I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 347 Times have changed!

The seventh day of July, Chen County.

"Jun Hou, pack up, we should retreat."

Early in the morning, Li Heng went to wake up Guan Tong.

"Ok?"

"go back."

"go back?"

Guan, who had just woken up, did not react for a while.

"Back to where?"

"Go back to Nanyang!"

"what's up?"

If all the troops of Sima Zhao and Guo Huai arrived in Yuzhou, it would be difficult for him to escape.

"Tens of thousands of elites!"

"Go back now?"

"General, why do you want to go back suddenly? Didn't we make the Wei army look like a fool?"

"Why did the general know so quickly?"

"Reinforcements?"

Now that the strategic purpose has been achieved, there is no need to stay here.

"Is it a mistake? Sima Yi transferred troops from Chang'an back to the Central Plains?"

"Yes, reinforcements, and many, many more are coming."

After learning the news, he suddenly felt much more relaxed.

"How many?"

"That's right! We just landed on the Yellow River two days ago!"

"Yes, but passing by Yingchuan, you can do important things along the way."

"Wei army reinforcements are coming."

"Divide the food supplies among the counties in Yingchuan! Force Sima Division to withdraw! Leave quickly! Time is running out!"

Why did the army enter the Central Plains alone?
It's not like forcing Sima Yi to mobilize troops from the western front.

"Western Front!" Li Heng was obviously in a good mood.

Guan Tong tidied up and left with Li Heng.

"The people told our scouts."

Guan Tong was surprised again: "Where can the Wei thieves have so many soldiers and horses?"

"People?"

"Yes, the people, the people who accepted our food." Li Heng walked out and began to issue orders, while Guan Tong said, "You know, the people helped us observe many places. The reinforcements of the Wei army have just landed, and the river Those who were tending the cattle and those who were cultivating the fields passed the news to our scouts.”

Guan Guan is confused, how come I don’t know about this?
Are people so active?

"Your Majesty, pack up and retreat quickly!"

"well!"

On the same day, the Han army left Chen County.

When they heard that the Han army was leaving, the people of Chen County went out en masse to see each other off reluctantly.

Some people even stood in front of the army, crying and shouting to tell the Han army not to leave.

Li Heng also personally dismounted and promised all the people: "Master Wang will come again in the near future. The next time Master Wang comes here, he will actually allocate land to you. When you log in to your household registration, please trust the court and trust me!" "

Some people couldn't help but ask: "Will the imperial court really allocate land to us so that we can have our own fields?"

"Wherever Master Wang goes, fields will inevitably be divided. We leave Yizhou and go north to the Central Plains to support the Han Dynasty, just to let everyone in the world have their own fields and have enough to eat!"

After speaking, Li Heng got on his horse and waved to those people.

He turned around and couldn't bear to look at the expectant eyes in the crowd.

He knew the people here needed them to stay. These people are having a hard time, they are being squeezed like cattle and horses.

They are told that they are born this way.

Not only that, they worked hard to cultivate the land themselves, and handed over a large part of it. After they made a living on their own, they had to be told by those wealthy families that they should be grateful.

We were told that we collect these grains to defend ourselves against bandits. If bandits come, you will all die.

You are still alive now because of us.

So, don’t care too much about what you get in front of you, be grateful for what you have.

However, one day, the bandits really came, and they discovered that the bandits had given them food and promised them land.

They suddenly discovered that the bandits were not as bad as the wealthy Qingliu clan said in the past.

Amid the cries and reluctance of the crowd, Li Heng left with a heavy heart.

"General, can't we stay and take back Yuzhou directly?" Guan Tong asked reluctantly.

"If a person wants to become stronger, he must first accept reality." Li Heng looked at the endless wilderness in the distance, looking at the harvested wheat fields, the summer wind blowing his long sleeves.

"Similarly, if a country or a group wants to become stronger, it must first accept reality and view the situation correctly, otherwise it will repeat the same mistakes."

"Remember, don't be brave and don't be moved by yourself. Those are the actions of fools! They will only lead to destruction!"

Guan Tong generally understood. He got rid of the anger in his heart and slowly calmed down.

"I learned a lot during my time with the General."

"Me too." Li Heng said with emotion, "I have experienced so much and I have learned a lot."

On the evening of the seventh day of July, the Han army was stationed by the Yingshui River.

At this time, the Jiangling City battlefield, after a day of brutal fighting, slowly ended the confrontation.

After Wu Jun entered the city, they only advanced a few hundred meters.

Because the streets within a few hundred meters were covered with trenches, and Han troops were ambushed in the alleys.

In this battle, the Wu army fought very fiercely, and more than a thousand people were killed on the first day.

Bodies were piled up hundreds of meters in the streets.

That night, Lu Xun summoned all the troops to discuss matters.

Lu Xun didn't expect Jiangling to be so difficult to chew. The city defender was more powerful than he thought.

"The latest intelligence has confirmed what we suspected the day before yesterday. Our detailed operations have found traces of the Shu army in various parts of Yuzhou. The Wei army is increasing reinforcements to Yuzhou." Lu Xun said, "According to the current situation, Li Jian will quickly withdraw his troops and come back. Switch from offense to defense.”

"When Li Jian comes back, he will defend both sides. He will definitely focus on defending the Wei army and will not increase Jiangling troops." Ding Feng said, "The general still feels that a frontal attack is the next best option."

"I'm afraid the situation is more complicated than we imagined." Lu Xun shook his head, "Li Jian has done a lot of things in Yuzhou, cutting off rivers and dividing food. If I were him, I would definitely disperse all the food in Yingchuan and Runan, and cut off food." It blocked Sima Division's logistics and food channels and forced Sima Division to withdraw its main force."

Lu Xun is worthy of being a coach-level figure. His vision is the overall situation, not just a small plan.

"What the Governor is saying is that the Wei army will withdraw its troops?"

Everyone was surprised.

"This confrontation between Shu and Wei was completely beyond our expectations." Lu Xun said, "The Wei army was unprecedentedly passive. The most important thing is that Li Jian caused a devastating blow to the Sima Division's logistics."

Especially the aristocratic families in various places were hit.

You must know that in the mobilization system of this era, local aristocratic families are crucial.

Now that their power has been hit, even if the people have food and Sima Shi passes the order, there are fewer people to execute it, or the person who executes it has gone to seek refuge, and the food cannot be collected quickly.

Unlike the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, local governments had special transshipment departments and officials could be responsible for collecting military rations.

"But now the defenses in Jiangling City are strong, and it will be difficult for us to take it down at once!"

"Change the direction tomorrow. Our advantage is that we have more people." Lu Xun said calmly.

Zhu Ran said: "Grand Governor, this is not like your fighting style."

"Wars are unpredictable, power is unpredictable, and water is unpredictable. We have to take Jiangling back now. This is the only way. I will explain the rest to His Majesty when I return to Jianye."

"Here!"

Lu Xun sighed and said, "Everyone, I feel that the situation in the world has changed, and the way of fighting has also changed."

(End of this chapter)