Chapter 467

Nanyang County, Wancheng

Nanyang County is the northernmost county in Jingzhou. It is separated from Wuguan in the north, Yuzhou in the east, and Shangyong in the west. Therefore, Liu Ye specially chose Zhang Jaw to be stationed in Nanyang County, allowing him to recruit troops locally as appropriate.

In the prefect's mansion of Wancheng, Zhang Jaw was staring at the sand table in front of him. After Liu Ye recovered Luoyang, he ordered the prefects to survey the terrain, imitating Ma Yuan's method of gathering rice into valleys, and creating so-called sand tables. Useful for combat.

Zhang Jaw was watching intently, when suddenly there was a burst of laughter outside the door.

"Is General Zhang here?"

Zhang Jaw settled down, looked outside the door: "Here Zhang Jaw is, who is outside the door?"

"Fazheng, the servant of the Yellow Gate, has met General Zhang."

After Fazheng studied under Cai Yong for a period of time, his temperament has changed a bit, his whole body seems to be shrouded in a layer of righteousness, but if you look carefully, you can find the cunning hidden in his eyes.

Zhang Jai smiled: "So it's the grandson of Fabiejia, what's the matter?"

Fazheng said solemnly, "I'm here in the name of a great general, and I ask General Zhang to listen to your orders."

Hearing that it was Liu Ye's order, Zhang Jaw's expression suddenly became serious: "Zhang Jaw is here, please listen to the general's order."

"Yuan Shu raised 60,000 troops and went north to attack Yingchuan and Chen Guo. Liu Yuzhou asked the general for help. The general needed time to mobilize troops, so he specially ordered Zhang Jaw to raise troops from Nanyang and go south to rescue Liu Bei."

Zhang Jai nodded, returned to the sand table, observed carefully, and began to think about how to use troops.

"General." Fazheng leaned forward without a sound, his jaw opened and his brows frowned.

"The special envoy will go down, and the general will naturally arrange meals for the posthouse."

Although Fazheng is the grandson of Fazheng, Fazheng was originally proficient in government affairs. Fazheng worshiped Cai Yong as his teacher, and he probably studied Confucian classics, so don't bother him.

Fazheng smiled slightly: "The general thinks that X is just a rotten scholar?"

Zhang Jai frowned, didn't speak, just looked at Fazheng, thinking what the hell is this kid going to do?

"May I ask General Zhang, how many soldiers and horses are there in Nanyang County?" Fazheng asked.

"Sixteen thousand people."

"Does General Zhang want to use all the troops to go south to rescue Yuzhou?"

Zhang Jai shook his head: "No, I had other plans."

Fazheng laughed and said, "If someone has guessed General Zhang's plan, then why not return to Luoyang for the time being, and stay in General Zhang's army to serve as a military counselor?"

Zhang Jai sneered: "You can guess."

Fazheng showed a confident smile, walked to the sand table, and raised a small red flag planted in Nanyang County. This small red flag represented the Nanyang County Garrison.

Only Fazheng's hand fell lightly, but it didn't land on Yingchuan County, nor Chen Guo, but lightly placed on Shangcai.

The color of Zhang Jaw's face changed.

Shangcai is a county in Runan County, and it is the hinterland of Runan County.

"During the Warring States period, Wei State used Pang Juan as its general to attack Zhao State fiercely. Zhao State asked for help from Qi State. Qi State used Tian Ji as its general and Sun Bin as its army adviser." Fazheng said slowly: "Qi army rescued Zhao twice, Guiling The battle of the war and the battle of Ma Ling are all about besieging Wei and saving Zhao, encircling Daliang!"

Fazheng turned around abruptly, with piercing eyes, he said, "General Zhang is afraid that he wants to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, so he will lead his troops straight into Runan County to frighten Yuan Shu?"

Zhang Ja hastily looked around and took a step forward: "Keep your voice down, how can you allow important military affairs to be leaked?"

Zhang Ja boasted that he was familiar with military books, and he knew that the way to use troops is to focus on righteousness and supplement by odds. Naturally, he would not lead his troops to confront Zhang Xun head-on, this is the barbarian's way of fighting.

Fazheng remained silent, but walked to the sand table again and pointed to the west side of Runan County.

"General Zhang sent his troops from Luyang, crossed Pingdingshan, Kunyang and Wuyang, and then the surprise troops descended from the sky. People in Runan County must be terrified. I don't know what the general thinks?"

Zhang Jah suddenly rushed in front of Fazheng, staring at Fazheng with piercing eyes, Fazheng was not afraid of being looked at by Zhang Jah like this, and just looked at Zhang Jah.

After a long time, Zhang Jai laughed: "Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, Mr. Fazhen and Mr. Bo Jie were both well-known Confucian scholars at that time, and there would be a disciple who was proficient in intrigue."

Fazheng smiled and said, "In this way, General Zhang agrees to fight with Zhengzheng."

Zhang Jai nodded, and said again: "However, the journey is difficult and dangerous, can you endure the hardship?"

Fazheng shook his head indifferently and said, "It's nothing, a certain student has been studying abroad for several years and has traveled to several states in the world."

"Okay!" Zhang Jaw shouted: "In this case, please put on your armor, sir. The soldiers are very fast, and I'll be ready to go."

"I don't know how many troops the general plans to mobilize?"

Zhang Zhe replied: "Since it's a surprise attack, you don't need to bring too many people, otherwise you won't be able to provide enough food and grass. It's enough to bring 5,000 people."

"Five thousand people is still too much, three thousand people?" Fazheng suggested.

There are 16,000 troops stationed in Nanyang County. Zhang Jai originally planned to bring 5,000 people. After all, the army has to cross Pingding Mountain. The mountain road is narrow and supplies are not easy. If the army is too small, even if it reaches Runan County, it may not be able to deter it. Yuan Shu.

Unexpectedly, Fazheng was even more daring than himself, and cut nearly half of the 5,000 people, leaving only 3,000 people.

"It's not easy to replenish the mountain road. Five thousand people is still a little too much, but three thousand people are enough." Fazheng said slowly.

"But 3,000 people are too few after all, how can we effectively deter Yuan Shu?" Zhang Jai frowned.

Fazheng smiled slightly: "One thousand can be fraudulently called five thousand, two thousand can be fraudulently called ten thousand, and our army of three thousand can be fraudulently called twenty thousand."

Since ancient times, the princes have often exaggerated the number of wars in order to create momentum. For example, in the battle of Muye in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the coalition of princes led by King Wu of Zhou claimed to have an army of 400,000, but this is actually impossible. According to historical records, the largest battle in the Shang Dynasty was during the period of the famous Xiongjun Wuding. He and his wife Fuhao jointly led an attack against alien races, with only 13,000 soldiers and horses.

"Besides, our army can also imitate Yuan Shu's army, coerce the local people to make up their numbers, and stop them from fighting." Fazheng said again.

"When we get to the territory of Runan, even if our army breaks through the city, we will not be able to transport the food and grass back. We should open a warehouse to help the people, and ask the people to pretend to be our army. When the time comes to make a big splash, Yuan Shu must be terrified." Fazheng said with a smile: " In this way, Yuan Shu will definitely reply to let Zhang Xun return to help, and our army's rescue goal will be achieved."

Zhang Jai nodded, and said firmly: "Okay, then only bring three thousand people!"

On that day, Zhang Jai dispatched troops to march, selected 3,000 elite soldiers from among 16,000 troops, and rushed towards Luyang City.