"Xindu is a big city in central Hebei Province. Living in Xindu, you can command the surrounding powerful people. Not only the population, but also food, Liu Yu will be able to get a lot. In this case, it will be too difficult for the general to take it back. Trouble."
Shi Le's generals immediately started talking about it. Everyone felt that if Liu Yu's Qingzhou soldiers could be defeated in Jizhou this time, then the "pseudo-Han" regime Liu Yu had just established would probably be defeated. Caught in a situation under siege from all sides.
By that time, the large areas of wealthy land in Qingzhou will completely lose the power to protect themselves.
Just when the generals began to imagine the beautiful scene of defeating Liu Yu and riding into Qingzhou, a soldier of Shi Le quietly walked up to Shi Le and whispered something.
Although there was no expression change on Shi Le's face, his pair of wild wolf-like green eyes revealed a coldness.
At this time, a loud shout overwhelmed everyone's discussion.
"Near Xindu on the North Road, there are only Shi Hu's more than 10,000 troops. If Liu Yu leads his army to seize the opportunity, I am afraid that Xindu will really be lost. The last general is willing to be the vanguard to delay the march of Qingzhou troops."
Zhang Jackal, a powerful Han man, said loudly to Shi Le.
"General Zhang is interested." Shi Le was very pleased with Zhang Jack's active suggestions. "However, the Qingzhou soldiers are difficult to deal with after all, and Liu Yu is also cunning and cunning. If the light army goes there, although it can catch up with the enemy quickly, it may be difficult." It worked!"
At this time, all the Hu and Han generals in the camp were staring at Shi Le with their eyes wide open, ready to listen to Shi Le's orders.
"So, I decided to immediately march the whole army day and night to rush into Qinghe County. It is best to attack Qingzhou Army from north to south with Shi Hu when Liu Yu's Qingzhou Army crosses Qinghe River!"
"Strikes halfway through?" Zhang Bin was a little surprised.
"Yes, that can be said."
"General, don't you plan to let the Qingzhou soldiers continue to penetrate deeper and then encircle and annihilate them?"
Zhang Bin was a little surprised. When the two discussed it just now, it was not like this.
How could this turn into such a plan in the blink of an eye?
"Youhou, I just thought about it. There are Liu Yan and Wang Jun in the north of Xindu, and the scholars there often have other ambitions. If Liu Yu leads tens of thousands of people to attack Xindu, I'm afraid they won't be able to settle down. The Xiaoxiao meeting will respond to Liu Yu."
Shi Le said loudly.
"Therefore, I think it is better to defeat Liu Yu's Qingzhou soldiers before they approach Xindu!"
"Yes, the general is right. The powerful people in Xindu are all those who are willing to obey the rules. Some of them have tasted the taste of swords and guns in our hands, and they all surrendered. I'm afraid our methods are not as good as those here in Wei County. The rich taste it thoroughly!"
A Jie general with green eyes and curly beard said loudly and boldly.
"Hahaha, yes, all the powerful people in Xindu are just weaklings. They will surrender to whomever they see their troops arriving. This time, we cannot let Liu Yu's Qingzhou soldiers reach the ground in Xindu. Otherwise there will definitely be a lot of trouble."
All the Jiehu generals spoke in agreement.
These Jie generals all felt that Anping and Julu had not experienced their power, and were afraid that they would easily surrender to the "hypocrites", so they all agreed with Shi Le's strategy of "defending the enemy outside the country's gates".
While these Jie people generals were vying to boast about their great achievements in the Zhao and Wei area, the powerful Jin people next to them were all silent, watching their noses and hearts with their eyes, nose and heart, practicing the art of nourishing Qi.
"Yeah, but that's exactly what I thought!"
Shi Le said.
"You all go back and organize your army quickly. You are not allowed to carry any other baggage except food, grass, weapons and armor. You must get to Qinghe County before the Qingzhou soldiers cross the Qinghe River!"
All the generals agreed loudly, and then they all filed out one by one to organize their own troops.
In the big tent, only Shi Le and Zhang Bin, the right commander, were left.
"General, marching day and night is risky!"
Zhang Bin said with some anxiety in his heart.
The two of them had just ridiculed Liu Yu, "If you want to make a profit for a hundred miles, you will overtake the general." At this moment, Shi Le had to pursue the whole army day and night.
This made Zhang Bin feel too weird.
"Moreover, there are too many crossing points in the Qinghe area, so there is no place to fight for."
Zhang Bin himself is from Jizhou and is most familiar with the mountains and rivers of Jizhou.
