Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

"Unexpectedly, Liu Dai is so useless." Liu Ye snorted.

In general, the Central Plains refers to the two states of Yanyu and Yu. As the Yellow River Basin, these two states are densely populated and rich in resources. For example, Runan County in Yuzhou had a population of more than 2 million before the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Now that Xu He has taken Yanzhou, he will intimidate the young and strong thief at that time, for fear that the number of enemy troops will be countless.

Xun You went on to introduce: "According to the spy's report, Xu He has brought over 100,000 people from Qingzhou. After occupying Yanzhou, he coerced the people to join the army. So far, it is not clear how much, but Xu He is known as a million people. !"

Millions of people is a common term in wars. It is usually used to show off the mighty force of one's army, but this time it is likely to become a reality.

Yu Jin heard the words and was slightly silent, and then said: "If this is the case, wouldn't the enemy collapse itself without fighting? If there are millions of people, there will be countless food and grass consumed every month. When the enemy is at war, just sit and watch it happen."

Liu Ye nodded slightly, sticking to a strategy that is sometimes necessary. In those days, Zhuge Liang had repeated the Northern Expeditions, especially before the last Northern Expedition. He had a premonition that he was short of life, so he was eager to seek Sima Yi to fight the main force of the Wei army, but Sima Yi also knew this, so Deliberately deep ditch and high base, avoiding and not fighting, abruptly dragged Zhuge Liang to death.

Xun You shook his head: "I'm afraid not?"

Yu Jinqi said: "Mr. Gongda, why is this? Is it possible that our army has to fight the Yellow Turban thief. It is not that Xu He is afraid of Xu He, but there are so many enemy troops, I am afraid it will be a hard fight. ."

Xunyou smiled bitterly, looked at Liu Ye, and said: "General, you led the army to fight in the North and South. Now there are only two months left in the treasury for food and grass. If our army cannot defeat Xu He within two months, we will conquer again. We have to wait until next year."

Liu Ye was taken aback and frowned, "Didn't you just harvest a batch of new autumn grain?"

Xun You sighed: "If it weren't for this new batch of grain that had just been harvested from the surrounding areas of Luoyang, the general would be afraid that he would not be able to use his army, and would only be able to sit and watch Xu He conquer the Central Plains."

Liu Ye led an army of 30,000 troops in the Northern Expedition, which would consume nearly 30,000 shi of grain and grass in a month. Xun You was exhausted, and it could be said that he was raising money and trying his best to support this to ensure Liu Ye's grain and grass supply.

"The two prefectures of Yong and Liang have been broken for a long time, the land is vast, the people are scarce, and the harvest is limited. Now that Luoyang is regained and the Sili Xiaowei Department is obtained, the harvest will definitely increase in the future, but if the generals use the army at the moment, the Fuzhong Grain and Grass will support up to 30,000. For the army for two months." Xun You shook his head.

"In this way, a decisive battle with Xu He within two months is imperative!" Liu Ye frowned.

Jia Xu nodded: "In any case, we must conquer Xu He. After all, although Yanzhou was conquered by him, the foundation of Xinde Land is not stable. If we wait until next year to conquer, Xu He’s foundation in Yanzhou is solid and the general wants It is even harder to conquer Yanzhou again."

Although Xu He has a huge army, the land of Yanzhou is a new one, and the people's hearts are not attached to Xu He. If he waits until the next year, he can retire from Puyang even if Xu He is defeated. He wants to eradicate Xu He. It is bound to fight year after year.

In history, Cao Cao and Lv Bu fought for Yanzhou for years. They had to abandon their troops because of insufficient food and supplies. Liu Ye didn't want to be held back by Yanzhou.

Liu Ye thought for a while and gave orders.

"Gongda, immediately sent to Yongliang and Liangzhou to do everything possible to transfer grain and grass to Luoyang."

"promise!"

"Junyi, you led 10,000 troops and horses as the vanguard, went to Hulao Pass, played my banner, and told Xu He that he would be back!"

Zhang Jai clasped his fists: "Nuo, the general will start off now."

Ma Chao suddenly stood up: "General, a certain is willing to go to Hulao Pass with General Junyi."

Liu Ye shook his head: "No, Meng Qi, you have other uses."

"The battle between our army and Xu He is inevitable, but can we invite the princes of the world to encircle the Yellow Turban army?" Liu Ye looked at Jia Xu and Xun You.

Xun You pondered for a while and said: "In Hebei, Han Fu was frightened by the Black Mountain Army. Even if our army used the emperor's edict, I am afraid Han Fu may not send troops. As for Yuan Shao, he even more dismissed Jizhou wolf ambition. Gongsun Zan has already Going south to the plain, Liu Yuyuan’s water is difficult to put out a nearby fire..."

"What about Yuzhou?"

Jia Xu said: "Yuzhou Governor Kongyou, all of his subordinates are talkers, even if he is reluctant to send troops, I am afraid it is a weak trip, but after I heard that Yuan Shu occupied Runan County, relying on his family reputation, he recruited troops and expanded rapidly. Most of the counties and counties around Yuzhou came down watching the wind. Although Kong Yu was still Yuzhou governor in name, the realm he actually controlled was not as good as Yuan Shu, the Nanyang prefect. Our army could use Yuan Shu..."

Liu Ye became interested when he heard the words: "Oh? How to use Yuan Shu, you just want to hear it."

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "Yuan Shu has a great ambition. If he occupies the entire territory of Yuzhou, it will inevitably be bordered by Guanzhong, I am afraid that he will have one heart instead."

"Although Yuan Shu now occupies half of Yuzhou, the official position is still Nanyang prefect. Our army can order Yuan Shu to supervise Yu and Yang Erzhou military, and order him to send a soldier and horse to threaten Chen Liu. The power of the two states must be directed towards Liu Yu, the governor of Yangzhou. Liu Yu has served in Yangzhou for several years and has a solid foundation. Once the two confront each other, Yuan Shu will not care about us in a short time." Jia Xu talked freely. Tao.

Yuan Shu lost Nanyang County and ran to Runan County, but the official position has not changed. Therefore, his civil and military officers are still in Nanyang County, which is quite embarrassing.

Liu Ye nodded: "Well, in that case, Gongda will draft an edict to designate Yuan Shu as a prince in Maxiang, the military governors of Yu and Yang, and order him to leave Xu County with an army and threaten Chen Liu."

After a short pause, Liu Ye said solemnly: "Junyi takes the lead in the first step, and a certain person will lead the army to Hulao Pass tomorrow!"

"promise!"

Zhang Jai immediately walked out of the chamber, selected 10,000 elite divisions among the more than 20,000 Han troops stationed outside the city, and rushed to Hulao Pass around the clock that night.

It was heard that Xu He's millions of troops were ravaging the Central Plains. The soldiers stationed at Hulao Pass were initially worried, but at night they saw 10,000 troops stationed at Hulao Pass.

On the second day, dawn.

"That's the banner of the general?"

"It's great that the general came to Hulao Pass himself!"

I saw three flags on the head of the city at Hulao Pass. One was the yellow Qilin war flag, the other was the Zhang character general flag, and the last was the Liu character general flag.

General Cheqi-Liu!