Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 215 Third Route Army
Cao Cao pushed the court and made no plans when he granted Bai Tu the title of Marquis and the Nine Tins.

The title is still "Chu Hou" - Chu. Although some areas of Yangzhou were once the territory of Chu State in the pre-Qin Dynasty, especially after the destruction of Wu State, most of Yangzhou did once belong to Chu State, but... Chu State's The core part is still Jingzhou today, especially the Jingbei area.

In everyone's mind, Yangzhou is the "Land of Wu", while Jingzhou is the "Land of Chu"!
Although Bai Tu has not yet accepted Jiuxi, he has been knighted by the Marquis of Chu, and represents the Bai Cao Alliance. It has been initially established. After the spring plowing, Yuan Shao has assembled his army and is preparing to go south to the Central Plains.

Cao Cao is "playing with" his relationship with Liu Bei - attacking Liu Bei at this time will undoubtedly play into Yuan Shao's hands. Now that Liu Bei has been in control of Xuzhou for five or six years, Cao Cao is unlikely to capture it in a short time.

However, Cao Cao didn't feel at ease if he left it like this, so he invited Liu Bei to join the court and hoped that Xuzhou would also send troops to resist Yuan Shao's pressure.

Bai Tu was focused on advancing westward and attacking Jingzhou...

At this time, the two routes for the army to enter Jing have been finalized, namely attacking Jiangxia along the Yangtze River and attacking Nanyang along the Huaihe River, that is, one from the south and one from the north, one by water and one by land, bypassing the Dabie Mountains.

Chen Gong proposed that there is actually an army available - south of the Yangtze River, between Jingzhou and Yangzhou, separated by Mufu Mountain, Jiuling Mountain, Luoxiao Mountain...

The mountains are so high that it is impossible to use troops, and the terrain requires "Death Stranding" thinking.

But continuing to the south, it is the land of Wuling or Nanling. In the early Qin and Han Dynasties, all the mountains in the south of Chudi were collectively referred to as "Nanling", but now it specifically refers to the land of Wuling.

Although there are five high mountains across the country, it is only inconvenient for the army to transport troops and the cavalry to march. It is not that it is completely impossible to send troops.

South of Wuling is the "Lingnan" area, which is now Jiaozhou.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo established a separatist regime in Lingnan, overpowered the local Yue people, and established the country of Nanyue. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that he took it back and established the Jiaozhi Department. There was no term for state pastoral control at that time. "Department" refers to the governor's department, and the governor only has the power of inspection. , the administrative level of Jiaozhi is lower than that of a state, but it also has a "provincial governor". It was not until a few years ago that the nine counties in Lingnan were divided into "Jiaozhou".

Nowadays, the Shi clan has won the hearts of the Han and Yue people in Jiaozhou. Although the resources and population are limited and not enough to make progress, neither Bai Tu nor Liu Biao are interested in this meatless bone.

Chen Gong's Third Route Army did not want to go to Jiaozhou, but wanted to go to Wuling - if you draw a map at this time, Wuling is between Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Jiaozhou, but... apart from coloring, the three There is no control over those places deep in the Five Ridges that are not even county towns. They are mainly occupied by barbarians.

Whether it is called Shanyue or Wulingman, in short, if you march normally, you will pass through many Guyue and Wulingman tribes, almost across the core area of ​​​​the barbarians.

Forced use of troops, before seeing the enemy, you have to fight the barbarians for five labors and seven injuries...

Among the Shanyue people captured by Zhang Ling before, there were already real barbarians - that is, barbarians who were "turned into barbarians" through Yue Ji.

Although they are not barbarians from the Guyue tribe deep in the South Ridge, they are at least truly related to the Shanyue people, not ordinary mountain people!
For the Nanling barbarians, the Jingzhou side is called "Wuling barbarians" because Nanling belongs to the south of Wuling County in Jingzhou, while in Yangzhou it is called Shanyue.

To deal with the southern barbarians, the Han Dynasty has always implemented a monarchy system-recognizing their internal chiefs, and then governing these barbarian tribes by subduing and softening their chiefs.

The Daqu marshal on the Shanyue side is called "Zongshuai", and the Daqu marshal on the Wulingman side is called "Jingfu". They are similar with some minor differences.

People's livelihood actually includes farming activities, but because they live in the mountains, fishing, hunting and picking are also important supplementary means while farming.

The structure is similar to the slavery of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The chief has supreme power internally. The difference is that he believes in violence. Many tribes have the custom of supporting individual courage to seize the chief's position.

Compared with the purely agricultural civilization Han people, they are more aggressive and aggressive. The most important thing is that they are familiar with the mountain and forest environment and adapt to using the mountains and forests as their home field. When they are brought to the plains, they are really no match for the armored Han army. But in the mountains... Not only was the Han army unable to form a formation when they entered, but half of their combat effectiveness was lost due to the mosquito miasma!
Therefore, everyone previously agreed that this area was "blacked out" - it was impossible to march and there was no need to think about it.

However, after Zhangling County, Shanyue dispatched from time to time, repeating rioting, being captured, taking care of food... Chen Gong thought of a "good idea".

Isn’t Shanyue short of food?

Then you can clear and drive them away, use food to recruit them, and at the same time build an army of prisoners of war, and use both carrot and stick to drive them westward.

To put it simply, it is to devour the wolf by the tiger...

This is the Third Route Army!

However, in the end, Chen Gong's suggestion was not adopted by Bai Tu. The reason was that whether it was hiring food or driving it away with violence, there was no guarantee that the destructiveness of Shan Yue's march would not get out of control.

However, Chen Gong obviously did not give up and mentioned the matter to Bai Tu again.

