Xuande

Chapter 726 Guan Yu sympathizes with them
At this moment, Zhong Yao has already taken his administrative team across the Yangtze River to take up his post in Danyang County.

According to common sense, he needs to sort out the government affairs of Danyang County within one to two months, straighten out Danyang County, and create a good fighting environment for Guan Yu.

On the other hand, the former General Qin Mi, who served as the governor of Lujiang County, had already prepared a lot of military supplies for Guan Yu's army. Wang Shang, the governor of Jiujiang County, also prepared a lot of military supplies for Guan Yu's army, and transported them all to Lujiang County for the army to use.

Both Qin Mi and Wang Shang were Liu Bei's old subordinates, and they were assigned to serve as county guards in Lujiang County and Jiujiang County a few years ago.

At that time, the task Liu Bei entrusted to them was not to develop Lujiang and Jiujiang counties well, but to develop agricultural production with all their strength, build Lujiang and Jiujiang counties as the forward base of the army, and prepare as much food and fodder as possible.

In the future, when the army goes south, it cannot transfer food from the vicinity of Luoyang, and the closer the better.

So after they went south, they obeyed Liu Bei's order in Jiujiang County and Lujiang County to implement the slave restriction order, released a large amount of land, released a large number of slaves and organized them into farms, and then persuaded the farmers to cultivate, personally led the team to follow up on agricultural production, and regarded agricultural production as more important than anything else.

Over the past few years, the grain has been harvested several times in a row, and the two counties have a lot of grain reserves, which are barely qualified bases for advancement.

So when Guan Yu went south, although the time was a little tight, they were still able to provide the army with a year's worth of food for the campaign, so that Guan Yu's army did not need to transport food from farther places for the campaign.

This is a lucky thing for the logistics and front-line troops.

Of course.Guan Yu also did not think that this battle would need to last for a year.

His task is not to completely wipe out the Shanyue Group, but to wipe out the Yellow Turban Army. If the Shanyue Group is completely wiped out, Guan Yu will feel strenuous and incapable of strength, and may need support.

But if you just deal with the Yellow Turban Army, it is relatively simple.

When going south, Guan Yu also conducted some systematic understanding of the enemy based on the self-cultivation of a general, and asked many local people to ask about the enemy's specific situation.

He learned that the Shanyue Group's forces are complex, there are many small power groups, and the interior is not unified, similar to the Bingzhou bandits, so he only needs to deal with those small groups that have close contacts with the Yellow Turban Army and cooperate with each other.

If the entire Shanyue gang wants to be wiped out, there are only two ways, either to encircle and suppress them and confront them in an all-round way, or to adopt Liu Bei's method of solving the bandits in Bingzhou, first control Yangzhou, and then use policies to disintegrate the foundation of the Shanyue Group's existence.

But for the moment, it might be more realistic to forcibly encircle and suppress, because the Luoyang court does not have a deep political foundation in Yangzhou. If it wants to promote policies, the biggest enemy is not the distrust of Shanyue, but the obstruction of local insects.

With the obstruction of these insects, it is almost impossible to give them policy benefits and solve the problem peacefully. The Sun Wu regime also managed to solve the Shanyue problem at the end of the regime through decades of encirclement and suppression.

Since Sun Ce, they have fought against the Shanyue Group. After decades of encirclement and suppression, they have acquired no less than [-] strong men from the Shanyue Group itself to enter the army and become an important part of Sun Wu's army.

This is enough to prove that the population of the Shanyue gang has actually been quite large in the decades of development.

It is likely to be no less than the number of bandits in Bingzhou.

This is also a huge human resource. If it can be used well, it will be of great benefit to the development of Jiangnan.

At present, the land in the south of the Yangtze River is full of undeveloped areas, primitive jungles, vast swamps, and mosquito swarms that can form black air all over the mountains and plains. These places are not suitable for large-scale and long-term survival of human beings.

If human beings want to escape from here alive, it depends on whether the wormwood is enough.

