The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 402 Comparison of the Two Armies on the Western Front
At the beginning, Zhang Wu absorbed and accepted the civil and military talents under Liu Bei. There were two political foundations for the two families to merge into one family. One was to recognize the Han court and the emperor, and to admit that he was a Han minister; the second was to recognize Cao Cao as a Han thief in order to defeat Cao Cao. , Rescue the emperor as the goal.

Now that Cao Cao is the king of Wei, all treatment is on par with that of the emperor. According to the regulations set by Gaozu, it is already considered a blatant rebellion.Although the imperial court and emperor of the Han Dynasty still remain, everyone knows that Cao Cao will usurp the throne sooner or later. Even if Cao Cao does not usurp the throne, his successor will definitely do it.

Therefore, when the news of Cao Cao becoming king spread to the world, everyone in the world stared at Zhang Wu and Liu Bei in Xiangyang to see how they would react. After all, Liu Bei, as the uncle of the emperor, was also one of the defenders of imperial power.Cao Cao's claim to be king was slapping Liu in the face and provoking the imperial power nakedly, and Zhang Wu has always regarded himself as a Hanchen, and now Zhang Wu is the only person in the world who can compete with Cao Cao.

On this kind of matter, Zhang Wu must of course express his position clearly, and express severe condemnation and strong protest against Cao Cao's usurping behavior, and does not rule out the possibility of using force to crusade.

Of course, it is one thing to protest, but it is another thing to really send troops to teach Cao Cao a lesson. Zhang Wu is actually very happy to see Cao Cao become king, and hopes that Cao Cao can usurp the throne as soon as possible. Anyway, he is not a Han. Family clan.

But Zhang Wu couldn't tell Liu Bei that. In order to reassure Liu Bei, Zhang Wu said that he was not ready yet, but would launch an offensive in Jianye next spring at the latest and send troops to attack Cao Cao.

Liu Bei has fought against Cao Cao for half his life. He knows how powerful Cao Cao is, and he also knows that Cao Cao is not easy to defeat. Although Zhang Wu occupies a large territory and has a lot of troops, his strength is still weaker than Cao Cao. .If you send troops rashly, in case of a big defeat, Cao Cao will be even more difficult to deal with.

Zhang Wu said that it was basically certain that he would send troops from Jianye in the second year. This was also a strategy agreed upon by Zhang Wu and the military advisers, but Zhang Wu did not tell Liu Bei that Jianye's dispatch of troops was just a cover, and the real purpose was to capture Hanzhong.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the entire strategy of "strike the east and attack the west" and the completion of the goal, Zhang Wu arranged things and took Wei Yan, Ma Liang, Lu Su and Lu Xun to Yizhou to inspect the soldiers' training and strategic preparations.

Zhang Wu and others first traveled by land from Xiangyang to Yong'an, then took a boat up the Yangtze River, turned north at Jiangzhou, and followed the Jialing River to Jiameng Pass.Zhang Wu first listened to Li Yan's introduction of the recent military situation of Cao Jun in Hanzhong, and then went out to investigate Xiahouyuan's defense on the spot accompanied by Li Yan.

Li Yan is indeed talented. Not only did he defend Jiameng Pass tightly, but he also investigated Xiahouyuan's military deployment situation clearly, drew a military topographic map, and was waiting to send troops to attack Hanzhong.

General Zhang told Li Yan the strategic plan agreed at the military meeting of the general's mansion, and asked him to keep it strictly confidential. At the same time, he carefully inquired about Cao Jun's military situation. It would be best to find out the situation of Cao Jun's military deployment in Guanzhong and Liangzhou.Once the Battle of Hanzhong begins, it is necessary to estimate how many reinforcements Cao Jun can send from Hanzhong or Liangzhou.

Afterwards, Zhang Wu rushed to Chengdu, and Xu Shu, Huang Zhong, Zhang Song, Fazheng, Ma Chao, Huang Quan and others went out of the city to meet him.

