After a conversation with Gongsun Sheng, Liu Yu discovered that Gongsun Sheng was indeed a talented veteran soldier.
He is very familiar with the marching formation of infantry, and is also good at the training and command of cavalry. He is also quite methodical in the logistics management of ordinary armies.
Liu Yu was overjoyed. He immediately summoned his officers and announced in public that he had appointed Gongsun Sheng as a recorder to join the army and be in charge of the training and supervision of his troops.
In the next two days, Liu Yu asked Gongsun Sheng to personally teach his officers practical military battles, formations and training, and focused on training the two hundred cavalry that had just been formed.
On the third day, the pontoon bridge on the river was finally built.
According to the scout reports from the cross-river reconnaissance, no Jin troops were found around Yidu City. When they approached Yidu City, there were no Jin troops in the city to drive them away, and there were only a few Jin troops on the city walls.
Based on this, Liu Yu, Wang Mi and others judged that Sima Lue and Liu Tun had gathered all the remaining troops in Qingzhou to Linzi City, and the cities of Yidu should have been abandoned because they had no troops to defend.
Sure enough, when Liu Yu and Wang Mi led the army to Yidu City, the gate of Yidu City was already wide open, and a group of local powerful people had been waiting at the gate for a long time.
"The villain is Lu Fan. He was entrusted by the people in the city to welcome the rebels into the city." At first, a rich middle-aged man knelt down respectfully in front of Liu Yu and Wang Mi's horses.
"Where are the county magistrates and Cao Cao and others in this city?" Wang Mi asked arrogantly while riding on his horse.
"Reporting to the general, the county magistrate and all the officials and officials all ran away yesterday, leaving the people in the city behind. We are terrified and do not dare to disobey the rebels. We hereby open the city and ask the general to take pity on the innocent people in the city." Lu Fan said.
Officials of the Jin court could abandon the city and flee, and the big noble families could also run back to their manor, Wubao.
Lu Fan and the others were wealthy merchants in Yidu City. They did not have a fort to defend themselves outside the city like the big tyrants. Moreover, all their store goods were in the city. It was impossible for them to throw away their belongings and run away. After a few people got together to discuss , feeling that the previous cities had not been looted by the Donglai army after the surrender, they made up their minds and persuaded the remaining officials and others to open the city and surrender together.
But when people like Lu Fan actually faced the menacing Donglai Army, they were still very nervous.
"Don't worry, Mr. Lu, our Donglai rebel army only kills unethical and treacherous ministers and does not harm innocent people." After Liu Yu finished speaking, he dismounted and helped Lu Fanxu up.
After Lu Fan and all the powerful people in Yidu got up, their worries were relieved.
Liu Yu and Wang Mi originally thought that if Yidu City surrendered without a fight, they could take a good supply here, and then launch the final blow against the Jin army waiting under Linzi City.
But after the Donglai Army entered the city, they discovered that Yidu was almost an empty city. Most of the people in the city had already fled when the Donglai Army conquered Beihai County. By the time the Donglai Army conquered Beihai County yesterday, Ling took the lead in escaping and took away a large number of people.
Moreover, the arsenals and warehouses in Yidu City had long been moved away under the orders of the Governor of Qingzhou, and the rats in the warehouses could almost starve to death.
Yidu County, official office.
Liu Yu, Wang Mi and other Donglai military leaders gathered together to discuss and solve the problem of food supply.
Now, there is not much food supplies left for the Donglai Army, which can only last for three days at most. If they only bring this food to attack the Jin Army in Linzi City, unless they can win a battle and capture Linzi, otherwise the Jin Army will only be able to rely on defending the city to delay the attack. In the next two or three days, more than 20,000 Donglai troops will be hungry to fight.
"Damn, I'm afraid there are less than a thousand people alive in Yidu City now." Gao Liang, Wang Mi's subordinate, walked in angrily from outside.
Gao Liang and Wang Zhang had just led an inspection of Yidu City and wanted to count the heads to see if they could collect some food from the people.
If there were only a thousand people in the city, there wouldn't be much food confiscated at all.
"If it doesn't work, I'll kill all the profiteers of Lu Fan in the city and confiscate their property." Liu Kui threw his butt on the mat and said angrily.
"It's useless. I've already inquired about it. Lu Fan and others are all trafficking in celadon, ironware, cloth, and even private salt, but there is no food." Liu Yu said, no wonder Lu Fan didn't escape. These goods All are bulky and heavy and are not conducive to transportation.
"What should we do?" Wang Zhang said, looking at his brother Wang Mi.
"Now, there are only two ways." Wang Mi stroked his beard and continued, "The first is to take the existing food and go straight to Linzi, strive to capture Linzi in a battle, and then use the food supplies there. The second is to dispatch the entire army to collect food and grass from the surrounding powerful families one by one, and then attack Linzi."
"The first one is too risky. If Sima Luo and Liu Tun know that we are short of food, and then act like a coward and defend, then we will be in danger." Liu Yu pondered.
"In my opinion, it's better to go directly to those big households to collect grain. The world is so chaotic now, and ordinary people are all poor. It's just these wealthy households who have too much food to eat." Gao Liang suggested.
"But these wealthy families are all more stingy than the others, and which one doesn't have half a million young men, and each of them has built their houses like iron barrels, which are not easy to chew." Another one of Wang Mi's General Xu Miao said.
"Mom, this won't work, that won't work either, then what do you think we should do!" Gao Liang said angrily.
"How about attacking Linzi directly first? If we can't defeat it for a while, then we can slowly raid these big houses?" Someone put forward another suggestion.
"No. If you can't defeat Linzi, you can leave if you want. Those Jin soldiers are like wolves that have seen blood. They will definitely follow you closely." Wang Mi shook his head and directly denied this Unreliable advice.
At this time, Liu Kui, who had been silent, looked at everyone, cleared his throat, and said, "If you ask me, we should stay here in Yidu for a few days. I have already asked the soldiers behind to transport food here. .”
Liu Kui is a close relative of Liu Bogen. Since he said this, he must have already contacted Liu Bogen who was sitting in the rear.
But when everyone set out from Xiami City, Liu Bogen was about to die. Judging from his posture at that time, he might die in two or three days.
Recently, people like Liu Yu, Wang Mi and others have not thought of Liu Bogen. Everyone thinks that Liu Bogen will not die soon. But listening to Liu Kui's words now, is it possible that Liu Bogen will not die again?
"Who escorted the grain and grass, was it Duke Yin?" Wang Mi asked first.
Wang Mi definitely hopes that Liu Bogen will die. Liu Yu, who leads Liu Bogen's tribe on his behalf, will not pose a threat to him in terms of prestige and strength. He is fully confident that after Liu Bogen's death, he will slowly annex what he left behind. tribesmen.
"Yes, Duke Yin has been blessed by the ancestor of the Heavenly Master and is no longer in trouble. Now he is leading an army of 20,000 to escort grain and grass to Yidu." Liu Kui said with a proud look on his face. When he looked around at everyone, he even said a lot. He glanced at Liu Yu.
After receiving Liu Kui's affirmative answer, everyone was shocked and looked at Liu Yu.
Liu Yu's expression remained the same, but he couldn't help cursing in his heart: Is Liu Bogen possessed by Xiao Qiang? Can he survive such a severe open wound infection? !
This is really another year of sitting up in a dying illness and talking and laughing happily.
