Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 98
"Hiss, it came so fast." Yong Kai frowned and immediately started brainstorming and calculating in his mind.

He originally thought that Chengdu would spend a lot of money and food in the war against Bajun and would not send troops south for a while, but he did not expect that Chengdu would send a large army south so quickly, which was a bit incredible.

Yong Kai stood up and walked around in the military tent. Sitting for a long time was useless. People think more quickly when they are moving.

The current situation does not allow him to sit and think. On the one hand, Chengdu has gathered the food and grass needed to go south, which is earlier than the date he expected to go south. On the other hand, they have been frustrated in attacking Dianchi County, the county of Yizhou County. , it is difficult to pull out the nail in Dianchi County, which makes them feel stuck in their throats.

When problems pile up, it becomes a bit difficult to solve.

When Yong Mian saw Yong Kai's posture, he remained silent and didn't make any sound. His mouth was closed and he didn't make any sound to disturb Yong Kai who was thinking. He waited silently, waiting for Yong Kai to give a response. countermeasures.

"Anshang County." Yong Kai said loudly as he named a place.

"Father, there are only two roads from Chengdu to Yuexi County, one is the Yanniu Road, and the other is the Lushui waterway."

"The Yanniu Road has been cut off for a long time. There are no inns and no human habitation on this road. There are only Soyi tribes, large and small, who plunder merchants who are greedy for money and fearless of death on the Yanniu Road. Chengdu's army will not leave no matter what. This path.”

"Chengdu's army must take the Lu River route when entering Yuexi County. We should send a document asking Gao Yuan to try to capture Anshang County, an important ferry on the Lu River. If Anshang County can be captured, Chengdu's army will If you can't enter Yuesi County, Yuesi County will be as stable as Mount Tai."

"We don't have to worry about Chengdu's army taking over Yuexi County and outflanking us from the left."

"Good." Yong Mian praised and looked at Yong Kai with great appreciation. He picked up the document sent by Gao Yuan, King of Yi of Yue Yi County on the table and handed it to Yong Kai.

Yong Kai took the document and read it at a glance. After reading the document, his tense face relaxed slightly, and he sighed: "It seems that although Gao Yuan is a barbarian, he is also a man who knows how to fight. .”

The information in the document reassured him a little. Gao Yuan said in the document that he asked his son Gaoding to seduce Lang Tan, the barbarian king of Yan Niu Road, and successfully attracted Lang Tan, the rich barbarian king. Under Gao Ding's persuasion, Lang Tan took three thousand people to Anshang County.

If nothing unexpected happens, Lang Tan will be able to capture Anshang County in the near future and firmly occupy this place that Chengdu's army must pass through to enter Yuexi County. Gao Yuan reassured Yong Mian that Yuexi County is as stable as Mount Tai and there will be no problems.

"Although Gao Yuan is a Yi, he is actually well-educated. In his early years, he studied classics under the great Confucian sect of Yueqi County. Not only him, but also his son Gao Ding was extremely knowledgeable, and most Han scholars were I'm afraid he's not as knowledgeable as Gaoding." Yong Mian took over Yong Kai's words and said.

"We don't have to worry about Yueqi County. It's just that Chengdu's army went all the way south from Qianwei to Yizhou County. How should we deal with it?"

Yongkai responded: "From Bodao to the Qianwei Kingdom, there are waterways and trails. The trails are extremely difficult. The Chengdu army should be able to take the waterways and rely on the Yangguan River to go south. However, there are many reefs in the Yangguan River, and it is actually not very good. Walking, but it’s still better than the starting road.”

"However, Yangguanshui is too far away. It is difficult for us to send troops north to prevent the Chengdu army from going south through Yangguanshui. If Yangguanshui goes further south, it usually passes through Censhui and goes south to Yizhou County. We can stop the Chengdu army from passing through Censhui. When the time comes, stop them in Cun County."
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Buildings and boats on the river. "Ziyuan, what do you think of this campaign in Nanzhong?" Liu Zhang asked Wu Yi, wanting to know if the future cavalry general had any ideas and whether they were consistent with his.

Hearing this, Wu Yi looked relaxed. He had already made a lot of drafts in his mind regarding Liu Zhang's question. This time, Huang Quan, the chief blogger, did not accompany the army to make plans for the southern expedition. He guessed that Liu Zhang might ask him, So I made plans early.

His thoughts were clear, and there was no obstruction in his speech. He answered Liu Zhang's question: "Ming Gong, from left to right in the counties of Nanzhong, there is a rebellion by Gaoyuan, the king of Yi, in Yuexi County, there is a rebellion by the Yong family in Yizhou County, and Zangda There is a rebellion in the county by the county magistrate Zhu Bao, and there is no news from Yongchang County. I don’t know what the situation is yet."

"These rebellious counties are connected together for thousands of miles, and these bandits are scattered all over the south and central areas, forming forts everywhere to fight against the officers and soldiers. According to my opinion, this expedition against Soyi cannot be like the expedition against Ba County. , join forces to attack, and rely on a big battle to quell it."

"What Ziyuan means is to divide the troops and pacify the counties in the south." Liu Zhang nodded, agreed with Wu Yi's view, and introduced Wu Yi's next words.

"Good regards, Mr. Ming."

Wu Yi praised that it was easy to talk to smart people. After he said the previous sentence, the smart people knew what he was thinking.

"The bandits and barbarians in the south are scattered in various places. If the army acts together and travels here and there to quell these rebels, it will take a long time and there will be a loss in terms of money and food."

"But it won't happen if we divide our troops. The strength of the bandits and barbarians in each of the fortifications in the south is thousands of strong, but only a few hundred of the weak. Now our army has more than [-] people. Even if we divide our troops, they are still smaller than these people." The army is strong."

"Yeah." Liu Zhang was naturally clear about what Wu Yi said. The thieves and barbarians in Nanzhong did not join together, but you rebelled against you and I rebelled against me. They were all clearly distinguished and did not interfere with each other. , nor do they belong to each other.

"Then according to Ziyuan's opinion, how to divide the troops and how to march."

When the real test questions came, Wu Yi's expression became solemn. He considered it for a moment and then slowly spoke.

"Based on the current situation analysis, in my opinion, we should divide our troops into three areas."

"One went to Yueqi County to conquer the Yi King Gaoyuan, one went to Yizhou County via Jianwei to rescue the prefect Gao Yi who was besieged in Dianchi Lake, and at the same time quelled the rebellious Yong clan, and the other went to Zangqi County to conquer and imprison the prefect. Zhu Bao, the rebellious county magistrate."

"Among them, the Yong clan in Yizhou County is the strongest and will be difficult to capture at once. The army going to Yizhou County can consider pacifying the Jianwei vassal state first, and wait for the army going to Yueqi County to pacify Yueqi County, and then the two armies will join together. In Dianchi Lake, we will surround Yong's rebels together."

"As for the army going to Xangqi, they can also march to Yizhou County after pacifying Xangqi County. However, the road from Zangqi to Yizhou County is difficult, and I am afraid that they will not be able to catch up with the Yong family."

(End of this chapter)