Wang Yu heard most of the information about this person from Jia Xu and Diao Chan. Because this person was not on good terms with Gongsun Zan and was considered an indirect enemy, it became a necessary task to collect information about him.
Nothing too special. Like several other clans that were far away from the capital and dominated the area, this Youzhou Mu was also one of the nobles who came out of the capital before and after the Luoyang Catastrophe.
This person had a very good reputation, especially in the scholarly circles. As a high-ranking official, he only ate at most one meat dish per meal. His reputation for frugality spread far and wide and was praised by many celebrities.
On the surface, Liu Yu is a good person.
However, Wang Yu is no longer a primary school student, and he will not use such naive standards to evaluate characters. Liu Yu is a political figure, and a relatively outstanding one. There were no righteous wars in the Spring and Autumn Period, so how can there be any good people in the political arena?
Eat only one meat dish in one meal? You know, this is the end of Han Dynasty, when people competed to eat and the world was in chaos. It would be good to eat meat other than human meat. Do you think you are really eating a buffet?
Wang Yu sneered at this.
He thrives in this world and is victorious in every battle, not just because of his powerful force. What truly leads him ahead of this era is his knowledge that spans two thousand years.
Including today's battle, the tactics he has used since his debut are all the tactics that later generations summarized to become famous; his understanding of politicians, in addition to what is recorded in the book, in the era of information explosion in later generations, the understanding of politicians
The excavation and understanding of showmanship also played a considerable role.
In Wang Yu's opinion, it is difficult to say whether Liu Yu is a good person, but he must be very good at packaging and promoting himself.
In fact, most celebrities of this era were like this. Among the high-level figures Wang Yu had met, Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian, and Gongsun Zan were probably the only ones who were different.
It's not surprising that this person would appear near the plains. Hebei's strength is only so few. But among those who are interested in the world, how many people will not pay attention to this war?
"Bring Jiang Qi up, and ask General Pei to come on Tuesday."
Tian Kai was very methodical in doing things. After realizing that Liu Yu might join the battle group, he adopted a relatively stable response. On the one hand, he reorganized the team to respond, and on the other hand, he sent back Jiang Qi, who knew something about the inside story, and asked Wang Yu to
Interrogate in person.
"The guilty general will pay homage to the king." Jiang Qi looked quite embarrassed at the moment, with a bruised nose and swollen face, his hair disheveled, and one of his boots was missing. He was shivering from the cold, and looked like he had suffered a lot.
Looking at the image, he knew that this man had been dealt with severely by Tian Kai. Wang Yu had no intention of trying to show off his power or talking nonsense with him, and asked directly: "Come on, General Jiang, why are you running away?"
"The king and his lord know clearly that the guilty generals and the guilty generals were also deceived! It's all Yin Kai's fault..."
Jiang Qi threw himself on the ground and burst into tears. It was so miserable that he cried. As he cried, he explained: "The Lord is lenient. He knows that the guilty general and others are cowardly and dirty, so he allowed me to wait and watch. At that time, the Lord raised the flag.
Stepping on the formation, the power was unparalleled. We all became angry and distraught. We were frightened by the power of the king. We only wanted to organize our troops and horses to surrender, and stand in front of the king and horses to plead guilty. As a result, Yin Kai suddenly said..."
While he was excusing himself, he was flattering, and it took him some time to explain clearly the cause of the matter. While he was talking, General Pei, Tuesday, had also arrived, so he did not dare to disturb him. After saluting Wang Yu, he stood aside and listened.
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"He said..." When it came to Yin Kai, Jiang Qi's gnashing of teeth and hatred didn't seem to be fake, but when it came to the other person's words, Jiang Qi hesitated.
Wang Yu frowned slightly, seeming a little impatient. Seeing this, all the guards yelled out in protest. Jiang Qi was so frightened that his face was as white as paper, and he was sweating profusely. He was about to collapse before his eyes, but he just didn't dare
explain.
Wang Yu noticed something strange about the other party. After thinking about it, he understood. He raised his hand to stop the intimidation of the guards and asked with a smile: "Is it because you are dissatisfied with the conditions I offered, and Yin Kai used this to provoke you?"
