Chapter 912: Strategic Fine-tuning
Shi Bao's move was directly stuck in Wuling County's waist, which made Lu Yi very uncomfortable.
The current Lu Ju is really unable to advance or retreat.
Come on, he, Lu Zhi, is really not sure that he will recapture Lingyang with the remaining Wuling County soldiers.
Retreat, once Wuling County is lost, then Lu Ju will not be able to raise his head in front of Sun Quan at all, even if it is accumulated by his father's merits, it will be impossible for Lu Ju to achieve such a high position as a county Taishou in the future.
So now Lu Ju is really uncomfortable, and what makes him even more uncomfortable is the Wuxi man in the territory, as soon as he heard that the Han army had come back, it was like beating chicken blood, and he began to be restless.
I have to say that when Liu Bei governed the four counties of Jingnan back then, he really regarded Wuxi Man as half a person, so until now, Wuxi Man has always had a good impression of Liu Bei, and by the way, he also has a good sense of identity with the Han Dynasty.
And Dongwu is embarrassed, from top to bottom, Dongwu will not treat foreign races as people, and the mountains and Yue in their own territory have always been used as labor and military bases.
There was no comparison before, and I felt that although the Han people were a little better than before, but just like that, they were all guys who bullied our barbarians, but now that the turtles of Dongwu came, Wuxi Man suddenly understood how tolerant the Han was to them.
But there is no way, the heart is not aligned, and you can't beat it, so you can only endure it first.
Now that the Han army has come back, how can these Wuxi barbarians still endure it.
There is a Shibao army pressing the border outside, and Wuxi is ready to move, Lu Ju really has no choice, and sent a letter of help to Lingling and Changsha for the second time.
If you don't come again, I, Lu Yi, may really have to coexist and die with Wuling County, and there is a high probability that I will be the one who dies!!
Zhang Xiu of Lingling County, Lu Zhi can't be counted on very much, after all, this guy's ability is like that, if he doesn't have a good father, it's strange that he can be a county guard.
And the situation in Lingling County is even worse than his own situation.
It's not just the problem of Wuxi Man, it's the wealthy clans and people in Lingling County who are very dissatisfied with the rule of Eastern Wu.
There is no way, who let Zhang Xiu start to redistribute the land in the county as soon as he took office, those fertile fields that were transformed by Pan Jun and the local wealthy families together were instantly divided by the big families in Jiangdong, and most of them couldn't bear it.
If Lingling County hears that the Han army has returned, I am afraid that the local heroes will directly rebel, and there is a possibility of expelling Zhang Xiu.
Therefore, Lingling's reinforcements are unlikely to be counted on.
Only Lu Dai in Changsha is the only hope that Lu Yi can count on.
Although they are not of the same race, they can't write two Lu characters in one stroke, maybe everyone was a family thousands of years ago.
Another one, Lu Dai's ability is also the strongest among the four counties of Jingnan appointed by Eastern Wu, and Changsha is also the county with the largest number of troops among the four counties of Jingnan.
Only Lu Dai has the ability and strength to relieve the siege of Wuling County.
At this time, Lu Dai was also a little anxious about the situation in Wuling County, and had to hurry up to write to Zhu Ran, who was stationed in Lukou.
It is not a big problem for him Lu Dai to lead the troops to save Wuling County, the real problem is that if Zhu Ran can't break the Jiangling Navy in the water battle and cut off the logistics supply line of this group of Shu troops, Lu Dai will not be able to hold on to Wuling County all the time.
Again, Lu Dai is now a little unable to see the situation clearly, and even Lu Dai began to wonder if Shu Han really planned to retake the four counties of Jingnan and fight a full-scale war with Great Wu.
Otherwise, at this time, they shouldn't have attacked Wuling County.
Fighting a public security, Da Wu can still endure it, but Wu Ling and Lingling Supreme, who have not yet covered their hands when attacking Da Wu, have to open even if they don't want to go to war anymore.
I really can't afford to lose this man.
And once a full-scale war starts, it will not be a problem that he Lu Dai can solve by going to rescue Wuling County.
Of course, it is impossible for the 90,000 defenders of Jingzhou to move south, but the more than 40,000 people that Zhang Xi brought to Jiangling are already quite a lot of troops.
In addition, if it is a full-scale war, the army of Shu will obviously not sit idly by, maybe now the Shu thieves have gathered tens of thousands of troops in Padong County, once they go south. Jingnan may face an attack of nearly 100,000 troops.
This is not a problem that can be solved by relying on these Eastern Wu defenders in Jingnan and Lukou, and there must be enough reinforcements.
Therefore, Lu Dai now not only has to consider the issue of whether to rescue Wuling County, he also needs to send a letter to Zhu Ran, asking him to solve the problem of the Jiangling naval army as soon as possible and regain control of the Yangtze River, and at the same time, he must also play a role to Sun Quan and make Sun Quan ready for a full-scale war.
