Pei Ju was not Zhuge. He relied on guesswork and got it right. He just knew and confirmed the situation in Henan and the news that Luoyang was starting to be short of food.
Upon hearing this, Pei Ju clearly felt that everyone, including Emperor Dou Jiande, breathed a sigh of relief.
Pei Ju can understand this. Even if everyone talks about Wang Shichong, everyone can despise him. However, if a powerful enemy like Wang Shichong attacks with all his strength, it will not be so easy to deal with it.
Wang Shichong occupies a lot of land and has a much larger population than Shandong and Hebei, so his military strength must be stronger than them...
It is normal for people to be afraid of Wang Shichong. Otherwise, Dou Jiande would not have shown kindness to him frequently in the past two years.
Therefore, Pei Ju did not say some words.
There was a food shortage in Henan, and there were more and more rebellions. Wang Shichong was no longer afraid of it, but the more this happened, the more vigilant he should be. Under the desperate struggle, there was no telling who Wang Shichong would bite.
Cao Dan over there nodded in agreement, "In that case, I should have worried too much... Besides, what General Liu did was indeed inappropriate. It would be better to order him to the river and have the Supreme Reprimand him face to face, so that everyone can
You know, today is different from the past, if you continue to kill innocent people, it will damage the reputation of our Xia Dynasty."
Once Emperor Dou Jiande, Pei Ju, and Cao Dan all agreed to attack Youzhou first, no one else would have anything else to say.
As for the matter of Liu Heitai, Duke of Donghai County, after a quarrel, Cao Dan was ready to put an end to the matter. Finally, he asked Cui Junsu, "Does Shizhong Cui think this is a good thing?"
Cui Junsu was about the same age as Cao Dan. Unlike Pei Ju and other Kansai aristocrats, he was a serious scholar. He was born in the Cui family of Boling. He initially served as a special commander in Hejian County. After joining Dou Jiande, he was quickly promoted to the position of Minister.
Not only did he form his own group with Liu Bin, a member of Zhongshushe, but he was also the most powerful supporter of the "farming faction" among Dou Jiande's subordinates.
Their faction is generally native to Hebei. Although they can be called old ministers of the Sui Dynasty, they are different from the Jiangdu ministers who Suiyu Wenhua and his brothers went north to. They are much more determined to bring peace to Hebei. After all, this is
Their hometown.
The Boling Cui family is also a famous family with a long history. At first, they were regarded as a branch of the Qinghe Cui family. Later, the Qinghe Cui family went through ups and downs, and most of the clan members fled south. Therefore, the Boling Cui family became the dominant family in Hebei, and went through the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty.
, Northern Qi and other dynasties finally survived the wars in the late Jin Dynasty.
In the Kaihuang Dynasty, after the Bolingcui family surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, their descendants gradually spread out and could be seen in Xijing and Dongdu. The Bolingcui family also ushered in a golden period.
But the good times did not last long. During the Daye period, Yang Guang had troubled them who were rooted in Hebei. On the contrary, the Qinghe Cui family living in the south became active again and had great intentions of returning to Hebei and settling in Qinghe.
At the end of Daye, Shandong was in chaos, and Hebei was in a mess after being devastated by the three expeditions to Goguryeo. Unsurprisingly, the main branch of the Boling Cui family suffered heavy losses.
The Cui family's children fled one after another, some to Luoyang, some to Chang'an, and some to the south to seek refuge with the Cui family in Qinghe.
People like Cui Junsu, who was an official in Hebei and a descendant of the Boling Cui clan, could only contribute in the battles to suppress the bandits, and in the constant fighting, the clan members gradually withered away.
It can be said that today there are only two or three kittens of the Boling Cui family in Hebei. You must know that at the beginning, the two lines of the Cui family in Hebei were among the seven sects and five surnames in the north. They were the top wealthy families in the north.
At the same time, it is also the top Han surname in the north, even the Wang family of Jinyang is slightly inferior.
But now, there is no need to mention it. The high-ranking families in Hebei and Shandong have all been scattered in the war. Whether they can continue their glory depends on God's will.
Having said that, Cui Junsu has a good character. Unlike Pei Ju and others, he has no nostalgia for the Sui Dynasty and is very willing to assist Dou Jiande in bringing peace to Hebei. Coupled with his family background and talents, it is not a big deal to be reused by Dou Jiande.
It's weird.
At this time, Cui Junsu slightly raised his hands and said: "Cao Pushe has said too much, what do you think...Now that all the heroes are rising together, the world is in chaos, if there is no intention to bring peace, how can the name of the supreme sage be spread to the world?"
"In the past, King Wu conquered Zhou and defeated Zhou's country in one day's battle. Liu Xiang conquered Qin and accomplished the task in less than a year. Why? Use a benevolent and righteous army to conquer a tyrannical country."
"Now that the emperor has ascended the throne and wants to live up to the expectations of the world, how can he betray benevolence and righteousness and go to Shang Qin?"
The words made Tong Guangshou and others feel confused and confused, but the people over there nodded frequently, which was very annoying to watch.
Knowledge is indeed useless sometimes. When two armies are fighting, who cares how many words you know and how many books you have read? But if you plunge your head into the theory that knowledge is useless, then you will have fun. Maybe others will scold you.
Two sentences, you thought I was complimenting you...
