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Zhou Yu said: "Now, Anhan City has been occupied by our army. In ten days, our eastern army can be used to deploy troops under Jiangzhou.\\

However, at present, the Zhao Wei rebels and Liu Zhang's army are facing each other at the city of Chengdu, fierce fighting is in full swing, and the stalemate cannot be reached. If our army attacks Jiangzhou City at this time, it will definitely affect the military spirit of Zhao Wei's rebels. After all, Jiangzhou is the foundation of Zhao Wei, and he will never sit idly by. Once he learns that the rear nest is in danger, he will most likely withdraw his troops and return to aid as soon as possible. This is exactly the situation we are most reluctant to see."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu paused, quickly smiled, and said in a deep voice: "In view of this, I decided that the army would set out in the early morning three days later, and not fight along the way, and quickly besieged Jiangzhou City, but instead of attacking, strictly blocking all roads to Shu County. Until Zhao Wei and Liu Zhang decided to defeat the victory and defeat, it would not be too late to attack again.

At that time, if Zhao Wei was defeated, then Jiangzhou, as his foundation, will be implicated by his subordinates under his rule. When they are desperate, their only way out is to open the city and surrender and surrender to our army. In this way, we can take Jiangzhou into the capital without any effort, and then take the entire territory of Ba County and march into Chengdu."

Li Xian nodded thoughtfully, thought for a moment, and said, "In this way, our army should suspend the attack after besieging Jiangzhou, and wait for Zhao Wei and Liu Zhang to end the battle, and then make a decision. In this way, although Zhao Wei can avoid suddenly withdrawing his troops and helping Jiangzhou, our army came from afar and spent time under the city of Jiangzhou. Invisibly, the pressure on escorting food and supplies in the rear was increased. Once the food channel is blocked or the enemy attacks, will my tens of thousands of troops be in danger?"

"Well. General General said very much." Zhou Yu nodded and praised: "As the general said, the key to the success or failure of our army's expedition to Yizhou this time is whether the food and supplies in the rear are unobstructed, and whether the food and supplies can be transported to the front line on time to supply the needs of the army. As long as there is no problem with the supply of food and supplies, there will be more than 50% of the chance of winning in this battle; in addition, our army has now entered the hinterland of Yizhou for hundreds of miles. It has completely escaped the barriers of Shu Road and gained a foothold in Ba County. Since then, while ensuring the smooth flow of food and transportation, our army's chance of winning in Yizhou has increased by 20%. A battle with a 70% chance of winning can be considered as a sure victory.

However, our Eastern Route Army had only 60,000 infantry and cavalry, and continued to attack cities and camps along the way. Some of the troops and horses would inevitably be damaged. If the Jiangzhou City takes a strong attack in the future, it would inevitably cause major casualties. In this way, attacking Shu County and even Chengdu with the few troops we have, would be tantamount to hitting stones with eggs and seeking death.

Therefore, the Eastern Army led by you and me is not the main force of the battle of Yizhou. The mission it shoulders is to disrupt the sight of the Yizhou Army and restrain some of its forces. It is used to cover the Western Army. Only in this way can we help the Western Army led by Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong successfully capture the Shu Road. Then we will lead to Yizhou to establish a victory."

Li Xian frowned and thoughtfully nodded slightly, as if he was enlightened: "Before the army set off, the governor did not specify which of the two troops should be responsible for the main attack mission, but in terms of the number of troops, the Western Route Army led by General Zilong is undoubtedly the main force of this southern expedition, and is responsible for the frontal attack mission. In addition, Jinniu Road set off from Jiameng Pass to Chengdu, more than a thousand miles away, with more than a hundred passes of various sizes along the way, countless cities and many obstacles. This is the real task and the road is long!"

While sighing, Li Xian paused and continued: "The Western Route Army was following the Jinniu main plank road from Hanzhong to Yizhou, while our Eastern Route Army took the Micang shortcut. So we entered Yizhou first and launched an attack first, luring the Yizhou army to block and intercept, thereby restraining some of its troops and creating favorable conditions for the Western Route Army to enter Yizhou. Only when the Western Route Army truly advances into the hinterland of Yizhou can it be considered as a complete laying of victory and will sooner or later conquering Yizhou.

It turned out that the purpose of the governor's division of troops was like this! The general was dull and had never understood the truth before. It was not until now that he realized it later. Thank you for your teachings!" After sorting out the whole story of the war again, Li Xian suddenly realized and truly understood Zhou Yu's combat intention.

"That's true." Zhou Yu nodded happily with a smile on his face and said, "The two troops divided their troops to attack. It doesn't matter who is the leader and who is the second. What's important is whether they can complete the mission they shoulder and ultimately realize the strategic intention of seizing Yizhou formulated by the Lord. Judging from the current situation, the speed of our Eastern Route Army's advance is far beyond expectations. It is a foregone conclusion to capture Ba County. It can be said that it is fulfilling its mission. It should be no problem to arrive at the city of Chengdu in a month. However, the backbone that really attacked Yizhou was the Western Route Army led by Zhao Yun.

According to the original plan, the lord ordered us to capture the entire territory of Yizhou within half a year, and we must end the war before the end of the year. We also asked us to conquer cities and capture villages while governing the city. We not only need to capture the counties and counties, but also really occupy these territories and obtain some food and supplies from these counties to supply the army to fight continuously and reduce the supply burden on the rear grain road. It is precisely because of this that I delegated the military power to the generals of various commanding troops, escaped from it, and devoted all my energy to governing counties and raising food and grass. Therefore, the general only led the troops to fight, while I stayed in the rear to raise food and grass for the army. Not only our Eastern Army, but also the Xiliang Army. The responsibility of Fa Zheng and Yang Fu is to raise food and grass for the Western Army along the way to ensure the logistics supply required by the army."

