Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

After listening to Fazheng's detailed explanation, everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

Liu Zhang was also very satisfied. At present, he only felt that attacking Luoyang was not a difficult direction, because he was a clan member of the Han Dynasty, so it was easy to attack Luoyang, but it was more difficult to deal with the emperor.

He can't coerce the emperor to order the princes like other princes. If he does this, he will be reviled by the world.

"Xiaozhi, go on, which one do you think is the best place for us to capture!" Liu Zhang asked.

"My lord, everyone, I think it's best to capture Bingzhou!"

"Why?"

"Western Qiang and Southern Xiongnu have mostly cavalry, they come and go like the wind, and they are located in a remote place. We dispatched a large army to attack, but we won't get much. And Bingzhou is one of the thirteen states of our Han Dynasty. If we attack it, the people's hearts will be attached. Now Yuan Shao has captured it. Jizhou, if you occupy Youzhou, it won't be long before he will send troops to Bingzhou, and at that time, it won't be so easy for us to take Bingzhou again."

"So, you suggest to first attack Bingzhou to prevent Yuan Shao from becoming bigger, and then plot against the Southern Huns and Western Qiang?" Liu Zhang asked.

"My lord is wise, I think so!" Fazheng replied.

"Do you have any objections?" Liu Zhang nodded, and then looked at the crowd.

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

"Okay, since everyone agrees with Xiaozhi's plan, after the autumn harvest, we will attack Bingzhou!" Liu Zhang shouted loudly.

"Pass my order!"

Everyone turned around immediately, all facing Liu Zhang seriously.

"Let Liu Ye collect intelligence and distribute troops in Bingzhou."

"With Zhang Jie and Gan Ning as the leading and negative vanguards, he led [-] troops to set up camp at the Yellow River Ferry, and prepared to cross the river. Ma Teng led [-] troops to guard Liangzhou to prevent the Western Qiang from attacking. Xue Yong led [-] troops to guard Shangjun. The rest of the generals should get ready, mount an army of [-] infantry, attack Bingzhou, and strive to capture Bingzhou before the spring begins.”

"The last general (minister) takes orders!" Everyone said in unison.

Liu Zhang conveyed the military order and assigned the tasks.

An army of [-] was dispatched, and countless food, grass, and equipment were needed. Among them, a large number of civilians needed to be recruited to help transport food.

The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, food and grass first.

Lieutenant Zhang Jie and Sima Ganning led an army of [-]. On the third day after the military meeting, they went north to Zuo Fengyi to Linjin County, and then prepared ships at the Yellow River ferry in the territory.

Ji Cao allocated funds, and the military cao issued military grain and equipment, and then organized [-] civilians to start using horse-drawn carts and ox carts to transport grain, grass, and equipment from Chang'an City to Linjin City for garrison.

In just two months, 30 stones of grain and grass were transported to Linjin City, and the autumn harvest began immediately.

Whether in Guanzhong or Yizhou, the people are busy with the autumn harvest, and the government is busy counting the grain taxes in various places, and then putting them into storage.

Part of the grain tax for the autumn harvest in Yizhou was transported to Chang'an, and then transported to Linjin by the people from Chang'an to prepare for the war.

At the end of October, the autumn harvest in various places was coming to an end, and the grain tax was still counted in only a few places. Liu Zhang couldn't wait to gather [-] troops, and then set off from Chang'an, heading north to Linjin.

Zuo Fengyi was taken by Liu Zhang long ago, and he also ruled the hinterland, so he marched very fast.

In Linjin City, Captain Zhang Jie received a letter from Liu Zhang and immediately summoned Gan Ning and other subordinates.

But within the time of a stick of incense, Gan Ning and several other Sima, all came.

Zhang Jie passed Liu Zhang's letter to the generals to watch, and after the generals had read it, he said, "My lord will arrive in Linjin in two days. He ordered us to cross the Yellow River east, take down the catfish boards, and cover the Chinese army to cross the river. To win Puban, we must first control Pubanjin. Now we have collected [-] large and small ships. It only takes an hour to reach Pubanjin. There are only [-] defenders in Pubanjin. Puban City can be captured before reinforcements arrive."

"General, the last general invites you to fight!" Gan Ning is a strong man in Berkshire, and now he has just joined Liu Zhang's forces, and he just needs a battle to show his ability.

"Okay, since Gan Sima is asking for a fight, I'll send you 3000 men and [-] boats to cross the river early in the morning when the enemy is not ready!"

"The last general takes orders!"

Gan Ning and Zhang Jie discussed the details of dispatching troops, and then went down to prepare, select soldiers, and prepare ships.

On the second day, the 3000 people from Gan Ning cooked food at the fourth watch and boarded the boat to cross the river at the fifth watch.

In the Sili Xiaowei Department, there are only three counties in the hands of Xiliang warlords, of which Hongnong County and Henan County are south of the Yellow River, and Hedong County is north of the Yellow River.

Dong Zhuo was still alive, and appointed Xu Rong as the prefect of Rongyang, and later transferred to the prefect of Hedong, guarding Hedong County.

This Hedong County was developed very early, with fertile land and a large population. After Xu Rong guarded Hedong County, it was considered prosperous. Although his soldiers were far inferior to Li Jue and Guo Si, staying away from Luoyang also avoided Internal friction in the struggle for power.

Now he has [-] soldiers under his command, and all these soldiers are under his orders.

Hedong County governs [-] counties, among which Puban County is located in the south of Hedong, and the west and south are bounded by the Yellow River. Among them, the Yellow River has Pubanjin ferry in the west and Fenglingdu ferry in the south.

These two ferry crossings are important crossings in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. Xu Rong knew the importance of the Yellow River crossings, and thousands of soldiers were deployed to guard these two crossings.

Xu Rong's old subordinate Xu Fan was the general guard of Puban County. Originally, he had only 2000 men to guard Puban County. Since Liu Zhang unified Guanzhong, Xu Rong worried that Liu Zhang would suddenly cross the river to attack him, so he added 1000 men to Xu Fan.

Of the 3000 people, Xu Fan assigned [-] to the city, and the remaining [-] to Pubanjin. Puban County is only six miles away from Pubanjin.

On this day, the Xiliang army in Pubanjin, as usual, only started to move two quarters after dawn.

The Huotou army started cooking, the soldiers got up from their respective positions, and the patrolling soldiers began to walk out of the barracks.

The Yellow River is fast-flowing, and there used to be boats on the river, but today, there are too many boats on the river.

The patrolling soldiers saw dozens of boats on the river, coming here.

"There are a lot of merchant ships today, it seems that we can make a lot of money!" Several patrolling soldiers talked to each other.

In the past, when ships went to and from Pubanjin, they would charge tolls, and today is no exception.

The boat on the river belonged to Gan Ning.

He was on the largest boat, and his eyes were fixed on the river bank. According to his guess, it would take a cup of tea to reach the shore.

"Pass down the order, as soon as it touches the shore, we will do it!" Gan Ning shouted at Su Cheng who was beside him.

"Understood, brother." Su Cheng nodded fiercely.

Su Cheng is a disciple of Gan Ning, with excellent martial arts skills, he has always been cited by Gan Ning as his confidant, he also knows the importance of snatching Pu Banjin, and he dare not be sloppy at all.

Through semaphore, Su Cheng conveyed Gan Ning's military orders.

The Xiliang patrol soldiers in Pubanjin watched the ships approaching, but still did not realize the danger was coming.