The reason why Wang Jun was able to subdue the thousands of warriors of the Hu clan for many years was not just relying on and personally. He was one of the few nobles of the high ranks at that time, and he had many soldiers who could fight under his command. Even regardless of the Hu clan cavalry, the Youzhou Army itself was a first-class strong soldier. However, the army composed of the Jin people in Youzhou had already suffered a devastating blow in Ruyuan, and there were only a few hundred defeated soldiers who followed Wang Jun back to Jicheng.
Thousands of elite soldiers who lost all of them almost accounted for 40% of the total number of Jin troops in Youzhou, and it is definitely not a loss that can be easily compensated. In order to quickly replenish troops, Wang Jun once considered recruiting the powerful tribes of Yan and Fan Yang countries to join the army, but they were suspended because they were worried about causing a violent rebound in the local area. However, if they were recruited from the Hu tribe, they would probably be too influential in the Duan tribe and several large tribes of Yuwen tribes in the army, and they would not lose their influence in the end.
A month has passed since that failure, but Wang Jun often involuntarily remembered the embarrassment and fear of escaping on the grasslands of the dam. Every time, he could not believe that he would be forced into such a dilemma by an unknown child in Wujun, but the cruel reality kept reminding him that the once powerful and arrogant Youzhou shogunate was indeed shaken by this failure.
This wavering did not originate from the shallow Dai County. After all, Dai County only has a small land, and their strength is limited. Based on the grasslands on the dam and Dai Area, this is already the limit of the Dai County army. For a considerable period, Wang Jun did not think he needed to worry about the further actions of Dai County. What really made Wang Jun afraid was the doubts arising from the Hu tribes of various tribes because of this failure, and the cracks created by the soldiers of the Hu and Jin tribes in this failure.
Duan's young heir, Duan Ji, who actually commanded the Youzhou army in the Battle of Ruyuan, fled back to Youzhou, but did not follow the army into Jicheng, but immediately returned to Lingzhi, the capital of Liaoxi County. I wonder what decisions the stubborn Liaoxi Duke Wu Chen would make in Lingzhi City? Although Duan Wu Wu Chen married Wang Jun's daughter, Wang Jun no longer believed that this son-in-law would be in the same heart and virtue as him.
The leaders of the Yuwen tribe did not return to Jicheng either. The soldiers of the Yuwen tribe did not gain any benefits in the dam, but instead suffered losses with the Xianbei Wei Nai Lou tribe. If it were before, Wang Jun would be satisfied with his means of checking and balance among the Xianbei tribes in the eastern part of the world, but now... what should we do if the Yuwen tribe takes its anger on it? Wang Jun is often worried about this problem.
The performance of these two powerful Xianbei tribes not only brought great embarrassment to Wang Jun, but also likely affected the access of other affiliated tribes, and thus gradually collapsed the military system on which the Youzhou army relied to be awe-inspiring world!
Thinking of this ending, Wang Jun was chilling. He forced himself to cheer up and take effective measures to reverse the situation. That is why he was not in Shanggu after the failure of Ruyuan, and the two counties of Guangning and Dai County faced the enemy head-on, but mobilized troops to go south to try to get a bargain from the relatively weak Jizhou.
In Wang Jun's view, Ding Shao, who was busy dealing with the Shile bandits, did not have the courage and determination to compete with the Youzhou army. The Youzhou army will surely win without bloodshed victory in Jizhou to boost morale and confidence, and can also obtain a considerable scale of land, population and wealth to appease the Hu chieftain who was damaged in the Battle of Ruyuan.
Those Hu people always have only interests in their eyes. As long as Youzhou can give enough benefits, both Duan and Yuwen departments will soon follow closely as before and let them act as they did. Once the Hu tribes are stabilized, it will not be too late to start dealing with the children of Wujun.
However, the information Fang Qinzhi said made Wang Jun discover that his ideas might not be realized, and the dangers facing Youzhou are much closer than expected.
Speaking of which, Liu Kun and Wang Jun are actually old acquaintances. At the end of the battle between the kings for power, they both belonged to the faction that supported the King of Donghai and had some friendship with each other. At the beginning of last year, Liu Kun was able to defeat famous generals under the command of the King of Chengdu, such as Liu Qiao, Shi Chao, and Lu Lang, because they were able to defeat the eight hundred thunder cavalry borrowed from Wang Jun.
