Xuande

Chapter 730 Guo Jia Objects
Beginning in mid-December, due to the continuous fine weather, the Han army's fire attack tactics continued to be successful.

The hills and hills around the old nest of the headquarters of the Yellow Turban Mountain and Vietnam Allied Forces were successively conquered by the Han army and occupied on a large scale. The Yellow Turban Mountain and Vietnam Allied Forces also began to change their tactics for this reason.

Instead of defending to the death, it turned into an attack tactic, taking advantage of the narrow advantages of difficult mountain roads, limiting the Han army's numerical advantage, and forcing the Han army to fight with them on a small scale, in order to gain a tactical advantage.

Moreover, the Yellow Turban Army also tried to outflank the Han army's back route through the mountain roads they were familiar with, and launched an attack on the Han army's logistics and food roads.

The situation on the battlefield has changed. The Yellow Turban Army no longer defends passively, but actively fights.

Of course, the proactive attack on the frontal battlefield could not shake the superiority of the Han army. Guan Yu let the main corps retreat a little, and attacked with Gan Ning, Yan Xing, and Shi Huan, three southern soldiers who were good at fighting in the mountains, and fought against the Yellow Turban Mountain-Vietnam coalition forces in the mountains and fields, winning several times.

Gan Ning was particularly brave. He led the elite troops to take the lead, crossing mountains and ridges, crossing rivers and bridges, setting a record of conquering three mountains for three consecutive days, and was called "General Over Mountain" by the army.

In the frontal battle, the Huangjinshan-Vietnamese Allied Forces could not take advantage of it. Instead, they were defeated by the Southerners of the Han Army. They suffered heavy losses, the defense line further retreated, and the living space was further compressed.

Now, their lair is indeed in great danger.

But they are not without gains.

Shanyue took advantage of his familiarity with the road to discover a grain road for the Han army and informed the Yellow Turban Army. Xu He immediately organized troops and handed them over to Sima Ju to lead the attack decisively.

Sima Ju attacked bravely and took the initiative to attack the food troops of the Han army. Although the combat power was weak and he failed to completely destroy this batch of supplies, the food protection team of the Han army also suffered certain losses, and part of the food was burned by the Yellow Turban Army.

When the news came, Guan Yu was worried, so he ordered the army to temporarily stop advancing and stay to discuss what to do next.

The generals discussed for a while and felt that they should try their best to protect the logistics route. They should invest heavily to protect the grain road first, and postpone the advance. While guarding against the Yellow Turban Army, they should quickly plan a new grain road route and use a backup plan.

Then increase the frontline stockpile.

But at the critical moment, Guo Jia, who had never expressed his views on the war before, unexpectedly put forward his own views.

He resolutely opposed the plan to stop the offensive and try to protect the grain road.

"Previously, the thieves have been limited to our army's fire attack tactics and couldn't extricate themselves. They failed to change their tactics in time and suffered heavy losses. But now the thieves have clearly reacted. They tried to use their familiarity with the mountain roads to limit our army's advance.

This is not only their tactics, but also their conspiracy. At this moment, our army should remain calm and must not be led by the nose. The thieves want to slow down our army's progress by threatening logistics, so as to gain a breathing space, but our army cannot let them do so!

They want to force our army to delay the march, so our army must insist on marching. They sneak attack on them, and our army advances our army. They threaten our army's logistics and food roads, but our army has more than one logistics and food roads. What our army threatens is the thief's lair, and there is only one lair!
Isn't it the right choice to take a little risk in exchange for the result of destroying all the thieves?If the wish of the rebel army is fulfilled and the rebel army can breathe, our army's advance speed will slow down. Once there is continuous rainy weather, the effect of the fire attack will be greatly reduced.

At that time, our army will be in a dilemma, and it is very likely that the rebels will be dragged into a protracted battle. That will be very unfavorable to our army. General Guan, don't you also want to end this war before the spring plowing?If you slow down your marching speed now, it will be difficult! "

This opinion put forward by Guo Jia, in Guan Yu's view, is somewhat level.

Because he had thought this way before, he was a little hesitant about the idea of ​​properly preserving the grain road proposed by the generals, but because no one had the same opinion as him, he didn't know what to say.

As a result, this idea was voiced by Guo Jia.

To be honest, before this, Guan Yu had always been unhappy with Guo Jia, treated him neither cold nor indifferent, and didn't care much.

Because this person's qualifications are too low, and he doesn't know what skills he has, he gained Liu Bei's trust when he first came to the General's Mansion, and he took him with him in everything, even sleeping with him.

In the past, this was only the treatment of old people like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Even so, for so long, because they often went out to lead troops to fight, old people like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei rarely had the opportunity to sleep with Liu Bei and exchange emotions.

Now I suddenly heard that there is a young man in his 20s named Guo Jia who hangs out with Liu Bei every day. They have a close relationship, sleep and eat together, and enjoy the treatment that only old people like them can get. Guan Yu feels a little unhappy.

As a result, Liu Bei sent Guo Jia to Guan Yu during the Southern Expedition, and asked Guan Yu to ask Guo Jia more about things. Guo Jia was very talented and had a good opinion on the way of marching.

Guan Yu only agreed superficially to this, but he didn't quite agree with it in his heart.

How can a junior who has never been on the battlefield have the guts to say that he can serve as a military counselor?
Does he have experience?
Soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival. They must be investigated. Only those with sufficient experience and ability can intervene. This Guo Jia has no military experience before, and Liu Bei can actually make him a marching staff officer with just a word of mouth?
If it were someone like Xun You and Jia Xu who had been tested on the battlefield, Guan Yu would pay a certain amount of attention if he didn't listen to what he said, but there was really no reason for him to pay attention to this Guo Jia.

When he set off for the expedition, Guan Yu also made up his mind that if this kid pointed fingers at him and made irresponsible remarks, he should let him know what the majesty of a senior is.

But this kid is quite honest, or rather a good man, since he set out on the march, he hasn't pointed out anything to Guan Yu, and he hasn't even gotten close to Guan Yu.

At each regular meeting, I would make a symbolic speech to show my existence, and then listen to the speeches of the generals, make some notes by myself, and then disappear.

Guan Yu inquired a little bit, and learned that Guo Jia went to the army to deal with grassroots officers and soldiers as soon as he had time, and used his status as a general to get the attention of these people, and asked them everything about marching and fighting.

He would inquire about the marching stories of these officers and soldiers, ask about some of their deepest memories, and then make records.

Or go to the logistics department to inquire about logistics information, and inquire about logistics information with the officials in charge of logistics.

I heard that because he was always hanging around there, he once ran into Cheng Yu who was going to check on the work. Cheng Yu didn't give him a good face, so he smiled cheekily and chatted with Cheng Yu cheekily, wanting to ask Cheng Yu some experience about logistics work.

At first, Cheng Yu didn't want to talk to him because he was being pestered behind him, so he said something and dismissed him.

After that, for several days, he went to Cheng Yu's side to talk with Cheng Yu. Cheng Yu was busy with work, so he took advantage of Cheng Yu's busy time to go over and ask questions.

Can barely cope.

Guan Yu also noticed that Guo Jia especially liked to take notes. He always brought a pen and a thick stack of paper with anyone he chatted with. He liked to record everything he heard.

He gradually felt that this kid might have some skills.

(End of this chapter)