At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

On the other hand, the people of Wei, strolling in the garden, fighting wars is like visiting the beautiful scenery. They have always used trebuchets for long-range attacks, and the army seldom stepped forward to seize the city in person. Wei people are full of confidence.

Because there was enough food and logistics, and the emperor didn't force them to make a quick decision, that's why the frontline troops were so confident and so calm and not aggressive.

And they were almost counting the days when the food delivery team would arrive.

Because there is always not enough food.

The huge gap between the two countries can be seen from the grain reserves. Under such circumstances, using [-] troops to fight against the Wei people, for the Shu Kingdom, in a sense, it overdraws its vitality.

If it weren't for the fact that the middle of Sichuan has always been prosperous and the land of abundance is well-deserved, 20 days would be enough, let alone two months.

There are 10,000 troops on the front line, 20+ people transporting food, plus more than [-] people who are not engaged in production are eating. Being able to persist until now and still have a bite to eat is already the best embodiment of the four words "Land of Abundance".

Up to now, Chengdu is gone, the resistance of the Shu people has failed, and the resistance with all their strength has failed, so what else can we do?

Wu Yi has no temper when he loses, not at all.

Huang Quan still had the desire to fight again in his heart, but seeing the mess and demoralized soldiers around him, he also deeply realized that he was helpless in the face of the mighty Wei army.

Things have come to this, if you lose, you lose, even if you haven't been defeated head-on, the country is defeated, so what if they can fight?

On April [-]th of the second year of Yande, Wu Yi, the commander-in-chief of the Shu Army, officially opened Jiangeguan City. He led all the soldiers who could still move, put down their weapons and armor, and went out of the city in line to ask for surrender in front of the Wei camp. resistance.

Guan Yu, the chief general of the Wei army, stepped forward to accept Wu Yi's surrender on behalf of Emperor Guo Peng.

Facing the enemies who insisted on not surrendering before Liu Zhang surrendered, Guan Yu still maintained a certain degree of respect, because they had not been defeated and had always insisted. Guan Yu could not humiliate them, nor would he humiliate them.

"The battle between two countries is a national war, not personal grievances. You stick to the Jiange and have not allowed our army to cross the past for two months. Guan has nothing to say about your defense. Guan accepts your surrender. , As for how to deal with you, we have to wait for the edict of our emperor."

Wu Yi lowered his head.

"The generals of the defeated army are at the mercy of His Majesty Wei Tianzi."

Guan Yu was very satisfied with Wu Yi's attitude, and ordered the confiscation of the weapons and armor of the Shu army, and then entered Jiangeguan City accompanied by Wu Yi.

Entering Jiange Pass City, Guan Yu saw the tragic scene of Jiange Pass City being hit by their stones, thunder and fierce fire oil tanks, as well as the wounded soldiers lying in the simple temporary barracks waiting to die.

Frowning, Guan Yu felt a little strange.

"Is there no one to treat their injuries?"

Guan Yu stepped forward to look at the wounds of these wounded soldiers, and found that many of the injured wounds had festered and were difficult to treat, but some wounded soldiers had minor injuries and did not receive medical treatment.

When Guan Yu asked this, Wu Yi almost choked to death, and Huang Quan who was behind him almost didn't strangle Guan Yu to death.

You have the nerve to say this?

Is this what you should say?

Fortunately, they held back and calmed down their emotions, and Wu Yi spoke slowly.

"There is a lack of medical treatment in Sichuan. We asked Chengdu for help for a long time, but we didn't get many military doctors and medicinal materials. Only a few people can be treated, and most people can't be treated. If you are lucky, you can survive. If you are unlucky, We can only wait to die, more than [-] people in our army have died due to these injuries in the past two months."

After finishing speaking, Wu Yi and all the surrendered generals of the Shu army bowed their heads and wept silently.

"so many?"

Guan Yu was a little surprised, and after looking at Xun You, he understood the reason.

