Now, the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou has almost been pacified by Li Yi, and the Yellow Turban Army was either appeased, or captured after being defeated, and then escorted to Northern Xinjiang by a caravan organized by the Li Chamber of Commerce along with a large number of displaced people. Therefore, the next thing is to solve the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou.

However, the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou is not as easy to solve as the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou, which is relatively tightly organized and unusually large. According to historical records, in December of the third year of Chuping (192), the main force of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army surrendered unconditionally to Cao (not defeated surrender). After surrendering, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, including their families, totaled more than 1 million people, including their families, of which 300,000 were in good health, and Cao Cao was organized into a relatively independent "Qingzhou soldier".

This is after two years of war and starvation, the power of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army has declined to a great extent. And now it is the peak of the power of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, which is not only numerous, but also has relatively high morale. According to some information obtained by the Li Chamber of Commerce, it is estimated that the current Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, including their families, has 2 million people, accounting for nearly half of the total population of Qingzhou (the total population of Qingzhou is only 4.5 million), of which more than 800,000 are in good health. These horses were mainly concentrated in the hands of several leaders of the Yellow Turban Army led by Sima Ju, Xu He, Guan Cheng, and Wu Ba.

In the spring of this year, Guan Cheng, the commander of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou, gathered 200,000 people and entered the country of Kouqi in a big way, besieging Linzi, the seat of Qingzhou governance. Da Sima and Qingzhou Mu Liu Yu could not resist, so they could only open the altar in the city and pray to the sky.

Kong Rong, the minister of the North Sea, was appointed by Dong Zhuo, and he had not been in office for a long time, and more than half of his time was spent in sour dates, so this was the first time he had seen such an arrogant yellow scarf.

As a result, he was teased by the celebrities around him, and his sense of mission awakened. After returning to the city of Beihai, he immediately gathered more than 30,000 soldiers and horses from the whole county, marched westward, and fought with Guan Cheng under Linzi City.

That Guan Cheng is not a famous general, and the 200,000 soldiers and horses under his command are also counted in the old, weak, women and children. The number of people on both sides seems to be very different, but in fact it is about the same. If you count the soldiers and horses in the besieged Linzi City, the strength of the official army is far superior.

However, whether it is Liu Yu or Kong Rong, they are the most typical kind of celebrities in this era. That is, I don't have any ability, and I don't know how to use people. These two subordinates talked about it one by one, and then fell into practice. Eighty is not enough to top one.

The perfect combination of inside and outside was broken by these two, and Guan Cheng, who was caught in the flank, fought a beautiful battle of encirclement and reinforcement.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Liu Yu sent not many soldiers and horses to the city to respond, and after being defeated, Liu Yu did not dare to let people open the city gate, and Linzi City was not lost.

can't capture Linzi, and Guan Cheng is also very simple. He directly shifted the target and chased after Kong Rong to Beihai. chased the twentieth grandson of Confucius to the point that there was no way to enter the heavens and the earth, and even the city where he was based was lost, and he fled to Zhuxu until he had a foothold.

Ding Yuan said with some emotion: "Fortunately, the Zhuxu city is quite strong, and the grain and grass in the city are sufficient, and the management cannot bear the siege. It can only be stationed outside the city. Now Kong Beihai is surrounded in Zhuxu, and I don't know what the end will be. ”

Originally, before Li Yi led the army to the east, Xu He, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, planned to lead the army from Qingzhou to Yanzhou. Went north to join the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro. At that time, Ding Yuan was frightened, stayed in Fenggaocheng and did not dare to move, and wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, saying that he had been besieged by the Yellow Turban Army, in fact, the Yellow Turban Army was still hundreds of miles away from Fenggaocheng at that time.

Later, Li Yi and Gongsun Zan led the army eastward to quell the rebellion, all the way like a bamboo, devastating, Xu He gave up the plan to attack Yanzhou, and Ding Yuan was able to be freed. Now when it comes to Kong Rong's situation, he also has palpitations.

Kong Rong is surrounded? This part sounds familiar! Li Yi's heart jumped violently when he heard this, was it ahead of schedule, or was the historical record not clear enough? If it's really the allusion you think, who will come to ask for help? After all, now Tai Shi Ci is already under his hands.

Curious, he hurriedly asked, "Is there a messenger from Beihai asking for help?" ”

Dingyuan shook his head and said: "No, there are a lot of soldiers and horses in charge of it, and Zhu Xucheng is surrounded by water, where can anyone come out?" Zhu Xu is adjacent to Langya, even if Kong Beihai wants to ask for help, he should also ask Xuzhou for help, and he should not be willing to seek help. ”

Saying that, Ding Yuan sighed again and said: "General, as Ding said before, the situation in Qingzhou is too chaotic, and it is not difficult for you to defeat a few yellow turbans, but with only the six thousand iron horsemen in your hands and the fifteen thousand men and horses of General Gongsun, if you go deep into Qingzhou, it will be easy to fall into a siege." Qingzhou here is not better than Luoyang, the mountains are continuous, there are many forests and hills, you can ambush everywhere, if you want to be calm, you must be surrounded and suppressed by the army on all sides. ”

Ding Yuan admires Li Yi's ability very much, and also supports Li Yi's decision-making, Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are too serious, if they are allowed to wreak havoc, Qingzhou will not be able to recover for decades.