"Yes, you are wise, that's what the thief Yin Kai said!" Jiang Qirum was pardoned and hurriedly said: "This thief has evil intentions, but his words are really good. With his words, everyone is moved.
Feeling worried, Jiao Chu asked him, saying that after this battle, all the princes in Hebei belong to the princes. If they escape, where can they go? They can't go to Yanzhou to join Liu Gongshan or Cao Mengde, right?"
Wang Yu asked: "Then he suggested that you go to Liu Yu? But this place is certainly not close to Puyang, and Ji County is thousands of miles away, right?"
"Junhou Mingjian, Jixian County is certainly far away, but Yin Kai said one thing. He said that although the king's clan surrendered to Yuan Shao in name, he actually obeyed the orders of Liu Shijun. Now this man is in the river, and he will lead You
The state's soldiers and horses were suppressed to a miserable state, and even the success of the government was lost, so..."
Wang Yu was stunned when he heard this.
The rebellion of the Wangmen was quite unexpected. What if it was because they thought Gongsun Zan’s future was not good? At that time, Wang Yu had defeated Liu Dai and Cao Cao successively. No matter how bad the situation was at that time, it could not be better than that of Yuan Shao.
Is it even worse when we have just formed an alliance and are surrounded on all sides?
Moreover, the military strength of the Wang Clan was not very strong. Gongsun Zan randomly selected some people from the volunteers and sent them to him to stabilize the place. As a result, as soon as the flag was changed, the Wang Clan replaced Zou Dan and other positions.
His colleagues who were stronger than him were beaten to a pulp.
Fighting in a nest is ten times better than fighting foreign enemies. Wang Yu also knows that troops with this attribute are like the Guan Ning Army and the Qin Army in the late Ming Dynasty. But now is the late Han Dynasty, and Gongsun Zan is not using Ming Dynasty scholar-bureaucrats to run the army.
In that case, the Wang Clan's sudden increase in combat effectiveness was obviously due to foreign aid.
Before the battle in the plains, Wang Yu might have thought that it was Yuan Shao who was assisting the king's clan. But by now, Yuan Shao's strength was very clear. If he still had such a strong force, how could he persist until the last moment?
, did you run away when you found something was impossible?
Now there are only a few thousand old and weak soldiers stationed in Yecheng. Will Yuan Shao divide his troops to help the king's clan in the battle?
Obviously not.
The only one who has the motive and strength to do this is Liu Yu.
He and Gongsun Zan have been entangled for more than a day or two. He has a good reputation and a high status, so why is it difficult to alienate one or two of Gongsun Zan's generals? He is an alliance with Yuan Shao. When Liu Dai saw Cao Cao, he retreated, and he wanted to give Yuan Shao some support.
It is also not surprising to recover some of the decline.
When the decisive battle between the two sides came, Liu Yu was beyond his reach and could not provide direct help to Yuan Shao, but it was natural for him to plant a nail or two and play some role at the critical moment.
Yin Kai was the nail in the coffin. He couldn't influence the outcome, but he could still poach people, so the four generals in Jizhou suddenly fled.
It's a pity that Yin Kai didn't calculate clearly. He thought that Tian Kai would pursue the senior officials with all his strength and would not pay any attention to them. Unexpectedly, as soon as they ran away, they helped the senior officials and shared the firepower.
It can be seen from this that this man's cleverness is purely a little clever and cannot achieve anything big.
Wang Yu didn't pay attention to the troops of Jizhou's four generals at all. Although he hadn't finished counting them yet, his prisoner camp was already full of people. Surrender? He just thought there were too many!
In the Battle of Longcuo, Jizhou's 50,000-strong army was destroyed and more than 20,000 were captured;
During the attack on Zhang Jaw, more than two thousand prisoners were captured before and after;
In the Battle of Chiping, all 30,000 Yanzhou troops were wiped out, and two-thirds of them became prisoners;
In the small-scale wars against Cao Cao, Yan Liang and others, more than 3,000 people were captured sporadically;
In addition to the Battle of Qinghe, Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci captured 10,000 prisoners;
More than 20,000 prisoners were captured in the night attack...
The prisoners of the Qingzhou Army were four times as many as the Qingzhou Army itself! Let me ask, why did Wang Yu surrender the army or take prisoners?
