Since the second half of the fourth year of Jian'an, many of the things Liu Bei wanted to do have been on track.
After a complicated struggle in the first half of the year, while Liu Bei was steadily advancing the convening of the first national government affairs conference, he also ordered Zhang Rang and Liu Hui to monitor Zheng Tai, Jia Xi and others to fully control their whereabouts and A series of preparations for action.
In addition, he also began to pay attention to Dong Zhong's actions, because compared to Jian Shuo's attitude, Dong Zhong's attitude was still a bit ambiguous. It seemed that he didn't care on the surface, but he had other thoughts in private.
For example, he did not inform Liu Bei about Zheng Tai and others.
In this regard, Liu Bei believed that he had not completely passed the test and needed to further investigate what this guy did.
In addition, Liu Bei focused his energy on promoting the construction of military regions. Under the arrangement of the military headquarters, major armies took designated routes to garrison and began to execute Liu Bei's orders to launch a comprehensive deterrent to the local area.
Compared with the threats in the north that have been largely dealt with, Yizhou and Jingyang in the south are still worthy of attention.
Several counties and subordinate states in southern Yizhou have never been very stable and need to be deterred by the army.
The two states of Jingyang are not yet under Liu Bei's control, and they also need to be deterred by the army.
Moreover, there are still several large-scale threats within Yangzhou that have not been dealt with. This time Liu Bei sent Guan Yu to lead his troops south, with the intention of allowing Guan Yu to deal with these two major threats.
The two major threats were the Shanyue forces who refused to obey the government's control, and the remnants of the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army who openly rebelled.
The Shanyue force is actually equivalent to the Bingzhou Bandit Group. To put it simply, it can be understood as the Southern Youth replica of the Bingzhou Bandit Group.
Zhang Yan and others became kings and hegemons in the Taihang Mountains and fought against the government. They even threatened Luoyang for a time.
In comparison, Yangzhou Shanyue Group does not pose such a big threat.
They are not small in size, but their combat effectiveness and fighting will are relatively low. They have no ability to threaten the central government, and they cannot even threaten the local official forces in Yangzhou.
They seem to be just a group of people who want to live their own happy life behind closed doors. They don't have much thought about the outside world, and they don't have much ambition. They just don't want to be exploited by the government.
But there are many of them, and the more they are exploited by the government, the more people there are and the more anxious the government is. They also have more people and the stronger their power.
Yangzhou was originally short of population, and now more and more people are fleeing to Shanyue, which is really not a good thing. This has also seriously affected the Han Empire's ruling order in Yangzhou.
On the other hand, the Yellow Turban Army that originally moved south from Xuzhou was also a serious concern for the Yangzhou government.
After this group of troops entered Yangzhou, they did not run to Wu County, but to Danyang County and the mountainous area in the central part of Danyang County.
By the time Gui Bao, the governor of Yangzhou, received Liu Bei's order to launch an attack on the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Army had already marched south to seize cities and territories, killing officials and powerful men, plundering supplies, and leaving several counties in the northern part of Danyang County in a state of misery.
And they also sent people everywhere to contact all forces in Shanyue, trying to form an alliance with the Shanyue forces to deal with the Yangzhou official army together.
At present, they have settled in Danyang County in the area north of Qian County, and are defending in danger. They are in the company of the local Shanyue in the mountains and wild areas. They seem to be getting along well with several of the Shanyue forces. The two sides have quite some contacts. Danyang County Governor launched Several military attacks were launched, all of which were defeated.
After Gui Bao, the governor of Yangzhou, received Liu Bei's order, he nervously sent people to join forces with Danyang County Governor to attack once, but failed again.
Therefore, he was forced to personally lead the army to Yuhang County in September of the fourth year of Jian'an, and personally observed the situation. Then he felt that the situation was quite complicated, and he began to retreat.
The Yellow Turban Army and Shan Yue are mixed together. If the Yellow Turban Army is beaten, Shan Yue will help, blocking roads, cutting off traffic, and attacking the army's logistics, making it difficult for the army and the army to maintain themselves in such a situation. It is really difficult.
