Chapter 1190: Decision Making (Part 2)
Speaking of this, Xu Shu paused for a moment and said: "As for the land in Guanzhong, even if we pacify the three princes as soon as possible and take all the land in Guanzhong, Liangzhou will be surrounded by the Qianghu and the Western Regions. Now the Qianghu have The reasons for the three families of Han, Ma and Dong are within the controllable range for the time being. If we capture Liangzhou, we will definitely need to spend a lot of effort to stabilize the Qiang and Hu and the surrounding foreign tribes. At that time, we will also have to contain a large number of troops. But Bingzhou is different. Bingzhou has Yinshan Mountain in the north, Taihang in the east, and Hetao in the west. It has been known as the mountains and rivers inside and outside since ancient times. If Bingzhou can be pacified, it will take far less time and energy than Guanzhong. "
Huangfu Chaobo took a look and realized that the four people were divided into two groups, which happened to be a tie of two to two, and they were all confident in their words, making his already two-big head now become four-big. Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo looked at the other people.
Cai Yong and Kong Rong, the two old men, except for their own duties, spend all their time on Luoyang Academy. During such discussions, the old gods are standing aside, and they are not willing to say a word. .
Prime Minister Tian Feng, Emperor Zongzheng Jianshou, Minister of Taipu Temple Han Fu, Minister of Shaofu Temple Kong Niao, and Da Sinong Zaozhi all supported Pang Tong's opinions. They all had their sights on the man from Guanzhong. We are thousands of miles away, and we must know that they basically belong to the internal affairs department; but Guo Wei Zhu Jun, Yu Shi Zhongcheng Lou Gui, Ting Wei Jushou, and Wei Wei Huang Zhong supported Guo Jia's suggestion. Merging the state is not very good, but just like Guo As Jia and Xu Shu said, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Now that there is no Jin in Zhao, this is the best time to send troops. Another point is that Bingzhou is adjacent to the grassland to the north.
Among all the people in the hall, Xun You was the only one who had not made a clear statement. He just sat there and thought about something quietly. After a long time, he raised his head and looked at Huangfu Chaobo, then glanced at everyone in the hall, stood up and said slowly: " Your Majesty, everyone, what Guo and Pang said is reasonable. However, I am considering a problem. Compared with Guanzhong, Bingzhou is easier to defend and harder to attack. Whether it is from Hebei or Sizhou, it is difficult to attack Bingzhou. It’s a matter of timing.”
After hearing this, everyone nodded repeatedly, and Guo Jia's eyes lit up. He had already realized what Xun You was going to say.
"So I'm thinking that since it's easy to conquer the key points but difficult to merge with the state, from common sense, we should do the easy things first and then the difficult ones, but..." At this point, Xun You suddenly came to a magical turning point.
"Your Majesty, if we want to invade Bingzhou, there is only one thing we can rely on now, and that is the ancient pre-Qin road. This ancient road has not yet been discovered by Zhao State, so our basis is still there. If it is time to move to the imperial court, it will be difficult to protect the Zhao State. Some people will think of this. If this is the case, our support will no longer exist, and we can only rely on mountains of corpses and seas of blood to pave the way into Bingzhou. "
After hearing Xun You's words, everyone's eyes lit up. Yes, everyone knows that Bingzhou is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Now is indeed the best time to attack Bingzhou. Now Zhao's most elite army of 100,000 troops, Chen Bing Wuyuan, although the defense on the city pass in the south is quite strong, but the internal strength is empty. This is the best time for him to invade Bingzhou.
If our army uses the ancient pre-Qin road to invade Shangdang in one fell swoop, it will definitely catch Zhao State off guard. Using the time it takes for Zhao State to react, our army will attack from both sides, open up the connection with Hanoi, and then send troops northward. If If there is enough time, they might be able to invade Taiyuan. Even if Zhao Guo reacts quickly enough, he can still hold Shangdang in his hands. In this way, the attack on Zhao Guo will have an advantage and will no longer be as passive as it is now. Defended.
To achieve this, there is only one ancient road. If the ancient road is discovered by Zhao State in advance, it will be too late. Therefore, before Zhao State discovers this ancient road, the earlier the better, the better.
As soon as Xun You finished speaking, Tian Feng and Huangfu Jianshou immediately changed their positions. Later, everyone else also expressed their agreement to move north first and then west. We all know that we should never place our hopes on each other.
Even Pang Tong and Lu Su had to say: "Gongda is a great talent.
I am not as good as..."
Huangfu Chaobo was also impressed. He was worthy of being called the mastermind of later generations. He considered the problem more comprehensively than others. When the army was considering where to attack better and gain more benefits, he But he focused on how to attack. No wonder Cao Cao said that he had no plan left.
"Haha..." Seeing this situation, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but let go of his frown and said with a hearty smile: "So, all my dear friends have already made their decision?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Everyone responded in unison;
"Okay, since that's the case, let's discuss how to arrange the army, when to send troops, and the arrangements for the rest of the troops!"
"promise!"
Now that the direction has been determined, the next thing is to determine the generals and horses to send troops. After more than an hour of deliberation, it was finally decided that the troops from all the counties in Guandong would not send troops during this battle and would stay in their respective places to prevent Qi from sending troops to attack. Among the troops in Wei County, except for Zhao Yun's headquarters, In the event that 1,000 white horse Yi Cong accompanied the army and marched outside the state, the rest of the troops would not be dispatched to prevent Wei's troops from attacking. At the same time, in order to deal with Wei's cavalry, Huangfu Chaobo decided to mobilize Hua Xiong's 10,000 Xiliang cavalry and Hanoi's five thousand cavalry went to Yecheng. In this way, Yecheng had 20,000 cavalry, which should be able to deal with the Wei army's cavalry.
And the 5,000 Huben cavalrymen in Luoyang were transferred to Xu Rong to prepare to face the cavalrymen of Qi. The troops going to Bingzhou, in addition to the most elite guards in Huangfu Chaobo's hands, also included 10,000 infantrymen of the Huben Army and 10,000 Luoyang defenders, 10,000 infantrymen of the Henei Baotao Army and 10,000 Henei defenders, plus 15,000 cavalrymen, infantrymen and newly formed crossbowmen in the Yingyang Army of Hedong, and one school of infantrymen and one school of cavalrymen in the Xiongqu Camp of Hongnong were sent to Hedong to assist in the defense.
If calculated in this way, the troops dispatched this time include 37,000 guards, 35,000 combat soldiers and 20,000 defenders, a total of 92,000 troops, plus about 30,000 civilians, craftsmen and auxiliary soldiers, and the total force will reach nearly 120,000 troops. Among them, there are 25,000 cavalrymen, more than 62,000 infantrymen, 5,000 Juezi troops, and 30,000 auxiliary soldiers.
In this expedition, Huangfu Chaobo specially transferred Zhao Yun from Weijun to exchange him with Hua Xiong because he had to face a strong general like Lu Bu. With Dian Wei, there should be no problem dealing with Lu Bu. In addition, there were Huang Wudie, Tian Yu, Gao Shun and other generals. In this way, even if Zhang Liao and his generals returned quickly, Huangfu Chaobo would not be afraid of the generals of Zhao. At the same time, in order to deal with the possible attacks from Wei and Qi, Huangfu Chaobo sent Pang Tong to Weijun and Lu Su to Shanyang to assist in defending the two countries.