He Lun and Sima You went to Xuchang, and Shao Xun stopped dilly-dallying and began to speed up the march.
To be fair, from the perspective of the entire battle, he really didn't waste much time.
When Liu Qiao had just defeated Sima Yue, there was no one in Yuzhou who could threaten him. According to common sense, he would be safe for at least two months. But Shao Xun's unexpected hundreds of miles of attack directly defeated Liu Qiao. The grain collection team sent out went straight to Xiao County and Xiang County, and their power was unparalleled.
Liu Qiao's son died, and he didn't know how many people Shao Xun had brought with him. He was already devastated. In addition, Liu Hong of Jingzhou expressed his intention to send troops, and the news that the Xianbei cavalry had gone south in large numbers made him even more frightened, and he did not say anything about the outcome. And metaphor.
Liu Qiao now regrets his alliance with Sima Yong.
Yes, after seeing the great defeat of Sima Yue in the Battle of Xiao County, Sima Yong sent an envoy eastward and set up a line with Liu Qiao. The two made an alliance to fight against Sima Yue.
To be honest, this is a bad move.
The alliance with Sima Yong directly prompted Liu Hong, the governor of Jingzhou, to side with Sima Yue.
Zhang Fang's reputation was so bad that it was unbelievable that the King of Hejian was still using him. Liu Hong did not want to be associated with such people and ordered the shogunate to join the army on the spot. Liu Pan led an army to the north and was controlled by Sima Yue.
King Fan Yang appointed Gou Xi as the governor of Yanzhou, and he led the army to quell the rebellion in Hebei. He led his partial troops back to Xuchang and joined the attack on Liu Qiao.
Sima was defeated more and more, and his troops became more and more numerous.
Politics is really hard to describe, and it may be more important than military capabilities.
Unless you are a victorious general who keeps winning, winning, winning, beating others to the point where they can't cry without tears, and finally give away all your own troops, those given by others, those borrowed, and all the troops you obtained through various other means. But how many such people are there?
Of course, Sima Yue's political ability is also very average. At least he is not sensitive and makes many mistakes. Unfortunately, there are only a few famous princes left. They either vote for Sima Yong or Sima Yue. What should I do?
Hold your nose and admit it, support Sima Yue, this is the common thought of all the loyal paper makers in Jin Dynasty.
The fall of the Sima family and the collapse of the world are not a good thing for those with vested interests. After all, most people have no ambitions and just want to keep their wealth.
Therefore, under such a general background, Sima Yue's momentum became stronger and stronger. Once he was beaten to only a thousand remaining soldiers, he was very high-spirited and expressed that he would defeat Liu Qiao, return to Luoyang, and then march westward to Guanzhong to take charge of Sima Yong. Ask your guilt before you.
He's doing it again!
Well, he can do it, but Liu Qiao can't.
On the ninth day of October, Liu Qiao held a military parade outside Xiaoxian City, handed out heavy rewards, and vowed to fight bloody battles.
As a result, that night, he took his confidants and ran south, not knowing where to go.
This guy is so fucked up, but also terrifyingly calm.
The general situation of siege from all sides has been established. No matter how hard we struggle, it will only last for more than a month. We will definitely be defeated in the end. But it may not be easy to escape by then. It is better to run away now. There may be a way to survive.
The news of Liu Qiao's disappearance brewed for a day or two and then spread around.
Sima Yue was a little surprised when he received the news, but he didn't lose his composure too much.
After a series of blows, the morale of Liu Qiao's army has been shaken. Coupled with the gathering of troops from all directions, defeat is inevitable.
Haha! All the heroes in the world are driven by loneliness.
When Shao Xun received the news, he was still marching and stopped immediately.
One day later, he received news that the Commander-in-Chief ordered Zuowei General He Lun to lead his troops to the east. The rest of the troops stopped and returned to their respective towns - Shao Xun and Liu Pan would of course stop their troops, but the Xianbei people had been marching south for almost twenty days.
Is it easy to let them go back at this time? I'm afraid it won't require heavy bleeding.
As for why Shao Xun was not allowed to greet him, the apparent reason was that Sima Yong, the king of Hejian, gave the building rights, Shi Chao and others some soldiers, horses, and supplies, so that they could march eastward to Hongnong, and they had to return to the army and destroy them as soon as possible.
The reason is very good, but there may be other meanings, but Shao Xun is too lazy to care about other things.
On October 18, he asked Li Chong to lead his army back to Luoyang. He led nearly 800 soldiers and generals to ride westward, passing through prefectures and counties, and arrived at a place in late October.
Most of the people stayed in the swamps at the foot of the mountain to herd horses. Shao Xun took Tang Jian, Gao Yi, Yu An, Zhang Gu and others to continue climbing. When they climbed the mountain and all the scenery came into view, everyone was stunned.
Speechless.
Shao Xun deceived them. He had actually noticed this place long ago, and did not find out about it until he went south.
He took out a thin booklet from his arms, with a small signature on the back corner of the cover: Pei Lingyan.
He turned to a certain page and said: "The Zhou Dynasty is surrounded by Du, with three Tu Tu on the right (mǎn), Songyue on the left, facing Hengyin, and Ji backing the king's house..."
What the hell? Tang Jian and others looked at him blankly.
Shao Xun failed to show off, so he could only explain to these big bosses seriously: "This was the Guangcheng Garden in the Han Dynasty, where the emperors reviewed, taught martial arts, and hunted. It has a vast territory and beautiful mountains and rivers."
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
Tang Jian asked: "General, what does it matter if you are beautiful or not? They are all used for woodcutting."
Shao Xun was helpless.
