I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 654, the complicated situation in Jingzhou

Xu Wei stayed in Yizhou for more than half a year, and Xu Wei cleared out all the nobles in Yizhou. Most of these people went to Sili Liangzhou and the Western Regions, especially those who were demoted to the Western Regions. It is almost impossible. Back to the Central Plains again.

And the elites who rebelled in Nanzhong did not cause much trouble. After all, the rebellion without the support of the people is impossible to grow. Xu Wei completely captured the hearts of the people in Yizhou in Juntian, while Yang Hong and the elites The only thing that can be given to them is war. The people of Yizhou can clearly calculate the gains and losses of such benefits!
Many times, the enemies on the front line surrendered in groups, not only to survive, but also to get the 100 mu of land. These soldiers worried that the surrender would be too late, and all the good fields in Yizhou would be divided. After all, the Yizhou Plain is also Chengdu The surrounding land is good.

So under Fuyun's attack, Yang Hong and the others persisted for less than 3 months before they were annihilated by Fuyun, and even Fuyun captured many Nanman soldiers. The leaders of the Nanban can only surrender like floating clouds one by one!
After Nanzhong was pacified, Xu Wei did not let Fuyun come back. Instead, he ordered Fuyun to guard Nanzhong as the governor of Nanzhong. There were a large number of sugarcane plantations here in the later celestial dynasties, so the situation in Yizhou quickly stabilized.

After Yizhou was stabilized, Xu Wei did not return to Jidu, but went south to Jingzhou to preside over the continued encirclement and suppression of the remaining forces of the Great Han!

After Yizhou was breached, the Han emperors were all captured by Dagan, which was a fatal blow to the morale of the Han army. After the news spread to Jingzhou, the morale of the Han on the front line in Jingzhou completely collapsed, and the defense lines of Nanyang County and Jiangxia County were beaten by Dagan After the collapse, the front line of the Dagan army was directly pushed to the front line of Xiangyang and Fancheng.

But before Zhang Fei took a breath, he sent the Dagan army to chase and kill Liu Bei. Yufu had already been chased, and the Dagan army was about to enter Jingzhou. After entering Nanjun, what's the use of them defending Xiangyang!
With no morale in the army, Zhang Fei stayed in Xiangyang City for less than a month. Xiangyang and Fancheng were attacked one after another. Zhang Fei fled to Nanjun and Liu Bei's remnants with a small number of remnants. The two brothers met for the first time in two years. , but the two of them hugged each other and cried.

And there was no time for them to be sad. Guan Hai led an army of 5 to chase them down, and Yang Feng also led an army of hundreds of thousands to Nanjun. Liu Bei and Zhang Fei had to lead the army to retreat to Changsha. county!Relying on the dense water network of Changshi, complex terrain and harsh road conditions, it barely resisted the pursuit of the Dagan army.

And Guan Yu in Yangzhou couldn't resist the increasingly powerful army. The Yangzhou army, which had already reached its limit, heard that the emperor was arrested and the general Liu Bei was defeated. Morale plummeted. Guan Yu's 5 Yangzhou army was captured The fight was defeated, and Yangzhou's defense line collapsed.

Relying on the strength of the navy, Guan Yu fled all the way to Yuzhang County with his remnants of defeated soldiers, but Fan Xian and Wang Lei did not intend to let Guan Yu go and chase after him, and they would never give up if they did not catch Guan Yu!

It can be said that at this time the defense line of the Han Dynasty completely collapsed, and the small number of tens of thousands of troops were hunted down by hundreds of thousands of elites. Liu Bei has not given up resistance, which is why the Dagan army has not yet achieved a comprehensive victory after breaking through the Jiangnan defense line!
But Liu Bei and the others are already dying, and no one in the world is optimistic that the big man can come back to life.

The apes on both sides of the strait couldn't help, and Qingzhou had passed the Ten Thousand Mountains.

The Yangtze River waterway is the main artery of the entire south. After Yizhou was conquered by Dagan, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River were controlled by Dagan.

The reefs that hindered the boat's movement were even blown up by Dagan with gunpowder, so that there was no obstacle to traveling downstream from Yizhou.Xu Wei is Jiangling City in Jingzhou, which came all the way down from Jiangzhou!

At this time, after receiving the news, Yang Feng greeted Xu Wei at the Jiangling pier early!
Seeing Xu Wei get off the boat, Yang Feng said excitedly: "The ruler, you are finally here!"

