Chapter 875 Service
It is really not easy to be called "relying" by Guan Yu. But this is what Lei Yuan deserves.
Perhaps Guan Yu himself also understood that if Lei Yuan had not arrived from Shu, it would be unlikely that he would turn the tables under Jiangling City with more than 200 light cavalry. Even though many fulcrums in Jingnan were still there, Jiangling's change of hands might not have led to a total overturn, but Guan Yu's invincible reputation on the battlefield would have been destroyed.
The power of sound can shock the enemy and inspire companions, which is the basic guarantee of victory. When two armies meet on the battlefield, the sound of our general is so powerful that the opponent's general is unknown, so the chance of victory is several times out of thin air. Therefore, the power of sound is the most powerful weapon of the general and the foundation of the general's establishment.
If the general's power is damaged, it will be like a tiger falling into a flat sun. Many of the generals who are unable to recover after a crushing defeat are no longer able to play a deterrent and inspire role because their power is no longer available, and they will be difficult to compete with their opponents from now on. For Guan Yu, this is better than letting him die.
Therefore, at this point, Guan Yu finally treated Lei Yuan with an attitude of treating his equal colleagues, rather than treating him more or less as a junior, just like Zhao Yun's son-in-law.
On the political level, both of them were interested in expanding the power of military personnel in the regime, starting with allowing retired soldiers to serve as grassroots officials. Later, it was inevitable that the scale of military meritorious landlords would be gradually expanded to balance with the scholars.
In this regard, Guan Yu and Lei Yuan’s starting points and goals are not exactly the same, but they might as well form an invisible alliance in the process.
Guan Yu was not from a high background, so he committed crimes and fled to a foreign land. Although he is now in a high position and has a strong position, he hates the powerful and powerful in his bones and cannot stand the noble and arrogant figures to oppress the people. He has always been accustomed to the soldiers and is arrogant to the literati. The so-called "pride" is not pride, but because of dissatisfaction, he shows a attitude of keeping people from thousands of miles away.
This time, the collusion between the scholars of Jingzhou and Jiangdong particularly ignited the anger in his heart, making him determined to use it as a reason to kill the mastery of the scholar and the status of fighting the warriors.
In comparison, Lei Yuan himself is a domineering man. He tried his best to refer to warriors, more to consolidate his power and ensure his own safety. Compared with Guan Yu, he seemed to have a lower intention. But Lei Yuan had Lei Yuan's idea.
In Lei Yuan's view, there is actually no difference between using military men or scholars and scholars. There is no difference between the people. Without earth-shaking changes in social productivity, classes will always exist. Whether it is military meritorious and landlords or classical families, they are oppressors and exploiters to the people.
Lei Yuan saw more than once that the retired soldiers were converted into officials and bullied good people, and he had long confirmed that this was true. It was because wolves always wanted to eat sheep, and although sheep did not eat sheep, once they were dressed in wolf skin, they turned into wolves.
However, from the perspective of the court center, there is a difference between the two.
Take the story of the Han family as an example.
The status and wealth of the military merits and nobles of the former Han Dynasty came from the granting of military merits. They were eager to drive the army and attack everywhere, and the army and national interests were generally consistent. The army was guaranteed by imperial power and centralization.
The aristocratic families and even ordinary scholars of the Later Han Dynasty were important components of the ruling group, but their power and wealth came from the knowledge and culture they mastered, and expanded by monopolizing the regime and acting on behalf of the administrative power. Therefore, they naturally had the momentum of weakening centralization and promoting local divisions.
Although once the military merits and nobles gain power, warlords and monsters like Pan Zhen will eventually appear, Guan Yu just wants to fight against the scholars in Jingzhou, and he will never get to that point. Lei Yuan didn't mind adding fuel to the fire at all.
When Guan Yu was polite, Lei Yuan nodded slightly: "I dare not. If you are interested, I will serve you."
Guan Yu glanced at Lei Yuan deeply, shook the reins lightly, and turned back to the new city.
Everyone hurriedly followed.
When a team of cavalry passed through the broken walls and ruins, Guan Yu's mood was obviously better. He began to give Lei Yuan a guide and said: It was planned to build a dock here, which would be considered to strengthen the original high platform. It can be seen that Guan Yu planned to take advantage of this reconstruction opportunity to restore several lifangs in the old city first. When conditions permit, he would use a long wall to connect the lifangs, which seemed to be a complete outer city.