They can't ask Liu Zhang to spend a lot of money to train military doctors and plant medicinal materials like Guo Peng, just to treat wounded soldiers.

They also knew in their hearts that a leader like Guo Peng who loves soldiers like a son is hard to come by.

After all, for thousands of years, how many people can really take the lives of these low-level soldiers whose lives are as cheap as grass?

When the dynasties are strong and prosperous, they are at least milder. When recruiting soldiers, they pay attention to the initiative and recruit a group of desperadoes.

When they are not fighting, they are the most humble Li Shu. They may not even be able to eat a meal, and they are miserable and do not know when they will die.

When fighting, they are temporarily recruited. When they have money, they throw them in the barracks and give them a weapon. When they don’t have money, they give them a wooden stick as a weapon. As for armor, don’t even think about it.

In the army, there is only food, and you are not allowed to starve to death, but if the supplies cannot keep up, it is not impossible to starve to death.

Anyway, the final decisive victory is the general's private soldiers, with excellent weapons and excellent armor. These people are all cannon fodder.

If there is no one to treat the injury, you can only deal with it yourself. If you are lucky, you will survive, and if you are unlucky, you will die. At that time, giving a small amount of compensation will be regarded as the emperor's kindness.

Only those who survive until the end to break through the city and enter the city to plunder and return with full rewards can be regarded as earning back their capital.

So isn't this fighting a dead end?

Guan Yu thought for a while, looked at the battalion full of wounded soldiers, looked at the sad expressions of the generals of the Shu army, thought for a moment, and ordered his subordinates to move the entire field hospital to Jiangeguan City.

He wants military doctors to diagnose and treat those soldiers who can still be saved.

Xun You suddenly looked at Guan Yu in surprise, looked him up and down, and raised his evaluation of Guan Yu to a higher level.

Knowing this, all the surrendered generals of the Shu army were very surprised. They didn't know why Guan Yu did this, and they looked dumbfounded.

However, when they saw a large number of military doctors from the Wei army bringing medicinal materials and coming to treat the wounded soldiers of the Shu army, the feeling of surprise could not be described at all.

Even Huang Quan, who was still gnashing his teeth, didn't know what expression to use to face the scene in front of him.

There were quite a few Wei army doctors, with white cloth wrapped around their arms and white square scarves on their heads, and they drove in one by one to check the wounds of these wounded soldiers.

Basically, something like water was sprinkled on the wounds first, and the wounded soldiers screamed horribly, and there were assistants around the military doctor who held the wounded soldiers' bodies to prevent them from moving, and then the military doctors operated one by one. As fierce as a tiger.

Either directly apply medicine to bandage, or use a sharp small knife to cut the soldier's wound bloody, and then apply various herbs, and then bandage, the technique is skillful and the speed is very fast.

The soldiers of the Shu army cried and howled like ghosts and wolves for a while, and then their voices gradually died down until they stopped crying.

Under the watchful eyes of the surrendered generals of the Shu army and a group of soldiers, the military doctors treated the wounds of these wounded soldiers one by one.

As for the water-like thing at the beginning, Wu Yi smelled it, and it was a bit like wine, but it didn't feel like wine, it tasted very strong, completely different from the wine they usually drink.

But this is not the point. The point is the large number of military doctors in the Wei army, the abundance of medicinal materials, the fast treatment speed, and... why did Guan Yu help the Shu army treat the wounded soldiers?

"I, Emperor Wei, have always attached great importance to the lives of soldiers."

Guan Yu looked at the bewildered expressions of Wu Yi and the generals of the Shu army, and said with some pride: "Since you have surrendered, Guan can't ignore it. After many years of fighting, His Majesty has sent more military doctors in the army. Every time I march, at least one hundred military doctors accompany the army, and we set up temporary medical clinics wherever we go, and are responsible for diagnosing and treating wounded soldiers.

