good soldiers. You can do this "
Liu Bei nodded, and then asked: "Well, in your opinion, how to allocate the 20,000 people?"
Liu Feng obviously has already. He planned to immediately reply: "My father's army can be expanded into two more schools, with Zhuo Ying and Chen Dao as the school captain. Each department has 4,000 people. I can draw 2,000 people from the veterans of my father's personal guard and 3,000 people from Liang Guojun soldiers." , Huangjin Qingzhuang recruited 3,000 people and mixed them together. If the father's personal guard is vacant, 1,000 Huangjin Qingzhuang and 1,000 Liangjun soldiers will be used to fill the gap. In this way, Liangguojun soldiers can digest 4,000 people and Huangjinqing. A strong man can also consume four thousand people."
When he heard that the first thing he wanted to do was to expand his own army, Liu Bei's lips turned up high, and he couldn't help it.
"The troops of Gao Shun, Jia Kui, Guan Ping, and Zhang Liao can all expand their troops to 4,000 men, and need to supplement 7,000 men. Guan Ping's troops can be supplemented independently in Yingchuan, and there is no need to allocate additional troops."
"The remaining Third Uncle's troops and Uncle Zilong's troops can be expanded to four thousand and two thousand respectively. In this way, most of the supplementary Yellow Turbans and Liang Guojun soldiers can be consumed. The remaining several thousand Yellow Turban troops can be Divide them into four divisions and assign them to Lu, Pei, Rencheng and Langya respectively to enhance their strength."
Liu Bei is very approving of Liu Feng's plan, whether it is the Yellow Turban Army or the soldiers of Liang Guojun. The best plan is to completely break it up and then assign various departments to digest it.
Moreover, Liu Feng's arrangement for expanding his army this time can be said to be quite fair, and even a little unfair to himself.
“Goodness!”
Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction, but he would not let his grown-up son suffer: "Gao Shun's troops are still under your control, and the Three Rivers Knights are temporarily under your control."
Liu Feng was a little surprised. He originally thought that Dad would take the Three Rivers Knight over, but he didn’t expect that the other party would just let him go.
Even if you just let it go temporarily, it’s still a let it go.
What’s more, after a long time, it will not be easy to get it again.
Liu Feng immediately said gratefully: "Thank you very much, father!"
Liu Bei nodded, and then asked: "How many troops and horses do you plan to put on the east side of the city?"
Liu Feng immediately replied: "Six thousand fine cavalry, led by Teacher Taishi, General Zhang Liao and Xu Huang General Commander."
"Six thousand?"
Liu Bei was shocked and said in confusion: "Didn't you say in your letter to my father that there were only more than two thousand people?"
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Liu Feng hurriedly explained: "Originally there were indeed only more than 2,000 people, but I didn't expect that Yang Cheqi later donated General Xu's troops to his son, and also temporarily borrowed 800 additional cavalrymen. General Xu Huang's headquarters also had More than four hundred riders.”
Liu Bei did the math, but still felt something was wrong: "Then there are only more than 1,200 cavalry. Even if you include the knights under Taishi and Zhang Liao, you can't get enough 6,000 cavalry."
After all, Xuzhou As for the young cavalry, in addition to the one or two hundred cavalry he brought with him at the beginning, Taishi Ci only recruited forty or fifty cavalry. Later, the biggest input was the hundreds of war horses purchased by Liaodong and the more than three hundred cavalry under Zhang Liao's command.
But these knights together can't even make up a fraction of the six thousand riders.
Liu Feng coughed twice and said: "Now the drought in Hedong is getting more and more serious, and my son is not well-known in the land of Sanhe, so all these Sanhe knights went to Luozhong to join the army. Seeing that they were sincere, the boy returned Most of them prepared their own war horses and weapons, and couldn't bear to dampen their enthusiasm, so they all gathered together."
"How many are these people?"
Liu Bei was silent for a moment, and suddenly regretted his generosity just now.
Seeing Liu Bei's reaction, Liu Feng could only make a cautious gesture.
"Two hundred?"
"Two thousand... more than that."
Liu Bei looked at Liu Feng sideways and said in a sour tone: "It seems that you This nickname is quite impressive.”
"It's all relying on the father's power, and the child just succeeds because of others."
Liu Feng smiled and flattered him, as long as his father didn't regret it.
Unexpectedly, whatever he was afraid of would come, and his words just gave Liu Bei an excuse.
"Since you are relying on my reputation, I can't help you in vain. As a father, I don't ask for more. I will send half of the six thousand cavalry back."
Liu Bei said loudly, I want to eat half of it with just one mouthful.
Liu Feng was immediately unhappy. He had planned these fine cavalry. In the future, he would punch Yuan Shao on the head and kick Cao Cao in the butt. These six thousand fine cavalry would be of great use.
We can’t let Lao Deng be blinded.
Liu Feng hurriedly said: "Father, you are not joking! As a hussar general, you cannot go back on your word."
Unexpectedly, Liu Bei also said plausibly: "Father, just now I also said that it is only under your control for the time being. After this battle, it can be rearranged."
Liu Feng regretted his showoff just now and could only make a final effort and said: "Father, in that case, we will wait for the war! Let’s talk about the knight in detail.”
Liu Bei didn't want to push his son too much, so he immediately nodded in agreement: "That's very good."
(End of this chapter)