After listening to Li Qianzhe's story, Li Shicao realized that the people of Brazil County did not ask for surrender before the war, but had already planned it and had begun to prepare personnel several years in advance. He couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"Although the personnel affairs here have been planned for many years, changes will inevitably happen if they are not decided for a day. The general is far away in Mianbei and cannot be nearby for coordination, so there is no time to inform Li Sima of the matters here..."
Li Qianzhe smiled and explained briefly. The fact is that Li Shicao came to take over the affairs of Brazil County and was not the core of this plan. Even if Li Shicao did not come, it would not have a great impact on subsequent events. In order to avoid unnecessary complications, he did not
Tell him the details.
After hearing this, Li Shicao nodded to express his understanding, and then smiled and said: "I suddenly learned about this, and I am still a little confused. May I ask what Li Kaifu should focus on next for the county affairs office?"
Li Qianzhe glanced at the Brazilian tycoons waiting to be summoned outside the hall, and then said to Li Shicao: "The hearts and minds of the people here have been captured by the general, and they dare not think of rebellion again. Li Sima can handle things as usual and persuade the people to live in peace.
The day after tomorrow, He Ruokai will arrive with his troops. At that time, two thousand elite troops can be sent to stay in the town. The last general will need to lead the powerful Yi Qu from here to go west with He Ruokai to help the battle against Chengdu."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Seven percent of the wealth in Sichuan is gathered in one city, and the third is scattered in all directions. Now Chengdu is in a state of weakness. If it can seize its city first, the treasury will be enough to reward it."
It will feed all the armies so that they can be used in subsequent campaigns without any shortage of supplies!"
General Li's plan for Shuzhong is not just to seize Brazil County. Taking Brazil County into his hands is only a phased goal. The next step is to fully mobilize the manpower and material resources already at his disposal based on the existing basis to obtain greater
The results of the battle.
The huge gap between the rich and the poor in Shu is not only reflected between the rich and powerful and the poor people, but also between Chengdu and other cities. Although most of Chengdu's treasury goods were carried eastward by Xiao Ji's army, all
The material savings left behind are still the best among all cities.
Next, neither He Ruoden nor Li Qianzhe will stay in Langzhong, but will lead their troops to join forces with powerful families like Brazil to participate in the siege of Chengdu.
Although they are not the main force, compared to Yuchi Jiong's troops, they are definitely invaders. With powerful families like Brazil as their guides, they can try to persuade the Chengdu defenders to surrender, and then enter the city to carve up the capital's treasury.
Although there were locals such as Yang Qianyun in Yuchijiong, these Di people and powerful chiefs had very little penetration into Chengdu's personnel affairs, and their efficiency in negotiating and communicating with the city was very low.
After obtaining supplies in Chengdu, they can turn towards Badong County along the outer water to cover the retreat of Xiao Ji's army. If they can receive their military supplies and annex their troops, then the harvest of this battle will be
That's very impressive.
Of course, these are relatively ideal situations. There will inevitably be twists and turns during the specific implementation process, or it may exceed expectations, or it may not be as good as expected. In short, just try your best and leave it to luck as to what kind of results you can achieve.
But after Li Qianzhe finished speaking, Li Shicao's expression became a little unnatural. He remembered Wei Chijun's order before leaving, so he told Li Qianzhe about the situation.
"Is this happening?"
After Li Qianzhe heard this, he immediately frowned and said in a deep voice: "Now that the army is deep into the enemy's territory, we need to gather all our strength to attack the enemy's vital points. It is really not a wise move to separate the troops and trap them in branches!
"
Saying this, he soon understood why Yuchi Jiong issued such an order. The key was that the previous tricks of these Brazilian powerful men made Yuchi Jiong wary, fearing that they would have more personnel interference.
The development of the war.
If nothing like this happened, Brazil County's surrender could be said to be a smooth move. But now that the powerful Brazilians surrendered on their own initiative, and even named people who said they would only surrender to General Li, it sounded a bit ulterior.
Already.
At least from Yuchi Jiong's perspective, the Jingzhou General Manager's Office had ulterior motives in concealing some key personnel information from him, so he would rather not receive this help than control the subsequent development of the war in his own hands.
If Li Qianzhe and others still want to forcefully participate in the Chengdu war, not to mention the issue of disobeying military orders, Yuchi Jiong can even arrest them directly for concealing important military aircraft and forcibly annex the troops. At present, he just orders them to garrison.
Langzhong is already a relatively restrained approach.
After pondering for a while, Li Qianzhe also felt that he still could not openly disobey military orders. After all, Yuchi Jiong was the commander-in-chief of the army. Now that Shuzhong has not yet been completely settled, if the conflicts between them come to the surface and accelerate to intensify, it will also have a negative impact on the development of the subsequent war.
Extremely disadvantageous.
So he notified He Ruodun who was on the way back to bring his troops to Langzhong to rest and rest, and at the same time he wrote a letter, preparing to defend the matter a little, at least not allowing it to become a subject used to criticize Li after the war.
The general's credentials.
