On the fifth day of August, Dashi County at the end of the Liaodong Peninsula.

The 20,000 army has been stationed in this originally barren small county and has been rectified for several days.

Since Zhang Chun's destruction, Liu Bei has gradually mobilized most of his troops to the south. On the one hand, he can appropriately attack Goguryeo and Silla, and on the other hand, he can reduce grain transport losses.

Until early September, before the autumn harvest in Liaodong was completely over, the local grain reserves in Liaodong were not enough to completely support Liu Bei's 20,000 regular troops and nearly 10,000 newly collected former rebel soldiers. The army's grain was transported by Mi Zhuhai, and the return trip was sold to Malay to maintain a part of it.

Therefore, in the absence of war, gradually moving troops south to the Dashi garrison can also reduce the mileage of grain transport by Mizhuhai.

The Dashi was the later Lushun-Dalian area, and its natural port conditions were good. Now it is the first place for Qingzhou refugees to cross the sea and exile to Liaodong. Since the rise of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, the Dashi, a small county town that has not had much population or trade since ancient times, has flourished slightly for the first time.

Liu Bei himself and a group of generals waited for the imperial court's reward and Liu Yu's instructions in Changli before whipping the light cavalry south, meeting with the slow-moving army, and going to Qingzhou to help the suppression as soon as possible.

It is said that it is a helping to suppress the enemy, but Liu Bei is also selfish.

It is now early August. Although the autumn harvest of wheat has ended because the climate in Qingzhou is slightly warmer than that in Liaodong, there are other coarse grain crops with longer growth periods, such as millet and millet, which have not yet completed the autumn harvest.

Besides, even if the wheat has been harvested, threshed, dried grain, and storage, it will take time. Let the Yellow Turban do more voluntary labor to complete the rough processing of the grain before snatching it back, that would be even better.

If we don’t take advantage of the autumn harvest season to get the enemy, most of these grains will be taken away by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. In this case, instead of giving the rebels, it is better to use them to support the imperial army and kill some of the backbone forces in the Yellow Turban Army and make some contributions to colleagues in Qingzhou Xuzhou Yanzhou.

It also relieved Mi Zhu's pressure. Isn't it the best of all the 20,000 troops going anywhere?

Historically, when Cao Cao was short of food, his advisers advised him to pick the soft persimmons of Qingzhou Army. This was basically the same idea and the principles were the same.

We are not voluntarily working to help friendly forces, but we only work voluntarily during the grain harvest season.

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After several days of rushing and rushing, Liu Bei, Li Su and others finally arrived in Dashi County.

These days on the road, Li Su also found a suitable opportunity to secretly bring some of the words Liu Yu had to convey to Liu Bei.

Li Su said this: "The day before yesterday, when I heard that the envoy supported my brother to cross states to pursue Zhang Ju's remnants, I saw that my brother was grateful and seemed to be extremely grateful to him. But can I know why the envoy supported you and me so strongly?"

Liu Bei was riding on the horse's back and asked seriously: "I wish to hear the details of it. It is really rare for you to be a good man."

Li Su sighed: "At that time, the envoy said that the world was in chaos, and now there are at least four rebels and riots. Your Majesty has used people... Some people are fishing out of the waters and cannot see good ministers and generals idle. For example, loyal and righteous models such as Huangfu Song and Zhu Yan were all mobilized by the world and were exhausted. We can find the thieves who can be suppressed nearby, and find some things to do, so that the court can follow the flow, and less lives to transfer defenses across states and counties, and rest with the people."

These words have been said a little too seriously. I would like to say that the emperor was "flying through the lake and fishing", which is not about taking you as a confidant of his own people. When Liu Bei heard that Liu Yu dared to say such words to him and Li Su, he really regarded him and Li Su as their nephews.

"Dare to do your best to serve the envoy and repay the kindness of his knowingly meeting!" Liu Bei sighed generously and righteously.

The group of people discussed the world on the road. When they arrived at the Dashi, they happened to meet the fleet sent by Mi Zhu to pick up the transport troops, and they had already assembled.

Mi Zhu himself was also very concerned about handling this matter himself and acted with the fleet.