In fact, the current Qingzhou is already very dilapidated, and when the territory of Qingzhou is completely ruined, the neighboring states may not be peaceful.

The Yellow Turban has already crisscrossed the country, and without this barrier, the peace of Mount Tai may also be broken. If there was no Li Yi, Ding Yuan would naturally have nothing to do, but now that he has elite soldiers and strong generals, he can think about things that he didn't dare to think about before.

Li Yi naturally didn't listen to Ding Yuan, he shook his head and said: "Regarding how to pacify Qingzhou, Li Yi already has some calculations in his heart, and today I just invite Brother Jianyang and all the gentlemen to take a closer look." ”

"Already?" Li Yi's efficiency shocked everyone, it was only a day after he arrived in Mount Tai, and before he even collected all the information about Mount Tai, he already had a plan to attack Qingzhou, what kind of speed is this?

Li Yi smiled: "It's just a rough plan, and there are a lot of preparations to be made, and it's far from being implemented...... The current intelligence shows that Qingzhou is very chaotic, the Qingzhou thief army is all locals, more familiar with geography, and the engagement is unfavorable...... In addition, the recovered places have to be garrisoned, and if you rashly march, let alone 20,000 troops, even 200,000 troops may not be enough. ”

He held up a finger and said in a deep voice: "Therefore, the best way is not to take the initiative to attack Qingzhou, but to lure the snakes out of the hole and fight them on the battlefield we preset." ”

Ding Yuan asked hesitantly, "Bring to Mount Tai?" Can it be successful? ”

"Even if we don't lead them, they will come sooner or later." Li Yi said in a very certain tone, "Although the yellow turbans were rampant before, they rarely attacked the county city, let alone the state city, because they didn't have siege equipment, and there was no way to take the thick wall of the strong city. But now, they have begun to besiege Linzi. What do you think this means? ”

Xu Shu, who had just joined Li Yi's army, was the first to speak: "Either their strength and appetite are already big enough, or their supplies are already in short supply, or both. ”

He is a newcomer, and he is the youngest, so naturally he can only be the brick that leads the jade.

Xu Shu replied fluently, and then changed the conversation and said: "But, my lord, even so, there are many routes that Qingzhou Yellow Turbans can choose from, such as crossing the river to Jizhou, or attacking Jibei from Jinan, and then attacking Dongjun and joining the Black Mountain thieves, how can you make sure that they come to Mount Tai?" ”

After a slight pause, Xu Shu added: "Although the strategy of the lord is correct, but the number of yellow turbans in Qingzhou is so huge, once it starts to move, can it be defeated by the current soldiers and horses, and can it be annihilated together?" ”

Li Yi smiled: Well, it's up to everyone to use their brains together. At present, the arrangement has adopted a two-pronged approach: on the one hand, it will reorganize the armament and warfare, and settle the interior, and on the other hand, it will improve the espionage system and use it to infiltrate Qingzhou......"

Now although Li Yi only brings 6,000 iron cavalry, he is a fierce general in the army, and a strategist is like rain. In terms of military generals, Dian Wei, Tai Shici, Yuwen Chengdu, Lu Wenlong, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan are all powerful; And the strategists are not weak at all, or even stronger, Xu Maogong, Liu Bowen, Guo Jia and Xu Shu, which is not the top strategist?

Now Li Yi's plan is to use Xu Maogong and others to formulate a battle plan, and then the generals under his command will implement it.

The original Dian Wei, Tai Shici, Yuwen Chengdu and Lu Wenlong were already in charge of each other in the army, but Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, who had recently joined the army, had to make clear arrangements.

Li Yi looked at Huang Zhong and said, "Han Sheng, I originally wanted you to lead the crossbowmen, but after thinking about it, I think it's a bit overkill......

Recruiting generals into your command can't just be left like that, you have to use them. It's just that there is one problem that is very troublesome, that is, Li Yi has limited power with him now, and he can't make the final arrangements for Huang Zhong and Wei Yan.

The most suitable position for Huang Zhong seemed to be the crossbowman, but after seeing the real battle, Li Yi's mind had changed. In battle, crossbowmen did not actually form an independent army, but existed as an important part of array warfare.

The crossbowmen in the army did not demand precision in archery, but rather uniformity of orders, and when a volley was fired, it dealt the greatest blow to the designated target area. Letting Huang Zhong lead the crossbowmen is tantamount to putting this famous general in the position of an ordinary captain and wasting resources.

Huang Zhong listened quietly, he was arrogant in his heart, and he didn't want to be left behind, and at the same time, he also believed in the world-famous hussar general, and believed that the other party had tried his best to recruit him, and he would not put himself aside and ignore it.

In fact, he himself was very hesitant and didn't know how to position himself in the Northern Xinjiang Army, because there were too many fierce generals in the Northern Xinjiang Army, and he was one of the last two to come.

Therefore, Huang Zhong is not full of expectations for Li Yi's arrangement. (To be continued.) )