In Linqu City, after loading all the carriages, horses and luggage, the Donglai Army opened warehouses and distributed all the food and baggage that could not be taken away to the people in the city.
Because all the families of the refugees were resettled in Ju County, Liu Yu decided to go to Ju County first, meet up with the families of the refugees, and then go to Beihai County after taking a short rest.
But in fact, Liu Yu wanted to stay in Ju County for a while. On the one hand, he wanted to put into practice some of the military training methods he had compiled recently, and on the other hand, he wanted to wait and see the situation in Linzi in Ju County. It is estimated that according to the original historical process, the crusade sent by Wang Jun, the governor of Youzhou, should be coming soon.
Jixian County is relatively close to Linzi and can detect the situation in Linzi as quickly as possible. Liu Yu decided to see if Liu Bogen could really resist the attack of the Jin army in Youzhou here.
If Liu Bogen reverses history and defeats the Jin army in Youzhou, then Liu Yu can go to Beihai County with peace of mind.
If Liu Bogen is still defeated by the Youzhou Jin army as recorded in history books, then Liu Yu will be ready to run away at any time according to the situation.
As for where to run, he has already thought about it, that is to continue to Changguang Mountain in the Yanqing Land of later generations. There are hills and mountains and forests there, and the Youzhou Jin Army will definitely not be able to continue the pursuit.
Moreover, according to historical records, after the Youzhou Jin army defeated Liu Bogen, they did not take up base in Qingzhou. Something must have happened in the rear of Youzhou Governor Wang Jun, which forced the Youzhou soldiers to shrink and retreat.
Liu Yu led his troops from Linqu to Jixian County. The land of Qilu was a village two or three miles away in later generations, which could be said to be densely populated. However, Liu Yu found that at this time, there was often a small village only seven or eight miles away. According to Liu Yu's comparison of the memories of his two generations, he felt that the entire population of Qingzhou during the Western Jin Dynasty was only one-tenth of that of the same area in later generations.
On the path passed by the Donglai Army, most of the ordinary small villages had empty houses, but the wells in the villages were all intact. Gongsun Sheng told Liu Yu that this was definitely not a conscious effort to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, but that the people in the village were afraid of military disaster. They hid in the nearby mountains and forests, and when the Donglai army left, they came back.
Liu Yu felt the same way, and he ordered his men not to trample on the grain fields along the way, nor to damage houses, wells, etc. in the villages passing by.
Liu Yu just wanted to do his best to avoid unnecessary losses to these Han people who were struggling to survive in difficulties.
After all, only Liu Yu clearly knew that the difficult and troubled times had just begun, and there was no telling how many natural and man-made disasters were waiting for these poor farmers.
This act of kindness, which Liu Yu thought was a natural thing, was noticed by Gongsun Sheng, but he had other thoughts.
Gongsun Sheng had previously thought that Liu Yu was young and brave, and could help him avenge his family and career, and he was regarded as a fierce general.
Later, I thought that Liu Yu might be lucky. When the Donglai generals were drunk and dreaming in Linzi, he was able to win the chance to lead a county by gambling on Aopu. This made Gongsun Sheng feel that Liu Yu was still a lucky general. .
But getting along with each other these days has made Gongsun Sheng clearly see that Liu Yu is not like most generals at this time.
Neither the Jin government troops nor the barbarians cared about the lives of ordinary people. However, Liu Yu, a traitor from Donglai County, repeatedly issued orders prohibiting harm to ordinary people and arbitrary destruction of crops and supplies.
In Gongsun Sheng's mind, this was a very obvious way to win over people's hearts. Emperor Wu of Wei, Cao Cao, cut off his surrogate head as punishment for trampling on farmland.
And Liu Yu was just a small military leader who commanded no more than 4,000 troops, of whom no more than 1,000 soldiers were in combat. If he were to say that he now consciously wanted to imitate Emperor Wu of Wei, Gongsun Sheng would not believe it.
He would rather believe that Liu Yu, a traitor from Donglai County, might have a kind heart.
Yes, it is kindness. Although Gongsun Sheng thought it was funny to use kindness to evaluate a traitor, he felt that this word was the most appropriate.
On the way to Ju County, the Donglai Army also passed through many powerful spheres of influence.
Unlike the people in ordinary villages who fled to the mountains and wilderness, most of these powerful people stayed behind closed doors and deployed their strongest clan tribes to the defense towers of Wubao Manor to show their toughness. With the use of force, passers-by like the Donglai Army should not try to treat them as soft persimmons.
Although the powerful men showed off their fangs, they did not want to offend the Donglai Army. Whenever the Donglai Army passed by, they would also send people to bring some wine and meat as a friendly attitude towards the Donglai Army.
Liu Yu calmly accepted all the wine and meat, and also traded many of the cloth, silk, lacquerware, ironware and other goods seized from Linqu City with the passing powerful men in exchange for some pork, mutton and livestock.
Liu Yu's move can, on the one hand, replenish the scarce meat for his subordinates, and on the other hand, he can have more contact with these powerful men and use fair trade to establish a basic layer of mutual trust between the two parties.
Sure enough, the effect of this move was very good. When Liu Yu and the others arrived at Jixian County, several powerful merchants even sent people to follow Liu Yu and the others to Juxian County, hoping to continue purchasing ironware and ironware here. Private salt and other goods.
In Liu Yu's view, these powerful men didn't seem worried at all about this obvious collusion with the rebels.
In Liu Yu's view, the actual number of private soldiers owned by some powerful people may exceed the number of 3,000 people they command.
When Liu Yu led his troops to Ju County, he found that there were less than a hundred Donglai Army soldiers staying in Ju County.
After Liu Yu asked about it, he learned that the guard who stayed in Juxian County was Liu Bogen's younger brother Liu Ban. After he heard that Liu Bogen had captured Linzi and lived in luxury in the city every day, he no longer stayed in the small and isolated town of Juxian County. Can't stay any longer.
After leaving less than a hundred people to guard Ju County, Liu Bogen's younger brother Liu Ban led most of his troops to Linzi without permission.
Although Liu Yu was very surprised by Liu Ban's behavior of leaving his post without permission, he knew that although Liu Bogen had long known that Liu Ban's younger brother was willful and impulsive and had a bad temper, Liu Bogen would protect his shortcomings and take care of his family, so he would probably not punish him in any way. Liu Ban.
Liu Yu was basically aware of the willful behavior of several of Liu Bogen's clan members, but this was better for Liu Yu. Without the troublesome constraint of Liu Pang, he would have a better chance to implement his plan in Jixian. .
Liu Yu quickly sent people to take over the city defense of Jixian County. After settling the families of his tribesmen and refugees, he started new military training techniques the next day.
