Chapter 439 Yangzhou troops move
Li Jue and Guo Si only have 30,000 troops in total. The city of Chang'an has been completely destroyed by the Xiliang warriors. Even the young and strong can't find a few hundred people. How can they defend Chang'an? .
Forced by helplessness, after holding on for more than half a month, he finally ran out of food and was forced to go out of the city to fight Cao Cao.
As a result, it only took Cao Cao half a day to defeat the coalition forces of Li Jue and Guo Si. He beheaded more than 6,000 people, beheaded 11 officers above the rank of captain, and captured more than 20,000 soldiers.
Li Jue fled to the northwest, while Guo Bang fled to the southwest, with only a hundred followers around him.
Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to regain Chang'an, but he did not continue to use troops. Instead, he cleaned up the ruins in Chang'an City, restored people's livelihood, and in the name of the imperial court sent messages to all directions in Guanzhong, asking for the surrender of the place.
Guanzhong originally surrendered to the iron hoof of Xiliang warriors, but now that Li Jue and Guo Bang were beaten by Cao Cao and their entire army was almost wiped out, how could Guanzhong still obey their orders.
Soon after Cao Cao's message came out, all parts of Guanzhong surrendered. Except for some counties and cities affected by Xiliang rebels such as Han Sui and Ma Teng, which did not respond, all the counties and cities around Chang'an turned against Cao Cao and sent officials to Cao Cao.
Liu Feng knocked on the desk and pondered.
Zhuge Liang asked in a low voice: "My lord, are you worried about the general?"
For Zhuge Liang, Liu Feng had great trust. Although it was not to the level of unreserved trust, it was almost the same.
Therefore, Liu Feng nodded without hesitation and sighed: "The general doesn't move as long as he doesn't move. It's amazing when he moves."
Cao Cao went to war this time, and in just over two months, he completely destroyed the armies of Li Jue and Guo Si, liberated Chang'an, and recovered seven or eight counties.
Although he took the initiative to attack and besieged the city, his military strength was not as good as that of Li Jue and Guo Si.
In this battle outside Chang'an City, he was serious about defeating more with less.
Liu Feng was a little envious. Even though he had come a long way and his record was quite scary, in fact Liu Feng's greatest contribution was not in the formation of troops, but in operations.
What Liu Feng is best at is operations, strengthening the combat effectiveness of the army from various aspects, and then learning to advance with great skill but no effort.
Even though he had done tricks in several battles, these tricks had precedents in history. He just tried his best to reproduce them scientifically and correctly.
Although Liu Feng did not think that he would lose to Cao Cao in a real fight, he still knew very well that at this stage, he could not match Cao Cao purely by arranging troops and looking for opportunities. But he also has his own strengths. In terms of logistical supplies, deployment of combat power, and selection of famous generals, Cao Cao is not as good as himself.
"My lord, the general is also a human being."
Zhuge Liang felt a little strange. Liu Feng's fear of Cao Cao was not secret. He saw it and kept it in his heart.
But the problem is that in Zhuge Liang's eyes, Cao Cao cannot be compared with Liu Feng anyway. At least Zhuge Liang didn't see anything about Cao Cao that Liu Feng was so afraid of.
In Zhuge Liang's eyes, Cao Cao was indeed a hero and quite capable, but nothing more.
Entering Guanzhong from the west and welcoming the emperor to Hedong, Cao Cao only succeeded because of people and followed Liu Fengli's merits.
He first belonged to the Yuan Shao vassal and later cooperated with Liu Feng. It was also because the Liu family and his son were unwilling to enter the government and became the target of public criticism that they were able to pick up the remains.
Otherwise, if Liu Bei is willing to enter Beijing, how can the post of general fall to him?
Zhuge Liang's views actually represent the mainstream views in the world today. The strength of Liu Bei's side has greatly surpassed that of Cao Cao. If it weren't for the greater Yuan Shao sitting in Hebei, and Liu Bei and his son were very kind to Cao Cao, how could there have been any conflict between Cao and Liu? So harmonious.
Although Zhuge Liang didn't understand why Liu Feng was so afraid of Cao Cao, Liu Feng always had a basis for doing things. He was just worried that Liu Feng would lose his normal heart due to excessive attention, so he spoke to dissuade Cao Cao.
"Well, what Kong Ming said makes sense."
Liu Feng nodded, realizing the other party's intention, and felt a little grateful.
"However, the general's side should still give priority to attention. If there is any change, it should be brought to my case as soon as possible."
After Zhuge Liang's reminder, Liu Feng's mentality gradually returned to peace, but his wariness and attention to Cao Cao would not change.
Talents like Cao Cao were trapped by himself step by step, and coupled with Yuan Shao's pressure from behind, they seemed to be trapped by a huge spider web.
