On the north bank of the Yellow River, Jijun, Baihewu.
In the vast expanse of snow, Baihewu stands abruptly in the wilderness.
On the wall of Wubao, there were many soldiers wearing thick leather jackets patrolling, but looking at their faces, many of them did not look like the Han people common in the Central Plains, but many were Hu people with big noses and tendrils and beards.
These soldiers with Hu people's faces were the generals of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasties, who were in charge of the various military expeditions in Shandong and the subordinates of the general Shi Le of Andong.
This Baihewu was just captured by Shi Le, who led them. The reason was of course to rob food and young men, but the leader of this Wubao seemed to have heard the news. When Shile and his army arrived, the Baihewu was already there. There is no one left, all the people, food and property have been moved, and those items that cannot be moved have also been burned.
When Shi Le and others entered Baihewu, except for some unburned remnants, the entire dock was empty.
In the snowy weather, Shi Le and his men had been attacking for a whole day, but now they only got an empty city. The whole army was full of resentment and had nowhere to vent their grievances.
As a result, Jin Ding Zhuang, who followed these Hu soldiers and was responsible for carrying supplies and supporting the Hu soldiers, was unlucky. They became the punching bag of these Hu soldiers.
After being kicked hard by a green-eyed man, Huo Yi didn't show any signs of anger. He just fell down on the dirty muddy ground like a dog with a broken bone.
After all, he was only beaten twice and not killed. You must know that in the past few days, several strong men from Jin have been beaten to death.
Moreover, even if Huo Yi is angry, he can no longer get angry because he is too hungry and has almost no energy to be angry.
Seeing Huo Yi fall to the ground like a dead dog, Taobao kicked him to the ground and felt very bored.
Taobao finally kicked Huo Yi hard and cursed.
"You damn Jin dog, if you dare to eat horse food again, I will skin you and make you into jerky!"
Hearing the word "breasted meat", Huo Yi, who had a numb expression on his face, was instantly frightened, as if he had thought of something extremely terrifying.
He quickly fell to his knees, crying in pain, saying that he would never dare to do it again. Even if he starved to death in the future, he would never dare to steal the food that the general fed to his horse again.
Seeing Huo Yi looking so incompetent and kowtowing in front of him, Tao Bao felt very happy. It seemed that the person in front of him was not an ordinary Jin citizen, but those who had previously regarded him as a Tian guest. The powerful Jin people oppressed the serfs to their heart's content.
Taobao finally ordered Huo Yi to pick up more firewood and make the fire in his room brighter.
As if hearing the amnesty, Huo Yi quickly ran out of the door and went to search for dry firewood and waste wood in the empty spaces of the broken houses.
After just walking a few steps, Huo Yi, who had not eaten a full meal for two or three days, staggered and squatted down on the wall. His originally weak body, coupled with the panic he had just received, gave him a feeling of desperate sadness. It stuck in my heart.
Huo Yi thought with hatred and anger. At this time, he was not even as good as those barbarians' horses, and the dignified seven-foot man was going to steal the food of the beasts and horses.
Auxiliary soldiers like myself who followed the Hu people to plunder and fight have already fallen into this situation. I wonder if the parents, wives and children in Zhaojun's family can have a life-threatening ration to eat.
Huo Yi was originally from Zhao County. When Wang Mi and Shi Le were fighting in Hebei, the leader of his Wubao clan surrendered to Shi Le. Shi Le recruited auxiliary troops from the second quarter of Wubao. Huo Yi was one of the people who was transferred at that time. member.
He never expected that this draw would be the beginning of Huo Yi's nightmare life. At the beginning, the Jiehu and Wuhuan people in the army tried their best to bully them Jin soldiers. Facing the ferocious Hu people, Everyone dares to be angry but dare not speak out.
However, the situation soon became worse. After following Shi Le and fighting in several places, Ding Shao, the governor of Jizhou in the north, led a large army to crusade. After several battles, Shi Le's soldiers suffered heavy losses. Most of them were killed or wounded.
And to make matters worse, almost all the food in Shile's army was lost, and soon the army was short of food.
Soon, Huo Yi and others discovered that when they could not get food replenishment for several days, these barbarians actually ate the women and children among the captives accompanying the army. Some of the uneaten human flesh was eaten by these The Hu people made dried meat.
In this way, Huo Yi and most of the Jin auxiliary soldiers endured hardships during the days when breaking a Wubao could keep them full for several days, otherwise they would starve.
