Chapter 961: Unpredictable
Before the crossing, Liu Yi's understanding of torture only stayed in video materials and historical documents, but only that kind of contact was shocking. After coming to the end of the Han Dynasty, he could calmly face all kinds of bloody and some very terrifying scenes on the battlefield, which he had to adapt to as a soldier. But in the face of those various kinds of punishments that are given legal names, there is still a very natural sense of resistance, after all, he still retains the way of thinking of modern people, and when he was in charge of Yandi, he also deliberately abolished some torture for ordinary people, of course, this abolition is selective, even if he has the power of the world, he can't do as he wants.
In wartime, this situation is even more common, and few people will feel that this is an excessive thing, the Yan army was already extremely benevolent to prisoners of war among the princes of the late Han Dynasty, and Liu Yi preferred to use hard labor to manage those enemy soldiers who did not want to surrender. Unconditional release is extremely infeasible from a military point of view, it is very likely that the prisoners of war you put back today will kill your soldiers on the battlefield on another day, as hard labor, the basic life needs of the prisoners of war can be guaranteed, although the life is hard and accompanied by some beatings by the Yan soldiers, but if their treatment is compared with the slaves of Wadao, it is a world of difference, that is the only thing that makes Liu Yi feel that these tortures are also lovely.
Regardless of the attitude of King Yan as a traverser towards these punishments and extortion of confessions, one thing is certain, it is indeed effective, after the end of Gan Ning's temporary military meeting, Gou Chang and Dark San have already "asked" from the mouth of the enemy spies what they want to know about the military situation, just three days before the Ganning Flying Tiger Army arrived at the mouth of the river, Jianye City and Yangzhou Navy have entered a state of combat readiness, and the patrol on the river is extremely strict.
Just before this trip, Pang Tong and the second general said in a deep conversation, with Kong Ming's wisdom, you can see the intention behind the series of actions of the Xuzhou army, the Flying Tiger Army must first take care of its own safety when trying to control the Yangtze River waterway, the strength of the Yangzhou Navy Tian'er has been described in the intelligence, but Shi Yuan has always believed that its real combat power is not only what has been explored in the military intelligence, as the actual strategic controller of the Yan army in Xuzhou, he will not allow himself to have half of the enemy's intentions, Moreover, when the Flying Tiger Army first arrived in Dajiang, there was a period of no rear operations.
Pang Tong's bold letter to King Yan was based on Cao Cao's army's raid on Hanzhong, and in terms of overall strategy, Cao's army's hand was a strange move, but the weakness of the Yanzhou battlefield due to the dispersion of the main force was also the consequence of this plan. After carefully pondering the various changes, Shi Yuan had the idea of expanding the scale of the Central Plains Battle, and Zhang Hu in Hanzhong contained the Cao army's nearly 300,000 troops, and the Yan army here was fully capable of fighting with Yanzhou and Yangzhou at the same time! According to the development speed after Liu Xuande occupied Yangzhou, it is necessary to make strong restrictions on it at this time.
Regardless of whether Zhuge Liang can see his intentions clearly, Pang Tong will unswervingly implement the established strategy, the starting point of this battle is not equal, in terms of the battle situation in the Central Plains under him, even if Kong Ming can see clearly, what can he do? Xu Huang's troops came out of Xu Nan and Gan Ning came to Dajiang to force Liu Bei to make a statement, and the three counties of Xu Nan had a hidden intention of letting go when they saw Liu Xuande's arrangement back then, and it was difficult for King Yan to use this to contain his troops, but even if Yangzhou could sit back and watch the Yan army take Xu Nan, could it still sit back and watch the Flying Tiger Army control the Yangtze River? If this is the case, Shiyuan is definitely happy to see it, as long as the Flying Tiger Army establishes a solid base along the Yangtze River, Yangzhou is powerless even if it wants to support the Yanzhou battle situation, unless they can defeat the lion of the Yan army on the water, and even if the combat power of the Yangzhou Navy is estimated to the highest, it is not possible, as soon as the control of the river enters the hands of the Yan army, the place in Yanzhou can be let go, and the land of Yangzhou will be under the threat of the Yan army at any time.
