Tao Qian forcibly detained Zheng Xuan, which was simply a slap in the face of the Jinling court, and all the generals in the Taiji Hall were excited and begged for battle.
In order to attack Xuzhou, we are now faced with two most important problems, one is the problem of the name of the division, and the other is the problem of troop allocation.
Although the war has been raging in these years, before the first war, I have to find a reason to post a crusade against morality, not a hot head, and I can beat whoever I want to hit when I pat my thigh.
What's more, Tao Qian is still nominally Liu Wei's courtier, although he is at a loss because he refused to accept the edict to Jinling to serve as Situ, but after all, he did not tear his face and openly oppose it; As long as there is a soldier on the Jinling side, Tao Qian can completely excuse himself, and make Liu Wei's crusade become unknown.
In addition to not fully having the name of attacking Tao Qian now, the bigger problem is that the deployment of troops is somewhat stretched.
Although the total strength of the various legions under Liu Wei has exceeded 400,000, due to the large area of defense, it is necessary to fight against Liu Xie, Liu Biao, Sun Ce, and Yuan Shao at the same time.
In Qingzhou, Yuan Shao still personally sat in Jinan, and Yuan Tan and Yan Liang were entrenched in Linzi and Taishan respectively, with a total strength of about 100,000.
And the Xue Li Corps that confronted each other with the Yuan clan had 40,000 people, the Wei Yan Corps had 40,000 people, and the Tai Shi Ci Corps had 20,000 people, and these 100,000 horses and horses were absolutely immovable.
As long as you withdraw any of them, I am afraid that the territory you occupied before will be taken advantage of by Yuan Shao to eat back.
Yue Fei of Wancheng has about 100,000 men and horses under his command, but he has to suppress Liu Biao in the south, but also guard against Yang Xuangan in Chang'an, and Lu Bu and Huangfu Song gathered 80,000 or 90,000 people in Xingyang, ostensibly coveting Cao Cao's territory, but there is only a distance of about 400 miles from Xingyang to Wancheng, as long as Yue Fei's men and horses have a stir, Lu Bu's army can completely attack Wancheng out of the Tiger Prison Pass.
Han Shizhong's corps guarding Chaisang had 40,000 men, and it was necessary to guard against the revenge of Sun Ce in Jingnan, and also to guard against the wavering Jiangxia Huangzu rebellion, and this corps could not move either.
The Xu Huang Legion in the south, with 30,000 men, was relatively the least under pressure.
However, as soon as Xu Huang garrisoned the troops from Luling to Jinling, the distance between the two places was more than 1,500 miles, and it was not the best policy to transfer troops for thousands of miles.
Second, I have to worry about whether the suppressed Shanyue alien clan will resurgence after the Xu Huang army is transferred back, and whether the Shixie family in Jiaozhou will take the opportunity to make trouble The remaining 30,000 people led by Qin Qiong and Chang Yuchun, who were attacking the Yellow Turban in Yanzhou, could go south and go straight to Xuzhou, but this would inevitably throw the fat that was about to arrive at Cao Cao.
Six or seven hundred thousand yellow turbans, old and weak women and children have been suppressed in Peiguo and Shanyang for nearly three months, and they have no power to fight back.
If you lose the yellow scarf to fight Xuzhou, the gains outweigh the losses, and it is not the best policy.
The sixty or seventy thousand yellow scarves collected by Qin Qiong and Chang Yuchun can be mobilized, but this rabble lacks training, and it is okay to be cannon fodder in field battles.
In the end of the analysis of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the only regular men and horses that could be mobilized were the garrison of Jinling, 15,000 people under Meng Heng, and 15,000 sailors under Zhou Tai.
In addition, the 10,000 forbidden troops in Jinling City must not move, and the 5,000 Imperial Forest Army cannot move.
Siege is different from field warfare, as long as the opponent has enough food and grass, as long as the city wall is tall enough, and the city gate is closed, there is really no good way to break the city.
There is only one way, and that is to fight hard with overwhelming superiority in force and fill it with human lives.
Although the generals in Xuzhou are all wine bags and rice bags, Tao Qian has about 60,000 men and horses in his hands, and if he defends the city, the 30,000 horses in Jinling may not be able to take it down.
