Chapter 849 Gongsun Zan Holds a Grudge

It's autumn again, and Liaodong is another year of bumper harvest.

The Little Ice Age definitely had an impact, but it is still in the early germination stage. The Northeast is undeveloped and the soil is full of fertility, so it matures at the age of four. Even if there is an impact in the future, causing land production to decrease, Liaodong can still be self-sufficient. There is land under the mountains, beasts in the mountains, fish in the river, horses, cattle and sheep on the grasslands, and chickens, ducks, geese and pigs at home. In the general direction, they complement each other, and life is still very comfortable.

After the Liaodong military and civilians worked together for the autumn harvest, General Wang began to dispatch troops and point his sword at the Central Plains.

The Yingwu Guard, which was originally stationed in Pingguo, moved to Fang County to guard the hinterland of Liaodong, and protected Tuhe, Changli and other places. Xingwu Guard went north to Changchun to suppress Goguryeo and Buyeo. Xiongwu Guard was stationed in Qingping (Chifeng Keshiketeng Banner), and Zhenwu Guard was stationed in the grassland.

As for Xuanwu Guard, which had already gone south to Linyu, it was led by Huang Zhong, based on the fact that the distance was close, so that it would be convenient for the old boy to come back to see his son.

The Weiwu Guard, originally stationed in Changchun and led by Zhou Cang, passed Qingping, entered the grassland, and rushed to Guangning (Zhangjiakou) for 900 miles. The Guangwu Guard, originally stationed in Fuxin, also entered the grassland, led by Taishi Ci, and first conquered Guangning with Zhou Cang, and then the two sides continued to join forces and occupied Juyong.

There is no doubt that Juyong is a good place, otherwise it would be impossible to build the Great Wall here. There is a dead valley in the north and a flat plain in the south. However, although there is a Great Wall now, it is far less majestic than in the Ming Dynasty. To put it simply, there is defense, but not much. To the north is the dependent Xianbei, to the south is the Han land, and now Liu Yu is leading Youzhou, and the old man has a relatively harmonious relationship with the Xianbei.

Therefore, the important pass of Juyong is just some ordinary necessary defense, and there are not too many people. Moreover, as early as three months ago, Wang Yan sent Xuanwu Guard to Linyu, which had already made Liu Yu nervous. He directly transferred 20,000 troops to stand in front of Xuanwu Guard. Therefore, Liu Yu had no time to pay attention to the back at this time. Even if he paid attention, he had no spare energy to assemble troops in a short time.

Even these 20,000 troops also included part of Gongsun. Although Gongsun Zan was nominally Liu Yu's subordinate, Gongsun Zan was now the Marquis of Ji and was also worshipped as General Fenwu. The Youzhou troops were actually controlled by Gongsun Zan. Liu Yu's administration was relaxed and he comforted the refugees. He wanted to reduce the troops, but was opposed by Gongsun Zan. The two began to disagree.

Now they are working together to send troops to resist Xuanwu Guard. Everyone knows that General Wang is strong and ambitious, and Gongsun Zan still remembers the hatred of humiliating him under Lingzhi City. He will not let Wang Yan have an easy time.

As for this kind of player, General Wang can say with certainty that he is gone...

The Xianbei troops in the north of Juyong have been trained by Liao Hua, and their manpower is seriously lacking. Even if they are reorganized into a combat organization, their combat effectiveness is not strong, and there is basically no resistance.

Even if they encounter stubborn resistance in Juyong and cannot be captured in the short term, Wang Yan has a change of tactics. That is, regardless of Youzhou, he will directly divide his troops to attack Pingcheng (Datong), so that he can not only take Bingzhou, but also bypass Hebei and penetrate Youzhou from the back, forming a pincer attack with Xuanwuwei from the east and west.

The current mobilization of his troops is to take Youzhou and Bingzhou, not to occupy it now. Otherwise, he would not have to use his brain. How did Huang Taiji break into the capital and besiege the capital in the Ming Dynasty? He moved that route here and used it. Although there have been some geological changes over the past thousand years, it is generally still no problem. In this way, Youzhou can be captured in one battle.

