I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 607, Difficult Situation

When Yizhou Island was on the right track step by step, Guan Yu across the sea finally led thousands of people to Haitan Island.But at this time, there is nothing on the island except some empty houses and buildings!The scene in front of him made Guan Yu helpless for a while, this is the disadvantage of not having a navy.

Guan Yu's 3-strong army didn't even march halfway, when they found out that all the bandits on Haitan Island had run away, and tens of thousands of people had been taken away.So when Guan Yu rushed over with Shui Shirui, he could only see this empty island.

The roads in Kuaiji County are too bad, many places are deep in the mountains and old forests, there is not even a village, Guan Yu's army has no supplies, the army is like fighting on the outside line, and the roads are narrow and difficult to walk, and the speed of the march has dropped even more Drop again.

This made Guan Yu's two-way encirclement and suppression a joke, so after he knew that the Dagan army had left Haitan Island, he immediately stopped his army from marching, and then led the navy to the island to investigate the situation, and saw an empty island !
He looked at Zhu Zhi helplessly and said: "If Dagan County keeps harassing our counties and counties with such means, our Yangzhou army will not be able to catch up with them even if we are exhausted, or they will use this method to suck Yangzhou dry." People, it seems that relocating the people along the coast is the only way we can deal with them! Move the remaining people in Dongzhi County to other counties for resettlement."

This is the experience gained by Guan Yu after marching for more than half a month. The situation in Kuaiji County is completely different from that in the Central Plains. There are few towns and narrow roads in Kuaiji County, which is not suitable for large troops. No matter how fast an army marches on land, it cannot be faster than a large army with warships.

In the end, Guan Yu found that he could only use Zhu Zhi's method to cut off contact with the Dagan army to reduce losses!

Cheng Pu said solemnly: "General, Dongzhi can use the method of banning the sea, because there is only this county town within a radius of 500 miles, and tens of thousands of people have fled to Yizhou, and now there are fewer people near Dongzhi. Most of the time, it doesn’t matter if you can’t help the sea! But in the core of Kuaiji County, Shanyin County and other places are the most densely populated places in the entire Kuaiji County. If we also use the strategy of banning the sea, then the entire Kuaiji County will be destroyed by ourselves! This is the survival of 20 to 30 people!"

The sea is not as restricted as the river. It can be said that the entire coastal area of ​​Yangzhou is within the attack range of Fan Xian's fleet. A fleet that can't lose to Dagan, but this is something Guan Yu can't do.

Guan Yu repeated his own beard and said: "We don't have Lei Gong's financial resources, but we don't necessarily need to build a fleet to protect Yangzhou. We can build forts on the coast of Shanyin and other counties in Yuhang to resist the attack of the big army." , although Yangzhou has a long coastline, there are limited places suitable for landing. The warships of the main army in other places cannot approach at all.

This march is not without any benefits for Guan Yu. The advantage is that it makes him familiar with the situation in the south of Yangzhou and allows him to formulate a strategy that is more suitable for dealing with the big army, just like before this march, he thought Kuaiji County has a population of 20 to 30, which should be similar to that of the northern frontier county of the Han Dynasty, but this march made Guan Yu understand that the south and the north are fundamentally different things.

In Yuhang, Kuaiji County, the prosperity of Shanyin was not as prosperous as that of the Central Plains, and it was much more prosperous than the northern border. But outside the scope of these county towns, it was a barren land without civilization, surrounded by virgin forests and even There are very few villages, just like Dongzhi is more than 700 miles away from Yongning, the nearest county town, and Nancheng is thousands of miles away in the west, and there is no road connection at all. It can be said that Dongzhi is a county surrounded by wilderness. Even if the Dagan army sends 10 troops to occupy it, it will definitely retreat due to logistics.

Kuaiji County is not even inferior to Yanzhou in terms of area, but its population is only 20 to 30, and 50% of them are still concentrated in the Yuhang area. Dongzhi is a lonely county, and there is no second city in sight for a radius of [-] miles. Guan Yu was able to make up his mind to ban Haidongzhi for [-] kilometers, because he knew that it would have little impact on Kuaiji County.

And Guan Yu is not worried about Dagan entering Yangzhou in Dongzhi, because even if the Dagan army occupies Dongzhi, it will be difficult to affect the overall situation of Yangzhou. As long as the generals of the Dagan army are not stupid, it is impossible to send tens of thousands of troops. Attacking Yongning County, which is 700 miles away, on land, if Guan Yu really did this, he would die of laughter.

