When Guo Jia heard this, he was overjoyed, knowing that his strategy would be adopted by Guan Yu, and the war would come to an end soon.
Guo Jia is confident that this war can definitely be ended before spring plowing.
Guan Yu stood up and stopped any of his subordinates who wanted to talk about this matter.
"I have made up my mind. Needless to say, this battle must end as soon as possible. The Yellow Turban bandits have a shallow foundation. It is time for our army to move forward decisively and completely destroy them! Our army must move forward bravely and never retreat. We must let the thieves Take a good look at how our army is invincible! All attacks are invincible!"
Guan Yu waved his hand in a majestic manner.
Although he had many opinions about Guo Jia and was still a little unhappy, at this moment, Guan Yu chose to follow his inner voice and believed in Guo Jia's judgment on this matter.
And after all, the Han army was more numerous than the Yellow Turban Mountain-Vietnam Allied Forces, and they had strong troops, so Guan Yu had the confidence to do things.
So he left the prudent Huang Zhong to lead the troops to guard the rear, and he personally led the three independent battalions of Gan Ning, Shi Huan and Yan Xing to move forward and continue to implement fire attack tactics and assault tactics.
Facts have proved that Guo Jia's judgment was correct.
The Han army continued to implement fire attack tactics and moved forward, dealing a violent blow to the Huangjinshan-Vietnam coalition.
The Yellow Turban-Vietnam Allied Forces launched many counterattacks against the Han Army, but their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Han Army. Under the fierce attacks of the Han Army, they continued to retreat. At worst, they could only fight offensively and had to return to defensive operations, falling into the battle rhythm of the Han Army. .
Their attempt to threaten the Han army's logistics also ended due to insufficient troops - or in other words, Fei Zhan, who saw the situation getting worse and worse, did not want to continue fighting.
Fei Zhan no longer wanted to waste his troops helping the Yellow Turban Army continue to fight against the Han Army.
By late December, in the days approaching the New Year's Day, the Han army had pushed its front to the outskirts of the mountainous area where the Yellow Turban Army's headquarters was located, and connected to the mountainous area where the Danyang Shanyue headquarters was located. The surrounding hill strongholds had been occupied. Take them all.
It means that the Han army has completed the tactical siege of the Vietnamese coalition base in Huangjin Mountain.
The Han army attacked and burned all the way, consuming all the fire oil tanks brought by the army and stored in Lujiang County and Jiujiang County, burning the mountainous area into a mess, which can be called a plant killer.
Good news came one after another. The Han army advanced step by step and was about to annihilate the Yellow Turban Army.
But the bad news is that the fierce fire oil tanks have been used up, and a new batch is being transported. It will take at least half a month to reach the front line.
Moreover, the sunny weather in the past few days has ended. After a winter rain, there is another heavy snowfall. The mountain roads have become more difficult to travel. If the fire attack tactics continue to be implemented, the effect will be reduced a lot.
The lieutenant general of the army has changed a lot about Guo Jia these days, because everything he said before has basically come true.
Continuing to implement resolute offensive tactics has indeed achieved great success. The Yellow Turban Army is really at the end of its strength. The previous threat was just a last resort of bravery. After a short-lived flash in the pan, the counterattack became increasingly weak.
After that, the Yellow Turban and Shanyue armies no longer effectively threatened the Han army's logistics.
Even the logistics road that has been discovered has not been attacked by the Yellow Turban Army and the Shanyue gang. It is very safe. Although the logistics supplies of the frontline Han army are not easy, there is no shortage after all.
And more importantly, on the second day after the fierce fire oil tanks were almost exhausted, it rained, and then there was heavy snow. Someone used the few remaining fierce fire oil tanks to conduct incineration experiments, and found that in this weather, Fire attack tactics are indeed ineffective.
The smoke filled the air as it burned, which was quite choking, but the battlefield lethality and deterrence were not enough.
As a result, the officers no longer viewed Guo Jia as a thin pretty boy, but seriously regarded him as a marching staff officer.
On the day when it snowed heavily, Guan Yu came to Guo Jia, personally handed him a glass of hot wine for him to drink, and asked him about his next views on battlefield tactics.
