Chapter 426 Jingbei Military Discussion
Han Song, Song Zhong, Deng Yi, Liu He, Wenpin, Huang Zhong and others are all from Nanyang. The Nanyang Gang is still quite powerful under Liu Biao, and several other commanders are from the Nanyang Gang, which is one of the most powerful. The prosperity is evident.
It's just that the Nanyang Gang is relatively scattered internally and is composed of multiple families. It cannot be as tightly united as the four major families of Kuai, Cai, Huang, and Pang, so it succumbs to it.
As a special agent, Han Song is naturally one of the leaders of the Nanyang Gang at this time, and his opinions also represent the attitude of the entire Nanyang Gang to a certain extent.
"Alien, what do you think?"
Liu Biao did not reply directly to Han Song, but instead asked about Kuai Yue.
Most people on the field were a little confused and didn't understand why Liu Biao was doing this.
A few smart people woke up and their expressions darkened.
Now among the Jingzhou army, only Kuai Yue has the most talents. If Liu Biao cannot conquer the army himself, then there is a high probability that the position of commander will be given to Kuai Yue.
Now that Liu was forcing Kuai Yue to express his position, he obviously still had not given up the idea of conquering the country himself. For these few smart people, this was undoubtedly a worrying signal.
Under the gaze of everyone, Kuai Yue stood up slowly, bowed to Liu Biao first, and then said: "I would like to inform you, Duke Ming, I am thinking of someone more."
Liu Biao frowned slightly, with a hint of displeasure, but in the end he asked in a harmonious voice: "Who is Yidu thinking about? Is this person's affairs more anxious than the current affairs?"
"Indeed."
Kuai Yue replied seriously: "As Ming Gong said, this person must not be careless in his affairs."
Liu Miao's expression changed. He and Kuai Yue had known each other for many years and knew that the other party was resourceful. It must not be a trivial matter for him to treat it so seriously.
So, Liu Biao changed his expression and asked nicely: "Who is the person that the alien is talking about?"
"Yangzhou Liu Zisheng!"
Kuai Yue uttered five words, which shocked the whole audience.
Only then did most of the people react and realize the threat from Yangzhou Liu Feng.
If Liu Feng only had one state, it would be okay, but behind Liu Feng there was Liu Bei who owned Yuzhou and Xuzhou.
The atmosphere on the court suddenly reached a low point, and the expression on Liu Biao's face changed again, turning as black as the bottom of a pot.
After a while, Liu Biao tried his best to calm down and asked: "Is there any report from Yangzhou recently?"
"Reporting to Duke Ming, there is not much movement in Yangzhou now, and its newly expanded army has also been deployed in Yuzhang and Huinan. There is no sign of mobilization of troops for the time being."
The person who spoke was Liu He, who was responsible for foreign intelligence and espionage work.
He had also sent military intelligence about Yangzhou to Liu Biao before. General Liu Feng's army was scattered, and it was obvious that the target was still the Baiyue people in the territory.
Even if the call-up begins now, it will be impossible for most of the troops to be assembled within a month or two. The distance between the two places is very close and connected by the Yangtze River. It is quite difficult to launch a surprise attack. Otherwise, Lu Meng and Lu Xun would not be able to cross the river in white in the future.
After hearing Liu He's report, Liu Biao's expression improved slightly.
Zhang Xian has never been in Liu Biao's eyes. The other party's rebellion at this moment is more humiliating than harmful to Liu Biao.
At this time, Liu Biao did not think that Zhang Xian could withstand Northern Jingzhou's thunderous attack. After all, the strength gap between the two sides was indeed too large.
But if Liu Feng of Yangzhou intervenes, the situation will be reversed. Therefore, for Liu Biao, the best news is that there is no news from Yangzhou.
Liu Biao glanced at Kuai Yue again, feeling a little guilty.
There is indeed no movement in Yangzhou now, but if the fight south to suppress the rebellion becomes a protracted war, it is hard to say whether Yangzhou will continue to watch.
Liu Biao himself also knew that in terms of his ability to lead large armies in battle, not to mention Kuai Yue, even Cai Mao could not compare with him.
At the same time, whether Liu Biao is in charge of the rear is also very critical.
If he can sit in Xiangyang, even if Yangzhou really takes action, he can immediately support Jiangxia and ensure the safety of the army going south.
But if he goes south, who should be in charge of Xiangyang?
Liu Qi?
Although he is older, he has a very bad relationship with the local gentry in Jingzhou, especially the Cai family, who are even more on the same page.
And even if Liu Biao ignores this and lets Liu Qi take charge, he will be completely unable to control the situation, and power will still fall into the hands of the Kuai family and the Cai family.
Liu Cong?
That's even more impossible. These people are not even adults, and they are completely puppets of the Cai family and the Kuai family.
After thinking about these issues clearly, Cousin Liu's mind was completely cool.
"Kaiyang."
Liu Biao came back from his thoughts and asked Liu He: "How is the distribution of troops in Yangzhou now?"
