Xuande

Chapter 395 Xi Jian is not so easy to be the second
With previous experience and lessons, this time, Liu Bei plans to bring three battalions into Shu.

Before entering Sichuan and Shu with great effort, it turned out to be a fish bombing game, destroying all the enemies in one wave, not having fun at all, it was completely diamonds hitting bronze, overkill.

Although Liu Bei is rich and Liangzhou is rich, they can't always do this kind of waste of money.

So this time Liu Bei did not bring many soldiers and horses, only three battalions, but this time he did not bring recruits, but all the elite.

This time the enemies are different.

The enemy last time was a mob, but this time the enemy is a fighting nation.

The Han people called the Banman Man. This ethnic group lived in the Berkshire area a long time ago. They are very strong and good at fighting.

According to legend, when King Wu defeated the Zhou Dynasty, the cong people had already made great contributions to the Zhou Dynasty. It is said that they sang and danced in the Battle of Muye, rushed to the merchants, defeated the merchants, and set a good example for King Wu's victory over the Zhou Dynasty. A lot of credit has been paid.

In the Han Dynasty, the Jin people were known for their loyalty to the imperial court. They provided a large number of soldiers for the imperial court, and they also enjoyed preferential treatment of tax reduction and exemption many times.

Liu Bei never witnessed the congren fighting, but he heard about it when he was in court.

He heard that the Banman people's fighting style is to pay attention to fighting skills, attacking and defending equally, the attacking power is strong but light and agile, and compared with the general mountain people, the Banyu people are more disciplined, better at fighting in formations, and have professional skills. Military demeanor.

Only this point can reflect the difference between Jianren and ordinary opponents.

They are able to fight in formation, and they can fight in an army formation. This is something that no number of troops can do. At least it is difficult for ordinary peasant rebels to do this within one or two years of uprising, but the people can.

Array is discipline, and discipline is combat effectiveness.

What's more, Liu Bei also heard that in terms of equipment, the Jin people also have quite good smelting technology, and are good at using swords and other fighting weapons, and most of them are made of iron.

In terms of defense methods, most of them wear leather armor for the convenience of mountain combat, but they are good at using wooden shields to improve their protection ability.

Moreover, it is said that this ethnic group also has the advantage of being good at archery. They also hold hunting activities every year to compare archery skills with each other.

Such a group of enemies who are good at fighting cannot be dealt with by ordinary recruits. The recruits still have to experience a little battle with some weaker enemies, increase their strength little by little, accumulate experience, and progress step by step.

It is not worth it to deal with powerful enemies as soon as you come up, and the losses will be relatively large.

Liu Bei has put in a lot of hard work in training recruits, and the amount of investment is staggering, which is unimaginable for those who use big soldiers as cannon fodder, so he cherishes the life of every soldier very much.

This time Liu Bei did not use recruits, but directly dispatched elite troops, and personally commanded the troops to return to Shuzhong, intending to use the shortest time to have a good fight with this group of people and completely subdue them.

Then, take it for your own use.

That's right, Liu Bei decided for the first time that after this battle, he would establish an army in central Shu.

Since Liu Hong hoped so much for him to guard in the middle of Shu, it was natural for him to build an army in the middle of Shu. How could he guard the place without soldiers?

As for the cost...

Liu Bei plans to go to Hanzhong to have a good chat with Liang Hu, and try to finalize this matter, let Liang Hu use Sichuan and Shu funds to help him raise soldiers and handle some affairs, and then take this opportunity to open up business exchanges between Shuzhong and Liangzhou .

Since Liu Hong is so generous, if he wants to completely entrust Sichuan and Shu to his management, then Liu Bei feels that he will definitely not be able to live up to his expectations.

Insects are dancing in Luoyang, fighting for power and profit, giving everything for their own selfishness, and they don't care that they are about to pull a country into the abyss.

Since they were not polite, Liu Bei felt that there was no need for him to be polite. Being polite to them was digging his own grave.

At the beginning of August in the fifth year of Zhongping, Liu Bei reorganized the strength of the three battalions, leaving Yan Zhong and Jian Yong in charge of the government affairs of the state government, and took the team from the previous campaign to Yizhou again, and took the Qishan Road to Wudu County.

