Fei Qian wanted to leave for Sichuan and Sichuan immediately, but in fact there was a lot of preparation work, and it was not something that could be done immediately.
The first and most important thing is to temporarily stop the transportation of grain and grass from Hanzhong to Guanzhong, but to keep it locally as a reserve. In addition, the current grain gap in Guanzhong needs to be allocated from Hedong Pingcang, then
If Fei Qian takes some more soldiers to Sichuan and Shu, there will be some gaps in the food and fodder for frontline battles...
This is a question. After thinking about it, Fei Qian thought of Yang Xiu.
This is also an important reason why Fei Qian did not fall out with the Yang family before. After all, there are not many places that produce grain and grass now. It is better to protect the first one than to beat Hongnong to pieces and then have to stick it inside.
Food and grass should come in better quantities. Can't the reckoning last for ten years? What's the point of postponing it later?
If we really enter Sichuan and Sichuan and fight for a long time, the food and grass problem will be a headache. We can't always let Hongnong in Guanzhong and Hedong adjust food and grass from a long distance, right? We can't supply Fei Qian and Zhao just by relying on Brazil.
Wei's troops, coupled with the war intrusion, the fighting between two parties, three parties, and four parties in Brazil County will inevitably greatly affect the local economic production, and may even cause the entire Brazil County to be destroyed within one or two years.
Become a negative producer...
Guanzhong has just begun to recover, and it will not become a major grain-producing area immediately. Moreover, the population in Guanzhong is relatively concentrated, or it will be concentrated in the future, so the grain and grass in Guanzhong are not suitable for supporting other areas for a long time.
Then the one that can still provide support to Sichuan and Shu is Hanzhong.
However, the Hanzhong area has been redeployed many times before. Now, if it is redeployed again and again, it will inevitably affect the local area. Mr. Crouching Tiger, who is now in Hanzhong, has repeatedly stated that the people of Hanzhong are overwhelmed and cannot support it...
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So if you don’t want to allocate grain and grass in Hanzhong and just want to solve it locally, then normally, there are several ways to solve it. The first one is to plunder. The people who were plundered are certainly miserable, but the integrity of the army and
Stability, in times of war, is often ranked first, but this will inevitably deepen the conflict between the Fei Qian army and the Sichuan and Shu people. Even if it is occupied in the later period, it will not be resolved within a day or two.
Fei Qian now does not have much civil resistance in various regions. Even if some individual nobles have some ideas or actions, it is difficult to cause large-scale riots or rebellions. The main reason is Fei Qian's treatment
When occupying areas or about to occupy areas, they adopted a relatively moderate strategy of gradually reforming during integration, so there was no big disturbance and resistance like Cao Cao's in Xuzhou.
So in Sichuan and Sichuan, there are dense mountains and forests. Is it possible to send soldiers to hunt and collect food?
It seems feasible, but the first condition is that there cannot be too many soldiers. If there are more than one, no matter how abundant the output of a certain mountainous area is, it will not be enough to support concentrated hunting and consumption...
From this perspective, the coalition forces of Liu Bei and Sichuan are not very large to a certain extent, at least they will not increase without limit. After all, whether they are civilians or soldiers, they all need to consume food and grass. If the number of people is too large,
To a certain extent, it will inevitably put a lot of pressure on Sichuan and Sichuan.
In fact, no general in his right mind would restrict the army's plunder in the enemy's territory. Only in civil war can plunder be restricted. Even in modern wars, international law considers the people and property of the enemy to be "enemy."
Restrictions on their freedom and expropriation are allowed. Of course, uncontrolled plunder is prohibited.
When plundering, generally large troops are not dispatched, only skirmishers are dispatched. However, the supply team is easily attacked, so the supply team itself also needs to be protected.
When the Han Dynasty was fighting against the Huns, in the thrilling decisive battle in Mobei, the main cavalry force was about 100,000, while the infantry protecting the logistics team was hundreds of thousands!
Of course, these infantry also consume food, so the food transported to the destination is limited. There was a saying at the time that one in thirty means transporting thirty stones. Basically, there is less than one stone left in Mobei. This shows the large scale
In a war, the logistical pressure is so great.