Liu He thought for a while and immediately replied: "The first army of more than 30,000 people is in the south of Hui, the first army of 10,000 people is in the middle of Hui, the first army of 6,000 people is in the north of Huiji, and there are at least 50,000 soldiers and horses in Kuaiji. The two counties in Jiangbei also have an army of 30,000 people, and another 20,000 naval troops. The two counties have a total of 100,000 troops. There is an army of 20,000 people in Yuzhang, and the remaining 10,000 people are stationed in Wu County and Danyang County. Within the territory.”
It is actually difficult to conceal a large-scale military garrison for a long time, especially one with more than 10,000 people.
Experienced spies can calculate the number of troops in the camp from the firewood, rice, noodles, and fruits and vegetables delivered to the military camp every day.
Therefore, Liu He's description of Yangzhou's military strength is generally reliable.
After listening, Liu Biao's heart moved slightly and he agreed with Liu He's previous analysis from the bottom of his heart. That is, Liu Feng put his military focus on clearing Baiyue and quelling civil strife.
So, Liu Biao's eyes turned to Cai Mao: "Degui, I intend to use you as the commander-in-chief to mobilize troops in the spring next year to go south to quell the rebellion. How many troops do you think are needed to complete the victory in one battle?"
When Cai Mao heard this, he immediately became energetic, but then his eyes quietly passed over Kuai Yue, and when he found that the latter had no reaction, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't worry, Ming Gong, Mao only needs 50,000 people on land and water to ride on foot, and he will surely be victorious within the year!"
Cai Mao's words are quite safe. Fifty thousand people is two-fifths of the entire Jingzhou army, and it also extends the time to one year.
However, Liu Biao was very dissatisfied. He felt that 50,000 troops and horses were acceptable, but it took a year, which was quite dangerous.
After a while, Liu Biao turned his eyes to Kuai Yue and asked, "Xidu, if you were to be the commander, how many troops and how much time would it take?" Upon hearing this, Cai Mao breathed a sigh of relief. He was not jealous of Kuai Yue at all. , after all, he himself knows how big the gap is between him and Kuai Yue.
Only then did Kuai Yue seem to wake up, and replied slowly: "Qi Ming Gong, in Yue's opinion, what De Gui said is still too proud."
Liu Biao's heart sank: "What does Yidu mean by this?"
Cai Mao couldn't help but look at Kuai Yue, wondering why he was so proud.
Kuai Yue, on the other hand, bent slightly towards Liu Biao and replied respectfully: "From what I can see from Yue's point of view, there are only 70,000 people who can survive for one year." Zhang Shihong has been in Jingnan for a long time and has been the governor of the county for three times. Everywhere you go, you will be greeted by the local nobles and nobles. The strong support won the hearts of the scholars and people of Jingnan, and it was also assisted by talented people such as Huan Boxu, Liu Shilong, and Pan Chengming. Changsha was a big city and was located in a dangerous location, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a high city and a deep pond. ”
Having said this, Kuai Yue glanced at Cai Mao: "If De Gui thinks that 30 to 50 thousand people can easily capture Changsha, I am more afraid that not only will things backfire on you, but you may even suffer a minor setback."
Liu Biao, Cai Mao and everyone in the hall were all shocked. They didn't expect Kuai Yue to think so highly of Changsha. If it were anyone else, they would still be doubtful, but when Kuai Yue said this, even if some people didn't believe it, they didn't dare to refute it.
Liu Biao fell into silence and slowly walked back to the case and sat down.
Now there are 140,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, 30,000 of them are in Jiangxia County and Zhangling County, 70,000 are in Xiangyang, 20,000 are in Nan County, and the remaining 20,000 are in Nanyang County.
This time when he went south to attack Changsha, Liu Feng's situation in Yangzhou was unknown, so Jiangxia's troops could only increase, not decrease.
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Nanyang can mobilize 10,000 troops. Although it is quite nervous to garrison with only 10,000 people, the people's hearts are loyal to Liu Biao. When necessary, the powerful local gentry can be mobilized to support for a while.
Nanjun's 20,000 troops were mainly on guard against threats from the direction of Yizhou. Fortunately, Liu Zhang was an honest man and not very ambitious, and in the past two years, Liu Zhang's attention had been almost entirely on Hanzhong.
In addition, it only takes two or three thousand elites to block the Zigui and Yiling lines to block the east exit of Yizhou.
Therefore, it should not be a big problem to transfer 16,000 to 7,000 people from Nanjun.
Xiangyang has 70,000 soldiers and horses, so it is not a big problem to mobilize more than 40,000 people.
In this way, the total strength could be nearly 70,000, which happened to be the minimum number required by Kuai Yue.
Liu Biao couldn't help but wonder if Kuai Yue had already succeeded. With the opponent's ability and power, it would be easy. Kuai Yue's ability was also trustworthy, and Liu Biao was very shaken at this moment.
At the same time, Liu Biao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Kuai Yue made more demands than Cai Mao, which was obviously not in line with the signs of a struggle for power. Putting it this way, it is more likely that Kuai Yue's words were a sincere judgment rather than an attempt to win the commander-in-chief of the army.
