The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 560
Chen Ziming communicated with many leading generals alone to strengthen communication, understand the thoughts of these generals, and prepare for the unification battle in the near future.

"If you attack Yizhou from the outside, it will be difficult to break through, but if you attack from the inside, there is no danger to defend." Yan Yan's evaluation of the current situation in Yizhou is very simple. If there is a war, it will be difficult for Huang Zhong to occupy the southern part of Yizhou. Big, after all, most of the most dangerous checkpoints are in the north.

The dangerous passes in the south are all on the periphery. On the Chengdu Plain, it is difficult for Cao Jun to block Huang Zhong's offensive.

While Chen Ziming was patrolling Jincheng, the atmosphere in Tongguan was heavy. In Liangzhou where Chen Ziming appeared, the news of summoning the generals of Liangzhou had already spread to Tongguan.

"Mr. Bo Ning, Chen Ziming suddenly appeared in Liangzhou and summoned all the generals. What is his intention?" Yu Jin frowned and asked the military adviser Man Pang in a deep voice.

After pondering for a while, Man Pang shook his head and said: "Liangzhou has Liu Bei's 15 soldiers, and Zhao Yun's commander, Tian Feng is planning, if you want to attack Tongguan, you don't need Chen Ziming to travel long distances."

Yu Jin worried and said: "According to investigations, Guan Yu also came with Chen Ziming. The coming is not good, so we must guard against it."

"Of course." Man Pang didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately said: "Send out scouts to investigate the situation of soldiers and horses in Liangzhou, and report to the lord quickly, and the lord will decide."

"Yes." Yu Jin has no other good solution. Of course, he is not afraid of a battle. There are [-] troops around Tongguan, and there are natural dangers in Tongguan. Although Chen Ziming is powerful, he is not a fool, and Tongguan is not that easy .

After arranging everything, while Yu Jin was relieved, he couldn't help being full of doubts about Chen Ziming's appearance in Liangzhou. He was worried and discussed with Man Pang.

Man Pang was also puzzled and said: "Now Liu Bei is recuperating, and he will not start a war at this time. Chen Ziming should have other plans when he enters Liangzhou."

"Hey." Yu Jin sighed and said: "Liu Bei has sealed off all the places, and it is difficult to detect Liu Bei's troop mobilization with careful work. If we fight, we will be very passive."

"Mr. Zhicai once said that there will be a battle between Cao and Liu, but this battle should be one to two years later, and this time is definitely not an opportunity to start a war." Regarding the current situation, Cao Cao has already convened everyone to discuss, and they are all looking forward to the future. Prepare for the future.

"Send a message to Xianyang and other places to be careful, in case Chen Ziming sends troops down the Weishui River to cut off our Tongguan grain road." Tian Feng did this before, sending troops from the Weishui River to attack Xianyang, just when Chen Ziming wanted to escape from Xianyang, He hit the target by mistake and rescued Chen Ziming.

This incident dealt a great blow to General Cao Jun. If Zhang Xiu’s soldiers and horses who came to attack Xianyang had not appeared at that time, Chen Ziming would have become Cao Cao’s prisoner. Without Chen Ziming going to Liangzhou to preside over the battle, Cao Cao might have won Liangzhou Zhou, and even took Hanzhong and Yizhou successively.

There is no such severe situation now, and Yu Jin secretly sighed in his heart, God really does not help Mr. Cao, just a little bit, can completely change the situation of the world.

Following the news of Tongguan, Chang'an and Xianyang were under martial law, especially in the Xianyang area, the people dare not go out, otherwise, once they encounter Cao Jun on patrol, they are likely to be arrested as a spy. There are also Cao Jun on both sides of the Weishui River. Inspections and defenses are not lax.

However, these did not affect Chen Ziming's inspection plan. He continued to inspect the various legions in Liangzhou. After inspecting Zhao Yun's army, the second target was Yan Yan's army, which was stationed in the northern part of Liangzhou.

In fact, there are no powerful enemies in the north of Liangzhou. The Qiang and Di people have already integrated into the Han. The only danger is the Xiongnu, but the territory of the Xiongnu is not close to Liangzhou. .

"It's bitter cold in the north. The old general defended the border for the great man, and he worked hard." Chen Ziming followed Yan Yan to inspect the various armies. Yan Yan's army had [-] soldiers and horses, and they were divided into five garrisons. In the Central Plains, after Guo Huang passed, it was the boundary of the Western Regions.

However, the Western Regions are very chaotic today, a city is a country, and the Western Regions are in a sense the territory of the Han, no matter how the Han is, the Western Regions regard the Han as the main country, and dare not invade the territory of the Han at will.

Of course, since it was the Han territory, Chen Ziming had no reason to let it go. Although Guo Huang was far away, Chen Ziming ordered the Yan Yan Legion to send [-] troops to Guo Huang to establish a border defense line.

It’s not that Chen Ziming didn’t want to send more troops, it’s that Guo Huang was too far away, the transportation was difficult, and the logistics supply couldn’t be supplied. It's already the limit.

Because of food and grass issues, the former great Han had abandoned the garrison in the Guohuang area many times, and also gave up the sovereignty there. Fortunately, the Protectorate of the Western Regions still exercised their powers to ensure that Guo Huang and other places could not threaten the great Han.

"Prime Minister, the general thinks that there is no strong enemy in the northwest, so there is no need to garrison too many troops." Yan Yan was puzzled by Chen Ziming's sudden order to station troops in Guohuang and other places, and none of their generals were willing to go to Bitter Cold The land, complaining endlessly, made him, the old general, very embarrassed.

Chen Ziming was helpless after hearing Yan Yan's complaints. In this era, the sense of sacred territory is very indifferent. They only care about the fertile land in the Central Plains, which can bring them benefits.

Looking up at the still blue sky, Chen Ziming calmly said to Yan Yan: "Guarding the frontier and defending the territory of the Han Dynasty is the duty of the soldiers of the Han Dynasty, and Guo Huang and other places are cheap, but they are the territory of the Han Dynasty, so how can they be left alone. "

"The officers and men of the Han Dynasty have the responsibility of guarding the land, but they must not chill the hearts of the officers and men. The officers and men guarding the border, according to the degree of bitterness, the military department will increase the corresponding treatment, and the army guarding the border will implement a rotation system, limited to three years, and exchange places with other ministries for garrison. "

After that, Chen Ziming talked about many solutions to alleviate the difficulties of stationing troops in remote places, but they were all palliatives, not the root cause. The ultimate reason was the inconvenient transportation and lack of high-tech communication methods in this era.

Yan Yan failed to persuade Chen Ziming to give up the garrison in the northwest, so he had to settle for the next best thing: "The guards in Guohuang, Zhangye, Jiuquan and other places want to reduce the number of garrisons. First, there are no strong enemies, and second, it is difficult to collect food and grass."

Chen Ziming shook his head and said: "The number of garrison troops is determined by the military department, and cannot be increased or decreased at will, but you and the others can adjust the defense appropriately to reduce the garrison time of each department.",

It is impossible for Chen Ziming to give up and reduce the garrison, because in Chen Ziming's view, the land area of ​​the big man is still too small, and it is far from meeting his requirements. land, but at least leave a seed, leave a thought.

(End of this chapter)