Soon, under the leadership of several pro-military guards, a man in military uniform was brought in.
Liu foresaw that this man had a haggard look on his face, and his face was flushed red by the cold wind, showing that he was obviously tired.
However, this person's appearance seemed familiar to Liu Yu, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
After the visitor came in, he immediately fell to the ground.
"Wang Zan of Taiyuan, pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!"
The person who came was none other than Wang Zan, who had fled to Zhang Wu.
After Wang Zan and Sun Wei fled to Zhangwu, they soon learned that Zao Song and Duan Ji had captured and deposed Wang Jun. Sun Wei then led his troops to stay in Zhangwu, while Wang Zan went south to look for Liu Yu for help.
Regarding this Wang Zan, Liu Yu only knew that he was one of the several supervisors who led the troops under Wang Jun. From this point of view, he was still a member of the Wang family in Taiyuan.
"Wang Zan? I always feel like I have seen you somewhere?" Liu Yu said.
Hearing what Liu Yu said, Wang Zan quickly responded.
"The villain is scared. His Majesty still has an impression of the villain."
"Oh, so I have indeed seen you before?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I have been to Linzi before to see off relatives and guests. I just regret that I was blind and could not serve Your Majesty earlier."
When Liu Yu heard this, he immediately remembered that when Wang Jun married his daughter, there were many people in the procession. Although Wang Zan was one of the guests, it did not leave a particularly deep impression on Liu Yu. .
"Hey, Duke Boling is now in Youzhou and has refused my respect several times. Since Youzhou is a loyalist of Jin, he is also an enemy of my Han Dynasty. Could it be that Duke Boling sent you here to declare a war? Really?" Liu Yu said unceremoniously.
Liu Yu, who was originally very kind, now had a tone full of hostility, which immediately made Wang Zan's heart tremble.
While waiting outside, Wang Zan saw that there were neither any complicated emperor's ceremonial guards nor the mighty emperor's palace maids and others outside. The pomp of the Jin emperor was far different from what Wang Zan had seen before. .
At that time, Wang Zan had contempt for Liu Yu and the "big Han", and felt that they were just a grassroots team with no national spirit at all.
However, after entering inside, all Wang Zan saw along the way were strong soldiers. At a glance, he knew that they were all elite soldiers who could fight, not ordinary soldiers. Wang Zan's contempt immediately disappeared. Gone.
I almost forgot that in today's troubled times, strong military strength is much more useful than false ostentation.
"His Majesty!"
After seeing Liu Yu's change of expression, Wang Zan suddenly wailed, almost crying.
This sound almost startled Liu Yu.
Just listen to Wang Zan continue to speak with a cry.
"Your Majesty, the traitors Zaosong and Duan Xianbei have joined forces to attack Zhuoxian County. The prince has fallen into the hands of the thieves. He does not know whether he will live or die!"
Liu Yu was shocked when he heard this.
He glanced at Xi Jian next to him, and saw obvious surprise on Xi Jian's serious face.
"Zaosong united with Duanbu Xianbei to rebel?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, Zaosong has harbored evil intentions for a long time and has been watching for power. Many of his followers in Youzhou are closely followed by his followers. Now he has united with the Duan tribe and suddenly launched an attack. Almost overnight, Lord Boling became the leader of the thieves. .”
After hearing this, Liu Yu felt mixed emotions in his heart.
This incident far exceeded Liu Yu's guess. From now on, how the situation in Youzhou will develop will be another major variable.
"Don't be anxious, tell me the whole story carefully!" Liu Yu said.
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
Later, Wang Zan told the whole story about Duan Bu and Zaosong's alliance with Zhuo County in a surprise attack.
However, many of the details and experiences were not personally experienced by Wang Zan, but were all his own conjectures and news.
After Liu Yu heard this, he already had a rough understanding.
"So, the old prince of Zaosong is still unwilling to switch to Zaosong. The only ones left are Sun Duhu of Zhangwu County and you?"
"Now, to be precise, this is indeed the case." Wang Zan continued, "However, there is still a troop of troops led by Wang Chang in Beiping County. Wang Chang is loyal and upright. Under normal circumstances, he will not surrender to Zao Song."
"In this case, since Wang Duhu still has Zhangwu County in his hands, he should still be able to protect himself. Why are you here so eagerly now?" Xi Jian said unceremoniously.
In Xi Jian's view, people like Wang Zan must have come here to seek refuge with Liu Yu. What he said was just to play a bad role and give Liu Yu a little more help.
Sure enough, upon hearing Xi Jian's unceremonious questioning, Wang Zan immediately spoke eagerly.
"Of course it's to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side! Now His Majesty is spreading the word to the world and asking for Hu Fuhan. To be honest, I have long wanted to do His Majesty's service."
