When Cao Chun in Yuyang was desperate to resist the Northern Region Army of the Cavalry, Xiahou Heng of Ji County could no longer hold on.
He thought for two days and hesitated for two days.
As a result, I didn't think of any strategy.
The reinforcements originally planned to be sent to Yuyang were also suspended due to Yi Jing's alarm.
To the north of Ji County, the beacon smoke rose straight into the sky.
To the south of Ji County, three rays of wolf smoke were also lit.
Xiahou Heng stood on the city gate and looked at the wolf smoke from the north and south direction and remained silent.
A strong sense of suffocation rushed into his heart, making him almost breathless.
How he hoped that this was just a nightmare, and that it would be safe after dawn and that all dangers would disappear without a trace.
He hesitated for two days, and when Xiahou Heng went up the city tower again and saw the scene in front of him, his eyes were almost desperate.
"Retreat! Changshi, at this moment, the cavalry army is definitely not against you and me..."
The deputy next to him whispered to comfort him, "The Northern Region Army of the Cavalry is determined to occupy Youzhou... In other words, if we do not retreat now, we will be killed!"
『If Jizhou comes to help, Youzhou will have a glimmer of hope.』 Another person said, 『But even if Jizhou comes to help, it will be restricted by Yi Jing, not to mention... Most people in Jizhou...』
"Retreatment to Jizhou will obviously be more secure than defeating the Northern Territory Army of the Cavalry."
"As long as we can withdraw from Jizhou, we can save most of the soldiers..."
"If Youzhou cannot be kept, it would be fine. If even Jizhou is in danger, it would be really troublesome!"
"Chief! The Northern Region Army of the Cavalry only has cavalry. Even after occupying Youzhou, they need to distribute soldiers and manage all parties... The speed will definitely slow down... If we burn all those who cannot be taken away before we leave..."
"Strengthening the walls and clearing the fields is the key to military tactics!"
A group of people surrounded Xiahou Heng and persuaded him. It sounded like they were for Xiahou Heng, for Prime Minister Cao, and for the Han Dynasty, and in fact they were all for their own lives.
Anyway, I can escape!
As for the loyalty and righteousness in the mouth, everyone tacitly understood it.
"Chief! Judging from the current situation in Youzhou, the greater the loss we lose, the more likely it is for the Cavalry Army to continue to attack Jizhou!" The deputy looked at Xiahou Heng and bowed and said, "Chief, as long as we can break through the siege, there is still a possibility of killing back in the future! We will not break and establish! General Cao's strategy is indeed extraordinary! But... it is unrealistic! Now that we want to fight with the Cavalry Army, who can fight? Not to mention the encirclement of four counties, what can the encirclement of eight counties? To put it bluntly, General Cao... General Cao wants to use our lives to lay the way for success for him... I can understand, how can others not know?"
The deputy said, "If Jizhou does not come to help, just because of your and my troops, you and I, want to defeat the cavalry army? Please forgive me for being rude. General Cao only stared at Youzhou, but lost the overall situation! But this is not General Cao's fault... After all, General Cao has the responsibility to defend the territory, but the Chief Secretary does not! Please put the overall situation first! Make a decision quickly! It will be too late if it is too late!"
"The overall situation is the most important?" Xiahou Heng hesitated, "If we evacuate, we will be blocked in Yijing, and the reinforcements in Jizhou are delayed, and the advance and retreat may not be eliminated."
"Shishen! That's why we have to evacuate as soon as possible! We can't delay any more! The Shishen looked at the surrounding wolf smoke!" The deputy pointed at the surrounding beacon smoke, "If we drag it down and get blocked in Jixian, it would not be considered annihilated? Shishen, if all the soldiers of the Xiahou clan of Cao were lost... Then if there is a change in Jizhou... it would be really "annihilated"... May I ask the Shishen, is it important to Jizhou, or is it important to General Cao's face and gains and losses?"
This sentence is really a heart-killing statement.
Xiahou Heng took a long breath, gritted his teeth hard, "Retreat, withdraw immediately, withdraw back to Jizhou! We went to open up Yijing overnight and broke back to Jizhou!"
The orders for retreat were passed one by one.
In Ji County, there was a sudden panic.
Although I was a little mentally prepared, I still felt hasty when things came...
In fact, some people started preparing two days ago, but they were still waiting for the order to be issued before doing things, so they were naturally in a hurry.