Thinking of this, Liu Biao made the final decision: "I have made up my mind. I will make Kuai Yue the commander-in-chief and lead an army of 70,000 people by land and water to go south to suppress the rebellion. I will send 30,000 civilians to accompany the army and transport supplies. It will be nicknamed the Army of 300,000 People." ,bright Starting in the spring of the year, Cai Mao was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the navy, and Liu Pan was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the army to command the army. Huang Zhong, Liu Hu, Zhang Yun, Wenpin, Han Xi and other generals were recruited to join the army in the southern expedition. ”
After finishing speaking, Liu Biao paused and added: "Instruct Huang Zu to be on guard. If there are Yangzhou warships going upstream, they will never be allowed to cross the Jiangling line."
Naturally, it is impossible for a 70,000-strong army on land and water to be accompanied by civilians. At this scale, even if there are big rivers along the way and waterways can be used to ensure logistics, at least tens of thousands of civilians must be mobilized. Otherwise, the auxiliary soldiers in the army will have to bear the burden. More tasks.
Nowadays, there is no shortage of people in Jingzhou. The refugees from the north are unable to escape, causing the population of Jingzhou to increase dramatically.
Therefore, Liu Biao waved his hand and directly gave the target of 30,000 civilians, which was considered quite generous.
Kuai Yue himself was a little surprised. He actually didn't want to get involved in the southward expedition to Hunan.
The Kuai family has now reached its peak in Jingzhou. Unless Liu Biao's rebel rebels against him and goes it alone, if he goes south and makes great achievements in suppressing the rebellion, his achievements will be too great and will not be of any benefit to Kuai Yue himself.
You can't ask Liu Biao to abdicate in favor of someone more talented, right?
If they fail, it is likely to be a big defeat, which will affect the reputation, reputation and strength of the Kuai family.
But Liu Biao had now made his decision in front of everyone, and refusing at this time would inevitably arouse Liu Biao's thunderous wrath. Kuai Yue could only sigh in his heart, and then went out to join Cai Mao and Liu Pan to thank Liu Biao for his important task.
"Ming Gong, please sit down in Xiangyang. I will definitely settle Xiangnan for the sake of Ming Gong. I will capture Zhang Xian and present it to Ming Gong."
"Alien."
Upon hearing this, Liu Biao walked down the steps to Kuai Yue, took his hand, and said emotionally: "In that case, I will leave everything to you in Jingnan."
Kuai Yue could only respond: "Here!"
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Time passed quickly, and another two months passed.
During this period of time, there were no major operations in Yangzhou where Liu Feng was located. The weather was freezing, and the army even reduced its drills a lot to avoid frostbite.
Things were just as Liu Feng expected. Liu Biao was not in a hurry to send troops. At the moment, the north and south of Jingzhou were still in the stage of scolding each other.
How can a large-scale war start so quickly? Not to mention how inconvenient it is to go on an expedition in winter, the depletion of river water alone is a big problem.
Although there is a big river between Xiangyang and Changsha, this problem is relatively small, but it is not completely non-existent.
In addition, the army is also divided into strategic levels. Take the Yangzhou Army under Liu Feng as an example. The Destroying Front Army is the highest configuration. The requirement for them is to complete combat readiness within a week and then enter the battlefield.
In addition to the thousands of personal guards under Liu Feng, only the Destroying Front Army has this configuration. Even the secondary army led by Zhao Yun has a current training standard of one month of combat preparation time.
As for Zhou Yu, Jia Kui, and Gao Shun, the requirements are even lower. If they can regroup their troops within a month and put them on the battlefield in one and a half to two months, they are already very good.
Liu Feng and others estimate that the civil war in Jingzhou will not start until spring at the earliest. If the mobilization in Jingbei is a little slower, it is likely to be delayed until early summer.
At that time, Liu Feng will send out most of his troops to clear Shanyue, and then quietly wait for the time to take action.
After making sufficient preparations, Sun Zai borrowed the disguise of a merchant ship and sailed upstream to the south of Dongting. After turning into the Xiang River, he could reach Changsha City.
The whole journey takes about half a month, which is more convenient than going to Xiangyang.
After Sun Ce arrived in Changsha, he did not go to look for Huanjie immediately, but settled in the city first.
At this time, the atmosphere in Changsha was slightly tense, but because Jingbei still did not send troops, many people still harbored illusions.
Sun Ce stood in the room, looking at the location of Changsha County and thinking deeply.
Sun Ce took the initiative to ask Ying to go out this time, and many people were suspicious of him and worried about him.
But Sun Ce himself knew that he had never thought about absconding. He recommended himself this time just to achieve meritorious service.
During the more than half a year after the surrender, Sun Ce and the Sun family felt Liu Feng's pattern. Moreover, the status of the Sun family in this plane was much lower than in the original time and space.
In the original time and space, Yangzhou was already the lord of Yangzhou, and this person was just a general under Yuan Shu, who had acquired most of Wu County and the subordinates in the northern part of Kuaiji for him.
(End of chapter)