Or maybe the ancients had a saying that a gentleman talks but does not use his hands. This means that the difference lies between those who are knowledgeable and those who are not. A knowledgeable person can defeat you just by using his mouth, while an unlearned person can only choose to use his hands.
Already.
It is said that those who work hard control others, and those who work hard are controlled by others. This is the truth.
Cao Dan was silent, because what he said was very reasonable, and Cui Junsu was different from Pei Ju in that he always spoke and acted appropriately, which made Cao Dan respect him very much.
It's just that the more such people are, the more stringent their requirements for living soil are, so Cui Junsu's reputation among Dou Jiande is not as good as Pei Ju's, and the conflicts with Tong Guangshou and others are much more intense.
In the end, it was Dou Jiande who made the decision. He has the obvious advantage of being good at listening to others. He often listens to whoever says makes sense, and he can easily calm down the grievances of opponents, which is quite a bit.
How big is your belly?
"What I heard is true. I also feel that Liu Dalang did something wrong. However, Liu Dalang has made many meritorious deeds since he followed me, and he is also loyal to me... How about this, issue an edict to Liu Dalang and let him lead the army back to Wei County.
, the title of Duke of Donghai County was taken back, and he was appointed as the General of the Standing Palace and concurrently as the Lieutenant of Wei County. Furthermore, everyone should take this as a warning..."
"You should think about it carefully. Forget about my reputation, look at how many people are left in each county now? If we continue to kill like this, no one else will come to attack. We will kill them all ourselves. You
Say so?"
No matter what they were thinking, everyone nodded. There was nothing to say in dealing with everyone like this. You must know that Liu Heitai was not only Dou Jiande's hometown friend, but also Dou Jiande's sworn brother.
Now that they have conquered Yinzhou and killed some people, they will be deprived of their positions. Dou Jiande's old subordinates are all very sad. Most of them secretly muttered in their hearts that massacring a city is nothing. When they were in Shandong, they didn't.
Seeing that the big leader is so merciful and soft-hearted, there are now more people who are gibbering and talking in a way that makes it difficult to understand. The big leader is kept secret by these people, and the big guys are restrained in doing things and feel unhappy.
But Liu Heitai didn't let the "slander" kill him, and they didn't completely break up with Cui Junsu and others.
Although Cui Junsu was dissatisfied, he was not a stupid person. He knew that if he insisted on insisting on killing him, it might be inappropriate.
Seeing that everyone was speechless, Dou Jiande smiled with satisfaction, and immediately changed the subject and said: "As you all know, a few days ago someone from Jin came to see me and said... Queen Xiao has returned south and is now living in Jinyang Palace. …”
Speaking of this, Dou Jiande showed a hint of melancholy, and a graceful figure like the incarnation of a goddess seemed to appear in front of his eyes. After a long time, under the gaze of everyone, Dou Jiande laughed at himself and continued: "The queen asked the town for the heads of two people, haha, I don’t know what the Queen wants to do with that pickled thing..."
After hearing this, Pei Ju frowned slightly, and a sentence immediately appeared in his mind, holding the emperor hostage to order the princes?
Over there, Cao Dan's beard also trembled a few times, and he asked casually, "I wonder whose head the queen wants to ask for?"
The atmosphere in the lobby became a little ignited, because they all understood that what they said was the queen's doing, was actually what Li Ding'an from Jin Dynasty wanted to do.
Maybe Li Ding'an's name does not show much power in other places, but it is different here with Li Yuan and Dou Jiande, because they both suffered deeply from it and also deeply inherited its power.
Not to mention Li Yuan, he was beaten to the point of bone marrow pain by Li Po, so he naturally hated Li Po to the core.
In fact, Dou Jiande was not far behind. When Li Dingan lent troops to his imperial servant Yang Yichen, Yang Yichen killed many people in Hebei and all the rebels in Shandong were frightened by the news and almost became the second Zhang Xutuo.
Then Yang Yichen left, but Li Ding'an personally led his troops eastward. Almost in an instant, he first killed Song Jingang and then Luo Yi, and his reputation was known throughout Hebei.
Next, they moved all the granaries of Zhuojun and moved all the people in the western part of Youzhou to Jin.
At that time, Dou Jiande had an army of 300,000 to 400,000 people. After hearing the news, the crowd from Dou Jiande down was naturally excited and wanted to fight Li Ding'an.
But not long after the army marched north, these heroes who emerged from the mass graves in Shandong were deceived.
Before and after, there were figures of Jin Metro Cavalry walking back and forth everywhere. They wore strong half-length armor, rode on war horses, and brandished sharp long knives, wreaking havoc on the road behind the army like a pack of wolves.
You can't defeat them if there are fewer people, and you can't catch up if there are more people. In that battle, the enemy was barely seen, so Dou Jiande and others chose to withdraw in despair.
After the first battle, Dou Jiande and his men finally saw the terrifying power of the cavalry, and then Dou Jiande also wanted to build a cavalry force.
But that was just a thought. The cavalry was too expensive and could not be afforded by the peasant army. After that, Dou Jiande tried his best to make good friends with the Turks. A big reason was that he was afraid that the cavalry from the Jin region would come over again.
Therefore, the name Li Dingan can only bring fear and deep apprehension to people in Hebei and Shandong...
This chapter has been completed!