In front of so many Han soldiers and soldiers from Youzhou, Zaosong's waist softened without hesitation.
This actually surprised Liu Yu a little.
No, no matter what, Zao Song was a ruthless man who dared to collude with Duan Xianbei people to enter the fortress, depose his father-in-law and father-in-law, and deliver them to his old enemy Liu Kun.
Moreover, after Zaosong came to power in Youzhou, he showed no mercy in suppressing all forces in Youzhou.
No matter what Liu Yu thought, he never thought that Zao Song would be so cruel.
Just listen to Zao Song's mouth continue to talk without stopping.
"Your Majesty, Wang Jun had evil intentions before and wanted to unite the Xianbei tribes to join the invaders. I had no choice but to work with Duan Buxu and use them to stop Wang Jun..."
After hearing Zaosong say such illogical nonsense, Wang Zan, the surrendered general who had just arrived next to him, cursed.
"Bah, you thief! Duke Boling is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, how can I allow you to slander me like this!"
Although Wang Zan was a reduced general, he was the nephew of Wang Jun, the former governor of Youzhou, and a genuine member of the Taiyuan Wang clan. After Liu Yu captured Youzhou, he would naturally have to appoint them. How could Zaosong be allowed to serve under Liu Yu? Randomly framed in front of him.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life. I have a heart for the big man, so I drove Wang Jun away!"
Zaosong, however, ignored Wang Zan's scolding and continued to plead with Liu Yu, to the point of tears streaming down his face.
Liu Yu also knew in his heart that it was precisely because of Zao Song's seizure of power in Youzhou that it not only weakened Youzhou's power, but also cleared the 'love' obstacle for Liu Yu to seize Youzhou.
When he saw Zao Song being so incompetent and cowardly, he felt contempt in his heart, but he also felt that there was no need to kill him.
When Liu Yu was looking at Zao Song coldly, his right sleeve was gently pulled.
He turned around and saw that it was Xi Jian, the servant.
It turned out that Xi Jian had noticed Liu Yu's change in mentality, so he came forward and whispered.
"Your Majesty raised an army to fight against rebellion. If you forgive the culprits, how can you rectify your reputation as a military leader?!"
After Liu Yu heard this, he nodded secretly.
Just listen to Xi Jian continue to speak.
"Besides, among the descendants of Youzhou, Sun Wei, Wang Zan, Wang Chang and others are all enemies of Zaosong, and the You brothers have come to betray their master. If Zaosong is retained, how will your majesty let these people get along? "
After Zaosong came to power, in order to force Sun Wei, Wang Zan and others to surrender, they arrested all their family members and clan members who had no time to escape as criminals.
Nowadays, the descendants of the Taiyuan Wang family in Youzhou basically hate Zao Song. Some of the family members of the generals who followed Sun Wei and Wang Zan have been killed by Zao Song.
Liu Yu figured it out instantly and put away the pitiful sympathy for the 'weak' in his heart.
"You traitor Zaosong, how dare you make such a quibble, do you think I am a deaf old man!?"
Liu Yu took a step forward, pointed at Zao Song who was kneeling on the ground, and scolded with an angry frown.
"Come here! Behead this thief and tell the prefectures and counties that anyone who dares to resist will do so!"
Zaosong was horrified beyond words when he heard this. He raised his head. Just when he was about to continue shouting for mercy, he felt severe pain in the hair roots on the top of his head.
One grasped his head tightly, causing him to stretch his neck involuntarily.
"puff"
The long knife was unsheathed and blood spattered on the spot.
All Zaosong's words of begging for mercy and scolding would never have a chance to be shouted out again.
Sun Wei, Wang Zan and others, who had been at odds with Zaosong for a long time and later attacked each other, cheered long live.
On the other side, the surrendered general You Lun and others relaxed, as if they had settled a matter on their minds.
As for Zao Song's clan brother Zao Quan, his face was gray, his arms were already fighting, and he stared blankly at the pool of bright red blood on the ground. If he hadn't surrendered, he was afraid that he would have ended up like this yesterday. He couldn't help but I felt lucky to have survived the disaster.
Zaosong's head was quickly collected by Han soldiers, and the body on the ground was collected by Liu Yu's order in accordance with the etiquette of a scholar.
After all, Zaosong's wife Wang Shao is his wife's sister, so restraining the body is another kind of friendship.
When the Han cavalry galloped up and brought Zaosong's head to You Tong's army.
This You Tong, whom Zao Song relied on as a "general", had led more than 10,000 troops to circle outside Zhuocheng for two days.
After learning that Zaosong had been killed and the overall situation had been decided, You Tong immediately ignited his fighting spirit and led his troops to attack Zhuo County.
After the defenders of Zhuocheng saw Zaosong's head, they surrendered without any hesitation.
