"Third Young Master, the rebel army in Hebei has gathered. They are waiting for the young master to lead the heroes to welcome the Sichuan army, save the Cao family, and rebel against the family. At the right time, at the third watch tonight, the rebel army sends elites to rescue the young master from Handan.r />
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During the Liaodong War, Wang Yue stationed troops in Liucheng and sent an envoy to inform Gongsun Kang, asking him to kill Kebineng and the Yuan brothers and lead the entire territory of Liaodong to surrender.
Gongsun Kang did not dare to disobey and immediately obeyed the order.
However, just when the attack was launched, for some reason the news leaked out that the Yuan brothers and Ke Bineng rebelled together and defeated Gongsun Kang preemptively. Gongsun Kang asked Wang Yue for help.
Before Gongsun Kang's envoy arrived at Liucheng, he encountered Wang Yue's army outside Liaodong. Wang Yue's army invaded Liaodong in one fell swoop, defeating the Xianbei army and the Yuan brothers, and Yuan Shang was killed.
Kebineng fled to Goguryeo. Wang Yue remembered Liu Zhang's instructions and led his cavalry to pursue Kebineng for thousands of miles. He bit Kebineng and finally killed the last Xianbei leader.
Ke Bineng's death in battle means that the Xianbei clan has basically disappeared from history. The Xianbei widows left behind in their old places have all become new grassland people, just like the old, weak, women and children left behind by the Xiongnu when they moved westward.
Goguryeo had been at war with Gongsun Kang. When they heard that Gongsun Kang was fighting against the Kebineng and Yuan brothers, they immediately sent troops to Liaodong. On the way, they met Wang Yue.
Wang Yue led thousands of Dawan cavalry and defeated Goguryeo's 10,000 troops. Goguryeo, which had never expected to have such a powerful enemy, suffered heavy losses. When it was learned that Wang Yue was a Han army under the command of Liu Zhang, King of Shu, he immediately sent an envoy to request peace.
Wang Yue asked Liu Zhang for instructions on whether to continue attacking Goguryeo. Liu Zhang immediately responded in the affirmative despite all the civil and military objections. Wang Yue led the Tengjia Army and Dawan Cavalry to march towards Goguryeo.
"My lord, there are things my lord doesn't like to hear, but Yueying really has to say it."
Liu Zhang once again ignored the dissuasion of the ministers and ordered Wang Yue to attack Goguryeo. Huang Yueying did not want to disgrace Liu Zhang on the spot. When the ministers retreated, she finally couldn't help but speak.
"My lord, Yueying knows that my lord wants to wipe out all the foreign races and countries around the Han Dynasty and incorporate them into the territory of the Han Dynasty. However, with our current strength, it is possible to conquer but hard to defend.
Just like Goguryeo. It used to be a vassal state of the Han Dynasty. Later, Goguryeo expanded wildly, established five provinces, and repeatedly invaded Liaodong.
Just a few years ago when Cao Cao's army arrived in Youzhou, Goguryeo sent people to contact Cao Cao, claiming that it was extremely ambitious to jointly attack Liaodong with Cao Cao's army.
For such a country, were we Han people really incapable of attacking in the past? That’s not the case. In the past, the Han Dynasty was partly corrupt, but more importantly, it was useless to defeat it.
We captured Goguryeo, but it was too far away from our center of rule. Without such strong control, we would eventually lose it.
The lord spent a lot of money to incorporate the grassland into his territory, and Yueying had no objection. Because the threat of the grassland to the Han Dynasty was too great, the power of the grassland had revived, and the losses caused by the attack on the Han Dynasty were much greater than the cost we paid now.
But Goguryeo is different. No matter how we jump, we only need to defend Liaodong well, and Goguryeo will not be in danger.
My lord, even if we have a lot of food now, we won't waste it on such meaningless things. Goguryeo and scabies will definitely bow down and become vassals when the Han Dynasty is unified.