But this time they did not go directly to Guanghan County, but crossed mountains and ridges, passed Yangping Pass, entered Hanzhong, and then directly attacked Berkshire from Hanzhong.

Liang Hu, the governor of Yizhou appointed by the imperial court, is staying in Hanzhong, waiting for Liu Bei to lead his troops to escort him into Shuzhong to serve.

The elite Liangzhou army moved quickly, and Liu Bei took the lead with his personal guards because he had something to do. He traveled day and night and arrived in Hanzhong on August [-]th. He met Su Gu, the prefect of Hanzhong, and Liang, the governor of Yizhou. swan.

For Su Gu, Liu Bei just talked and laughed symbolically for a while, without any ideas. For Liang Hu, Liu Bei really had a lot to say.

When he was in Luoyang, Liu Bei and Liang Hu had a good relationship, and he was also asked to help Gongsun Zan find a position. Later, I heard that he helped Gongsun Zan get a post as the captain of the Liaodong tributary country, and asked Gongsun Zan to lead the troops in the Liaodong tributary country. up.

Over the years, he had occasionally communicated with Gongsun Zan, and Liu Bei learned that Gongsun Zan was quite satisfied with this position, because he could catch some invading Hu cavalry from time to time, so Gongsun Zan led the cavalry and roared up, beheading their heads in exchange for rewards.

However, the situation in Youzhou has been stable these years, and a guy like Gongsun Zan, who fears the world will not be chaotic, has little use for him and cannot make great achievements, which makes him a little depressed.

Liu Bei remembered that a rebellion seemed to break out in Youzhou, and some people claimed to be the emperor to make troubles, but for some reason, until today, the rebellion in Youzhou has not broken out, and the overall situation is still stable now.

Moreover, perhaps due to Liu Bei's big victory against Xianbei in the west, even the Xianbei people in the northern part of Youzhou have reduced the number of times they went south to plunder, and Youzhou has become more stable.

This is interesting.

Putting aside the matter of Gongsun Zan, after Liang Hu saw Liu Bei, he had a feeling of seeing a protective umbrella. He immediately went up to meet Liu Bei and shook hands with Liu Bei tightly. What happened to Huge...

Later, Liang Hu explained that he had a mission to go south to Yizhou this time, and the mission was to help Liu Bei open the Shu market, and then help Liu Bei sell salt and make money.

"Before I left Luoyang, His Majesty and Zhang Changshi both met me and told me to pay attention to the primary responsibility of being the governor of Yizhou this time, but I have no idea about this matter, and I would like to ask you for advice. How to handle this matter."

Liu Bei smiled and shook his head.

"It's best to let this matter go first, don't rush to operate, there are many other aspects that can be manipulated, but the matter of salt should be delayed a little in Yizhou."

Liang Hu was a little surprised.

"Why do you think so?"

Liu Bei told Liang Hu about his previous considerations.

Well salt is everywhere in the land of Sichuan and Sichuan, and the local big clans are basically inseparable from the salt industry. Every one that can develop and grow has a salt business, and has an inseparable interest in the sale of salt.

If Liangzhou salt is introduced into Sichuan and Sichuan and seizes their market, it will almost be against the entire powerful family in Sichuan and Sichuan.

Before gaining a firm foothold, turning them all into enemies in one go, not only won't get the support of the big clan, but even the low-level people who rely on well salt for food will not like them, and will think that they are here to grab their jobs. If the timing is a little careless, it will trigger a civil uprising.

Once the civil uprising is triggered, the rioters attack the prefectures and counties, and kill the officials, does he, the governor of Yizhou, still want to retreat unscathed?

He will be the next Xi Jian!
"So that's the case, you have such considerations."

Liang Hu thought about it for a while, and felt that what Liu Bei said was reasonable, and said slowly: "You are quite right. If Liangzhou salt is forcibly introduced under such circumstances, it will not only cause resistance from the big clan, but the common people may not be happy. There will be chaos, and then the situation will be difficult to deal with..."

"We sell salt in Liangzhou, Sanfu and Sanhe because there are not so many salt wells there. If the same situation is changed to Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places, we can't do things smoothly."

Liu Bei laughed and said, "So it's better to take it easy and think of other ways. Don't fight for power and profit with the locals, and make the relationship with the locals so bad as soon as you come, Xi Jian is not so easy to be the second."

(End of this chapter)