Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 489 Chubadong County
For the overnight retreat of the tens of thousands of guards in Linjiang, Chu State also had a "tacit understanding" and did not pursue deeply...

With Tongluo Mountain blocking the way, it is not easy to march directly from Badong to Brazil. Generally speaking, one has to go south to Jiangzhou first, and then go north to Brazil from Jiangzhou, the center of Bajun.

However, the Jiangzhou Army marches slower and consumes more physical energy at all costs, and can cross mountains and ridges, while the Chu Army... is really not good at this!

In fact, it is not just the Jiangzhou Army, but the entire Yizhou Army. It can be regarded as the characteristics of the military branch derived from the population of the source area.

This is another reason why Yizhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack!
Unless he "smuggled" directly to Mianzhu like Deng Ai did in history - there is a road that leads directly to the capital and has no mountains.

Otherwise, after entering the interior of Yizhou, Yizhou's geographical advantages will definitely disappear, and even the geographical advantages will become more obvious.

Because of breaking through those real "impossible roads" and entering Yizhou, some small mountains and small veins make it difficult for foreign troops to march, but the local army is just "inconvenient to march"!
Originally, it was only easy to defend and difficult to attack, but after entering, if you choose a bad position and are attacked by the opponent in the mountains, it will be difficult for you to attack and difficult to defend...

However, with Fazheng, Guo Huai and other staff members present, it was obvious that Yan Yan would not be given this chance.

During the previous "offensive", Fazheng used tactics to order Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and other major generals to recognize his ability.

Fazheng Linjiang's tricks are not just "bluffing" or "turning the tiger away from the mountain", but a series of loops, and he has thought of all Yan Yan's considerations!
If Yan Yan had pursued the two regiments who stayed in the camp and escorted the luggage away, the Chu army ambushing in the mountains would have directly attacked on both sides, and the reason why the cows and horses used by the frightening birds in the mountains were discovered was also to leave clues on purpose. The result of hinting at enemy scouts.

Yan Yan's only chance was to remain unmoved and persist for about ten days, and the Chu army could only come out of the mountains - after all... there was really no way!

The reason for this success is that Fazheng is well versed in the art of "difficult to know" and is best at this strategy of falsehood and reality. Secondly... it is also because the Chu State's compressed military rations are strong enough.

The amount of dry food that the Chu army could carry with them was definitely much longer than Yan Yan imagined. According to Yan Yan's common sense, without a baggage train, if it could only be carried by a single soldier, two or three days of military rations would be the limit. The compressed military rations of the Chu army were made of sugar, oil, salt, and powdered grains, mixed and pressed.

Although it has only calories and no nutrition, it cannot support long-term training or practice, but it is no problem to be full in a short period of time, and it is very convenient to carry.

As long as there is water, the Chu army's individual soldiers can carry enough rations to last for half a month...

After Yan Yan retreated and the battle was being consolidated, Guo Huai also performed well. Not long after arriving in Badong, he quickly relied on sand table simulation to accurately determine the positions suitable for holding on - many of which were when the Chu army went there. They all discovered the hidden military stronghold temporarily abandoned by the Jiangzhou Army!

It can be seen that Guo Huai's judgment is highly consistent with Bajun's long-term judgment, and... is more suitable for the Chu army.

The quickly deployed defensive line effectively withstood several small-scale tentative counterattacks by the Jiangzhou Army, causing Yan Yan, who had a low desire to attack, to completely switch to the defensive.

Afterwards, the Xinye Division turned around and headed southeast again, capturing FL!

In the end, after three months of fierce fighting in Bajun, the Chu army occupied Yufu, Quren, Linjiang, Pingdu, and FL in the southeast, which were the five counties in the eastern part of Bajun.

Unfortunately, Qu Ren did not have the military reserves as imagined - Wen Pin was so angry that he even wrote an anonymous letter to Jiangzhou to report.

In addition, although Pingdu and FL did not completely clear the country, they also harvested immature rice ears. They cannot be expected to provide military supplies this year. However, fortunately, the people of Bajun generally have relatively strong family wealth, so they will not be like at the beginning. Huainan, which Yuan Shu had harmed, was equally miserable.

Zhao Yun ordered the issuance of orders to calm the people, promote Chu learning, clarify the military regulations of the Chu army, and even encouraged reports of violations of discipline in the army. At the same time, Zhao Yun also began to organize in the three counties of Yufu, Quren, and Linjiang to sell sugar, salt, dried meat, Salted fish, Jiangdong brocade, etc., in exchange for food and grass...

The people of Bajun do have some wealth. Sugar, salt, dried meat, etc. are very popular among ordinary people. After all, the prices of meat and salt are quite cost-effective. More importantly... the people originally thought that the Chu army would Direct plunder, after all, Yizhou Prefecture usually smeared the Chu State.

However, now seeing that the Chu army is just a transaction with a clearly marked price, ordinary clans are also organizing it. When there is enough food, they grit their teeth and order meat once or twice-this is called "knowledge".

However, ordinary people can't afford Jiangdong brocade, or... there is no reason to consume it!

Yizhou is originally the hometown of brocade. Why do ordinary people pay a lot of food for better-looking brocade?

Zhao Yun and others have also expected this, and these are mainly sold to those big gentry—ordinary people know what "knowledge" is, and these big gentry are even the ancestors of "knowledge".

