The second year of Hongwu in the Han Dynasty and the sixth year of Yongjia in the Jin Dynasty.
January.
Tens of thousands of elite military soldiers from more than a dozen counties in Qingyan, Xuzhou, and Xuzhou have gathered in Luzicheng.
Although these tens of thousands of newly minted "macho men" are all the elite Chinese army team that Liu Yu has high hopes for.
The food, clothing, housing and transportation of these sergeants in Luzicheng are actually a bit rudimentary, because Luzicheng was originally just a small town. It only accommodated the officials of the New Dynasty, and it was already a small town. The sudden arrival of tens of thousands of sergeants was even more... Difficult to place properly.
However, these soldiers of the Han Chinese Army did not cause any trouble or engage in any parade or other activities.
Because the current Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yu, has also moved out of Luzi City and has camped with these soldiers outside the city, just like leading the army in battle before.
As the saying goes, "Don't worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality." Liu Yu, now the emperor, still eats and lives with these soldiers, who dares to have any dissatisfaction.
The reason why Liu Yu did this was, firstly, to win the support of these soldiers, and secondly, because they were about to march to Jizhou after a little reorganization.
According to the intelligence from Wu Xin ahead, Shi Le, who occupied Jizhou, seemed to have really been solicited by Wang Jun of Youzhou, and Shi Le was also very interested in this. According to Wu Xin's guess, Shi Le was very likely to "turn his back to Hu Han and surrender to Wang Jun" ".
Although Liu Yu was sure in his heart that Shi Le must be a deceiver and a conspiracy to deceive Wang Jun, he had such an idea but had no way to make Wang Jun believe him.
Because, in Wang Jun's heart at this time, Liu Yu had already become a more hateful and hateful enemy than Hulu Shile.
Just a few days ago, Wang Jun issued an order to pardon Duan Xianbei's crime of disobedience and took back the cities in western Liaoning occupied by Duan Xianbei.
Moreover, Wang Jun also secretly sent an envoy to contact Zu Ti, who was occupying Zaoyang. According to the confession of the secret envoy captured by Wu Xin's subordinates, in order to win over Zu Ti, Wang Jun had appointed Zu Ti as the governor of Jizhou with the power of taking control, and the governor of Qingzhou and Jizhou. All military affairs.
"Wang Pengzu's intention for this move is already obvious. He must be uniting with Shi Le and Zu Ti to harm His Majesty." After learning this series of information, Xi Jian quickly pointed out Wang Jun's intention to Liu Yu.
"Then what Jun Xi said, to make Zu Ti obey, has come to fruition?" Liu Yu asked.
"Your Majesty, I have already sent people to contact the heroes who followed Zu Ti to move to Zaoyang. As long as your Majesty's army crosses the river, they will change their banners and respect the Han." Xi Jian said confidently.
"Okay, if that's the case, I'll immediately order you to prepare all the food, grass and baggage needed for the army as soon as possible. Once it's ready, I will lead the soldiers of the central army to cross the river to attack the Huru and pacify Jizhou!"
These Jizhou powerful men who followed and supported Zu Ti actually followed Zu Ti and moved to Zaoyang. Part of the reason was that some people really wanted to advance to the imperial family, but the more reason was that they felt that Pingyuan City was an important place. After Zu Ti resigned and lost the support of Jizhou powerful men like them, it would be difficult to defend Pingyuan City with only three thousand Qingzhou soldiers.
Therefore, the more powerful plans of these Jizhou powerful people are to use Zu Ti as a guise to wait and see, and use this as a bargaining chip to obtain more benefits from Liu Yu.
This unexplainable reason was exactly what Xi Jian used to win over these Jizhou tycoons after seeing through it.
"Not only that, after His Majesty arrives in Mahe, he must make these Jizhou powerful men send his disciples to accompany the army as hostages, just like Shi Le did. He must not let these people live in the back."
Although Xi Jian was able to use these powerful people in Jizhou for his own purposes, he was still very wary of them.
"Yes, these Jizhou tycoons have been turned into weeds by the ever-changing situation. They really don't want to obey orders without some harsh measures."
In the past few years, these Jizhou tycoons have been under the control of various forces such as the King of Chengdu, Dongying Gong, Gongshi Fan, Shi Le, Wang Jun, Liu Ling, etc., and have already developed extremely strong survival skills. ability.
No matter how confident Liu Yu was, he would not dare to leave these people behind.
If these people block the river and the important ferry crossing of Jishui after the spring rains, Liu Yu will be in danger of being attacked from both sides when he goes deep into Jizhou.
Xi Jian finally offered some advice.
"Although Zu Ti commanded the Jizhou tycoons to station in Zaoyang, and Wang Jun repeatedly sent envoys to win over him, he remained unmoved."
