In fact, it is not the best time to choose to face off with Yuan Shao now, after all, Yuan Shao at this time has faintly had the status of the overlord of the north, and he is in the land of Sanzhou, even if this battle is won, it is impossible to digest the entire land of Sanzhou without three or five years, after all, there are many wealthy families in Jizhou, if Liu Xie's policy is not compromised, if it is carried out like this, without three or five years of suppression, it is difficult to completely break up these families.
But Liu Xie can't help it, who let Yuan Shu take the position of the leader of the alliance, in Liu Xie's plan, he originally hoped that Yuan Shao would take the position of the leader of the alliance, in that case, after breaking this alliance, Liu Xie could order Cao Cao to go north and conquer Yuan Shao with great righteousness.
But now, Yuan Shu has taken the position of the leader of the alliance, the meaning is different, nominally speaking, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are on a level of status, both are accomplices, and Yuan Shu is the main culprit, now the first evil has been punished, if Liu Xie invites Cao Cao to fight Jizhou, it is likely to force the two to join forces, now Yuan Shu was defeated by Liu Xie, others dare not say, but Liu Xie can be sure that Jiangdong will never let go of this opportunity to strengthen itself, if Cao Cao insists on going against the imperial court, then the result is that the war here is not over, and Sun Ce is after the troops in Runan, The sword points to Xuzhou.
As soon as Chen Deng died, Chen Qi was old, and only one fierce general could not stop the thousands of troops and horses in Jiangdong, if Cao Cao insisted on not retreating, the territory would have to be swallowed up by Sun Ce.
So Liu Xie let Sun Ce go, but killed Chen Deng, in order to let Cao Cao retreat, in a short time, Cao Cao couldn't spare his hand to help Yuan Shao, of course, the premise is that Liu Xie can really beat Yuan Shao.
After all, at present, the imperial court still occupies a disadvantage in terms of troops, and it is fighting in Jizhou, and the supply line of the imperial court will be virtually lengthened, while Yuan Shaotun is stationed in Liyang, but there is no problem with supply, no matter from which aspect, the imperial court does not have an advantage in this battle.
And the two are competing, Cao Cao, as the weak party, may not be able to enter the game at this time, and the rear is facing threats at any time, at this time, it is not good to forcibly participate.
The time has entered August, and after Liu Xie joined forces with Xu Huang in Yan County, he had no intention of continuing to march north, and confronted Yuan Shao from a distance of nearly 100 miles.
Yan County is a hundred miles away from Liyang, but in fact, both sides are fighting on a large scale this time, and the camp alone covers an area of dozens of miles, and the actual distance between the two camps is far less than this number, according to Liu Xie's estimate, the camps on both sides may not even be seventy miles at the moment.
Calculate the time, it has been more than half a year since he left Chang'an at the beginning of the year, Liu Xie is really homesick at this time, his first child is about to be born, but looking at the current situation, I don't know when this battle will be fought.
Historically, Yuan Shao put the grain and grass in Wuchao, but Wuchao is in the territory of sour jujube, and now it has reached the rear of Liu Xie, Yuan Shao naturally cannot put the grain and grass in the hinterland of Liu Xie, and Xu You is also dead, so it is naturally impossible for someone to report to him where Yuan Shao will put the grain and grass in the hinterland.
And even if he knew and successfully burned Yuan Shao's grain and grass, people are now in Jizhou, and the counties of Wei County can provide Yuan Shao with an endless stream of grain and grass at any time, Liu Xie estimates that this time, Yuan Shao may not have gone to store grain, if there is, it is impossible for the secret guard to have no news at all.
That is to say, this time, I have to force Yuan Shao's 200,000 army and completely defeat Yuan Shao before I can go back "In another three months, the river will be frozen, and it will be very inconvenient to transport grain and grass."
In the big tent of the Chinese army, looking at the sand table made by the Ministry of Industry according to his own requirements, Liu Xie pointed his finger on the table, shook his head and sighed.
Thanks to some information from Gan Ning's side, the imperial court's ability to build ships is no worse than that of Jiangdong, and Yuan Shao took the initiative to give up the sour jujube area, and now the first half of the Yellow River is under the control of the imperial court.
But this convenience, after the winter, will disappear, although the Ministry of Industry also made some rickshaws to improve efficiency, but after all, it is not as convenient as water transportation, although the weather has not turned cool, but now the two sides have not officially begun to fight, but the scouts on both sides and some small forces often clash, this battle, really fighting, I am afraid it will take a while, and it is by no means a short time to finish, this winter's grain and grass transportation will become a big problem.
"Your Majesty, why don't you find a place on the north bank of this place to stock up on a large amount of grain and grass, so that the transportation of grain and grass will not be a problem until the river thaws next year."
Guo Jia looked at Liu Xie suspiciously.
"In this way, if Yuan Shao raids the land where our army stores grain, once it is successful, this 100,000 army, I am afraid that it will be wiped out immediately" Liu Xie shook his head, the battle of Guandu in history was reversed in this way, although the opponent was Yuan Shao, but Liu Xie did not dare to take it lightly.
