Three Kingdoms

  Many times, in hindsight, Zhuge Liang will think that I can do it with me, but in fact, the complexity of war must be beyond most people's imagination.

  Jiangdong increased its troops twice and captured more cities. It seems that the record is completely different from the history. It showed a tough stance, which also made Cao Ren in Jingzhou make the decision to temporarily "lease" Jiangling to Jiangdong.

  This decision, in Cao Ren's mind, was naturally extremely correct.

   First, Jiangling is too close to the big river, and the waters in the territory are complicated. It is not easy to deal with the Jiangdong soldiers who are mainly boats and can be quickly transferred. Even Cao Jun has cavalry.

Secondly, Jiangdong has been fighting continuously, and Cao Cao has been standing still. Of course, this will cause Jiangdong to be dissatisfied. In order to prevent Jiangdong from accepting it when he sees it, so that when Cao Cao wants to move, Jiangdong will not cooperate. He must give Jiangdong some benefit.

  Thirdly, Jiangling has experienced wars and has not recovered much for a long time, and it needs blood transfusions from Jingbei from time to time. Cao Ren is actually somewhat annoyed. After all, Cao Ren felt that Jingzhou was still mainly transporting goods to Xuchang, so what kind of thing was it that the materials and goods were spent in Jiangling?

  Thus, Jiangdong increased its troops for the third time, and the base camp was established in Jiangling.

  Then began to build water fortresses, strengthen city defenses, arrange garrisons, and repair roads. It seemed that they were going to repair in Jiangling for a whole year. Zhu Zhi didn't say a word about the date of moving on.

  Zhu Zhi was unwilling to move forward, so Huang Gai had no choice but to bring some trilogy to hand over to Zhu Zhi.

   In other words, Jiangdong's offensive on the waterway is almost at a standstill.

  War, politics, two bodies on one side.

  Huang Gai was a little angry.

  Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai have many similarities, but they are fundamentally different.

  Both of them are veterans of the three dynasties. They both fought against Sun Jian in the early years, and both gained considerable military merit, but in the end the two people took different routes.

  Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai have different backgrounds.

  Huang Gai was originally a descendant of Nanyang prefect Huang Zilian, but his family separated from Nanyang very early. Huang Gai's grandfather moved to Lingling, basically still separated from the Nanyang Huang family. Huang Gai had a difficult life in his childhood, but he still had great ambitions. Although he was poor, he often paid his salary to guard himself, and he also studied books and learned the art of war by himself. After that, he served as a county official, was inspected as Xiaolian, and finally served under Sun Jian.

  So Huang Gai is a completely poor family, even a cold frame, the kind that almost doesn't even have a frame, but Zhu Zhi is different. At the beginning, Zhu Zhi was a local tyrant and a big family, so Zhu Zhi served as a county official when he was very young. Later, he was prosecuted as Xiaolian, and he was appointed by the prefecture to work with him. He fought everywhere with Sun Jian.

One has to pay his own salary, always be vigilant and never forget his ambition, and climb up desperately to get the position of county official, while the other can be a county official casually, and then paint a layer of gold paint, and immediately become a county official. Suddenly, he became a state official with grassroots experience...

  It can be said that the road of Huang Gai is the admirable road of struggle.

  Diaosi's counterattack, how inspiring!

   In the eyes of people like Zhu Zhi, such a path is undoubtedly stupid and a waste of youth and time.

  For someone like Zhu Zhi, first hang out a name in the county and hang around for two days. At the end of the year, he must be good in the evaluation and take off directly on the spot. This is the official career.

   Therefore, although these two people are both governors at the moment, they actually look down on each other.

   Not to mention the transfer of military power to each other now.

  Huang Gai was very unhappy, because originally Zhu Zhi was supposed to go to the front line to take over, but now Huang Gai was asked to return to take over.

  This kind of behavior is not to say that it is completely against the rules, but like the kind of county magistrate who paints gold at the grassroots level, it is a gray behavior of playing a side ball, which makes Huang Gai disgusted.

  So when Huang Gai met Zhu Zhi, he didn't have a good temper.

  『Dudu Zhu, the governance of Jiangling has been quite effective. Sure enough, those who are capable work hard! ’Huang Gai said sarcastically.

  What is overwork?

  Toil more means to be busy.

  Busy is an excuse most of the time.

