Xuande

Chapter 714 Megatron Huaxia
The south of the Yangtze River has dense water networks, dense swamps, difficult roads, and difficult transportation. No matter from which point of view, it is not suitable for large cavalry corps mobile operations.

On the contrary, these places are suitable for small groups of cavalry to intersect and perform some auxiliary tasks on the battlefield, and the main force is definitely infantry and navy.

Most of Liu Bei's generals grew up in the north of the Yangtze River, and grew up in grasslands and deserts. They are better at fighting on plains and grasslands, good at using infantry and cavalry, and are not very familiar with naval warfare.

Therefore, in their view, Liu Bei should try his best to choose generals from the south, or generals from the sea, preferably from Shuzhong or Qingxu. Even if he didn't, he should try his best to choose those with relevant experience.
Guan Yu had no combat experience in the south at all.

Except for trust, cronies and other reasons, everyone can't think of anything.

Although it was appropriate for Liu Bei to choose Guan Yu from all angles, out of a sense of responsibility, the young Guo Jia and Yang Xiu still raised objections to Liu Bei.

"Your Majesty, although General Guan is good at fighting, he is not familiar with the climate in the south of the Yangtze River, the mountains, swamps, hills, and water networks. I secretly think that it is more appropriate to choose someone from the middle of Shu or from Qingxu."

"Junhou, General Guan is brave and good at fighting, but he is really not suitable to be appointed as the head of the Jiangnan Military Region. I hope you will think twice."

Others were frightened by Liu Bei's power and did not dare to speak out, but the young Yang Xiu and Guo Jia lacked some fear, and had a sense of responsibility and aggressiveness, wanting to show themselves to Liu Bei.

Of course, Liu Bei will not be unhappy about this.

In his opinion, everyone's objection is justified, because no matter who it is, it will not be thought at this time that Guan Yu, a northern man who is good at cavalry fighting, can actually use his military ability to the extreme in Jiangnan.

No one knows how Guan Yu, who grew up in the north, learned to use multi-armed joint operations on the terrain of the south of the Yangtze River, but Liu Bei has always believed that this is an important reason why Guan Yu became a famous general in the world.

What Liu Bei can be sure of is that the historical data of the entire Shu Han Entrepreneurial Group should have been deleted in a premeditated and organized manner.

The wars and victories experienced by Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei must have been cut in an organized way. As for when the cuts began, it is unknown.

The images shown by their recorded content in historical materials cannot be connected with the evaluation of them by their contemporaries at all.

People at the same time had a very high opinion of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, as did some people with high status. It must be called Guan Zhang.

Any generals in later generations will think that they are related to Zhang Zhiyong.

However, there are very few records of Guan Zhang's own record, making it unclear why they have received such a high evaluation.

This sense of disobedience was especially felt during the period after Liu Bei entered Shu and before Guan Yu's Northern Expedition.

For nearly ten years, Guan Yu himself did not write any war-related experience in his biography, but the generals of Cao and Wei parties took turns stationing in Jingzhou at this stage, and there were many records of promotion, demotion, transfer and fighting with Guan Yu .

However, none of these records clearly describe the cause, process, and final outcome of the war. There are only transfers and changes in positions. The frequency of relevant records makes it hard not to let people's imaginations run wild.

During those more than ten years, how many big and tough battles did Guan Yu fight with them?
The only thing that is certain is that the Cao Wei regime definitely did nothing during those ten years. They launched many military attacks in Jingzhou, and Soochow did not take any action at all. There were not many major actions, but small actions continued .

At that time, Guan Yu was the only one guarding Jingzhou, and other forces under Liu Bei had basically entered Yizhou. It was equivalent to Guan Yu guarding Jingzhou alone, facing the all-star lineup of Cao Wei and Soochow.

In the end, he was even able to launch a strategic offensive with [-] Jingzhou soldiers, which shocked Xudu, and Cao Cao even moved north to avoid the edge.

It's dangerous, and it's really not something that can be written with a few strokes.

