Chapter 489: Liu Xuan's Resistance
Liu Xuan, the four major families and many local tyrants felt that the development speed of the Yellow Turban Army was too fast, and it must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise there would be a trend of burning the prairies.
At this time, Qin Guan was busy stabilizing the place, occupying so many places at once, if it was unstable and the interior was good, it was easy to have problems.
The primary task was defense, in order to achieve the goal of repelling the enemy from abroad, under the suggestion of Gao Shun, Qiantang County was established, and the county seat was in Qiantang County, and on the basis of the three counties of Yuhang, Qiantang and Fuchun, the four counties of Yuji, Zhuji, Wusheng and Taimo of Huiji County were assigned to Qiantang County.
Gao Shun also suggested that the three counties of Haiyan, Youquan and Wucheng in Wu County and Yuqian County in Xin'an County should be occupied as soon as possible, so as to achieve the goal of repelling the enemy from abroad.
Qin Guan immediately took action and sent troops to occupy these four counties; The main force was 12,000 infantry recruited in advance, 3,000 men per county.
The defenses of these four counties were extremely weak, and they were all easily occupied.
In addition to the 3,000 recruits for each county to defend, there were also 2,000 junior infantry and 1,000 junior cavalry, and Qin Guan believed that even if Liu Xuan's army attacked, they would be able to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
The local tyrants here have long since fled, but Qin Guan did not distribute the land here, but warned the people that this place would be used as a battlefield in the future, and for safety, they hoped that they would move south, especially Huiji County, which is now in the rear and is very safe, and the government can assist them in moving.
He also promised that in the new resettlement area, the land can be cultivated at will, as long as it is reported, no taxes will be collected for the first three years, and the government can provide half a year's rations, agricultural tools and seeds.
This was a great temptation for the landless people.
As a result, with the support of Gao Shun's money and grain and the army, the people of the four counties began to migrate to the south.
The site of the migration was a coastal alluvial plain.
Gao Shun compared the map and set up ten counties, including Xiangshan County, Haining County, Sanmen County, Wenling County, Yuhuan County, Yueqing County and Ruian County.
Each county has county magistrates, county captains, and other officials, and each county has jurisdiction over two junior cavalry and four junior infantry, as well as two 200-ton ships and four small boats of more than 100 tons; Each county initially resettled 2,000 people.
Gao Shun's aim was to build a shelf first to facilitate the migration of the population to the south, and if he wanted to develop Fujian, he would have to have many supply ports in the coastal areas.
At the suggestion of Qin Guan, a new county was established on the site of the above newly established county to facilitate nearby management; Gao Shun adopted the suggestion and set it up as Linhai County, with the county seat in Zhang'an County (later Taizhou).
Gao Shun has another purpose, that is, to urge the local government to take the initiative to develop the inland areas after the development of the coastal areas.
After appointing officials such as Taishou and Duwei of Qiantang County, Huiji County, and Linhai County respectively, the work of the two was lightened a lot, and they could concentrate on dealing with the governor Liu Xuan.
Gao Shun and Qin Guan were both in Qiantang County, which was convenient for supporting the front line.
The newly recruited 20,000 infantry were also stationed and trained in Qiantang County.
In order to achieve the purpose of developing to the south and cooperate with the work of Linhai County, Gao Shun relocated the administrative office of Huiji County to Chengxian County, and set up a port, wharf and warehouse along the coast, which was later Zhenhai.
Expand the ports and wharves of Qiantang County, and set up a special naval port, forming a huge naval army for Qinguan.
With easy access to sea freight, population migration is much simpler.
Liu Miao formed an army of 40,000 in Wu County, and after a little training, he rushed out to battle; This was the consistent style of the people of the time, and there were very few professional soldiers, and most of them were temporarily formed into a civilian army and disbanded for the people after the war.
Their primary target was Youquan County.
Youquan County is the closest to Wu County, and the threat to Wu County is the greatest.
40,000 troops, mighty and spectacular; Liu Miao hoped to sweep away the Yellow Turban Army as soon as possible and stabilize the place, so he could concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shu, after all, Yuan Shu was his henchman.
When Qin Guan heard the news, he immediately led a large army to support the defenders of Youquan County.