   Can be really busy or fake busy. The higher the position, the more effective this excuse seems to be, but whether you are really busy or not is a matter of opinion.

As the commander-in-chief of an army, he really shoulders heavy responsibilities. He has to be responsible for attacking, but also considers defending. The food supply line does not have any defensive advantages, and someone may be stabbed from the back at any time. These things have to be considered. It can indeed be said that it is very energy-consuming, and there should be no slack in the slightest.

  But does all this mean that we can only stop at Jiangling and have no time to move forward?

   Obviously not.

   After all, these things are often just for the governor to consider overall, rather than for the governor to do things himself. If the governor does all the things alone, then what is the official military academy under him?

   It’s like working overtime.

When the off-duty time comes, I am still working overtime. It seems that I am very diligent, hard-working, and excellent, but in fact, does it mean that I have too much fish and fish during normal working hours, so that what I should have done Not finished? Or is it that he lacks the ability to do things that others can do, but he needs more time to do it?

  Are you busy?

busy.

   can be a reason, but it is definitely not a legitimate reason.

  Especially in the military where every second counts and new changes may occur at any time, it is not a good strategy to stay too long in Jiangling.

  Zhu Zhi smiled but didn't smile, "Dudu Huang, he attacked Sichuan and Shu, and made a lot of achievements. He really has the style of a general!" 』

  What is a general?

  There is no need to explain...

  Zhu Zhi's stay in Jiangling is of course due to Zhu Zhi's own considerations.

  Whether it is Yi Dao or Zigui, it is not Zhu Zhi's meritorious service, but Jiangling can be.

  Although Jiangling was negotiated before, Zhu Zhi is now responsible for substantive occupation. This cannot be denied, right?

  As for the frontline operations, everyone knows that it is a big pit, so why jump into it so quickly? Even if you really want to jump, you need to make relevant preparations. And Zhu Zhi also has a very correct reason, which is money and food.

  『Invite Zhu Dudu to take over the seal and order the flag! 』

  Huang Gai stabbed at Zhu Zhi, and then Zhu Zhi returned a sentence. He didn't want to have this verbal dispute with Zhu Zhi, but directly wanted to hand over the seal flag.

  Zhu Zhi looked at the seal flag presented by Huang Gai's guards, but he didn't have the slightest intention to take over. Instead, he said with a smile: "Captain Huang, don't rush, don't rush..."

   Huang Gai raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?" Want to slow down the army? 』

  Zhu Zhi laughed, "Captain Huang, it doesn't have to be like this. Please sit down and listen to a certain way. 』

  Huang Gai pondered for a while, then waved his hand to let the guards back down, but he wanted to hear Zhu Zhi's so-called reason. He had been in and out of life and death before, even if he faced Zhu Zhi alone, he was full of courage, otherwise he would not have deliberately turned back to find Zhu Zhi.

  Zhu Zhi did the same. He asked the guards to retreat, and then said to Huang Gai: "Gong Fu, this westward march to Sichuan and Shu is really for Sichuan and Shu?" 』

  Huang Gai frowned, "What do you mean by that?" 』

  Zhu Zhi stretched out his hand and drew a circle around it, "How is this place?" 』

  Huang Gai asked this question, and Zhu Zhi answered this place, which is also opposite.

   But obviously Huang Gai was not very satisfied with Zhu Zhi's answer, "Captain Zhu, marching into Sichuan and Sichuan is the strategy of the governor!" 』

  In Jiangdong, there is only one person who can remove the surname and directly call him the governor.

  Zhu Zhi did not deny it, nodded, and then said: "However, this Jiangling is also a place to turn. You can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat. Don't be careless!" 』

  Huang Gai suddenly understood, his eyes lowered, "You want to betray the alliance?" ! 』

  Zhu Zhi laughed, "Why is this so?" It's just...prevention. 』

  『Is this the Lord’s intention? ’ Huang Gai asked in a deep voice.

