Chapter 1004: The Horn of the Counterattack
Liu Yi's words after pondering for a while are by no means untargeted, when he helped Liu Bei and the little overlord Sun Ce to compete for Jiangdong is the strategy of the two tigers to compete for food, but in the end of this battle, Liu Xuande did not further attack the opponent after stabilizing most of Yangzhou's realm, the apparent reason is that the combat power is too huge to be able to forge ahead, but how can Liu Yi not know his mind to preserve his strength? Without Yangzhou in hand, Liu Bei has no way out in the future, and above this, he showed an incomparable sense of determination, but once he has capital in his hands, his focus will immediately shift to the balance of the situation, after Zhuge and others have been put into his command in the past two years, Yangzhou is very focused on mending the relationship with Sun Ce, and this is also the norm in troubled times, because it has a common enemy Liu Yi.
At that time, Lang Sheng was somewhat unfinished, but Jia Xu had two words that were not as good as three, and after a little thought, he could understand the deep meaning in the text and words. After Liu Yi pocketed all the north except Yanzhou, the territories of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce have been limited to a fixed range, and all kinds of human and material resources are limited. At this time, Liu Yi was unwilling to drag on the process of dominating the world for too long, and chose to take some risks and see victory on the battlefield.
This time Zhuge Liang went to Jingnan to connect Sun Ce, the reason why Xiaobawang let Zhou Yu lead the naval army to come, the disadvantage of Cao's army on the battlefield is only one of the reasons, the biggest key is the potential threat to him formed by the Ganning Flying Tiger Army, once the Yangtze River waterway is under its control, the land of Jingnan is almost impossible for Liu Yi to defend, and the same is true for Liu Bei, it is this huge threat that allows the two to cooperate to deal with Ganning's Flying Tiger Army, intending to get rid of it quickly!
On the surface, it seems that the combat power of the Jingnan Navy and the Yangzhou Navy is better than the Flying Tiger Army, Zhou Yu, Zhang Yun, Xu Sheng and others are also talented in water warfare, but driven by common interests, both sides will inevitably have their own plans, this is not the battle of Chibi that will divide life and death in another time and space, after all, there is Cao Cao who assumed the main combat power of the Yan army on the frontal battlefield. Is it true that Yangzhou Jingnan can cooperate without any mustard? I am afraid that this may not be the case, it is Liu Yi who pointed out this point, so that Jia Xu, Pang Tong, Gan Ning and others have to use it when they plan to use troops, of course, he has also maintained his habit of putting forward the general direction and not asking about practice.
"Xu Yang, as long as the two generals are based on stability, step by step, even if the two armies join forces, it may not be helpless, now Liuhe Water Village is already in the hands of our army, and it is not bad to confront the enemy across the river, here presumably Jia Pang Zhugong and the second general are well aware, and there is no need to say too much about it, but at this time, Xu Yang Hanzhong and General Zhang Xiu's Jingzhou place Our army has already made a difference, and this Yanzhou place is urgently needed by the king in front of him!" Guo Tu, who was on the other side of the sand table, heard that Liu Yi and Guo Jia spoke and said one after another, today King Yan is here to discuss the military situation, and the general of the heavy cavalry battalion, Wen Chou, came to listen to the order, Liu Yi's mind is not difficult to guess, I am afraid that most of them will have to do something to Yanzhou.
As long as the second general establishes a solid support in Jiangbei, our army can launch an attack on Yangzhou at any time, so can Zhou Yu go on like this for a long time? Xu Nan starts, the Flying Tiger Army can be greatly expanded, with the wealth of our Yan land and the progress of the equipment, but there are two years that the two armies can join forces to break it, but there is no need to rush for a while, the Yanzhou front line of our army has stopped attacking for half a month, and it is necessary to make progress to benefit the army. "Slowly, no matter what means the Yan King takes to force Yangzhou Liu Bei to make a statement, and even at the expense of dragging Jingnan Sun Ce into the battle situation to prevent him from having the opportunity for stable development, Cao Cao will still be the biggest opponent of the Yan army at present, and now that the place in Hanzhong is gradually stable, the Yan army can also launch an offensive on all fronts.
"What the two gentlemen said is true, it is imperative for Yanzhou to attack on all fronts, but Lone has to think about how to do the article here, big or small, quick or slow offensive, which is quite worth considering, since the battle situation of this battle has been spread out across the board, if the situation does not change abruptly, Lone does not want this battle to be too fast!" Liu Yi smiled slightly, nodded appreciatively at the two Guo Tu, but said something that made everyone ponder.
The Yan army concentrated the main force of Beiping, Liaodong, and Swift Wind in Yanzhou, and the main force of 180,000 troops, and more than 100,000 elites of the Iron Cavalry Battalion were also here, plus the previous Gao Shun's attack on Leping City was smooth, there is reason to believe that once Liu Yi goes all out and can not say that he can solve the battle within two months or less, it seems that this is also beneficial and harmless for the Yan army, but why does the Yan King still have words that he is unwilling to end this battle as soon as possible? This statement is by no means untargeted.
As soon as Liu Yi's words came out, not only did the two Guo judges and other ministers groan, but also Wen Chou, Guan Hai and other military generals also fell into deep thought, figuring out the intention of King Yan's words. When he reaches the level of a general in command of an army, his vision must not be limited to local battles, and all the issues he considers must also be based on the overall situation! On the same day, Liu Yi ordered a slow attack on Leping, Gao Shun thought about it and discussed it with Zhao Yun and then Guo Jia mentioned something to understand the deep meaning of this move, Wen Chou was also a heavy general of the Yan army at this time, Guan Hai was more influenced by Liu Yi's side, and at this time he was the same as Jing Fang.
