724 The battle of life and death in the state of Wu
In this battle, Zhou Yu eliminated the main force of the local rebels in Jiangdong, and Huiji County also returned to the control of the Wu army.
Zhou Yu immediately ordered a search for the Haoqiang clan who participated in the rebellion against the Sun Wu regime in Huiji County, and punished them according to the usual standards - in order to win over his own people and urge his own people to work for the Sun Wu regime, and because the Wu treasury was short of money and could not afford to reward them, Zhou Yu thought of the method used by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu.
Generals were allowed to lead their armies to sweep the local estates after the war, as a reward for them, and if they could take them, they could sweep and take away their possessions.
But land and population cannot be grabbed.
To put it simply, the land and population belonged to the state of Wu, and the wealth belonged to the victorious soldiers, so as to inspire people's hearts, boost morale, and make soldiers dare to fight.
This method of reward was more radical than when Sun Ce was still there, so it was basically supported by the soldiers, and there was a military salary on the one hand, and looted property on the other, and the fighting motivation increased.
Thus began a very tragic post-war plunder.
For five days, the local tycoons in the northern part of Huiji County along Hangzhou Bay poured blood mold.
Those who took the initiative to join the rebels naturally had nothing to say, but those who had not joined the rebels were also sacked by the Wu army, they tried to resist, and were killed and sacked by the Wu soldiers with red eyes, losing both people and property, and nothing could be saved.
Several relatively wealthy county towns were also sacked by the Wu army, and Zhou Yu did not stop it, nor was he powerless to stop it, which was what he promised.
However, there were still people who robbed their heads and tried to rob the family of the scholars, but they almost succeeded, if Zhou Yu hadn't stopped them in time, the famous scholars with the surname of Huiji County would have been ransacked.
The scholars still have preferential treatment, Haoqiang is robbed by initiative and robbed by force, while the scholars are blackmailed.
It was Zhou Yu's policy that the scholars needed to hand over their weapons, pay heavy taxes, and even marry the daughters of the Sun and Wu regimes in exchange for peace.
Don't you want to take refuge in Guo Peng?
I let you all have stains, I let you all be related to us, I see how you still take refuge in Guo Peng!
For this reason, Zhou Yu himself also accepted two concubines, and the other party was a woman from the family surnamed Wu Si.
It feels good to let go of oneself, but in the dead of night, Zhou Yu still has a deep uneasiness when he looks through the war records recorded by his subordinates.
In this way, the Sun-Wu regime is really a complete conqueror, and only by remaining strong and maintaining military deterrence can it survive, and once it encounters military vacillation, the Sun-Wu regime will be completely uprooted.
This required that the Sun-Wu regime did not face a very powerful enemy.
For example, the Guo Wei regime in the north.
However, this is just Zhou Yu's thoughts, the army of the Guo Wei regime is eyeing Jiangbei, and it is possible to launch a sabotage attack on Jiangdong at any time, when the time comes, can the Wu army really resist them?
Did the Wu army, which had just experienced the victory of the counterinsurgency war, really have enough courage to resist the attack of the Wei army?
Weiphobia, cured?
Zhou Yu was not sure, but the war had to continue.
For Zhou Yu, this is already a battle of life and death.
The rebellion was put down, of course, it was a good thing for Wu Guo, Sun Quan was overjoyed and went out of the city to greet Zhou Yu who returned from the rebellion, but Zhou Yu's face was not much joy.
"Zhongmou, now is not the time to be happy, the rebellion has been quelled, there are still foreign enemies around, Zhang Liao and Chen soldiers are on the riverside, eyeing the tiger, this battle may start at any time."
As soon as Zhou Yu said this, Sun Quan's face changed.
"Brother Zhong, this ......"
"Zhongmou, don't worry too much, the Wei army is long in field battles and shorter than water battles, and our army only needs to hold all the dangerous points of the river with boat divisions to curb the Wei army's advance into Jiangdong."
Zhou Yu saw that Sun Quan's face had changed greatly, so he had to speak out to calm Sun Quan and tell Sun Quan not to be too afraid.
But things have come to this point, Sun Quan should not be afraid, okay?