Historically, in the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao also captured 70,000 prisoners, but he was worried to death. He used them, because he was afraid they would not be reliable; he kept them, because he could not afford them; he let them go, because he was afraid that Yuan Shao would regain his strength, so he had to kill them in the end.
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Wang Yu will definitely not do the same thing as Cao Cao, killing 70,000 strong men in one breath. Even a populous state like Jizhou will seriously damage the vitality. But he must also act cautiously in the specific handling, especially now
With the added variable of Liu Yu.
That's all Jiang Qi knew. Tian Kai's troops fought so sharply and chased him so fiercely that he was captured without even seeing the reinforcements coming in. But even if he didn't tell him, the identity of the person coming was unknown.
There is no doubt about it.
After telling what he knew, Jiang Qi began to beg for mercy. He watched almost the entire battle, and was afraid of Wang Yu to the core. Face to face, although the other party's attitude had always been calm, he still felt a wave of fear.
Huge pressure.
"Take him down." Wang Yu waved his hand casually, signaling to the guards to take him away. It doesn't matter whether he kills such a useless piece of trash. He might still be of some use if he keeps it.
"Thank you so much, sir. Your kindness in not killing me will never be forgotten. In the next life, I will hold a ring of grass in my hand to repay..."
Jiang Qi was dragged away, and Wang Yu turned to the other two visitors: "Thank you Yuan Shao for your hard work. Is this Yuan Fu?"
"Don't dare to be the last general."
"At the end of the war, Zhou Cang, please see my lord."
Zhou Cang is very distinctive and conspicuous. When the Montenegrin Army launched an attack, he was at the forefront. He had courage, excellent martial arts, and a good character. More importantly, this person's stance was very firm. From the beginning, he was
It’s because I admire myself.
Wang Yu was very satisfied with this big black man - he was the first famous general who was shocked by his tiger body and bowed to him.
Wen Yan encouraged him a few words and asked the second general to bring his subordinates over. Wang Yu asked about Zhang Yan.
"Is there any difficulty in Zhang Ping's unwillingness to come to see me?"
Pei, on Tuesday, looked at each other and decided to let Pei Yuanshao, who was more eloquent, answer the question. However, Pei Yuanshao seemed very hesitant when he spoke: "Actually, this matter is also related to the Youzhou Shepherd Liu Envoy..."
"Oh?" Wang Yu raised his eyebrows.
Zhou Cang is a cheerful person, and impatient with his companion's hesitation, he pushed him away and said bluntly: "Everything was fine at first. Yanzi and I have spoken several times, and they all said that my lord, you are benevolent and righteous, and don't look at us Yellow Turbans differently.
Everyone will definitely have a good life if they follow you. Then he suddenly changed his mind. I was still puzzled at first, but then Dangdang..."
"Wang Dang is also a disciple taught by the great virtuous master." Pei Yuanshao interrupted to explain.
"Well, Dangdang told me privately that Yanzi and Liu Yu's envoy met. The envoy did not say anything bad about you, my lord, but kept praising you. Dangdang, like me, has never read a book. Why?
Understand to the end
What happened? However, after the envoy left, Yanzi summoned several major commanders and said that defecting to Qingzhou may not be a good idea. It is our Black Mountain Army who will inherit the legacy of the great virtuous master... Anyway, it means changing his mind."
Because what the narrator said was unclear, what Zhou Cang said was even more confusing. Fortunately, the causal relationship was clearly explained.
"At that time, I thought he was going to change his mind and not come to fight the Huns, so I planned to set off on my own. Who knew that Yanzi came anyway? I thought he had changed his mind, but who knew... Anyway, I am sure about this with Mr. Liu
It doesn't matter, this old man just likes to do things behind his back."
Everyone was surprised. No one expected that Liu Yu, who had always been entangled with Gongsun Zan, had such deep plans and good vision, and even planned the layout of Hebei after Yuan Shao's defeat.
"It's interesting..." Wang Yu smiled, thought for a moment, and suddenly ordered: "Wen He, you write a letter and send it to Wangmen's army, saying that I will be in Gaotang City on the 15th of next month.
During the military parade, Ambassador Liu is invited to come and watch the ceremony." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)