Since we will eventually lose it if we defeat it, why should we waste so much energy? My lord, now that Goguryeo has sent envoys to sue for peace, we can extort a sum of money and withdraw our troops."
After Huang Yueying finished speaking, she stared at Liu Zhang anxiously. She had said it tactfully enough. If it were taken seriously, Liu Zhang was just enjoying his great achievements and wasting money and people.
Just because I was worried about Liu Zhang's feelings, and at the same time I was more afraid that Liu Zhang would disagree, so I said so much in a roundabout way.
Liu Zhang looked at the table in front of him silently, thinking about Huang Yueying's words. Of course Liu Zhang understood what Huang Yueying said. He conquered Goguryeo with force. As time goes by, due to its remote location, poor transportation and communication, and cultural differences, he will gradually lose this
piece of territory.
The effort to defeat it, which wastes people and money, is ultimately useless and will only waste Han people's money and soldiers' lives.
But Liu Zhang finally said with certainty: "Goguryeo must be taken."
"Lord..." Huang Yueying didn't expect that after saying so much, she would still be stubborn.
"Yueying, there's no need to persuade me, I have my own considerations."
After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he stood up and walked out. He understood Huang Yueying's hard work, but he understood his own hard work even more. Liu Zhang was making a decision, a decision that was somewhat difficult to make, but one that Liu Zhang felt he had to make.
"You...when will you change your bad temper?" Huang Yueying watched Liu Zhang ignore her and walked out. She couldn't help but cursed and stamped her feet fiercely.
The Sichuan army was stationed in Youzhou and established a second base in Shanggu. Zhang Zha led the army to garrison. Together with Zhang Liao, they controlled the East Grassland area and established infrastructure such as mutual markets in the base.
A third base was set up in Liaodong and Tian Yu sent troops to garrison it. Tian Yu was extremely depressed.
In Tian Yu's view, Zhang Liao was stationed at Yanmen and Zhang Jia was stationed at Shanggu. They were both responsible areas, and each controlled the grassland area in the north.
But what is there in Liaodong? Except for one county in Liaodong, the north is full of virgin forests, where savages who hunt all year round live, and the south is Goguryeo, which are all barbaric areas. Tian Yu has no idea where his role is.
Liu Zhang also ordered a large amount of supplies to be transferred from Bingzhou to Jixian, vigorously expanded the size of Jixian's city, and accommodated a large number of people who had fled from Jizhou and other areas of Youzhou.
Originally, the people in Hebei were in dire straits. I heard that Jixian County was distributing food and settling the people, and a large number of refugees came. The population of Jixian County increased sharply.
Now Xiliang is no longer considered a frontier. Liu Zhang transferred Wang Yi, the governor of Liangzhou, to the Third Assistant of Chang'an and served as the Sili Xiaowei, governor of Chang'an and the entire Yongzhou. He also transferred Jiang Wan to Ji County and changed Yuyang County to Beiping County.
Ji County was changed to Beiping County.
Jiang Wan served as the prefect of Beiping County, took charge of Beiping County, and was granted the title of Marquis.
Liu Zhang spent a lot of time in Jixian, and even demoted a Sili school captain to the prefect of the county. Although he was added a marquis, wasn't that an overt promotion and a secret demotion?
No one knew why Liu Zhang was governing Jixian County like this.
However, Jiang Wan had nothing to do. After Liu Zhang's instructions, he worked hard without complaint. With the support of huge materials and manpower, the entire Jixian County quickly recovered and expanded according to Liu Zhang's requirements.
"Report."
Liu Zhang was inspecting the construction site for the expansion of Ji County. A soldier came on horseback to report: "The civil uprising in Jizhou was fierce, and the rebels from all over the country met outside Handan City. Cao Zhang, the son of Cao Cao, was elected as the leader. He raised more than 200,000 troops to counterattack Yecheng, and
Cao Zhang sent someone to deliver a letter asking for my lord’s support.”
