"Yuyang was engaged in Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, and the Cavalry Governor Xian Yuyin and others wanted to recommend Yan Rou to the command of Wu Wan, gather the soldiers of Youzhou to rebel, and avenge Liu Yu.
Yan Rou has recruited Xianbei, Wuwan and other troops, and has a total of 40,000 Han and Hu soldiers. He is preparing to officially start in Yuyang on the first day of the next month. He will first kill Zou Dan, the governor of Yuyang County, and then destroy Liu Bei! The entire Youzhou will be destroyed.
Gongsun Zan's retreat."
Liu Bei looked at this brief letter and looked at Xu Yin solemnly.
"Shangxian, is this true?"
"Don't Liu Shijun have any confidence in his heart?"
Xu Yin seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
Liu Bei's eyes flashed, maybe he had been waiting for this day for a long time. As a hero in troubled times, how could he stay under others for a long time.
He said: "Brother Bogui treats me well, I can't cause a fire in his rear.
However, there are many thieves. Although I have trained 10,000 elite soldiers in Zhuoxian, we still cannot act carelessly and must be fully prepared.
To prevent the situation from getting out of control, no one is allowed to spread the news today!"
There are only three brothers Xu Yin and Liu Bei here, and of course no one will tell anyone about it.
Starting from that day, Liu Bei secretly began to prepare troops, horses and ordnance in Zhuozhou.
When he fled from Xuzhou, he brought with him 4,000 Danyang elite soldiers. Using this as the backbone, he trained another 10,000 elite soldiers in Zhuozhou, of which 3,000 were cavalry.
The number seems small, but because Zhuozhou is a border county, it has often faced invasions from northern nomads since ancient times, so ordinary people are also very tough and good at fighting.
Liu Bei followed Cao Cao's example in implementing the military garrison system. He collected war refugees to open up wasteland and cultivate land. He cultivated wasteland when he was busy and conducted military training in his spare time. He also had measures to reward ordinary people for farming and war, which was quite the prototype of later generations of government soldiers.
Once a war was about to be launched, he stood up and called for it. With his own standing troops as the backbone, he had no problem pulling out 30,000 capable troops.
Under his secret control, Zhuozhou has entered a state of war readiness with tight external conditions and tight internal conditions...
Jixian County of the Yan State was originally the seat of Youzhou and the core power center of the Youzhou gentry.
Liu Yu initially governed the area as a shepherd in Youzhou. He opened the Shanggu Market and traded Yuyang's salt and iron resources with foreign tribes, allowing millions of refugees from Jizhou and Qingzhou to gather here to live and work in peace and contentment.
However, although his policy policies were gentle and his political achievements were outstanding, he was extremely at odds with Gongsun Zan, who was always tough on foreign affairs and actively belligerent. In the end, he was defeated by the ruthless Gongsun Zan because of his benevolence and righteousness.
After Gongsun Zan came to power, he not only acted tough externally, but also attacked Wuheng and Xianbei, decimated their populations, and won many battles.
He was equally tough internally, suppressing many powerful noble families, exterminating families and slaughtering families at every turn, and at the same time taxing and tyrannizing the common people.
Everyone, whether nobles or common people, including the Hu people outside the Great Wall, had reached the limit of their patience with Gongsun Zan.
At this time, many local powerful people and barbarians from beyond the Great Wall had gathered in Yan Rou's mansion.
"Gongsun Dog Thief has officially marched towards Jizhou. The time is approaching. Are you ready?" Yan Rou asked.
Xian Yufu said: "At this moment in Yuyang, except for the county soldiers, all the private soldiers have been prepared. Once they gather strength, there will be 20,000, and with all the equipment, they will not be weaker than the elite Gongsun dog thieves."
King Wu Huanqiao said in his unskilled Chinese: "To avenge Liu Zhou Mu, our Wu Wan tribe will not retreat. We can send 10,000 troops. In addition, Xianbei also sent 7,000 cavalry, totaling 20,000 troops.
Power!"
Yan Rou said: "In this case, the troops are sufficient! At that time, according to the original plan, King Qiao will attack from the border first, and Zou Dan will definitely come out of Yuyang to resist.
We will raise troops from the belly of Yuyang, attack its back, attack from both sides, and we will be able to defeat it. In this way, the main force of the Gongsun Dog Bandits left behind in Youzhou will be lost, leaving only Liu Bei in Fanyang Zhuozhou."
Qi Zhou frowned and said, "Liu Bei has always had a good reputation. When he was in Pingyuan County in his early years, someone had an assassin assassinate him in the fields. However, the assassin felt that he treated the people well and gave up on his own initiative.
