The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 278

The Bank of Lu River in Yizhou
The boundless camps are set up on the north bank, and the south bank is also lined with tents. Compared with the north and the south, the south looks like a lot of people.

Zhang Yan was strong and strong, and climbed up the sentry tower very quickly, condescendingly looking down at the situation on the south bank of Lushui River. Deng Zhi, who climbed up the watchtower slowly, also looked at the scene of the boundless camps on the south bank with a solemn expression.

"General, the enemy is outnumbered, and the opponent's arrogance is high. How about I lead a thousand people to rob the camp after nightfall?"

Zhang Yan shook her head and said: "The enemy army is 20, even if you are given one night, how much can you kill with a thousand people robbing the camp? If the enemy has taken precautions, you will die if you go."

Deng Zhi thought about it for a moment, then sighed helplessly, the weakness in terms of military strength prevented them from taking risks easily, let alone losing their soldiers and horses.

The autumn wind was bleak, Zhang Yan and Deng Zhi were patrolling the camp, discussing how to reverse the current situation of passive defense, when news suddenly came from the north of the camp.

Reinforcements from Chengdu have arrived!
Zhang Yan and Deng Zhi smiled at each other, and went to greet them together.

The soldiers and horses from the north marched at a constant speed, with [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, led by Wu Yi, Xu Chu, Yan Yan and Pang Tong who accompanied them.

"Everyone came from afar, just to solve my urgent need. With your help, the 20 bandit army is nothing to fear."

Zhang Yan welcomed Xu Chu and others into the barracks with a happy face.

Xu Chu suppressed his anger, entered the commander's tent, and said in a deep voice: "Feiyan, quickly tell me about the enemy's situation, and the military commander hastened to think of a way to defeat the enemy. I don’t know what’s going to happen, if it wasn’t for them, I would have entered Xuchang by now.”

Full of resentment, Xu Chu sat down in the handsome tent, his chest heaving and unsteady, and the suppressed anger in his heart could not be vented with just a few words of complaint.

Looking at the Nanman rebellion alone, it may not be outrageous. Not to mention the time of great chaos, even in peaceful times, there will always be some rebellions.

However, at the end of the Battle of Guandu, when the best time for Guo Jia to sweep the Central Plains came, the riots in the seven counties in the south disrupted all of Guo Jia's plans.

Compared with the anger and resentment written on the faces of Xu Chu and other generals, Guo Jia led the army back to Chengdu, and he seemed very calm all the way, but he, who used to joke and chat with people around him, became taciturn. After returning to Chengdu, Guo Jia did not vent his anger by massacring the seven counties in the south. Instead, he sent Pang Tong, Xu Chu, Wu Yi and Yan Yan to support Zhang Yan.

How to defeat the enemy, what strategy to use, Guo Jia does not need to care about it personally, the counselors and generals will use it, and when they show their talents, Guo Jia will let go and watch.

Winning is your credit, and at the same time reflects your role, and will be reused in the future.

If you fail, it is your fault, and don't blame others if you are abandoned in the future.

In the commander's tent, there is no distinction between primary and secondary. Guo Jia sent reinforcements and promoted Pang Tong. The accumulated merits are exchanged for it.

Guo Jia will reward those who make meritorious deeds, and those who are talented and ambitious in the war-torn era need a stage more than gold and silver salaries.

From the original plan to sweep the Central Plains to the return to the south to quell the chaos, not only generals like Xu Chu felt resentful, but Pang Tong was also more or less unwilling.

Meng Huo didn't know that his trip to the north this time delayed Guo Jiacheng's hegemony for at least ten years.

Before Zhang Yan came to Shuai Zhang's map, he pointed to the location of Lushui on the map.

"After I took the order to resist the 20 bandits in the south, I used Lushui as the boundary to confront the north and the south. At the beginning, the enemy tried to attack by force across Lushui, but they were all repelled by me. After that, they did not continue to attack. , I expect that if it is delayed for several months, the enemy's food and grass will be unsustainable, and the 20 enemy troops will retreat without attacking."

Zhang Yan only had 20 soldiers and horses, and the opponent had [-]. The strategic purpose was to force the enemy back while reducing damage. Everyone expressed their understanding and agreement on this point.

If you take the risk to attack, it's not impossible, but Zhang Yan can't bear the consequences.

Before Guo Jia led the army back to Chengdu, if Zhang Yan took the initiative to attack and was defeated, then the south of Chengdu would be flat and let the bandits gallop.

Pang Tong looked at the map, shook his head slightly and said: "The general's idea is correct, but the living conditions of the people in the south are difficult, and the requirements for food for their stomachs are very low. Ordinary people can endure it for a month, maybe they can endure it for three months, so the delay will continue." , there may be changes, let’s make a quick decision.”

In fact, out of embarrassment towards Zhang Yan, Pang Tong did not tell his true thoughts.

Now it's the time of the autumn harvest, and the 20 Nanman rebels know the truth of the strength of a large number of people, and they didn't break it up into pieces. But if Zhang Yan keeps delaying the defense like this, the Nanman rebels' food and grass will really run out. It is impossible to guarantee that the troops will not be divided into several routes or even dozens of routes northward to sweep around Shu County. It is impossible for such a small force to capture Chengdu, but it may loot the people who have just had a good harvest, which will cause heavy damage to Yizhou.