After occupying Zhuocheng without any bloodshed, most of the families of the generals and officials stationed in the counties and counties of Youzhou fell into Liu Yu's hands.
In just a few days, most of Youzhou surrendered.
Youzhou government office is located in Zhuoxian city.
"Your Majesty, now Duan's troops have retreated a hundred miles east of Pinglu Canal, and most of Youzhou belongs to the Han Dynasty!"
Xi Jian was very happy to report back to Liu Yu.
The Pinglu Canal area is the Haihe River area in later generations. Today there are many tidal flats and swamps. As long as a few of the ferries are controlled, the Duanbei Xianbei in the eastern Liaoxi area of Youzhou cannot easily invade the hinterland of Youzhou.
"These Duanbu thieves can still run fast, otherwise, I would definitely kill them all without leaving a trace."
Sun Wei, the general of Youzhou, said bitterly that he was completely angry with Duan Xianbei, the former loyal soldiers, for joining forces with the Zaosong bandits to cause chaos in Youzhou.
After hearing this, Liu Yu smiled softly.
"These Duan tribe troops can't do anything unless they leave. The news just came that Yuwen Mogui led tens of thousands of Xianbei tribes to raid western Liaoning. It was like no one was in the Rushui and Lushui areas north of Lingzhi in western Liaoning. In this situation, I'm afraid Duan Xianbei won't be able to drive away Yuwen's tribes without using all his strength."
Now that autumn is approaching, Duan Xianbei will be busy resisting and driving away Yuwen Xianbei in the next few months, and finally, he will prepare troops to exact revenge on Yuwen Xianbei.
Otherwise, once Duan Bu Xianbei shows signs of decline and cowardice after being robbed, the tribes that rely on Yuwen Xianbei will become even more unscrupulous and wanton.
"Your Majesty, now Duan Xianbei has too much time to take care of himself and Youzhou has been secured. If so, Hebei will be safe!"
Wang Zan, who had just been appointed as the governor of Xingyou Province, said happily.
After Youzhou is occupied, Liu Yu will mobilize some military troops from Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Qingzhou to move to Youzhou to check and balance the power of the local faction in Youzhou.
In this way, Jizhou, located in the central area, will completely eliminate the threat from the north, and soon a large amount of manpower and material resources will be freed from military use and turned to production and savings.
"Your Majesty decides on Youzhou, and the people of Youzhou will be exempted from guarding the southern border, and the people of Jizhou will be exempted from guarding the northern border, which is equivalent to increasing the household registration by 100,000 households!"
You Tong, who had just been appointed as the regular attendant of the Han Yuanwai Sanqi, said very seriously.
For You Tong, a habitual offender who "betrayed his master twice", Liu Yu would never dare to grant him the power of Fang Zhen again. Instead, he would give him preferential treatment with an additional attendant, a noble official, and wait until later to make a decision later.
However, what You Tong said made sense.
As long as Duan Bu Xianbei and Yuwen Xianbei keep attacking each other, there will be no chance to invade Youzhou.
As long as Liu Yu is given one year, he can place 20,000 to 30,000 military soldiers in Youzhou. After a little reorganization of savings, these 20,000 to 30,000 military soldiers will be enough to guard the east gate of Youzhou.
Not only can it prevent Duanbu Xianbei from invading, but it can also completely cut off the direction of the Central Plains people's escape to Liaodong through the Western Liaoning Corridor.
Because of the melee in the Central Plains of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, many powerful people in the Central Plains were afraid of repeating the same mistakes and took refuge in Liaodong.
After Liu expected this, he immediately gave instructions to Wang Zan, the newly appointed governor of Xingyouzhou.
"Duan Bu Xianbei always has a strong family background, and Duan Ji, Lu Juan, Duan Pixi and others are brave and good at fighting. I'm afraid Yuwen Xianbei won't be able to last long."
"Immediately send someone to tell Wang Chang that I will give Yuwen Mogui another batch of weapons and armor. However, Yuwen Mogui must continue to fight Duan Bu and cannot retreat back to the grassland so quickly."
Now that Youzhou has finally been decided, if Duan Xianbei frees up his hands soon, if he desperately attacks Youzhou, peace will be hard to come by.
"Yuwen Mogui must at least wait until the first snowfall on the grassland before retreating back to the army."
After hearing Liu Yu's order, Wang Zan, the governor of Xingyouzhou, was a little uneasy.
"Your Majesty, these Xianbei slaves have never been loyal. Whether there is war or peace between various tribes depends on the temporary advantage. Even if Yuwen Mogui receives a generous gift from Your Majesty, if the war goes against him, I am afraid that when it is time to escape, he will never There was no hesitation at all.”
Wang Zan, who has been on the border of Youzhou for a long time, is already familiar with the behavior of these Xianbei barbarians.
"I don't ask Yuwen Xianbei to fight Duan Bu Xianbei for his life. As long as he can keep wandering around Rushui and make Duan Bu Xianbei uneasy."
