ps: Thanks to Brother Tieren for the reward, and thanks to the monthly ticket for Wufeng Erxiang. I am going to Shandong tomorrow, so I will take the weekend off and resume on Monday. Sorry.
Liu Han smiled helplessly and said: "This Liu Wei cannot be judged by common sense. Even the King of Liang is helpless."
It turned out that just when Yanzhou was about to fall, Liu Wei took Ge Congzhou's old mother and family members to the top of the city. Not only Ge Congzhou's family members, but also the family members of Ge Congzhou's trusted generals were also brought to the city. Pulled to the top of the city. Yanzhou is the place where Ge Congzhou made his fortune. Most of the Taining army's family members from Ge Congzhou on down are in Yanzhou, so Ge Congzhou hurriedly led his troops to attack his own. Fundamentally important place.
Liu Wei was very thoughtful. After he occupied Yanzhou, he held a lot of hostages, but he did not treat the families of the generals of Taining Army badly. Especially Ge Congzhou's mother, Liu Wei always took good care of her. He greeted her every morning, and at night I have to say hello again. I have plenty of food and clothing supplies.
Liu Wei put all the family members of the Taining Army generals on the city wall not to behead them, but to show the Taining Army below the city that I have served your family members well and have not treated them badly. Liu Wei said to Ge Cong Zhou said, you can continue to attack, but Liu will not abuse them. He only let them come up to make you feel at ease. Liu Wei also said, our Qingqing is the hometown of Qilu, and our commander Wang Jiedu is a great scholar in the world. , the most important thing is benevolence and righteousness in everything, just don’t worry.
After Ge Congzhou's mother went to the top of the city, the old man was also very embarrassed, but Liu Wei was really good to her, so he said to Ge Congzhou on the top of the city, "General Liu is like my mother. Even better than you are to me." .You two sides are fighting for their own masters. I don’t know what the fight is about. I don’t have anything to do with it. I just want to leave some dignity and a way for the other party to survive after the fight.
After all this trouble, everyone in the Taining army was a little embarrassed to attack. In addition, knowing that his family was safe, Ge Congzhou simply retreated and continued to wait for the opportunity. The Taining army was the main force, and the Taining army stopped fighting. Of course, the Huazhou soldiers and Mingzhou soldiers did not fight. After all, He Delun and Zhang Guihou were still generals under Ge Congzhou's control.
The Taining Army stopped fighting, but refused to evacuate. The two sides confronted each other above and below the city. Yanzhou City was left alone and peaceful. Even the Taining Army, who were afraid that their families would starve, often gave food to them. Liu Wei in the city sent some grain. Liu Wei also received peaches and plums in return. From time to time, he sent his men to send letters home to the Taining Army. Later, he simply allowed the officers of the Taining Army to enter the city to visit their families.
Ge Congzhou said that General Liu Ya, you are a capable person. Our King of Liang loves talents the most. Why don't you join the King of Liang and let me recommend you? The worst I can do is give you a state military envoy or governor. Qian, if you are better, there is no problem in being a deputy envoy. Our Taining Army is short of a deputy envoy. How about you become the deputy envoy? It will be much better than working with Wang Shifan.
Liu Wei said that Ge Dajiedu was too high an praise, but the people of Zhenqing are the descendants of the ancestors and saints, and they put loyalty and righteousness first in everything. Although I, Liu Wei, am not talented, since I have followed Wang Shifan, I must stick to the word loyalty.
Ge Congzhou also said that General Liu Ya was so loyal, so why not do it like this, I will withdraw the army ten miles back, and we will make a gentleman's agreement. You have no way out in Yanzhou, why not lead the army to withdraw, and I promise not to pursue you. I don't care whether I go back to Qingzhou or find another place.
Liu Wei said that loyalty and righteousness are not only for people, but also for matters. Since he has been ordered to guard Yanzhou, he must fulfill his responsibilities and never give up halfway.
