Chapter 24 General Rin Rin's order has been completed
To be fair, the situation in Youzhou is not too bad.
First of all, the arrangements made before leaving worked. Cheng Pu was in Yuyang, Gongsun Fan was in Zhuojun, and Lu Fan was in Guangyang. They had both civil and military support, making Gongsun Xun the most reliable base, that is, adding one piece.
The three counties of Guangyang, with a population of one million, were not really disturbed.
Secondly, of course it was Cheng Pu and Gao Shun who won consecutive victories. Regardless of their deep-seated economic reasons, destiny ambitions, or national conflicts, war is certainly a continuation of so-called politics, but it is also the ultimate solution to political conflicts.
... Once you win the battle, everything can be said easily.
However, those who are truly familiar with Gongsun Xun understand that underneath General Wei's mediocre performance, there is still the most extreme anger... because it may be the first time in his life that he has encountered such a direct and straightforward betrayal.
Just imagine, if it wasn't for trust, how could Gongsun Xun hand over Chengde, such an important node outside the Great Wall, to Mohu?
Or to put it conversely, everything in Mohubu today, apart from the fact that Chengde City was built by Gongsun Xun by mobilizing the people and financial resources of the three counties, the expansion of Mohubu itself in the past ten years has also relied on Amway from an economic point of view.
From a political and military perspective, it all depends on the protection of Gongsun Xun...
For a long time, Gongsun Xun regarded Mo Hubu as his domestic slave, a hunting dog, and Mohu Zang also expressed his attitude towards Gongsun Xun in the same way, and the people of Youzhou also viewed him in the same way. But now,
This dog, which is used to guard the door, actually takes the door it is guarding as its own, and may even open the door to rob the thief... Is this intolerable?
"What are you going to do with Mohu Zang?"
One day later, everyone was on the road again. Since the spring plowing was busy all around, and the population here was very dense, and Gongsun Xun and his party had finally arrived home, the speed inevitably slowed down. However, Xi Zhong couldn't help it after hesitating again and again.
I asked one more question, "If he comes, will he be punished?"
"If so, wouldn't it be a breach of trust?" Gongsun Xun, who was riding slowly forward on horseback, said expressionlessly and shook his head. "If he comes, we will detain him in Changping and help Mohu Donkey or his underage son to take the throne.
, and sent people to supervise Chengde..."
"If this is the case, then Mo Hu Zhong will definitely not come." Xi Zhong responded immediately. In fact, this was what he was waiting for. "Junhou, I thought a lot after I went back yesterday... Mo Hu Zang has been here for more than ten years.
Having followed you before, he must know the character of the Lord and his attitude at this time, so when he heard that the Lord was coming back, he was so frightened that he did not dare to go to Changping easily, so he must make plans in advance."
Xi Zhicai's words were obviously to persuade his lord not to act out of anger, but Gongsun Xun avoided answering. Not only that, Lou Gui and Han Dang were also silent next to him.
Of course, Xi Zhong himself also understood that Gongsun Xun was already angry to a certain extent, and his words were meaningless at this time... But since learning about the incident in Youzhou, as the first counselor among the original counselors to indulge
Xi Zhong always blamed himself for Gongsun Xun's departure from Youzhou, so even though he knew it wouldn't have much effect, he still said it.
In this way, everyone was controlled by Gongsun Xun's emotions and could only stay silent all the way. However, after a few days, everyone finally returned to General Wei's Mansion at the foot of Mang Mountain in Changping, and saw Lu Fan and Wang Xiu who were staying here.
As well as Cheng Pu and others who arrived in a hurry, something cannot be avoided.
For example, as expected, what Xi Zhong said... Mohu Zang wrote an extremely cowardly letter, but he still did not come to Changping to visit Gongsun Xun.
In fact, according to the Tanma Lai newspaper, it was said that Mohu Zang himself once came to the border wall under the Yanshan Mountains. He hesitated many times but finally wrote this letter at the foot of the Yanshan Mountains, and then turned around and returned to Chengde.