"At present, the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, the roads are muddy and difficult to travel, and it is difficult for the army to advance. Moreover, it has lost the important weapon of fierce fire oil tanks. If we continue to advance, although we can win in the end, we will definitely pay a heavy price. I cannot bear to do it. Xiao, what do you think?"
Guo Jia held the hot wine glass and took a comfortable sip.
"General Guan Renyi, this is a good thing, but in my opinion, it doesn't matter to postpone the attack. The matter is now over, the Yellow Turban thieves will be defeated. As long as the weather clears up and a new batch of fire oil tanks arrive, even if the entire mountain , we can also burn him clean."
"Then there will be a truce during this period? Will the Yellow Turbans take any action?"
"There should be, and they will not sit still and wait for death. Seeing that our army has sealed the mountain and is taking no action, they should send people to try to break out. However, as long as our army defends tightly, they will not have any opportunities to take advantage of."
Guo Jia smiled and said: "Our army should be able to have a peaceful New Year. The soldiers have also worked hard during this period. Wouldn't it be nice to prepare some food and wine for them to celebrate the New Year?"
"That's natural."
Guan Yu nodded: "But if you don't do anything, wouldn't it be a bit..."
"I understand General Guan's concerns, so..."
Guo Jia took another sip of hot wine and said slowly: "I have an idea."
"Oh? What do you think?"
Guan Yu looked at Guo Jia.
Guo Jia put down the hot wine glass in his hand.
"I would like to send someone to contact Danyang Shanyue. If possible, I would like to visit the leader of Danyang Shanyue to discuss some cooperation matters with him and try to get him to abandon the Yellow Turbans and cooperate directly with us to raid the Yellow Turbans' lair from behind. , end the resistance of the Yellow Turban thieves as soon as possible."
"this……"
Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, and then thought of Liu Bei's method of dividing and disintegrating the bandits in Bingzhou and finally successfully solving this problem.
The art of war is as good as the military strategy. In his eyes, Guo Jia has changed from a bastard and a flower vase to a capable person. A capable person who is valued by Liu Bei will definitely not do meaningless things.
"Fengxiao, do you want to persuade Danyang Shanyue to take this opportunity to join the imperial court and use them to destroy the Yellow Turban bandits?"
Guo Jia nodded.
"Again, I don't think Danyang Shanyue can choose to live and die with the Yellow Turban Thief at all. This is unbelievable to them. I think Danyang Shanyue must be very anxious now and must be very unwilling to accept the reality.
At this moment, if we can give them a way out and see a chance of survival, then perhaps we can persuade them to cooperate with the court and launch an attack on the Yellow Turban thieves from their position, which should be much more convenient. "
Guan Yu stroked his beard habitually, narrowed his eyes, and pondered for a moment.
"Wouldn't this put you in danger? No one knows whether those mountain-crossing thieves are crazy people. If you are in danger..."
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs. If you don't take some risks, how can you get the results you want?"
Guo Jia shook his head and said: "And I am not just taking risks. General Guan, I have also thought carefully about it. From the standpoint of these Shanyue thieves, they definitely don't want to be attacked and destroyed by the imperial army along with the Yellow Turban thieves, let alone really If they offend the imperial court, they just want to live their lives in peace, but if they really offend the imperial court and send a large army to encircle and suppress them, their lives will not be easy."
"But the Shanyue bandits will eventually be wiped out, just like the imperial court treated the Bingzhou bandits."
Guan Yu hesitated: "There is no difference between destroying it now and destroying it later, right?"
"The general did not completely eliminate the bandits in Bingzhou, but divided them and disintegrated them."
Guo Jia said slowly: "If the imperial army now gives the Shanyue thieves an image that they only know how to fight and not negotiate, then it will be very harmful to the imperial government's management of Yangzhou in the future.
If there is a good cooperation, it may be possible to make more Shanyue bandits less violent and give the court time to run Yangzhou safely. In the future, when Yangzhou is almost managed, it will not be difficult to deal with Shanyue bandits.
Therefore, I think it is necessary for us to adopt a pacifying strategy for the Shanyue bandits, deal with them separately from the Yellow Turban bandits, and then divide and disintegrate some of them. In this way, these bandits can be put down faster. "
(End of chapter)
