Chapter 19 When the Dead Branches Are Not Seen to Build the Soil (Part 2)
Not to mention Liu Xuande's intention of speaking human words to others and lying to ghosts, after Zhengdan, during the spring plowing period, another unbelievable event suddenly broke out in Jiangxia.
However, after the Zhengdan Festival, the emperor officially appointed Annan general Liu Biao as the Taiwei in charge of the Secretariat, and Liu Biao happily accepted the post. He accepted the position of Taiwei in Xiling City, Jiangxia, and prepared to carry out this year's spring sacrifices on behalf of the emperor.
But at the same time, Liu Bei, who was supposed to cross the river and return to Yuzhang, suddenly rode westward alone (on a boat) and entered Nanjun. He took over Nanjun as Jingzhou Mu while Liu Biao was stationed in Jiangxia.
The civil and military officials of Nanjun, headed by the Kuai family and the Cai family, chose to accept Liu Bei's arrival without resistance or even acquiescence, and began to hand over grain, grass, ordnance, soldiers and horses in accordance with Liu Jingzhou's request, and gathered in Xiangyang City.
Then they all pulled away.
As for Liu Jingsheng, it is said that he tried to turn back at the beginning, but was blocked at the mouth of the Shaxian River. He had no choice but to make a statement. Perhaps he also understood Liu Xuande's ambition, so he decided to meet again if the journey was far away.
Immediately, he asked Cui Yan, a famous scholar from Qinghe who was in Jiangxia, to convey the direction of Nanjun on his behalf, and then simply returned to Xiling, Jiangxia and ignored Xiangyang.
As if they were well prepared, Liu Jingsheng's three sons and one daughter also came to Jiangxia safely. On the contrary, his step-sibling, Mrs. Cai, had no intention of leaving Nanjun.
When the news came out, people all over the world were naturally surprised and incomprehensible at first, but they soon became relieved. After all, it is already the end of the world in Jiangxia. The more the end of the world, the more monsters appear more frequently, and strange things are common in Shu.
It can be so ridiculous there, and naturally Jingzhou can be so weird.
Who looks down on whom?
In fact, by the time of spring plowing in the eighth year of Jian'an, the world generally believed that Duke Yan would truly unify the world within this year and overthrow the Han Dynasty with Yan... And if this is true, then starting from the challenge of Dong Dong, no matter how you calculate it
, Gongsun Wenqi's sweeping of the world probably won't last more than ten years.
In ten years, he controlled the world, which far surpassed Guangwu and could be compared with Han Gaozu.
Of course, people who are really knowledgeable will disagree with this conclusion, because Han Emperor Gaozu unified the country in a hurry, and even the princes of the opposite sex, relatives and internal heroes had no time to clean up, so they left. However, Yan Gong's foundation is obviously more secure than that...
…This is truly incredible.
But at the same time, only a few people really understood that Duke Yan had already completed the construction of his team before the authority of the Han Dynasty completely collapsed, and he had the core base and army, and even huge financial and material resources... Of course
, This is also due to the current situation. Before the crusade against Dong, no one could say that General Wei at that time was not a loyal and loyal man, right? No one could say that there was anything wrong with his prestige in Hebei and his military appeal within the Han system.
Right? It's impossible for him to have deliberately planned to build his Yan and overthrow Liu's Han, right?
The Emperor Ling had no shame in saying that when he came back to life!
"That's not necessarily the case." Gongsun, who was sitting on the throne in the Tongquetai cabinet as the spring day passed by and gradually warmed up, thought thoughtfully. "Xuande may not have won Nanjun through trickery..."
"I also think so." Jia Xu, who was standing at the front, almost blurted out. "There are many famous cities in Nanjun, including Xiangyang City in the north, Jiangling City in the south, Huarong City in the southeast, and Yiling City in the southwest...
Each of these cities can defend each other, but none of them resists. Is it possible that Liu Biao has been in Jingzhou for many years and has no confidants? What's more, his eldest son has grown up, and his nephew Liu Pan is a veteran in the army? This is probably true.
Seeing that the situation was over, Liu Jingsheng had long wanted to retreat, but Liu Xuande was an indomitable hero, so he hit it off with the Nanjun family who were extremely resistant to His Highness, and tried to make a last ditch effort... It was tacitly understood by everyone."
"Does Wen He think Xuande's move can still be considered a heroic act?" Gongsun suddenly sighed when he heard this.
There was a sudden silence in the cabinet, but others, Jia Wenhe, who was asked directly, had to say: "Liu Xuande is brave enough now and can fight with all his strength. How can he not be called a hero? And..."
"and?"
