Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 467 Militia
Jiyin is Zhang Liao's garrison, and the reaction of the garrison is not unpleasant.

But when the Juyang garrison arrived, the battle was over. After a fierce battle, the Jizhou army withdrew before the garrison arrived, leaving behind trampled young crops all over the ground and nearly three hundred villages in several nearby villages. civilian casualties, and more than 50 corpses left by the Jizhou Army.

The news was quickly gathered to Zhang Liao.

"General, when shall we fight over there!?" The lieutenant general was a little annoyed. The Jizhou army was now harassing the village and did not dare to confront them head-on. Many times, when they got the news and rushed over, they could only finish.

Zhang Liao's face was a little gloomy, and the court's counterattack order was delayed, which made him very passive.

"Report~"

Just as Zhang Liao was pondering, a soldier rushed into the account and saluted Zhang Liao: "General, the edict from the imperial court."

"Oh?" Zhang Liao's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he quickly took the edict to read it.

But after seeing the content of the edict clearly, Zhang Liao's expression became gloomy again.

"General, what happened?" The deputy general looked at Zhang Liao's complexion and asked in bewilderment.

"The imperial court asked me to wait for another three months, and launch a counterattack after three months." Zhang Liao put away the edict, and his expression quickly returned to calm.

"March!?" The lieutenant stared at the words, a little puzzled and said: "Why is this so? Now it's the time of spring plowing, how many people in the border areas will suffer in March?"

Now it's spring plowing, and the people want to plow the land. It is impossible for them to gather together and do nothing like winter. In three months, with the current plowing capacity, it is enough to produce another season of grain.

"Order people to set up beacon towers along the river, dispatch 25 soldiers and horses, and divide them into 400 units, one for every [-] people." Having said this, Zhang Liao sighed, looked at the lieutenant general and said, "Support everywhere at any time. Trust my lord."

Although Zhang Liao didn't know what Chu Nan was thinking, he believed in Chu Nan.

Chu Nan fought with them, not someone who doesn't know how to fight. Since he did this, he must have weighed and considered the whole situation.

Zhang Liao also worked with Chu Nan, and he knew that this son thought about things from the overall perspective rather than the partial, but it was a bit uncomfortable when he was the partial.

"Here!" Although the lieutenant general was upset, the military order is the main thing in the army. Since Zhang Liao gave the order, then follow Zhang Liao's method.

On that day, Zhang Liao's troops set up beacon towers along the river every ten miles. When they saw the enemy, they lit the beacon fires, and the nearest troops would quickly support them.

Early the next morning, the prefect of Jiyin and several nearby county magistrates came to visit. They obviously knew about Zhang Liao's actions and came to investigate.

"General Wen Yuan, whether to defend or not to attack is not a long-term matter. Such an approach will only make people think that our army is weak and can be bullied." At that time, he was one of the first batch to be selected. He had successively served as the county magistrate of Pengcheng, Guangling, Hefei, Ruyang, and Suiyang. Relatively casual.

You know, people's hearts are linked to luck, and this county has a lot of luck, which almost doubles his practice speed, so he cares about people's hearts.

Now that the Jizhou army is frequently invading, but our own side only defends and does not attack, which has already hurt the hearts of the people. As the prefect of Jiyin, Cheng Yuan can clearly feel the decline in luck.

Of course, he couldn't accept this result.

If this continues, it will seriously affect his luck and political achievements. Both his future and luck will be affected. Why is he not in a hurry?
"Don't worry, the imperial court has already issued an edict, and after three months, there will be a full-scale counterattack." Zhang Liao glanced at the several county magistrates brought by Cheng Yuan, obviously they were all like Cheng Yuan, and they meant to blame him.

But these county magistrates didn't dare to talk to Zhang Liao directly like Cheng Yuan, and they all behaved very well in front of Zhang Liao.

"March?" Cheng Yuan frowned and said, "Why do you have to wait so long?"

There are enough soldiers and food here, and they can use troops against Jizhou at any time. No matter how bad it is, it is better to take down Dongjun first, and then use Dongjun as a battlefield than to let Jiyin suffer here.

Even if the layout takes time, three months is too long.

"I don't know, but this is an edict issued by the imperial court. The edict was written by the Lord himself. Even if you and I cannot understand it at this moment, you must not disobey it!" Zhang Liao shook his head.

"Hey! How about discussing how to deploy it?" Hearing that it was Chu Nan's order, Cheng Yuan could only sigh, looked at Zhang Liao and said, "I thought the imperial court would counterattack soon, so we only arranged for the common people." Be careful, when encountering enemy troops, try to save your life as much as possible, but now that you have to last for three months, you need to deploy carefully."

"The general has ordered the soldiers to set up beacon towers every ten miles along the river, and divided the army into 25 divisions. Wherever the beacon fires, the nearby soldiers will rush to support them." Zhang Liao talked about his deployment.

Cheng Yuan nodded when he heard the words, Zhang Liao's move was very appropriate: "I'm not embarrassing the general, the general's method is very fast, but if it's rainy like this time, the beacon tower will be invalid. I would like to ask the general to arrange one or two soldiers in each village, so that if we encounter such a situation in the future, we can also organize the people to defend against the enemy."

