Dahan: A 100-year-old veteran, I will build the strongest family

Chapter 106 Li Hong wants to meet Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Zhong Yao, Chen Qun, Xi Zhicai and other Yingchuan talents

Perhaps in order for Li Hong to be able to go to fight the Yellow Turban Army as soon as possible, both the aristocratic families and the Emperor Liu Hong had determined the amount of money and food to be raised.

He urged the delivery of money and food to the Beiwei Army.

The payment speed is so fast that it can be said to be a record breaking one.

However, after the army had three months' supply of money, food and supplies, Li Hong directly ordered the Beiwei Army to set out first.

All the noble families and the emperor are raising money and food quickly, and Li Hong must also keep up with the attitude.

Otherwise, if he sends troops slowly, it would be unpopular.

Mi Zhu, Huang Zhong and Xia Yu were ordered to lead 5,000 Beiwei troops to be responsible for the subsequent transportation of food and fodder.

The 90,000-strong Beiwei army immediately packed up their luggage and rushed all the way to the outside of Hulao Pass.

As soon as the Beiwei army moved, the news immediately spread in all directions.

Li Hong did not know that he was leading the Beiwei Army to fight against the Yellow Turbans, which attracted strong attention from all parties.

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Outside Hulao Pass.

The Beiwei army rushed out of the pass and set up camp after marching for dozens of miles.

Inside the central tent.

Li Hong sat in the main seat.

Jian Shuo, Jia Xu, Tian Yan, Zang Min, Yan Liang, Yue Lu, Zhang Fei, Wu Anguo, Xing Daorong and other generals will gather.

"Now that we have passed Hulao Pass, we are about to engage in battle with the Yellow Turbans. However, the Yellow Turbans are rampant all over the country, so we can't just rush around like headless flies. We need some rules."

"How do you think we should fight this battle?"

Li Hong looked at the area where the Yellow Turbans were wreaking havoc marked on the map of the Thirteen States of the Han Dynasty, stroked his gray beard, and asked in a deep voice.

When the generals heard Li Hong's question for advice, they did not eagerly seize the opportunity to speak actively. Instead, they frowned and began to think.

Although they still looked down on the Yellow Turbans, they had heard that the Yellow Turbans were powerful, their men were fearless, their numbers were no less than a million, and their ravages were widespread, so they had to face the situation.

Seeing that the generals did not speak, Li Hong was not in a hurry for the moment.

At this time, Zhang Fei could no longer sit still and bowed to Li Hong, saying:

"Old General, Fei is a little superficial."

Facing Li Hong, even Zhang Fei had to be honest and bow respectfully.

"Speak!" Li Hong waved his hand.

Zhang Fei got Li Hong's approval and said without hesitation:
"Old General, I, Zhang Fei, believe that although the Yellow Turbans are strong, they only have a few main armies. Therefore, we only need to defeat a few of the main Yellow Turbans first, and the rest will surely be insignificant."

"In addition, I, Zhang Fei, think that we need to divide our forces to attack. The Yellow Turbans now have four main forces. If we gather all our forces and clear them all the way, I'm afraid that before we can wipe out all the Yellow Turbans, the rest will have reached Luoyang."

Zhang Fei took the lead in contributing his talents and divided his troops to encircle and suppress the main force of the Yellow Turbans.

After hearing Zhang Fei's plan, Yan Liang, Pan Feng, Yue Lu, Wu Anguo, and Xing Daorong all nodded, thinking that what Zhang Fei said made sense.

However, Jia Xu, Tian Yan, Zang Min and Gao Lan frowned.

Li Hong, on the other hand, stood still as a mountain, stroking his gray beard and making no statement.

At this time, Gao Lan hesitated slightly, then stood up and bowed to Li Hong, saying:

"Old General, Lan also thinks that Yi De's idea of ​​attacking the main force of the Yellow Turbans first, then sweeping up the scattered Yellow Turbans in various places, and then dividing the troops to attack makes sense. However, the Yellow Turbans are after all powerful, and there are four armies. If we divide the troops, each army will only have more than 20,000 troops. Facing hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans, the risk is too great. Even if we succeed, I am afraid that my Beiwei Army will suffer too many casualties!"

Gao Lan bowed to Li Hong and spoke, which was both an affirmation and a denial of Zhang Fei's suggestion.