His Majesty said that one veteran returning from injury is better than ten recruits recruited. Medicines are priceless, but human lives are priceless. If the medicines are gone, they can be planted, and they will grow in a few years. I want to grow up, so our army has always had a tradition of never abandoning any wounded soldier. "

Guan Yu stroked his beautiful beard, with a look of contentment on his face, and preached to the Shu generals the benevolence of the emperor of Wei and the preferential treatment he gave to the army.

Chapter 849 850 Someone in Jiu Guo is a Taxation Maniac

All the generals of the Shu army were astonished by what Guan Yu said, and they were very surprised by it.

And the generals of the Wei army noticed the different expressions of the generals of the Shu army, and they all felt refreshed in their hearts, showing pride on their faces, and quite complacent.

How about it, you bumpkins don't have such an excellent emperor, do you?

Among the ranks on the battlefield, who dares to say that he will not be injured?

Is it necessary to be loyal to the emperor who doesn't even save the wounded soldiers?

Can a waste like Liu Zhang be compared with our great Emperor?

Sometimes this sense of happiness and superiority comes from a comparison, and the superiority generated by this comparison immediately calmed down the resentment in the hearts of the generals of the Wei army.

"This... will not cost less, right? For such a large-scale expenditure, this..."

Wu Yi couldn't help asking questions.

"It's not a matter of how much it costs."

Guan Yu stroked his long beard and said proudly: "If you care about how much it costs, we military doctors and medicinal materials will never appear. Your Majesty will never save money on such things. Soldiers' food and clothing, medical treatment, ordnance supplies , never in short supply.

If there is, hehe, if there is a shortage, if there are those who can't keep up, if the frontline soldiers are hungry, or if there is no need to heal the wound, then more than one or two people will lose their heads, from the county magistrate to the state. The governor, and even the officials in charge of the court, don't even think about running away! "

It is the so-called no sense of happiness without comparison, and thanks to the foil of his companions, Guo, who is strong and kills officials like pigs and dogs, is so different.

So he won the hearts of the soldiers.

Wu Yi didn't have much to say. If it was just a paragraph, he didn't have to take it seriously, but Guan Yu put the facts in front of him and let him understand while reading, so he couldn't help but believe it.

This is real.

Wu Yi didn't speak any more, and the generals of the Shu army didn't continue to say anything.

They watched in silence as the military medical team of Wei Army managed to bandage a large number of wounded soldiers. The skillful bandaging technique was something that only experts could do.

After watching for a while, the mood of the generals of the Shu army became calm and calm.

It seemed that Yan Yan was not wronged.

It was not wrong for them to be so miserably crushed and beaten.

The reasons for this are right in front of their eyes, and they can see everything at a glance.

Guan Yu led his army to stay in Jiange for more than a day, and then marched to Chengdu with a small number of troops and the generals of the Shu army to join Lejin and Guo Jia, waiting for further orders from Guo Peng.

All parts of central Shu have been captured, but troops are still needed to occupy them. As for whether the counties and counties that have not yet been occupied by the Wei army will surrender honestly, this is not certain, so a large army needs to be stationed in Chengdu to deter central Shu.

And according to the news they have learned, Guo Peng not only wants to pacify the Chengdu Plain, but also has some ideas about the entire southern counties of Yizhou.

Anyway, according to Guo Jia's understanding of Guo Peng, Guo Peng is very enterprising.

Guo Peng doesn't like methods like Jimi very much, and he doesn't like symbolic rule very much. What he likes are development, immigration and taxation, and he thinks this way about counties in the south.

In Guo Jia's eyes, someone Guo is a tax collector.

No matter which state, which county or which county, Mr. Guo always cares most about whether he can collect taxes. The places where taxes can be collected are the places he likes. He also has a famous saying——

Why go to war if you don't want to collect taxes?Wouldn't it be beautiful to pass it on?

But I just want to tax!

