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Chapter 807 Guan Yu's river maneuvering tactics
Not being able to get Huang Chengyan's help really made Huang Zu uncomfortable, but it didn't mean that he would stop his resistance.

So he continued to contact other powerful families in Jiangxia County, and also sent people to Nanjun to contact more big families, hoping to unite the power of the major families to overthrow Jingzhou, let Liu Bei see the strength of Jingzhou people, and thus compromise Jingzhou.

But other major wealthy families are actually facing similar difficulties.

For example, the well-known Pang family, Ma family, and Yang family in Jingzhou also experienced the same situation within their families, with internal disagreements and even splits.

The poor clansmen themselves will benefit from the Land Duling Order, and they often feel jealousy, resentment and other emotions towards these wealthy guys in the clan. They want to see them in bad luck, and it is impossible to help them.

Although the clansmen whose family property is in the middle class will suffer some damages in terms of interests, it is not necessary for them to rise up and rebel, and they are full of worries about rebelling against the imperial court, looking forward and backward.

Therefore, they often communicate with the government without telling the upper echelon of the family, expressing their personal willingness to accept the order of saving land, but they cannot dominate the family, hoping to get on the white list of the imperial court and avoid disaster.

In the end, it was the upper echelons of the wealthy clan in Jingzhou who launched the rebellion against the Dutian Order. In fact, it did not include the few wealthy clans such as the Cai family and the Kuai family who had already had political ties with the imperial court and decided to compromise.

Therefore, on the whole, the resistance force is relatively limited, and it is not as powerful as that in southern Jizhou.

But to say that they did not cause any disaster would be to underestimate these people.

It is about family property and money, the Jiangxia County rebel group headed by Huang Zu is a subjective initiative breaking through the sky!

Although Zhao Jian, the captain of the army of the county, had issued an early warning before the incident, and sent people to strengthen the defense of Xiling City, and began to restrict people from going out and entering, but the prefect Liu Xiang did not have any precautions at all, and did not think that the matter was serious. He warned Zhao Jian I don't pay much attention to it.

In order to appease the hearts of the people, he also showed his face, personally appeased the people, preached the principles of peace and comfort in the world, and sent people to appease several wealthy families, so that they could relax and accept Dutian. The court would not harm them, but just wanted to collect taxes.

But Huang Zu ignored him at all.

The first wave of action he launched was to capture Xiling County and eliminate all court officials. For this reason, he arranged many dead men in Xiling County.

When the incident happened, Zhao Jian was careless for a moment and failed to protect Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang himself was careless and thought that the world was all right. In the end, the dead soldiers sent by Huang Zu found an opportunity to kill Liu Xiang. Xiang, the prefect of Jiangxia, was assassinated in Xiling County.

The prefect was assassinated, and there was chaos in the city. Zhao Jian was caught off guard.

Facing the turbulent and chaotic espionage team in the city, Zhao Jian led his subordinates to fight desperately, and fought face to face with the espionage team. In bloody battles, he suffered two stab wounds, and barely saved Xiling City.

The operation of the meticulous team to open the city gate was terminated by Zhao Jian. Zhao Jian organized the defense of the city with injuries and maintained the basic stability of the city.

However, at that time, Huang Zu's team had already begun to besiege Xiling County, Zhao Jian had no choice but to take the county soldiers and was forced to start the defense of the city, while looking forward to the arrival of Guan Yu's reinforcements as soon as possible.

The Jiangnan Military Region was first stationed in Jiangling by Liu Bei, because Liu Bei felt that the water and land transportation in Jiangling was more convenient, and he could get anywhere quickly.

However, after Guan Yu took office, he considered that Jiangling was far away from Yangzhou, and he believed that Yangzhou’s banditry was more serious, while Jingzhou’s was not so serious. Moreover, Jiangling was still in Jiangbei. Since it was the Jiangnan Military Region, how could it be located in Jiangbei? Woolen cloth?
So Guan Yu submitted a form to Liu Bei, requesting to change the resident of the military region to Nanchang County, Yuzhang County, Yangzhou. After discussing with the Privy Council, Liu Bei supported Guan Yu's proposal, so he changed the resident of the Jiangnan Military Region and designated Nanchang County as the resident.

From a military point of view, this transfer is actually not a problem, and it is even more appropriate. However, in the turmoil caused by Dutian this time, it has brought some troubles to Du Ji and Liu Xiang.

