Shu Chen

Chapter 542 Bamboo Horse
Ships from the south and horses from the north have their own strengths.

Geographical limitations have obvious constraints on the battle.

This is the reason why the Prime Minister did not adopt Zheng Pu's suggestion and did not intend to use the prisoners of the Wei army to fight in Jiaozhou.

Although in the past there was a precedent for General Fubo Ma Yuan to go deep into Jiaozhou and put down the Lingnan rebellion.But for the soldiers north of the river, the sultry climate, miasma, and poisonous insects in Jiaozhou Lingnan are still the places with the highest probability of loss due to non-war.

It can be called the place of no return that makes the northerners turn pale.

It is impossible for Zheng Pu, who had been with the army to fight against the Nanzhong rebellion, not to know this.

But knowing this, he continued to suggest, because he didn't care about the life and death of these Wei army prisoners.

Or in other words, he did it to prevent the big man from getting into a food crisis ahead of time, and to not delay the plan to return to the old capital.

As a planner, you must be thoughtful when making suggestions.

Since he claimed that the purpose of defeating Wu was to induce the Wei army to take the initiative to come to the decisive battle, when making suggestions, he naturally had to consider the food and fodder reserved by the Guanzhong army, which appeared to have only [-] on the surface, but actually still had nearly [-].In the case that the food and fodder cannot be increased, the most effective way is to let the new army formed by more than [-] Wei army captives reduce the loss of food and fodder!
Yes, Zheng Pu's hidden intention was to use all the captives of the Wei army as consumables for the war.

Gein has no desire to win Jiaozhou at all due to the national conditions of the big Han at this stage.

Just as the Hexi Corridor was recovered from the Han Dynasty long ago, but no one had the idea of ​​marching into the Hetao Plain, taking Jiaozhou now is a waste of money, and the loss outweighs the gain.

The army is useless, and Jiaozhou, which is located on the border and far away from the Central Plains, cannot benefit the big man's plan to return to the old capital.

On the contrary, it is just letting the big man waste limited manpower and material resources and do useless work.

From a strategic point of view, the purpose of driving troops into Jiaozhou is to attack the west and contain part of Jiangdong's troops in Jiaozhou, so that the war in the three eastern counties or Yong'an will be smoother.

Therefore, Zheng Pu's plan to march into Jiaozhou with Wei army captives is easy to understand.

More than [-] Wei army captives were killed in a mighty manner, and Jiangdong will surely be able to send equal or more troops to Jiaozhou for defense. In this way, the strategic goal of the Han army can be achieved; and some of these Wei army prisoners died in battle, and some were not damaged in battle.
More people died, and the loss of food and fodder naturally decreased.

As for whether such a ruthless approach will cause those Wei army captives to rebel~~
No need to worry.

On the one hand, when they faintly realized something, they had almost returned from the battle.

It is only necessary to fulfill the promises and rewards made before the war to those who are still alive, who would care about the dead?

Secondly, even if they want to rebel, where can they go?
In a barren place like Jiaozhou, they are far away from the guides and generals of the great man, and it is difficult to find even a village. They will also face the fate of being unacclimatized and dying without medicine.

Not to mention turning against Jiangdong.

Jiang Dong didn't even care about his own soldiers, they might as well stay in the Han army if they defected!
In the end, why should they give up halfway!

Many people have been killed and injured, and the dawn of the Han army's fulfillment of promises and rewards is about to usher in. Those lucky ones who are still alive, why give up at the door?

In troubled times, human life is worthless.

When they were Li Shu, they had to fight hard even to feed themselves. As captives with no future, why didn't they fight with the determination to die!In any case, the taxation and corvee of the Han government is much lighter than that of Wei or Wu. If they can become the people of the Han, at least they can have enough food and clothing.
If you understand the human heart and human nature, you will have nothing to fear.

Based on this, Zheng Pu, who has always acted ruthlessly and did not cherish his feathers, chose the former between the benefits of returning to the old capital and the life and death of the Wei army captives.

But the prime minister will not.

At that time, after realizing Zheng Pu's intentions, he changed the topic so that Zheng Pu would never have the opportunity to discuss this strategy again.

Because he knew that Zheng Pu's temperament was too stubborn!

There is no need to give him the opportunity to be noisy and chatter.

The prime minister, who was like the first emperor Liu Bei, felt that since these Wei army captives were incorporated into the army, they should be treated as soldiers of the Han army.

If you want to win the vitality of people, you should push the cannibals and undress them first.

Furthermore, for the disturbance of Jiaozhou and the division of troops in Jiangdong, it is not only the captives of the Wei army that can do it.

In the seven counties of Nanzhong, there are countless barbarian tribes willing to fight for the great man.

In addition, Shen You, who came from Wu County to vote, had been in Jiaozhou in the early years with fake business affairs, and the Jiaozhou righteous men under his command were even familiar with the Haoyou and barbarian tribes in the counties and counties in the south of the Lingnan who did not submit to Jiangdong.

Let him be the guide and the front for Ma Zhong and Huo Yi's Nanzhong soldiers and horses, it will definitely cause chaos in Jiaozhou.

Also, when Wu General Liao Shi rebelled and occupied Linhe County, Wu Dang and Wu Shushan, a man from Jieyang, Nanhai County, who wrote books to the temple of the Han Dynasty, could also help the Han Dynasty turn the entire Jiaozhou into a corrupt place for the Wu Kingdom.

So, why should the lives of tens of thousands of Wei army captives be regarded as nothing?

Not to mention, it is not easy to invade Jiaozhou from Nanzhong.

In the previous battle of Yiling, Li Hui, the governor of Yiling at that time, also planned to march from Nanzhong to Jiaozhou to respond to the late emperor's attack on Wu. did not move.

Although, benefiting from the trade with Wu State in recent years, the road has become much smoother, and Shen You's Jiaozhou righteous men are the guides, but it is still not an advisable strategy to enter Jiaozhou with tens of thousands of troops.

At least the prime minister thinks it's not feasible.

Therefore, the prime minister's plan was to return to Hanzhong County to sit in town, pretending that the army would go out of the three eastern counties, and ordered Jiangdong to deploy heavy troops in Jingxiang to guard; , forcing the soldiers and horses left in Jingnan in Jiangdong to go south to Jiaozhou for a fierce battle.

In this way, Jiangdong's defense in Yong'an area is naturally weak.

It will also allow Zheng Pu, Guan Xing and others who took the Wei army captives back to Shu to collect and perform martial arts to find opportunities and hit Jiangdong in one fell swoop!
It can even make Wei Jun think that the big man will use half of the main force in Guanzhong to attack Wu!

The big men have attacked Wu in three ways~~
As for the issue of lack of food and fodder, the prime minister has also thought it through.

Whether it is from Hanzhong to the East Three Counties, or from Nanzhong to Jiaozhou, the initiative of when to start a war is in the hands of the big man.Let those Wei army captives return to the land of Shu, and cultivate the fields while performing martial arts, and start the war after cultivating enough food and fodder for them to fight.

Maybe when troops are dispatched from Yong'an, they will still be able to feed on the enemy!
Zheng Pu didn't know what the prime minister was thinking.

Having stepped down as the supervisor of Longdong's affairs, he got a rest, and was rushing to return to the family house in Luomen, Ji County.

But soon he became very upset.

When he came back in full of travel and dust, and stepped into the courtyard of the house full of expectations, a child playing on a bamboo horse asked him in amazement, "Who are you?"

Immediately, he threw the bamboo horse and ran back, "Mother, the villain has entered the house!"

(End of this chapter)