In the past two years in Zhuozhou, he took in refugees, punished the powerful, and implemented military settlements. He achieved outstanding political achievements and was quite popular. His reputation had already spread far and wide. Some people even said that he had the style of a Liuzhou pastoralist.
In addition, since he is from Zhuozhou, the township party will fully support him. If he wants to go south to attack Liu Bei, I am afraid it will trigger resistance throughout Zhuozhou."
Xian Yufu said: "Perhaps we can persuade Liu Bei to join us? In fact, I don't want to be an enemy of him. The old thief Gongsun is cruel, and Liu Shijun often dissuades him. He has saved many children of the nobles and is quite famous among the nobles."
Yan Rou shook her head and said: "Liu Bei followed Gongsun Zan in his early years and made meritorious service in the border army. He and Gongsun Zan are considered brothers. He himself has never rebelled against his master.
If we try to convince him, the news may leak out. If he tells the old thief Gongsun, I am afraid that the whole family will die this time!
According to my opinion, Zou Dan should be destroyed first, and before Liu Bei could react, launch a massive attack on Zhuo County.
He always has 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Although they are elite, the incident happened in a hurry. As long as we advance the troops quickly enough, use more troops to attack the fewer troops, and use fast troops to attack the slow troops, we will definitely win!
At that time, we can persuade him to surrender to our army under the city, so as to fulfill the friendship between the two parties. Of course, this also depends on whether Liu Bei understands the current affairs. If he resists to the end, he can only be trampled into pieces!"
Everyone looked at each other. King Wuhuanqiao agreed with Yan Rou's opinion and was the first to agree.
Others also agreed, considering the risk of annihilating the entire clan if they failed.
Finally, King Wuhuanqiao said: "If we win this battle, according to the covenant with you, the salt and iron of Yuyang will be handed over to our army. Please don't break your promise."
Yan Rou has always had close relations with the tribes outside the Great Wall and nodded in agreement.
Xian Yufu and others frowned slightly, but at this time they had to borrow Hu soldiers from outside the fortress, otherwise the troops controlled by each family only had infantry, which would be almost impossible to defeat the large number of cavalry controlled by Zou Dan, the governor of Yuyang County.
Let’s give some benefits to the Wuhuan tribe first. If the situation becomes stable in the future, then we can take them back!
On September 15th, Gongsun Zan led an army of 60,000 to Jizhou, and first fought with Lu Bu in the Zhongshan Kingdom.
Lu Bu, who was defeated by Cao Cao and took refuge with Yuan Shu, was not put into any important role. He was stationed in Zhending, Changshan, with few people, money and soldiers.
After hearing about Gongsun Zan's attack, he immediately fought in the Zhongshan Kingdom. At first, he was able to maintain a stalemate with his unparalleled bravery, but then the Montenegrin Army suddenly attacked from behind. The entire army was immediately routed, and Xiang Xindu was defeated.
Gongsun Zan united with the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans and swept all the way, looting and plundering.
Not only did it cause damage to people's livelihood, but it also severely damaged many local gentry, and it was likely to kill all the gentry in Jizhou.
At this time, the struggle between the Jizhou nobles headed by Jushu and Yuan Shu reached the most critical moment. The two sides were facing each other in Xindu, and Yuan Shu was surrounded. However, he was not defeated and could still support the battle.
At this time, when they suddenly heard that Gongsun Zan was coming to attack, Jushou and other Jizhou nobles were frightened.
There was an enmity between the Jizhou nobles and Gongsun Zan, and it was absolutely impossible for the two sides to reconcile. Now they could only mobilize tens of thousands of troops from the capital, and at the same time recruit soldiers and horses from surrounding counties to repel Gongsun Zan.
So he sent someone to negotiate peace with Yuan Shu, but unexpectedly the envoy was killed by Yuan Shu, who was almost crazy.
As a last resort, Ju Shou could only arrange 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard Yuan Shu to prevent this madman from attacking everyone from behind.
Then he went north to confront Gongsun Zan in Hejian County.
On the first day of October, the autumn harvest has basically been completed in various places.
Suddenly, there was great chaos in Yuyang, and a large number of Wuwan and Xianbei cavalry invaded from outside the fortress.
Zou Dan, the prefect of Yuyang, led the resistance. Suddenly, a group of soldiers and horses came out from behind and blocked the way back. They attacked from both sides and were defeated immediately!
Zou Dan fought hard and died tragically in the rebel army.
Liu Bei, who had been paying attention to the situation in the north, received the news and immediately ordered war preparations. The entire Zhuozhou was immediately mobilized, and the rain was about to come.