Most of the people of Yuquan County were evacuated to Linhai County, where the terrain was flat and particularly suitable as a battlefield for a decisive battle.
Qin Guan's killer weapon is the Batun Trap camp; The main force was 5,000 junior cavalry and 10,000 junior infantry, the escort was 2,500 senior cavalry and 3,000 senior infantry, and 10,000 new recruits were baggage soldiers, who were responsible for transporting food, etc.
Qiantang County left 10,000 recruits to defend; However, with Gao Shun sitting in Qiantang County, Qin Guan is absolutely assured.
Qin Guan is ready to defeat Liu Xuan in one fell swoop and occupy Wu County, so the entire Wu County will be his territory.
Liu Xuan's preparation is also sufficient, in this 40,000 army, there are a large number of family soldiers of the four major families, and the family soldiers who are dependent on the local tyrants, and their combat power is stronger than that of ordinary officers and soldiers; And with the four major families as the leader, each family commands 10,000 officers and soldiers, which has another advantage, that is, if there is a battle loss, each family will actively replenish the soldiers.
Wu County is rich, and Liu Miao doesn't have to worry about logistics.
Qin Guan led the cavalry first, and arrived at Youquan County one step ahead of Liu Xuan.
In order for Liu Miao to gather all the troops and solve them all at once, Qin Guan did not attack when they were camped.
When the armies of both sides arrived, there were several small-scale battles, and the officers and soldiers of Wu County suffered a lot of casualties, which made them fear the Yellow Turban Army, especially the guards of Qin Pass, the 2,500 high-ranking cavalry, and the two killings that rushed into their formation, made the Wu soldiers even more afraid of the cavalry.
Facing the enemy head-on, it was no match for the Yellow Turban Army, and the four major families made plans to raid Wucheng and Haiyan, but they were all blocked by the cavalry of Qin Pass, and they fled to the camp with heavy casualties.
Now for Liu Xuan, it is impossible to even retreat, if he retreats, he will be pursued by the cavalry, a killing is inevitable, and the Yellow Turban Army will take advantage of the victory to pursue, Wu County has no danger to defend, and the consequences are unpredictable.
The Four Great Families also felt despised by the Yellow Turbans, as their logistics lines were now frequently attacked by the Yellow Turban cavalry. The cavalry came and went like the wind, they were powerless, set several traps, and prepared to encircle and annihilate the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army with superior forces, but they easily broke through after being killed and dominated.
They believe that the Yellow Turban Army has been suppressed for so many years, and has been lurking for so many years since then, and has gradually matured from its original naivety, and now it has appeared in Jiangdong as a warlord, and it has both its own changes and powerful backers, so it can no longer be regarded as a rogue, otherwise it will definitely suffer a big loss.
And the Yellow Turban Army is the natural enemy of the scholars and local tyrants, whether it was before, or now they implement the policy, they do not allow the four major families to negotiate peace with them, otherwise their family will not exist, rather than this, it is better to fight to the death, or take the initiative to evacuate Jiangdong, but now it is a little difficult to evacuate.
Qin Guan was very enjoyable on the front line, but the time of March passed in a flash, it was the spring of the fourth year of the first peace, and the latest news shows that Lu Su had expelled Yuan Shu and completely occupied the Jiangbei region, and Yuan Shu was driven to the south of the Yangtze River and was ready to grab territory in Jiangdong.
If the war continues here, Liu Xuan's rear is empty, and if Yuan Shu takes advantage of the weakness, it will become a wedding dress for others, and it will increase the difficulty of occupying the entire Jiangdong in the future, which is something Gao Shun does not want to see.
So Gao Shun ordered Qin Guan to speed up the attack, defeat Liu Miao as soon as possible, occupy Wu County, seize Danyang County, and block Yuan Shu in Xin'an County.
At this time, Yuan Shu was very happy about the confrontation between Liu Miao and the Yellow Turban Army, whether it was Liu Miao or the Yellow Turban Army, he was not valued by him, he participated in the massacre of the Yellow Turban Army at the beginning, and he felt that he was a group of peasants who had just put down their farm tools, and they were vulnerable, and the army that Liu Miao had just organized was the same, how could he compete with his full-time officers and soldiers?