On the edge of the river, the capital of Ba County, Chuzhou, Liang Sen, the governor of the Chu State, climbed the hillside of the north bank, looked at the old site of Ba County, and then looked at the location of the new city on the south bank.

There are houses scattered on steep hillsides, as if step by step, and from a distance, it is spectacular.

However, Liang Sen vomited in the first year of this scene, which was quite a hidden danger:

If a fire occurs in a house at the bottom of the hillside, the fire will inevitably burn up along the hillside, which is amazing.

However, this is the terrain here. Regardless of the south and north shores, the hillsides are steep and there are not many flat lands. A large number of houses stand on the mountain.

So the road here is very steep, and climbing up the slope makes people breathless.

It is very inconvenient to live on the shore, so most people in Ba County regard boats as their homes, fishing and shipping to make a living.

Liang Sen looked at the large number of ships gathered on the river and thought of the previous battle in Baidi City.

In that battle, the Zhou army navy was easily annihilated by the official gunships, and a large number of soldiers were killed. Among them, fishermen and boatmen from Ba County and even the Chuzhou River were indispensable.

Therefore, it will take about twenty years, a generation, before the popularity here will be restored.

More than 20 years ago, the Wei State attacked Shu, and then many wars continued for many years, killing many people. In addition, this time, it would take two generations to fully restore the popularity of Liang.

This is a chaotic world, and human life is like a mustard of grass.

The scars left by war can only be slowly healed by peaceful years.

Next to it, a group of staff were observing the terrain of Ba County. Based on the on-site investigation, they "proofread" the combat plan previously formulated to see if there is any need to make adjustments.

Chuzhou Prefecture is the capital of Ba County. Since ancient times, it has been an important place for river defense. Here there are Qiang Water, Fu Water, Han Water, Bai Water, and Dangqu Water, which is the key to the waterway.

Among them, the water flow rate of Fu River is very large, and there are many important prefectures and counties in the upper reaches.

According to the plan, after the official army took over Ba County, they would divide their troops from Ba County to the north, follow the Fu River through Suizhou (the prefecture-based Suining), and arrive at Tongzhou (the prefecture-based Brazil).

Brazil is located just between Chengdu (southwest direction) and Jiange (northeast direction), and can block the passage of Guanzhong and the Zhou army in Hanzhong to assist Chengdu in the western aid.

This is a blocking support.

On the other side, continue along the river west, pass Qingyi (Qingyishui), turn north, walk along the Minshui, and enter the boundary of Chengdu.

This is a siege.

This arrangement was more than Huan Wen's attack on Shu during the Jin Dynasty: he divided his troops and went north along the Fu River.

At that time, the Chenghan Kingdom occupied Shu, and there was no strong support outside, so the Jin army with more than 10,000 troops could just take Chengdu directly, and there were few troops themselves, so if they wanted to divide the troops, they would seek death.

Now, if the official army wants to capture Chengdu, it must divide its troops to block the aid, because reinforcements will be rescued by the Guanzhong direction.

This is the established plan.

But what if "siege and block aid" turns into "siege and attack aid"?

That is, the primary goal that the official army had to solve next was to transform from Chengdu to Zhou reinforcements from the Northeast.

This kind of fighting style is the same as waiting outside Baidi City before, waiting for the Yizhou reinforcements to arrive before cleaning up together.

First annihilate the enemy's field forces, and then take out the city where the general lacks troops and no reinforcements are outside.

If so, the army arriving in Tongzhou and Brazil is the main attack, and the army along the Yangtze River (more forward is the Minshui) to Chengdu is a partial division, so as to restrain the Chengdu defenders.

There is a problem with this arrangement: if the main attacking army is stationed in Brazil, if the Zhou reinforcements are not coming for a long time, then will it attack Jiange in the east or Chengdu in the west?

In the east attack, it means dividing the troops again and diluting the troops. Once the battle situation in Chengdu changes, the whole market will be lost (even if the chance of variables is very small).

If the Zhou reinforcements suddenly rushed out from the east, how could they deal with it?

If you have to attack the city and attack the reinforcements, you will also dilute your troops and easily have accidents.

How to choose depends entirely on whether the troops in Zhou State reinforced Yizhou will soon leave Jiange.

Similar to betting, if you win, you will get a lot of profit. If you lose, you will pay a lot of price.

