Badong County, that is, several counties in the eastern part of the original Ba County...
Counting the fact that it had been occupied by the Chu Kingdom for more than two years, Zhang Ren originally thought that the people would be happy to welcome Master Wang, but unexpectedly... Not only did many people take the initiative to withdraw to Zhicheng in order to avoid the Xichuan soldiers,
Moreover, the people who were intercepted or did not leave were also wary of the Xichuan soldiers.
Zhang Ren even had the illusion that he had broken into the Chu Kingdom...
If the governor of Bajun was not Yan Yan, Zhang Ren must have thought that this man had a history of plundering the people.
Otherwise, why would the people of Bajun surrender to Chu so easily? It has only been two years!
"Gongyi usually only manages the troops, but I don't know that these Chu people... are also very good at winning people's hearts." Yan Yan sighed and said helplessly.
It had even happened before that people from nearby Jiangzhou migrated to Badong, and Yan Yan also took this into consideration.
At the beginning, Yan Yan reflected with embarrassment. After all, although his main responsibility was to guard Bajun, he was also the prefect of Bajun, and he was entrusted with the military and administration of the whole county!
To a certain extent, he also has autonomy in internal affairs.
But later Yan Yan inquired about Badong County’s policies...
The original feeling of shame was forcibly gone - it wasn't that I suddenly became confident, but... I didn't learn anything at all! It's better to be thick-skinned and pretend not to know what's going on!
Moreover, you must know that Badong County was in a "wartime" state for most of the more than two years that it was occupied by the Chu State.
In other words, according to the standards of Chu State, they were leading the people of Badong County, tightening their pants and contributing to the front line.
However, this wartime state has completely surpassed the most stable period of Xichuan. It is comparable to the stable years of the Han Dynasty. To say it is better... it can only be compared to the period of Wenjing's rule and the period of people's cultivation and rejuvenation.
Just letting others learn is a bit difficult. This is not an effect that can be achieved by the princes being benevolent, taking the lead in performing hard and simple dramas, and allowing themselves and their subordinates to live frugally, but fundamentally.
productivity improvement.
However, other princes wanted to learn, even if they "learned" some productivity-improving techniques from various channels, including the essence of Shennong, they were spread...
We must first liberate productivity!
And if you want to liberate productivity, you must liberate productivity smoothly without causing civil strife... If you were Cao Cao or Liu Bei, you would also need a stable environment to achieve a small part.
As for today's era of "If you don't hit me, I will plot against you" and "If you don't sharpen the knife, I will stab you." Even Cao Cao, in order to catch up with the Chu State, could only choose a path that would be extremely harmful.
, a road with extremely serious hidden dangers.
Liu Bei also found it more difficult because he had to be restricted by the Han Dynasty.
Yan Yan...
A governor of Ba County is still a governor of Ba County granted by the Marquis of Shu...
Not to mention him, even if he were replaced by the Marquis of Shu, he wouldn't be able to do this. Even if he really wanted to try it out in Bajun, Yan Yan might not be able to support it. After all... Yan Yan is also the Yan family of Bajun.
Yan.
Zhang Ren also understands that this is by no means as simple as winning people's hearts. Although there are indeed factors to win people's hearts, such as those drama troupes and the incredible folk stories... But it is impossible to achieve this point by relying on tricks alone!
"At least the good news is that there really won't be much food in storage in Zhi City." Zhang Ren helplessly comforted Yan Yan, which also served as some enlightenment for himself.
Indeed, because the grain payment to Badong County is far less than expected, and considering the inconvenience of transporting grain against the current, the main force of Wancheng 1st Division must have taken away part of the inventory when they left, so the Chu State in Badong
Food reserves should be very limited.
In this way, if we want to trap the defenders of Zhi City...
"Report! Enemy troops were found camping thirty miles ahead!"
Yan Yan and Zhang Ren were interrupted again by the scouts.
"Come in quickly and speak!" Yan Yan quickly called the scout in.
Originally, I thought that after the Chu army retreated, they would defend the city, but looking at it now... the opponent was clearly just shrinking their defense line, or did they want to compete with them in the wild?
This is a tenfold difference in military strength...
Soon the scouts also came in and reported what they found to Yan Yan and Zhang Ren - indeed they found an unknown number of Chu troops camped thirty miles away and built a field defense line.
And just as Yan Yan and Zhang Ren expected, in the most incredible situation, the Chu army really formed a long array, completely sealing off the flat area that stretched for more than ten miles!
There are less than 10,000 Chu troops in Badong, but they are actually trying to block the Shu army that is nearly six or seven times their size...
"The quantity is unknown? Are you saying that there are steel needles and iron nets blocking the way, so the quantity cannot be determined?" Yan Yan repeated the scout's words.
"Reporting back to the general, that's exactly what happened. The steel needle and iron net stretches for more than ten miles, and it's within the range of the enemy's crossbows. We...even if we have armor, we can't get close!" the scout said in a panic.
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Yan Yan didn't quite understand what "steel needles and iron nets" meant, but because the Chu State had shocked him too much before, he didn't criticize the scouts who failed to complete their tasks too harshly this time, but decided to go and see for himself.
after……
Yan Yan and Zhang Ren once again saw what "wealth and wealth" meant. The flat area of more than ten miles was the stretching joint camp of the Chu army. In front of the camp, you could see trenches, bunkers, and crossbow ports...
There are three floors further outward, and every thirty steps or so, there is a "steel needle iron fence" - which is actually a barbed wire fence.
It is not the flat wire wall used to divide areas outside buildings in later generations, but the military engineering wire fence that is crumpled into a ball, messy and barbed!
This thing may seem inconspicuous, but it is more difficult for ordinary infantry to cross than to climb a mountain. Even if they are equipped with professional engineering pliers, it is not easy to cut the barbed wire under the enemy's gunfire.
And although it doesn't look good, it is only necessary to apply it if the steel output reaches a certain level - if it is short, it will not have any effect. If you want to pull it, you need to make the net wider or longer!
Cut with a knife?
Even if you have such a sharp knife, you can't cut through the clumps of iron wire that will deform and shift as soon as you cut it. Moreover, the iron wire fence is usually continuous and can be said to be indestructible with hammers and blasts. The barbs on it will make everyone think about it.
People feel its existence personally...
Before tanks appeared, the best tactic for infantry facing barbed wire was to sacrifice...
If there are enough people willing to sacrifice themselves and lie on the barbed wire fence, using themselves as stepping stones, the barbed wire fence will not be scary.
However, such armies are very rare in modern times...
It's usually a charge in waves, and it doesn't end until enough bodies have crossed the barbed wire fence!