Different from Heshui and Jishui, although the Qinghe River is also a big river, there is no shortage of places to cross the river in the area it flows along.
It is impossible to occupy one or two fords like a river and consume the enemy's troops.
Or, ambush or chase the enemy at the crossing where they must pass.
"Youhou, you don't know something!"
Shi Le suddenly sighed.
"General, what do you mean by this?" Zhang Bin, the commander on the right, was so keen that he immediately guessed that the guards who had just come in to deliver the news must have brought some important news, which forced Shi Le to change his established strategy.
"I just received a secret report that the Great Chanyu has ordered General Hu Yanyan to lead an army of 30,000 people out of Shangdang County and come to Jizhou!" Shi Le looked depressed.
"Ah? Why are you here?" Zhang Bin asked quickly.
"Hmph, they claim to be helping me defeat the enemy, but in my opinion, they are just here to reap the benefits!" Shi Le said.
Zhang Bin pondered for a while and said.
"If that's the case, then the general's decision is indeed the best."
"It's just that by acting like this, the Great Chanyu violated the oath of the original Emperor Guangwen Liu Yuan."
When the dead Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yuan recruited foreign military leaders such as Wang Mi, Liu Ling, and Shi Le, he agreed that the Xiongnu's own troops would attack Guanzhong and Heluo, while the foreign troops would attack other places in the Guandong region.
Just like when Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and all the princes jointly conquered the world, it was one of the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom's strategies to destroy big countries with small states.
At the beginning, Wang Mi, Shi Le and others indeed destroyed the Jin State's best places in Jizhou, Sizhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou, thus completely cutting off Luoyang's last hope.
"The oaths are all bullshit. Ever since Luoyang was broken, the danyu has only been singing and dancing day and night. I heard that he even made three queens at once."
Shi Le said angrily.
"This time, if we send Hu Yanyan here, we will definitely seize the territory!"
"Now that the ancestor of the puppet Han Dynasty has reached Yangping, his intention is to pursue our army. Now that Hu Yanyan has led his troops, I will not take this route."
"We will go directly north and join forces with Shi Hu to intercept the Qingzhou soldiers."
"Let Zu Ti and Hu Yanyan fight in Yangping."
Shi Le had already guessed quite a bit about the route Hu Yanyan led his army from Shangdang County to Jizhou. Most of them would join forces with Zhao Gu and march eastward along the river, and they would definitely encounter Zu Ti.
"Yes, if this is the case, it is indeed necessary to lead the army north quickly. Otherwise, it may not be easy to explain when the messenger of the Great Chanyu comes to the army and asks the general to wait for Hu Yanyan's army." Zhang Bin said.
"Well, as long as we can defeat Liu Yu in Qinghe, it doesn't have to be a huge defeat as originally thought, as long as we can force him to retreat eastward." Shi Le said, stroking his beard.
"Otherwise, once we fight with the Qingzhou soldiers in Xindu for a long time, I am afraid that the land of Zhao and Wei will be annexed by Hu Yanyan."
Shi Le knew Hu Yanyan very well, a relative of the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom.
If Liu Yuan, the Guangwen Emperor of the Han Dynasty of the Xiongnu, was still alive, he would definitely not allow internal and external military leaders to annex each other, but the current Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong has no such concerns at all, or in other words, has no foresight.
Now sending Hu Yanyan to send troops from Shangdang is the best proof.
Thinking of this, Shi Le couldn't help but think bitterly, no wonder Wang Mi angrily scolded these Huns as short-sighted Tu Gezi when they conquered Luoyang.
Even if it is to curb the newly established "hypocrite", he should be appointed as the general to crusade against him, Shi Le, and this should not be done.
"Now that the river ice is gradually melting, it is not possible to cross the river on the ice. If you trek, the river water is freezing enough to make it impossible to travel."
Shi Le said.
"So, this time, we must defeat the Qingzhou soldiers in Qinghe. Otherwise, if the battle lasts for a long time, there may be changes in the rear."
Jizhou, Qinghe County.
On the yellow land, tens of thousands of figures are moving towards the north.
These tens of thousands of people are the Han army led by Liu Yu, as well as the civilian refugees gathered in the Qinghe area.
Because Liu Yu knew that without the protection of the army, these people would not be able to defend a shabby small town like Qingyang.
In addition, if they were allowed to move to Qingzhou on their own, the Hulu cavalry following them along the way would be able to kill most of them.
Therefore, Liu Yu had to march north with these people.
"Your Majesty, we just captured a few Hulu!"
Wu Xin, the general of the cavalry guard, happily rode his horse to Liu Yu, carrying a few heads.
