Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Chapter 56 Guan Yu orders generals and the battle of Xiangfan begins

Xu Shi.

Guan Yu summoned the core civil and military personnel of Jiangling City and announced the appointment of the King of Hanzhong.

"My elder brother was crowned king in Hanzhong three days ago. Guan was generously favored by his elder brother and was awarded the seal ribbon and festival ax to the former general."

"The Cao thieves were defeated in Hanzhong, and Xicheng, Shangyong and Fangling counties are also under control. It is the time for us to seize Xiangfan."

After hearing that Liu Bei was crowned king and Guan Yu was made a former general, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Guan Ping, Zhuge Qiao, Fu Xu, Wang Fu, Zhao Lei, Fan You and others all expressed their congratulations.

When the congratulations gradually subsided, Guan Yu began to mobilize his troops and generals: "The art of war has a saying, and soldiers need to be quick. Guan intends to select the vanguard and send the troops from Dangyang into Xiangyang. Who is willing to take on this important task?"

The school captain Zhao Lei took the lead: "Junhou, the young general is willing to go!"

Zhao Lei was a burly general with a dignified face, and he was also a capable general who was praised by Guan Yu for his martial arts.

Seeing Zhao Lei taking the lead and Guan Yu gently stroking his beautiful beard, Danfeng's eyes were full of admiration: "The first priority for a pioneer is courage, followed by courage and reaction. Zhao Lei listens to orders!"

Zhao Lei was shocked and knelt down on one knee: "The young general is here!"

Guan Yu took out the military order: "Starting immediately, I will promote you to the rank of governor. We will use 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard and arrive at Xiangyang within ten days."

"After arriving in Xiangyang, we immediately went deep into the hinterland, seized bridges and ferries, and destroyed checkpoint fortifications and canal obstacles."

"Cut off the main transportation routes between Xiangyang City and surrounding cities, and seize Cao's army's livestock, grain, grass, wood, stone and other war supplies outside the city."

"At the same time, a message was sent to the people nearby: King Qin of Hanzhong is pursuing thieves only to revive the Han Dynasty. He does not want the people to suffer. Anyone who hears the news can go to Jiangling to avoid the war and the merciless loss of life."

"Are you confident?"

Zhao Lei's voice was loud and powerful: "Young general, I will fight to the death and there will never be even an inch of difference."

Zhuge Qiao nodded secretly.

When attacking an enemy city deep into the hinterland, the people near the enemy city are often requisitioned for military service in order to reduce the physical exertion of our own soldiers.

However, Guan Yu chose to let the people near Xiangyang go south to Jiangling City, which made it more difficult to attack Xiangyang.

Although the difficulty has increased, compared with the convenience in military competition, people's hearts and minds are what Liu Bei needs to maintain the most.

Hou Yin of Wancheng, Liang Jia, Sun Lang of Lu Hun and other volunteers rose up to rebel against Cao Cao because Cao Cao's conscription was too heavy in the Battle of Hanzhong.

If Guan Yu wants to attack Xiangfan, he must pay more attention to the people's hearts than Cao's army in Xiangfan.

Imagine.

When the war came, Cao Ren chose to force the people to serve, while Guan Yu chose to let the people go to Jiangling to avoid the disaster.

If the two powers harm each other, whichever is the lesser, the people's hearts will naturally turn towards Guan Yu.

Guan Yu took out the military order again, and his tone became more majestic: "Mi Fang, the governor of Nanjun, listens to the order. Within three days, prepare 30,000 troops and weapons and one month's food and grass, without any mistakes."

Mi Fang's heart trembled and she quickly accepted the order.

With Zhuge Qiao's warning in advance, Mi Fang didn't care about Guan Yu's majestic tone.

I was thinking in my heart how to light the fire tonight.

Guan Yu acted vigorously and resolutely, giving orders one after another.

The four counties of Nanjun, Yidu, Wuling and Lingling combined have more than 50,000 soldiers, of which Jiangling City has 40,000.

There are 3,000 soldiers in Yidu County, 3,000 soldiers in Gong'an City, and more than 4,000 soldiers distributed at the beacon towers at various checkpoints in Nan County.

During this expedition, Guan Yu took away 30,000 soldiers, leaving 10,000 soldiers in Jiangling City to guard the city and escort the grain and grass.

