The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 271 No Man's Land, Capture Jiangxia

Lujiang County of Bozhou and Jiangxia of Jingzhou flow down the river, and it takes only one or two days to reach them.

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Since Gao Qi and his party had mostly cavalry, they chose to go overland and run wildly.

But at this time, Jia Xu suddenly found Gao Qi and said, "Since the general has arrived here, don't you want to take a place for yourself and expand the territory?"

Hearing this, Gao Qi couldn't react for a while, and couldn't help asking: "What does Wen He mean by this?"

Immediately, Jia Xu said slowly: "Now Lai Huer, the general manager of the Jiangnan Xingjun Road, has fought to the death in the process of protecting the emperor!"

"Now the land of Jiangxia has become a land without an owner. Doesn't the general want to take it for his own use?"

"It should be noted that Jiangxia borders Xiangzhou and Xiangshui in the south, and Nanjun in the west. The strategic location is extremely important."

"If the general doesn't seize this golden opportunity, I'm afraid the general won't have a chance to get Jiang Xia in the future."

As Jia Xu's words were slowly dissected and analyzed, Gao Qi gradually felt the importance of Jiang Xia.

That is, only by owning the land of Jiangxia, can Nanjun in the west be protected from the threat of Jiangdong forces.

Moreover, by controlling the Jiangxia waterway, it can be completely connected with the Xiangshui River to form a piece.

It can be said that Xiangyang, Nanjun, and Jiangxia are the core places of Jingzhou.

Only by completely occupying these three places can it be regarded as truly controlling Jingzhou.

Because, occupying Xiangyang, Jin can lead the army to the Northern Expedition and compete in the Central Plains.

If you retreat, you can also rely on Xiangjiang to defend Xiangyang and resist powerful enemies. This is an invincible position.

And to control Nanjun, go south to annex the four Jingnan counties and use them as a barrier.

Moreover, Jiangling, the prefecture of Nanjun, is located to the west of the Han River Plain, bordering the Yangtze River in the south, Xiangjiang River and Qingjiang River in the north, controlling Bashu in the west, and connecting Hunan and Guangdong in the south.

This is indeed an important place for military strategists to fight for!

As for Jiangxia, it belongs to the eastern part of Jingzhou and is adjacent to Jiangdong.

If you occupy Jiangxia, you can go straight down the river and attack Jiangdong.

It is also possible to go northward against the current and send troops into several counties of Lujiang in Bozhou in an instant.

Following Jia Xu's narration, Gao Qi finally slowly analyzed the situation of several counties in Jingzhou.

Only by controlling Jiang Xia in his own hands, can Jingzhou rest easy from now on, not afraid of the harassment of the rebel forces.

In the end, after some deliberation, Gao Qi formulated a strategy.

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Gao Qi ordered Mu Guiying to lead [-] infantrymen to take the first boat across the river to Jiangxia.

Moreover, to be on the safe side, Xue Rengui was temporarily transferred to the army to control the overall situation.

Afterwards, Gao Qi personally led the cavalry under his command to gallop overland and marched into Jiangxia.

In this way, troops are sent out on both sides, in order to win Jiang Xia in the fastest time.

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It is only said that Jiangxia was originally the place where the chief officer of the Jiangnan Marching Road came to protect his children and garrisoned the army.

However, due to coming to the nursery, all the elites were lost in Yuhang territory.

Jiangxia has been lonely since then, and now the combined strength of Jiangxia's troops from all over the country is less than [-].

With such pure and weak strength, it is almost the end of the battle!

Because the troops of Xue Rengui and Mu Guiying traveled southward by boat, they arrived in Jiangxia within a few days.

At this time, Xue Rengui obeyed Gao Qi's plan, not to attack rashly, but stationed troops in one of the county towns, waiting for Gao Qi's arrival.

After waiting for a day or two, Gao Qi led the cavalry to gallop here!

I saw that for a while, Gao Qi did not immediately send troops to attack all parts of Jiangxia.

Instead, he wrote a call to action and sent it to all cities in the territory!

And the content above this is that the chief manager, Lai Huer, entrusted Jiang Xia's safety to himself before he was killed in battle.

Come here now, Qi is just fulfilling the promise of the general, and regaining Jiangxia!

It has to be said that this strategy is very effective. It is only said that everywhere in the call to action, officials from various counties opened the city gates one after another, and lined the road to welcome the arrival of Master Wang.

However, this plan also came from Jia Xu's chest.

On the same day, Jia Xu proposed to him that when he attacked Jiangxia, Gao Qi wanted to lead his army to gallop and quickly take it down by force!
But Jia Xu slowly suggested that it is absolutely possible to capture Jiangxia without using force, and occupy all parts of Jiangxia without bloodshed.

Because Gao Qi has political advantages, as the son-in-law of the former emperor Yang Guang.

In addition, his guardian had already died in battle, as long as Gao Qi wrote a call to action, he would explain the reason.

Although Yang Guang, the co-lord of the world, has passed away, nominally this is still the world of the Sui Dynasty, and it still belongs to its rule.

Therefore, adding the will of Lai Huer, adding Gao Qiqi's identity as son-in-law.

It is very possible to occupy Jiangxia County without bloodshed and completely take it into the bag.

In fact, this is indeed the case. It is only said that a day or two after the announcement, the defenders from all over the country sent envoys to look for Gao Qi on their own initiative.

Explaining the news that he was willing to surrender the city, Gao Qi also readily agreed, and the generals or officials who voluntarily surrendered will continue to return to their posts and guard the important areas.

This is Gao Qi's strategy of attacking the heart and winning people's hearts!
After all, being good at using people is not just about using only those who are capable.

In fact, it is not the case, and it can also be used for those who know current affairs.

Doing so can also set an example and let more and more generals from all over the world know about it.

As long as you live up to the stubborn resistance and take the initiative to surrender, you can still be reused.

This is the clever way to control people!

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However, there are positives and negatives in everything, since those who know current affairs, take the initiative to surrender.

There are also stubborn resisters who swear not to surrender, but close the gates of the city and guard behind closed doors!
For such a person, Gao Qi didn't say a word, and directly assigned all the generals to lead an army to defeat him!
However, within a short period of time, the heads of stubborn resisters in Jiangxia's territory fell to the ground one after another, causing a bloody scene.

This is the wonderful use of both kindness and power, and it should continue to be reused for those who know the current affairs.

On the contrary, for those who resist in the corner, counterattack and sanctions will be imposed at the same time!

With the lessons learned by the rebels, the rest of the forces who were watching saw the current affairs and surrendered.

Fearing that Gao Qi would be unhappy if he didn't pay attention, he sent troops to wipe him out.

Following Gao Qi's adoption of Jia Xu's strategy, he swept the entire Jiangxia County within a few days.

Almost without bloodshed, Jiangxia County was successfully captured, except for the northern part of Xiangzhou.

The southern part of Jingzhou and Xiangzhou are under Gao Qi's absolute control.

It can be seen from this that sometimes the siege of a city does not need to be solved by simply using war.

It is also necessary to adjust the strategy appropriately and use tactics to solve it!

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For example, this time, if Gao Qi did not adopt Jia Xu's strategy, but made his own idea and attacked with a large army.

Although the entire territory of Jiangxia can be captured in the end, it will definitely not be so easy.

In addition to the loss of sergeants, it added a lot of unnecessary trouble and wasted time and effort.

Jia Xu's strategy can be said to be reasonably applied to politics.

Use political fame to decide the outcome of the war.

Gao Qi couldn't help thinking that "war is the continuation of politics"!
(End of this chapter)