Soldiers come to the world

The ambush in the gorge was not the same as the eagle attack army captured the Sanbakou camp. Dozens of Jiaozhou army soldiers escaped. These defeated soldiers fled back to Guangxin County, and told the news of the Han army's ambush reinforcements to the general Guan Yu.

In the big tent, Guan Yu was very worried. He only knew that there were at least tens of thousands of Han troops coming from the land, but whether this was just the vanguard, and whether there was any main force of the Han army behind, there was no way of knowing. The Han army has 3 to [-] people. With his current strength, he may not be able to defend Guangxin County.

Guan Yu sent two armies to intercept the Han army by land and water respectively, so that the city's defenders were less than 5000. With these 5000 people, it is almost impossible to defend Guangxin County, which is not considered strong. What makes Guan Yu more worried is that, Once Guangxin County fell, not only Cangwu County would not be able to keep it, but his son Guan Ping would also be difficult to withdraw.

After repeated weighing, Guan Yu finally made a decision to keep Guangxin County first, and then consider other issues. On the one hand, he sent people to Panyu to report the disadvantages of Guangxin County to his elder brother Liu Bei. People notified Guan Ping and all Lishui defenders to withdraw to Guangxin County.

It should be said that this was Huang Zhong's strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao. Wang Ping and Liu Zheng put pressure on Guangxin County from the land, and the virtual army was 1, which made Guan Yu confused. The army going south.

However, the real main force of the Han army went south by water, and learned that the Jiaozhou army had withdrawn from Lirenbao. Three days later, hundreds of [-]-stone warships arrived at Lirenbao with [-] troops and various supplies.

Lirenbao was originally called Lirendu, located two hundred miles northwest of Guangxin County. It was originally a ferry for people on both sides of the Lishui River to cross the river. It is a huge rock protruding into the river, making the Lishui River in this area less than ten feet wide. , It is convenient to cross the river, and at the same time it has very important military value. As long as the Lirendu is guarded, the ships going south and north on the Lishui can be blocked.

Three years ago, the Jiaozhou Army built a military fort on the boulder, called Liren Fort. Over time, everyone called it Liren Fort. There were 200 soldiers stationed in the fort, and they were used to interrogate the soldiers sent by the Han army on the Lishui River. Scouts, or tax-evading salt merchants.

Although Lirenbao's terrain is dangerous and it can attack Jiang's ships from a condescending height, it is almost impossible for it to resist the main attack of the Han army. Therefore, after Guan Yu withdrew Guan Ping's army, he also knew that the defenders of Lirenbao were still alive. In other words, the 200 people in the fort were simply withdrawn, leaving only ten soldiers in the fort to light the beacon fire.

As early as when the [-] Han warships were tens of miles away from Liren Fort, the beacon towers in the north had been lit to warn the Han army of the coming attack, Liren Fort also lit the beacon, and ten soldiers abandoned the fort and fled. It was Liren Fort, and the ten beacons along the Lishui River were also lit one after another, spreading the news of the killing of the main force of the Han army to Guangxin County.

But the Han army did not attack Guangxin County, but stopped at Lirenbao. Twenty thousand Han soldiers, led by general Jiang Qin, began to build a military city next to Lirenbao. The rocks were picked, and in just a few days, the foundation of a military city with a circumference of ten miles was laid.

Of course, the Han army will never just build this military city. About a hundred miles away from Guangxin County, there are craftsmen and soldiers looking for another military city. It is obvious that the Han army is repeating the old plan of Qishan Road , Build a military city along the Lishui River, so that the Han army can firmly control the Lishui River, and lay a solid foundation for the Han army to seize Cangwu County.

The Han army began to build a large-scale military city in Lishui, which aroused Liu Bei's panic. If Cangwu County fell, the Han army would soon go to Panyu City.

In Yuewang Palace, Liu Bei sat alone in the room, thinking about the upcoming attack of the Han army on Jiaozhou.

He also has an intelligence agency in Chang'an. Although the news came relatively late, and he usually got the news one or two months after the incident, some information still made him think about it.

Liu Bei is most concerned about the news of Liu Jing's stay in Weiyang Palace. This happened last autumn, several months ago, but Liu Bei still attaches great importance to this news. He can experience some subtle psychological changes in Liu Jing, which shows that Liu Jing's desire to become emperor became stronger.

At the same time, it also shows that Liu Jing can't wait any longer, so he launched an offensive against Jiaozhou at the beginning of spring, which just reflects Liu Jing's urgent psychology.

The plan of the Han army to go south is obvious. Build a military city, store food and military resources, and establish a logistics center in Cangwu County. This method is like withdrawing from the Han army's capture of Longxi. Liu Bei also has to admit that this is a stable strategy. The effective method had a profound impact on the Han army's attack on Jiaozhou.

He must not let the Han army build the military city in such a leisurely manner, and eventually erode Cangwu County step by step, but the army in Cangwu County is obviously insufficient. Guan Yu has only 8000 men, and the Han army is likely to increase to 3. It means that he must increase troops to Cangwu County.

The question is how to increase troops?He has only 1 troops in total. Zhang Fei's [-] troops in Luling County want to defend against the Han army in Yuzhang County. Panyu City became an empty city, and the dilemma made it difficult for Liu Bei to make a decision.

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "My lord, the military advisor is here."

"Quickly invite him in!"

Liu Bei was overjoyed, Zhuge Liang finally came back, and he came back very timely. After a while, Zhuge Liang walked into Liu Bei's study, knelt down and saluted, "My minister Zhuge Liang sees the lord!"