The infantry must set out first, and the baggage must also follow them.
The soldiers in the supervision team drove out all the civilians in Ji County and stood in the direction towards Yuyang as Cao's army.
The officials in the city were busy packing the gold, silver and fine softness that they had finally collected, kicking away the mistress who cried and shouted, and ran away in a hurry. Anyway, there were no pants in the Han Dynasty, so there was no question of lifting their pants and not recognizing others.
However, it was not long before Xiahou Heng was ready to evacuate Ji County. Even the fireworks burning granaries in Ji County had not yet risen to the sky, and the situation that made Cao's army scared...
The white horse that Xiahou Heng was riding neighed restlessly.
"What's going on?"
Xiahou Heng shouted.
He felt that if he rode a white horse, he would be a general of the white horse, or a senior man, but he didn't expect that it might be a guy who would call for help when something happened...
"The Cavalry Army is here!"
"It's over! The cavalry is here!"
Random shouts came one after another.
Xiahou Heng was shocked, "How did the Cavalry Army appear here? Isn't it in Yuyang?!"
"It must be the front army of the cavalry!"
Someone shouted.
"Chief! The Northern Territory of the Cavalry is limited. They have to besiege Yuyang and send out their front troops, so there must be no many soldiers!"
"Yes! That's right! There are not many cavalrymen! As long as we evacuate in time, they will not care about us!"
"Yes! Chief Secretary! We must not be dragged and surrounded by the cavalry army!"
There are many different opinions, but everyone has the same meaning-
Run away quickly!
While the cavalry army has not yet chased us...
Xiahou Heng waved his whip and pointed at the sky with hatred, "After breaking through, I will fight with the cavalry to the end! It's not that easy for him to seize my Han Zhongyuan!"
While speaking, a minor official suddenly said, "Sir, should you send someone to inform the people who blocked the cavalry and disperse?"
"Disast away?! Are you crazy? If it weren't for the civilians, if we don't want to withdraw safely, we have to rely on them to drag the cavalry of the Northern Territory Cavalry Army to death!"
"Go away quickly! Don't pay attention to this idiot!"
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From afar, when many cavalrymen appeared in the smoke and dust, and when they saw the three-colored flags in the cavalry array, Cao's "soldiers" were scattered and turned around and fled without saying a word.
The soldiers of the Zhen Cao army who were originally supervising the formation immediately evacuated from the battlefield.
Thousands of men, who were extremely frightened, cried and shouted at their parents, rushed to the battlefield, and ran around.
But they didn't notice that in fact, the number of cavalrymen rushed out of the smoke and dust was far less than they imagined in their minds!
And if you really observe carefully, you will find that the three-color flags raised by these cavalry are also a bit distorted and weird, just like they are just put together temporarily and sew casually.
If Xiahou Heng sent soldiers to maintain the front, he even needed to hold on for a while, these "Hussar" cavalry that suddenly appeared would most likely be exposed...
The cavalry who rushed up, who were in ruined armor and not even equipped with weapons, casually cut off some unlucky people who escaped slowly, and gathered together.
『This method is easy to use!』
"Haha! These Cao soldiers were scared!"
『Let! Go! Enter the city!』
"Hahaha! I didn't expect that I would have a day to swagger into Ji County today!"
"Send someone to contact the cavalry army as soon as possible! Then the city will be revealed! You and I will be a great achievement!"
"Let's go! Go to the city first! Drink first! I want to eat meat!"
"Hahaha……"
Before this, no one would believe that a group of horse thieves could take Jixian.
But now, it has become a reality.
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Xu County, Chongde Hall.
A huge map was placed in the hall.
This is a cloth map, spread out like a large carpet.
"If the cavalry breaks Youzhou and wants to curb its military power, there are these things to fight."
Xun Yu walked on the map with a long staff, pointing several positions in a row, "Guangping, Zhending, Zhongshan... If the cavalry and cavalry cross the city, they should be blocked by the river, white horses, Guandu... The southern line, Xiangyang and Fancheng were the most important, and they could stop the cavalry and the soldiers from Hanzhong Wuguan to head north...
"Now, although two generals Pang and Huang led their troops in Wuguan Road, Cao Zixiao was steady and retreated to Jingbei when he saw that the situation was wrong... What I was worried about was not these rushes, but Jiangdong..."
When Liu Xie heard the name of Jiangdong, he couldn't help but say "hmm" and express his doubts.
