Three hundred and fifty fifth chapter three counties
In the mansion that originally belonged to Dai Cai in Baidi City, torches replaced the lanterns that were erratic in the wind, dispersing the faint mist and illuminating the entire mansion exceptionally brightly.
The generals who came and went were all dressed in uniform, and some even had blood on their armor, making this official office look more like a Chinese military tent in a military camp.
"There are a total of 572 households in Baidi City, 628 houses, more than 2,000 shi of grain, 5,000 guan of money in the treasury, and 37 large and small ships, all of which have been delivered," Dai Cai said in a deep voice,
He handed the booklet in his hand to Li Xingchen, "The loss of troops and horses is unknown, so I dare not report it. Please forgive me, general."
Li Xingchen reached out to take the booklet, glanced at it a few times, and then handed it to Dai Cai again: "Xu is only leading the vanguard. The main force of the army will not arrive until tomorrow, and the accompanying officials may not arrive until the day after tomorrow. Therefore, the government affairs in the city in these two days
I have to trouble the captain to handle it on my behalf."
Dai Cai was startled for a moment: "What about General?"
At this moment, footsteps sounded, and generals such as Chen Zhishen, Lu Zhiwu, Cao Zhong, and Wang Chang walked in side by side. Each of them had a little blood on their armor, and their faces were tired, but their eyes were full of radiance.
With fiery eyes, he stared at Li Xinchen closely as soon as he entered the door. On the contrary, Li Xinchen felt chills all over.
"I will see you at last, general!" a group of generals said excitedly.
They never expected that they could capture Baidi City so easily at the cost of only more than twenty casualties.
Everything is like a dream.
Of course, everyone knows that this has a lot to do with the lack of defenses among the defenders in Baidi City, but Li Xingchen's surprise army is the real step to occupy the city. Chen Zhishen, the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, also fought against them, although they were very different from Yuchi.
There is a big gap between the elites of the Northern Zhou Dynasty led by them, but they can barely compare with the Western Liang army.
If such an army, under the command of Dai Cai, relied on the terrain to resist, would it be so easy for them to capture Baidi City?
"This is Dai Cai, the captain of Yong'an. From now on, everyone will be Pao Ze." Li Xingchen introduced Dai Cai and then introduced the generals under his command.
Dai Cai immediately respectfully saluted everyone one by one, but Chen Zhishen and others did not dare to neglect and hurriedly returned the salute. Everyone could see that his general valued this surrendered general very much, and he looked humble and accepting.
, it is not easy for anyone to open his mouth and make things difficult.
Although the people under Li Xunchen each have their own characteristics and shortcomings, they are not really smooth-tongued and weak-minded.
"There is too little money and food in Baidi City." Li Xingchen frowned and said, directly answering Dai Cai's doubts just now.
There are still two thousand stones of food stored in the city, which may be enough for the defenders, but Li Xunchen not only has more than a thousand people under his command, but also more than five thousand reinforcements who are about to arrive.
Now the army's food can still be transported from Jingzhou through the Three Gorges, but Li Xinchen must always be wary of the possibility of tensions in Jingzhou and the threat to the food route. If enough food can be obtained from Bashu, the dependence on Jingzhou will be reduced, and Xiao Mahana will be reduced.
The pressure from the sides is naturally the best.
Dai Cai was startled for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "The general doesn't know something. Baidi City is no longer the most important border defense town it used to be. There are not many defenders and people in the city, and the demand for food is not great.
Therefore, they are usually regularly dispatched and transported from Linjiang and Wanchuan in the rear. In addition, we also plant some grain on the slopes of the mountains behind, but the harvest is not much."
Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows. What he needed now was nothing more than two things, soldiers and food. But now, according to what Dai Cai said, Baidi City seemed to lack supply of these two things.
"But let's talk about food and grass," Dai Cai thought as he walked to the map and pointed, "Generals, please look here."
Chen Zhishen and others also subconsciously moved forward, and the place Dai Cai pointed to was the southern county between Wanchuan County and Linjiang County. The three counties are located in the upper reaches of Yong'an, on the southwest side of Baidi City, along the
The rivers are lined up in a row, and the most important ones are naturally Wanchuan County and Linjiang County, which together form the gateway to Bajun.
"Isn't this southern county the smallest among the three counties?" Li Xingchen asked in surprise. When he entered Shu, he knew a lot about the situation around Bashu, especially the three counties guarding the east gate of Ba County.
County, and read a lot of information.
"That's true," Dai Cai nodded, "it's just that the general doesn't know, because this southern county is located between Linjiang County and Wanchuan County, which is convenient for the supply and transfer of grain and grass, so the grain and grass from the surrounding cities are transported to the south first.
The county was then transported to various places from here, so the city was built on a rare open land on the river beach, making it easy to attack but difficult to defend. In fact, it was also convenient for storing grain and grass."
Li Xingchen gently rubbed his chin. This southern county is located between two fortresses, but it is located on a river beach. The city has a wide terrain. It is not as easy to defend as other Bashu cities surrounded by mountains and rivers. Such a city may even be attacked.
It provided a good foothold for the enemies of Linjiang County. From a planning point of view, it was a bit superfluous. Later in history, it was gradually integrated into the jurisdiction of the other two counties. I did not expect that it had such a purpose.
Baidi City is a fortress, but any fortress often means that it lacks a corresponding economic and cultural system and relies on food and grass supplies from larger towns. Therefore, Baidi City can only be regarded as a bridgehead for Li Xingchen, and it must not be regarded as a bridgehead.
gain a foothold.
His eyes moved slowly upstream along the river. The really suitable place to establish his foothold now was of course Bajun (today's Chongqing), and then further north was Shujun (today's Chengdu), which is located in the land of abundance.
The two northern cities form the framework of the entire Bashu.
Li Xingchen needed to capture Bajun first before he could be qualified to gain a foothold in Bashu. And if he wanted to capture Bajun, he had to capture the three counties of Linjiang.
Therefore, no matter from which perspective, the three Linjiang counties must be fought.
"Chen Zhishen, Wang Chang!" Li Xingchen's eyes turned and fell on Chen Zhishen.
"The general is here!" Chen Zhishen responded hurriedly. He remembered that Li Xingchen had said before when he entered Shu that there would be many battles in the future. Now it seems that this opportunity has fallen on him. Although Wang Chang was surprised that Li Xingchen only had
A thousand soldiers and horses still wanted to attack, but they still responded reflexively.
"The two of you will lead eight hundred soldiers and corresponding navy warships to attack Linjiang County. It would be best if you capture Linjiang County. If the opponent is alert and holds the city, then you don't want to fight and attack the southern county directly. You must
We need to capture the grain farm!" Li Xingchen said in a deep voice.
When they heard that Li Xingchen's target was really the three counties along the river, Chen Zhishen and Wang Chang immediately cheered up. Their men, including the navy soldiers, only numbered more than a thousand people. If they wanted to move along the river to the three counties, how could it be possible?
It was so easy, so this was an order and also Li Xingchen's test for them.
And Li Xingchen turned his head and looked at Dai Cai: "Captain Dai, I may need your people to cooperate and point the way."