Chapter 657: Guan Yu Town Jiangling
Although Liu Bei is not too satisfied with Wei Yan's candidate, it is still quite good for Yu to guard Jiangling.
Zhuge Liang is also in the army to promote new generals, in the past Liu Bei's army, the generals are Guan Yu Zhang Fei respect, others just want to develop, but only under the status of the two, this is okay when Liu Bei has no troops in his hands, once Liu Bei really develops, this is bound to become a major disadvantage in the army, there is no injection of fresh blood, an army lacks competitiveness, it will become lifeless and energetic, such a team, used to fight, I am afraid it is difficult to win.
No matter how high the martial arts of the main general is, it is just the courage of the horseman, and the fighting general before the battle can play a role in inspiring the soldiers, but this role is very small for the situation on the battlefield, unless the other party's generals are greedy for life and afraid of death.
Besides, on the battlefield, people know that they can't beat you alone, so they can fight in groups, or they can put cold arrows in their backs, so there is no need to rush forward with enthusiasm.
Zhang Fei Guan Yu is the champion of the three armies, not the three armies of wisdom, such a person, once he becomes the commander of the army, sometimes the mistakes he makes, for the entire army, will be fatal, although Liu Bei temporarily has Jingzhou, but there is no talent under him, only a few people Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian, the expansion of the territory, will inevitably face the dilemma of no one to govern.
Compared with Luoyang, Jingzhou's court is many times smaller, and Luoyang is the heritage of many generations of emperors, how can Jingzhou be compared, and the construction of the palace costs a lot of manpower and material resources, not to mention that Liu Biao has just died, and the construction of the mausoleum is also a large expense.
"Qi Yu Shengshang, Yuzhou guard Guo Da betrayed the Cao army, the Liangguo rebel thieves occupied Yuzhou without blood, and now they are fighting with the Cao army in Nanyang County, in full swing, if Nanyang County is lost, then Jingzhou is in danger, the Liangguo rebel thieves are all tigers, and I hope the saint will prepare early." Liu Bei bowed down, and then said slowly, he is a powerful figure in the court, even the emperor Liu Qi personally ordered that Liu Bei can not worship in the main hall, and even in the upper court, he can bring a sword.
Jingzhou's family, the intelligence network can not be ignored, as early as after the Xiliang army captured Yuzhou, they got the news, and secretly planned, in the eyes of the Jingzhou family, Liu Bei has always been an outsider, not worth how to entrust, or his own people to discuss the convenience, Liu Qi is the emperor of the Han Dynasty on the surface, the soldiers and horses in his hands are only tens of thousands, and the generals are only a few, and I have no eloquence, but I covet the beauty of the harem, sing every night, and the time is not long, I am afraid that I will be completely lost in the wine.
The Xiliang Army is full of tigers and wolves, and these Jingzhou families also understand that Cai Mao has undoubtedly become a figure on the cusp at this time, no matter how the Cai family's shili falls, the Cai family and the emperor of Liangguo are related, to put it bluntly, Cai Mao is a relative of the emperor after he arrives in Luoyang, whether Jingzhou is lost or not has no impact on him, and after Jingzhou is in the hands of the Xiliang Army, the status of the Cai family will only be higher.
"So, in the opinion of the general, what should I do?" Liu Qi's tone was a little panicked, he rarely dealt with political affairs, since he became a saint and lost his initial curiosity, he began to live an obscene life, regardless of the government, many things were handled by Liu Bei, in the court, Liu Bei can be said to be a hand and eye to the sky, who let Liu Bei assist Liu Qi to become the emperor, Zhi En Tu retribution, Liu Qi's power to Liu Bei reached the limit of a courtier.
"Shengshang, Xiliang Army, Tiger Wolf, and Cao Army, and now the two armies are in full swing, and it is difficult to divide forces to attack Jingzhou in a short period of time, so we should strengthen the city defense of Nanjun and Jiangling as soon as possible, and dispatch fierce generals and strategists to be stationed in two places."
No one in the court responded, and even looked at Liu Bei with some disdain, this remark is very good, the next step must be Liu Bei to install people in Nanjun and Jiangling, these officials must not let Liu Bei be happy.
In terms of soldiers and horses, Liu Bei only has 20,000 people in his hands, and more military power is in the hands of the Cai family and the Kuai family
"Well, the general's words are very true, I wonder if the general has a suitable candidate?" Liu Qi has no interest in this kind of court meeting for a long time, and just wants to return to the harem as soon as possible to enjoy it with the beauties.
"General Wei Yan is a fierce general in the army, and he has a lot of strategies, he can defend Nanjun and resist the Xiliang Army, and General Guan Yu bravely crowns the three armies and can guard Jiangling." Liu Bei said.
The officials in the court looked at Liu Bei with some puzzlement, and installed Guan Yu in Jiangling, the meaning was obvious, Jiangling is an important place for Jingzhou to hoard grain and grass, once occupied, with grain and grass in his hands, even if something big happened, he did not panic in his heart, and Wei Yan was clearly the general of the Kuai family, could it be that Liu Bei was showing favor to the Kuai family, or did he have another deep meaning.
"Weichen disagrees, Jiangling is an important place in Jingzhou, there has always been General Zhang Yun in charge of guarding, and there are fierce generals like Liu Pan in the city, even if the Xiliang army is coming, he is not afraid, as for the high walls of Nanjun City, there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and General Wei can bear the heavy responsibility." Kuai Liang frowned slightly and said slowly.
The rest of the officials also chimed in.
Now the situation in Jingzhou is unanimously xenophobic, and it is best to drive Liu Bei out of Jingzhou, they really can't understand that Liu Biao wanted Liu Bei to be stationed in Xinye, and he added an enemy to the officials in Jingzhou.
With Liu Qi's support, these officials can only make some small moves in secret, and Liu Bei's troops are limited, so he still has to rely more on the family.
The constant debate between the DPRK and the central government, and finally selected Guan Yu as the guard general of Jiangling, as for how many soldiers will obey Guan Yu's orders after the implementation, it is another matter, Liu Bei's influence in Xiangyang is very great, but when it comes to the specific place, everything is still what the family says, and it is just a matter of one sentence to want to put Guan Yu in the air.
Liu Bei gave Guan Yu 2,000 soldiers and horses, took 10,000 soldiers from the city, and went to Jiangling, this time Guan Yu's task is not only to hold Jiangling, but also to recruit elite soldiers and fierce generals for Liu Bei, what the family did not expect is that Liu Bei will draw so many soldiers and horses from the city to Guan Yu, Liu Bei's troops are limited, and he will mobilize so many people to Jiangling, don't he take care of Xiangyang.
"Big brother, Liu Bei asked Guan Yu to be stationed in Jiangling, Guan Yu is very brave and very strategic, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with."
"It doesn't matter, the guard in Jiangling City is Liu Pan, it is said that when he was in Jiangling that day, Liu Pan had a lot of dissatisfaction with Liu Bei, so he provoked one or two from it, and let Guan Yu be isolated in Jiangling City." Kuai Liang looked like he was holding a pearl of wisdom.
Jingzhou's mobilization of troops and horses naturally did not hide Jia Rong's eyes, but he was not in a hurry, the situation in Jingzhou was complicated, the Cai family had the support of the navy, the Kuai family had many people in the army, and the family occupied the court, as expected, there would be a change in Jingzhou sooner or later, and this change was the timing of the Liang State attacking Jingzhou.
Take down Nanyang County, and at the same time confront Cao Jun in Dongjun, Yuzhou has been in the bag, all the combat objectives have been achieved, at this time it is just to test the ability of his generals, an army, if you want to maintain constant victory and undefeated, you must find talents anytime and anywhere, like Wuhuan Wei Lan, although it is a foreign race, its own ability, compared to Huang Zhong is not much inferior, Jia Rong is not afraid to use it, and now Wei Lan is already a regimental general in the army, and this time the generals in Hanoi County are even more with him.
In January, the Xiliang Army outside Nanyang County almost never stopped attacking, not caring about the death or injury of the soldiers, and the city and the city were faintly black and black, which was the effect of blood coagulation.
20,000 Cao troops, almost no without injury, under the leadership of Cao Chun Li Dian, still fighting in the city, the reason why the Cao army can be invincible is also the whole army can be invisibly cohesive, when defending the city, the soldiers use their lives.
Back then, Cao Cao recruited a lot of outlaws in the Yellow Turban Army, these people fought without paying attention to life and death, and they were able to move forward without changing their faces when they stepped on the corpses of their companions.
The situation in Nanyang County is critical, and Dongjun is no better, with 40,000 Xiliang troops fighting 50,000 Cao troops, one inside and one outside the city, facing each other like this.
The cavalry of the Western Liang Army roamed the battlefield every day, capturing intelligence, and the elite cavalry once made the Cao army dare not send cavalry to the battlefield.
At this time, Cao Cao also sent his most proud strategist Xun Yu to Dongjun to assist in defending the city, and he must resist the Xiliang army.
Half a month, in the face of the challenge of the Xiliang Army, Cao Jun stood still, mainly because the city gate did not dare to open easily, Xiahou Dun in the letter but the power of the weapon of the Xiliang Army, said that it was miraculous, the guards in the city did not dare to have the slightest slackness, even Xun Yu, who had a furrow in his chest, was also cautious, and the opponent was a veteran like Huang Zhong, and he had a lot of pressure.
Huang Zhong is a military general, but since his debut, he has a remarkable record, although he is old, the sword is not old, he can fight and lead the army, such a character is definitely a strong opponent, and the general, the older he is, the more he will consider, otherwise there will be no Jiang or old spicy.
But Xun Yu is not a simple character, there are 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, no matter what means the Xiliang army has, as long as the city is attacked, it will definitely not be pleased, even not far from the city gates, there are 1,000 soldiers and horses stationed, ready to fight with the Xiliang army that enters the city, such a defense can definitely be called tight, even if the city gate is opened, the defenders can immediately react and take back the control of the city gate.
No matter how tightly defended, there was no difficulty for masters like Wang Yue, at best, after climbing the city wall, he was more cautious, and he entered and exited the city many times, but he was not discovered by the defenders.