Liu Yu curled his lips and pondered for a long time. He suddenly raised his head and said to the two brothers standing far away: "Dao Gui, come here, Dao Lian, the place is almost tidied up. Let's take the servants to rest first."
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Liu Yu knew very well that among the two younger brothers, Liu Daolian, the second brother, had poor brain development since he was a child and could not discuss important military and state matters, but Liu Dao, the third brother, was a man of both civil and military skills and was not even inferior to himself in military strategy these days.
I discussed a lot of military tactics with him, which made me extremely pleasantly surprised. A few days ago, I also tried to discuss with him how to obtain military supplies in the future if the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains was carried out. Now, it was time to call him over and discuss it carefully.
Liu Daogui came over, smiled at Liu Muzhi and said, "Have you had a good meal and drink today, fat brother? Is there anything you need my help with?"
Liu Yu smiled and pulled Liu Daogui to sit down: "We are discussing the art of war. Do you remember that we talked two days ago about how to obtain military supplies in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains? Your fat brother wants to hear your wise words."
Liu Daogui nodded and said sternly: "If you want to go to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, there are two roads. One is to start from Jingzhou, go north along the Nanyang Basin, leave Xiangyang, pass Funiu Mountain, and reach the Longmen Mountain area south of Luoyang. This road is to
It is not easy to cross the Funiu and Yijue Mountains, so it is not easy to send troops from this direction in the past dynasties. During the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yu's Northern Expedition was blocked by the Cao Wei army in the Fancheng area and was not allowed to go north. In the end, Soochow attacked the rear.
The success is lost."
Liu Yu nodded: "That is to say, if we make the northern expedition from Jingzhou, we need to use Xiangyang and Fancheng as our advance base and supply supplies here, right? As long as we can break through the Yijue and Longmen Mountains, we can go straight to Luoyang?"
Liu Daogui said seriously: "Yes, but these mountain roads are very difficult to walk. They are natural barriers that separate the Central Plains from Jingxiang. Generally speaking, if you want to take Luoyang in the past dynasties, you usually go east, along the Yellow River, diverting the Huaihe River to Luoyang, and then from there
Departing from Pengcheng, passing through Liangjun, crossing Sishui Pass, proceeding by land and water, we reach Luoyang."
Liu Muzhi laughed: "Jinu, it seems that your third brother is well aware of the general trend of the world and the geographical dangers. It is really a terrible future. Dao rules, let me ask you, if Luoyang is in our hands now
, we want to enter Tuhebei, how should we obtain supplies?"
Liu Daogui curled his lips: "The Central Plains area is originally a rich and fertile land with a large amount of grain production. Generally speaking, there is no such trouble. But now, the Central Plains has been in war for many years. There has been no peace since Feishui. Even Luoyang
The city capital was in ruins, and General Zhu Xu's troops in the Central Plains now relied on supplies from Pengcheng. Even so, they were still robbed by Ding Ling and Zhang Yuan's rebels from time to time, so the court discussed many times to give up.
In the Central Plains, if Marshal Xuan and Mr. Xianggong hadn’t insisted on it before, I’m afraid they would have given up long ago.”
Liu Yu's expression became solemn: "We are going to Luoyang now, and we have added more than a thousand new troops. As the saying goes, before the troops are moved, food and grass go first. Dao regulations, where do you think we will get military supplies after we go there?"
Liu Daogui thought for a while and said: "It's a thousand miles away and the supply line is extremely long. Transporting food from Pengcheng will be harassed. But transporting food from Jingzhou, I'm afraid the governor of Jingzhou won't be willing to do it. Secondly, he will go to Funiu Mountain and Yijue Mountain."
The mountain roads in Luoyang are extremely difficult to walk, and supplies from long distances are not easy. If you really want to establish a long-term foothold in Luoyang, the best way is to follow the example of Zu Yuzhou (Zu Ti was awarded the governor of Yuzhou that year, so later generations honored him as Zu Yuzhou).
Get food."
Liu Yu's eyes lit up: "Why do you get food on the spot?"
Liu Daogui said seriously: "Although there have been constant wars in the Central Plains, both the Han people and the Hu people have had their own ways of protecting themselves for many years. During the Northern Expedition of Yuzhou, Henan was full of forts and independent.
It was to fight against the Zhao army, rather it was to use various means to win over these fort owners and make them their own. In the end, when most of the forts in Henan fell to Zu Ti's side, they provided them with military supplies and young men.
At that time, the Central Plains returned to the Jin Dynasty."
Liu Yu looked at Liu Muzhi with a smile: "How is it? My third brother's analysis is not bad."
Liu Muzhi remained calm and continued: "Then what method do you use to make these Wubao masters useful to us? When General Zu Ti made the Northern Expedition, the Jin State still had the hearts of the Central Plains, and the people all looked forward to Master Wang. But now,
The Jin Dynasty has abandoned the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years. Even though we recovered these places during the last Northern Expedition, we still were unable to recruit these people from Wubao. We could only defend the big cities of Luoyang and Xingyang, as well as the vast countryside and mountains of the Central Plains.
Unless I have it, what can you do to get these Central Plains people to support us?"
Liu Daogui said loudly: "Everyone has a heart of loyalty. It's not that the people of the Central Plains are unwilling to support the Jin Dynasty, but they don't know if we can gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains, and we don't know if we will abandon them like the previous dynasty."
So, if we want to win the hearts of the people in the Central Plains, we must first make them believe that the Jin Dynasty regards them as the same people as Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and will protect them with all its strength and will never give up on them."
"In the past few years, the Central Plains has been in chaos, with stragglers, bandits, and horse thieves everywhere. The imperial court's military forces have only been concentrated in big cities and have not protected villages and docks. Therefore, they have separated from their elders in the Central Plains. In addition, after the defeat of Yecheng, Zhang Yuan rebelled.
They are all very unpopular. If we return to Luoyang this time, we must manage the surrounding areas well. We cannot just be trapped in the isolated city. We can divide the brothers from the Beifu Army into small groups, dozens or more than a hundred people, and disperse them to various places.
Patrol, if there is a small group of horse bandits and thieves attacking, resolutely eliminate them."
"Only if we can effectively protect the people of the Central Plains can we win their hearts and minds. Only if we let them know that sending grain to the Jin Dynasty is to protect ourselves. In this way, the hearts of the Central Plains will turn to us, and the food problem in Luoyang will be solved.
It is easy to solve, and you can even use Luoyang as a base to form a large army composed mainly of Central Atomic disciples. Just like General Zu did in the past, there were only three thousand servants at the beginning. A few years later, there were one hundred thousand soldiers and an entire army.
It’s the Central Plains.”
Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "Dao Gui, your idea is very good, but please answer my two questions. First, if we disperse more than a thousand people into small groups and attack everywhere, dozens or more than a hundred people
, how to deal with a large group of horse thieves, even Murong Yong’s or Fu Pi’s army, or Ding Ling’s army?”
"Second, if we go to Luoyang and don't defend the city, but are dispersed to various townships and villages, how can we get General Zhu Xu to agree? Why should he consume Luoyang's already tight military rations before we receive the food?
Supply us?”
This chapter has been completed!