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

Chapter 88: Zhuge Qiao’s information is banned, this is a group of soldiers stationed in the field (1125)

If he had just entered the battlefield, Zhuge Qiao might have put all his tactical plans into flooding the Seventh Army.

After all, Jingzhou's climate and precipitation in recent years, as well as this year's climate change, more or less indicate the intensification of precipitation this year.

however.

After Guan Yu asked Zhuge Qiao to mobilize his troops for the first time and use an ambush to plot against Pang De and Cao Ren, Zhuge Qiao became less confident in the tactical plan of flooding the Seventh Army.

Real military command is not as arbitrary as talking about military affairs on paper.

The details involved include figuring out the personalities of our and enemy generals, how to lure the enemy, how to deceive the enemy, how to conceal one's own tactical purposes, etc.

There are so many details to pay attention to!
  Therefore.

When Zhuge Qiao and Guan Yu discussed tactics, they only regarded the possible rise of the Han River as one of many tactical plans, and did not specifically wait for the Han River to rise before formulating tactics.

"What are you thinking about?"

Guan Yu felt a little expectant when he saw Zhuge Qiao alone there, bowing his head and thinking carefully.

There are three people, Guan Ping, Guan Xing and Zhuge Qiao. Although Guan Ping is steady but lacks intelligence, Guan Xing is courageous and has little experience in martial arts.

The only person Guan Yu could discuss military affairs with was Zhuge Qiao.

"I'm thinking about Yu Jin's troop composition and deployment." Seeing Guan Yu asking, Zhuge Qiao raised his head and replied.

Guan Yu was very interested: "Since Aqiao has an idea, why not speak it out so that we can discuss it together."

Guan Ping and Guan Xing also looked at Zhuge Qiao.

Zhuge Qiao then came to the map and sketched out Nanxiang, Wancheng, Luoyang, Xudu and other places on the map.

"Cao Cao did not go to Chang'an to send troops, but instead sent Yu Jin, who had the authority of Jie Jie Yue, to support Cao Ren. This shows that Cao Cao is already stretched thin in terms of military strength."

"Yu Jin's people are preparing for the Qiang in Hexi. There should only be about 2,000 people under his command."

"The garrison strength of Nanxiang and Wancheng will not exceed 3,000."

"Pang De mobilized his troops from Wancheng. Two thousand men were almost wiped out. Xu Huang had at most a thousand men."

"Even if we include the more than 4,000 men in the hands of Hu Xiu in Pinglu City, Yu Jin can control no more than 10,000 troops."

"Only ten thousand troops, most of whom are from Nanxiang, Wancheng and Pinglu City, are definitely not enough."

"Then Yu Jin will have to recruit troops from elsewhere."

"Cao Cao's troops stationed on the southern front are mainly divided into three places, one is Chang'an in Guanzhong, one is Xiangfan in Jingzhou, and the other is Juchao in Yangzhou."

"Xiangfan is surrounded, the soldiers in Chang'an and Juchao cannot move, Yecheng is too far away, and Xudu's soldiers cannot move lightly."

"So I guess that the only people Yu Jin can control are the farmers in Luoyang and Xudu."

"I learned from Zijun that most of the people in Luoyang were soldiers from Xiliang who were sent down by Cao Cao to conquer Yongliang, and there were also some people from Hanzhong who moved with him."

"It is speculated from this that most of the people in the fields in Xudu should be the surrendered soldiers who left the fields behind when Cao Cao conquered the heroes of Guandong."

Guan Xing laughed when he heard this and said, "How can a group of farmers form an army?"

Zhuge Qiao shook his head slightly: "Although they are farmers, Cao Cao's farmers are under military management. There are unified regulations on when to live, when to farm, and when to eat."

"Yu Jin is also a general who attaches great importance to military rules. If you want to select young men to form an army, you must choose those who know the rules on weekdays."

"That's why I guessed that the people Yu Jin can control are the farmers."

"Only the people in the fields can form a large army in the shortest time and be able to form combat effectiveness."