However, although Liaodong is mature at the age of four, it is not enough to support the development of the entire Youzhou area. Therefore, the current deployment is to contain the throat, wedge the nail hard, and seize the initiative of the war. In this way, by controlling the key points, slowly gathering the people and organizing production, Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan will fall without attacking and easily take Youzhou.

There is no need for any profound military tactics. Relying on the strong foundation to slowly push forward, the strategy is all about people's livelihood...

As for the fact that he mobilized a large number of troops and the internal emptiness, Liu Yu took the opportunity to send troops to cross the mountains and bypass the Liaoxi Corridor, or to Liucheng to take the hinterland of Tuhe. This is possible, but the possibility is not very high, because Liu Yu does not have that kind of decisiveness, and Gongsun Zan does not dare to move rashly.

First, they are not so familiar with the deployment of troops in Liaodong. Although there are caravans coming and going, they will also reveal some information, but the caravans cannot go anywhere at will. They have fixed locations and routes. If they cross the border, there is no reason to directly detain the labor. Secondly, the struggle in Luoyang is fierce now, and all departments are waiting and watching. Gongsun Zan is indeed good at fighting, but he is also an ambitious person. Wang Yan had performed so bravely before, so he would not dare to act rashly.

The most crucial point is that even if Wang Yan made a mistake in judgment, they would send troops to attack over the mountains. General Wang is not dead, he is guarding his home. And he is not without soldiers. If needed, Tuhe can organize 5,000 soldiers in an instant. In a few days, 20,000 or 30,000 can be pulled out, so you are not afraid...

Zhou Cang and Taishi Ci's army joined forces, without the assistance of militia, they were afraid to bring their own weapons and dry food to march quickly, the army marched ten miles, striding fast. The cavalry in front explored thirty miles ahead, and killed all those who wanted to report the news. Liao Hua led a battalion of 6,000 cavalry, moving south at the same time. The cavalry has strong mobility, and their task is to move forward with the general and try to control the news.

Although Luoyang was in chaos at this time, no one had the leisure to pay attention to the Liaodong rebels, but their goal was to control Guangning and Juyong at the lowest cost and the fastest. They strangled the important place of Juyong, grasped the throat of Youzhou, and used Guangning to open up the supply line between the grassland and Liaodong, which was thousands of miles away, and echoed the garrison troops on the grassland. At the same time, they retained the opportunity to attack Bingzhou, deterred Bingzhou, but did not go deep into the grassland alone and cut off supplies.

This is the strategic instruction of General Wang on the development of the east and west lines.

The grassland is uninhabited, but after walking a few miles, you can always see Xianbei herdsmen doing winter storage work on the grassland. Seeing the long line of smoke and dust, they did not panic, and even the children on the grassland would ride their own horses, get close to the army, and struggle to say a few words, wanting to know where the army is going.

They all knew the flag of Liaodong, and even their relatives had died in the hands of Liaodong soldiers, but they were not sad, because now they have also become part of the protection of that flag.

They can graze horses and sheep within the designated area, and only one of these sheep out of ten belongs to the general, and the rest are their own property. This is much better than the situation in the past when they released ten sheep, eight of which belonged to the Chanyu. They only need to obey the orders of the Han officials stationed in the center of their pavilion.

No one beat or scolded them, no one robbed their cattle and sheep, and they were even given weapons to protect their property. So what reason did they have to fear the army of Liaodong...

After running so fast for half a month, the two guards and the cavalry battalion finally joined forces, ignoring the panic of the Han people, Xianbei people, and Xiongnu people along the way, and rushed straight to Guangning without even looking at them.

Liao Hua originally wanted to lead his men to kill directly into the city, but when he came, the city gate was already closed. He must have learned the news in advance, so he led his men to jump over Guangning on horseback, blocked the road to Juyong, and released a small team to kill the spying soldiers, trying to control the news from being lost and not making Juyong more difficult to conquer.