"It can be seen that although Zu Ti is grateful for the Jin Dynasty's old kindness to his clan, the current generation of Wang Jun is definitely not a candidate for Zu Ti's service."
"When your Majesty's army crosses the river, the heroes of Jizhou will definitely betray Zu Ti and join your Majesty. When that time comes, Your Majesty can send Zu Yue's personal envoy to Zaoyang to lobby Zu Ti."
"As long as Zu Ti, who is now alone in the army, knows His Majesty's intention to conquer the barbarians and restore the mountains and rivers, there is at least a 90% certainty that he will obey His Majesty!"
"Zu Ti is very loyal and upright. Even if the heroes of Jidong betray him, can he easily fall under the Han banner?" Liu Yu felt that this matter was not that simple.
However, Xi Jian is very confident in this.
"Therefore, I said that Your Majesty must personally send Zuyue there."
Liu Yu already understood something when he heard Xi Jian's words.
"Zu Yue? What Duke Xi means is that although Zu Ti cherishes the Jin Dynasty, he also values brotherhood, so he wants Zu Yue to go?"
Xi Jian nodded and continued.
"Zu Ti's father and brother are dead, and Zu Yue and his friends are deeply in love. As long as Zu Yue comes forward, half of the success will be achieved."
"What's more, Zu Ti is determined to recover the lost territory. Apart from Your Majesty, there is no other place to show his ambition."
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Ever since the military soldiers from various counties gathered in Luzi, the news that Emperor Liu Yu of the Han Dynasty, who had just established his country and proclaimed himself emperor, was going to lead his army to conquer Jizhou in the north, had spread like wildfire throughout Jizhou.
Even in the land of Zhao and Wei, where Hulu Shile worked hard to isolate the news, it had already spread throughout the countryside and cities.
Suddenly, the order that was finally established under Shi Le's rule was severely damaged. Many Wubao powerful people near the "Puppet Han" area made changes.
If Shi Le hadn't held many powerful clansmen as hostages, perhaps these Jizhou powerful people would have already defected and joined the "Puppet Han".
Jizhou, in Xiangguo City.
Shi Lezheng summoned his generals, subordinates, staff and other people to discuss how to deal with Liu Yu's attack.
"General, the fake Han Liu Yu is unpopular. Now Jizhou is powerful and powerful, but it is just because Liu Yu had a somewhat evil reputation before." Xu Guang, a Jizhou native who is a subordinate, first said, "As long as the general can wait for his work in leisure, even if If it is a small victory, it can inspire people's hearts and make those who are on both ends of the spectrum no longer dare to act rashly."
Among today's Shile army, they all despise Liu Yu's Han Dynasty as "Pseudo Han", and call the Han Dynasty in Pingyang, Bingzhou, "Huang Han".
However, under Shi Le's deliberate example, Shi Le's army always tried its best to downplay the "Imperial Han" court in Bingzhou Pingyang.
"Hmph, Xu Lingshi, what you said is simple. Who wouldn't say this kind of falsehood? But how can we wait for work in leisure?"
Immediately, General Jiehu came and said to Xu Guang.
These barbarian generals under Shi Le also despised scholars like Xu Guang who were accustomed to greeting and flattering.
"According to my inference, Liu Yu's troops of the puppet Han Dynasty today only have 100,000 soldiers and horses at most. After removing the soldiers and horses that guard Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou, and then removing the soldiers and horses guarding the army, he can only lead an army of two people at most. Thousands of people came here, and there were only over 10,000 people.”
Xu Guang obviously came well prepared and was not afraid of the troubles made by these barbarians.
Hearing what Xu Guang said, Shi Le was a little surprised, and his eyes looked at Xu Guang a little solemnly.
Xu Guang, who had already felt the change in Shi Le's eyes, suddenly felt a sense of joy in his heart.
I only heard Xu Guang continue to speak.
"Moreover, today's plain counties in the eastern part of Jizhou are suffering from successive famines, and they will definitely not be able to support the supply of military food. Liu Yu's march from here will have to rely on the transportation of food and grass from Qingzhou."
"When Liu Yu led his army to the plain, the general immediately ordered Shihu, who was currently stationed on the west side of Mahe, to retreat."
Hearing what Xu Guang said, many barbarian generals started to yell and curse.
"Retreat? Why retreat?"
"You Jin dog, you will definitely betray the general!"
"The Mahe barrier is a good one, why don't you keep it?"
"If you don't defend the barrier of the Ma River, are you going to ask Liu Yu to come and kill us?"
Mahe is the most important barrier from Jidong to the hinterland of Jizhou. Although Shihu was defeated by Zu Ti and expelled from the east of Mahe, he can still hold on to Mahe.
