"It seems that if we want to stabilize the situation, Lu Bu is the first target we must eliminate.”Guo Jia pondered for a while and finally said.
Chen Gong nodded slightly, agreeing with this statement.
Zhuge Jin was still thinking. He must have some ideas.
"Feng Xiao, tell me why you want to get rid of Lu Bu first.”I said. Although Lu Bu had already begun to harass the borders of Chenliu, there were no signs of an army approaching. Was there a need to provoke this untouchable tiger first?
"Right now, there are many heroes around Yanzhou. Cao Cao is on good terms with our army, Liu Bei is in a standoff with Yuan Shao, and Tao Qian is a dog that can only defend itself. The only worrying ones are Lu Bu and Yuan Shu.”Guo Jia said slowly. Chen Gong and Zhuge Jin nodded. They had also considered this.
"Lu Bu has just been defeated, and the two counties he occupied were originally dilapidated. Now that there are suddenly tens of thousands of soldiers to support him, he will definitely be poor in terms of money and food. In order to avoid running out of food and soldiers scattering, Lu Bu, who lacks money and food, can only plunder everywhere to survive.”
So that was the case.
As someone who came from the future, how could I know that the cause of war in this world was sometimes just for this trivial food.
The wars I've seen are for national liberation, for oil, and for maintaining hegemony.
However, they had never seen a war over food (although there might be wars in Africa, they were usually carried out under the banner of national liberation).
In this world, I originally knew that the army would fall into chaos if they didn't have food, so I had always been very concerned about food production and trade, ensuring the supply of food for the army and the lives of the people under my rule.
However, they did not know that food was also an important factor in triggering war. It was no wonder. The history books recorded that a certain war was launched in a certain year and month, but the reason was never clearly stated. For example, the purpose of taking over the board seemed very clear, but what was the result? Dong Zhuo had gone to Chang 'an safely, but a new batch of dukes had risen in Shandong.
"Thus, it would be best if Lu Bu plundered Nanyang in the south and Yanyu in the east. However, Yuan Shu and Yuan Yi of Nanyang had gathered more than 100,000 troops. Nanyang was known as a strong city, and the Bingzhou army was good at fighting in the field and not good at attacking cities. Therefore, even if Lu Bu plundered Nanyang, it would only be a weakly defended county.”Guo Jia continued.
"Yuan Shu has already plundered all the places around Nanyang and gathered them in Nanyang. How much food can he plunder from these places? Therefore, Yanyu became a piece of fat meat in Lu Bu's eyes. Originally, the lord was benevolent and reduced corvee and taxes, causing the people of Yanzhou to be far richer than other places. It was originally a good plan to enrich the people, but now it had become bait.”Guo Jia spoke tirelessly, causing me to sweat profusely. Now, it seems that my actions to enrich the people back then were actually harming the people?
"My lord did not do anything wrong. It was just Lu Bu's wild ambition.”Chen Gong read my mind. He quickly opened his mouth to comfort her.
I could only smile bitterly.
Lu Bu had to be eliminated.
Zhuge Jin obviously understood what Guo Jia was saying. He only asked,"If Lu Bu and Yuan Shu attack together, can our army deal with them?”
Guo Jia's eyes lit up, while Chen Gong's brows furrowed. It was obvious that they had already considered this possibility. However, Guo Jia was obviously praising Zhuge Jin for his foresight, while Chen Gong was racking his brains for a solution.
When I heard this question, I was also shocked. Based on the history of Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, this was very likely to happen. In fact, after Liu Bei failed at Puyang, he might have taken advantage of Yuan Lü's attack and reached a temporary truce with Yuan Shao's army, who also held grudges against our Beihai Army.
I had just been calm for a few days, but it seemed like I was going to be busy again.
After listening to the military intelligence, I actually didn't think about how to solve this problem. Instead, I was the first to think about the pain of being separated again in the eyes of Yimen.
This time was obviously different from the past. Other than victory and defeat, there were many more concerns.
"Right now, our army has seven elite divisions. The Tiger Infantry Camp and Tiger Might Camp have thirty thousand, the Dragon Stallion Camp and Black Tortoise Camp have ten thousand, the Vermillion Bird Camp has ten thousand, the Wind Wolf Camp has six thousand, and the Tiger Leopard Camp has fifteen thousand.”