Although Lujiang County and Jiujiang County belong to Yangzhou, they do not belong to Jiangnan, and the degree of development exceeds that of the real Jiangnan, such as Danyang County.

So when Guan Yu was stationed in Lujiang County, the county guard Qin Mi told him a lot about Danyang County.

"Danyang County is not a very barren county. In the entire Yangzhou, it can be regarded as one of the top few prosperous counties. The population is larger than the counties further south. Even so, it is also the county with the most mountains and the situation is relatively chaotic.

In the former Qin Dynasty, the people of Danyang County were famous for their bravery and ruthlessness, and became one of the best recruiting places in all dynasties. "

After hearing this, Guan Yu raised his eyebrows.

"In this way, doesn't it mean that those Shanyue people can also be regarded as a type of Danyang soldiers?"

"It's not unreasonable to say so."

Qin Mi slowly said: "The people of Shanyue include bankrupt farmers from the local Danyang County, and natives who originally lived there. It is said that they are the descendants of the remnants of the Wu State and Yue State.

"So that's the case. No wonder they are so good at fighting, and the government of all dynasties can't wipe them out."

Guan Yu thought for a while and sighed again.

"But then again, how similar are these Shanyue people to the Bingzhou bandits before? They couldn't survive, and they chose to join the bandits when they were forced to do so. But in order to make a living and fill their stomachs, they can live. As long as local officials practice benevolent government, don't push them too hard, and they won't let them go to this point."

"This kind of matter is too involved. It's not something you and I can decide. Let the general make the decision."

Qin Mi said with a smile: "This time we are going south to fight, we have already prepared sufficient supplies. When is Guan Zhennan going to go south? Or wait for the spring to go south? With the current climate in Jiangnan, it is appropriate to go south after the spring, otherwise it will be too cold and prone to disease."

Guan Yu looked up at the sky, watching the snowflakes falling slowly.

"This winter seems to be colder than in previous years. I heard that the southern country is humid and hot, and it usually doesn't snow?"

Qin Mi shook her head.

"Not necessarily. It snowed here last winter. I heard that it also snowed in Danyang. People who came back from doing business in Danyang said that they thought that there would be no snow or cold in the south of the Yangtze River, and they wanted to escape the severe cold. They all said that Danyang was colder than Lujiang."

"That's quite suitable for the northerners to fight."

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, and said slowly: "If it's humid and hot, it's not suitable for northerners to attack. If it's very cold, there seems to be no difference between the north and the south. Mr. Qin, has the army prepared enough winter clothing?"

Qin Mi nodded.

"According to the request sent by the General's Mansion, all of them have been fully prepared, and [-]% of the supplies are left in case of emergencies."

Guan Yu was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"good!"

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and caught a few naughty snowflakes.

"At the beginning of the Northern Expedition to Youzhou, when talking about the Northern Expedition to the Grasslands, someone suggested that the General begin the Northern Expedition after the beginning of spring. The General said that the beginning of spring would affect the spring plowing and the year-round agricultural production in Youzhou, which would be very detrimental to the people's livelihood in Youzhou. I deeply believed that.

If we wait for the spring to go south, it will definitely affect the spring plowing in Danyang County. If the spring plowing cannot be carried out smoothly, more farmers will be unsustainable and have to sell their children to survive.

Also, when Lord Qin recruits civilian husbands to transport food and fodder for the army, you must also provide them with enough warm clothes to prevent them from frostbite. They are the pillars of each family. If they are injured and die, a family will be destroyed. The general does not want to see such a thing, and I do not want to see it either. "

After hearing this, Qin Mi immediately looked at Guan Yu with admiration.

A military general who should value military achievements more than anything else has such sympathy and care for ordinary people?

"Guan Zhennan, don't worry. This is my duty. The General's Mansion also has related orders. I will take care of the affairs of the civilians. If there is any discrepancy, I will tell the General's Mansion."

"good."

Guan Yu nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "After seven days, go south to Danyang!"

(End of this chapter)