A major feature of civil war is that it is easy to see a situation where "the soldiers below quickly surrender after the main general is beheaded."

After all, everyone is still under the banner of the Han Dynasty, but the factions are different. I scold you for being a thief, and you scold our country for being a thief. Once the lord is finished, the soldiers below are not educated and do not understand who the princes and all parties are in power, and they do not know who to continue fighting for, so they surrender in a hurry.

Of course, if the troops attacking one side are very cruel, causing a lot of massacres in the local area, or plundering the people, and providing logistics for the strong men, it will still arouse the locals to resist spontaneously and consciously.

For example, in history, the locals in Xuzhou who were massacred after Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, and even forced the people of Guanzhong to transport grain to Hanzhong shortly after pacifying Ma Chao, which led to the civil rebellion in Guanzhong, and even the civil rebellion in Wancheng, which was similar to the common cause, were all typical examples of "the officials surrendered and were killed, but the people spontaneously insisted on resisting."

However, since Liu Bei's army entered Jingnan, there have been no harm to the people, so that special situation has nothing to do with him.

Zhao Yun exempted Lingling and Guiyang people from the first four years of tax payment, and moderately promoted the commissioning of renting and mediocre people, directly used the price equivalent to tax money to buy snake medicine. The common people and ordinary county soldiers still resisted.

With Bao Long being killed, most of the troops he brought out of the city were annihilated, and Chongling, Lingdao and other places were quickly recovered. Almost the moment Liu Du heard about Bao Long's death, he abandoned the city and fled.

Unfortunately, Zhao Yun did not have enough troops to separate the troops to chase him as soon as possible. Even if he was sent, it was already a little too late. Liu Du's men broke into pieces and fled in several directions. He didn't know who to pursue, so he had to give up.

Zhao Yun spent five or six days cleaning the place, appeased the people, sorting out the prisoners, and working until the end of August.

The areas captured were equivalent to Ningyuan, Jianghua and other counties in Yongzhou, Hunan in later generations. Liu Du fled to Linhe, which is Hezhou, Guangxi in later generations.

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Halfway through the escape, nearly a hundred miles away from Linhe County, Liu Du met a team of reinforcements. He was almost like a frightened bird at that time. He thought he had been blocked by Zhao Yun's pursuers. He was so scared that he wanted to disperse the remaining two or three thousand people around him and plunged into the Wuling Mountains.

In the end, the other party revealed his identity and let him stop.

"The person who came was the troops under the command of Liu Fujun of Lingling? Who is the chief general? Come out and answer quickly. What is the current situation of Lingling? I am Zhang Yi, the commander of Zhang Envoy of Jiaozhou, and I am ordered to reinforce Lingling!"

When he heard that it was Zhang Yi, Liu Du confirmed it, and then he came out to recognize him in a daze, sighed: "It turned out to be Zhang Xianniang. Oh, Uncle Yu has fallen to this day, and only the Linhe counties are left in Lingling, and most of the troops are dispersed. I just want the envoy Zhang to take in my family and stop starting a war with me and Zhao Yun."

Liu Du's words were already very self-aware. He just wanted to save his family property and become a rich man, and the size of his territory was no longer important.

The reason why he spoke to the young general named Zhang Yi was because Zhang Yi was the son of Zhang Xian, the former prefect of Lingling. Zhang Xian was killed by Guan Yu three years ago. Later, Liu Du took over as prefect of Lingling, and Zhang Xian's tribe fled south and defected to Zhang Jin.

Seeing that Zhang Yi had some puppet value, Zhang Jin gave him some official positions, and he also thought that "one day he would use Zhang Yi's connections in Lingling, Changsha and other places to fight back to Jingnan, and across Jiaozhou and Jingnan."

Those who don’t know Zhang Jin, the governor of Jiaozhou, may be confused about Zhang Jin’s arrogance - how could such a thing be forced to do in the world?

But as long as you understand Zhang Jin's historical achievements, you will not feel that he is arrogant and strange. Because in history, Zhang Jin, as the chief of Jiaozhou, was a small general, who was persistent in attacking the Jingnan area under Liu Biao's rule. He fought with Liu Biao for three or four years. In the end, because he took the initiative to attack and suffered repeated defeats over the years, it aroused the strong dissatisfaction of the generals with the act of giving away the heads for free, and was finally rebelled and killed by his own generals.

Moreover, Zhang Jin was also known for his famous background in Qing dynasties, and his status in the world is not low. He served as aide to General He Jin five years ago. Even if Yuan Shao was able to persuade He Jin to summon foreign troops to Beijing to kill eunuchs, Zhang Jin helped to recommend him, that is, he was the intermediary of Yuan Shao's resignation to He Jin.

With He Jin and Yuan Shao's temper, he thought of it. Birds of a feather flocked to each other and knew what kind of thing Zhang Jin was. He was lucky. After He Jin was killed, he was released by Dong Zhuo as the governor of Jiaozhou. He was not liquidated by anyone. An An was steadily appointed as the governor of Jiaozhou for three or four years.