It was this march that made Guan Yu understand that even if the Dagan army wanted to attack Yangzhou, they could only attack from the front line of the Yangtze River in Danyang County and the coastal line of Wu County, and the Yangzhou Navy on the front line of Danyang has the home field advantage in the Yangtze River , may not be the opponent of the Dagan Army and the Navy. What he really wants to defend is the front line of the Qiantang River. Could this be reduced a lot?

That's why Guan Yu came up with the idea of ​​living in the fort of the ship in a dangerous place to prevent the fleet of the Dagan army from landing.Of course, this is also a defensive coup, not to mention a few dozens of people landing, but if it involves thousands or even tens of thousands of people landing, it is obviously impossible without a dock.After all, there were no assault boats or landing craft in this era, which required a certain amount of infrastructure, and there were only a handful of docks in Wu County.

But Cheng Pu was still not optimistic and said: "This is just a temporary solution, not the root cause. Yangzhou has thousands of miles of coastline, and how many cannons the general can cast. For the big army, our defense line is full of loopholes."

Guan Yu said helplessly: "Even if it is to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, we can only afford this method. To maintain the scale of the Yangzhou Navy, we really don't have the money and food to build a navy like the Dagan Army."

Cheng Pu said angrily: "The great army has already killed at the gate of the house. Could it be that the noble families in Yangzhou would like their property to be confiscated by the great army, and they are not willing to use it to fight against the big army? Didn't they see the Central Plains family's actions?" In the end, I don’t know that we are protecting them, and they have come to such a life-and-death moment, and they still care about this little money!”

At this time, Zhu Zhi was extremely embarrassed. He was a local tyrant in Yangzhou, so he naturally understood the thoughts of these aristocrats and tyrants.What Cheng Pu said seemed very reasonable, but all of this was based on the fact that Guan Yu could defeat the Dagan army.

If you can't do this, then for the tyrants in Yangzhou, Cheng Pu's reasoning is simply bullshit, Guan Yu can resist the big army, or Liu Bei can defeat Lei Gong.Naturally, they will not be stingy with this little money.Even if they go bankrupt, they can wipe out the big army, and the nobles in Yangzhou are willing to give up all their property.

Because only by defeating Lei Gong, the nobles in Yangzhou would be penniless.But relying on their family background, their wealth can also be restored in a short period of time.At that time, the songs will be sung, the dances will be danced, and the world will still belong to them!

But now people of insight in the world understand that Liu Bei can't beat Lei Gong at all, and Guan Yu can hardly stop the Dagan army from occupying Yangzhou, which makes people very desperate.

The possibility of Guan Yu's defeat is not 100%, but it is also [-]%. Under such circumstances, how can Yangzhou's tyrants invest their money and food in the casino that they must lose? Naturally, they have to think about themselves.

Those who were able to run had already run away, and those who hadn't started to think of ways to sell the land in their hands.Anyway, when the big army invades, these lands will not be kept.But even Lei Gong has thousands of crimes.One thing that people all over the world admire is that they are extremely disciplined.Even if these rules are made by Lei Gong himself, even if it is not good for Lei Gong, Lei Gong will not easily destroy these rules.

In the past few years, he has exterminated hundreds of thousands of powerful clans, but he only killed people, but rarely physically eliminated the powerful clans.Except for those who deserved their crimes, most of their family properties can be kept. It can be said that Lei Gong is more disciplined than Lingdi, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao.

Under such circumstances, the nobles and nobles are even more reluctant to donate their own money and food. It is difficult to preserve the land, and their old students and old officials in the local area will be wiped out by the general army. The only thing they can rely on is This is the property in hand.This may be the only capital for their family to turn around. Under such circumstances, how could the tyrants in Yangzhou invest their only capital in the hands of Guan Yu, who is [-]% sure to lose.They prefer to keep these capitals, and see if the world will turn around after Lei Gong dies?