"Yes, I never expected that these men from Jizhou are so brave!"
Liu Yu said happily.
During their march north, the Hulu cavalry who were originally cruising around frequently attacked and harassed them from the beginning, intending to cause a rout by killing and injuring them.
However, the performance of these Jizhou people and refugees was far beyond Liu Yu's expectations.
These people in Jizhou were able to use the crude weapons in their hands to defend themselves when faced with a sudden attack by the Hulu cavalry, instead of running away like headless flies.
This gave Liu Yu a bold idea.
This march of nearly 100,000 people occupied an area far beyond what could be seen.
The places where the Hulu cavalry made sneak attacks were on the periphery of the army.
Therefore, Liu Yu ordered a group of able-bodied men to be selected from the Jizhou refugees and placed them on the periphery, looking like they were lagging behind, to lure the Hulu cavalry to attack.
Just as Liu Yu expected, these militiamen composed of Jizhou refugees had obtained the spare weapons of the Han army, and they had fought against the enemy several times with fruitful results.
Liu Yu looked at the curly and thick-bearded Hulu heads, and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.
"Thanks to the martial culture of the Qin and Han dynasties that continues to this day, these homeless people in Jizhou have been starved of food for many years. Once they have weapons, they can kill and injure Hulu rangers repeatedly. This situation is really embarrassing. "
Liu Yu turned around and asked the attendant Lang Guan next to him.
"How should I be rewarded for killing four Hulu heads in one battle?"
The official was obviously prepared and immediately replied loudly.
"Your Majesty, please use the new order to kill Hu Lu to describe your merits. The beheading of Hu Lu is regarded as meritorious service, and the reward should be the highest reward."
"Behead a barbarian. With one head, the military officer will be promoted to the third rank. The civil servant will be worshiped as a lieutenant. If he is white, he will be transferred to the third rank of meritorious service, and he will have hundreds of acres of fertile land."
The order to kill Hu that Liu Yu stole his name was not a simple and crude massacre order like that of Ran Min later, but turned him into a military law.
Compared with the military merit order implemented by Liu Yu before, this order to kill Hu was more generous in terms of rewards.
One is to encourage the people of Jizhou to resist the Jiehu, and the other is to use this generous reward to make the Hulu and Jin powerful people doubt themselves.
However, the killing of Hu Ling has just begun, and the alienating effect Liu Ji expected has not yet been demonstrated.
But the effect of motivation is that the results are very good.
Anyway, in the past two days, about a dozen people in Jizhou have completed their identity transition because of this order.
Official positions, houses, fertile land, and money and silk, all of these can be obtained with "color-eyed and curly-haired" Hulu heads.
Liu Yu felt that if these Jizhou refugees hadn't been so severely tortured by hunger and cold, they would have screamed and fought to find the Hulu.
"Your Majesty, the heads of the two barbarians here were captured by two Tian Ke."
Wu Xin approached Liu Yu and said carefully.
"Tian Ke?" Liu Yu was stunned when he heard this.
The so-called Tianke are basically powerful serfs who have very little control over their property and personal rights.
According to the usual rules, the credit of these field guests should be attributed to the head of the family.
However, Liu Yu doesn't see it that way now.
"What Tianke!"
Liu Yu said loudly.
"As long as you can capture the heads of Hulu, you are a strong man!"
"There is no reason in this world for a strong man to be a guest in the fields!"
He turned to Lang Guan just now.
"If Tian Ke is beheaded, how should the merit be recorded?"
Lang Guan immediately replied respectfully.
"Your Majesty, this situation is not mentioned in the new order."
After Liu Yu heard this, he said to him.
"It will happen from now on."
"Write it down, if Tian Ke captures the head of a barbarian, he will be redeemed by the government as a good official, and he will be treated as if he were white, and his merit will be recorded."
Liu Yu pointed at the heads of several barbarians on the ground.
"Starting with these two heads, the whole army will follow this order!"
"From today on, anyone who can kill the enemy will be a hero of the Han Dynasty, regardless of high or low, old or young!"
"Now that half of the world has fallen into the hands of barbarians, and tens of thousands of Han people in the world, how can the warriors be reduced to slaves just because of the difference between high and low?"
Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the powerful took complete control of the country, the original rule of equality for all under military merit no longer existed.
All kinds of personal dependence and subordination have caused many lower-class people who should have had the opportunity to make a career in the military to completely lose the hope of improving their social status.
Even the famous general Tao Kan, a boy from a "poor" middle-class family, could not escape the contempt and control of his family despite having numerous military achievements.
