Looking at the pacification of the Juchun Rebellion from the perspective of Liu Yu and Liu Bei, the scope of vision will inevitably be limited, so that people have an illusion:

It was Liu Yu who took all the resources of Youzhou and resisted Zhang Chun. Relying on Liu Yu's more than 20,000 horses, plus a few thousand of Gongsun Zhan's people, there are only 30,000 in total, and it is too miserable to fight more than 100,000 rebels.

But in fact, it's not just Youzhou who is contributing. Nominally, Zhang Ju is against the entire Han Dynasty, and the affected Qingji Youyan should contribute.

Historically, Yuan Shao later occupied Hebei, and the main source of troops was Jizhou, which had a large population and rich money and grain. Even in peacetime, the size of the standing army nominally controlled by Jia Cong was 30,000 or 40,000, which was more than enough to deal with Zhang Ju.

It's just that the Hebei Plain is too suitable for pure cavalry troops to maneuver and wander, and the cavalry of the Jizhou Standing Army is only 5,000, so it can't catch up.

Now, Zhang Ju has been trapped at the mouth of the Jiehe River for ten days, losing his mobility, as if he has been slowly surrounded by the slow-moving Jizhou army. Just to preserve his strength, Jia Cong has been hesitating whether to make a move.

Until Li Su's strategy of attacking the heart and luring the enemy worked.

All of a sudden, rumors flew in the Jizhou army in Hejian and Nanpi:

"Did you hear that? The money, grain, and property plundered by Zhang Ju in Bohai County are worth as much as 500 million yuan! Jia Tingshi also secretly ordered, as long as he attacked immediately, half of the captured property would be handed over to the imperial court, and half would belong to the troops who killed the thieves in the battle and distributed it by themselves! ”

"Wouldn't it? Zhang Ju has been wandering in Bohai County for more than ten days, and he was able to loot 500 million? ”

"How could it not be? If you think about it, 500 million yuan is not much, and now a piece of refined wheat costs 300 yuan, and a piece of polished rice or flour costs 4 or 500 yuan. Bohai County has a household registration of three or four million, and the average person per household is robbed of three or four buckets of flour by anti-thieves, which is worth 500 million yuan! You don't have to dig three feet into the ground like this, just wash those Haoqiangwubao villages in the countryside a little, and it's definitely more than that! ”

"And what precious treasures have been lost in those big and powerful manors, this news is very clear, and it must not be wrong."

As soon as others heard this analysis, they immediately felt that it made sense.

500 million dollars! Although the money was robbed from his own people and Haoqiang, as long as the officials and soldiers brought it back, they did not have to return it to the victims......

Hey, hey, hey.

Morale was boosted.

……

At the same time that Zhang Ju was gradually in trouble, some people came to the camp in western Liaoning to ask for help.

These people were the ones who successfully crossed the river tentatively and broke through to Youzhou a few days ago. Because they were lightly armed pioneers and did not need to carry supplies, they ran fast, escaped Zhang Fei's pursuit after crossing the river, and finally returned to their lair two days later.

Before these pioneers broke through, Zhang Ju also took care of them, asking them to find a way to ask for help and flank the Han army deployed along the water.

But Zhang Ju also knew that it was not very useful to find Qiu Liju, but it would easily lead to an imbalance in the power structure within the rebels, so he ordered those subordinates to give priority to finding Su Li, the young master of the Xianbei Department in Liaoxi.

Zhang Ju thought so: he knew very well that Qiu Liju had the most people, but he still supported him, entirely because he was a Han and had also served as the Taishou of Mount Tai, and he knew the situation of the Hebei counties north of Mount Tai best, and could be used as a leader in robbery.

Otherwise, Zhang Ju's troops are so much less than Qiu Liju, why would Qiu Liju listen to him?

Just like when the princes of later generations were fighting against Dong, the reason why Yuan Shu was able to control Sun Jian was not because Yuan Shu was stronger than Sun Jian's combat effectiveness, but also because Yuan Shu could control Sun Jian's supply of grain and grass, and Sun Jian lacked a stable rear base.

The troubled times are an era when whoever supplies grain and grass to the other party has to sell face.

Therefore, if Qiu Liju is asked to answer in person this time, how can Zhang Ju retain the "right to distribute the loot"?

Qiu Liju appeared as a benefactor to save Zhang Ju, and took away most of the materials, with the wealth of this goods in Bohai County, it would be enough for more than 100,000 people to eat for a year or two, and Qiu Liju could get rid of him and do it alone!

Under the trade-off, he had no choice but to give his subordinates the opportunity to ask for help from Su Li, Su Li's forces are weak, and the price will be relatively low at that time, so he can play the internal balance of the Han, Xianbei, and Wuhuan rebels.