"The issue that Duke Bai was worried about Shanyue being a disaster was indeed negligent before... But it can be changed slightly, with Shanyue advancing westward to Wuling, with Wuxi as the boundary, as long as Shanyue and Wulingman...communicate. "Chen Gong said.

That is to instigate and intimidate the Shanyue and Wuling barbarians to fight among themselves, and our army will follow behind and attack the four counties of Jingnan - with the technical support of the medical school, our army should be able to overwhelm them without worrying about barbarian attacks. Pass through Nanling and enter Jingzhou.

However, Bai Tu still shook his head: "Whether it is Shanyue or Wuling Man, it is true that the culture is very different from ours. If you take the initiative to cause chaos and be killed and taken prisoner, there is no need to show mercy, but... in order to fight the feudal princes with Liu Biao To instigate the barbarians to slaughter each other, isn't it even more barbaric than the barbarians."

"It is also the way of the benevolent to attack the weak and attack the ignorant, to bring about chaos and insult the enemy!" There were no outsiders present at this time, and Chen Gong did not give in.

What Chen Gong was talking about was the content of the "Book of History"-the behavior of "the strong annexing the weak, the civilization attacking the ignorant, and the annexation of chaotic and dying countries" is just.

Etiquette and civilization are all about face, and war must be fought with a reputation. And the function of this article, to put it bluntly... is to provide an excuse that can be used as a reason when there is really no reason.

"Attacking the weak is not about bringing death and pain to the weak." Bai Tu still shook his head.

"But this can reduce the casualties of our soldiers." Chen Gong said seriously.

When Bai Tu heard this, his eyes moved slightly...

"A certain Guyue tribe is willing to issue a military order and send envoys to Wuling. I try my best to persuade them to submit to the Wuling barbarians."

Baitu said nothing.

"If there is any disharmony, someone can lead the army together with Wen Yuan and Zhongda to supervise the battle."

Baitu said nothing.

"The barbarians in the mountains are also Han people. It is reasonable for the general to use the road and cooperate with them."

Bai Tu...hesitated and said: "Remember what you said, the reason why you have the position to let them make way and open the way is because they are also Han people. Since they are Han people... they are also included in the military regulations, I will not give Nanling There is no leniency in military regulations for this route."

When Chen Gong heard the words, he showed his face and said, "Don't worry Bai Gong, Gong will remember."

"In addition... tell them that not only the conditions for going down the mountain remain unchanged, but also that Yue Ji is promised to build a city to worship her. As long as she abides by the law and respects the laws, she will not force Yue Ji to Chineseize." Bai Tu added.

"The so-called building a city to worship?" Chen Gong asked with some doubts after hearing the words.

In fact, in Cheng Ji's world, the main contradiction between Yi and Xia lies here...

The so-called Yue Ji and Hu Ji exist as "tribal Ji" and do not enter the Han Dynasty's "City Ji" system.

Therefore, even if the tribes surrendered to the Han Dynasty, their manpower and material resources are dispatched by their tribes themselves. When they are the most "well-behaved", it is those Zongshuai and Jingfu who pay a sum of offerings to the Han Dynasty every year. Will enter Cheng Ji's native place.

At the same time, what they resist the most is the incorporation of tribal girls into the Han Dynasty. It is obvious that ordinary tribal members are no more than slaves of the chief. They are much more oppressive to the people than the officials and local powerful men of the Han Dynasty, but every one of them They felt that without the protection of their tribal girls and Zongshuai, the Han people would kill their whole family and feed them to dogs...

"We have to discuss specific matters with the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In recent days, we have come up with a general charter. In short...when you go on a mission, you must first pay attention to your own safety, and secondly...remember... After all, whether they are Yue people or Wuling barbarians, they are all Han people..."

Chen Gong was slightly impatient—didn’t I just say this?Do you need to emphasize it again?But when Bai Tu reminded him of safety issues first, he still felt warm in his heart.

However, Bai Tu's expression changed slightly. He came closer and whispered: "In other words, they are also protected by Han law. If someone treats ordinary Han people as cattle and horses, how can we abandon them?" What about the law? We need to let them understand the benefits of obeying the law."

"Mr. Bai means..." Chen Gong seemed to have thought of something.

"Pay attention to the scale. It's hard for those people to reason. Sometimes it's harder to gain trust than to destroy their bodies, but I hope you can use more difficult methods to solve the problem." Bai Tu said.

That's right, Bai Tu didn't believe it for ordinary barbarians. They were so bad-tempered that they would rather be slaves in the mountains than be ordinary Han people who had enough to eat and clothes to wear... What do you want?Just because of temperament?
Bai Tu doesn't believe that this is called "unruly and unruly". There are no more than two reasons. A small part of the reason is the mutual exclusion between the two parties, and most of the reason... is still in the "monarchy".

The reality is that Shanyue and barbarians trust their chiefs more, but what these chiefs care more about is whether they can continue to live freely and occasionally plunder.

Sometimes people would believe it if Bai Tu told Shan Yue in plain words that life would be better if you come down.

During the Civil War, the Southern Army was all serf cannon fodder, and only the officers were white...

It's so easy to explain the truth clearly, so there's no need to fight, can we all rebel together?

The Han Dynasty knew that this theory did not make sense, so they simply used a simple method-to directly recognize their "king-chief system". The so-called acts of gratitude and "rewards" were also given directly to the chief.

Chen Gong understood what Bai Tu meant. Although he didn't say it clearly and couldn't say it clearly now, it actually meant that he wanted to follow the monarchy system. His mood suddenly became complicated - he persuaded Bai Tu to pull up the Third Route Army. It was something that made him happy, but... Bai Tu had a problem!
But on the surface, Chen Gong was still full of confidence, and issued a military order, and would bring Zhang Liao to support Gao Shun.

(End of this chapter)