Zhuge Liang went to Jiaozhi under Liu Bei's order to appease the barbarians and the Zhans, and gave them greater benefits to prevent them from forming an alliance with the Han army. But now it seems that Sima Yi's previous talks with the Zhans and the barbarians were indeed a feint. The purpose was to destroy the alliance between Jiaozhou and Cao Wei, which made Liu Bei a little ashamed. Zhuge Liang saw through this.

Liu Bei waved his hand, "Sir, please sit down!"

Zhuge Liang sat up straight and said, "Wei Chen has held talks with the chiefs of the Zhan and barbarian tribes, and they have made it clear that they will stand between the Han army and the Jiaozhou army."

Liu Bei smiled wryly and said: "It doesn't matter what their attitude is. Did the military commander hear the news that the Han army has gone south?"

"I have heard about it, so I hurried back to Panyu. I don't know how the situation is now?"

"The Han army is divided into two groups, one is by land, and about [-] Han troops have entered Cangwu County. They are currently stationed in Longkou Town, [-] miles north of Guangxin County, and the other is by water. According to the information sent by Yunchang According to information, there are nearly a thousand warships and [-] to [-] Han troops, and they are currently building military cities at Lirenbao and Mishui River Estuary, and the Han army is not in a hurry to attack Guangxin County."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and asked again: "What news is there from General Zhang?"

"Yide's side is a bit better, but there is also pressure. Yide sent a letter saying that there were several fierce battles between Han army scouts and our patrol team in Luling County, and there were casualties on both sides."

"What about General Guan?" Zhuge Liang asked again, "What request does he have?"

Liu Bei sighed and said: "What else can he ask for, that is, he wants us to increase our troops immediately. He wants to send troops to destroy the Han army's fortification. It is useless to send fewer troops, but there are too many troops, and Guangxin County is empty. The Han army on land took the opportunity to attack, and he was in a dilemma."

"Is my lord going to send troops?" Zhuge Liang still asked calmly.

Liu Bei shook his head, "I just don't know what to do? If we send troops to reinforce Cangwu County, Panyu City will be empty again, so I want to discuss with the military adviser whether we can send a militia to rescue Cangwu County."

The militia was an emergency measure implemented by Zhuge Liang in Jiaozhou. It was mainly because of the disastrous defeat of the Northern Expedition that year, the army in Jiaozhou was almost lost, and the people panicked, and everyone was unwilling to join the army. , Gather the people who originally lived scattered, and then set up a militia group among the people, cultivate when the farming is busy, and practice when the farming is slack, and grant tax cuts, so that the people don’t have the fear of joining the army, and they can still enjoy tax benefits. Tunpu The militia system was established.

However, the fundamental purpose of implementing the Tunpu militia system is to obtain the source of soldiers. Zhuge Liang also allowed the militia to participate in training away from home, and continuously transformed some qualified militia members into the army. 3 people before the Northern Expedition.

This is actually a strategy to gently restore the army. The people’s understanding is not deep, and the resistance is not fierce. As for the remaining 10,000+ militias, Zhuge Liang did not consider turning them into regular soldiers, but only as a temporary supplement when the supply of troops is insufficient. .

Now that Liu Bei mentioned using militias to support Cangwu County, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said: "Have you ever considered the actual combat effectiveness of these militias? I can tell you that their combat effectiveness is very low. As for the support of the army, if they are allowed to fight, they will drag down the army and be the first to be defeated, seriously affecting the morale and stability of the army, and we no longer have armor and equipment.”

Zhuge Liang finally hesitantly articulated another fatal problem. They had no armor and equipment. During the Northern Expedition, almost all the armor of the Jiaozhou Army was lost in Jingzhou and Yuzhang County. Thousands of people.

For this reason, Jiaozhou obtained a large amount of pig iron through trade with Jiangdong, which was used to make armor and weapons, and barely rearmed [-] troops. After Liu Jing conquered Jiangdong, he strictly prohibited the flow of pig iron into Jiaozhou, making it impossible for Jiaozhou to build armor. Cut off the source of soldiers and equipment in Jiaozhou.

This was an extremely vicious move. Liu Bei was very anxious about it, and repeatedly hoped that Han would relax the trade in pig iron, but instead of relaxing, Han became stricter. Liu Jing issued an order to smuggle pig iron to Jiaozhou without permission, killing everyone.

Liu Bei also knew that the problem was serious. It was useless to have a militia without armor and a militia. You can't let the militia soldiers wear commoner clothes and go to war with wooden knives and spears for training!Liu Bei sighed and asked: "The treasury doesn't have any armor, does it?"

"It's not that there isn't one piece. I checked before Jiaozhi, and there are more than 3000 pieces. Even if we separate the soldiers and armour, and build a sword and shield army and a spear army, we can only equip [-] people in the end. Half the men have no armor yet."

Liu Bei paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. He pondered for a long time, then turned to Zhuge Liang and said, "Then first convert the 5000 militia regiments into an official army, and then transfer [-] people from the Panyu garrison, so that there will be [-] troops for support." In Cangwu County, the [-] troops in Panyu City are not enough, so let's send [-] civilian regiments to help defend the city, what does the military adviser say?"

Liu Bei was quite satisfied with his strategy. It can be said that he had made full use of the power of the militia. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang shook his head slowly, "I advise my lord not to reinforce Cangwu County. It is best to withdraw the army of Luling County. Guard Panyu City."

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