On the other hand, in terms of the mobile force of rescue, in fact, there is not much gap between Su Li and Qiu Liju.

Because Su Li is the eldest son of Lord Xianbei of Liaoxi, and Qiu Liju is only the eldest of Wuhuan of Liaoxi. There were about 20,000 men under Su Li's command, more than half of whom were cavalry, and Qiu Liju had 70,000 or 80,000 people, and only more than 10,000 cavalry.

Who made Wuhuan an an attached nation, with some peasants, and Xianbei was a pure nomadic and full horseback.

And the infantry is useless for "rushing 500 miles to the rescue", in this case, it is impossible to waste human favor on Qiu Liju.

Su Li soon received a messenger from Zhang Ju, and after understanding the situation, he asked: "How much property did Zhang Ju loot this time?" ”

Zhang Ju's subordinates who broke through: "About ...... One or two hundred million dollars. ”

This is also what Zhang Ju ordered before, if there is an opportunity to ask for help, the loot should be underreported several times, and it is better to pay less for friendly labor after getting out of trouble.

Zhang Ju knew that Wuhuan and Xianbei people had neither seen nor seen any big money, and saying one or two hundred million was definitely enough to suppress their greed, and no matter how much it was, it was beyond the imagination of these Hu people.

Sure enough, the young master of Xianbei, Su Li, heard that there was more than 100 million, and he was already pleasantly surprised.

"Then how many defenders does Liu Yu have in Xuanshui?"

Zhang Ju's subordinates hurriedly relieved: "The enemy cavalry is only one or two thousand, mainly because the naval division is powerful, there are always three or four thousand people, patrolling the river to intercept and kill our army." Because of the lack of time, our army only had a few hundred horsemen every time they crossed the river first, but they were caught up by the enemy's cavalry, and they were attacked by half-crossing, and they were beaten with more and less, so that our army was defeated and could not cross the river for a long time.

Otherwise, if the number is equal, our army will definitely not be able to defeat the cavalry Sima named Zhang Fei! If Lord Sully is willing to attack, attack the enemy's river patrol cavalry from behind, defeat them all, and then force back and forth the enemy river patrol army, and the whole army will slowly retreat with their belongings without any problem! When the time comes, 50,000,000,000 dollars and belongings will be distributed to Lord Surrey! ”

Su Li thought about it, he was also afraid that after all of his people left, Qiu Liju would be suspicious, and he was also afraid that Qiu Liju would plot against him. After all, the Wuhuan people obeyed the orders of the Han Dynasty court in the early years, and fought a lot of battles with the Xianbei people, and there was also an internal blood feud between Xianbei and Wuhuan.

It's just that since the second year of Zhongping, the Han Dynasty has been owing Wuhuan military salaries and not giving money, and Wuhuan gradually eased relations with Xianbei.

"In this way, I will send half of the cavalry under my command, a total of 6,000 cavalry, to support Zhang Ju and attack Zhang Fei's cavalry from behind. But when the time comes, the 50 million dollars will be divided, but not a penny will be less! ”

Zhang Ju's subordinates hurriedly agreed to this condition on behalf of Zhang Ju, so after only one day of preparation, Su Li also went south with 6,000 Xianbei cavalry.

Qiu Liju didn't even know that Su Li was gone, and now as the actual supreme commander of the rebels in Liaoxi, he didn't rejoice in the fact that his forces were getting bigger and bigger:

Ten days ago, the number of people in the camp in western Liaoning swelled from 110,000 to 130,000!

It is said that 20,000 more people voted in one day, which is very gratifying.

But the truth is: these 20,000 people are the people that Gongsun Chan drove out of Guanzi City, and they are Gongsun Chan's strategy to save food in the city.

At that time, Qiu Liju didn't think much about it, and when he saw that he could expand his troops, he was allowed to vote regardless of the dirty, smelly, old, weak, sick and disabled. Now, after ten days, I found that there was no need for war, and the food was eaten faster and faster, and I came back to the taste.

If you don't need to siege the city, just compete for food, it's not a good thing to have a lot of people!

Qiu Liju secretly thought in the tent: "These Han people are really scheming, I have only heard that Gongsun Zhan has a violent temperament and is bloodthirsty and easy to kill, but I didn't expect to play this kind of food-consuming poisonous trick with me, but where can I get food?"

Zhang Ju robbed for so long and didn't come back, and he also said that as long as he entered the customs, he would get food, money, and children's jade silk, and he really believed him. It was better to wait longer, even if he crossed the line, he would send a letter to Liu Youzhou and ask him to appease him......

Liu Youzhou has always been known for his love for the people, and in the years when he was a assassin, where did the Han people owe military salaries...... That's it, I don't want to, now I've pulled the anti-flag, and I've gone all the way to the black. ”

The more Qiu Liju thought about it, the more angry he became, and secretly scolded Zhang Ju in his heart for blocking the news and not letting him know that the incoming Xinzhou pastor was Liu Yu.

