Then the county lieutenant with thick eyebrows and big eyes looked at the civil and military colleagues beside him and said: "Don't worry, Governor, I have always hated duplicitous people like Gongsun Yuan in my life. If anyone dares to do this, I will definitely be the first to kill him."
Twist your head from your neck and hang it at the city gate!"
Zhang Pi waved his hand and said: "We are all colleagues. It doesn't have to be like this. The general's words are a bit excessive, but I believe that you can still see the current situation clearly. The current predicament is only temporary. When the army comes to help, we will definitely be able to drive the Wu army into the sea.
, rush back to Jiangdong completely!"
After Zhang Pai finished speaking, the county captain with thick eyebrows and big eyes muttered and complained: "It's all the fault of Gongsun Yuan, the rat-headed man. If he hadn't caused trouble, how could we allow the rats from Jiangdong to run wild in Liaodong!"
Zhang Pi coughed and spoke again: "Okay, let's end the discussion tonight. When you go back, you must perform your duties and be on guard to prevent the Wu army from sneaking up at night.
Your Majesty, please go down and make preparations. You should also prepare more supplies such as food, cotton robes, and armor, and let the civilians transport them to the city to prepare them first. Please leave these to the county magistrate and the chief registrar."
The county magistrate and the chief secretary clasped their fists and said, "This is the duty of the servants. There is no need for the prefect to say anything." Then the two of them withdrew.
Zhang Pi looked at the county captain again and said: "I will leave the city defense patrol to the general. Now that you are ready, from now on the city gates will be closed and no one will be allowed in or out to prevent spies from the Wu army from sneaking into the city!"
The county lieutenant came out and clasped his fists and said: "No!" After saying that, he strode out of the lobby and then out of the county governor's house. He got on his horse and went to the barracks in the city to gather troops.
Zhang Bi then walked towards the soldier who reported the news, held his arms with his hands and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sir. Fortunately, you came to report the news. Please come and arrange for this brother to rest in the front yard."
Then an old servant came in and said to the soldier: "Please come this way."
Normally, only a thousand soldiers and horses are stationed on the city tower, but now the situation is critical, and the five thousand soldiers and horses in the camp must also be transferred to the city tower.
Today, the entire Liaodong County only has a total of 13,000 troops. Compared with Gongsun Yuan, who had nearly 100,000 troops in his heyday, it is far inferior to holding half of Liaodong. Otherwise, Jiangdong would not dare to raise 20,000 troops.
Come and take Liaodong,
In addition to the six thousand in the county, the rest are distributed in various counties and various passes in Liaodong County.
As a result, Liaodong County has fewer troops to mobilize, but even so, most of the troops are concentrated in the county.
Late at night, the soldiers in Xiangping City were awakened by military orders in their narrow tents. They sleepily put on their clothes and armor, picked up their weapons, and gathered together.
Some soldiers muttered dissatisfiedly: "There has been no major war in Liaodong for more than ten years. How could a foreign enemy invade Xiangping so quickly? Could it be that Gao Xunli, Xianbei and other tribes have rebelled again?"
Some soldiers also asked: "Could it be that the Wu army came to kill us?"
Then someone retorted: "How is it possible? Wu Jun has not appeared in Liaodong for decades since Gongsun Grand Administrator. How dare he attack again now? Weren't the initial losses enough?" These soldiers were wearing clothes and armor while discussing.
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A quarter of an hour later, six thousand soldiers and horses were assembled, neatly drove out of the camp, and dispersed towards the four gates of Xiangping City. The important officials and generals in Xiangping City could not fall asleep throughout the night, but they had no idea about it.
The people in the city can continue to sleep peacefully,
Later, when Gongsun Yuan asked Sun Quan for help, Sun Quan just responded with a letter in an understatement.
He said in the letter: "Sima Yi is good at using troops. I am very worried about my good brother."
This is not support at all, it is clearly an attack on Gongsun Yuan's rusticism! In addition, Sun Quan only sent troops to "response from a distance", and the actual effect was limited. After all, Gongsun Yuan did not accept Sun Quan's kindness in conferring the title, and killed many people he sent to Liaodong.
If you don't take the opportunity to add insult to injury, you're already giving him a lot of face.
Of course, this is not just a matter of face, but more about the situation in the world. The enemy of your enemy is your friend, and you still need to provide some assistance and support.
In 238 AD, Sima Yi led 40,000 infantry and cavalry to conquer Liaodong.
At this point, Gongsun Yuan had no choice but to accept the challenge, but unfortunately Sima Yi was an opponent of another level, and all of Gongsun Yuan's action plans had been guessed by Sima Yi.
In this case, Gongsun Yuan's destruction is only a matter of time.
In this battle, Sima Yi adopted the method of attacking in the east and attacking in the west, attacking and rescuing the enemy. He put down the rebellion in Liaodong within a hundred days, executed Gongsun Yuan and his son, and successfully defeated the enemy within the originally scheduled one-year period.
At this point, the Gongsun family, which had ruled Liaodong for 50 years, was declared destroyed.
When Gongsun Yuan used force to seize the position of governor of Liaodong from his uncle Gongsun Gong, the Cao Wei regime was in a troubled period of internal and external troubles.
At that time, Cao Rui had just succeeded to the throne and was unstable internally. Externally, Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan took turns attacking.
Under this situation, Cao Rui had no time to take care of Liaodong, and Gongsun Yuan did not touch the red line, so Cao Rui recognized Gongsun Yuan's legal status.
If Gongsun Yuan could concentrate on running Liaodong like his grandfather and father, then the results would be good.
However, with little political experience, he actually sought the skin of a tiger: he dealt with Cao Wei and Soochow, just to obtain benefits from both countries at the same time.
Gongsun Yuan's behavior violated Cao Wei's red line (professing vassalage to Sun Quan). At the same time, he did not dare to make friends with Sun Quan openly, and even killed Sun Quan's deceased.
In this way, Gongsun Yuan offended Cao Wei and Soochow at the same time, and his demise was only a matter of time.
Finally, on the eve of Cao Rui sending Sima Yi to conquer Liaodong, Gongsun Yuancai woke up from his dream and began to claim kingship and found the country. He attempted to divide the country in the name of Shaohan, sow discord between Cao Wei and Xianbei and other ethnic groups, and at the same time draw Sun Quan against Cao Wei.
However, all his plans failed because he did not have the strength to command the world. In the end, Gongsun Yuan was destroyed by Sima Yi.
Regardless of whether Gongsun Yuan rebels or not, he will not escape death, because he has touched Cao Wei's red line (professing tribulation to Sun Quan), and his rebellion is just a last-ditch act of desperation.
But he didn't expect that this move would not only destroy the Gongsun family, but also the strength of Liaodong. Even Cao Rui didn't expect this at the time. When he learned about it, it was already a done deal. It can no longer be undone,
This has led to the fact that there are not many generals and troops available in Liaodong today. If before Gongsun Yuan's defeat, Liaodong's strength would still be very strong.
Even facing Jiangdong's 20,000-strong army, they can hold out for a long time, long enough to wait for the soldiers and horses from Youzhou to come to their aid. However, Liaodong, which is now outnumbered and weak, cannot hold out for long.
Late at night, twenty horses galloped on the road to Jixian...