"And his current posture seems to be to gather the remnants of all parties to fight together. By then, the southeast half will be successful, and the strength will be restored. If it is defeated, all will be stopped. And the forces in Jianghan area that His Highness has long wanted to eradicate will also
It will be like putting fish and meat into a pot, letting His Highness do whatever he wants... I think he took the initiative to deliver the Huaihe River before, and actually had the intention of helping His Highness to save him some trouble." Jia Xu's words made the rest of the cabinet
He was thoughtful for a moment. "From what I see, it was just the opposite before. But after the Battle of Guandu, Liu Xuande's behavior had a hint of being upright, and the situation became much higher."
"Yes." Gongsun nodded slowly, feeling a little sad for a moment. "Actually, after the Lianghuai Incident, I was somewhat aware of it, and I had already made some suspicions after walking to the east of Hedong... At that time, I thought, Xuande
With today's difficulties, why shouldn't we be forced to be alone? If I had been alienated from Master Lu's disciples back then, with his heroic attitude, he might have gone on the field in person in the Central Plains War and fought to the death with Gu Yi.
The death of the body or the destruction of the family today, the two are irrelevant, what else is there? And if Gu was a little stricter in Mengjin back then, he would be in the cabinet today. In the final analysis, it was Gu's lack of courage when he was young that made him
A world-class hero who is not inferior to Cao Mengde has ended up in today's difficult situation."
After these words came out, many people in the cabinet felt a little sad. After all, Han Dang, Lou Gui, Wang Xiu, and even Shen Pei had known Liu Bei for a long time, and at this time, Liu Bei was on the front line taking charge of the overall situation of the Central Plains and confronting him.
Lu Fan can be regarded as Liu Xuande's senior brother, and Liu Xuande can be regarded as his matchmaker... Even the most frontline prefect of Runan, who was Liu Bei's acquaintance when he was a boy, was Liu Bei's acquaintance. As for Zhang Fei, the chief general under Liu Xuande, he also had a close relationship with Gongsun.
Many of the people under his command have the feeling of being noble.
But how to say it?
Now that Liu Bei has embarked on the road to fight for supremacy, there is not much to say. And Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong, according to the knight-errant style of the three of them, probably do not take their own life and death seriously... After all,
, although the success or failure of this battle is determined, the question is, how likely is it to succeed? How likely is it to fail?
The meaning here can’t help but make people sigh!
And at the thought of this, a group of old friends couldn't help but feel more and more sad, even Dong Zhao sighed repeatedly.
"It's no longer necessary to think too much about it." Gongsun seemed to have already thought about it. He was the first to come to his senses and spoke calmly in the audience. "It can only be said that since Xuande is so grand, we can't waste his time in vain.
It’s my intention…”
All the prime ministers in the cabinet, as well as Dong Zhao, Wang Xiang and many loyal followers, all looked dignified and solemn in their appearance.
"This battle is inevitable. Gu Zhi will attack Xuzhou, Yizhou will surrender his generals and soldiers, and Liangzhou soldiers and horses will be used to respond." Gongsun paused for a moment, then said his response plan. "How?"
From Jia Xu onwards, the expressions of several prime ministers in the cabinet remained unchanged, as if they had expected this.
By the way, Gongsun's intention is actually very obvious. Since war is inevitable, it is better to let some stubborn local forces that have survived for various reasons pay for this last large-scale war... And to be fair, these local forces may also
I am willing to fight this battle in order to gain a foothold in Yan State in the future.
Once the battle is over and the local forces are eliminated as much as possible, the subordinates will be satisfied and these people can gain a foothold calmly. Why not do it?
Yes, these three places mentioned by Gongsun are exactly the three places where the local remnants are the most stubborn.
For example, Liangzhou, Liangzhou is still a problem left over from history... The surrender of Han and Ma led to the defection of the powerful military leaders below. But at that time, Gongsun was planning a decisive battle in the Central Plains, so Liangzhou and Hanzhong, which had just been taken over, would inevitably have to be dealt with.
Stability is the main priority. This has resulted in many large families with military strength still prevalent in the Longshang area.
There is also Xuzhou. Although this area was recovered in the Guandu War, due to Guan Yu's magical sneak attack, nearly the entire county chose to surrender. Therefore, compared with the orderly evacuation of the Lianghuai area and the bloody battle in the hinterland of the Central Plains,
'Clean', Xuzhou's big households can't help but feel a bit of a blessing in disguise.
Not to mention Yizhou, the benefits of swallowing Yizhou for three months are self-evident, but the disadvantages are also self-evident.