No way.
And at this time, news came from Liu Biao's side, saying that Liu Biao was a little hesitant about support, because he was worried that the Wei army on the Yingchuan Runan side would take the opportunity to attack him, so he felt that it was better to wait and see, if the Wei army really attacked Jiangdong, it would not be too late for him to send troops to help.
In this regard, Zhou Yu was extremely angry.
"Rats' eyes! Didn't Liu Jingsheng smell the cold of his lips and teeth? β
Although Zhou Yu scolded angrily, Liu Biao still didn't seem to plan to do anything.
What are you kidding, there is also a Wei army on the Central Plains side eyeing Nanyang County, and there is also a Wei army on the Shangyong side eyeing Xiangyang, how can he, Zhou Yu, know how dangerous he is on his side?
You don't have enough soldiers, but mine is enough?
Liu Biao didn't plan to help Zhou Yu now, he wanted to continue to wait and see, continue to wait and see the situation, so that he had enough leeway, so that he would not even have room at that time, and there was only a dead end.
He was afraid of Guo Peng, he felt that as long as Guo Peng didn't come to fight him, he would be satisfied enough, and if Guo Peng came, he would probably not be able to fight, so he would continue to run south.
He was really not sure at all whether Zhang Yun and Cai Mao could hold Nanyang and Xiangyang.
Zhou Yu was helpless, and he couldn't find a helper, so he could only continue to ask Liu Biao for help with one ten-thousandth hope, telling the truth that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, and on the other hand, he was determined to face the powerful Wei army alone, and prepared to fight to the death.
Fortunately, the Wei army was not good at water warfare.
Although I heard that Zhang Liao continued to train his soldiers in water combat ability after the previous war, and he was also constantly building warships, how could a monk halfway through the war confront his master?
After Zhou Yu led the triumphant division back to Jingkou, he began to actively explore the Wei army's march movements, actively investigate the recent situation of the Wei army's combat readiness, and then he was also actively preparing for war, arranging troops and horses, increasing weapons, and strengthening vigilance in various important naval divisions and camps along the river.
Zhou Yu planned to rely on the Yangtze River defense line to fight a life-and-death battle with the Wei army, so that the Wei army could have a good view of the Wu army's advantages in the naval division.
I was careless before, I didn't know that the Wei army had very powerful weapons, but this time it was different.
Zhou Yu had prepared in advance, he would definitely not take the initiative to attack, he would only defend, he wanted to see how the Wei army would attack him, and drive the ship to attack in a way that they were not good at?
In that case, Zhou Yu was sure.
There was no preparation before, but this time, the main part of the Wu army's naval division was occupied by small boats that could maneuver quickly, and the fast maneuvers of these small boats were enough to make the Wei army's trebuchets useless.
That thing needs to be aimed and fired, and the interval between each launch is very long, which is the weakness of the trebuchet that Zhou Yu observed.
That's right, Zhou Yu's observation is very keen, and in response to the possible attack of the trebuchet, Zhou Yu responded with small warships that can maneuver at high speed, and designed the tactics of a large number of small warships that can maneuver at high speed, intending to make the Wei army at a loss.
A large number of experienced generals who had previously fought against the Wei army were transferred to the front.
Sun Quan is the self-appointed coach, and Zhou Yu is his assistant, as well as the actual coach.
The generals of the clan, Sun Jing and Wu Jing, were his right-hand men.
Three dynasties veterans Huang Gai and Han Dang led the charge.
General Dong Xi and General Ling Cao fought on the front line.
LΓΌ Meng, a young general who has recently emerged from the army, has also been transferred to the front.
It can be said that this is the only remaining essence of Sun Wu's military after the previous catastrophe, and it was all concentrated by Zhou Yu's side.
The 30,000 crusading army and the 10,000 army that remained with Sun Quan were also concentrated by Zhou Yu and gathered 40,000 troops.
This is all the main force that Wu Jun can take out at the moment, and it is all the vitality that Zhou Yu has preserved for Wu State under his painstaking efforts.
If this battle is won, Wu will be reborn, and if it loses, it will be all over.