Mythical Lords of the Three Kingdoms: Invincible from the Bandit

Chapter 290
The two sides introduced each other, and they got to know each other.

As for the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army, it was the first batch of deployments, and it started relatively quickly.

Moreover, it is different from the fact that there are many commanders and leaders of the Yellow Turban Army in Guangyang, Youzhou.

In Nanyang, the highest leader is Zhang Mancheng, who has a very high right to speak.

The generals under his command are all guided by Zhang Mancheng.

Therefore, as long as he has Zhang Mancheng's support, Qin Yuan can easily mobilize the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang City.

"I have passed the message to you by secret order before!"

In a luxurious palace, Qin Yuan sat at the head.

On the left is Li Cunxiao.

As for the one on the right is Zhang Mancheng.

While the others sat quietly below, their eyes fell on Qin Yuan.

"Yes!"

Zhang Mancheng nodded slightly, "We support your plan without reservation!"

Although the incident happened suddenly, there was only one night to think about it.

However, Zhang Mancheng made a decision quickly.

"As long as the Generalissimo gives an order, the generals and I, the 700 million soldiers will absolutely obey unconditionally!"

Zhang Mancheng said seriously.

"Oh!"

I heard what Zhang Mancheng said.

On the contrary, Qin Yuan showed a strange look.

Originally, he thought that getting Zhang Mancheng to cooperate might take a lot of effort.

Even use some force to suppress.

That's why he brought Li Cunxiao with him.

It's just that Zhang Mancheng was so cooperative, which was beyond Qin Yuan's expectation.

But come to think of it.

Zhang Mancheng's current status was not only achieved by force or Zhang Jiao's support.

It takes a certain amount of ingenuity and emotional intelligence, and even some political flair.

Otherwise, Zhang Mancheng would not be able to reach this position.

It is even more impossible to make all the generals under his command obey him and follow his lead.

At least what is certain is that Zhang Mancheng is definitely a smart person.

Even if he might have other thoughts in his heart.

But the actual action is definitely the most correct choice.

If you disobey Qin Yuan, you will definitely have to pay a huge price.

Before Qin Yuan went to Guangzong City, he just wanted to expand his prestige and reputation. After the failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising, he took over some Yellow Turban troops and retreated to Youzhou, which was very satisfying.

But plans can never keep up with changes.

Unexpectedly, his arrival attracted Zhang Jiao's attention.

Even Qin Yuan didn't show any ambition, Zhang Jiao directly pushed him to the position of future leader.

Whether it's to make Qin Yuan the leader of the Yellow Turban Army.

Or to fight against the so-called fate.

All of this allowed Qin Yuan to control the huge power in an instant.

And this also boosted Qin Yuan's ambition.

He is no longer satisfied with being close to a part of the Yellow Turban Army.

He even regarded the entire Taiping Taoism and the Yellow Turban Army as his own.

Regardless of the more than 1 million troops in Guangzong City.

It is still the Yellow Turban Army scattered all over the country to fight against the government army.

In Qin Yuan's heart, it was already his army by default.

But like Zhang Mancheng and Bu Si, the yellow scarf commanders, Qin Yuan regarded them as his subordinates.

Of course, this process will not be too smooth, at least there needs to be a process of conquest.

It even needs to use some force to solve it.

Qin Yuan went to Nanyang this time.

The main purpose is two.

One is to open up the situation from other places in the stage of confrontation in the Jizhou battlefield, help the local Yellow Turban Army expand and grow, get more help, and put more pressure on the court.

The second is to gradually control the Yellow Turban Army through the military operations of the local Yellow Turban Army.

This is also a process of conquest that Qin Yuan wants to carry out.

After all, a Yellow Turban Qushuai like Zhang Mancheng is like a local emperor.

Controlling a lot of power and wealth, they are admired by thousands of people. Perhaps when they first started, they really wanted to follow Zhang Jiao to overthrow the Han Dynasty and establish a peaceful and prosperous world.

However, after being attacked by power, there may not be many people who can maintain their sincerity.

And even if they are willing to fight for the uprising, they may not agree to be controlled by Qin Yuan.

After all, Zhang Jiao's authority over the local Qu Shuai was very great.

In addition to the nominal superiors and subordinates, in fact there is no special connection between the local branches and the headquarters.