Finally, it’s Guan Yu’s Megatron Huaxia Battle and the Final Battle. There’s really no way to delete it, there’s really no way to avoid it, and it’s directly related to Guan Yu’s defeat later on, so the last glory and fleetingness are kept. down.

And how many battles did Guan Yu fight in the previous ten years?How many famous Cao Wei generals have you played against?How was the result?How was the combat experience?

Liu Bei didn't know.

But he believed that [Megatron Huaxia] came from the enemy's evaluation of him, and it was not something that could be obtained simply by sitting in a predicament.

During those more than ten years, Guan Yu stood alone in Jingzhou, not only able to maintain a solid line of defense, but also to maintain the attack on Cao Jun and the deterrence of Sun Wu in the ups and downs. It is really not easy to maintain one's own presence in Jingzhou.

His last car overturn was somewhat accidental, and it felt a bit like fate. It didn't seem like he was defeated on the battlefield, but more like he was defeated by people's hearts. As a military general, he has done everything he can. And quite competent.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei decided to hand over the Jiangnan Military Region to Guan Yu.

Because under his rule, there will be no problems with people's hearts.

Compared with the Xishu Military Region, the Jiangnan Military Region is where Liu Bei believes that war will inevitably occur in the next two or three years. This is the region where Liu Bei has the weakest foundation, and it is also the region where the local forces are the most stubborn, conservative and xenophobic.

Liu Bei still has tens of thousands of troops in Yizhou and people who are willing to cooperate, as well as a group of local people in Yizhou who support him. The situation in Yizhou is far from as bad as the imperial court analyzed.

But in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, there were only three battalions that had just been established, and in Jiaozhi, they had no foundation.

Even the establishment of the Jiangnan Military Region and the stationing of the army will arouse the local people's views and vigilance. It is hard to say whether the army can be stationed smoothly is a serious issue.

For such a situation, Liu Bei needs a general who is extremely resistant to pressure and has sufficient military capabilities to support the whole situation, to deter the Jiangnan area, manage it well, and even face a full-scale rebellion when he is in Dutian. It can also attack in an all-round way and suppress it in an all-round way.

Under the terrain and climate environment that he is not familiar with, in the absence of the support of friends and the possibility of enemies on all sides, to be able to do this, besides Liu Bei himself, he can only trust Guan Yunchang, who is Megatron China.

"I chose Yunchang not just because of the thoughts of my cronies. Dezu and Fengxiao, I understand your concerns, but you can trust me and look forward to it. I believe that Yunchang will not let me down."

Liu Bei made a final decision and decided to hand over the responsibility of the last head of the Jiangnan Military Region to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Qian Zhao, Xu Huang, Liu Sheng.

These five people were determined to be the top leaders of the other five military regions except the Central Military Region. They will each command the army directly under their own and the army led by the rest of the Zhonglang General. They will command [-] or [-] soldiers and horses to guard one side. , to keep one side safe.

In order to highlight the identities of these five people and establish their status as subordinates to the rest of the generals, in September of the fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei presented himself to the emperor and asked him to be a general.

He hoped that Guan Yu would be the general of Zhennan, Zhang Fei would be the general of Zhenxi, Qianzhao would be the general of Zhenbei, Xu Huang would be the general of Zhendong, and Liu Sheng would be the general of Zhenman.

These five generals are above the rest of the miscellaneous generals and the Zhonglang generals, and are on the same level as the four generals in the front, back, left, and right.

The little emperor Liu Xie was not inaccurate in Liu Bei's request, and the word "accurate" ran throughout, so the status of the five generals in Liu Bei's army after Liu Bei was confirmed.

According to the results of the previous discussions, Guan Yu guarded Jiangnan and commanded three armies, Zhang Fei guarded the northwest and commanded three armies, led recruits guarded the northeast and commanded three armies, Liu Sheng guarded West Shu and commanded three armies, and only Xu Huang The guarded Central Plains commanded the four armies.

Five external military regions were thus established.

(End of this chapter)