Beginning in mid-December, due to continuous fine weather, the Han army's fire attack tactics continued to be successful.
The hills and mountains surrounding the headquarters of the Huangjinshan Vietnamese Allied Forces were successively conquered by the Han army and occupied on a large scale. The Huangjinshan Vietnamese Allied Forces also began to change their tactics.
No longer defending, they switched to offensive tactics, taking advantage of the narrow and difficult mountain road to limit the Han army's numerical advantage and forcing the Han army to engage in small-scale combat with them, thereby gaining a tactical advantage.
Moreover, the Yellow Turban Army also tried to outflank the Han Army's rear route through the mountain roads they were familiar with, and launched an attack on the Han Army's logistics and food routes.
The situation on the battlefield has changed. The Yellow Turban Army no longer passively defends, but actively fights.
Of course, taking the initiative on the frontal battlefield could not shake the Han army's advantage. Guan Yu asked the main force to retreat slightly, and sent out three southern troops, Gan Ning, Yan Xing and Shi Huan, who were good at mountain warfare. They crossed the mountains and Huangjin Mountains.
The coalition forces fought and won several times.
Gan Ning was particularly brave. He led the elite soldiers in the army to cross mountains, rivers and bridges, setting a battle record of conquering three mountains in three consecutive days. He was called "Mountain General" by people in the army.
In the frontal battle, the Yellow Turban-Shan-Vietnam Allied Forces could not gain any advantage. Instead, they were beaten back by the Southern Army of the Han Army. They suffered heavy losses. The defense line retreated further and the living space was further compressed.
Now, their home base is indeed facing a major danger.
But they didn't gain anything.
Taking advantage of their familiarity with the road, Shanyue discovered a Han army's food route and informed the Yellow Turban Army. Xu He immediately organized his troops and handed them over to Sima Ju to lead the attack decisively.
Sima Ju made a brave attack and took the initiative to attack the Han army's food troops. Although his combat power was insufficient and he failed to completely destroy this batch of baggage, the Han army's food protection team also suffered certain losses, and part of the food was burned by the Yellow Turban Army.
When the news came, Guan Yu was worried, so he ordered his army to temporarily stop advancing and stay to discuss what to do next.
After deliberation, the generals all agreed that we should strive to protect the logistics route, first invest in heavy troops to protect the grain road, delay the advance, and while being on guard against the Yellow Turban Army, quickly plan a new grain road route and activate a backup plan.
Then increase the frontline food reserves.
But at a critical moment, Guo Jia, who had not expressed his views on the war until now, unexpectedly expressed his views.
He firmly opposed the plan to stop the offensive and protect the grain road.
"Previously, the thieves had been limited to our army's fire attack tactics and were unable to extricate themselves. They failed to change their tactics in time and suffered heavy losses. But now the thieves have obviously reacted. They are trying to use their familiarity with the mountain roads to limit our army's progress.
This is not only their tactics, but also their conspiracy. At this moment, our army should remain calm and must not be led by the thieves. The thieves want to slow down the progress of our army by threatening logistics in order to gain respite.
opportunity, but our army cannot let them do what they want!
They want to force our army to delay its march, so our army must insist on marching. They attack them sneakily and our army advances towards our army. What they threaten is our army's logistics and food channels, but our army's logistics and food channels are more than one.
Our army threatens the thieves' lair, and there is only one lair!
Isn't it the right choice to take a little risk in exchange for the victory of annihilating all the thieves? If the rebels' wish is fulfilled and the rebels can breathe, our army's advance will slow down. Once there is continuous rainy weather, the fire attack will
The effect will be greatly reduced.
By then, our army will be in a dilemma and will most likely be dragged into a protracted battle by the rebels. This will be very detrimental to our army. General Guan, don’t you also hope to end this war before spring plowing? If you slow down your advance now
Speed is difficult!"
In Guan Yu's opinion, this opinion put forward by Guo Jia is somewhat level.
Because he had thought this way before, he was a little hesitant about the idea put forward by his generals to properly preserve the grain channels, but because no one had the same opinion as him, he didn't know what to say.
As a result, this idea was expressed by Guo Jia.
To be honest, Guan Yu had always been unhappy with Guo Jia before, and was indifferent to him and didn't care much about him.
Because this person was too junior and didn't know what he was capable of, he gained Liu Bei's trust when he first came to serve in the General's Mansion. He took him with him in everything he did and even slept with him.
In the past, this was a treatment that only old people like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had. However, for so long, because they often went out to lead troops in battles, old people like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others rarely had the opportunity to sleep with Liu Bei and communicate with each other.
Emotional.
Suddenly, he heard that there was a young man in his twenties named Guo Jia who hung out with Liu Bei every day. They had a close relationship, slept together, ate together, and enjoyed the treatment that only old people like them received. Guan Yu felt a little unhappy.
As a result, during this southern expedition, Liu Bei sent Guo Jia to Guan Yu and told Guan Yu to ask Guo Jia if he had anything to do. Guo Jia was very talented and had some opinions on how to march. Although he had never been on the battlefield, he had
A genius might be able to help Guan Yu inadvertently.
Guan Yu only superficially agreed with this, but he didn't agree with it in his heart.
How can a junior who has never been on the battlefield have the guts to say that he can serve as military counselor?
Does he have experience?
Soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival. They need people with sufficient experience and ability to intervene. This Guo Jia had no military experience before, but he could let Liu Bei make him use his mouth alone.
Be a marching staff officer?
If it were people like Xun You and Jia Xu who had been tested on the battlefield for a long time, Guan Yu would still pay a certain amount of attention if he didn't follow his advice. However, there is really no reason for Guo Jia to pay attention to him.
When he went on the expedition, Guan Yu also made up his mind. If this boy was gesticulating and making irresponsible remarks to him, he would let him know what the majesty of his predecessors meant.
However, this boy is quite honest, or quite good at doing things. Ever since he went on the march, he has not done anything to criticize Guan Yu, and he has not even been close to Guan Yu.
At each regular meeting, he would make a symbolic speech to express his presence, then listen to the speeches of the generals, take some notes himself, and then disappear.
Guan Yu made some inquiries and learned that Guo Jia went down to the army to interact with grassroots officers and soldiers whenever he had time. He used his status as a general to gain the attention of these people and asked them about everything about the march.
He would ask these officers and soldiers about their previous marches, ask them some memorable things, and then take notes.
Or go to the logistics department to inquire about logistics information, and inquire about logistics information from the officials in charge of logistics.
I heard that because he always hung out there, he once met Cheng Yu who went to inspect his work. Cheng Yu didn't give him a good look, so he just smiled and talked to Cheng Yu shamelessly, wanting to ask Cheng Yu about logistics.
Some experiences at work.
Cheng Yu originally didn't want to talk to him because he was pestering him, so he dismissed him with a few words.
After that, for several days in a row, he went to talk to Cheng Yu. Cheng Yu was busy with work, so he took advantage of Cheng Yu to finish one thing and went over to ask questions. Cheng Yu was very annoyed.
But he was worried about Liu Bei's favor for Guo Jia, and it was inconvenient to really drive him away.
I can only cope with it reluctantly.
Guan Yu also noticed that Guo Jia especially liked to take notes. He always brought a pen and a thick stack of paper with whomever he chatted with. He liked to record everything he heard, and he didn't know what he wrote down.
He gradually felt that this boy might have some abilities.