Before coming to Baihewu, the Hu generals told them that as long as Baihewu was conquered, the food in the fort would be enough to sustain them through the winter, so that the whole army could have a good rest.
But when they discovered that Baihewu had been deserted, Huo Yi and the others fell into despair.
Huo Yi didn't know how long he could hold on. He was afraid that he would fall dead like a wild dog. He was even more afraid that after he died, he would be eaten by others as food. After all, he had walked a long way. I have seen many remains with their bones and flesh removed. They definitely did not look like they were eaten by wild beasts, but were definitely cut off by human knives.
Of course there is food in Shile's army, but no one knows when the next food supply will be. Therefore, when food is insufficient now, Shile's army gives priority to supplying rations to Hu soldiers and horses. Jin auxiliary soldiers like Huo Yi were given a life-threatening meal in two or three days.
Only when fighting is needed, two full meals will be given in advance.
Just when Huo Yi was leaning softly against the corner, feeling weak, he remembered the sound of whimpering like a horn in mourning.
Huo Yi knew that this was an order from the Hu army. Listening to the sound, it seemed to be an order to assemble.
Sure enough, after a while, Huo Yi saw Huren Taobao who had just beaten him, and hurriedly ran out of the house and ran towards the yard where Shi Le was.
Seeing this scene, Huo Yi suddenly gained energy and strength. Could it be that these barbarians are going to fight again? Are there people coming to attack, or are they going to attack other Wubao? If that is the case, Huo Yi will definitely be given these auxiliary soldiers. Have a good two full meals.
As long as he can eat, Huo Yi no longer cares much about not going to the battlefield.
The main courtyard of Baihe Fort was originally the temple of the Wubao leader's family, but now it has become the camp of Shi Le, the general of the Huns and Han Dynasty.
Soon after the horns were sounded on both sides, all the subordinates arrived.
Many of the generals have curly hair and hooked noses, and they are basically all Jiehu people from Bingzhou, Shile's fellow villagers.
There are also some people who look similar to Jin people. These are basically the miscellaneous Husbands and Wuhuan bandits in the Taihang Mountains.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Shi Le slowly spoke.
"I just got a letter from Liu Ling, saying that Wang Mi is going east to attack Qingzhou. So I decided that we should go to attack Qingzhou together."
Hearing this, the big and small bandits present were all a little surprised, because the three of them, Shi Le Wang Mi and Liu Ling, had previously agreed to take advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River to go south to Sizhou, Yuzhou and Yanzhou after clearing grass and valleys for supplies. , after all, these three places are all flat plains, and they are mainly cavalry. It is difficult for the Jin army with numerical superiority to encircle them.
Unlike these three states, Qingzhou is surrounded by mountains and seas on three sides. As long as the river and Ji River are blocked, it is very likely that they will be trapped in Qingzhou by the Jin army with superior military strength and will not be able to escape.
"Didn't we agree to go south to the river?" Diao Ying, Shi Le's important wise general, said, "After crossing the river, there are a large number of Jinliu people there who can be used by us. It will be very convenient to capture the city and the territory by then, and I I heard that there are indeed very few refugees in Qingzhou. If we can’t coerce the front-runners of the refugees, I’m afraid we won’t have the upper hand in numbers.”
As soon as Diao Ying finished speaking, he received the approval of all the barbarian generals present.
"I'm afraid you still don't know that Wang Mi's generals Cao Yi, Xu Miao and Gao Liang just ran away with their men. It seems that they are heading east to Qingzhou to join the Donglai Tianshi Dao thief."
Shi Le's words made the generals present even more puzzled. Cao Yi and the other three were the most trusted generals under Wang Mi. How could they suddenly leave at the drop of a hat? These Jin people talked about it every day. Where has your loyalty gone?
"We still don't know why Cao Yi and the other three fled, but Wang Mi will definitely not give up. Liu Ling wrote to me and told me that Wang Mi has gathered all 20,000 of his men and is preparing to attack Qingzhou eastward to wash away the shame of Cao Yi and three others' defection. "
After Shi Le finished speaking, someone shouted.
"If his men run away, it's because Wang Mi doesn't have the ability. If he wants to go, just let him go by himself. Then why are we going to join in the fun?!"
Shi Le took a look and saw that the speaker was none other than his fellow countryman Kui'an.
