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"The thieves are all cavalry, and their whereabouts are uncertain. It is not easy to know the exact location." Zhang Wen sighed.

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Chapter 323 Battlefield Autonomy

According to Zhang Wen, the thieves not only come and go without a trace, but can also suddenly appear in strange places and harass their camp.Or they can leave suddenly before their main force arrives.

Guo Jia almost laughed out loud when he heard this, but he held back in the end.

There is no need for him to laugh, Zhang Wen said so blatantly, Liu Tao understands that there should be a thief's eyeliner among the generals on the front line.Just who and how many are unclear.

Thinking of this, Liu Tao seemed to understand why Zhang Wen would rather deploy troops in Youzhou.

The first is to deal with the cavalry. After all, the place where he wants to deploy troops in history is the west of Liaoning. Gongsun Zan has a cavalry team that is good at dealing with cavalry, called Baima Yicong.The second is the distrust of these generals on the front line. They feel that Gongsun Zan should be innocent no matter what happens if he transfers troops to the west of Liaoning.

Just like them now, no matter what, they shouldn't have anything to do with thieves.

But to be able to think of this in 186, instead of waiting until 187, or even 188... Liu Tao couldn't help but wonder, who gave Zhang Wen the idea?

Perhaps, Zhang Wen originally planned to transfer troops, but Liu Hong did not agree due to insufficient supplies.Now that he brought it up, it happened that his own memorial was submitted, so he took advantage of the situation and agreed.

"When will we be able to find out?" Liu Tao continued to ask. If there is an internal problem, then it may be useless to find out what the culprits are doing. It is estimated that they will receive the news first and then run away.

"This... I don't know..." Zhang Wen shook his head, he had only been here for a few days.Just learn about the thief's situation from Huangfusong, and then make arrangements based on this.

But whether these dispatches are useful, to be honest, he has no idea...

"Since this is the case..." Liu Tao thought for a while, "Today our army rests in Chang'an for a whole day to prepare supplies, and we will leave tomorrow..."

"Why did the general say that?" Zhang Wen was a little confused, did he want to let go of his burden?

"Staying here is meaningless." Liu Tao replied, "We are cavalry, so we can't use it to defend the city? Only by cruising outside can we maximize our strength. We will cruise around Chang'an, and even explore the whereabouts of the thieves on our own. , and pursue."

Zhang Wen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and wanted to say that Liu Tao was so arrogant that he had to put down the burden when he first came, or that he wanted to blackmail some benefits, who knew it was such a plan.

"The thieves have an army of tens of thousands, and they have been fighting against the crusade army for a long time, and they have gradually become more and more powerful." Zhang Wen reminded, after all, Liu Tao's subordinates did not survive more than [-].

"When I raised troops in Zhuo County, I had only a thousand men under my command, and I was facing tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves!" Liu Tao retorted.

"The strength of the rebel army is not comparable to that of the Yellow Turban Bandits. They are all barbarians who are skilled in horse bows and horses!" Zhang Wen continued to remind.

"This part only occupies more than [-] people, and the rest are ordinary people they coerce, similar to yellow scarf thieves." Liu Tao shook his head, did he really think he didn't do his homework?

"This way...you tell me about the plan in detail, and I will send you there if you can. If not, you must obey the transfer order here. After all, I am the coach." Zhang Wen thought for a while and decided Talk to Liu Tao in detail.

Liu Tao nodded, and went to a private place with Zhang Wen, and then discussed the battle.

As a result of the discussion, Liu Tao expressed suspicion that there was someone in the army who tipped off the thieves. Zhang Wen said that he was also suspicious of this. There was no evidence for the problem, otherwise he would not have thought of deploying troops elsewhere.

Liu Tao said on this issue: "If I am cruising outside and you don't know where I am, then the thief's eyes and ears will naturally not know, so there is no way to tell the thief in advance. As long as I can beat the thief a few times, the thief will definitely I wonder if the person who tipped them off has changed his mind."

"But how do we get in touch?" Zhang Wen asked back.

"It's simple. I will send someone to contact you on a regular basis, usually two to three days, and I will contact you frequently when necessary. In addition, I will come back to Chang'an for supplies every few days. At the same time, I hope to get your warrant to get supplies in various counties." Liu Tao replied.

"This is fine, I will be able to agree!" Zhang Wen thought for a while, then nodded and agreed.

"We will contact the general one-on-one, but we also hope that the general will not tell others about us." Liu Tao felt that although this sentence was a bit redundant, he still had to remind him.