"Your Majesty." After Gongsun Xun sat down in the lobby of General Wei's mansion, Lu Fan immediately handed over the letter.
When Gongsun Xun received the letter, although his expression remained as usual, he tore up the letter in front of everyone without even looking at it. Instead, he kindly asked everyone to sit down on the spot, and then immediately held a military meeting... The intention of killing was self-evident.
"Since Demou is monitoring Chengde in Yuyang, who is at Lulongsai for defense?" Gongsun Xun got straight to the point and without stopping, asked Cheng Pu directly about the military deployment.
Seeing Gongsun Xun acting like this, it was Lu Fan and Wang Xiu who were as quiet as a puppet, let alone Cheng Pu. He didn't dare to be negligent after hearing the words, and immediately stood up to answer.
"Just sit down and talk." Gongsun Xun told Cheng Pu to sit back immediately.
"Return to your Majesty." Cheng Pu quickly sat back and answered in response. "At Lulongsai, Gao Suqing led more than a thousand elite troops from his army, plus a thousand soldiers from the Liaoxi and Youbeiping counties behind him.
Thousands of people...three thousand people in total..."
"I feel relieved to have Suqing in Lulongsai." Gongsun Xun naturally nodded slowly when he heard that Gao Shun was with us. "Then how many troops do you have in Yuyang now?"
"At the time of the most recent years, in addition to my headquarters, there were also soldiers from all the counties, the sons of the big families in each county, and the sons of good families, and there were also 20,000 garrison troops sent by Lu Changshi, totaling more than 30,000 people... However,
The war situation came to a stalemate after the year, and most of the soldiers and horses have been disbanded and returned to spring plowing. In addition, Gao Suqing went to Lulongsai, and I only had more than 4,000 people there."
"Four thousand people?" Gongsun Xun frowned for a moment.
"There are also two thousand people who protect Wuhuan's captain Gong Qichou. They rushed from Daijun after the war and are now stationed in Youbeiping. If the monarch does not come back, they will naturally not obey our orders.
But since the prince is back, the soldiers and horses there will definitely obey orders." Cheng Pu quickly and respectfully added another situation.
"That's six thousand people." Gongsun Xun still frowned. "After all, the spring plowing is still not finished, so it's not good to go to war... right?"
"Yes." Lu Fan responded helplessly. "But after the spring plowing, if the local governments cooperate, and Guangyang, Zhuojun, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Linlin all come together, we can immediately mobilize tens of thousands of troops...
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"How many people are there in the rebel army?" Gongsun Xun immediately gave up on this unanswerable question as the time was right.
"It's hard to say." Cheng Pu replied seriously. "Although Wuhuan in western Liaoning lost three battles, it was only a flesh wound between the cities within the fortress. If they had attacked in large numbers near their base outside the fortress, they would still be able to survive.
There are twenty to thirty thousand cavalry, but there can’t be only that many..."
"The miscellaneous people outside the Great Wall are called a hundred tribes. Of course there can't be only this many." Gongsun Xun said nonchalantly. "But when it comes to the decisive battle, these people will not really go up and fight... Don't count them."
"Even if we don't count these wallflowers, we still have to guard against the Liaodong Wuhuan." As the chief general who stayed in the local area, Cheng Pu was naturally prepared. "The road has been isolated for so long, and nothing else. I don't believe in the Liaodong Wuhuan."
The leader of Huan, Su Puyan, was not convinced by Qiu Liju. Su Puyan should have five or six thousand cavalry in his hands. However, in terms of military strength, the key lies in Xianbei... Kebineng gradually unified the former central and eastern Xianbei.
If you don't have 30,000 cavalry in your hands, you're just deceiving yourself."
"Is this what it means to have an army of 60,000 to 70,000 cavalry?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help laughing when he heard this. "I grew up in western Liaoning, but I didn't know that there were so many foreign soldiers and horses beside me. They were the Tanshihuaai soldiers in the past.
