Chapter 1,233 Chen Gong's Plan

Bingzhou Xihe County governs Li Shiling, a total of 9 counties and ten cities, with 12,698 households and 78,038 people. Including Lishi, the county seat, there are nine county towns, namely Zhongyang, Pingzhou, Linxian, and Gaolang located in the east of the river, and Wanyang, Wanyin, Pingding, Guangyan, and Meiji located in the west of the river.

Chen Gong was already aware of these situations. However, Lu Bu's attention had always been on the plains of Bingzhou, and he did not pay much attention to the barren mountains and rivers like Lishi. Another reason was because of the conditions in Xihe County. The population has never been large before, with a total of only 20,000 to 30,000 people, less than the population of an ordinary county town in Taiyuan County.

It was only after these years, led by strangers, that the population increased to nearly 80,000 people. The remaining 50,000 people were located in the five cities east of Hedong, and the other 30,000 people were distributed in the cities west of Hexi.

Without thinking, Lu Bu ordered: "Okay, Li Feng listens to the order!"

"The general is here!"

"I ordered you to command 20,000 soldiers and set out to attack Xihe today. Within two months, you will capture all five cities in Xihe County located in the east of Hedong. After that, you will leave 5,000 soldiers to defend the five cities and move all the captive population back to Taiyuan. Placement.”

"Wei Chen takes the order!" Li Feng was overjoyed. Although it was only a few small towns with a population of 50,000 or 60,000 people, there were still some people in it who were not well-off or wealthy.

"Your Majesty!" Chen Gong said again: "I still have something to report to Your Majesty!"

"Please tell me, Prime Minister!"

"Except for the cities in Xihe, there are countless high mountains and ridges in our country. These places hide large and small mountain strongholds. I would like to ask the king to order the counties to step up the destruction of various mountain strongholds, capture all the basic people, and arrange for them to be resettled in various places. In this way As a result, the population can still increase a lot.”

"allow!"

"One more thing..." As he spoke, Chen Gong looked at the eunuchs, guards and maids around him, and then stopped talking.

Seeing this, Lu Bu waved away all the people around him, and then said: "If you have anything else to do with the Prime Minister, please tell me!"

"We heard that the Duke of Yan, Sun Zan, went to Wei again last month and came back with a great defeat. If not for the fact that the Prime Minister of Yan and the Lieutenant of the State, together with the governors of several counties, invited the Yanbei County cavalry and the Liaodong vassal cavalry from their ally Huangfu Chaobo. , Starry Night rushed for reinforcements, and it was still unclear whether Gongsun Zan could successfully withdraw to Jicheng. However, it was precisely because of the overstepping actions of Guan Jing and Gongsun Fan that Gongsun Zan was displeased, and in addition, Gongsun Zan's three sycophants were sworn brothers. With the instigation of Yan State, the conflicts between the counties and cities of Yan State have become increasingly serious. Later, Gongsun Zan ordered the elite soldiers from each county to be sent to Jicheng, and all the elite soldiers from each county were transferred..."

Afterwards, Chen Gong introduced the current situation of Yan State to everyone in detail. Everyone was dumbfounded. After Chen Gong finished speaking, Zhang Yang, who reacted the fastest, said: "The intention of the Prime Minister is to ask the king to prepare to send troops to the valley. Put it under control?”

Chen Gong put his hands on his hands and laughed: "It's more than that..."

With that said, Chen Gong explained his strategy to several people in detail.

After Chen Gong explained his strategy in detail, everyone couldn't help but applaud. However, Qin Yi talked about another thing: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I have always had a doubt in my heart. Why has the Prime Minister never mentioned taking action against the Montenegro Army? If the Montenegro Army can be brought under control, If so, wouldn’t Qi be better?”

Hearing Qin Yi's question, Lu Bu and Wei Xu also looked at Chen Gong, quietly waiting for Chen Gong's answer.

Chen Gong said: "I don't know that Montenegro has a large population, but there are a few questions. I wonder if Qin Zhongcheng has considered them?"

"Please give me your advice, Prime Minister!" Qin Yi bowed his hands to Chen Gong and said;

"First, the Black Mountain Army is located in the Taihang Mountains, and its conditions are more difficult and difficult than those in Shangdang County and Xihe County. Second, the Black Mountain Army's combat strength is actually not weak. Otherwise, even with the strength of the Wei State, it would still be unable to do anything. They. Another point is that if we try our best to defeat the Black Mountain Army and bring all its population into the State of Zhao, but the cities and passes to which they belong are nominally within the State of Wei, if the King of Wei asks us for these cities, what will happen to them? To give or not to give?”

"Definitely not.

"Qin Yi said without thinking;

"If you don't give it, you will definitely offend the King of Wei. At the end of the world, we will face enemies on all sides, and our destruction will not be far away. If you really give it, will the king and the generals be willing?"

After everyone heard this, they were all speechless.

Everyone simply stopped discussing this issue and instead discussed the strategy proposed by Chen Gong. Although the general strategy was already in place, there were still many details that needed to be perfected.

…

In Jiuyuan City, Wuyuan County, Zhao Zilong was talking to the knights and Lao Du. Ever since they learned that Lu Bu was about to send troops, until Lu Bu's army retreated some time ago, everyone here was highly nervous and did not dare to relax for a moment. . Now Lu Bu failed to steal the chicken and lost a handful of rice, but he failed to attack Wuyuan. As a result, even Shangdang was captured by Huangfu Chaobo, which made everyone happy.

So, Zhao Zilong came up with the idea of ​​gathering everyone together. Now among Lu Bu's army, Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry has retreated to Taiyuan. Only 10,000 of the 50,000 infantry led by Zhang Liao are left to garrison Xianyang. The rest of the infantry have all returned to Yunzhong. As for the cavalry, Cao Xing has already commanded Of the 20,000 ordinary cavalry, only 5,000 were left in the clouds, and the rest had retreated to Yanmen. It can be said that Lu Bu's army east of Wuyuan did not pose much of a threat for the time being.

But even so, the families did not take it lightly. Zhang Liao's 50,000 Zhao troops lost nearly 10,000 people under the city of Qiyang, but the coalition forces of the families also lost 4,000 to 5,000 people. It can be said that the loss is still not small. You have to know that the total population of the two counties of the families is only 350,000 to 360,000, but they recruited 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers, which has exceeded the normal ratio of 10 to 1. How can they not be heartbroken to lose 5,000 in such a big battle?

"Everyone, let's show off your own assets. Although Lu Bu had to retreat this time because the boss Chaobo suddenly sent troops to Shangdang, Lu Bu had already suffered two losses under the city of Qiyang, and he would definitely not give up." After a few people laughed and talked about some unimportant things, Zhao Zilong spoke; "Let me talk about myself first. I have five cities with about 150,000 people. Originally, there were 25,000 soldiers, including 17,000 guards, 5,000 combat soldiers, and 3,000 cavalry. This time, the soldiers and horses lost were more than 1,200 guards and nearly 800 combat soldiers, which is almost a loss of Two thousand men. ”

Hearing this, the knight said: “My losses are about the same, but my guards are slightly less, only 15,000, 5,000 combat soldiers, 5,000 cavalry, and the losses this time are also about 2,000 men. ”

Old Du and Xiao Jiejie looked at each other and said: “The losses of the two of us are about 1,200 men.”

“It seems that our losses in soldiers alone this time are more than 5,000. You know, we have less than 60,000 soldiers in total. If this continues, we will probably not be able to hold on after two or three more battles.” Zhao Zilong scratched his head with both hands;