But at this time, and at that time, the mutual aid in those days was just because of the common interests of each other. At present, Wang Jun could never sit idly by and watch Liu Kun's power expand in the northern border. Liu Kun was very civil and military talent, which was extraordinary. When he arrived in Bingzhou at the beginning of last year, he defeated the Huns and Han army and stabilized the court's rule in the northern part of Bingzhou. In addition, he had the help of Tuoba Xianbei, so he would be a powerful person in the country. Liu Kun's brother Liu Yu was one of the most highly valued leaders in the Donghai Shogun shogun, and he also had considerable influence in the Luoyang court. Relying on Liu Yu's support and joining with Dai County, Bingzhou may replace the strong position Youzhou has created in the northern border for many years!
By then, if Liu Yueshi intends to go further... Wang Jun can't think about it anymore. His arrogant and domineering style has established too many enemies for Wang Jun. Don't think too much. Once Youzhou loses its power, he will immediately become the target coveted by the wolves and become the stepping stone that countless people expect to step on!
Wang Jun suddenly stood up, the subtle satisfaction of defeating his enemy was Liu Kun rather than a child in Wujun, suddenly was replaced by a huge tension.
He murmured to himself over and over again, and at the same time he subconsciously walked around the hall, even kicking the case in front of him without knowing it.
We must never allow Bingzhou and Dai County to be integrated one after another! We must never! We must never!
This thought filled his mind, as if groups of birds were constantly hovering, turning, flying, and clamoring, and finally occupying all his spirit. He knew that he had to make some moves, but there was no feasible way for a while. The clueless chaotic thoughts gradually made him dizzy.
"General, please spare your life!"
At this moment, Wang Jun suddenly shouted at his feet. Wang Jun was startled by the shouting and calmed down to see. It turned out that he had accidentally walked to Fang Qinzhi's side again.
Wang Jun had no good feelings for this low-ranking businessman. He didn't even stop, but just snorted coldly. When he was about to wave his hand to signal the warrior to drag it out to chop, Fang Qinzhi shouted again: "By the way, right! There is another thing to report to the general, Lu Yao is in Changshan at this moment! He pretended to visit Ding Shao, the governor of Jizhou, but in fact, he was rushing to Changshan with the light chariot Jianqun to meet Liu Kun's nephew Liu Yan!"
Lu Yao actually went to Changshan? This guy was very busy. He had just killed and injured countless lives of Youzhou troops on the dam. He was in a hurry to go to Changshan to flatter Liu Yueshi's relatives?
Wang Jun didn't care about squeezing Fang Qinzhi's words and hiding, and felt a fire burning in his chest. He squatted slowly, grabbed Fang Qinzhi's collar and asked word by word: "When did the Wujun children go to Changshan? Where is now?"
Seeing Wang Jun's expression becoming more ferocious, Zao Song, who was standing beside him, took a step forward and said softly: "Lord, little spy, why don't you interrogate yourself? Why not..."
"Why do you need to be troubled? Get out!" Wang Junduan shouted.
Zao Song's face changed slightly, and he immediately swallowed half of the words that had not yet been said back into his stomach, and said with a tribute: "Yes...yes..."
He winked at Wang Jun's entourage warriors, making them wary. Then he took a few steps back and went out to stand and wait.
This wait took half an hour.
Seeing that it was getting dark, a sergeant came out to salute Zao Song and said, "Don't leave Zao, lord, please invite me."
When I returned to the hall, I saw Wang Jun and Fang Qinzhi both here.
Fang Qinzhi's face was bruised and swollen, with blood stains on the corners of his mouth, and his robe was broken in several places, as if he had suffered a lot. But he got a seat on the right hand of the hall, sitting proudly, as if he had received a great reward. Wang Jun was standing high in the main seat, reflecting the four butter headlights behind him, pulling his figure very long. Zao Song carefully identified it, and only vaguely could see his brows were deeply locked, as if he was planning something.
"Lord?" Zao Song approached Wang Jun slightly and asked in a low voice.
"Oh, Taiwan Manufacturer, you are here. You will put this... this..."
"The villain Fang Qinzhi, whose name is Yuandu." Fang Qinzhi bowed with a smile on his face, accidentally touching a certain injury, so he shivered.
"Take this person surnamed Fang back and take care of him carefully. Don't treat him harshly. It's useless for me to keep him." Wang Jun said lightly.
"Thank you for your forgiveness! Thank you for your kindness!" Before Zao Song could answer, Fang Qinzhi said without stopping. Until he followed Zao Song out of the hall, he bowed step by step and thanked deeply in the direction where the governor of Youzhou was.
Chapter completed!