When Liu Bei saw Mi Zhu again, he couldn't help but comfort him with tender words and thanked him for his efforts:

"Thank you for your hard work in Zizhong. These days, the dispatch is complicated. If it weren't for the rich businessmen who were good at farming and transporting goods, they wouldn't do it. Have you ever chosen this route for crossing the sea? Donglai and Beihai Pirates, can you find out the latest changes?"

He specialized in his profession, inquired about intelligence and crossing the sea, and Mi Zhu was more professional, so Liu Bei was very relieved to leave it to him for his decision-making.

Mi Zhu also said modestly: "I believe that Boya has made a successful conclusion in the marching route, so Zhu will follow the plan."

Li Su: "Hey, no, Zi Zhong knows better about things at sea. Those who can do it but don't control it will win."

Mi Zhu then bowed and replied unwillingly: "Now, Donglai, Beihai and Mount Tai, most of the suburbs are under the hands of thieves. A few county towns have capable officials and officials to guard the city. The route of crossing the sea is better, with the three counties along the coast of Beihai County, Duchang and Shouguang.

Although these three counties are not closer to Donglai, there are big rivers entering the sea, which is convenient for transportation. The underneath is glued, Weishui, Duchang and Shouguang have irrigation water, and Mishui. It is especially good for the following dense. You can cross the sea to Donglai County, go southwest along the coast, enter Weishui, and cut off the secret route of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in Donglai. "

Liu Bei also prepared the map in advance. He looked at Li Su carefully along the map and felt that the route was indeed good.

Donglai County is at the tip of the Shandong Peninsula, roughly equivalent to Yantai in later generations, and is closest to Liaodong. But it is precisely because it is the tip of the peninsula that it is mainly mountainous terrain.

This is also the natural reason for the movement of the earth's crust. If the peninsula extends to the farthest part of the sea, it must be the mountainous uplift, and it is impossible to expect silt and sand to fill and build land. Later, Zhaoyuan and other counties in Yantai were all known for their mountainous gold mines.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Zhaoyuan Gold Mine was not discovered yet. The place is now called Qucheng County, and the mountainous area where the gold mine is located is called Yangqiushan.

Yangqiu Mountain is far away from Rushan, which is close to Qingdao in the south, making the tip of the peninsula not suitable for the movement of the army and plains, nor is it conducive to the suppression of bandits.

However, Liu Bei knew that as long as he crossed the peninsula along the Weishui River in Xiami County, Beihai County, and the part of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans that he ate in Donglai, he had to run out of Donglai counties and try to break through and return to Taishan County.

Although Yangqiu Mountain and Rushan are not conducive to marching, the difficulty and steepness of clearing are ultimately incomparable to Mount Tai.

Staying around Yangqiu Mountain is nothing more than to delay more time, but as long as Liu Bei tied the fence tightly and the encirclement gradually tightened, the Donglai Yellow Turban Army will definitely die sooner or later.

This is the same as the Spartacus rebels who were besieged in the tip of the Italian peninsula in the Western world.

The only way to survive is to seize the time difference before Liu Bei’s blockade line is not very complete and firm.

The Yellow Turban Army dared to come to Donglai to cause trouble because it was entirely because it had never thought that the government army might attack from the sea to suppress bandits. So of course, it would be fine if everything would be fine if it blocked the Taishan and Yimeng Mountains in the west.

In addition, the organization of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army is very scattered, with many hills, and the small leaders are unwilling to support each other. They usually set up a piece of land and grab their own.

These are all the information that Liu Bei carefully found during the more than half month of preparing for the war.

After sorting out these things out, Liu Bei ordered with a sigh: "Okay! Then let's cross the sea as the target. However, there are two points to pay attention to. First, before the Zhengdu Strait arrives in Donglai County, it is best not to get too close to the shore, so as not to startle the snakes and alarm the Yellow Turbans entrenched around Donglai County in advance, and give them time to escape in advance.

Secondly, if you can't sail offshore and the wind and waves are too strong, try to choose a night to get close to the coast of Donglai, and then spend a night to travel west. This will at least open a hundred miles away and catch the thief army off guard. Then drive into the Wei River at dawn.”

Regarding this requirement, Mi Zhu directly patted his chest and guaranteed: "This is no problem. The sand ship improved by Mr. Boya is 50 miles away from the shore or even hundreds of miles away. He is not afraid of wind and waves at all when sailing. He must ensure that the Yellow Turban Army of Donglai was unaware of anything before our army entered the Weishui River."