Li Hong, who was sitting in the main seat, looked at Gao Lan with a look of admiration.

Gao Lan was indeed better at leading troops than Zhang Fei, and he deserved to be called one of the famous generals in the late Han Dynasty.

Gao Lan was a general under Yuan Shao in history, but later defected to Cao Cao. His performance in the Battle of Guandu attracted much attention, and he surrendered to Cao Cao together with Zhang He, becoming an important general of Cao Cao.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Gao Lan is portrayed as a brave warrior who once fought a battle with Xu Chu. After surrendering to Cao Cao, he was named a general and the Marquis of Donglai, and made great contributions to Cao Cao's unification of the north.

It played an important role in Cao Cao's unification of the north.

At the same time, Gao Lan was also one of the "Four Pillars of Hebei", and was known as the four famous generals under Yuan Shao together with Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Zhang He.

"That's right. So how do you think we should fight this battle?"

Li Hong stroked his gray beard and spoke to Gao Lan.

Gao Lan was slightly excited when he heard Li Hong's approval of his words. However, Gao Lan quickly shifted his thoughts to how to fight this battle.

Gao Lan hesitated for a moment, then, under the gaze of everyone, he bowed to Li Hong and said in a deep voice:
"Old General, I think we can divide our troops into three groups to entangle the other three main Yellow Turban forces, and then attack one group first to annihilate the Yellow Turban army and shock the Yellow Turbans all over the world!"

Inside the big tent, Gao Lan's words made Jian Shuo, Jia Xu, Tian Yan, and Zang Min's eyes light up.

Even Zhang Fei, who was a little unhappy just now, was stunned, and then he looked at Gao Lan with a softened look.

Obviously, Gao Lan's strategy is much more clever.

Li Hong stroked his white beard with satisfaction and said with a smile:

"That's right, but it doesn't get to the root of the matter. Each main force of the Yellow Turbans has no less than 100,000 troops. If we divide the troops into three routes to contain them and use one route for the main attack, it will still be too few, and it will be a heavy burden on the Beiwei Army. In this case, if the troops are divided only to contain the main force of the Yellow Turbans from attacking Luoyang, then why should we divide another route to contain Zhang Xi's Yellow Turbans in the rear? Isn't it enough to divide the troops into two routes and attack one route? Also, which route do you think my Beiwei Army should attack? The three Zhang Jiao brothers? Bo Cai's route? Or Zhang Mancheng who occupies the imperial city? When should the Beiwei Army divide its troops?"

Inside the central tent, Li Hong stroked his gray beard and asked Gao Lan questions one after another with a smile, which stunned Gao Lan on the spot.

Not only Gao Lan, but also Zhang Fei, Yan Liang, Pan Feng, Yue Lu, Wu Anguo, Xing Daorong and other generals in the big tent were also confused.

Gao Lan came back to his senses and smiled bitterly, but then he bowed to Li Hong and said:

"That's what the old general asked. Please enlighten me, old general!"

Li Hong nodded and said:
"The purpose of dividing the troops is to distract the Yellow Turbans from attacking Luoyang. Therefore, we will temporarily ignore the Yellow Turbans led by Zhang Xi behind the Yellow Turbans to save the Beiwei Army's manpower."

"As for which group of Yellow Turbans to attack? And when to start dividing the troops, I think we should first concentrate the 90,000 Beiwei troops to suppress the Yingchuan Bocai Yellow Turbans in the middle, and then divide the troops into two groups, and use the momentum of a great victory to attack Zhang Mancheng in Nanyang and Zhang Jiao in Julu!"

"The Beiwei Army is the elite of the Han Dynasty. Since we are going to fight against the Yellow Turbans, we must reassure Your Majesty, the noble families, and the people of the world, and also deter the Yellow Turbans of the world!"

Li Hong's voice was not loud, but when his words reached the ears of the generals, they were shocked all over. Suddenly, they felt as if they had been enlightened, and they had a clear idea of ​​attacking the Yellow Turbans.

First, gather all the troops and attack the Yellow Turbans in Yingchuan in the middle, win a great victory, and shock the world. Then divide the Beiwei army into two routes, one to attack Nanyang and the other to attack Julu!
Gao Lan took a deep breath, looked at Li Hong with eyes full of admiration, and immediately bowed and said:
"The old general is a master at commanding troops. I admire him!"