Guan Yu couldn't say anything when he heard Cheng Pu's complaints. He more or less understood the inner thoughts of these elites in Yangzhou.There was also a feeling of helplessness in my heart. The experience of these years told Guan Yu that the biggest gap between a big man and a big man was in finances.Lei Gong can easily get tens of billions of money, but it is very difficult for his elder brother Liu Bei to get billions.Just like if he can get billions now, not to mention building a fleet that can rival the big army, but it is still possible to build a defensive fleet, and the situation in Yangzhou will be much better.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Zhi came up with a more pragmatic suggestion: "Duke Ming can build a batch of fast warships. We don't ask for their combat effectiveness, but only for their speed. In this way, we can connect the entire coastal counties of Yangzhou and quickly obtain News from the Great Army."

Guan Yu nodded and said: "Brother Junli, I will leave this matter to you, and the roads in the south of Yangzhou are too bad. If you want to communicate quickly, you can only rely on flying pigeons to send letters. In the future, I will also hand over the news to Brother Junli. deal with!

Zhu Zhi nodded and said, "No!"

Then Guan Yu left Cheng Pu and 1000 soldiers to him, and asked him to relocate the remaining population of Dongzhi County to the Qiantang area, while he followed the navy's warships all the way back to Shanyin.

But as soon as he came back, he got extremely bad news!So much so that he had to call Yangzhou civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures!

"Our spies in Yizhou came to report that the Dagan army planted sugarcane in Yizhou and had a bumper harvest. Using these sugarcanes to make sugar, they made billions of dollars. Now Dagan has decided to expand investment in Yizhou! "

"Billions of dollars! How is it possible?" This figure made Yangzhou's civil and military ministers unbelievable. The financial revenue of the entire Dahan is less than 100 billion yuan, while their Yangzhou only has more than 20 billion yuan, which is an increase of nearly 10 times. But that Yizhou was reclaimed by them watching the big army. It took less than a year to make billions of money. Even if there were gold mines in Yizhou, it was impossible to make so much money. !
But Guan Yu smiled wryly and said: "It's true. The Dagan Army has produced tens of millions of catties of stone honey from sugar cane. Now these stone honeys have appeared in all parts of the Central Plains. We will know the news soon. Stone honey More than a hundred dollars a catty, isn’t that billions of dollars! Bao Xin really has so much money in his hands, our Yangzhou is really in danger.”

Wanting to start a war is not something that can be done with money alone, but the big army has no shortage of food, grass, and personnel. The only thing that is lacking is money, and now Bao Xin has added this point.

Zhu Zhi immediately said: "Everyone, don't panic. Bao Xin hasn't even been in Yizhou for a year. Even though he has a lot of money and food, his foundation is not stable. It is impossible to attack our Yangzhou in a short time."

Zhang Zhaodao: "Bao Xin is just a school lieutenant. His threat is not enough. The key is that if there are more troops than money, they may launch an attack on our Yangzhou!"

Zhu Zhi firmly said: "This is even more impossible. If the Dagan army wants to attack our Yangzhou, they can only attack from the Yangtze River. However, the navy of the Dagan army has not yet been built. Last year, Duke Ming defeated Fan Xian's navy. They may not learn the lesson, that is to say, even if they have money and food, they will not be able to attack our Yangzhou within 2-3 years!"

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. At least in a short period of time, it is impossible for the big army to attack them!
Huang Gai thought for a while and said, "It's safe for us to have the Yangtze River defense line in Yangzhou, but Nanyang County in Jingzhou, and even Yizhou may not be immune to attack by the big army!"

Zhu Zhidao: "Duke Ming wants to pass this news on to the general, and let the general pay attention to the actions of the generals. Anyway, they will launch a surprise attack!"

Guan Yu immediately ordered people to fly pigeons to pass the letter to Xiangyang City!

Zhang Hong said, "Ming Gong, Yizhou is a barren land, and there are only tens of thousands of refugees in Bao Xin's hands. They can make such achievements in just one year. We in Yangzhou can also learn Bao Xin's method. He can plant sugar cane in Yizhou, and we can also plant sugar cane in Yangzhou. Dagan can make sugar and make money. We can also learn, not to mention earning billions, but even if we can earn 10 billion a year, we want to build And there's money for the Navy fleet."

Guan Yu was moved after hearing this, so he asked, "Who knows how to grow sugar cane, and how many of you know how to make sugar from sugar cane?"

Everyone peeked at each other. Many people had heard of sugarcane for the first time, and they didn't know why sugarcane could be used to make sugar.

(End of this chapter)