Although Liu Yu hoped that the population under Qingzhou's rule would be as large as possible, he was greedy for the more than 30,000 young and strong recruits under the command of Xuzhou Governor Pei Dun. Eighty-eight reading, o
However, there is no way to eat them now.
This does not mean that Liu Yu's Qingzhou Army cannot defeat Liu Yu's Qingzhou Army because of its powerful leadership ability.
On the contrary, throughout the history of the Western Jin Dynasty, this man's life was basically a joke.
This time, with Pei Dun personally leading the battle, the Qingzhou Army had already won more than half of its victory.
It's because Pei Dun led the Xuzhou Army northward into Yanzhou and stayed there, nearly two hundred miles away from Jibei County controlled by the Qingzhou Army.
This old man Pei pretended to be watching from afar.
As for the Qingzhou Army that had just returned from Hebei, not only were the soldiers exhausted, but even the food they had saved was insufficient. After all, tens of thousands of people had just moved here.
This winter, it is just enough to feed so many people.
"The spies from the front came to report that Pei Dun led 30,000 Xuzhou soldiers. After arriving at Jinshan in Gaoping, they have not continued northward and have stayed for a long time."
Liu Yu told the generals present about the information he had just received.
"This Pei Dun must be scared and doesn't dare to move forward."
"If he doesn't come, let's go over and kill him now. No one will be left alive."
"The army has just returned from a long journey and is already exhausted. It is not appropriate to fight again immediately."
Several ministers with simple ideas spoke first.
"I guess that Pei Dun is not only afraid, he must be waiting for reinforcements from other routes. Isn't it that the Yangzhou soldiers have already gone north? He probably just wants to attack with the Yangzhou soldiers. By then, one to the east and one to the west, You can flank me in Qingzhou from both directions."
Dong Ping, who had just arrived from Jinan County, obviously thought more carefully, "Our Qingzhou is far away from the east and the west, and is blocked by the mountains of Taishan and Langya counties in the middle. I'm afraid there will be a danger of not being able to take care of both the beginning and the end. "
Liu Yu nodded. This should be the idea of Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea, to specifically target the weaknesses of Qingzhou's special terrain pattern.
Since ancient times, no matter how powerful Qingzhou is, it has been difficult to produce a dynasty that will dominate the world. One of the big reasons is that Qingzhou's difficult geography is the reason.
In addition to the sea and the Yellow River as barriers, Qingzhou's entire southern defense line is blocked by the central mountains, making it impossible to coordinate and coordinate, and it is extremely easy for the enemy to attack the hinterland from the southeast and southwest sides.
Liu Yuan expected that if he thought about it this way, he would have to find a way to acquire Taishan and Langya counties as soon as possible. Only in this way can he balance both the east and the west.
"However, even if the two of them attack from a flank, they may not be successful. Didn't the general already deploy elite troops in Chengyang and Beihai before going to Hebei? The Yangzhou soldiers will definitely not get any favors from coming all the way."
Li Feng didn't care much about Dong Ping's worries.
"Even so, we have to avoid being attacked by the enemy on two fronts at the same time. I heard that the general leading the Yangzhou soldiers is Wang Dun from Langya County. This man is not a mediocre person like Pei Dun."
Liu Yu was still a little afraid of the historical celebrity Wang Dun. After all, he was a ruthless man who could scare the Emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the point of calling him daddy.
Many of the generals in the Qingzhou Army were incapable of this kind of planning. A large group of people gathered around and made noise for a long time, but they did not come up with any useful suggestions.
Liu Yu secretly shook his head in his heart. At this time, most of the generals of the Qingzhou Army were only capable of going into battle to kill people. They were the best among them if they could adapt to the situation on the battlefield. This kind of planning was beyond their usual thinking. range. Eighty-eight reading, o
Soon, Liu Yu asked them to disperse. After all, besides Pei Dun, there were many other things waiting for them to do.
Not long after everyone dispersed, Dong Ping quickly left and returned.
"You already have an idea." Liu Yu knew that he was back and must have had an idea. However, there were so many people talking just now that it was not convenient to announce it to the public.
"Jixing, I actually have something that I haven't had time to tell you yet." Dong Ping looked a little uneasy.
Liu Yu was a little confused, "What's the matter?"
Dong Ping took a breath and said, "A few days ago, a businessman from Xuzhou came to Jibei County and brought me this thing."
With that said, Dong Ping took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu saw that the letter did not have any signature and had been opened and read. He unfolded the letter paper and saw the contents inside.
It turned out that this was a letter written by Xu Governor Shi Simao to Dong Ping. Strictly speaking, it was a letter of persuasion to surrender.
Sima Ao is the deputy chief of Xuzhou Governor Pei Dun. Pei Dun almost obeys his words.