Xun Yu politely said: "The people of Jiangdong are all villains who are repetitive, greedy for profit and do not know loyalty and righteousness... Before attacking Jiangling, if Cao Zixiao had not responded in time, recruited brave men and carried out a strategy of doubting soldiers... It would have been said that Jingzhou had been lost. Now, although Jiangdong has returned to the old contract and has worked together to advance, repetitive villains will be hard to believe..."
Liu Xie heard this and frowned slightly, "So, isn't Jiangdong...?"
I just used Jiangdong people to go to Chang'an as an angel. You Xun Yu mean that Jiangdong people are not trustworthy?
What do you mean?
"Lu Zijing was the first polite, but he must not be without troops." Xun Yu said slowly, "Now Yu Wenze stationed troops in Xincheng to ensure that Jiangdong will not rebel anymore... If Jiangdong has bad intentions, Jingxiang will send troops to intercept them, and Xincheng will send troops to attack his head... It will protect Jiangdong without worries."
『As for the cavalry army...』 Xun Yu turned around and talked about the cavalry again, and his tone was a little low, 『If Youzhou cannot be defended, then guard Jizhou. If Heluo cannot be defended, then guard Yanzhou... Only Jingzhou cannot be lost, and if there is no danger in Xu County, then there is no danger in it! Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to order to replenish money, grain and manpower to support Jingzhou.』
Liu Xie frowned, "There is no money or food in Jingzhou?"
"The land of Jingzhou has been in war for many years, and it is divided into two parts of the north and south. In this continuous battle, Cao Zixiao has already had all the granaries. If the war lasts, it will be difficult to support it." Xun Yu said this, and he couldn't help but sigh, "If Jiangdong is united and Jingxiang is convenient for Jiangdong, it should be safe, but Jiangdong is really...ah..."
Speaking of which, Liu Xie is one of the last emperors of the Han Dynasty who knows military knowledge better. Although he has not really led troops to the battlefield, since he was sensible, the Han Dynasty has been constantly fighting. More or less over the years, he is one of the emperors who has a great knowledge of military knowledge.
He dares not compare with the Weicao master Emperor Wu of Han, but he will definitely be stronger than his father Emperor Ling of Han.
It is precisely because he understands and can settle the accounts clearly that he deeply understands how much money and food it costs to fight...
"Is my intention to be loved by you difficult to reconcile?" Liu Xie asked.
Xun Yu replied, "Report to Your Majesty, if the Cavalry Army is the Cavalry, it can be decided... It is useless to negotiate peace... On the contrary, peace talks are difficult to achieve."
Liu Xie was stunned and suddenly felt a little bit like Xun Yu was wiggling his waist. His first reaction was that you, Xun Yu, were messing with me again? Then he frowned and thought about it, and then he thought about it. It seemed that Xun Yu did not say whether he could successfully reconcile at the beginning, but just said that there was no suitable candidate. Then, after asking him, he recommended Lu Su.
Liu Xie added Liu Ye.
Liu Xie narrowed his eyes and thought, could his own calculations be as expected by Xun Yu?
You guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes...
Thinking of this, Liu Xie was a little displeased. "What I said seems to make some sense... But over the years, the court's money, grain, taxes and taxes have been governed by the Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office. I... My young mansion is probably...haha...
Xun Yu lowered his head and said, "It was not the young mansion who paid the money and food, but asked Your Majesty to issue an edict... In the land of Shandong, we will work together to join hands..."
"Issuing an edict?" Liu Xie was confused.
On the one hand, it may be useless to say that the situation is urgent, so Liu Xie's edict should be used to integrate Shandong's power...
Is this edict of my own useful or useless?
Liu Xie glanced at Xun Yu and then stopped his eyes on the huge map in the hall. He suddenly found in horror that the Han Dynasty, or the Han territory controlled by Shandong, was now very small, like a shrinking ball, lying quietly in the middle of the map, and like a piece of meat, placed on the chopping board.
Big man...
My great man!
A sad look surged in Liu Xie's eyes, and then he said with some excitement: "Just as my dear!"
Over the years, he has no good results in this and that...
What was he wrong?
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The white clouds are lingering.
Xun Yu sat alone in front of the hall.
On his left hand was a small table with nothing on it.
Xun Yu stared at the empty table in a daze.
