853. Strategic Shift
After Zhang Bao defeated Zhu Wei's army, he immediately attacked the Han army near Zhang Liang, and together they repelled the Han army led by Huangfu Song, and won the victory again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt's just that this time the two Yellow Turban armies joined forces, and they only killed and injured the Wan Han army, and it was not as big as the victory achieved last time.
Lu Zhi, who surrounded Zhang Jiao, heard that Zhu Yun and Huangfu Song had been defeated, so he immediately held the camp, preserved his strength, and became a gathering point for the nearby rout Han army, and hundreds of soldiers came to return every day.
Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang, and Chen Sheng pursued and surrounded Lu Zhi's army, but they did not occupy much advantage, and they could not even complete the siege. Because they had to take advantage of the rare opportunity to send a lot of troops to collect grain, grass, weapons, and so on.
Nearly 200,000 Yellow Turban Army, and more than 100,000 Han Army in Guangzhou. Zong confronted each other, there was no big war, and there were some small battles every day.
Both sides are seizing the time to make arrangements and replenish their strength, but the more time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for the Yellow Turban Army, because the Eastern Han Dynasty will also send a large number of troops.
Jiang Yiming flew into the sky several times, observed from a distance, and found that two or three hundred miles away from the battlefield, gradually the Han army was assembled.
So he made a suggestion to the three brothers of the Zhang family: "The location here is not good, it is surrounded by the imperial court on all sides, it is a dead place, it is better to go east to Qing. The state or the south is rising. State. ”
Zhang Jiao was silent, Zhang Bao echoed, only Zhang Liang objected: "No, this is our hometown, the Yellow Turban Army has a deep foundation here, if you leave, it will be difficult to replenish the soldiers." ”
"Green. The state is close to the sea, and if it is surrounded by the Han army, it can only jump into the sea. Yang. We didn't know anything about the state, and the soldiers were all northerners, so it was difficult for them to adapt to the weather in the south. ”
After hearing Zhang Liang's words, even Zhang Bao, who supported Jiang Yiming the most, did not speak again, as if he agreed to stay here.
However, Zhang Jiao said: "I think we can go east, but what about the sea?" By the way, we can fish and alleviate our food problems.
Staying here, even if we win again, it will not completely improve our situation, the territory of the imperial court is dozens of times that of ours, and it is not something that can be defeated once or twice. ”
After Jiang Yiming heard this, he felt that Zhang Jiao really deserved to be Zhang Jiao, and his vision as a leader must be far-reaching, otherwise he would lead his subordinates into a dead end.
In fact, Zhang Jiao's original strategy was perfect, on the one hand, he used Fu Shui to cure diseases and expand his power in the local area, and on the other hand, he buried a large army near the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty. If it weren't for the traitor's leak, the two-pronged approach might be able to solve the core of the imperial court in one fell swoop.
As for when Zhang Jiao died of illness in history, it didn't really matter, because the Yellow Turban Army had already been besieged, and the spells had been seen through and could not work.
But now, because of Jiang Yiming's intervention, the Yellow Turban Army has won for the time being, but strategically speaking, there is only one way to remain in the hinterland of the Central Plains.
With Zhang Jiao's support, the Yellow Turban Army began to move, because of the large number of people, the movement was very slow. Fortunately, because the Han army was at a disadvantage, even if they discovered the movements of the Yellow Turban Army, they couldn't stop it.
After a distance of hundreds of miles, the Yellow Turban Army came to this territory near the sea. It's just that it's still ancient times, and all the places near the sea have been eroded by the sea, so they can't grow crops, and they look extremely desolate.
"That's what you call a good place?" Zhang Liang complained to Jiang Yiming, "In a ghost place that doesn't grow a dime at all, what do our more than 200,000 troops rely on to survive?" Even the big ones didn't let us go to the house. ”
Before Jiang Yiming could say anything, Zhang Jiao scolded: "Shut up, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." However, fishing must be done immediately, and we must not slack off. It's about what we eat. ”
Jiang Yiming smiled and said, "I have a way to extract salt directly from seawater without using firewood." Everyone must know the price of salt, and the profit from it. With money, you can buy food. ”
"So that's the case, why didn't Brother Jiang say it earlier?" Zhang Liang calculated in his heart, almost carried away by the profits from selling salt, and jumped up in place excitedly.
The 200,000 Yellow Turban Army, even if it is only a small part, can transform tens of thousands of acres of salt farms. Although there is no cement and the quality of the sea salt collected is relatively poor, it is much more convenient than boiling to obtain salt.
A week later, it was collected once, and hundreds of thousands of catties of ocean were piled up on the ground, looking like piles of snow from a distance.
"I think now, this place is so good!" Zhang Liang looked at the salt and said happily.
The land near the sea cannot grow crops, but twenty miles away from the sea, there is still farmland cultivated by the locals, and crops can still be grown.
While the siege of the Han army was not yet tight, the first trade in salt was opened, and a large amount of salt was exchanged for grain and clothing, which was piled up in warehouses. Coupled with offshore fishing, food is no longer a problem for the Yellow Turbans.
And one of the biggest advantages is that it is not as flat as in the Central Plains, but there are many mountains. Not only did it lengthen the advance distance of the Han army, making it much more difficult to run food, but it was also much more difficult to assemble a large army.
Even the Japanese army in the twentieth century failed to completely pacify the guerrillas here, let alone the ancient army during the Three Kingdoms period? It's an impossible task.
September, October, and November passed like this, and the weather became colder and colder, and the Han army would not appear outside the camp, and they all shrank inside to hide from the cold.
According to the history of the Three Kingdoms, the Yellow Turban Army at this time had been exterminated, Zhang Jiao died of illness, Zhang Liang was killed, and Zhang Bao was stabbed to death by his men. But now they are still alive and well, and it looks like they will live for a long time, as long as the Yellow Turbans can hold out and not be wiped out.
Jiang Yiming flew into the sky every day to observe the movements of the Han army, regardless of the severe cold, but his main purpose was not this, but to inquire about the current situation of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others.
Originally, they would have embarked on the fast track of life because of the extermination of the Yellow Turban Army, but now that the Yellow Turban Army still exists, what will be their fate?
According to the news from the mouths of the officers of the Han army, Cao Cao left the army and went to the capital to become a general, and he really deserved to be the son of an official eunuch; And Liu Bei was much more miserable, he was still a petty officer under Zhu Wei, and failed to become a county lieutenant, so he really had an official status.
"One step late, one step later, Liu Bei seems to be unable to reach the height of the founding emperor of Shu in history." Jiang Yiming thought in his heart, and he couldn't help but associate Liu Bei's bad luck with the previous promotion of luck Qingzhu.
On the way back, Jiang Yiming suddenly felt that the white clouds that had been urging agility in the past suddenly became heavy, and it took double the mental power to reach the previous speed.
Damn, is this what hinders the protagonist? He sensed an inexplicable decrease in the aura in the vicinity, so he had such a result. However, after returning to the Yellow Turban Army camp, they immediately returned to normal. (To be continued.) )