So when Zhou Cang and Taishi Ci led their troops to the city, the gates of Guangning City were already closed, and people were gathered on the towers, ready for battle.

"Fortunately, we sent spies to disguise as a merchant caravan to enter the city, otherwise there would be many casualties in the siege." Zhou Cang rode on his warhorse, smiling at the guards on the city wall.

"The general has long said that siege is a bad idea. Our army is precious, and we can't die in vain for a city." Taishi Ci on the side also smiled, drew his bow and arrow, took a rough look, and shot out. The arrow left the string, slanted up into the air, and drew an arc, but it didn't do much.

He shook his head regretfully, hearing that the general's one-shot shot made the three-stone bow invincible. Today, he was also one-shot shot away, so he was much worse than the general.

"Brother Zhou, the general said that Guangning must be taken, and Juyong can be taken if it can be taken. There are only two thousand soldiers guarding Guangning City, and there are spies to support it, so it will be easy to take it. Speed ​​is of the essence in war. I am afraid that Juyong will increase its troops, so I will attack it quickly."

"Take care, Ziyi." Zhou Cang bowed.

Taishi Ci returned the greeting and immediately led the army to go around the city. Guangning is still more than 200 miles away from Juyong. As long as the speed is fast, the general situation is on my side. So Taishi Ci led the troops to march 150 miles a day.

For the Liaodong soldiers who have been well fed and well trained for five years, this distance cannot be said to be easy, but there will definitely be no situation where people will run away, and they can also guarantee some combat effectiveness.

After resting for one night, on the second day, they marched 60 miles, and there was no time to rest at all. Taishi Ci rushed to the front and attacked at night. The hundreds of soldiers guarding the pass were killed at the first sight, more than 100 died, and the rest were all wounded. The Guangwu Guards led by Taishi Ci suffered zero casualties, with only a few of them running too fast and breaking their skin during the march. This is the essence of speed.

The defenders of Juyong received the news and sent people to report to Liu Yu, thinking that Guangning would take at least ten days and half a month. After all, siege warfare is not so easy to fight. They never thought that Taishi Ci would come directly to kill them after two hundred miles in two days, and they were not even prepared.

After taking the Juyong Pass and strangling the throat of Youzhou, Taishi Ci led 3,000 soldiers to guard the pass and divided the 3,000 soldiers from the military Sima to attack the area from Juyong to Guangning.

This is a mature model. The army went over and asked who was the biggest landlord in the countryside and what their reputation was on weekdays. If they were good, most of the land would be confiscated, and if they were not good, all the land would be confiscated and the whole family would be forced to work. There were also rural rangers, all of whom were arrested, and then asked the people about their reputation. The good ones were beaten and released, and the bad ones were sent to work. Then the land was measured, policies were announced, civil officials were appointed, and land was distributed to the people.

Basically, every family got a lot of land, which was distributed according to the saturated labor of a family of six. Of course, many families did not divide their families at that time, so by the way, the civil officials also had to preside over their division of families, and those who were not filial would be punished at that time.

With such a large-scale distribution of land, there must be people who don’t have land. But it doesn’t matter, all of them will be moved away and distributed to other places, and so on. In the end, those who still don’t have land will be sent to the grassland, where they will be given a large piece of grassland and some sheep and horses. Those who don’t want to go thousands of miles away and move to Liaodong to settle down.

Zhou Cang did the same thing after taking Guangping. He left 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard the city, and asked the marching Sima to start cleaning up from the city and go north all the way, killing all the way back to the places that had not been attacked before.

Of course, they did not forget to send the soldiers back to Liaodong through the grassland, tell the general the news, and dispatch civilian officials and materials to support the army's consumption and prepare for construction in the coming spring.

