Chapter 1524 Master the barbarians with their long skills
Yang Su smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty's guess is correct. Although the southern army has occupied Jiuzhen County, it has been harassed by Linyi people along the way. It is quite difficult to transport food, grass, soldiers and horses. I am afraid that we will not be able to gain a foothold in Linyi in the long run."
"In this way, Lin Yi people, or to be precise, Fan Fanzhi's goal has been achieved." Li Xingchen nodded slightly.
It is not surprising that the war in the south would reach this stage.
As a descendant, Li Xingchen certainly knew that in the high mountains and dense forests in the south, even the American emperor, who was fearless of heaven and earth, was defeated miserably here, not to mention that there was a Gaulish chicken who also died miserably.
Li Xingchen did not want the Han Dynasty to become the American emperor from a thousand years ago, who came in an aggressive manner and left in despair.
However, he also had to admit that Fan Fanzhi did fully realize the greatest benefits of Linyi's landscape. He was not limited to arguing with the big man about the gains and losses of one city or one place, but wanted to lead the big man into endless troubles.
In the quagmire of the stagnant war, if you don't let me feel comfortable, then I won't let you feel happy.
The big man now doesn't have that much energy to fight with Lin Yi. Li Xingchen knows this well, and Fan Fanzhi probably knows it too, so he wants to delay the war. As long as the big man can't hold on, then he will win.
"What did Li Xun say?" Li Xunchen did not lose his composure. It was certainly a danger for the Han Dynasty to fall into the war in the south, but this danger was not completely unsolvable. "Since I have put Li Xun in command, this
He should have anticipated this situation before, isn't there any countermeasure at all?"
Yang Su hurriedly handed over the memorial and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, General Li's intention is to use the available soldiers who are good at mountain warfare, and use the local people in Linyi who have surrendered to our Han as guides to take the initiative to attack deep into the dense forest.
We went to destroy the enemy's lair. General Li called it 'learning from the barbarians to gain skills to control the barbarians.' The Linyi people used harassment tactics on us, so we also made it difficult for them to gain a foothold in the mountains and forests."
"Learn skills from the barbarians to defeat the barbarians" had just said it, Li Xingchen was holding the teacup and preparing to take a sip of water, and almost sprayed it directly on Yang Su's face.
This sentence is really familiar, but Li Xunchen also knew that in this situation, it was difficult for Li Xun to come up with such a response strategy.
"After all, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty are not like monkeys in Linyi who can walk over mountains and ridges on the flat ground. Will doing so be self-defeating?" Li Xingchen coughed twice and regained his breath.
Yang Su hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's worry is not unreasonable, but there are not only ordinary Han soldiers in the Southern Expedition Army, but also a large number of Ba people and soldiers from various ministries in the south. For them, fighting on flat ground may be
There is no advantage, but the mountains and forests are their world, and General Li has also urgently ordered the mobilization of Mrs. Xian’s troops into Jiaozhi, ready to support the southern operations at any time."
Li Xingchen was startled for a moment, then smiled to himself: "I have ignored these soldiers."
Yang Su smiled and said: "I think it is because in your Majesty's heart, the Han Dynasty is already a complete whole. These soldiers are from different nationalities and are all your Majesty's subjects, so your Majesty has ignored their strengths."
Li Xingchen waved his hand helplessly: "I didn't think it through well, so I don't need you to cover it up for me."
Immediately afterwards, Li Xingchen looked at Chen Yu: "This time, Baipao was able to successfully capture Xianglin first, and Baipao was indispensable, but is Baipao's layout in Linyi only so much?"
Chen Yu hurriedly handed over his hands: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The south has not been the key layout direction of Baipao before, so Baipao's manpower is only limited to the Xianglin area and Jiuzhen, Jiaozhi and other places in the north. In addition, in Xianglin
Lu Rong on the north side still has some manpower to take care of them, but they are only better than nothing. Going further inland, the white robes have no arrangements."
Li Xingchen nodded. In just a few years, Baipao could achieve such a scale. Of course, he knew that Chen Yu had tried his best. Especially before, the south was not the focus of the Han Dynasty's efforts, so Baipao only made some preparations in advance.
It's just a matter of arrangement, you can't ask for the white robe to be able to appear in every corner without any blind spots.
There are limits to people's abilities, and the white robes that move in the dark will only be subject to more restrictions in order to hide their whereabouts.
Therefore, Baipao is able to do so much, and he has really tried his best.
"What's the situation at Lu Rong's side?" Li Xingchen directly grasped a key point in Chen Yu's words, "Can we win it?"
Linyi's coastline is winding and long, and it is blocked by horizontal mountains. As a result, there are not many large-scale cities and they are quite scattered. Lu Rong, Hue, which was the capital of the Annan Dynasty for many generations in later generations, and Xiang Lam
Similarly, it is one of the important towns on the southern coastline and the northern gate of Xianglin. The dividing line between Ninan County and Jiuzhen County was here.
After Linyi became independent at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Rinan County disappeared, and the dividing line between Huaxia and Linyi was at Lurong. A tug-of-war broke out between the two sides to compete for this fortress. Eventually, civil strife broke out in the Central Plains of China, and the chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties began. Naturally, Huaxia also
There was no energy to care about Lu Rong, a small town far south. In the end, Huaxia retreated to the north of Hengshan, and everything south of Hengshan fell under Lin Yi's control. After that, Huaxia had no time to look south, and Lu Rong became the gateway for Lin Yi to go north.
, the Linyi people continued to gather troops through Lu Rong, crossed Hengshan and harassed Jiuzhen County, Jiaozhi County and other places.
Now the Han's troops advanced southward to Jiuzhen County, and also captured Xianglin on the southernmost side, but Hengshan and Lurong in the middle were still under Linyi's control. Although Hengshan is not high, it is
It is long enough and has many dense forests, extending to the west. It is Linyi's biggest support now.
Capturing Lu Rong is equivalent to first controlling the main road in and out of Hengshan, laying the foundation for later opening up the communication between the Han army from the north to the south. More importantly, the Han army now only controls a place in Xianglin, and the wider south of Hengshan.
The area is still under Fan Fanzhi's control. If things go on like this, if something unexpected happens at sea, Luo Yi's command will become a lonely force without follow-up reinforcements and supplies.
Therefore, while launching extensive anti-guerrilla warfare, we must also open up communications between the north and the south as soon as possible to make the entire war situation come alive.
Chen Yu and Yang Su obviously realized this. Yang Su hurriedly said: "It should not be difficult to capture Lu Rong. The navy can cooperate with the army to launch an attack. In addition, troops and horses can be dispatched from Jiuzhen County southward to contain the enemy's actions.
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"Although Baipao doesn't have many people in Lu Rong, they are more than enough to create chaos and assist in combat operations." Chen Yu also said.
Li Xingchen nodded: "Then capture Lu Rong as soon as possible and open up communication between the north and the south. What's more, if the sea conditions are not complicated, we don't have to rely entirely on land to transport food. The sea is a place where it is difficult for the enemy to set foot, so naturally we are the safest.