Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 415 State Merger Strategy
"Speed, speed up."

"We must kill the enemy before they react."

Zhang Ming led 4 people and sneaked all the way. After leaving Jizhou, Zhang Ming accelerated.

After leaving Jizhou, many situations are uncontrollable.

Zhang Ming moved forward quickly, ignoring pedestrians along the way.

There were many passers-by, and Zhang Ming and the others did not hide.

All the way, he rushed directly to Shangdang County City.

Yuan Shang's [-] troops were stationed here.

The Yuan brothers were not on guard against Zhang Ming and Cao Cao.

Instead, they were wary of the grassland tribes in the north and the Xiliang army in the west.

This happened because Cao Cao and Zhang Ming just had a big battle, and each lost 10,000+ people.

They judged that in the short term, these two parties did not pose a threat to them.

In their view, there is not a year in which recovery is impossible.

At this time, Cao Cao was indeed like this. He has now recruited [-] troops, half of which have no weapons and equipment.

Part of the food and grass cannot be supplied, so we train once every three days.

If you can't train every day, you will consume a lot of food and grass during training.

There is no way, money and food are not so easy to raise.

Zhang Ming and the others quickly headed towards Yunzhong County.

On the way, I encountered some county towns and ignored them.

One day before, the army in Yunzhong County found Zhang Ming and the others.

They hurriedly asked for help, and then closed the city gate.

Suddenly, the city became tense and quickly defended.

Cloud City is like facing a big enemy.

"Quickly, quickly, transport all the supplies to the top of the city."

"All mobilized."

"Whoever doesn't have a weapon, go find it quickly."

There was a panic in the city, no one thought that Zhang Ming's army would suddenly come to kill him.

It was so unexpected.

Before they were ready, Zhang Ming and the others arrived at the base of the city and surrounded it.

"Brother, the cities in Bingzhou are not very good. They are not prepared enough. We are confident that we will take it within three days."

Bingzhou has always been poor, but the folk customs are strong and the city is relatively simple.

Zhang Ming nodded, he has already arrived here, don't worry now, let the soldiers rest first.

Zhang Ming let the soldiers station, but he went out alone.

Riding a horse and leading a group of people, Zhang Ming walked around the city.

This Shangdang county town is just a little better than ordinary county towns.

There is no way, Bingzhou cannot afford to build a large city.

"Who is the guard in the city?"

Zhang Ming went back to the city gate to the west and shouted at the top.

"I'm Li Yi."

"General Li, it's a pity I haven't heard of it."

The guards in the city were not angry either, he was indeed not well-known, so he would not be angry.

"General Protector of the Nation, we have all heard of your name. Even if you come and attack, we have nothing to say if you lose."

This Li Yi was straightforward, knowing that he couldn't beat him, he didn't hold out much hope.

"General Li, why don't you simply surrender."

"No, there is no one who surrendered before fighting."

Li Yi did not agree to surrender.

Zhang Ming didn't continue to persuade him to surrender, he just talked about it. It's best to surrender, and it really doesn't matter if he doesn't surrender.

"General Li, the other part of our army launched an attack from two counties in the north. Your 2 people are trapped here, but no one can come to rescue you."

Li Yi was also straightforward, he said: "Mr. Yuan has been kind to my family, so I followed the three young masters here and defended the city for him with all my heart. If you can break into the city, I will order you to surrender."

Stick to it, the situation in front of them, they can't stick to it.

Then there must be a decision.

"Okay, General Li is really high-minded, but I underestimated you a little before."

"No, you didn't underestimate me. No one knows that I, Li Yi, really don't have much ability and can't be a general. It's just that the three sons of the Yuan family have no more talents to use, and all talented people have left."

After the conversation was over, Zhang Ming took people back.

Shangdang County is the southernmost county in Bingzhou.

After taking down this county, the entire Bingzhou will be strategically surrounded.

Zhang Ming was not in a hurry. According to the plan, the north side would fight first.

At that time, when the two sides fight, the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou will be concentrated, and they will not dare to divide the troops.

The two places were close to 7 people and were directly abandoned.

With this arrangement, Zhang Ming and the others can concentrate on killing half of them first, and then concentrate on killing half of them, so as to end the battle as quickly as possible.

The three sons of the Yuan family absolutely did not dare to divide up their troops to guard them, and did not dare to come to the rescue just now.

Zhang Ming and his army had rested for two days and had fully recovered their strength, and he was about to start preparing to attack the city.

At this time, a fierce quarrel broke out in Cao Cao's place.

Cao Cao was shocked when he received the news that Zhang Ming had sent troops to merge the state.

Call all your counselors.

"Everyone, Zhang Ming actually sent troops to Bingzhou at this time. If Bingzhou is also taken by Zhang Ming, most of the entire northern part is in his hands. He has no worries, and all the troops will come over there."

The capture of Bingzhou put the greatest pressure on Cao Cao.

Cao Cao can be described as panic.

"My lord, according to the news, Zhang Ming transferred the elite to Bingzhou and left some newly recruited troops in Jizhou."

Xun You reported the news he got.

Man Pang suggested: "My lord, this is a good time for us to send troops to Jizhou. Zhang Ming cannot be allowed to capture Bingzhou, otherwise we will completely lose the initiative in strategy."

Cheng Yu said: "My lord, we can't send troops. We haven't recovered yet, and sending troops is too costly. In addition, we send troops to Jizhou, and we can't do anything to Zhang Ming, and he won't retreat."

Send troops to Jizhou?
Guan Yu will immediately fight from Xuzhou to Xuchang.

Cao Cao had a headache.

Without sending troops, Zhang Ming won Bingzhou, which would do them no good at all, and sending troops would have no strength.

It is useless if the army goes too little, and if there are too many, Yanzhou will not be guaranteed.

"Okay, then there will be no troops."

Cao Cao made a very difficult decision.

He rubbed his head and said to everyone: "Although we will not send troops, we should also prepare for a big battle immediately. We cannot use the previous method, we must increase the army."

"Mobilize more people to find money, go to Jingzhou, Changsha and other places, and go to Liu Biao and Sun Ce to buy food and grass."

Cao Cao is about to explode.

Enemies on both sides, this loss is too great, and they don't even have the strength to send troops to intervene.

After a little discussion, everyone decided to recruit another [-] troops, and then Cao Cao went south.

"Xun Yu, you immediately lead an army to the south to cultivate and expand our strategic maneuver. I will give you money, farm tools and seeds. We must immediately create a piece of fertile soil."

Cao Cao decided to develop the south on a large scale.

In the future, if the battle with Zhang Ming for the north fails, there must be a place to go.

The population in the south was sparse, so Cao Cao dispatched troops to go there first.

Moreover, Cao Cao sent out Xun Yu, who was Wang Zuozhi's talent.

Cao Cao planned to focus on the development of Yangzhou.

Tighten your belt and develop the south first. Once they fail, they won't have nowhere to go.

Cao Cao still has a strategic vision.

(End of this chapter)