But now that Cao Cao has found the right direction, he has accumulated money and food, and has begun to expand westward, so he has to be even more careful about his rise.
Zhuge Liang nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, my lord, Liang will keep it in mind."
"Okay."
Liu Feng showed a satisfied smile. It was June now and summer was coming, which was not a very suitable day for using troops.
In history, the best time to mobilize troops is after autumn, when autumn is crisp and the weather is pleasant. This is almost universally recognized as the war season. This is not only true for farming people, but also for nomadic peoples, who also like to mobilize troops during the season when autumn is high and horses are fat.
It seems that Cao Cao also had this concern, so he garrisoned Chang'an and only summoned the counties in Guanzhong.
Han Sui, Ma Teng, and Zhang Ji are all very strong local forces, especially Han Sui and Ma Teng. Although they also have territory now, they are not as local as Zhang Ji, and they still maintain a lot of mobility.
This mobility makes Han Sui and Ma Teng far more difficult to deal with than Zhang Ji. Unless you find an opportunity to directly engage them in a round-the-clock annihilation battle, once they escape, even if only partially, the subsequent battle will be much more troublesome. .
I believe that Cao Cao also took this into consideration, so he was not in a hurry to continue to advance the army, but wanted to find a political solution first.
"Kong Ming, how is the situation over there in Jingzhou?"
According to Liu Feng's original plan, he planned to launch troops after the autumn.
But now because of Cao Cao, Liu Feng was a little shaken.
Zhuge Liang blinked and guessed what Liu Feng was thinking, so he found the latest few letters of Jingzhou intelligence from the cabinet on the side and took them over.
"My lord, the situation in Jingzhou has generally remained unchanged. According to Bo Fu's letter, the Jingbei army did not successfully build a fort until half a month ago and completely surrounded Linxiang."
While introducing, Zhuge Liang put the corresponding information in front of Liu Bao: "In the past half month, Kuai Yue has only organized three waves of tentative attacks, but..."
"But what?"
Liu Feng frowned slightly. He knew very well that Kuai Yue was very capable, especially wise and strategist, and very decisive. He was quite difficult to deal with.
"However, within this half month, he continued to replenish the supplies, ordnance, and equipment of the frontline camp, and also recruited a total of eight or nine thousand young men from Baqiu, Luocheng, Yiyang, Linxiang and other places."
Zhuge Liang also frowned slightly at this time: "I'm afraid Bo Fu and the others will be under a lot of pressure in the future."
Liu Feng suddenly realized that Kuai Yue would not let these young men go unnoticed. They would probably be the first ones to fill in the trenches.
Thinking of this, Liu Feng couldn't help but want to curse.
Zhang Xian and Huan Jie are really military idiots. They raised troops last year. Liu Biao did not send troops until March this year. Did they not think of strengthening the walls and clearing the country?
It's fine if they didn't think of it. Sun Ce must have suggested it, but they still didn't adopt it. Do they really think Liu Biao won't send troops south?
What an inexplicable confidence.
Liu Feng cursed in his heart, and then asked: "Kong Ming, what is the current situation of the Destroy the Front Army and the Turning the Tide Army? How are Gong Jin's preparations going?" The army led by Zhao Yun is the next batch of aces designated by Liu Feng. Although the army still has shortcomings in materials, equipment, and personnel, it also receives better treatment and supplements than other armies.
The most important thing is that Liu Feng specially gave him the title of "Turning the Tide Army".
The implication is to destroy the front in a positive situation and turn the tide in extreme danger.
At the same time, Liu Feng also gave a big flag and wrote two words to turn the tide.
Zhao Yun was overjoyed and liked the name from the bottom of his heart, so he immediately accepted the name on behalf of the entire army.
Zhuge Liang immediately replied: "The Destroying Front Army is stationed in Liyang and is already in Class A combat readiness. The entire army can join the battle within three days. The Turning Tide Army is stationed in Wuhu, but it is still training at this time and will take about ten days to complete." Complete mobilization and assembly, replenish supplies, and enter the battlefield.”
"Gong Jin has already recovered the surrounding Shanyue tribes since the beginning of the spring. At this time, troops have also gathered in the Poyang area. The mobilization time is not roughly the same as that of the Turning the Tide Army, and will not exceed fifteen days at most."
Zhuge Liang focused on the two ace armies and the deployment in Yuzhang, which was closest to the battlefield: "Jia Kui's headquarters is located in the north of Kuaiji. At this time, it is dispersed in various places to clear Shanyue. The results are not small and the progress is very smooth. But if they want to be It may take thirty to fifty days to transfer to the Jingzhou battlefield.”
Liu Feng nodded clearly. Now Jia Kui's troops were scattered to fight. It would take more than half a month just to break away from the battle and regroup.
