The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 515 Zhou Yu Sends Troops
"Conquering Shanyue blindly is not the solution. If you want to completely tame them, you have to let them integrate into the lives of our Han people." Li Yuan wanted to assimilate Shanyue.

"Let them integrate into our lives?!" Xi Zhicai and others disagreed with this idea, because people who are not my race must have different hearts. Shanyue people and Han people are two different ethnic groups, so how can they integrate into it? Come in, even if they agree, the Han people may not necessarily be able to accept them.

Li Yuan explained to everyone: "Shanyue people live in deep mountains and old forests. They are not good at farming, so they often come out to plunder the grain of our Han people. If we open up places for them to live in various places, and teach them farming and weaving, let them Learning the culture of the Han people can completely solve the hatred between the Han people and Shanyue. Otherwise, after Cao Cao unifies Hebei, we will have to deal with the plunder of Shanyue and the combination of Cao Cao and Liu Bei. The situation is very unfavorable to us. "

"If we send a large army to kill them all, wouldn't it be faster?" Sima Yi said.

Seeing Sima Yi's rebuttal, Li Yuan was not angry, but looked at Zhou Yu and said, "Gong Jin, do you think Zhong Jun's words are feasible?"

Zhou Yu shook his head without hesitation and said: "This plan is not feasible, because Shanyue will not fight us head-on. They usually plunder the county towns around the county town, and then go away. It can be said that they come and go quickly, although We can chase them, but as soon as we enter the forest, we will definitely not be their opponents, not to mention the forest where Shanyue hides is very large, if no one guides us, we will have no idea where they live, let alone destroy them."

Zhou Yu had suffered from Shanyue people before, so he disagreed with Sima Yi's statement.

"So we can't completely destroy Shanyue, we can only assimilate them. In fact, I have told Zhongde to do this a few years ago, and asked him to find a way to subdue Shanyue. Of course, if we want to regain them, we must let them know how powerful we are, so with them Going to war is inevitable, Gong Jin, are you willing to pacify Shanyue for me?" Li Yuan knew that Zhou Yu was the best at fighting Shanyue among his subordinates, so he decided to send Zhou Yu to Wu Jun to pacify Shanyue.

Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Li Yuan to let him lead the army so soon, he quickly clasped his fists and said, "The general is willing to share the Lord's worries."

"Okay, I order you to lead [-] troops from Xiapi to Wu Commandery immediately, and together with Wei Yan and Cheng Yu, we will pacify Shanyue. Remember to attack as a supplement and surrender as a priority. Don't push them too hastily." Li Yuan exhorted.

"Isn't it too far to take troops from Xiapi to Wujun?" Zhou Yu thought it would be better to directly use the troops from Wujun and Kuaiji.

"I know the journey is long, but you are all newly recruited recruits who have not yet been on the battlefield. Soldiers who have not been on the battlefield are not considered elite soldiers. In order for them to adapt to the cruelty of the battlefield as soon as possible, you must send them there. You can first Take them to Guangling, and then take a boat from Guangling to Wujun, so you can save a lot of time." The main reason why Li Yuan sent Zhou Yu there was to train soldiers, and they might have to fight Cao Cao and Liu Bei in a year or two. The war started, so the recruits under Zhou Yu's command had to exercise more.

"The last general takes orders!" Zhou Yu was both excited and grateful. He had just joined Li Yuan for a year, and Li Yuan asked him to lead an army of [-] to Wujun alone. Controlling so many soldiers and horses, now that he finally has the opportunity to show his strengths, he must perform well.

After Zhou Yu left, Sima Yi was a little worried and said, "My lord, it's okay to let Zhou Yu lead such an army alone?"

"You can rest assured, I believe in Gong Jin's character, he will never let me down." Li Yuan knew Zhou Yu's character, as long as he was sincerely loyal to someone, he would never betray easily.

Zhou Yu followed Li Yuan's instructions and led 20 recruits from Xiapi to Guangling, and then took a boat from Guangling to Wujun. More than [-] days later, Zhou Yu's army arrived in Wujun. Cheng Yu knew that Zhou Yu would come to Wujun, so he greeted him outside the city in advance. Zhou Yu's troops were stationed outside the city, and Cheng Yu arranged food supplies.

"General Zhou, I haven't seen you for many years, and you are still charming. Although we were enemies in the past, we are now serving General Li together. We should cooperate with each other to deal with Shanyue." Cheng Yu said a few polite words. He was not familiar with Zhou Yu, but he knew Li Yuan attached great importance to Zhou Yu, otherwise he would not have tried to get Zhou Yu to submit, and even asked Zhou Yu to lead troops to help calm Shanyue.

"I've heard about Cheng Taishou's name for a long time. Your resourcefulness is far superior to mine. This time, Pingding Mountain cannot be without your help. My lord asked me to obey your orders." Zhou Yu said politely, although Li Yuan didn't say this, But he wanted to improve the relationship with Cheng Yu, so he said so.

"Hahahahaha, Gong Jin is being polite. You are far better than me in marching and fighting. I am not even half as good as you. My lord sent you here. Naturally, the command of the army will be handed over to you. Let's go to the city first." Cheng Yu led Following Zhou Yu to the prefect's mansion.

"Cheng Taishou, may I ask how many people there are in Shanyue who made the rebellion this time?" Zhou Yu went straight to the point and asked the number of enemies directly.

"Shanyue has a small number of people, only 5000 to [-] people, but their target is not the county town, but the surrounding counties. They usually only plunder the food of the people. Once they succeed, they will flee immediately, and the captured county towns will not send people. Defense, so it is difficult to deal with them. General Wei Yan once led his soldiers to chase them, but as long as he entered the jungle, he could not keep up with their speed, and he would even be counterattacked by them. Just in case, I asked him to give up the pursuit temporarily, and then Distribute the army to various counties to assist in the defense to prevent Shanyue from attacking again, but this is not a long-term solution, so I will report this matter to the Lord." Cheng Yu described the current situation in detail.

"Cheng Taishou's move is also a wise move. I did the same thing in Jiangdong back then, but it's really not a long-term solution. If my lord wants to dominate the world and deal with Cao Cao and Liu Bei, Pingdingshan is something that cannot be ignored." Zhou Yu said earnestly, At the beginning, Sun Ce wasted a lot of soldiers to deal with Shanyue, so he knew very well that Shanyue was powerful.

"My lord once said that he wanted to assimilate the Shanyue people. He should have mentioned this to you."

"My lord did say that, and I think it's a good strategy, but it's not a day or two to fully assimilate them. I'm afraid it will take decades to complete this arduous task." Zhou Yu agreed with Li Yuan's approach, but I think this strategy takes a long time, the effect is slow, and it is very difficult to get the Han people to accept Shanyue, but this is the only solution.

(End of this chapter)