Qin army camp.
During this period of time, Zhang Xiu had some leisure, because there was no need to deal with Liu Bei for the time being, because the time had not come. As for attacking Cao Ang's camp, it's not necessary for the moment, so Zhang Xiu is quite idle now, just dealing with some government affairs in the camp.
Wang Yue came in a hurry. After entering the barracks, he reported: "Your Majesty, just received the news from the army of Wei and Jin dynasties that Ju Shu did not return to the state of Jin."
"In front of the soldiers of the state of Jin, he said that once they retreat, they will surely be ambushed by us, so they have to postpone their retreat. "To do so, in fact, is to delay not to go back, for fear that Cao ang will be broken by us."
Wang Yue said: "it's just that he delayed so much that he expected that Yuan Shao would be furious when he got the news."
Zhang Xiu said: "even if Yuan Shao was very angry, he would be away from home and would not be subject to military orders. Even if Yuan Shao was angry, he was helpless. So Yuan Shao's anger can only be tolerated. "
After a pause, Zhang Xiu said: "now, we still need the last straw to make Yuan Shao completely angry."
Wang Yue said, "please give me your orders."
He thinks it's time for the royal guards to act again.
Zhang Xiu said: "the last straw is not us, but Gaolan and pound. Even if he ordered him to withdraw, even if he was angry, he couldn't control him for the time being. After all, Chen Dao was feigning and didn't really enter the territory of Jin. "
After a pause, Zhang Xiu continued: "so when pound and Gao Lan win, they can turn Yuan Shao's anger at Ju Shi into all resentment, and even into killing intention. Send orders to pound and Gaolan to speed up their actions. "
"Here it is
The more Wang got the order, he turned to arrange.
Up to now, there is no news from pound and Gao Lan. For a moment, Zhang Xiu doesn't know what's going on in the front line.
However, Zhang Xiu believes that this is a must win.
……
Bingzhou, Xihe county.
This is a county in the middle of Bingzhou. Compared with Shangjun in the West and Taiyuan in the East, it is close to Hedong county. Further to the north, it was once the seat of the Royal Court of the southern Huns.
Today, the southern Huns have long been destroyed.
Xihe county is located in Lishi County, which is only one place apart from Zhongyang County. Outside Lishi County, about five or six miles away, there was a large army hiding in a mountain forest.
This army is the 20000 elite troops led by Gao Lan.
In this raid on Bingzhou, Gaolan and pound made a plan. It was a surprise attack on Bingzhou, and they wanted to directly win the high-ranking herdsmen of Bingzhou. Only in this way can the state of Jin be shaken completely.
Before that, Gao Lan and pound had sent a small group of soldiers to Lishi County, disguised as bandits.
Because today's Lishi county has few troops.
More than 800 small groups of troops took Lishi County by surprise. Then after making a noise here, the news spread to Bingzhou and Taiyuan. Finally, the senior cadres would not be able to sit still.
What Gao Lan needs is that Gao Gan personally leads the troops to fight against Gao Gan, and then makes a concerted effort to defeat him.
This is Gaolan's plan.
Although the plan is simple, it is the most suitable one. After all, Bingzhou has a vast territory and a large place. If you want to go directly to Taiyuan, you will not be able to defeat Gao Gan in the end. After all, there are many obstacles. I don't know how long it will take to reach Taiyuan. It's too time consuming.
Now, Gao Lan and pound are waiting for the news.
And so on to Lishi county's small troop, can obtain the victory, thus establishes this victory first step. Both Gao Lan and pound are very confident, because they are sure to win this battle and they will never lose it.
"Rustle!"
All of a sudden, a rapid sound of footsteps came.
A soldier came quickly.
In the soldier's hand, there was also a letter. He came to Gao Lan's side and reported: "General Gao, your majesty has just sent it. Please read it."
After Gao Lan took it over, he opened the letter and scanned it quickly. Then he threw it to pound and said, "Your Majesty, let's speed up and win Bingzhou as soon as possible. In particular, the battlefield of the state of Wei needs us to open up the situation here. "
After pound finished reading, he said: "even if his majesty urges, there is nothing he can do now. If we don't capture Lishi County, we can't deal with senior cadres. Our plan is the most reliable and feasible. If we change our plan, we may not be able to kill senior cadres smoothly. "
Gao Lan said with a smile: "Ling Ming, what are you in a hurry? Your majesty just urged us to speed up, but did not ask us to change our plan. Now, just follow the plan. The rest, for the time being. When it's time to speed up, we'll speed up. All in all, now wait for the news. "
"What the general said is true," said pound
"Newspaper!"
Suddenly, not far away, there were soldiers shouting.But it was a sentinel, who came flying, with an excited look on his face. He came to Gao Lan's side and reported: "general, it's a big deal. Our people have successfully conquered Lishi county and seized it. Now, the prefect of Xihe county and the magistrate of Lishi county have left Lishi county to flee. "
"Good!"
Gao Lan's face was full of smiles.
The first step to success is to capture Lishi county.
Gao Lan arranged for the soldiers to report the news, but the army remained in the forest. After dark, Gao Lan took three thousand soldiers out of the mountain and went to Lishi county.
Marching at night, no one knows.
So Gaolan easily entered Lishi county and joined the soldiers in the city.
After that, Gaolan arranged for people to post a notice the next day, saying that they were dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's exorbitant taxes and tyranny, so they wanted to fight against Yuan Shao and wantonly recruit soldiers.
There are a lot of recruits.
At this time, pound took the rest of the army, broken into parts, scattered to work, but in two days, all 20000 troops had entered Lishi county.
In addition, the people who took part in the war were very popular for a while. It was claimed that tens of thousands of people had gathered, no less than 30000 or 40000 people. Such news spread, the whole Xihe County shake, the news also quickly spread.
When the news came out, Gao Lan even arranged for soldiers to directly capture Zhongyang County in the south, connecting Lishi county and Zhongyang County. For a time, the momentum was even greater.
Gao Lan announced that the commander of the rebel army was Ma Yuan.
Therefore, the name of Ma Yuan spread all over Bingzhou. When the news reached Gaogan in Taiyuan, it was in the middle of October. When Gaogan learned that there was turmoil in Xihe County, he was really upset by a man named Ma Yuan, especially when he learned that Ma Yuan occupied most of Xihe county.
Xihe county is the hinterland of Bingzhou.
If Xihe County lost control, then Gao Gan's control over Bingzhou would be weakened.
This is what senior cadres don't want to see.
Gao Gan learned that Ma Yuan had 30000 or 40000 troops, but he didn't pay attention to them. For Gao Gan, these rebel woodlouse are just a motley crew. If he leads the army, he will be able to destroy each other easily.
Gao Gan mobilized 20000 troops to leave Taiyuan and head for Xihe county.
From Taiyuan to Xihe County, the army under Gao Gan's command marched rapidly, but it took only eight days to enter. In Lishi County, it only took a little more than ten days for senior cadres.
The closer to Lishi County, the more news Gao Gan got.
At this time, Gao Gan got the news that there were more than 50000 thieves in Lishi county. Such a team, a large number of people, but still did not put senior appreciation.
A mob!