Chapter 6: Plan to Slow Liu Bei
Yiji said: "I have been in Jingzhou for many years. I have traveled to Wuling and have also been to Jiangdong. In my opinion, the Wuling Man in Jingzhou should be of the same clan as the Nanman in Jiaoyi Prefectures. The reason why Shanyue is called Shanyue, not Yueman is mainly because Shanyue has been basically sinicized, and his daily life is the same as ours. He also relies on farming as the main focus. Wuling Man mainly hunts and relies on the terraces between the mountains to grow some thin grain as a supplement. As for what Lord Xun You said, using Shanyue soldiers and Nanbar soldiers is actually very reasonable. The people of the two places are fierce in nature, both of them are good at mountain warfare, and they are good at fighting against Han soldiers. It is said that the Nanman in Wuling has digged gold in the mountains, and it should be said that there are gold mines, but they have no experience in mining gold mines."
Liu Xie felt aroused. Wuling's place is close to several large mountainous areas in Guangxi, which was indeed several large gold mines in China later, and its output was only lower than that in Taishan and Xinjiang. Seeing that Yi Ji was calm and seemed to have already made plans to stabilize Shanyue, he asked: "If Mr. Yi has a complete plan, don't be careful not to say it!"
Yiji said: "I carefully checked the records of Shanyue and the Southern Barbarians in various counties. It can be said that Shanyue was originally after the Yue Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period. After five hundred years of evolution and migration, it is now widely distributed. Danyang is the most important. There are Shanyue in the south of Xuzhou, Huaiyang and Jiangdonghuiji, Wujun and the entire Danyang. It can be said that as long as there are mountains in Yangzhou, there are Shanyue in the place where there are mountains. Shanyue rebelled entirely because they are unwilling to pay grain tax. They would rather choose to fight in order not to pay grain tax. They are fierce in nature. Shanyue people are good at fighting. If there are too many Han soldiers, they will retreat into the mountains. If the Han soldiers are equal, they will all out. In addition, they are indeed brave, so no one can recover them."
"In history, Sun Wu attacked the capital of Chu, Xiang Yu defeated the King of Qin and 30,000 Liu Bang. The soldiers used were all Shanyue soldiers in Danyang, including Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers today, which was actually Shanyue soldiers."
"The Southern Barbarians are another thing. Today's Wuling Man rebelled repeatedly, not to resist taxes, because they themselves do not know what taxes are. They are more afraid and resistance to our Han people. They live in the mountains and do not go out. They just exchange food and grass for copper and iron, and then let their fiefs be autonomous. As long as they are willing to surrender to His Highness, they can let the children of the clan members go to Xiangyang Academy to learn the cultural etiquette of our country and slowly assimilate. At the same time, they send people to explore gold mines, and all the gold and silver they get are divided into three or seven phases, and then exchange food and grass for 30% of what they deserve. When the Southern Barbarians are well aware of the customs and etiquette of Han, they can slowly divert them to Wuling to grow grain and collect taxes. In this way, the Southern Barbarians will be stable in the long run."
Liu Xie looked at Xun Yu, and he meant what do you think?
Xun Yu said: "Boji's plan has concerns in the long run, in the near and in the near future, and it is very detailed. Your Highness can implement it according to the plan. However, Shanyue is not as good as the Southern Barbarians, can Boji have a clever plan to install Shanyue?"
Yiji said: "The Wuling Man is only 50,000 or 60,000 people, and even if it rebels, it will be fine. As a source of troops, it is not worth worrying about absorbing a few thousand people. Shanyue is different. Shanyue in the entire Yangzhou has a total population of at least one million, and men are all soldiers, so it is shocking to absorb only 100,000 troops! Now, first consider Shanyue in Danyang. After reconciling Wuling Man, His Highness sent Zhendong Army to station troops in Huai'an and threaten Shouchun with naval forces."
"Now that Yuan Shuxin defeated Liu Yao and Shouchun, the two armies fought against Shouchun and Hefei, and they could not advance or retreat. Once our army entered, they would definitely send people to ask for help. Your Highness could choose who to support him according to the conditions. However, the army in Zhendong was in Huai'an for a long time, and ordered Wenpin to strengthen the water camp and city wall fortifications, the Dingdong Army Naval Army stationed with Qua and Jianye, and go north to fight with Yuan Shu Naval Army at Baima Lake at any time. At this time, the Dingdong Army must prepare for the prevention meeting, and the troops stationed in Yuzhang and wait for the autumn harvest.