, it is impossible to directly gather such a crowd, right? Or are the Wuhuan people so tyrannical that they will overturn the situation in Youzhou once they rebel?"
"That's not the case." Lou Gui, who had been silent, finally interjected. "First of all, the terrain outside the Great Wall is complex, especially near the Liaoxi Pass, with many mountains and rivers. It is impossible to really support such an effective support. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses said
It would be even more idiotic to say that they can be assembled just by gathering together; secondly, the tribal alliances of other generations are not even of the same tribe as each other, and the leaders naturally have their own agendas and distrust each other. Compare the previous situation of the Xiliang rebels.
In the face of Luo Ren Han Wen Yue; in the end, whether the Wuhuan people or the Xianbei people are so poor that they can't even afford a pot, how can they sustain the logistics of tens of thousands of troops for a long time? The people who worry about this battle..."
"The ones we are worried about are actually the cities outside the Great Wall." Gongsun Xun said. "Especially the three cities of Chengde, Guanzicheng, and Liucheng... If the three cities are removed, not only will the passages be reconnected, but Wuhuan in western Liaoning will also be
Once locked up again, the rebellion will be put to rest! Is this what Zibo means?"
"Yes!" Lou Gui bowed slightly at the table. "But the problem now is that the three cities are all outside the Great Wall. For example, Guanzi City is two hundred miles away from the Great Wall. It is a long way and requires a long-distance attack; another example is Chengde City, which is sandwiched between mountains.
Among them, the city is difficult and dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack; and Liucheng is not only strong, but is further three hundred miles north of Guanzi City... If these three cities cannot be defeated in one battle, if the time is delayed, it will be tantamount to a late night attack.
Lighting the torch will attract many rebels outside the wall to gather together, making our efforts in vain."
Cheng Pu and others immediately nodded...This is the specific difficulty of countering the rebellion.
"So what should we do?" Gongsun Xun was silent for a long time. Finally, his reason prevailed over the youth training. He barely suppressed his anger, and turned to Lou Gui seriously to ask about the counter-insurgency strategy. "Zi Bo has a sure-fire strategy.
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"It's very simple." Lou Gui bowed again and replied. "Please be patient, sir. In the twentieth day, the busy spring day will be over. We will send 40,000 troops and 10,000 to Cheng Xiaowei to hold him at Yuyang.
At the northern pass, Chengde was guarded, and then the prince personally led the army to Lulong fortress, and asked Gao Sima to lead 10,000 soldiers out of the fortress to attack Guanzicheng... The prince stationed troops behind, and the Chengde passage was guarded again. Only Wuhuan
People themselves do not dare to easily fight a decisive battle with a prince under Guanzi City, so Guanzicheng can be fought easily... This is the first step."
"Now that Guanzicheng has fallen, you might as well let Gao Sima guard Guanzicheng, and you can personally lead the army from outside the fortress to Chengde and attack Chengde from both sides. At that time, whether it is a battle or the Mohu tribe surrenders on their own initiative,
Chengde City can also be restored to my hands calmly! This is the second step."
"Once Chengde City and Guanzi City are used as fulcrums behind, the princes can raise a large army and send letters to the counties outside the Great Wall and the old ladies in Liaodong, asking them to send troops westward from the Liaohe River.
Send out troops, two groups at a time, and go to Liucheng openly and openly... At that time, the Wuhuan people will either summon Xianbei reinforcements to fight to the death below the city, or they will have no choice but to lose the city and then be at our disposal."
"Uncle Zi, this is a perfect strategy." After Lou Gui finished speaking, Lu Fan immediately came out to express his agreement.
"Mr. Zibo's strategy is indeed sound." Cheng Pu also immediately came out in the hall to express his approval.
"The year before last, everything was very prosperous last year, so you don't have to worry about logistics." Wang Xiu also immediately made a statement.