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At night, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, in the town of Ba County, Liang Sen was thinking about the map.

Today he summoned the generals to discuss the next march route, and he proposed a tactic:

The soldiers need to be divided, but not in Ba County.

Instead, the main force followed the Fu River northward, passed Suining, Suining, and took Tongzhou Brazil.

When we arrived in Brazil, we divided our troops: we went west to attack Chengdu, and we went east to advance to Jiange (provided that Zhou State reinforcements had not yet left Jiange).

It is obviously different from the established plan.

The advantage of this is that the logistics is stable. Only Fushui, the "grain channel", can use ships to transport various types of supplies and supplies in a concentrated manner.

For the protection of logistics lines (water routes), fewer troops are required, which can save troops.

In Brazil, the troops were divided into two groups, from east to west, and the troops were back to back, and were not afraid of sneak attacks.

The Zhou army in Chengdu no longer has the ability to take the initiative and fight decisively. Whether the Zhou army in Hanzhong and even Guanzhong in the east came to support in time will not affect its own offensive against Chengdu based on Brazil.

If Zhou State reinforcements come slowly, as long as we take down Jiange, even if there is no artillery, we can completely block the opponent's main force east of Jiange.

Then calmly gather troops and take down Chengdu.

If the opponent's reinforcements come quickly, it happens that our main force gathers in Brazil, first collects reinforcements (attacks aid), and then takes the isolated Chengdu without help.

But doing so will lead to a longer time to take over Chengdu.

Soldiers are the most important, and our side has obvious advantages. Why waste time?

One reason Liang Sen did not say at the meeting was political reasons.

More than 20 years ago, the Wei State (Western Wei) took advantage of the situation and seized the Shu territory of Liang State. Subsequently, many powerful people in Shu raised their troops to resist, and the war lasted for several years before it slowly subsided.

The reason why these local tyrants raised their troops was not necessarily because they were interested in the Jiankang court, but simply wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Wei army had not yet established a foothold in Shu and took advantage of the situation.

The Liang State lost control of Shu, and if the Wei army was driven away by them, wouldn’t they be the local tyrants?

Liang Sen read history books and knew that after Huan Wen attacked Shu in the Jin Dynasty, Shu was still in chaos for several years.

Why is this happening?

Some old ministers of the Cheng Han Dynasty launched a rebellion and even occupied Chengdu again. Therefore, Huan Wen attacked Shu and captured Chengdu, nearly three years later, Shu stabilized.

Later, when Liu Yu was in power, a rebellion broke out in Shu, and the troops garrisoned rebelled, trying to cede the land and resign themselves. Liu Yu sent troops into Shu, and it took some effort to quell the rebellion.

Therefore, when the imperial court regained Shu, Li Li asked him to take charge, first of all, because of his trust, trust in his loyalty and ability, and wanted to allow him to take charge of Yizhou after he regained Shu and stabilize the situation.

One is to prevent local snakes from causing trouble, take advantage of trouble, and the other is to prevent garrisons from rebelling.

Don't be in trouble for a few more years. The court repeatedly sent troops to Shu to quell the rebellion. After all, the people will suffer in the end.

For this reason, Liang Sen should delay time appropriately.

It is not a bad thing to extend the time to take Chengdu. He can take the opportunity to deal with local tyrants from all over the world.

For example, ask the other party to send someone to help the war and ask the other party to support the food and grass.

Those who do not obey will be eliminated with the flow; those who obey will be given military positions and will make them work in the army like hostages.

As long as you close the gate of Jiange and deal with local snakes in Shu, it will be "closing the door and beating dogs", which is much easier.

If you go to Chengdu quickly, the war in Yizhou will end soon, and it will be difficult to find excuses to mess with these local tyrants.

It is difficult to say such a reason in public. After all, when the official army was dealing with local snakes in Hebei, they only did not say anything.

Liang Sen thought it through and decided to take Tongguan and Brazil directly and divide his troops. As for Zhou's reinforcements, he was also looking forward to whether they would "timely" leave Jiange and go to Brazil and even Chengdu.

The more soldiers you sent to help Shu, the fewer soldiers and horses you can use in Guanzhong, which is bloodletting.

Therefore, the court first attacked Shu!

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Chapter completed!