After killing Song Jian, Chen Cheng ordered each county to reduce the number of county soldiers, and each county was required to provide a thousand elite soldiers and horses to Yinchuan for the state pastorate to drive, which was called "previous service". These soldiers needed various services.
The county provided horses, armor, weapons, grain and other materials, but had to obey the command of the Ministry of War.
In addition to the soldiers who were originally laid off for farming, there is no shortage of soldiers and horses near Yinchuan. Even if they are attacked by Guanzhong and Bingzhou, they can still handle it. Jia Xu, Yan Zhong, and Chen Cheng discussed for a long time,
I feel that Dong Zhuo's army may not really invade, but we cannot relax the defense of Wuyuan and Shangjun just because of this.
If Dong Zhuo's army enters Shangjun, Xu Rong should act accordingly, stand if he can fight, and leave if he can't. He should not restrain the frontline generals for political reasons. But there is still a general direction, which is to protect the country and the people.
For the main purpose, you can counterattack, but you cannot go deep into the enemy's territory.
The next day, Chen Cheng held an enlarged meeting in the office. Under the heavy blockade of the Forbidden Army and the tooth soldiers, the outside world could not know what the people inside were talking about. All they knew was that Yang Qiu looked good and energetic after he came out.
It seemed like he was about to sing.
However, "Yinchuan Daily" didn't mention this at all, but Wu Chengen added an extra chapter to "Journey to the West", which made people inside and outside the city enjoy it. Some people also want to know who Wu Chengen is and where he lives.
, well go ahead and spend more money to get him to add a few more chapters.
It only takes three or four days to update a chapter. Is this a joke? You know, even someone as lazy as "Feng Xi" updates at least twice a day! Although the monkeys in "Journey to the West" are very funny.
The Prefecture Mufu then issued an edict, ordering the prefects of each county to count the household registrations and the number of troops in the county after the autumn harvest, and to count the amount of cultivated land. This was originally the official job, but Liangzhou was previously divided, and the princes
Attacking each other, except for fighting, is a fool's errand. Now that Liangzhou has been decided, it is naturally time to start things again.
After Lu Bu of Chang'an made a plan to attack Liangzhou with Dong Zhuo, he also began to hoard food and expand the army. In his imagination, the entire Guanzhong was now in his own hands, and asking for food and troops was not a matter of course.
What's the matter? In the past, Ding Yuan's headquarters only had 30,000 troops. After several battles, the number of troops increased to 100,000. This was because he could recruit troops and rations in Guanzhong.
But the facts proved that his thinking was too simple. When Ding Yuan was here, he spent countless efforts to get money, food, troops and horses from Gai Xun. Now that Ding Yuan and Gai Xun are dead, the original bureaucrats
Although the system is still functioning, its efficiency is completely different from before.
"What? Not even a hundred thousand stones of food and grass?"
Lu Bu laughed angrily, "In previous years, there were millions of shi of food in Guanzhong, but this year there is not even 100,000 shi? Do you think that the sword in the hands of a certain family is bad?"
The kneeling official below was shaking all over and said with a mournful face: "General, we are not to blame for this! The counties below are unwilling to hand over the food, so where can we get it?"
"Who are the ones who are unwilling to hand over the grain?" Lu Bu said with a smile: "When a certain family was in Hedong, they often encountered unruly people who were unwilling to hand over the grain. I didn't expect that now there are even people in Guanzhong!"
"Chen Cang Duan Xu..."
The clerk kneeling on the ground mentioned several names in succession, all of which were powerful figures from Guanzhong who supported the separatist regime. After the uprising in Chang'an, these powerful figures did not openly oppose Lu Bu, but withheld all the taxes that were supposed to be paid.
, put it into his pocket.
Most of the soldiers and horses under Lu Bu's command are from Guanzhong. In the past few days, many people have fled back to their hometowns either spontaneously or under the influence of people with ulterior motives. Those deserters have also been gathered by powerful people from all over the country.
It became an armed force in their own hands.
In Lu Bu's view, he relied on his courage and audacity to seize the golden opportunity and complete his magnificent transformation from "general" to "prince". But in the eyes of the management and powerful people in Guanzhong, Lu Bu was just a mere
They pushed out the monkeys against the imperial court.
Since you are a monkey, just stay in the palace in Chang'an and eat and drink. Why do you care about so many things? We will naturally take care of the big things outside.
The two sides have different cognitions, and the conflict between outsiders and local powerful people is getting bigger and bigger. Each has its own reasons, and neither gives in to the other. It is easier to give in now, but the loss will be countless money and food. Previously, they fully supported Lu Bu.
That's because the imperial conquest army is right in front of you.
Now that the imperial army is finished, Liangzhou in the west and Bingzhou in the east have been defeated by the Guanzhong Army several times in a row, and most of them will not dare to come again. Once the foreign enemies are gone, internal fighting will naturally become the mainstream. The atmosphere in Guanzhong
The situation became more and more tense, and in the end, except for some places near Chang'an that were directly occupied by Lu Bu, most places in Sanfu came to oppose him.
The 60,000-strong army under his command also shrunk rapidly. Most of the soldiers and horses under Huangfu Song defected to Duan Xuan, and the rest fled back home, dragging their weapons. Only Ding Yuan's old troops were affected by the geographical location.
and other reasons, united around Lu Bu. Then, the opposition caused friction, and the friction quickly escalated, turning into a chaotic war that swept through the three assistants.
Dong Zhuo of Bingzhou gathered grain, grass and troops in Xihe County, recruited many Huns cavalry from the local area, and prepared to cross the Yellow River to the west. Who knew that Lu Bu actually started a fight with the powerful men in Guanzhong?