In his letter, he seemed to have thanked Dong Ping for something, and then said that the Jin court was about to launch a three-pronged attack on Qingzhou. As long as Dong Ping led his troops to abandon the dark side and surrender to the bright side, he could let Pei Dun, the governor of Xuzhou, If Dong Ping is recommended as a general or a marquis, and he makes great achievements, even if he replaces Liu Yu and becomes the governor of Qingzhou, it will not be possible.
After Liu Yu looked at it, he chuckled and said, "How did this come about?"
Dong Ping hurriedly said, "Jinan County soldiers met a group of merchants from Xuzhou who were selling salt goods. After checking, they found out that it was the property of Xu Governor Shi Simao, and they were about to confiscate the people and goods. I happened to meet them. , I think about what Ji Xing said before, this merchant trade should be treated equally as long as they pay the passerby tax, so that they can make all the wealth in the world."
Liu Yu nodded. He did say this. After all, the biggest buyers of salt, porcelain and other goods produced in Qingzhou are the surrounding prefectures and counties, and these prefectures and counties are full of hostility to Qingzhou. If the Qingzhou army continues If you are full of malice towards the traders who come here, then no one will even come to do business. Many things that are not produced in Qingzhou will not be trafficked here.
Dong Ping looked at Liu Yu's expression and found that there was no change that he was worried about, and his original nervousness was slightly relieved.
"So, I didn't let the county soldiers confiscate their belongings and gave them a convenience. Unexpectedly, a few days ago, the group of merchants from Xuzhou actually came to my door again and gave me this letter. "
Dong Ping swallowed and continued, "I thought that this letter might be of great use, so I didn't embarrass the merchant. Later I learned that Jixing had returned to Jibei County, so I rushed here without stopping. , I just wanted to tell you about this."
After hearing this, Liu Yu finally understood. No wonder Dong Ping only led a dozen of his own soldiers to rush to Jibei County first. It turned out that there was such a thing.
Dong Ping must be afraid. If he cannot tell Liu Yu about this matter at the first time, if someone tells Liu Yu about it first, then Dong Ping will be very passive if he wants to explain.
In fact, if Dong Ping wanted to completely clear up this matter, it would be very simple. When the Xuzhou merchant came to the door, he would immediately denounce his wishful thinking, and then kill the merchant who sent the letter with a knife, which would be enough to prove his innocence.
But Dong Ping did not do this. Instead, he was willing to take such risks in order to leave a potentially useful hidden clue.
When he thought of this, Liu Yu was instantly moved. The so-called close friends and relatives should be nothing more than this.
Liu Yu stepped forward and patted Dong Ping's shoulder, sighed softly and said.
"Zijun, thank you for your hard work on this matter."
When Dong Ping heard this, he smiled and returned to the same expression he had when talking to Liu Yu before.
"What does it matter? This Sima Ao is Pei Dun's mastermind. If I kill the person who sent the message, wouldn't it be a waste of the opportunity for them to come to my door?"
When Liu Yu heard this, he also smiled and said, "Oh, do you have any good plans for this matter?"
"Exactly, and if successful, it will be enough to deceive Xuzhou Governor Pei Dun."
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Yanzhou, Gaopingguo, Jinshan.
This place is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is winter, and it is a beautiful snow scene.
If it were in the past, when encountering such beautiful scenery, Pei Dun would definitely have asked the servant to prepare wine, fruits and vegetables so that he and his guests could drink and compose poems.
However, having led tens of thousands of troops stationed here for ten days, Xuzhou Governor Pei Dun was in no mood to appreciate the beauty of the snowy scenery here.
At this time, Pei Dun was in a very bad situation. He had just received two pieces of news, one good and one bad.
The first is the good news. Wang Mi, who looted Yuzhou and Xuzhou, has led his army to the west with the looted goods and people, temporarily avoiding the danger of Xuzhou. This is a good news for Pei Dun, the governor of Xuzhou. The great joy of drinking for three days.
Of course, if there wasn't another bad news, Pei Dun would have definitely done this.
The second is bad news. The Jin generals who led the Yangzhou troops to the north, Wang Dun, the governor of Yangzhou, and Qian Hui, the general of Jianwei, broke into internal strife when they marched to the bank of the Huaihe River for some unknown reason. General Qian Hui of Jianwei led his men and defeated them. Wang Dun, Wang Dun abandoned his army and fled back to Jiangdong, while General Jianwei Qian Hui simply led his zaofan to continuously attack surrounding cities.
As a result, the plan envisioned by King Sima Yue of the East China Sea to attack Qingzhou from both sides completely failed. After all, Pei Dun's offensive alone would be difficult to achieve unless something happened in the Qingzhou army, giving the Xuzhou soldiers an opportunity to take advantage of it. .
Seeing that the weather is getting warmer day by day, there are more and more calls from the Xuzhou army under Pei Dun to return to Xuzhou.
After all, these more than 30,000 Xuzhou troops are all from good families, and they are all well-off people who have families, families, fields and food in Xuzhou.