Guan Xing obviously didn't know much about Cao Cao's military camps, so he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Isn't the purpose of farming is to provide the refugees with enough food to eat and land to farm?"

"They have to take care of eating and sleeping. Is Cao Cao using the farmers as slaves?" Zhuge Qiao said with a bit of contempt: "Yes! They are slaves! They are working in the fields under Cao Cao, and their purpose is to farm the land for Cao Cao. Provide troops for Cao Cao, and even the wives they marry are assigned by Cao Cao."

"Don't think that allocating wives is a good thing. When the villagers die, the wives will be given to others."

"At the beginning, only widows were allocated, but there was a man named Zhao Yan who was directly allocated to married women."

Guan Xing felt that his three views were ruined and blurted out: "Why don't these people fight back?"

Zhuge Qiao sighed: "With the knife on his neck, he has to rely on Cao Cao for food and drink. How many people dare to rebel?"

However, Guan Yu seemed to have realized something and scolded lightly: "Xing'er, don't interrupt, listen to what Aqiao has to say first."

Guan Xing was about to speak but stopped. Seeing that Guan Yu's eyes became more serious, he stopped talking angrily.

Zhuge Qiao collected his thoughts and said: "Even if it is Yu Jin, it will take time to turn the people from the fields into an army."

"But Yu Jin is worried that there will be an accident if the reinforcements arrive in Fancheng for a long time, so he will send the vanguard first to calm the morale of the army and the people in Fancheng and Pinglucheng."

"And this vanguard must be soldiers and horses that have already formed an army and can be directly thrown into the battlefield. Judging from the current situation in Jingzhou, the only one who can be sent is Nanxiang Prefect Fu Fang."

Zhuge Qiao lightly drew a line on the map where Nanxiang was.

"I thought that we could send spies to Nanxiang first to spy on Fu Fang's marching route and speed, and then ambush at the strategic point and wait for an opportunity to destroy Fu Fang's vanguard army."

"Then we will repeat the same trick and send Fu Fang's surrendered soldiers to Pinglu City."

"When Yu Jin arrives, he will definitely not dare to join forces with the soldiers and horses in Pinglu City when he sees that there are surrendered soldiers in Pinglu City who have been released by the king."

"In this way, it can be divided into forbidden troops!"

Zhuge Qiao's understanding of the military situation became more and more profound.

If Yu Jin were to gather the garrison in Jingzhou and fight again, Guan Yu would have to besiege Fancheng and deal with Yu Jin, and his troops would not be enough.

The core of the tactics of encirclement and reinforcements is to concentrate superior forces to annihilate the enemy's effective forces.

In any case, we must ensure that our own forces are several times that of the enemy's, forming a situation in which more troops attack fewer troops.

For example, Guan Yu used warships to isolate the Han River so that Xiangyang and Fancheng could not be connected together, and he also built strongholds on land to isolate Pinglu City and Fancheng.

Before there were modern communication equipment such as radios, cell phones, telephones, and satellite communications, only the main traffic routes were isolated.

Then the two cities would not be able to form effective tactical coordination.

If they cannot communicate with each other, the momentum of holding hands will naturally not be formed.

You can’t just rely on guesswork!
  If you guessed wrong, he would be the next Pound!

Zhuge Qiao's deployment for Nanxiang also had to create an information gap and a time gap.

Yu Jin was worried that Pinglu City and Fan City would be lost, so he would urgently send Fu Fang to go first; however, Yu Jin didn't know that Guan Yu was not planning to attack the city at all.

This is an information disadvantage.

Assuming that Pinglu City and Fan City can communicate with Yu Jin over long distances, Yu Jin can directly gather his troops to fight Guan Yu when he sees that Guan Yu will not attack the city.

Unfortunately, reality has no assumptions.

In an era when communications are underdeveloped, it all depends on which of the two leaders is better at scheming.

Guan Yu also stood up and came to the map.

Nanxiang is a part of Nanjun, to the west of Wancheng and bordering Fangling.

(End of this chapter)