Dong Zhuo didn't expect Lu Bu to be able to play such a good hand of cards like this, and Li Ru didn't expect it either. If we had known that Lu Bu was such a waste, what plan would we have had? Couldn't we just go and fight him to grab Chang'an?
At the beginning, before the two sides turned against each other, Lu Bu was like a moth trapped in a spider web. No matter how hard he tried, he could not break free from all the constraints. But when the fight started, Lu Bu quickly showed extraordinary performance.
of combat effectiveness.
When all three assistants rebelled, he defended the city of Chang'an with Gao Shun, then personally led his troops to open the road to Tongguan, joined forces with Zhang Liao's troops stationed in Tongguan, and then led his troops north to capture Zuofeng
Part of Yi's city. Every time a city was captured, Lu Bu's soldiers and horses would plunder and kill the officials and soldiers guarding the city.
For the heavily resisted machine base city, massacre was adopted. Lu Bu's army seized the food of the powerful and common people everywhere, then mixed the prisoners with the strong men who had been forcibly recruited, and drove them to attack the next place.
.Relying on this barbaric method, within ten days, Lu Bu pacified most of the areas in Jing Zhaoyin and Zuo Fengyi.
When Lu Bu led his troops to the expedition, Chencang guard Duan Xuan gathered more than 30,000 troops from Fufeng County and rushed along the Wei River to attack Chang'an. They followed the same route Huangfu Song used to march into Chang'an. That time, Huangfu Song and Gai Xun
Together, they easily killed Ding Yuan. So this time I want to follow the same example and repeat the last victory.
Unfortunately, Duan Xuan was not Huangfu Song. He led an army of 30,000 people to attack Chang'an, but was defeated by Zhang Liao with thousands of cavalry. He lost 20 to 30% of his soldiers and had no choice but to retreat to Fufeng. If not for Zhang Liao's hands
With too few troops, we might take advantage of the situation and seize Fufeng.
When Lü Bu defeated Feng Yi and was about to turn around and kill Duan Xuan and others, Dong Zhuo finally led his troops back to Hedong County from Xihe County, crossed the Yellow River for the third time, and entered Guanzhong. The cities that had originally surrendered to Lü Bu began to surrender.
He changed his banner and joined Dong Zhuo's command.
In their opinion, Dong Zhuo is very hateful, but Lü Bu is even more hateful. No matter how bad Dong Zhuo is, he can't be worse than Lü Bu, right? But Dong Zhuo is just that bad...
When they heard about the chaos in Guanzhong, Chen Cheng, Yan Zhong and others were speechless. They had made so many preparations, just to fight Huangfu Song. But before they could exert any force, Huangfu Song's army had been transferred to Luoyang and placed under house arrest.
Get up. Then they prepared to deal with Lu Bu with all their strength, and then Lu Bu started fighting with the powerful people in Guanzhong.
What is all this? Is it possible that there is no one who can fight these days?
Of course there are still those who can fight. Gongsun Zan in Youzhou and Sun Wentai in the Central Plains have repeatedly defeated many with less. Among them, Sun Jian fought against the elite troops under He Jin's command, and only wiped out tens of thousands of people. Gongsun Zan fought against the remnants of the Yellow Turbans.
And bandits from all over the country, that's awesome, they have wiped out 300,000 to 400,000 people.
After Duan Yan defeated Chang'an, he was afraid that Lu Bu would lead his troops to attack, and originally wanted to surrender with his troops. However, there were many Guanzhong people under his command who had fled from Lu Bu's rule. Some of these people had their whole families killed by Lu Bu, and they were with Lu Bu.
The army had a deep hatred; some of their relatives and friends had died at the hands of Lu Bu's army. Naturally, they were unwilling to surrender to their enemies, so they said to Duan Xuan, "Instead of surrendering to Lu Bu, it is better to surrender to Liangzhou Shijun Chen!"
Duan Yan shook his head to express his objection and said: "We are soldiers of the imperial court, how can we surrender to the Xiliang thieves?"
Someone nearby sneered and said: "Now Chen Shijun is the shepherd of Liangzhou conferred by the imperial court, but Lu Bu is the self-proclaimed general of the Western Conquest. Who is the officer and soldier, and who is the traitor?"
These words were like lightning, splitting the fog in Duan Xuan's mind, allowing him to see a completely different world than before. The Xiliang thieves became officers and soldiers, but the officers and soldiers became traitors. This world is different from before.
Completely different!
He asked the generals in the army again. Most of them did not agree to surrender to Lu Bu, but they were not willing to surrender to the Xiliang people. They just wanted to maintain their current independent status. So Duan Xuan wrote to both Yan Zhong and Chen Cheng.
A letter expressed his willingness to surrender, but he wanted to ensure that their current territory and troops were not infringed.
Holding the letter, Yan Zhong couldn't help but sigh. He said to Chen Cheng: "When Lu Bu occupied Guanzhong, I was still a little angry."
"Oh? There is such a thing? Why haven't you heard Bo Dao talk about it?"
Yan Zhong laughed at himself: "We worked hard and took so long to get Liangzhou. But Lu Bu did nothing and got Guanzhong in one fell swoop. The population of Guanzhong is three times that of Liangzhou."
, the wealth is more than five times greater. I am not as broad-minded as the king, so naturally I will be a little unhappy."
"what about now?"
"Now, of course, there is nothing left." Yan Zhong laughed and said, "Although God has handed Guanzhong into Lu Bu's hands, he does not have enough courage, and it is useless to give him the opportunity. He is just for the king.