With this premise, this battle must be resolved quickly, and the opponent cannot be given the opportunity to divide troops.

Xu Chu scratched his head, and asked Pang Tong straight to the point: "Military division, just tell me how to fight this battle."

Pang Tong smiled lightly and said: "Please Zhongkang, please be safe and don't be impatient. Of course, you must know yourself and your enemy in war. The 20 people in the Nanman sound like a huge force, but they are actually vulnerable. There are three reasons. They are not a regular army. Most of them are ordinary people who were incited to riot. They don't have strong armor and sharp weapons, so they can't attack and defend. It's just a whimsical idea to flatten the battlefield with just a few southern barbarian elephants. In the end, it's their fighting spirit. The enemy army will be defeated for a thousand miles in the slightest setback, so they crossed the river to attack Feiyan several times before and did not dare to attack again."

Everyone listened to Pang Tong's analysis clearly and logically, and nodded in agreement in unison.

To put it politely, the Nanban is an army, but to put it bluntly, they are just a mob.

After a moment of silence, Pang Tong said: "If you want to fight quickly, you must first have a battlefield. Therefore, starting tomorrow, our army will retreat ten miles every day. After five days, we will fight the enemy to the death."

Looking at the map, Wu Yi asked with some doubts: "Military Master, if this is the case, wouldn't the enemy be in a desperate situation?"

An army with a desperate battle can often explode with astonishing combat power, and the 20 Nanman army is already strong.

Pang Tong said disapprovingly: "A well-trained army will naturally be able to unleash powerful combat power in times of crisis, but the mob of the Nanman, facing a desperate situation, can only react in a hurry to flee for their lives."

Tactics, strategy and other aspects cannot be achieved by imitating famous battle examples. If you don’t consider yourself and only create the environment, you will often get the result of imitating others.

After the plan was made, the generals went to work, and the whole army set out to make a retreat plan. The area on the north bank of Lushui instantly opened up, giving the Nanman army room to cross the north.

When Meng De learned that the army on the north bank was retreating, he was startled and uncertain at first. After two days of investigation, he found that the information was correct, so he began to command his army to cross the north bank.

At the same time, Meng Huo contacted and responded to his other two armies.

Yong Kai led the private soldiers of the wealthy families from the seven counties in the south to form a camp. He followed Meng Huo's army to boost Meng Huo's momentum, but in fact he had been waiting for news.

The person who sent the letter finally came back, and Yong Kai couldn't wait to ask about the situation in the Kanto War.

When he heard that Yuan Shao was defeated at Guandu and fled back to Hebei, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then danced.

Hastily trotted all the way to the handsome tent of Yue Junyi Wang Gaoding.

Gao Ding was drinking and having fun with Meiji in his arms. Yong Kai came directly to him and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, all my soldiers and horses will be handed over to you. According to the prior agreement, you and Meng Huo will continue to attack Chengdu, how about it?"

How could Gao Ding refuse a good thing delivered to your door?

Pushing away the woman in his arms, Gao Ding leaned forward, stared at Yong Kai with piercing eyes, and asked, "Really?"

Yong Kai laughed presumptuously.

"Nature is absolutely true."

Gao Ding slammed his wine glass and burst out laughing.

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Yong Kai came and went like the wind, and soon Gao Ding sent someone to take over his soldiers and horses, while Yong Kai himself took only a few guards and headed east in a carriage.

With the whole family and countless gold and silver treasures, Yong Kai couldn't help but feel complacent while sitting in the carriage.

The living conditions in the south cannot be improved by how much gold and silver you have, and the situation in the south has always been a crisis. Because of Guo Jia's strength, coupled with Guo Jia's experience in suppressing the powerful, Yong Kai will not be so stupid as to think that A few local chickens and dogs can break through Chengdu and overthrow Guo Jia's rule.

Who is Guo Jia?That's a hero that even Yuan Shao and Cao Cao didn't get cheap!
In recent years, not only Yong Kai, but also the local tyrants in the south are afraid that Guo Jia will go south, and the days of fear are very tormented. Just before the Battle of Guandu, the Xuchang court came. The most active person, and thoroughly implemented Cao Cao's design.

Now, he has retired and can take his family to Xuchang to ask Cao Cao for credit.

It's just that Yong Kai didn't know that Cao Cao beat the local tyrants harder than Guo Jia!
why?
Because Cao Cao lacks everything!
Lack of soldiers, lack of food, lack of money!

The wealthy family wanting to hide the peasants privately violates the interests of those in power. The wealthy family wants to hoard grain and drive up prices, which is to create problems for the ruler.

Local tyrants like Yong Kai don't understand the ruling strategies of the Kanto heroes at all.

He thought that Guo Jia was the first to suppress the powerful, but in fact it was not the case. If he had taken refuge in Yuan Shao, he might have had a good end, but he had turned to Cao Cao, a hero who controlled the imperial court and dared to steal the imperial tomb. the hero.

Just listening to the words of the imperial court, Yong Kai took it for granted that Cao Cao would treat people like him kindly.

(End of this chapter)