Cao Cao pushed the court to grant Bai Tu the title of Marquis and the title of Jiuxi, but he did not make a good decision.
The title is still "Chu Hou" - Chu. Although some areas of Yangzhou were once the territory of Chu State in the pre-Qin Dynasty, especially after the destruction of Wu State, most of Yangzhou did once belong to Chu State, but... Chu State's
The core part is still Jingzhou today, especially the Jingbei area.
In everyone’s impression, Yangzhou is the “Land of Wu”, while Jingzhou is the “Land of Chu”!
Although Bai Tu has not yet accepted Jiuxi, he has been knighted by the Marquis of Chu, and represents the Bai Cao Alliance. It has been initially established. After the spring plowing, Yuan Shao has assembled his army and is preparing to go south to the Central Plains.
Cao Cao was "playing with" his relationship with Liu Bei - attacking Liu Bei at this time would undoubtedly play into Yuan Shao's hands. Now that Liu Bei had taken control of Xuzhou for five or six years, it was impossible for Cao Cao to capture it in a short time.
However, Cao Cao didn't feel at ease if he left it like this, so he invited Liu Bei to join the court and hoped that Xuzhou would also send troops to resist Yuan Shao's pressure.
Bai Tu was focused on advancing westward and attacking Jingzhou...
At this time, the two routes for the army to enter Jing have been finalized, namely to attack Jiangxia along the Yangtze River and to attack Nanyang along the Huaihe River, that is, one from the south and one from the north, one by water and one by land, bypassing the Dabie Mountains.
Chen Gong proposed that there is actually an army available - south of the Yangtze River, between Jingzhou and Yangzhou, separated by Mufu Mountain, Jiuling Mountain, Luoxiao Mountain...
The mountains are so high that it is impossible to use troops, and the terrain requires "Death Stranding" thinking.
However, continuing to the south is the land of Wuling or Nanling. In the early Qin and Han Dynasties, all the mountainous areas in the southern part of Chu were collectively called "Nanling", but now it refers specifically to the land of Wuling.
Although there are five high mountains across the country, it is only inconvenient for army transportation and cavalry to march, but it is not completely impossible to send troops.
South of Wuling is the "Lingnan" area, which is now Jiaozhou.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo established a separatist regime in Lingnan, overpowered the local Yue people, and established the country of Nanyue. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that he took it back and established the Jiaozhi Department. There was no term for state shepherds at that time. The "department" refers to the governor's department, and the governor only has the power to inspect.
, the administrative level of Jiaozhi is lower than that of a state, but it also has a "provincial governor". It was not until a few years ago that the nine counties in Lingnan were divided into "Jiaozhou".
Nowadays, the Shi family has won the hearts of the Han and Yue people in Jiaozhou. Although the resources and population are limited and not enough to make progress, neither Bai Tu nor Liu Biao are interested in this meatless bone.
Chen Gong's Third Route Army did not want to go to Jiaozhou, but wanted to go to Wuling - if you draw a map at this time, Wuling is between Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Jiaozhou, but... apart from coloring, the three
It has no control over the areas deep in the Five Ridges, which are not even county towns, and are mainly occupied by barbarians.
Whether it is called Shanyue or Wulingman, in short, if you march normally, you will pass through many ancient Yue and Wulingman tribes, almost across the core area of the barbarians.
If you use force, you will have to fight with the barbarians before you see the enemy...
Among the Shanyue people captured by Zhang Ling before, there were already real barbarians - that is, barbarians who were "turned into barbarians" through Yue Ji.
Although they are not barbarians from the Guyue tribe deep in the South Ridge, they are at least truly related to the Shanyue people, not ordinary mountain people!
As for the Nanling barbarians, they are called "Wuling barbarians" on the Jingzhou side because Nanling belongs to the south of Wuling County in Jingzhou, while in Yangzhou it is called Shanyue.