There were more than [-] soldiers in Yizhou. In addition to the guards of the counties, Li Yan led [-] troops to guard Jiameng Pass, Yan Yan led [-] troops to guard Brazil, Zhang Ren led [-] troops to guard Bazhong, and the Chengdu camp had [-] soldiers. Thirty thousand soldiers took turns training.

Zhang Wu is very satisfied with the training of Yizhou soldiers. After all, Xu Shu, a military adviser who followed Zhang Wu very early, and Huang Zhong, a very experienced veteran, are very familiar with the original training procedures of Jingzhou Army, and the foundation of Yizhou soldiers is still there. Not bad, and there are many famous generals from the original Yizhou department.

Zhang Wu convened a military meeting with the core personnel, and Shi Lusu, the governor of the chariot general, conveyed the strategic plan of "strike the east and attack the west", and arranged the combat tasks of the Yizhou Army.

In order not to arouse the alertness of Xia Houyuan and Cao Cao, none of the generals who were familiar with Cao's army would be transferred to Yizhou to fight. The heavy task of capturing Hanzhong fell on the Western Front Army, which was mainly composed of former Yizhou generals.

Among these generals, only Huang Zhong and Ma Chao were familiar to Cao Cao and Xia Houyuan. The rest, such as Zhang Ren, Li Yan, Huang Quan, Meng Da, Yan Yan, Wu Yi, Zhang Yi, Wu Lan, etc., had never fought against Cao Cao's army before. war, so Xia Houyuan must not be familiar with them and would not care much about them.

Zhang Wu knew that Zhang Ren and Li Yan's abilities were not inferior to those of the "Five Tiger Generals" or "Five Sons of Good Generals", because they were not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also very resourceful, and they were absolutely capable of capturing Hanzhong.

Zhang Ren and others are also very happy that their lord can entrust them with this important task. This is a trust in them and an opportunity for them to make contributions.Since taking refuge in Zhang Wu, they have not made any contribution except for resisting the invasion of Cao Jun. This time they finally have a chance.

With the lineup of counselors and generals of the Yizhou Army, Cao Jun's Western Front Army against Xia Houyuan has the upper hand.

In terms of counselors, the Chu army has Xu Shu and Fazheng, and against Cao Jun's Du Xi and Guo Huai, this is basically crushing.Needless to say, Xu Shu was the first top strategist to join Zhang Wu, and now he is famous all over the world. Cao Cao also knew that Xu Shu's talent was no worse than Xun You, Cheng Yu and others.

Although Fazheng is young, he can be said to be a genius from a famous family. His biggest shortcoming is that he has a bad temper and is not very popular.People of later generations know Fazheng very well. Chen Shou, the author of "Three Kingdoms", even thinks that Fazheng can be compared with Guo Jia.

Fazheng is good at tricks, even Zhuge Liang appreciates Fazheng's good tricks.Zhuge Liang is good at strategy, and Fazheng is good at tactics. Before Fazheng died, he was the number one military strategist under Liu Bei, because Liu Bei had always led his own troops to fight before his death, and Fazheng was right beside Liu Bei to make suggestions.

But Fazheng had no opportunity to show it before, so few people in the world know Fazheng's true ability, just like in the original book, before Huang Zhong beheaded Xia Houyuan, few people thought highly of Huang Zhong.

Maybe Xia Houyuan lost his head because he underestimated Huang Zhong and Fazheng, the old and young combination.

In terms of military generals, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao needless to say, together with Pang De, these three super-class generals are all registered with Cao Cao.For the other generals, Zhang Ren and Li Yan are considered to be of the same level, and their strength level is at least comparable to that of Zhang He.In Xiahouyuan's army, there is not a single super general, only two first-class generals, Xiahouyuan and Zhang Yun, whose overall strength is far behind the Chu army's Yizhou army.

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