r18novel Chapter 732 The Situation in Jiangnan
Chapter 732 The Situation in Jiangnan
In the final analysis, the Han army can win battles and occupy the south of the Yangtze River, but it does not have enough talents, especially those who conform to the idea of Datong. This is the most critical thing.
Putting aside the distance, if the Han army wants to truly establish a political system of the world of Datong, it will take no less than ten years to ensure that enough people are guided by the idea of Datong.
Then, these people will enter the political system of the Datong world, causing it to burst out with great vitality.
From this point of view, the current development of the Han Army has a big bottleneck.
Probably the current talent pool of the Han army can support the complete expansion of a state.
It's just that after working so hard for so long, it's a bit uncomfortable to get such a small thing.
But they also know that the human heart is not as strong as the snake swallowing the elephant, so they finally suppressed their restless hearts, and then quickly discussed and passed some resolutions.
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On the other side, a group of people such as Yi Yi and Lu Wenlun, who had fled the battlefield, were sitting around a campfire in the wilderness, eating unpalatable game.
"Your Majesty, please eat this piece of mine, the meat is tender!"
In fact, in Liu Wu's original modern society, game was called a delicacy. However, in this ancient time, game was far from being called a delicacy, and was even unpalatable.
This does not mean that the cooking skills are not good, nor that the ingredients are bad, but that the game is not delicious due to the influence of a series of things such as seasonings.
Let’s not talk about the distance, let’s just talk about the group of them. Who took the salt with them when they escaped?
Not to mention some expensive spices such as fennel. Can those things be taken with me when marching and fighting?
So after thinking about this clearly, I realized how hard it was for these people to eat food, not to mention that as a prince, Yi Yi, it was simply torture for him to eat such food.
Lu Wenlun didn't care much about this. He had never eaten anything unpalatable back then, and he had also developed good cooking skills during his study tour.
Although this kind of game meat cannot be said to be delicious, it can at least be eaten.
"Your Majesty, this meat is not easy to roast. It is really difficult for a skillful woman to cook without rice. It lacks salt, so the taste is naturally a bit bland."
"Now, we eat these to ensure that we don't get hungry and to deal with the dangers ahead."
"Tomorrow, we can just go to a random city and purchase some supplies."
Although the barbecue is not fragrant, the drawn pie is still fragrant, not to mention that this pie will be realized tomorrow.
Yi Yi knew this very well, but it was still difficult for him to get through this level, so he could only eat some randomly.
"Lu Wenlun, you said we should immediately organize a young army when we get back. Can you kill a carbine?"
Lu Wenlun naturally knew about Yi Yi's problem. He understood that Yi Yi was not unaware of the situation, but he was still unwilling to do so!
So Lu Wenlun directly interrupted the delusion in his heart, "My lord, it's useless."
"Our Jiangnan camp has so many troops, which are basically formed by gathering all the forces from the four Jiangnan states. Once they are all lost, they cannot be replenished overnight."
"This doesn't mean that we don't have this potential, but it means that we were defeated too quickly and had no time to make up for it!"
Lu Wenlun was telling the truth. In fact, the four states in the south of the Yangtze River under the control of Daqian still had enough war potential.
But they lost 15 soldiers all at once, which made it impossible for them to realize their potential.
In this regard, Yi Yi was silent for a while, wanting to forcefully defend himself.
"We still have a Hu army, a large number of county soldiers, [-] soldiers in Huzhou and [-] reinforcements from Jiangbei. I think we should still be able to fight."
"Besides, we still have a lot of soldiers here, at least [-], and county soldiers in varying numbers. At best, we have suffered heavy losses!"
Yes, until now, although Jiangnan Camp has suffered heavy losses, it is just a heavy loss.
In general, the total number of soldiers in the Jiangnan camp that the Han army destroyed, captured, and routed never exceeded 13.
This means that if the soldiers of the Jiangnan Camp are not counted as the Hu Army, then the total strength of the Jiangnan Camp defeated by the Han Army is about 11.
So theoretically speaking, the Jiangnan Camp, or the Daqian Imperial Court, still had a lot of power in Jiangnan.
However, the account cannot be calculated this way.
Lu Wenlun glanced at Yi Yi, handed the roasted meat to him, and explained to him softly:
"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else but the 2 Hu army, since he is going to cut off the Han bandits' path, then you tell me that the Han army will attack them tomorrow. How can they stop them with only [-] people?"
"As for other troops, they are too scattered together with the county soldiers. They can defend the city but they are too reluctant to take the initiative."
"Moreover, with the main force of our army defeated, how can they still raise their fighting spirit?"
"Not only that, it is quite difficult for us to contact them now. By the time we are ready, the Han thieves will probably have wiped them out!"
"As well as those county soldiers, their combat effectiveness is much weaker than two years ago. After all, most of the elites have joined our Jiangnan camp."
"So there is still a lot of strength in Jiangzhou, but what we can mobilize now does not have combat effectiveness. Those who have combat effectiveness either cannot be mobilized, or there are too few, which will be of no use to the Han thieves."
"Although we still have a lot of troops in Huzhou you mentioned, we can't hide our defeat at all. The news can be transmitted much faster than we can travel."
"I think the White Lotus Demon Thief will definitely not miss this opportunity. When we arrive, those armies will probably be wiped out by the White Lotus Demon Thief."
"The rest are the county soldiers from other states. Fuzhou cannot be trusted. Half of Qianzhou is in the hands of the Bailian rebels. There are many mountainous areas and mountain people and they cannot be used."
"Jinling is at the farthest downstream. There is no danger to defend against the Han thieves and the White Lotus rebels, so all we have left is Chuanzhou."
"Sichuan Province is easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as it is not lost, even if all other states and counties are occupied by bandits, the imperial court will still take the initiative in Jiangnan."
There were various analyzes in Lu Wenlun's words, which broke all Yi Yi's illusions and re-established new dreams for him.
More importantly, he told the truth.
Although the truth is a sharp knife, it is not easy to use.
Therefore, Yi Yi quickly understood and made a difficult decision.
"In this case, let's return to Jiangzhou Mansion quickly."
Yes, returning to Jiangzhou Prefecture does not mean that he will not escape, but that he must persist in fighting.
It is certain that Daqian will lose Jiangnan, but he cannot give people the feeling of being too incompetent.
In addition, Chuanzhou must also make arrangements as soon as possible.
This is not to say that the imperial court does not have enough control over Jiangzhou. As long as Jiangbei is still in the hands of the imperial court, it is impossible not to control Chuanzhou.
After all, all states and counties are built according to the terrain to ensure that states and states and counties are connected to each other, so that they will not turn into separatist regimes.
In other words, although Sichuan Province has natural dangers, the natural dangers are not in Sichuan Province. This also allows the Daqian court to exert pressure on Sichuan Province and ensure that Sichuan Province is firmly in its hands.
At the same time, on the other hand, Chuanzhou is close to Qianzhou. With the failure of the Jiangnan camp, the administrative and military divisions of Chuanzhou will change, causing Chuanzhou to exclude itself from the gate of Jiuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River.
In this way, the enemy cannot rely on Qianzhou to attack Sichuanzhou, nor can it attack Sichuanzhou from the north of the Yangtze River. It can only rely on the river to move upstream.
In this way, the initiative in Jiangnan was still in the hands of the imperial court.
Of course, Yi Yi also wants to exert his influence in Chuanzhou to ensure his rights.