Chapter 556 Determined to Exterminate
The Yizhou army attacked Yizhou County in three ways.
In just one month, the three armies of Liu Zhang, Liu Ye, and Zheng Du gathered at the city of Dianchi Lake.
Liu Zhangjun's successive successes are inseparable from the new patriarch of the Yong family, that is, Yong Jie.
Yongjie is Yongzheng's younger brother, but the relationship between the two is not close. During the Yongzheng period, for the sake of his son Yong Kai, he suppressed his younger brother all the time, which caused deep conflicts between the two.
After Zhu Ti's first battle, Yongzheng and his son died, and Yongjie, who was the second son, inherited the Yong family.
Yong Jie didn't care about the rumors circulating in Yizhou County at all, and even expressed his deep gratitude to Zhu Qiao and Meng Kun.
If Yongzheng is not dead, how can Yongjie have a bright future?
After Yongjie succeeded as the head of the Yong family, he immediately got in touch with Zhu Qiao and Meng Kun, and agreed to put aside their previous suspicions and join forces against Liu Zhang.
Meng Kun didn't trust Liu Zhang at all. Since returning to Yongchang County, he had been lobbying various barbarians to tell Liu Zhang's brutality, and was preparing for Nanzhong forces to rise up against Liu Zhang.
Yongjie immediately expressed his full support for Meng Kun, and after meeting to destroy Liu Zhang, they divided Nanzhong together. And double the conditions that Yongzheng promised before.
In this way, Yongjie united several barbarian tribes such as Zhurong, Cang, and Yuan in Yizhou County, and gathered a total of 50,000 barbarians to garrison Dianchi Lake.
The Meng family united more than 20 barbarian tribes including the Yang family, the Mang family, and the Gui family in Yongchang County, with a total of 50,000 troops.
When Liu Zhang's three-way army arrived at Dianchi Lake, Meng Kun and the Zhuman coalition army also arrived in Jianling County.
Yong Jie's army and Meng Kun's army are the horns of each other, and the two cities are watching each other, ready to work together to defeat Liu Zhang.
Outside the city of Dianchi Lake, there is Liu Zhang's army camp, and the Chinese army is in command.
Liu Zhang sat on the main seat, and Liu Ye and Zheng Du sat on both sides.
The generals in the tent include Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai.
The soldiers and horses of the big battalion belonged to the various ministries of the eight people, and there were a total of 65,000 people in the Mabu Waterway Army.
The number of Liu Zhang's army is far less than the 100,000 coalition army in Nanzhong, but Zhao Yun and others are the most elite troops in Yizhou. Even though he was outnumbered, Liu Zhang still had great confidence in taking down the barbarians.
Except for Gan Ning's Jinfan Battalion and Yan Yan's subordinates, the other five battalions Ma Jiu followed Liu Zhang to fight in the north and south.
Although it is impossible to use one against ten, Liu Zhang is full of confidence in one against two barbarians.
"Everyone, the distance between Dianchi Lake and Jianling is only 20 miles. Now Meng Kun is leading 50,000 barbarian troops to station in Jianling, causing serious damage. I wonder if you have a good plan to defeat the enemy?"
Now that he has both military and civil servants, all of them are generals who are good at fighting, so Liu Zhang doesn't need to do everything himself, he only needs to choose the best one from the strategies provided by his subordinates.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Gan Ning took the initiative to stand up.
"My lord, go down the Lushui River, detour through the Laoshui River, and reach Buwei, Meng Kun's old lair. Gan Ning please order the Jinfan Army to attack!"
Liu Zhang couldn't help but secretly marveled at Gan Ning's courage. He dared to go deep into the enemy's territory with 5,000 people.
But before Liu Zhang could offer his opinion, Liu Ye rejected Gan Ning's proposal.
"The terrain of Yongchang County is steep and the river system is complex. Once you go deep into it, it is easy to lose your way. Yongchang County has a lot of barbarians. As long as you wait to show up, you will be trapped on all sides!"
"General Gan is extremely courageous, but this plan is absolutely impossible!"
"What the military adviser said is very true, Xingba is a general of Yizhou, so don't take risks lightly!"
Liu Zhang didn't intend to let Gan Ning go. Although he had never been to Nanzhong, he knew how difficult it was for Zhuge Liang to march south!
