In such a great struggle, if the regime does not have strong troops to support it, no matter how strong the mountains and rivers are, it will sooner or later be affected by mermaids. Therefore, the ability of the generals in Jiangdong to govern the army is not inferior to that of Cao and Liu.
The Sun regime has been in Jiangdong for nearly twenty years. The Wu Hou's way of capturing heroes and choosing talents and appointing talents was able to support a hundred thousand troops with a corner of Jiangdong, and thousands of warships compete for the world. All the generals under his command had talents, and were by no means incompetent and cowardly.
Although Zhou Lang, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other important officials died of illness or battle in the past few years, there were endless successive generals, such as Lu Meng, Zhu Ran, Zhu Huan, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, Dong Xi, Jiang Qin, Ling Tong, He Qi, etc., Lu Dai and Quan Cong, who fought against Guan Ping at this moment, were all outstanding figures. With their talents, they could also ascend to the position of a high-ranking general and achieve great achievements.
However, in recent years, Jiangdong's troops have rarely seen any victory. There are three reasons:
First, Jiangdong expanded its army too quickly and there were many new soldiers. The main source of Jiangdong was Shanyue. Before Chibi, Jiangdong had only 50,000 troops. After Chibi, in order to support the expansion of the west and north sides, Wu Hou encouraged the generals to attack Shanyue and select the strongest among the prisoners as soldiers. Therefore, Jiangdong's military strength expanded rapidly, doubled within two years, and at its peak, it reached 120,000. This excessively rapid expansion will inevitably dilute the proportion of elite soldiers.
Secondly, Wu Hou inherited the career of his father and brother and took over Jiangdong, which made Jiangdong’s political situation unique and complex. In order to balance the forces of Jiangdong, Wu Hou himself delegated many military and political powers to the generals, making them look like warlords.
The more generals adopt soldiers, the higher their political status and the richer their economic benefits; the more abundant the generals' economy is, they can support more troops and bring higher political status. In this way, the number of troops is far more important than the elite level of troops, which leads to many generals having vision and ability, but they have to first focus on expanding the number. The training of the troops is hasty and poor military discipline.
Third, after the Red Cliff, Jiangdong expanded northward and had to face Cao Gong; when expanding westward, he had to face Xuande Gong. These two were heroes, methods, strategies and power that stood out in decades of troubled times, all of which were the strongest in contemporary times. Jiangdong had to compete with them, and it was difficult to gain the upper hand; and one failure would ruin the years of operations of many generals, and it would be another vicious cycle.
Faced with such a situation, the best way is to temporarily stop expanding externally, spend a few years to consolidate the military and military, and rectify the internal affairs. Just like a person carrying armored soldiers but weak constitution, the most urgent task is not to fight, but to take medicine and eat, and wait until the internal organs are conditioned and the four bodies gradually become stronger, and then talk about fighting with others.
However, the situation forced Wu Hou to wait any longer. At most, he had to change his course and try to get a breakthrough from Jiaozhou.
In order to ensure that the interests of Jiaozhou are not divided by many local forces, the troops he mobilized were the most loyal to the Sun regime and used them as if they were used. In order to ensure that Duke Xuande could not interfere in Jiaozhou, he also mobilized Jiangdong's hidden power in Jingzhou to stop Jingzhou's reaction.
Unfortunately, Jingzhou's reaction was only slower, and they still put their strength into Jiaozhou. This force was so powerful that it dwarfed the soldiers of Jiangdong!
It rained heavily, and the wind and clouds surging. Guan Ping stepped forward and killed the enemy and fell into battle.
Hundreds of soldiers followed closely behind, roaring and charging.
When Guan Ping went south to Jiaozhou this time, the troops led by Guan Yu were Guan Yu. Guan Yu treated the siege well and had clear rewards and punishments. His subordinates could be promoted as long as they could fight and fight to the death. Therefore, among the thousands of people in the army, all the backbone generals and schoolmen had experienced many battles and were promoted from the soldiers, and some of them were even ignorant of them.
Because of their low background and lack of systematic learning, the upper limit of these general schools may be a little lower, but their combat experience is extremely rich and personal courage is outstanding. In the battles of hundreds and thousands of people, they are far more brave and tenacious than ordinary troops!
Their loyalty to Guan Yu was even more devoted, and it was no problem to go through fire and water, let alone fighting in the rain?
They saw this kind of scene of fighting and killing enemies in Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Runan in the past. At that time, they followed Guan Yu and went to Cao's army ten times and a hundred times without looking back. Now, they are following the young master and dealing with some Jiangdong rats.
This situation not only won’t make them nervous, but instead makes them excited and have high fighting spirit.
So, when Guan Ping held a knife and raised his shield and broke through several enemy troops in one breath, he and the dense queue behind him were like a dragon flying in the heavy rain, unstoppable!
Two miles away from Guanping, Ma Dai walked with his war horse and walked for a long time to the heights.
Before the rain fell, the low-lying area had become an endless mud pond. So the lower body of him and his horse were covered with mud and water brought out from the horse's hooves, while the upper body was pouring down. Sometimes the wind and rain hit him, making him only close his eyes and try his best to soothe the war horse that was frightened by the thunder.
Ma Dai's subordinates were slowly approaching. They untied the felt cloth from the edge of the saddle and covered the horses. For the Liangzhou cavalry, the war horses were their partners and their relatives. This muddy environment under heavy rains caused too much damage to the war horses, and it was impossible for them to continue the battle.
Behind the queue, the horse's hooves suddenly slipped in the mud, and immediately fell sideways, throwing the horse into the water. The knight struggled to stand up, but because the armor was soaked in mud and water, it was particularly heavy. He tried several times but failed to get up.
Fortunately, my companions around me noticed this scene and helped him and his horse up with all their might. Fortunately, the horse was not lame.
Several people shouted at the same time: "Be careful! Slide carefully!"
The water at higher places was flowing down like a waterfall, making the slope more and more slippery. Ma Dai said to the left and right: "We have to go higher!"
He pointed to a woodland at the end of the high slope and shouted in the rain: "Go there to shelter from the rain! Cut some branches and hold up the felt cloth!"
It was dark and the rain blocked the sight. Everyone looked around and could not see a better choice. So they continued to trek to a high place.
At this time, Ma Dai did not think about the battle at all.
With such heavy rain, Panyu will probably become a country in the next half month and there will be no war.
Ma Dai felt a little regretful. It seems that the people of Jiangdong are lucky. If this enemy army takes advantage of the rain, it will be no problem to escape without any loss.
Just as he was thinking this, a flash of lightning suddenly split the rain curtain, causing countless figures fighting in the gloomy field to flash away. At this moment, Ma Dai saw Guan Ping's troops bravely forward! Seeing that the left wing of the Jiangdong Army formation no longer exists! Seeing that the Jiangdong people's main formation also began to fall apart!
Chapter completed!