After making these preparations, LĂź Dai took 10,000 Changsha soldiers to the west and went to Wuling County to support.
At about the same time, Zhang Xi also received a battle report from Shi Bao.
Zhang Xi was actually very dissatisfied with Shi Bao's behavior of asserting and occupying Lingyang.
This is not in line with the entire strategic goal of his pre-war planning, nor is it in line with the overall strategy of the current Han Dynasty.
The strategy of the Han Dynasty is still mainly based on the north, and for the south, although it is known that it is impossible to realize the "East and Sun Quan", it is still necessary to maintain the status quo as much as possible.
Dahan is really not ready to fight with Soochow at this time.
But Shi Bao's assertion may destroy the strategy formulated by Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang, triggering a stress reaction in Eastern Wu.
In this regard, Zhang Xi was naturally dissatisfied.
However, after carefully reading Shi Bao's battle report and understanding Shi Bao's intentions, Zhang Xi also fell into his own thinking.
Shi Bao made an explanation in line with his own interests for his behavior of occupying Lingyang - Shi Bao believes that besieging the public security may not make Dongwu feel pressure, but entering and occupying Lingyang and threatening Wuling County will inevitably make Dongwu feel threatened, and then in future negotiations, there may be greater concessions.
This is Shi Bao's explanation of his actions, and at the same time, it is also to show Zhang Xi his attitude - he himself has no intention of destroying Zhang Xi's strategy, although he is stationed in Lingyang, he will not continue to attack in the direction of Wuling.
If that's the case. Zhang Xi also began to seriously think about whether Shi Bao's actions could really have the effect he said.
After thinking about it seriously, Zhang Xi suddenly felt. Shi Bud made a wonderful move.
Yes, it doesn't really make much sense to take down the police.
Before the navy army had no way to completely restrain Soochow, even if it captured the public security, it was just like an extra enclave.
Although it can play a role in the defense of Gangneung, the problem is that the public security city is small, and the defenders will inevitably not be able to arrange too much, and the logistics supply will be under great pressure if it is solved locally.
Therefore, in fact, the biggest advantage of occupying public security is that it has mastered an advance base, and this advance base, as long as Dongwu occupies the advantage of the naval army, it is not impossible to take it back.
But if you occupy Zero Yang and expand the strategic depth from the public security to Zero Yang. This matter complicated it, but at the same time, it also gave Soochow more of a headache.
Although Wuling County is not rich in real estate, and it is surrounded by Wuxi Man, and the security is also unstable, its geographical location is important.
This is the center of the four counties of Jingnan, Liu Bei first established himself in Wuling County, and then swept through Jingnan.
It is necessary to guard the four counties of Jingnan, Wuling County and Changsha County, and neither of these two places can be lost.
And Shi Bao occupies Lingyang, which is equivalent to nailing a nail into the interior of Wuling County, threatening the threat of Wuling County at all times, and at the same time, as long as Shi Bao does not continue to attack, then the situation is still under control, and there is no need to worry about triggering a scuffle between the two countries.
Relatively speaking, this is a better plan than attacking the police, but the risk is also a bit large.
Shibao entered Lingyang, the logistics supply line was a little too long, and the public security had not yet taken it, and the Eastern Wu Army still had the opportunity to march through Changsha to relieve the siege of the public security.
And once the public security withdraws the siege, Shibao in Lingyang will become a lonely army, and will fall into a situation where it is impossible to advance or retreat.
On the other hand, if the Gangneung side could not stop the attack of the naval army of Soochow and the Soochow regained control of the waterway, then the supply of the 30,000-strong army on the south bank of the Yangtze River would become very difficult, and it would also be a potential threat.
This is a strategy that needs Zhang Xi to weigh and decide, whether to act according to the original plan and collect troops after attacking the public security, or according to Shi Bao's plan, fight a protracted war with Dongwu and fight attrition.
Zhang Xi thought about it, and finally decided to adopt Shibao's strategy.
In the last Northern Expedition, the Jingzhou army went north to an abrupt end, but in fact, the loss was not large, especially in terms of logistics grain and grass, there was still a lot of hoarding and consumption, Zhang Xi was not afraid.
Another one, Zhang Xi's current new tactics of the navy can also effectively block the Dongwu navy for the time being, at least so far, Zhu Ran's several active attacks have been forced back by Zhang Xi, and the navy is not yet able to hold it.
In the end, as long as they can capture the public security first and solve the threat of the rear flank of Shibao, even if the naval army cannot hold it in the end, the troops on the south bank of the Yangtze River will not have a stronghold without a stronghold.
Well, the key point of everything is still in the public security city.
We must take the first step to conquer public security.
For this reason, Zhang Xi had to order Li Qiu and Zhou Tai to stop making any more moths, and hurry up to capture the public security city for me.
(End of chapter)