Xu Wei looked at Yang Feng and said with a smile: "You played well, I thought you were going to stay in Xiangyang City for a year or so!"

This is Xu Wei's real thought. Xiangyang was originally a strong city, and then it became the temporary capital of the Han Dynasty, and was reinforced by Liu Bei. According to Xu Wei's estimation, the strength of Xiangyang City should not be lost to the three generations who resisted the Mongolian army. Years of city defense, even if Yang Feng now has naval artillery in his hands, it may take 1-2 years to break through Xiangyang City.But I didn't expect that such a strong city of Xiangyang would be breached after resisting for a month!
Yang Feng smiled and said: "It is thanks to the merits of the ruling. Originally, the defenses of Xiangyang and Fancheng were extremely strong, but after the Han army heard that Emperor Han had been captured, the morale of the Han army became worse day by day. Fancheng is like this. I seized the opportunity to break through. Although Xiangyang City resisted for a while later, the Han army also knew that after Yizhou was defeated, Jingzhou would not be able to defend for much time. There are not many people who want to continue to hold on like Zhang Fei. Xiangyang The city was breached by those soldiers of the Han army who wanted to surrender, otherwise Nanjun would not have been breached so easily!"

Xu Wei continued to ask: "Is there any battle on the front line? Liu Bei is still resisting?"

Yang Feng also said helplessly: "Liu Bei is too stubborn, the big man is powerless, and he still refuses to give up resistance. He and Zhang Fei fled to Changsha County and continue to resist."

"As for Changsha County, the water network is densely covered, there are many swamps, and the roads are not good. It is not suitable for a large army to march in. Even if our army has hundreds of thousands of troops in Jingzhou, it is difficult to enter Changsha County. Now Guan Hai is leading 2 Wan Dajun is attacking Changsha County, but the effect is not very good."

"There are too many hills and mountains in Changsha County. Liu Bei's prestige among the barbarians in Jingzhou is too high. After he came to Changsha County, he was defeated by three thousand remnants and recruited tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers. Guan Hai Although Liu Bei can be suppressed by relying on the soldiers in his hands, it is difficult to destroy Liu Bei. Now Guan Hai is also worried that Liu Bei will flee to Wuling County and Jiaozhou. These places are surrounded by mountains. Wuling County even has 10 mountains. The prestige among the barbarians really made Liu Bei flee to these places, making it even more difficult to catch him!"

Yang Feng said that he also has an irritable face here, and he has never seen anyone who is more stubborn than Liu Bei. Anyway, Liu Bei is also the overlord of a party. If he is defeated and is now like this, you are considered a hero if you draw your sword and commit suicide. It's a hero.

But now Liu Bei is as if he can't afford to lose. He only has more than 1 remnants and defeated generals in his hands, and he still has to continue to entangle. Liu Bei!
Liu Bei is so stubborn, Xu Wei is not surprised.In the Battle of Dangyang in history, Liu Bei was wiped out by Cao Cao's army again, but he did not have the idea of ​​surrendering to Cao Cao. Instead, he went to Jiangxia County to recover and continue to fight against Cao Cao.

But now Liu Bei still has more than 1 people in his hands, and there are still several counties in the south. Compared with him in history, he is much better!

Yan Liang behind Yang Feng said helplessly: "It's already March now, and the rainy season in the south is coming soon. I'm afraid Guan Hai's army will retreat soon. If Liu Bei is given a few months to breathe, Liu Bei will definitely recover. Now, it will be very difficult to catch Liu Bei this year!"

Wen Chou also said helplessly: "We are not safe in Jingzhou. Jingzhou is densely covered with hundreds of thousands of Wubao. These people were originally from the central plains, but we drove them to Jingzhou. Now they have spent more than ten years. Time has re-established Wubao in Jingzhou and built a manor, but now we have come to Jingzhou again, they hate us very much, if we don't get rid of them, our rear will not be safe!"

Even if Liu Bei is defeated now, the elites in Jingzhou still support Liu Bei. As long as Liu Bei is given a few months, with the support of these elites, Liu Bei will quickly recover and generate tens of thousands of horses.

Because the nobles in Jingzhou know that only Liu Bei has not been caught, the big army will not have the energy to deal with them, so Liu Bei can be said to be supporters everywhere in Jingzhou. Although they dare not support Liu Bei openly, they secretly support the soldiers The matter of horse money and food has not stopped.And obviously Yang Feng and the others also understood this, so they wanted to catch Liu Bei in one go.