Attacking the crowd with outnumbered, even if there is Gao Zhong, a world-famous general, and the dispatch of the military god Li Jing, there is no certainty of victory, after all, siege and field warfare are not the same concept at all Liu Wei listened to the civil and military discussions of the Manchu Dynasty, and his eyes slowly fell on Wang Yue.
I saw that he was silent and never said a word.
In fact, the reason is very simple, if you talk about swordsmanship and martial arts, Wang Yue can talk endlessly, but when discussing military strategy, Wang Yue really can't interject.
"It is recorded in the wild history that Wang Yue once broke into Helan Mountain alone when he was young, stabbed hundreds of people, and stabbed the leader of the Qiang tribe and returned.
Since Wang Yue is such a good assassin, why not let him go back to his old business and assassinate Tao Qian?"
As soon as the thought was reached, Liu Wei's mood suddenly brightened, and his slightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed.
Conquest by military means is the right way, disintegration by assassination is the right way, and it is not impossible to try the way when the right way cannot be used.
The current situation in Xuzhou is already very delicate, Mi Zhu has completely fallen to Liu Wei, Chen Qi and Chen Deng father and son are wavering, and the reason why they can still be harmonious on the surface is completely supported by Tao Qian's personal prestige.
As long as Tao Qian dies, his two sons with wine bags and rice bags will definitely not be able to control the situation, and the regime in Xuzhou will collapse immediately, and it is likely that Liu Weibing will take Xuzhou without blood.
"Assassination is really a good idea, we must assassinate Tao Qian, this old man" Imagining the chaotic situation in Xuzhou after Tao Qian's death, the idea of assassinating Tao Qian sprouted and took root in Liu Wei's heart like a wild grass growing wildly, and it never lingered again.
In fact, assassination during the Three Kingdoms period was rampant, but because the princes were well guarded, there were not many assassins who could succeed.
Among them, the most famous is that the little overlord Sun Ce was assassinated by Xu Gongmenke, and the loss of this outstanding leader was absolutely fatal to Sun Wu.
If the invincible Sun Ce does not die, it is really unpredictable whether there will be a three-legged situation in the future In addition to Sun Ce, another heavyweight who died under the assassin's knife was Fei Yi, the prime minister of Shu and Zhuge Liang's successor, who was stabbed by Guo Xiu, the assassin of Wei.
It can be said that Fei Yi's assassination made the Shu Kingdom worse after Zhuge Liang's death, and became one of the important reasons for the destruction of the Shu Kingdom.
"In addition to Wang Yue, I also have Li Yuanfang under my hands, and I also have my own assassin attributes, and there are two talents in this area under my hands, why didn't I think of it before?"
Liu Wei's eyes turned, and his gaze shifted from Wang Yue's body to Li Yuanfang, who was dressed as a brocade guard, "Yuanfang, what do you think of sending you and Wang Yue out of the horse, you should be sure to kill Tao Qian's old man."
After all, the assassination is not a fair and honest matter, and it must be kept absolutely secret, so it must not be discussed in the court, Liu Wei decided to withdraw from the court and secretly plan the assassination of Tao Qian.
"Okay, the matter of the crusade against Tao Qian'er will be discussed here for the time being today, and I will write a letter to the generals of each legion to verify how many people can be drawn, and then I will think about it."
Liu Wei stopped the discussion of hundreds of officials, announced his retreat from the court, and all the civil and military forces dispersed.
After Liu Wei returned to Hanyuan Palace, he immediately summoned Li Yuanfang and Wang Yue to his imperial study to discuss important matters, and went straight to the point about his plan to assassinate Tao Qian and dismantle the Xuzhou regime, "Both of them have unique experience in assassination, and in your opinion, whether the assassination of Tao Qian Lao'er can be successful?"
Li Yuanfang and Wang Yue glanced at each other, and bowed their hands together: "Since Your Majesty has an order, the ministers should go all out and let me go to Xiapi to investigate secretly, and master Tao Qian's eating and living habits, and then decide on the assassination method."
After receiving the orders of the Son of Heaven, Wang Yue and Li Yuanfang immediately changed into the clothes of merchants, crossed the Yangtze River quickly, and went straight to Xiapi.