However, all hardships are relative. It is impossible for Fei Qian to provide a large amount of military rations. So if the coalition forces of Liu Zhang and Liu Bei want to defend the entire Sichuan and Shu, the pressure will not be small. After all, they are the defenders. Fei Qian has
The innate advantage of choosing the point of attack and the time of attack. If you grasp these advantages, you can also create certain opportunities.
So after Fei Qian saw the heads brought by Yang Xiu, he did not continue to dwell on the issue of assassination, but asked: "Dezu is willing to serve as the left-wing military advisor of a certain army and go to Hanzhong with a certain person?"
Yang Xiu was naturally unfazed, and after thanking him, he left.
Pang Tong watched coldly from the side. After Yang Xiu went down, he suddenly smiled and said, "My lord, are you trying to make the Yang family provide food and grass?"
"Otherwise?" Fei Qian chuckled, "I don't know when the end will come for tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall..."
Pang Tong hesitated for a moment and said: "Otherwise, this autumn's annual tax..." As for taxation, it has been agreed that it will not be changed, but for temporary tax increases, it is not without precedent. After all, it is only one of those paid to Fei Qian.
Part of it, and another part naturally fell into the right hands of various nobles and nobles, leaving only a very small part to the common people.
Fei Qian also hesitated for a moment, thought for a long time, and finally shook his head and said, "This case cannot be opened." Although it is not impossible to increase the tax if the family and the country are in danger, it cannot be used lightly, otherwise if something happens
To solve problems, we need to increase taxes, and these increases often fall on the people at the lowest level. Although they can solve urgent needs, they often bring many consequences.
Pang Tong was stunned for a moment and nodded silently.
If a country or a political power wants to give the people under its rule a sense of stability and security, it is bound to be impossible to change orders overnight. The kind of leader with a Mashat hairstyle in later generations will change tariffs at every turn. How much turmoil will it cause?
"Commander Zuo, haha, let's just ask the Yang family to provide some money and food..." Pang Tong glanced at Fei Qian, "But the Yang family's money and food may not be able to fully support the expenses of the army. If the lord does not want to use the Guanzhong reserves..."
"What if we reduce the number of soldiers?" Fei Qian said with a smile, "We can only protect Hanchang, Langzhong, and Guanghan, and then the surrounding counties and cities, without sending troops or garrisoning... What do you think, Shi Yuan?"
Pang Tong was confused at first, then suddenly realized, stroking his hands and smiling: "My lord, you really have a clever idea! Haha, haha, if so, you can definitely win!"
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In an era without instant communication, both sides of the war were often limited to battles or tactics, and fought locally. Few people had an overall arrangement to coordinate a battle.
Someone once said that there were no battles in ancient times, only battles. From a certain perspective, this is indeed the case, because no matter how big the battle situation is, in many cases it will be difficult for the commander-in-chief to make adjustments and coordination again after letting the generals lead the troops.
If there are any new changes, they often cannot be changed immediately. They cannot even let the original troops change their targets. Instead, they can only send out their own reserve troops to deal with them or make up for the loopholes.
Just like Zhuge Liang in Jieting, he generally had the advantage in the entire situation, but was killed by Sima Yi with a single blow, ruining all the gains accumulated in the early stage.
Now, for Liu Bei, he just wants to find a way to kill him in the chaotic battlefield situation. Even if there is no way, he must at least have a strategy and a targeted plan.
And this is indeed a very difficult problem for Liu Bei, who has never undergone systematic military study and relies entirely on his personal ability and so many years of actual combat experience.
Even with a systematic study of military knowledge, Liu Bei may not be able to relax when faced with such a huge and complicated battle situation. The success or failure of this battle is not only related to Sichuan and Shu, but also to Liu Bei himself.
Only when you win can you have hope and a future. If you lose...
Liu Bei smiled bitterly, not thinking about this problem, and then focused his attention on the map again.
These days, Liu Bei has to stare at the huge sand table and constantly make plans. Even though soldiers continue to pass on surrounding information, what Liu Bei can know about the overall situation of the war is still relatively rough.
For example, we only know that the soldiers and horses of the Western Expedition entered Brazil from Hanchang, and then captured Langzhong. Now they are in Guanghan, and together with Zhao Wei, there are about 20,000 soldiers and horses...
The composition of soldiers?
General's habits and preferences?
How much is the grain and grass stock?
These messages are all vague and inconsistent.