Liu Yu said very calmly that he did not expect Yuwen Xianbei to fight Duan Xianbei for the safety of Youzhou.
However, Liu Yu knew that despite the fact that Yuwen Xianbei now had a large number of people and occupied the vast eastern grassland, he had united a mighty group of subordinates from various ministries.
However, in front of Duan Bu Xianbei, who had integrated a lot of strength from the Central Plains, Yuwen Xianbei was nothing more than a group of beggar soldiers with fire sticks in their hands, and it was difficult to expel them.
What's more, although Duan Bu Xianbei and Murong Xianbei also had frictions, Duan Bu and Murong Bu were unanimous in their hatred of Yuwen Xianbei.
Therefore, if Yuwen Xianbei wants to cause more trouble to Duanbu Xianbei and Murong Xianbei, he must make up for the "poor Xianbei" on these grasslands, otherwise how can he pose a big threat to the "rich Xianbei".
After hearing Liu Yu's order, Wang Zan, the governor of Xingyouzhou, also immediately accepted the order.
Liu Yu thought about it again and felt that Duan Bu and Murong Bu, as the two powerful finalists in Wuhu Luanhua's "mid-to-early stage", might need to be given more attention in order to be more confident.
"In addition, send someone to tell Yuwen Mogui that as long as he can drag Duanbu Xianbei's soldiers and horses in western Liaoning, I will summon him to come to court after winter comes."
"Meet in court?"
Wang Zan, the governor of Xingyou Prefecture, was immediately stunned when he heard Liu Yu's words.
He didn't understand. Wasn't he supposed to appease Yuwen Xianbei as a hawk? Why do you want Yuwen Mogui to come to worship?
You must know that for these so-called 'chanyus' on the grasslands, this 'meeting the emperor' is very risky. Once they enter the court and are detained by the Han family, they will be completely reduced to the chopping block. Fish meat.
However, now Yuwen Mogui is just a chanyu of one of the Xianbei tribes. If he comes to court, there is no need to be detained. On the contrary, the prestige of the emperor of the Han family will be lost to other tribes.
Even so, the word 'meeting' is still quite scary.
At least Wang Zan felt that without the temptation of great benefits, Yu Wen Mogui would not dare to come to 'meet him'.
Therefore, Wang Zan, the governor of Xingyouzhou, couldn't help but ask.
"Your Majesty, I have ordered Yuwen Mogui to come to see you. What do you want to know?"
Wang Zan thought that if he wanted Yuwen Mogui to come to court, he should at least tell him why.
Otherwise, Yuwen Mogui may be rude, but he is definitely not a fool.
Liu Yu grinned slightly and smiled mysteriously.
"I want to grant Yuwen Xianbei 'marriage' and 'mutual trade'!"
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Youzhou, Daijun, Saibei.
On the grassland outside the Great Wall occupied by the Tuoba tribe, thousands of cattle, sheep and horses were moving forward along the vast grassland, driven by herdsmen and cavalry.
Tuoba Liuxiu, the eldest son of Tuoba Xianbei's great Chanyu, was the leader of these Suotou Xianbei.
A few days ago, because he secretly assisted the powerful Feng family in Daijun to capture several cities in Daijun.
Tuoba Liuxiu received the reward promised by the Qingzhou Han Kingdom as promised. Thousands of weapons and many armors were transported to Tuoba Liuxiu's tribe.
At that time, Tuoba Liuxiu was very proud and felt that these Qingzhou Han people were really stupid.
He just led his troops to plunder Daijun, but he got so many weapons and weapons.
Tuoba Sixth Cultivator secretly thought that if his father, Tuoba Yi, had not called him to lead the army to support the Jinyang war, he would definitely have used these weapons given by Qingzhou Han Kingdom to go to Youzhou territory, which was already the territory of Qingzhou Han Kingdom. Take some plunder.
However, Tuoba Sixth Cultivator now has no time to think about these thoughts, because he encountered an extremely dangerous emergency situation.
"...The great Han Xianbei Chanyu, Yunzhong County Duke, and the Huns' Zhonglang General Tuoba Liuxiu..."
Hearing the official positions that came out of Wei Xiong's mouth, Tuoba Liuxiu felt that his back was covered with cold sweat.
Tuoba Sixth Cultivator was rough and martial, and he didn't know much writing at all, let alone read and write letters.
Therefore, the letter sent by his father Tuoba Yi Lu was naturally read to him by the deputy general Wei Xiong.
By the time he finished reciting everything, Tuoba Liuxiu, who always prided himself on being brave, was already afraid and his hands were trembling slightly.
At this time, a middle-aged Suotou Xianbei man next to him looked at Tuoba Liuxiu with very cold eyes and said slowly.
"The Great Chanyu said that the noble man should go to Jinyang to see him immediately without any excuse for delay!"
