"The Yang family generals and Li Xianzhong are ordered to come to Gaodu City to help you and fight against the princes of Taihang Mountain."

Yang Ye brought Yang Yanzhao and Li Xianzhong, two Song generals, to meet Wu Jie, Xie Ai and others.

Yang Ye brought 10,000 fifth-rank Yang family troops to supplement Wu Jie's troops.

Wu Jie's next goal was Zhang Xutuo, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty. He had insufficient elite troops, so Zhang Hua ordered Yang Ye to bring 10,000 Yang family troops to support Wu Jie.

"You guys are here just right."

Wu Jie took over Yang Ye's reinforcement army, and his troops reached 40,000.

"Sima Yue has escaped. Gou Xi, why don't you join our Black Mountain Army? As long as you join, you will be the Fourth Head."

Xie Ai, the military advisor of Wu Jie's army, came to the dungeon and saw Gou Xi, the captive general of the Jin army.

This Jin general who was the most capable of fighting in the late Western Jin Dynasty was compared to Bai Qi and Han Xin by people at that time. He was captured alive because of the raid by Ling Tong. He was defeated in an embarrassing way, which made Gou Xi unacceptable.

If he had fought in a dignified manner, his 30,000 Jin army might not have been defeated by the 16,000 Black Mountain Army that Wu Jie temporarily pieced together.

It was precisely because of the inexplicable defeat that Gou Xi was depressed for several days before accepting the reality of defeat.

Gou Xi is also a smart person, staring at Xie Ai: "You are prepared and should not be ordinary bandits. What is your origin?"

"It doesn't matter what our origin is. We want to defeat Zhang Xutuo. If you surrender and make military achievements, you will be a veteran."

Xie Ai also stared at Gou Xi, hoping to recruit this famous general of the Western Jin Dynasty.

As the number one general of Sima Yue's power, Gou Xi still has some abilities.

If Xie Ai wants to defeat Zhang Xutuo, a famous general in the Sui Dynasty, he must strengthen his strength.

"What else can I say now? Since Li Yun has surrendered, I have no choice."

After Gou Xi was in his colleague and Li Yun, who was begging for life, he was forced to surrender to Xie Ai.

Wu Jie used the army to conquer the heroes of Taihang Mountains, and two generals, Gou Xi and Li Yun, joined in the late Western Jin Dynasty.

Wu Jie summoned Wang Ping, Xie Ai, Ling Tong, Yang Ye, Yang Yanzhao, Li Xianzhong, Gou Xi, Li Yun and others to discuss how to deal with Zhang Xutuo.

Although Wu Jie's army already had nine main military generals and 40,000 soldiers, it was still difficult to deal with Zhang Xutuo.

"Zhang Xutuo is a famous general, brave and good at fighting, and extremely brave. His general Qin Qiong has unparalleled martial arts skills in the world. I once fought with him and was eventually defeated."

Gou Xi was surprised when he heard that these bandits regarded Zhang Xutuo of the Great Sui power as his target.

He served for Sima Yue, the King of East China Sea. Sima Yue once fought with Zhang Xutuo. Gou Xi led his troops, but he was defeated by Zhang Xutuo and was disbanded in formation.

This is also why Zhang Xutuo became the first echelon of the eighteen princes of Taihang Mountain, while Sima Yue was only the second echelon.

Gou Xi did not think that these bandits could challenge Zhang Xutuo's 70,000 Sui army with their 40,000 troops.

As a military advisor, Xie Ai assisted Wu Jie and Yang Ye to capture Zhang Xutuo and became the think tank for these generals: "I have a plan, which can be divided into three steps to defeat Zhang Xutuo's Sui army."

"The plan will be released?"

"Before using the strategy, we still need to strengthen our own troops. The current military strength is not enough to defeat Zhang Xutuo's 70,000 Sui army. If the strength is not enough, no matter how good the strategy is, it cannot be implemented."

Xie Aiyun was calm and gentle, but he spoke a truth.

Many times, it is not that the strategy is not enough, but that the strength is not enough.

This is like the clever and clever fist embroidery of the fist, after all, it is just a fist embroidery of the fist, and it is not as strong as a straight punch from a strong man.

Strategy must also be supported by strength.

Wang Ping was in a dilemma: "In order to annex Sima Yue, many of Sima Yue's subordinates were injured and killed, and the war potential of this land was almost at its limit. Continuing to recruit soldiers was undoubtedly a militaristic approach, and even officials would force the people to rebel."

The Shu Han where Wang Ping is located was because of the small population and the Northern Expedition easily shakes the foundation of the country. Therefore, Wang Ping knew that Sima Yue's territory had just experienced a war and maintaining 40,000 troops was already the limit.

If the people are forced to recruit troops, the people will not be able to farm, and the decline in people's hearts will be extremely serious.

Xie Ai continued: "If we cannot recruit enough troops in our territory, there are two ways to go. First, hire troops from other forces, and second, annex some weak forces and absorb their troops."

Xie Ai, Wu Jie, Wang Ping and others looked at each other, probably they already knew what they meant.

The first method is to borrow troops from Sun Ce's forces or even generals. This is how Sima Yi played.

The second method is to annex some weak forces in the Taihang Mountains, absorb their troops, and then fight to the death with Zhang Xutuo, the first-class force.

Both methods can be used at the same time.

Gou Xi pointed to a location on the map: "I know there is a force that is easy to deal with than Zhang Xutuo and is very strong, that is, the Yellow Turban Army entrenched here."

"Yellow Turban Army?"

Wu Jie and Xie Ai looked at the position Gou Xi pointed at.