These things could not be hidden from the King of Liang, and Ge Congzhou had no intention of hiding it at all, and directly reported the whole story to the King of Liang. The King of Liang was quite helpless. He could not force Ge Congzhou to continue to attack Yanzhou, nor could he change his general, no matter what Either forcing or replacing them will only be counterproductive and may even cause the Taining army to mutiny.
Zhu Youning listened with great interest and asked: "What happened in the end?"
Liu Han smiled bitterly and said: "The King of Liang asked Judge Li about his plan. Judge Li said that there are two strategies to deal with it. One is to transfer He Delun and Zhang Guihou's Huazhou soldiers and Mingzhou soldiers to supplement the war on the eastern front. The other is to attack Qingzhou fiercely. As long as After Wang Shifan was annihilated, Liu Wei was bound to surrender. Later, the King of Liang did not agree to transfer He and Zhang to the two generals, because they were afraid of chilling Ge Da Jiedu's heart, so they only adopted the second strategy. When a certain person left Qingzhou, The army has stepped up its attack on the city, and I heard that General Tingzidu Wang will personally lead the troops to attack first!"
Zhu Youning sighed: "Liu Wei is a talented general. He used the lonely city of Yanzhou to contain our 50,000-strong army. If he can join the prince's command in the future, I must meet this man."
Speaking of this, Zhu Youning suddenly realized something. He seemed to feel that something was spinning in his heart just now, but he still couldn't grasp it. After a long time, he clapped his hands fiercely and shouted: "Liu Governor, what did you just say? Coming?"
Liu Han was startled and said inexplicably: "I just said...what does Zhu Jiedu mean?"
Zhu Youning asked: "You just said that Ge Jiedu was about to conquer Yanzhou. What method of 'building a city with earth' was used?"
Liu Han also understood and said happily: "I am really confused... Yes, Ge Jiedu used the method of building a Tucheng. At that time, I was on duty with the Chinese army, and I heard Judge Li interject that it was Ge Jiedu who Jiedu seems to be the method that Liu Rengong learned in Weizhou back then. Yes, we can also build earthen cities!"
Zhu Youning said excitedly: "I have also heard of this method. It seems that it was very effective when Liu Rengong attacked Weizhou. You just said that Ge Jiedu was good at using it to attack Yanzhou, right? Well, it seems to be not bad." As he spoke, he hesitated: "I just heard that this method is too time-consuming, and I don't know if Liu Chongba's side in Dizhou can hold on? And no one in the Jianwu Army will defend this earth city. , we need to go to Ge Jiedu to ask someone to help."
Liu Han said: "Then we will recruit manpower and capture all the people near Bochang. If the Qingqing people rebel with Wang Shifan'er, we must make them suffer, otherwise they will not remember it in the future!"
Zhu Youning nodded and said: "That's fine. Then I'll ask Ge Jiedu for help. As for the people..."
Liu Han clasped his fists and said: "Jie Du, just relax, someone will take care of this!"
While the fighting in Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Bochang and Dizhou in the lower reaches of the river was fierce, Mizhou, Haizhou and Sizhou in the south of Qingqing were eerily silent.
Wang Maozhang, the Jianghuai general, is thinking deeply in Haizhou City. Since he was ordered to command the Huaibei capital two months ago, Wang Maozhang gathered troops in Chuzhou, conquered Chuzhou, Yangzhou, and Sizhou soldiers, selected the best, and obtained a total of 7,000 people. The army set off in early April, marched up the Si River, passed through Suyu, and reached Xiapi. Unexpectedly, Wang Shifan withdrew his troops from Yizhou, and Yizhou returned to the control of the Xuanwu Army. Wang Maozhang's route to the north was blocked. , had no choice but to abandon the boat and march eastward to Haizhou to choose an opportunity.
This wait will last until mid-May.
Haizhou faces the sea to the east, Mizhou to the north, Yizhou to the northwest, and Sizhou to the west. If you want to assist Wang Normal University, you must go north from Yizhou or Mizhou, but there are tens of thousands of Xuanwu in Yizhou.