In fact, as a political leader, a necessary dark mentality is indispensable, and Gongsun's original intention was to have the two local forces of Liangzhou and Yizhou consume each other on the Shu Road, but he did not realize it.
The whole plan was ruined by Xu Yuanzhi's sword.
At this point, there seems to be nothing to say about continuing to do things through Liu Bei's hands.
"It's not impossible. The troops under my command have made enough contributions, and the soldiers from the Three Prefectures are also willing to make contributions and make a new start. They are naturally willing to go into battle." Although he had no objection, Shen Pei couldn't help but reminded him seriously. "But the key point is.
Is it possible to ensure that the war is safe? No matter what, the success or failure of the war is the first priority..."
"It should be enough." Jia Xu lowered his eyebrows, thoughtfully. "The wealthy families in Liangzhou are always useful in wars, and the manpower and material resources in Yizhou and Xuzhou are even more sufficient. And in this battle, our army will
There are really too many opportunities to win.”
The other ministers nodded... of course.
"Even so, it must be safe." Gongsun Yanran had already had plans and ideas in his mind. "In addition to the soldiers and horses of the three states, Gu is going to go to Luoyang to take charge of the army in person. The commander-in-chief of Sizhou soldiers and horses and his subordinates are Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and Xu Huang.
He and Huang Zhong's troops left Luyang as a relay. In this way, even if there is a loss on the front line, Gu can go directly forward and continue to maintain the offensive."
The amount of information in this sentence is not much, but it is very important. Unexpectedly, no one in the prime ministers, including Shen Pei, said a word. Dong Zhao was shocked for a moment, but he immediately returned to normal.
"And Zang Babu."
After a long while, Wang Xiu, who rarely interfered in military and state affairs, broke the silence and put forward his own opinions. "Before, the Cao family, Xiahou family, Ding family, Li family and other Central Plains families moved to Luoyang.
, Zang Xuangao also took the initiative to propose relocation, but considering that Xuzhou was initially settled and suffered from waterlogging, he let the Langya tribes continue to stay there... Is it possible to take the opportunity to let them move to Luoyang or Luyang, and officially move after autumn?
To Luozhong?"
"Okay." Gongsun nodded immediately. "Zang Xuangao is a talented general, and he did not make mistakes at critical moments. We should give him a good result, just as Shu Zhi said, so that his troops don't have to go to Xiangyang to face him, and go to Tunluyang
That’s it… Is there anything else you want to add?”
"Can the Xuzhou soldiers and horses bring some food and grass from the state?" Xi Zhong suddenly suggested. "Isn't it said that there is a slight shortage of food and grass?"
"If the war is delayed or another disaster occurs, it will definitely be insufficient. If the war can be successfully ended before the autumn harvest, there will be no worries." Wang Xiuxian reiterated his duties.
"I mean..." Xi Zhong smiled bitterly.
"It doesn't have to be like this." Gongsun interrupted the exchange between the two and directly intervened decisively. "Whether it is Xuzhou or the Jianghan area in the future, they will all be under the rule of Gu. Necessary cleaning up and weakening should be done, but we cannot put the cart before the horse...
Food is a matter of stability. Don't touch it lightly. If it really doesn't work, you can use the Amway to control it a little."
As soon as these words came out, there was another silence... There was no way, at this juncture, everyone understood that earth-shaking times were coming, and many big things might be hidden in a few words, and Gongsun seemed to be...
In response to Liu Bei's arrogant attitude, the additional information revealed in his few words was more sensitive and more serious than the last.
As for these matters, even the prime ministers would not be able to intervene until the matter is completely revealed.
"Then let's do it!" Gongsun looked around, cheered up slightly, and simply drove the people away. "Three provinces, six ministries and four stations, let's work out the final strategy together... Yi Gong now resigned as Privy Councilor and replaced him with De Mou.
, go to Luoyang in advance to make arrangements for the orphan."
Before everyone left, they heard that such a big event had happened, and they became a little numb.
In this way, Ye Xia made a general strategy for Liu Bei's actions, but just a few days later, another incredible 'big event' came from the south.
Things have some twists and turns, specifically as follows:
After Zhu Zhi, the prefect of Kuaiji who returned to Wu County from Jiangxia, reported to Sun Quan the contents of the Xiling court meeting in Jiangxia, he was directly detained by Xu Kun, the assistant to the government. Then Sun Quan's cousin and father-in-law Xu Kun immediately led the prefect of Kuaiji to Kuaiji and left.
go;
However, when Xu Kun was crossing the Zhejiang River (Fuchun River) on the way, he encountered violent resistance from Ling Cao, the captain of Kuaiji, and Xu Kun died on the spot;
Immediately, Ling Caofu appealed to Sun Quan and asked for Zhu Zhi's release;
In this regard, the young Sun Quan followed suit, but Zhu Zhi was disheartened and went straight back to his hometown in Danyang County next door. It is said that he went to accompany Tao Qian, who was not dead, so Wu County and Kuaiji County used a strange
But the thought-provoking way completely fell into the hands of young Sun Quan!
