"The last general is willing to guard Dai County!"

General Guan nodded with satisfaction. A tool man must have the consciousness of a tool man. Isn't it just for now that he brought Huo Yi out this time?

After all, Huo Jun used hundreds of men to block the attack of tens of thousands of people at Jiameng Pass, and made great contributions to the late emperor's capture of Shu.

After Huo Jun's death, the late emperor led his ministers to pay his respects and even stayed in front of the tomb. He was extremely honored for a while.

Huo Yi's performance over the years has proven that he is indeed worthy of General Huo.

General Guan will feel relieved if Dai County is handed over to him.

As for Huo Yi, he also knew that his move south was a sudden one.

General Guan must rely entirely on the speed of the cavalry, and he is not a cavalry commander. If he follows, he may not be able to exert much effort.

It is better to imitate your own master and guard the retreat of the army, the merit is not small.

"How many people does General Huo plan to use to defend Dai County?"

Huo Yi pondered, he didn't dare to ask this question:

"Three thousand people are enough. If less than 10,000 people come from Youzhou, the general will have the confidence not to let the Wei thieves go further west. If there are more than 10,000 people, the general must send people back within fifteen days to help."

Guan Ji glanced at Han Long and said with great confidence:

"General Huo, don't worry. Even if Youzhou dares to send reinforcements, there will most likely not be more than 10,000 troops."

Han Long was from Youzhou and had some friendship with Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou.

According to the information he provided, when Tian Yu, who advocated the conquest of the Hu people, was still in Youzhou, he would not lead more than 10,000 troops out of the fortress.

Of course, Han Long's information is only one aspect.

The most important thing is that General Guan Da also has a humanoid body, so she has overall intelligence that others do not have.

The main military forces of Wei State are basically concentrated in four places:

The first one is the Wanluo area, which is the elite central army personally controlled by the puppet emperor of Wei State.

The second one is the direction where Wei State focuses its defense, Guanzhong.

The remaining two places, Jianghuai and Jingzhou, faced the Wu Kingdom in the south.

In addition to these four places, the troops deployed in Jizhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou in Hebei are basically limited to self-protection.

Over the years, his family, Alang, had tried every means, even if it was a squeeze, to squeeze out supplies, just to attract Ke Bi to settle down in the Gaoque area of ​​Yinshan Mountain.

Everyone thought this was to support Kebineng and put pressure on Guanzhong.

Even Sima Yi was confused by Alang's actions and sent troops to clear out the barbarians in the old area of ​​​​Beidi County, just in case.

But General Guan, as Governor Feng's close friend, knew that his Alang's ultimate goal was not at all.

He wanted to prevent Kebi Neng from getting angry after being defeated by Qin Lang and intensifying his efforts to harass the border fortresses of Youbin and Erzhou.

So he tried to move Kebineng away from the Youbin border, which actually helped Wei relieve the pressure on the northern border.

The Han Dynasty has exerted great pressure on Guanzhong in recent years. As long as the northern frontier is stable, Cao Rui will definitely mobilize Hebei's resources to support Guanzhong.

Xian Yufu, who was originally stationed in Youzhou, has stayed in Guanzhong these years and never returned. This is the best example.

Therefore, on the premise of ensuring the security of Guanzhong, it is impossible for Wei to deploy too many troops in Hebei.

If the Han Prime Minister led his army out of Hanzhong and pretended to seize Guanzhong, Cao Rui would only further recruit troops from Hebei.

However, Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou, did not understand military strategy.

Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou, also tried to appease the Hu people so as to save money and food to support the imperial court in defending against the Han and Wu countries.

This further aggravates the emptiness of the two states.

Conform to the general trend of the world and induce the enemy to unknowingly make strategic maneuvers according to your own ideas, so that the enemy falls into calculations without knowing it.

Only a true commander who uses the world as his chessboard can accomplish this kind of temple calculation.

The main participants in the formulation of this national strategy were the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty and the Marquis of Jiequanting.

The secondary participants are General Guan and Zhang Xiaosi.

One is provided by Feng’s specific tactics, and the other is supplemented by Feng’s political intelligence...

Under this level of strategic operation, no matter how powerful the generals are, the two armies will still be inferior.

The commander-in-chief has made a good strategy. Now what General Guan has to do is to use his utmost efforts in tactics to break through Bingzhou as soon as possible.

This tactic seems very risky, but in fact it is very promising:

Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou, does not understand military strategy and is not an enemy of the Liangzhou army;

There are not many troops in Youzhou. Even if Wang Xiong wanted to support him, the reinforcements would have to travel a long way across the Taihang Mountains. At that time, his own Alang had almost arrived.

Therefore, as long as we guard Dai County's retreat and the army is more careful, we can escape unscathed at worst.

As the saying goes, if you want to take something, you must give it first.

The Han Dynasty has indirectly helped Wei Guo maintain the stability of the northern border over the years. Now is the time to collect the benefits!

How can any of the benefits of King Feng be free of charge?

Huo Yi naturally did not have such overall information as General Guan. After hearing what General Guan said, he quickly assured:

"If it is true as the general said, then Yi can guarantee that Dai County will not be lost!"

"Okay!" General Guan nodded, "I will hand over half the battalion of useless troops to you. Over there in Pingcheng, there are more than a thousand soldiers resting in the city due to overwork."

"They will come over in a few days, and the soldiers who are lagging behind will probably catch up. Then you just have to gather them."

Huo Yi was overjoyed:

"This way, everything will be worry-free!"

After the arrangements were completed, General Guan fed the entire army and collected the war horses from the Xiegui Ni tribe to replenish their horse power.

On the second day, he couldn't wait to lead the only 12,000 people who came, and rolled southward without stopping.

After passing Yanmen Pass, you enter Xinxing County.

Xinxing County was established by Cao Cao in the 20th year of Jian'an (215 years).

The reason is to abandon the four counties of Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Wuyuan and Shuofang outside the Great Wall, and then shrink the names of these four counties into counties and place them in the north of Taiyuan County.

At the same time, the northern part of Taiyuan County was divided and a separate Xinxing County was established.

The county names such as Dingxiang and Jiuyuan in the county come from this.

Cao Cao's new establishment of Xinxing County was originally intended to resettle the people of Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Wuyuan, and Shuofang counties outside the Great Wall.

But in fact, most of these so-called common people are internal Huns.

The northern Xiongnu among the five Xiongnu tribes was placed by Cao Cao in the Jiuyuan County area of ​​Xinxing County, guarding the northern throat of Jinyang.

If General Guan wanted to lead his army south to Jinyang, he would have to pass through Jiuyuan County (later Xinzhou City) where the northern Xiongnu was located.

When General Guan led his army across the Hutuo River (later Hutuo River), the frontline of the army was directed towards Jiuyuan County.

At this time, Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou in Jinyang City, learned that the Han army was already two hundred miles away to the north.

PS:
Chapter completed!