Liu Zhang took the letter and read the contents. He knew that although Cao Zhang had 200,000 people, these peasant troops could not even defeat the 10,000 official troops.
However, if we don't fight hard and block the troops from Huguan and Yellow River from returning to support, it can still be done.
"What about the other fronts?"
Immediately, a general came out and reported: "The Central Plains front is advancing in an all-round way. General Zhang Ren sent 50,000 partial troops to Yanzhou and Xuzhou and to Qingzhou.
Zhou Ce's army stationed in the east of Yuzhou all retreated southward without resistance. Our army recovered the entire territory of Yuzhou and advanced to Yangzhou. The Central Plains was already in our hands.
The offensive on the southern front went smoothly. Governor Wei Wen led his army to fight against Lu Xun and Jia Xu, and won many times. The Jiangdong Army and the Wei Army's navy were greatly weakened.
The French military division and General Wei Yan sent word that as long as Hukou and Poyang Lake are captured, a hundred thousand infantry troops can advance to Jiangdong and capture the entire Jiangnan area in one fell swoop."
"Lu Xun, Lu Su and Jia Xu are not easy to get along with. We must ask the French military advisor and Wei Yan to be careful and not to act too hastily."
"yes."
"Okay, the march to the south and the Central Plains is going smoothly. The civil uprising in Jizhou has spread across the prairie fire. It's time for our army to set up its cavalry. Immediately send an order to the generals to discuss matters in the lobby."
"yes."
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"Boom, boom, boom."
War drums were beating outside the gate of the Jixian Prefecture, spreading throughout the city. It was once the capital of the seven-strong Yan State during the Warring States Period. Later, after the construction of the Yan State by the kings of the Han Dynasty, the Prefecture that succeeded the royal palace was quite large.
The sound of drums floated, and there was a heavy breath.
Hundreds of military generals and a dozen civilian officials entered the lobby. The generals were all gearing up. They had been waiting for a long time.
With the character of these generals, it is difficult to understand why hundreds of thousands of troops had to be stationed here for so long when they could easily invade Hebei.
Now when I heard that Liu Zhang had gathered his generals and ordered his troops, and knew that they could finally go to war, the generals who had been waiting for a long time were very excited.
The armor was dense, and the aura of hundreds of battlefield veterans enveloped the hall. Liu Zhang, under Huang Yueying's powerful escort, slowly walked towards the main seat.
"See my lord." All the generals bowed down and the sound shook the hall.
"Ma Chao, Wang Shuang, Pang De, Lei Tong, Huang Zhong."
"The end will be here." The five generals came out at the same time.
"Immediately lead your cavalry and set off towards Yecheng. You have only one mission. Before the enemy troops at Huguan and the Yellow River break through the peasant army's defense line, reach the key entrance into Yecheng.
Block the enemy's troops firmly and do not allow any reinforcements to enter Yecheng. If the task cannot be completed, military law will be engaged."
"Yes." Ma Chao, Wang Shuang and other generals agreed loudly.
Ma Chao Pangde left Wei County and blocked the route of Huguan troops entering Yecheng. Wang Shuangpangde and Huang Zhong left Liyang and advanced towards Muye, blocking the way for the Wei army's White Horse Camp on the Yellow River to go north.
With the speed of the Dawan horses, the cavalry vanguard from all directions can reach their destination within two days.
"Zhe Lanying, A Ke, Xia Houyuan."
"The final general is here." Zhe Lanying, A Ke, and Xia Houyuan went out together.
"You lead the cavalry, and I will allocate another 30,000 cavalry to you as a vanguard to attack Yecheng and act according to the opportunity."
Zhe Lanying raised his head and glanced at Liu Zhang, knowing Liu Zhang's intention to send so many cavalry to him, and also told him the detailed list of Sichuan troops in Jizhou, so that he would do his best to rescue the Cao family.
Zhe Lanying was grateful in her heart and answered loudly: "Yes." She left with Ake and Xia Houyuan.