The young master's country is in doubt and in turmoil. This is a fighting opportunity!
However, in the face of such a fighter opportunity, Gongsun did not make any strategic adjustments. He only gave an additional order to Guan Yu, asking Guan Yunchang to supervise the navy to destroy the habitual bandit Yu Du who was said to have fled to 'Yizhou'.
...Obviously, this is to continue to use the navy to squeeze Sun Quan and force him to land. As for the final battle, it is still aimed at Liu Bei.
And Liu Xuande also lived up to expectations. In February of this year, when the spring plowing was barely finished, a letter from Xiangyang, written by Cui Yan, was sent directly to Ye. In comparison, Yan Gong and Gongsun
But he didn't take it seriously. He didn't make any verbal arguments. Instead, he issued a military order and directly mobilized troops from several states to respond!
For a time, the Yizhou soldiers and Liangzhou soldiers belonging to the Gongsun Yue-Tian Feng-Zhao Yun group in the direction of Yizhou activated one after another. The army was divided into two, all the way out of the Three Gorges, trying to go down the river, and all the way down the Han River from Hanzhong.
, trying to go straight to Xiangyang;
At the same time, the Xuzhou soldiers belonging to the Lu Fan-Xunyou-Handang group from the Central Plains direction and the local soldiers and horses from Lianghuai also divided into two groups, heading all the way to Deng County City, trying to join the Hanzhong direction troops and horses at the Han River
, they simply gathered all the way from the east of Tongbai Mountain (later Xinyang area) to Duansheqiu area in Suixian County, as if they were going straight to Anlu and trying to invade Jiangxia;
In addition, there is no need to say more about the Qingxu navy floating across the sea and moving southward, and the Jiaozhou soldiers and horses forcing Jingnan;
In the end, Duke Yan actually left Jia Xu, Shen Pei and other six prime ministers to guard Ye, and personally led the most elite Gao Shun tribe and Zhang Liao tribe to Luoyang to supervise Sizhou's troops and horses, and used Xu Huang and Zang Ba to advance forward.
Go to the Luyang area in the north of Nanyang for support.
In other words, the current situation is really clear-cut between strong and weak. Duke Yan can only move. He seems to be extremely restrained when he moves, but it is like a full-scale siege posture.
In fact, according to the semi-public official documents of the Yan Army, intentionally or unintentionally, there were as many as two soldiers and horses assigned to Xiangyang and Deng County in the direction of Deng County in the planned plan, that is, Xuzhou, Yizhou, Liangzhou and other places.
Eighteen battalions, more than 40 troops, a total of 40,000 people! Not to mention the total number of troops and horses in other directions and the civilians who provide logistics.
Of course, there are also some good young officials in the Ministry of War. They made rough estimates based on the documents for dispatching troops and horses from various places, and easily concluded that under the overall situation, from the navy at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the east to the troops in Bashu and Hanzhong in the west,
Although Duke Yan tried his best to restrain himself, he actually mobilized more than one million civilians, and the frontline army numbered about 150,000 to 60,000!
Of course, this number doesn't mean much at this time... Everyone's eyes moved directly to the southernmost tip of Nanyang County, that is, Xiangyang and Deng County, because the final battle in the world is likely to break out there.
In order to bring a final settlement between Yan and Han.
On the fifth day of March, Duke Yan arrived in Luoyang. Sizhou Muhan, who was making preparations here, immediately left Nanyang to serve as Lu Fan's deputy.
On the seventh day of March, Zhao Yun, deputy governor of the Western Front and champion general, led Liangzhou and Hanzhong soldiers and horses to the county in the upper reaches of Mianshui River (later known as Baihe), which was less than 400 miles away from Xiangyang.
On the tenth day of March, Grand Sima and Grand Governor Lu Fan arrived at Zhiwan City in Nanyang County from Runan, where they gathered two deputy governors, Han Dang, who was renamed Sizhou Mu, and military advisor general Xun You. The three of them immediately arrived there.
A new frontline base camp was established.
On March 11, about 20,000 people from Xu Huang and Zang Ba's tribe arrived at Luyang, the northernmost strategic point of Nanyang County.