It takes thousands of miles to reach Liaodong from the grassland, but it is less than 150 miles from Juyongguan to Jixian County, where Liu Yu and others are located in Youzhou. It was only more than 500 miles away from where Gongsun Zan led his troops to fight against Huang Zhong...

"What? The king's thieves captured Juyong?" Gongsun Zan stared at the trembling messengers in front of him.

"Yes, general, the king's thieves raised more than 20,000 troops. They first surrounded Guangning, and then marched 200 miles in two days to attack Juyong at night. At that time, there were only 500 defenders in Juyong. They were unprepared. Several troops fled back. The situation reported by the soldiers. I don’t know what the situation in Guangning is, but there are only 2,000 defenders in Guangning. The Liaodong Army is brave, and Guangning will not be able to hold out for long, and 80% of it has been defeated.”

Seeing Gongsun Zan's murderous eyes, the messenger still told all the information.

Glancing at Liu Bei who was sitting next to him, Gongsun Zan asked, "What does Liu Youzhou plan?"

"Deploy 20,000 troops to occupy it, and order the villain to tell the general that the king of Liaodong treats the people very well, and he will not be able to do anything to cause chaos. The general can just stay here, and do not use swords and soldiers rashly, start a war lightly, and harm the people. It’s really not okay to harm yourself.”

Gongsun Zan looked down upon Liu Yu, let alone all of Liu Yu's subordinates. He thought they were all talkers and useless. However, the decision to deploy 20,000 troops to support each other was correct and had to be done. After all, once there is no obstruction, the king's army of thieves will march straight in, and Youzhou will be in danger.

As for what he said about not starting the battle lightly, he really wanted to crack Liu Yu's head open to see what was growing inside. Although the king thief abdicated the throne due to his impurity, he was granted the title of Marquis of Liao, the general of Tianwu, and the official title of the governor of Liaodong. However, everyone knew the details, and the king's thief turned against him with his head on his head. Such a big rebel went south to seek the country. As a clan member of the Han Dynasty, how could Liu Yu say such a thing?

He waved his hand as if to shoo away flies, watched the messenger leave as if fleeing, turned to look at Liu Bei, and said: "Xuande, why didn't you listen to your words before? Do you know that the king's thief wants to take over? ?”

"Brother, I don't know what's going on." Liu Bei bowed his hand.

He led Liu, Guan, and Zhang southward, intending to rush to Luoyang, but he encountered Gongsun Zan who was sending troops to occupy Huang Zhong, and advised him to stay in Liaodong for a while, and it would be a good idea to go to Luoyang when the situation in Luoyang became clearer. Liu Bei couldn't shirk it, and he really wanted to see what was going on in Luoyang and whether it was really what General Wang said before.

Now he has received the news that He Jin is dead, Dong Zhuo welcomes the emperor to the capital, and takes over the power in the court...

He continued to explain: "I have told my brother before that I received a letter from the late emperor in mid-May. At that time, the king announced that Huang Zhong would lead the Xuanwu guards to Linyu, and he also said that they would be mobilized after the autumn harvest. I By the time Yunchang and Yide returned from the grassland, it was already mid-June. After two days of rest, they set off southward. It has already been three and a half months, how could we have known..."

"Xuande, don't think too much." Gongsun Zan laughed, easing the embarrassment, "It's not that I doubt Xuande's behavior, but it's actually the king and the thief who seize the throne. It's beyond my expectation. The overall situation is with the thief and not me. Xuande knows that Tuhe's soldiers geometry?"

"There were 20,000 troops before, but now they have been mobilized. I don't know what the strength is now."

"You once said that the king's army of thieves has more than 60,000 soldiers per battalion with seven guards. There is one guard in the valley between Liao and the grassland. There is one guard in the grassland to prevent the Xianbei barbarians. There should be one guard in the north to defend Fuyu and Goguryeo, and one in Tuhe. We have one guard in Linyu. Just now we sent word to the king that he has raised more than 20,000 troops to go to Guangning and seize Juyong. In this case, I expect that there will be only one guard of 7,000 soldiers in Tuhe."

