Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 304 Planning the Jingnan Strategy (2)
In fact, as far as the geographical environment and actual conditions of the four counties in Jingnan are concerned, there are really no conditions for stationing a large army to guard them.

Especially for Liu Biao, the current lord of Jingzhou, the four counties in Jingnan are also in the form of chicken ribs. It can be said that Liu Biao, in addition to sending people to control the county towns of the four counties in Jingnan, for the other counties in the four counties of Jingnan. Basically no control.

Although these county towns hidden in the mountains are small earthen cities located in the mountains, they are all controlled by powerful local bandits. Taking down these small county towns in the mountains may not necessarily restrain the barbarians in the mountains around the county towns.

What's more, it is not easy to bring these counties located in the mountains under the direct control of Jingzhou. Many places have impassable roads, and marching and logistics supplies are more troublesome.

Then even if you spend time, energy and money to attack them, how much troops can you send to control these sites?
The powerful local clans that are local tyrants, or the sect thief Shanyue, can completely hide in the surrounding mountains when you send troops to attack, and wait for your army to leave, and then come back to take back these counties. Wouldn't it be a waste of effort to clear it up?

At the same time, they might be able to take advantage of their connection with the barbarians in the mountains to create a big rebellion here, instigate the barbarians to rebel everywhere, and completely disrupt Jingzhou's control over the four counties in Jingnan.

The four Jingnan counties were originally places like Guangxi and Xiangxi in the later generations. For the rulers, they are poor, evil and full of troublesome people, but they can't be beaten cleanly, so they can only let them go.

As for the prefectures and counties of the four counties in Jingnan, it is actually impossible to raise too many soldiers here. Besides, how many troops can you put here?
Putting too much is a waste, and putting too little is meaningless.

And Liu Biao's main forces are in Nanyang County and Nan County in Jiangbei, so the four Jingnan counties have become dispensable chicken ribs, and they can't bring Liu Biao much money, grain and taxes.

In the original history, after Liu Bei got the four counties of Jingnan, Zhuge Liang carried out some development. It took Zhuge Liang a lot of time to digest and absorb the four counties. The four southern counties became a grain-producing area in Xishu.

It's a pity that not long after it was developed, the four Jingnan counties were taken back by Soochow, and Guan Yu was defeated in Maicheng. After Xishu lost Jingzhou, it basically ruined the possibility of Xishu's growth. It also lost the background of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

But now for Zhu Wei, the four Jingnan counties next to Yuzhang are a piece of cake fat that can be eaten at any time. Since it is not possible to directly attack Liu Biao's hinterland in Jingzhou, let's eat this piece of fat first.

Before that, Zhu Wei was also hesitant. He also felt that the four counties in Jingnan had too many mountains and were not as rich as Jiangxia, Nanjun, and Nanyang counties. Therefore, he attacked Jiangxia first instead of choosing the four counties in Jingnan.

But now Wang Yuyan and the others have analyzed the value of the four Jingnan counties for Zhu Wei, but Zhu Wei has seen some of the benefits of the Jingnan four counties.

The four southern Jing counties are easy to attack and hard to defend, which is useless to Liu Biao of Jingzhou, but to Zhu Wei who controls Yuzhang, he can turn them into his hinterland for development.

Anyway, the four prefectures of Jingnan and Yuzhang are all in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are all adjacent land boundaries. As long as Zhu Wei seals Yuzhang and builds a Jiangfang Camp in the aforementioned Chanling County, the four counties can be controlled. The county was swallowed into the stomach, and it was a matter of time before the four counties in Jingnan were completely digested.

At the same time, the Jingnan four counties may not have a large population on the surface, but those mountain people, mountain people, and even barbarian tribes hiding in the mountains can also become hidden populations that Zhu Wei discovered.

Zhu Wei has a general like Zu Lang who is good at mountain warfare in his hands, so he can naturally subdue those county towns hidden in the mountains little by little.

In the original history, since Zhuge Liang was able to develop the four Jingnan counties as the grain production base of Xishu, now Zhu Wei should also be able to use the Jingnan four counties as his future confidantes to provide Zhu Wei with abundant grain.

So Zhu Wei finally accepted the strategy of attacking the four Jingnan counties given by Wang Yuyan and the others, and began various military preparations.

Of course, it cannot be said that Liu Biao completely left the four Jingnan counties alone. In fact, he placed Liu Pan, Huang Zhong and other 1 to [-] troops in Youxian County, Changsha County, and he also wanted to use Changsha County for defense. Jiangdong's invasion of the four counties in Jingnan.

The official roads of the four Jingnan counties lead to Yuzhang, and they continue to connect to the other three counties mainly through Changsha County. Therefore, You County has become the main frontier for the Jingnan four counties facing Jiangdong.

However, Zhu Wei now has a very clear understanding of the military strength of the four Jingnan counties.

The four counties in Jingnan, that is, Changsha County, have some troops, the other Guiyang counties have about [-] troops, and Lingling County has about [-] troops. As for Wuling County, it is estimated that there are not many troops.

In addition, according to the results Zhu Wei saw through military intelligence, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the four counties of Jingnan is not very strong in general. It can be said that except for the troops under Liu Pan and Huang Zhong in Changsha County who have some training and morale preparations , although the other Han Xuan, Liu Du, and Zhao Fan have thousands of troops, their training and morale preparation are very poor, and they are simply mobs.

So now according to the strategy discussed by Wang Yuyan, Pang Tong, and Huang Yueying, Wang Yuyan can go to Changsha County with the most troops in the name of Zhu Wei with great fanfare, and confront Liu Pan and Huang Zhong who are stationed in You County, Changsha County. The passage of the four counties in Jingnan.

With the strength of Liu Pan and Huang Zhong, even if Han Xuan's [-] troops are added, they may not be the opponent of Zhu Wei's army commanded by Wang Yuyan, let alone Liu Pan's side who was persuaded by Zhu Wei. Wei Yan's ambush will naturally be more effective as a surprise soldier.

Then Wang Yuyan attacked Changsha County on a large scale, and maybe even deceived the soldiers and horses from the three counties of Guiyang, Lingling, and Wuling to come to Changsha for support. In this way, the Yueshan Camp commanded by Zhu Wei and the Four Thousand Middle Schools led by Dong Xi and Pang Tong Army, then they can cross the mountain and enter Guiyang County to launch a surprise attack, and then take Lingling County directly from Guiyang County.

In this way, sending troops to the two places at the same time can end the war in the four counties of Jingnan in the fastest time.

It can be said that the key step in the strategy of attacking the four counties in Jingnan this time is to use Zhu Wei's ability to carry food and grass supplies with him, so that Zu Lang's Yueshan camp and Zhu Wei's [-] crossbowmen can safely cross the mountains and enter Guizhou. Sneak attack in Yang County.

Otherwise, even if Zu Lang's Yueshan battalion is good at mountain warfare, and those who cross mountains and mountains are not afraid of getting lost, the logistical supplies will also affect the success rate of the sneak attack. The logistical supplies of more than 1 troops cannot be handled by everyone with a little food. .

In short, this time, before Liu Biao reacted and sent troops to support the four Jingnan counties, he had to at least take Guiyang and Lingling counties. If it was a big deal, he would face Liu Biao's reinforcements in Wuling County.

Because only Wuling County is located in the north of Hunan among the four counties in Jingnan. .

Therefore, in the decisive battle with Liu Biao in Wuling County, you can avoid Liu Biao's people and advantages in Nanjun and Nanyang Counties, and you can also fight with Liu Biao's army on the plains, so that both sides have certain geographical advantages. Next, it depends on both sides Who is stronger in our army...

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