Chapter 369 Killing chickens to make an example to monkeys, ambitions rise again
Chapter 369 Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, ambition increases again
Author: smug eyebrows and droopy eyes
Chapter 369 Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, ambition increases again
Soon, there were rumors in Yanzhou that although the Black Mountain Army was defeated by the county soldiers headed by Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, they still plundered a lot of property from Yanzhou this time.
This also includes a huge amount of private grain reserves.
However, these grains have not yet been transported out of Yanzhou one by one by the Montenegrin army, and are still being hoarded on the south bank of the Yellow River at the border.
The first person to get the news was Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou.
After the constant rebellion wars in various places, the Central Plains, which was once the most prosperous in the Han Dynasty, has now become devastated. Not only the people's livelihood is suffering, but also the various warlords are short of food and unable to make ends meet.
In this season of frequent wars, warlords in various towns want to raise troops, but at the same time they really do not have that much financial resources.
Food has become the most precious thing in the world.
Liu Dai, who commanded the Yanzhou Governor's Department, had long wanted to integrate all the counties and dominate the Central Plains. The previous time he found an excuse to destroy Qiao Mao, just to connect his Dongping Kingdom and Dongjun into one, so that he could cut and integrate them.
power.
But after Qiao Mao died, Liu Dai realized that he could not achieve this goal in a short period of time.
The reason is very simple, that is, Liu Dai does not have enough food in his hands for operation.
If you want to expand your territory, you must first add more troops, then put down the local rebellion and send troops to garrison. In the longer term, you must stabilize the local people's livelihood and govern and prosper the people.
Although these things are complicated, in the final analysis they are inseparable from one thing.
grain!
Without enough food, none of these things can be done.
No matter how ambitious and ambitious you are, everything will be in vain.
The environment determines a person's vision and enterprising ability.
Nowadays, there are frequent wars in the world. The central government of the Han Dynasty fled west to Chang'an. Its control over the Kanto region is unprecedentedly weak. The entire Kanto region has fallen into a state of spontaneous autonomy, just like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Everyone's ambitions were hindered by this situation.
It is a pity that the growth rate of food productivity in various places cannot keep up with the growth of their ambitions.
Therefore, just the matter of food can make many people lose their temper in an instant.
After some consideration, Liu Dai decided to pursue the Black Mountain Army alone and seize the food, grass and baggage stolen by the Black Mountain for his own use.
The army went deep alone to pursue the enemy, but because it wanted to monopolize the victory, it did not discuss with other prefects.
The results can be imagined.
Liu Dai was trapped in a tight siege and was defeated!
Fortunately, Yuan Shu's troops came to respond.
Fortunately, Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses came to respond...
Because only Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses went to respond, Yuan Shu's general Chen Lan could snatch "Liu Dai's body" back from the hands of the Black Mountain Army.
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The moment Liu Dai's body was delivered to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu was overjoyed.
"Hahaha!"
In front of everyone, Yuan Shu did not control himself and immediately burst into wild laughter.
"uh-huh!"
Cao Cao immediately coughed nearby.
Yuan Shu came to his senses and turned his laughter into loud cries.
"Haha...ahhh...wuahha, wuhaha, wuahhaha, Gongshan, you died tragically, tragically... wuahhahahaha..."
Yuan Shu is not good at acting. If you try to make him cry right now, he won't be able to cry at all, not even a single tear.
Therefore, he could only cover his eyes with his hands and cover his cheeks with his sleeves.
Make bursts of strange sounds similar to crying, as fake as you want.
"Mr. Yuan, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Cao Cao comforted him: "Gongshan died heroically for the country. Although he was wrong before, he died on the battlefield for the sake of the Han Dynasty. He paid for his sin with his life. I can report to the court together with you."
, for Liu Gongshan’s posthumous achievements, please ask the emperor to grant him a title so that future generations can inherit it.”
Yuan Shu pretended to cry and sobbed at the same time: "It should be so, it should be so... It's just that Gongshan and I are brothers and sisters, and now seeing his brutal death, my heart is really sad... ah wow hahaha."
Then, Yuan Shu flicked his sleeves and said:
"How dare you, Black Mountain savages, do this to harm my brothers and sisters! I will never give up with these dolphins."
Yang Hong admonished Yuan Shu: "Your Majesty, the officials think that the Black Mountain Army is so rampant and kills local officials. This is because the counties in the Central Plains are scattered and the princes are not willing to work together, so they are rampant."
"Now that Uncle Fang is dead, there is no one in charge of Yanzhou, and no one has the prestige to lead the sages to work for the benefit of the Central Plains. Only Shijun comes from a famous family and is powerful in the world, so he can be respected. Only by making you stand up, can the Central Plains find peace.
ah."
Yuan Shu nodded with emotion.
"The situation is so bad that Yuan has no choice but to take action now."
