As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed drastically. Teng Tianzhi opened his eyes wide and stammered: "How is this possible? Why did Ding Ling want to capture this place?"
Liu Yu calmly pointed to the mountains of military rations inside and outside the city, and said calmly: "This mountain of military rations and baggage is the best reason to attack this place. Now the people in Hebei have no hope of even eating mulberries. If they could have hundreds of rations here,
Tens of thousands of stones of military rations, why can’t Ding Ling of the Zhai family wake up with a smile?!”
Zhang Yuan gritted his teeth: "They can't even capture places like Zhongshan and Longcheng, so how can they attack Liyang? Besides, if they offend us, even if they get some immediate benefits, it won't be possible to eliminate them when Murong Chui recovers.
Is it easier?”
Liu Yu shook his head: "I know the Ding Ling people very well. They have no faith at all. They are just gangsters and horse thieves who are only interested in profit! Back then, Zhai Bin had secretly colluded with Murong Chui and jointly framed Fu Jian, causing his Feishui defeat. But
The Zhai tribe suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Luojian. After the Battle of Feishui, Zhai Bin was almost the first to raise troops, seizing the Qin army's supplies of food and grass in Pengcheng, burning, killing and looting everywhere. After Murong Chui raised his troops, he was
He was the first to go over and agree, wanting to follow Murong Chui's Yan army across the world. However, when he found out that Murong Chui did not only want to plunder like him, but wanted to enforce military discipline, he couldn't stand it anymore and secretly communicated with Fu Pi to rebel against Murong Chui.
, and finally ended up dead in Yecheng."
"Brothers Zhai Zhen and Zhai Cheng are almost the same as Zhai Bin. They are greedy for small profits and have no faith. Qin and Yan have been in stalemate these years. If they are ambitious and visionary, they should use the name of supporting Qin and opposing Yan.
, to appease the people and win more support, the main forces of Qin and Yan were all in the Yecheng area, and there was a large empty land in Hebei. As long as there was a commander with a little brain, he could respond to everything. But what did the Zhai brothers do?
Looting everywhere, not doing anything about production, as long as you are full today, don't think about tomorrow, going into the ravines when Yan's army comes, and coming out to grab things as soon as Yan's army leaves. These are what a person with ambitions for the world can do.
Something about?"
Zhang Yuan said bitterly: "This is due to the habits of the Ding Ling people. They are born robbers. It is not surprising. But robbers do not mean they are brainless. Zhai Bin knew that Conglong Murongchui, Zhai Zhen and Zhai Cheng brothers have eaten in recent years.
After so much suffering, now that Master Wang has arrived, he can naturally serve as a pioneer for the king without losing his position as a duke. Why should he turn around and attack us? Is this food enough for them to last a lifetime? "
Liu Yu said seriously: "It's not enough for a lifetime, but it's enough for at least a few years. Ding Ling people have this kind of character that they can drink now and get drunk the next. Zhongshan and Longcheng City are high and deep, so they are not easy to attack, and Murong Chui can be mobilized at any time."
The army came to support them. Even with the help of our army, they didn't have much chance of winning. What's more, if Murong Chui could only feed his people mulberry trees, how much food and grass would these Zhongshan and Dragon City have? They spent all their efforts to conquer a few empty cities.
, what’s the use? It’s far less practical than grabbing the ready-made food and grass in Liyang City!”
Teng Tianzhi nodded thoughtfully: "What you said makes sense, but Liyang City also has a city and nearly 10,000 elite soldiers to defend it. Do they really dare to attack?"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Of course, the gains outweigh the losses by storming here, so the Zhai brothers played a dirty trick and asked the Wang brothers to come here to discuss the alliance. They wanted to lure the main force of our army out of the city, and then sneak attack in the wild to destroy them.
, then, you can wear our army's armor and under the banner of our army, come back to capture the city. Even if the defenders are not fooled, because most of the troops have been drawn out, it is not difficult to capture this place. After success,
With food and grass, you can enter the land of Qi and Lu to the east and capture Qingzhou, sweep across Youyan to the north, and compete with the three armies of Qin, Jin and Yan in Yecheng to the west. In troubled times, if you have food in your hands, you will not panic.
, this is a truth that even Ding Ling people understand."
Everyone nodded after hearing this, and even Wang Yi remained silent. Zhang Yuan's forehead began to sweat, and his face became darker. He glared and looked directly at Liu Yu: "After all, this is just you.
What evidence is there for the self-talk here? Just because of your conjectures, you gave up a ready-made ally. Liu Yu, remember your identity, you are just a small military leader. The general discussed
Don’t express your opinion casually!”
Liu Yu said calmly: "Since it was the two generals who asked about Bei Zhi, Bei Zhi naturally wanted to express his thoughts, because Bei Zhi had previously received orders from General Xie and had contact with the Xianbei and Ding Ling people. The Ding Ling people were unwilling to accept Qin's offer.
They are not willing to accept the rule of the Yan State, let alone the rule of our Jin Dynasty, because no matter which country rules, the people are required to abide by the law and serve the public, and are not allowed to rob or kill the people, and this is what Ding Ling
The way people survive is if they want to be lawless robbers, then why should they ally with us?"
Zhang Yuan opened his eyes wide and was speechless for a long time. After a long time, he said bitterly: "Because, because the Ding Ling people have a deep hatred against the Yan thieves, Zhai Bin died at the hands of Murong Chui, and they only came to us for revenge!"
Liu Yu smiled slightly and looked at Wang Yi: "Brother Wang, did Zhai Zhen say this when you came here?"
Wang Yi shook his head: "No, Leader Zhai just asked me to explore the truth and tone of the Jin army. He said that if the Jin army was willing to cooperate, they could lead the Jin army to attack Zhongshan and even Longcheng outside the Great Wall. They only asked the Jin army to allow them to rob.
Just plunder these cities and give some military rations as a reward."
Liu Yu said with a smile: "Everyone has heard it, right? Brother Zhai Zhen doesn't want to avenge his father and his clan at all. They are bandits themselves and have done so much evil. If someone seeks revenge from them, do they still have to live?
They know this very well if they plunder all day long, and one of them will die."
Zhang Yuan said bitterly: "Maybe Ding Ling, the Zhai family, just wants the benefits of breaking the city. Brother Wang also said just now that they want to plunder."
Liu Yu shook his head: "These cities will not have much food reserves. Everyone knows this. If Liyang, which has a lot of food and grass, is not attacked, but to grab those empty cities, isn't this a waste of money? If you really fancy these cities, I will
It had been so many years before the army came to Hebei. Don't they know how to rob it themselves? Do they have to count on thousands of us to break the city?"
Teng Tianzhi curled up his lips: "What Commander Liu said makes sense, but General Zhang also makes sense. You can't give up on this ally just because of speculation. I think we can still test it. General Zhang, why don't you send you
My subordinates can go forward with two thousand troops, and the main force should stay to protect Liyang."
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