A large army gathered in Dongping Kingdom.
As the enemy's crossing point in the last war, Dongping was the top priority for defense.
Gaoping County began mobilizing since the first batch of Xiongnu cavalry sneaked across the river a few days ago.
A total of 6,000 soldiers from the government have all gone into battle, plus more than 3,000 troops - soldiers from the ten counties of Gaoping have been deployed for many years, but not everyone has troops, and they are still slowly being recruited.
On the fifth day of September, the first batch of more than 4,000 people arrived at the western border of Fan County and set up camp.
Almost all of them are infantry and have very little armor. They look no different from the garrison army.
But really speaking, they were formerly members of the Yamen Army and were very experienced in combat. After becoming soldiers, due to the improvement of economic conditions, they had much more time to practice martial arts, and their overall strength was enhanced.
Stationing near the ferry to prevent the Huns cavalry appearing on the other side from crossing the river was their first task.
After Gaoping Prefect Yu Zhi sent a batch of supplies to the front line, he felt reassured.
The soldiers of the government were practicing non-stop by the Yellow River, and the sound of killings was so loud that the people in Hebei who were building a pontoon bridge were panicked. It seemed that there would be no problem along the way.
On the eighth day of September, after returning to Gaoping, he held a banquet in his mansion and summoned the Ma family, Luqiu family, Xi family, Tan family and other local big families.
The war is about to begin, but there is a loud sound in Yu Zhi's mansion, which makes the visitors feel drunk due to the warm breeze.
Xi Jian, who was invited to the banquet, frowned and felt slightly disappointed.
He had heard that Chen Gong Shaoxun was domineering and despised the king, so he felt a little unhappy in his heart.
Unfortunately, the Battle of Gaoping was so exciting. Chen Gong personally led the troops and chased after Jin Zhun from Gaoping to Peiguo, and then from Peiguo to Pengcheng. Jin Zhun did not stop to collect the defeated troops along the way.
, the opportunity to reorganize the troops, but they kept a day or two away from each other to prevent Jin Zhun from jumping over the wall in a hurry.
At the end of the chase, the Huns were defeated and never gathered together again. Thousands of people were at a loss, running around, hungry and tired, and they all fell on the vast land of Henan.
After the war, Xi Jian inquired from many sources and reviewed Chen Gong's tactics, and was impressed by them.
In addition, he was also fascinated by the battle that detoured from Hebei and rushed thousands of miles to attack Gou Xi.
In the past two years, he refused to admit it and claimed that Chen Gong was mediocre, but in private he continued to learn the essence of Shao Xun's tactics and turned them into his own use.
To put it simply, Xi Jian actually admired Shao Xun's military strategy, although he never admitted it in front of others.
However, Chen Gong's bravery and victory in every battle could not cover up his many shortcomings.
Disrespecting the Emperor is one, and employing people improperly is another.
What is Yu Zhi's ability? How can he be the governor of Gaoping? Since he took office, he has plundered an unknown amount of wealth, which makes people laugh at him.
Thinking of this, Xi Jian looked at the luxurious Yu Mansion and couldn't help but snorted.
This is all the blessings of the people of Gaoping counties.
"Dao Hui, come and take a seat, I'm waiting for you." Yu Zhi sat up high and waved with a smile.
Xi Jian saluted, sat down at the desk, and then scanned the hall and found that there were dozens of people. Among them were not only nobles, but also local tycoons. It seemed that Mr. Yufu had already prepared to bring all the famous people from Gaoping County.
Notified them all.
"Today I summoned you to come here because there are really urgent matters." After seeing everyone sit down, Yu Zhuo first picked up the wine bottle and made a toast. Then, taking advantage of the strength of the wine, he sighed and said, "I have been in Gaoping for a while.
The sun has come, and I have done nothing wrong with you and others in the autumn on weekdays. The land of the ten counties can be said to be peaceful, but the Xiongnu did not give us the opportunity to enjoy ourselves."
As soon as this was said, everyone laughed secretly.
What does Qiufeng mean? When you come to visit Qiufeng, you collect money over and over again. Is it fake?
If you weren't from Chen Gong's wife clan, and Gaoping had 6,000 soldiers guarding it, I would have driven you away a long time ago.
Yu Zhi probably also knew that everyone had a bad impression of him, so he didn't dwell on it, and went straight ahead and said: "I have definite news. The Xiongnu crossed the river from Jibei, and there were thousands of them.
He refused, was attacked by Cao Yi, was defeated, and retreated to the county. There are only five counties in Jibei, so the bandits will not stay long, and most of them have already rushed to Dongping and Mount Tai."
"This..." After hearing this breaking news, some people couldn't help but exclaimed.
Yu Zhi raised his eyelids and glanced at this person. Without saying much, he summoned a lieutenant and explained the current situation on the battlefield in Henan and Hebei.
The core battlefield is at Fangtou City in Ji County. Chen Gong Shaoxun and Liu Han Zhengdong General Shi Le are facing each other. The war has been going on for some time, but the most violent stage has obviously not yet come.
In addition to the core battlefield, there are also flanks.
The Xiongnu left wing consisted of about 10,000 cavalry. With the cooperation of Qingzhou Cao Yi, the main force successfully crossed the river in Jibei and broke into Henan.
According to the latest news, the Xiongnu's right-wing cavalry of about 3,000 people seems to have suddenly arrived at the gates of Luoyang City, disturbing the monarch and his ministers.
The situation of the battle was actually quite clear, and it was clear what Shi Le's intention was.
I also had a rough idea of ​​what Mr. Chen’s purpose was.