Gongsun Zan was thinking and chanting, and suddenly raised his head to look at Liu Bei, "I expect that the defense at the rear will be weak. If I lead 20,000 troops over the mountains and straight into the hinterland, I will kill the king's thieves and peel off the last straw. Do Xuande think my plan is feasible?"

"No."

Liu Bei shook his head without hesitation. He knew the situation of General Wang very well, and he also asked before leaving if he could reveal the true situation in Liaodong, because he knew that if others knew that he had a resume in Liaodong, they would definitely ask about the situation in Liaodong. At that time, General Wang laughed and said, "I have made it clear to the world, who can resist me?" It was quite arrogant, but Liu Bei really believed it. No one knew the terror of General Wang better than him.

He said: "I want to send troops to the sea to find out where the east of the sea is. Is the sky really round? So I am in charge of building sea ships and training the navy. Now I am four years old. I have a navy of 5000 stationed in Tuhe. I also I once told my brother that under his rule, a militia was established, and the family had armor and weapons. They were busy farming and training during the leisure time. Compared with the Seven Guards, they had only never been in war, and their sturdiness was no different.

Once my brother leads his army to attack, he will be spotted fifty miles away. When they reach Tuhe, there will be more than ten thousand soldiers and horses waiting to work. Brother, you should know that Wang Yan is an invincible general. If my brother leads an army of 20,000, he may be defeated in one battle. In the past, when Wang Yancai arrived in Liaodong, he defeated Wuhuan's tens of thousands of troops with one guard. Liaodong Gongsun, Qiu Liju, Wu Yan, and Su Puyan all died without a burial place. Brother, you should be careful. "

Just now, he wanted to skin Wang Yan and pay back the humiliation, but he was hit back by the number one 'Wang Chui' today.

Gongsun Zan felt a little uncomfortable and frowned: "Do we have to sit back and wait for death? Seeing the king's thieves encroaching on Youzhou?"

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and agreed with Gongsun Zan's words.

Of course, he had thought about this problem more than once. If he wanted to kill Wang Yan, there was only one way, and that was to mobilize the power of the world and attack with millions of troops on multiple fronts, and they must cooperate sincerely with each other without any constraints. Otherwise, it would be almost impossible for one state alone to destroy Wang Yan.

Because General Wang now has a deep foundation and cannot be destroyed at one time, the annihilation war will become a protracted war, which will give Wang Yan a chance to breathe. Based on his understanding of Wang Yan and Liaodong, as long as he gets a chance to breathe, it basically means that he has won.

Unless Wang Yan is dead or stupid, because the military and political affairs of Liaodong are all tied to Wang Yan, once he dies, Liaodong will collapse. But this possibility is almost impossible. After all, Wang Yan himself is a peerless military commander and a miracle doctor. Even if he dies, Wang Yan will not die with him.

Many times Liu Bei didn't think about this problem because he was too desperate.

But on the other hand, Wang Yan also clearly said that it would take twenty or thirty years to slow down the development of the world. It was these twenty or thirty years that gave him a certain amount of courage to think about going south to establish a foundation. It has been too long and there have been many changes. Liu Xuande may not have no chance.

So he also comforted his good senior brother who was a little bit shocked: "Brother, don't worry, there are millions of soldiers and civilians in Liaodong. Although they are four years old, they are wasting a lot of money. The king said he treated the people very kindly. I once asked when he would take over the world. He said that it would only take twenty or thirty years because he did not want to treat the people under the original rule badly and benefit the newly attached people too much.

Now Huang Zhong leads his army southward and stops at Linyu. This is exactly the case. I expect that even in a mediocre place, there will be no chance of war. It takes a long time to manage, and no matter how much strength you have, you will be able to expand your army. The elder brother may not be unable to win. "

"Xuande, what if I surrender the king's thief?"

"Brother must die."

"So what if we don't surrender?"

