"Our first step in Jizhou should be to take down Shang Qu Yang. As long as we can take down Shang Qu Yang, we will be able to gain a firm foothold in Jizhou.”
Li Ru nodded at the map, then turned to Dong Zhuo and said,"In addition, Lu Zhi has already led his army to Hejian Kingdom. If we can take down Upper Quyang, we can send troops from Zhongshan Kingdom and form a pincer attack on Zhang Bao with Lu Zhi.”
Dong Zhuo nodded.
"Is there any news from Shang Qu Yang?”
"According to the time, Tuizhi should have already led the vanguard army to the vicinity of Upper Melody Sun. I believe that some news about Upper Melody Sun will be sent back very soon.”
"Report!"
Almost as soon as Li Ru finished speaking, a messenger outside the tent shouted,"Vanguard, report to Quyang!"
"Oh, looks like Wenyou guessed right. He has already reached the vicinity of Upper Qu Yang.”
Dong Zhuo waved his hand at the guards at the door and took a letter written on silk from the messenger.
Dong Zhuo's expression changed as he glanced at the letter.
"Milord, did the vanguard army encounter trouble outside of Upper Melody?”
"Hahaha!"
Dong Zhuo held the letter and suddenly laughed." Not only did the vanguard not encounter any trouble, but they also solved our current urgent problem. They didn't disappoint me. He has already led the vanguard to take down Upper Qu Yang."”
"What is it? With just 3,000 vanguards, they took down Shang Quyang?”
The generals did not quite believe it.
"Don't tell me my son would lie!"
Dong Zhuo glared at the generals and roared. The generals quickly lowered their heads in horror.
Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Li Ru's face flashed with worry.
"Milord, retreating at lightning speed and taking down Upper Melody Sun is both a good and a bad thing for us.”
"Oh, what do you mean?"
"Let's not talk about the good aspects. Let's talk about the bad aspects first. Upper Quyang was only separated from Zhang Bao's Lower Quyang by New City and Nine Gates. Once Zhang Bao knew that Upper Melody Sun had fallen into their hands, he would probably lead his troops to counterattack.”
"Humph, if the Yellow Turban bandits lead their troops to counterattack, that would be exactly what I want. My 30,000 Western Liang men can kill every single one of them.”
"But Daren, Lu Zhi is still in Hejian Gao Yang. The speed of the vanguard army is too fast. They have already left us far behind. We are now about 250 li away from Upper Qu Yang. If the Yellow Turban bandits have a large army in the new city, given the distance between the new city and Upper Quyang, I'm afraid we won't have arrived at Niu Yin Mountain by the time the Yellow Turban army attacks Upper Quyang.”
"Does that mean my son is in danger?”
"It is indeed risky for us to occupy Upper Qu Yang now because we are too far away from the main formation and Lu Zhi's army is far away in Gao Yang of Hejian Kingdom. If the Yellow Turban Army of the new city launched a counterattack, it would be difficult for us to defend Upper Quyang with the three thousand cavalrymen in our hands.”
In Quyang City, Jia Xu frowned.
Because of his fatter figure, the flesh on Jia Xu's brows was almost twisted into a line.
"Once we are chased out of Upper Qu Yang, it will be difficult to take it down again.”
Dong Song stood beside Jia Xu. He stared at the map for a moment and then said softly,""If the Yellow Turban Army sends troops to counterattack, the soldiers can only come from the new city.”
"That's right. According to what we learned from the Yellow Turban soldiers who surrendered, the general stationed in the new city is Yan Zheng, a general under Zhang Bao. He has 20,000 soldiers under his command.”
"Then in Wenhe's opinion, if Yan Zheng leads an army to attack from the new city, how many troops will he send?”
Jia Xu thought for a moment before saying softly,"As long as Yan Zheng isn't stupid, he should understand the difference in quality between the Yellow Turban Army and our army. Therefore, I believe that if Yan Zheng wants to counterattack and take down Shang Qu Yang, he needs to prepare at least 15,000 soldiers.”
"There are a total of 20,000 soldiers stationed in the new city. If we lose 15,000, we will still have 5,000 soldiers left. If we give up on Shang Qu Yang and attack Xin City while our forces are empty, we will be able to escape. What does Wenhe think?"
"Give up on Qu Yang and attack Xin City?”
Jia Xu raised his eyebrows and thought for a moment before nodding.
"We'll set off from Upper Qu Yang when Yan Zheng and his troops are halfway there. With the speed of the cavalry, we can basically attack the new city when Yan Zheng arrives at Upper Qu Yang. If we can successfully take down the new city. Yan Zheng would definitely lead his troops back to help. By the time he returned to Xin City, the prefect would be able to lead his troops through Niu Yin Mountain. This way, Lord Prefect will occupy Upper Qu Yang and we will occupy Xin City. Yan Zheng's troops will be trapped.”
Dong Song nodded." The key to this battle is to quickly take down New City, but it won't be easy. I wonder if Wenyou has a way to teach me?”
"In fact, it's not difficult to take down the new city. We can use the trick of passing off fish eyes as pearls.”
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