"Aristocrats in the Central Plains? I didn't expect to meet these old friends in ten years!" Xu Wei also sighed. The start-up funds for the development of the Dagan Army were provided by these aristocrats. Without them, Xu Wei would be in Mayi It is impossible to develop so fast!
Xu Wei was stable: "Where did these powerful clans develop in Jingzhou? Have they recovered their original strength?"

Yang Fengwei said: "The strength cannot be said to be fully restored, but it is not bad. In terms of military strength alone, they are even ten times stronger than before. Of course, this alone will not make the subordinates worry about them. Back then, they were dozens of times stronger, and the subordinates could still easily suppress them, but the situation in Jingzhou is complicated, and it is difficult for us to use the methods of the Central Plains to deal with them!"

Then Yang Feng told Xu Wei about the problems he faced in Jingzhou!

Jingzhou is completely different from Central Plains. Excluding Nanyang County and Nanjun County, the population of the other 7 counties is only about one million. This population density is the same as that of Xiliang. It can be said that the places south of Nanjun County are denser than the grasslands Worse, these places are completely barbarian territories.

This situation had to wait for Liu Bei to improve, and after Dagan drove all the elites of the Central Plains to Jingzhou, in order to restore their original strength, these elites of the Central Plains armed themselves one by one in the south of Jingzhou. Coupled with Liu Bei's Sinicization of the Nanman, this gave Jingzhou a golden decade of development. Both population and food in Jingzhou skyrocketed.That is to say, relying on Jingzhou, Liu Bei can quickly recover his strength in the case of repeated battles and defeats in the Central Plains!
And these aristocrats thought that armed development, and there were more barbarians around than the Han people, so they could not wait to maintain a strong military force, and even their forts were built extremely strong, and the base was ten meters away. Built with rocks weighing hundreds of catties, it is difficult for ordinary artillery to blow up such a dock, and crowbars are powerless against such a dock.

Yang Feng observed several forts in Jingzhou, and found that even if a battalion of soldiers surrounded these forts, it would be difficult to break through these forts without fighting for a year or so, and breaking such a fort would require great casualties , and there are thousands of such docks in Jingzhou, even if Yang Feng's hundreds of thousands of troops are exhausted, they may not be able to capture these docks!So now Yang Feng also feels very embarrassed!
After Xu Wei learned about this, he immediately thought of the castles of knights in the Middle Ages. Jingzhou's elite clans are still enlarged versions of castles, and they are also castles that are resistant to crowbars and artillery.

Xu Wei thought for a while and said, "What's the attitude of these elite families in Jingzhou towards us occupying Jingzhou? Have they ever approached you?"

Yang Feng smiled wryly and said: "I'm very afraid. Since our army occupied Nanjun, all the gates of the noble families in Jingzhou have been closed, and they are waiting for our arrival. Of course, it is not difficult to eliminate these noble families. Just lock it down."

"But my subordinates have read Jingzhou's household registration book. Liu Bei has naturalized 300 million Nanman in Jingzhou in the past ten years alone. It was Wubao, who spread all over Jingzhou's powerful clans, that suppressed the Nanman rebellion and allowed them to live in peace and become Han Chinese."

"And now that we have occupied Jingzhou, if we pull out all the docks of these noble families, it is equivalent to liberating the chains that trapped the Nanmans and driving away millions of people from the noble families. I am afraid that Jingzhou will become The territory of the Nanban!"

"What's even more frightening is that these Nanmans have been sinicized by Liu Bei, and their ideas are almost the same as those of our Dagan people. If they think they are powerful and establish a Nanman country in the south of the Yangtze River, then we will have to fight in the south." A formidable enemy has appeared."

"It is because of the current environment in Jingzhou that even if we occupy this place, we still have to rely on these elite clans to suppress the Nanman. That's why the subordinates are wary of weakening the strength of our Dagan and benefiting the Nanman fisherman. It’s hard to deal with these elite clans!”

Under Xu Wei's many years of teaching, Yang Feng's political situation is very big, and it is natural to see that Jingzhou can be said to be a newly developed land at this time, and the power to attack the powerful and powerful is the power to attack them.

However, it is not in line with Dagan's policy to keep these aristocrats. If they are kept, their strength will definitely cross the Yangtze River in a few decades. When they come to the Central Plains again, maybe a hundred years later, Dagan may come again. Civil War!
(End of this chapter)