Heavily guarded by troops, Wang Maozhang, no matter how conceited about his bravery, dared not take his lead lightly. Mizhou due to the north was also difficult to navigate. Liu Kangyi, the governor of the Xuanwu Army stationed in Mizhou, did not have many soldiers at his hands. He could not exceed 2,000 in total, but Wang Maozhang
Maozhang didn't have the confidence to take down the city in one fell swoop - Mizhou City was high and deep, and although the army was small, it wouldn't take more than three or five days to capture it.
The most critical problem lies in Sizhou on the west side. Wang Maozhang had long heard that Xuanwu general Yang Shihou and Li Hui led 20,000 troops into Sizhou, but they could never find where Yang Shihou's main force was. The Huaibei cavalry inquired about Xuzhou
Pengcheng discovered Xuanwu troops under the banner of Caozhou soldiers, and Chengxian in Yizhou also discovered Xuanwu troops and horses under the banner of Shaanzhou troops. However, the number of troops in these two places was actually not many, only more than a thousand each.
Just people.
Another important reason why Wang Maozhang abandoned Xia Pidong and entered Haizhou was to give up the entire Sizhou to lure Yang Shihou and Li Hui to go south. You must know that three hundred miles southeast from Sizhou is the northern seat of Wu King Yang Xingmi
Jiangdu!
Of course, Wang Maozhang did not dare to joke about the safety of King Wu. If Yang Shihou really couldn't resist this temptation and marched south to Sizhou, he would find that this road is not easy! First, he must climb Duliang Mountain, and then
Crossing the vast Biwa Lake, interspersed with numerous streams and reed swamps, this journey was tantamount to disaster for the Caozhou soldiers and Shaanxi soldiers who had lived in the north.
There is another road that can go south from the west to Chuzhou, and then go east to Jiangdu to attack Jiangdu. This road is also difficult to walk. Chuzhou and Jiangsu are both important military towns of the Huainan Army. With 20,000 partial troops going south, Yang Shihou will not die.
You have to peel off the skin.
As long as Yang Shihou chooses to go south from Sizhou to attack Huainan, Wang Maozhang will immediately march west to Sizhou and cut off Yang Shihou's way back!
It's a pity that Wang Maozhang waited until the middle of May, but he didn't see Yang Shihou marching south to Sizhou. Now Wang Maozhang was in trouble. The green beacon smoke was fierce, and the king of Wu had urged him many times. If he continued to wait like this,
, I'm afraid the good opportunity to rescue Qing Qing will be delayed!
Wang Maozhang is well aware of the significance of this battle. The Xuanwu forces are getting stronger and stronger, directly threatening Huainan, which has a large area of land connected with Henan. In spite of the fact that the Huainan soldiers have been fighting fiercely with the Jiangnan soldiers in the past two years - especially Jiangnan East Road
However, the most elite main force of Yue King Qian Liu's static navy was always placed in Huaibei, always on guard against Xuanwu. It was precisely because of the huge pressure to guard against Xuanwu that the Huainan soldiers, who were number one among the Jianghuai armies, were never able to completely conquer the two armies in the south of the Yangtze River.
Festival.
Huainan's plan is very simple, which is to take advantage of the chaos in Qingqing to win over and help Wang Normal. It is best to open up land connections with Wang Normal and form an alliance with Qing Qing to reduce the military pressure on Huaibei so that he can mobilize his troops to march south.
Unifying the Jianghuai River and Huaihe River is the common dream of everyone in the Huainan Jiedu Mansion!
Wang Maozhang really wanted to march north, but he didn't know where the main force of Xuanwu General Yang Shihou and Li Hui were, so he didn't dare to act rashly. What if when the time came when his troops entered Mizhou, Yang Shihou and Li Hui stole the retreat?
He didn't even have time to cry! The seven thousand soldiers he selected were the essence of the entire Huaibei. If they were left on the road to the Northern Expedition, Wang Maozhang would have to wipe his neck without the King of Wu ordering them!
Just when he was at a loss, Wang Maozhang finally got his chance. (To be continued.)