In his letter, he told Yuchi in detail about his relationship with these Brazilian powerful men, and explained that those Brazilian powerful men wanted to surrender to General Li in order to gain access to them because of their relationship with him.
More protection, rather than the fact that the Jingzhou General Manager's Office had already planned this and could hide it without reporting it.
Sometimes the explanation is not to tell the other party an exact and true answer, but to express an attitude. Moreover, Li Qianzhe's explanation is also reasonable. Even if Yuchijiong does not accept it, it will be difficult for him to directly accuse General Li based on it.
Get involved.
In the final analysis, these Brazilians are still short-sighted and restless, and they are too uncontrollable. At present, the troops are not stationed, and it is a good opportunity to take a hard beating and make detailed reorganization.
Because of Yuchijiong's order, the military operations of the troops on the east route had to temporarily come to a standstill, but Yuchijiong had no time to worry too much about the situation in Brazil County.
Firstly, Brazil County is currently deviating from the main battlefield. Secondly, not long after his army entered Tongzhou, another Di tribe in Tongzhou rose up in rebellion. In a very short time, they gathered tens of thousands of people, and the momentum was huge and serious.
Interfering with the progress of the army, Yuchijiong ordered the commander-in-chief Shi Chiluo Xie to lead other troops to join Yang Qianyun, Yang Fachen and others to join the Di tribe to attack these rebels.
Affected by this, although the advance went smoothly in the early stage, it was not until late May that Yuchi Jun led the army to arrive outside Chengdu.
Today, the garrison in Chengdu is less than 10,000 people. Under the leadership of Xiao Ju, the governor of Yizhou and the king of Qin County, who was appointed by Xiao Ji, he defended the city and defeated the enemy. Wei Chijiong sent troops to the city several times to invite battle, but there were no soldiers in the city.
respond.
He can only lead more than 10,000 troops, and some of them are staying behind to guard the way forward. These troops are not enough to directly attack the fortified Chengdu City, so he can only camp outside the city and build around Chengdu City.
Make a long siege and besiege it.
The defenders in the city did not dare to fight. Although the war turned into a stalemate, it was difficult to respond to external reinforcements. Shortly after Yuchijiong's army arrived in Chengdu, Qiao Yan's troops who had withdrawn from the eastern front also returned to Chengdu.
.Because the long siege was completed, Yuchi Jiong was able to calmly dispatch his general Yuan Zhen and other troops to meet the Shu reinforcements and drive them away in the eastern suburbs of Chengdu.
Qiao Yan's troops didn't have many troops. Seeing that a long siege had been formed under the Chengdu city, and the Wei army's cavalry was brave and capable. In addition, he heard that something happened in the village of Brazil, so he didn't dare to fight, so he bypassed the Chengdu plain and headed straight to the north.
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Just when Yuchi's troops arrived in Chengdu and laid siege to the city, the situation of the three-party war changed again.
Compared to Xiao Ji, who had basically put his strategy to death, although Liang Emperor Xiao Yi was also devastated by fighting on two fronts, he still had more choices, such as being shameless.
Due to the fierce attacks of the Shu army, the Xiakou defense line was frequently in danger. Although the Xiangzhou side, Wang Sengbian and other armies had surrounded Changsha City, they still could not attack it for a long time.
So Liang Emperor Xiao Yi finally changed his mind and ordered Wang Lin to be pardoned and sent to Xiangzhou to recruit the rebels.
Although Wang Lin was arrogant and cruel, she had a lot of military support. In addition, the rebels were almost exhausted under the siege of Wang Sengbian and other armies. Seeing Wang Lin entering the city to surrender, they all laid down their weapons and rejoined Wang Lin.
Lin.
The farce ended. In the end, only Liang Emperor Xiao Yi was beaten so hard that his face hurt, but he couldn't care about that at the moment. Since the Xiangzhou rebellion was put down, he mobilized all the armies to rush to the gorge, including those who had just been killed by Wang Lin.
The rebels who had been recruited and surrendered also went upstream to fight against the Shu army.
Although Xiao Ji looked down on the seven scribes, he had to admit that after being tempered by quelling the Hou Jing Rebellion, Jiangling's troops were very brave and had amazing combat power. Before, they were trapped in civil strife and could not exert their full strength. Now.
When the civil strife was over, the armies joined forces to attack, and the army in Sichuan was immediately defeated and retreated, losing several cities in a row.
Since the surrounding areas were blocked by the Western Wei Dynasty, Xiao Ji's material mobilization before and after the war mobilization was not smooth enough. The gold and silver treasures carried by the army today are not as rich as in history, but similar rewards have been announced.
However, because his expedition to the east was contrary to public opinion, and he was afraid that the soldiers' fighting spirit would be reduced after receiving the reward, and coupled with his own stinginess, he still did not fulfill the reward.
Under the fierce attack of Jiangling's armies, coupled with the internal disunity of the soldiers, betrayal and surrender, the Shu army was defeated. Xiao Laoba also used his own life to add another achievement to Xiao Laoqi, a little expert in genocide.
As the battle at the Xiakou decided, the pressure suddenly came to the shoulders of Yuchi Jiong outside Chengdu.