Even if the local Yellow Turban Army no longer participated in the uprising, or defected to the government army, it was difficult for the headquarters to stop it.

"Okay, since you are willing to cooperate, that's fine!"

Qin Yuan nodded slightly.

"Now, I need to know something about Nanyang County!"

Qin Yuan said again.

"Then let me introduce you to the Generalissimo!"

"Now our side occupies more than half of Nanyang County, including Wan County, Xi'e, Bowang, Zhi County, Luyang, Ji County, Ye County, Duyang, Wuyin, Biyang, Pingshi, Fuyang, Sui County, Zhangling, Xiangxiang, Caiyang, Dengxian, Huyang, Chaoyang... a total of 27 counties!"

Zhang Mancheng said, "And there are eleven other counties under the control of the government army!"

Although Nanyang County is only a county in Jingzhou.

But it owns more than 30 counties under its command.

This is more than 20 counties more than the eleven counties in Shanggu County.

Similarly, the entire territory of Jingzhou is much larger than that of Youzhou.

The Nanyang Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Mancheng, although they took down Nanyang County and many counties, only occupied two-thirds of Nanyang's territory.

The remaining three points are in the hands of the government and local aristocratic families, who are fighting against Zhang Mancheng.

Of course, there are reinforcements sent by other counties and counties behind this to help the government army suppress the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army.

Otherwise, once Nanyang County falls, the Yellow Turban Army will inevitably expand to other counties in Jingzhou.

"Our opponent is the newly appointed Nanyang prefect Qin Jie. After he took office, he reorganized the scattered government troops, integrated some of the power of Jingzhou's aristocratic families, and possessed an army of 500 million!"

"Most of its troops have formed a strong line of defense in the Xinye Jiyang area to prevent our invasion!"

"Now the main war that broke out between the two sides revolves around the key barrier of Xinye City."

"In addition, with regard to the situation in other counties in Jingzhou, only our side has seized one county seat. Others, like Wuling County and Changsha County, only occupy a few counties. They are facing a very difficult situation. With external help, I'm afraid it won't last for a few months."

Zhang Mancheng gave Qin Yuan a very detailed introduction to the current situation in Nanyang County and even other counties in Jingzhou.

"Jingzhou really has a vast land and abundant resources!"

Qin Yuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Zhang Mancheng's statement is mainly aimed at the situation of the two sides, but also involves some topics of territory and population.

Compared with Jingzhou, Youzhou is much inferior in terms of territory, population, or wealth.

After all, although the people of Youzhou are tough, it is located on the northern border, where resources and population are scarce.

Even in some rich counties like Jizhou or Sili, a county is better than a Shanggu county!

Like Nanyang County, the troops of the two camps exceeded 1000 and [-] million.

Zhang Mancheng's army alone has as many as 700 million.

According to Qin Yuan's knowledge, Zhang Mancheng, as one of the 36 commanders, had dispatched more than one million troops to Guangzong City to support the Jizhou battlefield.

Similarly, in the affluent Jingzhou, in addition to the government having a lot of money, there are also many wealthy families.

They hold a lot of wealth in their hands.

And these aristocratic families are basically on the side of the imperial court.

In the early days of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the local powerful families would sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and would not participate in it.

But later, because the Yellow Turban Army attacked some powerful families, it aroused public outrage.

And after the imperial court ordered, the aristocratic families began to form private and local armies to fight against the Yellow Turban Army imperial court.

This is also an important turning point.

After these aristocratic families began to stand in line and join the battlefield, the development and expansion of the Yellow Turban Army was quickly curbed and began to decline.

The Nanyang Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Mancheng captured Nanyang County at the beginning of the uprising. It stands to reason that there is no problem in controlling the entire Nanyang County.

However, after winning most of the territory, they were resisted and counterattacked by the government army and the local army. On the contrary, they lost several counties during the battle.

Now Nanyang County is actually similar to the Jizhou battlefield.

Both sides are in a stalemate.

Neither side has the absolute strength to suppress the other.

We can only slowly build up advantages through small-scale wars or competition for strategic points.

However, if it continues to consume, the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army must be the one that suffers.

After all, in their current situation, although they occupied most of Nanyang County, they would expand their territory to the entire Jingzhou.

It can be found that Nanyang County is actually surrounded by local governments in Jingzhou.

However, if the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army could no longer expand its territory, it would not be able to obtain more resources.