"This is what I think. First, what we are most lacking now is food supplies, and Yanzhou and Sizhou are already very dilapidated. I am afraid that even if we eat some of the cities and forts, we won't have much oil and water. Don't you also know that Jin Ting's Sima Yue has led more than 100,000 people to wander around and eat. As for Qingzhou, it is different. Although there have been small disturbances, those powerful forts have not suffered much losses, and the materials that can be squeezed out must be much more. "
"Another one, Wang Mi is familiar with Qingzhou's geography, shape, and advantages. Maybe he can really get a big advantage. After all, the soldiers in Qingzhou are definitely not as good as us warriors who have been on the battlefield. If this is true, we will have to fight with Wang Mi. Send troops together with Wang Mi, we must not let Wang Mi really succeed, if he takes Qingzhou, then he will have to think about annexing us every day."
At this time, among the three bandit armies of Xiongnu and Han Wang Mi, Shi Le, and Liu Ling, Shi Le was the strongest, followed by Wang Mi. Especially after Wang Mi defected to Liu Yuan, he was appointed by Liu Yuan to recruit Hu bandits in Hebei. The army, which was originally Shi Le's territory and power, now can only watch Liu Yuan kill Wang Mi'an to divide Shi Le's strength.
After getting along several times, Wang Mi and Shi Le have already noticed each other's blazing ambitions in each other's hearts, so now the two of them have been secretly wary of each other, lest they be plotted and annexed by the other party.
And as the two people's mutual suspicion will only become more and more serious, if they were not facing the threat of powerful enemies from the north and the south, they might have turned against each other.
After listening to Shi Le's explanation, these reckless Hu generals all expressed their intention to follow Shi Le and go east together to see how prosperous and prosperous Qingzhou was.
As for Liu Yu, who was currently guarding Qingzhou, no one, including Shi Le, took him seriously.
Shi Le felt that this Liu Yu was probably just like Liu Bogen the year before, using the Tao of Heavenly Masters to fool the common people, and then suddenly became popular. However, if they encountered the barbarian cavalry under his command, these foolish people would have no choice but to stick their heads out and be slaughtered.
Afterwards, Shi Le ordered the whole army to get ready, and sent out cavalry to find and gather the troops who were scattered to loot the grass-cutting valley. After a short rest, he planned to go north to join the Pingdong General Liu Ling of the Huns and Han Kingdom, and then march eastward to Qingzhou together. Wang Mi must not be given the opportunity to eat alone.
Qingzhou, Linzi.
When Liu Yu led Cao Yi, Xu Miao and Gao Liang to Linzi, he immediately summoned the powerful families in Linzi to make public the evil deeds of the Huns and Han bandits that had occurred in Hebei.
However, unlike Liu Bo's expectation of turbulent public sentiment and even indignation, these Qingzhou powerful people in Linzi just sighed after hearing about these Hulu raids.
As for other expressions, they were basically none. These Qingzhou powerful people did not feel that the affairs in Hebei had much to do with them.
Seeing this, Liu Yu finally understood. It seemed that in the eyes of people in the Western Jin Dynasty, people like Liu Yu's national feelings were very indifferent. It can even be said that their identification with the same ethnic group was far less than that of the nobles and poor families. Agree.
In this case, the original plan to spread an atmosphere of panic to help him control an bg basically ended in failure.
After settling Cao Yi and their troops in Linzi City, Liu Yu ordered someone to comfort the three troops stationed outside the city with wine and meat.
As for the three Cao Yi and Liu Yu, they also arranged for the powerful families in Linzi City to invite the three of them to banquets and have fun every day, so that they had no time to take care of the soldiers outside the city.
In this way, Liu Yu greatly enhanced his presence in the three-person army, and even took care of a few old acquaintances in the three-person army.
As a result, almost half of the three people's subordinates were bribed by Liu Yu's sugar-coated bullets. After all, Liu Yu is now the official in charge of the state. As long as he promises some official positions, access and land, he can control them. These folks from Donglai County, who had suffered for several years, were bribed to be submissive.
Although Liu Yu did not intend to directly annex the soldiers of Cao Yi and the others, it is still necessary to use more methods to strengthen his influence. Otherwise, he would supply their military supplies with all his heart, but in the end he would only know about Cao Yi and not Liu Yu. But it’s very unattractive.
Just when Liu Yu had just recruited Cao Yi and three others in Linzi, he suddenly received urgent military information from Jinan County: Xiongnu and Han Wangwang Mi, Shi Le and others led tens of thousands of people to invade Qingzhou, and had already broken through several forts and killed and plundered the people. More than a thousand people!
