Chapter 912 Wang Xuan? I have never heard of this person at all!
Recently, Wang Xuan did not give orders to the army, but temporarily let the army camp here for repairs. On the one hand, he was to take care of the Goguryeo slaves, but more importantly, he was waiting for intelligence personnel to collect the complete situation of Liaodong County.
I didn't pay much attention to the situation here before, but when I arrived at the end of the field, I realized that the situation here was a bit complicated.
I originally thought that everything east of the Wuhuan people was occupied by the Goguryeo people, but suddenly I discovered that there were really no Han people here.
At present, the nominal governor of Liaodong County is called Gongsun Du. In 190, on the recommendation of Xu Rong, Dong Zhuo appointed Gongsun Du as the governor. This Gongsun Du was indeed a talented person. After he took office, he implemented severe punishments and cracked down on the clan.
With his power, the envoys had administrative power, and their wings gradually grew. When Dong Zhuo's rebellion broke out, Gongsun Du took the opportunity to continue his expedition to Goguryeo in the east, Wuhuan in the west, and the Liaodong Peninsula in the south. Later, he established himself as Marquis of Liaodong and Mu of Pingzhou.
In other words, Wang Xuan is now on the territory of Liaodong Marquis!
Although this Liaodong Marquis makes Wang Xuan feel ridiculous, Wang Xuan is too lazy to spend his experience on his 'own people' unless necessary. Of course, the premise is that Gongsun Du is aware of current affairs. After all, in Wang Xuan's plan, Liaodong County and
Xuantu County is the future steel base and important grain producing area. Even Gongsun Bogui is not qualified to occupy it, let alone the bullshit Gongsun Du.
Half a month later, detailed information about the entire Liaodong Peninsula and even Xuantu County fell on Wang Xuan's desk. After a brief look, Wang Xuan was a little happy.
In the past few years, the chaos in the Central Plains has caused many people to go to sea from Donglai County, Qingzhou, and cross the sea along the Miaodao Island chain to seek refuge in Liaodong. This unexpectedly increased the population of the Liaodong Peninsula out of thin air. After investigation by intelligence personnel, a large number of people who came eastward were found
The population opened up land and built villages and forts. Although there were no cities in the Liaodong Peninsula, the population was actually quite large. According to a rough estimate, the population was no less than 500,000. This was indeed beyond Wang Xuan's expectation.
In fact, the reason why there is such a large population is not all those who came eastward in recent years. Most of them are people from Qingzhou who came eastward to avoid taxes for many years. Some of them have lived here for two or three generations.
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There are unexpectedly many people, which is a good thing and makes developing Liaodong much easier, but there are also many disadvantages.
This area has always been harassed by the Goguryeo people. The population has not increased over the years. Everyone has built many forts to defend themselves. Without large-scale gatherings, there is no development prospect. At the same time, it is too scattered and difficult to manage. The powerful clan thieves
He is the overlord of this place.
As a powerful man and a clan leader, he conquered a piece of land with blood and struggled to survive under the attack of the Goguryeo people. He did not rely on the strength of the Han Dynasty. Now he wants to dismantle the Wubao, live in the city, and pay taxes.
This really doesn't make sense.
However, is Wang Xuan a reasonable person?
Putting aside these problems, Wang Xuan looked at Gongsun Du's intelligence. According to the intelligence, Gongsun Du was already in his forties. His main control area was Xiangping, Liaodong County, Liaoduan City at the intersection of the Liao River and the Pseudo River.
To the west are Xinchang, the Second City of Anshi, and the Liaoyang City of Xuantu County. The five major cities have a population of about 200,000, and nearly 10,000 cavalry under their command.
After closing the information in his hand, Wang Xuan already had a plan. He wrote a letter and stamped it with his seal. He called his soldiers over and said, "Send it to Gongsun Du."
The content of the letter was very simple. Wang Xuan politely gave Gongsun Zan two options, either surrender voluntarily and keep him rich, or he could continue westward with his subordinates who were willing to follow him to compete for territory with the Goguryeo people. If he won,
Wang Xuan also protected him as a prince.
In Wang Xuan's opinion, the two conditions were already very favorable, but he didn't know what Gongsun Du wanted to do.
In the Xiangping City, in the Liaodong Marquis Mansion, Gongsun Du's face gradually turned dark as he looked at the letter in his hand, and then he threw the letter away and sneered again and again, "What kind of King of Han, what kind of national teacher, a mere unknown person is ridiculous, there are no heroes in the world."
Zhuzi became famous and even asked Gu to surrender. How dare you speak so brazenly!"
He didn't bother to look at the messenger who was delivering the message. Being disturbed by someone so early in the morning, Gongsun Du got up and walked away. Only a voice came from the distance, "Behead the man and send his head to the people entrenched at the mouth of Liaohe River."
Go back and tell them to get out quickly, otherwise, no one will be left alive after the army is wiped out!"
The soldiers who saw off the bride were all stunned. They stared at Gongsun Du's back disappearing around the corner with wide eyes and disbelief. Damn it, you would kill yourself under any circumstances. You are crazy!
For many years, although he was just a private soldier, he always represented Wang Xuan's face when he went out. He would not greet the guests politely when he saw him, but who the hell would have thought that delivering a letter in this deserted land would require someone to do so?
Throw your life away!
Heaven is unpredictable, luck dictates, and the mood is complicated, including surprise, fear, resentment, and ridicule. In the end, it turned into a touch of determination. Wang Xuan could not lose face no matter what. He gritted his teeth and said loudly: "A certain family died without regrets."
, the Imperial Master will send your whole family to be buried with me!"
Haha, Gongsun Du from far away smiled coldly when he heard the shouting and didn't take it to heart at all.
Wang Xuan? I have never heard of this person at all!
Liu Bei? He is just a minor official under Gongsun Zan. I heard that two sworn brothers have some bravery, but so what, they are not worth tens of thousands of cavalry!
This is a geographical restriction. Gongsundu is separated from the Central Plains by a Wuhuan people, and all contact is almost cut off. The news lags behind, which is worse than that of the Wuhuan people. At least the Wuhuan people are still connected with the Youji clan, and Gongsundu
, not even a chance to collude.
When it comes to cavalry, he is quite proud of it. There are iron mines in Xiangping, which are convenient for cutting and logging. In the past few years, he has been smelting heavily. Not only did he replace the best weapons for his cavalry, but he also made fish scale armor for the cavalry, which is made of leather.
The surface of the armor is covered with a layer of scales, which provides excellent defense against bows, arrows or scimitars. Since then, he has won many battles with Goguryeo without losing a single one.
Recently, he has set his sights on Xuantu County and is preparing to launch an attack before winter. If he can capture all five counties of Xuantu County, his strength can be doubled.
There was no way around it. He didn't have the ability to build a city on his own, so he could only plot the city built here by the Yan State during the Warring States Period.
Regardless of whether the city was a bit old, it didn't matter. Repairing it was better than having no city at all. As for the population, he didn't worry about it. At worst, he could cross the sea to Qingxu and plunder some.
Nowadays, there is a war in the Central Plains. Those people are lucky to be captured by him. It is better than falling into the war and being precarious. Gongsun Du walked towards the inner house while thinking about his thoughts.
As for the little episode just now, he had already forgotten it. In Gongsun Du's eyes, it was just a farce. How could it delay him from considering the important matter of military affairs.