As for the Guangzong headquarters behind it, it still needs to suck blood from Nanyang County, let alone provide them with help.

On the contrary, it is the government army, behind which are the imperial court and the Jingzhou clan.

In particular, the support of the Jingzhou aristocratic family allowed the government army to gain a lot of wealth and was able to fight the Yellow Turban Army to the end.

In exchange, the Jingzhou aristocratic family began to expand their influence in the government with the help of the Yellow Turban Uprising, and even sent some family members to serve as officials, and privately formed armies.

"In other words, if you want to defeat Nanyang's government army, you only need to break through their defense line from the Xinye area!"

Qin Yuan said.

After the new prefect Qin Jie came to power, he gathered a large number of troops.

Although the overall number of troops is much smaller than that of the Yellow Turban Army.

However, the equipment and logistical supplies of these armies are far superior to those of the Yellow Turban Army.

So the strength of the two sides is actually not much different.

Even to a certain extent, the hard power of the official army is better than that of the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army.

"That's right!"

Zhang Mancheng nodded.

"But the government has been prepared for a long time, especially Xinye City, which has been strengthening for the past month, turning it into a steel city wall!"

"Our side lacks heavy siege equipment. We have attacked several times before, but we have not taken it down!"

"In recent days, we have taken defensive measures, but the government army has started to attack our city continuously!"

Zhang Mancheng said.

The development of the Yellow Turban Army was hindered and its resources were limited.

Knowing to continue to expand unscrupulously like before, if the loss of troops is serious, it is impossible to replenish them. In that case, it will only lose faster.

Therefore, Zhang Mancheng began to shrink the line of defense, focusing on defense.

In fact, the main reason is that the government forces counterattacked too violently.

And the new prefect Qin Jie does have some skills.

"It's okay, since I'm here, all these problems will be solved!"

Qin Yuan believed himself.

"That's good!"

"By the way, I don't know how many troops the Generalissimo brought this time?"

Zhang Mancheng asked suddenly.

"Not many, just one hundred thousand cavalry!"

Qin Yuan said lightly.

"One hundred thousand!?"

After Qin Yuan's words fell, everyone couldn't help showing surprised expressions.

Although there have been rumors from the outside world, Qin Yuan's troops are all elite troops.

But no matter what, isn't one hundred thousand troops too small?

Moreover, most of the situation in Nanyang is to fight siege battles, and the role of cavalry is even smaller.

"One hundred thousand is enough!"

Qin Yuan looked at the crowd and said.

What he brought this time was the strongest army trump card under his command.

Combat arms are either legendary or epic.

Moreover, the lowest strength is the fifth rank.

Each one is an elite ace with one enemy against one hundred.

Even if one of them is dispatched at will, he can serve as a centurion or a young general in other armies.

And when these [-] elites gather together, the power they can unleash is terrifying.

What's more, with the title of legendary unit and epic unit, the combat power has increased a lot, and it has excellent equipment, powerful combat skills and so on.

The strength is far from comparable to the average army.

Even the elite selected by Lu Zhi from the armies of various forces, compared with them, there is a world of difference.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that Qin Yuan has the confidence to lead the 500 elite to defeat the hostile [-] million government army.

As for the siege of cities and land, there is no need to worry.

Generally, attacking a city requires a lot of siege equipment to break it.

However, Qin Yuan has Li Cunxiao as a strong general under his command.

He can even break the protective circle of the county city.

What's more, the only county town in Nanyang County has fallen into the control of the Yellow Turban Army, and the rest are just some county towns.

Even if the defense of the county seat is strengthened and solidified, it is not as good as the defense of the county seat.

Therefore, in Qin Yuan's view, no matter how many government troops he faced, they could not pose any threat to him.

After all, Qin Yuan relied on millions of elites to force the imperial camp to stick to the city. Even if there were more than 2 million troops in the city, they would not dare to send them out to fight against them.

"I will personally command this time, with General Li Cunxiao and [-] cavalry as the main force!"

"And you, just need to assist from the side!"

Qin Yuan said another word of comfort.

"Generalissimo, Nanyang is our home field, how can we let you fight alone!"

"We don't mean to look down on the Generalissimo. No matter how large or small a war is, our Nanyang Yellow Turban Army must charge at the forefront!"

Zhang Mancheng said immediately.

(End of this chapter)