On March 15th, two new military battalions from Luoyang, led by Sima Yi, the new captain of Henan who had made meritorious service, and Han Fu, the former captain of Luoyang Tuntian, joined forces with Chen Deng, Mi Fang, Cao Hong, Kong Xiu, Chen Qun and others from the Xuzhou direction.
The four battalions of soldiers and horses he led gathered in Xinye, totaling four battalions of combat soldiers and two battalions of auxiliary soldiers;
And by March 21, as Zhao Yun's forward Meng Da led the five battalions of Zhao Ang, Jiang Xu, Fu Qian, Han De, and Xie Zheng to Chaoyang, Deng County on the front line already had enough troops in front of him.
Eleven battalions of soldiers and horses! Among them, eight battalions of combat soldiers and three battalions of auxiliary soldiers, a total of fifteen troops and fifteen thousand soldiers!
At the same time, it is ridiculous to say that the number of soldiers and horses gathered in Xiangyang under Liu Bei's command was only seven or eight thousand... There was no way, when it was time to prepare for the decisive battle, the overall backwardness of manpower and material resources became obvious. In addition, after the battle of Guandu,
In the aftermath of the war, due to the influence of Jingzhou's previous full support for Yizhou, the four counties in Jingnan refused to provide logistics, and Nanjun seemed to be in some kind of logistics crisis.
Under this situation, the soldiers and horses from Danyang and Yuzhang counties have not arrived for a long time, and only a few generals have arrived. However, they still have to assign troops to Wenpin to defend Gongsun Yue in Yiling... Then the question arises
Now, how many soldiers do you want to have left in just one county?
But what's even more terrible is that as the power of the Yan Army's troops was once again demonstrated, some people's legs became weak again, especially in the southeast of Nanjun... More and more local wealthy families used the reason of protecting the Han Dynasty.
They refused Liu Bei's call and instead gathered in Jiangxia.
It's ridiculous to say that at this time, the Jiangxia region, Anlu, Xiling, and Shaxian had a total of 30,000 to 40,000 troops!
Liu Bei sent Cui Yan to ask for reinforcements. The young emperor, Liu Biao, and Jingze all agreed, but these people just piled up in Shaxian and refused to move.
In such a situation, it is almost conceivable that once the main force of Zhao Yun's troops arrives, or Xu Huang and Zang Ba's troops move forward to Deng County, there is no need to wait for Gongsun Yue upstream to break through the Three Gorges or Guan Yu's navy downstream to force Sun Quan to surrender, nor to wait for the Jingnan Four behind him.
The county rebels... Just the gap in military strength in front of Xiangyang City will gradually turn into a despairing gap.
The situation is such that some of the bold and convincing words really seem to be meaningless.
"Forget it, no need to wait!" On this day, at the top of Xiangyang City, the sun was setting in the west. Liu Xuande looked at the Han River in the north without saying a word for a long time. His expression did not change, but he calmly turned around and made a reasonable gesture to the Jianghan civil and military forces in front of him.
A reasonable decision. "I have made up my mind. I should take the initiative to attack while the enemy's foothold is not stable, and defeat this eleventh battalion of new recruits!"
The civil and military officials of Jiang and Han were all speechless.
On March 23, Liu Bei left only a thousand troops and horses with Lu Su to defend Xiangyang, but he personally led 7,000 troops across the Han River and out of Deng County.
As soon as his troops crossed the river, Lu Fan, who had the absolute advantage of sentries and cavalry, did not dare to neglect. He personally led about 10,000 local Nanyang soldiers gathered in Wancheng to go south, and asked Sima Yi, Meng Da and other generals to leave immediately...
The Yan army combined nearly 25,000 troops, and then immediately rushed forward along both sides of the water with a force advantage of nearly four times.
After Liu Bei learned the news, he was not afraid at all, but continued to divide a thousand troops to defend Deng County with Mi Zhu. Then, with Zhang Fei as the vanguard and Li Tong as the rear, he led only 6,000 troops to head north along the water.
At this time, the news reached Luyang, and Xu Huang and Zang Ba, who had already received the order, immediately raised their troops and headed south, but headed towards Suixian County.
I am the dividing line without troops or horses
"Chen Song's case is powerful and kind, courageous and righteous, generous and broad-minded, so he can win people, and he has the attitude of a hero. However, the first is to judge things with emotion, and the relationship between life and death is broad; the second is that it is difficult to determine
There is no distinction between priorities and priorities. When an envoy lives in China, he can disturb people but cannot rule them. If he takes advantage of the opportunity to guard the danger, he is enough to be the master of one party. When he met Taizu, he was slow but slow, and finally became a knight-errant in Yan land, but he did not succeed.
The Weapons of the Great Ancestor." "Dian Lue". Yan. Pei Song's Notes
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