Chen Chong’s layout is not complicated, but it is not easy either, but the completion progress varies greatly.
Some things were completed very quickly, such as the temporary relocation of the people. Moving back home was quite laborious, not only time-consuming and costly, but also more likely to cause riots on the way. When the county officials heard that the matter was postponed, they almost celebrated, and the county residents could move back to their hometowns within only four days.
Then they all stopped.
There is almost no progress in some things, and the mobilization of grain and grass is surprisingly difficult. But this is also expected. After all, there was no harvest in Taiyuan last year, and there has not yet been a large-scale famine. Part of it is Chen Chong’s shameless borrowing of grain from everywhere, and part of it is Liu Bei’s reward money from
To transport grain to Luoyang, part of it was paid by the county magistrates themselves, which can be said to be a case of borrowing money from the counties.
At present, adjusting grain from various counties is tantamount to continuing to take money from the pockets of county magistrates. Cangcaobu tried several times, but to no avail. In the end, Cangcaobu had no choice but to report it to Chen Chong. Chen Chong had no choice but to lobby the counties one by one.
After a while, no matter whether the county magistrates were willing or not, no one could refute his face, and finally forced 30,000 shi of grain to enter Jinyang.
The most regrettable thing is the Xiongnu of Yanmen. When Guan Yu went to Guangwu, Huyan Yule was quite moved, but after careful consideration he declined Guan Yu and said: "Thank you Longshou for your kindness. It's just that in the past four hundred years, it has been discussed
Except for Shanyu Luanti, the Xiongnu dignitaries only have four surnames: Huyan, Xubu, Lan, and Qiulin."
"I think that my ancestors often had heroes who overcame difficulties and dangers, which is why they are famous in the clan today. Yuledu is no more than a mediocre person, but he has inherited the honor of Huyan and is the leader of a department. If he goes with the general, then
The name of the ancestors has been abandoned. Xiao Wang was defeated miserably in Xinfeng. Fortunately, he was exempted from the crime. If he did not guard the pass for the Shan Yu, he would be ridiculed by everyone in the clan. I hope the general will understand. If Xianbei invades, Xiao Wang will have to rely on Longshou.
Reinforcements are."
Guan Yu was solemn when he heard this and admired Le Du greatly. When he returned, he sighed to Chen Chong and said, "Unexpectedly, there are people among the Hu people who sacrifice their lives for righteousness."
Of course, Huyan Yuledu will not sit still and wait for death. Now that the Han army has withdrawn its defenses, Guangwu and Mayi are located between two mountains. They are isolated cities without help, so they cannot defend them. Only Wuzhou and Dingxiang County are adjacent, at least
He could help the Xiongnu tribes in Dingxiang nearby to rescue some soldiers and supplies. Now that the threat to Huchuquan was dead, the new chanyu would not sit back and watch Xianbei invade. With this idea in mind, he brought all the remaining 10,000 people into Wuzhou
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In February, Kuitouguo led his army to the south for the second time. In one day, he captured the two cities of Mayi and Guangwu without fighting. Kuitou boarded the city of Mayi and saw rows of houses in the city. Xianbei knights counted the remaining Huns in the city.
The property they took away was covered with green grass outside the city. They won one after another, and the leader, who had always been silent, couldn't help but smile.
Tuoba Lin, the leader of the Tuoba Tribe, congratulated him and said: "The Chanyu defeated the Huns and Han armies before and after, and finally captured Mayi today. Such a feat of martial arts was something that even the previous kings had not accomplished. Presumably, after this battle, the leaders of all tribes will fight against Shanyu."
Yu Ying is convinced."
The leader just laughed at this, and instead poured cold water on him and said: "What are these words? How can a person not know it? The more I work in this position, the more I can appreciate the power of the late king. The late king started from a slight cold and became a great person."
In Mobei's hegemony, all the tribes are in awe. I can only gain the trust of the late king and inherit the legacy of the late king, but I cannot unify the three tribes."
Speaking of this, the leader asked again: "I heard that Jian Man has conquered the Podoluo tribe recently. How strange it is! I have always known Jian Man. He is praised only for being brave and not afraid of death. But recently, he has been strange.
There are so many tricks that even I sometimes marvel at them. What kind of amazing people has he recruited?"
Su Liujin Heiqi and others knew nothing about it, but Tuoba Lin replied: "I heard that there was a young commander named Ke Bineng who was favored by Jian Man. He was familiar with Chinese studies, military formations, and was good at enforcing the law.
, so Jian Man reused him."
The leader glanced sideways at Tuoba Lin and couldn't help but sigh: "We in Xianbei are really full of outstanding people. If Jianman doesn't fight for the country with me, I have recruited all the talents from all tribes, and even if the Han Dynasty fights with me for the whole country, what should I be afraid of?"
He couldn't help but said to his brother Bu Dugen who praised him: "If it hadn't been for the second brother's suggestion to use Gongsun Zan as bait to lure Liu Bei, how could I have won such a great victory?"
So Kuitou publicly rewarded Bu Dugen and awarded the city of Mayi as Bu Dugen's residence. All the commanders were envious of this. Then Kuai Tou discussed with the commanders and said: "Now I attack Mayi, and Yanmen's shape and victory are all mine."
According to. In this way, our troops can attack Xiongnu Dingxiang from the west, or attack Taiyuan from the south. According to your opinions, when we use our troops next, should we go south or west?"
Hou Mo Chen Kuling first said: "It is better to advance westward to Wuzhou first. We fought two battles before and after, and our army won a great victory against 20,000 Xiongnu tribes, but only lost nearly a thousand people, compared with more than 10,000 Han troops.
In the first battle, our army occupied a favorable geographical location and was five times larger, but it actually lost more than 3,000 troops. It can be seen that the Huns are easy to deal with, but the Han army is difficult to deal with. How can we give up easy things for difficult things in a war?"