In fact, the common people who have practiced conception and become richer in life are not necessarily inferior to the Jizhou Army when it comes to individual strength. The reason why there are such a large number of casualties this time is because there is no one to organize them. Just like fighting with weapons among villagers, swarms of bees have caused so many casualties.

For the sake of the people's hearts and luck, Cheng Yuan also dug out all his little war wisdom: "In this way, the army and the people can form a joint defense and support each other."

"The common people defend against the enemy?" Zhang Liao frowned slightly.

"General, don't underestimate the people. Since the method of visualization was spread, the strength of ordinary people has doubled. It's not as good as the well-trained soldiers, but it's not like the people in other states and counties are slaughtered by others." Cheng Yuan Looking at Zhang Liao's appearance, he couldn't help being a little funny.

When a person's strength is great, his courage will also grow stronger. This is why the people who used to run like lambs when encountering enemy soldiers caused casualties to the Jizhou Army this time. Pick up a hoe and fight desperately with each other.

It can be said that this time the Jizhou army came to loot premeditatedly, and the reason why they returned so quickly without success was that they were shocked by the fighting power of the people when they looted the village.

If the two armies confronted each other, these people would naturally be a mob in front of the Jizhou elite, and even if they gathered together, they would be able to break through with a single charge.

But this time the Jizhou army's idea was to infiltrate and sabotage, but they didn't go far, and they were beaten by the people, and they were worried that they would be encircled and suppressed by the defenders if they entangled for too long.

It was originally intended to massacre the people and pose a threat to this side. As a result, the people's resistance was a bit fierce and brutal. In the end, they could only fight a few times before retreating in despair.

It's a pity that the Jizhou Army had crossed the river directly to plunder in the past few times. The combat power of the people could not be used against the Jizhou Army that formed a battle formation. The success of this resistance gave him hope. The people formed are still unable to face the Jizhou army that formed a battle formation, but they can still play a role in assisting Zhang Liao's army to clean up some stragglers, or facing the enemy who came to destroy them in pieces this time.

Zhang Liao frowned. This matter sounds plausible, but if you look closely, it is more like expanding the army privately. If it is not good, it will arouse the master's fear and wariness.

"I need to ask the lord for instructions on this matter." Shaking his head, Zhang Liao looked at Cheng Yuan with a serious face and said, "One bad thing is to recruit private troops!"

"Naturally, the lower official has already prepared a memorandum. If the general is willing, you and I can submit it together." Cheng Yuan laughed.

In this way, the higher-ups blamed it, and others shared it.

After Zhang Liao thought for a while, he nodded and said, "I will personally write a memorial to my lord."

The meaning is very clear, each play their own, who knows what is written in the other party's memorandum, Zhang Liao thinks it is better to be on the safe side, they are the generals who lead the army outside, they are most likely to be jealous and suspicious from above, even though they have a relationship with Chu Nan That's right, but now the two parties are in the relationship of monarch and minister, and the degree of certainty still needs to be grasped.

"So, I'm going to order someone to deliver a letter to the imperial court." Cheng Yuan knew that Zhang Liao didn't trust him, or that his request itself was a bit out of bounds. He didn't stay here any longer, he greeted Zhang Liao and left with a few county magistrates.

Facing the same situation as Zhang Liao, there is also Gao Shun's subordinate, but unlike Zhang Liao, Gao Shun is also the prefect. After all, there are not many people under Chu Nan's command who can be the prefect. It was temporarily used to fill up the number and became the prefect of the frontier, and at the same time enjoyed an extra piece of luck.

This time, the Jizhou army scattered southward to plunder again, and Gao Shun's method was a bit tough. After receiving the news, he directly led the trapped camp to find the other party's anchored ship as quickly as possible, burned it down, and then waited for the other party to When retreating, he lay in ambush and wiped out the invading Jizhou army, killing none of them.

However, compared to Dongping and Jiyin, Taishan County has the most wars. The Qingzhou Army entered Taishan or Langya from all directions from time to time, which made Lu Qian and Zang Ba extremely annoyed. After receiving the order from Chu Nan , and can only build a few more passes to stop the harassing invasion of the Qingzhou Army.

After receiving the memorandum from Zhang Liao and Cheng Yuan, Chu Nan also felt that this plan was feasible, and immediately asked the four counties of Jiyin, Dongping, Taishan, and Langya to implement this method.

As for whether the frontier army will be allowed to take the lead, Chu Nan has not considered it.
Leaving aside Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's character, Chu Nan holds the Dragon Qi in his hand, and the local Dragon Qi has been refined by him. If these frontier troops rebel, Chu Nan can first deprive them of the bonus of luck , and at the same time, he can directly withdraw the earth dragons in his veins, and the supply alone can make the rebellion momentary nothing, so he is not worried that the four counties will rebel, but Zhang Liao's suggestion, Chu Nan thinks it is good It is also a good thing to let the people have more power to protect themselves.

This reminded him of the militia in the chaotic period of his previous life.

(End of this chapter)