But Guan Yu's actions were actually quite fast.

Liu Bei informed Guan Yu in advance to make preparations, so although Guan Yu was paying attention to the riots in Yangzhou Mountains, he still mobilized 19 soldiers from the No.6000 Army and two battalions as a mobile force to rush to the troubled areas at any time.

Guan Yu himself planned to sit in Nanchang and not go anywhere, because he was worried that the riots in Jingzhou would cause a chain reaction in Yangzhou.

At present, although the Dutian Order has not affected the Jiangnan area, so Yangzhou is not within the scope of the Dutian Order except Lujiang County and Jiujiang County, but some Shanyue thieves are rebelling regardless of your policies or not.

They hit the nail on the head.

As long as there is a need, or simply seeing that you are unhappy, they will launch a sneak attack when you are in a state of desperation, making you extremely uncomfortable. If Yamagoshi makes another sneak attack when dealing with the Dutian rebellion, it will be very uncomfortable.

And this is definitely not impossible. After Guan Yu finished fighting the Yellow Turban Army, although he established a relatively good cooperative relationship with the Shanyue thief Shuai Feizhan in Yuzhang County, and Feizhan also had an official position in the court, he himself admired Guan Yu, but Shanyue Thief handsome is not alone.

According to Fei Zhan's own account, there are three Shanyue bandits in Yuzhang County who can be at the same level as him, and there are also relatively powerful Shanyue bandits in other counties. Among them, there must be a dozen or so.

Moreover, the relationship between the Shanyue thieves is the model of the elder brother leading the younger brother, and the younger brother also has the younger brother. There is a feeling of "my vassal's vassal is not my vassal".

They rely on steel knives and the so-called "loyalty" as a link between them. There is no complete regulation of superiors and subordinates, and there will often be some situations where the boss is inferior or the black is the black. The boss will take turns and come to my house next year.

For such a group, if you don't leave an army and a powerful general in command, I can't say they won't make trouble.

After the Battle of the Yellow Turbans, the Shanyue Group in various counties hadn’t caused trouble for a while. First, they were busy with spring farming and summer, and they didn’t have much free time. Second, Guan Yu led tens of thousands of Han troops to sit in the town. prestige.

But after the autumn harvest, in order to store food for the winter, there may be some actions in Shanyue, so while Guan Yu is on guard, he is also planning to solve the Dutian rebellion before the autumn harvest, otherwise the two-front battle will be very troublesome. .

Therefore, Guan Yu did not choose the mature and prudent Huang Zhong as the main general of the expedition, but promoted the enterprising young general Wei Yan as the main general of the expedition, and handed over one army and two independent battalions to Wei Yan.

Although Wei Yan is young, he has military exploits and prestige, and he has served as a general for several months, and he can be regarded as Liu Bei's confidant, so he is more or less a role in the army.

This time, as the chief general of Jiangxia County and Nan County, although some senior officers had some opinions, no one raised any objections.

Wei Yan is very happy anyway, he is courageous, and indeed has the ability to lead troops to fight. He was deeply influenced and guided by Guan Yu, and he is very confident in himself. combat planning ideas.

He believed that the Jingzhou sect thieves who launched the Dutian rebellion were basically locals. Although there were a large number of them, according to what he knew, most of them were mobs, and there was an absolute gap in combat effectiveness with the Han army.

The only thing that will pose a threat to the Han army is that there may be rebellions in too many places, which will exhaust the Han army and expose its flaws. Therefore, if this problem is to be solved, it is necessary to use the most violent force An offensive to destroy the most vicious of enemies.

Then use the enemy's head to swear the strength of the Han army, so as to frighten Xiaoxiao, so that those who are ready to rebel will also dispel this idea.

Therefore, this battle can just use the river maneuvering tactics that Guan Yu led the army to practice for a long time.

Because the water system in the south of the Yangtze River is well developed and there are many rivers, it is not like the large and complete plains in the north, which has considerable limitations for the Han army who are used to marching and fighting in the north.

Therefore, after Guan Yu inspected the terrain in many places on the spot, he put forward the general idea of ​​​​"Using boats instead of riding" to Liu Bei. made his own proposals for building an army.

In his view, it is very difficult for the existing system of the Han army to fully adapt to the geographical environment in the south of the Yangtze River and the future combat needs. The overall system of the existing Han army is fully suitable for the northern plains and grassland cavalry operations. , so the overall composition is large cavalry and heavy infantry.