After returning from the main hall court meeting, Xun Yu took off his heavy court ward and entered a state similar to emptying.
The history of China is to move forward through constant trial and error.
And in this process, some people did the right thing, and some people did the wrong thing.
Xun Yu didn't know whether he had done the right thing or did it wrong.
"Mr., I am the envoy, and I ask for a visit."
The manager comes to report.
Xun Yu stood up and said, "Please go to the main hall for a conversation."
A moment later, when Man Chong saw Xun Yu, he bowed and said, "Lingjun, this plan is too dangerous!"
Xun Yu's eyes flashed, "What does Boning mean?"
"There are many people in Shandong, and there are few people who are worried about it," Man Chong said, "Now that you want to borrow foreign enemies and gather the power of everyone is indeed a wonderful strategy... but everyone is confused and it is impossible to be together. If it is not good, there will be no place to go!"
Xun Yu was silent for a long time, "Boning, do we... still have a place to marching?"
Man Chong's eyes turned to a certain direction and nodded slightly.
Xun Yu also looked in that direction, thought for a moment, but shook his head.
Man Chong sighed, then took out a gourd from his sleeve and placed it on the table in front of him. "Yesterday, when he went to the market, the restaurant shopkeeper saw me, and he gave me a pot of wine... The people can let it go, but not to know it... it's all like this."
Man Chong rarely drinks, but he buys some alcohol every time he goes to the market. It’s not that he drinks it himself, but when he comes to visit Xun Yu, Xun Yu probably won’t want other things, but he will collect this kind of wine filled with small gourds.
Man Chong and others knew that Guo Jia was dead, and Cao Cao had cut a piece of hair to bury him, but how could the common people know? When they saw Man Chong, they thought that Man Chong hadn't come for so long, so they must have bought wine elsewhere, and they wanted to give Man Chong a new gourd wine to taste...
Man Chong couldn't say anything, and he couldn't explain anything to the restaurant shopkeeper. He could only pick up the wine and came directly to Xun Yu.
Xun Yu saw the wine gourd, and a hint of pain appeared in his eyes.
『Assolutely…』 Man Chong nodded and said, 『This strategy... is a bit dangerous, not the Lord's strength, it should be a policy of filial piety...』
Xun Yu's eyes suddenly became sharp.
Man Chong looked up at the sky as if he was unaware of it. "The world... In fact, Fengxiao also wanted to use this strategy to see who still has a great man in his heart and has this world in his heart!"
When Xun Yu heard this, he was stunned.
That's true.
When he and Guo Jia discussed secretly together at the Prime Minister's Office, the most critical issue was "people's hearts"...
The word "human heart" is illusory, but in fact it is powerful and powerful.
The great man has lost his "human heart".
During the period of Emperor Huan Ling, everyone knew that something was wrong. The eunuch's dictatorship led to the complete collapse of the bureaucratic system, and the party and bribery disaster made this contradiction and conflict worsen to an irreversible level, and then the Yellow Turban Rebellion...
But why did the two emperors Huan Ling support eunuchs? In the final analysis, it was not because the two emperors Huan Ling had completely lost confidence in the corrupt bureaucrats in the court?
Dong Zhuo's chaos in politics did indeed completely destroy the authority of the Han Dynasty. However, the reason why Dong Zhuo was self-reliant was not that the literati and bureaucratic system of the court forced the generals to fight outside, but could only protect themselves with military achievements?
Local forces control the countryside and turn a blind eye to the imperial edicts. Isn’t it created by guys who shout loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness all day long?
All problems are big problems, and all problems are connected together, and they can affect the whole body.
The three of them talked about it and found that only like the General Fei Qian of the Cavalry, in the dilapidated northern part of Guanzhong, could it be possible to establish a healthy and reborn political system...
Therefore, at the end, the strategy was compressed into four words: "Not broken, no establishment"!
When Xun Yu came to his senses, Man Chong had already said goodbye, and Xun Yu himself seemed to have instinctively delivered Man Chong to the door...
This is a habit!
There are too many habits in Shandong, too many...
Xun Yu walked back slowly, then picked up the wine gourd left by Man Chong, returned to the small courtyard, sat down next to the small table in the front hall, and then placed the wine gourd on the empty table.
The table is no longer empty, but the position next to the table is still empty.
After a long time, Xun Yu picked up the wine gourd, pulled the plug, took a sip of it himself, and then put the wine on the ground in the yard...