In addition, Zhao Yun was a little surprised that besides brocade and gold and silver, Chu coins were surprisingly popular, and even some noble families accepted Zhao Yun's IOUs in the name of Wancheng First Division.

Of course, Zhao Yun has no intention of not repaying the debt, but... transporting the Chu coins requires transportation capacity and time!
"The reason why they accept Chu coins is because these families believe that the Chu State can establish itself in Badong, even Bajun, and Yizhou. In this way, once the trade routes are opened in the future, Chu coins will naturally be of great use... Now use Chu coins are traded at a premium to them." Fazheng reminded.

"The nobles of Bajun actually have such confidence in my great Chu? If all the great clans in Yizhou are like this, why worry about the injustice in Yizhou!" Zhao Yun said happily, with a beaming expression, which was indeed sincere.

After all, I have seen a lot of the cautiousness of the noble clans. After hearing this good news, I can't help but feel that the Chu Kingdom has been "destined to return."

However, Fazheng looked at Zhao Yun and poured cold water on it: "What I just said is a normal idea. The reason why they accepted Chu coins is indeed their confidence in the Chu country, but the other five points... are also hope. 'We know they have confidence in Chu State'!"

What Fazheng said was a bit hard to pronounce, but after Zhao Yun thought about it for a while, he understood what Fazheng meant - it was just a disguised form of surrender.

Accepting Chu coins means accepting Chu State and having confidence in Chu State. This confidence is real, but it is more to show that one has confidence in Chu State and even has a sense of belonging - after all, Badong is in Chu State now. under the control.

What's more, Chu coins are very valuable.

Even if Yizhou prohibits trading with Chu, which of these noble families doesn't have their own way?If you really can’t go to Chu State, can you still go to Guanxi and the Central Plains?The Chu coins will naturally be spent by then!

Even if Yizhou expels the Chu army in the future, they will not lose money, and the Yizhou government will not be able to pursue their transactions during the Chu army's occupation...

If the people of Badong are said to have "little wealth", then these local nobles can really be called "fat"!

Well, if you think about it carefully, the treasury of Sakunin did not "disappear"... but was transferred to the homes of these nobles!

On the one hand, these grains were used for military purposes, and on the other hand, the Chu army also "lent" part of the grain to Pingdu and FL who had suffered man-made disasters.

As for the collateral, it is naturally the grain tax for the coming year.

Zhao Yun also used the "Jieyue" given to him by Bai Tu before the expedition, which was the symbol of the "Governor-General's military and administrative privileges", and announced that he would divide Yufu, Quren, Linjiang, Pingdu, and FL counties into five counties, and establish "Chu". ·Badong County”!
Obviously, he does not intend to grab a sum and leave, but he really wants to incorporate this place into the Chu State and has no intention of leaving...

In theory, the treatment of the people of Badong County is the same as that of other people in Chu State, but... Badong County has been temporarily divided into a war preparation area, and the food tax has been raised to three taxes per ten, instead of the common tax of fifteen in Chu State. one.

However, the overcharged part is also promised to be returned in a fractional-year basis in the form of reduction or exemption after the division of combat readiness zones is lifted.

Similarly, the "expropriation" of corvee manpower was twice as heavy...

In addition, other aspects of control are also stricter, and the distribution of corvee manpower does not follow the "minimum infrastructure ratio" of the Chu State - the Chu State has certain requirements on the proportion of manpower that must be used for local project construction after it is collected. Yes, but in the combat readiness area, it will definitely focus on auxiliary military supplies and will not rush into construction with slow results.

Also, Badong must still be unstable. The Chu army did not immediately clarify the land area and conduct a thorough population survey here. At most, it would allocate some wasteland to the people who had too little land.

Although they were treated differently, they did not cause any backlash.

After all, the original grain tax in Yizhou was one ten tax, but because Bajun wanted to maintain the number of troops, it had to collect another ten tax one, as well as various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. The Chu army had an increase in the grain tax on its books. It’s not much, but considering the actual collection, because those messy taxes have been cancelled, for ordinary people, there is actually no increase at all!
It's equivalent to not raising taxes and promising to reduce them sharply in the future. Even if the people don't believe that in the future, they certainly won't be too dissatisfied.

If I must say I am unhappy, it is out of envy, jealousy and hatred after knowing the true food tax of the people of Chu State...

And although there is definitely no spare time to carry out other large-scale local projects, the "Shennong Essence" is also being transported to Badong!

Transporting the essence of Shennong is more cost-effective than transporting grain—after all, the essence of Shennong can increase the yield per mu in Badong, and the already fertile land in Bashu can be "exchanged" for much more grain than the essence of Shennong.

In this way, there is basically no need to transport staple food into Badong, which greatly saves transportation capacity. Although it cannot support more troops, it is more than enough to maintain the size of two divisions.

Especially after the Shennong Essence takes effect in the coming year, the Chu Army will also completely turn Badong into its home field in terms of popular support!

However, the defense line with Jiangzhou as the core did resist the Chu army's further offensive. If the [-] Chu army wanted to break through Jiangzhou, it would definitely not be possible to rely on a force attack. What's more, if there is a force attack, military supplies will not be sufficient. They must either increase troops or... You need to find opportunities with the right time, location, people and people.

(End of this chapter)