From the perspective of Liu Yu and Liu Bei, the range of vision will be limited, which makes people feel an illusion:

It was Liu Yu who brought all the resources of Youzhou to resist Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun. It was Liu Yu's direct lineage that only 20,000 troops, plus the thousands of Gongsun Zan, which had a total of 30,000, and it was a tragic move to fight more than 100,000 rebels.

But in fact, it was not just Youzhou who was working hard. In name, what Zhang Ju wanted to rebel was the entire Han Dynasty, and Qingji and Youyan that were affected should have worked hard.

Historically, Yuan Shao later dominated Hebei, and his main source of military force was Jizhou, which was rich in population, rich in money and food. Even in peacetime, Jia Cong nominally controlled a scale of 30,000 to 40,000, which was more than enough to deal with Zhang Ju.

However, the Hebei Plain is too suitable for pure cavalry troops to move around, while the Jizhou permanent cavalry only has 5,000 cavalry, so I can't catch up.

Now, Zhang Ju has been trapped at the mouth of Jiehe River for ten days and has lost his mobility. He has been slowly surrounded by the slow-moving Jizhou Army. Just to preserve his strength, Jia Cong has been hesitating whether to take action.

Until Li Su's strategy of attacking the enemy took effect.

For a moment, rumors were flying all over the world in the Hejian and Nanpi Jizhou army:

"Have you heard that? The money, food and property that Zhang Ju plundered in Bohai County is worth as much as 500 million yuan! Governor Jia also secretly ordered that as long as he attacked immediately, half of the property he recaptured was handed over to the court, and half of it belonged to the troops who fought and killed the thieves and distributed it to themselves!"

"No way? Zhang Ju had been wandering in Bohai County for more than ten days, but he could actually rob 500 million?"

"How is it impossible? Think about it, 500 million is not much. Now a bucket of refined wheat costs 300 yuan, and a bucket of refined rice or flour costs 400 yuan. Bohai County has a household registration of 300 million yuan. On average, each person is robbed of three or four buckets of flour by thieves, which is worth 500 million yuan! There is no need to dig three feet into the ground like this, just wash the strongholds and forts in the countryside slightly, and it is definitely more than this number!"

"And what precious treasures were lost in those big powerful manors? The news is clearly stated, so it must be impossible to be wrong."

When others heard this analysis, they immediately felt that it made sense.

Five hundred million yuan! Although this money was robbed from the people and the powerful, as long as the official army fights back, it doesn’t have to be returned to the victims again...

Hehehehe.

Morale is booming.

...

While Zhang Ju was gradually in trouble, some people asking for help came to the camp in western Liaoning.

These people were the ones who had successfully crossed the river a few days ago and broke into Youzhou. Because they were light-fitting pioneers and did not have to carry supplies, they ran fast. After crossing the river, they escaped Zhang Fei's pursuit and finally returned to their nests two days later.

Before these pioneers broke through, Zhang Ju also took care of them and asked them to find ways to seek help and attack the Han army that was deployed along the Huo Water.

But Zhang Ju also knew that finding Qiu Liju was not very useful, and it would easily lead to an imbalance in the power structure of the rebels, so he ordered his subordinates to give priority to the young master of the Xianbei tribe in western Liaoning.

Zhang Ju thought so: He knew very well that Qiu Liju had the most people, but he still supported him because he was a Han Chinese and had also been the prefect of Mount Tai. He knew the situation of Hebei counties north of Mount Tai best and could be a leader in robbery.

Otherwise, Zhang Ju's military strength was so small, why did Qiu Liju listen to him?

Just like when the princes in later generations attacked Dong, the reason why Yuan Shu was able to control Sun Jian was not because Yuan Shu was stronger than Sun Jian's combat effectiveness. Another important reason was that Yuan Shu could control Sun Jian's food supply, and Sun Jian lacked a stable rear base.

In a chaotic era, it is an era in which anyone who supplies food and grass to the other party must sell their face.

So, if Qiu Liju is asked to come to pick him up this time, how could Zhang Ju retain the "right to distribute the spoils"?

Qiu Liju appeared as a benefactor to save Zhang Ju and took away most of the supplies. With the wealth of this goods in Bohai County, it would be enough for more than 100,000 people to eat for one or two years. Qiu Liju could leave him and Zhang Ju alone!

After weighing the trade-offs, he had to give his subordinates a chance to ask Suli for help. Suli was weak and the offer would be relatively low at that time, and he could play the internal balance between the three parties of the Han, Xianbei and Wuhuan rebels.

On the other hand, in terms of the mobile forces of rescue, Suli and Qiu Liju are actually not much different.