"Your Majesty filtered."
Guo Jia couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "One, this grain storage land is our army's secret, how did Yuan Shao know, two, the grain storage land not only has to be heavily garrisoned, but also has a general in charge, now I have a good general in the middle of the court, I only need to send a safe person to garrison, even if Yuan Shao knows where our army is storing grain, a small group of troops sneak attack, and there is absolutely no way to help our army" Thinking about it this way, it is also true, Yuan Shao will be defeated in history, the biggest mistake, in addition to Xu You, is to find a drunkard like Chun Yuqiong, if the general guarding Wuchao is not Chun Yuqiong, but generals like Zhang He and Gao Lan, there will be no defeat of Guandu.
"Feng Xiao thinks, who can be stationed here" Liu Xie fumbled his fingers, turned his head to look at Guo Jia, and asked.
"Xu Huang, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Pang De, and Zhang Liao are all competent" Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "The minister thinks that Zhang Liao is the most suitable" These five people have relatively calm personalities, especially Xu Huang, who is the most guarded, Liu Xie looked at Guo Jia with some curiosity: "Why not Xu Huang" Guo Jia looked at Liu Xie a little speechless when he heard this: "General Xu is a general of the border pass, this time he was specially transferred from the Hetao, not only did the soldiers calm the trouble of Zhang Yang without blood, but also His Majesty held Hanoi, so that Yuan Shao could not advance an inch, so that His Majesty had time to break through, kill Chen Deng, behead Yuan Shu, and force Cao Cao back, it can be said that he has made a great contribution to the imperial court, and his prestige in the army is enough, and now that the war is coming, but such a general is placed in the rear, Your Majesty let the soldiers think what and let him go to guard the grain and grass, Your Majesty doesn't feel that some pearls are covered with dust?"
To put it bluntly, although grain and grass are important, in fact, as long as the enemy does not steal food, the people who garrison the army will basically have nothing to do with this big war, and they need capable generals, but if you let a general like Xu Huang, who has enough fame and ability, go to the camp, it is equivalent to putting a signal, Your Majesty is dissatisfied with you.
No matter what Liu Xie thinks, most of the soldiers under his command will have such thoughts, coupled with Xu Huang's previous achievements, it is inevitable that people will feel that their merits are high, and before this battle is over, they will start to think about dealing with their own people, which is inevitably chilling.
In addition to Xu Huang, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong are also for similar reasons, it is impossible to really send them to guard the grain and grass, and the rest are Zhang Liao, Pang De and Ma Chao.
Anyway, Liu Xie will never let Ma Chao guard the grain and grass, this temperament, put on the battlefield, may create a miracle for himself, but if it is placed in the rear, God knows what basket will be poked.
And Zhang Liao and Pang De have calm personalities, but Zhang Liao has already made great contributions, and Pang De, except for making an appearance in the Tiger Prison, has not made any great achievements, so he naturally needs a chance to show himself.
In fact, if it weren't for Liu Xie's heavy attention to grain and grass, Guo Jia would not even recommend Zhang Liao, after all, such a good general, who would be too much, and Wei Xu, Cao Xing, Han De and even Li Tong can do the grain guarding things, and the imperial court is now full of fierce generals, so they are qualified to do so, put the princes there, who can put a general like Zhang Liao in the rear so extravagantly When Liu Xie heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then nodded silently, he somewhat understood why Yuan Shao let Chun Yuqiong come to guard the grain and grass in history, and the general who was easy to run to the camp was sick, and only let Chun Yuqiong, a general with enough qualifications but insufficient ability, let it go, it is estimated that Chun Yuqiong was also depressed Yuan Shao put him in the rear to guard the grain, so he would borrow wine to drown his sorrows.
This thing is really difficult to handle, even Zhang Liao is not very suitable, after all, he can be regarded as a general now.
"Chuan Zhen's order, so that Han De will build a camp in the sour Zaoze land, and all parts of Heluo will step up the mobilization of grain and grass baggage, and try to build the camp before winter, and the Ministry of Industry must cooperate."
Liu Xie said in a deep voice.
Although the general could not be sent to defend the town, he did not want to build a simple camp, and as far as possible, he wanted to improve the defense capability of this large camp of grain and grass.
The Ministry of Industry is now gradually divided into branches according to their respective ability directions, such as those who specialize in casting swords, those who specialize in crossbows, and those who are glazed.
Guo Jia nodded, but he didn't think that Liu Xie was worried, if Guo Jia came to plan this war, he would definitely grasp the other party's supply line and do his best, the key to determining the outcome was not only in the battlefield itself, outside the battlefield, sometimes the influence on the battlefield was greater, so he could understand why Liu Xie was so worried.
It's just that neither Liu Xie nor Guo Jia expected that this order directly gave Sour Zao an extra city, even a stronger city than Sour Zao City, and the Ministry of Industry this time in order to complete Liu Xie's order, but directly allocated all the people to be responsible for the preparation of this grain storage place, and the amazing coincidence of history is that when Han De chose the place to store grain, it was the black nest that he chose. t1706231537: