In the fourth month of the first year of Emperor Xiaoling's reign (Gengwu, 190 AD), I returned to Beihai. Perhaps it was because of the success of my campaign, or perhaps it was because our army had gained a lot of power, Yu Jin finally came to join us. Wang Xiu and Sun Shao who stayed behind knew that Yu Jin was a talent that I had instructed them to pay attention to, so they treated him well. As soon as I returned, I was invited into the General's Mansion. I was immediately promoted to Commander of the Army and Yingyang Commandant to take charge of the training of our City Defense Army and Elite Battalion. Finally, my training level has finally improved by adding the tactical joint attack of this era on top of my shallow physical training. The new 5th Battalion, which had been damaged in several battles, had been quickly replaced with capable soldiers from the City Defense Army. At this moment, the new 5th Battalion had already gone through many fierce battles. Other than Black Turtle Camp, the other 4th Battalion had already fought with the strongest elite soldiers in the world. From the eyes of the soldiers, there was no longer a trace of arrogance or even despotism in their eyes when they were selected from our army. They were especially serious and strict in their training. Coupled with the training genius Yu Jin, their skills and tactics improved by leaps and bounds. Finally, they had taken an important step on the road to becoming the elite of the world.
At this time, Bing Yuan reported that Donglai had been reorganized. I reported that Bing Yuan was the prefect of Donglai, Wang Xiu was the prime minister of Qi, and Sun Shao was the prefect of Le 'an. Finally, other than the dying Qingzhou governor Jiao He who was in charge of Jinan Prefecture, our Beihai forces had already taken control of the Qingzhou military and political affairs. Taishi Ci and the others relied on reorganizing the original garrison and recruiting refugees to re-establish 18 battalions of new city defense troops and 40 battalions of garrison troops in the four prefectures. For a time, the refugees in Qingzhou were almost extinct. As for Sun Qian, he had successfully purchased grain from Xu Prefecture. The first batch of 50,000 dans had already been transported to Donglai Prefecture for military use. The second batch of 50,000 dans is still on the way and has already arrived at Jiao County. Sun Qian has successfully completed the grain purchase mission and has also followed my instructions to establish a good relationship with the Xuzhou magnate Mi Zhu and the local clan Chen Deng. It was precisely because Mi Zhu agreed to carry out grain trade with our army in the North Sea that Sun Qian was able to successfully negotiate a big deal like purchasing 500,000 dans of grain. In Xuzhou, other than Tao Qian's official grain, only a magnate like Mi Zhu had so much grain in stock. With the addition of Pingyuan Prefecture's 300,000 dan of grain reserves, the seven prefectures under my rule should be able to pass the months before the grain collection season in June without any worries. Sun Qian is worthy of being one of the most outstanding diplomat of this era. I have rewarded him greatly and promoted him to the Chief of Beihai Prefecture, who is in charge of the logistics of Qingzhou. After the matter of rations was settled, my heart was set. The time to conquer Guan Hai was ripe.
Jiang Guang, who had been ordered to buy horses from the Northern Lands, had already bought 2000 good horses. I didn't expect Jiang Guang to also be proficient in horse appraisal. The horses he bought were also very similar to the horses selected by Gongsun Zan. If it wasn't for the lack of time, the horses that Jiang Guang had chosen wouldn't be inferior to Gongsun Zan's. I couldn't help but sigh at the fact that I had picked up a treasure. Our army could finally build a main force of 2500 cavalry. After Jiang Guang saw Zhao Yun's ability, he became the deputy general of the cavalry and began a glorious battle with Zhao Yun. And the 1500 horses that were eliminated and the 1000 horses that I recently obtained will be used as infantry horses or transport carriages. When necessary, they can be used to turn the Tiger Infantry Camp and Vermillion Bird Camp soldiers into high-speed light infantry. The 2500 horses are enough to carry more than 5000 Tiger Infantry Camp and Vermillion Bird Camp soldiers. With the addition of 2500 light cavalry, our army already has a considerable long-range mobility force.
After I return to Beihai, Xun Yu will take up his post in Yanzhou under the protection of the elite Tiger Infantry Battalion. Our army currently has close to 15,000 elite soldiers in Beihai, including 2500 cavalry soldiers, 4 battalions of city defense soldiers, 3 battalions of supply soldiers, and 10 battalions of field soldiers. As the busy farming season has long ended, I transferred four battalions of soldiers from the garrison troops back to Beihai to defend the city. I plan to take two battalions of city defense troops, all elites and one battalion of baggage soldiers, totaling more than 20,000 people, to attack Beihai from the north. I ordered Taishi Ci to choose six battalions of city defense troops from Donglai Prefecture to attack the west with Gao Qi from Donglai Prefecture. I temporarily transferred Xu Sheng to lead six battalions of 15,000 city defense troops from Jinan, Qi, and Le 'an from Pingyuan to surround Guan Hai from the east. Mainly to prevent Guan Hai's troops from fleeing west, Gao Qi was sent to take over the defense of Pingyuan. In a short period of time, the 50,000 soldiers of our army surrounded Guan Hai, showing our intention to take down Guan Hai.
