Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 621 Lingnan Weakness
Li You, Feng Zhifen, and Wang Xu couldn't wait to review the Lingnan army. In fact, they had to control these troops. The Lingnan army was composed of two-thirds of the locals and only one-third of the Han Chinese.

Among them, Feng An was the most supportive of these locals in Lingnan. There were two thieves in Lingnan who were in trouble. The two thieves were commanders Gao Facheng and Xian Baoche.

At this time, Feng An came back and immediately beheaded Xian Baoche, but Xian Baoche's nephew Xian Zhichen regrouped the army in Xinzhou, claiming to be the leader, and confronting Feng An.

Feng An led the army to attack. As soon as the two armies clashed, Feng An took off his helmet and shouted: "Do you know me?"

What was even more surprising later on was that when the enemy soldiers saw that it was Feng An, most of these enemies threw down their weapons, took off their battle clothes and bowed to him with their upper body exposed, and the rebel team collapsed.

Feng Ang captured Xian Baoche, Xian Zhichen and others alive, so he occupied the territories of Guangzhou, Cangwu (now Wuzhou, Guangxi), and Zhuya (now Leizhou Peninsula, Hainan Island), and claimed to be the general manager.

This is Feng An's prestige in the Lingnan area, and this is why Li You had to take down the Lingnan army as soon as possible. If he didn't take down the Lingnan army, Li You would be very uncomfortable if he stabbed himself in the back.

Of course, this won't take down Lingnan's army by force. If force is used, Li You is worried that it may rebound. If Feng Ang comes out to raise his arms and shout, then Li You's loss outweighs the gain.

So when he was in Chang'an, Li You had already negotiated with Li Shimin. Taking down the Lingnan army can only improve the treatment of the army. The current treatment of the Lingnan army is very low. It's not that Chang'an doesn't want to comfort the Lingnan army, but Feng An doesn't want to willing.

Li Shimin saw that the Feng family was unwilling, so he didn't directly comfort him. After all, Li Shimin looked down on the army in Lingnan. Difficult to make big.

There was a reason why Feng An did not proclaim himself a country back then. Feng An himself knew that it was very dangerous to proclaim himself a country in Lingnan, because Datang was very powerful at this time. If he proclaimed himself a country, it would probably attract big Tang's dissatisfaction, if Datang goes all out to attack, Lingnan will be in danger.

Of course, it’s not that Lingnan’s soldiers are bad. You must know that Lingnan’s soldiers have always been very good. Lingnan produces elite soldiers, but Lingnan has a fatal shortcoming, that is, the lack of support.

This lack of post-supply was already confirmed during the Qin Dynasty.

After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he required the same texts, the same track, unified government orders, and a high degree of centralization, rather than rule by enfeoffment.

But there is a small country named Baiyue, which is used to taking care of itself, and has not received any cultural favor from the Great Chu. Unfamiliar with the land and unaccustomed to the soil and water, he was dazed by the guerrilla warfare of these natives!The problem is, the casualties and casualties are heavy, but Baiyue has not been dealt with!

The first emperor was very upset, so he enlisted the "Seven Branches of Relegation" (i.e. fugitives, sons-in-law, guilty officials, businessmen with shops, people who used to be in business, people whose parents were in business, people who were grandparents in business, etc. It’s really unpopular under the Qin system) to supplement the troops in Lingnan, since many of these people are subjects of the original six countries, and they were brought to this kind of place again, it’s hell to be happy!

Finally, under the absolute superiority of troops, the Baiyue area was pacified.

In order to truly integrate these territories into the Great Qin, the Lingnan Legion established a colonial system that combined soldiers with agriculture and combined farming and warfare. Simply put... they settled down on the spot.However, for these people, staying in a wild place like Lingnan is like exile in disguise!Ren Xiao, the general who led the army, served as the captain of Nanhai County, and controlled the three counties of Lingnan Nanhai, Xiangjun and Guilin.

In the end, Ren Xiao's Lingnan army grew to 50 people,

Later, because Qin Shihuang did not adopt the policy of recuperating and recuperating, he intensified the policy of building large-scale construction and militarism, which increased the burden on the people and caused dissatisfaction and resistance from the people.In response, instead of listening to the people, Qin Shihuang used draconian laws to intimidate and punish the people.

After the death of Qin Shihuang, Qin II came to the throne. In order to wipe out the rebel army everywhere, Qin II appointed Zhang Han as the commander in chief, and led the army to kill Chen Sheng and Xiang Liang ( Xiang Yu's uncle) and others once saw the hope of eliminating the civil strife.

But soon, Zhang Han was defeated by Xiang Yu in Julu, and he had no choice but to surrender with an army of 20.Zhang Han commanded 20 soldiers, which was basically the last "family property" of the Qin Dynasty. Now they have lost all of them, which immediately made the situation precarious.

When life and death were at stake, Prime Minister Zhao Gao couldn't help thinking of the 50 troops stationed in Lingnan, so he sent an envoy to Nanhai County and ordered the county captain Ren Xiaohuo to speed the army northward.

Ren Xiao was willing, because Ren Xiao was Qin Shihuang's confidant, and if he was not a confidant, it would be impossible to send him to Baiyue, but when he was about to go out, Zhao Tuo, a general in Lingnan, approached Ren Xiao and asked him a question.

what is the problem.?

It is logistical support. At this time, the Great Qin Dynasty is in chaos, and fires are everywhere. Let the court provide military supplies?This is obviously impossible.

Just relying on the accumulation in the Baiyue area?What kind of decent logistics can this poor country provide?

It is estimated that the difficulty of marching is comparable to that of the Long March, not to mention that the land of Baiyue was not completely stable at that time. If you transferred the army in front, the backyard would have to catch fire, and the logistics?Thank goodness for not stabbing you!

All of a sudden, Ren Xiao's savior's enthusiasm was extinguished. Yes, there is no logistics. How can this battle be fought? Afterwards, Ren Xiao became seriously ill and gave up his seat to Zhao Tuo before he died.

Finally, please ask Zhao Tuo to take good care of Lingnan Sergeant.

After Zhao Tuo accepted it, he immediately ordered the blockade of the passes from the south of the Lingnan to the Central Plains, cut off the plank roads, and then built three lines of defense from south to north, and gathered troops in Nanhai County for self-defense.When the imperial court sent envoys to the south again, they found that there was no road to Lingnan, so they had to return to the imperial court after sighing repeatedly.

Qin Ershi heard the news, although he wished to cut Zhao Tuo into pieces, he had no choice.

Feng An is very smart. He knows the shortcomings of Lingnan. Lingnan can be independent, but it is not a place where it can grow. Logistics is the eternal shortcoming of Lingnan. It is simply unrealistic for one country to stand against each other.

Of course, the big country wants to attack Lingnan because the price it pays is higher than the cost of recovery, so it is not willing to do this uneconomical deal. Feng An took this as an attachment to Datang, and finally got what he wanted result.

Now that Li You wants to dismantle Feng An's prestige, improving the welfare of the Lingnan Army is the best way. As long as he can get the approval of the Lingnan Army, then Li You can succeed in the first step.

(End of this chapter)