Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2806 Strong walls, clear fields and more slaughter, why do you want to think less

  Taixing eight years.

  Spring, February.

  In a forest in the water area of ​​Wuling Wuxi, many people from the Nanman Mountains were searching and picking some wild sprouts among the forests and shrubs.

For these people from the Nanman Mountains in the Wuling area, nature is their biggest cultivated field, and there is no need to take special care of it, just need to count the time to harvest. If the time is missed, then The original shoots will become old branches in a few days, and the delicate taste will become rough bark.

It is precisely because of this production model of not meticulously cultivating farmland and planting Zhuanghe that the number of people that can be supported per unit area is often lower than that of Han land. Therefore, for these Wuling barbarians, the cottages among them are very divided. Open, it is also difficult to support more people. Without improving the corresponding productivity technology, even if these Wuling barbarians gave birth to some newborns at a certain stage, they would be quickly beaten back to their original shape by the limited food until they realized this invisible bottleneck and consciously Only by making changes can we continue to expand the tribe.

  In addition, the area of ​​their arable land is limited by mountains and rivers, and the seeds of Zhuanghe are also very common. In addition, they lack knowledge of farm fertilizers, so that the actual living conditions of these Wulingmans are very ordinary.

  Since the beginning of this year, food shortages have been everywhere in Jiangdong, and Wuling Man is no exception. Fortunately, they still have mountains where they can hunt and pick fruits. Although there are dangerous bugs and wild animals in the mountains and forests, it is more or less a way of life.

Although the Wuling barbarians say that there are many brave men, the Jiangdong people are used to long-term battles with these mountain Vietnamese barbarians. They are already very familiar with the unarmored units of the mountain Vietnamese barbarians, and they often use group fights to deal with those southern barbarians. Individual warriors with extraordinary martial arts in the mountains.

   These brave Wuling barbarian warriors may be able to deal with ten or more Jiangdong soldiers one after another in the mountains and forests, but in the case of Jiangdong soldiers forming an array, he may not even be able to defeat five Jiangdong soldiers in an array...

  So one-on-one, or chaotic and disorderly battles are an advantage for these Nanman Shanyue warriors, but if they face the formation of Jiangdong soldiers, these Shanyue warriors will suffer. As Jiangdong soldiers became more and more familiar with Nanman Shanyue's tactics, Shanyue Man felt more and more strenuous, and the range of activities was restricted smaller and smaller. This made Wuling Man and others lose a lot of mountain and forest areas where they went out to hunt and pick fruits, which in turn affected their survival and development.

  Then, the tax increase by the Jiangdong regime made the already difficult life of Nanman Shanyue and others worse again.

In order to survive, even the women and children who were supposed to stay in the cottage were dispatched in order to collect more young leaves and wild vegetables in the forest, and some half-grown children climbed up and down the trees to collect bird eggs .

  Suddenly, a sharp sound of throbbing across the air.

  Suddenly everyone's actions seemed to be dropped, and they were stunned!

   Then there was another warning beep!

  A mountain barbarian warrior rushed into the woodland, roaring loudly.

All the people in the mountain forest were in a hurry, crying and shouting one after another, and the hunters rushed out of the mountain forest, some of the wild vegetables that had been collected with great difficulty, or the birds' eggs fell, and the No one bothers to bother.

  The crowd were running in the mountains and forests. They were used to life in the mountains. Although there were many women and children among them, they did not seem to have much difficulty running in this kind of mountains and forests.

  A few warriors with shields full of patterns on their backs waved their arms, urging something loudly. There are more mountains popping up from here or somewhere, and then they gather into a stream of people, rushing on the trails between the mountains and forests.

   On the mountain village in the distance, there are also figures shaking.

After most of the Nanyue people fled into the stronghold, the gate of the stronghold was closed immediately, and those Shanyue who had not had time to run into the stronghold behind, or climbed in by pulling the ropes dropped from the stronghold wall, Or go directly to the back mountain of the cottage.

  At the foot of the mountain, among the sparse woodland, several flags were exposed, and on one of them was a big "Zhu" character written on it...

   Knives and guns.

   kill.

   Blood.

   flame.

