Xuande

Chapter 731 Guan Yu's Resoluteness

Until the army arrived in Lujiang, Guo Jia didn't make any suggestions for marching and fighting, but just played a transparent decision-making person.

When the army was crossing the river to prepare for the battle, he symbolically echoed Guan Yu's suggestion, suggesting that the battle should be advanced in order to end the war in winter and not delay the spring plowing.

At that time, no one regarded this matter as Guo Jia's opinion. They only thought that he was echoing Guan Yu and being a bastard, and no one valued him.

The subsequent marches and operations were also ordered by Guan Yu, who was responsible for the entire army. Guo Jia's so-called military counselors participated in meetings and took notes, and did nothing else.

Everyone thinks that Guo Jia is really just a parallel importer who came here for gold plating and mixed experience.

As a result, at such a critical moment, Guo Jia suddenly appeared and put forward a completely different idea. He blatantly refuted the common suggestion of dozens of officers and confronted them without hesitation.

This surprised everyone.

Later, the officers expressed dissatisfaction with Guo Jia's view. Although he had the title of a marching staff officer, no one convinced him.

"The grain road is the most important existence in the march. Without food, what kind of battle do we fight? Our army does not only have one grain road, but each grain road has a meaning. The army barracks only have five days of grain storage. Once the grain road is threatened and the morale of the army is unstable, how can we fight this battle?"

"The grain road is too important. The most important thing to do now is to ensure that the grain road is safe, instead of continuing to move forward and lengthen the grain road. This will give the thieves an opportunity to take advantage of it. General, you must not continue to advance aggressively!"

"General, Staff Officer Guo has no experience in marching and fighting. His opinion is too dangerous. I hope the general will not accept it!"

Most of the generals in the army opposed Guo Jia's opinion and were very dissatisfied with Guo Jia's opinion.

But Guo Jia didn't flinch, and confronted a group of arrogant soldiers without fear.

"Our army is far stronger than the bandit army. The bandit army's original tactic is to stick to it. They hope to use the hill defense line to drag down our army's logistics. They don't want to fight our army head-on. This means that the bandit army themselves think they are not our army's opponents.

It is precisely because our army's fire attack tactics are forced to have no other way that the bandit army will take the initiative to attack tactics, but taking the initiative to attack is not our army's opponent. Threatening the grain road is their last resort, and the bandit army actually has no other way.

Moreover, it took only a few months, or even less than a year for the bandit army to enter Danyang County, and the foundation was not stable. Without the help of the local Shanyue bandits, it would be impossible to gain a foothold in the area.

Its background is so shallow, but even so, they can mix with the Shanyue bandits in a few months, which shows that they are good at wooing local forces, and it will become a big problem in time!If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to eradicate it in one fell swoop, there will be endless troubles! "

Huang Zhong and Guo Jia belonged to the same family background, but he could not agree with this view.

"I heard that the reason for the defeat of the Yangzhou government army was that the Danyang Shanyue gangsters joined forces with the Yellow Turban Army. This shows that Danyang Shanyue has conspired with the Yellow Turban Army. I agree with this point.

Although the Yellow Turban bandit has a shallow foundation, but with the Shanyue bandit to help in the battle, isn't it worthy of our army's cautious treatment?Staff Officer Guo, I'm afraid now is not the time to be aggressive, is it? "

Guo Jia shook his head again and again, disagreeing with Huang Zhong's opinion.

"When I was in my hometown, I heard for a long time that Jiangdong people have always been xenophobic and do not have a good impression of Beiren. Beiren discriminates against Jiangdong people and regards them as barbarians. Jiangdong people will form groups to fight against Beiren and secretly insult Beiren.

This is a century-old malpractice, and it cannot be solved overnight, let alone a few months for the Yellow Turban Bandit. The Yellow Turban Bandit started in Qingzhou and Xuzhou and is a northerner. How could it be possible to get the sincere acceptance of Jiangdong people in such a short period of time?

How capable is the Yellow Turban Bandit? How could it be possible for the Shanyue Bandit to help the Yellow Turban Bandit against the imperial army at the expense of himself?It was normal for them to help the Yellow Turbans fight against the Yangzhou government army before. Without the Yellow Turbans, they would still fight the Yangzhou government army!
Wouldn't they be enemies of the government and the army without the Yellow Turban thieves?If so, how did these hundreds of thousands of Shanyue bandits appear?Did it appear out of thin air?