After Guan Yu finished dispatching his troops, Mi Zhu felt suspicious and asked, "Junhou, I heard that Cao Ren has thousands of people in Fancheng and more than ten thousand in Xiangyang."

"There are also thousands of Cao soldiers stationed in Wancheng behind Xiangyang; there are also thousands of soldiers in Zhangling in the east of Xiangyang." "Is it too much to attack Xiangfan with only 30,000 people?"

Although Mi Zhu did not control the military affairs, he followed Liu Bei in his expeditions north and south.

Normally, if you want to attack a major city, you will need at least twice the number of troops.

In terms of military strength, Mi Zhu believed that Guan Yu had no advantage.

"It doesn't matter, Guan has his own plans." Guan Yu spoke concisely and concisely, without revealing the specific tactical plan to Mi Zhu.

The art of war is dead, but people are alive. There are ways to use more soldiers when there are more soldiers, and there are ways to use fewer soldiers when there are fewer soldiers.

Who fights wars and sticks to the art of war?

Mi Zhu saw that Guan Yu had the pearl of wisdom in hand, so he stopped trying to persuade him.

Guan Yu glanced at everyone with a cold eyebrow, and took out the Jie Yue: "Brother gave Guan a Jie Yue, and Guan has the power to kill first and then report later. No matter who dares to delay the military order, he will be killed without mercy!"

All the civil and military officials felt chills in their hearts.

Fake holiday yue, that’s no joke!
  After everyone dispersed, Zhuge Qiao stayed at the end.

"Ah Qiao, is it done?" Guan Yu's brows relaxed a lot, and his tone was not as harsh as when he gave the order just now.

Zhuge Qiao nodded: "I have asked Xi Zhen to transport the weapons to Lingling County according to the plan. When they arrive at Zhaoling, they will lie about being affected by moisture and transport them back to Linyuan for maintenance."

"At the same time, I ordered Fan Mian to stock up on food and grass in Linyuan to prepare for emergencies."

"Ma Zhizhong will also lobby Samoko of the Wuxi Barbarians to gather the elites of the clan to Linyuan on the grounds of conducting fur business in Linyuan."

"If Sun Quan really dares to break the alliance, Linyuan can pull up a force of 3,000 troops to attack Jiangling City."

Guan Yu nodded approvingly: "Ah Qiao is determined. With the extraordinary troops hidden in Linyuan, Jiangling City's defense will be stronger."

Zhuge Qiao added: "Pan Jun and his son are still in Jiangling City. Although Pan Jun is arrogant, he only sees famous officials and scholars, and looks down on people of humble origins."

"But it is undeniable that Pan Jun has both fame and the ability to lead troops. It would not be a good thing for father and son to stay in Jiangling City together."

"It's better to recruit Pan Zhu to join the army again."

Guan Yu frowned: "Aqiao thinks Pan Jun has different intentions?"

Zhuge Qiao nodded: "There are many Lu Meng's spies lurking in the important town of Jiangling."

"If Lu Meng lures us with benefits, and Pan Jun is at odds with us, I'm worried that something bad will happen."

“A embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed by an ant nest, so we must treat it with caution.”

"With Pan Zhu in the army, Pan Jun would throw a rat into a trap. Even if Lu Meng tried to lure Pan Jun, Pan Jun would not dare to act rashly."

Guan Yu shook his head: "If Pan Zhu and his son really have different intentions, and Pan Zhu follows the army, he will leak the secrets of the army."

"What's more, Aqiao plotted against Pan Zhu. If Pan Zhu causes trouble in the army, Aqiao may not be able to respond in time."

"Since Aqiao believes that Pan Jun and his son may affect the overall situation, he will use them as envoys and transfer them to Xichuan."

"If they dare not go to Xichuan, Guan will kill them with a jie Yue to uphold military law!"

Zhuge Qiao was awe-inspiring.

When it comes to dealing with Pan Jun and his son, Guan Yu's considerations are indeed more prudent than Zhuge Qiao's.

Since it is believed that Pan Jun and his son may have different intentions, it is not appropriate to leave Pan Jun and his son in Jingzhou, let alone Pan Zhu in the army.

After chatting for a while, Guan Yu stopped the conversation and said, "It's getting late. Ah Qiao, you go back and rest first, and then you can act in front of the spies in the city tomorrow morning."

(End of this chapter)