  Zhu Zhi was noncommittal, "As a subject, you should share the master's worries. It can't be said that if Sichuan and Shu can't go down, they will return empty-handed! 』

  Huang Gai ignored the sarcasm in Zhu Zhi's tone, "If you stay here, what about the front line?" ! 』

  Zhu Zhi laughed, "Isn't there a public answer here?" The Indian flag is still there, and the public can order the former army as much as possible. The meritorious deeds, the governor will definitely report to the truth! 』

  『Zhu Junli! ’Huang Gai patted the table angrily, ‘How can you treat military affairs like a trifle’s play! 』

  Zhu Zhi also turned his face and slapped the table, "Huang Gongfu! This is Jiangdong's century-old plan, which concerns the lives of countless Jiangdong children! How can you be careless! Now that there are no generals on the front line, you are turning around without authorization. If the Sichuan army invades, what crime should you have? ! 』

  The two started arguing, and the dual-reverse guards in the distance glared at each other, and at the same time looked at their general with a little worry.

  In a vague way, it seemed that a **** pot was being thrown back and forth by two people, dancing in mid-air.

  …(╬￣dish￣)╯○╰（(*`ェ*)…

  While the Jiangdong Waterway Army was still hesitating for the overall strategic direction and hesitated to advance, the hidden dangers behind them were finally exposed.

  Wuling Man.

  It may be called Wuxi Man, or the full name Wuling Wuxi Man...

  Samoke returned to his tribe with a letter of commission and some armor and blades, and immediately received the most solemn welcome.

Previously, the Wuling Man was violently beaten by the Wu army along the waterway. All the cottages near the rivers were basically either breached or burned, so that they had to shrink back and go to the hidden cottages in the deep mountains to suffer from hunger. , Seeing that the cold winter is coming, and the limited remote mountain village obviously cannot provide sufficient supplies for the dense population, at this most tormented time, Samoko came back and brought good news!

  The Sichuan and Shu Army under the hussars are willing to support the great revolutionary action of Wuling Man!

  Ahem, it probably meant something like this, and suddenly these Wuling barbarians boiled up, feeling that the light had reappeared in the world.

But if you want to really get in touch with the Chuanshu army, you have to pass two hurdles first. One is to break the blockade of the Wu army in the Youshui Yuanshui, and the other is to occupy the area from Zigui to Yushan, so that there is a way to build a The transportation route is used to connect the Sichuan and Shu armies to obtain supplies and armaments.

  So, the first thing to do is to capture the nodes on the Youshui River, such as Youyang, Youyin and other small counties.

Sha Moke gathered a group of strong men, and after boosting their morale, he left the hidden mountain stronghold, led the army to rush for a day, crossed the Youshui River, and arrived at a col near Youyang County. Ridge made his camp. After arranging the security around him, Samoko sat down at the campfire and began to think.

   Following the Sichuan and Shu Army, especially after following Zhuge Liang for a period of time, Shamoke seemed to be put on an intelligence-enhancing BUFF. His experience grew greatly, and then he unknowingly gained some intelligence points.

  Taking mountain roads, walking through mountains and forests, and climbing in rugged mountains are all Wulingman's special skills, but when it comes to attacking a city, it often becomes Wulingman's nightmare.

  However, just like what Zhuge Liang said before leaving, now is indeed a good time for Wuling Man.

  Because those generals who are familiar with Wuling barbarian warfare are basically on the front line now, the entire Wuling area, for Jiangdong, is in a window period.

  Wuling area, in fact, to some extent, is Jiangdong's training ground.

  Whether it is Zhou Tai Lumeng, who tends to be from a poor family, or Zhu Zhiluxun, who is from a wealthy family, they have actually fought against the Vietnamese barbarians in the Wuling area, and they have gained a lot of military experience.

   Now because of the war with the Sichuan and Shu army, these generals who were originally training in the Wuling area have gone, and they have also taken away the elite soldiers under these generals, so the current Wuling area actually seems a little empty...

  The disadvantages of Jiangdong generals' private soldiers are like this.

   As soon as the general moves, the combat power of the entire region will immediately change accordingly. The core combat force will always be private soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers will eat soy sauce for a living. Regardless of the large number of people, they are just bleating, and there is no big threat.

  Sha Moke thinks that it is possible to fight, but directly attacking the county seat is undoubtedly a weak attack on the strong, so he should make use of his strengths and avoid weaknesses, choose a more secure method, and open a gap first.

  The county magistrate in Youyang is Pei Xuan.

  Pei Xuan is a native of Xiapi, who came to Jiangdong due to the war. He is very knowledgeable, devoted himself to the study of the pre-Qin philosophers, has a lot of experience in the way of ancient sages, and also likes to encourage others to learn scriptures, especially willing to debate with others, stretch the literary principles, and explain the literary principles. For governing the local area, he mainly focuses on nurturing, and he also advocates goodwill towards the people. He is a good official.