The leader closed his eyes and said nothing, then asked Bu Dugen for his suggestion: "What do you think, second brother?"
Bu Dugen really rejected Hou Mochen and Kuling's suggestion. He analyzed: "What Lord Kuling said seems reasonable, but he never thought that if we attack Dingxiang, will the Han army sit back and watch Dingxiang fall and be indifferent? Surely.
No, so attacking the Huns seems easy, but they will be attacked from both sides. Once defeated, the cities of Mayi will be thrown back to the Han army."
Shuluo Yu Qiguanghu asked: "Is it possible that when we attack Taiyuan, Yufuluo will just sit back and ignore it? After all, Yufuluo's position as Shanyu was conferred by the Han Dynasty, and the internal strife in various tribes was quelled by the Han army.
, if the Han army ordered him to go out, how could he not attack at all?"
Bu Dugen was clearly wise and asked: "When we attacked Mayi many years ago, did the Xiongnu Chanyu send any soldiers? If my own tribe is so stingy, let alone the Han people?"
No one could answer for a while, except Tuoba Lin, who looked hesitant, but he didn't say a word. Seeing that all the commanders agreed, the leader ordered that except for Bu Dugen and his men who were repairing here, the rest of the army continued
Heading south, we crossed the Yanjing Mountains and divided our troops into two routes. One route passed through the Beishan Mountains and went down the Fen River, while the other route passed through the Tuo River and went down Yangqu to attack Langmeng.
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When the two armies crossed Guanshan as planned and were about to go south along the thawed spring water, the scene in front of them was very different from what they imagined. During these days, Chen Chong sent people to set fire to the plains in the Tuoshui, Fenshui and other river valleys north of Langmeng.
, Kuitou and others came with their troops and climbed up to Yanjing Mountain on horseback. The commanders looked at the tributaries of the Fen River in the south and the places where the Tuo River passed through. All they saw was black smoke rising into the sky.
The collapsed charred wood was a dark mess, and white steam curled up from the water, as if it had once been hot and boiling.
Some old village ruins can still be vaguely seen in the wilderness, but now they are deserted, with only the beams that have been reduced to charcoal. The Xianbei knights each looked at each other and talked about it: It is said that Taiyuan was the sacred place of Bingzhou, how did it get here?
It feels like being in a desert.
Kuitou Budugen and others looked livid. They sent scouts along the river to look for a suitable place to build a camp, but they couldn't find it after running for half a day. The horses under them were unable to hold up. The Xianbei army stopped in the north of Taiyuan County for ten days.
On that day, when the horses in the army began to die from the epidemic, Kuai Tou finally gave up the idea of marching south and withdrew his troops and returned north.
After Jian Yong repeatedly confirmed in Jinyang that the Xianbei people had withdrawn their troops, he breathed a long sigh of relief and jokingly sighed to Chen Chong: "This test is over." Chen Chong lowered his head and looked at the list of casualties, and said to Jian Yong
He replied: "It's hard to say what the imperial court will do!"
Losing more than 10,000 people at one time, such a major defeat is considered a serious crime at any time. Huangfu Song was dismissed by the emperor without making any meritorious service in Liangzhou. Zang Min, Xia Yu and Tian Yan were the coaches of the previous three-way expedition to Xianbei.
The three of them were also dismissed by the emperor because of their defeat in the battle. If Liu Bei's defeat was not handled properly, it would be ruined even if it took several years to accumulate.
But these are all things for later. On February 11th, after walking and stopping on the road for nearly forty days, Zhang Fei finally returned to Jinyang with Liu Bei. Chen Chong and Guan Yu left the city more than twenty miles in advance to meet him. Chen Chong
After opening the door curtain and entering the car, he saw Liu Bei lying in the car, covering his face with a white towel and tilting his head so as not to look at Chen Chong.
Chen Chong sat next to him, took off the white scarf, and said with a smile: "Zhen Su is not like you."
Liu Bei reached out and took off the white scarf and glanced at him. Chen Chong happened to see his pale face and saw Liu Bei's eyes full of annoyance. Liu Bei covered his face again and said: "It's not just plain hair, it's really shameless to say goodbye! I will suffer this in my life."
A big defeat is worse than death!"
After saying that, he faced the wall without saying anything, and Chen Chong didn't say anything either. He shook his head and saw a golden sword in the corner of the carriage. It was the Zhongxing Sword given by the Emperor. The Emperor made a total of four Zhongxing Swords, but one of them was lost for some reason.
, now there are only three left. Chen Chong looked at the sword with interest for a while, and then asked Liu Bei: "You have no face to see the elders of Jiangdong, and you have this sword in the car. Are you planning to imitate the overlord and kill yourself in Wujiang?" Liu Bei stood up, glared at Chen Chong, waved his hand and took the Zhongxing Sword back from his hand, and then turned over and lay back down with the sword in his arms. Chen Chong smiled when he saw this, and sat on one side without saying a word. The convoy walked to Jinyang and waited.
The car stopped in front of the prefect's mansion, and Liu Bei remained as silent as gold. When the watchman was knocking the night watch on the street, Liu Bei sat up from the car.
When he raised his head, he saw Chen Chong looking at him, as if waiting for him to say something. Liu Bei shook the Zhongxing sword in his arms, which had been warmed by him, and thought about the past, and finally said seriously: "I will never do it again.
This is why you are so childish!"
Chen Chong took a deep breath and said to Liu Bei: "Xuande, defeat is inevitable. This won't be the last time. It's just our comrades who lost in the battle. You and I should always remember that if you and I accomplish nothing in the end, that will be the greatest harm to them."
Don't let them down, don't meet them under the clouds, you will have nothing to say to them."