Chapter 943: A Plan to Harass the Enemy
In Liu Yi's view, the basic way of employing people is still dedicated to specialists, and the requirements for talents in later generations are often a specialization and multi-ability, which is a natural demand after a high degree of social and economic development, but there is obviously no such a high standard in the late Han Dynasty. In addition to those famous military generals in history, Liu Yi is very concerned about professional skills in the cultivation of talents, Youzhou Academy, Youzhou Martial Arts Academy, training courses under the Agricultural Affairs Department, and training offices under the equipment institute, these institutions have their own focus on the cultivation of talents, and the four aspects of literature, martial arts, agriculture and industry constitute the foundation for the cultivation of talents in Yandi.
When there are a large number of professionals in a field, its development can become more rapid, and the current prosperity of Yandi's various industries has proved the correctness of Liu Yi's view, under the rule of King Yan, not only those with outstanding military achievements can reap rich rewards and improve their social status, but also professionals who can make outstanding contributions in all walks of life, especially after the development of propaganda mouthpiece, Liu Yi can better grasp and guide the value orientation of the people.
These professionals will form a solid foundation for the development of all walks of life in Yandi, but the snake is headless, a highly talented leader is indispensable, and the requirements for them are not only professional, here Zhang Hu is the best template. Of course, it seems that Zicai is more difficult to find, Liu Yi can't expect everyone to be as comprehensive as him, at this time the introduction of the competition mechanism is extremely critical, under the specific and transparent system guarantee, everyone can see the road to a higher status, and know more clearly what kind of quality is needed to reach that height, and often in the competition can play their greatest potential.
When Mr. Shuijing recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei, he once said that Shi Guangyuan, Meng Gongwei, and Xu Yuanzhi were all good talents and had their own strengths, but only Kong Ming had a big view and was still above the three. The subtlety of the use of the word "broad" shows the qualities that senior talents should have, and the so-called big refers to being broad-minded, knowledge-bound, and far-sighted; And slightly is not exactly the meaning of brief, in a high position, there will be more and more things to consider, people's energy is always limited, the result of seeking perfection is mostly incomplete, grasp the main aspects of the matter to allocate the greatest energy, do not dwell too much on the details to ensure that they play a higher efficiency! For the senior talents under his command, including himself, Liu Yi has such requirements.
A strong country must have a large number of outstanding talents in various fields, and these talents are not important to each other, but the importance of military talents is undoubtedly more prominent in times of troubled war. At this time, in addition to the strategic rear of Yandi like Youzhou and Zhou, Xuzhou, Jizhou, and Sizhou all have extremely outstanding military talents, Gan Ning and Zhao Yun are the generals of the Yan army, not to mention Zhang Hu's comprehensiveness! It is necessary to ensure the safety and stability of the territory before we can talk about future development, and in troubled times, there is no strong force as a guarantee that everything else is without roots, or a hard work to make wedding clothes for others.
Compared with the large rear areas such as Pingzhou and the state, the authority of a state assassin in the frontier states is more extensive, simply put, it is the highest administrator and the supreme commander of all the armies in the state. And the reason why the power is so concentrated in the hands of one person Liu Yi's purpose is to make the efficiency of its exercise to the maximum, here there is no need to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of centralization and democracy, the efficiency of centralization is much higher than democracy, these states and counties are at the forefront of the front, at any time may be attacked by the enemy army and become a battlefield, at this time requires a state military and political chief to make the most accurate response and action in the shortest possible time, and it is difficult to do this without huge power in his hands.
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, so a complete system of official supervision is indispensable, and it is this duty that Tian'er Inner Ear bears. It's definitely not that Liu Yi believes in the two brothers and Zhang Hu, but if that's the case, who else in this world can make him believe? However, in order to achieve long-term peace and stability, it is necessary to have a strong system as a guarantee, in fact, if we think about it on the other hand, a good supervision system is also a kind of protection for the officials themselves, which can reduce their chances of making mistakes, and can also make the officials clean and honest and orderly.
For the current battle situation in Liu Yi's mind, of course, there will be an overall plan, the best outcome is that after the war, the north of the Yangtze River will be in the bag, and he will do his best to work towards this strategic goal, and from a military point of view alone, the current assassination system is not perfect enough, the territory of a state is vast, once the military situation changes, the news will definitely make the Yan army's movements slow, and the battlefield will also involve the great energy of the administrator and here, how to improve this problem, The military region system of later generations is quite worthy of reference, and the front-line states are divided into several theaters to ensure that they have strong mobile forces and sufficient backup, which can not only make tactical actions and coordination between all parties extremely flexible, but also more convenient for their own command of troops, after all, the integration of military and government is only an expedient measure, and the two will eventually be separated.
With the scale of the Yan army's strength at this time, a theater of war should be controlled at about 100,000 troops, including no less than 20,000 cavalry, which should be the best configuration, and the geographical division of the theater and the selection of generals in each theater have also entered the agenda, and Xu Huang, the commander of the Long Xiang army, is one of them. Once this plan is put into practice, the second general Gan Ning will devote himself to the Flying Tiger Army, and Zhao Yun will also focus on the command of the cavalry, the two brothers are the commander-in-chief of the navy and the commander-in-chief of the cavalry.
No one knows what Xu Huang and Chen Gui talked about, but from the second day, Komeito's investigation of Liu Bei's private relocation of the people has been carried out extremely smoothly, and many families have united to support Yan Wang's action. It can be seen that Liu Xuande's move has caused great public anger in the three counties of Xunan, and these evidences will soon become the best material for the Yan Army Propaganda Office and publicize it to the world, all the facts will be extremely full and clear, in order to express the fairness of the King of Yan, the so-called Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and the King of Yan has always paid attention to this, how is the history of Yangzhou Thorn, and what is the uncle of the Han Emperor, King Yan represents the court and the people.
