Chapter 924: One Step and Three Plans
Under the cruel education of Tian Yu and Yan soldiers, coupled with the temptation brought by naturalized Han, these three thousand Japanese slaves are ready to dedicate their lives to the great cause of King Yan at any time, but Xu Huang led the Longxiang army into the three counties of Xu Nan After entering the three counties of Xunan, there is no place to use them except for transportation, in his opinion, the military order issued by the always wise and decisive Yan King is very strange, this death squad can only be used as a meat shield, no matter what the circumstances are not allowed to issue weapons to them, not to mention maintaining law and order to treat the people, Even if you fight with the enemy, you can't do it, Gongming still remembers that the killing intent in his eyes when King Yan gave this military order made all the generals who had experienced a hundred battles have an awe-inspiring feeling, no matter whether they can understand the king's intentions or not, this military order must be executed.
As a military operation, secrecy has always been an extremely important factor, but this time the Yan army marched into Xuzhou with great fanfare, for fear that the people of the world would not know, and the matter of holding Yangzhou accountable to Liu Bei, the emperor's uncle of the assassination of the emperor, was widely publicized, which reflected the ability of Yandi to publicize the mouthpiece! This news quickly spread to Lujiang under their deliberateness, all of these are naturally Pang Tong's strategy, and the target is Liu Bei's Han clan status, since you are the uncle of the Han Emperor, you should follow the will of the imperial court, no matter how Liu Bei responds or Zhuge Liang has a wonderful explanation for this, but because of Yandi's strong propaganda ability, all their refutations will be pale and powerless. And this method of using troops in the opposite way is even more effective in bluffing to confuse the enemy, the Long Xiang army is attacking in a big way, but the Agni army is standing still, will Feng Xiao so easily make his purpose clear? In the art of war, there is the so-called way of fiction and reality, and Pang Tong can be said to have three flavors.
The purpose of Komeito's dispatch of troops in the name of accountability is twofold, one is to thoroughly find out the layout of the Yangzhou army in the three counties of Xunan, according to the intelligence of Tian'er, Liu Bei's army will not be more than 20,000 troops garrisoned here, and the Longxiang army is here to force Liu Bei to express his position, is it to give up the three counties of Xunan like Cao Cao gave up Qingzhou or want to transfer troops to compete with the Yan army here? If the former Longxiang army can unceremoniously take back the three counties, this is the leader of Gan Thorn History, and if the latter is more in the hands of Pang Tong, so that the Yangzhou army's containment of the Yanwang Yanzhou battle will be naturally eliminated, and Feng Xiao is very interested in being superior to his fellow brothers on the battlefield in Xuzhou.
It is estimated that Liu Bei and Kong Ming both know that they are talking too much and wrong in the current situation, the reason why Liu Yi was willing to share the land of Xuzhou with Liu Bei was not only unwilling to expand his territory too quickly, but also to put a burden on the other party, which is the same as Jia Xu's suggestion that Liu Yi was not in a hurry to attack Qingzhou, whether it was Qingzhou or Xu Nan, they were just bait for the Yan army, The goal is the main force of Cao Cao and Liu Bei and the energy that the two of them have to spend to save this place. Ten fingers have to be clenched into fists to have strength, and it is not a good thing for the Yan army to expand the territory too much for a while, which is more obvious on the battlefield in Hanzhong, Yongliang has more or less become a burden!
In all fairness, even if they get along with each other, I'm afraid Liu Yi can only keep quiet and wait and see, because the battle of Yanzhou has just begun, the Yan army and the Cao army are far from being entangled, and the king of Yan personally commands tens of thousands of iron cavalry to press the troops, at this time, if the Yangzhou army rashly crosses the river, it will become the key target of the Yan army, and the unpredictability of the military affairs is not only for the north, not counting Liu Yi himself, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and others are not lacking in intrigues! When the fisherman's profit becomes burned, Liu Xuande will really lose more than he gains.
Pang Tong's advice broadened Lang Sheng's thinking, greatly reducing the feeling of gain and loss, and once he entered the state, Liu Yi's action was also decisive and resolute. Now he pressed Ji Yan's friends but never moved, in addition to maintaining a strong pressure on the Cao army defenders, it is also a kind of cooperation with Pang Tong's attack, Shi Yuan is right, one day the Yan army still has the remaining strength in hand, Liu Bei's Yangzhou army will not dare to cross the river, then the control of the rhythm on the Yanzhou battlefield will be extremely critical, even if it is for the purpose of buying time for Gan Ning, Pang Tong and others, Lang Sheng has to find ways to control the Yangzhou army's crossing of the river, as for the situation in Hanzhong at a disadvantage, he already has a countermeasure in his heart, Therefore, when it comes to deploying troops, it seems to be more free.