"Okay, then let's set sail!" Liu Bei ordered with great enthusiasm.

Hundreds of large ships rose up one after another, transporting about 8,000 soldiers first. The first wave went south to the North Sea - 20,000 troops could not be transported at one time, which was also the limited capacity of Mi Zhu's fleet.

For those who do business, the scale of the fleet's shipbuilding is usually limited by the turnover of business. There is not so much cargo to transport, so it is impossible to ship according to the peak capacity demand. Liu Bei has a army of 20,000, and it has only been in the past few months. Even if Mi Zhu is busy building a ship, it will not be so fast.

However, I believe that after the first batch of 8,000 people crossed the sea and arrived in Xiami County, they would soon control the key ferries along Xiami and Weishui coasts, which should be no problem.

As long as you hold it on the spot for about seven or eight days, a second batch of troops will arrive, and half a month later, more than 20,000 troops will be transported to the other side.

This can also have a moderate urging effect on the Yellow Turban Army: Do you still run away? Do you want to stay in Yangqiushan and Rushan to the end? Give you seven days to march, and you can only face the surround of the Han army of eight thousand people with elite Han troops. If you can't leave within seven days, you will have to face the blockade of the 15,000 Han army!

Liu Bei did not want to kill all the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou. After all, he had no reason to cross the boundary east of Mount Tai and even the wealthy Bohai County of Jizhou. He weakened the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou and made a vote by himself, and killed Wusu, which was worthy of the court and teammates.

It is also a merit to be able to drive the enemy away from Beihai and Donglai and let the Yellow Turbans harm the innocent people in the two counties.

Three days later, Liu Bei's fleet arrived along the coast of Donglai and Xiami.

On the ninth day of the eighth month, we drove into Weishui and arrived at Xiami City on the tenth day of the eighth month.

Unexpectedly, near Xiami, Liu Bei happened to encounter a group of Yellow Turban thieves with thousands of people, plundering a county town that had been broken into a hole. The officials in the county town were probably killed.

Faced with this kind of appetizer, Liu Bei was of course jealous and immediately ordered the troops to land and launch, attack and regain the city.

Liu Bei didn't know that if he had not met Li Su, but had allowed history to develop according to the original trajectory of "a whip and escaping the official and fleeing".

Then at the end of last year, when he followed Wu Qiuyi to recruit Danyang soldiers and headed north, he would encounter the Yellow Turban outbreak when passing by Qingzhou. Because he was successful in suppressing the thieves on the spot, he was successively awarded the title of "Xiami Cheng" and "Gao Tang Wei".

However, in history, Liu Bei's official career was not good in these two positions. Both times, because he was outnumbered, he was captured by the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, and his direct troops were almost wiped out.

This time in Xiami County, Liu Bei should have died of a newly married wife, but the time in Gaotang County was even worse. He was seriously injured. He escaped by pretending to be dead and was carried back to save the battlefield by friendly troops.

Now, because of Li Su's changes, everything has changed. In this life, Liu Bei probably wouldn't have the chance to go to Gaotang County, Pingyuan County, Qingzhou, but by chance he came to secretly suppress the bandits.

However, this time, Liu Bei came to Xiami, with 20,000 elite soldiers who had experienced bloody battles on the Youzhou border, rather than the small county magistrate who had only a few hundred Danyang soldiers and were flooded by the Yellow Turban thieves in the same period of history.

Perhaps, there was another unlucky county magistrate who replaced Liu Bei's position and was beaten by the Yellow Turban Army in this sub-city city.

Li Su thought to himself: After recovering Xiami County in a while, we should pay good tribute to the unknown county magistrate who died in his country. That county magistrate died in battle for Liu Bei because of the butterfly effect.

"Kill into Xiami County! Annihilate the Yellow Turban Thiefs!" Liu Bei didn't know this. He had already supervised the battle next to him and commanded the troops to recover the city.

Eight thousand elite soldiers in Youzhou deal with three or four thousand Yellow Turban Scattered Scattered Warriors who were temporarily caught, so of course there is nothing to go into detail about this battle.

In just half an hour, Xiami County returned to the control of the imperial army. In the city, together with the fallen guards of the former Xiami County, the Yellow Turban Army, and the small number of Liu Bei's army, the three parties left a total of one or two thousand corpses.
Chapter completed!