In the words of later generations, this is what led him to join Germany on a thief ship in 1944, which is too bad.

……

Two days later, the south bank of the water.

The cavalry that rescued Zhang Ju had not yet arrived, but the Jizhou Army's Luyi Division, which had gone north from Nanpi, and the Jizhou Army's Pan Feng Division, which had advanced eastward from Hejian, had already arrived at Zhang Ju's rear and was about to form an encirclement.

Zhang Ju also routinely sent cavalry out to patrol the sentry for fifty miles, only to find that the enemy army was coming in a row, and they were about to close together.

"Report! Your Majesty, due south found the banner of the Han army, the commander of the army, is still fifty miles away from our army, and the enemy army has about 2,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry!

Fifty miles to the southwest, it was found that the banner of Pan Feng, the commander of the Han army, had the same strength as the Luyi Division, and there was still a weak gap of about 20 miles between the Pan Feng Department and the Luyi Division. ”

Zhang Ju jumped up instantly when he received the report: "What? When did the Jizhou Army become so bloody and dare to take the initiative to fight? That's impossible! No one knows the Jizhou army better than me, and Jia Cong is just a self-defending thief who only knows how to use his neighbor as a beggar-thy-neighbor to drive the enemy out of the country! ”

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"

At this point, it doesn't make sense to say that it might not be possible.

Zhang Ju was like an irascible lion, pacing left and right for a while: "Spread Wuyan!" ”

Soon, Wuyan, the lord of Wuhuan in Beiping, was called in to see: "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

Zhang Ju gritted his teeth: "Wuyan, you lead the cavalry of your headquarters to go around to the southernmost estuary of the sea again, put out the few broken boats that have been levied in the past few days, and pretend to force the crossing!"

I personally led the main force to maneuver along the river in the north, Pan Feng will definitely not be able to catch up with me, and when I reach the vicinity of the Liangxiang Valley of Yanshan, where the water is less and the river is shallow, the main force will take the mountain road and wade across the river to break through! ”

Uyan: "Walking the mountain road? Didn't Your Majesty say a long time ago that this plan would not work? The mountain road can't take away these belongings! ”

Zhang Ju was hysterical with hatred: "My life is gone, and I still want property!" And all the gold, and even the silverware, and the jewelry, and the precious treasures, let the soldiers carry them with them. In addition, try to bring as much fine food as possible such as light and valuable silk silk, polished rice, and white flour.

As for the coarse cloth, copper coins, and coarse grain, they are all left in the convoy, and you are escorted to the downstream to lure the enemy! ”

Uyan was disappointed.

After robbing for so long and breaking through the siege for so long, in the end, most of the heavy belongings are gone!

That's five or six thousand heavy ox carts, and thousands of donkey carts!

Just a few thousand cavalrymen on horseback to carry a little, how much can you bring!

Isn't this at least eighty percent robbed for nothing!

"Your Majesty, why...... Don't even want copper coins? "Uyan really can't figure it out.

"Stupid! After we flee to Youbeiping and Liaoxi, we will definitely be blockaded by the Han army, who will trade with us at that time? Can money buy things? What we can buy from the people with money, won't we just grab it? At such a juncture, hunger, food, cold, and clothing, what is the use of keeping it? ”

If it weren't for the fact that the gold value density is really high, I would be reluctant. But in good conscience, in the economic environment of Zhang Ju, gold is actually of little use.

"That'...... Do these unwanted things be left to the Han army? Uyan struggled to resist the reluctance in his mind.

Zhang Ju gritted his teeth, his eyes showing a fierce light: "What I can't get, I won't leave it to those dog thieves!" You wait until I'm far away, and you can take as much as you can from the horse, and the rest will be burned!

Then you break through to the south, I am afraid that there is no place on the Hebei Plain that can be used as a basis, you pass through the Bohai Sea and Pingyuan County, as long as you enter the Taishan Mountains at the junction of Jizhou and Qingdao and Yan, you can expand your power.

I named you the history of Qingzhou Thorn, and your brother as the history of Yanzhou Thorn, and there are still some Yellow Turban remnants in the local area, with your combat strength, it should not be a problem to subdue those reckless, strengthen the momentum, and when the officials and troops are relaxed, they will rush into the Hebei Plain to grab a handful, right? ”

Zhang Ju was also afraid that Wuyan would not be willing to take on the dangerous task after the break, so he desperately painted a pie for Wuyan at parting.

Wu Yan thought that he was really happy to grab it in the Bohai Sea and the Plains last month, and he was willing to help Zhang Ju lure the enemy to break off.

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PS: It's almost another 4,000 words......