Because Suli was the eldest son of the Xianbei people in western Liaoning, and Qiu Liju was only the master of Wuhuan in western Liaoning. Suli was under his command of about 20,000 people, more than half of them were cavalrymen, and Qiu Liju had 70,000 to 80,000, and only more than 10,000 cavalrymen.

Who made the Wuhuan a nationality with some peasants, while the Xianbei was pure nomadic, and all the members were on horseback?

The infantry is useless for "rushing 500 miles to rescue". If that's the case, there is no need to waste favors on Qiu Liju.

Suli soon received Zhang Ju's messenger and asked after learning about the situation: "How much property did Zhang Ju plunder this time?"

Zhang Ju's subordinate who broke through: "About...100 million or 200 million."

This was also what Zhang Ju ordered before. If you have the opportunity to ask for help, you should pay less for the spoils several times, and you can pay less labor fees for friendly troops after you get out of trouble.

Zhang Ju knew that neither Wuhuan nor Xianbei people had any knowledge and had never seen any big money. Saying 100 million or 200 million would be enough to calm their greed, and no matter how much it was, it would be beyond the imagination of these Hu people.

As expected, the young master of Xianbei Suli heard that there were more than 100 million yuan, and he was already filled with surprise.

"Then how many defenders Liu Yu has in the Kwanshui?"

Zhang Ju's subordinates quickly comforted: "The enemy cavalry only has one or two thousand, mainly because of the powerful navy. There are always three or four thousand people patrol the river and intercept our army. Because of insufficient time, our army only has hundreds of cavalry to cross the river at the forefront, and was caught by the enemy cavalry halfway, and attacked with more and less, so that our army was unable to cross the river for a long time.

Otherwise, if the number of people is equal, our army will definitely not be able to defeat the cavalry Sima named Zhang Fei! If Lord Suli is willing to attack, he will attack the enemy river patrol cavalry from behind and defeat them all, and then attack the enemy river patrol water army forward and backward, and the entire army will slowly retreat with property! At that time, 50 million yuan of money can be distributed to Lord Suli!"

Suli thought about it and was afraid that after all of his people would leave, Qiu Liju would be suspicious, and was also afraid that Qiu Liju would plot against him. After all, the Wuhuan people obeyed the Han Dynasty court in the early years and fought many wars with the Xianbei people. There was also blood feud between the Xianbei and the Wuhuan.

However, since the second year of Zhongping, the Han Dynasty owed Wuhuan military pay without paying money, so the Wuhuan gradually eased relations with the Xianbei. This time, seeing that they had the opportunity to rob and make money together, they became superficial brothers.

"Let me do this. I send half of the cavalry under my command, a total of 6,000 cavalry, to support Zhang Ju and attack Zhang Fei's cavalry from behind. But then the 50 million yuan share of the spoils will not be a small amount!"

Zhang Ju's subordinates quickly agreed to this condition on behalf of Zhang Ju, so after just one day of preparation, Suli also led 6,000 Xianbei cavalry south.

Qiu Liju didn't even know that Suli had left. As the actual supreme commander of the rebels in western Liaoning, he was not happy at all that his troops were growing:

Ten days ago, the number of people in the Liaoxi camp expanded from 110,000 to 130,000!

It is said that 20,000 more people will come to vote in a day, which is very delightful.

But the truth is: these 20,000 people were the people driven out of Guanzi City by Gongsun Zan, and it was Gongsun Zan's plan to save food in the city.

At that time, Qiu Liju didn't think much about it. He saw that he could expand his troops and was allowed to come to invest, regardless of the dirty, smelly, old, weak, sick and disabled. Now, after ten days, he found that there was no need for combat, but the food was eaten faster and faster, and then he came back to the taste.

If you don’t need to siege the city and just compete for food, it’s not a good thing to have too many people!

Qiu Liju thought to himself in the tent: "These Han people are really tricky. I have always heard that Gongsun Zan is a violent person, bloodthirsty and easy to kill. I didn't expect to play this kind of food-consuming trick with me, but where can I get food?

Zhang Ju robbed for so long but still didn't come back. Unfortunately, he said that as long as he entered the pass, he would ask for food, money, and children's jade and silk. He really believed him. It would be better to wait a lot if he had known it. Even if he had passed the boundary, he would have sent a letter to Liu Youzhou and asked him to comfort him...

Liu Youzhou has always been known for loving the people. In those years when he was the governor, the Han people owed military pay... Forget it, I don’t want to. Now I have already pulled the flag and walked all the way to the darkness."