Zhang Jin's attitude towards expanding the territory by using war means can be summarized in four words: He is addicted to people and vegetables.

This time, he sent Zhang Yi, Qu Jing and other generals, and gathered several prefects who were willing to use for him, including Cangwu Prefect Laida and Nanhai Prefect Tiger Banner. He was originally planning to wait for Zhao Yun to "exhaust the food over time and exhaust his teachers and soldiers" to fight back and rescue Liu Du. However, Liu Du was defeated too quickly, and he at least had to seize Linhe and other counties in the Wuling Mountains to ensure that Zhao Yun was blocked from Lingbei.

Therefore, Zhang Yi was not concerned about Liu Du's cowardice and persuaded him: "Uncle, don't worry, envoy Zhang will not compromise. If he blindly gave in to Zhao Yun, even if we let Jiaozhou temporarily escape Liu Bei's conquest and invasion, we would not be peaceful in the long run. When the court divided the boundaries of Jing and Jiaozhou, it would have divided the five ridges into the boundaries of Jingzhou, and the defense of Jiaozhou was to become the situation of Zhao Tuo. How could we give up on ourselves? That would be what Chen Kongzhang said, "holding a sharp blade in his hand and giving a handle."

"Holding a sharp blade in your hand, you can teach someone a handle" was what Chen Lin criticized He Jin and Yuan Shao at the time. That was the biggest stain on Zhang Jin's intermediary in his life. It seems that this person has learned his lesson. After coming to Jiaozhou in shame, he has always kept it in mind and often used it as a lesson for his subordinates.

When Liu Du thought it made sense, he had to continue to be a chess piece. Anyway, he was already under the low eaves and could only bow his head.

...

Liu Du and Zhang Yi and Laida's persistence certainly made Zhao Yun feel a little embarrassed.

The entire territory of Lingling County cannot be considered completely recovered. The remaining area of ​​the southernmost corner area is really worthless, but it won’t be taken away. Its reputation is not good, which makes Liu Bei still afraid of Zhang Jin.

But it is not easy to make progress. After all, it is a dangerous situation for the Five Ridges. After the separatist regime in Lingnan has been blocked by the Wuling Pass in all dynasties, it is difficult for Jingzhou to catch it.

Wandering north of Linhe area for two days, Zhao Yun had to hold a military meeting to ask his subordinates about whether it could be considered "complete and complete withdrawal."

Li Yan took the lead in expressing his steadfast attitude: "General, the danger of Nanling, has always been known since the First Emperor pacified Baiyue, and when the Han Dynasty confronted Zhao Tuo in the early days. Zhang Jin seized the pass in advance, but he might not have wanted to seize Lingling and Guiyang, or he was just worried that he would be in the hands of our army, so he could not sleep or eat.

Since the barriers are now tightly garrisoned and not to be temporarily put in, it is better to retreat temporarily. If you are afraid of losing the face of the king, you will only say that the entire territory of Lingling has been restored and the roads are isolated, and the situation of Jiaozhou will not be known to the people of the north."

Zhao Yun originally thought it was nothing when he heard Li Yan's first half, but after listening to these last few sentences, he was a little unwilling to accept it.

He remembered what Li Su said privately to him before leaving: Liu Bei will attack Li Ju Guo Si in the north next year, so his diplomatic posture is like "greed for other princes and not interested in the emperor, and the more he wants to do what he wants, the more he wants to use troops in other directions."

Liu Bei asked him to return to Chengdu before the end of the year, and the rule of the four counties of Jingnan will be replaced by Lu Su, who is good at guarding and appeaseing the local area, so the more Zhao Yun will act like "I did not stop the offensive because I wanted to leave." This will be better able to cooperate with the overall situation in diplomatic reports and create suddenness for the Northern Expedition.

Thinking of this, he partially rejected Li Yan's proposal: "No, don't be afraid of spending money, food, and soldiers. Regardless of whether they can conquer Lingnan, they must keep the offensive with great fanfare. And to let Liu Biao, Yuan Shu, and Sun Ce know that we are attacking fiercely.

Shamoke, how dare you lead the troops in our headquarters to attack at the Mengzhuling Pass between Fengcheng County and Fuchuan County, pretending to attack Fuchuan, Linhe?"

Zhao Yun's second half of the sentence was asked by the map. Mengzhuling is an important five-ling pass near Hezhou. There is Heshui flowing across the west. If you attack along the Heshui River Valley, you can reach Fuchuan and Linhe (the name of Linhe is because it is bordered by the Hejiang River, which is Hezhou in later generations.)

Shamoko, who had just made a contribution and was promoted, was of course a newborn calf who was not afraid of a tiger. He answered: "Why not dare? Don't talk about feint attacks, even if you really attack me!"

Zhao Yunxu pressed and told him not to be reckless: "Hey, don't be reckless. Liu Du and Zhang Yi were strictly guarding Hechuan Pass in Mengzhuling, which is not so easy to live. Although the pass is built on the shore, there is a river next to it that can sneak across the pass.