Once this matter is made public, the blow to Liu Bei's prestige will undoubtedly be huge, and the extent to which it will be done is of course still in Liu Yi's heart, this is another battlefield! However, if there is no Langsheng, such propaganda will never have such a great effect, the popularization of Liu Lang's paper, the establishment of the propaganda department makes the spread of news in both depth and breadth is incomparable before, and also makes the tactics of propaganda warfare more able to play a huge role, and it is both offensive and defensive, Xuzhou Liu Yi used one to fight Liu Bei Er to collect the hearts of the people of the three counties, and on the battlefield in Hanzhong, it was the role of propaganda that made Cao Jun's rumors fail.
How much impact did Liu Bei's relocation have on the three counties of southern Xu? This is not important, the important thing is that his actions violated the ancestral system and are untenable in the name of righteousness. With this point in his hand, King Yan is justified in his actions, and naturally there is a lot of Cao Bao's credit, but the famous generals of Xuzhou still cherish their reputation very much, everything is operating in secret, Liu Yi's purpose is not obscure, he should also take action to repay the virtue praised by King Yan, just from the point of thinking out his mind, Cao Yu'an is not too incompetent.
In the past, Liu Bei did not know that he would be seized by Liu Yi, but the expansion of strength was undoubtedly more important to him, and it was something that he had to do, so he would naturally be psychologically prepared for Lang Sheng's condemnation from the position of righteousness and ancestor, after all, in his mind, although this matter was detrimental to his reputation, it was difficult to cause substantial damage to words, and Huaxia has always only judged heroes by success or failure. But he still underestimated the power of Liu Yi's use of propaganda warfare, and no one in the world could compare with Lang Sheng's experience in this regard, and he had his own calculations in the future.
Gongming in Guangling to investigate this matter deliberately made the momentum great, here and the four nearby scholars are very cooperative, they have a deeper vision than ordinary people, Xu Huanglong's army arrived, the Yangzhou army has not yet fought is already retreating in advance, this Xu Nan three counties fall into the hands of the Yan army is a sure thing, although for the time being, I don't know what the attitude of the Yan King will be here in the future, although the majesty of Liu Yi is not offensive, but the act can be called magnificent, this Xu Gongming is the Yan King's love general, This time it was said that it was the will of the imperial court, but it was not Liu Yi's mind, if they didn't know how to do it, these families probably wouldn't be able to survive today. Although General Xu did not explicitly reprimand Liu Bei at the banquet, the meaning of his words was undoubtedly revealed, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and seeing that the wind made the rudder was the foundation of neutrality in troubled times, which was not unexpected.
Long Xiang's troops left Xuzhou without any cover, and Liyi also performed a very high-profile entry into Peixian, and the actions of these two armies were similar to what Zhang He did in Luoyang, all of which were creating momentum and confusing the enemy. The Tiger Guard's fanfare was to better cover the cavalry of Wei Yan's general from the Meridian Valley to Hanzhong, while the actions of the two armies of Longxiang and Agni, including Xu Huang's actions in Guangling, were to allow the Flying Tiger Army to go to the river more quickly and secretly, and the two complemented each other.
When the north and the south are opposed, the north Liu Yi and the family dominate, and the south is the coexistence of the three heroes, just like the Yan army Tian'er is paying attention to the other party's movements all the time, Cao Liu and Sun also spare no effort to explore the movements of the Yan army, especially the movements of its main force. The eight main infantry armies of the Yan army, including the iron cavalry battalion, have a place to settle in the fields, implement Liu Yi's idea of making the army self-sufficient, out of the requirements of the terrain, it is not strange that they live next to the people's villages, which provides convenience for those who inquire about the military situation, of course, most of these investigations are only concentrated in the periphery, and the control of the Yan army in the military camp is extremely strict, especially in wartime, it will be more upgraded!
The garrison of the Flying Tigers is different from the rest of the troops, the naval army does not use tuntian, and their camp is a natural harbor close to the sea, and the surrounding wilderness is clear within thirty miles, and there are still cavalry sergeants constantly patrolling it, how easy is it for the enemy spies to find out about the military here? This characteristic of the Flying Tiger Army is that Pang Tong has enough confidence to let it seize the Yangtze River waterway as soon as possible, and the ability to sail allows them to travel from Xuzhou to the mouth of the Yangtze River at sea. Even if the other party can observe the reaction, the arrangement may not be able to keep up.
Of course, everything planned must be perfect, and the occurrence of unexpected situations must be minimized, so what Xu Huang and Liyi did is a plan planned by Pang Tong to disturb the enemy, since you Liu Xuande dare to fight in Lujiang and want to respond to the battle of the Central Plains, the Yan army will naturally not be polite, and taking the three counties of Xu Nan is the best demonstration, even if it is fighting on two fronts with the Cao army, there is still room to deal with Yangzhou, but such a demonstration is limited, Pang Tong hopes to make Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang think that his actions are in response to the Yangzhou army's crossing of the river, Or this plan can't hide Kong Ming's analysis, but as long as he can buy more time for the Flying Tiger Army to strike first, his goal will be achieved.
Now Gan Ning's army is sailing on the sea, and it will soon reach the mouth of the river, and the Flying Tiger Army has a lot of supply ships in addition to the warships, if the Yangzhou Navy dares to meet the battle or wants to take advantage of the shortcomings of the Flying Tiger Army to supply far away to contain and delay, Gan Ning is not afraid to fight with them. However, the supply at sea was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the weather was very constrained, and when Xu Huang entered Guangling, the Longxiang soldiers led by Zang Ba and advanced to the north bank of the Yangtze River in Xuzhou became extremely crucial, and they were the biggest logistical support for the Flying Tiger Army.