"Junhou, although I intend to raid Guanzicheng... but given the situation in Liucheng... Zibo's strategy is the best." Xi Zhong also admitted helplessly.
Gongsun Xun, who was sitting at the top, was silent for a moment again, but finally nodded slowly... Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. What they were most afraid of was that Gongsun Xun would become angry and insist on sending troops to recapture Chengde immediately.
In the next two days, peace returned to Changping. After all, Gongsun Xun was Gongsun Xun. As soon as he came back, everyone regained their confidence. What's more, this rebellion did not cause any real impact on the core area of Youzhou Fortress.
Even as the news of Gongsun Xun's arrival spread, countless Zahu tribes and even some Wuhuantou people in the north of the rebels sent people to complain, explaining the helplessness of their respective tribes and begging for forgiveness.
Gongsun Xun didn't have much anger towards these people, so he looked kindly, comforted them with kind words, and persuaded them to win over them... For a while, the balance of the situation actually gradually turned around with Gongsun Xun's return, which was an immediate success.
But a few days later, in early February, as a large number of messengers and envoys came from Luoyang, the atmosphere in Changping suddenly became solemn.
As a matter of course, various previous appointments came here one after another in a few days.
Among them, whether it was Gongsun Xun himself as the governor of several counties, or the appointment of Liu Yu as the shepherd of Youzhou, or the right general Zhao Bao as the governor of Liaodong as the governor of Liaodong, or even Shen Pei who was suddenly transferred to the state of Zhao as the prime minister.
Dong Zhao went to Changshan, which had a great impact on General Wei's Mansion in Changping.
It has to be considered carefully.
Secondly, Gongsun Yue, the minister of Huangmen, sent a secret letter on his horse. Only a few people in the core of General Wei's mansion knew the content of the letter. It was said that the emperor's health suddenly deteriorated rapidly, and he was afraid that he would die in February or March.
I can't hold it anymore!
Therefore, Luozhong suddenly became tense.
Compared with this, there is another casual piece of news in the letter, which seems not worth mentioning.
It turned out that the former general Dong Zhuo had no choice but to accept the appointment of going to Luoyang as the Shaofu, but when he returned the troops and horses, and then took his own seal, the private soldiers followed the Northern Army who returned to Luozhong and rushed to Chang'an.
However, he suddenly turned back, and then went to the Fufeng military camp to single-handedly recapture his five or six thousand core old troops, and separated from Huangfu Song again.
Moreover, probably to prevent Huangfu Song from doing anything, Dong Zhuo actually moved his camp without permission and went to Mei County on the south side of the Wei River to station himself.
Obviously, according to what Gongsun Yue said in his letter, the former general must have heard the news that the emperor was seriously ill in Chang'an, and must have received hints from some important figures in Chang'an, so he was so unscrupulous.
"Junhou!"
By the pond in the backyard of General Wei's mansion, Gongsun Xun hesitated again and again, but just ordered his staff to assemble and prepare to take immediate action. Suddenly, an attendant came to report. "Mr. Zibo, please see me."
————I am the dividing line between sour stomach————
"Since the imperial court worshiped Zhuo as the young man, he went to Chang'an. When he heard that the emperor was seriously ill, Zhuo was greatly surprised, so he returned to Fufeng and recaptured five thousand of his own soldiers. The following words are as follows: 'The general Huang Zhongyi
The Qiang and Hu soldiers all went to the ministers and said: "If the prison is not finished, the gifts will be cut off, and the wife will be hungry and frozen." They are holding the minister's carriage so that he can't move. The Qiang and the Hu are like dogs with broken intestines, and the ministers cannot stop them. They will always comfort and increase the number.
"The imperial court cannot control it, so I am worried about it." - "Jiu Yan Shu". Volume 62. Biography No. 12
PS: I have a headache, stomach acid, and feel extremely uncomfortable. I really want to write this half volume and the next volume well...