"Gao Shun's department is no longer needed for the time being."
Gao Shun's headquarters is now located in the south of Kuaiji. It is not impossible to support Jingnan when necessary. He only needs to go north through Yuzhang and then enter Changsha to reach outside Linxiang City.
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It's just that this road is not easy to walk, so there is no need to mobilize Gao Shun's troops until critical moments. Moreover, even if Gao Shun's troops are not included, as long as Zhou Tai, Gan Ning and other naval forces are added, the total mobilization scale has exceeded 100,000 people.
Liu Feng got up and walked around the room, obviously thinking about whether to issue a mobilization order.
Mobilization orders are not easy to issue. Once issued, various expenditures will increase. On the other hand, it will also interrupt the deployment and mission progress of the garrison in various places.
"Let them start replenishing supplies first."
Liu Feng did not issue a mobilization order in the end, but made a foreshadowing: "Supply according to the level of combat readiness, and report to me after the supplies are replenished."
"Here."
After Zhuge Liang accepted the order, he was ready to retire.
At this moment, Lu Xun happened to push the door in from the outside.
"What's wrong with Boyan?"
Liu Feng looked over and found that Lu Xun looked not right: "What happened?"
Lu Xun walked quickly to Liu Feng, opened the silk book in his hand and handed it over: "My lord, Zhou Chong was killed by Liu Xun."
"Zhou Chong!?"
Liu Feng couldn't remember who it was for a moment, but when he heard the name Liu Xun, he realized that he should be a famous person from Lujiang.
Lu Xun then added: "It is very likely that Governor Zhou already knows about this. His father was killed by Liu Xun. As a junior in the family, he will definitely have thoughts of revenge. The lord must prepare early."
When Liu Feng heard this, he immediately understood.
Indeed, as Lu Xun said, Zhou Chong was killed by Liu Xun, and Zhou Yu petitioned for war both in public and private affairs.
Suddenly, Liu Feng's eyes lit up.
He had wavered before and wanted to advance the start of the war, but he didn't have a good excuse.
Isn’t this excuse just coming to your door now?
"Kong Ming, Boyan."
Liu Feng immediately made a decision: "Start mobilization according to the scheduled plan. Within ten days, I want the first batch of troops to be dispatched."
Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun bowed at the same time: "Here!"
With Liu Feng's order, the entire Yangzhou military and political system began to rotate rapidly.
A large amount of grain, straw, ordnance, and equipment were added to the army, and the recruited civilians began to gather.
The scale of this war was so great that even if there was communication with the Yangtze River, many civilians would be required to carry out loading, unloading and shipping.
However, under Liu Feng's instruction, the civilian men recruited were concentrated as much as possible in areas in the north of the Yangtze River where drought was severe and water conservancy was underdeveloped.
Recruiting young people from these areas can not only achieve the effect of providing work-relief, but also effectively reduce the total food consumption in these areas and reduce the pressure on the food delivery system.
Taishi Ci was in Licheng at this time. On the evening of the fourth day after Liu Feng made his decision, he received the order from Wu County.
After reading the order, Taishi Ci did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered all the generals and generals of the destroying front army to come to the county government to discuss the matter.
Licheng is not the seat of Jiujiang County now, but it has always been the seat of Jiujiang County before, so a complete set of county buildings are still preserved in the city.
This also brought convenience to generals such as Taishi Ci, as they did not have to live in the camp regularly during non-war times.
Soon Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Xu Sheng, Zhou Dao, Lu Fan, Yu Zi and their respective lieutenants all arrived.
Navy generals Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Dong Xi, Gan Ning, Zhu Huan, Ling Cao and other generals also arrived.
After everyone gathered together, Taishi Ci issued Liu Feng's order and passed it on to the generals for review.
After all the generals verified that it was correct, they all saluted Taishi Ci together.
"Since the Lord has given the order, we will naturally obey it."
Taishi Ci first emphasized the order, then turned to Zhou Tai and asked: "Captain Zhou."
"The end is here!"
Zhou Tai stood up and held his hands.
Nowadays, there are many naval generals, but Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Dong Xi, and Gan Ning are the oldest and have the highest status. Their soldiers are the most elite, and their warships are also the leading new ships among Liu Feng and Liu Bei's armies.
Taishi Ci stroked his beard and asked: "According to the plan, the army will be prepared in three days. Four days later, you will be the vanguard naval commander, commanding the navy to move out first and open the Yangtze River channel for the army. Do you have any doubts?"
The task of Zhou Tai and other naval generals is the most important in the first stage. In the scheduled plan, the four generals Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Dong Xi, and Gan Ning will be the vanguard of the entire army. Their task is to clear the Yangtze River waterway and build a better future for the navy. The subsequent waterway transportation of the army opened the channel.
(End of chapter)