Their own internal conflicts did not prevent them from unanimously crowding out the northerners. The Shanyue bandits may use the Yellow Turbans more. When the two have the same interests, they can join hands. Once a crisis occurs, the Shanyue bandits will definitely abandon the Yellow Turbans in order to survive! "

Guan Yu frowned, stroked his beard thoughtfully.

"Staff Guo, do you mean that the relationship between the Shanyue bandits and the Yellow Turban bandits is not considered an alliance? The relationship between them is not close? If possible, the Shanyue bandits will even attack the Yellow Turban bandits?"

"Naturally, General Guan. It's still the same sentence. The cooperation between them has only been a few months. How can there be a close relationship between the rejection of the northerners by the southerners?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "It's not so much that they have a close relationship, it's better to say that they may betray each other anytime and anywhere. The more Danyang Mountain accepts the Yellow Turbans, it should be because they want to use the Yellow Turbans to fight against the government and reduce their own pressure.

But when a more powerful force comes to target the Yellow Turban Bandit, the Shanyue Bandit will definitely not take risks for the Yellow Turban Bandit. If the imperial army continues to win and become strong, the Shanyue Bandit will definitely abandon the Yellow Turban Bandit.

And the premise of all this is that our army has shown the momentum to wipe out the Yellow Turbans at all costs!If our army fails to wipe out the Yellow Turban Bandits with decisive momentum, but gives the Yellow Turban Bandits a chance to breathe, then the Shanyue bandits will definitely look up to the Yellow Turban Bandits even more!

At that time, the help that the Yellow Turban Bandit can get will be far more than what it is now. Our army will also truly fall into the quagmire of an all-out enemy with the Shanyue Bandit, and will not be able to extricate itself in the short term. Therefore, this battle must end as soon as possible. "

As he said that, Guo Jia clenched his fists: "In this way, the Shanyue thieves will definitely be shaken, the Yellow Turban thieves will also be afraid, and the situation will be reversed in an instant! They will no longer have the strength to threaten our army's logistics. This battle will definitely end before the spring begins!"

Guo Jia's analysis made Guan Yu seem to have seen Liu Bei's vigorous appearance when he was young.

He vaguely remembered that during the Liangzhou battlefield, many times when everyone faced difficulties, it was Liu Bei who stood up, pointed the right direction, and led everyone to face the difficulties.

He even personally led troops to the most dangerous places, fought bloody battles, and finally reversed the situation and won brilliant victories.

So his favorite sentence is "reverse the situation".

So Guan Yu fell into deep thought.

But most generals in the army still opposed this proposal.

When they came to Jiangnan to fight for the first time, they still believed that it was the best policy to keep things safe. If they rushed forward in case they failed, it would have a great impact on the Jiangnan Military Region, and it would also have a great impact on Guan Yu, who had just assumed the post of Zhennan General.

This war not only considers military affairs, but also politics.

During the meeting, only Gan Ning and Wei Yan supported Guo Jia.

Huang Zhong was silent, he seemed to feel that what Guo Jia said made sense, he didn't insist on his own opinion, but just looked at Guan Yu.

Others were unanimously opposed.

After a while, Guan Yu looked at Gan Ning and Wei Yan who expressed their support.

"Why do you two support Staff Officer Guo's opinion?"

Gan Ning was careless.

"I think what Staff Officer Guo said makes sense. Our military strength is far superior to that of the thieves. Isn't it a joke that we will shrink back after being threatened a little bit? It's better to rush forward and attack quickly, catch them by surprise, and make those thieves fall apart!"

Wei Yan was a little calmer.

"I also think what Staff Officer Guo said makes sense. If you go to rescue the logistics, you hit the bandits and attack them. How can you fight as the enemy thinks? What the bandits want us to do, we can't let the bandits succeed. Besides, there is indeed not only one way of food. This risk is not fatal."

Guan Yu continued to stroke his beard, squinted his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then opened his eyes, which were full of confidence.

"The thieves are indeed cunning and dangerous, but compared to the thieves, we are the ones who should make the thieves feel dangerous. Our army has the advantage, so how can there be any reason to shrink back under the advantage? The more the thieves want us to do, we can't do it! What Staff Officer Guo said makes sense."

(End of this chapter)