"The mobile combat power of the City Defense Army is about 100,000 people after taking in 20,000 Black Mountain Army, 30,000 Yanzhou Yellow Turban, and 50,000 Sun Guan. They are divided into two parts. One part moves north to Pingyuan, Jinan, Jibei, Dongjun, and other prefectures to deter the ambitions of the Liu and Yuan armies in Jizhou. The other part moves west to Chenliu in Jiyin to prepare for Yuan Shu's possible invasion.”
"At the same time, contact Cao Cao and pin down Liu Bei. Allow him to cooperate with us when he attacks Bingzhou and the east of the river. Lu Bu was a wolf with wild ambitions, and Cao Cao would not be able to sleep and eat in Hanoi.”
"There is no harm in feigning loyalty to Li and Guo of Chang 'an, and pretending to acknowledge the Emperor's conferment of the two of them. Lu Bu and the Xiliang Army are already at loggerheads, so it shouldn't be difficult to persuade Li and Guo to harass Hongnong. Perhaps he could even fight for a new position for his lord: General of the Eastern Town, Governor of Qingxu, Yanzhou and Yuzhou.”Guo Jia was indeed a peerless strategist. This night was not in vain. He had considered all aspects.
Zhuge Jin could not help but sigh in admiration. Although he had already thought of some of the measures that Guo Jia had mentioned, it was definitely not so comprehensive.
This was Chen Gong's first time conspiring with Guo Jia. He had been quite proud of himself before, but after hearing Guo Jia's plan, he felt inferior.
However, I am worried that with more than 100,000 troops moving at the same time, the consumption of rations and logistics is truly terrifying. This year's defense was not bad, but there were hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans, Zang Ba, Sun Guan, and other hundreds of thousands of people in Yanzhou. In total, nearly a million people had to eat, although from a distance, these were precious resources and strength.
Fortunately, Zang Ba and the others had some reserves and could barely survive. However, the two counties that the Tibetan Tyrannical Sun Temple and the others occupied had to be levied according to our military's tax policy of 10% tax. This way, the grain that they originally occupied would not be enough to spend. These people would temporarily be a heavy burden for our army.
Calculating the amount of food consumed before next year's summer harvest could be described as shocking.
Sun Qian is an expert in this area. After I raised this question, Sun Qian quickly calculated and found that there was indeed a huge gap. During this period of time, the number of soldiers that we have reorganized is astonishing. The City Defense Army and the elite battalion added up to no less than 300,000 people. Just the military rations alone cost no less than 6 million dan.
In addition to the nearly 100,000 Yellow Turban refugees and hundreds of thousands of new refugees who had no food savings previously, they needed to be provided for.
In addition, the food under Yuanzang's Tyrannical Sun Guan wasn't abundant and needed to be supplemented.
Therefore, before the summer harvest next year, this new population would need to spend no less than five million dans. The tax for this year's harvest was only ten million dans, so there was a shortage of one million dans.
After the war, the military rations of the combat troops would be doubled.
Since rations could start a cruel war, they could also turn an elite force into a group of defeated soldiers. Can our army handle such a large-scale operation?
Thus, while the army was moving and setting up new defenses, the county governors were given the task of buying the surplus grain from the people. However, I strictly ordered them to sell it at a fair price, so that although there were some distortions in the implementation of the purchase in some places, the overall situation of collecting millions of stones of military grain and stabilizing the people's hearts was achieved.
Sun Qian first went to Hanoi, then to Chang 'an, to complete a difficult mission. Considering the current danger of going from Hanoi to Chang' an, Sun Qian brought a large number of elite soldiers and close to 50 personal guards.
As for me, I carried the endless longing and love in the eyes of the Li Consortium as I once again set off on my journey to the front lines of Chenliu.
It was several months after the incident in Chang 'an that Beihai received the news. The new changes in the middle had not reached the distant Beihai in time. The Right General Manor was the central command of the Beihai Army, so it had to be the closest to the battlefield. A difference of a hair's breadth could lead to a thousand miles of error. The military situation could not be ambiguous at all.
Perhaps after this battle, my Right General Residence should move to Puyang or Chenliu. With the backward communication methods of this era, the transmission time of a message was often calculated in months. This way, the information in front of them might have changed greatly during the transmission process.
For the Beihai Army, the command center is far away from the battlefield. This is a huge flaw. The North Sea is no longer suitable to be the main military base of our army.
However, in this changed history, when facing the few elites and invincible generals in the world, would I still be able to return victorious as usual?
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