Fuck, I have to finish pretending today, even if I have to pretend hard.
"Do you know what's in Guangcheng Garden?" he asked.
"There are wild animals." Zhang Gu, who was a pig butcher, said at a glance when he spotted the herds of deer active in the water and swamp grasslands.
"Not bad." Shao Xun glanced at him approvingly and said, "Guangcheng Garden has mountains, water, fields, lush vegetation, and many birds and animals..."
He explained briefly.
Guangcheng Garden has a vast territory, surrounded by mountains, and is pierced by four rivers: Bo, Xi, Ying, and Luo. It also has "divine springs flowing out from the side, and Danshui Nirvana Pond". It is rich in water resources, and there is also a huge natural lake and wetland Guangchengze.
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In other words, if you renovate this place, you can open up a lot of fertile farmland. If you don't renovate it, you can also use part of the fields to draw natural river water and lake water for irrigation, because the emperor of the Later Han Dynasty "viewed the original Xi and watched the wheat" here.
Mountains, hills, plains, wetlands, grasslands, rivers and lakes are mixed together to form the vast Guangcheng Garden.
The emperor of the Han Dynasty reviewed the troops here and gave lectures on martial arts and hunting.
In the Sui Dynasty, water conservancy projects were built here and a large amount of farmland was opened up.
Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, hunted a wild boar here and soaked in Guangchengtang Hot Spring. Later, Guangchengze Ranch was opened here to raise a large number of military horses.
After the Song Dynasty, it was gradually occupied by the common people and villages began to appear one after another.
"Look over there!" Shao Xun pointed to a hillside in the distance.
Everyone who had not yet digested the information looked up and saw that there seemed to be ruins of pavilions and pavilions among the trees.
Huh? Is there anyone still doing something?
Tang Jian looked at Shao Xun with admiration. He had already paid attention to the ruins. It might be a corner of the Guangchengyuan Palace of the Later Han Dynasty, but he really didn't notice anyone inside.
Is this the vision of a sharpshooter?
"Is that Wubao?" Tang Jian asked.
"It's not Wubao. Wubao isn't that shabby. It's more like a settlement." Gao Yi said.
"After all, the settlement still has walls that are worth seeing." Yu An shook his head, looked at Shao Xun, and said: "General, I thought they were people from other states who had dispersed here, so I found a few palaces that were still intact.
, just to keep out the wind and rain.”
Shao Xun nodded.
Most people are not willing to come to the imperial palace.
The Qingshu Palace was built here in the Tang Dynasty.
It was originally intended to escape the summer heat, but unfortunately the location was wrong. In order to enjoy the scenery, it was built in a location where the sun shines on the west mountain. It is very hot in summer, and snake prevention measures were not taken, so snakes often appeared in the palace.
Finally, Li Shimin ordered the palace to be abandoned, and the property in the palace was distributed to the palace residents and allowed to disperse.
Until the end of the Tang Dynasty, no one moved into the Qingshu Palace and its surrounding areas, except for the people who occasionally went to the mountains to collect firewood and hunt.
Shao Xun also did not want to move into those palaces that had not been repaired for a hundred years and had long since decayed or even collapsed. The last large-scale renovation of Guangchengyuan Forbidden City should have been during the period of Emperor Ling of the Later Han Dynasty, and it has been more than a hundred years.
But he was very interested in the resources of Guangcheng Garden.
This is probably the most excellent pasture in Henan, and it is also an extremely important source of military horses for the Eastern Capital in the Tang Dynasty.
Many horses are raised in mountainous and hilly areas in the interior of the Central Plains. Because horses do not like heat, the hills are relatively cool and are rich in grass and tree resources, which is conducive to expanding the population.
If you want to raise horses, you can always find a place. Qian Liu can raise 30,000 horses outside Hangzhou, but Henan further north will be more suitable.
"I want to occupy this place." Shao Xun said suddenly.
"If the general wants to occupy it, then he should occupy it. It is really ugly for such a good place to be invaded by refugees to reclaim it."
"There are tens of thousands of hectares of land."
"Not that much. If you want to have tens of thousands of hectares of fertile farmland, you have to spend a lot of effort clearing it. Filling in swamps, digging ditches, and building ponds, how can it be that simple?"
"That's true, but it is indeed a good place, and the emperor will really enjoy it."
"A good place can only be given to Mr. Lang. If anyone comes to rob it in the future, we will work together to cut them out."
Shao Xun listened to everyone's words and felt satisfied. His morale was good and his military spirit was usable.
Last night he analyzed it carefully with several core subordinates.
They don't lack weapons now, but they lack people who can use these weapons.
It takes a training process for people to learn to use ordnance, recognize the golden drum flag, and fight in formation.
They were given armors and weapons without training, and their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of Wubao's troops. After all, they had practiced and even fought. This is the pure captain of the transportation brigade.
Now the question is, how much food do you have to feed them?
This involves the need for more people and land to engage in production, and the establishment of "sub-bases" is inevitable.
This "sub-base" cannot be too far away, otherwise it will gradually lose control. So, when Luoyang itself is a dead place, we can only find a way around Luoyang.
Considering these factors, Guang Chengze is indeed the best choice out of desperation. At least Shao Xun can come here in a few days.
If the Xiongnu goes south, they may not come here. Even if they come, they can still retreat to the fortress on the mountain to hold on.
Farming and fighting are two sides of the same coin.
Starting a business is really not easy.
Accumulating strength is also a long process.
Before the Yongjia Rebellion broke out, he did not dare to act blindly, so he could only quietly farm and use his official status to protect Wubao from wind and rain, avoiding a lot of trouble, that's all.
Chapter completed!