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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.
But just when the attack was launched, the news leaked out for some reason 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, defeated 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 land, like the old and weak women and children left behind by the Xiongnu when they moved westward, have all become new grassland people.
Goguryeo has been at war with Gongsun Kang. When he heard that Gongsun Kang was fighting with the Kebineng and Yuan brothers, he immediately sent troops to Liaodong, and met Wang Yue on the way.
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, was severely damaged. When he 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 his officials. Ordering Wang Yue to attack Goguryeo, Huang Yueying did not want to disgrace Liu Zhang on the spot. After the officials 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 capture it, but it is difficult to defend it.
Like Goguryeo. It had always been a vassal state of the Han Dynasty. Later, Goguryeo expanded crazily, 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 to jointly attack Liaodong with Cao Jun, his ambition is extremely huge.
??For such a country, were we big men really incapable of attacking before? That's not the case. In the past, the corruption of the big men was partly responsible, but mostly, it was useless to defeat them.
We captured Goguryeo, but it was too far from the center of our rule. If you don¡¯t have such strong control, you will 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 is too great, the grassland forces have resurrected, and the losses caused by the attack on the Han Dynasty are much greater than the cost we pay now.
But Goguryeo is different. No matter how we jump, we only need to defend Liaodong well. Goguryeo is not in trouble.
"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 when the Han Dynasty is unified."
Since we will eventually lose it if we defeat it, why do we waste so much energy? My lord, now that Goguryeo is sending an envoy 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 would be enjoying great achievements and wasting money and people.
It was just to worry 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 and conquered Goguryeo with force. As time went by, due to its remote location, poor transportation and communication, and cultural differences, he would gradually lose this piece of territory.
The labor of the people hurts the money, and it will eventually be useless, and it will only waste the money of the Han people and the lives of the soldiers.
But Liu Zhang finally said with certainty: "Goguryeo must be taken."
"My 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.¡±
Liu Zhang stood up and walked out after saying that. 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.
"Youwhen will you change your bad temper?" Huang Yueying watched Liu Zhang ignore her and walked out. She couldn't help but cursed and stamped hard.Feet.
The Sichuan army was stationed in Youzhou and established a second base in Shanggu. Zhang Zha led the garrison. Together with Zhang Liao, he 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 felt extremely depressed.
In Tian Yu's view, Zhang Liao is stationed at Yanmen and Zhang Jia is stationed at Shanggu. They are both responsible areas, and each controls the grassland area in the north.
But what is there in Liaodong? Except for one county in Liaodong, the north was full of primeval forests, inhabited by savages who hunted all year round, and the south was Goguryeo, all barbarous areas. Tian Yu had no idea what his role was.
Liu Zhang also ordered a large number of supplies to be transferred from Bingzhou to Jixian, vigorously expanded the size of Jixian's city, and accommodated a large number of people fleeing from Jizhou and other areas of Youzhou.
Originally, people in Hebei Province were struggling to make a living. 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, where he served as 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. Change Ji County to Beiping County.
Jiang Wan served as the governor of Beiping County, was in 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 covert demotion?
No one knows why Liu Zhang governs Jixian 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 in accordance with Liu Zhang's requirements.
"Report."
Liu Zhang is inspecting the Jixian expansion construction site. A soldier flew on horseback to report: "The civil uprising in Jizhou was fierce. Rebels from all over the country met outside Handan City. The public recommended Cao Zhang, son of Cao Cao, as the leader. He raised more than 200,000 troops to counterattack Yecheng. Cao Zhang also sent a letter to ask for support from the lord. .¡±
Liu Zhang took the letter and read the content. He knew that although Cao Zhang had 200,000 people. But these peasant armies are estimated to be unable to defeat even 10,000 official troops.
But if we don¡¯t fight hard and block the troops from Huguan and Yellow River from returning to support, we can still do it.
"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. They went down to Yanzhou and Xuzhou and advanced towards Qingzhou.
Zhou Ce¡¯s army stationed in the east of Yuzhou all retreated southward without resistance. Our army regained the entire territory of Yuzhou and advanced to Yangzhou. The Central Plains was already in the hands of our army.
The offensive on the southern front went smoothly. Governor Wei Wen led his troops to fight against Lu Xun and Jia Xu, and won many times. The Jiangdong Army and the Wei Army's navy were greatly weakened.
French military advisor and General Wei Yan sent word that they only need to capture Hukou. By occupying Poyang Lake, 100,000 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 deal with. We must ask the French military advisor and Wei Yan to be careful and not to act too hastily."
"yes."
"Well, the march to the south and the Central Plains is going smoothly. The civil uprising in Jizhou has set the prairie fire ablaze. It is the time when our army is ready to stand. We immediately send an order to the generals to discuss matters in the hall."
"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 Kingdom in the Warring States Period. Later, after the construction of the kings of the Yan State who were enfeoffed by 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 holding back for a long time.
With the character of these generals, it is difficult to understand why hundreds of thousands of troops were 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, knowing that they could finally go to war, the generals who had been waiting for a long time were very excited.
The hall was covered with dense armor and the aura of hundreds of battlefield veterans. 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 last general is here." The five generals came out at the same time.
"Immediately lead your cavalry and set off towards Yecheng. You have only one task. Before the enemy troops at Huguan and the Yellow River break through the peasant army's defense line, reach the key entrance to Yecheng.
Block the enemy force firmly and do not allow any reinforcements to enter Yecheng. If the task cannot be completed, military law will be engaged. "
"Yes." Ma Chao?The two will make a loud promise.
Ma Chao Pangde left Wei County and blocked the Huguan army's route into 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 general will be here at the end." Zhe Lanying, A Ke, and Xia Houyuan went out together.
"You lead the cavalry, and I will allocate another 30,000 cavalry to you. You will be the vanguard to attack Yecheng and act according to the opportunity."
Zhe Lanying raised his head and glanced at Liu Zhang. He knew Liu Zhang's intention to send so many cavalry to him, and also told him the detailed list of Sichuan troops in Jizhou. This was to ask him to do his best to rescue the Cao family.
Zhe Lanying was grateful in her heart and replied 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 took office in advance, and Zhang Liao and Zhang Jia were still 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 left Hejian, Pingyuan, Gaotang, took over all the cities in Hebei, and carried out Those who resist will be annihilated."
The current Wei military regime has become completely alienated. 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 Jun 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."
This is very different from many years ago in Jingzhou. At that time, 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 too late. These hastily formed armies had little combat effectiveness. Now that the Sichuan Army had a complete advantage, they had no fighting spirit.
And 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 Dawan cavalry.
The returning troops 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 Youzhou Sichuan army had not launched an attack yet and did not want the Sichuan army from the south and Bingzhou to enter in advance. adoption.
It is now known that the reason why the Sichuan Army in Youzhou 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 military force to block all the main forces in Hebei from Yecheng.
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 then 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 invite him. 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 inform you all, Sir, Mr. Zhongda has left the mansion."