The more Qiu Liju thought about it, the more angry he became. He secretly scolded Zhang Ju for blocking the news and prevented him from knowing that the upcoming New South Wales Muslim was Liu Yu.

In the words of later generations, this is how it was so bad that he was led to a pirate ship in 1944.

...

Two more days later, the south bank of the Han River.

The cavalry that Suli rescued Zhang Ju had not arrived yet, but the Tuoyi army of the Jizhou army heading north from the south and Pan Feng army heading east from the Hejian had arrived at the rear of Zhang Ju and was about to form an encirclement.

Zhang Ju also routinely sent cavalry out fifty miles to patrol the enemy, and then he suddenly discovered that the enemy was coming and was about to get close.

"Report! Your Majesty, the flag of the Han army commander Tuo Yi was found in the south. It is fifty miles away from our army. The enemy has about two thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry!

Fifty miles southwest, the flag of the Han army commander Pan Feng was found, with a force comparable to that of the Tuo Yi tribe. There was still a weak gap of about twenty miles between the Pan Feng tribe and the Tuo Yi tribe."

Zhang Ju jumped up instantly after receiving the report: "What? When did the Jizhou Army be so bloody and dare to take the initiative to fight? This is impossible! No one knows the Jizhou Army better than me. Jia Cong is just a self-defense thief who only knows to drive the enemy out of the country by harming his neighbors!"

"Your Majesty, what should I do now?"

It's meaningless to say that it may not be possible at this time.

Zhang Ju was like an irritable lion and walked left and right for a while: "Transfer to Wuyan!"

Soon, Wu Yan, the Wuhuan Lord of Youbeiping, was called in to see: "What are your instructions?"

Zhang Ju gritted his teeth: "Wuyan, you lead the cavalry in our headquarters to go around the sea estuary at the southernmost side of the Huoshui River again, put out all the broken ships that he has recruited in the past few days, pretending to force the ferry!

I personally led the main force to move north along the river, and Pan Feng would definitely not be able to catch up with me. When I arrived near Liangxiang Valley in Yanshan, the water was shallow in the shallow part of the river, and the main force would walk across the river and break through the river!”

Wu Yan: "Walking on the mountain road? Didn't your Majesty say that this plan would not work? The mountain road cannot take away these property!"

Zhang Ju was hysterical with hatred: "I have no life, but I still need wealth! Let the soldiers carry all the gold, even silverware, jewelry, and precious treasures. In addition, try to bring as much light and valuable silk, fine rice, white flour and other good food.

As for coarse cloth, copper coins, and coarse grains, they are all left in the convoy, and you are escorting them downstream to lure the enemy!"

Wuyan felt very disappointed.

After robbing for so long, breaking through and fighting for so long, most of the heavy property in the end were not needed!

These are five or six thousand heavy ox carts, and thousands of donkey carts!

Only thousands of cavalrymen carry some on horseback can they bring more!

Isn’t this at least 80% of it snatched in vain?

"Your Majesty, why... I don't even want copper coins?" Wu Yan couldn't figure it out.

"Silly! After we escape to Youbeiping and western Liaoning, we will definitely be blocked by the Han army. Who will trade with us then? Can we buy things with money? Will we not directly grab things that can be bought from the people with money? At such a moment, we cannot eat cold or wear clothes, so what is the use of keeping it?"

If it weren't for the high value density of gold, I wouldn't be willing to let it go. But from a conscience, in an economic environment like Zhang Ju, gold is actually not very useful.

"Then... are these things you don't want to leave to the Han army?" Wu Yan struggled to resist the unwillingness in his mind.

Zhang Ju gritted his teeth and looked fierce: "I can't get anything, and I won't leave it to those dog thieves! After I'm away, you can take away as much as you can from the right time, and the remaining fire will burn!

Then you break south, and there is probably no place on the Hebei Plain to use as a basis. If you pass through the Bohai Sea and the Plain County, you can expand your power by entering the Taishan Mountains at the junction of Jizhou, Qing and Yanzhou.

I have appointed you as the governor of Qingzhou and your younger brother as the governor of Yanzhou. There are still some Yellow Turban Remnants in the local area. With your combat power, you can subdue and hold those wild men and strengthen your momentum. When the official army relaxes, it should be no problem to rush into the Hebei Plain to grab one, right?"

Zhang Ju was also afraid that Wu Yan would not take on the dangerous task of severing the rear, so he tried his best to draw a big cake for Wu Yan before parting.

When Wu Yan thought that he had really had a happy snatch in the Bohai Sea and the Plain last month, he was willing to help Zhang Ju lure the enemy to cut off the rear.

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PS: It's almost four thousand words...
Chapter completed!