Gui Bao felt difficult and unbalanced at the same time.
A group of thieves who went south from Xuzhou arrived in Yangzhou and became a scourge for Yangzhou. However, nothing happened to Xuzhou. Is this Yangzhou's fault?
Now, in order to deal with this group of Yellow Turbans, Yangzhou has lost troops and generals, wasted money and food, and many officials have died here. This is a disaster. Doesn't Xuzhou have no responsibility?
The more Gui Bao thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved. He felt that he could not swallow this sigh of relief, so he petitioned the court in October of the fourth year of Jian'an, saying that he had worked very hard, but that the Yellow Turban Army and Shan Yue were colluding and it was really difficult to deal with. He asked the court to give him a certain amount of punishment. Food and salary support.
Gui Bao felt that the main reason why he had been unable to defeat the enemy before was that [Yangzhou was poor, lacked food and wages, and the soldiers were not alive, so there was nothing they could do], so he asked the court to allocate funds to support Yangzhou.
In addition, Gui Bao also said that if the imperial court was in financial difficulty, Xuzhou should provide financial support. After all, the Yellow Turban Army came from Xuzhou to Yangzhou. At that time, Xuzhou's governor was not in a good position to suppress the bandits, so that the bandits fled to Yangzhou, and they were not local bandits in Yangzhou. .
This is a natural disaster, not caused by the officials and people of Yangzhou. The officials and people of Yangzhou suffered innocently, which is very pitiful. I hope the court will show sympathy.
Gui Bao said this very tactfully. If it were normal, he would have scolded her a long time ago.
The fucking governor of Xuzhou and a few county guards were misbehaving and caused bad things. The Yellow Turban thieves who had fought for several years to exterminate them now came to my Yangzhou to show off their power, and it actually became my Yangzhou's problem?
The people of Xuzhou fail to do anything and bring trouble to us people of Yangzhou. Now Xuzhou just wipes its butt and doesn’t care about anything. Is there any reason in the world to throw the blame to the people of Yangzhou?
This is not only Gui Bao's innermost thoughts, but also the thoughts of local officials and officials in Yangzhou, as well as local wealthy people.
This is a mess caused by people from Xuzhou and Central Plains. They couldn't solve it, so they dumped the mess on Yangzhou. Is Yangzhou a dirty garbage dump?
Thinking of this, Gui Bao didn't want to fight, and Danyang County Sheriff didn't want to fight either. They narrowed the front line to ensure that the city was not lost. They ignored the rest and left it in ruins.
If your court doesn't provide money, food, or benefits, just let them be like this. They don't look like they will counterattack anyway.
They have to wait for the opinions of the imperial court and General Liu Bei to see how Liu Bei will deal with it.
As the officers and soldiers passively avoided the war, the Yellow Turban Army did become stable, stopped making trouble, and did not take the initiative to attack. They joined forces with Shanyue to develop the mountainous area, accepted the experience and teaching from the Shanyue gang, reclaimed wasteland everywhere, cultivated the land, and put in place He looks like he wants to take root here.
Although the Shanyue gang is in the nature of bandits, they will also do some work of robbing houses, but they mainly make a living by reclaiming wasteland and carrying out agricultural production. The land south of the Yangtze River is warm and humid, and crops are easy to support. During the harvest, there is no government exploitation. Can eat to full stomach.
Therefore, they will also teach the Yellow Turban Army some skills to survive in the mountains and wilderness.
In contrast, the Yellow Turban Army will teach them some spiritual food - such as teaching them the truth that heaven is dead and Huang Tian should stand, telling them that the destiny representing the Han Empire is dead, and that Huang Tian, representing the Yellow Turban Army, is taking the lead. world.
As long as they persevere, they will definitely succeed, and they will be able to overthrow the tyranny of the Han Empire and realize the Huangtian prosperity. The current setbacks are only temporary, and the future victory will be permanent.
(End of chapter)