Through this in-depth conversation, the gap and rift between Zhou Yu and Li Xian completely disappeared, and they worked sincerely, trusted each other, and had a very tacit understanding.

The night was already deep, just as Li Xian got up and was about to leave, Zhou Yu laughed and said, "The subsequent war was fully commanded by the General, so I stayed behind to raise food and grass for the army. However, I suggested that the General still appoint Zhang Fei as the vanguard army, and ordered him to rest for two days, lead his troops first before our army set out, and take the lead to the city of Jiangzhou first. I wonder what the General meant?"

"Uh, let him be the vanguard?" Li Xian was shocked and said in surprise: "Zhang Fei is violent and cruel and bloodthirsty, why do he still use him as the vanguard? The general is stupid and asks the governor to give him advice."

"Hahaha!" Zhou Yu smiled mysteriously: "It is not right to kill and kill civilians without any reason, but it is necessary to exert thunder power on the counties that were occupied for the first time. When Liu Yan first took charge of Yizhou, he also used thunder methods to the gentry and powerful gentry in Yizhou. More than 30 families were poisoned. Nearly 10,000 families and clan members of the family of officials were exiled, and more than 200 officials were dismissed from office and demoted to common people. After this re-prime torture, Liu Yan and Liu Zhang and his son were in charge of Yizhou for more than ten years. Even though the situation was turbulent after Liu Yan's death, he still could not shake the ruling status of the Liu family and his son. This was why Liu Zhang could take the position of governor of Yizhou without any danger.

To this day, although all the members of Yizhou know that Liu Zhang is weak and stupid, greedy for pleasure and have no ambitions, his status is still as solid as a rock. This is the contribution of Liu Yan torture to govern Yizhou in the past, which greatly shocked the officials of Yizhou and the families of aristocratic families, making him afraid to act without any action, and to support Liu Zhang as always and maintain his orthodox status. Therefore, I dare to assert that although Zhao Wei's rebellion was huge, the final result must be that Liu Zhang won, and Zhao Wei and his family were killed."

Speaking of this, the smile on Zhou Yu's face disappeared and he said solemnly: "The lessons of the past are still in front of us, how can we ignore them? Therefore, when we pacify Yizhou this time, we will never be merciful and ruthless. Siege the city as the best, attack the heart as the best, deterrent first, and benevolent politics as the future. Only in this way can Yizhou be able to maintain long-term stability, thus truly becoming a stable rear of our Xiliang army, continuously supplying food, grass and supplies, laying the foundation for our army to unify the world in the future.

Therefore, although Zhang Fei was cruel, he was the best candidate for the pioneer general. When he led the army to fight, he only needed to restrain and guide him well. After all, Yizhou had been peaceful for many years, and thousands of aristocratic families and local tyrants were entrenched in the territory. More than half of the families were dependent on the Liu father and son, and had irreconcilable conflicts of interest with us. Therefore, these people must be eradicated to avoid leaving hidden dangers, and they will rebel again in the future, and there will be endless disasters. Sooner or later, there will be troubles."

After hearing this, Li Xian's expression was extremely complicated, full of shock and doubt, and seemed to be unable to believe that these words were actually from the gentle and elegant Zhou Yu.

Seeing that Li Xian was suspicious, Zhou Yu took out a stack of letters from his sleeve, reached out and handed them to him, signaling him to understand completely after reading the contents of the secret letter.

Li Xian took the secret letter skeptically. When he looked through the letter, he saw extremely familiar handwriting. This was Li Li's handwritten letter. The content above was very simple, just a few dozen words. The letter said: The situation in Yizhou is becoming increasingly tense, the war in Chengdu is in a stalemate, and the internal struggles of Liu Zhang's subordinates and major families are fierce. In view of the current situation, Zhou Yu was granted the right to be arbitrary and fully the power to handle all military and political affairs in the southern expedition to Yizhou. The signature was Li Li's handwritten signature, as well as the seal of the general and Li Li's unique seal.

After seeing this military order, Li Xian was instantly relieved of Zhou Yu's decision to appoint Zhang Fei as a pioneer. Because the letter had already made hints, not only could Zhou Yu understand this vague hint, but even Li Xian could understand the profound meaning at a glance.

However, what Li Xian never expected was that Zhou Yu had been very accommodating to him since he went to war and was tolerant, so that Li Xian mistakenly thought that it was secretly instructed by his brother Li Li. Until now, when he saw this military order, Li Xian finally understood. The reason why Zhou Yu was humble to him was not because he was forced to cater to Li Li's order and pretended to be artificial, but because of a sincere love and caring heart, he deliberately cultivated him. Otherwise, as the commander of the three armies, Zhou Yu had this military order in hand, so he didn't need to take into account his ideas and just ordered it directly.

At this point, Li Xian was so grateful to Zhou Yu that he was so ashamed and speechless. Then he tidied up his clothes, bowed to Zhou Yu, bowed to the end, and then turned around and left.

As he watched Li Xian's back gradually fade away, Zhou Yu's face was filled with a knowing smile, and he felt quite relieved.

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