"Immediately, send envoys to invite all the princes and ministers under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou to come to Puyang to discuss stabilizing the Central Plains and avenging Liu Gongshan."
"promise!"
After Yang Hong finished speaking, he turned around to give instructions on sending the envoy.
But before he could take a few steps, he heard Yuan Shu greeting him from behind.
"Tell those people that if they don't come again, they are no different from rebelling against the imperial court. Don't blame Yuan for being no longer merciful."
"Here!"
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News of Liu Dai's death soon spread throughout the counties.
Yuan Shu's envoys also arrived at the residences of the prefects and prime ministers of various counties.
This time, the two thousand stones from all the counties and counties in Yanzhou could no longer turn a deaf ear to Yuan Shu's summons.
And for some reason, rumors have begun to circulate in Yanzhou that Liu Dai's death was caused by Yuan Shu.
The petty officials in various counties were quite confused about this matter, but several prime ministers and prefects who were in charge of one side were like a mirror in their minds.
Yuan Shu did this!
But now, who can pierce this layer of window paper in front of Yuan Shu?
Who dares to do this?
Yuan Shu's method of killing chickens to scare monkeys was very effective in front of the governors of the Central Plains.
Liu Dai's fate is already there. Who dares to offend Yuan Shu easily at this juncture?
Obviously, Yuan Shu had made up his mind to unify the Central Plains and achieve great success no matter what.
Finally, Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, Zheng Sui, the prime minister of Rencheng, Wang Fen, the prefect of Shanyang, Wu Zi, the prefect of Jiyin, and many others arrived in Puyang.
Originally, these people were all rude to Yuan Shu, but now, each one of them is more obedient than the other, at least on the surface they still listen to Yuan Shu very much.
But secretly, they all hated Yuan Shu with a passion.
But they had no choice but to obey.
At this point, Yuan Shu has basically conquered Yanzhou on the surface. However, compared with Liu Jian's stationed in Youzhou, Yuan Shu's control of Yanzhou is mainly through his military strength and the reputation of the Four Generations and Three Dukes, and lacks substantial control.
Liu Jian's takeover of Youzhou not only disrupted the local industrial chain, but also divided local forces and controlled the main economic lifeline of Youzhou. He mobilized some people to suppress others, killed those who deserved, and gave benefits to those who deserved... With the cooperation of many aspects, Youzhou was firmly in his hands.
Compared with Liu Jian, what Yuan Shu did in Yanzhou was a bit too childish.
On the surface, people are sympathetic, but in fact there are hidden dangers everywhere.
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Seemingly in response to Yuan Shu, the Black Mountain Army actually launched a second attack on Yanzhou.
And this time the attack is even more powerful.
The leaders, in addition to Yu Du, Bai Rao, Sun Qing, Wang Dang, and even the commander of the Black Mountain Army, Zhang Niujiao, were dispatched.
This time, the scale of the Black Mountain Army's advance was quite large, and their target was not only Dongjun, but also the borders of Hebei and Weijun.
Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, and Zhu Jun, who was stationed there, immediately raised troops and began to attack the Black Mountain Army in the territory.
As for Yanzhou, Cao Cao asked Yuan Shu for help, hoping to serve as a vanguard to fight against the rebels in Dongwu, the most ferocious battle between the Black Mountain Army.
Since Liu Dai was ambushed and killed, none of the governors and prime ministers in Yanzhou were willing to go to conquer Heishan.
Although the Black Mountain Army is an army composed of the remnants of the Yellow Turbans and homeless bandits, and is poorly equipped, the prefects who have fought against the Black Mountain Army all know that the Black Mountain Army has too many people, and it is too crazy to fight.
Once the people at the bottom become fierce, even if they don't have good equipment and weapons, they will still feel frightened and frightened if they fight for their lives.
No one, including Yuan Shu himself, wanted to fight the Black Mountain Army for a second time.
Now that Cao Cao has taken the initiative to ask for help, it is naturally the best for the two thousand stones in the Central Plains.
If someone takes the initiative, they will naturally feel less worried.
However, in terms of soldiers, horses, ordnance and food, Cao Cao was in the front to resist the pressure of the Black Mountain Army, but the rest of the people were bound to give Cao Cao a certain amount of support.
After all, although they felt that what Cao Cao did was a thankless task, from their true heart, everyone still hoped that Cao Cao could win.
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As a result, Yanzhou formed a pattern in which Cao Cao was responsible for fighting Zhang Niujiao on the front line, while Yuan Shu and others were in the rear to steadily observe the situation.
At this juncture, two envoys from Hebei came to see Yuan Shu.
The people who sent the envoy were the fathers of two prominent families in Wei County - Zhang Yi and Sun Qi from Yin'an.
Back then, these two prominent families in Hebei Province were the first to be suppressed by Liu Jian's tactics in Wei County!