These good-natured sons of Xuzhou had left their homes because of being forced into military service and came to Yanzhou in the freezing weather. They were full of resentment. Now that spring is approaching, they are even more homesick.
However, after hearing the news reported back by his officers, Xuzhou Governor Pei Dun dismissed it.
Pei Dun knew that none of these good family members wanted to be soldiers, and they all felt that they could not get along with Qiu Ba, who was like a servant. However, in the eyes of Pei Dun, a high-ranking Chinese family member, you humble Guizhou bosses and those stinky There is no difference between Qiu Ba and Qiu Ba. They are all servants driven by the minister.
However, even without considering the thoughts of Qiu Babing, Pei Dun himself wanted to return to Xuzhou.
Without the cooperation of the Yangzhou soldiers and letting Pei Dun attack the Qingzhou army by himself, he was really unsure.
"Hey, forget it, I'll go back later and do some divination to see if it's better to continue moving forward or return to Xuzhou." Pei Dun murmured.
Suddenly, a burst of hurried footsteps came from outside. Soon a voice first reached Pei Dun's ears, and then a man rushed in with a happy face.
"Your Majesty, I am so happy, so happy."
The man who rushed in was Pei Dun's deputy, Chang Shi Sima Ao.
"Oh, what a joy." Pei Dun looked expectant.
Sima Ao glanced around, and then said in a deep and secretive voice.
"Your Majesty, do you know what I told you last time about writing a letter?"
"You're talking about recruiting the traitor Dong Ping from Qingzhou to surrender?"
As the governor of Xuzhou, Pei Dun certainly knew that among the nearby Qingzhou thieves, there was a Qingzhou general named Dong Ping, who was second only to Liu Yu in prestige in the Qingzhou army. If he could be recruited to surrender, it would be a real victory. Really make a lot of money.
"Exactly, I have learned from you, and thanks to my reputation, Dong Ping has already sent me a letter, deciding to surrender to the enemy. As long as Dong Ping can be recruited and surrendered, the other Qingzhou thieves will be frightened, and they will definitely harbor secret dissatisfaction with each other. "
When Pei Dun heard this, he immediately laughed and cheered.
However, he suddenly became suspicious and said to Sima Ao.
"No, this Dong Ping is already the governor of Jinan County among the Qingzhou thieves, and a general of one side. I remember that you wrote a letter and promised him the position, which is just about the same as an official position. Why did he surrender so happily?"
After hearing this, Sima Ao seemed to have expected it, and immediately told everything about the content of Dong Ping's letter and why he surrendered to Pei Dun.
In short, first, Liu Yu in the Qingzhou army went against the grain and harmed the scholars, which had already caused dissatisfaction among the army and the people, and it can be said that people were heartbroken. Second, Liu Yu promoted and appointed refugees from other places in the Qingzhou Army, and squeezed out the old people in the Qingzhou Army, which was a despicable method that almost eliminated all the birds. Third, Dong Ping had realized that the Jin Dynasty was the most powerful one, and Pei Xuzhou was a talented person from a high-ranking Chinese family, so he did not dare to go against Pei Xuzhou.
Moreover, Dong Ping's letter repeatedly emphasized that his abandonment of the dark side and the bright side was entirely due to the imperial court's victory over the right time, place, and people, the victory of orthodoxy over the rebels, and the victory of the high-ranking talents over the mediocre and mediocre.
Although Dong Ping's rainbow fart was good, it did not make Pei Dun, the governor of Xuzhou, completely lose his mind.
Pei Dun couldn't help but ask.
"Are everything this guy said true?"
Sima Ao, the governor of Xu, straightened his back and said confidently.
"I have verified it with someone, and almost everything it said is consistent. Except that Liu Yu is a traitor and is unpopular with the people, the rest of the things can also be confirmed by merchants. For example, there is a man named Wu Xin in the Qingzhou Army. , a native of Changshan in Jizhou, had only been in the Qingzhou bandit army for a few months, and he had already become a general in the Qingzhou army. This fact is enough to confirm what Dong Ping said in his letter, that Liu Yu used the help of newcomers to suppress the old army."
After Pei Dun inquired some more, he finally believed that this Dong Ping should have sincerely surrendered, and Dong Ping also said that he could lead his elite men to surrender together, and he could also control several cities in Jibei County for Pei Dun.
Regarding these, Pei Dun still needs to further use actions and time to confirm the authenticity of the "surrender".
But he was already happy in his heart, and he happily began to praise Sima Ao.
"A great talent with a long history, I am afraid I will have to accept the defeat even if I have tried my best to retain him as a marquis."
Sima Ao smiled slightly and tried to look calm and calm.
"Your Majesty, I will tell you the truth. When I wrote the letter to persuade you to surrender, I admitted that I also had a gambling element in my heart." 11
