Chapter 235

Qingzhou bordered Yanzhou and Jizhou!

Even the cavalry of Gongsun Zan from Youzhou could raid it!

Planting rice and corn in such a place!

Would they be able to harvest them when the time came?

Would that grain with a yield of over a thousand catties still be theirs?

On the contrary!

Yangzhou had the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, isolating it from all sides!

It was extremely difficult to lead an army to attack!

Although there was chaos caused by the Baiyue!

But they were just Baiyue!

Just ants among foreign tribes!

Compared to the elite troops of Yuan Benchu, Cao Mengde, and Gongsun Bogui, they were far inferior!

Farming in Yangzhou could guarantee the grain supply for Lin Yang's army!

Therefore, Guo Jia's purpose was very simple!

Occupy Beihai and Donglai in the shortest possible time!

As a forward base for Lin Yang to dispatch troops to Jizhou and Youzhou in the future!

Then leave a general to guard the city, withdraw the main army, and go to attack Yangzhou!

In this way!

It could guarantee foolproof success!

Guo Jia stated his analysis, and Lin Yang, sitting above, felt his eyes light up!

Occupying one-third of Qingzhou as a base for future campaigns!

Then leading the army to attack Yangzhou!

This was indeed a method!

"My lord, although this is prudent, once you divide your troops, the army you have left to attack Yangzhou will be insufficient!"

Gu Yong, having pondered for a long time, frowned and spoke!

Attacking Beihai and Donglai in Qingzhou was indeed not difficult!

Just guarding the city was not difficult either!

Plus, these two commanderies bordered Xuzhou and could be supported at any time, so thirty thousand troops were enough!

But the difficulty lay in one point!

Dividing thirty thousand troops to guard the two commanderies in Qingzhou!

Lin Yang would only have one hundred and twenty thousand troops left!

To deal with emergencies in Beihai and Donglai, Lin Yang had to set up heavy troops in the bordering Langya Commandery!

Just for Langya Commandery, at least thirty thousand troops had to be stationed!

While guarding against Yanzhou and supporting Qingzhou!

The remaining four commanderies of Xuzhou all needed a certain number of troops stationed!

Plus, Yuan Gonglu had already completely occupied Yuzhou!

With too few troops in Xuzhou, there might be danger!

Listening to Gu Yong's calculation, Lin Yang's brows immediately furrowed!

Good heavens!

He originally thought one hundred and fifty thousand troops were enough for his campaign!

As a result!

Situated in such a place surrounded by enemies, one hundred and fifty thousand troops were simply not enough!

No wonder no one wanted this broken place of Xuzhou!

Compared to Yuan Benchu's Jizhou, which not only had a large population but only needed to guard against Gongsun Zan in the north!

Lin Yang had too many people to guard against in Xuzhou!

Yuan Benchu, Yuan Gonglu, Cao Mengde!

These three were all difficult to deal with!

If he didn't take Yangzhou!

Then he would have to face Sun Wentai!

In that situation, Lin Yang felt that even thirty thousand troops wouldn't be enough!

"My lord, this matter is not without a solution!"

Seeing Lin Yang frown, Guo Jia remained calm!

He had only said half of his suggestion just now, and there was another half!

"My lord, Yuan Benchu is currently at war with Gongsun Bogui. Although he has won many times, Gongsun Bogui's army has not been defeated!"

Guo Jia spoke, then pointed to the territory of Youzhou!

Although Gongsun Bogui lost the struggle for Bingzhou to Yuan Benchu!

This didn't mean Gongsun Zan had lost!

On the contrary!

Gongsun Zan's army had still preserved the majority of its strength and was full of combat power!

"Now that Yuan Benchu has led his army to attack Qingzhou, his rear must be empty!"

"My lord can send an envoy to Youzhou to reach an alliance with Gongsun Zan!"

Guo Jia said, looking at Lin Yang with burning eyes!

"At that time, my lord can dispatch troops from Xuzhou to occupy Beihai and Donglai in Qingzhou to contain Yuan Benchu's army!"

"Gongsun Bogui can launch a surprise attack on Jizhou from the rear, which can make Yuan Benchu suffer from both sides!"

As soon as Guo Jia's suggestion came out, Lin Yang's eyes lit up!

Almost forgot!

Yuan Benchu hadn't dealt with Gongsun Zan yet!

"Fengxiao's plan is excellent!"

If Gongsun Zan dispatched troops, Yuan Benchu would inevitably retreat!

The pressure on him to guard Qingzhou would be much smaller!

"My lord, actually there is another way!"

After Guo Jia's plan was finished, seeing Lin Yang was already moved, Cheng Yu spoke up!

Since Lin Yang decided to occupy Qingzhou!

Then he also had a plan to deal with Yuan Benchu!

"Oh? What plan? Zhongde, speak quickly!"

Having strategists with plans made Lin Yang very happy!

These top strategists of the Three Kingdoms all had exceptionally clear thinking!

"My lord, there are still remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou. My lord can send General Taishi to lead two thousand cavalry on a surprise attack to drive the Qingzhou remnants into Yanzhou and Jizhou!"

"In this way, Cao Mengde and Yuan Benchu in Yanzhou and Jizhou will inevitably have to divide their troops to suppress the rebellion!"

Cheng Yu said lightly, and for a moment, the large hall became silent!

Mi Zhu, sitting beside Cheng Yu, silently backed away a few steps!

Remnants of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans!

These six words looked like chaotic soldiers!

But in fact, most of them were family members!

Just like the million Huang Jin bandits before, there were only over two hundred thousand soldiers, and the rest were all family members!

Otherwise, with a million soldiers, what would Cao Mengde use to incorporate the surrendered troops with his mere thirty thousand!

And the Huang Jin remnants Cheng Yu was talking about now should refer to those people in Qingzhou!

Forcing them into Jizhou and Yanzhou!

Making them cause chaos in Jizhou and Yanzhou!

This was simply too ruthless!