"Ming Gong, although our army has the advantage in terms of military strength, we are still less than half of Guan Hai's troops. In addition, we have the resourceful Zhang Baiqi who has been fighting for many years. If we fight head-on, our army will definitely suffer heavy casualties.”Guo Jia was the military advisor of our army, and he was also the chief strategist of this battle. If he wanted our army to take down Guan Hai and reduce the number of casualties, he would have a heavy responsibility. I looked at this haggard genius who was thinking hard day and night. Suddenly, I remembered the records of Guo Jia's early death in history. My heart shook. In the original space-time, Guo Jia had experienced the most difficult period of Cao Cao's battle. With Guo Jia's elite heart, he must have been thinking hard day and night. He was exhausted, and his constitution was poor. When he was under too much mental pressure, he would take an ancient drug like the Pill Stone. He might die from overwork. I have to pay attention to Guo Jia's life and physical condition. The road to unifying the world is very long, and a genius like Guo Jia is very rare. I comforted him worriedly," Fengxiao, you don't have to worry too much. Take care of your body. Although our army is less than Guan Hai's in this battle, our military strength is far superior. In addition, the weather and people are on my side. Even if it's a fair and square battle, our army will definitely win. As for our losses, compared to Fengxiao's body, even an army of ten thousand is inferior.”Guo Jia could naturally feel the sincerity in my words.
"I am so lucky to receive such generous treatment from the Lord.”Guo Jia said excitedly. For the first time, he showed his determination to be the only one in the world. Once someone like Guo Jia is determined, he will never change. I didn't expect that after I came to this world, other than the housekeeper in my residence, the first loyal subordinate would actually be this amazing genius, Guo Jia. However, Guo Jia would never know how I knew his confidant from thousands of people. I regarded him as a treasure and entrusted him with an important task. I cared for him even more. Even the legendary story of Jiang Ziya meeting King Wu and his subjects was inferior to this. How could Guo Jia not be moved and die? I saw that Guo Jia was more excited than before and was more focused. For a moment, I didn't know whether what I did just now was good or bad for Guo Jia's short life. It was a rare good thing for a person to devote himself to something in his life. However, wasn't it too expensive to shorten his limited life by sacrificing himself for great things? From the results of my conversation with Guo Jia this time, Guo Jia seemed to be more desperate than before. In that case, did I actually shorten Guo Jia's life again? How can I try my best to change this unfortunate thing? Thinking of Guo Jia's short life, I suddenly felt a sense of helplessness. It was no longer the kind of ease I usually had when it came to understanding people and making good use of them. After all, my talent was ordinary. In the modern era, I was just an unemployed youth who had been eliminated. The only thing that allowed me to stand firm in this era was my understanding of history and all kinds of common knowledge from more than a thousand years ago.
While our Beihai Army was quietly advancing north, Guo Jia finally came up with a plan. With Taishi Ci's army as bait, we will attack Guan Hai openly and lure out Guan Hai's main force. Then, our Beihai army will attack Guan Hai's nest lightly and cut off the enemy's escape route, creating the most favorable conditions for Guan Hai to land. Xu Sheng's troops will steadily and tightly guard Guan Hai's escape route to the west. We must trap Guan Hai in the northern part of Beihai and prevent him from escaping to our prefectures, thus reducing our losses to the minimum. There are two key points to this plan. One is whether Taishi Ci can successfully attract Guan Hai's main force, and the other is whether our North Sea elites can quickly occupy Guan Hai's lair after Guan Hai's main force is dispatched. This plan was closely linked in terms of surprise and victory. It was indeed very feasible. However, this was not without danger. Once Taishi Ci's 6th Battalion was unable to stop Guan Hai's main force and allowed Guan Hai's troops to be defeated, Donglai Prefecture would become a dangerous place for us. We might not be able to take care of it in a short period of time. On the other hand, if our elites who attacked Guan Hai's base were to be on guard, the sneak attack would turn into a decisive battle. In a short period of time, the two armies would be in a stalemate. Taishi Ci would not be able to hold back Guan Hai's main force and give him a chance to quickly return to help. This would definitely leave us alone. Even if Xu Sheng's army and our main force of the North Sea can come to the rescue, I'm afraid that our elite troops will suffer heavy casualties. The losses we would suffer in both situations would be unbearable for our army. Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Wu Anguo, Jiang Guang, and I have discussed this plan for a long time. We believe that this plan has a high chance of success. With Taishi Ci's absolute martial strength and our individual combat strength, which is one level higher than Guan Hai's Yellow Turban, we shouldn't be unable to withstand Guan Hai's attack. As for the sneak attack, with a peerless general like Zhao Yun leading the team and Jiang Guang as the deputy, with the powerful combat strength and high mobility of our new 5th Battalion, we can retreat in one piece in the worst case. So he ordered all parties to act according to the plan.
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