Wang Zan said this, patted his thigh and said with hatred.
"It's a pity that Zao Song has obstructed me in every possible way, so I am increasingly distrustful of Duke Boling, and my intentions to the Han Dynasty cannot be accepted by Duke Boling!"
When Liu saw the situation, he was immediately overjoyed.
"I see!"
"I think the king's governor has an extraordinary temperament. He is not like those foolish loyal Jin people who don't know their destiny. Now it seems that it is indeed the case!"
When Wang Zan heard Liu Yu's praise, he immediately showed his sincerity.
"Ever since I heard that Your Majesty was in Qingzhou to restore the Han Dynasty, when I heard the news in Fan Yang, I was so happy that I couldn't help it! I just regretted that I was incompetent and was living in a subordinate position in Youzhou. I couldn't raise my arms to call out the loyal and righteous people. The soldier died in the service of His Majesty. In the past few months, every time I think about this, I feel so ashamed that I wet my quilt with tears of shame and hatred!"
After Wang Zan finished speaking, he lowered his head and let out a long sigh.
After hearing this, Liu Yu couldn't help but be speechless.
I really didn't expect that this Wang Zan could actually say such "disgusting" words of loyalty.
He glanced at Xi Jian and happened to see the slight smile on Xi Jian's face.
However, this Wang Zan was able to anticipate opportunities and decisively escape and occupy Zhangwu. This was indeed not comparable to ordinary high-ranking disciples.
"Hey, if I hadn't met you today, I wouldn't have known that there were such loyal and brave people in Youzhou who cherished the Han Dynasty's homeland!" Liu Yu also looked very moved.
Reviving the Han Dynasty can be said to be Liu Yu's main ideological weapon today.
Now nearly a hundred years have passed since the Han Dynasty. Due to the turmoil in the past ten years, ordinary people have long forgotten the decline and corruption of the Han Dynasty. Instead, the great achievements of the two Han Dynasties have been passed down.
"Your Majesty, you are not just a minister. Now in Zhangwu County, there are thousands of the same loyal and brave soldiers, all looking forward to your Majesty's Han Banner returning to Youyan in the north!" Wang Zan said.
"Thousands of soldiers? How many specifically?" Liu Yu asked.
"Almost three thousand," Wang Zan said.
"So few?" Liu Yu was a little surprised. Although Zhangwu is not a large county in Jizhou, it has a large population. In addition, it is less harassed by barbarians and refugees. In fact, the real strength should not be greater than that of Jizhou. The superior counties are poor.
"Zhang Wu's army is all descendants of Youzhou, and the rest of the county soldiers are all owned by powerful people in the county." Wang Zan explained, "Now that Zaosong and Duanbu control Youzhou, all the powerful people in Zhangwu County are just outsiders. I'm afraid It won’t be long before they all join Zaosong.”
When Liu Yu heard this, he already understood. It turned out that this was the reason why Wang Zan came in a hurry to seek reinforcements.
After Zaosong easily controls the power of Youzhou, not only the powerful men of Zhangwu County will soon defect to Zaosong, leaving Wang Zan and Sun Wei isolated.
Even the soldiers and horses in the hands of Wang Zan and Sun Wei, in addition to their loyal troops, must also have many soldiers from Youzhou. These people are some unstable factors. They may run away and return at some time. It’s Youzhou.
In this way, Wang Zan and Sun Wei must seek strong foreign aid to stabilize the morale of the army, and then frighten the powerful in the county so that they do not dare to rebel easily.
When Liu Yu was thinking about how to arrange Wang Zan to get the maximum benefit, Wang Zan was already a little anxious.
He thought that after he told the truth about the strength of his troops, Liu Yu became contemptuous.
"Zao Song was a mean, greedy and cunning person. Apart from a bunch of similarly evil villains, all the loyal and upright scholars in Youzhou would be ashamed to serve him as their master." Wang Zan added.
"The three counties of Gaoyang, Boling, and Hejian are all members of Zaosong's party, but they are just wine bags and rice bags. The last general is willing to be the vanguard to capture these three lands for Your Majesty!"
"It's just that after this, the state soldiers in Zaosong's hands and the Xianbei soldiers in Duanbu will definitely stab the general in the back. Without His Majesty's reinforcements, the general will definitely be unable to survive, and he will lose again after gaining."
When Liu Yu heard this, the surprise in his eyes could no longer be suppressed, and he looked at Xi Jian.
The two looked at each other and after exchanging glances, they understood each other's thoughts.
This Wang Zan is a core figure who knows and leads troops in Youzhou. Since he said so, it is probably the same.
The strategy agreed upon by Liu Yu and Xi Jian was to go north to occupy Xindu, and the three counties of Boling, Gaoyang, and Hejian mentioned by Wang Zan were all close to Anping State, where Xindu was located.
