Guan Yu thought for a while and felt that what Guo Jia said made sense.
Earlier, when they were still in Liangzhou, he heard Liu Bei say something.
Military is an extension of politics. All military is to achieve political goals, and all politics will use military as the basis for final settlement.
Therefore, wise rulers will use military force for clear and beneficial political purposes; otherwise, it is called militarism.
Liu Bei built the Jiangnan Military Region and sent a large army south to deal with the Yellow Turban Army. The purpose of bringing Jiangnan under his control was for the sake of population, land, tax revenue, and resources.
In other words, it is for the sake of development and to achieve this goal that the military is used, rather than military for the sake of military.
After thinking about this, Guan Yu felt that what Guo Jia said made sense.
Shanyue is spread throughout most of Yangzhou, and almost every county in the Jiangnan region has traces of Shanyue's activities. If the image of Shanyue only knows how to attack but not negotiate, and makes the Shanyue thieves despair, how many battles will it take? How many years will it take?
How long does it take to get rid of them?
From the current point of view, the most effective attack method of the Han army is to burn the entire Jiangnan with heavy fire oil tanks. If the fight continues like this, is it possible that the entire Jiangnan will be burned with heavy fire oil tanks in the end?
How much fire oil is needed?
Can the imperial court afford it?
The Han army has just arrived and has not yet established a stable foothold. If it adopts a posture of killing Shan Yue at this time, although it can frighten Xiao Xiao, it will undoubtedly add a lot of costs to subsequent political actions.
Liu Bei told him that before the slave restriction operation was launched, world affairs were still three parts political and seven parts military, but after the slave restriction operation was launched, he would make a full transition to three parts military and seven parts politics.
He must give full play to his strategic deterrence and bring this deterrence to the extreme. He will not use force until necessary. Even if he uses force, he must do so in a targeted and precise manner.
Doing so not only saves money, but can also virtually expand the level of deterrence.
Once you have gained a reputation, you cannot always use violence to solve problems. Violence is a means, but not an end.
Mature rulers must be cautious in using violence, so they used the last resort against Danyang Shanyue, which was very detrimental to Liu Bei's career.
Kill the Yellow Turban Army, fight the Yellow Turbans, and not attack Sanyue, in order to intimidate and show favor, with a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other. A wise Sanyue leader should know that he does not have many choices.
Guan Yu is loyal, absolutely loyal, and he is very willing to think about Liu Bei's career.
He always believed that his achievements should take a back seat compared to Liu Bei's career. Liu Bei's career was the most important, and below that was his contribution.
Liu Bei was not only his boss, his guide, his benefactor, but also the person who single-handedly changed his otherwise tragic fate. He was also the mentor who taught him necessary knowledge and guided his growth.
The overlapping of several important key points made Guan Yu feel that Liu Bei's interests were always his first consideration, and his own contributions were not the most important.
So he quickly thought of this joint, and believed that Guo Jia's thoughts were also based on long-term considerations, and he agreed with Guo Jia's point of view.
If this kid has always had this attitude, then Guan Yu feels that long-term cooperation with him is not something that cannot be considered.
"If you think so, then I will support you. When are you going to negotiate with those Shanyue bandits?"
"After the New Year's Eve, we should make a big deal out of the New Year's Eve, bring out all the wine and meat, and surround the robber's lair. Let's celebrate the New Year's Eve, drink and eat meat, and be extremely happy. It's best to be happy.
Even thieves can hear the sound of it, and the aroma of meat can also be smelled by thieves, letting them know how rich our reserves are."
Guo Jia picked up the wine glass, drank the warm wine in one gulp, and then showed a wicked smile.
Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what he meant.
If a group of besieged people, who are in great pain and short of supplies, find that the people who besiege them can drink and eat meat and celebrate the New Year happily, what subtle changes will happen to their hearts?
Not to mention the Yellow Turbans, what would the other side of Shanyue think?
Guan Yu's expressionless face showed a hint of smile.
Somehow, he suddenly felt that this pretty boy who didn't look pleasing to the eye before now looked more and more pleasing to the eye.
He inexplicably felt that this pretty boy had a bit of Liu Bei's youthful demeanor. Back then, Liu Bei often used clever tricks at moments like this, leading them to achieve the greatest results at the smallest cost.
After deciding on the strategy, Guan Yu ordered that there would be no fighting in the next few days. In addition to maintaining daily alert and training, everyone would celebrate the next five years of Jian'an.
The Central Han Army has always been very reliable in terms of food supply, and has never been stretched in terms of food supply. There are three meals a day, two dry and one thin, and there is never a shortage of soldiers.
When there are no combat missions, the soldiers' diet is relatively simple, mainly consisting of food and meals. Cooking in a large pot, cooking in a large pot, and putting some oil and water can basically meet the needs of the soldiers.
There was less meat and fruits and vegetables, and it was a relatively normal frequency to eat them once every three days. If he expected to eat them every day, even if Liu Bei could afford the money, the supply of supplies would not be able to keep up.
When performing combat missions, soldiers' food standards will be improved, and the supply of protein foods such as meat will be increased. The supply of fuel will also be increased, allowing soldiers to increase their energy reserves.
In terms of food, Liu Bei was never short of food. Fruits and vegetables were rare and difficult to grow and supply. However, according to the plan, a certain area was designated to grow fruits and vegetables for the use of the court and the army.
The imperial court and the army had special fruit and vegetable supply plans.
Meat is relatively simple.
There are three large livestock areas in Liangzhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou, where more than 7 million cattle, sheep and horses are being raised. Basically, most of the meat supply for the Han army comes from here.
When the imperial court needed it, it would give orders to the three states to select fat cattle and sheep and transport them to Luoyang for slaughter and then provide them to the army.
If there is a march mission to the south, the meat will be slaughtered on the spot, salted or air-dried, and the meat will be stored on the grassland to extend the storage period of the meat, instead of focusing on fresh meat.
Of course, fresh meat tastes good, but firstly, livestock such as cattle and sheep travel far south, and they are afraid of losing weight on the way. Secondly, fresh meat is more troublesome to store. Cured meat and air-dried meat have a longer storage period, which is not easy.
Corruption, judging from the current situation of no shortage of salt, this method is an excellent storage method with lower cost.
On the other hand, Liu Bei also implemented a family livestock raising plan within the collective farms, arranging for the collective farms to concentrate on raising some poultry and livestock, such as chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, etc., especially pigs, so that when the court needed them, they would be specially raised
purchase.
During the Han Dynasty, the pig breeding industry achieved unprecedented development, and the method of raising pigs in captivity has emerged. However, the location of the pigs is a bit awkward, and the pigs are usually raised next to the toilet.
However, the feed for raising pigs is not provided by Ollie. It is mainly aquatic duckweed and algae, supplemented by medicinal seedlings and leftovers from the kitchen. Basically, whatever is left over from people's meals will be given to the pigs.
Of course, the technology of castrating pigs has also appeared at this moment, but the spread is relatively slow and it is not very common yet. Only a few areas have castration technology, but most areas do not, so the pork is not very delicious and the texture is not very tender.
After Liu Bei came to power, he made some changes to this.