Wu Jie and Xie Ai naturally knew that among the eighteen princes of Taihang Mountain, there was a general of the Yellow Turban Army who became one of the princes.

However, the information they knew was not as detailed as Gou Xi.

Gou Xi continued: "This group of Yellow Turban Army came from the late Han Dynasty, and the main general was General Zhang Liang. This person was Zhang Jiao's third brother and knew some magic tricks. Many ordinary people believed it without doubt and actually took the initiative to rely on it. Zhang Liang gathered hundreds of thousands of people, including more than 100,000 of the Yellow Turban Army. However, his strength was regarded as a middle-level and inferior among the princes of Taihang Mountain."

Yang Ye and Yang Yanzhao also nodded.

The number of Yellow Turban soldiers seemed to be more than Sima Yue's 50,000 Jin troops and Zhang Xutuo's 70,000 Sui troops. However, the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army was the level of local bravery, with many but not good results, so all the princes despised the Yellow Turban Army.

The Yellow Turban Army was not as powerful as expected, and was soon suppressed by various princes in the late Han Dynasty.

"If we subdue this group of Yellow Turban Army, our troops will look large, but our strength may be limited."

Gou Xi originally recommended to take the Yellow Turban Army before attacking Zhang Xutuo, but after he said that, he actually shook his head.

Annexation of this Yellow Turban Army will not improve their strength much.

If the Yellow Turban Army fights the Sui Army on the flat terrain, it will be a one-sided massacre.

Zhang Xutuo's 70,000 Sui army was not the weight of life that the Yellow Turban Army could bear.

"It's a little bit to improve."

Xie Ai insisted on taking over the Yellow Turban Army.

He could also ask Sun Ce for reinforcements, and the conquered Yellow Turban Army, thinking that he should be able to deal with the Sui Army.

Gou Xi did not know the relationship between Xie Ai and Sun Ce and Zhang Hua, so he judged that even if the Yellow Turban Army was recruited, it would not be enough to deal with Zhang Xutuo's 70,000 Sui Army.

"Forget it."

Gou Xi just joined, and he had no sense of belonging and no longer persuaded him.

Anyway, if Xie Ai and his group were defeated, with his talent, he could get through any force.

Gou Xi suddenly looked at Yang Ye, Yang Yanzhao and Li Xianzhong present. These generals were aggressive, without exception, all of them were powerful generals with more than 90 military strength.

These three people were not present when they were fighting with the Jin army.

However, the three generals seemed to suddenly appear.

Even the real Black Mountain Army in history, only Zhang Yan and Yu Du, who can fight, will not be like the group of people in front of you, with fierce generals, and Confucian generals of Xie Ai's level.

Suddenly, Gou Xi flashed his spirit, as if he had thought of something, and took two or three steps back in horror: "You are not bandits! You are either the soldiers of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, or the soldiers of Sun Ce of Hanoi, pretending to be bandits, trying to gain a foothold in Taihang Mountains and annex the eighteen princes of Taihang Mountains!"

Like Gou Xi, Li Yun, the beggar general who defected to Wu Jie's army, also showed a surprised expression when he heard Gou Xishi's shocking judgment.

This special strategy model is unheard of.

Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu sent hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Taihang Mountain head-on, and he had no choice but to take the 18-way prince coalition forces of Taihang Mountain.

However, this group of people adopted a unique approach and adopted a strategy of defeating the eighteen princes one by one. The princes of various groups had not noticed Wu Jie and Xie Ai.

If you speculate this way, then all the powerful generals Yang Ye, Yang Yanzhao and Li Xianzhong suddenly appeared among this group of bandits, and everything can be explained.

Xie Ai and Wu Jie looked at each other. Since the other party had guessed the origin, they stopped pretending.

It's time to showdown.

Wu Jie said, "Yes, we are the troops of Zhang Hua, the Heluo lord of Guanzhong. They were ordered to attack the eighteen princes. Sima Yue was the first prince we destroyed. Our lord has thousands of good generals and millions of soldiers, which is more promising than Sima Yue. Do you know what it means?"

"What?! You are subordinates of the Heluo overlord Zhang Hua?! Zhang Hua, who forced Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu to withdraw his troops in Chaoge?!"

After Gou Xi learned the origin of Wu Jie and others, he was extremely shocked.

This is a fear of the strong!

Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu summoned the meteorite and was helpless to Zhang Hua, which made Gou Xi even more frightened.

"Do you know Chen Wu and Tian Rui?"

Li Yun was very excited about begging for work.

In the late Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Teng, the governor of Bingzhou, took a group of refugees to Jizhou to beg for food, claiming to be the beggar army. After Sima Teng's death, the beggar army was divided into pieces, and each beggar general went his own way.

These beggars are Chen Wu, Tian Yue, Li Yun and others.

Wu Jie nodded: "Chen Wu should have arrived in Heluo with his lord at this time."

Li Yun sighed: "At the beginning, Chen Wu and I led the Qihuo Army to join forces to fight Shi Le, a Jie man who swept across the Central Plains, but were defeated by Shi Le's black spear Longxiang Army and failed to form a defeat. I never thought that there would be a day when we could reorganize our team and meet each other. After this, I would definitely go south to Heluo and sing with Chen Wu."

Because Li Yun knew the other party’s origin, and because Chen Wu and Tian Yue were old acquaintances, he suddenly became more fond of Zhang Hua’s power.

This is the importance of interpersonal relationships.

"Now you should believe that we have the ability to defeat Zhang Xutuo. As long as you make meritorious battles here, you may be among the kings and princes in the future."
To be continued...