Chapter 59: Three Strategies to Suppress the Qiang
Naturally, Jia Xu did not dare to be arrogant in the face of Guo Hao's expectations. After all, it was his first time to make suggestions since entering the camp, and he had to take all aspects into consideration.
After about an incense stick of time, Jia Xu cupped his hands and said, "I have three plans, good, medium and bad. Please make your decision, my lord."
Guo Hao waved his hand to signal Jia Xu not to be restrained: "Wenhe, please speak freely."
Jia Xu pulled out a piece of intelligence and said, "The best strategy is to send fast horses to contact the surrounding counties and gather forces at one point to fight the enemy. On the other hand, send someone to lead thousands of cavalrymen with sufficient dry food to hunt weak and isolated troops in the wild, and then stir up hatred within the Qiang coalition army."
"The benefit of this strategy is that it can weaken the fighting power of the Qiang coalition, or even cause the entire coalition to fall apart. By then, we can win over some and kill some, which will be enough to temporarily maintain the stability of the Xiliang region. When Hedong Governor Dong Zhuo returns, we can throw the responsibility on Dong Zhuo and withdraw."
"However, the success of this strategy still depends on fate and there are many variables. However, the advantage of this strategy is that even if it fails, it can delay the Qiang coalition's attack and buy more reaction time."
Guo Hao nodded repeatedly after hearing this and immediately made the decision: "Good plan, good plan. Although it may not work, it is invincible."
To put it bluntly, it is to fight guerrilla warfare and psychological warfare, waste the time of the Qiang coalition forces, and buy time for defense.
However, the only problem with this strategy is that there is currently no general in Beiliang City who can serve as commander-in-chief.
No matter how weak the Qiang people are, they can still easily get together a few second-rate generals. If they were to fight each other, except for Guo Hao, everyone else in Beiliang City would be defeated.
But Guo Hao does not have the ability to be resurrected without loss now. He is responsible for the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, so he still has to stay in Beiliang City to stabilize the morale of the army.
Let's put it aside for now and see if the purple quality generals that have been recruited in the next two days can come. We'll talk about it then.
"Niu Ping, go select a thousand brave warriors from the army. I will personally train the troops and prepare for the best strategy." Guo Hao thought about it and ordered his men to make preparations first.
"Yes!" Niu Ping is the green-quality general who was revealed a few days ago. He has the strength of the top third-rate, but his intelligence and command are not very good, so he can only stay beside Guo Hao as a captain of the personal guards.
After giving the order "Let's talk about the middle strategy", Guo Hao turned around and continued to ask Jia Xu.
Jia Xu took out another piece of intelligence and placed it in front of Guo Hao: "If the best strategy goes well, but cannot be completely successful, then we have to use the same strategy against them. Spread rumors that we have reached an agreement with some tribes, and then fight against a few tribes. After that, we can send a few letters to them. It is expected that the enemy army will be in internal discord."
"It will be the same afterwards. When Dong Zhuo returns to Xiliang, he will naturally take over the responsibility. Then it won't be too late to free up our hands to deal with the Southern Xiongnu."
Jia Xu's middle strategy is much easier than the best strategy, and has a higher success rate.
The goal can be achieved by simply fighting a few Qiang tribes, but once the fighting starts, things will be unpredictable. Even though Guo Hao is confident that he can lead the Sun Legion in and out of the Qiang coalition seven times, Guo Hao is not willing to risk the lives of his men in vain.
The success rate of the middle strategy is high, but the price to be paid is also not light. At least several thousand militiamen must be involved to achieve the goal.
"What's the worst option?" Guo Hao touched the information in his hand and asked subconsciously.
Jia Xu shook his head: "Then we can only gather the people to defend the city, abandon the surrounding villages, and finally wait for the Xiliang cavalry to return."
Hearing Jia Xu's words, Guo Hao sighed: "Although Wenhe's strategy is good, it has flaws after all. I wonder if Wenhe has any other good strategies?"
"My lord, you are greedy. I have another plan, but it is a vicious one. Please forgive me."
"But you can say it!"
"My lord, why don't you first distribute food to appease the Qiang people, then entertain the leaders of the Qiang people, then set up a Hongmen Banquet, then bury the swordsmen and chop them all to death, and then use the food as a fire to burn the camps."
"Hiss..." Guo Hao sucked in a breath of cold air. Jia Xu's plan was too vicious. Using food as a starter for a fire, how many Qiang people could survive would really depend on God's will.
Moreover, after this strategy, Guo Hao's reputation in Liangzhou will be in jeopardy.
You slaughtered 100,000 Southern Xiongnu, but nothing happened to you. Maybe the people in the border areas would even build a shrine to commemorate you.
Massacring 100,000 Qiang people would be a big problem. In a sense, the Qiang people are already a branch of the Han people. Not only do they speak Chinese, but their clothing is also the same as that of the people in the Central Plains.
The only difference may be the appearance passed down from ancestors. The facial features of the Qiang people are more special compared to those in the Central Plains. The differences in other aspects are not very obvious.
What's more, to deal with the Hu people, you can massacre the tribe to deter them, but many people from the Qiang tribe joined the Liangzhou Army, and some were even part of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
You have slaughtered and offended many people along the way, and you never know where a group of your enemies might appear.
Guo Hao still wants to open up the Western Regions to challenge foreign masters. If this fire continues, will he still be able to maintain the reputation of Liangzhou?
"Wenhe is indeed a good plan. Let me think about it. Please ask General Guang to arrange a good place for Wenhe to live."
After seeing Jia Xu off, Guo Hao pressed his temples and calmly thought about the strategies proposed by Jia Xu.
The last strategy is definitely not feasible. He is still counting on the base in Liangzhou to make him stronger, so he should forget about cutting himself off from Liangzhou.
After much thought, the worst option is too conservative and has too bad an impact, so the upper and middle options are more reliable.
"Alas, what's the point of keeping something if you can't keep it!"
Guo Hao sighed, then took out five blue historical figure recruitment orders and opened them all.
My luck was not very good, as five generals appeared, the kind that charge into battle full-time, commonly known as reckless men.
Wang Yin, Ma Yuan, Li Xin, Dugu Sa, Shangguan Yun, and Guo Hao didn’t know any of them, nor did he know which dynasty they were from.
Moreover, Guo Hao seemed to be cursed by something. The generals he recruited with the five recruitment orders were all of the middle and lower level blue generals, not as good as Guan Hai and Zhang Yan, whom he had used for trading before.
"Forget it, forget it, I'm just a nobody, what else can I do except be a hard worker."
Guo Hao was muttering something to himself, but his body was extremely honest. He ran under the sun and used all his strength to activate his innate power, causing the three-legged golden crow to appear above his head.
"With the sun above my head and the earth under my feet, I am the child of destiny!" He muttered something that no one else could understand.
Guo Hao put on a pilgrim expression and then opened three random recruitment orders in a row.
"Ding! Consume a random recruitment order. An unknown purple commander will arrive in Beiliang City soon. Players are advised to pay attention."
"Ding! Consume a random recruitment order. A purple-quality minister will arrive in Beiliang City soon. Players are advised to pay attention."
"Ding! Consume a random recruitment order, and a purple quality beauty unknown will arrive in Beiliang City in the near future. Players are advised to pay attention."
Guo Hao thought about it. Five random recruitment orders were issued, and five purple talents corresponding to the five major attributes were selected. He didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