When dealing with the Southern Barbarians, the Han Dynasty has always implemented the monarch-chief system - recognizing their internal chiefs, and then governing these barbarian tribes by coercing and appeasing their chiefs.
The Daqu marshal on the Shanyue side is called "Zongshuai", and the Daqu marshal on the Wulingman side is called "Jingfu". They are very similar.
People's livelihood actually includes farming activities, but because they live in the mountains, fishing, hunting and picking are also important supplementary means while farming.
The structure is similar to the slavery of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The chief has supreme power within the country. The difference is that they believe in violence. Many tribes have the custom of supporting individual courage to seize the chief's position.
Compared with the purely agricultural civilization Han people, they are more aggressive and aggressive. The most important thing is that they are familiar with the mountain and forest environment and adapt to using the mountains and forests as their home court. When they are brought to the plains, they are really no match for the armored Han army.
But in the mountains... Not only were the Han troops unable to form a formation when they entered, but half of their combat effectiveness was lost due to the mosquito miasma!
Therefore, everyone previously assumed that this area was "blacked out" - it was impossible to march and there was no need to think about it.
However, after Zhangling County and Shanyue were dispatched from time to time, repeatedly causing chaos, being captured, and taking charge of the food... Chen Gong thought of a "good idea."
Isn’t Shanyue short of food?
Then we can clear and drive them away, use food to hire people, and at the same time build up an army of prisoners of war, and use both carrot and stick to drive them westward.
To put it simply, it is chasing the tiger and devouring the wolf...
This is the third route army!
However, in the end, Chen Gong's suggestion was not adopted by Bai Tu. The reason was that whether it was hiring food or driving it away with violence, there was no guarantee that the destructiveness of Shan Yue's march would not get out of control.
However, Chen Gong obviously did not give up and mentioned the matter to Bai Tu again.
"The problem that Duke Bai is worried about is that Shanyue is causing trouble. It was indeed an oversight before... But it can be slightly changed. Shanyue can be pushed westward to Wuling, with Wuxi as the boundary. As long as Shanyue and Wuling barbarians... can communicate.
"Chen Gong said.
In other words, they instigated and coerced the Shanyue and Wuling barbarians to fight among themselves. Our army followed behind and attacked the four counties of Jingnan. With the technical support of the medical school, our army should be able to overwhelm them without worrying about barbarian attacks.
Pass through the Nanling Mountains and enter Jingzhou.
However, Bai Tu still shook his head: "Whether it's the mountains or the Wuling barbarians, although their culture is very different from ours, if they take the initiative to cause chaos and be killed and captured, there is no need to show mercy, but... in order to fight against Liu Biao's feudal lords
, instigating barbarians to massacre each other, isn’t it even more barbaric than barbarians?”
"It is also the way of a benevolent man to attack the weak and attack the ignorant, to bring about chaos and insult the enemy!" There were no outsiders present at this time, and Chen Gong did not give in.
Chen Gong was talking about the content of "Shang Shu" - he believed that "the strong annex the weak, the civilized attack the ignorant, and the annexation of the chaotic and perishing countries" is just.
Etiquette and civilization are all about face, and war must be fought with a reputation. And the function of this article, to put it bluntly... is to provide an excuse that can be used as a reason when there is really no reason.
"Against the weak and attack the ignorant, it is not to bring destruction and pain to the weak." Bai Tu still shook his head.
"But this can reduce the casualties of our soldiers." Chen Gong said seriously.
When Bai Tu heard this, his eyes moved slightly...
"A certain Guyue tribe is willing to issue a military order and go on an envoy to Wuling, trying his best to persuade them to submit to the Wuling barbarians."
Baitu said nothing.
"If there is any disharmony, someone can lead the army together with Wen Yuan and Zhong Da to supervise the battle."
Baitu said nothing.
"The barbarians in the mountains are also Han people. The general is borrowing the road, so they should cooperate. This is reasonable and reasonable."