However, when Shi Le heard Xu Guang say this, he felt a little thoughtful. He stopped the questioning of a group of reckless Hu generals and signaled Xu Guang to continue.
"After Shi Hu abandoned Mahe, the general ordered Shi Hu to clear out the towns along the way!" Xu Guang continued.
"How to strengthen the wall and clear the field?" Shi Le asked.
"From the west of the Ma River to the Guangzong and Dongwu areas, all the soldiers and civilians from the cities and towns were evacuated, the wells along the way were filled, and all the houses were burned, so that Liu Yu's army, which followed, could not get anything. A place for rest and replenishment.”
Upon hearing what Xu Guang said, everyone present, especially those scholars and powerful men from Jizhou, couldn't help but exclaimed.
Xu Guang's so-called "strengthening the wall and clearing the country" was to kill and burn all the areas on the west side of the Ma River before Liu Yu's army arrived. It can be said that he killed eight hundred enemies and suffered one thousand losses.
How can we not make these people exclaim.
Even Shi Le had some concerns.
"Wouldn't this make me lose all the support in Jizhou?" Shi Le frowned slightly.
"General, what's the harm in losing the hearts of some mere rats?"
As soon as Shi Le finished speaking, Shi Zhang Bin, the right commander next to him, suddenly spoke.
"I think the strategy Xu Lingshi mentioned is indeed feasible!"
"Now that Liu Yuzhen has led his army to attack, it is an absolute risk-taking strategy. As long as the general can seize the opportunity and give Liu Yu a head-on blow to the puppet Han, Xuzhou can be defeated without even having to achieve a great victory. , Yuzhou, Yanzhou area forces gathered together to attack."
"At that time, if the general leads his army east again, Liu Yu, who is already tired of dealing with enemies in his surroundings, will probably be captured by your majesty before long."
The words of Zhang Bin, the right commander, immediately made Shi Le feel good, as if he had already seen the scene of capturing his "old enemy" Liu Yu.
"What You Changshi said is indeed reasonable."
General Pi Zhang Jack also nodded in agreement.
Immediately, more staff began to agree.
For a time, the voices in favor of Xu Guang's efforts to strengthen the walls and clear the country in Jizhou completely took over the momentum.
When Xu Guang saw this, he became even more happy.
"General, after Jizhou is fortified and the country is cleared, Liu Yu and the puppet Han must completely rely on transshipment for their food and supplies. At that time, the general will send light cavalry to harass his retreat and cut off his food and grass. The area from Mahe to Guangzong will be enough to make the army Liu Yu collapsed without a fight."
"When Liu Yu and his army are unable to move forward and want to retreat, the general will gather all the troops to pursue and intercept the enemy of the puppet Han. It will not be difficult to capture Liu Yu, the leader of the thieves."
Hearing Xu Guang's plan, Shi Le suddenly became enlightened.
Now Liu Yu takes Qingzhou as his base and proclaims himself emperor and establishes his country. However, the undefendable areas of Xuzhou and Yuzhou have not been attacked, just because of the prestige of the "Qingzhou Army" before.
Once this "prestige" is broken, these foreign invasions will follow one after another. No matter how great Liu Yu is, he cannot make up for the geographical disadvantages of Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Yanzhou.
"Okay, if that's the case, then gather all the troops immediately." Shi Le narrowed his eyes, touched his thick curly beard and said, "Since we want to strengthen the wall and clear the country, then we should simply do it more thoroughly."
"From the west of Ma River to Dingkou, the city of Dongwu and Guangzong, all the troops came to Xiangguo."
"Whether it's a humble commoner or a powerful Wubao man, we must all act accordingly."
Zhang Bin became a little worried when he heard what Shi Le said.
He wasn't worried about those little people, those ant-like things. If they didn't obey orders, he would just kill them.
What Zhang Bin is really worried about is those powerful people who are unwilling to give up their foundation easily.
"General, the owners of those forts have already taken hostages to the general. If we continue to force them like this, it will be counterproductive!"
Before Zhang Bin could speak, someone else immediately tried to persuade Shi Le.
"Huh! If you don't want to move to Xiangguo, then you are a traitor who is waiting to surrender to the puppet Han Liu Yu!" Xu Guang said immediately.
"That's right! Anyone who refuses to move to Xiangguo is a traitor with ulterior motives, and must be waiting to join the puppet Han Liu Yu!" Shi Le also said immediately.
"To deal with such people, it's easy, just kill them all!"
Zhang Bin said to Shi Le at this time.
"General, if this is the case, you will definitely encounter resistance. If Liu Yu marches into the plains and implements this strategy, I'm afraid it will be too late!"
Shi Le smiled proudly and said.
"Then let's start now! Either obey the order and live! Or disobey the order and die!"
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