Zhao Wei, generally speaking, the information given by Sichuan and Shu can allow Liu Bei to outline an outline, but Liu Bei only has a little impression of Xu Shu, the commander-in-chief of General Zhengxi, except that he knows that Xu Shu is also the five men under Lushan.
, the rest are not very clear at all.
The army of the Western Expedition is now stationed in Guanghan. What is the next step to prepare for? Should we settle the various places first, or take Shu County first? Should we use partial troops to contain this area, and then use the frontier troops to attack Chengdu, or should we prepare to fight steadily and step by step?
Push forward?
But one thing is for sure, this time the battle is in Sichuan and Shu. The original strong cavalry troops of the Zhengxi people are not of much use in terrain like Sichuan and Shu, so Liu Bei is somewhat confident. If the terrain is flat like
With a group of infantry in an area, if you want to fight against the cavalry, the difficulty will be at least a few levels higher than it is now.
Liu Bei's eyes kept wandering around the cities of Hanchang, Langzhong, and Guanghan. He had a vague idea in his mind, but he never formed a complete strategy...
"Second brother, come and take a look..." Liu Bei heard some footsteps and knew that Guan Yu was coming. He didn't look back and just fixed his eyes on the map. "How to deal with such a situation?"
After all, in reality, no one has omniscient and omnipotent visual abilities. It is still a bit difficult to piece together all the answers from scattered and trivial information, even though Liu Bei has been in charge of military formations for many years.
"Brother, are you still reading?" Guan Yu put some food in his hand on the table and said, "Brother, why don't you use some food first, and then invite Uncle Ji and Gongtai to come and discuss it?
"Second brother and third brother, have you all eaten?" Smelling the aroma of the food, Liu Bei's stomach couldn't help but growl. He straightened up, sat down at the table beside him, and said while picking up the rice bowl, "
No, don't ask them to discuss it yet... Oh, there is something new today... Second brother, as the commander-in-chief of the army, you must first have a general strategy, and then listen to the suggestions and strategies of the military advisers to confirm whether your strategy is good or not.
Correct, if it is correct, where it is correct, if it is wrong, where it is wrong, it must be clear... Well, this dish is well done... Otherwise, if you lose your mind and just listen to the advice of the counselor, you will not succeed in the end.
event……"
Guan Yu nodded silently, then walked to the map, frowned, and examined it carefully. The three cities of Hanchang, Langzhong, and Guanghan were like a sharp knife inserted into the map of Bajun, with the blade pointed directly at Sichuan.
In the hinterland of Shu, even Guan Yu, standing on the map and looking at it, felt a wave of Jin Ge coming towards him, which made people's hearts beat faster.
Liu Bei was eating and drinking, and he was enjoying the food. Anyway, there were only his brothers in the tent, so he didn't need to worry too much about etiquette. He was not like some people who just ignored the food and drink when they were thinking about it, but Liu Bei should
Eat and sleep when necessary. If it weren't for this habit and personality, and so many things over the years, my body would have been overwhelmed and collapsed.
It's just that the sound of Liu Bei eating and drinking is a kind of harassment to Guan Yu, who is frowning and thinking. Guan Yu frowns and tries to focus on the map, but he keeps hearing Liu Bei snoring in his ears. Take away a little.
There was a squeaking sound of eating and drinking, and suddenly something moved in my heart...
"Brother!" Guan Yu suddenly thought of something. His eyes were fixed on the map, which seemed to be shining with a kind of light. "Brother, someone has a plan! He can defeat Zhengxi!"
"Oh?" Liu Bei moved his cheeks a few times, swallowed the food in his mouth, lowered his head and looked at the rice and rice in the bowl, and simply poured all the leftover vegetables and soup in the bean plate into the rice bowl.
Then he came to Guan Yu with a rice bowl and said, "Second brother, tell me, I'm listening..."
Guan Yu pointed his sword at the same time, and then slashed across the map, as if he was using his long sword to attack the Zhengxi soldiers in Sichuan and Sichuan. "Brother, look at the Zhengxi soldiers."
The momentum is like a long snake, circling along the Langshui... Now there are heavy troops in Guanghan, ready to attack, just like a poisonous snake raising its head, choosing people to bite... If we face Guanghan directly, even if we can
Even if you win, losses are inevitable, so it’s not as good as this..."