At that time, in conjunction with the sudden attack of Zhennan Army, Shanyue would inevitably escape into the mountains. Then, General Sun Jian and General Huang Zhong were ordered to harvest all their food and grass and continue to wait. When Shanyue had no food, they would naturally come to compete with each other and drive away the surrendered Shanyue people to settle in various places in Lingling, scattered and lived, and take their strong men into the army. More training and more favors would not take three years. All the elite troops of Sanyue would be returned to His Highness. But the only question is how to borrow from Tao Qian to Huai'an?
Tao Qian is old and weak, Huai'an is very easy to borrow!
Liu Xie felt happy. Seeing Guo Jia with a gloomy face and didn't speak, he was secretly surprised. He suddenly remembered something and was extremely anxious. He knew that Guo Jia was also thinking about that matter. With his ability, he had a gloomy face, but he could see that he had no choice.
He could only sigh and asked Guo Jia: "If the actual situation was the situation of the alliance between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, what should we do now?"
Hearing this, even Xun Yu was shocked, and the joy that had just come out of Yi Ji's plan instantly melted.
Xun Yu sighed in a low voice: "This is even more troublesome. If the two agreed to conquer the Yellow River and govern it, it would be very unfavorable for us. It is even possible that Liu Bei would seize Nanyang and Cao Cao would seize Xuzhou."
Guo Jia's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he turned to a smile and said, "Your Highness, I have already thought of a countermeasure!"
Liu Xie and others were overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "What are the tricks?"
Guo Jia stood up and said to everyone: "In my opinion, Cao Cao did not know about Liu Bei's actions in advance, but now Liu Bei must contact Cao Cao and encourage Cao Cao to occupy Xu and Yu states. Cao Cao knew that he was not Liu Bei's opponent. If he wanted to fight against him, Yu must have Yu and Xu states as his back. Soon, Cao Cao would have an important minister to come to Xiangyang to explain the interests of Liu Bei's garrison Yuan Shao, and hoped that we would send troops to attack Liu Bei."
Liu Xie said: "We can only act like we send troops to fight Liu Bei. If we can send more troops, our own Runan strategy will not work. If we can send fewer troops, Liu Bei will not feel threatened."
Guo Jia smiled and said, "Why do we send troops? I heard that Xuzhou is now second only to Jingzhou's money and grain inventory and output, so I can take the opportunity to make Tao Qian suffer some blood. Your Highness thinks that Cao Cao will choose one from Yu and Xu to take action, which state will he choose first?"
Liu Xie said: "Cao Cao, Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun have fought several times, and they have suffered a lot. Naturally, they are the first to consider Xuzhou."
Guo Jia smiled and said, "Our army is in the cavalry, and Cao Cao could not get the cavalry for a while. The best strategy is to occupy Xuzhou. Tao Qian, the old and weak, dare not fight with Cao Cao? Our army can support us and occupy Xuzhou. What His Highness wants is not the land, but the population. Then we can take the opportunity to transport the population south of Xuzhou from Huai'an to the south with the navy."
Liu Xie was surprised and asked Guo Jia: "Who is going to send troops?"
Guo Jia pointed to Qingzhou on the map and said, "He got out of the Black Mountain bandits, I got out of the Taishan bandits!"
Liu Xie clapped his hands and said, "It's a good strategy, but the Taishan Kou General Zang Ba is still fine. He is also a half-stop commander. He commanded the 300,000 Qingzhou troops and no one dared to get involved in Qingzhou. He also has generals such as Zhang Mancheng, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, and Yin Li, and it is probably difficult to win over!"
Guo Jia said: "Qingzhou is all Yellow Turbans, and the people have only arrived in Xuzhou to have the prosperity of Xuzhou. Therefore, while Xuzhou's grain production is increasing day by day, Qingzhou has almost no food this year. It is better to let Tao Qian send two million stones of grain to Qingzhou in three times. The condition is that Qingzhou Yellow Turbans go north to provide assistance and relieve the Bohai Sea siege. Yuan Shao is indeed not a strategy, but he has many strategists and generals under him. But he didn't expect that the Black Mountain Army suddenly came to kill and suffered a great loss. If it can slow down now, he can survive half a life. Although it is not a rival to Liu Bei, supporting for one to two years is not a problem. If there are Qingzhou bandits who always harass Liu Bei, it will be difficult for Liu Bei to settle in Jizhou within three years."
Liu Xie pointed: "Yuan Shao is not that powerful!"
Chapter completed!