When all the counselors and officials in the hall saw Yuan Shu's appearance, they all couldn't laugh or cry.
Although this lord had the potential to be funny, he was also a little cute.
Yang Hong smiled and said: "My lord, we sent troops to attack Liu Bei and seize Xuzhou not because Liu Cheng was using us, but because we happened to coincide with each other.
We were just about to take a nap, and Liu Cheng brought us pillows.
Isn't this wonderful?
Besides, as long as there are benefits, why should the lord care about it?
Are you being used by others?
My lord, if a person can be used by others, it means that this person still has some use in this matter.
Rather than saying that Liu Cheng is using the lord, it is better to say that the lord is also using Liu Cheng.
Let's and Liu Cheng Both parties take advantage of each other, and no one suffers."
"Hiss, what you said makes some sense."
Yuan Shu's brows relaxed, but he was a little worried: "He joined us in sending troops to attack Liu Bei.
In the end, Liu Cheng didn't admit that this matter was allowed by the court and regretted it. what to do" Yang Hong said: "My lord, you can rest assured.
This matter is part of the deal.
Liu Cheng will never regret it in a short time.
As long as we capture Xuzhou as soon as possible and achieve de facto occupation, the imperial court will have nothing to do with us.
As for Liu Bei, if you can kill, kill him; if you can't, just drive him away."
Yuan Shu said happily: "If that's the case, then order the preparation of food and fodder and send troops to attack Liu Bei on a certain day."
A few days later, after the troops and horses were assembled and the food and fodder were prepared, Yuan Shu personally led 50,000 troops from Shouchun to the north to attack Xuzhou.
He was known as an army of 100,000 people.
Along the way, the banners covered the clouds and the sun.
It was so spectacular.
Liu Bei, who was in Xiapi, was shocked when he received the report that Yuan Shu led his troops across the border and attacked Huailing.
He immediately appointed Guan Yu to lead an army of 15,000 to fight against Yuan Shu.
These 15,000 troops and horses were already all that Xiapi could muster.
Soldiers and horses.
After Guan Yu led his army to set off, Liu Bei immediately recruited soldiers and horses from several other counties, intending to go south to reinforce Guan Yu at any time.
Yuan Shu thought that this battle was a sure thing, but he didn't expect that Guan Yu, who had read half of the Spring and Autumn Period, was still somewhat capable.
His 50,000-strong army did not gain any advantage in front of Guan Yu.
At Yang Hong's suggestion, Yuan Shu divided his forces, with half of his forces confronting Guan Yu and the other half led by his general Zhang Xun to attack Pengcheng from Pei State, directly threatening the safety of Xiapi.
Liu Bei had no choice but to leave Zhang Fei and 3,000 men to guard Xiapi, while he led 10,000 newly mobilized troops to fight Zhang Xun.
Both sides had neither powerful advisers nor generals who were good at arranging troops.
The battle was turned into a state of anxiety by them, and no one could do anything about the other.
It was not until two or three months later that Liu Bei and Yuan Shu felt that there would be no progress in the war for the time being, so they both secretly slipped back.
The princes of the world will beat you today, and you will beat me tomorrow.
They are all fighting fiercely.
Sometimes they stop beating, and after a while they start fighting again.
After Sun Ce got the court's understanding, the crisis of destruction was finally lifted, but because he wanted to ask Yuan Shu to send troops to contain Liu Yao, he gave up Lujiang County.
Yuan Shu was not polite and directly sent his subordinate Liu Xun to lead troops to take over Lujiang County. , and appointed Liu Xun as the governor of Lujiang, and soon drove out all Sun Ce's forces.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were still frightened, and after receiving the warning from the court, they did not dare to take any big actions for the time being.
However, they continued to make small moves in private, and the battle with Liu Yao never stopped.
The fight was lively in the South and never stopped in the North.
Since Liu Yu, the former shepherd of Youzhou, was killed by Gongsun Zan, his old subordinates have never given up seeking revenge against Gongsun Zan.
Among them, Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, and Xian Yuyin, the captain of cavalry, allied with Yuan Shao.
They used Yuan Shao to support With the aid of money, he mobilized soldiers and horses along the northern border, and gathered tens of thousands of Han and Hu soldiers.
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They led their troops to fight with Zou Dan, the prefect of Yuyang under Gongsun Zan, in the north of the Lu River.
Gongsun Zan's army was defeated, and Zou Dan was also beheaded. .
After King Wu Wanqiao got the news that Gongsun Zan had been defeated, he also led more than 7,000 Hu soldiers from his headquarters to help out.
General Qu Yi sent by Yuan Shao was the commander of this army.
Under his command, Gongsun Zan was defeated.
They retreated steadily and were defeated in repeated battles, so they had no choice but to flee back to Yijing and stick to it, ordering soldiers and horses to work in the fields to accumulate money and food.
The armies of both sides faced off for more than a year.
Quyi's army ran out of supplies and had no choice but to retreat.
However, Gongsun Zan seized the opportunity to pursue him.
Quyi's army was overtaken and defeated by Gongsun Zan's Baima Yi cavalry.
They lost all their supplies and their baggage.
All were captured by Gongsun Zan.
In order to prevent Yuan Shao's army from counterattack, Gongsun Zan sent people to dig a large number of trenches along the Yi River, piled up mounds of earth five to six feet high in the middle of the many trenches, and built a camp on the mound.
He and his wife and concubines lived at the highest point of the camp. , no men are allowed inside.
Chang'an, Da Sima Mansion.
Liu Cheng received the news from the north.
After listening to Guo Jia's report, he sighed: "Gongsun Zan has lost his spirit, otherwise he would definitely not build a strong fortress and stand in it.
