Two days later, Liu Yu said goodbye to Duke Ying and Liu Bogen, the general who conquered the east, and left Linzi for Pingshou, Beihai County, where he took up the post of governor of Beihai County.
Hearing that Liu Bogen gave Liu Yu a real governor of Beihai County, Wang Mi expressed strong opposition to Liu Bogen's behavior.
However, Wang Mi's fierce opposition made Liu Bogen, who was originally hesitant, more insistent on his decision.
Because in comparison, it is more important to show the authority of Liu Bogen's words.
Otherwise, if Liu Bogen's promise was invalidated only because of Wang Mi's objection, then people outside would definitely feel that he, the Duke of Ying, the general who conquered the east, was in vain, and that the real opinion leader in the Donglai army was Wang Mi.
Of course, Liu Yu wouldn't care about the rift between Liu Bogen and Wang Mi at all, because he was about to leave here and go to a place where he could truly make the decision.
"General, go around Tutou Mountain in front and you will reach Guangxian County."
Guan Tao pointed forward from Liu Yu's side.
Liu Yu left Linzi this time, taking with him the remaining 700 armored soldiers and 200 mounted infantrymen. Because these people's equestrian skills were poor, they could not charge into battle as cavalry like Liu Yu's personal soldiers. They could only be called Mounted infantry.
In addition to these 1,000 people, they also took away an army of 2,000 refugees from their old acquaintance Guan Tao and several other refugee commanders.
"How many defenders are there in Guangxian City?"
Guangxian and Linqu are located to the south of Qingzhou, which is the ultimate road from the Ludi Mountains to the Qingzhou Plain.
Because these two places were still under the control of the Jin army, Liu Bogen and Liu Yu arranged several tasks on their way to take office, including attacking Guangxian and Linqu. By occupying these two places, they would control an important passage from Xuzhou into Qingzhou.
"There will be no more than five hundred people at most. We settled in Guangxian last spring."
Guan Tao said that their group of refugees continued to flee to Beihai County after they could no longer stay in Guang County.
Liu Yu looked back at the troops marching in formation. Now he had a total of three thousand people, half of whom were armored soldiers. Although armor was not a good thing, it was always better than human shields without armor. Much stronger.
Thinking of Donglai's army moving from east to west, like locusts passing through the border, they plundered all the warehouses in the counties they passed.
If I were to go to Beihai County empty-handed, even if I had great abilities, I wouldn't be able to do it, because I would have too few supplies. If I wanted to survive until the autumn harvest, I would probably have to drink porridge every day.
Therefore, Liu Yu decided to take advantage of the opportunity to plunder Guangxian and Linqu, just to save himself the troubles on his way to office.
Unconsciously, Liu Yu had begun to think like a gangster.
Soon, the scouts who had been scouting ahead came back. The news brought back by the scouts was similar to what Guan Tao said. No trace of the Jin army was found outside Guangxian City. When several scouts approached the Guangxian city wall, they found that the soldiers guarding the city in Guangxian were sparse. It was estimated that there would be no more than 500 people.
"If you ask me, go to Guang County, go directly to Beihai County, arrest all the wealthy people, and see if they give you money or food."
Liu Yu's personal soldier Zhao Kun, as the scout captain, just went to investigate Guang County in person. He found that the city of Guang County was old and short, and it was estimated that there was not much goods and supplies in the city.
"Zhao Zhao, you have a wonderful idea. Dozens of wealthy families in Beihai County can muster tens of thousands of private soldiers. If you really try to rob them, it would be like poking a hornet's nest."
Dong Ping refuted Zhao Kun's stupid idea.
"This hornet's nest will be poked sooner or later, but let's leave it alone for a few days now."
Liu Yu felt helpless when he heard Dong Ping's words.
The privileges of the powerful nobles in the Western Jin Dynasty have been determined in the form of law. The powerful nobles in various places have huge wealth by virtue of their large population and land, and they also have enough force to protect themselves.
Although the territory of Qingzhou has not left any top nobles in history such as Wang Xie, Cui Lu, and Li Zheng, the local power of Qingzhou may not be weaker than theirs. After all, Cao Cao once had no way to deal with these powerful people in Qingzhou. He can only use gentle methods to win them over to cooperate with him.
Nowadays, the battle between the Donglai rebels and the Jin army seems to be a matter that has nothing to do with most powerful people in Qingzhou, because the losses caused by the Donglai army are still within the range they can accept.
But if the Donglai Army wants to slaughter these Qingzhou tycoons like fat sheep to support themselves, then if these seemingly harmless Qingzhou tycoons unite, they will turn into a pack of wolves, enough to drive the Donglai Army down the mountain. Killed by a tiger.
Now with Liu Yu's strength, I'm afraid he can only be considered a stronger wolf, and he doesn't have the strength to provoke those powerful people who have relatives and friends.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Liu Yu ordered to find a place to camp, preparing to set off early the next morning, just in time to capture Guangxian.
When Liu Yu led his army to Guang County the next day, he found that the entire city gate of Guang County was wide open and no one could be seen at all.
They sent people into the city to check, and finally found two city residents hiding in a corner.
After asking, I learned that when the scouts sent by Liu Yu came to Guangxian for investigation yesterday, the guards on the city discovered them.
Although these scouts did not carry any banners, at this time, apart from the officers and soldiers, they were Donglai thieves. No one else would come to Guangxian. Since these scouts were not Jin troops at all, they were undoubtedly Donglai thieves.
After a few soldiers reported the information, an hour later the county magistrate, chief secretary, meritorious officials and other officials opened the city gate and fled south. As soon as the senior officials fled, the subordinate officers and soldiers below were even more panicked. Many in the city The evil rangers took advantage of the chaos and robbed the warehouse and granary. By night, all the soldiers and people in the city had fled.
"General, it is a good thing to take Guang County without any bloodshed."
Gongsun Sheng said with some regret, an empty city basically made Liu Yu and the others' trip in vain.
"The soldiers and people in the city are all leaving the city on foot, and the hilly road to the south is very long. It has only been a day, and they will not be able to run far. Why don't we take all the two hundred cavalry and chase after them? We will definitely be able to catch up with them. Then you can have a good time grabbing it.”
After Zhao Kun made this suggestion, he received nods of approval from Dong Ping, Li Feng and others.
For them, as long as they can obtain people and property, this is the best way, but Liu Yu expressed his opposition. That would cause a large number of fleeing people to abandon their food and property and flee, and many people may lose money due to lack of food. Death due to lack of food and clothing.
Moreover, even if two hundred cavalry catch up with them, they will probably only be able to kill a few more people and not be able to bring back a lot of food or money.
Therefore, Liu Yu thought it was better to search the city and try to find as many supplies as possible. After all, it was impossible for the people in the city to move everything in less than a day.