Yu Zhi is the governor of Gaoping and does not need to worry about the overall situation. According to the orders of the shogunate, he only has two tasks: first, to provide food and grass for the soldiers; second, to ensure that Gaoping is not lost.
The former is easy to handle, but the latter is more troublesome.
The soldiers of the government would not listen to him. They had their own combat missions. For example, the 1,500 soldiers with horses had already marched to Rencheng. I don't know what they did.
If he wanted to keep Gaoping, in addition to the two thousand county soldiers he had temporarily recruited, he also had to rely on the powerful local nobles.
This is the meaning of today's banquet.
After the assistant officer finished explaining, he stepped aside.
Yu Zhi lowered his head and drank, giving everyone time to digest.
After a long time, before others had time to speak, Xi Jian couldn't help it, and just listened to him say: "Master Fu, the Huns have many cavalry, and they come and go like the wind. The only way to make them retreat when they see difficulties is to strengthen the walls and clear the fields."
"What Dao Hui said is exactly what I wanted." Upon hearing this, Yu Zhi immediately raised his head and said with a smile: "You might as well explain it more clearly."
Xi Jian was not polite and said bluntly: "In my opinion, Gaoping is more dangerous than Jibei and Dongping."
"Chen Gong strongly promoted the two-year and three-crop system, which is a good policy. However, after the wheat harvest in May, there were many millet and beans in the fields in the ten counties of Gaoping. I traveled all the way from Jinxiang, but I saw that among the acres,
The ground is golden and the millet and beans are about to be ripe and unripe. If we don’t harvest them, they may be cut off by the Xiongnu and used as food.”
Yu Zhi sighed after hearing this.
Could it be that something was done too well and it turned out to be a mistake?
Although he loves money, he really supervises the tasks assigned by his niece and son-in-law.
When millet was planted last spring, he took the county officials to demonstrate the cultivation.
After the millet harvest, I went to every county to urge the planting of winter wheat.
After the wheat harvest in May, beans were planted in June. He urged me again and again. Now you tell me that these are for the Huns?
"Dao Hui, what do you think we should do?" Yu Zhi couldn't help but ask.
Xi Jian pondered for a while and said: "Actually, there is no good way, the only way is to harvest in advance. Even if you lose a few millet beans, you can't defeat the enemy. If you really can't harvest-"
At this point, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's better to burn it."
"Dao Hui!" someone exclaimed, "Why is this so?"
"Dao Hui, the Huns may not be coming to Gaoping, right?"
"It's better to wait until they are in Bogao. The beans are not fully mature yet. It would be a pity to harvest them now."
There was a lot of noise in the hall for a while, and the voices of opposition shook the roof.
Xi Jian glanced around, sighed, and said: "It's hard to let go of good wealth. It's hard to let go of good wealth. With such an ugly appearance, it's no wonder that we can't defeat the Huns."
Yu Zhi coughed heavily and stopped everyone's noise.
After seeing everyone looking over, he was speechless for a moment because he didn't know what to say.
The nobles in Gaoping are actually not that obedient.
The direct reason is that the placement of the Six Thousand Mansion soldiers has greatly affected their interests, and everyone has resentment in their hearts.
It was fine in peacetime, but is it really appropriate to force them to harvest or even burn the immature beans now? Will it cause riots?
However, when he thought of his niece-in-law's great cause, he became determined and said: "Dao Hui's strategy is quite promising. I have made up my mind to harvest millet, beans and other grains from the fields from tomorrow without making any mistakes. This is one of them.
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"The castle walls of the manors must be closed to the outside world. They must not provide food and fodder to the thieves or send away hostages. The behavior of the soldiers is tantamount to treason. If someone really does this crazy thing, you will report it to the prime minister and you will get three pieces of his family property."
One. This and two.”
"Remember, the Huns only have ten thousand horses and cannot occupy Henan. They are just bandits. They will burn, kill and loot before they retreat. Chen Gong can win a battle at Gaoping and chase Jin Zhun with no way to the sky and no way to the earth.
, you can naturally win the second time. You are all heroes for a while, so don’t make the mistake of yourself.”
What he said was very loud and even had the intention of killing, which made Xi Jian look at Yu Zhi with admiration.
This old man was very greedy for money, but he was decisive at the critical moment and actually threatened Gaoping's powerful nobles, telling them "Don't make mistakes."
Xi Jian took the opportunity to observe the expressions of other people and found that although there were expressions of dissatisfaction on everyone's faces, no one got angry on the spot. It seemed that Mr. Chen had really established his prestige in Henan.
Now the words are very clear. If you dare to provide help to the Huns, that is rebellion and "crazy". After the Huns retreat, Chen Gong will settle accounts with you.
This is an unmistakable attempt to force people to take sides.
Before Mr. Chen suffered a devastating defeat and showed signs of decline, his deterrence was quite strong.
Seeing that everyone had nothing to say, Yu Zhi looked at Xi Jian again and said warmly: "Does Dao Hui have anything to add?"
Xi Jian thought for a while and said: "To guard the forts, infantry is enough. If the tribes have cavalry, they might as well gather together temporarily as reinforcements and run between the forts. How about? I have twenty under my account.
Seven horses, I am willing to offer them now."
"That's right, that's right! Why didn't I think of this?" When Yu Zhi heard this, he immediately ordered: "If you have any cavalry at home, send them all to the county. Don't worry, they will be sent back after the war. Gather them together."
The cavalry was handed over to the command of Dao Hui."
"I will obey the order of the Lord." Xi Jian stood up and responded with a calm expression.
"That's it!" Yu Zhuo raised his head and drank a glass of wine and said, "After the banquet is over, you will go back to your homes and make arrangements as soon as possible without making any mistakes."
Chapter completed!