Once a person loses his spirit, it will be difficult to If you have the intention to enter again, defeat will be a matter of time."
Guo Jia cupped his hands and said: "My lord, I feel that the next step for the imperial court should be to deal with Xianbei and Wuwan in the east."
Liu Cheng stood up, his eyes brightening, "Yes, the opportunity has come to solve Karasuma and Dongfang Xianbei.
What is the current situation of Dongfang Xianbei and Karasuma?"
Guo Jia cupped his hands and said: "After the leader of the Eastern Xianbei, Ke Bineng, and all his men were killed by the lord, the power has been controlled by a man named Su Li.
He occupies a vast territory, but the population is not large, and the people who control the strings are about Between 20,000 and 30,000” "Three years ago, King Qiu Liju of Karasuma died of illness.
His son Lou Ban was still young and could not control the tribe, so he left a will to let his nephew Tadun assist Lou Ban in commanding the various tribes of Karasuma.
Now there are three kings outside Karasuma.
Each tribe has its own king: King Karasuma who lives in Liaodong is Subumaru; The King of Karasuma in Youbeiping is Wuyan; the King of Karasuma who lives in Shanggu County is Nanlou; the leader of Liaoxi County is Tadun.
The chief of the Karasuma tribe of Liaoxi County, Tadun, takes the photo of the Three Kings.
According to calculations, the Karasuma tribe of several counties The total number of combatable soldiers is fifty or sixty thousand, and they are all cavalry who are good at riding and shooting."
Liu Cheng thought for a while and said: "The strength of Karasuma is still too great.
Although the imperial court now has more than 100,000 troops, they cannot all be sent out to fight Karasuma.
The people's appetite cannot be too big.
Let's solve the problem of Xianbei in the east."
Guo Jia cupped his hands and said: "My lord is wise."
Liu Cheng immediately shouted: "Come here, find Shi Guangyuan" Shi Guangyuan quickly rushed to Da Sima Mansion after receiving the notice.
"The subordinates pay homage to the lord" Although Shi Guangyuan was a minister of the imperial court, he still called Liu the lord.
Liu Cheng asked: "Guangyuan, it's September now, and the autumn harvest is about to begin.
How much tax do you estimate the court will receive this year?"
Shi Guangyuan cupped his hands and said: "This year is a good harvest year, and the cultivated land area has expanded a lot.
According to the estimates of my subordinates, there are six million dendrobium."
Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Put it aside for a moment and urge all counties to collect taxes as soon as possible.
The grain and grass from Bingzhou and Hedong will be transported directly to Yanmen County.
This must be completed before the end of the year and heavy troops will be sent to guard it.
Remember.
Stay, don’t leak the news.”
Shi Guangyuan was shocked and transported all the grain and grass taxes of the state to Yanmen County.
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This was to prepare for the war, whether to fight Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, or march into the grassland.
"Yes, I obey my orders."
After Shi Guangyuan left, Liu Cheng asked: "How is Su Li?"
Guo Jia replied: "According to the information collected by the spies, Suli is not as good as Kebineng in talent and courage.
Now Wuwan is more powerful.
Suli took over the eastern Xianbei after Kebineng, but surrendered to Wuwan."
At this time, Chen Qun walked in quickly and reported: "My lord, the patrol cavalry of the Yang Ding tribe stationed north of Yinshan Mountain discovered the traces of Tuoba Jiefen's eldest son Bald Pigu.
According to the news, they first hid in Tanshihuai Station.
The Xianbei people gradually dispersed after Tanshihuai's death.
No one expected that they would hide and patrol the cavalry there.
After discovering them, Bald Pi Gu led people to hunt them down.
There were eleven people in the patrol, but only two escaped.
The others were all killed.
By the time Yang Ding led his army to rush over, Bald Pi Gu had already been lost there.
Based on the traces they left behind when they fled, Yang Ding concluded that Bald Pigu probably took his tribe and fled into the territory of the Xianbei people in the east."
After hearing this, Liu Cheng stood up and pondered.
This might be a good excuse.
He turned around and asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, do you think that if the imperial court sends an envoy to Xianbei in the east to see Suli, ask him to hand over the bald boy?
, do you think he will hand it over?"
Guo Jia cupped his hands and said: "Lord, it's hard to say.
Suli may be worried that I will send troops to attack him and hand over the bald man; but it is also possible that he will blame the Karasuma people for the matter.
After all, They are now attached to Karasuma and let our messenger Go to Karasuma to ask for an explanation.
If Suri directly handed over the bald boy to our court, it would be difficult for the court to handle it.
It would not work if he wanted to use this as an excuse to attack Suri.
If he pushed the matter to the Karasuma people But something good happened to him, so we used this as an excuse to send troops to attack him."
Liu Cheng thought for a moment and said: "If a bald-haired Pigu can't do it, let Suli hand over all the bald-haired Pigu and the tribe he brought.
If he doesn't hand over, the imperial court will use this as an excuse to send troops to attack.
I'm afraid He must be reluctant to part with it, do you know how many people the bald-haired Pigu brought with him?"
"The specific number is not clear, but the information sent by Yang Ding shows that the patrol cavalry estimated their livestock to be more than 100,000 cattle and sheep, and 20,000 to 30,000 horses.
My subordinates estimated that there should be 10,000 to 20,000 people, but There should be four to five thousand soldiers in the war."
Liu Cheng immediately said: "That's enough.
With so many troops, plus women, children and children, Su Li is absolutely reluctant to leave it to our court.
As long as he refuses, the court will use this as an excuse to send troops":