"Zhang Liao, Zhang Jia, Xu Huang."
"The last general is here." Although three bases were divided, only Tian Yu went to take office in advance, while Zhang Liao and Zhang Jiao remained in the army.
"Each with five thousand cavalry and twenty thousand infantry, Zhang Liao left Zhuojun, Zhongshan Kingdom, Zhao Kingdom, Xu Huang left Bohai County, attacked Nanpi, opened his jaws and marched out of Hejian, Pingyuan, Gaotang, took over all the cities in Hebei, and took charge of all the cities in Hebei.
Those who resist will be annihilated."
The current Wei military regime is completely out of touch with morality. The people have long been looking forward to the arrival of the Sichuan army. It will not take much effort to take over other cities. If Zhang Liao, Zhang Jia, Xu Huang and other Cao army veterans are allowed to take over, the resistance will be even smaller.
"Yes." The three generals stepped away.
Liu Zhang said to the remaining generals: "The generals will organize their troops immediately. Early tomorrow morning, the army will march to Yecheng to wipe out the Han rebels."
"The great Han Dynasty is reviving, long live the King of Shu."
During the banner hunt, Liu Zhang led an army of 200,000 people from Jixian County and passed through Renqiu, Xindu, and Guangzong. They were invincible along the way, and the surrounding counties and counties looked at the wind and fell.
This is very different from many years ago in Jingzhou, when almost every city and county had to resist to the end. Even when Xiangyang was captured, many counties refused to surrender and were filled with bandits and bandits.
Now, those officials of the noble family also wanted to resist to the end, but before they even started to resist, they were killed by their subordinates and the whole city surrendered.
It only took a few days for an army of 200,000 to enter Xindu, the second most important town in Jizhou, but Ma Chao and Wang Shuang's cavalry had already arrived at their destination.
The Huguan Army and the White Horse Army received orders from Yecheng to return for reinforcements, but it was already too late. These hastily formed armies had little combat effectiveness to begin with, and now that the Sichuan Army had a complete advantage, they had no fighting spirit.
Hao Zhao is just a general who is good at defense, and field combat is really not his strength. What's more, even if he is good at field combat, how can he use infantry to fight against the Dawan cavalry.
The returning army struggled to break through the rebels, but could not break through Ma Chao and Wang Shuang's cavalry defense line. They were stuck hundreds of miles away from Yecheng. Yecheng became a weak city guarded by less than ten thousand people.
Only then did the officials of the clan regret it. They should have listened to Sima Yi and transferred the Huguan and Yellow River troops back to defend Yecheng. They refused just because the Sichuan army in Youzhou had not launched an attack yet and did not want the Sichuan army from the south and Bingzhou to enter in advance.
adoption.
Now I know that the reason why the Youzhou Sichuan Army did not attack was entirely because they were waiting for the popular uprising to become intense, used the mob to hold back the reinforcements for a period of time, and then used their military strength to block all the main forces in Hebei from Yecheng.
But now, Yecheng has become a naked girl, completely exposed to the hundreds of thousands of Sichuan troops. Mutiny and civil commotion have also broken out in Yecheng, and the situation is precarious.
All the officials in Yecheng were panicked.
"Where is Sima Yi? Where is Sima Yi? Where is Sima Zhongda?"
The ministers in the palace were like ants on a hot pot. They just jumped up on the spot. They just wanted to have a reliable person to make decisions. But at this time, they realized that Sima Yi was missing.
An official said: "Don't worry, everyone. Mr. Zhongda told me a few days ago that in order to deal with the Sichuan Army, we need to think about countermeasures behind closed doors. I have already sent someone to ask for it. With Zhongda's wisdom, he will definitely be able to think of a proper solution."
Policy."
After the official finished speaking, everyone nodded, but before they could feel relieved, a soldier ran into the palace, cupped his hands and reported, "I would like to report to you, sirs, that Mr. Zhongda has left the mansion."