Chapter 781: Besieging Runan
Runan County is adjacent to Chen State, and if Runan County is defeated, you can indirectly control Chen State.
And Runan County is no stranger to Liu Zheng.
In his early years, Liu Zheng first raised troops in the Three Kingdoms, and when he led a group of Yellow Turban remnants to fight against the imperial court, he was in the Runan region.
Moreover, he stayed in the Runan area for more than half a year, and he was quite familiar with the Runan area.
Now that he has returned to Runan again, after eight years, he has a different identity.
"Your Majesty, what are we going to do next?"
After leading the soldiers and horses to the Runan territory, Xu Huang inquired about Liu Zheng's intentions.
"Gongming (Xu Huang biaozi), our purpose is not to occupy Runan, but to take over Runan, you let Pei Yuanshao divide a part of the men and horses, and go directly to attack Xincai County, Xincai County borders Jiangxia territory, as long as we control Xincai, then we can directly attack Jiangxia, you follow me, go to Runan, and defeat Runan."
Liu Zheng's occupation of Runan actually wanted to directly divert to Chen State to avoid being besieged in Runan.
And the idea of going to Chen Guo is mainly this captive under him, Chen Wang Liu Pet.
Liu Zheng once sent a lot of Jinyi guards to the vicinity of Chen Guo to inquire about the news.
Although Chen Wang Liu Chong was captured by Liu Zheng, Chen Guo did not disappear because of this, and Chen Guoguo's prime minister Luo Jun is still there, and Chen Guo is managed well.
Luo Jun has been trying to find a way to rescue Liu Pet, but Liu Pet was very strictly guarded by Liu Zheng, and Luo Jun had no chance to rescue Liu Pet, and even sent a messenger to find Liu Zheng directly, wanting to ask Liu Zheng if he was willing to release Liu Pet.
Liu Zheng met with the envoy sent by Luo Jun, but the two sides did not negotiate.
Liu Zheng wants to annex Chen Guo, and Luo Jun only wants to pay some monetary price, which naturally has no way to negotiate, but this is not in a hurry for Liu Zheng.
After all, he holds Liu Chong's life in his hands, and Liu Zheng is not afraid that Liu Chong will not give in.
Before he came to Yuzhou, he had already talked to Liu Pet about these things in private.
Liu Pet has been imprisoned under Liu Zheng for so long, and his own sharpness has been wiped out.
Now when Liu Zheng asked him if he was willing to surrender, Liu Chong didn't think much about it, so he chose to surrender.
When Liu Chong was young, it happened that Liu Zheng commanded the Yellow Turban Army in Runan and fought against the imperial court.
Later, as Liu Pet grew up, Liu Zheng remained unchanged in his heart, knowing that Liu Pet was captured by Liu Zheng.
At the beginning, Liu Chong was reluctant to surrender to Liu Zheng, because Liu Zheng was a thief and a rebel against the imperial court.
But later, after Liu Zheng became the emperor, he actually used the name and name of the Han Dynasty, which means different things for royal descendants like Liu Chong.
Following the national name of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhengda's name is to inherit the fortune of heaven and succeed the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Zheng's surname is Liu, and it is understandable to do so, although some people will think that Liu Zheng's position is not right, but referring to the experience of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu as the emperor, it is also similar to Liu Zheng.
Therefore, in the eyes of some people, Liu Zheng is the emperor, and in the name of inheriting the Han family, he has washed away his reputation as an anti-thief.
A descendant of the Han family like Liu Chong doesn't have so much resentment towards Liu Zheng.
When he learned that Liu Zheng would not kill himself, Liu Chong naturally surrendered.
And Liu Zhengzai knew that Liu Chong had surrendered, and he also canonized Liu Chong as the king of Chen, and the fief was still Chen Guo, and Liu Chong was crowned with the rank of colonel.
Liu Pet was flattered.
You must know that Liu Chong was just a King Chen in the previous court, and besides, these princes and kings were usually not treated by the court.
Because the emperor had some jealousy of the princes and kings, and was afraid of the rebellion of the princes and kings, the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in the Western Han Dynasty was the rebellion of the princes everywhere, so the later princes and kings no longer had actual military power.
The reason why King Chen and Liu Chong have some people is that they are all in the late Han Dynasty, and the royal family of the imperial court has declined, so they can't care about him here.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Chen Wang and Liu Pet to have so many people.
After Liu Chong surrendered, Liu Zheng hoped that Liu Chong would return to Chen, take over the soldiers and horses of the current Chen State, and unite Liu Zheng's men and horses to occupy Yuzhou together, and then rush to Yuzhou and attack Jingzhou.
In this way, Liu Zheng could easily rush to the south and east, encircle Jingzhou in two directions, and defeat Liu Biao and Ding Yuan's men and horses in one fell swoop.
After Runan was defeated by Zhang Liao's people, this place was taken over by Zhang Liao's people, but the imperial court had not sent Taishou over, and the people who took over here were Liu Biao's people.
Although Liu Biao is known as Jingzhou Mu, because most of Jingzhou has been occupied by Liu Zheng, he, the Jingzhou Mu, only exists in name only.
Among the nine counties of Jingxiang, he Liu Biao only occupies one southern county and most of Jiangxia County.
Later, after Zhang Liao led people to conquer Nanyang, Runan, Yingchuan and other places, Liu Biao sent his staff and took the opportunity to take over these counties.
It is precisely because of the territory and population of these counties that Liu Biao has reluctantly restored his strength.
But in the same way, Liu Biao recruited too many soldiers in these counties, which aroused the resentment of many local people.
Many people who criticized were suppressed by Liu Biao's subordinates.
The Taishou who was in charge of the Runan region was called Kuara.
Kuai Liang is the first staff member under Liu Biao, and he is also the most important one.
He set the political direction for Liu Biao to appease Jing Chu, and he was praised by Liu Biao as "the theory of Yongji". After that, Kuai Liang was promoted to the main book by Liu Biao, and it is conceivable that his status is high.
However, later, after Liu Biao was defeated by Liu Zheng, Liu Biao's territory was seriously reduced, and while Zhang Liao took some of the territory in Yuzhou, Kuai Liang suggested to Liu Biao to quickly take these territories that originally belonged to Yuan Shu in Yuzhou.
This strengthened Liu Biao and made Kuai Liang also the master of the deeds in Yuzhou.
When Liu Zheng led the cavalry and galloped under the city of Runan, Kuailiang's men and horses had not yet received the news, and when the cavalry surrounded Runan City, Kuailiang was not lightly frightened, and hurriedly ran out and stood on the city tower to observe who these besieging people were.
Kuai Liang never thought that this Runan City would be surrounded by people.
"Who are the people under the city, and why are you besieging me Runan?"
Liu Zheng's cavalry did not carry the banner, so Kuai Liang on the city tower could not identify these horses through the banner, who they belonged to.
Unable to see who was besieging the city, Kuai Liang could only ask.