"The strategy I came up with this time for deploying troops was learned from you guys. You are all good." Li Hong said with a gentle smile.

Listening to Li Hong's words, Zhang Fei and Gao Lan were both quite excited, and looked at Li Hong with eyes full of admiration and submission.

They have followed Li Hong to fight for several years. Although they were all sent by Li Hong, Li Hong has never been stingy in imparting and teaching them military tactics and battle formations.

This made them respect Li Hong from the bottom of their hearts. "Okay, now that the next military strategy has been decided, then, let's march at full speed. Your Majesty and all the civil and military officials are looking forward to hearing the victory report. In the first battle, we must fight loudly and decisively to show the strength of the Beiwei Army. This is the first time that the Beiwei Army has performed in the Han Dynasty. Later, I will ask for credit for you in front of His Majesty!"

Li Hong said to the generals with a smile.

Upon hearing this, all the generals rubbed their hands in readiness, as if they were ready for a great battle.

The next day, the Beiwei Army continued its march and quickly advanced towards Yingchuan County.

Because it was a cavalry raid, the Beiwei Army moved very quickly and soon entered Yingchuan County.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yingchuan County was located in the Central Plains, adjacent to the imperial capital Luoyang and the imperial hometown Nanyang. It was a region with developed Confucianism and a high level of culture, and was also a place where talents of the Han Dynasty were concentrated.

The Beiwei army marched into Yingchuan County in a mighty force, and Li Hong saw that the Yellow Turbans were wreaking havoc in every county.

Facing the small group of Yellow Turbans, Li Hong waved his hand and the Beiwei cavalry went out in all directions, defeating wave after wave of small groups of Yellow Turbans.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion has now almost entered its middle stage. Although there are still some Yellow Turbans who are fearless and brave, more of them have become plunderers and have begun to recruit civilians into their ranks, greatly reducing their fighting power.

Faced with the Beiwei Army's cavalry sweep, they all collapsed and disintegrated.

The Beiwei Army continued to move southward in Yingchuan County.

Because Bo Cai was leading a large number of Yingchuan Yellow Turbans to besiege Huangfu Song and Cao Cao who were trapped in Xu County.

Xu County is located in the southeast of Yingchuan County.

The Beiwei Army attacked all the way, sweeping away the Yellow Turban Army in various counties of Yingchuan, and the Yellow Turban Army was beaten badly all the way.

When the Beiwei Army passed by Yangdi, the capital of Yingchuan County, they found that thousands of Yellow Turban troops were attacking the city. The Beiwei Army swept through with thousands of troops and immediately defeated the Yellow Turban Army, amid the jubilation of the officers and soldiers on the city walls and the major aristocratic families of Yangdi.

In the evening, the Beiwei army set up camp outside Yangdi City.

barracks.

Inside the big tent.

"General, my governor and the great families in Yangdi City would like to invite you to the city for a banquet to thank you for clearing the Yellow Turban siege."

The Gongcao under the Yingchuan prefect looked at Li Hong and said respectfully.

After hearing what the other party said, Li Hong hesitated for a moment and then asked, "The governor of Yingchuan is Li Min?"

Upon hearing this, the Gong Cao smiled flatteringly and said, "To answer the General of Chariots and Cavalry, it is my county governor! He is a relative of General Li!"

Li Hong nodded after hearing this.

Li Hong knew about Li Min. After all, he was one of the few people with the surname Li in the Han Dynasty. However, Li Min, the governor of Yingchuan County, had no relationship with the Longxi Li family.

If Li Hong remembered correctly, this Li Min had appeared in history.

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Yingchuan prefect Li Min participated in the war against Dong Zhuo as a member of the anti-Dong alliance in the first year of Chuping (190 AD). However, he was captured by Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong and boiled to death in Bigui Garden in Luoyang.

"Okay, I got it. I will enter the city tonight." Li Hong agreed directly. Although Li Min was not a member of the Longxi Li family, he also had the surname Li after all, so it was not bad to win him over to the Li family.

"By the way, I have long heard that Yingchuan has many talented people! Invite more talented people from various families and Yangdi City to come to the banquet tonight, so that I can see them for myself!" Li Hong seemed to have thought of something and added to the Gongcao.