In his view, such a composition is no problem for northern operations, and sometimes even mountainous operations in the north can be adapted, but when it comes to Jiangnan, there should be two completely different combat systems, and the Han army must make certain decisions. reform.

Therefore, Guan Yu proposed to launch reforms in the Jiangnan Military Region to establish a combat and logistics system that relies on rivers and boats to achieve rapid maneuvering and precise strikes.

Guan Yu believes that the land in the south of the Yangtze River has many rivers, swamps, and wetlands. The terrain is broken, the land is wet and soft, and the climate is humid. It is also too demanding.

Therefore, the geographical environment in the south of the Yangtze River is not very suitable for adopting the logistics system in the north.

If the Han army wants to take action, it must rely on the unique and rich river system in the south of the Yangtze River to create a new set of combat and logistics systems to meet the combat needs of the south of the Yangtze River.

Animal power can be used in Jiangbei, so Jiangnan should use the power of boats, give full play to the power of the water system, and establish a joint force of large boats and boats. As long as there is a good plan and plan for the number and speed of the boats, it can completely reach Jiangbei. The effect even surpassed that of Jiangbei.

In Guan Yu's conception, he would travel all over the waterways in the south of the Yangtze River, draw a complete map of the water system in the south of the Yangtze River, and then formulate a precise and detailed waterway reconstruction plan based on the flow direction and water volume of the water system in the south of the Yangtze River.

Jiangbei can set up military supply stations along important marching avenues, so Jiangnan can also set up marching supply stations around waterways.

The Jiangnan Military Region should concentrate its construction and engineering efforts to build a large number of military ports. Except for a few important ports, the scale does not need to be large, but the number must be sufficient. Along the water system roads, many military ports should be used as garrison points, and a certain amount of troops should be stationed for patrol and guard.

Guan Yu believes that doing so will cost more military expenditures, but the effect is better.

The struggle environment that the Jiangnan Military Region is currently facing is quite complicated. If you are not careful, you will fight on multiple fronts. Rebellions in the counties of Yangzhou, southern Jingzhou, and even some areas in Jiaozhou have occurred from time to time. This is an indisputable fact.

If the marching roads were repaired according to the northern practice, not to mention more costly and longer time, the effect may not be enough. A heavy rain or a landslide is enough to destroy a road.

At that time, how should we march?
As time went on, the rebellion became more violent, and for the counter-rebellion army, it was hell-like difficulty.

The roads in the south of the Yangtze River are difficult to navigate and the terrain is rough. During the previous battle to pacify the Yellow Turban, Guan Yu has initially realized that if it were not for the fierce fire and oil tanks, Guan Yu himself would not dare to imagine how much he would have to pay to win the battle. .

Relatively speaking, using the existing water system to build a new military logistics system network to ensure that this water network can cover the entire military traffic arteries in the south of the Yangtze River is enough to implement stricter military control over the south of the Yangtze River.

The speed of boats and ships is still relatively fast. Even if there are rebellions in many places, as long as the water network is fully utilized, it is possible to realize more convenient division of troops, and logistics can also be transported through the water network, with large transportation volume and high transportation speed. Fast, low consumption, is a very ideal state.

At the end of the fifth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu proposed this idea. When Guan Yu returned to Luoyang to reunite with Liu Bei at the beginning of the first year of Zhenguan, he took a moment to discuss this matter with Liu Bei.

At that time, Liu Bei attached great importance to this matter, and took Guan Yu to the Privy Council to discuss this matter with the staff of the Privy Council. Guan Yu also brought the materials he had prepared, and expressed his views at the meeting, which convinced many people. people.

In the end, the Privy Council believed that this was a good way to control Jiangnan in a short period of time. It could use the water network all over the south of the Yangtze River to quickly deploy the power of the Jiangnan Military Region to multiple areas, and achieve rapid and precise strikes against rebel forces.

But the prerequisite for achieving this goal is a large number of boats, familiar ports and water systems, and a large number of skilled sailors.

Compared with building roads, this cost is indeed less, but if we want to establish and improve this system, I am afraid that it will take three to five years and require a lot of military investment.

That is to say, in the current proportion of military expenditure, if there is no additional increase, it will be necessary to give some resources to the Jiangnan Military Region. This may be a difficult thing for several other military regions at present.

(End of this chapter)