In Guo's opinion, whether all counties and counties in the occupied area pay taxes in full is the best indicator of the power of Guo Wei's regime. Only when taxes are paid in full can his rule be healthy.

In other words, without taxation, how can the public apparatus of the state work?

By issuing currency?

Inflation has left the country on its own feet.

So although both Yangzhou and Jingzhou have surrendered, Mr. Guo still left many troops to continue to develop and fight.

After Zhang Liao defeated the Sun Wu regime, he stayed in Yangzhou, and started a large-scale campaign against the Shanyue Group that spread throughout Yangzhou.

Throughout the first year of Yande, Zhang Liao fought non-stop. While the northern part of Yangzhou was resuming construction, while the southern part of Yangzhou was undergoing a very fierce war of conquest and suppression.

When Guo Peng used Shanyue and Yangzhou Haoqiang to confront the Sun Wu regime, he sent spies into Yangzhou, drew a map of Yangzhou, and contacted the thieves of the Shanyue Group. Through this connection, he obtained many Shanyue thieves' residences and secret roads. intelligence.

After the information was integrated by the Linzi camp, it was handed over to Zhang Liao, who asked Zhang Liao to organize the war of suppression based on the information.

For the Shanyue Group, a super-large group of bandits entrenched in many counties and counties in Yangzhou, mixed with Han Chinese and barbarians, and mastered farming and iron smelting technology, Guo Peng did not intend to negotiate peace with them at all and continued to acquiesce in their existence.

For this malignant tumor left over from the Eastern Han Dynasty, there is nothing but a blow, a blow, a complete annihilation, and no room for them to survive.

This is a considerable part of the population. In Guo's eyes, that is productivity, that is mobilization, and that is taxation.

People who compete with Guo for population and tax revenue will not end well.

Guo Peng authorized Zhang Liao and told Zhang Liao that he could use all means to destroy and attack the Shanyue Group, regardless of casualties.

He can mobilize all of the Southeast Corps. Gu Yong, governor of Yangzhou, needs to fully cooperate with him, and officials from all over the country also need to fully cooperate with his military operations.

So for a year, Zhang Liao carried out an even more intense conquest campaign in Yangzhou than Le Jin did in Jingnan, and the methods he used were more cruel than Le Jin.

Sneak attack, killing, coercion and temptation, burning, all kinds of methods are endless.

The most vicious thing is naturally the fire. Like Jingnan, the large undeveloped virgin forest is the biggest obstacle to the Wei army's march, and it is also the biggest hiding place of the Shanyue Group.

If you can't fight on flat ground, then flee into the mountains and forests. Wei Jun is not good at fighting in mountains and dense forests, so he suffered a lot.

In order to change this disadvantage, Zhang Liao directly set fire to the forest.

He doesn't care about wildfires or not. On the contrary, he knows that to develop these places, these jungles must be destroyed. He also knows the very primitive agricultural behavior of burning forests to open up wasteland, so he gave an order to set fire to the forests on a large scale The action begins.

The mountains and forests that the Shanyue Group relied on for their livelihood were set on fire by the Wei army. The burned Shanyue thieves collapsed and had nowhere to hide. Many people were burned to death or smoked to death. They had to go down the mountain in groups to surrender , became a private household under the statistics of the Guo Wei regime.

Zhang Liao beat these Shanyue thieves severely with cruel means, forcing them to leave the mountains and forests, come to the plains for production, and become obedient citizens.

This is quite honest, those who can be accepted as civilian households, those who are unwilling to come out will be burned alive, or try to break out, and be directly shot to death by the Wei army.

With such means, Zhang Liao left a terrible name in Yangzhou, and he is also an undeniably heinous first-class carbon dioxide emitter and environmental destroyer.

Seeing groups of Shanyue thieves escorted to various counties under the guard of the army, the people of Yangzhou confirmed Zhang Dayao's name in awe.

Zhang Liao's huge gains and military achievements earned him a reward for raising his title by one level, which made Le Jin very jealous.