Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 193 Ending the Battle of Yuzhang
Being forced by Zhu Wei, Ruo Rong had no other ideas, so he directly called people to leave Luling and go to Gan County, and then searched for a way to Jiaozhou.

It's just that Ruo Rong wanted to leave so easily, but Zhu Wei refused. Ruo Rong can leave, but he can't take away all the money, food, and population he got in Luling County.

Now Ruo Rong has almost turned Luling County into a no-man's land. What will happen to Luling County in the future? Although Zhu Wei doesn't have enough officials to manage the place, it doesn't matter if Luling County is temporarily vacant. Ruo Rong can't take away the population, money and food.

Therefore, after Zhu Wei discovered Ruo Rong's movements, he immediately took over the young men captured by Pang Yan and Tai Shici with his main force, and asked them to continue chasing Ruo Rong. Only then can the troops return.

With the help of Zhu Wei's map of the Three Kingdoms game, Pang Yan and Tai Shici once again divided their forces to pursue Ruo Rong.

In order to avoid Zhu Wei's pursuit, Ruo Rong personally led the main force of 1 Buddhist soldiers to the front. He called it to open the way in front, and in the middle was the money, grain and property he looted from Luling County. It was composed of more than [-] law-protecting militiamen under his command and [-] young and strong.

After that, Luling County, composed of [-] to [-] old, weak, women and children, and a small number of young and strong, engulfed the people's army. Ze Rong divided them into seven teams by [-] people, and the teams accompanied them in different levels.

In this way, even if Zhu Wei's army catches up, they have to face these old and weak women and children first. Even if these old and weak women and children have no fighting power, even if Zhu Wei's army takes over one by one, it will take a lot of money. some time.

In fact, Ruo Rong also deliberately abandoned the old and weak women and children, so that he left with the young and strong in Luling County. .

Zhu Wei also found out about this in advance through scouts, so Zhu Wei asked Pang Yan and Tai Shi Ci to bypass these lagging old and weak women and children, and go directly to fight against the central army that transported money, food and resources.

Now such a battle situation does not need any conspiracy and tricks, it just depends on who marches faster and who can catch up first.

Most of the Chinese troops escorted by Ruo Rong to transport food and supplies are young and strong who have no fighting spirit and have been forcibly relocated. With so many supplies to transport, the marching speed is naturally too fast, so just before Ruo Rong's army just When they arrived in Gan County, Pang Yan and Tai Shici had already intercepted the huge Chinese army that was at least 20 miles behind.

Afterwards, Pang Yan and Taishi Ci rushed directly to the huge team from left to right, cut it down the middle, and divided it into two parts.

However, the general Ruo Rong who commanded the Chinese army seemed to have received Ruo Rong's guidance, but he did not fight head-on with Pang Yan and Tai Shici's army. , the more than 1 Dharma guards carried the remaining [-] young and strong, and continued to run forward with the remaining food and supplies.

The army of tens of thousands of people stretched out for dozens of miles, so the front of Ruo Rong's central army was like a gecko with its tail cut off to survive. It took the opportunity to leave the battlefield and continue to transport supplies to Gan County. Saved some grain and grass materials for Ruo Rong.

Then Ruo Rong sent 4 main Buddhist soldiers and [-] Dharma protectors, plus [-] Luling Qingzhuang to continue to stay behind by relying on Gan County, and he brought the other [-] to [-] people into Yuzhang County and In the rolling hills at the junction of Nanhai County, Jiaozhou.

It did take several days for Zhu Wei to receive and arrange the old, weak, women and children abandoned by Ruo Rong, the captured young and strong, and the intercepted food and grass supplies.

In the end, Zhu Wei did not continue to chase Ruo Rong, but just led his troops closer to Gan County, and after driving away Ruo Rong's broken soldiers and horses from Gan County, he withdrew his troops and turned back.

So far, Zhu Wei has controlled the entire Yuzhang County from the side, and the war state of Yuzhang is over.

However, after Zhu Wei ended the war, he moved the existing population of Yuzhang County from the original state of being scattered in various counties to the core area of ​​Yuzhang County, that is, Yuzhang City, Xingan City, which Ruorong originally controlled. County, Liling County and other surrounding land boundaries, as well as Panyang County, Yuhan County, Yanyang County and other counties located around Panyang Lake.

Now that the gentry and powerful families in Yuzhang County have basically been cleaned up, Zhu Wei can take this opportunity to relocate the population and distribute the fields, so as to make Yuzhang a suitable rear base for Zhu Wei's development.

The original Yuzhang County was too large, and Zhu Wei didn't have enough officials to rule all over the country, so now, taking advantage of the opportunity after Ruo Rong's turmoil, he simply gathered the population together to make it easier for Zhu Wei to rule. manage.

And the concentration of the population can also concentrate manpower to increase the actual productivity of Yuzhang, develop the suitable area here with Panyang Lake and Yuzhang River as water sources, and turn it into a grain-producing area that can provide food for Zhu Wei base.

At the same time, the concentration of population in the ruled area allows the most efficient implementation of official orders such as taxation and corvee. No matter what system is issued, the implementation of the government order will not be delayed for too long due to the distance of the region.

In fact, from the perspective of the landform environment of Yuzhang County, only the plains formed around Panyang Lake and Yuzhang River are suitable for development and farming. Many other areas belong to mountains and hills, not only have no development value, but It is also a troublesome area that hides the forces of Sanyue and Sanmin.

At least as far as the current population of Yuzhang County is concerned, the core areas of Yuzhang County are enough to accommodate them. Even if the people in Lingyang County and the people from Shanyue Mountain in Jing County have migrated here, there is still enough land for them to cultivate and live. of.

Abandoning those outlying places can also turn these places into a relatively unmanned buffer zone, so that Zhu Wei only needs to concentrate his troops to guard important territories, instead of spreading his troops to deploy defenses everywhere, which is also beneficial in military terms.

In this way, even if other forces want to invade Yuzhang and enter these uninhabited areas, there will be no food to supply nearby, and no people to recruit for service, which will naturally increase the burden and consumption of their troops.

Losing these outlying places is nothing to Zhu Wei, but if these invading forces want to occupy these areas, they have to divide their troops to garrison them.

Too few garrisons will not be able to stop Zhu Wei's counterattack, but too many garrisons require long-distance transportation of food, grass and supplies, which is also a burden and consumption.

If they moved the people from their own territory, Zhu Wei could strike hard at any time, send troops to conquer, and regain these lost lands, just in time to swallow the population and people they sent.

It can be said that by shrinking the population of Yuzhang County, Zhu Wei can not only prosper the development of the core area of ​​Yuzhang County, but also allow him to concentrate his fists to face the foreign enemies around him.

Of course, it cannot be said that apart from the counties and townships around Yuzhang City, there are really no people living anymore. It can only be said that these people scattered in other counties, townships and mountains of Yuzhang County have become wild people for the time being. Not in Zhu Wei's official census anymore...

(End of this chapter)