Bai Tu... hesitated and then said: "Remember what you said, the reason why you have the position to let them give way and clear the way is because they are also Han people. Since they are Han people... they are also included in the military regulations. I will not give Nanling
This army has no tolerance in terms of military regulations."
When Chen Gong heard this, he showed his face and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Bai, Gong will remember it."
"In addition... tell them that not only the previous conditions for going down the mountain remain unchanged, but also that Yue Ji is promised to build a city to worship her. As long as she abides by the law and respects the laws, she will not force Yue Ji to Chineseize." Bai Tu added.
"What do you mean by building a city to offer sacrifices?" Chen Gong asked with some confusion after hearing this.
In fact, in the Chengji world, the main contradiction between Yi and Xia lies here...
Those so-called Yue Ji and Hu Ji exist as "tribal Ji" and do not enter the Han Dynasty's "City Ji" system.
Therefore, even if the tribes that submitted to the Han Dynasty were responsible for the dispatch of manpower and material resources, their tribes themselves were responsible for the management of manpower and material resources. When they were most "behaved", it was the sect commanders and elite men who paid an annual tribute to the Han Dynasty. These people did not
It will be in the hometown of Cheng Ji.
At the same time, the thing they resist the most is the integration of tribal girls into the Han Dynasty. It is obvious that ordinary tribal members are no more than slaves of the chief. Compared with the officials of the Han Dynasty, local powerful people have much greater oppression on the people, but every one of them
They felt that without the protection of their tribal Ji and Zong Shuai, the Han people would kill their whole family and feed them to dogs...
"For specific matters, we have to discuss with the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In recent days, we have come up with a general charter. In short...when you go on a mission, you must first pay attention to your own safety, and secondly...remember...
After all, whether they are Yue people or Wuling barbarians, they are all Han people..."
Chen Gong was a little impatient - didn't I just say this? Do I need to emphasize it again? However, when Bai Tu reminded him of safety issues first, he still felt warm in his heart.
However, Bai Tu's expression changed slightly. He came closer and whispered: "In other words, they are also protected by Han law. If someone treats ordinary Han people as cattle and horses, how can we abandon them?"
What about the law? We need to let them understand the benefits of obeying the law."
"What Mr. Bai means is..." Chen Gong seemed to have thought of something.
"Pay attention to the scale. It's hard for those people to reason. Sometimes it's harder to gain trust than to destroy their bodies, but I hope you can use more difficult methods to solve the problem." Bai Tu said.
That's right, for ordinary barbarians, Bai Tu didn't believe it. They were so bad-tempered that they would rather be slaves in the mountains than be ordinary Han people who had enough food and clothing... What do you want? Just because of their temperament?
Bai Tu doesn't believe that this is called "unruly and untamable", and it's due to two reasons. A small part of the reason is that the two parties are mutually exclusive, and the majority of the reason... lies in the "king-chief system".
The reality is that in Shanyue, the barbarians trust their chiefs more, but what these chiefs care more about is whether they can continue to live freely and occasionally plunder.
Sometimes people would believe it if Bai Tu told Shan Yue in plain words that life would be better if you come down.
During the Civil War, the Southern Army was all serf cannon fodder, and only the officers were white...
It's so easy to explain the truth clearly, so there's no need to fight, let's all rebel together, okay?
The Han Dynasty knew that this theory did not make sense, so they simply used a simple method-to directly recognize their "king-chief system". The so-called acts of gratitude and "rewards" were given directly to the chief.
Chen Gong understood what Bai Tu meant. Although he didn't say it clearly and couldn't say it clearly now, it actually meant that he wanted to follow the monarchy system. His mood suddenly became complicated - he persuaded Bai Tu to pull up the Third Route Army.
It was something that made him happy, but... this was a problem for Bai Tu!
However, on the surface, Chen Gong was still full of confidence and issued a military order, and would later bring Zhang Liao to support Gao Shun.