Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

These ten troops are the strongest troops under Liu Zhang's command, and there are other elites, but they are not as good as these ten troops.

Because the places where they are stationed are different, it is difficult to see these troops at the same time in normal times.

As soon as nine o'clock arrived, the military parade began.

The outside of the south gate of Chang'an City had long been controlled by soldiers. Each inspection troop formed a square formation, ranging from ten to twenty rows, or ten to forty rows, and slowly passed the south gate from east to west.

Each phalanx is an army.

In front of each army, there is a general leading the army on horseback.

The fierce generals under Liu Zhang, Zhang Ren, Yan Xing, Ma Chao, Pang De, Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Xu Rong, etc. appeared one by one.

On the south wall, the people watched the troops passing by, pointing and talking to each other from time to time.

On the city tower, the officials under Liu Zhang's command saw such an army, and they became more determined to follow Liu Zhang.

The envoys of the other princes looked at the brochures in their hands and at the troops under the city, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

Because they want to pass back everything they see.

As for those princes who did not have envoys in Chang'an City, their spies disguised themselves, mixed among the common people, picked up bamboo slips and brushes, and quickly recorded what they saw.

However, without the brochure issued by Liu Zhang, the information obtained by these spies was not so detailed after all.

The entire military parade started at nine o'clock in the morning and ended at noon.

In order to demonstrate his strength, Liu Zhang invited the envoys of the princes to have a meal, including the chiefs of the Xiongnu tribes, the Qiang tribes, and the tribes in the south of Yizhou.

The banquet started after noon and did not end until dark in the afternoon.

Today, more than 50 yuan was spent.

But it's all worth it.

Because Liu Zhang saw awe in the eyes of the tribal leaders who surrendered to him, and saw fear in the eyes of the envoys of the princes.

The purpose of uniting the inside and suppressing the outside, this military parade has been achieved.

The ministers were happy, and Liu Zhang was also very happy, so many people got drunk.

Liu Zhang didn't get up until the sun was in the sky the next day.

Another day later, Liu Zhang summoned all his subordinates at the State Shepherd's Mansion and announced a big reward for all the ministers.

There are Xu Lai, Li Fang and others who followed Liu Zhang from the beginning, as well as his own family general Liu Chang, etc., as well as Wu Yi and Wu Ban, the former subordinates of his father Liu Yan, as well as Zhang Ren and Yan Yan, the famous generals of Shuzhong, etc. Ma Teng, Xu Rong, etc. were conquered successively, and Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, etc. were also surrendered.

Liu Zhang took out a lot of credit books, and then ordered people to read out loud their achievements over the years, who should be sealed, and who should be rewarded.

Whether it is a counselor or a general, they are all very happy.

Even those officials who have just joined Liu Zhang's group, although they don't have their own rewards this time, as long as they work hard enough, they will definitely have their own rewards next time.

Everyone has a firm belief that there is a future with Liu Zhang.

Over the years, they watched Liu Zhang change from Jingzhao Yin Taishou to the current Yizhou Shepherd Sima, and it only took less than ten years.

The winter of 196 passed happily.

The spring of 197 came.

However, the task of strengthening the military system also came with it.

"Mission 3000: Attack Yuan Shao, capture at least one county, kill [-] enemies, and reward [-] Iron Wall Shield Guards."

"Mission 6000: Attack Cao Cao, capture at least two counties, kill [-] enemies, and reward [-] Tiger Riflemen."

"Mission 2000: Attack Zhangxiu, capture Wancheng, and reward Yingyang Ranger with [-]."

From the perspective of the difficulty of the task, the third task is the easiest, because among the three forces, Zhang Xiu is the weakest, with less than [-] troops, and if Liu Biao did not support food and grass, Zhang Xiu would not be able to support such Many soldiers.

However, Zhang Xiu is not so easy to attack.

Zhang Xiu occupied Nanyang County and guarded Wuguan.The Nanyang Basin has fertile land and many people. It is not too difficult to capture Nanyang, attack Jingzhou in the south, Yuzhou in the east, and Luoyang in the north.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Biao and Cao Cao will definitely not sit idly by when attacking Zhang Xiu.

Then, only task one and task two are left.

Liu Zhang thought for a moment, then made a decision.

"System, I choose task two."

The difficulty of task two is also not small, Cao Cao is not weak.

However, Liu Zhang chose to attack Cao Cao because he had his own ideas, that is to learn from the Qin State back then, first attack Han Wei, occupy the Central Plains, and then destroy Zhao Tuchu, and then unify the world.

With Liu Zhang guarding Guanzhong, with such a stable rear, it is not a problem at all to attack the Central Plains.

It's just that the road needs to be walked step by step, and the food needs to be eaten bite by bite. He never thought about annihilating Cao Cao in a single battle.

After setting the goal, Liu Zhang summoned his main advisers Liu Ye and Fazheng to plan.

At the same time, grain, grass and equipment also slowly passed through Tongguan to stock up in Hongnong County.

Among the counties in the world, Hongnong County has a medium area, but the south is mountainous, and the west is on the Loess Plateau. Only the north and east along the Yellow River are suitable for human habitation.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, Yao Mountain faces the Yellow River from west to east.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qin people spent a generation building the fortress Hangu Pass in a dangerous place between Yaoshan Mountain and the Yellow River.

However, as the river hit the south bank of the Yellow River, a river bank was formed on the side of Qinhangu Pass close to the Yellow River. The Central Plains army could bypass the river bank without storming Qinhangu Pass.

The role of Qin Hangu Pass was greatly reduced, so there were Tongguan and Hangu Pass in the Han Dynasty.

Although Hanhangu Pass is not on the south bank of the Yellow River, it is at the branch of the Yellow River, Gushui, and still guards the Yaohan channel.

However, Han Hangu Pass is far less dangerous than Qin Hangu Pass.

Hongnong County and Henan Yin are divided by Han Hangu Pass, with Hongnong County to the west and Henan Yin to the east.

Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou, most of Yuzhou, and Yin of Henan. He was the largest prince besides Liu Zhang, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao.

Once the attack starts, it's hard to say when it will stop.

And I know that once I start a war, it will not be a small-scale war.

Although he now has 30 troops, he must be fully prepared. The princes in the north and south are all staring at him.

If you launch a large army to attack Cao Cao, Yuan Shao in the north may send troops to attack Bingzhou at any time, Liu Biao in the south may also attack Yizhou, and Zhang Xiu in Nanyang County may also attack Wuguan with a certain probability.

However, Wuguan and Wushan are places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack when Liu Zhang attacks. Liu Zhang only needs to send a small amount of troops to resist tens of thousands of troops.

Therefore, when Liu Zhang secretly transported grain, grass and equipment to Hongnong County, he also ordered Shu generals to lead [-] troops to Wushan for defense to prevent Liu Biao from going up the river to attack Yizhou.

In the direction of Wuguan, he also ordered his generals to lead five thousand troops.

Five thousand troops were stationed in Lantian to prepare for emergencies.

If Zhang Xiu came to attack, 5000 men would be enough to defend Wuguan. If Liu Biao sent troops to attack, 5000 men from Lantian would be able to arrive in time.