  Although he successively captured the cottages, Zhu Huan was not very happy.

Zhu Huan himself is relatively low-key, and has always been cautious in doing things. As Jiangdong's current middle-level general, he has been avoiding the strife and struggle among Jiangdong's high-level leaders in the Nanjun area before, but this time, it seems that he has inevitably fallen into a whirlpool among.

  Zhu Huan's soldiers and horses are divided into two parts, the elite soldiers of the headquarters and the expanded guards.

This is also the basic configuration of Jiangdong General School. If there is a temporary battle, or when he is responsible for deploying more soldiers and horses, the elite soldiers of the headquarters will become his personal guards, and then the expansion of the guards will become heralds or It's the field gendarmerie.

  Zhu Huan's original idea in Wuling, Nanjun, was actually to train troops on the one hand, and expand and strengthen his own soldiers on the other hand, so his strategy for the barbarians in the mountains was not too harsh.

  However, after Huang Gai came, the Shanyue villages around the river were directly uprooted, and they were not just capturing the population or defeating them as before, but killing them all.

   Regardless of men, women or children, all were killed.

At the beginning, Zhu Huan said that such actions would deepen the hatred between him and these Wuling barbarians, and would also make it difficult to implement Jiangdong's subsequent rule in this area, but Huang Gai didn't seem to care at all, and he didn't explain to Zhu Huan. He only asked Zhu Huan to execute the order, and he could submit a letter if he had any opinions. If he refused to execute the rest, it would be military law.

  So, Zhu Huan could only follow Huang Gai's order to attack the cottages one by one. In the past few days, Zhu Huan felt that the combat power of these Wuling barbarians seemed to have improved significantly. In the beginning, the Wuling Man seemed to have only Xueyong, but now he began to pay attention to skills, and gradually acquired some equipment. When Jiangdong soldiers faced each other, it was no longer as easy as before.

  Huang Gai's order came from behind. Apart from urging Zhu Huan to march, he also told Zhu Huan that the Nanyue Mountain Barbarians in the entire Wuling area are making moves one after another...

   This is a red flag.

  The trumpet sounded and the war drums roared, but Zhu Huan sighed softly. He had no confidence in the upcoming battle, but he had no way out. He only had to take one step and watch one step.

  『Huang Gongfu...or Zhou Gongjin...』Zhu Huan pondered secretly in his heart, 『This...what exactly is it going to do? 』

  ...(*皮`) Sun Quan jumped, why didn’t I have a face, why didn’t I think that this strategy was arranged by me? ! …

  Chuan Shu.

  Chengdu.

  A message stamped top secret was placed on Xu Shu's desk.

  Xu Shu finished reading it, then handed it to Zhuge Liang, and said calmly: "Jiangdong Army is suppressing the Manyue village in Wuling area, and the massacres wherever they go... This is a solid wall and clearing the wild..."

  Zhuge Liang received the information, read it again, and said: "Jiang Dong's move is very clever, it is a strategy that kills two birds with one stone." 』

  Xu Shu nodded, "But Jiang Dong acted like this... Chuanzhong probably has a lot of Jiang Dong's eyeliner... It needs to be cleaned up again. 』

   Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "I will also inform the leader of Wuling Mansha about this matter. 』

  The dialogue between the two people actually has some jumps, it seems to jump directly from this question to another question, but in fact they are all related to each other.

  When it comes to the art of war, everyone may be clear about it, such as soldiers and horses before they move food and grass, but in practice, it is not simple. It's like Jiangdong clearing up the Nanyue cottages, uncharacteristically clearing all these cottages near the river. It doesn't mean that Jiangdong and these Vietnamese barbarians really have any deep hatred, but it means that Jiangdong is preparing for a big battle, and it is still preparing for a protracted war!

  Jiangdong is good at naval forces, and ships are the best means of transporting grain and grass. In order to ensure the safety of food transportation, these Manyue cottages on the flanks of the river are naturally an unstable factor. Therefore, before the real war started, all the cottages on both sides of the river were killed first, which was equivalent to ensuring the safety of the river. The strategy is to kill two birds with one stone.