A few days later, Wang Yue and Li Yuanfang returned again and secretly came to Hanyuan Hall to meet the Son of Heaven.
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Li Yuanfang was the first to report: "After secret spying by Weichen and Wang Jiaotou, it was found that Tao Qian's mansion was heavily guarded, and there were nearly 1,000 guards patrolling day and night.
Moreover, Tao Qian rarely goes out except for going to the military camp on weekdays, and the food he uses is all from the Xuzhou Treasury Mansion, and it is almost impossible to do anything about the diet.
If you want to stab Tao Qian, you can only risk your life to fight to the death, and have the will to go and have no return, so that you can hope that the thorn will succeed."
Li Yuanfang made it clear that if he wanted to kill Tao Qian, he could only risk his life to fight, no matter whether he succeeded or not, it was almost impossible to get out of the way.
"Tao Qian is so cautious," Liu Wei was a little disappointed.
If in terms of force alone, Gao Chong and Lu Wenlong, the two fierce generals with more than 100 armed forces, may be able to attack and assassinate Tao Qian under the protection of thousands of guards, but it is only difficult to retreat.
Exchanging Tao Qian's life with a fierce general is definitely not worth the loss Xue Li was able to escape from Luoyang last time he assassinated Dong, firstly, to benefit from the fierce competition of the major forces in Luoyang, and secondly, because he was secretly accepted by Xu Rong, and finally he was able to retreat with his whole body, and it is impossible to repeat such a scene in Xuzhou.
Perhaps Tao Qian attaches so much importance to his own safety because Dong Zhuo was frightened after being stabbed.
Liu Wei turned his gaze to Wang Yue: "When Mr.
Moshi was young, he was able to ride the head of the Qiang clan on Helan Mountain alone, and you are not sure that he will retreat after killing Tao Qian?"
Wang Yue arched his hand ashamedly and said: "Back to Your Majesty's words, the camp of the Qiang people is on Helan Mountain, the defense is lax, and there are roads all over the mountains, so the ministers can escape."
But in the heavily guarded Xiapi, there is no certainty."
Li Yuanfang and Wang Yue's words are very clear, no matter who kills Tao Qian, whether they succeed or not, if they want to leave alive, there is not much chance, and the best situation is to exchange one life for another.
"In this way, let me think about it again" Liu Wei could not hide his disappointment in his words.
Wang Yue was silent, and Li Yuanfang hugged his wrist and said: "The minister is willing to go to the soup for His Majesty and risk death to assassinate Tao Qian, although he has no regrets even if he is broken."
Looking at Li Yuanfang's generosity, Wang Yue explained: "It's not that the more greedy you are for life and fear of death, it's just that the minister feels that if he misses and is captured, it will be difficult for me and Commander Li to guarantee that they will not be recognized."
When the time comes, Your Majesty will have the reputation of assassinating his courtiers, but I am afraid that it will not be good."
Li Yuanfang is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Wang Yue is the head of the forbidden army, and now he can be regarded as a figure with status.
After hearing this, Liu Wei bowed slightly: "What Mr.
Moshi said is also reasonable, it seems that this assassin not only has to be skilled, but also has to be unknown."
As long as no one knew the assassin, even if he was caught, it would have no effect on Liu Wei.
And even if the assassin couldn't stand the torture and confessed that he was sent by the Son of Heaven to assassinate Tao Qian, Liu Wei could also push it cleanly.
Because no one knows, as long as there is no evidence, all suspicions are only suspicions after all "I haven't used my privileges since I was blown up by Li Jing last time, so why don't I designate the summoning range as an assassin and summon an assassin that no one knows to solve Tao Qian?"
When he was hesitating, Liu Wei suddenly remembered that he still had a summoning privilege, and suddenly turned his worries into joy.
If Tao Qian's life can be solved with a summoning privilege, the regime of Xuzhou will be dismantled, and Xuzhou will be taken bloodlessly.
This will save the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, save hundreds of thousands of people from war, and make Xiapi no longer bloody and bloody, and corpses are everywhere, which is undoubtedly worth it "You two go down and rest for the time being, I will find a suitable person by myself, and when the time comes, the two of you will secretly assist, don't make a move until you have to, just let this person make a move." t1706231537: