Chapter 23: Discussing Lingnan

As mentioned last time, Hua Tuo took Panax notoginseng and went to test the medicine, Liu Hou didn't care about him so much, his eyes had already turned to the southeast, where there was rich Jiaozhou, and that nasty Shixie. For Shi Xie, who dares to calculate his own Shu Han, this poisonous snake that only hides in the dark and selects people to eat, Liu Hou will not be polite to him.

At this time, Guo Youzhi and Fei Yi, the two great strategists, came to Liu Hou's study, looked at the map hanging on the wall and began to discuss things.

"Don't build yì first attack the Shixie of Jiaozhou." Guo Youzhi.

"Oh? Why? Liu Hou asked.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, today's Jiaozhou is no longer the original Jiaozhou. The original Jiaozhou included the entire Lingnan region, with nine counties (including present-day Guangdong, Guangxi, and northern Vietnam) including Nanhai, Cangwu, Yulin, Hepu, Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, Rinan, Zhuya, and Dan'er.

In the sixteenth year of Jian'an (211), Shixie Lao'er surrendered to Eastern Wu and sent his son to Eastern Wu as a proton, and Sun Quan crowned him as General Zuo. Soochow sent the general Bu Qi to assassinate the history of Jiaozhou. So far, Jiaozhou has been pocketed by Soochow. ”

Liu Hou nodded, indicating that he knew this history. Guoyu continued:

Later, Sun Quan divided Jiaozhou into two parts with Hepu as the boundary, Guangzhou to the north of Hepu and Jiaozhou to the south. Guangzhou was located in Panyu, and Jiaozhou was located in Longbian (in the east of present-day Hanoi, Vietnam, and governed the Leizhou Peninsula and Qinzhou regions in present-day northern Vietnam and Liangguang. ）

His Royal Highness the Prince, although the army of Shixie is vulnerable, the road in Jiaozhou is far away, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, the roads are rugged, the weather is hot, there are countless snakes, insects, rats and ants, and there are many miasma plagues in its land. If the labor division goes on an expedition, I am afraid that before the soldiers reach the place, there will be a large number of non-combat attrition.

However, if the Shixie army has been in these environments for a long time, if they avoid the edge of our army and fight that and that guerrilla war with our army, once the war falls into a stalemate, the longer the time will be the more unfavorable it will be for our army.

Moreover, if our army attacks Jiaozhou Shixie, then Guangzhou Buzishan (the word for Buzhi) will send troops to help, and then it will form a front and back attack with Shixie. What's more, after a long time, the army of Soochow will continue to enter the Lingnan area through the Guò Nanling Ancient Road, and at that time, our army will be fighting against the entire Soochow under unfavorable circumstances and places. ”

After listening to Guo Youzhi's analysis, Liu Hou was also secretly frightened. At the same time, he also remembered that in history, many dynasties went to attack Annan and finally returned, including many military powers like the Yuan Dynasty. This guide zhì Annam and the Central Plains are always in sync, which shows that this place is not so easy to conquer.

"Then what is Mr. Guo's good solution?" Liu Hou knew that Guo Youzhi said this, and he must have already thought of a solution.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, let's capture Guangzhou first, oh, or rather, we can directly occupy the Nanling Ancient Road first, cut off the gateway of Eastern Wu into Lingnan, and form a trend of closing the door and beating the dog. When the time comes, you can close the door and concentrate on the two old dogs, Buqi and Shixie. ”

Liu Hou and Fei Yi were secretly surprised, Guo Youzhi's plan looked too crazy, and his ambitions were too big, he wanted to swallow the whole of Lingnan in one bite.

"Isn't this too risky?" Fei Yi, who had been silent, frowned and said, "If I attack Buqi, if Shixie comes to help, our army will also face a two-sided attack, and if the reinforcements from Eastern Wu come, we will even face enemies on three sides at the same time." ”

"Hehe, Wen Wei doesn't have to worry about Shi Xie's old dog, Shi Xie is just a gut bandit, when the Dongwu army pressed the border, he didn't even resist, he surrendered directly, and sent his son to Sun Quan as a proton. How can such a cowardly person be afraid?

Besides, it is best if he does not send troops, if he sends troops, we will just wipe out his main force, and it will be easy to subdue Jiaozhou in the future. We are afraid to fight guerrilla warfare with them in the hot and humid jungle, but we are not afraid to fight them in the field.

The musketeers of our army believe that you also know how strong the combat effectiveness is, and it is not an exaggeration to call it invincible in the field. If he sends troops, he will attack the enemy's strengths with his own shortcomings, and I don't think this cowardly man will dare to do this.

If Shi Xie really dares to lead the army to attack our army, as long as the musketeers are dispatched, I believe that they can be defeated with one drum. And our army's artillery and explosives are also supreme weapons against the fortified fortress, no matter how strong the city defense is, it will only take three or five days to take it down, and in such a short period of time, even if Shixie wants to send troops to rescue, it will definitely be too late.

His Royal Highness the Prince, if you are still worried that Shi Xie will come to make trouble, you can send a partial division and station troops on the border of Jiaozhou to make an attack posture, do you guess, how will Shi Xie react? Guo Youzhi bowed to Liu Hou.

"Haha, he'll be cowering in his lair, shivering and terrified." Liu Hou replied with a laugh.

"Haha......"

"Hehe......" Guo Youzhi and Fei Yi also laughed.

"This time, we conquered Nanzhong and captured a lot of barbarian soldiers, many of whom were old, weak, sick and disabled, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only needs to send these people over to bluff, and it will definitely play a role in intimidating Shixie." Guo Youzhi continued.

Liu Hou and Fei Yi involuntarily appeared in their minds the shadow of Gao Ding and his forward troops. These people have been idle for a long time recently, and it is time for them to find something to do. After all, even a pair of bottoms and a tissue have their uses. The imperial court should learn how to use waste.

Thinking of this, a sinister smile appeared at the corner of Liu Hou's mouth, and Guo Fei and the two of them shivered.

"Ideally, we can hide from everyone, march quickly to the Nanling Ancient Road, and quickly take the checkpoints in the Ancient Road. Of course, we also have to prepare for the worst, which is to be discovered by Buqi in advance.

After all, this is a long way to go, and it is difficult for the army to hide its whereabouts, in case it is discovered in advance by Buqi, we have to face the possibility of a field battle with the Wu army. But don't worry, according to my calculations, as long as the field battle, the Wu army will be defeated, and now we have 7,000 musketeers, and 30,000 rattan armor soldiers, just a few steps will definitely not be able to help us.

Therefore, the best fate for Wu Jun is to shrink in the city, watching us pass through the state and province with white eyes and be helpless. We don't need to rush to capture the city, we all go around the city, rush to Nanling as quickly as possible, and control all the ancient roads, so that the plan of closing the door and beating the dog is half completed.

The remaining half depends on how to beat the dog, and the door must be closed a little more tightly to prevent other wild dogs from coming in and stealing food. "Guo Youzhi.

"High, really high." Liu Hou gave a thumbs up, a little dogleggy. Then it instantly became a serious book, a bit Cao Cao said: "Mr. Guo's strategy is just in line with his will." ”

"Hehe, in fact, it is said that it is two dogs, and the main thing to fight is Buqi, as long as the Buqiu is cleaned up, Shixie is not worth mentioning. When the time comes, you can send a general to lead a small number of soldiers and horses to coerce Shixie, and I believe that he is very likely to surrender to our Han Dynasty like he surrendered to Soochow. Guo Youzhi continued.

"Okay, Mr. Fei has anything to add, if not, then our general direction is decided. The following are the details of the actions that will be taken in this broad direction. Liu Houdao.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, this Nanling is composed of five mountains: Yuecheng Ridge, Du Pang Ridge, Mengzhu Ridge, Qitian Ridge, and Da Yu Ridge, the so-called Nanling Ancient Road is a narrow passage between these five mountains, but the span of these five mountains is very large, and the five ancient roads are also scattered, and it may be difficult for us to occupy them one by one, besides, the garrison is also insufficient." Fei Yi used his hand to chart back and forth among the five ancient roads on the map.

After that, Liu Hou and Fei Yi both looked at this Guo Yuzhi to see how he explained.

Wen Wei doesn't need to worry about this, the so-called Nanling Five Mountains actually extend to Minyue Kingdom (Wuyi Mountain, Fujian) in the east, and Lingling and Guiyang in the west. Three of the ancient roads are in Minyue, Lingling and Guiyang. Lingling and Guiyang are still under the rule of Guan Gong, and they can be guaranteed to be worry-free.

As for Minyue, it had not yet been completely subjugated to Eastern Wu, and Sun Quan categorically did not dare to enter Lingnan through Minyue. Even if they dare to enter Lingnan from Minyue, they will go around in a big circle, and it will take time, and by the time they arrive, the situation in Lingnan will have already stabilized, and when the time comes, it will just be a matter of closing the door and beating another dog. Guo Youzhi proudly stroked the short beard under his chin.

"In this way, we only need to control the Hengpu Pass of the Meiguan Ancient Road, as well as the Yangshan Pass and Huangxi Pass of the Qitianling Road to prevent the Eastern Wu army from moving south." Guo Youzhi pointed to the three levels in the map and explained to Liu Hou and Fei Yi one by one.

"Great, that's it, we've been dormant for so long, it's time to show our fangs. Let's discuss the path to the march. Liu Houdao. So, Guo and Fei turned their heads together again, studied this awkward map of Liu Hou, and looked for the best route for the march.

In the spring and March of the 2nd year of Zhangwu (222), the Hong army had changed greatly after half a year of reorganization and training. The size of the musketeers has been expanded to 7,000 people, and the main reason for the expansion is that some guns have been successively transported from the inland of the Chengdu Industrial Zone during this period, so that the whole army can be equipped with muskets to 7,000 soldiers, so naturally it is 7,000 musketeers.

In fact, this team is composed of 10,000 people, but the remaining 3,000 people are not equipped with muskets. But they also have a lot of training in the use of firearms, and they are actually qualified musketeers.

Due to the lack of equipment, they usually have to use spears or swords and shields first, and they need to protect the musketeers in case an enemy rushes in front of them. When the musketeers are attributed, they can take their guns and replenish them to the musketeers at any time, quickly becoming real musketeers.

In addition to this firearms unit, the second strongest combat effectiveness of Liu Hou's subordinates is the rattan armor soldiers, and Liu Hou retains a strength of 30,000 people, which is also determined by the number of equipment. He now has 30,000 sets of rattan armor on hand.

The current vine armor army is no longer the same as when it was under the command of the vulture bones, using the combat method of rushing up like a group fight in the underworld. They are now well-trained, well-founded, can queue up, can form formations, and enforce orders and prohibitions, and are already a qualified force. This is all the credit of Zhao Yun, he is indeed an expert in military training.

The soldiers of the Vine Armor Army are not the original people for a long time, and their composition is a bit complicated, there are Han people, there are the subordinates of the original Meng Shu, the subordinates of the original Gao Ding, the subordinates of the former Three Cave Masters, and the subordinates of Zhu Bao, of course, there are also some people from the original Vine Armor Army. Anyway, it's a hodgepodge, and Liu Hou likes to disrupt and reorganize the various departments to prevent the soldiers from grouping. Except, of course, their own musketeers.

Next is Gao Ding and Zhu Bao each led 20,000 "old, weak, sick and disabled", of course, the so-called "old, weak, sick and disabled" is no longer as unbearable as the old and weak and sick of the original Gao Ding Department. After several rounds of elimination, there were sacrifices, deserters, and those who could not walk but could only be ordered to retire from the army.

Liu Hou selected some people from the captives to replenish Gao Ding's troops, of course, Liu Hou, who was good, must have jumped out first to form his own regular army, and the bad ones were lost to Gao Ding and Zhu Bao. However, the difference is only relatively speaking, and in any case, the combat effectiveness of the Gaoding and Zhu Bao troops is much higher than that of the old, weak, sick and disabled of the original Gaoding troops.

They are only super strong compared to Liu Hou's regular troops, in fact, they are close to "normalization", and now the combat power of the troops of Wei, Shu and Wu in the Central Plains is almost the same as them.