The Great Explosion of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 221 The True Enemy of Yangzhou

There are many mountains and forests in Yuzhang, but the central part is a plain. The lake water from Pengli Lake flows into this place as the Gan River, and then into the Po River and the Yu River, which flow through Poyang County and Yuhan County respectively.

The Poyang Lake of the later generations has not yet formed, so don’t count on Poyang Lake hairy crabs. Besides, no one eats them these days.

Every time he looks at the map, Shi Hui always feels a little bit emotional. If he works hard in this era to reduce the reclamation of lakes and environmental damage, will he be able to avoid several diversions?It's just that, if Poyang Lake, Hongze Lake, Gaoyou Lake and so on are all wiped out for him... Is this good or bad? !
"My lord, are you still looking at the map?" Fang Xuanling raised his head. Shi Hui had been looking at the map for a full quarter of an hour, so he tried to ask, and if necessary, he could also help to refer to it.

"Yuzhang is surrounded by mountains. This is not a problem at first, but... Xuanling, do you think that this Yuzhang County is a bit too big? Not only Yuzhang County, but Kuaiji County is too big!" Shi Hui gestured on the map.

Yuzhang County runs from Chaisang County in the north, which is the later Jiujiang City, all the way to Nanye County in the south, which is the Nankang District of Ganzhou City in later generations. Strictly speaking, from the perspective of the scope of division, it will continue to go south , until the area around Dingnan County is considered the border.

The distance between the north and the south is close to 1300 miles, and the left and right spans are also about 600 miles. Such an area is almost equivalent to the land of Changsha and Guiyang!The key is that Kuaiji County is similar, and the whole county can be divided into two or three counties!

"My lord, if it was someone else's words, I guess these words would make people laugh." Fang Xuanling had a slight smile on his face when he heard the words, while Shi Yuan and the others next to him couldn't hold back their laughter.

"The reason is very simple. Let's talk about Kuaiji County, except for a few counties in the north, from Zhang'an County to the south, although there are two counties, Yongning and Dongzhi, but for so many years, there has been no county magistrate. The imperial court gave up. After all, this place is really wild, and it is far away from Jiaozhou, so it is meaningless to keep it. It can be said that there are no Han people in the Ruoda area from the south of Xianxialing in Kuaiji County except for a few counties in the north!
The situation in Yuzhang was similar. Peng Yue had been harassing Nancheng County near the Wuyi Mountains for a long time. The late emperor once planned to sell the position of magistrate of Nancheng County, but no one bought it, and the position remained vacant for more than [-] years.As for the three counties of Gan County, Nanye and Yudu in the south, the situation is similar...

Yuzhang County looks huge, but in fact the imperial court can only control the Luling area. Ganxian County has long been a mixed population of Han and Yue, and there are more Yue people than Han people.Among the Han people, most of them are naturalized Yue people. "

"The key to the two places is Peng Yue, right?" Shi Hui asked, looking at the map.This is a tribe that existed earlier than the pre-Qin, or even the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and their influence here for hundreds of years is far beyond that of the Han people.

"That's right, if we can't subdue or even kill Peng Yue, then even if we can occupy this place, we will still face Peng Yue's endless harassment. If it is a different person, the subordinates may suggest that we give up the south of Luling, Zhang The entire area in the south of An, and a large number of fortifications were built, and heavy troops were sent to garrison here... But in this way, we may be trapped in this area of ​​Jiangdong for the rest of our lives, unable to make a northern expedition! Yuan Shao was so generous to send Yangzhou Governor I have given the position to the lord, and maybe I have plans in this regard." Fang Xuanling nodded and replied.

Fang Xuanling's guess is normal. Although Sun Wu occupied this place in history, he was held back by these mountains for a long time and was unable to make a northern expedition.

In fact, the most prosperous place in Yangzhou is not the south of the Yangtze River. The real rich places are Lujiang River and Jiujiang River. After all, the seat of Yangzhou is Shouchun.Jiujiang County, Wu County, and Kuaiji County are all dilapidated, and there are still Yue people in the south who have been harassing them for a long time, so they can't develop at all.

Judging from Shi Hui's situation, it is impossible for him to take down Lujiang and Jiujiang first, so he can only start with Yuzhang and others. After taking down here, he will naturally be held back by the Yue people. become more difficult.

Not only to prevent Yuan Shu from serving as the governor of Yangzhou, but also to prevent him from going north to attack him, Yuan Shao has worked hard.

"If it's the lord, it's not a big problem!" Fang Xuanling changed the topic, "Not to mention that we can recruit a large number of loyal people, but our troops can also play a great role in the mountains and forests." Combat power. The more people there are, but the number of people in the mountains is meaningless at all, so if we want to, we can completely occupy this area.

At that time, for these Pengyue, and even other Yue ethnic groups, whether the lord intends to recruit them to Sinicize them, or to kill them all.At the same time, people are sent to fill this area. After 20 or even 40 years, it will completely become an environment suitable for Han people to live in.It's just that if too much time is wasted in this area, the situation in the Central Plains and even the north will become very unstable. The Lord has to carefully consider which is more important. "

Hearing Fang Xuanling's words, aside from Shi Hui, Cheng Yu and Shi Yuan, for example, showed a clear expression at the moment.There is indeed no way for others to really occupy this place, and it will even become a burden here.Shi Hui is different. He wants to occupy this place, but it's just a matter of time.

"Is Nan Jiyun ready?" Shi Hui asked casually, the 8000 troops were divided into three parts, [-] of them stayed in Linxiang, and Nan Jiyun was in charge of command.

Another 1 people stayed in Jiangling, and the other 3 people, including the Death Battalion, were divided into two groups. Among them, 1 people were led by Cen Xi to attack the city; the other group, mainly Mu Huali and Zhao Kuangyin, attacked Xia. Gan Ning also went to help.

The four most powerful generals in the army were Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Xue Li and Wei Wentong who were all sent to attack Xiakou. There must have been Yang Xiong in there, but since he asked to come back, he could only follow him to Yuzhang.

The meaning of Shi Hui is so clear, Yuzhang must surrender, and everyone should avoid the drama of fighting with swords and soldiers.Then these [-] pawns will all be used to attack Peng Yue; if Hua Xin is not good, then at most it will be a waste of energy.

It is worth mentioning that, in addition to deducting 43000 soldiers, there is an additional 2000-person siege equipment battalion, which consists of siege bed crossbows and catapults. These are the "siege equipment workshops" that appear directly in LV3 made inside.The bed crossbow requires three civilians to push and operate, and the catapult requires five civilians to push and operate.

Of course, there is also the concept of proficiency. If proficiency is insufficient, the hit rate will also drop, especially for trebuchets.

As for the 8000 people in the Shihui Department, whether they need siege weapons depends on whether Lu Fan can bring back good news.

When the time entered the beginning of March, the formal spring plowing also began. In places where no war had occurred, the people worked hard to cultivate.The most painful thing during this period is the people in Yanzhou and Yuzhou. The weather has been a bit dry since last year, and the rain has decreased since the beginning of spring. It is estimated that there will be another year of drought this year.

What Shi Hui didn't know was that in the area of ​​Yanzhou, there had been rumors secretly that Cao Cao was unkind, and God blamed him for causing the severe drought.Apparently, the whole of Yanzhou has started to have an undercurrent.

Cao Cao had Xun Yu, but Xun You served in the Guanzhong court, and Cheng Yu was also recruited by Shi Hui. He lacked enough counselors, so he couldn't effectively solve these problems...

(End of this chapter)