   It's just that being a good local official doesn't mean having good military talent.

  Pei Xuan's term in Youyang is coming to an end.

As an official who has experience in the local area and has a good political record, it is inevitable to walk up and move, so his current thoughts are not on Youyang, and he is leaving soon anyway. I don't want to do anything big.

But just when he was thinking of taking something to go, whether he wanted to have a farewell for thousands of people, or to sign something like a tens of thousands of people, the county magistrate rushed to report, saying that he had found a thief making trouble outside the city and killing him. Hired the merchants and robbed the goods!

  『A few thieves...why the fuss? ”Pei Xuan waved his hand lazily, “You brought the county soldiers, just drive them away. 』

  Where are there no thieves?

  Can there be no thieves in the world?

  Pei Xuan didn't want to exterminate these so-called thieves at all, he just wanted to scare them away and drive them away. Anyway, as long as they didn't make trouble within his county, everything would be fine.

  The county magistrate was sweating on his head, "My lord! The merchant is a member of the Sun family...』

  『Sun...Which Sun family? ’ Pei Xuan immediately turned over and sat up.

  『Naturally... that Sun family...』 Xiancheng bowed his head.

  『Bastard! ’ Pei Xuan was furious, ‘Why didn’t you send someone to **** you? ! 』

   It was almost at the critical point of promotion, and this happened!

  If it is an ordinary businessman, he will die if he dies. Can it be regarded as a big deal? But the problem happened to belong to the Sun family. Even if they knew they could run out to do business, they were mostly offshoots of the Sun family and had no real power, but they were members of the Sun family after all. Do you still want Pei Xuan's promotion? !

  『The magistrate appeases his anger...』The magistrate hurriedly said, 『This... this might be an opportunity...』

"How to say? ’ Pei Xuan was taken aback.

  The county magistrate bowed his head and said, "Before, there were some **** who said that the magistrate could only talk empty words... Don't be angry with the magistrate, these **** are just farting... Now, isn't this an opportunity?" Those who looted the merchants were just a few thieves, if the county magistrate... one can say that he was avenging the Sun merchants, and there was no reason to blame the merchants, and secondly, he could also jam these gossiping mouths... Proof that the county magistrate accepts Wen Yunwu , is a contemporary talent...」

  Pei Xuan frowned, and pondered for a moment, "Is he really an ordinary thief? how many people? 』

  『A dozen or so! ’The county magistrate was categorical, and said, 『It’s all these mountains that are barbarously crossed! Fearing that the cold winter is coming, I don't have much food and clothing, so I went down the mountain to plunder. 』

  Pei Xuan nodded.

  If it is said that on the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty, nomads would come to visit relatives when they were free or not, then in Jiangdong, the Nanyue Shanman would often come to fight the autumn wind.

   Those who have no food, no clothes, no use, will form a team and go down the mountain to fight in the wild, which makes Jiangdong very annoying. Even setting up roadblocks, erecting military strongholds, etc., is of no use, because these mountains are good at climbing mountains and mountains, who knows where they will come out?

  A dozen or so Yamakoshi...

  Pei Xuan thought about it, and it seemed that he could try it. Just like what the county magistrate said, after all, if even a dozen or so Shanyue dare not attack, wouldn't it be true that the so-called frail scholars only have hard-talking rumors?

  『Good! The order went on, saying that a certain would send troops to exterminate these bandits! Avenge the innocent victims! ’ Pei Xuan stood up and waved his arms, ‘If you dare to offend me, you will definitely let the thief come and go! 』

  The county magistrate bowed deeply to the ground, "The county majesty is mighty!" Surely it will be a success! With this meritorious service, the magistrate's rise to the top is just around the corner! 』

  『Ahahaha...』 Pei Xuan burst out laughing, obviously very happy.

  The plan has been finalized, prepare troops today, and attack tomorrow to wipe out bandits.

  The county magistrate bent over and pouted his ass, said goodbye, and then turned a corner, the flattery on his face gradually faded. At the corner, the county magistrate looked back and cursed in a low voice, "Old bastard, you still want to be promoted? I have been working as a county magistrate for ten years... Ren Ren is a drop from the sky... After all, I want you to know that this county magistrate...not everyone can play around...』