Under such a situation, as long as the momentum strategy is used well, after capturing Xindu, not only can some of Shile's forces in Jizhou be destroyed, but also the four northern counties of Jizhou can be obtained more powerfully.
"What you said really moved me! How can I live up to such a plan to build a country?!"
Liu Yu immediately started to show off his acting skills.
"So, I decided to personally lead my army northward, first capture Xindu and open up the road to Jizhou, and then go northward to attack the traitor Zaosong and his likes!"
"Your Majesty, it is really a blessing for the scholars of Youyan and a blessing for the great man!"
Wang Zan exclaimed in his heart that as long as Liu Yu's Han army could go north to capture Xindu, it would mean that they could go north to the four counties of Jizhou. If they continued to go north, as long as they occupied the Zhangshui and Qingshui basins, they could use the rivers to transport soldiers and soldiers to Zhangwu. Weapons and food and grass, in this way, even if Duan Xianbei goes south, with these baggage, he can hold on until reinforcements come to rescue him.
"No, Your Majesty!"
Unexpectedly, just when Wang Zan was happy, he heard the counselor next to him objecting.
"Your Majesty, now that our army has just taken Qinghe, we should quickly continue to advance westward and attack Shi Le's home base of Weijun. How can we easily change our strategy and head north to Xindu?"
Xi Jian said with a heartbroken look.
"I...."
Wang Zan was anxious when he heard this. If Zhang Wu's three thousand soldiers and horses had no foreign aid, they would surely have dispersed as soon as Zaosong or Duan went south, because no one was a fool. Without foreign aid, these three thousand troops would have Soldiers and horses will never be able to defend Zhang Wu.
He was about to speak, but Liu Yu suddenly beat him to it.
"Mr. Xi, this is wrong!"
Liu Yu said loudly.
"Now Zhang Wu has three thousand righteous men, and he has such virtuous people as his supervisors and guardians. How can he sit back and watch them being persecuted by Zaosong and Duan Bu's traitors!"
"Shi Le is an ugly barbarian after all. Let's attack Xindu first this time and cut off one of his arms. As for his miserable life, it won't be too late to wait until next time!"
After Wang Zan heard this, he was greatly relieved.
After Liu Yu settled the matter with a very firm attitude, he said to Wang Zan with a little regret.
"As you can see, this matter is indeed sudden. It may take some time for the army to turn north, but it still requires you and Sun Wei to wait for reinforcements for a while."
According to Liu Yu and Xi Jian's plan, after capturing Xindu, Liu Yu's reserves of food and grass will be consumed very much, and it may be unsustainable if he continues to go north.
However, Liu Yu had no intention of telling Wang Zan about this.
Wang Zan had already expected the time issue Liu Yu mentioned. After all, the hundreds of miles of journey would not have happened overnight. If he and Sun Wei didn't even have the ability to wait for help, they would There is no shame in continuing to live.
In Wang Zan's plan, as long as the Han army occupied Xindu, it would be a great threat to northern Hebei.
And, most importantly.
It would be much easier for Wang Zan to just follow up and raise the banner of the Han army and collect some Dingkou and supplies from the powerful people in northern Hebei.
"Although the last general is not talented, he will definitely defend Zhangwu with Sun Duhu for Your Majesty."
Liu Yu was very happy about this.
"Wang Qing is so loyal and brave, how can he settle down to a small supervisory position!"
Wang Zan quickly bowed down, knowing that Liu Yu would soon be granted an official title and made a wish.
"At the end of the day, the general is stupid, and his duty as a supervisor is over..."
As soon as he said something, he was interrupted by Liu Yu waving his hand.
"Hey! A true man must act with due diligence, how can he treat himself lightly!"
"Mr. Xi, what position do you think should be suitable for such a loyal and virtuous man?"
Xi Jian thought for a while and said.
"Your Majesty, why don't you serve as a county guard and give me the title of general?"
Liu Yu listened, but was not satisfied, and then said.
"How can you, a scholar of the state, treat him like an ordinary person! Wang Qing, I regard you as the governor of Jizhou, the general of Pingbei, and the commander-in-chief of all military affairs in Jizhou. You can punish the traitors of Zaosong in the three counties of northern Hebei on your own!"
"As for Sun Wei, I know that he is from a large family in Zhuo County, so I will make him the governor of Youzhou and the captain of Dongyi Province. When you two help me pacify Jizhou, I will immediately attack the traitors in Youzhou!"
"Your Majesty, General, General, I am really,,, really scared!"
Wang Zan never expected that Liu Yu would directly give himself and Sun Wei the positions of governor of a state and general of the four directions. This was simply unimaginable for Wang Zan, who was born in a small branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan.
A high-ranking official position that was originally out of reach in life was obtained so easily? !
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