  As for Xu Shu saying that there are Jiangdong spies in Sichuan, it was because Xu Shu suspected that the news that Sha Moke had arrived in Badong had leaked. Because Shamoke came to Sichuan and wanted to contact Sichuan to send troops, which also led Jiangdong to make up his mind to carry out the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the field. Otherwise, once Shamoke and others went back, wouldn't it threaten the safety of Jiangdong's soldiers' food flanks?

  As for Zhuge Liang’s statement that he wanted to tell Shamoke that Manyue’s stronghold was attacked, he meant that he would further deepen the hatred between him and Jiangdong, making Samoke completely fall to Huqi’s side...

  Xu Shu said slowly: "My lord has an order, you can try it out." 』

   Zhuge Liang's eyes moved, and he repeated, "Try it? 』

  Xu Shu nodded.

  Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, and then said: "My lord, I've been wondering why Jiangdong sent Huang Gongfu as the governor... I just thought of it... What if this is also Jiangdong's "test"?" 』

  Xu Shu frowned slightly, then stroked his beard and said, "Kong Ming, you mean Jiangdong...in fact, Jiangbei?" 』

  『Huang Gongfu was originally stationed in Chaisang, and he was facing each other with Cao Jun’s new city of Hefei. Now, although Cheng Demou is taking over...』Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, 『However, Cheng Demou is also good at riding...』

  Xu Shu's eyebrows twitched when he heard the words, and then he fell into deep thought.

   There are many generals who are good at Jiangdong water warfare, but what about cavalry, one is a hexagonal general like Zhou Yu, and the other is Cheng Pu who has a certain reputation. At that time, Sun Ce attacked Zu Lang and was surrounded by Zu Lang's army. Cheng Pu and a cavalry guarded Sun Ce together. Cheng Pu broke through the encirclement. It can be seen that Cheng Pu can be regarded as one of the few veterans in the Jiangdong Army who are good at horseback combat.

  Huang Gai's naval combat capability is naturally stronger than Cheng Pu's. Otherwise, in the Battle of Chibi in history, it might not be Huang Gai who dispatched false surrenders but Cheng Pu. Now Jiangdong has transferred Huang Gai from Chaisang to the Wuling area, but let Cheng Pu serve as Chaisang's garrison general, and his combat ability on the water surface can be regarded as a slight decline.

In the past, Cao Cao wanted to station naval forces in the southern part of Jingzhou and the new city of Hefei, serving as horns to defend against the raids of the Jiangdong water army. This is enough to show that Huang Gai is a threat to the Cao army's water army in the north of the river. Now that Huang Gai has transferred away, this seems to be a It means that Jiangdong gave up on the strategy of Jiangbei...

  『Is this Jiangdong wanting to make peace with Jiangbei? Xu Shu frowned and said, "In this way, Guanzhong..."

  Zhuge Liang smiled, "If what I expected is right, the lord has already made up his mind, and then he has the words to "try it" with the envoy!" 』

Xu Shu nodded and said: "In this case, I will write a letter to Guanzhong to clarify this matter... In addition, the trial battle in Badong will be handed over to Kong Ming and Xingba... Although I know that the command of Xingba's navy is not bad, we still have to be careful ...'

In the next few days, Sichuan and Shu began to transfer their soldiers to Badong, and then transferred supplies and horses along the direction of the water flow to Zigui. base.

  Yidao was almost in ruins due to war and plague.

In addition, the position of Yidao itself is also an important place, so when Wei Yan came, Wei Yan occupied it, and then Cao Cao came and Cao Cao took it again. When Cao Cao left Jiangdong, he took the opportunity to seize it. When Jiangdong retreated, Chuanzhong came back again. Already...

  After several fights, Yidao is no matter how old a girl is, and now she is like a broken branch.

   At the ferry, there are still many tile-roofed houses that have collapsed and have not been completely repaired. These ruins may be the former checkpoints, or the market at the ferry. I don’t know whether it was destroyed in the battle or burned, and the remaining black-brown wooden posts are half crookedly exposed. Below are scattered piles of loess and incomplete blue bricks.

After Jingzhou gradually subsided, the barbarian road as a buffer zone has not been fully restored, so the surrounding fields here are mostly barren, and the soldiers stationed here are all supported by the supplies transported from the rear. .

