Chapter 821 Strategic Adjustment

"The Ashur tribe of Nanliang and Beidi are advancing towards Jianguan and Zhonglingguan.��

"The Beidi are stationed at Xiaoguan, Tongguan, and Ningjindusi, and the cavalry are frequently provoking."

"The Wu army abandoned Sucheng and retreated to Jiangzhou."

"..."

In just over a month, pieces of intelligence flew to Yancheng like snowflakes.

Zhao Xu also made continuous strategic adjustments in response to the movements of the powerful tribes and Beidi.

"The powerful tribes retreated to Jiangzhou in order to lure the enemy deep into the territory, and they must not fall into the trap. The royal army only needs to leave 30,000 troops in Jinling to defend Jinling. Sucheng and Songcheng and other cities do not need to be stationed to prevent being defeated one by one due to the excessive dispersion of troops. The remaining troops will go to Jingzhou."

"The Qin army focuses on Jianguan, and the royal army focuses on Zhonglingguan. "

"..."

In the study, Ma Han and Chang Wei were both there.

When there were unusual movements at Jianguan and Zhonglingguan, Zhao Xu called Ma Han to Yancheng.

After the transformation, the Qin army was now completely under the command of the royal palace.

However, the commander of the Qin army was still Ma Han, but Ma Han was now directly under the command of Chang Wei, equivalent to a general under Chang Wei.

His position was second only to the general Chang Wei.

After Chang Wei's powerful tribe troops in Sucheng withdrew to Jiangzhou, he took a steamer back to Yancheng to discuss the next move together.

"Yes, Your Highness." After Zhao Xu gave the orders one by one, Ma Han and Chang Wei responded in unison.

Chang Wei had been frowning since he entered the study. He said, "Your Highness, the current situation is very dangerous. The powerful tribe army and the Beidi army cooperated from north to south. This is tearing our defense line and making us disperse our forces at several points in the border passes. As long as one of them has a flaw, they can take the opportunity to tear open a hole and destroy Jiangbei. "

At present, the Qin army has deployed 40,000 troops in Xiaoguan, Yongzhou River Beach and Tongguan.

There are also 10,000 troops patrolling the Jiujiang coast.

Only 50,000 troops can be drawn to deal with Jianguan.

Their royal army is okay. In addition to Jinling and the division of troops to defend the Jiujiang coast, 100,000 troops can be drawn to Zhongling Pass.

And this is under the condition that the King of Yan requires only to defend Jinling, not Songcheng and Sucheng.

Otherwise, the troops they can draw are about the same as those of the Qin army.

He also agreed with the King of Yan's decision.

There is no need to occupy Songcheng and Sucheng at present.

The powerful tribe army dragged the people to the west, and defending too many cities would only disperse their troops.

"This move is really vicious, but the powerful tribe and the Beidi army stopped moving after arriving at Jianguan and Zhonglingguan, as if they were waiting for something. "Ma Han cursed and added.

"Their purpose was to contain your Qin army, lure the royal army to the south, and then find an opportunity to annihilate the royal army, so they will not take any action in the west for the time being." Zhao Xu sneered.

After a pause, he continued: "But they will be disappointed. This king did not follow his plan. He also turned the tables on them and forced them to fight with me at Jianguan and Zhonglingguan. They lost more than they gained."

Ma Han and Chang Wei looked at each other and nodded slowly.

This Japan has been dealt with, and the Westerners are still stirring up trouble.

Just after integrating the powerful clans and the Northern Di, they set a trap for them to fall into.

If it were a Yan king who was eager for quick success, I am afraid that the royal army would really chase all the way to Jiangzhou, and the other side would cut off their food supply and retreat, and the great victory would turn into a great defeat.

"Go, take Jianguan and Zhonglingguan for this king, Nanliang is calling it a fire. "Zhao Xu said solemnly.

After saying yes, Chang Wei and Ma Han turned and left, one to Qinzhou and the other to Jingzhou.

After the two left, Zhao Xu came to the outside of the study and stood with his hands behind his back.

Strategy must be adjusted at any time according to the situation.

Originally, in order to attack the Wu Kingdom, he controlled the grain-producing area in the south of Ningzhou.

Now, since Nanliang has become the grain-producing area on which the powerful families depend for survival, the focus of the attack must be changed.

Next, it is necessary to temporarily suspend the action in the direction of Jinling and seize Yizhou, the last grain-producing area controlled by the powerful families.

And he did this for another purpose, which was to urge the people to change as soon as possible.

The people of Dasong are very hardworking and will not easily rebel as long as they are not starving to death.

At present, the people are being dragged around by the powerful families, but as long as they have a meal, they dare not go against the powerful families.

But once Once there is a shortage of food, the powerful families will only give priority to supplying food to the army, and then the people will have a hard time.

Faced with the problem of survival, the people who are forced to flee back from the inland, or directly rise up.

At that time, the people will completely fall on him.

The returning people return to their hometowns to recuperate, which will also make it easier for him to control the captured cities and provide supplies for the army.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu nodded slowly.

However, it is obviously more difficult to capture Yizhou than to capture Jinling.

Jianguan and Zhonglingguan are actually the easiest. To capture these two passes, you still have to face the problem of rugged mountain roads.

However, he is not in a hurry.

After taking Jianguan and Zhonglingguan, the entire Jiangbei army will gradually replace the breech-loading needle-percussion rifles.

And the new tactics that appear with the replacement of muskets will make the enemy collapse in front of them, which is not a concern.