Gong Cao hurriedly said: "Yes!"

Li Hong watched Yingchuan Gongcao leave, and a hint of anticipation appeared in his eyes.

It has been said that Yingchuan has been home to many talented people since ancient times, and this is not an exaggeration.

Li Hong remembered that Yingchuan was particularly prosperous during this period, and many talented people emerged, stirring up the turmoil in the late Han Dynasty.

For example, Xun Yu, whose courtesy name was Wenruo, was a man known as "a man who could assist the king."

He was a politician and strategist in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao's chief adviser and hero in unifying the north.

After Dong Zhuo came to power, he led his clan to take refuge in Jizhou, where he was treated as a guest of honor by Yuan Shao.

Xun Yu predicted that Yuan Shao would not be able to accomplish anything and defected to Cao Cao. When Lu Bu took advantage of Cao Cao's eastern expedition, he attacked and occupied Yanzhou, and Xun Yu defended the three cities of Yanzhou. Later, he suggested that Cao Cao "deepen his roots and consolidate his foundation to control the world" and helped him recapture Yanzhou.

In the first year of Jian'an (196 AD), Xun Yu persuaded Cao Cao to welcome Emperor Xian of Han and establish the capital in Xu County, so that he could use the emperor to control the princes.

Xun Yu served as a central figure for more than ten years, handling military and state affairs, and was respectfully called "Lord Xun". In terms of strategy, he planned and formulated a blueprint and military route for Cao Cao to unify the north.

Because of his many achievements in planning, conspiracy, Kuangbi, and promotion of people, he was called "my son-in-law" by Cao Cao, and he was called Cao Cao's chief adviser to unify the north.

What Li Hong was looking forward to was that Xun Yu was in Yangdi City.

Xun Yu also has a nephew, Xun You, who Li Hong is also looking forward to.

Xun You, whose courtesy name was Gongda, was also one of Cao Cao's important advisers. He played a key role in battles such as the Battle of Guandu and was called the chief adviser by Cao Cao.

Except for Xun Yu and Xun You.

A large number of talents recommended to Cao Cao by Xun Yu, including Zhong Yao, Chen Qun, Du Xi, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, etc., were also from Yingchuan during this period.

Guo Jia was known as a genius and the Little Duke of Yingchuan. He was also one of the most intelligent and strategic men in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.

So many talented people have gathered in Yingchuan. He has led a large army here this time and he is determined to grab a few of them.

Night begins to fall, and for the aristocratic family, this is probably just the beginning of their nightlife.

Li Hong changed into loose clothes, called Dian Wei to bring the armored soldiers, and took Jia Xu, who was also interested, into Yangdi City.

In front of Yangdi City, Yingchuan County Magistrate Li Min was waiting.

Seeing Li Hong coming, Li Min hurriedly brought people to greet him.

Li Min is an elegant middle-aged man, with a bit of a military aura.

"Li Min, the governor of Yingchuan County, greets General Li! Yangdi City is thanks to General Li who led his troops here." When Li Min saw Li Hong, he immediately saluted respectfully and said with a smile.

"Yangdi City is strong, and with the help of the common people and noble families, even if the Beiwei Army does not arrive, it will be as strong as a rock under the leadership of the Yingchuan County Magistrate." Li Hong replied with a smile.

"It's all thanks to General Li's army. Min saw it today. It's really powerful. In fact, I have heard of General Li's name a long time ago. To be honest, Min and General Li are relatives. It's a pity that I have never met him."

Li Hong and Yingchuan County Magistrate Li Min met and exchanged greetings.

"General Li, the banquet is ready, and the heads of all the major families have arrived. According to General Li's instructions, the talented people from Yingchuan have also arrived. General Li, let's go into the city!" Yingchuan County Magistrate Li Min said to Li Hong.

"Okay, let's go into the city! Today I want to see what the talents in Yingchuan are like! Are they as the rumors say?" Li Hong stroked his gray beard and said with a smile.

"please!"

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ps: I am not in a good state today, brothers, please continue to follow, it will be more exciting later. The protagonist pacifies the Yellow Turbans, divides the forces, conquers the grassland, and competes for the Han Dynasty...

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