Liu Bei's forbearance is beneficial to the Yan army, but what if he takes the initiative to attack? Relatively speaking, Pang Tong is also waiting for the other party's hand, especially after the Fangshan Branch of the Flying Tiger Army and the Second Battalion of the White Tiger Xuanwu joined the Xuzhou battlefield! The forces that he can control in his hands are more sufficient, gathering the strength of the two main forces of the Longxiang Army and the Agni Army, supplemented by the Second Battalion of the White Tiger Xuanwu, even if Liu Bei poured Yangzhou troops to Pang Tong, he also has the certainty of being entangled with it and not falling behind, he does not need to win this battle, because at this time, Gan Ning's Flying Tiger Army can cut off the retreat of the Yangzhou Army after crossing the river with the strength of the whole army, and it will always maintain great pressure on Jianye and other places. Kong Ming wants to win and make a difference in the short term, he must take risks, and speaking of this, it is Pang Tong's strength, he only needs to defend and harass and consume the combat power of the Yangzhou army, and wait until King Yan takes Yanzhou to free up his hands, and then turn defense into attack to give the other party a fatal blow! At that time, Liu Xuande could not advance or retreat, and there was no way out, and the battle situation was extremely favorable to the Yan army!
King Yan has mentioned the method of empathy many times in the Youzhou Martial Academy, and Pang Tong is also very much in favor of this, according to his discussion with Xu Shu Ganning and later adding the poison Jia Xu and others, Liu Bei's Yangzhou army seems to be invincible and win this battle whether it is out of the Yan army, so in addition to these two methods, does he have a third way to choose? From the perspective of the Yangzhou army, whether it is Pang Tong or Jia Xu Xu Shu, they will feel heavy pressure on the offensive of the Yan army, it can be said that before the start of the war, the Yan army is already in an extremely favorable strategic situation, even if Liu Bei can only be supplemented by Kong Mingzhi's wisdom, the contrast between the advantages and disadvantages can not be ignored, Pang, Xu, and Jia will not let them turn this situation around, of course, the most critical point is still on the Flying Tiger Army.
In this regard, Xu Shu once put forward an idea, and it was supported by Jia Xu at that time, even if the Yangzhou Navy faced the complete Flying Tiger Army of Gan Ning, even if it had the strength to fight, but it was difficult to win the battle, Yangzhou started in just two years, Liu Bei can have today's power, which is extremely amazing, among which Kong Ming is of course a great contribution! But after all, he is just a mortal, and he doesn't know how to spread beans into a soldier, how can the gap in the combat power of the navy be made up in just two years?
But what if Sun Ce's Jiangdong Navy also joined the war? It must be known that Gan Ning defeated only one of Jiang Qin's partial divisions back then, and then Sun Ce and Zhou Yu chose forbearance and did not raise troops to hate Jiang Qin! That was determined by the battle situation at that time, but Gan Ning and Pang Tong also lost the opportunity to compete with Zhou Lang. A few years ago, when the most powerful naval army on the Yangtze River was still the Jingzhou soldiers, the Jiangdong naval army, which was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of the number of soldiers and the size of the warships, was able to compete with it without falling behind, and Zhou Yu showed outstanding command talent here! Since then, he has never met an opponent who can compete with him on the water, and the advantages of the water army in the battle of Yangzhou with Liu Bei have not been fully exerted, but now this opponent has appeared, which is the Yan Army Flying Tiger Water Army, and it is not impossible for Sun Ce to join this battle with the current situation.
At this time, once the two Flying Tiger Army in Gan Ning's hands are united, they will have nearly 50,000 soldiers and hundreds of warships, which is an overwhelming advantage compared to the Yangzhou Navy, but in terms of the number of warships, they do not have an advantage compared with the Naval Army led by Zhou Yu, or even slightly inferior! After the fiasco of Jiang Xinzhou's first battle, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and the generals of the navy have made a very in-depth summary of this, and the training in the past few years is also based on the Yan army and the Flying Tiger Army as an imaginary enemy, with Zhou Lang and the ability of a general of the dry water army, at this time, what kind of strength they have may be found out only after actual combat, but once they join forces with Yangzhou, they will definitely be able to pose a huge threat to the Ganning Flying Tiger Army.