After returning to the city, the two of them dispersed.
The next day, Lei Yuan went to the former general's mansion and proposed to urgently summon doctors from Jiaozhou to provide treatment and epidemic prevention for many wounded people in Jiangling City.
Guan Yu was overjoyed and asked Lei Yuan to stay in the former general's office. The two of them worked together to deal with the current affairs together.
Of course, treatment and prevention are important, but it is just an excuse. What is important is that Guan Yu and Lei Yuan confirmed the relationship between them in-depth cooperation.
Compared with Yizhou, which has a fertile field of thousands of miles and a million household registration, Jingzhou is relatively deserted, and Jiaozhou is even more desolate. Therefore, Jing and Jiaozhou must cooperate with each other and jointly undertake the offensive and defensive tasks of the Jiangdong line and the Xiangfan line occupied by Cao Wei.
This was originally an agreement with Guan Yu and Lei Yuan when Zhuge Liang was in Jiangling three years ago. But when it was implemented, Guan Yu was in Jingzhou and did not allow others to share his authority. He only regarded the Jiaozhou army as a reserve force after the war was expanded. Until this time, the "Former General" and "Left General" in Jiangling City were flying high on both sides, proving that the two heavy generals under the King of Hanzhong joined hands and no enemy could shake it.
As a result, the Jiaozhou army entered Jingzhou faster and faster; Jingzhou's counterattack against Jiangdong became more and more fierce.
With Li Yan, Xi Zhen and Guo Jing's troops took Baqiu, and the Wu army in Chanling, Public Security and other places quickly evacuated; a day or two later, the prefect of Yidu, Huo Jun, met with the troops of Ren Hui, the commander of the Jiaozhou Military Academy who arrived in Cenping, and regained the Jiangnan part of Nanjun.
Zhou Cang, Ma Yu and others from Guan Yu's headquarters will integrate the Jiangling people and take military ships to the east along the Xia River, threatening the important military strongholds of the Wu people on the other side of Lukou, Ma and Baoertun.
In the direction of Lukou, Li Yan and Xi Zhen's coalition forces crossed Taiping Lake, Huanggang Lake and other continuous lakes and lakes, and advanced straight along the river.
In Lukou, the defenses along Chibi were one of the less successful people in Jiangdong in the past few years. The old friend of Xuandegong, the friend of Zhuge Ziyu, the prefect of Hanchang, and the general of Hengjiang Lusu.
When Sun Quan agreed to borrow Jingzhou on that day, the four counties of Xiajun, Hanchang, Liuyang and Zhouling in the northern part of Changsha were appointed as Hanchang County, and Lu Su was appointed as the prefect and entrusted them to manage Jingzhou. However, due to the ineffective results over the years, Wu Hou immediately activated Lu Meng, Lu Yi and other generals.
At this time, Jingzhou and the Jiaozhou coalition forces advanced together along the north and south sides of the Yangtze River, while the Jiangdong Navy lost its Baqiu stronghold and had no room for rotation. It was better if the Hengjiang General Lu Su was not Heng, so he had to abandon Xiajun, Hanchang, Liuyang and other counties to join Luyi, Zhu Huan and other generals, and concentrate their forces to block Lukou.
Although Sun Quan's five elite troops were gone, the Jiangdong generals still had the strength and could still fight.
Li Yan and Xi Zhen made a move forward in turn. On that day, Xi Zhen made the first move and ran into the ambush set up by the Lu Zheng. He went down the mountain and the waterside, and shouted killing everywhere.
Xi Zhen's younger brother Xi Hong served as the Sima of the camp and led the tribe as the vanguard. When he saw that he was in trouble, he immediately gathered troops to defend himself. Jiangdong generals and subordinate general Zhu Huan dispatched elite soldiers to siege him. The Xi family's tribe was killed and injured in a moment. Zhu Huan was about to kill Xi Hong, but later Xi Zhen's troops rushed over.
Suddenly, the two armies fought together.
After all, the people of Wu were well prepared. Lu Su and Lu Gong immediately entered the battlefield. Xi Zhen could not resist and retreated. Later, Li Yan dispatched troops and generals, and urged the troops of Ding Feng of the Jiaozhou Army to come out and responded quickly, and then he suppressed his position.
Chapter completed!