Miasma, poisonous springs, beasts, shallows! Their respective difficulties come and go, and if one is not careful, the whole army will be wiped out.
Liu Zhang has already seen the warships provided by Jingzhou, and they are really domineering. The barbarians must have nothing to do with these warships!
But Lushui and Laoshui's situation is not known at all, and it is still unknown whether the warship will be stranded in the river.
"Military division, Zheng Canjun, do you have a plan to defeat the enemy?"
The two sides have nearly 200,000 troops. This is not something that can be solved in a simple battle, and requires extremely careful planning.
Both Liu Ye and Zheng Du are resourceful, and Liu Zhang must listen to their opinions first.
"My lord, if you want to defeat Yongjie, you only need to surround the city, build fortifications outside the city, and trap these barbarians to death in Dianchi Lake. As for Meng Kun of Jianling, you only need to send an army to lie in ambush in Jianling." On the only way between Ling and Dianchi Lake, once Meng Kun supports, just ambush and kill!"
Zheng Du's strategy is just one word, procrastinate!
No one can stand it!
However, Dianchi Lake is not only the seat of Yizhou County, but also the home of the Yong family. The Yong family has been operating here for hundreds of years, and the food and property they have accumulated must be countless.
It would be easy if it dragged on for a month or two, but if it really dragged on for a year or so, Liu Zhang couldn't bear it himself.
Nanzhong has invested 80,000 troops before and after, and the daily consumption of 80,000 troops is completely astronomical!
Fortunately, Liu Biao paid two million stones of grain and grass in compensation. Otherwise, how would Liu Zhang have the confidence to go south in person, and how would Jia Xu have the confidence to transfer soldiers from various counties?
Now Nanzhong not only needs food for war, but also needs food for recruiting and surrendering barbarians. If it drags on for several months and winter arrives, soldiers will also need clothes to keep warm, and there will be various problems at that time.
If Nanzhong is really dragged on for a year or two, Yizhou will definitely be dragged down, and even if Nanzhong is finally put down, it will inevitably be a situation of mutual losses.
At that time, if Liu Zhang wants to go north to Liangzhou, he may have to wait for many years.
"Let me explain to you all that the Yizhou treasury can mobilize all the grain and grass, at most no more than three million shi. This is because Liu Biao compensated us two million."
"Three million stones seem to be a lot, but in fact they cannot withstand our unrestrained consumption. The Yong family must be destroyed as soon as possible, and Meng Kun must also be destroyed as soon as possible."
Liu Zhang didn't directly reject Zheng Du's proposal, but it was a disguised negation of his strategy.
Zheng Du is not a narrow-minded person, what Liu Zhang said was very reasonable, and he fell into deep thought again.
The enemy in front of him is one hundred thousand barbarians, not one hundred thousand pigs. The barbarians are brutal and brave, even if they face the enemy head-on, it is not easy to win.
Now is the time to test Liu Zhang and his military divisions. The price at which they can win depends entirely on their resourcefulness.
After a long time, Liu Ye still stood up.
"My lord, I have a plan, but there is one thing I need to confirm with my lord."
Liu Zhang's eyes lit up, he was indeed the Qilin of the Liu family, and he really had to look at him.
"Zi Yang, please speak."
"What should Meng Kun and Zhu Qiao do? Should they be subdued or destroyed?"
In fact, Liu Zhang has thought about this problem himself, but he has not yet come to a result.
If he really decided to kill the two of them, he wouldn't be so angry when he heard of their betrayal.
Judging from what happened last time, Meng Kun, like his son Meng Huo, definitely wouldn't be able to surrender once or twice.
Following the example of Zhuge Liang and accompanying Meng Huo's father to capture and attack seven times, Liu Zhang definitely does not have such a lot of leisure time.
Now that Liu Ye has asked, Liu Zhang decided not to be kind to women.
"Kill! I have spared their lives in Zhuti City, but as soon as these two left, they immediately gathered the barbarians to fight against us. If we don't kill them, how can everyone follow suit in the future?"
"Kill the two of them, and then bestow favors on their tribes. With such a combination of grace and power, the barbarians will definitely be completely subdued!"
(end of this chapter)