  Nowadays boats and boats are coming and going around Yidao, and after the construction of the water village started, Jingzhou Cao Jun, who has been paying attention to this place, is naturally worried, and hastily sent the information to Xiangyang.

  Cao Ren in Xiangyang put down the battle report he had just received, looked at Cao Zhen beside him, and then transferred the information to Cao Zhen, then rubbed the center of his brows, feeling a little headache.

  Cao Jun’s situation, it’s not bad, but it’s not good. Especially in Jingzhou, because of the blood loss in the previous Jingzhou battle, after the population was divided among the three families, Jingzhou's recovery speed is really slow...

This is also a matter of reason. After all, although these rulers feel that the people are like weeds every day, they can survive wherever they throw them, but the reality is that it will take more than ten years for these "weeds" to become a labor force from birth, isn't it? The kind of resource that can grow in a few months or a few days.

  The large population loss in Jingzhou made Jingzhou's own hematopoietic ability almost extinguished. Even though Cao Ren didn't make any big moves in this period of time, he tried his best to let Jingzhou cultivate and recuperate, but there was still no way to recover much.

  『To the east of the Yi Road is Jiangling, and on the side of Jiangling is Jiangxia...' Cao Zhen said slowly, 'Although the area around Jiangling is almost barren due to the previous plague, it must be guarded against. 』

   Just like the Guangling area in Yangzhou has now become a buffer area between Cao Jun and Jiangdong, the Jiangling area has also become a common, default buffer area for the three.

In this area, Cao Jun is relatively more advantageous, because Xiangyang is not far to the north of Jiangling, so Cao Jun occupied Jiangling as a stronghold and radiated to the surrounding areas, but at the same time, Cao Jun was not willing to invest a lot in Jiangling. After all, the Jiangling area is rich in water networks. If you can't gain an absolute advantage over boats, you won't be able to resist Jiangdong's harassment.

  So apart from the main city of Jiangling, the other areas are actually like Baicheng. Basically, there are not many soldiers and soldiers stationed there, and we can't expect these areas to be strong. They probably belong to the type that surrenders to anyone who comes. It is precisely because of this that those squires who got some news early are already rushing to Xiangyang...

  As for why the gentry and gentry in Jiangling still sent some people to stay in those buffer zones? It's very simple, it's like the stocks in the stock market that have been cut at the waist, um, at the ankle, as long as you hold them in your hands, you can still comfort yourself that you are suffering from kidney deficiency... er, virtual loss, I really want to take over the land that was so hard-won If you give up all of them, then you really are gone.

On the whole, in the Jiangling area, Cao Jun has the stronghold advantage, Jiangdong has the strength of the water army, and the hussars are well-known for their brave soldiers and sharp equipment. If it is said that the three families are fighting in a melee, no one can do it now. I can guarantee that whoever can win and who will lose, can only make myself the final winner as much as possible.

Cao Zhen said: "In Jiangling, besides the 2,000 defenders in Jiangling, there are 500 defenders in Dangyang, 1,000 in Jingling, 400 in Huarong, and 500 in Zhijiang. There are more than 5,000 soldiers in total. If you enter the army, it will be insufficient. In addition, although the surface boats are sufficient, there is still a lack of skilled sailors. If you encounter Jiangdong sailors... I am afraid that the outcome will be hard to tell. 』

  Cao Zhen’s statement is really "humble", saying that the outcome is close. In fact, if there is no restraint from Hefei Xincheng, what else can be "closed"?

Although the Jingzhou navy did not experience the Battle of Chibi in history, it suffered a lot of losses in the Battle of Jingzhou. In addition, many ships were burned later, and many soldiers were captured or killed. There have been several moderate frictions with Jiangdong, so that the strength of the Jingzhou navy has never returned to its peak state, let alone develop to a higher level.

  Cao Ren was also aware of these situations, so he nodded his head, expressing his understanding, "This Jiangdong said that he was going to conquer Sichuan and Shu, and it makes sense from the beginning... But what exactly is this hussars wanting to do by invading the barbarians?" 』

  (end of this chapter)