"Youzhou will eventually be cannibalized by it. Brother, please know that one and one are two, two and two are four, and four and four are eight, and it will be endless. The thicker the foundation is, if brother has no other ideas, it is unlikely that he will win. , he will also die at that time.”

"If you surrender, you will die. If you don't surrender, you will die. What's the difference?"

"The former brother will not be tortured, but the latter will not be able to die." Liu Bei said it very straightforwardly.

"Why is that so?"

"Brother, since you know it, why bother asking again?"

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said, "Wang Yan is for the people, and my brother is also from a wealthy family, and he often abuses the people. Moreover, the troops under my brother are also domineering and bullying the people, stealing people's wealth, and raping people's women. All of these are what Wang Yan must kill. Prepare for Liaodong 1 In the year of 2006, the two people who peeled last trees were all sent to hard labor. Now the whole family is dead. Even the children are not alive. There are also five people in the family who are sent to hard labor. It is also difficult for them to be officials in the middle of this year. He harmed the people and deliberately misinterpreted the government orders of the general."

"With such severe punishments and laws, officials will complain a lot, which will not last long." Gongsun Zan said with certainty.

Liu Bei shook his head and stopped attacking his good senior brother.

General Wang is actually very tolerant towards officials and gives them high courtesy. The life of officials is much better than that of ordinary people. However, the desire is hard to satisfy, and what General Wang deals with is seeking death. Besides, when Wang Yan led so many people to the north, he didn't have any officials to serve him, so he didn't have the foundation he has today. Now that schools are being opened to educate young children, there will be no shortage of officials in the future.

Seeing Liu Bei's appearance, Gongsun Zan thought he was lamenting Wang Yan's cruel methods and asked: "Xuande, do you assert that the king's traitorous troops have stopped now and will not raise any more troops?"

"The army has no permanent strength, and the water has no permanent shape. How can we dare to stop our preparations? However, based on my understanding, there will be no worries this winter, and I don't know what the coming spring will be like. Moreover, there are changes in Luoyang, He Jin's death, the ten permanent servants are gone, Dong Zhuo is in power, and he wants to do it Before I went south, Wang Yan had declared that Dong Zhuo would become so powerful that his ministers would be uneasy physically and mentally, and they would all attack Dong Zhuo. , it is also a foregone conclusion that there will be big changes within half a year, and there may be an opportunity at that time. "

Gongsun Zan nodded happily: "Xuande has always been far-sighted, so we will stay here to wait for the changes in Luoyang."

He said he would surrender to the king thief, which meant that if he just said it, he would not be able to surrender. Liu Bei blew the whistle on the traitor king, and Gongsun Zan certainly didn't believe him. He admitted that the king's rebels had strong soldiers and horses, and he knew very well what was happening on the grassland. He also knew about the two defeats of Wuhuan in the past, but he looked down on the barbarians and did not think that being able to defeat the barbarians meant he was powerful. Not proud...

The reason why he is not moving troops now is not because he is afraid of the king's thieves, but because if there is a change in Luoyang, then the world will also change. He naturally wants to reserve his troops to wait for the change. The reason why he led the army here this time was to swallow up another of Liu Yu's troops and control all the more than 20,000 troops now.

If not, he would have gone to war with Huang Zhong.

What if Huang Zhong can challenge Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in a duel? Wang Yan can defeat Liu Guan and Zhang alone, so what? What is the use of ordinary courage? With his army in hand, can he still be afraid of the king thief?

Liu Bei didn't know what Gongsun Zan thought, but he probably understood that Gongsun Zan probably didn't take Wang Yan too seriously. He understood this kind of thing very well. Outsiders knew about Wang Yan through the caravan. What could the caravan know? Although they gave Wang Yan a BMW and a daughter-in-law, and even Wang Yan had the current foundation, this was also the reason why they provided a lot of help.

But they really didn't look up to Wang Yan. This kind of pride that has lasted for thousands of years cannot be changed.

What can wake them up and make them realize reality? Maybe it’s just General Wang’s butcher’s knife…

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