Although at the time of the war, the intelligence agency of the Yan army has always maintained great attention to the battle between Sun Ce and the Shijia Jiaozhou, now that the Shijia has been destroyed, the remaining remaining strength of Jiaozhou is no longer able to resist the sweep of the little overlord, and from his ignorance of Liu Bei's troops in the South China Sea, it can also be seen that his attitude towards the battle of the Central Plains can be seen from his ignorance of Liu Bei's troops in the South China Sea.
The possibility of this idea put forward by Xu Shu has been greatly enhanced after the military intelligence of the collapse of the Shi family has been greatly enhanced, and now the most scruples in Pang Tong's heart are not Zhuge Kongming, relying solely on the strength of Liu Bei's family in Yangzhou According to their previous analysis, they have fallen behind. But if the back road of the Yangzhou army cannot be cut off by the Flying Tiger Army, Liu Bei, Kong Ming and others, who have less worries, will be able to focus more on the Central Plains battlefield at that time, although Shi Yuan still has enough confidence to be with him for a long time, but he has to consider the impact it may have on the overall situation. Will it be detrimental to Yanwang's overall strategy?
After thinking about it, the three of them felt that this matter should be discussed with King Yan in detail, since the battle of Yangzhou, Yandi's main energy was focused on Cao Cao's body, and Sun Ce only increased surveillance and did not have any military action, I am afraid that Liu Yi still has great concerns about the cooperation of the three in his heart! Once the Jiangdong naval army comes, the situation of this battle will immediately become complicated, and the battle situation will be more difficult to control by them, at this time, the battle of Hanzhong is still unpredictable, if the battle situation on both sides is unfavorable, it will cast a heavy shadow on the process of Yan Wang's domination of the world, this responsibility is too heavy, even if Yan Wang has already handed over the war to the three of them, it is inconvenient to decide on his own.
However, their letter on the analysis of the battle situation has not yet been sent, and King Yan's personal letter has already arrived in Xiapi first! Flying Tiger Army Fangshan Branch and White Tiger Xuanwu Second Battalion came to Xuzhou, Liu Yi's support for Pang Tong's strategy has been undoubtedly revealed, Xuzhou not only has Feng Xiao in charge, Gan Ning, Xu Huang, Liyi such good generals as the leader, but also the poisonous soldiers Jia Xu and Xu Yuanzhi from the side, this lineup is already extremely luxurious! It has always been Langsheng's style to make decisions and judgments, and since he approved Pang Tong's strategy, he had to let him implement it without any scruples, without any constraints.
King Yan's letter is very clear, Xuzhou is mainly based on Shiyuan, supplemented by Wen and Yuanzhi, and discuss more in case of trouble, the resolution of the three is their own mind, and they can do it with all their might, without any worries! In the later generations of several major wars that decided the fate of China, the command organization was a team, Liu Yi's move was to imitate such an idea, he believed in Pang Tong's military talent, and also believed that with the assistance of Jia Xu and Xu Shu, Feng Xiao's play would be more perfect!
For Pang Tong, Jia Xu and others, King Yan's letter is very timely, Liu Yi trusts them unreservedly and takes all the responsibility on his shoulders, and the hesitation of the military family is the most trouble-taking way, so far the determination of the three is unshakable, even if Sun Ce joins the battle group, Zhou Yu's water army will go down the river, they will continue the strategy in front of them, of course, Shi Yuan also repaired a letter to pass the detailed description of the benefits and disadvantages to the hands of Tian'er Ziyue, who received the Flying Tiger Army on the bank of the Xu Nan River, and asked him to convey his speculation on his behalf, The Flying Tiger Army must first seek safety and then find a way to destroy the enemy!