Chapter 859: Preparing to Attack the Kingdom of Wei

After a thorough analysis, Guo Jia discovered that not only Geyang had mobilized troops, but also many counties in Lujiang County and Jiujiang County had mobilized troops in the past few days, especially several counties around Shouchun. Yesterday, several counties Each sent two thousand soldiers to Shouchun.

Based on this information, Guo Jia knew that Yuan Shu was indeed deploying troops to enrich Shouchun's troops. However, these are all expected by Guo Jia and others, but they don't know how many new troops he will recruit after allocating some soldiers from each city. If Yuan Shu makes a desperate move and lets each city recruit soldiers and horses, So it's not good news for Anton Army.

On the one hand, it will increase the casualties on both sides, and on the other hand, it will be very detrimental to the Anton Army's control of Lujiang County in the future. Recruiting a large number of troops will lead to a large reduction in the number of people under the rule, which will significantly reduce food production. Moreover, the casualties after the war will ultimately have to be appeased by the Anton Army, otherwise the Anton Army will never really be able to control Lujiang.

But the current plan is to arrange the army to attack the cities in Lujiang as soon as possible, so that they will not have time to conduct too much training on the newly recruited soldiers.

Considering that it would take time for the army to cross the river, Huangfu Chaobo decided to summon the generals to discuss and decide on the troop dispatch plan. After the entire army crossed the river, he would rest and recuperate while arranging the troops to start the expedition.

Soon, the military commanders rushed to Huangfu Chaobo's tent. As for the players, two representatives, Zongheng Tianxia and Huang Jin Wudi, were sent to participate.

After everyone was seated, Huangfu Chaobo said: "Everyone, after careful deployment and careful arrangements, with the full cooperation of General Huang and General Zhou, and the hard work of the soldiers, we finally set foot on the land of Huainan. "

Having said this, he paused for a moment and then said: "Stepping into Huainan means that the war will officially begin, so the first thing we have to do is to step on the springboard under our feet firmly, and then we can slowly implement the following steps. strategy."

As he spoke, Huangfu Chaobo explained to everyone the intelligence he had collected over the past few days and the results of his discussions with the two military advisors. After listening to what he said, everyone who was originally happy slowly calmed down.

Indeed, last year the army fought in Runan. It can be said that it has the advantages of geographical location and people. On the one hand, the southern part of Runan is within the scope of Yuzhou, and everyone in Yuzhou is relatively familiar with the terrain of Runan. Secondly, The Yuzhou Army and the Andong Army are recognized by the people in southern Runan. In addition, the Yuan Shu Army's local garrison in Runan is basically composed of local recruits, and their combat strength is not satisfactory, so they have Last year's smooth sailing.

But it is different now. The two counties of Yangzhou were under Yuan Shu's command. It was as early as 191 when Yuan Shu attacked Luoyang. It has been several years now. The people have recognized the rule of Yuan Shu's army, but their own army has become the intruder.

Another point is that although the soldiers in each city in Lujiang are also guards, they are different from the soldiers in Runan who have only been recruited for a year or two. There are thousands of veterans among the guards in each city. In addition, The unknown number of newly recruited soldiers will indeed be quite difficult for the existing army to attack the city.

Of course, the difficulty does not mean that it cannot be captured, but it means that the loss of troops required will be great. However, fortunately, the two counties of Lujiang have not been at war for several years since Yuan Shu's army took control. There should be a lot of things in each city, and I hope to gain a lot.

In the opinion of Huangfu Chaobo and others, crossing the river is the first step. The second step is to gain a foothold on the south bank of the Huaihe River. The third step is to consider going south to the southeast of the Lujiang River. After the Lujiang River is basically under control, the last step is to consider fighting with Yuan Shujun. Desperately. By then, the other two armies must have invaded the hinterland of Jiujiang.

After saying this, Huangfu Chaobo handed over the next arrangements to Zuo Army Advisor Pang Tong. Many of the pre-war arrangements of the Anton Army were basically made by him or Xu Shu.

"Generals, our entire army of 150,000 will be able to cross the river as soon as tomorrow afternoon. After deliberation,

It was decided that the army would not continue to wait for all the follow-up troops to arrive. Starting tomorrow, General Huang Zhong would lead the already rested 60,000-strong army to attack the southern county of Biguo. "

"According to the intelligence collected, Yuan Shujun's general Yuan Shujun is stationed in the county seat of Biguo. He has a total of 5,000 soldiers in the city. In addition to the 1,000 soldiers gathered back from here a few days ago, there are also 1,000 soldiers who were originally in the city. There are five thousand garrison troops, and there are more than 11,000 troops in total. Of course, these are the information from a few days ago. As for the mobilization of troops and horses in various cities under Yuan Shujun's rule in the past few days, we don't know yet. Just whether there are any new recruits."

"After capturing the country of Yi, we will decide on the arrangement of dividing the troops to attack according to the situation. Moreover, after capturing the country of Yi, we will be able to better obtain information about the other cities from the prisoners. "

At this point, Pang Tong stopped talking. Originally, they had already discussed the division of troops. However, after Yuan Shu's army mobilized troops and horses, the situation of troops and horses in each city changed. Therefore, without clarifying the distribution of troops, , Pang Tong decided not to tell everyone about this plan yet, but only requested that the country of Bian be captured first, and then arrange the war in the remaining cities according to the situation.

Seeing that Pang Tong had finished speaking, Huangfu Chaobo stood up and said, "How many troops and horses have crossed the river now?"

Shi A saw this and quickly stood up and replied: "In addition to the guards around the lord, the rest of the troops who have crossed the river are General Huang Wudie's Huben Camp and Wang Yong's Shenwu Camp, as well as the four schools of infantry from the Jianwu Camp of the Yuzhou Army and the two schools of soldiers from the Fenwu Camp, and 10,000 soldiers from the Yuzhou Army's Guard Camp. A total of about 80,000 troops."

"That means nearly half of the army has not yet crossed the river. From now on, order a floating bridge to be vacated for the foreign troops, so that those who are willing to participate in the battle tomorrow can cross the river first." Huangfu Chaobo thought for a moment;

"Yes, I will arrange it right away." Shi A He replied;

"Which troops will General Huang Zhong prepare for the battle tomorrow?"

"General, in addition to the Huben Camp, there are also the Jianwu Camp and Fenwu Camp of the Yuzhou Army, plus 10,000 guards and 10,000 troops of the alien lord, and the Yuanrong Crossbowmen of the lord's guards. The rest of the troops can be divided to guard the camp and the floating bridge." Huang Zhong thought for a while, stood up and replied;

Huangfu Chaobo thought about it, with 40,000 combat troops, 10,000 guards, 10,000 player troops, plus 5,000 Yuanrong Crossbowmen of his guards and 5,000 cavalry patrolling outside, there are 70,000 troops, which is more than enough. So he nodded and agreed to his arrangement, saying: "Okay, the troops just mentioned will rest from now on and prepare for tomorrow's battle, and the rest of the troops will take over the defense."