But the source of Hechuan is here, and our army cannot transport the boats and rafts. We have to temporarily build rafts on the waterway, and we can't escape the defense's purpose, so we can just attack. We force the small troops to break into the enemy's back, and the food route cannot be guaranteed."

Shamoke obviously did not understand the art of war. After being persuaded like this, he just muttered in disappointment: "We Wuxi people never bring food and grass when fighting. Now in the autumn harvest season, wild fruits in the mountains can also make us survive. If it really doesn't work, just grab them! I don't believe that the people of Linhe are hiding in the city, and there is no village to grab them in the wild!"

Zhao Yun's face turned dark and became increasingly determined to restrain Shamoko's idea: This person is brave, but he is brave, but he does not understand military tactics and does not know that the royal army is not allowed to disturb the people. He can only be brought by his side to fight positional wars, or interspersed in a small range, but he still cannot be released to detours in the deep enemy's backbone.

Seeing that Li Yan and Shamoko's high-level officers could not argue, they were all rejected by Zhao Yun. In the end, it was Wei Yan, a newcomer who was slightly slight. Seeing that no one questioned him, he took the risk:

"General, if you really want to bypass the dangerous land border, there are actually ready-made roads available, but it's time to go fast. If you delay for a few days, Zhang Jin may react and be wary of it."

Zhao Yun did not pay attention to seniority. He just talked about things and gave Wei Yan the opportunity to elaborate on details.

Wei Yan bowed his hand and pointed to the map and said, "Let's not go to Linhe, but use a side command to detour to Lingling County, the uppermost stream of the Xiangjiang River, and take small boats to go boats and go from the Xiangjiang River to the Li River, and then go downstream to Shi'an County, and you can also go directly to Guangxin County, the capital of Cangwu County.

This road has been the easiest waterway to go on in Nanping Baiyue since ancient times. The Lingqu was the one that Qin Shihuang fought against Baiyue in the south. After his first defeat, he forced Tu Sui to build it. Three years before the death of Emperor Shihuang, and Baiyue was pacified in the past. We were in Fuchuan on the surface, and Linhe stalemates with the enemy, and secretly used a military waterway to penetrate directly into the hinterland of Cangwu. This would be a contribution to Tu Sui and Zhao Tuo back then!"

Zhao Yun thought for a while: "Wenchang has read a lot. Where does the "Lingqu" record appear? There is no such thing as Qin Shihuang's original record. You are young and are familiar with Lingnan geography."

Wei Yan smiled awkwardly: "The general laughed. I just had some ideas for reading. I only looked for historical materials related to the war I might face now, so as to be inspired. I have never read the rest of the books."

Wei Yan is obviously a very utilitarian person who studies with problems. If he does not solve problems at work, he will never study ahead of time and read without purpose. He doesn’t know how many historical materials he has searched to find such useful ones.

Lingqu is a very famous Grand Canal during the Qin Dynasty, and it is also the ancient canal that communicates the Yangtze River and the Pearl River water system in history. Because it is located between the source of the Li River in Guilin and the source of the Xiang River in Yongzhou. At the same time, the Li River is a tributary of the Pearl River, which merges into the Pearl River in Cangwu, and the Xiang River merges into the Yangtze River in Yueyang.

The total length of Lingqu is only a few dozen kilometers, but it is very difficult to build. Qin Shihuang used 100,000 people to split the watershed between the Li River and the Xiang River in a year, and then paved the Baiyue in Nanping.

Until later in 2020, when Jiangxi Province submitted the "Guangxi Canal Planning Plan" to the Central Committee, the report on the problem had to be written from "Lingquoise canals that could not be navigated in large ships for a long time, and China currently lacks inland canals connecting the Pearl River and the Yangtze River water system." (Interested book friends can go to the station to see the latest update of the "Panorama Historical Geography" account. If there is a detailed relevant geographical analysis, I will not list the picture)

Therefore, Wei Yan’s suggestions are correct in general.

But after looking at the map, Zhao Yun also realized some problems: "The Lingqu was built during the reign of Qin Shihuang. It has not increased for four hundred years. The ships that can pass should be very small. If it is at the hands of our army, it would be difficult to transport grain one after another. But now it is a surprise attack of hundreds of miles, and the first batch will have to gather a lot of troops. If the ships are fewer, they will inevitably be defeated by the enemy and lose their suddenness... Moreover, if all the ships are put into operation and return to transport grain in the future, they will easily be intercepted by the enemy."

When Wei Yan saw that there was hope, he quickly said in an attitude of establishing a military order: "The last general does not need too many troops, just try it and create chaos behind the enemy. He then used a few troops of troops, and each troop's six hundred people went down the water, bringing food for many days.

The last general thought that the generals in Lingnan might not be as united as Zhang Jin, who seemed to be in a powerful and powerful manner. Zhang Jin was weak and strong, and there would be internal complaints. As long as our army appeared in Cangwu, it might not be shaken without internal response.
Chapter completed!