"Although it's harsh, I would agree." Zhang Wen was a little dissatisfied. After all, Liu Tao didn't trust him so much, but he finally agreed. "Also, if there is a war order, please obey it!"

"Of course, after all, we are also under the general's command. We will set off tomorrow, and the general will wait for the good news... Finally, in terms of spoils..." Liu Tao looked at Zhang Wen with some embarrassment.

"After the thieves are put down, the imperial court will have to re-govern Liangzhou. At that time, money will be used everywhere." Zhang Wen has to be a little more serious about this aspect. After all, spoils of war involve too many interests.

"Fifty percent, one-buy price!" Liu Tao immediately set out his terms, "After all, it's a trophy earned by our department's ability!"

"Thirty percent, it can't be higher, otherwise I can't explain to His Majesty." Of course Zhang Wen hoped to further lower the price.

In the end, according to the basic principle of bargaining, the two parties reached a consensus with [-]% of the seizure.

Zhang Wen was also not worried that Liu Tao would falsely report the number of seizures. Seizures meant that there were prisoners. How many people and supplies were there, it would be clear after asking.It's better to say the ugly things up front than to end up being unhappy in the end.

Liu Tao can kill all the captives, and there will be no proof.Zhang Wen can also use the number of heads to determine the approximate number of seizures.He wasn't worried that Liu Tao would dispose of some of the heads, after all, the heads were an important proof of military exploits.

No matter how much you capture, it is not as important as promotion. Liu Tao doesn't value it, and his generals will also value it... But he obviously doesn't know that Liu Tao doesn't care about promotion at all.He was even a little worried, what would happen if Liu Hong transferred him back because he was too good at playing.

As for the generals under his command, they are already completely on his side, unless the court comes up with more tempting conditions.

The conversation ended like this, and Liu Tao also took the opportunity to take a stroll in Chang'an, mainly to meet Liu Ge, pay a visit to Huangfu Song and Sun Jian, and finally meet Dong Zhuo.

Under the leadership of the soldiers, he found Liu Ge's station, but as soon as he entered, he found that something was wrong here. The soldiers under Liu Ge's command were too loose and their morale was relatively low.

"Where's your captain?" Liu Tao immediately asked someone, "It's Liu Ge, take me to see him!"

The other party was taken aback, looked at Liu Tao, and felt that he was not easy to mess with, so he obediently took him to Liu Ge's camp.

As soon as he came in, he found that there was a smell of potion here. Liu Ge was lying on the bed, obviously seriously injured...

Chapter 324

It's not just as simple as a serious injury, it's almost to the point of dying, just lingering on the bed.

"What's his condition?" Liu Tao immediately cast a healing technique, feeling unsafe and added a purification light.Looking at Liu Ge, who was so angry, his breathing slowly returned to normal, and he looked at the soldiers behind him.

"General Huangfu tried to encircle and suppress the bandits last month. The bandits suddenly appeared in the direction our army was in charge of. The captain was defeated by the bandit generals in order to cover us." The soldier below replied.

Liu Ge's previous situation obviously couldn't last long. If he died in battle, people like himself would face two consequences.Either fall under someone else's command, or return to Luoyang.

No matter what, after being out for such a long time, he has hardly made any outstanding contributions. Even if he is not held accountable, his future official career will probably be very bumpy.

"Why didn't the thief choose any direction, but chose your side to break through?" Liu Tao asked.

"This... I guess I have to ask the thief..." As a pawn, how could he know so much.

"Tell me about the specific situation at that time in detail!" Liu Tao demanded immediately, "We can't just leave it like this!"

Although he wanted Liu Hong to compromise and keep Liu Ge and Shangguan Yu in Luoyang, in the final analysis, the two of them were under his command.Now that something happened, Liu Hong didn't feel distressed, but he felt distressed very much.

Especially if internal problems caused Liu Ge to become a victim, then he would definitely have to pay the price!

As the pawn talked intermittently for almost [-] minutes, from the preparations before the expedition to the post-war battle, Liu Tao ordered him to think through the details until he was satisfied.

According to this pawn's recollection, the thief's direction had already been found out at that time, and the thief seemed to have received the news in advance a few times before, and fled far away before the arrival of the army.So this time, Huangfusong planned to encircle him.

Surrounding the past from three directions, the three schools echo each other, no matter what, there will be no problems.According to Huangfusong's design, even if the thief received the news in advance and wanted to escape, he would inevitably choose a direction to break through.