Feng Xiao Pang Tong is known as "clever and clever, one step and three strategies", this initiative is from him, and he will naturally prepare for Liu Bei Kongming's reaction in advance, you can remain silent, and I will also have a follow-up to force you to express your position. In his hands, there is also a world-famous elite, that is Gan Ning's Flying Tiger Army. At the same time as Xu Huang's army moved, the Xuzhou Flying Tiger Army led by Xuan Lang had already set sail from Xiapi and went straight to the mouth of the Yangtze River by sea, and would go up to the river near Jianye here, the whole voyage was expected to be around the 12th and 3rd, and between the 123th, Xu Huang's task was to open at least one road to the river bank and ensure its safety, so as to provide important and stable logistics support for the Flying Tiger Naval Army to block the river.
Gan Ning has been in office for more than two years in Xuzhou, in addition to daily political affairs, its most important task is the training of the Flying Tiger Navy, I am afraid that in the current situation, it is more appropriate to call the Flying Tiger Navy! Liu Yi did not have too much in-depth study of the navy, all he could do was to provide it with the most advanced ship equipment and some relatively novel training ideas, as for other practices, it was naturally arranged by Xingba, a great expert in water warfare! During the exercise, how to directly carry out strategic supply on the water has become one of the important topics of the Flying Tiger Army, Yan Wang said that this is the key to whether the naval army can form an independent and lasting combat force, there are too many successful examples, Liu Yi's every suggestion can get great attention from the general of the unified army, let alone Gan Ning.
If Liu Bei Kong Ming really wants to unite with Gan Ningpang in Xunan, the Flying Tiger Naval Army will be able to cut off its back road and continue to harass it, and at that time, most of the supplies of the Naval Army will have to rely on sea transportation. The Yan army will be able to form a stable strategic support point on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and will also provide a safe port for the navy as a base.
This time, Liu Yi adopted Pang Tong's strategy and decided to strategically contain Liu Bei first, he did not give Feng Xiao any sword seal as a command to the three armies like the battle of Sili that year, and the burning of Bowangpo by Zhuge Liang described in the novel is also just fiction. Generally speaking, those wise and resourceful people in the Three Kingdoms rarely have a single leader, and the only ones who can do this are Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han after Liu Bei's death, and Sima Yi, the governor of Wei, who seems to be able to verify the comprehensiveness of the two from this, but there is a necessary premise for doing this, qualifications and prestige! A few years after the White Emperor City was entrusted, Kong Ming's prestige in Shu Han was unparalleled for a while, and Sima Zhongda's status in Wei was roughly equivalent to it, and with this foundation, the two of them could lead the army alone!
Before the advent of Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the most admired handsome talent in the Three Kingdoms was Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, "between the lupine scarf talking and laughing, the canopy was wiped out", "The east wind is not with Zhou Lang, and the copper bird is deep and locks the two Qiao", that is, he was the top strategist of the Three Kingdoms, and he was a rare handsome talent of the three armies, Zhou Gongjin is indeed a romantic figure through the ages! The reason why Sun Ce's power is weaker than Cao Cao and Liu Bei in this world is mainly due to his mistakes in the overall situation, and at the tactical level, no one can question Zhou Yu's ability to command troops, and Guan Yu, the general of the Yangzhou Army, is very recommendable.
In the previous battles, Pang Tong has repeatedly devised strange schemes for the king of Yan, made great contributions, and has established his own prestige and status among the Yan army, but if he wants to lead more than 100,000 troops to fight alone, he has a big gap in both seniority and prestige, and he is always the most appropriate position in the strategy. The type of Guo Fengxiao, another great talent under the command of King Yan, is also similar to him, but if the ghost leads the army alone, there will be no lack of Pang Tong, of course, this is not Liu Yi's consistent principle of employing people, after all, talents can only play the greatest role in the most suitable position for them! In his eyes, among the several military advisors, only Zhang Hu and Jia Xu were able to lead the army alone, and the former was more and more merrier.
In this regard, Pang Tong has a mirror in his heart, since the beginning of the battle of Jizhou, he and the second general have formed enough tacit understanding many times, this time to the king of Yan Yan Gan Ning also gave him great support, whether it is official or personal relations The two are very like-minded, since the king of Yan agreed to his opinion, the responsibility of the leading commander will inevitably fall on the second general, as long as he tries his best to assist him, he can also achieve his own strategic vision, and can also receive better results.
And there is no lack of gratitude to Yan Wang Shiyuan, although there are not too many words, but his series of troop transfers are expressing their full support for themselves, the Fangshan Branch of the Flying Tiger Navy is almost all transferred to the south, and the second battalion of the White Tiger Xuanwu comes by sea, Yan Wang is doing his best to add more mobile forces for his plan, so that he has more room to play, this is the Yan King that Pang Tong was familiar with before, once he made a plan, he would not have the slightest hesitation, looking at the current posture It seems that the entire strategic direction is tilting towards Xuzhou, The way of fiction and reality, judging from the past actual combat experience, Yanwang Liu Yi is also a master in this!