After a while, Feng Xiao was the first to raise his head and look at Liu Yi, the two looked at each other and smiled without saying a word, and they were with a similar temperament for more than ten years, the tacit understanding between the monarchs and ministers can be said to be far beyond ordinary people, although Liu Yi said this for the first time tonight, but the meaning of the usual words is also revealed, it is Guo Jia's astuteness, and a little thought about it is already the overall situation! And Guo Tu has been discussing the battle situation by King Yan's side for a long time these days, and he has thought of the key a little slower than Guo Jia, as for the reaction of Wen Chou Guan Hai and other generals, it is much worse, and this is not his strength.
Seeing Guo Tu's look at the two of them, Liu Yi knew that he had already learned something, and the meaning of encouragement in his eyes was more obvious, and after the two looked at each other, Guo Tu spoke: "Although King Yan lives far away, the military situation in various places is continuous every day, but there is only one place that is not cut off for a moment, that is the logistics loss of our army from Lord Tian, and the big ** weight has also been observed, and our army has dispatched more than one million troops before and after this battle, but Lord Tian said that the battle situation Yandi can still support for half a year, and he has always been afraid of this number or has reservations, Presumably, King Yan's words are for this. ”
"Hahahaha, Gongze Zhengnan is really worthy of a far-sighted person, Lone's mind is clear at a guess, now there is Fengxiao and the two of them on the side, this Yanzhou War should be more gained, but the public rule has this to say, why not continue?" Liu Yi was very happy when he heard this, and Guo Jia also bowed his head again and again, which shows that Guo Gongze's remarks have hit the crux of Fang Cai's words of King Yan, but the Wen Chouguan Hai and others on the side are itchy and eager to hear it.
In the art of war, there is a saying that "the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved", and there is also a saying in later generations that "what is fought in a war is logistics", both of which are the same truth, and the necessary things in the army, such as grain and grass, will have a decisive impact on the lasting combat effectiveness of an army, and then it can affect the overall situation, Liu Yi's remarks are made in this regard! The Yan army's battle this time can be described as the elite to do their best to pour the country's strength, hundreds of thousands of troops consume grain and grass and all kinds of materials every day will be an astronomical amount, and all the Yan army generals who participated in the war have never been worried here, in addition to the deep accumulation of Yan Di in the past two years, Tian Yu This person should be a great meritorious, and he insisted on half a year and said loudly!
War is not a unilateral comparison of the strength of the two sides and the wonderful performance of the generals on the battlefield, if you go deeper, he can cover all fields of each country, especially in terms of production economy, the duel between the two armies after the interracial war in later generations, the side that had absolute superiority in military strength at the beginning ended in a crushing defeat and had to mention the reason for its economic collapse, if there was no strong foreign aid at that time, I am afraid they would have lost faster, which is the deep cause.
The Yan army consumed a huge amount of materials, how could the Cao army, the Yangzhou army and Jingnan not consume, even if their sum in absolute numbers is less than the Yan army, don't forget that the production and economic strength of Yan is above the three heroes in the south, and the territory controlled by Liu Yi is much broader than that, but looking at today's Youzhou and Pingzhou, including Sizhou, which was ravaged by the Han and Zhang coalition forces, are all in a prosperous state at this time, Jizhou and Xuzhou also have a tendency to catch up, and the overall production and economic situation of Yandi are stable and rising. This battle will definitely have an impact here, but after the Peiping assembly has set the overall strategy, these effects have been controlled by everyone in concerted efforts to an acceptable level!
A long-term war will inevitably play a great role in damaging a country's production and economic development, and such damage is difficult to repair in the short term, Liu Yi's focus is not only on the battlefield but also in these areas, militarily dragging all the three southern heroes into this war to consume is only one of them, with the help of the war to hit their economy and production, hindering and delaying their development will also be an extremely effective means, in Liu Yi's view, this method is the foundation of their life, Even if the two sides are tied, the gap in development will make the strength and weakness more and more distinct, if the battle of Yanzhou is successful in the short term, I am afraid that there will be no expected effect!
Of course, in the end, it will only be the people of Li who will suffer the trauma of the war, and the economic regression and poor production will bring them huge disasters, in order to accelerate the process of unification of the world, Liu Yi has to pay some costs, because after he sits on the Han River, these losses also need to be borne by him! However, all this should also be controlled within a certain range, otherwise it will make people angry and complain, even if they take over, it will only be a mess, which is somewhat inconsistent with Liu Yiqianghan's purpose.
Through the means of long-term war to achieve the two-tier purpose of weakening the other party, this month is the focus of Liu Yi's thinking, and it can basically be determined that it will be the leading idea of the direction of the war, now this idea has been formed, the next thing is the operation in the actual combat, how to do it in order to play the role of this idea to the most still need everyone to brainstorm, and the premise is that there must not be too many accidents on the battlefield, at least to maintain the momentum of mutual holding.
Guo Tu is right, the logistics matter is like the weight of Mount Tai, Tian Yu will never be negligent here, since he dares to say that there should be no deviation in half a year, and the figure is only given after taking into account the increase in consumption caused by some emergencies, everyone has no doubt about this! The Yan army can support half a year, so what about the three southern heroes? In terms of the current strength comparison, they are difficult to support for a long time, even if the benefits obtained by expansion can be barely maintained, but once the pressure brought by the war lasts for a long time, it will have a great impact on the morale of the army and the people.